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Part 2 – Illumined Heart Interview with Metropolitan Jonah

January 8, 2009

I’ve been meaning to post Part 2 of Kevin Allen’s Illumined Heart  interview  for days now, but getting slammed at work wasn’t part of my post-New Year’s plan.  I wanted to ease into the routine after a pretty slow Christmas work schedule, not spend the last few days running like a hamster on a wheel.  Now that I’ve been back at work I have just today replayed this interview at least 6 times, and each time I hear something new and exciting.

In particular, it’s so encouraging to hear Metropolitan Jonah talk about the important position the OCA’s Metropolitan holds as the head of the autocephalous American Orthodox church.  For so long it seems the OCA has been insular and suffering from a lack of self-esteem and self-confidence.   The Church of Serbia, the Church of Finland, the Church of Poland, for example, are autocephalous or self-governing churches.   How are we any different?  Yet, I just don’t see the OCA confidently embracing itself as The Orthodox Church in or ‘of’ America.  If the OCA wants to see the growth of American Orthodoxy and unification of Orthodox jurisdictions in this country we need to act like leaders.

It’s a given that unification wasn’t going to happen under the last two Metropolitans.  The will, the desire  just wasn’t there, and now that we know about the  financial mess, the credibility certainly wasn’t there either.  We were in “the desert…” as Metropolitan Jonah calls it.  I was shocked when Metropolitan Jonah said unification would be easy.  He jokingly states that with enough funds American Orthodox could achieve unity in one week if we just let loose the attorneys on the administrative details.   Seriously, he has no doubts about the feasibility of unity; it is just a matter of stoking the desire while setting aside pride and self-interest.

I say GIVE HIM A WEEK!  Give him all the time and whatever it takes to achieve this.  I want to be part of a united, strong witness for Orthodoxy in America.  It’s time we suck up our pride, our petty jurisdictionalism, the provincialism and culture club mentality and really be “The Orthodox Church of America”.  I am tired of explaining to my friends, family and acquaintances why there is no difference between Greek, Serbian, Syrian, Russian, ad nauseum, Orthodox Churches, much less how we are similar or different from Roman Catholics.

This is the clear and strong vision of Metropolitan Jonah.  This is what we all have to work towards – laity and clergy.  Who can’t be standing 100% behind him when he says

“I believe that our church is set at a crossroads…we have definitively left behind the old way of doing things.. and have embarked upon  a very new road, of really taking up the challenge of being  the fullness of the presence of the  Orthodox Catholic  Church in this country and the ministry at the cross that that entails.   The challenge to bring together, to come together with all the other Orthodox communities in this country, so that together we can create a new incarnation, as it were, of the Orthodox church in America, which embraces all Orthodox Christians in this country, so that we can reach out to and evangelize this country in new and creative ways which we may not have even thought of yet, so that we can challenge our society to live a life in accordance with the will of God, in accordance with the scriptures, in accordance with Christian ethics.  Not by being judgmental and critical of individuals, but rather of showing them in compassion that there’s a better way to live.  Orthodoxy is not just about what you believe, and it’s certainly not just about what you do in church.  Orthodoxy is about how we live.  It’s about how we treat one another.  How we forgive one another, how we’re transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit, how we let go of resentment, and bitterness, and anger, and vengeance, and desire for retribution and all of these things which defile our souls so that we can grow into the fullness of personhood that God intended for us.  This is my vision.”

I want this too and God-willing, with Metropolitan Jonah’s leadership, his devotion to the Gospel and God’s Holy Church, we are past the days when the Orthodox Church in America could do nothing more than shoot itself in the foot.

Illumined Heart Interview With Metropolitan Jonah Part 1

December 27, 2008

In anticipation of Metropolitan Jonah’s consecration tomorrow, Ancient Faith Radio has posted a new Illumined Heart podcast.   Host Kevin Allen asked many background questions the average layperson has probably been wishing he could ask, particularly about his Beatitude’s  conversion to the Orthodox Faith.  It’s a voyeuristic curiosity among converts that we never get tired of listening to these stories.  Not to compare our faith with another believer, but as a reminder of where we came from.  I think it’s a way of renewing our zeal for the faith.

I loved the questions about Metropolitan Jonah’s favorite movies and books.  I think you can tell a lot about a person by what they read (Met. Jonah cites Edward Abbey among others), the movies they like and their childhood hobbies and interests.   For the record, my 8 year old thinks our new Metropolitan is officially cool.  Anyone, even a hierarch, who lists Star Wars among his favorite films is ok with him.

During the early 80’s as a college student studying wildlife science and parks and recreation, I think reading Edward Abbey, particularly Desert Solitaire, was as close to a spiritual experience as I’d ever had at that point.  To this day, a hike through the desert Southwest can feel like a second baptism.   It wasn’t until I became Orthodox years later that I got the same “religious” feelings from any other writer.  Some people think of Abbey as an eco-terrorist, a liberal radical, an anarchist.  Well, he might have been all that but he was also a philosopher.  The man who could say “Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing”, can’t be totally without a spiritual core.

Two things really struck me about Metropolitan Jonah’s interview – one,  just how calm,  easy-going and sensible he sounds.  This is someone who knows people and how to deal with them; that is the strength that made him a good abbot and also what being an abbot taught him about dealing with people.

The second was how the Holy Spirit was working in his life even as a college student and Orthodox newcomer.   In the Orthodox college fellowship  that he founded, at least eight persons went on to become  priests, priest-monks, a nun, deacon and matushka.   That is a remarkable number considering most average parishes can count on one hand the number of priests, deacons or monastics ever produced during the community’s entire history.

I’ll post Part 2 as soon as it’s out on Ancient Faith Radio.  In the meantime, please keep praying for our Metropolitan.


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The NRA Is Playing a Deadly Game in Labeling the Left as Violent

The NRA Is Playing a Deadly Game in Labeling the Left as Violent

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The courageous activists who spearheaded the historic Women’s March the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration have organized a new action: a march scheduled to take place Friday and Saturday, from the National Rifle Association headquarters in Virginia to the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Capitalists value their property at least as much as their lives. Therefore, they regard even the most minor forms of expropriation of property - such a strong progressive taxation, and worker empowerment through unions and wage laws (what is a worker's sweat but the rental property of a capitalist for which the renter dictates the rent!) as the supreme form of violence. And of course the great ranks or the middle class Mister Blocks who belong to the NRA adopt their bosses philosophy too.

For example, we are seeing an explosion of those enormous late model pickup trucks in my western Pennsylvania suburban area - literally rolling caricatures of vehicles they are so large and disgusting - and almost all of them are not used or needed for the owner's occupation. What if we passed a minor law requiring some kind of occupational justification to purchase for such vehicles due to the obvious environmental impacts and hazards to other road users they present. No doubt the owners would scream far louder than any victim or real horrible violence - for example, Jews in 1940, or Syrians today.

So yes, by the Capitalist's and their Mister Blocks definition of "violence" we leftists are violent - very violent.

"Stinchfield dangerously identified Mallory by name"

Haven't seen the video, but if it's as bad as described, this is likely actionable.

It would be helpful to know who the Top Ten gun manufacturers are in the U.S. Are they all American Corps? And, who exactly is sitting on their Board of Directors, etc.? We need to track them to get a more complete picture. Who do they lobby ( name the Congress folks ) to buy their protection? How are other affiliated organizations benefiting, etc?
It's got to be tracked; like following who makes the opiods, who distributed them to doctors, clinics and all of that. Are these various opiods and precursors, distributed by American Corps.? Foreign Corps.? Businesses connected to who in the U.S.? That type of very, very big picture thing.
We know from Iran-Contra ( a glaring example ) that the crack cocaine epidemic in urban America ( which is only half true ) was not what it appeared to be. It led right to the top of the food chain. To the biggest sharks in the ocean. And, then some!
There are legal ways to pressure the NRA and other front groups in this death-dealing business. There are steps that can be taken here. Lots of them.
Attacking the left is a desperate and dangerous act by the NRA. It's a false flag operation, in a very real sense, since the vast majority of racial and hate crimes come from white males aligned with groups, websites and spokespersons identified by the SPLC and many other organizations. They are the predators in this, without a doubt. Who's paying these racist talking heads, anyway?
Follow the money, yet again.

" What if we passed a minor law requiring some kind of occupational justification to purchase for such vehicles due to the obvious environmental impacts and hazards to other road users they present."

What if we passed a minor law that would require people to have an " occupational justification " to purchase more than a government allotted food quantity. After all, obesity kills lot more people than pickup trucks.

What if you can up with a better example of what is obvious gov't overreach. By your logic, people couldn't eat from their own gardens without gov't paperwork. They're growing of kahlrabis or popcorn ( calories) is not even close to the ol' same/same.
Try again.

That one's made easy by Open Secrets:

That's a list of how the NRA's (shockingly, less than $1M total) 2016 donations were distributed.

It sure seems like a lot of Americans these days feel the need to prove their manhood by driving one of these large trucks, usually in an aggressive and intimidating manner. Also by owning as many firearms as possible. Something's wrong here, and that's an understatement!

The NRA is running dangerously close, at this point, of mendaciously yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater.

This Gun Selling Organization, like the many Religion Selling Organizations in Our Country, relies on, and continuously feeds their constituents FEAR.

FEAR is the motivator, as Christopher Hitchens explained many times, behind Religion, and Gun Worship is just another of its Denominations.

Compare this to the Dalai Lama's revelation that "Our Purpose in Life is to be Happy."

Happy doesn't Sell Guns or Fill the Collection Plates.

No Sane, Informed Person could possibly buy into either the NRA or Organized Religion.

As Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg once posited "..for Good People to do Evil Things, that takes Religion."

Very good statements, Coyote. 100% true!

Correct. It is unhealthy to eat more than a certain number of calories per day, based on activity level. Also it is unhealthy to eat certain kinds of foods. A minor law shall be implemented to protect people from getting overweight.

Also, as a farm producer you will have to sell most of your crop directly to the government who will then sell it according to its anti-obesity laws.

If you think that's outlandish, i lived in places that has the exact same law.

Kinda like having to provide a reason for purchasing a pickup truck.

Actually, only about 1/3 of US households, but yes, many of them own multiple guns.

No, actually only a bit over 50% true. I can introduce you to a lot of very fear-less religious folks, and many of us backed by our denominations.

I assure you that the percentage, especially in suburban and rural areas of the South, is considerably higher than your statistic shows. Also, gun-show sales are neither documented nor reported.

Sorry, when you said "Americans," I figured you were speaking nationwide.

The author forgot to mention that gun sales have dropped since Obama left office and the NRA "boogey-man" no longer threatens gun ownership. The NRA is creating a new monster to incite its base to buy, buy, buy. Puppeteers manipulating their all-too-willing and not-that-bright customer base.

You analogy is absurd. Over-eating only affects the over-eater. Large pickups kill people around the world from their CO2 emissions, and locally, they kill pedestrians, bicyclists, and people in smaller vehicles.

But an easier way to get rid of these trucks is to impose stiff fuel efficiency standards on them.

At any rate, the laws against pickup trucks are not the topic - the way the buyers of these trucks would scream like we are subjecting them to physical torture and murder is the point.

You are, of course, correct. There is no mention of pickup trucks in the Bill of Rights.

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I was watching a Simon Sinek “Ted Talks” motivational video on Leadership. He spoke on something that opened my eyes, he said “why do we do it?”

Instantly my brain adjusted to referencing how that statement could apply to me as well as the people I work with and more importantly the people we serve. I first started with why I became a Firefighter.

Why did I become a Firefighter? Such an odd question that when asked many of us are seemingly caught off guard and can’t describe it. The most summed up version is “because I love helping people” but there’s more to it than that. There are more reasons that the brain and the heart can’t put the words together to articulate exactly what it is that makes this so important to us, or why we love it so much. When I’m teaching my leadership development class I have a slide that asks “why are you here?” I get the deer in headlights look from each person as I randomly select a few and put them on the spot and have them answer. Some say that their Father was a firefighter while others may say that they just wanted the challenge. Those are both great answers, there’s nothing better than creating legacy firefighters in this business because it keeps certain traditions going. But as I said, the most common response is that of “I love helping people.” It seems cliché in this business to make that statement, it may also seem like common sense. Rest assure that is the correct response, Firefighters are a special breed; we are the only formulated group that the U.S. Marines consider as special as them. Some may roll their eyes at that statement, but for me I take pride in knowing that the organization that’s slogan is “the few, the proud” thinks that we are the one civilian job that comes close to what it is that makes them the few. We are the few, there aren’t many who can do what we do, see what we see, deal with the time away from loved one’s like we do. We are the few who scan the room to see what could go wrong and then conjure up a plan of execution in our heads on how we will mitigate any potential emergency if it happens. We are the few who stop (even if off duty) to help a person in need on the side of the road and as little as this seems we are definitely the type of people who will hold the door open for strangers as the enter or exit a building.

So why do we do it? Because we love helping people, because we have some odd strand of DNA that runs through us that makes us want to help, which makes us want to make our communities and the world better by attempting to be its problem solver. Simon Sinek also said “people don’t buy what we’re doing, they buy why we’re doing it.” Our customers (the general public) trust us with their lives, their loved ones and their properties. Even though they may not be able to comprehend exactly what it is that we’re doing, they understand that we are there because we love to help and they’re sold on just knowing that alone. They bought the “why” we are doing it.

This same question can be asked about leadership.

Many times we have leaders who also can’t answer why they are a leader. They sadly may have actually forgotten why they wanted to become a leader; or worst is that they became a leader because they wanted to be in charge.

Why did you become a leader, or why do you want to lead?

This question stimulates the brain and makes your eyes cringe and your face puzzled as you struggle to gather up some sort of sexy response justifying why it is that you want to lead. No one is truly interested in that, stuff like that looks good on t-shirts and sounds good in mission statements but in real life that is not the reason you want to lead. My challenge to those reading this is to ask yourself “why am I leading?” Think hard and try to go through any of the negativity or selfish thoughts, truly think why you are a leader.

My personal feeling can be simply summarized by referencing the earlier part…why do I lead? Because I love helping people. To me a leader is the person who loves helping as much as their people, the only difference is that they also love helping their people too. Leaders (true leaders) should also have that deer in the headlights look when asked this question. If there’s already an answer in the chamber it is ingenuine and lacks truth. Leaders want the best for their people, they want the best for their company, station, department etc. Leaders want to be able to help create a pathway for future leaders, they want to give direction and pass on that same passion to their people.

A leader who lacks those true qualities will have a tough time selling the “why” to their people because their people know the “why” is bogus. “People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” Your rank is metaphorically “what” you do. Your ability to inspire others, give sound advice and not be publicly bias on situations is your “why.” Firefighters will buy into a leader if they’re truly living up to the “why.” If you are a leader and you feel that your people aren’t buying into your vision it’s because you aren’t selling the right reasons why you’re doing it in the first place.

“People buy why we do it.” Keep that in mind; our fellow Firefighters, the public and our people will be fully invested in what we are doing because they trust why it is that we’re doing it.

Dave McGlynn

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We have a process set up to grab all the asset groups with certain naming convention and use them to build a report for each then fetch the report and add it to a DB then delete the report and move on to the next asset group.

The issue is that it will run the first few reports then (according to the activity logs) launch a report  but the report does not show it ever got built in the activity logs thus our process gets stuck looking for it.

Is it possible that the process times out after 8hrs?  If so we will change the API script to sign out an then back in.

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Do you and your OH argue over pets?

Discussion in 'Personal' started by anon4561, Mar 6, 2012.

  1. Just had (yet another) arguement with OH over our pets... one wee dog and one wee kitten, who are completely obsessed with one another, and who want to run riot and play/fight while he wants to (quietly) watch TV of an evening.

    I find the sight of them playing very endearing, and actually more engaging than most of the carp that is on TV

    I think, that given that he has three adult 'children', who must have howled and cried and been attention seeking for several years, that surely a wee dog and a kitten, can't be that bad?

    OH then also gets annoyed that I'm not really watching TV with him, and seem more interested in what the pets are doing (which TBH ...half the time I am!) and is suggesting that we lock the pets away of an evening....

    To me, they're part of our 'family"

    Not looking for anyone to take sides, or offer advice... just curious to know if any other couples have disagreements over pets?
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    We got pet rats, my boyfriend & I, two boys & a girl, kept separate by sex. The girl was lonely so we got her a friend, but there were two in the pet shop & I couldn't bear to split them up. Then we had five. Then the two new girls broke out of their (locked) cage and into the boys cage. Three weeks later we had 31 rats. Twelve were adopted and we kept the rest. There have been a few disagreements over the years but not many & shortlived. Having said that, although they are expensive and mischievous, I couldn't imagine life without them. :D

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    Yes, my wife wants a pet. I don't. [IMG]
  4. Goodness me yes! When we got our first dog, we constantly argued. We had been together only 18 months and suddenly had to make decisions about the dog together. We always had different ideas about what we should be doing. However, my husband now thinks that this experience is making parenting our son much easier because I have learnt that he 'is always right'. I let him think this is true.
  5. Thanks for your replies... which have made me smile, on an otherwise awful night! [IMG] x
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    Oh dear! You know he will need a potty and not newspapers on the kitchen floor?
  7. We have two very badly behaved cats, but they are definitely our child substitutes (with the added bonus that you can leave them with food and water and go to the pub at night and no one calls social services...) and we love them to bits. Husband is now very happy that he gave in to my very clear specifications on which cats to get.
    I keep hoping that his positive experiences with cats with mean he eventually gives in and lets me get a dog. No luck yet.
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    We had a dog and we did argue over it. It did not end happily. Never ever again.
  9. We used to argue over the cat...I tended to win because the cat was actually mine. However...he was 'ours' until he did something my ex bf didn't like/needed feeding/litter tray needed cleaning/vets appointments/food buying/insurance payments...then he was very much my cat.
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    Yes! Mr S and I chose two cats together 8 years ago and we both adored them. Since having children, Mr S sees them as an inconvenience, says they're mine and wants to get rid of them. I find his attitude slightly disturbing as I feel that far too many people sideline their pets when they have children and think it's ok to 'get rid of them' when they can't be bothered any more. I often ask him if he'll feel that way about the children if they irritate and start to cost him more. I do think that he secretly still loves them though and they know I love them more - I'm still Mum, but he gets a bottom in his face.
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    Hi Annie
    we normally argue about who will clean out the guinea pigs. my OH is as besotted about our ginnies as I am, so I think I am lucky. I don't think scabs and kitten should be locked away-as you say, they are part of the family. Our ginnies do have a hutch in the garden, but spend most of their time in a penthouse box in the lounge so we can see them. My friends think I am rather eccentric!!
    Sorry to hear about your rotten eveningxx
  12. My parents are always arguing about our two cats, my dad hates them and think they're food stinks the whole house out (it doesn't), whereas my mum is totally besotted with them, letting them get on the furniture and cuddle up to her.
    The arguments are generally resolved when my mum says "If they have to move out, so do you".
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    My OH inherited my cat when he moved in and despite being afraid of cats soon fell in love. However when that cat died he point blank refused to get another one. We have since had guinees and a rabbit as i refused to let our kids grow up without pets and my dad made the cage. However we have argued for another cat for the last 4 years with the kids also begging him. Extended family also chimed in. Last summer he finally gave in and we adopted a lovely rescue cat. She must have known that OH wasnt as kean as she jumped out of her cage into his arms and curled up on him at the rescue centre. She wasnt actually my first choice but felt it prudent to get the one he liked. Needless to say she is now Daddy's cat and the rest of us dont get a look in! I think his reluctance to get another was because he was upset when the last one died and also mainly because he can be a tight a*rse and thinks they cost too much.
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    I know you're not . . . . .but you know me [IMG]
    Get a tv room/snug set up for OH . . . . . . you and the pets can roam free and enjoy the rest of the house.
    We never argue about our pets - Mr K gives me 'talks' about certain aspects of their upkeep and I ignore him completely.

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    Sounds a bit like how it works in our house.
    I do think that Mr BS is a bit too harsh with our 2 dogs but he has eased off over the years. I spend all day at work telling kids off. I don't like getting home and doing the same to the dogs!
    I guess we have both compromised a bit. He knows that I expect him to be patient with them. I know that I can demand better behaviour from them than I used to with clear consistent commands.
    I would hate any request to shut them out of the room in the evening. I spend all day out at work without them. In the evening I want to be with them.

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Overall Cura is fantastic, so TYVM Daid! Below is an idea I've had while watching prints.

Using PETG I've noticed ooze flow continues, even during and after retractions have occurred. Retractions do slow down the flow of material, so it's good to use them. But if the head stays parked while waiting for the retracting to happen then small blobs of material form beneath the nozzle. Later those blobs cause more issues when the head runs back over them.

If it's possible to have retractions occur while the head is moving to its next target, I think this could improve the printing process with certain ooze-prone materials.

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Simplify3D has an option called wipe while retracting that helps a lot to remove z scar and that static retract blobs.

Thanks for the tip on that feature. I have S3D and didn't realize it could do that. So of course today I went and experimented with that option. It opens a whole can of worms, and so far my results have not been better than the parked-head style of retraction.

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S3D default profile it's quite horrible to say the least. Even the starting gcode sucks (imo).

Ok got some time, so I made a basic (imo) S3D decent setup. You need to adjust speed and nozzle/bed temp. Fans are configured as I would do for something not critical, they should be tuned for each job.

Umo Plus and UM2 - Neotko basic profile

Note that the default (machine) starting sequence it's different on this profile, since I prefer to home the head, then the bed, then move down the bed 15mm, then extrude 9mm of filament to purgue, and then it goes to print.

And the ending gcode it will retract a total of 3mm.

This profile it's ready for 2,85mm users (I use 1.75) so probably the Coasting/wipe, should be higher on others.

Also this setup will retract A LOT (as it should). To disable many retractions, edit the profile and go to ADVANCED - and activate 'Only retract when crossing open spaces'. Also activate the 'Avoid crossing outline for travel movements' this second option it's like combing of cura, but on S3D you can specify how much, or less, you want your head to move around the print area.

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Both my printers have this problem now. On the UM2E+ sometimes the filament curls around to the right so much it sticks back to the nozzle, making a loop. Then the plastic stuck to the nozzle can end up dragging other lines around on the first layer. I also see it when pushing the plastic through the heated nozzle by hand during the atomic method: the extruded filament likes to curl in one direction. (This is sometimes associated with worse print quality and a bit of underextrusion)

Is this a common thing, and is it related to the PTFE coupler - or the nozzle? I tried the atomic method of cleaning on the UM2E+ and got a black ring around the plastic 12mm from the tip when I cold-pulled it out.

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It's usually not serious. You have lots of options:

1) Print a skirt far from the part so the blob doesn't get near the part.

2) Be ready and grab the filament after it is done priming. I just use my fingers and pull it away as the nozzle moves towards the start of the print.

3) Fix it.

If you do "move material" and grab the tip and pull it down a little and after 2 inches of "weight" of filament you let go and then move some more through the nozzle and it *still* does this curling then you have "curling level 2". If it isn't as bad as level 2 but will curl and hit the nozzle only when there is no filament pulling down then I call it "curling level 1".

Usually I don't fix "level 1" as it's pretty minor. I always fix "level 2".

it's caused by dirt or gunk at the very last mm in the .4mm wide pasageway near the tip of the nozzle. Think of this is a short tunnel going into the nozzle that quickly widens into a larger cave. The tunnel is the problem area.

Usually I can fix it by taking one of my nozzle cleaners (free with everyone's first order at my store) and rub it around in a circle a few times in the nozzle tip and then making sure it is fixed by doing move material. All this is done at temperature (e.g. 210C) and takes all of 30 seconds at the most.

If that doesn't do it you can either throw the nozzle away or try some more "cold pulls" (a proper cold pull includes pulling out a perfect inverted "tunnel" at the very tip and is hard to get without playing with the "cold" temperature). Or you can burn the nozzle gunk to a char followed by one more cold pull to get out the ash.

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Could you check if the hotend tilts a bit if you try to push the nozzle to the sides? (Cold ofc). If so your hotend might have a gap between the coupler/heater. A small little tiny gap where residue stays/burns/changes extrusion pressure. If not, just atomic it until that black ring disappears.

If it tilts, then you might need to screw the steel coupler a bit more (unless it's already touching the hotend)

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My hot end feels quite secure.

I'm trying again, main problems with curling are on the first layer where it's putting down "strings".  Some of the stuff sticks to the nozzle and of course when it's on there it's hot so it's sticky and starts sticking to other nearby filament and ends up destroying everything.

This time I paused during the first layer when I saw lots of plastic on the nozzle to clean it off.  Fingers crossed.

I'm doing a challenging print with 60 small components tiled across the whole bed area, printing all at once.  I've actually managed this 7 times before with a 48 component tiling that was almost as big.

[edit] Actually... The problem is in this first step that seems pointless: I told Cura I didn't want a brim, but it still draws a circle around each component. It's actually laying down these circles that causes the problem! Once the inner parts are filled, they stick better. I'll see if I can get a picture.WP_20160610_002.thumb.jpg.ba85f4934e222abde15ad9f280ce8afc.jpg

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After seeing the photo I'm assuming you only have "level 1" curling which is kind of normal.

It looks like you are doing "production". You might want to add custom gcodes between each print. There's no need for the skirt also - maybe getting rid of skirt will help? Set skirt lines to zero.

For "production" printing I've had to mess with gcodes betwen prints. I experimented with different things until I got it to work consistently. You certainly don't want the nozzle priming between prints! You don't want any pauses - you might want to get that nozzle back onto the glass quickly and away from the print.

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I found the skirt lines=0 option in Cura just now, re-levelled the build plate to be a bit closer to improve adhesion (hopefully the glassier base means no individual ones popping off) and it's going OK so far :)

I'm printing these "all at once" layer by layer rather than one at a time.

I may also try using the glue rather than just cleaning the build plate. Never had to use glue so far, but perhaps with this many small objects, guaranteeing adhesion would be good.

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Good Day...  I have an odd under extrusion issue that seems to be caused by Cura 3.1. I've printed the same model in Cura 15.04.3 and had success with the ~same settings. It under extrudes in the same spot every time with the start and stop points. The rest of the model prints great and is rigid. It seems to be caused by the starting radius of the three ribs.

Material: PLA... Settings below... Has anybody else experienced anything like this?

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You triggered me to check if Cura 15 solved the same issue you are having: indeed it helps using Cura 15x to generate Gcode!

There is something different in the generated Gcode between Cura Old and new...

I'm in the luxury position to have several UM to my command (UMO+, UM@+ and UM3)

Haven't been using the UMO+ because of the irregular feeding issues.

Changed: Nozzle, Heatblock, Teflon isulator, Tube, Feedgrinder: nothing worked.

Now i'm printing the second part with Gcode Cura 15: and it works like a charm!!

UM  do something about it!!!

Cura 3.1 737-Knob-Type1.gcode

Cura 15 737-Knob-Type1.gcode

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Thank you for looking into it, I thought it must be the Gcode. I installed 3.2 Beta and had the same under extrusion in that area. The only thing that gave me success in that area was to turn up the heat by 10° and over-extruded by 10%. The part turned out reasonably well that way. I love the features in 3.1 and 3.2 compared to 15, so I hope they can find a fix.

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Set up my U2 yesterday and it's working beautifully. One thing does have me concerned. At the start of every print the printer makes a really loud noise before the print head moves into position, it does it again at the end of the print when the print head moves back to its resting location.

It's like the print head is trying to move in the wrong direction before it starts and then goes too far when it's done.

the sound is very jarring, Is this normal? I'd rather not wake the neighbors when my prints are done.

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It sounds like maybe one of your end stops isn't triggering - probably the x-axis one. With they power off, move the head to the left , and look for the rear sliding block assembly on the axis to trigger the end stop (which is in the back left corner, screwed under the top panel).

You should hear the switch click before the fan assembly hits the side wall. If it doesn't, then look to see if the left fan is bent up and out a bit too far. If so, bend it back down a bit, and see if that then allows the switch to be triggered.

If that's not enough then you might need to take some needle noses pliers and bend the tab on the switch outwards just a fraction, so it triggers slightly sooner.

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That was it, the end stop trigger on the x-axis was not being reached right away. I bent it out just a bit and that made it much better. I might need to move it a little bit more, I'm waiting for a print to finish to check.

Thanks illuminarti, this kind of help is why I went with Ultimaker. I have another question but will start another topic so it will be easier to search on for others.

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There seems to be a lot of contradictory information regarding what a twin flame actually is, reuniting with twin flame(s), romantic v. nonromantic twin flames, and so on. Some even believe that given that this is the transition time of Spiritual Awakening for so many, it is during this period that all twin flames will reunite and enter their Divine twin flame relationships. What do I think?

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