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Comments and answers for "MobileApp Monitoring - Delay in metrics" The latest comments and answers for the question "MobileApp Monitoring - Delay in metrics" Comment by Patrick Haruksteiner on Patrick Haruksteiner's answer

No, the send interval cannot be adjusted (but data is also flushed instantly when the app is backgrounded or terminated). See my Answer for a more detailed analysis of what happens.
There is the option do manually flush all finished agent measurements, but this is not recommended as it will only increase communication overhead won't really have a noticable speed impact on when you see the data on the cluster for the reasons described in my answer.

 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 06:18:30 GMT Patrick Haruksteiner Answer by Rejith Ravindran

@Sebastian K. Is there a way to control the size or any other parameter of this "local storage" ? Our instrumented app is not yet in production and not heavily used. But we would like to get the metrics quicker than what we are receiving currently

 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 06:12:48 GMT Rejith Ravindran Answer by Patrick Haruksteiner

Mobile agent sends data with a max delay of 120 seconds. During correlation there is a timout of max 150 seconds to link service requests to it - so if the data has webrequests but no service to be linked is found this timeout also hits to ensure al necessary data is already available and we do not miss soemthing (if a service to be linked is found, then processing is faster). In worst case we then already are at 4.5 Minutes. After mobile correlation there still are some other analyzers processing the data. User actions will be visible in UI faster than Session related data, as the Session processing is again a different step. The generation of aggregated Metrics also happens in a scheduled way, so is not recalculated every second which also introduces some delay. Also the data needs to be stored to Cassandra/elasticsearch to be available across all cluster nodes.

Hope this sheds a bit more light on it.

 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 06:07:35 GMT Patrick Haruksteiner Answer by Sebastian Krystosik

Mobile app is not sending data on the same way as Web application. There data has to be sent almost immediately because you can always close browser. Mobile app has local storage, data are sent in chunks. If somebody is not clicking a lot it may be delay. Another thing is processing collected data by server to present them it takes 1-2 minutes most of the time.

You can use fiddler for monitoring mobile network traffic, check how often data are sent to dynatrace

Sebastian

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Sedentary behavior (sitting time) has been proposed as an independent risk factor for some cancers; however, its role in the development of prostate cancer has not been determined. We examined the prospective associations of self-reported daily sitting time and daily television/video viewing time with the risk of developing or dying from prostate cancer among 170,481 men in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. We estimated HRs and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using Cox proportional hazards regression. Between 1996 and 2006, there were 13,751 incident (including 1,365 advanced) prostate cancer cases identified; prostate cancer mortality (through 2008) was 669. No strong or significant association with prostate cancer risk was seen in fully adjusted models for either daily sitting or television/video time. There were some suggestions of effect modification by body mass index (BMI; interaction for television/video time and BMI, P = 0.02). For total prostate cancer risk, television/video time was associated with a slightly elevated, but nonsignificant, increase amongst obese men (HR = 1.28; 95% CI, 0.98-1.69); a null association was observed amongst overweight men (HR = 1.04; 0.89-1.22); and, for men with a normal BMI, television/video time was associated with a nonsignificant risk decrease (HR = 0.82; 95% CI, 0.66-1.01). Similar patterns were observed for total daily sitting and television/video time in advanced prostate cancer and prostate cancer mortality. Sedentary behavior seems to play a limited role in the development of prostate cancer; however, we cannot rule out potential effect modification by BMI or the impact of measurement error on results.

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– The Microsoft Root Certificate 2011 is added to the list of known
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– The Mono engine is updated with upstream Mono fixes, and supports the
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It was a rather calm morning deep in the Pisgah National Forest. The anxious noise of the city was far from recollection, with only the rushing sounds of a nearby creek bubbling in our ears. Filled with excitement, I took a deep breath and inhaled the cool, damp, mountain air; this is my stomping ground. My name is Shaylyn (Sarge) Sargent, and the Clawhammer hike today was my first hike of the 2019-2020 AmeriCorps service term with SAHC.  I could barely keep my socks on. Due to the threat of storms, we had a small group — Israel and his friend Abby along with her black puppy, Prairie. Israel, a former SAHC hike leader, shared his experience with me as we set off down into the rhododendron depths of the forest cove. Read more

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“You can do this, Izzy, it’s only October,” I tried to convince myself as I braced for the angry, bitter, frigid wind outside in the parking lot. I was at the carpool rendezvous point at 8:30 am, 15 minutes before the group would arrive, and I needed to get breakfast. I opened the latch – come what may.

Steaming, painfully hot coffee in one hand, toasty vegan breakfast burrito in the other I was able to wait outside for the rest of my participants to arrive. I should have packed a thicker sweater. In total, eight of us met for the carpool – the rest would join us at the trailhead at Waterrock Knob.

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hike_crewOn a brisk fall morning in October, a boisterous group of SAHC and Highland Brewing Company staff (and guests) met at the corner of Roaring Creek Road and 19 East, eager and excited for the busy “For Love of Beer & Mountains” partnership work day ahead. The plan included removing invasive species and restoring habitat for Golden-winged Warblers (neo-tropical migratory songbirds that nest in the Highlands of Roan). Good company with cheery spirits, a gorgeous day on Grassy Ridge, and delicious food combined to create the recipe for a great workday! Read more

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5-work-crew-group-shotOn Saturday, June 2nd, eight Highland Brewing Company volunteers, two SAHC volunteers, and seven SAHC staff performed clean up work on Little Hump Mountain in the stunning Highlands of Roan. Our crew was lucky — the day started out overcast, but breezes swept away the clouds to reveal a panoramic backdrop, so we could enjoy gorgeous views during the work day. We focused on habitat management in this early-successional wildlife restoration project area, where SAHC had paid contractors in summer 2011 to create wildlife openings. Our team partners moved downed woody debris into piles to facilitate future management and provide cover for small mammals and other wildlife. Read more

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Effectively immediately, Mercedes, a leader worldwide in the manufacture of automobiles, will be using the adhesion promoter from Evonik Industries in several of its mass-produced models. Although it is used inside the vehicle and thus concealed from view, the VESTAMELT®-based hybrid component performs an important job. The aluminum tubing connects both A-pillars together and supports the entire dashboard—from the steering wheel to the glove compartment.

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This is a competition entry for a municipality building in Täby, a suburb outside Stockholm. A municipality building is both a general work space that constantly changes and evolves and a representative house for democracy. These different functions in one single building can give a rather messy impression and be hard to read and therefore unable to communicate its important content to its citizens. With our proposal have we tried to separate the different functions by layering them on each other and give them a different appearance depending on function. This clear idea is also stated in the interior of the building where the different parts are designed according to its function. The lower part of the building is the institutional and also the public. This part is designed as open and as accessible as possible. A grand stair goes from the main square to a smaller square that is shared with the adjacent library where outdoor meetings and other events can be arranged. An acrylic dome that holds the assembly hall pierces the main square from where you can look down on the meetings and also hear them with earphones; one of many democratic gestures that is typical for the lower part of the building to show the transparency in the politics. The upper part of the building is the non-public one where the officials can work in privacy. This part with general and highly effective offices is raised from the public sector thus creating a roof for the square.

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Eurocell’s ‘The Future Home Report’ draws on the findings of a survey of 1,000 25-40-year olds that either own or rent homes, about design and build considerations for future homes. When asked about the most appealing design trends they’d want in their home, respondents identified an eco-friendly home (29 per cent), open plan living (24 per cent) as the top two most appealing, with floor to ceiling windows and a minimalist look coming joint third with 23 per cent.

When asked further about their attitudes to eco-friendly building and design, 49 per cent of respondents said they would be more likely to buy or rent an eco-conscious home. However, despite this interest, only 24 per cent said they would be willing to pay more money when buying or renting a property with eco-features.

Overall, 46 per cent of respondents said they would be willing to pay a little bit more in rent or property price if it incorporated their favoured design trends. In addition, 10 per cent said they would pay significantly more.

When asked which top three factors contribute to them feeling good in their own home, respondents identified the amount of natural light (48 per cent), low noise levels (39 per cent) and feeling safe and secure (37 per cent) as the most important. These were closely followed by access to outdoor space (36 per cent), and the design and layout of the home (35 per cent).

The report also includes expert input from architects at leading studios Hawkins Brown, Simpson Haugh and BDP, as well as property developer The High Street Group. It reveals insight into the homes that people hope to live in and current trends in the residential market, as well as identifying five trends that are currently defining the future design of homes:

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For more than 20 years, Julia Baird remained discreet about her relationship with John Lennon. As a schoolgirl growing up in Liverpool, she recalls, she enjoyed having a popular musician for an older brother. But she feared that her friends would think her unusual if they discovered the complicated nature of her family—that while she and John shared the same mother, they had different fathers, and John lived with one of their aunts. As a young woman out on a date in 1964,

Baird went to see A Hard, Day’s Night, The Beatles’ first film. But she worried about how her boyfriend would react if he realized that one of the Fab Four up on the screen was her half brother. Eventually, she married the man, had three children and settled in quiet Cheshire, where she has worked as a French teacher. When Lennon was killed in 1980, says Baird, now 41, she was besieged with offers to “write your own story, name your own price,” but preferred to keep her memories private. Now she has gone public. With her modest but emotional book, John Lennon, My Brother, she says that she hopes to correct falsehoods about her famous sibling and their loving mother. Added Baird: “I’m on a mission.”

Silence: What has compelled Baird to break her silence is the noisy war of words being waged over the image of the former Beatle, who, like Elvis, has become a kind of rock V roll deity. Before his murder eight years ago, Lennon had achieved mythic status as the visionary creator of some of the most passionate, ambitious songs in rock. And perhaps because he died so tragically, shot by a deranged fan outside his New York City highrise home, the Lennon cult has scarcely abated in his absence—just as The Beatles continue to be a major pop phenomenon almost 20 years after they disbanded (page 44). It is no surprise, then, that attempts to tamper with the Lennon legend attract intense interest.

In fact, Baird’s book is one of three current releases about the musician, including a scathing biography by New York City-based Albert Goldman, that are currently battling it out in the marketplace— and in the hearts and minds of Lennon fans. Another is the lavish companion book to a new full-length documentary that has also joined the fray.

Those portraits of the artist are as distinct as the kaleidoscopic chapters in Lennon’s own life. Baird’s is a warm, deeply personal account of his “formative years,” while Goldman’s The Lives of John Lennon is a coldly critical examination that focuses largely on his adult life—and that has led some fans to call for a boycott of the already bestselling book. Meanwhile, the documentary, Imagine-. John Lennon, is a

balanced but celebratory film that, in using Lennon home movies and excerpts from interviews with the artist, verges on autobiography. Said producer-director Andrew Soit: “As a film-maker and a Lennon fan, I felt his story deserved to be told in a way that did him justice.”

As the witty, literary Beatle, the quirky, intelligent songwriter, the outrageous peace crusader and the unapologetic house-husband, Lennon—who would have turned 48 this week—offered artistic, political and personal challenges to at least two generations of listeners. His murder by former security guard Mark David Chapman—an event that rivalled the political assassinations of the 1960s for the flood of emotion it set off in millions of people— revived the dialogue between Lennon and his fans. It sparked at least a dozen books and, in 1985, an NBC television movie, John and Yoko. After 1980, his wife, Yoko Ono, compiled three discs of his music: Milk and Honey, John Lennon Live in New York City and Menlove Avenue feature some songs that had never before been released. And there have been several art shows and auctions featuring Lennon’s drawings. But the current struggle for control of the artist’s image has reached new levels of fervor, proving that the popular obses-

sion with Lennon is undiminished.

Indeed, last week, the $7-million documentary Imagine opened in 523 theatres across North America, accompanied by a sound-track album, as well as the companion book. And, clearly, the New York City-based publisher William Morrow and Co., Inc. expects to do well with Goldman’s book: the publisher paid a $750,000 advance to the author, whose previous best-selling work, Elvis, savaged the socalled King of Rock ’n’ Roll. Although Goldman’s Lennon biography has received almost universally negative reviews since its lateAugust release, the book’s contents—particularly its details of Lennon’s violence and drug abuse and its allegations of his bisexuality— and excerpts in such high-profile publications as People magazine have attracted enormous attention.

Trash: The 719-page book has been denounced by Paul McCartney, who called it “nothing more than a piece of trash,” and a distraught Ono, who declared that it was “totally fiction.” In fact, Ono contemplated suicide when she discovered its content. “When this whole thing started,” Ono said, “I kept thinking of Picasso’s wife and how she finally killed herself.” Philip Norman, the British author of Shout: The True Story of The Beatles and a

leading Beatles authority, described Goldman’s book as “700 brutishly ill-written, illresearched, pretentious but soggily ignorant pages.” The book has even inspired a tribute to Lennon on Rattle and Hum, the new album from the hugely popular Irish pop group U2. The song is called God Part //, and in it, band member Bono sings: “I don’t believe in Goldman, his type like a curse/Instant karma’s gonna get him if I don’t get him first.”

Amid charges from critics about dubious sources and factual inaccuracies in Goldman’s book, Julia Baird’s 156page volume, which insists that her brother was sweet and generous as a boy, could easily be overlooked. But the book, written with Beatles chronicler and collector Geoffrey Giuliano, adds an element that was missing to the Lennon story: the extent of his relationship with his mother, also named Julia, who died in a car accident in 1958.

8 Rage: Some portraits of § Lennon, including Gold& man’s, claim that he had a § barren, loveless childhood, 8 which fostered chronic rage w in his adult life and a number of angry songs. Baird’s and Lennon’s mother did send him to live with his Aunt Mimi after Lennon’s seaman father, Alfred, deserted the family. But Baird says in John Lennon, My Brother that Lennon spent many happy hours at his mother’s nearby house. Baird recalls that her mother was deeply affectionate with all three of her children—there is another daughter, Lennon’s half sister Jacqui Dykins, a hairdresser and mother in London. And she credits her banjo-playing mother with creating Lennon’s love of music. Writes Baird: “She was an ardent Elvis fan. Sometimes we saw Mummy and John as they jived around the lounge to Elvis hits.” As well, she quotes McCartney, who wrote the foreword to her book, as saying that he and Lennon often held jam sessions in her mother’s tiny bathroom, where they found the best acoustics in the house.

Baird says that, in a fit of anger, she began to write down those memories after seeing a 1985 British television documentary, John Lennon: A Journey in the Life, that depicted her mother as an uncaring woman who heartlessly abandoned John. Recalled Baird: “John had often told me to ignore the press, saying, ‘They’ll write what they like.’ But I was totally devastated. I had to do something.” Together with family photos, and with help from a friend who was a printer, she published her handwritten account and circulated it among

Beatles fan clubs. Then, Giuliano encountered Baird and her booklet at a Beatles fan convention and encouraged her to consider developing it into a book. Said Baird, who will promote her work in Canada this week: “Maybe my book will offer some positive aspects about John and his family to balance with the negative account that’s out there.”

In fact, Goldman’s biography is negative in the extreme. The book paints Lennon’s life as a series of unsavory episodes. According to Goldman, Lennon started out as a brain-damaged, desperately unhappy boy and grew into a cruel and violent young man, who possibly killed a sailor in Hamburg—as well as his friend and fellow-Beatle Stu Sutcliffe, who died in

1961 from a cerebral hemorrhage, several years after Lennon kicked him in the head during a scuffle in Germany. Then, writes Goldman, Lennon became a hypocritical adult who preached love and peace but practised intolerance toward children and Jews. He adds that the singer was a wimpish, insecure man who allowed Ono to completely dominate him as both a dragon lady and a mother figure. Goldman also claims that Lennon was cool and unaffectionate with his second son, Sean, now 13. By the end of his life, according to the author, Lennon had degenerated into a paranoid, emaciated drug addict and an eccentric recluse who resembled Howard Hughes.

Contempt: Throughout the book, Goldman barely conceals his contempt for Lennon—and for rock music itself. In one passage, the author describes Lennon’s debauched state following the first flush of Beatlemania. “John’s craving for somnolence,” he writes, “testifies to the terrible depletion of his vital energies wrought by years of rockin’ round the clock, going for days without sleeping, driven by Prelhes and Dexies, travel jitters and stage fright, to say nothing of the long-term effects of chronic rage, paranoia and nightly hotel-room orgies.”

^ Goldman claims to have started out as a Í Lennon fan himself, becoming disillusioned § only when he began to learn about the artist’s ° darker side. But there is little in The Lives of John Lennon to convince the reader that Goldman has much respect for Lennon’s music—or that of The Beatles. He wrongly credits McCartney with writing Lennon’s first song, Hello Little Girl, and refers to Lennon’s tranquil 1970 ballad Across the Universe as “hard rock.” He describes The Beatles’ sprightly pop song I Wanna Hold Your Hand as “jaunty, snappy British quick march, with its boomboom-boom-boom oompah echo,” as if it were a

cross between military and polka music. More serious, Goldman attempts to dismiss Lennon as a plagiarist with such backhanded compliments as “John’s songs are original—save for the part that everybody whistles.”

At the same time, he uses material of questionable accuracy to attack Lennon’s personality. Goldman was denied interviews with McCartney,

Ono and Lennon’s first wife,

Cynthia, and he did not approach the other surviving Beatles. Although the book lists Lennon’s half sisters as sources (even misspelling Julia Baird’s name), they, too, claim not to have talked to him. The author, apparently, relied heavily on previously published material and interviews with former Lennon associates, including a hairdresser, a tarot-card reader and a chauffeur.

Charges: Bill King, publisher of Beatlefan, a bimonthly U.S. magazine—and one of the leading authorities on The Beatles—said that his own research into Goldman’s book and its sources led him to conclude that the author relied on two people in particular, Fred Seaman and Marnie Hair, to substantiate his sensational charges about Lennon’s New York years.

Seaman, a former assistant in -

the Ono-Lennon office, and Hair, a onetime neighbor in the couple’s Dakota apartment building, are quoted as sources on everything from Lennon’s supposed bisexuality to the extent of his drug abuse.

Indeed, Seaman was convicted in 1983, after leaving Ono’s employ, for stealing Lennon’s

diaries and tapes (the court ordered Seaman not to reveal the contents of the diaries under threat of a seven-year jail sentence). And Hair had unsuccessfully tried to sue Ono the previous year for $1.5 million after Hair's daughter was injured while playing with Sean at the Lennon-Ono retreat at Cold Spring Harbor on

Long Island, N.Y. Said King: “Here are two primary sources of Goldman’s who clearly have axes to grind.” For his part, Goldman dismissed his book’s inaccuracies in one interview as “minor flaws in a major undertaking.”

Last week, the author refused to talk to Maclean ’s about the reaction to his book and he

appeared to be in hiding in Italy, perhaps because of death threats. His editor, Jean Bumcoff, said that she has no idea why Baird was credited as a source when, she claims, Lennon’s half sister declined to be interviewed. And she denied that Seaman’s legal problems call into question his credibility as a source. While Bumcoff would not discuss the book’s fact-checking procedure, she did explain why footnotes were not used. Said Bumcoff: “Footnotes clutter up a book, and this was meant to be a book for the general public.” She added: “If this book had been about Howard Hughes, there would have been no such criticism. John Lennon was and is a sacred cow.”

Certainly, Lennon spoke directly to rock ’n’ roll fans and formed a deep emotional bond with them. In addition to such Lennon compositions as Imagine and Give Peace a Chance, which are still anthems for the peace movement, some Lennon songs—including Mother and Jealous Guy—were deeply confessional and gave the rock icon a vulnerable human dimension.

Complexity: One of the strengths of the new Lennon documentary, Imagine, is that it uses those songs to explore its subject, along with rare interview footage, Lennon-Ono home m movies and performance clips. Imagine ex| poses the former Beatle in all his complexity.

0 On camera, he discusses his anger from the 2 upheaval of his childhood, his failure as a father g to Julian, his marital difficulties and his drug

1 problems. Solt and producer David Wolper, ï best known as producer of the TV mini-series

Roots, balance those darker facets of Lennon with his humor, sensitivity and idealism, setting it all intelligently to his music.

The movie Imagine and Baird’s My Brother offer fresh insights into the artist and flesh out his legend. Goldman’s book is mostly a rehash that attempts to shatter the Lennon myth. Ironically, Goldman apparently has begun to resemble the paranoid millionaire recluse he claims Lennon became in his last years. According to CBC TV’S David Gilmour, who interviewed Goldman in Rome on Sept. 27, the biographer was under armed guard in a hotel room.

On Oct. 6, The Journal showed clips of a visibly shaking Goldman, who told Gilmour: “There is an element among this peace-loving, violence-hating rock ’n’ roll leadership that would very much like to see my ass kicked or just wiped off this planet. And they are inciting day by day the lunatic fringe to take a shot at me. So, consequently, I have to cover my ass.” On the other hand, Baird says that she is feeling a sense of reconciliation, and plans to return to her quiet life with her family and her high-school students. “I’m not going to do any more,” she said. “I’ve done my bit for taking this weight off my family.” But, despite Baird’s intention to rest, it is clear that John Lennon will continue to capture the public imagination. He will be revered by many—and reviled by some—as long as his music still touches people.


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    Corrected version of the e-letter "Selection bias may have blunted the effect of atorvastatin on the progression of atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: Commentary on the Lupus Prevention Atherosclerosis Study (LAPS) "

    Dear editor,

    We read with interest the study by Petri et al. (1), which showed absence of effect of atorvastatin on the change in coronary artery calcium and carotideal intima media thickness in lupus patients treated for 2 years. Lupus was been considered a coronary heart disease (CHD) equivalent by some authors given the major increase of cardiovascular risk in this disease (2).

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    About Lupus Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (LAPS)
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    We read with great interest the article of Petri et al [1] addressing the effect of atorvastatin 40 mg daily on subclinical atherosclerosis (ATS), systemic inflammation and disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Contrary to expectations, atorvastain had no effect on any of these parameters after 2 years of follup-up. Although these findings are clinically relevant, some issues...

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USA’s Best Trips

USA’s Best Trips

Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet’s Best Trips series. To kick-start your perfect Americana adventure, our FREE SAMPLER ‘USA’s Best Trips: 7 Amazing Road Trips (A Sampler)’ features seven of our all-time favorite excursions, excerpted from each of our seven Best USA Trips guides. This sampler offers a taste of the iconic sights, awe-inspiring beauty, and hidden gems that awaits along each region’s highways. Jump in the car, turn up the tunes, and hit the road!
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Caribbean-blue lake vistas, surfing beaches, dunes, wineries, orchards, Dutch kitsch, French colonial outposts
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Breathtaking nature just beyond Manhattan, forested parks, historical sites, lavish Gilded Age mansions
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The W5100 bug(s) – and how to fix it (them)

Bug 1- The SPI bug

On a recent project in which I shared the SPI bus of a 3V3 8MHz ProMini, with a W5100 Ethernet module and another SPI slave, I experienced some problems: sometimes it would work perfectly, sometimes not.
I had hooked up the ethernetmodule with Pin D10 as Chipselect and the other slave (an RFM69) with Pin D8 as Chipselect. Pretty standard and it should work, shouldnt it?
Well as it is, it didnt. Oddly enough, I had build it before with another Ethernet module and that worked fine.
When I connected my EthernetShield in the same way, the issue was gone. Time to throw suspicion on my Funduino W5100 Ethernetmodule. Well on inspection it is immediately clear that eventhough the functionality is supposed to be the same, the ethernetshield and also my previous module have more chips than my Funduino module. Why for instance does my shield have a 74LVC14 and my Funduino module just the W5100 chip and nothing more?

When looking at the circuit of the Ethernetshield it is clear that only one gate of the 74LVC14 (a SchmittTrigger inverter) is used: it takes the SS signal (the ‘chipselect’) inverts that and sends that inverted signal to Pin 31 of the W5100. Pin 31 is the SEN pin.

In the Funduino module that was different. The ‘SEN’ pin is just tied high to 3V3 with a 10k resistor. My shield has that pull-up resister as well, but still is controlled by the inverted chipselect signal.

Time for the datasheet of the W5100

Hmm.. that doesnt say much, other than that in my module the SPI mode is enabled, however, judging from the 74LVC14, it seems that this pin needs to be driven to LOW when the Chip is not selected. In other words, it is apparently necessary to disable the SPI mode in order to release the bus to another slave.

Time for some soldering: apart from the Vcc and ground, one needs two signals: the SS pin and the SEN pin. As the W5100 is an 80 LQTF chip, at my age (eyes) I was not even going to try soldering on the chip, but fortunately the Pullup resistor gives an entry point to the SEND signal and the connector is where we find the SS signal

Pullup resistor on SEN pin
Pullup resistor on SEN pin
Pullup resistor on SEN pin, close-up
Pullup resistor on SEN pin, close-up

I used a 74LCV14  (Low Voltage Inverting SchmittTrigger) for my modification, but I am sure an 74LC04 or 74LVT04 (an inverter) would do just as well. If you vcannot find the 74LCV14, try a 74LVT14 or 74HC(T)14 (it accepts  2 Volt Vcc). John Crouchley who also describes this problem uses a CMOS CD4011. He feeds that from 5Volt, which I did not want to do. It should be posible though, given the fact that the W5100 pins apear to be 5 V tolerant. Perhaps even a simple 1 transistor inverter is possible. Ideal would be an 74AHC1G04 as that is only a single inverter chip that measures only 2x3mm and can easily find a plce on the module.
Currently my modification is breadboarded. I will think of a neat solution and then add some more pictures.

Bug 2- The ‘510’ bug

There is another problem with some of the ‘asian webstore’ W5100 based Ethernet shields which isnt really a bug with the W5100 but more a problem with bad sourcing.
Some of those shields refuse to make contact with the internet because of some wrong components (resistors)In the picture here of the top of an ethernet shield, directly right of the Ethernet jack there is a “spider” resistor that is labelled with “49R9” that are actually 4 resistors in one  package with each a value of 49.9 Ohm. Apparently that was hrd to source at some time and  clone manufacturers decided to use 51 Ohm resitors. That is not a problem if indeed they had used 51 Ohm, but by mistake 510 ohm resistors were used (labelled ‘511’). Resistors with a value of 51 ohm should have been labelled with ‘510’.
So if you have such a board you need to replace the 510 ohm resistors. If you can’t find the proper replacement resistorpack then apparently it is also OK to solder  a 100 ohm resistor between pin 1-2 (Tx+/Tx-) and a 100 ohm resistor between pin 3 and 6 (Rx+/Rx-) as explained here. (So 2×100 Ohm resistors in total).

The RJ45 Jack, seen from component side

Bug 3 – The Funduino Reset Bug

Screenshot_2017-04-19_22-53-51The “Funduino” W5100 module as is a cheap, but qualitatively good W5100 board. However, apart from the ‘problem’ of not being able to share the SPI bus in unmodified state (adressed above), some  people have a lot of trouble getting it to work in the first place. The problem is then most likely in the Reset of the module. Modern versions of the Ethernetshield have a seperate Reset controller, that is triggered by the RST of the Arduino. The Funduino Module, just has its RESET tied to 3.3V via a 10 k resistor. As a result the Module’s reset state is a bit unpredictable. Some people get it to work by powering the module up and down a few times, but that remains random luck. What I found that works immediately is to add a slight delay in the setup, before the Ethernet connection is initialized. For me 250mS was enough, but you may need a bit more or a bit less.
So my Setup looks as follows:

void setup() {
// setup ethernet communication using DHCP

Also, when you use the shield, the Reset pins of the Arduino and the shield are connected, so the Arduino can reset the shield. With this module you cannot do that: if you would connect both resets, you will notice that you cannot upload sketches. Perhaps it will work if you only connect the RST after you upload a sketch, I did not try that, too much hassle. I found the 250mS delay to work for me.
This ‘bug’ does not happen with all Funduino W5100 modules. Supposedly some batches are ‘OK’. There are 2 identification numbers: one on the PCB and one on the RJ45 jack. Supposedly if that says “15/10”  it is OK, “14/10” is not. Mine said “16/38” and needed the delay.
The only conenctions (other than Vcc and ground)  that I make are:
D10  -> nss
D11  -> miso
D12  -> mosi
D13  -> sck


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Opening Your Eyes – From a Different Perspective

When someone saw me being friendly with my ex at my daughters sports game a few weekends ago, they commented “Oooh … you two looked very friendly.  Has he met anyone else and do you think he wants you back? “  I responded with, “Yeah, he’d want me back alright, just so he could plan my death better next time around!”

Okay, so maybe I didn’t say that, but I certainly thought it, as seriously, my relationship with my ex got so bad at one point, I remember saying to my sister when we were heading off on a sailing vacation once;

“If I suddenly go missing overboard on this holiday, you know he pushed me right!”

So trust me when I say, I have no candles burning in my house for my ex, however what I don’t have is bitterness or hatred, as I believe what happens in the past, should stay in the past.  However that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from the past, and that’s what today’s story is all about.

When I think back about my ex and my relationship, it was mostly  a pretty shitty one, that ended on no less than shitty terms, especially after a three year court battle. However we did share some magical moments, including the birth of our beautiful daughter, who always seems to help us bond, even still today.  So life, is now somewhat harmonious between us, mainly for her sake of course, but also because we have both been able to emotionally move on.

However being able to understand why things happen in a relationship, even if in hindsight, helps us learn from our mistakes and hopefully become a better person.  Whilst I thought most of my lessons had been learnt, this week I discovered, there were still more to come.

This revelation came to me following a holiday mishap, which resulted in my daughter and I being placed in a destination, that I was last seen at with my ex, an exclusive playground, for the rich and infamous.  So in order to reduce the stress of the transportation mishap, I decided to stay there the night, which ended up costing me double what I initially budgeted for, in holiday costs.

This little misfortune got me thinking about the crux of what my ex and I would argue about, which was money mostly; and had me questioning my own perceptions of this and my once frivolous view of it all.  I started to wonder how strongly I held on to my beliefs back then, or should I say my ego, and what difference it would have made had I tried to view things differently, without the ego!

I think most of us understand that the  ego is the cause of ALL great conflicts, don’t we?  So I wonder, if we were more able to shift our perception during the course of an argument, by putting our ego on hold, even if for a moment; what would actually ensue?

“Everybody has their perceptions of life. Who’s is more more important, is what we tend to argue about.”

I have spent the last 5 years analysing all the things I have done in my past relationships, the last one being first and foremost in mind: as that was probably one of my worst, whilst also being one of my greatest. Seeing life from your partners perspective, can change the way you view the world and could shift the ground on which you firmly stand.

So this little holiday mishap I experienced during the week, taught me another life lesson. In fact I would even go so far as to say it was a light bulb moment.  I finally realised why we argued so much, and if I had of shifted my perspective a little, things could have been different today.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to, or expect it would have changed our path, as we were equally as strong willed and stubborn as one another.  However a bit of perspective changing from both sides might have done us both a world of good.

Either way, it’s another good life lesson we can learn from, and as I tweeted this week:

“If you close and open your eyes with a different perspective, you understand what is going on a whole lot better.”

So life is a journey, and if we choose to learn from the lessons provided on that journey, then we can grow into better people; and hopefully take those lessons into our next relationship, with peace and happiness in our heart.

As always, happy to hear your perspective.  So please feel free to comment below if you have experienced an epiphany like this, at one time or another in your life.

Yours truly

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Lyrics and Love

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This picture quote is an excerpt from the story

This is the Truth

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"Did Somebody Say Fresno" compiled by Aviva Kirsten, Berkeley California, Berkeley piano studio, El Cerrito California, El Cerrito piano studio, Monterey Market in Berkeley California, Shirley Kirsten, Shirley Smith Kirsten

My new home in Berkeley, California

Boxed in my apartment from wall-to-wall following a U-Haul drive to Berkeley, I dug myself through endless cartons to freedom in the Promised Land. The transition coincided with Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, though Passover would have more amply marked my emancipation.

Enslaved to decades of unrelenting Central Valley heat, I experienced a quality of life compromised by air pollution and allergy that sent me scurrying to Craig’s list, S.F. Bay housing in raging pursuit of relocation.

As reference, I’d sniffed the refreshing East Bay air in my weekly jaunts to El Cerrito to teach piano. Such satisfying encounters spanning four years, reminded me that my return to the Valley was a dreaded re-exposure to the very elements that dogged me to the point of despair.

It was best to fast forward to the happiest day of my life, when I hired a young man to help me load a U-Haul in pursuit of my new digs on Hopkins in Berkeley. He then drove the distance in record time.

Thank you, Jeremy Norris!

Go NORTH, and don’t look back!

The arrival was historic, though slightly marred by a U-Haul drop-off in Richmond. The Berkeley City Council had denied gas-guzzling, air polluters a parking depot. It was the antithesis of Fresno’s welcome mat for hydro-carbon-spewing vehicles. Enough said!

In this personal rite of passage, I would not return to Fresno again, except to hear my former students play at the MTAC Fall Festival in October. They had been transferred to a fine teacher in my Old Fig Garden neighborhood. Our parting was with sweet sorrow.

Over three decades in the Valley, and scores of pupils later, I had to admit that I was blessed by performance and mentoring opportunities that were unique: playing for Valley Public Radio, presenting workshops, producing two CDs, practicing at all hours of the night while personally refrigerated in defense against stifling triplet digit temps. I made good use of indoor time by launching Skype lessons to Greece, England, Australia, and beyond. These journeys abroad were trailblazing!

My daughter Aviva had likewise found a niche for herself in Fresno. She created and edited a 6-part, Hollywood-generated archive, “Did Somebody Say Fresno?!” as Conan O’Brien caricatured our infamous city with bobble heads!

Like me, she was ready for her Fresno evacuation.

The Transition by photo and video

Readers will notice that my Steinway upright and singing nightingale, “Haddy” Haddorff are glaringly absent. “Haddy” is temporarily housed at a piano teacher friend’s house in Clovis, while the vertical is well-placed at my NEW Berkeley piano studio just six blocks from my apartment.

I’ll teach in Berkeley and El Cerrito studios, while re-launching Skyped instruction from home. (a winning trio!)

Now into my 5th day of Berkeley residence, lessons have resumed both here and on the continent. (1 p.m. to England, PDT)

Happy as a lark, I’m settled in and embarking up the magnificent Berkeley adventure just a sneeze away from the Monterey Market that will UP my anti-oxidant levels. What a great entree to the New Year!

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The Arkansas Access to Justice Foundation proudly supports the work that legal aid staff and pro bono lawyers do to ensure that vulnerable Arkansans have access to help for critical legal problems. The stories below tell the stories of Arkansans helped by the Center for Arkansas Legal Services and Legal Aid of Arkansas.

Ethel Ross

Ethel Ross is a 76-year-old grandmother raising her 13-year old granddaughter in east Arkansas.  This young teen was abused as an infant, and still undergoes therapy and medical treatment.  Her condition qualified her for social security disability payments, at least until two years ago when she was dropped from the program.  Not only did the government drop her from the program, but it sent Ethel a letter asking for $18,000 back.  Afraid she was going to have her own Social Security taken away to pay the huge bill, Ethel contacted the legal aid office in Jonesboro.  With the help of paralegal Charis Langston, Ethel was able to get her granddaugter’s benefits reinstated, and she received a back payment for two years worth of benefits.

Survivor Benefits

Six-year old Brendan lost his father, Jeffrery Henthorn, when Henthorn was serving on his second tour of duty in Iraq.  Henthorn and Brendan’s mother Sandra had never married, and that created a legal void for military survivor benefits.  Pro bono attorney Craig Campbell of Northwest Arkansas took Brendan’s case, and within just a few months was able to win a guardianship order that the military required in order for Brendan to receive survivor benefits.  The boy was awarded $50,000, which Campbell put in a trust, and Brendan now receives a monthly survivor benefit of $1,100 in support.

Immigrant Status and Abuse

Miriam met her husband working on a cruise ship.  She moved to Arkansas and began a family.  But her husband became abusive toward Miriam and used her immigrant status against her.  He took her two daughters away and left her on the street.  Miriam sought the help of Center for Arkansas Legal Services Attorney Dustin Duke, who was able to refer her to an immigration specialist and obtain an order of protection and temporary custody of her children.

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Guardian for the Guardians

The client, a grandmother whose daughter had stage four cancer, wanted to make sure her grandchildren would be taken care of. The father’s whereabouts were unknown, and the family feared that the children might be placed in foster care if they couldn’t find help.

The Reynolds Cancer Support House had been assisting the family and called the Center for Arkansas Legal Services on behalf of the family to express the urgency of the matter. Kathryn Stocks volunteered to handle the case, even though three days earlier, she’d accepted another guardianship case.

Stocks obtained the guardianship for the grandmother of three and managed to resolve the entire matter in less than 25 days, helping the children secure a stable home.

Advocate: Kathryn Stocks
RVAP Pro Bono Attorney
Jones, Jackson, & Moll

A Christmas to Remember

The client was referred to the Arkansas Volunteer Lawyers for the Elderly (AVLE) Program by the East Arkansas Area Agency on Aging for a debt collection issue. The client, a permanent resident alien and Spanish speaker, wanted help negotiating lower monthly payments on her debts. Legal Aid of Arkansas referred her to volunteer attorney Joe Barrett, who waived his fees.

Rather than negotiating lower payments, Mr. Barrett helped the client discharge more than $17,500 in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The client thought that she still owed the attorney for his fees, and Legal Aid called to tell her during the Christmas shopping season that she did not owe Mr. Barrett any money. The client was so pleased that she sent thank you notes and Christmas cards to Legal Aid, thanking them for all that they had done for her.

Advocate: Joe Barrett
AVLE Pro Bono Attorney
Joe Barrett, Attorney at Law

A Small Intervention

The client, a 20-year old student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, worked at a local bookstore and attended school full-time. She was estranged from her family and could not get them to help her financially with school costs or to supply information that would help her secure financial aid. Due to this, she was turned down for student aid and told that she needed an attorney or no help would be available. Feeling hopeless and under emotional and financial strain, the client called Legal Aid of Arkansas.

Pro bono volunteer Matt Osman was assigned her case, and through his efforts, the client was declared an independent person. As a result of this new status, the client was able to get a generous Pell Grant and a scholarship and to move forward with her life.

Advocate: Matt Osman
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