Aquaponic update Water quality Algae bloom testing Buffering pH Happy Fish

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Time for a bit of an update on the water quality issues the system was having last week..
I think time was all that was needed for the cloudy water to rectify itself & I sort of stressed myself out for nothing as it wasnt an algae bloom like I thought.. At least I got to learn a few more things about system management & in particular how to test for an algal bloom.
Would like to thank Paul from Earthan group again for taking time out of his busy schedule to give me a call & a hand in working out what was going on.. They can also be found on Face Book..





Will finish off the buffering filter over the next week or so & shall show you what I come up with..

For more regular updates about the patch come visit on our Bits Out the Back Face Book page..
Have a great one All...
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Religious eugenics of Saudi Arabia

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Its not often that I copy an entire article from RT.com, but this one is so important that I felt compelled to push it out and ask that people share this on their social networks and websites.   The Crimes against humanity that Saudi Arabia (and its thugs) are perpetrating IS Religious Eugenics.

Saudi Arabia is an absolute theocracy, and as such its very raison d être is rooted within its violent and reactionary interpretation of Islam: Wahhabism, the ideology which inspired the likes of Al Qaeda and Islamic State. One of the main tenets of Wahhabism actually calls for the destruction of all religious sects, Islamic or otherwise. For Wahhabis there can be no greater glory than to massacre "apostates."

THIS is what is happening across the Middle East- from the minority groups in Iraq and Syria, to Yemen, to Bahrain .... and across Africa in places like Nigeria and the Sudan.  Mass religious genocide- Muslim against Muslim.  Funded by Saudi Arabia, the US, the UK, and Israel.

All the spin by western Media to direct attention to the "Persecution of Christians" in these areas are a blatant attempt to convince the western ignorant public that it is Islam attacking Christianity.  The number of "Christian" groups that have been killed by ISIS/ISIL/IS, AlQaeda, Al Nursa  etc... is barely a drop in the bucket in comparison to the amount of Muslim people who have been killed in pretend wars used as an excuse to cover the mass genocide of ANY muslim group that is NOT Sunni.

... One of the saddest parts of this, is that the vast majority of Sunni Muslims have no idea what is being perpetrated in the name of their religion.  They have no idea that this war has been created by the American Government Black Ops groups, to deliberately wipe out entire ethnic and religious peoples to take control of the Middle East.  To give control over to their Saudi partners.

Of course we know that it goes much deeper than that......  but just this one piece is enough to shake the world if they would just open their eyes to SEE whats going on.

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http://www.rt.com/op-edge/313117-saudi-arabia-yemen-war/

Religious eugenics: How Saudi Arabia is sponsoring a frightening new movement in the ME

Catherine Shakdam
Catherine Shakdam is a political analyst, writer and commentator for the Middle East with a special focus on radical movements and Yemen. Her writings have been published in world-renowned publications such as Foreign Policy Journal, Mintpress News, the Guardian, Your Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, Open Democracy, Eurasia Review and many more. A regular pundit on RT, she has also contributed her analyses to Etejah TV, IRIB radio, Press TV and NewsMax TV. Director of Programs at the Shafaqna Institute for Middle Eastern Studies and consultant for Anderson Consulting, her research and work on Yemen were used by the UN Security Council in relation to Yemen looted funds in 2015.
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Blanketed by its wealth and protected by political alliances, Saudi Arabia has covertly run and promoted a new movement in the Middle East: religious eugenics, under the false pretense of opposing the rise of Iran. From Syria to Bahrain and Yemen the evidence is overwhelming.
Earlier this August, the Red Cross added its voice to those of other humanitarian and rights groups in its condemnation of Saudi Arabias war in Yemen, lifting the lid on Riyadhs little house of horrors in southern Arabia.
In no uncertain terms Peter Maurer, the head of the international Red Cross told reporters he had seldom witnessed such degree of devastation. He said: "Yemen after five months looks like Syria after five years … The images I have from Sanaa and Aden remind of what I have seen in Syria.”
He stressed “the firepower with which this war is fought on the ground and in the air is causing more suffering than in other societies, which are stronger and where infrastructures are better off and people are wealthier and have reserves and can escape."
A country in ruins, Yemen is also a nation in permanent mourning, as every day its people are relentlessly slain - casualties of a violent and murderous colonial war - the latest victims of Riyadhs expansionist military campaign in the Middle East.
According to official UNICEF tallies, "close to 2,800 people have been killed and almost 13,000 people injured (including 279 children killed and 402 injured, respectively). An estimated 1 million people have been internally displaced (an increase of 122 percent since the crisis began), and some 400,000 people have sought protection in neighboring countries."
While such figures are horrifying, they fall short of the truth. Agencies on the ground have already said that well over 500 children have been killed in Saudi-led air raids, most specifically in northern Yemen, where the war has been most devastating and aggressive. On average, children account for a quarter of all deaths and casualties.
For those who have managed to find shelter, living conditions are catastrophic. With no water, no electricity, little food and no access to health facilities ten million children are at risk of disease and starvation - again, North Yemen has suffered the brunt of this crisis.
Never in its history has Yemen experienced such a degree of pain and utter despair. But while wars are generally ugly affairs since they require their fill of blood before the canons finally fall silent, Saudi Arabias campaign in Yemen is far from ordinary.

But not only that, Saudi Arabias foreign policy in the Middle East is betraying a disturbing and rather ominous covert agenda, one which resonates with ethnic engineering and religious eugenics.
And if so far few have connected the dots, their hands tied by Riyadhs overbearing and overarching control on media outlets and the grand political narrative, it is high time we learn to recognize Al Sauds campaign for what it really is: a concerted effort to cleanse the region of all religious minorities, beginning with Shia Islam, its self-appointed nemesis.
To put it in simple terms - under Saudi Arabia suffocating grip, religious minorities are dying a slow and painful death.
From Syria to Bahrain, the kingdoms eugenics campaign threatens the regions religious and ethnic patrimonies, in a fashion reminiscent of Nazi Germany, when Jews and Gypsies were labeled undesirables.
In an interview this April, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir lifted the veil on Riyadhs determination to carry through its agenda, no matter the price, no matter the impact. He asserted: "This campaign is having a huge impact in Yemen and it is not over yet. For us failure is not an option. We will destroy the Houthis if they do not come to reason."
If subtitles were running they would read - the Houthis will be destroyed because they represent a religious challenge to Wahhabisms hegemony in the region. The Houthis, and the majority of all northerners in Yemen are Zaidis, a branch of Shia Islam.
Is it then a surprise that while South Yemen has benefited from humanitarian aid, North Yemen has witnessed a spike in violence, its seaports targeted to prevent food and medicine to be ferried in? Riyadh is quite simply profiling aid to carry out its religious cleansing, punishing millions for their rejection of Riyadhs religion.
Saudi Arabia is an absolute theocracy, and as such its very raison d être is rooted within its violent and reactionary interpretation of Islam: Wahhabism, the ideology which inspired the likes of Al Qaeda and Islamic State. One of the main tenets of Wahhabism actually calls for the destruction of all religious sects, Islamic or otherwise. For Wahhabis there can be no greater glory than to massacre "apostates."
And while Riyadh’s neo-eugenics movement has taken on different forms, operating under various denominations depending on the countries it has targeted, the underlying current has been the destruction of religious pluralism.
Let me ask you this: Is there a real difference between Manamas campaign to strip Shia Bahrainis from their nationality because the House of Al Khalifa seeks to eliminate all political and religious competition, and Islamic State’s murderous rampage against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria? And though Bahrains campaign might appear more "elegant" in that it is more covert and pernicious, the intent remains the same.
From the language used to the policies it has carried out in the Middle East, Riyadh has pushed the sectarian card, christening the resistance movement against its eugenics movement, the so-called Shia crescent threat.
The real threat here lies with Riyadhs twisted crusade and sickening sectarian agenda.





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Augmented Water Hacking An Instructable

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For anyone reading this blog who is not familiar with the positive meaning of the word hacking, it can be used to mean improving on an existing item, whether thats a computer program or a real-world piece of hardware, like a water flow meter system.

Tonight I saw an Instructables project called Augmented Water. Im not sure why they called it augmented, although it might be intended to mean the water faucet has something extra added to it (in this case to encourage using less water). This project adds to a water faucet an extension
consisting mainly of a flowmeter, an Arduino and a strip of LEDs (light emitting diodes).

The concept is to visually let the person who opens the faucet know when theyve used a certain amount of water, with the expectation that the LEDs lighting up or changing color will prompt the person to close the faucet more quickly than if they didnt realize how much water they were using. According to the Instructables article, the code is written to turn the LEDs red after one liter is used.

In the comments on the project webpage, one reader suggests using "an ATiny85 or an Arduino micro to shrinkify things." The project post author replied by saying, "Id love to see an energy harvesting mod, e.g. inside an LED shower head."

So what Im proposing is that between now and the next meeting of the Humboldt Microcontrollers Group (on June 26), the group members, and other people who read the blog and are interested in the idea, should hack the design shown in this Instructables post and come up with ways to improve it. Design it with a smaller microcontroller, like the one reader suggested. Come up with a different type of lighting that you think would be more effective at conserving water, such as different colors to signal different amounts of water, or an appropriate limit or target for the volumes of water for different uses. Maybe develop an interesting looking 3D-printed housing for the Augmented Water unit. Improve the code in some way. There are lots of ways to hack the concept of an MCU-controlled water flowmeter with LED volume indicators to promote conservation of water.

One hack I think would be cool is along the lines of what the post author suggested. Im not sure what they mean by "an LED shower head," but it would be interesting to modify or create a shower head that had LEDs that generated soothing happy light when it starts running, but after a certain flow the LEDs start giving off a less happy light to encourage you to end your shower shortly. If you dont shut the water off after a second usage level that youve programmed in, the LEDs are changed so they give off downright annoying and unpleasant light. (Now I have to Google to see if someone already sells a shower head like that.)

What are your hacks for this? Who knows -- if you come up with some good ideas, maybe people will want to buy them from you, or you might have an Instructables post written about the hack youve built. Bring both your ideas and any physical models you build to the June 26 meeting or email the ideas or pictures to me (arcatabob [att] gmail [dot] com) if youre not going to be at the meeting.


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Air Layering

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For those of us who want an infinite supply of free fruit trees, this seems like a revolutionary technique.  Air layering, also called marcotting, is a technique of propagation where a target region of tree bark is wounded and then surrounded in a moisture retaining medium, such as compost, then covered with a plastic film.  Rooting hormone is applied to encourage the wounded region to grow roots. When enough roots have grown from the wound, the stem from the parent plant is cut and the new tree planted. It takes about two- three months for a new plant to become mature.  Now the question is...does it work?  We have tried it on three of our apples trees, a pear, peach, orange, and lemon.  Well let you know in a few months!


We happened upon this you tube about air layering fruit trees.  If you are into propagating, this is definitely worth 17 minutes of your time...watch and find out what we are so jazzed about.


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Transpicuous News Archive Video November 1 2015

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On the Transpicuous News Weekly Report last night I took a L O N G  look at the Russian Airliner Crash in Egypt, and on a few of the more interestingly ridiculous bullshittery out of Washington DC... along with the usual mix of the absurd and mildly insane goings on in the past week.

Here is the Video of last nights show:

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News Links for Nov 1, 2015


 Supporters In Congress Make New Attempt To Revive The Export-Import Bank
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/25/451749399/supporters-in-congress-make-new-attempt-to-revive-the-export-import-bank

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-22/vanuatu-mps-including-moana-carcasses-and-serge-vohor-sentenced/6875566

 The forgotten coup - How America and Britain crushed the government of their ally, Australia
Published time: 23 Oct, 2014 11:03
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/198420-australia-pm-whitlam-intelligence-usa/
 The British-American coup that ended Australian independence
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/23/gough-whitlam-1975-coup-ended-australian-independence

Supporters In Congress Make New Attempt To Revive The Export-Import Bank
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/25/451749399/supporters-in-congress-make-new-attempt-to-revive-the-export-import-bank

TheTimesOfIndia:  Indias gold monetisation scheme may be ready in weeks: Modi
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Indias-gold-monetisation-scheme-may-be-ready-in-weeks-Modi/articleshow/49525763.cms

An INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL OBLIGATION LIEN (INDICTMENT) has been filed against the AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (A.B.A.), the INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION (I.B.A.), and the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (D.O.J.), by a multitude of Lien Claimants in violation of 15 USC 1 & 2 for a total monetary penalty of SIX-HUNDRED MILLION ($600,000,000.) US GOLD DOLLARS EACH, alleging that, since “fraud vitiates all contracts”, ALL commercial contracts, including, but NOT limited to, ALL unlawful sentences & incarcerations of political prisoners.....continue
http://mainerepublicemailalert.com/2015/10/25/breaking-news-4/

Deadly earthquake rocks Afghanistan, India and Pakistan
A powerful earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, with tremors felt in Pakistan and northern India.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34636269

 Jimmy Morales elected president
A former TV comedian with no experience in government has won the run-off vote in Guatemalas presidential election.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34632485

http://www.occupy.com/article/when-imf-meets-heres-what-happened-global-plutocracy%E2%80%99s-pow-wow-peru

Iran plans to join the BRICS Bank, the Iranian Tasnim news agency reported Monday citing an Iranian official.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/business/20151026/1029115130/iran-brics-bank.html#ixzz3piFCsOG9

Attack to be blamed on Russians?
By Shepard Ambellas

(INTELLIHUB) — A new report published online Sunday by the New York Times reveals how “vital undersea cables” may be venerable to attack and how the “Russians” have increased “spy ship” and “submarine” operations in and around such undersea installations which the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Military consider “critical infrastructure” of the United States.
https://www.intellihub.com/deep-undersea-cables-relaying-95-of-world-communications-10t-in-daily-commerce-to-be-cut-in-coming-attack/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/26/world/europe/russian-presence-near-undersea-cables-concerns-us.html?_r=1

ARE YOU FUCKIN KIDDING ME?!?

(STAR)   *Yemen hospital hit by Saudi-led airstrikes - Medecins Sans Frontieres*
Published time: 27 Oct, 2015 09:11
" Saudi-led coalition airstrikes have hit a Yemeni hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), the international humanitarian aid organization said on Tuesday.
An "MSF facility in Saada, Yemen was hit by several airstrikes last night with patients and staff inside the facility,"

https://www.rt.com/news/319817-yemen-hospital-saudi-strike/

ZeroHedge:    US Corp Ally Saudi Arabia Bombs Another "Doctors Without Borders" Hospital
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-27/saudi-arabia-bombs-hospital-yemen-doctors-without-borders-says

this is interesting- bpearthwatch has done a video on this as well (see below)

‘WTF’: Mysterious artificial space object heading towards Earth

https://www.rt.com/news/319788-moon-space-debris-wtf/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWzgQKqYPWk&feature=em-uploademail

China furious after US Navy destroyer passes disputed islands in S. China Sea
https://www.rt.com/news/319813-china-us-destroyer-islands/

Well this is obviously pointing to extreme fraud and corruption in the Ukraine elections system.  They arrested Chewbacca for Campaigning for Darth Vader, then Vade wasnt even allowed to vote... and now Palpatine Takes a seat on the Odessa city council?   I call bullshit!! :D :D :D
 *Emperor Palpatine takes City Council seat in Ukraine’s Odessa*

https://www.rt.com/news/319792-star-wars-elections-ukraine/

again- migration patterns all fucked up-

Wrong turn: Migrating flamingos in mortal danger after getting lost in Siberia

https://www.rt.com/news/319751-flamingos-lost-in-siberia/

*Meat your maker: Ham, sausages cause cancer, steak also suspect, says long-awaited UN report*

"Research is ongoing. Red meat like beef, lamb and pork continue to be hotly debated, but have now been classified as “probable” carcinogens, which is classed as 2A, a group that also includes chemicals found in weed killers."

WELL DUH!!!!!

https://www.rt.com/news/319720-un-report-meat-cancer/

Take 1 minute and 34 seconds and educate yourselves about WHO created, funded and armed AlQaeda- WHO brought in Saudi Arabia and got them to "Introduce Wahhibsm" to the middle east and central asia.....  Who controls the Wahhibism sect?  come on, snap quiz- we reviewed all this info last month!!!!

.... but dont miss the spin doctoring either!  It wasnt the creation of Al Qaeda that forced the USSR out of Afghanistan.  It was the deliberate financial warfare of Reagan and Mitterrand and Wanta collapsing the USSR currency, thereby directly causing the deaths of MILLIONS of Russians through starvation and medical neglect.... THEN Reagan and Wanta STOLE that money- to the tune of $74 TRILLION dollars- not the 27 trillion that Wanta admits too (because the rest has been hidden and under the control of the usual suspects).  Reagan isnt a "hero" - hes was a Fuckin TERRORIST!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd0fLAbV1cA

https://ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/obama-admin-sends-dea-to-destroy-licensed-hemp-crop-after-legalization-on-tribal-land/

https://mainerepublicemailalert.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/affidavit-of-commercial-lien-aba-executives.pdf

http://www.viralforest.com/celebrities-dopplegangers-past/

#SnowdenandChill: This is the most hilarious CNN interview ever
http://usuncut.com/resistance/cnn-interview-with-the-kid-who-hacked-the-cia-director/

http://sputniknews.com/business/20151027/1029168585/iran-buys-aiib-stake.html

ZeroHedge: Boehner On Debt Ceiling Deal: Process "Stinks" But Alternative Was Default
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-27/boehner-debt-ceiling-deal-process-stinks

Afghanistan-Pakistan quake: Rescue efforts expanded
Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34644125

Turkey confirms shelling Kurdish fighters in Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has confirmed that the Turkish military has attacked Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34645462

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/10/27/shiny-things-shiny-things-wait-just-a-minute-what-is-dc-trying-to-hide/

turkey boms kurds in syria
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34645462

WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS SELL OUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
http://freedomforce.com/7178/white-house-congress-sell-out-american-people-on-budget-debt-ceiling-deal-again/

State Passes Law To Legalize Shooting Police

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/09/self-defense-law-legalized/#

Says Okay To Ship U.S. Chickens to China for Cheap Processing Then Back Home For You To Eat:
http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/usda-says-okay-to-ship-chickens-to-china-for-cheap-processing/

The US has indicated a shift in its campaign against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria, including the use of direct ground raids.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34654693

Former US Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert has pleaded guilty in a case tied to hush-money.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34658131

US Ground Troops In Syria Is "Illegal, Big Mistake", Russia Warns Obama Of "Unpredictable Consequences"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-28/us-ground-troops-syria-illegal-big-mistake-russia-warns-obama-unpredictable-conseque
https://www.rt.com/usa/320177-syria-us-troops-obama/


WTF’: Mysterious artificial space object heading towards Earth
https://www.rt.com/news/319788-moon-space-debris-wtf/

https://www.rt.com/news/320103-israeli-forces-storm-hospital/

https://www.rt.com/news/320089-european-parliament-snowden-resolution/

US cites ‘press reports’ & secret ‘operational data’ as proof of Russia striking Syrian hospitals

The US maintains that Russian airstrikes hit hospitals and caused collateral damage in Syria. However, when asked to provide supporting evidence, Washington said that it bases its allegations on “press reporting” and unconfirmed accounts from “civil society groups.” ...
In the meantime, Red Cross personnel on the ground in Syria could not confirm or deny whether any airstrikes allegedly delivered by Russian jets had struck hospitals “in the absence of any firsthand information.”
“We’ve seen these reports as well, but in the absence of any firsthand information coming from our teams on the ground, I can neither confirm, nor deny these allegations,” Dominik Stillhart, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross, told RT.

https://www.rt.com/news/320102-us-blames-russia-syria/

https://www.rt.com/news/320079-russia-syrian-opposition-isis/

http://techaeris.com/2015/10/29/china-building-megacollider-twice-big-cern/

Scientist discovere parrallel universe bumping into ours
Dr. Chary says the signals he has seen suggest the alternate universe may be very different from our own. He says it could have a ratio of subatomic particles called baryons and photons that is about ten times greater than what we see in our own universe. This would mean that the physics in this alternate universe could be quite different from our own.

Dr. Chary explained, “The fine tuning of parameters in the early universe required to reproduce our present day universe suggests that our universe may simply be a region within an eternally inflating super-region. Many other regions beyond our observable universe would exist with each such region governed by a different set of physical parameters than the ones we have measured for our universe.”
http://upriser.com/posts/scientists-may-have-just-discovered-a-parallel-universe-leaking-into-ours

Hundreds Of Refugees In Germany "Mysteriously Disappear"; Local Authorities Clueless Where They Are
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-28/hundreds-refugees-germany-mysteriously-disappear-local-authorities-clueless-where-th

Hundreds of Refugees Vanish Without a Trace in Germany
Roughly seven hundred of 4,000 asylum-seekers who had been initially accommodated in the German state of Lower Saxony have mysteriously disappeared, and because of administrative breakdowns, local authorities are clueless about who and where they are.
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20151028/1029202828/Hundreds-Refugees-Vanish-Germany.html

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/it-was-obviously-a-policy-not-to-report-them-new-research-finds-at-least-3000-confirmed-indian-residential-school-deaths

http://geopolitics.co/2015/10/27/800000-syrian-refugees-return-home-after-russia-destroyed-1104-isil-al-nusra-targets/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34504418

http://www.sott.net/article/305188-Putin-lays-it-all-out-on-the-table-for-Obama-regarding-Syria

http://techaeris.com/2015/10/29/china-building-megacollider-twice-big-cern/

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/10/30/budgetary-scheme-passes-senate-at-3am-two-year-continuing-resolution-with-unlimited-debt-ceiling/

*BREAKING NEWS!
 Russian passenger aircraft with 220 onboard crashes over Egypt*

https://www.rt.com/news/320217-russian-plane-off-radars/
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151031/1029377194/russian-airliner-egypt-contact-lost.html

https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/660364943397515264
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ei-etj/#7d986d3
https://twitter.com/hashtag/7K9268?src=hash
https://twitter.com/MikeyKayNYC/status/660385258358112256/photo/1
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151031/1029377194/russian-airliner-egypt-contact-lost.html
http://fortruss.blogspot.sk/2015/10/ukrainian-wikileaks-mccain-and.html
AFP reports that the Islamic State groups affiliate in Egypt has claimed it had downed the Russian passenger plane that crashed Saturday in the Sinai Peninsula, where the jihadists are waging an insurgency, killing all on board.

"The soldiers of the caliphate succeeded in bringing down a Russian plane in Sinai," said the statement circulated on social media.

This is the same ISIS which a recently leaked CIA report revealed as being created by the CIA as a "tool" to overthrow Syrias Assad.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-31/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-russian-airplane-crash
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/31/435762/Russia-Egypt-Daesh-Maksim-Sokolov-Sinai-Peninsula
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-hosts-its-largest-ever-international-air-force-exercise/

https://www.rt.com/usa/320195-nasa-releases-images-of-enormous/

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/canada-hells-angels-members-protest-legalization-of-marijuana/

https://www.rt.com/news/320211-biological-weapons-russia-us/
https://www.rt.com/news/320190-isis-oil-saddam-turkey/
https://www.rt.com/business/320123-isis-iraq-oil-production/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sec-carter-direct-u-s-action-ground-iraq-syria-n452131
http://www.allnews.network/index.php/8-news/176-liar-liar-pants-on-fire-obama-sends-u-s-ground-troops-to-syria

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medical/an-oregon-teen-just-got-infected-with-the-plague/ar-BBmD13g?li=AAadgLE

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/10/bioterrorism-military-labs-specimens-mistakes-plague-encephalitis/71888694/

http://right.is/politics/2015/10/why-relocating-plum-islands-top-secret-facility-mainland-should-terrify-you-44290.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdoWwzY2p7I

And for your giggle for the day- Nettiasshole recinds his statement that Palestinians are to blame for Holocaust ... 11 days later..... on his Facebook page!!!  buhahahhahahaah

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/31/world/netanyahu-hitler-grand-mufti-holocaust/index.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/30/europe/mumsnet-mi6-spy-careers/index.html

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/31/435695/US-Navy-China-missile-YJ18

China & Germany set up yuan-denominated exchange
https://www.rt.com/business/320037-germany-china-stock-exchanges/
 Deutsche Börse, Euronext to Help Internationalize Renminbi
http://marketsmedia.com/deutsche-borse-euronext-to-help-internationalize-renminbi/
ReutersNews:       Deutsche Boerse steals march on London with new China venture (CEINEX is set to launch on Nov. 18)
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More Barrels !!!

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Yep...
Not afraid to say it...
Im Addicted...
**Sigh**
But in my defence 1 is to be turned into a worm farm...
½ of the other will be used to make a Wicking Barrel for some Strawberries I saved from being overrun by Cabbages last year & a stunning Pink Flowered Strawberry was bought yesterday at the local markets... I did go looking for some Celery but all stalls were out or didnt stock as they think it to warm to plant it at the moment... Might have to venture to The Chain Store that shall remain nameless to see if they have any as most local nurseries are not stocking as many veggie seedlings as they once did...
Planting out the Babies...
Saturday we planted out the Cabbage (Red Dutch) into Bed #1(left) & Kohlrabi (White Vienna) in Bed #5 (right) after harvesting the Beetroot & some Lettuce...
The Kent Pumpkin you can see growing between the 2 beds in the Picture to the left is going to be left in with the Tomatoes & Capsicums... It can grow down the path & onto the "lawn" between us & the neighbours...  I dont hold out much hope for anything planted in the "Pumpkin Bed"... It was filled with the same "Premium Soil mix" as the Spice Barrels & none of the plants look like they are doing as well as they could.... The plants have been feed worm juice & Seasol this week so we can only wait & see...
 We also put in a few rows of  Darwin & Red Mignonette lettuces into Bed #4  as well as some Pak Choi into Bed #3 to fill in some space between failed Beetroot & the slow growing Eggplant seedlings...
The Ginger & Galangal Barrels didnt have the soil changed in them.... We had a bit of look at them & they appear to be draining alright as they were ½ filled with the Soil mix we made & only had the last 10-15cm of dodgy  "Premium Mix" ... Will just need to keep an eye on them...
The plot as a whole is starting to come along nicely... The Lemon tree is covered with fruit at the moment.. This is only the second year it has fruited in the 6 or so years we have had it.... We have Eggplants fruiting, Tomatoes starting to ripen, the "Rainbow" Silverbeet have bounced back, the Beans are producing a meal worth every day or so & there will be a few salads made with thinned Beetroot & Silverbeet seedlings this week....The Carrots are still being thinned out & being used in a few dishes... Made a really great Golden curry with some Carrots &  our stored Sweet Potato...

Our young friend has been hanging around a lot & is getting quite used to us being in the garden with him in his tree...
Have tried to find some curl grubs to feed him but they appear to be hiding to well...






This weeks harvest....
Beetroot, Lettuce,  Zucchini, Shallots, Baby Dragon/All Seasons Carrots,  Strawberries, Beans, Eggplant, Bay leaf, Basil, 3 eggs a day & some Lemongrass to make Tea with...
Rain....
5.5 mm this week....



Have a great one all.....
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TI Tiva C Connected LaunchPad

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Allow me to introduce the shiny new Texas Instruments (TI) Tiva-C Connected LaunchPad!


Lots of pins, two 40-pin BoosterPack headers, two buttons, four LEDs, a USB host/slave port and an Ethernet port! All for $20 with free shipping.

That last bit is why I bought one the moment I read about it. Then I started hoping that Energia supported it. Luckily for me, Energia seems to have started working with TI directly and already had support for this board. Energia is even linked on TIs product page and mentioned in the user manual / datasheet.

If you arent familiar with Energia, its a port of the Arduino IDE to work with TI LaunchPads. It supports most of the LaunchPads, and more are being added fairly regularly. Energia also has a decent pile of libraries for the various LaunchPads, including the basic i2c, SPI, and so on, as well as Ethernet and WiFi. This makes getting your LaunchPad connected to the outside world just as easy as with an Arduino.

That double row of 0.1" spaced holes along the bottom of the board are a complete breakout of all the pins. The manual / datasheet gives header part numbers you can buy from your favorite parts house and instructions to install them. Once you do, you can plug the entire board into the middle of a solderless breadboard. Its a fairly interesting feature, and one that I hadnt seen before.

The most attractive part of this board to me is the cost. At $20 it costs less than an Arduino ($25) or an Ethernet Shield ($31 for a genuine Arduino), let alone both. It even comes with a USB cable for programming it as well as an extendable/retractable Ethernet cable. To any annoyed Arduino fans out there, know that I too am an Arduino fan and use them often.

On the bottom of the Tiva-C Connected LaunchPad (thats enough of the official name, Im going to call it the TM4C1294 LaunchPad from here on out; the core chip is a TM4C1294) we find female headers as well as pin designations:


The white stickers have your boards serial number and MAC (media access control) number, though you can set the MAC in software to be anything youd like.

Beyond Ethernet, there are plenty more communication methods and channels at the TM4C1294s disposal.
  • 7 TTL Serial ports.
  • 3 I2C ports.
  • 6 SPI ports.
  • USB Host / Device port.
  • At least two CAN bus ports.
Is that enough for you?

Before you start worrying about having enough RAM for all this, let me assure you: You do. You get 256KB (thats kilobytes, no funny business with kilobits) of RAM, 6KB of EEPROM storage arranged in 32bit cells, and a full megabyte of flash storage for programs. Oh, and dont forget the 120MHz ARM Cortex A4 CPU with hardware floating point abilities.

For input / output you get 20 analog inputs spread between two 2 million samples per second 12bit ADCs, tons (>70) digital inputs/outputs, >20 PWM outputs, two pushbuttons and four LEDs, plus a RESET button and a WakeUp button. For a full rundown on the pins available in Energia, heres a pinmap.

So weve got tons of everything, what do we do with it?


Anything?

Beyond the snarky answer, I have no idea what you want to do with it. Heres something cool though! Texas Instruments bought a chunk of Exosite.com for people to use with LaunchPads, or any other device.

Exosite is a cloud storage and delivery platform, among other things. Using TIs section of it you can create a free account and start uploading your data, whatever it might be. Once its there you can do all sorts of interesting things with it. Ive been having it chart the light level in my living room for the last 18 hours or so. Heres the chart ti.exosite.com generates for me:


It can do far more than just graph data, as well. Ill go into more detail on how to get your TM4C1294 LaunchPad, Arduino Ethernet, Raspberry Pi, desktop computer, or anything else that can speak basic HTTP, connected to TIs slice of Exosite in a future blog post.

Alternatively, you have enough RAM storage and CPU power to use the TM4C1294 as a web host itself. If youre only going to use your data (whatever it might be) on a single network, there is no reason to bring the cloud into things at all. Writing webpages inside programs is time consuming, but certainly doable. The first thing I did was make a webpage hosted on the TM4C1294 that allowed me to turn the onboard LEDs on and off.

In conclusion, if youre looking to dig into the much vaunted Internet of Things, this might be a good place to start.

-Ed Smith
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