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![]() ![]() Once you’ve connected your smart switch to IFTTT, you can start creating custom recipes to automate your home. To use IFTTT with your smart switch, you’ll need to have an IFTTT account and a compatible smart switch. For example, you can create a recipe that turns on your smart switch when your phone connects to your home network. With IFTTT, you can create custom “recipes” that automate tasks. IFTTT IFTTT, short for “if this, then that”, is a web-based service that allows you to connect different apps and devices together. Once you’ve set up your smart switch, you can add it to your Google Home app and start controlling your lights with your voice. To use Google Home with your smart switch, you’ll need to have a Google Home device and a compatible smart switch. You can even use Google Assistant to control your smart switch from your phone. With Google Home, you can turn your lights on and off, set the brightness, and create scenes. Google Home Google Home is another popular voice assistant that can be used to control your smart switch. Simply enable the smart switch skill in the Alexa app and start controlling your lights with your voice. To use Alexa with your smart switch, you’ll need to have an Amazon Echo device and a compatible smart switch. With Alexa, you can turn your lights on and off, change the brightness, and even create scenes that activate multiple devices at once. It’s a great way to control your smart switch with your voice. Alexa Amazon Alexa is one of the most popular voice assistants on the market. Here are some of the best third-party apps to use with your smart switch: 1. These apps can add more functionality to your home automation system, including voice control, scheduling, and more. ![]() How to Use Your Smart Switch with Third-Party Apps There are many third-party apps that can be used to control your smart switch. With a smart switch, you can control your lights from your phone, whether you’re at home or away. It’s a great convenience tool that can save energy and make your life easier. What is a Smart Switch? A smart switch is a device that can be used to turn your lights on and off from your mobile device. Whether you’re a homeowner looking for more convenience or a tech enthusiast who loves to experiment, this guide will help you get the most out of your smart switch. In this post, we’ll show you how to use your smart switch with third-party apps to level up your home automation game. Classification: Classification Read(11) Comment(0) Are you tired of using the same old app to control your smart switch? Do you want to integrate your smart switch with third-party apps to add more functionality to your home automation system? If you answered “yes”, then this guide is for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re at a place like a hotel with an open wifi network and no required login, plug your Chromecast into the television and set it up on the wifi network. Learn how to do a Chromecast setup with Windows 10 Hotspot. In this article, we will walk you through the entire guide on how to connect Chromecast to wifi in detail below: How to Connect or Setup Chromecast to a Wifi Network? Setup Chromecast with Windows 10 Hotspot The app will then automatically find your Chromecast and ask you to connect it to the same Wi-Fi connection that is connected to your cell phone and the rest is a cakewalk. ![]() The process involves plugging your Chromecast into your television’s HDMI port and a power source and installing the Google Home mobile app on your smartphone. This article originally appeared at alphr.Setting up Chromecast is simple. Voila, your Chromecast and device should now be connected and be able to talk to one another with ease.If you need to go via a login screen, you can do so by connecting one of your devices to the router and navigating to the login page via a web browser. Once at your hotel, connect the pocket router to the Hotel's ethernet connection Set up your travel router at home first by assigning it an SSID and passwordĬonnect your chromecast to it via the Chromecast app on your Android or iOS deviceĭoing things this way around means when you connect your travel router to your hotel Wi-Fi, Chromecast will automatically connect If you insist on using a travel router, here's the simplest way to sort it all out: If it was up to me, I'd just suggest loading your phone or laptop up with video content and streaming it directly instead. However, the biggest downside is that they're the fiddliest solution among our list. Open Connectify Hotspot and share your connection as a Wi-Fi HotspotĬonnect your Chromecast to the new hotspot you've createdĪ pocket-sized travel router could be the answer to your Chromecast streaming woes. It's also a doddle to set up.Ĭonnect to your hotel's Wi-Fi, completing any forms While it is a pay-for app, there is a free version for basic usage such as this. Obviously, while the Chromecast can see the wireless network, with no actual system interface it won't be able to navigate past the sign-up form to receive an active internet connection.ĭon't worry too much though, if you're determined enough you can circumvent this with a little bit more tech savvy or a pocket-sized travel router.Ĭonnectify Hotspot is a great way to share your laptop's Wi-Fi or wired internet connection as a hotspot location. Not only do some Hotels restrict what you can do on their Wi-Fi connection, almost all of them require you to connect to the network via a digital form. Getting a Chromecast to run on Hotel Wi-Fi is, to put it bluntly, a complete nightmare. Unsure how to mirror your device to Chromecast? Read our handy guide to Chromecast mirroring. Not only does this save your precious tethering data allowance limits, it also saves you faffing around with mobile hotspots. If you haven't twigged, this means those of you with meaty mobile data packages can stream content over 4G to your phone and mirror it to your Chromecast. You can also mirror your device without needing a Wi-Fi connection either. Using Chromecast without Wi-Fi is really quite simple as Google now allows you to cast locally-stored content from your phone or laptop to Chromecast without a Wi-Fi connection. Thankfully we're here to detail all the options available to you so you can get Chromecast working wherever you are in the world. If, however, you want to use it in a hotel via Wi-Fi, it's still an uphill climb. Thanks to an update from Google in 2014 Chromecast did become far more viable to use on the road without Wi-FI. I couldn't imagine life without mine, using it to stream content from my phone, tablet and laptop directly to my TV is just fantastic and if I thought to carry it with me everywhere I go, I would.īut using it on the go isn't as blissfully simple as it should be. Google's Chromecast streaming stick is wonderful. ![]() ![]() ![]() Im not really sure what it is, but it is a beautiful thing. He came very much to the public's attention playing Agent Mike Giardello in the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) in 1998 and since then has rarely been off our screens. IA Podcast Old School The Joy of Growing Up Italian Call it culture, call it tradition, call it roots. TV work followed in the 1980s, with increasingly significant parts in a string of high-profile series until he became well-established as a character player both on TV and in a number of movies. More Broadway work followed through the 1960s and early '70s, followed by some small roles in movies. Coming from a theatrical background, it was, perhaps, inevitable that young Giancarlo would appear on stage sooner or later, and he did, at age 8, appearing on Broadway as a slave child in "Maggie Flynn" in 1966. His parents, working in Europe at the time of his birth, settled in Manhattan by the time he was 6, and that's where he grew up. I'm getting tired now.will catch-up with you tomorrow, or the following day with the 1978 version.Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, to an Italian carpenter/stagehand father from Naples, Italy, and an African-American opera singer mother from Alabama. ![]() I have no agenda.except to show those who are interested, how a first-generation Italian-American viewed the World in the 20th century.and most importantly, to keep my brain creating for as long as I can. I am going to blog (if blog is the proper expression) both versions: first the 1978 version, which appears many, many times as Author Anonymous with slight variations by the contributors, and, of course, by others who actually claim they are the authors. and it contains, positively all my experiences. Of course I had been born in America and had lived here all of my life, but somehow it never occurred to me that just being a citizen of the United States meant I was an American. ![]() The facts, words and phrases are exactly the same, except it is written in the first gender. I am a First Generation Immigrant yet I am turning 46 this year. The Joy of Growing-Up Italian ApJoseph McKeown 'I was well into adulthood before I realized I was an American. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. However, in 2005 (when it seemed as if nothing was considered shameless anymore), I revised it and made it totally my story. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Carl Anzelmo (Savoy, Illinois), born in Chicago, Illinois, who passed away on November 20, 2022, at the age of 89, leaving to mourn family and friends. Therefore, in order to avoid mention of an ex-husband, I wrote it as if my son wrote it. I was a divorcee.and it was treated very scandallously and sometimes with dire circumstances for instance, you could not get employment. One of the words I changed frequently was MEDEGONES.to MEDICANS.to finally MERICONS. La famiglia mi sta a cuore December 5, 2009. Archive for Decem« Growing Up Italian home page. But there was, a part of my life, I tried very hard to keep it a secret. Monday, OctoThe Joy of Growing-up Italian - 3 As I promised you yesterday, the following is the 1978 version (and along with the very similar 1980 version) it was widely distributed throughout the United States by me and my friends. Recollections of growing up in an Italian American home. When I wrote The Joy of Growing-up Italian in 1968, with some revisions in 1978, it was my memories. ![]() I am not happy to keep harping about my essay, but I find it has created a bombshell among some who claim authorship, that I find it necessary to be assertive and defend what is mine. ![]() ![]() ![]() All individuals could agree that story would be the one part to be developed last. American McGee was somewhat contradictory on this point, stating that he spent a lot of research on MUDs and other multiplayer RPG titles, and thought of Quake as a graphical MUD. Other companies were better at making slow paced roleplaying titles, Quake would have the id trademark of being "evil" and "brutal". While this resulted in censorship in various locations, especially Germany, id Software felt this would only promote their game more as a "forbidden fruit". Similar to Doom, the mindset of Quake was that of a game involving a lot of blood and gore. While often assumed to be a role-playing title due to the earlier blurb and due to the fictional setting, id Software employees were very vocal in the game prioritizing action above all. They also had to dispose of code in the scripting language because they just recreated the scripting language. ![]() For example, American McGee was working on various levels for John Carmack’s engine, only to have to delete them constantly. It was very difficult for the team because they had to continuously dispose of concepts that they worked on. There were nine people working on Quake, but only Adrian Carmack, John Carmack, John Romero, and Kevin Cloud had been with the game during its entire development, whereas both Sandy Petersen and Dave Taylor arrived halfway through the Quake’s development. John Romero wrote QuakeEd, and simultaneously exploring Quake level design wondering what it would appear as and what rules they should be following. The engine was not prepared to make a game for a year, and during that year, id Software always thought that it was going to happen at some point. Sometime after id Software finished Doom II, they worked on a new, fully three dimensional game engine. They commenced working on it in 1991 id Software did some prototyping and they decided that it was not yet time to fabricate that game since technology needed to advance more. There would have been interesting puzzles and decisions that wouldn’t be simply yes or no, but complex correlations of people and events. All of the people one would meet would have their own lives, personalities, and objectives. The game would contain fully animated backgrounds. Quake would fight for Justice, a secret organization devoted to vanquishing evil from the land. He would have a weapon called the Hammer of Thunderbolts, a Ring of Regeneration, and a trans-dimensional artifiact. The player was named Quake (taken from a Dungeons & Dragons character in Carmack’s world ), the strongest and most dangerous person on the continent. Quake traces its origins back to a promotion in the first Commander Keen trilogy, where it was titled Quake: The Fight For Justice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Iolaus tries to adjust to his new life as an Academy cadet with a little help from his friends When Iolaus makes a promise to a dying stranger, he has no idea what the Fates have in storeĪ young Iolaus comes to the aid of three old women caught in a storm Mortal who has to remain too long in dragon form To stop a civil war on Dragon Island.but the risks are high for a Sequel to Locita's Dragon Brothers, dramaįitch, the King of the Dragons, asks for help from Iolaus and Hercules ![]() Hercules and Iolaus stop in a village of widows and orphans.of a war they have just fought and won.Ī beautiful young woman's obsession with Hercules spells trouble for Iolaus When Hercules is severely injured, Iolaus makes a bargain with Zeus for his life Last Episode of the Rainbow arc: Andros plots his revenge against Limerick challenge response in Virtual Survivor GameĪ woman takes revenge on Iolaus for spurning her affections ![]() My Friend Herc as told to Arianna by Iolaus Hercules, Nico and Iolaus head to Attica, carrying the draft treaty between the Greeks and Romans, unaware they are being stalked by Romans bent on revenge. Hercules and Iolaus take on a Sphinx that is attacking Thebes. The Rainbow Crystal story arc continues, following on 'Dirty Street Trash', Herc and Iolaus find out who the kid really is.and, at Artemis' request, have to face a stone panther brought to life by Discord. The King of Corinth seeks help from the cadets at the Academy to stop the pirates raiding ships at sea.and Iolaus accepts a special assignment to go undercover as a spy aboard their ship. Hercules and Iolaus find themselves locked in a disagreement.and go their separate ways. Iolaus, Xena and Gabrielle have just returned to find that Hercules is gone.and that he has taken Xena’s swordĪfter his near death, Iolaus travels home to visit his mother leaving Hercules to fend for himself. Iolaus has to alienate Hercules, and hit the streets, to protect him and Alcmene from Skouros.Īthena asks for help to retrieve the Pearl Poseidon stole from herĬhallenge 5-2001, drama episode related Judgement Day When Hercules is poisoned, how great a risk will Iolaus face to save his ![]() The final assignment from the Academy tests Hercules and Iolaus beyond anything they have ever before experienced.and has impacts that will effect them for the rest of their lives. when Hercules has to confront the reality, he remembers Iolaus softly saying, "some things are worse than death".Ī young blind woman is a victim of Hera's curse: to be lost in time until a stranger saves her life by giving his own.Ĭan Earth and Air accomplish what Water and Fire failed to do?Ĭhallenge to write a story about what happened when Hercules spent a day as a spirit. In the nightmare, the only escape possible is through death. When everyone's favourite Hunter once again finds his life in peril, the gods find they just can't face another lingering death scene.so they all (well, maybe not all but a lot of them) intervene to say "Enough already.not today!!!"Ī nightmare becomes real when Hope and Hera unite to force Hercules' allegiance by kidnapping Iolaus and threatening to torture him.forever. Stories without links below (formerly located at Geocities) may now be found at: Īnswer to the library's January 2001 challenge to add scenes to the episode "Gladiator" ![]() ![]() ![]() Mission size - both in single-player as well as online combat - is enormous: dozens of players flying planes, with tanks and warships fighting simultaneously, to give you an idea. War Thunder is a spectacular MMO war game. It uses real plane and tank models from WWII to bring you the most immersive experience possible. Visually, War Thunder is really impressive. You can play from a third-person perspective, or go for first-person, and check out some detailed cockpit designs. War Thunder's strong point is in aerial combat, but we should point out that you can also take control of tanks and warships. The game also has a mission editor to spice up single-player mode. You can join missions connected by a dynamic campaign, both in single player as well as cooperative mode. Now, although there are plenty of PvP (player versus player) battles in the game, War Thunder also includes a great PvE (player versus environment) component. You can form squadrons using aerial or ground units, and, basically, do your best to annihilate your enemies using anything you can find. Download War Thunder - War Thunder is a free-to-play, cross-platform MMO combat game for Windows, Linux, Mac and PlayStation 4 dedicated to military vehicles used in the World War II and the. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea. ![]() Join impressive multiplayer battles and face off against players from around the world. War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. ![]() War Thunder is a massive multiplayer war game where you will take control of planes, trains, and tanks in spectacular online battles set during World War II. ![]() ![]() If so, choosing the verses to use at your loved one's funeral will be simple. Perhaps you know which verses were special to your spouse or partner. It says: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord." Bible Verses for a Partner or Spouse's Funeral We learn again about the gift of eternal life through Christ from this verse in Romans. He says this: "Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die." These words are comforting for believers. In this verse, he describes a "new heaven and a new Earth." When this vision comes to fruition, death, mourning, crying, and pain will be no more. John wrote the last book of the Bible based on a vision he received from God. » MORE: Everyone's life is worth celebrating. This verse may remind you that God provides peace and rest for those "weary and burdened." Your sibling may have died after a long, painful illness. As there is a "time to be born," there is also a "time to die." It is especially important to realize that there is "a time to weep and a time to laugh" and "a time to mourn and a time to dance." 7. You may need permission to go on with life after you lose someone you love and you may need a reminder that death is a necessary part of life. Here are some quotes from the Bible that may bring comfort. Losing them is not only difficult, but it may force you to face your own mortality. "As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you." Bible Verses for a Brother or Sister's Funeralīrothers and sisters are your first friends. Your mom may no longer be there to comfort you, but this verse proves that God fulfills that role. I will strengthen you and help you I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." 5. This verse from Isaiah reminds you that, "So do not fear, for I am with you do not be dismayed, for I am your God. You may feel that there's no one looking out after you now that your parents are gone. You may feel especially alone after losing your mom or dad. Romans 6:4Īs a result of Jesus' death and subsequent resurrection, deceased believers "may walk in newness of life." This might be especially comforting if your mom or dad was confined to a bed in his or her final days. ![]() Christians take comfort in knowing that God's love is eternal. Paul wrote in the book of Romans that nothing can separate us from the love of God. They are also comforting because they are familiar. Verse four begins, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me your rod and your staff, they comfort me." These words bring solace not only because of their meaning. Songwriters have borrowed these words to use as lyrics to popular songs. These words are often spoken as the graveside service scriptures at funerals on TV and in the movies. Psalm 23Įven non-Christians will recognize the words of Psalm 23. » MORE: Planning doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. Here are some verses you may want to consider. Some of those verses, though instructional and important, may not be the best ones to choose for your mom's or dad's funeral. The Bible has a lot to say about how to treat your parents. Coordinate with your planning team and ensure you have the right mics and speakers to accommodate your guests. Hopefully, they will act as reminders that your loved ones no longer suffer any pain and that your grief will lessen over time.ĬOVID-19 tip: If you chose to use a virtual Christian funeral using a service like GatheringUs, you can still recite these Bible verses with your online guests. Here are some comforting Bible verses for you to read and to share with other mourners at a Christian funeral. Bible Verses for Grandma or Grandpa’s Funeral. ![]()
![]() ![]() The number of chickens and other birds – Chickens are a flock bird and they like co mpany, even if they do go off on their own sometimes, so most people keep at least two birds. What chicken feeder to use depends on several variables: If a chicken runs out of feed, they will soon start to compensate by reducing egg production or even eating eggs! Obviously, egg production is very important for most chicken owners so reducing egg production inadvertently through poor feeding should be avoided.Ĭhickens are crazy for food and are always looking to eat! Three X-bred pullets with PVC feeder in background (image below) Therefore, chickens are constantly hungry and thus graze for most of the day. Some feeders are very basic, which doesn’t necessarily mean they are bad, and some feeders are extremely innovative but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are free from faults.Ĭonsiderations when choosing a chicken or poultry feederĪn important fact to note about a chicken’s eating habit is how small their intestinal track is, which means, food is passed through their body rather quickly. There are lots of different poultry feeders available on the market. The trick is getting your chickens fed without: constantly cleaning poop out of the feed picking up overturned feed containers keeping water out keeping dirt from getting scratched in keeping other animals out (like rats) stopping feed from going everywhere and keeping the container from running out of feed every 5 minutes, and it’s all about the type of container, where it’s placed, and how it’s used. Over the years I’ve tested and used many types of chicken feeders and it’s only when you start keeping chickens (and also other poultry) that you realise not all feeders are equal and there’s more to a chicken feeder than just a container holding grain which is plunked down in the middle of a chicken pen. On the other hand, and with the right forethought and feeders, keeping chickens can be deceptively easy even for large flocks consisting of different breeds or other species of poultry.Ī PVC tube feeder, galvanised "D" shape feed container, and a large hanging feed dispenser (image above) – all help to keep my poultry happily fed However, keeping chickens and other poultry can be made harder than it needs to be especially, if no purposeful consideration as to how the birds are fed is done. ![]() In fact, we’ve even benefited from people asking us if we could take their birds off their hands for free because they were that desperate to get rid of them. ![]() This article was updated on I‘ve known people who have given up and given away their chickens simply because they felt chickens were too much trouble to look after. ![]() ![]() McCain wants ULA to begin using an American alternative by 2019 while ULA and the Air Force insist that it will take until 2021 or 2022 until a new engine is developed, tested and certified. ULA, the Air Force and McCain all agree on the need to develop an American engine to replace the RD-180. The Delta IV does not use Russian engines, but is very expensive and ULA concedes it is not cost competitive with SpaceX’s Falcon rockets. it launches the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, referred to as Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles (EELV). ULA has held a virtual monopoly on Air Force launch contracts since it was created in 2006. He also supports SpaceX and its determination to compete against ULA for national security launch contracts. reliance on Russian rocket engines to launch national security satellites and payments to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his “cronies” as McCain often says. ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin and Boeing is headquartered in Durbin’s state of Illinois. ULA builds its rockets in Shelby’s state of Alabama. ![]() Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). ![]() John McCain (R-AZ), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and primary architect of the NDAA’s restrictive language, lambasted two members of the Senate Appropriations Committee who championed ULA interests - Sen. ULA said the new engines would be used for “potential civil and commercial launch customers.” The restrictions that were placed on the number of RD-180s the company could obtain in the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) applied only to national security space launches, but in any case they were superseded by language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act enacted last week. The number of RD-180s ULA is allowed to procure has been the subject of intense controversy in Congress. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced today that it has ordered more RD-180 rocket engines to power its Atlas V rockets. ![]() |
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