Have you been praying for something and you feel like nothing is happening? When I read those verses in 2 Kings, I can't help but be ashamed of how demanding I can get with God. Especially this verse- "And this is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord".
As I was reflecting on those verses, I was so reminded of how naive I could get on how God works. Especially when the season of waiting is getting longer. We start to question if God really hears us or if He even is really doing something.
To give you a background of those verses… During the old times of Israel, the king of Israel, Judah and Edom were going to a battle against the Moabites. On their journey, they ran out of water for their army and for their animals and so the king of Judah looked for a prophet to inquire the Lord. And so Elisha spoke to them those very words from the Lord.
There was only one thing that God asked them to do. To fill the valley where they were at with ditches. How hard could that be right? But then, the follow up was that they will never see rain or wind to fill those ditches with water. Do you think that makes sense? If there's no rain, then how could they have water?
There are times in our life that God would ask us to step out in faith even if it doesn't really make sense for us. And most of the time, we would always question God's ways. If there is no rain coming, will you ever dig a hole?
But that's how God works. Most of the time, He works behind the scene. We don't see how He orchestrates things. We will not see how He will fill the ditch with water. We will just see the water, that's all. That's why He asked us to live by faith and not by sight.
And indeed, God fulfilled His promise. Everyone got provided with water. If they did not make a ditch, they will never have water. Is there anything in your life right now that God is asking you to take a leap of faith?
The most assuring thing in those verses did not just end with His promise. He ended it with the words most of us would always forget. IT IS A SIMPLE MATTER! We forget that we serve and worship a powerful God. The One who created the whole universe. We forget that we seek a sovereign God. And in Him, nothing is impossible.
I hope those verses will encourage you to take a leap of faith in Jesus and to trust and wait on God's behind the scene plan and timing based not on your own confidence or faith, but based on God's character and of who He is in your life.
Go make that ditch! God bless you!


Corpus Christi, Texas, USA at Corpus Christi Cathedral in the early morning.
Brent Tor church in West Devon.
Church of Saint Peter in Malmo, Sweden.
Traditional southern church in the autumn season.
Ancient wooden door and marble pillars at the entrance to Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Israel.
The dome of the Catholicon which the church at the center of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel.
Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki, Finland. The interior was excavated and built directly out of solid rock.
Jerusalem - Dormition abbey church.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 4, 2015: The Chapel of Saint Helena in the Church of Holy Sepulchre.
Church of the Jesuits, Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
Our Lady of the Spasm Armenian Catholic Church and the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem.
16 April 2018: Stykkisholmur Church, Snaefellsness Peninsula, West Iceland - A church which is also used as a concert hall.
The Panagia Chrysopolitissa church built over the ruins of the largest Early Byzantine basilica.


RegTech Enable, Compliance.ai announced the general availability of its Workflow Automation solution, part of the Team Edition financial regulatory change management platform. A RegTech pioneer, Compliance.ai's modern SaaS platform enables Chief Compliance Officers and their teams to cost-effectively manage the growing volume and velocity of regulatory changes in near real-time without increasing headcount.
Compliance.ai's Team Edition provides a simple, centralized way for financial compliance teams to collaborate on tasks, actions and prioritization of deadlines, with dependencies across business departments. Workflow Automation improves collaboration across stakeholders by creating automatic to-do lists that guide team members through the change management process based on regulatory changes relevant to them, across various jurisdictions, while also intelligently assessing risks. The new Workflow capability integrates with existing GRC systems, including risk assessment tools, to significantly lower the time it takes to assign and manage tasks.
The new solution comes to market as financial services institutions of all sizes are seeking modern, scalable regulatory technologies that are designed for today's needs. This growth is fueled by the exponential increase in regulatory changes over the past decade, from an average of 10 regulatory changes a day to an average of 200 a day. This dynamic regulatory environment has compliance teams spending on average 20-30 percent of their day reactively chasing regulatory content, much of which is not relevant to them.
"Chief Compliance Officers are tasked with managing a massive increase in the volume and complexity of regulatory changes–and the consequences for not complying include huge financial fines and reputational damage–yet, banks often don't have the resources or technology to efficiently keep track of and comply with the regs they need to," said Kayvan Alikhani, CEO of Compliance.ai.


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White Rabbits
It might sound like it could be the name of a band. But no: It is apparently what I should have uttered as I awoke on Thursday morning to bring me luck for the rest of the day.
Luckily, I'm not superstitious (touch wood). Although, had I been confronted by a witch, I might have been tempted to throw a pinch of salt at them, swiftly followed by a well-aimed punch!
Anyway, all that first-of-the-month nonsense is just… well… nonsense.
I know this because despite not winning the Wednesday Roll-Over, I had a happy day and was lucky enough to spend Thursday evening in the company of some twenty-nine other lovers of live music in the function room at The Feathers.
Half of these were performers, and it was Penni who got things underway with a lovely version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". Tom Degney gave us a medley of old favourites that included "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie", and Lynda insisted that "The Answer is Blowing in the Wind".
Joe Lyon sang "Woman", Robin sang "Saved by a Woman", and then Pete Kirkham gave a fine rendition of Neil Young's "Old Man" accompanied by his woman, Cath, on guitar.
Cath later included "We Are Young", by Fun, in a set delivered atop the wobbly chair.
Mark announced that his first song was "Your Song", which we all know was actually Elton's song, but nevertheless, he made it his own. Chris sang about "Wild Horses" and Andrew Bowsher dedicated a guitar solo to his one-eyed dog.
The previous night sky had featured a Blue Moon, which apparently only happens once in a… (you know what I'm saying). Anyway, it inspired Richard to sing "Blue Moon Turns to Gold". Then our very own "Mr Blues", Brian Peters, sang about how the 'moon peeks over the mountains' in Clapton's "Key to the Highway". This week Brian augmented his fine bluesy guitar style with a well-crafted home-made stomp box.
It was great to welcome back young Brandon Ridley, who sang "Hand me Down" and "T for Texas". Brandon's cowboy boots will be transporting him and his stetson to Theatr Clwyd's next Folk N' Roots event on March 2nd where he will be in the support slot alongside the Goat Roper Rodeo Band. A gig well worth attending, as I can testify, having seen the same line-up there last year.
We always like to see new faces visiting our little club, and this week I was particularly delighted to welcome Wrexham's John Ramm and Danny Sergiou. At the end of the first half of the evening, the pair delivered a fine set comprising Kris Drever's "I Didn't Try Hard Enough", and the John Mayer song "Belief".
But we couldn't just leave it at that, so we brought them back on for the finale, when they sang Yellowcard's "Paper Walls", before ending the evening with a lovely version of Daniel Bedingfield's "Wrap My Words Around You".
All in all it was a fine start to February …and I reckon we should do it all over again next Thursday.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
And though we well know that this Assembly, elected by the people for the ordinary purposes of legislation only, have no power to restrain the acts of succeeding assemblies constituted with powers equal to our own, and that, therefore, to declare this act to be irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind; and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present, or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.
Adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia on January 16, 1786, now part of Code of Virginia, §57-1.


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Casey es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Washburn en el estado estadounidense de Wisconsin. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 353 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 3,99 personas por km².

Geografía
Casey se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Casey tiene una superficie total de 88.56 km², de la cual 79.58 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (10.14%) 8.98 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 353 personas residiendo en Casey. La densidad de población era de 3,99 hab./km². De los 353 habitantes, Casey estaba compuesto por el 94.62% blancos, el 0% eran afroamericanos, el 0% eran amerindios, el 0.28% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0% eran de otras razas y el 5.1% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 0.57% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Localidades del condado de Washburn

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Have you ever thought of brewing your own beer at home? Well now you can, thanks to Bill Campbell of BREWMENTED.
The Powerball jackpot is up to 750 Million dollars, the fourth largest in history. As I was looking around for things to buy, you know, when I win, i came across this ranch.
This one store has sold five winning lottery tickets for a total of 2.3 Million dollars in prizes.
If you like Asian-inspired food, you're in luck. Teriyaki Madness is a restaurant chain based out of Denver who is planning to call Northern Colorado home.
The Nuggets are heading to the NBA Playoffs for the first time in six years. They swept the Boston Celtics in a 114-105 win Monday night.


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Gay money talks
By BTL Staff|2010-09-16T09:00:00-04:00September 16th, 2010|Guides|
by Lucy Hough
A recent report states that LGBT people are typically more optimistic about the general direction of the country, specifically in terms of economic growth, the job market and personal finances. And, as a result, LGBT buying power is high.
"The Gay and Lesbian Market in the U.S.: Trends and Opportunities in the LGBT Community, 6th Edition" was released by Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com, in early August and relies on various data including that collected by Witeck and Combs Communications, which released a report in March 2010 about LGBT households' opinion of the economy.
"What we found out in March was that they were clearly more confident," Bob Witeck said.
Witeck and Combs work with Harris Interactive to do various research initiatives, typically dealing with LGBT people throughout the United States. Their sample includes individuals who are 18 years and older and self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
According to the report, gay and lesbian consumers have about $743 billion in buying power in 2010. Visibility of LGBT households due to marriage equality and civil unions has increased businesses' interest in marketing directly to LGBT people. The report says that approximately 58 percent of gay and lesbian consumers favor companies that market directly to them for household products and services and will consider LGBT-friendliness when switching products.
Witeck said that this research is important because it provides economic insight for a group of people who have typically been ignored. "We've been invisible for years," Witeck said. "It's time that we have good and valued and creditable information where it counts."
The data that Witeck and Combs released was collected in March of 2010, and Witeck said that opinion might have shifted even over the past few months, due to the lack of change in the job market – especially in Michigan. But he has noticed that LGBT people are often more optimistic because they have more confidence in the government.
"One of the things that's happening here is that they do have more confidence in the administration than other people," he explained. "They put their faith in their political behaviors."
Witeck said that providing data and research that focuses on the LGBT community is important to providing a voice to a large group of people who are often ignored. Witeck and Combs project LGBT people to make up 6.7 percent of the U.S. population and use this number to compare their results to the rest of the U.S. population. This number is higher than academic estimates between 4 and 5 percent, but lower than market models, which tend to be 10 percent or higher.
Packaged Facts' report focuses particularly on "buying power" – known as "disposable personal income" – which is defined as the total after-tax income to spend on personal consumption, interest payments or savings. Witeck said that despite the common conception that the LGBT community has more disposable income than straight people, this is growing to be more and more untrue, especially as more LGBT people get married and have or adopt children.
Moreover, there are many added social, legal and financial challenges placed on LGBT people in such arenas as marriage, adoption, health care and property rights. "There are many handicaps or barriers for gay people in a household," Witeck warned.
Witeck and Combs Communications does various other research that can be found online at http://www.witeckcombs.com.
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Tatsiana Maskalevich, Data Scientist and Rachel Poulsen, Data Scientist will be presenting at the inaugural Women In Statistics conference being held in Cary, North Carolina from May 15-17, 2014 (https://women-instats.org/).
Tatsiana will be presenting Gerrymandering and Political Gridlock in the US. In recent decades gerrymandering has become an effective tactic to guarantee the outcomes of general elections. This poster explains how we analyzed gerrymandering. By combining district compactness — the ratio of the shape's area to its perimeter — with Partisan Voting Index data we compared Congressional Districts based on the voting patterns of their constituents. We concluded that the swing districts are less gerrymandered than the party-aligned ones.
Rachel will be presenting Application of Statistical Learning: Segmentation and Classification. Statistical learning algorithms are found in many applications. One type of statistical learning uses a combination of the multivariate statistical techniques of segmentation and classification. This poster will review the segmentation techniques of hierarchical and K-means clustering using R, discuss their benefits and challenges, and build a classification model for future assignment of new observations.


Here's our latest custom Tiny Home creation, log cabin-style. It was completed in late 2016. We've named it The Hunter's Dream. That it is!
We've taken it on tour to Galveston Texas and through the south, and recently we took it to Denver CO and to Hunter's Extravaganza in San Antonio Texas. Everyone who sees it wants a tour!


"We want to become an iconic fixture," he said.
Hale said the park would close at 6 p.m. daily, and possibly be open for private parties to rent until 10 p.m.
Several who spoke during the public hearing attended by about 45 people worried the closing time would conflict with the area's rush hour. Hale said he was amenable to changing the time if needed.
Some questioned the project's traffic impact and wondered if the Tri-Cities could support both Bahama Bay and Shark Reef Water Park, which Mike Hillman of Kennewick and Dave Schlotthauer of Pasco plan to open in Kennewick in the summer of 2011.
Jim Noyce of Pasco, who lives near Sandifur Parkway, said he would like a traffic signal added on Sandifur on Midland Lane or Road 92 because he is concerned about how the additional traffic would affect left turns onto Sandifur.
He also suggested the commission require a business plan.
Bryan Woodruff of Richland said the traffic wouldn't be like it is near TRAC because people wouldn't come all at once.
The property is west of Broadmoor Square and north of Interstate 182, and has adequate water and sewer infrastructure, said David McDonald, city planner. Dynamic Waters would be required to pay hook-up fees to both, along with an estimated $90,000 traffic impact fee that likely would pay for traffic lights in the area.
Marijo Bowe, a real estate agent with Kennewick's Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Associate Brokers, said the water park is an opportunity for the area's annual 300 days of sun to draw people to the Tri-Cities.
Bowe added the city should look at using tax revenue from the water park to build a much-needed aquatic center with year-round access. Tere Thornhill, president of Terence L. Thornhill Architect on Sandifur Parkway, said the list of staff recommendations spoke to his concerns, mostly with requiring a traffic study.
He also suggested an acoustic analysis. He wasn't sure sound screening walls would be necessary, since the main park noise would be children, not machinery.
The commission didn't add the walls or an acoustic study to the list of conditions.
Rick White, city community and economic development director, said the interstate would be noisier than the water park.
Joe Cruz, planning commission member, said he was for the water park, and that Sandifur was the right location for it.
The city should add a condition for the taller, noise-inspiring rides to be located on the south side of the property, near the interstate, he said.
Hale agreed to switch the tallest 60-foot slide planned for the north side of the property for a shorter one initially placed near the interstate.
Planning Commission Chair Todd Samuel asked if Dynamic Waters had experience running water parks.
Hale said no, but added that he would hire someone experienced to operate it.
The commission will deliberate and decide what to recommend to the Pasco City Council at its Feb. 18 meeting. The council makes the final decision on the permit.


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Baghdati () é uma pequena cidade da Geórgia, em Imerícia no oeste do país, como pouco mais de 3.707 habitantes (2014).

Geografia
A cidade está localizada próxima da reserva florestal de Ajameti , na margem esquerda do rio Khanistskali, um afluente do rio Rioni, a cerca de 170 quilômetros da capital do país, Tbilisi e 25 quilômetros de Cutaisi.

História
Baghdati é uma das mais antigas cidades na região histórica de Imerícia, formada hoje pelo mkhare do mesmo nome. Seu nome compartilha a mesma origem do nome da capital do Iraque, Bagdá: هدیه Bag "deus" e خدا dāti "dado", que pode ser traduzido como "dado por Deus" ou "presente de Deus" em persa antigo. Quando a Geórgia era parte do Império russo e, durante a República Socialista Soviética da Geórgia, seu nome foi alterado para Baghdadi (), e em 1940 foi renomeada como Maiakóvski (; ), em homenagem ao poeta Vladimir Maiakovski , que ali nasceu em 1893. Em 1991, após o colapso da URSS e a independência da Geórgia, houve a restauração do nome original.

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Dr. Hung Davis has been instrumental in shaping Adfinitas Health's responsive culture and implementing innovative staffing models that reduce utilization and costs while enhancing quality. A forward-thinking medical and business leader, Hung has been instrumental in shaping the firm's inclusive, responsive culture, and driving quality initiatives.
As CEO, Hung oversees Adfinitas Health's Post-Acute Services team, collaborating with over 40 skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, and nursing homes to improve patient care and effectively coordinate patient and information flows from hospitals.
A board-certified internist, Hung has two decades of experience as a hospitalist and certified medical director. He completed his internal medicine residency at East Carolina University School of Medicine and also served three years active duty in the U.S. Army.
Hung is certified in hyperbaric wound care and is Wound Care Certified (WCC). Currently, he serves as the Interim Medical Director for the University of Maryland Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Institute.


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Disney Laying Off 28,000 Employees in California and Florida
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Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros
The Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros is a cute, slow, dark ride located within the pyramid in the Mexican Pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot. It originally opened on April 6, 2007 and replaced "El Rio del Tiempo". The ride begins as a boat ride through the Myan pyramids in Mexico on one
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Beauty & The Beast Bar Announced
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Maleficent is BACK!!!
After a short "rest" after a mid-parade malfunction, the Fire-Breathing Maleficent dragon is back in the Festival of Fantasy Parade in Disney's Magic Kingdom. The Maleficent Dragon had a major malfunction a while back which caused the animatronic character to catch fire mid-parade. Luckily there were no injuries. There is no word on whether Disney
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Bibbity Boppity Boutique is a hair salon located on Disney properties that offers to style hair in the fashion of the Disney Princesses including ribbons and glitter, lots and lots of glitter. The Bibbity Boppity Boutique service had a cutoff age of 14 years old. This left many adults and teenagers left out. Until Now! The
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Each week brings documents, emails, new projects, and job lists. How much of this is different from the work you've done? Odds are, maybe not much. Many of our day-to-day tasks are variants on something we have done hundreds of times before.
Do not reinvent the wheel each time you start something fresh. Rather, use templates–as starting point standardized files with formatting and text. As soon as you save a separate variant of the template, just add, remove, or alter any info for that record, and you'll have the job.
Programs work anywhere: in word processors, spreadsheets, project management apps, survey platforms, and also email. Here's how to use templates in your favorite programs –and how to create documents from a template–so you can get your tasks faster.
Templates take time to build, and it's easy to wonder whether they're worth the investment. The answer: absolutely. Editing a template requires much less time than formatting something from scratch. It is the difference between retyping it, or copying and pasting some text.
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{{color box|#800000}} {{color box|#FF00FF}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}} | coach = [[Don Strock]] | league = [[Arena Football League]] ({{AFL Year|1988}}–{{AFL Year|1994}}) *[[Central Division (AFL)|Central]] (1988–1993) *[[East Division (AFL)|East]] (1994) | team_history = *Detroit Drive (1988–1993) *Massachusetts Marauders (1994) | no_conf_champs = 4 | conf_champs = * {{AFL Year|1989}}, {{AFL Year|1990}}, {{AFL Year|1991}}, {{AFL Year|1993}} Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games | no_div_champs = 1 | div_champs = *'''Central:''' {{AFL Year|1992}} | no_league_champs = 4 | league_champs = (as Detroit Drive) [[ArenaBowl II|1988]], [[ArenaBowl III|1989]], [[ArenaBowl IV|1990]], [[ArenaBowl VI|1992]] | playoff_appearances = * {{AFL Year|1988}}, {{AFL Year|1989}}, {{AFL Year|1990}}, {{AFL Year|1991}}, {{AFL Year|1992}}, {{AFL Year|1993}}, {{AFL Year|1994}} | no_playoff_appearances = 7 | arena_years = *[[Joe Louis Arena]] (1988–1993) *[[Worcester Centrum]] (1994) }} The '''Massachusetts Marauders''' were a professional [[arena football]] team that was based in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]. They were a member of the [[Arena Football League]] (AFL) from 1988 to 1994. The team was established in [[Detroit]] in 1988, as the '''Detroit Drive''' and was a member of the AFL in {{AFL Year|1988}} and in all subsequent years through {{AFL Year|1993}}. The club then moved to [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] in {{AFL Year|1994}} and played in that city through the end of the 1994 season. The franchise has four AFL championships, all while it was based in Detroit. The first three occurred in back-to-back-to-back fashion from [[1988 Detroit Drive season|1988]] to [[1990 Detroit Drive season|1990]], and the final one occurred in [[1992 Detroit Drive season|1992]]. ==History== ===Detroit Drive (1988–1993)=== ====Expansion (1988)==== {{main|1988 Detroit Drive season}} In 1987, [[Mike Ilitch]] began negotiations with the [[Arena Football League]] (AFL), to join for the 1988 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19870708&id=uylQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=olUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3283,5363714 |title=Detroit may get arena football |date=July 8, 1987 |newspaper=Ludington Daily News |accessdate=March 14, 2014}}</ref> The Drive began play in {{AFL Year|1988}} as a member of the AFL.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19880325&id=zw1KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=th4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3016,3456703 |title=Arena football hits Detroit |author=David Webster |date=March 25, 1988 |newspaper=The Michigan Daily |accessdate=March 14, 2014}}</ref> Under head coach [[Tim Marcum]], the Drive finished the regular season 9–3 after starting the season 2–3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-05-28/sports/8801030262_1_bruisers-rich-ingold-dwayne-dixon |title=Controversial Call Lifts The Undefeated Bruisers Over Drive |author=Andrew Bagnato |date=May 28, 1988 |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19880707&id=Oq5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6884,1805593 |title=Detroit driving with Ingold at QB |author=Gary Tuma |date=July 7, 1988 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> Two of the Drive's losses came at the hands of the [[Chicago Bruisers]], who finished the season with one loss. The Drive would get a chance at revenge when they advanced to [[ArenaBowl II]] against the Bruisers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-30/sports/sp-6692_1_chicago-bruisers |title=Chicago Bruisers, Detroit Drive Square Off in ArenaBowl |date=July 30, 1988 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> and they were able to defeat the Bruisers 24–13.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-07-31/sports/8801190614_1_bruisers-rich-ingold-detroit-drive |title=Drive Downs Bruisers For Arena Bowl Title |date=July 31, 1988 |author=Andrew Bagnato |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> ====Back-to-back (1989)==== {{main|1989 Detroit Drive season}} With the AFL suspending operations prior to the 1989 season,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/21/sports/football-arena-football-is-halted.html |title=Football; Arena Football Is Halted |date=February 21, 1989 |work=The New York Times Company |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> the league was revived and decided to play a short season, but that forced the Drive to begin the 1989 season by replacing quarterback [[Rich Ingold]], who didn't want to take the pay cut of the short season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19890622&id=QOlRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1875,6873002 |title=Rich Ingold will pass on Arena Football's short season |author=Mark Madden |date=June 22, 1989 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> The Drive won [[ArenaBowl III]] 39–26 over the Pittsburgh Gladiators.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CGciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fa0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4089,4385640&dq=pittsburgh+gladiators+detroit+drive&hl=en |title=Drive Arena Bowl Champs |date=August 18, 1989 |newspaper=The Argus-Press |accessdate=September 20, 2013}}</ref> ====3-peat (1990)==== {{main|1990 Detroit Drive season}} Head Coach Tim Marcum stepped away from the Drive in 1990 to join the [[University of Florida]]'s football staff, and was replaced by [[Perry Moss]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1992-08-22/sports/9208220765_1_moss-arenabowl-drive |title=Moss Caught In Role Reversal |author=Brian Campbell |date=August 22, 1992 |work=Orlando Sentinel |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> The Drive bolstered their offense by signing quarterback [[Art Schlichter]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19900510&id=HlgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6632,2933920 |title=Schlichter signs pact with Drive |date=May 10, 1990 |newspaper=The Times-News |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> (Who would become the AFL's MVP in 1990). Moss lead the Drive to a 6–2 regular season record and they remained a dominant force, leading the going to [[ArenaBowl IV]], where they defeated the [[Dallas Texans (Arena)|Dallas Texans]] 51–27.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dWciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ua0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1707,3465449&dq=gary+mullen+detroit&hl=en |title=Schlichter drives Detroit to another Arena football title |date=August 13, 1990 |newspaper=The Argus-Press |accessdate=February 15, 2013}}</ref> ====The return of Marcum (1991)==== {{main|1991 Detroit Drive season}} Marcum returned to coach the Drive in 1991. ====A fourth title (1992)==== {{main|1992 Detroit Drive season}} In 1992 the Drive played in the [[Northern Division (AFL)|Northern Division]]. The Drive won [[ArenaBowl VI]], claiming their fourth title in five seasons. ====Final season in Detroit (1993)==== {{main|1993 Detroit Drive season}} Ilitch sold the Drive so that they would not compete with the Tigers for attendance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20120122/SUB01/301229966/arena-football-league-wants-rematch-with-detroit |title=Arena Football League wants rematch with Detroit |date=January 22, 2012 |author=Bill Shea |publisher=Crain Communications Inc. |work=www.crainsdetroit.com |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> Ilitch still claims that he only kept the Drive because they were constant contenders.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} The Drive had, arguably, the best management team in the league. Owner [[Mike Ilitch]], General Manager Gary Vitto, and Head Coach [[Tim Marcum]] are all in the AFL Hall of Fame. Following the 1992 season, Ilitch purchased the [[Detroit Tigers]] of [[Major League Baseball]] and Vitto was transferred to the Tigers front office. Marcum assumed GM duties for 1993 and led the team to its final Arena Bowl. ===Massachusetts Marauders (1994)=== {{main|1994 Massachusetts Marauders season}} The team's on-field success did not mean equivalent business success; although the team was the most profitable in the AFL, setting attendance records, owner [[Mike Ilitch]] sold the team following his purchase of the Detroit Tigers in 1993. (There was speculation at the time that Ilitch did not want his old team competing with his new one, as they played at the same time of year.) The team competed in 1994 as the Massachusetts Marauders playing their home games at the [[Worcester Centrum]], but folded after going 8–4 in their first and only season. Whereas the Drive averaged over 14,000 fans a game during their six seasons in Detroit, the Marauders averaged less than 7,400 a game. Nearly three years after the Marauders folded, [[Dan DeVos]] purchased the franchise out of [[bankruptcy]] court, and in 1998 they became the [[Grand Rapids Rampage]], who played until 2008. ===Later AFL in Detroit=== Detroit later received a second Arena Football team, the [[Detroit Fury]]. The Fury played from 2001 to 2004 in [[The Palace of Auburn Hills]] and were co-owned by [[Bill Davidson (businessman)|William Davidson]], owner of the [[Detroit Pistons]] and [[William Clay Ford, Jr.]], son of the owner of the [[Detroit Lions]]. The Fury were never as successful as the Drive, compiling a 22–41 record and averaging 8,152 fans per game before they folded in 2004. While the Drive's history was relatively brief, they had an inarguable importance in the history of Arena Football, with [[ArenaBowl]] trips every year of their existence, and creating the first [[Dynasty (sports)|dynasty]] in the Arena Football League. ==Notable players== ===Arena Football League Hall of Famers=== {| class="wikitable sortable" | colspan="5" style= "background: #800000; color: white" align="center"| '''Detroit Drive Hall of Famers''' |- !width=60px style="background: #ACACAC; color: #800000" |No. !style="background: #ACACAC; color: #800000" |Name !style="background: #ACACAC; color: #800000" |Year inducted !style="background: #ACACAC; color: #800000" |Position(s) !style="background: #ACACAC; color: #800000" |Years w/ Marauders |- | style="text-align:center;"| 88 || [[John Corker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2002 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Offensive lineman|OL]]/[[Defensive lineman|DL]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1993 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 98 || [[Dwayne Dixon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1998 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Wide receiver|WR]]/[[Linebacker|LB]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1991 |- | style="text-align:center;"| – || [[Mike Ilitch]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2002 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Owner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1993 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 27 || [[George LaFrance]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2011 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Wide receiver|WR]]/[[Defensive back|DB]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1993 |- | style="text-align:center;"| – || [[Tim Marcum]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1998 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Head Coach]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1989, 1991–1993 |- | style="text-align:center;"| – || [[Perry Moss]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2000 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Head Coach]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1990 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Gary Mullen (arena football)|Gary Mullen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1998 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Wide receiver|WR]]/[[Defensive back|DB]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1989–1992 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 29, 35 || [[Tate Randle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1998 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Wide receiver|WR]]/[[Linebacker|LB]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988, 1990–1992 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 44 || [[Alvin Rettig]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1998 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Fullback (American football)|FB]]/[[Linebacker|LB]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1993 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 62 || [[Jon Roehlk]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1999 || style="text-align:center;"|[[Offensive lineman|OL]]/[[Defensive lineman|DL]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1993 |- | style="text-align:center;"| – || [[Gary Vitto]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1999 || style="text-align:center;"|[[General Manager]] || style="text-align:center;"| 1988–1993 |} ===Individual awards=== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="background:#800000; color:white;"| '''AFL MVP''' |- ! style="width:50px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Season ! style="width:150px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Player ! style="width:100px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Position |- |{{AFL Year|1989}}||[[George LaFrance]]||[[Wide receiver|WR]]/[[Defensive back|DB]] |- |{{AFL Year|1990}}||[[Art Schlichter]]||[[Quarterback|QB]] |- |{{AFL Year|1991}}||[[George LaFrance]]||[[Offensive Specialist|OS]]/[[Kickoff returner|KR]] |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="background:#800000; color:white;"| '''Ironman of the Year''' |- ! style="width:50px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Season ! style="width:150px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Player ! style="width:100px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Position |- |{{AFL Year|1988}}||[[Dwayne Dixon]]||[[Wide receiver|WR]]/[[Defensive back|DB]] |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="background:#800000; color:white;"| '''Kicker of the Year''' |- ! style="width:50px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Season ! style="width:150px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Player ! style="width:100px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Position |- |{{AFL Year|1990}}||[[Novo Bojovic]]||[[Placekicker|K]] |} {{col-3}} {{col-end}} {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- | colspan="4" style="background:#800000; color:white;"| '''Lineman of the Year''' |- ! style="width:50px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Season ! style="width:150px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Player ! style="width:100px; background:#ACACAC; color:#800000;"| Position |- |{{AFL Year|1991}}||[[John Corker]]||[[Offensive lineman|OL]]/[[Defensive lineman|DL]] |} {{col-3}} {{col-end}} ===All-Arena players=== The following Drive/Marauders players were named to [[All-Arena]] Teams: *'''QB''' [[Art Schlichter]] (2) *'''FB/LB''' [[Walter Holman]] (1), [[Lynn Bradford]] (1), [[Alvin Rettig]] (3), [[Broderick Sargent]] (1), [[Tony Burse]] (1) *'''WR/DB''' [[Dwayne Dixon]] (1), [[George LaFrance]] (2), [[Gary Mullen (American football)|Gary Mullen]] (2), [[Michael Clark (arena football)|Michael Clark]] (1) *'''WR/LB''' [[Niu Sale]] (1) *'''OL/DL''' [[Jon Roehlk]] (2), [[Reggie Mathis]] (1), [[Greg Orton (offensive lineman)|Greg Orton]] (1), [[John Corker]] (1), [[Flint Fleming]] (2), [[Danny Lockett]] (2), [[Ralph Jarvis]] (1) *'''DS''' [[Nate Miller (defensive back)|Nate Miller]] (1), [[Tate Randle]] (2), [[Rod McSwain]] (1), [[Riley Ware]] (1) *'''OS/KR''' [[Gary Mullen (American football)|Gary Mullen]] (1), [[George LaFrance]] (1) *'''K''' [[Novo Bojovic]] (2) ==Head coaches== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:140px;"|Name ! rowspan="2" | Term ! colspan="4" | Regular season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs ! rowspan="2" | Awards ! rowspan="2" | Reference |- ! W ! L ! T ! Win% ! W ! L |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[Tim Marcum]] | style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Year|1988}}–{{AFL Year|1989}}, {{AFL Year|1991}}–{{AFL Year|1993}} | style="text-align:center;"|40 | style="text-align:center;"|8 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|{{winperc|40|8}} | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=coaches&coach=26 |title=ArenaFan Online: AFL Coaches: Tim Marcum |publisher=ArenaFan |work=www.arenafan.com |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[Perry Moss]] | style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Year|1990}} | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|{{winperc|6|2}} | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=coaches&coach=27 |title=ArenaFan Online: AFL Coaches: Perry Moss |publisher=ArenaFan |work=www.arenafan.com |accessdate=September 26, 2013}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"|[[Don Strock]] | style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Year|1994}} | style="text-align:center;"|8 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|0 | style="text-align:center;"|{{winperc|8|4}} | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=coaches&coach=35 |title=ArenaFan Online: AFL Coaches: Don Strock |publisher=ArenaFan |work=www.arenafan.com |accessdate=September 23, 2013}}</ref> |} ==Video games== The Drive and Marauders both appeared on the game ''[[EA Sports Arena Football]]'' as hidden bonus teams. ==Season-by-season== {{Main|List of Massachusetts Marauders seasons}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== *[http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=history&team=6&year=1993 Detroit Drive at ArenaFan.com] *[http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=history&team=39 Massachusttes Marauders at ArenaFan.com] {{Massachusetts Marauders}} {{Massachusetts Marauders seasons}} {{Navboxes|title=ArenaBowl Championships|titlestyle=background:#800000; color:white|list1= {{ArenaBowl II}} {{ArenaBowl III}} {{ArenaBowl IV}} {{ArenaBowl VI}} }} {{Defunct Arena Football League franchises}}
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Ørsta is the administrative centre of the municipality of Ørsta, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.  The village is located at the innermost part of the Ørstafjorden, surrounded by the Sunnmørsalpene mountains. The village of Volda is located about  southwest of Ørsta.

The  village has a population (2018) of 7,308 and a population density of . This makes it the fourth largest urban area in all of Møre og Romsdal county.

Ørsta is the seat of the municipal government and it is also the commercial centre of the municipality.  There is a shopping center, industry, and Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden (on the southwest side of the village area).  Ørsta Church is also located in central part of Ørsta.  A regional high school and the Møre Folkehøgskule are both located in Ørsta.

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Check Out Michigan's Awesome 2023 Country Concert Lineup
Kristen Matthews Published: December 8, 2022
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I know it's still early, but it's time to start planning and saving because 2023 is shaping up to be a great year for country concerts.
Michigan 2023 Country Concerts
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So far, the busiest venues look to be Van Andel Arena and GLC Live at 20 Monroe in Grand Rapids, as well as Little Caesars Arena and Ford Field in Detroit. Ford Field is going to be particularly bustling in April and June because Luke Combs will be there Saturday, April 22nd and Morgan Wallen will be there Thursday and Friday, June 29th and 30th.
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Take a look at the gallery below to see who's coming to town (so far) and find out if your favorite artist made the list.
Michigan's Country Concerts in 2023
2023 is shaping up to be an awesome year for country concerts. Some of the biggest names in the game have already announced tour stops, like Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, and Carrie Underwood. Take a look at the list below and find out if, when, and where your favorite country artists will be coming to town.
All the Stars That Have Performed at the WITL Country Christmas Party Since 2014
The WITL Country Christmas Party is back. It's been four years since our last Christmas Party with our WITL Family members, and we are so excited to bring it back this year. To celebrate, take a look through these photos of some of the previous stars that have performed in Lansing at the WITL Country Christmas Party.
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GPD ships some Win 3 handheld gaming PCs with the wrong wireless card (and other mistakes)
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The GPD Win 3 is a small, powerful handheld gaming computer designed to let you play AAA PC games on a device about the size of a Nintendo Switch Lite. There's a lot to like about the little computer, but shortly after GPD began shipping the Win 3 to customers, some folks began noticing problems.
For example, the specs on the Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign promise support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0. But some customers have received Win 3 devices with an older wireless module that top out at WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2.
The good news is that GPD has offered compensation to customers who request it. The bad news is that in doing so, the company leaked the email addresses of 100 or so customers.
Here's the deal – the GPD Win 3 features an Intel Tiger Lake processor with Iris Xe graphics, 16GB of RAM, a PCIe NVMe SSD, and a 5.5 inch touchscreen display surrounded by game controllers. The screen slides up to reveal a capacitive touch keyboard. And there's a Thunderbolt 4 port with support for external graphics or other peripherals.
The Win 3 is also supposed to have an Intel AX200 wireless module which supports the Intel 802.11ax wireless standard, also known as WiFi 6. It also supports Bluetooth 5.0.
And many customers who have received their Win 3 devices do have the AX200 card pre-installed. But some people noticed that they had Intel's older AC7265 wireless card instead, which means that their devices can only support 802.11ac (WiFi 5) and Bluetooth 4.2.
According to GPD, what happened was that one of its equipment suppliers provided a batch of Intel's older modules. And since the newer AX200 wireless module is designed to be a drop-in replacement for AC7265, it looks virtually identical and it can be attached to the mainboard the same way. So factory workers likely installed the wrong chip without noticing.
The good news is that many users probably won't see much difference. While WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5 are significant upgrades that bring support for faster data transfer speeds and improved performance on congested networks, they're also newer standards and a lot of people haven't made the move yet. If you have a device with an AX200 chip connected to a home network that tops out at WiFi 5, then you're only going to get WiFi 5 performance anyway.
But if you do have a WiFi 6 router and/or want a more future-proof chip, then you can contact GPD and the company will either:
Pay $30 in compensation for getting a Win 3 with the wrong chip.
Send you an Intel AX200 module free of charge, but you'll need to install it yourself.
That later option is a little risky, as it involves opening up the case of GPD's handheld computer, de-soldering the AC7265 hardware from the mainboard, replacing it with the new component, and then using a soldering iron to complete the process. If you don't have experience doing that kind of work, there's a chance you could break the computer and GPD says it will not cover the costs of any damage incurred.
So yeah, sending out units with the wrong wireless card pre-installed? That's a little embarrassing. But GPD compounded the issue when emailing customers their options, because the company made the classic, avoidable mistake of using CC instead of BCC. In a nutshell, that means the company exposed the email addresses of more than 100 people… while also confirming that at least 100 people (and probably more) received Win 3 units with the wrong wireless card.
Overall it's unclear what percent of Win 3 units have shipped with an AC7265 wireless card – many users have also reported that they did in fact get the promised AX200 card. But this isn't the only problem that's been reported:
Some other users have complained about hardware defect such as broken controllers.
Screen defects also seem to be a problem for some units.
Others have had software issues including malware that was pre-installed.
For hardware problems, your best bet is to contact the company directly and request replacement parts and/or a replacement for the entire Win 3. For software issues, you may be able to re-install Windows on your own, but you'll also probably want to download drivers from the GPD website after doing that in order to make sure everything works properly.
Don't get me wrong, if you do manage to get a Win 3 that's not a lemon, it is a pretty great device for handheld gaming (albeit one with a pretty horrible keyboard). But it does seem that GPD has had some quality control issues affecting some units of its latest handheld gaming PC that you may want to know about before placing an order.
If you do decide to buy a Win 3, you may want to go through the steps outlined in an unofficial "Getting Started Guide" to check for problems as soon as possible.
via TechSpot and /r/gpdwin
Tagged: gpd, gpd win 3, handheld, handheld gaming pc, quality control, umpc
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iono says:
I hear people are considering doing charge backs with their bank/credit card company. I wonder if they'll be successful. I know it's easier with credit cards but how are sales disguised as "donations" handled.
Even though GPD unethically keeps using IGG for their initial international sales (intentionally used the word "sales" here), it's still technically a "crowdfunding campaign" and GPD fully exploits that fact. This article is just one such example.
AFD says:
Think I'd either ship it back or request the AX200. The Intel AC7260 is pure garbage and will eventually suffer from constant disconnects and afaik, their AC7265 has the same issue. Dealt with this headache for years and while a driver upgrade or fresh reinstall usually clears the problem, many months later it'll eventually happen again. After 7 years of this, my card eventually got to the point where nothing could fix the issue for more than a day.
Honestly no idea how such a problem could just reappear only once every year or so, or why their driver updates would fix the issue only temporarily (or why Intel deleted multiple 50-page threads about these cards over the years). Best of luck to whoever else will eventually have to deal with such a headache.
B Mosd says:
This makes me sad, I love my winmax and was considering the mobo upgrade option when they open crowdfunding on the winmax 2021. I'll have to check if they've got their heads outa their rears before comitting.
How's One Netbook in terms of QA/QC and warranty? I'm interested in the OneGx1 Pro LTE (more specifically, the "official" One Netbook distributor on Amazon US per One's website). Do they have similar rates of issues and generally not supporting their devices' like GPD?
It seems the ONEXPLAYER is their first IGG while their other devices were direct to retail. I'm not interested in this device but I wonder if One Netbook will similarly hide behind IGG's fairly lax policies like how GPD does.
I have the GX1 pro and I can tell you that their QC is streets ahead of GPD.
Thanks! I've been reading similar comparisons from others who have both GPD and One Netbook devices.
The other hardware issues mentioned in the article seems much worse than the wrong Wi-Fi chip and it looks like GPD isn't doing much resolving those issues for customers either.
I'd expect much better support when paying $1,000 USD.
kraken says:
I wonder what's the extent of all the Win 3 issues. GPD's been deleting a lot of the IGG comments that bring up issues with the Win 3 they got.
Good thing the Reddit sub and Discord channel are unofficial and not owned by GPD. Otherwise, GPD will try to censor those platforms as well.
tucan says:
GPD has always had very bad post-sales support and some people just put up with issues because GPD was the only choice. However, with the competition increasing plus rumors of Valve's SteamPal, GPD can't keep treating their customers this badly.
I hope the other companies handle problems much better than this.
aosd says:
I got the competing OneGx1 Pro 4G off Amazon. I hope I get decent warranty support. So far it's working as advertised though.
I would have preferred a smaller keyboard device (ie. Win 2 form factor and size with Win 3 specs) but the OneGx1 is the only current device that's available right now.
Wow. A decent company would replace the unit with free overnight shipping. I guess GPD isn't a decent company.
Issues happen (GPD probably has a noticeably higher issue rate than "large" companies though) but too bad GPD made it worse by handling it extremely badly at almost every step of the process so far.
I hope One Netbook and AYA Neo handle issues much better than this since things do get past QA sometimes but companies at least can do the right thing and make it right for the customer. Too bad GPD doesn't do that and just tells them to go pound sand.
Shane Hare says:
I guess that would be extremely expensive and would fail the campaign for them.. after all GPD is a small company and they won't be making a huge profit on what is essentially a niche product.
Nah says:
Grant Russell says:
Here's the thing. GPD wants to be a company that sells things globally, if you want to play that game, you need to support your customers globally.
If you can't afford to support your customers, then you can't afford to be in business.
GPD doesn't get a free pass because they're a small company. If they want to be a global computer manufacturer, they need to start building the distribution and support resources that customers expect.
I kinda feel like customer support across every industry has been on the decline for quite some time now, with call centers being outsourced when not replaced by computers, and contact forms on websites that they're usually free to ignore (and I assume every "chat" is a useless bot designed to frustrate you until you give up). Oftentimes problems are ignored until someone with a large following makes a big scene about it on social media.
People have just accepted that things can't be made outside of China and if things are made there there's a generally presumed reduced likelihood and efficacy of support.
So….if people's expectations are low enough, and there's little enough competition, it's possible to ship out loads of lemons and still compete. I'd like to think they're not that low, but I think people are too exhausted by the growing problems of this world to do much more than grumble quietly to the few people they still trust, as any sign of discontent not shared by the mainstream is grounds for suspicion and antagonism.
There are still 17 early backers that have not had their units shipped yet. Nothing from GPD as to why, and they are refusing to communicate with us. They haven't offered any compensation either. It's been several weeks now since the last batch shipped. We are the forgotten few.
People can buy the Win 3 from retailers now. At least I see it on Amazon now.
Forgot to say. Maybe GPD has already moved on and abandoned you folks. They've been ramping up their marketing of their next device already.
Feels that way. Kendy assures us they will ship on Tuesday.. but then again Kendy assures us they would ship last week.. and the week before
Snidleywhiplash says:
Why do we give companies like this any news at all. Its cheap free advertising for a crap product that you'll be lucky to get a year before something breaks. I love GPD's solution. We will give you a chip to solder in yourself. No return policy so we spend 1000.00 on a hope it works device with no warranty. I wish we would stop selling or advertising this "crap". Instead of posting crap like this on a tech site, it needs to be on ebay with all the other fake stuff.
It's not like I needed any more reasons to not send $1000 overseas for a device with virtually no warranty, from a company with a horrible QC track record.
By this time , I should expect they don't have this kind of problems , it is supposed they have experience from previous devices and also had enough time to address the quality control as well as the software issues , nut now with this I will go for one device from One or Aya
Sleeper Service says:
Yeah, that's the real issue being exposed here. The glaring flaws on the Win 1 were excusable because it was the first one-of-a-kind device for a niche market. The flaws on the Win 2 were excusable because there were less of them, so the company seemed to be improving. The Win 3 shows that that's not the case. On top of the screen issues, a lot of people have started having problems with the analog sticks as well. And the mouse-controller switch. And so on. And this is before people have had their devices long enough to start having the battery problems the Win 2 was notorious for, so we might still see that in the future. GPD aren't learning from their mistakes, and if they aren't improving, it gets tough to ignore their bad QA track record in the future.
To me one of the biggest red flags for GPD is that after more than a dozen products released by them, they still utilize crowdfunding platforms to launch their products initially.
To some, this might look like a progressive business strategy from a company that is doing "grassroots" product development. But in reality, I think they're doing this to protect themselves from credit card fraud reports (charge backs).
The payment processors that crowdfunding platforms use are charging cards along the same lines as a charitable donation. This isn't the same thing as buying a product from a retailer using your credit card, because in that scenario you can ask your credit card provider to charge back the payment if you end up with no product, or a defective product.
To me, GPD is hiding behind crowdfunding platforms as a means of screwing their early adopters into having no method of financial recourse when they get a defective product. GPD doesn't move on to traditional retailer sales until after their initial manufacturing issues are resolved.
GPD should be doing in-depth QA and testing work before releasing products to the public, and they should be launching their products on traditional retailers. Anything less than this is just scammy, because it's asking your customers to absorb the losses of quick and lazy product launches.
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Q: Swift protocol extension with method in wrong delegate still works(?!) I have a class that is using UITableView, for example:
class tableViewController {

    tableView.dataSource = self
    tableView.delegate = self

I noticed that one of the functions is in the wrong protocol extension:
extension tableViewController: UITableViewDataSource {

    func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, titleForDeleteConfirmationButtonForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> String? {

But it should be in ->
extension tableViewController: UITableViewDelegate {

This is in some code that I've had for quite sometime (even in a released app, but it has never misbehaved or produced errors.
Is this expected behavior due to some underlying mechanism.

A: Extension is not Inheritance that follow hierarchy, there is no hierarchy in extension. It means that if confirm to a protocol in any extension of your class, the functions of that protocol will be accessible within other extension.

A: It doesn't matter which extension the delegate methods are declared in, as long as the methods are visible from the extension that declares the conformance to the protocol.
To find witnesses in tableViewController for the methods in UITableViewDelegate, the compiler looks at all the methods that tableViewController has. Well, methods in any visible extension of tableViewController is a "method that tableViewController has", right? So naturally, the compiler would consider both extensions.
I can even declare the methods in a separate extension:
extension tableViewController: UITableViewDataSource { /* empty */ }
extension tableViewController: UITableViewDelegate { /* empty */ }
extension tableViewController {
    // all the data source and delegate methods go here
}

That works too, because the methods from the third extension are visible from the first two extensions.
Whether putting data source methods in the delegate extension is good practice, however, is a different story. I would say that this is quite confusing. Even if the compiler allows it, you should not do it unless you have a very good reason.

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