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Lumber prices ride a volatility roller coaster
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, multifamily developers and builders have had their work cut out for them as they try to budget for their lumber needs.
After months of wild fluctuations, lumber futures fell to their lowest level in a year earlier this month, according to lumber price data from NASDAQ. They have since reversed course, and currently stand at just under $600.
This drop followed two pandemic-era price bubbles in the market, where lumber futures rose to record highs in the thousands of dollars before dropping below $500.
The producer price index for softwood lumber fell 22.6% in June 2022 alone, and 35.0% overall between March and July 2022, according to a report by senior NAHB economist David Logan.
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In the entire history of the U.S. Bureau of Statistics' softwood lumber producer price index, which goes back to 1947, prices never exhibited more than 10% volatility in a given month until early 2020, when the cost of lumber spiked 20%. Since then, the high ends of price volatility have ranged from 25%-30%.
NAHB economist David Logan told Multifamily Dive that this shift stems from the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lumber industry, starting with sawmill closures in March and April 2020. "A good portion of those production cutbacks continued through July and August of 2020," Logan said.
This coincided with a boom in housing demand — something the lumber industry did not anticipate, according to Logan. "They didn't want to be sitting on huge inventories of lumber, so that's what initially caused the large upswing in prices in 2020… Housing activity remained extremely robust [through 2021], but U.S. producers were putting out the same amount of output as they had been the prior year."
The impact of inflation
At a time when the price of most materials has been rising, lumber costs have moved against the grain of inflation, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council's Construction Quarterly Survey for the second quarter of 2022.
When asked about their approaches to mitigating price increases or potential supply shortages for lumber, very few Construction Quarterly Survey respondents made design changes or turned to alternative products, materials and suppliers. Almost half — 48% — had changed their purchasing and warehousing schedules as a buffer against future price shifts. Thirty-seven percent had taken no action at all, a jump up from 18% the previous quarter.
These depressed lumber prices — at least compared to the last two years — could stem from the impact of inflation on industries that depend on lumber, according to Paula Cino, vice president of construction, development and land use policy at NMHC.
"This could very well be part of the inflationary story," Cino said. "As we see interest rates rise and costs go up, that is actually putting downward pressure on housing as well as other big purchases and renovation potential. So that is causing some of the volatility in the lumber space, even though we see prices escalating elsewhere."
Despite the negative impacts of lumber price volatility, Cino observed that the multifamily construction space is strong, and that the NMHC remains optimistic despite an unknown future.
"The takeaway is that there's still uncertainty in the space, because we know that what our members can't do is go to an alternative," Cino said. "...I think most observers would say that they're just continuing to expect the unexpected. And that's been the only consistency — that the uncertainty and volatility is probably something that is going to stick with us at least for the end of the year.
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Peter M Maloca, J. Emanuel Ramos de Carvalho, Tjebo Heeren, Pascal W Hasler, Faisal Mushtaq, Mark Mon-Williams, Hendrik P.N. Scholl, Konstantinos Balaskas, Catherine Egan, Adnan Tufail, Lilian Witthauer, Philippe C. Cattin; High-Performance Virtual Reality Volume Rendering of Original Optical Coherence Tomography Point-Cloud Data Enhanced With Real-Time Ray Casting. Trans. Vis. Sci. Tech. 2018;7(4):2. doi: 10.1167/tvst.7.4.2.
Purpose: Feasibility testing of a novel volume renders technology to display optical coherence tomography data (OCT) in a virtual reality (VR) environment.
Methods: A VR program was written in C++/OpenGL to import and display volumetric OCT data in real time with 180 frames per second using a high-end computer and a tethered head-mounted display. Following exposure, participants completed a Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) to assess for nausea, disorientation, and oculomotor disturbances. A user evaluation study of this software was conducted to explore the potential utility of this application.
Results: Fifty-seven subjects completed the user testing (34 males and 23 females). Mean age was 48.5 years (range, 21–77 years). Mean acquired work experience of the 35 ophthalmologists (61.40%) included in the group was 15.46 years (range, 1–37 years). Twenty-nine participants were VR-naïve. The SSQ showed a mean total score of 5.8 (SD = 9.44) indicating that the system was well tolerated and produced minimal side effects. No difference was reported between VR-naïve participants and experienced users. Overall, immersed subjects reported an enjoyable VR-OCT presence effect.
Conclusions: A usable and satisfying VR imaging technique was developed to display and interact with original OCT data.
Translational Relevance: An advanced high-end VR image display method was successfully developed to provide new views and interactions in an ultra high-speed projected digital scenery using point-cloud OCT data. This represents the next generation of OCT image display technology and a new tool for patient engagement, medical education, professional training, and telecommunications.
The field of ophthalmology is particularly well placed to benefit from the VR revolution as it has been making use of 3D information for many years.12,13 Indeed, optical coherence tomography (OCT) as a noninvasive imaging technology that uses low-coherence light to capture optical scattering from tissue, is one of the fastest adopted retinal imaging technologies.14,15 OCT has made it possible to visualize the vitreoretinal interface, and especially the retina and its layers using a cross-sectional and 3D display.16 The integration of the OCT system into the operating microscope enhanced ophthalmic surgery and neurosurgery and has allowed OCT imaging of live surgery without disturbing a surgeons' workflow.17 Yet, despite the benefits of OCT, the technology is hindered in its utility through a lack of interactivity and limited spatial navigation. Methods that provide more accurate shadow rendering with increased image clarity and sharpness using 3D-OCT image stacks have previously been described.18 Even though comprehensive volumetric animations have been created from these OCT data, major drawbacks have been identified, namely the use of compressed images, the need of long post-processing rendering times of several seconds and the use of nonintegrated second party software. This means that such approaches do not yet allow for real-time data interaction, especially in clinical settings.
Recently, new methods have been described in which stereolithography of volume-rendered choroidal vessels was used to enhance the spatial OCT visualization. Such printable models are based on a simplification of the natural tissue structure by the use of polygons to reduce the calculation requirements and, thus, make it printable.19 Typically, these renderings represent a geometric approximation of an object and are therefore incomplete as only the sides of the objects seen by the observer are rendered. While these polygon-based representations of tissue can be a useful, detailed presentation and clinical relevance may still be constrained.
The aforementioned advances in VR have now made it possible to overcome these barriers. In contrast to previous reports, here, we introduce a novel VR imaging technique for instant volume OCT data rendering that is enhanced with real-time ray casting of shadows. Instead of polygons we used original, high-quality OCT point-cloud data. We describe how this digital transformation could alter the display of OCT and other imaging information, presenting a novel approach for visualization and interaction, for education purposes and for the conceptualization of retinal disorders.
This research followed the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. The use of the data was approved by the local ethics committee (EKNZ-ID:2016-01948). Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.
Participants trialed the software voluntarily and were given the option to interrupt or end the VR experience if desired or needed. Following exposure to the system, they were asked to complete a brief survey for feedback. Inclusion criteria were 18 years of age or older and anamnestic normal stereoscopic depth perception (stereopsis). The use of spectacles or contact lenses was allowed. Exclusion criteria were coexisting diseases, such as epilepsy, dementia, parkinsonian syndrome, serious mental health illness, developmental disability or cognitive impairment, general disability that would preclude adequate comprehension of the informed consent, or subjects who did not sign informed consent.
A VR program (SpectoVR/RetinopsyVR Version 1.0; Center for Medical Image Analysis & Navigation, University of Basel, Switzerland) was particularly created for an immersive experience and written in C++/OpenGL that enabled volume data import from different medical imaging resources, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or OCT. Volume data were transferred as original .bmp stack files or DICOM format exported from the OCT scanner into the VR play arena (HTC Vive, Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan) and instantly volume rendered as original point-cloud data.
One major objective of the software from the outset was to provide a unique illusion of reality so that the user could both engage and enjoy the experience. For the highest level of immersion, a VR room large enough to safely walk around was programmed in room-scale to heighten the feeling of immersion (size play arena ∼4 × 4 × 3 m). The VR floor texture consisted of a high-resolution photograph of a linoleum surface, which also contained scratches, and thus simulated a very realistic environment. Several artificial windows with a view of the sea and sky were designed to avoid anxiety or the fear of being trapped. Room illumination consisted of an ambient light source that could be enhanced by a single ray-casting light, which itself could be manipulated in position and light intensity. The advanced ray-casting system was implemented to render shadows cast in real-time with 180 frames per second (2 × 90 frames per second and eye) to provide high realism and clarity of the rendering.
The tethered head-mounted display (HMD) headset enabled a "room scale" tracking technology, allowing the subject to move in 3D space and use motion-tracked handheld controllers to interact with the VR model and VR environment (image resolution 1080 × 1200 pixel per eye, thus, 2160 × 1200, nominal field of view ∼110°, tracking system lighthouse with 2 base stations emitting 60-Hz pulsed infrared lasers, wired connection using HDMI 1.4). Virtual reality refresh rate was set at 180 frames per second for both eyes and the application was deployed on an XMG high end-notebook (Windows 10 home, 64bit, 32 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 8192MB GDDR5, CPU Intel Core i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00 GHZ, 4 cores; Schenker Technologies GmbH, Leipzig, Germany).
A number of tasks were created for this VR application. Manipulation of the VR model featured change of first-person view angle, change of model size, walk through option, adjustment of ray-casting light to highlight region of interest, VR cutting with a plane, display and cutting of original point-cloud in any direction, and stereotactic, bimanual manipulations. The VR application is demonstrated in Supplementary Video S1.
To explore the utility of this technology, 57 healthy participants volunteered to trial the VR experience and provide their feedback via a user preference survey constructed in collaboration with experts in the measurement of user interaction with virtual environments. The participation to the study was voluntary and written informed consent was obtained from each subject.
All participants were assigned to the same procedure. The HMD displayed a VR room, which contained a single virtual model of a peripheral retinal tear (swept-source OCT, 1050-nm wave-length, optical specimen of 3 × 3 × 2.6 mm, Topcon, Tokyo, Japan). There was no data preprocessing, speckle-noise reduction, thresholding, or image compression applied before the application started, but OCT data were imported as original .bmp volume stack files. Aspect ratio was adjusted before data import using the bounding-box diameter displayed by the manufacturer's software. The examiner was instructed on the correct use of the manipulators, fit of the VR glasses, and were immersed into the VR play arena up to a minimal immersion time of 5 minutes that could be individually extended if desired. Immersion time was recorded. No extended explanation, nor training, for the VR-naïve examiner was carried out. After the experience, participants were asked to complete the questionnaire without being disturbed or influenced. An experienced supervisor was assigned, for instance in case of sickness, disorientation, or a potential collision with real-world walls to avoid undesired incidents. The use of the OCT-imaging data for VR modeling was approved by the local ethics committee. Figure 1 visualizes the VR reconstruction system depicting the VR environment, the volume rendered retinal tear, and the manipulators.
Stereoscopic illustration of the VR environment displaying volume OCT data of a peripheral retinal tear used in this study (images can be fused for a 3D sensation). (A) High-quality point-cloud rendering shows how the round border of the retinal tear is held with the left-hand VR handle (single arrow) and the origin of a retinal bridging vessel (white arrow head) is indicated with the right VR handle (double arrows). The neurosensory layer of the retina shows vitreoretinal traction (arrow head) and is separated from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE; double white arrow head), which is enhanced using shadow ray casting to provide realism and a sense of depth. Note that the used ray casting depicts near reality impression of floor scratches (asterisk) to produce the sensation of "being there" allowing reaction to stimuli as if they were in the real world, although the user is immersed in a synthetic environment. (B) The vitreoretinal traction is peeled off using a separate cutting plane (arrow) to highlight the bridging vessel (white arrow head). The cutting plane can be manipulated in all directions to deliver full freedom to operate. (C) Switch from VR-3D rendering (A, B) to original cross-section OCT mode in the same VR model and VR room shows the vitreoretinal traction (arrowhead) being continuous with the detached retina, which is separated from underlying RPE (double arrow head).
All responses on the survey were voluntary, which resulted in incomplete information for some items on the survey. Therefore, percentages of completed responses are reported throughout the manuscript. Response data were processed using R (2017; R Core Team, Vienna, Austria) and figures were created using Prism v6.00 for Mac (GraphPad Software, La Jolla, CA). To examine the extent to which the OCT point-cloud visualization tool induced side effects, participants were asked to complete the 16-item Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ).20 The analysis process followed the procedure described in the literature previously20 using a custom-written R script. Forty-nine participants provided complete responses for the SSQ questions so only these participants' data were included in this specific analysis. Each item was rated on a scale of 0 to 3 and responses to these items were used to compute ratings of three distinct categories of symptoms: nausea (to capture gastrointestinal distress), disorientation (e.g. dizziness) and oculomotor disturbances (e.g., eye strain). Specifically, a weighted average of these three factors produced a total score measure, which provides some heuristic value for capturing systems that induce high levels of simulator sickness (where a score of 0 would indicate no symptoms, <5 = negligible symptoms; 5–10 minimal symptoms; 10+ significant symptoms through to a problem simulation). Participants were also asked to state the extent to which they agreed (on a 5-point Likert scale) with 12 statements related to the VR tool.
The data were also analyzed to explore whether volunteers who were new to VR experiences had a higher discomfort score. For this purpose, a Wilcoxon rank sum test was performed to compare the scores of those who had and those who had not previously been exposed to VR. Finally, participants were asked to state what they believed to be the best feature(s) of the tool and where improvements could be made.
Of the 57 subjects, 34 were males (59.65%) and 23 were females (40.35%). Thirty-five were eye care professionals, such as ophthalmologists (61.40%), and 22 non-ophthalmologists (comprising 6 opticians and 16 other healthcare professionals; 38.60%). The mean age was 48.5 years (range, 21–77 years). Ophthalmologists had a mean acquired work experience of 15.46 years (range, 1–37 years of specific subspecialty training). Twenty-six subjects (45.61%) were using any prescription glasses or contact lenses (1 subject had previous refractive corneal surgery), 18 (31.57%) used prescription glasses and 11 (19.30%) contact lenses.
Twenty-nine participants (54.72%) reported that they had never used VR before and 24 (45.28%) reported that they had previous VR experience (4 participants did not provide responses). The minimal immersion time for all participants was 5 minutes (mean 20.17 minutes, range, 5–50 minutes).
The mean total score of 5.8 (SD = 9.44) on the SSQ indicated that the VR system was well tolerated and produced minimal symptoms. All participants completed the VR testing and no participants requested to end the experience prematurely. No external intervention by the supervisor was required in any of the tested subjects (0%). There was a stable VR application performance (100%) and no interruption of the application or technical shut down was noted.
Almost all participant responses to the Likert scale statements exploring their perceptions of the system were positive. The percentage of each response on all items is visualized in Figure 2 alongside a summary statement for the survey item.
Visual representation of the percentage agreement levels in response to 12 statements probing the utility of the virtual reality (VR) tool. Overall, the full volume rendering tool is well tolerated and beneficial.
A full list of the statements is provided in Supplementary Materials S1.
The majority of participants either strongly agreed (66.66%) or acknowledged (31.25%) that the simulator provided a realistic presentation of the clinical case (0 disagreed or strongly disagreed). All participants agreed (16.32%) or strongly agreed (83.67%) that using the tool was an enjoyable experience. Consistent with this, 50% strongly agreed and 38% agreed that they would use the system again if offered the opportunity and only 2% stated that they would not. When asked whether participants felt that the tool was an unnecessary use of their time, only 4.16% of participants agreed (2.08%) or strongly agreed (2.08%).
To explore the subjective educational value of the system, we asked whether participants agreed that the system enhanced their understanding of the clinical case, increased their confidence, and whether the system improved their knowledge of eye disease. For all three questions, participants had positive responses, with greater than 70% agreeing or strongly agreeing that these were valuable attributes of the system.
Next, we wanted to explore whether the tool could be used to augment intraoperative performance (e.g., as a preoperative simulation tool).6,7 Therefore, we asked whether the ophthalmologists in our sample felt that the tool could help them anticipate potential problems and take appropriate action. Here, 14% strongly agreed and 46.9% agreed that it could be useful in this regard, 34.69% were ambivalent, and 4% disagreed. The results were similar when we asked whether participants felt that the system might make them less likely to make errors, 21% strongly agreed, 42.5% agreed, 31.9% neither agreed nor disagreed, and 4.2% disagreed.
Finally, Wilcoxon rank sum test for comparison of the simulator sickness scores of those who had and those who had not previously been exposed to VR showed no statistically reliable difference between the two groups (W = 224, P = 0.2202).
In summary, the system was positively viewed by our sample of participants and this is reflected in our final question, which enquired whether they would recommend the use of this system to their colleagues, with 89.5% agreeing (31.25%) or strongly agreeing (58.33%) that they would recommend to others and only 2.08% stating that they would not. Our final two questions asked participants what they felt were the best features of the system and where improvements could be made (see Supplementary Materials S1 for the list of statements provided). In line with our expectations that current approaches are limited by the lack of interactivity and that this tool could address this problem, respondents most frequently suggested this capability to be a strong feature of the tool. Reflecting on the VR performance, respondents also indicated that further work improvements could be made in terms of the usability (referring to handling, cutting), resolution, and wireless capabilities.
The novel tool herein described enhances OCT image display and interactive capabilities by freeing OCT data from rigid frames—allowing access to OCT as a free-floating model that can be interactively explored and arbitrarily enlarged with no restriction on user movement. This occurs within a VR setting with no angular constraints and cutting planes in any location and direction. The application was positively accepted and judged, especially by the largest subgroup consisting of trained ophthalmologists who had undergone a mean of 15 years of postgraduate professional subspecialization. The VR software reported here is continuing in its development and is now available as a research tool.
Furthermore, the system empowers the user to switch promptly between the 3D-OCT VR model and the corresponding original OCT data by means of the cutting plane. Instantly, the user can focus on any space, section. and junction, and selectively hide or display particular structures. This combined feature of synchronized mapping of original, highly complex, 3D-OCT point-cloud volume data and plane view offers an unprecedented and meaningful VR environment. This kind of 3D data modeling and data representation may especially be important as it was shown that VR rendering can mask pathologic tissue, such as intracranial aneurysms.29 Thus, the combined, multidimensional feature in this software can avoid missing critical information as the VR image is immediately correlated and made comparable with corresponding OCT images.
A key advantage of the method reported here is that it is based on real-time rendering of original point-cloud data instead of polygons or meshes. The polygon extant approach approximates an object to save computational resources, but also reduces the complexity and detail level of a structure as an unwanted side effect in medical imaging. Thus, this novel method offers a valuable implementation for managing high complexity data that is enhanced with ray casting of shadows for a more natural and photorealistic illumination of the rendered data. Moreover, the VR data can be illustrated in different colored fashions using various transfer functions to highlight specific structures. This modality aided visualization of details of the vitreoretinal interface, vitreous body, or retinal layers that were not always apparent clinically or on standard B-scan OCT images.30,31 Such an intuitive VR tool may require less user training time, increase work productivity, and represent a novel paradigm for an advanced human–computer interaction.32,33 The described VR system is being introduced for medical teaching purposes at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom, and at the University of Basel, Switzerland, with not only medical students and medical staff, but also patients and their relatives, including visually impaired patients.
Given the increasing use of VR, evidence has emerged that these systems can limit the user experience by inducing general discomfort, headache, eye strain, disorientation, or even nausea, vomiting, and oculomotor symptoms, resulting in a form of motion sickness known as cybersickness.20,34 In addition, a positive correlation has been found between the frequency of negative side effects and the technical VR implementation to immersed people and the degree to which users were able to control movements during the immersion.35–37 However, in this study, all subjects were able to successfully use and complete immersive VR tasks, such as walking around a VR-3D OCT model, cutting in different angles or handling of a ray-casting light source, with solely minimal discomfort reported afterward. It could be possible that a longer lasting immersion triggers more side effects, but the noted symptoms are within the range of previous studies.38,39 We did not find a difference with regard to discomfort between VR-experienced subjects and VR-naïve participants who were represented at a relative high percentage of all participants. On the contrary, the large majority of the subjects reported a positive and enjoyable VR experience. This supports the safety of the described VR system for a display of 3D-OCT data. Furthermore, disorientation, one of the commonest reported side effects of VR, was not noticed during the experiment in any subject. This fact could be justified by the sophisticated VR interface, which was aimed at total immersion of the subject in the VR environment by including familiar and inherent objects, such as a floor with scratches, which would react to the angle of incidence of the ray-casting light, windows with a view of the sea or the sky, as well as the representation of the three orthogonal OCT cross sections in the usual way within virtual big screen monitors. Thus, this study shows that the personal integrity, individual representation of room scale, and orientation within the VR coordinates was consistent with the personal metric, which is associated with the extremely high rendering speed of 180 frames per second of high-resolution images. Nevertheless, we still advocate systematic monitoring of unwanted side effects before, during, and after the immersion.
Although the potential impact of VR in ophthalmology is high, there are major issues, such as lack of standardization in VR hardware and software and high expenses in programming and testing that must be overcome. Among the major criticisms regarding current VR systems, is the need for relatively heavy, tethered high-end headsets that require powerful (and expensive) high-end computers to operate. However, a number of forthcoming hardware and software solutions will likely reduce the financial burden of these systems. Given the current rate of progress in hardware development, higher resolution wireless head-mounted displays with controllers that provide more nuanced haptic information are expected to be introduced in coming years and we plan to ensure that the software described here is compatible with future systems. In such an image-information and communication environment, the capacity of our VR application will be further enhanced as the system already works across multiple imaging systems such as different OCT systems, CT, MRI, and 3D ultrasound. In Figure 3, some examples are shown to demonstrate other VR data integration, such as structural OCT, volumetric OCT angiography, and CT.
Integration of different image data resources into the VR-imaging method to show the capability of VR as a novel multimodal imaging display platform. (A) The developed VR tool was capable to import original, structural swept-source OCT data, for example of vitreoretinal traction and showing the corresponding original point-cloud rendering (OCT optical specimen measuring 9 × 12 mm; Topcon) (B). (C) Another example is shown as VR OCT angiography (3 × 3 mm, spectral-domain Cirrus HD-OCT; Carl Zeiss Meditec) and en face rendering of the optic disc vessels (D). (E) VR CT of a skull with soft tissue rendering and corresponding original CT data with intensity display (F) to show that VR as a new medium may be beneficial for ophthalmology and potentially for medical education and other healthcare subspecialties, such as neuroradiology or neurosurgery.
This study presents the first report on the feasibility, performance and safety of a newly developed real-time volume rendering technique for interactive VR environments to display original OCT point-cloud data, including an integration of real-time shadows cast by a moving light source. The possibility to render high-quality environments may position VR as the next generation image display method and platform of OCT and all other volumetric medical data, and forge a new perception on how we communicate and work with this technology.
The authors thank the individuals and Nadia Maloca, Laura Maloca and Noëlle Burri who generously shared their time, experience and materials for the purposes of this study.
Supported by grants from the Werner Siemens Foundation through the MIRACLE project.
The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NEI, NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.
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Q: how can i perform some action on click of two buttons simultaneously public void onClick(View v)
{
    if (v.getId()== R.id.but1 && v.getId()== R.id.but2)
    {
        Intent intent=new Intent(First.this,Second.class);
        startActivity(intent);

    }
}

A: There isn't such event that can be associated to two controls. event handlers only associated to one control and that is different than assigning the same listener to two button. listener will receive a call from every button separately.
Also, listeners will never be triggered together because both run in the same thread (The UI thread). It's impossible to catch on click event for both controls at some moment. one listener will be triggered and then the other. Even if we assumed that the user managed to click those together at the same millisecond or so in the perfect world. Any way who can decide that when they are clicked at same millisecond they considered to be clicked to gather! why not same nanosecond. and why not the same hour :)
Ok, it's enough explaining the click event.
What we need is the touch event and it can be played as follow (the code will also explain how the touch event work):
Activity Class Members:
public boolean b1Down = false, b2Down = false;

onCreate Method Code:
        Button b1 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
        Button b2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.button2);

        b1.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                boolean consume = false;
                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
                {
                    b1Down = false;
                }

                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
                {
                    b1Down = true;

                    if (b2Down)
                    {
                        // both are clicked now //
                        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Both are clicked now!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    }

                    consume = true;
                }

                return consume;
            }
        });

        b2.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {

            @Override
            public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                boolean consume = false;
                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
                {
                    b2Down = false;
                }

                if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN)
                {
                    b2Down = true;

                    if (b1Down)
                    {
                        // both are clicked now //
                        Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Both are clicked now!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    }

                    consume = true;
                }

                return consume;
            }
        });

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Question: What is the population of Lyndhurst? Answer: Lyndhurst, United States (Administrative unit: New Jersey) - last known population is ≈ 22 100 (year 2014). This was 0.007% of total United States population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2014 (+1.81%/year), Lyndhurst population in 2019 would be: 24 145*.
Local time in Lyndhurst: 12:33 Friday GMT-4.


It has been a long time since I was on a horse. I rode a few times as a child at commercial stables for birthday parties and occasionally at my Great-Grandparents' Ranch in Texas. But it has probably been 20 years since my last ride. Declan went to horse riding camp and loved it so I thought a trail ride would be a great treat.
We headed out on a Wednesday morning when schools were closed for a half day. JuRo stables is very easy to find – about 10 minutes from Providence in Mt Juliet. I felt like we were way out in the country though!
I made reservations 2 days in advance and told the stable our riding experience so that they would have the right horses saddled up for our ride. If you plan to visit on the weekend, or while school is out, you may want to call a week ahead to ensure you get the time and day you want.
When we arrived we checked in at the tack barn a few minutes early for our 10 AM ride which gave us some time to look around. There are chickens that roam and you can see their coop. There are also lots of farm dogs that like attention. After checking out the small animals we met the horses. A particularly friendly one, Buck, came up to be petted before we started our ride. You can also check out the small shop that sells western themed jewelry, bags and hats. Everything was very reasonably priced.
There is a porta-potty that was clean but if you don't like to use them you should go before you get to the stables. There are no diaper changing facilities.
When it is time for your ride your guide will call you over and match you with an appropriate horse. There are large tree stumps to stand on to help you mount. Your guide will ensure you are comfortable in your saddle and adjust the stirrups. If you have not ridden in awhile or if this is your first rodeo, be prepared to be a bit sore for a day or two after the experience, but it is totally worth it!
JuRo stables is actually a horse rescue in disguise. We were told by our guide, Kerilynn, that the stable has 46 horses of all breeds and sizes. Some are appropriate for children and others are for more experienced riders. The guides are volunteers and work for tips, so when you go, make sure you have cash to tip your guide. They do a fabulous job!
There are 350 acres that are available for riding. We rode through woods, fields and even through creeks. It was much more than your standard trail ride. Declan was nervous at first – he had only ridden when he was being lead by someone. He had never been in full control of a horse. But, within 30 minutes with Kerilynn's advice and encouragement, he was a pro. Solitare, the horse he rode, was gentle and used to inexperienced riders. At the end of the ride we were sent off on a loop trail and our guide stayed behind. Declan got to lead the way. It was a HUGE confidence booster and he did a great job!
A few tips I learned to make your experience more comfortable – make sure to wear long pants. There are some areas that you ride though near some brush and tree branches. Pants will insure you don't get scratched. As I mentioned I took Declan, who is 7, but I left Tamzin (2) at home. Children can ride with an adult below the age of 4, but I knew that Tamzin would not be still for the hour we were on the horses. Kids 5 and up can ride their own horse. Also, there is a 300 pound weight limit to ride.
Cost: Day rates – $25/hour for adults, $20/hour for kids Check here for costs other times of the day.


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She's gone on to serve as an executive in the industry for 38 years —and as a CEO for the last 25. Kim has experience in nearly every type of delivery structure, including freestanding hospitals and integrated health systems.
At Bryan Health she oversaw an asset base of $1.2 billion, a $750 million operating budget and more than 5,000 employees.
Kim has extensive experience building relationships and crafting effective strategies with private practice physicians. She is also well versed in new business development and creative partnerships, including joint ventures.
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WATCH: Irish stag party finds a piano in London underground station and ends up entertaining a crowd
Irish stag parties abroad don't always give off a great impression of us Irish, but this one left London commuters smiling.
Waterford man David Flynn along with his 20-man stag party stumbled upon a piano in Tottenham Court Road Underground Station and decided to put it to play.
Playing Elton John's classic hit 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me', David was joined by his pals Jamie Murphy and Paul Kavanagh who sang along.
The commuters couldn't help but love what the Irish guys had going on and it compelled them to all join in.
David has a background in singing and acting. He has travelled the world as lead vocalist with the show 'Rhythm of the Dance', where he met his bride-to-be Irene Cunningham.
His next show will be in the Theatre Royal Waterford on Friday 16th March.
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The basic poker lesson is when to hold and when to fold. Knowing whether your initial deal is worth staying in the game or if you should call it a day, is one of the most important decisions to make at the beginning of the poker game. One of the most common beginner's mistakes is holding onto the worst pair of hole cards instead of folding and protecting your money.
Therefore, if you are a novice poker player, one of the first things you should memorize is which initial hands are worth holding and which hands leaves you no choice but to fold. Since Texas Holdem is the most popular poker variation, here you can find lists of the best and the worth Holdem poker starting hands.
Pair of Aces: as known as American Airlines or pocket rockets, it is the best possible Texas Holdem starting hand.
Pair of Kings: not as good as a pair of Aces but still an excellent way to open a game of Texas Holdem.
Pair of Queens: if you want to look at the bright side, you will be beaten only by Kings and Aces.
Ace and King: if they are of the same suit, your condition is even better, since you can form the nut flush at ease.
Pair of Jacks: unless the flop shows either a Queen, King or an Ace, you have decent chances of winning with this promising starting hand.
Ace and Queen: the same as Ace and King, a suited hand would increase your chances of stepping out as a winner.
Ace and Jack: even if appears unsuited, this starting hand is still worth holding.
King and Jack: still one of the best Texas Holdem starting hands, but be careful with it, especially when unsuited.
Ace and Ten: the Ace upgrades it to a pretty good hand, although requires a cautious play since it can be beaten by any of the starting hands mentioned above.
These hands would suit you well if you play some of the lowball variations, but if you play traditional Texas Holdem poker, the best advice would be to fold.
2 and 7: if you are dealt this hand, especially unsuited, you cannot even make a straight. Even if suited you should be so lucky to form a low flush or the lowest pair. In one word: fold.
2 and 8: same as the previous hand; pair of 8s is still a low pair.
3 and 8: again, hardly even a low straight.
2 and 6: only if the community cards will feature 3, 4 and 5, you will have a chance of forming a straight. However, do not count on it, especially if there are more than 3 attendances in the game.
2 and 9: thanks to the presence of the 9 you are in better shape than with the former hands, still you cannot form a straight and even a pair of 9s would be beaten by pairs of 10s, Jacks, Queens, etc.
3 and 9: the same thing: higher than 8 lower than almost any other hand.
4 and 9: as mentioned above; foldem.
2 and 10: even though Doyle Brunson had won two WSOP bracelets with this starting hand, unless you have the talent and experience of Brunson, do not hold this hand.
5 and 9: also known as Dolly Parton, this hand would get you nowhere near the final table.


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Big Boi talks 'Boomiverse,' police brutality and politics: You can't ignore the will of the people
Story and Video by Deena Zaru, CNN
Updated 2:36 PM EDT, Mon August 14, 2017
Big Boi talks 'Boomiverse' and police brutality
"The anti-establishment does have a voice, and the Democrats need to listen to that," Big Boi says
"The police are not playing by the rules," he says of the shooting death of Philando Castile
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Big Boi is back and booming with new music and a message to politicians, particularly Democrats, in America: You cannot continue to ignore the will of the people.
"I'm on the stump like the black Trump, but the people love me. You know what I'm saying?" the Atlanta rapper joked in an interview with CNN's #GetPolitical series.
Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, who is half of the six-time Grammy-winning hip-hop duo Outkast, released his third solo studio album, "Boomiverse," last month. The album touches on everything from relationships to politics and includes songs such as "Kill Jill," featuring his fellow Atlanta rappers Jeezy and Killer Mike, "Mic Jack" featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine and "In the South," featuring Gucci Mane and Pimp C.
The rapper, who supported Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders in 2016, was critical of the American political establishment years before anti-establishment voices became more mainstream, defining 2016 politics on both the left and the right.
Big Boi - Kill Jill ft. Killer Mike, Jeezy (Official Music Video)
"The anti-establishment does have a voice, and the Democrats need to listen to that and kind of bring those people in because there's a lot of power in the youth," Big Boi said. "You have to listen to the people. It's all about the will of the people, man, that's how (President Donald) Trump got in there. He got the will of the people. He turned the people against the establishment and won.
"I think where the Democrats messed up was when, you know, everything came out when they were, you know, kind of being sleight-handed to Bernie. He was the candidate that people wanted … They kind of shot themselves in the foot," he added.
Chopping it up With Bernie Sanders #FeelTheBern #BernieSanders #BigGrams pic.twitter.com/Uk4LfpxrL1
— Big Boi (@BigBoi) October 21, 2015
'The police are not playing by the rules'
When asked about the issues he is currently passionate about, Big Boi lamented the shooting death of Philando Castile — a 25-year-old black man who killed by a police officer in St. Paul, Minnesota, on July 6, 2016.
Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Castile, was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter on June 16. He also was acquitted of two counts of intentional discharge of firearm that endangers safety.
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"We're getting a chance to see more of what's being done to unarmed citizens as well as those who are licensed to carry like a Philando Castile," Big Boi said. "We're seeing the videos, we're seeing these people being murdered in cold blood like with Philando Castile … it's a travesty; it makes you angry, and, you know, it just stirs the fire in people's hearts."
Castile's death garnered widespread attention – and sparked nationwide protests over the use of force by police – after his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, broadcast the shooting's aftermath on Facebook Live.
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But Big Boi said that despite the national spotlight on this issue, convictions in cases of police brutality are rare and demonstrate an absence of justice in the law itself.
"I don't want to say what NWA said," Big Boi said, referencing the legendary rap group's "F— the Police," a 1988 song that addresses police brutality. "But the police are not playing by the rules, you know what I mean?" he continued.
"So you can film all the videos and record everything you want to … if there are no convictions behind this, then everything gets swept under the rug. I just think this is wrong and we gotta continue to fight and protest and march."
The rapper, who founded a non-profit organization that teaches children to be socially conscious, urged young people to engage politically: "Cast your vote, use your rights and be heard."
"I think now that Trump is in office, what people need to do is go out and you have to vote in your state and local elections as well," he said. "You have to start from your corner and your block to make your voice heard."


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It is with great joy that our parish community welcomes adults and children into the Church through the Sacrament of Baptism! The goodness of your lives and your faith make possible this wonderful celebration of the eternal life bestowed by our gracious God.
How we celebrate baptisms at Mass is changing in January 2017! Click here for more information.
Our community will continue holding Communal Baptisms at 11:00 AM on one Saturday per month. This Communal ceremony will always be on a different weekend than the Mass Baptisms weekend.
Please consult our Baptisms FAQ (linked below) for more information about baptism in our community.
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Made In Dublin: From the kitchen table to our biggest supermarkets with sushi firm Oishii Foods
"You get the product on the shelf until you can afford a more professional way of doing it"
Christopher JonesCreative Content Writer
Updated 12:48, 14 FEB 2022
Ciara Troy's Oishii Foods supplies a range of our biggest supermarkets (Image: Supplied)
Way back in the early 2000s, Ciara Troy spent a university semester in Tokyo, studying Japanese language and business as part of her Trinity Business School degree programme.
She so fell in love with the place, the culture and cuisine that by 2006 she had set up Oishii Foods, serving delicious (the English translation of 'oishii') sushi and other Japanese delicacies to shoppers at farmer's markets around Dublin and beyond.
Now, 16 years later, the Smithfield-based firm is a major food retail business that employs 26 people and supplies the country's biggest supermarkets – Dunnes, Lidl, Tesco, SuperValu, Spar and Applegreen among them.
"I couldn't tell you that it was a grand plan," says Ciara. "I didn't aspire to be a business owner or a food entrepreneur.
"I was just full of gusto that you have in your mid-20s, coupled with the encouragement from family and friends to just go for it."
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Why Japan? It was a university partnership – Ciara jokes that she could just as easily have studied in Sweden and gone into meatball production instead. And, given that she was already 27 and a homeowner, it was something of a culture shock.
"We took a mortgage break for three months to allow me that time to go to Japan," she recalls. "It was very strange going from a being a new homeowner to then living in an international dorm, sharing a room with a Mongolian lady and a Korean lady who had no English – I obviously didn't have any Korean or Mongolian.
"But we knew we were forging a common path when we were able to converse a few words in Japanese a few weeks in."
As well as intensive language studies, Ciara threw herself into the culture – out of necessity as much as anything. She had some appreciation of Japanese food as a regular customer of the Aya sushi restaurant on Clarendon Street, but this was on another level.
"You had no choice really, other than to immerse yourself," she says. "I did try all the different types of Japanese dishes – okonomiyaki, sushi, and we went to the Tsukiji fish market really early in the morning and had fresh sushi nearby, which was a fabulous experience.
"It was a culinary experience from day to day."
Oishii Food specialises in supplying supermarkets with ready-to-eat sushi (Image: Supplied)
Ciara finished her degree and started temping – with a mortgage to pay, she had no choice. But Japan had had a profound impact on her – she kept up the language studies for another two years, and she missed the food. Then a lightbulb came on in her head:
"I went to the Food Emporium that used to be off Abbey Street, there was a small Japanese offering there," she says. "And I said, 'God, I really wish you could get more of this type of food that I love eating'."
After a bit of research and with plenty of encouragement from friends and family – Ciara's brother is a fellow entrepreneur – she decided to give Greystones farmer's market a go.
"I enlisted a recruit, a fabulous Japanese lady called Kayo, and we became great friends," says Ciara. "She would come to my house and we would make the sushi here in the house and pack it up and go to the market.
"She was teaching me Japanese, I was teaching her English and we had rice everywhere!"
Oishii Foods was on its way, but that's only the start of the story. After realising that relying on the markets would be unsustainable, Ciara moved on to the next stage – retail.
With the fearlessness that has characterised her career, she cold-called some shops, asked them what she needed to do for them to stock her produce, and got to work.
"They said, 'You need to get a barcode and comply with the labelling legislation', so I contacted GS1 and bought 10 barcodes, then rang the Food Safety Authority.
"I got an advisor in there to proofread a homemade label, and I was able to get five labels to an Avery page if I used a Stanley knife and a rule.
"You get the product on the shelf until you can afford a more professional way of doing it."
Over the next number of years, the business got more professional as it diversified and grew. However, there have been bumps in the road – particularly with the recent challenges of Brexit and the pandemic, which pushed up costs and complicated Ciara's routes to market.
"We became a client of Enterprise Ireland, which allowed us to do a strategic marketing review," she says. "It really stopped us in our tracks and made us assess what we were doing and why we were doing it, and what we're really about.
"When you get to the bones of it, it was freshness, health, convenience, retail dominating. So we decided to really focus on that."
Ciara fell in love with Japanese cuisine during a semester studying in Tokyo (Image: Supplied)
Previously, the firm had offered food service to businesses and direct sales to consumers, but now Ciara says they are "98% retail focused". They also modified their supply chain and distribution model to deal with the new realities.
It meant some pain, including redundancies, but Ciara says it has put the business on a solid footing.
"I feel very confident about where we're at and where we're going," she says. "Partly because of the length of time I've been doing it – I know exactly what we're about now, and I know where we want to go, and how I think we can get there.
"And I've built a team who are buying into that vision, and are swimming in the same direction as me."
Looking back on those humble beginnings, preparing sushi in her own kitchen before heading out to Greystones, Ciara can be proud of how far she and the business have come. Not only that, they have been trailblazers in their field over the last 16 years.
"There were very few offerings in terms of Japanese food in Ireland at that time," she recalls. "And I would say that Oishii has played a pivotal role in shaping the food-to-go category in retail, and bringing that innovation and ethnic piece to the front of store.
"When you compare that to the market today, there's a huge appetite for ethnic cuisine, and people are now more familiar with sushi.
"But they're also now more aware that there's more to Japanese food than sushi, which hopefully will open up further opportunities for innovation for other elements of the fabulous Japanese cuisine."


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Cop Avoids Jail Time Despite Groping Handcuffed Woman
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A Florida cop will serve no time in prison despite using a handcuffed woman's compromised position to grope and look at her private parts.
Daytona Beach Police Officer Larry Leon Jones was sentenced to only two years of probation on Tuesday after accepting a pre-trial agreement that also required him to surrender his law enforcement certificate.
The incident occurred on Feb. 10, 2015 when a 25-year-old woman called police to admit she had left the scene of a hit-and-run accident. She was promptly arrested by Jones and placed handcuffed in his patrol car.
Jones, 23, was told to take the woman to police headquarters but he stopped on the way and ordered her out of the vehicle. He then placed his hands on her breasts under her bra, according to police investigators.
The woman also accused Jones of rubbing her crotch and legs before pulling her pants and panties down in order to shine his flashlight on her vagina. The woman said Jones then changed her handcuffs from the back of her body to the front in an attempt to have a justification for why he had stopped.
According to investigators, a police GPS tracking system showed that Jones' car stopped twice on the way to the station. That in itself was a violation of department policy and Jones resigned from his position on Feb. 24, 2015.
As a result of Tuesdays plea agreement, prosecutors reduced a felony false imprisonment charge against Jones to misdemeanor battery.
He entered no contest pleas to that misdemeanor battery charge and an additional one. The agreement prevents Jones from seeking any future law enforcement job and orders him not to have any further contact with his victim.
If Jones successfully completes his two years of probation, a felony charge against him of falsifying official records will be dismissed, as per the agreement.
A spokesman with the 7th Circuit State Attorney's Office, Spencer Hathaway, said prosecutors reached the agreement after consulting with the victim and the Daytona Beach police department.
"I didn't think the kid deserved to go to jail, but I also didn't think he should ever be a police officer again," Chief Mike Chitwood said. "He's a young kid. He made a horrible mistake. He doesn't belong in our agency. He doesn't belong in any law enforcement agency."
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According to the 3rd Quarter Report of The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project for 2010, police officers were accused of sexual assault at a rate of 79 per 100,000 law enforcement personal. The rate of accusations for the general public was 28.7 per 100,000.
When correcting for gender, the numbers show that there are 1.5 times more accusations of sexual assault among male law enforcement officers than among the general male population.
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The options for going green can sometimes seem overwhelming to the novice. Does it seem too expensive and hard for you to consider? Now is the time to make the changes that you want to make. Forget about anything negative you might have heard about green energy and continue reading to learn more about this great technology.
You can conserve energy by shading your windows from sunlight. Both curtains and blinds will help keep the heat from the sun out of your home during the summer months. By doing these things, you'll lower the amount you need to run your air conditioner in the summer, as your home will already be cooler. You can save money and energy throughout the summer.
You can consider getting solar water heaters to heat your water. If you live in an area where freezing temperatures are not a problem, you can purchase a system that heats water through a heater that is solar before it pumps it in your home. Don't get rid of your conventional water heater though; you may need it if it's cloudy when you're ready to use hot water.
Instead of using a clothes dryer, hang your clothes in the sun to dry in the summer months. The sun gives your clothes a great smell. They will feel and smell fresher than machine-dried clothes. You will also be saving money on your utility bills.
If you would like to reduce the cost of your hot water, use solar energy. Consider investing in a hot-water system that runs off of solar energy. You can choose from a direct circulation system or an indirect one. The indirect one is your best option if you have to worry about frozen pipes in the winter.
So exactly what changes do you need to make in order to make your home a greener one? This article provides many tips and solutions, so you can begin using green energy in your life today. You will love the results you get from going green. They will exceed your wildest hopes.


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So you are sure that the Windows update method did not work for you, the previous BIOS version was shown in the Main BIOS page?
The Windows BIOS update method is the most prone to failure for most user for some reason. If you really cannot get a USB flash drive to use the Instant Flash method, have you ever tried your board's Internet Flash method? That is a BIOS tool that downloads the new BIOS file automatically and then updates the BIOS.
This error ""1394 GUID are invalid in both CMOS and flash. Press F1 to resume"" ?
hi i am a us citizen looking for the ASRock Z97 OC Formula motherboard.. i do not want the Z97M version. I don't really understand what is going on with newegg or other distributors but even though several list the item they are all out of stock even though newegg released the product for preorder months ago and released it offically on July 1st they either sold out from pre-orders or are trying to change the price or something... at any rate i am quite frustrated because my latest build would be amazing with this motherboard and i have had my eyes on it since it's teaser infancy. If you know any details about what exactly is going on with the usa release of this mobo and or can tell me where to get it now or an offical release date of when it can actually be purchased i would greatly appreciate it. i really do not want to use a gigabyte board but depending on when i can actually get a hold of where to obtain this board i may have to resort to my second choice.. thanks in advance for any replies and sorry this is off topic..
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on mine i'm running an 1100T and the latest. any time i manually set my ram speed AND timings it it under clocks my ram by over riding the speed settings.
so if i set it to 1600 mhz it's all good but, then if i manually set my timings it starts running at 1000mhz (500mhz).
I've tried and tried and tried again with asrock and they either ignore me, brush me off or pretend to not under stand what i'm saying.
Now here is the interesting bit, there was similar glitch with ram speed settings in a prior bios version, however in version 2.50 which i currently have the bug changed. it changed in such a way the problem goes away untill you make ANY changes to the ram timing, then it starts under clocking like the prior bios's bug/glitch.
I have all but, called asrock over the phone. Yes i just checked and i see there is a version 2.7 which seems to be an ultra fast fix.
I recently purchased the new roll-out FMA285X extreme6 based on the excellent reviews I read.
I was unable to find much on other than that on the board other than reviews....not that surprising...the board is a really new roll-out.
My build was delayed due to a long delay in receiving the RAM so I decided to do a little prepwork.
I was a little surprised that ASRock referred customers here and a LOT concerned when ASRock referred customers to a site that asks for an obscure verification response and consistently rejects the answer. I became EXTREMELY CONCERNED when I noticed ASRock referring customers to the (for cryin' out loud) dealer with other questions and worse, RMA's and repairs!
Today I ran into a post by parsec on this thread where he observed that ASRock Tech Support doesn't even exist in any meaningful way!
Purchasers are justified in having an expectation of expert mfr. technical support. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate the input from fellow users but c'mon! This product has some weird bugs which would certainly defeat many builders.
As it turned out I had to RMA the board because a Windows install kept on going into an endless loop. maybe there was a simple workaround.
I feel your pain. I put in a ticket to ASrock and got back a stock answer to contact the people who sold me the mother board. Which is new egg. Everyone knows how bad newegg's support is. So.. in short ASRock does not have customer support. I will never never buy another board from this company. I used an ASUS board before and had no problems with it. I am really sad I feel for the hype. I really hope this company goes out of business.


New particles produced in the LHC's high-energy proton-proton collisions don't hang around for long. A Higgs boson exists for less than a thousandth of a billionth of a billionth of a second before decaying into lighter particles, which can then be tracked or stopped in our detectors. Nothing rules out the existence of much longer-lived particles though, and certain theoretical scenarios predict that such extraordinary objects could get trapped in the LHC detectors, sitting there quietly for days.
The CMS collaboration has reported new results in its search for heavy long-lived particles (LLPs), which could lose their kinetic energy and come to a standstill in the LHC detectors. Provided that the particles live for longer than a few tens of nanoseconds, their decay would be visible during periods when no LHC collisions are taking place, producing a stream of ordinary matter seemingly out of nowhere.
The CMS team looked for these types of non-collision events in the densest detector materials of the experiment, where the long-lived particles are most likely to be stopped, based on LHC collisions in 2015 and 2016. Despite scouring data from a period of more than 700 hours, nothing strange was spotted. The results set the tightest cross-section and mass limits for hadronically-decaying long-lived particles that stop in the detector to date, and the first limits on stopped long-lived particles produced in proton-proton collisions at an energy of 13 TeV.
The Standard Model, the theoretical framework that describes all the elementary particles, was vindicated in 2012 with the discovery of the Higgs boson. But some of the universe's biggest mysteries remain unexplained, such as why matter prevailed over antimatter in the early universe or what exactly dark matter is. Long-lived particles are among numerous exotic species that would help address these mysteries and their discovery would constitute a clear sign of physics beyond the Standard Model. In particular, the decays searched for in CMS concerned long-lived gluinos arising in a model called "split" supersymmetry (SUSY) and exotic particles called "MCHAMPs".
While the search for long-lived particles at the LHC is making rapid progress at both CMS and ATLAS, the construction of a dedicated LLP detector has been proposed for the high-luminosity era of the LHC. MATHUSLA (Massive Timing Hodoscope for Ultra Stable Neutral Particles) is planned to be a surface detector placed 100 metres above either ATLAS or CMS. It would be an enormous (200 × 200 × 20 m) box, mostly empty except for the very sensitive equipment used to detect LLPs produced in LHC collisions.
Since LLPs interact weakly with ordinary matter, they will experience no trouble travelling through the rocks between the underground experiment and MATHUSLA. This process is similar to how weakly interacting cosmic rays travel through the atmosphere and pass through the Earth to reach our underground detectors, only in reverse. If constructed, the experiment will explore many more scenarios and bring us closer to discovering new physics.
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"Italy's Witches and Medicine Women", the name of Karyn Crisis' forthcoming book, is based on her research while living among locals in Italy (the Ligure Region of Italy, Toscana area, Benevento and Sanniti area, Rome, and Udine region, and more). She's interviewed 23 Streghe, Nonna healers, authors (from Benevento, Rome and Naples, and Perturo Irpino, historians, museum directors, ancient folk story experts, Inquisition researchers, Benandanti, and local women from healing lineages. She's walked on remains of 2,000 year old Goddess temples, received healing treatments from Italian witches, learned about Europe's 500 year long Inquisition, and crawled along the cobblestones where women were burned…and delved deep into the heart of what truly is an "Italian Witch." More than this being about the history of unsung female healers, her research has uncovered a most important matrilineal living practice (in harmony with all of nature's cycles) that was destroyed and buried under the patriarchy in ancient times…and whose destruction has affected the modern world today.
Karyn has developed "Italy's Witches and Medicine Women" into a Lecture Series with video interview footage, photos, and a brief overview of the enormous body of information her book contains. Each Lecture is different, tailored to each group of participants, with time allowance for Q & A. We are thrilled to host Karyn at Ritualcravt for one night to view this presentation. To reserve your space, simply purchase your seat online here and bring your receipt with you to the event.
About Karyn: Karyn Crisis is a Spirit Medium, communicating with and giving messages from the Spirit world of Guides, Goddesses, loved ones and friends. Having trained as a platform Medium under an NSAC certified Spiritualist Minister, her work with the Spirit world has become sought-after in the Bay Area in the form of: classes, workshops, private readings and public demonstrations. Her work has taken a turn towards historical recovery after the Spirit world guided her towards finding and sharing the true story of Italy's Witches and Medicine Women. Karyn has recently returned from an second extensive research trip in Italy, where she met with 23 researchers, historians, herbalists, "Streghe", "Nonna" healers, professors, authors, and museum directors. She is currently organizing this exciting material into a book, lectures, and guided Travel tours to Italy.
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The Healthy Planet Radio Show has been airing on WUSB, 90.1 FM, since January of 2007. It immediately follows Democracy Now! during "drive time," from 6 to 7 PM on the first and second Fridays of each month. HealthyPlanet's Bob DiBenedetto has been sharing self-empowering, world-changing information and interviewing the leading voices from across the US on the most pressing health, environmental and social issues challenging our society today.
Emperors Of The Deep: Sharks — The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood,
and Most Important Guardians
With Author, Filmmaker William McKeever
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Sharks: Emperors Of The Deep with William McKeever
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Join HealthyPlanet's Bob DiBenedetto for a revealing and fascinating conversation about our relatives in the sea–sharks. He is joined by William McKeever, author of the new book, Emperors of The Deep: Sharks—The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians.
This show takes a deep look into how these magnificent creatures are truly evolutionary marvels whose abilities will amaze you, while dispelling the narrative about sharks (from Jaws to "Shark Week,) which claims they're terrifying underwater predators. In 2019 there were five human fatalities, only two of which were confirmed as unprovoked. On the other hand, humans are responsible for unnecessarily killing over 100 million of these intelligent animals who play an integral role in maintaining the health of the world's oceans—and, ultimately, the fate of our planet.
William McKeever will draw from his years of research to thoroughly address the question of how we can live in harmony with sharks. Listen to hear how you can be part of the much-needed solution.
About William McKeever:
WILLIAM McKEEVER is an author and filmmaker with a focus on ocean conservation. In his new book, Emperors of the Deep: Sharks – The Ocean's Most Mysterious, Most Misunderstood, and Most Important Guardians (July 2019; HarperOne, ISBN 978-0062932990), McKeever is on a mission to raise awareness for sharks and protect the oceans. The book is the result of his two-year journey around the world to discover the real truth about sharks after seeing sharks killed at a shark tournament in Montauk, New York.
William is the writer and director for a feature-length documentary with the same title as the book. The film is a stunning look at the threats sharks face around the world. The film is finished and is forthcoming. He is also the founder of Safeguard of the Seas, an NGO devoted to ocean conservancy. The organization is dedicated to raising awareness to the plight of sharks through activism, advocacy, and education. He is a former Institutional Investor magazine All-American analyst, appearing on NBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and more. In 2017, McKeever produced and directed the feature-length documentary as companion to his book, Emperors of the Deep, which is slated for release in 2020. McKeever was born in Pittsburgh PA; he resides in New York City.
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Tarazod Films & Media LLC: Chicken Flick hits Pender Island, BC tonight!
Mad City Chickens returns to British Columbia--this time to Pender Island. The 7:30 pm public screening is being sponsored by the Pender Island Film Group and will be shown at the Pender Island Community Hall, 4418 Bedwell Harbour Rd.
The Northwest has been very good to our film. On the map are a few of the cities it has played in.


St Ives II pose for the camera after thrashing Wisbech.
Sophie McCornish was at the double for Cambridge South in their 3-0 victory over Huntingdon in East Women's Hockey League, Division 3NW.
Laura Ludlow joined her on the score sheet as they ran away with it after the break.
South II were made to pay for not taking their chances as they suffered a 2-0 loss to Cambridge City V in 4NW(S).
But Polly Lockyer's first goal for South III earned them a 1-1 draw in their bottom-of-the-table clash with Ely III, also in 4NW(S).
St Ives were disappointed to let in a late equaliser and draw 1-1 with unbeaten Dereham in 1N.
Naomi Chalkley's first goal of the campaign looked set to secure them three points, with goalkeeper Ness Brown making some fine saves and Lyndsay Burrell clearing two shots off the line.
But their opponents did convert a penalty corner at the death to deny the hosts maximum points.
Captain Theresa Jackaman led the way with four goals as St Ives II walloped Wisbech III 15-0 in 3NW.
Ellie Burgess added a hat-trick to the tally and there were also braces for Hollie Willett, Jennifer Burgin, Nichola Champley and Fran Whittaker-Wood in the rout.
St Ives III also celebrated a 4-0 victory against Bury St Edmunds III in 4NW(S) as Hannah King and Emma Rushmer added to Laura Beadles' double.
Kate Westgate was Cambridge Nomads' star performer when they drew 0-0 with St Neots in 2NW.