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Lorenzo Bandini
Italian Formula One driver who won the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix. In sports cars he won Le Mans (1963), the Targa Florio (1965) and the Daytona 24 Hour race (1967). He was killed in the Monaco Grand Prix in 1967 after rolling his Ferrari at the chicane while chasing Denny Hulme for the lead.
<div>Lorenzo Bandini was born in Barce, Cyrenaica, North Africa, where his family had moved when Italy was expanding it's empire under Mussolini. His father had made a small fortune managing an agricultural machinery business in Bengasi but, with the war in Europe imminent, he moved the family back to Italy. Then in 1944, towards the end of the war, his father was abducted and murdered.
It was a hard time for the Bandini family who moved to Reggiolo, Reggio Emilia. At the age of 13 Lorenzo went out to work as an apprentice in a motorcycle shop belonging by Elico Millenotti and in 1950 he moved to Milan to work in the workshops of Goliardo Freddi in the via Plinio. It was a fortuitous move as Goliardo was a racing enthusiast and encouraged and advised the young Bandini.
He started racing in 1956 in Goliardo's Fiat 1100TV finishing 15th in the Castell'Arquato-Vernasca hillclimb. he continued competing in hillclimbs with a 2 litre Fiat and in 1956 he won his class in the Lessolo-Alice hillclimb. In 1958 he scored an impressive class win in the Mille Miglia driving another of Signor Freddi's cars, a Lancia Appia Zagato
However to progress he knew that he needed to be in single seaters and with the advent of Formula Junior he made the transition firstly with a Volpini and then a Strangellini. Front engined and not the most competitive cars, Lorenzo none the less less took a number of wins including the Liberty Grand Prix in Cuba and the Pescara Grand Prix, both in 1960.
His performances were enough to bring him to the attention of Ferrari who considered him for a drive in 1961 but chose Giancarlo Baghetti instead. He made his F1 debut in April that year finishing a fine third, behind Jim Clark and Jo Bonnier, in the non-championship race at Pau driving one of Gugliemo Dei's Scuderia Centro Sud T53 Cooper-Maserati. After a couple more non-championship races at Siracusa (7th) and Napoli (3rd), he made his World Championship debut at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in June 18th, retiring when a big end bearing failed. At the British Grand Prix at Aintree he came 12th and in Germany at the Nürburgring he retired with engine failure again. he also raced in the Italian Grand Prix in September finishing 8th. In sports cars he took a win in the Pescara Four Hour race driving a Ferrari 250TR with Giorgio Scarlatti.
Ferrari stepped in for 1962 and though he mainly drove sports cars, he did competed in three F1 World Championship races, coming third in Monaco. In sports cars he finished second in the Targa Florio driving with Baghetti. He also beat Baghetti to win the non-championship F1 Mediterranean GP at Pergusa, Sicily at the end of the season.
In 1963 He was dropped form F1 by Ferrari at the start of 1963 in favour of Willy Mairesse, however Mimmo Dei stepping again to offer him a drive in the 1.5 Litre BRM P57. He was 10th in France, 5th in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and retired in Germany, having qualified on the front row, when he spun out on the first lap unfortunately taking Innes Ireland with him. In non-championship races he finished 3rd in the Mediterranean GP at Pergusa, Sicily.
In sports cars he finished second at Sebring with Willy Mairesse and Nino Vaccarella in a Ferrari 250P. He was second in the Targa Florio in the Dino 196SP and took the win at Le Mans in the 250P sharing the driving with Ludovico Scarfiotti. He also won the 3 Hour Trophée d'Auvergne at Clermond-Ferrand in a privately entered Ferrari 250.
Mid season, after Willy Mairesse suffered a career ending crash in the German Grand Prix, Ferrari invited him back into the F1 team to partner John Surtees. He retired in Italy, finished 5th in the USA, though he was 4 laps down on the winner, Graham Hill, and in Mexico he retired once again. The teams then headed to South Africa and in the non-championship Rand Grand Prix at Kyalami he finished second behind Surtees before coming home 5th in the season ending South African Grand Prix at East London.
Away from the circuits he was now managing Goliardo Freddi's workshop in Milan and later in 1963 he married his daughter, Margherita.
Bandini was to stay with Ferrari for the rest of his career and in 1964 after a slightly disappointing start to the F1 season, he finished fifth in the British Grand Prix and followed that with third in Germany and his maiden F1 win in Austria at Zeltweg. In Italy he finished 3rd and in the final race of the year in Mexico he let John Surtees through into second to take the title and become the first person to take the World Championship on two and four wheels.
In 1965 Ferrari's Formula One cars were less competitive. Bandini managed a 2nd in Monaco and a pair of fourths late in the season in Italy and the USA while Surtees took a second , two thirds and a fourth. Surtees ran his own Lola T70 in Can-Am racing that year and in September he was practicing for the race at Mosport Park, Canada, when a front upright casting broke. He crashed heavily sustaining potentially life threatening injuries. he thus missed the final two races of the season. Once again in sports cars Bandini was impressive winning the Targa Florio.
At the start of 1966 Surtees retired in Monaco after leading and then scored one of his best wins in the rain at Spa. However Surtees had reputation for being argumentative and cantankerous and there had been on going friction between himself and team manager, Eugenio Dragoni, since 1963. At Le Mans in he was due to drive with Mike Parkes but Dragoni had put him with Ludovico Scarfiotti. Surtees was not happy and walked out never to drive for the Scuderia again. This brought Bandini into the roll of team leader. He had finished second in Monaco in third at Spa and was on pole in Monaco. However his throttle linkage broke and he had to retire. Ferrari did not travel to the British Grand prix due to a strike of metalworkers in Italy. In Holland he score a point for 6th, a placing he repeated in the next round in Germany. it was the last time he finished a Grand Prix. He retired in Italy and America and the team chose not to race in Mexico.
Ferrari were also not on the grid for the first race of 1967 at Kyalami in South Africa in early January. At Daytona in February he partnered Chris Amon for the 24 Hour race in a Ferrari P3/4 spyder. They took the win by four laps from the Parks/Scarfiotti Ferrari 330 P4 and the NART Ferrari 412P or Pedro Rodriguez and Jean Guichet. The three cars crossing the line in formation.
For the second round of the F1 World Championship at Monaco in May Bandini put his Ferrari on the front row of the grid alongside Jack Brabham on pole. At the start Bandini took the lead and Brabham's Repco engine blew up. Both Dennis Hulme and Jackie Stewart managed to get ahead of Bandini but Stewart dropped out leaving Bandini in second. By about three quarter distance, Bandini started to close in on Hulme but on lap 82 Bandini lost control of his Ferrari 312 at the harbour chicane and crashed. the car rolled and came to rest upside down with the hapless Bandini trapped inside. Fire broke out and though the marshals extinguished it pretty quickly he was unconscious and suffering from 3rd degree burns when they pulled him from the car. He was taken by boat to the Princess Grace Polyclinic Hospital where he succumbed three days later without regaining consciousness.
Since his death the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy has been presented annually at a ceremony in the Town Hall of Brisighella, Bandini's home town near Imola, to the most promising newcomer in Formula One.
The following drivers were born on the same day as Lorenzo Bandini (19th - July)
Franco Mazzotti 1904-1942
Theo Weissenberger 1914-1950
Bernd Nacke 1921
Jack McAfee 1922-2007
Lorenzo Bandini 1935-1967


Standifer, Amy S. December 30, 1976.
Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser and Bastrop County News (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. , No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1976, newspaper, December 30, 1976; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390923/: accessed April 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.


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RedBoot (an acronym for Red Hat Embedded Debug and Bootstrap firmware) is an open-source application that uses the eCos real-time operating system Hardware Abstraction Layer to provide bootstrap firmware for embedded systems.

RedBoot allows download and execution of embedded applications via serial or Ethernet, including embedded Linux and eCos applications. It provides debug support in conjunction with GDB to allow development and debugging of embedded applications. It also provides an interactive command line interface to allow management of the Flash images, image download, RedBoot configuration, etc., accessible via serial or Ethernet. For unattended or automated startup, boot scripts can be stored in Flash allowing, for example, loading of images from Flash, hard disk, or a TFTP server.

See also
 Comparison of boot loaders
 Das U-Boot
 Coreboot

References

External links
http://ecos.sourceware.org/redboot/
http://www.ecoscentric.com/ecos/redboot.shtml
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/techref/bootloader/redboot

Boot loaders
Free boot loaders

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Today's smartphones can perform calculations faster than some supercomputers that took up thousands of square feet of floor space. The latest models can handle tasks up to 512GB, which is the equivalent of about seven million megabytes. That's an astounding amount of memory. And while some of today's phones are slower than the computers that sent the Apollo astronauts to the moon, even their basic functions are far better than the supercomputers of yesterday.
In 1994, the hottest supercomputer was the Intel Paragon XP/S 140. It had a benchmark speed of 143.4 gigaflops, or billions of floating point operations per second. This is more than twice the speed of the latest phone. The iPhone 5S is capable of handling 76.8 gigaflops, which is nearly as fast as a supercomputer of that year.
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In the same year that humans first stepped on the Moon, a computer was critical to the mission. Although NASA's systems were primitive, they guided the astronauts across 356,000 kilometers of space. Today's smartphones, for example, are more powerful than the first computers in the 1960s. Even a pocket calculator and a Type C-USB adapter have more computing power than the most advanced supercomputer from the year 1969.
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Q: Java Basic GUI (Layout Error) So I am creating a game which contains 5x5 matrix of buttons, behind one of which is a hidden prize. I am done with the game, but I am having problems with the layout.
I have added the picture:
 http://i.imgur.com/9zZ8jiV.png
The one on the left side comes up when I run the program, and when I click the button the picture on the right side comes up.
The first JFrame looks very weird I mean it occupies the whole screen length wise, so I need to pack it to just display the button in a decent size.
The second one, I need the first row to display just the label,
and then onwards each row to contain 5 buttons.
I am quite sure I am using wrong layouts but I cant figure it out how to fix it.
Below are the codes:
MyJFrame class code:
class MyJFrame extends JFrame {
JPanel panel2;

public MyJFrame() {
setLayout(new GridLayout(7, 7));

panel2 = new PanelJ2();

add(panel2);
JButton b = new JButton("Start the freaking game");
b.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
    panel2.setVisible(true);
    b.setVisible(false);
    PotLuck.random = (int)(Math.random() * 25 + 1);
  }
});
add(b);
setTitle( "This is a freaking game");
pack();
setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setVisible(true);
}
}

PanelJ2 code:
class PanelJ2 extends JPanel {
JButton[] buttons;
JLabel label, l;
public static int count;

public PanelJ2() {
setLayout( new GridLayout(5,5) );
setPreferredSize( new Dimension( 300, 200)); //I just wrote this line, I am not sure of the purpose quite really.
count = 0;
label = new JLabel("Number of guesses so far: " + count);
add(label);
l = new JLabel("");

buttons = new JButton[25];
for( int i = 0; i <= 24; i ++) {

  buttons[i] = new JButton(String.valueOf(i));
  add(buttons[i]);
  buttons[i].addActionListener( new ExampleActionListener1());
}
setBackground( Color.green);
setVisible(false); //this is set true when the button "Start the freaking game is pressed"
}
}

A: This setLayout(new GridLayout(7, 7)); is going to cause the main issue.  A simpler issue would be to use a CardLayout
See How to Use CardLayout for more details
import java.awt.CardLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;

class MyJFrame extends JFrame {

    JPanel panel2;

    private CardLayout cl;

    public MyJFrame() {
        cl = new CardLayout();
        setLayout(cl);
        panel2 = new PanelJ2();

        add(panel2, "LotsOfButtons");
        JButton b = new JButton("Start the freaking game");
        b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                cl.show(getContentPane(), "LotsOfButtons");
            }
        });
        add(b, "start");
        cl.show(getContentPane(), "start");
        setTitle("This is a freaking game");
        pack();
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setVisible(true);
    }

    static class PanelJ2 extends JPanel {

        JButton[] buttons;
        JLabel label, l;
        public static int count;

        public PanelJ2() {
            setLayout(new GridLayout(5, 5));
//          setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 200)); //I just wrote this line, I am not sure of the purpose quite really.
            count = 0;
            label = new JLabel("Number of guesses so far: " + count);
            add(label);
            l = new JLabel("");

            buttons = new JButton[25];
            for (int i = 0; i <= 24; i++) {

                buttons[i] = new JButton(String.valueOf(i));
                add(buttons[i]);
//              buttons[i].addActionListener(new ExampleActionListener1());
            }
            setBackground(Color.green);
            setVisible(false); //this is set true when the button "Start the freaking game is pressed"
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }

                MyJFrame frame = new MyJFrame();
            }
        });
    }
}

You might want to put the button into a different container, maybe using a GridBagLayout

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Q: Laravel Route to Image in Storage got "Resource Limit Exceeded" in server (and it runs slow) Basically, i'm inspired by this question in building image manager feature for my blog in laravel. However, for unknown reason i keep hitting Resource Limit in the production server.
Here's my code:
//Migrations
        public function up()
            {
                Schema::create('images', function(Blueprint $table){
                  $table->increments('id');
                  $table->string('name')->unique();
                  $table->string('description')->nullable();
                  $table->string('image_path')->unique();
                  $table->string('mime');
                  // $table->integer('width')->unsigned();
                  // $table->integer('height')->unsigned();
                  $table->integer('filesize')->unsigned();
                  $table->timestamps();
                });
            }
    //Route
        Route::get('images/{path}', [
          'as'   => 'images',
          'uses' => 'Common\ImageController@respond'
          ]);
    //Controller
        protected function respond($name)
            {
              $path         = storage_path('/app/images/') . $name;
              if(!Storage::exists('/images/' . $name))
              {
                //if it did not exists in storage, just throw 404
                return abort(404);
              }
              //assume image_path as unique
              $image_entity = ImageEnt::where('image_path', '=', $name)->first();
              if($image_entity != null)
              {
                if($image_entity->mime != null)
                {
                  //200 = HTTP OK
                  return (new Response(Storage::get('/images/' . $name), 200))->header('Content-type', $image_entity->mime);
                }
              }
              return Response()->download($path);
            }

Server specification:

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*Shared Hosting

*RAM 512 (max php memory also 512)

*PHP max execution    time 30

A: It could be your PHP config, images tend to be large in size and the default limit in PHP is 2MB. Try ini_set('upload_max_filesize', '10M');


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Outkast's André 3000 shines a light on food insecurity for the elderly with a quick lil' apple pie
Aaron Hutcherson
THE WASHINGTON POST – Does the world need another apple pie recipe? Probably not. But when it comes from André 3000, half of perhaps the best rap duo of all time, Outkast, the world takes notice.
The Atlanta rapper, whose real name is André Lauren Benjamin, shared his family recipe on Instagram this week, in an effort to raise money and awareness for the local Meals on Wheels chapter. "The holidays are different this year because we can't hang with our friends & families like we would normally. But for many of our elders, they may be lonely or food insecure now and much of the year," he wrote.
According to its website, Meals on Wheels Atlanta served 519,000 meals in 2019, providing not only nutrition and sustenance but also human interaction and companionship Pre-pandemic, the organisation made deliveries three to four times a week; now that is down to once a week for safety reasons. While the food part of the group's mission has continued to be fulfilled, the human part has suffered. "The seniors rely on those volunteers for companionship and a point of human contact for the day," said Hillary Baker, the chapter's chief marketing officer. "Many of them haven't talked to anybody else (in person)
in months."
With increased food insecurity across the country, demand for the organisation's services has only grown. According to Baker, the organisation expects to have served more than 600,000 meals by the end of 2020, and more than 300 seniors are on the waitlist due to a lack of funding and operational capacity. The non-profit organisation plans to break ground on a new commercial kitchen in February to triple capacity, and hopes that with André 3000 encouraging people to support Meals on Wheels via his "quick lil' apple pie" recipe, the financial burden will lessen too.
Rapper André 3000 published an illustrated recipe on Instagram for biscuit and applesauce hand pies. PHOTO: THE WASHINGTON POST
The recipe itself calls for nothing more than canned biscuit dough, applesauce, butter and optional salt. Admittedly, I had some difficulty assembling the hand pies as written. Simply folding flattened biscuit dough over a spoonful of applesauce didn't quite work for me. Instead, I cradled it in my hand and then pinched the edges with my fingertips to keep the applesauce from oozing out of the pastry as I tried to trap it inside its doughy cocoon. Then I crimped the edges with a fork for presentation before baking until golden.
The result was exactly what one would expect based on the ingredients: nothing remarkable. But as he raps in the Outkast song Gasoline Dreams, "Don't everybody like the taste of apple pie?" On the basis of apples baked with dough, this recipe delivers. However, I'd recommend a dash of cinnamon mixed into the filling along with some extra sugar (particularly if you use no-sugar-added applesauce) for more of that apple pie flavour we all know and love. Perhaps a sprinkle of granulated sugar on the pies before baking or a dusting of confectioners' after to account for the outsize ratio of biscuit to apple filling would bring the dish more solidly into dessert territory. And leave out the salt; it's savoury enough as is.
Making this recipe didn't produce spectacular results, but I don't think that was the point. Raising awareness about Meals on Wheels and lonely and food insecure seniors is, because "the whole world loves it when you're in the news". But if you do make it and want to see which member of Outkast is a better cook, then check out another recipe that's part of the initiative: Big Boi's video for banana pudding.
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Filter order & characteristic
1st Order Butterworth
Woofer impedance
Tweeter impedance
Crossover frequency
Capacitor & Inductor Values
Capacitor 1
μF
Inductor 1
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Crossover Calculator
By Steven Wooding
Why more speakers are better than one
Passive crossover design
Order and filter type
How to use the speaker crossover calculator
Example of calculating a 2-way passive crossover design
Additional circuits - Zobel and L-pad
This speaker crossover calculator will help you design a set of amazing sounding speakers. It'll tell you what capacitors and inductors you need to create a passive crossover design for either two speakers (a 2-way passive crossover) or three speakers (a 3-way passive crossover).
In the 2-way mode, the calculator uses the impedance of your tweeter and woofer to produce a 2-way speaker crossover design. By choosing three speakers, it becomes a 3-way crossover calculator, in case you also want to incorporate a midrange speaker into your design.
There are also a couple of additional circuits for a single speaker. One to help stabilise the speaker's impedance as frequency changes (Zobel) and another that attenuates the volume (L-pad).
In this article, you'll learn why, if you want to get the best sound, you need more than one speaker, and how, by using the right electronic components, you can send only the most suitable frequencies to each speaker. By the end, you'll know a low-pass crossover from a high-pass crossover.
If you are new to the field of hi-fi speaker design, you might be wondering, why we can't just use one speaker? After all, you will probably find devices around your home that only have a single speaker, such as a small portable radio or your mobile phone. But do they sound great at all frequencies?
A common complaint of single-speaker designs is the lack of bass response. That means low volume and sound distortions at low frequencies, such as the bass instrument in a music track. To fix this issue, you could make the speaker bigger, but then high frequencies would be low in volume. For a hi-fi speaker design, we are looking for the same sound volume output across as wide a range of frequencies as possible.
The solution is to have two or three (maybe more, but these are less common) specialist speakers inside each speaker unit. A speaker that outputs high frequencies is called a tweeter, and one that produces low frequencies is called a woofer.
For a three-speaker setup, you would also have a midrange speaker to cover a range of frequencies between higher quality tweeter and woofer speakers.
However, there is a problem when it comes to connecting our multiple speaker solution to an amplifier. The speaker cable contains all frequencies (as electronic signals), so the woofer will still get the high frequencies, and the tweeter the low frequencies. This frequency mismatch will produce sound distortion, and could even damage a speaker if it gets a loud enough signal at the wrong frequency.
One solution to this problem is to split up the signal coming from the amplifier according to the signal frequency. Then, for example, low-frequency signals will go to the woofer and high-frequency signals to the tweeter. A combination of the right capacitors and inductors creates filters that only allow the right range of frequencies to go to the correct speaker (or driver).
When two speakers are involved, this is known as a 2-way passive crossover design. For three drivers, it's known as a 3-way passive crossover. It is called "passive" as there is no additional power source required by the speaker.
Another solution you may come across is an active crossover design, which involves splitting up the signal before amplification, with each specialist speaker having an amplifier, requiring the speakers to be powered. Note that this calculator is only applicable to passive crossover designs.
For a 2-way crossover design, you have a low-pass crossover filter and a high-pass crossover filter. A low-pass filter lets through frequencies less than a certain amount, while a high-pass filter only lets higher frequencies through. The crossover frequency is where the low-pass filter starts to fade, and the high-pass filter starts to increase the amplitude of the signal. A typical value for a 2-way crossover frequency is 2000-3000 Hz.
A 3-way crossover design adds a band-pass filter that selects midrange frequencies for the midrange speaker. Now when music plays through the speaker, each range of frequencies has the same sound level, with minimal distortion.
This calculator allows you to select the order of the crossover and the filter characteristic. The simplest is a 1st-order crossover design, which uses only one capacitor and one inductor. It has a 6 dB/octave slope, which is the lowest slope possible. The value of the slope tells us how much attention the filter is applying as the frequency changes. This simple design minimizes power loss.
However, it still allows signals to go to the wrong speaker (due to the low filter slope value), so the damage could yet be done to the tweeter if it receives a significant signal with a lower frequency than it can handle.
Let's summarise the features of the higher-order designs. The second-order crossover design:
Has a 12 dB/octave slope, allowing more attenuation of unwanted signals.
Is commonly used as it still uses relatively few components.
Provides adequate protection for the high-frequency tweeter driver.
Has a wide choice of filter characteristics, including Butterwork, Bessel, Linkwitz, and Chebyshev.
A third-order crossover design:
Has an 18 dB/octave slope, offering even more attenuation of out-of-band frequencies.
Is still not too complex to introduce significant power loss.
Is available with Butterworth or Bessel filter characteristics.
Finally, for a fourth-order crossover design:
Has a very steep slope of 24 dB/octave.
Is a complex design with many more components.
Has components that may start to interact with each other, affecting sound quality.
Could have noticeable power loss that reduces the sound level of the speaker.
Choose the number of speakers in your design, which you'll find at the top of the crossover calculator. For crossover designs, choose either two (tweeter and woofer) or three (tweeter, midrange speaker and woofer) speakers.
For a couple of additional circuits (Zobel and L-pad), choose one speaker. See below for more details about Zobel and L-pad circuits.
Choose the desired order and filter characteristics. Recall that a 2nd-order crossover filter offers a good compromise between complexity and quality.
Enter the impedances of each of your speakers, which you should find on their respective specifications sheet.
Enter the crossover frequency(s). For a two-speaker setup, look up the frequency response ranges of the speakers and choose a frequency that is covered by both speakers.
When designing for three speakers, you'll need to set a low and a high crossover frequency using the same method. Note that you can only choose a spread between these frequencies of either 3 or 3.4 octaves.
You will now see the capacitor and inductor component values you will need for your passive crossover design in the results section. You also get a circuit diagram, so you know how to wire up the components to build your crossover filter.
Now let's go through how to calculate a relatively simple 2-way, 2nd order crossover with Butterworth characteristics, consisting of two capacitors and two inductors. The equations for the four components are as follows:
capacitor 1 = 0.1125 / (tweeter impedance * crossover frequency)
capacitor 2 = 0.1125 / (woofer impedance * crossover frequency)
inductor 1 = 0.2251 * tweeter impedance / crossover frequency
inductor 2 = 0.2251 * woofer impedance / crossover frequency
The equations for other orders and filter types are similar to those above, but with varying constants. You can find all of these in the book by Vance Dickason called The Loudspeaker Design Cookbook, 7th edition (2006), pages 163-169.
Let's say we have a tweeter impedance of 6 Ohms, a woofer impedance of 4 Ohms, and a crossover frequency between the two of 3000 Hz. You would then calculate each component as:
capacitor 1 = 0.1125 / (6 * 3000) = 6.25 * 10⁻⁶ F = 6.25 μF
capacitor 2 = 0.1125 / (4 * 3000) = 9.375 * 10⁻⁶ F = 9.375 μF
inductor 1 = 0.2251 * 6 / 3000 = 0.0004502 H = 0.4502 mH
This example was relatively simple, but for higher-order crossovers, this crossover calculator makes it a breeze to work out which components you need to build your custom speaker design.
If you set the number of speakers in the calculator to one, you'll be able to choose from two additional circuits that involve a single speaker - Zobel and L-pad. Let's briefly explore these circuits.
Zobel circuit
A speaker contains a coil of wire, which acts as an inductor. This behavior then causes the speaker's impedance to change with the frequency of the sound. However, the calculations for the crossover circuit assumes a constant speaker impedance.
The solution is to place a Zobel circuit between the crossover circuit and the speaker, which stabilises the speaker's impedance as seen from the crossover circuit.
The Zobel circuit is quite simple, consisting of a resistor and capacitor wired in parallel to the speaker (as shown in the circuit diagram).
Enter the speaker's inductance and resistance (these values should be on the speaker's specification sheet), and the calculator will give capacitor and resistor values for this circuit.
The equations for the values of the capacitor and resistor in the Zobel circuit are as follows:
Rz = 1.25 * Rs
Cz = Ls / Rz2
Rz is the value of the resistor in the Zobel circuit
Rs is the resistance of the speaker
Cz is the value of the capacitor in the Zobel circuit
Ls is the inductance of the speaker
For example, if a speaker has a resistance of 6 Ohms and an inductance of 1.3 mH, the calculations would be as follows:
Rz = 1.25 * 6 = 7.5 Ohms
Cz = 0.0013 / 7.52 = 0.000023 = 23 μF
L-pad circuit
This circuit is used to attenuate the signal to a speaker and consists of two resistors in an arrangement that resembles the letter "L" (as shown in the circuit diagram). Enter the speaker's impedance and the amount of attenuation required in decibels (dB) to calculate the values of the two resistors.
The formulas for the two resistors are:
R1 = Zs * ((10(Loss/20) - 1)/10(Loss/20))
R2 = Zs / (10(Loss/20) - 1)
R1 is the series resistor (Resistor 1 in the circuit diagram)
Zs is the impedance of the speaker
Loss is the attenuation of the signal in dB
R2 is the parallel resistor (Resistor 2 in the circuit diagram)
As an example, say we wanted to attenuate a speaker with an impedance of 8 Ohms by 5 dB. The calculations for the two resistors are:
R1 = 8 * ((10(5/20) - 1)/10(5/20)) = 3.5 Ohms
R2 = 8 / (10(5/20) - 1) = 10.28 Ohms
Steven Wooding
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO-July 18, 2022-The Steamboat Springs Police arrested Daniel Domin on July 13, 2022, on six counts of felony stalking and is providing additional developments on the arrest.
"While this is an ongoing case with multiple agencies involved, it is important that the community understand the information that led to the felony arrest," said Police Chief Sherry Burlingame. "The safety of the community remains our top priority."
The US Secret Service (USSS) shared a report on June 23 with SSPD concerning Daniel Domin who allegedly made threats against a former high-ranking politician. SSPD and the USSS contacted Domin who denied making threats against politicians, so the investigation was closed.
Shortly thereafter, SSPD was informed that the FBI were also looking into other alleged threats by Domin and his increasingly alarming behavior towards multiple people. Domin stated he would "slaughter" any law enforcement that came to get him. The FBI referred the case to the SSPD for further investigation.
A former acquaintance of Domin's called the SSPD on July 3 asking for a welfare check on Domin. The friend said Domin was demonstrating increasingly manic behavior and made threatening statements towards him. Four days later (July 7) SSPD was contacted by the Teller County Sheriff's Office in reference to Domin who allegedly was making increasingly alarming threats towards a friend.
During the investigation, detectives concluded Domin made credible threats to at least six individuals, both family and friends, over that past several months and his behavior was growing more and more manic. Detectives completed an arrest warrant as well as two accompanying search warrants for Domin's home and vehicle.
Domin was arrested without incident on the warrant on July 13 for six felony charges of stalking by SSPD and RCSO personnel with help from the regional All Crimes Enforcement Team (ACET). SSPD immediately served the search warrants and seized 13 firearms from Domin's residence as well as numerous magazines and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Within 24 hours of being taken into custody Domin was transported to West Springs Health in Grand Junction for mental health assessment and treatment. His bond was set at $25,000.
Sherry Burlingame, Police Chief, 970.879.4344 or email
David Pearson, Police Commander, 970.879.4344 or email


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import cv2
import platform
import numpy as np
import traceback

from ikalog.utils.find_image_file import find_image_file
from ikalog.utils.ikautils import IkaUtils
from ikalog.utils.image_filters.filters import *

default_kernel = None # Overrided by load_kernel()

class IkaMatcher2(object):

    zeros128 = np.array([0] * 128, dtype=np.uint8)

    def _is_cropped(self, img):
        """
        Check the image size and check if the image is already cropped.
        """
        cropped = \
            (img.shape[0] == self._height) and \
            (img.shape[1] == self._width)
        return cropped

    def generate_grayscale_image(self, img_obj):
        if img_obj['gray'] is not None:
            return

        img_obj['gray'] = cv2.cvtColor(img_obj['bgr'], cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

    def get_img_object(self, img):
        if not self._is_cropped(img):
            img = img[self._top: self._top + self._height,
                      self._left: self._left + self._width]

        if len(img.shape) == 2:
            img_gray = img
            img_bgr = None
        else:
            img_gray = None
            img_bgr = img

        return { 'bgr': img_bgr, 'gray': img_gray, 'bg': None, 'fg': None }

    def match(self, img, debug=None):
        matched, fg_score, bg_score = self.match_score(img, debug)
        return matched

    def match_score(self, img, debug=None):
        img_obj = self.get_img_object(img)
        return self.match_score_internal(img_obj, debug=debug)

    def match_score_internal(self, img_obj, debug=None):
        debug = debug or self._debug

        bg_pixels = 0
        bg_ratio = 0.0
        bg_matched = False

        fg_pixels = 0
        fg_ratio = 0.0
        fg_matched = False

        # Phase 2: Background check
        try:
            if img_obj['bg'] is None:
                if self._bg_method.want_grayscale_image and (img_obj['gray'] is None):
                    self.generate_grayscale_image(img_obj)

                img_bg = 255 - \
                    self._bg_method(img_bgr=img_obj['bgr'], img_gray=img_obj['gray'])
                img_obj['bg'] = self._kernel.encode(img_bg)
            bg_pixels = self._kernel.logical_and_popcnt(img_obj['bg'])

            # fixme: zero division
            bg_ratio = bg_pixels / (self._width * self._height)
            bg_matched = (bg_ratio <= self._orig_threshold)
        except:
            IkaUtils.dprint('%s (%s): bg_method %s caused a exception.' % (
                self, self._label, self._bg_method.__class__.__name__))
            IkaUtils.dprint(traceback.format_exc())

        # Phase 3: Foreground check
        if bg_matched:
            if img_obj['fg'] is None:
                if self._fg_method.want_grayscale_image and (img_obj['gray'] is None):
                    self.generate_grayscale_image(img_obj)

                img_fg = self._fg_method(img_bgr=img_obj['bgr'], img_gray=img_obj['gray'])
                img_obj['fg'] = self._kernel.encode(img_fg)
            fg_pixels = self._kernel.logical_or_popcnt(img_obj['fg'])

            # fixme: zero division
            fg_ratio = fg_pixels / (self._width * self._height)
            fg_matched = (fg_ratio > self._threshold)

        if debug:
            label = self._label
            print("%s: result=%s raito BG %s FG %s (threshold BG %1.3f FG %1.3f) label:%s" %
                  (self.__class__.__name__, fg_matched, bg_ratio, fg_ratio,
                   self._orig_threshold, self._threshold, label))
        # ToDo: imshow

        # ToDo: on_mark_rect_in_preview

        return (fg_matched, fg_ratio, bg_ratio)

    def __init__(self, left, top, width, height, img=None, img_file=None, threshold=0.9, fg_method=None, bg_method=None, orig_threshold=0.7, debug=False, label=None, call_plugins=None, kernel_class=None):
        """
        Constructor

        Args:
            self                 The object.
            left                 Left of the mask.
            top                  Top of the mask.
            width                Width of the mask.
            height               Height of the mask.
            img                  Instance of the mask image.
            img_file             Filename of the mask image.
            threshold            Threshold
            orig_threshold       Target frame must be lower than this raito.
            pre_threshold_value  Threshold target frame with this level before matching.
            debug                If true, show debug information.
            label                Label (text data) to distingish this mask.
        """
        self._top = top
        self._left = left
        self._width = width
        self._height = height
        self._threshold = threshold
        self._orig_threshold = orig_threshold
        self._debug = debug
        self._label = label
        self._call_plugins = call_plugins

        self._fg_method = fg_method or MM_WHITE()
        self._bg_method = bg_method or MM_NOT_WHITE()
        if not img_file is None:
            img_file2 = find_image_file(img_file)
            img = cv2.imread(img_file2)  # FIXME: use own imread

            if img is None:
                IkaUtils.dprint(
                    '%s is not available. Retrying with %s' % (img_file2, img_file))
                img = cv2.imread(img_file)  # FIXME

        if img is None:
            raise Exception('Could not load mask image %s (%s)' %
                            (label, img_file))

        if len(img.shape) > 2 and img.shape[2] != 1:
            img = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

        if not self._is_cropped(img):
            img = img[top: top + height, left: left + width]

        # Initialize kernel
        kernel_class = kernel_class or default_kernel
        self._kernel = kernel_class(self._width, self._height)
        self._kernel.load_mask(img)

class MultiClassIkaMatcher2(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self._masks = []

    def add_mask(self, mask):
        if len(self._masks) > 0:
            pass
            # ToDo: compatibility check

        self._masks.append(mask)

    def match_best(self, img, debug=None):
        if len(self._masks) == 0:
            return 0.0, None

        img_obj = self._masks[0].get_img_object(img)

        results = []
        for mask in self._masks:
            fg_matched, fg_ratio, bg_ratio = mask.match_score_internal(img_obj, debug)
            if fg_matched:
                results.append([fg_ratio, mask])

        if len(results) == 0:
            return 0.0, None

        best = sorted(results, key=lambda x:-x[0])[0]
        return best

def load_kernel():
    global default_kernel

    if platform.machine().startswith('armv7'):
        try:
            from lib.ikamatcher2_kernel_hal import HAL
            default_kernel = HAL
        except:
            from ikalog.utils.ikamatcher2.arm_neon import NEON
            default_kernel = NEON

    else:
        from ikalog.utils.ikamatcher2.reference import Numpy_uint8_fast
        default_kernel = Numpy_uint8_fast

    IkaUtils.dprint('%s: using kernel %s' % (IkaMatcher2, default_kernel.__name__))

load_kernel()

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#include "parser/Parser.h"
#include "tokenizer/Tokenizer.h"
#include "ast/NodeFactory.h"
#include "ast/ast.h"
#include "common/CompilerResults.h"
#include "common/Errors.h"
#include <memory>
using namespace Swallow;

Parser::Parser(NodeFactory* nodeFactory, CompilerResults* compilerResults)
    :nodeFactory(nodeFactory), compilerResults(compilerResults)
{
    tokenizer = new Tokenizer(NULL);
    functionName = L"<top>";
    sourceFile = SourceFilePtr(new SourceFile());
    sourceFile->fileName = L"<code>";
    flags = 0;
}
Parser::~Parser()
{
    delete tokenizer;
}

void Parser::setSourceFile(const SourceFilePtr& sourceFile)
{
    this->sourceFile = sourceFile;
    tokenizer->setSourceFile(sourceFile);
}
void Parser::setFunctionName(const wchar_t* function)
{
    this->functionName = functionName;
}
int Parser::getFlags() const
{
    return flags;
}
void Parser::setFlags(int flags)
{
    this->flags = flags;
}
/*!
 * Read next token from tokenizer, throw exception if EOF reached.
 */
void Parser::expect_next(Token& token)
{
    if(next(token))
        return;
    compilerResults->add(ErrorLevel::Fatal, token.state, Errors::E_UNEXPECTED_EOF);
    throw Abort();
}
/*!
 * Peek next token from tokenizer, return false if EOF reached.
 */
bool Parser::peek(Token& token)
{
    token.type = TokenType::_;
    try
    {
        while (tokenizer->next(token))
        {
            if (token.type == TokenType::Comment)
                continue;
            tokenizer->restore(token);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
    catch(const TokenizerError& e)
    {
        return false;
    }
}
/*!
 * Read next token from tokenizer, return false if EOF reached.
 */
bool Parser::next(Token& token)
{
    try
    {
        while (tokenizer->next(token))
        {
            if (token.type == TokenType::Comment)
                continue;
            return true;
        }
        //eof reached, fill token with end-of-file for compiler error
        token.token = L"end-of-file";
        return false;
    }
    catch(const TokenizerError& e)
    {
        token.state.line = e.line;
        token.state.column = e.column;
        token.state.sourceFile = sourceFile;
        tassert(token, false, e.errorCode, e.item);
        return false;
    }
}
/*!
 * Restore the position of tokenizer to specified token
 */
void Parser::restore(Token& token)
{
    tokenizer->restore(token);
}
/*!
 * Check if the following token is the specified one, consume the token and return true if matched or return false if not.
 */
bool Parser::match(const wchar_t* str, Token& token)
{
    if(!next(token))
        return false;
    if(token == str)
        return true;
    restore(token);
    return false;
}
bool Parser::match(Keyword::T keyword, Token& token)
{
    if(!next(token))
        return false;
    if(token.getKeyword() == keyword)
        return true;
    restore(token);
    return false;
}

bool Parser::match(const wchar_t* token)
{
    Token t;
    return match(token, t);

}
bool Parser::match(Keyword::T keyword)
{
    Token t;
    return match(keyword, t);
}
/*!
 * Check if the following token is an identifier(keywords included), consume the token and return true if matched or rollback and return false
 */
bool Parser::match_identifier(Token& token)
{
    if(!next(token))
        return false;
    if(token.type == TokenType::Identifier)
        return true;
    restore(token);
    return false;
}
/*!
 * Return true if the next token is the specified one, no token will be consumed
 */
bool Parser::predicate(const wchar_t* token)
{
    Token t;
    if(!peek(t))
        return false;
    return t == token;
}
bool Parser::predicate(const wchar_t* token, Token& t)
{
    if(!peek(t))
        return false;
    return t == token;
}
void Parser::expect(const wchar_t* str)
{
    Token token;
    expect(str, token);
}
void Parser::expect(const wchar_t* str, Token& token)
{
    if(next(token))
    {
        if(token == str)
            return;
    }
    ResultItems items = {str, token.token};
    error(token, Errors::E_EXPECT_2, items);
}

void Parser::expect(Keyword::T keyword)
{
    Token token;
    expect(keyword, token);
}

void Parser::expect(Keyword::T keyword, Token& token)
{
    const std::wstring& str = tokenizer->getKeyword(keyword);
    if(next(token) && token.getKeyword() == keyword)
        return;
    ResultItems items = {str, token.token};
    error(token, Errors::E_EXPECT_KEYWORD_2, items);
}
void Parser::expect_identifier(Token& token)
{
    if(!next(token))
    {
        ResultItems items = {L"end-of-file"};
        error(token, Errors::E_EXPECT_IDENTIFIER_1, items);
    }
    if(token.type != TokenType::Identifier || token.identifier.keyword != Keyword::_)
    {
        ResultItems items = {token.token};
        error(token, Errors::E_EXPECT_IDENTIFIER_1, items);
    }
}

/*!
 * Throw an exception with the unexpected token
 */
void Parser::unexpected(Token& token)
{
    token.state.sourceFile = sourceFile;
    compilerResults->add(ErrorLevel::Fatal, token.state, Errors::E_UNEXPECTED_1, token.token);
    throw Abort();
}
void Parser::tassert(Token& token, bool cond, int errorCode)
{
    if(cond)
        return;
    ResultItems items;
    error(token, errorCode, items);
}
void Parser::tassert(Token& token, bool cond, int errorCode, const std::wstring& s)
{
    if(cond)
        return;
    ResultItems items = {s};
    error(token, errorCode, items);
}
void Parser::error(Token& token, int errorCode, const std::vector<std::wstring>& s)
{
    token.state.sourceFile = sourceFile;
    compilerResults->add(ErrorLevel::Fatal, token.state, errorCode, s);
    throw Abort();
}

NodePtr Parser::parseStatement(const wchar_t* code)
{
    tokenizer->set(code);
    NodePtr ret = NULL;
    try
    {
        ret = parseStatement();
    }
    catch(...)
    {
        //clean up all nodes created during the parsing
        ret = NULL;
    }
    return ret;
}

ProgramPtr Parser::parse(const wchar_t* code)
{
    ProgramPtr ret = nodeFactory->createProgram();
    if(parse(code, ret))
    {
        return ret;
    }
    return nullptr;
}
bool Parser::parse(const wchar_t* code, const ProgramPtr& program)
{
    tokenizer->set(code);
    try
    {
        Token token;
        while(peek(token))
        {
            StatementPtr statement = parseStatement();
            if(!statement)
                break;
            program->addStatement(statement);
            match(L";");
        }
    }
    catch(...)
    {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}


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Q: Automatically switch channel mode when headphones are plugged in? I have an ASUS Xonar DGX soundcard. I was able to get audio playing out-of-the-box, however I am having issues with audio switching when headphones are plugged into the front panel.
I have plugged the "HD Audio" connector from my case directly into the soundcard. Previously, it was plugged into the motherboard and audio switching worked correctly, but I want to use the soundcard for the front panel audio.
I always have speakers plugged into the 3.5mm jack on the soundcard and sometimes have headphones plugged into the front panel 3.5mm jack.
If I open alsamixer, then I can toggle the "Analog Output" channel between:

*

*"Stereo Headphones"

*"Stereo Headphones FP"

*"Multichannel"

*

*If I select "Stereo Headphones", then audio plays from the speakers.

*If I select "Multichannel", then audio plays from the speakers but much louder.

*If I select "Stereo Headphones FP", then audio plays from the headphones plugged into the front panel 3.5mm.

What I would like to achieve is when I plug headphones into the front panel, the audio is automatically switched to there. When I unplug the headphones, audio should be automatically switched back to the speakers.
I would also like to maintain separate volume levels for the two 3.5mm jacks.
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS.
According to alsamixer I have 3 soundcards, but I only want to use [2] Xonar DGX.

Update
Test suggested below...
$ cat /proc/asound/card1/oxygen > before.txt

# Plugs in headphones

$ cat /proc/asound/card1/oxygen > after.txt

$ diff before.txt after.txt
12c12
< a0: 00 00 00 00 3f 00 f8 01 e0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
---
> a0: 00 00 00 00 3f 00 e8 01 e0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00


A network of hundreds of doctors has uncovered the biological characteristics of 31 previously unknown diseases, as well as providing diagnoses for other unsolved medical cases, and it continues to investigate many more.
Numerous patients afflicted by mysterious illnesses remain without a diagnosis despite extensive medical evaluation.
The Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) was established in 2014 in a mission to identify the underlying causes of such conditions.
The multidisciplinary network of doctors from across the United States has been studying the symptoms, biochemistry and genomic sequences of patients with unexplained symptoms.
Their detective-like investigations use a combination of traditional medicine and cutting-edge diagnostic tests. It is funded by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund so there is no cost to patients.
The network has received 2,780 applications for help, accepted 1,179 and reviewed 907. To date, the UDN has unravelled about 35% of the 382 mystery ailments under investigation.
In 80% of the diagnoses made, the UDN were able to provide actionable information, such as changes to patient therapy, additions to the symptomatic checklist for evaluating particular diseases, adjustments to future diagnostic testing and recommendations for family screening.
We hope that the results of this analysis will provide a compelling case for adopting some of the network's diagnostic approaches more broadly in an attempt to clarify diagnoses and refine treatment for patients with rare conditions".
In the latest study of 100 previously unsolved cases, 31 newly identified conditions have been uncovered.
Many of the other diagnoses were rare versions of known diseases.
Ashley commented "Some of these patients had been waiting decades to put a name to their illness. They tell us how much of a relief it is simply to know what they were up against".
The UDN followed one patient for many years trying to elucidate the cause of mysterious and life-threatening episodes of lactic acidosis, a dangerous build-up of lactic acid.
Finally, they determined that they arose from a single mutation in a gene involved in mitochondria function.
The UDN continues to strive to determine more diagnoses and hopes that ultimately their work will have a global impact, helping diagnose potentially hundreds of patients with the same rare conditions identified through their research.
The paper, entitled "Effect of Genetic Diagnosis on Patients with Previously Undiagnosed Disease" was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
This news story is based on a Stanford University press release and the research paper itself.


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Gaffer's Thoughts Ahead Of Play-Off Semi Final Second Leg
Paul Hurst and his men face Charlton Athletic at The Montgomery Waters Meadow stadium on Sunday evening, in the second leg of the Play-Off semi final.
Hurst's men ran out one nil victors upon their visit to The Valley, giving Town a slight advantage in the reverse leg.
Hurst is expecting a tough game from The Addicks, who will come to Shrewsbury with the aim of coming back from a one-goal deficit. Town have a fully fit squad to choose from.
"We're looking forward to the game, not in terms of getting carried away with it but it's another challenge for the players. My message is can they replicate a similar performance again and back it up," Said Hurst.
"We know Charlton are going to come into it a little bit hurt and wanting to do everything they can to get the goal at some point that gets them back in the tie and if they score they'll feel they're the ones with a bit of momentum in the game.
"We know it's going to be difficult and I said that right from the start. We have given ourselves a chance and that was the idea.
"It would be great if we could be celebrating come whatever time the game finishes because it will create some nice scenes and memories. But there is a hell of a lot of hard work that needs to go in before we contemplate that."
Hurst understands what is on the line for the club and feels the Town support can help spur his team onto a victory, he said: "It will be an excellent atmosphere, but as I eluded to the other night I don't want the fans turning up thinking they're coming to see us get through and think it's going to be easy.
"100% it wont be easy, it will be nail biting, it will be tense but they will be spurring the lads on with their support."
Town will welcome Charlton to The Montgomery Waters Meadow tomorrow afternoon for the 5:15 kick off Play-Off semi final.
Shrewsbury Town vs Charlton Athletic on 13 May 18


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MPs concerned over settlement of land conflicts
Diane Uwimana 02-14-2019 Decrease font size / Increase font size Print
Members of Parliament adopted two bills related to the functioning, mission, and organization of the National Commission on Land and other Properties-CNTB and its Special Court. They also raised some concerns.
MPs adopted two bills on the National Commission on Land and Other properties and its special court
MPs have raised concerns in relation to some cases settled by the Special Court when complainants made appeals. MP Simon Bizimungu also raised concerns related to the compensation fund provided for in the Arusha Agreement for good -faith purchasers.
According to him, Article 9 of the Arusha Agreement on the reconstruction and development stipulates that the compensation fund will help support good-faith purchasers. "They were removed from their properties which were later on given to the first owners. If the real buyers exist, how did CNTB deal with this issue when the compensation fund wasn't established yet?" he says.
MP Fabien Banciryanino wonders if the two bills are not in contradiction with the Burundi Constitution. He says Article 210 of the Constitution stipulates that all cases must be handled in courts. "Don't you think the two bills would cause problems given that the Constitution contradicts their content", he asked.
As for MP André Ndayizamba, the two bills violate the juridical principles already known in Burundi. "Low class people are victims of the government action," he says adding that people should be evicted after all the possible appeals have been made.
Aimée Laurentine Kanyana, Minister of Justice says the National Commission's duty is to listen to all complainants before taking a decision. She, however, says, complainants should also appeal to the special court on land and other properties which would rule on the final decision when one party is not satisfied with the judgment.
"I can confirm that there is no contradiction between the two bills and the constitution in relation to different explanations provided," she says.
Mrs Kanyana also says the establishment of the compensation fund has encountered the interference of foreigners during the Arusha Agreement negotiation.
"They promised Burundians to sufficiently support all national commissions provided for in the Arusha Agreement but in vain", she says adding that Burundi government has continued to work towards achieving its goals despite problems. She also says the Special Court did its best to make fair judgments: "No person has ever been left homeless".
The National Commission on land and other properties was established in 2006 and its key objective is to identify all land and other property related disputes between the victims, third party and/or public or private services.


n order to tackle large-scale learning problems whose solution necessarily involves a large model with many tunable parameters, difficult non-convex optimization has to be performed efficiently. Computational complexity arguments strongly suggest that deep architectures will be necessary to represent the kind of complex functions that AI involves. Unfortunately, this involves difficult optimization problems and efficient approximate iterative optimization becomes key to obtain good generalization, and not so much the regularization techniques that have been so well studied in the last two decades. Furthermore, because of the size of the data sets involved in such tasks, it is imperative that computation scale no more than linearly with respect to the number of training examples. In many cases, the algorithm to beat is stochastic gradient descent, and the comparisons have to be made by looking at the curve of test error versus computation time. Following recent interest in online versions of second-order optimization methods, we present computational tricks that yield a linear time variant of natural gradient optimization. Another issue, that is particularly difficult to address in the optimization of multi-layer neural networks, is how to parallelize efficiently. SMP machines becoming cheaper and easier to use, we compare and discuss different strategies for exploiting parallelization of training for multi-layer neural networks, showing that naive approaches fail but those taking into account the communication bottleneck yield impressive speed-ups.


I first met Brooke a year ago at a community workshop I held at University of Detroit Mercy. She was so quiet I had no idea of the many amazing projects she has going on in her life and in this fine city we call home. It wasn't until very recently I learned she was a really talented artist, curating an amazing gallery on the west side, helping to resurrect a huge city park with art and culture events, and lives in one of Detroit's super interesting communities up by the State Fair grounds with a bunch of artists that want nothing more than to help each other succeed in this life. And by succeed, I mean, be happy and satisfied.
Brooke has been a huge supporter of the project since day one, and I thank her also for being a backer! Hi Brooke! Last week she let me record her talking about what it was like to live at Theater Bizarre. It's pretty great.
Links to cool stuff Brooke breathes life into.


When you see "earth" literary and beautiful flowers growing up from it, then you need to cherish it as much as possible.
This is my contribution to the Daily Post challenge for this week.
Hvala lijepa Ianus. Srdačno, Amela.
Thank you yuhublogger, have a great weekend.
My pleasure! Wish you the same.


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In Virginia, immigrants are 'exhausted' but there is new hope
Donald Trump's four-year war on immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers has taken a heavy emotional and financial toll on those populations that will possibly take years to heal, CBF field personnel Sue Smith said. "The people I work with are…
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Huge hurdles ahead for Dreamers despite high court's DACA ruling
"There's always that fear that at any point in time it could be stopped or ended."
At home or detained, immigrants face extra challenges in time of pandemic
"There are other ways that they can allow people to move about in their communities, to go home and isolate with their families and shelter in place."
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Trump border policies treat asylum seekers as criminals, advocate says
Separating immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border was bad enough, but it was even more tragic when asylum-seeking families were ripped apart while trying to get into the country, immigrant advocate Sue Smith says.
Trump insult making life difficult for overseas missionaries
The outrage over the comment made to senators in a meeting on immigration, and which the president eventually denied, has faded as Trump deals with newer scandals, including revelations of a tryst with a porn star. But there are those who continue to simmer about the "shithole" reference, including American Christians who have served as long- and short-term missionaries in some of the African and other nations Trump disparaged.
Young immigrants nervous about Trump's DACA decision/indecision
Yerendi Roblero was 6 months old when her parents took the family across the U.S. border from their native Mexico. "I pretty much grew up here, " said Roblero, 21, of Fredericksburg, Va. It's why the threat to end special protections for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. since childhood concerns her and many others.
Ministers offer a spiritual word to the stressed on Election Day
Remember 2012, when Obama versus Romney seemed like a contentious presidential election? It was enough for a group of Mennonite ministers, who responded back then by launching the Election Day Communion movement. The idea was to inspire Christians to use…
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Mission work and ministry are taking on a dizzying array of new looks in the 21st century. Just ask Greg and Sue Smith, Baptist missionaries who spent years performing traditional mission work in Latin America before opening a ministry serving…
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Exploding Blenders Prompt Lawsuits Against NutriBullet
Brianna Smith — November 17, 2017
Sheryl Utal's Injuries Sustained After NutriBullet Explosion; Image Courtesy of Fox 11, http://www.foxnews.com/
Are you a NutriBullet fan? If so, this story may interest you. It turns out "at least 22 people are suing the makers of NutriBullet over claims that the product burst during use, leaving them with severe lacerations and burns." According to multiple allegations, the "alleged victims claim the speed of the blade causes heat and pressure to build in the sealed vessel, which causes the container to burst from the rest of the machine." Despite the reports, attorneys and representatives of NutriBullet claim there is nothing wrong with the product, and are blaming the consumers for failing to properly use the popular blender.
Are you a NutriBullet fan? If so, this story may interest you. It turns out "at least 22 people are suing the makers of NutriBullet over claims that the blenders burst during use, leaving them with severe lacerations and burns." According to multiple allegations, the "alleged victims claim the speed of the blade causes heat and pressure to build in the sealed vessel, which causes the container to burst from the rest of the machine." Despite the reports, attorneys and representatives of NutriBullet claim there is nothing wrong with the product, and are blaming the consumers for failing to properly use the popular blender.
So even though there have been multiple gruesome stories of NutriBullet blenders malfunctioning and literally exploding, all the company has to say for itself is that it's the users fault their blenders blew up in their faces? To get a better picture of just how big an issue this is, let's take a look at some of the victims who experienced problems with the blenders. For starters, Sheryl Utal was using her NutriBullet blender back in May. According to her, she was only "using the product for about 20 seconds before it burst." When describing the incident she said:
NutriBullet Logo; Image Courtesy of Twitter, https://twitter.com/
"I had my hands on it, like you normally do as you put it in and turn it to lock it in place, and it was on for maybe 15 to 20 seconds and it exploded…It spins so fast that it heats up the contents, the contents get under pressure, and the device explodes, so that hot liquid exploded onto me and created nasty burns."
Representing Utal is Doug Rochen, an attorney that is representing another client as well who "required six surgeries after her hand fell into the blade." Regarding the matter, he said the "product is lacking safety features."
In another incident, Richard Moore, a London film director, was "blending a peanut butter smoothie when he noticed the blades started spinning faster than usual, then the machine exploded," according to reports. As a result of the explosion he sustained injuries that resulted in him spending "multiple nights in the hospital" and many "sleepless nights due to the pain."
Despite the slew of injury reports, NutriBullet has repeatedly denied the allegations. Mark Suzumoto, a corporate attorney for NutriBullet, even recently told media outlets that the "injuries are the result of misusing of the blender," and said it's "physically impossible for the machine to burst after blending cool or room temperature contents for 15 or 20 seconds." Additionally, he "pointed out that the product's manual warns against using the product for over one minute due to potential heating issues." He added, "Any product can present a risk…Like driving without a seat belt. What's alleged to have happened is physically impossible."
Though the company does not seem willing to take responsibility for their faulty product, it is at least going to investigate the issue, so that's a tad bit reassuring. In a statement issued recently by a NutriBullet spokeswoman, the company "reiterated the importance of following the manual with every use" and added:
"Customer safety and satisfaction are paramount at NutriBullet. Reports of blenders, which have operated normally for years, suddenly turning cool ingredients into scalding hot mixtures after less than 20 seconds of normal operation are perplexing and contrary to the hundreds of millions of uses by satisfied NutriBullet customers worldwide. We will investigate the claims thoroughly and analyze the blenders in question to determine exactly what happened. Whatever the circumstances surrounding these accidents, we wish prompt and complete recoveries to those involved."
What do you think? Is NutriBullet to blame for the accidents that have impacted the lives of at least 22 users, or are you on the train that thinks user-error is to blame?
'NutriBullet' users claim devices 'burst' causing burns, lacerations
22 People Are Suing NutriBullet After The Blenders Allegedly "Exploded
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WEEBILL LAB Handheld Stabilizer for Mirrorless Cameras supports cameras weighing up to 6.6 pounds. It features a removable hand-held tripod which can be mounted on the battery bin as a grip,providing additional functionality, as opposed to crowding all the controls on the primary handgrip. The gimbal has a nominal runtime of ten hours and requires two 18650 batteries. It is built using aviation-grade motors. The WEEBILL LAB allows you to connect and control select cameras via an included cable, and supports wireless transmission of the camera\'s video via Wi-Fi. Control over the gimbal and camera is by the ViaTouch Control System.


Check off all the reasons that Clemson is great with the 2018 National Championship Checked Boxes Tee!
The screen-printed graphic on the back checks off all of Clemson's victories this past season!
There are so many things to check off!


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Q: REST wrapper for SOAP service with HATEOAS support I did a REST wrapper for some SOAP services. Now I want to add HATEOAS support but, for the resources I use the auto created classes with the maven-jaxb2-plugin library. For example the auto generated class BookDetails:
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "BookDetails", propOrder = {
     "id",
     "name",
     "title",
     "author"
})
public class BookDetails {

    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected String id;>

  ...
}

I cannot extend that class from ResourceSupport because if the .wsdl change the BookDetails class is recreated and overwrite. Also if a created a new class that extends from BookDetails like BookDetailsResource then I cannot extend from ResourceSupport. Any idea or previous problem similar?
Here is a tutorial on how to create the wrapper if someone needs to implement it. https://howtodoinjava.com/spring/spring-boot/spring-soap-client-webservicetemplate/

A: Instead of trying to create one domain model to map onto both, it's probably better to have separate domain models for SOAP and for HAL.
This way, you can use Spring Web Services deploy its contract-first approach and generate WSDL-based BookDetails domain objects.
From there you can define your REST controller and it's various methods to GET/POST/PUT, etc.
The final step would be to define a ResourceAssembler<BookDetails, Resource<BookDetails>> that leverages your REST controller, and ends up converting SOAP-based BookDetails objects into a HAL representation that includes relevant links.
Check out https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/rest/ to see how to structure the REST part of your app, and then think of the SOAP calls as being an underlying service layer your REST controller can invoke.


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Don't Ask, Don't Tell in a Cancel Culture World
by Tim McMahan October 1, 2019 Updated March 6, 2021
Woody Allen, Ryan Adams, Aziz Ansari
I wonder if it will ever be OK to watch Woody Allen movies again.
I say this because Allen just finished a new movie called A Rainy Day in New York starring Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning and a slew of hot new Hollywood talent. The film opened last month in Paris but, as of this writing, still doesn't have U.S. distribution, so it's not looking so good that I'll be able to see it, at least not on the big screen.
The reason there's no U.S. distributor goes back to the sexual accusations made against Allen by his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, who says Allen assaulted her in the home of her adoptive mother, Mia Farrow, when she was seven years old. Allen denies the accusations, which first surfaced in 1992 but keep resurfacing only to be refuted by Allen. In the latest round, Chalamet and others have apologized for taking part in Allen films. On the other hand, Scarlett Johansson, who's appeared in a number of Allen films, recently said she believed Allen's side of the story and would work with him anytime.
The fact that Allen was never charged with a crime doesn't make a difference.
I'm not going to tell you who to believe, only that I love Woody Allen films and have since I was a wee lad. Play it Again Sam, Annie Hall, Stardust Memories all had a huge impact on me. And while I find the accusations against Allen reprehensible, I don't know what they have to do with his body of work. His films didn't change after the accusations became public except in the minds of those who believe the accuser. And, of course, in the minds of the money people at Amazon who terminated a four-picture deal with Allen because they didn't want to appear to be profiting from someone under the specter of such accusations, leaving A Rainy Day in New York high and dry.
Then there's Ryan Adams. Back in January, The New York Times published a story that said Adams had an inappropriate internet relationship with a 14-year-old girl back in 2013. Adams denied it. Shortly afterward, sordid stories about Adams started rising like mushrooms from a shit cellar. His ex-wife, Mandy Moore, and indie singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers were among those who claimed Adams made unwanted sexual advances and/or was emotionally abusive, according to Rolling Stone.
Adams had plans for three new full-length albums this year, all to be released on his own Pax-Am record label and distributed by Capitol Records. But none have materialized as of this writing and likely won't any time soon.
Again, I'm not going to tell you who to believe. This one's a little easier for me personally as I've never cared for Adams' music. After the story broke, a number of long-time Adams fans posted on Facebook that they were done with him. They were deleting their Ryan Adams tracks from their iPhones because the guy must be a piece of shit.
I think he probably is, but here's the thing: Not a note of Adams' recorded music has changed, not a word was edited. But whatever he sang on those recordings before all this happened now means something different to a portion of his fan base that could never support a guy accused of doing such sordid stuff.
Aziz Ansari, now that one hurt.
I loved his standup and his Netflix series, Master of None. When accusations of sexual misconduct were surfaced by an anonymous writer on an internet chat board, Ansari quickly went into hiding.
He and Adams joined a long list of celebrities that we're all too familiar with. Researching this article, I came across a Hollywood perp list at glamour.com that seemed to go on forever — all men, all accused of doing shitty things. (Strangely, Woody Allen didn't appear on it.)
In the old days before the internet, it was easy to separate the art from the artist. I can only think of a few men pre-world wide web who were brought down by scandal. I guess Pee-wee Herman tops the list. But now, with social media, there's no place for the accused predators to hide. The women harmed by Harvey Weinstein may have created the #metoo movement, but social media is why it's here to stay.
"Cancel Culture" — the rise of hashtag boycotts of artists (and others) accused of misdeeds — is nothing more than the free enterprise system on internet steroids. The marketplace "influencer" is social media, where anyone who dares admit to still consuming these artists' work is shamed right alongside the artists.
Knowing all of this, I still like Woody Allen films. What does that make me? I still like Aziz Ansari.
And, apparently, so do a lot of other people. Ansari recently released a new standup special on Netflix directed by Spike Jonze. And people watched it. Lots of them.
Look up Ryan Adams in Spotify, and you'll discover he still has 1.4 million monthly listeners and nearly a half million followers on the platform.
In his new Netflix stand-up special Sticks & Stones, Dave Chappelle takes on cancel culture point-blank and appears to have walked away unscathed.
Because, just as the boycotts' effectiveness depends on social media, the ability for artists to continue to have their art consumed depends on people consuming it… in the shadows. As one person recently told me, "I never stopped listening to Adams' music, I just quit talking about it."
It's a "Don't ask, don't tell" approach toward consuming art made by dubious artists, but where the wheels fall off is when the art no longer is available to consume. Will Spotify keep Adams' music available on its platform if he's indicted of a crime?
Will I ever get a chance to see that new Woody Allen film? As Chappelle pointed out in his stand-up special — it's not up to me; it's up to you.
Over The Edge is a monthly column by Reader senior contributing writer Tim McMahan focused on culture, society, music, the media and the arts. Email Tim at tim.mcmahan@gmail.com.
Tagged: Aziz Ansari, CancelCulture, Dave Chapelle, Ryan Adams, Woody Allen


If you are thinking about selling your home or currently have it on the real estate market here in Minneapolis, the single most important thing you must do is have your home put it's best foot forward. Here are some tips on how to win the "Best in Show" award and get your home sold!
Turn the Lights on – if your agent calls to schedule a showing, immediately turn on every light in the home. Not only does it benefit the buyer so they don't have to turn them on, but it literally lights up the house and give it more warmth. Your goal here is to make the buyers feel like it is already their home.
Fix the Front Door – the first thing they see is the doorknob. If it is rusty or just looks worn, replace it with a brand new fixture. This goes for the kick-plate on the bottom of the door as well as any door knockers. Get rid of the doormat and add flowers too. Again, make it as inviting as possible.
Paint the Walls – please, please, please…do not use flat paint! Flat paint shows every fingerprint, smear of dirt, and water mark, not to mention any wall repairs you have painted over. Check your walls for hand prints if you have kids and wipe clean. Better yet, paint the walls with a semi-gloss for a touch of shine. We all know that shine (bling) attracts purchasers!
Stage It – if your home is vacant or you don't have the best furnishings, spend the extra money and have a professional stage your home. The money you spend up front could save you thousands in mortgage payments as your home sits on the market if you don't.
Clean Everything – buyers will look in every nook and cranny so make sure your garage, shed, attic, toilets, sinks, basement, are clean and free of clutter. Buyers will not like it if they cannot access areas due to excessive clutter.
De-Clutter – I know you like your collection of dolls or model planes, but your buyers might not. Do not be offended. The goal is to sell your home, and to do so, you must get rid of anything that makes the home still look like it is yours. The buyers cannot see it as "theirs" if your stuff is all over the place!
Empty the Closets – no, cleaning up the house by shoving everything into the closets does not work. Buyers will look behind every door so it is extremely important for closets and pantries to be organized and clean. You want them to see room enough for their possessions.
Bake Cookies – yes, I know it might be cheesy, but buyers love it. I have been looking for a home for my family and when a seller takes the time to bake cookies and leave them on the counter, it just makes me want to look at the home more. Oh, and my two year old loves it! Just don't put out burnt cookies…that leaves a bad impression.
Put Out the Good Towels – before you leave your home, always put out fresh new, fluffy towels in the kitchen and bathrooms. It adds a feeling of cleanliness and a touch of luxury, especially if you have a nice jacuzzi tub in the master bath.
Put the Kids Toys Out of Site – I have kids so I understand the hassle of picking up the toys. But if you want your home to show great, kids toys in the living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms are just a no-no. Instead, neatly organize the toys in a closet before you leave and only leave out a few key pieces. Explain to your children the reason and ask for their help.
If you do the above items, and price it correctly, then your home should have no trouble selling. In a buyer's market, every little thing you do makes your home more appealing than the house for sale next door.
What ideas have you used to help get your home sold?


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Orange County Speeding Accident Lawyer
You need an Orange County speeding accident lawyer if you have been injured in a car accident caused by a speeding driver. When a driver injures someone by speeding or driving recklessly, that person should be held accountable.
Filing a lawsuit is typically the best way to do this. First, it will be necessary to prove they were speeding, as this will be integral to a strong negligence argument demonstrating that the accident was the other driver's fault.
Shared Fault
In California, it is possible for each driver to bear some level of responsibility for an accident.
This impacts your final settlement directly. For example, a jury could determine that you were 20 percent at fault, and you would still receive a settlement. However, that settlement amount would then be reduced by 20 percent.
We Work to Prove That You Were Not At Fault for the Accident
The concept of shared liability is meant to make settlements more equitable and fair.
It also makes it important for you to hire an Orange County speeding accident lawyer who knows how to build a strong case demonstrating that you were either not responsible or had very little responsibility for the crash.
Gathering Evidence
There will be a variety of evidence needed to support your case:
A copy of the police report, particularly any sections regarding speeding
Interrogatories answered by the other driver, with questions asking if he or she has ever been ticketed for speeding, when it occurred, at what speed, and so on
Witness testimony confirming you were not speeding and were following the rules of the road
Photographic evidence such as traffic camera pictures
Medical testimony and records
This information will help us build a strong case indicating the other driver is to blame for the crash and that you deserve financial compensation for your injuries.
You Should Hire an Orange County Speeding Accident Lawyer Immediately
Each state has different guidelines regarding the statute of limitations—the timeframe in which you have to file a lawsuit.
In California, the statute of limitations in personal injury cases is two years.
As long as you were hit by an individual or a business, you can sue them at any point within two years of the accident. Once the two-year mark passes, you cannot file a lawsuit as at that point your case will probably be thrown out.
While the statute of limitations is normally two years, in cases against a government entity, it is reduced to just six months.
This means that if you were hit by a speeding government employee on official business, you have a much smaller window of opportunity and should contact an Orange County speeding accident lawyer immediately.
Speak with an Orange County Speeding Accident Lawyer
At Dickson, Kohan, and Bablove, LLP, we handle all types of personal injury cases and understand how to protect our clients' best interests.
If you have been injured in a car crash caused by a speeding driver, call an Orange County speeding accident lawyer at 1-844-404-2400 or contact our office online immediately.
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Below, you'll see the key features that make TapRecruit a compelling alternative to TalVista. We'll also give you some insight into the Smart Editor's collaboration features, text analysis, integration capabilities and results.
If you have any questions we're happy to help. Send us an email at Recruit@TapRecruit.co or use the chat widget below.
Job Titles: Guidance to make sure your job is always found. Increase the number of qualified applicants that will find your job by using a title that's both searchable and understandable to your target candidates. Title guidance ensures that your job will be seen by qualified job seekers every time they search.
Language: Guidance to help you use language that's proven to make a good impression on job seekers. Our language guidance helps teams write jobs that avoid phrasing that signals poorly with candidates.
Custom Templates: Want to help your organization speak as one? Templates allow you to create consistent, editable branding and deploy it by department, team or even job type. Ensure that critical parts of your job descriptions are always on brand by setting defaults for sections like Perks and EEOC and automatically drop them into any template. With our smart template builder, it easy to manage job content across your entire organization.
Want a more qualified and diverse candidate pool? TapRecruit customers who improve their job's score to 85+ see dramatic improvements to every part of their pipeline. This is because jobs that score 85+ are correctly titled, calibrated and avoid language known to make a bad impression.
We hope this brief overview of why TapRecruit is the best alternative to TalVista was helpful.


God has blessed all of us with many gifts and talents.
Some of us are skilled as a cook, scientist, athlete or a gardener. God calls us to use all of our talents to serve God and others. But the Holy Spirit has also blessed us with spiritual gifts that are meant to be shared with others to bring maturity and unity in faith. As Christians, each one of us is a part of the body of Christ, and we have an important role to play in keeping the body healthy.
Learn about possible uses of your gifts through service opportunities at Nativity and elsewhere.
The Apostle Paul addresses spiritual gifts in: Romans 12, I Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4. Peter advises Christians about them in I Peter 4. Through these and other sections of scripture, we learn that all Christians have been given at least one spiritual gift. The purpose of spiritual gifts is twofold: (1) to encourage one another in our relationship with God and (2) to make God's love manifest in the world.
These gifts are to be used in service to God and one another. Generally speaking, we do not choose which gifts we will receive. God gives spiritual gifts to us through the work of the Holy Spirit. Not all of the gifts identified in scripture are included in this inventory.
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