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import './AudioContextMonkeyPatch'

function Oscillator(audioContext) {
  // TODO make more things not use this.
  const oscillatorNode = audioContext.createOscillator()
  oscillatorNode.start(0)

  const gainNode = audioContext.createGain()
  this.pitchBase = 50
  this.pitchBend = 0
  this.pitchRange = 2000
  this.volume = 0.5
  this.maxVolume = 1
  this.frequency = this.pitchBase

  let hasConnected = false
  let frequency = this.pitchBase

  this.play = function () {
    oscillatorNode.connect(gainNode)
    hasConnected = true
  }

  this.stop = function () {
    if (hasConnected) {
      oscillatorNode.disconnect(gainNode)
      hasConnected = false
    }
  }

  this.setType = function (type) {
    oscillatorNode.type = type
  }

  this.setPitchBend = function (v) {
    this.pitchBend = v
    frequency = this.pitchBase + this.pitchBend * this.pitchRange
    oscillatorNode.frequency.value = frequency
    this.frequency = frequency
  }

  this.setVolume = function (v) {
    this.volume = this.maxVolume * v
    gainNode.gain.value = this.volume
  }

  this.connect = function (output) {
    gainNode.connect(output)
  }

  return this
}

function createOscillator() {
  const audioContext = new AudioContext()
  const theremin = new Oscillator(audioContext)

  theremin.connect(audioContext.destination)

  return theremin
}

export default createOscillator


JOHANNESBURG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took full advantage of his captive national audience as he made his second annual address as president before Parliament in Cape Town.
His wide-ranging two-hour State of the Nation speech Thursday night spanned so many topics, in such minute detail, that one local media outlet tried to boil it down to just the major points � and ended up with 17 of them.
But the businessman and longtime political operative had no trouble identifying his priority in a nation where the unemployment rate recently surged past 27 percent.
Ramaphosa came to office just ahead of his State of the Nation speech last year, after unpopular former President Jacob Zuma was forced from office over a string of corruption scandals.
Zuma was not among the former presidents who attended Thursday night's speech in Cape Town.
Ramaphosa, who leads the ruling African National Congress party, used his year in office to distinguish � and distance � himself from his predecessor.
Ramaphosa read from an iPad � a stark contrast to Zuma, who often trudged slowly and painfully through stacks of paper while delivering speeches in a halting monotone.
Ramaphosa touched on many issues plaguing South Africa: his aim to support and strengthen ongoing corruption inquiries into Zuma and other top officials; the struggles of the state energy provider, which he announced would be split into three entities; changes in education, health care and public housing; and, in what has become the president's signature, his decision to appoint more committees to explore topics of national importance.
Political analyst Daniel Silke, who spoke to VOA from Cape Town, said he felt the speech was effective � both in policy and politics.
And that's where opposition leader Mmusi Maimane, who heads the Democratic Alliance, found fault with it. Maimane, who is also running for president, criticized the typically precise president for being too vague and cautious. His party sent VOA his remarks.
"Yesterday, people heard about plans that should have been implemented 10 years ago," Maimane said. "There should have not been promises about another summit, another directorate. There should have been concrete steps, immediate steps.
"Steps about, how do we ensure that there's a job in every home? How do we make sure that citizens are actually safe in their houses by having honest and professional police? How do we ensure that our borders are secure? And how do we ensure that those who are corrupt, including those who sat in Parliament yesterday clapping for the president, are the ones who are needing to be arrested first? We need change and we need it urgently," he said.
Maimane then accused Ramaphosa of being under the thumb of the ruling African National Congress party, the ANC.
"And therefore, in looking at the State of the Nation address, more must be done, and what will happen is that the ANC still remains in charge, not Mr. Ramaphosa," Maimane said.
The ANC has won every national poll since South Africa became fully democratic in 1994. Although they are expected to do so again this year, in recent elections the ANC has lost ground to the opposition in major town and cities.
To gain back some of the high ground, Ramaphosa announced the resurrection of a special investigative unit focused on corruption. He also pledged, within six years, to provide every schoolchild with a tablet and, within five years, to build a half-million subsidized housing units.
And he slipped in a newsworthy detail that is key to his future, and to South Africa's: The next general election, he declared, will be held May 8.


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If there are no adverse "heartburn feelings" or other discomfort after two days, then increase the number of capsules with each meal to three capsules.
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When you reach a state of tingling, burning, or any other type of discomfort, cut back by one capsule per meal. If the discomfort continues, discontinue the HCl and consult with your healthcare professional.
Once you have established a dose (either 8 capsules or less, if warmth or heaviness occurs), continue this dose.
With smaller meals, you may require less Betaine HCl so you may reduce the amount of capsules taken.
Individuals with very moderate HCl deficiency generally show rapid improvement in symptoms and have early signs of intolerance to the acid. This typically indicates a return to normal acid secretion.
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"A milder form of treatment is with the acid, apple cider vinegar, one tablespoon taken before each meal. Use the raw/unpasteurized Apple Cider Vinegar. The apple cider vinegar commonly found in supermarkets is usually pasteurized.
"You must take iodine, zinc, and vitamin B1 so that you can start making stomach acid. Also, while you are correcting those deficiencies, you must take Betaine with each meal. This pill from the beet plant makes stomach acid,"
Note: Iodine and zinc are critical to convert inactive T4 thyroid hormone into its active form, T3.


Riordan has assembled your team to create a CRM best practices proposal. You were chosen because of your exemplary skills in management and your ability to collaborate to create quick and effective results.
Write a 700 to 1,000-word proposal. Choose at least three specific processes in Riordan's supply chain that directly affect customer satisfaction. Include a description of your assessment of customer satisfaction improvements and the organization's ability to meet customer expectations. Provide support for recommended organizational process improvements and best practices for customer relationship management. Include support for how your recommendations will improve the supply chain operations.
Use the course materials supplement Customer Lifetime Value Metric, found on your student Web page, to calculate the lifetime value of a customer who has recently contracted with Riordan Manufacturing.
Read the scenario below, then use the table to calculate customer lifetime value.
Bilberry Beverages, Inc. is a newly acquired Riordan Manufacturing customer. Bilberry offers four flavors of berry soda. Each flavor requires its own bottle. Bilberry needs six pallets per month for each flavor. Pallets hold 700 bottles. Each bottle costs Riordan 18¢ to produce and label. Bilberry pays 38¢ per bottle, including shipping. Riordan absorbs the shipping cost, which is $12 per pallet.
The average contractor remains a loyal customer of Riordan Manufacturing for 7 years and losses account for only 4% of total sales over the average lifetime of these relationships.
Using these averages, and the figures provided in the scenario, calculate customer lifetime value for Riordan's relationship with Bilberry Beverages, Inc.
What processes and functions are strategic to Riordan Manufacturing?
Of these processes, which provide Riordan with a potential competitive advantage?
How can analyzing this information lead to the discovery of a core competency for Riordan?
How does supply chain visibility benefit the operations of a global supply chain?
What are some considerations that must be made when global communications are necessary for successful product delivery?
How do supply chain communications and visibility affect the competitive advantage of an organization?
Using your one diagram. Work together to find areas in the supply chain where inefficiencies occur.
Write a 400 to 600 word paper describing the three to five ethical considerations you chose that analyzes how these issues can affect an organization's supply chain and explains your professional goals for dealing with these ethical considerations.
How can companies benefit from sharing transactional information with their suppliers?
What might be some consequences for a company that decides to share proprietary information with third parties?
How can supply chain management strategy help a company develop an exclusive competitive market advantage?
What, in your opinion, constitutes a competitive market advantage?
Other than cost-saving and revenue-increasing strategies, what are some innovative ways companies can create or maintain a competitive advantage?
What are the advantages of designing the supply chain, as opposed to allowing it to develop over time, according to business demands?
What are the potential disadvantages of using a design process?
How can some of them be prevented?


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shared her fair experience with us.
Read about it and see a map of the Richland County Fairgrounds made by kids at Barbara's 4-H booth after the jump!
most had never even worked with GPS. They were learning computer skills as well as geospatial skills, i.e.
success – for all of us.
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Major U.S. Health Insurers Report Big Profits, Benefiting From the Pandemic
August 8, 2020 tysealpha	COVID Insights
Consumers are probably entitled to millions of dollars in rebates under Obamacare rules that cap companies' profits.
Some of the largest companies, including Anthem, Humana and UnitedHealth Group, are reporting second-quarter earnings that are double what they were a year ago. And while insurance profits are capped under the Affordable Care Act, with the requirement that consumers should benefit from such excesses in the form of rebates, no one should expect an immediate windfall.
But the amounts that insurers are retaining have caught the attention of the Trump administration. The Health and Human Services Department advised companies to consider speeding up rebates, and on Tuesday suggested that they reduce premiums to help consumers through the economic downturn caused by the pandemic.
Just this Wednesday, CVS Health, which owns Aetna, the big insurer, posted much higher earnings. CVS, which also owns a large pharmacy benefit manager and a drugstore chain, said net income for the second quarter reached $3 billion, about $1 billion more than it reported for the same period of 2019, on revenues of $65 billion.
Others had already trumpeted blockbuster results, ensuring that their stocks weathered swings in the markets. Anthem's net income soared to $2.3 billion for the second quarter, from $1.1 billion in 2019, while UnitedHealth reported net earnings of $6.7 billion, compared to $3.4 billion for the same three months last year.
Although many hospitals have been overwhelmed by the coronavirus outbreaks raging from state to state, insurers have shelled out billions of dollars less in medical claims in the last three months because expensive, elective surgeries have been postponed in many places. Moreover, people have steered clear of doctors' offices and emergency rooms in fear of contagion.
The companies' staggering pandemic profits stand in stark contrast to the scores of small medical practices and rural hospitals that are struggling to stay open. And the earnings are putting a spotlight on the big insurance companies at a time when government officials in many states are facing massive budget shortfalls as businesses collapse, unemployment rises and tax revenues plummet. Some states are discussing cutting payments to insurers that offer Medicaid plans to their residents.
"This could tilt the politics against insurers on a whole number of fronts," said Larry Levitt, the executive vice president for health policy for the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan research group.
And in this presidential election year, the companies' overly buoyant position could also reignite a discussion among Democrats about "Medicare for all," a proposal that would replace the current private health care system with a government one that guarantees coverage for all U.S. residents.
"We're looking at the fact that health care can't be regulated by the marketplace," said Representative Pramila Jayapal, the Washington State Democrat who is a strong proponent of Medicare for all.
"Who knows what's going to happen by January?" Ms. Jayapal asked. "It's entirely possible that everything shifts on health care, within weeks or months after the election."
Some lawmakers may also try to revive proposals to cap insurers' profits even more, like one that Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat, has suggested.
"There is that money sitting there," said Dan Mendelson, the founder of Avalere Health, a consulting firm.
Among the companies with robust earnings is Humana, which reported Wednesday that its net income rose to $1.8 billion for the second-quarter, compared to $940 million for the same three months of 2019. The profits for Cigna, which also owns a large pharmacy benefit manager, were also higher.
Under the federal health care law, insurers are required to use a fixed percentage of the money they take in from premiums for their customers' medical expenses. The companies must spend at least 80 cents of every dollar they collect in premiums from small businesses and individuals on health care, and 85 cents per dollar for large employers. The remaining 15 to 20 percent is all they are allowed under the Affordable Care Act to spend on administrative costs like overhead and marketing and to keep as profit. Any additional revenues are to be returned to consumers in the form of rebates.
Insurers are currently spending a far lower portion of premium revenue on their customers' health care costs. CVS said its medical-benefits ratio was 70 percent for the quarter, compared to 84 percent in the same period of 2019.
That translates into millions of dollars that some lawmakers in Congress and advocates say should wind up in the pockets of consumers.
In recent years, insurers have paid out billions of dollars in rebates, said Cynthia Cox, one of the authors of a recent Kaiser Family Foundation analysis that estimated employers and individuals would receive $2.7 billion this year in rebates required under Obamacare. That figure does not include 2020 amounts.
People who had health insurance through the A.C.A. last year could receive an average of $420 a person, she said.
"For any given customer, it's not going to be a lot of money," said Mr. Mendelson of Avalere. "It will always feel underwhelming."
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Democrat of Washington, who wrote the Medicare for All bill, in Washington last summer.Credit…T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times
Eventually consumers should get some of this year's money back. The insurers "are not just able to profiteer," said Katherine Hempstead, a senior policy adviser for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation who studies health insurance markets.
Even though the federal government is now encouraging insurers to turn over excess funds to consumers more quickly this year, the Obamacare law gives companies a three-year window to calculate how much to return as a way to offset any mistakes they made in setting rates or if they experienced unexpected expenses.
"There's a cushioning effect for swings," said Mark Hall, the director of the health law and policy program at Wake Forest University.
So no one should count on getting money from this year's burgeoning insurance profits anytime soon.
And the financial outlook for the year is still uncertain, given the rising number of Covid-19 cases shifting from state to state and the longer term costs of caring for Covid-19 patients, with potentially expensive new vaccines or treatments around the corner. Conversely, the many people who postponed getting medical attention could flock back to doctors' offices and submit more bills for coverage.
"They don't actually know what's coming around the corner," said Dr. Sanjay Saxena, a managing director for the Boston Consulting Group. "They can't just write checks and give away the money."
Insurers say that they are using their financial strength to help customers as well as hospitals and doctors. "From the very beginning, health insurance providers have focused on being part of the solution," said Matt Eyles, the chief executive of America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group. As examples, he cited waiving co-payments for testing and treatment for coronavirus and paying for telemedicine visits, some of which the government has mandated be covered.
The companies also say they are spending billions of dollars on efforts that range from giving small businesses a break on their monthly premiums to paying physicians in advance to help keep practices afloat.
On conference calls with Wall Street analysts, executives were quick to point out steps they have taken to assuage the worries of Americans overwhelmed by the virus outbreaks.
"We took action to commit $2.5 billion in financial assistance to ease the burden of Covid-19 among our members, employer customers, care providers and nonprofit partners," said Gail K. Boudreaux, the chief executive of Anthem. She listed several initiatives, including giving customers a premium credit and donations to a food charity. "The needs are ongoing, and I'm proud of the way Anthem has responded quickly to provide needed support," she said.
Nonprofit insurers, including most of the Blue Cross plans offered in individual states, are also experiencing much higher profit margins. While they too are subject to the A.C.A. rules and must pay out required rebates, they can plow any additional surplus into their capital reserves, Mr. Hall said. "They never feel that they have enough reserves, and the regulators don't really require insurers to spend down their reserves," he said.
But the companies may have even higher profits than is apparent. Some, like UnitedHealth, have large networks of doctors and other health care businesses, in addition to owning giant pharmacy benefit managers. There are no limits on how much these units can make, and many of the units sell their services directly to the insurer.
The profits being reported don't "give an accurate picture of how much money they are making for the insurers," said Michael Turpin, a former insurance executive and an executive vice president at USI, an insurance brokerage. "You're not going to negotiate with your sister company very robustly."
Some hospital executives and doctors say that the insurers should do much more. "Everyone should be playing a part as it relates to the pandemic, and insurers are no exception," said Colleen M. Blye, the chief financial officer for the Montefiore Health System, a large hospital group in the Bronx that has treated more than 10,000 Covid patients.
"The government has been funding the providers significantly," she said, referring to the $175 billion in funds Congress has allocated to date for hospitals and doctors. "The insurers should be sharing that burden, and they haven't been."
Insurers say they have been strong advocates for providers like the hospital systems. "We've consistently supported their efforts," said Mr. Eyles.
So far, investors are not concerned about the political risks of the insurers' high profits, said Les Funtleyder, who is a health care portfolio manager for E Squared Capital Management, which owns shares of UnitedHealth.
Even if former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential candidate, wins in November, he would probably be unlikely to push for anything close to Medicare for all. Mr. Biden favors revamping Obamacare and offering a public option, a government-run alternative to private insurance.
But the calculation could change, depending on his choice of vice president, Mr. Funtleyder said. Senator Warren, who has called for a sweeping health care overhaul, is one of several names on a long list of potential female running mates for Mr. Biden.
"If Warren was vice president, it would definitely spook Wall Street," Mr. Funtleyder said.
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Mischa Didn't Mind Running Around in Her Undies For Noel Gallagher
Mischa Barton is very proud of the video she shot with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in Los Angeles this week.
Mischa Barton says her video with Noel Gallagher is "really beautiful". The 26-year-old actress was shooting the promo with the former Oasis guitarist in Los Angeles this week and she is very pleased with the final cut.
She wrote on her twitter page: "The video for High Flying Birds is gonna be really beautiful, awesome team! "It just never gets old working on a project, seeing it splashed about on the internet ahead of time the next day!!! LOVE NOEL (sic)."
Mischa is such a fan of Noel's former band Oasis - which he was in with his brother Liam Gallagher - and his new High Flying Birds project, that she didn't even mind running around Los Angeles in leopard-print underwear.
In other tweets she wrote: "Doing Noel Gallagher's video today. Was so excited I barely slept and he didn't dissapoint! How come when you're running around in your underwear it's cold?! (sic)"
The former 'O.C.' star was joined on set by an actor in similar underwear. It is not yet known which song the video will accompany. Noel, 44, has worked with famous faces before on his videos. Russell Brand - who acted as best man at the rocker's wedding to Sara MacDonald - starred in the promo for solo track 'AKA... What a Life!', while Rhys Ifans appeared in the short film for Oasis song 'The Importance of Being Idle'.
via L4e / Source: www.femalefirst.co.uk


DeskTask uses an invisible copy of Outlook to get Tasks and Calendar data. This copy of Outlook is started using Outlook's automation interface.
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These problems are typically caused by a damaged Outlook installation.
f) As a last resort only a full reinstall of windows can solve this problem.
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Nobody in the family talks about Ellen's grandmother Lola, who was swallowed up by the circus and emerged as a woman who tamed tigers and got away scot-free for killing her husband. When Ellen's husband, Wayne, beats her nearly to death, she runs to the only place she knows where a woman can completely disappear -- the same Big Top that once sheltered her grandmother. Though the circus moves from one town to the next, Wayne tracks it, and Ellen, relentlessly. At the same time, Ellen learns more about her feisty, fiery relative, and the heritage that is hers for the taking -- if she dares. With her violent husband hot on her trail, Ellen must learn to stand up and fight for herself, to break the cycle of abuse, and pass down a story of love and redemption to her children.


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My Poor Old Battered 1939 Scramble Bell!
Not really news, but recently I (Chris Bennett) was filmed for a future episode of Antiques Roadshow. They are doing a special programme to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain for airing next year and put out a call for interesting artefacts. When I mentioned my poor old battered 1939 scramble bell from the iconic RAF fighter station Biggin Hill they jumped at it, appropriately also where the programme was filmed.
RAF Biggin Hill was the most famous of all Fighter Command's Battle of Britain stations, largely because of its proximity to London and as it was on the German Luftwaffe's path there. It was from Biggin during Britain's darkest, yet finest, hour that young pilots flew relentlessly between July and October 1940, in one of the most vital periods of World War Two – a period that later was to become known as the Battle of Britain.
The summer of 1940 was sunny and hot for the pilots of Fighter Command, who were outnumbered facing the Luftwaffe's daily bombing raids. At the start of the Battle, Biggin Hill Sector formed part of the Royal Air Force's No. 11 Group of Fighter Command, its proximity to London ensuring it was the busiest of all Fighter Command stations, with unrelenting "trade". Aware of its significance, Biggin was a prime target of the Luftwaffe bombers and during 1940 the airfield was directly attacked on many occasions, most notably on the 18th, 30th, 31st August and 1st September, these attacks causing considerable destruction to buildings and runways, as well as many casualties.
The RAF's fighter squadrons each had their own forward dispersal hut situated away from the airfield main buildings. The dispersal was used by the pilots to relax and perhaps catch up on lost sleep (most were exhausted from the numerous sorties during the day and revelry in the evening) whilst waiting for the telephone to ring announcing a "scramble" to meet yet another raid. Squadron aircraft would be parked nearby and when the call came to scramble the ground crew also needed to be alerted, as they had to be at the aircraft by the time the pilots arrived to help strap them into cockpits and start the Spitfire and Hurricane's Merlin engines. And time was very much of the essence. To notify the ground crew a suitably loud bell was often hung at the dispersal hut. Other bells placed at locations such as the station headquarters, guard house and hangars would be rung in cases of general alarms and air raids.
This bell (one of a number I have, a couple of which are for sale) is engraved with the cipher of George V and dated 1939, and would've been hung on the exterior of one of the main buildings at Biggin Hill from 1939, and during 1940 and for much of the rest of the war would've been tolled regularly to scramble fighters and in response to the numerous enemy attacks upon the airfield.
At some stage many, many years ago the bell was painted red and traces still exist upon it. There's a large horizontal 6" crack to the side, which in effect makes the bell useless as such, as it no longer rings. The crack, which is very old, has traces of filer with fragments of red paint over it, meaning the crack must've been there before being painted when the bell was in RAF use. Such a crack can only have been caused by a massive trauma and its intriguing to think such occurred during one of the many raids on Biggin Hill in late August and early September 1940, when the base was virtually destroyed by the Luftwaffe.
The bell was discovered many years ago covered in brambles and nettles at the bottom of a garden during clearance work between Keston and Farnborough, Kent, just a short distance from Biggin Hill. Whilst we will never know how it got there, the bell undoubtedly originated from RAF Biggin Hill, where it would've been rung during that fateful summer of 1940.
Having lost its removable clapper the bell was rung by hitting with a hard implement, resulting in a multitude of bruises all around it. It's by far the worst conditioned bell in my collection but is also my favourite, the knocks and huge intriguing crack making it shine above the rest!
TMB Onoto Spitfire Fountain Pen
I love items that are beautifully machined, be it engines, watches or pens. With that in mind TMB is proud to be collaborating with leading bespoke pen crafter Onoto on a limited edition fountain pen made using metal (Duralumin) from 1940 Battle of Britain Spitfire "P7350". A blend of history, form and function, the pens are lovely things which, in keeping with the Spitfire itself, don't have a straight line on them, and thus incredibly tactile.
It's a limited edition of just 100 fountain pens, plus a few non-sale overs that will be used for charity etc purposes, such as the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, with whom we are tied in.
More info can be found on Onoto's website and we hope pens will be ready around mid-October or so.
https://onoto.com/product/the-spitfire-pen/
Bentley Mulliner Number 1 Edition
To help celebrate the centenary of Bentley Motors this year, the truly iconic brand are launching a special limited edition of 100 cars linked to the historic red single-seat Brooklands racer built for Bentley Boy Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin in 1929.
Specialist provenance brand TMB Art Metal were privileged to craft small icons in the shape of the Birkin car's knock-off wheel spinner, of actual metal – an engine piston – from the historic car, these icons being built into an instrument on the edition's dashboard. Christopher Bennett of TMB personally collected the old piston from George Daniels, the world-renowned horologist and then owner of the ex-Birkin car, from his house in Hay-on-Wye. This was in 2006, the piston being removed circa 2000, when the car had an engine rebuild commissioned by George.
More information on the Bentley Mulliner Number 1 Edition can be found here
Retiring Chief of the Air Staff RAF
IWC Silver Spitfire project


The GeForce 705A was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched in October 2013. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the GF119 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 12.0. The GF119 graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 79 mm² and 292 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked GeForce GT 520 OEM, which uses the same GPU but has all 96 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce 705A to reach the product's target shader count. It features 48 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 ROPs. NVIDIA has placed 1,024 MB DDR3 memory on the card, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 738 MHz, memory is running at 900 MHz.


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How Deisi Ocampo Wins $4 Million Dollars Illinois Lottery
Posted by Funmy Kemmy on 10/31/2014 Labels: Foreign news, Inspiration
When Deisi Ocampo woke up on her birthday on Oct. 6, she had no idea the gift her father had given her would soon make her a multi-millionaire.
"I rarely play the lottery," Ocampo, 19, of Chicago, wrote to ABC News. "My dad buys tickets once in a while and thought it would fun to get me two tickets for my birthday."
The following day, she didn't think much of it when she scratched off the first set of numbers. But when she finished scratching the second ticket, "I began to shake and sweat out of nervousness," she said. "I just couldn't believe it was real."
The birthday girl had won $4 million dollars. She called her father, who needless to say, was equally stunned.
"He couldn't believe it," Ocampo explained of her dad's reaction. "He thought I was teasing him.
When I told him I had won, he asked if it was $500, and I said, 'No $4 million!'"
But the newfound millionaire isn't letting the money go to her head. She plans to continue working at a clothing store because her family "is humble and believes in a strong work ethic."
As for how Ocampo plans to spend the new earnings, she's being reasonable about that, as well.
"I will share with my dad so he can buy a new home for my mom, dad and sister," she said. "I plan to use a portion to pay for college since I want to become a nurse and take care of babies."
When asked if this was the best birthday she's ever had, Ocampo simply replied, "Definitely!"


In the rest of this documentation, <TomcatPath> points out the path where Tomcat has been installed.
1. Unzip the package delivered by Talend: Talend-AdministrationCenter-rYYYYY-VA.B.C.
• Talend-Artifact-Repository-VA.B.C.zip, the archive containing an artifact repository software, based on Apache Archiva, that will be used to handle software updates, and also ESB artifacts, only if you subscribed to one of Talend ESB oriented solutions.
Center, only if you subscribed to one of our ESB oriented solutions.
3. If you subscribed to one of our ESB oriented solutions, to be able to use the ESB Conductor module of Talend Administration Center, copy the endorsed folder provided into the root directory of Tomcat.
On Selection of the license. The Admin Center validates that information and following screen is displayed.
PuTTY is a free terminal emulator that supports SSH, Telnet and Rlogin network protocols.
1) Connection à Data – set Terminal-type = xterm or vt220.
3) Window à Colours – leave background as black, Modify Default Foreground(text) as desired.
Xming is the leading Free Software X Window Server for Microsoft Windows.
-Xming 2.15MB Microsoft Windows program installer.
-Standard Xming uses the OpenGL renderer.
-Installs only the absolute minimum fonts and includes the XLaunch wizard as an optional component.
-providing the bulk of X Window standard fonts.
àInstall fonts in the folder where Xming is already installed.
Execute Xming – icon will open in system tray on bottom right of screen.
Execute PuTTY à connect to server à enter xterm – the new window will open.
openssl pkcs12 -export -out identity.pfx -in selfsigned.pem -name "selfsigned"
To connect with individual databases, JDBC (the Java Database Connectivity API) requires drivers for each database. The JDBC driver gives out the connection to the database and implements the protocol for transferring the query and result between client and database.
Choose the location of the Oracle JDBC driver. Press Open.
You can the driver in the Referenced Libraries .
1.) Enter JDBC URL;2.) Enter user name; 3.)Enter password.
Choose the Data Source and Press OK.
By default the passwords for OIM and SOA infrastructure tables expire in 180 days. Incase the password expire we need to reset the password so the OIAM and SOA managed servers can be started.
To resolve this issue, following steps can be taken.
1.) Connect to database using sys users.
Here PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME field is responsible for expiring of password after 180 days.
5.) We need to Reset the password of the locked user. We can use the same password or a different password.
6.) SPOOL file will give a list of ALTER USER commands. execute these commands to reset the passwords.
8.) Run all the ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK from the spool file. Please ensure that you DO NOT UNLOCK those users which are recommended to remain LOCKED by Oracle.
Use the cd command to move from your present working directory to the <Middleware_Home>\wlserver_10.3\server\lib directory.
To set this variable, right-click the My Computer icon and select Properties. The System Properties screen is displayed. Click the Advanced tab and click the Environment Variablesbutton. The Environment Variables screen is displayed. Ensure that the JAVA_HOME variable in the User Variables section is set to the path of the JDK directory installed on your machine.
After setting the JAVA_HOME variable, select the Path variable in the System Variables section on the same Environment Variables screen, and click Edit. The Edit System Variable dialog box is displayed. In the variable value field, enter the complete path to your JAVA_HOME, such as D:\oracle\<Middleware_Home>\jdk160_11, preceded by a semicolon (;). The semicolon is used as the delimiter for multiple paths entered in this field.
After verifying the values, click OK.
Copy the wlfullclient.jar file to the <Oracle_IDM2>\designconsole\ext\ directory on the machine where Design Console is configured.
Ensure that the Administration Server and the Oracle Identity Manager Managed Server are started.
Start the Design Console client by running the xlclient.cmd executable script, which is available in the <IDM_Home>\designconsole\ directory.
Log in to the Design Console with your Oracle Identity Manager user name xelsysadm and password.
Access Management 11g Release 2 (11.1.2).
Launch of rcu will bring the following screen. Click Next.
Enter Database Information Host, Port, Service Name, Username and Password.
Click OK on Checking Prerequisites window.
OIM 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Download, Installation, and Configuration- Part 6 Configure Oracle Identity Manager Server.
To start the Oracle Identity Manager 11g Configuration Wizard, execute the <IAM_Home>/bin/config.sh script (on UNIX) on the machine where the Administration Server is running. (<IAM_Home>\bin\config.bat on Windows). The Oracle Identity Manager 11g Configuration Wizard starts, and the Welcome Screen appears.
1. Log in to the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console.
2. In the Change Center region, click Lock & Edit to enable modification to the settings on the page.
3. In the Domain Structure region, click Deployments.
4. On the right pane, click Install.
6. In the region following the Current Location field, select spml-dsml.ear and then click Next.
7. On the Choose targeting style page, click Next to accept the default selection and proceed with installation.
8. On the Select deployment targets page, in the Available targets for spml-dsml region, select oim_server1 if Oracle Identity Manager is installed in a nonclustered environment. Otherwise, select oim_cluster.
10. On the Optional Settings page, in the Source accessibility region, select I will make the deployment accessible from the following location, and then click Next.
11. On the Review your choices and click Finish page, verify the data that you have provided, and then click Finish.
12. On the Settings for spml-dsml page, review the configuration information of the deployed SPML-DSML Service, and then click Save.
13. In the Change Center region, click Activate Changes for the changes to take effect.
14. On the left pane, in the Domain Structure region, click Deployments.
15. On the right pane, in the Deployments table, select spml-dsml, and then from the Start list, select Servicing all requests. The SPML-DSML Service is started.
The connector server is the Windows server. Before installing the Connector Server, ensure that .NET Framework 3.5 or above is installed on the same server where we are installing the Connector Server.
2. Extract the contents of the Connector Server package (Connector_Server_111210.zip) and locate the ServiceInstall-1.4.0.0.msi file.
3. Install the Connector Server by running the ServiceInstall-1.4.0.0.msi file and following the wizard. The wizard takes you through the installation process step-by-step. After completion, the .NET Connector Server is registered as a Windows service.
4. Start the Microsoft Services Console.
5. If the .NET Connector Server is running, stop it by stopping the Windows service named Connector Server.
In this command, NEW_KEY is the value for the new key. This key is required by any client that connects to this .NET Connector Server.
ü Port number: To change the port, set connectorserver.port to a value other than 8759 (If require in Production. For example: port enablement or Firewall issue).
9. Restart Connector Server by restarting the Windows service.
This thread discuss configuration of the AS2 communication channel using B2B console. To navigate to the SOA B2B console , please use the URL http://hostname:port/b2bconsole where hotname is the name of the host where Oracle SOA stack with b2B is installed, port is the port where the SOA Managed Server is listening.
5.) Create a Document Type 180.
6.) Create Document Definition by using the XSD and ECS file that were created using document Editor.
Full or Patch Set Installer?
Oracle Identity and Access Management Full Download Oracle Identity and Access Management 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
Oracle Unified Directory Full Download Oracle Unified Directory 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
Run the java -version command (or java -d64 -version command on UNIX or Linux platforms using a 32/64-bit hybrid JDK) to ensure that yourJAVA_HOME refers to a 64-bit JDK.


Ashley Moss Kurkiewicz has been in the marketing and events industry for eleven years. Her experience ranges from planning beautiful weddings and social events to corporate conferences and nonprofit galas and events.
Ashley enjoys spreading her knowledge on events through volunteering at fundraising events as well as speaking at networking and educational events. She proudly supports the Girls on the Run chapter located in the Triangle and volunteers as the Raleigh-Durham representative for the Kent State Alumni Association.
A native resident of Meadville, PA, Ashley currently resides in Raleigh, NC with her husband, Justin, and their daughters, Skye & Aubrey. Ashley enjoys all aspects of health and fitness as well as theatre, dance, boating, and of course, planning events!
Natasha Brody Katic has worked in the events and catering industry for over ten years in both Pittsburgh and New York City. She joined Hello Productions in 2012 and now acts as Director of Events for the Pittsburgh location.
Natasha is very organized, fast-acting, and design oriented. Focusing mainly on weddings, private functions and corporate functions, Natasha enjoys planning events from start to finish in order to create a beautiful, cohesive affair that clients will love!
A native resident of Pittsburgh, Natasha lives in the Baldwin area with her husband Zack and their children Max and Chloe. She enjoys spending time with her family doing outdoor activities around the city such as exploring the different neighborhoods, visiting the North Shore Watersteps and cheering on the Pittsburgh Pirates!
Colleen Geletko joined Hello Production as its Director of Marketing & Events in 2012. She is efficient, extremely organized, creative and driven, and has excellent verbal and written communication skills and editing experience.
Colleen has worked in public relations and event planning since graduating from California University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies. She developed her skills through working on the Public Relations team for former Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, volunteering to provide public relation services for local nonprofits, and is responsible for growing and expanding the public relations efforts at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum while she worked as its Public Relations Coordinator.
Colleen is available for marketing, advertising and public relations campaigns, handling small and large clients and meeting their needs in promotion, public relations, client relationships, client attractions and more.
Colleen lives with her husband and three children in the Brookline neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh. She enjoys spending time with her family and exploring the city, mentoring students and young professionals, and volunteering her expertise to local nonprofits.
Natasha earned her bachelor's degree in Communication, Mass Media Arts and Journalism with a concentration in Public Relations from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. During her four years of college, Natasha worked at a boutique promoting the business using social media, blogging and other advertising techniques. Natasha also worked many years in the hospitality management industry, which is where she found her love for event planning! After she realized event planning was what she was meant to do, she volunteered and planned fundraisers for Breast Cancer Education and Awareness on Clarion Campus and in the Clarion area.
Natasha utilizes her creative talents and expertise to plan memorable events through Hello Production as an event coordinator and wedding planner. As a native resident of the Crawford County and Erie area, she can direct clients to the best venues and vendors in northwest Pennsylvania. In addition to having outstanding communication skills, her energetic and hardworking personality will make working together a fun and easy process.
Natasha currently resides in her hometown of Meadville, Pennsylvania. She enjoys party planning, interior decorating, cooking, baking, working out, and spending time with her husband, daughter, and two adorable Boxer dogs, Rocky and Apollo. She looks forward to making your dream event become a reality!
Christina graduated from Carlow University in 2012 with a degree in Corporate Communication and a double minor in Business Management and History. While she began planning events at a young age, her love for event coordination flourished when she coordinated various events for Carlow University, including a campus-wide move-in day for the Residence Life department. During her junior year of undergrad, she was the Special Events Intern at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pennsylvania, planning the Fashions for Kid's Sake Fashion Show and developing a mentoring program for underprivileged youth. After college, she began working in Development at Sojourner House, a Pittsburgh nonprofit for women with children. While working here, Christina found herself planning countless events, including an annual Victorian Tea event that raised funds for the organization. She later moved on to work at WQED as the Donor Engagement and Event Specialist.
Christina has the ability to make your vision a reality and loves seeing a bride and groom's perfect day come to fruition. She has planned events all over the Pittsburgh area and has vast experience in the nonprofit sector.
Christina resides in the North Hills and enjoys volunteering with a number of Pittsburgh organizations, spending time with her family, and decorating for any and all holidays!
Jasmine O'Connor has over five years of experience in the wedding and event planning industry, as well as working in the non-profit and corporate sales sectors. Born and raised in Erie, PA with roots in Boston, MA, Jasmine graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in 2014. She achieved a Bachelor's Degree in Media and Professional Communications with certificates in Non-Profit Management and Corporate and Community Relations.
Jasmine has always had a passion for event planning. Prior to joining Hello Productions, Jasmine coordinated multiple weddings as an independent wedding coordinator. In addition, she has coordinated a variety of unique events from croquet tournaments to walk-a-thons, which has allowed her to feel confident and comfortable in many different event environments. Her attention to detail and open communication is what sets her clients at ease leading up to, and on, their big day! Jasmine is focused on making your wedding day as unique, worry-free, and memorable as possible by remaining detail oriented and creative throughout.
Jasmine resides in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh. In her free time, she loves to read, swim, and travel around the world as well as back to Boston to visit family and friends.


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Storm Days: Frozen Cars, Avalanche Warnings, Power Outages, Snow Tunnels — The Reykjavik Grapevine
Storm Days: Frozen Cars, Avalanche Warnings, Power Outages, Snow Tunnels
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The latest weather alert from the Icelandic Met Office shows that storm conditions will persist over the entirety of the country through tomorrow afternoon. While the yellow zones will see winds from 15 to 23 metres per second with blowing snow and poor visibility, the southeast could experience gusts of up to 40 metres per second—with gusts in some cases reaching as high as 58 metres per second—and the northwest will have it worst of all.
At the time of this writing, road conditions around the country are severely limited. The only passable roads are in the southwest and southeast, and even then, conditions are predominantly icy. It is therefore highly inadvisable to travel by car on even these passable roads unless you are in a vehicle equipped for them.
The northwest will be experiencing whole gale and blizzard conditions, also with gusts up to 40 metres per second and blowing snow that have rendered road travel highly inadvisable and dangerous. These conditions have made things especially dangerous in the Westfjords, as RÚV reports that there is a high likelihood of avalanches. So much so, in fact, that some parts of Ísafjörður have already been evacuated.
Power outages have been reported in small villages in the north, but electrical workers are labouring tirelessly to remedy the situation.
The weather has had other, more bizarre effects as well.
The rescue squad Kyndill, which serves the southeast, reported that six tourists in three cars required assistance on Route 1 due to their cars being frozen in place by drifting snow and ice.
Closer to home, this photo shows conditions of the pathway outside of Keflavík International Airport that is supposed to connect the terminal and the parking area. As can be seen, movement is greatly inhibited.
Traveling anywhere in Iceland today could be hazardous, so we implore you to check weather conditions and road conditions before venturing out.
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It appears that We-the-People, the US Constitution and the USA are now sunk. CJ Roberts has now shown his true stripes as a leftist. In order to do away with the true argument that the Congressional ruling establishing ObamaCare would be charged as a fee for being born and living in the USA, Roberts changed ObamaCare to a tax--which Obama had argued previously and intensely stated was NOT a tax--in order to mollify and please his true leader.
However, during the oral arguments, Obama's lawyers ruled it IS a tax. In what I view as an act of brazen disregard for the US Constitution, Roberts sided with the Marxists on the US Supreme Court in ruling that Americans can be controlled by the (now) totalitarian government and be forced to pay it for simply being born.
We are in trouble as never before, folks, and I suspect that many more (who are able) will renounce their citizenship and leave this once-blessed country. Under now-openly totalitarian CJ Roberts, SCOTUS has now joined the Executive and Legislative branches. Apparently, this is what he planned all along. With Roberts assistance, the enslavement of the American people appears to now be complete.
What to do? Only one thing I know. The US States need to form a large and broad coalition in order to fight against the Obama syndicate's wholly-owned federal government. Obama is already nullifying the Tenth Amendment--as well as the rest of the Bill of Rights. The States need to fight this as a large combined group. This will be our last hope for survival. If we don't…we finished and the end will be oppression worse than Josef Stalin's USSR and Hitler's Germany.


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Blaithin is originally trained in Ashtanga Vinyasa Flow but has been influenced over the years by some of the other wonderful yoga styles in existence. She now provides a teaching flow that allows a complete beginner to ease comfortably into the practice whilst also offering more challenging poses to the seasoned practitioner.
Adventure Yoga excursions are her passion, always out looking for fun new locations to take the yoga practice. Any outdoor yoga practice is of course an adventure in Irish weather but the next wild session is never far away. Collaborative excursions include Mountain Yoga Hikes, SUP to Yoga and Yoga-Surf sessions.
Having worked with a diverse range of groups over the years and gaining insight into individual needs, Blaithin has developed a number of courses that can be delivered in one-to-one sessions or with groups at your place of work. Courses range from 4-10 weeks, adapting to suit requirements.
Contact Blaithin to arrange indoor yoga course at your place of work or to organise a weekend adventure for you and your friends.
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DC Super Pets (2021)
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DC Super Pets Synopsis
Plot unknown.
DC Super Pets Release Date
In Theaters May 20, 2021
DC Super Pets Credits
Directed By: Jared Stern
Distributor: Warner Bros
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Swiss Private Equity Fund Displayed Photo of Staff in Blackface for Eight Years
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(Bloomberg) -- Partners Group Holding AG, accused of racial discrimination in a U.K. lawsuit, held a party at its Swiss headquarters where employees dressed up as nuns in blackface and then displayed a photo of them for about eight years.
The image was disclosed at a London tribunal by a Black ex-employee who's suing the firm, one of Europe's largest private funds, for racial discrimination and harassment. The picture depicts two White male employees dressed as nuns with painted faces, according to her witness statement prepared for the hearing. She said she believed the incident to be "reflective of the true character and culture" of Partners.
Harmonie Mulumba said in the suit she suffered racial discrimination and harassment during her time on the company's associate program. Partners said in a statement that an external law firm investigated a series of incidents alleged by Mulumba, including "alleged racial slurs" but didn't uphold any of the allegations. While the firm acknowledges the incident took place it denies any of the racial discrimination and harassment claims made by Mulumba.
"I find blackface bizarre and inherently sinister – rarely is it ever donned to do anything other than make a mockery and, or present a caricature of blackness," Mulumba, who worked in the office where the pictures were displayed, said in the court filing. "I believe it to be reflective of the true character and culture of Partners Group behind the thin veneer of propriety and decorum."
Switzerland's financial industry, like those in other countries, has struggled to shake a reputation for lacking diversity and, at times, racial sensitivity. In one of the worst incidents, Tidjane Thiam, the Black former CEO of Credit Suisse Group AG who was hired with much fanfare in 2015, was subject to a skit involving a Black man dressed as a janitor at the bank's chairman's 60th birthday party that prompted him to walk out. Credit Suisse apologized for "any offense" taken by the incident.
Shares in Partners fell as much as 4.1% in trading on Thursday.
The annual holiday party took place at Partners' Zug headquarters in 2012 and Mulumba said that the photos were displayed in the office during her job rotation there in 2016 and 2017.
A team of employees dressed up as nuns from the film 'Sister Act' including the two men who painted their faces, the firm's executive team said in an internal memo sent to employees on Nov. 30. and seen by Bloomberg. The picture was not removed until 2020, according to the memo.
"We apologize for the hurt caused to colleagues by this incident and for the thoughtless way in which both it and the photo were overlooked in subsequent years," the executive team said in the circular. "Having investigated, we can accept that the two employees involved were not aware of the implications of their actions, nor their potential to cause offense."
The firm's senior leadership said in the memo that if a similar incident took place now, employees could be fired. The incident highlights the firm's "need for growth," the memo said.
The employment tribunal will be told of other instances of what Mulumba alleges amount to racial discrimination, with the former associate claiming that senior perpetrators could act with impunity. She is seeking around 10 million pounds ($13.3 million) for lost earnings and bonuses.
"Diverse and inclusive workforces are more than not making discriminatory comments, but being sensitive as to what lies in the workplace environment and ensuring that this is supportive and positive to all employees," Mulumba's lawyer Sheila Aly said in an email.
Woman Sues Swiss Equity Fund on Allegations of Racism
Mulumba rotated through teams in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland and ranked in the top 5% of the firm in an internal performance ranking, according to documents prepared for the tribunal. She said she was ultimately forced out in 2018 after she complained about a senior colleague's alleged racist slurs.
While Mulumba gave evidence on Wednesday, a lawyer for Partners said that officials at the firm sought to help Mulumba convert to a permanent role once the associate program ended and that she was initially recruited as part of a diverse cohort.
Mulumba did not perform well enough in any of her rotations to secure an offer of a permanent role, the firm's lawyer said.
"A diversity of perspectives, skills, experience and backgrounds among our employees, combined with a tradition of inclusion, are factors that enable us to realize the full potential in private markets on behalf of our clients and their beneficiaries," Partners said in a statement.
"We regret -- and treat with the utmost seriousness -- any allegation claiming otherwise and deny the claims brought by Ms. Mulumba," the firm said.


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Categories Knives Gerber
Savvy. Ingenuity. Craftsmanship. Attention to detail. These are just a few of the company traits that contributed to our emergence as a world leader in outdoor gear. But then there's the issue of toughness. And frankly, nothing could be tougher than living down the first career of founder Joseph Gerber as...that's right...an advertising man. You could call it the "Boy Named Sue" syndrome. And live it down we have. Joseph Gerber started Portland, Oregon's Gerber Advertising back in 1910. One Christmas, he hired a local knifemaker to craft 25 sets of kitchen cutlery as client gifts. The knives were so popular, Mr. Gerber ultimately left his agency to launch Gerber Legendary Blades in 1939. It makes sense, really. An idea man gets the idea of a lifetime and turns it into a major outdoor brand. One that commands respect among knifelovers and knifemakers alike. And now that high regard is spreading in new directions, in the form of many outstanding products. Such as tools, personal L.E.D. lighting, and backpack hydration.
Profile Fine Edge - Drop Point
This year, we bring you the Profile Knife, a knife built for comfort and durability for heavy usage. This knife features a non-slip rubber handles to ensure you have a good grip even in wet environments. The Profile has a titanium coated 4" blade and comes with a sturdy nylon sheath.


I remember after the birth of my first child when everytone had left and I was alone with my son for the first time. I looked at him lying on the bed and realized I was responsible for this new life. How could I teach him everything he needed? I was terrified.
I held him close and the two of us cried. They were tears of fear and tears of joy, but most of all, they were tears of love. Looking into his little face, I made a promise to my God that I have spent my life trying to keep.
Was it different for Mary on that night in Bethlehem? Although Mary's calling as a mother was unlike any other, for she was chosen to raise the Messiah. Like any first-time mother she must have felt all the fear, all the joy and all of the love that comes with having a child. She must have marvelled at the overwhelming responsibility placed upon her. No mother can do this without guidance from above.
When first He came to earth?
A stable at His birth.
And so God Gave a better gift.
He gave a mother's love.
That gift above all other.
He gives us through a mother.


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Monday's Monument: De Dokwerker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
by Susan | Apr 18, 2022 | Monuments
The February Strike (Dutch: Februaristaking) was a general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II, organized by the then-outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands in defense of persecuted Dutch Jews and against the anti-Jewish...
Monday's Monument: Monument Voor Vrijheid Verdraagzaamheid en Vrede, Oss, The Netherlands
by Susan | Feb 21, 2022 | Monuments
The 'Monument for Freedom, Tolerance and Peace' in Oss was erected in memory of residents of this southern Dutch city who died as a soldier or resistance fighter in the second world war or during police actions in the former Dutch East Indies. The names of...
Monday's Monument: Peace Statue Judith, Breda, Netherlands
by Susan | Jun 28, 2021 | Monuments
Although this statue in the Grote Mark in Breda is referred to as a peace statue it is actually a tribute to the liberation of the city on October 29, 1944 by the 1st Polish Armoured Division commanded by General Stanisław Maczek, who is buried in a nearby military...
Monday's Monument: Tolerance Monument, Hilversum, The Netherlands
by Susan | Mar 22, 2021 | Monuments
This statue is on the station square in Hilversum, a city between Utrecht and Amsterdam. The statue is named "Monument for Tolerance," but it is popularly called "the hands."The monument of concrete and glass was created by Edo van Tetterode....
Monday's Monument: Halabja Statue At The Hague, Netherlands
This memorial statue, dedicated to the victims of a March 13, 1988 chemical attack on the Iraqi Kurds of Halabja, was opened in the Hague in 2014, in the garden of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The monument, inspired by a photograph...


Tonight saw the seventh Amateur Radio Skills Night put on by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society, at the Village Hall in Danbury.
The club's June Skills Night hit nearly 50 people attending, and with the humid weather and recent floods, we expected a dip in numbers – but the event pulled in a record-breaking 55 people turning out to try something new, get some help and advice, and catch up with friends. Great to see so many few faces, as well as those who've supported Skills from the start.
Peter G0DZB was first off the block with a request to put on a practical for this month – tuning a random length of wire. Anyone who stepped out the back couldn't fail to be impressed the the length and randomness of the wire – and lots of people were crowding around Peter's table for most of the night finding out how to make the most from a piece of wire.
As ever Carl G3PEM was on hand giving out valuable HF advice – the theme being dipoles, but Carl's box of tricks and antenna modelling software was pressed into service to problem-solve antenna issues and help those looking to get the most from HF in the domestic environment.
Many thanks to Rob M0KCP for bringing along his /P backpack portable kit and his new tiny CW key – lots of interest in /P – Thanks also to Steve, Oliver and other Essex CW Club members for being on hand to spread the CW word.
Another very busy table was Steve's satellite station. The warm weather and a perfectly-timed Fun Cube 1 satellite pass meant that many popped out to watch Steve fish for signals – achievable despite the fact that the pass was very low on the horizon.
This has been in the to-do list for a little while now, and Pete M0PSX provided a demo of both the Realtek RTL2832 SDR dongle (£10 from Amazon – details here) and what's achievable with a WebSDR (www.websdr.org). Thanks to Terry G3VFC (one of the four-man team from the Medway club) for stepping in and helping out with the software defined radio demos.
Thanks again to Peter M0PSD, Dave M0HBV and Chris G0IPU for manning the Construction workshop in the Hawkins room – leads, repairs, advice and morale support for constructors, kit-builders and those new to the world of soldering.
Display of StarTech.com catalogue and goodies.
For those wanting to make amateur radio contacts around the without expensive hardware… there's Echolink, and thanks to Jim 2E0RMI for returning with his RF and Internet versions of Echolink connectivity.
Despite losing his voice earlier today, Clive was in fine form with the Quiz – this time with questions provided by Geoff G3EDM – Got some questions for next month? Get in touch!
Those listening to last week's Monday Night Net will note that the subject of left-handed scissors came up – Thanks to Bruce M0XBS for bringing some in. On the same net, we welcomed Dave M6ILM to the world of amateur radio, and Dave, the man himself, made an appearance, as did Jim 2E0JTW attending with his 2E0 callsign for the first time. Well done chaps.
For the first time, free wi-fi was available, courtesy of the new Essex Ham Wi-fi Hotspot!
Another great night… thanks to everyone for the continued support. Special thanks to Myra, David and Sarah for 'logistics', and to Ann (Mrs RMI) for the cakes… yum! Thanks too to all exhibitors, the CARS Training Team, and to everyone who brought something along or helped make the night a success.
Next one – Monday 18th of August. As always, suggestions for topics, demos and repeat performances are appreciated.
It will not be the last time I come..


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On this week's episode of The Flash Podcast, Andy, Scott and Lauren review The Flash's 13th episode titled "The Nuclear Man" as Barry and team S.T.A.R. Labs have to help Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond and Dr. Martin Stein). In addition, Shag from FirestormFan.com stops by for a brief chat about the episode. They also read listener feedback about the episode before heading into the spoiler section for next week's episode "Fallout".


Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" merges science with human concerns and ideals, examining the universe's influence in our everyday lives and ultimate fates through relationship between past and present, order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge. Set in an English country house in the year 1809-1812 and 1989, the play examines the lives of two modern scholars and the house's current residents with the lives of those who lived there 180 years earlier.
The New York Times calls Arcadia: "Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date. A play of wit, intellect, language, brio and emotion," and The Royal Institution of Great Britain calls it: "the best science book ever written." Includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, the author of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos and Professor at the Cornell University School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Kate Burton as Hannah Mark Capri as Chater Jennifer Dundas as Thomasina Gregory Itzin as Bernard Nightingale David Manis as Cpt. Brice Christopher Neame as Noakes and Jellaby Peter Paige as Valentine Darren Richardson as Augustus Kate Steele as Chloe Serena Scott Thomas as Lady Croom Douglas Weston as Septimus Directed by John Rubinstein. Recorded at the Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Arcadia is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
Tom Stoppard's work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, the trilogy The Coast of Utopia, Rock 'n' Roll and The Hard Problem. His radio plays include If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, Albert's Bridge, Where Are They Now?, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, In the Native State and Darkside (incorporating Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon). Television work includes Professional Foul, Squaring the Circle and Parade's End. His film credits include Empire of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which he also directed, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma and Anna Karenina.


Unfortunately, that suggestion isn't always practical , especially with some types of laptops where driver support is lacking.
One solution to all the problems here: install Linux, and cold-turkey stop using Windows and associated closed-source applications.
Steam and SteamPlay exists on Linux. If you need Windows, VM in. Get an AMD CPU and an AMD GPU, and run Linux. Or use Windows happily! I'm personally quite pleased with the changes in Windows 19H1. I can see some people who'd like the white theme. It's just an option, gents; don't use it if you don't want to.
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Microsoft released a new preview build of the upcoming Windows 10 version 1903 feature update yesterday; it included, among other changes, a new top apps listing in Search.
Windows 10 users who run the build get a list of popular applications that they use the most on the device on top of the search results.
The top apps are displayed when users open the results so that they may be launched right away without firing off a search first.
The addition of top apps feels like a change for change's sake, and less like something that would be of benefit to the majority of Windows 10 users.
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So let's say I'm searching for some document and then I will get list of irrelevant apps on top as a result? I'm sorry to say, but what kind of idiot would come up with something like that?
That's exactly why I would never ever use Bing for search, because it's results seem like randomly picked subjects by somebody who doesn't even speak english, that's why I eliminated option of looking in store to open unknown file extension, as it is complete waste of time. That win search is broken already as it is: no matter how many times I search for gpedit, it always comes up empty and I have to type full gpedit.msc to find what I'm looking for, but I think this tops it all up.
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I love portable apps and don't use anything else, unless there is absolutely no other way, so will give it a try. And maybe I'm overthinking this, but my problem with this latest revelation is this: Either MS people who came up with this nonsense are complete idiots, or they think Windows users are idiots and will click on anything and everything. Not sure which one is worse.
And keep in mind, Windows is not free, like Android that supports itself on advertising, this is paid OS.
Total shock... can't say more.. we are entering into deep deep dark hole... better to say a wormhole... I better learn to do my own version of Linux ..
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For now 19H1 might be even more buggier than 1809. I'm on 19H1 older builds because newer builds didn't fix regressions. So, no point in wasting time!
As for disabling Reserved storage using Chef Koch's tweak didn't work for me 100% because Reserved storage takes cumulative space (PF+swap+Hiber+WU), after applying chef koch's tweak I had to reduce PF to 4096 from Auto and still Reserved space was being used! So, I decided to do a defrag using MS defrag cmd line version with /A and voila the locked Reserved space was disabled! Dx9,Dx 10 and some older dx11 has some stutters and doesn't exit properly 99% of the time. All games and benchmarking applications must be put to use dGPU otherwise they run on Intel GPU with single digit FPS. At first I thought my PC was a goner!
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JungleScout Review 2018: Do You Need This Amazon Keyword Research Tool?
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A preferred cost-free device that individuals utilize to approximate sales of a product is fbatoolkit.com. Merely discover the product ranking and also the group and also get in the number as well as it will certainly offer you the sales price quote.
Amazon.com will certainly show a product's vendor ranking on each thing. This number could be utilized to approximate the number of devices of that product are being marketed daily.
The highlights in the JungleScout internet application are the:.
Both major locations of the internet application are the Item Data Source and also Item Tracker, which I will certainly be assessing listed below.
You could filter items by celebrity score, the variety of sales, earnings as well as a series of various other aspects. These filters permit you to discover items on Amazon.com that fit a particular standard, and also you could create big listings of possible items from just what you locate. This is among the quickest and also most convenient methods to discover items to offer on Amazon.com.
They use totally free sources, a paid internet application and also a paid Google Chrome Expansion, every one of which make it possible for Amazon.com vendors to be a lot more successful and also effective. Whether you make use of JungleScout's totally free sources or month-to-month solutions, they have a device that you could take advantage of if you are presently, or wanting to end up being, an Amazon.com vendor given that you could promptly see competitors degree as well as regular monthly sales.
We'll cover each of these functions listed below in addition to some screenshots demonstrating how they function.
The Chrome expansion enables you to check out item information on an Amazon.com search web page to make sure that you could swiftly evaluate just how affordable an item is. It is offered for an one-time price and also I might evaluate the expansion at a later day.
Individuals that utilize JungleScout to locate items to offer will certainly make use of the internet application to explore the data source based upon numerous standards. The internet application conserves a great deal of time compared with browsing on Amazon.com by hand.
In a couple of brief months I had the ability to go from $0 in sales, to over $23,000 as a result of the JungleScout items that I made use of. My objective is that by the end of this JungleScout testimonial, you will certainly have the ability to choose if the program is best for you.
I just have experience with Amazon.com FBA and also have actually never ever made use of the seller met choice. The details listed below is still beneficial for those which do not intend to offer on Amazon.com FBA, however I extremely advise FBA.
JungleScout was released in 2015 with the objective helpful Amazon.com vendors locate rewarding items to market while taking the uncertainty out. In just 2 years, JungleScout has more than 100,000 regular monthly individuals that extend throughout the globe.
The Item Data source has items from nearly all the significant Amazon.com industries consisting of the U.S.A., Canada, UK, India as well as the significant Amazon.com markets in Europe. After picking a market, you could filter by groups to limit your search.
The JungleScout Item Data source enables you to explore a data source of 10s of hundreds of items to locate possible products to offer.
While FBA Toolkit is an excellent cost-free device, JungleScout's Item Tracker could assist you confirm if the sales quote for an item is exact (a lot more on that particular later).
Later on in this short article I will certainly share exactly how JungleScout has actually allowed me to end up being effective with satisfaction by Amazon.com, or "FBA." "JungleScout is for any individual with the business aspiration to begin and also expand a company.".


Sorry about the SD in this video. Vegas crashed twice at 96% on the HD version, and I just didn't have the patience to try for a third time. I actually don't see much difference (do you?), so I might just stick to SD for these interviews since it's so much faster to render.
Can't watch it yet but I'm really excited for this one!
In regards to HD on youtube: I usually don't even watch HD options unless it's a video that demands spectacle. The Matt Chats, and a lot of other videos I watch online, appeal to a different part of my brain and I'm not very concerned with how sharp the image is. I'm actually most concerned with it buffering as fast as possible and being of a high enough quality where I can see and hear things clearly.
Looking forward to the next part of the interview. I grew up on Apogee shareware--even Wacky Wheels!


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News Arizona Wrong-Way Driver Fatalities
Arizona Wrong-Way Driver Fatalities
September 10, 2019Categories: News
On March 27, 2019 a wrong-way driver in a pick-up truck collided head-on with a passenger van carrying the UK duo Her's and their tour manager, four people died. The band was on its way to California hours after performing at The Rebel Lounge in Phoenix, AZ. The crash occurred on Interstate 10 near Centennial in La Paz County, AZ around 1:00 AM. The driver was investigated for possibly driving under the influence.
This crash came one week after three wrong-way drivers were found on Phoenix area freeways within one day.
In April 2017, a fatal crash claimed three lives on I–17 when two sisters were struck by a wrong-way vehicle with a drunk driver. The wrong-way driver and one of the sisters were Grand Canyon University students. A lawsuit was filed against the bar that may have overserved the drunk driver.
Of the 840 calls received by DPS for wrong-way drivers up to July 1, 2016, 14 of the wrong-way drivers were involved in serious injury or fatal collisions. Fifty-one of the wrong-way drivers have been arrested for suspected impairment. In June 2017, a wrong-way crash on State Route 51 in Phoenix claimed two lives.
Governor Doug Ducey has publicly called for stepped-up efforts by DPS and ADOT to find solutions to reduce wrong-way driving. In response to this call to action, ADOT installed more prominent, large "Wrong-Way" signs at strategic points throughout the Valley. In addition, ADOT piloted a wrong-way driver detection system that uses thermal cameras to detect a vehicle entering the freeway from the wrong direction. The system activates flashing warning signs to alert other drivers and contacts ADOT and DPS.
As of the end of March 2019, the system had detected 60 wrong-way vehicles. The detection system is currently only along 15 miles of I-17, ADOT is gathering data to develop a comprehensive plan with technology helping to reduce the number of wrong-way drivers.
ADOT states that the system cannot prevent all wrong-way crashes, but it aims to reduce the risks with early detection of wrong-way drivers.
In Arizona and nationwide, DUI continues to be the largest factor in wrong-way driving cases. Both ADOT and DPS said that impaired drivers getting behind the wheel and entering the freeway in the wrong direction are a major problem during nighttime hours.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) states that drunk driving deaths increased in 2015 and 2016, the first time there was a consecutive increase since 1963.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) reports that according to NHTSA, 37,461 people were killed in traffic crashes in 2016. Drunk driving was involved in 10,497 traffic fatalities. That number is growing. Drunk driving was up 1.7 percent from 2015 to 2016. The data shows a 5.6 percent increase in overall traffic fatalities. The largest increases came in 2015 when overall traffic fatalities increased by 8.4 percent, the largest increase since 1964, and alcohol-related fatalities increased by 3.2 percent.
A personal injury attorney should provide a free and confidential consultation to an injured party, or family members. Contact the office of Paul Englander, PLC.


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The Curved Planter Bench will create a 4 metre circle when multiples are placed together.
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The chunky timber seating on BENCH11 show timber can be added to the curved trough which can be fitted to the full or half length of the curved planter. This gives a place for planting as well as a place to sit! As a single unit the curved bench is perfect for small gardens yet as a group it works equally well in a communal area.
On stainless steel legs BENCH12 can be used as a stand alone bench or can be made to fit the internal or external curve of the curved trough planter. This gives a secluded place to sit with the added benefits of plants.
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WHY DO WE CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY? IS it more than simply a Monday holiday? Yes, actually and it's a tradition that goes a long ways back.
Despite being an American holiday the traditions go further back–before America–or even before Christianity. One of the earliest known accounts of honoring the fallen soldier was in 431 B.C., when the Athenian General Pericles delivered a speech that marked the dead of the Pellonesian War. The ancient Greeks and Romans performed similiar observations for their fallen warriors; with festivals, feasts and adorning the markers.
The founder of the holiday–originally called "Deorations Day"–was the commander-in-cheif of the Union, John A. Logan, who issued a decree on May 30, 1868 that a nationwide day of rememberance should be observed for the 620,000 dead of the Civil War. On this "Decoration Day" flowers were to be placed on the graves of the war dead, same as today.
It's speculated that Logan got the idea from the women's groups who were already adorning the stones of Confederate soldiers. Even with all this, it was not marked as an official holiday until 1971 and at this time period it was somewhat controversial of a move because of the antimosity of the Vietnam War.
No matter how you may feel about the cause, or the politicians promises that they will stay out of a war or the lie of it being "the war to end war", it's important to show respect for those offer the greatest sacrifice–their very lives. They put themselves in harm's way because they view it as what is right. They do it for honor and they do it for freedom. The war or police action, might not be right, but the solider is as long as he conducts himself to protect others and deserves our respect. If you want to learn more check out, history.com "8 Things You May Not Know About Memorial Day".
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Even though I struggled through all the forms and redundant calculations in my 2010 income tax package weeks ago, I am still shaking my head. Albert Einstein said any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex but it takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.
The recent election campaign demonstrated once again how self-serving politicians, in their desperate desire to get elected, will promise inattentive voters a wide variety of elaborate programs. Over the years government bureaucrats, not known for genius, have been forced to invent more and more convoluted regulations and formulas to implement and finance these election promises.
Einstein's insight can be applied to the inefficiencies of government in the following way: In the absence of courageous genius, when self-serving politicians interact with inattentive voters the predictable result is an increase in the amount of bureaucratic mismanagement and in the number of complex regulations.
If a political leader with a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – sincerely promises to simplify the Income Tax Act, he or she will get my vote.