text: Dear guys! Since tomorrow my main GSoC task starts, I thought it would be a good idea now to start discussing of MOD implementation in FFmpeg. As some of you already know, I want to integrate MOD support by using TuComposer's engine. Since it has adressed all the issues with MOD support over 10 years ago and is also designed as a static/shared library, I think its design fits pretty well into FFmpeg (apart from code style, but changing this is more a refactoring task than writing lots of code). But let's start with a small introduction first: What is a MOD file? MOD shortly terms "Music module" with attached samples. Most of you probably know the MIDI format, which is almost the same, just that MIDI doesn't contain the sample data itself but insteads loads them from sample banks (like GUS patches, or soundcard wavetable). This has the advantage that MID files are very small (they just contain the note data) but also the disavantage that you can't easily add customized samples and not even ensure that the file sounds the same with every device (just compare OPL2/3 MIDI with SB AWE32 MIDI as an example for this). Professional music makers solve that issue usually by rendering the MIDI into a PCM file and mix their additional speech stuff etc. into the final PCM file. This is where MOD differs, with MOD you have freedom to integrate custom samples to the note data, so you have a sound file which sounds always the same (like MP3, WAV, etc.). That's the theory, in practice I realized that most module players don't handle these formats very well, so lots of module sound quite different compared to the tracker output which created the music file. To summarize up, a module file can contain: 1. Module information (play time, artist, song message, initial speed, etc.) 2. Sub-song information (some module formats support more songs in one file). 3. Position/Order list data (how the tracks/pattern are played and in which order). 4. Pattern/track data (this contains the actual notes, associated instrument/sample and effects). Some trackers organize this by single tracks and some by patterns. The difference is that track-based trackers allow each channel run with a different tempo, while pattern-based trackers share global values like tempo, so all tracks are played at the same speed. 5. Instrument data (this does not contain the actual sample data but more musical related information like, keyboard <=> samples mapping, NNA (New Note Action) stuff, like volume/pitch/resonance/panning envelopes. One instrument can contain more samples, or if it's a MIDI instrument the MIDI instrument and channel number. 6. Sample data (this contains the actual sample data as well as sample related structures, i.e. bits per sample, base frequency, initial/global volume and panning. 7. Synth sound data (some trackers even attach synths to samples, like Adlib data, S3M being an example). TuComposer uses a complete synth sound assembler comparable to the instruction set of a regular microprocessor for allowing greatest possible degree of freedom). How these data structures depend on each other? One module can contain multiple sub-songs, multiple instruments as well as multiple envelope data. One sub-song can contain exactly one position/order list table but multiple patterns/tracks. One order list table can contain multiple elements pointing to patterns/tracks with additional information like speed change, transpose. Each pattern = track * number of channels. So for a 16 channel module a pattern consists of 16 tracks (which can be the same though). A sub-song can contain as many tracks/patterns as it likes. Each instrument can contain multiple samples and assign multiple envelopes. Each sample can assign one synth sound and each synth sound can have multiple wavetables and a code engine how to interpret and handle wavetables). Since I today finished uploading of the UAE stuff on upload.ffmpeg.org (see AMIGA sub directory), you can download that and try out TuComposer in (Win-)UAE. This way you can concern yourself that TuComposer delivers enough good quality to be qualified for FFmpeg. ;-) So why I'm choosing TuComposer as part of FFmpeg for this? I have spent many years debugging MOD/S3M/XM/IT to playback like the original tracker which invented the file format which can be a hell and cost me most of the development time, because lots of this stuff is either poorly documented if at all. Another reason is that TuComposer is a complete composer/tracker engine, not just a playback engine, since FFmpeg is also capable of encoding. I would be glad to see TuComposer as official part (with a different name like libavcomposer, although) of FFmpeg. What would be the benefit of FFmpeg? It can convert MOD/S3M/XM/IT and TCM modules to each other, you can e.g. run: ffmpeg -i my_song.s3m my_song.xm to convert a S3M file to XM, but you also can do: ffmpeg -i my_song.it my_song.ogg to render it as OGG vorbis file, and of course: ffplay my_song.mod to simply playback a module with a nice pattern display (maybe like OpenCubicPlayer or ImpulseTracker ;)). Look at TuCView in the UAE stuff I uploaded today to see an example of this. You can use FFmpeg as a base for a future tracker like program, which adds lots of additional functionality like allowing OGG/MP3/FLAC/APE etc. samples (any format that FFmpeg supports), even make a tracker supporting creation of music videos (thanks to FFmpeg video demuxers/decoders). Even more, FFmpeg probably will be the first software in the world which can handle MOD/S3M/XM/IT as audio part of an AVI/MOV/etc. Finally I get my good old TuComposer mostly platform-independant (making it so just requires these small lines to be changes which are Amiga specific like sound output to hardware, where we could simply use libavdevice instead). The thing is that TuComposer contains already everything we need for proper MOD support, so we don't need to rewrite everything, which probably would require some 2-3 years before it has enough quality, i.e. far too long for this GSoC task. Now for the implementation: There are actually two methods, I will discuss these in detail here: 1. Make a new libavcomposer (beside libavformat, libavfilter, libavcodec): I know that some of you already said, that you wouldn't like to see a new library in FFmpeg. But I don't want libavcomposer to replace libavformat/libavcodec, i.e. there will be MOD/S3M/XM/IT demuxers which transfer these file formats into a common-shareable libavcomposer structure (almost all in libavcomposer will become part of public FFmpeg API like almost all functions in TuComposer are public, too). In fact, the TuComposer module demuxer would simply be put in libavformat/iff.c where the ILBM/8SVX stuff also relies. ;-) The decoder however, would not have to be rewritten or added for each new module format (there are plenty of module formats), since the decoder just uses libavcomposer structure to handle the module. If we want S3M to XM conversion or sth. like that and not just PCM rendering, we need a common shareable structure between MOD/S3M/XM/IT, the job which libavcomposer will take. Speaking of TuComposer analogy, libavcomposer would be the base library which contains linked-lists of attached modules, etc. Another advantage is that you can simply turn off MOD support by: ../configure --disable-avcomposer (I think a lot of people using FFmpeg don't really need module support, and forcing them type --disable-mod-codec --disable-s3m-codec --disable-xm-codec --disable-it-codec --disable-tcm-codec --disable-669-codec --disable-mtm-codec --disable-mid-codec [...] will just be a pain to type and even to remember (is this damn fucking format now a module format or not). For those already have taken a look at TuComposer's header files: A valid mapping could be: tucomposer/tucomposer.h => libavcomposer/avcomposer.h tucomposer/module.h => libavcomposer/module.h tucomposer/song.h => libavcomposer/song.h tucomposer/external* => obselete since FFmpeg already has this, thus can be deleted. Each header file also has a single C file (as opposed to TuComposer where each function was an own C file residing in a sub-directory). so, for example, module.h has module.c which contains all functions from Sources/C/tucomposer.library/Modules/*.c and so on. Please note that TuComposer is around 300k executable size now on m68k Amiga and an x86 will be twice as large (when I last checked with DJGPP), so I think 600k are a good point for a new sub-library in FFmpeg. Also there are over 40k lines of C code already present, although I think we can reduce that to 10k or sth. by using neat macro stuff and removing unnecessary parts, I think it's also a good point to manage them in a different branch (which also ensures that module development doesn't interfere much with the other stuff in FFmpeg). Also libavcomposer will be able to save this structure in TCM format which can then be used by the demuxer to transfer it to the decoder (so that networking will work, too). The decoder can load the TCM file and fill the libavcomposer structure and then do the playback. 2. Don't make a new libavcomposer but try to integrate everything with libavfilter/libavformat/libavcodec Some of you suggested this, but I'm not pretty sure how well the design I planned and discussed above will really fit into this. Adding a huge bunch of structures which probably are rarely used in compared to most other structures FFmpeg offers, sounds at first a bit controversal to me. Maybe we can do sth. like add a AVComposer structure to AVPacket or AVCodecContext which will simply points to NULL if it's an non-MOD demuxer. This however will probably (because of public API change) only possible when we do a major version bump (well the first idea might need this, too. But at least it won't break old software compiled for older versions of FFmpeg). What do you think? Hope I didn't miss anything important out! -- Best regards, :-) Basty/CDGS (-:


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don't be fooled: support the libyan revolution, oppose a no-fly zone
If you're on the Avaaz mailing list, you've received an urgent request to speak out in favour. Anti-war activists, however, are lining up against.
I was surprised that Avaaz didn't have a more historic view, understanding the long history of Western nations supporting what appears to be a resistance movement, but is in fact a counter-revolutionary party friendly to Western interests. A no-fly zone will not support the Libyan people's revolution. It will ultimately strengthen Gaddafi - and kill Libyans.
John Hilary in The Guardian: Internet activists should be careful what they wish for in Libya: Calls for a no-fly zone over Libya ignore the perils of intervention. Long-term solutions aren't as simple as the click of a mouse
Simon Jenkins, The Guardian: 'No-fly zone' is a euphemism for war. We'd be mad to try it: Cameron's urge to dust himself in military glory may be strong, but he should not interfere in the Libyan rebels' cause
Robert Fisk in The Independent: America's secret plan to arm Libya's rebels: Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi
My friend Dr. J at your heart's on the left has a good summary of why people of peace and conscience should oppose a a no-fly zone. In short, a no-fly zone would kill Libyans, strengthen Gaddafi, undermine the Libyan revolution, provide a cover for US imperialism, and provide a cover for yet more US-led war.
Dr J: 5 reasons to oppose "no-fly zones" in Libya.
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For anyone on the fence on this issue let us look at what history shows will happen. First the diplomatic no fly zone will be put into place (insert diplomatic logical fallacy here). Then you have the matter of enforcing that no fly zone. So this includes things like patrolling it. You send in planes to do this. One get's shot down. That is seen as an act of war to the U.S. and soon the battle cries reign in the news and backyards across the U.S. So, they begin "surgical strikes" to make way for troops easy clean up. The troops move into to find a decimated Libya. After months of searching and nasty fighting they find Ghadaffi and try him for war crimes. He is found guilty, of course. t Meanwhile the U.S. troops are still there" to maintain stability" while a Libya "transitions". Eventually the citizens of Libya realize they are being occupied and Anti-American forces began to crop up causing bloody guerrilla style warfare........If the U.S. wanted Ghadaffi gone and cared about the Libyan people, trust me when I say this "He WOULD be gone".
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:57:00 AM
- laura k said...
If the U.S. wanted Ghadaffi gone and cared about the Libyan people, trust me when I say this "He WOULD be gone".
And you don't even have to trust him. Just brush up on your history.
Thanks CHL :)
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:04:00 AM
- Kev said...
Once we militarize our response we run the very real risk of escalation, in fact the former Yugoslavia and Iraq show us that escalation is far more likely than not.
That's not to say that we shouldn't do everything possible, short of armed intervention, to assist the people of Libya.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:16:00 AM
- allan said...
If the U.S. wanted Ghadaffi gone and cared about the Libyan people, trust me when I say this "He WOULD be gone".
That is exactly what I say when people talk about the porous US borders and what an impossible-to-solve problem illegal immigration is.
If the US truly wanted to secure its southern border, it could be done in a relative eyeblink. But the country, for myriad reasons, does not want to.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 10:28:00 AM
- Sixth Estate said...
Lewis Mackenzie, who I normally don't look to for anti-military writing but whatever, had a really good piece on this in the Globe and Mail today.
Basically, he argues that even if Western politicians intervene with no imperialist intentions to begin with, they're going to get drawn into complete occupation, one step at a time. Once the aircraft are in place, they will feel they have to bomb the army to protect the opposition. Once they do that, they will feel they have to help guide the creation of a new government. Once they do that, they will need to send ground troops to provide security for the new regime. And so on. Basically, once you commit to a no fly zone, there's no easy way out.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:03:00 AM
- The Mound of Sound said...
I totally support a military response only not from the West. Neighbouring Egypt has 240 modern F16s and a large force of M-1 tanks. It would be an afternoon's work for Egyptian forces to crater Gaddafi's runways, destroy his jets in their shelters and take out most of his tanks and artillery.
Once the firepower advantage is gone Gaddafi's own people would turn on him and his sons. They would have no other choice.
We Westerners, particularly the Americans, have no useful role to play in Libya's revolution.
Even "people of peace and conscience" need to face reality - Libyans are going to be killed either way and if Gaddafi isn't unseated it will be long and protracted and as ugly as it can get.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:08:00 AM
- laura k said...
What a very sad thing to see someone refer to mass bloodshed as "an afternoon's work".
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:20:00 AM
- allan said...
What a very sad thing to see someone refer to mass bloodshed as "an afternoon's work".
You "need to face reality".
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:26:00 AM
- The Mound of Sound said...
Laura grow up. It's not "mass bloodshed" to take out airfields and armour. Putting an end to an otherwise protracted slaughter of civilians by surgically removing one side's heavy firepower advantage is how you can save lives. Any Kurd in northern Iraq can explain that if you can't grasp the point.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:37:00 AM
- laura k said...
"Laura grow up."
MoS, we don't speak to each other like that here. Please be civil, or don't comment here. That's your only warning. Thank you.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:39:00 AM
- Amy said...
I agree that this is a difficult issue, and I would hate to see more bloodshed and more war. I do not want military intervention, but I also do not want the world to sit by and let Qadafi slaughter the Libyan people. So what is the alternative? Certainly not diplomacy. Humanitarian aid? That seems inadequate.
I am not disagreeing with the views expressed here; I am honestly at a loss as to how else the world can stop this despot.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:39:00 AM
- laura k said...
There has never been an air strike in history that has "take[n] out airfields and armour" only. I've heard that about every US military adventure for the last 30 years. Either it's just "the bad guys" or it's just the weapons or just the bad ruler. The wonder is that everyone on the left doesn't recognize US imperialism when they see it.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:41:00 AM
- laura k said...
Amy, I understand and share your feelings.
When we ask, how can "we" stop it, we must also ask, who is "we"? It is never the intent of US military intervention to stop war or to aid a people's revolution, as you know.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:43:00 AM
- Amy said...
By "we" I do not mean the US. I mean all decent human beings who care about the plight of other human beings. Of course, as individuals there is almost nothing we can do, so ultimately it comes down to the responses of governments, US and otherwise. Of course, the UN is useless. But what can the US, Canada, Great Britain, etc., etc., do? Orchestrate a coup against Qadafi? How do we fight force without force?
I certainly share your skepticism about US goals and means, but as I said, I am at a loss when it comes to realistic alternatives. This is not Vietnam or Iraq; this is a situation that calls for some response in order to protect the lives of millions of people. But what is that response? I wish I had an answer; I wish someone did.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:50:00 AM
- Kev said...
Amy, I have struggled with this issue as well,going back and forth.
What tipped the scales for me is that whenever the west has brought "democracy" to a nation, it usually has resulted in the loss hundreds of thousands of additional lives and prolonged suffering.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:53:00 AM
- allan said...
by surgically removing one side's heavy firepower advantage
I am incredulous that anyone who reads even a little bit of actual news, in 2011, still buys into the farce of "smart" bombs and weapons.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:04:00 PM
- Amy said...
I certainly agree that US (and other nation's) interventions have usually resulted in disaster for all involved. But then do we just sit on our hands and let the Libyan people fight on their own? Is that the best answer?
I am not trying to be a smartass here; I am truly confused. Is no action better than the wrong action? Maybe it is. But the world tried that with Hitler, and millions of people ended up being murdered. In the end only self-interest motivated the countries of the world to step in and stop that mad man. Perhaps self-interest is ugly, but I am not sure inaction is any more honorable.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:08:00 PM
- laura k said...
I'm not arguing that self-interest is ugly. I'm arguing that self-interest will lead to much more bloodshed and to occupation, rather than the Libyan people building the country that they want. Self-interest in this case is a three-letter word.
I share your horror. Watching such bloodshed, who can argue for neutrality? Neutrality is surely evil. We have to look for ways to support the resistance. Bombs and air strikes won't do that.
I understand you're not arguing for war. I'm saying this generally.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:15:00 PM
- laura k said...
From Simon Jenkins, above:
There is no point is repeating that Libya is not our country or our business. It was always going to be bloody one day. I find it incredible that Labour ministers, as they simpered in Gaddafi's presence, could have thought he would lie down like a lamb should his people rise against him. But unless we redefine words, he is not committing genocide and his brutality is hardly exceptional. If the rebels win it should be their victory, emerging from a new balance of power inside Libya. If they fail, they must fight another day. There is no good reason for us to intervene. However embattled they feel, Obama and Cameron should find other paths to glory.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:17:00 PM
- Amy said...
OK, that is helpful. Now I just need help finding ways that we, meaning people individually as well as nations, can support the Libyan people and the resistance without getting involved militarily. Is that financial aid? Humanitarian aid? Speaking out against Qadafi? How else can the world help without military intervention?
Thanks for helping me struggle with this!
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:20:00 PM
- Kev said...
What happened with Hitler is a far cry from what is being advocated here today. The world tried to appease Hitler allowing him to invade other nations and signing pacts with him.
We all agree that Gaddafi must be removed, the question is how do we accomplish that with the least amount of suffering.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:34:00 PM
- laura k said...
It's a limited menu of options, to be sure. Freezing assets, humanitarian and arms aids if we knew it went directly to rebel forces (I am all for helping the resistance fight back), and any kind of covert assistance from other resistance movements in the region itself - those are some of the only things we can do, that I know of.
Speaking out, certainly - which to me means speaking out against Western military intervention.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:37:00 PM
- The Mound of Sound said...
Actually Allan, smart weapons are very effective when used properly - as strictly battlefield weapons. Our side has repeatedly used them improperly, notably in civilian areas.
If you learn about Gaddafi's military capabilities you'll find that not only are they antiquated but they're also concentrated in legitimate - and very vulnerable - military installations.
A number of times I have written about the misuse of precision guided munitions. You can guide a 2,000 pound aerial bomb quite accurately to its target but there is nothing precise about its lethal blast effect which can extend for hundreds of feet. You might recall that the US dropped two of these weapons in a crowded Baghdad market acting on a tip that Saddam was there.
It is an entirely different matter when these types of weapons are employed against a military airfield or an exposed armoured column.
Gaddafi can keep hiring gunmen from Chad and elsewhere but he cannot replace his tanks, his artillery, his helos or his jets. Without those he cannot continue to flood Libyan hospitals with his wounded countrymen.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:37:00 PM
- laura k said...
Actually Allan, smart weapons are very effective when used properly - as strictly battlefield weapons.
You are delusional.
Our side has repeatedly used them improperly, notably in civilian areas.
Who on earth is OUR side????
On this blog, "our side" is the people who want peace and justice. Everyone who wants war, no matter what flag they fly, is the other side.
A number of times I have written about the misuse of precision guided munitions.
Oh have you now. I'm sure that is a great comfort to all the Afghans, Iraqis, Pakistanis and others who have been killed by such use and misuse.
MoS, if you're about to make some kind of argument for the Global War Of Terror, please do so elsewhere.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:43:00 PM
- allan said...
When is some well-armed country going to say that Obama has terrorized too much of the world while neglecting the pain and poverty of a growing number of his people (many of whom die needless deaths for lack of even basic care) and finally invade the US for fuck's sake? Unleash some surgical strikes on the military bases and training camps and recruitment offices throughout the US and "free" the voiceless people in that country and allow them the opportunity to live under something that actually resembles a democracy? Sure, it might take more than an afternoon, but doing it this way will be a lot less protracted and ugly than the alternative. Obama will not be able to quickly restore the tanks and missles and he will be unable to flood Middle Eastern hospitals with both his wounded countrymen and the innocent people who have gotten in the way.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 1:03:00 PM
- impudent strumpet said...
Anyone know on what legal basis a no-fly zone can be imposed on another country's domestic aviation, if there is a legal basis?
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 5:50:00 PM
- Sixth Estate said...
Impudent Strumpet -- Going into a country and shooting down planes or bombing airfields is just what it sounds like: an act of war. Under international law it is illegal to start a war. However, the Security Council can authorize any war as a UN action. So a Security Council resolution would be a legal grounds for a no fly zone.
I realize I'm returning to a conversation midstream, but I'm going to return to my point from this morning: it's never going to be "only" a no fly zone, "only" surgical strikes against the army, "only" supporting the opposition, "only" providing security for a transition government... see where this goes?
There are a hundred dictatorships in the world. Many of them repress their citizens on a daily basis. Many of those are our allies. Yes, what's happening now is brutal, but we're drawing a pretty convenient and arbitrary line for ourselves if we say there's one here that Gadhafi has crossed but everything else we do (and don't do) to aid dictators is okay. There is a gradually shrinking window during which Western economic clout is still great enough for this threat to be meaningful.
We need to stop allowing our companies to do business supporting dictatorial regimes (and I specifically mean Canada here). We need to refuse to sell arms to them. And when their people rise up, we need to encourage them. That's it. We would be in much less of a moral quandary now if our position was that we would not do business with dictatorial regimes, ever.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:29:00 PM
- deang said...
As always, Noam Chomsky has been keeping up with developments and has an invaluable take on "what the West should do" about Libya in this BBC interview.
It's a long interview, but the relevant part starts around the 6:20 mark and ends about 11:50, with discussion of a solution beginning at about 9:05. He says that the region's people do not want the West involved at present, given our bloody history in the region, and that representatives from countries that the people of the region respect, like Brazil and Turkey, are talking about mediating in what is essentially a Libyan civil war.
- Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:51:00 PM
- laura k said...
Thanks, everybody. Excellent stuff.
Sixth Estate, I haven't seen you before, but your input is very welcome here.
- Friday, March 11, 2011 5:00:00 AM


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By means of letter of credit international commercial activities will be regulated by banks, a mutual guarantee will be assured in favor of the parties, the payment will be guaranteed when the letter of credit terms are fulfilled and the payment in question will be based on the documents.
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For letter of credit processes, banks make their transactions by taking into account not the goods but the documents. Opening of a letter of credit is determined by sales contract. So as to meet the provisions of this sales contract, the buyer offers his own bank (issuing bank) to open a letter of credit.
Seller's bank informs the seller about the letter of credit. Then, seller loads the goods and via his intermediary bank sends the documents, which are supposed to be issued in accordance with the letter of credit, to the issuing bank. Providing that the documents issued are in line with the letter of credit terms, it's the bank that makes the payment to the seller. By collecting the cost from issuer, the bank which has opened the letter of credit, delivers the documents in order to clear the goods from the customs.
Letter of credit is a reliable payment method as,
•On condition that the beneficiary meets all the requirements of the letter of credit and issues all the required documents thereof, as the issuing bank has to fulfill its obligations relevant to payment to the beneficiary, this method is very safe for the latter.
•This method is very safe for the issuer as he knows that he will not have to make any payment to the beneficiary against improper documents.
Letter of credit can be opened as confirmed or unconfirmed. Confirmed letter of credit is opened when the seller cannot do with only guarantee of issuer's bank, he also wants to get another bank's guarantee either his own country or another.
Confirmation for a letter of credit by a bank means the exact commitment of the confirming bank along with the commitment of the issuing bank on condition that the required documents to the confirming bank or other authorized bank are issued. For unconfirmed letter of credit, it is only the issuer's bank that has the irrevocable commitment against the issuance of the proper documents.
4 types of usage of letter of credit are available:
• Sight payment / payment
• Deferred payment
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Revolving Letter of Credit (Revolving Documentary Credit)
Revolving Letter of Credit is generally used by buyers and sellers that are constantly signing purchase and sale agreements. Instead of opening for each loading time, they open only one letter of credit that will be valid between the dates specified. Letter of credit is automatically renewed and becomes valid.
Revolving Letter of Credits is opened on the basis of time and quality.
Red-Clause Letter of Credit (Red-Clause Documentary Credit)
Red-Clause Letter of Credits is used when there is a need for a pre-financing for the preparation of goods. For this type of credit, partial or total amount of the letter of credit is paid in advance to the seller before the shipment of goods. The reason why it is called red-clause is advance payment condition for this kind of credit is written in red to attract the attention. Nowadays, there is not such an application, but all the same this letter of credit continues to be called as red-clause.
Standby Credit Letter of Credit (Standby Credit)
Standby Letter of Credit is a sort of a guarantee. The bank that opens the letter of credit gives guarantee for a third party against the beneficiary and the bank confirms that it will make the relevant payment unless the contracts that are made with the third party are applied. For Stand-by letter of credits, the document issued that enables the payment to be made is not the shipment document but the document proving fulfillment of the process which is the subject of the guarantee.
Transferable Letter of Credit (Transferable Documentary Credit)
Transferable Letter of Credit is used when the first beneficiary is not the real seller or producer of the goods but the middleman/mediator. This middleman gives the opportunity to the producer or supplier of the goods or else let the beneficiary to export the goods instead of producing on its own, when they have not enough money or they cannot get a bank guarantee, transferable letter of credits are preferred as a financing means. A letter of credit can only be transferred when the issuing bank calls clearly it as "transferable".
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Collection means; acceptance of the documents, payment and/or realization of the acceptance in accordance with the orders; delivery of the documents against payment and/or acceptance; or else putting the documents into process by the bank for the delivery of the documents depending on other conditions. Exporter benefits from a bank in order to make a collection of the goods sold from the importer.
For cash against documents process, after the shipment the exporter sends the documents in the enclosed of the collection order to the bank in the importer's country via a bank in his own country or a representative in the importer's country and the exporter wants that the documents are to be delivered to the importer after he gets his money or the acceptance of the bill by the importer. The bank of the importer will not deliver the documents (shipment documents, invoice, etc.) that are required to clear the goods from the customs unless the importer makes the payment and accept the bill for transactions with a bill.
For collection processes, the banks do not guarantee any payment to the exporter.
Collection processes are subjected to the leaflet named "Uniform Rules for Collections" numbered 522 of the International Chamber of Commerce.
An exporter, who decides to make a collection of his goods or services on the basis of collection process, definitely takes a risk whatever its degree. Because he makes the shipment of the goods or the delivery of the services before he guarantees that the payment will be done.
Therefore, for collection processes,
•Exporter should have a great trust in the importer,
•Exporter should have no doubts about the ability to pay of the importer,
•Political, economic and legal status of the country that the goods are imported should be stable.
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After the delivery of the goods on behalf of the buyer, the exporter sends the documents of the goods to the importer either direct or free of charge delivery via the bank. The importer makes the payment after he clears the goods from the customs. This payment method is advantageous for the importer as he has room to clear the goods from the customs and check them before the payment is made. When it comes to the exporter he is at risk since the importer may not make the payment. Payment of the goods can only be guaranteed when the bill destined for the importer is accepted. By this way the bank may give a sign of surety to the exporter.
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Advance Payment means the payment made by the importer via his own bank to the exporter, and the transfer of the goods to the importer who made the payment. In this scope, it is regarded as a credit for the exporter.
While the exporter is under a great guarantee, the importer is at risk. If the exporter does not send the goods or the goods sent do not match with the order, the importer can be in trouble and suffer from a loss. Therefore, the buyer must have trust in the seller.
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In practice, the issuing bank can sign a surety for the bills after the acceptance within the issuer, so the bills will be under the payment guarantee of the bank. That's why there is no difference between the company acceptance/ bills with bank surety and bills with bank acceptance related to payment commitment.
On condition that the bills issued on behalf of a foreign corresponding bank, an order to the correspondent is given by our bank for the acceptance of the bills and then the bills are accepted by foreign bank.
For acceptance credit process, if the creditor in abroad demands and accepts, promissory note may be accepted in accordance with the principles related to the bill.
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Diese Beispiele sind computergeneriert, und so klingen sie auch. Sie dienen nur dem Lernen einzelner Stimmen.
Come, all my dear brethren, and help me to sing;
I'm going to Jesus, He's heaven's great King.
He died to atone for the sins of the world;
His banner is flying, His sails are unfurled.
Heav'n's my home,
I'm going to Jesus, for heaven's my home.
While here in the valley of conflict I stay,
Oh, give me submission, and strength as my day,
In all my afflictions to Thee would I come,
Rejoicing in hope of my glorious home.
I long, dearest Lord, in Thy beauties to shine,
No more as an exile in sorrow to pine;
And in Thy dear image arise from the tomb,
With glorified millions to praise Thee at home.


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Dear Palestinian friends,
As a Jewish woman I vow to fight for your rights against Israeli occupation, Israeli apartheid and war crimes. I vow to fight for you in the face of hate and racism. I vow to speak louder in the face of our collective global silence. I vow to support and advocate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
With love, justice and solidarity,
Alisa Gayle-Deutsch
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Taste of Ireland Escorted Bus Tour 5 Days
4 Night Tour From $815 pps
This tour arrives into Dublin and departs from Shannon
Attractions on This Tour
Trinity College and the Book of Kells, Dublin City
Trinity College is Ireland's oldest university. It was founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592. Due to its picturesque setting and the famous people connected with it - Oscar Wilde studied here - Trinity College is one of the city's main tourist attractions.
Famine Memorial & World Poverty Stone, Dublin City
The Famine Memorial is a commemorative work dedicated to those Irish people forced to emigrate during the 19th century Irish Famine. The bronze sculptures were designed and crafted by Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie and are located on Custom House Quay in Dublin's Docklands.
Dublin Castle, Dublin City
Since its foundation in 1204 Dublin Castle has been at the heart of the history and evolution of the city. Today, spanning an area of over 44,000 square meters (11 acres), the site contains 2 museums, 2 cafés, an international conference centre, 2 gardens, Government Buildings and the State Apartments which are the most important state rooms in the country.
Merry Ploughboys Traditional Irish Music Night, County Dublin
This traditional pub in Dublin is the only pub in Ireland owned and managed by musicians, and it is the 'hands on' approach from the owners that makes every visit to the Merry Ploughboy a memorable and entertaining experience. The Merry Ploughboys show (which takes place nightly at the pub) is now in it's 22nd year making it the longest running show in Ireland hosted continuously by the same performers and the highlight of many people's trip to Ireland The show itself is a highly entertaining performance of live traditional Irish Music, Song and Irish Dancing.
Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary
The Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig), more formally known as St. Patrick's Rock is reputedly the site where a conversation ensued between Aenghus-King of Munster and St. Patrick in the 5th Century AD.
Blarney Castle, County Cork
Blarney Castle was built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland's greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney, making it a world landmark and one of Ireland's greatest treasures.
Blarney Woollen Mills, County Cork
The Blarney Woollen Mills were built in 1823 and originally went by the name Mahony's Mills. It was a great source of employment for the people of Blarney and the surrounding areas, producing tweeds and woollens of an excellent quality for sale both and home and abroad. Today the Blarney Woollen Mills is Ireland's largest Irish gifts store, stocking an extensive range of Ireland's finest home grown products. At the store you'll find Waterford Crystal, Belleek Fine china, Royal Tara, Celtic Jewellery and not forgetting the infamous Aran Sweaters.
Ring of Kerry, County Kerry
The Ring of Kerry, also known as the Iveragh Peninsula is part of a mythical and unspoilt region in the south west of Ireland that has been attracting visitors for hundreds of years. The area is full of spectacular attractions and it's natural beauty makes it the perfect center for outdoor pursuits such as golf, cycling, walking, water-sports and fishing.
Brendan Ferris - Sheepdog Trials, County Kerry
If you ever wondered how sheep dogs were trained to round up sheep then a trip to Kells Sheep Center is a must. Kells Sheep Center is run by Sheepdog trainer Brendan Ferris, is located on the Ring of Kerry on the N70, halfway between Cahersiveen and Glenbeigh. Brendan trains Border Collies in the art of sheep herding and his amazing skills are clearly demonstrated when you watch hi at work.
Skellig Experience Centre, County Kerry
In the Skellig Experience Center you can experience many aspects of the offshore Skellig islands while remaining on the dry land, in a custom built, stone clad, grass roofed, prize winning building located right on the waterfront beside the Valentia Island bridge at Valentia, County Kerry!
Shannon Estuary Ferry, County Clare
This pleasant, twenty minute journey across the Shannon Estuary will save 85 miles (137 km) from ferry terminal to ferry terminal providing a launching point to the many attraction of Clare, Kerry and adjoining counties. Whatever your reason for visiting the West and South west of Ireland, be it business or pleasure, plan on taking the Shannon Ferry across Ireland's finest river, where the resident schools of Dolphins regularly display their talents for the visitors.
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top Visitor attractions in County Clare. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South.
Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, County Clare
At Ireland's premier visitor attraction you are invited to explore three wonderful experiences – the acclaimed 15th Century Bunratty Castle, the 19th century Bunratty Folk Park and the Village Street. The Castle is the most complete and authentic medieval fortress in Ireland. Built in 1425 it was restored in 1954 to its former medieval splendour and now contains mainly 15th and 16th century furnishings, tapestries, and works of art which capture the mood of those times. Today, the castle stands peacefully in delightful grounds.
Bunratty Banquet, County Clare
Bunratty Castle, built in the 15th Century by the Earl of Thomond, stands on the banks of the Rathy River in Clare. During his rule, the Earl was known for hospitality and regularly lavished his guests with entertainment. The Bunratty Medieval Banquet is now held twice nightly throughout the year harking back to the Earl's extravagant banquets.


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Last week, Facebook took another blow when the world began paying attention to news that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica covertly took millions of Facebook users' data. The public began to look for someone to blame and Facebook has been receiving the most heat.
The simplified story is this: Cambridge Analytica and its related company, SCL, accessed and retained data on 50 million Facebook users with the help of an outside researcher, Aleksandr Kogan. Kogan had authorized access to the data but was not permitted to share the information. Facebook found out about the breach and asked Cambridge to delete the improperly retrieved data. Facebook did not alert its users about the privacy violation. Whether or not Cambridge deleted the user information is still being determined.
Because Facebook is the most public and influential figure in this story, it's been receiving the most media scrutiny, and perhaps unfairly overshadowing the other players. Cambridge Analytica seems to play a supporting role to Facebook, even with its alleged involvement in international elections and privatized colonizing operations. Then there are the players who are overlooked most of all: us, the users. The ones who provided the data to Facebook.
Back during his Harvard days, when Facebook was in its infancy, Mark Zuckerberg told a friend that he could use the platform to find out anything on anyone. "I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS. People just submitted it. I don't know why. They 'trust me.' Dumb fucks."
As unpleasant as it sounds, maybe Zuckerberg was right. Maybe we are "dumb fucks." Why do we easily give up our personal information for the sake of consumerism? What allows us to give up our numbers, photos, and names of friends through our devices, but makes us hesitate to do the same with a random stranger on the street? Do we care about our privacy? In recent days, Blind users have been sharing thoughts on the latter question.
This recent privacy scandal has re-ignited a discussion about what companies should do to keep user information safe and how companies should be kept accountable. Government regulations are being discussed too. But perhaps we should also talk about how to become mindful as consumers and become aware of the impact our information can have. Past research has shown that most people are apathetic when it comes to privacy settings. This is an attitude that won't serve us well in the long run as we rely more and more on technology, and as online communities continue to grow. One ordinary individual's Facebook posts and likes may not be significant, but when that same information is compiled from millions of users, that data can be powerful and also dangerous when abused.
We, the users, are part of the problem in the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, and in the issue of privacy at large. We may even be the biggest problem. On the positive side though, we are also the ones who can initiate the most change. Too often we forget that the consumers are more powerful than any company. We are the ones who keep businesses alive, whether it's with our money or our data. For what we give, we can have a lot of influence on how businesses are run and regulated, especially when our voices and actions become a collective.
Instead of waiting to see how Facebook or the government will handle this current situation, maybe we as consumers and citizens should take the lead and let them know what we want done. We can also use this opportunity to become better consumers going forward.


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Data cleansing is a valuable process that can help companies save time and increase their efficiency. Data cleansing software tools are used by various organisations to remove duplicate data, fix and amend badly-formatted, incorrect and amend incomplete data from marketing lists, databases and CRM's. They can achieve in a short period of time what could take days or weeks for an administrator working manually to fix. This means that companies can save not only time but money by acquiring data cleaning tools.
Data cleansing is of particular value to organisations that have vast swathes of data to deal with. These organisations can include banks or government organisations but small to medium enterprises can also find a good use for the programmes. In fact, it's suggested by many sources that any firm that works with and hold data should invest in cleansing tools. The tools should also be used on a regular basis as inaccurate data levels can grow quickly, compromising database and decreasing business efficiency.
Data Cleansing for a Cleaner Database
Companies may also find that cleansing enables them to remain compliant with standards that are legally expected of them. In most territories, companies are duty-bound to ensure that their data is as accurate and current as possible. The tools can be used for everything from correcting spelling mistakes to postcodes, whilst removing unnecessary records from systems, which means that space can be preserved and that information that is no longer needed – or data which companies are no longer permitted to keep – can be removed simply, quickly and efficiently. Users of data cleansing software can set their own rules to increase the efficiency of a database, making the capabilities of the cleansing software as applicable to the company's needs and requirements as possible.
Some common problems with databases can also include incorrectly formatted phone numbers and e-mail addresses, rendering clients and customers uncontactable. The software can be used to put things right in a matter of seconds. This makes it a perfect tool for companies that need to stay in touch with outside parties. Meanwhile, companies that employ more than one database – companies that are spread across various branches or offices for example – can use the tools to ensure that each branch of their organisation can share the same accurate information.
Better Mailing Systems with Data Cleansing
Incorrect data has in the past been blamed for various businesses and residential customers receiving mail from companies that is not relevant to them. This is not only relevant to postal mail but to e-mail too. The more irrelevant mail businesses come across, the harder it can be to identify important mail. Data cleansing can reduce the chances of companies being targeted with irrelevant mail, ensuring that important communications are not lost amongst the debris and that they are opened and read.
It's also widely agreed upon that companies that send out information that is irrelevant to their recipients can see their reputation hit as a result, inadvertently portraying themselves as bad people to do business with and becoming a source of annoyance to residential customers. This is just one of the reasons why data cleansing can be so advantageous to businesses.
From data cleaning to record linkage, our data quality tools can put the missing pieces together for marketing professionals. For more information and to download our free evaluation tools, please visit WinPure
Really good article about data cleansing; clear, informative and well written!
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The topic was Mobile Evolution: Thinking Beyond The App. The speakers:
- Kitty Shum - @kitty_shum
- Thomas Purves - @tpurves
- Matthew Fabb - @matthewfabb
All in all, the event was a wonderful time. I met some new people (shoutout to Shanta Nathwani - @TantienHime - who was an absolute delight to speak to and meet!), engaged in some great conversation, and just had a great time.
Here's looking forward to the July and August events!


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Curiosa noticia en The Verge, por Dieter Bohn:
Microsoft's head of Windows Phone developer experience, Brandon Watson, leaves for Amazon
Brandon Watson has become fairly well known in the somewhat insular world of people who pay attention to Windows Phone development. Watson was the head of Windows Phone Developer Experience at Microsoft and has often taken to Twitter to rouse some rabble for the platform by seeding phones, reaching out to developers spurned by other companies, and even recruiting developers who had been stuck on a dying platform. Watson's tweet today confirms that he's leaving the company, and in an email to Mary Jo Foley he said that his new job will be Director of the Kindle Cross Platform team, where he will work on the Kindle apps for all the myriad platforms it appears on. Microsoft has not yet named a replacement, but the company will want to find somebody with the same level of media savvy, lest it miss opportunities like offering Windows Phone demo units to famous cartoonists.
¿Será el inicio de un maridaje Microsoft - Amazon? ¿Veremos un móvil de Amazon con Windows 8? ¿Kindle Fire cambiará de S/O?
Están un poco revueltas las cosas últimamente...


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Mathematical Physicist Yakov Gregory Sinai, (b. 21st September 1935, 78 years old) has been awarded the prestigious Abel Prize for 2014 by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (NASL). The President of the NASL, Nils C. Stenseth, announced the winner of the 2014 Abel Prize at the Academy in Oslo on 26 March 2014.
The Abel Prize recognizes contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to the mathematical sciences and has been awarded annually since 2003. It carries a cash award of NOK 6,000,000 (about USD 1 million). Y. Sinai is 14th mathematician to win this prize in last 12 years. He is a professor at Princeton University and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics (Russian Academy of Sciences). This prize was awarded to him, for his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics.
Some of the top-notch works by Prof. Sinai are as below:
- Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy
- Sinai's billiards
- Sinai's random walk
- Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen measures
- Pirogov-Sinai theory.
The announcement video is live at Abel Prize's official website.
See the list of other Abel Prize laureates.
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Professor Yakov Sinai,
I have the honor to congratulate you for the obtainment of Abel Prize 2014. You win it by your «fundamental contribution to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics».
I would comment your saying
Mathematics and physics must go together as horse and carriage
and that of Jordan Ellenberg
Sinai has worked on questions relating to real physical systems "with the soul of a mathematician".
Mathematics is done by the Soul and it is the horse. The immortal soul discovers the true and evident first principles and the reason propagates their truth by the demonstration.
This horse must be a real being and not a game as preaches Modern Mathematics. The Modern Mathematics misses the essential qualities of the true mathematics. These qualities are: Exactitude, Necessity, immutability and universality. More Modern Mathematics is not founded and contains paradoxes.
It is well known that physical results can never attain the perfection. This perfection is only attained by the pure mathematics. In the applications of mathematics, you are a master and nobody can deny your major contribution to the progress of humanity. To approach nearer and nearer to the perfection, it is necessary to use the true mathematics which is firmly founded.
Rachid Matta MATTA, four years younger than you, advocated his life for the foundation of mathematics, and after fifty years of hard research, he succeeds to prove rigorously the fundamental theorem of geometry: Euclid's fifth postulate. The four methods attached to this email are extracted from my book « The Methods Of Demonstration Of The Parallel Theorem» and they confirm what I am saying. A great mathematician, like you, will see easily the contradiction in hyperbolic geometry and the necessity to reject it.
The winner of Abel Prize2014 knows very well that Euclidean geometry will become the only true geometry, the real space will be of three dimensions and all objects, facts and phenomena in this space will be described by the propositions of Euclidean geometry.
The real space will receive all your valuable works at the only condition is that you avoid the use of the mathematical infinite. The infinite length and the infinite number do not exist. All that exists is finite. The true nature of number is the object of my book «The Number, Neither Reality, Nor Infinity, Nor Continuity». The use of Euclidean geometry conducts to the true arithmetic and the true algebra. I hope that all your papers concerning the applications of mathematics will use the true mathematics to approach from the perfection, and this approximation is enough for explaining the facts in the nature.
I am sure that your intellectual honesty and scientific probity will push your conscience to call the mathematical community to recognize the validity of Euclidean geometry and to render justice to Rachid Matta MATTA, who worked hardly 50 years to find the correct proof for the fundamental theorem of geometry known under the name of Euclid's fifth postulate.
Rachid Matta MATTA
April 29, 2014
agradecida y felisitacion por tamaño trabajo y un merecido reconocimiento por las matematica
Rachid Matta MATTA
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The President and members of the Board of Abel Prize,
I have the honor to attract your attention, as I did in my attached e-mail sent to Professor Yakov Sinai, the laureate of Abel Prize 2014, on the following points:
1) The mathematician Rachid Matta MATTA, works for the honor of the human spirit, and after fifty years of hard research, he proved Euclid's fifth postulate infirming the mathematicians who consider it impossible to be proved. The ranking of Parallel postulate between the theorems founds firmly Euclidean geometry and rejects the Non-Euclidean geometries.
2) You know that mathematics, constituted by Geometry, arithmetics, and algebra, is the fundamental discipline.
3) The criteria of mathematics are: exactitude, necessity, immutability, and universality.
4) The main objective of the Abel Prize is to recognize pioneering scientific achievements in mathematics. This achievement must use the true mathematics.
5) All the laureates of Abel Prize have not used the true mathematics, because their works used the Non-Euclidean geometries, or the disciplines based on mathematical infinite.
6) I affirm that the Non-Euclidean geometries are inconsistent and the mathematical infinite does not exist because there is neither a biggest length, nor a larger number. My affirmation is supported by my books respectively entitled in French:
a) «Les Méthodes de Démonstration du Théorème de la Parallèle»
b) « Le Nombre Ni Réalité, Ni Infinité, Ni Continuité»
7) The four methods attached to this email are extracted from my first book mentioned above. In studying them you can see easily that hyperbolic geometry contains contradiction, therefore it is inconsistent. Any wise man knows that a straight line cannot rotate at the same time in two opposite sens, (The Method of impossible rotation)
8) Teaching the true mathematics offered by my mathematical works enables the mathematicians and the scientists to produce real achievements.
9) As you are a qualified mathematician possessing the intellectual honesty and the scientific probity, which are the essential qualities of the man of science, you will never accept that error remains in the mathematics. I am sure you do your best to push the mathematical community to recognize the mathematical truth and the validity of Euclidean geometry.
10) I hope that Norwegian universities will be the pioneer to stop to teach the erroneous disciplines. Only the true mathematics, rigorously founded by my books, can stimulate children and youth to become interested in mathematics.
Best regards,
Rachid Matta MATTA
May 1, 2014


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Got a call from Richard at Hull Truck Theatre Company. Sarah Esdaile's directing Alan Bennett's Lady in the Van for a UK Tour, opening in Brighton, would I like to take the production shots for them? Delighted, squire!! Had a dress run as usual to get the shots done and all went well. Great cast, with Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Shepherd, or "the Lady". Interesting play. Includes not one, but two actors being Alan Bennett – slightly unusual, but works very well. Esdaile's production has a beautiful pace to it, is stunningly lit and staged in a series of visually strong tableaux. Here are 12 shots taken from the shoot:
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Great photos.When can i get some!!Many Thanks,Sean M
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- Rev. Mary Ann Finch (Charleston SC)
- Rev. Jervais Phillips (Charlotte NC)
- Elizabeth Thompson (Charlotte NC)
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- David Craig (Greenville SC) (2003)
- Rev. Ed LeBlanc (Franklin NC) (2006)
- Rev. Ted Lane (Myrtle Beach SC) (2010)
- Rev. Chad O'Shea (Mills River NC) (2014)
- Rev. Richard Levy (Wilmington NC) (2014)
- Don Discenza (2016)
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