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Selection of proper truck tire gives a comfortable ride and reduces the wear and tear on the tire drive mechanism, brakes and suspension parts. Which Tyres To Buy in Pretoria many factors determine the selection of suitable type of tire. These include the terrain where the truck is mostly driven, the climatic conditions, normal driving speed and the full load that is expected to be carried in the truck. Three major tire companies who design and manufacture truck tire for wide range of applications on different and difficult terrains are Mickey Thomson, Super Swamper and Pro com.
Mickey Thomson Truck tireMickey Thomson truck tire manufactured by Mickey Thomson Tire Company was founded in the year 1963. Design, development production and distribution of tire and wheel for all applications are the main business of the company. Main focus of the company is to design and produce innovative tread patterns and tire compounds to build the best performance tires in the world, Car Tires For Sale Near Me both for on-road and off-road applications. The company has two locations in the United States, one in Ohio and the other in California. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company which is also in tire business having the head quarters at Ohio, USA acquired Mickey Thomson in the year 2003. The combined strength has further helped to consolidate the position of Mickey Thomson in the tire industry as a significant global player. The company's major brand name is "Baja" and the specific products under this brand are named on the basis of the type of the tire, such as Baja claw non radial, radial Baja claw, Baja belted and Baja radial MTZ.
PRO Com truck tirePro com tire are manufactured by Pro Competition Tire Company located at Ohio, USA. This Company is owned by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, which also owns the Mickey Thomson tires. Cooper tire is a global Company with manufacturing facilities in three continents and the sales and distribution network all around the world. Pro com tire are molded with the superior quality rubber compounds, Tyres Near My Location steel and polyester cords in state of the art production facilities. These reliable and long lasting truck tires are supported by warranty. The pro com tire brand carry the general name pro com and the specific products under this name are branded based on the application of the tire. The specific brands are ProComp All Terrain, ProComp Mud Terrain, ProComp X-Terrain and Procomp Xtreme A/T.
Which Tyres To Buy in Pretoria ?
A wheel chock is a safety device that is intended to prevent a truck or other vehicle from accidental movement. If you're wondering what can happen to make a truck move, just ask the person who was run over by a runaway rolling auto or truck. It probably wasn't chocked. You can see a wheel chock in all sorts of environments including residential, construction, utility, industrial, mining and even aviation. We're just going to address the uses in residential/utility and industrial settings.Potential for an AccidentThere are all kinds of accidents that can make a truck move accidentally, some at the fault of human error and some because of the force of gravity. Some of the causes of accidental movement of a truck include:• Put truck or vehicle in Park. • Put on the Parking brake. • Place wheel chocks on each side of tire - and both tires if you're on a grade.That is the basics of remembering to put a wheel chock in place, so when you're in the business of delivery or maintenance and you must stop your truck frequently, put on the chocks!
Shopping For Car Tyres Online
There are many different types of car tyres. The one you choose will depend on factors such as the make of car, driving style, where you live, the time of year and how your car is used.
For instance if you spend a lot of your working day driving up and down the motorways, you will need a hard wearing tyre that doesn't create a lot of noise. If you live in the countryside a tyre that provides better grip on muddy roads would be more suitable.
This article identifies five different types of car tyres and highlights some of the differences between them:
1) Standard/ All Season Tyre
Your car was probably driven out of the factory on all season tyres. It is an average tyre that is suitable for all year round use. It works equally well in the wet and the dry.
The tread block pattern is designed not to be noisy when used on standard roads but enables adequate water dispersion to provide grip in wet conditions.
Mud tyres are an extreme type of all terrain tyres, designed to be used in mud and dirt. They have very large tread block patterns that are only suitable for driving on that type of terrain.
5) Run Flat Tyres
Run flat tyres are a relatively new concept but are now becoming more common on new cars. They are designed to minimise the loss of handling that occurs after a puncture.
The car tyre can operate without air to enable the vehicle to continue to be driven. However this is only suitable for a short distance and at a reduced speed, until the tyre can be safely changed.
For further advice consult a car tyre specialist who will provide you with impartial advice on the best tyres for your vehicle.
Check car tyres regularly for any signs of wear. This is important as they are the only point of contact between a car and the road. Any deterioration of the tread or damage to the sidewalls may be risking an accident.
The basic legal requirements for car tyres are:
a) Tread Depth must be a minimum of 1.6mm. This applies to the entire circumference of the tyre. A bald patch on a tyre, where the tread depth is below the minimum requirement, is against the law. Check a tyre after a skid or emergency braking as this is when bald patches can occur.
b) Tyres must be inflated to the correct pressure. Consult the vehicle manufacturer's handbook to find the recommended pressure. Not only is this a legal requirement, it improves the vehicle's handling and reduces fuel consumption.
5. Speed
Driving at high speeds increases the car tyre temperature and accelerates the wear.
6. Car Tyre Alignment
Incorrect alignment of car tyres causes uneven and increased wear.
7. Driving Style
Aggressive cornering, accelerating and braking excessively are all causes of car tyre wear.
One factor that is unavoidable is time. Tyres deteriorate naturally over time due to the effects of the weather. Vehicles kept outside will degrade faster than those kept in a garage. Cracking due to sunlight exposure usually becomes evident on car tyres that are five years or older. When this happens, as with any signs of wear, replace the car tyre immediately.


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What is Turnitin?
Turnitin is a web-based system that allows student papers to be submitted and checked for plagiarism. The Turnitin system compares student papers with sources available on the Internet, select commercial article databases, and papers submitted at UW or other institutions using Turnitin. For every paper submitted to Turnitin, a unique customized Originality Report is generated. Each report identifies the matches that the system made, which can then be investigated.
The University of Washington has a site license for Turnitin. Canvas instructors can set Assignments that are submitted online to be submitted for a Turnitin check. When submitting such assignments, students will see a note that the assignment will be checked for plagiarism. When the review is complete, instructors receive the unique Originality Report.
How to use it?
Turnitin is available through Canvas. Instructors using Canvas can quickly and easily set up Turnitin when creating an assignment in Canvas. Turnitin can also be used for students to submit assignments for review.
There are step-by-step instructions for instructors on using Turnitin in Canvas.
Students can follow these step-by step instructions on submitting a Turnitin Assignment.

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The Pump House
The Pump House is a historic pumping station located in the Byrd Park area of Richmond, Virginia. The Pump House was built in 1881-1883 in a Victorian Gothic style. A group Friends of Pump House have taken on the task to renovate the Pump House
River Grasses
The green grass on the James River at Pony Pasture have a hint of yellow, indicating the change of fall foliage.
Reflections At Huguenot Flatwater
Early autumn reflections at Huguenot Flatwater. Huguenot Flatwater is located along Riverside Drive, just west of the Huguenot Bridge. The James River is calm, flat and offers beautiful reflections.
Fall Reflections
The trees along Huguenot Flatwater reflect traces of autumn colors in the James River.
Misty on The Z-Dam
Early morning mist begins to clear from the warm October waters of the James River at the Z-Dam in Richmond, Virginia
Fall Reflections at the Quarry
Fall has arrived at the Rock Quarry on Belle Isle. The water is high leading to reflections of fall in the quarry, in Richmond, Virginia
This barrier of trees in the James River have always caught my eye. On this morning before sunrise, the blue hour reflects in the river surround these small trees
Great Shiplock Park
Early fall reflections in the Kanawha Canal at the Great Shiplock Park in Richmond, Virginia
Bare Reflections
The trees are almost bare but still give a peaceful reflection in the Kanawha Canal at the Great Shiplock Park in Richmond, Virginia. The Great Shiplock Park is a part of the James River Park System
Old Locks
The Kanawha Canal comes to a slow crawl at the old locks along Chapel Island. Chapel Island is a part of the James River Park System in Richmond, Virginia
Blue Light Special
Beautiful soft sun light and a blue sky surrounds the CSX A-Line railroad bridge, that crosses the James River in Richmond, Virginia
Through The Arch
The CSX A-Line railroad bridge is a curious place for some Richmonders to risk a walk below and sometimes above and along the railroad tracks.
Reedy Creek Trail
Fall colors along Reedy Creek, and plenty of fallen leaves in the creek, along the Buttermilk Trail, in Richmond, Virginia
Just One
Pony Pasture is one of the most popular swimming and sunbathing spots in the James River Park System. Pony Pasture is located off Riverside Drive in Richmond, Virginia. There are trails that offer views of the James River, trails for hiking, biking and bird watching. Pony Pasture is a popular location for photographers to capture sunrise's and sunsets.
On this evening at sunset a lone blue heron takes a break on the rocks at Pony Pasture.
Richmond Canal Walk
Fall is reflected in the Kanawha Canal along the Canal Walk in Richmond, Virginia
There's A Ribbon in The Sky
The blue hour creates rainbow colors reflecting in the James River at Robious Landing Park, in Midlothian, Virginia
Robious Landing Park is located in northern Chesterfield County, Virginia on the south bank of the James River. Robious Landing Park 100 acres, offers picnic shelters, fishing, approximately 3 miles of nature trails and access to the James River. On any day you will see people water skiing, swimming, and rowing regattas at Robious Landing.
Purple Rain
Lavender rain clouds reflecting in the James River at Robious Landing Park in Midlothian, Virginia
Misty On The Z-Dam
Fog and mist lifts off the Z-Dam on the James River on the fall early morning, along Riverside Drive, in Richmond, Virginia
Fall Colors Along the Tracks
Colorful fall foliage along the railroad tracks as one heads to Reedy Creek in the James River Park System in Richmond, Virginia
The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep
The Wetlands, is located along the south banks of the James River. The Wetlands is a quite part of the James River Park System, where you will find walking paths, beaches, and opportunities for bird watching.
Wetland Reflections
Dry fields in the Wetlands is now full after weeks of spring rains. The Wetlands is a part of the James River Park System in Richmond, Virginia.
Leisure Stroll at Belle Isle
Belle Isle is a part of the James River Park System and a favorite locations where people walk, sunbath and enjoy scenic view from the many large rocks in the James River.
Layers of Light
Scenic blue hour near the foot of the Lee Bridge in Richmond, Virginia
Morning Sun Along The Pipeline
The pipeline is a part of the James River Park System in Richmond, Virginia. One can gain access to the pipeline via a small ladder. In the spring you can see Blue Herons that gather on the Heron Rookery.
Standing Tall
The CSX A-Line railroad bridge is a curious place for some Richmonders to risk a walk below and sometimes above along the railroad tracks. Rest assured this is one location that I will never venture to again.
Basking In Evening Sun
The CSX A-Line railroad bridge reflects the evening sun on this summer evening.
Golden Reflections
Pony Pasture is good location to view a good sunset with reflections of color in the James River. Pony Pasture is a part of the James River Park System.
Peaking Through
Hiking paths are illuminated by spring sunshine in the Wetlands. The Wetlands is a peaceful location in the James River Park System.
Enter the Forest
One of several hiking trails that lead to Huguenot Flatwater. Huguenot Flatwater is a part of the James River Park System
The Beach at The Wetlands
This scenic cove in the Wetlands is a small beach, with views of Williams Island. This is a favorite swimming hole for dogs.


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| Aaron Gregg
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Andy White
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Babe Gurr
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High voltage banjo-punk bluegrass band that does their thing on distorted six-string slide banjo, slap-driven upright bass, dobro and acoustic guitar.
Big Brother and the Holding Company
|Blu Hopkins
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|Bobby Rush
Bobby's legendary live shows are packed with new style jump blues, soul and funk, complete with full band, costume changes, and a pair of voluptuous dancers who know really how to strut their stuff!
|Brinsley Forde with the Jason Wilson Band
Cool reggae rhythms and healing vibrations from the founder of Aswad. Irie! Come get your groove on.
|Burnt Project 1
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|Carolyn Wonderland
A genuine guitar goddess whose diverse songwriting and soulful vocals will leave you utterly inspired.
|Chloe, Kyle & Co.
Multi-instrumental wunderkinds and award winning fiddlers with a toe-tapping mix of jazz, Celtic, classical, country and children's tunes.
|Chris Smither
Chris Smither delivers a multi-layered blend of folk and blues filled with virtuosic finger picking and uniformly brilliant songs
|Cirkids – Avatar Circus Project
An eight piece ensemble that combines a number of circus disciplines—acrobatics, hand balancing, dance, aerial straps and more.
|Creaking Tree String Quartet
Creative jazzy forms with a kick from the Canadian Folk Music Award winners for Best Instrumentalists and Pushing the Boundaries.
|Dancing Bear Theatre (Marc Suess)
Delightfully dynamic storytelling with Munsch-esque creativity told inside the belly of a giant inflatable whale.
|David "Honeyboy" Edwards
A true living blues legend and contemporary of Robert Johnson, Honeyboy recently took home the 2007 Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album.
|David Wilcox
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|Donald Ray Johnson
Red hot blues accompanied by Johnson's deeply, powerful and sultry vocals make this blues icon Canada's answer to the Chicago blues.
|Eliana Cuevas Band
Sophisticated, yet simple, world and jazz offerings from one of the world's most unique voices.
|Mother Mother
Mother Mother has grabbed the attention of all the right people. "4 Stars" – The Globe and Mail. "An album isolated from a lot of today's worn-out trends and aesthetic mimicry" said Pitchfork Media. Cheeky Celebrity super-blogger, Perez Hilton distinguished Mother Mother to be "the most exciting band coming out of Canada" and Chart Attack remarked that "listening to Mother Mother is like reading Hunter S. Thompson – you end up in a place where reality has been delightfully skewed", an apt comparison, given the band's eccentric style – both lyrically and musically.
|Elmore James Jr. and the Cadillac Zack Blues Band
Son of the legendary blues great, Elmore James, Elmore Jr. is currently on tour as a solo act and also performs as part of the "American Blues Legends 2008" revue. This is blues the way it was meant to be – raw, lean and fabulously full on!
|Errol Blackwood
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|Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
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|Jake Shimabukuro
Experimenting with various guitar effect pedals and heavily amplified riffs, Jake Shimabukuro is known as the "Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele" for his creativity on the tiny four-string, two-octave instrument. With lightning-fast fingers and a revolutionary approach to playing, he aims to show the world that the ukulele possesses a wide range of possibilities far beyond the traditional Hawaiian music it is famous for.
|Jane Vain and the Dark Matter
Swelling pop-noir arrangements of strings, synths, guitar, piano, percussion and pulsating electro-beats.
|Jayme Stone and Mansa Sissoko
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|Jimmy Bowskill
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|John and the Sisters (Sisters Euclid)
A no-holds-barred rollercoaster of sound filled with reverberating blues guitar, soulful vocal harmonies and joyous percussion.
|John Lee Sanders
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|Les Copeland
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|Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
"The Cultural Heritage Choir is a Grammy © nominated, percussion driven, vocal ensemble whose mission is to help preserve and share the rich musical traditions of African American roots music. Performing together since 1992, the Cultural Heritage Choir creates dynamic rhythms and sparkling energy on stage. Their vocals are lush and vibrant, their performances are poignant and uplifting. "
|Mariam Matossian
Mesmerizing pure vocals and moving interpretations of traditional Armenian folk songs.
An Aboriginal women's trio breaking new ground with their urban world beat style.
|The Neville Brothers
This Grammy Award winning group and Vocal Group Hall of Fame inductees never fail to provoke, entertain and excite audiences around the globe with their unmistakable, ultra-cool rhythms and Louisiana bayou funk.
"Ethnotic Groove" featuring a family of five that utilizes drama and rhythm for a clever modern reinterpretation of Madagascar's rich musical heritage.
Fusing the traditional styles of Mexican music with pop-rock sensibilities, this electrifying alt-folk foursome positively redefines Latin music.
|Plants and Animals
Wickedly diverse musical elements in an innovative roots style.
|Po' Girl
From jazz to old time and alternative rock to soul, the distinctive voices and incredible harmonies of Po' Girl have made them the darlings of Canada's alt-folk music scene.
Soulful musical texturings lined with folk, blues and jam-band rock make this comprehensive trio of Texas youngbloods a must-see.
|The Re-Mains
Northern NSW Country Rock & Roll hellraisers the Re-Mains hit their boozy, bluesy, slide-and-banjo, combining a rootsy twang with inner-city smarts and genuine affection for rollicking, hillbilly sounds.
|Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys
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|Snehasish Mozumder
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|Sarah Slean
This twice Juno nominated and twice Gemini Award nominated artist has proven from the get-go that she's fiercely independent and talented. Citing such diverse musical influences as Glenn Gould, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Joni Mitchell, Irving Berlin and a host of literary, philosophical and artistic favourites
|Spirit of the West
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|Squirrel Nut Zippers
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|Vieux Farka Toure
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The Shuswap Showcase
Chris Stevens – Five time nominee for BC Country Music Association's Instrumentalist of the Year, this dynamic and unique artist has an energetic and hard driving musical style on banjo and guitar, crossing the boundaries of bluegrass to include classical, blues and jazz.
Liam Gaw – An entertaining and innovative young multi-instrumentalist from the North Shuswap with a bright future on flute, viola, tenor saxophone, and of course, his first love – the fiddle.
Sue Kyle and Alan Bates – Familiar to Roots and Blues enthusiasts for both their onstage and behind the scenes presence and as one half of the popular local Celtic/Folk quartet, Birchbark., Sue and Alan bring an infectious mix of folk, and Celtic styles with Sue on banjo, guitar, harmonica, bodhran, tin whistle and flute, and Alan on guitar and bouzouki.


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In my humble opinion, no one does it quite like Tiffany's, when it comes to Christmas windows. Each and every year I am left in awe of the beautiful miniatures they create in their glass cases and this year is no exception. Just as I'm feeling homesick for New York City, I happen to pass by the beautiful Old Bond Street store to find my favourite city starring straight back at me. Tiffany's have brought their original home to countries around the world this season as they showcase classic moments from New York City in each and every window. From iceskating at Rockefeller Center to catching an iconic yellow cab, it's all here and ready to ogle over. Only these scenes aren't your typical NYC setting in every way. For example, if every New York yellow cab came with a trunk full of diamonds and Tiffany boxes, well, we'd be living in a very different world. For those of you that don't have a Tiffany & Co. in your backyard this holiday season, I hope you'll enjoy this look at the beautiful festive windows for 2014.
2014 Christmas Windows: Tiffany's brings New York to London
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"With changes happening in health care and the way that our funding is, I wanted to make sure that we would have a plan in place for the next three to five years to follow and to grow," Chamber of Commerce President Jennifer Pauly said.
And Lewiston-Porter has the unfavorable distinction of being ranked the second-worst school district in New York state in terms of "significant fiscal stress," the report finds.
DiNapoli's office evaluated 674 school districts with fiscal years ending on June 30, 2013.
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It sounds like something straight out of a noir film -- an unidentified killer goes on a murder spree and disappears in a clean getaway, taunting the cops before disappearing. Unfortunately, this phenomenon isn't limited to the world of fiction. Listen in to learn more about killers who (so far) vanished into thin air.
Months after the murder of Teresita Basa, her former coworker began falling into trances, a voice identifying itself as Teresita issuing from her mouth. Whether or not you believe in ghosts, these statements turned out to be true, leading to the conviction of 32 year-old Allen Showers. But what's the real story? Was this justice beyond the grave or beyond the law?
For decades Ed and Lorraine Warren claimed to investigate paranormal phenomena, confronting the forces of darkness with the power of faith. They've inspired numerous films and become a part of American folklore -- so how much of their story is true?
In 2015 alone more than 300 million people visited the US national park system. Some stayed for a few hours, others for a few days - and, occasionally, some never make it out. Join the guys as they take a closer look at the fact, fiction and conjecture surrounding disappearances in national parks.
Join Ben, Matt and Noel for a very special episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know. This year the gang cracks open the listener mail vault to bring you a very creepy (true?) story. Lauren and Casey from the HowStuffWorks collective guest.
TV, film and fiction have given the public a set of stereotypes about serial killers -- one of the biggest being that they always get caught. Join Ben, Matt, Noel and special guest Christian Sager as they explore the disturbing stories of uncaught serial killers in the second episode of their series on true crime.
In the 1980s, a mysterious organization terrorized candy companies in Japan - then disappeared. What was the Monster with 21 Faces, and what happened to it? Are any members alive today?
On December 1st, 1948, Somerton beachgoers discovered a well-dressed, anonymous corpse. Almost 50 years later, investigators still aren't sure what happened.
Assassins murdered President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Five years later, his brother Robert was assassinated. Coincidence? On the anniversary of RFK's murder, Ben, Matt and Noel take a closer look at the events surrounding the tragedy.
From Iran to London, it seems that being a scientist has become an increasingly dangerous occupation.


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Over the past decade, CARE Ethiopia has employed a rights-based and comprehensive approach that considers all the inputs a young person...
Realizing a Dream Helps to Feed Her Family
Realizing a Dream Helps to Feed Her Family
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When CARE opened the first-ever girls' school in Mali Khail, Afghanistan, it kindled the dreams of Malalai, a 13-year-old girl who had given up dreaming of her future.
"For the first time, a window of brightness and hope was opened for our village girls," Malalai says. "All girls in our community started going to school."
All the girls except Malalai. A bomb blast had recently killed Malalai's father. While her friends enrolled in school as soon as it opened, Malalai was forced to stay home, apprenticed to her seamstress mother.
Malalai's mother knew her daughter wanted to go to school, but she was afraid to let her go. Without Malalai's help, she feared she would not earn enough to feed herself and her four children.
Malalai respected her mother's wishes, but she refused to give up. She fundamentally understood that her education could benefit the entire family.
"My mother had problems with writing the sizes of customers' clothes. She asked literate people in the village to help her, but often couldn't find anyone. I convinced her that, if I could go to school, I would learn to help her to write clothes sizes correctly."
With that promise, Malalai's mother let her attend school. The results were almost immediate. Malalai quickly learned to read, write and solve math problems. She now helps her mother's business by writing down order sizes and by doing the family bookkeeping.
Malalai learned more, and her family now earns more.
Malalai's mother was so impressed with how her daughter's education improved their lives, she's trying to share that success. She has become a local activist for girls' education – encouraging families in the village to send their girls to school and discouraging the forced early marriage of their daughters so these young women can stay in school longer.
CARE supports 300 schools in Afghanistan educating 22,295 students, two-thirds of them girls. CARE trains teachers and staff in the communities where they live to ensure that the long-term existence of these schools doesn't depend on CARE's presence.


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Long Sweater, Leggings, Boots, and Bling
The weather has been so warm lately, so I was happy to be able to get out a sweater and boots after a 75 degree Christmas! But of course now I'm freezing in 40 degrees. Gotta complain about something, right…ha!
I got this sweater in my Stitch Fix a couple of months ago. My stylist nailed this one! I said I wanted a comfy sweater that was long enough to cover the booty. As soon as I opened the box, I knew I would love it. It is actually a little on the thinner side, so I had to add a long sleeve t-shirt underneath to stay warm. But did you see the little pockets, too? Love.
I have so many workout leggings that I have started wearing them with my day outfits. Why the heck not? They are usually thicker than the typical leggings I find anyway. These lululemon Ebb to Street pants worked perfectly with this outfit!
I continued by addiction to Frye by getting these Vera boots. I already have them in another color…love this style. These are a little stiffer than the other leather that I have, but I know they will be good after a few wears.
Santa was good to me and got me these Lagos earrings and pearl David Yurman bracelet. I tend to like more traditional pieces that can be versatile. These both are going to be in heavy rotation…especially the bracelet that can be layered with so much.
Sweater – via Stitch Fix; Leggings – lululemon Ebb to Street (on super sale!); Boots – Frye Vera; Earrings – Lagos (no longer available); Bracelets – David Yurman pearl and onyx
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Fox Samurai no.1 created by Devon Ryan
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Ever since Grey Wolf's mysterious disappearance, Yargo, Grey's student, has been trying to piece together the puzzles left behind. Determined, Yargo sets out to find answers to questions to which have perplexed him for quite some time. Was Grey Wolf kidnapped or did he just pick up and leave of his own accord? Or was he murdered and his body still yet to be found? Yargo is prepared to use his katana to get the answers he desperately needs, and although finding these answers will be a difficult task, find them he must, for this is the way of the Fox Samurai. Edited by Maggie Pagratis. For more info and previews visit: Nextgenesiscomics.com/foxsamurai or become a fan on facebook!
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In Windows imaging applications, the most used API for scanning is TWAIN www.twain.org.
Unfortunately, the new .NET Framework has no built-in support for TWAIN. So we have to work with the interop methods of .NET to
access this API. This article doesn't explain this interop techniques, and good knowledge of the
TWAIN 1.9 specifications is assumed! The sample code included doesn't present a
finished library, only some essential steps for a minimal TWAIN adaption to .NET applications.
First step was to port the most important parts of TWAIN.H, these are found in TwainDefs.cs. The real logic for
calling TWAIN is coded in the class Twain, in file TwainLib.cs.. As the TWAIN API is exposed by the Windows
DLL, twain_32.dll, we have to use the .NET DllImport mechanism for interop with legacy code. This DLL has the
central DSM_Entry(), ordinal #1 function exported as the entry point to TWAIN. This call has numerous parameters,
and the last one is of variable type! It was found to be best if we declare multiple variants of the call like:
[DllImport("twain_32.dll", EntryPoint="#1")]
private static extern TwRC DSMparent(
[In, Out] TwIdentity origin,
IntPtr zeroptr,
TwDG dg, TwDAT dat, TwMSG msg,
ref IntPtr refptr );
The Twain class has a simple 5-step interface:
class Twain
For some sort of 'callbacks', TWAIN uses special Windows messages, and these must be caught from the application-message-loop.
In .NET, the only way found was IMessageFilter.PreFilterMessage(), and this filter has to be activated with a call
like Application.AddMessageFilter(). Within the filter method, we have to forward each message to
Twain.PassMessage(), and we get a hint (enum TwainCommand) back for how we have to react.
enum TwainCommand
The sample is a Windows Forms MDI-style application. It has the two TWAIN-related menu items Select Source... and
Acquire... Once an image is scanned in, we can save it to a file in any of the GDI+ supported file formats (BMP, GIF,
All code was only tested on Windows 2000SP2, with an Epson Perfection USB scanner and an Olympus digital photo camera. The
scanned picture is (by TWAIN spec) a Windows DIB, and the sample code has VERY little checking against error return codes and
bitmap formats. Unfortunately, no direct method is available in .NET to convert a DIB to the managed Bitmap class... Some known
problems may show up with color palettes and menus.
Note, TWAIN has it's root in 16-Bit Windows! For a more modern API supported on Windows ME/XP, have a look at
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA).
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under A Public Domain dedication
irc = SetCapability(TwCap.CAP_DUPLEXENABLED, (int)TwType.Bool, Value);

case TwType.Bool:

case TwType.Int16:

case TwType.UInt16:

Int16 i16 = (Int16)Value;

cap = new TwCapability(CapType, i16, 2, (short)ItemType);

break;

do

{

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rc = DSpxfer( appid, srcds, TwDG.Control, TwDAT.PendingXfers, TwMSG.EndXfer, pxfr );

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}

while( pxfr.Count != 0 );

public static IntPtr GetPixelInfo(IntPtr bmpptr, ref Rectangle bmprect)
BITMAPINFOHEADER bmi = new BITMAPINFOHEADER();
Marshal.PtrToStructure(bmpptr, bmi); <<------ bmi fields set to -1
bmprect.X = bmprect.Y = 0;
bmprect.Width = bmi.biWidth;
bmprect.Height = bmi.biHeight;
if (bmi.biSizeImage == 0)
bmi.biSizeImage = ((((bmi.biWidth * bmi.biBitCount) + 31) & ~31) >> 3) * bmi.biHeight;
int p = bmi.biClrUsed;
if ((p == 0) && (bmi.biBitCount <= 8))
p = 1 << bmi.biBitCount;
p = (p * 4) + bmi.biSize + (int)bmpptr;
return (IntPtr)p;
TwCapability cap = new TwCapability(TwCap.XferCount, 1);
TwCapability cap = new TwCapability(TwCap.XferCount, -1);
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The decision, though limited to selling the commercially-mined coal to small and medium and cottage enterprises, marks the first big-ticket reform in the sector after blocks were auctioned last year on a prompt from the Supreme Court.
Coal mining for commercial sale has remained a monopoly of state-run Coal India, the world's largest miner of Black Diamond. Private companies are allowed to mine coal only for specific captive use, which is clearly defined during allotment of mines.
Agencies quoted coal secretary Anil Swarup saying the decision would not impact Coal India or change its status.
"Keeping in mind the interest of small and medium enterprises, the government took the decision to allocate coal blocks to state government and state entities. This is without end-use stipulation so that they can in turn mine coal and allocate or sell coal to such entities, thereby removing the end use stipulation which was mandated for coal blocks allocation earlier," the reports quoted Swarup as saying.
A government statement said the decision would also enhance domestic production of coal for meeting growing demand and potentially cutting down imports. It said coal-bearing states would get additional revenue from such mines "equal to the amount of royalty on the quantity of coal produced on a monthly basis" during the lease period/life of the mine as well as one-time upfront payment, which is 10% of the intrinsic value of coal in the mine. These would be recoverable in three instalments in the first year of allotment.
It is expected that the incremental coal produced from such coal mines would cater to the unmet demand of the coal in the country, especially of medium, small and micro industries and bridge the gap between demand and supply considerably, the statement added.
The Cabinet also approved a policy for developing underground coal gasification in coal and lignite areas.


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Dr. Glenn Tootle
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Contact Information
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Areas of Research
- Paleo (Dendro) hydrology
- Climate/climate change impacts on water resources
- Drought frequency
- Forecasting streamflow
- Glacial meltwater and weather modification impacts on streamflow
- Ph.D., Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2005
- M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1987
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1985
Dr. Glenn Tootle's research efforts focus on climate and climate change impacts on water resources, including studies of long lead-time forecasting of streamflow, drought frequency, weather modification impacts on streamflow, paleo (using tree rings) reconstructions of hydrologic variables and glacier impacts on streamflow.
As lead co-principal investigator, he has been awarded more than $2 million in funded research throughout his career, including an award from the National Science Foundation's Paleo Perspectives for Climate Change program, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's sponsored Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and the Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf of Mexico Program.
He regularly publishes articles pertaining to his research (Google Scholar H Index of 16) and has chaired three Ph.D. and more than 20 thesis project master's students. He served as an associate editor for the ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering from 2008-2014 and consulted as a registered professional engineer in Florida and Nevada in the 1990s. He teaches courses in water resources, including an abroad course primarily based in Innsbruck, Austria.
He retired as a captain from the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps (Navy Seabees) after 25 years, which included two post 9/11 mobilizations and service as commanding officer for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWO-FIVE.


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Congratulations to all our bow tie bike riders!
On 13 and 14 September, a team of staff, patients and friends and family successfully cycled 200 miles in two days to raise money for a portable ultrasound device for the Southampton Paediatric Rheumatology Fund. It's a vital bit of kit for our outreach clinics, and helps kids get diagnosed faster and closer to home.
They all suffered some leg-aching, joint stiffening, muscle-swelling agony - so the kids don't have to.
Sarah Hartfree, paediatric rheumatology specialist nurse, comments: "The Paediatric Rheumatology Team look after many rheumatology diseases, including arthritis in children. Our focus on fundraising for 2014 was to raise £22,000 for a portable scanning machine. We raised £12,000 through our Bow Tie Bike Ride, and were fortunate enough to get match funded, so the event raised £24,000!"
"Often when making a diagnosis or confirming disease activity clinical examination alone is not enough, and a ultrasound scanner is required. Two years ago we raised the money for an ultrasound scanner and this has made a huge difference in our service as before our children were seen in clinic, referred for an ultrasound which took 4-6 weeks, then another clinic to review the results. This affected school and work time, and the delay in diagnosis meant huge psychological issues for the family. We now can do it on the same day."
"The Paediatric rheumatology team support many outreach clinics in local hospitals supporting them with information and treatment of Arthritis. Unfortunately at these centres we did not have access to an ultrasound scanner on the same day. Now that we have a portable scanner, we are able to diagnose children, and make a decision on treatment in just one clinic appointment."
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Justin "Big Chief" Shearer is considered one of the best street racers in the country. The outspoken leader of the 405 provided that fact early Wednesday morning at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn.
Big Chief defeated Jerry Bird in The Probe in the final round in the Discovery Channel taping that will air in the early part of 2018. Shearer had the race won at the light, as Bird slept at the light before getting things together.
It was Street Outlaws Oklahoma City vs. Street Outlaws New Orleans in the final. The Probe is on the Street Outlaws New Orleans list.
Big Chief won the 32 car field event that lasted well into the early morning hours. There's no official date for this episode at this time, but it could potentially be in Season 11 since much of Season 10 is already filmed.
There were reportedly 22,000 people at this free event except for $10 for parking. It's the biggest event ever at Bristol Dragway, even bigger than their NHRA events in June.
"Street Outlaws has a passionate fan base and some of the most entertaining characters on television today," said Jerry Caldwell, executive vice president and general manager of Bristol Dragway when the announcement was made on August 17th. "We can't wait to see what antics they get into as they race down Thunder Valley. We hope all of our neighbors in the region will join us as this popular show arrives in Bristol."
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by Andy Baird, Norther Ireland
"Still the best at an estimated 45cm… and taken on 7X & a #26 dun imitation.
Witness? Yeah man, Marc Fauvet took the picture ! "
yes, it's true and it'll hang over my head like a dark-stormy cloud forever. i took those pics and several more of this very special moment and managed to screw up every single one of them…
there's even a little film of the beast, i'll share that and other blurry images of this extremely beautiful Irish brown trout soon.


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kithylin wrote:Nahuel wrote:thanks for the quick reply. my goal is to use 3 systems on this machine, w98, xp and 7, thats why i needed core 2 duo support (that and the low consumption), about the id, its the same if i get it on w7?
Should be yes. I just suggested XP as normally systems running C2D chips use Win98 / XP. I should repair mine and get my win98 system up and running tonight, I might do that. But probably tomorrow at this point.
So I did buy the nvidia FX-5500 1GB G71 card for my win98 PCIE system.. but the seller that sold it to me just took one of those manilla cardboard "express letter" envelopes, and shoved it in there and taped the ends together. No padding, no static bag, nothing else. Physically it didn't get -too- banged up in shipment. But I took it out and stuck it in my AMD AM3 test computer just to see if it worked at all.
kithylin wrote:tincup wrote:So the card would beef up the XP component (GTX SLI) but leave W98 somewhat diminished - a less interesting proposal indeed - especially considering the potential downside of SLI to begin with. BTW I wasn't aware of the SLI limitation in W98 - really hadn't thought it through to be honest. I'm used to V2 SLI and "assumed". Never assume haha... I'll stick with the 7900GTX - great card and impressive HSF cooling..
A friend of mine alerted me speaking of voodoo2's that using voodoo2's with a fast CPU is a "BIG NO NO" and they can actually overheat to the point of their chips falling off the PCB and de-soldering. Supposedly they never thought to program any limitations in to the cards because at the time of their creation, CPU's were only like, Pentium and Pentium-II And K6-III era stuff, maybe early Pentium-II's. Supposedly something about as cpu speed gets faster it makes the VSA-100 chips work faster. So no voodoo2 SLI for my planned 4ghz Win98se system. I might consider it if I could buy a lot of copper heatsinks and mount a fan over the board. I've noticed in the past after a few hours of gaming my single voodoo2 with just my 2.5 ghz AthlonXP chip gets so hot I can barely touch it with my fingers for more than a few seconds, in Win98se.
I do believe Voodoo2 SLI does work 100% natively in win98se however. It's supposedly just nvidia's SLI that does not. Odd how that works.
agent_x007 wrote:Yes, I know I'm using 1/2 of GPU and 1/2 of CPU
BUT using 1/2 of CPU = less heat, so I can cool this with Intel BOX cooler (the full height one).
GPU is a "I have it so why not" kind of deal. I do own 7900 GTX but 7900 GX2 is just... more fun.
As to Windows 98 Second Edition modifications :
I didn't used a modified installer CD, plain Win 98 SE PL version of Windows (booted from Win98 floppy boot disk).
Installation went without problems (because I installed only 512MB of RAM first).
SSD was formatted to FAT32 on win 7, and was seen by Win 98 even in RAID mode.
Files were copied, win installation went forward.
After first boot I installed HimemX patch (along with Config.sys/System.ini modifications), and unofficial Win 98 SE 2.1b PL service pack (it added pendrive USB support, installed win updates).
After those, 2x2GB worked like it should.
Then came the usual drivers for MB, sound card, LAN, etc. (btw. I'm using Audigy 2 ZS in this PC [with VxD driver], forgot about that and 1Gbit/s PCI D-Link LAN [Win98 compatible] in full spec listed earlier ).
Sidenote : I had to disable both onboard sound and LAN, to avoid hardware adress conflicts.
GPU driver (82.69) needed manual instalation.
After drivers, I installed IE 6.0, .NET 2.0, Java, KernelEX, dxwebsetup (offline version), the works.
^Is all of the above a "heavy modification of win98 core" ?
PS. Internet does work on this machine
Thanks to k-meleon 1.6.0 beta.
Opera and IE keep crashing within 20 sec (second, not so OK working part - k-meleon works fine).
kithylin wrote:agent_x007 wrote:^True, thats why I added "experimental PC", before listing specs.
It's waaay beyond what Win98 machine should (in theory) look like.
I done this to show what can be done (and be stable enough), but I do not recommend using this as daily Win98 machine.
EDIT : I didn't try that. But I still have it assembled and ready to go.
One problem - I got work, and can't tinker with it too much other than in weekends (not enough time...).
Ahh yeah see I'm after the other goal: I want a win98se system that can both be waaaay crazy fast, but still 100% functional as a daily driver with no hard "blue screen" crashes ever, and no program crashes either, no matter what program I run on it. That's my ultimate goal.
I think I can achieve that with this i945p platform and some day get Intel Core2Duo x6800 processor and see if I can't hit 4.5 - 4.8 ghz, and nvidia 7900 GTX, or maybe FX-5500 quadro. And hopefully should be 100% daily-driver stable too. Some day.
Oerg866 wrote:Hello.
It's not hard. Just requires patience
There's plenty of things to help. I have the RAM Patch and the SATA patch from R. Loew. On top of that you really should install the unofficial 98SE service pack.
BTW: For network drivers you can just use the NDIS2 drivers still provided by all major manufacturers for legacy reasons.
My favourite ones are those with a genuine OPL3 in the silicon (i.e. YMF 7xx and a couple of aztech cards, maybe few others). I'm quite liking the fact that you can get a nice MIDI Softsynth alongside running DOS games.
Right now I've got it running on a Z97 platform without major issuesFirst off, I have heard from friends that there exists somewhere on the internet a very very heavily modified windows 98 install. Said install will work all the way up to I7 cpu's, provide rudimentary multi-core support, and even support large ram up to 3.5 GB (32-Bit Limit) and all sorts of newer video cards.
I was going to say "that would be mine" (you can PM me for info) but rudimentary multi-core support... nope. It doesn't exist and it will never exist. The closest thing that exists is a multi core SDK where you have to write the software and include those libs to use multiple threads/CPUs/cores.
vetz wrote:kithylin wrote:EDIT: I loathe the idea.. but I may have to pay for his software.. which should be a free community patch for the retro community. Charging for that is ludicrous and laughable... at least $20 per patch is retarded too. Yep. I might end up getting the greater than 512MB patch too just because it would enable me to use some better ram for this project and overclock it further.
I completely agree with you. It's ransome for that price and completely ridicious, and also the reason why I refuse to buy any patches even though I could use them.
kithylin wrote:vetz wrote:kithylin wrote:EDIT: I loathe the idea.. but I may have to pay for his software.. which should be a free community patch for the retro community. Charging for that is ludicrous and laughable... at least $20 per patch is retarded too. Yep. I might end up getting the greater than 512MB patch too just because it would enable me to use some better ram for this project and overclock it further.
I completely agree with you. It's ransome for that price and completely ridicious, and also the reason why I refuse to buy any patches even though I could use them.
Does anyone know of any i945p motherboards that support wolfdale chips?
Nahuel wrote:well, after nearly 3 months i finally got *ALMOST* all the pieces i need for a build, but im having problems with 1 thing on my p5ld2-se, cant get the ide controllers to work.This is the list of pieces i have for a w98, XP and 7 build with pcie:
core2duo e6700 (for now until i get enough money for a x6800)
mother asus p5ld2-se
1 stick 512mb ddr2 800 (for windows 98 setup, then ill limit with himemx) and 4 sticks of ocz 1gb ddr2 800 platinum (for xp and 7)
1 sata 80gb and 1 250gb hdd
2 geforce 6800 ultra and 2 6800 gs (only 1 for the build of course)
no sound card for now, maybe ill get a 5.1live or audigy zs2
kithylin wrote:I've found on mine that the hard drives work fine in XP With Compatible mode enabled for IDE drives. I would suggest if you want compatibility for windows XP you just forget SATA (even though this board has it) and just go with straight IDE drives. You'll have a lot less of a headache getting both OS's to work. I'd also suggest different physical drives for each OS. Trying to dual-boot XP and Win9x on the same hard drive is possible but it screws up a lot of things.
kithylin wrote:truemaster wrote:hello after a long of time having 2 pcs one for everyday work and one retro pc for old games mainly dos. i decide (for fun first) to try and unify the things one pc for them all and i did it for most things
mobo gigabyte z97m d3h (intel 9 series chipset)
ram ddr3 8gb 2x4 1600mhz with xmp
gpu msi 750ti ocv1 gddr5 2gb
cpu 15 4690 3.5
for me the ide compatibility didnt work the installation cd fails to detect cdrom drive. so i copy the cd files in the root of my secondary sata hdd and i use the cd for getting dos commands only. i create the windows folder put in there the himemx.exe from freedos rename it to himem.exe and create a config.sys with this command device=c:\windows\himem.exe /max=393216 and i successful install win98se without any errors!!!. i also needed to run setup with the /p i parameter in order to have all my devices listed in device manager, without the /p i parameter i coudnt see usb and pci devices (but can be install manually in the add hardware wizard) for sound card, i have a soundblaster live ct4830 using the wdm driver the sound is working ok. for vga there are no drivers for that card so only the universal vbe just to have some more resolution on desktop. in the autoexec.bat this command c:\drv\nolfb.com (for dos games not to have flickering screen) and a patch that let me access safe mode. the built is working ok i can have my wired xbox360 controller working too, and all my dos games working perfect. now is there any way for this gpu to work? even as 128mb 6000 series card??
the only issue but thank god is small and i found solution instantly is that any time i click the command.com or an exe of a dos game, the command.com or the dos game make my computer freeze after a while it beep the computer (one beep) and then the command.com or the dos game starts without further problems. the only solution found is to create a shortcut and select run in full screen in this case the dos game of the command.com starts instantly. hope this helps anyone that intends to install win98se on newer hardware
Yeah uhm.. Thanks for sharing your information but... kinda the entire point of this thread was finding hardware that worked natively without any "fixes".. which I think I did. Win98 generally won't work correctly on new systems like that. Even then I have OpenGL issues with the newer system I had it working on for some odd reason (OpenGL no work).
kithylin wrote:truemaster wrote:yeah youre right. its too unsupported hardware near as miracle that it works. but if someone needs a native dos enviroment this is a good solution. my first attempt was to install ms-dos but the sb16 emulation driver didnt like my mobo. (it expects different communication between sb and mobo) so this is the solution for dos gaming with sound on such hardware. even if it is a little absolute - incompatible in some terms
Yep that's another issue. Newer chipsets dropped the pci communications necessary for old sound cards to work too. So after a certain point you lose everything for Win98se compatibility. And video cards maybe should work but I'm having issues with 6800 ultra under Win98se.
truemaster wrote:i need to ask you something. my mobo have 2 pcie slots, in the bios there is an option to enable the one or the other slot. if i put a win98 compatible card will the card work ok without the chipset drivers? since there are not official or unofficial for intel 9 series chipset
kithylin wrote:truemaster wrote:i need to ask you something. my mobo have 2 pcie slots, in the bios there is an option to enable the one or the other slot. if i put a win98 compatible card will the card work ok without the chipset drivers? since there are not official or unofficial for intel 9 series chipset
I honestly don't know. And the chipset drivers I found -ARE- the official ones for the 9 series chipset for win98. They were actually posted on the Intel website for a few months then later pulled the next year. I don't know the exact dates but they are actual Intel drivers. I found em through an archived version of the Intel download site after I found some forum postings (also archived) that gave me the correct dates to look for and found it there. I don't remember what I had searched for at the time, I made this thread a long time ago now.
Anyway.. some people have reported some video cards working in Win98se without chipset drivers.. but no one has come back and said 100% "Yes this works with all games perfectly stable without crashing." for using gpu's in win98 without chipset drivers. So I don't know if it will work well for you for gaming or not.
I made a thread over here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=52171 that outlines how to modify driver inf files to load in video cards not actually in the drivers. That might help you.. and if you try it, report back to us if it works and what games you've tried.. and try OpenGL-Based games and Direct3D games please.. (Quake3's an OpenGL Game).
truemaster wrote:success win 98se on intel 9 series chipset (2014 motherboard)
truemaster wrote:i found chipset drivers not official tho. it seems a lot of people write drivers fo ensure compatibility with modern hardware. the only real patch is the one that enables safe mode. the himemx.exe from freedos is actually a memory manager that i use to lower the amount of ram to a value that win98 can work 512 mb to be precise. thats not a patch at least not hardcore one like the ones from r.loew. btw you were right about those hardcore patches they break things, in my case it breaks audio complete, bad sound so i ditch them. i am positive that everything regarding 3d games will work once i have a compatible gpu
kithylin wrote:tincup wrote:Yes! it can be done as you've demonstrated. First step is an early PCIe gen motherboard with chipset drivers that support W9x. A number of fairly easily sourced and not too expensive s775 based mobos to chose from allow P4/C2D cpu options. Next the modded v9291 nVidia drivers for 7x cards - I run a 7900GTX in this case. It's 512 VRAM triggers the W98 ram limit right off the bat regardless of how much system ram in use use - so I yielded to the versitile RLOWE memory patch - and loaded on ram. 2gb system ram - nuts for 98 but its an XP dual boot box so it make sense.
A "Super98" system is cool since you can run W98 games natively at silly resolutions, and as some Glide Wrappers work in W98 also run glide games at silly resolutions too. All under native W98 with no need for fussy XP/W7 workarounds etc... a fun project!
This is an interesting thing I was unaware of... does the.. video card's video ram, trigger the 512MB ram limit in win98se? I was considering trying a 1GB video ram video card in 98se next, but may not now. I don't understand why it would though, it's not system RAM and should have nothing to do with anything to do with the OS's system ram limitation of 512MB
Also like I said earlier in the post I try to avoid any sort of "modification" to 98se it's self.. personally. That includes "patches" or things that modify it's maximum ram. So I'm trying to steer away from those sorts of things in this thread if at all possible. This is more about "living within the initial confines of the thing" sort of.
Windows98 has a maximum of 512MB of physical ram. This thread is not for discussing how to get around that. Install 512MB ram and use Win98 correctly. Patches are not necessary for any reason if the system is designed correctly.
kithylin wrote:vetz wrote:Windows98 has a maximum of 512MB of physical ram. This thread is not for discussing how to get around that. Install 512MB ram and use Win98 correctly. Patches are not necessary for any reason if the system is designed correctly.
The 512MB limit is due to Virtual Cache bug, which is easily fixed, the practical limit is 1GB since Win98 is not designed to handle more than 1GB. Theoretical limit is 4GB (in practice 3.2gb due to 32bit operating system). You can have more than 1GB installed in your computer for other operating systems, but Win98 will only address 1GB if you use the Microsoft workarounds.
Yes in my experience that makes Win98 -TERRIBLY UNSTABLE-. For those of us that want 100% stable win98 experience we just use 512MB ram like it's meant to be. Then there's no dicking around with patches and all sorts of weirdness. Using more than 512MB ram and trying to "make it work" is likely why most folks think win98se is unstable.. crashing all the time, bluescreens, etc.
kithylin wrote:Guys and gals.. please.. you're all getting -WAY- off topic for this thread. I said in the beginning and I've repeated it multiple times. If you want to "Patch" and figure out how to run Win98 on "Crazy systems" like i7 sockets and later, then you need to make a new thread to discuss "modified windows 98 installs" because yes, it's entirely possible to run Win98 all the way up to haswell systems. But that's -extremely- heavy mods to the win98 systems, files, and even have to patch and modify the kernel and all of that nonsense.
nvidia GeForce 8000 series and later are -NOT- supported on "Vanilla" Windows 98. It's not possible. Even the 7000 series is "maybe possible" with some sort of hacked and modified drivers. But 8000 series is definitely not possible at all.95DosBox wrote:This doesn't make any sense. What kind of Voodoo2 cards are these that are overheating? Legacy PCI or ISA?
It makes perfect sense. The Voodoo2 is -NOT- a "video card" it is a "3D Accelerator" board. As such it was never programmed with any "Limitations" in mind because when it was created, it as assumed that by the time people were using later video cards, the voodoo2 would be so obsolete no one would be using it. As a side-effect, the faster your CPU is, the faster the voodoo2 will run. There literally is no limit at all. And the faster the voodoo2 runs, the hotter it gets. What I'm talking about is like connecting a Voodoo2 to a 5ghz Pentium4 machine = bad idea. Or connecting it to a I7-2600K @ 4.6 ghz in XP for example also bad.
truemaster wrote:about the 1gb memory, it give problems i can confirm that. the windows boot but some of my games crashing after a while and i need to make a hard reset.
768 mb its the golden amount. note that i havent edit any ini file, i use the unofficial sp3. and because i use my primary pc that has 8gb of ram, i use the himemx from freedos to lower the available memory to 768 mb. 768 mb plays ok without any crashes and the quake 4 seems to benefit for 768 since my first attempt was a 512 machine
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Alligator populations are greatest in places with restricted human activity, such as military bases and state and federal parks, but the stress of living around the northern limits of their range has limited the animals' survival, growth, and reproduction in North Carolina even in these areas. Consequently, the species has not responded as well to official protection in North Carolina as in other southern states. Nevertheless, alligators are useful predators and are believed to help maintain healthy environments for fish and other wildlife in the lakes and ponds they inhabit (in particular, by retarding the eutrophication of these bodies of water).
Exactly how far north alligators once ventured is difficult to assess. William Byrd, who traversed the Great Dismal Swamp in 1728, mentioned tales of the species there but did not record direct sightings. Alligators have left their mark on North Carolina geography, however. Named for them are two bays in Onslow and Brunswick Counties; two river branches in Columbus and Brunswick Counties; five creeks in Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Pamlico, and Tyrrell Counties; a lake in Hyde County; a river and a swamp in Brunswick County; a township in Tyrrell County; the Great Alligator Dismal Swamp, which covers much of the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula; and other land forms in the state.
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ST. LOUIS - Thanks to a recent $480,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Kasey Fowler-Finn, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at Saint Louis University, and her laboratory are poised to learn more about how changing temperatures, like those caused by global warming, affect singing insects' behavior, particularly their ability to recognize the songs of potential mates.
Insects play key roles in our ecosystems, affecting the pollination of food crops, nutrient cycling and the movement of diseases.
"Some insects are pests to crops and some help break down and recycle nutrients and play important roles in the food web," said Fowler-Finn. "If some species drop out because changes in temperature makes it hard to reproduce, an entire ecosystem could struggle because it's lost a key player."
Using controlled laboratory conditions, Fowler-Finn's team is conducting experiments that look at how temperature variation affects reproduction, and the potential role of genetics in singing insect evolutionary responses to temperature changes.
In addition to learning more about global warming's potential impact to insects and ecosystems, the study team also is partnering with artists and community organizations to help educate the public about the vital role and fascinating attributes of vibrationally singing insects through a sound installation exhibit at Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA) and exhibits at the St. Louis Zoo.
Fowler-Finn studies half-centimeter-long insects called treehoppers that are found across a wide swath of North America, from the southern U.S. to southern Canada. These tiny insects spend their entire lifecycle on a single species of plant, the wafer ash (also called hop tree), subsisting on the trees' sap.
Treehoppers create their songs not by creating an airborne sound picked up by ears, but rather by producing vibrations that travel through the plant stems where they are picked up by a listening treehopper with sensitive organs in their legs. These songs are referred to as substrate borne vibrations, and while imperceptible to humans, this is a surprisingly common communication tactic in the animal kingdom.
Many insects and arachnids use substrate borne vibrations, and even larger mammals like elephants communicate this way--with calls that travel through the ground to be picked up by other elephants through their feet and trunks--as well as and kangaroo rats and mole rats, which can communicate with thumps and navigate by listening to how sound bounces off of objects underground.
In order to listen in on the secret world of vibrations, the Fowler-Finn lab uses a variety of recording devices, including accelerometers, piezo discs, guitar clips, and lasers, a student favorite.
During the mating season, male treehoppers fly from branch to branch producing advertisement signals. Females listen to these songs to identify good mates of the correct species in order to successfully reproduce. If they are interested, females sing back, and a male-female duet ensues until mating occurs.
Fowler-Finn and her team want to know how temperature variation may disrupt this delicate coordination of mating. Researchers know that airborne insect songs and behavior used to attract mates vary with temperature, and Fowler-Finn's team has shown the same to be true for vibrational signalers like treehoppers.
"There is a thermal window when treehoppers are most active," Fowler-Finn said. "Outside of that window, they just don't do much. With global warming we see more temperature variability, temperature shifts and less predictability, and therefore less time in that optimal thermal window. So, any sort of temperature shift can throw them off.
"For example, males at different temperatures sound like different species, and this can be confusing to the females."
The SLU team hopes to find insight into how genetic variation may give some treehoppers a survival advantage even under the threat of temperature change.
"Evolution happens at the population level, and it's possible that some populations might be better able to adjust to temperature changes. We will see if any of the populations we are studying have a genetic advantage to evolving to continue to be able to mate under circumstances where the temperature varies."
The project also includes two components that are intended to educate and engage the general public.
The research team will begin a collaboration with a sound artist to create an experience that brings the otherwise imperceptible sounds of singing insects' songs to a human audience through a sound installation. The exhibit is slated for year two of the project and will be on display at SLUMA.
A second collaboration will bring immersive sound installations, insectarium exhibits, and online videos and resources that educate the public about vibrational songs to the St. Louis Zoo.
"We're helping the Zoo construct part of their insectarium," Fowler-Finn said. "Students on my lab team are designing information placards and thinking about local, regional and countrywide insects, and the different ways they communicate, via chemicals, airborne sounds and substrates. We'll work with the Zoo to design this."
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"That's the fun thing about having these big projects," Fowler-Finn said. "Depending on their interests, students can participate in any of several projects aimed at increasing the world's knowledge about singing insects."
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The author of the comic is known simply as "Billy", and is the self inserted comic hero. The stories are supposedly based on his experiences being raised by adoptive Jew parents and struggling against their corrupt kike agenda. According to his bio, Billy was born to white parents who decided to give him away and "adopt a black baby they could use to brag about to all their liberal friends." Disgusted at such blatant use of affirmative action in the household, Billy dedicated his life to revealing the liberal disease. Fortunately for us all, Billy was eventually adopted by the gold digging masterminds of such degradation; the heebs themselves! Through Billy's courageous espionage, the world is now knowledgeable of the insidious Jew agenda that makes you laugh and think!
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- Hilarious Bio
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