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Child attention. Team regular sports (football, basketball, volleyball, hockey, tennis)
These sports are fine effectual children. Specifically - teenagers who are in training enjoy not alone a game, but as well to communicate with the peers. Of course, you wish to consider the interests of a baby, and a fact that every of these regular sports in a own influence on the growing organism. For example, babies playing football, good expand leg muscles and the pelvic girdle, and young hockey players during training strengthens a cardiovascular, nervous and respiratory systems. In turn, a tennis nice develops shoulder girdle.
What baby of sport is to opt - decide with a baby. As long however it is fun for both you and him.Read more -->
Child maintenance. Rubella in kids
If a flu are mild, a main symptoms disappear within 3-4 days, in more severe cases, a illness lasts 10-14 days. When not treated, influenza may lead to diseases of the upper respiratory tract, eye infections. In addition, it ofttimes causes allergic reactions in babies. These complications may affect the psychomotor and material construction of a newborn's immune system. Shrinking immunity helps to activate the bacteria that were previously in a aging body of the baby to "sleep" state. It is fraught with a evolution of more serious complications like meningitis, pneumonia, nephritis (kidney inflammation), etc.Read more -->
Care of a baby. Prevention of colds
Balanced and proper nutrition. Make sure that in the newborn's diet was not alone whites, but also vitamins. It means - plenty of raw vegetables and fruits. Jams, juices, diluted by half with h2o, natural milk, natural milk, natural butter and natural honey.
Having a child in sports, gyms. Put charge, if a newborn is small - knead his arms and legs.
Spend the entire process. Cut permanently temperature for some aqua foot baths by one degree.
Make a home a friendly, hot atmosphere.
More walk in the fresh air under a sun in a summer let the child is staying with her grandmother in a countryside or the sea.
Added to a bath, where a child is bathed, a little eucalyptus butter.
Moms. Folk remedies for worms babies
But most parents believe that not so antihelminthic drugs and harmless however doctors talk about the size of it. And prefer to treat their babies from worms folk remedies.
In traditional pharmacy, there are a lot of ways to destroy the worms that may be used to treat a child. Doctors often do not have anything against these recipes, but they believe that a treatment they do not fit - for prevention. And warn that in approximately cases may even harm a baby, choosing too aggressive means.
This is in fact the case, however resorting to a national medication of worms in babies, use extreme caution and weigh every decision. Put into account the age, presence of chronic diseases and disorders, and portability to newborn those components.
A most popular among moms and dads apply such folk remedies for worms in babies:
Give your baby to drink on an empty stomach 100-200 grams of good carrot breeding juice for 2-3 week. In this case, To wishlist that a violations in a digestive tract of a recent juices must be avoided.
Also effective against worms is the home tomato nectar - give your child too, with 100 g fasting.
If a juices are contraindicated, can be given to eat fresh carrots, but hard marked effect in this case, do not expect.
Much beneficial, especially for kids with intestinal diseases are pumpkin seeds.Read more -->
Baby care. When a baby is given vitamin?
In a calendar year, there are times when a female body regardless of age, especially is needs of "feeding" vitamin. This is often in the offseason. Particularly, following a winter weakened the child asks all child of reinforcement. The basic symptoms of hypovitaminosis (vitamins deficiency), to be got to efforts and respond - lethargy, lack of appetite, and drowsiness.
Be alert to these signs and not to neglect a situation, as in a case of neglect occurs beriberi (severe lack of vitamin). A babies began to peel off the face, exfoliate your nails.
What can we do to support a baby's aging body in a right tone? Of course, approximately of a essential vitamin a newborn receives special with meals. But for the strongly growing little organism that is not enough.
However, talking to your physician, It is possible to give the baby vitamin supplements in pill configuration or a confection syrup.
At what age want a newborn be given vitamins? These babies claim to possess a womb.Read more -->
Leaving of a child. Medication for intestinal worms in infants medicines
Drugs for a therapy of worms much. This homeopathic remedies and herbal medicine and ozone therapy, and chemotherapy. Each medicine has its indications and contraindications. Why, medication must be prescribed by a doctor, a gastroenterologist or infectious disease.
Doctors recommend each 6 months to create medic prevention of worms for all family members, so well as for pets (if any). Usually taken such medicine: Pyrantel, Worm, and other decaris
See as well:
Hepel Child
Vibrocil for infants
However to take a playpen
Kangaroo Babies: Pros and Cons
Enterofuril for children
A newborn baby is not sleeping
Ever enjoyed great popularity Worm: according to doctors it is non-toxic, however is totally safe for the baby. The big advantage is its Worm more broad spectrum of action: a medicine destroys most harmful to human-worms.Read more -->


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Converting an Amiga Joystick to USBPosted: June 1, 2016 Filed under: Amiga, Commodore, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Retro gaming, Vintage Computers, Windows | Tags: Amiga joystick hack, db9, raspberry pi, usb, usb joystick conversion 3 Comments
Readers of my blog will probably have seen the Amiga 600PI I built not so long ago, using a Raspberry PI 2 under the hood. Out of all the projects, I honestly have to say this was a labour of love and a lot fun project to build. But like any build, there are the obligatory tweaks that must be made to fix things that might have been missed the first time around. Issues that only became obvious after using a build for a week or two. Which is pretty much how it was for me with the AmigaPi.
After using the AmigaPI for a couple of weeks, I began noticing one or two problems. First on the list, wasn't so much a hardware problem as software. UAE4ARM is the de facto Amiga emulator for the Raspberry pi, in shorts it's pretty amazing. But as fantastic as it is, there is yet to be any support for remapping the keyboard. This is useful if you like playing games using the cursor keys or say your old skool and prefer using the good old Spectrum controls Z,X,O,P. At the time of writing, this still isn't an option, which means its still isn't possible to make use of the built in joystick ports on my KeyRah V2 interface. Sadly it seems no matter how much people plead for the feature to be implemented, those bringing UAE4Arm to the Pi are focusing on performance over functionality. Which is understandable, as any good emulator requires a decent level of real time performance. Afterall nobody wants to play Amiga games at a snails pace with choppy sound. But in the pursuit for good performance, other features have been neglected. Making UAE4Arm a good attempt, but still vastly lacking when compared to FS-UAE or Win-UAE. Both of which offer a far more advanced level of configuration, we can only hope that UAE4Arm will one day follow suit. Given the number of people using their Raspberry Pi for gaming, it would be a missed opportunity if it didn't.
In the meantime the only way to play games on UAE4Arm is using a controller, usually this means hooking up an Xbox 360 joypad. I know a lot of people use these on their RetroArch gaming setups as they're easy to get hold of. Chances are if you own a 360, you already have one laying about the house. However for me, seeing one hooked up to an Amiga 600 seemed as out of place as a Chippendale in a nunnery.
My AmigaPi needed a proper looking joystick, not some Microsoft rubbish. Now there are a couple of ways this can be achieved. Firstly, you can purchase the ready made USB Competition Pro by Speedlink. It looks just like the original, except for the USB connector on the end of the lead. I did seriously consider getting one of those, however digging a little deeper, I discovered more then a few people complaining about lack luster performance. While opinions on the internet are ten a penny, usually where there's smoke, there's fire. And at £20 a pop, I didn't fancy finding out which opinion was right. Especially when I was pretty confident that I could build my own joystick for a fraction of the price.
Buiding A Joystick
The first thing I had to find was a bust Amiga Joystick, I certainly wasn't about to break a working one just for a hack. At least taking something that is broken and giving it a new life, you're recycling and not just throwing it in landfill. Luckily in my loft I had a non-working Cheetah 128, which had been
a spare for my Spectrum, until it died.
Taking it apart, I was surprised with the simplicity of the internal workings. Unlike some of my quickshot sticks, the Cheetah use simple metal pads to create open and shut gates. Press forward on the joystick and two metal pads would connect to make a circuit. Luckily for me, this would actually worked in my favour, as it would make converting the stick to USB pretty simple. The only problem now was finding the right sort of USB controller. Scouring the net, I found one company that sold a custom analogue to USB adapters, however they wanted £16! I thought this was a little pricey for a single sided, through hole PCB with only chip. It was after all, doing essentially what all the cheap Chinese controllers were doing – translating the inputs from a series of switches / buttons into something the computer could understand as UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT and FIRE.
Ebay is full of USB controllers styled after SNES, NES and 360 joypads, which you can pick up for as little as a few quid. I was pretty sure one of these would contain everything I needed to convert the Cheetah to USB. So biting the bullet, I bought myself one and waited for it to arrive in the post.
A Note on Retro Game Pad Copies
After arriving at my doorstep, the first thing I noticed was the quality or lack of it Looks were pretty much the only thing the USB pad shared with the original super Nintendo controller. Unlike the latter, the build quality was cheap and flimsy and not at all solid as you'd expect. A quick game of Super Frog on the Amiga Pi quickly revealed how bad it really was, with the D pad often mashing two directions together. Resulting in a lot of unintentional left and right jumps that left me crying for it to end. After ten frustrating minutes I'd had enough and unplugged it. After seeing how rubbish it performed, I felt less guilty about scavenging it's innards for my joystick mod.
Fitting A Square Block In A Round Hole
Inside the controller, I was faced with a major problem. The joy pad wasn't constructed anything close to how I'd been expecting. Spanning the full width of the pad was a single PCB, populated with contact-less switches. I'd foolishly been expecting the pad to use mechanical switches, which I could have easily rewired. However a friend later explained to me that a lot of things these days are built using single a PCB to cut down the cost on components. In light of this revelation, I faced having to solder to the surface of the board. While not my preferred way of doing things, I'd just have to like it or lump it. If that wasn't bad enough, the darn PCB turned out to be 2cm wider then the base of the Cheetah. I'd have to work some serious magic with my Dremmel if it was ever going to fit in the base.
One of the hazards with chopping up a PCB, is that they don't usually work afterwards, not without a bit of rewiring. Such as reconnected broken ground planes etc, which are needed for the circuit board to function. Lucky for me the design was pretty simple, but I was still thrown a couple of times, chasing the ground. Having never attempted anything like this before, it was a learning process for me, figuring out how the board worked and where best to solder to. This was especially true, as I began cutting portions away to make it fit inside the base. After removing almost all the direction pads and three of the fire buttons, the PCB was finally narrow enough to fit inside the Cheetah, hurray!
If you fancy trying your hand at hacking your own joystick, my advice is to take your time, don't rush and make a photographic record of your progress. Pictures can come in really handy if a wire pops out and your left wondering where the heck it came from!
To reduce the number of wires I had floating around inside the joystick, I shared the ground from one point on the PCB to all the other contacts. Interestingly, unlike other joysticks of the day, the Cheetah uses a cloverleaf for the main directional stick (pictured left). The only other joystick I know that shares this design, is the original Sinclair sticks that came with the grey Plus 2. This design actually made wiring everything up a lot easier, as its much simpler than those with internal switches. Beneath the star shaped metal plate are four contact screws, which represent UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT. Using wire I'd stripped from an old IDE cable, I hooked the contacts up to those on controller's D-pad. This is when having photo's comes it really handy, as more then once I lost my way with the traces on the board. But consulting some photos, I figured out what I was doing wrong and soon had UP going to UP, LEFT going to LEFT and so on.
In theory, when connect to a USB port, the board would register the movement of the stick just as it had the original D-pad. While I recycled a lot of the Cheetah's original wiring, I also used a lot of wire from an old IDE cable. Not only is it very flexible, but its also very low gauge, which makes it perfect for soldering to the tiny traces on the joypads PCB.
First Test
After the wiring, came the next challenge: hooking the joystick up to a USB port and hoping it worked. I'd already had the pad albeit in original form, connected to my Windows PC. It worked straight out the box with a minimal amount of setting up. Hooking it back up, I was pleased to find everything worked first time! After a game of Stunt Car (obviously!) on WinUAE, I began wondering about the buttons in the base of the Cheetah and whether or not they could be made to work. True the wiring inside was more jammed than a sumo wrestler in a phone box. But I wasn't satisfied, I wanted those darn buttons to work. After all, the natural way of holding the Cheetah was with both hands. The whole time I'd been playing Stunt Car, I kept feeling the urge to use the lower buttons instead of the trigger.
Achieving this feat took some hacking, I can tell you. First I had to find room for the micro switches. There was barely any for them to sit between the PCB and the lid, the only option was to cut out a cavity in the buttons for the switches to sit inside.
As you can see pictured, this was finally how the buttons looked, with the switches recessed inside the red plastic housing. It took several failed attempts on my part, before I found the right depth for the switches. But eventually I was firing nitros in Stunt Car without a hitch. I think the scariest moment was when I screwed everything together. With the top and base finally secured, I was worried everything would squashed together. Luckily, I didn't need to worry, as it worked fine.
And here is a final image, which I think pretty much captures my feeling at the end of this hack.
Dell Inspiron 4000 Retro Gaming and 'How to' on Internal WifiPosted: February 13, 2016 Filed under: Vintage Computers, Windows | Tags: dell, Inspirion 4000, modding, wireless connection Leave a comment
Manufactured for Dell by Taiwan based Compal Electronics in early 2000, the Inspiron 4000 was a lightweight, business laptop offering a sturdy chassis and good performance, boasting a Pentium III or Celeron processor, 512mb of memory, dual PCMCIA ports, two modular bays and an internal mini PCI port for networking.
I acquired the Inspiron a couple of years ago, thinking it would make a good portable DOS gaming system. While DosBox is a handy piece of software, it doesn't always work according to plan and some games simply require the real thing to run properly. I do have a Pentium 133mhz DOS machine, running Windows 98, but the thing is rather cumbersome and occupies a lot of room once it's setup on my desk. Really, I was looking for something compact and easy to put away when I wasn't in a gaming mood. The Dell ticked a lot of those boxes, not to mention having a PIII 700mhz processor, it could still manage a little light surfing if need be.
A Functional Operating System in 2015
There is only one problem with running modern-ish applications on a single core system, everything tends to run damn slow. Especially when compared to the dual and quad core systems we have today. Even the humble Raspberry Pi eventually branched out into multicore territory last year, with the Pi 2 model B. So where does that leave the old Intel Pentium III? Down the river without a canoe or a paddle? Not really, there are in fact many distributions of Linux that will still happily run on a single core computer, Puppy Linux and Mint to name but a few. Even the now deprecated Windows XP offers a reasonable performance and if you're wanting to run old DOS or Windows software it's probably the best route to take. Depending on where you go on the internet, XP is either one of the best OS that Microsoft ever made and a solid foundation for a retro system, or it's an eyesore, with more holes then a rusty Ford Anglia, continuing to linger longer after the party ended. Either way, if like me, you want to run games from 1996 to 2005, XP is really the best that's out there in terms of hardware support and performance. Backwards compatible with Windows 98 and 2000, it will run most things you throw at it. I could if I'd been so inclined, opted for Windows 2000, which actually came pre-installed on the Inspiron 4000. But Win2k hasn't seen an update since 2005, where as XP was only dropped by Microsoft as recently as last year. People still like XP and as long as it remains popular, software will still come out supporting it. Don't believe me? One only needs to check the OS market share;
As of January 2016, XP is still holding a strong third place, ahead of Windows 8.1, Mac OS and Vista the XP's intended replacement. Why this is, I'll leave it to you to ponder. Personally I still think XP rocks! But don't quote me on that!
Installed and Running
Up and running with XP service pack 3, the Inspiron is surprisingly nippy for a single core machine with only 512mb ram. The only time it does slow down to a crawl is online, visiting flash heavy websites which effectively kill it. With half a gigabyte of ram, Firefox and Google Chrome gobble up memory like there is no tomorrow. Not a problem if your computer has one or two gig of ram handy, but with 512mb the strain begins to show. Things weren't helped much by the hard drive fitted inside the laptop, a 10gb, 4200rpm, 2.5" IDE Fujitsu. Over ten years old the drive was not only noisy and slow, but once I'd removed it. I discovered had an alarming habit of rattling if tipped on it's side or gentle shaken. Hard drives shouldn't rattle, not unless they've come out of a computer that took a trip down the stairs. Chucking it in the bin, it was quickly replaced with a younger 30Gb 7200rpm, Hitachi. Being significantly newer then the Fujitsu, the Hitachi was visibly quicker at booting up and performing in general. And now with 20 gig extra space, it gave me ample space to install all my old programs and games of course!
So what games will run on a Y2k laptop you ask? Well the large majority of games from 1996 onwards will run happily on a PIII with little or no protest. Equipped with an 8mb ATI Rage Mobility video card, it's only when we get to about 2002 that games start to expect a little more from a graphical stand point and by 2004 we are all out of luck.
Here's but a few games that do work:
Abe's Oddworld
Star Trek: The Fallen
Star Trek: Generations (with some tweaking)
Dungeon Keeper
The Sims
Deus Ex
Baldurs Gate
Diablo II
Star Trek: Klingon Honour Guard
There are plenty more games I could add to the list but those are just a few of the ones I plan on playing on the Inspiron and maybe even doing a review or two for ByteMyVdu while I'm at it.
If your after a cheap knock about laptop for blogging, gaming then I wouldn't be to hasty in dismissing these early 2000 machines. Ok they might not handle newest version of Windows, run Sims 3 or handle Facebook (is that a bad thing?) but if you're after something you can throw about in a rucksack and not worry if it picks up a dint or a scratch, then perhaps it's worth looking at.
Equipped with an internal mini PCI 56k Lucent modem and on board ethernet, when new, the Inspiron offered users all they needed to get jacked in. However times have changed and using a phone line is no longer the trendy way the kids get online in 2016. In fact, I think if I showed a teenage a modem from 16 years ago, they would wonder what the hell it was showing them. On most old laptops, the default answer to getting wifi is to plug a wireless card in an empty PCMCIA slot. Personally I find the wireless card hanging out the side a tad ugly and just asking to be caught or knocked. Now if you recall, I said earlier that the 4000 had a PCI modem which meant the Inspiron had an internal mini PCI port. This led me to wonder what would happen, if I replaced the Lucent card with a Broadcom wireless card. After finding one with XP drivers, from Dell no less, I popped open the panel on the underside of the laptop and swapped the cards. After some fiddling, I finally got the Broadcom working. Usually when you install a wifi card in a laptop, you'll find one or two antenna wires that connect to the "Main" and "AUX" ports of the wireless card. Because the 4000 doesn't come with wifi, the laptop didn't have an internal antenna. How then does one hope to get a signal? Well you could buy an antenna if one is available specifically for your laptop. This would then involve stripping down your machine and installing the antenna loom around the screen. In other words a lot of faffing about, just to get a decent wireless signal. I decided there had to be a better way and it turned out I was right. A quick look online and I discovered Pimoroni in the UK, sold a mini 2.4Ghz wireless antennas for putting inside electronic projects. Measuring in at just 100mm, I wasn't sure whether the tiny aerial would get much of a signal from within the base of the laptop. But after installing it, I realised there wasn't any cause for concern. Windows reported a modest two bar signal coming from the router, even carrying it to the furthest part of the house, I was still receiving one bar and a stable online connection.
While my solution might not work for everyone, it certainly breathed life in to the Inspiron 4000 which can now get online, without needed an ugly PCMCIA card sticking out the side.
The antenna I bought can be found on Pimoroni's website here.
Heating & Good VentilationPosted: May 3, 2015 Filed under: Amiga, Classic, Commodore, Linux, Retro gaming, Vintage Computers, Windows | Tags: custom built computer, home computer, MSI Fuzzy, xubuntu Leave a comment
Nomad Update
A couple of years ago I wrote an article on BMV about a retro themed computer I'd built, designed to look like a Z80 Micro computer from late 70s. The build went pretty well and overall I have to say it was a success. The front panel even had blinky lights! But like many prototypes, there were one or two unanticipated bugs. Today's article will cover the biggest of them all: heat, and how its ultimately in your own best interest not to ignore it. So pull up a chair, grab a hot beverage and lets get the party started.
At the heart of the Nomad is an MSI Fuzzy 945GM2 motherboard, fitted with an Intel Core Duo T5500 central processor and 2GB of DDR2 memory. By today's standards the hardware isn't very impressive, but powerful enough to run old DOS games, emulate other systems and still provide a decent working system. Windows XP Professional, while not so safe online, is still the best option for running most old software, while still being able to run Photoshop and Illustrator. Due to XP's vulnerability on-line, I installed Xuntubu along side it, so I had a secure platform for surfing the Internet. Seriously if you have never considered Linux and you are moving away from XP, then I couldn't recommend it enough. It's free, open source and runs really well even on a system with limited resources. I also discovered that interfacing my TRS80 M100 via serial is much less of a headache through Linux, than it ever was using Windows.
For those of you that may have missed my earlier article, I originally used an ABS plastic enclosure to house the Nomad. At the time I thought the case would be fine, but later discovered the motherboard was cooking inside the tiny case. So much that the hot glue I had used to construct part of the case has melted and one of the SATA cables was stuck to the underside of the top lid. Using a digital thermometer I'd built, I discovered the inside of the case was reaching close to 85 degrees! Ouch!
So it was back to the drawing board, I could either find a larger case or replace the MSI board with something cooler, such as a dual core Atom board. Having past experience with Atom chips, my feelings towards them was a little jaded. As low cost CPUs go, they serve a purpose, but I've never found them to be that impressive in a desktop environment. I've seen Atom based systems advertised as compact desktop replacements, but in my experience, that is a load of old twaddle. Atom powered machines are little more than Netbooks that have been stuffed inside a compact desktop box and we all know what happened to the ill fated Netbook! Using an Atom board was simpy out of the question, for a start I was doubtful it would handling emulating a Spectrum, let alone a Commodore Amiga. I had to stick with using the Fuzzy board, so I needed to find a better case to house the guts of the Nomad. Thanks to the popularity of the Raspberry Pi, eBay is now flooded with project boxes and kits catering for hackers and builders alike. Unlike before when I struggled to find even one case, I was now faced with a torrent of cases to choose from. It still took me over a month to find a decent case that still had that 'Altair' look. Advertised as a Raspberry Pi enclosure, I have to say the seller was being modest.
You could probably fit 20-30 Pi inside the one case. Constructed of metal, it would be perfect for the Nomad v2. Cutting out the back and front panels proved to be a challenge, but I had faith in my trusty Dremmel. The new case was double the price of the original plastic enclosure, but for a metal case it was still relatively cheap.
Once it had arrived, I began the process of transferring the guts from the old case to the new one.
A month after the Nomad v2 was built, it randomly stopped working. At first I wondered if my fears come true, that exposure to high temperatures in the old case had damaged the components, leading to the main board giving up the ghost. Exhausting every theory, I couldn't figure out for the life of me what was causing the machine not to work. In the end, I took the machine over to friend's, hoping a fresh pair of eyes would see something I hadn't. Thankfully this paid off, unlike me, my friend Peter went straight for the power supply. Not the one inside the machine, but the external brick I was using to supply 12v to the computer. I'd been so convinced heat had damaged something, I'd overlooked the simplest answer. I later realised I'd overlooked the load the Nomad was placing on the external power supply. The motherboard, CPU and drives needed at least 125watt's and the power supply I was using fell short by a long way. Before rebuilding the Nomad, I sat down and calculated the systems power requirements and bought a PSU and ATX Pico adaptor better suited to the system. Overall the rebuild has been a success and I always get a special buzz when someone asks about the odd looking machine on the desk.
Recent Purchase WordStar 3.40Posted: August 22, 2014 Filed under: Classic, Vintage Computers, Windows Leave a comment
If I said I was going to the seaside, what is the first thing that pops inside your head? Ice-cream? Soft drinks? Sandy beaches? You probably would not think yard sales, charity shops and vintage computer software. Well that's how we roll at BMV, never stopping in our quest to find old bits of computer paraphernalia. On this occasion I discovered a boxed copy of Wordstar 3.40. The box comprises of one thick reference and installation manual, another thinner training guide and a starter kit containing two floppy disks.
A Little History
Some of you may or may not be familiar with Wordstar. You can be forgiven for not recognising the name. But what if I told you writers such as George R.R Martin (Game of Thrones), Arthur C. Clarke (Space Odyssey) and Robert J. Sawyer swear by the software? Released in 1979, Wordstar became one of the most widely used Word processors during the early 80s. Amongst its strengths was the fact the software was not computer specific. Originally developed for the CP/M operating system, Wordstar was intended to run on just about any CP/M computer, regardless of brand. Later in 1983 with the rising popularity of DOS based computers, Micropro released a new version, Wordstar 3.0. A direct port of the CP/M version, 3.0 retained many of the original keyboard short cuts making it easy for CP/M users to continue using the software on a newer DOS based platform.
So What?
You might be wondering why I'm bothering with such an old piece of software and not using Microsoft Word. It's true using Word with it's easy to use GUI and icons would probably make things very easy, mainly because I have been using Word since I was in my teens. But should I rule out other ways of doing things, just because I'm accustomed to one way? Personally I like variety, I also like DOS and old software; DOS, old software and old computers. If there is a theme or purpose to my blog, it's to show people that there are still ways to get things done using old hardware. Distractions like Facebook and the internet can sometimes get in the way of productivity. Goodness knows I've lost track of time while pottering around on the net, getting very little done in the process.
So today, armed with a cup of coffee, I sat down with the Nomad running Wordstar via DOSbox. After an hour or two I was able to get this entire blog entry written. Admittedly it will need proof reading before I upload it to WordPress, as I do not have the Spellstar add-on. Learning the keyboard layout will be the hardest challange. IBM compatible machines do not have the same keyboard layout as early CP/M computers, so not everything is where you might expect it to be.
If I have one gripe about Wordstar, it would be the default blue page background which I find hard on the eyes while typing. For the vast majority of the time, I found looking down at my keyboard helped. Which in turn caused me to focus on my typing and actually improved my typing speed and decreased my typos… well, to at least a small degree.
So for me, Wordstar 3.4 scores 6/10
– Uncluttered
– Lots of functionality
– Distraction free typing
– Old, needs DOS or DOSbox to run
– Lack of customisation e.g altering the display colours
– Keyboard layout takes some getting used to
If you want to check out the computer the original version of Wordstar was written on, then follow this link
If you fancy trying out Wordstar, then why not try this freeware alternative:
Pimoroni Pihub ReviewPosted: January 31, 2014 Filed under: Linux, Raspberry Pi, Windows | Tags: hub, pihub, pimoroni, raspberry pi, review, rpi Leave a comment
PiHub By Pimoroni
As some of you know, I dabble on an off with the Raspberry Pi. As a casual user, I use my pi mostly for playing with linux and the odd gaming session. The Pi is a fun little computer, so long as you don't expect to much from
it. As an indie games platform it offers a lot of fun, so much that I have even felt myself being drawn to writing a program on the tiny computer.
Anyone who has used a raspberry pi for any length of time, will know that cables can soon start to mount up. It's amazing that such a tiny computer can take up so much room. The RPi can work fine as a stand alone computer, but start adding a wifi dongle, keyboard, mouse, USB memory stick, card reader and suddenly you've run out of USB ports. There are solutions to get around the RPi's two usb ports, but none of them are simple or straight forward as buying a powered USB hub. First and foremost if you buy a hub for your RPI, you have to get one that comes with its own power supply.
On early models of the RPi, the USB ports were fitted with polyfuses designed to protect the tiny computer from devices that might try and draw too much power, such as external hard drives or web cams. Later models did away with the two fuses and now the RPi has just one fuse. While the latest design has improved matters, you are still stuck with just the two ports which is where a power hub like the Pihub comes in, alleviating your power woes and freeing you from two port hell. The Pihub is the creation of Pimoroni, the UK company that also brought us the Picade. Their website offers supplies to a wide audience of tinkerers, modders and electronic hobbyists. One of their recent offerings to the RPi community was the Pihub, aptly named as the housing of the Pihub is in the shape of the Raspberry Pi emblem. Adorned with green leaves and red berry colours, as hubs go it is by far the cutest I've seen. The case is but one cool feature of this little device, and the hardware inside is pretty impressive as well. When buying your Pihub, you have the option to opt-out of buying it with the accompanying power supply. While this might seem like a good way to save money, I would recommend spending the extra money for the PSU as it is well worth the money. Rated at 5.2 volts and 3mA/h, it is more than capable of powering the RPi along with anything else you might want to throw at it. Struggling with external CDROM drives and USB hard drive are a thing of the past.
Unimpeded by polyfuses like the RPi, the Pihub offers the full USB 2.0 package, with a multi TT (transaction Translator) chip for bringing USB 1.1 devices in line with the high bus speeds of USB 2.0. Some devices use only
one TT chip, sharing a single 12mb/s data channel amongst several USB ports, which can significantly impede your performance and lead to a bottle neck effect, unlike the Pihub which has been designed to provide high performance. Designed with 4x USB ports, one of which is specifically engineered to power your Raspberry Pi
computer. Providing a dedicated 1.1 Amp supply, it means no longer needing two separate power supplies, you can run everything from just the one psu. For me this is a massive selling point because I found the increasing number of bits i needed for my Pi really annoying. My desk has been turned from crazy cable jungle to almost down right respectable. While yes, powering the RPi from the Pihub does mean your taking up one of the ports. You're still left with three full USB 2.0 standard ports as well as the spare port on your RPi. Overall I think the trade-off it worth it.
Speaking with Paul Beech from Pimoroni, he informed me the Pihub had specifically been designed with high quality chips to guarantee 100% compatibility with the RPi. This is no doubt due to the number of cheap hubs on the market, that are less then RPi friendly. In an odd turn of events, I actually observed how compatible the Pihub really was in general. After plugging my wifi dongle and mouse in to the Pihub, I connected it to a Windows XP machine. On booting, XP didn't even ask for drivers, instead logged me straight on to the local area network through the wireless adaptor. I've seen few hubs work this seamlessly. High praise has to go to the chaps at Pimoroni. In conclusion, the Pihub is well worth the £20 if you're on the market for a decent usb hub for your RPi or PC in general. 10% of profits are given back to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, who use the money to help educate future generations of geeks.
Till next time, keep on geeking!
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Capcom DuckTales RemasteredPosted: January 8, 2014 Filed under: Retro gaming, Windows | Tags: Capcom, ducktales remastered, NES, Nintendo, old skool gaming, platformer, xbox 360 Leave a comment
Once in a while a game comes along that makes you think "I have to play that!". Such was the case with Capcom's "Ducktales Remastered", which gives the popular NES game of the same name a fresh new look, ready for high def. Developed by Wayforward, who are also known for developing Contra 4.
In this remastered offering, you play as Scrooge McDuck or one of his three nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, who embark on a classic adventure to exotic locations around the world, while searching for five legendary treasures. The stages are non linear, so it is up to the player to decide where to go. Levels play very much like any 8 bit platform back in the day, with the player exploring each level to pick up health, coins and defeat the various enemies that are out to stop Scrooge as he seeks his treasure.
Ducktales Remastered is a fantastic tribute to original 80's platformer, as well as the original NES Ducktales game. Boasting hand draw characters and a lush 3D environment, you wouldn't think it could get any better, but it does! Ducktales Remastered features the original Disney voice actors from the 80's cartoon show, providing voices for in game dialogue. Did I mention the original theme tune has also been included in the game? While I have never played the original NES version, the remastered offering has every bit the feel of a classic platformer. For younger gamers who are used to Skyrim, Call of Duty or Asassins Creed, Ducktales may prove to be an acquired taste, but I believe the 5-10 year old will still get fun from playing these Disney characters. Older gamers will buy this games out of nostalgia or a long standing love for retro games. If like me, your a sucker for the cartoons you watched growing up, then this game will pander to your inner child. Ducktales Remaster is available on the Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, Wii U shop and Steam.
The version I played was for the Xbox 360, which lends itself perfectly for this platformer. The controls are smooth and sharp, ten minutes in to the game and I found myself humming along to the Ducktales theme tune, completely absorbed in to my game. It is said the development team poured their heart and soul in to this Ducktales and it really does show. The love for the material radiates straight off the screen. From the music score, down to Scrooge's chest going up and down to indicate he is breathing. The level of detail which has been put in to Ducktales, makes it one of the best games I have bought in recent years.
Credit must also be given to Capcom, for being faithful to the original game and producing a quality title that does much for the Ducktales franchise. A lesser publisher might have been tempted to cut corners, to simply cash in on the name. Something that often happened in the 80's and 90's, much to the frustration of Nintendo and Sega gamers alike. Any one remember Total Recall for the NES or E.T for the Atari 2600? Nuff said!
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Virgin Media Superhub Setting IP AddressPosted: August 17, 2013 Filed under: Windows | Tags: 192.168.1.1, CG3101D, IP address, Netgear, superhub, virgin media Leave a comment
Some time ago Virgin media began upgrading customers with their new combo router/modem "Superhub", a re-badged Netgear CG3101D. Unlike previous models, this was the first model with router abilities. In the past customers had to buy their own routers to hook it up to the cable modem provided by Virgin Media. The CG3101D tries to save you the trouble and to some extent it succeeds, if not a little clumsily. Sadly Netgear has been lobotomised by Virgin Media, in an effort to clamp down on the amount of customers screwing with their internet connection settings. By dumbing down the built in firmware, they hope to minimise the damage as well as the time it takes to get you back online.
Offensive Simplicity
Now this sounds like a great idea, but the fact is the Superhub is anything but that. I've read one person compare it to the freebies found in boxes of cereal and they aren't wrong. The firmware is simplistic and oppressively restrictive to any one who is remotely tech savvy.
In most cases the firmware can be avoided by switching the Superhub in to modem only mode, thus disabling the router half of the device, leaving it up to you to pick your own router to get the job done of networking your machines. Now if you do not have the luxury of doing this, the Superhub can get the job done if you can persevere with the firmware. After the last rites where given to my Linksys, I found myself doing just that. Setting up your internet on the Superhub is as easy as it gets, but configuring the device to work how YOU want is another thing. One major issue I hit was setting the Superhub to the same IP address as the old Linksys, my whole network was after all configured for 192.168.1.1. When you try to set the hub to this address it comes back and tells you the address is reserved and there is no apparent way of setting the secondary address to anything else. So how to get round this? Well if your router is running firmware V2.38.01 like mine, then you can do the following:
Set your IP to 192.168.11.1 and let the Superhub reset, once it has cycled you might need to disconnect your Ethernet cable. Leave it several minutes and reconnect the cable, this will re-establish your network connection to the router with a new IP address from the router. You could also use the IP config DOS command, but I leave the choice to you.
Log back in to the router and go back to the section where you altered the IP address, change the address so it reads 192.168.1.1. This time the router should not error as the secondary IP address has been changed sufficiently to free up the IP we want. Click apply and the router will cycle again, but this time it will reboot with the correct IP address. You will need to disconnect the cable a final time and finally the router will be working on the right address.


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Fullest Fifteen: Introducing Mom Blogger J. Ivy Boyter
It's been a while since I've had a Fullest Fifteen. Today I'm introducing mom blogger J. Ivy Boyter. She is the operator of SAHM, Plus, and did you know the "Plus" stands for autocross. Like in your face, fast paced racing ya'll. Yes! This mama is both articulate and fierce. Are you ready to know more? Continue reading for the full interview.
We're interviewing Mom Blogger J. Ivy Boyter. Here's her top blog post: What I Learned from the Consequence and Reward Jar System
Short Bio:
Like any mom, I struggle to balance life's demands while taking care of everyone's individual needs, including my own. I'm working on it! Learning to parent as I go and finding ways to balance it. On my off time, I enjoy participating in Autocross racing. I love cars (mostly driving fast) and racing is the only thing about my life that still represents ME, wholeheartedly.
Here we go, Round 1 Intro:
1. What is the name of your blog? SAHM, Plus…
2. What is it about? Everyday solutions to all things parenting while encouraging mothers to care for themselves and find the "plus…" in their lives.
3. How many children do you have? A 5 year old daughter and a 1 year old son.
4. Did your blog start before or after your first child? After my first. It started as a way for me to do something for myself.
5. Do your children attribute to the content of your blog? They are the reason it started, so absolutely!
6. How? Learning to parent is a challenge. Learning to parent 2 high-needs children makes me just a little crazy. I enjoy working through the challenges and sharing what I find works for me. Also, my birth stories have contributed a bit to the blog as of late.
Round 2: Would you Rather?
We're interviewing mom blogger J. Ivy Boyter. In this section, I give a pop quiz with the theme, Would You Rather? It's fun and the answers are often unexpected. Let's continue…
7. Would you rather eat spinach or fold laundry? I love to eat and I hate to work 😉 Some SAHM I am, right? I also love spinach, so I'd totally choose that!
8. How about dishes or sweeping? Getting to the hard questions, I see! Um, dishes if we're talking using a dishwasher. If not, I'll take sweeping … there seems to be something therapeutic about sweeping. That is, until the husband and kids trample through the house 2 minutes later …
9. What activities does your family like to do best? We seem to be the theme park type family. I'm crazy about Disney now that I have kids, but we enjoy taking them to anything that is age-appropriate. My husband and daughter are Jeeping buddies. And, my husband and I are Autocross buddies!
10. Indoors or outdoors? Florida's sweltering heat is unbearable. If I can be inside, I prefer it.
Read Next: Fullest Fifteen, Introducing mom blogger Kendra.
Round 3: Inspirations:
Let's learn about the heart of mom blogger J. Ivy Boyter. Here we discuss inspirations and motivations.
11. Would you let your oldest wear a princess dress, sunup to sundown, for a week straight? Heck no! I didn't raise my daughter on Disney princess movies. In fact, she doesn't know any of the princesses. Only recently have we started discussing letting her watch an occasional movie so that she can at least know what she's looking at when we visit Disney World theme parks, LOL.
12. Do you play toys with the kids? Of course! I know it helps them to know how to play, builds their imagination, and allows us to enjoy time together.
13. What inspires you? Natural birth stories. I'm a total geek for those. I don't even have to know the person well to get chills or cry tears of joy. Being emotional like that is rare for me.
14. What's a mommy tip you've learned along the way? Expect the unexpected! That sums up parenting in every way.
15. How do you live your life to the fullest? I give my time and love to my family, but I remember to take time for myself. Even if my time seems irresponsible or dangerous, I go for it. When I'm gone, I never want my children think that I didn't have an adventurous side. By doing what I love, it rebuilds my stores (like recharging batteries) to make me a better mother and wife.
The interview with mom blogger J. Ivy Boyter is complete.
I hope you've enjoyed this Q&A session with mom blogger J. Ivy Boyter. It's always nice to see how every mama navigates through life. Every time I complete another interview, I am always in awe. My wish is that you are ,too. In conclusion, if you would like to be a featured blogger, please use the contact page found here. Until then, when your hands are full, live your life and autocross to the fullest.
Fullest Mom


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On Wednesday the House and Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("the Act"), ushering in the first significant overhaul of the federal tax code in more than 30 years. The president is expected to sign the legislation into law within the next several weeks. Several proposals that would have rocked benefit and retirement plans and their sponsors were left out of the final package; however, other provisions will significantly impact businesses and individuals.
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text: Fridel de Wet celebrates the dismissal of Alastair Cook in an otherwise strong start by England [AFP] England batted confidently to reach 88 for one wicket by stumps after Graeme Swann had taken five wickets to help bowl out South Africa for 418 on the second day of the first Test at Centurion. Swann claimed his third five-wicket haul in 13 Tests, finishing with 5-110 from 45.2 overs of offspin with the Proteas tailenders adding more than 100 runs after the last specialist batsman, JP Duminy, had been dismissed for 56. England captain Andrew Strauss was 44 not out at the close and will resume on Friday alongside Jonathan Trott on 18. Strong start Strauss looked untroubled at the crease, hitting six fours in 70 balls. He put on 63 with Trott, who faced 56 balls. De Wet finished the day with 1-46 from seven overs, easily the most expensive of the four bowlers used by South Africa. Alastair Cook was the England batsman out, caught on 15 by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher to give debutant fast bowler Friedel de Wet his first Test wicket and leave the visitors on 25-1 in the sixth over. Cook had been dropped on the fourth ball of the innings, put down in a regulation chance by AB de Villiers at third slip from paceman Makhaya Ntini, who is playing in his 100th Test. Second day scorecard South Africa first inningsG Smith c Prior b Broad 0A Prince c Collingwood b Swann 45H Amla c Collingwood b Onions 19J Kallis c Collingwood b Anderson 120A de Villiers c Cook b Swann 32J-P Duminy c Collingwood b Swann 56M Boucher c Cook b Swann 49M Morkel c Prior b Onions 13P Harris b Onions 38F de Wet lbw b Swann 20M Ntini not out 4Extras (b-2, lb-15, w-5) 22Total (all out, 153.2 overs) 418Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-51, 3-93, 4-159, 5-283, 6-316, 7-341, 8-377, 9-414, 10-418.England first inningsA Strauss not out 44A Cook c Boucher b De Wet 15J Trott not out 18Extras (lb-1, nb-5, w-5) 11Total (for one wicket; 23 overs) 88Fall of wicket: 1-25. "That wasn't our best bowling performance,'' said Jacques Kallis, who was out for 120 before lunch. "We would have liked a couple of extras wickets by the close. "There is still a little bit (of life) in the wicket. You never quite feel you are in as a batsman.'' Tail end Kallis' 32nd Test century provided the highlight of South Africa's innings, with Duminy hitting 56. But it was Proteas' lower order that frustrated Strauss, who put South Africa in to bat after winning the toss Wednesday. After Duminy's dismissal left South Africa on 316-6, Boucher dug in to score 49 in 156 minutes and put on stands of 25 with fast bowler Morne Morkel and 36 with spinner Paul Harris. England were kept in the field until seven overs into the final session, with Harris batting for nearly two hours to score 38 and put on a stand of 37 with De Wet, who faced 67 balls for 20. England seamer Graham Onions finished with 3-86, and James Anderson and Stuart Broad took a wicket apiece. SOURCE: AP Sport South Africa United Kingdom


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Deprecation Notice - Developer API
In order for us to innovate with new features and improve existing features that our users value the most, we are constantly making changes to our product.
Given the fast pace of improvements, our Developer API & supporting documentation became inaccurate and provided incomplete functionality. In addition, its low adoption made it hard to justify the effort required to keep it up-to-date.
Due to the above, we have decided to discontinue the Developer API. As of February 28, 2019, the Developer API (https://developer.risevision.com) will be closed and you will no longer be able to manage your API credentials.
You can continue to use the API beyond this date, but please note that requests may eventually fail and we will not be able to provide support for issues related to the API.
We appreciate your commitment to Rise Vision and your understanding.
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Hi Shea,
Thanks for the clarification. Unfortunately my guess was right, and I'm still a bit in shock that a platform that till date has prided itself as open source would shut down the developers' APIs.
You suggested using the Web Page Widget but as you well know that widget does not support displaying authenticated content which makes it useless in many realistic use cases (which sane company will want to expose critical data via an unauthenticated means for the sake of digital signage?).
While building our own web applications to bridge the gap is definitely an option, it doesn't sound efficient and defeats the notion of a platform that's OSS-oriented. it would make more sense to me that RiseVision facilitates this process either by allowing us to keep building custom applications and/or by extending/building a widget that supports modern authentication options. Postman is a good source of inspiration as per authentication options to support. Funny enough, my team was gearing up to tackle this challenge since the data we need to show may not be exposed without proper authentication. And we were considering making an open source generic widget that allows seamless authentication and displaying content. We had other interesting ideas like supporting mapping of raw JSON/XML data to placeholders...
Honestly, this announcements feels like the beginning of the end of RiseVision as an open source platform and that's really sad.
I kindly invite you to consider the suggestions above and more importantly reconsider your decision. There must be other ways to spur the community on without shutting down the API. I can live with a paid API model if that helps with "keeping the lights on" but completely shutting it down? I'm still mildly in shock.
In the meantime, we'll see how far we get with what's still available and perhaps have to look at alternatives (I hope not) :(
Thanks for taking the time to read my ranting.
Thank you for the feedback. We're continuously evaluating our strategy and will keep your comments in mind, but to be candid, I do not expect this decision to change soon. We fully respect your decision should to you decide to move to an alternate solution.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
We have been trying to develop a white label, using the API tools (I hired a college student computer science guy). We've got something pretty close to working for users to see our branded interface. I can manage displays and add a sub company and user in my RV account, and they will show up in our white label branded interface.
Will anything we've done so far for my branded interface continue to work beyond the 2/28/19 date?
Here's our interface dbb.csramultimedia.com
Hi Jeff,
After 2/28/19, requests to the API will continue to work so your interface should continue to work without problems.
But keep in mind that as stated in the announcement, Rise will no longer provide support and the requests may eventually fail at some point in the future.
Just came across this disappointing post and I'm trying to understand the scope/effect. Does this announcement also mean that developing custom widgets will no longer be supported? We chose for RiseVision among other reasons because we were attracted by the Open Source model and option to create our own widgets. We plan to start working on the first one in the coming weeks so I'm really hoping that we can still do that. Unfortunately, I cannot find the documentation anymore (I suspect it was part of developer.risevision.com)
Kindly clarify. If you're making it impossible for us to integrate ourselves, also elaborate on your plans to support our specific integrations.
Goodness I hope not! Custom widgets are a huge thing for us and we have several customers still using them. As far as my understanding though, they are fine. Widgets are a separate ballgame from the API. The API allowed you to speak to RiseVision servers and make edits without logging into the site.. or see site status, pull information, etc. A widget is just some HTML and Javascript basically that shows up in a placeholder in your Presentation.
There's a post on the forum still for a "Hello World" widget that can get you started:
Specifically, you're really just interested in hosting and modifying the "src" folder from this repo:
Hopefully someone official will chime in though to ease the fear here. I'm still very sad the API is leaving.. we're floating on it for now while we migrate away. We tried since 2015 to use Rise Vision but end up getting blocked at every turn :/ We successfully had over 200 signs on it though and it has been a pretty solid solution.
Hi all,
I'm the Product Manager for the Content Team at Rise Vision, we're responsible for the Widgets/Templates. I'd like to address your questions and concerns.
Developer.risevision.com is deprecated and we will not be making the Widget documentation available again. We no longer recommend building Custom Widgets. If you have a custom digital signage application you want to build we recommend you build it as a web application and display is using the Web Page Widget or the Schedule by URL feature.
Existing Custom Widgets will continue to work and as of now we do not have plans to remove the ability to add a Custom Widget to your Presentation. If we're going to make changes that will prevent Custom Widgets from working or being added to a Presentation we will provide the community with notice.
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"Community Development: New Leaders, New Tools"
In the fall of 2010, I was asked by the Government of Prince Edward Island to give three separate lunch-hour presentations on community economic development to three different groups in different parts of the Island. The presentations were spread over a period of about a week.
It made no sense environmentally, financially or in terms of time management to make three round trips in such a short time, and after some cogitating and brainstorming the clients, the speakers' bureau and I decided to try doing the three talks by Skype. I would talk to the audiences in PEI online from my office in Halifax.
Once we all got used to it, the system seemed to work very well – but at the second event we had a poor connection, and the audience didn't get the experience we wanted to provide. So, for the third event, we recorded the presentation on a video camera set up to shoot just over the lid of my laptop, capturing my presentation on HD video while I was also transmitting it online. And then we posted the video here, where all the members of all three audiences can check in to see it.
An unusual solution to a novel problem – but it seemed to work just fine. I'm grateful to Kim Klein and Alan Buchanan for their receptiveness to the idea, and for their effectiveness in making it work.


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After a slow start that saw the Canes take two separate 2 goal leads in the first 2 periods before getting tied up at 4 in the 3rd, the game ended with a chippy last 10 minutes and ultimately needed Menell, who had left the ice earlier in the 3rd after a huge hit to the head but returned in OT, to swat a loose puck in late in the 3-on-3 OT period to decide the contest. Great game everyone!
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Before Lord of the Rings, there was the Chronicles of Narnia, written by Tolkein's fellow Inkling C.S. Lewis. I read them over again when I was a child. My favourite was the origin story, The Magician's Nephew. It featured a wood between worlds where you could, by stepping into one or another of its many shallow pools, access alternate universes.
In the late 1960s, I loved to watch The Time Tunnel, a briefly-lived series created by Irwin Allen in which, as the opening narration of each episode put it:
"Two American scientists are lost in the swirling maze of past and future ages, during the first experiments on America's greatest and most secret project, the Time Tunnel. Tony Newman and Doug Phillips now tumble helplessly toward a new fantastic adventure, somewhere along the infinite corridors of time."Murray Leinster, widely credited with the invention of parallel universe stories, wrote the tie-in novel.
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Naked Trees Left After the Fire
New Life Emerging
The winter of 2010 was one on the dryest Israel ever known. A small fire in the outskirts of a village on the mount Carmel turned out to be a large scale forest fire, destroying 25 thousand square meters of trees. eventually, the hard work of firemen and the rain helped to stop the fire.
Few weeks after the storm, I went to look at the aftermath. In spite of the fire, new life already started their way. Between the burned accorns, grew the new generation of forest life.
Burned Houses of Beit-Oren
Impressions of Nature
Flowers & Macro
Landscapes of Earth
All The New Stuff
Friendly Faces
Around the World


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Africans arriving by rickety fishing boats to the Canary Islands, risking the passage across the Straits of Gibraltar or washed upon the Italian island of Lampedusa are familiar examples of therecent growth in migration from Africa to Europe. There is a darkside of migration in human trafficking, but the picture of a continenton the move also includes highly skilled professionals fromNigeria and Ghana who seek employment in universities and otherprofessions in South Africa. On the positive side migrant remittancesare a major source of income in many sub-Saharan Africancountries, helping to sustain the lives of poor home communities.A major challenge now facing sub-Saharan Africa is how to attractskilled emigrants back for national development.
CONTENTS --Why focus on migration? -- The sub-Saharan African migration scene -- Emigration of professionals: causes and consequences -- The characteristics and roles of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa -- The role of the diaspora in country-of-origin development -- Human trafficking -- Legislative framework governing migration in sub-Saharan Africa -- Principal actors in migration issues in sub-Saharan Africa -- Migration and development: challenges and prospects


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Title: Johnnie
Author: Cardeno C.
Publisher: The Romance Authors
Pages: 164
Characters: Hugh Langley, Johnnie
POV: 3rd
Sub-Genre: Paranormal Romance, Series
Kisses: 5+
A Premier lion shifter, Hugh Landry dedicates his life to leading the Berk pride with strength and confidence. Hundreds of people depend on Hugh for safety, success, and happiness. And at over a century old, with more power than can be contained in one body, Hugh relies on a Siphon lion shifter to carry his excess force.
When the Siphon endangers himself and therefore the pride, Hugh must pay attention to the man who has been his silent shadow for a decade. What he learns surprises him, but what he feels astounds him even more.
Two lions, each born to serve, rely on one another to survive. After years by each other's side, they'll finally realize the depth of their potential, the joy in their passion, and a connection their kind has never known.
Sometimes I'm lucky to read a book so beautiful and well-written it literally lives inside of my head for days after I've finished reading it. When I picked up Johnnie by Cardeno C., I was immediately swept up into these two characters' lives and ended up reading their story from start to finish without any sort of a break.
To say I loved this story is an understatement. I've read just about everything this author has published and I've loved almost all of them, but this book, is not only one of my all-time favorite books it is my favorite by Cardeno C., as well.
Both characters lived and breathed off of the written page. Both are very flawed, but likeable men. There were times I honestly wanted to punch one of the main heroes, Hugh, in the face for allowing and participating in the way Johnnie was treated, *at first…read it and you'll see how much this changes* but Hugh quickly redeems himself and really begins to see Johnnie not only as a member of the pack, but as a friend and then as a lover. Hugh is basically an all-around good guy. He has to sacrifice for his pack and because he is a lion shifter, they have a different mentality when it comes to relationships, loyalty, traditions and so on, but I loved how he was able to evolve and change for the better as the story continued.
Johnnie…oh my…I loved him so much. Since he is a Siphon, he's been neglected for so long. He was lonely and lived such a sad existence until Hugh finally opened his eyes. Johnnie is one of those characters that I totally fell in love with. I wanted to comfort him when he was sad, cheer for him when he started to see himself as someone special and rally for his well-deserved happy ending.
Now, I must warn you…this story will most likely cause you to do the ugly cry. I know I did…twice. I think I went through several hankies, but oh my, it was worth my face being blotchy and red for several hours AFTER I finished the book.
Don't let this deter you from buy this book in any way. Johnnie is a very uplifting story. It gave me many happy, feel-good moments too. Plus, the ending was one that left me with a big smile on my face and the need for Cardeno C. to hurry up and write MORE of this series…OMG…is the next one out yet? It's not? Ugh!
Last but certainly not least, I really, really appreciated how this shifter romance did NOT read like anything else I've read. The politics were interesting, the shifters themselves were different and it was just an all-around fresh take on a well-loved genre.
If you are in the mood for a shifter romance, read this book. If you are in the mood for a story with just the right amount of angst, happy moments and romance, read this book. If you are in the mood for an all-around fantastic read that will live with you long after you finished it, read this book! I loved every second I spent reading Johnnie and I'm not ashamed to admit I read it again the next day. Johnnie is definitely going to be a book this reader will read again and again. I loved it and I can't recommend it high enough…are you sure our highest rating can be only 5+ Kisses?
Highly Recommended!!!
Reviewed By: Gabbi


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In 2007 Billy Bragg founded Jail Guitar Doors - a programme to help rehabilitate prisoners through music.
Heading up the American spinoff Jail Guitar Doors USA is guitarist, activist, ex-convict, protopunk legend and founding member of the MC5, Wayne Kramer.
> Read our full interview with Wayne Kramer of the MC5 here
Ahead of his set on the Left Field stage at Glastonbury last weekend, Digital Spy met up with Wayne - and while we were chatting he told us all about how he got involved.
"In the '70s I served a prison term [for two years in 1975 for selling cocaine to undercover federal agents]. There was a new music form emerging called punk rock. And one of those bands was called The Clash," Kramer said.
"They were a very conscious band, they were very plugged in, very switched on and they wrote a song about me going to prison, which was a great show of solidarity.
"I was very proud of them to recognise my bad behaviour and whatever contribution I may have made to music and put it in a song.
"I didn't think much of it after that until I ran into Billy Bragg one day and he was telling me about an independent initiative he had launched here in England to take instruments into prison to use as rehabilitation.
"He named it after the Clash song 'Jail Guitar Doors'. I thought it was a good thing for him to do here in England, but that I was an American, I was an ex-convict and a musician and that maybe I should do that same bridge in America.
"So Billy, my wife Margaret and I founded Jail Guitar Doors USA about four years ago and now we've been in over 30 prisons in America and we're moving forward.
"We have no shortage of prisons in America! We have 2.5 million people in prison in the US. Some of them serving unbelievably severe sentences, decades, for non-violent drug offences mostly.
"We work on a people-to-people level. Getting into instruments to use as tools for rehabilitation, and we also work for political and justice reform."
Watch the trailer for the Jail Guitar Doors USA project below:


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BEAVER FALLS � Brian Wilson has one year left with the Geneva football team. He�ll make the most of it by playing two positions.
After graduating with a bachelor�s degree in accounting, Wilson still had a year�s eligibility remaining. As he pursues a master�s in business administration, he�ll pursue ball carriers as a defensive end. But he�ll also line up at tight end, making him the school�s first ironman player since current Beaver High School coach Jeff Beltz in 1994.
�When they first mentioned playing both ways, I wasn�t sure they were serious,� said Wilson with a broad smile. �I thought they were just joking to get me to come back. I liked the idea, though, it gave me a chance to score more touchdowns.
�I�ve been playing both ways since the start of camp. Like everyone else, I played everywhere in high school, but, in college, it�s at a whole different level. Learning two playbooks is probably the toughest.�
Wilson isn�t just playing both ways, he�s excelling at each position.
He is the Golden Tornadoes� leading receiver with six catches for 77 yards and the third-leading tackler with 10 (he also has three tackles for losses).
He is also the leading scorer with three touchdowns � two on receptions and one on a fumble return.
Beltz, who played wide receiver, safety, returned kicks and held for placekicks in his senior season, was routinely on the field for 70 snaps.
�I wouldn�t have wanted it to be any different,� said Beltz, who earned All-American honors his senior year in both football and baseball. �I begged to do it when I was a sophomore but probably wasn�t physically ready until I was more mature as a senior.
�Looking back now, I realize the wear and tear it took. All I did after a game was sleep.�
Wilson won�t be quite as weary after Saturday�s game against Thiel (7 p.m., Reeves Field). Geno DeMarco, who became Geneva�s head coach in Beltz�s junior season, said because the Tornadoes have a more diverse offensive playbook, Wilson will get chances to rest.
�They�re both tremendous athletes and we�re reliving Jeff�s days now,� DeMarco said. �Brian is probably one of our two best in blocking kicks so we need to find a way to get him on the field in special teams, too.�
Wilson was unaware of Beltz� exploits until he started to fill those shoes. He grew up in Atlanta and was only connected to Geneva through his dad, Allan, a Westinghouse graduate who played for Geneva in 1980.
�It wasn�t my original intent to come to Geneva. I was aiming at a bigger school,� said Wilson. �But my dad was pumped when I decided to come here.�
Brian�s father isn�t able to enjoy his son�s two-way success. He died unexpectedly in 2008. That caused Brian to rethink attending school miles away from home.
�I thought about going to school closer to home then,� Wilson said. �But the people here look after you and, honestly, it feels like home here now.�


text: New Heavy Trash/Brush (yard waste) Collections PolApril 13 2017 TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS Chapter 54: Heavy Trash/ Brush (yard waste) Collections Policy Section 54.01 Purpose 54.02 Yard Waste Collection 54.03 Bulk/Heavy Trash Collection 54.04 Large Appliance (white goods) Collection 54.05 Items not for Collection 54.99 Solid Waste fees: 54.01- Purpose The purpose of this chapter is to promote, protect, and preserve the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Haw River and to provide safe and sanitary disposal of municipal solid waste in such a manner as to protect the environment and preserve our natural resources. 54.02- Yard Waste Collection a) Yard waste collection shall be provided only to residential units served by the automated collection system. Yard waste collection shall be provided on Mondays with overflow pickup on consecutive business days as time permits. b) The Town will pick up limbs from April 1st thru September 30th of each year. During this time burning is prohibited. From October 1st to March 31st you are allowed to burn these materials. The Town picks up leaves and yard trimmings year round if bagged. See Town fee schedule for associated charges. c) Yard waste shall be separated from all other refuse prior to collection. Collection forces shall collect yard waste that is customarily and reasonably associated with the residential units(s) served, as long as it is properly prepared and in compliance with the following regulations: 1) Grass clippings, small shrubbery clippings, leaves, and other small lawn debris shall be collected at the curbside provided that they are placed in clear plastic bags for collection. Such bags shall be clear or transparent, in good condition and of such size and weight that when full, do not weigh more than fifty (50) pounds each and are such that one (1) individual can easily pick up each bag, one (1) at a time, for disposal. Plastic bags shall be secured at the top when placed at the curbside for collection. 2) Tree limbs, cuttings, shrubbery and similar materials must be cut in lengths not to exceed six (6) feet in length and placed in neatly stacked piles where accessible by collection truck at the curb. 3) All items for pick-up shall be placed to the curb by 7:00 am on the collection day to ensure pick-up 4) No tree trimmings will be hauled from commercial tree contractors, paid or arranged cuttings. 5) No stumps, logs, dirt, rocks, tires on wheels or concrete will be hauled by the collection forces. 6) No building materials or refuse from commercial building operations or landscape work will be hauled by collection forces. 7) Town collection forces shall not provide service if denied reasonable access by parked vehicles, equipment, fixed objects, low hanging wires or other obstructions. 54.03- Bulk/Heavy Trash Collection a) Bulk/Heavy trash collection shall be provided only to residential units served by the Town. b) The Town will pick up Bulk/Heavy trash items not accepted by the trash vendor on the First Tuesday of each month. See Town fee schedule for associated charges. 1) Bulk/Heavy trash shall be placed to the curb by 7:00 am on the collection day to ensure pick-up, and no more than two (2) calendar days in advance of pick-up. 2) Bulk/Heavy trash must be separated from all other refuse prior to collection. 3) Bulk/Heavy trash that is too large to be placed in the collection vehicle will not be collected by collection forces. 4) All glass in mirrors or other items with large expanses of glass must have the glass taped with an "X" mark so it will not shatter in the collection process. 5) Gasoline must be removed from all lawn equipment prior to collection. 6) Carpet and padding shall be collected provided the carpeting is rolled and tied in sections no longer the five (5) feet. 7) Building materials, Contractor Waste, Masonry, Tires on Wheels, Batteries, Hazardous Waste, TVs, Computers, Electronics, Home Improvement, Liquids, Auto Parts, Concrete, Paint, Sealed Containers, or Riding Lawnmowers shall not be collected by collection forces. c) The Town or its designee shall have the authority to require items to be prepared for the ease of collection and to ensure the safety of the employees performing the collection task. Any item not prepared properly may be refused for collection at the Town or its designee's discretion. 1) Town collection forces shall not provide service if denied reasonable access by parked vehicles, equipment, fixed objects, low hanging wires or other obstructions. 54.04- Large Appliance (white goods) Collection a) Large appliances (white goods) shall be collected only from residential units served by the automated collection system. Collection is subject to the following conditions: 1) Large appliances shall be collected on the same day as Bulk/Heavy trash: The First Tuesday of each month. 2) Appliances shall be placed to the curb by 7:00 am on the collection day, and no more than two (2) calendar days in advance of pick-up, from the unit which the appliance was removed. 3) Appliances shall be emptied of the contents. 4) Refrigerator and freezer doors must be removed or secured to prevent entry by small children. 5) Appliances shall not be collected from any residential unit engaged in the repair or resale of appliances. 6) Town collection forces shall not provide service if denied reasonable access by parked vehicles, equipment, fixed objects, low hanging wires or other obstructions. 54.05- Items not for Collection a) Below is a list of items not collected by the Town: 1) Building Materials, Home Improvement, Landscape Timbers, Contractor Waste, Masonry, Tires, Tires on Wheels, Liquids, Paint, Batteries, Auto Parts, Sealed Containers, Hazardous Waste, Concrete, Riding Lawnmowers, TVs, Computers, Electronics, Logs, Stumps, Rock, Dirt, and Contracted tree or landscape work debris. 2) The Town shall not pick up Bulk/Heavy trash from renters who have moved out of rental property. The removal of rental clean-up is the responsibility of the property owner. b) Disposal of these items is the sole responsibility of the property owner or occupant. 54.06 -Solid Waste fees: Bulk/Heavy Trash are collected mechanically by a truck that has a knuckle boom arm with a clam shell. The clam shell holds 3 cubic yards per bite. The cost of collection is determined as follows: 1 bite No Charge 2 bites $13.50 Each bite thereafter $6.75


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Daily News Archive
From December 6, 2006
EPA To Regulate
Germ-Killing Nanoproducts; Environmental Groups Wary of Nanotechnology
(Beyond Pesticides, December 6, 2006) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to regulate a large class of consumer items made with microscopic silver, referred to as nanosilver, which are incorporated into a wide range of consumer items used to kill bacteria and germs including high-tech odor-destroying shoe liners, socks and slippers, toothpaste, pillows, food storage containers, bandages, and air fresheners.
Under the new regulation, as reported by the Washington Post last week, any company wishing to sell a product that it claims will kill germs by the release of nanotech silver or related technology will first have to provide scientific evidence that the product does not pose an environmental risk. The new regulation is expected to be published in the Federal Register by the end of the month.
Up until now, new products made with nanosilver did not have to pass through testing or regulation, raising concerns that nanosilver washed down drains may be killing beneficial bacteria and aquatic organisms, and posing human health risks. Now, nanosilver products will fall under the guidelines of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
According to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, there are several consumer items containing nanosilver on the market.
The term nanotechnology refers to research and technology that manipulates matter at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular levels using a length scale of approximately one to one hundred nanometers in any dimension. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, or around one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.
Nanotechnology allows certain materials to have different molecular organizations and properties because at their tiny size, they have far more surface area relative to their mass than their larger counterparts. Silver, for instance, has been known for years for its biocide properties in its bulk form, as well as for its hazardous health effects, but is more efficient as nanoparticles.
Nanosilver is the first form of nanotechnology regulated by EPA. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates certain nanoproducts, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biologicals. Products like foods and cosmetics, and materials such as food additives and food packaging also come under the purview of FDA. However, unlike pharmaceuticals and medical devices, FDA monitors the behavior of these products and takes regulatory action only if adverse events occur that "threaten public or individual health." Nanomaterials are extremely common in cosmetics, and may pose a growing threat to public health, as their tiny size may allow them to be incorporated into the bloodstream and pass through cell membranes.
According to EPA's new nanosilver regulations, products containing nanosilver are only regulated if they make a pesticidal claim and advertise the product as germ killing, a regulatory oversight that major retailers have begun to note. For instance, the Sharper Image, which until recently advertised products containing nanosilver, including socks, as anti-microbial, has dropped all such references from its marketing materials, and will not fall under EPA's oversight.
Environmental groups are taking note of this gap in nanosilver regulation. "Its sounds like a major legal loophole and is probably something that will have to be dealt with in the courts," said Mae Wu, a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group that has been pushing EPA to regulate nanosilver.
Beyond asking for EPA to close the loophole in nanosilver regulation, environmental and public health groups, as well as scientific organizations, are also calling for broader regulation of this booming market so that all nanomaterials are fully tested for health and safety effects before being put into the market. In a 2004 report, the United Kingdom's Royal Society—a well-respected, independent academy of science—recommends that "ingredients in the form of nanoparticles undergo a full safety assessment by the relevant scientific advisory body before they are permitted for use in products." Additionally, groups such as Friends of the Earth, the ETC group, and Greenpeace UK have called for a moratorium on nanoparticles.


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While C-suite executives in Spain
are aligned with their peers around the globe on many issues, two major
differences emerged in the survey. C-suite executives in Spain see internal
bureaucracy as an obstacle to business success, creating a sense of urgency
around the need for more flexible organizational structures. C-suite executives
in Spain and around the globe ranked day-to-day performance pressure as the
number one obstacle to innovation, but in Spain it is perceived even more
intensely as a barrier.
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About Us
Who We Are
OneSchool Global is a truly global school, with over 130 campuses in 20 countries, including cities such as New York, Paris, Sydney, Rome, Auckland, Copenhagen, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
With an innovative approach to learning, delivered in cutting-edge, technology-empowered physical and digital learning environments, OneSchool Global is preparing life-ready students who learn how to learn.
Our self-directed learning model places students at the centre of all that we do. We challenge traditional and dated pedagogy and embrace technology to deliver the best possible learning outcomes for our students.
OneSchool Global recruits and develops high quality teachers. Our teachers partner with our students in their learning and rather than being considered the 'sage on the stage', play a 'guide on the side role' to support students.
Our in-house Teacher Academy provides teachers with the training they need to be the best they can be. We provide teachers with the skills they need to be successful at OneSchool Global and skills that will make them highly capable and competent in teaching in a digital world.
OneSchool Global is a school that lives its values and is guided by the School's ethos. The School is generously supported via the donation of time and financial support by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
Our Vision
Formerly, our vision referred to preparing 'Career-Ready' students. We have intentionally changed this to focus on the development of 'Life-Ready' students. Any school can prepare a student for a career, arguably few can truly prepare a student more holistically for life.
A career is a different concept today. A student's career might see them operate across multiple different professional fields throughout their working life. The days of doing the same thing for thirty years have passed.
Further, with the rapid changes in technology and automation some fields of work have ceased to exist or, at the very least, faced significant changes. And so, being 'career-ready' is no longer enough.
To ensure our students are life-ready, we need to teach differently. To be life-ready in today's world, our students need to learn how to learn. To be life ready, our students need to develop independent and critical thinking skills, and skills such as teamwork and collaboration.
It is these skills that form an aptitude base that allows a student to adapt. Most importantly, these critical skills are transferable. When industry changes, when entire fields of work and job types are no longer required, it will be the life-ready, critical thinkers who stand the test of time and find new ways to add value.
At OneSchool, to deliver on this vision, we are prepared to do things differently. We challenge traditional and outdated pedagogical models. Our learning centres, the way we embed technology in them, and ultimately our students, are a testament to this.
Our Values
Our Ethos
At OneSchool, we are committed to a culture where students are encouraged to develop their full potential and acquire the discipline of learning how to learn while upholding Christian teachings and beliefs.
The truth and authority of the Holy Bible and strong family values underpin the commitment of the School to provide quality in every facet of education – curriculum, teachers, facilities, management, and discipline – in a safe and caring environment.
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church Community
OneSchool Global Schools share a close relationship with the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, with our students and their families being members of the Church Community.
The School is strongly supported by volunteers from the Church Community.
OneSchool Global recruit professional teaching and administrative staff from all walks of life and provide a positive and respectful working environment. Our church community and professional staff enjoy a strong working relationship.
The Plymouth Brethren Church was established in the early nineteenth century in Plymouth, southern England. The Church now has a community of over 50,000 members across Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the Americas, and the UK.
The Church Community refer to themselves as the "Brethren" because they are a close, tight-knit community of families held together by our shared Christian belief founded on the Holy Bible. That said, just like everyone else, church members live and work alongside people of the same faith, other faiths, and no faith.
The Church gathers daily in Gospel Halls to pray together and read from the Holy Bible. They also congregate every Sunday in Gospel Halls to celebrate the Lord's Supper and to preach the Gospel.
The men and women of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church have shared values of community participation, ownership, and decision-making. Church members actively practice Christianity through service to their family, the Church, and local and global communities. Mutual Christian fellowship is an integral part of the Church's way of life.
Find out what it is like to work alongside the Church Community via the short video below. You can also find out more about the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church at either of the following website: https://togetherwearebrethren.com.au/ or, http://www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org/


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Changes in reproductive biomarkers in an endangered fish species (bonytail chub, Gila elegans) exposed to low levels of organic wastewater compounds in a controlled experiment
Aquatic Toxicology
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In arid regions of the southwestern United States, municipal wastewater treatment plants commonly discharge treated effluent directly into streams that would otherwise be dry most of the year. A better understanding is needed of how effluent-dependent waters (EDWs) differ from more natural aquatic ecosystems and the ecological effect of low levels of environmentally persistent organic wastewater compounds (OWCs) with distance from the pollutant source. In a controlled experiment, we found 26 compounds common to municipal effluent in treatment raceways all at concentrations <1.0 μg/L. Male bonytail chub (Gila elegans) in tanks containing municipal effluent had significantly lower levels of 11-ketotestosterone (p = 0.021) yet higher levels of 17β-estradiol (p = 0.002) and vitellogenin (p = 0.036) compared to control male fish. Female bonytail chub in treatment tanks had significantly lower concentrations of 17β-estradiol than control females (p = 0.001). The normally inverse relationship between primary male and female sex hormones, expected in un-impaired fish, was greatly decreased in treatment (r = 0.00) versus control (r = −0.66) female fish. We found a similar, but not as significant, trend between treatment (r = −0.45) and control (r = −0.82) male fish. Measures of fish condition showed no significant differences between male or female fish housed in effluent or clean water. Inter-sex condition did not occur and testicular and ovarian cells appeared normal for the respective developmental stage and we observed no morphological alteration in fish. The population-level impacts of these findings are uncertain. Studies examining the long-term, generational and behavioral effects to aquatic organisms chronically exposed to low levels of OWC mixtures are needed.
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