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Bomes, APC40's, TouchOSC, Visuals and stuff.
The resurrected domain name Vurt.org.uk will now contain various tech related posts, sites of interest, visual related rants, freebies etc. There will be a revised release of the Bomes / APC40 / Resolume 4 patch I've been working on for an eternity (it's seen many different revisions) …
The free release of the Bome patch is designed to work with Resolume 4 (Arena & Avenue) out of the box and cover some of the features I think most of us will want direct access to. Featuring clip previewing, complete BPM control, timeline mode, hot keys for cue points and obviously it's completely mappable to your own style of play.
Continuing on from the free release will be a paid version with access to 80 clips per deck (for higher resolution displays), composition / layer / clip dashboard mapping, clip timeline / BPM control and is already my main performance mapping. Featuring almost complete control of every playable aspect of Resolume, this release will be available as a stand alone executable on Windows and OSX.
Continuing on a controller theme, there will also be the various TouchOSC templates I've been messing around with. Percussion will be making a return (for both Android and iOS), as well as a new default Resolume template (can you see a theme here?). There are a couple of familiar designs coming up as well that have so far worked well with Resolume and are just for a bit of fun.
I'll also be attempting to keep up to date with various developments within the visual community, as well as collating all the bits and pieces I personally find interesting, amusing or just damn wrong!


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Romans 6:3
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6(Whole Chapter)
1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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Emirates NBD PJSC of Dubai is waiving payments on personal loans for the holy month of Ramadan. Maybank Islamic Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur started automating charitable donations. Jakarta-based PT Bank Syariah Mandiri sponsors a television slot teaching Islamic banking.
Marketing campaigns aimed at reminding the world's 1.6 billion Muslims to follow the teachings of Prophet Muhammad that ban receiving interest have increased as the global economy recovers this year, according to the Pan Arab Research Center in Dubai. The group estimates advertising spending by financial services companies in the Arab region is likely to grow by 40 percent this Ramadan compared with the previous season.
"As cautious optimism returns, the banking sector is engaged in brand-image building exercises and Ramadan offers the much needed platform for these promotions," M Shaharyar Umar, an analyst at Pan Arab Research, said in an e-mail on Aug. 28.
Muslims refrain from food, drink and sex during the day in the month, which began this year at the sighting of the crescent moon on Aug. 11. Consumer spending increases as friends and families gather for meals to break their fasts and when they celebrate the Eid holiday, marking the end of Ramadan, next week.
Banks need their customers to gain confidence in Shariah- financing to sustain growth in an industry estimated by the Islamic Financial Services Board to expand 15 percent annually. Assets under management may quadruple to $2.8 trillion by 2015 from about $700 billion in 2005, the Kuala Lumpur-based regulator predicts.
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Yapi & Kredi Bankasi AS, the Turkish bank part-owned by Italy's UniCredit SpA, has had a 50 percent increase in loan applications this Ramadan compared with the rest of the year, Mehmet Cemalcilar, head of marketing and individual banking, said in an Aug. 19 interview. Noor Islamic Bank, a lender owned by the Dubai government, may see consumer finance business increase as much as 20 percent, John Chang, head of Noor's consumer banking, said an interview on Aug. 25 in Dubai.
"We see a spike in the auto-finance business, small- business finance, and a marked improvement in credit-card spending as well," Chang said.
Emirates NBD, the U.A.E.'s biggest bank by assets, said its campaign postponing installment payments on personal and auto loans has been successful.
In most households in the United Arab Emirates, people spend more entertaining family and friends during Iftar, when they break their fast at sunset, Shekhar Krishnamurthy, the head of retail assets and liabilities at Emirates NBD, said in an e- mail on Aug. 19. The Ministry of Labor reduced working hours for the private sector to six from eight this Ramadan, state-run WAM news agency reported on Aug. 10.
Customer Interest
"Special packages and offers made by the bank during Ramadan do result in generating the desired level of customer interest," he said.
The spread between the average yield for emerging-market sukuk and the London interbank offered rate was little changed at 381 basis points yesterday, according to the HSBC/NASDAQ Dubai Sukuk Average Spread. The difference narrowed 20 basis points in August and is down 86 points since the start of the year. Islamic bonds, which are based on the exchange of asset flows rather than interest, returned 1.3 percent in August and 3.9 percent so far this quarter, according to the HSBC/NASDAQ Dubai US Dollar Sukuk Index. Debt in developing markets gained 2.4 percent for the month and 6.6 percent for the quarter, JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s EMBI Global Diversified Index shows.
Educational Program
The yield on Malaysia's 3.928 percent Islamic note due June 2015 rose one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 2.74 percent today, and is down 19 basis points this month, according to prices from Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.
Bank Syariah Mandiri, the Islamic unit of Indonesia's largest bank by assets PT Bank Mandiri, collaborated with a local TV operator for a show aimed at promoting Shariah- compliant banking for Muslims during the fasting month.
"It is an educational program to promote Shariah banking," Ivan Baruna, the head of the bank's product division, said in a phone interview from Jakarta on Aug. 23. "We invite customers who receive our funding and successfully expanded their businesses to talk about their experience on the show."
Indonesia introduced a law two years ago to allow financial institutions to offer services that comply with Shariah principles, 25 years after Malaysia. Islamic banking assets totaled $93 billion in Malaysia in 2009, or 20 percent of the total, compared with 2.9 percent in Indonesia, according to central bank data. Maybank Islamic, the Shariah-compliant unit of Malaysia's largest lender, started a waqf program in July that will allow Muslims to make a religious donation through the bank, said Abdul Wahid Omar, chief executive officer of Malayan Banking Bhd. "During the month of Ramadan, Muslims are encouraged to be generous," Abdul Wahid said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 20. "So instead of donating elsewhere, they can actually donate it through Maybank Islamic, which then works with" a waqf foundation to manage the funds, he said.
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Once Was a Time
Author: Leila Sales
Published: 2016
Source: Edelweiss
Summary: In 1940's Britain, Charlotte struggles to keep a stiff upper lip in the face of wartime privations. At the same time, she doesn't have it so bad - she has her best friend, Kitty.
But when she, Kitty, and her father are kidnapped by Nazis in an effort to find out the secrets of time travel, the war comes home in a terrible way. Charlotte jumps through time to save her life, and finds herself alone in early 2000s America. Adrift and lost, she learns to adjust to her new life - but she never stops missing the time and the people she left behind.
First Impressions: Awwww, this was so sad and yet so perfect. Sniff.
Later On: Honestly I kept expecting a magic time jump back to the 40s, everything fixed. When it didn't happen by the end of the book, it made me reframe the whole story. Charlotte's memories of her family and of Kitty fade over the years, until she's become a person they wouldn't recognize (even not accounting for the clohtes and hairstyle).
But a hint that Kitty might be out there, looking for her, brings her old self back and reminds her who she really is. This is a story about the things that change and the things that don't, and one of the things that doesn't change is the kind of friendship that reminds you who you really are.
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FCAT 2.0 FLDOE Website
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SRA Imagine It (Reading Textbook)
Think Central Go Math (Math Textbook)
Pearson (Science Textbook)
AR Home Connect Accelerated Reader
FCAT 2.0 (what is it?) Grade 3-5
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
FCAT Writes (what is it?) Grade 4
STAR (what is it?) Grades K-5
Reading Level Assessments (what are they?) Grades K-5
- Guided Reading
- Lexile
BOY - Beginning of Year
MOY - Middle of Year
EOY - End of Year
District Websites
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Principal - Mrs. Jennifer Sewell
Assistant Principal - Mrs. Quinn Evans
RtI Coach - Mrs. Nancy Prout
School Counselor - Ms. Gail O'Neal
Technology Coordinator - Mr. David Romero
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Mar 7, 201712:32 PMApplied Mindfulness
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How to produce like Bill Gates: Take a dive into deep work
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If you've ever wondered what it would be like to produce like Bill Gates, Cal Newport gives some solid ways for you to try in his book Deep Work.
Newport dives into how to achieve the most significant work you're capable of, which he refers to as "deep work." This kind of work requires the utmost concentration and pushes you to your limit. However, it improves your skill, adds much value, and is hard to imitate.
Deep work benefits those who do it by shaping our outlook. Neurological research indicates that our attitudes are shaped by what we pay attention to. Although humans have a negativity bias, we can override that bias by focusing intently on something worthwhile. Deep work induces such a state of focus. So deep work actually makes us happier and produces value for our organizations.
Why deep work is rare
You might expect deep work to be common, given its benefits to organizations and individuals, but Newport notes that it's actually rare. One reason is what he refers to as the "metric black hole." We don't know how much it costs our organizations for individuals to spend time on shallow work (e.g., drafting email responses and attending meetings) so this issue doesn't get much attention. Since it's difficult to measure productivity, especially in an office setting, we use busyness as a proxy. Unfortunately, very few of these activities constitute deep work that provides value for the company.
Another reason deep work is rare is our cult of the internet. Our culture associates the internet with progress and glorifies the newest online tool, regardless of its merit. As a result, we waste much time learning systems that will be obsolete or discarded soon. This learning further fragments our attention, disrupting our ability to do deep work.
Some solutions
Newport offers a bevy of advice to engage in deep work. One way is to block out time every day for deep work. That requires figuring out a place where you are less likely to be interrupted. It also means blocking out your calendar for that time, as well as figuring out what you need to be productive. For many of us, that's coffee!
However, to make the most of this time, ban yourself from using the major source of distraction — the internet, which includes instant messaging and email. If you realize you need something from the internet to complete your deep work, make a note of it and keep going as best you can without it.


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The Hofstra Men's and Women's Basketball programs are gearing up for the start of their respective seasons. On Thursday, the Department of Athletics will host its annual Hofstra Basketball Media Day as we celebrate the opening of the new campaigns.
GoHofstra.com will have Hofstra Basketball fans covered from every angle on Thursday with wall-to-wall coverage of media day on many different outlets and social media channels.
From noon to 1 p.m., fans can watch the welcome from Vice President and Director of Athletics Jeffrey A. Hathaway and the "State of the Program" addresses from Coach Mihalich and Kilburn-Steveskey live on GoHofstra.com, via Hofstra University's YouTube Live channel. You can also listen to the 12-1 p.m. hour live on WRHU (88.7 FM), GoHofstra.com and the GoHofstra.com mobile apps. In addition to speeches by Hathaway, Mihalich and Kilburn-Steveskey, the audio only broadcasts will also include interviews with student-athletes from both teams from 12:40-1 p.m.
At 1 p.m., the Hofstra Department of Athletics will host its first-ever Google Hangout via the University's Google+ page. Join us for this exciting endeavor as Mike Sullivan, Sports Director of WRHU (88.7 FM), Angelo Cannella, Hofstra's Social Media Manager and Stephen Gorchov, Associate Director of Athletics for Communications chat with the men's and women's basketball student-athletes about the upcoming season. The Google Hangout will last from 1-130 p.m.
Be sure to check in on our various social media channels as there will be plenty of content posted on the Hofstra Pride Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Vine accounts. In addition, look for additional content on the University's accounts and on the two individual team accounts.
Following the event look for the media day wrap-up on GoHofstra.com with links to photos, videos and plenty of other content to get fans excited for the 2013-14 Hofstra Basketball season!
For ticket information for both teams call the Hofstra Athletics Box Office at (516) HOF-TIXX.


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What is the Canon EOS 800D?
Canon's triple-digit EOS range has long been a popular option for those seeking either an upper entry-level or step-up DSLR. In recent years, Canon has muddied the waters somewhat by offering not just one triple-digit EOS model at a time but two. In 2015, this approach resulted in the launch of both the Canon 750D and the more advanced Canon 760D.
Fast forward to 2017 and Canon has introduced two new models to succeed the 750D and 760D: the 800D and the 77D. The 800D serves as the successor to the 750D, while the 77D is intended as more of a 760D replacement that is positioned under the enthusiast-grade 80D.
Also referred to as the Rebel T7i for the US market, the 800D shares the same key specs as the 77D, although in keeping with the 750D/760D differences outlined above, gets a simplified control scheme in order to enhance its appeal with first-time and novice DSLR users.
Canon EOS 800D – Features
The 800D is built around a 24.2-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor – as used inside the more advanced 80D (£840 body-only). While the 750D/760D also sported 24.2-megapixel sensors, neither encompasses Canon's Dual Pixel AF technology, so while effective resolution remains identical to the 800D's sensor, it represents a fairly big step forward.
Likewise, the 800D also employs Canon's latest generation DIGIC 7 image processor, as opposed to the DIGIC 6 chip found inside the 750D/760D. Canon claims that the DIGIC 7 is able to process data 14x faster than its predecessor, which not only enables the 800D to provide a higher maximum burst speed of 6fps (compared to 5fps on the 750D/760D), but also to fire off a higher number of consecutive images when burst shooting.
There are approximately 250 distinct Abbe classifications, and it's not uncommon to find more than 1 type of Abbe glass in a single lens design.In the procedure for designing the first-generation L-series lenses–Canon's premium line of camera lenses–Canon's engineers needed to go beyond the practical limitations of the best optical glass. After extensive testing in the lab and in the field, Canon began to incorporate elements made of Fluorite, a rare-earth material.A notable grade of Fluorite glass is its ability to converge red, green, and blue light to points much narrower than conventional optical glass can, which greatly eliminates color fringing (chromatic aberration). Due to its inherently large level of optical clarity, Fluorite also generates higher measures of picture delineation compared to conventional optical glass formulas.The downsides of Fluorite glass comprise its rarity and the difficulty and expense of processing it and grinding it into high optical criteria. To be able to cut down the cost factor, Canon's optical engineers developed cost-effective synthetic Fluorite crystals that could maintain equivalent steps of chromatic aberration management and faithful color traits, traits that made natural Fluorite desired from the first place.Fluorite components led to the development of UD (Ultra Low Dispersion), glass, that exhibits reduced refractive and dispersion indicators and improved contrast and resolving power, followed by Super-UD glass, which is a further advancement in UD glass technologies.
In addition, the new sensor and processor pairing also allows the 800D to offer a higher maximum native sensitivity setting of ISO 25,600, along with the equivalent of ISO 51,200 in expanded mode. By way of comparison, the 750D/760D both offer a maximum native sensitivity setting of ISO 12,800, with the equivalent of ISO 25,600 available in expanded mode.
Perhaps the most notable enhancement the 800D enjoys over its predecessors is the addition of Canon's Dual Pixel AF technology. Introduced with the EOS 70D in 2013, Dual Pixel AF is the name given to Canon's proprietary on-sensor phase-detection technology.
In practical terms the main benefit of Dual Pixel AF is that it greatly speeds up focus acquisition times when the camera is being operated in Live View. The way it works is that each pixel on the sensor's surface is split into two individual photodiodes – one left and one right. Each of these can be read separately, thereby allowing them to be used for phase-detection AF purposes.
Prior to the introduction of Dual Pixel AF, Canon DSLRs relied on contrast-detect technology and were renowned for providing fairly sluggish AF performance.
The move to Dual Pixel AF therefore represents a big step up in terms of performance. Indeed, Canon claims that its latest iteration of Dual Pixel AF is the fastest on-sensor phase-detection technology currently available to DSLR users. Until now, the technology has been confined to models higher up in Canon's DSLR range – the 80D and 7D Mark II (£1250 body only), for example. This is the first time the technology has trickled down to Canon's mid-range models.
In addition, the 800D's viewfinder-based phase-detection AF system has also seen a major revamp and now employs 45 individual AF points across the viewfinder, all of which are of the cross-type variety. This is a notable improvement from the 19-point system employed by the 750D/760D.
In terms of exposure modes, the 800D is well served by a generous range of options including the standard PASM quartet for more experienced users, alongside Scene Intelligent Auto mode and 10 individual Scene modes (some of which can be selected directly from the Exposure mode dial) for point-and-shoot duties.
As an example, a 60mm macro lens designed for use on an APS-C format camera is often described as being a terrific macro and portrait lens when, in fact, it's a terrific macro lens plus a so-so portrait lens.The problem is that, even though a 60mm lens captures the subject of opinion of a 96mm lens when mounted in an APS-C-format camera, it doesn't create the identical degree of portrait-friendly compression as an 85mm or 100mm short-telephoto portrait lens. It frames your subject similarly, but it retains the compressive characteristics of a 60mm lens.The only way you are able to keep the face-friendly features of an 85 to 100mm portrait lens on a Canon APS-C format DSLR is to utilize an 85 to 100mm portrait lens and step back about 40% farther from the subject so as to fill the framework to head-and-shoulder proportions.When shopping for your second lens, keep this info in mind. In that way, you will be less likely to pick the incorrect focal length for your needs.Camera lenses are available in fixed focal lengths and zoom settings, each of which have and sides and without sides. The plus/minus problem can be best illustrated by Canon's EF-28-300mm /f3.5-5.6L IS USM, a sharp, L-series zoom lens which covers a full-frame camera from wide-angle through long telephoto. It's an actual one-lens solution. And while its size is rather manageable (3.6 x 7.2″), it weighs approximately 3.7 pounds, which can take its toll on the shoulders after a few hours of walking around city or off in the woods. As they say, everything has its price.
Those wanting to get creative in-camera can take advantage of ten built-in digital filters (including old favourites such as Toy Camera, Miniature effect and a trio of HDR options), or choose one of nine Creative Auto settings, each of which is designed to capture images with a unique ambience.
Since the image circles on Canon EF lenses are made to cover full-frame sensors, they may also be utilized on APS-C DSLRs, which have smaller (1.6x crop factor) surface areas. The opposite–mounting EF-S lenses on full-frame EF mounts–is not feasible because the picture proportions of EF-S lenses are smaller than the circle size required to cover a full-frame sensor. EF-S lenses are strictly for use on the EF-S lens mounts found on Canon APS-C format DSLRs.Canon's most up-to-date EF-M mount is intended for use with Canon's APS-C format EOS M-series mirrorless cameras. Canon's EF-M-mount focal flange distance is shorter than the conventional EF mount (18mm versus 44mm) along with the size and weight of EF-M lenses are smaller and lighter.Though EF-S and EF-M lenses are equally designed to cover the same APS-C format picture field, they're completely different in layout and cannot be utilized interchangeably.A majority of Canon lens mounts are made of stainless steel. Select Canon lenses, including a number of Canon's lighter-weight, variable-aperture kit zooms and the 50mm f/1.8 II, are made from plastic. Though not as rocky as stainless steel, the plastic polymers used to manufacture these mounts wear well and are more than sufficient for use with these select, lighter-weight optics.The red line around the barrel of a Canon L-series lens depicts more than only a high degree of professional picture quality.
JPEG processing options extend to Canon's proprietary Picture Styles, of which there are eight presets and three User Defined slots to customise as you wish. In addition, the 800D also provides a range of in-camera lens-correction tools for minimising unsightly effects such as purple fringing and distortion, alongside the company's longstanding Auto Lighting Optimizer tool to auto-correct image brightness and contrast.
Canon EOS 800D – Build and design
The best optical glass formulations cannot narrow the entirety of the visible colour spectrum to one point of attention, nor will uncoated optical glass control flare and color aberrations due to stray light striking the lens surface. To improve upon the limitations of optical glass, coatings typically consisting of magnesium fluoride or silicon monoxide are applied liberally and evenly across the surfaces of each lens element.Because light comprises numerous wavelengths, up to 10 layers of coatings (multi-coating) might be utilized as a method of keeping evenly consistent colour rendition through the visible color spectrum, together with nominal levels of flare and color aberrations.Though logic would suggest otherwise, applying coatings to a lens element doesn't inhibit the light-transmitting qualities of a lens. In practice, lens coatings improve the light-transmitting qualities of glass by removing the inherent reflective characteristics of glass.Canon lenses are coated with Super Spectra Coatings that help preserve sharp picture detail, richly saturated color, and correct levels of image contrast even in backlit situations. Super Spectra multi-layered coatings, which enable up to 99.9% of full-spectrum light to pass through the lens, also provide for an additional layer of protective coating across the surfaces of each lens element.
As with previous triple-digit Canon DSLR models, the 800D is a compact, lightweight and neatly styled DSLR. While it does feel a little plasticky (a common trait of entry-level Canon DSLRs over the years), overall build quality is actually pretty much on par for a camera of this price and specification.
Inside the polycarbonate outer shell, the internal electronics of the 800D are protected by an aluminium alloy chassis. This should provide ample protection against the kind of gentle knocks and accidental scrapes most cameras experience at some point in their lifetime.
However, unlike models further up the EOS range, the 800D's body isn't weather sealed – so you'll need to keep it as dry as possible when shooting in wet weather.
For a DSLR of such modest overall proportions, we found the 800D's handgrip to be surprisingly deep and pronounced. With our averagely sized hands we were comfortably able to wrap three fingers around it, while the contoured thumb grip on the back of the body offers something to brace your thumb against for a secure grip.
If you are shooting a 16-35mm wide zoom, the gaps between filling the frame with your subject at the 16mm end of the focal range will create imagery far different than images captured at 35mm from a larger distance. The same can be said for 24-70mm zooms and 70-200mm zooms. Whenever time allows, constantly explore your subject at different focal points and distances.If there were a drawback to shooting with zoom lenses, so it would need to be that none of them opens up broader than f/2.8, and when they did, they'd be rather hefty. It is not that zoom lenses with wider maximum apertures (i.e. f/2 or f/1.4) could not be possible to design and manufacture, but you'd need to mount them on a forklift if you wanted to shoot one. Reading the spec sheets of a 70-200mm f/1.4 or 16-35mm f/1.4 zoom could be amusing, to say the least.Are fixed focal length lenses tend to be sharper than zooms? It'd be fair to say many contemporary zooms rival their fixed focal length counterparts concerning resolving power, contrast, and overall image quality. And they're all capable of taking very good photographs.Zoom lenses come in 2 varieties: continuous aperture and changeable aperture. Constant-aperture lenses, that maintain a consistent maximum aperture regardless of the focal selection, tend to be faster (i.e. have wider maximum apertures) than many variable-aperture versions. Constant-aperture zooms also tend to be larger, thicker, and frequently pricier in contrast to their variable-aperture counterparts.
With the new EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens attached, the 800D feels exceptionally well balanced too. The camera's physical buttons and controls are all clearly labelled, well spaced and have a reassuringly responsive 'clicky' feel about them when pressed.
Even the greatest optical glass formulations cannot narrow the entirety of the visible color spectrum to one point of attention, nor can uncoated optical glass controller flare and colour aberrations due to stray light striking the lens . To improve upon the limitations of optical glass, coatings normally comprising magnesium fluoride or aluminium monoxide are applied liberally and evenly across the surfaces of every lens element.Because light comprises numerous wavelengthsup to ten layers of coatings (multi-coating) might be used as a means of maintaining evenly consistent color rendition throughout the visible color spectrum, together with nominal degrees of flare and colour aberrations.Though logic would indicate differently, applying coatings to a lens element doesn't inhibit the light-transmitting attributes of a lens. In training, lens coatings increase the light-transmitting qualities of glass by eliminating the inherent reflective features of glass.Canon lenses are coated with Super Spectra Coatings that help preserve sharp image detail, richly saturated color, and correct levels of image contrast even in backlit conditions. Super Spectra multi-layered coatings, that enable up to 99.9percent of full-spectrum light to pass through the lens, also provide for another layer of protective coating across the surfaces of every lens element.


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The next release of uDig includes the concept of "Cheatsheets"; these act in a manner similar to a wizard (in that the provide a series of steps); but instead are designed to supliment the running application. What is impressive is the "Click to Perform" button which will perform the task it is describing so it can show you the result.
The Quickstart cheatsheet included in uDig 1.2.3 uses this to great effect when showing the differences between the normal Map Perspective (used for working on data) and the Style Perspective (used for working on presentation).
What is even more impressive is this form of help follows you into dialogs and screens offering helpful advice as it shows you how to perform an activity.
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Digital Tachograph for Drivers
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What do I need? – The basics.
Driver Smart Card: Every driver wishing to drive a vehicle fitted with a digital tachograph needs to use a digital driver card. This card records data in much the same way as a paper tachograph chart but in a different format. It will record driving time, other work, POA and any daily or weekly rest periods.
Data is stored on the card for 28 days after which it may be overwritten. It is therefore important that driver cards are downloaded at least every 28 days by your employer. Drivers, who do not have a driver card, cannot drive a vehicle which is fitted with a digital tachograph. Driver cards can be obtained by contacting the DVLA on 0300 7906109; an application form from a DVSA station or via DVLA licencing offices (or download from the DVLA website). Please remember that if you do have a driver card and you forget to take it to work, you will be unable to drive any vehicle fitted with a digital tachograph.
Driver cards are valid for 5 years and drivers are only allowed to hold 1 driver card. Drivers, whose card is due for renewal, are generally notified to the drivers address by the DVLA in good time, to allow continuation of use. It is therefore important to keep your address details updated with the DVLA.
If a driver card becomes faulty, drivers should inform their supervisor and send the faulty card with a renewal to DVLA immediately. Once the faulty card has been received by DVLA a new card will be issued free of charge.
If a card is lost or stolen it should be reported immediately to your supervisor and to the DVLA within 7 days. If the card is lost/stolen abroad it should also be reported to the competent authority of that country. Drivers can continue to drive a vehicle fitted with a digital tachograph for a maximum period of 15 days. This can be done by taking a print out from the vehicle unit at the start and end of each shift. You must print your name and driver card number (or licence number) on the reverse and record driver activity on the reverse of the print out (the same way as with a paper tacho, if the tacho failed).
Drivers are expected to be able to do a print out on request at the roadside for DVSA, or the Police and should therefore ensure that there is enough digi paper for this. It is recommended that as well as the roll in the printer, drivers should carry at least 1 spare roll.
Operating the Digital Tachograph Checklist
Start of duty
- Vehicle ignition on
- Insert driver card into slot 1 with the chip upwards and inserted first.
- The tacho will then check the driver details and confirm the last withdrawal
- You will then be asked if you wish to make a manual entry
- If you select yes you will need to enter manual data and confirm (model dependant)
- You may then be asked to input start country
- Once the process has completed you can drive (it may take up to 5 minutes to finish)
End of duty
- Ensure the vehicle is stopped and the handbrake applied
- Press the eject button
- You will then be asked if you want to do a print out (selecting yes will then prompt to which type of printout you require)
- Then select the finish country
- The card will then eject
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François Espinasse pays tribute to his mentor Xavier Darasse with that composer's Organum VIII – a startling work for organ and brass quintet that bristles and boils with unflinching imagination and inventiveness, the 1994 Bancells organ in the Chapelle Sainte-Claire providing a suitably coy accompaniment to the unabashed playing of the Quintette de Cuivres. The challeng- ing hybrid of Gilbert Amy's Three Inventions – a dazzling, improvisationally accented homage to Darasse that owes as much to Bach, heard here in the 2001 revision – draws intensely committed playing from Espinasse. Messiaen's sublime Pentecost Mass offers its own tranquil ecstasies to the excitements elsewhere on this richly rewarding recital. It's a pity the booklet omits the English translation of Vincent Genvrin's excellent note on the Messiaen.
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CSU Student Wins National Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition
Eder Rivera, a Columbus State University senior majoring in music performance, was recently selected as a winner of the 2018 Yamaha Young Performing Artists (YYPA) competition. Rivera, a oboe player originally from Honduras, is one of only 11 musicians selected nationwide to earn the distinction in 2018.
"I'm glad to say that CSU prepared me for the competition through a highly competitive music program at the Schwob School of Music," said Rivera. "Thanks to my world class professor, Dr. Susan Tommiewicz, I was able to prepare a very challenging repertoire that put me into the 2018 winner's list of the Yamaha Young Performing Artists competition. I feel honored to represent CSU and the Schwob School of Music among the best music schools in the U.S. in such a prestigious competition."
Rivera began his musical studies at the age of 13 at the Victoriano Lopez Music School in Honduras. There, he performed at the International Music Festival Concierto de Maestros with members of the Munich Philharmonic. Rivera has also performed in various masterclasses with Erin Hannigan, Dr. Giovanetti, Elizabeth Tiscione, Dr. Vigneau and Dr. Eurdice Alvarez, and in 2016, Rivera was chosen to perform in Kathryn Greenbank's masterclass at the International Double Reed Society at the Schwob School of Music. Rivera has won many international prizes including first place in the Texas Double Reed Society Oboe Young Artist Competition 2016 and a bronze medal at the Jovenes Solistas competition in Honduras. He was named the state winner and regional honorable mention with Music Teachers National Association, and named one of the best young musicians of his generation in Honduras at the Musica para la Juventud.
Rivera and the other 2018 YYPA winners each receive an all-expense-paid trip to the YYPA Celebration Weekend, which will take place during the Music for All™ Summer Symposium, to be held at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, from June 25-30, 2018. There, the winners will attend workshops and clinics designed to help them launch a professional career, garner media exposure via the Internet and perform in front of thousands with international trumpet soloist and long-time Yamaha Performing Artist, Allen Vizzutti. The concert will be memorialized with a professional recording and photography, and winners will enjoy many other privileges, including services and support from Yamaha Artist Relations.
Rivera joins a pantheon of 300 talented musicians who have been previously recognized, including Ricardo Morales, principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Aaron Parks, acclaimed jazz pianist; Jasmine Choi, international flute soloist; Matt Prendergast, principal percussionist for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra; and Carol Jantsch, Yamaha Performing Artist and principal tubist for the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The annual program honors emerging 18- to 22-year-old artists for their extraordinary talents in jazz, classical and contemporary genres, and is conducted by the Band and Orchestral division of Yamaha Corporation of America, the world's largest musical instrument manufacturer.
"For 30 years, the YYPA program has been a significant opportunity for young musicians who are embarking on a career as a professional musician, and one of the most visible ways that Yamaha offers unrivaled support for music education," said John Wittmann, director of education and artist relations, Yamaha. "We are pleased to honor Eder at this early phase of his development as an artist and watch as he builds upon the YYPA legacy to lead a promising future."


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Young Major Tin Aung Myint Oo, formerly the First Secretary of State Peace and Development Council and now the First Vice President of Union of Burma, was awarded the Thiha-Thura medal, the second highest medal of valor in Burma, in 1989 for his 1988 heroic role as the Deputy Battalion Commander of IB-11 defending the border town of Maing-yang from numerically superior forces of Communist Party of Burma.
(Concise translation of Chapter-2 from Thaung Wai Oo's "Battles of Maing-yang".)
|Tin Aung Myint Oo.
"Democracy is brutally terminated. Pick up any weapon and fight against the military government. Follow the Chairman Mao's teachings and grab the power by force," broadcasted constantly by the CPB Radio.
"We shouldn't be waiting too long. Before too late, with the forces already gathered we must attack a winnable place and take hold of it," directed Ba Thein Tin to his Communist cadres and officers.
Even though he had been in Mone-koe directing the UG operations since early September 1988, once the army has taken over the country Ba Thein Tin rushed back from Mone-koe to Pang-sang. And as soon as he was there he ordered the CPB Central War Commission to launch the battle.
CPB War Commission already had a detail plan to attack Maing-yang the nearest town from their Pang-sang and they'd been waiting for the green light from Chairman Ba Thein Tin. Thus the Second Battle of Maing-yang began in the early morning of September 23, 1988 when more than 2,000 strong CPB forces came into Maing-yang.
Geographical Location of Maing-yang
|Maing-yang Location Map.
The little town Maing-yang was located roughly between the Latitude 99 and 100 degrees and between the Longitude 21 and 22 degrees in the Eastern Shan State. It is at the North of Kengtung the capital of Eastern Shan State and 65 miles away from Kengtung. It is only 30 or 40 miles away from the People Republic of China.
During the old feudal times Maing-yang was ruled by a Town-Lord (Phayar-Yang) under the Sawbwa (Saopha) of Kengtung (Kyaing Tong). The populace of Maing-yang consists mainly of Li-shan, Gon-shan, Akha-lahu, Lishaw, and Wa people.
Maing-yang is the most northern town of Eastern Shan State. Even though it was only 65 miles away from Kengtung, to reach there was extremely difficult as the roads were bad. By car it normally took 4 to 5 hours from Kengtung. The Kengtung-Maingyang vehicular road passes through Wanterpun, Maing-khat, and Maing-lway.
The town basically is on a small valley plain surrounded by high mountains with the soaring heights of 3, 4, and 5,000 feet. In Shan language Yang is a plain and Maing-yang basically means a town built on the plain land. But there are small hillocks at the western outskirt of the town.
At the north of Maing-yang were Ho-tong and Maing-phyan and at the west is Maing-pauk all of which were Brown Territories (Insurgent-controlled areas). At the east is Si-loo also a CPB-controlled area. At the south are Main-khat and Kengtung.
Maing-yang basically was a sweet fruit surrounded by thorny bushes and CPB picked the small town many times to test our troops garrisoned there. And in the early morning on 19 April 1980 nearly 1,500 strong CPB forces attacked the three army companies from the First Column of LIB-108 (Light Infantry Battalion-108) on the garrison duty at Maing-yang.
The battle lasted more than six hours that day, but the numerically superior CPB forces couldn't overrun our strong defense and finally had to withdraw. The casualties from both sides were 79 from the army and 194 from the CPB for that First Maing-yang Battle.
Now the CPB was preparing again for the Second battle of Maing-yang and their last major battle on our Burmese soil.
Enemy's Dispositions
|CPB War Commission meeting for Maing-yang Attack.
That meeting had decided to attack Maing-yang and formed the eleven person supervising committee headed by Lin Htin (a) Yebaw Soe Thein for the battle. And the following CPB troops were assigned for the battle.
Battalion-4048 of the First Brigade.
Battalion-501 of the Third Brigade.
Battalion-081, 085, and 087 of the Fifth Brigade.
Battalion-503 of the Seventh Brigade.
Battalion-083 of the Eighth Brigade.
Battalion-3, 6, and 9 of Brigade-815.
Troops extracted from Brigade-851 aka the Guard Brigade, CPB Central.
|Ethnic Wa Soldiers of CPB.
Their strategic dream was to set up the Maing-yang based Provisional People's Government once they got hold of the town and then to expand their so-called liberated area of Burma form there.
The only obstacle for those more than 2,000 strong Communist forces to successfully implement their grand plan was the less than 400 strong troops of Burmese Army Frontline Infantry Battalion-11 on the garrison duty then at Maing-yang.
Army's Dispositions
Burmese Army then had following units inside the Sector north of Kengtung covering a very large area.
At Maing-yang (Frontline IB-11 under Tactical Operations Command-881)
The HQ and the Heavy-weapon company of frontline IB-11's First Column was on the garrison duty in Maing-yang Town. Their fortified base was on the Aung-da-ghun Hill inside the town.
Another rifle company of frontline IB-11's First Column was active as a mobile column between Maing-yang and Si-loo.
A rifle company of frontline IB-11's Second Column was on the garrison duty at the Aung-tha-byay and Aung-myay Hills on the eastern outskirt of Maing-yang Town.
Another rifle company of frontline IB-11's Second Column was active as a mobile column near those Aung-tha-byay and Aung-myay Hills.
All together 4 companies of IB-11 were in the Maing-yang Town while another rifle company of frontline IB-11 was on the garrison duty in nearby Maing-lway between Maing-khat and Maing-yang.
At Maing-khat (Tactical Operations Command-881 under LID-88)
The HQ of Tactical Operations Command 881 (TOC-881) and three rifle companies of frontline Sixth Burma Rifles Battalion's First Column were at Maing-khat.
Another rifle company of frontline Sixth Burma Rifles Battalion's Second Column was active as a mobile reserve column in the areas of Lwe-yote, Lwe-mee, and Wanterpang.
The HQ and a rifle company of frontline First Kayah Rifles Battalion's First Column were on the Kyat-u-taung (Egg Mountain).
Another rifle company of frontline First Kayah Rifles Battalion's First Column was active as a mobile column in the area north of Kyat-u-taung (Egg Mountain).
At Kengtung (LID-88)
Organization wise, LID-88 had 3 Tactical Operations Command, TOC-881 and 882 and 883, and each TOC had 3 infantry battalions. With one reserve battalion the LID-88 had 10 infantry battalions in total. Back in 1988 the three rifle battalions of TOC-881 were IB-11 in Maing-yang and Sixth Burma Rifles Battalion and First Kayah Rifles Battalion both in Maing-khat. The LID-88's reserve battalion then was IB-14 in Kengtung.
Beginning of the Battle
|Battlefield at Maing-yang (Sept 23-30, 1988).
Accordingly the LID-88 HQ in Kengtung sent up two companies from IB-19 which arrived in Kengtung just two days before the Maing-yang Battle to the Maing-yang area. Unfortunately that IB-19 column was ambushed by the CPB advanced forces just before Mine-lway and their Battalion CO was killed and the column could not reach the target.
Since early September even before the actual Battle broke out CPB forces were testing our forces at Maing-yang. By frequent engagements with the army patrols they were gradually closing onto the town. Three enemy columns were seen approaching Maing-yang from both east and west of the town.
Daily Stages of the Battle inside Maing-yang
September 14
In the morning on the first day of the battle the enemy began to attack the Aung-tha-byay Hill the garrison base of IB-11's Second Column led by the DCO Major Tin Aung Myint Oo.
The mobile company there had repelled the CPB attackers and chased them but another CPB unit 100 strong was waiting for them at the Wan-kyone Monastery south of Aung-tha-byay Hill. The battle ensued and the army company had to withdraw back to the Aung-tha-byay Hill.
Another 100 more CPB troops arrived at the monastery and with the heavy-weapon support they attacked the Aung-tha-byay hill again. The ensuing battle lasted whole day and only at night the enemy withdrew as they couldn't overrun the army's strong defense positions.
CPB seemed to be just testing the strength of IB-11 Second Column as their preliminary attack before the arrival of their main forces. That day DCO Major Tin Aung Myint Oo was hit on his right wrist by a heavy-weapon shell's shrapnel and severely wounded with his right hand broken.
September 17
After being completely quiet for two days on September 15 and 16 the enemy shelled our positions with 82mm Mortars and .50 heavy machine guns from morning to midday on September 17 as more than 1,000 strong Communist forces from their brigade-768 and 815 finally arrived at West Maing-yang.
Only when IB-11 responded with heavy-weapons CPB stopped shelling and withdrew back to the west of the town. Next 4-5 days CPB forces had waited for the arrive of more troops and heavy-weapons and by September 22 the CPB strength in the vicinity of Maing-yang reached to more than 2,000.
September 23
The news from the townfolks confirmed that all the CPB forces destined for the battle were at Maing-yang by then. From the night of September 22 the CPB heavy-weapon units now in the west and south of the town were constantly shelling the army positions till the morning of September 23.
In the morning of September 23 about 200 strong CPB force charged at the La-min Hill. Their four bayonet charges were repelled by the two army platoons on the hill with the help of our heavy-weapon fire from the main Aung-da-ghun Hill.
But the enemy had reinforced their attacking force with 200 more men and kept on charging at the hill. Outnumbered and outgunned our units finally abandoned the La-min Hill and withdrew back to the main Aung-da-ghun Hill.
|Battlefield at Maing-yang (Sept 23-30, 1988).
Once the enemy had occupied the La-min and Yan-shin hills they brought their 57mm recoilless guns and .50 caliber heavy machine guns onto the hill and started their heavy-weapon assault on the Aung-da-ghun Hill where the IB-11's HQ and its First Column was.
They also shelled the nearby Pha-yar Hill. At about 11 in the late morning at least 400 of them had bayonet-charged the Pha-yar Hill repeatedly for six times. During the sixth charge our Lieutenant Thant Zin the post in-charge was severely wounded and the army unit there had to abandon the hill and withdrew back to the main Aung-da-ghun Hill.
|84mm Carl-Gustav Rocket Launcher.
Enemy's 500 strong infantry under the protection of their heavy-weapon support then bayonet-charged the Aung-da-ghun Hill from all possible directions. IB-11 CO Major Soe Lwin ordered his men to fire at the charging enemy with 84mm Carl-Gustav launcher.
That launcher was a very effective weapon but the CO himself was required to supervise the firing. Knowing that fact the enemy had immediately responded by firing all their straight-shooting 57mm small recoilless guns together at our launcher site.
And at about 5 in the late afternoon of September 23 the battalion CO Major Soe Lwin was instantly killed by a shell fired from one of enemy's 57mm recoilless guns.
Once the CO had fallen the Deputy CO Major Tin Aung Myint Oo who was severely wounded in the September 14 attack on his Aung-tha-byay Hill and brought back temporarily to Aung-da-ghun Hill had taken charge of the under-siege battalion and led the hand-to-hand battles against overwhelming CPB forces now surrounding the Hill and repeatedly bayonet-charging the defenders.
Once the CO had fallen the Deputy CO Major Tin Aung Myint Oo who was severely wounded in the September 14 attack on his Aung-tha-byay Hill and brought back temporarily to Aung-da-ghun Hill had taken charge of the under-siege battalion and led the hand-to-hand battles against overwhelming CPB forces now surrounding the Hill and repeatedly bayonet-charging the defenders.
September 24
|Pilatus PC-7 Fighter-bomber Plane.
From there they marched further into town towards the Aung-da-ghun Hill. At about 5:30 in the early morning of September 24 they engaged a more than 300 strong enemy units near the Aung-da-ghun Hill and a huge battle had ensued.
But the Company managed to forcefully penetrate through the enemy lines and merged with our forces on the Aung-da-ghun Hill at about 6:30 in the morning.
|Battlefield at Maing-yang (Sept 23-30, 1988).
But, about 8 in the morning our aerial support arrived in the form of four PC-7 fighter-bomber planes from our Air Force. The planes had arrived just in time as the CPB forces were on the verge of their final bayonet-charge to completely finish off the rapidly weakening defenders on the Aung-da-ghun Hill.
Because of our aerial bombardment the enemy charge had temporarily stopped. But once the airplanes departed after dropping all their bombs and firing their rockets CPB forces unleashed the second bayonet charge.
Our planes had come back again and launched the second aerial bombardment and that second assault took out so many of their men and stopped the enemy bayonet-charges for that day.
September 25
On September 25 enemy began to attack Aung-da-ghun Hill very early on 5:30 in the morning while their heavy-weapon teams on the surrounding hills basically held down our forces on the Aung-myay Hill by shelling constantly.
Between 7 and 9 in the morning that day they had bayonet-charged our Aung-da-ghun Hill eleven times. The fences were breached and hand-to-hand combats were all over the hill as enemy was able to reach inside the army camp.
But our air-support timely arrived at about 9:30 that morning and bombed the enemy just outside our camp. That aerial bombardment achieved so many direct hits and punished enemy so hard that they were forced to stop their brutal bayonet-charges for that day.
Casualties were high for both sides that day as almost everything on the hill was destroyed. Dead and dying from both sides filled the Hill and their blood had formed large pools on the Hill.
Enemy appeared to have used all available forces to overrun our forces on the Aung-da-ghun Hill that day. But because of our air-support the momentum of enemy attack was basically halted on that same day.
September 26
Enemy had reinforced their depleting forces on the recently occupied hills with new arrivals and started attacking our hills again. But at midday that day our air force planes came and repeatedly bombed enemy positions on the Yan-bauk Hill and On-lar-gyaw range.
The devastated enemy then carried their wounded and withdrew towards Wan-kyin-san-dauk. Like the day before enemy was severely beaten by aerial bombardment again that day and because of high casualties they couldn't bayonet-charge as many times as yesterday.
September 27
|Battlefield at Maing-yang (Sept 23-30, 1988).
Finally they broke through the fences but our forces repelled them by blowing them up with controlled-mines. At dusk the enemy had bayonet-charged the hill again, but had to withdraw again after suffering heavy losses.
That evening LID-88 HQ had ordered the IB-11 Second Column at Aung-myay Hill to merge with IB-11 HQ and its First Column at Aung-da-ghun Hill. At 7 in the night of September 28 Major Phe Chit's Company of IB-11 Second Column abandoned the Aung-myay Hill and marched towards Aung-da-ghun Hill.
That column was shot at by enemy from the Mon-ke-pha-yar Hill and On-la-gyaw Range at the east of Maing-yang Town. But the Second Column had successfully cleared the enemy along their way and reached Aung-da-ghun Hill in the morning of September 28.
September 28
By September 28 all four companies of IB-11 in Maing-yang town were together on the main Aung-da-ghun Hill the battalion's frontline HQ. They had consolidated their defense lines and repositioned their men and their heavy-weapons. And they had eagerly waited for the enemy bayonet-charges they thought were coming again like the days before.
By then CPB also had re-distributed their forces on various hills under their control. There were about 300 men each on Aung-myay and Aung-tha-byay hills, nearly 100 on the On-la-gyaw Range, and about 300 each on Pha-yar and La-min and Yan-shin hills. They were still shelling our Aung-da-ghun Hill with Heavy-weapons but not as frequent as before.
That day our air force planes showed up again. The PC-7 fighter-bombers then dropped bombs and fired rockets onto the enemy heavy-weapon positions. The results were so many direct hits on their heavy-weapon crews.
Later we heard that the enemy morale had completely collapsed after suffering heavy casualties from that aerial attack and they stopped the shelling of Aung-da-ghun Hill still standing after so many brutal, human-wave bayonet-charges.
September 29
There were no more enemy bayonet-charges onto the Aung-da-ghun Hill as our air force planes were constantly attacking the CPB positions on their hills. The news of massive CPB casualties including some of their top leaders had reached even to our forces on the Aung-da-ghun Hill. By the midnight of September 29 the Miang-yang Town was completely quiet as enemy firing had stopped.
September 30
As there were no more hostile shootings from the enemy DCO Major Tin Aung Myint Oo sent out the rifle company led by Captain Thant Zin to Pha-yar Hill first. They cleared the Hill and found 25 enemy corpses there.
They continued onto the Yan-shin Hill and then La-min Hill and found 71 more enemy corpses in the area. The CPB forces had already gone from Maing-yang since the night of September 29. And the enemy had taken their wounded with them. But they had left their dead comrades at wherever they fell.
The Second Battle of Maing-yang was over.
Parallel Actions of Our Other Units
As soon as the news of Maing-yang battle reached the TOC-881 in Maing-khat and then LID-88 in Kengtung other army units in the area were put into action to support and reinforce the IB-11 inside Maing-yang Town.
Expecting that action CPB also sent out a large force to the Maing-lway area to intercept the army reinforcements and stop them there. Followings are the actions and engagements with the enemy of other army units sent into the Maing-lway and Maing-yang.
Frontline IB-14 (Kha-la-ya 14)
September 23
LID-88 CO Brigadier Thein Han had immediately sent three rifle companies of IB-14 kept as the reserve at Kengtung to Maing-yang that day once the news of the Maing-yang Battle reached him.
Battalion CO Lt. Colonel Aung Kyi and his three companies left Kengtung on midday and reached Maing-khat on the midday of September 24. He left one of his companies at Maing-khat as the reserve for TOC-881 and continued onto Maing-yang with two companies as the First Column of IB-14.
September 25
The IB-14's First Column and its two companies marched the whole night of September 24 and reached Maing-lway at about midday of September 25. They engaged with about 100 strong CPB forces waiting for them at the Maing-lway Monastery.
The battle lasted for the rest of the day while the enemy there was multiplying by the new arrivals. By evening the enemy strength had reached to more than 400 and the IB-14 First Column had to tactically withdraw in the darkness as their casualties were alarmingly increasing.
September 26
In the morning of September 26 the IB-14's First Column continued onto Main-yang as planned and reached the Village of Yang-khaing at 10 in the morning. The Column continued onto the Yin-kwe Mountain.
Meanwhile the IB-14's Second Column was marching to engage the CPB forces at Maing-laway in September 27.
At there in the afternoon the First Column engaged with about 200 strong CPB forces waiting for them. The battle ensued but the casualties were low and the enemy finally withdrew towards east at about 6:30 in the evening.
September 28
In the morning of September 28 the IB-14's First Column marched back to Main-lway to meet up with the IB-14's Second Column clearing the CPB forces at Maing-lway.
The road to Maing-yang was wide open for the army reinforcements as the CPB blockages had been removed by the IB-14 Frist Column led by Lt. Col. Aung Kyi.
TOC-881 (Na-ba-ha 881)
September 25
TOC-881 Commander Colonel Ye Myint had to wait for the arrival of First Column and Second Column of IB-14 coming from Kengtung.
IB-14's Second Column with two companies led by DCO Major Aung Myo Lwin left Kengtung on the midday of September 25 and reached Maing-khat on September 26. TOC-881 there and IB-14's Second Column then started heading towards Maing-laway the same day.
September 27
TOC-881 and IB-14's Second Column reached Maing-lway on midday September 27 and engaged with the enemy waiting there. About 150 strong CPB forces attacked them at the Maing-lway Monastery but later withdrew after a heavy battle involving hand-to-hand combats resulting heavy casualties on both sides.
September 28
In the morning of September 28 TOC-881 and IB-14's Second Column met up with IB-14's First Column in Maing-lway and they continued towards Maing-yang. At 3 in the afternoon the whole column reached Pharpun-phayar Hill near Maing-yang and engaged with some CPB forces there.
Captain Kyaw Zeya's Company left in Maing-kaht also left there that night and by September 29 night our TOC-881 and the whole IB-14 were ready to reinforce the Maing-yang Garrison.
September 30
The whole column of TOC-881 and IB-14 left for Maing-yang early that morning and reached there at around 9 in the morning. They immediately cleared the La-min and Yan-shin hills used by the enemy as the bases in attacking our Aung-da-ghun Hill.
Our columns finally reached Aung-da-ghun Hill that afternoon. Various skirmishes some large and some small were still occurring around town as our columns continued on to clear the enemy remnants still in the town and the surrounds.
And more than 20 enemy combatants were killed when our columns recaptured the Aung-myay Hill that evening.
Frontline Sixth Burma Rifles Battalion (Tha-na-ka 6)
September 23
TOC-881 Commander Colonel Ye Myint had immediately sent four rifle platoons of Sixth Burma Rifles' First Column led by the battalion CO Lt. Col. San Thein kept as the reserve at Maing-khat to Maing-yang that day once the news of the Maing-yang Battle reached him.
Frontline Sixth Burma Rifles' First Column and its four platoons left Maing-khat on the midday that day.
September 24
The Column engaged with some enemy forces and reached Maing-laway the morning of September 24. They merged with some units form IB-11's First Company at Maing-lway and continued on towards Maing-yang. At around 1 in the afternoon 200 strong enemy attacked our column and after the ensuing battle our forces withdrew back to Maing-lway to re-gather the troops.
September 25
As the Column left Main-lway again and trying to march towards Maing-yang the strong enemy forces waiting at Maing-lway Pha-yar Hill attacked again. The battle lasted the whole day and our column was unable to forward as they were held up in Maing-lway.
September 26
On September 26 our Sixth Burma Rifles' First Column merged with the IB-11's First Company at Maing-lway and continued onto Maing-yang. On the way our Column was engaged by 150 strong enemy but they were repelled.
September 27
On September 27, with the heavy-weapon support our column attacked the nearby range occupied by more than 200 strong enemy forces. The enemy finally withdrew towards north.
September 28-29
Our Sixth Burma Column chased the withdrawing enemy and forced most of them to withdraw farther towards east. Our Column occupied the strategic hills around Maing-lway and provided heavy-weapon fire support to the TOC-881 and Frontline IB-14 during the last few days of the Maing-yang Battle.
The Second Battle of Maing-yang was truly over by September 30 as all enemy forces were cleared not just from the Maing-yang Town but also from its surrounds.
Conclusion of the Second Battle of Maing-yang
|Busy Cattle Market in Peaceful Maing-yang Town.
As soon as the battle was over LID-88 Commander Brigadier Thein Han traveled to Maing-yang by helicopter and met all the army men there for encouraging congratulations. He also met up with the town folks and thanked them for their help during the siege.
After that he brought Major Tin Aung Myint Oo and other seriously wounded back with him to Kengtung for preliminary medical treatment and then sent the severely wounded to the General Military Hospital at Mingaladon in Rangoon.
The whole IB-11 from Maing-yang was later brought back to Kengtung for a well deserved R&R while the Frontline Sixth Burma Rifles Battalion took on the garrison duty at maing-yang.
The Second Maing-yang Battle was the last major battle of Burmese Communist Party on Burmese soil. Having huge casualties especially among the majority Wa ranks-and-files from their armed-units the ethnic Wa leaders finally rebelled against the ethnic Burmese leadership of CPB in early 1989.
The Wa captured Pang-sang the CPB HQ in April 1989 and immediately asked our Army for a ceasefire agreement. The spectacular and sudden implosion of CPB after more than 40 years long armed-rebellion in 1989 April was basically the direct result of Second Maing-yang Battle in 1988 September.
The Second Battle of Maing-yang was a strategic turning point in the unfortunate history of long-running Civil War in Burma.
Official Summary for decorating Tin Aung Myint Oo
|Thiha-Thura Medal.
Being an exemplary commander he had repelled almost countless times the overwhelming CPB bayonet-charges conducted repeatedly with enemy's massive manpower and heavy-weapon support.
Whenever the air-support arrived he also correctly guided our airforce planes to the precise locations of CPB heavy-weapon crew and thus produced heavy damages on the enemy side and finally turned the battle to our favor.
In addition he had bravely led the battalion during the whole duration of the battle, constantly encouraged the warring men, continuously communicated with the Commands and reported the battle situations, and actively searched the enemy targets for the aerial attacks, all while enemy heavy-weapon shells were falling and exploding all around him and his men.
For his exemplary leadership in leading his battalion during the battle, destroying enemy strategic aims and forcing them to flee with heavy casualties, and raising the military and political pride of our army the State has awarded Major Tin Aung Myin Oo the Thiha-thura medal of valor.


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Tell Them We Are Rising explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in American history, culture, and identity. This film reveals the rich history of HBCUs and the power of higher education to transform lives and advance civil rights and equality in the face of injustice.
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By: Valerie Murray, Estate Coordinator, Midland Division
As the Estate Coordinator for the Midland Division, I spend most of my day among the dead; dealing with gifts to The Salvation Army from wills and trusts. Some might think that this would be a depressing job, but actually, it is a life and faith affirming experience.
Several times a week, I receive a notice that The Salvation Army was remembered in a will or trust of a someone who recently died. The first thing I do is to try to find more information about him or her: date of death, where they lived, and a copy of their will or trust. In looking for this information, other information of a more personal nature often comes to the fore.
One woman remembered the Army "in thanksgiving for their kindness to my father and his buddies during World War I on the front lines in France." Another woman donated almost her entire (and fairly large) estate to The Salvation Army because her family never forgot that when her father returned from World War I, permanently disabled by poison gas, the Army helped him find a job and continued to be a constant in his life. Without that help, would he have been able to marry and have a family?
A nephew stated that his uncle remembered the Army in his trust because as a GI in Patton's army, the Army was right there with them in the mud, giving away (not selling, he emphasized) candy, donuts and other treats, and last but not least words of hope and encouragement.
A young Viet Nam veteran, recently discharged in the mid 1970s, traveled across the United States one on his trek home, staying in Salvation Army shelters receiving a hot meal, and a good word at each.
These are just a few stories that I have come across. Even though my clients are dead world, their stories are life affirming. They recount just a few of good works of The Salvation Army worldwide. So many more will never be known. They make me wonder, have I done enough?


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As never before, technology has allowed us to have access to a world of multiple contents. With this liberalization of knowledge, anyone in any part of the world can access and share material of interest. You only need an internet connection. Until recently it was difficult to get good titles of books in Spanish, but with the massification of libraries and specialized portals, these are increasingly accessible.
Downloading free Nook eBooks can be completely legal if you know where to look, and of course there are no shortages of resources. Today we present you no less than 10 pages from where you can download books in English for free and free of charge. To avoid confusion, first we will explain how free Nook books differ from those that are free of rights. Both will cost you the same: zero, but for very different reasons.
Free Books is not Free?
I want to differentiate that it is a free book of rights and a free book, since in many pages you will hear this term of free book of rights.
What is a free book? Free books are free, but not all free books are royalty free. A book free of rights that has no legal restriction on its right to use, redistribution, creation of modified or derived versions. In plain terms you could say that legally you can do with this work what you want.
A free book however may have some or all rights reserved. Even if you have not paid for it, that does not mean you have the legal right to modify or distribute it. Some book sale sites like Amazon offer free payment books as temporary promotions.
Before we start. Do you like Kindle reader instead? Here how you can download Free Kindle Books. How about Free Kindle Romance Books? Also check Free Audio Books Resources.
1. Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble is the largest bookstore in the United States, to put it in comparison with something similar in Spain; we would say it is the Casa Del Libro in Spanish. It offers a wide selection of titles for 0 euros … the "only" (I only say quotes because I have not dialed) that surely the downloads are only available to the owners of the Nook reading device.
Nook Books are also available through the Nook app available for android, iOS, PC and Mac.
There are more than one million free Nook books here for children and adults. You can browse the free books by browsing the categories / themes, such as Nature, Biography, Poetry, Romance and Fiction, or by looking at them once to find the most popular books.
2. Project Guttenberg
Project Guttenberg a must-see page for those looking for free Nook books with more than 56,000 titles not only in English, but in Spanish, French, Chinese and many other languages. If so much supply overwhelms you, you can visit the Top 10 of visits, where you will find classics like 'Pride and Prejudice' or 'Moby Dick', to name a few. Exploring a little more, I realized that, in effect, Project Gutenberg does house more languages than English in its books.
These books are free, according to the same page, because the copyright of these books has expired in the United States, converting books into public domain.
Now, Project Gutenberg offers most of its books in TXT format, but if you want to download most of these in other formats (PDF, Plucker,) to transfer them directly to a PDA, visits manybooks.
This website has one of the largest collections of electronic Nook books that exist. It was founded by Michael Hart in 1971 and became the first source of electronic books known. The texts found on the site are public domain in the United States, and to date there are more than 42 thousand eBooks in different formats available for download or read online, and all in English.
3. ManyBooks
Manybooks has effectively many Nook books, 33,000 to be exact. They are classified by author, genre and title but you can also check the list of popular titles where there is no shortage of the English versions of 'The Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin or 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu.
The categories help you find electronic Nook books in the genres of Occultism, Cooking, Art, Music, Theater, Newspapers, Business, Computers, War, Gothic, Health, Young Readers, Satire, Psychology and Espionage, among many others.
4. Wikisource
It is a Wikimedia project, as is Wikipedia. The intention of the site is to create an online library of original texts that are under public domain or that have been published under GFDL or CC-BY-SA 3.0 licenses. The books can be read directly by page from the web, or be downloaded as PDF. They also link to the initial origin of the book, from where there may be more formats for download.
It is available in almost every language in the world, but just like its big brother, Wikipedia, it can be fed by anyone who wants it. It has stories, didactic books, epic stories, novels, theater and essays. The copies are by author name, by country or by subject.
5. Open Library
This is a project of the non-profit organization Internet Archive, whose ambitious goal is to have a web page for each book that has been published. The Open Library is, obviously, an open project; the software is free, the data is public and the documentation is public and open. You can download copies in different electronic formats or loan them from the library, with a virtual card.
The only problem with this site is that the available Nook books are mostly in English, but those who are fluent in Shakespeare's language will find books of all genres, as well as blogs. There are very few books in other languages.
6. Sifter Freebook
It allows searching in a simple way all the free Nook books that are available at Barnes & Noble, filtered by language, categories and even the rating of the user reviews. It is much more convenient for the search than the previous option.
7. Google Books
One of the most powerful on the internet also has a service of free Nook books online. We refer to Google. This huge library makes available an extensive number of copies of different categories, many of which are available in English. If there is an edition of a text in electronic format and it is also free, it is surely obtained in this page. Google Books The system of this site is the simplest; only access to your domain, the required title is placed and ready.
8. 24symbols
24symbols is a platform that allows you to read electronic Nook books from the cloud without the need for downloads or format incompatibility. Currently have a catalog of 15,000 titles (it is clear that not all free, but a large part) and that the least of the problems is that they include advertising in the free readings. As in other platforms, it asks you to sign up to access reading.
9. Ablik
Ablik is a free platform for reading and publishing Nook eBooks. It contains classic works free of copyright, as well as original creations, in various languages, that can be read online on any device as if they were books, page by page, or downloaded in formats for readers like ePub or Pdf. (Users who decide to register can also create their library and save books in it). Ablik is also a self-publishing platform where writers can post and share their creations, and take advantage of various editing tools.
10. Freebooksy
Like Barnes & Noble, other websites like Amazon offer books for free for a limited time. The problem is to find out about the offer on time, and that is where pages such as Freebooksy come in and others that we will see below, that track the web in search of free books.


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The answer probably requires knowledge of ARM9 assembly to understand. As Bert said, though, I'm betting there isn't one. Strangely, the move behavior table only seems to have 276 entries, so the guide's direction to point Fire Fang to the 278th entry just makes me more lost. Maybe you could ask on Project Pokémon?
Maybe it was some kind of weird curiosity Game Freak added regarding Fire Fang to secure it works properly (maybe there's something in the code of the move that unintentionally made it not work against Wonder Guard even if super-effective) because all Shedinja are meant to be weak to Fire-type moves (type Bug/Ghost).But like Tabbender said, if Trace can copy Wonder Guard it introduces unintended behaviour.
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Is Getting an Advanced Degree the Key to a Financially Rewarding Career?
The decision whether to pursue more higher education after an undergraduate degree has the potential to change your life and career trajectory in a profound new direction. For those whose passion lies in research and development or teaching, the decision will be a simple one. For everyone else, it's not so easy. To compare the negative perception of additional tuition payments against the perceived benefits of an advanced degree, we present the views of a professor and an industry veteran to provide you with a balanced perspective toward deciding if graduate school is right for you.
The Career Advantages of Returning to College
Matt Balhoff, University of Texas at Austin
This coming fall and spring, a few thousand petroleum engineering graduates worldwide will be faced with a difficult, life-altering decision, "Should I stay or should I go?" Most students will pass up attending graduate school and opt to begin their career in the oil and gas industry. Who could blame them? For 4 years these students have studied long hours, worked hard in their internships and part-time jobs, and accumulated debt. It is time to reap the benefits of a starting salary near USD 100,000 a year and a possible signing bonus. However, some students will choose the road less traveled and pursue a master's or PhD degree—and they will be better off for it.
There are many misconceptions about engineering graduate school. The assumption is that it will be a 2- to 5-year extension of the undergraduate years, paying a hefty tuition with even more homework, tests, and deadlines. In reality, it's about doing creative research, solving the industry's biggest problems, and getting paid to do it. At the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (UT PGE), for example, 97% of our graduate students receive financial support in the form of a tuition waiver and an annual stipend of at least USD 21,000 (the total financial package in some cases can be as high as USD 45,000 per year).
UT PGE graduate students work on research worth USD 22 million a year and receive USD 3.6 million in graduate fellowships, research and teaching assistantships, and stipends. About 80% of students are funded by oil and gas companies and in exchange conduct research on practical problems that have a huge impact on the industry. Graduate students are given the opportunity to write peer-reviewed publications and present their results to the industry at SPE meetings. Within 6 months after graduation, 97% of our graduate students, compared with 85% of our undergraduate students, find full-time jobs in the industry.
There are many advantages to attending graduate school. According to the 2012 American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Engineering Income and Salary Survey, the median starting salary for MS petroleum engineering (PEng) degree holders is about USD 10,000 more than the salaries of those with a bachelor's degree (it's about USD 20,000 more if you have a PhD), and over a long career, those holding a doctorate in engineering earn a median 35% more than those with a bachelor's in engineering.
Graduate students have the opportunity to take elective classes to improve their technical skills. However, the most important skills acquired are in conducting research, including creativity/thinking outside of the box, working in teams, and problem solving. PhD graduates are by definition the world's only experts in their dissertation subject.
Graduate (especially PhD) students are not working to drill a new well, produce the next field, or run another generic reservoir simulation. Instead, they are discovering cutting-edge drilling methods, inventing the next big production technique, and developing the next generation of reservoir simulators. For example, UT PGE students invented "UT Chem," the oil and gas industry's first chemical enhanced-oil-recovery simulator that is still considered a benchmark, and "UT Frac," the design platform for hydraulic fractures.
After walking the stage to receive their diploma, graduates will be in full-time positions where they will be asked to continue making game-changing discoveries and inventions, write publications on their findings, submit patents, and implement their ideas in the field either in the industry or academia.
If you are interested in developing the next groundbreaking invention, tackling the big environmental changes ahead of us and/or serving in an executive role, graduate school is a solid choice.
Matthew T. Balhoff is currently an associate professor in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin and holds the Frank W. Jessen Centennial Fellowship. He received his BS in 2000 and PhD in 2005, both in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University. He completed his postdoctoral research (2005–2007) at UT Austin in the Institute of Computational and Engineering Sciences.
Is Graduate School Right for You?
Larry Fiddler, Halliburton Consulting
After years of hard work, sacrifice, and financial deprivation, you have finally achieved a great milestone in your life by earning a bachelor's degree from an accredited university. It is at this point that one of the biggest decisions in your life's journey must be made: Do I continue my education and work toward a master's degree (or higher), or do I seek employment in my selected industry and become a full-time wage earner?
This is a decision that will have a profound impact on your professional career. Unfortunately, there is no "one size fits all" answer to this question. Everyone's situation is going to be different, and the drivers behind this decision will be as unique as the individuals they impact. As a scientist, I would never argue against obtaining as much education as possible; I would lose all credibility if I were to do so.
There is no doubt that having a master's or doctorate degree will open doors that will not be available to a graduate with only a bachelor's degree early in one's career. With that said, it should be said that there are several different avenues for continuing one's education, and some of the options are not going to be found with a continuation of formal schooling at a university. I would like to offer some observations regarding this subject based on my 35 years of working in the petroleum industry as a geologist and manager.
There are many factors that need to be contemplated while you are trying to decide whether to stay in school or begin your professional career. I think the most important question you need to ask yourself is what you envision your career to be. Obviously, if you see yourself working in research or teaching, then an upper-level degree is essential. Perhaps your goal is to work for a major oil company and progress through the ranks into upper management. Maybe you want to begin your career with the idea of learning all you can about the oil business and eventually work for a small independent company or start your own consulting firm where you will have more autonomy to make decisions.
If you want to secure an entry-level job at an oil company in today's environment, a bachelor's degree should get you in the door. I have seen several entry-level jobs that have a requirement of at least a master's degree, but if you have the grades and interview well, securing that all-important first job should be within your reach. At this stage of the game, employers are looking at your potential and if you will be an asset to the company in the future. Having a higher degree will show a prospective employer that you have the ability to persevere with a task, and having good grades in that degree should further be an indicator that you can achieve results based on the task at hand.
Most companies will provide training and mentoring on the subjects that they feel are important for you to know to be a high-performing employee in their company. Additional tertiary training at the university level may or may not hit on subjects that an employer thinks you need to be proficient at, but rest assured that if a company is going to spend the time and money to train you on specifics, it will be something that they recognize is mutually beneficial.
Gaining industry-related, real-world experience is of key importance at this stage of one's career. The push in today's oil industry is to work in multidisciplinary teams consisting of geophysicists, geologists, geomodelers, petrophysicists, reservoir engineers, production technologists, etc. In the old days, oil companies tended to be segregated by departments when it came to solving problems. Engineers and geoscientists tended to not get along and argued constantly. Most of the structure in oil companies today is based on the integration of disciplines where cross-fertilization occurs and problems are solved by including all of the various technical inputs. This is a wonderful opportunity for young geoscientists and engineers to learn what each other does, and how they all relate to the overall business model.
It has been my experience that after you reach between 7 and 10 years of work history, the type of degree you have means less in regard to career advancement. Most companies are going to look at what you have accomplished from a real-world perspective as opposed to what you did in school 10 years ago. That being the case, getting this industry experience as quickly as possible becomes a premium.
For some people, continuing their education is simply not an option due to financial or personal circumstances after getting their bachelor's degree. For some, additional debt to finance another 2 or 3 years of university is not practical compared to the hard reality of life that they need to start earning an income. Looking simplistically from an economic standpoint, the income lost by not working for those additional years while continuing your education, together with how many years you would have to work to make up for that, is substantial.
In my career, I have seen oil prices range from USD 8/bbl to USD 145/bbl. It is entirely possible that the excellent job that awaits you in today's market may not exist in 2 or 3 years' time. While it is true that initial salaries for master's degree holders will be somewhat higher than that for bachelor's degree holders, the difference tends to equalize within a few years when the experience levels are weighed more heavily into salary considerations.
As I stated at the beginning, in no way would I ever recommend less education as being a better solution for preparing you for your life's journey. To do so would be folly. I simply point out that higher education beyond a bachelor's degree does not fit into everyone's plans or personal situation. It has been my experience that the lack of a degree beyond a bachelor's level does not act as a detriment to a wonderful and rewarding career in today's oil business, and actually at times might be a better choice for some.
Whatever path you choose, do what makes you happy and what you have a passion for. If you do, financial success and professional satisfaction are sure to follow.
Larry Fiddler is a project manager at Halliburton Consulting in the Asia Pacific region. He has worked in the petroleum industry for 35 years both in the United States and internationally, holding upper management positions, including director of the Oil and Gas Conservation Division for the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma. He holds a BS degree in petroleum geology from the University of Oklahoma.
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