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In our American studies class during the winter and spring of the class years 2016-2017, we are digging into the history of freedom and slavery in Connecticut and especially in Suffield during 1774. We are looking into how the Boston Tea Party, which happened in 1773, affected the rest of the states at that time, as well as how our state and town governments responded to it. I think learning about Old "Ti's" family and about the Dutch ships they came on is crucial in understanding where these slaves may have originated from. The origin of these slaves and important facts about his family is vital in understanding the Colonial Slavery in Suffield. I think that learning about this history will help me understand more and helped me with my research into the Dutch slave ships.
It is important to understand how the transatlantic slave trade worked. "The majority of slaves transported to the New World were sold by Africans from central and western parts of Africa to European slave traders" (1). Slavery started way before the transatlantic slave trade. African tribes would sell slaves within the tribes. From my experiences in Cape Coast and Ghana, I've learned about the slave trade within tribes. Although this is no longer common, there is still slavery where children are sold to fishermen to be slaves. When the Europeans came to the central and western Africa, they opened slave castles whereof the slave trade would be conducted. After visiting one of the biggest slave castles in the coast in Ghana, the thing that stuck with me the most was "the door of no return." this is the gate whereof many slaves departed through to get on their ship, and that most never return back through.
It is important to figure out whether Suffield was in a Dutch territory, because sometimes slave traders brought their slaves to other colonies. Even if we know that Titus came on a Dutch ship we need to figure out whether it was in a Dutch territory, and we can thereby trace where it came from.
From looking at figure 2 we can see the origin of many of the slaves that came on
Dutch ships. We can see that Dutch slaves mainly came from Ghana and Nigeria. From my research The Netherlands transported around 500,000 slaves during 2,000 journeys (3).
When it comes to the transatlantic slave trade, the Netherlands was not the biggest country involved, but the origin of the slaves they did export and how many is crucial in our research. I am looking into where the Dutch ships originated from, especially trying to find the origin of Titus, Old "Ti's" father and mother, whom had a tattoo that suggested royalty. This could help us find information about where other slaves in Suffield are from, and find info about Mum Bett.
- http://www.ascleiden.nl/content/webdossiers/dutch-involvement-transatlantic-slave-trade-and-abolition
- https://books.google.com/books?id=HGoyvMF7xw8C&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq=dutch+slaves+destination&source=bl&ots=nbarL9BagV&sig=tzp2fvt4S1av73DpqeYhgAR0Eug&hl=no&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2-L3J6-7QAhUKthQKHQuJAEQQ6AEISzAG#v=onepage&q=dutch%20slaves%20destination&f=false
- http://www.slaverysite.com/Body/facts%20and%20figures.htm


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Like a singer needs a new song
Featuring Dennis Jernigan Posted on January 30, 2010
"…Like a singer needs a new song…"
From my earliest memories, having grown up in a very traditional church, I knew the hymns. Not only did I know the hymns we used in worship but I could tell you which hymns we would sing during any given service. Every Sunday night we sang an old hymn called "Oh, Why Not Tonight". Elizabeth Reed wrote the lyrics in 1842.
Oh, why not tonight? Oh, why not tonight? Wilt thou be saved? Then why not tonight?
For the longest time, I thought the only time someone could be saved was on a Sunday night! I love the old hymns dearly…but growing up I thought I would lose my mind over the monotony of singing the same songs week after week and year after year. Our relationship with God can get in a rut if we are not careful. Discipline and repetition are good…but variety adds spice to our lives…and the Lord desires that we live an abundant life.
Take time to worship God from a new perspective today. Ask Him to reveal Himself in a way you have never seen before.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
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PEMBROKE PINES — Authorities in Florida say they're investigating the death of a toddler who was left in a car for more than eight hours.
The Sun Sentinel reports that 17-month-old Eli Bird died Friday. Pembroke Pines Police identified his mother as Emily Bird, 34.
Pembroke Pines police say she told them she thought she had dropped Eli off at day care before going to work, and didn't realize her mistake until nearly 5 p.m. Outside temperatures were 95 degrees, and temperatures inside the car would have been much higher. Eli was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Target 4 – Engaged Community Partners. FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world.
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This morning students at Fletcher Elementary School were treated to the beautiful sounds of brass instruments as three members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra visited the school. The program they presented was called "Fanfare" and taught students about three brass instruments: the French Horn, the Trumpet, and the Trombone.
The goal of the program is to expose our students to the joy of listening and playing music. VSO's core outreach program – Musicians-in-the-Schools – is designed to include a wide variety of repertoire, audience participation, and a touch of "zany humor". The students definitely enjoyed that! The children also got to hear the different range of sounds that can be made with each instrument and learned about the evolution of brass instruments throughout history and their uses.
Thank you to FES Music Teacher Christy Maynard for bringing the program to the school and thanks also to our generous sponsors: the Turrell Fund and Friends of Fletcher Elementary (FOFE), our parent organization.
Students, teachers, and parents enjoyed several musical pieces, including the theme to "Star Wars" – certainly a favorite! There were some insightful questions for the musicians at the end of the performance.
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How To Use Options During Earnings Season
Earnings season and options trading go together like Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Whole Foods. Or Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and LinkedIn. Or Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) and Kite Pharma. You get the idea.
The binary nature of an earnings event—either Wall Street likes the numbers or it doesn't—makes this six-week period a great time to use options strategies.
"Earnings season creates a lot of volatility, which to me is an opportunity," according to Marc Chaikin, founder of Chaikin Analytics. "I think the volatility creates opportunities. There's an awful lot of speculation in the media about whether a company is going to beat estimates or disappoint."
A 40-year veteran of Wall Street, Chaikin is a big proponent of using options to play stocks around their earnings reports.
"This is what we're preaching at Chaikin," he said. "The discipline of fundamentals and technicals combined with the signals, use options as a low-risk way during earnings season to get outsized returns when you're right, or lose a predetermined amount of money when you're wrong."
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Buying Calls And Buying Put Spreads
At its simplest, these are basic ways to play an earnings announcement without risking a lot of capital. Buying puts is a simple way to bet on downside, while buying calls is a simple way to bet on upside.
"There's some opportunities in earnings season on both bullish and bearish stocks," he said on Thursday's PreMarket Prep. "On bearish stocks, there's the opportunity to buy an inexpensive put spread, and if you get a negative earnings surprise you'll make a lot of money very quickly." He noted Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) was an example of this last quarter.
On the bullish side, Chaikin also noted a phenomenon he's observed where stocks in a downtrend will rally into the earnings report.
"It's an odd phenomena. You can call it a little bit of short covering and a lot of wishful thinking, that usually a great opportunity if you want to take a pre-defined risk in a put trade—either an outright put purchase, or we prefer vertical put spreads—because you're getting the benefit of a contra move into some event that you think is going to reverse the stock.
"If you get an opportunity to buy into a stock that's sort of selling off into the earnings report with a pattern of positive earnings surprises—and that was the case with Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) by the way back three or four weeks ago—good opportunity to establish a long position, you're less likely to get a huge pop on the upside in the options."
To learn more about trading options around earnings season, register for Marc Chaikin's webinar Thursday, October 12, at 4:15 p.m. ET: Spot The Best Stocks: Marc Chaikin's Blueprint for Option & Swing Trading. He'll be joined by Larry McMillan, the founder of OptionStrategist.com.
You can listen to Marc Chaikin's full interview on Thursday's PreMarket Prep at 14:23 in the clip below.
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The News & Observer gives a preview of what could be on the General Assembly's dance card during the session that starts this week. We have polled North Carolina residents on several of the topics.
Gun control — There was talk that one of the gun bills that surfaced last year would resurface. It would allow people who have permits to carry concealed weapons to take them into establishments that serve alcohol and into parks. Our poll showed that 56% of respondents do not want guns in restaurants or parks.


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Tonight, the UW Madison Center for the Humanities presents Anthony Grafton, Professor of History at Princeton University, with a lecture titled "A Life in the Margins." Grafton tracks the history of reading and explores how the traces that readers have left in their books can be used to reconstruct the rich and complex experience of reading over time. Free and open to the public, this is at 7:30pm in the Room L160 of the Elvehjem Building, 800 University Avenue. More info at humanities.wisc.edu
Tonight is a Peregrine Forum discussion on "Building Zion Under the British Gun: Palestine 1920-1946." This is at 6:30pm at the Madison Central Library, 201 West Mifflin. More info at 608-284-9082.
Tonight's Socrate's Cafe topic is "Does Anybody Care Anymore?" This is at 7pm at Michelangelo's Coffeehouse, 114 State Street. For more info, call Andrew at 608-467-3992.
Sunday at 3pm, the UW-Whitewater Music Department presents The Whitewater Brass Quintet. This is at Light Recital Hall, 950 West Main Street in Whitewater. There is a cost for this event. For tickets, visit tickets.uww.edu


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Scandal, soap operas and intrigue
all about our favorite composers
Ever wonder who jumped out of a three story window when he lost an orchestra chair challenge? Why, exactly, did Johann Sebastian Bach go to jail? Whose father both destroyed his son's singing voice AND got the two of them exiled? Which piece, composed in the United States, was modeled on an African American plantation dance?
I just published a book, "From Suzuki to Mozart," which tells the story of every single piece in the Suzuki violin repertoire and the composers who wrote them. For the last five years I've been researching in music libraries, often going through entire complete works, old record jackets, anything that would help me to find out more about the pieces that I teach every day. The International Suzuki Association just licensed the book and it is available through Amazon.com!
Ooooh! Can't wait to read this and put it on my Teach Suzuki Resource Store.
Paula E. Bird
TX State University
Wildflower Suzuki Studio
http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com (blog)
http://teachsuzuki.com (podcast)
Bummer! It's not on Kindle yet. Any news on that front? I try to buy everything digitally now to save room. I'm tired of triple shelving in my house. I like reading Kindle versions on my iPad.
Paula E. Bird
TX State University
Wildflower Suzuki Studio
http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com (blog)
http://teachsuzuki.com (podcast)
It should be on Kindle in the next few weeks!
Hadley, Thanks for letting us know! Congrats on your book. Love reading the stories behind great composers. This looks good
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Violin Student(International Suzuki Association) in Germany 1987
Violin teacher (International Suzuki Association) in Dublin 1995
What fun. This will be on my Christmas List.
Sue Hunt
Music in Practice
Sounds fun! You may want to add your book to the list of books to keep in a music studio so students can read while waiting for their lessons? It's an older thread, here: https://suzukiassociation.org/discuss/12299/
Hi, everyone! For those of you who were interested in the history of all of the pieces in the Suzuki repertoire but wanted to wait for it to be available through Kindle, it should be ready in the next ten hours! (Look up "From Suzuki to Mozart" by Hadley Johnson, via Amazon.)
Everyone, you must purchase this book! It is fantastic! I bought it and put it on my iPad and we refer to it frequently during lessons. What a fabulous resource this book is! Thank you, Hadley!
Paula E. Bird
TX State University
Wildflower Suzuki Studio
http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com (blog)
http://teachsuzuki.com (podcast)
Hey this is great— I had always loved something like this as a student myself. What if I do not have an iPad? Or how should I get my students to put it on their iPads?
Robin Lohse
Thanks for your kind reviews! I'm glad that you find these stories interesting! Some of them seem too strange to be true, don't you think?
They can get a Kindle app for free, and then I just bought the book in the Kindle version and it was downloaded to my iPad.
Paula E. Bird
TX State University
Wildflower Suzuki Studio
http://teachsuzuki.blogspot.com (blog)
http://teachsuzuki.com (podcast)
You can also get the book version, of course, if you prefer something that you can flip through! Most of my students own it, and I know that they are often frantically reading about their pieces as they drive to their lessons. Probably afraid that I'm going to quiz them ;).
Orchestra had no contract with the State to take up space in CIC
After illegally occupy the facilities of the Integrated Center of Culture (CIC), in Florianópolis, for 15 years, the Symphony Orchestra of Santa Catarina (Ossca) was evicted by Santa Catarina Culture Foundation. Yesterday afternoon, officials asked the conductor José Nile Valley to leave the place. The seven rooms used by the orchestra were opened by a locksmith for cleaning.
Reintegration administrative tenure was made because there was no contract between the state and the Cultural Association Symphony Orchestra Santa Catarina, which administers the Oscca. Despite the name, the orchestra is a private entity. Since the foundation in 1993, worked in CIC in space provided informally by the foundation. There has never been agreement formalizing the loan.
The conductor, who is also president of the association that administers Ossca was reported for the first time, you need to leave the site in November last year, after the State Attorney's request regularization of space. Two other reports were subsequently made and the deadline for the orchestra let CIC ended on February 6.
Around 17h yesterday, a locksmith opened the rooms of the orchestra. No employee of CIC held the keys. The manager of the center, Iara Silva, said he had never entered the site since the space was occupied by Ossca.
Maestro should meet with Secretary of Culture today
Iara told that the conductor would have knocked a wall without permission from the Department of Culture. The orchestra used water, electricity and telephone the CIC, as well as equipment such as photocopy machine and fax.
Valle said he was very upset to comment on the case and should talk to the Secretary of Culture, Gilmar Knaesel, this morning.
The conductor just said that Ossca was created by the will of Santa Catarina Culture Foundation when Paul Bauer was head of the secretariat.
The conductor and musicians may withdraw their belongings in office hours. Worked at the place where the orchestra will be the administrative part of the Art Museum of Santa Catarina.
The foundation's president, Anita Pires, was not found for comment.
(Luciana Ribeiro, DC, 17/02/2009)
Tags: CIC, Culture, FCC, Ossca
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Designer Tidbits: Lily Ashbury
Stroll down the street in style with
High Street
Lily Ashbury
for Moda Fabrics. This fashionable collection celebrates all things bold and bright! Big florals in colors that capture the essence of Summer are just what you need to round out the season. Stephanie of
Lily Ashbury
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Where did you find your original inspiration for
High Street
I often walk to my studio on sunny mornings. Along the way I wander through a popular shopping district full of lovely boutiques and cafes. This collection was inspired by all of the colorful and fashionable window displays along the way.
What was your "aha" moment in designing this collection?
For me it's all about color. I can create a design that works well in black and white but if the color version doesn't work then it won't make the cut. My "aha moment" is always when I manage to get a color way working. At that point I like to take a break and quit working for the rest of the day. I have learned that if I over analyze color I tend to start second guessing my choices.
What would be your collection's theme song?
Funny you should ask that. I love to assign music genres to my work. It really gets me in the mood to create! For High Street it has to be "
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Tell me about your sewing machine. What kind do you have?
I have a Janome 2030 QDC that I bought on sale a few months back. I love it!
What is your favorite part of the fabric industry?
I am a relative newcomer to this industry. I spent many years as an illustrator for advertising agencies and corporate clients. So I would have to say my favorite thing about this industry is that I am still learning. It's a wonderful thing to reinvent yourself creatively it keep things fresh and interesting.
From what aspect of your life do you draw creativity?
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What is your design process?
I usually do my sketching in the evening, sometimes with a glass of wine in hand. I then scan my sketches and work on them in Photoshop or Illustrator. I use a Cintiq which is a large computer monitor that you draw directly on with a stylus. I love it because it feels so much more natural than using a mouse.
What is your favorite print in the collection?
For my favorite print in my High Street collection I'd have to say it's a tossup between
Brigitte in Clementine
Chloe in Tonal Grey
What is the most challenging part of the design process?
I would have to say color is the most challenging part for me. I have a natural desire to place complementary colors side by side because this creates so much visual punch. However, I have learned this can create printing issues on fabric so I have had to learn to work around this.
What are your favorite and least favorite colors and why?
My favorite color for quite awhile has been vermillion (bright orangey red). In terms of colors I don't like, that is tough, color is just so wonderful! However if I had to choose I would go with dusty rose. I'm not a huge fan of 80's music either so maybe it's guilty by association.
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CPC- Royal- wedding- dresses-collaboration Camilla Duchess of Cornwall
Hi everyone!
This is my creation for the CPC Royal Wedding Dresses Collaboration.
I chose Camilla Parker Bowles's blue and gold damask wedding dress which she wore when she married Prince Charles in 2005 as my inspiration for this collaboration.
She looked absolutely stunning in her elegant wedding gown designed by Robinson Valentine.
She accessorized with a small bouquet of flowers and a gold feathered headdress,
elements which I used as inspiration for my piece.
thank you for looking!
To see more beautiful wedding cakes please visit our page collab. https://www.facebook.com/CPC-Royal-Wedding-Dresses-Collaboration-1038421146288264/
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Eat by color for better health.
Anthocyanin. It's a big word for a tiny pigment in some of the healthiest foods. "Colorful fruits and veggies get those beautiful colors because of the phytochemicals that are in the plants," says Deborah Enos, certified nutritionist in Seattle. "Scientists believe that anthocyanins, compounds that give purple-toned foods their color, are responsible for many of their wonderful health properties." In particular, these compounds may help destroy free radicals that cause cell damage, reduce inflammation levels, and fight disease.
"Phyto means plant," Enos says. Phytochemicals occur naturally in all plant-based foods and give them taste and color. They function similarly to vitamins, and could reduce risk of diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Widely-known benefits include strengthening the immune system, preventing cell mutations associated with cancers, keeping bones healthy with age, and warding cellular oxidation (which is, basically, rusting of the cells), she says. Purple, blue, and red-hued foods are excellent sources of phytonutrients.
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To fulfill your 5-a-day, Enos suggests having at least 2 servings of greens and 1 serving each of red/purple, yellow/orange, and white/brown plant foods. "Purple and blue foods make up a very small percentage of the average American's fruit and vegetable intake, so aim to eat more," she says.
Try these anthocyanin-rich foods:
•Black beans
•Black rice
•Blue potatoes
•Eggplants (try Chinese eggplant!)
•Figs (the darker the fig, the higher the anthocyanin content)
•Plums and prunes
•Purple asparagus
•Purple cabbage
•Purple and heirloom tomatoes
•Pomegranate seeds
•Red bell peppers
•Red onions
Enjoying anthocyanin-rich foods:
◦Slip shredded cabbage into fish tacos.
◦Try blue potatoes in German potato salad.
◦Make eggplant Parmesan.
◦Spread figs, berries, or ripe plums on toast for healthy jam.
◦Freeze grapes for a sweet snack.
◦Rub tomatoes over crusty bread for tasty tapas.
◦Use beet puree to dye red velvet cake.
◦Have a taco bowl with black rice and beans.
◦Coil roasted asparagus in smoked salmon or turkey bacon.
◦Add pom seeds to your favorite salsa recipe.


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I was driving down the road tonight when a thought entered my head. I was sitting at a light when a Nissan Leaf rolled up next to me. There was a hipster couple inside the vehicle, with their fancy sun glasses and tight fighting shirts. I looked at the side of their car and saw something that really got me thinking. On the side of the car was a badge that said, Zero Emissions. I wonder if the hipsters inside had ever considered the validity of that statement. I was really considering breaking it to this couple that their eco car was not zero emissions.
Yes, I know what they and just about everyone else who purchases one of these cars is thinking, "its an electric car, there is no engine to emit emissions." I am aware that an electric car has no engine, and that while running it is not releasing any gasses into the atmosphere. However, I would like to remind everyone, including the good people as Nisan, that there is no such thing as a free lunch. Physics is physics.
It takes X amount of energy to move a mass Y a set distances Z. It does not mater if you are using a gasoline, diesel, natural gas, or electricity it still requires the same amount of energy. All that changes is where the energy comes from. In a traditional car, fuel is burnt which releases energy stored in the fuel. This explosion is harnessed and converted into mechanical energy, which is used to push the piston down the cylinder, thus turning the crankshaft. The crankshaft then spins the flywheel, which then spins gears in the transmission, and then the wheels. In an electric car, electricity is used to power the wheels. An electrical current is sent through a copper coil, which causes a magnet to spin on a shaft. This shaft spins the wheels.
To fuel a traditional car, I simply pull up into a gas station and insert the fuel into the tank. This fuel is made, most generally from crude oil. Now an electric car has no engine, and requires no petroleum products to run. So how do I "fuel" an electric car? Well that is simple, you plug it into the wall. Where does that electricity come from? From the power plant of course. Suddenly that Zero Emissions badge is starting to look like a bit of an assumption.
The question of is a Nissan Leaf a Zero Emissions vehicle, really boils down to where you live. Less than 15% of the electricity in the United States is generated by "green" energy sources. So odds are that if you are driving a Leaf you are driving a Coal Powered car. A Nissan Leaf is not a Zero Emissions vehicle, as it runs off electricity generated through the burning of coal. Sure you do not have a little exhaust tip on your car, but somewhere there is a massive stack spewing smoke from a coal fired power plant.


text: For a playstation commercial I made this image on the monitor. The gun, which was given to us for this add, was an in-game model of 'Resistance Burning Skies', the game promoted with this commercial. I did some additional modelling to create some insides of the gun, because of the x-ray you can look through it. After shading and rendering the gun I placed it on an adjusted image of a duffel bag and handed it off to our compositor.


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text: Having a baby can teach you how much it's possible to love another person, but for some moms, it's a struggle to show that same love for themselves. Photographer Mikaela Shannon set out to change that. Her "Love Your Postpartum" photo series aims to help by sharing photos of moms — and their children — embracing their new bodies and celebrating all the amazing things it can do.


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"Kill & hurt whites & destroy their property. You will be rewarded for it in the afterlife," Muslim Barack Obama subliminal message to his blacks
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A white male was attacked and savagely beaten by a lynch mob of black males in Columbia, SC. There have been numerous black on white mob attacks in Columbia during the past two years. Video of the attack surfaced on facebook along with racially charged comments.


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Rev. DA Pettigrew has been our pastor since 2006. He is a 1998 graduate of Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK and was ordained as an elder in the Church of the Nazarene in 2004. He is married to Tracie, a first grade teacher at Neblett Elementary in Sherman, TX. They have three children – Hannah, Jordan, and Sophia. Dave is passionate about coffee, jokes, sports radio, preaching, and digging into the world of the Bible. He previously served as pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in McCrory, Arkansas.
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Troy Ave Released From Prison – Rapper Troy Ave has been released from prison after posting half a million dollars in bail.
Troy Ave was arrested after he was injured during a shooting at a T.I. concert at the Irving Plaza in New York back in May. Ave denied any involvement in the shooting, which left one of his friends dead, as well as 2 more people injured.
READ: Big Brother: 50 Cent Shows Support For Troy Ave Amidst Slander
Surveillance footage seemingly showed the rapper firing a gun near the venue's VIP area, and he was arrested on attempted murder charges. Under the conditions of his release, he's not allowed to leave New York and must always wear an ankle bracelet. He also cannot visit any concert arenas or performances.
"What is clear is that the investigation from the outset has been hampered by the defendant who not only fired and removed the weapon from the crime scene, he refused to help in any way [to identify] who killed McPhatter," Assistant District Attorney Joshua Steinglass said.


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Two transformers inaugurated in Samba, Jammu
India, Jammu: State president BJP SC Morcha and MLA Samba, Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal, inaugurated two newly installed transformers in Samba, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
A new 100 KVA transformer was installed at Noorabad Colony to address power crisis that the area has been facing for the past several years, reports Daily Excelsior.
Manyal also inaugurated a transformer in the village of Katli, Samba, which was upgraded from 123 kV to 250 kV.
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Excipients: aluminum hydroxide, sodium chloride, phenol and water for injection.
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Intergenerational Learning describes the way that people of all ages can learn together and from each other, where the outcome is to share and gain] skills, values and knowledge. Because they lived in times of greater material scarcity before our current era of easy abundance, older people have a great deal of knowledge and wisdom to teach us about how we might respond to a world with less cheap oil. The learning need not be all one way. Our younger people can impart their knowledge and teach our elders useful skills such as computers, reading and writing.
Beyond the transfer of knowledge, relationships across generations are formed with the younger generations learning from the older generations, and vice versa. This promotes greater understanding and respect between generations, and contributes to building communities and neighbourhoods where people are better connected.
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Stoughton, MA., – February 2, 2018 – Medical Specialties Distributors (MSD) held their second annual Healthcare Innovation & Technology Conference, Better Together, January 22-26 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. With over 600 attendees, the Better Together Conference set the landscape for post-acute healthcare providers, manufacturers, executives, technology professionals, and industry thought leaders to engage in discussions and generate actionable insights that impact the future of healthcare.
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Sometimes, it is hard for me to understand why some people are so concerned about keeping everything super nice, neat, organized all the freaking time. I dated this girl who had to fold all her clothes in perfect squares, stash up her books perfectly straight up and perpendicular to the shelf, and make sure that every corner is dustless and it drove me nuts.
It's a law of nature that things evolve towards chaos and randomness. The order of the system of the room might be increased as you deliberately try to go against nature by being a neat freak; but by wasting energy cleaning your room, you are pouring and replacing the same amount of, if not more disorder back into the atmosphere by burning calories and releasing heat during the physical labor of cleaning. Since it's harder for things to appear and become even "messier" after the state of disorder reaches beyond a certain point, you can generally leave clean up once in a while without noticing too much additional chaos and disorder. On the contrary, neat freaks who have to see things super organized constantly can never get over their obsessive actions and neurotic mindsets because they are in need of repeatedly repressing the flow of nature, since any minor variation will cause a super organized system to seem a lot more random and disorganized than its initial symmetry.
It's hard for me to build something that collapses the moment you accomplish it. Since you are bound to create disorder no matter what you do, these people should pour and re-direct that time and energy and disorder into something else that's more worthwhile and creative a d rewarding; which can be something more sustainable such as writing a poem or painting a picture. Going in circles by making your room looking the same and keeping it organized everyday isn't all that rewarding to me. I'd rather go with the flow/chaos of nature. clean and organize and control but if u sweat it overboard then it's a waste of time.
Similar concept can be applied to bodybuilding and getting your body to look "shredded" and "cut. I used to stay at around 4-5 percent body fat all year round. And just like a really neat room that needs constant cleaning and grooming to stay that way, my body constantly and tenaciously needed a super strict diet/exercise routine to stay that lean. That took a lot out of me. I was psychologically depleted and was pissed off all the time because I was inserting too much self control over my body, mind, and life. I also felt like I deserved a lot more for the work that I had put in. I was pissed off that I wasn't getting any pussy, and the more psychologically damaged I was, the less appealing I was with people. I also realized that Girls actually like it better when you aren't so fucking anal bout your diet. I remember when i was staying at 4- 5 percent all year round, I would go on dates and when we order food and whenever I tell them that I don't eat carbs because I wanted to preserve aesthetics, they get pretty turned off…Plus, there's a study that shows that when you are inserting too much self control over your body and life, you are more likely to get pissed off (it's called "ego depletion).
A couple of years ago, I decided to "let go" and just eat whatever I wanted. Now I wasn't eating fried chicken and pizza everyday, but compared to my old, obsessive compulsive diet and attitude towards preserving a super aesthetic looking physique, I was pretty much in the "not-give-a-fuck" mode in regards to diet. I was still training decently hard in the gym, but because I wasn't strict on my diet, my body-fat increased to about 7-10 percent through out the year. And I discovered that I still looked pretty decent compared to normal folks (people who don't squat or deadlift), and like a room that's moderately clean, but not terribly messy and needed little work, once in a while, to preserve that state of order/disorder, I could basically, and actually ENJOY life while still staying reasonably lean and healthy without having to eat clean every single meal. Once I had reached a certain set point, or level of equilibrium in terms of body-fat percentage, it's actually quite hard to get fatter without deliberately putting on extra weight because you are going with the flow of the nature of your body.
So take into the consideration of cost and benefit and the mind-body dichotomy (how much of each you should sacrifice for your overall being and health), I prefer my current lifestyle much better. I sacrificed my psychological well being for a good looking physique. But now I am healthy mentally and physically as well. Anyone will tell you that a 8 percent body-fat body is actually healthier, and most of the time, more appealing to the opposite sex than 4 percent physique. Girls find it more attractive when you act like you don't give a shit about your appearance and physique. But the subtitle to that is you still have to look decently lean and fit. Walking around with 4 percent body fat on you might be great for photo shoot and bodybuilding competitions, but to the opposite sex, you are trying too hard, you are too neurotic, obsessive, uptight, and into yourself. Plus, from an evolutionarily perspective, a body THAT lean just isn't sustainable, nor is it practical, in the hunting and gathering world.
I still train and had a fit body by most standard (but is nowhere near as "aesthetic" as ZYZZ), and didn't care very much about bf % or PRs. I drank moderately once or twice a week, partied on occasions, and ate whatever I wanted.
I lost my 4 percent physique and my abs blurred. I stopped wearing beaters to impress when I go out, almost never mention the fact that I work out.
And guess what? I had sex with over 100 girls in less than a year. Why? I was happy, confident, and MENTALLY much healthier than I was when I was OCDing about everything from the number of fish oil I took in the morning to a lack of 2.5 pound PR on a squat workout.
And like a neat freak who wastes energy fighting entropy, I missed out on a lot of good shit (pussies, mostly) because I was using all my energy maintaining something that could collapse easily and naturally anyway. Now I re-direct that energy into other more worthwhile activities.
Now, I know what I have been talking about here can't be applied to everyone. Some people just have a higher "set point" than others due to genetic factors that are beyond their control. Not everyone can eat whatever they want, workout 2-3 times a week for a hour in each workout and still HAPPILY maintaining less than 10 percent body fat physique. But hey, not everyone get to be an internet superhero.
I can lose fat so fast that I can eat whatever I want, and then just cut down right before an important date/trip to the beach. Sometimes I see a girl on the street, I run to the nearest phone booth (more heat), do some plyometrics and pushups, and come back ripped as fuck to get her number. See, most people get their hair and nail done, buy new shoes or clothes to prepare for things like that. I get shredded.


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On World Sight Day in 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed for the first time to the global community that an estimated 153 million people were either blind or vision impaired due to uncorrected distance refractive error. Prior to this, avoidable blindness and vision impairment, mostly occurring in the developing world had been largely unrecognised.
The advocacy efforts of the WHO, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), World Council of Optometry and international non-governmental development organisations, including the Brien Holden Institute Vision Public Health Division, were pivotal in raising awareness of this hidden burden amongst the eye care community and wider world. These groups took up the challenge to develop a coordinated global response to address this, resulting in the joint WHO and IAPB initiative VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, a global plan of action to eliminate avoidable blindness.
Globally 285 million people are visually impaired. Of these, 107.8 million have uncorrected distance refractive error. In addition, there are 517 million people with near vision impairment due to uncorrected presbyopia. The prevalence of refractive error, such as myopia, is rapidly increasing, particularly in Asia Pacific where in countries like China around 50% of population has myopia which translates into > 600 million people. Over 80% are visually impaired due to treatable or curable causes. Over 90% of this demographic resides in lower or middle income countries. The financial burden on economy due to uncorrected distance and near refractive error is ≥ US$227.36 billion while the estimated cost of correction of distance vision is between US$20 billion and US$28 billion.
Governments generally are more attentive to mother and child health issues like vaccination, immunization, family planning etc. under the umbrella of primary health care. These issues are also more likely to see policy reforms if any. However, there is a growing awareness of the need for inclusion of eye health-related optometric services within the primary health care systems. WHO's Global Action Plan aims for universal eye health with an overall goal to reduce the prevalence of avoidable blindness and visual impairment by 25% by 2019 from the baseline of 2010. This calls for enhanced efforts by countries and regions across the world to achieve the objective. With defined advocacy strategies we can reach out to policy makers around the world to raise their awareness of the need for comprehensive eye care services that are easily accessible and affordable for everyone.
WCO is developing an advocacy strategy to help lobby governments around the world to ensure optometry is recognised as a key profession in the public health sector. With over two hundred thousand optometrists in the world with varying level of competencies and integration, advocacy towards optometry playing a much more proactive role in the reduction in avoidable blindness, strengthening health systems while effecting systems change and reaching the unreached is imperative.
The World Council of Optometry is in close contact with optometric organizations around the world, and is in a strong position to help the voices of optometrists to be heard. We have been working on the development of a training package that will develop the advocacy skills of optometric leaders and enable a systematic advocacy campaign with the relevant stakeholders to build the professional profile of optometry and help integrate it into various health systems. The ultimate goal is to effect social change for the benefit of our world.
The Advocacy for Eye Health course in partnership with the Brien Holden Vision Institute, will enable eye health leaders to use advocacy strategies to effect change at the policy and practice levels. The course uses a blended approach in which an online component compliments a face-to-face workshop. The workshop has been conducted in three countries: Mozambique, Nigeria and Lebanon.
The Advocacy for Eye Health Course has been offered three times by Prof Kovin Naidoo and Mr Hasan Minto of the Institute. The first course was delivered in Maputo, Mozambique for 20 Optometrists from the African region invited by the African Council of Optometry (AFCO). The second course was run in Nigeria for 17 participants invited by the Nigerian Optometry Association. Feedback from the Nigeria course was positive with 94% of the participants rating the workshop as very relevant for them and 100% thought that the workshop reached its objective. The third course was delivered in Lebanon for the Eastern Mediterranean Council of Optometry (EMCO), with 21 participants from 8 countries in the region. The real challenge is occurring now, engagement with key health officials and political leaders to ensure access to eye care services via policy change.
A Master Trainer Programme for the Advocacy for Eye Health course is currently being proposed. The concept of this programme is to select 3 key leaders from each of the WCO regions to complete a comprehensive program that includes both Advocacy for Eye Health and Delivering Short Courses. Assignments will be added to the Advocacy for Eye Health course to ensure the future trainers have the competence and confidence to be able to teach and facilitate future advocacy workshops. Competence will be judged based on co-delivery the Advocacy for Eye Health course with an educator from Brien Holden Vision Institute. Successful Master Trainers will then be able to run the course in their regions for the WCO.
If you or your optometry association is interested in participating in one of the future courses in Advocacy, kindly register your interest here: https://academy.brienholdenvision.org/


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Seoul, South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye was questioned by prosecutors today about the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down, after using executive privilege to avoid them for months while in office.
Park apologised to the public as she arrived at the prosecutors' office in Seoul, adding: "I will undergo the investigation sincerely."
The nation's first female president was impeached by parliament in December as millions took to the streets to demand her removal over the sprawling scandal, which has exposed the links between politics and business in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Her dismissal was confirmed by the country's top court earlier this month, ending the political career of a woman who grew up in the presidential palace as the daughter of army-backed dictator Park Chung-Hee.
As a private citizen once again, Park's convoy drove at walking pace through crowds of flag-waving supporters lining the street outside her home – some of them lying on the pavement to try to block her exit before she left.
Every inch of the journey was covered live on television, with cameramen trailing the vehicles in cars and on motorcycles and at fixed points along the route.
Questioning by prosecutors is a key step in South Korea's judicial process before a suspect is charged. It can last for many hours, late into the night, and can be repeated if officials deem it necessary.
Park faced two prosecutors and an investigator and was accompanied by one of her lawyers, but standard procedure bars him from interjecting, only allowing consultations during rest breaks – which could be an issue for her.
The 65-year-old has a reputation for fastidiousness and as president reportedly refused to use toilets that had been employed by others.
She had a packed lunch of seaweed rice rolls and sandwiches brought by one of her security guards, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.
"She has been cooperating well," it quoted a prosecutor as saying, adding she would return home after the questioning.
The interrogators were addressing her as "Madam president", he added, but in the transcript she was referred to as "suspect".
Park faces multiple charges ranging from abuse of power and coercion to bribery. She is the fourth former South Korean leader to be probed or jailed over corruption scandals.
Two former army-backed leaders who served in the 1980s to 1990s – Chun Doo-Hwan and Roh Tae-Woo – served prison terms for bribery after they stepped down.
Roh Moo-Hyun, who served from 2003 to 2008, killed himself by jumping off a cliff after being probed by prosecutors over corruption allegations in 2009. (AFP)


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We've been asked by lots of people what happened to the organisations after the first Charity Hack?
Did it make a difference?
Was it all just a big waste of time?
+Laura Ryder went back to the first group of participating charities to find out how they are getting on.
Here she talks to Anne Staunton CEO of Rainbows Ireland about their experience.
For background you can read Laura's pre hack interview with Rainbows here and watch James Keating's video of their experience on the day here
"It gave us a way forward with a safety net in place."
Rainbows Ireland came to Charity Hack between a rock and a hard place. Wary of fundraising after being burned at its first attempt, the loss/bereavement support service for children knew it had to look at fundraising once more to ensure its future in the wake of its main funding from the Family Support Agency being cut by almost half. Speaking nearly three months after Charity Hack, CEO of Rainbows Anne Staunton said the day gave her organisation a way forward, complete with a safety net.
The main part of Rainbows' Charity Hack plan was to roll out a pilot fundraiser in Louth, looking for either an annual donation of €21 per month or a once-off donation from the county's businesses via a letter written under the guidance of Charity Hack's experts.
"They came back full of enthusiasm, all fired up," Anne said of the two Rainbows' workers who attended Charity Hack. "And for the first time - particularly for us who had never fundraised before - with a plan, something that was do-able."
Two thousand five hundred of those letters went out two weeks ago. To date there have been two positive responses. This week it's planned to follow up the letters with phone calls.
Anne said far from sitting on their laurels, it's taken until now to get everything for the campaign in place. There were concerns about the letters going out in the wake of negative press regarding fundraising money being used for salary top-ups, and also so close to Christmas. "We felt if we don't get in we'll never get this done," she said however, adding that there's also a feeling that people are more inclined to give to a good cause at this time of year.
The outcome of the fundraising effort in Louth is to be reviewed in January, with a decision made then on whether or not to roll it out county-by-county or countrywide.
Other actions prompted by Charity Hack included training in how to get the group a presence on Facebook, which was carried out in recent weeks. Anne said it's also affected how she and others present Rainbows. "It's flipped our thinking in a more focused way," she said. "For example the team identified that our literature is very geared towards people around the service itself, and doesn't sell what we do or tell our story. When I'm presenting I generally now start with a few quotes from kids regarding what we do."
"Our experience of Charity Hack has been nothing but positive," Anne added. "It gave us a way forward with a safety net in place. We still have loads to do, but it opened a door for us - a safe door management and the board were able to walk through."
The day also had bonus benefits. After meeting other small charity groups Anne said Rainbows now feels "part of a more national group". And with real efforts being made to raise funds for themselves, Anne said taking part in Charity Hack has led to increased respect from the Family Support Agency too.
Charity Hack took place over just twelve hours, but in a move that's turned out to be quite common amongst August's hackers, hacker Denisa Casement didn't end her association with Rainbows after August 10. She also attended follow-up meetings and presented the team's main fundraising idea to the Rainbows Ireland board.
"That meant so much," Anne said. "It's having solid people that you know now and can trust. These aren't people who are trying to get something out of you. They're trying to do real good and it's fantastic back-up."


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text: JP1 Remotes :: View topic - RM/RMIR v2.03 available JP1 Remotes FAQ Search 7 Days Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in File Section File Search Lookup Tool Wiki RM/RMIR v2.03 available Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Next JP1 Remotes Forum Index -> JP1 - Software View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message mathdonExpertJoined: 22 Jul 2008Posts: 3513Location: Cambridge, UK Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:40 am Post subject: RM/RMIR v2.03 available Edit: Build 14 now available: http://sourceforge.net/projects/controlremote/files/RemoteMaster/v2.03build14 After nearly two years in development, RM/RMIR v2.03 is now officially released.. The supported platforms are 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. This version supports all currently known types of UEI remotes, including XSight and Simpleset remotes for which UEI provides support via the EZ-RC.com and Simpleset.com websites. These remotes are supported directly via their USB interface, without the need for any cable other than the USB lead supplied with the remotes. In addition to the support of these additional types of remotes, a major change is that the full current set of RDFs, Maps and Images is included in the package. This enables the program to run "out of the box", without needing any additional downloads other than Java 1.6 or later. Also in this version, various bugs have been fixed and other improvements made. This release introduces the concept of a build number to RMIR. The version number refers only to the RemoteMaster.jar file. The build number refers to the entire package. Minor bugs and improvements to RemoteMaster.jar will be released as new builds, but the inclusion of new or revised support files such as RDFs will also lead to new builds, even if the jar file is unchanged. The RMIR menu item "Help > Check for updates" will check for new builds as well as new versions. If a new build or version is available then this menu item displays a message containing a hyperlink that will take you straight to the available downloads for the update. New builds will have two packages available, a full package containing everything required and an update package that contains only those files changed since the first build of the version concerned. Just unzip the upgrade package ino the installation folder for any earlier build of the same version to update it to the new build. New versions will be available only as a full installation package. To upgrade from an older version without losing your settings, delete everything in your installation folder other than the RemoteMaster.properties file that contains your settings. Then unzip the new installation package into that folder and you are done. If you want to re-create shortcuts in your installation folder then re-run Setup.vbs (for Windows) or Setup.sh (for Linux) as appropriate, but any shortcuts copied elsewhere, such as to the Windows desktop, will still work without needing to be recreated. To install the full package afresh, for any OS first unzip it to a new folder that is not read-only and then do the appropriate one of the following: If your OS is Windows then run Setup.vbs by double-clicking or otherwise. This will create two shortcuts, one for RMIR and the other (named Remote Master) for RM. They will be created in your installation folder, but they are also copied to Start > All Programs > Remote Master if you are running a Windows version that has a Start menu. You may copy them to your desktop, or any other location, as you wish. Setup.vbs also creates file associations to open .rmir files in RMIR and .rmdu files in RM. If your OS is Linux then run Setup.sh from Terminal as a shell script. If the current directory in Terminal is the RemoteMaster installation directory then the command "sh Setup.sh" will run the script. It creates two .desktop shortcuts, one for RMIR and the other (named RemoteMaster) for RM. They will be created in your installation folder, but they are also copied to your $HOME/.local/share/applications folder to ensure that they appear on your Dash. Setup.sh will also add you to the dialout group of users, if you are not already in it. If you need to be added, then it will ask you for your sudo password as this step needs to be run with root privileges. This step is needed to enable RMIR to access USB serial ports without RMIR itself being run as root. Linux users will find further information in this thread in the JP1 forum. If your OS is Mac OS X then there is as yet no special installation procedure.Please note the requirement that the installation folder should not be read-only. In particular, for Windows installations it should not be a sub-folder of Program Files. Various processes in RM and RMIR write files to the installation folder, so some features do not work properly if it is read-only. With all three OS's, RMIR can be opened without using a shortcut by double-clicking or otherwise running the Java file RemoteMaster.jar. RM can be opened from RMIR with the menu item File > New > Device Upgrade. The instance of RM so opened is independent of the RMIR instance from which it is opened, so you can then close RMIR and leave RM open if you wish. RM can also be opened from a command line by running RemoteMaster.jar with an argument -rm. Please note that although it is optional to run Setup.vbs in Windows as RMIR and RM can always be opened in these ways, in Linux you need either to run Setup.sh or to use some other means to add your user id to the dialup group of users. This need only be done once ever, however, as it is a system setting that is not specific to the RemoteMaster program. The inclusion of the RDFs, Maps and Images in the package means that the distribution zip file is now about 18.5MB. The RDFs are in a subfolder of the installation folder named RDF and the Maps and Images in one named Images. Both these folders have a further subfolder named .svn. These contain metadata describing the current contents of the folders. This is in preparation for a facility for push-button automatic updating in a forthcoming version. These subfolders are not used in the current version. The full list of supported remote interfaces is now JP1, JP1.1, JP1.2, JP1.3, JP1.4, JP2, JP2.1, JP3, XSight (both types, mini-USB with S3F80 processor and micro-USB with MAXQ622 processor) and Simpleset (also referred to as JPS and also with MAXQ622 processor). The JP2, JP2.1 and JP3 interfaces also refer to remotes that use a Maxim processor, the MAXQ610 for JP2 and JP2.1 and the MAXQ612 for JP3, the difference between JP2 and JP2.1 being that JP2.1 uses a 5-pin in-line connector external to the remote rather than the familiar 6-pin connector in the battery compartment. JP2.1 remotes need an adapter to convert the 5-pin connector to the standard 6-pin one. Detailed instructions for making such an adapter are given here. The interfaces JP2, JP2.1 and JP3 can all be connected with a standard JP1.2/3 interface cable (JP2.1, of course, by means of the adapter) but only one that uses the FTDI chip. Cables with chips of other manufacturers such as Prolific have difficulty communicating with the Maxim processors. This is discussed in some detail in this thread. The JP1.4 interface uses the Samsung S3F80 processor and should work correctly with any JP1.2/3 interface cable. When using XSight remotes (and similar ones such as Nevo) with Windows 8.1, Enhanced Power Management needs to be disabled for the USB port concerned. A registry fix to do this is available here. This fix is needed to enable use with EZ-RC.com as well as with RMIR. It is particularly important if EZ-RC.com attempts to do a firmware upgrade of the remote, as without it the process is likely to be terminated before completion, leaving the remote in an unusable "bricked" state. If this happens, try the two procedures suggested in this post which have rescued XSight remotes from this situation for other users. This RMIR version is available only as a Java file. Support for the separate stand-alone Windows compilation produced from the Java code with Excelsior JET has now finished. This multi-platform Java version requires a Java 1.6 or later runtime environment, either 32-bit or 64-bit. The release package includes the following support files: DecodeIR v2.45 and jp12serial v0.20 as library files for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), Linux and Mac OS X. digitmaps.bin with digit maps up to number 630. protocols.ini including support for remotes that use a Maxim processor. The RDF File Specification, Version 4. The RDF File Specification, Version 5 as an Addendum to Version 4.An update to any of these files will result in a new build being released, so there is no need for separate updating of any of them. Version 4 of the RDF File Specification covers RDF files for remotes with interfaces up to JP1.3. Version 5 is required to support remotes with interfaces from JP1.4 onward. Please visit the JP1 Community Wiki for information about how to use RMIR. A link to the Tutorial in the Wiki is also included in the Help menu. Please note that as this project is supported solely by volunteers, the Wiki may not be up to date. This version of RM/RMIR contains many new features required to support the newer types of remote. At the time of its release, these are not covered by the help files contained in the Wiki. RM/RMIR itself, however, shows notes and tooltips (the text shown when you hover the mouse pointer over a button or table entry) designed to make its use as self-explanatory as possible. The download package is available in the following folder. Just click on it to start the download. The corresponding folder for future builds will contain both the full and upgrade packages. http://sourceforge.net/projects/controlremote/files/RemoteMaster/v2.03build2 - (~18.5MB) Please see above for installation instructions. Links: The RemoteMaster project home page. JP1 Community Wiki Tutorial (part of the Wiki) RMIR XSight Support (development thread) RMIR Simpleset Support (development thread) RM/RMIR v2.03 Alpha 28 available (development thread) RMIR: Prototype IR function in RM (development thread) RM/RMIR v2.02a now available (announcement thread for last official version) ChangeLog.txt (also included in the downloadable files)_________________GrahamLast edited by mathdon on Sat Nov 12, 2016 1:05 pm; edited 11 times in total Back to top unclemiltieExpertJoined: 21 Jan 2004Posts: 1790Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:35 pm Post subject: Graham Congratulations on the huge step forward. I can attest to only a tiny bit of the new support, which allowed for a couple of new features on the JP1.3 common extender that Graham was incredibly responsive in building into this new release even though it was "on the road toward" release._________________this JP1 stuff is a sickness! Back to top tranxJoined: 13 May 2012Posts: 675Location: Hants, UK Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:55 am Post subject: I am sure that the new RMIR as a refined package will be a great help for starting with JP1, as will the build concept for keeping things up to date, and to me the URC 6440 extender has also been a revelation. Thanks so much for all of that! Back to top mdavejExpertJoined: 08 Oct 2003Posts: 4107 Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:51 pm Post subject: Graham, I can't thank you enough for the huge amount of time and effort you've put into this. We're very lucky to have you (and 3FG and so many others that blazed the trail). I'm hoping to pitch in on updating the wiki manuals soon. Back to top CyberSimianJoined: 24 Oct 2013Posts: 39Location: Southampton, UK Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:50 pm Post subject: Re: RM/RMIR v2.03 available mathdon wrote: RM/RMIR v2.03 is now officially released This is excellent news. Developing something as complex as RMIR involves an incredible amount of work, and without your dedication we would all be much worse off. Thank you very much. -- from CyberSimian in the UK Back to top alanricheyExpertJoined: 24 Mar 2008Posts: 3487Location: UK/USA Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:50 am Post subject: Hi Graham Many thanks from me and hundreds of Slingbox users Having a slight problem though. RM running fine on my WIN8.1 machine but I have one laptop runing the Technical Preview of WIN 10 and it won't run under that. Obviously not a major issue at the moment but it will be later in the year when it gets released. I've uploaded the master.err file at http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=13330. Hoepfully that will help you figure out the problem. Al Back to top mathdonExpertJoined: 22 Jul 2008Posts: 3513Location: Cambridge, UK Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:26 pm Post subject: Hi Al This is very puzzling. Are you using the protocols.ini file that comes with RMIR v2.03 build 1 or do you use a customised version? Every non-blank line in protocols.ini is either a protocol name enclosed in [] or a property specification consisting of a name, an equals sign and a value. The error file you posted appears to say that it has found a property specification that doesn't contain an equals sign. As far as I can tell, this appears to be either in the Zaptor protocol or in the following one but I am not absolutely certain of this. There is no such line in the protocols.ini of v2.03 build 1. If you are using a customised version, could you please post it for me to look at. If you are using the supplied one, is it possible that it has become corrupted in installation into Win 10?_________________Graham Back to top alanricheyExpertJoined: 24 Mar 2008Posts: 3487Location: UK/USA Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:18 pm Post subject: Graham Sorry about that, should have checked the error file more carefully then I would have seen that. The problem was that the Code.S3C80 code for the Zaptor (no repeat) was spread over several lines but I hadn't put the \ at the end of the lines. Once I added those it was fine. The WIN 8.1/WIN10 connection was a red herring, the protocols.ini I was using on my WIN8.1 machine didn't have the protocol in. Looking good Cheers Al Back to top mathdonExpertJoined: 22 Jul 2008Posts: 3513Location: Cambridge, UK Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 12:18 pm Post subject: I have now posted build 2 of RMIR v2.03. This new build is available both as a complete installation file and as an upgrade to build 1, both from the link just given. The main changes are: Minor amendments to the RDFs for Nevo C2 and Charter OCAP C4000 Addition of RDF for URC-6440 Extender v1.01 Support for decimal point in Favorites channels for XSight remotes Addition of a Replace button, to supplement Add and Insert buttons, in Macro editing for XSight remotes.There is also a small number of minor bugfixes._________________Graham Back to top mathdonExpertJoined: 22 Jul 2008Posts: 3513Location: Cambridge, UK Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 7:49 am Post subject: I have now posted build 3 of RMIR v2.03. This new build is available both as a complete installation file and as an upgrade to either earlier build, both from the link just given. The main changes from build 2 are: When File/Exit says data has changed and prompts user to save, ensure saving completes before RMIR exits. When File/Exit is performed while an Upload, Download etc. task is running, display warning and ask for confirmation. On File/New, display message explaining that the recommended starting point for a new setup is to do a factory reset and then download it. Ensure that after a download or file load, the "changed" status correctly reflects the setup state. RDFs for XSight remotes modified to remove devices 16-18 from 15-device remotes and to add one phantom button. Entry for Samsung36 protocol in protocols.ini has been slightly revised.There is also a small number of minor bugfixes._________________Graham Back to top mathdonExpertJoined: 22 Jul 2008Posts: 3513Location: Cambridge, UK Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 11:12 am Post subject: I have now posted build 4 of RMIR v2.03. This new build is available both as a complete installation file and as an upgrade to any of the earlier builds, both from the link just given. The main changes from build 3 are: Handling of key moves shared between a real and a virtual device button for certain early remotes. Revised entry for the Sejin-M-N protocol in protocols.ini to allow specifying an alternate subdevice number with Sejin-1 signals. Revised RDF, Map and Image files for the Nevo C2 remote. There is also a small number of minor bugfixes._________________Graham Back to top tranxJoined: 13 May 2012Posts: 675Location: Hants, UK Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 1:20 pm Post subject: Thanks very much mathdon. The update reminder from that website actually arrived first - it's a very smooth arrangement Back to top PulseJoined: 30 Apr 2012Posts: 22Location: Aotearoa Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:10 pm Post subject: Thanks very much for all this hard work, great stuff! I havn't played with RMIR or JP1 for a while and going through a re-learning curve. In this new version v2.03 build 4 I dont seem to be able to use the "learned signals" section I get this error here https://www.dropbox.com/s/ol5ea2oifmtbbfi/Capture.PNG?dl=0 pasting in a code from the IR widget like this 00 00 1A 00 D1 04 01 AC 01 CB 03 68 03 8B 03 6B 01 C4 01 B4 B4 D8 8B 00 00 10 12 00 30 whereas if I drop back to v2.02a it accepts it fine running setup.vbs all went fine and looking at the master.err it looks like the correct DecodeIR.dll is found (\Windows-amd64\DecodeIR.dll) Im on Windows 7 Have I done something stupid? Keep up the great work Back to top madmalkavJoined: 01 Sep 2011Posts: 63 Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:12 am Post subject: Have anyone tested the program with Windows 10 x64? I'm trying to have some fun with my Xsight Touch but it doesn't seem to dump ok from the remote, it only shows the remote model on the program title bar and some stuff in the raw data section. PS: I already tried the Build 5 jar and the reg patch on the other thread. PSS: it was the USB cable, everything seems to work now.Last edited by madmalkav on Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:38 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top alanricheyExpertJoined: 24 Mar 2008Posts: 3487Location: UK/USA Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:30 am Post subject: I've been using it without any problems, but I only use the RemoteMaster part of it to build BIN files. Anything else I can test for you ? 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Victoria's Minister for Planning Richard Wynne has approved a $1.2 billion development at Melbourne's Collins Wharf in the Victoria Harbour precinct of Docklands, despite being advised by the City of Melbourne to reject the proposal.
The Lendlease development, masterplanned by Jackson Clements Burrows in collaboration with Aspect Oculus, will consist of five 85-metre towers along the southern edge of a finger wharf that extends from Collins Street towards the Bolte Bridge. A City of Melbourne councillor Stephen Mayne referred to the development as "a forest of towers."
The development also includes a row of smaller-scale SOHO (small office, home office) commercial buildings along the northern edge of the wharf.
The six-hectare site will have 25,000 square metres of public realm spaces, which will include a 1,700-square-metre "eco park" at the western tip of the wharf and more than one kilometre of public waterfront promenades. It will also be home to 1,500 apartments, all of which will be subject to the new Better Apartments Design Standards.
The development plan supersedes a 2010 masterplan for Victoria Harbour by Aspect Oculus in association with Studio Nield and Lend Lease Design, which has received a number of awards.
The original masterplan for the wharf proposed a low rise built form – 35 metres tall on the south side and 12 metres tall on the north side.
The dramatic increase in proposed built form was unanimously opposed by the City of Melbourne when it considered the proposal in September 2016.
Councillor Rohan Leppert, who moved the motion to recommend that the minister not support the proposal, said, "What's being proposed is not the best possible outcome for Docklands or for the city of Melbourne."
"My main problem is there's a visually dominant wall being proposed here along the full length of the wharf that's going to box in Victoria Harbour that's going to divide the water and that's going to overshadow the Yarra."
However, Leppert conceded that "there's very little strategic direction in the planning scheme," and that the minister would be "in a very difficult position." He also praised the proponent's efforts in increasing the open space and public realm proposed in the development plan.
Councillor Stephen Mayne described the proposal as "overdone" and highlighted the uniqueness of the site."We've only got one finger wharf like this in Melbourne. There's no other comparable site," he said.
"The big picture architectural discussion in 30 years time, does Melbourne need to look like that with this long line of towers down Collins Wharf.
"I can't see how a forest of towers does anything good for activation of the water with all the shadowing and the other implications."
Councillor Leppert concluded that this development proposal "goes to show why we need to have a much clearer strategic plan for areas like Docklands, Fishermans Bend and E-Gate, otherwise these problems will only continue in the future."