Having been delayed in being able to order my camera kit, my mind was wandering to other cameras. Especially the current internet sweetheart with all the buzz surrounding it: the Panasonic AG-Af101. This was actually my initial list-topper and has never left my mind, but there are a couple of drawbacks. One of these is the ability to go handheld, which is a must for a portion of my work.
The box shape of the AF101 is not very ergonomic and its petite size, whilst being very convenient in some (small area) situations, can hinder things that are not tripod shooting or shooting from the hip. One way to circumvent this problem is to invest in a shoulder-mounting system. There are many options out there and the ones listed below are merely to show the range and differences available.
If your source for handheld mounts is limited to video production shops, whether online or physical real-life, you are likely to encounter only the premium kind. These are usually built very precisely, counter-balanced appropriately and more-or-less ideal for the camera and job at hand.
That's all fine if you can afford to pay 150-200% of what you already spent on the camera. Wait, what? I have always been confused by the extraordinary high prices of items like this (although the fact that many people do buy them does suggest that people who can afford more expensive cameras are using the same models that we do because the quality is that good – and big money isn't required for amazing visual results now).
However, there is a lot to this kit, many individual parts from different manufacturers to make one all-powerful handheld kit. I have no doubt in my mind that if you can afford it, there is no better kit available (generally speaking – specific projects may need different requirements). Additionally you can add to it for different projects, or remove parts when unnecessary.
I am aware that the process involved in making these isn't easy, they use strong, lightweight and not cheap metals and work hard to create amazing products – but, you know, I could buy a few second hand cars for that price and they all have combustion engines. The bottom line is: this kind of system is not appropriate for a £10,000 camera kit budget, which is where I stand (and I'm not alone). But if anyone wants to buy me one, I'd be delighted.
So if you're anything like me, or Olof here, you will have stared at the first rig option for a while, stared at the price, back to the rig, back to the price.. Eventually you would have decided that you could make something along those lines for about 1/500th of the price and some advice from the biggest DIY person you know.
People with a passion for video and some know-how are more and more often coming up with solutions to problems that arise in the expensive world of video. With the cost of cameras and media coming down, the need for cheaper everything else is rising.
This mounting option was made by a video guy, for video guys and is pretty basic but maybe that is all that some users will require. It has a nice NanoFlash bracket and a padded shoulder area to get you up on your feet.
Personally, I don't want to be holding the lens the whole time, scared I would knock a setting or something. Also, I am not initially going to be mounting an external battery or using an external recorder and, although this product is about 1/35th of the price of the above one, I'm not sure I could justify paying for what is essentially a shoulder pad and base-plate – on the setup I'd be using.
So what if you wanted to pay, say, £50?
The Spiderbrace from (funnily enough) www.spiderbrace.com is $69.95 and looks – well – sort of like a good example of what I would make for myself. It might be cheap metal, it might not be counterbalanced correctly and it might look a little weak in the shoulder support area but it's cheap.
If you are only using handheld minimally and for nothing of great importance – maybe you'd just like to get a few cutaways where you are moving around or for some personal/family stuff – you could do at lot worse. This system will make handheld easier with a camera like the AF101 and take some of the pressure off holding it awkwardly (or having to carry around a tripod).
You might not look like the coolest guy at your son's football game though.
If this is all still too expensive or you fancy some weekend DIY, then why not take a look at YouTube. Videos like the one below are plentiful and there are lots of different options. You should probably be aware that you're never going to get the same results as you would a professional system, but each to their own.


Bob Swart will be running a workshop for those interested in doing some web-based application development for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch using Delphi XE. It will take place on the 14th of February 2011 in Helmond Brandevoort for all those Object Pascal developers out in the Netherlands and Belgium. He will be speaking in Dutch, but his documentation will be in English.
Quote from his blog: "Feb 14th 2011...Valentine's Day, Delphi turns 16, and Bob Swart organises another Delphi Workshop in Helmond Brandevoort (NL) this time with the focus on iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch development using Delphi XE, Advantage WebAPI, TMS IntraWeb iPhone Controls (for browser based solutions) and MonoDevelop with Delphi Prism XE for native solutions."
He will also be offering a prize to be won by a lucky attendee, the TMS IntraWeb iPhone Controls Pack by TMS Software.
For more information about this event or to ask a question, visit Bob's blog page at www.bobswart.nl.


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Nonlinear State Estimation for Carrier Synchronization in GNSS-SDR
A project for Google Summer of Code 2019 in coordination with GNSS-SDR
Introduction to GNSS Tracking and Kalman Filtering
Modern mass-market GNSS software receivers rely on tracking architectures developed from analogue signal processing techniques developed in the early 20th century. Although these methods have proven themselves to be reliable and sufficient for most GNSS applications, newer applications which aim to push the boundaries of what can be done with GNSS could benefit from more versatile, modern, tracking techniques. The basis of many of these cutting edge techniques is the Kalman filter: an iterative signal processing technique which aims to estimate the internal parameters of a system based on noisy observations of its external measurements.
Within the context of GNSS, Kalman filtering has been shown experimentally to be a powerful tool for performing carrier synchronization, an important step in the GNSS datapath in which the receiver identifies the timing properties of the received signal (i.e. carrier phase and Doppler shift) so that the signal can be decoded to determine the transmitted message. In fact, the principle of carrier synchronization is present with any digital communication, but in the case of GNSS, carrier synchronization preforms two roles: not only are the timing parameters needed in order to decode the navigation data transmitted by the satellite, carrier phase and Doppler shift are also two of the observables required to get a position fix.
"Comparison of PLL-DLL tracking to tracking to Extended Kalman filter tracking of GPS L1 C/A signal recorded at CTTC in 2013 under nearly ideal conditions. Note the highly improved signal-to-noise ratio in the Carrier Frequency and Code Frequency observables."
Kalman filtering and more advanced techniques derived from the Kalman filter, may provide immediate benefits to performance under adverse conditions. Moreover, a transition from traditional architectures to Kalman architectures will open the gateway to potential reimaginings of the GNSS signal processing pathway which may allow GNSS receivers to operate under extremely harsh conditions, and may greatly expand upon the places in which GNSS technology may be used.
Challenges involved in Kalman Filtering
Although Kalman filtering may be a powerful tool with the right planning, it is a technique which involves working through several caveats and critical challenges in order to be properly integrated into a given application. One of the most important of these practical challenges is the assumption of a well defined model of the process and measurement noise covariances, but this information is not directly available a priori and may change as channel conditions change during system operation. Traditionally, these values are estimated a priori through time series analysis, and are implemented within the Kalman filter as constant values Q and R. In general, however, there is no requirement within the Kalman filter that they must be constant, and may instead take time-varying values Qt-1 and Rt. Several methods have been proposed to estimate and update these noise characteristics iteratively as the filter operates. These methods, however, rely on frequentist methods which do not guarantee validity of the noise covariance matrix.
One of the key goals of our 2018 Google Summer of Code contribution to the GNSS-SDR open-source project project was to develop a Bayesian estimation architecture for estimating the covariance of the measurement noise during filter operation. For more information about that contribition, please see our report on the matter here. The formulation for that embedded Bayesian filter relies on the innovations process of the estimation being a zero-mean white noise sequence. Conveniently, this sequence has been shown to be white in the Kalman filter literature, but only under conditions of \emph{optimal} filter performance (i.e. with precise predictions based on an accurate model). Our initial 2018 effort to incorporate this methodology into GNSS-SDR involved the use of extended Kalman filter (EKF) architectures for performing nonlinear state estimation and tracking. Ultimately, the performance of the Bayesian covariance estimation (BCE) filter under this approach did not meet the standard required for maintaining carrier synchronization over more than a few seconds. In our report for last year's Google Summer of Code we hypothesized that this issue might be mitigated by the use of a more precise nonlinear tracking procedure. As a follow-up to last year's contribution, this year we once again proposed a collaboration with the GNSS-SDR project with the following goals in mind:
Development of modular libraries for easily implementing and utilizing various Kalman filter based nonlinear tracking algorithms, such as the Cubature Kalman filter and Unscented Kalman filter
Incorporation of those libraries into a tracking block for performing discriminator free, Kalman filter based carrier phase, Doppler and Doppler rate estimation in the Tracking block of the GNSS-SDR receiver
Incorporation of those libraries into a tracking block for performing discriminator free, Kalman filter based joint code-carrier tracking, including carrier phase, Doppler, Doppler rate and code error
The tracking blocks and libraries which we will be referencing to throughout this document, and which will be the subject of most of the changes referenced as part of this Google Summer of Code contirbution may be found within our fork of the GNSS-SDR repository here.
The following sections contain a brief discription of the work done for each of these contributions. A PDF document containing a more comprehensive description of the theorretical aspects of this work, including the theory of the Bayesian covariance estimator can be found here.
Nonlinear Tracking Libraries
One of the advantages in using a system architecture based on the Kalman filter is that it is relatively trivial to update the architecture to reflect changes in the signal model. In particular, Kalman filter architectures such as the cubature Kalman filter (CKF) and unscented Kalman filter (UKF) need only to be able to evaluate equations modelling the state time evolution and state-measurement relationship (hereafter transition and measurement equations). In contrast to the extended Kalman filter (EKF), no additional functions (e.g. Jacobian function) need to be provided. With this in mind, we developed generalized libraries for modular incorporation of nonlinear, Bayesian tracking algorithms into the GNSS-SDR tracking framework. These libraries can be found in the GNSS-SDR source directory as tracking_Gaussian_filter, tracking_models, and nonlinear_tracking.
The design philosophy of these classes is fairly straightforward: the TrackingGaussianFilter class provides a generic interface for storing the basic parameters of a second order state estimation filter: the state, state covariance, and additive noise covariances. The TrackingNonlinearFilter class inherits these parameters from TrackingGaussianFilter and adds generic functional templates representing the transition and measurement equations. These functionals are intended to be classes which inherit from the ModelFunction class laid out in the tracking_models.h library, and the functions that they specify are used to compute the model predicted state and mesurements within the Gaussian filter.
Using the TrackingNonlinearFunction Class
Use of the TrackingNonlinearFilter class is straightforward, but makes use of templates for modularity. Declaration of an instance of TrackingNonlinearFilter requires specifying three parameters: the class specified by NonlinearFilter indicates the type of Gaussian filter to use (e.g. UKF, CKF) as implemented in nonlinear_tracking.h, while OutputType1 and OutputType2 specify the output type of the state and measurement equations. These types are expected to be one of the data types from the Armadillo C++ library for linear algebra and scientific computing: in general either arma::colvec or arma::cx_vec. Once these parameters are specified, the object is instantiated and the filter may be initialized using set_params, however it is necessary to attach the model functions before the filter may be invoked with get_carrier_nco.
Using ModelFunction Functionals
One functional for each model function (i.e. transition and measurement) should defined adjacent to where they are to be used (e.g. in a particular GNU Radio block), and they must each inherit from the ModelFunction class. Additionally, each functional must override the () operator with a function that accepts a single arma::colvec as an input. The output type is specified by the template class parameter OutputType and must agree with the output type specified by the TrackingNonlinearFilter instance in which the model function is to be used.
Once defined, an instance of the functional must be created and attached to an instance of TrackingNonlinearFilter using TrackingNonlinearFilter::set_model.
Using the GaussianFilter Class to create Filters
The class specifier NonlinearFilter in the template class TrackingNonlinearFilter specifies the type of nonlinear filter that should be used. In general, this should refer to a class which inherits from the GaussianFilter class specified in the nonlinear_tracking library. The GaussianFilter class represents the basic implementation of a second order Gaussian filter, and includes setters and getters for the mean and covariance of the state prediction and updated state estimation. The classes which inherit from it must specify the prediction and update steps of the Gaussian filter procedure as predict_sequential and update_sequential respectively. In our 2019 Google Summer of Code contribution we have developed and implemented two nonlinear filters: the unscented Kalman filter and the cubature Kalman filter. Unit tests for each of these implementaitons can be found in the GNSS-SDR source here. These blocks test the reliability and accuracy of the tracking algorithms by implementing a linear system with random parameters and comparing the output of the nonlinear filters to that of a standard linear Kalman filtering procedure. This test is repeated many times with random initialization and the test is declared as passed if and only the results of the nonlinear filter are within a certain acceptable range of the linear result for each one.
In future updates, other Kalman filter based nonlinear tracking implementations can be included in nonlinear_tracking.h based on these examples.
Mixed DLL+PLL Code and Kalman Carrier Tracking
Another goal of out 2019 Google Summer of Code contribution to the GNSS-SDR project was to develop a Kalman filter based, discriminator free carrier phase tracking implementation. Such an implementation uses a nonlinear Kalman filter to replace the FLL+PLL portion of the traditional locked loop architecture with a nonlinear Kalman filter for estimating the carrier phase, Doppler and Doppler rate parameters, while leaving estimation of the code error to the standard DLL. In order to be avoid the use of discriminator functions, the filter needs to operate based on a model which directly relates the carrier phase to the output of the correlation step. We attempted to create such an implementation in our 2018 Google Summer of Code contribution but encountered issues getting the method to work with signals which rely on tracking a pilot such as, for example, the those on the Galileo E1 band. To overcome this limitation, we designed a mixed tracking implementation based on the dll_pll_veml_tracking GNU radio tracking block which relies on the standard locked loop architecture and a two-quadrant arctangent discriminator for acquiring the pilot signal before handing off to a Gaussian filter architecture for performing real time carrier estimation. The code implementing this mixed tracking block can be found in the GNSS-SDR source repository as mixed_veml_tracking.
Discriminator free Carrier Tracking Model
As described in the literature, the correlator outputs are related to the carrier parameters by way of a complex exponential. For signals which make use of a pilot signals, such as Galileo E1, this subject to a sign change (+/-) depending on the bits of the pilot signal. Since the Kalman filter is not well suited to handling rapid changes, such as those associated with bit flips, it is necessary to remove the effect of the pilot bit. This is done by taking the measurement to be square of the correlator outputs. Separating the real and imaginary parts yields the following measurement model:
The state, is designed to incorporate the carrier parameters, namely carrier phase error, Doppler and Doppler rate, as well as the signal amplitude. The carrier parameters are modelled as evolving according to a quadratic transition model, also described in the literature, while the correlator output amplitude is assumed as being constant over time. The transition and measurement functions which comprise this model are implemented in mixed_veml_tracking.h. For a more thourough explanation of this tracking model, see the full PDF version of this report here.
Notes on Code Implementation
This code is adapted from dll_pll_veml_tracking. Here, the functionality of the original PLL+FLL for performing carrier tracking is replaced with an instance of the Gaussian filter implementation specified by TrackingNonlinearFilter. The parameters of this filter are initialized with the tracking block along with those of the DLL responsible for performing code estimation. Additionally, the parameters of the functionals representing the model are updated throughout this tracking block as needed. The most important differences between the mixed tracking block and the original locked loop tracking block are found in mixed_veml_tracking::run_dll_pll. This function is inappropriately named as the function no longer makes use PLL structures, but the original naming convention was left for compatibility with the rest of the GNSS-SDR code. In this function, both the pilot signal and carrier synchronization is performed by invoking the Gaussian filter with get_carrier_nco. The filter outputs are then used to compute the parameters that need to be passed to the NCO just as they would be with the standard locked loop architecture.
Testing and Results
Testing of the mixed_veml_tracking GNU radio block was performed by implementing an adapter block and unit test for running this tracking block with Galileo E1 signals. The tracking block and unit test can be found in the GNSS-SDR source repository here and here respectively. The adapter and unit test are based on those implemented for Galileo E1 DLL+PLL tracking and the unit test performs a large number of tracking iterations using a simulated Galileo E1B PRN E11 signal.
The mixed tracking implementation passed the unit test, and performed the same number of iterations as the DLL+PLL implementation in a slightly shorter amount of time.
Finally, the performance of the mixed tracking implementation was evaluated with real signals collected using a hardware receiver at CTTC in 2013. The recorded data was played back through the GNSS-SDR datapath using the Galileo E1 adapter for the mixed_veml_tracking GNU radio block and the output of the tracking dataloggers stored and plotted using MATLAB for visual analysis.
The above figure shows the results of the tracking for Galileo E1 PRN 11. It is evident from these results that the mixed tracking block is not able to track the carrier synchronization parameters with sufficient accuracy to acquire a position fix. Although this is not the result we were hoping for, the filter code was able to perform its task without error. With more time spent tuning the Kalman filter and model parameters, we're confident that the results of our mixed tracking block should match those of its DLL+PLL based counterpart.
Kalman Filter based Joint Code-Carrier Tracking
The final goal of out 2019 Google Summer of Code contribution to the GNSS-SDR project was to develop a Kalman filter based, discriminator free joint code-carrier tracking implementation. Such an implementation uses a nonlinear Kalman filter to replace the FLL+PLL portion of the traditional locked loop for estimating the carrier phase, Doppler and Doppler rate parameters, as well as the DLL portion of that architecture for estimating the code error. As with the discriminator free carrier tracking implementation, this filter would also have to operate based on a model which directly relates the carrier phase to the output of the correlation step. Unlike the carrier tracking implementation however, estimation of the code error needs to be done using multiple correlator outputs. The number of correlator outputs that may be used depends largely on the computational load, which in turn depends on the tracking algorithm being used. In the case of a sampling algorithm such as the cubature Kalman filter, the prediction step of the filter requires that the measurement equation be evaluated 2N times where N is the number of states. Since the number of states that need to be estimated is around N=5, the number of correlations to be computed is 10M where M is the number of correlators. In this section we will provide a model for joint tracking based on Early, Prompt, Late (EPL) with M=3, and explain how this model was implemented in GNSS-SDR. Finally, we will explain some of the issues which still need to be resolved before this implementation can be considered functional. The code implementing this joint tracking block can be found in the GNSS-SDR source repository as joint_veml_tracking.
Correlator output Joint Code-Carrier Model
The joint measurement model extends the model for the output of the correlation step as described previously to include the early and late outputs, as well as the relationship between the complex correlator outputs and the code error. A similar trick is used to get rid of the bit transitions as in the carrier tracking model as well, giving the updated measurement model
Separating the real and imaginary components of this and accounting for additive noise gives the final real valued measurement model to be used in the filter
The state is designed to incorporate the carrier parameters, code parameters, and the signal amplitude. The carrier parameters and signal amplitude are modelled as in the carrier tracking model, while the code error is modelled as
This transition function is parameterized by the sampling period and the number of code chips per radian, computed by multiplying the carrier frequency with the code period in chips. The functionals which implement the transition and measurement functions which comprise this model are located in joint_veml_tracking.h. As before, a more thourough explanation of this tracking model is provided in full PDF version of this report here.
An important feature of this measurement model implementation is that, as previously described, the measurement model needs to be able to perform arbitrary evaluations of the autocorrelation function of the local code. To this end, the functional which implements this needs to be extended to include an instance of Cpu_Autocorrelator_Real_Codes, which may be found in the cpu_autocorrelator_real_codes library located here. This object adapts the Cpu_Multicorrelator_Real_Codes object: instead of accepting a real code and a complex input sequence, it instead accepts only the real code. It then makes a copy of the code as gr_complex in order to perform correlation between the real and complex copies. This inefficient solution is a workaround for the fact that the current iteration of the volk-gnsssdr library contains functions for correlating complex valued inputs with real valued codes, but does not include the operators necessary to perform standard real-valued autocorrelations. This may be rectified in a future update.
An important feature of this measurement model implementation is that, as previously described, the measurement model needs to be able to perform arbitrary evaluations of the autocorrelation function of the local code. To this end, the functional which implements this needs to be extended to include an instance of Cpu_Autocorrelator_Real_Codes, which may be found in the cpu_autocorrelator_real_codes tracking library. This object adapts the Cpu_Multicorrelator_Real_Codes object. Instead of accepting a real code and a complex input sequence, it instead accepts only the real code. It then makes a copy of the code as gr_complex in order to perform correlation between the real and complex copies. This inefficient solution is a workaround for the fact that the current iteration of the volk-gnsssdr library contains functions for correlating complex valued inputs with real valued codes, but does not include the operators necessary to perform standard real-valued autocorrelations. This may be rectified in a future update.
Testing of the joint_veml_tracking GNU radio block was performed by implementing an adapter block and unit test for running this tracking block with Galileo E1 signals. The tracking block and unit test can be found in the GNSS-SDR source repository here and here respectively. As before, the adapter and unit test are based on those implemented for Galileo E1 DLL+PLL tracking, however the joint code-carrier tracking implementation does not pass this test as running the tracking block results in a buffer error from the GNU radio kernel.
As of the writing of this report, this issue remains unresolved. It is hypothesized that this issue arises from an issue within the GNU radio architecture resulting from having too many instances of cpu_autocorrelator_real_codes being polled at a given time. Although it was not possible to investigate this further within the timeframe provided for Google Summer of code 2019, the proposed solution is to develop a more efficient way of evaluating the local code autocorrelation function, and this should be the subject of future work.
Conclusions and Future Work
Over the course of Google Summer of Code 2019 we have made several contributions to GNSS-SDR open-source GNSS receiver project. As the report shows, although each of the goals was met in part there is still significant work left to be done before these Gaussian filter based implementations are able to perform to the level of the standard locked loop implementations. Nevertheless, significant progress has been made with regard to building the software foundations for each of these these novel tracking architectures, and it is our firm belief that with a bit more work in tuning and bugfixing, these implementations may soon be made operational.
In summary, the contributions we have made this summer began with the development of a set of modular support libraries for building nonlinear models and applying them to the task of tracking with various Gaussian tracking implementations. Following this, we incorporated those nonlinear modelling and tracking libraries into the development of discriminator free, mixed tracking architecture based on cubature Kalman filter and DLL based carrier and code tracking respectiveily. Finally, we expanded the discriminator free mixed implementation to include a nonlinear code error estimation model, including the inclusion of code for performing autocorrelations with the local code.
The immediate future work is self evident: issues remain in getting the mixed tracking architecture to perform to the standard of the traditional DLL+PLL architecture, and in getting the joint tracking architecture to operate correctly within the GNU radio framework. Following this, there are many possible directions where this research can be taken but one in particular stands out as being of immediate interest. Although not included in this year's Google Summer of Code goals, one of the motivations for this year's contribution was to facilitate the use of the Bayesian Covariance estimation method that we worked on building in our 2018 Google Summer of Code contribution to the GNSS-SDR project. Finally, additional nonlinear tracking methodologies, including those based on Monte Carlo methods rather than Kalman architectures, could be built and tested based on the framework that we constructed in this contribution.

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In 2009 Season, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments after 2002. The Blues did not qualify for the AFC Cup 2009. The year 2010 was also an unsuccessful year for New Radiant. But the club ended the unbeaten streak of League Champions VB Sports Club in the FA cup semi-final. However, similar to the previous years, they had to end the season with no success, as they lost the FA cup final against Victory. In 2011, the Club reached President's Cup final but lost against the Victory Sports club.

2012–2015
They won 2012 Dhivehi League without losing a single match and also won the President's Cup by beating Victory Sports Club in the final. During the whole season, New Radiant lost just one match, which was against Club Eagles in the quarter-final of FA cup. They qualified for the AFC Cup 2013 and have brought the most promising young stars to the team in preparation for the continental stage.

In 2013, the blues won the first Charity Shield match from the beginning of the season and they won 2013 Dhivehi League shield, becoming the first team in the history to finish off the league with a 100 percent record, without losing or drawing any of their matches. In August 2013, they won the Veterans Cup (35+ age) for the first time. At the beginning of October, they won FA Cup after 5 years. New Radiant SC finished the season by winning the President's Cup and that completed the domestic season with a remarkable 100% winning record.
This year the blues reached AFC Cup 2013 quarter final to make another records.

In 2014 Season, On June 10, the blues won the Maldives FA Charity Shield match by beating Maziya. The club won 2014 Dhivehi League three times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2015. On November 30, New Radiant SC won 2014 President's Cup three times in a row and that completed the record for the Maldivian football history to the only club which won all top division championship three times in a row.
In this year, the Blues also won the 2014 FAM Women's Football Championship after beating Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF).

In 2015, the Blues reached President's Cup final but lost against Maziya. The club won 2015 Dhivehi Premier League four times in a row and qualify AFC Cup 2016 group stage.

2016

In 2016, New Radiant SC finished fifth position in 2016 Dhivehi Premier League and knockout in the group stage of AFC Cup 2016. The Blues finished 3rd in FA cup and knockout in the group stage of President's Cup.
After 2011, this was the year club did not win any of the tournaments.

2017–2018
The Blues finished 3rd in Male' League and promoted to 2017 Dhivehi Premier League. In this year New Radiant SC won 2017 Dhivehi Premier League and qualify AFC Cup 2018 group stage. Also won FA cup & President's Cup by beating TC Sports Club.

In 2018, New Radiant SC finished second of AFC Cup 2018 Group F. This year the blues won Male' League after 2004.

Honours

Domestic
Dhivehi League/Dhivehi Premier League
 Champions (6): 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017

Maldives FA Cup
Winners (12): 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2017

Maldives National Championship / President's Cup
Winners (12): 1982, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017

Maldivian FA Charity Shield
Winners: 2013, 2014

Maldives Cup Winners' Cup
Winners: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2008

Male' League
Winners: 2004, 2018

POMIS Cup
Winners: 1994, 1995, 1997

Other
Veterans Cup
Winners: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017

FAM Women's Football Championship
Winners: 2014, 2015

Best moments

 1987 – Represented Maldives in the Football event of South Asian Games
 1995 – Played in Asian Cup Winners Cup
 1996 – Played in Asian Cup Winners Cup
 1997 – Won all the tournaments of the season (POMIS Cup, FA cup and Maldives National Championship / President's Cup)
 1998 – Won FA cup thrice in three years
 2005 – Reached Semi-finals of AFC Cup 2005
 2006 – Won Dhivehi League for the first time
 2007 – Won FA cup again for thrice in three years.
 2008 – Won Cup winners cup by beating Victory Sports Club in final. This was the last Cup winners cup tournament.
 2012 – Won Dhivehi League without losing a single game and President's Cup. In every games of the season, not conceded two goals in a single match, which was a local record.
 2013 – Won all the domestic tournaments (Maldivian FA Charity Shield, 2013 Dhivehi League, FA cup, President's Cup) and finished the domestic season with a 100% winning record. Finished top of the group AFC Cup 2013 with a top scoring team in first round & reached Quarter finals of AFC Cup 2013.
 2014 – The club won 2014 Dhivehi League & President's Cup three times in a row . This was the record for the Maldivian football history to the only club which won all top division championship three times in a row.
 2015 – The club won 2015 Dhivehi Premier League four times in a row .
 2017 – The club won 2017 Dhivehi Premier League, FA cup & President's Cup.

Season by season records (1979–1999)
Updated on 30 November 2015

 National Championship = President's Cup (Maldives)
 Cup Winners' Cup = Maldives Cup Winners' Cup
 –  = Not yet Introduced or Not held

Season by season records (2000–2018)
Updated on 03 June 2018

 Pld = Played
 GW = Games won
 D = Games drawn
 L = Games lost
 GF = Goals for
 GA = Goals against
 Pts = Points
 Pos = Final position

 DL = Dhivehi League
 DPL = Dhivehi Premier League
 CW Cup = Maldives Cup Winners' Cup

 NQ = Not Qualified
 n/a = No Allocation slots in Maldives
 –  = Not held or Abolished
 QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
 R1 = Round 1
 GS = Group stage
 QF = Quarter-finals

Continental record

1 New Radiant apparently qualified for quarter-final; reason unknown
2 New Radiant withdrew
3 Ratnam withdrew after 1st leg
4 The 2nd leg was cancelled due to political violence in Sri Lanka.

Current squad

Board of Directors

 Chairman:  (Colonel Retired) Mohamed Ziyad
 Vice chairman:  Sayyid Ali
 Vice chairman   Ismail Ziyam
 Board Director:  Ahmed Shiyam
 Board Director:  Abdul Muiz Musthafa
 Board Director:  Hassan Hussain
 Board Director:  Hussain Shaam Adam
 Board Director:   Ismail Rasheed
 Board Director:  Nalin Chaminda Udhage Kankanange

Senior Management

 general secretary:  Ahmed Niyaz Moosa

Club Officials

 Manager:  Ahmed Rasheed
 Head coach:
 Assistant coach:  Ashraf Luthfee
 Assistant coach & Goalkeeper Coach:  Hassan Hameed
 Assistant coach:  Adam Abdul Latheef (Lahchey)
 Assistant coach:  Adam Fazeeh
 Kit Manager: Mohamed Rasheed
 Official:  Ahmed Fayaz
 Official:  Mohamed Fazeel

External links

New Radiant on maldivesoccer.com (archived 10 March 2007)
New Radiant on the-AFC.com
New Radiant Sports Club Badge

Footnotes

Football clubs in the Maldives
Football clubs in Malé
Association football clubs established in 1979
1979 establishments in the Maldives
Dhivehi Premier League clubs

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EU VAT changes and MOSS!
Catchy title… I know! Firstly, I'm sorry to bring up VAT on a Friday during the run-up to Christmas! It's not a great subject at any time, but with the changes in VAT at the end of this month it is REALLY IMPORTANT that you understand what changes are afoot and if you need to make any. It is a long post for which I am also sorry, but I can assure you it's better to read it now than when it's too late!
The changes are due to VAT on digital services in the EU. It affects everyone; VAT registered or not so please read carefully, understand the implications and edit the settings if required. This is by no means a comprehensive guide to VAT, you should contact your accountant or HMRC for expert help if needed!
From 1st January 2015 there are new place of supply rules for value added tax (VAT) on the supply of digital services by businesses to consumers in the EU.
VAT on digital services will be paid in the consumer's country, not the supplier's country. It will be charged at the rate that applies in the consumer's country.
Currently, if your sales (in the last year or in the next 30 days) are over the VAT threshold (right now, £81,000 but check current rate) you should be VAT registered. VAT is then charged on all sales to customers within your own country and to customers abroad (unless they are a company with a sales tax number). On your VAT return you need to give a breakdown of your sales both at "home" and abroad to explain your income and pay the due VAT to HMRC. The VAT is charged at the national rate where the supplier (you) is based.
Business to Consumer (B2C) – You are in the UK and VAT registered and your customer (not a company), is also in the UK. They buy a digital product from you for £100, you have to charge £100 plus VAT (20%). Your customer pays you £120.00. You pay £20 VAT from that sale to the HMRC.
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and VAT registered and your customer (a VAT registered company) is in the UK also. They buy a digital product from you for £100.00. You charge your customer £100 plus VAT (20%). Your customer pays you £120.00. You pay £20 VAT from that sale to the HMRC. Your customer claims £20 from HMRC.
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and VAT registered and your customer (a big company with a sales tax number) is in another EU country. They buy a digital product from you for £100.00. During the transaction the customer has to enter their sales tax number and the VAT is not charged on the sale. When you submit your VAT return you state the sale values in special fields to the HMRC. HMRC sort out the tax on EU sales with the relevant EU countries.
Business to Consumer (B2C) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer (a normal consumer), also in the UK buys a digital product from you for £100, you charge £100. The customer pays you £100.00. You do not need to make a VAT return or payment.
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer, a VAT registered company, also in the UK buys a digital product from you for £100. You charge £100 and the customer pays. You do not need to make a VAT return or payment.
Business to Consumer (B2C) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer (a normal consumer), in the EU buys a digital product from you for £100, you charge £100. The customer pays you £100.00. You do not need to make a VAT return or payment.
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer, a VAT registered company, in the EU buys a digital product from you for £100, you charge £100. The customer pays you £100.00. You do not need to make a VAT return or payment.
So, How Are Things Changing?
From the 1st January 2015, businesses supplying digital services to consumers will have to charge the buyer VAT at the rate of the country where the customer buys the service from. This is the case whether you are VAT registered or not.
EVERYONE must charge VAT on digital sales to another EU country.
The VAT is calculated at the percentage rate set by the country that the customer is in at the time of purchase.
* Yes, understand this bit! Even if your customer lives in the same town as you, but is on holiday in Spain when they make their purchase, you need to charge the customer VAT at Spanish VAT rate and pay that tax to the Spanish VAT office!
Back to the simplistic examples….
Business to Consumer (B2C) – You are in the UK and VAT registered and your customer (a consumer, not a company), also in the UK buys a digital product from you for £100, you have to charge £100 plus VAT (20%) . Your customer pays you £120.00. You pay VAT of £20 from that sale to the HMRC.
Business to Consumer (B2C) – You are in the UK and VAT registered and your customer is a normal consumer in another EU country. They buy a digital product from you for £100.00. You must charge £100 plus VAT at the rate of the country the buyer is in. The customer pays you £100.00 plus VAT. You need to register voluntarily for VAT in the UK for the cross border part of you business and for MOSS (VAT Mini One Stop Shop).
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and VAT registered and your customer (a VAT registered company) in the UK buys a digital product from you for £100.00. You charge your customer £100 plus VAT (20%). Your customer pays you £120.00. You pay £20 VAT from that sale to the HMRC. Your customer claims £20 from HMRC.
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and VAT registered and your customer (a big company with a sales tax number) in another EU country buys a digital product from you for £100.00. During the transaction the customer has to enter their sales tax number and the VAT is deducted from the sale. When you submit your VAT return you state the sale values in special fields to the HMRC. HMRC sort out the tax on EU sales with the relevant EU countries.
Business to Consumer (B2C) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer (a normal consumer), in the EU buys a digital product from you for £100, you charge £100 plus VAT at the rate of the country the buyer is in. The customer pays you £100.00 plus VAT. You need to register voluntarily for VAT in the UK for the cross border part of you business and for MOSS or register for VAT in that country and make a VAT return and payment.
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer, a VAT registered company, also in the UK buys a digital product from you for £100, you charge £100. The customer pays you £100.00. You do not need to make a VAT return or payment.
Business to Business (B2B) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer, a VAT registered company based in the UK but currently working/ on holiday/ passing through an EU country buys a digital product from you for £100. You charge £100 plus VAT at the rate of the country the buyer is in. The customer pays you £100.00 plus VAT. You need to register voluntarily for VAT in the UK for the cross border part of you business and for MOSS or register for VAT in that country and make a VAT return and payment.
Business to Consumer (B2C) – You are in the UK and not VAT registered and your customer (a normal consumer), in the EU buys a digital product from you for £100, you charge £100 plus VAT at the rate of the country the customer is in when making the purchase. The customer pays you £100.00. You need to register voluntarily for VAT in the UK for the cross border part of you business and for MOSS or register for VAT in that country and make a VAT return and payment.
What You Must Do (if you are not using theimagefile)!
You need to register voluntarily for VAT in the UK, for the cross border part of you business and for MOSS.
If you are not VAT registered in the UK you can not use MOSS without registering. Currently there are 28 countries in the EU so you could end up having to register and pay VAT in many countries– but not your own! If you wish you can register for VAT (even with a threshold lower than the required turnover), and use MOSS for the cross-border part of your business. You would not need to charge VAT on UK sales until your turnover has reached the threshold but you will need to submit a VAT return each quarter.
If you are VAT registered you will need to account for and pay VAT either using VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) or register for VAT in each EU country you sell digital products. Businesses will have to submit separate VAT returns for their cross-border digital services and pay tax due every three months.
It seems to be an accounting minefield that would be easy to make errors leaving you with (potentially) big penalties.
The simplest resolution for many would be to not have the problem in the first place! For example, you might not have many EU sales, or the ones you do have don't warrant the aggravation and costs that the changes in EU VAT law are going to create. However, this seems counter productive when trying to grow your business, so we have taken the step to manually handle all EU download sales, so you are not effected by the new EU rule. You continue your same tax accounting as before (i.e. account for downloads the same as physical print sales). Behind the scenes, we automatically fulfil hundreds of orders every day. Each day, however, a few orders have problems and enter our manual fulfil queue. Typical reasons include mismatched image file sizes, or communication errors with a payment provider, lab or mail servers. Our staff investigate and resolve broken orders every day, which sometimes involves significant labour. We quietly fix things at no charge to you, as part of the overall service we provide. We sometimes route all orders into our manual queue when first integrating with a new feature , partner or provider. With this new workflow, you see nothing different, other than a few-hours delay in the confirmation emails. We will manually fulfil the order for you at no extra charge.
To assist with tracking of EU sales, from 1st January the customer IP address, Country and device language will be included in all new sales invoices.
Register for Mini One Stop Shop and that will take you to the option to register for the cross border part ONLY! (At the bottom of the screen).
This is by no means a comprehensive guide to EU VAT as the laws and regulations are changing rapidly at the moment due to lobbying. We would advise you that if you have any query you should contact your accountant or HMRC for expert help.
Once again, I'm really sorry to have to share this with you on a Friday just before Christmas! However, it is incredibly important so we would advise you to look at it carefully and get any changes sorted before the New Year. If you hear of any changes then let us know!


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Home Game Horror Games The Forest – Early Access [Repack]
Developer: SKS Games
Publisher: SKS Games
Genre: Action-Adventure / Horror
Requirements: Core i5 3.10 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Graphic Card 1 GB (GeForce GTX 560 or better), 5 GB HDD, Windows 7(SP1)
The Forest is a first-person horror game with survival elements. During the day, protagonist live normally but when its night..
The Forest is a first-person horror game with survival elements. The game was produced by SKS Games, the creators of mobile End Night. The company was founded by the people who had previously worked on the special effects such films as Tron: The Legacy and 300.
The players assume the role of a man who is the only survivor of a plane crash. The sea throws him onto the shore of a mysterious island which initially appears to be uninhabited so the protagonist, just like Robinson Crusoe, is trying to survive by building a shelter and gathering food. However, soon it is revealed that the survivor is not alone on that island, and a tribe of cannibalistic mutants dwells in the jungle.
The eponymous forest is fully dynamic. The weather is constantly changing and the plants grow and wither. There is also a cycle of night and day and the simulation of ebb and flow. The island also provides an extensive system of underground caves and tunnels connecting them. The player is given complete freedom to explore the world. The elements of survival play an important role. It is necessary to cut down trees to get firewood or to build a shelter. Gathering food, hunting animals, and harvesting crops is also essential to survival.
During the day the protagonist is relatively safe for the only dangers are associated with survival on the island, but at night he has to fight off the mutants. The extensive crafting system allows the players to construct their own weapons and traps. The game also has sneaking elements and often the best way to survive is to avoid contact with the cannibals. Interestingly, the mutant tribe does not behave like animals. Each member has its own beliefs, traditions, and relationships with other members of the clan.
Ultra Recommended
Dual Core E2220 2.40GHz Dual Core G6950 2.80GHz Core 2 Quad Q6400 2.13GHz
Athlon 7550 Dual Core Phenom II X2 550 Phenom 9500 Quad-Core
GeForce 8800 GT GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 560
Radeon HD 4830 512MB Radeon HD 7750 1GB Radeon HD 5850 1024MB
4 GB RAM 6 GB RAM 8 GB RAM
Windows 7 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit Windows 7 64-bit
Direct X 9 Direct X 9 Direct X 9
5 GB HDD Space 5 GB HDD Space 5 GB HDD Space
PASSWORD – www.coregames.org
The Forest – Early Access [Repack] Reviewed by ReviyanDPN on 6/21/2014 10:24:00 PM Rating: 5
Tags : Game Horror Games


This is already the 5th week of CSA Shares, the produce is ripening on time so far. The Out side produce is coming on fair thee well considering the weather, and the high tunnels are right on time. We are using Marigolds in the high tunnel they attract Beneficial insect that will control some insects on pepper plants.
Whats in you box this week.


Some people judge and say: "Vedic knowledge is out-dated. Those teachings of the past do not meet today's life's demands (its fast pace, modern problems and so on). Everything's different now and this knowledge is not for real people, just for fanatics.


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Man drowns in Kapiti after boat tipped
Russell Blackstock
A man drowned after he and his son were tipped from a boat this afternoon at the Kapiti Coast.
Both washed up on shore near Otaki Beach but the 60-year-old died despite attempts to revive him by local Surf Rescue and members of the public.
His son, aged 22, was wearing a life jacket and made it to safety.
St John Ambulance medics arrived at the scene at about 4.45pm.
"Two people had been thrown from a small boat approximately 100 metres from shore between Otaki and Waikawa Beaches," a police spokesman said. "Family have been advised and are in the process of notifying extended family members."
Anyone with any information or who may have seen the boat prior to the incident is urged to contact Constable Juan Agnew of the Otaki Police.
Pre-schooler drownings on the rise


Bitstamp Review: Is It the Cheapest Exchange for Buying Bitcoin?
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Bitstamp is one of the oldest and most respected cryptocurrency exchange platforms. It's been in operation since 2011.
The exchange is best suited to intermediate and experienced cryptocurrency users who need to trade Bitcoin, altcoins, and fiat currencies. Bitstamp looks to offer users a low-fee way to exchange digital currencies in large amounts. It's particularly popular with Europeans, as it was developed in Luxembourg and now has offices in London.
In this review, you'll find an in-depth look at Bitstamp, including its main features, its supported currencies, and whether it will ultimately fit your requirements.
Because it's been in operation since 2011, Bitstamp has developed a well-respected, reputable, and reliable service. It was one of the first exchanges originally created to trade Bitcoin as a competitor to the then-popular Mt. Gox.
Mt. Gox was once the major Bitcoin exchange, handling nearly 70% of transactions. Based in Tokyo, the platform was brought down by the most infamous Bitcoin hack, which saw 850,000 coins stolen. Many people lost large sums of money that were never recovered.
Bitstamp's European base has made it a powerhouse in the cryptocurrency industry, and the platform knows what it's doing when it comes to the blockchain. It's navigated the bumpy, twisting roads of Bitcoin, and it's better off for it.
Bitstamp's service is best suited to someone with a bit of cryptocurrency experience. Despite Bitstamp's head start on the competition, the site's usability is not very straightforward and is a bit sophisticated for beginners. Services such as Xapo or Coinbase might be easier if you're looking to buy your first bitcoins.
Bitstamp works with euros and US dollars for fiat currency options. If you have a European bank account, you'll find the service particularly useful because you can deposit money via bank transfer. This helps to avoid hefty credit card fees.
The cryptocurrencies on offer are those you'd expect from a major exchange: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Ripple (XRP) all have trading and wallet options.
Bitstamp provides Europeans with fantastic support, especially those with euro bank accounts. Wire transfers from euro accounts are the cheapest way to use the service if you deposit fiat currency. Bitstamp also now allow deposits via credit card, which opens up more easy options for the rest of the world—however, it's an expensive option.
Bitstamp has offices in Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It's quite comforting to know that they have a UK phone number and address, making them feel a little more trustworthy.
Deposits, withdrawals, and trading fees with Bitstamp are generally pretty cheap compared to most exchanges. The deposit fee is just 0.05%, which is pretty low. Other exchanges can be particularly greedy in this area, taking 2%, 3%, or even 4%.
Trading fees vary depending on your buy and sell amounts. The highest trading fee is 0.25% for amounts under $20,000, and it can fall to as low as 0.10% if you're lucky enough to be working with more than $20,000,000. Once again, these are relatively negligible fees compared to some competitors.
Be wary of using your credit card. Depositing via card for small amounts will cost you dearly. Amounts less than $500 carry a whopping 8% fee.
Deposits and withdrawals in Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum are free of charge.
You can find a full list of fees here.
Customer support for cryptocurrency and blockchain companies can be quite unreliable and can vary from company to company or even customer to customer. You'll find users talking about both good and bad experiences with Bitstamp, which is to be expected for a pioneering business in a developing industry.
You can, of course, contact Bitstamp via email, and you'll usually get a reply within 24–72 hours depending on the nature of your query. The business's UK phone number is also available to call in an emergency.
There's also a decent FAQ page. Many companies just pay lip service to this area of their websites, but Bitstamp actually provides in-depth information that should answer most major questions.
Bitstamp is a respected operator and is generally held in high regard by consumers. As mentioned above, the business is now over six years old, so you're bound to dig up some bad reviews if you look for them. A quick Google search for Bitstamp review does throw up some "Scam or not?" headlines, but these are quickly dispelled upon further reading.
To be honest, you're likely to find these sorts of questions hanging over most exchanges, as the public doesn't quite trust the cryptocurrency world as a whole yet. Overall, you're always going to find bad reviews about Bitcoin companies because many people don't understand how to use the services.
Europeans like Bitstamp thanks to the low-fee options I've mentioned above. It's a credible and respected platform.
Bitstamp helps to lead the industry with its top-tier security procedures. Once again, the platform has a good and trustworthy reputation in this respect.
Any long stander in the industry will have its history of problems when it comes to security. Bitstamp suffered hacks and stopped trading at times during 2014 and 2015, the latter of which saw 19,000 Bitcoins stolen. A hefty sum—but not as catastrophic as in the case of Mt. Gox. A lot has changed since then, and the industry has come a long way.
Bitstamp provides secure wallet options for its customers. The majority of funds held within the exchange are in cold storage, meaning that they're offline and can't be hacked. 2fa also protects your user account so thieves aren't able to gain access to it with just a password. It's pretty standard to have these methods now, and you should be wary of any companies that don't employ them.
Bitstamp provides a low-fee exchange for cryptocurrency users looking for a solid way to trade. It's been around the block(chain) and knows how to offer a decent service for large trade amounts. It's a convenient platform for those looking to work with euros and a decent selection for major cryptocurrencies. You can feel safe in the knowledge that it will keep large amounts of funds secure. The only real downside is that it's a bit complicated for Bitcoin newbies who don't understand trading markets.
If you know what you're doing, then crack on with Bitstamp; if you're looking to make your first crypto purchase, then maybe start with an easier exchange platform.
I don't like Bitstamp at all. Firstly, you need a lot of time (too much) to make a deposit or withdraw. Secondly, their support in these issues is absolutely useless. And this crazy credit fee..
Since the partnership with Onfido (external identity verification provider) the verification process isn't anymore a problem. Got finally verified!
Signed up at 12Dec/2017 and today 13Feb/2018 still not verified. I would not trust this service, in case of some problem of lost coins you wouldnt get an answer in the same year!
For those waiting for their funds to be credited, I have been waiting 4 weeks, so, just consider your funds lost, I so much regret sending money to Bitstamp, I've lost all the money I wired to them!
This review is total bull. Beware of Bitstamp. They are not crediting peoples accounts for wire transfers and they will not reply back to emails, support tickets, or facebook messages. All you have to do is go to their FB page to see what I mean. These exchanges that can't seem to get it together are giving crypto a bad name and making peoples first experience a bad one.
I wait for the third day for the money I sent. That's unacceptable. I'm very upset.


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Taxi Cab Chronicles PT. 3....It Don't Stop...
.............the struggle continues................
You know It Don't Stop; the struggle continues; another edition of the Taxi Cab Chronicles....
Reflecting on a few things; while drinking beer and eating wings at Barnacles..
At the Stonecrest Mall; meanwhile O-Dog conducts the Funk Seminar for y'all..
Yesterday; like the Beatles I recall; rolling in Checker Cabs; I was on the ball..
O-Zone; what's up y'all; I mic check in labs; like scientists try to clone extinct species..
Retro-Futuristic; plus Scientific; The Essence Of This Discipline; once sat in taxi cabs working on my thesis..
Space age taxi cab; Intergalactic; China wants to contact a brotha to hook up their moon buggy for 2012...
Rolling on The Mothership; Rolling Up On The Set With A Small Army; Armed and Dangerous; pulling funk off the shelf..
It Don't Stop; the moves made are stealth;these brothas are sonic smash and grabbing..
We're on an expedition; Mystic Voyage; Just Passing Through; back in the day a brotha was Checker Cabbing...
Check us out; fragging the enemy; Steady Bombardment Of Their Position...
Out In The Mainstream Of Mathematics; calculating subtraction, multiplication, addition and division..
No top position in the Obama Administration was offered; my name didn't come up...
So I'm chilling; playing my position; staying Outside The Box ; or you might spot me Chopping Game Up...
Still the same; All Up In The House; making myself at home in any neighborhood...
Still the same; won't go home to Alaska talking junk like Palin; talking about what's good and not good...
Checker Cab; spotted in the hood; West Side; wasn't able to crack the glass ceiling; or do like Palestine and Israel; break down the partition..
Lady Cab Driver was spotted; not the one Prince talked about; home girl looked like Refrigerator Perry; scary like a Martian..
Wasn't starting nothing with her; she kept the sawed off shotgun under the seat...
Listening to Shotgun by Junior Walker and the All Stars; rolling through the street..
2:00 am; out in the street; Freaks Come Out At Night like Whodini; hookers, hustlers and players spotted by a brotha....
It's not all sweet; You'll Get Played; it's like Kojak; baby; who loves ya?
What's up with ya they ask a brotha? back in Louisville trying to see what it do...
Immigrants now driving cabs; like it is in Atlanta; acting like they knew...
Homie was brand new; straight from Somalia; bearing witness to the drama; was even hip to the pirates..
He's taking the Express Route; trying to make it to a Better Day; knowing how foul it can get..
The Struggle continues; you know It Don't Stop; Knowledge Dropped from Rollin in the Checker Cab....
You Know It Don't Stop; as We Come To Set It Straight; O-Dog dropped the funk; O-Zone mic checked up in the lab..
Labels: poetry; music; politics;spirituality;podcasts
Taxi Cab Chronicles......
..............it went down like this and like that...........
Ex Taxi Driver; rolling in Yellow Cabs; but I preferred driving the Big Checkers..
Survivor; the skills were enhanced back in those days; eating burgers from Checker's.
Or maybe Ollie's Trolley; up in The Natti; haters disrespect us; my mood is melancholy..
What will the style be? O-Dog will make it funky; O-Zone; rolling solo; not all up in the folly..
Where will the dial be? some punishment glutton will turn it; injuries self inflicted...
Swishers cut up; filled with weed; drunk off some kind of brown liquor from Kentucky or Tennessee; pain inflicted....
Up in Louisville; Portland area; teens sniffing paint in my cab; they got kicked to the curb...
Like teens in Nebraska; on the West Side little homie will ask ya if you need any herb?
Standing on the curb; he had hash, weed, heroin and cocaine for those wanting to be heroes like Mariah; but Tina Turner said we didn't need any more...
Play On Player I heard a devil say; talking about "we don't need any score"
Say a prayer or You'll Get Played; and at the same time watch what you ask for...
God will give it to you; then you'll be mad; you'll be asking; what did he do that for?
I came through the door; but I could tell folk weren't checking for a brotha..
They raised the bar; plus it's oops upside the head like the Gap Band; I hit the glass ceiling it's rough on a brotha...
So what's a brotha to do? jumped up in those big ugly Checker Cabs; but it was part of the Master's Plan....
It taught a brotha how to hustle; check this by product from the labs; played it like Eric B & Rakim; "thinking of a master plan"...
What's up man? I asked dude who I picked up at the juke joint; his eyes red from drinking Stroh's beer; an old school drink...
"You don't know nothing about me man" he said; pointed a long barrel 38 at a brotha; I tried to be cool; had to think...
On the brink of disaster; had to think faster; homie was angry like a frustrated internet surfer...
Usually when this brotha is Just Passing Through; I've got the Good Word for ya..
But back to the script; as we crossed the border to the West Side, I found out what was on old dude's mind...
Up in the club he was trying to get his mack on; but somebody beat his time...
Is that a crime like Sade would sang? dude was played like a clown; money spent buying drinks; then honey dipped with a big homie in The Fleetwood Brougham...
In the background I heard Johnny Taylor, Clarence Carter, Jerry Butler and Gene Chandler; it was either the blues or a slow jam...
Whatcha know man? listened to old dude sing his version of the blues, plus I got a tip for the ride..
Heart pumping and sweat dripping; could have been another inner city homicide..
Beats are now bumping; plus typing this Good Word; updated Freedom Rider; Whose Side Are You On?
Not a damn thing has changed; Hood Thing; word from the Brotha O-Zone...
Whose Side Are You On? I lied; some things have changed; decisions need to be made tomorrow...
These days haters we ride on; Rolling Up With A Small Army; Repercussions for the pain and sorrow...
Rolling up in The Checker Cab; struggling; listening to Marvin Gaye's cassette; What's Going On?
Now we move forward; check this product from the lab; as we play The Funk Seminar; The O-Dog Podcast; What's Really Going?
As we Jam like Def; R.I.P Shakir Stewart;
brothas are gonna work it out like Willie Hutch....
Someone else I listened to up in the cab; rolling up in the clutch...
Peeped game from the old white dude name Dutch; old homie was slicker than Exxon Oil company executives..
Iverson for Billups? say it ain't so!!..you have to wonder about NBA executives...
Check us out; we'll be back with this; soon there'll be more Taxi Cab Chronicles...
Similar to the Gangsta Chronicles; what it do? what it does? this is how we respond to these and those....


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Client: Diageo
Lighting Design: Michael Grubb Studio
Architect: RKD Achitects
Project Management: MKF
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At the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, light has helped create a unique brand experience - thanks to LED luminaires from Lumenpulse.
We had to be careful what products we selected to be certain the optical control was precise. It would be easy to lose that contrast of light and dark if we weren't confident in the products we were using.
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Michael Grubb Studio
Guinness Storehouse
The Guinness Storehouse - part of the famous brewery - is known as "the home of Guinness", and is Ireland's biggest tourist attraction. Welcoming more than a million visitors every year, it was voted best tourist attraction in Europe at the World Travel Awards in 2015.
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Lighting for the storehouse was devised by renowned lighting design practice Michael Grubb Studio. The design team wanted to bring to life the famous Guinness brand, the history of the brewery, and the architecture of the building. "Lighting can be an effective marketing tool, not unlike graphic design, print, or architecture," says Grubb.
The iconic black-and-white colour scheme of Guinness' branding provided the perfect starting point for the lighting design. The logo, branding and the drink itself (affectionately known as "the black stuff") feature contrasting blacks and whites, and Grubb wanted the lighting design to reflect this.
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Summary:Among the various ball bearings that grace the horizon, the single row deep groove ball bearing is a clear favorite. It ...
Among the various ball bearings that grace the horizon, the single row deep groove ball bearing is a clear favorite. It is a simple design that requires minimal maintenance, and can accommodate radial and axial loads in both directions. These types of bearings are perfect for applications that require high speeds and low friction.
The 629 ZZ is a metric deep groove ball bearing whose outer diameter is 26 mm, and the corresponding inner diameter is 9 mm. It's a self-lubricated unit, and the lubricant is pre-deposited in its casing. It's a great bearing for industrial and RC applications. It has metal washers to protect the tracks and rolling elements.
The 629 ZZ isn't the first time that we've seen a ball bearing. This design allows for greater load capacity than its predecessors. It also has a more robust inner ring, allowing the bearing to withstand the rigors of use. In addition to the high load capabilities.
The single row deep groove ball bearing also has a lot of other important features. It features a double-sided non-contact sheet metal seal, a steel ball guided cage, and a quality lubricant. The single row deep groove ball bearing is also suitable for temperatures ranging from -30 to 120 degrees Celsius. This type of bearing also has a low profile design, a major advantage for applications where space is at a premium. The single row bearing may not be able to hold up to all of the demands of a modern electric motor, but its high quality makes it a good choice for any application requiring the finest of ball bearings.
The single row deep groove ball bearing is a bit on the small side, but it's a good bet that the 629 ZZ is the right size for your application. This small, yet highly functional bearing will stand up to the rigors of use for years to come. Its slick design makes it a popular choice for OEMs looking for a replacement. Whether you need a bearing for an agricultural machine or an RC car, you can count on Cixi Yundie Bearing Co.,Ltd to provide you with the highest quality radial ball bearings available. In addition to the single row bearing, Cixi Yundie Bearing Co.,Ltd also offers a wide array of bearings for other uses.
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Torridge NHW covers the areas of Bideford, Holsworthy and Torrington and we are proud that it is one of the safest places in England and Wales. Our aim is to help the police to keep it as a very low crime area by "increasing the awareness of crime without increasing the fear of crime". The public plays a vital role in helping the police to reduce crime and NHW is a popular way for people of all ages and backgrounds to get involved. It is a proven fact that neighbourhoods covered by a Watch scheme tend to be less likely to become victims of burglary and other crimes. Watch schemes can vary in size from just two or three residents up to several dozen on an estate or block of flats and the schemes help to foster neighbourliness and community spirit which go towards building better communities. For further information and contacts please look at our website at: http://torridgenhw.ourwatch.org.uk or call Tom Carrick, our chairman, on 01237 474031
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That is an Eastern kingbird, and you are correct, Slim, it is a type of flycatcher.
I'm surprised we are having such a beautiful fall. With this past horrifically hot summer I figured the leaves would just go from green to brown.
Dunno what happened to the pics upload in the previous post... Here, I'll try it again.
PS - When posting pics, I think we should limit the size of them to something reasonable (keep them relative small), and include them as attachments (which generates a series of thumbnail images as you see here - see "manage attachments" when creating your posts), rather than including them inline using the IMG tag.
Good thought but, unfortunately, I don't enjoy the thumbnail pictures and skip over them.....sorry.
December 26th 2012. O.K. I know many of us in AR saw this Wednesday morning, so this is for those poor people in the southwest who did not have the "pleasure" of crawling out of bed from under six quilts into a 40 degree room and looking out the window and seeing this. Even as miserable as we were, we were much better off than those in the northeast. I don't know if I could handle more than two days and three nights and those people have had weeks of it.
Our friends in the backyard after the snowstorm.
I was caught right in the middle of this outbreak back in 2011. Here are a couple photos!
I doubt any of y'all have seen this. It is out in the boonies of east Pike County. Since this photo was taken the rails have been taken up but they left the bridges and trestles and hopefully one day this will become one of the "rails-to-trails" hiking trail. It is fantastic remote country.
Dutchman, looks like Ozark Plateau - correct? Great photos.


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package org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.kafka.streams.function;

import java.time.Duration;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.KStream;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream.KTable;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.Processor;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.ProcessorContext;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.ProcessorSupplier;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.KeyValueStore;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.StoreBuilder;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.Stores;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.state.WindowStore;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Test;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaProducerFactory;
import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
import org.springframework.kafka.test.EmbeddedKafkaBroker;
import org.springframework.kafka.test.rule.EmbeddedKafkaRule;
import org.springframework.kafka.test.utils.KafkaTestUtils;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;

public class KafkaStreamsFunctionStateStoreTests {

	@ClassRule
	public static EmbeddedKafkaRule embeddedKafkaRule = new EmbeddedKafkaRule(1, true,
			"counts");

	private static EmbeddedKafkaBroker embeddedKafka = embeddedKafkaRule.getEmbeddedKafka();

	@Test
	public void testKafkaStreamsFuncionWithMultipleStateStores() throws Exception {
		SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(StateStoreTestApplication.class);
		app.setWebApplicationType(WebApplicationType.NONE);

		try (ConfigurableApplicationContext context = app.run("--server.port=0",
				"--spring.jmx.enabled=false",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.function.definition=biConsumerBean;hello",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.bindings.biConsumerBean-in-0.destination=words",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.bindings.hello-in-0.destination=words",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.kafka.streams.binder.functions.changed.applicationId=testKafkaStreamsFuncionWithMultipleStateStores-123",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.kafka.streams.binder.functions.hello.applicationId=testKafkaStreamsFuncionWithMultipleStateStores-456",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.kafka.streams.binder.configuration.commit.interval.ms=1000",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.kafka.streams.binder.configuration.default.key.serde" +
						"=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes$StringSerde",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.kafka.streams.binder.configuration.default.value.serde" +
						"=org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.Serdes$StringSerde",
				"--spring.cloud.stream.kafka.streams.binder.brokers=" + embeddedKafka.getBrokersAsString())) {
			receiveAndValidate(context);
		}
	}

	private void receiveAndValidate(ConfigurableApplicationContext context) throws Exception {
		Map<String, Object> senderProps = KafkaTestUtils.producerProps(embeddedKafka);
		DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<Integer, String> pf = new DefaultKafkaProducerFactory<>(senderProps);
		try {
			KafkaTemplate<Integer, String> template = new KafkaTemplate<>(pf, true);
			template.setDefaultTopic("words");
			template.sendDefault(1, "foobar");
			Thread.sleep(2000L);
			StateStoreTestApplication processorApplication = context
					.getBean(StateStoreTestApplication.class);

			KeyValueStore<Long, Long> state1 = processorApplication.state1;
			assertThat(processorApplication.processed1).isTrue();
			assertThat(state1 != null).isTrue();
			assertThat(state1.name()).isEqualTo("my-store");
			WindowStore<Long, Long> state2 = processorApplication.state2;
			assertThat(state2 != null).isTrue();
			assertThat(state2.name()).isEqualTo("other-store");
			assertThat(state2.persistent()).isTrue();

			KeyValueStore<Long, Long> state3 = processorApplication.state1;
			assertThat(processorApplication.processed2).isTrue();
			assertThat(state3 != null).isTrue();
			assertThat(state3.name()).isEqualTo("my-store");
			WindowStore<Long, Long> state4 = processorApplication.state2;
			assertThat(state4 != null).isTrue();
			assertThat(state4.name()).isEqualTo("other-store");
			assertThat(state4.persistent()).isTrue();
		}
		finally {
			pf.destroy();
		}
	}

	@EnableAutoConfiguration
	public static class StateStoreTestApplication {

		KeyValueStore<Long, Long> state1;
		WindowStore<Long, Long> state2;

		KeyValueStore<Long, Long> state3;
		WindowStore<Long, Long> state4;

		boolean processed1;
		boolean processed2;

		@Bean(name = "biConsumerBean")
		public java.util.function.BiConsumer<KStream<Object, String>, KStream<Object, String>> process() {
			return (input0, input1) ->
					input0.process((ProcessorSupplier<Object, String>) () -> new Processor<Object, String>() {
						@Override
						@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
						public void init(ProcessorContext context) {
							state1 = (KeyValueStore<Long, Long>) context.getStateStore("my-store");
							state2 = (WindowStore<Long, Long>) context.getStateStore("other-store");
						}

						@Override
						public void process(Object key, String value) {
							processed1 = true;
						}

						@Override
						public void close() {

						}
					}, "my-store", "other-store");
		}

		@Bean
		public java.util.function.Consumer<KTable<Object, String>> hello() {
			return input -> {
				input.toStream().process(() -> new Processor<Object, String>() {
					@Override
					@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
					public void init(ProcessorContext context) {
						state3 = (KeyValueStore<Long, Long>) context.getStateStore("my-store");
						state4 = (WindowStore<Long, Long>) context.getStateStore("other-store");
					}

					@Override
					public void process(Object key, String value) {
						processed2 = true;
					}

					@Override
					public void close() {

					}
				}, "my-store", "other-store");
			};
		}

		@Bean
		public StoreBuilder myStore() {
			return Stores.keyValueStoreBuilder(
					Stores.persistentKeyValueStore("my-store"), Serdes.Long(),
					Serdes.Long());
		}

		@Bean
		public StoreBuilder otherStore() {
			return Stores.windowStoreBuilder(
					Stores.persistentWindowStore("other-store",
							Duration.ofSeconds(3), Duration.ofSeconds(3),  false), Serdes.Long(),
					Serdes.Long());
		}
	}

}

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The New Glenn Miller Orchestra conducted by BILLY MAY.
outline the successes on radio, records and tours.
Jack Jones and Kay Starr. Dancers also join in on some of the bandÍs big hits!
ORCHESTRA goes to town with : Tuxedo Junction_ Pennsylvania 6-500 _ American Patrol _ RunninÍ Wild _ St Louis Blues March _ and Londonderry Air.
PROGRAM 2: (documentary _ 55 minutes).
happened to the Miller plane enroute to France in late 1944.
sequence of events on that fateful day. Very informative.


615.3 km (382 miles) is the average travel distance between Montreal and Toronto. If you could walk at the speed of 3mph (4.8kph), it would take 3 days 23 hours.
The distance from Station de métro Lionel-Groulx to Aéroport Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau 19 km (12 miles).
The distance from YUL to YTZ 542 km (336 miles).
The distance between Montreal, QC, Canada to Toronto, ON, Canada is 615.3 km (382 miles) and it would cost 35 USD ~ 36.925 CAD to drive in a car that consumes about 8 MPG.