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Q: ASCII to C64 Screen Codes In DASM Assembler I'm learning assembly for the 6502 micro via a C64 emulator.  Currently trying to output strings to the screen.  Here is my code:
    processor 6502
    org $1000

    ldx #$00    ;using x register as column counter
print:
    lda message,x;load a with x bit from message
    sta $0400,x ;store this bit in row 0 col 0 address
    inx         ;x++
    cpx #$05    ;is x >= 5?
    bne print   ;if not x >= 5, loop again
    rts         ;return from program

message dc "HELLO"
hexmsg dc $08,$05,$0c,$0c,$0f

Because my editor (notepad++ on win 10) uses ascii-like char-codes, the "HELLO" in message is bits 48 45 4C 4C 4F.  This gives the following output in the top left corner of the screen:

This is correct I guess, by looking at the commodore screen codes table here.
If I change line 6 to lda hexmsg,x then I get exactly what I'm after, the word HELLO.
I'm not yet very familiar with DASM assembler and having trouble finding complete documentation of it (if it exists).  Most tutorials I've found just have you declare message .byte "HELLO" or something similar and it just works because the assembler they are using auto-converts the ascii-like text string to a commodore string automatically, but DASM doesn't seem to do that.
Does anyone know a way I can either get DASM to do this, or recommend another way to simply type strings into the assembler rather than manually typing my strings as a bunch of hex data?

A: Aha, ASCII encoding vs. Commodore screen codes. We've all been there. You have a few options:

*

*Don't write directly to screen memory, but use the Kernal CHROUT routine instead (probably via the higher-level string-output routine). Then all you have to worry about is the differences between ASCII and PETSCII, but that's a story for another bed-time. Also, this is good for text but sucks for games as the Kernal is s-l-o-w compared to direct writes.

*Write a little conversion routine that runs when your program starts, eats your string table, and spits out converted screen code equivalents. Fast and efficient, provided your strings are all together and you're not writing a ROM-based application (which would not be able to do an in-place conversion).

*Write a DASM pre-processor which runs before DASM in your build script and basically does the same conversion as #2 above, but to the sourcecode before the assembler sees it. This can be a bit gnarly, and you have to be sure to back-up the original source before munging it.

*Get the DASM sourcecode and patch it to invoke a user-exit for a new data-type (for screen codes) that does the same as #2 but on-the-fly during assembly. Very gnarly.

*Use lower-case letters in your strings, which will translate to upper-case screen code equivalents during assembly. You may have overlooked the fact that what you're seeing is the shifted representation of the characters in the string, which in the default display mode is graphics symbols.
Speaking from experience of all 5 options, I've settled on #2.
Also: switch to KickAssembler, which

*

*is newer, and actively maintained

*offers more powerful features

*integrates very well with VICE for debugging

A: Been a while since I programmed 6510.  (If you are not pressed for conserving every single byte of C64 memory..)  Also consider zero terminating your string(s) with say a 0 byte rather than terminating on length reached in the X register.  Makes it a little more convenient rather than working out string lengths :D
processor 6502
org $1000

printstring:
    ldx #$00
printstrlp:
    lda message,x
    cmp #0
    beq quitstr
    cmp #32         ;' ' character
    beq noconv
    cmp #33         ;! character
    beq noconv
    cmp #42         ;* character
    beq noconv
    cmp #48         ;numbers 0-9
    bcs numconv
conv:
    sec
    sbc #$40
noconv:
    sta $0400,x
    inx
    bne printstrlp
quitstr:
    rts
numconv:
    cmp #58
    bcc noconv
    jmp conv

message dc "** HELLO C64 WORLD! **",0

A: Here is patched version of DASM aseembler.
http://iancoog.altervista.org/C/dasm2.20.07-iAN_Rev_N.rar
You can use SCRU and SCRL directives to convert ASCII->Screencode conversion.
label SCRU  "string"
label SCRL  "string"

SCRU is for making uppercase text even if entered lowercase. SCRL keeps casing.

A: if it can help, here is a little python script to do it.
Just call it with python3 str_conv.py code.asm message
import argparse
import os

mapping = [
 '@', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S',
 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', '[', '~', ']', '|', '\\', ' ', '!', '"', '#', '$', '%', '&',
 '\'', '(', ')', '*', '+', ',', '-', '.', '/', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
 ':', ';', '<', '=', '>', '?'
]

if __name__ == "__main__":

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Convert ASCII to C64 screen codes')
    parser.add_argument('file', help='assembly source code')
    parser.add_argument('label', help='label used in DASM')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    filepath = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), args.file)
    backup = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), args.file) + ".bck"
    os.rename(filepath, backup)

    label = args.label
    new_code = []
    found = False

    for line_nb, line in enumerate(open(backup)):
        if line.find("\\b{}\\b".format(label)) and '"' in line:
            text = line[line.find('"')+1:line.rfind('"')]

            new_line = "{}:\t.byte ".format(label)
            for i, char in enumerate(text):
                new_line += "{}{}".format(mapping.index(char), ", " if i != len(text)-1 else "\n")

            print(line_nb, new_line)
            new_code.append("; {}".format(line))
            new_code.append(new_line)
            found = True
        else:
            new_code.append(line)

    if not found:
        print("Label {} not found!".format(label))
    else:
        with open(filepath, "w") as new_file:
            for line in new_code:
                new_file.write(line)

        print("Done!")


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Iceland colonized earlier than previously thought
by space · September 20, 2016
Already by 800 BC there was a long log house, demanding delivery in a desolate Iceland scaffolding. Archaeologists led by Einarsson Bjarni (Bjarni Einarsson) from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) discovered in the Eastern fjords of Iceland traces of human presence dated to the year 800 ad. This is significantly earlier than the generally accepted date for today settlement of this Northern island. The discovery shows that the movement of Scandinavians to the West across the Atlantic started much earlier and moved pretty quickly. About the study according to Iceland Review.
Scientists say that the found tools and traces of a special type of construction — longhouses (longhouse) are typical to Scandinavian material culture of the time. Among the finds made in recent weeks — the press, the pearl, the silver coin (actually a piece of bright silver with no numismatic evidence) and a number of other items.
Radiocarbon Dating of fragments of charred wood inside the house pointed at 800 BC. Archaeologists say that earlier similar findings with the same Dating has recently been made near Reykjavik, but their isolation was not possible to confidently assert the earlier settlement of the island. This time in the course of excavations was discovered and stone ware. In that era to do the dishes of stone were not accepted almost anywhere in Europe — Northern Scandinavia was almost the only exception. Perhaps the settlers of this region was discovered long left home. Unusually, failed to find any animal bones. Apparently, the settlement was not a farm, but the temporary Parking of fishermen or sailors.
Question about the date of opening of Iceland is quite complex. According to Scandinavian sagas, it happened around 874 BC, after a civil war in Norway, brought to power of king Harald I. Many clans, fearing extermination from the king, fled in search of a new place to live. The pioneer among them is the Ingolf Arnarson, who settled near present-day reykjavík in the year 874. The new finding also indicates that Arnarson could migrate to the island with my family, not blindly, but guided by some information from anonymous sources who have visited there much earlier.
However, there are a number of indications that the island people have been before. A number of ancient Greek and Roman sources mention the island of Thule, whose geographical description is very similar to Iceland. In addition, even in the 1940s there were found Roman coins of III century of our era. In theory, they could bring the Vikings, but they usually did not keep such coins in ancient times because they did not have free circulation. A more typical solution for the Scandinavians would be the melted coins (weight of ingots of metal were the popular medium of exchange among them).
Early medieval lives of Irish saints also point to the attendance of a large island far to the North-West of Ireland. Thus, it is still difficult to exclude the possibility that people have been on the island before 800 years.
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Q: Create countdown timer relative to current real time? I'm trying to workout how to create a countdown that displays the current time remaining in a day shown below is the layout, so there's 3 TextViews IDs would be days, hours, minutes

how can I get the current remaining time and display them in the textview? but also allow for a timer start time at an arbitrary time of day, so the 24 hour starting period could be from midnight, so the timer elapsed time at 10am would show 14 hours left, or the 24 hour period starts from 6am so the timer for 10am would show 18 hours left.
would it be easier to just have it start from midnight and then somehow add 3 hours in the code, if anyone knows how to do all this.
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    int timeinminutes = 1;

    sSlUp = findViewById(R.id.redtimeerview);
    //final TextView hours = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.hours);

    countDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(timeinminutes * 60000, 1000) {
        TextView countdownText = findViewById(R.id.countdown_text);
        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
            long scnds = 1;
            scnds = (millisUntilFinished / 1000);
            countdownText.setText("" + scnds);
        }

        public void onFinish() {
            countDownTimer.start();
        }
    }.start();

    init();
    progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

    mTextureView = (TextureView) findViewById(R.id.previewCam);
    mBtLaunchActivity = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bt_launch_activity);
    TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.currentDate);
    setDate(textView);

    mBtLaunchActivity.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {

            launchActivity();
        }
    });

A: As per requested here is an attempt. Please not that this answer has not been tested.
All data not relevant of the Time has been removed.
int timeInMinutes = 1;

    countDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(timeInMinutes * 60000, 1000) {

        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
            Time time = new Time(millisUntilFinished);

            final int hours = time.getHours();
            final int min = time.getMinutes();
            final int scnds = time.getSeconds();

            countdownText.setText("" + scnds);
        }

        public void onFinish() {
            // Everytime the countDown stops restart it?
            //countDownTimer.start();
        }
    }.start();

Relevant link:

*

*https://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/CountDownTimer

*https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/package-summary.html

*https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/Time.html

A: oh thanks!! that I believe put me on the right track, while it wasn't apparently correct as the .getHours and .getMinutes apparently is depreciated since api 14. I saw that I could us a compare to and then set that against the time
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    int timeinminutes = 1;

    countDownTimer = new CountDownTimer(timeinminutes * 60000, 1000) {
        public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {

            Time time = new Time(millisUntilFinished);

            final int hours = time.compareTo(Calendar.getInstance().getTime()); //added a compareto and set that against what the current time is
            final int min = time.getMinutes();
            //final int scnds = time.getSeconds();
            long scnds = 1;
            scnds = (millisUntilFinished / 1000);
            countdownText.setText("" + scnds);
            countdownHours.setText("" +hours); // sets to ID of textview
        }

        public void onFinish() {
            countDownTimer.start();
        }
    }.start();

when I tested this it says 1 hour (current time is 22:54) so im sure its correct but id have to check tomorrow. but thanks for pointing me in the right direction :D all I need to do now is work out how to offset the hours so currently it should say 4 hours
thanks very much

A: After searching alot from internet i can't get any built in function for this. Maybe there is any function but for me i use to do code like this and it really worked for me. Just copy paste it and set timerTV according to yours text View.
  var cT: CountDownTimer? = null

  fun timer() {
    val calendar = Calendar.getInstance()
    calendar.time
    Log.d("Current time: ", calendar.time.toString())

    val hourCurrent = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR)
    val minutCurrent = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE)
    val secondCurrent = calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND)

    var hourSub = 24 - hourCurrent
    var minSub = 60 - minutCurrent
    var secSub = 60 - secondCurrent

    cT = object : CountDownTimer(1000, 1000) {
        override fun onTick(millisUntilFinished: Long) {

            timerTV.setText("$hourSub:$minSub:$secSub")

        }

        override fun onFinish() {
            timer()
        }
    }
    cT?.start()
}

override fun onDestroy() {
    super.onDestroy()
    cT?.cancel()
}

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Canada imposes new reporting requirements for nanoscale substances.
A notice published in the Canada Gazette on July 25 lists 206 substances by CAS number. A listed substance is reportable if it "has a size of between 1 and 100 nanometres in at least one external dimension, or internal or surface structure." The Minister of Environment intends to use the reported data to assess whether the listed substances "are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic," or to assess whether and how to control the substances.
The reporting requirements apply to any person who manufactured or imported more than 100 kg of a listed nanoscale substance in calendar year 2014, including imports of substances in mixtures and products, at any concentration. However, the notice does not apply to listed nanoscale substances that are in transit through Canada, are naturally occurring, were incidentally produced, or are covered by various other laws, such as the Fertilizers Act or Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations.
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Specifies electronic reporting procedures for the notification of new manufacturing sites pursuant to 40 CFR 723.50(j)(6)(ii).
Certain communications, such as pre-notice communications and TSCA Inventory correspondence.
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Conceptual: Honorable Mention 2020 (professional)
Battle Tree by Christoph Woloszyn (Germany)
The tree that defends itself. Got up and advised for the fight against the fine.
Man is the enemy. We destroy everything that stands in our way.
Christoph Woloszyn was born in Poland. He has been living in Hagen with his family since 1987. In 2010 he took up his study of "Photo design" at the "Institut für Bildende Kunst und Kunsttherapie" (Institute of Fine Arts and Art Therapy ) in Bochum. He holds exhibitions in galleries and houses that are open to art photography. In his creative work he individually takes up questions, techniques and the Avandgardismus of the 20s of the last century to react as an artist to developments and discoveries of one Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has up to this day become a complicated but exciting journey into the dream, the transcendental and the super temporal. Nature and body are used as symbolic forces in his photographic paths. In these metamorphosis's he varies the eternal topic: the human longing for harmony, for being one (with the natural environment), for "true" beauty.
Christoph Woloszyn is one of those who work their cameras professionally and innovatively. The man from Hagen uses light, technical effects and materials for the alienation of a motif to bring it closer to us, but in a different constellation and from a different point of view. The familiar becomes strange, the unknown exciting and new. For years this artist whose development has progressed amazingly fast and consequently has worked at his programme, his subjects and his stylistic direction. In his experimental imagery he works as a surrealist.
Jörg Loskill, Art historian, author and editor,
40 years cultural editor of the WAZ
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Żabieniec (do 31 grudnia 2016 Żabiniec) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie kujawsko-pomorskim, w powiecie radziejowskim, w gminie Topólka.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa włocławskiego.

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Andrew Maitland Southern| 09/04/2011| Sound
Start and Complete – Complete at the start?
About Group's new album "Start and Complete" is an experiment in spontaneity. A fine idea, but does spontaneity really breed better music?
When About Group got together to record their new album, songwriter Alexis Taylor (of Hot Chip) sent the other bands members a CD with each of his songs in vocal/piano format. These musicians (Charles Hayward (This Heat), John Coxon (Spring Heel Jack, Spiritualized) and Pat Thomas) then had a just few days to get their ideas down, before they would head into the studio for just one day. The driving idea was that their initial instincts would rule, given the lack of time to craft anything else.
Perhaps this desire for spontaneity was driven by a suspicion of contrivance. Perhaps more time, more thought, they felt, would dilute the emotional honesty. They wanted to do something different. And this in itself is admirable. But it is the very lack of structure, which strikes me as the very thing missing from this album. And whatever spontaneity they sought, being a band who had previously mainly played live together, I didn't feel. Puzzled, I asked myself, what is this album?
"Start and Complete" feels very much like a "variation on a theme" with the theme clearly being the trials and tribulations of being in a relationship. This isn't particularly new, and it doesn't have to be. The relationship is dysfunctional. There are plenty of those in the world too. I delve deeper. So what is there that defines this work? What does it offer?
And then, as I hear Taylor's voice in the song "Repair Man" sing, "If something is fixed, then I don't exist" it hits me. This is therapy. Here is a man, or group of men, who are unable to move on. They are emotionally stuck – and this same stuckness runs right through this album.
Whether designed or accidental, Start and Complete goes round and round. The theme of loss, of longing, or wishing to be with his lover reoccurs in every track. Just as the lyrics repeat the same emotional theme, every track offers similar variations on the organ, Wurlitzer, drums and guitar. In several tracks, what sounds like R2-D2's cousin appears to do a digital turn. However, as Start and Complete progresses, the variations begin to feel less like variations and more like a repetition.
Taylor's sorrowful vocals open the majority of the album's tracks. In "Nothing but Words" the theme from Repair Man is re-emerges through the variation, "…more than these words, I'd have no more to learn." While in "Lay Me Down" he sings, "All this noise between us, keeps us quiet." The palpable sense of disconnection to the lover prevails. Taylor wants to fix, to repair, and yet cannot do this. The woman he loves is impossible to pin down.
Just as I was beginning to feel the stuckness in myself and needed a little movement, "You're No Good" kicks in. A great departure in tone to the rest of the album, an almost funky beat rides the chorus, "You're no good. I have to cut you loose. What's the use?" Something has lifted. The resignation is gone and we're dancing. The track plays for over 11 minutes, with the second half turning into a great jam. And this, I realise, is why this band play together.
They can jam. They can get funky when they want to. I imagine they can entertain too. And it seems that it is this feel they they hoped for in recording this album in quick time, to keep that living breathing energy. But an album needs to be crafted. It needs time. Sometimes the first ideas aren't always the best – and when there's no chance for perspective, you repeat yourself.
I'd certainly watch About Group play live, but as far as Start and Complete goes, I was complete at the start. I'd heard what I needed to hear in the first few tracks. That said, the penultimate track, "Dreamt I Saw You Late Last Night" offers hope of change. "You told we where your heart was lying, promised me you would meet me there." Maybe there is a promise in this line. To regroup and record again. I'd like to hear what's in their heart. A heart ready to make change.
About Group are:
Charles (This Heat, Camberwell Now)
John (Spring Heel Jack, Spiritualized)
Pat (has played with Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley)
Alexis (Hot Chip)
Released April 18th on Domino Records
Andrew Maitland Southern
"There are too many Andrew Southerns in the world. I've checked. There's a whole bunch of us. It's kind of annoying. In an over-populated world it's humbling to realise there are multiple versions of you. Maitland, on the other hand, is a name you don't see.
Like any writer, I need to make my mark. So I can sink into the Andrew Southern soup or go the Maitland way. It's a name my ego loves and humility shies away from. I can't sink into the soup. It's not my style. So grandiosity it is. You can call me Andrew, though. Not Andy. There are too many of those too.
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Motor City Comic Con MY 17-19 2019
Started by Drewsky, March 29
If you have a dream about out-posting me, you better wake up and apologize.
On 4/29/2019 at 2:19 PM, AustinReece_GRRC said:
Yes, unfortunately we won't be able to make it this year. We originally had it on the schedule not knowing that Megacon was the same weekend. Hopefully next year the shows won't overlap so we can make it back to Novi.
Please do! Your booth is a must stop for me each year. Hope to see you again in Michigan!!!
1Cool
Interesting and Funny? Crud - that may take another decade.
I'm starting to hear that this Con may be a train wreck. Sounds like they jacked up booth fees and it's competing against another big Con. This may be the first year I don't go to any out of town Cons this summer.
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Hope you get that custom title you've been wanting!
Location: I used to be an OK guy
Who said it's a train wreck?
1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said:
PM me and I'll give out names since I don't think he will care. Booth fees got jacked up, conflict with another big con has me questioning taking a day off to go check it out.
My schedule changed which allows me to make it and keep my streak going. That said, I think this show is a shadow of itself this year. No, to be fair, I'm only there for comics. But, no Dale, Bob Storms, etc... Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
4 minutes ago, Shadow said:
Let us know. It's just too far a drive for me to risk a dud of a show. Plus the wife has us repainting the deck - can't miss that!
5 hours ago, 1Cool said:
Only a 40 minute drive for me. Might be interesting to check some others out. My challenge will be I trust Dale and Bob's grading.
On 5/12/2019 at 5:28 PM, Shadow said:
Dale has a great booth so I hear you. There will be a lot of first time at the show dealers, so at least that is new books to look at.
JoshuaM
Collector is an understatement.
I went to Motor City on Friday.
I'm not really a Convention guy, so I really don't have a point of reference . Think I was at Motor City about 20 years ago, and that's it.
$30 for one day, $10 to park. Additional fees for anything involving the celebrities.
Seemed like a fair mix of things to see. Graded books, some guys had decent key ungraded, and plenty of lower grade stuff too. Can't say I recall being blown away by any particular books, but I was also kind of rushed as I arrived later than I would have liked.
Saw some of the Walking Dead stars, and Neve Campbell.
I think Henry Winkler may have waved at me. I was kind of staring trying to figure out if the old guy sitting there was The Fonz - then he waved - which made me realize I was in fact staring at him.
After reading the previous posts, I probably would have liked to have seen the big dealers there, but I had a good time. I'd return next year.
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The Post-man always rings twice. Uhm... ring ring?
As many of the larger national dealers were sucked up my MegaCon this year, it was strange not seeing the likes of Superworld, Dale Roberts, Greg Reece, Bob Storms, North Coat Nostalgia at this show. So it's a bit ironic that they expanded the floor space at the convention centre this year with so many regulars missing. There was still many of the regular local dealers present like Todd Lange and Harley Yee, as well as dealers who I've never seen before. The physical space was so massive, I didn't even see some of the usual show staples like Motor City Comics (!) who are normally front and centre. I spent about 5 hours there, subbed some books to CGC, and dug through books as much as I could as Friday was my one and only day.
Here's a few pics. I did not take many.
Purchased advanced tickets but was herded in with the rest of the pack:
A lot of space:
Marc Nathan's booth:
Harley Yee's booth:
A lot of booths like this one:
Which is fine by Li'l Grumble:
Comix Oasis:
Cheapies behind Todd Lange's booth:
Edited May 18 by letsgrumble
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1950's war comics
Location: SW of Saginaw
i live an hour away... i won't be going this year but i will miss being there
I thought it was a good show but I hope next year it doesn't go head to head with megacon. I can't see that helping either show. My Superman run missed Ted's, Dale's, and Greg's booths.
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Also attendance was still really strong especially Sunday. David Tenant only being there that day made a difference for Sunday for Goldman's attendance figures, but I will say a lot of those people weren't looking to buy comics either.
I also missed Collector Zone's and @catrick339's booth. Love buying from those guys.
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6 hours ago, SkOw said:
I noticed they weren't there which was odd.
17 hours ago, SkOw said:
From a flipping stand point were the new guys worth attending the show or was the picking as tough as expected.
I talked to Rick and the booth prices have become too high for most of the regulars to afford.
Edited May 21 by 1Cool
catrick339
20 minutes ago, 1Cool said:
Yep. Roger Petersen, Leonard Litteral, Bill Thade and I have been kind of turfed out. Just can't afford the booths. Darryl Dean dropped out last year.
Unfortunately, MCCC has been turning into a media show, and comics are nowadays an afterthought. Cosplayers don't buy comics, they parade
around enjoying the ambience and attention. Celebrity autograph seekers don't buy comics, they buy photo ops and autographs from celebrities.
Most Marvel movie fans don't even know that comic books exist.
I hope the show remains a success, but my interest has waned year after year as I find less and less to buy.
This is the first year since it started 30 years ago that I haven't set up, or at least attended (one year I was broke with no comics, )
but there's just not enough left for me to pay the price to attend, and too pricey for me to display.
Ahh well, 3Rivers in Pittsburgh was fun a week ago, and Cherry Capital next weekend should be fun too.
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Dale Roberts
On 5/21/2019 at 8:01 AM, 1Cool said:
Not at all true. I simply sell much more at Megacon. Same with Greg and Bob. Kapelka now lives in Florida so not practical for him to choose Detroit over Megacon.
That being says, I love the Motor City Show and hope to be exhibiting next year as the dates are not in conflict.
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I thought it was a great show this year. Attendance was high, or seemed higher than previous years. There were less huge books in the room than years past, but more deals to be had.
Andrew, you would have crushed it this year from a flipping stand point. It was much better than last year in that regard.
For the collector looking for $1000+ GA/SA books? Not as strong as last year.
On 5/22/2019 at 5:55 PM, Dale Roberts said:
Sorry - meant to say small guy regulars. The big guys were in Florida.
Hey, I'm 5'11" and pretty much a regular dude.
I wish the show coordinators could get together and work out schedules, it would benefit them all from a guest and exhibitor standpoint, but I don't think they care that much.


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'WE NEED TO CATCH THEM'
Madeleine McCann case must be solved to stop it happening again, ex Met detective tells Good Morning Britain
Maddie McCann went missing more than a decade ago while on a family holiday in Portugal, with almost £12m poured into the Met Police investigation to find her
By Brittany Vonow
28 Sep 2018, 8:12
Updated: 28 Sep 2018, 8:17
MADELEINE McCann's disappearance must be solved to stop it from happening again, a former Met detective has warned.
The little girl disappeared more than a decade ago, with almost £12million funnelled into the Scotland Yard investigation.
Former counter-terror detective David Videcette argued every lead in the Maddie McCann case needed to be followed upCredit: Good Morning Britain
But former counter-terror detective David Videcette warned every lead into the little girl's disappearance needed to be investigated, whatever the cost.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, the seasoned cop warned: "If she had been abducted, then we need to catch whoever did that because it will happen again.
"However much money we spend on this case, we'll save on the next case if we catch that person and that's where we need to look at."
Mr Videcette added that the success of an investigation could not be based on the cost - adding: "Good investigations take time."
Maddie McCann has been missing for more than a decadeCredit: PA:Press Association
Parents Gerry and Kate McCann have never given up hope of finding their daughterCredit: PA:Press Association
Millions of pounds have been poured into the search for the little girlCredit: PA:Press Association
The debate comes after it was revealed Met Police had applied to the Home Office for another round of funding to continue their investigations into Maddie's disappearance.
Madeleine was three, nearly four, when she went missing from her family's holiday flat in Portugal on May 3, 2007.
Her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, had left her sleeping with her siblings while they had dinner at the hotel's restaurant - only realising about 10pm that she was gone.
Since then, there have been reported sightings of the youngster, who would be aged 15 now, across the world.
Founding member of Scotland Yard's undercover unit Peter Bleksley said the case needed to be closed at some pointCredit: Good Morning Britain
The McCann family stayed in an apartment at the Ocean club in Praia Da Luz, PortugalCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Mr Videcette pointed out the investigation had not been handed an "open chequebook", saying police would always be justifying what the money would be spent on.
But founding member of Scotland Yard's undercover unit Peter Bleksley argued: "There has to be a point where they say 'you know what we have to put this file in the too difficult tray because quite frankly we are unable to solve it'.
"How much more money has to be ploughed into this, are there still live investigate threads that are going to potentially lead to some kind of resolution 11 years on."
He added: "At some stage, this has to stop."
How Maddie may have looked when she was aged nineCredit: Reuters
The debate sparked a reaction online, with many agreeing with Mr Videcette's logic that the perpetrators needed to be caught.
One wrote: "Finally someone talking sense regarding the investigation costs for the Maddie McCann case... 'the offender needs to be stopped, they will do it again' thank you David I totally agreed with everything you said."
But another added: "They're still not one iota further forward than they were the day she disappeared. There is no justification for continuing with this investigation."
A Home Office spokesperson said: "We have received and are considering a request to extend funding for Operation Grange until the end of March 2019."
The spokesperson added: "Special Grant funding is usually available to police forces when they face significant or exceptional costs.
"The cost of Operation Grange – which, to date, is £11.6m – has been met through Special Grant funding."
Natascha Kampusch, abducted at age 10? tells GMB not to give up hope in search for Maddie Mccann?
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Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza is running for a third term which he promises will be his last but citizens are protesting saying they will not allow him to run the 3rd term.
ACTRESS TONTO DIKEH SHARES HER BRUISE PHOTO..
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PHOTOS : JELENA KARLEUSA SLAMS BEYONCE FOR COPYING HER STYLE.
Afrik Gamour Magazine brings you photos from the Silverbird Man of the Year 2015 held on Sunday night May 2nd 2015 at the prestigious Eko Hotel & Suits Lagos.
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This is really a shameful act, these two police officer were fighting over a girl, one of the officer shot his senior colleague, the girl in question named Chidinma and himself over claims of infidelity. (read story here). Well new facts have emerged about the story and a graphic pic from the horrific murder-suicide scene has also.
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Why India is the perfect testing ground for self-driving cars
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Abhimanyu is TNW's Managing Editor, and is all about personal devices, Asia's tech ecosystem, as well as the intersection of technology and (show all) Abhimanyu is TNW's Managing Editor, and is all about personal devices, Asia's tech ecosystem, as well as the intersection of technology and culture. Hit him up on Twitter, or write in: [email protected].
While Google, BMW, Tesla, Audi, Nutonomy and Uber are working feverishly to be the first to bring self-driving cars onto our roads, there hasn't been a lot of noise about autonomous vehicle tech in developing countries – until now.
India-based engineering firm Tata Elxsi announced today that it's gearing up to begin testing its own self-driving system in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. Although it isn't building its own cars, the company (which is part of the Tata Group that also runs power, steel, communications and software businesses and racked up revenues crossing $100 billion in 2015-16) told Business Standard that it's already started trials with two sedans at a facility on the edge of town with its custom kit consisting of LIDAR and radar, as well as cameras and sensors that feed data to a centralized processing stack.
If it secures the necessary permits in Bangalore, Tata Elxsi will be the first company to test self-driving tech on Indian roads. It hopes to eventually be able to offer manufacturers a platform that's ready to be integrated into their vehicles in the years to come.
The challenge that Indian roads and traffic conditions offer is vastly different from what the likes of Google and Tesla are up against in developed countries. In India, lane discipline and pedestrian movement are wildly erratic, and the large numbers of two-wheelers and three-wheeler rickshaws that zig-zag between larger vehicles will likely provide autonomous vehicles' sensors with far more data than they might pick up on roads in North America and Europe.
However, there's a strong case for bringing self-driving cars to India. The country recorded a whopping 400 fatal road accidents per day in 2015; that's one death every 3.6 minutes. Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, has a lofty goal of reducing that figure by half by 2020. With intelligent technology behind the wheel, that might be possible over time.
Traffic congestion and air pollution caused by vehicular emissions are both on the rise. Last September, the World Health Organization reported that the capital of New Delhi was the second most polluted city in the world, thanks to high fine-particulate-matter (PM2.5) levels that were nearly 11 times higher than what the agency's health standards prescribe.
With more self-driving cars and efficient carpooling systems for commutes, the number of vehicles could be reduced significantly. For reference, an MIT study noted earlier this month that the number of cabs in New York City could be brought down from 13,000 to 3,000 if more people carpooled.
Experts believe that self-driving cars will only begin to become commonplace around 2025, but it's likely that demand for those vehicles will mostly be concentrated within developed countries. Efforts like Tata Elxsi's could see the tech arrive at least around a similar time frame in emerging markets like India.
I for one, can't wait to not have to drive a car ever again.
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De Mission Hills Country Club is een countryclub met drie golfbanen in de Amerikaanse stad Rancho Mirage, Californië. Het werd opgericht in 1972 en wordt sinds 1993 beheerd door de ClubCorp.

Sinds de oprichting wordt de "Dinah Shore Tournament Course" bespeeld voor het Kraft Nabisco Championship, een van de belangrijkste majors bij de vrouwen. Het golfbaan werd toen vernoemd naar de Amerikaanse zangeres Dinah Shore en werd ontworpen door Desmond Muirhead. De andere golfbanen zijn de "Arnold Palmer Course", geopend in 1979, en de "Pete Dye Challenge Course", geopend in 1988, die respectievelijk ontworpen zijn door golficoon Arnold Palmer en golfbaanarchitect Pete Dye.

Naast drie golfbanen, beschikt de club ook over 34 tennisbanen en andere sportfaciliteiten.

Golftoernooien
 Kraft Nabisco Championship: 1972-heden

Tennistoernooien
 Davis Cup: 1978

Zie ook
 Lijst van golfbanen in de Verenigde Staten

Externe link
  Officiële website

Amerikaanse countryclub
Golfbaan in de Verenigde Staten
Sport in Riverside County
Sportaccommodatie in Californië


Close your eyes and think about your kitchen. What's on the counters? When's the last time you cleaned out your pantry? Can you find a tupperware top if your life depended on it? Commit to cleaning up kitchen clutter and organize your kitchen for the way you live with these five simple tips.
1. All those large appliances that you rarely use and take up valuable counter and cupboard space — relocate to the garage. We're talking toasters, crockpots, turkey roasters and bread makers. If you haven't used an appliance in the last 90 days it shouldn't be in your way.
2. Pull out all dishes from the cupboard. Toss anything that's damaged (like chipped glassware) and give away anything you have too much of (or relocate to the garage). For example — do you really need 15 wine glasses in your cupboard?
3. Think outside the box. Break away from what your kitchen should look like. Just because you've always stored coffee mugs above the kitchen sink doesn't mean you have to keep doing it. Can you hang hooks to hold the mugs inside another pantry door? Can you put a lazy susan with spices on top of the fridge?
4. Create stations. The most efficient restaurants have waiter stations — quick stop-bys where a server can grab new silverware or fixings for a hot tea. Create stations in your kitchen. If you drink coffee each morning have a nice tray on the counter that has a jar with sugar, two coffee mugs, stirring spoons and the coffee maker.
5. Arrange your cupboard space by how often you use items. All the everyday use items should be in the easiest to reach cupboards and then you can put the special occasion dishes like serving trays at the very top cupboards — the ones you have to get on your tippy-toes to reach.


Alright, I'm going to sell my Bimmer, move to Italy and buy a Fiat.
Why? Because in Italy, when you buy a new Fiat before the end of July, you'll get your fuel for just €1 a litre, against a current market price of €1.83. Converted, that's just £0.81, instead of the usual £1.48! And not for just the first month or so, not even for just the first half a year. The deal is valid until the end of 2015. That's so far away, I'm not even sure the world will still exist by that time!
OK, there are, of course, a few conditions. Firstly, the deal applies only to new Fiats. Anything else from the Fiat portfolio – Lancia, Abarth, …, Ferrari – is excluded from the promotion: major bummer! Secondly, there's a total fuel budget that can be used up until the end of the deal. The exact amount depends on the model you opt for. For a Bravo, exempli gratia, which is a very good looking and underappreciated car, the budget is about 2,000 litres. Doing the math shows that to equate to about 28,000 miles for the most fuel efficient model, provided the driver's foot isn't too heavy. Moreover, the deal includes usage of a fuel card, so there's no filling up your own gas guzzling monster with the fuel intended for your wife's little 500.
Fiat's promotion is in cooperation with the IP fuel company in Italy and applies to both diesel and petrol taken in at one of the chain's 3,700 stations in the country.
I guess it's a nice promotion stunt, that talks to the imagination and people being fed up with paying through their noses every time they fill up. But, come to think of it, in the end you may just as well get a Fiat company car – or any other brand for that matter – and make sure you get the fuel included in the deal. Saves you from having to move to Italy as well (not that it isn't nice there).
In short, you might as well practice your puppy eyes for the next time you see your boss.
This entry was posted in News and Views and tagged car, Ferrari, fiat, IP, Italy, LS, MoT, OK, price, UP! by The Flying Dutchman. Bookmark the permalink.


It has been shown that glass fiber reinforced polyurethane foam (GRPUF) can haveimproved mechanical properties under specific strain rates and fiber volumes. But its performance as a core in a composite sandwich structure has not been fully investigated. This study explored different manufacturing techniques for the GRPUF using existing literature as a guideline. Its mechanical properties were determined using a three-point bend test and compared to unreinforced polyurethane foam. Flexural bend test showed that introducing chopped glass fibers made the GRPUF samples stronger yet more brittle. While quasi-static compression tests showed a decreased in performance with GRPUF. Both results can be attributed, in part, to inconsistent densities and void content resulting from the manufacturing process. Future work will include integration of the GRPUF in a foam core sandwich panelto investigate its response to low and high velocity impact of up to 103 s-1 strain rates. The ultimate goal is to explore a cost-effective alternative to existing, cost prohibitive, composite sandwich structures.


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Croatia competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.  Previously, Croatian athletes had competed for Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games.

Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Figure skating

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Nations at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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Open Banking is transforming how consumers and businesses can share their financial data securely and, in turn, enabling development of innovative financial services and products. Barclays is at the forefront of supporting this industry initiative.
As well as using the wealth of functionality provided by Barclays Channels to access your accounts for Balance and Transaction Reporting (BTR) and make payments, you can now do so via Open Banking.
There are a growing number of Third-Party Providers (TPPs) who are regulated by National Competent Authorities (e.g. the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, the Central Bank of Ireland, etc.) as Account Information Service Providers (AISPs) and Payment Initiation Service Providers (PISPs) offering you access to your accounts at Barclays and your other Banking partners across Europe. Sharing your data with TPPs presents you with new solutions and capabilities.
Why is it happening? Why is it happening?
The aim of Open Banking is to increase competition in the banking industry. It's an industry-wide change that we've been working on with regulators, banks and registered companies in accordance with the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
You can choose to share data from your accounts with regulated TPPs, and pay in new ways. You can consolidate/aggregate account information from all of your banks in one place, and make payments* through other applications and websites. Whatever you do – it's completely your choice, and your financial data still belongs to your business/organisation.
Throughout the year, we'll be launching new services using Open Banking facilitated by Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). In March we will be working with TPPs, granting them access to APIs offering BTR and payment* functionality. This enables a six-month period of industry testing ahead of a full industry wide launch in September.
* BACS payment capability will be limited to single debit/single credit (i.e. not batch debit) initially and will require a separate limit to be agreed by your Relationship Team. Full BACS functionality will be included by September 2019. For more information, please contact your Relationship Team.
How will TPPs access my business/organisation's data?
Traditionally, Businesses/Organisations who hold accounts with multiple banks have either: relied on the banks themselves to share BTR via SWIFT messages and present it through their online channels or; become SWIFT members in their own right via the SWIFT for Corporate service. Using Open Banking you instead consent to TPPs accessing your business/organisation's accounts via APIs – that consent is authenticated via our online Channels, iPortal or Business OnLine Banking (BOLB)*, depending on which you are currently registered for.
Will I need to give the TPP my login credentials? Will I need to give the TPP my login credentials?
No, the practice of providing TPPs your login credentials so they can access our online channels on your behalf is known as screen scraping – that is not how Open Banking works.
If you use iPortal, you will first need to create new User Profiles to allow individual users to consent to sharing data and instructing payments via an Open Banking TPP. For details on how to do this, please visit the iPortal help pages.
*You will see more than one entry for "Barclays". If you use iPortal, you will need to select 'Barclays International and Corporate Bank'. If you use BOLB, you will need to select 'Barclays UK'.
Will I require any additional facilities with the bank?
If you wish to use a PISP to instruct BACS payments from your accounts, you will need to contact your Relationship Director to agree a suitable settlement risk limit (this is separate from any limit in place against BACS payments instructed via Barclays' own channels). BACS capability will also be limited to single debit/single credit (i.e. not batch debit) initially, but full functionality will be available by September.
What is it, and what does it mean for me?
How can Open Banking at Barclays support your business?
If you are a regulated Third Party Provider (TPP) offering Account Information Service Provider (AISP) or Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) functionality, you can extend your offering to Barclays corporate clients by connecting to our open banking service.
Or, if you are a Barclays client and have identified the services of a TPP that you would like to use, you can apply to have your Barclays balance and transaction information supplied to them and for Barclays to accept payment instructions initiated by your users through your TPP.
Create and approve any payment instructions via the TPP's application/service using SWIFT 3SKey Security Tokens.


art and life: Soft Enchanting Pastels with Sofiero .
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Absolutely stunning!! What a totally gorgeous card, so soft and pretty! Really shows off those beautiful papers!!
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Vanna White Age, Height, Weight, Net Worth 2022, Bio, Wiki
Real Name/Full Name Vanna Marie White
Nick Name/Celebrated Name: Vanna White, Rosich
Birth Place: Conway, South Carolina, United States
Date Of Birth/Birthday: 18 February 1957
In Pounds – 143.3 lbs
Parents Name: Father : Joan Marie Nicolas
Mother: Miguel Angel Rosich
College: Atlanta's school of fashion and design
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Boyfriend: Ex- Michael Kaye
Husband/Spouse Name: George Santo Pietro (m. 1990–2002)
Kids/Children Name: Gigi Santo Pietro, Nikko Santo Pietro
Profession: Game show host, television personality
Vanna Marie White is an American television game co-host and a famous actress in Hollywood and is also in the limelight for hosting the show Wheel of Fortune from 1982. She is most commonly known or recognized by the people of America as a show host and her excellence in that eye-catching show.
Well, how well do you know about Vanna White? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Vanna White's net worth in 2022, her age, height, weight, boyfriend, husband, kids, biography and complete details about her life. Well, if you're all set, here is what we know about Vanna White to date.
Biography and Early Life:
Vanna was born on February 18, 1957, in South Carolina near North Myrtle Beach in Horry County. She was taken to the family of Joan Marie Nicolas and Miguel Angel Rosich. When she was just an infant, her parents got detached from their married life, and Vanna was bought up by her mom and Joan sometimes and was living with his stepfather Herbert White Jr. at North Myrtle Beach.
White then accepted her stepfather's name, who was by profession a former real estate broker. No more information is being provided anywhere about her family and siblings. He might have thought of keeping her family life personal.
So, how old is Vanna White in 2022 and what is her height and weight? Well, Vanna White's age is 64 years old as of today's date 22nd January 2022 having been born on 18 February 1957. Though, she is 5′ 7″ in feet and inches and 167 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 143.3 lbs in Pound and 65kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Dark brown and hair color is Brown.
Vanna completed her graduation, but where it is being not mentioned. After completing high school, she shifted to Atlanta, Georgia. There she pursued fashion designing and worked as a model at the Atlanta School of Fashion and Design. Then White went to head ahead in acting career to Los Angeles in 1979.
After going to Los Angeles, White returned to South Carolina to visit her mother, who was on the verge of death and losing her life due to Ovarian Cancer. This was a sinister past in Vanna's life.
White dated a dancer-turned-actor, John Gibson, in the year 1980s, and they got engaged in the following year. But Gibson died in a plane crash, but it is doubted that it was a complete planned kill. Then White married a restaurant owner George Santo Pietro in 1990 December. She then declared for the first time as going to be a mother in the year 1992.
After that, she faced a miscarriage of her first child. She had a son named Nicolas and a daughter named Giovanna from Gibson. But soon after they got divorced in November month of 2002, she got engaged to California-based businessman Michael Kaye. They never wed but were dating each other. But now White is married to John Donaldson, who is a contractor by profession.
Is Vanna White Lesbian?
Her married life clearly clarify out that she was a female by sex. She had her affairs with high profile males, and her married life after giving birth to two children signifies out that she was a female by sex. Nowhere is mentioned she to be lesbian or she has never been criticized on this ground. So we can say it clearly that she is a female.
Professional Career:
Before joining the television forum, White was also a participant in the Miss Georgia USA 1978 Pageant. Her first appearance was in the show named The Price Is Right, an episode of the game show in which she was a participant. In the year 1980, White acted for the first time in a half-complete film, and that was Gypsy Angels.
She also lent her voice as a voice artist in the television show named the Real story of Twinkle and the American animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. She also served as a guest timekeeper and provided interviews backstage.
She was honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame by Pat Sajak. She is famous for her quick revealing power of letters on the game board. She had presented a world record for the most frequent clapper.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Vanna White in 2022
Vanna White Net Worth
As of 2022, Vanna is expected to have a net worth of $80 million. She is a good host in shows and a good actress with that too. So she has a good to go the life and a luxurious one. She makes out her money from good shows and leads a successful life.
Some Interesting Facts You Need To Know:
Vanna announced her first pregnancy news on her show Wheels of Fortune in an exciting way where the answer was itself in the puzzle was Vanna's pregnant.
Vanna is also fond of music, and she is known for her supporting spirit, which encourages her surrounding people.
She is known to be a kind-hearted person with some good intellectual knowledge.
One of her mansion in Beverly Hills is listed for a price tag of $47.5 million.
Apart from being a television personality, she is a real estate investor as well.
She is a powerful woman with strong willpower and passion for her work. Life gives each and everyone a phase where we face a lot, but overcoming up that and marching ahead is what matters. Vanna proved herself and made her life a successful one, and became an eye-catching role model for all of us.
Judith October 2, 2021 At 3:11 am
So is she married to Donaldson or Pietro?


KNKX. "How a tiny population of mountain caribou protect old-growth forests in the Northwest", Radio interview with David Moskowitz. February 11, 2019.
The Narwhal. "A map of the world as caribou see it': Q&A with author David Moskowitz." by Sarah Cox. February 6, 2019.
Seattle Times. "Oh, what's that? Winter wildlife tracking stokes imagination." by Kathryn True. November 10, 2016.
KUOW's The Record. "What conservation lessons can we learn from Washington's caribou. Radio interview with David Moskowitz. August 16, 2016.
Washington Trails Association Blog. "Meet the Trail Community: Wildlife Biologist". March 17, 2016.
KPCC Southern California Public Radio TAKE 2. "Photos of 3 pups show lone wolf OR7 is a father." Radio interview with David Moskowitz. July 28, 2014.
Yakima Herald. "Tracking the truth about wolves." by Scott Sandsberry. June 3, 2014.
Men's Journal. "Stalking Oregon's 'Lone Wolf' Before He Disappears." by Melissa Gaskill. May 2014.
Oregonian. "Oregon wolf OR-7: expedition will retrace 1,200-mile journey." by Lynn Terry. May 15, 2014.
Yakima Herald. "Renowned tracker passes on his knowledge, challenges students during day-long seminar." by Scott Sandsberry. May 13, 2014.
Associated Press. "Group retracing trek of wandering Oregon wolf OR-7." by Jeff Barnard. March 19, 2014.
Radio West, KUER 90.1. Radio Interview on the topic of Return of the Wolves. November 20, 2013.
KPCQ Q13 News. Television interview of David Moskowitz about wolves in the northwest on the Seattle evening news. June 24, 2013.
Everett Herald. Everett Washington. "Why wolves aren't all that different from humans." by Sharon Wootton. June 16, 2013.
Cascadia Weekly. "Wolves in the Land of Salmon: Tracking canis lupus' return to the Northwest." Interview by Christian Martin. March 13, 2013.
AM Northwest, KATU TV, Portland Oregon; May 27, 2010.


In order to visit Canada and attend the Conference, you may require a visa. Please note that you are responsible for taking the necessary steps with the administrative authorities concerned. The ISHD cannot intervene under any circumstances.
A Visa is an official document stamped in your passport. It indicates that you respect the conditions necessary to go to Canada (source: Government of Canada).
We advise you to make the request as soon as possible since deadlines are expected.
The Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is a new entry requirement applicable to foreign nationals who originate from a visa-exempt country and take a flight to Canada or transit through Canada.
The eTA is an electronic document related to your passport and remains valid for five years, or until the expiration of your passport, whichever comes first.
The month of October is in the heart of canadian autumn, the weather is cooling down and the leaves are changing color, giving us a spectacular show in the National Capital Region.
Take note that the month of October is a rainy month (average of 10 days of rain for the month), remember to bring a raincoat and an umbrella! It is rare to have snow in October, but the evenings are cool. Bring warm clothes that cut the wind and walking shoes, especially for the trip to Mount King.


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'Top Chef' Recap: Ron Eyester Stays Out of the Limelight
In the "Top Chef: Boston's" first elimination challenge, Eyester was firmly in the middle of the pack.
by Chris Fuhrmeister@ccfuhr Oct 16, 2014, 10:39am EDT
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Top Chef: Boston made its premiere Wednesday night, sending 16 cheftestepants into a tizzy while they broke down New England seafood and prepared dishes for the "first-ever Top Chef Food Festival." Representing Atlanta was Ron Eyester of The Family Dog, Timone's, Rosebud, and the forthcoming Diner.
Did Ron Survive?
Yes. Two chefs were eliminated in the first episode, but Eyester was safe. The judges had some criticism for his elimination challenge dish, but he stayed out of the bottom three.
What Did Ron Cook?
The challenge was to recreate the first dish the chefs could remember cooking, and then to serve it alongside several nationally acclaimed peers at the Top Chef Food Festival. Eyester prepared a dressed-up version of shrimp cocktail, featuring strawberries, shaved fennel, radish, and pickled jalapeno.
Photo: Bravo TV
The judges, including former cheftestepant/Top Chef lifer/Atlanta expat Richard Blais, made it clear in their exchange with Eyester that they weren't thrilled with their tasting.
Padma Lakshmi: I'm someone who really loves spice food. I think it's over the top here.
Richard Blais: Just remember, first and foremost, you're always cooking on Top Chef. You can get carried away with the event: You're having fun, oh, it's just like you're back home in your restaurant. Next thing you know, you're on the bottom --
Ron Eyester: You walk back home to your restaurant! [jovial laugh]
Padma: That's very sage advice.
Ron's Thoughts
"To be quite honest, I can't say that I have truly sustained memories of cooking as a child," Eyester said in an email to Eater Atlanta, "so I gravitated towards a dish that any beginning pantry cook would be asked to perform time and time again — Shrimp Cocktail. I wanted to bring a level of creativity to the task, but while making sure that I didn't commit myself to a dish that was too ambitious in a setting that I was obviously not accustomed to. Quite simply, my expectation of the first challenge was to make it to the next week — and it looks like I did that!"
Who Won the Elimination Challenge?
Mei Lin, 28-year-old sous chef at Ink in Los Angeles.
Lin cooked up her version of congee with caramelized pork, fish sauce caramel, and black garlic puree. She bested Doug Adams (29-year-old chef de cuisine at Imperial in Portland, Ore.; fried chicken with pickled jalapenos and watermelon) and Gregory Gourdet (39-year-old chef de cuisine at Departure in Portland, Ore.; Haitian stewed chicken with fried bananas, spicy pikilz, and Scotch bonnet chili relish).
Who Went Home?
George Pagonis, 31-year-old executive chef at Kapnos in Washington, D.C.
Pagonis took the dubious title of "First Chef Sent Home." The opening quickfire challenge, in which the chefs were split up into teams of four and told to show off their knife skills by disassembling three lobsters, 20 oysters, eight mackerel, and 21 littleneck clams, relay style. Pagonis's team was the slowest, and he was deemed to be the slowest competitor. In a one-on-one competition for survival, he chose to face off against Gourdet, and his pan-seared mackerel with fennel, orange, Kalamata salad, and warmed clams lost out to Gourdet's seafood trio (oysters with yuzu and ginger mignonette, mirin-marintated mackerel, and lobster with coconut and tomato sauce).
Michael Patlazhan, 31-year-old private chef in Brooklyn
In the elimination challenge, Patlazhan cooked chilled corn soup with pickled cherries and Sriracha caviar. The judges didn't detect any pickling on the cherries, and found the sweetness of the corn and fishiness of the caviar were not a happy marriage. Patlazhan had a few parting thoughts for judge Tom Colicchio.
"Maybe Tom should be a little more open minded. Sometimes, you know, you've gotta grow with age or you get left behind. It sucks to lose, but I'm proud of what I did. I don't care what you think, Tom."
Want more Top Cheffage? Check out Eater National's in-depth recap.


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Please use the existing labels:
- Tell us where it's happening: `backend` for backend stuff (logging in, uploading, deleting, etc.), `viewer` for the model viewer and `exporter` if it's a grasshopper-bound error. This really helps :)
- If it's a feature request/improvement suggestion, please tag it with `enhancement`

##Flow:
The `master` branch is the release branch. Whatever is there is online and running.

The `dev` branch is where active development happens. Always fork from `/dev` for new features.

Each new feature should go in a fork of the `dev` branch, ie. `dev/my-new-super-feature`. Once ready, submit a PR.

Ideally, we would follow [these guidelines](https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/comparing-workflows/gitflow-workflow) (thanks @philipbelesky).

##Style guide
There is no official style guide. Please look around and just follow the already in-place conventions. Thanks!

##What Can I Contribute?

###1. The Backend
Any improvements are welcome. It needs a **a lot of love**, especially in terms of becoming more robust.

###2. The Website Landing page
The desing is nice, but it can defintivel do with some love.

###3. The Viewer
Head to /spkw more information.

###4. The Grasshopper Exporter
Endless possibilities here. It's a very basic and brute-force component right now. It could defo do with a smarter approach.


GSport just dropped a new Chad Osburn video for your viewing pleasure!
You can't go wrong with some new Chad Osburn footage! Here's his latest for GSport that's packed with speed and style from street spots to roof drops and skatepark sessions. Chad isn't scared to send it!
Kink went digging for Chad Osburn's raw clips from "Intervention" for this weeks Saturday Selects video!
As many of you recall, Kink released the "Intervention" video online back in 2016, and it was an absolute banger of a BMX video. This week Kink decided to have Darryl Tocco dig into the archives and pull out a ton of raw footage from Chad Osburn's section for your viewing pleasure. This is filled with clips from his part, b-roll, crashes, scraps and randoms. Needless to say, this is well worth a look since Chad did some real gnarly things for his part. Take a peek!
After you watch that, go watch the full "Intervention" video here!
Kink BMX – 12″ Roaster Bike Rips!
It's been rad seeing so many younger kinds getting on BMX bikes at earlier and earlier ages. Kink hooked Chad Osburn's kid, Ezra, up with one of their 12-inch 2018 Roaster Complete Bikes up to start ripping around on. Here's a short but sweet video featuring him cruising around the skatepark. Below we have more info on the bike!
"Simply put the Kink Roaster is designed to be a kids first BMX bike. The 12" wheel and frame size make it an easy transition from a balance bike, and means kids will feel completely comfortable on their first pedaling bike. Once again, this bike isn't simply a bike with 12" wheels or merely a miniaturized BMX bike. It factors into account standard BMX geometry, and applies them to a younger child's size and needs.
The Gloss Blue Chill colorway really shines while the bike sports some great components throughout. In addition to the miniaturized 5" Kink Puma CC bars and 12" Kink Lance forks, the Roaster features a coaster brake in lieu of a lever based brake system, that could be too difficult for some children to use at a young age. For 2018, the chainstay bridge design has been updated to fit a caliper brake or 990 plate for those looking to add a lever style brake as well.
It's that time of the week again for Kink to dig into their archives of footage from the team! This week they decided to compile a bunch of Chad Osburn clips from a few of the pool sessions they have filmed. As always, Chad brings a ton of style to everything he touches, plus his ability to ride difficult transitions is unreal. Check it!
Last week we caught wind the Chad Osburn had a bad accident and landed in the hospital. We didn't get much for details or hear how the accident happened. The crew at Road 2 Recovery have been helping Chad out and just issued an update to fill everyone in on what happened and Chad's current condition! You can check out the full update below. They are also working on raising an additional $20,000 for Chad's medical expenses that are piling up. You can Donate Here!
"26-year-old Kink pro BMX athlete, Chad Osburn was recently injured while practicing a trick at his local skate park. He suffered serious injuries to brain that caused two hemorrhages that were localized to the front of his brain. He is also suffering from systems of head trauma; leg spasms, lack of taste and severe pain. Chad is currently recuperating between Dallas Baylor Hospital and his home in Texas.
On Sunday, April 30th Chad and his friend Alex went to a local skate park to practice some tricks and film for Chad's social media when the accident happen. According to Chad, "It was at the end of the session when I hit the back of my head off a foot tall ledge pedal grind". He got stuck going backwards from the trick and hit his head full force, knocking him out. He doesn't remember anything after the fall. Currently surgery is not an option yet. His doctors at Dallas Baylor, want to see if the brain will be able to heal itself. They are closely monitoring him with multiple trips between the hospital and home. Each time his has to go into the hospital to be checked on, he has to be medically transported.
Due to the amount of blood in his brain from the hemorrhages, Chad is not allowed to drive among other things like work and lift anything. Medical transportation is extremely expensive; combined with the fact that he's not released to work, the expenses are accumulating exponentially.
Let's Help Chad Osburn Out!
We're not quite sure what happened, but we've gathered that Chad Osburn had a bad accident and he's currently in the hospital. We don't know the severity of the accident or what happened beyond that there are serious injuries. There has been a GoFundMe Page setup to raise $15,000 to help Chad and his family out with medical expenses and more! If you have a few bucks to spare, please Donate! If you don't have a few bucks to spare, that's okay. Just give this a share to help spread the word.
We will keep you posted as soon as we know more!


2. Launch "Windows Explorer", navigate to "C:\Software".
4. Extract the file to "C:\Exch".
5. Launch "Command Prompt", navigate to "C:\Exch".
7. When the installation finished, reboot Mail1.
Remark: A brand new Organizational unit "Microsoft Exchange Hosted Organization" is created in Active Directory Users and Computers.
There are some new Microsoft Exchange Security Groups to be created.
After installing Exchange Server 2010 Hosting mode, there were some Service Plans template files to be created in "<Exchange Installation Path>\Exchange Server\V14\ClientAccess\ServicePlans".
Service plans and mailbox plans allow you to easily provision tenant organizations with Exchange features so that the settings are automatically configured for each new tenant organization. This reduces the overhead of individually setting up and customizing features for each tenant organization.
Service plans allow you to enable or disable Exchange features, define permissions, and customize offerings to customers. It is also within service plans that you create your mailbox plans. These plans are to be used as a starting point for creating your own organizations.
The service plan templates are XML files that contain organizational and mailbox features that you can offer you tenant organizations. You can use the templates to create custom service plans or custom mailbox plans.
· Organization The Organization section allows you to modify settings that affect the entire tenant organization. You can set Global Elements, Permission Elements, and Quota Elements.
· Mailbox Plans You can create descriptions of multiple mailbox plans that the tenant organization has available and these plans affect individual mailbox or user settings, such as access to ActiveSync and EWS, and send and receive quotas. For more information about Mailbox Plans, see the Mailbox Plans section later in this topic.
Remark: Don't use the sample plans file in your production environments.
Suggestion: The goal of service plans is to allow you to create just a few service plans to become the templates for all of your tenant organization. Creating too many service plans can become very hard to manage.
The "ServicePlanHostingremap.csv" is a file that maps a specific "programID" and "offerID" to a service plan.
When you create a service plan, you add the service plan to the Service plan remap file. This file maps the program ID, Offer ID and service plan name.
The "ProgramID" can be thought of as an offering level, such as Business. Then the "OfferID" can be used as a sub-offering level, such as Medium Org or Small Org.
When you create a new organization, you must provide the program ID and Offer ID in the New-Organization command. Those two IDs will allow the command to see which service plan to use for the organization.


He is impatient with those who decry the scheme.
Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence.
I do not blame them for trying to make some money.
He alleged that he was verbally abused by other soldiers.
They have blasted the report.
The leaders took the opportunity to denounce the attacks.
His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children.
I would not presume to censure him for his views.
She habitually denigrated her husband to other people.
Intellectual parents may depreciate a child's athletic interests.
We have been traduced in the press as xenophobic bigots.


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Steven Mackey: Portals, Scenes and Celebrations
STEVEN MACKEY
BORN: February 14, 1956. Frankfurt, Germany. Now lives in Princeton, NJ
WORLD PREMIERE: At these performances. Portals, Scenes and Celebrations was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony and composed in honor of Michael Tilson Thomas
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes and English horn, 2 clarinets and bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones and bass trombone, tuba, timpani, almglocken, bass drum, bicycle horn, bongos, claves, compressed air, crotales, crash cymbals, Flexatone, glockenspiel, guiro, maraca (large), marimba, mark tree, nipple gongs, slide whistle, snare drum, suspended cymbal, 3 tam-tams, tambourine, tom-toms, tubular bells, vibraphone, Vibraslap, wine bottle, xylophone, harp, piano/celesta, and strings
DURATION: About 15 mins
Steven Mackey may have been born in Germany, but make no mistake about it: He and his music are all-American. In fact, his parents were Americans, and, after the family moved to England and then Guam, he did much of his growing up in Northern California, where he engaged in a favorite activity of teenage males—playing electric guitar in rock bands. His awareness of "concert music" developed a bit later, in the course of studies at UC Davis (from which he graduated summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa), the State University of New York at Stony Brook (where he took a master's degree), and Brandeis University (from which he holds a doctorate). In 1985 he joined the faculty of Princeton University, where he continues to teach composition, music theory, and courses on twentieth-century music and improvisation. In 1991, he was awarded the first-ever Distinguished Teaching Award from Princeton.
About the time he joined the Princeton faculty, Mackey revived his interest in the electric guitar, the instrument that has become a signature part of many of his scores. "My past, present, and future," he has said, "is checkered by the fact that the sound of the electric guitar is like mother's milk to me and its iconoclastic milieu, between avant-garde experimentalism and libido-driven vernacular, was my grade school." Audiences have responded avidly to Mackey's distinctive compositional voice, in which pop and rock styles rub elbows with more traditional sounds of concert music.
Recent premiere highlights include One Red Rose (2013) for the Brentano String Quartet, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and Yellow Barn for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK; Mnemosyne's Pool (2015), commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kennedy Center, Sydney Symphony, and New World Symphony; Triceros (2015), a trumpet concerto commissioned by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra for Håkan Hardenberger; Blue Notes and Other Clashes (2016) for PRISM Quartet and Sō Percussion, premiered at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia; and Orpheus Unsung (2016), his electric guitar opera, staged at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
Mackey has been honored with a Grammy, several awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim fellowship, the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, and many others. He has been the composer-in-residence at major music festivals, including Tanglewood, Aspen, and the Holland Festival. —James M. Keller
Steven Mackey offers the following on Portals, Scenes and Celebrations
Portals, Scenes and Celebrations is composed of five contrasting but connected tableaux. The joints within and between the scenes are effortless portals to other dimensions rather than logical consequences. The music is [an] energetic celebration of motion and color, occasionally pulling back to refresh and relaunch toward an ever brighter next quest, but never in search of serenity.
When Michael Tilson Thomas and I first corresponded about this new work, he suggested that the working title be "Easy Piece for Michael" . . . (and so it was). He quickly qualified that by saying that "easy has many meanings." Other adjectives in that email such as "up tempo, joyous, dazzling" suggested that "easy" could refer to my job rather than to him and the players so I interpreted "easy" as license to indulge and enjoy my fantasies of lively content and playful continuity and trust my past experiences with MTT and the SFS that their nimble minds and agile hands would make joyous play out of demanding virtuosity.
Portals, Scenes and Celebrations is my gift to MTT at age 75. Over the past twenty-five years I've written more pieces—six counting this one—for MTT and the institutions he has been associated with than for anyone else. I am flattered that my work continues to interest MTT and I am grateful for all that I've learned from him about composing, performing and Music's mission to facilitate song, dance and transcendent experience.—Steven Mackey
More About the Music
Recordings: This piece has not yet been recorded. However, an essential Mackey listening list should include at least Tuck and Roll: The Music of Steven Mackey, with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the New World Symphony in the title composition as well as Mackey's Lost and Found and Eating Greens (RCA Victor) | Lost & Found: Electric Guitar Music by Steven Mackey, featuring the composer in solo and chamber works (Bridge Records) | and Physical Property on Short Stories, with Mackey joining the Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch)
Online: Mackey's website is a good resource for information on the composer: stevenmackey.com