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Q: Compact Framework, Custom TabControl, Designer interactions I'm considering making a custom TabControl for the Compact Framework 3.5, one that has Designer interactions enabled.
All my research so far has led me to solutions for a control targeting the full .Net Framework, and I have soon been stopped by the lack of several required classes, interfaces and namespaces in the Compact Framework.
Ideally, I would like to follow these tutorials, but I find myself unable to do so because of the aforementioned lack.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h51z5c0x(v=VS.90).aspx
I already have the .xmta file, and I am aware of the Designer tag, however I can't figure out which class to put in there since I can't figure out how to make that very class!
Any help on that matter would greatly be appreciated.
Regards

A: The short answer is that you can't build custom, designable container controls for the CF, nor can you extend the existing TabControl and have designer support for it.
To be completely honest, though, I'd not use the TabControl at all for handheld development today.  For a longer diatribe on this, see my reasoning and workaround here.

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Day in Pics - April 20, 2016
This image released by the Royal Mail, Britain's Prince George stands on foam blocks during a photo shoot for the Royal Mail in the summer of 2015 in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London for a stamp sheet to mark the 90th birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The image features four generations of the Royal family, from left, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George and Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge.
Actress Katerina Lehou, right, as high priestess, lights the Olympic Flame, during the final dress rehearsal of the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia, in western Greece.
Kenya's Dennis Kimetto poses for photographers ahead of the London marathon, near Tower Bridge in London.
Competitors climb on their way to the 'Col De Riedmatten' pass and 'Col De Tsena Refien' pass, during the Glacier Patrol race near Arolla, Switzerland.
Female elephant Benji uses her tusks to lift zookeeper Stefan Frank prior to a foot care at the Stukenbrock zoo in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany.
Bodo girls try to save themselves from rains with umbrellas while taking part in Gohain Ulliwa Festival at Mayong in Morigaon.
Britains Prince William, right, and Prince Harry use light sabres during a tour of the Star Wars sets at Pinewood studios in Iver Heath, west London.
Police charge the garment workers who were protesting over EPF withdrawal norm, in Bengaluru.
Femina Miss India 2016 Priyadarshini Chatterjee visits her alma mater, Maria Public School in Guwahati.
A man jokes around after taking some pictures of a section of highway that collapsed due to a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Chacras, Ecuador.
This photo provided by McDonald's shows, from left to right: McDonald's Mac Jr., Big Mac and Grand Mac. McDonald's is testing bigger and smaller versions of its Big Mac as the world's biggest hamburger chain pushes to revive its business.
An Indian Tamil Hindu devotee offers prayers before being pierced with a metal spear at a religious procession during Muthu Mariamman Puja festival in Mumbai.
policemen detain Engineer Rashid Ahmed, an independent member of the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly and head of Awami Itihaad party (AIP), during a protest in Srinagar, India.
A surfer strolls into the waves a Cardiff State Beach where warm temperatures prevail in Encinitas, Calif.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, second left, looks out from at the Planalto Presidential Palace window during the "Flowers for democracy" demonstration against her impeachment process, in Brasilia, Brazil.
Britain's Prince William talks with the Star Wars character Chewbacca during a tour of the Star Wars sets at Pinewood studios in Iver Heath, west of London.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton celebrates on stage after winning the New York state primary election.
Kings XI Punjab captain David Miller congratulates Glenn Maxwell of Kings XI Punjab for taking the catch to get Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir wicket during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 T20 match, in Mohali.
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I'm not nearly as cheery as my smiley face socks in the above photo, but at least I'm recovering from oral surgery at home.
The downsides are some pain and (for me, but not the hubby!) not talking very much. There are some pluses, though: ice cream and milkshakes for every meal!
Yesterday's procedure also means I'll have more medical expenses to deduct on our 2018 tax return.
Yep, we're one of those few people who will be itemizing deductions under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), primarily because of our medical situation the last couple of years. We will be able to reach a larger deductible amount than even the new almost doubled TCJA standard deduction amounts.
That's $24,000 for a jointly filing married couple in 2018. If you're a single taxpayer, the new increased standard deduction is $12,000.
The big deductible expense for us, due to employment changes, is the cost of our medical insurance.
No deducting workplace insurance premiums: Millions of folks don't think about deducting their health insurance premiums when they get that coverage through work.
This is because in many — actually most — cases, company-provided health care is a tax-free workplace fringe benefit for employees.
Yes, you do have a chunk of money taken out of your check each pay period for your health care. And it seems to increase each year.
But typically, these premiums you pay and see listed on your pay stubs are taken out of your paycheck before your income taxes are calculated. If you don't know whether you pay pre-tax or after-tax for your health care, ask your human resources or benefits department.
When your premiums are paid with pre-tax dollars, that means they already are income-tax-free. So you can't double dip, that is, use that tax benefit to claim another tax benefit.
Subsidized coverage not deductible either: Similarly, even if you pay premiums out of your own pocket, such as purchasing a policy through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare as it's popularly known, that full cost isn't likely deductible.
If you get a subsidy — that's the premium tax credit (PTC) — to help you meet your ACA policy's cost, you can't deduct the amount that's also covered by the credit.
However, any of the policy amount that you pay in excess of the PTC could be tax deductible.
If things work as planned with the PTC, though, that shouldn't leave you with much medical insurance costs to be counted as an itemized deduction.
When medical insurance is deductible: There are, however, folks who are in the same situation as the hubby and me and are able to write off a large amount of health insurance premiums payments.
This typically is the case for self-employed workers.
When your work for yourself and are not eligible for employer-sponsored medical coverage through a spouse's job, you may be eligible to write-off your health insurance premiums on your taxes.
These premiums, however, can't produce a tax loss for your business. You cannot deduct more in health insurance premiums than you earned.
If you are an employee and your company doesn't provide health care as a benefit, the coverage you buy totally on your own generally is tax deductible.
In these cases, you are paying for your policy with after-tax dollars, either by purchasing the policy directly from an insurance company or via a health insurance exchange. Deduct those payments!
Other tax-deductible policies: Also, a portion of a long-term care (LTC) insurance policy that you buy is tax deductible.
Also, some Medicare plans, notably Part B and Part D of the government medical benefits program, are tax deductible.
Crossing the tax deductibilty threshold: If you find you can deduct your health care policy premiums, don't get too tax happy just yet.
Determining that you can indeed deduct your medical insurance premiums is just the first step. Now you have to run the numbers.
Your deductible medical costs must be more than your standard deduction amount noted earlier. But not all your medical expenses count in pushing you past the standard numbers.
You can only claim a portion of your qualified medical expenses that exceed a portion of your income.
The good news for folks who are considering itemized medical expenses for the 2018 tax year, the threshold remains at 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income (AGI). The cap which your medical deductions must excess under the TCJA in tax years 2019-2025 is 10 percent of AGI, making your health-related expenses that much more difficult to claim.
The bad news is that only your medical claims that re more than 7.5 percent of your AGI can be claimed.
Say, for example, your AGI is $50,000. You must have enough health-related costs that total more than $3,750. If your medical expenses come to $4,000 you can only claim $250.
With a $12,000 standard deduction, that's not going to make itemizing worthwhile unless all your other Schedule A expenses are much, much larger.
Bulking up your medical deductions: There are ways to get your medical costs to a worthwhile deduction level.
My earlier post on ways to maximize the many medical expenses that are still tax deductible under the TCJA has some ideas.
Check it out now while you have time to make all your necessary medical appointments.
Sock update 11/9: Thanks to all who let me know they are worried that I might fall because I had my hospital socks on wrong. I appreciate your concern.
And I can assure you that the hubby, after all these years of living with klutzy me, made sure I put them on correctly.
As the photo to the left indicates, there's no top or bottom. The sticky imprints and smiley faces to help ensure wobbly patients don't fall are on both sides. Guess there are lots of folks out there like me who want to see the socks and have them work, too!
Hello from Conroe, TX! Hope you feel better soon! Always appreciate your advice and it is so nice of you to make it available for free!


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An Updated 2021 Draft Top 50 Prospects
This fall, during the little bit of Instructional League ball to which I was personally privy, I saw a small school reliever who was taken on Day 2 of the 2019 draft. He was sitting 96-99 and threw several great sliders. We are about a year and a half removed from when Nick Robertson was drafted, and he's turned into the sort of prospect who, with comparable stuff, would get a bonus close to a million dollars.
Because the 2020 Draft was only five rounds, there are literally hundreds of players who would have gone in rounds sixth through 10, as well a few dozen who would have gotten a bonus well over-slot on Day 3, who are now (or again) playing college ball (and will be for a while), while many have spilled over into junior colleges or have transferred. That's a few hundred players who may make a leap in the same amount of time Robertson did.
The group of players who was supposed to be in the 2020 Draft class was deep with talent, and so the 2021 Draft class will be very deep, too, but the industry will be working with less information, or at the very least will have one hell of a time trying to acquire it. We'll likely still be dealing with COVID-19 in February when the college season begins, and we have yet to see all the schools where college baseball programs will become collateral damage as a result of fewer football games being played. Also remember that both COVID and the operational budgets imposed upon MLB scouting staffs will likely discourage travel next spring, just as they did during the summer. So teams will lean on data, which, remember, now gets shared. More on that in a minute.
The areas of high-level industry confidence in this draft are probably also going to be different this year. Because we had no Collegiate Team USA or Cape Cod League this summer, the top-end college talent was scattered across wood bat leagues throughout the country rather than concentrated in one or two places like it usually is. The opposite was true for high school prospects. Only a few states were nutty enough to allow big travel ball events during the summer, so all the high-end high school talent was in the South/Southeast for showcases several times. Since it was often the best bang for their scouting buck, that's typically where war room decision-makers were, too.
I'd argue that, especially for hitters, the summer is the most important part of a high schooler's evaluation process anyway. Their peers are much better, on average, than they are during varsity play in the spring and it's much easier to compare prospects when they're all on the same field at the same time. Data is collected at these showcase events, too, and we'll also have less of that for college players. Teams had barely gotten into conference play when the pandemic ended the 2020 season, so we have little to no data for players' sophomore years, nothing from the Cape during the summer, and a volatile collection period looms in 2021.
All of this is to say that for the 2021 class, I think it's possible that teams will have more conviction and confidence in high school prospects than college ones.
And I feel that dynamic as I present an updated Top 50 2021 Draft Prospect list to you. There's a contingent of college pitching (Mississippi State's Christian MacLeod, Ole Miss' Doug Nihkazy, UC Santa Barbara's Rodney Boone, and Villanova's Danny Wilksinson (editor's note: Wilkinson is a 2022-eligible player), along with several others) who could end up going on the first day of the draft if they do anything even sort of like what Nick Robertson has. There will probably be some sophomore-eligible hitter with no track record who will perform at a high level, and there will probably be a 22-year-old hitter who makes a leap like Brent Rooker or Kody Hoese. Possibly several. Again, there are hundreds more players than is typical in this space. I'll continue to expand the list over the course of the offseason, and as usual, we'll have a sweeping update of this and future draft lists during Prospect Week in February.
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2021 ZiPS Projections: Milwaukee Brewers
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2018 was a great year for films with a diverse array of talent, both in front of and behind the camera. It also produced some truly excruciating episodes at the cinema. Compiled here are five that stood out as particularly awful, and the inclusions may come as a surprise to a lot of people. The composition of this list was rooted in the notion that "bad is not the absence of good," which means that these films were miserable to sit through for reasons other than crummy acting or bad craftsmanship.
It was hard to ascertain where exactly "Venom" belonged on this list. It has talented people and a performance from Tom Hardy that is at least superficially interesting. But for most of its running time the film just lies there, completely inert. Its tone is bizarre, juggling the Marvel formula with a darker tone. This leads to moments where Venom bites a man's head off leading into triumphant superhero music playing only a moment later. It's a strange movie; that, much like dissecting a frog, is more fascinating in its awfulness like anything else.
Clint Eastwood has made dozens of excellent movies, and at least two to three perfect ones. None of those films are "The Mule." Nick Schenck's underwritten script offers flat characters, underdeveloped themes, and contributes to a film that doesn't seem to be entirely sure of what it's trying to say or what it wants to be. The film could be criticized for taking a 'problematic' approach to issues such as race and gender that, in this instance, would be entirely justified. The film relates to Eastwood in the same way that 2008's "Gran Torino" did, but what was great about that movie was its sense of irony. When "The Mule" finished, Eastwood didn't offer anything as clever as his previous works.
Nobody reading this article likely saw this movie and it's hard to begrudge them. What made "Kin" such a stinker was how the movie didn't seem to understand how unlikable the older brother character (Jack Reynor, famous for also being the worst part of "Transformers: Age of Extinction") was. There were several moments littered all throughout the film that conjure up the screenwriters brainstorming: "we need conflict in this scene, so let's have the older brother do something completely foolish and then they'll be in trouble." The minimalist science-fiction aspects are nice at first, but by the time the film ends it is clear that the filmmakers were setting up for a sequel. That sequel will probably never get made.
Going over what's wrong with this movie, it really just boils down to one element: the writing. This film's voice is relentlessly obnoxious, it's hard to tell what someone like Spielberg saw in the movie. Although, the folks at Red Letter Media made the compelling point that "he [Spielberg] could get a gigantic paycheck by directing 15 minutes of footage and the rest is CG." The film is two hours long going on twenty and is the cinematic equivalent of nails on a chalkboard in what feels like perpetuity, which must be a punishment in one of the circles of hell.
Remember: "bad is not the absence of good." Adam McKay's follow up to "The Big Short" is perhaps the biggest waste of potential that graced cinemas in 2018. For one, the film is unfocused, going over every aspect of Cheney's life while at the same time offering nothing new to say. The movie doesn't settle on what kind of film it wants to be or what story it wants to tell. The acting is uniformly excellent, but McKay's condescending directorial voice betrays them.


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Pearlman, Abreu, and Martinson Flourish
by Geoffrey Wieting
January 5, 2016 January 4, 2016 by Geoffrey Wieting
Christina Day Martinson (Kathy Wittman photo)
Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque once again celebrated the new year Friday at Sanders Theater with a memorable mixture of works well-loved, somewhat familiar, and little known. At opposite ends of this spectrum were Antonio Vivaldi's Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) and the Concerto in C Major for sopranino recorder (RV 443), while George Frideric Handel's Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 5, occupied the middle ground. As the program booklet, which encompassed BB's December Messiah as well, included no relevant annotation beyond Vivaldi's sonnets for The Four Seasons, director Pearlman made some well-chosen, concise remarks ahead of each piece. Continuing its own much-appreciated custom, Cambridge Trust Company underwrote champagne and chocolates at the intermission. This extremely popular concert had sold out some time ago; when the organization decided to add roughly 50 more seats on the Sanders stage, on either side of the ensemble, they sold out as well in under an hour.
In writing his Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Handel borrowed musical material fairly liberally from his own pre-existing works (notably, the Ode to Saint Cecilia) as well as those of other composers, "a practice for which he would probably be sued today." The opening flourish from concertmaster Christina Day Martinson led into an ebullient introductory movement quite fitting for the day. In an elegant performance, highlights included the stereophonic effect of the exchanges between the first and second violins (wisely placed on either side of the conductor) in the Presto third movement as well as between their principals, Martinson and Sarah Darling, in the Largo fourth movement. Additionally, the sixth movement Menuet with two variations (a Handel innovation) was charming and even gently comic: the second variation enjoyed subverting expected rhythmic patterns.
Several years ago at the BB New Year's Day concert, virtuoso recorder player Aldo Abreu performed one of Vivaldi's three concerti for sopranino recorder, the most diminutive and highest-pitched of the recorder family—officially (Abreu has several even smaller). On this occasion, the artist returned to give us another of the three concerti, which were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home in Venice for abandoned children. As someone who has never played anything higher than a soprano recorder, I marveled again at (1) how brilliantly the player negotiated the sopranino's finger-holes, so close together, and (2) how virtually perfect his breath-flow was—so easy to overblow. In Vivaldi's first movement, brilliant display predominated in the solo part so the occasional contrasting sustained passage was all the more beguiling (one couldn't help but think of the Pied Piper). The slow movement featured a delectable contrast of texture: Abreu spun out a lovely legato line above the strings' staccato chords. It was good to be reminded that this tiny instrument, in the right hands, can sing as well as dazzle. The final movement contained more fireworks, some triplet passages in particular, as well as generous amounts of ornamentation. Near the end, Vivaldi, via BB and Abreu, surprised us with a slower passage in the minor before reverting to Tempo I and the major for an effervescent ending. The audience's hugely enthusiastic response led to an encore: the unaccompanied Die Nachtigall of Dutch composer Jacob van Noort. Abreu's most spectacular playing of all may have depicted a highly over-caffeinated nightingale but was no less enjoyable for that.
Following festive New Year's libations at intermission, we returned to hear that most popular (or, potentially, hackneyed) of Baroque works, Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." Noting that the composer had written ideas from the sonnets into the musical scores, Pearlman prudently read each sonnet before its respective concerto, in case anyone hadn't read them in the booklet, highlighting musical evocations to listen for. He and his soloist, Christina Day Martinson, are keenly aware of the ubiquity of these pieces of program music and at pains not merely to be technically stunning but, more importantly, to respond in creative and individual ways to the composer's detailed program. With the harpsichord repositioned, Pearlman conducted highly effectively from the keyboard.
In the first movement of "Spring" the top three violinists, Martinson, principal second Sarah Darling, and concertmaster pro tempore Jesse Irons, were delightful in the passage depicting a group conversation of exuberant birds. The only time I was nostalgic for the heavier, richer sound of modern instruments was at the brief illustration of thunder and lightning—my cultural bias, I suppose—and the many more of them to come (Vivaldi surely enjoyed depicting inclement weather!). In the slow movement, Martinson's ornamentation of the solo part, over a rudimentary accompaniment, was extensive but convincingly stylish, reminding us of the base meaning of "baroque". A highlight of the final movement was the spiccato section in which the BB strings delicately portrayed the nymphs of the sonnet.
The first movement of "Summer" offered the contrast of the ensemble's torpid sighing figures with the soloist's furious energy complete with cuckoo figures embedded in the figuration. At the movement's end, the fierce conflict of the two winds, Zephyr and Boreas, was a tour de gale force. Another episode of energy-sapping heat in the second movement, with pesky insects and approaching thunder, gives way to the third movement's thunderstorm. Descending scales, buffeted back and forth between first and second violins, vividly depicted heavy rain and hail; Martinson's savage playing, too, showed the "hailstones hew[ing] off the heads of proud cornstalks." Electrifying and highly pictorial playing came from all the musicians.
In something of a non sequitur, "Autumn" begins with the celebration of a fine harvest; perhaps some cornstalks survived? The first movement had an infectious good cheer though soon enough the effects of imbibing became apparent: unpredictable fluctuations of tempo showed increasing levels of intoxication, and a slower minor section made one see the drooping eyelids of the revelers (Martinson subtly but deliciously bent the pitch here for a sly musical joke). In the fascinating slumberous slow movement, without a solo part, the strings fill in the continually unstable harmonies of the slowly arpeggiated harpsichord part. Subtle dynamic variation enhanced the atmosphere here. The hunt of the last movement also featured a great deal of dynamic variation, but much more overt. The high spirits (of the non-alcoholic variety only) of the opening return here, vigorously led by Martinson. A highlight was the most loudly percussive ensemble pizzicatos I've ever experienced, presumably part of the process of intimidating the quarry which, after an attempt to escape, duly succumbs.
Aldo Abreu (Kathy Wittman photo
To those expecting another monster winter here, the sonnet of "Winter" gave cold comfort. As New Englanders, the artists no doubt had especially keen responses to it and its respective concerto. Some of the most demanding passages of the whole concert came at its end in this concerto, but the outstanding playing of the band and Martinson betrayed no hint of fatigue. The extremely rapid repeated-note figures of the first movement (chattering teeth), for instance, were sharply defined. The oasis of calm in the slow movement, basking by the fire, was a special gem: the violins were played pizzicato in mandolin position, the cellos played a continuous 32nd-note obbligato (no textual reference in the sonnet–a purring cat, perhaps?), while the solo violin sang a handsome melody. The finale contained a bit more sly humor: at one point both Martinson and the ensemble, as directed by Pearlman, had plentiful tempo fluctuations to depict someone exercising maximum caution to walk on ice–in vain, of course, because there was also a clear subsequent musical depiction of said person landing on his/her derrière. An unexpected sweet passage followed (a good Samaritan helping the person get back up?) before warring winds again caused a brilliant and savage conclusion.
Handel can always be relied upon for musical solidity at the very least, a Concerto for Sopranino Recorder is a rarely heard novelty for most (and an opportunity to hear Aldo Abreu is not to be missed), but certainly the big draw had to be The Four Seasons. Martin Pearlman, Christina Day Martinson, and Boston Baroque met the challenge of making their own artistic statements about this extremely familiar music without ever losing sight of its composer's aims, and thrilling us with some pyrotechnical playing in the bargain.
Geoffrey Wieting holds Bachelor's degrees in organ and Latin from Oberlin College and a Master's degree in collaborative piano from New England Conservatory. He is a freelance organist, collaborative pianist and vocal coach. He sings with the Back Bay Chorale and serves on the Board of Directors of the Old West Organ Society.
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Q: How to remove Mikrotik PHP Api firewall nat entry using find I am trying to add and remove NAT entry using a single line php api code but unable to do it.
Terminal code Mikrotik:

/ip firewall nat remove [find comment=id9]

//Its working fine on terminal

I am trying writing bellow php api:
to Add:

$API->comm("/ip/firewall/nat/add\n=chain=dstnat\n=src-address=103.19.131.3\n=protocol=tcp\n=action=dst-nat\n=comment=id9\n=to-addresses=103.19.130.215\n=to-ports=80");

//Working fine

to remove:

$API->comm("/ip/firewall/nat/remove/[find\n=comment=id9]");

 //Not working

Can anyone help me to solve it? Thanks in advance.

A: It seems a typo;

$API->comm("/ip/firewall/nat/remove\n=[find\n=comment=id9]");

A: I think you must correct the command
$API->comm("/ip/firewall/nat/remove/[/ip/firewall/nat/find\n=comment=id9]");

A: Its done. Bellow is the code:
//Remove Mikrotik NAT using PHP API

$API->write('/ip/firewall/nat/print', false);
$API->write('?comment=id9', false);
$API->write('=.proplist=.id');
$ARRAYS = $API->read();

$API->write('/ip/firewall/nat/remove', false);
$API->write('=.id=' . $ARRAYS[0]['.id']);
$READ = $API->read();

Thanks all for trying.

A:    if ($API->connect($nas,  $router_username,  $router_password)){
        $API->write('/ip/firewall/nat/getall',false);
        $API->write('?src-address='.$internal_ip.'',false);
        $API->write('=.proplist=.id');
        $READ = $API->read(true);

        foreach($READ as $item){
        $API->write('/ip/firewall/nat/remove',false);
        $API->write('=.id=' . $item['.id']);
        $READ = $API->read(true);

        }
        $API->disconnect();
    }


How to connect wifi staff using mobile phone? i just check manual to connect wifi using my mobile phone but still can't connect. Is i wrong step or something else?
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How good is CBD for stress and anxiety? What the science says so far
A rundown of the latest research on CBD as a therapy for anxiety and stress.
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There are plenty of anecdotal reports that cannabidiol (CBD) has therapeutic effects that can help relieve anxiety and stress. But do such reports hold when scrutinized by science?
What's CBD anyway?
Image credits: Elsa Olofsson.
CBD is a supplement derived from the cannabis plant. Like its cousin THC, it has a variety of touted health and wellness benefits that make it popular among millions of consumers. However, unlike THC, it has no psychoactive properties. In other words, CBD can't make you high.
CBD is sold in a variety of forms, including oils, incense, bath bombs, vapor rubs, vape juice, candles, and even CBD gummies. CBD dispensaries are located all over the United States but are most commonly found in states where marijuana is legal for medicinal and recreational use. CBD may or may not be legal in your state or country, which is it's in your best interest to verify the supplement's legal status before making an online purchase.
Is CBD good for anxiety?
Cannabinoids trigger effects in the body by mimicking the effect of endocannabinoids (cannabinoids produced by the body), which play a crucial role in both brain and bodily functions. These substances attach themselves to cannabinoid receptors that are present throughout the body and are associated with detecting pain, appetite, immune function, mood, and more.
The human body has two types of receptors for cannabinoids, called the CB1 receptors and CB2 receptors. Whether it's an annoying itch or a prick of pain, these two receptors on your skin cells will immediately start firing signals to dampen these unpleasant sensations.
CBD oils and lotions seem to bypass CB1 and CB2 receptors and directly stimulate the production of anandamide and 2-AG, neurotransmitters that block signals for pain and itch.
With this in mind, it's no surprise to find that studies on mice suggest that CBD can help with pain and inflammation, with other avenues of therapy still in exploration. There is even evidence that CBD can boost productivity. But what about anxiety and stress?
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), research shows that CBD can reduce stress in rats, which would make the cannabinoid appropriate for treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Accumulating evidence now also suggests that CBD is beneficial in the cardiovascular system, where it affects white blood cell migration and platelet aggregation, both linked to the stress response. During a double-blind randomized controlled study, healthy male volunteers who were given CBD had lower resting blood pressure as well as lower than expected blood pressure increases in response to stress.
Concerning other types of anxiety, in a 2011 study researchers have a group of people with social anxiety disorder (SAD) an oral dose of 400 milligrams of CBD, while a second group that acted as the control received a placebo. Those that received CBD experienced overall reduced anxiety compared to the control when speaking in public.
More recently, CBD has been shown effective at reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which affects approximately 10% of people at some point in life. The efficacy of CBD for PTSD has been shown in both animals and humans.
"Human and animal studies suggest that CBD may offer therapeutic benefits for disorders related to inappropriate responses to traumatic memories. The effects of CBD on the different stages of aversive memory processing make this compound a candidate pharmacological adjunct to psychological therapies for PTSD. CBD also shows an action profile with fewer side effects than the pharmacological therapy currently used to treat this type of disorder," researchers wrote in a study published in the Frontiers in Neuroscience.
Finally, another study published in 2019 investigated the therapeutic effects of CBD for participants who came into a psychiatric clinic complaining of both anxiety and sleep problems. Anxiety scores decreased within the first month in about 80% of patients while sleep scores improved in 66% of patients.
The bottom line is that there is some evidence that CBD can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety and stress, and perhaps can help with other disorders. However, many of the studies that we reviewed were limited, in that they either only included animal models or used a rather small sample size when assessing human patients.
Given the scale and scope of CBD use, with millions of new users buying CBD products yearly, more research is warranted so that we might have a more accurate picture of the cannabinoid's influence on the human body.
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Q: Unable to load the service index for source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json in mac M1 docker build I am trying to create a docker image for my dotnetcore application. but i am getting

Unable to load the service index for source
https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
error on step RUN dotnet restore.

Things i have tried so far.

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*tried nuget restore from visual studio -its working

*tried accessing https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json in browser - able to browse

*tried editing docker json DNS value to "8.8.8.8"

*verified PING google.com from docker container and ping is successful

So i am not sure anything related to my M1 processor or any proxy issue. I have gone through lot of online links but all are related to windows. Any help on this is appreciated. Below is my ~/nuget/Nuget/Nuget.config file and
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" protocolVersion="3" />
  </packageSources>
</configuration>

Docker file
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0 AS base
WORKDIR /app
EXPOSE 80

FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0 AS build
WORKDIR /src
COPY . .
RUN dotnet restore  "myapplication.Web/myapplication.Web.csproj"
COPY . .
WORKDIR "/src/myapplication.Web"
RUN dotnet build "myapplication.Web.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build

FROM build AS publish
WORKDIR "/src/myapplication.Web"
RUN dotnet publish "myapplication.Web.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false

FROM base AS final
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "myapplication.Web.dll"]


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#define SUCCESS               true
#define FAILURE               false

#define print_error(M)        fprintf(stderr, ERROR_MESSAGE M "\n", CONSOLE_RED, CONSOLE_RESET, __FILE__, __LINE__)
#define print_warning(M)      fprintf(stderr, WARN_MESSAGE M "\n", CONSOLE_ORANGE, CONSOLE_RESET, __FILE__, __LINE__)
#define print_info(M)         fprintf(stderr, INFO_MESSAGE M "\n", CONSOLE_ORANGE, CONSOLE_RESET, __FILE__, __LINE__)

#define MEMORY_ERROR        "Memory error"

#define verify(S)           if(!(S)) { goto error; }
#define verify_memory(S)    if(!(S)) { print_error(MEMORY_ERROR); goto error; }
#define verify_no_error(S)  (verify((S)->error))

#define fx_alloc(S)         (calloc(1, sizeof(S)))
#define fx_pfree(P)         ((P) != NULL) ? (free(P), ((P) = NULL)) : (NULL)

#define inspect(S)          (printf("%s\n", S), free(S))

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The power of the kings of the Middle Kingdom have been failing for some time, having lost control of the Nile Delta to a series of Canaanite kings who ruled from the northern city of Avaris.
Into this mix came the Kings of Amurri, Lebanon and Syria bent on subduing the whole of Egypt. These kings were known as the Hyksos, and they dealt a devastating blow to the peoples of the Nile Delta and Valley.
When Arimawat and his son Harrubaal fled from Urubek, the king of Hattush, to the court of the King of Avaris, King Sheshi welcomed the refugees. One of Arimawat's first tasks for King Shesi is to sail south to the Land of Kush and fetch Princess Tati, who will become Sheshi's queen. Arimawat and Harrubaal perform creditably, but their actions have far-reaching consequences.
On the return journey, Harrubaal falls in love with Kemi, the daughter of the Southern Egyptian king. As a reward for Harrubaal's work, Sheshi secures the hand of the princess for the young Canaanite prince. Unfortunately for the peace of the realm, Sheshi lusts after Princess Kemi too, and his actions threaten the stability of his kingdom...
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Justia Patents MouseUS Patent Application for Inductive power source for peripheral devices Patent Application (Application #20030103039)
Inductive power source for peripheral devices
Dec 4, 2001 - Intel
A system for providing power to a computer peripheral device during the normal operation of the device is disclosed. A base is provided that includes a winding of a coil. The winding is driven to make a constantly changing magnetic field. The peripheral device also includes a winding of a coil. When the winding of the coil is placed in the changing magnetic field, a voltage is induced in the winding. That voltage can be converted into power for use by the peripheral device. In one embodiment the peripheral device is a mouse. The peripheral device may include a rechargeable battery, and the induced power could be used by a circuit to recharge the battery.
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[0001] This disclosure relates to inductively providing a power source to peripheral devices, and, more particularly, to a system for inductively providing power to peripheral devices during the normal use of the peripheral device.
[0002] Devices peripheral to personal computers are used for a variety of input or output purposes. Computer input devices include keyboards, mice, drawing tablets, cameras, etc., while computer output devices include speakers, printers, monitors, etc. Almost without exception, peripheral devices require a power source for proper operation. Oftentimes the power source comes from a standard cable coupling the peripheral device to the computer, such as connection cables for using Universal Serial Bus (USB, developed by the USB Implementers Forum, Inc.), PS/2 (International Business Machine's Personal System 2), RS232 (now renamed to EIA232 of the Electronic Industries Association), FireWire (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.'s 1394-1995 standard), etc. These cables typically provide a 5-volt dc voltage at a given current capacity to drive the device. Computer mice, for example, are typically powered at ˜500 mA, to power the various internal circuits within them that track their movement and communicate the status of their mechanical buttons to their host computer.
[0003] Because a mouse cord can be cumbersome and unwieldy, there is a consumer demand for cordless mice. Thus, a new generation of mice have been developed that communicate their signals to their host computer via "wireless" signals, such as infrared (IR), radio frequency (RF), or ultrasonic signals. These wireless mice generally contain their own power source, because including a cord only to supply power to the mouse defeats the purpose of making the signal communication wireless.
[0004] The typical solution to self-powering a mouse is to include batteries within the mouse itself. Normally, high-energy batteries such as alkaline batteries are used so that they can provide power for a relatively long time between battery changes. In order to reduce overall power consumption, power saving features are implemented into wireless mice to extend the life of the batteries. For example many wireless mice will automatically "power down" their circuitry after a period of inactivity. Such power savings features can allow wireless mice to operate for months before requiring new batteries.
[0005] As new features are added to mice, such as adding a wheel for easy document scrolling, their circuitry becomes more complex. Complex circuitry, in turn, generally requires higher power requirements. These power requirements include not only how much power is needed over time, i.e., how long can a user go before the batteries cannot power any of the mouse circuitry, but also include a peak power requirement, i.e., how much instantaneous power is required to supply a specific circuit in the mouse. Particular circuits such as optical mouse tracking or radio module operations may require relatively high peak energy from the batteries for proper operation.
[0006] Although rechargeable batteries generate less power than alkaline batteries, they can be recharged hundreds or thousands of times, and thus provide power at a relatively low lifetime cost. Some computer peripheral products include a "docking cradle" or other place to rest the product during periods of non-operation, and some of the docking cradles include a battery re-charger to automatically recharge batteries in the device while it is in its docking cradle. This is typically done by exposing small electrodes within the docking cradle that transfer power to a matching set of electrodes on the device. Within the device, a circuit transfers the power that is applied to the electrodes directly to the batteries, thereby recharging them.
[0007] Requiring a device to be placed in a docking cradle to recharge its batteries means that it cannot be used while recharging. Also, if a user forgets to recharge the batteries for a period of time and they discharge, the user cannot operate the device until the batteries are again recharged. Most likely a user will discover that the batteries are discharged at a time the device is needed. Adding small wires that could recharge the batteries during device operation would defeat the purpose of having a wireless device.
[0008] Embodiments of the invention address these and other deficiencies in the prior art.
[0009] The description may be best understood by reading the disclosure with reference to the drawings, wherein:
[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an inductive power supply system according to an embodiment of the invention.
[0011] FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of a mouse and mousepad containing an inductive charging system according to an embodiment of the invention.
[0012] FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of a mouse and mousepad containing an inductive charging system according to another embodiment of the invention.
[0013] FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing connections and circuit blocks used in the inductive charging system according to embodiments of the invention.
[0014] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a docking cradle adapted to include an inductive charging system according to an embodiment of the invention.
[0015] FIGS. 6A and 6B are top view diagrams showing example layouts of the source loop in relation to the mousepad for embodiments of the invention.
[0016] FIG. 7 is a top view diagram showing an example layout of the victim loop in relation to the mouse for embodiments of the invention.
[0017] FIG. 8 is a cross sectional diagram of a mousepad showing a further example of an embodiment of the invention.
[0018] Embodiments of the invention include a base and peripheral device combination that can inductively provide power to a peripheral device. The power supplied to the peripheral device could drive the device directly, or could be used to charge an energy supply, such as batteries contained within the device. An example of such a system is a mousepad base and a mouse containing rechargeable batteries.
[0019] Coils or loops of wire are present in both the mousepad and in the mouse. The coils in the mousepad are energized to create a constantly changing magnetic field. When the coils in the mouse are exposed to the changing magnetic field made by the mousepad, an induced voltage and a current flows in the coils of the mouse. The induced current and voltage provide enough energy to partially or completely recharge batteries in the mouse and, as power requirements of the mouse decrease, may be able to provide enough energy to power the mouse directly without using the power reserve of the batteries.
[0020] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an inductive re-charger system 10, which includes a mousepad 20 and a mouse 30, according to an embodiment of the invention. The mousepad 20 includes a source loop 22, and the mouse 30 includes a victim loop 32. Both of the loops 22, 32 are internal to their respective housings, and are hidden from view in a standard embodiment. Additionally hidden from view in the standard embodiment are one or more rechargeable batteries 34 in the mouse 30, which are used to power various circuits in the mouse. Briefly, in operation, a current is forced to flow through the source loop 22 of the mousepad 20, which causes current to flow in the victim loop 32 of the mouse 30 by magnetic induction. This current flow, in turn, is used to recharge the batteries 34 of the mouse.
[0021] In addition to the mousepad 20 and the mouse 30, the embodiment shown to in FIG. 1 also includes a control housing 40. A cable 42, for example a USB cable, couples the control housing 40 to an attached personal computer (PC) 50. In the embodiment where the cable 42 is a USB cable, the control housing may be a USB hub, and include multiple input ports 44 for other devices to connect to the USB bus. As an example, a keyboard may also connect to the USB hub 40. The cable 42 provides a power source through the control housing 40 to the mousepad 20 in order to energize the source loop 22. In this embodiment, the control housing 40 also includes a data receiver 46, such as an IR receiver. The data receiver 46 receives signals from a data transmitter 36 on the mouse 30, such as an IR transmitter, and transmits the received mouse signals (or other signals based on the IR signals received from the mouse IR transmitter) over the USB cable 42 to the computer 50. In this way, the data transmitter 36 on the mouse 30 need only transmit the data signals a very short distance to the data receiver 46 on the control housing 40, and not the entire distance to the computer 50. This allows the data transmitter 36 on the mouse 30 to operate with less power than would be needed to transmit the signals from the mouse directly to the computer 50. In other embodiments, of course, the data receiver 46 can be located on the PC 50 or anywhere else that allows good signal capturing from the mouse transmitter 36.
[0022] The power source coming through the cable 42 can be either a DC voltage or an AC voltage. If the cable 42 is a USB cable, then the voltage on the cable is 5 Volts DC, according to the USB standard. The cable 42 could be delivering any type of voltage, but in order to make the constantly changing magnetic field to induce a current flow in the victim loop 32, an alternating current must be supplied to the source loop 22, as discussed below with reference to FIG. 4.
[0023] The source loop 22 is formed by one long wire shaped into a spiral coil. The source loop 22 formed in this shape is called a solenoid, and when electric current flows through the source loop, lines of magnetic flux are created within the solenoid. The amount of magnetic flux generated by the source loop 22 is related to a number of factors. A first factor is the amount of current flowing through the source loop 22. Also, the magnetic flux is proportional to the number of turns per unit length of the wire making up the coils in the source loop 22. Additionally, the amount of flux is also based on a magnetic permeability of the material in which the magnetic flux is flowing. Once the overall mechanism for inductively providing power to the mouse 30 has been explained, increasing the effectiveness of the system by maximizing these factors will be examined.
[0024] Generally, in operation, the source loop 22 is powered with an alternating current, which creates constantly changing magnetic flux lines (indicating a magnetic field) in the area above and below the mousepad 20. When the mouse is located within the changing magnetic flux lines, a voltage is induced in the victim loop 32. This voltage is fed to a transforming circuit (not shown in FIG. 1) that transforms it into a voltage for use by the mouse 30, such as for charging the batteries 34 in the mouse 30.
[0025] FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the mouse 30 sitting on the mousepad 20. The source loop 22 and the victim loop 32 can be seen in the cross section. Although in FIG. 2 it appears that there are multiple separate wires in each of the loops 22, 32, the source loop 22 and the victim loop 32 are each made from only 1 strand of wire. When current is applied to the source loop 22, lines of magnetic flux 60 are created inside the coils of wire. As can be seen, the flux lines 60 near the center of the source loop 22 are fairly straight, while those near the edges of the source loop are curved around to the outside of the loop. All of the flux lines from the source loop eventually curve back around the outside of the coil to join with the flux lines extending from the bottom of the mousepad 20, and make a closed loop. For this description, only the portions of the flux lines that are near the mousepad 20 are important for consideration as to their effect on the victim loop 32, because they are the only ones that will interact with the mouse 30 in its normal position resting on the mouspad.
[0026] In addition to their unusual shape, the magnetic flux lines 60 have other unusual properties. Because the magnetic flux lines 60 repel one another, the flux lines tend to spread out evenly across the inside of the source loop 22. This is called having a constant flux density across the source loop 22.
[0027] Because the mouse 30 is typically much smaller than the mousepad 20, when the mouse is placed on top of the mousepad, much of the magnetic flux lines 60 do not travel through the victim loop 32. Therefore, many of the magnetic flux lines 60 contribute nothing to inducing a voltage in the victim loop, and are simply wasted.
[0028] When the mouse 30 is placed within the constantly changing lines of magnetic flux 60, a voltage and current is induced in the victim loop 32 of the mouse. Increasing the amount of magnetic flux 60 also increases the amount of voltage induced in the victim loop 32, so it is advantageous to increase the magnetic flux as much as possible. As mentioned above, two ways to increase the amount of magnetic flux are to increase the current flowing through the source loop 20 and the number of turns per unit length in the source loop.
[0029] Another way to increase the density of the magnetic flux 60 is for the flux to flow through a material having a relatively high magnetic permeability. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention where both the mousepad 20 and the mouse 30 are formed with areas having a high level of magnetic permeability. The high permeability area of the mousepad 20 is indicated with the reference 28, while the high permeability area of the mouse 30 is indicated with the reference 38. Examples of materials having a high magnetic permeability are iron or iron filings, steel, nickel, and cobalt, or combinations of these materials, as well as some more exotic compounds such as silicon iron, and others. These materials can be combined with substrates, such as plastic or foam, or binders such as epoxy to create a material that has high magnetic permeability yet remains easy to work with for manufacturing. As seen in FIG. 3, because the magnetic flux lines 60 can pass through the areas of high level magnetic permeability more easily than they can in the other areas, high density flux lines 70 are present in these areas. Although in this figure both the mousepad 20 and the mouse 30 include the high areas of permeability 28, 38, embodiments of the invention are still operational if, both, or neither the mouspad nor mouse include such areas. If the mouse 30 includes the high areas of permeability 38, then when the mouse is operating normally on top of the mousepad 20, the high density flux lines 70 will move with the mouse and allow more energy transfer from the mouspad than if the high areas of permeability 38 were not included in the mouse.
[0030] In addition to being permeable to the magnetic flux, the high areas of permeability 38 may also have properties that make a good transmitter antenna. Therefore, they may also be formed in conjunction with the data transmitter 36 on the mouse 30 to enhance the transmitter's ability to send the data signals to the receiver.
[0031] FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing connections and circuit blocks used in the inductive charging system. As before, the cable 42 provides power to the mousepad 20. The cable 42 may be directly attached to the mousepad 20, or may be intermediately connected to the control housing 40 (FIG. 1). The power from the cable 42 is supplied to a primary side power circuit 122, which also has an output to drive the source loop 22. The primary power circuit 122 includes whatever circuitry is necessary to convert the voltage and current provided by the cable 42 into a signal that will provide a constantly changing current for the source loop 22. For example, if the input voltage is a direct current (DC) voltage, the primary power circuit 122 includes a circuit to produce a changing signal, such as an oscillation circuit. An example of such a circuit is a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) circuit, which can supply the source loop with a constantly changing voltage and current while having a dc voltage as an input. Other oscillating circuits perform similar functions that can be used in place of the PWM circuit. Additionally, the primary power circuit 122 may include voltage matching circuitry, if necessary, to match the voltage supplied to it by the cable 42 with the voltage that is supplied to the source loop 22. For instance, the cable 42 may supply a 120 Volt alternating current (AC) signal. Although the AC portion of that incoming signal may not need to be rectified, it is likely that the 120 volts would be reduced to a lower voltage by the voltage matching circuitry included in the primary power circuit 122.
[0032] An additional factor in inductively transferring a voltage is the frequency at which the magnetic flux lines 60 change. So far, the previous factors discussed only how to make more magnetic flux lines 60 (higher current, more windings, higher permeable materials, etc). An additional consideration in inducing a voltage in two close coils is how fast the magnetic flux lines 60 change. Therefore, the primary power circuit 122 may also include circuitry able to drive the source loop 22 with a rapidly changing (i.e. high frequency) alternating current. A high frequency driver may be included in the primary power circuit 122 even if the cable 42 is carrying an AC signal, if the current is not switching at a high enough frequency for good induction.
[0033] Included in the mouse 30 is a secondary power circuit 132, which is used to convert the signal received from the victim loop 32 into one useful to the mouse 30, e.g., to recharge the rechargeable batteries 34. There are fewer variables in designing the secondary power circuit 132 than the primary power circuit 122, because it is known that the source signal coming from the victim loop has an AC voltage. Therefore, if the batteries 34 will be charged with a DC voltage, the secondary power circuit 132 includes an AC to DC converter. A simple converter can be formed of diodes, such as a bridge rectifier, or other more complex circuits could be used. Newer technology in recharging batteries reveals that charging batteries with pulses of current or voltage may have advantages over charging them by traditional constant voltage methods, in terms of reducing memory effects and increasing longevity of the batteries. Therefore, the secondary power circuit 132 may include a pulse charging circuit between the victim loop 32 and the batteries 34.
[0034] Load circuitry 136 is also coupled to the battery 34, the secondary power circuit 132, or both of them. Such load circuitry 136 includes the circuits necessary to create the signals transferred back to the PC 50 (FIG. 1), for instance, the X-Y locating circuitry, the circuits to detect the button clicks or mouse wheel rotation, and/or including the transmitter 36 used to transmit the data signals from the mouse 30 to the receiver 46.
[0035] The load circuitry 136 of the mouse 30 may require a peak current draw of about 50 mA, or some other number. This peak current need may exceed the instantaneous capacity of the effective current of the signal from the source loop 32. This is acceptable, because there will often be times when the mouse 30 uses no power, for instance at times when the user is not operating the mouse and it has shut down. During these non-operational times, if there is still a power connection via the cable 42, the mouse 30 will continue to charge its rechargeable batteries 34. If, for instance the useable current from the secondary power circuit 132 is about 5 mA, there must be adequate time to charge the batteries 34 to ensure there is enough stored power to drive the load circuitry 136. Provided the source loop 32 is energized for long periods of time while the mouse is being unused, then the average power output by the secondary power circuit 132 should be more than the average power requirements of the mouse 30, in normal operation.
[0036] As power requirements for the load circuitry 136 in a mouse 30 are reduced by new methods and standards, it may be that the induced signal from the victim loop 32 is able to completely power the load circuitry 136. If this were always the case, then the batteries 34 could be eliminated from the mouse 30, or, in alternative embodiments, the secondary power circuit 132 could choose to power the load circuitry from either the signal received from the victim loop 32, the batteries 34, or a combination of both of them. For example, if the signal from the victim loop 32 was 10 mA, and the load circuitry 136 required only 6 mA, then the secondary power circuit 132 could supply the first 6 mA to the load circuitry 136 and route the remaining 4 mA to recharge the batteries 34. As mentioned above, if the signal generated by the victim loop 32 is always greater than the highest instantaneous power requirements of the load circuitry 136, then the batteries 34 could be eliminated from the mouse 30 entirely.
[0037] If the mouse 30 does include batteries 34, then once the batteries have reached an acceptable level of recharging, the mouse may be removed from the area near the source loop 22, and the mouse will continue to work, using its stored charge in the batteries to supply power to the mouse. When the batteries discharge, either from use or simply from slowly discharging themselves over time, the mouse 30 will need to be returned to the mousepad 20 for recharging.
[0038] Nothing prevents embodiments of the invention from being used in conjunction with a docking cradle that is also able to recharge the batteries 34 of the mouse. Such a system is shown in FIG. 5, which shows a docking cradle 90 shaped to accept the mouse 30 within it. The docking cradle 90 may also have a source loop 22 (not shown because internal) and is able to inductively provide power to the mouse 30, or it may have conventional charging electrodes. In the latter case, the mouse 30 would include a matching set of electrodes connected to a circuit that recharges the batteries 34 of the mouse. In either case, the docking cradle 90 would have to be able to provide more power to the mouse than the mousepad 20; otherwise the user would simply choose to power the mouse during normal use with the mousepad, because it is more convenient. If the source loop 22 within the docking cradle 90 created the same overall magnetic flux 60 as the source loop 22 in the mousepad 20, then the docking cradle 90 would transfer more power to the mouse than the mousepad because more magnetic flux would contact the victim loop 32 in the mouse 30. This is because presumably the docking cradle 90 would be shaped to exactly match the size of the victim loop 32 of the mouse 30, and none of the magnetic flux 60 would escape around the sides of the mouse, as was seen in FIG. 2.
[0039] FIG. 6A shows one embodiment of layout of the source loop 22 in relation to the mousepad 20. In this embodiment, the source loop 22 is formed around the perimeter of the mousepad 20. Although in this figure the source loop 22 is shown in a generally rectangular shape, a more circular shape could also be used. The more circular shape would make a more uniform distribution of the magnetic flux lines 60 (not shown in FIG. 6A), but a larger portion of the mousepad 22, near the corners, would have areas of very little magnetic flux. In such a case, the surface of the mousepad 20 itself may have printing or some other indication of where the user should best place the mouse 30 to maximize the inductive power from the mousepad.
[0040] FIG. 6B shows another example of how the source loop 22 could be laid out in the mousepad 20. In this example, a number of separate source loops, 22A, 22B, 22C and 22D are used. If each of these separate source loops can generate as many magnetic flux lines 60 as the source loop 22 of FIG. 6A, then more magnetic flux is generated in this type of layout, which will result in a greater transfer of induced voltage in the mouse 30. In the example shown in FIG. 6B, the primary power circuit 122 (FIG. 4) would need to be modified to drive all of the source loops 22A-22D.
[0041] FIG. 7 shows an example layout of the victim loop 32 within the mouse 30.
[0042] Similar to that of FIG. 6A, the victim loop in this embodiment is formed around the perimeter of the mouse 30, although nothing limits how the victim loop 32 can be situated within the mouse. For instance there may be an advantage to including multiple victim loops 32 arranged within the mouse, similar to the arrangement shown for the source loops 22A-22D in FIG. 6B. Generally, though, because it is likely that the mouse 30 will always be completely within the magnetic flux lines 60 generated by the mousepad 20, there should not be an advantage to making multiple victim loops 22 within the mouse 30.
[0043] FIG. 8 shows an alternative embodiment for the inductive charging system. This figure shows how the source loops 22 and the victim loops 32 can be implemented on nearly the same plane as one another. In application, sides 23 of the mousepad 20 can be made to extend vertically to house the victim coils 22. This creates a depression area 25 near the center of the mousepad, in which the mouse 30 sits. In this configuration, the victim loops 32 are almost completely inside the source loops 22, which increases the effective ability to generate a voltage in the source loop 32. Although this embodiment shows the sides 23 extending many times the distance of the height of the depression area 25, the actual implementation may range from no increased side elevation, to one where the sides of the mousepad 20 extend beyond the height of the mouse 30 during normal operation. The actual implementation may be empirically determined, and consumer considerations may also be factored into the decision of how high to make the sides 23. One such consideration is the position of a user's hand required to hold the mouse 30 over the side 23 that is closest to the user. If the sides 23 are relatively high, this position may be uncomfortable for the user of the mouse 30.
[0044] Implementation of the inductive charging system is straightforward and intuitive once the details of the invention as described above are known. As always, implementation of the invention is left to the system designer. The mousepad may be implemented in any way, with any circuits, and from any material or combination of materials, as long as it is able to generate the magnetic flux lines to interact with the mouse. Indeed, although embodiments of the invention were described using an example of a mouspad, there is really no requirement that it be a mousepad at all. For instance, the circuitry necessary to generate the magnetic flux may simply be incorporated in a pad on which a standard mousepad rests. Or, the circuitry may be actually embedded into a desk or other support that is used to hold the mouse. Most likely, however, mousepads including the necessary circuitry will be the easiest to distribute to a user of the system.
[0045] Similarly, the mouse 30 can be implemented in any way, with any circuits, and from any material or combination of materials, as long as it is able to convert the magnetic flux lines sensed by the mouse into a signal able to recharge batteries within the mouse, or to drive the circuitry of the mouse directly.
[0046] Thus, although particular embodiments for an inductive recharging system for a peripheral device have been discussed, it is not intended that such specific references be considered as limitations upon the scope of this invention, but rather the scope is determined by the following claims and their equivalents.
1. A system for inductively transferring electrical power to a computer peripheral device during normal operation of the peripheral device, comprising:
a base unit including:
a source loop to generate a magnetic field,
a loop power circuit to provide a signal to drive the source loop, and
a power source coupler structured to provide power to the loop power circuit when the power source coupler is coupled to a power source; and
the peripheral device having a victim loop and structured to be inductively coupled to the base unit while the peripheral device is in operable condition.
2. The power transfer system of claim 1 wherein the peripheral device is a computer mouse.
3. The power transfer system of claim 2 wherein the base unit is incorporated in a mousepad.
4. The power transfer system of claim 1 wherein the base unit comprises a first area and a second area, and wherein a level of magnetic permeability is higher in the first area than in the second area.
5. The power transfer system of claim 1 wherein the peripheral device comprises a first area and a second area, and wherein a level of magnetic permeability is higher in the first area than in the second area.
6. The power transfer system of claim 5 wherein the peripheral device further comprises a data transmitter having an antenna formed in the first area.
7. The power transfer system of claim 1 wherein the source loop is a coil of wire having a solenoid shape.
8. The power transfer system of claim 1 wherein the base further comprises one or more additional source loops.
9. The power transfer system of claim 1 wherein the peripheral device further includes:
a rechargeable battery, and
a recharging circuit coupled between the victim loop and the rechargeable battery.
10. The power transfer system of claim 1, further comprising:
a data transmitter coupled to the peripheral device, and a data receiver coupled to the base unit.
11. The power transfer system of claim 10, wherein the data transmitter sends a signal selected from the group consisting of radio frequency, infrared, and ultrasonic.
12. The power transfer system of claim 10 wherein the data transmitter is structured to send wireless signals and the data receiver is structured to receive wireless signals.
13. The power transfer system of claim 1 wherein the peripheral device is additionally in operative condition when not inductively coupled to the base device.
14. A system for supplying power to a computer mouse, comprising:
a base unit having a power signal input connectable to a power source, and having a magnetic source loop coupled to the power signal input; and
the computer mouse having a magnetic victim loop coupled to a load circuit within the mouse.
15. The system of claim 14, further comprising a rechargeable battery in the computer mouse, and wherein the load circuit is coupled to the rechargeable battery.
16. The system of claim 14 wherein the load circuit is structured to drive a mouse positional circuit within the computer mouse.
17. The system of claim 14 wherein the load circuit is a wireless data transmitter.
18. The system of claim 14 wherein the power signal input is coupled to a serial bus, and, when the serial bus is powered, the base unit is structured to supply power from the serial bus to a source loop signal generator, which is coupled to the magnetic source loop.
19. The system of claim 18 wherein the source loop signal generator comprises an oscillator circuit.
20. The system of claim 19 wherein the oscillator circuit can generate a signal having a frequency at or above 60 cycles per second.
21. The system of claim 15, further comprising a docking cradle shaped to receive the computer mouse, the docking cradle having a battery recharging circuit.
22. The system of claim 14, wherein, during a normal operating position of the computer mouse, the magnetic source loop and the magnetic victim loop are horizontally overlapped.
23. A method of powering a computer peripheral device having a victim loop coupled to circuitry of the peripheral device, the method comprising:
accepting a power signal at a power input; and
applying a source loop driving signal to a source loop while the source loop is proximate to the computer peripheral device.
24. The method of claim 23 wherein the power signal is the source loop driving signal.
25. The method of claim 23, further comprising rectifying the power signal to a source loop driving signal.
26. The method of claim 23 wherein the power signal is coupled to a bus on a personal computer.
27. A method of recharging a rechargeable battery in a computer mouse that has a magnetic victim loop coupled to a battery recharging circuit, the method comprising:
creating a magnetic field by driving a magnetic source loop with a magnetic source loop driving signal; and
causing the magnetic field to interact with the magnetic victim loop in the computer mouse.
28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:
accepting a power signal from a power source; and
converting the power signal into the magnetic source loop driving signal.
29. The method of claim 28 wherein converting the power signal comprises generating an oscillating signal from the power signal using a pulse width modulation circuit.
30. The method of claim 28 wherein accepting a power signal from a power source comprises accepting a power signal from a computer bus.
Filed: Dec 4, 2001
Publication Date: Jun 5, 2003
Patent Grant number: 7180503
Applicant: Intel Corporation (a Delaware corporation) (Santa Clara, CA)
Inventors: Jeremy Burr (Portland, OR), Rajgopal Ramamoorthy (Portland, OR)
Application Number: 10006171
Current U.S. Class: Mouse (345/163)
International Classification: G09G005/08;


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Secretary Marty Redden
http://oit.alabama.gov/
Marty Redden was appointed as the Acting Secretary of the Alabama Office of Information Technology by Governor Kay Ivey on July 1, 2019.
Redden brings to OIT three decades of experience in the technology field, 20 of which are in management.
Redden began his career in banking and finance technology. In 2007, he began his career in state service. He held high-level management positions in the Alabama Department of Corrections, the Alabama Medicaid Agency and most recently, the State Finance Department. While working in each of these agencies, Redden originated, led and implemented technology advancements and improvements.


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Q: Why does c2 (column 2) in my output always print out "2", when it should output "0" instead? (C language) Please try my code and input 3 for all the inputs. I wrote code to make and visualize matrix of rows and columns. ALL column 2 outputs the number "2", when I expect "0" to be outputted.
I inputted 4 rows and 4 columns, I expected "0" to be the output for everything. Instead, I got "2" on ALL column 2 outputs.
#include <stdio.h>

int array[0][0];
int array2[0][0];

void createMatrix(int matrixx, int matrixy);
void createMatrix2(int matrixx, int matrixy);

void printMatrix(int rows, int columns);

int main(void)
{
    int i;
    int x;
    int whatMatrixAreWeOn = 1;
    int iRows;
    int iColumns;
    int matrix1x;
    int matrix1y;
    int matrix2x;
    int matrix2y;
    printf("Input how many rows you want for matrix %d: ", whatMatrixAreWeOn);
    scanf("%d", &iRows);
    printf("Input how many columns you want for matrix %d: ", whatMatrixAreWeOn);
    scanf("%d", &iColumns);
    createMatrix(iRows, iColumns);
    printMatrix(iRows, iColumns);
    whatMatrixAreWeOn += 1;
    printf("Input how many rows you want for matrix %d: ", whatMatrixAreWeOn);
    scanf("%d", &iRows);
    printf("Input how many columns you want for matrix %d: ", whatMatrixAreWeOn);
    scanf("%d", &iColumns);
    createMatrix(iRows, iColumns);
    printMatrix(iRows, iColumns);

    return 0;
}

void printMatrix(int rows, int columns)
{
    int i;
    int x;
    for (i = 0; i < rows; i++)
    {
        for (x = 0; x < columns; x++)
        {
            /*
            NOTE: i = row, x = column

            if row(i) = 3, and column(x) = 2
                x x
                x x
                x x
            */
            printf("r%d, c%d: %d ", i + 1, x + 1, array[i][x]);
        }
        printf("\n");
    }

}

void createMatrix(matrixx, matrixy)
{
    int i;
    int x;
    for (i = 0; i < matrixx; i++)
    {
        for (x = 0; x < matrixy; x++)
        {
            array[matrixx][matrixy] = 0;
        }
    }

}

void createMatrix2(matrixx, matrixy)
{
    int i;
    int x;
    for (i = 0; i < matrixx; i++)
    {
        for (x = 0; x < matrixy; x++)
        {
            array2[matrixx][matrixy] = 0;
        }
    }

}

A: As @Vlad from Moscow pointed out: You can't change the size of an array after you initialized it, so your array and array2 will always have size 0. You can make it a pointer to a heap object though. Consider this:
void createMatrix(int matrixx, int matrixy) {
    array = calloc(matrixx * matrixy, sizeof **array);
}

This will automatically write 0 to each element.
EDIT: As @ryyker kindly reminded me - you need to make array and array2 into pointers:
int* array;
int* array2;

// And you have to reference it with
int element = array[x * y];

Otherwise there is the possibility to make a two dimensional array out of integers with:
    int** array;

    // in your create function
    array = calloc(5, sizeof *array);
    for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) array[i] = calloc(3, sizeof **array);

    // and you reference it like you already did
    int element = array[x][y];


After a long day I have enjoyed a little time to relax and flick through some photos and images, in the hopes of finding some lovely images for you and the #coloryourworld campaign.
So I found a couple of favourites which I am hoping will be okay to use on here because they are ones which make me smile.
Hopefully my friend won't mind me sharing the picture of one of her fur babies.
If you enjoy knitting / crochet then you might want to check out her projects over at ravelry too, she is very talented!
I so love this image and the book that it relates too. If you enjoy interactive game books, Alice in Wonderland, great writing, fantastic artwork or fantasy fiction (basically if you enjoy fun and / or admire talent) then I advise you go grab yourself a copy of this book – it's amazing!
I saw three ships a sailing..
Oh darn, I've split my tea!
I was very glad to have found these old pics to match today's #coloryourworld prompt.
Nothing quite like a bit of gladiatorial combat to get the heart pumping!
If anyone was wondering these photos were taken at the History Festival held at Kelmarsh Hall, it was a wonderful event weekend but sadly is no longer held there.
Ok, so he might not match the words but he matches the colour, and lets be honest we can all imagine this little guy with a space helmet on … can't we??


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Penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy
Alberto Briganti, Francesco Montorsi
Nature Clinical Practice Urology
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0555
10.1038/ncpuro0555
Briganti, A., & Montorsi, F. (2006). Penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy. Nature Clinical Practice Urology, 3(8), 400-401. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0555
Penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy. / Briganti, Alberto; Montorsi, Francesco.
In: Nature Clinical Practice Urology, Vol. 3, No. 8, 08.2006, p. 400-401.
Briganti, A & Montorsi, F 2006, 'Penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy', Nature Clinical Practice Urology, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 400-401. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0555
Briganti A, Montorsi F. Penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy. Nature Clinical Practice Urology. 2006 Aug;3(8):400-401. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0555
Briganti, Alberto ; Montorsi, Francesco. / Penile rehabilitation after radical prostatectomy. In: Nature Clinical Practice Urology. 2006 ; Vol. 3, No. 8. pp. 400-401.
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Guellec is a surname, and may refer to;

Guellec derives from  which means 'burnished' in Breton. (cf. gell)

 Dominique Guellec - French economist
 Ambroise Guellec - French politician and Member of the European Parliament
 Jean-Philippe Leguellec - Canadian biathlete

References

External links
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Aches. Coughs. Fevers. Nebulizers. Inhalers. Pain meds. Cough meds. Antibiotics. Sleepless nights. More coughs. More aches. More pains. Less sleep.
It's been a rough week at our house. Last Wednesday, Col was feeling a but puny, so I kept him home from school. What has taken place since that day has been nothing short of a downward spiral of sickness.
It's passed from Colin to Cameron to Ethan to me and back around a few more times. We're dealing with fevers, coughs, general achiness, and poor Colin has an ear infection.
To top it all off, just when we thought he was over the hump, Tuesday night Colin woke up screaming around midnight, saying he was "super itchy". We pulled him out of bed and did a once over--to discover hives the size of my hand covering his entire body. Apparently, Colin shares his Daddy's allergy to penicillin. So, we've since switched meds, and all is much better.
Whatever it is is viral, so the boys are just waiting it out. I have a pretty severe case of bronchitis (which, if you've hung around this blog for very long, you know we all suffer from every March and every October) and it's still kicking my booty pretty badly, even with a steroid shot and antibiotics. The boys are having a hard time breathing and so we've basically all been hooked up to the nebulizer for a week.
Truly, though, in writing this post, I have to say the first emotion that comes to my mind is gratefulness and thankfulness. That may sound weird, but other than our strep issues over Christmas, we've been pretty dern healthy this winter--while most everyone else I know has been sick (some for weeks on end). Since Spring is right around the corner, I am hopeful that this is the last wave of germs that's going to be floating through our house in a while--and I'm so thankful that God has kept us as healthy as we have been.
But, I have to say, I'll be happy when Mr. Nebulizer is put away for the season.
I feel your pain:(. Love and prayers to all of you! Wish I could come help!!!
Praying for you this morning - for clear breathing, for quiet rest, for calmed coughs, regular temperatures, and dry noses. Hugs to you and all 4 of your little ones.


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Telemedicine and the QME Process
Brian G. Binkley
In 2016, the Division of Workers' Compensation allowed for the first time, a disability evaluation to be performed through telemedicine. Telemedicine is a process in which the evaluation is conducted through a separate audio, video or data transmission between the doctor and the patient as opposed to being face to face. While the use of telemedicine itself may have benefit in the practice of medicine, it is somewhat controversial in the performance of a medical legal examination which essentially requires an evaluator to take objective measurements and observations during the course of that examination.
The use of medical legal examinations through telemedicine may be in dispute by both applicant's and defendant's alike, but with the DWC approving its use at least in limited circumstances, you may receive a panel with a physician designated to be performed in this fashion. What options are you left with? For an unrepresented case, the applicant has right of first choice and could elect the physician. For represented cases, the option to strike that physician is available, but this may leave you a physician that is less desired solely to eliminate a questionable process as opposed to making a strike on the merits. Is there an option to replace the panel entirely anytime this option is presented?
I believe the answer to that questions is yes. Although the DWC has authorized its use, the Labor Code and California Code of Regulations still lists requirements for the medical legal examination that may not be satisfied by way of a telemedicine exam. Title 8 CCR sections 49.2-49.9 regulate specific time that is required as part of the evaluation process. Neuromuscular evaluations require a minimum of 20 minutes face to face time. Cardiovascular and pulmonary exams require a minimum of 30 minutes. Psychiatric examinations require a minimum of one hour while any examination not noted above has a 30 minute face to face time requirement. Face to Face time is defined in CCR section 49 as "[O]nly that time the evaluator is present with an injured worker. This includes the time in which the evaluator performs such tasks as taking a history, performing a physical examination or discussing the worker's medical condition with the worker. Face to face time excludes time spent on research, records review and report writing. Any time spent by the injured worker with clinical or clerical staff who perform diagnostic or laboratory tests (including blood tests or x-rays) or time spent by the injured worker in a waiting room or other area outside the evaluation room is not included in face to face time." Does a telemedicine examination violate regulations requiring face to face time with the medical legal evaluator? Taking a history of the patient over a video or audio connection may still satisfy the requirement, but it is inherent in the definition that a physical examination is part of the process. An inability by the physician to perform the physical part of that examination appears to violate that standard.
Further, Labor Code section 4628(a) states "no person other than the physician who signs the medical legal report . . . shall examine the injured employee . . . or participate in non-clerical preparation of the report including taking a medical history, reviewing and summarizing prior medical records and composing or drafting the conclusions of the report." The use of telemedicine to date as part of the QME process has required the use of a second qualified individual to be present to perform measurements, physical tests and observations that are generally part of the physical examination performed by the physician selected. Thus, the telemedicine process in and of itself appears to violate current legal requirements.
In Gonzalez v. ABM Industries 2016 Cal.Wrk.Comp PD Lexis, the WCAB denied a request for removal of a decision by the WCALJ to allow a replacement panel when the examination was performed by way of telemedicine. In that case, the physician utilized an unidentified chiropractic specialist to perform the examination while he was available electronically. In this case, the defendant was the party objecting to the replacement panel, likely in part due to the fact they would be responsible for payment of a second evaluation.
There may be some uncertainty as to whether the parties would have to participate in the examination itself before issuing an objection based on the legal grounds noted above, but without a procedure established satisfying legal requirements, that challenge should be available at any time. An objection pre-examination may be allowed if the doctor fails to show the examination itself will satisfy legal requirements.
A question remains as to why the DWC has allowed a process which appears to violate legal standards and whether this signifies an intention to shift to less rigorous standards in conducting evaluations in the future. For now, the Gonzalez decision appears to afford a current ability to contest any panel received in which the examination is designated through telemedicine.
Vocational Apportionment v. Medical Apportionment
Beware of Sanctions
January 1, 2017 Changes to Employees Excluded from Workers' Compensation Coverage: Now the Boss May Need Coverage Too
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Mestre Pastinha did before him.
Capoeira Angola, an ancient martial art of African origin, is one of the many cultural weapons used to break the chains of enslavement in Brazil. Played close to the ground, Capoeira Angola combines fluid, dance-like movements with kicks, head butts, tripping sweeps and the appearance of playfulness or vulnerability. Music is played on traditional instruments to accompany the players, to teach the rhythmic heart of the art, and also to mask its power. In the eyes of the enslavers it appeared to be a joking and playful acrobatic dance, but eventually its power was realized and Capoeira was outlawed. Death was the penalty paid by those caught playing Capoeira during the slavery era. For almost 400 years Capoeira Angola was taught and practiced in secret, and only in the 1930's did this African martial art become legal to teach and practice.
Mestre João Grande, a Grand Master of Capoeira Angola with more than 50 years of experience, is a highly respected figure in the world of capoeira and has received numerous awards. These include a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Upsala College in East Orange, NJ in 1995, and in September of 2001 he was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is one of the most prestigious awards for practitioners of traditional arts in the US.
João Grande first learned Capoeira Angola from Mestre Pastinha, who continues to be his primary source of inspiration. Mestre Pastinha opened the first Capoeira Angola School, The Academia De Capoeira Angola, in 1941 in the city of Salvador, Bahia in the northeast of Brazil. Mestre Pastinha dedicated his school to preserving and continuing the long tradition of this African martial art, teaching Capoeira Angola as a path of self knowledge and mastery. Mestre Pastinha was the first Capoeira Mestre (master) to write a book on the history, philosophy and practice of Capoeira, simply entitled 'Capoeira Angola.' He went to Africa with his students to participate in the Festival of African Arts and Culture during the 1970's and also produced albums promoting the unique musical component of this martial art.
Entering Mestre João Grande's Academy, you can feel the energy of Capoeira Angola. The room is filled with berimbaus, the primary musical instrument of capoeira. Galleries of rare photos of Capoeira Angola's storied past, as well as photos from Mestre's travels around the globe, cover the walls. Mestre has a great appreciation for African culture, both from Africa itself and as it manifests in Brazil. Beautiful African sculptures, textiles and innumerable mementos from Bahia decorate the academy.
All classes & Roda are open to all levels, beginners included.
New students will need to purchase a shirt from the academy for an additional $25.00.
Students from other academies may wear shirts from their respective schools for both classes & Roda.
All students (new & visiting) should wear comfortable shoes and (white) pants with a belt.
MAIOR É DEUS, GRANDE É JÕAO!
All funds raised from the campaign will be spent to ensure the sustainable operation of Mestre João Grande's academy in Harlem, New York so that he can continue to teach the practice of capoeira angola as well as its traditions and rich history. Specifically, the funds will be used to defray major administrative expenses of the academy including monthly rent, electricity, phone, and other utilities.
Mestre João Grande is available to teach workshops and has travelled the world to do so. He has taught workshops in Brazil, Japan, Serbia, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, and across the United States.
Mestre teaches traditional Capoeira Angola, but does not limit himself strictly to teaching at academies of Capoeira Angola. If your Regional group has an interest in learning about Capoeira Angola or if you are interested in having Mestre facilitate a worshop at your academy, please feel free to contact us.
Mestre has also attended and participated in many Batizados.
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