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OM Holdings International, Inc. Announces 200 Contactless Debit Cards Issued to the Jamaican Union of Travelers Association, Montego Bay Chapter
DoGetGo App Launch Event Expected to Be Scheduled within the Next 30 Days
Debit Cards are Expected to be Issued to 200 JUTA Members at Launch Event Allowing Service to Immediately Begin in Montego Bay
Remaining 11,800 JUTA Members are Expected to be Added Progressively After Launch Event
MIAMI, FL / ACCESSWIRE / September 8, 2021 / OM Holdings International Inc. (OTC PINK:OMHI), an owner and operator of OneMart super merchandising stores and Builders Depot in the Caribbean, and the parent of its wholly owned subsidiary, Rydeum Caribbean, Inc., of British Virgin Islands, today announced it has issued 200 contactless debit cards to the Jamaican Union of Travelers Association (JUTA), Montego Bay Chapter. Previously, on July 13, 2021, OMHI announced its first business to business (B2B), Local On-Demand Technology (LODE-TECH) contract with JUTA, the largest taxicab company in Jamaica.
The control center consisting of two computers, six 32″ monitors, and one 65″ LED TV, which is required for JUTA to manage the DoGetGo platform have been installed in the JUTA Montego Bay office and configured and tested in preparation for launch:
Rydeum has issued the first 200 driver debit cards, which allow drivers to receive contactless payments shortly after rides are complete.
Cards have been issued through a relationship which Rydeum has previously established with MasterCard & Intercash.
Debit cards give drivers an option to withdraw cash from ATMs or to use at any vendor that accepts MasterCard.
The DoGetGo launch event is expected to be scheduled within the next 30 days amid strict COVID-19 protocols, in conjunction with the Planning Committee of Jamaica, the Jamaican government and relevant private sector parties – JUTA plans to issue cards to members at this event.
Following the launch event, up to 200 JUTA Montego Bay members will be available to service riders on the DoGetGo app in Montego Bay, with additional drivers added progressively.
"Our 10 members who were able to preview the driver's app and the control center were fascinated, excited, and even gave it a thumbs up, as they know the world is going in this direction and don't want to be left behind," said Simon Lawrence, President of JUTA. "The biggest problem now is COVID-19, but it is forcing the entire country to get digital, and this makes the DoGetGo app a true game-changer, nonetheless we must work with the planning committee and the government to ensure that we can introduce this to the wider membership in a safe way amid government imposed COVID-19 gathering restrictions," said Simon Lawrence, President of JUTA.
"I am very pleased to report the implementation of the DoGetGo app with JUTA Montego Bay continues to be a resounding success," said Mark Vanterpool, President and CEO of OMHI. "Once we gain greater traction in Jamaica, we will use our success here as a model for the rollout of DoGetGo across the Caribbean. On the British Virgin Islands, the combination of DoGetGo with our two OneMart superstores, our Builders Depot store and our convenience stores gives BVI residents and visitors the widest array of goods and services at the best prices with the only true contactless delivery in the country. We expect the expansion of DoGetGo in tandem with the construction and operation of new stores beyond BVI."
OM Holdings International, Inc. (OTC PINK:OMHI), the holding company of OneMart, founded in 1986 in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) by Mark Vanterpool, operates delivery services and grocery stores in the Caribbean, with a mobile application delivery platform that provides an expedient, contactless option for the transportation of people and essential goods. The company's storefront, OneMart, is the second-largest grocery store in the BVI. OMHI will also provide lumber and other construction supplies to contractors throughout the Caribbean. OMHI's delivery subsidiary, Rydeum (DoGetGo), founded by Mark Hannah in 2019, has partnered with Jamacia's largest taxicab union to provide a contactless service model to Jamaican tourists and residents. For more information, please visit https://omholdingsinc.com/.
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KINSHASA, Aug 16 2012 (IPS) - A rash of recent rape cases has sparked local criticism of the weakness of the justice system in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where inadequate resources and simple incompetence mean survivors of sexual violence hold little hope of obtaining justice.
"In the final week of July, we recorded more than 12 cases of rape committed against very young girls – some of the victims were just six years old," said Father Jean Okutu, the parish priest at Sacré Cœur Church in Mushie Territory. "The perpetrators were adults, all civilians."
A total of 16 rapes of young girls have been reported in recent weeks in this remote administrative district of western DRC, and the mothers of the survivors have joined forces to complain about the failure of the local and provincial judicial system to prosecute their assailants.
Maria T.*, whose eight-year-old daughter was one of the victims, told IPS that despite being treated at the Sacré Cœur parish dispensary, her little girl still complains of pain in her genitals and abdomen. "We have to go to a bigger medical centre to be sure that we won't face more consequences later on. But we don't have money," she said.
Elodie K.'s ten-year-old daughter was also raped. "We need strong measures to protect young girls in Mushie. We also need the identities of all the victims to be carefully protected to ensure that they can grow up normally and have a chance to get married one day," she said.
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"The government should even consider relocating these children, or letting them study overseas at the state's cost, to ensure they are protected from taunts and isolation by other children their age."
According to Bandundu's attorney general, André Mvunzu, the province has already put in place a programme to fight impunity for sexual violence.
"Twelve perpetrators of the rapes recently recorded in Mushie have been arrested and are currently in detention there. They will face trial and the court's rulings will send a clear message to all," he told IPS.
Mushie resident Jean Pierre N.* is sceptical. "When we hear the attorney general on the radio, we get the impression that he doesn't have a clue about how his own judicial administration is working. Of the 12 accused that he stated are in detention, eight have escaped – including the two men who raped my daughter."
Nzundu told IPS that security at Mushie's prison needed to be improved, as it was not the first time detainees had escaped.
Jacques Katchelewa is head of a non-governmental organisation working to promote gender equality and food security in Mushie. He fears that if the judicial system fails them, the families will turn to informal arrangements for compensation for the crimes committed against their daughters.
"This runs counter to the law in terms of ending sexual violence," he said. "The only way victims and families can get justice is if the local court is strengthened. In Mushie, the court has just one magistrate who cannot, all by himself, sit and rule on cases of sexual violence. We need to reinforce the team of judges."
Congolese law requires a panel of three judges to hear such cases.
Father Okutu shares Katchelewa's concerns about the effectiveness of the justice system in Bandundu. "I've appealed for justice to be served in these rape cases. The provincial attorney general has responded by sending a second magistrate to support the one who is here."
Mushie's local prosecutor's office is subordinate to the provincial attorney general's office in the provincial capital, the city of Bandundu, 500 kilometres away. It is intended to bring justice a bit closer to the people, but it lacks resources – as do local residents.
"The victims' families are too poor to pay court costs. I've already had to take on the cost of medical care for most of the girls," Okutu told IPS.
"Litigants who experience problems should write to the Minister for Justice and Human Rights and to the High Council of the Judiciary to explain their difficulties in order to obtain justice and so that magistrates will be deployed to Mushie," said Jean Paul Nyumba, an advisor to the justice minister's office.
But Nyumba, himself a lawyer, lamented the fact that there is a shortage of magistrates in many parts of the country while there are many idle magistrates in the capital, Kinshasa.
Joseph Ntayondezandi Mushagalusa, a lawyer and former national attorney general, said a dose of realism is required. "The problems with the justice system are the same across the country," he told IPS.
For example, Mushagalusa told IPS, "Even with the recruitment of 2,000 new magistrates in March 2012, the DRC's judiciary has only 4,000 members. With the population standing at nearly 80 million, we have just one judge for every 20,000 residents of DRC.
"And that's without accounting for the many magistrates who are not working, such as those who are assigned new posts, but for unresolved logistical and practical reasons, never report to their new assignments or abandon them."
The provincial governor, Jean Kamisendu Kutaka, has appealed for help from the broader population. "Everyone needs to help the government fight against the different forms of criminality that are raging in the province. It calls for more vigilance. Every citizen has the obligation to expose crimes. It's the only way to make criminals afraid," he said.
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"So, yes, I've decided to do these lists all the way back. Some stray observations: as we're going back further and further, you will notice these lists are going to steadily get shorter. This has little to do with the movies of that period, and everything with your writer."


Ready for a super easy toddler activity? Try shape matching!
It's a toddler and it's Post-it notes. You know it's a winning combination. This is basically the milk and cookies of toddler activities and I LOVE IT (about as much as my toddler loved shape matching!).
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What is it about kids and Post-it notes?
My kids are like moths to flames with these things so I use them in activities all the time.
We've done it with numbers.
We've done it with letters.
We've done it with addition sentences.
It's become a classic activity for my kids but I wanted a version for my youngest – he's only 28 months old.
He doesn't know his letters yet. He doesn't know his numbers yet. AND THAT'S OK.
He knows some shapes and he knows how to match – awesome!
Think of this as more of a matching activity than a shapes activity.
Yes, he's playing with shapes here.
And yes, he's memorizing how they look.
But more, he's learning to visually match two objects that look the same. That's a big deal skill!
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An easy set-up for shape matching!
White butcher paper – my favorite!
I started by drawing THREE shapes on post-it notes: I picked a "trinanangle", "circle" and "the other one" (aka a square).
I ended up doing NINE Post-it notes for EACH shape = 27 Post it notes.
Then I grabbed my butcher paper and drew those same 27 shapes. I hung it on the wall and then HID THE POST-IT NOTES around the room.
I hid the Post-it notes around the living room for my toddler to find.
He raced to find the hidden Post-it notes and match them up to the shapes on the white paper.
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By the end of this activity, my son was finally identifying 'squares'. I even heard him find another one later in a book.
Play-based activities for the win! Without stressing, or flash carding, or pushing him – he learned to identify squares.
Shape matching with Post-it notes is an awesome activity – most activities with Post-it notes are!
When will you make a shape matching activity?


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Artist Spotlight returns with an interview with yet another African artist making waves in the New Zealand music scene. Triplelan has been making waves for a couple of years with his unique afrobeat/afropop sound. With an ear for catch melodies, and an excellently produced sound, the Uganda raised Congolese artist is a breath of fresh air in the New Zealand musical landscape.
Max Shotta – For those who don't know you, please give a brief introduction to Triplelan.
Triplelan – My name is Triplelan, born in the Democratic Republic Of Congo and raised in Kampala Uganda. I left Congo at the age of 12 lived in Uganda for Ten years before I came to New Zealand and I have been here for almost 10 years.
MS – You have a refined Afrobeat/Afropop sound, what drew you to making afrobeat in particular? Who are you biggest influences in the genre?
Triplelan – Thanks for that- great question.
Yes I do. The reason being the various musical influences I've had over the years and the unique sound I want my fans (the world) to know me for.
Since I was a kid I have always been doing some sort of afro style, for example, I started in a choir then moved up and joined an all male group then from there I gained the inner confidence as an artist. Within all that time spent in the group /band; we were doing almost all african style, such as Congolese style of which you have Rumba, Seben, Zouk and so on.
I can't say that there is one particular influence in my music.There are a few artists that I am drawn to; In Congo there is Ferre Gola, who for me knows how to incorporate the Roumba style and make is come to life. Then there is Fally Ipupa who seems to know the sound that's more accepted overseas, other than just Congo. Then you have someone like Jose Chameleon from Uganda who has changed Ugandan music. This guy was very smart when it came to composition. He incorporated various musical styles from other countries and made them his own and it worked. There is also Radio, also known as Moses (he recently past away). This guy was the game changer of Ugandan music. He knew how to create something new from something old and it worked for him and his legacy will live on forever. Each of these artists, although some may come from the same place, have unique styles.
MS – Being an African born artist, making music that is distinctly African, what are some of the challenges you have faced in the New Zealand music industry?
Triplelan – Well it is very obvious. None of the African artists, making african music have made it in the New Zealand music industry as of yet. However this shouldn't discourage us from working hard because we know one day we will make it there, it's just a matter of time. African music is slowly becoming popular and more people have started recognizing the sound. Look at the Islanders, they love Afrobeat music like crazy. My greatest challenge is finding platforms that will embrace the genre and promote it.
MS – Most of your music has a live feel to it, i.e. it sounds like you incorporate a lot of live instruments in your recorded music. Is this something that's important to you? If so, what is it about live instrumentation that makes you go for that sound?
Triplelan – Yes most of my music has some sort of live sound to it. I have been in a band for a long time so the only thing I took with me was that sound.
Again, I believe in live music more than anything else in music. That live sound you hear is simply a representation of who I am in music. Most congolese music is mainly live recordings. It's only natural that I follow that path.
MS – The first thing that drew me to your music was your live set. You were playing with your band and you guys ripped the stage with a high energy performance. How important is the live experience to you? What kind of effort goes into preparing each set?
Triplelan – Thanks for the compliment. Live performance is all I knew throughout my music career, so I lived it and breathed it all my life so it has become part of my performances. I usually say, once you have experienced a live music performance you get addicted to it. For example, playback is like I am missing something and I am not usually comfortable because I am not in my comfort zone.
In terms of preparing for each set, because I have gone too far into live music, it doesn't take me much time to prepare. The band already knows most sets and the arrangements so it doesn't take much time.
MS – Your visuals are always top notch. How much effort goes into each music video you release? How involved are you in the process of creating your visuals?
Triplelan – The effort that goes into making each video is hard to explain. You really have to be there to understand the real work that goes into it. I am the director, producer, editor and colourist for all my music videos (and at times I'll even be the cameraman). I like to visualise everything first before I start all my projects. If I don't believe in the visual concept of the song, I don't do it. I like getting into the process knowing exactly what I'm doing. However, in saying that, most of the time I get more and more inspired while I am in the shooting process and as a result, the initial vision may be altered / enhanced.
In addition to this, I have got a Degree in Film and Television and a Diploma in Photography so this knowledge helps when it comes to the technical side of things.
MS – Since releasing the album "Now or Never" in 2016, which is a very impressive project, do you have any new projects lined up in the near future? If so, what can we expect to hear from you?
At the moment I'm focusing more on releasing singles. I want to explore different elements of my sound. The goal is to work with different producers, do more featurings and expand my range within Afrobeat music. I am also wanting to drop a single (along with the visual) every two to three months. I want to enjoy the process, take my time before releasing another album and really have control over my art.
MS – We've collaborated on a couple of songs, including Okedeo which we released last year with some success. What's your approach when collaborating with other artists? How do decided which artists to work with? Are there any artists you hope to collaborate with in the future?
Triplelan – Yes we did and that was amazing and a good experience. As most wouldn't know, that song was done in a way that only you and I can understand. Thanks to the almighty, it was a success. Just to let everyone know, we still have more songs together, hopefully they get to hear them in the near future.
Collaborating with other artists all depends on how I feel at that time. You have to have a vibe with the other artist first. Or else one will always hear the disconnect within the song. Yes there are many artist I hope to collaborate with in the future. As for now I will leave it as a surprise for my fans.
MS – You seem to have established yourself quite well on the New Zealand, do you have any plans to bring your sound across the ditch? If so, when can your Australian fans expect to see on these ends?
Triplelan – I think I still have a lot of work to do within New Zealand. As for Australia, apart from the couple of shows I've done in Perth, I am yet to bring my music through.
MS – What can the fans expect from Triplelan in the immediate and distant future?
Triplelan – My fans are everything to me. I'll go the extra mile for my fans. I can promise that the new music that is coming in the near future is going to be a game changer. I am working on improving and being more diverse with my sound. Like I said before, I want to experiment with my range so expect to hear from me every couple of months.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all my fan from all around the world, I am very appreciative for all the love and support. Continue to support me and I wont disappoint you.


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Kickstarter, TableTop Impacts Evolving
Posted by ICv2 on October 29, 2013 @ 7:35 am CT
The long bull market for game sales continued through the Summer season, according to a new report in ICv2's Internal Correspondence #83, with some retailers describing it as "the best summer ever." The market for CCGs has now reached the point where single-category stores selling almost exclusively CCGs, with event space, appear to be developing as a viable business model.
The Kickstarter phenomenon continued to evolve, with more Kickstarted products going into trade release and, in general, selling in rough proportion to their popularity with Kickstarter.
Exposure on the second season of TableTop is having a sales impact, with varying opinions on whether it's the same size or a little smaller.
Major shifts in the bestseller charts include shifts below the top in collectible games, a new #1 in board games, Munchkin's return to the top in card games, Star Wars moving up in miniature games despite supply problems, and a big move in the RPG category.
ICv2 also published its hobby game bestseller charts in the new issue, covering all five categories.
For the lists of the bestselling Collectible Games in the hobby channel, in the mass channel, and over-all, click here.
For the bestselling board games in the hobby channel, click here.
For the bestselling card/dice games in the hobby channel, click here.
For the bestselling RPGs, click here.
For the bestselling non-collectible miniature games, click here.
For information on how to get your copy of Internal Correspondence #83, see "ICv2 Releases 'Internal Correspondence' #83."
'Magic: The Gathering's' 'Secret Lair Drop Series' Continues With 'Year of the Rat'
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Karma Trinlay Rinpoche continues his Spirit of Awakening teaching tour of Bodhi Path centers in North America throughout fall of 2013. During this tour, Rinpoche is providing a special presentation of Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva in its entirety. The first part of the tour, conducted last spring, covered foundational topics as well as the first three chapters of the text. The next stage covers chapters 4-8 and is scheduled to take place in Calgary, Natural Bridge, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City.
Please check the website from time to time for possible schedule adjustments.
Given how rare it is to receive such comprehensive teachings, Bodhi Path centers have been capturing the teachings on video so that students everywhere can experience the complete program. Videos are available online, and your offerings help ensure that this project continues. Students may register and view the videos, as well as make offerings, via the Bodhi Path website.
As part of his Fall tour of USA, Trinlay Rinpoche will speak at the Rubin Museum of Art. Visit the Rubin website for details and tickets.
I recently returned from attending Shamar Rinpoche's annual teachings at the Natural Bridge, Virginia Bodhi Path Buddhist Center.
Wow. The locals down there are soooo hospitable; they think of every possible detail to accommodate the many travelers who want to be present for Shamar Rinpoche's teaching. Great food, too!
I arrived a few days early and was able to participate in some last-minute preparations. A new flagpole was erected, and there were many hands on deck to help put it in place (including Rinpoche's!). The following day we had an intimate flag-raising ceremony by the Tibetan prayer flag poles presided over by Rinpoche, and sang the America the Beautiful while raising the Bodhi Path and American flags on the new pole.
There were well over 100 participants who arrived for the two-day teaching. Rinpoche combined teachings on Chenrezig and Mahamudra. We all know how important it is to receive Rinpoche's direct teaching, and this time was no different. Thank You Rinpoche!!!!
Sunday morning we celebrated a very important occasion, the consecration of the Buddha Pavilion. In the previous days we had helped to prepare the site, and I enjoyed being present when the 1000 pound Buddha was being moved from the meditation hall up to its new home at the Buddha Shelter. Very impressive to see just 2 men hoist the Buddha up using winches and pulleys. Rinpoche oversaw this also, helping to gently guide the Buddha to rest on the new platform. The consecration was well-attended and an immense blessing for all, as well as for the land in Natural Bridge. The Miami Bodhi Path Group had thoughtly offered beautiful small Chenrezig statues for all participants, which were blessed during the ceremony, and then handed to each of us by Shamar Rinpoche in the final moments. Also, there was a special thank you for all the workers and donors. Rinpoche placed a kata around each person's neck who had worked on or donated to the project as they were called forward. The folks down in Natural Bridge work tirelessly on the stupa and the pavilion. Thank you for all you do to help create this powerful legacy.
The yearly Sunday night party was another crowd pleaser. After a delicious meal under the big tent, The Bodhi Path Band revived many favorite tunes. Add to that a few new ditties brought forward by the musical crowd; poems, aphorisms, and solo instrumentals rounded out the performance. The night was cool, and the campfires warmed everyone both physically and visually.
On Monday we had the annual organizational meeting. It's very gratifying to work amongst the dedicated teachers and center coordinators, plus other BP volunteers, to help to co-create this dynamic container of Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers. The annual meeting is the perfect opportunity to exchange information and ideas. Thanks to all who participated and are willing to volunteer to help, such as the new volunteers for the website committee.
After all of that I stayed for the 5-day Chenrezig retreat, artfully led by Dharma Teacher Tsony. We dove headfirst into the practice. Not only were we able to add to the mani count from our collective practice, but I think we would all agree that we were able to permeate this profound practice more deeply this time. We also had a chance to make many circumambulations around the beautiful stupa! Thanks Tsony!
Please note that Trinlay Rinpoche is due back in North America soon, and will continue teaching on the Way of the Bodhisattva.
We are very excited that on November 1st Trinlay Rinpoche has a public talk at the Rubin museum in NYC. Hope to see you there!


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Événements
 Constitution de La Petite Bande.

Œuvres
 , de Tiburtius van Brussel.
 , de Heinrich Schütz.

Naissances

 9 août : Johann Michael Bach I, compositeur membre de la famille Bach († ).
 6 septembre : Johann Schelle, compositeur et Thomaskantor allemand († ).

Décès

 26 avril : Christophe Thomas Walliser, compositeur, chef d'orchestre et professeur de musique (° ).
  : Marin Mersenne, érudit, mathématicien, philosophe et théoricien de la musique (° ).

Date indéterminée :
 Adam Jarzębski, compositeur, violoniste, poète et écrivain polonais (° avant 1590).
 Johann Stadlmayr, chef d'orchestre et compositeur allemand (° vers 1575).

Musique classique
Chronologie de la musique classique

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Q: How can I add an on click event on a div with multiple element inside I have a div that is dynamically generated through draggable of jQuery ui the structure of the div that has been dragged to the sortable is something like this:

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I want to put the event on the div and append an another div if the div or the element inside it is clicked.
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But the code above also append the another div to the element inside the div.
How can i resolve this?

A: this inside the event handler will refer to the clicked some-div element. e.target will refer to the element where the click originated it might be the label or the input elements.
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El SV Wacker Burghausen es un club alemán de fútbol y otros deportes, ubicado en la ciudad de Burghausen en Baviera. Juega en la Regionalliga Bayern.

Historia
El SV Wacker Burghausen fue fundado en 1930 y es uno de los clubes más grandes de Alemania con unos 6.000 miembros que participan en alrededor de dos docenas de deportes. Sólo tres años después de su fundación ganó el campeonato de Baviera del Este. Luego, el equipo transcurrió en el anonimato en la liga local de cuarta división hasta que a mediados de los 90 ganó el ascenso a la Regionalliga Sud (III). Más tarde, en la temporada 2002-03, logró ascender a la 2. Bundesliga.

El nombre del equipo se debe a su mayor patrocinador, una firma química local.

Palmarés
 Regionalliga Süd (1): 2002
 Bayernliga (1): 1995
 Landesliga Bayern-Süd (1): 1993
 2nd Amateurliga Oberbayern A (1): 1962
 Bezirksliga Oberbayern-Ost (2): 1965, 1983

Temporadas recientes

 Fuente:

Jugadores

Equipo 2022/23

Números retirados
11 -  Marek Krejčí, DEL (2004–07) - homenaje póstumo.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial (fútbol) (en alemán)
 Sitio web oficial (general) (en alemán)
 Guía del Fútbol Alemán

Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1930
Equipos de la Regionalliga Bayern
Equipos de fútbol del estado de Baviera


Offered For Sale at the: Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction January, 2008, Scottsdale, Arizona Barrett-Jackson Auction Company 7400 E Monte Cristo Ave Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Phone: 480-421-6694 Facsimile: 480-421-6697 Website: www.barrett-jackson.com 1928 Chevrolet Landau Coupe 30,000 LotNumber	642 Has recently undergone an off-frame total restoration with no expense spared by a body shop professional. Original engine has been overhauled with all mechanicals in good working order. Starts and runs great with snappy acceleration and is fun to drive. Absolutely gorgeous paint in deep rich burgundy with classy black fenders, complementary new black vinyl top, beautiful new tan interior, door panels, seats and headliner, matching the pin-striping on exterior and refurbished dash to its original looks. Stunning original wood spoke wheels with five new tires. Driven approximately 100 miles since restoration. Family owned and kept in storage since 1953. This classic car is a show stopper in mint condition.
1928 Chevrolet AB National Coupe 20,000 Miles Auction Sale Price: $30,250 Barrett-Jackson Car Auction, Scottsdale, AZ, January, 2010, Lot Number: 390.1 This charming all original coupe is an outstanding example driven less than 20,000 original miles in 80 years. From the beautiful patina of the Faunce Green paint to the gold corduroy interior and 4 cylinder engine the originality is unmistakable. Only minor touch-ups and a few safety items have been done to keep this car roadworthy. The first owner drove the car from 1928 to 1960 and only drove 9,000 miles. The second owner drove the car 10,000 miles from 1960 on. The coupe retains original tools and the original luggage rack which has always been on the car. The car also has an original heater, wind screen still in the package, owner's manual and wolf whistle horn that has always been on the car. A pleasure to drive and enjoy, this car makes it easy to go back to a simpler time.


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Caring for America's Favorite Pollinator Takes Patience, Dedication and Community
Mark Alvarado
This is part of a series of stories explaining the impact of climate change and other environmental factors on the population of honey bees, which are crucial pollinators for commercial crops.
For many, the journey into beekeeping doesn't start with caring for their own hives – it begins with classes, club meetings and the knowledge of other beekeepers.
A growing number of Hoosiers are taking up beekeeping, working together to ensure the success of Indiana hives. Today, there are an estimated 5,000 beekeepers in the state, according to Debbie Seib, treasurer of The Beekeepers of Indiana.
Seib said The Beekeepers of Indiana has approximately 2,000 members in 30 clubs covering all 92 counties. For many beginners, these clubs are the support system they need to learn the basics to feel comfortable tending their own hives.
John Suko, 71, keeps a handful of beehives in his backyard and more hives on a nearby friend's property. He cultivates most of his hives to sell to other beekeepers looking to expand.
Patty Proffitt is an Indianapolis-based beekeeper who took advantage of local resources before she started to keep bees in 2017. She's a gardener with plants that needed more pollinators and she loves honey, but she didn't know the first thing about beekeeping.
"I went a whole year of just trying to learn about bees before I actually got them," Proffitt said.
She said her network helped her build confidence and get her beekeeping hobby off the ground. Even after that first year, Proffitt continued to seek the mentorship of other beekeepers and drive more than 30 miles to attend monthly beekeeping meetings in Thorntown, Indiana.
Proffitt marvels at the generosity of beekeepers, a subculture she said she didn't know existed until she joined it. Something she loves about the community is that everyone is eager to help each other with problems and that someone in the group always seems to know the solution.
Honeybees rely on a strong supply of plants from which they can harvest pollen and can get enough food to support the hive. The spread of farmland and new construction is destroying old bee habitats and causing more hive deaths each year.
"People don't have the information and keep it to themselves," she said. "They want to share it with you."
When it comes to helping others, veteran beekeeper John Suko is as engaged as can be. He keeps an observation hive with a marked queen – a queen with a dot on her back to make her easier to find – and uses the hive for educational presentations, teaching everyone from schoolkids to state fairgoers the basics of bees.
Suko has been a hobbyist beekeeper in Anderson, Indiana, for less than a decade, but the road to beekeeping started in his teenage years. The 71-year-old retired nurse spent his adolescence in South Dakota, where he worked as a laborer on a bee farm, preparing himself for an interest he wouldn't bring to fruition until 2011.
"It doesn't start with bees," he said. "It starts with equipment and training."
Suko also helps maintain hives at the Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison County's Community Garden, which were installed to help boost the low number of pollinators in the area due to a city ordinance passed in 1939 that prohibited beekeeping inside the Anderson city limits.
Suko checks a frame from one of his hives to make sure the bees are developing healthily. Beekeepers regularly check on their beehives during the foraging season to ensure their hives are free of any problems.
The Anderson Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously in 2018 to approve the request for hives at the garden, saying the ordinance was "outdated."
Most cities in Indiana now allow beekeeping. Suko lives in a residential part of Anderson and said he's never had any issues with neighbors about his bees.
Proffitt has had a similar experience. She said her neighbors enjoy her bees because they pollinate their gardens. She also takes time to teach her neighbors' children about honeybees and what they do for their environment. As for the neighbors she doesn't interact with, Proffitt said she doesn't think they even know she has bees.
Because some people feel uncomfortable having bees in their neighborhood, a few Indiana beekeepers have found a workaround – keeping their bees somewhere else. Jeanmarie Kane lives in a neighborhood in Noblesville, Indiana, but her bees stay on a hunting property in the Fortville, Indiana, area.
Kane said habitat loss is one of the hardest parts about keeping bees in Indiana, but she considers herself lucky that she has a friend who wanted bees on their property. There are no rules in her neighborhood or county against beekeeping, but she doesn't keep them there because they wouldn't survive.
"I don't do it because I'm afraid," Kane said. "I know my neighbors spray. They spray for mosquitoes; they spray for everything. And whatever the bees bring back to the hive will have pesticides in it."
Kane started beekeeping because she knows bees are important to their environment and wanted to help by caring for a few hives.
"I think we need them, and they're declining," she said. "And I want to be a part of the solution."
Honeybees face increased pressure from changes in land use that have resulted in a loss of habitat and less healthy pollen sources, according to a study published in Land Use Policy. Areas previously covered in clover have been developed with new construction, destroying bee habitats and other areas have been coverted to corn and soybean crops, which don't feed bees.
Kane said there is a small but steady increase in the number of beekeepers in Indiana, but it's hard to tell why more people are picking up the hobby. However, anecdotally it appears to be tied to climate change.
Frank Franks of Pendleton, Indiana, is another beekeeper who prioritizes the role of bees. Before moving to Pendleton, a beekeeper friend kept bees on Franks' land, so when Franks moved onto an 80-acre property, he decided to get some of his own.
Frank Franks and his wife planted pollinator-friendly plants on their 80-acre property to promote their local environment and support their bees. They don't use any pesticides or herbicides, making their land a great location for honeybees to thrive.
Franks grows organic fruits and vegetables, so his bees have plenty of plants to pollinate and aren't likely to be killed by pesticides or herbicides.
"Bees are like the canaries in the coal mine," he said. "If something is happening to them, something bigger is going on."
Franks encourages other Hoosiers to get involved in beekeeping in order to restore the environment and boost bee populations.
Beekeepers such as Proffit acknowledge the need for more bees and beekeepers in Indiana. She encourages anyone to consider the hobby and give it a try, but not without the proper education and equipment.
"I think anyone can do it, as long as they want to do it," Proffitt said. "You have to rely on others for guidance and be open to that."
Any Hoosiers interested in taking up beekeeping should visit The Beekeepers of Indiana website for a list of resources and local clubs.
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a. 1. Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
n. 1. The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal of objects by a convex lens.
2. A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void.
Noun 1. reversal - a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function"
3. reversal - turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"
8. reversal - a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"
REVERSAL, international law. First. A declaration by which a sovereign promises that he will observe a certain order, or certain conditions, which have been once established, notwithstanding any changes that may happen to cause a deviation therefrom; as, for example, when the French court, consented for the first time, in 1745, to grant to Elizabeth, the Czarina of Russia, the title of empress, exacted as a reversal, a declaration purporting that the assumption of the title of an imperial government, by Russia, should not derogate from the rank which France had held towards her. Secondly. Those letters are also termed reversals, Litterae Reversales, by which a sovereign declares that, by a particular act of his, he does not mean to prejudice a third power. Of this we have an example in history: formerly, the emperor of Germany, whose coronation, according to the golden ball, ought to have been solemnized at Aix-la-Chapelle, gave to that city when he was crowned elsewhere, reversals, by which he declared that such coronation took place without prejudice to its rights, and without drawing any consequences therefrom for the future.


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Music Pick of the Week
Sat., Sept. 21, Larisa Bryski
Naked Lounge Downtown, 8:30 p.m., $5
By Aaron Carnes
There are few singer-songwriters that not only embody the essence of rock 'n' roll, but do so with a strong roots edge, all while their own voice shines above the music. There's Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow and locally, we have Larisa Bryski. She's gotten her fair share of local accolades, including a 2004 Sammies award for Female Vocalist and opening spots for artists such as Bad Company, Berlin, John Waite and King's X. She brings a blend of heavy rock, blues, pop and folk, which is punctuated by her powerful, undeniable voice. Her songs are strong enough that even when she's not backed by her band, they still hit hard. 1111 H Street, www.larisabryski.com.
More Music » Music Pick of the Week
Sat., Sept. 21, Saint Solitaire
Local experimental rockers play tracks off their debut EP at Blue Lamp.
Sat., Sept. 21, NoBunny
New music venue welcomes rock 'n' roll, punk and garage-rock bands.
Wed., Sept. 25, Unknown Mortal Orchestra
This psychedelic-pop-influenced indie band makes a tour stop at Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub.
Sun., Sept. 22, Beer Dawgs
Sacramento blues-rock band has brought a swampy sound since 1986.
Sat., Sept. 21, Heart
Classic rock group featuring a pair of talented sisters visits Thunder Valley Casino Resort for an outdoor concert.


Feeling cooped up and cabin fevery with the kids on weekends? Itching to share a new, active adventure with your family? Then try a round of laser tag at ShadowLand Adventures!
After two birthday parties and countless spontaneous winter weekends of running around with phaser gear strapped to our backs, I think the A Parent in Silver Spring crew can safely say that we are a dedicated ShadowLand Adventure fan family. I have signed us up for the VIP Coupon Club newsletter and receive regular, exclusive alerts of reduced-price specials for frugal weekend warrior play.
My kids have been fans of laser tag since they were age five-six. Although my husband Chris and I really enjoy playing with the kids and teaming up with them against other parent-child duos, parents can also elect to pay only for the child and walk through with him if he is nervous. There are also observation areas where parents can stand to watch as the teams play.
I am always completely impressed with the non-violent and non-agressive atmospheres at ShadowLand. Sportsmanlike conduct is stressed and enforced, and the games are like high-tech versions of capture the flag. My kids call laser tag, "…like living in a video game come to life!" and a winter weekend afternoon spent running around playing these games is always great exercise and a hit.
Here are links to ShadowLand Adventures five DC-area locations in Maryland and Virginia.
We always call first before heading to a ShadowLand Adventures location for random drop-in play. The staff are helpful in advising us as to good times to come in amongst the day's parties and special events. We have found that earlier in the day is less crowded and a younger crowd of players. We usually play two adventures for $14.75, applying our VIP Coupon Club monthly coupons for $3-$5 off. Prices and hours.
Penta Play! Each player can play FIVE adventures for just $25 – a huge savings and great exercise!
Space is limited so contact your ShadowLand Adventures location for times and to reserve your spot.
Our birthday parties at ShadowLand Adventures have been our most successful, and easiest to coordinate, in our nine years of throwing kid birthdays. The base prices for a party or group of 9-14 persons is $20/person (15 or more is $19/person), which buys you two adventures, use of an events room, soft drinks, plates/cups/utensils, a photo of the birthday boy or girl, a t-shirt for the birthday boy or girl, and the best part: your own designated staff person who will take care of all of your party needs. Our staffer allowed us to relax and enjoy our son and his friends' experience!
From your base party you can add on items such as pizza delivery, cake, goodie bags and prizes for your guests, all priced reasonably and handled by the ShadowLand staff for convenience. You can also elect to bring in your own food or have it delivered from any place you wish. I loved this flexibility. We chose to have ShadowLand handle the pizza delivery for us (no calling, checking up, worrying or tipping) and they added the cost to our party total, but we brought in our fruit and veggie sides, cupcakes and goodie bags.
My daughter Eve is hoping to have a Create a Friends party at ShadowLand Advetures Gaithersburg this spring. This new offering will allow groups of children to make a stuffed animal "Build-a-Bear"-style in a special party room designated for the cuddly crafting. ShadowLands Gaithersburg will be starting these parties in March and is taking reservations for them now; call 301-330-5546 for more information.
Additionally, ShadowLand Adventures Gaithersburg has added a crazy-fun experience to their arcade area: a laser maze!
Here the children enter a room and work their way through without touching the beams of light, secret agent style. Kids can go through solo or work as teams of two. I think it is a great add-on to a party!
I highly recommend a round (or three!) of laser tag with your elementary-high school aged kids to make a boring winter weekend special and exciting, and this is our family go-to resource for a successful birthday party.
Disclosure: ShadowLand Adventures sponsored this post, but all our family experiences are genuine and the opinions are our own. We have been regular patrons of ShadowLand for years.
Fun for kids, I have been dying to play laser tag. But I am a big kid at heart.
"Enter a room and work their way through without touching the beams of light" It is no doubt that it is a great add-on to a party!
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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - It is certainly a hectic time for women's soccer players, coaches and fans alike as the Olympic tournament finishes up on Friday with the medal games, the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) re-starts after its Olympic hiatus while the fall campaign in the collegiate ranks kicks off as well. Colombian international and Houston Aces star Isabella Echeverri is right in the middle of it all. Fresh off her continental summer road trip, Echeverri will suit up once again for the University of Toledo this fall as a junior midfielder.
The past few months have been a whirlwind for the two-time All-Mid-American Conference selection, going from Toledo to Houston to Rio de Janeiro back to Toledo. In that time, Isabella was named to the 2016 United Women's Soccer (UWS) All-West Conference Team for her efforts with the Aces, took to the Arena Amazonia pitch in Manaus in the Olympics against the U.S. Women's National Team and now is back with the Rockets, who start their 2016 season on Friday afternoon with a road match vs. Quinnipiac University.
The Medellin, Colombia-native was kind enough to take some of her valuable time and answer some questions for us. With a professional women's soccer league in the planning stages for Colombia, the future looks bright for Echeverri and her "Las Cafeteras" teammates.
Q: While Colombia didn't move on to the Olympic quarterfinals, your team did end its run on a positive note with a 2-2 draw vs. the gold medal favorite U.S. Women's National Team. How was your experience in Brazil? What does the future of Colombia women's soccer hold?
A: Well, getting a draw against the U.S. was a huge thing for a country like Colombia. The USWNT are the world champions, the defending Olympic champions and at this point, we don't even have a professional league in our country. The future holds great things for Colombia. We are a young group of players who dream and work to achieve big things in the near future.
Q: After a tough start to the UWS season, your Houston Aces side were literally seconds away in their last regular season game from winning the West Conference title (the Aces drew 2-2 with the Colorado Pride). How did your time with the Aces prepare you for the Olympics? What did you think of the quality of play in UWS?
A: The time with the Aces was a critical part for my preparation to the Olympics. It kept me playing at a high level and it helped me get my body in the shape I wanted for the Olympics. I believe the level of the league was really good. You could really see fantastic players and the phase of the games was great. You could score or lose in any second. Its a really good chance for players to evolve and enhance their game. I am really happy I took my chance to play with the Aces. I would want to do it again next summer. Coach "Gui Gui" [Aguinaldo Ferreira] was great and I was really sad to see my team lost the West title in the last second while I was in camp with Colombia. I regret I wasn't there to help them, the girls deserved it.
Q: Lastly, from Houston to Rio and now back to Toledo… its certainly been a long and winding road for you over the past few months. How does this year's University of Toledo look? Will you be able to put in a challenge for the MAC title?
A: Its been a long, winding road for me since I got to Toledo three and a half years ago. I have been in every major tournament Colombia has played including World Cup, Pan Am games, South American championships, Centro American Games, etc. while playing in the MAC and studying my double major. Its been hard but I have been able to enjoy the journey and love every step of it. This year looks good for Toledo. I am pretty confident we will be able to win the MAC again. I will give everything I have on and off the field to make that happen.


Sama by Damas was launched with the actress Penelope Cruz as the face of the brand at a spectacular gala event held at the Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa in 2016 in Dubai, UAE.
My role was to create contents for the launch event of Sama by Damas, the prestigious jewellery brand. The new range Sama is their finest and premium collection.


Safe to Shake is based in Hinckley, Leicestershire. The company was formed as the result of a three year research project in how to cater for your adorable dogs when the weather is cold, after a soggy walk, a swim or a bath. This has come to fruition as a result of valued feedback from dog owners all over the world.
The business offers a selection of dog coats for drying and walking your dog. They also sell waterproof wear that's perfect for dog walking or other outdoor activities. The most valuable and rewarding aspect of the project has been listening to the needs of fellow dog owners. Many years of research and development has been invested into these products and the results are there for all to see.
The customer feedback strongly suggests that both the design and versatility of the dog coats and accessories give them great appeal. This is in no small part due to the fact a dog lover with a lifetime of animal experience has been behind the entire project. Other than the current designs available on the website there are always many exciting new additions being added to the ranges on a continual basis.
This Hinckley-based shop is less than 1 mile from Safe To Shake.
This Nuneaton-based shop is 4 miles from Safe To Shake.
This Leicester-based shop is 9 miles from Safe To Shake.


First impression with Voice Interaction - ReSpeaker, play music!
ReSpeaker is an open modular voice interface to hack things around you. Let you interact with your home appliances, your plant, your office, your internet-equipped devices or any other things in your daily life, all by your voice.
ReSpeaker supports both online cognitive services and offline lightweight speech recognition engine. You can add ReSpeaker to things around you to make them smart(smarter).
Voice interface has never been apart from music entertainment, so does ReSpeaker. ReSpeaker supports Airplay/DLNA for wireless music streaming. Just connect ReSpeaker to any ordinary speaker with an AUX cable, then you can start enjoying the music you love without pressing a single button.
Rather than the on board MT7688 Wi-Fi module which runs the Linux based OpenWrt, ReSpeaker is also powered by the ATmega32u4 chip and absolutely Arduino compatible, which means, we can use ReSpeaker as a powerful Arduino board and do many 'Arduino' things. It's for learning, it's for practicing, and it's for fun.
Growing Features: Download and plug-in to enrich its features and functionalities.
Plug-n-play Add-ons: Extendable with Mic Array, Grove Extension Board, Grove Modules.
For Windows, putty is recommended.
Connect ReSpeaker to your PC via USB, check "Device Manager" for COM port. Here my ReSpeaker COM port is COM31.
Select Serial under Connection type. In the Serial line field, enter the COM port for your ReSpeaker. In the Speed field, type 57600.
Click Open. When you see a blank screen, press the Enter key.
Type ls /dev/tty.usb* in the Terminal. We should see a list of devices. Look for something like tty.usbmodemXXXXX where XXXXX is usually a random identifier. This is the serial device used to access the system console. Then Use the screen utility to connect to the serial port and set the baudrate to 57600. This is because the baudrate of the system console is 57600 by default.
ReSpeaker is set to Repeater Mode as default, and you have to connect it to an existing wireless network before enjoying the speech recognition with the Internet.
When you first power on ReSpeaker, it will create a Wi-Fi network called "ReSpeakerXXXXXX". Here "XXXXXX" is the last 6 of your ReSpeaker MAC address, which is marked on the board. Connect your computer to this network.
If "ReSpeakerXXXXXX" does not appear, but "LinkIt_Smart_7688_XXXXXX" is found. Please click here.
Once you've obtained an IP address, open a web browser, and enter 192.168.100.1 in the address bar. After a few seconds, a web page will appear asking for ssid and password of an existing Wi-Fi network.
Select the Wi-Fi you wish to connect to and enter the password. When you press the OK button, ReSpeaker will join the specified network.
Now your ReSpeaker is able to visit the Internet.
Also, here is other way to setup Wi-Fi with command line. We can use wictl to scan the wifi and connect it.
If you can't connect Wifi with above methods, please do the factory reset by entering firstboot command.
After the Wifi function being enabled, we can use SSH to connect Respeaker by below command. We can get the Respeaker IP address from http://192.168.100.1/#!/overview WAN IP. The password is root.
More often than not, a limited amount of storage is available on embedded devices(ReSpeaker has only 5M on-board flash storage left for users). More storage for applications and data can expand ReSpeaker's potential, so use SD card to extend storage as an extroot is a good choice.
By employing extroot, expansion of the storage capacity of your root file system is accomplished by using an added storage device. During the boot process, external storage space is mounted as the root file system, or in an overlay configuration over the original file system.
Make sure your SD card is plugged into ReSpeaker and /dev/mmcblk0p1 can be detected by df -h or ls /dev.
Format your SD card into two partitions, one is FAT32, the other is EXT4. EXT4 file system will be as an extroot while FAT32 will be as a normal storage device, which is able to transfer files between ReSpeaker and your PC.
>The partition table has been altered.
>octl() to re-read partition table.
Prepare your external storage root overlay.
Create fstab with the following command. This command will create a fstab template enabling all partitions and setting '/mnt/mmcblk0p2' partition as '/overlay' partition.
Check if it is mountable to overlay.
Reboot ReSpeaker and check again. If SD card is mounted automatically, you are done. More informations about extroot, please click here.
After extending storage with a SD card, there are enough storage to install software on ReSpeaker.
With Bing Speech API, ReSpeaker can turn on and recognize audio coming from the microphone in real-time, or recognize audio from a file.
After "INFO:mic:Start Detecting" coming out, try to say "ReSpeaker" to wake up the program, and say "play music" to let it play music. Then ReSpeaker will play "Tchaikovsky_Concerto_No.1p.mp3" in the current path with madplay tool.
If you see below error code, the mopidy is running in background and is using the USB device. So try to run /etc/init.d/mopidy stop mopidy and run your command again.
Try `madplay --help' for more information.
Rather than the on board MT7688 Wi-FI module which runs the Linux based OpenWrt, ReSpeaker is also powered by the ATmega32u4 chip and it's absolutely Arduino compatible, which means, we can use ReSpeaker as a powerful Arduino board and do many 'Arduino' things. It's for learning, it's for practicing, and it's for fun.
For example, you can program it with Arduino IDE to have a special DIY piano that is built on 8 cherry tomatoes connecting to the 8 touch sensors of ReSpeaker.
Weather Cloud is an awesome project for ReSpeaker. This cool build turns a ReSpeaker into a Weather Cloud, which is able to show you the whether with vivid light and sounds.
In this project, Openwrt is in charge of getting realtime weather information from the Internet, making voice interaction and audio output, while Arduino is responsible for controlling the colorful RGB LEDs.
Get OpenWeatherMap appid from here and copy it to appID = "" in main.py, don't forget to add your city in city=""
Run python main.py and say "ReSpeaker, what is the weather like?" to ReSpeaker.
For more details about how to make a Weather Could, please click here.
The ReSpeaker Mic Array can be stacked (connected) right onto the top of ReSpeaker Core to significantly improve the voice interaction experience. It is developed based on the XVSM-2000 Smart Microphone from XMOS. The board integrates 7 PDM microphones to help enhance ReSpeaker's acoustic DSP performance to a much higher level.
ReSpeaker is an open project to create voice enabled objects. ReSpeaker python library is an open source python library to provide basic functions of voice interaction.
It uses PocketSphinx for keyword spotting and uses webrtcvad for voice activity detecting.
Q1: How to do Factory Reset?
Open the serial console or a ssh session and run firstboot. More detail.
Q2: How to Rescue from a failed upgrade?
When the respeaker failed to boot into its openwrt system, we can't access the system through web terminal, ssh or serial console. We can follow Rescue instruction to recover it.
And the Wi-Fi Channel 12 is not supported by ReSpeaker. Make sure your router is not using that channel.
We advise you to configure Wi-Fi via WEB-UI and if it can't be used, try command line tool wictl at the serial console.
If you don't need to change the wake up words, just change text = bing.recognize(data) into text = bing.recognize(data,language="zh-CN") is fine. More details.
Q6: Got SD card warning message "Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck"
If the files on the SD card are fine, ignore it. Otherwise, try to format it with sd card formatter.
Re-flash the bootloader on openwrt.
Q9: How to support google speech or other Speach TO Text(STT) Engine?
Q10: Failed to run Alexa with error "IOError: [Errno -9998] Invalid number of channels"
There is another application or alexa instance using the audio input device. Run /etc/init.d/alexa stop and /etc/init.d/mopidy stop to stop them. To disable mopidy to startup, run /etc/init.d/mopidy disable.
It should be that mopidy is running in background and is using the USB device. try to run /etc/init.d/mopidy stop to stop mopidy and run your command again.
Q13: SFTP & FTP - We don't have a FTP on respeaker, just SFTP.
Try to update the arduino code.
Q15: How to disable 'ap' mode - We could set the 'ssid' flag of the 'ap' interface to '' at vi /etc/config/wireless. Then the ap will be hidden.
Q16: I2C Sound card issue - We need check codec driver compatible name and codec i2c address. Then rebuild the image firmware.
Q17: Respeaker is often wakeup even no voice.
We can reduce the false positive rate by increase the threshold in the keyword.txt, but it also reduce the sensibility.
Another way is to adapt your voice with current acoustic module, more detail via http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/wiki/tutorialadapt.
It will effectively improve individual keyword recognition, but may make the recognizer less general.
Q18: How to control GPIO pins from respeaker?
Q19: How to change wake up word?
respeaker is a keyword, 1e-30 is its threshold. To improve sensitive, we can decrease the threshold, for example, 1e-50. We should know decreasing the threshold will increase False Acceptance Rate.
The first part is a name (respeaker, alexa or music), the second part is its phonemes. You can find words in a large dictionary at here.
Q20: System recovery by factory image.
Note: If you can not update your ReSpeaker via Web or can not visit http://192.168.100.1/home.html, please click here. to download the lastest firmware on your computer, copy it to a SD card and plug the SD card into ReSpeaker.
It will cost about 3 minutes for ReSpeaker to install the firmware and reboot, please don't turn off ReSpeaker when updating.


Could I please use your column to thank all the people who have helped me with information and photos of our local champion boxers and their trainers. This has made the display so much more interesting and has enlightened me and all who see it of how many champion boxers came from our town and a special time in the history of Young that will now not be lost. I would especially like to thank my brother Alf for the starting me on this journey into learning of our champion boxers and their stories. There are more than 80,000 men and women of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) who put on our nation's uniform and are prepared to place themselves in harm's way to help others who can't necessarily help themselves. On a recent visit to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, I had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of ADF personnel involved in training and advising local security forces. I met some of Australia's finest young men and women, pulled together from every corner of the country and united with a great sense of patriotism and purpose to their lives. On every occasion, I passed on one message from the Australian people: 'thank you for your service'. It's a simple phrase but it can mean a lot when you are spending months away from your loved ones; working in 50 degree heat; concerned for your personal safety; and removed from the simple pleasures of Australian life. As Australians, we don't tend to go for the bravado of our American friends and the intensely patriotic recognition of their troops. Caring for our veterans and their families is the best way to honour the service and sacrifice of all those men and women who have served our nation in uniform over the past century. It is also the best way to ensure that their legacy endures and is never forgotten. But perhaps we need to put aside some of our normally reserved Australian nature and publicly recognise our Navy, Army and Airforce personnel and their families beyond ANZAC Day. A simple message of 'thank you for your service' each time you meet someone in a military uniform is a good start. No one would argue that high-calibre teacher quality is of utmost importance to education but what about ensuring that rural and remote schools are staffed? I have worked in rural education for more than 30 years and the reality is that trained teachers, especially in maths, science and technology subjects are very scarce. Rural schools are by their very nature disadvantaged and their staffing needs should be of paramount concern to any government committed to equity and excellence in education. I recently encountered a man using litres of water trying to hose a stubborn leaf off his footpath. When I ventured to suggest this was a waste of water he replied that it was his money and if he wanted to spend it on water, it was his choice. There is a lot of ignorance to overcome.
Reader Sandra Jenner thanks those who have helped with information for the boxing exhibition.
Could I please use your column to thank all the people who have helped me with information and photos of our local champion boxers and their trainers.
This has made the display so much more interesting and has enlightened me and all who see it of how many champion boxers came from our town and a special time in the history of Young that will now not be lost.
I would especially like to thank my brother Alf for the starting me on this journey into learning of our champion boxers and their stories.
There are more than 80,000 men and women of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) who put on our nation's uniform and are prepared to place themselves in harm's way to help others who can't necessarily help themselves.
On a recent visit to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, I had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of ADF personnel involved in training and advising local security forces. I met some of Australia's finest young men and women, pulled together from every corner of the country and united with a great sense of patriotism and purpose to their lives.
On every occasion, I passed on one message from the Australian people: 'thank you for your service'. It's a simple phrase but it can mean a lot when you are spending months away from your loved ones; working in 50 degree heat; concerned for your personal safety; and removed from the simple pleasures of Australian life.
But perhaps we need to put aside some of our normally reserved Australian nature and publicly recognise our Navy, Army and Airforce personnel and their families beyond ANZAC Day. A simple message of 'thank you for your service' each time you meet someone in a military uniform is a good start.
No one would argue that high-calibre teacher quality is of utmost importance to education but what about ensuring that rural and remote schools are staffed?
I have worked in rural education for more than 30 years and the reality is that trained teachers, especially in maths, science and technology subjects are very scarce. Rural schools are by their very nature disadvantaged and their staffing needs should be of paramount concern to any government committed to equity and excellence in education.
I recently encountered a man using litres of water trying to hose a stubborn leaf off his footpath. When I ventured to suggest this was a waste of water he replied that it was his money and if he wanted to spend it on water, it was his choice. There is a lot of ignorance to overcome.


Midnight blue is a dark blue color named after its resemblance to the dark blue sky around the moon at night. It's similar to Navy Blue.
You may also find a Midnight Blue in Crayola boxes, but that is a slightly different color.


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Statistics for the non-statistician. II : "Significant" relations and their pitfalls. BMJ 1997 ;315:422-425.
Papers that report drug trials. BMJ 1997 ;315:480-483.
Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests. BMJ 1997 ;315:540-543.
Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses). BMJ 1997 ;315:596-599.
Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses). BMJ 1997 ;315:672-675.
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2 months ago we saw a tweet from Charlie Bilello. It was 27th December. The tweet stated that CNBC will be airing "Markets in Turmoil" episode that night. Episodes of this particular show are aired when markets have been falling hard and everyone is scared.
The tweet also included a look back at past occasions when the show was aired and the performance of the S&P 500 index following the episodes.
Going back to 2010 the airing of Markets in Turmoil basically has worked as a buy signal. Every single time after the show was aired 6 months later markets were higher, the same can be said regarding periods of 9 months and 12 months.
Today, half of the top 10 ranking companies by market capitalization are technology and communications companies. While these companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet (Google) and Facebook may receive the lion's share of attention, technology and communication companies as a whole have surged to become the dominant sector in financial markets over the past few decades. And despite the stronger fundamentals of these companies relative to the dot-com boom 20 years ago, there are still questions about the sustainability of the dominance of this sector going forward. So what does the history of the U.S. stock market tell us about sector dominance?
Our weighted average return in January was +8.22%. Since 2015, we have generated a net return of +38.15%.
In terms of investment strategy performance, our weighted average net returns for January were (a) +2.36% for conservative strategies, (b) +7.64% for balanced strategies, and (c) +11.17% for aggressive strategies.
January was a considerably better month than December. As mentioned in last month's commentary, US Fed Chairman Powell's statement that the Fed was "listening closely to markets" on January 4th proved to be just what the market needed to stop panicking about the prospect of rising rates. The partial resolution of the US government shutdown added to positive sentiment, as did more positive dialogue regarding trade tariff negotiations between the US and China. As such, the S&P 500 (SPY US) rose +8.01%, Emerging Market equities surged +10.34% (EEM US) and Emerging Market bonds gained +4.78% (EMB US).
On Tuesday, Apple reported "disappointing" 1Q FY19 results, as total revenue fell 5% y/y to only $84.3 billion. Net income was $20 billion, essentially flat y/y, while earnings per share were an all-time high of $4.18 (+7.5% y/y), although this growth was helped by a reduced share count due to buybacks. The fall in revenue was mainly attributed to iPhone revenue (61.7% of total revenue) falling 15% y/y, and management explained that this was entirely due to weakness in Greater China. Guidance for the next quarter also wasn't very remarkable, with gross margins expected to decrease and operating expenses expected to grow. So why did the Apple's stock price increase by almost 7% the next day?


Tis The Season | Lynn Hesse, author of "Another Kind of Hero"
It's the season to give based on Saint Nicholas of Myra, an early Christian bishop, who gave secretly to people in need. According to the era, he would've worn simple robes of grey or brown, not the flamboyant bright red suit with white fur. The Santa Claus myth evolved and became popular in the late 1800s based on the Saint Nicholas's good works. Not surprising, the saint looks different in different cultures. He is not always a white male.
One of the books I'm reading is Stillpoint, second edition, by Sheila K.Collins, PHD and Christine Gautreaux, MSW. This book reminds me all of this giving requires saying "yes," but it is important to say "no" and regain some sanity and joy. Finding stillness in the mist of shopping and preparing for family festivities can be elusive and exhaustion sets in.
When my mother was alive I wanted to please her. She always over did every project, and the holidays were no exceptions. She expected her family members to get onboard, and Christmas was no exception. Besides endless shopping to fill the huge stocking for every child in the Tharp family and your turn to host, there was the live nativity production and Santa Claus's early visit to the Tharps on the night of their party. A wooden backdrop, lighting, costumes, and music had to transported to the hostess's house. Santa Claus needed to be chosen and invitations sent out with a list of who would bring what dish to the celebration.
With Tharp children grown and responsible for the celebrations the parties are smaller. The excitement of the extravaganzas are missed, but I don't miss working shift work at the police department and dealing with holiday upswing in suicides and vehicular deaths, and then racing home to wrap hundreds of gifts to please others who already had plenty.
May you have a happy Christmas and holidays of your own making.


Combining simplicity and functionality. The VR Glasses was designed for universal compatibility with all smartphones with screen size 4.7-6.0 inches. Includes features such as adjustable pupil distance, easy access cable openings, and high quality diameter spherical resin lens.
High quality 42mm diameter spherical resin lens - Used for lower distortion rate and widen viewing area. Resin lens was used to reduce dizziness associated with VR glasses known as simulator sickness. The 42mm diameter lens also increases the depth and quality of your VR experience.
Fully compatible with all major smart phones: Compatible with any smart phone screen size of 4.7 to 6.0 inches such as iphone 6, 6 plus Samsung Galaxy S series such as S6 Edge +.
A simple slide in mechanism - Allows you to pop in your smart phone easily and an internal size adjustment clip which further adjust to your phone's exact screen size. Also include cable phones which allows you to run headphone cables and charging cables through the glasses.
Supports 3D Split Screen - Also known as 3D side by side. Further compatible with computer via 3rd party apps such as TrinusVR.


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Q: How to click/use dynamically created buttons in android I dynamically created 3 buttons, but I can't access these buttons via the setOnClicklistener method.
My code is below:
quesButton = new Button[3];

    ll1 = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.ll4button);

    for(int x=0; x<3; x++){
        quesButton[x] = new Button(MainActivity.this);
        quesButton[x].setLayoutParams(new LinearLayout.LayoutParams(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
        quesButton[x].setText("Q" + (x + 1));

        ll1.addView(quesButton[x]);
    }

A: You have to attach an onClickListener AFTER your create a new element.
quesButton[x] = new Button(MainActivity.this);
...
quesButton[x].setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v)
    {
        // Your code that you want to execute on this button click
    }
});


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Q: Where is a Dropdown Menu in Sketchflow Ok I cannot freaking can't believe this.  I cannot find a dropdown menu in Sketchflow - Expression Blend 4.  I need to create a mockup quicky and easy and it's amazing how I cannot find a simple dropdown to drag to my project's web page mock-up I am creating here.

A: In WPF/SL the dropdown is called ComboBox
You can search for the sketch controls and select the ComboBox from the Assets window, or you can select it from right clicking on the Buttons icon on the toolbar: