Real estate is a time-honored way to build wealth, but until recently, it's been fairly time-intensive and locally driven for individual investors. The rise of professional property management companies who work with small, independent investors has changed the face of real estate investing through homeownership.
You own your home where you currently live and need or want to move away. Instead of selling it, you can use it as an income-producing rental and turn the day-to-day management of it to a professional property manager.
You want to invest in housing markets where prices are more attractive. You may live in a place where housing affordability keeps you out of the market, but could buy a home in a more affordable location miles away that you can use to generate cash flow and increase the value of your portfolio.
Keeping really detailed, organized financial records will save you all kinds of time when tax time rolls around. Make sure you are keeping track of your income as well as every expense related to your investment, including things like property management fees, home repairs, legal fees, mortgage interest, etc. When tax time comes around, you can also save yourself time (and lots of hassle) by turning all of those records over to an accountant you trust.
The best properties for passive residential real estate investment are turnkey properties, a term that describes those that are ready to rent immediately upon acquisition. All repairs and improvements have been completed, and the property is ready to place on the rental market.
Sometimes investment property owners list their renter-occupied homes for sale, which provides a good opportunity for a new owner to acquire residential properties with little immediate risk involved, something that's important to lenders and new owners, alike.
Full rental services, including listing the property, applicant screening and qualifying, cleaning and maintenance, property showings, lease signing, key distribution, and documented walk-through inspections at the time of lease signing.
Maintenance and repair services that tenants require.
Turnkey property management companies offer these services as menu-items and you can choose which you need depending on the degree to which you want to be involved. You may not want to be notified for minor repairs, but require approval for big ticket items, like appliance replacements. Some property management companies even offer acquisition services, which expedites the purchasing process by providing you with a portfolio of properties that meet your criteria.
Turnkey properties and property management firms simplify wealth building through real estate investment. Their services make it possible to diversify and broaden a portfolio with real property that you hold for future sale or personal use while generating a positive cash flow.
Let JWB Real Estate Capital help you with our turn key investing process. We have an experienced team to take care of the hassles associated with investing in real estate, while you enjoy the benefits. Learn more about our turnkey investment properties and how we can help you strengthen your portfolio.


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Q: How to include video file into CHM file? I have CHM file with SWF video inside.

I want to convert it with MP4 and create new CHM file.
Converted, works correctly. But I can't find any program that include video file into CHM like originally. I tried for example HTML Help Workshop. It create a small CHM and make keep video files next to it.

Another program htm2crm do one big file (right). But did incorrect path inside to files (left).

Do you know how to create CHM file with inside video? In order to have one big file.

A: The short answer is - I am not aware of any application that works with integrated .mp4 videos today.
After a few current attempts, I can only confirm the statement already made by Tim Green in 2014:

.. CHM now only permits embedding of SWF video files. All other video file formats must be external to the CHM, otherwise they won't play.

Please note following hints quoted from About using video files

Use online video services in CHM. Help+Manual handles this so that the online site is only accessed when the user actually clicks on the preview image to start the video.

Local video formats will always cause problems in CHM files for at least some of your users and should be avoided.

Since the termination of Flash support, Microsoft CHM files no longer support embedding for any video formats. MP4 video files can be embedded in Windows eWriter eBooks. All other video files must be distributed with your help as separate files.

Link for further information:

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*Running Applets/Media Player etc in a HH Window
For special cases I remember some old stuff to leave the video files outside the help file and use scripting to reference them. Including large video files in your help project could result in an enormous compiled help file. There may also be times when you need to update these files.

        <title>Example link to video</title>

Test case for video

Video 1

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See Microsoft Docs Example: Link to a File Outside of Your Help System for an explanation of what these lines are doing.

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1) Unexpected, beautiful presents from brands you love. Happy Birthday, Dr. Lipp. You're the best.
2) Being invited to coffee events thanks to the wonderful team at Joe Blogs Network.
Life, as I know it, is now complete.


We are a design/build firm specializing in luxurious outdoor living spaces, award-winning swimming pools, innovative fire and water features, and signature landscapes. Our scope encompasses everything outside the walls of the home. From the landscape to hardscape right down to custom outdoor furniture and accessories. Our outdoor environments offer every element for the outdoor lifestyle.
Since you specialize in very high-end projects, can you share any tips for creating an outdoor living space with that luxurious or resort-like feel?
First, the space must be functional. Just like the inside of the home has different rooms with specific purposes, so should the outside. There should be a space for an outdoor kitchen that is not only for cooking alfresco, but also serves as the centerpoint for outdoor entertaining. There should be a formal living space with comfortable seating for relaxed conversation. This can be under a covered lanai or many times under a custom pergola or trellis. There should be a casual seating space for a more upbeat tempo. This can be around the glow of a fire pit or possibly near the sound of a water feature. Either of which will liven the personality of the space. Then depending on the client's lifestyle there may be outdoor lounge areas for sunbathing, taking a nap in a day bed or even possibly an outdoor sauna/steam room.
The second aspect to creating the resort-like feel is the harmony of elements. By this I mean the right blend of colors textures and architectural features brought together to invoke a sense of tranquility, relaxation or in some cases fun. We call this "artistry of space."
What are some of the most popular outdoor features that your clients in Florida are having installed?
Fire has certainly been the "hot" item the past several years. Many clients are pleasantly surprised at, not just the ambiance that fire creates, but more by the functional aspect. Fire has a way of captivating homeowners and guests, and creating perfect atmosphere for social gatherings.
What would you recommend as the first step for someone who wants to redesign their yard to create an outdoor living space?
Hire a professional designer. There are many contractors that advertise they offer design services. But in most cases they do not have a landscape architect or professionally trained designer on staff. Most failures with outdoor living projects are not due to hiring the wrong contractor as much as they were never professionally designed in the first place. Homeowners should be wary of anyone who offers free design. Any qualified designer or architect is going to charge for their services. Always ask to see the resume of the design professionals you interview.
Can you briefly describe what you do during the design process?
Our design process begins with an initial consultation to understand and review your style and vision for your outdoor living space. We also work with you to understand how you plan to use the space and the desired feel you would like to achieve. Once these factors are identified, we examine your home's existing architecture to ensure continuity and flow to your new outdoor living space. Taking into consideration the locations of views, site conditions and accessibility, we design your outdoor living space to flow from inside your home out. Upon completion of the consultation, our design team and graphic artists will translate the vision into conceptual drawings and renderings. A visual presentation will also be prepared to convey the look and feel of the proposed project.
What are some important considerations for homeowners when they're in the design phase for their outdoor living space?
For the functional aspect they should consider what the primary use of the space will be. Entertaining, relaxing or just family fun. Then they should consider the style and personality they would like the space to have. In some cases the style from the inside of the home should flow to the outdoors, but it is also a nice departure if the outside takes on a more unique feel. We usually ask our clients to tell us regions of the world they have traveled and which areas make they enjoy the most. We will then use influences from those regions to give them their personal resort-like feel.
To contact Ryan and/or find out more about his company, please visit their services directory profile.


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Martial Arts School Locator Tool;

Find martial arts schools in your area. Save queries to profile.

Built using the Google Maps API, PHP, NodeJS, AngularJS, JavaScript.

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PAPAPETROU, IOANNIS
Olympiacos Piraeus 6 Forward
Height: 2.05 Born: 30 March, 1994 Nationality: Greece
Totals 31 12 680:34 212 59/117 24/84 22/33 29 83 112 21 11 21 9 5 62 42 190
Averages 31 12 21:57 6.8 50.4% 28.6% 66.7% 0.9 2.7 3.6 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.2 2 1.4 6.1
31 * vs Zalgiris Kaunas 38:20 11 4/8 1/4 5 2 7 1 3 3 1 5
32 * vs Zalgiris Kaunas 25:21 9 3/7 1/1 0/1 3 4 7 3 2 10
33 * at Zalgiris Kaunas 24:06 5 0/2 1/3 2/2 2 6 8 1 2 2 1 9
34 at Zalgiris Kaunas 23:08 4 2/4 0/1 1 3 4 3 1 3
4 Totals 110:55 29 9/21 3/9 2/3 11 15 26 0 0 2 2 3 11 5 27
Average 27:43 7.3 42.9% 33.3% 66.7% 2.8 3.8 6.5 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.8 2.8 1.3 6.8
1 * vs KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz 18:34 2 1/1 0/2 1 1 1 1 3 -2
2 * vs Unicaja Malaga 17:54 7 2/3 1/2 1 3 4 1 3 1 8
3 at Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 14:40 4 2/4 0/1 3 3 3 2 3
4 * vs Khimki Moscow Region 18:37 8 2/6 4/5 4 4 1 1 1 2 3 9
5 at FC Barcelona Lassa 24:45 11 5/7 0/4 1/2 1 1 1 3 7
6 vs Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens 21:18 11 2/4 2/4 1/1 1 3 4 1 2 1 2 17
7 at Fenerbahce Dogus Istanbul 16:02 0/2 2 1 -3
8 vs Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 20:49 11 3/5 1/3 2/2 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 12
9 at AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan 17:33 2 1/4 0/2 0/1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2
10 at Valencia Basket 20:54 4 2/3 1 1 2 4 1 4 4
12 at Brose Bamberg 11:10 2 1/2 0/1 1 1 1 2 -2
13 vs CSKA Moscow 27:22 8 2/4 1/3 1/2 2 1 3 1 1 2 8
14 at Anadolu Efes Istanbul 24:11 6 0/2 2/7 2 2 4 1 1 3
15 * at Zalgiris Kaunas 34:20 13 5/5 1/4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 13
16 vs AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan 22:50 11 4/6 1/3 5 5 1 1 2 1 11
17 at KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz 14:36 3 1/1 0/4 1/1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1
18 vs Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 23:38 11 2/6 2/3 1/1 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 12
19 at Khimki Moscow Region 20:40 4 2/2 0/1 1 3 4 1 1 1 8
22 at Real Madrid 9:07 1 1/2 1 1 2 1 1 2
23 vs Valencia Basket 11:47 2 1/2 0/2 1 2 3 1 2 1
24 at Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens 19:08 11 1/4 2/4 3/4 5 5 1 2 2 9
25 vs Brose Bamberg 13:53 3 1/2 0/2 1/3 3 2 5 1 1 3 6
26 * vs FC Barcelona Lassa 24:32 9 0/3 3/7 1 3 4 3 3 1 1
27 * at CSKA Moscow 32:27 2 1/6 0/1 3 3 1 2 2
28 * vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul 32:42 17 6/7 1/5 2/2 1 6 7 1 2 4 3 17
29 * at Unicaja Malaga 18:43 11 2/4 2/5 1/2 5 5 2 3 1 6
30 * vs Zalgiris Kaunas 37:27 9 1/1 2/5 1/2 3 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 10
27 Totals 569:39 183 50/96 21/75 20/30 18 68 86 21 11 19 7 2 51 37 163
Average 21:05 6.8 52.1% 28% 66.7% 0.7 2.5 3.2 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.9 1.4 6
#1 in Games Played (4)
#3 in Offensive Rebounds (11)
#4 in Total Rebounds (26)
#5 in Blocks against (3)
#7 in Defensive Rebounds (15)
#10 in Blocks (2)
#10 in Minutes Played (110:55)
#14 in 2-pointers attempted (21)
#16 in Field goals attempted (30)
#22 in Fouls Commited (11)
#23 in 2-pointers made (9)
#24 in Field goals made (12)
#24 in Games Started (3)
Index rating 25 Panathinaikos Athens vs. Herbalife Gran Canaria 10/18/2018
Points 18 Darussafaka Istanbul vs. Panathinaikos Athens 3/7/2019
Offensive rebounds 5 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 4/18/2018
Defensive rebounds 7 CSKA Moscow vs. Panathinaikos Athens 3/15/2019
Total rebounds 9 CSKA Moscow vs. Panathinaikos Athens 3/15/2019
Assists 4 Valencia Basket vs. Olympiacos Piraeus 11/30/2017
Steals 4 FC Barcelona Lassa vs. Panathinaikos Athens 1/11/2019
Blocks 3 Fenerbahce Istanbul vs. Panathinaikos Athens 2/8/2019
Minutes 38 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Zalgiris Kaunas 4/18/2018
Grew up with Ilysiakos Athens (Greece) juniors.
Played high-school basketball at Florida Air academy.
Played college basketball at University of Texas (2012-13).
Back to Greece for the 2013-14 season, signed by Olympiacos Piraeus.
Signed for the 2018-19 season by Panathinaikos Athens.
Won the 2018-19 Greek National Championship with Panathinaikos Athens.
Won the 2019 Greek National Cup with Panathinaikos Athens.
Member of the Greek National Team.
Played at the 2017 European Championship.
Has been member of the Greek U-16, U-18 and U-20 National Team.
2013-14 Olympiacos Piraeus 12 55 4.6 10/14 71.4 11/23 47.8 2/5 40 17 3 4 2
2014-15 Olympiacos Piraeus 11 40 3.6 10/18 55.6 6/15 40 2/4 50 14 4 4 0
2015-16 Olympiacos Piraeus 24 136 5.7 35/78 44.9 16/40 40 18/26 69.2 64 17 17 7
2016-17 Olympiacos Piraeus 36 159 4.4 35/76 46.1 26/78 33.3 11/16 68.8 93 19 17 11
2017-18 Olympiacos Piraeus 31 212 6.8 59/117 50.4 24/84 28.6 22/33 66.7 112 11 21 9
2018-19 Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 28 252 9 70/114 61.4 25/75 33.3 37/55 67.3 118 22 30 15
Totals 142 854 6 219/417 52.5 108/315 34.3 92/139 66.2 418 76 93 44
Averages 142 854 6 219/417 52.5 108/315 34.3 92/139 66.2 2.9 0.5 0.7 0.3
2012/13 Texas 32 262 8.2 60/122 49.2 29/82 35.4 55/94 58.5 139 20 39 22
2013/14 Olympiacos 24 120 5.0 28/47 59.6 16/60 26.7 16/23 69.6 60 7 17 4
2014/15 Olympiacos 10 40 4.0 14/23 60.9 3/14 21.4 3/10 30.0 26 3 7 0
2015/16 Olympiacos 34 247 7.3 65/116 56.0 28/80 35.0 33/58 56.9 116 25 38 13
2017/18 Olympiacos 32 286 8.9 71/114 62.3 36/81 44.4 36/51 70.6 144 14 41 7
2018/19 Panathinaikos 26 211 8.1 59/100 59.0 22/61 36.1 27/38 71.1 102 22 46 9

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Q: How to destroy named jquery-styles at once via click? I do apply some styles to my layout (several elements) via jquery and want to "delete" these styles after clicking another button. This is add the styles:
$("#trigger_menu").click(function () {
    $(".sw_2-emotionen").css({
        "padding": "15% 2vw",
        "width": "25%"
    });
    $(".sw_2-technik").css({
        "padding": "15% 2vw",
        "width": "25%"
    });
    $(".sw_1-logo").css({
        "padding-left": "0%",
        "width": "50%"
    });
    $(".sw_3-bordershake").css("width", "45.84vw");
    $(".hidden_nav").slideToggle("slow", function () {
    });
    location.hash = "#menu_on";
});

And this is how I'd like to remove those again; but this doesn't do anything (besides correctly toggling the .hidden_nav element, which means the command "removeAttr" doesn't work as intended:
$("#trigger_menu2").click(function () {
    $(".sw_2-emotionen", ".sw_2-technik", ".sw_1-logo", ".sw_3-bordershake").removeAttr("style");
    $(".hidden_nav").slideToggle("slow", function () {
    });
    location.hash = "#menu_off";
});

What do I do wrong?

A: Simple answer, don't put the style information in JS. Use classes. Then you can simply addClass()/removeClass(), or even just toggleClass(), as needed.
Also note that when selecting multiple elements you should use a single string with each selector separated by a comma, and that you don't have to provide a callback function to slideToggle() if you don't need to use one. Try this:
.sw_1-logo.active {
    padding: 0%;
    width: 50%;
}
.sw_2-emotionen.active {
    padding: 15% 2vw;
    width: 25%;
}
.sw_2-technik.active {
    padding: 15% 2vw;
    width: 25%;
}
.sw_3-bordershake.active {
    width: 45.84vw;
}

$("#trigger_menu").click(function() {
    $(".sw_1-logo, .sw_2-emotionen, .sw_2-technik, .sw_3-bordershake").addClass('active');
    $(".hidden_nav").slideToggle("slow")
    location.hash = "#menu_on";
});

$("#trigger_menu2").click(function () {
    $(".sw_1-logo, .sw_2-emotionen, .sw_2-technik, .sw_3-bordershake").removeClass('active');
    $(".hidden_nav").slideToggle("slow")
    location.hash = "#menu_off";
});

A: An empty string deletes the properties. For instances:
$(".sw_2-emotionen, .sw_2-technik, .sw_1-logo").css({
    "padding": "",
    "width": ""
});

A: RemoveAttr work if you set style attr in tag only .. and doesn't work to remove all style in the head tag


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Home Faculty Pages Sara Protasi
Sara Protasi
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
BA, University of Roma-La Sapienza, 2002
PhD, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, 2007
MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University, 2012, 2014
Sara Protasi's research is in moral psychology and ethics broadly construed. She is particularly interested in the emotions, their anatomy and role in ethics, and also has research interests in the history of philosophy and aesthetics. She received a B.A. in Philosophy from Università di Roma La Sapienza, a PhD in Philosophy from Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, and a PhD in Philosophy, from Yale University. She has been a visiting scholar at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Chicago, Nanyang Technological University, and University of Leeds. She is one of the founders of the first chapter of "Minorities and Philosophy" (MAP). Her publications include: "Varieties of Envy", forthcoming in Philosophical Psychology; Review of "The Variety of Values: Essays on Morality, Meaning, and Love", by S. Wolf, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2015; "Loving People For Who They Are (Even When They Don't Love You Back)", forthcoming in European Journal of Philosophy; and "The Fictional Character of Pornography" (co-authored with S. Liao), in Hans Maes (ed.), Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, pp. 100-118.
Wyatt 320
sprotasi@pugetsound.edu


Has the Tea Party Lost to the GOP Establishment?
Originally Published in US News & World Report on 5/21/14.
Last night, the freedom movement won some important electoral primary victories. In Georgia's 11th District, Barry Loudermilk, a true champion of limited government, education freedom and market-centered health care solutions, came in first in his race with 39 percent of the vote, and is headed to the July 22nd runoff. In Georgia's First District, Dr. Bob Johnson also made his way to the July runoff.
We also saw the re-election of a large number of principled incumbents, who have been working hard to build the Freedom Caucus in Congress and defend Americans' liberty at every opportunity. Among the freedom fighters who will be returning to their seats next year are Thomas Massie, Raul Labrador and Tom Graves in the House, as well as Jim Risch in the Senate. With the addition of candidates like Barry Loudermilk and Bob Johnson, as well as Ben Sasse in Nebraska, we are ever more poised to set policy in the 114th Congress.
Of course, we lost some big battles as well, despite the incredible enthusiasm and hard work of grassroots citizens on the ground. In Kentucky, activists hung more than 150,000 door hangers in support of Matt Bevin. In Idaho, more than 20,000 went out for Bryan Smith, who was outspent three to one by his establishment opponent. This grassroots machinery is committed to the cause of liberty, not just for one election cycle, and will sustain itself long after November.
Most striking is the extent to which constitutional conservatives and libertarians have set the narrative for the Republican primaries. Thanks to the influence of grassroots activists on the ground, this cycle found even firmly entrenched establishment candidates like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell rediscovering their limited-government roots, campaigning on promises to repeal Obamacare and stop the progressive agenda. We welcome this return to reason, and will be looking for a similar commitment leading into November.
We've seen this kind of ideological shift all over the country, with North Carolina's Thom Tillis going from calling Obamacare "a great idea that can't be paid for" to referring to it as a "cancer" on the national economy. The voters will remember these kinds of statements, and hold their elected officials accountable to them in the years to come. That alone, is an important achievement.
Politics is a lagging indicator for changes in national thinking on issues and ideas. By taking the long view, building infrastructure and relationships that stretch far into the future, we are preparing for a sea change that transcends any individual election cycle.
Some establishment operatives still maintain that primary challenges hurt the Republican Party and its overall performance in November. I couldn't disagree more. The GOP claims to be all in for competition, customer choice and accountability for mistakes made, at least when it comes to markets, products and services. But what about politics? Doesn't competition work the same here? Republicans can take the Senate in November, but they can only do so with stronger, more principled positions that differentiate them from the failed policies of Barack Obama and Harry Reid.
Grassroots America is not going anywhere, and we will continue to hold politicians' feet to the fire and demand representation that is better and more honest. We may not have achieved everything we hoped for last night, but make no mistake. We're playing the long game, and it's a game we mean to win.
The only way to unseat incumbents.
On behalf of FreedomWorks' activist community in Kentucky, I urge you contact your senator and urge him or her to support Senate Bill 133 to protect incarcerated women in Kentucky and refocus corrections resources on true public safety threats. This bill concentrates on the drivers of female incarceration in Kentucky, currently home to the second highest rate of female incarceration nationally, more than twice the national average, while also providing greater protections to those incarcerated in jails and prisons across Kentucky, particularly for pregnant women in custody.


When OpenSignal issued its latest State of LTE report today, it again showed that South Korea and Japan lead the world in actual 4G LTE availability: In July to September, a Korean 4G smartphone was on 4G 96% of time whereas a Japanese 4G smartphone was on 4G 92% of time.
These figures are impressive and come as a result of significant operator investments to cover populated areas – also indoors.
In this blog, we focus on the State of LTE in Europe. And we ask ourselves: What's wrong with this picture?
Snip from OpenSignal's map – the darker the higher 4G availability.
For the first time, OpenSignal, the company that provides an app to crowdsource actual network performance and coverage data, has published a report showing how much time smartphones were connected to Wi-Fi – as opposed to 3G/4G.
Which country had the highest mobile data usage in 2015? The fastest usage growth?
Which country has the lowest and highest revenue per Megabyte?
This is a preliminary analysis – to the final version.
The lowest and highest revenue per Megabyte?
How does it affect usage? How are data-only and 4G LTE adoption rates affecting usage?


Kizuna's Summer Camp is a local program for students entering 2nd to 8th grade, centered on building a foundation of Japanese American culture & heritage.
Our camp is a high caliber program: our counselors are carefully vetted and rigorously trained and have workshops optimized for passing on the Japanese American tradition.
CLICK ON THE LOCATION BUTTON YOU WISH TO REGISTER FOR!
Please contact Hideki at Hideki@gokizuna.org for questions regarding Summer Camp.
Summer Camp is a fun and exciting way for your kids to learn about their culture and heritage. We pride ourselves on creating a program that our campers will remember. Example activities include: mochitsuki, Japanese calligraphy, family oral histories, Japanese American values, book readings and much more.
Just register more than one person at a time to get a group discount. It can be siblings, friends, family... anyone! Just register more than one person on the same form and the discount will be applied.
Register before the April 30 early bird deadline and receive an additional discount for just signing up early. Can be combined with group pricing for a double discount!
Our best deal! Register more than one person at the same time before April 30!
Register before April 30! Find a friend to get the even lower group price.
Discount still available! Just register more than one person to get the group discount.
Our staff cares A LOT about our campers. We guarantee that our staff will give everything they have to create a memorable and worthwhile experience for the your kids. We intend for our campers to remember Summer Camp forever.
Most newcomers are curious about the workshops and activities that we host at camp. We'll provide some examples below to give you a sense of the topics that we cover and our teaching methodology.
This workshop gives students the opportunity to make their very own bento boxes. Students make cute rice balls in the shape of panda bears. Their bentos were chopped full of rice, meat (hot dogs), veggies (carrots, cucumbers, and lettuce), and other garnishes. Oishii!
- Knowledge of traditional Japanese American foods.
- Critical thinking in how our culture, values, and even foods shape our behaviors.
Our Kodomo no Hi workshop highlights the deeper meaning of one of the most iconic images of Children's Day – the koinobori. The koi have become a major symbol of Children's Day because they demonstrate character traits we want our community's children to embody.
- Increased awareness of Japanese American traditions.
- Enhanced desires to redefine and shape our ever changing and dynamic culture.
We cover the cultural value of kansha, which means to show appreciation or gratitude. Students learn about how they can be thankful for their parents through our "human tamagochi" game, where students do tasks for their counselors to simulate how parents care for their children. The activity culminates in a thank you mural we make for the community center, as an act of thankfulness for letting us use the facilities for our camp.
- Increased awareness of cultural values and dynamics.
- Critical thinking in how our communities, cultures, and values shape our behaviors.
- Increased awareness of values in everyday life.
A camp-wide festival where each team runs a carnival booth. Teams cover everything from learning all the preparation that goes into planning a matsuri carnival from the planning, to the preparation, to the execution of the event. Students learn about the value of volunteering, and why it's important to donate one's time to local community events and efforts.
- Increased awareness of cultural values and events.
- Increased awareness of the importance of giving back to one's local community.
Students learn about the incarceration camps that Japanese Americans were put into during World War II. This workshop is highly interactive, where students must complete a series of challenges and clues to "escape" from their unjust circumstances. Whether it is through historical photos, a geographic map of the continental United States during WWII, or through a historical book, all challenges engage the students' imaginations to learn more about this important epoch of American history.
- Increased awareness of Japanese American history.
- Learn to pass on and preserve the history of the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
- Appreciation of the hardships of older generations.
Kizuna's staff training modules are conducted to build a safe, exciting, and learning environment for your child. Our training is an annually held certification program curated and facilitated by Kizuna staff. Here is a sneak peak on what we require and cover with our counselors before the start of any Summer Camp Program.
All of our counselors are required to go through a California Department of Justice level background check and fingerprinting service to ensure that our counselors will create a safe and healthy environment.


We will be on site at Queen's University for KBM's Season Extender on June 09 and June 10, 2018.
It is a great time to pick up a bathing suit or goggles for the summer season. Or maybe consider getting a MyFloat for your water sport or vacationing needs.


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Administration | News
WU mandates COVID-19 vaccination for students by fall semester
Ted Moskal and Orli Sheffey | Managing Editor and Senior News Editor April 28, 2021
Freshman Despina Tsiamtsiouris receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the School of Medicine's vaccination clinic on April 16. Washington University joined more than 100 other schools by mandating the vaccine. (Photo by Orli Sheffey | Student Life)
Washington University will require all students to be fully vaccinated by the fall semester.
Citing the need to create the safest possible environment on the Danforth and Medical campuses, Chancellor Andrew Martin, Provost Beverly Wendland and dean of the School of Medicine David Perlmutter announced the vaccine mandate in an email to students, April 28.
"Vaccination against COVID-19 will play a key role in allowing us to resume our regular activities, protect our community, and prevent the spread of illness both on our campuses and in the St. Louis region," Martin, Wendland and Perlmutter wrote.
According to Dr. Cheri LeBlanc, executive director of Habif Health and Wellness, as of April 23, 1299 students and 1451 faculty and staff members have received the vaccine through the University. On the student health portal, as of April 25, 818 students have reported being fully vaccinated, and another 44 students have reported being partially vaccinated.
The University's vaccination requirement comes after 112 colleges and universities have required the vaccine for students in the fall, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Student Union President Ranen Miao said that he was "very happy" about the vaccine mandate, although he wished the University had done it sooner, especially since schools such as Yale, Stanford, Brown, Cornell and Notre Dame had already done so.
"It's a moral obligation that we have to vaccinate ourselves and to keep our communities safe," Miao said. "I wish we were able to come out [with the mandate] earlier, especially as we saw vaccine availability and accessibility was becoming broader."
[What administrators weighed as they decided whether to mandate the vaccine]
Faculty and staff are not currently subject to the vaccine requirement, but an email from Wendland and Vice Chancellor of Human Resources Legail Chandler "strongly encouraged" faculty and staff to get vaccinated, and promised to provide more information for employees within the next few weeks.
The new policy will allow for religious and medical exemptions to the vaccine requirement. The details of the exemption process, as well as the process for vaccination verification, have yet to be announced, but will be communicated to students in the coming weeks.
Miao, although strongly supporting religious and medical exemptions to the vaccine requirement, encouraged students with religious concerns to look at resources and statements from faith leaders who have come out in support of the vaccine.
"Deeply held religious beliefs are incredibly important and valid, and I think students on our campus deserve to exercise that, especially if their religion forbids them from using vaccines," he said. "But a lot of religious leaders have come out and said 'look a lot of these concerns, on the basis of religion, or the basis of fetal cell tissue which was used to develop the J&J vaccine, are not reasons for you not to take the vaccine.'"
The University also committed to assisting students who are unable to get the vaccine before arrival, citing local opportunities for vaccination such as the Barnes-Jewish Healthcare system and the School of Medicine, where the University has been vaccinating students, faculty and staff since April 9. If students receive one of the two-dose vaccines before leaving St. Louis for the summer, they will be able to get the second dose in another state.
More Student Life stories about vaccine distribution on campus and in St. Louis:
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Home Business Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear power plants
Germany shuts down half of its 6 remaining nuclear power plants
The decision to phase out nuclear power and shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy was first taken by the center-left government of Gerhard Schroeder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the lifetime of Germany's nuclear plants in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan and set 2022 as the final deadline for shutting them down.
Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of atomic power.
Steam rises from the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant of Gundremmingen, Bavaria, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (Associated Press)
The three reactors now being shuttered were first powered up in the mid-1980s. Together they provided electricity to millions of German households for almost four decades.
The other two plants are Grohnde, 40 kilometers south of Hannover, and Gundremmingen, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Munich.
One of the plants — Brokdorf, located 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Hamburg on the Elbe River — became a particular focus of anti-nuclear protests that were fueled by the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe in the Soviet Union.
GERMANY WILL SHUT DOWN ALL NUKE PLANTS BY 2022
Some in Germany have called for the decision on ending the use of nuclear power to be reconsidered because the power plants already in operation produce relatively little carbon dioxide. Advocates of atomic energy argue that it can help Germany meet its climate targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The nuclear power station is seen in Gundremmingen, southern Germany, May 23, 2006. Germany on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 is shutting down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its d But the German government said this week that decommissioning all nuclear plants next year and then phasing out the use of coal by 2030 won't affect the country's energy security or its goal of making Europe's biggest economy "climate neutral" by 2045.
"By massively increasing renewable energy and accelerating the expansion of the electricity grid we can show that this is possible in Germany," Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck said. GERMANY SHUTS NUCLEAR PLANT AS IT PHASES OUT ATOMIC ENERGY
Renewable energy sources delivered almost 46% of the electricity generated in Germany in 2021. Coal accounted for more than 51%, while nuclear power provided over 13%, according to the Fraunhofer Institute. Several of Germany's neighbors have already ended nuclear power or announced plans to do so, but others are sticking with the technology. This has prompted concerns of a nuclear rift in Europe, with France planning to build new reactors and Germany opting for natural gas as a "bridge" until enough renewable power is available, and both sides arguing their preferred source of energy be classed as sustainable.
While some jobs will be lost, utility company RWE said more than two-thirds of the 600 workers at its Gundremmingen nuclear power station will continue to be involved in post-shutdown operations through to the 2030s. Germany's nuclear power companies will receive almost $3 billion for the early shutdown of their plants. Environment Minister Steffi Lemke has dismissed suggestions that a new generation of nuclear power plants might prompt Germany to change course yet again.
Germany's remaining three nuclear plants — Emsland, Isar and Neckarwestheim — will be powered down by the end of 2022. Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power plant near Grohnde, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Germany on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 is shutting down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the coun
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RT Education cell of NSS, IIT Roorkee organised an "Hindi Essay Writing Competition", augmenting the eve of 'Hindi Diwas' . The event was held on 14/9/2015 at Chediram Junior High School.
Hindi has been recognized as the 2nd most spoken language around the world, yet it has somewhat lost a step in its very own country. The quality of literature has seen a steep decline and the future of Hindi literature has been questioned one too many times. Therefore to promote Hindi literature, an 'Essay Writing Competition' was conducted in the school premises. The students wrote on various topics ranging from 'Significance of Independence Day' to 'Teacher's Day Celebrations'. There were a total of 17 participants, which included students from 8th-10th classes. They were given 20 minutes to write the essay, out of which the best 3 were orated by the student's themselves. The essays were very well written and the students were successful in showcasing their beautiful vocabulary and unique styles of writing.
The winners then read out their essays and were lauded by the crowd. This was followed by Prize Distribution in which our NSS students congratulated the winners and rewarded them with books and chocolates. The event was concluded by a group photograph of all the winners and NSS workers.
Hindustan is incomplete without 'Hindi', and it is small strides like these which will help us popularize the language furthermore.


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use std::rc::Rc;
use std::fmt;
use std::cmp::Ordering;

use winapi::*;

use atl::{Event};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// handler
// all structs who want to process the win message need to impl this
// and then called to put all the closure into Dialog.handlers
// all message process structs must live as long as MessageLoop
// all message process structs will be create and call the register function with MessageLoop as param
// dynamic generated code
// pub trait HandlerRegister {
//     fn register(&mut self,&MessageLoop);
// }

#[repr(C,packed)]
pub struct HandleKey {
    priority:u16,
    code:WORD,
    id  :WORD,
    msg :WORD,
}

impl HandleKey {
    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn new_msg(msg:UINT)->HandleKey{
        HandleKey{
            msg:msg as WORD,
            id:0,
            code:0,
            priority:0,
            //hwnd:h,
        }
    }

    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn new(msg:UINT,id:u16,code:u16)->HandleKey{
        HandleKey{
            msg:msg as WORD,
            id:id,
            code:code,
            priority:0,
            //hwnd:h,
        }
    }

    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn key(&self)->u64{
        unsafe{
            *(self as *const _ as *const u64)
        }
    }
}

/// Priority which is ranging from 0 ~ 65535. If more than one handler for the same message/command/notify,
/// then the wtl-rs will call them by priority,the smaller number the higher priority.
/// 0 ~ 99 been reserved for wtl-rs system,so user can use 100 ~ 65535
//this only use for sorting algorithm ,after that it will be set to zero for search algorithm
//so user can't set priority at runtime

/// the sort algorithm convert *self to u64, so only little endian machine can be sort correct
#[repr(C,packed)]
pub struct Handler<T> {
    pub priority:u16,
    pub code:WORD,
    pub id  :WORD,
    pub msg :WORD,

    pub call:Rc<Fn(&mut Event,&mut T)>,
}

impl<T> fmt::Display for Handler<T>{
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "Handler:\nmsg:{}\nid:{}\ncode:{}\npriority:{}\n", self.msg,self.id,self.code,self.priority)
    }
}

impl<T> Handler<T> {
    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn new<F>(msg:UINT,id:u16,code:u16,priority:u16,f:F)->Handler<T> where F:Fn(&mut Event,&mut T) + 'static {
        Handler{
            msg:msg as WORD,
            id :id,
            code:code,
            priority:priority,
            call:Rc::new(f),
        }
    }

    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn key(&self)->u64{
        unsafe{
            *(self as *const _ as *const u64)
        }
    }

    // for sort
    pub fn cmp(&self,other:&Self)->Ordering {
        self.key().cmp(&other.key())
    }
}

/// only handle the priority setting method
pub struct HandlerPriority<'a,T:'a> {
    h: &'a mut Handler<T>
}

/// priority ranges from 0 ~ 65535
impl <'a,T> HandlerPriority<'a,T> {
    #[inline(always)]
    pub fn new(h:&'a mut Handler<T>)->HandlerPriority<'a,T>{
        HandlerPriority{
            h:h,
        }
    }

    /// low priority,p range from 0 ~ 32767(0x7FFF),and real priority range from 32768 ~ 65535
    pub fn set_user_priority(&mut self,p:u16){
        debug_assert!(p < 8000);
        self.h.priority = p + 8000;        //32767
    }

    /// high priority, p range from 0 ~ 32767,and real priority range from 0 ~ 32767
    pub fn set_system_priority(&mut self,p:u16){
        debug_assert!(p < 8000);
        self.h.priority = p;
    }
}


Swimming has been a part of me since I was a child. I first began swimming back when I was 11 months--when I learned--and I've continued until now. This sport is part of my family, it's part of who I am. Generation after generation swimming has conquered the heart of my family--I've seen my dad and grandfather compete for the gold. Swimming allows me to focus on myself and it relaxes my brain.


This bronzing serum may look like a sci-fi invention, but don't be intimidated. The three-in-one primer, bronzer, and skin perfector addresses our three main concerns: oversized pores, unevenness, and lackluster skintone. Made with a triple helix of bronzing, highlighting, and illuminating pigments, the creamy formula has a mousse-like consistency, and is subtly laced with coppery shimmer. We love how it blends easily and dries to a matte finish. Plus, it keeps your skin's oil levels in check, so your makeup doesn't slide off midway through the day.
This would have been a great product for me had it been a little lighter. My skin tone use to be more olive and it has definitely gotten lighter. Bronzers kind of scare me maybe next time some basic and light.
I have fair skin, so its possible that this product just wasn't a good match for my skin tone etc. But I did not like it. It made my face way too dark (its not build able, so careful how much you squeeze out initially) and has a SHIMMER to it?! Not a good product for those of us in the professional setting. I was disappointed as I usually like stila products!
Very nice product. Lightweight and offers the perfect amount of coverage. Cute bottle & packaging too. Good size product as well, provided multiple uses.
Love this product. It's perfect for summer and mixes well with my primer. A little dark for my pale skin... But overall good product!
Love Stila and loved this product. Not only did it look cool in the bottle, it was a great, innovative product!
I love the idea of the two products combined and I don't mind a minimal amount of sparkle. The reflective particles in this are too obvious.
I tend to mix a bit of this bronzer with my BB cream and it gives me the perfect glow. It blends really well and leaves a matte, not shiny finish. I highly recommend it.
When used on it's own, this was way too dark. It was ok as a bronzer if I mixed it with my foundation but I did not notice that it was a good primer or that it helped with the look of my pores.
It's a little too dark, and I have tanned skin, but for an evening look it works well. Contains parabens though which I am trying to not use in the new makeup I buy.


Mom's Gone Bronson!: Old Navy Tankini!
Today my friend and I took a trip down to Old Navy for new swimsuits! Neither of us knew quite what we would come away with but she picked up hers real quick and I tried on almost all the ones they had on display!
Now, I should make it known that I was given a coupons, good for a free swimsuit/tankini or bikini AND one for a friend, both care of Crowdtap.com, which is a website that allows you to give your opinion on specific items and sometimes provides coupons and trials!! This one was particularly exciting!!
I really, REALLY, wanted a basic black swimsuit but they didn't have ANY in store, at all! I was disappointed but pushed on and tried on the others but didn't really feel like any of them really did me any justice.
In the end, I did find a 2 piece tankini that I do LOVE but it wasn't what I planned to buy and I am going to have to buy a strapless bra to wear with it, but it fits well, feels wonderful and it has a wonderful pattern and color!
Over all I was pleased with the outcome, but wished they had the one in store that I had seen online before I left the house, but there is always next year for that one piece!
I can't wait to test this one out in the water, and would recommend having a look in Old Navy for your swimsuit this summer - just be prepare for a different selection in store compared to online!
Thank you crowdtap for my new tankini! Happy Swimming!


The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $4.2 million in available funding to help eligible veterinarians repay a portion of their veterinary school loans in return for serving in areas of the United States lacking sufficient veterinary resources. Funding is made through NIFA's Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
Studies indicate significant and growing shortages of food supply veterinarians. A leading cause of the shortage is the heavy cost of four years of professional veterinary medical training, which can average more than $150,000. Without the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program to help relieve that financial burden, many veterinarians might otherwise select more lucrative career options in the urban areas, such as companion animal care.
Recipients are required to commit to three years of veterinary service in a designated veterinary shortage area. A map of veterinary service shortage areas by state is available online. Loan repayment benefits are limited to payments of the principal and interest on government and commercial loans received for attendance at an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)-accredited college of veterinary medicine resulting in a degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or the equivalent.
Not have a federal judgement lien against his/her property arising from federal debt.
The deadline for applications is May 26, 2017.
Since the program was implemented in 2010, more than 300 veterinarians have helped fill shortage situations in 46 states. In a blog, Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Pays Dividends, two recent participants, Idaho-based veterinarian Annie Bowes and Kentucky-based veterinarian Tim VanDerPloeg, talked about the program's impact to them and their communities.


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Kolesovsky Island () is an island in the East Siberian Sea. It is located close to the coast in Kolyma Bay (Kolymskaya Guba), south of the Konechnaya Channel and 13 km east of the mouths of the Indigirka River.

Kolesovsky Island is 3 km long. This island is only 0.7 km across and it is located 4 km to the northwest of Kolesovskaya Otmel, very close to a coastal headland.

Kolyma Bay, where the Kolesovsky Island lies, is a desolate place in the long winters, when it remains frozen to depths of several metres for about 250 days each year. It becomes free of ice only in early June and the thaw lasts typically until October. The area surrounding Kolesovsky Island comes to life during the summer when there is commercial fishing in the surrounding waters.

Administratively Kolesovsky Island belongs to the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) of the Russian Federation.
This island is named after Kolesovo , the nearest town.

References

Islands of the East Siberian Sea
Islands of the Sakha Republic

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"All monsters are human." Titan Entertainment presents the most twisted, iconic characters from the first six seasons of Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy's beautifully-twisted TV epic, American Horror Story. A haunted hotel built by a serial killer, a coven of witches with unthinkable powers, a mental asylum run by lunatics and a carnival freak show like no other.. these dark, disturbing settings are the backdrop for the American Horror Story Collection Titans Mini-Figures! Stuffed to the brim with horrific absurdities like the drilldo-wielding Addiction Demon, the terrifying Pigman, the murderous Butcher and three of the most memorable freaks from Season Four's Freak Show, this collection is a must-have for any discerning horror addict. The American Horror Story Titans Random Mini-Figure stands about 3-inches tall and comes with an awesomely-lethal character-specific accessory. The blind-boxed vinyl figure comes randomly picked.


There is nothing cuter than this Personalised Little Miss Doll if you are looking for unique baby shower gifts! This adorable little lady features a striped dress with a denim overdress, which is complete with pretty little flowers and cute little matching shoes to finish the look. Her hair is in twin pigtails with matching bows, and she even has apple cheeks and a big smile to welcome the new little baby girl. You can make this personalised dolly even more special by adding the little bundle's name to dress, which is sure to be a hit with the new mum.


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Q: Jetson Xavier NX unreadable pyserial (usb) I have 2 devices connected to Weighting terminal CAS-CI200A via RS-232:

*

*Lenovo notebook with Kubuntu 20.04 (x86_64 architecture)

*Jetson Xavier NX with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, JetPack 4.5 (aarch64 architecture)

    import serial
    ser = serial.Serial(
        port='/dev/ttyUSB0',
        baudrate=9600,
        parity=serial.PARITY_EVEN,
        stopbits=1,
        bytesize=8
    )
    line = ser.readline()
    print(line)

Result of the same pyserial library for both devices is:

*

*for Lenovo: b'ERR 13\r\n'

*for Jetson: b'\x05\x1f\x12\x1f\x12\x1f\x1e\x1e\x0c\x06\r\n'
Also I try to use: cat /dev/ttyUSB0 results are the same.
Task is to get b'ERR 13\r\n' from Jetson.
I try to .decode() the line b'\x05\x1f\x12\x1f\x12\x1f\x1e\x1e\x0c\x06\r\n', but still no success:

The only difference between the devises is architecture and OS version, the library and the code are the same.
Does anyone know the way to get correct response?

A: Problem was in converter's driver(parity not work)
1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics HL-340 USB-Serial adapter
The solution is to update driver.


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Webtel.mobi Explains Its Global Structure, and the Artificial Intelligence System – "HAL" – Which Powers It
Global Telephony Provider WM provides an overview on what is behind the system that is entering into a potential sector-influencing role in many of the world's largest markets.
Extremely Simplified View of the WM Complex System
NEW YORK and ST PETER PORT, Guernsey, Oct. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — To supply the suite of services that Global Telephony Company Webtel.mobi ("WM") provides, worldwide, would – if using conventional methodologies – require:
Global Accessibility: The build of multiple different Platforms to cater for the wide disparity of internet / Mobile Data / Hardware / Handsets worldwide.
Regulatory Compliance: The provision of many of its Facilities as stand-alone products in different Sectors –rather than integrated into one Telephony Platform.
Infrastructure: Hundreds of thousands of personnel and support & administrative personnel – and premises for them – worldwide.
To cater for all of the above, WM first researched and then planned the build and structuring of all end-requirements, then built its business and Delivery Platform to fit the end requirements.
A summary of the structure and flow of the WM System is as follows:
Global Accessibility
For internet-based products and services to be globally accessible and usable, the Online Delivery Platform has to be built, and function to cater for, the extremely wide disparity in the hardware, software, mobile data and internet capacity in all countries and several other factors. A summary of requirements, and what WM had to make its system available to, is as follows:
Applications: Only Online Applications or "Web Applications" can be used. 50% of Mobile Phones in use worldwide are Pre-Smart phones, which cannot download Apps. If Apps are downloaded onto phones, the Company whose Apps they are – is legally deemed to be present in the country where the App is downloaded and used.
Browsers: There are very many browsers in use – for Desktop / Laptop / Tablet, Smart Phones and Pre-Smart Phones. These include legacy (old) Browsers not in use in Developed Economy countries. Browsers also function differently on different makes and models of hardware and hardware resolutions. The Delivery Platform must function on all of them. There are thousands of combinations, and the Delivery Platform must be built to render and function on them all.
Operating Systems: There are hundreds of differences in the operating systems of the various makes and models of Smart Phone, Pre-Smart Phone, Tablets, Laptops and Desktops. This is further compounded by the use of Low-Resolution Operating Systems in large parts of the world that are developing countries. Again, there are thousands of combinations, and the Delivery Platform must be built to render and function on them all.
Bandwidth / Data Cost: In the majority of the world, access to internet does not exist outside of Mobile Data. In the Developing World, internet and Mobile Data is either extremely expensive or very slow – particularly for the 70% of the world population who are on Pre-Paid phone contracts. The Delivery Platform must be built to strip out all Rich Images and Dynamic content, and highly-compressed – otherwise, the product is too slow or too expensive in bandwidth / Mobile Data cost to be accessed or used.
Pre-Smart Mobile Phones: The 50% of Pre-Smart Phones in use globally cannot download Apps, cannot properly function on Platforms / Sites using Javascript, and are limited in their User-Functions. The Delivery Platform must be built without Javascript and to be easily usable by limited functionality devices.
Globally Intuitive Layout: The wide discrepancy in user "norms" in different parts of the world means what is considered normal or intuitive in one part of the world is considered strange or difficult in others. The layout must be simple and intuitive, presented in a clear and simple manner, conforming to a global median of norms of navigation.
Color: Color is extremely important in multiple countries – signifying good, bad, lucky, unlucky, etc. All colors with negative connotations in any significant parts of the world must be avoided.
The above considerations and various others – and a decade of testing in multiple markets worldwide – have informed and guided the layout and functionality of WM's Platform 2. Its current format renders it easily accessible and usable by all devices, on all browsers, with all software / hardware / handset combinations, in low-cost or high-cost and rapid or slow internet and mobile data countries, in market-sectors, in all countries, worldwide.
WM is a Telephony Company with internet-initiated telephony. It is regulated as an Internet Telephony Service Provider. All its Services are telephony and Telephony-Support Services. The fact some of them are Dual Use is due only to its Complex Adaptive System and Complex System Hybrid (see next section).
WM does not provide services to the public – only to Members. It is therefore a "Closed-Loop Members Only service" – not a public service.
WM's operation from Guernsey as a Third-Country location (not part of any Political or Economic Union of countries) and its accessibility via Web Application means wherever the Platform is accessed from, it is deemed to be being accessed in Guernsey, and all member Accounts and Transactions occur in Guernsey.
The "Stored Credit" Members load into their WM Pre-Paid telephony Accounts is not a deposit / payment or part-payment. Stored Credit remains the property of the owner until it is used. Stored Credit loads therefore do not represent outward payments, deposits, or transfers to third parties.
No Stored Credit of WM Members held in WM's Regulated Bank Accounts ever moves – even in "Transfer" or "Payment" transactions. The Stored Credit (funds) remain completely static in WM's Regulated Multicurrency bank Accounts (held with one of the world's leading and largest Banking Groups), and the only alteration after "Transfers" or "Payments" is the alteration of each transacting Member's Balance in their WM Accounts.
Multiple other considerations – the above being some of them. Moreover, WM's KYC and AML processes in respect of its Members are one of the most thorough and credible of such systems in the world.
All WM's regulatory requirements and structures have been researched by multiple independent firms of Attorneys, Global Specialist Consultancies, Banks, Regulatory Agencies, and other entities, in one of the most thorough due diligence processes ever carried out on a corporate entity in corporate history. WM is compliant with all Regulatory Requirements applicable to it – which is why it has already operated for nearly 10 years in its Platform 1 phase without any incident.
WM operates as a Decentralized Company, with software and human capital infrastructures located in 15 countries worldwide. A summary of WM's infrastructure is as follows:
Outsourcing:
Non-essential and non-core infrastructure requirements are outsourced – although WM retains joint oversight over them. The outsourced facilities are primarily hardware-related. Several hundred people work in the entities where the decentralized WM outsourced infrastructure is located, but they are not a WM cost-centre. There are multiple replacements for each outsourced entity at all times, with immediate switchover capacity – so not rendering WM vulnerable to an external entity.
WM In-House Outsourcing (VSMPs and Agent):
WM expands internationally by means of an Affiliate Program (the Virtual Specialized Mobile Provider or VSMP Program), and an Independent Agent Program. VSMPs are Affiliates of WM given to existing companies / organizations / other entities. All personnel of the existing companies / organizations / other entities that have VSMPs – and all their premises and equipment – is used to run their Affiliated WM business. The same applies for Independent Agents. The cumulative de-facto total of personnel and premises that already exist as WM VSMPs make WM one of the most substantial global companies in terms of de-facto personnel, equipment, and premises – but none of this is a cost-centre for WM.
Artificial Intelligence Complex Adaptive System:
This is the key to WM as an entity. To provide its all-encompassing services globally – and for any entity in the world to provide such services and facilities in this manner – the use of Artificial Intelligence is required. Without this, it is simply not possible to provide such services in such a manner – and it would require hundreds of thousands of personnel to even attempt to do so. WM built an Artificial Intelligence System, which is a Complex Adaptive System. It also integrates elements of an Inanimate Complex System (software, systems, processes and components) and an Animate Complex System (human beings – for the VSMP + Independent Agent + Attorneys and Notaries for the KYC + AML processes). The Animate Part of the System functions within the "TEL.mobi Group Global Alliance". The perfection of its Artificial Intelligence component is what has taken the time to perfect the WM System, and is the Primary Factor in all that WM does – and can do. To understand more about the WM's Artificial Intelligence component – referred to as "HAL" within WM – it is easiest if the concepts, requirements, and results of a "Complex Adaptive System" and a "Complex System" are researched online. The Complex Adaptive System and two additional Complex System components are what endow WM's Facilities with the properties of "Emergence", enabling them to be dual-use products whereby they simultaneously provide Telephony-Support functionality and their secondary functionality in and to other markets.
Nick Lambert: wm@thoburns.com
Information on the TEL. mobi Group Global Alliance:
https://webtel.mobi/pc/info/tmg-global-alliance/
Video on WM's Regulatory Compliance:
https://youtu.be/u522lVsGIJI
Video on The Capacities of the WM System:
https://youtu.be/XYBrCikUhn8
Research Reports on the Capacities of the WM System:
https://tinyurl.com/TUVresearch
WM's urls:
https://webtel.mobi/pc (Tablets / Laptops / Desktops)
https://webtel.mobi (Smart Phones)
https://webtel.mobi/wap (Pre-Smart Mobile Phones)
Overview Information on Complex Adaptive Systems:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_adaptive_system
Overview Information on Complex Systems:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system
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Recently, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal. His writings criticized the Obama administration's response to foreign affairs, specifically Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As mentioned by Politico, Romney made a significant point in this op-ed when he said that globally, America does not hold more respect from a "single country" than from before Obama became president. Romney stated publicly what Americans have witnessed with the inaction of both President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying, "Their failure has been painfully evident." Romney urged the president and Secretary of State John Kerry to take action before it is too late.
My true interest in Mitt Romney's op-ed comes from the official responses it received. According to Politico, the President's administration, Former National Security Council spokesman, and White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, all accused Romney of simple belligerence without providing any solutions. NSC's spokesman, Tommy Vietor, said via Twitter, "Lots of blaming America for the world's problems. Zero ideas for how to solve them. Typical." Interesting statement considering Romney is not blaming America, the people; he is referring to the mangled foreign affairs the current administration has allowed by inaction and weak foreign policy. I would like to point out that it is not, in fact, Mitt Romney's job to provide the solutions and solve the problems of this administration. How can the President and his political supporters openly blame unsolved problems on someone whom has absolutely nothing to do with the implemented policies? Mark Halperin, a journalist, ". . . suggested to Pfeiffer that Romney was saying there were solutions previously, and that Obama needed better timing." It is, in fact, the Obama administration's responsibility to create solutions and to establish peaceful, workable, foreign policy. Yet, these politicians respond to comments of their failures by stating that the plaintiff is not presenting solutions. Welcome to America: home of the free... to blame mistakes on the brave. Furthermore, even Hillary Clinton, whose failures as Secretary of State were also mentioned in Romney's op-ed, said she is "worried that allowing Putin to get away with the annexation of Crimea could have repercussion in the region" and that action must be taken or the surrounding countries will be demoralized and could submit to Putin based on fear. Clinton's comments do not provide anymore of a foreign policy strategy than Mitt Romney's. Both Romney and Clinton are suggesting the obvious - America's foreign policy needs to change under this administration.


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Racing Full for the Fastnet Race
Full for the Fastnet Race
As major ocean races continue to thrive, the Royal Ocean Racing Club announces its marquee race hit the entry cap within minutes of opening.
By James Boyd/RORC
Nikata passes the Fastnet Rock at sunrise in the 2017 edition of the race. Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi
Once again, the Rolex Fastnet Race has confirmed itself to be by far the world's largest offshore yacht race. After the entry for the Royal Ocean Racing Club's flagship event was opened at 1200 UTC, the 340 available places for boats in the IRC fleet were all taken within just four minutes and 37 seconds. This was just 13 seconds outside the record time recorded in 2017.
The first entry to sign up on the RORC's Sailgate online entry system for the biennial 605-mile race from Cowes to Plymouth via the Fastnet Rock off southwest Ireland, was regular competitor Derek Saunders and his Farr 60 Venomous. He narrowly beat the German Hamburgischer Verein Seefahrt club's Judel Vrolijk 52 Haspa Hamburg and Tom Kneen's JPK 11.80 Sunrise who were next fastest.
After the first two minutes, 180 boats had already been entered successfully. After the first frenetic four minutes and 37 seconds when the maximum entry limit was reached, subsequent requests were filtered through to the reserve list. Ultimately, after the deluge subsided, 440 boats had entered in total.
Yachts from 25 countries are due to take part this year: The bulk of these are from the UK, from where 201 boats were registered, followed by the dominant French (winners of the last three editions of the Rolex Fastnet Race) with 81 and the Netherlands with 33.
The entry includes a strong contingent of 16 boats from the United States, many making the passage across to the UK in the Rolex Transatlantic Race 2019. This leaves Newport, Rhode island on June 25, bound for Cowes via the Lizard and is organized by the RORC in conjunction with the New York Yacht Club, Royal Yacht Squadron and Storm Trysail Club. Entries from further afield have been received from Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Turkey, Hong Kong and Korea among others.
This strong entry shows that the change of date has made little impression on the desire to do the Rolex Fastnet Race: The start date was moved to Saturday, 3 August and for the first time it will be setting off before Lendy Cowes Week (rather than on the traditional Sunday immediately after it).
For the RORC's Australian Racing Manager Chris Stone this is his first Rolex Fastnet entry day experience since taking up his position in Cowes a year ago: "It has been unbelievably busy. Before 1200 we had about 500 people who were all on standby, logged into their accounts, which was a good indicator about how busy it was going to be. Then we went straight to 340 and on to 440, including the waiting list."
Among the entries is at least one 100-foot maxi while Stone reckons that one of the top fights in the race will potentially be between the six Cookson 50s.
It should be noted that with the Rolex Fastnet Race the RORC has led the way among the organizers of the world's classic 600 milers in inviting other grand prix racing yacht classes to compete outside of the main IRC fleet. This has led to the race featuring some of the very best offshore racing hardware from yachts competing in the Volvo Ocean Race to the giant 100-foot long French Ultime multihulls and the IMOCA 60s of the Vendée Globe. For 2019, an especially strong line-up of Class 40s is anticipated. "We are expecting around another 50 boats – thirty Class 40s and twenty IMOCA boats," Stone forecasts.
Meanwhile for the fleet, there remains the qualification process that will take place over the course of the 2019 season, with teams required to gain adequate miles and experience in order to meet the Rolex Fastnet Race's stringent entry requirements. Competing yachts must complete more than 300 race miles with at least 50 percent of their Rolex Fastnet Race crew onboard.
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Will 'Diablero' Return For Season 2? The Demon-Hunting Series Is Like A Spanish-Language 'Supernatural'
By Jack O'Keeffe
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Though Netflix has largely been focused on producing English-language programming in the past, its roster of Spanish-language shows grew rapidly in 2018, with its final Spanish show of the year, horror series Diablero, arriving Dec. 21. The streaming platform hasn't yet announced if Diablero will return for Season 2, but the fact that the company has been heavily investing in Spanish-language programming suggests that Diablero may not only be returning — it could be a long-running flagship program for the service.
While Netflix has been building an extensive library of original series, one thing that it lacks is a long-running, monster-of-the-week style supernatural drama. Subscribers looking for supernatural dramas to marathon will be treated to seven seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, five seasons of Buffy spinoff Angel, eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries, eight seasons of Charmed, and 13 seasons and counting of Supernatural. According to Tiii.me, a site that tracks the total runtime of TV shows, watching all of those would amount to 511 hours — so, certainly, there's no shortage of content. But Diablero, which follows the partnership of demon hunter Elvis Infante, priest Father Ramiro Ventura, and vigilante Nancy Gama, could bring something fresh to the mix while also scratching the same itch that's allowed shows like Supernatural to find so much success.
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In fact, the similarities between Diablero and Supernatural suggest that Diablero could specifically be catering to fans of the CW program. Supernatural follows two brothers driving across America in a vintage 1967 Chevy Impala who get caught in the struggle between angels and demons and must protect everyday people from paranormal forces; Diablero also features a ragtag group driving cross-country who get caught in the struggle between angels and demons and must protect everyday people from paranormal forces, except in Mexico and in a vintage 1974 Chevy.
However, while Supernatural focused on hunting monsters for a few seasons before getting truly biblical, Diablero is steeped in religious iconography from the very beginning. Supernatural isn't a bad show to be modeled off of, as a show that runs for 300 episodes is clearly doing something right, but while both shows are about demon hunters with classic cars, the unique characters and distinct setting of Diablero set it apart from its American counterpart.
Plus, while Diablero will likely be of interest to people who want a different take on the Supernatural formula, it also signifies the merging of two trends in Netflix's programming. Following the success of Stranger Things, the service has rolled out a number of supernatural series in 2018, including The Haunting Of Hill House, The Innocents, and The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. It's also premiered a number of non-supernatural Spanish-language series like Edha, The House Of Flowers, and Elite. Diablero is the perfect blend of the two, which could indicate that the show will get continued support from the streaming platform. Viewers will have to wait and see if Diablero will ride again, but it seems to be on the right track.


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TORONTO, Sept. 25, 2018 /CNW/ - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company", TSX Symbol "FM") today addressed the announcement of a Supreme Court ruling in connection to the constitutionality of Law 9 of 1997.
Minera Panama, a subsidiary of the Company, understands that the Supreme Court ruling only affects the enactment of Law 9, and does not affect the mining concession contract itself, which remains in effect, and therefore allows continuity of development of the Cobre Panama project.
Minera Panama is in the process of formally obtaining and examining the ruling and its applicability and is working with the appropriate parties to identify suitable legal remedies. Such remedies would need to be analyzed by the Supreme Court.
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Q: multivalued parameters in SSRS - selecting only one value I've set up a report with a multi-valued parameter. The dataset is essentially
select 'Abc' as field1
Union all
select 'lmnop'
union all
select 'xyz'
order by Field1

Available values - Label and Value are both set to Field1
Default values - Value is set to Field1
I would expect only the 'Abc' to be selected by default and the rest unselected. But instead, I'm seeing all of them selected. This works as expected with single valued parameters.
SSRS 2008 R2

A: Based on this answer and some quick testing, it seems that when a parameter is defined as multi-value and there is no NULL in the dataset, the default behaviour is to select all of them. Otherwise, it selects None. Select All as default value for Multivalue parameter
Which makes sense, I suppose, from a behaviour perspective. You're allowing multi-select so why not assume someone will start with everything selected? Seems as arbitrary as expecting the first thing to be selected.

A: Got it, whatever is returned from the default values dataset will become selected when the report is run.
So if I have as Dataset for Available option
select 'a' as field1
union all
select 'b'
union all
select 'c'

and I have as Dataset2 for Default option
Select 'b' as selectedField

Then, only 'B' will be selected by default when the report is run. Makes sense.


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Data Breach At Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Leaks 1 TB of Stolen Data
Attackers have stolen over a terabyte of data from Saudi Aramco (aka Saudi Arabian Oil Company), which they are selling on the darknet.
Saudi Aramco is one of the largest public petroleum and gas companies in the world, with almost $230 billion in annual revenue.
Saudi Aramco has blamed the data breach that occurred last year on third-party contractors and says the attack had no impact on its operations.
ZeroX, a threat actor group, is offering up to 1 TB of data belonging to Saudi Arabia's Aramco for sale. The group claims that the data it obtained was stolen from the servers of Saudi Aramco in 2020.
A small 1Gb sample set of blueprints and proprietary documents for Saudi Aramco were posted online in June this year. Samples contain personally identifiable information, which was redacted from the leak site. The cost of the samples alone was US$2,000.
While, the hackers' .onion leak site has a countdown timer that indicates that negotiations would begin after 662 hours (about 28 days).
The group says that the documents include details about the company's various refineries located in various Saudi Arabian cities.
Hackers claim some stolen data includes: Full information on 14,254 employees (name, photo, passport copy, email, phone number, residence permit (Iqama card) number, job title, ID numbers, family information, etc.); project specification for systems (electrical/power, architectural, engineering, civil, construction management, environmental, machinery, vessels, telecom, etc.); internal analysis reports, agreements, letters, pricing sheets, etc.; network layout with IP addresses; Scada points; Wi-Fi access points; IP cameras; and IoT devices; location map and precise coordinates; list of Aramco's clients; and invoices and contracts.
The price of the entire 1 TB is US$5 million, although the amount is negotiable. And a one-off sale plus a demand to wipe the data completely from ZeroX's servers is a whopping US$50 million.
ZeroX claims they have been negotiating the sale with five buyers so far.
Hackers also made it clear that this incident is not a ransomware attack, as both the threat actor and Saudi Aramco have confirmed to BleepingComputer.
"Aramco recently became aware of the indirect release of a limited amount of company data which was held by third party contractors. We confirm that the release of data has no impact on our operations, and the company continues to maintain a robust cybersecurity posture," an Aramco spokesperson told BleepingComputer.


Balance the need to be productive with "getting away." You'll be surprised at how, slowing down can get you to your destination faster.
Years ago, Christian monastic leaders discovered that unknown forces could obliterate spiritual motivation just as quickly and with equal devastation as a hacker destroying a hard drive.
They called the phenomenon "acedia," which is Greek for "without vigor." Since acedia most often occurred after lunch, they nicknamed it the "Noonday Devil."
Once the monastics, the originators of the power nap, realized they were most vulnerable to the Noonday Devil's spell when they were tired, they decided to follow lunch with a siesta. While their stomachs worked hard on digestion, their minds and bodies took a break.
Watch this video on relaxing with Dr. Andrew Weil.
The ancients would not be surprised that the Noonday Devil still flourishes, though we're more likely to call it burnout or aimlessness. They knew that just as there is no "happily ever after" for lovers, there is no "enlightened ever after" for spiritual seekers. Doubts and fears need to be faced daily and commitments renewed often.
We can achieve this by taking naps. Since naps increase the mental and spiritual equivalent of T Cells, they make us more immune to the mind fogs that can turn good intentions and spiritual fervor into lethargy.
Napping can help us clarify personal issues like perfectionism or crippled self-esteem, which make us vulnerable to spiritual wipeout. As we recommit to our spiritual path, we rediscover allies who can inspire and encourage us.
As we learn to recognize the Noonday Devil, we need to remember that resistance, be it procrastination, aimlessness or obsessive worry, is a natural part of spiritual life. One of the most effective ways to fight spiritual resistance is to take a nap, then pray and recommit to your purpose.
Humor is another great weapon against the Noonday Devil. The comic Steve Bhaerman, otherwise known as Swami Beyondananda, dares us to find wisdom by getting off our spiritual high horses. He suggests Tantrum Yoga, a "meditation" commonly used by toddlers, as a good way to lighten our spiritual load.
This sounds like just what I need when my inner 2-year-old drowns out my best ideas with her "I don't want to and you can't make me" mantra. As soon as I break free of the Noonday Devil that specializes in procrastination, I might give it a try.


TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie issued a challenge Sunday to any of his Republican presidential rivals who wish to question how successful he's been at governing the Garden State.
"They want to have a debate about the New Jersey record? Bring it on," Christie said during an appearance on ABC's "This Week." "I'm ready to have it."
Host George Stephanopolous suggested that Christie has become "more of a target" now that he's been moving up toward the top of polls in the key state of New Hampshire.
He noted that a super PAC aligned with Ohio Gov. John Kasich -- one of Christie's 13 opponents for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination -- has been running an ad that criticizes Christie's tenure in New Jersey.
"The point he's making is that your state is in deficit, (and) his state is in surplus," Stephanopolous said.
Christie responded that New Jersey is not in deficit and that over the last six years, the state has seen 225,000 new private sector jobs.
"In the eight years before I became governor, George, zero net private sector jobs," he added. "And this year, 2015, is the best year of private sector job growth in New Jersey in 15 years."
Kasich is referring to New Jersey's structural deficit, a number that represents what's been promised in laws passed by past governors and state legislatures based on a series of funding formulas for how much the state should spend on everything from pensions to schools to property tax rebates.
According to the most recent estimates from the state's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services, New Jersey's structural deficit is $10.2 billion -- only $500 million lower than when Christie took office.
Christie has objected to using this figure, saying the calculation is "fake."
Gov. Chris Christie appears on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, Christie's interview Sunday morning comes two days after the state labor department released numbers that show New Jersey's unemployment rate dropped to 5.3 percent in November as the state added 8,000 jobs. In all, the state has added 55,100 private sector jobs this year.
But Stephanopolous noted that New Jersey's credit rating has been downgraded "several times" during his tenure. It's nine, to be exact.
"It sure has," Christie said. "You know why? Because I'm cleaning up the mess that I inherited, and I'm doing it honestly and rightfully and not by borrowing more money to paper it over."
The first major attack Christie has received from a GOP opponent in recent weeks came Dec. 7, when front-runner Donald Trump unloaded on the governor's economic record, among other issues.


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As soon as you get your Amateur Radio license, you start thinking about a good 2-meter antenna for your home or garage. Commercially built antennas can be expensive but there is a great solution to the problem. Build a Copper J-Pole antenna.
Construction of the J-Poles is simple. Careful measurements and soldering skill condenses the soldering construction time into a few brief hours. If you haven't soldered copper pipe fittings before, buy a few extra and practice a few times before you start construction on your antenna. There are numerous videos on YouTube that show the best method for soldering copper pipes.
You'll find that you will rapidly become proficient with the skill. Undoubtedly, you'll be using it again before long to build more antennas either for yourself, scout troops and as an Elmer helping new Hams set up their own shacks.
I built both Super J-Poles (2-Meter, 70 CM) and single frequency 2-Meter J-Poles for use at home and for other applications.
N7QVC has posted the plans for both of these antennas on his site. The comments by his blog readers are equally helpful in choosing the design features of your J-Pole. Download them and print a copy for the wall above your work bench.
I used 3/4" copper for the Super J-Poles and 1/2" copper for the J-Poles. There is a substantial weight difference between the two antennas due to their respective lengths and the added pipe mass.
Even though I'd drilled and tapped holes for the stainless screws to attach the copper 3/8" tubing in the Super J-Poles, they didn't offer the solid connections I'd hoped to achieve. The connections won't ever loosen with the stainless hose clamps I put around the copper and over the screws. The clamps had no measurable affect to the SWR of the antennas. Just remember to paint the schedule 40 union or threaded PVC splice that you use to separate the sections of the antenna before tightening the screws lest you strip the threading out of the tubes with multiple tightenings.
Tuning the antennas was a snap. I used sections of split tubing combined with stainless steel hose clamps to attach the SO-239 connector and feed point. The idea came from comments I read on several blogs and it works very well. The sections are each 1 1/2" in length. It was easy to bend back a 1/4" lip at the split and drill holes through it to match the mounting holes on the SO-239. A Dremel tool quickly carved a curved notch so it could seat deeply enough to align the mounting holes with the copper sections.
Once the split sections were snapped in place about 3" above the base of the "J", it was simple to slide them up or down slightly to find the best SWR / Antenna Analyzer reading. Clamping them in place was accomplished using more stainless hose clamps followed by solder between the section and the antenna elements.
The SWR for the Super J-Poles is 1:1.1 and the J-Poles have a 1:1 SWR. I used 146.500 as the 'sweet spot' tuning frequency because it is close to the mid-point of the frequencies used by the repeaters in my area.
I played with the radiation patterns before final mounting but found that it didn't really matter which way I pointed the antennas because we live in a valley with mountains all around us. The repeaters I use are all line-of-sight shots on nearby mountain ridges, so hitting them is easy.
The Super J-Pole is mounted at 25 ft and operates flawlessly. I mounted the J-Pole at 11 ft on a post that supports a side fence by my shop. I expected some impact due to the reduced height, but it is negligible.
The simplex tests I ran were all over 30-miles in distance and even at 5-watts, I couldn't conclusively prove one orientation to be better than another. Broadcast radiation and reception worked very well with these copper hot-shots. I suspect that the mountains here almost duct the radio waves along the valleys between them regardless of the twists and turns that I tested.
You'll want to look up J-Pole radiation patterns and do some testing at your location before making the final tightening turns on the antenna mount.
The whole tuning process per antenna only took 10-minutes at most. It literally took more time dialing them in by checking readings between the radios and meters on my work bench and the antennas than it did to solder the connections in place.
In an effort to bring the younger generation into the Ham Radio world, I used Google video chat on a laptop so a grandson could engage in the construction from afar. He will undoubtedly build 'better' antennas in the coming months to show his grandfather that the digital generation can build things out of copper as well as being a master of digital bits, which is just what I hoped for.
My wife likes the look of shiny copper, so rather than painting the antennas that will be used at our home a sky gray color, I polished them with steel wool and covered them with four coats of clear lacquer. So far, none of the neighbors have spotted them through the Ponderosa pine trees at hour home. The G5RV antennas between the same pines have never been spotted, so I have little fear of complaints about a couple of copper shafts in the air in different locations.
I used LMR-400 coax wire to the entrance box with its lightning arrestors and multiple 12" bulkheads that feed through the wall into my ham shack. I really like LMR-400 cable due to very good experiences with it in my HF and other installations.
If you are considering building a J-Pole but aren't sure of your skill level, quit worrying and start building. Even if you haven't built anything like this before, you'll quickly learn the minimal required skills and you'll have fun in the process.
There are many variations on the J-Pole and recommendations for their construction on the web. Take a little time, read through them, focus on the folks who have actually built antennas from the plans and choose your design.
You'll be on the air with your new antenna sooner than you'd think possible and if you are lucky, the only part you'll have to buy that isn't already in bins in your garage or shop will be the SO-239 connector. If you've been to any Hamfests or gatherings, you probably have a handful of them laying around too.