Come along for a day filled with 'Goodness'.
This will be an uplifting and empowering workshop aimed at holistic health. Join us for a day of learning about holistic modalities including Naturopathy, Iridology, Massage, Reflexology, Integrative Nutrition and Herbs and Bach Flowers. Our expert panel of presenter will give a Q & A workshop on their perspective fields and offer an opportunity for you to participate along the way. Delicious and nutritious lunch and morning tea also provided. Take charge of your health and join us for this empowering and educational holistic wellness day.
A Social worker turned Hypnotherapist, my interest in self-healing really began with a diagnosis of IBS in the family, which could not be treated medically. Taking matters into my own hands, all of the research turned to hypnosis as the 'cure'. What? How does that work?? I wondered to myself..
First of all I'd like you to understand that all hypnotherapy is not the same. So if you have experienced hypnotherapy, chances are it was someone reading out a script to you (and hoping that it 'works'). This was my initial training too (effectively trained to read a story..), though with a background in Social Work working with very traumatized clients, I was not satisfied this provided effective help to those who needed it most (without attending for 12 or more visits!). My initial Hypnotherapy studies opened a whole new world for me, which led to studies in Meditation Therapy, which led back to advanced training in hypnotherapy including a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy as well as in Conversational Hypnosis. Conversational Hypnosis is where I found what REALLY works to overcome those 'deep-seated' painful patterns that govern our lives (and cause anxiety, depression, stress, IBS. chronic illness, phobias, addictions…). All of my training allows me to provide a range of high-quality hypnosis and psychotherapy services to meet your unique and individual needs – and no re-visiting past trauma required!!
With a focus on health and wellbeing, my dream is for all people to realise they have the very resources required within to escape the walls of their own 'invisible prison' – as well as to activate and utilize those dormant healing abilities that reside well within all of us! I now happily spend my days in my home studio in Gawler SA helping others to heal, overcome addictions and mental illness and become the power in their lives, and learn about the powerful unconscious mind.
Christine Spencer has been specialising in 20 years of extensive practise and study of Physical and Energetic Healing. This intense interest has taken Christine all over Australia and travelled the World to be in the presence of International renown teachers who she has had the opportunity to have studied under. It is with her inquisitive, free spirit and devotion to perfect her practise that takes her to find teachers and methods that can enhance her own abilities of providing powerful healing for her clients.Christine' portfolio and practises include, Attunement, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Pranic Healing and various techniques in Massage. Within all of these areas she is highly qualified and in high demand due to her professionalism, defined consciousness to support and understand her clients needs. Her unique ability lies in revealing unconscious patterns and blocks that are causing dis-ease and dis-harmony, and listens intuitively to underlying issues that may be the cause of unease. Christines natural ability is to hold a surrounding space with patience and diligence where she creates an openness to a deep cellular flow which gently restores balance.To take a healing time or an appointment with Christine is a precious and unique experience, her empathic realisations, compassion and highly tuned skills make you feel lovingly held in the hands of a devoted and generous expert.Through and through Christine holds the highest intentions for the outcome of any healing time to be one of restoration, balance and have you on your way to positive optimum health, well being, feeling fully relaxed and free of any ill.Recommendations for healing time or sessions with Christine Spencer is highly encouraged, you will immediately know that you are in the hands of someone who really tunes in to your explicit needs and once you open up to her magnifcent energy you quickly realise you are in the right place with someone who truly cares about helping you become well and on the road to recovery.
Sue trained at the Dorothy Hall School of Herbal Medicine with an emphasis on preventative and common sense in all aspects to health and well-being. This was after a long period of playing and coaching hockey at many levels and having a family. By offering an holistic approach, looking at the whole person including their individual circumstances, Sue is assessing the connections between mind and body. These connections are about the way we feel, think and behave mentally, emotionally and physically whether in a positive healthy or negative unhealthy way, which leads to illness/sickness/disease. Sue has over 15 years experience currently practicing in Westbourne Park and Walkley Heights, combining Herbal Medicine, Bach Flowers Remedies and Nutrition in her Tonics as well as diagnosis support through Iridology. Herbal Medicine has very ancient roots, using plants as the chosen method of support for the body to heal they self. This natural method of medicine is as relevant, if not more so in today's society, as it has ever been. By treating the causes of health issues you are giving yourself the option of many positive life-changing outcomes. Sue will focus her talk on 'Herbs, Bach Flowers & You'. You are unique so different Herbs and Bach Flowers are going to be more relevant for you.
Combining her strengths of a lifetime of intuitive insight, 20 years Naturopathic Practice , with holistic Journey that brings deeper understanding and links to the mind – Body – emotions and innate connections to any personal journey. This Practitioner combination leads to hope transformed into, solutions, understanding and relief by so many. After 20 years consulting, I remain passionate about helping people, change their lives for the better. Sonya Lee has consulted in alternative health for over 20yrs, Beginning with naturopathy combining this with Body-Talk techniques and intuitive skills, hypnotherapy, transpersonal development workshops and mediation classes to assist people to grow, heal and gain control over their life and direction.
I received my training as a Holistic Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition's cutting-edge Health Coach Training Program.
During my training, I studied over 100 dietary theories, practical lifestyle management techniques, and innovative coaching methods with some of the world's top health and wellness experts.
And many other leading researchers and nutrition authorities.
Further to my recent training, over the course of 20 years previously I have attended many seminars, lectures and courses in order to search for the best practices while I was farming. I owned a "Certified Organic Beef, cereal and seed farm". In the meantime it was also studying various aspects of how our food can be either beneficial or detrimental to our health. This interest was triggered by the death of my father from cancer.
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A piece of the Gospel of Mark believe to have been written before the year 90 - making it the oldest known gospel - is about to be published, according to Live Science.
The gospel was written on papyrus which was then used to make a mask for a mummy. Pharaohs wore golden masks, but ordinary citizens would wear masks made of papyrus or linen, paint and glue - a paper mâche mask. Since these supplies were still expensive, papyrus that had been written on often got reused, according to Live Science.
Scientists are able to unglue the paper without destroying the writing on it.
"We're recovering ancient documents from the first, second and third centuries," said Craig Evans, a professor of New Testament studies at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, according to Live Science. "Not just Christian documents, not just biblical documents, but classical Greek texts, business papers, various mundane papers, personal letters."
Even copies of Homer's stories have been peeled from masks.
By using dates on other papers on the mask, Evans said that his team was able to determine the date of the gospel.
Some scholars think that this method is not worth the destruction of mummy masks, but Evans told Live Science that the pieces they are undoing are often just cartonnage - the material used in mummification of bodies.
"We're not talking about the destruction of any museum-quality piece," Evans told Live Science.


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NJ Enacts State-Wide Paid Sick Leave
On May 2, 2018, Governor Murphy signed into law the New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Act (the "Act"). This new law requires employers state-wide to provide employees with paid time off for sickness. We had been tracking this law, which was passed by the legislature in April and which new Governor Murphy had pledged to support. The Act is particularly important because it preempts the various municipal paid sick leave ordinances throughout the State, thereby providing uniformity and consistency.[1] The Act will go into effect in 180 days on October 29, 2018. Here's what you need to know to get ready:
All employees working for "compensation" are covered under the Act; however, certain employees are exempted, such as construction industry employees working under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), per diem hospital health care employees, or public employees who are provided with sick leave.
Virtually every private employer in the State is covered by the Act including, temporary service firms. Public employers providing its employees with sick leave are not covered under the Act.
What If There Is a Collective Bargaining Agreement?
As indicated above, the Act specifically exempts employees covered by CBAs that are either currently in effect now or signed before the Act becomes effective in October 2018. However, even after the Act goes into effect, parties to a CBA may negotiate different paid sick leave benefits, thereby waiving the rights under the Act.
How Much Leave Is Required and How Is It Accrued?
Employees shall be entitled to five (5) days or forty (40) hours of paid sick leave per benefit year. Employers must establish a "benefit year," which should be any consecutive 12-month period. Most employers rely upon a typical January to December benefit year, and once the benefit year is established, it cannot be changed without approval by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. Employers may award employees with all forty (40) hours at the beginning of each benefit year or may require that employees accrue paid sick leave at a rate of one (1) hour of paid sick leave for every thirty (30) hours worked.
In the case of a temporary help service firm placing an employee with client firms, earned sick leave shall accrue on the basis of the total time worked on assignment with the temporary help service firm, not separately for each client firm to which the employee is assigned.
New employees shall begin to accrue paid sick leave at the commencement of employment but must wait 120 days before being able to use it.
Many private employers currently offer employees with paid time off, such as PTO, vacation, sick, or personal time. Employers are permitted to use these existing policies to satisfy the requirements in the Act; however, employers must ensure that their policies permit employees to use existing paid time off as provided in the Act.
Must Employees "Use It or Lose It"?
The Act provides employers with a choice.
In cases where paid sick leave is accrued, employees shall be entitled to "carry-over" up to forty (40) hours of paid sick leave under this law, but are only able to use forty (40) hours in one year. An employer may provide an offer to an employee for payment of unused earned sick leave at the end of the benefit year. The employee shall choose, no later than ten (10) calendar days from the date of the employer's offer, whether to accept a payment or decline a payment. If the employee agrees to receive a payment, the employee shall choose a payment for the full amount of unused earned sick leave or for 50 percent of the amount of unused earned sick leave. If the employee declines a payment for unused earned sick leave or agrees to a payment for 50 percent of the amount of unused sick leave, the employee shall be entitled to carry forward any unused or unpaid earned sick leave. If the employee agrees to a payment for the full amount of unused earned sick leave, the employee shall not be entitled to carry forward any earned sick leave to the proceeding benefit year.
In cases where an employer choses to award or front-load paid sick leave at the beginning of a benefit year (in lieu of requiring accrual), employers may either permit "carry-over" or pay out paid sick leave at the end of each benefit year.
In either scenario, the payment amount shall be based on the same rate of pay that the employee earns at the time of the payment.
Qualifying Reasons to Use Paid Sick Leave
Paid sick leave can be used for the following reasons:
An employee's own mental or physical illness, including preventive medical care.
Care for a "covered" family member's mental or physical illness, including preventive medical care.
An employee or his or her family member's status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence, including, medical treatment, counseling, legal proceedings, or relocation.
Public health emergency closing employee's workplace or their child(s)' school or daycare.
Meetings requested/required by child's school to discuss child's health condition or disability.
A covered family member is broadly defined to include all blood relatives or those whose close relationship is the equivalent of a family relationship.
How Is Paid Sick Leave Used and Paid?
The employer shall pay the employee for earned sick leave at the same rate of pay with the same benefits as the employee normally earns, except that the pay rate shall not be less than the minimum wage required for the employee.
An employer may choose the increments in which its employees may use earned sick leave, provided that the largest increment of earned sick leave that an employee may be required to use for each shift for which earned sick leave is used shall be the number of hours the employee was scheduled to work during that shift. For example, if the employee normally works a seven (7) hour day, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with an unpaid lunch break, an employer cannot require that the employee use eight (8) hours of paid sick leave if they are absent the entire day.
Moreover, employers may not require an employee to find a replacement to cover the employee's absence.
How Much Notice is Required?
If an employee's need to use earned sick leave is foreseeable, an employer may require advance notice of up to seven (7) calendar days, along with the expected duration of the absence. Employees are required to schedule use of paid sick leave in a way that is least disruptive to the employer's operations. For example, an employer is allowed to "black-out" certain days for "foreseeable" sick leave use. Meaning that if an employer has a particularly busy time, they can prohibit employees from using paid sick leave during that time.
In cases of emergency where the leave is not foreseeable, employees should provide notice as soon as practicable. If paid sick leave must be used during a "black-out" period for unforeseeable reasons, employers are permitted to required reasonable documentation supporting the absence.
Where an employee uses three or more earned sick leave days, an employer may also require reasonable documentation that the leave is being taken for the purpose under the Act. If the leave is being used for an employee or their family member's medical treatment, reasonable documentation would include a signed document from the employee's or family member's treating physician indicating the need for the leave and, if possible, the number of days of leave.
In cases of domestic or sexual violence, reasonable documentation would include any of the following: medical documentation; a law enforcement agency record or report; a court order; documentation that the perpetrator of the domestic or sexual violence has been convicted of a domestic or sexual violence offense; certification from a certified Domestic Violence Specialist, a representative of a designated domestic violence agency, or other victim services organization.
If there is a public health emergency, reasonable documentation would include a copy of the order of the public official or the determination by the health authority.
Any documentation or information received by an employer related to the use of paid sick leave must be kept confidential.
What Happens to the Paid Sick Leave Upon an Employees' Separation From Employment?
Employees normally forfeit unused accrued paid sick leave under the Act, unless an employer's policy or applicable CBA provides for payment upon separation from employment.
If an employee is rehired or reinstated within six months of separation of employment, any unused earned sick leave shall also be reinstated and prior employment with the employer shall be counted towards meeting the eligibility requirements.
Retaliation Is Prohibited
Employers are prohibited from taking retaliation against any employee for his or her use of paid sick leave under this Act. Interestingly, the Act provides for a rebuttable presumption of an unlawful retaliatory personnel action whenever an employer takes adverse action against an employee within 90 days of when that employee:
files a complaint with the department or a court alleging a violation of any provision of the Act;
informs any person about an employer's alleged violation of the Act;
cooperates with the department or other persons in the investigation or prosecution of any alleged violation of the Act;
opposes any policy, practice, or act that is unlawful under the Act; or
informs any person of his or her rights under the Act.
What Are the Employer's Notice and Document Retention Requirements?
Currently, a state-created notice/poster is being developed ("Notice"). Upon its release, employers are required to post the Notice in a conspicuous place along with other workplace posters. Employers must also distribute the Notice to all employees within thirty (30) days of the Notice being issued by the State.
Moreover, employers must include the Notice within their new hire paperwork for all new hires. We recommend that employers include a written acknowledgment from employee to document receipt. Be sure to include a copy of the Notice in Spanish if the majority of the employer's workforce necessitates a translated version of the Notice.
Finally, employers must maintain records tracking employee hours worked, paid sick leave balances, and paid sick leave use for a period of five years. There is a presumption that the employer has failed to provide the earned sick leave unless it has maintained and retained adequate documentation as to the number of hours worked by the employee and the earned sick leave taken by the employee.
Employers should review their Employment Handbooks and paid time off policies to determine whether their current policies comply with the Act or whether revisions are necessary. Employers should make decisions about "use it or lose it" policies and whether paid time off shall be payable or forfeited at time of termination. Employers must distribute the Notice when it becomes available and include it with their new hire paperwork, retaining a signed written acknowledgment of receipt. Finally, employers need to implement tracking and record keeping procedures.
[1] Currently, the following thirteen municipalities have ordinances regarding paid sick leave: Bloomfield, East Orange, Elizabeth, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Passaic, Trenton, Montclair, Irvington, New Brunswick, Plainfield, and Morristown. The Act specifically preempts these ordinances and they will become moot upon the Act's effective date.
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Q: SMD resistor maximum voltage: is 200V really a limiting factor? I need a resistor to work with 230 VAC voltage. So 400V rating would be appreciated.
However most of the chip resistor with size 1206 and above has only 200 Volts of maximum working voltage. Main of my concern is: why this voltage doesn't rise up with resistor size?
This table taken from Rohms datasheet:

And the similar situation appears in different suppliers.
It looks very weird as 2512 is more than twice as long as 1206 but it has same voltage rating.
This is a bit frustrating... What shoud I use in a circuits working under power line voltages?

A: Resistors have three ratings that matter.

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*Resistance: this is the parameter that tells us how much current will pass at a given voltage. It is usually why we use a resistor

*Power dissipation:As we apply a greater voltage, we need to worry about the power \$V^2/R\$. This is a bigger concern for small resistors. Usually you look at the power rating of the resistor to make sure that the calculated power can be safely dissipating without the resistor getting too hot.

*Voltage drop: As a larger current flows, the voltage drop increases - and so does the electric field across the surface. If you do not take special precautions, there comes a voltage at which arcing can occur across the surface. The probability of this happening depends on the surface condition (contamination, asperities, ...),  the relative humidity, air pressure, and other factors. Since the resistor manufacturers don't control many of these conditions they specify a "safe" voltage at which the package will usually behave itself. Since this has more to do with the form factor than the resistance value, the rated voltage is independent of resistor value.
When you need a certain combination of voltage, power and resistance rating, and you are stuck with a given form factor (SMD package), you may have to use series (spread the voltage drop) or parallel (spread the current/power) equivalent circuits.
Don't design a circuit with components at or near the limit of their rated performance. The fix will cost you far more than just doing it right the first time. Electronics has a way of testing for sloppiness and punishing you...

A: Yes, it's limiting. I once disregarded it and it took weeks to understand why the hell the resistors blow up. In my system the voltage was below 30V, but sometimes spikes over 100V appeared.
The reason in in the thin film technology, i guess.
Panasonic has surge resistors that hold higher voltage on same footprint.

A: Generally speaking SMD resistors have lower voltage ratings than through hole .The older larger through hole resistors were used in valve circuits.Whats done these days is placing several SMD resistors in a series string to get the voltage rating.Because SMD parts are machine placed in production the extra component count is not seen as a penalty.Remember that the price of machine placing one part is a very small fraction of the cost of through hole hand placement .Some SMD resistors have laser cuts on them to get the right value .This can mean focused electric fields that reduce the voltage rating.Hence length is not going to always mean a high voltage rating.

A: I agree with @Autistic and I'd like to add some of my experience.
1) When it comes to sink power from mains (small resistor values). Use through hole resistors with 100% more power dissipation than the calculated value. Also avoid flammable resistors. Avoid carbon, metal film or metal strip for ex. A wirewound resistor is usually a very good choice.
2) When you just have high voltage drops (large resistor values). Use a series network with resistors (for ex: 1206 1/4W). 3-4 1206 resistors in series for 230VAC and 4-5 for 400VAC are good numbers. Again the resistor network voltage drop is higher than the calculated. Also here you can use a wider range of resistor technologies. Metal film for ex.
Reason for both "over-engineering" values is noise and spikes. If your design is for an industrial application it wont last a month with the calculated rated voltages and power.
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Get Your LIVE Updates From Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' Event Here!
Yes. The event is about to start in a less than few hours time. You must be wondering if there will be a live stream. Well, the answer is NO. Apple claimed that they will not live stream this event on the net.
BUT dont worry. there are live blog updates that is equally good if not better.
Where to get live updates?
Here are the links to the live updates pages from these sites.
We will add more into the list once we found new ones!
So Malaysians… see you at 1am later!


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True Meanings è un album in studio da solista del cantautore inglese Paul Weller, pubblicato nel 2018.

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Laser skin resurfacing with the CO2 or erbium lasers involves the removal of a layer of skin so that the new skin can flourish and fill in the wrinkles and crevices.
A one pass laser resurfacing procedure has one week down time and multiple pass CO2 laser procedure has two weeks down time.
Each patient's condition is carefully evaluated and the best treatment(s) are chosen to ensure an optimal outcome.
Treatments are performed by Dr. Gary who has extensive cosmetic dermatology experience and training. This allows the Doctor to offer top-quality services in every area of the cosmetic dermatology field, while ensuring patients safety and satisfaction.


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Mark Major (born March 20, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1996–97 season. He was drafted 25th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Major acquired many penalty minutes over his career due to his playing style, which involved battling in front of the net for loose pucks, scoring garbage goals, and blocking the goaltenders view. Major only played in two NHL games, for the Detroit Red Wings. He also enjoyed a short career as a professional roller hockey player in Roller Hockey International (RHI). Taking into account all of his hockey games played at a professional level, Major played in 1,339 games and acquired 4,334 penalty minutes, giving Major an average of 3.24 penalty minutes per game during his career. After 4 seasons and 2 Championships as head coach of the Amherstview Jets Junior A team, Major is taking a year off to help coach his daughter's Kingston Ice Wolves' Peewee AA team.

Professional career

Junior and early minor-league career
Major started receiving attention from NHL scouts while playing for the Don Mills Flyers of the MTHL in 1986. He advanced to the North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League for the 1987–88 season and put up 33 points in 57 games to go along with a whopping 272 penalty minutes (PIM). Major averaged almost 5 penalty minutes a game, but his hard-nosed style was admired by NHL scouts and Major was selected 25th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. Now as an NHL prospect, Major gained confidence and began the 1988–89 season again with the Centennials before being traded 11 games into the Kingston Raiders. He would remain in Kingston for that season and the next (when they were renamed the Kingston Frontenacs), scoring 112 points and 361 PIMs, before moving up to the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League. Major remained with the Lumberjacks for three seasons, scoring 77 points and 617 PIMs. He led the team in penalties during the 1991–92 season with 302 and would add another 29 PIMs in the Lumberjacks' playoff run which saw them lose four games to none in the finals to the Kansas City Blades. After his last season with the Lumberjacks, that included relocation to Cleveland, Major was let go by the parent club Pittsburgh and quickly signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins on July 22, 1993.

Major started play with Boston's affiliate the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League. He scored 26 points along with 176 PIMs during the 1993–94 season, but Providence failed to make the playoffs. He was let go by the Bruins, and joined the Detroit Vipers of the IHL for the following season. He continued to play aggressively, with his 36 points and 229 PIMs helping push the Vipers into the playoffs, but his play couldn't help them past the second round.

Major again caught the attention of an NHL team, when the Detroit Red Wings signed him as a free agent on June 26, 1995. He began play for the Adirondack Red Wings of the AHL in the 1995–96 season and scored 29 points while racking up 234 PIMs for second on the team. He was known as a player who wouldn't back down from a fight, and he was involved in several fights during Adirondack's short playoff run that season, receiving 21 PIMs in just three games.

NHL appearance
Major received his first shot in the big leagues during the 1996–97 NHL season when he was brought up from Adirondack for two games starting on November 2, 1996. In his first game, halfway through the second period, Major fought veteran instigator Tie Domi of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Major held his own against Domi but was rewarded with a bloody nose and a five-minute major. Major played the following night and failed to impress the Detroit staff, which resulted in him being sent back down to the minors. Finishing the season with Adirondack, and leading the team in PIMs with 213, Major was let go by Detroit.

Late minor-league career
Major still had NHL interest and was quickly signed as a free agent on August 20, 1997, by the Washington Capitals. He started out in their farm system playing for the Portland Pirates of the AHL. In his first season, Major was first on his team and second in the league for penalty minutes with 355. This was his career-high for PIMs in a season and as of 2007, he still holds the team record for penalty minutes in a single season. Major wasn't finished with 355 and added 52 more PIMs in 10 playoff games that year. The following season he again led the team in PIMs and saw his point production decrease to only nine points in 66 games. He was let go by Washington and began play for the Houston Aeros of the IHL in 1999. After just 20 games (with 81 PIMs), Major was signed as a free agent by the Flint Generals of the United Hockey League. He was named team captain and finished out the 1999–00 season with the Generals scoring 41 points, his highest point total in years, and helped the team win the Colonial Cup. He put up great numbers the following season when he finished with 46 points and 163 PIMs. Generals coach Billy Thurlow had this to say about Major's style of play:

Anytime he's on the ice, people have to respect us. Nobody's going to shove us around.

He would also go on to join the AHL's Hershey Bears for two games in the 2000–01 season. In 2001, he joined the Wheeling Nailers of the East Coast Hockey League and would go on to score 84 points in two seasons with the Nailers. The coach, John Brophy, had this to say about Major returning for his second season in Wheeling:

We are very fortunate to have Mark return to the Nailers, not only are we getting a great player and a natural team leader, but a guy who is good in the community and represents the Nailers and Penguins organizations with class.

The 2003–04 season would be Major's last, playing in 40 games for the Laval Chiefs of the QSMHL and 12 games for the Kalamazoo Wings of the UHL.

Playing roller hockey
Major was also an active member of the Roller Hockey International League for its entire lifespan. Major played on the Buffalo Stampede in 1994 and 1995, winning the Murphy Cup in 1994. He joined the Empire State Cobras in 1996 and the New Jersey Rockin' Rollers in 1997. When the RHI folded in 1997, Major continued playing with the Buffalo Wings of Major League Roller Hockey in 1998 and joined the newly re-formed Roller Hockey International with Buffalo in 1999. The league folded for good after the 1999 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Roller hockey

Awards and achievements
Murphy Cup Champion: 1994 (Buffalo Stampede – RHI)
Colonial Cup Champion: 2000 (Flint Generals – UHL)

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Buffalo Stampede players
Buffalo Wings (inline hockey) players
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Detroit Red Wings players
Detroit Vipers players
Empire State Cobras players
Flint Generals players
Hershey Bears players
Houston Aeros (1994–2013) players
Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players
Kingston Frontenacs players
Kingston Raiders players
Muskegon Lumberjacks players
New Jersey Rockin' Rollers players
North Bay Centennials players
Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
Portland Pirates players
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Want to vote? Important deadlines approaching for Louisiana's Nov. 13 election
Greg Hilburn
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Louisiana voters who may have been distracted by the shifting of fall elections because of Hurricane Ida should refocus on important dates and deadlines approaching for the Nov. 13 election.
Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards postponed the Oct. 9 election to Nov. 13 and the Nov. 13 election to Dec. 11 after it became clear parishes with the most damage from Hurricane Ida couldn't be ready for the original dates.
Republican Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin made the recommendation to Edwards after saying sticking to the original dates would be "virtually impossible without impairing the integrity of the election(s)."
"I am thankful that the governor has recognized the importance of our recommendation," Ardoin said after Edwards' decision. "This will allow our staff and local partners more time to properly prepare for a statewide election while ensuring the integrity of our election processes and that our voters' traditional voting habits are as undisturbed as possible."
Deadlines for voting registration
Among the new deadlines: Wednesday is the final day to register to vote in person or by mail, but online registration remains available through Oct. 23.
On the Nov. 13 ballot
Ballot highlights for the Nov. 13 election include four proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitutional, including one that could transform the state's income tax structure.
Amendment No. 2, which was crafted by two bills passed by the Louisiana Legislature and signed by Edwards, would lower personal and corporate income tax rates in exchange for losing the current deductions for federal income taxes paid.
Three special legislative races are also on tap to replace former Sen. Ronnie Johns (Senate District 27), R-Lake Charles, who resigned to take over as chair of the Louisiana Gaming Commission, former Rep. Fred Jones (House District 16), D-Bastrop, who won a district judgeship, and former Rep. Gary Carter (House District 102), D-New Orleans, who won a seat in the state Senate.
New Orleans municipal elections are also on tap.
More:Louisiana's political maps are redrawn once a decade: Here's your chance to participate
Other key election dates and deadlines:
► Early voting begins Oct. 30 and continues through Nov. 6 except for Oct. 31.
► Nov. 9 is the deadline to request absentee ballots from registrars of voters except for military and overseas voters.
► Nov. 12 is the deadline for registrars to to receive absentee ballots.
Greg Hilburn covers state politics for the USA TODAY Network of Louisiana. Follow him on Twitter @GregHilburn1.


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The second inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as President of Brazil took place on Thursday, 1 January 2015. She was sworn in again with Vice President Michel Temer. The ceremony began at 3 pm (BDT) at the Ulysses Guimarães plenary chamber in Brasília, and was administered by the President of the Federal Senate Renan Calheiros. Just like the first inauguration, the re-elect President and Vice President read and signed the oathes of office and the national anthem was played by the Marine Corps band.

Backgrounds

On 5 October 2014 took place the first round of the 2014 Brazilian presidential election. None of the candidates reached more than 50% of the valid votes, so a second round took place 4 weeks later, on 26 October, resulting in the reelection of Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers' Party (PT), ahead of Senator Aécio Neves, of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).

The victory was too tight, being the fiercest presidential dispute in history. The presidential campaign was marked by many riots and controversies, specially due to Operation Car Wash, that brought up a huge corruption scheme that hits parties and the political class. Car Wash was part of a wider political and economic crisis, that began to get worse.

Coverage

The inauguration of Dilma Rousseff began at 3 pm, with a parade in a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. Vice President Michel Temer followed Dilma and Paula behind them, along with his wife, Marcela Temer. Unlike her first inauguration, when she paraded in a closed car due to bad weather, Dilma paraded in an open car, waving for the public, accompanied by her daughter Paula Rousseff and the guard of the Planalto Palace (the Independence Dragons), motorcyclists of the Military Police and other security agents. It was the third time a president used the Rolls-Royce two times in a row after being sworn in, as occurred in the inaugurations of former presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995 and 1999) and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003 and 2007),

After stepping out of the Rolls-Royce, Dilma was received and greeted by Vice President Michel Temer and Second Lady Marcela Temer and by the presidents of the Chamber and Senate, Henrique Eduardo Alves and Renan Calheiros, respectively, and by the President of the Supreme Federal Court, Ricardo Lewandowski and his wife Yara Lewandowski.

After that, heading to the Director's Board of the Congress, Dilma was also greeted by congressists from parties that compose her allied base in Congress. At the main board, the President of the Congress, Renan Calheiros, opens the joint session to inaugurate Rousseff and Temer, and both read the oath of office before the Congress: "I promise to preserve, defend and uphold the Constitution, observe the Laws, promote the general welfare of the Brazilian people, sustain the union, the integrity and the independence of Brazil". After the reading, President and Vice President both signed the recordings book and the Brazilian National Anthem was played by the Brazilian Marine Corps band.

Following the inauguration ceremony, Dilma begins her inauguration speech after the anthem, that lasted more than 40 minutes. During her speech, the president listed the positive points of her first term, among them the leaving of Brazil of the United Nations Hunger Map, and the priorities of her second term, specially education, announcing the new government motto, "Brazil, educator homeland", and also measures to retain the high inflation and the resume of the economic growth of the country. With the end of her speech, Renan Calheiros finished the joint session.

Leaving the Congress, the president reviews the Brazilian Armed Forces troops and a 21-gun salute is fired by the Cayenne Battery. The National Anthem is played a second time. After that, she enters the Rolls-Royce again, while the Smoke Squadron flies over the Monumental Axis, towards the Planalto Palace, where she climbs the ramp, receiving the presidential sash and giving another speech for the present public at the parlatorium. As during the initial parade, Dilma was greeted by the present ones. After her speech, she followed with her ministerial group to the Noble Hall of the Palace, where they were sworn in and posed for the official photo. After that, Rousseff received the greetings from heads of State and foreign envoys.

Finishing her schedule of the inauguration, President Dilma headed to Itamaraty Palace, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she met with Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, and with the UNESCO director-general, Irina Bokova, and participated in a reception with more than 3,000 guests.

Presence of foreign leaders
At Dilma's inauguration, many heads of State and foreign envoys were presented and were greeted by the president after her speech at the Planalto Palace. Among the foreign authorities were:

  – Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente
  – Vice President Amado Boudou
  – President Evo Morales
  – President Michelle Bachelet
  – Vice President Li Yuanchao
  – Vice President Germán Vargas Lheras
  – President Luis Guiller Solís
  – Former Vice President José Ramón Machado
  – Prime Minister Ivar Asjes
  – Prime Minister Vicente Ehate Tomi
  – President John Dramani Mahama
  – President José Mario Vaz
  – Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane
  – President Horacio Cartes
  – Vice President Marisol Espinoza
  – Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas
  – Vice President Alexander Torshin
  – Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
  – Vice President Joe Biden
  – President José Mujica
  – President-elect Tabaré Vázquez

See also
 First inauguration of Dilma Rousseff

References

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2014 elections in Brazil
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January 2015 events in South America


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Q: I cannot add WIFI drivers to Microsft Deployment Toolkit I am using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit on Windows Server 2012 to create a deployment image for Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit).
I have successfully been able to import most drivers for my Asus K55A laptop however, I am having issues with the WLAN driver. The driver which I am using is the Azurewave Wireless Lan Driver from the ASUS website.
Firstly, I download the driver and extract it (to a folder called WLAN_Atheros_Win7_64_Z920458).
Next, I open MDT and then select 'Import Drivers' from a folder within the 'Out-of-Box Drivers' dropdown. This launches a wizard which prompts me to select the source of the INF files. I click next and then it says "The process completed sucessfully".
Below is the log:

Scanning directories for the count of INFs to import. Expanding CAB
  file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\Desktop\WLAN_Atheros_Win7_64_Z920458\data1.cab
  Expanding CAB file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\AppData\Local\Temp\2\data1.cab.extract\data1.cab
  Expanding CAB file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\Desktop\WLAN_Atheros_Win7_64_Z920458\data2.cab
  Expanding CAB file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\AppData\Local\Temp\2\data2.cab.extract\data2.cab
  Expanding CAB file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\Desktop\WLAN_Atheros_Win7_64_Z920458\test\data1.cab
  Expanding CAB file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\AppData\Local\Temp\2\data1.cab.extract\data1.cab
  Expanding CAB file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\Desktop\WLAN_Atheros_Win7_64_Z920458\test\data2.cab
  Expanding CAB file
  C:\Users\Administrator.MCCOSKERS\AppData\Local\Temp\2\data2.cab.extract\data2.cab
  Performing operation "import" on Target "Out-of-box drivers". Import
  processing finished.

Lastly, I click "Finish" and then I expect to see the files in my folder in MDT however, it is empty. No such drivers were imported. I refresh and ever close and then reopen MDT but I still cannot see any driver files.

A: As Elliot Labs pointed out, you need the INF driver files. You may be able to find these from the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers folder on a computer with the driver installed. Try searching for ath*, many Atheros drivers begin with these letters.
You could also deploy the driver as an application, the command line for silent installation seems to be supplied in the setup.cmd file provided with the downloaded drivers.


A bus hostess serving drinks to a guest during an opening of Jagadamba bus service from Pokhara to Lumbini in Pokhara on Monday.
By Rup Narayan Dhakal : Pokhara—Jagadamba Travels Pvt. Ltd. is to start a tourist class deluxe bus service in Pokhara-Lumbini route from September 1. There has not been operated such bus service in this route yet.
According to company's chairman Keshav Prasad Adhikari, the bus leaves from Pokhara at 7.45 in the morning everyday and goes through Narayangadh, Butwal, Bhairahawa, Sunauli to reach Lumbini. Earlier, the company has been operating its bus services in Pokhara-Kathmandu, Pokhara-Sauraha and Pokhara-Delhi routes. Sound system, fan, TV, breakfast, tea and cold drink facilities are available in the 20 seater bus and the lunch would be provided during the journey in the route. The per ticket costs Rs 20,000 for Nepali and Rs 2,500 for foreigner.
Jagadamba Foundation Guardian Drona Raj Adhikari inaugurated the bus service during a press meet organized in Pokhara on Monday. Foundation member and PCCI general secretary Damu Adhikari informed that the company is going to start the bus service from Pokhara to every province capital and major cities of Nepal in near future. Tourism Expert Basu Dev Tripathi, Pokhara Tourism Council chairman Kedar Nath Sharma, FNJ Kaski former chairman Punya Paudel, Paschimanchal Hotel Association Pokhara general secretary Ganesh Raj Pahari and FNJ Kaski chairman Dipendra Shrestha wished for continue service of that company during that program.


Donovan Carter Is a graduate of Ferris State University. While attending Ferris State University his studies included recreational leadership management while minoring in physical education. Donovan went on to graduate with a bachelor's degree in integrated studies. While obtaining his degree at Ferris State University he was fortunate enough to play football at the collegiate level as a member of the Ferris State University football program. While attending college Donovan felt that life itself, the Ferris State University football program and his coaches have taught him many valuable and lifelong lessons. Coming from a low social economic background and losing close loved ones and friends to violence while attending FSU those tragedies have molded him and shown him what it takes to thrive at the collegiate level as well as make it to the professional level. Whether it is on the field or in society Donovan cites that his experiences have taught him how to be a respectable man but more importantly a father in society. His developed discipline has taught him how to live his life the right kind of way to be the right kind of guy. After graduating Donovan was blessed to have opportunities to try out for a few teams in the Canadian football league, for example, the Winnipeg Blue-Bombers and the Edmonton Eskimos. For the past 8 years, Donovan has been working with those of disabilities in the social work field from youth shelters to case management. In addition, to social work, he has been working with and athletically training youth from the ages of 5 to 18. His special interest includes helping young people achieve their dreams of playing at the professional level while obtaining a college degree and helping young adults make the best decisions by role modeling gold standard character. Donovan believes his skill sets and experience allows him to train youth and teach them the fundamentals and key components of becoming the best student-athlete and later in life the best leader possible. When Donovan is not working or training youth, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children who fuels him to keep going every day.
Shaq Tensley is from Indianapolis, IN. A graduate of Warren Central High School on the east side of Indy, he was a member of the football and track teams, and was also part of the National Honor Society. After graduating from Warren Central, Shaq attended the University of Dayton (Dayton, OH) to study Mechanical Engineering, and was also a 4-Year Letterman on their Division-1 football team. While at UD, Shaq was a member of numerous campus organizations including, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Athletes in Action Ministry. He earned multiple awards during his time in Dayton, with the most notable being the Lt. Andy Zulli Award for Character and Leadership, awarded to him by his football coaching staff. Shaq graduated from UD with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 and joined Eaton Corporation, on their Leadership Development Program, working within their Engineering Services Division. He currently works as a Sales Engineer with Eaton, in Austin. TX. Some of Shaq's hobbies and interests include, sports, music, movies, traveling, and experiencing new foods. Shaq has a deep passion for giving back and working to expand the opportunities for underprivileged youth, with the goal of driving more socioeconomic equity.
Petrena Wilbur is a freelance editor and writer. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with majors in English and history, she taught high school English for three years at Austin ISD and worked for sixteen years as a writer, editor, and web developer for the Texas Municipal League. Now, besides writing her own fiction, she specializes in helping new writers perfect the books that are in them.
Kevin Gourley is an experienced full-time professional photographer and photography instructor with a full-service studio in NW Austin, Texas. His studio specializes in business professional, model, and entertainer headshots, as well as individual and family portraits, creative special projects, commercial photography, product photography, and more. He offers local and destination photography workshops and private instruction for photographers ranging from beginners to full-time professionals.


The next stop for SEVEN is Western New York–Chautauqua County to be exact–where local leaders will perform the roles of the women human rights activists in the play.
Chautauqua County leaders read the roles of seven women in groundbreaking performance of play, SEVEN, dramatizing global abuses against women.
Global script performed by Vince Horrigan, Chautauqua County Executive; Lillian V. Ney, MD of Jamestown; Marion Beckernik, Jackson Center Development Director; Dr. Virginia Horvath, President, Fredonia University; Dr. Marilyn Zagroa, JCC Vice-President of Academic Affairs; Dr. Cedric B. Howard, Fredonia Vice President of Student Affairs; Kalimah Jefferson and Reasha Davis, JCC student senators and members of the JCC Black Student Union, Carmen Rivera, Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies program; Maureen Rovegno, Associate Director of Religion at Chautauqua Institution, and Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, Erie, PA, Simone Mullinax, JCC communications faculty member.
Features the words of Senada Alihodzic, International Institute of Erie; Cassidy Fritsch, Fredonia undergraduate; Sarom Heng of Chautauqua County; Dr. Sherri "Sam" Mason, Fredonia chemistry professor and environmental educator; Jenny Rowe of Jamestown and Mental Health Association; Grace Sam of Dunkirk; Jamie Thompson of Dunkirk. Many of these women will read their own monologues. Other readers include: Obehi Ejele, JCC student; and Michaela Tramuta and Mamiko Nakatsugawa , Fredonia students.
For more information contact Margaret Johnson at 716-451-4004 or MJohnson123@roadrunner.com at LakeArts Foundation or Patricia Briggs at JCC 716. 338.1301 or patriciabriggs@mail.sunyjcc.edu.
SEVEN is produced in Chautauqua County by LakeArts Foundation with Venture Productions and Weeks Gallery at Jamestown Community College.
Supported by funds and resources from Cummins Inc., JCC Foundation, JCC FSA, The State University of New York at Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance, Fredonia Arts and Technology Incubator.
Tickets are free at the door for each performance. To reserve tickets ahead of time for the Fredonia performance, call the Fredonia Campus Ticket Office at (716) 673-3501 or visit them online ($5 reservation fee).


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Each time a new pixel is rendered, the system checks whether a depth is written for the position already. If it is, it compares the depth of the current pixel with the one that is already stored, and depending on the function of the depth buffer (which is discussed later), it decides what to do with it.
Animation for a particular model is normally stored within the model itself and is included when you are importing and processing the model. However, by default, you won't be able to get this data at runtime, so you need to build a content processor to store this data.
Environment maps are done by rendering a cube texture (the TextureCube class) as a reflection over any objects that need to have the reflection. A cube texture is (as the name implies) a texture that covers a cube, so it has six different faces.
BasicEffect implements three different interfaces that are generic enough to be used by multiple types of effects. Each of the built-in effects in Game Studio 4.0 uses at least one of these interfaces, and your own custom effects could also.
The basic effect also handles rendering a texture. If the model you are loading from the content pipeline includes textures, they are included as part of your model and rendered automatically.
Notice that all colors used in the built-in effects are not Color objects, but vector objects. The x, y, and z components of the vector object map to the red, green, and blue color components where 0.0f is fully off and 1.0f is fully on.
Compared to the view matrix, the projection matrix is much more difficult to explain! When thinking of the view matrix as the camera, you can think of the projection matrix as the lens.
The view matrix is the easiest to visually conceptualize, as it has only three components: the position of the camera in world space, where the camera looks, and what direction is up.
To display music from the music library you use the XNA MediaLibrary and related classes. To actually play that music you use the static XNA MediaPlayer class.
When the program starts up, MainPage is displayed. The XAML file contains XML namespace declarations for "controls" (to access the Pivot control) and "local" (for MusicPresenter).
An application that wants to play music under Windows Phone 7 uses classes from the Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media namespace.
A Silverlight program can get access to the phone's photo library for retrieving photos and saving them, but it needs to use an XNA class named MediaLibrary in the Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media namespace.
The PivotItem for each composer contains a ListBox where each item includes the thumbnail album art, the album title (without the composer name) using the phone's current accent color, and the artist associated with the album in the foreground color.
The Pivot control expects to contain items of type PivotItem while the Panorama control expects to contain items of type PanoramaItem.
UIElement defines an Opacity property that you can set to a value between 0 and 1 to make an element (and its children) more or less transparent.
OverlapPanel defines an Orientation property and arranges its children either horizontally or vertically. If OverlapPanel is arranging its children horizontally, each child is positioned slightly to the right of the child before it, leaving the left-most sliver of the previous child visible.
Let's create a new project, and include references and XML namespace declarations for both the Petzold.Phone.Silverlight and ElPasoHighSchool libraries. Set properties in the root tag of MainPage.xaml for landscape. Put the StudentBodyPresenter in the Resources collection.
The SortDescription object indicates that we want to sort by the LastName property in an ascending order. Since this LastName property is of type string, no additional code need be provided to support sorting.
The Students property is of type ObservableCollection, which of course implements IEnumerable, which is all that ListBox really requires for its ItemsSource. But ListBox also determines if the object bound to ItemsSource can do a little more, for example, if it implements INotifyCollectionChanged, which ObservableCollection does.
The ItemsSource property is of type IEnumerable so you can pretty much use any collection type, including a simple array.
A SelectionChanged event is fired when the selection changes. This event implies that SelectedItem is a good choice for a binding source. SelectedItem is backed by a dependency property, so it can also serve as a binding target.
The ItemsControlsFromXaml project uses this approach to fill an ItemsControl and two ListBox controls. The Items property defined by ItemsControl is the content property of the control, so in XAML all you need to do is put a bunch of objects between the begin and end tags of the particular items control.
If you're creating controls that need only be used for special purposes in your own applications, the easiest approach is UserControl. Simply define a visual tree for the control in the XAML file.
Thumb derives from Control, defines an IsDragging method, and three events: DragStarted, DragDelta, and DragCompleted. A CancelDrag method lets you abort the process midway through.
The Slider has one of the more complex templates in all of standard Silverlight, and for that reason, it's important to get familiar with it—particularly if you're not a big fan of the default Slider template implemented in Windows Phone 7.
Generally when you create a custom control, you define some new properties for the control as well as a default Style and ControlTemplate, and you put that new control in a DLL for sharing among multiple applications.
All this time that the Button has been redesigned with a template, it has otherwise remained a fully-functional button and it's been generating Click events every time it's been tapped. The big problem is that the Button does not deliver visual feedback to the user. It has a customized visual appearance, but that appearance does not change.
The ButtonTree program lets you dump the visual tree for a rather conventional Button (one with its Content just set to text), a Button with its Content property set to an Image element, and two others with their Content properties set to the RadialGradientBrush and Clock (as shown in the examples above) together with a ContentTemplate.
If the object set to the Content property of a ControlControl does not derive from FrameworkElement, it is rendered with its ToString method, and if the class has no ToString override, the fully-qualified class name is displayed.
Affine transforms are very well behaved and just a little dull: Straight lines are always transformed to straight lines, ellipses are always transformed to ellipses, and squares are always transformed to parallelograms.
Defining key frames with splines is easy in one sense—there are only four numbers involved—but also hard: You need to approximate a certain desired effect with a Bézier spline, and that's not always obvious.
Conceptually, during the course of the key frame, the X coordinate of this spline represents normalized time, which changes linearly from 0 to 1. The Y coordinate is the normalized value of the animation, also changing from 0 to 1 but in a non-linear fashion.
WPF includes objects called triggers, which respond to event firings or to changes in properties and which can start animations going entirely in XAML, eliminating the need for the code-behind file to start the Storyboard.
If you like the idea of giving the user some visual feedback from a button, but the 360° spin is just a bit too ostentatious, perhaps jiggling the button a little might be more polite.
Silverlight has three built-in features that can help you visualize performance issues. Although you can use these on the phone emulator, the emulator tends to run faster than the actual phone, so you're not getting a true view of performance anyway.
Defining storyboards and animations in XAML is ostensibly easier than defining them in code, and for that reason you'll find the vast majority of Silverlight storyboards and animations in XAML.
The advantage of using strings for property names is that you can stack property names in a pile. This allows you to animate a property of an object without referencing that object itself.
Suppose you want to enhance a button to give some extra visual feedback to the user. You decide you actually want a lot of visual feedback to wake up a drowsy user, and therefore you choose to spin the button around in a circle every time it's clicked.
You can pace this animation either by the rate that video hardware refreshes the display, or by clock time. Because each refresh of the video display is called a frame, these two methods of pacing animation are referred to as frame-based and time-based.


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Q: Build your own Angular for Angular 14 Years ago, when I learn AngularJS, the best resource I found was the book Build your own Angular
Does anyone know if there is something equivalent for the new Angular? Something that explains not only how to use it, but also its inner workings.


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Man, 32 arrested for allegedly beating cigarette seller to death over N50
One, Biodun Adebiyi, 32 who reside at no 35, Oladun street Ikotun Lagos, has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly beating a 30-year-old cigarette seller to death over #50 balance.
The suspect was arrested on Sunday, December 5, following a report lodged at Idiroko divisional headquarters by the father of the deceased, one Adamu Abubakar, who said the suspect came to his shop at Ajegunle area of Idiroko at about 2 pm to buy cigarettes and his son Mukaila Adamu attended to him and at about 10 pm, the suspect came back and demanded for his #50 balance which led to argument between him and his son, and in the course of the argument, the suspect descended heavily on his son Mukaila Adamu with a fist blow and his son collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was confirmed dead.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, said upon the report, the DPO Idiroko division, CSP Shadrach Oriloye, quickly led his men to the scene, where the suspect was promptly arrested while the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.
He said the state commissioner of police CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
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File Menu: General operation controls.
Add Files: Add media files to the conversion list.
Add Web Media: Download video or audio files from any web page and convert them, if required.
Search Media Files: Select a folder from local drive or network location and specify file formats to search.
Start Conversion: Start conversion will toggle with stop. Select this option to start the conversion of selected files.
Play Source: Plays the selected source file.
Play Converted: Plays the converted file.
Rename Destination File: By default, application uses the source file name. If you want to rename the converted file name then use this option.
Open Destination folder: Opens the folder location where the converted files are stored.
Copy Converted Files to: Select the converted file(s) and copy them to different location.
Save Session: When converting files, you can save its current state in a Session. The current state consists of the files added for conversion, the status of the files (Pending, converted, aborted, failed) and the conversion settings such as the audio and video properties.
Open Session: Open the saved session and resume the conversion where you left.
Close Session: Close the existing session to start a new session.
Launch Menu: Launch other DeskShare applications.
Exit: Stops all the running actions, preserves the previously selected settings for the next use and closes the application.
Edit Menu: Common file management features.
Select All: Press Ctrl + A to select all the files from a particular recording folder.
Unselect All: Unselects all the selected files.
Remove: Remove selected file from the conversion list.
Remove all: Remove all the files added in the conversion list.
Format Menu: Player controls to view the screen recordings.
Select Standard Formats: Select standard video (WMV, AVI, MOV, MPEG, 3gp etc) or audio (MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC etc) conversion format.
Select Device Profiles: A wide range of devices are supported for the playback of your converted media files. Select your device if present in the available output formats.
Tools Menu: Change the view of your recording and even sort them by using different ways of sorting.
Video Effects: Adjust the video effects like brightness, contrast, and apply them in the converted video file.
Split File: Remove the undesired portion of video or audio file and add only the required segment in the conversion.
Create Playlist: Add audio files to create a playlist. Audio files will be played in a sequence in which these are added in the Playlist.
Rip Audio CD: Rip your audio CDs to MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, etc.
Attempt to Repair File: The tool can repair the corrupted headers of AVI files, retrieve video data from MPEG files. It can correct problems occurring in QuickTime MOV files and repair corrupted WMV or WMA file which is not seek-able.
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Settings: Configure the general application settings.


Proton has launched three models this year, and it looks like their cash registers are looking positively busy. The sales uptrend is certainly a confidence booster for Proton Holdings, and they have one more bullet in their chamber to close off the year.
The Proton Perdana, being the first model launch for Proton in 2016, received more than 1,100 bookings. A total of 720 units have been delivered to customers to date. The Perdana, a reskinned edition of the eight-generation Honda Accord, is also currently the most affordable brand new D-segment sedan in Malaysia.
As for the Proton Persona, the order tally has clocked beyond 14,000 orders, and a good 4,000 of them have already been delivered to buyers. That's pretty impressive considering that the "Iriz sedan" was launched just a little under two months ago. As Proton has expected, the range-topping RM60k Premium variant is the most popular variant among buyers.
The recently unveiled third-generation Proton Saga meanwhile saw up to 4,000 bookings being made. In just two weeks, a total of 500 new Sagas have reached its new owners.
These numbers surely drive the confidence of our national carmaker after years of struggling with diminishing market share and tighter competition. Proton's positive momentum is set to continue with the upcoming launch of the Ertiga MPV later this month. The compact MPV model will mark the first ever collaborative product between Suzuki and Proton.


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Tel Aviv marathon runners hit the pavement
At least 25,000 runners participate in the city-wide race; Kenyan Sammy Tu takes home $10,000 prize for new record.
By BEN HARTMAN, JPOST.COM STAFF
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(photo credit: Courtesy Filizer Communications)
At least 25,000 people hit the pavement for the highly-promoted 2012 Gillette Tel Aviv Marathon Friday morning, which sent racers speeding down seven different tracks winding throughout the White City.
Kenyan runner Sammy Too finished the 42.195 km race first, with a local record time of 2:15:15. He won a prize of $10,000 for breaking the previous record.
TA Mayor Ron Huldai at marathon starting line (Photograph: Courtesy Filizer Communications)
Participants gear up at the starting line (Photograph: Elana Kirsh)
Runners snake through the White City (Photograph: Elana Kirsh)
TA Marathon champion Sammy Too (L) (Photograph: Courtesy Filizer Communications)
The race began in the early hours of the morning, with Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai greeting runners at the starting line.
"Good morning Tel Aviv!" he cheered, "This morning marks the largest marathon Israel has ever seen!"
"Some 17,00 runners are participating in the full marathon, and at least 25,000 people are taking part in all seven tracks," he added.
Touting the race's international draw, the mayor happily announced that citizens of at least 43 different countries took part in Friday's competitive race.
"We made sure you got great weather," he called out to the runners, "All that's left is to jump-start the race!"
The runners were forced to contend with daylight savings time, which came the night before and left runners with one less hour of sleep ahead of the marathon.
The day's events also included a half marathon, a 10km. urban run, an inline skating marathon and a 30km. hand cycle race for people with special needs.
Magen David Adom paramedics opted out of running the race, choosing instead to race through the stream of runners on Segways and bicycles.
Their presence was much needed, however, as medical staff treated around 100 people throughout the course of the race, mostly for dehydration, fainting or injuries related to running.
Magen David Adom paramedics treated most people on site, or in the race's paramedics tent. Around 10 participants required extra care and were taken to local hospitals for treatment.


Wall-mounted dish racks are widespread in Europe and in Nice Britain notably. They perform as storage, particularly since many properties have dishwashers. Nonetheless, they're normally used to empty the dishes after the dishes have been hand washed. That's the reason the wall-mounted dish racks are situated above a sink. Numerous styles and sizes can be found, although a few of them are laborious to seek out at retailer and must be purchased through on-line. A few of wall-mounted dish drying racks are the wall mounted Grundtal dish Drainer, the IKEA Metal dish Drainer and the dish Dryer Show Rack Stainless Nonetheless.
The wall mounted Grundtal dish Drainer is fabricated from stainless-steel with polypropylene for the tray. The tray beneath is detachable to gather water from the drainer. The measurement is 35 cm of the size, 26 cm of the width, and 37 cm of the peak. You'll be able to clear it with a mushy material dampened with water and cleaning soap or wipe dry with a clear material. It may be held on Grundtal rail to present an area on the countertop.
Related with the Grundtal, the IKEA metal dish Drainer can be fabricated from metal with polypropylene. The variations are the product dimensions and the design. Whereas the primary one is included within the Grundtal sequence, this one is included within the Bygel sequence.
For the dish Dryer Show Rack Stainless Nonetheless by RBJ, it's fabricated from stainless-steel with lengthy sturdiness. This wall-mounted dish drying rack is stuffed with areas with 5 slots for the principle plates. In addition to, it can save extra space as a result of you'll be able to grasp it on the wall. As well as, the graceful floor makes the rack look good and freed from rust.


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Q: Dynamic property binding inside ngFor i am trying to bind a toggle for displaying content using [suiCollapse].
the problem is the way i am binding them now they all have the same name and thus they all open when i click on the icon.
I tried using the index as a modifier but it didn't work.
example:

(click) = "collapse+{{index}} = !collapse+{{index}}"

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

any help is appreciated. I am trying to do this bus only using the template but if its not possible i can put some logic inside the component.

A: *ngFor="let item of[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7] let i=index"

Why would you use the index when your array is made of indexes ?
And you don't seem to comprehend the Angular syntax : writing an input/output such as (click) or [myVar] will evaluate the content of this attribute as JS.
So if you write
(click) = "collapse+{{index}} = !collapse+{{index}}"

Angular will try to do this :
collapse+{{index}} = !collapse+{{index}}

And that isn't Javascript.
If you want it to work, here it is :

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

Content of the panel.

Remember to declare your variable collapse as an array/object of booleans !


On Tuesday, December 4th, let's celebrate Christmas. Join us for an early dinner at 12:00 noon in St. Bede's Activities Room. Enjoy chicken, pasta, and dessert. Beverages will also be provided. Let's welcome the Lord as a family with joy.
Please RSVP to Kathy Spechtold at 412.421.1013.
Volunteer Request We are looking for a parishioner to head up the Senior Citizen Organization. For more information please call Kathy Spechtold at 412.421.1013. Thank you.


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Dispatches from the Color Line
The Press and Multiracial America
Catherine R. Squires - Author
SUNY series, Negotiating Identity: Discourses, Politics, Processes, and Praxes
ISBN10: 0-7914-7099-7
Available as a Kindle Edition.
Explores contemporary news media coverage of multiracial people and identities.
When modern news media choose to focus attention on people of multiracial descent, how does this fit with broader contemporary and historical racial discourses? Do these news narratives complicate common understandings of race and race relations? Dispatches from the Color Line explores these issues by examining contemporary news media coverage of multiracial people and identities. Catherine R. Squires looks at how journalists utilize information from many sources—including politicians, bureaucrats, activists, scholars, demographers, and marketers—to link multiracial identity to particular racial norms, policy preferences, and cultural trends. She considers individuals who were accused (rightly or wrongly) of misrepresenting their racial identity to the public for personal gain, and also compares the new racial categories of Census 2000 as reported in Black owned, Asian American owned, and mainstream newspapers. These comparisons reveal how a new racial group is framed in mass media, and how different media sources reinforce or challenge long-standing assumptions about racial identity and belonging in the United States.
"With Barack Obama a major candidate for president at the time of its publication, this study of how news media deal with multiracial people and issues is timely." — CHOICE
"This is one of the few sustained treatments on racial discourse, interracial representation, and the media. The use of case examples organized around coverage of key controversies—court cases, life stories, public controversies—gives the narrative momentum and at the same time provides the author with the space for serious and engaged analysis." — Herman Gray, author of Cultural Moves: African Americans and the Politics of Representation
Catherine R. Squires is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.
1. "Hybrid Degenerates" to "Multiracial Families": Discourses of Race Mixing in America
2. The In/discernible Body of Susie Phipps
3. "Not as Black as the Next Guy": A Peculiar Case of White Identity in the News
4. Descended from Whom? Defining Maria Hylton in the News
5. Counting Race, Counting Controversy: Multiracial Identity and the 2000 Census in Asian American, Black American, and Dominant Periodicals
6. After the Census
Conclusion: Dispatches from the Twenty-First-Century Color Line
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A Theory of Harmony
Peaceful Persuasion
User-Centered Technology
The Theory and Practice of Political Communication Research
Principles of Deductive Logic
Doing Business with the Japanese
Apprehending Politics
Primal Scenes of Communication
Using Language


Students from Waikato Diocesan School for Girls who helped build sleep-outs with Habitat for Humanity Central North Island feature in an international Habitat video celebrating its Youth BUILD campaign.
Indonesian singer-songwriter Vanessa Theodora Mbouw, known as vanessaTM, composed and donated the song "Start the Fire" which features in the video. vanessaTM is a youth ambassador for Habitat for Humanity Indonesia.
The international Habitat for Humanity Youth BUILD 2015 campaign peaked earlier this month when a record number of Habitat volunteers mobilised on a single day.
About 150,000 volunteers were building decent homes in more than 100 locations in Nepal on 21 March. The three-month campaign will have helped a record 10,000 low-income families secure decent homes with the mobilization of 500,000 volunteers across the Asia-Pacific region.
Now in its fourth year, the largest volunteer-driven movement in the Asia-Pacific region draws support from young people in 15 countries. Habitat Youth BUILD heightens awareness of the poverty housing situation in the Asia-Pacific region and inspires people to take action to tackle the growing problem.
"Each year, Habitat Youth BUILD raises the bar by inspiring more supporters to get involved in raising awareness, funds and support for Habitat's cause in exciting ways. This year is no exception. In Nepal alone, 150,000 people will work on multiple sites in one day to build decent homes and hope," said Rick Hathaway, vice president for Asia-Pacific, Habitat for Humanity International.
He said the campaign will serve close to six times more families this year, compared with last year.
For the first time, Habitat's "Global Village" international volunteer teams are supporting Habitat Youth BUILD. Over 770 volunteers from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore have traveled to Asian and Pacific countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Fiji to build homes for those in need.
Here's how some other countries celebrated the Youth BUILD day on 21 March 2015.
Sri Lanka: 600 international and local volunteers worked alongside families to build houses in Muttur village, Trincomalee in the Eastern Province.
China: In Shiming village, Guangdong province, 140 youth volunteers from Hong Kong and China worked for two days to build homes for low-income families.
Philippines: An estimated 50,000 supporters from schools, churches, and corporations are raised funds, created awareness and built homes for 5,000 families at 10 build sites. Prior activities included a build by former and current beauty contestants and a mural painting contest in Manila.
Indonesia: A fun walk for Habitat Youth BUILD supporters was held on 22 March, a car-free day in the business district of Jakarta.
Cambodia: On 28 March, about 100 youth volunteers were painting and doing landscaping work at a childcare center in Andong, a slum area in Phnom Penh.
India: More than 1,000 volunteers were building homes and sanitation facilities, and thousands more participating in awareness and fundraising activities.


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Bird Island man convicted of conspiracy to commit murder
After a two-day trial, Scott William Mooney was convicted of three charges, including conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree by arson. He will be sentenced June 9.
OLIVIA — A jury on Friday in Olivia found Scott William Mooney, 27, of Bird Island, guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit arson and threats of violence.
He is facing up to 20 years in prison and will be sentenced on June 9, according to a news release issued Monday by the Renville County Attorney's Office.
Scott William Mooney
Renville County Sheriff's Department
According to the release, on Aug. 12, 2021, Mooney made various threats of violence toward the victim — an adult female identified by initials in the criminal complaint — including saying he would have gang members murder her, either by physical violence or setting her apartment on fire. That same day, Mooney wired money to a co-conspirator who was to carry out the act.
The woman reported the threatening messages to law enforcement, court documents said. Messages between Mooney and the co-conspirator were also uncovered during the investigation.
Mooney began creating an alibi for when the co-conspirator was to act, but the co-conspirator never showed up, telling Mooney he had been pulled over by police on his way to Bird Island and had to flee, court documents said. No acts of murder or arson were committed, the release said.
The jury in the case, made up of eight men and four women, deliberated for less than 10 minutes before finding Mooney guilty of the three charges, the news release said.
Mooney is currently in custody at the Renville County Jail while awaiting sentencing. He is being held without bail, court documents said.
Related Topics: CRIME AND COURTSMINNESOTABIRD ISLANDRENVILLE COUNTY
Records published Jan. 31, 2023
The Tribune publishes Records as part of its obligation to inform readers about the business of public institutions and to serve as a keeper of the local historical record. All items are written by Tribune staff members based on information contained in public documents from the state court system and from law enforcement agencies. It is the Tribune's policy that this column contain a complete record. Requests for items to be withheld will not be granted.


Come join us for a seminar on how to plan ahead, have your wishes met and relieve your loved ones of making difficult decisions. There will be a presentation led by Leo Dube, followed by questions and answers.
April 24, 2019, 7-8pm Grief often brings complex and painful thoughts and feelings to those left behind. We help participants begin to understand their grief and discover hope for healing. Led by Melissa Mastrostefano, LICSW.


NVIDIA Home > Support Home Page > Knowledgebase Home Page > What version of the Android operating system is shipped with the SHIELD Tablet, and can the OS be updated?
The OS shipped with the device is Google Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat. NVIDIA will provide OS updates as new versions of the OS become available from Google. Updates will be handled through the OTA process.