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Oculus showcases Crescent Bay Virtual Reality
Posted by William Steel on September 30, 2014 October 2, 2014
Oculus Rift Crescent Bay prototype. Photo credit: Oculus VR.
Oculus VR, the developers and manufacturers of arguably the most immersive and successful virtual reality (VR) technologies to date, showcased their latest prototype last week and by all accounts it's set the scene in a spectacular fashion for the advent of Oculus Rift's entry into the commercial market, pitched for 2015.
It's called Crescent Bay, and its presentation took centre stage last week when Oculus hosted Oculus Connect – a seminal conference designed to showcase the latest development to come from the company and its developers. Crescent Bay is the latest instalment to Oculus Rift, the parent headset which has delivered several editions, each one advancing significantly upon the previous.
Oculus has been steadily developing Rift since founding the company in 2012, and to have followed the company over the last two years is to have witnessed an exciting, and very impressive, period of technological innovation. In that time the company has moved from its duck-tape clad prototype, that some thought may never produce a product, to having enormous successes in achieving convincing and immersive experiences for users of its VR headsets.
This is no easy feat – true VR fidelity relies upon seamless integration between multiple technologies to the extent that the experience succeeds in convincing the brain's perceptual faculties of its displacement into another environment (albeit a virtual one). It's somewhat of an all or nothing experience – where even minor imperfections, in particular lag or obtuse pixelation, can break the illusion. If accomplished correctly though, users are treated to something of an out-of-body experience that brings the user into an altogether different, virtual, world. It's such a trip, that the experience of users has spawned a vernacular to describe it. Most notably there is the word taken to convey sensations of conviction in one's virtual 3D surrounds and sense of immersion: 'presence'.
Crescent Bay "allow[s] for sustained presence" claims Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, speaking at Oculus Connect. Considering the features of the new prototype and reading testimonies of those lucky enough to have played with it, it seems the elusive goal of persistent presence may indeed be just around the corner. Crescent Bay serves as a substantial departure from its predecessor (the developer kit, DK2); and although its precise specifications haven't been disclosed, Crescent Bay is known to support 360 degree tracking, a 90Hz refresh rate, integrated 3D audio, higher resolution screens, as well as improved ergonomics and a lighter weight. Tracking of head movements is still enabled by way of an external camera that tracks the position of markers on the headset; but Crescent Bay advances on previous editions by introducing tracking LEDs set into the back of the headset to compliment markers on the front. This addition supports 360 degree positioning and much greater freedom of movement to the user. Compare these to DK2 and it's clear improvements have been made on nearly all levels.
The Oculus Rift system uses an infra-red camera to track the movements of reflective markers and LEDs set into the headset; this information is translated in real time to determine the field of view delivered through the headset. Photo rights: Oculus VR.
Again, to read the overwhelmingly positive experiences of users, it seems Crescent Bay has overcome many of the challenges and glitching that detracted from experiences with previous editions of Rift. Iribe noted that "this prototype shows off the features, the quality, the presence that we need to deliver for consumer VR" – perhaps a hint that with Crescent Bay, the company are getting very close to delivering their product to the consumer – something that can't come soon enough.
That's because the company haven't yet engaged at all in marketing their Oculus Rift to the mainstream. What they have done though is to fully embrace the developer community, and offered a package (containing Rift hardware and software) to developers at a cost of $350. Now on their second iteration (DK2), the bundle has been enough for developers to begin advancing application of the technology themselves.
Naturally, game-designers have been at the forefront of this bottom-up initiative. Rift-enabled versions of Half Life 2 and Doom 3 have been greeted with immense enthusiasm (check here for some neat examples), and it's clear gaming takes on a whole new, and perhaps its true, form when combined with VR. Meanwhile the game developer Epic has been in close partnership throughout Rift's development – producing new demos and engine technology to showcase advances in Rift hardware. Back at Oculus, a series of in-house designed demos were prepared to convey Crescent Bay's capabilities at Oculus Connect under the title 'Crescent Bay Experiences'. By all accounts the suite of demos suitably captured the potential of the new system. On display were scenarios ranging from immersion into first-person-shooter like scenarios (Epic's 'Showdown'), to vertigo inducing sky-scraper environments, charming cartoon camp-fires and surprisingly tense encounters with a tyrannosaurus rex.
Epic's 'Showdown' demo received some of the highest praise after it was presented at the Oculus Connect conference. Photo rights: Oculus VR.
Oculus Rift was actually acquired by Facebook earlier this year at a cost of $2 billion – at event that was met with considerable criticism, not least by original investors who felt that their contributions to a passionate start-up company (Oculus Rift began humbly enough as a Kickstarter project) had simply borne out toward a take-over by one of the world's largest corporations. Nevertheless, for at least the meanwhile the Facebook take-over hasn't waylaid progress, as Crescent Bay goes to prove. In the longer term though, there's plenty to ponder over in consideration of Facebook's intentions for the technology. In its simplest formulation, their plans likely entail bringing VR to the mainstream in it's fullest form – in time VR could become a ubiquitous technology. To be sure, this is an exciting prospect.
VR has had it's fair share of misses and failures, and for some time dropped off the radar of rapidly developing products of consumer interest while smartphones and gaming took off at pace. So perhaps now is the time. With advent of super high-resolution screens, high processing power required for graphics, and the demonstrations coming from the likes of the Rift series, the necessary tech, will and prospects are in place to support a serious resurgence of VR.
Oculus has fully supported game developers using Oculus Rift – an open attitude that's resulted in several exciting projects. Pictured here is the Tron Light Cycle simulator. Photo credit and full article: www.paperblog.com.
Oculus Rift has its competitors of course. In particular there's Sony, who are developing their Morpheus headset for Playstation; and to some extent Google too, although their end-game and approach is quite removed from anything aiming to induce presence. But competition is a good thing – sure to foster further advances in technology at greater pace. For the moment at least though Oculus seems to be at the very forefront of the trajectory VR is set for – they've jumpstarted the VR concept and arguably produced not only the first high fidelity VR system, but one that's feasible as a consumer product.
Without doubt the potential for VR is enormous – the highly engaging and endlessly diverse environments it can create opens up an entirely new ecosystem for gaming, education, communication, and simulation. Even the film industry stands to enter a new domain, and one can easily speculate over therapeutic application of the technology too. With the arrival of Oculus Rift into a commercial market, hopefully sometime next year, the countless avenues and applications of VR will open up and start being explored. It will be an exciting time, after all, this is an entirely new medium – a consequential technology in its truest form. What's more, in spite of cutting-edge graphics and success with immersion into worlds of presence, what we're seeing now is really just the opening act – something that will surely come to be a rudimentary, albeit foundational, accomplishment in the context of immersion into a virtual platform.
"You can create unbelievable worlds. You can create believable worlds," Iribe says. "After all, this is just the beginning."
Oculus VR – Official site
Wired – Report on Oculus Crescent Bay
Business Insider article on Oculus Rift's entry to the consumer market
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Experiment No. 2
To find the voltage regulation of a single phase transformer
Ammar Munir
07-NTU-06
To find the voltage regulation of a single phase transformer 10 March 2010
Ammar Munir EE-3001- Electrical Engineering
Date Experiment was conducted: 10-03-10
Date Report was submitted: 17-03-10
The voltage regulation of the single phase transformer was measured. The lamp board with five
bulbs was used as a load. The load current IL was slowly increased and the corresponding
increase in the secondary voltage Vs was measured. Then % voltage regulation was calculated.
Practical was repeated five times and corresponding voltage regulation was calculated. Then
graph between % V.R and IL was plotted.
Abstract:............................................................................................................................................i
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................ii
1.Introduction ..................................................................................................................................1
Background......................................................................................................................................1
Objectives........................................................................................................................................1
Theory..............................................................................................................................................1
Equipment and Materials.................................................................................................................1
Method.............................................................................................................................................1
Results..............................................................................................................................................2
Observations and calculations..........................................................................................................2
Discussion .......................................................................................................................................2
Conclusions......................................................................................................................................2
References........................................................................................................................................2
A voltage regulator is an electrical regulator designed to automatically maintain a constant
voltage level.
i. To find voltage regulation of a single phase transformer
ii. To interpret graphically the voltage regulation by making the graph between % voltage
regulation (%R) and load current (IL)
The voltage regulation of a transformer is defined as the variation of the secondary voltage
between no load and full load expressed as a percentage of the no voltage, the primary voltage
being assumed constant.
Equipment and Materials
i. Ammeter 0-10 A
ii. Voltmeter 0-150 V
iii. Lamp board
iv. Wires
i. Make the connections as shown in the circuit diagram.
ii. Get the connections checked by the supervisor in the lab.
iii. Switch on the supply to the primary side of the transformer, keeping the secondary side
unloaded.
iv. With the secondary circuit open i.e. no load, note down the secondary induced voltage as
'Es' from voltmeter and record in the observation table.
v. Switch on one bulb and take reading of the same voltmeter and call it as Vs.
vi. Continue switching on the bulbs one by one and read the voltmeter readings as Vs and
record in the observation table. Also note down the ammeter reading.
vii. Calculate the percentage voltage regulation from the reading taken as below,
%V.R= (Es-Vs)/ Es x 100
viii. Plot a graph between % age voltage regulation '%R' and load current 'IL'.
Observations and calculations
Es= secondary voltage at no-load = _117_volts
Load Current Il Sec. Volts at load
S. No. % V. R =(Es-Vs)/ Es x 100
(amps) Vs (volts)
1 1 114.5 2.13
2 1.9 114 2.56
3 2.9 113.5 2.99
4 3.88 113 3.42
5 4.92 112.5 3.84
The graph between % age voltage regulation '% V.R' and load current 'IL' was a straight line in
the beginning and then it become parallel to x-axis.
The mean % age voltage regulation of the single phase transformer is 2.988.
i. Practical lab manual.
ii. "Examples in electrical calculations" by Admiralty.
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SAP and the UK & Ireland SAP user group have been thrashing out the topic of indirect licensing in 2017. Is there an amicable settlement in sight?
The recent UK and Ireland SAP User Group conference in Birmingham brought to the fore this year's controversy about indirect licensing, given prominence in February when a High Court judge found for SAP and against Diageo in a licensing case.
A pre-conference survey of user group members found 58% with concerns about complying with SAP's licensing policies in respect of third-party applications and access by end-users. Some 73% found the supplier's licensing and pricing models to be overly complicated. And 64% said they were delaying plans to take advantage of internet of things (IoT)] technology – which would include SAP's Leonardo suite – because of concerns about getting into trouble with indirect licensing.
Paul Cooper, chair of the user group, referred in his keynote to SAP CEO Bill McDermott's comments about the supplier's commitment to being empathic towards customers, made at Sapphire in 2016 and 2017. He said SAP sales staff need to heed those words and, in a briefing with Computer Weekly, confirmed that members have felt some heat from account managers keen to "monetise indirect [licensing]".
"Because Bill linked his comments [about empathy] to indirect, it was appropriate for us to revisit that and remind people that this is a behaviour he wants to see mirrored in his teams," said Cooper.
Cooper also said the survey had borne out the contention that concerns about indirect licensing were slowing down projects using "the IoT and Leonardo piece".
He said SAP was not "trying to prove a point" with the Diageo case, and that the software firm had no choice but to defend its intellectual property.
English judge rejects Diageo's submission that SAP PI is a "gatekeeper" licence for gaining access to the SAP suite of applications and database.
At SAP's 2017 Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, Florida, CEO Bill McDermott ruled out charging for static read access from third-party systems, after recent controversy.
In this Q&A, Joachim Paulini from Snow Software discusses what the Diageo and InBev indirect access cases mean for SAP users and how understanding their licensing can save them from a similar fate.
Hala Zeine, chief business development officer for SAP globally, has been leading a pricing modernisation programme at the supplier, which turns on a shift from user-based pricing to business outcome metrics pricing. At Sapphire 2017, these new models were announced as "order to cash", "procure to pay" and "static [data] read access". In Birmingham, Zeine said SAP believes these to cover 80% of indirect licence use cases, and said it is working on the rest.
Zeine said the business value to be derived from S/4 Hana [the supplier's full ERP suite in its in-memory database, Hana], the switch to the cloud, integration and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) were also priorities for customers, she found. "I'd struggle to put it [licensing] as the top one," she added.
Zeine said in a statement: "The issue of how best to manage indirect access is one we're working on across our business and why we've committed to modernising our pricing approach. The conversation around the topic is particularly prominent in the UK today and, as the UKISUG survey shows, indirect access is top of mind.
Ray Wang, principal analyst, founder and chairman at Constellation Research and one of the keynote speakers at the user group conference, baulked at any suggestion that indirect licensing was a parochial concern in the UK.
Wang also said he does not believe the Diageo case sets a precedent. "We are seeing concessions in contract negotiations," he added.
Whatever the detail of the SAP versus Diageo case – which SAP won – it has been a catalyst this year for the thorny issue of indirect licensing. Users are looking to their own SAP estates and wondering if they, too, are incorrectly licensed, or will be if they attempt to implement more cutting-edge systems, involving the IoT or a variety of cloud applications. SAP and its users will want to lay this ghost to rest in 2018.


Years ago, I used to look forward to summer sessions, jokingly calling them "Summer Lite." These days, there doesn't seem to be anything "lite" about them. Now I say "Where did the summer go!?" and I'm sure you can relate. There seems to be a good deal of activity on both the noncredit and community education fronts, and ACCE is making sure that we have representation at the table when the important conversations take place.
As I step into my new role as ACCE President, I can't help but consider the major accomplishments we have achieved over the past few years. When I first joined ACCE in 2004-05, we were fiercely advocating for equalization of funding and eventually achieved it with the CDCP rate of enhanced funding. (Remember SB361?) This opened doors for some of us, and for others it helped to keep our doors open during the economic downturn, beginning in 2007-08. Today, we have different challenges (good ones!) that are the result of new initiatives, restored categorical funding, and collaborative opportunities with partners across our regions and the state.
So here are just some of the critical issues that are currently on our ACCE radar: Progress Indicators: Board of Governors is currently reviewing the recommendation of adding Satisfactory Progress (SP) as an indicator of success for noncredit, requires title 5 changes. We want this to be approved!
Noncredit SSSP: Implementation of Common Assessment Initiative and CCCApply processes are being hashed out with workgroups so that our support services can be adequately reported in the new noncredit SSSP funding formula. Locally, we need to identify gaps and align our data to the data elements coding for proper upload (and pay points).
Fee-based and Credit Co-enrollment: ACCE is still pursuing advice and direction for this option which has the potential to provide additional opportunities for student access. This has been reviewed extensively in SACC and discussions will hopefully continue in the coming year.
Updates on these "hot topics" and much more will be communicated to you via our ACCE website, the noncredit and community education listservs, our one-day fall workshops, and our annual spring conference. If you or a colleague would like to be added to one or both listservs, please contact your Council Leaders or the ACCE website administrator (contact information is on our website). Dates for the Drive-In Workshops are set for October 21 (Fri.) for the north and November 10 (Thur.) for the south. We also have the spring conference dates scheduled, so please save the dates of February 1 – 3 and prepare to stay at a lovely San Diego beach-side hotel. We are working on a special rate for conference attendees.
Last, but not least, I want to send a special welcome message to our new council leaders. Carla Muldoon, Cindy Chang, and Jan Young: You will help your colleagues in the field and learn so much along the way!!


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The Yankees and Mets Schedule for 2019
Here's the Yankees and Mets schedule for 2019. Check back here for updates and scores throughout the season!
The Yankees are set to take on the Mets in what promises to be an exciting season. The schedule is out and fans can't wait to see how the two teams stack up.
The Yankees play their home games at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City. The stadium opened in 2009 and seats 50,287 fans. The field dimensions are:
-Left field: 318 feet
-Center field: 408 feet
-Right field: 314 feet
The Yankees will be on the road for the following games:
April 5-7: Baltimore Orioles
April 10-11: Toronto Blue Jays
May 17-19: Houston Astros
May 24-26: Boston Red Sox
June 7-9: Tampa Bay Rays
July 26-28: Detroit Tigers
August 5-7: Cleveland Indians
August 16-18: Chicago White Sox
September 6-8: Kansas City Royals
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two MLB teams based in New York City, the other being the New York Yankees of the American League (AL).
The Mets will play their home games at Citi Field, located inFlushing, Queens. Citi Field opened in 2009 and has a capacity of 41,922 fans.
The Yankees play 40 away games in 2019.
10 games are against the Baltimore Orioles
6 games are against the Toronto Blue Jays
7 games are against the Tampa Bay Rays
3 games are against the Boston Red Sox
4 games are played in London against the Boston Red Sox
1 game is played in Chicago against the White Sox
4games are played in Cleveland against the Indians
3 games are played in Detroit against the Tigers
9games are played in Kansas City against the Royals
2 games are played in Minnesota against the Twins
3 games are played in Anaheim against the Angels
3games are played in OaklandagainsttheAthletics
6gamesareplayedinSeattleagainsttheMariners
The Mets play 40 away game sin2019 as well. 9 of those gamesareagainsttheAtlantaBraves, 3areagainsttheArizonaDiamondbacks, 3areagainsttheBaltimoreOrioles, 6areagainsttheBostonRedSox, 10areagainsttheChicagoCubs, 4areagainsttheCincinnatiReds, 3areagainsttheColoradoRockies, 1isagainsttheMiamiMarlins, 4isan exhibition gameinMontrealagainsttheTorontoBlueJays, and 6haveyet to be announced.


This is the information we have available about the Hotels and Accommodations found in the Himachal Pradesh area. It's a list of all the recommended options, ranging from small lodges all the way up to huge resorts, available or related to Himachal Pradesh. You can choose any option that piques your interest to see more detailed information, like facilities, access, and an official reservation page, among many other things. Let's see what everyone's saying about the Hotels and Accommodations in Himachal Pradesh so we can make the best choice!
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A fun, fully functional tarot themed calculator complete with graphics, animation, and sound. Use your mouse or keypad. Minor Arcana symbols spin and 'tinkle' and startup. Tarot cards replace the standard keys. Keys glow when moused over, magickal sparkles fly up whenever a key is pressed. Fun yet practical, replace your standard Windows calculator today!


There are 20 known amino acids and every protein in your body is made up of a specific combination of these amino acids. Humans can make 11 of these amino acids but the rest need to be obtained from food. If a food contains all 9 of these amino acids (8 for adults, 9 for children) in the right amount, that food is considered to be a "complete protein".
Examples of foods that contain complete proteins include eggs, meat, poultry, fish, dairy, and soy. Foods like whole grains and legumes also contain protein but the protein is "incomplete", meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. While grains and legumes are highly nutritious foods, the protein they contain is not quite as high in quality as the protein in animal foods or soy foods.
Many high protein shakes and powders claim to contain complete protein. If they were made from eggs, dairy, or soy, then they are correct.
Core Power high protein shake claims to have all 9 essential amino acids. So, the first thing I do is look at the ingredient list. In this case, the first ingredient is low-fat milk so yes, all 9 essential amino acids will be in this product. BUT, why drink an expensive commercially-made high protein drink when you can get the same quality of protein in a glass of milk?
These products are shelf-stable and can be taken anywhere. They give you nutrition when you don't have access to real food. This product has extra protein added to it so it's higher in protein than regular milk, but it's twice as expensive too and contains more sugar than regular milk.
My take on products like this is that they come in handy when real food is not available. But I prefer real food (and real milk) hands down to commercially-made products. Since I always make time to eat, I rarely ever have the need for a pre-made protein shake. But if you do miss a meal, there are plenty of products like this on the market that can tide you over until you can get the real stuff.
Got a nutrition question? Please feel free to email me questions or visit us on Facebook!


STOPPING THE IPADS: A Chinese company, Shenzhen Proview Technology, plans to ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple's iPads because of a dispute over ownership of the trademark.
WHAT'S AT STAKE: Apple's iPads are manufactured in China, meaning global sales of the popular tablet computers might be affected if authorities agree to enforce such a request.
THE DISPUTE SO FAR: Proview won a court ruling that it owns the iPad name in China. Authorities have seized iPads from retailers in one city. Proview says it has asked for enforcement in 30 other cities.


Visual tracking has been an active research topic in the computer vision applications. By modeling the target appearance with a sparse approximation over a template set, sparse representation has been applied to the visual tracker, which called L1 tracker. Due to the need to solve the L1 norm related minimization problem for many times, this L1 tracker is very computationally demanding. Although various fast numerical solver is developed to solve the resulting L1 norm related minimization problem, the framework is still a L1 norm related minimization model. Similar to the face recognition problem, sparse approximations may not deliver the desired robustness and a simple L2 approach to the visual tracking problem is not only robust, but also much faster. It may be possible to apply the L2 minimization, instead of L1 minimization, to the visual tracking problems, which has been verified by experiments on challenging sequences in the paper.


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Ferda Mravenec (anglicky Ferdy the Ant, německy Ferdy) je německý televizní seriál z roku 1987 na motivy knih o Ferdovi Mravencovi od Ondřeje Sekory. Z knih přebírá hlavní postavy (Ferda, Brouk Pytlík, Beruška, Hlemýžď), další si ale přidává (Pavouk Arambula, Kulda/Faldík, Okáč). Jsou zde přidány mnohé moderní předměty a události (žvýkačky, vyvolávání duchů, soutěž krásy).

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Československá televize 1988
 Vlastimil Brodský – vypravěč
 Jiří Prager – Ferda
 Oldřich Kaiser – Brouk Pytlík
 Naďa Konvalinková – Beruška
 Miroslav Vladyka – Pes Fousek
 Jiří Lábus – pavouk Arambula
 Ota Jirák – Kulda
 Uršula Kluková – Moucha
 Michal Pavlata – Cvrček
 Ladislav Potměšil – Okáč
 Jiří Zavřel – více rolí
 Václav Postránecký – více rolí
 Pavel Trávníček – více rolí
 Marcela Králová – zpěv závěrečné písně

 Překlad: Vladislav Čejchan (díl 1–13), František Sádek (díl 14–26)
 Režie českého znění: Zdeněk Hnilica
Vyrobila Hlavní redakce pořadů ze zahraničí ČST Praha 1988

Nova 1998
Tento dabing byl rovněž použit na DVD.
 Pavel Zedníček – vypravěč
 Marek Eben – Ferda
 Karel Heřmánek – Brouk Pytlík
 Veronika Gajerová – Beruška
 Petr Nárožný – pavouk Arambula
 Jiří Lábus – Faldík
 Ota Jirák – Hlemýžď Oskar
 Petr Vacek – Pes Čmuchálek
 Inka Šecová – paní Ruměnice
 Ondřej Vetchý – Cvrček
 Radovan Vaculík – Randy
 Pavel Šrom – Hrbáč
 Jaroslava Kretschmerová – Vanda
 Zbyšek Pantůček – Kůň/moucha
 Dále v českém znění: David Suchařípa, Jiří Knot, Jaroslav Kaňkovský, Jiří Bruder, Bohdan Tůma, Eva Spoustová
 režie českého znění: Jitka Tošilová
 Vyrobila ČNTS spol. s. r. o. Nova , 1998

Ferda Mravenec
Německé animované televizní seriály
Televizní seriály vysílané od roku 1987
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Q: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'onClicked') I'm trying to migrate my chrome pure JS extension into a vuejs version.
All my pureJS version works fine.
But with vuejs i have an unintelligible error loading extension.
Here is my manifest.json and my vue.config.js :
Manifest :
{
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "__MSG_appName__",
  "version": "2.1.0",
  "homepage_url": "https://*****.*********/",
  "description": "****** Vuejs",
  "default_locale": "fr",
  "permissions": [
    "activeTab",
    "<all_urls>",
    "*://*/*",
    "storage"
  ],
  "icons": {
    "48": "icons/icon-48.png",
    "64": "icons/icon-64.png",
    "128": "icons/icon-128.png"
  },
  "background": {
    "scripts": [
      "js/background.js"
    ],
    "persistent": true
  },
  "browser_action": {
    "default_popup": "popup.html",
    "default_title": "__MSG_appName__",
    "default_icon": {
      "48": "icons/icon-48.png",
      "64": "icons/icon-64.png"
    }
  }
}

vue.config.js :
module.exports = {
  pages: {
    popup: {
      template: "public/browser-extension.html",
      entry: "./src/popup/main.js",
      title: "Popup",
    },
  },
  pluginOptions: {
    browserExtension: {
      componentOptions: {
        background: {
          entry: "src/background.js",
        },
        contentScripts: {
          entries: {
            "content-script": [
              "src/content_scripts/contentScript.js",
              "src/content_scripts/config.js",
              "src/content_scripts/capture.js",
            ],
          },
        },
        permissions: [
          "<all_urls>",
          "activeTab",
          "contextMenus",
          "notifications",
          "storage",
          "identity",
        ],
        browser_action: {},
      },
    },
  },
};

Project is compiling without any problem.
Then i load my extension on browser by pointing to /dist folder.
And then i have the error Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'onClicked') and my extension show blank popup.
Here is the part of code which cause the error :
browser.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(async (info, tab) => {

Of course i tried with "chrome" instead of "browser", without success...
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

A: I had the same issue,
Found out that you need to add "action": {} to your manifest.json.
{
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "__MSG_appName__",
  "version": "2.1.0",
  "homepage_url": "https://*****.*********/",
  "description": "****** Vuejs",
  "default_locale": "fr",
  "action": {},
  "permissions": [
    "activeTab",
    "<all_urls>",
    "*://*/*",
    "storage"
  ],
  "icons": {
    "48": "icons/icon-48.png",
    "64": "icons/icon-64.png",
    "128": "icons/icon-128.png"
  },
  "background": {
    "scripts": [
      "js/background.js"
    ],
    "persistent": true
  },
  "browser_action": {
    "default_popup": "popup.html",
    "default_title": "__MSG_appName__",
    "default_icon": {
      "48": "icons/icon-48.png",
      "64": "icons/icon-64.png"
    }
  }
}

A: I replaced code by
browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(async (info, tab) => {

And it works.

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Home / News and Events / Warden Construction Appointed to Build Porsche Centre Preston
Warden Construction Appointed to Build Porsche Centre Preston
Lancashire-based Bowker Motor Group has appointed Preston-based Warden Construction Limited to build the new 43,000 square feet Porsche Centre in the city.
Demolition began on site at Watery Lane in July and has now been completed. Construction work is due to commence with the new Porsche Centre opening in Spring 2019.
Warden Construction Limited was founded in 1954 and specialises in construction, refurbishment, development and maintenance solutions across a whole range of sectors. The company recently built the AFC Fylde stadium complex at Mill Farm in Wesham.
Bowker Motor Group chief executive, Paul Bowker, said: "Congratulations to Warden Construction. We are looking forward to working with them as the Porsche Centre Preston takes shape.
"Wherever possible, we prefer to work with Lancashire companies. Bowker Motor Group's strategy to work with the world's most prestigious automotive brands unlocks exciting opportunities for other local businesses too. That's why we spoke to a selection highly-regarded Lancashire construction companies before we appointed Warden.
"Warden faced some stiff competition to win the business. But there was a good fit with our respective project teams: not least with their experience; and, their passion to deliver a remarkable new building on a landmark site for Preston."
The multi-million pound investment in the new Porsche Centre Preston will create over 30 jobs. Preston will be the 40th Porsche Centre in the UK network.
For Warden, managing director Richard Kenworthy said: "Everyone at Warden is delighted to be working with Bowker Motor Group on such a prestigious retail development. It's an area of Preston that many of us have driven past all our lives. That's why we are proud to be part of a construction project which will transform the area."
The designs for the new Porsche Centre Preston were prepared by Preston-based architects Cassidy and Ashton.
The building design features a 35-car showroom and a 13-bay workshop. There are also two customer handover bays; two direct dialogue bays which enable service advisors to demonstrate scope of technical work from every perspective; and, also EV charging points.
Porsche Cars GB Limited confirmed its decision to appoint Bowker Motor Group to operate its new Lancashire Centre in September 2017.


Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Emails From French and Canadian Readers on "Preserving Culture" and the "Language Police": " . . . it's not just France that suffers from such stupidity, it is all of Europe. Every year France blocks changes in agricultural subsidies that exist solely to prop up inefficient French farms. As a result everyone in Europe pays higher prices for produce and other farm goods. Tariffs raise costs and restrain trade. Problems do not stop with agriculture and restaurants. Inane work rules also designed to "preserve the French way of life" have put France and Germany are on a collision course over numerous issues including heated exchanges regarding productivity and trade with China."


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PBA holds 'Eyes on Capitol Hill'
Prevent Blindness America (PBA) held its 6th annual "Eyes on Capitol Hill" event on March 2. This annual event was designed to give community leaders and patient advocates the opportunity to meet with government representatives to discuss vision issues.
Chicago-Prevent Blindness America (PBA) will hold its 6th annual "Eyes on Capitol Hill" event today. This annual event is designed to give community leaders and patient advocates the opportunity to meet with government representatives to discuss vision issues.
The activities will include a National Call-in Day, in which supporters across the country are asked to call and request their local government representatives to make vision health a priority issue.
"For the sixth straight year, PBA has worked to bring together those whose lives have been profoundly touched by some type of vision issue-eye disease, an eye accident, or the eye health of a loved one," said Hugh R. Parry, president and chief executive officer of PBA. "We are excited to give them an opportunity to speak with their [Congressperson] or Senator to give first-hand testimonies of the need for expanding existing eye health programs and funding."
Vision community leaders will meet with government staff on Capitol Hill for the "Eyes on Capitol Hill" advocacy event. To wrap up the day, PBA will host the third annual Congressional Vision Caucus (CVC) reception. The CVC-composed of a bicameral, bipartisan coalition of more than 80 members of Congress and five members of Senate-is co-chaired by Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Rep. David Price (D-NC).
Leading vision health organizations are co-sponsors of this event and include the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Optometric Association, the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, Lighthouse International, Lions Club International, National Industries for the Blind, the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, VisionServe Alliance, Vision 2020 USA, and The Vision Council.


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San Francisco backs down from cell phone law
By Dave Johnson
May 16, 2013 / 7:00 AM / MoneyWatch
(MoneyWatch) Do cell phones generate harmful radiation? Is there a cancer risk associated with mobile phone use? These are questions that have been debated for decades, often with little to no medical research available to back up either side. That didn't stop the city of San Francisco from passing a law in 2010 requiring retailers to announce the radiation level of cell phones in sales displays.
The CTIA -- the Cellular Telephone Industries Association, a mobile phone trade association -- immediately sued the city, contending that the law would confuse consumers by implying that lower radiation levels are safer -- an unsubstantiated assertion for which there were no recognized studies. The law was revised, but the CTIA struck again, and the city has been in litigation ever since.
Cell phone radiation versus San Francisco
Health alert: Cell phones pose no cancer risk?
Cell phone radiation not harmful (says CTIA)
Well, at long last, this saga is over. San Francisco has settled with the CTIA out of court, agreeing to withdraw the law. With this outcome, it's unlikely that any other U.S. cities will attempt a similar law anytime soon, nor should we expect any action at the federal level. (In 2010, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich planned to introduce a similar bill in Congress, though that went nowhere.)
There hasn't been a significant amount of research in the last few years, though a 2011 Danish study assessed the health of 350,000 cell phone users over an 18-year period and found no increased risk of cancer. This isn't terribly surprising to most scientists, as cell phones -- regardless of their radiation level -- emit non-ionizing radiation, which by definition lacks the ability to knock electrons out of atoms or molecules. Non-ionizing radiation generates heat and is typically considered harmless.
Is this the last attempt to regulate modern technology without fully understanding the actual risk levels? Of course not. But for now, phone manufacturers and retailers don't have to worry about delivering confusing messages about the potential health risk of tech that is probably quite safe.
Photo courtesy Flickr user caddymob
View all articles by Dave Johnson on CBS MoneyWatch »
Dave Johnson is editor of eHow Tech and author of three dozen books, including the best-selling How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera. Dave has previously worked at Microsoft and has written about technology for a long list of magazines that include PC World and Wired.
First published on May 16, 2013 / 7:00 AM
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The weather is fine in Mto wa Mbu, hot spelled off with rain as we are into the short rainy season. We are looking forward to pilau and goat bbq on Christmas Eve!
2018 was full of projects and new adventures, and in 2019 we look forward to welcoming a passionate group of doulas, some avid mountain climbers, a high school group of adventurers, and a volunteer for the LK Kindergarten.
We will have our Boma la Mama sea container released by the end Jan 2019, and our Birth centre manager will be starting work in January as well. In April she has been sponsored to take a course in ultrasound, specialising in pregnancy, which may also lead to an ultrasound unit being donated to our centre. We are working hard at getting some grants and super grateful to our private donors that have made it possible to actually get Boma la Mama seeing patients in 2019.
Boma Handmade is flourishing with amazing products such as baby carriers, sleepsacs, baby clothes, nursing and maternity tops, baby slippers, and hand carved wooden toys. We are also making natural soap that has been really popular and barely has time to dry before it's flying off the shelves. Most exciting we were chosen to open a Days for Girls enterprise at our workshop, which means we will be producing cloth pads for girls and women that can be washed and used over and over. Many go without any reasonable option when it comes to their feminine hygiene and miss school or suffer with nothing to wear or avoiding activities.
Boma Community School continues to run it's LK Kindergarten class with happy students and our awesome teacher who has been with us since the beginning! We are working on some maintenance of the building, and hoping to get a new mural and new playground in 2019.
We also opened Tanzip Zipline Adventure, Tanzania's first and only zipline in 2018, and the Mosquito Creek Cafe is launching on Christmas Eve! Karibu Sana!
Wishing a fun and safe holiday season and all the best in 2019!!
awesome new promo video!
October 15, 2018 October 15, 2018 Boma Africa1 Comment
Boma la Mama Birth Centre is gaining momentum! Check out this great new video that explains what we are doing!
Non Profit Business for LK Kindergarten
August 29, 2018 July 23, 2018 Boma Africa1 Comment
Excited to announce that we are planning to start a non profit business devoted entirely to the LK Kindergarten class.
It will be an animal husbandry project. We'll start with 8 goats and 60 chickens. We'll build them a nice shelter, and hire someone to care for them. They will live up the rift valley wall, at the Boma land. They will lay lots of eggs and have lots of babies!
An initial investment of $2500 should then generate apx. $2500 annually for the school. This will free up some Boma Africa funds for expansion, improvement, more toys, better playground,… oh my!
Photo Gallery! African Wildlife Safari
August 1, 2018 June 30, 2018 Boma AfricaLeave a comment
Absolutely stunning wildlife roaming in the world famous Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the many other parks and reserves of Tanzania.
Leopard in the grass. Photo by Jarrad Seng. Boma Africa
Tarangire Sunrise. Photo by Jarrad Seng. Boma Africa
Eagle takes flight in Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
Dik Dik. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa.
Mama & Baby. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
Elephant, Tarangire National Park. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
Hyena takes her share. Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
Crown Cranes. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
Zebras in the dust. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
Zebra Hunt. Serengeti National Park. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
Zebra Hunt in the Ngorongoro Crater. Photo by Andrew Knapp Boma Africa.
Zebra Hunt. Serengeti National Park. Photo by Mare Eve Lord. Boma Africa
"Pumba" Warthog. Photo by Andrew Knapp. Boma Africa
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Testimonial! Keri-Lyn, Canada, 2018
July 18, 2018 June 30, 2018 Boma AfricaLeave a comment
I stayed with Leesha and Lau and family on a 6 week trip through Tanzania. I've known Leesha for many years and it was wonderful to reunite with her in Mto Wa Mbu. They showed me around the village, introduced me to their community and I got to witness the passion and inspiration that lives in their entrepreneurial projects. I had such an incredible time in the village. The people are kind and welcoming, the scenery of the Rift Valley walls and Lake Mayanara stunning. I shared some art classes, visited the market regularly, enjoyed the local food and hit the dance floor for a little nightlife! I highly receommend connecting with Boma Africa. Mto Wa Mbu is the perfect place to set out for safari or take some time to relax and settle in and make some friends after travelling around. I hope to make it back one day!! Thank you for being such amazing hosts! xoxo
Keri-Lyn; Canada; 2018
Go fund Me for Harrieth's Sewing Machine!
July 4, 2018 June 30, 2018 Boma AfricaLeave a comment
Hello kind and generous people around the world!!
We are supporting Harrieth, a very talented seamstress and small business owner in our village in Tanzania.
She currently has a small shop in the local market of Mto wa Mbu where she does her sewing. Harriet makes beautiful contemporary handbags and accessories and comes up with innovative designs to stand out from the other vendors. She uses traditional Tanzanian fabric, Kitenge, which of course makes the products so stunning.
Her small business supports her family; and we want to see her really succeed as a woman entrepreneur in Tanzania; as well as create more employment opportunity for the village.
The fabulous Keri-Lyn has committed to opening a fair trade business for Harriet in Canada, called Shona. She will get custom orders from Harriet to export to Canada! Keri-Lyn is very well connected in the artisanal markets circuits, as well as the organic foods community in Canada.
Boma la Mama will also use Harriet's sewing business to create and launch their Mama and Baby boutique line of products for the Tanzanian market. Our first production, the mai-tei baby carriers have almost sold out in 2 weeks!
As we live in the village, Boma Africa will also provide Harriet with business mentorship and support here in on the ground.
This is a grass roots project and a micro loan has made it possible to get started (and has been paid back with 2 WEEKS!)
Harrieth is on a roll, BUT a major set back has hit our little project .. her sewing machine broke! She has some of her revenues to put towards new one, but needs another boost get back on her feet. A top of the line machine (which allows her sew heavy fabric such as leather, and foam, etc.) is $1200 CND.
If you like her story please don't hesitate to pitch in! (or pm me if you are interested in providing a micro loan or donating by transfer). We all have seen how small donations quickly turn into a successful campaign!
Volunteer Profile: Carly Beaulieu
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Carly first came to Tanzania in August 2017 and volunteered to be in midwife (for my own birth!) here in Mto wa Mbu town. Tanzania got under her skin and she is back in June! Carly wears many hats and is using them all this month.
First she an educator. She worked in Canada as a teacher for several years before her calling to midwifery led her back to her own training. Carly brought supplies for the school and spent a week at the LK Kindergarten mentoring our teacher, Sophia, in the concept of "learning through play". They played games, set up stations, and Sophia got tonnes of new ideas and resources to use with the children. Sophia' second week of immersion she spent in a mentorship with the with the kindergarten teacher at Black Rhino Academy, International School.
Carly is also an EMT and trained in wilderness first aid. She developed a first aid course relevant to our zipline activities and environment and delivered an awesome course with the Tanzip Zipline team. The course is in the Tanzip training manual and will be used annually. She also guided us to put together a great custom first aid kit.
Carly also spent some time observing and mentoring students at a couple of local hospitals, on the L&D ward. She is passionate about the rights of birthing women to safe and dignified care. Carly got inspired to support Boma la Mama Birth Centre, and is committing to a giant donation in 2019; which should allow us to open the doors and start providing care. We are also putting together a prenatal course to offer to the public with information on nutrition and safety in pregnancy, what happens in labour, breastfeeding and infant nutrition, and more.
Last but not least, Carly provided Harieth and I a micro loan of $300 to start a small business sewing baby carriers. Harieth is a talented tailor here in the village. We started making mai-tei style carriers and were able to pay back our micro loan within 1 week(!) form pre-sales. Amazing. Once this first order is done and sent off the Canada, we have a second batch that are pre-paid! Harieth is dreaming of a sewing workshop with 4 sewing machines and 2 assistants. We will make baby carriers, sleeps sacs, reusable pads, and maybe even cloth diapers.
Carly has been a huge supporter; sharing her skilled training, smiles, and also money!
ASANTE SANA DADA!
Tanzania Doula Retreat offered in Jan 2019!
Two amazing and inspired doulas are offering an eleven day Traveling Doula Retreat to Tanzania focused on enabling birth professionals from around the world to serve the local women and gain hands on experience during labor and delivery in a foreign setting.
Additionally, the mission of this trip is to learn and connect with different cultures, explore the beauty of Tanzania, connect with other women, and deepen individual Doula practices.
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LK Kindergarten!
May 6, 2018 April 28, 2018 Boma AfricaLeave a comment
Founded in 2015, the Boma Community School is in the village of Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. Through the support of partner organizations Boma Africa founded and maintains this free school as one their two primary charitable projects.
The village of Mto wa Mbu asked Boma Africa to help them to provide a kindergarten for the area of Mlimani Park. During the rainy season the young kids couldn't access any schools because the creek would get to high and they could not cross the water.
This was a perfect project for Boma Africa, and the next year with funds from the Lindsay Kimmett Memorial Foundation, the first classroom was built, the Lindsay Kimmett Kindergarten!
We were also able put in two roadways to access the area, and access a water source to provide running water to the community (Thank you to the Rotary Club of Cochrane.)
The first class of students began attending in 2015, and the school is expanding every year as the children move forward.
The Boma Community School students attend for free, get porridge everyday, and they also have a playground (funded by Martin & Sue Parnell), the only playground in the village!
Boma Africa and Mto wa Mbu village have big dreams and would one day like to see the school with kindergarten through to grade 12 classes. The vision includes international school syllabus, and specialized sports, arts, and technology programs.
OUR AMAZING SUPPORTERS!
The Lindsay Leigh Kimmett Memorial Foundation
This amazing foundation literally provided the foundation for the Boma Community School Project. The first classroom, The Lindsay Kimmett Kindergarten, is Lindsay's namesake and will continue to set the children of Mto wa Mbu on an amazing learning journey; in keeping with Lindsay's passion for both children and education.
From Lindsay's Family:
We, as Lindsay's parents, are completely consumed with sorrow at her untimely passing but in an attempt to move forward positively, we have a great desire to carry on her legacy. She was an academic and so we want to encourage other youth to reach their potential by the establishment of enduring scholarships both at the High School and University level. She loved children and we are committed to supporting local youth programs in Cochrane. She shared a passion for 'all things medical' with her Mom and thus we hope to offer the U of C Medical School technical tools to enhance the education of the physicians of tomorrow. She shared a love of sports with her Dad and so we want to assist with local sporting facilities and enduring sponsorships for hockey players who could not normally afford to play.
The Rotary Club of Cochrane
The Rotary Club of Cochrane has been a solid supporter of Boma Africa & the Boma Community School. The club's support has allowed Boma to identify a water source and install equipment to pump the water to the school site and the community. The Cochrane Rotary Club also provided a substantial contribution to the Sue & Martin Parnell Playground at the school site.
Sue & Martin Parnell
Sue and Martin Parnell are both from England and have lived in Cochrane, Alberta since 2005. They have been great supporters of the humanitarian organization Right To Play and over a 5 year period from 2010 to 2014 raised over $1m for the organization. Recently, they fund raised $12,000 for a playground and bouncy castle for the students of the Lindsay Leigh Kimmett Kindergarten in the village of Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. Sue and Martin have three children, Kyle, Kristina and Calum and three grandchildren, Autumn, Nathan and baby Matthew.
Have you ever seen a cashew nut tree?
April 29, 2018 April 22, 2018 Boma AfricaLeave a comment
I am in the South of Tanzania, just a 2 hour drive from the border of Mozambique.
The main tribe in this area came originally from Mozambique and is called Makonde. It is a matrilineal tribe, so children follow the maternal line and traditionally the man would move to the woman's village. If he has several wives he would travel from village to village. Modern 'work model" economy has changed life for this tribe and more and more women are dependant on men.
The main industry here is cashew nuts and Tanzania is known as one of the world's best cashew producers. Unfortunately I am not here at the right time of year to see the beautiful cashew fruits but was completely shocked and amazed to see how cashews grow! When they are ripe they just fall off the tree and the farmer harvests them from the ground.
They are quite expensive here, assuming due to the global price of cashews. Tanzanians do snack on them, but they aren't a common ingredient in meals.
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Far East Kingdoms
Qara-Khitaï Empire (Samarkand)
AD 1125 - 1211/1218
The Qara-Khitaï are often shown as Qara-Khitai, without the accented 'i'. Khitans had forned a sizable minoroty group in the late seventh century Korean kingdom of Barhae.
In 997, Mahmud of Khwarazm campaigned against the Qara-Khitaï in Central Asia, but ultimately was defeated.
The Tartars became a major force during the Mongol expansion, and the name still survives today in several major communities in far Eastern Europe. They were originally the Ta-ta (Ta-tan, or Da-Dan of Chinese records) of the north-eastern Gobi desert in the fifth century, but were subjugated by the Khitans in the ninth century (who went on to form their own Qara-Khitaï empire in the twelfth century).
In the 1120s China's Liao Dynasty was ousted by the Manchurian Jurchen, which became the Jin dynasty of Tartars in China. The Liaos, or Khitans (known by the Chinese as Western Tartars), were driven west into Central Asia, where, after defeating the Seljuq Turks of Persia under the Sultan Sanjar in 1141, they founded the Qara-Khitaï empire with Samarkand as its capital.
Mahmud of Khwarazm campaigns against the Qara-Khitaï in Central Asia, but is ultimately defeated. His failure is a harbinger of problems to come where the Qara-Khitaï are concerned.
The Qara-Khitaï are ousted from China.
Te-Tsung
Kan'Tien Hou
Jen-Tsung
Ch'eng-T'ien Hou
Mo-Chu
The emirate of Khwarazm gains independence from the Persian Seljuq Turks by overthrowing them and occupying much of the rest of Greater Khorasan.
Khwarazm rapidly expands its rule. In 1210 it takes Samarkand from the Qara-Khitaï and this becomes the capital. By 1212 it rules from the Caspian Sea to Bukhara and Samarkand, eliminating the Qara-Khitaï and controlling all of modern Iran and, by 1213, Ghurid Southern Khorasan too.
The Qara-Khitaï empire loses Transoxiana to the Khwarazm shahs, who previously held the status of vassals. The following year Mo-Chu's control of the empire is usurped by the Naimans, under Kuchlug Khan. Arab writers consider this to be the end of the Qara-Khitaï empire.
Kuchlug Khan Naiman
Tiring of the campaign in northern China against the Jin, Mongol Great Khan Chingiz sends his general, Chepe, westwards to overthrow the empire of the Qara-Khitaï and annexe its territory. This defeat also opens the way towards Mongol interaction with Khwarazm and Persia.
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Q: what's the different between refreshObject:mergeChanges: and set object to nil? if I use the method
[moc refreshObject:employee mergeChanges:NO];

, employee is turned into a fault and any pending changes are lost. but I think I can do it by setting employee to nil, I don't know what's the difference between them.

A: employee = nil sets only your pointer to the managed object to nil, but does not reset the object in the managed object context at all.


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>> And it should tell you everything you need to know.
that generates it. I'm guessing boost/mpl/vector/aux_/numbered.hpp.
> The code in preprocess.py doesn't help much.
> File "preprocess.py", line 78, in ?
> however, that wasn't much help either.
change the os.system call to say "preprocess.cmd"


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FBI conducted mass raids against Trump supporters, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Democrats' putsch seems to be developing as I thought — https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/09/07/biden-declares-war-on-white-america/
Steve Bannon reports that "there were 35 FBI raids yesterday" targeting "senior members of MAGA, Republican supporters of Donald Trump" by the Democrats' political police, the FBI Gestapo. https://www.rt.com/news/562538-bannon-fbi-raids-trump-supporters/ Newsweek magazine said it has asked the FBI to comment on Bannon's allegations, but has received no response.
Faced with election wipeout in November and accountability for their crimes, the Democrats are building a case for federalizing the November elections to forestall a "MAGA coup against Democracy." Corrupt, desperate Democrats are acting desperately.
Why else all the search warrants for seizing the files of Republican leaders?
The corrupt FBI and Department of Justice (sic) can use "national security" to hide illegitimate search warrants, as we saw with the warrant to search Trump's home. When a court ordered the warrant released, it was totally redacted and provided no information. "National security" lied the Department of Justice (sic). Even Trump supporters fall for the national security claim. We are losing our country, because patriots' patriotism won't let them believe what is happening, and because the leftwing woke Democrats hate Trump so much they don't care if Gestapo methods are used to get rid of him.
I think that even Bannon misunderstands the real situation when he says "this is all about intimidation." It is about setting up the case for federalizing the November elections so that the Democrats can control the outcomes.
The Democrats are committed to seizing power and using power to revolutionize society by de-normalizing it and to take society away from white people. The Democrats are committed to sexual perversion, critical race theory, and to turning boys into girls and girls into boys. They have imposed employment and promotion quotas that disadvantage white people and hold them back. They have imposed "sensitivity training" on white employees that teaches whites to have deference to blacks. They have imposed critical race theory on white students which destroys their confidence and makes them feel guilty about being white. All of this has been growing in effect for years, and the almost half of the white voting population that votes Democrat is OK with it. The half that is not OK with it are being demonized and marginalized as "white supremacists" and face having their votes cancelled.
In every institution that together comprise society normal white people have lost or are losing control. Racial quotas, critical race theory (the assertion that all whites are racists), and sensitivity training are imposed on white troops, on white corporate employees, on white civil servants, and on white students.
School boards ignore parents and teach white kids that they are racists and that a male who claims to be female is a female and a female who claims to be male is male. Sex, all forms at all ages, is good, which opens the door to normalizing the last two sexual perversions–pedophilia and beastiality.
A people shorn of their moral principles and Constitutional protections and overrun with immigrant-invaders taught to regard white people as oppressors are a people with a tyrannical future. The Democrats are working hard to bring Americans tyranny, and as much as half of the dumbshit insouciant population will vote for them.
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Flipping Property; Is it Right For You?
time job, where I legitimately bought and resold real estate for profit.
If I needed extra money I'd flip a house. If I had a big bill due I'd flip another one. But it wasn't always that way.
My life changes when I met on an airplane flight from Gainesville Florida to Washington, DC. He said he was a real estate investor and during the flight shared that he was making a lot of money.
Specifically, he said he had made a million dollars buying and selling real estate. My life changed on that flight.
And although he could have been pulling my leg he'd nonetheless gotten my undivided attention and held it for the duration of the flight. I soaked up what he said like a sponge.
Through him I learned that the best time to start flipping property is while you're single. Why? Because a single person is more likely to be okay with the idea of buying a fixer upper, moving into it, fixing it up, selling it and doing it all over again.
It's true. I lived in places as a single person that I would never move my family into. However, I still flipped lots of properties after I got married, so don't think for a second that you must be single to be successful.
Sadly, I don't remember the guy's name, or much about him, but I was impressed and compelled to take action. I learned what I could about buying real estate with no money down do remember what he said.
And some of the best strategies I learned are found in Robert G. Allen's NO MONEY DOWN real estate investment course. I bought one property after another with no money down, using other people's money, via simultaneous closings, 110% financing, and other creative ways.
I also learned some successful real estate investment strategies through an organization that was called ACRE; it stood for American Congress on Real Estate. Its focus was also on buying and selling real estate with no to low money down techniques. I also learned about the Creative Real Estate System.
The real estate market is right for a buy and hold strategy and in some places it's becoming profitable to buy and flip again. In any event it's arguably a good time to buy, occupy the property and resell as the market rebounds.
However, whatever you do though learning as much as you can about flipping strategies and techniques is highly recommended. Here's to your flipping success!