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I've made my star coaster into a square, maybe if I was inclined I could make a bunch of these and join them up into a blanket. Using the cotton I bought from Bendigo Woollen Mills, it would make a beautiful rainbow rug. But something like that would be very time consuming and fiddly to do, we shall see! Here is my pattern for the star granny square.
Thank you very much. I was looking for "boy" motifs for a blanket for my grandson, and this will be perfect!
I'm so glad to find your blog - I've collected several of your patterns in the past few years. One of my favorites is the Frangipani Flower, which makes me smile every time I see it. Thank you for your lovely work. I am excited to find your Star Granny square. I, too, am planning to make a baby blanket for a boy - no one in particular, but since I have several for girls on hand, i thought it would be fun to make a boy's blanket with each square a different design. Please keep up the good work.
On your Blue beanie, i'm enough of a novice to wish for a little more instruction. Did you begin at the crown or the brim, and how many stiches around? US Terms, please. Thanks.


The purpose of architectural lighting – whether indoor or outdoor – is to emphasize or mask our surroundings. It is using light to shape, modify or change how we perceive the characteristics of a building, surface or space. It is an art with no strict rules only limited by imagination. As visual comfort and creating atmospheres that affect our emotions play the most important roles, the luminaires must usually be as well-hidden as possible; unless they are an artwork in themselves.
Typical outdoor applications include façade lighting made using wall-washing or blade type techniques, or highlighting different landmarks such as memorials or signage.
Thanks to the latest LED technology architectural lighting has changed dramatically in recent years with new opportunities and effects. Whether operated manually or automatically, LED is the best light source for mixing colours and white tones as well as for creating patterns. LEDs also offer rapid on/off transitions, more accurate colour reproduction, less power consumption and prolonged lifetime, as well as IP based remote control and intelligent lighting capabilities. Their small size also provides more freedom in luminaire designs and ways of implementing lighting into different structures.


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Nissan is a real pioneer of electric technology and the e-NV200 Combi is its five or seven-seat people carrier. It's been on sale since 2013 alongside the e-NV200 panel van, and it shares technology with the Nissan Leaf. As of 2018, this has included the latest 40kWh battery that was introduced in the second-generation Leaf, although the rest of the Combi's running gear is from the first generation.
There are hardly any rivals to the e-NV200 Combi. The only model that's similar is the five-seat Renault Kangoo Z.E. Maxi Cab, although this is designed as a work vehicle, so isn't very luxurious even when compared to the Nissan. Instead, we recommend you ask yourself if you need the extra space the e-NV200 Combi offers, or whether the Leaf is a better choice. The only other seven-seat electric cars on sale are the Tesla Model S and Model X, but as they're nearly three times more expensive than Nissan's MPV, they're hardly rivals.
With the addition of the 40kWh battery, the e-NV200 Combi has a driving range 60% greater than the original model. Quoted maximum range is 187 miles and in real-world driving you can easily expect to cover 120 miles without much trouble. Of course, cold weather will affect that, but as the Combi is available with an interior pre-heating function, at least you can set the temperature before you set off, saving the battery for driving and maintaining the temperature.
There's a trio of charging options under the flap in the nose (similar to the one on the Leaf) with two sockets. The larger socket is the 'CHAdeMO' fast charger, although this is only standard on higher-spec Acenta and Evalia versions. This can top up the battery from less than a quarter of its capacity to over three-quarters full in 50 minutes without much hassle.
The second socket is the conventional connection to the 6.6kW on-board charger. This offers a seven-and-a-half-hour charge from a Nissan-approved wallbox, while using a regular three-pin socket really strangles the charging rate, with the 10Amp supply taking 21 hours to fully charge the battery from flat.
As already mentioned, the e-NV200 Combi comes in Acenta and Evalia trims, while the entry-level model is the Visia. Prices start at around £33,500 for the cheapest five-seater and rise to almost £36,000 for a seven-seat Evalia. The e-NV200 Combi qualifies for the Government's £3,500 Plug-in Car Grant, which makes the Combi the least expensive seven-seat electric MPV on sale.
The basic Visia makes do with steel wheels and plastic trims, black plastic bumpers, fixed windows for the sliding doors and a top-hinged tailgate that makes it easy to tell the Combi apart from the e-NV200 van. Only two speakers are fitted to the stereo, but you do get a USB socket and Bluetooth phone connection, while a push-button starter is fitted. Options include the rapid charger function that's standard on the Acenta and Evalia, plus the Heat Pack that helps save battery energy by pre-heating or cooling the interior before you set off.
Rapid charging, automatic air-conditioning, sliding side-door windows and a reversing camera are added to Acenta cars, while battery heating and cooling is included to help maintain its charge.
Evalia cars add sat nav (an option on Acenta trim) while automatic lights and wipers are also included. Body-coloured bumpers and 15-inch alloy wheels improve the e-NV200's looks, while tinted privacy glass is included, too. Thanks to its improved looks, Evalia trim is the model we'd go for, as it's the least van-like version in the range.
Under the metal, the e-NV200 Combi uses the battery pack from the current Nissan Leaf, with the rest of the electrical running gear sourced from the previous-generation Leaf. Its platform is shared with older Nissan models such as the Juke small SUV and Note small MPV. With 107bhp, the electric motor isn't the most powerful, but all the power is available from zero revs, which helps the Combi get off the line and from 0-62mph in 14 seconds. It feels quick enough from a standing start, but runs out of steam at about 40mph – especially the seven-seater with a full set of passengers.
The weight of the batteries contributes to this slow performance, but also settles the ride somewhat compared to a diesel NV200. However, the firm suspension is far from comfortable, crashing over bumps in the road. Light steering helps around town and the big glass area means visibility is good, but the e-NV200 Combi is definitely more about getting from A to B rather than enjoying the journey.
The square body of the Nissan means there's decent room for seven on board, but using all the seats doesn't leave much boot space to speak of – Nissan quotes a figure of 600 litres to the roof in seven-seat mode. The five-seater has 1,500 litres of space available (to the roof line).
If you want an electric MPV, the e-NV200 Combi is currently the only choice at this price point. The addition of the latest Leaf's battery pack means the Combi has the everyday range to suit families that do lots of short trips, but it's still very van-like in most respects. While that benefits interior space, it's not much fun to drive, and you only get the most desirable car-like kit if you go for the top-spec Evalia.


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Big Bay: Henry Ford's UP Getaway
When you visit Big Bay you will be taken aback by its natural setting with acres of forests lining expansive lakes. It's hard to believe that this scenic slice of the Upper Peninsula was once an important outpost of the Ford Motor Company. In fact, Big Bay was much more than that. Henry Ford owned nearly the entire town of Big Bay and it was also a vacation retreat for Ford, his wife, and company executives.
Big Bay, like many communities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP), was greatly impacted by the growth of the Ford Motor Company in the early 20th century. In the 1920s and 30s, Henry Ford greatly expanded his company's operations throughout the Upper Peninsula. The famed industrialist aimed to make the Ford Motor Company completely self-sufficient by owning all of the resources required to manufacture automobiles including lumber to make framework, floorboards and panels. Ford purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland and set up remote sawmills throughout the region.
However, Big Bay was unique from other UP towns, for it was not only shaped by the activities of Ford's company, but it was also influenced by Henry Ford himself. Big Bay sparked Ford's interest and imagination, and the businessman's personal handiwork and revitalization of the town can still be seen and felt to this day.
Henry Ford in Big Bay
In the early 1940s, Ford came up with a plan to revitalize Big Bay. Ford and his wife, Clara, had visited the charming community several times while staying at the nearby exclusive Huron Mountain Club and saw its potential both as a place to do business and relax. So in 1943, Ford purchased the sawmill, which still sits on Lake Independence today, and practically every building in Big Bay. By purchasing all of this property, Ford successfully transformed Big Bay into a Ford Motor Company town.
The Sawmill once owned by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company was famous for manufacturing most of the country's bowling pins. Ford refurbished and reopened the factory as a manufacturer of wood panels for Ford automobiles in 1943. These panels were on the popular Woody Wagons. Ford also bought 62 houses and the general store, which he remodeled and converted into the Big Bay Hotel.
Thunder Bay Inn
The Big Bay Hotel, which was later renamed the Thunder Bay Inn, was constructed in a beautiful colonial style, marked by handsome columns, two-story balconies, and a white clapboard facade. When Ford acquired the hotel, he spared no expense in transforming the hotel into a special vacation retreat.
He had the neighboring rail depot moved down the hill so that he could have an unimpeded view of Lake Independence from his second-floor balcony, and he even went so far as to have several houses, the Catholic church, and a nearby road relocated so that he could see his sawmill across the street. According to town lore, Ford made a habit of sitting on the hotel's porch and watching the workers at his sawmill, all the while handing out dimes and nickels to local children to purchase something from the general store.
The hotel became one of the primary meeting places for Ford and his executives, who used an upstairs room to meet with the company's mill managers. More than that, however, the hotel was a favorite vacation spot for Henry and Clara, who were known to invite friends up for the weekend. When visiting, Ford reportedly always stayed in room 201, which still bears his name today.
Ford's Lasting Legacy in Big Bay
Although Ford's assets, including the hotel, were sold shortly after his death in 1947, Ford's legacy in Big Bay remains. Visitors can stay in the automaker's suite at the Thunder Bay Inn, sit on the front porch that once overlooked Ford's sawmill, and enjoy the small-town charm that once enticed the famous entrepreneur.
Information in this article is drawn from various sources including Powell Township 1904 - 2004: One Hundred Years From a Cook's Point of View. This delightful book of "Recipes, Facts, and Tales" was created by the Powell Township Centennial Committee. C.B. Stortz edited and compiled the book, and Blanche M. French provided many pictures. Pick up your copy of this fascinating and heart-warming view of the community from the Powell Township Hall at 103 Bensinger Street, Big Bay, MI. The office is open Mondays, 9 am – Noon, and Thursdays, 9 am – Noon. Phone: (906) 345-9345.

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SIOUX FALLS – The Goldeyes lost a close one, 10-8 to the Sioux Falls Canaries on Thursday night.
A solo homerun from Josh McAdams in the bottom of the ninth brought the Fish within two, but it wasn't enough to give them the series win over the Canaries. McAdams' homerun was his first in a Goldeyes uniform.
The Canaries charged out to an early lead, scoring three two-out runs in the bottom of the first. After Goldeyes starting pitcher JC Sulbaran retired the first two batters, Chris Grayson doubled to keep the inning alive. David Bergin scored Grayson with an RBI single to left. Jabari Henry followed up with a bloop double to centrefield, advancing Bergin to third. With Jordan Dean batting, a throwing error by Matt McCann resulted in both Bergin and Henry scoring.
The Birds increased their lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the second, when Dan Motl scored from third on a wild pitch.
In the third, the Goldeyes came storming back. Canaries starting pitcher Tyler Wolfe issued a five-pitch, leadoff walk to Josh Mazzola. Tyler Baker singled through right, advancing Mazzola to third. Jordan Ebert drew a five-pitch walk to load the bases. McCann doubled to score both Mazzola and Baker. A good read on a wild pitch to Tucker Nathans allowed Ebert to slide headfirst into home. Nathans worked his way to a full count, and sacrificed McCann home to tie the game at 4-4. Down two in the count, Josh Romanski hit a single to put another man on base. After Reggie Abercrombie was hit by a pitch, McAdams doubled to score Romanski and Abercrombie and give the Fish a 6-4 lead.
The Fish increased their lead in the fourth. Ebert hit an opposite field single and stole to second. Romanski hit a sharp grounder that snuck past the glove of Bergin, and allowed Ebert to score. In the bottom frame, Patrick Fiala cut the Canaries' deficit to 7-5 with a leadoff solo homerun.
In the bottom of the sixth, a two-run homerun from Maxx Garrett helped the Canaries come from behind and tie the game at 7-7. The Birds pulled into the permanent lead four batters later, when Henry struck a two-out, two-run homerun to give his team a 9-7 lead.
The Canaries tacked on a final run in the seventh, after Jordan Smith reached home on a Goldeyes throwing error.
Jack Charleston took the loss in relief for the Goldeyes, allowing two runs (zero earned) on one hit. Five of the ten runs for Canaries in the game were unearned. Kyle Schepel pitched three scoreless innings in relief and recorded the win for the Canaries. Nicco Blank picked up his first save of the season.
The Fish now head to Fargo to play a three-game series against the Fargo Moorhead RedHawks beginning Tuesday. Lefthander Kevin McGovern (3-6, 3.94) will be the starting pitcher for the Goldeyes. Fargo has not yet announced their starting pitcher.
The Goldeyes return home on Tuesday, July 24th when they host the Texas AirHogs at Shaw Park. Tickets for all Goldeyes' home games are on sale now by visiting www.ticketmaster.ca/Goldeyes, or visiting any Ticketmaster location, including the box office at Shaw Park.


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Top 10 Summer Writing Conferences with Funding
Author: Natalie Harris-SpencerUpdated: December 9, 2022
Writing conferences are a lot like writing residencies, except for the fact that they tend to run for a far shorter time period than a residency – usually two weeks or less. That's why summer writing conferences in North America – especially summer writing conferences with funding available – are highly competitive. They are like summer camp for writers! And they are potentially partially or fully paid for! Yay.
What can you gain from finding summer writing conferences with funding?
With the COVID-19 pandemic, many summer writing conferences with funding have had to pivot to an online format, which – put mildly – is far less fun. However, many are starting to open their doors again, which has delighted many. Summer conferences aren't just one big alcohol-fueled jolly, though (although wine will almost certainly make an appearance). They can offer writers a place to network with other writers, scouting literary agents (a huge draw), editors, and teachers. They offer time and space to get creative, generate work, and edit. There are lectures, classes, and readings. In short, the summer writing conference circuit can do wonders for your craft and your author career. And if they are funded, either partially or in full? So much the better.
Below, listed in alphabetical order, are the best summer writing conferences with funding available for writers.
1. American Short Fiction Workshop
Launching this year, the inaugural American Short Fiction Workshop welcomes a very small pool of writers (just twenty-four) to Austin, Texas. At just five days over the Memorial Day weekend, this workshop is more compact than the traditional summer writing conference, but it does offer two merit-based scholarships with a 50% reduction in tuition at $900, and two fellowships covering the total cost of the workshop and accommodation (normally $1,800).
2. Aspen Summer Words
Marketed as a writers' conference and literary festival, Aspen Summer Words is a weeklong celebration within the literary community i.e. there's more of a party, inclusive vibe here than some of the more traditional summer writing conferences with funding. It offers emerging writer fellowships (you must be nominated by a teacher, colleague, or mentor, and must be in the early stages of your author career), and partial scholarships are available on a needs basis. Published work is not a requirement; in fact, you don't qualify if you already have a book published! A bevvy of well-known agents and editors are usually in attendance.
3. Bread Loaf Writers Conference
Bread Loaf is one of the best known, and therefore more prestigious of the summer writers' conferences with funding available for contributors (defined as "applicants at the early stages of their writing career whose writing shows exceptional promise"), scholars (defined as "beginning to publish original work in distinguished magazines and literary periodicals"), and fellows (essentially published authors). You can received these levels of funding for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Bread Loaf, which is held on the campus of Middlebury College, in picturesque Vermont, also has a sister environmental conference, and while financial aid is more limited, there are several awards available for participants.
4. Community of Writers
Formerly Squaw Valley, this weeklong summer residency has been going for over 50 years and was once the scenic site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. The Community of Writers is very well attended by an abundance of teachers, editors, and agents. A "limited" amount of financial aid is available in partial tuition waivers and scholarships, where the program will grant the maximum amount of aid it can to deserving applicants. No need to have anything published to apply; you simply indicate your need on the application form.
5. Kenyon Review Writers Workshop
While scholarships are only available up to 50% (of the $2,295 total), the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop is slightly different because its focus is all about generating while you're there, giving you "time and space to produce new work". In order to qualify for financial aid, you must demonstrate need and have published in literary magazines and journals.
6. Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference
At just three days long, the Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference is one of the shortest summer writing conferences with funding on our list. Featuring seminars, speakers, and attended by literary agents, Mendocino is unusual is that it does not require a writing sample to attend. A variety of merit-based scholarships are available across genres, and cover a range of tuition fees.
7. Napa Valley Writers' Conference
For over 40 years, the Napa Valley Writers' Conference has provided the most idyllic setting for writers, nestled in the foothills and vineyards of California's famous wine region. The number of grants varies year-to-year, but partial, half, and full grants are available for those in need for financial aid. The cost of tuition is $1,100, while applicants are expected to arrange their own lodgings in Napa during the week of the conference.
8. New York State Summer Writers Institute
Scholarship applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students, and a teacher needs to recommend you via their submissions process. The scholarships are partial, and are available in the form of tuition remission. The program runs for either one, two, or four weeks, and focuses on smaller classes with college-aged students. The New York State Summer Writers Institute is virtual for the foreseeable future.
9. Sewanee Writers' Conference
The extremely cool thing about the Sewanee Writers' Conference is that Tennessee Williams himself gifted the Walter E. Dakin Memorial Fund, which covers two-thirds of the cost for every conference participant. Additional funding is awarded to fellows – which covers the entire cost of tuition, room, and board ($1,800), and scholars, whose tuition is funded at $1,100. Everyone else is deemed a contributor and pays the full $1,800. Both scholars (emerging writers with publishing credits) and fellows (traditionally published authors) require published works in order to apply for financial aid. Located outside of Nashville, Tennessee, the conference provides faculty-led workshops, readings, open mics, lectures, and other teachings. Editors and agents are always present.
10. Tin House Summer Workshop
Tin House is undoubtedly one of the bigger names on this list, and therefore more competitive. It is held at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. All applicants are considered for scholarships, which cover the total cost of the conference (tuition and accommodation at $2,00). Scholars are named at the end of the workshop, and range from writers attending their first conference, to trans writers, to any writer who was born outside of the United States. Overall, Tin House does a great job with championing diversity and inclusion.
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Q: Profiler showing high percentage of time spent in node::ContextifyScript::New When moving a project to run natively on a Raspberry Pi (Model B) with Node v6.6.0, I noticed significantly impacted performance (as might be expected).
I tried profiling the code to see where the possible improvements might be, and found that almost 40% of CPU time was spent in node::ContextifyScript::New(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const&)
What does this function do? Is it possible to find more info on how to optimize this script via the profiler?

A: It turned out that this possibly had to do with memory usage - trying with some smaller inputs showed much better results and more sensible output from the profiler.

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Eligibility of the Pilgrim
The journey to Makkah obviously involves reaching the holy city from the pilgrim's place of origin, and this requires the individual to be in a sound financial condition to be able to meet the expenses. Only those who can bear the expenses of this journey must go for Umrah. Our low-cost Umrah packages are of great help to those who are on tight budgets.
For many of the pilgrims, the journey may be a long one with certain difficulties associated with it. This requires the individual to be physically fit. It is, therefore, advisable for the people suffering from a serious illness to avoid embarking on this pilgrimage. Most of our Umrah packages include hotels that are located in close proximity to the Masjid Al-Haram and Masjid An Nabawi, which gives greater convenience for the elderly pilgrims.
If the person owes money to someone and is yet to pay off the debt, then he or she must first repay the entire amount and be free of all debts before beginning the journey.
Umrah must be performed only with the help of 'halal' or 'permissible' wealth, as the Almighty Allah is all pure and accepts only that which is pure.
A woman performing Umrah must be accompanied by a 'Mahram' or a man who is her father, brother, husband, son, maternal or paternal uncle, sister's son or brother's son. She cannot proceed for Umrah if not accompanied by a Mahram, even if she is in good health and a sound financial condition.
Most of our Umrah packages for this year include flights of the leading airlines that help pilgrims based in the United Kingdom to arrive at the King Abdulaziz International Airport from any of the UK's international airports without any hassles. The return flights included in our superlative Umrah packages would help the pilgrims in departing from the airport to their home country with complete peace of mind after having completed all the rites of Umrah.
Procedures for Performing Umrah
1. Ihram
Ihram is the intention to enter a holy state for performing Umrah, and the one entering this state is called 'Muhrim'. It is the very first among the rites to perform Umrah. The pilgrim assumes the state of Ihram as soon as he or she reaches the 'Meeqat', which is one of the designated points in the vicinity of Makkah. Meeqat is one of the points where the individuals intending to perform their Hajj or Umrah put on their Ihram. We provide accommodations in hotels close to the holy mosque in our Umrah packages, which makes it easier for you to enter into the state of Ihram and keep its purity intact.
For getting into this holy state, the pilgrim must wear the prescribed white seamless garment. A man entering into this holy state must not wear knotted or stitched items. Women in the state of Ihram must not cover their faces with the Burqa or Niqab. However, it is obligatory for them to wear the Hijab or Dupatta. The pilgrim in this state must refrain from using scents or scented liquids neither on the body nor on the clothing. If the clothing has been fouled by dirt or has been touched by scented liquids, a new Ihram clothing must be worn.
Cutting the nails, trimming the hair or beard, engaging in any form of sexual activity, smoking, and swearing is strictly forbidden. Other forbidden acts include quarrelling or fighting, taking oaths, killing animals, and the use of cosmetics. Both males and females must use the unscented soap available for pilgrims for cleansing their bodies. All focus must only be on the Almighty Allah and nothing else.
After having assumed the state of Ihram, the pilgrim pronounces his or her 'Niyyah' or the intention of performing Umrah. Next comes the recital of 'Talbiyah', which is a prayer that communicates the intention of the Muslim to perform the pilgrimage only for the glory of Allah.
2. Tawaf
After entering the state of Ihram, pronouncing the Niyyah, and reciting the Talbiyah, the pilgrim enters Makkah and proceeds to the Masjid Al-Haram to perform the 'Tawaf' and other rites. Tawaf involves circumambulation of the holy Kaabah, with seven rounds in anti-clockwise direction while keeping the House of Allah to one's left. Men complete the first three rounds at a hurried pace and the remaining rounds closer to Kaabah at a slower pace. All these rounds begin from the corner of Kaabah and end at the same spot.
A two-Rakaat prayer is said near the 'Maqam-e-Ibrahim' [the place where Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) stood while constructing the House of Allah] after completion of these seven rounds. If the pilgrim is not able to do so owing to crowds, he or she can say the prayer elsewhere in the Masjid Al-Haram. Our Umrah packages that include accommodation in hotels with views of the holy mosque from the hotel room, which makes your intention of Umrah even stronger.
3. Sa'i
Sa'i or Sa'ee is performed after the completion of Tawaf, which re-enacts an important event that happened in the life of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him). When his second wife, Hajar (May Allah be pleased with her), searched for water frantically for their infant son, Prophet Ismael (peace be upon him), the Almighty Allah sent archangel Jibreel (A.S) to instruct her to lift up the infant prophet. As she lifted her baby, she noticed that a spring of water had arisen on the spot where the infant prophet had hit the ground with his feet.
Today this water source is called the 'Well of Zamzam'. When Hajar (May Allah be pleased with her) searched for her son, she had run seven times back and forth between the two mountains of Safa and Marwah in the scorching heat. The Sa'i ritual emulates this event, as the pilgrims walk to and fro between Safa and Marwa mountains near the Kaabah. The elderly pilgrims would benefit greatly from our Umrah packages with hotel accommodations closer to the holy mosque, as they can save themselves from exhaustion resulting from long travel.
4. Halq/Taqsir
This rite of Umrah involves cutting of hair by the pilgrim. 'Halq' is performed on men and 'Taqsir' is performed on women. In case of male pilgrims, the hair has to be shaved off completely from the head while performing the Halq. When it comes to women, a fingertip's length i.e. about an inch from the end of her hair is cut while performing the Taqsir.
Our Umrah packages include stays in some of the best hotels in Makkah, that have elegantly-designed rooms and suites provided with the latest facilities. These hotels are located close to the holy mosque which makes it easier for you to perform all the rites associated with Umrah. The Umrah packages of Simply Hajj and Umrah also include the luxurious hotels located just a few steps away from the Masjid Al-Haram that provide excellent views of the holy site.
Best Seasons for UK Muslims to Perform Umrah
1. Ramadan
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had once said that Umrah in the holy month of Ramadan is just like accompanying him on Hajj (in reward). This clearly indicates the significance of performing the Umrah during the holy month. Imagine the feeling that you would get being in the Masjid Al-Haram during Ramadan for your Umrah. You would feel as if you are in company of the Almighty Allah's messenger (peace be upon him). Every moment of this heartwarming experience can be enjoyed with our Umrah packages for Ramadan.
Muslims residing in the United Kingdom can book our Umrah packages for the month of Ramadan and get the rare opportunity to see the followers of Islam from different parts of the world sit together to break their fast. You would feel a sense of brotherhood surface in your heart almost instantly, despite being aware of the fact that all of you are complete strangers to each other. It would feel great to witness everyone seeking the mercy and blessings of Allah, as you would be striving for the same.
2. December Holidays
The last week of December is a wonderful time for Muslims in the UK to perform their Umrah, as all the schools and most of the offices in the country are closed for Christmas celebrations. You can make the most of this holiday season and book your Umrah packages with us well in advance to have greater savings for your journey. The last week of December is also a great opportunity to take your entire family for Umrah and give them the opportunity to go through this wonderful experience.
Another benefit of performing Umrah during this season is that you can escape the harsh weather of winter. The climate in Makkah around this time of the year is extremely pleasant, which is bound to make you feel grateful. Additionally our Umrah packages would give you greater comforts by providing you with an excellent accommodation in a hotel located close to the holy mosque.
3. February Half Term
As the schoolchildren in the United Kingdom enjoy their half-term holidays in February, it would be a great opportunity to introduce your children to Umrah, and all the spiritual benefits associated with it. We have created a range of Umrah packages for the month of February to help you make your journey to Makkah with your children to perform Umrah.
4. Easter Holidays
In this period, the schoolchildren in the UK get more than a week of holidays and their parents can also enjoy some time off from their workplaces. This can be a blessing for Muslims of the UK to make their journey to the holy city of Makkah and Madinah either alone or with their family to perform Umrah. With the help of our Umrah packages, you can also visit the other historical places around Makkah and Madinah during your stay in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This would prove to be a memorable experience both for you and your family.
5. Summer Holidays
Schoolchildren in the United Kingdom get to enjoy May half term and their long summer holidays every year. Their parents can also take some time off from work and take their children to interesting destinations. We have created Umrah packages that would enable you to go for Umrah with your family to Makkah and also visit the family holiday destinations like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. However, it is advisable to go in May half term, as the climate can get unbearably hot in Makkah during the following months.
Although the climate in the holy city can be slightly uncomfortable, our Umrah packages for the month of May can be a great boon for your children as they get introduced to the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and its benefits at an early age. With some of our Umrah packages, they can also make the most of their time spent in another fascinating destination after performing their Umrah in Makkah.
Places of Importance Around Makkah
1. Ghar-e-Hira
Located at a distance of about 3 kilometres from Makkah in the Hejaz region, this cave is on the Jabal al-Nour mountain. One has to climb approx. 1,200 steps to reach Ghar-e-Hira or the Cave of Hira. It is estimated that about 5,000 individuals visit this site during the Hajj season, as it is the place where the first revelation of the holy Quran was made to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by archangel Jibreel (A.S). With a comfortable accommodation arranged in one of the finest hotels of Makkah as a part of our Umrah packages, you would have greater convenience in visiting this fascinating site during your stay.
2. Ghar al-Thawr
This cave, located on the Jabal Thawr mountain in the lower part of Makkah, is the place where Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) took refuge from the Quraish tribe during the migration to Madinah. When the Quraish arrived at the cave, they saw a spider web spread across the cave and birds nests near it. Upon seeing this, they thought that it was impossible for anyone to be inside this cave and moved on. Upon booking your Umrah packages with us, you can visit this cave at your own convenience from the hotel where your stay has been arranged.
3. Jannat al-Mu'alla
To the north of Masjid al-Haram is this cemetery where many of the relatives of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) were buried. Your visit to this place is made hassle-free with an accommodation in an elegant hotel close to the holy mosque provided with our Umrah Packages.
4. Masjid-e-Nimra
Located in Arafat, this mosque reminds pilgrims of the day when Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) delivered the last historic sermon to the Muslims who had accompanied him for Hajj. It is here that the 'Khutbah' of Hajj is delivered. Every year, on the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah, pilgrims arrive here from Mina for the most important part of the pilgrimage and the Zuhr and Asr prayers are offered together. The courtyard area of this mosque remains open for offering the 'Nawafil' prayers, but its inner hall remains closed. You can book any of our Umrah packages that help you enjoy an extended stay in Makkah to explore this site.
5. Makkah Gate
Another interesting place to visit during your stay in Makkah is the Makkah Gate, which is also known as the Quran Gate. It is located on the Makkah al-Mukkarramah road of Jeddah-Makkah Highway. This gate is the entrance to the holy city of Makkah and indicates the boundary of the area where the entry of non-Muslims is prohibited. The architect of this gate was Samir Elabd. It was built in the year 1979 with the design done by Dia Aziz Dia. A major part of this wonderful structure is the holy Quran resting on a 'rehal' or book stand. The entire structure has various patterns of decorations, which get illuminated at night. You can browse through our range of Umrah packages and choose a suitable one that would enable you to explore this attraction.
6. Makkah Museum
This museum was established in Makkah's Al-Zahir Palace and has a total area of 3,425 square metres. It was completed in the year 1946 on the order of King Abdul-Aziz Al Saud with an objective of highlighting the cultural and historical aspects of the Makkah region. The museum brilliantly details Makkah's history and civilizations that thrived in the region right from the dawn of history until the present. Today, this museum has been made popular as the Makkah Museum for Antiquities and Heritage. You can choose any of our Umrah packages that give you a considerable amount of time to explore this museum and the other popular places in the city.
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Lakeway's two main grocery stores, H-E-B and Randalls, have empty shelves where cases of bottled water were stacked until earlier today.
Catherine Sanchez, a resident of the Preserve at Lakeway, was shopping at H-E-B with one of her two young daughters. Although she has safe tap water to drink, Sanchez said she is buying two cases of wate.
"Better safe than sorry," Sanchez said, adding she only had a couple of bottles of purified water at home.
Spicewood resident Sheri Myer said she doesn't think her Barton Creek Lakeside community is under a boil water notice but wanted to prepare in case that status changes. Goodwin Management Property Manager Carrie Martin said she has not received a boil water notice from Aqua Texas Inc., Barton Creek Lakeside's water supplier, as of 2 p.m. Monday. Goodwin manages the Barton Creek Lakeside neighborhood.
As of 1:30 p.m. Monday, the Lakeway Market & Deli, a small grocer at 2114 Lakeway Blvd., was out of cases of water but still had single water bottles left.


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When the big ones were little, we got the Child's Garden of Songs CD (like every other Charlotte Masonish homeschooler in the country), and oh how those small girls of mine adored it. For years it was their most frequently requested music, especially at bedtime–especially in summer. 😉 We got the beloved Tasha Tudor-illustrated picture-book-sized edition of Child's Garden of Verses, too, of course: another CM requisite. My girls liked the book well enough, but it was the CD they cherished, and it's the CD they still recall with affection, and hum around the house from time to time. Those lovely Celtic-flavored melodies got into my blood, too; that's the kind of music I love best; it stirs my heart, gives me the shivers.
Now and then I'll realize suddenly that there are these books and songs that meant the world to us ten, twelve years ago (Amazon informs me I purchased the Tasha Tudor book on April 14, 2000—six years to the day before Rilla was born; gosh, even before Beanie was born; and now I'm a little whelmed by the thought that in some respects, Amazon has a better record of my family history than I do)—important to us years ago, I was saying, but my younger trio don't know them at all. It happened with Miss Rumphius (heresy!) and it happened with Child's Garden of Songs.
I realized this a week or two ago and tracked down the CD, and we've listened to it every couple of days since. Rilla and Wonderboy are as enchanted by its melodies as their big sisters were. Huck remains somewhat indifferent, but then there aren't any songs about trucks, are there?
The large book with the Tasha Tudor illustrations has failed to jump out from any of the shelves on which I'd expect it to be residing. All I found was the little Dover paperback edition, print only, no pictures; but Rilla doesn't care. She sprawled on my bed today, frantically hunting each of the poems during the opening measures of its corresponding song on the CD—pause, Mommy, I can't find it! oh here it is—and then calmly, almost serenely, singing along, kicking her feet, looking up to identify various instruments in the musical arrangement. Guitar, piano, violin, a fluty thing, those little round things you wear on your fingers, more violin, maracas. It was supposed to be my quiet reading time but I gave up on my book and watched her instead. It was a fancy dress day; she likes her sash tied in a fastidious bow, but she scorns anything that binds or tames her hair. The ragged locks fell over her face as she peered down at the book. Amazon says I purchased the Garden of Songs CD on July 19, 2002. Jane was seven that June. You know, last week.
You can see why Rilla asked for it five times in a row this afternoon. Five times. I had to smile: yesterday when I added it to our bookstack, she was disgruntled, didn't think she'd like it. I just began reading it aloud, as if to myself, and by page three she had clambered up beside me and was rapt.
For our family, more than anything else it may be books that serve as our links to years past, our bridges back to the selves we were some time ago. Music, yes, especially for Scott, and for me the 80s tunes of my teens, or certain songs from the Bruce Springsteen mix tape Scott made for me that first summer after we started dating, when he was in Connecticut and I was back home in Colorado—but books are more numerous bridges for me. I'll remember what bed or sofa we were curled up on, reading this novel, that picture book. The bay window in our Virginia house with Favorite Poems Old and New on its sill, behind the little brown table with the three tiny chairs; and out the window, a red cardinal on the bird feeder, bright against the snow. "Read it again!" they'd beg, shouting. "Page 36!"—The Thomas Hood poem they loved, still love, though now Huck, not Wonderboy, is the three-year-old "imp of mirth and joy" it depicts.
A comment totally unrelated to your post, except that it is about a children's book. I just stumbled across a book with the *best* title on Amazon and I had to ask if you had read or seen it … The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente. It has some great reviews. Ooh!!! And it has wyverns! We just visited a stately home with wyverns all over the place (stone ones!) as they are part of the family crest.
I haven't read it yet but I've heard wonderful things about it—and I remember several years back when the author was posting it on her website a chapter at a time. She was the first person I'd ever heard of who tried that: sharing the book bit by bit as she wrote it. I'm so glad she's had success with it! It was the first book ever to first to win the Andre Norton award (and perhaps any major award?) before traditional publication. I very much want to read it—it sounds extremely up our alley.
You need to visit ;). And I need to read that book.
I do need to visit. How is it possible I've never been to England? An Anglophile like me?
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making… seriously? Oh I have to find that book! What a delicious title.
And the wyverns. I'd love to see the wyverns. One of these days I'll get back to England and maybe it won't be quite such a whirlwind and I won't be quite so poor.
My friend and I hiked all the way up to the castle in Canterbury and then discovered that we didn't have enough money in our pockets for the admission– we'd each assumed the other had taken some out of the ATM or some such. I recall the woman at the window was astonished and said she thought all Americans were rich. And then let us in at the child's rate, which left us just enough to buy some tea.
Have you not introduced Huck to the Dump Truck Song?
Everybody come and ride along with me.
Hop in the back and you will see.
Tip-tip the dumper, honk-honk the horn.
Can't you just hear the engine roarin?
And listen to the wind whistle in your ears.
just listen to the wind whistlin' in your ears.
OH RIGHT. I keep forgetting.
Oh I love that CD! I sang their version of "Where Go the Boats" at my father's memorial service because he was a model shipwright. The music is haunting and the Celtic influence is so lovely. I need to order a new one because, like you, so many of the things I loved with my boys ten years ago are foreign to my girls because they got scratched and never replaced. A couple of other favorites at our house used to be Mike and Peggy Seeger's Folksongs for Children disc set and Songs from a Naturalist's Notebook. Think I may go try to round up the whole lot on Amazon so the girls can love them all as well.
keep up with these recommendations please!! we home schooled very CMish for our first four kids, now 22,20,17,16 – and are now beginning 'kindy' with our four year old (also one in utero).
having focused on high school and post school for so long, I find myself needing some serious reminders of just how we lived our home school life in the early years. our focus then was far more to do with climbing trees and wondering in the paddocks with nature journals.
Love the book suggestion, and have ordered the cd – keep the inspiration rolling!


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Goldman Sachs Jams Its "Blood Funnel" into Canadian Films
Canada's intrepid film makers have created a large collection of films that represent Canadian points of view and Canadian cultural values. When Goldman Sachs decides to sell Canadian films without the Canadian producer's permission or without recompense, then that is not on.
Robert Lantos is suing over the sale of six of his films by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. These films are important to Canada's cultural heritage as they reflect Canadians to themselves in a sea of Hollywood productions that crowd theaters in Canada where it is very unusual to see a Canadian production. Canadians are not (yet) interchangeable with Americans and we have our own stories to tell.
Goldman doesn't give a plugged nickel about our stories so they should not have any say as to where these Canadian film rights should go.
Producer Lantos sues Goldman over sale of film rights
By Gayle MacDonald and Simon Houpt - The Globe and Mail
Robert Lantos, the canny, creative, and famously combative movie producer who once stood atop the Canadian film and television business as the chairman and CEO of Alliance Communications, has filed suit in a bitter custody dispute over six of his films which he says were sold to an international distributor without his permission.
In a statement of claim filed with Ontario's Superior Court of Justice last month, Mr. Lantos alleges the new owners of Alliance Films, namely Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, the private equity arm of the U.S. investment bank, acted improperly when it sold off the international distribution rights to the films to Alliance Atlantis International in 2007. The following year, Alliance Atlantis International re-sold the rights as part of a 7,500-title deal to Echo Bridge Entertainment, a little-known home entertainment distributor based in Needham, Mass.
The films include critically acclaimed features such as Sunshine and Atom Egoyan's Ararat, which won Genie Awards for best picture, and David Cronenberg's eXistenZ. The other three are Picture Claire, Denys Arcand's Stardom and the Paul Gross comedy Men With Brooms.
The 63-year-old is seeking unspecified damages and residual fees from these films in a suit that also names Echo Bridge and Alliance Atlantis International Distribution Ltd. as defendants.
Ironically, Mr. Lantos's beef is not with Alliance Films, whose chair is his long-time business partner and flamboyant friend, Victor Loewy. He had to list Alliance Films in the suit because his contract, technically, is with them.
"It pains me to have to sue the company I founded and spent 25 years building," said Mr. Lantos, who produced the Oscar-nominated Being Julia (starring Annette Bening) and Barney's Version. "But its current owner Goldman Sachs has disposed of the international rights to my films, without having the right to do so, and without paying me.
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Parents are pushing for mask-wearing in Fargo Public Schools to end
By Nachai Taylor
Published: Apr. 27, 2021 at 9:33 PM CDT
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A group of parents rallied together during Tuesday's school board meeting for Fargo Public Schools to voice their beliefs on not having their kids wear masks.
"I'm here to ask you to end the mask requirement sooner than later. They are not good for children," said a concerned parent.
One by one each parent expressed the experiences their child has had while wearing a mask in the schools. One mom has a son with a medical disability that requires him not to wear a mask. She says her son is being treated like an outcast.
"Systematically, the class was told to stay six feet away from the child at all times," said "Rita".
This mom believes her son is not getting the equal education he deserves.
"It's not equitable when a teacher cant come within six feet to teach them how to do a math problem. it is ostracism," she said.
Another parent said she pulled her kids out of Fargo Public Schools because of the mask mandate. She is now homeschooling her two youngest children, but allowed her middle-schooler to return so she could be with her classmates.
"She doesn't like wearing the mask. I want to be able to tell my daughter that I am helping to do something about that," said Angela Wetch.
The overall question these parents were hoping to get answered was when will the mask mandate end?
Unfortunately, this group of parents were left without an answer.
Valley News Live reached out to the school board for a comment, but have yet to hear back.


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For years, there have been many comparisons between parenting a child with special needs or autism and the journey gone through inplanning a trip to Europe. Since I am a parent and this blog is focused on autism that is where this story will continue.
The journey starts with you and your travel partner spending months planning for your trip to Paris. You spend hours selecting the right travel arrangements, reading up on the sights and history for your selected destination, you pack, you buy French berets, baguettes, practice your French, and when the special day finally arrives, you lock up the house and leave. But instead of landing in Paris you land in Holland, unprepared. What happened to Paris?
What the writers want you to think is that having a child with autism is really not that far off the map from a child that is typical. It's just a DIFFERENT journey.
The makers of this story have it so wrong – at least when it comes to autism. Holland is still in Europe. Autism is nowhere near Europe! This story makes a few folks upset including myself. But forget me. It is not about me and my feelings. How about how my son feels? His autism diagnosis followed a serious regression, loss of skills and health issues is a much bigger issue than how I feel.
This journey is a far cry from a European trip. It somehow feelslike that 1960's show: Gilligan's Island. You had planned for a three hour boat tour, but instead end up stranded on a desert island with little resources. And what's worse, you have a kid who is in dire need of help.
There is a lot of confusion between being stranded and needing help. But parents of children diagnosed with autism are very resourceful. While stranded in this desert island, autism parents can begin making a radio for help out of sand, coconuts and left over bits from the crashed boat. But on this desert island there is no beautiful Ginger or Mary Ann and the rich Mr. Howell and his wife Lovey with money to help. You have no money after autism. It is simply gone. You and your direct family are on an island alone with little direction, help and certainly without all the supplies to meet your child's needs.
Many families living with autism fight back despite the impossible odds. With much perseverance, small steps and progress can be made. For many families on this seemingly deserted island, progress is made on a regular basis. Provided the right help, children with autism can greatly improve.
On our desert island, we found signs of life outside our own family. Others who were living with autism were stranded too. We learned together for our kids. We were not alone on this journey, and no French was spoken!
I know this story comparing Gilligan's Island to autism can seem a little ridiculous, but for my family – it was truly felt this way. Reason why TACA is so important to thousands of families like mine: Without community you can feel stranded. Without hope you feel lost and scared. And without tools, you cannot help your child take important steps to improve health and learning. For many families, this is the rescue boat providing hope and best tools to get you from being stranded into a better place.
Autism is hardly like Europe or a deserted island. It's a huge challenge worth fighting and to gain ground for our children. And TACA will be here when you send up that smoke signal for help.
Lisa, I admire your energy and site. But the European vacation analogy is a bit off. The greater majority of parents with special needs children can relate more to National Lampoons "European Vacation" given their income and free-time.
The European comment was not originated by me. I cannot take credit. I've heard this story told at least a dozen times at conferences. I hate this analogy hence the comparison to Gilligans Island.
Not gonna do that was my response!
Going wth the orginaly story – we trekked on to Paris or as close as we could get! It is and has been a wild ride. The direct path from Holland to Paris traverses the battle fields of WWI and WWII. We fell in trenches, stepped on unexploded mines, and experienced other hazards of a battlefield. But we also met amazing people and the experience broadened us as a family – like all travel does. 14 years later we are on the outskirts of Paris. But the Argot spoken here is nothing like the French I learned in school. No croissants or baguettes for us – we shop for our bread in a pharmacy (that is where to by GFCF products in France by the way!). Museums? Cathedrals? Historical site? Sorry, no time for that, we are still busy figuring out how we fit in here.
Along the way, TACA has been our road map. Lisa, thank you for all you've done.
I want the shack with Ginger & Mary-Anne!
I´m a Special Ed. teacher and I love what you wrote. It took me to so many parents I´ve met here in Costa Rica. This is a great testimony and also a way to describe something that many of us don´t live, because teachers need to understand this first for team work. Thanks!
Thank you! I HATE the Holland story. The OT who told me that my son had "all of the red flags for autism" handed me the Holland handout. I would have preferred perhaps a list of helpful books, local doctors, funding sources, and Yahoo groups, but that wonderful Holland handout–I am sure– was much more important a resource for me to have. As I had been to both Italy and Holland at the time my son was dx, there was no convincing me that autism was anything like going to Holland. I may have been only 19 when I visited Holland, but I did not recall that constipation and diarrhea were common amongst its residents. I also did not remember a lot of screaming, lack of sleep, the custom of eating only pureed foods, the non-stop pre-occupation with sand, a great deal of side glancing, or its citizens commonly regressing to NO communication skills.
The journey I have been on over the last 7 years did feel more like being stuck on a dessert island than travel to Europe. I could see all of the parents of NT children over on the distant shore with my binoculars. They appeared to be having so much fun. Their kids amazed me with how easily they learned, communicated, ate, and fell to sleep. WOW! If only I could fashion a boat out of my very sparse resources; how I longed to join them. Perhaps I will one day soon.
I LOVE the Holland story. But then again, I have been to Holland and I loved it. And I love being my son's mother. And yes Holland is still in Europe, which is the point of the story; despite being a parent to a child with a disability, you are still a parent. More importantly, your child is still a child. We cannot fight for people to recognize our children as equals and push for inclusion in schools then complain about how terrible it is to raise them. My son is the most amazing person I have ever met and I am very fortunate to be his mother. I am blessed. I do not feel alone or deserted. Even if it were just the two of us alone on an island, I would not be alone. This does not mean that I don't fight for my son and others like him. But I feel blessed and at peace with the opportunity to do so.


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More M.2 PCIe SSDs are starting to hit the consumer marketplace. Not only do they offer a compact form factor builds and mobile platforms, but they also provide speeds that demolish their SATA based competition. If you have read our exclusive HyperX Predator review you already know that this M.2 PCIe SSD is pretty darn fast as it is rated for up to 1.4GB/s read and 1GB/s write! Quite impressive right? Now ask yourself, what could be better than one HyperX Predator? Well, how about two?!? Luckily for you we just happen to have another here today and we will be taking a look at just how fast we can push them in RAID 0!
We have already gone over the specs in our previous review, but we will reiterate them here as well. The Kingston HyperX Predator is an M.2 PCIe 2.0 x4 SSD. This enables it to achieve speeds that are up to three times faster than typical SATA based SSDs at 1.4GB/s read and 1GB/s write. In terms of IOPS it is rated for up 120K/78K IOPS read/write, but can achieve up to 160K/119K IOPS read and write.
One of the most notable features of this drive, besides its shear speed, is that it is rated for up to 882TB of writes for the 480GB model. While we have slowly been seeing an increase in endurance for newer SSDs, this simply tops all. On the other hand, it is only warrantied for three years. So there is a tradeoff. Oh, and before we forget, yes, the HyperX Predator is bootable as it has the boot ROM code on the M.2 SSD itself and should work with older non UEFI systems.
The current capacities of 240GB and 480GB are available in both M.2 2280 and HHHL form factors. A 960GB model will be released at a later time this year. They are currently priced at a little under $1 per GB, $241.74 and $469.74 for each capacity.
Taking a closer look at the HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe SSD stick it is hard to think that something so small can output such fast speeds. It wasn't too long ago that you needed multiple controllers and a huge PCB with lots of NAND packages to achieve the speeds that these SSDs reach. We can see that overall there are just eight NAND packages as well as two DRAM chips on the double sided M.2 stick.
Powering this SSD is Marvell's PCIe 88SS9293 controller. It is a PCIe 2.0 x4 controller that we should be seeing more of once more PCIe SSDs hit the market. From our testing we found that without additional cooling it shouldn't overheat and throttle during normal desktop workloads, even when disconnected from the HHHL adapter.
Kingston have decided to utilize Toshiba's A19 Toggle NAND for best performance. Each of the eight NAND packages are 64GB in capacity providing 512GB of RAW capacity. Once formatted a single 480GB is 447GB while our two SSDs in RAID 0 total 894GB. Finally, the DRAM used is Kingston's very own DDR3-1600 low voltage chips, each 512MB in capacity for a total of 1GB.
The protocol for our testing follows as we have done in the past. We are simply going to set both HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe SSDs in a software RAID 0 configuration and test. The RAID 0 volume was quick and easy to set up within Windows via Disk Management. Just right click one of the empty drives and select "New Striped Volume…" and follow the on screen steps. That's all there is to it!
leave out certain tests? like this one does not have consistency test.
And like the intel 730 one of the fastest ssds no consisteny test. And you can still buy a intel 530 its been out for over a year and theres no review on it. I would like to see how these stack up to these new ssds with the smaller nand size.
Our report testing and format may change over time (ie 730), and also, we may do specialized testing, as in this case, where we want to just have a bit of fun with the testing and report. We were fortunate to have 2 drives on hand and just thought we would throw together a quick and enjoyable report…nothing more. Also, yes Toshiba Toggle Mode memory is premium and has earned the reputation of being amongst the best there is.
Great addition Les. I like the out of the box thinking and great use of resources to challenge the minds of your readers. Great Job.
I'm hoping when I buy a Motherboard next year that MBs have 4 M.2 Slots (like RAM) and that they will support _longer_ M.2 Slots with future capacity.
When the day comes that we have 4 (or more) M.2 Slots and at least 1GB capacity then these 'consumer toys' (invented for the man on the street first?) will play a serious role in Server Farms; with their speedy access and much lower power consumption.
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I can confirm it's working with my X58 Asus P6E MB! I'll be upgrading to Skylake this year, but got this drive to start.


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Q: Deploying a Cordova app to iOS Devices results in error cod 65 UPDATE 2: FULL OUTPUT ERROR
1>  (1 failure)
1>  Failed to build app for buildNumber 4548: Error code 65 for command: xcodebuild with args: -xcconfig,/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/cordova/build-debug.xcconfig,-project,BlankCordovaApp2.xcodeproj,-target,BlankCordovaApp2,-configuration,Debug,-destination,platform=iOS,build,CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/device,SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch
1>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : Error: Remote build error from the build server Build failed with error Error code 65 for command: xcodebuild with args: -xcconfig,/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/cordova/build-debug.xcconfig,-project,BlankCordovaApp2.xcodeproj,-target,BlankCordovaApp2,-configuration,Debug,-destination,platform=iOS,build,CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/device,SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch - 1
1>  Error Remote build error from the build server Build failed with error Error code 65 for command: xcodebuild with args: -xcconfig,/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/cordova/build-debug.xcconfig,-project,BlankCordovaApp2.xcodeproj,-target,BlankCordovaApp2,-configuration,Debug,-destination,platform=iOS,build,CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/device,SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/4548/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch - {1}
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Deploy: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

Here is the exact error
Severity    Code    Description Project File    Line    Suppression State
Error       Error: Remote build error from the build server Build failed with error Error code 65 for command: xcodebuild with args: -xcconfig,/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/2108/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/cordova/build-debug.xcconfig,-project,Masjid Events.xcodeproj,ARCHS=armv7 arm64,-target,Masjid Events,-configuration,Debug,-sdk,iphoneos,build,VALID_ARCHS=armv7 arm64,CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/2108/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/device,SHARED_PRECOMPS_DIR=/Users/test/.taco_home/remote-builds/taco-remote/builds/2108/cordovaApp/platforms/ios/build/sharedpch - 1    BlankCordovaApp1        1

I have verified that there is communication between visual studio and remote build agent because deploying to iOS simulator works fine.
I have also verified that deploying to both devices works fine by deploying a sample xamarin app which works fine.
Under Platforms i am targeting Cordova CLI 6.1.1.
On the mac I have nodejs installed as well as xcode 8.1
I have also tried putting the following in my build.json and still does not work
{
"android": {
"release": {
  "keystore": "",
  "storePassword": "",
  "alias": "",
  "password": "",
  "keystoreType": ""
}
},
"ios": {
"debug": {
  "developmentTeam": "..."
},

"release": {
  "developmentTeam": "...",
  "codeSignIdentity": "iPhone Developer",
  "packageType": "ad-hoc"
}
}

}

The iphone I am deploying to has (iphone5s) iOS 10.0.2 and ipad(ipad 3) is 9.3.5, let me know if any other information is required to help diagnose my issue.
In Cordova project in VS, i have tried deploying to "remote device" and "local device" while both devices were connected to the mac.
UPDATE:
Modified config.xml (in an text editor and added)
<platform name="ios">
   <hook type="before_compile" src="hooks/xcode8.js" />
</platform>

It states to add this before the build item, this file doesnt have a build item so i put it almost to the top so now the content looks like this
<widget xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:vs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2014/htmlapps" id="io.cordova.myapp23c92d" version="1.0.0" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" defaultlocale="en-US">
   <name>BlankCordovaApp2</name>
   <description>A blank project that uses Apache Cordova to help you build an app that targets multiple mobile platforms: Android, iOS, Windows, and Windows Phone.</description>
   <author href="http://cordova.io" email="dev@cordova.apache.org">Apache Cordova Team </author>
   <content src="index.html" />
   <access origin="*" />
   <vs:features />
   <preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />
   <preference name="windows-target-version" value="8.1" />
  <!-- Support for Cordova 5.0.0 plugin system -->
  <plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" version="1" />
  <allow-intent href="http://*/*" />
  <allow-intent href="https://*/*" />
  <allow-intent href="tel:*" />
  <allow-intent href="sms:*" />
  <allow-intent href="mailto:*" />
  <allow-intent href="geo:*" />
  <platform name="ios">
        <hook type="before_compile" src="hooks/xcode8.js" />
  </platform>
  ........

I also added the hook folder and file to both my root and www (wasnt sure which one was it suppose to go to) still doesnt work
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Every issue of Frontier Journal brings with it a little more clarity. Each feels like a step closer to the vision in my minds eye when I launched earlier this year. The overarching principles of this work is to explore the frontiers of the heart. As it relates to my christian walk, in marriage and parenting, friendships and community.
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