 An episode of the comedy programme Facelift, broadcast on TV One at 10.10pm on 3 September 2007, included a skit featuring a person acting as Camilla Parker-Bowles. She was shown singing a parody version of "Candle in the Wind", supposedly in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
 The complainant stated that "the piece featuring an actor playing Camilla singing a disrespectful version of 'Candle in the Wind' was immoral and disgusting".
 TVNZ argued that the skit satirised the public's perception of Camilla's private feelings towards Princess Diana and that adult viewers would have understood they were watching a parody. It maintained that the humour in the skit was not particularly vicious or vitriolic or at a level where the skit should not have been screened.
 The Authority considers that the programme's intended and likely audience would have understood that the skit was satirical and intended to be humorous rather than offensive.
 The Authority agrees with TVNZ that the right to satirise public figures falls within a broadcaster's right to freedom of expression. On this occasion, the skit was offering comment on the public outcry that followed Camilla's invitation to a memorial concert for Diana. The purpose of the skit was not to make fun of Princess Diana, but to parody the public's perception of Camilla's feelings towards her.
 Taking into account the above contextual factors, the Authority finds that Standard 1 was not breached on this occasion. It declines to uphold the complaint.


As you are aware St. Paul's Afrikan Caribbean Carnival is in a transitionary period. In order for us to effectively deliver the Carnival activities for the 50th Anniversary of St. Paul's Afrikan Caribbean Carnival in 2018, we are actively recruiting for voluntary board members who will work in partnership with the newly formed CIC (Community Interest Company) to co-produce these events.
Over the past 49 years, St. Paul's Carnival has promoted the advancement of education, appreciation and practice of Afrikan and Caribbean arts, culture and history.Through a range of countdown events including mas camps and schools workshops, St Pauls Carnival crescendos into an explosion of colours, sounds, food, dancing and entertainment attracting over 90,000 revellers from the city of Bristol and beyond.
Being part of St Pauls Carnival Board you will play an integral role in delivering Carnival as well as having the opportunity to discuss widening the Afrikan and Caribbean heritage of St Pauls Carnival throughout the UK.
There will be a vibrant Carnival style procession on Sunday 25 October at 3pm. The procession will take place around Bristol's Portway and Cumberland Basin and will feature music and dancing of black origin. The Portway will be closed for the Portway's Sunday Park series of events. The procession is part of a fundraising campaign for the Carnival and also marks 50 years of the Race Relations Act and the UN Decade of People of African Descent.
The procession will feature carnival costumes in tribute to Barbara Dettering, Owen Henry and Roy Hackett – three of the founding members of the 1968 St Pauls Afrikan Caribbean Carnival, who were also instrumental in the Bristol Bus Boycott. The float will play a variety of music of black origin (MOBO) and showcase local talent and Carnival Academy stars Phresh Boiiz plus special guests.
DJ Mvrchesi will supply an eclectic blend of music including House, Garage, Hip Hop and Grime.
The float will lead out by sound system Roots Inspiration starting at Cumberland Basin Piazza at 3pm travelling North up the Portway before making a U turn at Bridge valley road. Float decoration will take place at 1.30pm as well as a run through of the moves.


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Talents come in a number of different forms. Some people are supremely talented singers with an insane vocal range. Some people have the ability to wow crowds with their impeccable dance moves. And others might have the kind of artistic skill which is able to induce goose pimples in even the most nonchalant of people.
Of course, there are also the triple threats of the world who, for some unfair reason, possess the ability to dance, sing and act, making them perfect for a Disney pre-teen movie, as they leave the rest of us both envious and with an infinite amount of respect for such talent.
Those who possess some kind of talent often get praise from others around them, who feel either incredibly inspired or moved by their skills. And that's especially the case if the talents they possess are unique to that particular person.
Yes, talents are varied, diverse and plentiful, but one thing binds them all together and that's that they're all impressive in some way or another.
But then again the very idea of an "impressive talent" is pretty relative – what may be impressive to you or me might be completely mediocre, or even repulsive, in the eyes of others.
And speaking of eyes, check out Pakistani teenager Ahmed Khan, who has become somewhat of an online sensation after "popping" his eyes out of their sockets during a television interview.
Fifteen-year-old Khan, who studies at a local school in Lahore, discovered his unique ability to pop his eyes back in 2016.
Khan's ophthalmologist (a doctor who specializes in eyes) initially suggested he stopped performing the bizarre habit, but after looking at his expertise proptosis, he encouraged him to go after the Guinness Record.
Take the act of eye-popping, for example, yes it's bizarre, yes it's pretty revolting, but it is a skill… of sorts – and a rare one at that. But it's definitely not for me to say whether or not it counts as a talent, what do you guys think?


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Q: Stm32L151RCxxx USART Hang issue, Interrupt Based TX/RX simultaneously I am running USART3, on 921600 BaudRate, using RTS CTS, I am always facing system hang when I try to do RX and TX simultaneously. I have pasted the main and IRQ code. IRQ is designed to Transmit a char 'A' while dropping all received data. Hangs happens when we disable USART_ITConfig(USART3, USART_IT_TXE, DISABLE);
Uart_Configuration()...
USART_ClockInitStructure.USART_Clock = USART_Clock_Disable;
USART_ClockInitStructure.USART_CPOL = USART_CPOL_Low;
USART_ClockInitStructure.USART_CPHA = USART_CPHA_2Edge;
USART_ClockInitStructure.USART_LastBit = USART_LastBit_Disable;
USART_ClockInit(USART3, &USART_ClockInitStructure);

USART_InitStructure.USART_Mode = (USART_Mode_Tx|USART_Mode_Rx);
USART_InitStructure.USART_BaudRate = u32BaudRate;
USART_OverSampling8Cmd(USART3, DISABLE);
USART_InitStructure.USART_Parity = USART_Parity_No ;
USART_InitStructure.USART_HardwareFlowControl = USART_HardwareFlowControl_RTS_CTS;
USART_InitStructure.USART_WordLength = USART_WordLength_8b;
USART_InitStructure.USART_StopBits = USART_StopBits_1;

USART_Init(USART3, &USART_InitStructure);
USART_ITConfig(USART3,USART_IT_TXE, DISABLE);
USART_ITConfig(USART3, USART_IT_RXNE, ENABLE);
USART_Cmd(USART3, ENABLE);

Main.c ...
uint8_t UART_TransmitData(void)
{
   if(u8IntTxFlag==1)
   {
       u8IntTxFlag=0;
       USART_ITConfig(USART3, USART_IT_TXE, ENABLE);
       return TRUE;
   }
   return FALSE;
}

void USART3_IRQHandler(void)
{
   /* Implemented full duplex serial communication */
   /*  UART RX  */
   if(USART_GetITStatus(USART3, USART_IT_RXNE) != RESET)
   {
     USART_ReceiveData(USART3);
   }

   /*    UART TX    */
   if(USART_GetITStatus(USART3, USART_IT_TXE) != RESET)
   {
     if(USART_GetFlagStatus(USART3, USART_FLAG_CTS) == RESET)
     {
         while(USART_GetFlagStatus(USART3, USART_FLAG_TXE) == RESET);
         USART_SendData(USART3, 'A');
         while(USART_GetFlagStatus(USART3, USART_FLAG_TC) == RESET);
         USART_ClearFlag(USART3, USART_FLAG_TC);
         USART_ITConfig(USART3, USART_IT_TXE, DISABLE);
         u8IntTxFlag=1;
     }
     else
     {
        USART_ClearFlag(USART3, USART_FLAG_CTS);
     }
   }
}

int main(void)
{
  RCC_ClocksTypeDef RCC_Clocks;

  RCC_Configuration();
  RCC_GetClocksFreq(&RCC_Clocks);
  SysTick_Config(RCC_Clocks.HCLK_Frequency / 2000);

  NVIC_Configuration();

  Init_GPIOs();

  SerialUARTConfig(921600, 0, 1, 8, 1);

                while(1)
                {
                                UART_TransmitData();
                                f_SleepMs(5);

                }
                return 0;
}

A: Maybe the USART_IT_TXE interrupt happens before you disable it? So the "Tx empty" interrupt pending flag is already set and there is no procedure inside your IRQHandler to clear that flag.

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An innovative joint road safety partnership for Gwynedd, Anglesey and the three emergency services has been officially launched at a road safety event at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Glynllfion.
The first agreement of its kind in Wales means that the Gwynedd-Môn Road Safety Partnership will see road safety teams from Gwynedd Council, the Isle of Anglesey County Council, North Wales Police, the Wales Ambulance Service and the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service working together to ensure safety on the roads in both counties.
"The new road safety partnership for Anglesey and Gwynedd brings together the skills and experience of the emergency services and local authorities as a taskforce which aims to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads.
The aim of the new partnership is to ensure that all partner agenencies work together to enusre a coordinated road safety message across Gwynedd and Anglesey.
"The issue of road safety affects us all and collision statistics in Wales make for grim reading, particularly involving young drivers and passengers aged between 17 and 26.
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8/1/2007, Interstate 35W bridge Minneapolis collapsed.
We have always been in thrall of the new. Innovation is so highly prized that one can hardly find the mention of maintenance any where. It also fits with the free market neoliberal hatred of government. This ideology, discussed at length here, starves maintenance across the board. Free market capitalism provides no resources on its own for the maintenance of public infrastructure.
Now when one returns from a trip to another developed country, you can even venture north to Canada to experience this, you return to the US and immediately have the feeling of slipping into a third world country. Roads falling apart. Airports crowded and slovenly. Bridges in disarray and occasionally literally falling down. Schools and public buildings that are worn out.
Even though it might be a bit self-serving coming from the American Society of Civil Engineers, they report a "D+" for infrastructure for 2017.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has released another of their series of infrastructure report cards. The 2017 report card shows a "D+"…….


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Thaw – load restrictions
 Each spring, the Ministère determines the thaw period dates for the three Thaw Zones across Québec. During this time, heavy vehicles travelling on the road network must reduce their loads, in accordance with the limits imposed by the Vehicle Load and Size Limits Regulation.
During periods of thaw, the road is 30 to 70% more fragile than usual. A single overloaded vehicle can cause substantial damage. However, a slight reduction in load significantly decreases damage to the pavement. This is why load restrictions are imposed on heavy vehicles during periods of thaw. These restrictions generally range from 8 to 20%.
Thaw periods are determined after monitoring the progress of thaw on the pavement. This is done using sensors across the Québec road network. Weather forecasts are also taken into account.
Section 419 of the Highway Safety Code (c. C-24.2) allows the Minister, by an order published in the Gazette officielle du Québec, to determine the locations where the movement of all or some road vehicles is restricted or prohibited due to thawing, rain, erosion or flooding. The Minister also determines the periods during which these measures apply.
Section 621 of the Highway Safety Code allows the Government to regulate the loads and sizes of vehicles travelling on Québec roads.
The Vehicle Load and Size Limits Regulation combines various standards that limit the size, loads per class of axles, and total loaded mass of the road vehicles travelling on public roads.
During thaw periods, this regulation stipulates load restrictions that apply based on three geographic areas
Users, owners and drivers of heavy vehicles, shippers and transportation intermediaries.
Spring thaw: a critical period
Everyone knows that weather conditions in Québec are particularly harsh. The ground freezes to a depth of 1.2 to 3 metres for more than four months out of the year. This factor, combined with changes in temperature and humidity, has a major impact on pavement behaviour. Freeze-thaw cycles also contribute to making pavement more vulnerable.
In spring, the layers of materials that make up the pavement are weakened by the accumulation of water. Studies conducted by the Ministère pertaining to the bearing capacity of roads have demonstrated that the reactions of the pavement under a load at this time are 50% to 70% more pronounced than those recorded during the summer.
At any given time, a vehicle that is overloaded by 25% will increase the level of damage by 150%. This phenomenon is magnified during thaw periods, and the same axle load can create a tensile strain that is 5 to 8 times greater than at other times.
The impact of heavy vehicles during thaw periods is therefore considerable, given that the number of commercial vehicles has increased significantly over the last 25 years. This is why regulations require carriers to reduce their loads.
Reduction in road vehicle loads
To protect the Québec road network, the Ministère has adopted the Vehicle Load and Size Limits Regulation. This regulation limits the class of axles load and total loaded mass of road vehicles and combinations of road vehicles. It states the more restrictive load limits applicable during thaw periods.
Information on load standards during thaw periods can be found in the Road Vehicle Load and Size Limits Guide. Information can also be obtained through the Contact us section of the Ministère's website.
Load checks during thaw periods
Contrôle routier Québec officers, who report to the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), ensure that heavy vehicles comply with load restrictions. For these 300 or so traffic controllers, who operate across the province, the spring thaw is a time of intensive weighing operations.
To prevent accidents and adequately protect roadways, these officers enforce strict compliance. Therefore, in keeping with this policy, any vehicle that is overloaded or that presents a risk may not get back on the road until to complies with regulations. When a truck is overloaded, the driver must distribute the load over the axles or unload the excess weight before getting back on the road. An overloaded truck not only damages the roadway, but its road behaviour is also affected, thus making it less safe. Compliance with vehicle load limits is crucial, and the SAAQ is intensifying its efforts in this area, as the protection of roadways has been retained as a control priority.
During thaw periods:
There is a greater number of road checks;
In cases of overload, all heavy-vehicle drivers must distribute the load over the axles or unload the excess weight before getting back on the road.
More information on road transport control can be obtained by contacting the information centres of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec.
Thaw report - Protecting the road network is a priority (4,4 Mo)
During the thaw period, roads are 30% to 70% more fragile than during normal periods, so why are load reduction only 8% to 20%?
Damage to the road network is caused by several factors. Among these factors, the load under the wheels of a heavy vehicle has a huge influence. The relationship between the load and the damage is not linear, but rather exponential, which means that a slight overload will have a significant effect on the damage that may be caused to a road network. For example, a 20% overload on a single axle causes twice as much damage to the road as a legal load on the same axle. Conversely, a slight decrease in the authorized load results in a significant decrease in its effect on the road network. Therefore, a 20% reduction corresponds to a reduction in damage of approximately 60% compared to an axle that bears a legal load. Load reductions that are applicable during the thaw period have been staggered in order to maximize the protection of the road network while ensuring that economic activity in sustained.
Why is Québec divided into three load restriction zones during the thaw period?
The thaw zones were established by taking into consideration differences in the frost depth, which varies considerably from north to south, the progress of the thaw, the climatic conditions that are prevalent in the various regions of Québec during the spring, the geographic characteristics of the province, and heavy vehicle traffic in the east-west corridor. Obviously, it would be possible to increase the number of zones in order to take into consideration the microclimate specific to a given area to a higher degree. By doing so, the duration of the period of load restrictions in each zone could be reduced. However, inter-zone truck transport would become very constricting, which would severely restrict mobility.
Why are the weigh stations that are located along the roads not open 24 hours per day all year long?
Check stations are operated according to a sporadic opening strategy, depending on the season, the days of the week, the time, the type of transportation and the class of roads where the check station is located.
In the thaw period, depending on the traffic flow of the road where they are located, the check stations are open 4 to 8 hours a day, on the average. Some of them can remain open up to 24 hours a day, according to a synchronism that accounts for the neighbouring check stations. This approach ensures optimum coverage of the main road corridors. Contrôle routier Québec also relies on a mixed strategy, including both interventions at fixed stations and mobile interventions, particularly by creating temporary control areas.
Where do potholes come from, and how are they formed?
Potholes represent the final step in a series of surface deterioration phenomena on a pavement.
Events occur in the following sequence:
Appearance of cracks, which may have been caused by a number of factors, including intense traffic, the freeze/thaw cycle, production defects, etc.;
Deterioration of the cracks due to a concentration of constraints under the effect of traffic, and the appearance of multiple cracks;
Infiltration of water and brine, which contributes to a reduction in the bearing capacity of the foundation and the acceleration of the deterioration process;
The freeze/thaw cycle accelerates the deterioration;
The effects of traffic: dynamic impacts, the number of vehicles, and the severity of the phenomena described above are all factors that determine the rate at which potholes appear.
Given the climatic conditions in Québec, is it possible to avoid the appearance of potholes?
Generally speaking, the formation of a pothole is closely related to the state of the pavement. Therefore, the risk of a pothole appearing is related to the degree of cracking of the coating, traffic use, and the amount of water that is liable to penetrate beneath the coating. Maintenance work to keep the pavement in good condition is the best way to prevent the formation of potholes.
In light of this, it is possible to prevent the appearance of potholes if pavements are adapted to local weather conditions, if they are not subjected to a more intense traffic condition than they were designed for, and if it is possible to maintain them adequately within the necessary timelines.
It is important to remember that the restrictions that are placed on the loads carried by heavy vehicles during the thaw period are not intended to ensure the protection of the driving surface, which is affected by all vehicles (for example, a road in a residential district where heavy trucks do not drive may be covered in potholes), but rather to preserve the actual structure of the road.


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A Data Revolution for All
It has now been almost two decades since the original launch of DATA.org, a non-profit that marshaled $100 billion in debt forgiveness for poor countries, and another $50 billion in contributions for health and development. In a world with more data and data-science expertise than ever, it's time to revive that innovative spirit.
Science has revolutionized medicine and agriculture over the last 100 years, particularly for the poorest of the poor. Achievements ranging from the treatment of hookworm to the green revolution attest to its power.
Looking ahead, data science has even greater potential to revolutionize everything from how we treat disease to how we build more inclusive economies. History shows us that when the power of science and technology is brought to bear on society's greatest challenges, millions of lives can be improved.
Pick any problem you see around the world: the raging wildfires that are devastating Australia; the opioid epidemic that is ravaging poor communities in the United States; the world's worst refugee crisis since World War II. Confronting these problems and others – from poverty and inequality to conservation and climate change – requires the responsible application of data, and the insights drawn from them.
Yet, while there have been great advances in data science in the private sector, many social-sector and civic organizations are lagging behind. With proper support, they can leverage data analytics to make their work go further and faster, ultimately helping more people. Just last year, our two organizations – Mastercard and The Rockefeller Foundation – committed to addressing this gap. By becoming more data-science driven, all organizations can achieve their full potential.
By relaunching the platform, we hope to use data to tackle homelessness, improve access to social benefits, and support community health workers worldwide.
Fortunately, innovators in the field are already performing some of this work. The volunteer-based organization DataKind, for example, has connected non-profits with private-sector data scientists to solve issues facing community health workers. Community Solutions, a non-profit working in more than 80 US cities and counties, is using data science to tackle homelessness. And Benefits Data Trust, a Philadelphia-based national non-profit, leverages the power of artificial intelligence to help millions of low-income American families access the social benefits available to help them.
Data-driven insights have also been used to help mayors across the US pursue strategies of inclusive economic growth, and to help government officials in Africa predict the locations and causes of at-risk pregnancies in rural communities. And yet, these efforts represent merely the starting point, not the final destination. There is still so much more work to do.
Transforming the role of data in addressing major social and economic issues is not a job for any one person or organization. We must build on the successes of those who have come before. In 2002, a group of innovative social entrepreneurs, together with anti-poverty advocates and the Irish rock musician and philanthropist Bono, launched DATA.org, a nonprofit committed to alleviating debt, fighting AIDS, and reducing trade inequalities in Africa. In what ultimately became the ONE Campaign, they galvanized support for poverty alleviation by focusing on real-world data, and by advocating evidence-based approaches to development.
At the time, these efforts broke new ground by recognizing the power of data to address society's greatest challenges. In partnership with millions of activists around the world, the coalition behind DATA.org facilitated the cancellation of $100 billion of debt owed by poor countries, marshaled $50 billion in contributions for health and development aid, and pushed for trade deals that helped millions of vulnerable families.
But, although data are ubiquitous, and the opportunities offered by the data revolution are even larger, not everyone is poised to gain from it equally. Once again, we need a bold effort to bridge the gap and ensure that the most vulnerable are not left behind.
With that challenge in mind, and with the support of DATA.org's original founders, The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard are relaunching DATA.org to serve as a platform for partnerships to expand further the field of data science for social impact, and to ensure that non-profit and civic organizations are well-positioned to take advantage of the data revolution.
By relaunching the platform, we hope to use data to tackle homelessness, improve access to social benefits, and support community health workers worldwide. Those on the front lines of efforts to improve public health, fight poverty, and solve many other problems will have improved access to data scientists who can help them maximize their impact. Most importantly, this will be done in a way that brings more people and organizations together to effect positive social change, all while adhering to principles of responsible data use.
Expanding the field of data science for social impact is a shared global effort. It will take collaboration from all sectors to ensure that the nearly 2.5 quintillion bytes of data being produced every day have a positive social impact. Just as DATA demonstrated the promise of evidence-driven policies for development 18 years ago, the relaunch of the platform this month will create new momentum for tackling the world's biggest challenges.
The data revolution must benefit all. Together, we can make 2020 the year that partnerships began to extend the promise of a data-driven economy to everyone, everywhere.
Michael Froman is Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth at Mastercard.
Rajiv Shah is President of The Rockefeller Foundation.
This article was originally published on Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.
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Julie received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Speech and Hearing Sciences. She then completed her graduate work at Northwestern University in 2009, receiving a Master's in Speech Pathology and a Master's in Learning Disabilities.
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There used to be grass here, but it didn't last long―not after the bodies started multiplying and the make-shift community started growing. Now the space is covered in mud and heaps of hay. And a runaway pancake that slid off of someone's blue-plastic plate. And a stray sock, and a boardwalk of planks. And feet. Hundreds of feet. This used to be Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, but not any more. Welcome to Occupy Oakland.
The camp has been occupying the plaza in front of Oakland's city hall since October 10, when a group of protesters decided to replicate the Occupy Wall Street movement that began last month in New York City. The demands of the movement are broad, but focus largely on economic inequality: one of the mantras chanted often by protesters is, "We are the 99 percent," implying that the nation's wealth is concentrated among one percent of Americans.
On a hot Sunday afternoon, in and around a sea of tents in varying sizes and colors, there are snowy-haired elderly women, hippies with dreadlocks, street kids in baggy pants, optimistic college students and a few children running around. Here are excerpts of conversations with five of them.
Charmz Valentino is living at Occupy Oakland with her puppy Tucker, a favorite among fellow campers.
Last month, after breaking up with her girlfriend, Valentino decided to move from Seattle to the Bay Area, in the process quitting her job as an on-the-phone tech and billing support technician for Verizon Wireless. When she arrived, Valentino immediately joined up with San Francisco's Occupy 99 effort. Growing up in a household with a severely disabled mother who received less than $850 a month, she said, is one reason Valentino feels passionate about the movement.
As Valentino sat in her tent in front of Oakland's city hall, playing with her 9-week-old puppy Tucker, it was unclear exactly what she believes this protest will change. This is a strong group of people, she said, who will stand together if the police come. Their encampment demonstrates to city officials that they are banded together. The tents all around this "neighborhood," she said, gesturing to the tents set up in her area, were refugees from Occupy San Francisco—those protesters who left when the movement across the bay started clashing with police. Valentino said the Oakland camp feels more like a community.
Until then, she said, she's content to travel across the country from one Occupy 99 encampment to another, with just her 70-pound backpack, Tucker, and the phone number for the National Lawyers Guild written in marker on the inside of her forearm.
Torricka Wilson with her daughters Toristine and Toriawn in their tent, given to them by Occupy Oakland organizers.
Torricka Wilson is a 31-year-old single mother of four—unemployed, she said, and living on $518 a month from social services to support herself and her young children. On a Sunday afternoon at the Occupy Oakland communal kitchen, she made ground turkey tacos and smothered potatoes for the campers.
Wilson and her kids― daughters Toriawn, Torrin and Toristine, and her son Toriano, who range in age from 3 to 9―all camped at Occupy Oakland this past weekend. Wilson has been coming every day since the camp started on the evening of October 10 to work preparing food, washing dishes and helping lay down the hay that now covers Frank Ogawa Plaza.
She camps with her kids on the weekend, and returns on weeknights to their 18th Street townhouse two blocks away―$87 a month of subsidized rent– so the kids can go to school each morning.
Their tent, which was given to them by the Occupy organizers after it was donated, is set up beside the arts and crafts station. This way, her kids can go right out in the morning and paint, said Wilson. She doesn't worry about their safety, even when she is on kitchen duty and they are running around the campsite.
Wilson has been unemployed for two years now, she said, and the money she receives from social services is not enough to live on with four kids, whose father is in jail. Before the economic downturn, Wilson made a living doing in-home care, she said, going to people's houses in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and as far away as Sacramento or Stockton.
"We are down here struggling and living poor," said Wilson. "We are at the bottom of the food chain, and y'all get"—she was referring to the wealthiest group of Americans that the 99 percent movement is protesting—"whatever y'all want," she said. "If you take the $100,000 you make in a year and you split it with five or six people out here, trust me, we could all be living comfortably," she said.
As she carried a roll of paper towels to her tent to wipe up spilled paint on the tent floor, Wilson said her kids, who have never been camping, understand why they are here and the motivation behind Occupy Oakland.
Daniel Kaiya rotates nights spent at the campsite with his roommates.
Kaiya is camping at Occupy Oakland with his dog Yogi Spicoli.
Although he has not been living at the campsite on a consecutive, day-to-day basis, he said he is very involved with the community, helping out with multiple tasks and chores such as cooking, cleaning, and donating goods.
Since quitting his corporate job, Kaiya said he had many opportunities to suit up and enter the workforce again, but he didn't take them. "The people who have always treated me the best were those with the least," he said, which is why he feels that supporting Occupy Oakland and the entire Occupy 99 movement is so important. There are so many problems today that he feels the solution can not be left solely in the hands of the government.
Gregory Henderson comes to the camp for free meals and medical care. He is temporarily in a wheelchair because of an infected blister on his heel.
Since the very first day of its inception, Henderson has been living at the campsite, an easy move for a homeless man such as himself, he said, because all he brought with him was his sleeping bag.
During the day, Henderson, who said he is a veteran of the Navy and looked to be in his fifties, panhandles within the vicinity of the Paramount Theater and Jack London Square. He used to sleep on the stairwell of a building on 2nd Street, but since October 10 has settled into a donated tent at the Occupy campsite. He now returns to the campsite for hot meals and medical care for his infected heel when he is not panhandling. The area that the campsite stands on was populated by homeless before, he said, and will continue to be populated by them afterwards, regardless of what happens with the movement. "There's not much you can do about the camp," he said.
M.J. Delacruz chats with his neighbors in front of his "revolutionary spooner" tent at the Occupy Oakland camp.
Pushing back his dark hair, Delacruz shouted hello to a couple camping neighbors who had also pitched their tents close to the large, historic oak tree in the public plaza.
M.J. Delacruz, 24, said he works 60 hours a week at the American Canyon Wal-Mart in Napa County, and another 30 hours a week at a Target in Marin. Saturday night was his first time sleeping at the Oakland campsite, where he plans to volunteer on the weekends until a separate encampment is formed under the banner of Occupy Marin, closer to his home.
"In Marin county we live among the one percent," said Delacruz, who characterized his biological family, as he called it, as part of this wealthy upper class. He specified "biological," he said, because he has not been in touch with his family since he left home at the age of 16. For eight years he traveled in South America as an English teacher before returning to northern California.
Delacruz now lives in Vallejo, where over half the houses are vacant due to foreclosure, he said. A livable minimum wage is his first priority. That amount would vary from community to community; in Vallejo it would be $12 an hour for a single parent with two children, he said. He is paid $8 an hour at both of his jobs, where he has been working for the past three months after returning from his travels. Although he works overtime, he struggles to make ends meet after paying for medication—for bipolar disorder and a herniated disk caused by a car accident—out of his own pocket, since he doesn't have health insurance.
He arrived Saturday night at the Oakland camp, and has pitched in where he is needed―making coffee, cleaning the kitchen area and buying groceries with his own money to cook tonight's camp dinner of chicken or tofu fried rice.
"When I pitched my tent, I felt like these were my neighbors, this is my street," he said, gesturing to the sea of tents gathered in front of Oakland's city hall.
Delacruz said he and others in the camp were opening up their "homes"―referring to the tents―to protesters who need a place to sleep. People have also been donating tents, food, dishes and other items to the camp, and the Oakland Teachers' Union provided the row of portable toilets and outdoor sinks for the camp.
"Endism Road," one of the makeshift wooden walkways at the Occupy Oakland camp that has been putting down roots over the past two weeks in the downtown Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.
M.J. Delacruz chats with his neighbors in front of his "revolutionary spooner" tent at the Occupy Oakland camp.
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Dear Albert, thats a quite vile suggestion. And while clearly in jest, it appears (to me) outside the bounds of constructive human interaction. Indeed, except for the fact that I presume that you mean it lightly, as a joke, it would be more appropriate out of the mouth of a person with quite pronounced anti-social tendencies. All are gratefully welcome to their opinion in tired society; in addition, I would suggest that that right is by a sense of human camraderie, compassion, and intelligence. Your comment lacked all three.
It is actually quite interesting to read these people's stories. It helps illustrate the meaninglessness of their "struggle." "Charmz," for example, seems to think banks are still giving out "high risk loans," a practice that ended quite a while ago.
She also claims she is there for her "struggling family," although she admits she quit her steady job. Why didn't she stick with her job and help support her family?
"Daniel" seems to think a $50,000 job would pave the way to being in the "1%?" I think he needs to double check his math. Not even close. But his story illustrates that many of these people had plenty of opportunity to "live the American dream," and simply chose not to, because being a peyote circle organizer (whatever that is) and yoga instructor is more "cool" and "fulfilling." Does he think garbage collectors and dock workers and ditch diggers and tomato pickers are working to keep their hearts from "dying?" No, they do it to put food in their families' mouths, like a lot of our parents did to make a better life for their kids.
And M.J. denounced his "biological" family who raised him with loads of opportunity and privilege, for no apparent reason? While his admitted mental illness could help explain where he is and why he's there, the bottom line is that the picture portrayed here is probably pretty accurate: the homeless, the mentally ill, and the spoiled and privileged "Alex Supertramp" types, with little understanding of how the world works and what they're trying to accomplish. Not the sort of people I'd be inclined to be influenced by.
Lets be perfectly clear here.
– I make 100k a year and I am *not* and I repeat *not* in the top 1%.
Her rent is subsidized by my taxes and that pisses me off. Her income from social services is paid for by my hard work and the taxes I pay and she has the gall to insult me and the rest of the productive people in the country instead of saying "Thank you for letting me be a parasite and covering for my poor judgment"?
I choose who I give my money to. I work hard for it and sacrifice much for it. I give to what I consider worthy causes and that does not include people who are at the bottom by choice.
Hardly – with my student loans-taxes and housing costs my 100k barely lets me live comfortably in the bay area. So no splitting the money won't allow for 5 others to live comfortably.
I just want to make it very clear that I did not chose to part with my family. They disowned me. Although I have bipolar disorder I take medications that cost me upwards of $1000 a month. I could be collecting disability but I chose to work, so I can afford my medication and to put myself through school, I'm not a free loader and I sure as hell don't chose this life. I am an honest hard working American whose tax dollars paid police officers to mace me and beat me as I tried to leave. Instead those tax dollars could be used to help people like me afford their medication.


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President Obama has invited Steve Jobs' wife Laurene to State of the Union address
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President Obama has exercised a tradition of honoring national heroes by inviting the late Steve Jobs' wife Laurene Powell Jobs, to the State of the Union address on Tuesday, reports Vanguard News. The visionary executive's widow will join First Lady Michelle Obama in her box in the House of Representatives, according to a release from the White House.
Powell will be joined by Warren Buffet's secretary Debbi Bosanek as a nod to the billionaire's complaint about the level of taxes paid by his employees being higher than his own, Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabrielle Giffords, a representative who was wounded in a shooting last year and Mike Krieger, the co-founder of Instagram.
The late Jobs was a proponent of using Apple products in education and Apple recently held an event in New York City to promote inexpensive digital textbooks and a new authoring tool. Education is one of the themes of the President's address to the nation today. The tradition of honoring those considered heroes was started by Ronald Reagan who invited a man named Lenny Skutnik to attend in 1982 after he rescued a passenger of a crashed airliner.
The address will be streamed live on the President's website here.
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Here's the first trailer for Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic
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In order to keep your brakes in good working order, the brake fluid should periodically be bled to remove air, contamination and sub-standard brake fluid. This guide explains two methods of how you can bleed your brake fluid.
Has your Saxo heater blower stopped working? If you've been putting up with it through the summer months, you really should get it working again before the winter creeps in. This How-to guide shows you how to replace the heater-blower motor.
Replacing the front brake discs.
If your brake discs become significantly worn of your brake discs become warped both of your front brake discs will need to be replaced. This task is quite straight forward and can be performed within two hours if you are confident with simple mechanics. This task is explained in stepwise fashion within this how-to guide.
If you're looking for the ultimate in sound quality, you will probably be interested in fitting larger speakers to the front of your Saxo. Take a look at this guide to see how to make your own door builds and make them look great!
Replacing the front brake pads.
Your front brakes do the majority of the work when it comes to stopping your Saxo. This guide explains how you can change your brake pads, to ensure that your brakes are always in top working order. This is a fairly simple job, so why pay over the odds?
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Neill Berry named Men's Basketball Assistant Coach at Texas
An assistant coach at Iowa State University for the previous two years, Neill Berry has been named assistant coach at The University of Texas. The 36-year-old Berry brings 13 years of experience at the Division I level, including nine seasons as an assistant coach. He replaces Mike Morrell, who became the head coach at UNC Asheville earlier this spring.
"I'm extremely excited about Neill joining our staff. It's been about six weeks since Mike got the job at UNC Asheville. I wanted to make sure I did my homework and considered a variety of candidates," Texas head coach Shaka Smart said. "I did a ton of research on many different guys, trying to figure out who would be the best fit for our program. I kept coming back to the feeling that Neill is the best fit for our staff and our team, and he is a guy who can come in here and hit the ground running in all facets of the job."
"Neill is a name that kept coming up as I talked to people about who were really good assistant coaches with a strong track record, and guys who were well-rounded with the ability to recruit, coach and relate to players," Smart continued. "One thing I value greatly about Neill is he will be a tremendous addition in terms of staff chemistry. Everyone that we've talked to about him has said he has no ego and is a team player."
"The fact that Neill has experience at this level and in this league is a real positive," Smart added. "He's recruited quite a few guys who have turned out to be much better players than the so-called experts thought they would be. Developing young men is clearly a strength of Neill's, which is a top priority in our program as well."
Berry worked the previous three years under coach Steve Prohm at Iowa State, including the final two seasons in the role of assistant coach. After spending his first year as the program's special assistant to the head coach, Berry was elevated to assistant coach in May 2016. In Berry's three seasons on the staff, Iowa State posted a 60-41 mark and advanced to a pair of NCAA Tournaments, including a run to the "Sweet 16" in 2015-16.
Three players on the 2017-18 Cyclones earned All-Big 12 Conference honors, including freshman guard Lindell Wigginton. Berry served as the primary recruiter for Wigginton, who was the Cyclones' first five-star recruit since Craig Brackins in 2007. Wigginton earned All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades and a spot on the Big 12 All-Newcomer team as a freshman. ISU earned three victories last season against Top 15 opponents, including a 70-52 victory against No. 8 Texas Tech. The 18-point win marked the largest margin of victory against a Top 10 team in school history.
Iowa State posted a 24-11 mark (12-6 Big 12, tie for second), won the Big 12 tournament championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 2016-17. The Cyclones won 92-89 in overtime at No. 3 Kansas, snapping the Jayhawks' 51-game win streak at Allen Fieldhouse. Iowa State was one of the nation's best offensive teams during the year, ranking in the top 12 in adjusted offensive efficiency and top 30 in scoring offense (80.8 ppg). The Cyclones ranked No. 16 in the final Associated Press poll.
In 2015-16, Iowa State registered a 23-12 record (10-8 Big 12, fifth) and advanced to the NCAA "Sweet 16." The Cyclones were ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 all season, climbing as high as No. 4 in the poll. ISU defeated No. 1 Oklahoma, 82-77, marking just the second time in school history the Cyclones topped a No. 1-ranked opponent. Georges Niang earned the 2016 Karl Malone Award, given annually to the nation's top power forward.
Prior to his arrival at Iowa State, Berry served for three seasons as an assistant coach at High Point University (High Point, N.C.). The Panthers registered a 56-39 record in his three years, including a 37-13 mark in Big South Conference play. High Point advanced to postseason play in each of Berry's three seasons.
In 2012-13, the Panthers went to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT), marking the school's first appearance in Division I postseason play. High Point earned an automatic bid to the Postseason NIT in 2013-14 and advanced to the CIT in 2014-15. The Panthers won the North Division of the Big South twice (2012-13 and 2013-14). The league went away from divisions in 2014-15, and High Point tied with Charleston Southern for the conference title.
Berry was on the staff under head coach Darrin Horn at the University of South Carolina for four years (2008-12). He served his first year (2008-09) as the Director of Player Development, before being elevated to assistant coach in 2009-10.
Berry began his coaching career as an intern under Horn at Western Kentucky in the 2005-06 season. The Hilltoppers won the 2006 Sun Belt Conference East Division title for the first time in three years, recording a 23-8 mark (12-2 Sun Belt) and advancing to the Postseason NIT. Western Kentucky went 22-11 (12-6 Sun Belt) the following season. Berry earned his first full-time assistant job in 2007-08 with the Hilltoppers, and Western Kentucky registered a 29-7 record, won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA "Sweet 16." The Hilltoppers compiled a school-record 29 wins, including victories against Drake and San Diego in the NCAA tourney before falling to top-seed UCLA in the Round of 16.
Berry (born April 11, 1982) played basketball at Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, La.) for five seasons (2000-05). After serving as a reserve in his first two years at SLU, he redshirted during the 2002-03 season in order to increase his playing time over his final two years. In his junior season (2003-04), Berry led the Lions to a 20-9 mark and a share of the Southland Conference regular-season championship (11-5 league record). As a senior (2004-05), SLU went 24-9, won the SLC regular-season (13-3 league mark) and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. He earned his bachelor's degree in marketing in 2003.
A native of Madison, Miss., Berry and his wife, Ashly, have a son, Ty, and two daughters, Kendall and Connor.
"I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to join Coach Smart's staff at Texas," Berry said. "I have always had tremendous respect for Coach Smart from afar, and I am excited about the opportunity to learn from him and help out in any way possible moving forward. I have loved my time working for Coach Prohm at Iowa State and have learned so much from him, both on and off the floor. He has been an unbelievable mentor in my life. It was going to take a special opportunity to leave Iowa State, and I believe Texas is this opportunity. It is an amazing university in a great location with tremendous tradition and support. My family and I are very excited to get to Austin."
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MSD to create strong UK discovery centre in London
The pharma group aims to start operations by 2020
MSD has said it plans to set up a new headquarters in London that will house a new discovery centre employing up to 150 researchers.
The pharma company - known as Merck & Co in the US and Canada - also intends to move around 800 workers from its current headquarters in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, and says it is scouting out locations for the new site with the aim of starting operations in 2020.
MSD said the new centre will become the location for MSD's UK headquarters, making the central London site "a unique location within the UK pharmaceutical sector". Last year, MSD agreed to sell part of its Hoddesdon site - specifically a process development and research facility - to contract research organisation Pharmaron.
The decision has been trumpeted by the UK government as a reassurance that multinational pharma companies may still choose to invest in the UK as a centre for R&D, despite the threat of disruption from the UK's decision to leave the EU in 2019, and particularly curbs on the free movement of R&D personnel.
It also comes on the same day that the UK government is due to publish a white paper on industrial strategy in a post-Brexit economy, with the aim of tackling a range of issues such as the country's stagnant productivity, the lop-sidedness of the country's economy in favour of London and the southeast (not addressed in MSD's case) and improve workforce skills.
The government said this morning that investments by a number of pharma companies into the UK will form a key part of the 'sector deal', described as "a central industrial strategy measure, set to be signed in the coming weeks by the life sciences sector and government".
MSD's UK and Ireland managing director Louise Houson said that a big part of the decision stemmed from the promise of locating the facility in the so-called 'golden triangle' between London, Oxford and Cambridge, and help it attract "the brightest and best research scientists".
"This investment presents a major opportunity for us to work in collaboration with the UK government to build on the forward thinking and ambitious … white paper published by the government today," she added.
MSD said in a statement that the decision to locate the new unit in London is in line with other investments in life sciences hubs in the US, namely the San Francisco Bay area and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Locating a research facility in London "will expand MSD's opportunity to engage with leading researchers in the UK and Europe", it added.
"The big pharma's head of R&D, Roger Perlmutter, president, said the London site "will enable us to build on our proud legacy of invention and be an important contributor to the vibrant and rapidly growing London life sciences community while providing access for more collaborations within the European life science ecosystem".
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/* Author: Suat Gedikli */

#ifndef MOVEIT_MESH_FILTER_TRANSFORM_PROVIDER_
#define MOVEIT_MESH_FILTER_TRANSFORM_PROVIDER_

#include <string>
#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
#include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#include <moveit/macros/class_forward.h>
#include <moveit/planning_scene_monitor/planning_scene_monitor.h>
#include <moveit/mesh_filter/mesh_filter_base.h>
#include <map>

namespace tf
{
class TransformListener;
}

/**
 * \brief Class that caches and updates transformations for given frames.
 * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
 */
class TransformProvider
{
public:
  /**
   * \brief Constructor
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   * \param[in] interval_us update interval in micro seconds
   */
  TransformProvider(unsigned long interval_us = 30000);

  /** \brief Destructor */
  ~TransformProvider();

  /**
   * \brief returns the current transformation of a mesh given by its handle
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   * \param[in] handle handle of the mesh
   * \param[out] transform pose of the mesh in camera coordinate system
   * \return true if transform available, false otherwise
   */
  bool getTransform(mesh_filter::MeshHandle handle, Eigen::Affine3d& transform) const;

  /**
   * \brief registers a mesh with its handle
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   * \param[in] handle handle of the mesh
   * \param[in] name frame_id_ of teh mesh
   */
  void addHandle(mesh_filter::MeshHandle handle, const std::string& name);

  /**
   * \brief sets the camera frame id. The returned transformations are in respect to this coordinate frame
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   * \param frame frame id of parent/camera coordinate system.
   */
  void setFrame(const std::string& frame);

  /**
   * \brief starts the updating process. Done in a seperate thread
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   */
  void start();

  /**
   * \brief stops the update process/thread.
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   */
  void stop();

  /**
   * \brief sets the update interval in micro seconds. This should be low enough to reduce the system load but high
   * enough
   * to get up-to-date transformations. For PSDK compatible devices this value should be around 30000 = 30ms
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   * \param[in] usecs interval in micro seconds
   */
  void setUpdateInterval(unsigned long usecs);

private:
  /**
   * \brief this method is called periodically by the dedicated thread and updates all the transformations of the
   * registered frames.
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   */
  void updateTransforms();

  MOVEIT_CLASS_FORWARD(TransformContext);

  /**
   * \brief Context Object for registered frames
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   */
  struct TransformContext
  {
    TransformContext(const std::string& name) : frame_id_(name)
    {
      transformation_.matrix().setZero();
    }
    std::string frame_id_;
    Eigen::Affine3d transformation_;
    boost::mutex mutex_;
  };

  /**
   * \brief The entry point of the dedicated thread that updates the transformations periodically.
   * \author Suat Gedikli (gedikli@willowgarage.com)
   */
  void run();

  /** \brief mapping between the mesh handle and its context*/
  std::map<mesh_filter::MeshHandle, TransformContextPtr> handle2context_;

  /** \brief TransformListener used to listen and update transformations*/
  boost::shared_ptr<tf::TransformListener> tf_;

  /** \brief SceneMonitor used to get current states*/
  planning_scene_monitor::PlanningSceneMonitorPtr psm_;

  /** \brief the camera frame id*/
  std::string frame_id_;

  /** \brief thread object*/
  boost::thread thread_;

  /** \flag to leave the update loop*/
  bool stop_;

  /** \brief update interval in micro seconds*/
  unsigned long interval_us_;
};
#endif

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Q: How to retrive multiple values to jsp page from arraylist I'm setting array list of values like
              <%  while (rss.next()) {
                arrlist.add(rss.getString("Trx_No"));
                arrlist.add(rss.getString("Trx_Date"));
                arrlist.add(rss.getString("Trx_amount"));
                arrlist.add(rss.getString("Trx_Admin")); } %>

I have 20 values in this
and i want to set these in the Jsp page in the fields .
I did like  <%=Trx_No%>, <%=Trx_Date%> <%=Trx_amount%> <%=Trx_Admin%>
Problem is when i did like this im getting the values of tha last 4 in the arraylist. I want all the values intlo table

A: Better way would be create a class that represent this Table for example
class TrxHelper{
 private Integer no;
 private Date date;
 private Double amount;
 private Long admin;
 //accessors, and other required stuff
}

from servlet fetch the data from DB and create a List<TrxHelper> and set it to request attribute and pass it to JSP,
On jsp using <c:forEach> and <c:out> render those in a tabular form

See

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*Hello World #2 (preprocess a request)


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Looks like we got big wave 1 down completed and now we are in progress with complex correction.
Untested area as per chart so we might expect price to get spiked up there.
For the intermediate count we expect wave c down to complete wave B before more upside will happen. Move above 1.0006 voids the count.


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Tobacco Warehouse Burned to the Ground in Oxford
Posted 5:00 a.m. Jan 2, 1998 — Updated 5:00 a.m. Jan 2, 1998
OXFORD — Fire investigators are still trying to find outwhat caused a fire in a Granville County tobacco warehouse.
Smoke could be seen for miles as the Yeargin warehouse burned to theground Friday morning in downtown Oxford.
The warehouse was built in 1965, and contained 2,000 pounds of tobaccoand some fertilizer at the time of the fire.
No one was hurt, but the building is a complete loss. The owner saysthe fire caused about $1.5 million in damages to the warehouse and itscontents.
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The Goldmine Finder software was released at the end of March and it was not without some issues.
The software has been written for part time computer users (like Udo and me) with what is called "one click" technology which means it can be upgraded easily without users having to get a new physical CD or doing lots of fancy electronic footwork to upgrade it.
Goldmine Finder also needs to have a PC with Windows XP with Service Pack 3 or Vista or Windows 7 using Internet Explorer to work.
Alas, there is lots of different computer configurations out there now so some users had problems downloading the software.
Our problem is also communication because the IT guys who wrote the software for us live in the US and there is a communication and time gap.
We are working through the issues and for those (a very small number now) who still cant download we are looking for a solution by providing a standalone version.
..."Wow, just filtered my first set of data !!! I have gone from knowing nothing to being overwhelmed with information. You guys have done a great job in getting this off the ground. This will be my first season so with all this info I don't know where to start."
...Excellent program runs like a dream you have done very well cost should have been at least $100.00 you have short changed yourself congrats on a well thought out program Its now 6.20 am since 2 am I have been trying it out very good thank you.
We have had a few people who loved it and a few who got very frustrated with the download issues - so when you buy it stick with it it will help your research immensely.
Udo and I are very sorry for those people who had download problems - it's the last thing we want with any of our information which we try to provide in a simple and easy to understand format.
Here is a video created as an example on how we think the programme could be used for research.
Look at newspaper articles, old books and mine names, business reports, whatever you find, and then research the site and mines in the surrounding area.
Overlay this on the Geo Maps and Tengraph and look at the ground around the locality and between the groups of mines until you find some ground which is prospective and free then you are targetting good gold prospective ground.
The video above called "Goldmine Finder Finds Treasure Island" shows you how.
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We also met a lovely couple, Mandy and Sean with their kids metal detecting out of Meekatharra, they used the salt lake AI coils and found about 98 grams of beautiful salt lake gold.
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At the last APLA meeting it was mentioned that when the new legislation is passed regarding issue of Miners Rights and rules for prospecting there will possibly be some "on the spot" fines teeth put in the legislation.
We will keep you informed about this through the website and newsletter when we hear more.
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We will answer questions more rapidly and post them through Facebook so everyone can see the answers and what is happening that will affect prospecting and your right to prospect.
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Our Lady of Prompt Succor offers us hope for new year
By Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond
Clarion Herald, Archdiocese of New Orleans
Certain events change the course of human history. Sometimes those events are accomplished in a rather short period of time. Other events go on for a very long time – sometimes days or months or generations.
One of the questions asked about the Battle of New Orleans 207 years ago is this: How long did it take? We don't really know, but the estimate is that it took no less than 45 minutes and no longer than two hours. And yet, for more than 200 years, we have spent thousands upon thousands of hours retelling this miraculous story.
And we should.
We will tell it again on Jan. 8, 2022, not for the sake of human history, but to thank Mary for her prayers with us and for us, and to thank God for the victory that was made possible. When we look at the story of the Battle of New Orleans, it was really a story about fear.
On Jan. 7, 1815, General Jackson knew quite well that he had a very small and weak army. Nobody would ever fool him. He knew he was facing the forceful British army in the battle, but defeat was not in the heart of General Jackson and his army, nor was it in the hearts of the wives and the children and mothers of the soldiers and the people throughout the city.
These people decided to spend the night in prayer, asking for God's protection, asking for the intercession of our Blessed Mother under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor.
They gathered at the chapel of the Ursuline convent on Chartres Street. The Ursuline Sisters invited people to come and spend an evening in prayer for God's protection through Our Lady of Prompt Succor. They prayed before the statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, asking for her prompt and speedy assistance and her motherly love.
They prayed for their loved ones who were fighting in battle. They prayed for the preservation of the city. They prayed for peace and for justice. And, the very next day, on Jan. 8, while Msgr. Dubourg, later Bishop Dubourg, of New Orleans was celebrating Mass at the altar of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, he was interrupted in the middle of Communion. A messenger ran into the chapel and said, "The victory is ours! The victory is ours!"
General Jackson was not a particularly spiritual man, but he himself admitted that this had to be God's intervention. So, he went to the Ursuline convent to thank the sisters for their prayers and to thank Mary for assisting him in this miracle.
It is in thanksgiving that you and I gather 207 years later to give thanks to God and to ask for Mary's continued prayers in our journey of life.
We gather to honor Our Lady of Prompt Succor and fulfill a promise that the sisters made on that day, that they would celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving and sing the "Te Deum," which we will do to fulfill that promise.
The Jan. 8 feast reminds us that Mary is indeed our mother. She cares for us, she prays for us and she goes to her Son to bring our needs to him, just like in the Gospel when Mary saw the needs of the young couple on their wedding day in Cana and wanted to save them from embarrassment. So, she asked her Son to help them. Her Son said, "It is not yet my time," and Mary then said, "Do whatever he tells you. Trust him."
Mary continues to remind us today that we are to trust God and that we need God, just as she needed God. We need Mary's example and her prayerful support as we face some of the battles and the challenges of today in our world. For nearly two years, everyone across the globe – especially our health-care workers – have fought the battle brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, there are forces in society today that say that any discussion in public of God and religion is not politically correct. Atheism is in – it is becoming more popular. We have taken God out of our schools and businesses. Religious feasts have become secular.
More than 200 years after the Battle of New Orleans, we ask Our Lady of Prompt Succor to bring all these concerns to her Son, and we promise to do whatever he tells us, that we may trust him and persevere and win the battles that are before us.
Mary calls us to be bold and courageous, not to be ashamed of our faith or of living our faith in the public square. Mary reminds us that we must do whatever her Son asks of us and be a voice for justice and peace and faith in our lives.
In our personal lives, there are also challenges. There is tension or disappointment or infidelity in the family, illness or simply misunderstanding. In those challenging moments, Mary walks with us as Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Once again, when we ask for her, she brings our concerns to her Son and calls us to persevere and to trust in him.
As we remember the battle of 1815, there is a new battle today in this great, historic city of New Orleans. The battle of today looks very different than it did 200 years ago. It's not soldiers on the field in Chalmette. The battle of our day is rooted in a lack of respect for human life, in a society where at times people show their revenge. Arguments are not settled by words or compromise but with a gun or a knife. This new battle of New Orleans has resulted in murder, in violence and, when hearts are turned to hatred, in racism.
Innocent children are killed by a stray bullet. There has been so much blood spilled on our streets. In the midst of this darkness, in the midst of these challenges, we once again go to Our Lady of Prompt Succor, knowing that she walks with us, she listens attentively to what we ask of her to bring to her Son Jesus. In response, she says, "Do whatever he tells you. Trust in him. Persevere."
On this day, we remember the past with much gratitude and thank Our Lady of Prompt Succor for her prayers, her love and her maternal concern. But we also to look at the present to ask that same Our Lady of Prompt Succor to pray with us today that we will be able to face with perseverance the challenges of our personal lives, the challenges of our world and especially the challenges of our great city.
The Battle of New Orleans lasted less than two hours. Some battles of today last longer.
Mary says, "Persevere, never give up."
We say, "Our Lady of Prompt Succor, hasten to help us."
Questions for Archbishop Aymond may be sent to clarionherald@clarionherald.org.