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Fibro Myalgia, Funding Qualifications, Rumball Centre for the Deaf
EN | CJAM-FM Music Department |
This program focuses on disability issues. host Cam Wells will explore all sides of this comparing and contrasting with able bodied life
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Recycling a playlist we try to remember how those songs are tied into Irwin
EN | Scott Snailham | Cheeze Pleeze With Snarfdude and Daffodil
the dude that plays his organ is back...and a veteran TV soap star that sings the beatles. This really seems to be a long and winding episode of CP this week.
Japanese Canadians mobilizing across a broad range of social justice issues
Maya Adachi and Kota Kimura talk about the work of Japanese Canadians for Social Justice.
EN | Scott Neigh | Talking Radical Radio
Maya Adachi and Kota Kimura are members of the Toronto-based Japanese Canadians for Social Justice. Scott Neigh interviews them about the group's origins, its expansive vision of solidarity, and its involvement in struggles on the ground. In 2018, famous Japanese-Canadian poet and novelist Joy Kogawa brought together a number of people that she knew in Toronto to found Japanese Canadians...
Latin Waves interviews Derrick Jensen on his New Book Monsters
Monsters a collection of wild, weird, and whimsical tales with a twist
EN | Stuart Richardson | Latin Waves
Derrick Jensen is an American, anarchoprimitivist, ecophilosopher and radical environmentalist living in Crescent City, California. According to Democracy Now!, Jensen "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Derrick about his latest book Monsters, a collection of fictional tales based on real life issues, they discuss life , death and renewal, the culture of...
WINGS #39-20 Mobilizing Resentment
Anti-feminist, racist, anti-liberal methodologies of the right
EN | Frieda Werden | WINGS
From the WINGS archive: Jean Hardisty's 1999 plenary speech to the US National Women's Studies Association describes the tactics and ideologies of three waves of anti-feminist movements, exemplified by Phyllis Schlaffly, Beverly LaHaye, and Camille Paglia, and concludes by describing the sneaky equality rhetoric of the white-rights movement. She predicted the need for what arose as the Black Lives Matter...
Post Polio, Access Pro Bono (Mental Health) OD Coalition
This program focuses on disability issues. host Cam Wells will explore all sides of this comparing and contrasting with able bodied life.
It's that time again where Daffy's enjoys a few of her favorite pieces of cheeze because....
....it's her birthday...but wait, do we hear a few new songs? and what's with snarf and a surprise of a unexpected birthday gift for Daffy? Inquiring minds will have to listen....
Tenant organizing in a Winnipeg neighbourhood
Sam Smith, Les Scott, and Rob Crooks talk about the work of the West Broadway Tenants Committee.
Samantha Smith, Leslie Scott, and Robert Crooks are renters and current or former residents of the West Broadway neighbourhood in Winnipeg. They are also active members of the West Broadway Tenants Committee, a grassroots group of renters. Scott Neigh interviews them about the committee's work organizing for tenant justice and building tenant power to oppose evictions, excessive rent increases, and...
Latin Waves Interviews author activist John Holloway
John Holloway on his book Crack Capitalism
John Holloway (born 1947) is a lawyer, Marxist-oriented sociologist and philosopher, whose work is closely associated with the Zapatista movement in Mexico, his home since 1991. It has also been taken up by some intellectuals associated with the piqueteros in Argentina; the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement in South Africa and the Anti-Globalization Movement in Europe and North America. He is currently...
WINGS #38-20 Reporting in Kenya Under COVID
Problems and opportunities for women journalists
The advent of COVID added new problems to an already increasingly precarious situation for journalists. More than 600 have been laid off since the start of the pandemic in Kenya alone, and freelancers are especially challenged by things like not having enough money to buy their own PPE. Mwendwa describes what is happening in detail, over a background of her...
Winterizing Drafty Houses
Feeling cold air? Some tips on winterizing the draftiest of houses. And, feeding feather friends.
EN | Victoria Fenner | Harrowsmith Radio - Make, Grow, Sustain, Share
This episode features a return visit from Harrowsmith's resident handyman from Manitoulin Island, Steve Maxwell. This time out Steve offers some good, and timely advice about how to keep your house warm in the winter. Next up, another timely topic, bird seed. Host Wayne MacPhail visits with Barry Bogel, who runs a bulk seed business on equipment his grandfather would...
Epilepsy, Trauma survivor, forensics
Our hosts have decided to take a week off......
...but they leave you with a CP Classic of the time they went out and about in a boat, profiling ALF, a look at the incredible guy named John Davidson and the usual cheezy and kitchy instrumentals you know and hate!
Latin Waves interviews Dr Robert Jensen on his book The End of Patriarchy
The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men
Robert Jensen is an emeritus professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center, and a member of the team developing Ecosphere Studies at The Land Institute. Jensens most recent book, The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men from Spinifex Press, offers a critique...
Rebroadcast: "Jail never saved me. And jail never saves anyone."
Souheil Benslimane talks about the work of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project.
[The following is a rebroadcast of an episode of Talking Radical Radio that originally aired in June 2020.] Souheil Benslimane describes himself as a father, a partner, and an illegalized and criminalized migrant who lives on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory (also known as Ottawa). Since his release from prison in 2018, he has been involved in the Criminalization and...
WINGS #37-20 Mothering Is a Gift
The act of mothering - by mother or another - shapes our brains and our nature
Talk by Genevieve Vaughan, at the 2016 conference of the Mothering Institute for Research and Community Involvement in Toronto. Vaughan demonstrates that the act of mothering is unilateral gift-giving, and that an infant's experience of being mothered (whether by biological mother or other) builds both the physical brain and the template of what it is to be human. She further...
Cheeze Pleeze # 861-A Cheeze Pleeze Covid Parody Christmas Bonus
But WAIT There's More!!!! We extend a CP Christmas, ending 2020 on a high note with...
christmas parodies of what is undeniably affecting all of us this year! Covid 19. Being home so much brings out the parody in a lot of people. Odd perhaps, but that's our show isn't it? Hope you enjoy!!!
Defending the provincial parks system in Alberta
The Defend Alberta Parks campaign to oppose the closing and delisting of provincial parks in Alberta
Taylor Maton is the conservation outreach coordinator with CPAWS Northern Alberta, a regional chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. In recent months, the main focus of her work has been the Defend Alberta Parks campaign. Scott Neigh interviews her about the Alberta government's initiative to close and delist a substantial proportion of parks in the province, and about...
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Where was the Vice President during "Olympus Has Fallen"?
In the 2013 film "Olympus Has Fallen", North Korean forces take over the White House while the President is meeting with the South Korean Prime Minister.
The Speaker of the House is summoned to the Pentagon situation room, where the director of the Secret Service says the following:
Mr. Speaker... as both the President and the Vice President of the United States are unable to discharge the duties of their offices, I'm officially placing you under Secret Service protection. You are the Acting President of the United States.
Throughout the movie, I saw no mention of the Vice President, and he was not among the hostages.
Where was the Vice President during the movie, and why was he unable to discharge his duties as the President's backup?
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He's in the Bunker in the White House
There is dialogue which confirms it:
But if we do nothing, they kill Asher, the Vice President, and his entire National Security team. And Connor, if he's in there.
Since the President and Vice-President are both, effectively, hostages they are unable to discharge their duties and so the Speaker is next in succession.
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Keith Richards calls Metallica and Sabbath jokes2015-09-05
Some say rock is dead. For Keith Richards, it always has been. Strange, coming from the architect of the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band. "It sounds like a dull thud to me," says the Rolling Stone. "For most bands, getting the syncopation is beyond them. It's endless thudding away, with no bounce, no lift, no syncopation." He has even less regard for heavy metal. "Millions are in love with Metallica and Black Sabbath," Richards says. "I just thought they were great jokes." Not that he's about to jump on the hip-hop bandwagon either.
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Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro review
Yet more affordable video voodoo from Blackmagic
Price: £2250
Sam Kieldsen Follow @samkieldsen
23 March 2021 / 10:35 GMT 25 October 2021 / 17:29 BST
Aspiring filmmakers have no shortage of affordable, portable cameras to choose from, but Blackmagic has always offered something markedly different to the likes of Canon, Sony, Panasonic and Fujifilm.
The big-name brands' video-centric mirrorless and DSLR models are strongly influenced by their stills camera DNA, but Blackmagic's cameras are purely designed around the needs of filmmakers. This is the case with the company's latest Pocket Cinema Camera model, the 6K Pro, which nobody should buy for its stills performance, but which is one of the best – possibly the best – affordable enthusiast film cameras around.
Essentially a refined edition of 2019's Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, the 6K Pro builds on its predecessor's impressive offering with a raft refinements and additions. Let's take a look at what you get for your money.
Design and build: Plastic fantastic
The Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro is even chunkier than its two Pocket Cinema Camera brethren, making it the third model in the three-strong Pocket Cinema Camera series to be far too large to fit in anyone's pocket – save anyone wearing parachute pants or clown trews. "Pocket-sized", evidently, is a relative term!
That said, it hits a sweet spot wherein it's both portable (just 1.25kg without a lens) and large enough to get a nice handheld grip on. Some cameras are so tiny as to be tricky to hold steady, but there's a welcome bit of heft here, plus a large textured, rubbery grip for the user's right hand to wrap around. A standard neck strap, should you need it, comes in the box.
The camera body is mainly constructed from tough polycarbonate plastic and carbon fibre, which goes some way towards explaining the low weight. It does feel like it could withstand plenty of rough treatment, but Blackmagic make no specific claims about weatherproofing – so you'd be well advised to keep it out of the rain.
Physical controls are plentiful without being confusing, with most of the chief functions covered by their own button. Interestingly, there are no physical dials on the camera at all, with much of the adjustment done using the 5in touchscreen. It's responsive and intuitive to use, with large on-screen controls that rarely require more than a light tap to register your fingertip.
The main physical difference between this and the 6K model is that this screen now tilts, which aids shot composition when the camera is in awkward positions, such as above or below the user's natural eyeline. It won't flip to face forward, or sideways – but it's definitely an improvement on a purely rear-facing display. It's also significantly brighter than the screens on previous Blackmagic PCCs, which is a huge plus for shooting outdoors on brighter days. We used it outdoors during both overcast and beautifully sunny periods, and glare never became a problem.
Other improvements? The inclusion of a second tripod thread mount on the bottom of the camera (which, with the single point on top, makes a total of three accessory mounting points) and the ability to fit two new add-ons: an OLED viewfinder (available for around £500) and a battery grip (£140ish), the latter of which lets you load three batteries at a time.
Features and performance: More power
On the performance side of things, the PCC 6K Pro includes more notable new touches. It's powered by Sony NP-F570 batteries rather than the lower capacity Canon LP-E6 batteries used by the PCC 6K and PCC 4K. The NP-F570 is longer lasting, giving you around an hour of full-resolution recording per charge as opposed to the 45 minutes the PCC 4K got with its battery – and that's taking into account the PCC 6K Pro's significantly brighter screen, too.
Another useful new addition are the three built-in ND filters (2-, 4- and 6-stop), easily cyclable via a pair of buttons on the back. ND filters make shooting in bright sunlight with your preferred frame rate and ISO possible, and having them included in the camera itself will potentially save a lot of time and effort. Elsewhere the features are much the same as on the PCC 6K.
The Canon EF lens mount remains a good choice, giving you access to a huge range of glass, and it supports autofocus lenses – albeit without the kind of accurate, fast AF setup you'd get with a mirrorless camera. Likewise, there's no built-in image stabilisation here, which is perhaps indicative of Blackmagic's "assume the buyer is a filmmaker already" approach. Want stabilisation? You'll need a gimbal for that – so be aware that you're not getting some of the refinements you'd expect on a Sony, Panasonic, Canon or Fujifilm mirrorless camera.
Connectivity is very impressive, though: not only is there a full-size HDMI output for monitoring (it supports a 1080p/60fps output), but two mini-XLR mic inputs (that's one more than the PCC 6K and 4K models), a standard 3.5mm mic input and a USB Type-C port that can be used for external drive recording. The 12v charging input, meanwhile, can support external power if you're planning on a long shoot.
Image quality: Primed for professionals
With the exact same sensor as the PCC 6K, the 6K Pro doesn't represent a huge leap forward in pure image quality. Or even a tiny leap forward – with the same selection of codecs, resolutions, frame rates, the same 13 stops of dynamic range and (after firmware updates have been applied) the same colour science, it's precisely the same.
That's not a big problem: the 6K already did a great job, and here we get the same but with all the performance, features and design improvements detailed above. You can record video using Blackmagic RAW or ProRes codecs, with a wide variety of different settings to choose from. At its highest quality setting, 12-bit RAW is utterly fantastic, offering you loads of scope in post-production. It takes up a huge amount of storage space, of course, which is why there's the ability to use lower quality settings or switch to lossless ProRes – none of which will deliver anything less than professional-level video, we hasten to add.
Our sample video was shot in Blackmagic RAW at 6K resolution, edited in Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve software and output at 4K.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro verdict
Despite its fairly low price, the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro isn't really a camera for newbies, and it certainly isn't designed for those who want to shoot photographs as well as video. This is aimed at video enthusiasts and professionals who know their chops and are looking for a compact and affordable workhorse capable of capturing broadcast-quality footage with a minimum of fuss.
That said, it would make a great first cinema camera for an aspiring filmmaker, given its accessible design and superb footage. For those who already own a Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, the lack of improvement to image quality means it's probably not worth the upgrade, but the new features and refinements are valuable in themselves.
Stuff Says…
Not for the faint-hearted video dabbler, but seasoned cinematographers will be smitten
Superb recording quality and versatility
Solid, compact and lightweight build
Improvement to battery life
Bad Stuff
No in-body image stabilisation
No AF tracking
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July 12, 2014 by Lance Poling
Living in the Texas Hill Country presents you with scenic views, rugged yet beautiful landscapes, immense wildlife, and much more.
The Texas Hill Country comprises 25 counties in the south and central regions of Texas. The Texas Hill Country includes the two major cities of Austin and San Antonio as well as smaller cities and towns filled with typical Texas charm and unique character.
What are the 25 Counties in the Texas Hill Country?
The Texas Hill Country includes the following counties:
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What is the Landscape of the Texas Hill Country Like?
The Texas Hill Country is a vast expanse of land with a variety of vegetation and views. Much of the terrain in the Texas Hill Country features limestone or granite and is home to Enchanted Rock, one of the largest granite domes in the United States. The Texas Hill Country also includes numerous caverns including the Longhorn Cavern State Park, the Cave Without a Name and the Wonder Cave, which formed after an earthquake along the Balcones Fault. In addition to the granite and miraculous caverns, there are rolling plains and rugged hills and the Texas Hill Country is home to a few species of plants such as the Texas live oak, cedar scrub and the prickly pear cactus.
The Texas Hill Country also features some of the most luxurious water landscapes in all of Texas with the beautiful Lake Travis, Lake Marble Falls, Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin. These natural bodies of water provide residents and visitors of the Texas Hill Country with endless water recreation from kayaking to fishing. Additionally, Texas Hill Country is the origin of the Guadalupe, Medina, Frio, Nueces and San Antonio rivers.
What is there to do in the Texas Hill Country?
Truthfully, the question should read what isn't there to do in the Texas Hill Country? With 25 counties and two major cities, this region of Texas is home to culturally diverse experiences. There is something for everyone located right in the heart of Texas, the Texas Hill Country.
The Texas Hill Country is becoming more famous for it's wine and is currently home to about 40 wineries. These wineries attract nearly 5 million visitors each year and offer first time winery guests and expert tasters alike an inviting and friendly atmosphere.
As previously mentioned, the Texas Hill Country offers visitors a large number of natural attractions from the caverns to bodies of water. Not only is there fun to be had by day, but the Hill Country Alliance seeks to preserve some of the magnificent beauty of the night sky by eliminate "light pollution." The HCA offers several programs, such as Stars Over Utopia, for those that wish to do some star gazing and learn how to protect the night sky.
For those that love to spend time exploring outdoors, head to one of the Texas State Parks in the Texas Hill Country for a bit of geocaching. The area attracts numerous hunters each year for a variety of different types of hunting from white-tailed deer to pheasant.
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Apple Mixed Reality glasses will be available from mid-2022
*Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at TF International Securities, said in a new research report that Apple plans to launch its long-rumored mixed reality glasses in mid-2022, then launch augmented reality glasses in 2025.
We expect Apple's roadmap for mixed reality and augmented reality products to include three major milestones: eyeglasses by 2022, eyeglasses by 2025, and contact lenses by 2030 to 2040.
Analysts believe that headphone products can offer augmented reality and virtual reality experiences while glasses and regular contact lenses can focus on augmented reality applications.
"Many current prototypes of Apple mixed reality glasses weigh between 200 and 300 grams. However, if Apple can fix the technical issues, the final weight should be reduced to 100 to 200 grams, which is better than many models," Guo said. Much lighter virtual reality glasses.
Given the intricate design, Kuo expects the glasses to fetch around $ 1,000 in the US, which is the price of a flagship iPhone.
According to previous rumors, Guo said: The speaker will be equipped with Sony's small OLED screen and multiple optical modules to enable a seamless augmented reality experience. Glasses can also offer a virtual reality experience.
Guo said the glasses will be portable, with independent computing and storage functions, but not as light as the iPhone.
"As technology evolves, we believe that new eyeglass products can also improve mobility," he added.
Kuo believes that Apple headphones have the potential to provide a better experience when compared to current virtual reality products.
As for Apple's augmented reality glasses, Guo Mingo shouldn't hit the market until 2025 at the earliest and he thinks there's no prototype yet.
Guo said that compared to mixed reality glasses, this type of glasses provides an augmented reality visual experience and is positioned as a portable product.
He added: While the headset offers a great experience, the glasses focus more on providing an augmented reality experience for a mobile phone experience.
Kuo hopes to combine Apple glasses with a long-discussed Apple car, which could take several years.
Kuo looks to the future and expects the company to release contact lenses after 2030. He said: This product brings electronic products from visible time to invisible computers.


This beautiful three level house comes with a spectacular view and is perfect for a family home or a weekend getaway. It is on a almost flat lot with an imposing view of Lake Martin. It features an open floor plan, large kitchen, master on main and three additional bedrooms upstairs with one more on the bottom level that could be used as a den, game room or office. One of the upstairs bedrooms is very large and is ideal for lots of little visitors. A sunroom off of the main living area offers a 180 degree view of the lake. The covered boat dock has 2 boat lifts plus a PWC port and a floating dock. The beautiful landscaping surrounds the home with an irrigation system to support. It's a must see home.


The Wandering Monk Blog is a companion site to the Wandering Monk Rolemaster Forums. The main focus of this blog will be to accomodate longer posts or posts with more depth or detail than are covered by the forums.
My name is Erik Youngren and I am the webmaster here for the forums and the blog. I got started in rolepaying in 1983 with the basic D&D Redbox set. In 1986 I started seven years straight of gaming in the MechWarrior universe. In 1992, I retured to Dungeons and Dragons as a player in a 2nd Edition AD&D campaign. I started my own campaign later that year. In early 1994 I switched to Rolemaster 2nd Edition and have stayed there ever since. Occasionally, I play other games and genres. MechWarrior and ShadowRun being my favorites.
I'm married, with two kids, live in Phoenix Arizona and work as a Graphic Designer for Pueblo Publishers, Inc. in Glendale.
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Why Is Obama Scrambling to Catch Up to Putin?
Thank you, Mr. President! In his recent interview with CNN, Obama admitted that US 'brokered' Kiev ukro-nazi coup and Ukraine regime change.
Not that it is a secret to anyone, but it's nice to hear it straight out of the horse's mouth.
The world does need to hear this slip-of-the-tongue admission by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama that USA in fact was behind the violent ukro-nazi coup of February 22, 2014 in Kiev that unseated Yanukovich and created the bloody civil war in Ukraine. Just one day prior, on February 21, 2014, the EU and foreign ministers from Poland, Germany and France put their signatures under a deal between Yanukovich and Kiev maidan leaders, guaranteeing a stop to violence. One day later, based on the direct US order, as was revealed first in the leaked tape by US State Dept's Victoria Nuland, and now by Obama, the violent coup overturned Yanukovich, which resulted in the civil war with tens of thousands dead, Donbass infrastructure bombed into oblivion and Ukraine economy destroyed. See RT video with admission: Obama's guilty conscience talking.
On nother note: notice how hurt Obama sounds during his State of the Union Address and in this interview, towards Putin. Obama comes across as having a fixation on Putin and feeling personally jealous. Not a good thing for a US president, in which he demonstrates both his weakness and insecurity.
I'll leave outside the scope of this piece the fact that Russian economy is hardly in tatters and that mid-to-long-term the EU/US sanctions will benefit the Russian economy tremendously. I talked a lot about that in my various articles and YT videos throughout 2014. Also, see my new videos: LRL5: Manufactured Russian Crisis, US Manipulation and Medvedev Plan and LRL6. Secret Connection: Russian Gas to Turkey – Greek Election – EU Breakup.
In the above interview, Obama is back to justifying what were spectacular fails by the US in 2014, namely, Crimea and Donbass. No, Crimea wasn't any grand master plan by Putin, says Obama. It was merely a reaction to the circumstances AFTER WE BROKERED THE POWER TRANSFER IN KIEV (read: ukro-nazi coup of February 22, 2014 that led to bloody civil war that continues destroying Donbass and killing thousands of people).
Mr. Obama, you bet Putin was reacting to circumstances you and your friends created. If not for the US, there would have been no bloody mess in Ukraine, Donbass would have not rebelled, and Crimea would have still been a part of Ukraine. Read: US Planned to Turn #Crimea into Military Base Against Russia and Striking Geopolitical Similarities: Georgian War – Beijing2008 and Ukraine – Sochi2014.
So, for what it's worth, the citizens of the Russian Crimea are saying: "Thank you, Mr. Obama!" Thanks to you and your government's miscalculations, Crimean people's 23-year-old dream of re-uniting with Russia came true.
Citizens of Russia are also very grateful to you. They are thankful for the sanctions, which allow them to develop their own industry and agriculture that was disadvantaged by the proliferation of the Western produce on the Russian market. Given time, these sanctions will also allow Russia to properly rebuild its financial and monetary system, nationalize Central Bank and re-gain full sovereignty of the Russian currency. This is the beginning of the end of the dollar system.
Citizens of the world are grateful to you, as well. Thanks to the US government's over-reach and ignorant arrogance, people not only in Russia, South America and Asia have woken up. The rebellion is now starting in the EU. The first country to rebel is Greece; Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Slovakia, and eventually France, UK and Germany to follow.
Europe's natural trade partner is Russia. Eurasia, with countries like China and India, is growing fast. Russia is a natural bridge between Europe and Asia. It is through Russia that Western Europe can connect with the booming Asia. Western Europe, Russia and Asia are a natural alliance, allowing people all over the entire continent (Europe + Asia = Eurasia) benefit from each other's strength and borrow each other's expertise.
The development of Eurasia, based on the new cooperative principles, will change the balance of our planet. Abandoning behind today's predatory capitalism, people of our planet need to move to the cooperative society of the future.
America, both North and South, Africa and Australia can then also become the equal and productive partners of the new, stable and cooperative planet Earth. However, to achieve that, first we need to change the imbalanced situation that exists today when single, overly aggressive country tries to dictate to the rest of the world.
The Eurasia story is very important. Stay tuned to my upcoming Earth Shift Reports in which we will discuss it in detail!
US vassals and 'allies' are rebelling all over the world. A loyal vassal and NATO member of many years, Turkey, has effectively switched sides. I remember the Cold War days, when Turkey was the place from where NATO/US bases threatened Russia and the city of Odessa, where I grew up, from the south. Today's Turkey signed the Turkish Stream agreement with Russia and is in line for ascension into SCO. One of the latest occurrences: when Ukraine announced their US sponsors were building LNG terminal in Odessa to replace Russian gas, Turkey that controls the straits announced they won't let US tankers into the Black Sea.
Meanwhile in Greece: after winning the Greek elections, the Syriza party already announced that they would consider exiting NATO and EU. I said in my recent LadaRayLive video about Turkish Stream and Greek elections (see link above) that Cyprus would follow Greece, should Greece decide to exit EU (and NATO). Interesting news crossed the wires from Zerohedge. Cyprus, reportedly, has offered its territory for a Russian navy base. The strategic importance of such location cannot be underestimated.
France is being threatened by the US repeatedly because the French are trying to break the mold and serve as a bridge between Russia and the West. See related articles: Who Benefits from the Death of the French Oil Giant Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie? and Secret Link Between French False Flag Attacks and Ukraine and How US Invaded Europe with Its Army of Manchurian Candidates.
US manages to keep Angela Merkel of Germany in line, but the German people are not fooled. The latest trip to Kiev and Moscow by Merkel and Hollande are a signal of EU's dissent as well. Future will tell us how far this dissent will go, but it's the beginning.
Even Israel and Saudis are starting to rebel.
It's not going very well for Mr. Obama on the international arena, which is why his rating keeps dropping and is at an all-time low for his presidency. Meanwhile, Putin's, already high rating, has jumped up in the past year. Putin's general approval rating is between 83 and 88. Another recent poll showed that if presidential election were held today, 74% of Russians would have voted for Putin, which is a record number. In 2012 almost 64% voted for Putin, in 2004 – 68%.
Seems like all Obama is doing lately is scrambling to catch-up to Putin all over the world. Putin goes to Cuba – several months later Obama announces that 50 years of anti-Cuban sanctions have been an epic fail and that US needs to re-establish relations with Cuba (check out my articles about Cuba and Putin's trip to Latin America on this blog). For years, Russia has been working with Iran, lessening the impact of Western sanctions and brokering various agreements between Iran and the West. Suddenly, Obama remembers that anti-Iran sanctions are also a fail and announces that Iran, after all, does have the right to nuclear energy.
Putin recently went to India, signing $20bln worth of trade agreements. Barely a few weeks later, Obama followed in Putin's tracks. He tried to convince India to leave the BRICS, offering some perks that weren't fully disclosed.
Signs are important. A red carpet was rolled out for Obama in India. But as Obama descended from his plane, his tank-like limo drove onto the red carpet and blocked Obama's path. To shake hands both Obama and Indian president had to walk around the limo.
Later, Obama watched a military parade in his honor, while chewing gum, which Indians took as an insult. They should have pitied him instead as chewing gum actually denotes discomfort and nervousness.
I can certainly see why Obama had felt nervous while watching that military parade. For one, Indians were demonstrating rockets, tanks and other serious military hardware. The polite Indians would always make their guest welcome, but in this case, this demo of the Indian military power was no doubt meant as a subtle (well, not so subtle, perhaps) hint not to try anything funny as India would be capable of defending itself. But the clincher was that Indians made Obama sit through the parade filled with latest Russian technology recently purchased by India. Anyone would start chewing gum at such humiliation!
After Obama's visit to India, China issued a rare official warning to India that they shouldn't get too close to the US and that they should stick with their BRICS friends. China is obviously acting here on behalf of other BRICS countries. But in reality, China needn't worry. US won't get anywhere with India. Same goes for Iran and Cuba.
For all these countries US overtures are too little too late. These jerky moves by Obama denote desperation and admission of the fact that power is slipping away from the world hegemon wannabe.
In the very beginning of 2014 I predicted that US getting involved in Ukraine and orchestrating the illegal nazi coup in Kiev would not get them anywhere long-term. I said that they already lost, but they don't know it yet. Unfortunately, the energy that is clearly set in stone in the cosmic sense; in other words, something I can clearly see as already manifested as a mystical futurist, takes a long time to play out in 3D. 3D is the three-dimensional reality of the physical dimension in which humanity exists. Therefore, what was clearly visible to me since February 2014, is only now starting to manifest in the physical reality.
I also said that at this time of massive Earth Shift and re-building of the entire human econo-political system, smaller countries and countries that are in-between (the ones whose allegiances could be divided) could benefit by negotiating preferential deals with both sides. It's sort of like children of divorced parents, who can get twice the presents and ice cream from both. But such things only go so far. At some point everyone will have to decide which way they go.
As to India, I hear my Indian friends saying that Russia is their most loyal friend that had proven time and again their friendship. Therefore, there is no question in their mind which way to go.
Neither Indians, nor Iranians or Cubans, not to mention Greeks, Italians, Kazakhs, South Americans and Chinese have any illusions about the US. They know very well who their friend is, and who isn't. When I traveled in Asia in the early 2000, I was amazed at how people felt towards the US in countries such as Malaysia. The past 12 years and latest Malaysia Airlines false flags only reinforced their opinion.
This information is diligently suppressed in the West, but the rest of the world understands very well that it was US, together with its vassals, who orchestrated the bloody nazi coup in Kiev for the purpose of destroying Ukraine, destabilizing Russia and EU, and in order to put a wedge between Russia and EU (for details see my 2014 articles about Ukraine and PREDICTIONS).
People don't buy the official US lies. The old US playbook has stopped working.
So, Mr. Obama, as they say in Russia, don't dig a grave for someone else – you'll fall in it yourself.
The Earth Shift Reports are coming soon. New information has come out that needs to be incorporated. I will only release my reports when the energy is right and when I feel satisfied that I've covered everything I need to cover; in other words, when I feel I've captured the COMPLETE picture. Besides, I want to take into account recent requests by readers for additional information and new Earth Shift Reports. In what order the reports will start coming out? Again, it depends on which one is ready first and how the energy aligns. Please be patient. And as you may probably already know from reading my articles, your patience will be amply rewarded by new revelations!
I have said in my previous articles that the US and EU strategies in Ukraine are multi-prong. The idea is that even if some of the strategies don't pan out, others will. The US and EU each have their own interests, which are in some cases coincide and others are quite different. The main interest of the US is to destabilize Ukraine. By creating an area of permanent instability on the Russian border, US hopes to further destabilize Russia and Eurasia as a whole, as well as to draw a wedge between Europe and Russia. One of the goals was also taking over the Crimea and building US/NATO military bases there, therefore squeezing Russia out of the Black Sea almost entirely. But as we know, that part of their multi-prong stratagem has already backfired. I am sitting back and waiting for the other parts to do the same… As discussed in my previous article, this is just a matter of time: Global Consequences: Russia Announces Eurasian Union and New Currency Altyn.
In addition to the above, the US interests are licking their lips at the prospect of #fracking up the entire country to get to Ukraine's #shale gas. I discussed this issue before, explaining how foolish Ukraine would be to allow that. The prized Ukrainian black soils, #chernozem, would then become unusable, further destroying the already mismanaged Ukrainian agriculture and economy. Read Why Is Canada's PM Harper in a Rush to Visit Ukraine? The illegitimate Kiev junta, as it is called in Ukraine, is ready to sell out Ukraine wholesale. It's never talked about, however, one of the reasons for the protests in Eastern Ukraine is that the citizens don't want fracking done on their land.
In addition to the above, given the state of the US economy and the fact that US gold reserves have been undoubtedly depleted, United States won't say "no" to Ukrainian gold.
Meanwhile, the EU is looking for a new market to dump their goods and for the cheap Ukrainian labor. It doesn't matter that the fledgling Ukrainian industry and agriculture, unable to compete with the West, would be destroyed in the process. This means the EU needs Ukraine as a whole. This is why EU will fight Ukraine's federalization, as proposed by Russia and the Russian-speaking Eastern Ukraine, tooth and nail. However, it turns out there is something else both the US and EU need: a place to dump their highly toxic and harmful to all life nuclear waste. It appears Ukraine is viewed by them as just the place.
Shortly after the Kiev coup, the US stooge Yatsenyuk looted the Ukraine treasury. The Ukraine gold reserve, as reported by various sources, was sent to the USA in 40 sealed boxes for "safekeeping." Through my sources in Ukraine, I learned about this report almost immediately. However, with so many urgent events taking place which needed to be brought to light, I had to postpone this post. I have to admit that I was not surprised in the least at the raiding of Ukraine gold. That to me was the foregone conclusion, which only proves the extent of Kiev's corruption.
People generally misunderstand the nature of the Ukraine's gold reserve. When they talk about it, they visualize gold bars or other conventional bullion. This however, is a completely different story. Ukraine generally doesn't have much of a traditional gold reserve. The little they had was looted and spent by Orange revolutionaries and prior kleptomaniacs in power.
The gold reserve Ukraine still possesses is the gold of the ancient Scythians, or in Russian: Skiffs. From the 10th to 3rd century b.c., and possibly much longer before that, the Great Scythia occupied most of Eurasia. Scythians were the original Arians, and as has been proven by various researchers (knowledge that has been actively suppressed), ancestors of the Russian civilization. I have been researching this issue in-depth. I will be doing a documentary about the forbidden history of the Russian civilization and the suppressed knowledge that has the power to completely change our history as we know it.
Ancient Scythians were distinguished by their incredible mastery of various arts, agriculture and architecture. They were extremely skilled gold smiths. They created the exquisite and very intricate gold jewelry and decorations that were normally buried together with the departing to serve them in the next life. These treasures were hidden in the Kurgans – the round pyramids (also called the Russian pyramids, found throughout the entire Eurasia and possessing mystical powers) that served as mausoleums for the noble Skiffs. The Black Sea coast, what is now southern Ukraine, as well as the Crimea and the vast expanse of the Russian territory, all the way into Siberia and China, was full of these Kurgans. I grew up with various fascinating stories connected to these amazing structures and the mysterious Skiffs.
In the newer history, over the past centuries, some of the Kurgans' treasures were looted. Since the 19th century, and later in the 20th, Russian and Soviet state archeologists took over. Many of the Scythian gold treasures were found and sent to museums. The contents of the Kurgans, which the Russian scientists found on the territory of what is now Ukraine, ended up in Kiev museums or as part of the Ukrainian gold reserve. The Crimean museums kept their part.
I always loved history and felt deep connection to the mythical past of my country. I remember as a child going to museums, marvelling at the intricate gold work and imagining the mysterious civilization of the ancient Scythians stretching from the Black Sea to the Scythian Ocean (Arctic Ocean) as the ancient Greeks called it, through Siberia and parts of China.
The Gold of the Skiffs in Ukraine's possession doesn't have a gold bullion value. In other words, it cannot be melted into gold bullion. The special alloy that Scythians used renders it ineffective as a bullion. This was the reason these treasures survived millennia in the ground. This was also the main reason this part of Ukraine's gold reserve survived the earlier looting of the Kiev kleptomaniacs.
But it has incalculable artistic and historic value, which is estimated at 2-3 billion dollars. I suspect it is a grossly undervalued estimate. But beyond that, to the Russian and Ukrainian people, this is a precious part of their heritage and no one can put a price tag on that!
This priceless Scythian Gold was under the cover of the night secretly shipped by #Yatsenyuk and his cronies to the US via the Kiev Borispol Airport. The explanation given for the gold's disappearance was that it was sent to the US for "safekeeping." I assume it's the same safekeeping as the ancient Mesopotamia museums of Bagdad that had been looted when the US army occupied Iraq. It also reminds me of how the German Nazi army looted Russian museums, including the famous Amber Room that was never recovered; or how the Brits looted the treasures of Egypt and India.
It appears that the US is trying to recoup the $5bln its Assistant Secretary of State Victoria #Nuland spent on "subverting Ukraine." I would be unsurprised if these exquisite works of art end up at a Sotheby's auction with subsequent appearance in private collections of the world's rich and famous.
At the same time as the Scythian gold from Kiev was shipped to the US, the Scythian gold from the museums of the Crimea was being held hostage in the Netherlands. This gold was on loan from the Crimean to the Amsterdam museums. The exhibit was supposed to be returned in March. Suddenly the Dutch announced that since they had signed the loan agreement when the Crimea as part of the Ukraine and now it's a part of Russia, they wouldn't know how to legally return it. This announcement almost gave a heart attack to the Crimean leadership and all the historians, archeologists and museum workers whose pride and joy was this priceless collection.
Scythian gold diadem, Crimean collection. This is the original Golden Fleece! Imagine the intricacy of the detail. And this was done thousands of years ago!
#Holland announced that they would extend the Scythian Gold exhibit till August, 2014 until the legal situation is resolved. Until then, why not squeeze as much money as possible out of the exhibit. It is a mega-popular exhibit in Holland to be sure. The Crimeans are puzzled. The Dutch signed all the necessary agreements in regards to the loan with the Crimean authorities as an autonomous republic within the Ukraine, not with Kiev. Crimea continues being the same autonomous republic, with its own government, flag, anthem and laws, except now within Russia. Crimeans feel there should be no problem for Holland to legally return the gold back to Crimea. The Crimeans hope that Holland will have the common decency not to ship their prized collection to the USA or to the illegitimate authorities in Kiev. They are praying for the speedy return of their collection intact.
More amazingly intricate Scythian gold. The artistry and technique are truly incredible! Notice how expressive the faces and poses are. How advanced their clothes and activities are. These people are wearing trousers, and that's 3 thousand years ago! In Western Europe they only learned to make trousers around Renaissance.
I sincerely hope Holland has more sense than some other countries. This incident is sending such an awful message to the world's art and museum community. It breeds distrust that may sever the important cooperation and art sharing between countries. The only victims will be the people who won't be able to enjoy the treasures of other cultures, which they would never be able to access otherwise.
This info comes from the well-known Russian historian and analyst, professor Fursov. It appears the bought-and-paid-for Ukraine authorities don't mind destroying their country in exchange for personal gain. It appears, Yulia Tymoshenko, who recently was named Ukraine's minister of defence, authorized dumping in Ukraine of the nuclear waste from the US and EU.
Ukraine has no technology or expertise to professionally dispose of nuclear waste. Therefore, we are talking simply burying it in the ground, which would invariably result in the poisoning of the ground water table, with potentially catastrophic consequences for all.
Since Ukraine already has Chernobyl, it was decided that this would the ideal place to bury foreign nuclear waste. But let me remind everyone that back in 1986, the USSR managed to prevent the contamination of the ground water table as a result of Chernobyl – a major feat. It appears present Kiev authorities don't care what happens to Ukraine's land and people.
The prevailing Russian theory is: Tymoshenko ordered the leader of the Western Ukraine #nazis, aka the #RightSector, #Yarosh to organize the transportation and burial of nuclear waste in Chernobyl. He delegated this gruesome task to his associate, Sashko Biliy, aka the infamous #Muzichko. Remember the armed thug who was running around Ukraine threatening prosecutors and beating up authorities? That's Muzichko. I posted a video with his bullying caught on camera in the end of this post.
It appears that Muzichko realized that this assignment would end in his demise, either from radiation or because he would be eliminated as someone who knew too much. Muzichko, aka Sashko Biliy, did not act according to script, which resulted in him being killed by the #Kiev junta several day ago.
Per Russian intelligence, since the plan to bury nuclear waste in Chernobyl has backfired and no one wants to take responsibility for it, as of now there is a train full of nuclear waste stuck on a train station on the border between Poland and Ukraine.
Listen to my interview with the Time Monk Radio's show, The Plane Truth. It includes the analysis of the events in Ukraine; Russia, US and EU's roles and aims; Ukraine and Russia's history and how Ukraine became the artificial entity that it is today. Around 40:00 we talk about striking geopolitical similarities between Georgia war/Beijing Olympics and Ukraine coup/Sochi Olympics. later in the show we discuss the long-ranging predictions for Ukraine, Russia, US, EU, and more!
Or GO TO YOUTUBE TO WATCH!
Ukraine Part 8: Eyewitness from Kiev, and What is USA Really After in Ukraine?


Join Women Leaders in Cannabis and The Emerald Trade Alliance for our second Cannabis Industry Night— A Holidaze Mixer! Come out to the HiFi Music Hall on Wednesday, December 13th at 6:00 PM to 9 PM for a night of making new friends and showing off that holiday attire! Whether you're already in the cannabis industry or looking to get involved, this is an open invitation to everyone 21+! (Yes, you too dudes!) After 9 PM, HiFi Music Hall turns into Free Funk Night so be sure to wear your dancing shoes! Our last Cannabis Industry Night was so much fun that we had to have another! We can't wait!


Welcome to the start of a wonderful school year! My name is Kelly O'Hair and I am very excited to be your child's preschool teacher for the 2018-2019 school year. Our instructional aides in the class this year are Ms. Marisa and Ms. Christina. We are looking forward to having a fun filled and educational school year. Thank you for the opportunity to work with your child.
The instruction hours are from 8:15am to 12:15pm. Drop off will be from 8:10-8:15am and pick up will begin around 12:05pm at the Front Preschool Gate.
If you are late, please go to the Back Gate at the end of the parking lot. Please pick up your child or make arrangements for pick up by 12:15pm.
Please park in unmarked spaces in the parking lot or on the street. Do NOT park in designated spaces (e.g. spaces with a letter and a number).
Please provide an extra set of clothes in a bag marked with the student's name.
Please send in diapers/wipes, if necessary.
Please provide snack, lunch and water daily. Please note that we are a PEANUT FREE facility.


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Government Shutdown Delayed Rules Authorizing Potentially Life-Saving Headlight Technologies
Updated safety rules may not be complete until late 2020.
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 30, 2019
This schematic shows how Adaptive Driving Beams, or ADB, can selectively reshape their lighting to prevent glare for other motorists.
Your car is still operating back in the 1960s – at least when it comes to its headlights, anyway.
Sure, it might use new bi-xenon or even LED bulbs, rather than ancient incandescent technology, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has yet to revise lighting standards that have gone virtually unchanged for a half century, delaying implementation of breakthrough systems that are saving lives in much of the rest of the world.
"We have millions of cars around the world" using the latest lighting technology, said Steffen Pietzonka, a senior marketing executive with Hella, one of the world's largest suppliers of automotive lighting, "but not in the U.S., because American (lighting) regulations date back to the 1960s."
On the positive side, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began the process of updating those standards last autumn, but the process ground to a halt as the federal government headed into shutdown last month. Now, even as NHTSA and other agencies are trying to get their operations started back up, however, President Donald Trump is threatening a second shutdown if he doesn't get the deal he demands for funding a wall along the southern U.S. border.
(Despite government shutdown, January car sales expected to remain strong. Click Here for more.)
Audi's laser headlamps are brighter than conventional lights so the maker's adjusted the lights to prevent glare.
At the best now, observers believe, it will likely take until late 2020 to revise current lighting rules and several more years before new technologies can actually go into production on vehicles that will be sold in the U.S.
Nonetheless, "We're positive about the direction things are heading in," said Matthew Brumbelow, senior research engineer with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, adding that the anticipated changes "will save lives on the road."
There are a number of new lighting technologies that have come to market in recent years – in Europe and Asia, that is, and even Canada. These include laser lighting first introduced on the BMW i8 sports car mid-decade. Now available outside the U.S. on several models, including the newly updated 7-Series, it can blast light as much as a third of a mile down the road, several times further than conventional headlights.
"There's no question that the lights out there on the majority of cars on U.S. roadways are not really adequate for use at speeds above 45 miles per hour on unlit roads," said Greg Brannon, director of automotive engineering for AAA.
The big problem that has led NHTSA to stall the use of advanced lighting technology is the issue of glare. If you were simply opting for more powerful headlamps, like the BMW Laserlight, you'd routinely blind both oncoming drivers as well as those in vehicles ahead.
(Hyundai shows off world's first secondary-collision airbags. Click Here to learn more.)
Even the best conventional headlamps really don't deliver enough light for high-speed night driving, experts warn.
That's an issue another new technology, dubbed ADB, is meant to address. Short for Adaptive Driving Beams, these systems use cameras and other sensors to scan the road ahead, looking for both headlights and taillights. When other vehicles are too close, ADB reshapes or blocks out part of the light beam to prevent glare.
The newest ADB systems can even be used to light up a potential obstacle, such as a deer or a pedestrian. This can be done so precisely that "You can highlight a person walking along the road but not their head so you don't blind them," said Hella's Pietzonka.
Like many of the new safety technologies that have emerged over the last several decades, automakers are charging a premium for laser headlamps and ADB systems, noted Steve Lietaert, Hella's U.S. president. But, "many consumers are willing to pay more" for the added protection such technologies offer.
And, Lietaert said, lighting systems are expected to follow the path followed by technologies like electronic stability control, forward collision warning and blind spot detection, with "prices coming down rapidly" as they get into high-volume production.
Preliminary evidence from Europe suggests technologies like ADB can reduce nighttime crashes. There's no clear U.S. data on the role lighting plays in accidents here, but new lighting systems clearly "hold great promise," said Greg Brannon, the director of automotive engineering for AAA.
(Autonomous vehicles may be further away than promised. Click Here for more.)
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Don't be fooled by the title or the sunny yellow cover of Erin McGraw's new collection, Joy: And 52 Other Very Short Stories. In these snapshots of lives under extreme pressure, each narrator claims the spotlight to tell a powerful, often dark story. McGraw, who lives in Sewanee, will appear at Star Line Books in Chattanooga on March 6.
Maurice Carlos Ruffin casts a satirical spell in his debut novel, We Cast A Shadow. Its unnamed narrator, driven by fierce love for his son, makes decisions that expose his family to the dangers of a world that may seem dystopian but in fact lies excruciatingly close to our own. Ruffin will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on March 2, and at Novel in Memphis on March 16.
Court Gentry, the hero of Mark Greaney's Mission Critical, pursues bad guys all over the world in a bare-knuckled, uniquely American style. Greaney will discuss Mission Critical at Novel in Memphis on February 23, and at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 28.
Elizabeth McCracken's Bowlaway is an epic tale of love, grief, and candlepin bowling. McCracken will discuss her third novel with Ann Patchett at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 22.
In Where the Crawdads Sing, the debut novel by veteran nature writer Delia Owens, a young girl is abandoned in the coastal marshlands of North Carolina. Owens will discuss the novel, a 2018 selection of Reese Witherspoon's book club, at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 18.


I noticed that we can use RESP and AM1-BCC methods to calculate the charge distribution of the ligand while running MD.
My question is: can I use the NPA charge model in order to calculate the atomic point charges of the ligand?
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We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Year 3 practitioner to complement our successful and dynamic team.
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Q: R shiny - How to transform String into piece of code to use it as input on Server.R? I am trying to get values from inputs with IDs like "imp1", "imp2", "imp3",...
There's no limit to the amount of 'imps' so it cannot be done manually.
What i thought is that i could make a list called "impIDList" that gets the amount of 'imps' and assign a String to each entry of the list as "imp1", "imp2",...
The problem is server.R doesn't use the String's to process the inputs but it uses only the imp1, or imp2 or imp3... without the quotes.
That happens when i get to:
impIDList<-for(i in 1:numImp){
              impID<-paste("imp",toString(i))
              imps[[i]]<-input$impID
        }

because impID (3rd line) is "imp1", not to imp1.
ui.R
(...)

  output$imps<-renderDataTable({
        numImp<-(input$num_imp)
        imps<-list()
        impIDList<-for(i in 1:numImp){
              impID<-paste("imp",toString(i))
              imps[[i]]<-input$impID
        }
  })

(...)

If more information is needed (or the question is not in the correct format...) please vote down , but at least say something...I kind of need some help...

A: Ok, i solved it.
server.R uses inputs like " input$something " and creates outputs like " output$something ".
ui.R displays the outputs like xoutput("something"), and the inputs are created in the widget as, for example:
numericInput({
    inputid="imp1",
    label="blah blah"
)}

As i had inputs id's like "imp1", "imp2", "imp3",... and needed server.R to use them as input$imp1, input$imp2, input$imp3,... (without the quotes) i only used a parse inside a for loop. I saved the inputs in a list called "imps", another input called "num_imps" got the number of numericInputs.
The code looks like
v_imps<-reactive({
      numImp<-(input$num_imp)
      imps<-list(c("a","b"))
      for(i in 1:numImp){
            impID<-paste("imp",toString(i),sep = "")
            imps[[1]][i]<-eval(parse(text = paste("input$",impID,sep = "")))
      }

      imps
})

I was going to put images of what i've done but i have not enough rep.
Thanks anyway

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As NowInStock.net has grown over the years, what comes with this is an increase in scale. Unfortunately, we have always relied on 3rd-party providers to complete the last leg of our alert deliveries and continue to do so. It is just too cost prohibitive to use anything other than email-to-text alerting based on the sheer volume of alerts we send. As a result, sometimes email providers and mobile carriers throttle (rate limit) or even black-hole (delete) our alerts.
Your email-to-text address typically is: "number@mobilegateway.com" where "number" = your 10-digit phone number & "mobilegateway.com" = your mobile carrier's gateway. Below are a list of common mobile gateways.
In Gmail, navigate to (Gear Icon) > Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP (Tab) > Add a Forwarding Address (button). Click the button.
Enter your mobile's Email-to-Text address (see below for more details) and click Next.
Click Proceed in the pop-up.
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Setting up a Gmail Filter to forward NowInStock.net alerts.
In Gmail, navigate to (Gear Icon) > Settings > Filters and Blocked Addresses (tab) > Create a new filter (text link).
Enter "alerts@nowinstock.net" into the From field. Click "Create filter".
Check the box next to "Forward it to:", select your email-to-text address in the Choose Your Address drop-down, and click Create Filter button.
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PayWizard is Front Runner in Racing UK's multiscreen strategy
London, 25 November 2013 – PayWizard, the subscriber management and billing specialists for multi-screen media, has teamed up with Racing UK to launch Racing UK Anywhere, a service that allows consumers to watch top-class horseracing on the move and on multiple devices.
PayWizard worked closely with Racing UK on the launch of Racing UK Anywhere, upgrading the horseracing channel's Subscriber Management System (SMS) with its award-winning enterprise class software. PayWizard now provides Racing UK with a single view of its customers across connected devices, maximising operational efficiency and enabling a consistent user experience on all screens.
Racing UK Anywhere enables customers, in the UK and Ireland, to enjoy top-class racing from 33 of the UK's top tracks on three or more platforms and devices including Sky TV, Freeview, Desktop, iPhone, iPad, Android and Mobile Web. The leading horseracing channel, which will broadcast 733 fixtures in 2014, is also using the PayWizard Payment Ecosystem for flexible payment options, and its customer support services.
Over the last four years, Racing UK has developed independent services for web, mobile, and connected devices. By upgrading its SMS with PayWizard, Racing UK can manage the specific platforms on which viewers will be entitled to consume content, future-proofing the company as new devices come to market. Clive Cottrell, Marketing Director at Racing UK, said "In response to consumer demand and trends for access to content across a number of different platforms, we have launched on multiple platforms and screens. But we found that having different systems for multiple devices and multiple relationships meant that gathering payments became problematic, and we therefore required a 'one account' approach. Upgrading with PayWizard was seamless and provides exactly what we need to enable a smooth and consistent consumer experience across all screens."
PayWizard's enterprise class software combines intelligent subscriber management technology with rich marketing functionalities and a powerful finance system, enabling customers to maximise consumer relationships and drive revenues and profitability.
"TV payment models are no longer confined to a subscription service in the living room at home – consumers want content on the move and on any device, and broadcasters and media organisations are responding," said Jamie Mackinlay, Commercial Director, PayWizard. "It's not simply a case of putting content on different devices, however. There needs to be efficient payment processing, intelligent subscriber management technology and customer service operations in place. The momentum we're seeing with new customers selecting our enterprise class software is evidence of the power and flexibility of the solution in enabling them to make money from the content they produce, and to enable viewers to pay for the TV that they want to watch – regardless of how, when, where or on what device they choose to watch it – at the push of a button."


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Google Expands Assistant Device Network, Adds Polyglot Support
August 31, 2018 | scottdavenport | No Comments | Android, Google, Google Home, International, Mobile, Mobile Marketing
When to comes to advantages, Google Assistant devices has one over Echo in international markets. The company, who wants to capitalize on this fact, is expanding multilingual support and has announced a raft of new partners.
One of the many things that was announced, one of the things users can do s switch between languages interchangeably. This is being called "a first-of-its-kind feature only available on the Assistant," by Google. The company says the Assistant will be able to understand "any pair of languages within English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese."
Google even announced new third party smart displays and new smart speaker partners. In the latter category are speakers from Bang & Olufsen, Blaupunkt, Harman Kardon, Kygo, Polaroid and others. Google's own Home Max speaker is also now available in the UK, France and Germany.
The smart display makers include LG and JBL, in addition to the already existing Lenovo device that is currently in the market. It's rumored that Google will be readying the launch of its own smart display later this year. These devices will be seen as "kitchen companions" by the company. In addition to native support for Google software (Calendar, Maps, Photos), they feature YouTube, which Amazon Echo currently cannot access because of a dispute between the companies.
Google Assistant will also be available on more headphones, from including JBL, LG and more.
Source – Greg Sterling


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