Like most enterprise ERP platforms, Infor makes punishing workloads of any infrastructure environment. ERP platforms like Infor demand an fast and proficient IT environment in order to cope with the demanding workloads placed upon it by every department within an enterprise. Combine this daily demand with escalating storage demands and a tightening of security encryption and your IT infrastructure needs to be rather special.
Forthcoming AI and machine learning initiatives are also increasing demands for historic data use, placing further demands on ever stretched server and storage hardware.
At a time when many CIO's and CTO's are evaluating their infrastructure future, questions are being asked. "Can our current infrastructure cope ?", "How scalable are we?", " what are our competitors doing?". For many, this age of uncertainty brings rigorous evaluation with a keen eye on how future technology can help cope with the ever increasing demand for data consumption, application performance and security that doesn't impeach productivity. Small wonder, that for many concepts such as hyper converged and software defined appear attractive – the days of throwing hardware at storage and resilience problems are over and the age of scalable hardware is upon us. Demands for IT environments that can cope with ever increasing storage requirements without placing increasing commercial burden on the business will give rise to alternative IT infrastructure architecture.
Where INFOR is deployed it remains at the core for operational efficiency, driving supply chain, transactions and general through put. To this end the application needs to remain frighteningly resilient, secure and capable of performing to the needs of end users. If it fails, end users will find alternative measure to reach their performance targets. For many that could mean refusing to use a system that fails to perform to their needs.
Research shows that there is a direct link between 'User adoption' and 'System performance'. Where an application is too slow or inaccessible , End user simply stop using it and seek alternative processes or applications that can plug the gap. Resulting in the opportunity for a central ERP platform (and all the benefits of a centralised data repository) being lost.
If you are an Infor user and you're experiencing performance issues, give us a call. We work with a large number of users to ensure their Infor application remains User friendly, compliant and resilient.
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Abili Agituk är en kon i Kenya.   Den ligger i länet Turkana, i den centrala delen av landet,  km norr om huvudstaden Nairobi. Toppen på Abili Agituk är  meter över havet.

Terrängen runt Abili Agituk är kuperad åt sydväst, men åt nordost är den platt. Terrängen runt Abili Agituk sluttar norrut. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Kalolenyang,  meter över havet,  km sydväst om Abili Agituk. Runt Abili Agituk är det glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Det finns inga samhällen i närheten. Trakten runt Abili Agituk består i huvudsak av gräsmarker.

Ett varmt stäppklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är mars, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är juli, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är april, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är juni, med  mm nederbörd.

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Vulkaner i Turkana (distrikt)
Berg i Kenya 200 meter över havet eller högre

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CBS Late-Night Shows Launch on Facebook Watch Video Platform
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CBS is bringing short-form content from "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and "The Late Late Show with James Corden" to Facebook's Watch.
Starting Thursday, fans can view short-form clips from Colbert's "Late Show" on Facebook Watch at facebook.com/colbertlateshow. Content from James Corden's "Late Late Show" will launch on Watch when the show returns on Monday, Jan. 8.
Facebook and CBS aren't discussing the business terms of their partnership. CBS is not producing original content for Facebook Watch; rather, it's distributing clips from the TV broadcasts on the social network as it currently does on platforms including YouTube.
For Facebook, the addition of CBS late-night content is another step forward in its bid to turn Watch into a video destination for episodic content — so that Facebook can serve up more video ads in professionally produced content.
Facebook launched Watch in the U.S. last August, seeded with some shows it paid to produce along with dozens of shows from partners. Ultimately, Facebook execs envision it as a platform for content creators of all shapes and sizes — akin to YouTube.
On YouTube, content from late-night TV shows continues to be a major draw and regularly yields viral hits. In 2017, for example, one of the top-trending YouTube videos of the year was Ed Sheeran's appearance on Corden's "Carpool Karaoke" segment from the CBS show. That's pulled in more than 41 million views since it was posted last June.

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Friday November 4 2016
Felix Spender represents his South West firm
Former army officer Felix Spender, of North Light Solutions, has visited India as part of plans to develop cities in the country and help get people out of poverty.
AN EXPERT in conflict management has visited India as part of plans to develop cities in the country and help get people out of poverty.
Former army officer Felix Spender, of North Light Solutions, based in Bristol and Bath, met with politicians, university representatives and other business owners at the Innovation India conference in Mumbai.
The event, run by the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark (BCCD), looked at the issue of 'Smart Cities' – creating cities with better facilities, which are able to provide their own water and power.
Felix, 57, who has worked on peace keeping missions with NATO in Kosovo and Iraq and is now resolving conflict in businesses and organisations, said: "If I can play a small part in helping to improve people's lives through my involvement with smart cities, then that would be fantastic."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to build 100 smart cities – with the first set to start in the state of Andhra Pradesh, on the south eastern coast of the country.
It includes plans for Amaravati, the new state capital being built from scratch.
Felix, from Warminster, was joined at the event by a delegation from Denmark and the Chief Minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh, Naru Chandrababu Naidu.
The married-father-of-two, who has an office in Colston Office Centre, was selected for his reputation for getting results with integrity.
He said: "I was surprised and delighted to be invited to such a momentous occasion. It is an amazing opportunity to play a role in creating a new city.
"India is a fascinating, colourful place with huge ambition But there is still a large gap between rich and poor. Smart cities will hopefully help to bridge this."
The plan for smart cities looks at a range of approaches – technologies, urban planning, public-private partnership and policy change. Underlying this is a smart approach to people - starting during the planning stages.
Felix, who served in the army for over 30 years and is an accredited mediator, is set to help manage conflict during the ambitious work.
He said: "These are major projects and there will inevitably be disputes, be it internally or from stake-holders. North Light's role would be to assist the project teams deal with conflict quickly and fairly, enabling work to continue.
"Constructive conflict management increases the probability of a project's success and reduces cost. It's about putting people at the centre of the solution to create a win-win for all involved."
India is now one of the fastest growing large economies in the world.
Felix, who has also worked as a consultant for a global risk and investigation service, said: "It's an exciting time, though not without its challenges. The hope is that smart cities will be environmentally friendly and improve the lives of people in that area.
"Technology driven by renewable energy will be available in these cities from the outset, as will clean drinking water and effective waste to energy management.
"India wants to be a world leader in the 21st century and we are delighted to be able to support them".
For more information, visit northlightsolutions.com
"India wants to be a world leader in the 21stcentury and we are delighted to be able to support them."
Felix Spender, of North Light Solutions
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This box is created by Farmed Today and is a smaller version of our 'My Farmed Today Food Box'.
You can Choose between 2 sizes: Small and Regular.
The box is only available for pick-up on Tuesday between 17:00-18:00 at the Green Office at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Please choose for 'Special Rate: VU Students & Staff - Pick up at Green Office' as Shipping method at Check-out.
Please find more information about the box here, but make sure to buy the VU Foodbox, not the 'My Farmed Today Food Box' if you wish to purchase the smaller sized version!
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Q: Undefined variable '$is_table' strong textI'm running a program created in 2014-2015, so a lot of errors due to code adjustments.
this is my code
function print_ob_imageinput($objattr,$w,$h,$texto,$rtlalign,$k,$blockdir) {
    // INPUT/BUTTON as IMAGE
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            // Flags: 1 - Readonly; 3 - No export;
            $flags = array();
            if ($objattr['disabled']) { $flags[] = 1; } // readonly
            if ($objattr['disabled']) { $flags[] = 3; } // no export
            if ($objattr['onClick']) { $js = $objattr['onClick']; }
            else { $js = ''; }
            $this->SetJSButton( $w, $h, $objattr['fieldname'],  $objattr['value'], $js, $objattr['ID'], $objattr['title'],
            $flags, $objattr['Indexed']);
         }
         else {
        $this->mpdf->y = $objattr['INNER-Y'];
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         *_MPDF_PATH,$objattr['INNER-HEIGHT'] *_MPDF_PATH,$objattr['INNER-X']
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}
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if (isset($objattr['BORDER-WIDTH']) && $objattr['BORDER-WIDTH']) { $this->mpdf->PaintImgBorder($objattr,**$is_table**);

with warning Use of unassigned variable '$is_table' and Undefined variable '$is_table'.
i don't have many references and i just learned PHP, where is my coding problem, what should I do to solve the problem?

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Muslims from Russia's Middle Volga region who went to fight for the DNR and LNR in Ukraine were motivated by their sense of belonging to the Russian world Vladimir Putin has talked so much about, according to Rais Suleymanov, editor of Musulmansky mir and someone long rumored to be close to Russia's security agencies.
But in a preservation to the 12th Congress of Anthropologists and Ethnologists of Russia in Izhevsk this week, the often controversial specialist on Islam in Russia says that those Muslims who went defined the concept of "'the Russian world'" in two very different ways (ruskline.ru/news_rl/2017/07/05/chto_est_russkij_mir/).
Many of those who did choose to volunteer, however, chose to do so in order to escape from their everyday life and to change it, something that affected their own "self-assessment and gave rise to a sense of serving a noble goal and being useful," he argues.
Intriguingly, Suleymanov says that "Muslim volunteers from the Middle Volga have not always remained Muslims. Some of them decide that their Russianness means they must become Orthodox or neo-paganist. Which of these they actually chose, he says, depended on what the Russian volunteers around them practiced.
The reason that they could change their religious affiliation, he argues, is "their own weak Muslim religiosity, the influence of their military comrades, and the emotional boost from participating in 'the Russian spring.'" Nonetheless, Suleymanov acknowledges, many Tatar volunteers have remained Muslim.
Suleymanov's argument is one that many in Moscow security community would find congenial, but the sample size for his conclusions was very small. Some Tatars and Bashkirs did in fact go to the Donbass to fight for Moscow's agenda, but their number was too small to make sweeping conclusion about the attitudes of Muslims, Tatars, or anyone else.


Build up your economic resilience and get money skills you can actually use—without having to spend hours slogging through inaccessible books, outdated ideas, or marginalizing assumptions.
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This webinar is designed for people of all class backgrounds who are driven by social justice values and have a desire to heal themselves and the world.
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Writer, artist, facilitator. Founder of Ride Free Fearless Money.
Hadassah Damien is a Brooklyn-based award-winning queer artist, technologist, and educator with Ride Free Fearless Money, an iconoclastic blog and money class series she founded in 2015.
Her mission with Ride Free is to stabilize progressive communities by empowering folks' relationship to their money, to teach hacks for capitalism, and to help people get their time and energy back!
Ms. Damien was raised poor/working-class in Western NY. She's launched both freelance and collective businesses, defaulted on her now-paid-off student loans, and saved $15k while she made $30k/year as a part-time employed working artist touring the US with queer femme art.
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This is a shot taken with an EF24-70mm f/4L IS USM. This type of lens is suitable for reproducing simple images, and is characterised by its ability to capture landscapes from a normal perspective. In other words, it is not suitable for reproducing striking images. Therefore, a complete composition is desired with the use of a zoom lens with a standard angle of view. If the composition is stable, a picture can be taken that, in addition to its realism, can even let you imagine the areas not shown in the photograph.
For example, the photo of a forest floor is shown below covered in lingering snow at the rear with a cluster of beech trees distributed evenly. With this composition, it managed to express a sense of springtime as well as of a refreshing atmosphere.
A beech forest in Fukushima Prefecture. A forest captured in springtime with lingering snow visible between the trees and amidst the soft, green beech leaves.
This 24-70mm lens is capable of covering the wide-angle range up to a slightly telephoto range. With a minimum shooting distance of up to 0.2 m, its ability to capture close-up shots is ground-breaking. With an overall length of 93 mm and a weight of 600 g, it is relatively compact and easy to handle. It is a lens that you can rely on to achieve a fine image quality.
The important thing to note when shooting a forest is to depict the composition with the cluster of trees distributed evenly throughout. To do so, there have to be some trees that stand out in the foreground, middle ground and background. Look for an angle in which these trees do not overlap one another. If the lingering snow can also be captured in the shot, a sense of the season can be evoked.
How do you develop an eye for finding motifs when you enter a forest? You can do so by learning more about the forest that you will be visiting. By getting to know the environment of the forest that you are trying to shoot, the subjects that you want to capture will naturally be defined as well. Upon reaching the shooting location, you should first understand the characteristics that make up the landscape at that spot. By doing so, you will easily be able to find the subject to shoot. The theme of the example above is a representation of a summer-green forest in springtime. Look for a location with a complete forest physiognomy and set up your camera in a spot where the trees do not overlap one another.
Shot at 17 mm, this example depicts a beautiful forest of Mizunara oak trees with a luxuriant growth of dwarf bamboo on the forest floor. Depending on the lens selected, the representation will differ when shooting such a forest. In the example shot at 17 mm using a wide-angle zoom lens, the growth of the forest is expressed by emphasizing the dwarf bamboo on the forest floor. In the example shot at 45 mm using a standard zoom lens, the focus is placed on depicting the forest physiognomy. A sense of distance is expressed by creating a composition that arranges prominent trees evenly throughout the screen in the foreground, middle ground and background.
Create a composition that emphasizes the foreground when shooting with a wide-angle lens. In this picture here, the leaves of the dwarf bamboo are placed in the foreground. A sense of scale can also be created by further incorporating the forest physiognomy in the distance.
Taking photographs with a standard lens is best for shooting landscapes with a straightforward visual angle. The key lies in depicting a composition that arranges the cluster of trees without creating unnecessary space within the angle of view.
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1947. From his late teens, Ishibashi walked throughout Japan with the aim of getting to know the natural landscape of the country. At around 1975, he started to narrow his focus on the natural landscape of the Tohoku region. Since then, he has made it his life's work to reproduce the natural beauty cultivated by the humid conditions that are unique to Japan.


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Marleen Stikker: 'I hope the data agreement invites action'
The Metropolitan Region benefits from digitalisation. But technological developments also bring threats: how do we deal with energy-guzzling data centers and how much power do we give big tech? In the Board Talk series, we talk with Board member Marleen Stikker (director of Waag) about the responsible use of data and technology.
Over the past twenty years, Marleen Stikker was one of the few to warn for the flip side of technology and the dangers of big tech. The critical position of artists, hackers and human rights organisations received little support at the time. Meanwhile many are convinced of the fundamental values at stake. "Nowadays it is fortunately a no-brainer to take an active stance on this subject," says Stikker. "The laws introduced by the European Commission have a major impact, not only the GDPR privacy legislation, but also the Digital Service Act, the Digital Market Act and the AI Act. Added to this are the many lawsuits that, for example, force Google Analytics and 'behavioural advertisement' is prohibited. Companies will have to drastically revise their business model. This also offers opportunities for organisations and companies that take public values as their basis. There is now a great demand for it.
Philosopher and internet pioneer Stikker is director of Waag , Futurelab for technology and society that she and Caroline Nevejan founded. It is a platform for artists, designers and developers. Waag has been the maternity room for Fairphone , has set up a network of maker education and maker places, including in the OBA, and is the initiator of the public stack, a roadmap for repairing the Internet. Waag is also involved in the energy transition , including the Internet of Energy, a global movement working on a new model for the energy sector. Over 2.5 years ago Marleen Stikker has been invited to join the board. She received a wildcard because she does not formally belong to a triple helix organisation: the Waag is not a government, company or knowledge institution .
What does your Board membership bring you?
"The nice thing about my membership is the helicopter view it provides. On a number of major issues, such as the energy management of the region, I get new perspectives from knowledgeable people. Another big plus are the new coalitions that are emerging around responsible digitalisation. It's less easy to do that without such a Board."
"I joined because I think the Board should develop into a socio-economic board. How can we talk about the future of the region , without having civil society organisations structurally involved? And what do we mean by economics? As far as I'm concerned, we are talking about the household of a city or region and that includes the creation of social value. A healthy household in the Amsterdam region encompasses more than the market and science. The triple helix model, which was implemented based on an OECD recommendation from the previous century, brings governments, the business community and knowledge institutions around the table. This century calls for a different triangle: cooperation between public institutions, such as governments and knowledge institutions, civil organisations and private parties. Public-civil partnerships are underexposed and are crucial for the transitions we are in. In concrete terms for the Board, it means that you have a proportional number of makes seats available for social organisations from domains such as healthcare, housing, culture and work. The discussion about this within the Board is still implicit. I would like us to explicitly discuss which values we consider important and which economic model we use."
The Amsterdam municipality has been using Kate Raworths donut model, for which you have long been an advocate. This is an economic model in which growth is no longer central and in which a social lower limit and an ecological upper limit are taken into account.
Can the Board also work with this model?
"In Raworths economic vision the commons get a firm place. The economy is also about public values and how we manage joint sources. The city should think about such things now. How to translate that philosophy into future plans, calculation models, output indicators, tender procedures and governance? How to give public-civil cooperation more space? We should also implement this in financial and legal instruments. We operate in a global context. The support for this philosophy can also be found in other regions. The principles for responsible use of data and technology — what we are currently working on — are also based on public values."
Why is the responsible use of data and technology an important topic for the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area?
"Digitalisation poses major challenges. We have become too dependent on systems, our democracy is being undermined and ownership of data is unclear. At the same time, this digitalisation creates an enormous ecological footprint. A number of Board–members now have a good idea of what is at stake and we are working on a data agreement. The interesting thing is that we are broadening the subject here and thus getting a more integrated picture of digitalisation. I hope that we can show that we are not at the mercy of either China or big tech. We can create a new playing field ourselves by not using Chinese products and not using big-tech platforms. Then you have to think about new revenue models, about new ways of data exchange, such as what AMdEX is working on. At De Waag we also get many questions from SMEs, from retailer associations, delivery services and taxi drivers who cannot compete with the capital-driven and monopoly-oriented platform companies. They need platform cooperatives."
Read more on how Amsterdam Economic Board works on a responsible digital Metropolis
"Sustainable digitalisation means that you include the entire chain. We are now filling the North Sea with windmills. We need that energy to get rid of the gas. But now it seems that hyperscale data centers are prioritised over local needs. Because both the wind farms and hyperscale data centers of private parties, we have handed over those considerations. If energy is supposed to be a utility function, and we also invest a large part of public money in windmills, why let it fall out of our hands? In addition, maybe we also need to do something with our drift to turn everything into data. Everyone assumes that data maximisation is good, but shouldn't we be thinking about data minimisation? After all, data remains an interpretation of the world. And what applies to energy also applies to data. That should also be a utility function that is publicly managed."
What will that data agreement look like in practice?
"I think it's too early to say anything about that. It can become something that the parties sign. That is the least challenging. I actually hope that we will also set up projects on it in the future and that we will use it to anticipate regulations. Which the agreement really invites action. For example, by formulating what we want with facial recognition or how we store data. We should also take a critical look at the software that use crucial organisations in the region: think of the flood defence, telecom organisations, the municipality. We must not give up our strategic autonomy. I hope that the agreement will ultimately make organisations more resilient, for example because they do not build their business on the wrong foot and run ahead of the troops."
Text: Mirjam Streefkerk
Portrait picture: Jimena Gauna, Waag, 2022
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The interview with Marleen Stikker is part 15 of the Board Talk series. In this series we talk with Board members about the biggest challenges for the Amsterdam metropolis. A region which offers healthy, sustainable living, responsible digitalisation and meaningful work for everyone. These are also the most important themes for the Amsterdam Economic Board. Read more interviews in the Board Talk series.
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its Southeast Asia coverage with the introduction of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to its network with effect from 5 July, 2016, increasing its number of destinations in the region to 11.
The new freighter service to Cambodia's capital will operate on a weekly basis en route from Moscow (SVO)-Singapore-Phnom Penh and returning to Sheremetyevo international airport, giving ABC's customers access to seamless connections to more than 600 weekly destinations via the airline's SVO hub. The route will accommodate trade lanes from Cambodia to Europe and the United States, as well as complement ABC's existing Singapore flights.
"Against the backdrop of China's slowing export growth, the Cambodian market looks appealing with double-digit growth in 2015, supported by ambitious airport development plans. By establishing our footprint in this country, not only do we open up new destinations for our customers, but we also strengthen our position in Southeast Asia – the main driver of world trade. We strongly believe that customers with export flows of fashion textiles and garments will benefit the most from this new service, and we will continue to promote our services in Cambodia to create new business relationships and support existing customers. Furthermore, our current services in and out of Singapore are experiencing healthy demand so capacity expansion there strengthens our position too," said Robert van de Weg, ABC's Senior Vice-President, Marketing & Sales.
AirBridgeCargo will operate the new flight with its Boeing 747 freighter, bringing more than 100 tonnes of cargo capacity to the market as well as the unique benefits of a freighter operation, notably aircraft nose loading capability for outsize cargo and expertise in the transportation of special cargoes.
ABC's current network in Asia covers China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Vietnam. The airline operates more than 60 weekly flights from its online stations in the region, with further connections to Europe and the United States via the airline's hub in Moscow and directly.


Interface your rig's VFO to your computer for remote control and automatic logging of frequency, band, and mode.
This chart will help you determine what to order.
Has a built-in interface. Buy the serial extension cable (Straight thru, 9-pin male one end, 9-pin female on the other). OR the USB-RS232 Adapter.
IC-471, IC-475, IC-703, IC-706, IC-718, IC-725, IC-726, IC-728, IC-735, IC-736, IC-738, IC-746, IC-756, IC-761, IC-765, IC-775, IC-781, IC-970, IC-7000, IC-7200, IC-7700, IC-R10, IC-R71, IC-R72, IC-R700, IC-R7000, IC-R7100, IC-R9000, and other rigs that list an Icom CT-17 as an option. Also TenTec Argonaut II, Delta II.
Buy the W1GEE LCU3-I-USB cable (USB cable).
Or buy the W1GEE LCU3-I Cable terminated with a 1/8" phone plug on one end and a 9-pin female DB9 serial connector on the other. You may also purchase a separate USB-RS232 adapter.
Requires a UX-14 interface or compatible replacement. Look for a 1/8" phone jack labeled REMOTE or something like that on the back of your rig.
If you have a UX-14 installed in your radio, all you need is the LCU3-I-USB cable (with a USB jack).
Be sure to Install the drivers as instructed in the manual.
The IC-7800 has a built-in interface and needs only an inexpensive straight-thru cable with a female connector at one end, and a male at the other. Order the Serial Extension Cable.
If your computer does not have a free RS-232 port, order our USB-RS232 adapter.
You may use our LCU-3 interface if you wish to take advantage of the CI-V technology which allows you to run several rigs on the same serial port.
The Ten-Tec Orion & Orion 2 need a straight-thru RS-232 extension cable, male on one end, female on the other. Order the Serial Extension Cable.
TS-440*, TS-450, TS-690, TS-790, TS-850, TS-950, R-5000*, and other rigs that list a Kenwood IF-232C as an option.
Buy the W1GEE LCU3-K Level Converter Cable terminated with a male 6-din plug. This plugs into a serial port. It replaces Kenwood's IF-232C.
*TS-440 & R-5000 need the CHSET-1 Chipset installed in the radio. Equivalent to IC-10. This is in addition to the LCU3-K Level Converter Cable.
TS-50, TS-711, TS-811, TS-940, TS-140, TS-680 need an interface board installed inside the radio. Order the LCU3-K Cable if your rig already has this board. If it does not, order the replacement interface board (see right).
These boards are a plug-and-play replacement for the Kenwood units. Additionally, they include a TTL-RS-232 level converter. You do not need our LCU-3K or Kenwood's IF232C.
The RS-232 connector is a 9-pin female DB-9.
Click here to buy IF-10R boards.
If your computer does not have a free RS-232 port, order the USB-RS232 adapter.
The TS-50 requires an IF-10D interface, which we do not have, and for which we cannot find a source. Kenwood no longer makes them.
TS-2000, TS-870S, TS-590, TS-570, TS-480 series.
These rigs have a built-in interface and need only an inexpensive straight-thru cable with a female connector at one end, and a male at the other. Order the RS-232 Extension Cable, or one of our USB=>RS232 adapters. A USB=>RS232 adapter will plug directly into these rigs.
Buy the W1GEE LCU3-K Level Converter Cable terminated with a male 6-din plug if the radio already has a Kenwood IF-10A/B/C interface board.
In addition, you may also want the USB-RS232 Adapter.
If the radio does not have the board, see the interface boards above.
FT-736, FT-747, FT-767, FT-980, FT-990, FT-1000/1000D, Heathkit SB-1400, FRG-9600, and others with DIN-6 CAT port.
Buy the W1GEE LCU3-Y1 for Yaesu big DIN radios. Cable terminated with a Male 6-pin DIN plug. The RS-232 connector is a 9-pin female DB-9. These interfaces are equivalent to Yaesu's FIF-232.
If your computer does not have a free RS-232 port, order the USB-RS232 adapter. FT-757GXII (not FT-757GX), FT-840, FT-890, FT-900, and others with miniDIN-6 CAT port.
Buy the W1GEE LCU3-Y-2 for most Yaesu mini din radios. Cable terminated with a Male 6-pin mini-DIN plug. The RS-232 connector is a 9-pin female DB-9.
FT-100, FT-817, FT-857, FT-897 and others with a miniDIN-8 CAT port.
Buy the W1GEE LCU3-Y3 or LCU-Y3-USB for Yaesu miniDIN-8 radios. Cable terminated with a Male 8-pin miniDIN plug. Equivalent to Yaesu's CT-62. The RS-232 connector is a 9-pin female DB-9.
These rigs have a built-in interface and need only an inexpensive straight-thru cable with a female connector at each end. Order the CA-DB9F-DB9F.
The FT-3000 and FT-991 have a direct USB connection. Consult the FTDX3000 Series CAT Reference Book for driver download and setup. Order a USB A-B cable (CA-USB) if you don't already have one lying around.
The FT-991 also has a built-in RS-232 port. Order the CA-DB9F-DB9F if you wish to use an RS-232 port.
Has a built-in interface. Uses a null-modem cable.
FT-757GX -- Sorry, no interface available. This rig has very limited computer control capability. It cannot send data to the computer, and you cannot even set the mode by computer. See October 1985 QST, page 38 for an article on how to build your own interface.
Note that the newer FT-757GXII has good computer interface capability, and we sell an interface for it. See above.
The FT-77 does not support computer interfacing.
Adds another six feet to the LCU3 interface cables. Also works with serial devices, such as rig blasters, modems, TNCs, multimode controllers, etc. Extends 9-pin cables.
Connect an extra Icom to your LCU3 interface. Package comes with a six-foot, 3.5 mm stereo cable and a 3.5mm Y plug. Buy additional packages for additional Icoms.


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When I was at university I spent a year living in San Francisco and was introduced to the wonderful world of muffins, or super-sized, beefed-up, fairy cakes.
They're hearty, full-bodied and enough for a breakfast snack on the go or a mid-morning pick-me-up with a cup of coffee.
The flavours on offer are limitless but this recipe (which you can substitute for other berries if you wish) is a safe bet and the crunchy topping gives it an interesting extra layer.
You've not only got the soft, cakey muffin mix, oozing with blueberries, it's topped with a crunchy cinnamon layer to give these muffins a little more character.
I've used coconut oil here, but you can substitute with butter if you prefer. I was sent in some by Kirly-Sue's Kitchen and after my success with a banana loaf, I decided to use some in this recipe as well.
The result – not only the numerous health benefits of the oil – it also gives the texture a really gooey, squidgy feel which melts in your mouth and contrasts brilliantly with the crunchy crumble layer.
You can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this one – I opted for frozen as they're cheaper and have longer shelf-life.
Preheat the oven to 200C, 180 Fan, Gas mark 6. Fill a cupcake/muffin tray with paper cases.
Mix the sugar with the coconut oil and butter until light and fluffy (around three minutes with an electric mixer, five without). Add in the eggs, one at a time, and then slowly pour in the milk, while stirring gently.
Sieve the flour, nutmeg and baking powder into the wet mixture and stir everything together until it's just combined – be careful not to overmix.
Add in the pinch of salt and then throw in the blueberries and give the whole thing another stir.
Set aside to rest for 10 minutes in the fridge.
Now it's time to make the crunchy topping. Mix the cold butter together with the flour, sugar and cinnamon with your fingertips until it looks like fine bread crumbs. This will work better if the butter is fridge-cold.
Now spoon the muffin mixture into your paper cases until each one is two-thirds full. Then heap on a teaspoon of the crunchy mixture on top and pop the tray into the oven for 35 minutes.
The muffins are done when you can press one gently and it springs back, or a sharp knife inserted into one comes out clean(ish).
Leave to cool before eating, they can be frozen or kept in a tupperware container for around four days (I challenge you to make them last that long).


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Chamonix Trip Report: Alpine Climb And Ski From Aiguille du Midi, France
Ryan Nadiak | January 16, 2020 |
The famous Aiguille du Midi station high above Chamonix, France. Credit: Chamonet
Report from 12th January 2020
Chamonix, France is home to some of the most spectacular mountaineering in the world. For this reason, I have chosen to call it home for this winter. Even though I have done a fair share of mountaineering in my past stepping into the more technical side of things here is a major eye-opener.
This past Sunday I had the opportunity to go do the South-East ridge traverse of Tour Ronde. Myself and two others met at the base of the Aiguille du Midi tram in Chamonix at 8 am to catch the second tram up. While rapidly rising above the valley floor we were greeted with first light and a nearly full moon setting to the West. The skies were clear and the wind was non-existent, a perfect day in the alpine was about to begin.
Fredrik leading towards the crux of the climb. Photo: Christoffer Aabol
Upon arrival to the top of Aiguille du Midi, sitting at 3842 meters (12605 feet), we put our crampons on and roped up to descend onto the ridge. The walkout of the station was a little icy so the crampons and ice ax came in quite handy. Once on the Vallee Blanche Glacier, we traversed on our skis to the south, heading towards the Italy and France border. Jagged granite walls rose around us and the summit of Mount Blanc dominated the horizon.
By 10 am we were at the southern end of our ridge traverse and the sun was beaming down warmth. Here we left the skis and switched back over to crampons, ice ax, and roped back in. Some old boot prints were leading up to the start of the climb but not a single person on the ridge yet, perfect! After crossing a small bergschrund and a short boot pack we were on the ridge.
Nearing the base of the ridge where we left our skis and began the climb. Photo: Christoffer Aabol
I didn't have a great idea of what the exposure was going to be like here but quickly realized that to our left it was thousands of feet to the mellower ground. Excited and slightly nervous we began the traverse. Fredrik, a friend from Sweden took the lead, Christoffer followed, and I brought up the rear.
The route involved various difficulties of climbing, major exposure, small sections of snow, and a few down climbs or rappels. At first, it was a little difficult to adjust to climbing up granite slabs with crampons on but soon it was quite helpful because the small tips could grip the tiniest holds with ease. As we worked through the route there were multiple sections where we had to wrap around large rocks and hangover 1000s of feet of exposure to only get onto a tiny ledge or a steep snowfield.
Slowly working up a granite slab with loads of exposure below. Photo: Christoffer Aabol
Near the halfway point on the ridge, we had to straddle knife-edge ridges that wanted to cut you in half! Maneuvering across these was quite exciting and a bit painful.
Continuing along we came to the final crux of the ridge, a pillar of granite that rose nearly 50 feet up from where we stood. Fredrik went first and set up an anchor on the top. He then belayed Christoffer and myself as we made the climb to the narrow summit. On the top, it was barely 2 feet wide, just enough to stand or kneel and hang your feet over the edge. Next, we rappelled off to a nice wide snowy saddle. From here it was easy going to our down climb spot. Once we got to the snowfield to down climb we quickly descended and crossed the bergschrund again to return to our skis.
Fredrik lowering me down off of the final crux section of the ridge. Photo: Christoffer Aabol
Now for the skiing! After a quick bite to eat and some water, we began our 2-hour ski descent down the Vallee Blanche Glacier back to Chamonix. The snow was quite variable but considering it was glacier skiing and it hasn't snowed in nearly a month it was a very fun long run. We reached the valley floor at 6 pm and went directly for a nice refreshing beer to celebrate the long day.
A view of Mont Blanc from the Italian side and a look up the Tour Ronde ridge.
Throughout the entire day, we had incredible views of Mount Blanc and 360 views of the Alps. Without a doubt, one of the most beautiful landscapes I have witnessed and I can't wait for more days like today.
Ryan Nadiak | January 16, 2020
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With steady growth in gaming and a reinvigorated competitor in the form of AMD, Intel has shifted its focus at this year's Computex to powerful desktop processors in a big way.
In recent years Intel has used Computex to try to shake up the laptop market. The chipmaker announced the Ultrabook and later coined the term 2-in-1 here in Taiwan, and more recently it has been pushing concepts such as true wireless computing.
Not all of these initiatives have worked but Intel and its partners have certainly succeeded in making laptops notably thinner, lighter and more attractive (some of these were on display during today's opening keynote). This hasn't been enough, however, to reverse the long slide in the overall PC market.
One rare bright spot has been the high-end systems for gaming, virtual reality and content creation. Intel says sales of its unlocked desktop processors have been growing 20 percent year-on-year. So perhaps it's no surprise that this year it has turned its attention to that market with the announcement of several new products including the world's first 18-core desktop chip. "It's the best of the best," said Intel's Gregory Bryant, the head of the Client Computing Group, in his keynote.
The announcement of the new X-Series, which will be sold under the Core i5, Core i7 and new Core i9 brands, had been widely rumored. But the surprise was that it would scale all the way from a $242 Core i5-7640X with four cores (eight threads) to a $2,000 Core i9-7980XE Extreme Edition with a whopping 18 cores and 36 threads. Intel described it as the first CPU capable of 1 teraflop, or one trillion floating-point operations per second. Altogether the launch includes nine chips with six-, eight-, 10-, 12-, 14- and 16-core variants in the middle.
These Skylake-X processors are a replacement for the Broadwell-E line that currently tops out with Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition, which has 10 cores and carries a list price of a little more than $1,700. The new Core i9-7900X, also with 10 cores, will be priced at $1,000. In a core-for-core comparison of these two chips, Intel said the new i9-7900X will deliver 10 percent better multi-threaded performance and a 15 percent boost on single-threaded applications. One reason for this is an enhanced version of Turbo Boost that improves performance when primarily using one or two cores.
That's in part because the real-world applications of this many cores are very limited. During the presentation, Intel demonstrated VR gaming while simultaneously streaming in 4K on Twitch and Unity's Ralph Hauwert talked about creating games in VR and changing the lighting in a scene more quickly. These are niche use cases, but Skylake-X is also a response to AMD's new Ryzen 7, with up to 8 cores (16 threads) and especially the colorfully-named Threadripper, with up to 16 cores (32 threads) that AMD is expected to discuss in more detail at a press conference tomorrow.
On stage, Intel was showing several motherboards based on the new X299 chipset for Skylake-X as well as HP Omen and Lenovo Legion gaming rigs. Intel was also showing several products based on its new Kaby Lake Core i7 H-Series quad-core processors including Acer Trident 700, Asus ROG Zephyrus and Lenovo Yoga 720 laptops, and an MSI Vortex VR-ready backpack PC. The more interesting demonstrations included a wireless HTV Vive VR headset using 60GHz WiGig and an Intel Compute Card with onboard CPU, storage and connectivity that plugs in to a small desktop or all-in-one.
The other big surprise is that Intel is expecting to get a big performance boost out of Coffee Lake, the next generation of Core processors based on an enhanced process called 14nm++. The company now says that the 8th-Generation Core processors will deliver 30 percent better performance than Kaby Lake, but as usual the devil's in the details, and this comparison of a current Core i7-7500U dual-core to a Coffee Lake quad-core with a much higher Turbo Boost ceiling is raising more questions than it answers. For now, Intel is simply stating that Coffee Lake desktops and laptops will be available in time for the holidays.
Intel by no means neglected laptops and 2-in-1s, highlighting some especially thin designs including the Huawei MateBook X and the ZenBook Flip S, which Asus announced at a packed press conference yesterday. The company also talked about the concept of the Always Connected PC and said some 30 partners are working on models including the Asus Kukuna 2-in-1 with a Core processor and built-in LTE. But overall this year's show belonged to powerful desktops where the competition is ramping up.


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Editors' ChoiceVascular Medicine
Regulation from the Inside Out
Heiko Methe
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. E-mail: heiko.methe{at}med.uni-muenchen.de
Vol. 4, Issue 153, pp. 153ec172
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. E-mail: heiko.methe@med.uni-muenchen.de
A good sports team requires excellent coaching and skillful players who can execute the coach's orders. Similarly in cells, phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) orchestrates cell behavior through its lipid products, which carry intracellular messages throughout the cell. Now, Yoshioka and colleagues have shown how a class II PI3K, PI3K-C2α (C2α), instructs cells to form a healthy vasculature. C2α is found in the endosome, the trans-Golgi network and clathrin-coated vesicles of epithelial, endothelial, and smooth muscle cells. By using C2α-deficient mice, Yoshioka et al. showed that this class II PI3K—specifically, C2α in endothelial cells—was essential for vascular development. After knockdown of endothelial C2α, the authors noted defective endothelial cell migration, proliferation, and tube formation. Deficient C2α also suppressed the RhoA activation induced by vascular endothelial growth factor A, impairing trafficking of vascular endothelial-cadherin (CD144) from the Golgi apparatus to intercellular junctions at the plasma membrane. This decrease in trafficking to the membrane inhibited new vessel formation, whether triggered by ischemia or by the presence of a tumor. Furthermore, depletion of C2α dramatically reduced the barrier function of the endothelium, resulting in an increased likelihood of anaphylaxis and aortic dissection.
The findings by Yoshioka et al. uncover some of the underlying mechanisms that orchestrate endothelial cell behavior. The authors reveal that the class II PI3K C2α is crucial for the formation of a healthy vascular system and for the integrity and barrier function of blood vessels. This kinase may be a potential drug target for combating vascular diseases in connection with disruption in barrier function.
K. Yoshioka et al., Endothelial PI3K-C2α, a class II PI3K, has an essential role in angiogenesis and vascular barrier function. Nat. Med., published online 16 September 2012 (10.1038/nm.2928). [Abstract]
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I refer, in my website's Home page, to the possibility of finding a link to a historical figure, whether famous or infamous, during the course of any genealogy research. The chances of such a discovery are often better than you may think.
Whilst researching my own family tree, I did just that. Usually, I don't put much effort into indirect relationships, such as the marriages of cousins and uncles/aunts.
But now and then, I get a bit carried away and a trigger name pops up.
My 1st cousin 4x removed, William CARTER (1823-1905), married Margaret DAVISON (1827-1895) in 1848. She was the daughter of John DAVISON (1798-1868) and Elizabeth Cook FLECK (1797-1858) who were married in 1825.
The names Cook and Fleck rang immediate bells for me – one obviously, the other not so.
James COOK, (1728-1779) has always been a bit of a hero for me, not just because he had such an influence in the more recent (European) histories of New Zealand and Australia, and his almost superhuman voyages of discovery, but also because he hails from North Yorkshire, where much of my father's side of the family originated (after they left Scotland, that is).
So discovering the use of the name Cook piqued my interest. The Fleck name, however, was even more interesting.
I already knew that Margaret COOK (1742-1804), James' younger sister, was the only member of the Cook family (James' had 7 siblings) to have married and had children and subsequent descendants. None of James' own six children, with his wife Elizabeth BATTS (1742-1835), lived long enough to marry – in fact Elizabeth outlived them all, surviving to the ripe old age of 93 .
Margaret COOK married James FLECK (1739-1817) in 1764. They had a son, also James FLECK (1765-1828) who in 1794 married Margaret ROWNTREE (1772-1798). Their daughter, Elizabeth Cook FLECK (see above) clanged the bells.
So that makes James COOK the 2nd grand uncle of the wife of my first cousin 4x removed. We're almost brothers.


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Ammy Virk-Sonam Bajwa Punjabi Film "PUAADA" Creates a Bang in Industry
Ever since Ammy Virk and Sonam Bajwa's Punjabi film Puaada was announced for release it's been a craze with audiences who have lapped up all things of this comedy entertainer!! The trailer of the film has touched 1 crore views alone, while the songs combined have hit the 2 crore benchmark!! The songs are currently blasting on radios and on mobile phones all across the region as audiences are eager to see their favorite jodi of Ammy Virk and Sonam Bajwa on screen for the fourth time!!
The makers launched all the film's content and posters in such a frenzy that it's trending on movie search engine site IMDB where it's the 7th most trending film nationally!! It's on this list amongst such biggies like Bhuj and Bell Bottom!! This is for the first time that a Punjabi film has made it to a national most anticipated list and that's quite an achievement! This just shows the anticipation and craze amongst the audiences not just only in Punjab but all across the country!
Finally, after a year and a half of waiting, Punjabi audiences worldwide can now get their fill of entertainment on the big screens as Ammy Virk & Sonam Bajwa starrer Puaada hits cinemas worldwide!! The film is all the rage with the youth and family audiences, the trailer of the movie touched 1 crore views and the songs have done more than 2 crore plus views!! So much is the craze for the film that several shows have sold out in advance already and cinema chains across the globe are adding more and more screens to keep up with the demand!!
Puaada is having the biggest release for an Ammy Virk & Sonam Bajwa starrer outside of Punjab in India and also in the overseas markets, says Ammy "this film has the perfect dose of desi and urban content to appeal to all types of Punjabis settled everywhere!" Puaada is a comedy romance family entertainer where Sonam Bajwa's character challenges Ammy's character every step of the way, Sonam says "I enjoy playing strong female characters, and the character of Raunak in this film represents all the girls of today from cities to villages who will do whatever it takes to stand up for what they believe is right."
With its wide appealing trailer and songs, and the pent up demand for audiences worldwide the producers feel encouraged, says producer Atul Bhalla "people have been sitting in homes for a long time now and everyone is looking for good entertainment to provide them good laughs and relief and we promise you Puaada will give you just that."
This is the same team that has brought the previous mega laugh riot Shadaa starring Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa, and this time to the producers are looking to tap those same audiences with this colorful comedy, says producer Pawan Gill "as a production house it's always our endeavor to produce widely appealing content, and the widest possible entrainment for Punjabis is a comedy with romance and after Shadaa we have now tried to give audiences all that but with a twist." What exactly is this twist or Puaada we can now find out by heading out to the nearest theatres and getting our fill of entertainment.
Actor's Ammy Virk and Sonam Bajwa are leaving no stone unturned for the promotions of this film, they have relentlessly been promoting the film on their social media handles and it seems like audiences just can't wait for its arrival in a big way!! So much is the excitement for this movie that rather than the usual Friday release the makers have opted for a Thursday release and we just can't wait to get our favorite tub of popcorn and head back to the cinemas. Puaada releases worldwide on August 12, 2021.
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JVC crammed gobs of features into their I'Art LT-46FN97 starting with the full HD native resolution of 1920 x 1080. The contrast ratio is also very good at 1200:1 making for nice sharp blacks and more realistic colors. The screens brightness is 500 cd/m2 and viewing angles are 178 degrees. The gray-to-gray response time is very good at 7ms ensuring that you see no ghosting or smearing of onscreen images during fast action.
JVC included a CableCard slot that is ATSC/QAM compatible and digital cable ready. JVC uses what they call the 5th generation D.I.S.T. 1080p (Digital Image Scaling Technology) with GENESSA picture processing. Further improving image quality is auto VNR and natural Cinema 3:2 pull down.
Five video status modes are programmed into the set allowing you to change the image settings for brightness and more to suit your tastes and your viewing environment. Connectivity on the JVC I'Art LT-46FN97 is robust with dual HDMI/HDCP inputs, dual IEEE 1394 FireWire connections, dual auto sensing component video inputs, two S-Video inputs and an RF input.
Onboard sound is good with MTS stereo and Dolby Digital. JVC gives you full control over your sound output with adjustable bass and treble and they use MaxxBass technology giving good bass levels with the TV speakers only. Size wise the JVC I'Art LT-46FN97 measures in at 44 3/8 W x 28 ½" H x 4 ¾" D and weighs 69.3 pounds (both dimension and weight are without the stand).
To test the JVC I'Art LT-46FN97 I watched several movies via the Denon S-301 home theater with upscaling DVD player and watched TV with HD signals via my local cable company. Image quality is great with the JVC I'Art LT-46FN97, especially so on HD channels. Skin tones are reproduced well and look life like and colors are bright and vivid.
JVC uses several different technologies to improve image quality and improve black levels that work well. This set has some of the best black levels I have seen on an HDTV set. Dark scenes in movies are crisp and clear and you still get good detail at the transitions form dark to light colors rather than pixilated blocks.
Brightness is very good as well on the JVC I'Art LT-46FN97. The JVC isn't as bright as the Pioneer Elite Plasma I tested previously, but it is on par with the Viewsonic N4251w HDTV set that I use as my reference model. I have to be honest here as well, the JVC image quality is great but I really can't tell much of a difference between the 1080p and the 1080i my Viewsonic is capable of. Personally I am not sure that I would want to pop for the extra cost a 1080p set goes for. I just can't tell enough difference in the image quality to warrant the additional cash outlay myself. JVC lists the MSRP of the JVC I'Art LT-46FN97 at $3499. My reference Viewsonic N4251w is selling for $1575 at the time of this writing making the JVC more than twice as expensive.
Connectivity on the JVC I'Art LT-46FN97 is great and you should be able to connect all your HD components without issue, though I would like to see one more HDMI port for my PS3 or other HD console. As it is my DVD player and HD Cable box use them all up. Sure you can use the component input, but I prefer HDMI.
The JVC remote is well laid out and has buttons for nearly everything you can imagine, which can be a bit overwhelming at times. One source of irritation with the JVC set was the way it changes inputs. When you try to change from one input to the next the TV hesitates long enough to allow a picture to come in at each input selection. Say you want to go from normal TV to HDMI 2. Rather than just being able to scroll down till you get to the input you want and select you have to go through each input on the list and wait for the TV to decide if there is a signal there, even if you know there isn't. That might not sound like much, but if you are trying to switch from DVD to your HD cable on another input in time to catch a show you forgot about it seems like it takes forever to get to the input you want.
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Airwheel two-wheeled scooter S3 is prevailing all over the world
The newly launched Airwheel two-wheeled intelligent scooter S3 just made a public appearance in Netherlands recently. You can steer this two-wheeled self balancing scooter smoothly just like Harry Potter flying on his broom.
Some people within this industry believe that the launch of S3 is an epoch-marking event. Woody Florin Wales, a Mechanical Engineering expert from MIT, says that "This two-wheeled scooter has a great impact on human life. People can use this new portable transporter as a substitution for walking in densely populated cities and never need to worry about finding a place for parking. People who are not convenient in walking can also ride this two-wheeled scooter comfortably for travelling." Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs also said that "Two-wheeled self-balancing scooter will encourage people to change the idea of urban construction."
Municipal construction department also has great expectation in this handy transporter which is easy to control and might help reduce the pollution caused by car after it gained its popularity.
Airwheel two-wheeled scooter S3 is an artwork with perfect designed tire, power unit and sensor system. This two-wheeled scooter is powered by rechargeable Li-ion batteries and will not emit noise or exhaust like a car. It can work successfully as it is equipped with complex micro-gyroscope and intelligent system which can simulate human balance just like the human inner ear structure and central nervous system regulating the body balance, and the sensor is working as human eyes and skin to transfer the data of external changes to the intelligent system to make sure the two-wheeled scooter S3 will not fall over while riding. The riders can control the two-wheeled scooter by leaning body forward and backward, and twist the body to turn direction. This two-wheeled scooter is popular all over the word. It is not only welcomed by young people, but also applied in some import conference.
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Bush and the NAACP
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President Bush finally got around to speaking to an annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Thursday, and he did a reasonably good job of making amends for failing to build a relationship with the nation's most influential civil rights organization during the first five years of his presidency.
To his credit Bush opened his remarks by acknowledging the inappropriateness of his refusals of past invitations from the group – a pattern that made him the first president since Warren G. Harding to so snub the NAACP.
Referring to his introduction by NAACP president Bruce Gordon, the president joked, "Bruce was a polite guy. I thought what he was going to say, 'It's about time you showed up.' And I'm glad I did."
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President Bush finally got around to speaking to an annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Thursday, and he did a reasonably good job of making amends for failing to build a relationship with the nation's most influential civil rights organization during the first five years of his presidency.
To his credit Bush opened his remarks by acknowledging the inappropriateness of his refusals of past invitations from the group – a pattern that made him the first president since Warren G. Harding to so snub the NAACP.
Referring to his introduction by NAACP president Bruce Gordon, the president joked, "Bruce was a polite guy. I thought what he was going to say, 'It's about time you showed up.' And I'm glad I did."
Bush also acknowledged the extent to which his Republican Party has neglected and insulted the African-American community in recent years.
"I understand that racism still lingers in America — it's a lot easier to change a law than to change a human heart. And I understand that many African-Americans distrust my political party," Bush admitted, adding that, "I consider it a tragedy that the party of Abraham Lincoln let go of its historical ties with the African-American community," Bush said. "For too long, my party wrote off the African-American vote, and many African-Americans wrote off the Republican Party."
Those were statements that had to be made if Bush was to be taken seriously at the podium. And the president and his aides deserve credit for recognizing and responding to that requirement.
The president also deserves credit for recognizing that apologies are not enough.
Bush needed to display an understanding that baseline commitments must be made by a political leader who seeks any kind of working relationship with the NAACP and with the tens of millions of Americans who share the group's belief that the struggle for social and economic justice is far from complete. On Thursday, he offered just such a commitment, and he did so with proper enthusiasm.
Speaking of legislation to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act – which some Congressional Republicans have openly opposed and others have sought to undermine with amendments – Bush told the crowd, "Soon the Senate will take up the legislation. I look forward to the Senate passing this bill promptly without amendment so I can sign it into law." (Within hours, the Senate passed the legislation unanimously.)
The president earned a round of loud and sincere applause for that statement.
That was as it should be. Though there is still too much distance between this president and the civil rights community, George Bush has finally taken a first small step to bridge the gap. Of course, he should have done so sooner. But his decision to do so at this point – and to offer both good words and good deeds – ought not be diminished.
There are plenty of reasons to criticize this president and his administration. But when George Bush does something right – even if it is late in the game, and even if his motivations may be tinged with politics – he deserves the measure of praise that might encourage him to continue trying to walk the higher ground.
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US police say 11 children rescued from 'extremists' at 'filthy' hideout
Authorities have arrested two men after 11 emaciated children were found living in filthy conditions at a compound in rural New Mexico last week.
The makeshift compound in Amalia, New Mexico, where police rescued 11 children and arrested two armed "extremists." PHOTO: AFP
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Police say 11 children ages one to 15 were rescued in the US state of New Mexico after officers raided a makeshift compound occupied by armed "extremists".
Two men were arrested after police found them and the children in what one officer called "the saddest living conditions and poverty I have seen," as part of the operation connected to a months-long search for an abducted three-year-old, according to New Mexico's Taos County sheriff's office.
The investigation kicked off late last year on the opposite side of the country in Jonesboro, Georgia, where 39-year-old Siraj Wahhaj of the state's Clayton County was accused of kidnapping his toddler - who was ultimately not found.
The boy's mother told police her child, who she said suffered from seizures along with development and cognitive delays, went to the park with his father Wahhaj last December and never returned.
On Aug 2, Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe of Taos County in New Mexico issued a search warrant describing "a makeshift compound surrounded by tires and an earthen berm" in a subdivision, where Wahhaj along with adult Lucas Morten were thought to be.
The FBI had provided information and surveillance on the spot but "didn't feel there was enough probable cause to get on the property," Hogrefe said.
"That all changed for me when a message was forwarded to us from a Georgia Detective that we reasonably believed came from someone at the compound - the message sent to a third party simply said in part 'we are starving and need food and water,'" the sheriff said in a statement.
A view of a trailer at a makeshift compound in Amalia, New Mexico, where police rescued 11 children and arrested two armed "extremists". PHOTO: AFP
"I absolutely knew that we couldn't wait on another agency to step up and we had to go check this out as soon as possible."
The sheriff described planning "a tactical approach for our own safety because we had learned the occupants were most likely heavily armed and considered extremist of the Muslim belief."
On the morning of Aug 3, a dozen officers kicked off the "all day" operation, discovering the two men with an AR-15 rifle, five loaded 30-round magazines and four loaded pistols, including one in Wahhaj's pocket.
The men at first refused to follow verbal direction, police said, who added the raid went without major incident or injuries.
Morten was charged with harbouring a fugitive and Wahhaj was booked without bond on his Georgia warrant for child abduction.
Three women thought to be parents of the children now in protective custody were also detained for questioning, and were released pending further investigation.


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