The Roads Authority aims to construct, upgrade and rehabilitate more than 1000 kilometres of roads around the country as part of its five-year strategic plan.
-The upgrading of gravel roads in Tseiblaagte residential area at Keetmanshoop has started.
-Two access roads will be constructed in the Oshikuku Constituency this financial year.
The irregular maintenance of gravel roads to Namibia's tourism destinations is a concern to tourism sector stakeholders.
-People with disabilities are still confronted with a lack of roads, accessible to their range of conditions.
-The rehabilitation of roads in the Capital is expected to start in mid-April.
-Heavy rainfall caused severe damage to the Kwena-Machita road in the Zambezi region's Katima Mulilo Rural Constituency.
Namibians returning from holiday had only good things to say about the traffic on the roads.


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I recently got a new computer with Windows 10 and I cannot get the RTI Builder to work on it. It does install, however, upon installation, the program will not open. I have tried running it in compatability mode set to Windows 7, which is what my previous computer had, but the program itself does not attempt to run when prompted. The RTI Viewer, on the other hand, installed and works perfectly. Are there any known issues with Windows 10 that are preventing the RTI Builder from running? Is there some way to work around these issues? I am a graduate student who has worked with RTI for objects in the collections of my school and objects at excavations.
Any suggestions for ways to get this working again are much appreciated. Thanks!
I have Windows 10, and RTIBuilder runs without problems. Might be a Java-related issue. Check to make sure you have the latest version of Java installed on your system.
I had forgotten to respond that it did stem from Java. It was up-to-date according to this Java's test page, but I uninstalled Java, re-installed it, and the RTIBuilder works without any problem now. Thank you!
Go to the help page on java.com: http://java.com/en/download/help/ for information on installing, removing, and testing Java versions.
I had the RTI builder running this morning and it worked just fine. Coming back from lunch the programme would not open again. I have restarted the computer, reinstalled the RTI builder and reinstalled Java. No success. Has anyone got any idea what else I could try?
Update: I found a solution by going directly to the RTIbuilder.jar file, bypassing the .exe launcher entirely. That opened the programme without any issues.


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Two years after Sage Smith's disappearance, family wants answers over discrepancies in missing person cases
C-VILLE
Courteney Stuart
In September, days after 18-year-old UVA student Hannah Graham disappeared, the City of Charlottesville donated $10,000 to the reward fund for information in her case. This week, two years after 2011 Charlottesville High School graduate Sage Smith disappeared, city officials announced they would add $10,000 to the reward fund in her case as well. The then 19-year-old transgender woman, who at the time of her disappearance also used her birth name, Dashad Smith, vanished on November 20, 2012, after making plans to meet an acquaintance and last being seen by witnesses on West Main Street. City officials claim the delay in the donation resulted from a misunderstanding and that they always intended for the two cases to be treated equally. To Smith's family and friends, however, the delay is simply fresh evidence of the stark difference between the way Smith and Graham's cases have been treated by police, media, city officials and the public.
"Where are the stories about my grandchild? Where are the thousands of volunteers?" said Smith's grandmother, Lolita "Cookie" Smith, sitting in the living room of her small Orangedale Avenue duplex on a recent afternoon. She described the pain she experienced daily while watching the historic and unprecedented five-week search for Graham, and the wall-to-wall national media coverage of the case that ultimately helped law enforcement track her accused abductor, Jesse Matthew, to a deserted beach in Galveston, Texas.
She said she doesn't want to take away from the attention on other high-profile cases, but she wants the same effort put into the search for her grandchild.
"Sage was not given a drop in the bucket of what other people got," she said. "I can't see how one person's life is more valuable, regardless of skin color, sexual orientation or ability to pay."
Lolita Smith had been battling breast cancer at the time of Smith's disappearance, and in recent months she has suffered a cascade of additional health woes, including congestive heart failure, which her doctors attribute in large part, she said, to stress and grief. In August, she underwent a triple bypass, and at press time, days after giving an interview for this story, she was back in intensive care.
Smith's father is also wracked with grief and anger, much of it directed at police and, in particular, Chief Tim Longo, whose emotional presence at press conferences during the search for Hannah Graham prompted both praise for his compassion and suggestions that the case had become too personal for him in the national media.
"You got people in this community thinking Chief Longo is racist," said Dean Smith. "I don't think he's racist—not no black and white thing. I think he's classist. Tell him, shed some tears for the other ones that's missing."
Longo declined a request for an interview for this story, but Charlottesville Police Captain Gary Pleasants defends the department's handling of the investigation, which began with targeted searches along West Main Street and on the Corner in the days after Smith vanished, and expanded to a Richmond-area landfill a month later. No sign of Smith was found, and although police have named now 23-year-old Erik McFadden as a person of interest who'd been planning to meet Smith on the evening she vanished, they say they have been unable to locate him. He left town soon after Smith was reported missing, and had a single phone conversation with a detective in which he denied meeting with her. According to Pleasants, phone records in the case indicate McFadden may have met with Smith, and information obtained in the investigation suggests he may have since traveled to South Carolina and Georgia. According to police, his family says they have not heard from him but have not reported him missing.
"Erik McFadden cannot be compelled to either speak with us or come anywhere with us at this point," said Pleasants in an e-mail. "The FBI and Marshal's service do not have jurisdiction in this case and cannot be the lead on it or on any search, however, they can and are using their resources at our request."
C-VILLE legal analyst David Heilberg said McFadden isn't breaking any laws by avoiding police contact.
"He's a witness, that's all he is," said Heilberg, who is not connected to the case.
But former Charlottesville Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Deaton said declaring Smith's case a criminal investigation rather than a missing person case could open up new avenues of investigation and additional resources, giving police probable cause to gain access to McFadden's previously used e-mail and social media accounts and to conduct any other searches that might be relevant. "Especially since Sage has been missing for two years now—that fact makes the probable cause even stronger," said Deaton.
Pleasants, however, said a change in status is unnecessary. "We are currently able to retrieve all needed information with it still being listed as a missing person case," he said.
Smith's family members are not alone in their struggle to understand why their loved one's case isn't receiving more aggressive law enforcement treatment or being covered by national news outlets. Natalie Wilson, executive director of the Landover Hills, Maryland-based nonprofit Black and Missing Foundation, has been working with Smith's family to raise awareness around the case.
"We are not trying to dishonor anyone that's missing, but with minorities, we're not getting the awareness and attention," said Wilson. Forty percent of all persons missing are of color, she said, and the reduced attention to minority cases is a complex issue that permeates every aspect of a case, starting with investigators and then carrying on into media coverage and public response.
"I think it's full circle," said Wilson. "We all have a responsibility in helping to find our missing." She said police often classify minority children as runaways, and that media are less likely to cover such stories. But she added that communities have a responsibility to get involved and give voice to their outrage when someone disappears.
"We have to hold the gatekeepers accountable, but we are important as well," she said. "I don't think the minority community understands that so many minorities go missing."
Smith's identity as a black, transgendered woman placed her in another minority group that is disproportionately victimized, according to Donna Gasapo, an activist who has been supporting Smith's family since her disappearance.
Gasapo is part of a group of activists who spoke before City Council on Monday, November 17, demanding an explanation for the reward discrepancy and a renewed effort on the part of city officials to demand a more aggressive investigation.
"We know this city has the resources to conduct meaningful active missing persons investigations," said Frank Richards. "We demand no less for Sage."
City Manager Maurice Jones said he believes police have worked hard to find Smith, and he notes the police department spent $150,000 of city funds and countless hours on the search for Smith. He did not have a comparable figure available for Hannah Graham, but he pointed to the discrepancy in media coverage both locally and nationally as contributing to the sense that not enough is being done for Smith.
"Sage's case certainly did not catch the eye of the national or state media in the same way Hannah's disappearance did," said Jones.
The delay in the reward money, Jones said, resulted from confusion in the police department. An anonymous donor gave $10,000 to the city for the reward in Sage's case and the city then wrote a check for that amount to Crimestoppers. Jones said when he was approached by police with a request for a donation in the Hannah Graham case, he told them the amount should be the same as the city gave in Smith's case. Police told him the city had given $10,000 for Smith, not realizing the money had actually come from a donor. In an internal memo sent November 14 to Jones and city spokesperson Miriam Dickler, Pleasants explains and apologizes.
"The information we provided the City Manager was incorrect, however we did not realize that at the time," he wrote. "We were in the midst of the Graham investigation and truly believed we were remembering the facts correctly from two years ago."
Gasapo called the timing of the explanation "suspicious" and said it provides an opportunity for increased awareness and a chance to elevate support for Smith and her family.
"You have just shown us what this city is capable of doing in response to a missing person case," said Gasapo. "You have shown us the extent to which resources are available. Why weren't these things made available to us two years ago? It's imperative for Sage and her safety that this community show up for the family now."
A vigil for Sage Smith will be held outside the home of Smith's grandmother at 731 Orangedale Avenue at 7pm on Thursday, November 20.
Anyone with information about Erik McFadden's whereabouts or the investigation should call police at 970-3369 or Crimestoppers at 977-4000. The reward for information leading to Smith's safe return or an arrest in the case is now $20,000.
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Toronto-based writer and cultural critic Rayne Fisher-Quann's TikTok account. Source: TikTok
It's time for an online creators act
Does Bill C-11 do enough for Canadian creators on platforms like TikTok? Or is it time for an act that could help ensure creators are compensated?
by Saskia Kowalchuk, Fenwick McKelvey August 31, 2022
The TikTok "For You" feeds of Canadians are filled with the work of undeniably talented, funny and engaging creators. Producing everything from comedy sketches to makeup tutorials to social commentary, these creators put endless energy into producing high quality, professional videos.
Yet without stable forms of income, many creators like Montreal-musician/comedian Eve Parker Finley or Toronto-based writer and cultural critic Rayne Fisher-Quann employ TikTok as merely one tool in their online arsenal. Visibility on the app can help promote projects with more stable returns, such as a guest video series with CBC or a Substack newsletter. While the lucky few on platforms such as YouTube might be able to make a steady living, sustained income on newer platforms remains a pipe dream.
As Bill C-11, aimed at amending the Broadcasting Act, moves through the Senate, it introduces an existential question on the nature of digital content creation in Canada. Is there a need to regulate the precarious and often exploitative industry of online content creation? This question is particularly valid if the government is willing to view digital creators on such platforms as YouTube and TikTok as distinct from traditional media creatives hosted on digital platforms.
Broadcasting renewal, broadcasting blind spots
Spearheaded by Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, Bill C-11 is an attempt by the Liberal government to bring the Broadcasting Act of 1991 into the digital age. It primarily targets online streaming giants such as Netflix and Spotify with regards to financial contributions to Canadian content production (CanCon).
The ensuing debates over Bill C-11's scope have raised questions about the production conditions of online creators, sometimes labelled influencers. If left out of the broadcasting system today, should online creators be given better protection in future cultural policy?
Not according to many app creators. Some of the most vocal opponents of Bill C-11 in its current form have been representatives from YouTube and TikTok Canada. Both of their written briefs to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage outline their interest in protecting digital content creation in Canada and ensuring the continued viability of the content creator career path. The assumed threat is that regulation will hurt online creators, but it is worth asking if these jobs are viable in the first place.
Online creators as cultural labourers
Across the globe, online creators struggle to succeed and profits are highly concentrated. The U.K. parliament has already conducted a consultation on influencer culture. We have not collected the same knowledge in Canada, and by comparison Canada lags behind in studying online creators, but we do have some evidence.
A significant part of creators' work is keeping up with changes to the platforms. Though most have made themselves experts in how to optimize their content for recommendation, often through informal means, this proves to be a constantly moving target.
Content recommendation algorithms are continuously reworked. Upload schedules are punishing. The fear of lengthy gaps between posts translating into disinterest from the algorithm and eventual obscurity is a well-founded one. In short, this is a career path in an industry with no guarantee of longevity, security, or even sustained profit.
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Creators do not always, or ever, get paid. Content creators are the ones who bring value to platforms such as TikTok but are not employees or even entitled to a paycheque. While TikTok's parent company ByteDance made an estimated $58 billion in global revenue in 2021, most Canadian TikTokers were not eligible to monetize their content.
Programs such as TikTok Creator Fund, a dedicated pool of money dispersed to eligible creators based upon their monthly view counts, or the recently announced TikTok Pulse, which promises to share advertising revenue with top creators, sound exciting. However, neither is available in Canada yet.
Those creators who are able to earn money from the following they have built are either receiving donations via TikTok's in-app currency (with a huge share withheld by TikTok as per the terms of service) or are utilized as talent for hire on the Creator Marketplace. This sub-platform connects brands with influential creators to make branded content, all within the TikTok ecosystem. In short, the economic opportunities that the company promises for creators are merely a chance to become advertisements.
Platform giants claim to be championing the small, independent creator against the tyranny of regulatory overreach. But there is a sense that they are evading regulation over the fear that forced recommendation of Canadian content will translate to algorithmic unfavourability worldwide. The result is threatening the livelihood of creators. Essentially, corporate greed and government short-sightedness are ensuring fledgling Canadian creators are caught between a rock and a hard place.
An online creators act?
When Bill C-11's predecessor was first making the rounds in 2021, researcher Sara Bannerman wondered if regulating discoverability was the most pressing issue when dealing with digital platforms. Much of the debate now concerns what streaming platforms display on their front pages (or the carousel) yet online creators face similar challenges to being discovered.
Some creators worry that their sexuality or body type might disadvantage them. How might an online creators act unmask some of the gendered and racial biases that could be built into such algorithms and allow marginalized creators to thrive?
Going even further, what might a system where digital platforms offer actual financial equity for creators look like? This is not something that would be willingly given by these corporations. More likely, it would require creators to undertake meaningful labour organizing. Ensuring basics such as a guaranteed minimum wage for sponsored content or benefits like health insurance is possible if digital creators wield the power of collective bargaining.
Digital creators have already had some success. Podcasters at Spotify have formed a union. YouTubers, working with management company Standard, used the strength of their creator collective to negotiate better rates for sponsorships. They are also carving a path to equity with their creator-owned streaming service Nebula. Some TikTok creators now work together to share attention. Yet these efforts pit precarious creators against some of the best-funded firms in media.
If Canadians truly wish to grow our digital-first creative industries, the legislation needs to support and give creators new rights. The federal government could support these efforts with legislation. Along the lines of something like Canada's Online News Act, new legislation could grant creators powers for collective bargaining. Forcing arbitration, given the power asymmetries between many sellers and the few buyers, may help. Also key: supporting more independent creators (something the proposed Online News Act may struggle to do).
Bill C-11 might succeed only by sidestepping the difficult, less understood problems facing Canadian creators. Another act should follow. Canadian creators have so much to offer audiences both at home and globally; it's time to make sure they are actually compensated for this work.
Saskia Kowalchuk
Saskia Kowalchuk is a master's student of media studies at Concordia University. Her thesis research focuses on memes, participatory cultures, and cultural production on platforms. Twitter @SaskiaK
Fenwick McKelvey
Fenwick McKelvey is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University. He is co-director of the Applied AI Institute and the Machine Agencies Working Group at the Milieux Institute. Twitter @mckelveyf
by Saskia Kowalchuk, Fenwick McKelvey. Originally published on Policy Options

It's time for an online creators act

by Saskia Kowalchuk, Fenwick McKelvey. Originally published on Policy Options
August 31, 2022

The TikTok "For You" feeds of Canadians are filled with the work of undeniably talented, funny and engaging creators. Producing everything from comedy sketches to makeup tutorials to social commentary, these creators put endless energy into producing high quality, professional videos.

Yet without stable forms of income, many creators like Montreal-musician/comedian Eve Parker Finley or Toronto-based writer and cultural critic Rayne Fisher-Quann employ TikTok as merely one tool in their online arsenal. Visibility on the app can help promote projects with more stable returns, such as a guest video series with CBC or a Substack newsletter. While the lucky few on platforms such as YouTube might be able to make a steady living, sustained income on newer platforms remains a pipe dream.

As Bill C-11, aimed at amending the Broadcasting Act, moves through the Senate, it introduces an existential question on the nature of digital content creation in Canada. Is there a need to regulate the precarious and often exploitative industry of online content creation? This question is particularly valid if the government is willing to view digital creators on such platforms as YouTube and TikTok as distinct from traditional media creatives hosted on digital platforms.

Broadcasting renewal, broadcasting blind spots

Spearheaded by Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, Bill C-11 is an attempt by the Liberal government to bring the Broadcasting Act of 1991 into the digital age. It primarily targets online streaming giants such as Netflix and Spotify with regards to financial contributions to Canadian content production (CanCon).

The ensuing debates over Bill C-11's scope have raised questions about the production conditions of online creators, sometimes labelled influencers. If left out of the broadcasting system today, should online creators be given better protection in future cultural policy?

Not according to many app creators. Some of the most vocal opponents of Bill C-11 in its current form have been representatives from YouTube and TikTok Canada. Both of their written briefs to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage outline their interest in protecting digital content creation in Canada and ensuring the continued viability of the content creator career path. The assumed threat is that regulation will hurt online creators, but it is worth asking if these jobs are viable in the first place.

Online creators as cultural labourers

Across the globe, online creators struggle to succeed and profits are highly concentrated. The U.K. parliament has already conducted a consultation on influencer culture. We have not collected the same knowledge in Canada, and by comparison Canada lags behind in studying online creators, but we do have some evidence.

A significant part of creators' work is keeping up with changes to the platforms. Though most have made themselves experts in how to optimize their content for recommendation, often through informal means, this proves to be a constantly moving target.

Content recommendation algorithms are continuously reworked. Upload schedules are punishing. The fear of lengthy gaps between posts translating into disinterest from the algorithm and eventual obscurity is a well-founded one. In short, this is a career path in an industry with no guarantee of longevity, security, or even sustained profit.

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Creators do not always, or ever, get paid. Content creators are the ones who bring value to platforms such as TikTok but are not employees or even entitled to a paycheque. While TikTok's parent company ByteDance made an estimated $58 billion in global revenue in 2021, most Canadian TikTokers were not eligible to monetize their content.

Programs such as TikTok Creator Fund, a dedicated pool of money dispersed to eligible creators based upon their monthly view counts, or the recently announced TikTok Pulse, which promises to share advertising revenue with top creators, sound exciting. However, neither is available in Canada yet.

Those creators who are able to earn money from the following they have built are either receiving donations via TikTok's in-app currency (with a huge share withheld by TikTok as per the terms of service) or are utilized as talent for hire on the Creator Marketplace. This sub-platform connects brands with influential creators to make branded content, all within the TikTok ecosystem. In short, the economic opportunities that the company promises for creators are merely a chance to become advertisements.

Platform giants claim to be championing the small, independent creator against the tyranny of regulatory overreach. But there is a sense that they are evading regulation over the fear that forced recommendation of Canadian content will translate to algorithmic unfavourability worldwide. The result is threatening the livelihood of creators. Essentially, corporate greed and government short-sightedness are ensuring fledgling Canadian creators are caught between a rock and a hard place.

An online creators act?

When Bill C-11's predecessor was first making the rounds in 2021, researcher Sara Bannerman wondered if regulating discoverability was the most pressing issue when dealing with digital platforms. Much of the debate now concerns what streaming platforms display on their front pages (or the carousel) yet online creators face similar challenges to being discovered.

Some creators worry that their sexuality or body type might disadvantage them. How might an online creators act unmask some of the gendered and racial biases that could be built into such algorithms and allow marginalized creators to thrive?

Going even further, what might a system where digital platforms offer actual financial equity for creators look like? This is not something that would be willingly given by these corporations. More likely, it would require creators to undertake meaningful labour organizing. Ensuring basics such as a guaranteed minimum wage for sponsored content or benefits like health insurance is possible if digital creators wield the power of collective bargaining.

Digital creators have already had some success. Podcasters at Spotify have formed a union. YouTubers, working with management company Standard, used the strength of their creator collective to negotiate better rates for sponsorships. They are also carving a path to equity with their creator-owned streaming service Nebula. Some TikTok creators now work together to share attention. Yet these efforts pit precarious creators against some of the best-funded firms in media.

If Canadians truly wish to grow our digital-first creative industries, the legislation needs to support and give creators new rights. The federal government could support these efforts with legislation. Along the lines of something like Canada's Online News Act, new legislation could grant creators powers for collective bargaining. Forcing arbitration, given the power asymmetries between many sellers and the few buyers, may help. Also key: supporting more independent creators (something the proposed Online News Act may struggle to do).

Bill C-11 might succeed only by sidestepping the difficult, less understood problems facing Canadian creators. Another act should follow. Canadian creators have so much to offer audiences both at home and globally; it's time to make sure they are actually compensated for this work.

This article first appeared on Policy Options and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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Since its inauguration over forty years ago, the first mosque in Winnipeg has been home to a burgeoning Muslim community. Located at 247 Hazelwood Avenue in St. Vital, the Manitoba Islamic Association mosque opened its doors in 1976 to a small yet diverse group of Muslims representing a spectrum of cultures, languages and religious practice. The mosque was always more than a place of worship, it was a place to learn, to play, to socialize. Everyone knew each other. Community became extended family, which meant life-long friendships, disagreements and growing pains. Intertwined throughout the film are firsthand accounts of the establishment of the first mosque by its pioneers, and personal stories of those who grew up in the mosque. Having outgrown its first mosque, the now active community of over ten thousand Muslims has not forgotten its roots.


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Global stock markets were broadly flat over the past week, with the Dow Jones down 0.08%, the S&P 500 treading water and falling 0.03% and the NASDAQ pulling back 1.11%. The MCSI Emerging Markets Index rose 0.17%.
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The level of uncertainty in the markets is historic. Most sessions have been all or nothing, swinging between extreme optimism and pessimism.
According to research published by sentimentrader.com, four of the last seven days had 85% of volume flowing to either the bull or the bear side. Over the past six months, a remarkable 29 days have seen such extreme swings. That's one of the highest totals since the S&P 500 was launched in 1957. Since then, there have been only 10 other similar periods of all-or-nothing behavior. With one exception, these occurred late in a bear market or late in a correction. And with another single exception in 1962, this type of behavior led to higher prices both one month and six months later. The average gain after six months was 14.2%.
Like turbulence in an aircraft, the market's volatile action can be very unsettling.
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19-year-old Music City native, Jaelee Roberts, is no stranger to the music industry. Born to music professionals, Jaelee has grown up backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, in the middle of business meetings, recording studios, and at festivals and concerts. Roberts got her start singing in church at a very early age and she does not remember a time when she wasn't completely in love with music. Jaelee began her journey as an instrumentalist at age 4 with fiddle lessons and has also added guitar, mandolin and piano to her musical arsenal. From age 6 to 12 Jaelee participated in and won numerous music and dance competitions but found that her passion was for performance over competing. Following that passion, she has been blessed with many opportunities to take the stage with a long list of her musical heroes While ranking her on-stage experiences would be next to impossible, a definite highlight will always be joining The Whites – Buck, Sharon, and Cheryl – on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry for a finale version of "Keep On The Sunny Side".
By the time Jaelee was 12 years old she had been in the studio as featured vocalist/harmony vocalist on seven songs: four songs for Tom T. & Miss Dixie Hall's 2013 epic Pickin' Like A Girl collection by the Daughters of Bluegrass on Blue Circle Records and three songs on Danny Roberts' 2014 solo project, Nighthawk on Mountain Home Records.
Jaelee has been very active in a number of youth music organizations including the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Youth Council and Kids on Bluegrass program. Roberts was also chosen from applicants across the United States as a vocal track participant at GRAMMY Camp for two years (2017 in Nashville, TN and 2018 in Los Angeles, CA) which gave her the opportunity to spend two weeks fully immersed in music with her peers – collaborating with songwriters, musicians and recording engineers – and getting instruction from industry powerhouses.
In 2019, Jaelee had two singles released on Euphony Records that received national and international airplay as well as having chart action. The first release, "All My Tears" garnered attention from Patty Loveless saying "Jaelee Roberts...WOW...this girl can sing! She brings a vocal performance to this track that touches the core of what fires me up about music." Bobbie Jean Sawyer with Wide Open Country said, "Roberts' debut single is the spellbinding and divine "All My Tears" penned by Julie Miller and recorded by Emmylou Harris on her career-defining 1995 album Wrecking Ball. Roberts makes the song her own, with chill-inducing vocals straight from the Tennessee hills." Jaelee's second single, the self-penned "One's Real Life", was inspired by a dream and the song's hook "one's real life" was vividly recalled after waking. Also, in 2019, Jaelee was a featured performer at the prestigious Musicians Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Festival in Ohio as well as being an Official Showcase Artist at the IBMA World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC.
While chasing her music dreams, Jaelee is also attending Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, TN) where she is studying Commercial Songwriting and Music Business at the school's College of Media and Entertainment.
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DEC'S ANGER
Ant McPartlin reveals drink-drive arrest caused tensions with best pal Declan Donnelly but that now they're closer than ever before
The best friends were split for the first time in two decades as a result of Ant's smash
By Dan Wootton, Executive Editor
ANT McPartlin told last night how his arrest for drink-driving left best pal Dec Donnelly furious.
Tensions between the pair surfaced for the first time ever as Dec was forced to go on telly alone while his mate went into rehab.
Ant McPartlin has revealed his arrest for drink-driving left best pal Dec Donnelly furiousCredit: Dan Jones
Ant's arrest and rehab trip meant Dec had to go solo for the first time in two decadesCredit: Rex Features
Ant said he saw Dec the day after the crash and that they did not discuss work at allCredit: The Sun
Recalling their first words to each other the day after the crash, Ant, 43, said: "He's angry, of course he's angry.
"But it's justified and I understood it."
The pair have been best pals since they were teenagers and were split for the first time in two decades as a result of Ant's smash.
Dec was forced to go it alone for the last two episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway and the Britain's Got Talent live shows, while he was joined by Holly Willoughby for I'm A Celebrity.
The pair have been best friends since meeting on the set of teen drama Byker GroveCredit: Instagram
Recalling his discussions with Dec in the hours following the collision, Ant says: "I saw Dec the day after the crash and we didn't even speak work.
"It wasn't about that. It was about, 'How are you?' I said: 'I'm not right.' You know, mentally I wasn't in a good place.
"We're friends first and foremost. And we're friends from the age of 13. But of course there's going to be tensions there.
"Because this is not just getting p****d and making a fool of yourself at the office Christmas party — this is drink driving.
Ant says Dec's decision to present without him was absolutely the correct moveCredit: Peter Jordan - The Sun
"He's angry, of course he's angry. But it's justified and I understood it.
"Underneath all of that is love and still is love. And that's what we talked about more than anything."
The pair, both 43, were meeting at Ant's house, where they made quick decisions about the future.
He recalls: "It was absolutely the correct decision for Dec to carry on with Takeaway. If it had been the other way, I would have done the same.
Holly Willoughby filled in for Ant on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of HereCredit: ITV
"But I was taking time out of life, not just work. Work was secondary.
"I said to Dec, 'I just need to take time out and re-evaluate and get better and deal with things going on in my life. It will take as long as it takes.'
"I'm very lucky that I've got an understanding business partner and best friend who said, 'Absolutely, your head is more important than anything.' I had to lock myself away."
The pair next met up when Ant was released from hospital to discuss what would happen on Britain's Got Talent.
Ant told Dec: 'I need to take time out and re-evaluate and get better and deal with things going on in my life'Credit: Getty - Contributor
He says: "It was a very quick discussion.
"We both agreed Dec would do that on his own. I couldn't have done the show, I wasn't ready."
Ant also had a number of meetings with senior executives at ITV, who supported his decision to take an extended break.
He recalls: "We've been on that channel since 1998 and worked our socks off. They were like, 'Take as long as you want. Your job is always here when you want to come back, just get yourself well.'
Ant says his decision to take a break was also supported by senior executives at ITVCredit: Rex Features
"There are people there who care about me. You can't work in an institution for that amount of time without making good lifelong friends."
Ant didn't watch Dec present BGT without him because "I couldn't even think of work".
The decision to let Holly fill his shoes on I'm A Celebrity was much harder.
Ant explains: "What I didn't want to do is make the same mistake as last time. I knew it would pay dividends to take the rest of the calendar year off. He was cool about it. It just made more sense.
Ant says he did not watch Dec present Britain's Got Talent without him last year because he couldn't think of workCredit: WENN
"It would have really altered the recovery programme I'd put in place. That was a difficult decision but my health came first.
"I never thought I'd say it but taking time away from work — something I love so much — has been the best decision.
"Looking back now I should have done it before. I should have took the length of time off I had this time last time.
"But you don't know. Life's a great teacher, isn't it? I wasn't meant to know that yet. I wasn't meant to be that wise yet.
Ant returned to work for the first time on Friday by recording the Britain's Got Talent auditionsCredit: Splash News
"I've had to go through what I've gone through to feel as good as I do today."
Ant returned to work for the first time on Friday by recording the Britain's Got Talent auditions and he is convinced that this time he is ready.
He says: "I am absolutely gagging to get going. I'm a bit anxious, a bit nervous, but ultimately a feeling of excitement and happiness.
"It's been a long time. I want to be back doing what we do. I'm lucky that I love my job. I just want to get back to that.
Ant says hes a bit 'anxious' and a bit 'nervous' but ultimately excited to return to BGTCredit: Splash News
"Britain's Got Talent is the show that gives you the most bizarre days. You don't know what's happening, they don't tell us who's next, they don't tell us who's the next SuBo.
"Nine times out of ten, whoever you think is going to be good on first impressions isn't. It's a nice reintroduction into the workplace for me."
Ant found the decision to walk away from work gut wrenching.
He says: "One of the most difficult decisions I made was to take time out and not do something I love. It's very hard when you're going through the most difficult time of your life. Being at work was a massive help to me — it was the constant. It was a love affair.
Ant says he found the decision to walk away from work gut wrenchingCredit: PA:Press Association/PA Images
"I was with the person who is my best friend. Millions of people would want to do this job.
"I've never lost the feeling of how lucky I am to be where I am. I've never lost that. I always remembered where I came from."
Even with addiction and depression, Ant's on-camera persona remained strong — something he puts down to his and Dec's work ethic. He says: "My work never suffered through all my tough times over the last couple of years.
"I was in a terrible place. My saving grace was work on Saturdays. Getting through the weeks was tough. But rehearsals and doing the live Saturday Night Takeaway was brilliant.
Ant believes he and Dec now have a closer relationship than ever before
"We've been brought up to be professional, me and Dec. We started as child actors and our work ethic is very strong.
"As a 13-year-old you were told you're working with adults, learn your lines, time is money, you've got to get on and do it well. That was instilled in us and we've always kept it with us."
Ant believes he is closer to Dec now than ever before.
He says: "Our relationship is stronger. He was just so supportive and brilliant. Look where we are now. Our life has gone through massive change."
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He's referring, of course, to Dec finally becoming a dad to baby Isla with wife Ali Astall.
He says: "She's beautiful little thing. I'm thrilled for the pair of them. They've wanted to be parents for a long time. The whole world of showbiz was overjoyed for them. I know how much it means to him."
Ant adds: "I've tried to get Dec to bring Isla to work every day on Britain's Got Talent. He's like, 'I can't bring her to work, I've got a job to do.' But I've twisted his arm."
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Wind Power Cleanup Stalls; Medicaid Expansion Plan Questioned
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Sen. Bruce Bostelman in debate Tuesday (Photo by Fred Knapp, NET News)
In the Legislature Tuesday, wind power supporters blocked a proposal to require developers remove the concrete bases for turbines when they're taken down. And senators continued to question how Gov. Pete Ricketts administration plans to expand Medicaid.
Sen. Bruce Bostelman introduced the proposed requirement on wind developers. Bostelman said there are currently 985 wind turbines in Nebraska, and another 2,130 planned.
Bostelman said he was looking ahead to when they reach the end of their 20-25 years of useful life. "There will be a time when a wind turbine is at the end of its useful life. I want to ensure the responsibilities for restoring the land and the ability to pay for it, generations down the line, are solidly on the shoulders of the wind turbine owner," Bostelman said. "This bill is about making sure our land is properly returned to its original condition and preserved for when we are no longer here."
Bostelman said current contracts typically call for wind companies to remove the concrete base for wind towers to a depth of 3 feet below the ground. But that can still leave 3-5 feet of concrete and rebar, in a pad 50-65 feet across, underground. "The crops that are going to be planted over the top of this are going to be stunted, or this will be a dead spot for them, because the roots of corn, the roots of alfalfa, that stuff goes far deeper than the three or four foot of the removals," he said.
Sen. Carol Blood was among those opposing the proposal. She asked Bostelman about his motivation. "Can you tell me the safety or public welfare rationale for such a statute, except to oppose wind energy?" Blood asked.
"This does not oppose wind energy. It does not stop wind energy," Bostelman insisted.
Other opponents said wind energy projects are bringing much needed income and tax revenues to rural areas. And Sen. John McCollister arguing the state shouldn't dictate arrangements for cleanup after wind towers are removed. "This bill is a solution without a problem. I think we need to think of it in this way, because it's absolutely unnecessary and puts landowners under an undue burden and limits their control over their own ground," McCollister said.
Senators used up the three hours scheduled for debate before reaching a vote. Asked later if he has enough support to get it rescheduled, Bostelman said only "We'll see."
Also Tuesday, members of the Appropriations Committee questioned Department of Health and Human Services officials about rising administrative costs for Medicaid expansion.
Sen. Robert Hilkemann questioned the department's proposal to require new Medicaid patients, and some existing ones, to meet more requirements in order to qualify for dental, vision, and over-the-drug coverage.
Hilkemann cited what he said was other states' experience imposing additional requirements for services like those, considered optional under Medicaid. "Lo and behold, they'll do it for about a year or two and then they find out they haven't saved anything. In fact they've cost themselves more money, because they're not cutting down on the services that people get. They're just cutting down on who can provide the services," he said.
Hilkemann gave the example of someone needing an emergency root canal going to the emergency room instead of a dentist. HHS Medicaid Director Matthew Van Patton said people would have access to a dentist in an emergency like that. And he defended requiring people to participate in 'active care and case management' in order to access dental, vision, and over-the-counter drug coverage.
"All you have to do is have a phone call. That ticks the box. You're in 'active care and case management' at that point. They're asking you basic questions around 'When was the last time you had a care exchange? When was the last time you visited a dentist? Do you wear glasses?' You're getting baseline information so you know how best to help that individual find those access points," he said.
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by Michael Schaffer May 12th, 2000 August 29th, 2020
The National Zoo may have traded on the cute and cuddly looks of its star panda, but Hsing-Hsing's keepers knew the late bear was actually kind of a jerk. So you'd think they'd have all gotten behind the push to have the beloved panda stuffed and preserved for new generations of zoogoers: After all, the posthumous Hsing-Hsing would have been as cute as ever but wouldn't have, like, mauled anybody. No such luck: The zoo today nixed the taxidermy scheme.
Hsing-Hsing isn't the only D.C. institution that won't be spending its afterlife here: Metropolitan Baptist Church—which had been threatening to leave for the suburbs ever since fussy Shaw neighbors made the city banish parishioners' cars from a nearby ballfield—today found a new site in Prince George's County, not far from FedEx Field. So now we'll all know who to blame when the Redskins start tripping over oversized Lincoln Town Cars on the 10-yard line.
And also: Folks stuck in the city that Metropolitan Baptist is leaving should write to the president about voting rights, says D.C. Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Norton says we needn't even worry about buying extra stamps: Just tuck your note about representation right in there with the tax form you mail the IRS next week.
D.C. Ducks offers tourists a combo road-and-river tour of the city thanks to amphibious crafts that first saw action in World War II landings like D-Day. Today, though, the Ducks offered visitors their own version of Dunkirk: After a boat ran aground on the Virginia side of the Potomac, D.C. police had to rescue two dozen tourists.
Even more tourists might have been on that boat if D.C. still had its pandas, says Mayor Anthony A. Williams. With the Smithsonian set to shell out a million bucks a year for nonstuffed Hsing-Hsing replacements, Williams today offered to chip in $100,000 annually out of the city's coffers. The D.C. Council soon nixed the scheme.
The World Wide Web may not be as wide as we thought. Two African-American plaintiffs today filed suit against online video-rental firm Kozmo.com after being told that Kozmo wouldn't deliver outside of Northwest D.C. The firm responded by saying that it doesn't deliver to rich Maryland suburbs, either. So there.
It was dirty, stinkin' hippies as far as the eye could see.
More protesters today, but they were in the rain and thus not nearly so photogenic.
So much for that romantic getaway to Minneapolis. A year ago, when Michael Graves designed a cool blue scaffolding to cover the Washington Monument during its renovation, locals raved about the groovy new look—so much, in fact, that Target Corp., the renovation's sponsor, announced plans to re-erect the monument shell in Minnesota. But today, the department-store chain canceled the plans for the expensive, awkward new Midwestern obelisk.
And also: Maybe D.C. can start using all that scrap metal to shore up apartments in Columbia Heights. Vietnamese and Hispanic tenants today filed suit against the city, charging that it was more than a pesky coincidence that they were the first victims of a housing-code crackdown that shuttered apartment houses owned by slumlords. If you believe D.C.'s explanations, well, there's a monument we'd like to sell you….
If Marion Barry had himself been evicted from office back in 1998, he might actually be keeping his promise to retire from politics. Instead, the undefeated ex-mayor has spent much of his 16 months since leaving office answering questions about what would have happened if he had run again. And today, Barry began another round of playing footsy with the media over whether he'll try to answer that question anew: In a Washington Post story, Barry says he's "seriously considering" a run for an at-large D.C. Council seat.
Must be something in the water. Now Barry's successor is maneuvering for election, too. Williams—who managed to make a friendly D.C. Council hate him in just under a year—has announced that "[getting] everything accomplished that we want to achieve is going to take…longer than four years." Williams today set up his very own re-election committee, to help get a leg up on Councilmember Barry or whoever else wants to knock him out in 2002.
And also: Whoever runs this fall will have at least one new target to rail against: Antoine Jones. The teenager is alleged to be the gunman who shot six kids at the National Zoo today. He'll get tried as an adult, and, given the fury over the shooting, it's a wonder no one's pushing to have the defendant stuffed, too.
Jones' elevation to being D.C.'s least popular defendant comes just in the nick of time. Carl Cooper today pleaded guilty to the 1997 Starbucks slayings. He could have faced the federal death penalty, but his plea saves him from that fate.
We're doing a better job locking up our crooks than our liquids. A water main broke today in Tenleytown, flooding a half-dozen homes.
Damn, but those D.C. government shrinks must be a bunch of miracle workers! Just two months after a jury found Tomar Cooper Locker not guilty by reason of insanity for the slaying of boxer Ruben Bell, Locker's lawyers now say…he's cured. Funny how post-trial life just cleans those pesky issues right up.
Locker's been awaiting release almost as long as D.C.'s annual audit. Thirteen weeks after her deadline, now-ousted Chief Financial Officer Valerie Holt finally delivered her audit today—and, other than the bungling en route, it seems to be full of good news: It shows an $86.4 million surplus. That's enough for 860 years of D.C. panda subsidies, for those of you keeping score at home.—Michael Schaffer


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About Tummonds State Nature Preserve
+ Excellent wooded corridor along the Upper Cuyahoga State Scenic River
+ No visitor facilities are present
Tummonds State Nature Preserve was Ohio's first scenic river preserve, designated in 1986. It protects 1.5 miles of river corridor along the Upper Cuyahoga State Scenic River. It is dedicated in memory of Charles A. Tummonds, a long-time friend of the division and advocate of preservation of the Cuyahoga River and conservation in northeastern Ohio.
In addition to the wooded riverine corridor, which contains impressive beech trees, the north part of the preserve contains a small sphagnum bog, dry kame woods, swamp woods, and marsh.
Located approximately .5 mile south of Mantua along OH-44 adjacent to the Upper Cuyahoga State Scenic River. No visitor facilities are present; access to the preserve is poor from OH-44 as most of the preserve is on the north side of the river. Accessible by canoe from the Upper Cuyahoga River.
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Robin Hood: A household name, that robber of the rich and protector of the poor in old England. But no common man was he, and those told and re-told tales of his life are shown as uncommon triumphs of justice and right in this rich telling by Henry Gilbert. The familiar episodes and characters are all here: Little John and the duel on the narrow bridge; the Sheriff of Nottingham and and the contest for the Golden Arrow; Maid Marian and her love for the outlaw Robin Hood. But this account of Robin Hood brings Robin and his band of Merry Men to life as never before, with their courage and strength in battle matched only by their generous loyalty and love for friend, king, and God. Meet Robin Hood in the midst of all the beauty and tragedy of twelfth-century England, where faith grapples with greed and justice wars against oppression. Gilbert's tactile and touching tale of one man's fight for justice shows why the tale of Robin Hood lives on and is worth hearing again and again—because Robin Hood's love for justice and right is one worth making our own.
"He robs the rich and the proud who themselves have robbed to glut their greed and their pride; but he giveth aid and comfort to the poor, and that seemeth to be no man's desire to do. I will gladly see this man, and by the favor of heaven I will make him my friend."
Henry Gilbert (1868–1937) was a popular author of children's literature, including King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys and Girls and The Book of Pirates, as well as his enduring telling of the tale of Robin Hood.
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#ifndef DEV_TESTS_SG_CB_H
#define DEV_TESTS_SG_CB_H
#include <array/NDArray.h>
#include <system/op_boilerplate.h>
#include <types/types.h>

namespace sd {
namespace ops {
namespace helpers {

SD_LIB_HIDDEN void skipgram(NDArray &syn0, NDArray &syn1, NDArray &syn1Neg, NDArray &expTable, NDArray &negTable,
                            NDArray &target, NDArray &ngStarter, int nsRounds, NDArray &indices, NDArray &codes,
                            NDArray &alpha, NDArray &randomValue, NDArray &inferenceVector, const bool preciseMode,
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SD_LIB_HIDDEN void  skipgramInference(NDArray &syn0, NDArray &syn1, NDArray &syn1Neg, NDArray &expTable, NDArray &negTable, int target,
                       int ngStarter, int nsRounds, NDArray &indices, NDArray &codes, double alpha, sd::LongType randomValue,
                       NDArray &inferenceVector, const bool preciseMode, const int numWorkers);

SD_LIB_HIDDEN void cbow(NDArray &syn0, NDArray &syn1, NDArray &syn1Neg, NDArray &expTable, NDArray &negTable,
                        NDArray &target, NDArray &ngStarter, int nsRounds, NDArray &context, NDArray &lockedWords,
                        NDArray &indices, NDArray &codes, NDArray &alpha, NDArray &randomValue, NDArray &numLabels,
                        NDArray &inferenceVector, const bool trainWords, const int numWorkers);

SD_LIB_HIDDEN void cbowInference(NDArray &syn0, NDArray &syn1, NDArray &syn1Neg, NDArray &expTable, NDArray &negTable, int target,
                                 int ngStarter, int nsRounds, NDArray &context, NDArray &lockedWords, NDArray &indices, NDArray &codes,
                                 double alpha, sd::LongType randomValue, int numLabels, NDArray &inferenceVector, const bool trainWords,
                                 int numWorkers);

SD_LIB_HIDDEN int binarySearch(const int *haystack, const int needle, const int totalElements);
}  // namespace helpers
}  // namespace ops
}  // namespace sd

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Mack C. Chase
(1931-04-29) April 29, 1931 (age 88)
Artesia, New Mexico, US
Artesia High School
oil and natural gas tycoon
Richest person in New Mexico
US$700 million (June 2018)[1]
Marilyn Yvonne Stack
(m. 1953; her death 2016)
Edgar and Marie Chase
Mack C. Chase (born April 29, 1931) is an American "oil and natural gas tycoon", who made his money in the oilfields of the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico.[1]
Mack C. Chase was born on April 29, 1931, the fourth of eight children of Edgar and Marie Chase.[2] He started work in the oil industry at age 14, and after graduating from Artesia High School in 1950, went to work for Nash, Winfor and Brown.[2] He served in the US Army form 1951 to 1953 as an A&E Mechanic.[2]
Chase worked on oilwells with his father and brother George, before starting his own business in 1968.[1]
In 1979, he went into partnership with John R. Gray and started the pumping services company Marbob Energy, before expanding into drilling, but they split soon after 1991.[1] Chase started Mack Energy, which in 2007 sold much of its property to Concho Resources.[1]
Chase is still active in oil, and owns Chase Farms and Deerhorn Aviation.[1] As of June 2017, Chase is the richest person in New Mexico.[1]
In 1953, Chase, aged 22, married Marilyn Yvonne Stack, who was 18. They have three children, Robert, Richard and Gerene.[2][1] She died in 2016, shortly after their 63rd wedding anniversary.[3] He lives in Artesia, New Mexico.[1]
^ a b c d e f g h i "Mack C. Chase". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
^ a b c d "Founder". Chase Foundation. 1931-04-29. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
^ "Marilyn Chase 1935 - 2016 Obituary". Carlsbad Current-Argus. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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RALEIGH, N.C - June 14, 2000 —
Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ:RHAT), the leader in open source Internet infrastructure solutions, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase privately-held WireSpeed Communications Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, Red Hat will issue 1,531,232 shares of Red Hat common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding securities of Huntsville, Alabama-based WireSpeed. Red Hat may issue additional shares based upon the future performance of WireSpeed. The transaction will be valued based on an average closing price of Red Hat's common shares for the five-day period ended June 15, 2000. The acquisition will be accounted for as a purchase and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2000, subject to customary closing conditions.
International Data Corp. (IDC) research predicts that by 2002, there will be more than 55 million handheld and notebook-style information appliance devices and that by 2005, shipments of these appliances will exceed shipments of PCs. Connecting these devices to the Internet and private networks will be essential. WireSpeed is a leading developer of network and telecommunications components for embedded systems software. WireSpeed's clients include semiconductor, Internet device and industrial control leaders, including companies like Hewlett-Packard, Interphase, NETsilicon, STMicroelectronics and Time Domain Corporation. WireSpeed will become part of Red Hat's Client Services Group---the industry's largest source of custom Open Source development expertise in embedded, networked and post-PC devices. Matthew Szulik remains president and CEO of Red Hat.
"The addition of WireSpeed's embedded development expertise helps Red Hat continue to meet the tremendous demand for embedded development," said Matthew Szulik, president and CEO of Red Hat, Inc. "Wirespeed's expertise in telecommunications and networking for embedded systems also strengthens Red Hat's position as the technology and market leader for Open Source Internet Infrastructure solutions ranging from powerful servers to the smallest embedded devices."
In January, 2000, Red Hat acquired Cygnus Solutions, Inc., a top provider of Open Source software, development tools, engineering services and developer support for a variety of desktops, client/server systems, real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded, post-PC platforms. Red Hat's Client Services Group provides custom engineering services to top companies worldwide, helping them quickly create and deploy next-generation Internet infrastructure solutions, including appliances, handhelds and other post-PC and deeply embedded devices. With the addition of Cygnus and WireSpeed, Red Hat's Client Services Group now delivers more than 100 next-generation software developers.
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