BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China, blighted by pollution and long known for churning out cheap manufactured goods, is looking to dominate the high-end of a major growth market: solar power.
Under a new program, China is pushing the industry to mass market high-performance solar cells so far used mainly in high-tech products like satellites.
Making these cells more affordable will likely further boost a sector that has already disrupted global electricity generation.
It will also put pressure on international solar cell makers such as Canadian Solar (CSIQ.O), REC Solar RCLRF.PK, Sharp (6753.T) and Sunpower (SPWR.O) which compete with Chinese leaders including LONGi Green Energy Technology (601012.SS), Trina Solar TSLy.D and JA Solar Holdings JASO.O.
Under its 2017 "Top Runner Program", China's National Energy Administration (NEA) plans to add 8-10 gigawatt (GW) of solar capacity to its existing 80 GW.
"This shift ... could have far-reaching implications for the global solar industry, especially vaulting China into the top ranks of countries pursuing solar R&D," Stanford University said in its 2017 report on the solar industry.
World solar power generation capacity has ballooned to around 300 GW from just 1 GW in 2000, according to International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) data - and is set to double again by 2020.
That growth has largely relied on multi-crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells - sometimes called polycrystalline - in which solar units consist of multiple silicon crystallines.
These have been cheaper to produce than the more efficient mono-crystalline cells, which are made from single crystalline units.
The price of multi-crystalline cells has dropped to well below 50 cents per watt from $80 in 1980.
But prices are now converging as China scales up production of mono-crystalline cells.
Energy Trend, a consultancy, says the average price of a Chinese high-efficiency, multi-crystalline cell is now $0.225 per watt, compared to just $0.319 for high-efficiency, mono-crystalline cells.
"With poly-silicon products, we have seen the (development) ceiling. Now, we are ramping up investment of mono-solar," said Xie Tian, director of quality management at LONGi Green Energy Technology. "Mono-crystalline can take more than 50 percent of the market," he said, up from around a fifth today.
Analysts say demand for mono-crystalline panels is already strong.
"Many panel makers... can't meet orders. Their bookings are full until next year," said Jason Tsai of Energy Trend.
Mono-crystalline technology is not new, but because of its cost, has mainly been used in high-tech space products.
But its use is likely to increase as the cost differential narrows, meaning a higher efficiency can be had at a similar price.
Under the "Top Runner" program, pay-outs known as Feed-in-Tariffs will favor high-efficiency projects.
"It's much easier to meet the requirements on mono, therefore it (the program) is accelerating investment in mono," said Steve O'Neil, CEO of REC Solar, a Singapore-based panel maker owned by Chinese state-owned ChemChina.
Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy, a leader in solar development, said in July the record laboratory efficiency for mono-crystalline was 26.7 percent per cell, versus 21.9 percent for multi-crystalline.
While China is driving the shift into mono-crystalline, producers globally are adapting.
REC, for example, says it is starting to move into mono-crystallines after focusing largely on multi-crystalline cells.
"We've been looking into mono to further improve power output. In early July, we started production of a... mono solar panel specifically designed for Japan's residential market," O'Neil said.
Solar cell development doesn't end with mono-crystalline cells, and China's competitors aren't sitting idle.
Fraunhofer has developed so-called multi-junction cells with an efficiency of 46 percent, and U.S. aerospace giant Boeing's (BA.N) Spectrolab is developing cells with similar efficiency.


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How a Former Architect Rebuilt His Life--and Launched a Business--by Driving South in an RV to Build Badass Sand Castles
When Rick Mungeam's company failed in the recession, he found a new life building sand castles for fun and profit.
By Leigh Buchanan, Editor-at-large, Inc. magazine@LeighEBuchanan
Richard Mungeam, co-owner of Beach Sand Sculptures.
Courtesy Beach Sand Sculptures
Editor's note: This tour of small businesses across the country highlights the imagination, diversity, and resilience of American enterprise.
Mounted on the wall of Richard Mungeam's office in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida is a rack holding row upon row of small jars of sand. Back when he was designing high-end resort homes, Mungeam traveled to vacation spots around the world and brought home, as souvenirs, scoops of their local beaches. "They are labeled with all the places I had been," says Mungeam. "There are probably 150 from all over."
Mungeam wasn't obsessed with sand in those days. He couldn't have told you where to find the best quality (by the dunes) or how much water is required to form a mass that won't break down when carved (a lot). As owner of his own architecture firm in Colorado, Mungeam designed for rich customers large permanent structures that other people then built. He never imagined he'd one day earn his bread teaching families to raise small temporary structures with buckets and shovels along the Gulf Coast.
Many people lost everything in the 2008 financial crisis. Few reinvented their lives so thoroughly as Rick and Capri Mungeam, owners of Beach Sand Sculptures, a business with $350,000 in annual revenue that over 10 years has instructed thousands of people in the fine art of "granular engineering." Most of their clients are families vacationing on Florida's Emerald Coast, roughly 100 miles of sugar-white sand along the Gulf of Mexico from Panama City to Pensacola.
But the couple also flies around the country to run team-building exercises or create giant projects for corporations, the largest, most elaborate of which they might spend a week to construct for a charge up to $15,000. Among their most ambitious sculptures: a 50-ton bartending octopus in pirate garb they erected for Bud Light at a music festival. Recently the Mungeams have begun licensing their sand castle instruction methodology to Princess Cruise Lines.
Then there's the romance niche: sand sculptures for weddings and marriage proposals. A proposal sculpture might incorporate a large heart, a banner, or an open book inscribed with a customized "Will you marry me?" message. Mungeam crafts sand vases around the base and fills them with (real) roses. He stands guarding the sculpture from destructive beachgoers up until--and typically through--the popping of the big question. "For the last nine years we were 100 percent" in terms of proposal acceptances," he says. "Then last year someone said no. So now I am only at 99 percent."
The Mungeams, who employ 15 instructors during their busy seasons, charge $220 to $370 for a two-hour lesson, depending on the size of the group. Joey Gates, a Dallas small business owner who regularly vacations in Florida, has done the class twice with six or seven family members, ages 2 on up. He also commissioned Mungeam to build a large heart-shape sculpture on the beach by his condo, with which he surprised his wife on their 10th anniversary.
"You build the biggest, baddest sand castles on the beach," Gates says. "Everyone comes by and says, 'Oh my god, who did this?'" But castle construction is just one part of the experience. "You also learn about wildlife and sea turtle safety and about the science of building sand castles," he says. "It's really fun but also educational."
When they're not at the beach or away on a job, the Mungeams live in an RV, which they drive down to the Keys to do volunteer work at state parks. (The couple recently bought land, and Mungeam is designing their first traditional home in 10 years.) Florida's state parks are a big part of the couple's story. They gave the Mungeams a place to stay when their fortunes were down. And they provided inspiration for the business with which they rebuilt their lives.
The search for a new chapter
Growing up in Berlin, Massachusetts, Richard Mungeam spent long hours in his father's basement woodworking shop, and studied mechanical drawing at a local vocational high school. Unable to afford college, he took a draftsman job at a custom kitchen company, and five years later moved to Colorado for the skiing. There he taught himself industrial engineering and worked at a series of small architectural firms.
He met Capri in 1983, and at her urging launched his own architecture firm, Richard Mungeam Designs, in 1994. The business, which at one time employed four people, designed resort homes for well-heeled clients around the world. In 2008, the construction industry collapsed, and Mungeam's clientele vanished. With foreclosure nipping at their heels, the couple sold their home, which Mungeam had designed and built and where they had raised two sons, at a substantial loss. "We bought a large RV and went to find out what the next chapter of our life would be," Mungeam says.
Heading south to escape the snow in late 2011, the Mungeams passed through South Padre Island, in Texas. While walking on the beach, Mungeam spied a man building large abstract sculptures from sand. Over a couple of beers the man explained his techniques to Mungeam, who harbored fond memories of sand sculpting from childhood vacations on Cape Cod.
Still chasing warmth, the Mungeams fetched up in northwest Florida. There they learned that state parks let campers park for free in return for volunteer work. At Topsail Hill Preserve in Santa Rosa Beach, the couple cleaned bathrooms and campsites, did gardening and repairs. Mungeam spent most of his spare time on the beach, developing his skill in the playful new form of architecture.
From the South Padre encounter and subsequent research, Mungeam had learned a lot about sand castles. His creations grew increasingly elaborate. Most were still castles, sure. But they were castles wrapped round by octopi or mounted by dragons. And they were big--three or four feet tall. People came by, asked questions, took photos. Eventually someone from the park suggested a new volunteer job: teaching sand castle construction. "I was a little nervous at the time because I didn't really like to talk in front of people," Mungeam says. "I had to tell myself I'm not really teaching. I'm sharing what I do."
At some point the couple realized the lessons could be a business. People routinely gathered to watch Mungeam and his students at work. Capri would answer questions and pass out business cards. Then they found Trip Advisor. "When we first got on, we were like No. 97 in our category. But we quickly rose to single digits," Mungeam says. "Now about 70 percent of our business comes through Trip Advisor. They put us on the map."
How to make perfect castles
Every grain of sand on the beach is different. But the Mungeams strive to make every lesson taught by Beach Sand Sculptures the same. All their instructors work from a script. Following a meet-and-greet, the students fetch water from the gulf, then build foundations for their structures. Next comes the "pound up," a technique to ensure the sand is firm and dense--almost like concrete--so it won't crumble during carving.
Mungeam customized the pound-up for the company's standard 3½-foot-tall castles. Here's how it works: take a large bucket from which the bottom has been removed. Pour in dry sand and lots of water. Tap the side of the bucket (called a form) until the sand settles as a liquid. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
Next the instructor demonstrates the tools. Most are pedestrian devices: pastry spatulas and melon ballers, masonry tools and palette knives. Mungeam has designed a few of his own, including ones for writing and drawing in sand. Among the most useful instruments is the simple straw. "Most professional sand sculptors use straws to clean the loose sand from the intricate details, like if you're making an eyeball," he says. "We call it a 'portable pneumatic device.'"
If you can dream it, you can build it
Although instructors demonstrate on castles, clients can make whatever they want. "I have had people make Batman. Penguins. Ballerina slippers. A banana with the peel coming off," Mungeam says. "One guy was a plumber. We were here building castles. He was over there making a large toilet."
About 5 percent of the Mungeams' revenues come from sand castle tool kits that the business manufactures. Another 20 percent derives from weddings and proposals, and from team-building sessions and custom projects for companies. For the latter, logos and products are popular subjects. A 20-ton bottle of Maker's Mark bourbon featured a remarkably realistic rendition of the dripping wax seal.
The bulk of the business is lessons. For Mungeam, those are also the best part. "Our target client is a woman between the ages of 35 and 70," he says. "She is a mom or a grandmother who wants to see her family playing together. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about how much they enjoy that."
Dana Morrow is one such client. Sand castle sessions have highlighted two vacations for Morrow, her husband, and her two children, who live in Dallas. "You can go shopping and you can go to the water park," she says. "But building a sand castle on the beach as a family--saying we have a task and we're going to do it, well, that is cool."

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John Allen Seybold (June 17, 1923 – February 2, 2005) was an American jewel thief.  Seybold was imprisoned at South Woods State Prison in New Jersey from May 1995 – 2001.

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External links
 Trivia: "Thief" (Fast Rewind)
 Old Prisoners Speak Out (APBnews.com)
 Crime Library: John Seybold

1923 births
2005 deaths
American prisoners and detainees
Jewel thieves
Prisoners and detainees of New Jersey

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Posted 3/31/2011 12:40pm by Neil Stauffer.
Penn's Corner is looking for a talented and dedicated delivery driver for the 2011 season and beyond. The delivery driver will help us make our weekly CSA, Farm Stand, & Restaurant deliveries. We prefer applicants who are willing to have a flexible schedule. The right candidate will start with a part-time schedule (20 - 30 hours/week), but more hours will become available as the growing season progresses. Click here to check out the Job Description and contact Clint at 412-335-3947 or clint@pennscorner.com if you or someone you know is interested!
Posted 3/31/2011 9:05am by Neil Stauffer.
Our 2011 spring shares are sold out. If you were hoping to purchase a spring share please email us at csa@pennscorner.com. We will put your name on a waiting list just in case we have any spots become available. We still have summer shares available so be sure to grab one before they are all gone! Click here to sign up now.
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Posted 3/4/2011 12:50pm by Penn's Corner Farm Alliance.
Penn's Corner is still accepting 2011 CSA members. Our spring share begins April 12th. That means that our farmers have no more time to be idle and are hard at work already. Seeds are germinating as I type! Sign up will close for the share on April 1st. That leaves just four weeks to grab one up. Click this link to go to our sign up page.
We no longer have a pick up at Tazza D'Oro in Highland Park but we have two other locations in the neighborhood. One is on Jackson and one on Heberton near Stanton.
We have a new location in Dormont on Windermere.
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D.C. Circuit Panel Rejects, on Procedural Grounds, Challenges to Religious Elements of the Inauguration
By Eugene Volokh on May 7, 2010 2:17 pm in Religion and the Law
As to the use of "so help me God" in the 2009 oath, and the clergy prayers in 2009, the panel (Judge Janice Rogers Brown, joined by Judge Douglas Ginsburg) held the challenge was moot; as to the challenge to similar elements in the 2013 and 2017 inaugurations, the Court found lack of standing, on non-redressability grounds. Judge Brett Kavanaugh concurs in the judgment, concluding that plaintiffs had standing, but that their challenge should be rejected on substantive Establishment Clause grounds. I have no firm opinion on the standing question, but the concurrence's substantive analysis seems correct to me, especially given Marsh v. Chambers, on which the concurrence heavily relies.
Before oral argument, the plaintiffs had asked the court not to use the court's standard invocation, "God save the United States and this honorable Court." The concurrence also gives a justification for the denial of the motion, and that too strikes me as correct under current precedents.
UPDATE: I initially forgot to include a link to the opinion; just added it.
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Jared Chase, D.M.A., Coordinator
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Discwoman's Southbank party was a demonstration of the crew's innovative powers
The music collective recently took over Concrete Lates in London
Words: James Ball | Photos: Max Miechowski
A thick haze of smoke spreads across the dancefloor as neon lights rhythmically scan from above. You could be in any number of clubs on any number of nights in any number of cities, countries or continents. But pop out into the smoking area and you quickly realise where you are, as the London Eye and Savoy Hotel loom into view. Once crowned 'Britain's Ugliest Building' (back in 1967, and in a poll of Daily Mail readers), tonight the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's Southbank Centre offers a stunning setting for electronic beats.
The brutalist behemoth has evolved into the UK's largest arts centre, expanding across 17 acres. Its venues host everything from opera concerts to graduation ceremonies: it even managed to fit in an all-day Q&A session with the Dalai Lama. And it's showcased innovative and experimental electronic music, particularly from female artists, for over half a century. In 1968, Queen Elizabeth Hall hosted the first London Concert of Electronic Music by British Composers, featuring live performances from Radiophonic Workshop luminaries Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire.
Fifty years on and female electronic experimentation has returned to Queen Elizabeth Hall via Concrete Lates, the Southbank Centre's new monthly electronic dance music night, typically running until 2am. According to Bengi Unsal, Senior Contemporary Music Programmer, the inspiration behind Concrete Lates is the centre's long-standing reputation for pushing experimental electronic music made by pioneering women.
The Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room closed as part of refurbishment work in 2015, including the foyer area that now houses Concrete Lates. "[We] opened it out, added a bar, polished up our famous concrete and brought in dramatic new lights and an incredible soundsystem," says Unsal. "As soon as I saw it, I could see the potential for something we've never had before".
Having started just five months ago following the reopening of the spaces, Concrete Lates has already worked with an extensive list of partners, including Hyperdub and Shiva Feshareki. "I hope to do more of this," says Unsal, "working with major players in the scene to support the superb talent in underground electronic music out there right now."
No surprise, then, that Unsal reached out to Discwoman – a music collective and booking agency based in New York that exclusively represents women (both cis and trans) and genderqueer artists – to host a night at Concrete Lates, both parties heavily invested in the fight to promote visibility in dance music.
"We wanted to try out a new space after doing some great events at Corsica [Studios]," says Discwoman co-founder Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson. "We think it's good to change things up a bit and this felt kind of random, and we were into that." The night reflects this approach, with London-based DJs Kamixlo and Peach joining Discwoman mainstays Shyboi and Umfang (who also co-runs the agency): "We love booking people we know, and both Kamixlo and Peach we'd known and admired previously, so it made sense," says Frankie.
Last year, Umfang told Mixmag that the agency was looking to break up its artists and have them represented as themselves in the wake of promoters cashing in on marketing-driven collective bookings. But, Hutchinson clarifies, "we still throw Discwoman parties – we just don't want our acts to only be booked within the confines of Discwoman events; we want to push people to learn and book the artists we represent as individuals as they're all vastly different and we want to celebrate that".
True enough; the showcase is refreshingly diverse and each act brings their own distinct approach behind the decks. Kamixlo's set is not so much a warm-up as a dip into the baking depths of hell, the Bala Club boss dropping a remix of 'Say It Right' in which Nelly Furtado's saintly vocals get swamped in febrile fury. His fierce selections prepare the crowd for Peach's superb set, which includes o.utlier's nine-minute romper 'Eastbound' and Frank de Wulf's rowdy remix of Outlander's R&S classic 'Vamp'.
As the intensity mounts during Shyboi's explosive hour, it's hard to avoid the stark contrast between clubby music and un-clubby date and time. As a result, attendees look either fully committed – the night "knows what it is but it doesn't give a fuck", according to one particularly eager partygoer – or a little confused, but this uncertainty feeds into the energy of the party. Some balloons get bashed about in jubilation to Cardi B's 'Money Bag', while a figure ghosts across the foyer in a long brown coat and shin-level white cowboy boot-style Air Max, as if Columbo had made a pit stop in Foot Locker.
Umfang nails the peak-time slot, every battle-tested track giving another defibrillator shock to a crowd that seems like it could actually keep going for another few hours. Couples hold hands and lock lips during some Umfang-spun belters, the glitchy lights transforming them into loved-up 8bit sprites.
The four-hour running time is a gift and curse. Longer sets from the DJs would be great, but as a showcase, it offers a taster of what each artist brings to a club on a weekly basis. The Southbank Centre adds another string to its bow by hosting a collective every bit as engaging and important as itself, a night that demonstrates the power of Discwoman while reasserting the Centre's reputation as a true hub of female electronic creativity.
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Carnivorous Lunar Activities by Max Booth III — A Gehenna Post Review
February 22, 2019 by gehennaandhinnom, posted in Reviews
Greetings from the Ether,
Depending on when you're reading this, Max Booth III's new novel Carnivorous Lunar Activities from Cinestate and Fangoria has either just released, or will be available within the next few hours. We were lucky enough to receive an ARC for review, and couldn't be more stunned by the sheer quality of this work from one of the horror community's busiest and most ambitious voices.
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Carnivorous Lunar Activities follows two characters: Ted, a man who has just sabotaged his own marriage, and Justin, his childhood friend who calls Ted and soon reveals a shocking and disturbing truth concerning his own recent nocturnal experiences. The novel rapidly picks up pace, and before the reader realizes it, they're knee-deep in a blood-soaked, popcorn page-turner that is likely going to breathe new life into the Werewolf genre.
What really separates Booth's novel from others is the fact that this story is sentient, almost self-aware in its nature. It never takes itself too seriously, and in a meta-fashion, expresses the readers' own absurd thoughts concerning Justin's long bouts of dialogue where he explains the insane, wild ride that led to his current predicament. There are bizarre moments that add to the absurdity, such as Justin tying himself to an anchor as he anticipates his transformation, and also gut-wrenchingly emotional scenarios where Ted comes to terms with his own sins and the people he's affected along the way.
Neither character is clean–both literally and figuratively–and this is something that really adds to the atmosphere of the novel. Ted and Justin are as close as a writer can get to portraying realistic, flawed characters, even if they're not the most savory of individuals. Their experiences and childhood memories feel genuine, and there's not a moment during their conversations that feels forced or unnatural. Booth's decision to lock down the first half of the book with dialogue and an enclosed space was genius, and it builds claustrophobia for the readers, which is a theme that can be felt throughout the novel's narrative. When the story finally does leave Justin's basement, it detonates.
We have to emphasize how powerful Booth's voice is throughout the novel. Every sentence bursts from the page, and both Ted and Justin have such strong personalities, it's as if they're in the room with us, and we're passerby who have become too curious to look away and stop listening. Booth's consistent referencing of An American Werewolf in London isn't by accident, as the inspiration is evident with our narrative and the dark humor laced throughout. There are plenty of hilarious moments that Booth masterfully sprinkles in amidst the grotesque descriptions and filthy atmosphere that seeps with every line of dialogue. This novel is meant to gross out the reader, and despite that, Booth never overreaches with the nastiness.
Black Comedy is a difficult subgenre to write in, but Booth shows no restraint in his conquering of it with his crisp language and ability to understand exactly the type of novel he's writing. The author's voice is one of the strongest we've ever read, and though Carnivorous Lunar Activities is definitely a quick read, it is nonetheless unforgettable in its quality and focused direction. Werewolves have never been this funny, and the gory nature of their origins and transformations have never been scarier. There's a certain human element to Justin's crises, and it's not what you'd expect. Whereas most Werewolf stories are designed to make you feel sympathy for the kindhearted, wholesome characters, we don't get that here. Yeah, we feel bad that Justin's going through this, but not due to his kind nature. Rather, it's because he is as flawed as a real person, even if his moral compass is a bit more questionable than most. We see someone who has good memories and has experienced joy, but who is also often detestable and who's made a lot of mistakes. This is perhaps where Booth's voice is strongest, in the fact that he can depict a character that we shake our head at but also ravenously enjoy reading.
The relationship between Justin and Ted is definitely the star of the novel, and we see true, undying friendship between them. Their witty banter and crude remarks are enough to make any reader laugh out loud, all at the same time tickling that warm place in our hearts reserved for our own best friends and fondest memories. This theme is seen from the first call Justin makes to Ted, and all the way to the final lines. They're the kind of friends that pick up right where they left off after not seeing each other for years. The type that would do just about anything for each other, while also enjoying the art of antagonizing one another. Booth's novel is a showcase for character dynamics that many writers will likely use as a template for their own work in the future, and the author's mastery of dialogue and fast-paced storytelling will undoubtedly claim a new wave of fans for the writer.
Werewolf stories are an old dog, but Max Booth III has taught the genre some new tricks. We encourage each and every one of you to order Carnivorous Lunar Activities, as it is easily in the bracket for best horror novel of 2019 thus far, and we are excited to hear your thoughts when you experience this highlight of personal horror.
Max Booth III is the Editor-in-Chief of Perpetual Motion Machine, the Managing Editor of Dark Moon Digest, and the co-host of Castle Rock Radio, a Stephen King podcast. He's the author of many novels and frequently contributes articles to both LitReactor and CrimeReads. Follow him on Twitter @GiveMeYourTeeth or visit him at http://www.TalesFromTheBooth.com. He lives in Texas.
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PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION ACT
Registration 1998-12-14
T.B. 826779 1998-12-10
The Treasury Board, on the recommendation of the President of the Treasury Board, pursuant to paragraph 42.1(1)(u)Footnote a of the Public Service Superannuation Act and paragraph 7(2)(a) of the Financial Administration Act , hereby makes the annexed Blainville Motor Vehicle Test Centre Benefit Eligibility Protection Regulations .
Return to footnote aS.C. 1992, c. 46, s. 22
1 The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.
Act means the Public Service Superannuation Act . (Loi)
new employer means PMG Technologies Inc. to whom Her Majesty in right of Canada transferred the administration of the Blainville Motor Vehicle Test Centre on June 15, 1996. (nouvel employeur)
2 These Regulations apply to a person who, by reason of the transfer of the Blainville Motor Vehicle Test Centre by her Majesty in right of Canada to the new employer, ceased to be employed in the public service and became employed by the new employer and exercises an option under section 3.
SOR/2016-203, s. 67(E)
Applicable Provisions
3 A person may, within one year after the date of the coming into force of these Regulations, exercise an option to have the period that begins on the date on which the person ceased to be employed in the public service and that ends on the date the person ceases to be employed by the new employer counted for determining eligibility for an annuity or other benefit under the Act, if
(a) on June 14, 1996 the person was a contributor under the Act and ceased to be employed in the public service to become employed by the new employer; and
(b) has not received any annuity or other benefit under section 12, 13 or 13.01 of the Act.
4 An option exercised pursuant to section 3 is irrevocable and must be exercised in writing, dated and signed by the person, and sent to the Minister.
5 Sections 12, 13 and 13.01 of the Act only apply to a person on and after the date on which that person ceases to be employed by the new employer.
Surviving Spouse and Children
6 For the purpose of subsection 26(1) of the Act, a surviving spouse of a person who became the spouse of that person during the period that begins on the date on which the person ceased to be employed in the public service and that ends on the date on which the person ceases to be employed by the new employer is entitled to an allowance under Part I of the Act.
7 For the purpose of subsection 26(2) of the Act, a child who was born to or adopted by a person or became the stepchild of the person during the period that begins on the date on which the person ceased to be employed in the public service and that ends on the date on which the person ceases to be employed by the new employer is entitled to an allowance under Part I of the Act.
Adaptation of Subsection 10(5) of the Act
8 For the purposes of subsection 10(5) of the Act, the one year period referred to in paragraph 10(5)(a) of the Act shall begin on the date on which the person ceases to be employed by the new employer.
Adaptation of Sections 12 and 13 of the Act
9 For the purposes of sections 12 and 13 of the Act, pensionable service includes the period of service with the new employer that begins on the date on which the person ceased to be employed in the public service and that ends on the date on which the person ceases to be employed by the new employer.
10 For the purposes of sections 12 and 13 of the Act, the age of a person when the person ceased to be employed in the public service is the age of the person on the date on which the person ceases to be employed by the new employer.
10.1 A contributor to whom these Regulations apply is considered to be a Group 1 contributor.
SOR/2016-203, s. 66
11 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
2 - Application
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6 - Surviving Spouse and Children
8 - Adaptation of Subsection 10(5) of the Act
9 - Adaptation of Sections 12 and 13 of the Act


The North Carolina forward Antawn Jamison completed his sweep of player of the year awards yesterday with the one he said meant the most to him -- the 22d annual John R. Wooden Award.
This is something that's very special, said the soft-spoken 6-foot-9-inch junior, who becomes the third North Carolina player to be so honored, joining current Tar Heels assistant Phil Ford, who won in 1978, and Michael Jordan, the winner in 1984.
No other school has had three winners since the award was first presented to U.C.L.A.'s Marques Johnson in 1977 -- two years after Wooden retired after guiding the Bruins to 10 National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in his final 12 years. Wooden, 87, attended yesterday's ceremony at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Jamison, who averaged 22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds while shooting 57 percent from the field, was a runaway winner with 5,041 points in the balloting of nearly 1,000 sportswriters and sportscasters in 50 states. Raef LaFrentz of Kansas was second with 3,901 points, followed by Mike Bibby of Arizona with 3,629.


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24/07/2017�� Receive the Mega Stone. When receiving your new Pokemon, you will also get the Mega Stone for the other one - for example, if you have Omega Ruby, you will catch Latios and get the Latias' Mega Stone.... Today, The Pokemon Company International and Nintendo announced that the Legendary Pokemon Latios can be discovered in Pokemon Omega Ruby while Latias can be discovered in Pokemon Alpha Sapphire when the titles launch November 21 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.
Today, The Pokemon Company International and Nintendo announced that the Legendary Pokemon Latios can be discovered in Pokemon Omega Ruby while Latias can be discovered in Pokemon Alpha Sapphire when the titles launch November 21 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.... The Mega Stone is inside, along with a slew of vitamin-esque items. Glalitite - Located in the Shoal Cave, on the bottom-most level (y�know, the one that�s rather appropriately coated in ice). You need to come here at low tide with the Mach Bike to get to the Mega Stone.
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Already you can get its Mega Stone from your mother in Littleroot, but without the Pokemon itself, there�s not much point. Granted, trades are always possible - and, in fact, far more possible than in Ruby/Sapphire - to get the other Lati, but we would guess Game Freak included it for the nostalgia.
Today, The Pokemon Company International and Nintendo announced that the Legendary Pokemon Latios can be discovered in Pokemon Omega Ruby while Latias can be discovered in Pokemon Alpha Sapphire when the titles launch November 21 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.


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UK R number edges down to 1.1-1.3, growth rate slows
LONDON (Reuters) - The reproduction "R" number of the COVID-19 epidemic in Britain fell slightly for the second week in a row, government scientists said on Friday, adding the estimated growth rate had slowed too.
The "R" number was 1.1-1.3, down from 1.2-1.4, the UK's Government Office for Science said. That means on average every 10 people infected will infect between 11 and 13 other people.
The estimated daily growth rate of the epidemic was +2% to +4%, down from +3% to +6% last week.
Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Guy Faulconbridge


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Backing Tracks for Drums Pop From 1970 to 1979 In the key of F♯ In the key of Cm
Y.M.C.A. made famous by Village People
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The Logical Song made famous by Supertramp
(Click, Drum Kit, Percussion, Sound effects, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Organ, Electric Piano, Synth Strings, Saxophone, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocal)
Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding made famous by Elton John
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Draggin' the Line
Draggin' the Line made famous by Tommy James and The Shondells
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You Belong to Me made famous by The Doobie Brothers (Michael McDonald)
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I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You
I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You made famous by The Alan Parsons Project
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Saturday Night At The Movies made famous by The Drifters
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Q: WIFI connection using adb I am trying to connect to wifi using adb as my android device is not connected to  any scree.
I did as following:
Modified the file data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=wlan0
update_config=1
manufacturer=XXInc.
device_name=Wireless Client
model_name=MTK Wireless Model
model_number=1.0
serial_number=2.0
device_type=XX-XXXX-5
os_version=01020300
config_methods=display push_button keypad
p2p_no_group_iface=1
driver_param=use_p2p_group_interface=1
hs20=1
network={
   ssid="MYSSDID"
   psk="MYPASSWORD"
   scan_ssid=1
}

My questions are:
how can I add encryption type: WPA/WPA2 PSK to my file
and how can I start the connection?
I tried :
 adb shell am startservice -n com.google.wifisetup/.WifiSetupService -a WifiSetupService.Connect -e ssid <your_ssid> -e passphrase <your_password>

but it does not find the service:
Starting service: Intent { act=WifiSetupService.Connect cmp=com.google.wifisetup/.WifiSetupService }
Error: Not found; no service started.

this is what I found related to wifi
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6481:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$AlertReasonCount
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6482:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$ConnectionEvent
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6483:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$RouterFingerPrint
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6484:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$RssiPollCount
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6485:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$SoftApDurationBucket
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6486:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$SoftApReturnCodeCount
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6487:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$StaEvent
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6488:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$StaEvent$ConfigInfo
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6489:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$WifiLog
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6490:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$WifiLog$ScanReturnEntry
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6491:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$WifiLog$WifiSystemStateEntry
./system/etc/compiled-classes:6492:com.android.server.wifi.nano.WifiMetricsProto$WifiScoreCount

Thanks

A: This should work i guess
 adb shell am startservice -n com.google.wifisetup/.WifiSetupService -a WifiSetupService.Connect -e ssid <your_ssid> -e passphrase <your_password>

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Apollo 11's "1202 Alarm" Explained
What exactly was the 1202 program alarm that could have killed Apollo 11's landing?
Vintage SpaceBy Amy Shira TeitelJan 5, 2018 6:15 PM
Capcom Charlie Duke, and backup crewmembers Jim Lovell and Fred Haise in Mission Control during Apollo 11's descent. (Credit: NASA)
"Got the Earth straight out our front window." As the lunar module Eagle yawed into a windows up orientation, Buzz Aldrin looked away from the computer to see the Earth nearly a quarter of a million miles away.
"Sure do," agreed Neil Armstrong, adding, "Houston, [I hope] you're looking at our Delta-H." The Earth wasn't his main concern for the moment. The mission's commander was laser focused on getting the spacecraft down onto the Moon's surface for the first time in history. He had just 30,000 feet to go …
"That's affirmative," replied Capcom Charlie Duke. The room full of flight controllers listened to the exchange while keeping a close eye on the numbers filling their screens, looking for any little anomaly that could force an abort.
Then came Armstrong's voice over the radio again, this time marked a slight note of urgency. "It's a 1202 … What is that? Give us a reading on the 1202 Program Alarm …"
The 1202 program alarm is featured is just about every retelling and dramatization of Apollo 11's lunar landing. Understandably so; it was a dramatic moment in an already dramatic event that could have forced an abort and left the commander of Apollo 12, Pete Conrad, as history's first man on the Moon. But it didn't. As we know, Apollo 11 made it to the surface and the alarm has become little more than a story point. So what exactly was the 1202 program alarm that could have killed Apollo 11's landing? To answer that question, we need to go back and understand a little more about how the Apollo Guidance Computer worked.
Armstrong training in the lunar module simulator. (Credit: NASA)
The Apollo Guidance Computer in Super Brief
By the time Apollo missions flew to the Moon, the software program that ran the mission could fit — though only just fit — into a set of read-only magnetic cores. This meant the pieces of information could be called up at any time and run nearly simultaneously, which was pretty important. Take the moment of landing on the Moon, for example. The computer needed to take in a lot of data points simultaneously to facilitate a good landing. It had to know where the lunar module was and where it was moving, information called state vector. It needed to maintain the right attitude based on that position, as well as velocity, altitude, and engine performance data. It also needed to adjust the abort trajectory constantly, ready to get the crew back into orbit should something force an abort.
Now think about a full lunar landing mission for a second — getting into Earth orbit, burning the engine to travel towards the Moon, recovering the lunar module, adjusting the course mid-way to the Moon, getting into orbit, landing, leaving the Moon's surface, and traveling home. You can start to appreciate how many pieces of information would be going through that computer at any given time.
For the sake of simplicity, each task (a task in this case would be a single mission event like the lunar landing) was broken down into parts. These parts or programs were manageable modules that could be run individually while rendering the whole system more reliable.
If you're following along you can see how this creates a potential new problem. The Apollo Guidance Computer was a single processor computer, computer. So how could it run multiple programs — the parts that make up a whole mission event — simultaneously? Well, it didn't. Not really. But between relatively fast processing speed and relatively slow human perception it was simultaneous enough to run the mission smoothly. The programs were also scheduled and run based on priority with measures in place to interrupt any program should something vital come up.
In the case of the Apollo Guidance Computer, it had a 12-word data area called the Core Set. This contained all the information to execute a given program. There were six of these Core Sets in the Command Module and seven in the Lunar Module. In each 12-word Core Set, processing information took up five words, one each for the program's priority, entry point address, copy of the BBANK register, flags, and the last pointed to the Vector Accumulator or VAC area. The seven remaining words were left for temporary variables or extra storage … whatever they might be. They're called Multipurpose Accumulator or MPAC.
So in short: twelve words in the Core Set, five words of memory to execute a program, and the seven MPACs deal with the extra information as needed.
Scheduling a program falls to the Executive. It starts by looking at the task's starting address and its priority, then passes that to the NOVAC routine. This scans the core set to see if there is any available space for the program to execute, and if so where that space is. It then schedules and runs the program.
Through exhaustive testing, the team at MIT's Instrumentation Lab designed the computer such that it would never be full at any point in a mission. There would always be space available for the next program, rules in place to interrupt a program if something needed to be run immediately, or space to schedule the program after whatever was currently being run through the computer. But when Apollo 11 was descending towards the lunar surface, the computer ran out of Core Sets. This is where the 1201 and 1202 program alarms come in.
Apollo 11's 1202 Alarms
Not long after the lunar module got into its 69 mile by 50,000 foot orbit in preparation for landing, the crew turned on their rendezvous radar to track the command-service module. This was was a safety measure. The radar tracked the CSM so it knew where to direct the lunar module in the event of an abort. The crew left the radar on in SLEW mode meaning it had to be manually positioned by an astronaut, and also meant that it wasn't sending data to the computer.
What neither the astronauts nor the guys in Mission Control knew was that radar Coupling Data Units were flooding the Apollo Guidance Computer with counter interrupt signals. This was due to an oversight in the computer's power supply design structure. These signals were taking up just a little bit of the computer's processing time, and the spurious job kept running in the background, taking up space. So unbeknownst to anyone, this signal prevented vital programs associated with the landing from completing. When a new task was sent to the computer there was nowhere for it to go. The running and scheduled jobs were holding their Core Set and VAC areas.
Eventually the Executive found that there was no place to put new programs. This triggered the 1201 alarm signaling "Executive Overflow — No Core Sets" and the 1202 alarm signaling "Executive Overflow — No VAC Areas." These in turn triggered a software reboot. All jobs were cancelled regardless of priority then started again as per their table order, quickly enough that no guidance or navigation data was lost. But it didn't clear up the issue. The computer was still overloaded by the same spurious radar data, stopping new programs from running. In all, it triggered four 1202 alarms and one 1201 alarm.
Eventually Buzz Aldrin noticed a correlation. At the second 1202 alarm, he called down, "Same alarm, and it appears to come up when we have a 16/68 up." The 16/68 code — Verb 16 Noun 68 — was used to display the range to the landing site and the LM's velocity. The command in itself didn't place a heavy load on the computer, but with the existing load that extra bit of processing power seemed to trigger the 1202 alarm. Realizing this, the solution was simple: ask Houston for that data instead of calling it up from the computer.
Houston, meanwhile, gave Apollo 11 a GO in spite of the alarms because of how spread apart they were — they came at mission elapsed time 102:38:22; 102:39:02; 102:42:18 (that was the 1201); 102:42:43; and 102:42:58. If they had been closer together it could have wiped out navigation data during a reboot, but being separated even by as few seconds as they were meant that that vital information was retained. The computer behaved exactly as designed, protecting itself in a way that wouldn't cancel a lunar landing without just cause.
Safe Landing
The 1202 program alarm wasn't something either Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin had seen in training. Their time simulators had been filled with other alarms, most of which had them reaching for the abort button. Which was the right response. In simulations you train for the right reaction. But when they saw the 1202 and 1201 program alarms it was the real thing, which meant the right response was completing the mission objective. They weren't going to give up on landing on the Moon if they didn't have to.
The guys in Houston had the same response. "We're go on that alarm," Charlie Duke called back up, though he wasn't entirely calm when he said it. The astronauts and flight controllers watched the second 1202 alarm blare on board the Eagle, followed by a 1201 alarm three minutes later then the last two back-to-back 1202 alarms almost immediately.
"Eagle, looking great. You're Go," came Duke's call from Mission Control. Thanks to a handful of clever computer programmers, he passed up that Apollo 11 was still clear to land on the Moon.
Sources: NASA; NASA; NASA; The Apollo Guidance Computer by Frank O'Brien.
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I have not yet implemented the available app for our church because the one that you offer does not have enough graphic elements available. The first/opening page is interesting to look at but anything you click on is one pic and text,text text,text.
I would need to be able to put at least two to three images on each page to make it a viable option for our church.
Thank you for your reply. I will give this a try.


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Tim Ellis blends history and lecture to contextualise the game of poker.


A new visitor centre has officially opened today in the heart of the Peak District National Park.
BBC Countryfile's John Craven was the special guest to celebrate the opening of the flagship centre on Buxton Road, Castleton.
HM Lord Lieutenant for Derbyshire, Willie Tucker, cut the ribbon at the ceremony this lunchtime.
The centre includes a new shop and a cafe.