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"They led the way and bore the pain for an entire continent"
Winnie Mandela is like no other woman in Africa because she has given all that she humanly can and is still giving so that her people, and all of Africa, may be free. She is eternally and inextricably linked to her former husband, Nelson Mandela, primarily because she is identified by his name "Mandela," but she has carved out her own place and space in history. After South Africa held its first multiracial election and a new cabinet was appointed, Winnie Mandela was chosen to be Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. She has certainly carved out her own niche.
But earning the title, "Mother of Africa," has had many downsides for her and she has suffered tremendously to gain and attain the respect and dignity, she now commands. A controversial figure, an anti-apartheid warrior, freedom fighter and activist, she is loved by many and reviled by others for some the actions she has taken on behalf of the liberation of Black people in her country (South Africa).
She was born a member of the Xhosa-speaking people in the village of Bizana in the Pondo region in Transkei of what is now the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Born as Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela, she was the fourth of eight children born to Columbus and Gertrude Madikizela. Her parents were educated by English-speaking missionaries and they both were teachers at the local primary school. Her mother taught domestic science (a combination of good home care training for young African girls, and to be servants for White people), and her father taught history and also worked for the tribal government. Her mother died when she was about nine years old.
During that time, there was an increase in anti-apartheid activity and the African National Congress (ANC) was at the forefront of many campaigns against government regulations especially in the urban areas. When Madikizela finished her schooling, her interest in the ANC led her to establish a connection with the movement and several of its members including Adelaide Tsukudu, (with whom she worked and shared the room at a boarding house), wife of Oliver Tambo, ANC's president and another member, a young lawyer, Nelson Mandela. Madikizela and Mandela began a courtship that was described, at best, as unorthodox. He had to devote much of his time to his defense in a treason trial; he was an executive committee member of the ANC; and he had a law practice (along with Tambo).
But they got married in Transkei in 1958 and Madikizela forever became linked to Mandela, in name and in life. After her husband's first treason trial, he was found not guilty and they enjoyed a short semblance of family life–from about 1960 to sometime in 1962–and produced two daughters: Zenani and Zindziswa. Immediately thereafter, circumstances changed the course of the ANC Struggle and the organization was banned; her husband went "underground." Eventually he was caught, tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Madikizela-Mandela found herself without a husband and the children, without a father for the next 27 years.
In 1984, her defiance heightened when she wrote her memoir, "Part of My Soul Went with Him." It recounted her experiences as a single mother left to raise her children and carry on behind the imprisonment of her political dissident husband. It made the New York Times Book Review section.
Though her treatment was severe and extreme, her spirits were never daunted. Her unwavering commitment to her husband's work and to the struggle for equality and justice for the masses of people in South Africa–and indeed, all of Africa–constantly placed her in harm's way. In 1985, she was imprisoned in Brandfort, a rural town far removed from her home for allegedly violating the government's ban on her movements and her cell was firebombed.
All these years, her husband had been languishing, though not forgotten, in an offshore prison called Robben Island. She had no physical contact with him for 22 years, but the relationship was strong. She began to surround herself with bodyguards for her own safety and they were soon the subject of criminal accusations and investigations. It came to a head when they were accused of murder and assault. This somewhat tainted Madikizela-Mandela's image and some of her strongest supporters began to distance themselves from her. However, after her husband's release from prison in 1990, there was some semblance of reconciliation with the differing factions of the ANC movement. She traveled the world with him but problems seemed to persist.
Her movements in and out of the country were less restrictive and she began cultivating relationships with other oppressed peoples worldwide. In 2001, she was charged with multiple counts of fraud and was found guilty in 2003.
However, an appeal judge ruled that there were mitigating circumstances and overturned her conviction, except one. For that she received a suspended sentence.
In the twilight of her life, Madikizela-Mandela continue to be strong, to oppose injustice and to continue to speak out against injustice everywhere. Her courage and leadership have triumphed over years of political harassment, and though she vehemently opposed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, it seemed to have prepared the way for a better tomorrow for all Africans.
To most of the world the name Soweto conjures up all the miseries that life produces and human beings can endure however, it can also produce a pot of gold at the end of a musical rainbow. Letta Mbulu, the South African jazz singer, is the gold at the end of Soweto's rainbow. She was born and raised in Soweto, South Africa, but she left her native country–physically, but not in spirit–in the turbulent 1960s due to the repression, restrictions and rigidity of the apartheid system.
Her travels allowed her to compare life outside of her native land and cemented the horrors her people were experiencing under the apartheid system. For though Mbulu received much acclaim as a member of the Union of South African Artists, life's realities in South Africa stymied her development as an artist and that realization forced her to seek advancement away from her homeland.
Mbulu had already married Caiphus Semenya, whom she had met while touring with "King Kong" but her calling yearned for something bigger and better than what life thus far had offered. So in 1965, she came to the United States. She had learned that many of her "homies" (South African exiles) had found artistic refuge in the U.S. including such notables as Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masakela and Jonas Gwangwa, all of whom were graduates of the musical, "King Kong."
Her talent quickly won her critical acclaim in New York's competitive Village Gate Club and she began touring with another musical maestro and saxophone great, Cannonball Adderly. Mbulu's relationship with the Adderly band continued throughout the reminder of the 60s. Capitol Records debuted her first album in 1967, "Letta Mbulu Sings" which she collaborated with Semenya, her husband. Unlike her personal appearances, radio stations did not play her music reportedly because no one would understand just the audio version, and sales were tepid.
Mbulu dropped her "unusual" last name and tried another album with Capitol Records. It did much better and gave her additional exposure that was noticed by Masakela who incorporated some of her work on a collection known as "Africa '68." And when he formed his new record label, Mbulu was one of the first artists that he contracted. As a matter of fact, she did the label's first two albums bearing only her first name. After that she joined up with Harry Belafonte and they went on several musical world tours.
In 1973, Mbulu appeared as a singer in Sidney Poitier's "A Warm December."
In the late 70s, she chanted the opening theme song in Alex Haley's "Roots," I and II–considered among the highest rated television miniseries–in which she also used the interpretation of one of her husband's previously recorded pieces, "Oluwa." (In the music world, she was affectionately called the "Roots" lady, for projecting a sophistication and warmth that stirred hope for attaining pure love, beauty and unity in the world). Then there was a lull in the issuance of future albums in the U. S. but Mbulu's career continued with personal performances, musical plays and collaborations with other entertainers, including Semenya. With him, she worked on his first recording called "Listen to the Wind" and then she narrated a documentary about the non-violent struggles of African women entitled "You Have Struck A Rock."
Her contributions on the screen continued in Quincy Jones' 1984 soundtrack of "The Color Purple" and as a guest artist on Don Cornelius' "Soul Train.' That was followed by vocal renditions on the Michael Jackson single, "Liberian Girl" from his "Bad" album and an appearance in her husband's musical play BUWA, a presentation of South African Artists United, which was co-founded by Mbulu.
Around that time, worldwide attention had focused on the apartheid conditions in South Africa and many exiles including Mbulu began using their talents to hasten the fall of that system. When Nelson Mandela's attorney was planning an international broadcast to mark his impending release, Mbulu was consulted and invited to participate in that monumental project. It broadcasted Mandela live and unedited to the world for 45 minutes and was the longest-lasting, furthest-reaching speech of all time.
She recorded her first record in Africa in 1992, "Not Yet Uhuru" which was arranged and produced by her husband and it included a version of rap music, which was dominating the music world at that time. It also had a grassroots foundation with which Mbulu could easily identify having recently returned from the source of rap music, the U.S. Back in her homeland with renewed prospects, a non-racial government and apartheid's legacy the new but fading obstacle, Mbulu was honored with a lifetime achievement by the South African Music Awards in 2001.
Her musical genre has been described African, mbaqanga and soul. Music critics has said that her voice send warm and positive message to all South Africa through songs that appeal to the young and the old, and she bridges the racial divide in a land that so desperately needs bridges of all kinds.
When Miriam Makeba arrived into the world, South Africa, her country, was deeply immersed in a harsh system of brutality–later on, it was officially called apartheid. She rose to become the centerpiece of South African music to the world and in so doing, portrayed a different South Africa, through her music, than what the apartheid system had wrought. She was South Africa's ambassador of music. Makeba was born in Johannesburg on March 4, 1932, to a Swazi sangoma mother and an Xhosa father, who died when she was about six years old.
Once again, her life changed dramatically when she turned twenty. Makeba had already experienced her first marriage and was about to embark on a tour with a South African singing quartet, the Manhattan Brothers, who were doing mini-tours despite official roadblocks and restrictions. But this was her entry into the world of professional music. Though the quartet was popular, Makeba left them and joined a traveling show, African Jazz and Variety and eventually toured with them throughout southern Africa for eighteen months. Her time with the quartet and the traveling show focused her attention on Black American music idols, and she was greatly influenced by entertainers like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.
Makeba's superior vocals earned her the lead in a jazz musical opera, "King Kong," alongside her husband, Hugh Masakela. It was a huge success even though her country's official restrictions limited the maximum exposure of her budding talent, and the musical had to be performed mostly at universities. She was now a star and received invitations to visit Europe and United States and other African countries. She was invited by Haile Selassie to sing before the Organization of African Unity.
Then she collaborated with an American film director to do an anti-apartheid documentary entitled "Come Back Africa," which detailed the horrors of the South African system. The Italian government invited Makeba to the Venice Film Festival for the premier of the film and she accepted.
She traveled to London where she met Harry Belafonte, who was himself at the peak of his career and he assisted her to immigrate to the United States. With credentials as an internationally recognized star, she performed at President Kennedy's birthday party and collaborated with Belafonte to do an album titled "An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba," for which she became the first South African to win a Grammy award for an album. It dealt with the harsh realities and political repression of Blacks in her country, and by her leaving South Africa because of that system encouraged others to follow including Masakela and Letta Mbulu.
Makeba's success as a vocalist and the upward mobility of her career were balanced by her outspoken views about the government of South Africa and the apartheid system. In 1963, after she made an impassioned plea on behalf of her countrymen to the United Nations, her records were banned and her South African citizenship was revoked. Then she released one of her biggest hits in the U.S., "Pata Pata."
In the U.S., the civil rights movement was full force, and though the U.S. did not openly equate discrimination and racism to apartheid, there were shades of similarities contained therein. Nevertheless, Makeba received a degree of artistic freedom and acceptability that softened the pain of isolation from her homeland. That was until she married Kwame Toure (Stokely Carmichael), who was then a firebrand of radicalism and militancy and who coined the term, "Black Power."
Once again, Makeba became "persona non grata," -though not officially, but by inference–and with her husband, she moved to Guinea, West Africa. There they both received a degree of respectability, and she continued to record songs and toured extensively. Her relentless outspokenness against apartheid was evident when the government of her new home, Guinea, asked her to address the United Nations General Assembly as its delegate. She willingly obliged and rallied against the system in South Africa. Although she regarded herself as a singer and not a politician, she never turned down the opportunity to expose apartheid to the world.
Makeba separated from Toure in 1973, but remained based and performed in Africa, with additional tours in South America and Europe. Her worldwide travels and fearless acts of humanitarianism earned her many distinctions and international awards. After again serving as a delegate to the United Nations, this time for Ghana, she won the Dag Hammarskjöld Peace Prize and the UNESCO Grand Prix du Conseil International Music award. She also received invitations from several heads of state including Fidel Castro of Cuba and Francois Mitterrand of France. She often returned to the U.S. where her "transgression" was no longer a hindrance. During the 1980s, she made a guest appearance on the popular "Cosby Show."
Former President Mandela requested Makeba to return home in 1990 and she accepted willingly after her 30-year exile. Her career seemed invigorated as she starred in "Sarafina" a couple of years later. She was also the guest of the governments of Cuba and Trinidad. At 73, and in Cuba, she reportedly said, "I don't believe that there would be rhythm without Africa. I am asked what kind of music I make and I say I sing music." In Trinidad, for its Emancipation Day celebration, Makeba, was asked about her marriage to Toure and she replied, "That's the best marriage I ever had …. I liked him because he was true to his beliefs, and he never sold out up till his death."
In 2004, Makeba was voted 38th in the top 100 Great South Africans. No collection of African music would be considered complete without at least one of her recordings. She died in November 2008 at the age of 73.
When Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf graduated in Accounting at Madison Business College in Wisconsin in 1964, in Economics at the University of Colorado in 1970 and with a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard in 1971, she was the not the most likely candidate to be the future president of Liberia. But in 2007, she is rated among the 100 most powerful women in the world and is the first woman to be "elected" president of an African country.
As a result of Johnson-Sirleaf's education and her familiarity with the American political environment, she has been able to help her country, via a close association with the United States. After she was installed as the president of Liberia, she visited Washington D.C. and addressed a joint meeting of the Congress of the United States to ask for assistance for her devastated country. Her first job was to rebuild Liberia's war-torn infrastructure because the country she inherited was shattered and torn to pieces from 14 years of civil war.
She faced tremendous challenges during her first year in office and progress was rather slow. When she arrived in office, living standards of the people were poor; prices for basic commodities were increasing rapidly; and the Liberian dollar was depreciating at an alarming rate.
Johnson-Sirleaf held a string of international financial positions, including minister of finance; director at the United Nations Development Programme; economist at the World Bank and Citibank, Africa; and vice president of Equator Bank, Washington, D.C. These were the experiences that gave her a handle to put in place the kind of things that would place Liberia on the road to economic recovery and upward mobility.
Ellen Johnson was born in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia in 1938. Her father was a mixture of Gola and German, brought to Liberia and whose name was changed to Johnson. At 17, she married James Sirleaf and in 1961, she left Liberia for the United States (U.S.) to continue her education.
Ten years later, she graduated from Harvard University, returned to her native land and became assistant minister of finance for then-president William Tolbert. In 1980, the Tolbert administration was overthrown by an army sergeant, Samuel Doe, and Tolbert was killed. Johnson-Sirleaf narrowly escaped and relocated to Kenya where she remained in exile until 1985 when she returned to Liberia. Doe represented the Krahn people who were said to be descendants of the indigenous people of Liberia. He was the first president not in the direct lineage of the Americo-Liberians.
She returned to Liberia and ran for the senate in 1985. During her campaigning, Johnson-Sirleaf spoke out vociferously against Doe, was placed under house arrest, and was eventually tried and sent to prison for ten years. After a short period, she was released and allowed to leave the country, once again in exile, and she came to the U. S.
In 1990, Doe was killed and Charles Taylor took over as president. Johnson-Sirleaf returned and in 1997, she ran against him and lost. However, she continued her strident political activism by campaigning for the removal of President Taylor. By 1999, Liberia was engulfed in civil war; and the president was accused of interfering with his neighbors and fomenting trouble in the region. He finally left office in 2003 and Johnson-Sirleaf became leader of the Unity Party. New elections were held on November 8, 2005 and two weeks later, she was again the winner, and confirmed as the next president of Liberia and the first woman to be "elected" head of state in an African country. She was inaugurated on January 16, 2006.
First and foremost, Liberia faced tremendous foreign investment challenges; for decades its natural resources were turned over to foreign corporations that fled the country during the civil war period. To woo them back was a monumental undertaking and Johnson-Sirleaf was capable of doing, though time has been against her. But based on her financial background, international political observers believe there was no one better to build Liberia's shattered economy than its new president.
She had to overcome residual effects of the period of unfettered corruption that was unleashed on the nation prior to her presidency. Johnson-Sirleaf had to orchestrate a reversal of the sanctions placed against the country's timber exports–exports used by the previous government to fund its war–in order to cure the economic hardships that crippled the overall gross national product. Her courage and commitment to her country are an inspiration to women all over the world. Despite many challenges, as a mother of four sons, she has been able to meet Liberia's many challenges.
The country is depending on her and she has gracefully stated, "We know expectations are going to be high and we need a woman to put things right."


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Cycling tweets:
twitter.com/bikechicago posted an article about the debate of sharing the road, motor vehicles and cyclists. Check it out here. which also lead to an online sound-off by Baltimore's Urbanite Magazine. Read more here.
twitter.com/qbike Get deals on bikes stuff at www.qbikes.com
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This Sunday's Express-News broke the news that San Antonio Symphony Resident Conductor has accepted two new positions for the upcoming season. Ken-David will be the Principal Guest Conductor for Germany's Munich Symphony and the Assistant Conductor for the San Diego Symphony. He will also continue as co-artistic director (with his wife Melinda) of the Chelsea Music Festival in New York during the summer.
The Symphony won't be saying goodbye to Ken-David immediately. He will conduct quite a bit in San Antonio next season. He'll be on the podium for some of our Young People's Concerts in the fall, The Nutcracker with Ballet San Antonio, the Holiday Pops and will lead a Classics series concert in March. The Symphony will hold auditions in October to hire a new staff conductor. Our goal is to have someone in place no later than January 2012.
You can watch Ken-David conduct later this month at three FREE concerts:
When: Tuesday, May 24 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Lanier High School, 1514 West Durango Boulevard
When: Friday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Brandeis High School, 13011 Kyle Seale Pkwy
When: Tuesday, May 31 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Brackenridge High School, 400 Eagleland Drive
Ken-David has done a fantastic job in San Antonio over the last four seasons and we congratulate him on his exciting new appointments. You can keep track of Ken-David, even after he leaves town at this web site. In tribute, here are a few classic Ken-David photos.
Once again, CONGRATULATIONS, Ken-David!
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Facebook rallies ahead of News Feed revampMarch 6, 2013: 12:08 PM ET
Facebook (FB) shares have lagged the broader market this year. The stock even fell on Tuesday as the Dow was marching to a new all-time high.
And Facebook has really done poorly compared to rivals Google (GOOG), Yahoo (YHOO), AOL (AOL) and LinkedIn (LNKD).
But the stock was up more than 1% Wednesday, a day before the social network was set to announce changes to its News Feed feature.
Investors are probably hoping that whatever Facebook unveils at its Menlo Park headquarters on Thursday can lead to more advertising revenue, especially from mobile users.
Still, Facebook hasn't had a great track record of convincing Wall Street that new products will lead to higher sales and profits. The company's Graph Search announcement in mid-January underwhelmed analysts. And Facebook's stock fell in late January after reporting fourth-quarter results. Although sales are still rising rapidly, analysts are worried about profit margins and slowing growth of mobile users.
Traders on StockTwits are skeptical that any changes to News Feed will lead to an uptick in revenue. In fact, some fear that more advertising on Facebook could alienate the site's more than 1 billion users.
youngsters are getting off facebook...same thing happened with myspace when ads started hitting...sell on media hype IMO $FB
$FB What happens when more users leave when they bothered by more ads and changes to Newsfeed? Sell, Sell, Sell
That is a big problem. I've long maintained that Facebook is essentially nothing more than a 21st century phone company. It's a communications utility. You pay your phone company every month to call and text. But you don't have to sit through an ad before doing so.
Facebook may need to do a better job of diversifying beyond advertising. Fees may sound like a dirty word. But that business model works swimmingly for LinkedIn.
Yeah, that $FB Graph Search is a real disruptive game-changer. Guess $FB disrupts in baby-steps.
To be fair, it's probably too soon to declare that Graph Search is a dud. But here's something interesting. Remember how shares of Yelp (YELP) took a big nosedive on the day of the Graph Search news? Investors were worried about whether Yelp would be marginalized now that Facebook users can look for things like restaurant reviews from friends via Facebook. Well check out the performance of Yelp versus Facebook since mid-January.
One trader suggested that Facebook needs to fall further before it might be a buy again. And that makes sense considering that the stock is still valued at a frothy 49 times 2013 earnings estimates.
$FB Don't buy until you see the whites of their eyes.
Ha! With that nod to the famous line about the Battle of Bunker Hill, I was expecting your photo to be that of a Revolutionary War soldier. It was a pleasant surprise to see the Heat Miser from "Year Without a Santa Claus" instead. Too much!
But not everyone is a Facebook bear.
$FB is the way of the future This is how people will come to talk, meet and live in the future. I see it in my patients everyday.
A fair point. But nobody is disputing the popularity and wide use of Facebook. Now investors want to see the company turn 1 billion users into the type of healthy profits that Google and Apple (AAPL) consistently generate.
$FB will be 40$ at end 1 st quarter . End March 2013. Very good Earnings.
Now that is a bold, bold call. Facebook rose above $40 on the day of its IPO. It hasn't been there since.


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Dana Hawkes is the Animation Art Consultant for the Entertainment Memorabilia Department at Bonhams. Based in the Northeast in Gloucester, Mass., Hawkes handles antiques dolls, toys, musical boxes, film posters, Rock and Roll and Hollywood memorabilia, animation art, cartoon and comic art.
Hawkes' experience includes more than 15 years as Director of Collectible Sales at an international auction house in New York. She produced all of the auctioneer's live sales of dolls, toys, animation art, music boxes, film posters, Hollywood/Rock and Roll memorabilia, rare comic books and comic art, among other collectibles. During Hawkes' tenure there, she played a tremendous role in perusing and acquiring single-owner estates and collections, including the Andy Warhol Estate, the Planet Hollywood Collection of Costumes and Props and the Collection of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
In a crowning achievement, Hawkes sold in excess of $10 million in animation art from contemporary films for the Disney Company. She is well-known within the art industry and is a regular on the collectibles and animation lecture circuit. Hawkes has spoken on a milieu of subjects for museums and organizations including presentations at The Museum of New York City, the Andy Warhol Museum and the American Society of Appraisers.


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Freedom Slim Keyboard
From Openmoko
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opkg install http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk/armv4t/bluez-hcidump_1.42-
opkg install http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk/armv4t/bluez-hcidump_1.42-.ipk
hcidump -V
hcidump -V
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Just the fn+number_keys simbols don't work or prints "~" simbol but keystrokes
Just the fn+number_keys simbols don't work or prints "~" simbol but keystrokes
are detected so maybe a good keyboard remap will do.
are detected so maybe a good keyboard remap will do.
Help on this will be appreciated
Help on this will be appreciated
Latest revision as of 13:04, 2 March 2012
[edit] Pairing Freedom Slim Keyboard with Neo Freerunner
hcitool scan hcitool dev
to know the ID of your remote and local devices
[edit] Bluez 4 method
Turn bluetooth on
mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy "Bluetooth" "enabled"
simple-agent can be found at http://git.kernel.org/?p=bluetooth/bluez.git;a=blob_plain;f=test/simple-agent;hb=HEAD" remember to chmod +x simple-agent
simple-agent hci0 $REMOTE_BT_DEVICE_ID
Enter the pin code in console Enter the pin code in device simple agent will return the route to new device paired change /org/bluez/3207/hci0/dev_00_18_00_00_C2_37 with yours
mdbus -s org.bluez /org/bluez/3207/hci0/dev_00_18_00_00_C2_37 org.bluez.Input.Connect
[edit] Bluez 3 method
echo "$REMOTE_BT_DEVICE_ID $PINCODE" > /var/lib/bluetooth/$LOCAL_BT_DEVICE_ID/pincodes dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.CreateBonding string:$REMOTE_BT_DEVICE_ID
put the pincode in the keyboard
hidd --connect $REMOTE_BT_DEVICE_ID
[edit] Test on Distributions
[edit] OM2008.12 (works)
bluez dbus totally broken, unable to pair using passkey-agent or CreateBonding method see https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/2218 workaround install bluez4
opkg install python-pygobject opkg install -force-depends -force-overwrite http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/2008/ipk/glibc/armv4t/base/bluez4_4.31-r3.1_armv4t.ipk /etc/init.d/dbus-1 stop /etc/init.d/bluethooth stop /etc/init.d/dbus-1 start /etc/init.d/bluetooth start hciconfig hci0 up
proceed with bluez4 method but last line will be
dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez /org/bluez/789/hci0/dev_00_18_00_00_C2_37 org.bluez.Input.Connect
tested on openmoko-terminal2 and Message app. keyboard works fine but with issue #1
[edit] FSO 5.1 (does not work)
Use bluez 4 method The bonding is created succesfully but on X seems to not recive anything but if you shutdown X
/etc/init.d/xserver-nodm stop
the console is receiving the keystrokes but is printing garbage old https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1796 bug????
[edit] SHR unstable (does not work yet)
pairing with bluez4 method works, hcidump shows activity for keypresses, however nothing is reaching the applications, and nothing shows on the terminal when the x server is stopped.
get hcidump
opkg install http://shr.bearstech.com/shr-unstable/ipk/armv4t/bluez-hcidump_1.42-r0.4_armv4t.ipk hcidump -V
ref: http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td3058408
[edit] Hackable1 (works)
Use bluez 3 method tested on openmoko-terminal2 and Abiword keyboard works fine but with issue1
[edit] FYP 3.01 (works)
Downloaded from http://opensvn.csie.org/fyp/releases/3.01/ apt-get update apt-get install bluez-utils Use bluez 3 method tested on terminal keyboard works fine but with issue1
[edit] Android Koolu beta-3 (does not work)
Bluethoth scan detects the keyboard and starts the pin dialog but the software keyboard is unable to reach meanwhile the dialog is open so unable to put the pin code
[edit] Android Michael Trimarchi uImagev13+freerunnerV14.6 (does not work)
Downladed from http://www.fragcom.de/android Bluethoth scan doesn't detect anything seems to be affected by the dialog issue too
[edit] QT extended 4.3.3 (does not work)
Use bluez 3 method Download from http://dashi-x02.karadog.net/~lihouyu/qtextended/4.4.3/ Paired successfully trough gui and shh console using bluez 3 method GUI doesn't respond to keystrokes but if you shutdown qtextended you can see the typed chars in the black screen below
[edit] Debian (not tested)
has not been tested but I supose the result will be the same as Hackable1/FYP
[edit] Om2009
(actually using freedom universal but probably the same, please add a note if you try this with the slim.)
[edit] notes
Make sure you replace the device ids with your own.
The number 1540 appears to change between connections. Use the following to find out the current number:
mdbus -s org.bluez
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- switch keyboard to hid (for the universal)
- press bluetooth button
- copy simple agent (above) into simple-agent.py
chmod +x simple-agent.py mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy "Bluetooth" "enabled" /etc/init.d/bluetooth start Starting Bluetooth subsystem: bluetoothd hid2hci. hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:0B:0D:8A:35:62 FREEDOM KEYBOARD ./simple-agent.py hci0 00:0B:0D:8A:35:62 RequestPinCode (/org/bluez/1540/hci0/dev_00_0B_0D_8A_35_62) Enter PIN Code: 1111
- Type 1111 and press enter on the freedom keyboard
Release New device (/org/bluez/1540/hci0/dev_00_0B_0D_8A_35_62)
[edit] Connecting
mdbus -s org.bluez /org/bluez/1540/hci0/dev_00_0B_0D_8A_35_62 org.bluez.Input.Connect
[edit] Troubleshooting
To see the bluetooth communications:
opkg install bluez-hcidump hcidump -V
See also this thread: http://firstname.lastname@example.com/msg48084.html
[edit] Issues
[edit] issue 1
Just the fn+number_keys simbols don't work or prints "~" simbol but keystrokes are detected so maybe a good keyboard remap will do. Help on this will be appreciated.
This issue is not an issue but a mere misunderstanding of the labelling on the keys. The symbols above the numbers are accessed by pressing shift+number. fn+number gives you the first ten function keys. fn+R gives you F11. (2012-03-02)


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Paedocommunion appears to be gaining popularity within the Reformed community. Am I correct that the official OPC position is not one favoring paedocommunion?
Paedocommunion is the belief that baptized children may be admitted to the Lord's table without having to make a profession of faith first. You are correct that the OPC position does not favor paedocommunion. The official position of the OPC is contained in our doctrinal Standards. Larger Catechism #177 says in part: "... the Lord's Supper is to be administered ... only to such as are of years and ability to examine themselves." (You can read the Westminster Standards, along with their Scripture proofs, by clicking here.)
In 1988, the General Assemblies of both the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in America received reports from their respective committees on paedocommunion which argued both for and against the position. You can find the OPC reports online by clicking here.
As you read the OPC reports, please do not become confused by the "majority" and "minority" labels. While the report as a whole was received by the Fifty-fourth (1987) General Assembly, neither the committee (majority) report nor either of the minority reports was actually adopted as the position of the OPC. Instead, the Fifty-fifth (1988) Assembly adopted recommendations which opposed paedocommunion. (Because of membership turnover, at one point the majority of the committee did in fact favor paedocommunion; the action of the Assembly, however, reflects that they were really a minority within the OPC.)
Because this report consisted of both committee (majority) and two different minority reports, which had differing recommendations, to reduce confusion here are the adopted actions of the Fifty-fifth (1988) General Assembly relative to the matters contained in these reports. These recommendations originated with the Advisory Committee, not with the authors of the committee reports.
(These recommendations are from the Minutes of the Fifty-fifth General Assembly, pp. 60-62.)
I hope this information is helpful to you.
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The questions come from individuals like yourself. If you have questions about biblical and theological matters, you are invited to send them by e-mail by using the "Pose a Question" link on the OPC home page or by clicking here.
At least one new question is posted each week, so there should always be something new here for you to read. (For those people who would like to look at previous questions and answers, they will continue to be available as well.)
The purpose of the OPC website's "Questions and Answers" is to respond to biblical and theological questions. Matters of church discipline, disputes, or debates go beyond the scope of our work. We recommend that you present your concerns in these areas to the appropriate judicatory. In most cases this will be to a local pastor, elder, or session. We do not want the website to replace personal involvement in, or commitment to, the local, visible church.
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Web/Testing and Verification
From HaskellWiki
Methods, libraries and applications for verifying the correctness of a web site's behaviour.
The system GVERDI (Graphical VErification and Rewriting for Debugging Internet Sites) is a Web verifier prototype that is able to detect missing/incomplete Web pages and incorrect/forbidden information inside a Web site w.r.t. a given formal specification.
Home page: http://users.dsic.upv.es/grupos/elp/GVerdi/


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Even the influx of tourists during peak travel season has failed to boost Spanish employment out of the doldrums. While more people were working in May than in April, fewer found employment this year than during last year's tourist season. At the same time, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called for direct aid to banks in need of financial assistance and China sought plans to cope with a Greek exit from the euro zone.
Bloomberg reported Monday that while the number of those registering for unemployment benefits in Spain fell during May by 30,113, a year ago that number was more than twice as large at 79,701. The Labor Ministry data indicated that this May is the worst showing since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008.
Unemployment still lingers above 24%, and with tourism the country's biggest economic factor, a lack of relief in that sector will make it even harder on the beleaguered country to make the cuts it has mandated in its deficit reduction plan.
"Even seasonal hiring is becoming difficult for cash-strapped Spanish companies," Thibault Mercier, an economist at BNP Paribas in Paris, said in the report. Added to the country's bank woes, it appears increasingly likely that Spain will be the next in line for a bailout.
Rajoy's government, however, said that it was not under pressure from other eurozone countries to seek a rescue package. An unidentified government spokeswoman also denied a report in the newspaper El Pais that Madrid is negotiating for aid from the European Union for its banks that would not be considered a bailout.
On June 2 Rajoy called for funds to come directly to troubled banks rather than being routed through government channels. That added to the push on Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany to consider a sturdier "banking union" in Europe.
Rajoy encouraged other eurozone member countries to "cede more sovereignty" to a central fiscal authority, and also voiced support for the European Commission's (EC) call for a banking union that would include a single regulator and a deposit guarantee fund.
Merkel, however, has been steadfastly opposed to any measures that would lead to such things as joint euro bonds, although she has become increasingly isolated in her position as one after another of the eurozone countries have called for growth rather than austerity and a greater financial interdependence among the countries in the bloc.
Among those pressuring Germany is the billionaire investor George Soros, who was quoted saying on Saturday, "We need to do whatever we can to convince Germany to show leadership and preserve the European Union as the fantastic object that it used to be. The future of Europe depends on it."
On Sunday, Pierre Moscovici, the new French finance minister, added his voice to the chorus, saying that aid for troubled European banks should come through the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) rather than through governments. "We need to go toward a banking union," he was quoted saying.
Spain's troubles may be taking temporary center stage, but meanwhile the days are still ticking down toward a second Greek election. Should the results be inconclusive or come down on the side of renegotiating or abandoning its agreement with European officials for its second bailout, it could end up departing the eurozone—and China wants to be ready.
Reuters reported Monday that Chinese sources said the government has asked a number of prominent agencies, including the country's central bank, its banking regulator and the National Development and Reform Commission, to prepare plans to deal with the fallout from a Greek exit from the eurozone.
"It's very urgent," the report quoted one source as saying. "The government has asked every department to analyze measures to cope with a Greek exit from the eurozone and make their own suggestions as soon as possible."
In comments that appeared last week, Yu Yongding, an influential economist and a former central bank adviser, proposed actions that included capital controls and cash injections to domestic markets to cut volatility.
On Monday the head of the central bank said that China would continue to invest in eurozone government debt and other assets, and also exhorted the eurozone to more quickly implement reforms that would resolve the debt crisis.


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IN CONSIDERATION of being permitted to the Vagabond trip/event/trek/activity, hereinafter referred to as Activities conducted by Vagabond, (Hereinafter referred to as the Conductor, under the guidance of Elton Dmello and/or Shannon Fernandes and/or Shajin Shaji and/or Nihar Nair, hereinafter jointly referred to as the Instructors, I do hereby:
Acknowledge and agree that I am aware of the risks involved in the Activities and have also been apprised by the Conductor through his/her Instructors of the inherent risks and dangers associated with the activity and having understood the risks associated with the activity I have willingly agreed to learn/agree to send my ward to learn and participate in the Activities.
- I assure that I am / my ward is in proper and good health and I am / my ward is physically fit to learn and also participate in the activity and represent that I am / my ward is not suffering from any disease which might remotely either put myself / my ward or the other participants at any risk or danger;
- I agree to comply with the stated terms and conditions of participation; further, agree and warrant that if at any time when the Instructors believe and think that any conditions to be unsafe, they will have the right to ask me / [my ward] to discontinue further participation in the Activities immediately;
- I shall not hold the conductor, instructors, employees, other participants, owners, lessors or anyone responsible for any injury that might happen to me / my ward in the course of my journey to the venue and my journey backward;
- I hereby release, discharge and agree not to sue the conductor, Instructors, employees, any sponsors, advertisers, other participants, and if applicable, owners and lessors of premises on which the Activity takes place, from all liability, claims, demands, losses, injuries, damage to property or other damages caused or alleged to be caused on my account / on account of my ward in whole or in part by the bonafide errors of the Instructors.
- I have read this letter and I fully understand its terms; I also understand that this letter intends to be a complete and unconditional release of all liability to the largest extent allowed by law and agree that if any portion of this agreement is held to be not valid, the balance shall continue in full force and effect.
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Dr. Grumpy: "Yeah, I saw Mr. Trauma, who you consulted me on, and I'm just trying to get an idea of why you called me."
Dr. Testosterone: "Which patient was this?"
Dr. Grumpy: "He was riding his bike and was hit by a drunk driver, and suffered multiple fractures."
Dr.Testosterone: "Oh, yeah. I want your input as to why he fell off the bike. Did he have a seizure, or balance problem, or something like that?"
Dr. Grumpy: "Uhh... Your dictation says he fell off because he was hit by a car!"
Dr. Testosterone: "So? My dictation doesn't mean anything."


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By Paul Taylor
The shootings of French soldiers and Jewish schoolchildren by a home-grown Islamist gunman killed by police have upended France's election campaign and resurrected conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's prospects.
The first opinion poll to be taken since Mohamed Merah, 23, committed his third and deadliest attack at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday showed Sarkozy surging past Socialist challenger Francois Hollande in the April 22 first round.
Hollande leads by eight points in voting intentions for the May 6 runoff, but the gap has narrowed and the Toulouse killings have thrust the issues of security and integration of immigrants to the top of the political agenda.
That plays to Sarkozy's strengths, political scientists and campaign advisers say.
Jerome Sainte-Marie, director of political studies at the CSA polling institute which took the survey, said Sarkozy's two-point gain, largely at the expense of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, showed that people naturally rallied behind the head of state in times of crisis.
The bounce could prove short-lived, he told Reuters Television in an interview, and the campaign may soon return to the underlying issues of unemployment, social welfare, living standards and pensions on which the left had been leading.
Sainte-Marie cited the example of former President Francois Mitterrand, whose popularity hit a peak during the 1991 Gulf War in which France participated, only to plunge to record lows after the last shot was fired.
"However it is also possible, since this shift had already begun, that Nicolas Sarkozy manages to turn the whole campaign around to his own agenda, which is about order, values, immigration, integration, security and national identity."
Police commandos stormed Merah's apartment on Thursday after a 30-hour siege and shot him dead in an exchange of fire in which two policemen were injured.
Within two hours, the president had announced new measures to combat Islamist indoctrination and recruitment via the Internet, through foreign travel and in prisons.
Before the shootings, Sarkozy had courted controversy by turning sharply to the right in a March 11 speech declaring there were too many foreigners in France and vowing to rewrite or walk out of the European Union's Schengen open-border system.
"Of course what has happened in the past week has changed the course of events," a senior Sarkozy campaign adviser said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"There wasn't much talk about security and terrorism before. But this is going to raise questions about our system of integration, our approach to fundamentalism and our tolerance of certain practices here. You're going to hear a lot about that in the weeks to come," he said.
The Toulouse siege revived memories of an episode early in Sarkozy's career, when in 1993 he entered a nursery school where a gunman with explosives calling himself the "Human Bomb" had taken a class of children and their teacher hostage and negotiated for their release. Sarkozy emerged carrying a child.
Police later shot the gunman dead and freed the remaining children unharmed, and Sarkozy, who was mayor of the Paris suburb of Neuilly, became a national hero.
Both Sarkozy and Hollande suspended campaigning after Monday's shooting and called for national unity.
But while the incumbent was shown on television supervising the manhunt, comforting mourners, bringing together religious leaders and delivering a moving eulogy, his rival was confined to playing shadow president, following in Sarkozy's footsteps but without his powers.
For months, it seemed Hollande only needed to avoid a serious blunder to win by default against a president whose brash style, disappointing economic record and unpopular austerity policies seemed to doom him to defeat.
Now the left's plodding standard-bearer needs to find a way to wrest the campaign initiative back.
Although Hollande has avoided criticising the government, Sarkozy's supporters have resumed attacks on the Socialist contender, accusing him of being "in denial" about the threat from Islamist militancy.
"Francois Hollande never made security a priority in his programme," Jean-Francois Cope, leader of Sarkozy's UMP party, told the daily Le Figaro. "In the face of this tragedy, I call on Francois Hollande and his Green allies to maintain the appropriate dignity."
As if on cue, the same conservative newspaper launched a front-page editorial broadside against the Socialists on Tuesday, linking the Toulouse attacks and Islamist militancy to the left's alleged embrace of multiculturalism.
"Hasn't (Socialist Party leader) Martine Aubry taken her fascination with communitarianism as far as to set special hours aside for women in the swimming pools of Lille?" Le Figaro said.
Francois Hollande
Hollande's campaign advisers say his best hope is to remain statesmanlike in the face of such attacks and try to refocus the campaign patiently on bread-and-butter issues about jobs, schools and reviving economic growth.
Meanwhile, Sarkozy faces a fight-back from the far right, with Le Pen questioning possible security lapses in the handling of Merah, and charging that the government has been soft on Islamism and lost control of many tough urban neighbourhoods.
"The government is scared," she said on Thursday. "I've been saying this for 10 years. Entire districts are in the hands of Islamic fundamentalists and I say it again today, the danger is underestimated."
She demanded to know why the security services, which had been tipped off to Merah's two visits to Afghanistan and Pakistan, had not kept him under tighter surveillance since his return last year, suggesting they had been diverted to snoop on journalists and political opponents.
Centrist candidate Francois Bayrou, who refused to suspend his campaign, implicitly blamed Sarkozy for creating a climate of "stigmatisation" of immigrants and said the role of the president should be to unite society, not divide it.
The president needs to pick up votes from supporters of both these candidates to beat Hollande in the runoff, and the Toulouse shootings may help him score points with both camps.
His firm handling of the manhunt and immediate announcement of new measures to combat militancy may please right-wing and nationalist voters, while his emphasis on national unity and interfaith dialogue may appeal to centrists. (Additional reporting by Emmanuel Jarry and Pauline Mevel; Writing by Paul Taylor; Editing by Giles Elgood)


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And it's all because of you guys :D
I just wanted to say a big thank you to all those supporters and friends I have made along the way. It's great to know I have people who are regulars and who support me through everything, even my health updates!
To say thank you from me to all of you, I'm holding my own giveaway! Want to know what it is?
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Here is some information on the bracelet:
This bracelet has been made with a purpose to help spread the word about Lyme. The double stranded bracelet is around 8" with silver toned findings, beads, and charm. Contains glass and seed beads.
The charm is what I want to stand out and with good reason. The one side represents healing for self explanatory reasons and the other side has two stick figures holding hands, which represents all of us lymies and non-lymies who need to stick together on this journey.
Were all not alone in this fight!!
This isn't just for Lymies however; This is for everyone who has suffered illness, who have seen loved ones suffer illness, or people who just want to stay healthy. This is a symbol of health and friendship everywhere and everyone is welcome to enter!!
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*It can be anything! Just explain your reasoning.
This contest will run until Wednesday July 15, 2009 11:59 pm central standard time. I will contact the winner within 24 hours of drawing their name. You have 72 hours to claim your prize and send me your shipping information. If I haven't heard from you within that time frame, I will choose another winner.


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Old Home Day
1638 - Town of Hampton - 1960
73 Exeter Road
Built in 1648 for Godfrey Dearborn this house is believed to be the first frame building erected in the colony. Part of the original house still stands. It is probably the oldest frame dwelling in Rockingham County, and is now (1960) the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bourn.
See also the same house in the 1961 Old Home Day booklet.


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Our client was a passenger in an auto that rolled over because its driver was intoxicated. The client was rendered paraplegic.


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What better way to spend August than jumping into the back of a van and drinking your away around the UK. We suggested our new signing Redjetson (who we've babbled on about, foamingly, on here for quite a while) and the post-prog genius of Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies. More info about both bands follows the dates...
And to celebrate/commemorate we're releasing a split 12" single (as their tracks are just so darn long!) featuring 'This City Moans' and 'Divorce' from the forthcoming debut Redjetson album and '...spooks the horse' from the forthcoming YMSS 'Hurrah...' mini-album on Fierce Panda.
So, the tour is covering the country, and there are a few gaps where the bands want to have a house party, if they're in your neck of the woods and you fancy a party, post a comment below... come along, support the underground and represent...
Sat 7th - House party gig TBC
Sun 8th Coventry Jailhouse
Mon 9th Southampton Joiners
Tues 10th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Wed 11th Oxford Wheatsheaf (with Now It's Overhead)
Thurs 12th House party gig TBC
Fri 13th Nottingham Junktion7
Sat 14th Cambridge APU SU
Sun 15th Stoke Sugarmill
Mon 16th Leicester Charlotte (supporting Cat On Form)
Tues 17th Dundee Westport
Wed 18th Aberdeen Dr Drakes
Thurs 19th Newcastle Cumberland Arms
Fri 20th Manchester Night & Day
Sat 21st Hull Adelphi
Sun 22nd Wolverhampton Little Civic
Mon 23rd Northampton Soundhaus
Tues 24th London Camden Dublin Castle, Club Fandango
Both bands play Truck Festival this Sunday in the Barn That Cannot be Named (Redjetson at 11:15am, YMSS at 6pm). And Redjetson play two tour warm-up shows in the capital, the first is tomorrow, Wednesday 21st @ Comedy and 29th July @ The Medicine Bar in Shoreditch for Soldier Boy.
What on earth is Brave New Ideas?
In February 2004 the Drowned in Sound collective started a night called BRAVE NEW IDEAS to feature the the most inspired new bands, on the first Thursday of the month at 93ft East. And from this night, comes a compilation.
This August the first Brave New Ideas compilation drops, featuring not just the best of the UK bunch like thisGIRL, Jetplane Landing, but also the very best acts from around the world like These Arms are Snakes and Pedro the Lion. Track listing is to be announced soon. We're also releasing these, monthly, using some very smart technology, more details to follow...
What a name, and what a name they've made for themselves over the past 12months. Features in The Face, single of the week adulation from Kerrang, touring with their friends (and previous drummers band) Hope of the States, confused the music industry at In the City and inked an album deal with the mighty indie Fierce Panda. They mangle swathes of art-rock against pools of something that's almost metal. Brave new ideas, indeed.
"It's a rare band that can build such monolithic soundscapes as YSS, that can construct epic slews of earth-shattering noise and ethereal build-ups without drifting off into noodles" Kerrang
"…a post-hardcore brainstorming session on where music should go next!" Steve Lamacq
After months of support from the website, they recently signed to the new Drowned in Sound label. These post-rock loving, post-indie making, manifesto dissecting, Dickensian six piece have made a name for themselves too. Their blistering epic rock has been experienced opening for the likes of Biffy Clyro, Seachange and blasted out at their own Do or Die clubnight at the Arts Café. Their debut album 'New General Catalogue' is released in October.
"…set to break all perceptions of post-rock being inaccessible and only suited to homicidal sociopaths .If you like your Joy Division, Six by Seven, Mogwai and Radiohead then this is essential" this is fake diy.
DiScuss: Which show are you coming to? Fancy meeting other DiS readers in your area? Can you help flyer and spread the word for some of these shows? Pop your name below...


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The Best Duplicate Photo Finder Got Even Better By Providing A New EXIF Tag Comparison Mode Which Can Find Both Similar And Duplicate EXIF Tags
VSDIF has proven over the years as the best tool for finding similar and duplicate images. Its flexible scan modes, filters, auto-check and settings make it suitable for a vast variety of tasks. This new major release adds another powerful scan method to the already vast arsenal of the tool. Though this is a very nice new feature, the improvements do not end there. A "Multi preview" makes it easy to compare the images if there are more than two duplicates in a group. The flexible new panel lists all the duplicate images at once and provides options for customizations.
Find Similar And Duplicate EXIF Tags
The new scan method makes it possible to find and group together photos that have similar and duplicate EXIF Tags. The ways this feature can be used are limitless as it works on all the available EXIF Tags. While the most common use would be to search for similar and duplicate comments or descriptions the feature may also be used to search for duplicate camera model in order to find all the photos shot with a certain type of equipment. Searching for duplicate EXIF Date can reveal all the photos from e certain photo shootout.
Preview Multiple Duplicate Photos Simultaneously
This release includes a new preview panel that lists all the duplicate photos in a group together. The panel can be resized to order the thumbnails in a single or multiple rows and the thumbnail size can be altered using the mouse wheel. The thumbnails also include a check-box in order to denote the photo's checked state and also can be used to toggle that state.
In some cases it may be more convenient to preview two images at a time so the old preview panel is preserved in the new release. It can still be used if one prefers to see a larger preview of the selected items.
An improvement now automatically adjusts the orientation of the previewed image if such information exists in the EXIF data.
New Duplicate Photo Finder Features
There are plenty of new features and improvements in this release. Some of the more important ones is the fact that the EXIF tags list is now sorted by tag name by default and the sort order can be reversed by clicking the column title.
DICOM tags – files used in the medical industry are now supported in the Corporate version of the tool.
Another improvement now makes it possible to preserve the order of the duplicate groups for multiple save/load sessions. This is especially handy while working with large projects where a user analyses a bunch of groups and wishes to continue later with the rest.
And of course as always please comment below if you miss a feature or you have a suggestion for improvement. We will be glad to hear from you!


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The Department of Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania has completed a $5.6 million mine reclamation project which will help protect more than 100 homes near the mine.
An abandoned mine in Clearfield County of Pennsylvania has been restored after the completion of a $5.6 million mine reclamation project. As a result, the ground under 154 homes has been stabilized, further protecting them from mine subsidence.
"This critically important project that required two years to complete eases the concerns homeowners had expressed about potential mine subsidence causing thousands of dollars in damage and possibly making their homes unlivable," DEP Deputy Secretary for the Office of Active and Abandoned Mine Operations John Stefanko said.
The project first began in March 2012 and consisted of drilling 722 boreholes and injecting various materials such as concrete into the mine.


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CPR and AED, First Aid, Emergency Medical Responder,
Bloodborne Pathogens, Oxygen Administration, ACLS, PALS,
EMT, Defensive Driving, Lifeguard Training, Ocean Rescue,
Martial Arts, Self-Defense and Defense Tactics.
LifeForce USA is a multi-region BLS Community Training Center of the American Heart Association, an American Safety & Health Institute Training Center, and a Public Training Agency of the National Safety Council's First Aid Institute.
All Heroes, Survivor's and sponsors receive an award from the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association, the American Heart Association and proclamations from Governor Christie's office and Congressman Chris Smith's office.
Our Silent Auction will feature sports memorabilia, tickets to professional games, gift certificates to restaurants, spas and stores, and much more. All proceeds go to placing AED's and providing training for those who are in need but cannot afford.
See a real Race Car up close and personal. Get your picture taken with it. Children 12 and younger can get a picture inside the car, and those older than 12 next to the car.
All information about the 7th Annual CPR/AED Awareness Day is attached as well.
Please call me if you have any questions.
I hope to see you on June 5, 2016 for a great time.
Please come and join us on the fun and inspiring day. The normal admission price to Great Adventure is $62.99. That is without food. With this special day, you get admission into the Theme Park and the Safari Off Road Adventure (new for 2014), the CPR / AED Awareness Day event and a 2-hour all-you-can-eat buffet, a "LifeForce Foundation – CPR Hero" wristband, and an event T-Shirt all for $49.00. If you are a Great Adventure Season Pass Holder, the cost for the CPR/AED Awareness Day event and buffet is $19.00. You can purchase the tickets from the LifeForce Foundation, or buy them online (tickets for the buffet only cannot be bought online). The online site and code is found on the event ticket order form.
LifeForce Awareness Day Ticket Form
Another exciting part of this year's event is the charity auction to raise money for the LifeForce Foundation. The foundation was created to supply AED's and other medical supplies, along with education, to families or organizations that in much need of an AED, but cannot afford one. One Hundred percent of all proceeds from all fundraising go towards the foundation's mission. There is not a single penny that is used for salaries of any kind. This year's auction will feature sports memorabilia, tickets to professional games, gift certificates to restaurants, spas and stores, and much more.
Please tell everyone and anyone, even if they do not teach CPR, or work in the medical field or as a rescuer. This day is for everyone. You can choose to come to see the guest speaker and awards, or just enjoy more time in the park, and come for the buffet.
If you know of any "Hero" that saved a life by performing CPR and/or using an AED, please let us know their story. We will nominate them for an award. The person(s) will be our guest along with one other person of their choosing to attend the day. If you know who the "Survivor" is also, the same applies. Sometimes it is tough to get the information on the survivor, due to privacy laws, or their state of health.
LifeForce Awareness Day Hero Form
If your company is interested in being a sponsor, please let them know that they get many things for their sponsor fee, including tickets for the day. It is all explained in the attached sponsor form.
LifeForce Awareness Day Sponsor and Ad Form
All Heroes, Survivor's and sponsors receive an award from the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association, the American Heart Association and proclamations from Governor Christie's office and Congressman Chris Smith's office.
Please call me if you have any questions.
I hope to see you on June 1, 2014 for a great time.
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Gerd Binnig (born 20 July 1947) is a German physicist, who he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 with Heinrich Rohrer for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope.
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- Doing physics is much more enjoyable than just learning it. Maybe 'doing it' is the right way of learning, at least as far as I am concerned.
- in his Nobel biography, edited by Tore Frängsmyr, Gösta Ekspong, Nobelstiftelsen (1993). Physics 1981-1990. World Scientific. p. 383. ISBN 9810207298.


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Make it Possible is an initiative of Animals Australia, Australia's most dynamic animal protection organisation.
Make it Possible aims to create a vision for a kinder world — a world without factory farming. By informing and empowering consumers to make kinder choices when they shop, everybody has the power to make a world without factory farming possible.
Australia is a nation of compassionate people, yet few people are aware that factory farming is the greatest cause of animal cruelty on the planet today. Despite having the same capacity to suffer, animals raised for food have been excluded from the same animal cruelty laws that protect those animals we share our homes with. As a result, it is legal to subject farmed animals to intense confinement and surgical procedures without pain relief. Raising animals for food also underpins some of the greatest environmental threats today. The reality is, that factory farming has led to cheaper animal products, crueller production systems, and a demand that has forced animals to be intensively farmed. This demand would never have existed were people aware that animals, and the planet, were paying such a terrible price. An end to factory farming can be achieved if consumers lead the path to change by refusing to purchase factory farmed products, but also reducing demand by consuming fewer animal products or going meat-free. These key choices form the basis of the Make it Possible pledge.
More than a dozen of Australia's finest celebrities have stepped up to help end factory farming and lend their voices to the Make it Possible campaign. Watch the Make it Possible extended video to hear what they have to say.
At the heart of the Make it Possible campaign is a world-first television and cinema ad featuring images of real animals in Australian factory farms. Factory farming would have ended long ago if these animals could plead their own case, with their own voice. With the help fo CGI, the Make it Possible ad gives voice to these animals in what has been described as a 'shockingly beautiful' film. The ad is screening nationally on Australian television and cinema screens, thanks to generous donations from members of the public. Animals Australia is indebted to the creativity and generosity of Sydney-based advertising agency LOUD, who have provided pro bono expertise to bring Make it Possible to life. A big thank you is due to many others who have assisted in the production of the Make it Possible campaign. A full list of credits can be found here.
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Here is one of our fine and quality Biblically Based Discernmentalist Preparatory Tests:
Your official instructor Todd Friel, Wretched Instructor of I*segesis, Doctor of Fear-mongering and Misinformation will now instruct you on the pressing question of Biblically Based Economic Systems via video:
You heard your question of the day: Which is the more Biblically Based Economic System—Capitalism or Communism? You may now begin this quiz. Open Bibles are welcomed and encouraged. You may even call Brannon Howse or Jan Markell for help. Good Luck!
Capitalism is the more Biblically Based Economic System? Check yes____ or check no ____.'
"'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. — Ezekiel 16:49
14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15 He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight. 16 "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. 19 "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' 25 "But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.' 27 "He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' 29 "Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' 30 "'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.' 31 "He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' " — Luke 16:14-17 and 19-31.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. — Matthew 19:23-24, Mark 10:23-25
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. — Luke 6:24
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. — James 5:1
Or communism is the more Biblically Based Economic System ? Check yes____ or check no ____.
The Fellowship of the Believers
42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."— Matthew 19:21.
35 " 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary resident, so he can continue to live among you. 36 Do not take interest of any kind [a] from him, but fear your God, so that your countryman may continue to live among you. 37 You must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at a profit. 38 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.— Leviticus 25: 35-38.
The Absolute Truth Biblical answer of course is Capitalism:
When Christianity adheres to the judicial specifics of the Bible, it produces free market capitalism.
On the other hand, when Christianity rejects the judicial specifics of the Bible, it produces socialism or some politically run hybrid "middle way" between capitalism and socialism, where politicians and bureaucrats make the big decisions about how people's wealth will be allocated. Economic growth then slows or is reversed. Always.
John MacArthur even told us so—so just remember to vote like Us on this quiz because We are Always Right and then you'll be all set to be qualified as a candidate for the position of a True Biblically-Based Discernmentalist just like Ken Silva and Eric Barger. If for some reason you don't vote exactly like us most likely because you are an unrepentant unregenerate Emergent and Red-Letter Christian then we pray that you REPENT and get saved under John MacArthur approved teaching by believing Our Truth and by accepting the Gospel of Reagan that is if you really are a True Elect Republican Believer to begin with and therefore allowed to repent.


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Miley Cyrus has been called a lot of things (many of them unfairly) since she shed the blonde wig and ditched the Disney sitcom. But Sunday night's Toyota Center show proved, without a doubt, that Cyrus is much more than twerking and tongues.
Simply put, she's a grandly entertaining pop star.
Every moment of her Bangerz Tour is a riotous, ridiculous experience. It was sensory overload even before she took the stage. Brightly colored balloons hung from the ceiling and formed archways over the floor. And despite reports that ticket sales have been sluggish, this show was heartily packed from the floor to the rafters. Fans cradled inflatable bananas, and there were copious amounts of skin despite the increasingly chilly outside temperature.
Cyrus slid down a huge tongue jutting out from her own face on a huge screen to the booming strains of "Bangerz," surrounded by an army of dancers and a neon zoo that included bears, cats, gorillas and a gingham horse during "4×4."
In many ways, Cyrus is the best of the current crop of female pop stars. She's more accessible than Rihanna, a better vocalist than Katy Perry and nowhere near the self-importance of Lady Gaga. Madonna is still the blueprint, and Cyrus perhaps come closest, particularly onstage. She's fearless, bounding expertly from dance tracks to ballads, gowns to T-shirts. Nothing seems to faze her, and that throaty rasp gives her tunes grit and soul.
The spacious staging allowed for a full band and interaction. She writhed atop a gold car in a bodysuit covered with hemp leaves during "Love Money Party." Cups of purple liquid spilled onscreen behind her during ballad"My Darlin'" (likely meant to represent the codeine-laced "drank" popularized in the South).
"This is the biggest and the best (expletive) party you're gonna be at in your entire life," Cyrus said. "You don't sit down. You don't not sing. You don't not get turned the (expletive) up."
The crowd obliged, chanting along with every song and throwing their hands up at every dance interlude. ("Drive" earned one of the loudest singalongs.) There were gyrations and crotch grabs and, yes, lots of tongue. But none of it was meant to be sexy. Cyrus is a master at tongue-in-cheekiness, turning stereotypical ideals of female pop stars on their heads.
She donned a red gown and gloves for the Christina Aguilera-esque runs of "FU" — but sang it to a furry, camel-like creature instead of a man. She gave "Do My Thang" a kitschy country makeover. She cavorted through the feel-good groove of "Get it Right" on a bed, evoking Madonna's Blond Ambition-era "Like a Virgin." But it quickly turned into a campy, multi-person romp.
A mammoth husky statue with glowing eyes was wheeled onstage for a faithful run through of "Hannah"-era hit "Can't Be Tamed." It was the only "oldie" in the mix aside from "Party in the U.S.A., which ended the night with an explosion of patriotic imagery. (Dancing Statue of Liberty, dancing Uncle Sam, dancing Mount Rushmore. Really.)
Cyrus encouraged the crowd to get "slutty, the dirtier the better" during silky ballad "Adore You." A kiss cam roamed the venue, but again the script was flipped. It focused on same-sex couples and drew roars of approval.
She took a seat at the opposite end of the venue, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with her own face, for a comparatively quiet interlude that include soulful highlight "Rooting for My Baby." There was also a flurry of covers that made the most of Cyrus' voice: Dolly Parton's "Love is Like a Butterfly" and "Jolene," Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" and Coldplay's "The Scientist."
It was soon back to the shenanigans, including a fierce strut through Mike Will Made's "23" in chaps and "Someone Else" atop a giant hot dog. (Hey, it's rodeo season, y'all.) Cyrus reprised the foam finger, several in fact, for "We Can't Stop," the bouyant single that reintroduced her as a musical force.
She stood solo under a spotlight for "Wrecking Ball," a killer pop song that epitomizes the phrase power ballad. The crowd tore through the chorus alongside her, and it seemed to shake the entire arena.


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Sarcasm is usually ano you can easily switch on the boards.
A shorter mast has a few more advantages.
1) Being able to kite in places where its a bit shallower
2) The foil reacts a bit quicker to your inputs making learning things easier. I find it much easier to do Airtacks etc with the shorter mast.
3) As mentioned before a not so hard wipeout, and less chance to landing on the foil when crashing
4) Easier to travel with