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Originally posted by SteveDaPirate View PostThe place I've been expecting autonomous vehicles to really take off is agriculture. Tractors and Combines should be more than capable of driving around 1000s of acres of fields, while the farmer tracks their progress from home, drinking a beer and watching the game.
We may have the technology of self drive cars, but we won't allow them in crowded area just yet."Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
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Elon Musk may never deliver a $35,000 Model 3—and that would actually be great news for Tesla (TSLA)
Everybody has been giving Tesla CEO Elon Musk a hard time for his savage Twitter ways of late, myself included. But that doesn't mean, amid all the trolling of haters and big media, Musk doesn't sometimes tweet out an insight.
For example, Musk offered this tweet in response to a question about when the long-promised $35,000 Model 3 sedan would arrive, after he announced a $78,000 high-performance trim level: "With production, 1st you need achieve target rate & then smooth out flow to achieve target cost. Shipping min cost Model 3 right away wd cause Tesla to lose money & die. Need 3 to 6 months after 5k/wk to ship $35k Tesla & live."
That's not exactly what I heard when I was at the Model 3 launch in July of 2017. Then, my understanding was that Tesla would first build the $44,000 Model 3 with a long-range battery pack and a single motor over the rear axle to keep things simple. After all, the company had never mass-produced the car before and had skipped a so-called "soft tooling" phase of the ramp-up, when it could fix problems with the assembly line before settling on costly gear.
I did know that Tesla usually sells expensive trim level before cheap ones — and sometimes doesn't see very much demand for less-expensive versions of its vehicles.
That's not a bad thing, as pricier Teslas are better for topline revenue and should eventually be a boon for bottom-line profits if the company can stop losing billions of dollars annually. In fact, a little over a year ago I argued that selling a $35,000 car wasn't such a great move for Musk.
"It bears repeating: the Model 3 represents a move for Tesla in the opposite direction of where the money is in the car business," I wrote. "A $35,000 compact sedan brings in a lot less than a $100,000-plus mid-size SUV. For Tesla, the Model 3 is a far greater risk than the Model S or X were."
My headline was "The Model 3 could be the worst thing that ever happened to Tesla," so I take a doleful victory lap on that one.
Exclusive: Tesla flies in new battery production line for Gigafactory
FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has flown six planes full of robots and equipment from Europe to California in an unusual, high-stakes effort to speed up battery production for its Model 3 electric sedan, people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week.
Transporting equipment for a production line by air is costly and hardly ever done in the automotive industry, and the move underscores Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's urgency to get a grip on manufacturing problems that have hobbled the launch of the high-volume Model 3 and pushed Tesla's finances deep into the red.
"As usual with Tesla, everything is being done in a massive hurry and money seems to be no obstacle," said one of the two sources.
Tesla on Friday declined to comment on whether it has shipped in any new production equipment from Europe.
Investors are closely watching Tesla and its high-profile, often brash CEO to see if the upstart electric vehicle maker can pull off high-volume production of the Model 3, a car with the potential to catapult the niche automaker to a mass producer and assure its financial stability.
But manufacturing missteps have led Tesla to repeatedly miss production targets for the sedan, and raised doubts about Musk's promises that the company will stop burning cash by the third quarter of this year. Tesla had free cash flow of negative $1 billion in the first quarter, and earlier this month disclosed that it could offer its Fremont, California, vehicle assembly plant as collateral for debt.
Engineers from Tesla's German engineering arm, Grohmann, are now reworking the battery production line at the Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada, in a bid to free up bottlenecks, the person said. The line will become more automated gradually over time, added the source, who was not authorized to speak for attribution."Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
Why Tesla's reported incompetence with the model 3 production line is greatly exaggerated and misrepresented.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...-idUSKBN1JI013
Exclusive: Tesla to close a dozen solar facilities in nine states - documents
LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Inc's move last week to cut 9 percent of its workforce will sharply downsize the residential solar business it bought two years ago in a controversial $2.6 billion deal, according to three internal company documents and seven current and former Tesla solar employees.
The latest cuts to the division that was once SolarCity - a sales and installation company founded by two cousins of Tesla CEO Elon Musk - include closing about a dozen installation facilities, according to internal company documents, and ending a retail partnership with Home Depot Inc that the current and former employees said generated about half of its sales.
About 60 installation facilities remain open, according to an internal company list reviewed by Reuters. An internal company email named 14 facilities slated for closure, but the other list included only 13 of those locations.
Tesla declined to comment on which sites it planned to shut down, how many employees would lose their jobs or what percentage of the solar workforce they represent.
The company said that cuts to its overall energy team - including batteries to store power - were in line with the broader 9 percent staff cut.
"We continue to expect that Tesla's solar and battery business will be the same size as automotive over the long term," the company said in a statement to Reuters.
The operational closures, which have not been previously reported, raise new questions about the viability of cash-strapped Tesla's solar business and Musk's rationale for a merger he once called a "no brainer" - but some investors have panned as a bailout of an affiliated firm at the expense of Tesla shareholders. Before the merger, Musk had served as chairman of SolarCity's board of directors.
The installation offices that the internal email said were targeted for closure were located in California, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Arizona and Delaware.
The company also fired dozens of solar customer service staffers at call centers in Nevada and Utah, according to the former Tesla employees, some of whom were terminated in last week's cuts. Those employees spoke on condition of anonymity because making public comments could violate the terms of their severance packages.
"It's been a difficult few days - no one can deny this," a Tesla manager wrote in a seperate internal email, sent to customer service employees shortly after the cuts were announced.
Tesla has been burning through cash as it tries to hit a target of producing 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans per week after production delays. The company faces investor pressure to turn a profit without having to tap Wall Street for additional capital.
The total number of cuts to the solar workforce remained unclear. Some personnel at facilities closing down were being transferred to other sites, the current and former employees said. SolarCity employed about 15,000 people at the end of 2015 but has since cut thousands of workers.
Ending the Home Depot partnership, which allowed for solar sales in about 800 stores, is part of Tesla's larger effort to absorb SolarCity into its high-end brand and sell through 90 of its 109 U.S. retail stores and its website, the company said.
"Tesla stores have some of the highest foot traffic of any retail space in the country," Tesla said.
Analysts questioned Tesla's plans for the solar business in light of the latest cuts to staff and retail operations.
"In effect they seem to be saying, 'We have no strategy for selling solar,'" said Frank Gillett, an analyst at Forrester Research, adding that the SolarCity purchase "looks pretty awful right now.""Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
So, he's basically running out of money?
SolarCity was ruined by Musk shifting business focus from combined financing and installation to installation only, basically eradicating their defining feature on the market and pushing them down into competition with hundreds of SMEs.
Originally posted by kato View PostSo, he's basically running out of money?
SolarCity was ruined by Musk shifting business focus from combined financing and installation to installation only, basically eradicating their defining feature on the market and pushing them down into competition with hundreds of SMEs.
I'd had the feeling that merging SolarCity into Tesla wasn't the best move to begin with. It goes without saying that if Tesla were to go down, it could very well drag SolarCity down with it. Musk has always been a gambler, it'll be interesting to see which way the chips fall."Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
Originally posted by Ironduke View PostThe ending of the partnership with The Home Depot, and the concentration of SolarCity sales in Tesla retail stores, he might be taking a gamble to leverage SolarCity sales into Tesla auto sales by getting combined foot traffic within the same space. I don't really know what else to make of it. Seems like a very risky move to me. Tens of millions, if not a hundred million or more Americans shop at The Home Depot every year. Seems like a no-brainer to continue the relationship with them.
I'd had the feeling that merging SolarCity into Tesla wasn't the best move to begin with. It goes without saying that if Tesla were to go down, it could very well drag SolarCity down with it. Musk has always been a gambler, it'll be interesting to see which way the chips fall.


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When it comes to festive desserts, we've dabbled in nearly every variety of red, white and blue, from patriotic pinwheel cookies and layered cheesecake parfaits to star-studded tarts and American flag cookie cakes. But we're about to take "fabulously festive" to a whole new level with this Easy July 4th Ice Cream Cake.
The setup on this patriotic dessert couldn't be easier, and it all starts with a buttery store-bought pound cake that's sliced into four layers to make room for all. the. ice. cream. And here's your chance to get creative! I've opted for raspberry sorbet to mimic the red and white stripes of the American flag, but you can use whatever flavor ice cream that suits your taste buds. (Need inspiration? Check out my original Easiest-Ever Ice Cream Cake.)
With our cake sliced, it's then time to start layering. And the easy-but-impressive theme continues because you don't even need a special pan to shape the cake. Simply stack the layers of pound cake and ice cream directly into the pound cake container then wrap it all up securely with plastic wrap and stash it in the freezer.
When you're ready to set off those flavor fireworks, remove the cake from the freezer and top it with homemade (or store-bought) whipped cream, fresh raspberries and blueberries, and a healthy shower of red, white and blue sprinkles.
We're talking 15 minutes to assemble, a few hours to freeze and seconds to devour. Happy 4th of July and happy ice cream cake season!
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Remove the pound cake from the container and set it aside. Line the container with plastic wrap so that it hangs over on all sides.
Using a serrated knife, carefully slice the pound cake in half lengthwise then slice each piece in half again to form four long slices. Arrange the bottom slice in the lined container then top it with a third of the ice cream, spreading it into an even layer.
Add a second slice of pound cake atop the ice cream, top it with another third of the ice cream then another layer of pound cake and the remaining ice cream. Add the top layer of pound cake then wrap the plastic wrap securely around the cake and place it in the freezer until frozen solid, about 6 hours. (See Kelly's Notes.)
When ready to serve, remove the cake from the freezer and use the plastic wrap overhangs to lift it out of the container and onto a serving platter. Top it with the whipped cream, raspberries, blueberries and sprinkles. Slice and serve immediately.
My favorite brand of store-bought pound cake is the Sara Lee All Butter Pound Cake, which can be found in the freezer aisle of most major grocery stores.
My favorite brand of raspberry sorbet is the Roman Raspberry flavor from Talenti.
To avoid an icy layer atop the cake, place the container inside a plastic bag and seal it shut before placing it in the freezer.
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Speed limit reduced on Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road in Dubai
The speed limit will be reduced to 110kph from 120kph as of October 15
Speed limits are being reduced to 110km per hour on two major Dubai roads in a bid to curb accidents and improve safety.
The move to slow down drivers on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road after in-depth traffic surveys will come into force from October 15.
It is the latest road safety initiative deployed by authorities, and follows a public consultation to consider scrapping the existing 20kph buffer afforded to speeding drivers, before risking a fine.
A joint operation between Dubai Police and the Roads and Transport Authority found both highways were carrying large volumes of traffic and have become hotspots for accidents and collisions.
"Lowering the speed limits on the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and Emirates Roads is a result of elaborate traffic safety studies and analyses of traffic accident data along with their causes over the past years," said Maitha bin Adai, chief executive of the RTA traffic and roads agency.
"It resulted in addressing several traffic safety requirements such as pedestrian bridges, safety rails, and truck lay-by areas; which contributed to realising RTA's vision.
"The decision is mainly intended to curb traffic accidents resulting from over speeding, especially as the two roads witness huge volumes of heavy vehicles traffic in both directions."
In the first six months of 2017, six people lost their lives and 78 more were injured in 99 accidents on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.
The previous year saw 33 deaths and 249 injuries as a result of 196 accidents on the same stretch of road.
Emirates Road has suffered similar rates of serious road traffic accidents. During the first half of 2017, there were 10 road deaths and 75 injuries resulting from 40 accidents. In 2016, Emirates Road was the scene of 86 accidents in total that caused 29 deaths and 147 injuries.
Most motorists welcomed the decision to cut speed limits, but some said it won't affect accident rates.
"It's a great decision and should have been implemented years ago," said Emirati Mohammed Rashid, 41, from Sharjah.
"I'm all for reducing the speed limits to get more control on the road and avoid accidents."
"We are talking about people's lives here, so any measures that can be taken to save our lives on the roads is much appreciated and fines should be increased in order to enforce road discipline."
Another driver also said the measure was unlikely to reduce road deaths.
"I respect their concerns and decisions but I don't think that changing the speed limits would crop accidents rates," said Osama Haroun, a Jordanian salesman who uses both roads frequently.
"I spend most of the time behind the wheel and I see many violations, some don't even care for speed limits and drive above it.
"I think monitoring other acts that lead to accidents is better than changing the speed."
"Bad driving habits will not change if the speed limits were reduced on the roads, instead it will make us spend more time on the road but the number of accidents will stay the same," said Briton Samantha Mckee in Dubai.
"I suggest they increase the number of police patrols on the roads and fine road offenders, maybe it will help in reducing tailgating, sudden lane changing and reckless driving."
Saeed Bin Hamad, a 38-year-old Emirati living in Dubai is concerned the changes will lead to longer time on the road.
"I really don't think that reducing 10 kph from the current speed limits would cut down accidents," he said.
"There are many factors that may lead to an accidents and speed limits on a busy highway is not the case, but we can't do anything about this decision and we hope it will work."
The current capacity of the two roads is about 12,000 vehicles per hour per direction. Road surveys showed 7009 vehicles travelled on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road in the direction of Abu Dhabi, with trucks accounting for 6 per cent of all traffic.
On Emirates Road, surveyors found 6,442 vehicles moving towards Abu Dhabi.
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Officials backtrack on move to reduce speed limits on Emirates and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed roads
Mixed reaction to proposal to reduce buffer on UAE speed limit
"Controlling the speed limits is one of the most effective measures of reducing traffic accidents," said Mr bin Adai.
"The procedure of controlling the speed limits is based on several criteria highlighted by the design speed of the road, and the actual speed observed by the majority of drivers.
"It also rests on the extent of urbanisation on both roadsides, pedestrian traffic, availability of schools, mosques and other vital facilities, and depends on the level of traffic accidents on the road, traffic volume, and the high probability of serial accidents."
Research into several areas showed some areas were more prone to accidents than others, with corrective measures taken in line with Dubai's speed management guide.
The RTA said speed limits to be enforced by radar cameras will soon yield a reduction in fatal incidents on both roads.
"This will step up the safety of users of both roads, as speed is a key contributing or associated factor for not less than 60 per cent of traffic road fatalities," said Maj Gen Advisor Mohammed Saif Al Zaffein, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police.
"The move is compatible with the Dubai Police strategy aimed at reducing traffic accidents to zero percent per 100 of the population."
According to the global competitiveness report issued by Davos Economic Forum, the UAE has achieved a top ranking in its road quality in the past four years.
Independent UK consultants at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), also ranked UAE roads as number one, followed by Singapore and Hong Kong.
Other recent measures to improve road safety include compulsory checks on imported second hand cars.
The Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology has outlawed the import, registration and insurance of vehicles that have been written off in other countries.
And similar pilot project by the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council now rates garages and workshops to help helping improve safety standards.
Updated: September 13, 2017 06:42 PM


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SC sets up committee on rehabilitation of Vrindavan's widows
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday set up a a six-member committee to ensure proper rehabilitation of Vrindavan's "hapless widows", saying they were "dealt with in a manner as if they have ceased to be entitled to a life of dignity".
The committee comprises Suneeta Dhar of NGO Jagori, Meera Khanna of Guild for Service, activist and lawyer Abha Singhal, lawyer Aparajita Singh and one nominee each from NGOs HelpAge India and Sulabh International.
The apex court asked the committee members to study the reports submitted in the Supreme Court on the condition of widows, and submit a common working plan by November 30.
A division bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta said: "One of the issues adverted to during the hearing of the petitions, but not mentioned in any of the reports, is the need to encourage widow re-marriage. This is a subject of hope that might enable our society to give up the stereotyped view of widows. We request the committee to consider this during its deliberations."
"The widows of Vrindavan (and indeed, in other ashrams) quite clearly fall in this category of a socially disadvantaged class of our society," the court said.
The court said it was a pity that these widows have been so unfortunately dealt with, as if they had ceased to be entitled to live a life of dignity, and as if they were not entitled to protection under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court had earlier taken note of the pathetic condition of widows after a petition was filed in 2007 to highlight how they were lodged in 'ashrams' in the Uttar Pradesh town.


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When we sin - whether by commission or error, through actions intentional or unintentional - the string breaks.
But when we do teshuvah, the angel Gabriel comes down and makes a knot in the string - bringing us a little closer to G!d.
You know what happens when this happens over and over again. The string keeps getting a little bit shorter and with each further knot G!d keeps drawing us closer and closer.
(Folk tale from Libya, can be found in One Minute Wisdom, by Anthony De Mello,
Pg 116. This telling edited by Mark Novak & Renée Brachfeld.
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NEWS (240999): I managed to compile teTeX 1.0 quad-fat for NEXTSTEP. A tarfile is available as teTeX-mab-nextstep-1.0-1.tar.gz. This is very dirty, completely (sic!) untested and might not work at all! So try it on your own risk. For the supplement teTeX files (required!) and for instructions how to install the mess, have a look at the teTeX home page http://www.tug.org/teTeX!
NEWS (250899): Felix has lost the webspace for his TeXview. He sent me his last snapshot, which you can download here: texview.tgz. I think he's not going to work on this stuff anymore.
BAD NEWS: In the last couple of months, I have moved to Linux. I'm not running NEXTSTEP any more, and I don't have proper access to a NEXTSTEP machine, therefore I'm no longer able to work on stepTeX nor compile TeX-related stuff for NEXTSTEP. If you have questions, don't hesitate to mail. Please expect delays, since I'm quite busy.
NEWS (120698): Felix Gatzemeier <email@example.com> has made just another snapshot of his TeXview. Features include multi-document support, grayscaling and it works with teTeX pre-0.9 from May 1998.NEWS (010698): The TeX Live 3 binaries for NEXTSTEP are now available for download: http://www.tug.org/texlive/bugs.html NEWS (070498): I'm sorry, but the upcoming TeX Live 3 CD won't contain NEXTSTEP binaries this time. There was no room for the full set of quad-FAT binaries on the CD. Sebastian Rahtz' told me that the binaries will be available from the TeX Live web page, for what that's worth. NEWS (180398): TeX Live 3 will be out by the mid of April. It will be based on web2c 7.2, and will feature e-TeX 2.0, pdfTeX 0.12f and Omega 1.5. I'm currently compiling NEXTSTEP binaries. NEWS (090697): If you have problems with TeXview-kp 0.30, consider installing version 0.25 instead. NEWS (170497): First attempt at unified TeXview^hyper - supports web2c 7.0 and the soon-to-be-released teTeX 0.9. NEWS (170497): Soon to be available: TeX Live 2 - the second edition of the plug-and-play CD-ROM with a live TeX system for Unix systems including NEXTSTEP.
These pages contain information about TeX for NEXTSTEP/OpenStep. While at the moment, this is more or less a service page on teTeX for NEXTSTEP, I plan to add bits on any TeX related program for NEXTSTEP/OpenStep/GNUstep systems.
Coming soon (hopefully ;-): Information about Bibliography.app, TeXmenu.app, TeX2Eps etc. Separate pages on InstantTeX and TeXview-related projects. More hints on installation and configuration of teTeX with NEXTSTEP, perhaps a dummy's guide to LaTeX with NEXTSTEP (using PS fonts, including graphics).
teTeX is a fine and complete TeX distribution for Unix systems. Built around web2c (by Karl Berry), Thomas Esser maintains a complete and up-to-date collection of macro packages and utilities. Guided by friendly installation scripts, this distribution is suitable for novices as well as large heterogenuous installations.
Since version 0.4, teTeX comes with NEXTSTEP binaries. teTeX can be found on many ftp sites. teTeX's primary site is
The NEXTSTEP binaries come in two flavours: One quad-FAT binary package that unpacks in bin/mab-nextstep3, and four single-architecture binaries for the four different NEXTSTEP platforms. Choose the one you prefer.
The NEXTSTEP binaries incorporate an patch that adds support for IPC with TeXview, i.e. the `instant preview' feature of NeXTTeX works (that's the -v/-V flag to tex). teTeX doesn't yet support the "%&latex" feature of NeXTTeX, you'll have to wait until teTeX 0.9 for this.web2c 7.0 is released; teTeX 0.9 is on the way! web2c 7.x contains native support for NeXTTeX IPC - dynamic configuration of memory sizes without recompiling! - supports the %&format feature - supports ls-R across multiple tree's - support. teTeX 0.9 will contain all of this and furthermore such amazing things as e-TeX and tex2pdf.
In order to be able to use teTeX with NEXTSTEP, you need a version of TeXview.app that includes kpathsearch (an alternative installation using the original TeXview.app is described in teTeX's teTeX-FAQ, Q22.).
TeXview-kp is somehow work in progress. The most recent test versions can be found on our ftp site. I received some reports about problem with version 0.30 and teTeX 0.4. If you run into those problems, version 0.25 should work better for you. Finally, there's now a version 0.32 compiled for web2c 7.2 (i.e. TeX Live 3 or teTeX 0.9):
There's also a loose project group working on enhanced versions of TeXview. The most prominent result is Raf Schietekat's TeXview, which also supports multiple documents and HyperTeX, but doesn't yet contain kpathsearch support. Preview's of Raf's work (aka ALPHA versions) can be found in the same directory as TeXview-kp.
InstantTeX is a pseudo-WYSIWYG TeX environment for NEXTSTEP, written by Dmitri Linde.
InstantTeX is not yet prepared for use with teTeX. Nevertheless there's a simple trick to get it up:
Open TeXWorks, choose "Preferences" from the menu, and click on "Set TeX paths.." For each of the paths, TEXINPUTS, TEXFORMATS, TEXFONTS, TEXPOOL, replace the currently listed path with the single symbol ":".In the next maintenance release of InstantTeX, this will be fixed and reflected in the docs.
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There are four ways a woman can handle heartbreak. She can fall apart, seek revenge, turn cold, or move on. The Ex Files is the story of these four women:
When Kendall Stewart finds her husband and her sister in bed together, she vows to never let anyone get that close again. But when she is faced with saving the life of the woman who destroyed hers, will she be able to forgive?
When an NBA superstar tells his mistress, Asia Ingrum, that he's decided to honor his marriage vows, her shock quickly gives way to revenge...but her decision may come back to haunt their five-year-old daughter.
Every night Vanessa Martin wonders why her husband committed suicide. Even worse, she contemplates joining him in eternity. Will Vanessa be able to gather the strength to live again?
Sheridan Hart is finally finding her way after a lie destroyed her seventeen-year marriage. Her new love is ready to get married, but will she commit to this younger man or is her ex-husband taking up too much space in her heart?
When their pastor asks Kendall, Asia, Vanessa, and Sheridan to meet weekly for prayer, they can't imagine they will have anything in common. But then a devastating tragedy strikes and these strangers are forced to reexamine their choices. Will they find true friendship, or will prayer -- and their union -- fail them?


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Wanting for Grass
Angular packed a bag of mega belongings, amongst which was the rag doll she had manged to bring from their farm. She had little memory of the place but what she did have was coloured by her perants rememberings. The cows warm soft noses, the mollassis stodge in shiny pllastic buckets around the fields. Oh yes the fields she remembered them, longed for them in her dreams, grass. She wanted grass, its coolness benieth her feet.
She stuffed the toy in her bag roughly, angry, generations they had been here, it was their land! Oh not that exact spot to be sure, but they had been farmers on one side or other of her family for as far back as any of them knew. But the war had changed things, and land was needed for housing by the new regieme.
The solders had come to the house, her golden house with dark beams and had told her perants to pack. They had protested they were farmers – farmers where always safe, people always needed food. A camo arm had wacked her father across the face blooming his noise into a bloody mess. Jess had taken her hand and they had packed things important to them and Benji. Mostly they put in blankets and toys, and the e-reader.
This had been a dangerous thing to do, it contained a copy of wikipedia as well as other forbidden texts but it was in the hands of children so all subsequent searches assumed it to be school issue. The e-reader was now packed in Benjis bag he was still only seven, the rouse would probably work again they hoped. Besides this time they were being expelled from the country, some strange scheme, she was worried about it, so was her mum and dad. They looked so old, fingers blistered and burned from working in the PCB factory.
But why uproot them again? They had one room in a shared apartment – the whole thing was smaller than the downstairs of the farm had been. The room had become extra opressive recently as Jess just sat crying alot and putting on weight. How she was managing this was beyound Angular, they had very little food, the Asian bread basket had folded two years before. Around the time the solders had taken their mother away to be steralised, she had more children than she was allowed and it was only Dad's hard working record that had saved him from the mines.
'Mum were are we going?' Angular asked suddenly, her mothers eyes brimmed with tears.
'I don't know.' she whispered horsely.
Everything was packed, within two hours there wasn't much, the soldiers knocked and escorted them out at gun point. Everyone from the little appartment had hugged and said good bye just in case. Mrs Cheryl had sobbed and pressed a lavander ribbon into Angulars hand.
They were herded into trucks with too many people in them, she felt the sweat of those around her seep through her cloths, smelt the fear and bowl movements of scared animals, she wanted to run, wanted to be free and there was just a crush. Her father and mother where taking it in turns to try and shelter them from the press of the crowd. Angular got angry, Jess was 15 why wasn't she helping? At ten she was too small but Jess should help. But then she looked at her sister and saw the fatigue in her face, so pale, sweating. Jess must be sick – she was sure of it – why had no one said?
Bruised and battered they eventually left the truck and a reek hit them, salty, putried, rotting fish. She gagged. Another set of trucks sat before them, these ones were different somehow. It scared her and she withdrew behind her perants holding onto Jess and Benjis hands. They were man handled into a pen, where her mother wet herself, they stood and waited – the solders guns trianed on them. People from the other trucks came forward and handed over some boxes with a strange snake design on them. There were loud bangs and splintering noises as the crates were checked and then the solders were getting into their trucks and driving away.
Jess fainted.
People from the trucks ahead of them surged forward and surrounded Jess, Angular wasn't going to let them kill her sister – she attacked, the man with the thin knife who was standing over Jess. 'No!' her father yelled and pulled her back.
'They're going to kill her daddy!' she cried.
He shook his head, 'No sweet heart they aren't they're not solders, their doctors! Doctors!' he cried slumping to his knees. He begain to laugh and wouldn't stop. To Angulars suprise they were helped onto the trucks and given seats!
The doctors looked her over and she squinted at them with suspicion. A lady smiled at her and gave her a t-shirt. And then they were getting off of the trucks, sky and sea and more putried salt greeted them. 'What are they?' her father asked pointing to what looked like an array of long pine cones bobbing on the sea, glinting in the sunlight.
'They are your new homes, the UN built them, I think you'll like them though you will have to deliver your freedom cost.'
'Freedom cost?' Angular asked.
'You're free now, we bought you out but with a deal that we would provide the Empire with medi supplies now and food later on. You will be helping with both – out there in your new countries.'
With that they were bundled into boats and on a rather bumpy ride taken to see the pine cones. 'Greenhouses?' her father asked.
'There are traces and hydroponics, flower gardens and goats. We hope to get you bees soon so for now you'll have to pollonate crops yourself.'
Her father burst into tears.
They stepped upon the sea farm, large and gleaming, 'Mum?' Jess asked, 'will the baby be ok now?'
Mum squeezed her hand.
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I have seen mapper 118 game alongside with some other mapper 4 games inside of multicartridge :lidnariq wrote:You absolutely cannot run a TLSROM game on TLROM
Like this one :
Turtles Fighters --> Mapper 4
Tiny Toon II --> Mapper 4
Goal II --> Mapper 118
Chip & Dale II --> Mapper 1
So they converted other games to mapper 118?
Also in this page : http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/INES_Mapper_118
Under $8001
for mirroring there is only one bit (M) but the Mirroring configuration counts up to 5!
How it is possible?
Maybe the mirroring is controlled with 7th and 6th and 5th bits?
Also according to iNES Mappers by Mapper Number v0.6.1 by Disch
The register for mirroring in 118 is the 7th bit of $8000, while in the nesdev wiki it is $8001, so the wiki correct and Disch is wrong?


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At Antioch in Pisidia (in Modern day Turkey)
Acts 13:13-41
I. If You Have Any Word of Exhortation… (vs. 13-16)
a. Early on in their first missionary journey what change does verse 13 reveal…and was
it significant? ____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ (Acts 15:36-37)
b. Were Paul and Barnabas disruptive to the normal synagogue meeting?
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c. Who suggests that Paul and Barnabas share? _____________________
d. How does Paul's sermon reveal he knows his audience? __________ __________________________________________________________
e. Is there a possibility that there were some who were not yet Jews present? ________________________________________________
II. Preaching in the Synagogue (vs. 17-41)
a. Where does Paul begin his Gospel presentation and why there? _____ __________________________________________________________
b. What affirming words would the audience hear in verse 17? _________ ___________________________________________________________
c. What critical (but true) words in verse 18? _________________ _____
d. What is Paul relating in verses 17-23? __________________________
e. How does Paul transition in verse 23? __________________________ ___________________________________________________________
f. In what way doe Paul connect Christ to the words of the prophets? ____
g. How does Paul make the Gospel presentation personal in vs. 26? _____
h. What elements of the Gospel does Paul include in his sermon? _______ __________________________________________________________
i. What is significant about what Paul shares in verses 33-35, 41? _____ ___________________________________________________________
j. What word of warning does Paul conclude his sermon with in verse 40-41? _________________________________________________________
III. Application: When we have an opportunity to witness to someone and share the
Gospel why is it important to have an understating of what they already know? ____________________________________________________________


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UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt To Be Ousted?
UPDATE: David Cameron has named Jeremy Hunt to the post of Health Secretary. Hunt told the BBC, "It's a huge task. It's the biggest privilege of my life. I'm incredibly honored."
PREVIOUS: Jeremy Hunt may be on his way out as part of Prime Minister David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle. Hunt fell under scrutiny a few months ago for what some considered a too-cozy relationship with the office of James Murdoch during News Corp.'s bid to acquire the whole of BSkyB. Hunt, whose official title is Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport, expects to lose his post, sources tell The Guardian, although he recently oversaw what was considered a successful London Olympic Games. According to The Guardian, speculation is that he will make a lateral move to the Department for International Development. One name that's popped up as a possible replacement should Hunt change jobs is Communications Minister Ed Vaizey.
Sky Revamps Acquisitions Team
Sky has promoted controller of acquisitions for Sky Entertainment, Sarah Wright, to controller of acquisitions for Sky, adding acquisitions for Sky Movies to her responsibilities. She replaces Simon Rexworthy, who will join Sky's Strategy team from October. Wright was involved in the launch of Sky Atlantic and oversaw the acquisitions strategy for the re-launches of Sky Living and Sky Arts. Further, Holly Comiskey and Lucy Criddle have both been promoted to the roles of senior acquisitions manager for movies and entertainment, respectively. Comiskey will oversee managing movie acquisitions on a day-to-day basis. Criddle will manage the entertainment acquisitions across Sky's portfolio of channels.
Lachlan Murdoch Takes Full Ownership Of DMG Radio Australia
Lachlan Murdoch has taken a bath on his 9% stake in Australia's Network Ten, but his radio play seems to be paying off. In 2009, via his investment firm Illyria, he acquired 50% of broadcaster DMG Radio Australia from British publisher Daily Mail and General Trust for a knockdown price reported to be $A110M ($113.5M). Now he's buying the other 50% for about $120M, which includes half of this year's dividend earned by the broadcaster. Murdoch said DMG's pre-tax earnings have doubled since he bought in and the internal rate of return on his initial investment is more than 60%. He is chairman of DMG, whose flagships are the Nova network, the market leader in the 18-39 demographic, and the recently rebadged SmoothFM.
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Geri Halliwell launches Union Jack collection in London on Feb. 2.
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In tween-dreams-coming-true news, the artist formerly/always known as Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell, has designed a line of duds for UK retailer Next inspired by THE infamous itty-bitty Union Jack shkirt (shirt + skirt). But did the collection pass our especially high Girl Power sartorial standards? TBH, we were kinda bummed that the 2012 shkirt got upgraded to a sparkly above-the-knee dress (sue us for liking a little thigh!), but it still elicits a pretty prominent zig-a-zig-gahhh. There's also an off-the-shoulder shirt for you casual cuties, and a bohemian-at-the-beach number that Rachel Zoe probably diiied over already. But really, leave it to the bikini to win back over our glittery gay hearts. Can you even imagine Katy Perry or Solange hitting up Coachella with daisy dukes and this bikini on top or what?
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José Leo, chief financial officer of BAA, said there is still spare capacity in the South East. Stansted, for example, is only currently half full.
Speaking after the Government last week stamped on hopes of Heathrow expansion, Mr Leo said the airports where there is still spare capacity hold no attraction for large "network" airlines such as British Airways and Virgin.
The Government, which will unveil its aviation white paper by the summer, has left the door open to another runway elsewhere in London to relieve capacity problems.
But Mr Leo said: "This is not about adding capacity in Stansted or Gatwick - that wouldn't be the solution for British Airways or Lufthansa or Virgin.
"Why develop a new runway in Stansted in the short-term when we have 50pc of the airport capacity available? It doesn't make a great deal of sense."
Mr Leo made a fresh plea for a "healthy debate" on aviation policy - covering all options - as BAA yon Wednesday posted a pre-tax loss of £231.3m for the first quarter.
The airports operator said the result, which was worse than the £211.5m loss incurred during the same period last year, was largely down to a "non-cash" charge related to its pension scheme. At the end of March, the pension scheme was running at a deficit of £103.3m.
Passenger numbers at Heathrow grew 4.4pc to 15.7m, breaking a fresh record for the first quarter. The decline at Stansted continued apace as passenger numbers dropped by 5.3pc.
Mr Leo said he had "every confidence" Stansted would return to growth when market conditions improve. Net debt rose 3.6pc to £10.8bn.


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1. Who or what inspired you to become an author?
My mother, born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia, was not a writer, but, she was a wonderful storyteller. Not realizing that at heart I was my mother's daughter, I studied art intent upon becoming a graphic designer. My first job was that of a packaging designer, but it was a short-lived career. Faced with an immediate deadline and a blank space where the copy should have been, I began to write. I never looked back, and it didn't take long for me to realize that my love for words far outweighed any design skills I acquired along the way. 2. What is your favorite book you have written and why?
Although it's virtually impossible to narrow it down to a single book, I'm fondest of the books written in a Southern voice. Spare Change and The Twelfth Child, a book scheduled to be released this spring, are certainly high on my list. I'm obsessive about the craft of writing and I try to make every book better than the last one—so I hope that what will one day be my favorite has yet to be written. I think writers tend to favor the books that reflect the most poignant aspects of their life. For me, it's my Southern heritage and I hear bits and pieces of my mother's voice in all of my Southern stories.
3. Please tell us a little bit about your new book Spare Change.
Yikes, this is tough to do without letting some spoilers slip through…but what I can do is give you the opening lines of a review from the Seattle Post Intelligence—"Spare Change is a quirky mix of Southern flair, serious thoughts about important things in life, madcap adventures of a young boy and a late change of heart that made all the difference in the life of an unusually independent woman. More than anything, it is a heartwarming book, which is simultaneously intriguing and just plain fun."
4. In Spare Change who was you favorite character and least favorite to write about?
The story starts with Olivia and she was the character my mind first created; I love her independence and off-the-wall way of rationalizing what she wants to believe, however, Ethan Allen stole my heart. I fell in love with his resilience and determination, and I grew to love him more with every page I wrote. I loved discovering that beneath his tough exterior he was a frightened child trying very hard to be brave. Ethan Allen is one character that I just can't let go of, whereas other characters from other books have moved aside to make room for newcomers.
5. What is your next book project?
5. What is your next book project?
Two novels are already in the publishing pipeline, The Twelfth Child will be released this Spring and What Matters Most in the Winter of 2012/2013. But for several months I have been struggling to find the next story I want to write, then I suddenly realized Ethan Allen was the reason I couldn't move on. Now I'm certain of what I want to write; it is a sequel to Spare Change. A grown-up Ethan Allen is the protagonist and the story revolves around him. I can't say more without blurting out a spoiler that might ruin Spare Change for those who haven't yet read it.
6. What is your favorite quote?
It probably depends upon when and where you ask me. I would love to be deep and profound like so many brilliant writers, but I've learned over the years that I am still my mother's daughter – sometimes irreverent, always a story-lover, but seldom brilliant. So here is the quote that most closely reflects my own thinking…"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues." Elizabeth Taylor
7. What advice would you give to an aspiring author?
Be yourself. Discover what's in your heart and create characters you love or love to hate. Never allow yourself to follow in the tracks of another author simply because he or she sold a million copies of their book. If you stumble onto that pathway, your readers will know; your characters will sound shallow and superficial. But if you're true to yourself and work to develop your own voice it will ring loud and true with believability. It isn't something that happens overnight. I wrote four novels before the fifth was published, but the truth is that the first four didn't deserve to be published, they were all part of my learning curve. So, stay with it and learn from the writers who inspire you, from the books you love, and from the books you hate. You learn something from every book you read, and sometimes that something is what not to do. Most of all enjoy every minute you spend writing—because if you're not writing for fun, you shouldn't be writing.
Award-winning novelist Bette Lee Crosby brings the wit and wisdom of her Southern Mama to works of fiction—the result is a delightful blend of humor, mystery and romance along with a cast of quirky charters who will steal your heart away.
Born in Detroit and raised in a plethora of states scattered across the South and Northeast, Crosby originally studied art and began her career as a packaging designer. When asked to write a few lines of copy for the back of a pantyhose package, she discovered a love for words that was irrepressible. After years of writing for business, she turned to works of fiction and never looked back. "Storytelling is in my blood," Crosby laughingly admits, "My mom was not a writer, but she was a captivating storyteller, so I find myself using bits and pieces of her voice in most everything I write."
Crosby's work was first recognized in 2006 when she received The National League of American Pen Women Award for a then unpublished manuscript. Since then, she has gone on to win several more awards, including a second NLAPW award, three Royal Palm Literary Awards, the FPA President's Book Award Gold Medal and most recently three 2011 Reader's View Awards, in categories of General Fiction, Southeast Fiction and Best Contemporary Drama.
Her published works to date are: Girl Child (2007), Cracks in the Sidewalk (2009), Spare Change (2011), and Life in the Land of IS…the story of Lani Deauville, the world's longest living quadriplegic (2012). The Twelfth Child is scheduled for release in the spring of 2012.
Thank you Bette for this delightful interview!


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'The Overstory,' by Richard Powers
"The Overstory" is a rousing, full-throated hymn to nature's grandeur, with a genuflection toward those miracles of creation, trees. Though this novel feels as if composed by the ghosts of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir, its author is Richard Powers, the American fiction writer most at home in the world of science.
Trees are this novel's most unexpected yet captivating characters. By their very nature, they embody beauty. But they also pulse with energy and resilience. Tough and resourceful, they battle difficult odds and often win. By a long shot, they outlast humans.
Here is Patricia Westerford, the biologist whose life work provides the novel's backbone, on a field trip in Utah, gazing in wonder: "Aspens stand in the afternoon sun, spreading along the ridge out of sight. Populus tremuloides. Clouds of gold leaf glint on thin trunks tinted with the palest green. The air is still but the aspens shake as if in a wind ... The air shivers in gold."
However strong these giant plants may be, Thoreau once noted while witnessing a logger at work, "even trees do not die without a groan." What we hear in "The Overstory," again and again, is the groaning of tress and their human allies.
Powers structures this sprawling story around a brace of disparate characters whose lives go their own ways until ultimately intersecting. What initially unites them — a bond unknown to them — is that each has a peculiar relationship to a tree.
Aspiring artist Nick Hoel is raised on an Iowa farm where a single surviving chestnut stands sentinel over the prairie. Engineer Mimi Ma grows up outside Chicago in the shadow of a mulberry planted by her immigrant father. The Appich family, in another Chicago suburb, plants a tree honoring the birth of every child. Adam is greeted with a maple. He will become a research psychologist.
In St. Paul, attorney Ray Brinkman and Dorothy Cazaly decide to grace their backyard with another tree on every wedding anniversary. Vietnam vet Douglas Pavlicek, dismayed by the ravages of timber companies in the Northwest, resolves to plant tree after tree wherever they clear-cut. Michigan college student Olivia Vandergriff, while nearly dying of accidental electrocution, beholds a vision that inspires a kinship with all of nature. She will later make a redwood her temporary home.
Nick will pair off, almost by chance, with Olivia, and Mimi with Doug. Joined by Adam, they will join a band of tree huggers bent on saving Oregon's old-growth forests. (Oddly, the Minnesotans seem an obtrusive, unnecessary addition to Powers' narrative.)
In the wings, in Palo Alto, video game visionary Neelay Mehta creates an escapist virtual-reality empire until belatedly realizing that earthly reality desperately needs his attention. Since falling from an oak in his youth, the paraplegic Neelay has navigated life and career from a wheelchair.
The novel grows, as a tree grows, in a series of concentric rings. Certainly, there are times when I wondered if there were too many stories jostling for attention. Yet Powers makes his characters so lively and poignant that I stayed glued to the page. Only a fool who believes if you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all would refuse to care. And once the narrative shifts to the confrontations between activists and loggers, the accelerating pace and drama overwhelmed any remaining reservations.
Patricia's story, which glides alongside this tempest, provides its own kind of drama. Powers' earlier novels are notable for their brilliant scientists — specialists in artificial intelligence in "Galatea, 2.2," for example, or neurology in "The Echo Maker" — who see things the rest of us can't. Patricia is both an unorthodox researcher and a person easy to like by virtue of her resilience in spite of partial deafness. Nurtured by an agricultural agent father in southern Ohio, she comes to believe that trees are social creatures that "must have evolved ways to synchronize with each other."
This glimmer of an idea is mere instinct until Patricia's graduate school studies document how tulip trees emit chemicals that warn their neighbors of insect invasions. Her discovery makes her famous among forestry experts, but when it's dismissed by skeptics, she's reduced to "science road kill" too discredited to land an academic position.
Much later, while she is working as a forest ranger in Oregon, her results are replicated and validated by stars in the field, and her future opens up in unexpected ways. For lay readers, she writes the best-selling "The Secret Forest." With her new wealth, she funds a seed bank, designed to preserve tree species dying out across the globe. She even finds love with a tender-hearted fellow scientist.
For Powers' other characters, love is generally short-lived. And their predictions for the health of the planet are bleak. Early on, Adam concludes: "Humankind is deeply ill. The species won't last long. It was an aberrant experiment."
Powers himself seems to veer away from such hopelessness. His accounts of trees' fecund beauty resonate with "biophilia," the idea popularized by eminent biologist E.O. Wilson that people are genetically wired to connect and identify with other living things. The question remains: Is biophilia powerful enough to override those other human givens of greed, short-term gratification and folly?
"The Overstory" makes us wish it were so.
Former Newsday book critic Dan Cryer is the author of "Being Alive and Having to Die: The Spiritual Odyssey of Forrest Church." Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Overstory
By Richard Powers
(Norton; 502 pages; $27.95)