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You may or may not have heard of Burning Man, growing up in the SF Bay Area I’ve known about it and suspected I would end up there since middle school. Most people think of Burning Man as a giant RAVE in the desert, like Coachella (only cheaper than Coachella and it lasts a week instead of four days). But Burning Man is so much more. You could spend all week out there and listen only to live music or at least not electronic, or even no music at all. There is a TEDx out there as well as the Palenque Norte lecture series and countless other talks and classes on nearly every topic you can think of. Simply put, there is something for everyone of all ages in that desert, from the very young to the very old.
There are art cars, vehicles of all sorts transformed into living art projects.
While music primarily is electronic there was still live music to be had, namely this badass drummer.
Along with music Burning Man is riddled with philosophy and thought provoking works of art.
Burning Man honors many American cultural landmarks…
And at the end of the week everything burns, even the Temple.
One thing I have learned from years of researching Burning Man it is that no one knows exactly how or why it was started, either that or people know and are unwilling to come to a consensus on the facts. This has left the event’s origin shrouded in rumor with an elaborate mythology. Stories range from the tragic death of a friend or pet, to an explosive divorce with an awful wife, to the mundane desire to just burn a man on the beach. I’ve developed my own theory about the roots of Burning Man, and choice of current location. I call it a theory but it is meant more as a humorous observation, rather than something taken with the weight of actual science, and it meant to be seen as inclusive (not mutually exclusive) with all other theories. You may call this the Dune Origin Myth for the starting of Burning Man.
If my first post didn’t make it clear I love Dune, the David Lynch movie not the book. I have not read the book yet, which I’ll admit is a failure on my part because books are awesome. In Dune, there are several planets, including Caladan and Arrakis; I will only be discussing these two as the only relevant ones to this post, as well as a small bit of the plot without spoiling anything. The main characters, the royal family of Duke Leto Atreides, live on Caladan, a planet covered in a vast ocean. They are instructed by the Emperor of the Known Universe to go to Arrakis to take control of the spice mining operations. Arrakis is also known as Dune, it is a dry desert planet where nothing grows and there is no life other than giant sandworms and the hardy Fremen people. The only thing of value on Dune is the spice Melange; this spice is vital to space travel and expands consciousness. Over years of using the spice people can evolve to be more than human, as is evidenced by the Spacing Guild navigators.
Now that you know the relevant literary context let me address how this applies to the founding of Burning Man. I was born in San Francisco, and the furthest I have ever lived from there is Santa Cruz; being a lifetime Bay Area resident the ocean is the salt in my blood. Burning Man was started by Bay Area residents, artists and crafters, as well as a fair few jolly pranksters, in my hometown of San Francisco. In a quick four years, it grew too big to be housed on Baker Beach in SF and they had to find somewhere new to burn a Man. They found the Black Rock Desert, a geographic feature known as a playa, which coincidentally is Spanish for beach. Burning Man had now found a beach big enough to hold countless many more free spirits and pleasure seekers.
Thanks to help from John Law of the now mostly-defunct SF Cacophony Society, the 1990 Burn was moved to the Black Rock desert, where the virgin BMORG effectively co-opted the Cacophony Society’s Zone Trip #4: A Bad Day at Black Rock making it the first Burning Man. I use the term co-opted rather lightly here, Larry Harvey and Jerry James were invited by John Law and Michael Mikel of Cacophony to come along to burn their Man. The co-opting happens in history where the event is solely remembered for being the first Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert, part of this posting is keeping the history of Cacophony alive in the wake of a dominant countercultural force like Burning Man. History is written by the conquerors, even the history of counterculture movements. I guess you could say I have a soft spot for Cacophony.
Like the Atreides family these brave adventurers embarked on a grand pilgrimage to a place they had never gone before, a place radically different than the world they were leaving behind. Duke Leto comforted his son with some sage advice before they set out for Dune, “A person needs new experiences … Without change something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.” Larry Havery also recognized the vast potential for change out there in the desert, “I drew a line on the ground, and I said on the other side of this line everything will be different. And everything has been different.” On the other side of the line is a desert and deserted world, void of plants and animal life, a place of nothing but dust. In Dune the spice is said to be in everything on the planet, to permeate all life there, just like the dust in the Black Rock Desert saturates all things brought onto its alkaline expanse. While in Dune it was a spice-dust that expanded consciousness for us Burners in the Playa there isn’t anything spicy about it, though it is alkaline.
Despite Burning Man being a global phenomenon, according to 2011 census over half of Burners still came from California with over a third from Northern California. While we are beginning to see more participation from inland areas as Burner culture permeates deeper into humanity’s collective conscious, it remains primarily an activity of us coastdwellers. Like Arrakis in Dune, Burning Man exists as a context where ocean people, or put broader people that are not of the desert, can go to the desert and learn how to survive out there in its harsh and unique climate. Whether you go to Burning Man as a survivalist, you will leave the Burn as a survivalist. This event trains you to survive in one of the harshest environments out there, which for me is part of the appeal; testing my limits to further my personal growth. The great thing about the Burn is that there is something for everyone, no matter your age or personal background; nothing is forced on you and nearly anything is permitted that doesn’t violate relevant state or federal laws. It is a blank canvass for each individual to paint their masterwork, before burning it away and starting fresh.

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Koho’s Grill & Bar Maui
Breakfast, Lunch, And Dinner At Koho’s Grill & Bar
Koho Grill and Bar is a longstanding restaurant in the Queen Kaahumanu Shopping Center, at:
275 West Kaahumanu Avenue
Kahului, HI 96732
About Koho’s Grill & Bar
Koho’s is an American restaurant with burgers, fried chicken, sandwiches, and standards, but it also has plate lunches and many other foods popular in Hawaii. They even have Fajitas and a couple of Mexican dishes. It’s been at this same location for over 30 years, an unusual accomplishment for Maui restaurants. The prices are much lower than restaurants in the tourist areas of west and south Maui.
Koho’s is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, from 7 AM to 10 PM. It’s the only full-service full-variety-of-foods restaurant here in Maui’s largest shopping center. So if you are shopping here, it’s the obvious choice for any meal. But even if you are not shopping at the Queen K Center, Koho’s is a convenient place to get good food in Kahului. It’s not too far from the airport or from the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
See below for Koho’s menu list and food photos.
For reviews, menus, photos of other restaurants in Maui’s central valley and adjacent areas, see Central, Upcountry, and North Maui restaurants.
Koho’s menu (subject to change) $ Inexpensive
Chili Cheese Fries
Fish N Chips
Loaded Potato Skins
Soup of the Day
Caesar Chicken Wrap
Zesty Bean Garden Burger
Teriyaki Chicken Plate
Fried Chicken Plate
Teriyaki Beef Plate

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“Extremely large” amount of Fentanyl seized in two Joplin drug raids
Joplin Police SWAT assist ODET detectives with narcotics search warrants
JOPLIN, Mo. — Monday afternoon just before 1:30 p.m. Joplin SWAT assisted ODET (Ozark Drug Enforcement Team) serving a narcotics search warrant at 2304 W 4th in the Jefferson Neighborhood.
Commander Chad Allison states in a press release after further investigation ODET Detectives went to a different residence in the Blendville North Neighborhood, “served a second warrant at 1802 Picher in Joplin Missouri Jasper County.”
- ODET SEIZED EVIDENCE:
- 2,639 grams THC Wax
- 340 grams Cocaine
- 115 grams Fentanyl pills
- 73 grams of Marijuana
- 2 firearms
A 25-year-old male was detained, pending charges through the Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney.
- PENDING CHARGES:
- Trafficking 1st (2X)
- Delivery of a Controlled Subs.
- Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
“This was an extremely large amount of suspected Fentanyl that was seized and kept off the streets. Fentanyl overdoses have been extremely high this past year and has been the primary focus of the Task Force. It only takes a small amount of Fentanyl to make a person OD.” — Commander Allison
This is a developing news story. Stay with Joplin News First on KOAM News Now as we learn more.
- MORE JOPLIN NEWS FIRST…
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- Structure fire SW of Belle Center and Central City
- I-49 wrong-way crash kills two, Missouri State Highway Patrol investigate
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AnyTone D868UV - personal first impressions
by Wolfgang 'Wolf' Büscher, DL4YHF
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- Getting the D868UV to work, first impressions
- AT-D868UV - Searching for a suitable codeplug
- AT-D868UV - Searching for a suitable codeplug
- AT-D868UV hardware details
1. AT-D868UV - Tipps für deutsche AnwenderAuch beim AT-D868UV müssen einige Parameter (z.B. der eigene DMR-Identifier)per CPS eingegeben werden. Im Gegensatz zur 'experimentellen' Firmware für MD380 & Cowar dies im Mai 2018 noch nicht am Gerät machbar.
In einem weiter unten folgenden Abschnitt findet man einen Codeplug fürOstwestfalen-Lippe.Was man als deutscher Anwender nicht verpassen sollte, ist das von Funkamateuren laufend erweiterte 'inoffizielle' Handbuch bei Google Documents:
2. Getting the AT-D868UV to work, first impressionsThe AnyTone D868UV is a duoband handheld transceiver for DMR (digital voice) and analog FM. Compared with older chinese DMR radios I had used in the past (Retevis RT-3, RT-8) it's a nice step forward, not only concerning the hardware, but also the firmware (for which, as of 2018, new upgrades are available from the manufacturer very frequently).
You will find details about the radio, and its large memory for channels, zones, user database, etc etc on the manufacturer's or distributor's websites so I won't duplicate that.
MD380/RT3 and AnyTone D868UV side by side - brothers or rivals ?
The AT-DV868UV emits far less 'digital noise' when updating the LCD than the oldMD380/RT3 did, but you can still hear a bit in FM when the squelch is open andthe received signal is weak.
Being curious about the 'inner values' (especially CPU and baseband chip / codec),I carefully opened the radio (which is quite similar as opening an MD380 / RT3).See chapter photos, with details of the CPU board and the CPU itself (which, in contrast to MD380/RT3, isn't an STM32Fxxx but a compatible clone,GD32F303VGT6.There are some nice goodies in the AT-D868UV firmware which didn't even existin the 'experimental' MD380 firmware. To name just a few:
On the backside of the battery - 'let it glow', hot contacts, no protection diode. History repeating ?
- 'Digital Monitor' allows monitoring any talkgroup, any colour code, any timeslot on the programmed channel (resembling the 'promiscuous mode' but highlyconfigurable without CPS
- A true VFO mode, for both analog and digital mode
- Simulatenous reception on VHF and UHF, or two different VHF channels, or two different UHF channels in any mode
- FM broadcast radio receiver with quite good audio quality
- Ad-hoc talkgroup entry (e.g. 'Contacts'..'Manual Dial'..press '#' to toggle between Private and Group ID. To begin a QSO on a new TG, use a Group-, not Private call.)
Almost anything can be exported as CSV, and re-imported from CVS. So anything you be missing in the CPS can be done in a spreadsheet program (e.g. Libre Office 'Calc'), including 'Find and Replace'. But who wants to createa new codeplug from scratch ? Most of us will have more interesting things to do,which seamlessly leads to the topic of the next chapter.
2.1 Searching for a suitable codeplug
As ususal with a DMR radio, the first thing to look for is a suitablecodeplug. Even though a lot (!) of settings can be adjusted directly on the radio, some parameters cannot. Also, the choice of how channels (with or without many different talkgroups), zones, and the user interface (programmable functions keys) is a matter of taste.
Some prefer programming the same DMR frequency more than twice (not just one for timestlot 1 and another timeslot 2). Some perfer a continent- or even worldwide channel list, others prefer channels only for the repeaters in range from the home QTH. Some use DMRplus where you don't need dozens of different talkgroups (becauseDMRplus makes efficient use of reflectors), others use Brandmeister where reflectors are available but rarely used - in favour of many talkgroups.
In the old days of MD380 / RT3 / etc, you were forced to have a 'VFO-like' codeplug (channel list) to use the radio anywhere. Fortunately, the AT-D868UV has a quite user friendly 'VFO' mode besides the usual 'memory channel' mode so (with a few exceptions) it's unnecessary to occupy hundreds of channel memories with a 'VFO-like codeplug'. But enough of that, let's start with a codeplug.
I found one at Wimo (a german distributor) but the programming software refused to load it into the radio ('Band Error'). Ah, that's a nice start.
None of them could be downloaded into the radio via USB - any attempt ended with a 'Band Error' message:
Error message when trying to write codeplug written for
a radio with other 'Frequency Range' (e.g. 'Band 4' instead of 'Band 1')
At offset 0x0011 (hexadecimal) in the rdt file, the codeplug contains the 'Model Information',which is a single byte indicating the allowed frequency ranges ('Frequencys' in the CPS):
0 : 'Band 1', UHF 400 - 480 MHz, VHF 136 - 174 MHz (US models)
3 : 'Band 4', UHF 430 - 440 MHz, VHF 144 - 146 MHz (European models)
Unfortunately, if you modify the 'Model Information' / 'Frequencys' in the CPS (Customer programming software, here 'D868UVE Version 1.27'), it will erase the entire channel list ( -> 'Frequency data will be cleared') which isn't too helpful.
You can either turn your European model into a US model by holding certain keyspressed during power-on (PTT+'1', 'TEST MODE', change MODE:00003 -> 00000 via rotary knob), but I'd prefer to not allowing the radio to transmitoutside the amateur radio frequency range. On this occasion, the 'TEST MODE' valuesseem to be the same zero-based indices for the frequency ranges foundat address 0x0011 in the *.rdt file.
I used wxHexEditor (available for Linux and Windows) to patch the Model Information / Frequency Range at offset 0x0011 in the rdt file (change the value at address 0x0011 from 00 to 03. The '0x' prefix means hexadecimal. Some hex editors use 'h' as a postfix instead, which may be confusing but means the same.)
After loading the patched codeplug into the CPS, the window title changedto the 'European' frequency range:
On this occasion: Before 'recycling' someone else's codeplug for your radio,never forget to replace his callsign and DMR-ID by yours. In the 'D868UVE' programmingsoftware, this is in the tree view on the left side of the window:
Window title of the Anytone CPS with EU frequency ranges
Digital .. 'Radio ID List' .. 'Radio-ID' (double-click into the cell in the table),
set 'Radio ID' to your personal DMR registration ID, set 'Radio ID Name' to your amateur radio callsign.
The AT-DV868UV supports entering multiple DMR-ID / Callsign combinations,but usually we only need one (entered in the first line, 'No. 1', of the 'Radio ID List'.
A few screenshots from the author's initial codeplug (see further below).. click on any image to magnify:
Note the problematic 'auto repeater' offsets for UHF: 7.6 MHz only applies to FM repeaters. Many DMR repeaters use 9.4 MHz, and at the time of this writingit wasn't sure if the firmware is smart enough to pick the right one (which you can define on the 'Auto Repeater Offset Frequencys' tab, it's not hard-codedanywhere).
2.2 A codeplug for 'OWL' (Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany)This one is stitched together from parts found all other the place (using the CSV-import and -export feature of CPS V1.27). This is certainly not the best wayto write a codeplug, but there you are. I didn't want to spend a lot of time for this. The 'other' settings (hold times, etc) are based on a codeplug by Stefan, HB9GFX. His codeplug also contained the large worldwide DMR user database in the right format. It can be 'refreshed'if necessary using the CPSes CSV import function (field 'Digital Contact List'), with an up-to-date DMR user databasedownloaded from www.amateurradio.digital/wizard.php?radio=d868uv. Cities and surnames ofEuropean users have disappeared from the database, which imho isn't a big loss.If (one fine day) the AT-D868UV displays the Talker Alias (TA, received alongwith the voice data), there's no need to maintain a database in the radio itself..at least not for the Brandmeister network which automatically adds the TA to thedata packets.
Again, please replace the callsign and DMR-ID with your own before writingany codeplug to your radio ! (in the tree view: 'Digital'..'Radio ID List')
The normal programmable keys have the default functions as explained in the radio'suser manual. Pressing the programmable keys for a bit longer invokes the functionsshown in the screenshot from the CPS:
Hotkey settings in the DL4YHF 'OWL' codeplug.
Note the keys for repeater, reverse, power, scan.
'PF3' is the tiny orange button near the antenna.
I will possibly boil this down to a much smaller codeplug, and add more channelsfor analog repeaters requiring sub-audio tones when time permits,and when DMR Contact Manager is compatible with the Anytone CPS again.
(At the time of this writing, 2018-05-13, the CPS 'D868UVE' Version 2.27 RDT filewas not compatible with N0GSG's DMR Contact Manager, and the CPS could onlyexport DCF ('data conversion files', a file which unfortunately is as 'binary' as all the rest) but not import them.)
3. Inside the AT-D868UV - a few photosNote: The photos below were scaled down from a much higher resolution for the website.
Anytone At 778uv Software DownloadWhen opening the radio, it's important to remove the screws under the pot/encoder knobs, and the ring around the SMA connector. Then, carefully lift the metal part from the plastic enclosure. There are two short flat cables inside (see 2nd photo). Don't lift the metal part higher than shown here - you don't want to rip off those flimsy cables. You also don't want to remove and re-install those cables,because every time you do, their contacts get worse.
Before any attempt to lift the metal backside, remove the knobs
and screw out the ring nuts from pot, encoder, and SMA connector.
The 'cogwheel-like' rubber grommets may fall out later. Note their positions.
Lifting the metal backside - beware of the flexible flat cables (FFC)
Phew, brass shielding for parts of the RF circuit !
Note the second (white) FFC, don't rip it out...
CPU (main processor) and closeup of shielded RF circuitry
Baseband processor in the foreground,
CPU under the display cable in the background
Closeup of the CPU (main processor),
GD32F303VGT6 with 1 MByte Flash + 96 kByte internal RAM.
Speaker and microphone are glued into the front panel.
Board labelled 'LCD+GPS'. I didn't remove the cardboard cover
to find out which kind of GPS (chipset) is actually used.
But a glance into the firmware revealed a parser for NMEA strings,
so it should be easy to process GPS data in an alternative firmware.
The baseband processor is an SCT3258TD by CELETRA DMR,
with a hardware AMBE+2 voice codec inside. That's nice !
4. AT-D868UV Firmware modifications ? (not yet.. but not completely impossible)It would be nice if we had something like the 'md380tools' for this AnyTone radio(even if the D868UV ships with a much better firmware than the MD380/RT3/etc).But as far as I could see in 2018-05, no-one has attempted
If the Anytone manufacturer / developer (Quixiang Electron Science & Technology Co) published an API(Application Interface, a list of functions and variables with their addresses in memory),or at least a map file with function prototypes for their firmware would be great. That would allow radio amateurs to make their own additions to the firmware much easier than what has already been added to the experimental MD380 / Retevis firmware (MD380Tools pioneered by Travis Goodspeed). For example, the Morse output for visiually impaired hams, remote control via USB, screenshots via USB, audio interface via USB,Network Monitor, etc... but without knowing the details, and (if there's no documented programming API) without an awful lot of software reverse engineering, that's a lot of effort.
At least, the firmware wasn't encrypted (in May 2018, V2.27) so if you havea lot of time to spend and are familiar with tools like Radare2, start disassemblingand try to document and share your findings, possibly on a yet-to-be created 'D868Tools' repositoryon Github. Below a few musings from the author...
- The CPU obviously has unused Flash memory space
- But 96 kByte of RAM for an operating system with a rich GUI may turn out a bottleneck
- The firmware updater (and its USB protocol) is based on a library provided for the GD32Fxxx.
Even the USB driver is the same as provided in a 'development kit' for the processor.
- The CPU may have less to do here than in an MD380 / RT3 due to the Anytone's hardware AMBE codec
- Before digging deep into the existing firmware, wait until the existing firmware 'stabilizes'
- We need a circuit diagram, especially for the CPU's pin assignments to the LCD, keyboard, baseband chip, synthesizer, backlight (most likely connected to a PWM output), audio control, etc.
- With that, we can start disassembling the firmware (using Radare2 to make a 'documented listing') because the I/O port addresses, along with the interrupt service handlers are good points to start reversing the thing 'from bottom to top'.
- On a first glance with Radare2, some of the ARM (Cortex-M) code looks pretty familiar, obviously 'borrowed' from libraries by ST Microelectronics (the GD32F303 is an 'improved clone' from China, based on, or 'compatible with', the STM32F303)
- We need to know the structure of the firmware update files (precisely, not just 'it contains ARM code here and there'), e.g. are there checksums, or similar patterns that must be patched so the stock firmware update 'accepts' a modified file for downloading, is it structured in sections or just a plain '1 : 1' image of the Flash memory.
5. AT-D868UV hardware detailsThe following descriptions are based on the ICs found inside the radio (see 'photos),when in 2018-05 no service manuals, circuit diagrams, etc etc could be found anywhere in the internet.By the time you read this chapter, the situation may have improved.
5.1 The baseband processorLooking at the D868UV's main board, the baseband processoris the 2nd largest IC (besides the CPU). It can be seen here (sameimage as in the 'photos' chapter.
Anytone At 778According to the SMD marking, the chip is an SCT3258TD made byby Chinese company CELETRA DMR. One of its most intriguing properties is the integrated hardware AMBE+2 voice codec.That's nice because with an AMBE codec in the baseband chip, the CPU has much less workload than for example in the MD380,where the CPU had to to the tedious work of compressingvoice into AMBE packets on transmit, and extracting voice from AMBE packets on receive. Not so in the AT-D868UV !
Second, there's a datasheet available for the SCT3258TD,application notes about its packet interface, analog setup,almost anything that you would need to write your own firmware for it ;o)
The lack of a 'software' AMBE voice codec in the microcontrollerfirmware may explain why the firmware is relatively small.There's hope that some of the GD32F303VGT6's 1024 kByte internal Flash is unused (since 'codeplug' data are stored in another, external Flash),so there may be enough room left for future extensions.
If you are curious about the baseband chip and its integrated AMBE vocoder,check out the CELETRA DMR website.
In May 2018, all relevant documents (datasheet and application notes)could be downloaded from a single page (Products .. DMR Baseband Processor). There also was a document titled 'Datasheet of Universal RF Transceiver SCT3700' marked 'For Internal Use Only', so this may have leaked out into the internet by accident.Something similar as the SCT3700 may be in use in the AT-D868UV too. Quite likely the 'RF Transceiver' is hidden under one of the brass metal shieldswhich for good reasons I did not want to de-solder, just to make a photo.With an SCT3700-alike 'RF Transceiver' chip, this block diagram would be similar to what's inside the Anytone (ignoring the fact that the AT-D868UV is a duo-band radio):
The baseband chip's list of features (quoted from the datasheet) is interesting:
Block diagram of a radio based on the SCT3258 baseband chip.
Chapter 2 : Features
- Support DPMR Tier 1 (ETSI TS 102 490)
- Support DPMR Tier 2 (ETSI TS 102 658) Mode 1 and Mode 2
- Air interface physical layer (layer 1)
- Air interface data link layer (layer 2)
- Air interface call control layer (layer 3)
- Full Annex A support, with BCD addressing and automatic call match
- Support DMR Tier1 and Tier 2 (ETSI TS 102 361)
- Air interface physical layer (layer 1)
- Air interface data link layer (layer 2)
- Air interface call control layer (layer 3)
- Annex C (TS 102 361-2 Annex C) support, with BCD addressing and automatic call match
- Transmit in slotted or continuous mode
- Receive in slotted or continuous mode
- Support TDMA direct mode
4 FSK Modem
- 4800 bps data rate for DPMR and 9600 bps for DMR
- Automatic frame sync detection
- Programmable modulation index
- Support two point modulation, and I/Q modulation
- BER Test Mode complied with ITU O.153
- Build-in AMBE + 2 vocoder from DVSI
- Support other types of low bit rate vocoder with 3600 bps
- Support 1031 Hz Tone and Silence Test Mode
- Automatic vocoder switching at the receiver in DPMR mode
Analog Mode Support
- Support voice channel filters (LPF/HPF/Limiter), as well as pre-emphasis and de-emphasis filters.
- Support CTCSS/DCS generation and detection
- Support arbitrary CTCSS/DCS code, and blind detection
- Support the non-standard 55 Hz CTCSS tail tone
- Support compander
- Automatic analog/digital mode detection (analog/DPMR or analog/DMR) in receiver mode
- Voice Recording and Playing back for local and remote (!)
- 16 bit voice encryption
Anytone At 778uv Mods
So record/playback isn't a feature of the main processor firmware, but the baseband processor can do this'on its own'. That's one of the reasons why the SCT3258[TD] has its own Flash memory interface.Guesswork: It can only record/replay digital voice (but not analog FM) because it 'simply'stores AMBE packets in Flash, or reads them back on request of the main CPU.


is there any way i can equally create quad mesh in grasshopper
Mar 16, 2019
Are you able to create the attached panels on grasshopper?Regards,
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Hi Daniel, you are my hero....
I will ask you to help me in these definitions that I made ... I am a beginner ...1st wish: how can I force the circles on the edge of the Brep to collide as in solution 1?2nd wish: how can I add a circle one after the other to fill as in solution 1?3rd wish: how can I put the larger circles in the center and the smaller ones near the edge when I have to regularize the packaging of the circle?hoping for your help ...
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Reality show star and Kanye West’s wife Kim Kardashian is one of the richest lady on the show biz.
Kim is estimated to worth about $750m. With her fortunes coming from her one of her businesses KKW Beauty which has an estimated value of $500 million.
She also has cash and other investments that is worth up to $250 million. Kim also earned millions from 13 years of starring on Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Sher owns a mobile app Kim Kardashian, and also features in Hollywood movies and various modeling and endorsement gigs. But her biggest payday came when she sold 20% of KKW Beauty to cosmetics giant Coty for $200 million in cash last year.
Kim Kardashian is definitely a force in the show biz and her pocket is as heavy as you could think.

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It is almost time for Paul Pogba to let his feet do the talking again.
The French midfielder has not featured for Manchester United this year, but you wouldn't know it given the daily coverage in the media, but it says a lot about the draw of Pogba that he can dominate headlines even when he is not playing football.
Mino Raiola has been busy at work ahead of a pivotal summer for both he and his star client and recent ongoings at Old Trafford suggest life without Pogba wouldn't be as disastrous as previously thought following a sharp upturn in form.
However, from a business point of view Pogba's huge social media draw can't be ignored, and it was jokingly pointed out last pre-season the French midfielder possesses more Instagram followers than host country Australia had inhabitants. Yet, for the first time in his United career Pogba is no longer a guaranteed starter under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Only a year ago Pogba showed the incredible form which earned him an inconceivable place in the PFA Team of the Year, but a similar showing upon his upcoming return from injury might not be enough to earn him similar plaudits this time.
In his absence Fred and Nemanja Matic have both played the best football of their United career and have done so in a professional manner with little drama away from the pitch. Throw in the January arrival of Bruno Fernandes and the role of Pogba becomes even less clear going forward.
Recent reports have suggested Pogba is keen to strike up a partnership with the Portuguese midfielder, but a place in the starting line up won't be given to him simply on merit. In order to return to the regular first-team picture Pogba will need to show enough form to upsurge two of Matic, Fred or Scott McTominay, and even then it could ruin the balance which has been struck as of late.
Throughout the season Solskjaer has backed his World Cup winning midfielder by insisting he is fully focused on the task in hand with United, and with the European Championships ahead this summer a consistent run of form is needed for both Pogba and his agent.
With games coming thick and fast there is no doubt Pogba will get his chance to impress once he is deemed fully fit to return, but now he faces a new challenge. Proving he is actually good enough to start in United's rejuvenated midfield without upsetting the rhythm which has been established.
If he can do that then Champions League football will be on the cards, and any summer divorce from United would be done so on amicable terms. It's now time for him to show us what's been missing.


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Discover picturesque landscapes on a jeep safari or while floating through the air with a paraglider. Visit a traditional farmers' market and attend events in the heart of the region - variety and pure fun await you on your summer holiday in the Schladming-Dachstein region.
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Recipe by ebutts422
Got this recipe from a country club in Denmark in 1994. I was an exchange student and the host family I was with went to this country club for Easter weekend. I recently rediscovered the recipe when going through my family cookbook where I'd written it down. I made it for a small gathering and it was a hit!
- 4 slices thick bread, any type you prefer but has to be sturdy
- 5 slices ham
- 4 pineapple rings
- 4 slices tomatoes
- 4 slices white cheese
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 250.
- In your toaster, toast the bread slices until crispy. Pull them out and lightly spread butter on the top.
- Place ingredients on the buttered side in this order: slice of ham, slice of pineapple, slice of tomato and slice of cheese.
- Place in oven for 15 minutes, or until the cheese has properly melted.
- Take out and serve.
- ***I recently made it with white sharp chedder and it was a hit!


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Major Call up of 75,000 Israeli Soldiers Approved
Josh Hantman, a spokesman for Israel’s Ministry of Defense, has confirmed to The Algemeiner that Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved further call-ups of reserve soldiers. A diplomatic source in Jerusalem told The Algemeiner the number of troops was 75,ooo, however Hantman would not confirm this.
Israeli daily Haaretz reports that Israeli government secretary Hauser is conducting a telephone poll of ministers to get the okay. The move would be approved by the Security Cabinet tonight.
In comparison to recent Israeli operations, the number of troops being discussed is quite high. For Operation Cast Lead in 2008 10,000 reserves were called up, and for Israel’s Second Lebanon War in 2006, 60,000 troops were called up.
Alon ben David, the chief military correspondent for Channel 10 news in Israel said that “Military sources advise to be ready for significant expansion of “Pillar of Defense”.
The Israeli Security Cabinet is now in session.
The increased troop call-up comes after two rockets were fired at Jerusalem by Hamas. They landed north of the city in the West Bank.
UPDATE: Israeli state radio Reshet Bet reported that the Defense Ministry’s request to draft 75,000 reserve troops has been approved.


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Cloud Nothings played new material at the BrooklynVegan SXSW Thursday day party (pics, video)
photos by Sarah Frankie Linder; words by Andrew Sacher
Cloud Nothings at The Main, Austin, 3/14/2012
Cloud Nothings spent the bulk of 2012 on the road in support of their great Attack on Memory album and we caught them in NYC a bunch of times throughout the year. And not that we'd ever turn down seeing them again, but when they announced that they're working on a new album, it made their set at the BrooklynVegan SXSW day party yesterday (3/14) even more anticipated. And they did preview some material from the new record at the show, and it's sounding really good. The new stuff is hard-hitting but not without the melodies that make Cloud Nothings so catchy. You can watch a video of them playing one of their new songs at their Mohawk show on Tuesday (3/12) below.
Of course, they also played a bunch off Attack on Memory and when they did those songs, they had maybe the wildest crowd at the BV day parties so far. Like they usually do, they changed up those songs a bit live, especially during the jammy parts, and worked in some instrumental interludes between songs too. They also changed the setlist around since the last few times I've seen them (I think it was the first time they didn't play "Separation" before "Wasted Days," and no "Stay Useless"!). The front half of the crowd (if not also the back) knew every word and they were grabbing each other to scream along, starting mini mosh pits, and rushing the stage. Over a year after the release of Attack on Memory, it's great to see random people still coming together and connecting with each other and those songs.
Big thanks to our sponsors Onkyo, mophie, Jameson, Zico, Food For Lovers, American Apparel, Korg, Vox, Blackstar, ReDigi, Signazon, Korg, Pink Avocado, Creative Creation, and Mirrored Media, who we couldn't do the day party without. More pictures of Cloud Nothings from that party and the video of the new song below...
Cloud Nothings - new song at SXSW 2013


The comparison between fabric technologies continues over here on our site. In the previous comparison we looked at Omni-Tech by Columbia and Gore-Tex, whereas this time we will be comparing Gore-Tex to eVent.
eVent was featured in one of our past selections on Gore-Tex alternatives and it is considered by many people to be the closest thing to Gore-Tex in terms of performance.
For this reason, we will be taking a more detailed look at the matter of which one of these two fabric technologies is the better one and see how they measure up to each other.
1. eVent Technology
eVent, as a brand name, was launched in 1999 and quickly grew to become one of the biggest and most well known alternatives for Gore-Tex technologies.
As a fabric technology, it comes in a variety of different layers and designs, the reason for it being its versatile use. These fabrics are not solely used for jackets, but other garments, too, including shoes as well.
It is a fully waterproof and windproof membrane, which is bonded together with other fabrics to create several different fabric technologies, all of which differ in terms of breathability. Because of this, depending on the fabric it is bonded with, your jacket can be either rugged or lightweight.
The rugged ones are a lot more durable to wear and tear, and especially to abrasions from the environment, but they are considerably heavier than a Gore-Tex jacket, so look out for that.
The material of eVent fabrics is ePTFE, a microporous material, which is capable of allowing moisture wicking and prevents water droplets from getting through.
As we will see below, Gore-Tex is made of the same material and shows similarities in terms of being waterproof and very durable.
What’s special about eVent fabrics is the use of a dry system, which makes it possible for moisture to get out in an instant, without it requiring excessive body heat or outside moisture, such as in the case of PU fabrics.
This is called DirectVenting™, and it is a unique design of the brand. It is the main reason why eVent is often a preferred option as the fabric is incredibly breathable and the risk of overheating and sweating is greatly minimized.
It is a very important ability of eVent fabrics, as it keeps a near-perfect balance of temperature, without leaving you excessively hot and clammy, nor causing you to feel cold from being drenched in sweat.
We will see how this special way of moisture wicking compares to Gore-Tex’s breathability in a minute.
2. Gore-Tex® Technology
Also made of ePTFE, Gore-Tex is a fully waterproof fabric that presents with three features:
- being a membrane due to its billions of micro pores on the surface, which help aid in breathability and prevent water from getting through;
- being a laminate as it is bound together in a 3-layer construction between two fabrics;
- a technology since it can be used for different purposes and fulfills different requirements.
It was created nearly a decade after the brand was established in 1959, and it is still the leading fabric technology when it comes to outdoor sports wear.
Apart from being waterproof and with a low water adsorption rate, it is also extremely durable, which is always a plus considering that you will be out in nature.
The fabric is also water-repellent, due to the DWR treatment, which coats the fabric and makes it repel water droplets by causing them to roll off rather than pool on top of the fabric.
Further reading: How Does Gore-Tex® Technology Work? An In-Depth Look
3. Comparison: Gore-Tex® vs. eVent
Before the numbers come up, let us first get the technicalities out of the way by first understanding what it means for a fabric to be waterproof.
The waterproof rating of a fabric refers to its water column, which, in turn, refers to the water pressure that a fabric can withstand before it starts to leak through. The water column is measured in millimeters and any number below 1.500mm is considered water-resistant.
From 10.000mm and up, the fabric is considered highly waterproof, and that is usually the minimal rating of waterproof membranes.
eVent‘s waterproof rating starts at 30.000mm, whereas Gore-Tex‘s starts at around 28.000mm, so we are talking two incredibly waterproof fabrics, which perform similarly in this regard.
When considering jackets, however, you must look at the design and seams, because the water column measurement is just an indication for the fabric’s ability to withstand rain and snow, but not of the jacket’s itself.
Opt for sealed or taped seams, preferably fully rather than just the critical parts, as stitched seams will let water through eventually, defeating the purpose of a waterproof fabric.
Breathability and Moisture Wicking
In terms of breathability and moisture wicking, we are looking at both air permeability and the ability to wick moisture away from the body.
eVent has a breathability rating of 15.000 – 25.000 g/m2/24h and Gore-Tex‘s measurements are the same.
However, while it may look as if they will perform identically and that both are equally breathable, especially since they are also made of the same material, that’s not the case.
eVent, due to the DirectVenting technology, is able to wick moisture the moment it is present, not letting it build up. Because of this, it is the better fabric in regards to keeping you dry on the inside.
This is especially true for jackets, as Gore-Tex ones, despite being breathable, do tend to slightly overheat with physical exertion, whereas eVent jackets are a lot more capable of preventing overheating and excessive sweating.
Wear and Durability
In regards of how these fabrics wear, it comes down to the garment design, of course, but we will just note that they both fall into the “heavy” category of fabric technologies, so they are not the lightest to wear.
But, because those who are considering buying any garment made of either of these fabrics are looking for top-notch performance, the weight is not of major concern.
As for durability, they are both made of the same material and very resistant to abrasions, meaning that they will last for a considerable time before anything starts to give, if ever.
Which One Is Better?
It’s always difficult to answer this question as it is not a black-and-white case, since the jacket (or any other garment) design will be of major influence in how these fabrics perform.
Overall, in terms of breathability, eVent is the better option, especially factoring in that it is cheaper than Gore-Tex. So, if you are looking for a jacket that can keep you cool and dry, then look no further.
On the other hand, for long-term durability, nothing outlasts Gore-Tex, especially considering how well-made the products which incorporate this fabric are.


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Sleep…An Occupational Therapist’s Perspective
How to help your Child – and you – get more sleep. An Occupational Therapist’s Perspective.
Ridge Meadows Autism Information and Support group is for parents of children diagnosed with Autism or another developmental disability. We meet the last Tuesday of the month – most months – at RMACL (11641 224 St Maple Ridge) from 630- 830pm to share our stories, enjoy some refreshments, support each other, and often hear from a speaker.
Full details are included on the attached poster.
An RSVP to Tracy Hewgill at 604 467 8700 ext 119 or firstname.lastname@example.org is required. (Email RSVP is preferred.)

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Drimia maritima is a bulbous species in the Asparagaceae family. It has a clumping habit and the bulbs typically measure up to 20cm in width and 1kg in weight. This plant produces foliage arranged in a basal rosette from the bulb. Each bulb produces around 10 leaves, which measure up to a metre in length. Leaves are dark green in colour and have a leathery texture, usually dying back by the autumn. Flowers are produced on a triangular raceme structure. This is a form of unbranched inflorescence where flowers are attached by equal stalks and the oldest flowers are formed at the base and new blooms from the tip as the plant grows. The flowers are borne on stems 1.5-2m tall and they measure approximately 1.5cm across. The flowers are predominantly white, leading onto 1.2cm long, dry, capsule fruits.


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Last month Herbert Smith Freehills launched its biennial Community Engagement Awards in support of law students who create a positive impact in their communities.
As the submissions deadline of 15 July draws near, the firm asked previous winner Law School 101 to share its insights and experiences as a winner and the importance of taking part as well as the benefits to the community.
Law School 101 won the Herbert Smith Freehills Community Engagement Awards in 2016 for its initiative to bring current law students from throughout India to engage with aspiring young individuals through supporting them with education and legal literacy.
WHY IS YOUR INITIATIVE SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT BENEFIT DOES IT BRING?
We have a very simple aim - to promote legal education for young people in India. The current access to quality support and education is perhaps one of the biggest roadblocks in a large developing country like India as well as high costs. Our initiative means we can connect to the most remote parts of the country, offering a completely free online tool with quality legal content.
SINCE WINNING THE GRANT MONEY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARDS, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU HELPED?
Taking part in the Awards was extremely beneficial to the project. We have been able to develop our online presence over the past few years and we have amplified our reach tremendously. In total, have been able to reach 25,000 more young people since winning the award, and this is steadily growing.
WHY WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TAKING PART IN THE AWARDS TO OTHERS?
Other than the credit that comes with such a prestigious award, it was a great opportunity to connect with the firm's partners and lawyers. Their insights and advice and the amount of knowledge we took on thereafter has been second to none. It's a great community to be a part of.
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF YOUR PROJECT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DO YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY?
This year we were able to offer our 25,000+ students a free product that otherwise would have cost a typical student seeking admission to a law school around RS. 20,000 (£227). The response we received was overwhelming! The next steps will be to launch a holistic product to meet all the needs of any student looking to study law, for free.
More information about Law School 101 can be found here: http://lawschool101.org/
To find out more about the Community Engagement Awards and submit an entry, please visit the website here: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/ceaindia


On June 29, 2011, The Independent Medical Legal Unit (IMLU) achieved a monumental victory in the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in its case against the Republic of Kenya, when the court denied a motion to dismiss filed by Kenya’s Attorney General and ordered the case to proceed. IMLU is a non-governmental organization with a mandate to protect Kenyans from human rights violations perpetrated by the government. IMLU filed the reference against the Kenyan government seeking to hold it accountable for its failure to investigate and, if necessary, prosecute members of the Kenyan security forces responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, and other human rights violations committed in Mt. Elgon District during the 2006-2008 violent conflict between Kenyan security forces and the insurgent Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF). Human Rights Watch (HRW) estimates that Kenyan security forces carried out hundreds of extrajudicial killings, detained and tortured thousands more, and are responsible for nearly 200 forced disappearances in violations of several international human rights conventions as well as the Kenyan Constitution.
In seeking dismissal, the Attorney General relied on Article 27 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community (Treaty), which limits the jurisdiction of the EACJ to interpreting and applying the Treaty and expressly restricts the Court from deciding cases related to human rights issues until a protocol—not yet completed—expands the Court’s jurisdiction over such cases. In response, the IMLU claimed that a good faith reading of Article 27 of the Treaty pursuant to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties established the jurisdiction of the Court to hear allegations of violations of the fundamental principles of the Treaty. In the present case, these principles are set forth in Articles 6(d) and 7(2)—the obligation of states parties to ensure rule of law and good governance, and to maintain universal human rights standards. The EACJ agreed with IMLU and asserted its jurisdiction despite the Attorney General’s objections. According to the Court, IMLU allegations are based on violations of fundamental Treaty principles, and the mere mention of alleged human rights violations in the reference does not purge the Court of its jurisdiction over the case.
The Attorney General also argued that the reference was time barred pursuant to Article 30(2) of the Treaty. According to the Attorney General, IMLU knew about the complaint in 2008 and failed to file the reference to the EACJ within two months thereafter. Yet the EACJ rejected this argument, ruling that the alleged violations—Kenyan government’s failure to investigate alleged human rights violations— are continuous from the time of the incident until IMLU concluded that the Kenyan government was not going to investigate and, where necessary, prosecute for alleged human rights violations.
Though IMLU gained a significant victory with the EACJ ruling against the dismissal of the reference as a whole, the Court dismissed the case against the Minister for Internal Security of Republic of Kenya, the Chief of General Staff of Republic of Kenya, and the Commissioner of Police of the Republic of Kenya—all of whom IMLU sought to hold accountable. The EACJ ruled that under Article 30, the individuals named in the lawsuit cannot be joined because they are merely employees of the Kenyan government and are therefore neither a state party nor an institution of the East African Community (EAC) that can be sued in the EACJ. Accordingly, only the Kenyan government can be held accountable by the EACJ for failing to ensure the rule of law, so only the Attorney General may be named in the lawsuit.
The EACJ’s rejection of the Attorney General’s opposition is significant beyond the case at issue. The decision effectively expands the jurisdiction of the EACJ to cases that detail human rights abuses, provided those cases focus primarily on violations of the Treaty. The failure of the Kenyan government to investigate details of atrocities committed during conflict in the Mt. Elgon region leaves the families of victims in plight with no means of obtaining closure and justice for their loved ones. The reference filed before the EACJ seeks to hold the Kenyan government accountable for this failure, and the court’s denial of the respondent’s opposition permits the case to move forward.


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Organisations are constantly asked by its stakeholders for their demands on devoting its capital to corporate social responsibilities. Traditionally, organisations were think about to be exclusively formed for the purpose of profit making but in recent times along with others factors, corporate social responsibility can be defined as "it is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce, their families and the local community and society at large" (Holme, Watts 2000).
Any judgment made by any business require to be completed with up to date consciousness of the exact situation, and then perform according to some kind of system of principals which is business ethics. There is no big variance in business ethics and normal ethics which identify, what is right or wrong, and learning what is correct and what is incorrect in business environment. 'ethics is commonly defined as a set of principles prescribing a behaviour code that explains what is right and good or bad and wrong .business ethics covers the views of people throughout the society concerning morality of the business and the people who work in it' (Kaler,Chryssides 1993).
Organisations can be measured, acting as a socially responsibly only when a business adjust all of its exercises to ensure that it operates in ways that meet the ethical, legal, commercial and public opportunity that society has anticipation from business. Therefore to be considered successful corporate social responsibility must be a combined part of day-to-day business, engaging all stakeholders and strategies to assist individual manager to make social, commercial and public expectations that society has been expected from business.
RESEARCH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
The main aim of my research topic is to discover, what are the corporate social responsibilities and its influence on the main stakeholders and business practices of an organisation. This should allow me to answer my questions, how an organisations perform more socially and ethically, and what influence they can have on its stakeholders? What afford is being placed in an organisation? How much they are committed? In order to achieve my aim I have few main objectives:
In order to get my aim the following objectives are mention which are:
To determine what is meant by CRS (Cooperate social responsibilities) and business ethics, there interlink and affects on business.
To find out through the literature supposed benefits and weakness of CRS and business ethics and its impact on key stakeholders and business performance.
To test the relevance of these supposed benefits in the eyes of the SCB policies and its impact on key stakeholders and business to make final evolution of my findings and decide how well CRS policies of SCB contributed towards stakeholders and business.
LITERATURE RESEARCH AND REVIEW:
As starting point for reviewing the literature it is necessary to define what is meant by corporate social responsibility. Finding a simple meaning for corporate social responsibility is difficult task. Castka ET al (2004) argue that "the corporate social responsibility agenda suffers from a lack of a clear definition and seems to be a loosely defined umbrella embracing a vast array of concepts traditionally framed as environmental concerns, public relations, corporate philanthropy, human resource management and community relations".
A key topic underlying many of the definitions of CSR( Corporate social responsibility) is the idea that ethical business must be Equilibrium their performance over three bottom line ; economic, environmental and social . First recommended by Elkington in 1997, the impact of triple-bottom-line theory is evidently evident in Robinsons (2004) definition of corporate social responsibility. He says that "Corporate social responsibility is about acknowledging that sustainable competitive advantage requires companies to be economically viable, environmentally sound and socially responsible''. The idea of these three keys factors are further reinforcement by the views of a huge array of bodies, such as the UK department of trade and industry (2002), the Global trading reporting initiative (2002) and European corporate Governance institute (2002).
According to Bobadilla (2005) "Sustainable companies have three kinds of responsibility; economic, environmental and social". The text continues explain that corporate social responsible (Corporate social responsibility), acting important role in managing this responsibility and "this is about bringing together the issues of the workplace, human rights, the society and the market place into key business strategies". Corporate Social Responsibility is a much more than an idea; it is a strategy of an organisation. The business market is totally full of competitiveness and profit strategies, which are focussed on the monetary advantages; the corporate social responsibility presents an idea to think further. It present organisation to operate the societies and with the mankind, to build a belief of trust for itself by its customers that it can assure them a safe and healthy trust in the approaching.
However the range of the problem that corporate social responsibility focuses on and the advantage that it has to propose an organisation are greatly debateable.
According to Wood D. (1991) the corporate social responsibility highlights that "those organisations should integrated ethics into strategic goals of because it is the 'right' thing to do". At a time, it was evidently, the right thing to say that looking at the current development of the paradigm and its practices, however, was missing the solid ground. The managers of an organisation needs to identity its circumstances and take realistic steps to react toward the growing numbers of issues that occur globally by staying out of the ethical scope of a particular nation or its religion. They are normally to take report of the problems and areas that are not purely connected to their business. Both the primary and the secondary stakeholders of the organisations shall be deal with an approach that is practice adjust, which include direct relations and links as primary, the NGOs and other political parties as the secondary stakeholder.
Authors such as Susan key and Samuel J. Popkin (1998) stated that "incorporating ethics into the strategic management practice is not only the right thing but also the profitable things to do", which is a very clear out and attractive explanation of any business organisation, that is to speak the language of benefits and profits.
Further, Waddock and Graves (1997) have correlated corporate social performance into improved financial performance, and Frooman (1994) create that an unethical achievement, conduct to fall in stock price valuation.
Studies leading the basis of corporate failure are mention by many authors, and one of them is Arthur (1984) he urges "that incorporating ethics in before-profit decision making improve strategy development and implementation and eventually maximise organisations overall profits".
Moreover, king (1994 ) suggest that " to both boost financial performance and limit liability ethical criteria need to be integrated as element of strategic management in before-profit rather than after-profit decision making such as philanthropic contributions".
It can be said that social responsibility and ethics hold a comparable situations during the different sciences and paradigms. Even more to it, the rising affect and further advance challengers are very comparable nature too, which confirms that authors primary idea's or theories that the thought of corporate social responsibility and ethics cannot be judge and analysed on its own but rather as a key of expand, comprehensive and complex mechanism. With the implementation of the corporate social responsibility, the corporate organisations are required to contribute more barely in the support of the interests of public or its customers, by their hold on the community growth and development, and intentionally eliminate the practices that can cause damage to the society, and can create despite for the legal boundaries.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS IN RELATION TO STAKEHOLDERS:
Another succeed to subject of corporate social responsibility is the thought of an organisation having 'stakeholders'. Stakeholder theory firstly invented through the work of Freeman (1984). It engages in taking a broad analysis of those with an interest or investment in the firm or organization that expanded way beyond the traditional concept of shareholders, to include groups like employees, customers, suppliers, communities and many more (Newcomb :2003). Its impact is openly clear in business for social responsibility (ibid) definition of corporate social responsibility. They defined it is as "addressing the legal, ethical, commercial, and other prospect society has business and making decisions that justly balance the claims of all key stakeholders". The way of commitment, the opportunity and expectation of the stakeholders are mostly based on the motivation of participation of stakeholders in the Corporate Social Responsibility.
The key principle of the companies or firm is to increase or strengthen the shareholder price in terms of financial profit and price of the share etc, this is usually controlled by the legal compulsions which cover certain environmental aspects. For this reason, the organisation keep in effort to follow the strategies that are more decided on the improvement of the dealing of the organisation with its stakeholders. Now a day the managers must be recognize and act in response to a rising number of international concerns, without the moral extent of the nation, state or religion as a guide ( leader). Managers may require taking positions on issues that in fact are not merely business linked. A practical approach is essential towards all stakeholder groups, both primary, i.e., those who that have direct business connections with the company, and secondary, such as NGOs and political activists, who can change the operations of the company.
Margolis and Walsh (2001) described Corporate social responsibility as "companies should look beyond the needs of shareholders and take others stakeholders and the in which they operate into account." Utting (2004) give an alternative view, and stating that "Corporate social responsibility is often defined in terms of going beyond philanthropy and beyond compliance with the law". The corporate social liability is all about the business that conducts and not only brings commercial objectives, but they have also good social influence. Corporate social responsibility takes place when the firm handle the business progression to construct a complete positive impact on society.
At last, the definition given by the European commission (2001) seems to join the whole thing together properly. They observe corporate social responsibility as "a theory whereby organisations incorporate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interface with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis". A weak point of this and other definitions could be that they are pretty long winded and impractical.
In today's world the result of an organisation in both conditions. its trusted trademark name and its financial profit has got an authority from its level of adaptation of ethical values. In the result continued profitability and soaring innovations occurs. Such results are more likely when there is a comprehension of the concerns, preferences of the stakeholders of the business. An approach to the CRS from the stakeholder point of view recognizes the entangled nature of financial, communal and moral challenges.
Following the opinion of advocates of corporate social responsibility, any large organisation is essentially a social institutions as well as economic enterprise. Therefore, any business affairs that must be carefully weighted in terms of possible social impacts as the result of such activities, "balancing carefully conflicting responsibilities to various stakeholders". (Geoffrey P. Lantos, 2001).
The above explanation of corporate social responsibility leads to the definitions of corporate social responsibility proposed by (Bloom and Gundlach, 2001) "the vision of the duties of the firm to its stakeholders, i.e. people and groups who can affect or who are affected b corporate policies and practices". The obligations go beyond legal requirements and the company's duties to its shareholders. Achievement of these obligations is anticipated to reduce any damage and exploit the long-run favourable impact of the firm on people.
In the magazine of South China post Morning (2002), it is demonstrated that, corporate social responsibility is the thought and idea of the corporate organisations to serve not only the customers but to increase the revenue to operate society and community where their services are available. It is essentially the awareness of the social responsibility by a reliable organisation to make sure of the ethical values, transparency, employee relations, and most importantly to give respect to the community and population, where they function. Furthermore, the moral limit that influences the strategic result making of the executives and the general operations within the organisation for organisational development. The effectiveness is traditionally determined by its lack of interest about its business viewpoints, which is rather more, oppose to its real meaning.
Further, bloom and Gundlach (2001) review that corporate social responsibility involves the obligations are stemming from the complete "social contract" between business and society for firms to be reactive to society long run needs, optimising the positive effects and minimising the negative consequence of its action on society.
Generally, over the past few years, in the expanding number of companies have been recognised, the business benefits of corporate social responsibility policies and practices. This was further increase by the expanding evidence coming from practical studies that corporate social responsibility is affecting a very positive exposure and creating a confident competitive advantage. All these positively contribution works toward the shareholder value.
As a result of research conducted by Walter Schiebel and Siegi Pochtrager (2003) provide understanding the "outlines that companies also have been encouraged to adopt or expand corporate social responsibility efforts as the result of pressures from customers, suppliers, employees, communities, investors, activist organisations and other stakeholders. As a result, corporate social responsibility has grown dramatically in recent years, with companies of all sizes and sectors developing innovative strategies".
As a conclusion of the all above definition, each company perform in its own exclusive way, depending on its key abilities and stakeholder interests as usual, this is happening at a different degree of success, depending upon the company capability and efforts.
Moreover, country and culture tradition have put a major influence on the company's response and capabilities. According to Walter Schiebel and Siegi Pochtrager (2003) "social responsibility is essentially a philosophy or a vision about the relationship of business people, one requiring leadership to implement and maintain it over time".
The most effectual way to consider it is a long term investment, paying back by good publicity, employee loyalty and commitment, increased profitability and general competitive advantage. A big difference between them is to react as an investment, not as a cost, even both have of a similar financial nature. The process calls for the continuously improvement and development, which begins from ground level but gradually, grows and expands with the passage of time.
Qualitative approach is implemented to calculate and analysis the research topic with the aim to know the corporate social responsibilities along with business ethics and their influence on main stakeholders and business practice. Data collection approach has been applied according to the research topic. Data are collected mainly from secondary source published by various authentic and reliable resources including various article, journals, newspaper, websites and annual reports of an organisation. Data has been analyzed and calculate to reach the final outcome through investigation.
RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH:
The data are mainly to be collect from secondary source all these sources should be authentic and most reliable ones it will include various library materials , articles, journals , newspaper, websites and annual reports of various organisation.

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7th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
16 Jul 2020 at 12:00 AM to 20 Jul 2020 at 12:00 AM
Swiss Grand Hotel, 353 Yeonhui-ro, Hongeun 2(i)-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
The 7th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (AOCPRM 2020) in conjunction with the 34th Annual Congress of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM), will be held in Jeju, Korea.
The theme 'Innovative Rehabilitation in Asia Oceania', will focus on the diverse disciplines of physical and rehabilitation medicine from the present to the future. With an emphasis on innovation, distinguished speakers, professionals and researchers from various countries will present their latest findings from on-going and completed clinical trials with around 1000 participants from around the world.
- assessment, diagnostics and outcome measures
- cancer rehabilitation
- cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- community-based rehabilitation
- education and ethics in rehabilitation
- molecular biology in rehabilitation
- pediatric disorders
- physical modalities
- rehabilitation technology and engineering
For more information, visit AOCPRM 2020
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WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issued the following statement regarding an attempt to repeal National Mediation Board union election rules in the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill:
“Fairness and democratic union elections are on the line with a measure in the pending House FAA bill – to be considered in committee tomorrow – that would repeal recently reformed election procedures for aviation and rail workers.
“Under current rules, modified in 2010 by the National Mediation Board, employees who actually cast a vote in a union election decide whether or not they want union representation. No longer are workers who choose to sit out a union election automatically assigned a ‘no’ vote.
“It is odd that some in Congress want to roll back election rules that embrace the same democratic principle that governs their own elections: a majority of those who vote decide the outcome. They may not realize that if the old, super-majority participation standard applied to their own elections, many of them would not be Members of Congress.
“We urge members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to stand on the side of fairness and reject this poorly veiled attempt to deprive aviation and rail employees the unfettered right to participate in a fair union election, free from management interference and under democratic procedures found throughout American society.
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VOL. 127 | NO. 38 | Friday, February 24, 2012
The Press Box
Pastner Channels Inner Bob Knight
By Don Wade
Josh Pastner finally got mad.
Really, really, really mad.
Not enough to cuss. Not enough to throw a chair. But enough to pound on the scorer’s table and knock out the electricity on part of press row – sports writers unplugged.
Not mad enough to choke a player. But mad enough that on Monday he locked the Tigers out of their locker room and didn’t let them practice in anything bearing the word “Memphis.” Then he had the players’ names stripped from their jerseys before Wednesday’s game at FedExForum.
“The General,” Pastner might not ever be. But a budding Lieutenant Colonel? Maybe. The 34-year-old first-time head coach is at least warming to the idea of more authority from the top and more discipline and respect among the ranks.
The impetus was the “poor approach” displayed during last Saturday’s dreadful home loss to UTEP, a team that had not won a road game all season. Guard Chris Crawford gave the Tigers almost nothing (save a negative attitude) and he lost his starting spot to Joe Jackson Wednesday, Feb. 22, when the Tigers beat an even more horrendous East Carolina team, 70-47.
“Chris needed a little kick in the butt,” Pastner said.
Sure. And so did everyone else.
“We took the names off the backs of the jerseys because when you play in this program, no one is bigger than the program,” Pastner said. “It’s about Memphis and it’s a privilege and honor to wear something with Memphis on it.”
And that’s enough. In fact, that’s the policy going forward and into infinity.
“We’re done with names on the back,” the coach said.
How does this sit with players?
“I don’t think anybody would necessarily like it, but it’s cool,” said forward Tarik Black. “We want to play for each other anyway. Honestly, it doesn’t matter. You’re just talking about a couple of letters on the back of a jersey.”
Said Jackson: “He was just trying to get a point across. Any smart basketball player would understand what he’s trying to do.”
And Captain Will Barton, your thoughts?
“I think it was good for us. It’s not an individual sport, it’s a team sport.”
It just so happened that on the first night of the Tigers’ no-name era they won their 20th game, improved to 10-3 in Conference USA, and took sole possession of first place.
The name atop the C-USA standings?
Memphis, just Memphis.
Don Wade is a native of Kansas City and a former feature writer for The Kansas City Star and sports reporter for The Commercial Appeal. His column appears weekly in The Daily News and The Memphis News.


Oh my God, what a thriller it was! We just turned back from the brink - a looming disaster in freezing cold, breathtaking moments and all other anxieties of a cliff hanger or shall I say, those of a last-ball-finish T20. But it was worth it as at the end Pakistan was saved. Maybe in the process Pakistan has also broken the record for 'the most saved State'. We will have to consult Chief Minister Punjab to confirm this since he has recently been in touch with the guys at Guinness Book of Records.
But if you take my word, I have witnessed the spectacle of Pakistan being saved - just in the nick of time - more often than I have celebrated my birthdays. Yet, we are being told that the poor country might need one (or more) heroic acts of saving before it goes to polls sometime in May. So behold, and hold tightly the remote, remain glued to the screens of your choice for fun-filled weeks ahead.
Most of the excitement is caused by the State of Pakistan when it yells 'help' at the top of its voice. It reverberates in the length and breadth of the country and keeps resonating unless a macho savior, mostly hailing from central Punjab, reaches the scene. He mostly catches the elected government in a rather obscene condition and just about to dishonor the state. So, what is it between the two that they never pull along?
In theory, the government is an organisation of people that makes laws, policies and rules and then runs day to day affairs of a country while the state is a concept, an idea, about what makes a country, who should govern it and in what manner and that is written down in the country's constitution. So the state is the idea and the government its manifestation. It is like the game of cricket is the state and a match the government. The game is a set of rules about how a match should be played and it remains an abstract concept unless allowed to manifest itself in a match.
In a democracy, both the state and the government are products of the same institution - the elected parliament, the voice of the people. It makes sense for the players to define and agree to the rules and then play by them. Then why shall the twain, the state and the government, antagonise? In fact, in most countries they don't. The fight, over there, is between the party in government and those out of it and they differ over how best to run the country and not generally on whether and how the democracy should be allowed to run. In Pakistan however, the state is permanently at war with the government - except when it is an unelected one.
When the authoritarian military forms the government, it becomes a seamless one with the state. Take for example, General Zia. He was the head of the government of Pakistan and also enjoyed the authority to do whatever he wished to with the constitution. He had once said 'the constitution is a mere piece of paper'. Let me tell you that he mastered the art of origami so he could fold, trim or trash that piece of paper to suit the requirements of his government; there was no conflict between the state and the government.
General Ayub who preceded Zia did not possess origami skills so when he grabbed the government, he shot the constitution point blank, appointed a commission to rewrite for him another brand new one, with the condition that it shall define the acts of his government as the law, and his wishes as the articles of constitution; so, once again, there was oneness in the state and the government. The last of these golden eras of state-government harmony ended in 2008 when General President Musharraf lost both of his titles. Our great hero too had the powers to use the constitution as a scrap book and carve a state to suit his government.
So they define the game and then play the match and win it. We had no democratically-agreed constitution for 26 years after independence. The unelected civil and military bureaucracy defined the state for us during that period, when finally an elected parliament could draw the features of the state - the 1973 constitution - it was disfigured beyond recognition by the military within a few years and without ever allowing the people to form and run a government under it. Democratic governments in this country have been broadcasted as advertisement breaks between two military regimes and even for these short interludes they were able to ensure that the parliament did not dare to redefine the state.
Consider just one act of distortion - Article 58 (2) b - that the military government of General Zia had inserted in the 1973 constitution, empowering the president to dismiss an elected parliament at will. This was used by 'the state' to save itself from the excesses of four successive governments elected by the people. When finally a government secured the numbers to change this unfair rule, it was overturned by the next military 'revolution' in 1999. The General brought back the rule, besides adding more distortions.
The last elections (2008) were held under the same distorted rules but the elected government was able to make some changes about how the game will be played in future. For example, it worked out acceptable solutions to the problem of appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and the caretaker prime minister. So the coming elections are the first time in our 65-year history when the match will be played by the rules agreed to by the playing parties, the representatives of the people, and not set for them by the unrepresentative civil or military bureaucracy.
We can expect that the next government will be able to make more advances in defining a state that does not find oneness with unelected authoritarian regimes. Is that what is making 'the State of Pakistan' shout help again? Let us hold back our machos and let the hoax pass unheeded. The state that the authoritarian military rulers had defined to suit their interests is bound to die. Let us not save it and let democracy define a new State of Pakistan, solely for its people.
The views expressed by this blogger and in the following reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Dawn Media Group.


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Sep 26, 2017 - National Geographic Endeavour II
This is a mandatory stop for every traveler visiting the Galapagos, since this island is the base for the two most important organizations that promote and conduct conservation, research and science in the archipelago. The Galapagos National Park and The Charles Darwin Research Station have been allies in conservation for the last five decades. The first one is the main authority for the islands, it manages and creates regulations for extractive and non-extractive users, while the second one conducts research and promotes conservation in the whole archipelago.
Our visitors enjoyed an informative visit to the Charles Darwin Research Station, learning more about conservation and science conducted in the Galapagos, specifically with the giant tortoises in their captive breeding program.
After the visit, our guests had some time in town to visit the fishermen’s wharf, where pelicans, sea gulls, sea lions and frigatebirds gather to wait for the catch of the day. Later on in the morning, we visited a local school, that we as National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions support as one of our grantees, and finally some of our guests enjoyed their visit at a local organic farm called El Trapiche. This organic farm produces coffee and sugar cane and highlights the way of living of the early settlers in the highlands.
In the afternoon, we visited the giant tortoise reserve, where our guests had close encounters with these unique life forms roaming in the grass. After exploring the reserve, we visited a lava tunnel with interesting geological features, taking us back to a time when Santa Cruz Island was volcanically active.
What a great day on this fantastic island.
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Engine Performance problem
2000 Ford Explorer 6 cyl Four Wheel Drive Automatic 115000 miles
My 2000 Ford Explorer started chugging or missing while driving. It appears to be idling fine while in park but starts to run rough when put in drive. After I drive off and accelerate it runs real rough but will periodically appear to " catch" and increase power for a short second or two without having to push the gas pedal down anymore. That only lasts a second or two and goes right back to running rough. I tried to put 93 octane gas and some fuel injection cleaner in it but that hasn't helped. Thanks for any help I can get.
Inspect and test all the following listed below: Oxygen sensor.
Fuel injectors dirty/sticking.
Mass airflow sensor/Airflow meter.
Throttle position sensor.
Manifold absolute pressure sensor.
Fuel pressure regulator leaking, fuel filter or defective fuel pump.
False air leakage.
Foul/defective spark plugs.
Open spark plug wires.
Ignition coil/Coil packs defective.
Incorrect ignition timing.
Cap and rotor.
Note: If it doesn't apply disregard.
July, 29, 2010 AT 12:07 PM
I took it in today to have a mechanic look at it and he said the number 6 cyl. Isn't firing. He's not sure why yet. He said he's moved wires and plugs around but hasn't pin pointed it yet. Do you have any thoughts?
July, 29, 2010 AT 3:31 PM
P0306: Check no.6 sparkplug/wire/compression and injector