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The Real Beast (Contrast in between Victor Frankenstein and the Monster)
In Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein develops and stimulates a monster from different remains. Victor’s experiment works, yet when the animal he creates comes to life, he is hideous. He instantly flees from Frankenstein’s lab and eliminates Frankenstein’s brother. Later, feeling supreme isolation, the creature pleads Frankenstein to build a buddy for him, however he declines to finish the job. In revenge, the creature murders Frankenstein’s spouse and buddy (Hawkins).
Frankenstein is a story that focuses on the outcome of Victors undertaking to hinder nature. In the unique, Victor’s production is not born evil; rather it is the result of bad parenting that he becomes evil and cruel. Throughout the novel, Shelley produces a certain perception of the animal and his creator by using various composing techniques. Shelley makes readers understanding towards the animal by offering hints in her work regarding the creature’s real beliefs. She likewise uses composing techniques to develop the perception that the real beast is Victor, not the creature that he created.
Shelley offers insight into a series of character’s qualities and actions and this offers readers a greater view into their understanding and their personalities. By using these reliable writing strategies, Mary Shelley is able to create the understanding that the real monster is Victor and not the monster himself. Shelleys usage of the technique of having three various narrators provides readers a higher understanding into the experiences and the personality of Walton, Frankenstein, and the animal.
This switch enables readers to have higher insight into the inner experiences of the characters, which results in additional development in the mindsets in which the readers start to understand from each character. Shelley consists of the story of Victor, the creator, and the story of the animal, the produced, to stress the contrast in between their personalities and their various experiences. The contrast uses readers 2 totally different views, and thus 2 completely various actions towards each character.
One example of this can be found in the story of the animal. The story integrates the innocence and benevolence in the animals character together with the tormenting difficulties that the animal was forced to experience. Even the creatures creator dislikes him, and upon fulfilling him in the top of Mont Blanc, Victor roared Abhorred beast! Fiend that thou art (Shelley 81)! The revulsion that is present towards that animal triggers the reader to have compassion with the animal instead of to dislike him.
Shelley also consists of the point of view of Victor, which provides readers insight on Victors conceited, hoity-toity, and appearance-based character. Once again, this causes readers to have compassion with the animal, which has actually succumbed to Victors thoughtless actions. The charm of the dream vanished, and breathless scary and disgust filled my heart. Not able to endure the element of the being I had actually created, I hurried out of the space and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep (Shelley 42), Victor said.
This example causes the reader to concern Victors capability of thinking and the idea that he in fact put in before making the creature, and thus the reader begins to question whether the animal is the beast, or whether it is actually Victor who is the senseless, ignorant beast. Readers are made to think that the animal is the more civilized creature of the 2, and that the character of Victor is far more monstrous and harmful than that of the animals.
By using the structure of 3 storytellers, Shelley ultimately shapes the readers actions towards Victor and the animal. Shelley uses the writing technique of images and meaning to form the reaction of readers and the concepts surrounding them. Making use of images represents ideas aesthetically, which is eventually more effective in triggering the reader to react in a certain method (Images). For example, Shelley depicts the dismal and unpleasant world in which the creature is born into as full of hypocrisy, injustice, and bias.
The animal experiences neglect and is delegated fend off for himself. When he tries to acquaint himself to the DeLaceys, a family that the creature has actually been enjoying and gaining from in the forest for a long period of time, and fails and is beaten, he is entrusted to a sense of supreme solitude. My heart sank within me as with bitter sicknessI saw [Felix] on the point of duplicating his blow, when, overcome by pain and suffering, I gave up the cottage, and in the general tumult got away unperceived to my hovel (Shelley 115).
This powerful images causes readers to imagine and place themselves in the circumstance of the creature, therefore feeling his pain and suffering as he was continuously beaten by Felix for the cause of just trying to make an intro and make some pals. In turn, this triggers readers to deeply sympathize with the animal and comprehend the overlook and suffering that he is facing. This circumstance likewise triggers readers to think about the prejudice he dealt with just because of his awful appearance. It makes readers consider who the monster truly is, whether it is the creature with the unattractive appearance, or the mad, heartless man who created him.
Shelley cleverly uses the composing methods of imagery and meaning to form the reactions of readers towards the idea that the genuine monster is Victor, not the creature. Shelleys use of tone and word option in Frankenstein is also extremely effective in influencing the way readers thought about Victor and the creature. Shelleys tone constantly includes emotion and metaphorical language. In addition to powerful and expressive word choice, which highlights and dramatizes Shelleys ideas, her tone and word option likewise assists to arouse the readers feelings in a specific method.
For instance, when the animal tells, the tone is really dismal and dissatisfied and dramatizes the experiences that he had and the sensations that he felt. Shelley utilized words such as pain, miserable, desolate, and oppressed to describe the experiences of the animal, which dramatizes the suffering and torment that the animal deals with and arouses the emotions of the readers to have compassion with the animal. Shelleys tone and word choice for Victor is likewise very prominent in revealing his character.
Shelleys word choice dramatizes the character of Victor and highlights the selfish, appearance-based mindset which he is revealed to have. When Victor initially sees the animal, his own production, and examines it, his tone is of shock and disgust rather than of admiration or love, and the first thing he points out is how unsightly the animal is. I beheld the wretch– the unpleasant monster whom I had actually created (Shelley 43). Readers react adversely towards Victor even from the start, ironically seeing him as more hazardous and treacherous than the beast himself.
Shelley uses effective words that force the reader to respond a certain way. She utilizes tone to arouse the readers emotions and to make her readers comprehend the relation in between Victor and the creature and who the real beast is. Mary Shelley is able to create the perception that the genuine monster was Victor and not the monster himself. Readers continually have compassion with the creature and recognize that Victor is in fact more of a monster than the animal is. Readers realize that society never gave the creature an opportunity.
Although the creature was born innocent, the corruption and bias of society ruined the creature. Mary Shelley utilizes writing techniques, such as the implementation of characterization, imagery, meaning, tone, and word option to successfully illustrate ideas, develop visual images, and arouse emotions, to create the perception that Victor was the genuine beast in Frankenstein.? Works Mentioned”Images.” HMS. Harris Intermediate School. 30 Sep 2008. Hawkins, Kathy. What is Frankenstein?. Opinion 2003. 24 Sep 2008. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York City: New American Library, 2000.


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Paolo Romani (IZ1MLL) has recently released version 3.0 of his SDRSharp PDF Guide which we posted about last in March of this year. As before the document is a detailed guide about how to use SDRSharp, which is the software provided by Airspy. While intended for Airspy devices, SDRSharp also supports a number of third party SDRs, including the RTL-SDR, and it is the software we recommend starting with when using an RTL-SDR.
The guide is now 61 pages long, and covers all the settings, UI customization, included and third party plugins, and use of some external decoders.
Over on YouTube Sarah is back this week with a new video on her channel SignalsEverywhere. In this video she shows how to decode HF WEFAX (weather fax) images using an Airspy HF+ Discovery software defined radio with a YouLoop antenna. HF weather faxes are daily weather chart images transmitted as an analogue signal over the HF bands by coastal stations. They are mostly used by ships at sea.
First Sarah shows where to find a lists of WEFAX frequencies and schedules for her area, and then goes on to demonstrate a WEFAX signal being received and decoded using SDR#, VB-Audio Cable and the FLDIGI decoder.
Decoding HF WEFAX Weather Fax with SDR Software Defined Radio | Airspy HF Discovery
In Rob's latest episode of his excellent aviation communications series on his Frugal Radio YouTube channel he shows how to decode aircraft HF ACARS (HFDL) using a software defined radio. HFDL is short for "high frequency data link", and is a method aircraft use for sending text and data communications to ground stations. It is an alternative to VHF or satellite ACARS communications methods.
In the video he shows how he's been able to receive HFDL from all over the world using a simple HF dipole antenna and an Airspy HF+ Discovery. He goes on to show how to find HFDL signals, and how to decode signals using SDR# and the PC-HFDL software. Finally he shows examples of aircraft received, and how to interpret some of the information being received, including location information.
How to decode HF ACARS (HFDL) free with your SDR - Monitoring Aviation Communications Episode 8
The software is compatible with RTL-SDR, Airspy, BladeRF, HackRF and LimeSDR radios. It has features including demodulation, base band and pass band recording, playback, and spectrum and waterfall visualizations.
In this weeks video Rob from his Frugal Radio YouTube channel shows us how he's turned an old piece of scrap electrical extension cord into an effective HF antenna for his Airspy HF+ SDR. The scrap wire is combined with a US$15 NooElec 9:1 balun which helps improve the impedance match of the antenna. He then stretches the dipole out through his backyard and then hooks it up to his Airspy HF+.
The results show good reception across the 20m, 80m, 40m amateur radio bands, as well as on HF ATC aircraft communications, US coast guard weather information broadcasts and the AM broadcast band.
I made an HF Dipole for free! Reception was good on my AirSpy HF+ Discovery SDR!
Airspy is currently holding a 20% off summer promotion which runs from June 28th until Julty 4th 2021. The sale is active at all participating resellers, which includes our own store where we have the YouLoop on sale for US$27.96 including free shipping to most countries in the world, instead of the usual US$34.95. Please note that due to new EU VAT collection laws, EU customers must purchase the discounted YouLoop from our eBay or Aliexpress stores.
The YouLoop is a low cost passive loop antenna for HF and VHF. It is based on the Möbius loop design which results in a high degree of noise cancelling. However the main drawback is that it is a non-resonant design, which means that it works best when used with ultra sensitive receivers like the Airspy HF+ Discovery.
A new RTL-SDR compatible DRM decoding Android app called "STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio" has recently been released on the Google Play store for US$5.49, and on Amazon DE for EUR4.49. The author notes that a Windows version will also be published soon. Digital Radio Monodial (DRM) is a type of digital audio shortwave radio signal that is used by some international shortwave radio broadcasters.
The STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio allows you to conveniently enjoy any DRM live radio broadcast on your Android smartphone or tablet. No Internet connection required. All you need is an SDR RF dongle or receiver connected to your device via USB.
DRM or Digital Radio Mondiale is the global digital radio standard used for all digital international transmissions as well as for national and local services in many countries. To learn more about DRM and its features visit www.drm.org.
The STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio is designed for ease-of-use and supports all core features of the DRM standard:
Listener-centric and easy to navigate app design and user interface
Multiple user interface languages. Currently supported: English, German, Simplified Chinese
Convenient frequency tuning and DRM Service selection
DRM Service labels and graphical service logos
Full service metadata: programme/app type, language, country of origin, etc.
All standardized DRM audio codecs incl. xHE-AAC with optimized tune-in performance for a quick start of audio playback
Journaline, DRM’s advanced text application, allows to interactively browse through latest news, sports and weather updates, programme background information and schedules, distance learning/RadioSchooling text books, travel information, and much more
Full Journaline feature set including hot-button interactivity, geo-references and embedded/linked images
Convenient and fast Journaline information access with update notifications for page-content (and automatic updates for menus), as well as persistent caching for instant content access when switching between DRM services
DRM text messages incl. DL+ support
Unicode support for all textual elements: service labels, text messages, Journaline
DRM EWF – Emergency Warning Functionality within the DRM transmission: in case of an emergency alarm signal, automatically re-tunes from the current service to the emergency programme; presents the emergency audio along with multi-lingual Journaline content to provide in-depth instructions with interactive access and to serve non-native speakers or hearing impaired users
In addition, STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio is designed for maximum tuning flexibility and performance:
Free tuning to any DRM broadcast frequency
Supports all DRM frequency bands – from the former AM bands (LW/MW/SW) to the VHF bands (including the FM band), depending only on RF dongle functionality
Supports all DRM robustness modes (A-E), modulation parameters and on-air signal bandwidths
Optimized frequency tuning and re-sync performance
Graphical spectrum view to check the signal on the tuned frequency
For live reception, an SDR RF dongle must be connected to the device’s USB port (with USB host functionality). The following SDR RF dongle families are currently supported, along with a range of specifically tested models:
Airspy HF+ family: Airspy HF Discovery, Airspy HF+ (Dual Port). (Note: Airspy Mini and R2 are NOT supported.)
SDRplay family: SDRPlay RSP1A, SDRPlay RSPdx, SDRPlay RSPduo, SDRPlay RSP1, SDRPlay RSP2, SDRPlay RSP2pro, MSI.SDR Panadapter (Note: SDRPlay family support on Android is currently limited to the 32-bit version of this app.)
RTL-SDR family: The experimental support for RTL-SDR based RF dongles requires that you manually start the following separate tool before opening this app (on standard port '14423'): The app 'SDR driver' can be installed from the Google Play Store and other Android app stores.
Last week we posted about how several users on Reddit & Twitter worked together to receive and decode text telemetry from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch using a HackRF, 1.2m dish with custom 2232.2 MHz feed and GNU Radio. In that thread it was hinted that the text telemetry was only a small portion of data contained in the entire signal. It turns out that the remaining data is the SpaceX engineering video feed which is often shown in the official live coverage streams.
So today at 10:21UTC i got my own recording of Falcon9 video feed downlink on S band 2272.5MHz and with u/Aang253's software SatDump i could easily decode it from the recording straight down to mxf, avi or mp4 video file! Even with very simple recieving setup!
Setup used for receiving was simple wifi grid mesh dish antenna (100x60cm) on a tripod with old MMDS TV downconvertor and Airspy MINI. here is a photo of the setup few minutes before launch But of course its doable without convertor with SDR such as HackRF , two SPF5189Z LNAs and same antenna or even TV dish with DIY S band feed!
Here is the decoded video feed i got today from S band transponder on 2272.5MHz from second stage of #SpaceX#Falcon9 rocket as it was passing above EUrope! Thanks a lot to @aang254 for the decoder software and @r2x0t for the extensive RE work he did on the downlink! Good work! pic.twitter.com/IgEESBA9A1
It's extremely interesting that we can see views of the liquid oxygen floating around inside the stage two tank which is not shown during the official live streams.
As a bonus, this story was also covered by the very popular space YouTuber Scott Manley who has put out a great video popularizing the discovery and touching on a few interesting points such as how SpaceX may be legally required to encrypt these videos in the future (but hopefully not!).
How Amateur Radio Fans Decoded SpaceX's Telemetry & Engineering Video

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Home Depot Decides Secret Pesticides Probably Don't Belong in Bee-Friendly Plants
I found four dead honeybees in my backyard over the weekend. Usually, the apian behavior back there tends more to lively buzzing—in the orange tree, the lemon, the massive pink peppercorn that seems to always be in bloom. If you stand underneath the latter's drooping branches, it almost sounds like the tree is humming, thanks to its halo of bees.
So finding the little pollen-coated bodies lying on the ground was worrisome, especially in the wake of the Friends of the Earth and Pesticide Research Institute study released last week that found that neonicotinoid pesticides were present in a majority of the tested specimens of bee-friendly plants purchased from major garden retailers. I had just planted a couple of shrubs I picked up on a whim from Home Depot—one of the retailers indicted in the study.
Had I inadvertently introduced a highly effective pesticide into my chemical-free garden? Did I kill those bees? Those aren’t questions I’ll be able to answer in regard to flowers I recently added to my landscaping, but by the end of this year I won’t be playing pesticide roulette if I buy more plants from Home Depot. The leading home-improvement retail chain announced that it will require suppliers to label any plants that contain neonic pesticides.
"The Home Depot is deeply engaged in understanding the relationship of the use of certain insecticides on our live goods and the decline in the honeybee population," Ron Jarvis, vice president of merchandising and sustainability, told Reuters. Home Depot is also conducting a number of trials to see if it’s possible to stop using the pesticides altogether in the nurseries that supply its plants.
Although it's weird to think of a plant having something like an ingredient list, it's a suitable solution for this class of pesticide. Unlike other pesticides, neonics are systemic: The seeds of a plant are treated with the chemical, which remains present in all parts of the plant, including the pollen and the nectar.
Of course, it’s possible that the bees I found were killed by something else altogether. Mites, parasites, and exposure to other types of chemicals have all been tied to the steep decline of pollinator populations. But considering the high concentrations of neonics that are used in ornamental plants—300 milligrams might be used to treat the seed of a perennial shrub, whereas a seed of corn will have just 1.34 milligrams of pesticides applied to it, according to the report—both labeling and reducing the amount of pesticide-treated plants at such a massive retailer will surely help make all yards a bit safer for bees.

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X-cart is open-source software that offers hundreds of extensions to create a powerful and versatile shopping cart. Learn how to connect your X-cart web store and Sellercloud accounts in this article.
Integrate with X-cart
Integrating X-cart with Sellercloud allows you to launch product listings, update inventory, and download orders automatically, including shipping or cancel/refund management. X-cart integrates with Sellercloud via the plugin.
The product must be Website Enabled on the Website Properties page for the available inventory to upload. Otherwise, the product’s inventory will be set to zero.
- Go to Settings > Manage Companies > Select a company.
- In Toolbox, select Sellercloud Plug-in Website > Cart General.
- In the Select Plugin dropdown list, select XCart.
- Enter the website URL and admin credentials in the Username and Password fields > Save.
- Go to Toolbox > Website > General > Edit.
- From the Store Type dropdown menu, select Custom. This will reveal a Store Plugin list. Select XCart > Save.
- Select your desired settings as described in the following section.
X-cart Settings Explained
|WEBSITE GENERAL SETTINGS PANEL|
|Store Type||Integrated or plug-in website.|
|Safety Qty||A buffer between the amount of inventory you have and the amount Sellercloud is sending to the channel to prevent overselling of items in high demand. It is used to subtract a number from the available quantity.|
|Default Qty||This only applies to Replenishable products. For these products, the Default quantity is the number that will always be sent to the channel in inventory updates regardless of the actual available inventory.|
|Website Product View URL||The link to the products list on the website.|
|Website Order View URL||The link to the orders list on the website.|
|URL Value Type||
|Default Inventory Max Qty||Limits the inventory available for X-cart.|
|Allow Inventory Upload||Allows X-cart to upload inventory information from Sellercloud.|
|Allow Price Upload||Allows X-cart to upload price information from Sellercloud.|
|Allow New Product Upload||Allows X-cart to upload newly created products from Sellercloud.|
|Allow Order Download||Allows orders to be automatically downloaded from X-cart to your Sellercloud account.|
|Allow Download Shipped Orders||Allows orders marked as shipped to be automatically downloaded from X-cart to your Sellercloud account.|
|Allow Tracking Upload||Allows X-cart to upload tracking numbers from Sellercloud.|
|Allow Unpaid Orders||Enable if you want the orders with no payment to be treated as charged.|
|Allow Partial Paid Orders||Enable if you want the orders with only partial payment to be treated as charged.|
|Allow Active Listings Download||Allows active product listings to be automatically downloaded from X-cart to your Sellercloud account.|
|Store Is Enterprise||Check if the store is a form of legal enterprise.|
|Enable Order Download Limit||Set the limit on the orders to be downloaded if there are existing shipped orders in X-Cart.|
|Order Download Limit Date||Set the date in the calendar pop-up.|


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Here, Kitty, Kitty!
|PLAYERS 3 to 6 | MINUTES 30 | AGE 10+
In the crazy cat-collecting game Here, Kitty, Kitty!, your neighborhood has a cat problem, the problem being that the cats don't all belong to YOU! Unfortunately you can't just grab them for yourself as everyone in the neighborhood wants to claim those adorable kitties. Outwit your fellow feline fiends as you lure cats onto your property, move cats into your house, and steal cats from your neighbors. All's fair in love and cat-collecting!
In the game, each player chooses a Property board, which contains three zones: the Yard, the Porch, and the House. At the end of the game, cats in the House are worth 5 points each, cats on the Porch are worth 3 points each, and cats in your Yard are worth 0 points. However, having cats in your Yard does have advantages for special scoring conditions, such as having the most cats of a single color or the most cats overall. All 40 cat miniatures are placed in the center of the table, and represent the Neighborhood. Each player is dealt 2 or 3 cards, depending on the number of players in the game.
On each player's turn, they perform two Actions: moving a cat, playing a card, or discarding cards. Cats can be moved 1 space for 1 Action, by picking up the cat and putting it in the next zone of the property. For example, a cat can be moved from the Neighborhood to the Yard for 1 Action, or from the Yard to the Porch or from the Porch to the Yard (and vice versa). Playing cards may allow a player to move multiple cats at once, to move cats multiple spaces, to steal cats from opponents, or to make opponents give up cats. A player may also choose to discard 1, 2, or 3 cards as an Action. Once both Actions have been taken, the player draws back up to a full hand, and play passes to the person to the left. If an Instant card (red border) is drawn, it is played immediately and affects the entire group. The player then draws a replacement card for the Instant card until a full hand is achieved.
The final round is triggered when a player draws the last card from the draw pile. From that point every player, including the player who drew the last card, has one final turn to maximize their score. Then, the cats are counted and a winner is lauded for their purr-procurement proficiency.

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Gov’t to roll out scotch bonnet pepper programme
The Government is set to roll out a Scotch bonnet pepper programme in north east Manchester in the next few weeks.
This was announced by minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, J.C. Hutchinson, during a meeting with Irish potato farmers at the Restore Pentecostal Church in Devon, Manchester, last week.
He explained that the pepper programme will be similar in structure to the National Irish Potato Programme in that farmers will receive seedlings and other inputs up front, with payments being made when crops are reaped.
"I consider this area as the hub, where there is good climate and it has the greenhouses that will be utilised for distribution of pepper seedlings to farmers in a similar way to what obtains for the Irish potato and onion programme," Hutchinson said.
The minister said farmers will have to be a member of an organisation, under the umbrella of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), to benefit from the initiative.
Additionally, technical support will be provided by the various stakeholders such as RADA, and marketing support will be provided through the Potato and Onion Producers Association with whom farmers can enter into contractual arrangements.
"All the farmers would need to find is the labour. The ministry would also help with securing markets for the produce and after reaping, all input costs would be subtracted and they would get the profits," he said.
He said the Government has some 5,000 acres of farmland in south Manchester.
"Where there are idle, government-owned lands, we will put farmers on it to work. We are dedicated to seeing that all struggling farmers get a push-start, and providing the basic inputs that will help them become productive individuals," Hutchinson said.


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Article published in:Reinardus: Yearbook of the International Reynard Society
Edited by Richard Trachsler and Baudouin Van den Abeele
[Reinardus 32] 2020
► pp. 181–195
The dog and the adulteress
The meaning and context of a tale of adultery in a Jewish ethical work
This article discusses a well-known Hebrew folktale about an adulterous couple in which the man is turned into a wild dog in punishment for his sin and attacks his married mistress. This story is found in the popular ethical work Kav Ha-yashar (The Just Measure) which was first printed in 1705. Using this story, I will demonstrate how folktales are used as a means of instilling fear of horrific punishment for breaking the social convention of monogamous marriage, and as a way of expressing misogyny. At the same time, the story provides a platform for expressing deviant sexuality, which is, of course, a taboo in everyday life. The transformation into a dog is based upon well-known canine images in Jewish culture.
Published online: 14 April 2021

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I’ve been building a tiny connector board for an ILI9341 LCD. For the uninitiated this is the specification for a small display screen.What I am doing here is reproducing this red board with screen:
which is all explained perfectly well, including how to wire it up to a Teensy, on the PJRC page.
The trouble is that red board is too big for my project. I have just enough room for the screen but not for the rest, so I have to reverse engineer it. Also that board has an SD reader on the back of it which is no use to me. I just need a screen and I need touch, and I need it attached to a board as small as I can manage.
The screen implements an interface called ILI9341 and there seem to be several variations on that in terms of how many connectors the actual screen needs. Some are 50, some are 14. They all have a ribbon cable coming out of the screen with approximately 1mm connectors you need to hand solder (unless you have a much more sophisticated setup than I do). These variations are usually hidden from you if you buy something like a red board because you only need to worry about the pinouts on that board.
You can buy the bare screen that the red board uses here. It has 14 screen connections as well as some SMD parts soldered right onto the ribbon cable that comes out of the screen. My understanding is that this reduces the number of connections you need to solder down to the 14 it uses. Because it is a touch screen it has 4 more connections too, so a total of 18. Still better than 50.
My circuit includes a RT9169 which ensures the voltage is 3V. The screen is sensitive to the voltage. I did not try it on 3.3V, which is what the rest of my circuit runs on because I don’t want to fry a screen, I just added the regulator. If you are using a touch screen then you also need an XPT2046 touch controller. This takes the signals from the touch panel and translates them. Other than that you only need a couple of resistors and a couple of ceramic capacitors. If you are not using a touch board you can leave off the touch controller and don’t bother wiring the T_ pins.
The ILI9341 interface can be used in two ways. One has 8 data lines and may be faster, the other uses SPI and is quite fast enough for my needs and is used here. I use SPI for both the screen and the touch interface.
The only other thing to be careful of is to get the ribbon cable the right way around. The ribbon is marked with a (tiny) ‘1’ on one side and I numbered the connectors on the pad. Even so this picture should help:
You can see the yellow ribbon cable attached to the board. The ribbon cable is fragile and fiddly to solder, but not impossible if you take care. But you should do the SMD parts first, then you can use solder paste and heat the whole board without damaging the screen. I put some solder paste onto the ribbon cable connection to tin it and then I soldered the cable onto that with a soldering iron. You should consider folding the board under the screen and fixing it there with double sided tape. That will remove any strain on the ribbon cable. It is also what the red board does.

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Some Muslims were not pleased Salah decided to celebrate the Christmas holiday.
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has suffered criticism for celebrating the Christmas holiday.
Like most football superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kevin De Bruyne, Robert Lewandowski, and others Salah joined in celebrating the Christmas holiday.
The 29-year-old forward took to his official Instagram account to post photos of himself, his wife, and two daughters to celebrate the special occasion.
Along with the photos was a caption that said, “Merry Christmas.”
The Christmas period is used to celebrate the day Jesus Christ savior of Christians was brought into the earth.
Salah who comes from Egypt is known to be a devout Muslim. Some section of Muslim fans took to social media to criticize Salah for his decision to celebrate Christmas.
See reactions below
This is not the first time Salah would post about celebrating Christmas despite his religion.
The backlash Salah received was not just from fans in his own country but all over the world.
The top scorer in the Premier League has not responded to the backlash on social media as he prepares for a return to the pitch after missing Liverpool’s last game in which they booked a place in the semifinals of the EFL Cup.
Salah is expected to return to action when Liverpool welcomes Leicester City to Anfield in their next Premier League fixture scheduled for Tuesday, December 28, 2021.


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A golf tournament is the perfect way to hold a fundraiser, but it isn't enough just to schedule a tournament. There is a lot of effort and planning that must take part on behalf of the tournament coordinator in order for a golf tournament to be a successful fundraiser.
Today Mike Norton, SilverHorn's Sales Coordinator is here to give us his top 5 tips to be successful when putting together your own charity tournament.
5 Tips for putting together a successful charity golf event:
1. Have a strong committee, that includes golfers on it
2. Sponsors, sponsors, sponsors. The more sponsors, the more money you raise.
3. Have contest holes with great prizes.
4. Be associated with a known/respected charity.
5. Make the date one that works for your potential players!
If you are thinking about a golf tournament for a fundraising opportunity- either for a charity, school, children's sports team or any other reason please contact Mike Norton at email@example.com.

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Islamabad: After Abid Sher Ali, today (Friday) another leader of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Hanif Abbassi lambasting on his own party Finance Minister Miftah Ismael said that the ministry of finance should stop loot and plunder adding that the Ministry of Finance is bent on making all the efforts of the Prime Minister in vain.
Addressing a presser in Islamabad, the PML-N leader from Rawalpindi, Hanif Abbassi said “every person
is saying that we can’t pay tax from his salary.
Hanif Abbassi said that the PM is standing with the people of the country at this difficult time as 10 billions dollars investment are coming to the country.
He said categorically said that there is no any sector which is not affected by the electricity bills while the poor people are unable to pay the bills.
He went on to say that now businessman, owners of factories are also shutting down their businesses.
The senior politician said that the bill of Rs 2, 52,000 has reached to more than 7,00000. Whereas 100 units bill climbed to Rs 3500 adding that all the sectors are affecting from the electricity bills.
Hanif Abbassi said that the country can’t run on the basis of loot and plunder adding that the people existing in the tax net are being burdened with more taxes again and again.
He urged the all the parties of the country to leave the politics for six months and work for helping the floods victims.


We change the tranny fluid at 50-60k.
The choice of fluid interval is based upon the results of an extended history of failures of BMW transmissions with lifetime fill fluid. They have been out there longer and there is a very tight tech group reporting.
The life of the fluid is 100k. If you wish the life of the trans to be greater, it stands to reason to get it and all the by-products of road wars (dirt, moisure, clutch, metallic wear) out before they become the problem.
From the trenches...
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Residents have gotten their first glimpse at the new grocery store that will occupy the long vacant Dominick's in downtown Rolling Meadows, and most are happy with what they see.
Representatives from Clark Street Development and Uncle Joe's Tuscan Fresh Market, which will anchor the shopping center, presented their plan to neighbors at a community meeting Thursday night.
Construction on the shopping center, to be renamed Meadows Marketplace, is expected to start mid-May so the grocery store can meet an Oct. 1 open date, said Fritz Duda, principal with Clark Street.
That construction will involve redoing the parking lot, lighting and landscaping -- all of which were abandoned for nearly nine years. Major facade improvements will put the entire center in brick.
There will also be an indoor loading dock for trucks to deliver in all weather and eliminate noise for neighbors, developers said.
"I think it's a great fit," owner Louis Ruffalo said. "We're a real neighborhood grocery store, we want to see our customers every day and be on a first-name basis with them."
Nat Caputo, who is related to the Caputo family's line of grocery stores, is also involved in the project, but was not at Thursday's meeting.
Ruffalo said the major draw at Uncle Joe's will be the produce section -- which will be delivered fresh seven days a week. But he said it will also be a full-service store.
"We're here for the long haul, we want to dig our roots deep in Rolling Meadows and be involved in this community," he said.
Neighbors responded positively, many thanking developers after the meeting for coming to the community.
Longtime resident Rich Rehner said he hoped this would be the beginning of a larger revitalization for Rolling Meadows.
"I think this could be a showcase of a downtown area," Rehner said. "Hopefully it spreads down Kirchoff Road."
Clark Street Development also is looking to develop a small parcel closer to Kirchoff Road that could be a fast-food restaurant or a bank, Duda said.
There are also several smaller storefronts in the shopping center to be filled.
"We are just starting to market the rest of the center and that's what we hope to accomplish in the next six months," Duda said.
In March, developers will appear before a variety of city commissions and the city council for approvals, before starting construction.
Last September, Peter Eisenberg, a Clark Street principal, said the redevelopment is expected to cost about $4.5 million.
The Rolling Meadows City Council has agreed to give the developer approximately $700,000 in tax increment financing money.


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Updox LLC has repaid a $200,000 TechColumbus investment with cash and an undisclosed equity stake, providing another return on Ohio Third Frontier funds.
TechColumbus, which manages bond-funded Third Frontier money with corporate, university and other sources of matching funds, invested in the Dublin company in 2009 from its Pre-Seed program. The company had been approved for $300,000 but ultimately drew down $200,000, which it repaid with interest.
“It provided a meaningful cash distribution we can invest in new startups,” said Ryan Helon, TechColumbus senior vice president of investment funds. “We’re also thrilled to have an equity stake in the company. ... We see real potential in Updox.”
Updox makes software that helps independent physician practices securely share information from the practice’s electronic medical record systems with specialists, hospitals and patients themselves. Within the past year its subscriber base has grown to 4,000 from 500.
The company also grew to 17 employees, up from five in mid-2012, and expects to hire 15 more in the coming year.
“We encourage startups to be capital-efficient with their businesses and to break even with limited outside investment,” said a statement from TechColumbus CEO Tom Walker. “Updox has accomplished exactly that.”

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These box office numbers do not include the cost of production or marketing costs. They also don't count the billions in merchandising that Disney has made over the last...Entertainmentread more
Instagram began tests that hide "like" counts on posts. That means influencers who market products on Instagram will have to rely on different metrics to show success.Technologyread more
Peter Neupert worked for Microsoft and Amazon-backed Drugstore.com, where he got to know Jeff Bezos. He now advises start-ups.Technologyread more
Last week shows that oil prices are not the indicator for Middle East tensions they once were, and worries about global demand and growing U.S. production has changed that...Market Insiderread more
Facebook Vice President David Marcus is the face of the company's Libra digital currency, but the original driving force was a 26-year-old female corporate-development...Technologyread more
The firing of the tear gas was the latest confrontation between police and protesters who have taken to the streets for over a month to fight a proposed extradition bill and...China Politicsread more
Amazon's new policy for account suspensions doesn't go far enough to protect sellers from potentially unfair and wrongful suspensions, merchants say.Technologyread more
There is no end in sight to the Boeing 737 Max grounding after two fatal crashes, prompting airlines to rethink their growth plans.Airlinesread more
After a year of flooding, Midwest farmers face a stifling heat wave that's spreading across the U.S.Weather & Natural Disastersread more
Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg is painting a painful picture for stocks as earnings season goes into full gear.Futures Nowread more
Rossello is facing public furor over an obscenity-laced online chat that showed the governor and his close advisers insulting women and mocking constituents, including victims...Politicsread more
Donald Trump postponed his official vice president announcement after a truck plowed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France on Thursday.
An attacker killed about 60 people and injured 100 when he drove a truck at high speed into crowds watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, local media quoted officials as saying.
The New York businessman's campaign previously said he would make the announcement on Friday.


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Add Location in SketchUp for Desktop
The Add Location feature in SketchUp helps make adding and managing geo-location imagery and data easy. Here, we'll cover how to import imagery, view terrain, locate your model, and delete imagery in SketchUp for Desktop.
Importing Map Imagery
To get started, select File > Add Location from the Menu bar.
The Add Location window will appear. To get started you’ll need to narrow down your location. You can type in an address or a location name in the box provided. As you type, SketchUp will offer suggestions to match what you have entered. After choosing a location you’ll see a map of that location with your model placed in the center and an arrow designating True North. You’ll also see its latitude, longitude, and True North offset.
You can use the controls in the upper right of the window to zoom in or out, change the view between a basic street map and a satellite/aerial view, or toggle the visibility of your model.
Once you are ready to proceed, click Continue to Add Site Context.
In Add Site Context you can designate the following options:
- Import Type – Choose between 2D Plane or 3D Terrain. If 3D Terrain is selected you can also adjust the mesh density. Higher density allows for more triangles/customization but increases file size.
- Map Texture – Choose between Street Map or Satellite. You can also adjust the resolution between low, medium, and high.
|Visualizing large areas of context scenery without affecting performance.
|Visualizing proximate context scenery.
|Adding detailed scale site imagery for presentation or tracing.
- Image Provider - SketchUp offers both Digital Globe and Bing for geo-location data. Click a provider name in the Region panel to choose your preferred provider.
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On the map you can adjust the size and shape of the region that will be imported into your model. Click and drag the edges of the box to resize it, or use the grip on the side of the box to move it.
Once you have adjusted everything the way you want it, click Import Site Context. Add Location will import everything into your model. You have successfully geolocated and added site context your model!
Add Location can also import terrain data into your model. To help you manage the visibility of terrain data Add Location uses Tags.
All terrain data appears in the Tag hierarchy under Geolocated Content. 2D Plane and 3D Terrain are their own entries, allowing you to switch as needed. Each import creates new tags for easier tracking.
Adding More Imagery
After importing map imagery, you can always add more without changing the location you've already established for your SketchUp model. Open Add Location again and click Add More Context.
To delete imported map imagery, use the Select tool and select the imagery. Unlock the imagery using Edit > Unlock > Selected or select Unlock from the context menu. Once the imagery is unlocked, you can delete the imagery just like you would any other geometry within your model.
Using Your Own Image
SketchUp allows you to replace the topography and images generated by Add Location with your own image. After using Add Location, import the image you would like to add to your model. You can then use vertical lines drawn from identifiable landmarks to match the scale and position of your image with the one generated by Add Location.
To make things appear a bit more seamless, use the Sample Material mode (Alt on PC, Command on Mac) of Paint Bucket tool () on your imported image. You can then use the Drape mode of the Sandbox tool to further modify your image. Once you've set up your imported image, you can switch on terrain and repeat the process.


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Andre Villas-Boas believes that the mounting anxiety at Stamford Bridge is inhibiting his attempts to rectify his side's abject home form, with the Chelsea manager acutely aware of the need for his team's performances to improve sharply if their season is not to fall apart before Christmas.
The Portuguese has long acknowledged how crucial December is likely to be to his hopes of enjoying a successful first season in England – with three Premier League games against fellow members of the top six, as well as a Champions League tie with Valencia – and he fears the concerns of the club's fans may now prove counter-productive.
"At the moment, at home, we have just not been good enough," said Villas-Boas. "I think we need to get our fans behind us when we play at home. We need to get the emotions right. I know, and you can feel, that Stamford Bridge has become anxious about Chelsea playing at home, but we need their full support. That is the only way you can build the atmosphere to take us through this period.
"For our [title] challenge to be alive we need to make the most of the December fixtures. If we do that, we will be back on track. In the situation we are in, 10 points behind, it can invert what can happen in four months' time."
The Portuguese seemed to confirm that Fernando Torres, who was anonymous against his former club, will not be asked to lead the line when his side travel to Newcastle United on Saturday, admitting that the Spain international needs "confidence" and "time" but confirming he would return to his favoured 4-3-3 formation at St James' Park and acknowledging that Didier Drogba is exhibiting "good signs" of returning to his best.
Kenny Dalglish, his counterpart, has no such concerns; the Liverpool manager's fears are limited to a knee injury to his midfield lynchpin, Lucas Leiva, which will be examined today.
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RHI – Red Hill Iron Ltd – Had a good run up on Friday – Can I have your view on RHI
Due to shortage of funds – if you had to currently choose between AD8 – Audinate Group & ABB – Aussie Broadband. Which of these 2 would you choose?
A couple of questions here hence I’ve answered them separately:
MM is long Fortescue Metals (FMG) and we are considering taking profit into its current solid bounce, I imagine junior miner RHI will follow a similar path.
We prefer AD8 over ABB in the short term with the former looking set to make new highs into Christmas i.e. at least another 10% higher, however we also think ABB has a very good future. They’re two stocks we like.

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New month starts with warm days and good planting weather
Clip off spent roses for continued bloom this spring. This is Pinkerbelle, a hybrid tea. (Photo: Kathy Morrison)
Those April showers will help May flowers. You’ll see the proof very soon.
Recent precipitation refreshed our gardens, but it was only a sip. Keep an eye on your soil moisture as temperatures spike back up. New seedlings could easily wilt.
According to the National Weather Service, Sacramento could see 90 degrees on Wednesday. Before and after that peak, our afternoon highs should be in the low 80s, just above average. Normal for the first week of May: 80 degrees.
Our “rainy” season is just about over; May averages 0.68 inches of rain. (If that materializes, we’ll take it.) In the meantime, keep new transplants watered. Slow and deep irrigation will encourage strong roots and better drought resistance during dry times ahead.
After planting, apply a layer of organic mulch (leaves, bark, straw, etc.) to help retain moisture.
* Plant, plant, plant! May is prime planting season in the Sacramento area. Time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.
* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)
* Plant dahlia tubers. Other perennials to set out include verbena, coreopsis, coneflower and astilbe.
* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.
* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.
* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.
* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.
* As spring-flowering shrubs finish blooming, give them a little pruning to shape them, removing old and dead wood. Lightly trim azaleas, fuchsias and marguerites for bushier plants.
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Take advantage of these dry but crisp conditions. It’s time to get out the rake!
* Rake leaves away from storm drains and keep gutters clear.
* Fallen leaves can be used for mulch and compost. Chop up large leaves with a couple of passes with a lawn mower.
* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while they’re dormant. Without their foliage, trees are easier to prune.
* Rake and remove dead leaves and stems from dormant perennials.
* Make sure to take frost precautions with new transplants and sensitive plants. Mulch, water and cover tender plants in the late afternoon to retain warmth.
* Succulent plants are at particular risk if temperatures drop below freezing. Don’t water succulents before frost; cover instead. Use cloth sheets, not plastic. Make sure to remove coverings during the day.
* Clean and sharpen garden tools before storing for the winter.
* Brighten the holidays with winter bloomers such as poinsettias, amaryllis, calendulas, Iceland poppies, pansies and primroses.
* Keep poinsettias in a sunny, warm location. Water thoroughly. After the holidays, feed your plants monthly so they'll bloom again next December.
* Just because it rained doesn't mean every plant got watered. Give a drink to plants that the rain didn't reach, such as under eaves or under evergreen trees. Also, well-watered plants hold up better to frost than thirsty plants.
* Plant garlic (December's the last chance -- the ground is getting cold!) and onions for harvest in summer.
* Bare-root season begins. Plant bare-root berries, kiwifruit, grapes, artichokes, horseradish and rhubarb. Beware of soggy soil. It can rot bare-root plants.
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The Franklin County Elections webcam has been installed in an effort to increase transparency and facilitate interest in the elections process. The live, unrecorded feed is a view of the opening / tabulating room.
Additional unscheduled activities may be included on an as-needed basis. Anyone interested in a more detailed view of the process is invited to visit the public viewing area at our Elections Center.
Dates the Webcam Is Available: November 7, 2023 General Election
Hours and Dates are tentative and subject to change
Friday, Oct 20 - Nov 27 1 pm until finished - Ballot Processing
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 10 am until 8 pm - Election Day / Ballot Processing
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 1 pm until 5pm estimated - Ballot Processing
Thursday, November 9, 2023 11:00am - Random Batch Audit
Monday, November 27, 2023 1:00pm - Pre-Canvassing Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 1:00pm - Certification of the Election


Car aerodynamics represent an area of vehicle design that not many drivers understand, yet are impacted by it on a regular basis. How your car handles air resistance - also known as drag - determines how much power is required to push through, limiting how much energy goes directly into actual movement.
As such, just like car tyres with low rolling resistance, the aerodynamics of your vehicle have a direct impact on your fuel efficiency.
Air resistance basics
So how does air resistance work? As a car moves, it collides with the air particles in front of it. However, the faster an object moves, the more particles it has to deal with at once, making further movement more difficult.
As particles hit the front of the car, pressure builds up, making it more difficult to accelerate. These particles, however, try to get out of this high pressure zone, typically by moving over, under or around the sides of the car. How this occurs is influenced by the design of the car body.
Air resistance and car designs
When cars were first made, no one focused on aerodynamics. This was in part due to a limited understanding at the time, combined with a limit in technology. However, the average early car speed was low (the national speed limit in the UK didn’t reach 20 mph until 1903), so it wasn’t as important as it is today.
Today, cars on the road travel up to 70 mph. To keep fuel efficiency as strong as possible, cars adopt a sleeker shape. During the design process, wind tunnels are used to determine how and where the air flows, eliminating spots where pressure might build up.
Cars can be designed in many ways to reduce air resistance.
Race car aerodynamics follow totally different rules. Of course, for super cars, hyper cars and motorsport vehicles, these designs can focus purely on aerodynamics, rather than other practical features. This is why these cars sit so low to the ground. It is better to send air particles around and over the vehicle, rather than underneath where it can push the vehicle up and interfere with its ability to stick to the road.
This also gives them a smaller frontal area, reducing the amount of resistance generated.
Lift and downforce
Two key forces that occur are lift and downforce. Lift occurs when there is light pressure passing over the vehicle - typically in smooth areas, such as the roof or bonnet. Here, the reduced particles actively ‘lift’ the vehicle up, rather than pushing it down. It is this force that is used to help airplanes take flight, but it is not so welcome in vehicles.
However, in areas where there is high pressure, such as a windscreen with a sharp incline, there is downforce. This is the opposite to lift and represents pressure and airflow pushing the car down, rather than up.
Furthermore, the underside of the vehicle can also generate lift or downforce. Many manufacturers, especially in sports cars, design cars to be lower at the front (whether through chassis design or different wheel and tyre sizes). This way, a small amount of air enters into a larger space (due to a higher rear), creating low pressure and less lift as a result. Designers can use this pressure, combined with forces throughout the car, to generate downforce.
How do car designers work with aerodynamics?
Naturally, car designers are aware of aerodynamics and try to improve the ratio of uplift and downforce to their benefit. Most often, this favours downforce, as this keeps the car down on the road, making it easier to turn and handle corners. Fortunately, there are many ways a vehicle can be designed - or later modified - with this in mind.
There are many ways to design cars with air resistance in mind.
Splitters and skirting
Car splitters are usually aftermarket parts which extend the bumper down close to the ground. This reduces the air that enters underneath, decreasing any potential lift, creating a net gain in downforce. Of course, these features aren’t practical for street cars - just try driving such a vehicle over a speed bump!
Side skirts do the same thing on the side of the vehicle. When turning, the air flow comes at a different angle and side skirts ensure air doesn’t swoop in from the sides.
Dive planes are also designed to generate extra downforce, this time through channels at the front of the vehicle (usually close to the sides) designed to push air up, rather than down. Again, this limits airflow underneath the car and improves the downforce above.
Vents and air intakes
You may have noticed that many luxury or high-end vehicles feature additional vents, grills and other air intakes. By making the front of the vehicle semi-permeable, rather than a solid wall, the high stagnation of pressure at the start can be reduced. Of course, this air has to go somewhere, typically through the engine bay and radiator.
Vents and intakes can also improve car aerodynamics.
Side vents can also be found near the car wheels, allowing air to pass through this area, over the tyres and back out of the vehicle.
A diffuser is a shaped part of a car’s undercarriage, designed to open up space near the rear. This allows air to expand into a larger cavity, reducing the pressure. By angling it upwards, air leaves the car at an improved direction, improving the uplift/downforce ratio.
Spoilers and wings
Both spoilers and rear wings improve the uplift/downforce ratio but through different means. Spoilers are shaped much like airplane wings, angled to reduce lift by obstructing life-generating airflow, causing it to move horizontally or sharply up. A rear wing, on the other hand, generates additional downforce by pushing air upwards.


As expected, Motorola will upgrade some of their popular smartphones to Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which includes Moto X 2014 and Moto G 2014, but unfortunately, there is no indication about the budget Moto E. Anyway, most Motorola smartphones users can enjoy all the new features of Android 6.0 Marshmallow within the next few months.
Checkout the official list of Motorola phones getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. Motorola’s Software Product manager Bjorn Kilburn lists Moto phones that are getting Android 6.0 update. Though no mention about the ETA (expected time of arrival), Moto X Play, Moto X Style and Moto G 2015 will get the update by December 2015.
Official List of Motorola Phones Getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update
For now, Motorola plans to upgrade the following Motorola devices; however, things may change in the future.
2015 Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen)
2015 Moto X Style (3rd gen)
2015 Moto X Play
2015 Moto G (3rd gen)
2014 Moto X Pure Edition in the US (2nd gen)
2014 Moto X in Latin America, Europe and Asia2 (2nd Gen)
2014 Moto G and Moto G with 4G LTE2 (2nd Gen)
2014 Moto MAXX
2014 Moto Turbo
Motorola Nexus 6
Below is the some of the best Android 6.0 Marshmallow features that you can expect on your smartphone.
Doze Mode – A new battery saving feature, which can double your battery life. It is by putting your phone into a deep sleep mode when not in use (it uses motion detection) and by ignoring Wake locks by some apps.
Now on Tap – Your favourite Google assistant takes another step forward. Simply long press the home button to bring up the Google Now feature and display information based on whatever you are doing at the time.
Android Pay – Android Pay is launching alongside Marshmallow, bringing Google up to date with Apple and Samsung in offering a mobile payment service. With a simple tap, you can easily make purchases without having to open a separate app.
Direct Share – Marshmallow allows you share your photos, news, links, etc. with your favorite contacts easily and quickly.
Simpler volume controls – A more intuitive way to control ringtone and media volume (source)


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- ‘Gay Jeans’ that fade into rainbow-colored denim created
- Divided court strikes down big porn award
- Jimmy Carter: Don’t hurt Russian people with sanctions
- Oldest ex-MLB player dies in Cuba, 2 days shy of 103rd birthday
- ‘Top Gun’ for drones: Squadrons of carrier-based killers have Navy’s approval
- Bill Clinton to endorse Charlie Rangel for re-election
- Pfc. Bradley Manning is now Pfc. Chelsea Manning: Court says so
- Secret base U.S. special forces used to train Libyans now under terrorist control: report
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- L.A. sheriff admits to testing flyover spy program without notifying residents
SHOW BITS: Oscar is a trip for Jennifer Lawrence
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Show Bits brings you the 85th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
OSCAR IS TRIP FOR LAWRENCE
Lawrence stumbled as she took the steps to the Oscar stage, falling to her knees in her flowing Dior gown. That drew a sympathetic ovation from the auditorium.
She remained endearingly flustered during her acceptance speech, thanking her family, those who worked with her on the film and wishing a “Happy Birthday” to a fellow nominee, Emmanuelle Riva of “Amour,” who turned 86.
“Look at this dress. I tried to walk up stairs in this dress,” Lawrence said of her white, floor-length gown. “I think I stepped on the fabric and they wax the stairs.”
Lawrence said she thought of a “bad word” to say when she tumbled but kept it to herself.
She had already been bleeped by ABC when she let loose with a four-letter word while joking with Kristin Chenoweth on the red carpet.
Asked how she got ready for the day, Lawrence said it was “chaotic” from the start, with her family taking over the house to prepare for the big evening.
After fumbling for a more descriptive answer, she apologized: “I’m sorry. I did a shot.”
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QUICKQUOTE: BEN AFFLECK
“I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It’s good, it is work, but it’s the best kind of work. There’s no one I’d rather work with.” _ Ben Affleck, thanking his wife, Jennifer Garner, as he accepted the best picture Oscar for “Argo.”
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“Interior designers have been mixing traditional antiques with modern furniture for years. It’s how eclectic style became known! For a fresh take on the “mix”, I love to blend ancient artifacts with clean lined, contemporary upholstered pieces. I create interiors … Continue reading

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What is vivipri
This service allows you to create silver halide photo prints, flat photo albums (former silver halide photo books), and postcards/New Year's cards using genuine FUJIFILM paper.
With the motto, you can easily do everything from ordering to delivery anywhere with a single app.
Features of vivipri Flat Photo Album
(1) Everything has a premium finish
All flat photo albums are silver-salt photo-bound type. You can order at a reasonable price while maintaining the same high image quality as the album created in the photo studio, such as Shichigosan and coming-of-age ceremony.
Using FUJIFILM genuine paper, the photographs are pasted together and bound into a book, so high image quality can be preserved for 100 years.
In addition, since it is fully flat, there are no seams or distortion even when the page is opened 180 degrees.
(2) Create an original book with free editing
Arrange your photo album in style with cute stamps for events and well-designed backgrounds. You can also add a special message by adding text.
(3) Abundant size development
In addition to the popular “SQ21”, which is cute in size, and the small size “Postcard (KG)” and “Notebook (2L)” that are easy to carry around, we also have “A4” that can leave special memories with great power. , you can choose from various sizes according to the scene you need.
(4) Everyone's role model "OPEN Gallery"
Your flat photo album will be included in the design template as an example when you submit it after ordering. After ordering a flat photo album or photo dice, you will be directed to the "OPEN Gallery", so please post here.
*Please note that if you select the "Original" design template and do not add an arrangement (layout, etc.), it will not be considered for posting and the posting screen will not be displayed.
Three points of vivipri service
(1) Generous support system
We are available from Monday to Friday 9:00-17:00.
・Inquiry form (Messenger function that keeps history in the app)
(2) 5GB free storage
You can use the member-only free storage function "Smart Storage".
In addition to the flat photo album app, vivipri's photo print app, postcard/New Year's card app, and PC version service can be used seamlessly.
(3) PC version service
We also have a flat photo album application for windows only. Perfect for those who want to take it easy.
◆ Product lineup
・My design bookbinding
Number of pages: 16-60 pages
Cover: Hard cover type, one size larger than the middle page
Endpaper: Yes (2 pages free)
Back cover title: Possible
Number of pages: 16-80 pages
Cover: Hard cover type, same size as middle page
Back cover title: Possible
Number of pages: 2 pages
Full coating, rounded corners
with dedicated stand
Back cover title: Impossible
[MY design cover: 16P price]
・Postcard (KG): 980 yen
・2L/SQ15: 1,420 yen
・SQ21: 2,100 yen
・B5: 2,450 yen
・SQ25: 3,520 yen
・A4: 3,750 yen
[My design bookbinding: 16P price]
・SQ21: 2,400 yen
・B5: 2,750 yen
・SQ25: 3,920 yen
・A4: 4,150 yen
[Photo Daishi: Price for each size]
・Postcard (KG): 460 yen
・2L: 520 yen
・B5: 980 yen
・A4: 1,230 yen
◆ About delivery
・Nekoposu: Delivery is possible to three mouths
*We do not ship on Sundays and public holidays. The timing of shipment will change from time to time depending on the production situation.
◆ Payment method
・Mobile carrier payment
・viviPRIMO (when logging in)
・Convenience store deferred payment (at the time of login)


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Recently, a group of dedicated Cordovans attended 2+ days of training to help our community prepare for a disaster. The training was provided by Mary Lowery, from the American Red Cross of Alaska, for free.
As a result of those days, the community now has 14 people who have been trained to help establish shelters and assist disaster victims, should there be a catastrophic event that necessitated evacuation of Cordovan homes. Those people represented the Cordova School District, Bidarki Recreation Center, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Cordova Community Baptist Church, Cordova Volunteer Fire Department, Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Cordova Family Resource Center, and Orca Adventure Lodge. Additionally, one local Cordovan chose to become a Red Cross Representative for our community. It has been eight years since there has been a Red Cross presence in Cordova.
The American Red Cross is willing to come into any community after a disaster, as long as the community requests the help. The organization does not come in and “take over”…but, instead, comes when invited and works alongside the community. They may assist a community in running their own shelters…or …communities have the option of requesting that the Red Cross run the shelters. It is conceivable that, after a major disaster, Cordova may be isolated for days and forced to rely entirely upon ourselves. To that end, we must prepare to run the shelters ourselves….but that doesn’t mean we cannot ask for help at a later date, when the Red Cross CAN get here. Therefore, Cordova has chosen, in the city emergency operating plan, to run their shelters according to the Red Cross methods. Using their methods will provide a seamless transition from “Cordova” shelters to Red Cross” shelters. After evaluating their sheltering methods, and training for three days with the Red Cross, the decision of how to run the shelters seemed an easy one. The Red Cross method is organized, precise, and efficient.
Cordova is on the right track now. Sheltering massive numbers of displaced community members is a complicated and extensive job for any city, but the preparation has begun. New shelter workers/managers in Cordova are Wendy Armstrong, Joanie Behrends, Debbie Collins, Jason Fischer, Dick Groff, Jen Hutchings, Julie Mair, Dennis Marchant, Jim Nygaard, Melanie O’Brien, Crystal Shapleigh, Nicole Songer, Kent Thelen, and Frank Wicks. Thanks to all of you. Especially to Wendy Armstrong, our new Red Cross representative.
As always, Cordova. Be prudent. Be ready. Be prepared.

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Madame Wu, in Brisbane, serves a fresh and tantalizing spin on contemporary Asian cuisine in its wildly exotic and stylish restaurant. For ideal starters, try an array of dumplings, such as the lamb dumplings with spicy Sichuan sauce, the fried fish dumplings with coriander verde sauce and the pork dumplings with corn puree, all of which are delicately prepared and perfectly seasoned. Some of Madame Wu's specialties include the pan-fried Mooloolaba prawns in nori seaweed butter with rainbow chard, the roasted pork belly with herbs, peanuts and hot and sour sauce and the tender beef cheeks braised in sugar and soy with black bean and chili sauce. Vegetarian dishes, like the stir-fried mushrooms braised in jorim broth with steamed tofu and the green beans fried with soy bacon, are simply delectable.
Dinner: Daily: 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Eagle Street Bus Stop 155 (near Charlotte Street)
Central Station - 500m
Booked easily with open table, on the day! Great location, great food, great service! Consistently good! We are always happy to go there!
Amazing food and cocktails, everyone was very impressed
Fabulous food, lovely views and the quantity in the lunchtime banquet special was extremely generous.
I made the booking in advance and had specified it was a special birthday. We dined on Sunday night so didnt think it would be overly busy. When we arrived the host at the front barely cracked a smile in our direction and sat us down at a table for four (there was two of us).He then took away the additional plates and cutlery. Not sure why they were there to begin with if we booked. The table was next to a glass wall that was directly opposite the front desk. It was a horrible spot. I asked if we could move to one of the smaller table for two that had a better outlook and was told those tables were booked. We were moved to a high top table that was practically in the door way but it was better than the table for four. I watched on for the entire evening as the other tables outside were never used. It was really upsetting that we couldn't just sit there. They did however acknowledge my partners birthday but when dessert came out, no sparkler or candle however 5 minutes later another table for two were presented with a cake, sparkler and a birthday cheer. Really disappointing that we were treated way less than other patrons on the evening. $200 not well spent. The food was great, the service was shocking. We travelled from 90 minutes away to dine here as I had heard lovely reviews. What a terrible decision!
Great range of food for those with a gluten allergy has its own gluten free menu an still a fabulous range off food.
Great service and a great location
Having been to MU on several previous occasions I was disappointed this time. The wait person was snooty and abrupt. Wouldn’t let us order entrees first to get the meal started - had to order the whole meal at once. Who is the customer here? We didn’t tip because of this. She was rude in her explanation of some meal sizes when asked.
Scallop Dumplings were dry and in need of a sauce and the pork hock was was way too dry. Good beans, fried rice , duck buns and chicken ribs.
Having just been to China Doll and China Diner the week before in Sydney I was very disappointed in MU’s food. Especially as we spent $350 with only 3 alcoholics drinks included. Time to visit other competitors MU and up your game.
Reception staff very nice.
A great family celebration with very good food and service - we loved it.
Excellent meal and exciting lively venue. Had one of the Banquets for two. The food was fantastic and there was more than enough although the timing of some of the dishes was a bit "off". At one stage we had four larger dishes delivered at once and unfortunately they tended to get cold as there was just too much to get through at quickly. Only gripe really. Otherwise it was very good and would be happy to return (sooner than later.....). Would recommend the "upgrade" for desert at $5/head as the tasting plate was terrific.
Just felt the staff wasn’t really good with taking orders on time. We had to look for our waiter to take order for more than 30 min and this was after we were told we couldn’t order just starters.
It was very cold and we were outside, and we asked for a heater to be turned on. But the staff told us that they were broken. We thought this was very pour service. We also waited a long time for our meal.
We had the banquet #2, and I'd say majority of the dish's flavor was off balance, either too salty, too sweet, too bitter. It seems the ingredients were all fresh but the chef seems to be over doing it. Also, maybe it's because it's a "fusion" restaurant, all the dishes seems to lack focus, I couldn't really see the direction the chef was going with these. Overall for $85 pp, it was very poor value for money.
Great atmosphere, great service, but the chef is bringing this restaurant down.
Some of the best food Ive ever tasted and what a view! Amazing value.
Great place for a special occasion. We`d love to come more often but our budget doesn`t stretch past the special occasion!
Great setting,friendly staff,terrific menu,excellent chefs,beaut food,great drinks range.
The staff at Madame Wu were amazing! They made our evening really special as I noted it was our anniversary. The food was great, the duck buns were phenomenal, definitely a must have!
I will definitely be coming back here soon
Great venue and location And the food was good. Service was pretty terrible actually had to go to the counter and ask for some one to take our order as they forgot our table. Also forgot to bring water to the table and take any drink orders and managed to bring the food out in a different order than requested. They may have been short staffed there was a lot of people on but service got better as the venue emptied out later. Price was really reasonable may just be a venue to avoid at peak times like Friday and Saturday evening.
Delicious food, great view! We ordered the banquet and everything that came out was amazing. Ive been once before but it was my husband's first time, it's definitely a new favourite of ours.
My wife loves duck. The half duck was tough although a generous quantity.
A waitress knocked my full glass of water over and the water landed in my lap, spent what was left of the evening in wet pants. The manager did give us a discount, but still the duck was considered inedible.
A restaurant of that quality should be above that. We were most disappointed, and probably won't be returning. Our special occasion dinner was an anti climax
Fabulous food and great view. Always a pleasure dining at Madame Wu's.
Wonderful different and tasty light food - just the right amounts. Terrific service and Brisbane's best scenic location. Loved it all.
A fabulous place to catch up with friends. The experience was so good that I am taking my husband back there. Service was great, food was beautiful and the ambience exceeded expectations.
Great food as usual - just a pity we couldn't order the banquet for 2 people (we had 4 on our table)
Good services but the whole table was not accessible to the staff due to its location on the balcony, so drinks and dishes had to be passed down the table by my friends so the people against the wall could get their food and drinks. Overall it was okay, being my third visit now this was not the best. The staff are friendly but we were a little rushed to order.
Food was great unfortunately was spoilt by the lack of interest in serving us by the waitress.
We selected the lunch banquet. The service was very good, friendly and happy. The food was good, though the modern Asian fusion was somewhat interesting. The duck buns were ok but the duck meat is too overpowering. I liked the lamb dumplings and the chicken ribs.
Overall the location is fantastic, an absolute great view but i felt very squashed in. The table was a bit small but i understand trying to make the most of the available room.
I enjoyed the meal and atmosphere and would recommend this restaurant to others.
Fantastic food and service can't wait to visit again soon
Lunch here is interesting, good value with a sense of occasion. Food and view are excellent, and even better at night
Great food and service. We had the banquet .. rno6ugh for everyone.
Delicious food, great service.
Our son had a great 17th birthday and a fun family night out.
It was a treat for us, great food in a lovely location. We were surprised at how young the other patrons were - think we were the only ones over 40! The staff were efficient and friendly although a little slow initially. We had checked out the menu prior and knew what we were ordering so felt we were left with menu for too long before they took drink & food orders.
Food, service and atmosphere was good. I'll return to try more of the menu.
Beautiful food and will definitely be back. Only small criticism was the rather unfriendly young gentleman who showed us to our table. Wasn’t the best start, however, the girl who then went on to serve us was wonderful and made up for his disinterest and poor attitude.
Third time I've been to this place. The menu is presented on little folded pieces of paper (at first I thought it was a napkin!) but once you open it you realise that the biggest problem is having to choose and leave something out, however there are choices of a $65 or an $85 banquet which will give you a representative sample across the whole menu from entrees to mains. You can have a banquet even for two and the food just keeps coming. Just amazing dishes that excite the palate at every turn. My favourites were the smoked ocean trout, fennel green chilli mayo and watercress salad, the beef cheeks braised in rock sugar and soy, black bean and chilli sauce and the crispy pork hock, red vinegar, apple and nashi salad in a stones ginger reduction. To die for!
We flew up from Sydney for a special occasion. Only one of us had been there before. the four of us thought it was some of the best food we had eaten. Just outstanding and a superb wine list and great ambiance. Only issue was it was a bitterly cold night- some more heaters would have made the night faultless. We will be back . Congrats on a great restaurant.
Amazing food! We had the set tapas menu for a business lunch. Delicious meal. I will definitely be back. #yum #goodfood
I had been to Madame Wu with friends and wanted to show my husband how great the food was then and is still now. Service was exceptional and staff were friendly and courteous. The young lady who served us was just lovely.
We had the $40 banquet and was sufficient for us especially with bottle of red wine. All in all a wonderful day for my husband and I. We will definitely be returning.
Staff are very friendly and provide good service. The food is consistently excellent and has enough options to keep me coming back. Powerful flavours and great for sharing with portion sizes just enough to ensure you are not overdoing it. Outside on the veranda is my preferred spot, great views and a nice open air feel that allows the noise to escape.
Celebrating a joint bday date ~ the waitress asked about what we were celebrating and gave us a complimentary shot which was incredibly sweet. Food and cocktails were also amazing 😍
My friend and I had a fantastic night on Friday. She was visiting from New Zealand so I wanted to take her somewhere special with an awesome view. She was blown away by the restaurant, the gorgeous food and the waitress we had(sorry can't remember her name) was amazing. We were very happy just sitting there taking in the view, ambience and of course the yummy cocktails. Thanks for a great night, I will definitely be back.
The food was average at best. Value was okay, service was decent.
After many great experiences at this restaurant I knew it would be the place to take a very important client of mine, or so I thought. Feature dish being the duck, I notified the waiter that it did not taste right and was not to the quality I had previously experienced, to which the waiter replied I’ll check with the chef. Finally they returned to let me know that the chef found the duck to be fine even though neither of us could eat it. Paid for the bill and left without even an apology from the service staff, won’t be back.

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57 Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. 58 But Peter was following Him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and he came inside and sat down with the officers to see the outcome.
59 Now the chief priests and the entire Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death. 60 They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward, 61 and said, “This man stated, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.’” 62 The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You offer no answer for what these men are testifying against You?” 63 But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I place You under oath by the living God, to tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64 Jesus *said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? See, you have now heard the blasphemy; 66 what do you think?” They answered, “He deserves death!”
67 Then they spit in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him, 68 and said, “Prophesy to us, You Christ; who is the one who hit You?”
15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. 16 This is according to all that you asked of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’ 17 The Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 18 I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’
Guest Speaker: Jake Smith Bethlehem College and Seminary
Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” 4 And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women. 5 But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people. 6 When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also; 7 and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” 8 They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things. 9 And when they had received a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.
10 The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds. 14 Then immediately the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there. 15 Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.
Guest Speaker: Angelo Tolentino Redeemer Bible Church - Oceanside, CA
Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do, if God permits. 4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. 7 For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; 8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. 9 But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Guest Speaker: Mike Lucas Community Bible Church - Vallejo, CA
21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Guest Speaker: Keith Pang The Gathering - Mililani, HI

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Pakistan's former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has been summoned by a joint investigation team (JIT) over the attack on the Lahore Corps Commander House (Jinnah House) on May 9.
The JIT has called Khan to appear before them at the Qilla Gujjar police headquarters on Tuesday at 4 pm, reports Dawn.
The summons is in connection with a case registered against the attack at the Sarwar Road police station.
Imran Khan has been accused of abetting the attackers who vandalized and set fire to the Jinnah House while he was in prison.
“Imran Khan is required to attend the office of the DIG Investigation to join the investigation proceedings entrusted to the JTI formed by the Punjab government, reads the summon notice, issued by Lahore DIG (investigation) Kamran Adil.
Lahore police chief Bilal Siddique Kamyana has confirmed the summoning of the PTI chief for questioning.
The former prime minister will be interrogated to determine the extent of his involvement in the attack.
Several other senior PTI leaders and activists have also been named in the FIR.
The decision to summon Imran Khan came after Lahore SSP (investigation) Dr Anoosh Masood visited Kot Lakhpat jail where PTI leader Dr Yasmin Rashid and fashion designer Khadija Shah, who was arrested in connection with the attack, are being held.
This visit followed Imran Khan's accusations against the caretaker Punjab government of mistreating PTI's imprisoned women supporters.
Imran Khan had made unverified claims of the rape of PTI women political prisoners. “I have heard about the rape of PTI women political prisoners,” he said.


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Legendary photography studio Harcourt is bringing its own French brand of glamour with its first overseas venture in Hong Kong.
29 July 2016
As the Golden Age of Hollywood dawned in the 1930s, America’s rising movie stars and aspiring celebrities wishing to promote their image would fly to Paris to have their portrait immortalised in the exquisite black-and-white photography of Harcourt Studio. More
A Hong Kong start-up has launched a board game based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West.
18 July 2016
Hong Kong-based Marrow Production is reviving board-game culture by launching its game Journey: Wrath of Demons, where four pilgrims band together to search ancient China for sutras – sacred scriptures that bring salvation to a world overrun with demons. More
A German environmental services company has set up in Hong Kong to showcase its e-waste disposal solutions for the region.
11 July 2016
ALBA Integrated Waste Solutions Hong Kong Ltd is building a waste electrical and electronic equipment treatment and recycling facility (WEEETRF) in the city to recycle regulated electric and electronic-waste, such as computers, televisions, air-conditioners and refrigerators, into valuable raw materials. More
Germany’s WTS Consulting is tapping strong Chinese mainland interest in overseas investment through Hong Kong.
04 July 2016
Tax and legal services consulting firms have set up in large numbers in Hong Kong to capture the more than half a trillion US dollars in investment flows sweeping throughout the region, the largest in the world and representing over a third of the globe’s foreign direct investment. More
An award-winning consumer loyalty app is the latest innovation from Hong Kong mobile marketing firm Cherrypicks.
13 June 2016
In a city with many more smartphones than people, a thriving consumer-based culture, and intense competition for customer loyalty, platform differentiation is a daunting task for digital commerce providers.More
A new vegetarian restaurant is fueling the healthy fast-food movement in Hong Kong.
06 June 2016
Housed in the former site of a Burger King in the city’s Central district, Home: Eat to Live serves up a similarly fast-food concept, but with the focus resting firmly on healthy plant-based meals, such as the Polar Bear burger, a beetroot, mushroom and oat patty; and the Silky Sifaka earth bowl, a vegetarian take on Vietnamese pho. More


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