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Secure and Easy way to accept cryptocurrencies on your store.
In under one minute, you can enjoy a user-friendly interface, fast payment, and all the benefits that cryptocurrency payments bring you and your customers.
TripleA for WooCommerce
Benefits of installing this plugin:
- Accept a wide range of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Lightning Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC, and USDT.
- Allow you to receive in local currency (USD, EUR, GBP, or any of our supported Fiat currencies)
- Get settled via bank transfer or withdraw as crypto.
- Instant confirmation once payment is made.
- Zero chargebacks.
- No additional set up cost
- Lowest 0.8% Settlement fee
- Dashboard access for detailed transaction information.
Customer's Journey:
- Customer proceeds to checkout and selects one of the displayed cryptocurrencies that you have enabled.
- A QR code payment form will be generated and the user complete the payment. We have a 25 minutes fixed locked-in exchange rate to protect customers from price fluctuations.
- Once the payment has been made, we provide instant confirmation and the merchant will receive a notification of successful payment.
Watch demo video here
Merchant's Journey:
- Once payment is successful, the merchant will receive their funds on TripleA's dashboard.
- If you chose to settle in fiat, the funds will be sent to your bank account after one business day.
- If you chose to settle in crypto, you can withdraw funds to any wallet from your dashboard account
You can create your account & start accepting crypto payments instantly however you'll need to finish KYB & KYC (Business Verification) before we can start settling on your account. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com**
About TripleA
TripleA helps businesses increase their revenue by enabling crypto payments and payouts, leveraging on the fast-growing 300m+ people using cryptocurrencies.
The company is licensed by MAS, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Singapore's Central Bank), allowing partners to operate in a fully compliant and regulated environment.
As a licensed entity, terms and conditions apply to settlements and AML, etc. Find out more about us at Triple-A.io
- Install via the searchable Plugin Directory within your WordPress site's plugin page.
- (Or: Upload
triplea-cryptocurrency-payment-gateway-for-woocommerce.phpto the
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Using a TripleA local currency wallet:
- Provide merchant key, client id, and client secret on the settings page.
- Click 'Proceed'. Your TripleA local currency account will be connected to your TripleA dashboard.
- Settings will be saved, the page will reload automatically and you will be good to go!
Customise look & feel
We like to keep things short, clear, and simple.
If you require more than customizing the payment gateway text and logo, let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Certain WooCommerce plugins might add custom order statuses. We have tried to accommodate this, however carefully test a payment if you change the default settings, and let us know if you're uncertain about anything.
Can customers pay with cryptocurrencies without registering on my website?
There is no account needed for your clients to pay with cryptocurrencies. They just scan the payment QR code and enter the right amount to pay. Very Easy.
Which cryptocurrency wallet do you support?
We support all wallets allowing public keys, meaning BIP 44-compatible HD wallets.
Can you help me to integrate cryptocurrency payments into my website?
Of course, our support team is always here to help. Contact us by e-mail.
Contributors & Developers
"Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WooCommerce" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.Contributors
"Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WooCommerce" has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate "Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway for WooCommerce" into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Updated: Updated the refreshToken checker to check expiry of the token
Fixed: oAuth token addition error fix while settings saved
Removed: Personal wallet option was removed & cannot be used anymore.
Removed: The signup option was removed from the plugin settings page.
Added: New fields added to add your merchant into the WooCommerce ecosystem.
Fixed: Some minor technical issues fixed.
Added: Debug logs security enhancement. Users will be asked to enable specific options to print sensitive information into the log
Updated: Language files updated.
Added: Review notice option dismiss functionality added.
Fix: Some minor bugs with frontend code.
Removed: Personal Wallet [Expert Mode] is removed though existing user can use this feature but consider updating your wallet to local currency.
Added: Admin notice added.
Fix: Minor code fixation.
Fix: Payment form loading view issue fix.
Added: Support for choosing preferred currency for settlement from TripleA dashboard while signing up from the plugin.
Fix: Bug in checkout page while debuging is on.
Added: Preserve settings options added to keep the record of plugin settings in db after deactivating or uninstalling
Added: Improved compatibility with 3rd party WooCommerce plugins such as 'Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts'.
Fix: Some minor bug with api update
Added: Allowed multi-crypto payments (ETH, USDT, LNBVC)
Update: Updated the strings to crypto instead of bitcoin
Update: Translate files updated
Fix: Some minor fix to backend option
Fix: Order pay page checkout issue resolved
Fix: Undefined offset issue on class-rest issue resolved
Update: Strong message added to pay in full on checkout option
Message update for Master public key of your cryptocurrency wallet field instruction on expert mode.
Disabling the "place order"(/"waiting for payment") button the on Checkout page when our payment method is selected, to avoid confusing customers.
Added a fix for some sites where our payment gateway shows up for subscription products (it should not appear for these).
Updated real-time updates due to API update.
Security updates to code dependencies. No change to plugin's features.
Adding support for testnet cryptocurrency public keys (starting with upub and vpub).
Improvements to translations. Added/updated French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch. Some more text made translatable.
Some important bug fixes added.
Made a fix allowing the plugin to be disabled 🙂
Adding debug log messages for checkout form validation.
Important small fix for merchants experiencing real-time update issues for their orders.
Minor fix for sites experiencing issues displaying the payment form.
Minor fix for sites experiencing issues getting the OTP.
Better public key validation and clearer error messages to assist users having issues with account activation.
WooCommerce Bundled Products compatibility fix.
Upgraded the plugin to use a new API by TripleA.
Instant confirmation available when using local currency settlement.
Better checkout page integration, less UI/CSS bugs thanks to iframe loading, and more.
Better account management (sandbox payments available; better email notifications; integration credentials provided..).
Small change in debug info display.
Qr code not updated when user paid too little.
CSS styling improvement to avoid interference with qr code size on some sites.
Bug fix for users experiencing problems updating product images while other plugins (such as Tera Wallet) are also enabled.
Minor bug fixes and plugin file structure improvements.
Payment form expiry now at 25 minutes instead of 15.
Minor QR code related bug fix.
Plugin stability and performance improvements, thanks to open-source contributors.
Added configuration options for bitcoin payment option in checkout page.
Added order status customisation (only for those who know exactly what they're doing!).
Added debug log settings (enable/disable logging, easily view log, easily clear log).
Confirmed working with latest WooCommerce v4.0.1 and latest WordPress (v5.3.2)
Overhauled plugin settings page, to make things simpler, clearer and hopefully much less confusing for some users.
Fixed T&C not appearing on some sites with our plugin enabled.
QR code is now a link. Click or tap to open with default bitcoin wallet (should work on mobile, depends on mobile setup and app used).
Minor improvement added for sites with custom checkout submit buttons.


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Congressman Kenny Marchant is "so arrogant, so self-serving and so greedy," his former political consultant writes in a new book.
Congresswoman Kay Granger "had a temper, worried too much what others thought and in general had a chip on her shoulder."
These are the words of a former insider, a veteran Republican political consultant who worked for both politicians and published a tell-all memoir.
Author Leslie Sorrell tells The Watchdog that she grew disenchanted with her former profession when she realized that members of Congress become, in her words, "crooks" and political "prostitutes."
As leader of the Dallas-based Magnolia Group, Sorrell worked exclusively for Republicans in Congress and the Texas Legislature, and on at least one White House campaign (Mitt Romney's).
Her book is From Clients to Crooks: An Insider Reveals the Real Washington, D.C.
The Watchdog highlights her claims here because Sorrell turned watchdog on her own, harshly blowing the whistle on her clients.
Idealism turns to scorn
Sorrell was idealistic when she jumped into the game of politics. "I believed that politics represented the greatest ideals of our society," she opens on page 1. By the end, page 229, she's so disappointed that she's ready to move to another country. And so she did.
The shine is gone. "I was in a world that no one tells you about and the media fails to cover," she writes.
"Over the years I watched my clients slowly transform from those awkward candidates I fervently believed in to slick politicians. ... Instead, as time passed, they moved closer and closer to the line between right and wrong, until working on the edge became routine and the line itself began to fade."
She launched her career in Washington, but moved to Dallas to start her own firm and help local candidates. She had three strong talents. She could raise money. She could fill a room for a fundraiser. And she slavishly devoted herself to her candidates.
She writes of Granger barking orders and blowing through staff. (Granger's spokesman didn't respond to my emails for comment.)
Sorrell jumped ship to work for U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling. She writes that when Hensarling (who recently announced his retirement) was first elected in 2002, "He thanked God, Senator (Phil) Gramm and me."
When Hensarling eventually fired her, he told her, "I prayed over this, Leslie."
She writes, "A lot of congressmen think they have a monopoly on God."
She also worked for U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess. Her criticism of him is mild by comparison. "Despite me begging him to stop wearing black tennis shoes, he wore black tennis shoes," she recalls.
No fan of Kenny Marchant
Her harshest criticism is saved for Marchant, whom she calls a "sleaze."
Now, I haven't verified all of the allegations Sorrell makes in her gossipy, compelling read. But when I contacted Marchant's office this week, his spokesman Rob Damschen told me, "Dave, here is the quote you may use from Congressman Marchant: 'I do not comment on former political consultants or employees.'"
Sorrell helped Marchant raise money, but she writes that he wasn't always helpful.
"I learned Kenny doesn't 'do breakfast' or mornings. ... I discovered Marchant doesn't do late nights either."
That left only daytime to raise money, but it wasn't hard. Marchant's elections were a foregone conclusion. His district lines, which he helped draw when he served in the Legislature, were completely favorable to him.
After one meeting at a company where the pair raised several thousand dollars, Marchant told her he didn't want to visit donors.
"They should come to me!" she quotes him as saying.
She writes, "I thought he needed to be humbler and appreciative to be more successful in fundraising."
She eventually double-crossed Marchant. She grew disenchanted with him, and in 2012 she became campaign manager for former TV reporter Grant Stinchfield, who challenged Marchant in the GOP primary.
Why? She claims in her book that Marchant's personal net worth grew, by her standards, too much while in office. She also criticized him for rarely speaking on the House floor and for having a weak record introducing bills.
In the biggest blow, though, Marchant, she alleges in her book, put pressure on all her other clients to drop her and kill her business. Many did drop her under the threat of losing donations if they didn't, she charges.
Loss ends her career
Earlier this year, The Watchdog reported that Marchant refused to hold open public town hall meetings and declined to meet with many of his constituents.
Sorrell writes that Marchant avoided town halls because "it was no secret that Congressman Marchant was known to be lazy."
She writes how Marchant supporters kept stealing Stinchfield's signs. She also accused the Marchant campaign of publishing a list of supporters that included names who weren't supporters.
Marchant refused to debate, she charges, because "a debate would expose not only Kenny's lack of legislative accomplishments, but his arrogance."
Stinchfield lost badly. Sorrell's idealism about politics had eroded. She lost her clients, too.
"I couldn't go back to working with people I now believed were whores for financial gain," she writes.
She tells me, "I was heartbroken, devastated. I really admired these people. Once I figured out the world I was operating in, I was paralyzed. If I continue, I'd be like them, and I've got to end it."
But in truth, many wouldn't hire her back because of her rebellion against incumbent Republicans.
She's done. She retired and now runs a beachfront bed and breakfast with her husband in Belize.
For information on the book, check Amazon.
Staff writer Marina Trahan Martinez contributed to this report.
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JFNA Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Shared Society
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) launched the Social Venture Fund for Jewish-Arab Equality and Shared Society (SVF) in 2007 to strengthen and coordinate the Jewish community's efforts to address the unmet needs of Israel's Arab citizens. The SVF makes strategic, financial investments in non-profit groups in Israel that focus on social change and promote equality and coexistence
Operating as a funding collective, the SVF raises and allocates financial support for programs in the areas of education and economic development, with a particular focus on women's empowerment and capacity building. These areas were selected in consultation with many Jewish and Arab Israeli thought leaders in the field, key research findings and a rigorous prioritization process


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YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan)–A new system of making telephone calls will be introduced in Armenia on September 1 to meet the international requiremen's–ArmenTel Executive Director General Kiryakos Khristodoulidis said Tuesday at a press conference.
To make an international call–subscribers will have to dial 00 and thereafter the code of a given country and the number of a given subscriber. Calls in Yerevan and other regions of Armenia will be made after the "0 + regional code" pattern. Yerevan's code is 2. Connection with a cellular telephone will be made by means of code 01.
1 will be added to the number of special services first: for example–the fire department can be contacted by dialing 1-01 and the police by dialing 1-02.
Khristodoulidis said that ArmenTel is already upgrading the country's telephone network. The new system is both for digital systems and fiber optic lines.
A fiber optic cable has already been installed from Yerevan to Iran. Another project that is currently underway will connect the central part of Armenia with its northern regions. A fiber optic cable will run through Vanadzor–Stepanavan–Tashir and up to the regions that border Georgia. A cable will also connect Yerevan–Abovian–Sevan and Dilijan. Another will run through Vanadzor and Yerevan to Ashtarak–Armavir–Talin–Giumri–Spitak. The project to set up the cables reaching the border of Georgia will be completed in November. The other projects will be completed during the first quarter of 2000.
These cables will make it possible to connect all towns and adjacent villages to the international fiber optic system. It will be connected with the Black Sea system to the north–which will provide connection with the CIS countries and Europe; and the system that runs through Iran to the south.
Khristodoulidis also announced plans to launch the installation of 150,000 new digital numbers. The mounting of stations will start at the end of this year and will continue to March 2000. 102,000 of the numbers are designated for Yerevan–while the rest of the numbers will be used throughout the many villages in Armenia.
The cost of the program–including cables–stations–buildings–is $65 million.


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DJ Tunes on Agassiz Patio
It's another great day at Snowbowl! DJ will be mixing up the tunes slopeside, and drinks will be flowing. Enjoy March skiing in Arizona with a good company of fellow skiers and riders. Remember – winter isn't over yet! We have more great events scheduled for the rest of the season! Check our calendar of events often.


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It's Friday, and we know you're just going to play on the Internet until it's time to leave work. Each week we'll be bringing you a free flash game to help the time pass!
Game: The Great Magician's Curse: Magicians 2 Genre: Sidescrolling Puzzler Made By: Daniel Haslop and Tim Garratt Play at: Armor Games Rating: 4 out of 5
After a magic trick goes wrong you're forced to try to escape a series of deadly dungeons using only your ability to run and jump. Good thing you're aided by a series of creepy, disposable dopplegangers. Magicians 2 is like most great puzzle games; it's simplistic and murderously complicated at the same time. That's what makes Portal 2 one of the best games ever. As the ads used to say for the board game Othello, "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master".
The dungeon stages are full of buzzsaws, spikes, electric traps, and other such instant death devices. Your goal is to get your original self, the red magician, to the door into the next stage. You accomplish this by guiding your dopplegangers toward switches and into traps to disable them.
Where it gets really clever is the movement. Every time you move, your doppelganger moves. Sometimes in the same direction, sometimes in the opposite, and sometimes on the ceiling. You have to be keenly aware at all times exactly how each movement of your main character is going to affect the movement of your gangers because once they touch a trap you're stuck without someone to pull switches.
Get ready to restart a lot. It can get extremely frustrating very, very fast, but once you get the hang of navigating two or three lines of movement at the same time you'll start to feel that Portal rush of finally figuring out the answer. Unfortunately, like Portal there really is only one answer to each riddles, which doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room for error. That's the upside of games like Hitman and the Abe's Odyssey series. They let you think outside the box.
The additional challenge that gets offered is trying to capture the playing card in each level. Just as you need your original magician to go through the exit, so is he needed to collect the card. In that regard, there are usually two ways to beat the level, one with the card and one without, but it's really the difference between easy and hard rather than two different ways to play the game.
About the only really downside to Magicians 2 is the music. It's a dreary dungeon droning that gets old fast, and I recommend playing it on mute. It's not like there are any sound cues you need to follow or anything. Also, at times the controls feel a little sluggish, but they are still simplicity incarnate.
Have fun stretching your brain in Magicians 2. Just don't let a frustrated grunt when you fail the puzzle the first time give away your idleness to your boss.


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Bath salts are naturally distilled, water-soluble pulverized salts that are often added to bathwater for use as an extra moisturizing agent. They are often said to enhance cleansing, improve the overall enjoyment of soaking, and even serve as a carrier for other cosmetic products. Bath salts have also been created that mimic the characteristics of various natural mineral bath salts or hot water sources. There are a wide variety of salts on the market these days, ranging from white, light yellow, dark brown, and even blue-hued salts.
Although these salts can vary widely in composition and color, they all fall into the purest form of sodium chloride or sea salt. Most of the popular bath salts have sodium chloride in them, but there are also a few that contain other types of minerals, such as calcium carbonate.
The best type of sodium chloride, however, is the Dead Sea salt. It's considered to have more purity than any other salt available on the market today. It is also extremely dense, meaning it's harder than most other salt types.
This means that sea salt contains no impurities that can potentially affect your skin. In fact, it's important that it's never ingested directly onto your skin, but must be diluted before you can apply it directly to your skin. A small amount should be brushed into the palms of your hands, then left to sit for around ten minutes before rinsing them.
If you prefer your bath water to be slightly less salty than the sea salt, try using a small amount of Epsom salt in the rinse. As far as what type of skin you have, it may even be better if you leave the salt alone for a few minutes before rinsing it off.
Many people choose to use sea salt for their regular cleansing rituals. For example, they use it to wipe down their shower curtains after each bath or apply it to make a special mask they can put on their face before going to sleep. Because sea salt has a very unique formula, you can also add it to your bath water in order to add a little bit of scent to it. Just remember to dilute it with your regular bath water so it's not too strong.
For a spa treatment, some people like to put a small amount of the Dead Sea salt in a bowl of water that they'll then cover with a small amount of perfume. After they leave it out in the sun, they can simply brush over their face with the solution.
Before purchasing your bath salt, ask your doctor about the maximum amount of sodium chloride allowed in your bath water. Also, check with the manufacturers if they recommend any additional bath salt products that will help you maintain the benefits of using this salt. These can include bubble baths, scrubs, or body wash. Other additional items may also help to enhance the benefits of this salt.
Salt baths are a great way to relax and get your blood flowing. It is believed that this type of bath can stimulate certain brain chemicals that can help improve your concentration and memory. When you use bath salts, you may notice that your muscles become more supple and relaxed. This is because bath salts help to hydrate your body and improve blood circulation.
To cleanse your body completely, it's best to soak in a salt bath several times a day, rather than using it as just one part of your regular regimen. This will help ensure that your entire body is properly cleansed and that you get the most benefit from the salt. There are two methods you can use for this: soaking in the salt only or soaking in a mixture of both sea salt and Epsom salt.
If you choose to use bath salts for your bath, it's important to keep the temperature low, especially in the beginning. This will prevent your skin from becoming excessively sensitive. Also, do not use a bath that contains a lot of scented soaps or perfumes instead, keep it light and sweet.
Bathing in a bath of salt may seem strange to you at first, but many people find that it helps relieve stress. You may find that it feels good to simply rub yourself down after a stressful day at work or school. It feels good to be in a warm bath instead of soaking under a hot shower or soaking in a hot tub. And you'll find that it feels fantastic when you know the benefits of adding a small amount of salt to your bath water.


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Egregious Product Placement: The Invention of Lying
Despite the fact that I was eager to see The Invention of Lying (I love both Jennifer Garner and Ricky Gervais), it took me until a few days ago to get around to it. I was glad I did–I found the film really entertaining (if somewhat problematic in both content and form–see Matt's breakdown of one such element here ).
But this post isn't about the film, per se. Rather, it's about the film's egregious use of product placement…or rather, the sense of product placement within the film. This post was imagined to note and then analyze the presence of four key brands within the film (Pizza Hut, Budweiser, Coke & Pepsi) as quid-pro-quo product placement of the "We'll use your brand, you give us money" variety. So let's start with that.
One key product placement-esque moment within the film comes when Gervais' character, Mark Bellison, composes and then delivers what are essentially the 10 Commandments as envisioned by a person who just learned he's the only person on Earth who can lie (or even knows what a lie is). Wanting to have something more weighty than just pieces of paper to read from, Bellison ends up pasting his Commandments to…Pizza Hut boxes. Throughout the ensuing scene, the Pizza Hut logo is featured prominently as Bellison delivers his pronouncements from the steps of his apartment building. Classic product placement, right? Turns out that's not exactly what happened in the case of The Invention of Lying.
After Googling for some support for my analysis, I discovered this piece from Cinema Blend. At the end of the printed interview, Cinema Blend's Katie Rich asks the film's screenwriter & co-director Matthew Robinson about the film's product placement. Robinson's response: "I think it's so funny when people say, oh God, there's so much product placement in the film. We didn't get a penny." As it happens, despite the prime real estate afforded to popular brands, no money changed hands.
Perhaps the fact that these products were featured in the film without having paid for the privilege makes it more interesting than simple product placement. Robinson notes in the Cinema Blend interview that, when writing the script, he wanted to lend some authenticity to the world the characters inhabit. Using Pizza Hut and Budweiser, Coke and Pepsi, just made sense. Later, when they tried to get paid for these promotional opportunities, no one would bite–but they left them in. (They're allowed to do that, because it's essentially satire, which is protected.) Ultimately, within the context of our current media environment, audiences are left assuming that the presence of these familiar brands within the film is the result of product placement. In fact–do a Google search for "Invention of Lying Pizza Hut" and you get scores of articles referencing the film's egregious use of product placement (and, incidentally, that Cinema Blend article).
The question remains, though: is that assumption for good or for ill? And for whom?


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On Friday, upcoming U.K favourites, This Time Last Year released their latest single, 'Where Did The Time Go?' featuring Jonny Gill from Lyon Estates.
TTLY recently won the competition to play the Rocksound Breakout Stage at Slam Dunk North and rightly so, the band has progressed massively since their initial EP and continue to drop pieces of infectious, upbeat music that truly stick in your head. 'Where Did The Time Go?' delves into slightly heavier territory, with hard drumming and deep bass complimented by melodic guitar riffs and vocally distinctive. TTLY continue to explore their talents, in the meantime becoming a much-loved band within the U.K scene.


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In groundbreaking ruling, FAA empowered to enforce regulations against drones
The Federal Aviation Administration does have the authority to apply its standing rules against alleged reckless or careless use of manned aircraft to unmanned aircraft, or drones, as well, the US aviation safety board has ruled.
According to AP, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday that current federal regulations defining aircraft as "any device … used for flight in the air" applies to "any aircraft, manned or unmanned, large or small."
The NTSB voted unanimously in favor of the decision, sending the case - the first in which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fined a drone operator - back to an administrative law judge to rule if the flight in question was "careless or reckless."
The case involves Raphael Pirker, who was fined $10,000 by the FAA for flying his Ritewing Zephyr drone that he was using to shoot a video on the University of Virginia campus in 2011. Pirker appealed the fine, filing a motion to dismiss the case.
The FAA said Pirker had recklessly flown the small, unmanned aircraft "directly towards an individual standing on a ... sidewalk, causing the individual to take immediate evasive maneuvers so as to avoid being struck."
An administrative law judge with the NTSB ruled for Pirker in March, saying the FAA had yet to determine rules for drone flights and, thus, could not regulate their use. Judge Patrick Geraghty found that the FAA determined in both 1981 and 2007 that model aircraft was excluded from aircraft regulations.
The FAA then appealed to the full NTSB board, leading to Tuesday's ruling.
"It's a huge win for the FAA, and signals it's not going to be the Wild West for drones, but a careful, orderly, safe introduction of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system," said Kenneth Quinn, a former FAA general counsel, according to AP.
The case has been watched closely for clues as to how the FAA can enforce regulations for commercial uses of unmanned aircraft. The FAA is currently compiling rules and protocol to integrate unmanned aircraft systems into American skies, yet technical issues and coordination with defense officials will likely mean the September 2015 deadline set by lawmakers will not be met.
Nevertheless, the agency has allowed some commercial drones to fly in American skies. In June, the FAA granted the first commercial drone license to oil giant BP. In September, six Hollywood production companies were granted licenses to use drones while filming television shows and movies.
Meanwhile, the FAA has largely told users such as photographers and videographers such as Pirker to cease their drone flights or face fines.


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I'll hopefully be posting a listing tomorrow which I believe will sell relatively fast simply because yours truly has already been quite taken by its exterior style and floor plan. It's a home that's caught my eye many times over these long years and having been blessed with the opportunity to sell it, I'm exceptionally delighted. It's no wonder its been in the current owner's family for nearly 50 years. Whomever designed it must have been a first generation builder from likely somewhere in Northern Europe.
The steep roof lines and extra attention to details have given me clues of where the design came from. What's also very interesting about the home is that it's of limited square footage, but it doesn't "feel" to be so due to the compact unity contained within. When I went to get the key from the owner, and discuss a few details, a young visitor showed up. He seemed to be quite taken by my compliments over the home and asked for the address. I'd likely piqued his interest enough to where he'll do at least a drive by. After telling him about all the features, he said, "It sounds like quite the home." I then smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll then consider you to be another in possession of great taste." While leaving he said, "You really do have a sense of humor." I replied as I most often do, "We need to have a few more spirit-lifting laughs in these times." I'm just glad I'm getting more new listings to replace the ones I've been selling these past months.
I'm keeping hopeful I'll not be catching a cold since about half the people I've come into contact with lately have raging ones. I really get quite irritated with people when they don't hold their mouths when they cough, or at least turn away from the ones they're facing. Whatever happened to the hard-coded manners that were learned back during our childhoods? Are parents and teachers not instructing their children social manners anymore? Again, it's the fear factor with elders fearing they're going to hurt someone else's feelings. Feelings need not be hurt when they're told in a non-mean spirited manner. Everyone must learn, and all the better it is when done in a good way. I can't remember how we managed to get on the subject of squirrels over the weekend with a family, but I re-called the incident several years ago when a naughty squirrel was trying to find a way into the back of my building. Over the course of a month or so, I'd see it and try to chase it way. The more I challenged it, the more it became defiant.
Well, one day I thought I'd chase it across the alley and down the block. It decided to take a run up one of those extra large electric poles where those major electric lines make their way Downtown. I thought, "You just get up that pole and stay there!" I walked back into the office and about a minute or two later I heard this huge "BOOM" as if someone had shot off a cannon. I scratched my head wondering what had happened. I walked back out towards the alley looking for something that had exploded. I didn't see anything and just as I was turning away, I noticed a blob of something falling from that pole. I walked over to see what it was and became mortified. That squirrel must have touched one of those high voltage wires and fried itself from inside out. It was missing most of its hair and was really quite bloated. I suddenly came to a full understanding in how an animal can blow out a transformer and in an instant and become crispy fried. Well, one of the young family members was laughing so hard by my storytelling, he was nearly rolling on the floor. When leaving he said to his mother, "Can Joe come and visit us so he can tell more funny stories?" She then turned to me and said, "It looks like you have a new friend." I really do think children prefer hearing funny tales from on-site storytellers, than playing computer games where there's always someone or something charging into battle. When I was young, it was always that good storyteller who could lift my spirits.


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Søren Lund SL88
The embodiment of timeless Danish design, the SL88 was originally designed in the early 1970s and to this day remains one of Søren Lund's most popular model. Pair it with the SL88 Foot Stool, for extra comfort and space.
Søren Lund is a family business that has been producing upholstered modern and timeless furniture for over 5 decades from their workshop in North Jutland, Denmark, meeting popular demand for quality and comfort.
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NMF Roundup: Headhunterz returns to hardstyle, Marshmello links up with Logic, and Ookay drops off bouncy new single
The most important day of every week: New Music Friday. As each week brings a succession of new music from some of electronic music's biggest artists, here's a selection of tracks that shouldn't be missed.
Chopped vocal samples and hip hop-inflected rhythmic additions make for an eccentric sound on Hanz's "Clutched."
Progressive mastery is alive and well on "Keep My Light On," a single that sees DubVision and Raiden team up for a release on Martin Garrix's imprint, STMPD Records.
Headhunterz makes his return to hardstyle production via a massive new LP, The Return of Headhunterz.
Anjunabeats entity, Jason Ross puts forth his first single of 2018, "Through It All," an uplifting number that harmoniously balances Fiora's soaring vocal with the song's ascending synths.
Black Tiger Sex Machine make a statement on New Worlds, an album that sees the Canadian trio wield trap, bass, and electro production elements.
Dance music's saccharine sweetheart Marshmello links up with Logic for "Everyday," a single that epitomizes the carefree vibe characteristic of Friday.
Gareth Emery and Ashley Wallbridge jointly take on Signum and Scott Mac's "Coming on Strong."
Paris Blohm and Myah Marie prove to be a collaborative dream on "Body High."
Element constructs the quintessential filthy drop on his hard-hitting new release, "Needles."
A soothing guitar melody complements Nevve's fluid vocal contribution on Boombox Cartel's latest, "Whisper."
Ookay channels the bouncy synth work that has come to be characteristic of a Marshmello production on his whimsical new offering, "Loved or Lost."
QUIX and JVMIE's "I'll Give You The World" is an expert example of lush future bass production.
Reminiscent of Foster the People and Portugal. The Man, the vocals in Lemaitre's "Machine" create an indie-infused groove.
Tisoki takes on Oliverse's "Leave Them Behind," flipping the track into a smooth-gliding dubstep rendition.
KDrew and KVNNIBVL bring the weekend vibes with a smattering of falsetto-like vocals and a lighthearted, bobbing beat in "Body of Gold."
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Toronto, April 18, 2012 – Greater Toronto REALTORS® reported 4,557 transactions through the TorontoMLS system during the first two weeks of April 2012. This result represented an increase of almost seven per cent in comparison to the same period in April 2011. The number of new listings grew over the same period, but by a lesser annual rate than sales, which means market conditions tightened compared to last year.
"Competition between buyers remained strong in many parts of the Greater Toronto Area during the first half of April, with many listings attracting a lot of attention. Strong competition meant that, on average, sellers priced within market value range received offers that matched their asking prices within three weeks," said Toronto Real Estate Board President Richard Silver.
The average selling price during the first two weeks of April was $506,954 – up by five per cent compared to the first half of April 2011. The annual rate of price growth was stronger in the GTA regions surrounding the City of Toronto.
"Growth in listings has not kept up with growth in sales. In the City of Toronto, new listings for low-rise home types during the first half of April were actually down compared to last year. This helps explain why some of the tightest market conditions in the GTA can be found within the '416' area code," said Jason Mercer, TREB's Senior Manager of Market Analysis.


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|Suburb of Gibsonton
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Gibsonton is a suburb of Malton, located in the northeast section of the city. One of the more important buildings within the suburb is Oram Walk PD, which was considered one of the most prominent safe houses in the early days following the initial outbreak. Home of St. Matthew's Cathedral. Gibsonton came to the public's attention during the Imperium Must Die Invasion of Gibsonton of April 2008 and has since been a target for PKers.
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Freq: 26.02: North-East Malton
Before the Outbreak, Gibsonton was a depressing working class district, with several factories and warehouses. A Cathedral had long stood that served the workers who lived here, and a number of pubs opened up to give them a place to chill after a long day of work. After the 1980s, few factories remained, and the local officials turned to tax incentives for white collar jobs and tourism, the latter which centered around the beautiful Cathedral and newly opening museums as attractions. The pubs continued to make good business, now with higher prices for the tourists, but the pub-owners maintained lower prices for the blue-collar locals, who would mug the tourists and confess their vices the next morning in the Cathedral.
The Cathedral was visited by the prophet Saul D'Alessio who founded the Cult of the Unseen Ones. It is said that one of the Unseen Ones appeared to Saul and what was said is unknown, a secret kept by both god and prophet. Saul concecrated the Cathedral to be the Temple of the Unseen Ones after the aforesaid exchange. Today the Temple of the Unseen Ones is extremely sacred to the cultists of the Unseen Ones and one of their primary places of worship.
Interestingly, Gibsonton has no parks within its borders.
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The Gibsonton Building Information Center contains status reports and updates on key buildings in the suburb.
View zombie activity and locations in Gibsonton from External Military Reports and NecroWatch.
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Ethel Rohan, who also has a little book coming out with PANK through their contest, was kind enough to interview me for Dark Sky Magazine's "Spotlight On" series. I say stuff about how distraction is becoming an integral part of how we read and live, or something.
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Boost the Account:
Elo boosting is something which is damn special for elo players. Yes they love to boost their points in playing this game. So that they would gain many points and also it would guide them to play and to achieve many points in different ways. It is all about with the boosters which you have selected. You cannot do this by yourself and so you need an Elo boosting service and also it consist of a customer care and elo job lol . This people would help you. When you are under frustration in playing this booster would save you. If you are lucky enough you would find the best service which would work for you and gain the booster for a good pay. If not, you have to do it by yourself even after spending on it.
Search for the Good Service:
This service should work as a team and so they can gain more points with the small amount of games itself. This would help you in not only boosting up your ranking in the game but also it helps you to know more about the game and also it teaches you the techniques to play well. For such things, many of them would show interest to make their play funny and also it would help them to go and achieve more and more. Many of them would have a doubt that how you can choose the good and reputed boosting company. First of all you should look whether it is a famous one and also people prefer them or not. It has to be connected with all parts of the world.
The team has to have a good coverage and only then they would help you to know more about the games. There are many facilities provided by the good services. The very important thing is they should provide you everything what you ask for. They should not delay things and should work for the amount you pay. There are many companies which are ready to provide you the best offers, guidance, placements, coaching skills and so on. Whatever may be but they should have the best boosting skills. Simply the company has to perform all kinds of the duties and also they must be an all-rounder.
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Once you order the things which you want, immediately the company has to react on it. Whatever be your source they have to be there to work on it. The best company would do all these things. They would also help you in selecting the best players and also would never disappoint you at any cost. You should not worry about the risk factors and so the company has to take care of all these things. They would care for your points and keep them safe as much as possible. They would definitely safeguard your account like anything.
Boosting is a very competitive industry and there are many services which would provide you the best offers. Once the game reaches its popularity all the companies would be alert to offer you many things regarding that game. So before looking up for the companies, you should search for the best one and also should deal with them.


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The ferry was engulfed in smoke and part of the ship was on fire.
Search and rescue teams are looking for a person still missing after hundreds were rescued from a passenger ferry that caught fire in Indonesia's Molucca Sea, local officials said on Sunday.
Passenger ferry KM Karya Indah was travelling in a remote part of the Indonesian archipelago, from Ternate in the province of North Maluku towards Sanana on the island of Sulabes, when the fire broke out early on Saturday morning.
Dramatic footage from Indonesia's search and rescue agency showed the vessel engulfed in smoke and part of the ship ablaze as passengers in life vests jumped from the deck to lifeboats.
Search and rescue officials said 274 people had been rescued from the vessel without injury and taken to a nearby village, while one person was still missing.
"The search is still continuing. Today's search and rescue plan (will be conducted) by a joint search and rescue team," head of the Ternate search and rescue team, Muhamad Arafah, said in a statement on Sunday.
Initial reports suggest the fire may have started in the engine room. Indonesian officials said they are investigating the cause of the incident.
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My parents were college graduates whose parents barely had any education. The unfolding American college cheating scandal is not surprising. It isn't. The fact that people of wealth and influence used that same wealth and influence for self-interest isn't surprising. What is surprising is the levels this same wealth and privileges garnered!
I mean, people were paying anywhere from $25,000 to $6.5 million to get their children into Ivy League schools. Think about this! There is even reporting that says anyone from testing proctors to athletic coaches were paid! People were buying athletic scholarships! There were even parents that had their children diagnosed with certain learning disabilities to get their children more time to test!
I am a proud product of a public school education. My mother and father made sure I could read at 4. They drummed into me and my siblings the value of education, and stressed the importance of going to college. But not just going, but excelling! Never once, not ever, did I someone do my work for me! Every A (and every occasional F) I earned.
As a parent of a child with a learning disability, I am incensed! I, and my husband, have had to to contend with school districts for her education since she started school. I have been to more meetings, assessments and have answered more questions about my child's intelligence than I will admit or reveal here. I know there are parents in my similar situation whom share that frustration. The fight to make sure your child will not be devoured by a system constructed to empower and equip.
The irony is, that in recent news, there are Black parents that have been arrested and jailed for using another address to attend another school in a better district. My sister and I did this from the time we were in Kindergarten until my ninth grade year. As a parent, you use all resources available to you. All. Resources.
But why is it okay to jail Black parents for the same thing is collegiate bribery paid to do? Why is it okay to pay for something you want those without said resources to earn through merit?
I really want to ask was all this worth it!
I really want to know why it is this was thought to be okay!
I really want to know is anyone going to be held accountable!
If you have to cheat to get in, I'm of the mind you have to cheat stay in. These degrees that are cuffed through nefarious means, are just glorified receipts. That's all! Everything that I have achieved through my educational career i earned. Every exam. Application fee. Late night cram session. All me. I didn't have the luxury of having a family that had such a lackadaisical attitude about money that they could buy a grade! They had the expectation that my intelligence and work ethic would keep me in whatever institution I got into.
Education is supposed to the thing that is the great equalizer. It is supposed to be a tool to equip and inspire. I'm not shocked this happened, and won't be shocked when it happens again (because it will). What I want is this chance the kid in the burbs has to be the same chance in the kid in the hood has. The further irony? It will take money and influence to do that. It will take resources, and that same energy to make the scale equal!
The fact is if you have to pay what is the equivalent of a fully furnished house to get your already privileged child in school, hang it up! It's only going to cost more money from there!
And the fact Hollywood actresses are caught up in this? There is no price to ignorance. But when ignorance is powered by money, they call it influence. When that skewed influence becomes a collective? They call that power. The odds are never in our favor. Not as long as money weighs more than ability or merit.
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A 5 yr old boy went to visit his grandmother one day. While playing with his toys in her bedroom while Grandma was dusting, he looked up and said,Grandma, how come you dont have a boyfriend?
Grandma replied, Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my bedroom and watch it all day long.
The TV evangelists keep me company and make me feel so good. The comedies make me laugh. Iâ"¢m really happy with the TV as my boyfriend. Grandma turned on the TV and the reception was terrible. She started adjusting the knobs, trying to get the picture in focus. Frustrated, she finally started hitting the backside of the TV, hoping to fix the problem.
The little boy heard the doorbell ring, so he hurried to open the door, and there stood a man.
The man said, Hello, son, is your grandma home? The little boy replied, Yeah, but she is in the bedroom banging her boyfriend.
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Ben Weissman puts together clusters of tables for data loads:
The table meta.containers could technically also be a temporary table. We've decided against that so you can see what's happening behind the scenes.
Let's focus on the meta.tables table for now. It has three columns:
– TableName – guess what we'll store in there
– Container – this one will hold the information, which container we want this table to be loaded it, which will be automatically populated by our stored procedure
– Cost – this column will hold the load cost of this specific table. In our opinion, this should ideally be the average time it took SSIS to load this table in the recent past. If you don't have that information available, it might as well something like the size of this table in either Gigabytes or Rows. The more accurate this column is, the better your results will be.
The only tricky part in Ben's code is figuring out appropriate values for Cost, but if you've got rough timing measures or even good priors, you can get to a reasonable solution quickly. And if time is of the essence, you can model, simulate, and apply results as part of an analytics project.


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The Westfield Cinema was opened as a single screen on November 12, 1971 with "Catlow" starring Yul Brynner. It was twinned in January 1978 when an adjacent sorefront was converted into the second screen. It was your basic small town, no-style 1970's twin theater. The screens were too small, the auditoriums were long and narrow and the seats weren't particularly comfortable. Yet, the owners somehow got a steady stream of first-run hits to play there.
Those who grew up in the area have many fond memories of their darkened theaters: our first exposure to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" at a matinee, double date nights with "Body Heat" and scary midnight shows with "The Hills Have Eyes".
Doug Johnson recalls, "The first time I went to the theater it was with my mother to see a re-release of "Gone with the Wind". Shocked at the small size of the theater (especially for such a larger than life film), my mother insisted that it was located on the site of former shoe store. From then on, the theater became known to my family as the 'Shoebox Cinemas'.
Evidently, the theater is now gone, as an article from the Westfied Leader in the 1990's stated that a brokerage company had moved into the former site.
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Pretty sure I saw "Battlestar Galactica" and "Throw Momma from the Train" here
I saw Pipi in the South Seas Valley Girl and Yentl here
I know it was open until at least Feb 1992 when I went with a long time friend to see a movie here before she moved out of state.
Picture/address given are wrong; it was at 141 Central, in what is now a Smith-Barney office. Awful place, but it got the interesting things the Rialto wouldn't. Only thing I recall seeing there was "Hair", 1979
I worked here on and off from 1975 through the early 80's. It was originally owned by a true southern gentleman named Andrew Sullivan who had previously worked(as I also will many years later)for MGM. Heard countless-though entertaining-stories about every actor and actress he came across while working there. The Westfield Cinema very successfully ran primarily art product until about 1977 when Andy wanted to compete with the "big boys" and run commercial product. It worked for a while because he played almost all Warner Bros product. However, the theatres in the neighboring towns started to expand and gobble up all the good pictures and the cinema was left with the leftovers. The theatre closed for awhile in 1979 when Mr. Sullivan went bankrupt but reopened shortly after with a new owner. As a footnote the theatre was a single screen until January 1978 when a second screen was built in the vacant storefront adjacent to the original.
November 12th, 1971 grand opening ad in the photo section. Address in that ad is 138 Central Avenue.
The Westfield Cinema was like watching a movie on an airplane. Long theater, small screen. I saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Seven Beauties there in the mid 70's.
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CHESTERFIELD, Va. -- Judy Taylor lives in North Chesterfield's The Park at Ridgedale apartment complex.
She wants to take a stand against what she called mismanagement happening where she resides.
"I'm not just speaking for myself I'm speaking for all the residents here," says Taylor.
Three weeks ago, Taylor's car was towed while it was parked in her assigned parking space, despite having the required pass provided by the complex.
"I spoke with the manager," Taylor said. "She told me that the towing company would give me my money back if they could see that the parking pass was in the car."
But when that did not happen, Taylor contacted CBS 6 Problems Solvers. We met Taylor at the tow truck company to see if we could help, and the owner refused to speak us or Taylor.
"I want to know what's going on because I can't afford to pay these people. $166.40," Taylor said. "They need to do something or the apartment manager needs to do something."
We also contacted the manager at Ridgedale and the company that owns the complex. We left several messages and while they didn't respond to us, they eventually did respond to Taylor's complaint.
Taylor's rent next month will be reduced the amount she was charged for the tow.
"Channel 6 is on the job! And I like that! I really do and I thank you so much!," she said. "I appreciate it and all my neighbors they appreciate it."
Taylor says not only will she be refunded her money, but all the residents who have been recently towed from their spots will be refunded.
We tried to contact the management company again today to confirm and are still waiting for their response.
CBS 6 News is working for you. Click here to email a tip to the CBS 6 Problem Solvers. Be sure to leave us your name, phone number and detailed description of the problem. You can also leave a message by calling 804-254-3672.


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You may not have even heard of the fourth biggest smartphone manufacturer.
Chinese manufacturer Oppo is now the fourth biggest phone maker in the world thanks to record sales in the first quarter of 2016.
Oppo began making phones in 2008. The company released the Oppo F1 in the first quarter of 2016, a phone we gave four stars, and quickly followed it up with the Oppo F1 Plus.
It's no surprise the company has found success by combining high-end spec with low prices, and has found a big market within its home territory of China.
Samsung is still the number one phone manufacturer in the world with Apple and Huawei in second and third place respectively, while fifth place is taken by Chinese manufacturer Vivo.
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The other 42% of the market is shared by other manufacturers such as Sony, HTC, LG, Motorola, Microsoft, Lenovo and others.
Oppo sold 18.5 million phones in the first three months of 2016 - that's 153% up on last year.
The company is growing in China at a phenomenal rate and is catching up to the 27.5 million smartphone shipments Huawei experienced in the same period.
Apple sold over 51 million phones in the same period but sold 16% less than last year, showing quite a big drop for the most profitable company in the world.
Check out our time with the Oppo F1 selfie camera below.


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Dental Bonding in Oklahoma City
What Is Dental Bonding?
Dental bonding, also called composite bonding, is a less-invasive alternative to porcelain veneers. Both offer a simple way to repair cracks, chips, discoloration, or other minor cosmetic dental issues but, while veneers use thin porcelain shells affixed to the front of teeth to correct issues, composite bonding works by applying a layer of tooth-colored dental resin to the front of teeth. After applying and letting the resin set, your dentist will then trim the resin to match the natural shape of your teeth, smooth it to a natural feel, and polish it for a truly beautiful smile.
At Sorgen Dentistry, we're proud to provide patients of all ages with high-quality, convenient dental care. As an experienced dentist, Dr. Bryan Sorgen offers a wide range of general, restorative, and cosmetic dental treatments, including dental bonding in Oklahoma City. We strive to make our cosmetic dentistry as convenient and comfortable as possible for our patients. If you've been wanting a brighter, more beautiful smile but don't want to commit to extensive treatment, dental bonding can offer a simple, effective, and convenient solution.
Call us at (405) 400-1257 or contact us online to learn more. We offer free, in-person consultations.
How Does Composite Bonding Work?
The bonding process is simple, and we can often complete the entire procedure in one visit.
The dental bonding process is as follows:
- First, Dr. Sorgen will lightly etch the surface of the tooth and apply a bonding liquid "primer" to help the resin bond with the natural tooth structure.
- Then, he will apply layers of dental resin to each tooth as needed, carefully sculpting the resin to perfectly match the look and shape of your natural teeth.
- After allowing the resin to set, Dr. Sorgen will then trim, smooth, and polish the resin to complete your new smile.
Things to Know about Dental Bonding
For many patients, dental bonding offers a simple, convenient solution for achieving a new smile without extensive dental work.
Here are a few things to keep in mind if you're considering composite dental bonding in Oklahoma City with Dr. Sorgen:
- We can often complete the entire procedure in a single office visit
- Bonding resin isn't as strong as tooth enamel, making it vulnerable to chipping, staining, or breaking
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When we assume the risk we recognize your specific duties by liability, and there are 2 types of liability, criminal (duties toward community) and civil (duties toward individuals). Within civil there is contractual and tort (negligence).
We have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for our program, recognizing and controlling potential hazards. We also are responsible for conducting activities in a . Remember that those words, reasonable and prudent manner. That's why it is so imperative that we follow the guidelines we've been given in our training from our organization, as well as the umbrella organization who wrote the curriculum for our training, like the National Rifle Association.
When leading our activities, our specific duties are to:
- Follow your instructors manual when teaching your discipline
- Properly plan ahead
- Provide adequate instruction
- Explain the risks to youth and parents
- Monitor for injury or incapacity
- Provide safe equipment
- Have a plan for emergencies
- Keep records
- Provide close supervision
We are also responsible for developing a Risk Management Plan, or using one that has been provided by our sponsoring organization. A good plan will include the following points: Goals, Staffing/ Supervision, Insurance, Record Keeping System, Emergency procedures, Equipment Handling/ Inspections, Facility Inspection and perhaps more. If you are sponsored by a government organization, more than likely they will require you to follow an Affirmative Action, providing equal access to all.
I have just touched the tip of the iceberg with risk management in this short article. The very best source for protecting yourself and your participants will be your sponsoring organization. Any quality organization will have all their ducks in a row on this topic. For further information and a good sample plan for 4-H, which could be adapted to any youth organization is from the University of Nebraska 4-H Shooting Sports program, and U of N 4-H Risk Management Plan. It expands upon what I have written today.


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Introduction: World First 9v Battery That Can Be Recharged From a USB Port
The 9v batteries are very often used in electronics, example: programmable circuits, robots and etc... But they have a very huge problem, theirs capacity is low and the rechargeable 9v batteries needs at least 9.5v to charge them up. I thought much time about this project because would be an important and useful power supply for many project. This 9v battery allows you to charge it up from a USB port in 22 minutes. It has the same capacity (or higher) that an average 9v battery so the usage time is the same. You can use in any household devices like a scale or you can power up a 7805 regulator for a phone charging. It can drive even a CPU fan. There is inside a 3.7v Lithium Ion battery with 200mAh capacity. But can be powered from a 3v coin cell battery. Fits perfectly in an old plastic 9v battery case. See on my multimeter that the voltage is 8.95v. At this voltage the current is much higher than a simple 9v battery. The base of the circuit is the TL496 CP integrated circuit. This IC can boost low voltage to 9 volts with the help of a 47uF cap and an inductor.
With this new invention you can save lots of money and never need to buy anymore 9v batteries. Simply plug into your laptop, desktop PC or wallpug and charge it up in 20 minutes.
Now go gather parts!
Step 1: Gather Tools and Materials
You need to know that I can't found the best and the cheaper links for the parts. Here in my country the total cost was less than 5 bucks, but in the US the electronic components are very expensive. I tried to find the best links for the components. But on the ebay the TL496 was $2 and here only $0.1. Sorry :(.
- soldering iron
- cutting tools
- glue gun
- and a multimeter
- First choose your power supply! This would be a 3.7v 200mAh Li-ion battery or a 3v coin cell battery. I recommend the Li-Ion, it's much more effective.
- You'll need an old 9v battery that has a plastic case.
- 9v battery clip from your batttery
- 47uF capacitor
- 8 pin IC socket
- TL496CP 9v step up IC
- toroidal inductor
- breadboard (optional for ptototyping)
- PCB board
- wires
- 1k resistor
- a diode and a low power LED (red, or green)
- switch (optional but I don't used)
Some advices:
The Li-ion batteries are much more effective, but I can't put my charging circuit in the 9v battery case. There's no enough space so I calculated the charging time. The formula is: hours=capacity (in mAh) / current (in mA). In my case this is hr=200/500 so a 200mAh battery from a USB port charges up in 0.4 hours. This is 24 minutes.
Never leave the battery in the charger for more than this calculated time! It's DANGEROUS!
The maximum output voltage would be 9.2 volts. Depends on the capacitor value. Higher uF capacitor gives higher voltage. But works perfect in this range: 5-470uF. I used a 47uF because no requires much space in the 9v battery box.
If you ready go make a prototype!
Step 2: Prototyping
See the circuit on the first image, I replaced the 3v battery to my 200mAh 3.7v battery. Works much better!
- First install the IC on your breadboard.
- Connect the 5 and 7 pins together with a jumper wire.
- Then make your inductor with a 24# awg wire. I made 11 turns.
- Connect the inductor to your breadboard, to pins 2 and 6.
- Put the capacitor to the output of the IC, pins 7 and 8.
If you made these steps install your power supply with jumper wires. First I tried with a 3v lithium battery but the amperage was very low so I searched a Li-ion cell.
Step 3: Test the Prototype!
The circuit works perfect, the better version is on the 2nd image. I think no need more explanation. If your circuit works go solder together.
I used a diode, a resistor and an LED for the charger circuit. The LED will light when the battery is charging. On the circuit the LED mark has reversed polarity, sorry. I'll try to correct it soon.
Step 4: Solder the 9v Step Up
I soldered first the 9v step up circuit because this is a little bit difficult. But seeing the connections on the circuit diagram everybody can build easily. Used a socket for the TL496 because can't forbear high temperature. The input will be the 2 and 5 pins and the output pins are 7 and 8 where 8 is positive and 7 is positive. These pins are under the capacitor. On the go I exchanged the 47uF capacitor to a 10uF capacitor. The voltage is the same, but requires smaller place. and fits perfectly into the 9v battery case. Try to make your circuit as small like me, you haven't much space for this gadget!
Step 5: The Charger
Now make your charger circuit. This is very easy. Simply solder the resistor to the cathode of the LED then the diode to the positive input. This will blocks the current flows backward. I haven't enough space inside the 9v battery case so I couldn't use a regular USB male connector so simply soldered the input wires on another PCB board. Do the same thing you too, just like on the pictures. But if you have more space use a regular male connector. The small LED will light up when the circuit is in the charger. Before you solder together the parts test it everything with your multimeter.
Finally you'll get a battery, a 9v clip, a charger and a 9v step up circuit. Solder them together!
Step 6: Create the Full Circuit
First connect the negative wire of the Li-Ion cell to the 5 or 7 pin of the 9v step up circuit. Then solder an another wire to these pins. This will be soldered to the nagative input of the charger. The positive wire of the battery needs to be soldered to the 2nd pin just like on our prototype. To this pin cames the positive input of the charger. See the circuit diagram on the last image.
Hope I explained right and understandable.
Then you'll get a circuit like on the 2nd image. There's a switch, but later I removed because is meaningless.
If you're done with this test it. If you plug your circuit in a USB port the LED musts light. Then test the output voltage too. If everything works get your glue gun and try to make the circuit as small that fits easily in the 9v battery box.
Step 7: Glue!
Under the 9v clip I put the 9v step up circuit and glued. The battery is glued under this circuit and above the battery is the charger circuit. This is the easiest design and fits perfectly in the 9v battery case.
Now leave the device for at least 20 minutes in the charger then put back in the case.
Step 8: Advantages
Some advantages:
- These Li-Ion cells can be recharged 1000 times so you never need to buy anymore a regular 9v battery.
- The weight of this device is the quarter of a simple 9v battery.It has the same capacity.
- The 9 volt output CAN'T BE SHORTED! The IC stops working if you short the circuit and when you make the circuit works agian correct the IC starts working. SO NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT OVER HEAT.
Step 9: Test and THE END
Install to any household item or DIY project and will work perfectly. Works also with the very popular 7805 regulators, that charges your phone. Can't charge much percents but is good in the case of emergency. And fits easily in your pocket.
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Hi. Yes you can actually get prismatic LiFePO4 cells that easily fit inside a 9V case.
As others have said this is not suitable for smoke alarms but items like multimeters and guitar pedals are ideal as relatively low power usage. A fix for low efficiency is to Litz wire the coil, also use low leakage capacitors. Ceramic ones *may* be suitable but watch the Vmax and other such parameters.
USB micro connector is also a good idea though I suggest putting a rubber cap on it when not in use so dust stays out.
I like this. Very innovative.
I saw your comment only now... To make everything clear: Arduino and microcontrollers usually need a 9v battery or USB power source. I'm usually using a 9v battery when project is done, but they are discharging fast, very fast. So I made this to make recharging easier. The example with the phone was only made to show people that has enough current to charge up even phones. The IC converts the battery's voltage to 9 volts directly.
good project ,but I think use DC/DC IC maybe better and smaller :)
Clever... it will be useful for one of my project.. Thanks for sharing
Very interesting circuit, I have some vacuum fluorescent displays I want to power using a similar method so I can use plain AA or Li-Po batteries.
I used a Li-Ion cell because it's much smaller than a AA battery. But if you have enough space for them you can earn a much higher capacity. Thank you!
Wire a microusb plug into the bottom of the battery!
Then you can use any old phone charger. Not to plug any buiness or product in particular, but an Adafruit Micro Lipo w/MicroUSB Jack - USB LiIon/LiPoly charger should snuggle beside your lipo cell just fine, inside the 9volt battery case... looks like you might need a tighter deadbug design on the boost circuit though, to make room. Removing he socket and switch, possibly going with a much smaller led...
Awesome idea. Why didn't I think of that?
Very cool!
This would be a handy thing to have.
Thank you!


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If you are developing Android apps, using the Android Debug Bridge tool (ADB) may sometimes be necessary, or could save you a lot of time.
With ADB you can install/uninstall apps, forward ports, push/pull files to your device, remotely connect to SQLite databases on your device, record the device screen, and more. See the link at the bottom for a full reference.
Setting up the ADB tool
The ADB tool comes with the Android SDK, and you can find the adb tool in
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Add the ADB tool to your shells path:
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/username/dev/androidsdk/platform-tools"
Or just add this line to your
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- Connect your device to your computer to run these commands.
- Also, you must enable USB debugging in the device system settings, under Developer options.
List connected devices
adb devices
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Installing an app
adb install appname.apk
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The best ideas aren't hidden in shadowy recesses. They're right in front of us, hidden in plain sight. Innovation seldom depends on discovering obscure or subtle elements but in seeing the obvious with fresh eyes. This is easier said than done because nothing is as hard to see as what's right before our eyes. We overlook what we take for granted. Billions of tea drinkers observed the force of steam escaping from water boiling in a kettle before James Watt realized that this vapor could be converted into energy.
Those who see what's obvious aren't necessarily brighter than others. They're just more likely to observe that the emperor is naked. Like children, they see what's actually there. Their perceptions are less clouded by belief systems, taboos, habits of thought. One responsibility of management--an important one--is to call attention to the invisible obvious, pointing it out as a child does (sometimes to the embarrassment of adults). Doing so also requires supporting employees who take that risk, too, and other risks as well.
Most of us tend to view childhood as a time of carefree pleasure. Those of us who have looked at the real condition of children in America, however, see a very different picture-one in which children are victims of terrible discrimination, prejudice, and abuse. They need protection. But the protection they need most is to have the protection of civil rights, so that they can be regarded as full persons under the law.
Thomas Stanley has not only found no correlation between success in school and an ability to accumulate wealth, he's actually found a negative correlation. 'It seems that school-related evaluations are poor predictors of economic success,' Stanley concluded. What did predict success was a willingness to take risks. Yet the success-failure standards of most schools penalized risk takers. Most educational systems reward those who play it safe. As a result, those who do well in school find it hard to take risks later on.
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