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This vivid and moving autobiographical portrait is the first work to be dedicated to the Dalai Lama's spiritual journey. Personal in tone, but universal in scope, it presents the arc of his spiritual vision from his boyhood in rural Tibet, through his life as a monk in India, to his exile as one the world's most visible leaders.
His Holiness's unique spiritual formation and the unusual course of his life mean that his opinions on religion and politics are listened to with respect and admiration. Here, he gives his views on topics as diverse as the environment, his successor and religious militancy. At the same time, his thought-provoking spiritual insights provide and inspiring example, encouraging us to combine love and compassion in all that we do.


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Of the few reviews of my first mini-published novel, wonderful as they all are and thankful to each reviewer that I am, this one strikes the cleanest chord with me, and so I humbly offer it here. The author of the review has asked to remain anonymous for a couple of reasons, none to eschew posterity, but for publishing and business caveats I of course will respect, much as I would love to boast about his or her identity.
The nature of addiction is cyclical. It goes round and round; get the stuff, use the stuff, come down from the stuff, need the stuff, get the stuff. T J Brearton's novel Rehabilitation (not really his first, apparently, but the first to be pushed out of his cave and into the world) is a book that knows this carousel of addiction all too well.
That is not to say the book has a revolving door plot. The merry-go-round is a handy metaphor, but when combined with the telling, the nature of addiction is revealed within the narrative, as our anti-hero Jack Aiello (aka "Number 0035") heads towards his inexorable end in his circuitous way. It's true, Jack often comes back to the same points, but we witness as he gradually develops an awareness of these points, and gains the good sense that something is quite wrong.
The book then, is meta. It is both a challenging narrative about genetic science fiction, and a meditation on the nature of addiction. This meditation is couched in the prose, in the structure of the book itself. Divided into three "books," or parts, we first journey with Jack as he begins his mission hunting down a missing person while he struggles to stay sober. In this opening act, we uncover the commune which is the first of a series of portals Jack passes through as he travels down the rabbit hole.
In book two, we've gone back with Jack eight years to his time spent in Costa Rica, in service of the same criminals who've sent him on the missing person quest in book one. Here we discover the origins of the technology that Jack encounters in book one, only with Jack, we discover it indirectly. Everything Jack experiences is colored by his scrim of perception. Whether in active-addiction-mode or in post acute withdrawal, Jack tends to skew off course; he's anxious, paranoid, and filled with delusion. Even once he's quit drinking, Jack still behaves like a wind-up toy with a broken leg; he has yet to atone for the sins of his drinking life ("stomping on George Klembeck's head with a bottle of vodka in my hand" is one of the lines). Jack's "steps" are his journey to find the missing nephew of these criminal brothers he works for, these surrogate fathers (his own father died when Jack was a boy after his mother had left). This, of course, is not real recovery, not real rehabilitation, but that's the point. Here, the genetic science fiction part steps in, attempting to manufacture the healing Jack so craves. While this may be galvanic to the plot, it's open for debate whether it is essential to the real story.
What results is a book that, while it may or may not serve a broad enough demographic to be a best seller, and while in its rawness may not be the most polished, masterful work Mr. Brearton will ever do, has one irrefutable asset: Its authenticity. There's no doubt in my mind Brearton poured himself into the writing of Rehabilitation. There may be some points he held back just a little, but like any good chef knows, it's as much what you leave out of the dish as what you put in. The book shines with this meta-level of story telling; the style of writing is itself part of the story (its written in the first person, an "epistle," as Jack himself describes it), the story is both about addiction and recovery, the cover of the imprint I have is some of Brearton's own artwork (he also paints) and….
You get the picture. If there's anyone who may appreciate this little tarnished gem more than others, it's going to be those people cut from the cloth of the author himself, and people like his alter ego, Jack Aiello. People who maybe think too much, drink too much, and who wonder at hidden realities in the world around them. It should also be an appealing, even fascinating read for those who work in the humanities; therapists, social workers, teachers of the arts and sciences should get a kick out of this mind-bending melodrama. It's dark, it twists and turns, it doubles back on itself, it sweats with doubt one minute and bites with confidence the next, just like, I have no doubt, many patients, clients, and students do. Within the pages of Rehabilitation lies something a bit more than a three-act story, but an aching for truth and redemption. In this way, the book is full of more humanity than many I have come across before or since.


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Q&A with Hayley Barna
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Hayley Barna, Cofounder of Birchbox and Venture Partner at First Round Capital, sat down with us before speaking at YC's weekly dinner.
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What do you believe that few people agree with you on?
There is an important conversation gaining steam about women in tech. There are differing opinions on how (or how quickly) to change the gender ratio of teams, founders and investors. But I think there is broad agreement that it would be behoove the whole industry to figure it out and to make progress.
There is also a joke about how many startups, especially in San Francisco are setting out to replace the role of Mom in a founder's life. On demand food, transportation, chores certainly remind me a lot of what my Mom did for me in my teenage years. Again, I think others would agree.
Where I might have a unique perspective is that I see the two things as connected. Instead of focusing on the 20-something dudes benefiting from the on-demand wave of "Mom services" I think of working women. That these services aren't replacing Mom, they are instead a helping hand for Mom to be a founder.
If career driven women, who also want to start families, are given freedom to choose how directly to handle the typically female responsibilities of running a household they can devote more of their time and energy to their careers. If the tasks of carpooling, grocery shopping and laundry are disaggregated and outsourced then women can focus on their comparative advantages, whatever they might be. That they can still be Mom in the most important ways. Women and men can choose how much of the household shopping and cleaning they want to do themselves.
While some of these services might have precarious economics, or charge too much now to have a broad based adoption, the business models are early. I'm interested to see how they evolve over time. Just like how in the 50's household appliances like microwaves and vacuum cleaners freed up hours of women's time so they could enter the workplace, the latest wave of on-demand might be a feminist force that empower more working parents to have a choice and shared responsibility when it comes to the friction of household management.
What's something you'd tell your younger self?
If I could zip back in time, I'd want to sit down with myself in the early years of Birchbox. I'd tell myself that while it's important to be strong and positive as a founder, it's also important to be vulnerable and ask for help.
During the early years I felt that it was my role to carry the weight of big strategic questions. Or that I needed to overcompensate for my age and experience level to crack things on my own or with my co-founder behind closed doors. I'd wait to share those gnarly problems until I had an answer. Only after building up more confidence did I learn that it's okay to talk with the team about what's not working before there is a solution.
As I became more comfortable with my executive team and my role as a founder I learned that by being real and human with my team and investors about the hard stuff would result in better decisions. I wish I had known that sooner.
What's the most useful piece of advice you've ever received?
When I was graduating college I agonized over my next step after graduation - more school or a job. If a job, which one. It felt like a massively defining choice that would determine the rest of my life.
During that time my mother shared with me an incredibly freeing observation. First, that I'm clearly someone who really enjoys working, and therefore will probably do so until I'm 80 years old or beyond. Second, that given that long timeframe, it's very likely that I'd do lots of different things, perhaps many different careers entirely, instead of just one. She thought I'd be more of a zig-zagger than a straight line kind of person. Most people are. This advice empowered me not to overthink each step and instead to treat it like just one move in a journey down a widening path and not a constricting funnel.
This concept helped me jump into the role of founder 5 years later. Even now, despite my tendency to lapse back into overanalysis, I always go back to this conversation and do my best to lighten up about my career decisions.
Is there any lesson you've had to learn multiple times?
I'm a pop consumer of behavioral psychology. I'm fascinated by the ways we deviate from rational behavior over and over again. Whether it's loss aversion, sunk costs, or endowment effects, just because we know about the presence of a heuristic or a bias doesn't mean we're immune from following them. I'm often realizing I'm falling into those modes of thinking and getting a chuckle out of how I'm so predictably irrational.
Right now I'm focused on giving back to the New York tech community through my role as Venture Partner at First Round. As someone who was just on the other side, raising money myself, I hope I can serve as a relatable bridge to the investment community, especially for first-time founders.
That said, while I hope my operating experience helps me empathize with founders and provides me with some practical experience to share, the contrast between operating and investing is quite stark. I'm learning to readjust my workflow and goals. So in terms of what's next, first I hope I get the chance to climb this learning curve and hone my craft as an investor. And from the top of that hill I'll be able to make an informed choice about whether I'm going to dig in further as an investor or take the leap back into the founder role.
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Haitiandi Yuetu Group Co., Ltd. is an investment holding company mainly engaged in hotel management. The company and its subsidiaries operate through three major divisions. The Hotel and Hospitality Division is engaged in hotel operation and rental of commercial premises located in Saipan and Guam hotel buildings. The luxury Accessories Retail Division sells luxury accessories in retail stores in Saipan, Guam and Hawaii. The destination Services Division operates souvenirs and convenience stores, sightseeing travel and ground reception arrangements in Saipan.
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01832.HK has a medium-term net loss of US $2.61 million and turned into a profit and loss compared with the same period last year.
01832.HK announced that for the six months ended June 30, 2021, the realized income was US $8.387 million, down 71.02% from the same period last year. The company's shareholders had a loss of US $2.61 million, compared with a profit of US $538000 in the same period last year. The announcement said that the significant decrease in revenue was mainly due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on all business divisions of the Group and the closure of Yuetai Hotel and Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan in Guam due to renovation and upgrading works, resulting in a significant decrease in revenue from (1) Saipan and
Medium-term loss attributable to shareholders of Haitian Yuetong Travel Co., Ltd. 2.61 million US dollars
Haitian pleasure Travel (01832) reported results for the six months ended June 30, 2021, with earnings of $8.387 million, down 71% from a year earlier; a loss attributable to shareholders of $2.61 million, compared with a profit of $538000 in the same period last year; and a basic loss of 0.70 cents per share.
Haitiandi Yueyu (01832) medium-term shareholder attributable loss of US $2.61 million
Zhitong Financial APP News, Haitian Yueyu (01832) reported results for the six months ended June 30, 2021, with earnings of US $8.387 million, down 71% from the same period last year; losses attributable to shareholders were US $2.61 million, compared with a profit of US $538000 in the same period last year; and a basic loss of 0.70 cents per share. During the period, the significant decrease in revenue was mainly due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on all business divisions of the company and the closure of Yuetai Hotel and Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan in Guam due to renovation and upgrading works, resulting in significant decreases in revenue for: hotel rates and catering in Saipan and Guam; Saipan,
"Corporate performance" 01832.HK turned to a loss of US $2.61 million in half a year.
01832.HK announced its interim results for the year to the end of June this year, with turnover of US $8.387 million (the same below), down 71 per cent year-on-year. The profit turned to a loss of 2.61 million yuan, compared with a profit of 538000 yuan in the same period last year; a loss of 0.70 cents per share. No dividend.
Interim results announcement for the six months ended June 30, 2021
Hai Tiandi Yue Tour closed at HK $1.00, up 5.3%, with a total market capitalization of HK $360 million.
Leju Holdings Ltd Financial News on August 13th, as of 16:51, Haitian pleasure Travel (01832.HK) rose 5.26% to HK $1.00. The turnover was 51820.00 Hong Kong dollars. According to the annual report of the company, the company's net profit in the first four quarters was-9 million yuan, down 190.0% from the same period last year; operating income was 41 million yuan, down 58.59% from the same period last year; and the company's total assets were 124 million yuan, down 5.34% from the same period last year. Article source: Leju Finance
01832.HK plans to hold a board meeting on August 27th to review its interim results.
01832.HK announced that a board meeting will be held on Friday, 27th August, 2021 to, among other things, (I) consider and approve the Group's interim results for the six months ended June 30th, 2021; and (ii) consider declaring an interim dividend, if any.
Hai Tiandi Yue Travel (01832) is expected to have a medium-term operating loss of about US $3 million.
Zhitong Financial APP News, Haitian Yuetong Travel (01832) issued an announcement that the board of directors expects the group to make an operating loss of about US $3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2021, while an operating profit of about US $200000 in the same period in 2020. The above losses have taken into account, among other things, recognized depreciation and amortization expenses (non-cash items) related to the Group's assets of approximately $2.4 million. The change from profit to loss is mainly due to the following factors: the continuing impact of the COVID-19 epidemic since February 2020 and the implementation of a number of preventive measures (including tourism) in various countries and regions.
01832.HK signs construction contract for renovation of Saipan Resort
APHI Saipan, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into two construction contracts with the contractor for Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan guest rooms, public spaces and outdoor renovation works, with a contract payable of US $7.777 million, including US $6.267 million in construction costs and US $1.51 million in contractor fees, the company announced. The renovation under the construction contract is part of the renovation and upgrading of Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan under the Asset Optimization Plan and the rebranding under the hotel management agreement, which aims to give Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan a new brand name "Crowne".
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Q: How do you find your insured car? I started GTA Online and found a Futo and brought it to LS customs and put insurance and tracker on it. I saved and ended the game and when I turned it back on, I don't know how to find my car again.
How do I locate the insured, tracked car?

A: The tracker puts a marker on the map, similar to the icon used for the Impound in offline player.
I believe the marker is called "Personal Vehicle" on the legend, so you should be able to find it fairly quickly.
Alternatively, if the marker isn't visible on the map, use your phone to call the insurance company and request a replacement.

A: You have to call the insurance company using your mobile phone. You can find the number under "Contacts".

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Wells Fargo analyst Nitin Kumar lowered his price target for EOG Resources to $99 from $116 as he believes exploration risk does not merit a premium valuation. The analyst reiterates a Market Perform rating on the shares.
Oppenheimer analyst Tim Rezvan started EOG Resources with an Outperform rating and $108 price target. The analyst highlights EOG's "low" cost structure, "diversified" oily footprint, and standing as a "first-mover across most unconventional oil shale basins." He sees a "strong" acceleration in the company's free cash flow through 2020. EOG is a "must own" large-cap bellwether in an uncertain Exploration and Production landscape, Rezvan tells investors in a research note.
As previously reported, KeyBanc upgraded EOG Resources to Overweight from Sector Weight and established a $105 price target. Analyst Leo Mariani said EOG shares have "materially" underperformed in the past week due to relatively flat oil prices and a conservative 2019 outlook. Mariani views the pullback as "overdone" and expects 2019 oil production to be at the "very high end of guidance."


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June 19, 2017 - 8:56 am EST 3 years ago
Brooks Koepka Wins U.S. Open In Historic Fashion
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Brooks Koepka is officially a major champion. The 27-year-old broke away from the pack on Sunday during the final round of the 117th U.S. Open at Erin Hills by overcoming windy conditions to claim his first major in record fashion.
His winning total of 16-under matches Rory McIlroy's mark at Congressional in 2011 for the lowest total score in relation to par. Koepka, who takes home $2.16 million for the victory, is the seventh consecutive first-time major winner. It's also his second career PGA Tour win.
"What I've done this week is amazing," Koepka said. "To win the same tournament as some of the names on this trophy, it's unbelievable."
Starting the day one shot back, Koepka made two quick birdies in 30mph winds to climb to the top of the leaderboard. He then added another on the par-4 eighth to go out in clean 3-under 33.
After a sloppy three-putt bogey on 10, Koepka rattled off three straight birdies on 14, 15, and 16 to take control for good. It also gave him a shot at McIlroy's record. However, he closed with two pars, one of which included a pedestrian 379-yard 3-wood off the tee on 18.
At the end of the day, Koepka hit 12 of 14 fairways and 17 of 18 greens en route to a closing 5-under par 67, good enough for a four shot victory.
.@BKoepka: 1st #USOpen champion to hit 80% of his fairways and 80% of his greens in regulation (stats kept since 1981)
— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGC) June 19, 2017
A 5-under 67 in the final round of the 117th #USOpen earned @BKoepka his first major title and the @Lexus Top Performance of the Day. pic.twitter.com/AeTsgu9SDP
— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 19, 2017
Hideki Matsuyama fired the round of the day with a 6-under 66 to put him in a tie for second with 54-hole leader, Brian Harmon. England's Tommy Fleetwood finished solo fourth, while Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas and Xander Schauffele tied for fifth.
Unfortunately, Justin Thomas could not follow up his record-setting 9-under par performance on Saturday. He shot a 3-over par 75 to finish up in a tie for ninth.
Here's a look at the final round highlights and results from the 117th U.S. Open Championship:
Recapping the top moments from the final round of the 17th #USOpen at Erin Hills. pic.twitter.com/dnr0eXGs0j
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Q: Combining array of strings until they attain a certain length Duplicate of: Combining strings in an array upto certain length
var chars = 100;

var s = [
"when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book",  //contains 91 chars
"essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release",          //contains 71 chars
"unchanged essentially. popularised It was in the 1960s with the release",          //contains 71 chars
"It is a long established", //contains 24 chars
"search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years",    //contains 121 chars
"injected humour and the like"          //contains 28 chars
]

I want to join (by \n) the next sentence if the number of characters in the present sentence is LESS than the variable chars=100
if chars=100 then
1) s[0] is less than 100 so I will have to join s[1] and s[1]
2) s[2] is less than 100 so I will have to join s[3] but still after combining they are 95 hence I need to further join s[4]
3) display s[5] as the list is empty
Expected Output:
1) when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book
       essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release
2) unchanged essentially. popularised It was in the 1960s with the release
       It is a long established
       search for 'lorem ipsum' will uncover many web sites still in their infancy. Various versions have evolved over the years
3) injected humour and the like
How do I implement in JS with fastest code possible?
var x = "";
var y = [];
for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
 if(x.length<100)
 {
    x=x+s[i];
    continue;
 }
y.push(x)
x="";

}

y.push(x)
console.log(y.join("\n\n"));

A: You can count the words by doing something like
return str.split(' ').length;

this will return the length of an array with each word as index.
But you should try your own and we can help fixing your trys!

A: I would suggest you have an output string and iterate over the array and append an element to the array every time that your condition is met.
Like so:
var outputString = "";
for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
    if(s[i].length < 100) {
        outputString.append(s[i])
    }
}
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Palm Treo 700p Review
Posted by Mister Mobility
The Palm Treo 700P is my first CDMA smartphone. This is my first Palm OS smartphone. This is also my first touchscreen device in so many years. I have had it, used it and tormented it for two weeks now, under the extreme usage patterns all smartphones that God deems fit to send my way are subjected to. Two weeks is good enough, and I hereby present my detailed review of the Palm-powered Treo 700p.
In the course of this review, I will often make reference to the Nokia E61i, comparing features of the Treo 700p with its own features. Why? In my two weeks of using the Treo, I keep subconsciously comparing it with the E61/E61i in many ways. Can you blame me? I used the E61 for over a year, and have used its sibling the E61i for a couple of months as well. It is just inevitable that comparisons show up.
Treo 700p: A Quick Checklist
1. EVDO with backward compatibility with CDMA 1x.
2. Palm OS Garnet 5.4.9
3. 1.3 megapixel camera still and video capture.
4. QWERTY keyboard
5. Bluetooth, Infrared, and USB connectivity
6. Blazer Web browser and Email client support
7. 62mb shared memory + SD slot (up to 4GB)
8. 1800 mAh Li-ion battery
9. 312 MHz Intel XScale PXA270 processor
10. 2-inch 320 x 320 transmissive/reflective LCD touchscreen with finger or stylus input
The Palm Treo 700p Review
Form factor, Display
Text Input and Navigation
Organizer and Office features
The 700p is a candy-bar device with a large screen and a full QWERTY keyboard. The device itself feels a little bulky because of its thickness. In reality, it is smaller in length and height than many available devices in its category e.g. the E61i. The E61i is merely thinner. Anyway, the thickness gives a sense of bulk.
This is what the Palm Treo 700P looks like beside the Nokia E61i:
Having said that, the 700p is handy and pocketable, and I had no usability issues with its form.
The display is a 2-inch, 320 x 320 pixel piece of work that's slightly smaller than the display of the E61i (2.5-inch; 320 x 240 pixels). The screen brightness is awesome when set to its maximum setting. Of course, you can expect an extra hit on battery life should you do that. I find that a half-way setting is bright enough in both daylight and at night.
The 700p gives you the best of two worlds: a QWERTY keyboard that works well, and touchscreen functionality. The touchscreen allows you to use an included stylus or your fingers. There is no handwriting recognition capability. As such, text input is really via the keyboard, while the touchscreen is an awesome aid to navigation, selecting/copying/pasting text and images, etc.
One of the most marvellous features on the Treo is the assisted text input. The phone saves whatever text you have inputted before, and suggests the nearest match to whatever word you begin typing. Neat feature that comes in handy when inputing web forms and the like.
The 700p comes with PocketTunes music player built-in, and plays a range of audio formats. I noticed that it does not play midi and AAC files though. Of course, MP3 is supported. PocketTunes lets you setup playlists, and to repeat or shuffle your songs. You can play your music in the background while carrying out other tasks.
The built-in Pics & Videos application handles the display of images and video playback. In viewing images, you can view them as a slideshow and attach background music to play along with it. There are also a couple of transition effects to select from e.e. fade, cross-fade, dissolve,etc.
Video playback is smooth and sharp, though the player tends to use less than the full size of the screen. I'm not sure why this is so, but usually, the video plays in the center of the screen and has lots of black background framing it.
I must add that the 700p's loudspeaker is nowhere near as powerful as that of the E61i. It also has a clear lack of bass in the overall sound output.
Email on the 700p is an area in which the E61i is beaten hands-down. Auto-retreival. Email displayed in HTML format. Plus, beautiful handling of attachments, and better use of screen estate, ensuring that you can see more at a go.
And the clincher: s60 mail clients have a very annoying habit of turning auto-retrieval of mails off when they run into a network problem and cannot connect. Usually, the user is unaware that auto-retrieval is off. On the 700p, it does not matter what connection problems show up, the client will resume auto-retrieval as soon as a connection becomes available. Bye-bye to watching over email like a hawk.
The 700p's built-in web browser is named Blazer. And it has got a lot going for it, though it has a few limitations. First off, it does not work (at least on Reltel) without configuring a proxy server with it. Once configured however, it is fast and versatile.
Blazer handles posting content, logins, and secure access with grace. You can also download files through it, and it is both a Web and WAP/mobile browser. On the E61i, there were two separate browsers for Web and WAP access respectively.
Blazer lets you save bookmarks, save pages for offline viewing, and lets you set how large a cache you want or need. You can disable images, disable style-sheets, use it in Optimised Mode (in which you never have to do horizontal scrolling) or in Wide Page Mode. It also lets you connect to a VPN.
If you are visiting a page that you like, Blazer lets you send the page address to a friend via SMS. Beautiful. Like Opera on desktop, you can set Blazer to always load the last page you were visiting the last time.
The touchscreen functionality aids web browsing, letting you select text and images to copy/cut and paste text as you wish. This was something I missed on the E61i, and I'm certainly glad to have it again.
Blazer's niggles:
1. you can't start scrolling a page till a sizeable portion of it has loaded
2. it appears that there is a limit to the size of web pages that it can handle. In browsing some very large pages, I get a "page too large to be downloaded" message, but the page actually loads anyway.
3. can't open multiple windows on it
Besides those niggles listed above, Blazer is a fast, versatile browser. Highly recommended.
Operating System and Memory
The 700p runs on the Palm operating system. The user interface is clean, simple and definitely less complicated then Symbian s60. It is difficult to lose your way around the UI. There are dedicated buttons for a number of applications. In all, I have seven (7) favourite applications setup to use these buttons.
After the firmware update I ran, switching from one application to another became smooth. It is now significantly faster than what obtains on the E61i.
I have 62 MB of space to play around with on the 700p, and with a 1GB SD card, that's more space than I have use for.
Arguably the greatest handicap of the 700p is its limited multi-tasking capabilities. It multi-tasks in several areas, but much of it is hidden from the user. For example, if you are typing a memo and switch over to the phone mode to make a call, when you come back to the memo application, its still open and in the state you left it earlier.
Again, email checks in the background while you are playing music and doing something else. However, there is a sense in which keeping the user from harnessing the potentials of its multi-tasking capabilities is limiting. Most applications do not have an option to exit. You just open whatever else you want to use.
In Symbian s60, for example, there is the option to see all running apps, close whichever you want to close, and select which you want to use. I miss that a little, I must admit.
The phone has elaborate organizer applications for managing contacts, calendar, tasks, memos, and alarms. The Office applications suite is by DataViz Documents-To-Go, and is very versatile. It beats what is currently on the Symbian s60 devices, allowing you to edit documents and retain their formatting.
The calendar application is also miles ahead of what is on s60 at the moment. No questions. There are alarms, repeated tasks, and a beautiful agenda view that allows you to set a background image. The agenda view shows you your appoitments, tasks, alarms, new mails, etc. Very comprehensive.
There's also a Voice Memo, Calculator and extensive contacts application.
On the network front, the 700p offers CDMA 1x and EV-DO, the latter providing much faster data thoroughput. Unfortunately, I didn't get to test EV-DO out, as Reltel isn't offering that yet.
On the device connectivity front, the 700p offers Bluetooth, infra-red, and USB cable. No; there isn't Wi-Fi on this device.
Bluetooth allows dial-up networking, file transfer, audio headset usage, and PC synchronisation.
Infrared works too for file transfer and synchronisation too.
USB cable works for PC synchronisation as well. In addition (and this is cool), when connected to the PC via USB cable, the phone is being charged through the cable.
The 700p comes with a 1800mAh Li-ion battery. That's a large one. I expected much more from it, but so far with intense – and I mean intense – usage (almost never leaving my hands), I need to charge it twice daily. Note that I have been constantly tormenting the phone through the last 2 weeks. I've been installing and trying out lots of software, testing out those softwares to determine whether to keep them or not, and updating here and there.
As such, my experience so far certainly cannot reflect the real battery performance of the device.
I'll probably be able to give a more accurate battery life after the initial love bug wears out and I return to my regular usage patterns. But so far, my impression is that the battery life is not as good as that of the E61i.
If you've ever played SkyForce, you know that it is a top-notch game with sound effects, great graphics, and beautiful maneuvres. I downloaded and installed the demo version of SkyForce to the 700p, and had a go. Verdict? Excellent. Gameplay was smooth and there is no sense in which the 700p handled SkyForce different from the E61/E61i.
With that, I am satisfied that the 700p doesn't lack in the gaming department.
The 1.3 mega-pixel camera produces good pictures and video shoots. I've never paid much attention to the quality of the camera on my devices, so I really cannot give a head-to-head with the E61i.
Plenty. I have BibleReader from OliveTree, and the Palm version leaves the s60 version in the dust! I have installed GoogleMaps as well, and you need to see the sharpness and performance. An unlimited data plan as I have on Reltel certainly makes a big difference.
In addition, I have installed a dictionary, file manager, compression utility, backup application, and more. There is a huge catalogue of Palm applications – freeware, shareware and paid -out there to choose from.
That's my detailed review of the Treo 700p. My evaluation of the device? It is a great smartphone. Yes; it is different from what I am used to, but I have already come to love this device. The 700p is a beautiful and effective mobile office tool.
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Here's a scenario that is all too familiar in the life of a facilitator working with a team. So, you have been asked to facilitate a team program for a team that wants to become a high performing team, or, they just want to perform better.
You can safely assume that there is something lacking in their performance that they, or the leader, wants to address. You have done the necessary preparation and you are now with the team at the workshop & you have done the opening processes. I have been here many times before myself and a familiar trend surfaces time and again. This is how it goes…..
Now we all have a laugh and talk about things like, purpose, vision, mission, strategy, values and behavioural commitments (like a charter, or guidelines of some kind). You get a lot of variation between teams as to whether they are able to reel these frameworks off with ease, or not. Nevertheless, here they are again, apparently looking for some kind of inspiration – from the facilitator.
There are facilitators who are well remembered as very motivational and well liked – they are performers/entertainers. Note, it's the facilitator who is remembered, but here the team is again. Then again, there are facilitators who are long since forgotten, but here the team is again. So, maybe the facilitator is not the X-factor in the mix. Then, what is?
The answer is pretty obvious. Most teams do not stick to the commitments they make. Actually, did they really make these commitments? Yes, they made good sense and they are obviously important and need to be done. So, why is this so?
Stephen Covey said that 'the urgent trumps the important'. When you remind a team of this observation, they usually unanimously agree. After all, they are all busy trying to get things done in amongst the fast pace of business today. What with regulatory demands, market forces, matrix reporting lines, IT challenges, structural and personnel changes, cost cutting and revenue pressures, etc, etc. Where is the time to focus on this stuff that can wait while the 'urgent trumps the important'? The short term is now and the medium term comes next, never mind the long term.
Thinking about this conundrum there are at least two recent books that pertain. Firstly, there is Nigel Lake's book, 'The Long Term Starts Tomorrow', which is an obvious title for what's inside. Then there is Krupp & Schumaker's 'How to Build a Strategy for the Long Game'.
In the second book, the distinction of 'the discipline of discipline' is brought forward as the key to sustainable business success. This obviously applies to teams that we facilitators work with. The enemy is distraction – here is Covey's warning again; 'the urgent trumps the important'.
What a great let off. There is always something more urgent. But the truth is it's difficult operating in a high performing team, or even just collaborating as an aligned team. We most easily revert to our skill base & prefer to operate in our functional silos, because we have positional power and control over our resources, whatever they are, and it's less complicated and less confronting than grappling with other people's stuff. It takes discipline and commitment to do this team work.
We come to the closing moments of our team facilitation and we sum up on our commitments and we ask the uncomfortable question; Q; what will happen when you return to work tomorrow? A; we hope we will have the discipline to stick to our commitments made here. We have to hold ourselves and one another accountable.
Certainly, this is a journey that takes time and commitment and the discipline of discipline. As far as I can tell, teams that succeed are those that stick to this journey, hold themselves accountable to their team commitments and balance these with their functional responsibilities. , They also have the wisdom to keep a good facilitator close by to help keep the focus on this hero's journey – a journey that has many demons on the path to high performance.


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import io.netty.buffer.DrillBuf;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.drill.exec.store.easy.json.JsonProcessor;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.TreeTraversingParser;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;

import org.apache.drill.common.exceptions.UserException;

public abstract class BaseJsonProcessor implements JsonProcessor {

  private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper().configure(
      JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_COMMENTS, true).configure(
      JsonParser.Feature.ALLOW_UNQUOTED_FIELD_NAMES, true);

  private static final String JACKSON_PARSER_EOF_FILE_MSG = "Unexpected end-of-input:";

  public static enum JsonExceptionProcessingState {
    END_OF_STREAM, PROC_SUCCEED
  }

  protected JsonParser parser;
  protected DrillBuf workBuf;
  protected JsonToken lastSeenJsonToken = null;
  boolean ignoreJSONParseErrors = false; // default False

  public boolean ignoreJSONParseError() {
    return ignoreJSONParseErrors;
  }

  public void setIgnoreJSONParseErrors(boolean ignoreJSONParseErrors) {
    this.ignoreJSONParseErrors = ignoreJSONParseErrors;
  }

  public BaseJsonProcessor(DrillBuf workBuf) {
    workBuf = Preconditions.checkNotNull(workBuf);
  }

  @Override
  public void setSource(InputStream is) throws IOException {
    parser = MAPPER.getFactory().createParser(is);
  }

  @Override
  public void setSource(JsonNode node) {
    this.parser = new TreeTraversingParser(node);
  }

  @Override
  public UserException.Builder getExceptionWithContext(
      UserException.Builder exceptionBuilder, String field, String msg,
      Object... args) {
    if (msg != null) {
      exceptionBuilder.message(msg, args);
    }
    if (field != null) {
      exceptionBuilder.pushContext("Field ", field);
    }
    exceptionBuilder.pushContext("Column ",
        parser.getCurrentLocation().getColumnNr() + 1).pushContext("Line ",
        parser.getCurrentLocation().getLineNr());
    return exceptionBuilder;
  }

  @Override
  public UserException.Builder getExceptionWithContext(Throwable e,
      String field, String msg, Object... args) {
    UserException.Builder exceptionBuilder = UserException.dataReadError(e);
    return getExceptionWithContext(exceptionBuilder, field, msg, args);
  }

  /*
   * DRILL - 4653 This method processes JSON tokens until it reaches end of the
   * current line when it processes start of a new JSON line { - return
   * PROC_SUCCEED when it sees EOF the stream - there may not be a closing }
   */

  protected JsonExceptionProcessingState processJSONException()
      throws IOException {
    while (!parser.isClosed()) {
      try {
        JsonToken currentToken = parser.nextToken();
        if(currentToken ==  JsonToken.START_OBJECT && (lastSeenJsonToken == JsonToken.END_OBJECT || lastSeenJsonToken == null))
        {
          lastSeenJsonToken =currentToken;
          break;
        }
        lastSeenJsonToken =currentToken;
        } catch (com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException ex1) {
        if (ex1.getOriginalMessage().startsWith(JACKSON_PARSER_EOF_FILE_MSG)) {
          return JsonExceptionProcessingState.END_OF_STREAM;
        }
       continue;
       }
    }
    return JsonExceptionProcessingState.PROC_SUCCEED;
  }
}

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M. David Stone ViewSonic Pro9000 The ViewSonic Pro9000 home theater projector offers enough to justify its price, but lacks features you might expect, including 3D support, frame interpolation, and conveniences like lens shift.
Native 1080p resolution. LED and laser hybrid light source. Little or no rainbow effect despite being DLP based.
No 3D support. No lens shift. Minimal zoom. No frame interpolation to smooth out the judder inherent in film.
The ViewSonic Pro9000 home theater projector offers enough to justify its price, but lacks features you might expect, including 3D support, frame interpolation, and conveniences like lens shift.
Priced for moderately serious videophiles, the full 1080p HD ViewSonic Pro9000 is available both by itself and from the sort of dealers who will install and calibrate the projector for you, help match it to an appropriate screen and screen size for your home theater, and more. It lacks some features you might expect—including, for example, frame interpolation—but it offers a hybrid LED and laser light source that should last the life of the projector, and it delivers a respectably high-quality image.
To start with what's missing, the lack of frame interpolation is a little surprising. The feature has become increasingly common on home theater projectors, including, for example, the Optoma HD8300 and Sony VPL-HW30ES.
The argument for frame interpolation is that filmed content can show judder, a slightly jerky motion inherent in the standard 24 frame-per-second film speed. Frame interpolation smoothes the motion by adding additional frames. However, adding frames makes filmed content look like live video, which many people—including me—find distracting. If you want your movies to look like movies, in short, you'll probably want to turn this feature off anyway, so not having it may not matter.
Also somewhat surprising, because it's all but standard on DLP projectors today, is the lack of 3D. If you don't care about 3D that won't be an issue either. Just be aware that the Pro9000 is strictly 2D.
Two other features you might expect at this price, but won't find, are lens shift and more than minimal zoom. Both make setup easier by giving you flexibility in where you can place the projector relative to the screen. The Editors' Choice Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 8700 UB, for example, can shift the image about a half screen width left and right or almost a full screen up or down from the center position. It also offers a 2.1x zoom to give you a wide range of distance from the screen for any given image size. The Pro9000 offers no lens shift at all and only a 1.2x zoom.
What makes the Pro9000 potentially worth the price is its hybrid LED and laser light source. Much like the hybrid light source in Casio's data projectors, the Pro9000 uses red and blue LEDs for its red and blue primary colors, and a blue laser shining on a phosphor element to produce green.
A key advantage for the light source is that it's designed to last the life of the projector, with a 20,000 hour rating. That helps keep the total cost of ownership down, since it means you don't have to buy lamps every 2,000 or 3,000 hours at several hundred dollars each. It can also help with electricity bills. ViewSonic claims the power draw is only 186 watts. I measured it at 123 watts in Normal mode and a miserly 84 watts in Eco mode. In standby mode, the rating is less than 0.5 watts, which registers as 0 watts on my Kill A Watt meter.
Also worth mention is the three-year warranty for both the projector and light source. That's a year longer for the projector than many vendors offer and far longer for the light source than the 90 days that's common with traditional lamps.
One other feature that makes the Pro9000 different is an almost complete, if not actually complete, lack of rainbow artifacts, with light areas breaking up into little red-green-blue rainbows. These are always a concern with single-chip DLP projectors, because of the way the projectors create color, but they show more often with some projectors than others. The Pro9000 is the first single-chip DLP projector I've ever tested that was completely rainbow free.
I have to be a little careful here, because some people are more sensitive than others to seeing these artifacts. If you see them more easily than I do, you may still see them with the Pro9000. However, I see them more easily than most people, so if I don't see them at all, it's unlikely that you will. What I can say definitively is that the Pro9000 is better on this score than any other single-chip DLP projector I've ever seen.
Setting up the Pro9000 is standard fare. The connectors for image sources include two HDMI ports, a VGA port, and both S-Video and composite video ports.
ViewSonic rates the projector in its brightest mode at 1,600 lumens, which would make it far too bright for theater-dark lighting with the size screen you're likely to have in a home theater. However, the brightest mode also has awful color quality. That's not unusual, but it makes brightest mode best avoided in any case.
The Theater and Dark Room settings offer a lower brightness that served nicely for the 78-inch wide (90-inch diagonal) screen I used for my testing. Brighter presets were suitable for a room with some ambient light, like a living room at night. However, the Pro9000 is not a good choice as a home entertainment projector in, say, a family room that's flooded with light during the day.
On our tests with Blu-ray discs and with DVDs upscaled to 1080p, the Pro9000 did a reasonably good job on image quality. With the Blu-ray discs, I didn't see any issues worth mention except for a minimal level of noise in large unbroken areas.
With DVDs, in addition to noise I saw just a hint of posterization (shading changing suddenly where it should change gradually), but only in scenes that tend to cause that problem. With the default settings, I also saw some minor problems with shadow detail (details based on shading in dark areas). Adjusting gamma, however, improved shadow detail considerably.
One unusual touch for a home theater projector is the Pro9000's built-in stereo sound system, with two 2-watt speakers. The audio is both usable and loud enough for a small room if you want to set the projector up temporarily, but it's well short of the quality you'd want for home theater or even home entertainment use. Plan on using an external sound system.
I'd like this projector a lot more if it included features like lens shift and greater zoom. However, it delivers a suitably high- quality image, little to no rainbow effect, and a hybrid light source that promises a low total cost of ownership. That's enough, despite the lack of some expected features, to make the ViewSonic Pro9000 a potentially attractive choice. It's certainly enough to make it worth a close look.


안녕하세요 갈보리 교회 7-8학년 중등부에 오신 것을 환영합니다.
중등부 사역의 비전은 모든 학생이 하나님과의 만남과 말씀을 통해서 하나님과의 진정한 관계에 대한 중요성을 이해하도록 하는 것입니다. 함께 모여 예배 드리고 말씀을 공부하고 교제를 나누면서 하나님과의 만남이 이루어지기를 기도합니다.
Hello and welcome to the Junior High Ministry of Calvary Korean Church! The Junior High group welcomes students who are in the 7th and 8th grade.
The vision of our ministry is that each student will understand the importance of having a real relationship with God. This relationship will be based on a genuine encounter with God and a focus on building this relationship through the Bible.
Students can expect to be taught the Bible as we go over chapter by chapter and the importance of fellowship as we gather and worship together. Please join us for the following weekly activities.
9-12학년의 고등학생을 대상으로 하는 고등부에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 고등부 사역의 초점은 학생들이 대학 진학을 위해 집을 떠나기 전에 하나님과의 신실한 깊은 관계를 맺고 하나님의 말씀으로 굳게 설 수 있도록 하는 것입니다. 그러기 위해서 고등부에서는 매주 말씀을 읽고 기도하기를 격려하며 예배에 적극적으로 참여하고 교회와 지역사회 봉사를 통하여 서로를 사랑하도록 사역하고 있습니다.
Welcome to the youth group high school ministry. Our group consists of high schoolers 9th to 12th grade and our main focuses are for all students to have 1) a deep and faithful relationship with Jesus Christ and 2) a strong foundation in God's Word before they leave for college. That is why we encourage our students to spend time reading the Bible through weekly devotions. We also promote our students not to be mere spectators but active participants in worship and to love one another through serving each other, the church, and the community.


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Jet2 has delayed the restarting of its flights - here's when they'll begin again
By Stephanie Rendall
Tuesday, 9th June 2020, 12:53 pm
Updated Tuesday, 9th June 2020, 12:53 pm
The company announced on Monday 8 June that it had decided to restart its operations on 15 July 2020. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Travel company and airline, Jet2 holidays and Jet2.com, has delayed the restarting of its flights.
The company announced on Monday 8 June that it had decided to restart its operations on 15 July 2020.
The company initially announced the restart date as June 17. This was then delayed two weeks, until 1 July.
What will happen to bookings prior to this date?
Unfortunately if you have a flight or holiday booked with Jet2 scheduled to depart before 15 July, this will now be cancelled.
Jet2 has warned customers not to get in touch about possible cancellations, in a statement about the decision to delay.
"Customers who were due to travel before July 15th do not need to contact us," the company said.
"We are continuing to proactively contact customers to discuss their options, one of which is rebooking their holiday to a later date.
"For customers with a booking that is due to depart on or after July 15th, the booking is subject to our normal terms and conditions."
Options for customers
On the travel company's website, there are a range of options for customers to choose from if they are facing a cancellation due to their booking falling before 15 July. Those with cancelled flights can choose a later departure date without having to pay the usual rescheduling fees.
According to the Jet2 website, if you wish to reschedule your flight, you simply need to "log in to Manage My Booking, [and] click on 'change flights' before midnight on 14 June 2020."
Another way to rearrange your plans with the company is to request a refund credit note which you can use to rebook at a later date. Similar to rescheduling your flight immediately, all you need to do to claim a refund credit note is log in to your account and select 'cancel flights' before midnight on June 14, 2020.
You'll then be given a refund credit note to rearrange your flights within six months of receiving the voucher.
Alternatively, if neither of those options work for you, the company will get in touch with further details.
"We're proactively contacting all affected customers in departure date order, which we think is the fairest way – please be patient with us as we do this," Jet2 said.
In the statement announcing its decision to delay the recommencing of operations, the company reiterated its commitment to health and safety.
"The health and safety of our customers and colleagues is our absolute priority, and we are continuing to monitor the situation very closely," it said.
"We are working closely with all relevant authorities, to ensure the safety and well-being of everyone enjoying our flights and holidays, and we will be introducing a range of safety measures on our aircraft and transfer vehicles.
"We are also working closely with airport, hotel and tourist board partners to ensure that appropriate health and safety measures are implemented. Further details will be announced in due course."
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Open source software to run galleries and artists web sites.  This project is designed to setout an open source software for running Art gallerys, commissioning art galleries and artist marketing sites.

It will have a number of modules to cover the normal operations:

- Contact management
- Commissioning artist management
- stock management
- website building
- artist portfolio management

For more information see the linked website [galleria][].  This has information on the current status and how to contribute.

[galleria]: https://github.com/drummonds/galleria/wiki


I'd like to reiterate Dr. Forrest's welcome to all of you, to what is the first of our series of market seminars for 1989. In 1988, we held three of these seminars, the counterpart to this one on the general laser market, one on the medical laser marketplace, and most recently in September, at IMTS on the industrial laser market. The first two have been published as proceedings by SPIE, and the proceedings of the industrial laser marketplace, which Dave Belforte worked on putting together, are in the process of being published by the SPIE.


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Photos from my home state of Washington.
Klipsan Grass
Beach grass at sunset on the Washington coast.
Klipsan Glow
Sunset at Klipsan Beach on the Washington coast.
Pilings at the Edmond beach.
Edmonds Ferry
Ferry at the dock at Edmonds, Washington.
Sunset behind the ferry at Anacortes, Washington.
Seattle at Dawn
Iconic view of the Seattle skyline.
Palouse Falls
Palouse Falls in eastern Washington State.
Rolling Palouse
The green hills of the Palouse region of Washington state, shot from Steptoe Butte.
Two silos contrast with the grassy hills in the Palouse region of Washington State.
Palouse Windmill
Windmill on a grassy hill in the Palouse region of Washington state.
A single tree near the water on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington.
Angry Grass
Beach grass on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington.
Chambo
A small splash of color docked on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington.
Diablo Lake
Diablo Lake, off the North Cascades Highway in Washington State.
A grove of aspen trees on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.
Also, Mine
A seagull lays claim to a small island off Ruby Beach, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.
Ruby Beach Turbulence
Ruby Beach on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.
Ruby Beach
Why Did the Fox?
Fox on San Juan Island, Washington
Bue and Gold
Sunlight reflects off Puget Sound behind this tree on San Juan Island in Washington State.
Cruisin' Orca
A killer whale crusing through the kelp off Limekiln Park on San Juan Island, Washington.
Autumn Arches
The Snoqualmie Valley trail near Duvall, Washington.
Misty Valley
Sunrise over the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, as seen from Tolt Hill in Carnation.
Misty Trees
Trees in the mist near Tolt Hill, Carnation, Washington.
Seattle Blues
The early morning Seattle skyline as seen from West Seattle.
Cranes and Bird
The cranes at the port of Seattle are in the background of a gull.
Waterbugs
Rowers in the Montlake Cut on Lake Washington.
Remiges
Orange and blue reflections on the water of the Montlake Cut at Lake Washington.
Maneuvers
Immature male Rufous hummingbird.
Crowded Island
Trees crowd this small island near the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state.
Shot from the marina dock in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island…the pre-sunset sky was spectacular (even though the sunset was kind of a dud).


I bring you greetings from Sri Lanka, a nation striving for peace in the midst of despair.
The theme for our Bible studies over four days is Reconciliation; and this morning we will deal with the challenges of Reconciliatory Leadership (RL). In the Jesus' Community (JC) reconciliation and leadership are intrinsically connected. Each requires the other.
Today's trend in Bible study, is the dialogical method, where people sit together in small groups, prayerfully pay attention to a text and hear God on the lips of each other. But unfortunately we will not be able to follow this method since we are too large a gathering. So, you will hear me most of the time and this too in-spite of the golden advice given by Ireneas of Antioch that; "Bishops are most pleasing to God when they are silent!".
Now during those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. And the twelve called together the whole community of the disciples and said, 'It is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait at tables. Therefore, friends, select from among yourselves seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this task, while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word.' What they said pleased the whole community, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. They had these men stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. The word of God continued to spread; the number of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
The fledgling Church is in the post-Resurrection, post-Ascension, post- Pentecost phase of her history. Even though some Jewish practices continued, the preaching of the Good news of the death and resurrection of Christ had begun to create a shift. The new wine called for new skins.
Along with this shift the JC had begun to experience conflict. There was an external conflict with the Jewish authorities leading to the arrest and imprisonment of some of its leaders and an internal conflict caused by the deceit of Ananias and Sapphira. These conflicts taught new lessons. For instance faithfulness in Christ and to the call of the Gospel gets you into trouble. Also, membership in the JC is unlimited; it is open to any and to all, saints as well as schemers, and cannot be controlled.
Consequently the immediate challenge faced by the community was the need to prevent disintegration (either because of fear of the Jewish authorities or disillusionment with the absence of perfection within) while at the same time honouring the Gospel mandate of proclaiming abundant life in Christ through word and life to the whole world . So it was then as it is today; the challenge is to demonstrate unity and to be engaged in Gods work concurrently. Ecumenism and mission are in-separable cousins.
My thesis in this study is to suggest that RL transformed this grievance into growth and we must now turn our attention to four qualities of RL.
1. RL is sensitive to the murmurings of the people.
The leadership hears the murmurings. This is a useful quality of leadership and is much more important when a community comprises subcultures. Pluralistic societies and multicultural churches require its leadership to be particularly sensitive to the feelings and the grievances of subculture and minority groups.
The ability to hear does not depend on listening to tales and gossip. "Spying and prying" disqualify a leadership. Hearing is best done by having one's "ear to the ground". As children we Asians played a daring game of placing one ear to the railway line to hear a distant train that has not yet been sighted. Similarly it is the vibrations, the innuendos, the body language, a sudden change in attitude and words or looks that tell of a hidden grievance that needs to be picked up. This is the method that operates in family life – catching the vibrations so that they may be addressed-and this same ability is a requirement for all leaders in the Church.
2. RL must be clear about ones own priorities in ministry.
This is clear in the stance of the Apostles. While recognising a grievance that needs to be addressed, they affirm that they have been set aside to preach the word. This is done best as leaders learn the art of overcoming subtle intimidation that pressurise them to take on more or to imagine that they are indispensable. To take on more so as to remain popular or because of the fear of criticism is to succumb to intimidation and must be resisted. Connected with this is the ability to know the difference between the important and the urgent and prevent the latter from displacing the former.
3. RL recognises the call and gifts of others.
The suggestion to appoint responsible persons to serve at the table comes from the leadership. This is because RL recognises that the whole Body receives gifts for the whole work of God. As a result of this quality the church addresses the grievance in such a way that she receives a new level of leadership. Deacons are appointed and they themselves are soon to make their distinct contribution to the witness and mission of the church.
4. RL looks beyond routine options to resolve grievance.
These routine options are to easily suggest prayer only, quickly refer the grievance to some other person or committee, to hastily dismiss the matter as trivial and so on. Another unacceptable option is to engage in hierarchical discrimination and flippantly suggest that ; "This is a typical minority complex" or "This is the imagination of some fussy women " The Apostles don't even resort to what may have been a legitimate argument, that they had other more important things to do. In-fact it is as the immediate and familiar options are set aside that they arrive at the best one which is to dialogue.
There is no better method to resolve grievance than conversations within the community led with sensitivity. Guidance is provided and time not wasted on who is right or wrong. There must be corporate responsibility. There is a problem that threatens all and the way forward is to select a new level of leaders appointed by the people. But the leadership provides the criteria. So, persons "full of the spirit and wisdom" are appointed to serve at the tables and the chances of a repetition of discrimination are reduced.
1. The church discovers a new ministry with a specific mandate to respond to human need. This ministry, the diaconate, later becomes the first tier in the three tiered order that many Churches have adapted to. But it has much wider application in the lives of all disciples of Christ as it connects with the indispensable servant ministry of our Lord. If not for this grievance, the discovery of the diaconate / diakonia may have taken some time, or perhaps may never have been discovered.
3. RL is not an administrative technique. It has everything to do with character and presence that pervades the whole of life - the conference hall, the board room, our correspondence, our preaching and teaching, our interactions down the corridors and at the dining table and so on.
4. The movement from grievance to reconciliation and growth suggests a cyclic understanding of history. The incidents that immediately follow our text amply demonstrate this perspective. The appointment of Stephen as one of the seven deacons provokes events which lead to the first recorded martyrdom and the ensuing scattering and growth of the church soon afterwards.
This understanding of history also provides for progress and improvement. For instance there is no recognition of women amongst the two tiered leadership seen in the text. Those who gave guidance and those who were appointed were all men. The visible leadership role of women was to be affirmed later.
5. And finally and perhaps most importantly, grievance, in Christian spirituality is always an invitation to growth in unity, mission and witness. An illustration from the community life of elephants may help us understand this better. (In fact a study of the community life of elephants is a fascinating exercise and may even have some lessons here for the ecumenical movement! For instance the leader of the herd is always a female and when young males become troublesome they are driven out of the herd by the mature females !!) Recent research tells us that elephants communicate through murmuring sounds in their stomach which can be heard only by the herd and for quite a distance too. One of the most common "stomach" communications from the matriarch to the rest of the herd, is "let's move". Similarly in Christian spirituality the murmurings of people is God saying "Let's move " and wise RL will see this as an invitation to a fresh experience of unity, witness, mission and growth.
In this incident a woman is reported to Christ by a group of angry and self righteous men. In the way Christ deals with the crisis He displays another remarkable aspect of RL. This is the ability to hold truth and compassion together; a wonderful gift for any leader.
Christ speaks twice in this passage. What difference would it have made if the order of His words had been reversed?
So please get into your herds and discuss!


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"Smart" Charging Electric Vehicles with Solar at the Greenway Building
May 25, 2018 in Transportation & Fuels Authors: Dane McFarlane, Katelyn Bocklund, Matt Prorok
Electricity systems are increasingly becoming interactive and dynamic, opening up opportunities for energy technologies to "talk" to each other and create numerous benefits for energy consumers (e.g., increased efficiency, lower costs, and reduced emissions). This opportunity is one that GPI and our partners are exploring through the combination of electric vehicles (EVs) and solar energy.
In June 2017, the Great Plains Institute (GPI) in collaboration with ZEF Energy, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Wellington Management completed installation of three "smart chargers" for EVs at GPI's headquarters in the Greenway Building in Minneapolis, MN. Instead of pulling energy from the electric grid in a traditional fashion (i.e., in one direction), these smart chargers interact with the grid and the building's rooftop solar panels to draw more energy to power up EVs (equivalent to a Level 2 charger) while the sun is shining and less energy (similar to a Level 1 charger) when it isn't.
These smart chargers also serve as a pilot for GPI's newly-funded project through the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to learn how electric vehicles and solar energy can work together to benefit the electric grid. The project is part of NREL's Solar Energy Innovation Network effort, which selected and funded nine teams across the country to participate. Using this project as a backbone, GPI and its partners plan to take this knowledge and adapt it to a wider variety of situations where controlled charging can be matched with renewable energy production.
What the Solar+EV System Looks Like
Let's take a quick look at how this smart EV charging system works and how the charger output is monitored and varied. Each EV charger has a controller integrated into the stock hardware by ZEF Energy. There are also two solar PV systems being tracked: one on the Greenway roof and one on an off-site location at the Macalester College campus in St. Paul, MN.
These components are all tied together through a software link, which tells the EV chargers to vary their output based on the aggregated solar generation data. By varying EV charger load based on both on- and off-site solar PV generation, we can show how these types of systems could be deployed across a wide range of use cases. Examples include residential applications that combine solar and wind energy charging, using solar to charge fleet EV vehicles, and the opportunity for charging with solar at destination businesses (shopping centers, restaurants, and commercial parking ramps). The value to utilities and customers under both approaches is something our current project with NREL is working to understand more deeply.
Figure: Solar production vs EV charging at GPI's headquarters
Each EV charger can charge a vehicle up to 7.7 kW. The actual level of power output varies between 0 percent, 25 percent, 50 percent, 75 percent, and 100 percent of this maximum, based on two factors. First, the state of charge of the EV's battery drives a unique load pattern. Pictured below is a graph of the charging load profile for a Nissan Leaf when connected to a standard Level-2 charger. Notice that this load is not uniform across time while the vehicle is charging.
Figure: Load Profile of a Nissan Leaf on a 4kW residential charger
Second, a back-end coordinating system, ZEFNET, polls the solar installation of both the Greenway and Macalester arrays for their energy production every minute. ZEFNET varies the output level of the chargers with fluctuations of this combined PV output to maximize the amount of energy going into the vehicles from the solar generation.
There are a variety of parameters this system can optimize. For example, the charger logic at the Greenway Building currently prioritizes on-site consumption of PV production, varying EV load to ensure that no solar PV flows back onto the distribution grid. At the community scale, EV chargers can be optimized to help balance PV solar generation for an entire distribution circuit, instead of only a single on-site system. On a macro-scale, EV load could potentially be managed on a regional basis to assist in the integration of a large amount of renewable generation.
The ability to maximize the benefits of this technology is not a given, and it depends largely on the availability of EVs plugged in with a need to charge in the right places at the right time.
As EV deployment is still relatively low in the Midwest region, time is of the essence to unpack these dynamics so policies can be developed to deploy controlled charging technology and incent beneficial charging behavior.
Early Observations
The system has been operating since mid-2017, with validated data coming in since the beginning of 2018. While this dataset is far from complete, we have already seen some interesting occurrences of the EV chargers managing multiple loads in a coordinated manner.
As shown in the figure below, the smart chargers can ramp the EV load up and down very quickly in response to solar PV generation fluctuations. This responsiveness could provide benefits to both electric grid operators and the electric customer who owns the charging stations. For customers, the application increases the amount of solar energy that is consumed behind the meter (where it is most valuable). For grid operators, the application can respond in real time to decrease demand on the electric grid from multiple EVs trying to charge at the same time when grid congestion is high.
Figure: Rapid charging adjustments to follow solar production
While the early results are encouraging, there is still plenty of work left to fully understand the value proposition of this innovative technology. A deeper understanding will help develop a deployment roadmap to maximize potential benefits to EV owners, owners of EV charging infrastructure, property owners with distributed solar energy systems, and electric grid managers.
Over the coming year, we will continue to log data on our on-site EV charging and solar PV generation. We will work to quantify when we typically see EVs plugged in, how much of their charging energy can be attributed to the solar arrays, and the emissions impacts of this type of smart charging relative to uncontrolled EV charging in Minnesota.
As we gather data, we can modify the control system parameters and look at potential bill impacts such as how solar+EV affect demand charges that commercial building owners pay. We will also be working with national labs, including NREL and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, using our experience and national data to model other use cases for the solar+EV applications.
Stay tuned for periodic updates on our progress.
April 26, 2016 Electric Vehicles are Coming, and Minnesota Needs to Get Ready
November 20, 2017 Utilities, Companies, and Local Governments Discuss Opportunities for Collaboration on EVs in Minnesota
January 25, 2014 Biogas Projects Can Help Establish Energy Crop Supply
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