One of the significant benefits of living in a Florida condominium or deed restricted community is the ability of the association to adopt and enforce community standards in order to maintain property values and avoid the problems associated with neighbors who allow their homes to fall into disrepair or fail to abide by the rules creating a nuisance for the entire neighborhood. When a violation is observed, in most instances a friendly letter from the association, typically from the community association manager, resolves the matter, but not always. In some instances the association must take further action to resolve the violation in order to maintain community standards. Available options include assessing fines, suspending member privileges and commencing legal action against the homeowner to enforce the governing documents. This article explores the requirements under Florida law to assess a fine. In particular, the recent amendments to the homeowners' association and condominium acts are discussed.
The first step is for the board to adopt a policy determining which violations will trigger a warning letter and which violations upon initial discovery or in the event the warning letter is ineffective will trigger the assessment of a fine. The best practice is for the policy to be explicit and detailed as to which violations are actionable. For example, rather than a policy that simply states "if the yard is unkempt" a more exact policy might state "if the grass or ground cover as observed from the adjacent roadway appears to exceed 6 inches in height above the grade." The policy should also specify the applicable grace period from the time a warning letter is issued until a fine is assessed unless a cure is effected in the interim.
In some communities the board may wish to adopt a policy of issuing an information-only courtesy letter prior to the issuance of a formal warning letter. For example, in the first instance of a violation of any sort by an owner, the board may direct that the manager simply send a letter advising the homeowner of the noticed violation, provide the homeowner with a copy of the applicable governing documents and offer guidance to the homeowner on how to bring the property into compliance. Some communities have found this friendlier first step with not even a threat of a fine to be more appropriate with an escalation if the educational approach proves unsuccessful.
The policy should function as a set of guidelines that explicitly cover the most common violations. A "catch all" provision should be included requiring any potential violation not specifically addressed by the standing guidelines to be brought to the board for instruction before enforcement action is taken. In addition, the policy should provide that the board should be consulted before taking action if the manager is uncertain whether a condition constitutes a violation.
The policy, once adopted, becomes the guide to the manager. Thereafter when the manger observes a violation the manager should prepare and deliver a courtesy "information only" letter, warning letter, or notice of fine assessment in accordance with the adopted policy. When the manager is faced with a possible violation, but is unclear how to apply the policy, the matter should be brought to the board's attention for clarification and instruction.
Once a notice of fine is issued by the manger due to a violation, the fine is considered to be "assessed" by the association. It does not matter if the notice of fine is issued as an initial response or after prior warnings have been ignored. At this point the specific requirements allowing an association to fine members under Florida law and if applicable under the governing documents are implicated. This article presumes that there are no provisions in the governing documents which are contrary to the provisions in the statutes. Every association considering adopting or reviewing a fine policy should always confer with legal counsel and review its governing documents carefully to ensure that the policy complies both with the statues and the declaration.
For homeowner associations s. 720.305 Fla. Stat. governs fines, and for condominiums the applicable statute is s. 718.303 Fla. Stat. Both statutes allow an association to levy or assess "reasonable fines." This article considers "levy" and "assess" to be synonymous. Condominium associations are restricted to assessing $100 per violation up to $1,000 in the aggregate. Homeowner associations are likewise limited to assessing $100 per violation; however, the maximum aggregate fine is $1,000 unless a different amount is specified in the governing documents.
When a fine is first levied or assessed it should not be treated as receivable, and no efforts should be taken to collect the fine, but the association can accept funds if the homeowner voluntarily pays. It is similar to the protocol for a speeding ticket. A driver does not immediately owe money when an officer issues a ticket. Rather the driver can choose not to contest the ticket and just pay the fine, or the driver can challenge the ticket. If the driver challenges the ticket, the fine is not due until a traffic judge hears the appeal and rules that the ticket was valid and that the fine must be paid. Under this example, if the traffic judge finds that the ticket was not properly issued, then the ticket is cancelled and the driver does not owe any fine.
When the fine is assessed, the homeowner must be advised that they have the opportunity to contest the fine to an appeal committee. The homeowner must be given 14 days to request an appeal from the date the fine is assessed.
If the homeowner does not request an appeal within the 14 day period, the fine becomes final and the association may "impose" the fine against the homeowner. Impose means that the fine becomes a receivable on the homeowner's account and the association can properly take lawful steps to collect the fine. Note that s. 718.303(3) prohibits a fine from becoming a lien against a condominium unit, and that s. 720.305(2) prohibits a fine of less than $1,000 from becoming a lien for homeowner associations. Subject to these limitations, the association is free to take any lawful means to collect the fine from the homeowner including suspension of privileges and voting rights as may be permitted by law and under the governing documents.
In some communities, the board provides for review of every fine whether or not requested by a homeowner. This goes beyond the requirements of the statutes, but is often deemed a desirable safeguard before a fine is collected. It is akin to college football where every play is subject to review as opposed to professional football where a coach must request review of a contested play.
Whether an appeal is timely requested by a homeowner or granted automatically by the board, once an appeal is set the assessed fine should not be collected until the appeal committee makes a decision. The committee must be comprised of members who are independent of the board of directors. After the appeal is heard, the appeal committee can choose to impose the fine which was assessed or to cancel the fine. If the fine is cancelled the board cannot collect the fine, but other enforcement action for the violation may still be available. If the fine is imposed it becomes a collectible receivable due the association. Sometimes an appeal committee will defer ruling for a specific period of time to afford the homeowner an opportunity to cure the violation before deciding whether to impose the fine or not.
There is sometimes confusion as to who issues the fine and what the proper role of the appeal committee should be. It is our opinion that fines are levied by the association through the board of directors by means of a violation policy. The appeal committee's role is limited to review of fines levied by the board. The manager—acting as an agent of the board—assesses the fine in the name of the board. The board working through the manager is analogous to a police officer who issues a speeding ticket, and the appeal committee is equivalent to a traffic judge reviewing the contested ticket. It would be obviously inappropriate for a judge to issue a warning or fine and then hear the appeal of the very same fine. Similarly, the appeal committee should never issue violation notices or assess a fine, or even issue a warning letter.
If a fine is imposed after waiver of the appeal or unsuccessful appeal, then the manager must notify the homeowner that the fine is imposed and must be paid. Often this triggers an appeal to the board of directors; however, it is our belief that absent exceptional circumstances the board should not reverse the imposition of a fine and does not have the authority to overrule the appeal committee where an assessed fine was not imposed. Rather the board's discretion is limited to writing off a receivable on the account of the owner protests the imposition of the fine.
In our opinion the Florida legislature attempted to clarify the roles in 2015 when it passed House Bill 791, which became Chapter 2015-97, Laws of Florida. Among many other changes to the condominium and homeowner association laws, the legislature amended s. 718.303 and s. 720.305.
A fine may be levied by the board on the basis of each day of a continuing violation, 973 with a single notice and opportunity for hearing before a committee as provided in paragraph (b) . . .
The role of the committee is limited to determining whether to confirm or reject the fine or suspension levied by the board.
A fine may be levied by the board for each day of a continuing violation . . .
Some lawyers believe that these changes require the board to specifically review and vote to assessed a fine on each and every violation before the manager can issue a notice of violation and fine letter. While some associations may wish to adopt this practice, it is our opinion that the law simply clarifies the respective roles of the board and appeal committee without changing the existing protocol. Specifically, the revisions are meant to address the common practice of appeal committees participating in the assessment of fines, rather than simply hearing appeals of fines after they are levied by the board. Additionally, the revisions specify that the appeal committee's role is limited to upholding or rejecting a fine after it is levied by the board. Accordingly, we believe that HB 791 made no substantive changes to the fine process, and that associations already following the law prior to HB 791 do not need to change their practices. There are no court cases addressing the revised law, but associations should recognize that the laws are frequently amended and should be sure to stay informed to ensure compliance.


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In addition to his personal injury and workers' compensation practice, Mr. King provides assistance to people who have become unable to work and who are seeking Social Security Disability benefits and his experience also includes the representation of people whose insurance claims have been delayed or denied. Admitted to practice before all South Dakota and Iowa state courts, he is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
The types of personal injury cases that Mr. King has handled during his career have included those arising out of truck and other motor vehicle crashes, dog bites, burn injuries and premises liability. He has been able to obtain millions of dollars for his clients through settlements and jury awards, and his successes have earned him the high regard of his fellow attorneys. The recipient of an "Excellent" peer review rating through Avvo, Mr. King has also been named to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100.
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The debate over sanctuary cities has raged in Massachusetts for more than three years, and has only intensified since President Trump took office, as the governor, state courts, and legislators grapple with when — and even whether — local law enforcement should detain immigrants the federal government wants to deport.
But amid the disagreement, the Trump administration has clamped down on releasing information about the administrative requests from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called detainers, which are at the heart of the debate. It is unclear how many have been issued over the past 16 months, how many are honored or rejected, and how many lead to deportations.
Three weekly Declined Detainer Outcome Reports were issued before the report was "temporarily suspended" so ICE could "analyze and refine its reporting methodologies," according to a statement on the agency's website.
But since then, ICE has failed to resume releasing the reports. Agency officials did not respond to e-mails asking why.
The information that is available shows the requests are not refused as often as critics say, and overall, detainers contribute to a small number of deportations by ICE, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan research center at Syracuse University that has issued a series of reports exploring the role detainers play in deportations.
According to the center's reports, about 1 million people were deported during President Obama's second term, but detainers were used in only about 7 percent of those deportations.
And law enforcement agencies don't refuse to honor detainer requests in high volume, the center's reports show.
According to a report released on April 30, ICE issued more than 142,000 detainers nationwide, including 1,213 in Massachusetts, during the 2017 fiscal year ending in September 2017. But only about 5 percent of the detainers nationwide, and about 8 percent in Massachusetts, were recorded by ICE as "refused" by law enforcement agencies.
However, the report cautioned that "the accuracy of ICE records on refusals is questionable," as the field used to track which agency refused to honor a detainer is not required to be filled out.
The state's highest court ruled last summer that Massachusetts law enforcement officers don't have the authority under state law to comply with ICE detainers. Since then, a flurry of state legislators and the governor have tried to pass legislation that would allow, but not force, local law enforcement to comply.
ICE has long said detainers are a valuable tool for deporting dangerous criminals, and the Trump administration has aggressively pushed for cooperation from cities and towns that have declared themselves "sanctuary cities" and generally do not honor detainers.
"And every day, sanctuary cities release illegal immigrants and drug dealers, traffickers, and gang members back into our communities," President Trump said in March at Manchester Community College in New Hampshire, where he took aim at Lawrence's and Boston's sanctuary policies.
Widespread usage of detainers by ICE began in the waning years of President George W. Bush's administration and increased rapidly when Barack Obama took office, peaking at the end of his first term, according to the center, which regularly collected data on detainers under both administrations.
But tracking the effectiveness of the Trump administration's use of detainers has been problematic, as ICE has been "surprisingly reticent to reveal how detainers now are actually being used," according to the center, which filed a federal lawsuit last summer asking the court to compel ICE to release this information.
"We ought to be getting that information," said state Representative James Lyons, a Republican from Andover.


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FIRST ITALIAN F4 PODIUM FOR JOSH
Rising single-seater star Josh Dufek continued his ascent of the Italian F4 standings at the weekend, claiming his first podium of the season at Vallelunga .
Buoyed by his pace in recent F4 outings at Misano and the Red Bull Ring, the Van Amersfoort Racing driver quickly made himself at home at the Autodromo Piero Taruffi, establishing the #13 machine as a fixture in the top five throughout pre-event testing and free practice. With the top 21 drivers separated by mere fractions of a second, however, qualifying would still present a stern test of 16-year-old Josh's mettle.
The field was even closer in the opening timed session, with 23 drivers covered by less than a second and, despite being a matter of tenths off pole position, Josh would only occupy ninth spot on the timesheets, and the grid for Sunday's opening race. Ironically, the Swiss resident's second fastest time would have put him fourth overall had they been taken into account, but he proved that that had been no fluke by vaulting to the same position in the afternoon's other session, locking down a position on row two for the middle race in Sunday's hectic triple-header.
The early start to the raceday schedule at least meant lower temperatures for teams and drivers as the field left the grid shortly after 9am, and Josh showed his own cool as he claimed three positions in the space of the opening lap. He remained in sixth spot for the next 13 tours, before picking off VAR team-mate Han Cenyu and easing out a gap to the Chinese driver to take the chequered flag in fifth place.
Temperatures had climbed again ahead of race two, with thermometers touching 35°C, and things quickly became heated on the track too, with the safety car required to control the field at the end of lap one. By then, Josh was already into the podium positions, having got the best of team-mate and championship leader Ollie Bearman off the line, and, even when their positions were reversed, quickly returned to the top three as polesitter Sebastian Montoya fell by the wayside. Any hope of challenging for second place, however, was thwarted by the return of the safety car, which ensured the order remained the same to the end.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" a nevertheless elated Josh exclaimed after the race. "Two races down and we're on the podium at last! It's been a great weekend so far, and I'm so grateful to the entire VAR crew, who have put in an amazing effort, not just this weekend, but all season long — they deserve this result even more than I do!"
Another podium finish was clearly on Josh's mind at the start of the third and final race of the weekend, with the #13 entry lining up on the inside of row three based on second-fastest times from both qualifying sessions. His intent was clear too, but a challenge for third place on the opening lap only resulted in the VAR car being pushed wide and shuffled back down the order as the field filed through. When the race was halted by a red flag after ten of the scheduled 30 minutes, Josh had climbed three spots to sit 15th ahead of the restart, and he then showed what might have been possible by carving his way through the pack to take the flag eighth on the road, and tenth overall when aggregated times were taken into account.
"Although the weekend finished on a slightly frustrating note, what went before highlighted where we are now," Josh concluded after moving to seventh place in the championship standings. "Challenging for the podium should be the norm from now on, but I really want to win for my crew. We have the pace to run at the front and I'm sure our time will come."
Josh will be back on track in two weeks' time, contesting round two of Germany's ADAC F4 series at Zandvoort, in Holland, over the weekend of 9-11 July.
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Walsingham pilgrims appeal historic churches decision
A group of regular pilgrims to Walsingham have lodged an appeal fighting the Catholic Diocese of East Anglia Historic Churches Committee's determination against the Shrine's plans to update its facilities.
The appellants argue the diocesan committee's procedural irregularities, including failing to ensure public notice and consultation, render the decision invalid.
"By failing to ensure public notice so that a public consultation could take place, the East Anglia HCC has breached its own statutes as well as the Government's Code of Practice," lead appellant Andrew Cusack said. "These are not optional extras but fundamental to the planning process in law."
Under English planning law and its Ecclesiastical Exemption, the diocesan Historic Churches Committee acts as the authority to grant Listed Building Consent for Catholic churches with listed protection. The Shrine at Walsingham includes the Grade I listed Slipper Chapel and the Grade II listed 1890s presbytery next door, but the only buildings to be replaced in the proposal are from the 1980s.
Pilgrims and visitors to Walsingham have complained about the inadequacy of the existing amenities as well as the unsightly temporary buildings at the Catholic Shrine. Shrine authorities commissioned a proposal that highlights the setting of the medieval Slipper Chapel and expands the separate Chapel of Reconciliation to better accommodate pilgrims, many of whom are currently forced to hear Mass open to the elements. The new buildings are designed to integrate into the architectural heritage of Norfolk and the surrounding area.
"The HCC's determination ignores the National Planning Policy Framework by failing to make a determination of harm," Mr Cusack said. "They merely mentioned the possibility of harm without citing a single example of what harm the proposal would cause.
"The Code of Practice also requires them to consider submissions made by the public during the consultation period, which they cannot have done since the consultation never took place."
The Historic Churches Committee's statutes also require them to allow the applicant and representatives to attend the meeting where the application is discussed and determined, which has not happened in this case.
"While the lack of merit in the HCC's determination provides sufficient grounds for appeal," Mr Cusack continued, "their failure to follow their own statutes, their disregard for the Code of Practice, and their undermining the public's ability to contribute to its decision-making all mean this Determination should be declared invalid."
The list of appellants includes architectural historian Michael Hodges, London soup kitchen organiser Kate MacKenzie, and general practitioner Dr Stuart Reiss, Andrew Cusack, who co-ordinated the appeal, is the chairman of Catholics in the Conservative Party.
A spokesperson for the Diocese of East Anglia Historic Churches Committee said: "Should this appeal go ahead it is hard to see what benefit for pilgrims will be achieved. The Walsingham Trust have already withdrawn the original proposal and stated that they wish to develop a new one which will meet their future needs and those of the local community and satisfy the requirements of statutory bodies. The HCC is ready to assist in this process."
Picture: The Slipper Chapel. (Alex Ramsey).
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Almost 2 million in support for risky research at TU/e
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The removal of medicinal residues from water, a new theory of glass and ultra-small electrical circuits. TU/e researchers Kitty Nijmeijer, Liesbeth Janssen and Alberto Curto will be working on these three subjects thanks to an NWO START-UP grant. This new grant is intended for creative, risky ideas of recently appointed assistant and associate professors in physics and chemistry, and amounts to a maximum of € 600,000 – for each.
Professor Kitty Nijmeijer TU/e Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry is developing the membranes, or nanofilters, of the future. These can purify water and very selectively and efficiently recover valuable components. For example, we discharge a lot of industrial waste streams from, for example, the dairy industry, manure processing or the chemical industry, while these streams contain many valuable and rare components. Consider, for example, proteins or the raw materials for artificial fertilizer. By recovering these valuable substances we can close raw material cycles.
In addition, Nijmeijer wants to use the membranes to remove micropollutants such as medicinal residues, hormones, and pesticides from water. Without this new technique, there will be a major threat to our public health and the quality of our drinking water in the coming years. By chemically modifying the membrane pores, Nijmeijer can easily adjust the functionality and pore size. That is precisely the strength of her research: The membranes can be tailored on a molecular level such that their properties exactly match the specific application.
Liesbeth Janssen, assistant professor at the TU/e Department of Applied Physics, will also receive an NWO START-UP Grant. She wants to understand glass better. When we think of glass we all think of the windows in our house, but a glass phase – non-crystalline or amorphous phase – occurs in all objects around us, even in living cells of the human body. Despite this abundance, glass is a scientific mystery. Janssen is especially curious about how the abruptness with which a transition from a liquid to a glass takes place: the fragility. Through her research, she wants to develop a general theory of glass, for which she systematically describes the conversion of glass phase to the liquid phase by means of physical laws. In 2015 she published a highly promising proof-of-concept on this.
Janssen's theory should help with the development of new materials, but understanding medical diseases is also possible. For example, new epithelial cells of the lungs also enter a glass phase, a process that is undergoes a delay in asthma patients. Janssen hopes that her insights can help to better understand this condition, a study for which she is collaborating with the laboratory for cell biology in Harvard.
Assistant professor Alberto Curto from the Department of Applied Physics has also received the grant. He researches nanophotonics and is trying to make ultra-small optical and electronic circuits just 1 nanometer thick. The visible light can be manipulated with that technique on a nanoscale. That goes far beyond the normal diffraction of optical wavelengths.
The active control of light waves at the nanoscale is the holy grail for researchers in this field, but it is extremely difficult to substantially change the high density of free electrons in metals. Curto will demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves bound to semiconductors with a monolayer. The unique high absorption of light in 2D semiconductors now makes this possible.
NWO has awarded the START-UP Grant to 11 projects. The grant is intended for recently appointed assistant and associate professors in physics and chemistry to develop creative, risky ideas that lay the foundation for the research themes of the future and/or to bring about scientific innovations.
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// author: Cong Liu
#include <termios.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <poll.h>
#include <vector>

#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <tf/tf.h>
#include <moveit_msgs/GetPositionFK.h>
#include <moveit_msgs/GetPositionIK.h>
#include <geometry_msgs/Twist.h>
#include <geometry_msgs/Pose.h>
#include <std_msgs/Float64.h>
#include <sensor_msgs/JointState.h>
#include <actionlib/client/simple_action_client.h>
#include <control_msgs/FollowJointTrajectoryAction.h>

#define _USE_MATH_DEFINES

#define KEYCODE_X 0x78
#define KEYCODE_C 0x63
#define KEYCODE_W 0x77
#define KEYCODE_E 0x65
#define KEYCODE_S 0x73
#define KEYCODE_D 0x64
#define KEYCODE_R 0x72
#define KEYCODE_T 0x74
#define KEYCODE_F 0x66
#define KEYCODE_G 0x67
#define KEYCODE_V 0x76
#define KEYCODE_B 0x62

#define KEYCODE_N 0x6e
#define KEYCODE_M 0x6d
#define KEYCODE_J 0x6a
#define KEYCODE_K 0x6b
#define KEYCODE_U 0x75
#define KEYCODE_I 0x69
#define KEYCODE_comma 0x2c
#define KEYCODE_dot 0x2e

sensor_msgs::JointState js_current;
double claw_state;
double MAX_ANGLE=0.58*M_PI;
double MIN_ANGLE=-0.58*M_PI;

bool flag_discontinuous_movement=false;

moveit_msgs::GetPositionFK::Request request_fk;
moveit_msgs::GetPositionFK::Response response_fk;
ros::ServiceClient client_fk;

moveit_msgs::GetPositionIK::Request request_ik;
moveit_msgs::GetPositionIK::Response response_ik;
ros::ServiceClient client_ik;

void getJointStates(const sensor_msgs::JointState::ConstPtr& msg)
{
    js_current.position.clear();
    std::string joint_names[]={"joint1", "joint2", "joint3", "joint4", "joint5", "joint6", "joint7"};
    std::vector<std::basic_string<char> >::const_iterator it;
    for(int i=0; i<7; i++)
    {
        it=std::find(msg->name.begin(), msg->name.end(), joint_names[i]);
        if(it!=msg->name.end())
        {
            int name_position=std::distance(msg->name.begin(), it);
            js_current.position.push_back(msg->position[name_position]);
        }
        else
        {
            js_current.position.push_back(0);
        }
    }

    it=std::find(msg->name.begin(), msg->name.end(), "claw");
    if(it!=msg->name.end())
    {
        int claw_name_position=std::distance(msg->name.begin(), it);
        claw_state=msg->position[claw_name_position];
    }
    else
    {
        claw_state=0;
    }
}

class CytonKeyboardTeleopNode
{
    private:

        std_msgs::Float64 msg_claw;
        ros::NodeHandle n;
        ros::Publisher pub_claw;
        bool flag_joint_space;

    public:
        CytonKeyboardTeleopNode()
        {
            pub_claw = n.advertise<std_msgs::Float64>("/claw_controller/command", 1);
            flag_joint_space=true;
        }

        ~CytonKeyboardTeleopNode() { }
        void keyboardLoop(actionlib::SimpleActionClient<control_msgs::FollowJointTrajectoryAction> &aclient);

};

CytonKeyboardTeleopNode** cyton_teleop;
int kfd = 0;
struct termios cooked, raw;
bool done;

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    ros::init(argc,argv,"cyton_teleop_keyboard", ros::init_options::AnonymousName | ros::init_options::NoSigintHandler);
    CytonKeyboardTeleopNode cyton_teleop;

    ros::NodeHandle n_;

    ros::Subscriber sub_js=n_.subscribe("/joint_states", 1, getJointStates);

    actionlib::SimpleActionClient<control_msgs::FollowJointTrajectoryAction> ac("cyton_arm_controller/follow_joint_trajectory", true);
    client_fk=n_.serviceClient<moveit_msgs::GetPositionFK>("/compute_fk");
    client_ik=n_.serviceClient<moveit_msgs::GetPositionIK>("/compute_ik");

    std::string name_array[]={"joint1", "joint2", "joint3", "joint4", "joint5", "joint6", "joint7"};
    for(int i=0; i<7; i++)
    {
        js_current.name.push_back(name_array[i]);
    }

    request_fk.fk_link_names.push_back("end_link");
    request_ik.ik_request.ik_link_name="end_link";
    request_ik.ik_request.group_name="cyton_arm";

    puts("Reading from keyboard");
    puts("u: continuous movement  i: discontinuous movement");
    puts("j: teleop in joint space   k: teleop in cart.-coor.-system");
    puts("x&c for joint1             x&c for x axis");
    puts("s&d for joint2             s&d for y axis");
    puts("w&e for joint3             w&e for z axis");
    puts("r&t for joint4             r&t for yaw");
    puts("f&g for joint5             f&g for pitch");
    puts("v&b for joint6             v&b for roll");
    puts("n&m for joint7             ,&. for claw");
    puts(",&. for claw");
    puts("now teleop in joint space, continuous movement");

    ros::Rate r(10);
    while(ros::ok())
    {
        cyton_teleop.keyboardLoop(ac);
        tcflush(kfd, TCIFLUSH); // clean up the input memery
        ros::spinOnce();
        r.sleep();
    }

    return(0);
}

void sendGoal(const int &joint_num,
              actionlib::SimpleActionClient<control_msgs::FollowJointTrajectoryAction> &a_client)
{
//    a_client.cancelAllGoals();
    control_msgs::FollowJointTrajectoryGoal goal;
    goal.trajectory.joint_names.push_back("joint1");
    goal.trajectory.joint_names.push_back("joint2");
    goal.trajectory.joint_names.push_back("joint3");
    goal.trajectory.joint_names.push_back("joint4");
    goal.trajectory.joint_names.push_back("joint5");
    goal.trajectory.joint_names.push_back("joint6");
    goal.trajectory.joint_names.push_back("joint7");
    if(abs(joint_num)<20)
    {
        double resolution=0.03;
        ros::Duration dur(0.1);
        int direction=joint_num/abs(joint_num);
        int steps_num;
        if(direction>0)
        {
            steps_num=int((MAX_ANGLE-js_current.position[abs(joint_num)-1])/resolution);
        }
        else
        {
            steps_num=int((js_current.position[abs(joint_num)-1]-MIN_ANGLE)/resolution);
        }
        if(steps_num<=0)
            steps_num=1;
        if(steps_num>1 && flag_discontinuous_movement)
            steps_num=2;
        goal.trajectory.points.resize(steps_num);
        for(int i=0; i<steps_num; i++)
        {
            goal.trajectory.points[i].positions=js_current.position;
            goal.trajectory.points[i].time_from_start=dur.operator *(i+1);
            goal.trajectory.points[i].positions[abs(joint_num)-1]+=i*resolution*joint_num/abs(joint_num);
        }
        a_client.sendGoal(goal);
        if(flag_discontinuous_movement)
            a_client.waitForResult(ros::Duration(2));
    }
    else
    {
        request_fk.robot_state.joint_state=js_current;
        client_fk.call(request_fk, response_fk);
        if(abs(joint_num)<27)
        {
            geometry_msgs::Pose begin_pose=response_fk.pose_stamped[0].pose;
            geometry_msgs::Pose pose_tmp=begin_pose;
            sensor_msgs::JointState js_tmp=js_current;
            int error_code=1;
            int times=0;
            double resolution_l=0.005;
            double resolution_a=0.02;
            ros::Duration dur_l(0.3);
            ros::Duration dur_a(0.3);
            int max_times;
            if(flag_discontinuous_movement)
                max_times=2;
            else
                max_times=30;
            while(error_code==1 && times<max_times)
            {
                if(times>0)
                {
                    double max_distance=0;
                    double big_times=0;
                    for(int i=0; i<7; i++)
                    {
                        if(fabs(goal.trajectory.points[times-1].positions[i]-js_tmp.position[i])>max_distance)
                            max_distance=fabs(goal.trajectory.points[times-1].positions[i]-js_tmp.position[i]);
                        if(fabs(goal.trajectory.points[times-1].positions[i]-js_tmp.position[i])>0.2)
                            big_times++;
                    }
                    if(max_distance>0.5 || big_times>2)
                        break;
                }

                goal.trajectory.points.resize(times+1);
                goal.trajectory.points[times].positions=js_tmp.position;
                if(abs(joint_num)<24)
                {
                    goal.trajectory.points[times].time_from_start=dur_l.operator *(times+1);
                }
                else
                {
                    goal.trajectory.points[times].time_from_start=dur_a.operator *(times+1);
                }

                request_ik.ik_request.robot_state.joint_state=js_tmp;

                if(abs(joint_num)==21)
                {
                    pose_tmp.position.x+=resolution_l*joint_num/abs(joint_num);
                }
                if(abs(joint_num)==22)
                {
                    pose_tmp.position.y+=resolution_l*joint_num/abs(joint_num);
                }
                if(abs(joint_num)==23)
                {
                    pose_tmp.position.z+=resolution_l*joint_num/abs(joint_num);
                }
                if(abs(joint_num)==24)
                {
                    tf::Quaternion q_1(pose_tmp.orientation.x, pose_tmp.orientation.y,
                                                 pose_tmp.orientation.z, pose_tmp.orientation.w);
                    tf::Vector3 x_axis(1, 0, 0);
                    tf::Quaternion q_2(x_axis, resolution_a*joint_num/abs(joint_num));
                    tf::Matrix3x3 m(q_1);
                    tf::Matrix3x3 m_2(q_2);
                    m.operator *=(m_2);
                    double r, p, y;
                    m.getRPY(r,p,y);
//                    r+=resolution_a*joint_num/abs(joint_num);
//                    tf::Quaternion q_2;
                    q_2.setRPY(r, p, y);
                    pose_tmp.orientation.x=q_2.getX();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.y=q_2.getY();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.z=q_2.getZ();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.w=q_2.getW();
                }
                if(abs(joint_num)==25)
                {
                    tf::Quaternion q_1(pose_tmp.orientation.x, pose_tmp.orientation.y,
                                                 pose_tmp.orientation.z, pose_tmp.orientation.w);
                    tf::Vector3 y_axis(0, 1, 0);
                    tf::Quaternion q_2(y_axis, resolution_a*joint_num/abs(joint_num));
                    tf::Matrix3x3 m(q_1);
                    tf::Matrix3x3 m_2(q_2);
                    m.operator *=(m_2);
                    double r, p, y;
                    m.getRPY(r,p,y);
//                    p+=resolution_a*joint_num/abs(joint_num);
//                    tf::Quaternion q_2;
                    q_2.setRPY(r, p, y);
                    pose_tmp.orientation.x=q_2.getX();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.y=q_2.getY();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.z=q_2.getZ();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.w=q_2.getW();
                }
                if(abs(joint_num)==26)
                {
                    tf::Quaternion q_1(pose_tmp.orientation.x, pose_tmp.orientation.y,
                                                 pose_tmp.orientation.z, pose_tmp.orientation.w);
                    tf::Vector3 z_axis(0, 0, 1);
                    tf::Quaternion q_2(z_axis, resolution_a*joint_num/abs(joint_num));
                    tf::Matrix3x3 m(q_1);
                    tf::Matrix3x3 m_2(q_2);
                    m.operator *=(m_2);
                    double r, p, y;
                    m.getRPY(r,p,y);
//                    y+=resolution_a*joint_num/abs(joint_num);
//                    tf::Quaternion q_2;
                    q_2.setRPY(r, p, y);
                    pose_tmp.orientation.x=q_2.getX();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.y=q_2.getY();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.z=q_2.getZ();
                    pose_tmp.orientation.w=q_2.getW();
                }
                request_ik.ik_request.pose_stamped.pose=pose_tmp;
                client_ik.call(request_ik, response_ik);
                js_tmp.position.clear();
                std::string joint_names[]={"joint1", "joint2", "joint3", "joint4", "joint5", "joint6", "joint7"};
                std::vector<std::basic_string<char> >::iterator it;
                for(int i=0; i<7; i++)
                {
                    it=std::find(response_ik.solution.joint_state.name.begin(),
                                        response_ik.solution.joint_state.name.end(), joint_names[i]);
                    if(it!=response_ik.solution.joint_state.name.end())
                    {
                        int name_position=std::distance(response_ik.solution.joint_state.name.begin(), it);
                        js_tmp.position.push_back(response_ik.solution.joint_state.position[name_position]);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        js_tmp.position.push_back(0);
                    }
                }
                error_code=response_ik.error_code.val;
                times++;
            }
            a_client.sendGoal(goal);
            if(flag_discontinuous_movement)
                a_client.waitForResult(ros::Duration(2));
        }
    }

}

void CytonKeyboardTeleopNode::keyboardLoop(actionlib::SimpleActionClient<control_msgs::FollowJointTrajectoryAction>& aclient)
{
    char c;
    static bool dirty = false;
    static int smooth_code=0;

    // get the console in raw mode
    tcgetattr(kfd, &cooked);
    memset(&raw, 0, sizeof(struct termios));
    memcpy(&raw, &cooked, sizeof(struct termios));
    raw.c_lflag &=~ (ICANON | ECHO);
    raw.c_cc[VEOL] = 1;
    raw.c_cc[VEOF] = 2;
    tcsetattr(kfd, TCSANOW, &raw);

    struct pollfd ufd;
    ufd.fd = kfd;
    ufd.events = POLLIN;

    for(int i=0; i<1; i++)
    {
//        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();

        // get the next event from the keyboard
        int num;

        if ((num = poll(&ufd, 1, 250)) < 0)
        {
            perror("poll():");
            return;
        }
        else if(num > 0)
        {
            if(read(kfd, &c, 1) < 0)
            {
                perror("read():");
                return;
            }
        }
        else
        {
//            if (dirty == true)
//            {
//                dirty = false;
//            }

//            continue;
        }

        switch(c)
        {
            case KEYCODE_X:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if(js_current.position[0] < MAX_ANGLE && dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(1, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(21, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_C:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if(js_current.position[0] > MIN_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-1, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-21, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_S:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[1]<MAX_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(2, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(22, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_D:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[1]>MIN_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-2, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-22, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_W:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[2]<MAX_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(3, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(23, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_E:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[2]>MIN_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-3, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-23, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_R:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[3]<MAX_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(4, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(26, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_T:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[3]>MIN_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-4, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-26, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_F:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[4]<MAX_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(5, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(25, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_G:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[4]>MIN_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-5, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-25, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_V:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[5]<MAX_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(6, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(24, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_B:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[5]>MIN_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-6, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else
                {
                    if(dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-24, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
            case KEYCODE_N:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[6]<MAX_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(7, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else break;
            case KEYCODE_M:
                if(flag_joint_space)
                {
                    if (js_current.position[6]>MIN_ANGLE&& dirty==false)
                    {
                        sendGoal(-7, aclient);
                        if(!flag_discontinuous_movement)
                            dirty = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    else break;
                }
                else break;
            case KEYCODE_comma:
                if(claw_state<0.01-0.001)
                {
                    msg_claw.data=(claw_state+0.001+0.005)/(-0.0072);
                    pub_claw.publish(msg_claw);
                    break;
                }
                else break;
            case KEYCODE_dot:
                if(claw_state>-0.005+0.001)
                {
                    msg_claw.data=(claw_state-0.001+0.005)/(-0.0072);
                    pub_claw.publish(msg_claw);
                    break;
                }
                else break;
            case KEYCODE_J:
                flag_joint_space=true;
                puts("j: now teleop in joint space");
                break;
            case KEYCODE_K:
                flag_joint_space=false;
                puts("k: now teleop in cartesian coordination system");
                break;
            case KEYCODE_U:
                flag_discontinuous_movement=false;
                puts("u: continuous movement");
                break;
            case KEYCODE_I:
                flag_discontinuous_movement=true;
                puts("i: discontinuous movement");
                break;
            default:
                if(dirty && smooth_code>=2)
                {
                    aclient.cancelAllGoals();
                    dirty = false;
                    smooth_code=0;
                    break;
                }
                if(dirty && smooth_code<2)
                {
                    smooth_code++;
                    break;
                }
        }
    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I was going through an extremely stressful period of life, and instead of packing on more pounds (which is my tendency during turmoil), I lost my appetite altogether. I'd go far too long without a reasonable meal. I also was trying to bring my spending down to almost nothing, so I'd opt for 50-cent packages of ramen noodles or rice. Not fun!
The 30 pounds—which I'd gained over years of trying to numb sadness with food—disintegrated in a rapid 3 months. This put me in danger of boomeranging the other direction once I got back on my feet. Enter: intuitive eating, which has saved my relationship with food—and with myself.
DISCLAIMER: I am now recovering from a restrictive eating disorder. Read about that here and here, and then read on with caution. I no longer believe that Intuitive Eating is actually all that intuitive. It just turns into another set of rules to follow and can be incredibly triggering.
It's not that I discovered Intuitive Eating. I'd actually read about it plenty of times prior. But I was finally ready to consciously put it into practice.
a nutrition philosophy based on the premise that becoming more attuned to the body's natural hunger signals is a more effective way to attain a healthy weight, rather than keeping track of the amounts of energy and fats in foods.
Once the brunt of the stress had subsided and I'd gained back my hopeful outlook for the future, I realized that, while I'd lost pounds in an unhealthy fashion, I could keep the weight off in a healthy way.
While I'm skeptical about fasting, especially having struggled with disordered eating in my past, the period of unhealthy minimal eating did reboot my system in some ways. I felt more sensitive to hunger, fullness, and specific cravings. I was ready to slowly start listening to my body and incorporating flexibility and forgiveness into the foods I'd previously labeled as wrong, bad, or must-punish-myself-for-eating.
Corny, but true. Grace and forgiveness are acts of love, so when you give yourself permission to eat something you'd otherwise have anxiety over, you are loving yourself.
There's a fine line here, as giving yourself permission to stress/binge-eat is not exactly self-love. It's self-sabotage and self-punishment. It's fear-based, and comes from a desperate attempt to quell a severe anxiety.
When you can 1.) listen to what your body needs, and 2.) look at the anxiety a particular food initially arouses, and say to it, "It's okay. I trust myself to eat this in an intuitive and conscious way," or even just "I trust myself to not beat myself up about this," you are facing and then soothing your anxieties, instead of burying them with more actions that will, in turn, cause more anxiety.
It's a subtle difference and requires more than becoming attuned to the body's hunger signals; you must become more attuned to which thoughts are borne of anxiety and which thoughts are borne of love.
Thought patterns are a habit like anything else, and they take time, with gradual increases in exposure—like building muscle and endurance. There are no quantum leaps here. It's exposure therapy at its finest: slowly incorporate opportunities to practice listening to your body, and to practice confronting the anxiety that causes disordered eating in the first place.
It's also an alternative to all diets and any deliberate diet restriction. It's a way of life, a philosophy, that quietly-yet-firmly says: I am trustworthy around food, and I know what is best for me.
Diets, even in healthy weight-loss programs, are dogmatic and require thinking about one's daily intake like one would a financial budget. For someone with a disordered-eating past, this is a slippery slope to the scary restricting-bingeing-and/or-purging cycle. For someone with a healthy relationship with food, dieting starts to latch labels and rules to something that should be natural and instinctual.
I rolled my eyes at how often I read around the Internet "the importance of meditation." Blah Blah. Who has the time to sit around and literally do nothing? Who has the ability to slow down the mind's racing thoughts? What am I supposed to think about… and how am I supposed to not think at all?
My answer is simple: Think all the thoughts you normally think. Just do so in a quiet spot, with your eyes closed. Eventually, you want to strengthen the thought-habit of thinking about your body—how it feels, where the pains or discomforts are, how you physically manifest stress, etc.
The best way to hear what my body is communicating to me is by really focusing on my body. I recently read The Essential Ken Wilber, of which one chapter is dedicated to explaining the significance of identifying with your body during meditation, as opposed to trying to "transcend the physical." I found this incredibly enlightening. Our spirits inhabit this body; why deny its ability communicate back?
Set a timer and sit for five minutes every day for a month. For each month after that, increase your time by another five minutes. You'll start to really trust your body as an extension of your mind, and learn which foods you're eating (or restricting) out of stress, and which foods you're eating out of lovingly listening to your body.
Love and exercise in the same sentence? Yes. I happen to love running, even when it's tough. The challenge and the improvement I see each month keeps me going. I also love the sound of my feet hitting the road and the rhythmic breathing; it's a different kind of meditative experience. It's also a way of dealing with stress that doesn't involve food.
You may not love running. Maybe you love dancing or tennis or walking or swimming. Figure it out by trying myriad activities.
Perhaps it's something you do with a loved one or a good group of friends. Then hone in on the exercise that you most look forward to and enjoy.
3. START EXPERIMENTING IN THE KITCHEN!
I used to wish I was the type of girl who liked cooking, but I just could never become her. I wanted food when I wanted it and didn't want to wait an hour for prep and cook times. This is because I was usually anxious at the thought of eating or preparing food, and all the calories along the way. Or I'd want something quick and cheap, despite all the calories.
Instead, I've learned that snacking every 2-3 hours keeps me satisfied enough to learn to enjoy cooking… and now I love it! It's an activity I look forward to, and I make sure I eat enough to not feel ravenous and thus overeat by the time the meal is ready.
Homemade bread, herb butter, cheese, and salad!
Throw out the diet books and magazine articles that offer you false hope of losing weight quickly, easily, and permanently. Get angry at the lies that have led you to feel as if you were a failure every time a new diet stopped working and you gained back all of the weight. If you allow even one small hope to linger that a new and better diet might be lurking around the corner, it will prevent you from being free to rediscover Intuitive Eating.
Keep your body biologically fed with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Otherwise you can trigger a primal drive to overeat. Once you reach the moment of excessive hunger, all intentions of moderate, conscious eating are fleeting and irrelevant. Learning to honor this first biological signal sets the stage for re-building trust with yourself and food.
Call a truce; stop the food fight! Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you can't or shouldn't have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings and, often, bingeing. When you finally "give in" to your forbidden food, eating will be experienced with such intensity, it usually results in Last Supper overeating—and overwhelming guilt.
Scream a loud "No!" to thoughts in your head that declare you're "good" for eating under 1,000 calories or "bad" because you ate a piece of chocolate cake. The Food Police monitor the unreasonable rules that dieting has created . The police station is housed deep in your psyche, and its loud speaker shouts negative barbs, hopeless phrases, and guilt-provoking indictments. Chasing the Food Police away is a critical step in returning to Intuitive Eating.
Listen for the body signals that tell you that you are no longer hungry. Observe the signs that show that you're comfortably full. Pause in the middle of a meal or food and ask yourself how the food tastes, and what your current fullness level is.
Find ways to comfort , nurture, distract, and resolve your issues without using food. Anxiety, loneliness, boredom, and anger are emotions we all experience throughout life. Each has its own trigger, and each has its own appeasement. Food won't fix any of these feelings. It may comfort for the short term, distract from the pain, or even numb you into a food hangover. But food won't solve the problem. If anything, eating for an emotional hunger will only make you feel worse in the long run. You'll ultimately have to deal with the source of the emotion, as well as the discomfort of overeating.
Accept your genetic blueprint. Just as a person with a shoe size of 8 would not expect to realistically squeeze into a size 6, it is equally as futile (and uncomfortable) to have the same expectation with body size. But mostly, respect your body, so you can feel better about who you are. It's hard to reject the diet mentality if you are unrealistic and overly critical about your body shape.
Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie-burning effect of exercise. If you focus on how you feel from working out, such as energized, it can make the difference between rolling out of bed for a brisk morning walk or hitting the snooze alarm. If when you wake up, your only goal is to lose weight, it's usually not a motivating factor in that moment of time.
Make food choices that honor your health and tastebuds while making you feel well. Remember that you don't have to eat a perfect diet to be healthy. You will not suddenly get a nutrient deficiency or gain weight from one snack, one meal, or one day of eating. It's what you eat consistently over time that matters—progress not perfection is what counts.
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Agreed! It's a constant work in progress.
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Shena Aggarwal tops UPSC Civil Services exam 2011
Updated on Fri, 04 May 2012 at 18:09 IST
Shena Aggarwal, who holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, has topped the UPSC Civil Services examination. Shena Aggarwal is from Delhi.
Rukmini Riar secured second place.
Prince Dhawan came third. Prince Dhawan has completed Master of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2011 was conducted on June 12. As many as 4,72,290 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 2,43,003 wrote the test.
Results will be available on the UPSC's website - http//www.upsc.gov.in
UPSC Civil Services exam results
Students of IMS Design & Innovation Academy (IMS DIA) participated in The FoAID 2016 (Festival of Architects and Interior Designers)
Students of Semester 4 of Batch 2014 of Interior Design Department of IMS DIA, Jhalak Aggarwal, Mayank Bhambotra and Shubham Singh along with their mentors Ms. Neha Jain, Mr. Shashank Aggarwal and Ms. Nidhi Bhasin has participated in The FoAID 2016 held at The Lalit, New Delhi recently. The students have secured 2nd position with the cash prize of Rs. 25,000 in Students Competition Expressions organised during the event.
The IIS University organizes HR Conclave 2016
Challenges and Opportunities organised by the Training and Placement Cell of The IIS University commenced on Thursday at Kshipra Path situated India International School auditorium. The chief guest on the occasion was Ms Jyoti Kiran, Chairperson, Rajasthan State Finance Commission. The conference commenced with the welcome address by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Dr Ashok Gupta. He welcomed the chief guest as well as industry experts and student participants.
XXIII Annual Convocation ceremony of FORE School of Management, Delhi
XXIII Annual Convocation ceremony of FORE School of Management, Delhi, Ms. Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Speaking at the XXIII Annual Convocation ceremony of FORE School of Management, Delhi, Ms. Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director Hewlett Packard Enterprise, stimulated the outgoing students with her short but power packed speech.
UPSC to hold National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I) on 15th April 2012
Union Public Service Commission ( UPSC) is going to conduct National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I) for admissions into Army, Navy and Air Force wings. Date of Exam - 15th April 2012 For applying online visit - http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php
New question pattern to be introduced in the Civil Service exam conducted by UPSC
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has formed a committee to bring changes in the pattern of Civil Services exam. The exam will be to test aptitude skills of appearing candidates along with their knowledge. This step will improve the quality of selected students. UPSC wants to make changes in the main civil services examination as well as other examination.
Goa Institute of Management (GIM) to host debate on Ayushman Bharat and its implications on Universal Health Coverage in India
Rotarians felicitated Padmashri Dr. Sushil Gupta in traditional manner
Prakash Sundaram of Grand Hyatt Kochi wins the 'Indian Chef of the Year' at The Indian Chef Awards, 2018
VMSIIHE to host the prestigious Indian Chef Awards 2018
Creating a productive start-up ecosystem takes centre stage at WIEF IdeaLab 2018
GIM to host WIEF IdeaLab 2018, international conference featuring 300 start-ups
NSS Unit at VMSIIHE participates in the 'Swachhta Hi Seva' campaign, adopts Raia village to try and better the lives of locals
The IIS University presents Annual Play "Phool & Fools"
All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XIII Registration start; Exam on December 23 2018
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Have storm shutters installed on all the windows of your home.
Have any dead or diseased trees completely removed.
During any storm, listen to local news or weather radio to stay informed about watches and warnings.
Know your community's warning system.
Pick a 'safe room' in your home where household members and pets may gather during a tornado.
Have the walls and ceiling joists reinforced in your safe room.
Consider having your 'safe room' reinforced.
Move or secure lawn furniture, outdoor decorations or anything else that can be picked up by the wind.
Watch for tornado danger signs: dark, often greenish clouds, wall cloud, cloud of debris, large hail, funnel cloud or roaring noise.
The safest place to be is an underground shelter, basement, or safe room.
Remember that mobile homes are not safe during tornadoes.
Go to the nearest sturdy building or shelter immediately.
If you are caught outdoors, seek shelter in a basement, shelter, or sturdy building.
If you cannot get to shelter, get into a vehicle, buckle your seat belt, and try to drive at right angles to the storm movement and out of the path.
If strong winds and flying debris occur while you are driving, pull over and park, keeping seat belts on and the engine running.
If you are unable to get to a building or vehicle, lie flat in a ditch or other low-lying area and cover your head with your hands.
Continue listening to weather radio for updated information and instructions.
Return to home only when authorities say it is safe.
Wear long pants, a long-sleeved shirt and sturdy shoes when examining home for damage.
Watch out for fallen power lines or broken gas lines.
If you smell gas or hear a blowing or hissing noise, open a window and get everyone out of the building quickly.
If you are trained, provide first aid to persons in need.


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Mauritius aims to build an online gaming platform to tackle money laundering via internet gambling. The administration wants to make internet gambling legal.
The Authority is interested in generating large tax revenue from online gaming and betting. As a result, the GRA has invited local or foreign bidders to submit bids for the development of interactive gaming in Mauritius. The deadline for interested firms has been extended twice owing to the global Covid-19 health restriction. Concerned parties have until March 2021 to respond.
The GRA Act states there is game betting, but it hasn't been implemented. According to one of the organization's senior officials,
many Mauritius people are now wagering online, although illegally. "Bettors utilize a legal loophole to wager on internet betting sites like Bet365 and Ladbrokes, which is illegal." "With what is going on today, the state is losing money," he argues. "Once internet betting is legalized, the nation will profit from every transaction," he stated. As previously stated, the introduction of this platform aims to prevent money laundering via online gaming.
The Authority wants to create best practices to combat unlawful betting and money laundering.
Part of the rule disenfranchises Mauritanians. It will be just for foreigners. However, most forms of gambling have been legal since 1973 and controlled by the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), a body founded in 2007 and overseen by the Prime Minister's Office. The Regulatory Board monitors and governs gambling and gaming operations, and promotes responsible gambling in Mauritius.
The agency also issues licenses for lottery, casinos, and sports betting. However,
sports betting is the most popular type of horseracing betting in Mauritius, and it generates significant money for the Authority. The horse racing board contains one of the world's oldest racecourses, the Champ de Mars, which opened in 1812. The Authority has committed to regularizing the internet industry after uncovering its flaws. However, numerous overseas bookmakers target players in the nation without generating any money, despite the Authority's attempt to regulate the business.
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Two security researchers recently proved that automobile manufacturers may need to beef-up security for vehicles with dashboard computers.
Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek were able to manipulate a Jeep's dash computer and remotely disable its brakes, take control of its steering wheel and shut off the engine while journalist Andy Greenberg was driving it. The experiment prompted Fiat Chrysler to recall 1.4 million vehicles.
On its website, Fiat Chrysler America seemed to imply the hack was possible only because Miller and Valasek were experts who spent months trying to access the control systems. But there's no way to predict the number of hackers worldwide with plenty of time to burn and a desire to create havoc.
Miller and Valasek exploited a security vulnerability in FCA vehicles' use of Sprint, which provides wireless access for the company's UConnect "infotainment" system. Since the security vulnerability was discovered, FCA has issued a patch users can install directly into dashboard computers, via a USB port. FCA cars aren't currently able to receive automatic software updates via Internet connections.
So, how are manufacturers able to introduce computerized vehicles to the market without ensuring those systems are safe for consumers? One explanation is that automakers don't fully understand the various methods hackers could use to gain access to dash computers. Another explanation is that the technology is moving faster than regulators' ability to establish guidelines.
Only two manufacturers were able to describe credible, real-time reactions to remotely detect the hacking of a vehicle computer; most employed technologies that would detect hacking only through inspection at a service center or dealership.
Data collected on drivers may include previous destinations, location during transit, speed of travel and last location parked, and a majority of automakers transmit that information to third-party data centers and don't describe an effective method for protecting it.
Mackey's report shows that a hacker might be able to collect detailed information about a driver's daily driving habits and whereabouts, and automakers might be unable to detect such a breach.
On July 21, 2015, Mackey and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., introduced legislation that would task the Federal Trade Commission and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with developing rules for automotive cybersecurity.
It's a mistake to assume hackers have to be experts to infiltrate sensitive systems. Given enough time and determination, hackers may be able to find that tiny hole in an organization's security – whether that's in a business's relationship with a third-party vendor, or through an employee's use of weak passwords.
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How long have you played water polo and when did you start swimming?
I started water polo my freshman year and I've been swimming for eight or nine years. There was just a tryout for a local club team and I decided to just give it a shot. I was the first one in family to join a swim team.
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Woman Faces Devastation After Her Three Abortions: I Face Depression, Put on 50 Pounds Overeating
National | Sarah Terzo | May 20, 2015 | 10:02PM | Washington, DC
Pro-choice author Eve Kushner interviewed a number of postabortion women for a book she was writing. Most of the women she interviewed had had multiple abortions. What was striking about the testimonies is the pain that seems to be festering under the surface of so many of them, even the ones where the woman denied that they regretted their abortions. Here is one typical testimony:
"Toni is a 23-year-old African-American with an easy smile. She makes frequent eye contact as she rattles off all the feeling she had about her abortions. Only gradually does a dissonance emerge between her animated gestures and her words. As she discusses the 3 abortions she had in the last 2 years – the most recent pregnancy ending 4 months ago – it turns out she is downright depressed. Toni conceals her unhappiness, hoping that if she focuses on the positive, her bothersome emotions will disappear.…
She explains that when she recalls her abortion experiences, "I'll get deep feelings of sadness and confusion." The feelings, she adds, are "related to being pregnant and having an abortion."
Sometimes an event jogs her feelings. She notes, "I'll be reading a magazine. It's usually related to birth. I'll think of how I could have had children, but I didn't. Then that jars other things." One night she came home to find her roommates watching an HBO special about abortion experiences. Her roommates felt moved by the story, but Toni became distraught. "I sat there bawling," she recalls. Afterword, the feelings lingered. The HBO special and the article may have been designed to elicit emotion, but Toni can become upset by the mere sight of pregnant women; usually, she feels guilt and envy at those times. Even reading an ad to contribute a story for this book "shook up all these emotions."
The intensity and frequency of Toni's feelings bother her. She says that after her 3rd abortion, she felt especially frustrated, "because I couldn't control those feelings. I had these rushes of sadness and anger with myself. It was so many emotions all at once, except for positive ones."…
Toni explains, "I felt angry at myself, because I couldn't get over it."…
"It's almost 2 years since my first abortion, and I still have feelings about it – sometimes very vivid feelings. When do they die? When do they just become like, "Oh well, I had an abortion and I don't think about it"?"…
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Toni is so afraid of relaxing that she cannot let herself sleep. She says, "I've been an insomniac for 2 years, since my first abortion." Toni explains, "Since my abortion, I can't sleep in my mind."…
Toni observes, "In 2 years, I put on 50 pounds, because depression resulted in my overeating." Eating is an easy way of avoiding troubles and finding temporary happiness."
Eve Kushner Experiencing Abortion: A Weaving of Women's Words (Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, 1997) 3-5
LifeNews.com Note: Sarah Terzo is a pro-life liberal who runs ClinicQuotes.com, a web site devoted to exposing the abortion industry. She is a member of the pro-life groups Pro-Life Humanists, Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians, and Secular Pro-Life.


As part of the Provoc8 series of exhibits hosted in a nomadic truck gallery Body Politics provides a format for discussions that typically do not take place in what has been ranked as the 2nd most conservative city in the United States.
Invited to participate I developed a new set of works drawing from several conflicting ideas. Judith Butler asserts that gender is performative action not physical body, especially since the body is now mutable. Pairing these ideas with the homogenizing standardization of high modernism, which strip identity markers in favor of a universal experience, and the concept of "portable identity" as potentially detached from physicality and geography makes a compelling argument for the dissolution of the physical self. Yet it seems the body has, contradictorily, become more heavily enmeshed in identity issues and politics.


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Southeast European Studies
Bosnian and Hercegovinian Studies
Provides resources for research on countries in southeastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Romania, and countries that comprised former Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.
Bulgarian Studies
Kosovar Studies
Macedonian Studies
Montenegrin Studies
Serbian Studies
Slovenian Studies
From the U.S. Department of State: 2018 Report on International Religious Freedom
CIA World Fact Book - Bosnia and Herzegovina
General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Full text of Dayton Agreement
Operation Joint Endeavour (IFOR)
NATO Official Information
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Nations Development Programme - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Election Reports - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina and the IMF
Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal Office of Statistics
Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosanskohercegovački Dani
Bosnia-Mission: Peace (CNN)
Dnevni Avaz
Nezavisnih Novina
ONASA: Nezavisna novinska agencija
Oslobodjenje
Maps of Bosnia
From the Perry-Castañeda Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Bošnjački institut
As its sister institution in London, established by Adil Zulfikarpasic to promote and support the Islamic culture of Bosnia and Hercegovina historically and currently.
University of Banja Luka
University of Sarajevo
University of Tuzla
British Library - South-East European collections
Historical Archive of Sarajevo
Law Library of Congress - Bosnia and Herzegovina
National and University Library
Includes library departments and staff, history including its recovery, and links to other sites. It is the depository library for Bosnia and explains that function, other internal, country-wide and international functions as well.
Kinoeye: Web Resources on Cinema from Bosnia-Hercegivina
WWW Virtual Library - History Index: Bosnia
Note that not all links are active; nevertheless, those which are provide valuable geographical, cultural, and historical information about the region.
www.srebrenica-mappinggenocide.com
Balkan Web
The Bosnian Institute, London
Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE)
This is an NGO established in 1998 and promotes workshops, conferences, research opinion polls, publications and network-building. The latter includes links to almost 500 organizations in the region. A regional listing of links to resources throughout Southeastern Europe.
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Of course, the title of the show was 'Peter Jennings Reporting...' — if only that were so. This is the story of how, once again, the corrupt Big Media has defrauded the American people, from one who had a front row seat to the spectacle.
In the summer of 2004, as founder and director of The Disclosure Project (www.DisclosureProject.org) I was approached by Jennings Productions producer Jordan Kronick. He explained how ABC News was going to make history by doing a serious expose of the UFO matter — for the first time on network news.
Initially skeptical — we have seen and heard this song and dance before — I agreed to meet with Kronick at our offices in Washington DC. Over the course of several hours, we discussed the subject and how The Disclosure Project had identified several hundred top secret military and government witnesses to UFO events and projects.
Kronick expressed great interest and repeatedly stated that this is exactly what Jennings, chief producer Mark Obenhaus and he were looking for. I offered to provide, pro bono, ALL Disclosure Project digital videotape interviews and full access to ALL Disclosure Project witnesses willing to cooperate with ABC News — including those witnesses not yet taped by us.
The reader at this point needs to know that these are not fuzzy, blacked-out deep throats anonymously telling stories of the night. These are hundreds of military, government and corporate insiders who have been identified by us over the past 14 years. They range from Generals, to Astronauts, to senior FAA officials who were privy to events, projects and cover-ups involving UFOs. Additionally, we have thousands of pages of uncontested official government smoking gun documents and physical evidence, photos, videos, landing trace events and other unambiguous proof.
The ABC News production team claimed to want exactly this type of evidence — and especially the high-level government and military insider whistle-blowers who could credibly blow the lid off of decades of secrecy.
But as discussions continued, it became more and more clear that Obenhaus and Jennings really wanted to do a human interest story — including anecdotal civilian witnesses, man-in-the-street interviews and the general silly season and carnival atmosphere surrounding most things ufological.
This was later confirmed when, as summer turned to fall, the long promised serious research and interviews they claimed they wanted to do with these top-secret government witnesses were never followed up. I spoke a few more times to Kronick, who promised a sit down interview and follow-up with these high-ranking and conclusive witnesses. They never did.
Instead, the final ABC News show was weaker in evidence than most tabloid cable channel pieces on the UFO subject — with the bulk of the 'documentary' being interviews with UFO personalities, debunkers and the carnival atmosphere of UFO hotspots like Roswell.
They fraudulently appeared to be ' balanced' by having both skeptics and 'believers' — with the clear implication that the skeptics were 'real scientists' and the 'believers' were misguided flakes. Using the ruse of media 'objectivity', ABC News would asymmetrically show, say, a Harvard scientist skeptic juxtaposed against a civilian who thought he had been sexually assaulted by aliens!
Otherwise, why spend so much air time interviewing UFO personalities, media figures and the like — while completely leaving out ALL high-ranking military, government and scientific witnesses and evidence given directly by us to them?
In light of the range and scope of material that we personally gave them, it is incomprehensible why ALL of it would be omitted — unless it was their intent from the beginning to do a disinformation and cover-up piece.
Why else would Peter Jennings state that the US Government has been out of the UFO matter since 1969, when Project Blue Book was closed, even though he and his team were directly given by us official US government documents, senior government whistle-blower testimony and physical evidence — including radar tapes — to the contrary? Why would Jennings feature uninformed scientists rhetorically asking 'where's the physical evidence' when abundant physical evidence is available and was offered to him?
And from a CIA document regarding the psychological warfare implications of UFOs, we find a reference to Disney Studios, now the parent company of ABC, being used as a source for doing cartoon-like portrayals of the subject for psychological warfare purposes. Can we be surprised ABC News has, again, defrauded the American people — only pretending to do news and real investigative reporting when in reality they are purveying disinformation to an accepting public?
Obenhaus, without any research or foundation in fact, went so far as to personally assert to me that the hybrid government-corporate complex is not keeping new energy, propulsion and related technologies hidden from the public! His prejudice on the matter was profound and unwavering: forget the facts, my mind is made up.
Those who know me know that I like to stay positive, present the affirmative facts and present the promise of an advanced, sustainable civilization on Earth benefiting from the knowledge of these new technologies. But it is time for the American people to wake up to the fact that the Big Media and their corporate masters are the central problem blocking the truth from coming out. As a former board member of Time Warner told me, the Big Media has become scribes taking dictation from the right hand of the king — and the fourth estate is essentially dead.
The American people must demand that ABC News correct its fraudulent assertions — and do a real investigative report on the serious evidence, government documents and courageous military whistle-blower testimony that The Disclosure Project and others have identified. The reader may obtain much of this evidence from www.DisclosureProject.org.
Write Peter Jennings and ABC News at: PeterJennings@abcnews.com or abc.news.magazines@abc.com or support@ABCNews.go.com and demand an honest investigative report.
Additionally, please contact the FCC and register your complaint regarding the transparent fraud perpetrated by ABC News on the American public. Remember: ABC News, as a broadcast network, is given by the FCC access to the public airwaves. In exchange, we have the right to hold ABC News, as well as the other networks, to fairness, accuracy and honesty — and certainly to avoid blatant fraud and corruption. This was not the ABC entertainment division that perpetrated this fraudulent report on the American people, but its news division. That they would sanitize such an important two-hour report of nearly all credible evidence and government insider witnesses requires that we demand a hearing on the matter by the FCC immediately. Who induced Obenhaus and Peter Jennings to cover up this important evidence? Why? ABC News cannot claim ignorance on the matter as they were directly given extensive testimony and evidence, none of which appeared in the program.
And lastly, support Disclosure in any way you can. Help us get the truth out. Tell people about http://www.DisclosureProject.org where they can find the truth about this important matter. And help us identify backers who will help us start a new — and honest — news outlet that will truthfully report on these and related projects that are illegally kept secret from the public. Is it not time for us to form a news network — The Disclosure Network — that will produce and air real investigative reports on a wide range of government and corporate corruption? Matters now left completely hidden by the complicity of Big Media need to be known by the people if we are to renew and protect democracy and disclose the technologies now hidden and suppressed that could replace oil and nuclear power and give us a sustainable, peaceful world.
We can no longer trust ABC news or the rest of the Big Media to do this. We, the people, must take on the task of getting the truth out — and salvaging what is left of our democracy and planet. Big Media, who have become shills for their corporate masters, are incapable or unwilling to tell the truth. It is time we did it for them.
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