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Home Research > Constituencies > 1754-1790 > Kent
Double Member County
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
Other Constituencies in this County
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Number of voters:
about 8,000
1 May 1754 Lewis Watson 5235
Robert Fairfax 5137
Sir Edward Dering 2959
18 June 1760 Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Wyndham vice Watson, called to the Upper House
7 Apr. 1761 Robert Fairfax
Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Wyndham
30 Nov. 1763 Sir Brook Bridges vice Knatchbull Wyndhall, deceased
30 Mar. 1768 Sir Brook Bridges
John Frederick Sackville
15 Feb. 1769 Sir Charles Farnaby vice Sackville, called to the Upper House
19 Oct. 1774 Charles Marsham
Thomas Knight
13 Sept. 1780 Charles Marsham
Filmer Honywood
21 Apr. 1784 Charles Marsham
Kent was one of the largest of the county constituencies, and its independence was jealously guarded. The Duke of Dorset, the leading peer in the county, had considerable influence, and there was a Government interest, based on the revenue officers in the ports; but neither was effective without support from the country gentlemen. It was the custom to elect one Member from east Kent and the other from west Kent.
The sitting Members at the dissolution in 1754 were two Tories, Sir Roger Twisden and Sir Edward Dering. The Kent Whigs, long disunited, found in Robert Fairfax and Lewis Watson two candidates in whose support all sections of the party could join. The Tories were badly handicapped when Twisden declined to stand again on grounds of health, and Dering was unable to find a suitable partner. His overwhelming defeat marks virtually the end of the Tory interest in Kent. At the by-election of 1760 Dering again came forward as a candidate, but failing to find sufficient support declined the poll.
Difficulties arose in 1761 when it was feared that Fairfax, in desperate financial circumstances, did not possess the property qualification for a knight of the shire. Several other possible candidates were proposed, but none of them aroused much enthusiasm, and it soon became clear that the only way to preserve the peace of the county was to re-elect Fairfax, bankrupt though he was. When in February 1761 Fairfax was able to tell the county that he was qualified to serve, the feeling was one of relief. A similar unanimity marked the election of Sir Brook Bridges in 1763 and of John Frederick Sackville in 1768.
By then the old Whig-Tory antagonism was dead in Kent, and during the American war new issues arose to divide the county. John Robinson noted about Kent in his survey for the general election of 1780:
Mr. Knight [a Government supporter] declines. Mr. Marsham and Mr. Honywood have been nominated at a patriotic meeting. Mr. [Lewis Thomas] Watson is proposed to stand. He is not very averse to Government, and it is hoped he will succeed, as he is the most moderate and in time may not be averse.
But Watson did not stand, and Marsham and Honywood, both strong supporters of the Opposition, were returned unopposed. Towards the end of this period political issues were beginning to shape Kentish politics but not yet on party lines. At the general election of 1784 Marsham and Honywood gave a declaration that they would allow measures, not men, to direct their conduct in Parliament.
Author: John Brooke


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Packers activate WR Allen Lazard from injured reserve
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Allen Lazard has been activated from injured reserve after missing six games.
Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst announced the move Tuesday.
Lazard had the best game of his pro career Sept. 27 when he caught six passes for 146 yards and a touchdown in a 37-30 victory at New Orleans, but he suffered a core injury in that game and hasn't played since.
The 2018 undrafted free agent from Iowa State has 13 catches for 254 yards and two touchdowns in just three games this season. Lazard had 35 catches for 477 yards and three touchdowns last year.
The Packers (7-2) play at Indianapolis (6-3) on Sunday.

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Some businesses find it easy to acquire loans from traditional lenders and banks. But that is not always the case with small businesses and startups as well as some businesses that are always considered as high-risk bets. For all such situations, there is one type of funding which works easily and that is merchant cash advance.
Telemarketing businesses as well as MOTO or mail order telephone order businesses and other similar ones come with a lot of inherent risks. These are businesses that happen mostly without physical stores. Orders are placed and most transactions occur online or through the phone. Payments are also done via credit cards and sometimes there is a card, not present cases that should be handled as well. Most funding options do no cover all these conditions. So in such cases, a merchant cash advance would be very convenient.
Online transactions, in general, are convenient for both the customers and the businesses involved. But there is the issue of the chance of refund initiation before the order completion. So this would result in a chargeback which would have to be taken care of by the merchant account provider. This is one main reason why the merchant account for high-risk businesses is different from conventional merchant accounts. Whether the bank refuses the loan requisition at times of need or whether the bank backs out in the middle it would, in the end, be a big problem for the telemarketing or the MOTO business. So cash advance from a high-risk merchant account provider would be a reliable option in all such cases.
When most of the payments are done online and when the chances of chargebacks are high it is tough to maintain a good credit at all times. But a bank loan can be taken only if the business has a good credit score. And the size of the loan would also depend on the actual credit score. Further, the loan terms and the decision of short term or long term would all depend on the facilities offered by the bank.
But in the case of merchant cash advance, you would be able to get the funds even if your business has a bad credit score. The bad credit OK merchants are specialists in handling such cases and would thus have no trouble in accepting fund requests from such businesses. So even if you have chosen standard small business financing options initially it would be a good idea to know about BCA (Business Cash Advance) and MCA well in advance. So when the need arises you would be able to go to the merchant cash advance lender and get your expenses covered with ease.
Why do you need extra funds?
A single business loan would often not be sufficient to get your business running successfully. Telemarketing businesses, as well as MOTO businesses, have the need to strive and retain their position in the growing competition. This means that you would have to keep upgrading the existing systems. The existing teams might need training sessions to be educated about the latest trends in technology, there are hikes and incentives as part of the payroll as well as the need for increasing the team size when required. All such situations, as well as the process of expanding the business or taking it global, would all need funds.
If the standard loans cannot cover all of these then merchant cash advance is your best bet. These are granted without any questions asked. So unlike traditional loans, you would be able to get cash advances bank loan alternatives that can be used for any purpose in your business. Not all unsecured business loans and no collateral, commercial loans are as simple as cash advances. The application process itself involves very few steps and the approval rates are high. So without too much documentation hassles, you would be able to walk away with your cash advance in a short duration.
Having one loan itself is a big commitment. But having 2nd position loans and higher positions would further complicate the whole process. This is a situation that most small businesses find it difficult to tackle. A high-risk merchant provider would be a specialist in such cases of complicated funding. You would thus be able to simplify the payments by combining all the positions to a single repayment plan. This would help reduce the confusions and also help plan your finances better. So make it a point to look for a suitable merchant cash advance that can help you manage different positions of the loan with ease.
Look for the financing increments that you would be able to avail from the MCA (Merchant Cash Advance) provider. Revolving credit, credit card factoring and various other alternatives are available to finance a business' sudden financial requirements. But merchant cash advances do have the benefits that make them such a favorable option. One of the most favorable aspects of a merchant cash advance is the flexibility in loan amounts. Whether it is a small loan of say 10K dollars that you need, perhaps to upgrade or purchase new equipment for your office or whether it is a higher amount like 100K dollars or more you would be able to obtain all the loan packages with the same convenience. The processing time and the processing conditions would remain the same. So no matter what the amount is that is chosen you would still be able to effortlessly have your business backed up while you shift your focus to more important things. There is no collateral required even when you opt for a large loan amount and you would still be able to choose a short or long term for the loan based on your preferences. It is this flexibility that makes merchant cash advances so attractive.


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How to teach an old T-Shirt new tricks
Published on July 14, 2016 July 14, 2016 by Chris Rheeston
In a recent post, I spoke about Lionel Messi and how his retirement from international football had sent shock waves through Argentina and through the football world as a whole.
What many people may not understand though is that it's not the Argentina football team that stands to lose the most from Messi's decision – although you could be forgiven for thinking that considering how good Messi is – it's actually sportswear giants Adidas.
Before the Copa America final, Adidas had registered a decline in the volume of sales of their shirts and in their team licenses.
This is a trend that most would expect to continue as shirt sales with Messi on the back is one of Adidas's biggest sellers. So, when you consider that both Argentina and Lionel Messi both have separate sponsorship deals with Adidas, it's important to consider exactly what Adidas could lose out on as a result of Messi's decision.
Firstly, at 29 years old, Messi would be in the picture to play in this summer's Olympics in Rio and he could also be available for the next two World Cups – Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022). All 3 of these events represents a huge amount of brand exposure for Adidas which they would lose without having arguably the world's best player on their books.
Repucom ahs previously said: "For over 20 years, Adidas have led the way in terms of the number of competing teams to be kitted out at the tournament. This year, nine of the 24 teams (37%) playing will have kits manufactured by the German sports giant, compared to Nike's six (25%), Puma's five (21%) and four (17%) being shared among other suppliers. Not only have Adidas been the number one kit supplier since Euro 16, but they have also been the kit supplier to every winning team (five) since that tournament. This has only helped to cement Adidas' position as football's top brand." – Of course, this was until Portugal lifted the trophy this year.
For many years, Adidas has been in a huge battle with Nike for football supremacy. Messi and Argentina both being signed up to Adidas's books has no doubt helped Adidas to be known as the number one in the world. This could also be the reason why Adidas reportedly offered to pay half of Messi's $270million buy-out clause from Barcelona so he could sign for Chelsea two years ago. According to the reports, Adidas saw this as the perfect opportunity to take the best player in the world away from Nike partner Barcelona.
So, with the declining shirt sales and with Messi announcing his retirement from the international team, Adidas decided that it was time to be proactive and look to end the declining shirt sales by using the retirement to their advantage while also giving Messi a message.
How did they do this? They simply had the hashtag #NOTEVAYASLIO (translated as 'Don't Go Lio" printed onto the back of the Argentina home jersey.
And what was the result? Since the shirt was released it went on to be the most popular selling shirt in the continent and gave a new lease of life to a shirt that would surely have seen a massive dip in sales if Messi does decide to uphold his decision and retire.
what's the motto? It always pays to be proactive and react to every situation and a quick and simple way to do this is by getting a T-Shirt printed. If something as easy as stamping a hashtag onto the back of a shirt can help boost the sales to such epic proportions – imagine what a carefully planned campaign could do for you.
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Sarah Klang spelar i Slottsskogen torsdagen den 9 augusti. Biljetter köper du här.
With a warm, embracing and mighty voice the debutant Sarah Klang has taken her native Sweden by storm. Even though she's been a name in certain circuits since 2016, it wasn't until the beginning of this year when she appeared with a majestic performance on the quiz show "På Spåret" that she broke through to the mainstream. In just a couple of days she will release her highly anticipated debut album "Love in the Milky Way". Listen closely and memorize every line – it's most certainly a new modern classic.
Sarah Klang introduced herself through a couple of singles released in 2016 and 2017. Last year, she also appeared at Stay Out West where she proved to every doubter that she was here to stay. The magazine Gaffa named her one of the artists that will be big during 2018, and even though the debut album isn't released until Friday the high scored reviews are already starting drop in. Festivalrykten gave the album 8/10 – a high score that probably will become a customary one in the reviews to come for both national and international media.
Sarah Klang will perform in Slottsskogen on Thursday August 9. Get tickets for one or three days here!


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Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/2015/01/08/whats-in-store-for-koch-foundation-money-at-the-university-of-louisville/)
What Might Be In Store for Koch Foundation Money at the University of Louisville
By James McNair | January 8, 2015
Eleanor Hasken / KyCIR
As the University of Louisville grapples with the terms of a controversial $6 million gift proposal from Papa John's International CEO John Schnatter and billionaire Charles Koch, university-watchers might want to take a look at what Koch got for his money from his most recent taker, Arizona State University.
On Nov. 28 (Black Friday to many), ASU announced that the Charles Koch Foundation had agreed to donate $3.5 million toward the creation of a Center for the Study of Economic Liberty in the college's business school. Along with $1.5 million from the W.P. Carey Foundation, the money will pay for the center's operating costs for five years, including unspecified "positions and activities" in support of the center's mission.
That mission, according to the Koch Foundation, will be to explore how "economics, policy and general well-being are influenced by individuals' ability to make choices." ASU joined Florida State University, West Virginia University, Utah State University, Clemson University and others in serving as potential collegiate launchpads for Koch's libertarian view of a business-centric society unfettered by government oversight.
An ASU spokeswoman said Arizona law forbade her from providing a copy of the contract with the Koch Foundation. ASU did provide a clause saying that "all search and hiring processes for individuals employed at the Center, which will follow ASU's standard procedures for selecting faculty and staff, is subject to ASU policies as set forth in its Academic Affairs Manual."
The center's new executive director, Scott Beaulier, is already aboard the Koch bandwagon. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University — a bastion of the Koch free-markets worldview — and before moving to Arizona led the Koch-financed Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University in Alabama.
In November, the Johnson Center published a report called Improving Lives in Alabama: A Vision for Economic Freedom and Prosperity. Among its findings: "Regulations and licenses impede business formation and growth, pose barriers to individuals to enter the workforce and to career mobility, and raise costs on consumers."
University of Louisville President James Ramsey confirmed last month that U of L is in talks with Koch and Schnatter about a monetary gift and the establishment of a "free economics" center. The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, citing unnamed sources, reported on Dec. 9 that Schnatter would put up $4.5 million, Koch $1.5 million and that the center would be named after Schnatter.
For Arizona State, the Center for Economic Liberty gift was its second dip in the Charles Koch Foundation well in 2014. Earlier in the year, Koch gave $1.1 million toward the formation of the Center for Political Thought and Leadership in ASU's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
That center's director is Donald Critchlow, a self-described "American conservatism expert." And last July 30, the center ran an ad seeking to hire a faculty member with research background in "the relations between free-market institutions and political liberty in modern history."
Reporter James McNair can be reached at jmcnair@kycir.org and (502) 814-6543.
Disclosure: In October 2014, the University of Louisville, which for years has donated to Louisville Public Media, earmarked $10,000 to KyCIR as part of a larger LPM donation.
by James McNair, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting

What Might Be In Store for Koch Foundation Money at the University of Louisville

by James McNair, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
January 8, 2015

As the University of Louisville grapples with the terms of a controversial $6 million gift proposal from Papa John's International CEO John Schnatter and billionaire Charles Koch, university-watchers might want to take a look at what Koch got for his money from his most recent taker, Arizona State University.

On Nov. 28 (Black Friday to many), ASU announced that the Charles Koch Foundation had agreed to donate $3.5 million toward the creation of a Center for the Study of Economic Liberty in the college's business school. Along with $1.5 million from the W.P. Carey Foundation, the money will pay for the center's operating costs for five years, including unspecified "positions and activities" in support of the center's mission.

That mission, according to the Koch Foundation, will be to explore how "economics, policy and general well-being are influenced by individuals' ability to make choices." ASU joined Florida State University, West Virginia University, Utah State University, Clemson University and others in serving as potential collegiate launchpads for Koch's libertarian view of a business-centric society unfettered by government oversight.

An ASU spokeswoman said Arizona law forbade her from providing a copy of the contract with the Koch Foundation. ASU did provide a clause saying that "all search and hiring processes for individuals employed at the Center, which will follow ASU's standard procedures for selecting faculty and staff, is subject to ASU policies as set forth in its Academic Affairs Manual."

The center's new executive director, Scott Beaulier, is already aboard the Koch bandwagon. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University — a bastion of the Koch free-markets worldview — and before moving to Arizona led the Koch-financed Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University in Alabama.

In November, the Johnson Center published a report called Improving Lives in Alabama: A Vision for Economic Freedom and Prosperity. Among its findings: "Regulations and licenses impede business formation and growth, pose barriers to individuals to enter the workforce and to career mobility, and raise costs on consumers."

University of Louisville President James Ramsey confirmed last month that U of L is in talks with Koch and Schnatter about a monetary gift and the establishment of a "free economics" center. The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, citing unnamed sources, reported on Dec. 9 that Schnatter would put up $4.5 million, Koch $1.5 million and that the center would be named after Schnatter.

For Arizona State, the Center for Economic Liberty gift was its second dip in the Charles Koch Foundation well in 2014. Earlier in the year, Koch gave $1.1 million toward the formation of the Center for Political Thought and Leadership in ASU's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

That center's director is Donald Critchlow, a self-described "American conservatism expert." And last July 30, the center ran an ad seeking to hire a faculty member with research background in "the relations between free-market institutions and political liberty in modern history."

Reporter James McNair can be reached at jmcnair@kycir.org and (502) 814-6543.

Disclosure: In October 2014, the University of Louisville, which for years has donated to Louisville Public Media, earmarked $10,000 to KyCIR as part of a larger LPM donation.

This article first appeared on Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
About James McNair
James McNair is a veteran investigative reporter who specializes in business and finance issues. McNair has spent 30 years in journalism, having worked as a staff reporter for the Miami Herald and the Cincinnati Enquirer. His reporting has unearthed fraudulent schemes and dubious business practices. He has won journalism awards in five states.
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Home > Products > Infineon introduces CMOS transceiver for automotive radar
Infineon introduces CMOS transceiver for automotive radar
Sheryl Miles
A high-performance and reliable radar module is the key to an improved automated driving assistance system and autonomous driving in the future.
New features, such as advanced emergency braking systems (AEBs) that react to crossing motorcyclists, will demand higher performance and increased modules per car. Key drivers for this growth are NCAP programmes and legislation.
Infineon Technologies is a market leader and top producer of radar monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC). The company pioneered the transceiver integration (transmitter + receiver in one chip) and launched the world's first 77GHz automotive radar chip based on SiGe in 2009. Infineon products address all market segments, from short range radar (corner radar) to the premium segment for front radars.
Today, Infineon announced the RASIC CTRX8181 transceiver – its next innovation radar and first product in a series of new 76 to 81GHz radar MMICs based on 28nm CMOS technology.
The improved signal-to-noise ratio and linearity of the transceiver provides high system-level performance and resilience. In addition, the easy-to-use radar transceiver simultaneously offers a scalable platform approach for different sensor including corner, front and short range, along with flexibility for new software-defined-vehicle architectures. This enables 77GHz automotive radar applications at reduced development costs.
"The new CTRX8181 transceiver enables a reliable object separation and detection necessary for protecting vulnerable road users including motorcyclists, cyclists or pedestrians," said Tomas Lucia, Head of Product Marketing Radar MMIC at Infineon's Automotive Division. "The increased RF performance is a prerequisite for the successful deployment of dependable assisted and automated driving functions for all SAE levels, up to Level 4."
The CTRX8181 is developed according to the latest ISO26262 safety standards and comes with four transmit and four receive channels. The device offers excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and increases the standard module range by up to 25%, e.g., from 250 to more than 300 meters.
The higher RF-channel count with improved linearity also enables 33% higher vertical or angular resolution to allow a better separation between different objects like pedestrians next to cars. These features contribute to the development of radar modules for all applications – from corner radar to high-resolution radar.
The in-chip digital phase-locked loop (PLL) allows faster ramps for better range resolution and ultra-fast fly back times, improved by the factor four compared to today's best solutions. This new feature reduces power consumption and enables better accurate speed information required to separate objects at similar speeds. This also allows a completely free configurable ramp without compromising phase noise making the radar robust and reliable in different scenarios. This makes it perfectly prepared for interference robust frequency schemes, like compass method.
The new CTRX product family is best combined with Infineon's radar specific AURIX microcontrollers (MCUs) TC3x and upcoming TC4x, both with integrated signal processing units (SPU) and non-volatile memory for on-chip program code storage. The AURIX chipset and CTRX enable the best performance for future NCAP and real-world scenarios such as improved reliability for radar function in bad weather conditions.
The system partitioning gives vendors the flexibility to offer traditional solutions with full processing capabilities in the radar but also allows different architectures such as pre-processed data streaming over 100Mbit/s or 1Gbit/s Ethernet with minimal effort.
The splitting also allows the selection of appropriate MMIC and microcontroller for target applications to enable simple scaling to support various cost and performance requirements. The connection to the MCU is established via either LVDS or CSI-2 to enable greater flexibility to combine components.
Engineering samples of the CMOS MMIC CTRX8181 transceiver are available and will be presented at electronica 2022 in Munich, Germany.


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The Barrier Between
June 6th, 1976 @ 10:50 AM
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Related Topics: Holiness, Peace, Rejection, Sin, Temple, Wicked, Isaiah 1975 - 1976, 1976, Isaiah
Holiness, Peace, Rejection, Sin, Temple, Wicked, Isaiah 1975 - 1976, 1976, Isaiah
This is the pastor bringing the message entitled The Barrier Between. In our preaching through the Book of Isaiah, we have come to the last two verses in chapter 57 and the first two verses in chapter 59. This is the reading of God's Word, Isaiah 57:20-21: "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no rest, saith my God, to the wicked." And the first two verses in chapter 59:
Behold, look, behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God,
and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.
[Isaiah 59:1-2]
There are three things in this prophetic message from Isaiah that describe our most holy faith, the Christian religion. Number one: it is first and above all, moral and ethical. Its religion is grounded in the character of Almighty God whose name is qadosh, holy, separate from sin. For me to say that today is trite. It is usual. It is understood. But to have said a word like that in the ancient world would have been to make an astonishment, an unbelievable announcement, for in the ancient world, religion was separated from morality; the two were divorced.
For example, suppose you had come with me and together we visit a temple in ancient Egypt. Around it would be a wall and inside, the court. As we entered the outer court, there before us would have been an altar where the sacrifices were burned. Just beyond would have been a laver where the priest washed his hands, and just beyond would have been the naos, the sanctuary, with its door into a holy place. As we enter in, there would have been the sacred furniture, and just beyond the veil. Taking my hand, I pull aside the veil in the ancient temple in Egypt, and there would I have found a sacred ark. But when I look at the ark, I am astonished at what I see – the object of worship and adoration of the ancient pagan. For there in the sanctum sanctorum, in the holy of holies, in the very heart and center of their religion, I would have found a sacred ibis, a heron, a stork. I would have found a sacred crocodile. I would have found a sacred cat. I would have found a sacred cow. This was the heart of the religious faith of the ancient world.
Come with me now to the great temple of Jehovah God in Jerusalem. Around it you would have found a wall and on the inside the court. That's familiar. We've seen it before. In the outer court, there we would have found the altar. That's familiar, we've seen it before. Beyond the altar, we will have found a laver where the priest bathed and washed his hands. Most familiar, we've seen it before. Just beyond is the naos, the great sanctuary, and the inner door. We go inside, and there is the Holy Place with its beautiful furniture. Most familiar, we've seen it before. And just beyond is the veil separating the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. Most familiar, we've seen it before. I take my hand and pull aside the veil, and there is an ark – the holy center of the religious faith. Very familiar, we've seen it before [Exodus 26:31-34]. But when I look in the ark of the Holy of Holies in the great temple of Jehovah God in Jerusalem, do I see an ibis, or a crocodile, or a cat, or a sacred cow? No! I see the Ten Commandments of the living God, written by His finger on two tables of stone [Exodus 31:18]. The heart of the religion of Almighty God is ever and always moral and ethical; it has to do with righteousness and godliness.
A second thing I learn about our most holy faith from the prophetic message: it is also a presentation of a God of mercy and of pardon, of salvation and forgiveness. "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is His ear heavy, that it cannot hear" [Isaiah 59]. Our great God is able to save and He is able to answer prayer. He does save and He does answer prayer. The heart of God, in mercy and in pity, is open to the sons of men. The message is always one of returning, of repentance, of forgiveness and salvation. Isaiah begins his great prophecy in the first chapter and verse 18: "Come now – come now, and let us reason together . . . though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" [Isaiah 1:18]. Or as Ezekiel in chapter 33, verse 11: "'As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his evil way and live: turn ye, turn ye . . . for why will ye die?" [Ezekiel 33:11].
The great, righteous and holy God in heaven, who cannot bear to look on impurity and iniquity [Habakkuk 1:13], is a God of salvation and of answered prayers [Romans 10:9-13]. Then why are we not all saved? Why are so many of us lost? And why is it that our prayers are not answered, and God does not hear us? "The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear" [Isaiah 59:1-2]. And that's the third thing I learn about our sacred faith: it is also judgmental. There is in it a penalty and a judgment when we turn our backs on God, and when we defy the sacred commandment.
Wouldn't you suppose that a man who chose to say no to God, who chose to be defiant of the laws of God – wouldn't you suppose he chooses so because there is something better? He finds in it a greater reward, and of the alternatives – to choose God or to choose his own defiant and recalcitrant way – he chooses his own way. And he defies God and breaks the commandments of God because he finds in it something better. But the great Lord God Himself in heaven says, "The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked" [Isaiah 57:20-21]. When a man turns from God and in defiance follows his own sinful way, there's no rest, there's no peace. There is nothing abiding but trouble, trouble, trouble, like the waves of the sea that cast up mire and dirt.
We shall speak first of open and flagrant transgression, of carnal and gross sins. The man turns his back upon God and he follows his own willful way. With what judgment God says, "No peace." No rest but trouble, trouble, trouble. Here is a man who gives himself to greed and to avarice. Wealth, money, affluence, success, reward; and he sets himself goals, and he thinks, "If I can just have this much, then I'll be satisfied." And he gains it; he finds it ceases to be wealth. And then he sets his goal for this much, then for this much, and for this much, and he's never satisfied, and he's never at rest, and he's never at peace. And finally, if he owned the world, he'd covet the moon and the stars besides. There is no rest, there is no peace; God says no rest and no peace [Isaiah 57:20-21].
A doctor said to his friend, a surgeon, "So you have no time for God, and your Sundays are spent in your profession in order to make money? Well, the more surgical patients that you minister to, the greater your income, and you're making money and you're making money and you're never satisfied. You're making money, and money and money and more money." And the doctor said, "Sir, you shall be the richest surgeon in the cemetery." He soon died of a heart attack. He's there buried, the richest surgeon in the cemetery. There's no rest, there's no peace; the man who gives himself to greed and to avarice wants more and more and more and more, and he's never satisfied. So with one who gives himself to selfish ambition, to rise, to rise over others, trample on others, rise on others, disregarding love and friendship and kindness and compassion – ambition, ambition! There's no end. There's no rest. There's just trouble. There's no peace. God says, "There is no peace" [Isaiah 57:21]. No peace. No peace.
There is one who covets praise: praise. It sounds like music to his ear to be praised, to be praised, to be praised, to be praised. And a little praise breeds a covetousness for more praise, and that praise seeks other praise and it desires praise and praise and praise. There's no peace, there's no rest. There's no satiation, there's no satiety, it's forever. Here's one who gives himself to lust, to lust; to evil and burning passions, to lust. And there's no peace and there's no rest. But there's trouble like the waters of the sea, casting up mire and dirt. He has intimate relationships with this one, not satisfied; then with that one, unhappy. And with this one, not satiated; and with that one, not finding satisfaction. And it's from one to the other, to the other, to the other, and he gives himself to a life of lust and evil passion. There's no rest, there's no peace. God says it is like the grave; it is never filled [Proverbs 30:15-16]. Here's one who gives himself to anger. Angry, angry bitterness, bearing a grudge, remembering a slight or a hurt or a wrong; hatred, anger, and there's no rest, and there's no peace. And like the troubled waters of the sea, casting up mire and dirt, the heart and the life are destroyed. God says, "Let not the sun go down on your wrath" [Ephesians 4:26]. Make it right that day before you offer; before God be reconciled. But to hate and to be full of anger and recrimination, to pay back in the coin of revenge – God says there is no rest, there is no peace; trouble, like the waters of an angry sea casting up mire and dirt [Isaiah 57:20-21].
Envy, jealousy, unhappy; someone else praised; someone else more money; someone else more success; someone else more anything. More, more, more everything, filled with envy and with jealousy; no rest, no peace, like the troubled sea. Great towering king of Israel, Saul, heard the women of Israel, returning from the battle against the Philistines, singing, "Saul hath slain his thousands, but David his tens of thousands" [1 Samuel 18:6-8]. And from that moment on, Saul eyed David, and he was jealous of him and envious of him and bitter toward him [1 Samuel 18:9]. And he never found rest or peace, and the last years and years of his reign were destroyed by envy and by jealousy. And the Bible says, "And the Spirit of the Lord left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him" [1 Samuel 16:14]. Like the troubled sea whose waters cast up mire and dirt, there's no peace. There's no peace. There's no peace. "There is no peace!" [Isaiah 57:20-21], saith God, but a life of troubled restlessness.
So with pride, when one lifts himself up in his self-esteem, and he thinks more of himself than he ought to think [Romans 12:3], and he's proud, he's easily wounded. He's easily slighted, and he's easily hurt, and he's proud. So in the twenty-eighth chapter in the Book of Ezekiel, it was pride that lifted up the heart of Satan [Ezekiel 28:17], and God cast him down to hell. There's no peace, there's no rest when one lifts himself up in his self-esteem.
Drugs and drink: there's no end, there's no rest, and there's no peace. This much – but to get a kick, it has to be that much more and then this much more, and then this more, and then this more, and then this more, and then this more, and there's no rest; there's no satiation, there's no end. No peace! Troubled, like a restless and angry sea casting up mire and dirt. "There is no rest, saith the Lord, to the wicked" [Isaiah 57:21].
Psalm 7:11 says "The Lord is angry with the wicked every day." The holiness of God burns against sin. The Lord has a war declared against iniquity forever. There's never an armistice. And the one who gives himself to the defiance of God breaks the great order of God's universe, and violates the great character of the Almighty, and he consigns himself to trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble; restlessness, unhappiness. "Ah, but I'll find rest and happiness in pleasure!" God says there is no peace, there is no peace, there is no peace. "But I will find my rest in indulgence!" God says there is no peace, there is no rest, there is no peace. "But I'll find it in drink, or in drugs, or in sin, or in the world!" God says there is no rest, there is no peace, there is no quiet. "But the wicked are like the troubled sea that cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked" [Isaiah 57:20-21].
We turn now from gross and carnal sins to respectable transgressions. "I am no violent murderer. I am no drug addict. I am no pusher of heroin. And I am no gross sinner living out there in a promiscuous world." He is a respectable transgressor. God says to repent [Matthew 4:17]. He doesn't repent. God says to have faith in Christ [Acts 16:31]. He doesn't believe in Christ. God says to give his heart in faith to the Lord Jesus [Romans 10:9-10], and he doesn't. And he turns his back upon the overtures of grace, and he spurns the blood of the covenant that sanctified our Savior, and he does despite to the wooings of the Spirit of the Christ, and he follows his own way [Hebrews 10:29]. God says there is no rest. There is no rest. There is no rest. There is no peace. The man sins against light, and he sins against the Holy Scriptures, for God says, "Come," and the Holy Spirit says "Trust." And he says, "No, no!" And he's troubled, and he lives a life without rest and without peace.
"But you see, I'll go to church. I'll attend the services."
"No peace," says God, "No peace."
"But I will take the sacraments. I'll genuflect. I will bow."
"No peace," says God, "no rest."
"You don't understand; I will walk as an upright citizen."
God says, "No peace, and no rest."
"But I'll go even further. I'll take part in the fine philanthropic civic enterprises of my community, and I'll make my contribution, and I will walk in and out before the people as an upstanding man." But God says there's no rest; there's no peace; there's trouble, like the troubled waters of an angry sea casting up mire and dirt [Isaiah 57:20-21]. For you see, outside of Christ, he's troubled, and his heart finds no peace. Yesterday, he buries one of his best friends. And as he turns from the open grave, his heart cries within him, "That day will come for me, and I'm not ready to die. I have not made peace with my God, and when that hour comes, will it be triumphant for me? Is it a day and hour of salvation?" And he's troubled. And he's troubled. And the day before that, he buried one of his friends, and he lives in a world where he grows older. And the days multiply and the tokens of an ultimate knocking at his door inevitably appear; there are crow's feet around his eye, there's gray in his hair. And he loses the strength and the zest of young manhood, and he's troubled. "What shall become of me, and what shall become of my soul, and when I stand before God, what shall I say?" There's no peace! There's no rest. He has spurned God's great salvation.
Some of you, had I asked you twenty years ago – ten years ago, had I said to you, "Twenty years from now, will you still say no to God?" you would have replied, "Oh, by then, by then I shall have become a Christian. By then I shall have accepted Christ. For I am just putting it off until some other time, some more convenient season, but I shall, and I intend to. I don't plan to be lost. I don't mean to be damned. I'm going to be saved!" He's just almost in the kingdom. He's almost persuaded. Then he turns aside. Oh, how tragic and how sad! A man who's "almost" honest is a liar and a rogue. A man who is "almost" saved from the fire is burned. The man who's "almost" healed is dead. The man who was "almost" reprieved is in the gas chamber or in the electric chair or in a hangman's noose. The man who's "almost" a Christian is not a Christian. And the man who's "almost" saved falls into damnation. "Almost" cannot avail, "almost" is but to fail; sad, sad, sad! That bitter way, "almost," but lost.
O God, bless this work. "Behold, behold!" I say, "Look, behold, mark it!"
The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
God is able to save, God is ready to hear. It is just that I must come, I must bow in His presence, I must confess my sins, I must ask God to forgive me my sins, I must open my heart heavenward and God-ward. I must receive the pardon of His love and of His grace. "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" [Isaiah 1:18]. "Turn ye, turn ye . . . for why will you die?" [Ezekiel 33:11] Here is peace and rest, and pardon and forgiveness, and answered prayer. Come, come, come [Isaiah 55:1-3; 2 Peter 3:9; Revelation 22:17].
In this moment we sing our hymn of appeal, and while we sing it, a family you, or a couple you, or just one somebody you, walking down this stairwell, front and back on either side. "Here I am, pastor, here I am." Into one of these aisles on this lower floor, "Here I come, pastor, I make it now. I have decided for God and here I come. He knows I am a sinner, I know it. He knows I'm lost, I know it. He can save, I know it, too. And here I come. May God write my name in the Book of Life in heaven [Luke 10:20; Revelation 20:12, 15], may God save me in the hour of my death. May God give me victory and peace and rest in my heart. I'm coming." The family, the couple, or just you, on the first note of the first stanza, come, while we stand and while we sing.
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Grocery Giveaway
by theObserver March 20, 2018
Nondenominational church ministry feeds body and soul
By LOIS KINDLE
The Rev. David Speicher, senior pastor of South Bay Church in Riverview, recognizes we live in a world of "lost and hurting people." He also knows that no minister alone can resolve their issues.
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The Rev. David Speicher brought the Grocery Giveaway ministry to South Bay Church in Riverview, to physically and spiritually feed lost and lonely people in the community. He hopes other South Shore churches will follow suit.
So to address the issue of both physical and spiritual hunger, he turned to his congregation to help establish a Grocery Giveaway ministry at his church. And he's hoping other area pastors will follow suit.
"It's a broad-spectrum outreach for anyone in need, for anyone who wants free groceries," he said, adding the original idea for it wasn't his. "The ministry started out in the garage of Tampa minister T. J. Hargrove, and when I learned about it I was strongly drawn to it."
Grocery Giveaway is not a food pantry. Basically, what's involved is volunteers meet at South Bay Church at 8 a.m. the third Saturday of each month to package 100 to 150 bags of groceries, assemble teams, and pray. By 9 a.m., they head to sites in Riverview, Ruskin, Gibsonton and Wimauma.
Much like a pop-up restaurant, they simply set up a table, which can be seen from all directions, and children hold signs that read "free groceries." By 11 a.m., they come back to the church.
"It's free food; there's no catch," Speicher said. "We're going after drive-bys. We simply give groceries to anyone who stops and we ask, "Can I pray for you (your family, any health issues, financial problems)?"
The pastor said all but a couple out of the hundreds they've given groceries to answered affirmatively, "yes."
"They feel cared for," he continued. "It's not just about giving away groceries. It's about caring for the soul."
Speicher said the conversation generally includes, "If you were to die today, do you know if you would go to heaven? We get all kinds of answers.
"We simply want to share the message of Jesus Christ with them. There's no pressure. We don't tell them they have to go to our church. We only want them to grow in faith."
Of course, if asked, volunteers will tell them about South Bay Church.
"But some come by on bicycles," Speicher said. "We refer them to an evangelical church nearby that believes in our mission."
Last year, South Bay Church's Grocery Giveaway gave food to 750 families. That delights Speicher.
But as a minister, what delights him even more is that 75 people, of their own volition, made their profession of faith in Jesus Christ.
He's also encouraged by the fact that 20 to 40 volunteers, including some from SeaGlass Church and FishHawk Fellowship, show up to help with the effort.
"My heart's desire would be for other churches to come see what we do, how we do it and then start ministries like this on their own," Speicher said. "Any church, whether large or small can get involved. We didn't start this to be only a South Bay Church ministry. I prefer it be a community effort led by (multiple) churches."
To donate food for Grocery Giveaway, stop by South Bay Church, 13498 U.S. 301 S., Riverview, Monday through Thursday or Sunday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The pastor said Grocery Giveaway is an opportunity for a church to minister and introduce people to Jesus just like it does on Sunday. And the effort is carried out by congregants, not in a building, but out on the streets.
"We had 75 people come to know Jesus without me," Speicher said. "We're seeing the world change one life at a time. We're also seeing a congregation led by me but not looking at me to save the world. They're taking ownership.
"As a pastor, that makes me happy," he said.
To donate food for Grocery Giveaway, stop by the church at 13498 U.S. 301 S., Riverview, Monday through Thursday or Sunday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For additional information on the ministry, volunteering or South Bay Church's three contemporary services, call 813-677-0721, or visit www.SouthBay.cc.
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In statistics, the Champernowne distribution is a symmetric, continuous probability distribution, describing random variables that take both positive and negative values. It is a generalization of the logistic distribution that was introduced by D. G. Champernowne. Champernowne developed the distribution to describe the logarithm of income.

Definition
The Champernowne distribution has a probability density function given by

where  are positive parameters, and n is the normalizing constant, which depends on the parameters. The density may be rewritten as

using the fact that

Properties

The density f(y) defines a symmetric distribution with median y0, which has tails somewhat heavier than a normal distribution.

Special cases
In the special case  it is the Burr Type XII density.

When ,

which is the density of the standard logistic distribution.

Distribution of income

If the distribution of Y, the logarithm of income, has a Champernowne distribution, then the density function of the income X = exp(Y) is

where x0 = exp(y0) is the median income. If λ = 1, this distribution is often called the Fisk distribution, which has density

See also
Generalized logistic distribution

References

Continuous distributions

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Q: preg_split but ignore XML and HTML entities I using this php code to split a string roughly every 120 chars. It splits at the closest space. But it splits HTML and XML entities, so it sometimes outputs things like id="id">. How can I make it so it ignores XML and HTML entities, but does not remove them.
function splitWords($string, $max = 1)
{
    $words = preg_split( '/\s/', $string );
    $lines = array();
    $line = '';

    foreach ( $words as $k => $word ) {
        $newLine = $line . ' ' . $word;
        $length = strlen( $newLine );
        if ( $length <= $max ) {
            $line .= ' ' . $word;
        } else if ( $length > $max ) {
            if ( !empty( $line ) ) {
                $lines[] = trim( $line );
            }
            $line = $word;
        } else {
            $lines[] = trim( $line ) . ' ' . $word;
            $line = '';
        }
    }
    $lines[] = ( $line = trim( $line ) ) ? $line : $word;

    return $lines;
}

A: Description
I would change your split command to use tag substrings as a delimiter or the space.
This basic regex will:

*

*match tags or will match spaces

*it will not match spaces inside tags

*will avoid many of the pitfalls with pattern matching html text

<\/?\w+(?=\s|>)(?:[^>=|&)]*|=\'[^\']*\'|="[^"]*"|=[^\'"][^\s>]*)*>|\s

With this regex you can do all sorts of crazy things depending on where you place the capturing paranthesse and the options used in preg_split.
Examples
Live Demo
Note that in this demo the anchor tags have some seriously difficult edge cases.
PHPv5.4.4 Code
<?php

$string = ' <a onmouseover=\' This is text inside an attribute \' href=url.com>This is some inner textThis is outer text.

    <a onmouseover=\' a=1; href="www.NotYourURL.com" ; if (3  3) { funRotate(href) ; } ; \'  href=\'http://InterestedURL.com\' id=\'revSAR\'>
        I am the inner text too.

';

echo "split retains all spaces\n";
$array = preg_split ('/(<\/?\w+(?=\s|>)(?:[^>=|&)]*|=\'[^\']*\'|="[^"]*"|=[^\'"][^\s>]*)*>|\s)/', $string, 0, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
echo implode(",",$array);

echo "\n\nsplit ignores spaces\n";
$array = preg_split ('/(<\/?\w+(?=\s|>)(?:[^>=|&)]*|=\'[^\']*\'|="[^"]*"|=[^\'"][^\s>]*)*>)|\s/', $string, 0, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE | PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
echo implode(",",$array);

echo "\n\nsplit ignores tags and spaces\n";
$array = preg_split ('/<\/?\w+(?=\s|>)(?:[^>=|&)]*|=\'[^\']*\'|="[^"]*"|=[^\'"][^\s>]*)*>|\s/', $string, 0,  PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
echo implode(",",$array);

echo "\n\nsplit ignores tags and retains spaces\n";
$array = preg_split ('/<\/?\w+(?=\s|>)(?:[^>=|&)]*|=\'[^\']*\'|="[^"]*"|=[^\'"][^\s>]*)*>|(\s)/', $string, 0,  PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
echo implode(",",$array);

Output
You're probably most interested in the third option "split ignores tags and spaces"
split retains all spaces
,   ,,<a onmouseover=' This is text inside an attribute ' href=url.com>,This, ,is, ,some, ,inner, ,text,,This, ,is, ,outer, ,text.,
,,
,,  ,,<a onmouseover=' a=1; href="www.NotYourURL.com" ; if (3  3) { funRotate(href) ; } ; '  href='http://InterestedURL.com' id='revSAR'>,,
,,  ,,  ,I, ,am, ,the, ,inner, ,text, ,too.,
,,  ,,  ,,,,
,

split ignores spaces
<a onmouseover=' This is text inside an attribute ' href=url.com>,This,is,some,inner,text,,This,is,outer,text.,<a onmouseover=' a=1; href="www.NotYourURL.com" ; if (3  3) { funRotate(href) ; } ; '  href='http://InterestedURL.com' id='revSAR'>,I,am,the,inner,text,too.,

split ignores tags and spaces
This,is,some,inner,text,This,is,outer,text.,I,am,the,inner,text,too.

split ignores tags and retains spaces
,   ,,This, ,is, ,some, ,inner, ,text,This, ,is, ,outer, ,text.,
,,
,,  ,,,
,,  ,,  ,I, ,am, ,the, ,inner, ,text, ,too.,
,,  ,,  ,,,
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American HoneyEU-Admin2019-10-17T13:08:37+02:00
Director: Andrea Arnold
Cast: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough
163min – English (2016)
Age Restriction: 16 years
Acclaimed British director Andrea Arnold returns with a road-movie set in the US Midwest. The film tells of drifting teenager Star who joins a crew of wayward magazine-selling youth led by the uncompromising Krystal (played by Elvis Presley's granddaughter Riley Keough). Under the guidance of the slightly older and seductive Jake, the strong-minded Star is expected to master the art of selling magazine subscriptions needed by nobody to anybody – rich or poor – using whatever capacities at hand.
Among its achievements are the Jury Prize at Cannes (2016), the FIPRESCI Prize at Stockholm Film Festival (2016) as well as awards for Best Independent Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Outstanding Achievement in Craft for cinematography at the British Independent Film Awards (2016). It was nominated for a BAFTA for Outstanding British Film of the Year.(Courtesy of Ster Kinekor)


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crime Sept. 14, 2018
Elizabeth Smart Says Her Soon-to-Be-Released Kidnapper Is Still Dangerous
By Opheli Garcia Lawler
Elizabeth Smart. Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Lifetime
Elizabeth Smart, who in 2002 was kidnapped, raped, and held captive for nine months, is protesting the release of one of her tormentors.
Wanda Barzee, the wife Brian David Mitchell, is due to be released, well ahead of the 2024 date that the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole initially decided on. Smart has spoken out about the release, calling her a "threat."
"She did appalling things while I was in captivity," Smart told reporters in Salt Lake City. "I know the depth of her depravity, and I think the community should be educated on it."
Smart, however, has no legal standing to challenge Barzee's release, according to BuzzFeed. "She is a woman who had six children," she said. "And yet co-conspired to kidnap a 14-year-old girl and not only sit next to her while being raped, but encourage her husband to continue to rape me."
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Elizabeth Smart Says Her Kidnapper Is Still Dangerous
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These are the points to be specially considered.
He did not take my age into consideration [account].
A new project is under consideration.
All things considered, it is not a bad bargain.
We have to make allowance (s) for his inexperience.
Allowing for traffic jams, I left home an hour earlier than usual.


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package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"reflect"
	"time"

	pb "github.com/creiht/formic/proto"
	"github.com/gholt/brimtime"
	"github.com/gholt/store"
	"github.com/satori/go.uuid"
	"github.com/spaolacci/murmur3"
	"golang.org/x/net/context"
	"google.golang.org/grpc"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
	"google.golang.org/grpc/peer"
)

var errf = grpc.Errorf

// AcctPayLoad ...
type AcctPayLoad struct {
	ID         string `json:"id"`
	Name       string `json:"name"`
	Token      string `json:"token"`
	Status     string `json:"status"`
	CreateDate int64  `json:"createdate"`
	DeleteDate int64  `json:"deletedate"`
}

// TokenRef ...
type TokenRef struct {
	TokenID string `json:"token"`
	AcctID  string `json:"acctid"`
}

// FileSysRef ...
type FileSysRef struct {
	FSID   string `json:"fsid"`
	AcctID string `json:"acctid"`
}

// FileSysAttr ...
type FileSysAttr struct {
	Attr  string `json:"attr"`
	Value string `json:"value"`
	FSID  string `json:"fsid"`
}

// AddrRef ...
type AddrRef struct {
	Addr string `json:"addr"`
	FSID string `json:"fsid"`
}

// FileSysMeta ...
type FileSysMeta struct {
	ID     string   `json:"id"`
	AcctID string   `json:"acctid"`
	Name   string   `json:"name"`
	Status string   `json:"status"`
	Addr   []string `json:"addrs"`
}

func clear(v interface{}) {
	p := reflect.ValueOf(v).Elem()
	p.Set(reflect.Zero(p.Type()))
}

// FileSystemAPIServer is used to implement oohhc
type FileSystemAPIServer struct {
	gstore store.GroupStore
}

// FSAttrList ...
var FSAttrList = []string{"name"}

// NewFileSystemAPIServer ...
func NewFileSystemAPIServer(store store.GroupStore) *FileSystemAPIServer {
	s := new(FileSystemAPIServer)
	s.gstore = store
	return s
}

// CreateFS ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) CreateFS(ctx context.Context, r *pb.CreateFSRequest) (*pb.CreateFSResponse, error) {
	var err error
	var acctID string
	srcAddr := ""
	var fsRef FileSysRef
	var fsRefByte []byte
	var fsSysAttr FileSysAttr
	var fsSysAttrByte []byte

	// Get incomming ip
	pr, ok := peer.FromContext(ctx)
	if ok {
		srcAddr = pr.Addr.String()
	}

	// Validate Token
	acctID, err = s.validateToken(r.Token)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s CREATE FAILED %s\n", srcAddr, "PermissionDenied")
		return nil, errf(codes.PermissionDenied, "%v", "Invalid Token")
	}

	fsID := uuid.NewV4().String()
	timestampMicro := brimtime.TimeToUnixMicro(time.Now())
	// Write file system reference entries.
	// write /fs 								FSID						FileSysRef
	pKey := "/fs"
	pKeyA, pKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(fsID))
	fsRef.AcctID = acctID
	fsRef.FSID = fsID
	fsRefByte, err = json.Marshal(fsRef)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s  CREATE FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	_, err = s.gstore.Write(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, timestampMicro, fsRefByte)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s CREATE FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	// write /acct/acctID				FSID						FileSysRef
	pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/acct/%s", acctID)
	pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	_, err = s.gstore.Write(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, timestampMicro, fsRefByte)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s CREATE FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	// Write file system attributes
	// write /fs/FSID						name						FileSysAttr
	pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/fs/%s", fsID)
	pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte("name"))
	fsSysAttr.Attr = "name"
	fsSysAttr.Value = r.FSName
	fsSysAttr.FSID = fsID
	fsSysAttrByte, err = json.Marshal(fsSysAttr)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s  CREATE FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	_, err = s.gstore.Write(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, timestampMicro, fsSysAttrByte)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s CREATE FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}

	// Return File System UUID
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("%s CREATE SUCCESS %s\n", srcAddr, fsID)
	return &pb.CreateFSResponse{Data: fsID}, nil
}

// ShowFS ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) ShowFS(ctx context.Context, r *pb.ShowFSRequest) (*pb.ShowFSResponse, error) {
	var err error
	var acctID string
	srcAddr := ""

	// Get incomming ip
	pr, ok := peer.FromContext(ctx)
	if ok {
		srcAddr = pr.Addr.String()
	}

	// Validate Token
	acctID, err = s.validateToken(r.Token)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %s\n", srcAddr, "PermissionDenied")
		return nil, errf(codes.PermissionDenied, "%v", "Invalid Token")
	}

	var fs FileSysMeta
	var value []byte
	var fsRef FileSysRef
	var addrData AddrRef
	var fsAttrData FileSysAttr
	var aList []string
	fs.ID = r.FSid

	// Read FileSysRef entry to determine if it exists
	pKey := fmt.Sprintf("/fs")
	pKeyA, pKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(fs.ID))
	_, value, err = s.gstore.Read(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, nil)
	if store.IsNotFound(err) {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %s NOTFOUND", srcAddr, r.FSid)
		return nil, errf(codes.NotFound, "%v", "Not Found")
	}
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	err = json.Unmarshal(value, &fsRef)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}

	// Validate Token/Account own the file system
	if fsRef.AcctID != acctID {
		log.Printf("$s SHOW FAILED %v ACCOUNT MISMATCH", fs.ID)
		return nil, errf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "%v", "Account Mismatch")
	}
	fs.AcctID = fsRef.AcctID

	// Read the file system attributes
	// group-lookup /fs			FSID
	//		Iterate over all the atributes
	pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/fs/%s", fs.ID)
	pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte("name"))
	_, value, err = s.gstore.Read(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, nil)
	if store.IsNotFound(err) {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %s NAMENOTFOUND", srcAddr, r.FSid)
		return nil, errf(codes.NotFound, "%v", "File System Name Not Found")
	}
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	err = json.Unmarshal(value, &fsAttrData)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	fs.Name = fsAttrData.Value

	// Read list of granted ip addresses
	// group-lookup printf("/fs/%s/addr", FSID)
	pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/fs/%s/addr", fs.ID)
	pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	items, err := s.gstore.ReadGroup(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB)
	if !store.IsNotFound(err) {
		// No addr granted
		aList = make([]string, len(items))
		for k, v := range items {
			err = json.Unmarshal(v.Value, &addrData)
			if err != nil {
				log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
				return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
			}
			aList[k] = addrData.Addr
		}
	}
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s SHOW FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	fs.Addr = aList

	// Return File System
	fsJSON, jerr := json.Marshal(&fs)
	if jerr != nil {
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%s", jerr)
	}
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("%s SHOW SUCCESS %s\n", srcAddr, r.FSid)
	return &pb.ShowFSResponse{Data: string(fsJSON)}, nil
}

// ListFS ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) ListFS(ctx context.Context, r *pb.ListFSRequest) (*pb.ListFSResponse, error) {
	srcAddr := ""
	// Get incomming ip
	pr, ok := peer.FromContext(ctx)
	if ok {
		srcAddr = pr.Addr.String()
	}
	// Validate Token
	acctID, err := s.validateToken(r.Token)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %s\n", srcAddr, "PermissionDenied")
		return nil, errf(codes.PermissionDenied, "%v", "Invalid Token")
	}

	var value []byte
	var fsRef FileSysRef
	var addrData AddrRef
	var fsAttrData FileSysAttr
	var aList []string

	// Read Group /acct/acctID				_						FileSysRef
	pKey := fmt.Sprintf("/acct/%s", acctID)
	pKeyA, pKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	list, err := s.gstore.ReadGroup(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	fsList := make([]FileSysMeta, len(list))
	for k, v := range list {
		clear(&fsRef)
		clear(&addrData)
		clear(&fsAttrData)
		clear(&aList)
		err = json.Unmarshal(v.Value, &fsRef)
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
			return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
		}
		fsList[k].AcctID = acctID
		fsList[k].ID = fsRef.FSID

		// Get File System Name
		pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/fs/%s", fsList[k].ID)
		pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
		cKeyA, cKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte("name"))
		_, value, err = s.gstore.Read(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, nil)
		if store.IsNotFound(err) {
			log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %s NAMENOTFOUND", srcAddr, fsList[k].ID)
			return nil, errf(codes.NotFound, "%v", "File System Name Not Found")
		}
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
			return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
		}
		err = json.Unmarshal(value, &fsAttrData)
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
			return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
		}
		fsList[k].Name = fsAttrData.Value

		// Get List of addrs
		pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/fs/%s/addr", fsList[k].ID)
		pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
		items, err := s.gstore.ReadGroup(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB)
		if !store.IsNotFound(err) {
			// No addr granted
			aList = make([]string, len(items))
			for sk, sv := range items {
				err = json.Unmarshal(sv.Value, &addrData)
				if err != nil {
					log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
					return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
				}
				aList[sk] = addrData.Addr
			}
		}
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("%s LIST FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
			return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
		}
		fsList[k].Addr = aList
	}

	// Return a File System List
	fsListJSON, jerr := json.Marshal(&fsList)
	if jerr != nil {
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%s", jerr)
	}
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("%s LIST SUCCESS %s\n", srcAddr, acctID)
	return &pb.ListFSResponse{Data: string(fsListJSON)}, nil
}

// DeleteFS ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) DeleteFS(ctx context.Context, r *pb.DeleteFSRequest) (*pb.DeleteFSResponse, error) {
	var err error
	srcAddr := ""
	// Get incomming ip
	pr, ok := peer.FromContext(ctx)
	if ok {
		srcAddr = pr.Addr.String()
	}

	// validate Token
	_, err = s.validateToken(r.Token)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s DELETE FAILED %s\n", srcAddr, "PermissionDenied")
		return nil, errf(codes.PermissionDenied, "%v", "Invalid Token")
	}

	// Validate Token/Account own this file system

	// Prep things to return
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("%s DELETE NOTIMPLEMENTED %s\n", srcAddr, r.FSid)
	return &pb.DeleteFSResponse{Data: "Delete Operation not supported at this time"}, nil
}

// UpdateFS ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) UpdateFS(ctx context.Context, r *pb.UpdateFSRequest) (*pb.UpdateFSResponse, error) {
	var err error
	srcAddr := ""
	// Get incomming ip
	pr, ok := peer.FromContext(ctx)
	if ok {
		srcAddr = pr.Addr.String()
	}

	// validate Token
	_, err = s.validateToken(r.Token)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s UPDATE FAILED %s\n", srcAddr, "PermissionDenied")
		return nil, errf(codes.PermissionDenied, "%v", "Invalid Token")
	}

	// validate that Token/Account own this file system

	// return message
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("%s UPDATE NOTIMPLEMENTED %s\n", srcAddr, r.FSid)
	return &pb.UpdateFSResponse{Data: "UPDATE operation is not supported in EA"}, nil
}

// GrantAddrFS ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) GrantAddrFS(ctx context.Context, r *pb.GrantAddrFSRequest) (*pb.GrantAddrFSResponse, error) {
	var err error
	var acctID string
	var fsRef FileSysRef
	var value []byte
	var addrData AddrRef
	var addrByte []byte
	srcAddr := ""

	// Get incomming ip
	pr, ok := peer.FromContext(ctx)
	if ok {
		srcAddr = pr.Addr.String()
	}
	// validate token
	acctID, err = s.validateToken(r.Token)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s GRANT FAILED %s\n", srcAddr, "PermissionDenied")
		return nil, errf(codes.PermissionDenied, "%v", "Invalid Token")
	}

	// Validate Token/Account own the file system
	// Read FileSysRef entry to determine if it exists
	pKey := fmt.Sprintf("/fs")
	pKeyA, pKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(r.FSid))
	_, value, err = s.gstore.Read(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, nil)
	if store.IsNotFound(err) {
		log.Printf("%s GRANT FAILED %s NOTFOUND", srcAddr, r.FSid)
		return nil, errf(codes.NotFound, "%v", "Not Found")
	}
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s GRANT FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	err = json.Unmarshal(value, &fsRef)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s GRANT FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	if fsRef.AcctID != acctID {
		log.Printf("$s GRANT FAILED %v ACCOUNT MISMATCH", r.FSid)
		return nil, errf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "%v", "Account Mismatch")
	}

	// GRANT an file system entry for the addr
	// 		write /fs/FSID/addr			addr						AddrRef
	pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/fs/%s/addr", r.FSid)
	pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(r.Addr))
	timestampMicro := brimtime.TimeToUnixMicro(time.Now())
	addrData.Addr = r.Addr
	addrData.FSID = r.FSid
	addrByte, err = json.Marshal(addrData)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s GRANT FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	_, err = s.gstore.Write(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, timestampMicro, addrByte)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s GRANT FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}

	// return Addr was Granted
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("%s GRANT SUCCESS %s %s\n", srcAddr, r.FSid, r.Addr)
	return &pb.GrantAddrFSResponse{Data: r.FSid}, nil
}

// RevokeAddrFS ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) RevokeAddrFS(ctx context.Context, r *pb.RevokeAddrFSRequest) (*pb.RevokeAddrFSResponse, error) {
	var err error
	var acctID string
	var value []byte
	var fsRef FileSysRef
	srcAddr := ""

	// Get incomming ip
	pr, ok := peer.FromContext(ctx)
	if ok {
		srcAddr = pr.Addr.String()
	}
	// Validate Token
	acctID, err = s.validateToken(r.Token)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s REVOKE FAILED %s\n", srcAddr, "PermissionDenied")
		return nil, errf(codes.PermissionDenied, "%v", "Invalid Token")
	}
	// Validate Token/Account owns this file system
	// Read FileSysRef entry to determine if it exists
	pKey := fmt.Sprintf("/fs")
	pKeyA, pKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(r.FSid))
	_, value, err = s.gstore.Read(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, nil)
	if store.IsNotFound(err) {
		log.Printf("%s REVOKE FAILED %s NOTFOUND", srcAddr, r.FSid)
		return nil, errf(codes.NotFound, "%v", "Not Found")
	}
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s REVOKE FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	err = json.Unmarshal(value, &fsRef)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("%s REVOKE FAILED %v\n", srcAddr, err)
		return nil, errf(codes.Internal, "%v", err)
	}
	if fsRef.AcctID != acctID {
		log.Printf("$s REVOKE FAILED %v ACCOUNT MISMATCH", r.FSid)
		return nil, errf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "%v", "Account Mismatch")
	}

	// REVOKE an file system entry for the addr
	// 		delete /fs/FSID/addr			addr						AddrRef
	pKey = fmt.Sprintf("/fs/%s/addr", r.FSid)
	pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(pKey))
	cKeyA, cKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(r.Addr))
	timestampMicro := brimtime.TimeToUnixMicro(time.Now())
	_, err = s.gstore.Delete(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, timestampMicro)
	if store.IsNotFound(err) {
		log.Printf("%s REVOKE FAILED %s %s\n", srcAddr, r.FSid, r.Addr)
		return nil, errf(codes.NotFound, "%v", "Not Found")
	}

	// return Addr was revoked
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("%s REVOKE SUCCESS %s %s\n", srcAddr, r.FSid, r.Addr)
	return &pb.RevokeAddrFSResponse{Data: r.FSid}, nil
}

// validateToken ...
func (s *FileSystemAPIServer) validateToken(t string) (string, error) {
	var tData TokenRef
	var aData AcctPayLoad
	var tDataByte []byte
	var aDataByte []byte
	var err error

	// Read Token
	pKeyA, pKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte("/token"))
	cKeyA, cKeyB := murmur3.Sum128([]byte(t))
	_, tDataByte, err = s.gstore.Read(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, nil)
	if store.IsNotFound(err) {
		return "", errors.New("Not Found")
	}
	err = json.Unmarshal(tDataByte, &tData)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("TOKEN FAILED %v\n", err)
		return "", err
	}

	// Read Account
	pKeyA, pKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte("/acct"))
	cKeyA, cKeyB = murmur3.Sum128([]byte(tData.AcctID))
	_, aDataByte, err = s.gstore.Read(context.Background(), pKeyA, pKeyB, cKeyA, cKeyB, nil)
	if store.IsNotFound(err) {
		return "", errors.New("Not Found")
	}
	err = json.Unmarshal(aDataByte, &aData)
	if err != nil {
		log.Printf("TOKEN FAILED %v\n", err)
		return "", err
	}

	if tData.TokenID != aData.Token {
		// Log Failed Operation
		log.Printf("TOKEN FAIL %s\n", t)
		return "", errors.New("Invalid Token")
	}

	// Return Account UUID
	// Log Operation
	log.Printf("TOKEN SUCCESS %s\n", tData.AcctID)
	return tData.AcctID, nil
}


text:
'Sweetbitter': Ella Purnell To Star In Starz Drama Series Based On Book
Courtesy of Starz
British actress Ella Purnell (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) is set for the lead role of Tess in Starz's half-hour drama Sweetbitter, based on Stephanie Danler's best-selling 2016 book. In addition, Emmy winning writer/director Richard Shepard (Girls) has joined as executive producer and will direct the series premiere episode.
Alfred A. Knopf; Starz
Sweetbitter follows 22-year-old Tess (Purnell) who, shortly after arriving in New York City, lands a job at a celebrated downtown restaurant. Swiftly introduced to the world of drugs, alcohol, love, lust, dive bars, and fine dining, she learns to navigate the chaotically alluring, yet punishing life she has stumbled upon. This is the story of a young woman's coming-of-age, set against the rich and grimy backdrop of exclusive restaurants, conjuring a nonstop and high-adrenaline world evoking the possibility, beauty, and fragility of being young and adrift.
Starz's New Superpowered Spy Thriller 'The Rook' Heading To Comic-Con
"Ella's portfolio of work and the array of her characters and performances in her young career are truly remarkable. We are excited for fans of the book and audiences to meet Tess," said Starz President of Programming Carmi Zlotnik. "We are also excited by Richard's vision to bring the book's richly written sensory experiences from the page to the screen."
Sweetbitter is Purnell's first major television role. Her film work includes the role of Emma in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Other credits include Never Let Me Go, Kick-Ass 2 and Maleficent.
Shepard's feature directing credits include The Matador starring Pierce Brosnan and Dom Hemingway starring Jude Law. On television, Shepard directed 12 episodes of HBO's Girls, as well as the pilots for Criminal Minds, Ugly Betty, among others. Shepard also directed the Emmy nominated documentary I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale and recently sold his short film Tokyo Project starring Elisabeth Moss.
Danler, who wrote the pilot script, and Stu Zicherman (The Americans, The Affair) executive producer along with Plan B Entertainment and Shepard. Donna Bloom will serve as producer on the six-episode freshman season. Laura Rosenthal is leading the ongoing casting search.
Starz retains all global distribution and home entertainment rights to the series.
Ella Purnell
Richard Shepard


text:
ZIA KHAN
What's So F#@*ing Great About Tesla?
Owners of Tesla automobiles love their cars! Practically every industry reviewer, including Car and Driver Magazine, raves about them. Consumer Reports recently rated the car a 103 on 100. A casual encounter with the car will undoubtedly impress you. If you've read any reviews about the car's technical and performance specs they are spectacular. Based on these factors you would be correct to conclude that the cars are superbly engineered and well-designed.
But the car is just a by-product of a much more ambitious idea. The Tesla Electric Vehicle (EV) itself is just one small cog in an expansive, radical vision — it is a means to a larger end. This is by design. An approach to solving a problem and creating value referred to as 'big D' design or Design Thinking — and Tesla is a fine case study of its application.
It all started with Elon Musk's long-held desire to reduce and eventually eliminate man's dependence on fossil fuels. Musk believed that fossil fuels threaten humanity's existence on this planet. More importantly, he was troubled by our continued reliance on the same energy source that propelled the Industrial Revolution, some 200 years ago. He thought that with all we know today about fossil fuel's negative effects, coupled with all the smarts, technological and scientific advancements we've made on other fronts, we ought to be able to transition the world over to a much better energy source. An energy source for the 21st century and beyond, a source that is arguably limitless, cleaner, and costs less — especially in terms of human lives.
The rational ideas that underscore the vision are reassuring, but we humans connect better with emotion. How you make people feel is as important as what you make. The car is a joy to behold, touch and drive — the sleek lines, the automagic sensors, the Jetsonian controls, its quiet "amusement park surge" — are all designed to make you smile and feel good about the world. And knowing you might also be doing good, makes you feel even better.
Every aspect of Tesla — the EV cars and its ecosystem — have this palpable commitment and attention to the human experience.
Musk did not set out to earn bragging rights or to make tons of money. He had already been there and done that. He was driven to solve a problem of civilizational consequence. This perspective defines the first principle of Design Thinking:
Begin with humans at the center
Granted this may not be how he would describe his approach, but if you break it down by principles — it is Design Thinking at its best.
Design Thinking is a methodology that is being successfully employed by the likes of Apple, Nest, IBM, and consultancies like IDEO and frog, to bring breakthrough meaningful products and services to market, and also to solve'wicked' social problems. Following are some of the other key principles.
Reframe the problem
Elon Musk did not just set out to build a better car, he set out to change the energy paradigm. To that end, Tesla is much more than a car company. It is the engine that's driving the building of a non-fossil fuel dependent future. And that is the problem that Musk set out to solve.
"Incremental innovation attempts to reach the highest point on the current hill. Radical innovation seeks the highest hill." — Don Norman
The idea of an electric car has been around for a long time. But there has not been a viable one brought to market to date because of a lack of infrastructure to support it, unlike gas-powered automobiles which have gas stations to fill up at on every road and highway across the country. When Henry Ford created a car for the masses, it lead to increased oil exploration, oil pipelines being laid, and the now-ubiquitous gas stations. Similarly, the nascent popularity of the EV is propelling the building of an electric transportation infrastructure. The difference this time around is, Tesla is doing much of the building of the infrastructure as well, unlike the oil infrastructure which was built by the Carnegies and Rockefellers.
But why a car?
There is a perception that electricity is just as 'dirty' as oil because the energy to make and charge batteries comes from coal-burning sources. There was a time when a majority of our electricity generators were coal-powered, but that's not true any longer. Coal has increasingly been replacedby renewable sources like wind, nuclear, hydro, and natural gas, as the source for industrial and commercial energy needs.
Also, in the US, the majority of oil is used for transportation. That's why a car. It is the means to a larger end.
Prototype and iterate
By any definition, solving this problem of fossil-fuel dependence would qualify as a 'Wicked Problem', meaning it is intractable, complex, with many dimensions, competing interests, and fraught with uncertainty. So when faced with the proverbial "How do you eat an elephant?" question, Design's version of the "One bite at a time" answer is Prototyping and Iteration. This is exactly what Tesla has been doing for the last decades or so, beginning with the Sportster, then the Model S, and soon the Model X. The Model S, which has been on the road now for just over 3 years, is in reality in beta mode. It is constantly being monitored, updated and refined in real time. Everything learned from previous iterations helps better the next. Upcoming models will also be released to the buying public in a similar fashion.
Design doesn't just create the product. When done well, it creates the conditions for perpetual innovation. Design is never finished.
Rethink the system
"Designing the artifact is useless unless we create the conditions for its success." — Valerie Casey
Tesla is not just a car company, it is the engine that is building a non-fossil fuel ecosystem. Here are the other components of this ecosystem:
Superchargers — The Supercharger is a network of electric charging stations, many solar powered, located in cities and along highways to service electric vehicles.
Gigafactory — Tesla is also addressing battery tech development and production by building its own battery facility which according to the company will "begin [battery] cell production in 2017. By 2020, the Gigafactory will reach full capacity and produce more lithium ion batteries annually than were produced worldwide in 2013". The 10 million square foot Gigafactory, which itself is powered by renewable energy sources like wind and solar, will produce batteries for all kinds of products, including its own cars. It will also produce the Powerwall.
Powerwall — The Powerwall, is a beautifully designed home battery that charges using electricity generated from rooftop solar panels, or when utility rates are low, and powers your home in the evening. It also serves as a backup electricity supply in case of outages.
SolarCity — While not exactly a part of the Tesla empire, Solarcity is an integral part of the ecosystem. And by no accident, it was founded by Musk's cousins Peter and Lyndon Rive. SolarCity is the largest end-to-end residential and business solar energy provider. It is backed by sizable funding from the likes of Google, Bank of America, and Musk himself, the largest shareholder, serving as its chairman.
In short, Tesla could one day be a company that powers just about everything, from the phones in your pocket, to your car, to your home, to the electric grid itself.
Deliver new value
Tesla has come to be known for transforming big ideas into reality by employing a human-centered, systems-thinking approach. And in so doing it is creating tremendous value while solving a huge problem. But the best validation for Tesla comes from the business world.
The cars practically sell themselves with virtually no marketing. Compare that to traditional auto brands that have some of the biggest marketing and advertising budgets. During the summer of 2012, before Tesla started deliveries on the Model S, the company had around 12,000 reservations with deposits on the all-electric sedan. And just ahead of the launch of the Model X, Tesla could have over 24,000 reservations for the crossover-SUV. Those are unprecedented numbers in the auto industry.
It's not just car enthusiasts and tree-huggers who love Tesla, Wall Street adores the company too. Tesla stock hovers around of $250 per share, which translates to a market valuation of about $33 Billion. Compare that to 90-year old Chrysler, the last big auto company to launch before Tesla, now valued at $24 Billion.
How about delivering on its mission to change the energy paradigm?
Tesla hasn't quite yet made 'a dent in the universe', but it sure seems like it could, and will in time. Tesla's success thus far has spurred other car-makers to join the EV race. In addition to hugely popular Nissan Leaf, carmakers like Porsche, Audi, Mercedes, Ford, and Chevrolet have all announced their entrée into the EV market. This is good news. It will have a ripple effect on improving battery tech, expanding the electric charger network, and growing demand for renewable energy sources — filling out Musk's dream of a non-fossil fuel energy future.
If progress continues along this trajectory electric cars will be the norm in a couple of decades. Which will, in turn, lower the atmosphere's CO2 level, cities will be less polluted, and global temperatures will be lower.
If not, SpaceX will help us all migrate to Mars!
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5 Things an Aging Life Care™ Professional Did Today – The last one may surprise you!
You asked your attorney, "How do families cope with all they have to know about taking care of an aging parent? When do they find the time and how do they know they're making the best decisions?" That's when your attorney gave you our number and after a brief conversation you recognized this was the help you had been looking for.
1. Listened. She* listened to your concerns and began to assess your short-term and long-term needs with regard to caring for a parent. She heard that your loved-one wants to age-in-place, but the house, the finances and her ability to care for herself has diminished.
2. She asked questions about important aspects of your life and the life of an aging loved one. How has quality of life diminished? What worries you the most? What happens when you talk about your concerns? What motivates your loved-one? Who has Power of Attorney? What is the medical history? What is the financial picture? etc.
3. Created a Mutually Agreeable Plan of Care. The Aging Life Care Professional (aka Geriatric Care Manager) assessed the risks and needs and created a dynamic plan of care to solve problems and monitor outcomes. She helped you select a home care company. She did a home safety evaluation and coordinated changes. She tracked appointments and made sure pill boxes were filled correctly. She advised you on senior living communities if desired. She made sure your loved one had purposeful and enjoyable things to do each day.
4. Gathered Information and Created an Emergency File of Life. She put all the pieces of information together such as Doctors, Medications, Medical History, Do Not Resituate (DNR) order, Family contacts, Legal contacts and other documents and told you that she would be there for you and your loved-one 24/7 when they go to the Dr. or if they go to the hospital unexpectedly. She was there when you went on vacation so you could enjoy a break.
5. She Became the Neutral Party which could help you and your loved-one meet common goals. And most importantly, she helped you be the Daughter instead of a harried, short-tempered caregiver.
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Gov. Cuomo Mandates All State Workers to be Vaccinated by Labor Day
Real Estate In-Depth | July 28, 2021
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the vaccination requirement on state workers on Wednesday.
ALBANY—Several days after New York City issued the mandate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced that all New York State employees—about 130,000 people—will be required to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by Labor Day.
The governor also announced that all patient-facing healthcare workers at state-run hospitals will be required to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by Labor Day. There will not be an option to be tested in lieu of vaccination for these patient-facing healthcare workers.
State employees who do not get vaccinated will be required to be tested for COVID-19 on a weekly basis. New York State is working with state unions to implement the requirement quickly and fairly.
"New Yorkers have displayed tremendous dedication and resilience to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic across the state, but vaccination rates aren't keeping pace with the Delta variant and we need to act now," Gov. Cuomo said. "That's why we're requiring everyone who works in a state-run hospital and interacts with patients to get vaccinated. New York is taking its vaccination effort a step further and requiring all state employees to get the shot or be tested weekly, and we look forward to working with our sisters and brothers in the labor movement to implement that quickly and effectively by Labor Day. Our healthcare heroes have led the way all through this terrible crisis, so let's get vaccinated, save lives and beat this beast for once and for all."
Gov. Cuomo also called on the FDA to expedite final approval of the vaccine and end emergency use authorization restrictions. He also urged local governments to require all employees to be vaccinated or submit to testing by Labor Day. If the numbers continue to increase, school districts in affected areas should also strongly consider taking further action.
State-run hospitals and facilities include:
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Upstate
SUNY Downstate
Long Island Veterans Home at Stony Brook
Helen Hayes Hospital
SUNY College of Optometry
Montrose Veterans Home
St. Albans Veterans Home
Oxford Veterans Home
Batavia Veterans Home
On Monday, Gov. Cuomo announced the allocation of $15 million from the New York State budget to promote vaccination in communities across the state that were hardest-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds will be used to strengthen communication, expand public education and enhance ongoing outreach efforts throughout diverse communities. The governor also announced a new ad urging New Yorkers across the state to get vaccinated.
On Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced an expansion of the city's vaccination mandate to include all city workers.
The new policy begins with city employees who work in congregate settings first. The plan will be phased in. Unvaccinated workers will have until Sept. 13 to complete their vaccine series or opt for a virus test each week. All unvaccinated workers must wear a mask at work starting Aug. 2.
At press time, the New York Times reports that President Biden will formally announce today (Thursday, July 29) that all civilian federal employees must be vaccinated against the coronavirus or be forced to submit to regular testing, social distancing, mask requirements and restrictions on most travel.
With the federal government, state and New York City imposing vaccination requirements, local governments are sure to follow if COVID infection numbers continue to rise. In fact, Wednesday afternoon Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano announced all municipal and Yonkers School District employees must provide one-time proof of COVID-19 vaccination by Labor Day or undergo weekly testing.