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On request from Runar, I'll describe a new *never seen before* visual effects I developped during the last weeks for Celestia 1.5.0 (it wont work under Celestia 1.4.2). Unfortunately, I can't post any pictures or QT sequences of the effects, so I'll ask Runar to publish here the QT movie he made about the solar convection cells I designed recently, or any other QT sequences for the other addons I've created (red dwarfs convection, smoke on a volcanic planet, etc). Pictures aren't enough to show the effect, since it's dynamical (animated) in nature.
So, suppose you want to see some convection cells on the sun, in Celestia (spicules, moving grains, etc, as seen on the TRACE web site. See the topics I've created on shatters's forum). The basic trick is simple : define 6 rotating spheres around the Sun, using 2 simple spherical models (in 3ds or CMOD format). 3 spheres are rotating around the perpendicular axis ("x", "y" and "z"). In the following, I'll call them the +spheres. The other three spheres are rotating in the reverse sense with exactly the same RotationPeriod value. I'll call them the -spheres. Notice that 2*3 = 6 spheres is the minimal number necessary to create the effect, without noticing any net rotation effect in Celestia. On the three +spheres, apply a grainy transparent PNG texture. On the -spheres, apply the reversed PNG texture (flipped vertically in Photoshop). The reversed texture is important, or else you'll notice some annoying "moire" effect while the spheres are rotating. The spheres must all have a radius slightly larger than the Sun, or else they wont be visible, or they'll be too much visible around the Sun. Some experimentations are needed here to find the proper value.
The only difficult part, to create a nice and realistic effect, is the PNG textures to be used. Lots of experimentations are necessary to find the proper transparent textures, contrasts, colors, etc. Notice that there is NO polar pinch effect with this technique. It could even be used to remove some of the polar pinch of the base texture applied to your star. This is an almost automatic feature of the technique described here.
RotationPeriod 0.03 # This value is too high to be realistic. It can be changed easily however.
That way, you'll have some very nice convection cells moving in a very complex way on the Sun's surface, without noticing any repetition. They are really looking like a real fluid moving in a cahotic way, like what is shown on the TRACE web site.
Using the same technique, you could add some very convincing fluid motion on red dwarfs, brown dwarfs, etc (any star, actually). You can even add some "vapor and smoke" to a volcanic planet, with a real sensation of "heat", or fluidlike clouds motion on a gaz giant (sorry, I can't show you any QT sequence here).
The effects are so convincing and fun to watch, that I started to add some to many of my personal addons in Celestia. In comparison, all the other stars and volcanic planets are now *EXTREMELLY* dull to watch, worst than ever !
1- the fluid motion is too fast.
Well, of course, this can be adjusted with a proper RotationPeriod value. I prefer to show some "fast" motion, without having to accelerate time by a 100 or 1000 factor.
2- using 6 spheres with a transparent textures, the luminosity is decreased. Also, a real star can't be looking like that (with grains and convection cells) in the visible spectrum, with the "naked eye", without using some filters (H-filter, for example). However, the star's rendering can be considered "realistic" in the infra-red or X-rays spectrums (see the TRACE web sites), or using some special hydrogen filter.
It may seem that this techniquie could be applied to a number of other applications? You mentioned vulcanism and other "flows".
Perhaps we could collect a possible list here and try things out?
In the case of the giants, it may be very interesting to use the technique for the "hot jupiters".
In this case, the technique was used only to add an "atmosphere" (or glow effect) on the pulsars.
Tx for the trick, Cham!
If I'm not wrong, 3 spheres with a texture, 3 spheres with the same flipped texture. So you will use 2 textures in memory when it's the same flipped... No way to avoid that flipping the 3 last spheres? This way you would load only 1 texture, no?
I already tried to use only one texture, at first. Apparently, it's not possible (or else, you'll have some weird periodic "moire" effects). I didn't found another way. So yes, you need one model with a texture for all three +spheres, and another model with a reversed texture for the -spheres. The reason is because you need the -spheres to rotate in the reverse way, to remove any net rotation feel on the global rendering. 3 spheres aren't enough (you need six), for a clear mathematical reason : you want a NIL total angular momentum.
Unfortunately, AFAIK, there isn't a "revert" texture operation in my modeler (a "rotation" isn't the same. And a "revert normals" can't do it, in this case, since we need to see the sphere from the outside). There was a similar problem when I've done my old black holes addons : At first, I used two textures on two planes, one texture was a +spiral, on the "up" plane, while there was a -spiral (reversed texture from Photoshop) on the "bottom" plane. Now I know I could do the same by reverting the normals of the first plane without reverting the texture, so I could use a single texture file instead (at the time I made my black holes, I didn't knew well enough my 3D modeler and its revert normals operation). This trick doesn't work in the case of spheres.
Now, flipping the +spheres in the SSC code (with a reverse rotation), to define the -spheres, will lead to some annoying periodic "moire" effects. That's what I did at first, when I discovered those "moire" effects. There are some weird patterns occuring in this case, like a "brief moment of rotation stop", or a puzzling "pulsation" effect.
Really, this isn't obvious. I did some drawings (on paper) to understand what is actually happening. And I'm still not sure yet to know why it works (no "moire" effects) if I use a second -reversed- texture. Apparently, it's related to the fact that there are two sets of three spheres rotating at the same velocity, not just two spheres rotating in the reverse way. So the illusion is actually pretty complex.
The texture used is also very important to achieve the global effect (there are TONS of variations possible, especially in combination with the base texture used on the main static sphere). Recently, I've created a trully spectacular effect for an old SF addon (remember the glowing ball rotating inside a Zet space station ?). I was able to achieve a kind of color pulsation, while the fluid is moving. This is really an amazing effect, but not a "realist" one (just good for SF).
ElChristou, I suggest that you try the rotating spheres by yourself, to see all the possible variations, especially with your talent in textures manipulations.
Seems this is the point; at a certain time the 6 textures must create a pattern... Now perhaps if the speed of one is slightly different, the moire effect could be break... but in this case the nill momentum is also broken... Definitively we need some extended test... I'll do some try when I get the time.
Of course, this effect depends on the fact that Celestia's spheres aren't really spherical. They are made of many flat triangles, so the corners and edges of the triangles protrude slightly above the flat surfaces of the triangles.
In other words, it's a geometrical effect. You see the various surface textures in the regions where they are close to the vertices (corners) and edges. The central (lower) regions of the triangles of one sphere are hidden in a changing pattern by the higher corners and edges of the other spheres. The size and density of the "cells" would change if one were to use spherical models which have a different number of "layers" and "slices" or if one were to use models which used a geodesic pattern of vertices instead of latitude and longitude.
about that geometrical effect, I already made several tests before, since it's the first bad behavior I noticed some weeks ago. The geometrical "moire" effect you're describing can be made to completely vanish with a proper radius relative to Celestia's sphere. Once you have found a proper radius, the geometrical "moire" effect is completely gone, whatever the sphere resolution (number of triangles). The "moire" effect I was refering to is related to the PNG textures themselves and the sense of rotation, and it's a subtle one. It has nothing to do with overlapping polygonal spheres.
Runar told me he would publish some QT movies to show the fluidlike motion, later this weekend. He's currently extremely busy with his job, so he need more time before showing the movies. Personally, I'm experiencing some framerate problems, while trying to do the movies myself (and I can't show them anyway).
they convert it to is absolutely horrible.
On the contrary, using a proper texture, I was able to achieve some awesome smoke and vapor on a volcanic planet. The effect is actually better than for the stars !
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Q: "Out of local stack" reversing a list I wrote the following Prolog code:
concatenate([X|L1], L2, [X|L3]) :- concatenate(L1, L2, L3).
concatenate([], L, L).

rev([X|L], Y) :- concatenate(Z, [X], Y), rev(L, Z).
rev([], []).

If I do some queries like:
?- rev([1,2,3], [3,2,1]).  ->  true
?- rev([1,2,3], [ X, Y, Z]).  -> X=3, Y=2, Z=1

it's ok, but if I do:
?- rev([1, 2, 3], X).

I get:
ERROR: Out of local stack

I'm sure I can find a correct implementation of reverse function on the web, but I want to know what does cause this error.

A: concatenate(L1, L2, L3). get called with both L1 and L3 not instanced, then loops forever. You can see this behaviour using the debugger: just
?- gtrace,rev([1,2,3],X).

then request a step inside concatenate (hit the space bar). In top left frame (bindings) you see the instantiated variables: just L2 get a value.

A: Instead of:
rev([X|L], Y) :- concatenate(Z, [X], Y), rev(L, Z).

Try:
rev([X|L], Y) :- rev(L, Z), concatenate(Z, [X], Y).

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package org.fest.swing.fixture;

import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.fest.swing.edt.GuiActionRunner.execute;
import static org.fest.swing.test.core.NeverMatchingComponentMatcher.neverMatches;
import static org.fest.util.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;

import org.fest.swing.core.GenericTypeMatcher;
import org.fest.swing.edt.GuiQuery;
import org.fest.swing.exception.ComponentLookupException;
import org.fest.swing.test.core.RobotBasedTestCase;
import org.fest.swing.test.swing.TestWindow;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;

/**
 * Tests lookups of {@code JTextComponent}s in {@link AbstractContainerFixture}.
 *
 * @author Alex Ruiz
 */
public class AbstractContainerFixture_textBox_Test extends RobotBasedTestCase {

  @Rule public final ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();

  private FakeContainerFixture fixture;
  private MyWindow window;

  @Override
  protected final void onSetUp() {
    window = MyWindow.createNew(getClass());
    fixture = new FakeContainerFixture(robot, window);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_find_visible_JTextComponent_by_name() {
    robot.showWindow(window);
    JTextComponentFixture textBox = fixture.textBox("typeMeTextField");
    assertThat(textBox.target()).isSameAs(window.textBox);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_visible_JTextComponent_not_found_by_name() {
    thrown.expect(ComponentLookupException.class);
    thrown.expectMessage("Unable to find component using matcher");
    thrown.expectMessage("name='myTextField', type=javax.swing.text.JTextComponent, requireShowing=true");
    fixture.textBox("myTextField");
  }

  @Test
  public void should_find_visible_JTextComponent_by_type() {
    robot.showWindow(window);
    JTextComponentFixture textBox = fixture.textBox();
    assertThat(textBox.target()).isSameAs(window.textBox);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_visible_JTextComponent_not_found_by_type() {
    thrown.expect(ComponentLookupException.class);
    thrown.expectMessage("Unable to find component using matcher");
    thrown.expectMessage("type=javax.swing.text.JTextComponent, requireShowing=true");
    fixture.textBox();
  }

  @Test
  public void should_find_visible_JTextComponent_by_Matcher() {
    robot.showWindow(window);
    JTextComponentFixture textBox = fixture.textBox(new GenericTypeMatcher<JTextComponent>(JTextComponent.class) {
      @Override
      protected boolean isMatching(@Nonnull JTextComponent b) {
        return "".equals(b.getText());
      }
    });
    assertThat(textBox.target()).isSameAs(window.textBox);
  }

  @Test
  public void should_fail_if_visible_JTextComponent_not_found_by_Matcher() {
    thrown.expect(ComponentLookupException.class);
    thrown.expectMessage("Unable to find component using matcher");
    fixture.textBox(neverMatches(JTextComponent.class));
  }

  private static class MyWindow extends TestWindow {
    final JTextComponent textBox = new JTextField(10);

    static @Nonnull MyWindow createNew(final @Nonnull Class<?> testClass) {
      MyWindow result = execute(new GuiQuery<MyWindow>() {
        @Override
        protected MyWindow executeInEDT() {
          return new MyWindow(testClass);
        }
      });
      return checkNotNull(result);
    }

    private MyWindow(@Nonnull Class<?> testClass) {
      super(testClass);
      textBox.setName("typeMeTextField");
      addComponents(textBox);
    }
  }
}

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Avyakta, meaning "not manifest", "unmanifest" etc., is the word ordinarily used to denote Prakrti on account of subtleness of its nature and is also used to denote Brahman, which is the subtlest of all and who by virtue of that subtlety is the ultimate support (asraya) of Prakrti. Avyakta as a category along with Mahat (Cosmic Intelligence) and Purusa plays an important role in the later Samkhya philosophy even though the Bhagavad Gita III.42 retaining the psychological categories altogether drops out the Mahat and the Avyakta (Unmanifest), the two objective categories.

Avyakta and origin of things

Charaka gives six elements or dhatus by adding Chetana to the five elements "earth", "water", "fire", "air" and "space". Chetana is identified with Purusa and the Avyakta-part of Prakrti treated as one category and called Paramatman. It is when Purusa or Chetana is connected with the body of senses and mind that consciousness can come to the self; consciousness is a phenomenon of the soul-mind-body complex. According to Bhagavad Gita XIII.1-2, Vikara or the evolutionary products of Prakrti are the Ksetras (Field) (Living organisms) and the Avyakta-part of Purusa or Chetana or Paramatman is the Ksetragna (Knower of the Field) (the individual self) (the Supreme Self).

According to Sushruta's views on the evolutionary process set in motion by Consciousness, Mahan (Intellect) is generated from Avyakta or mula-prakrti, from that Mahan, Ahamkara (Ego) is produced having the same qualities, and from Ahamkara are produced the twenty four elements that are achetana (unconscious) in nature, and the twenty-fifth element is the Jiva (Purusa or soul).

Paingala Upanishad, extending the instructions of the Mandukya Upanishad states that the mula-prakrti (body) becomes animated by associating with the witnessing consciousness which is the conditioned Brahman, and begins to evolve. Its first evolute is Avyakta which has Ishvara-consciousness as its subject animating soul. Pure consciousness of Brahman descends into or becomes Ishvara - self with Avyakta as the body. Thus, at that stage of evolution the Avyakta is the "causal body".

Avyakta and Maya

Maya, a Vedantic metamorphosis of the Samkhya Prakrti, is called Avyakta, not manifest, devoid of form etc., because one cannot obtain awareness of it by sense-perception and it cannot be seen in its native or true nature. It is to be inferred from its effects by persons whose intellect functions in accord with the declarations of Sruti. In its special condition it is spoken of as Susupti ("dreamless sleep") when in it the buddhi (Intellect) and the indriyas (senses) are completely dissolved and cease to function, when all pramanas (sources of knowledge) are still, and buddhi remains only in the form of a seed, the test of this is the universal verdict – "I did not know anything (while asleep)". Maya is the power of Ishvara or the conditioned Brahman as Saguna Brahman to create, which power is unimaginable and wonderful. It is the power to create drawn from the unconditioned Brahman or Nirguna Brahman, for effect without cause is impossible. Avyakta or Maya is beginningless avidya, it has no reality in the absolute sense and is destroyed by knowledge. It is compacted in three gunas - sattva, rajas and tamas, which by themselves are its constituents. Maya is of the nature of these three gunas and is superior to its effects. By virtue of being the cause of all transformations beginning with akasa and by virtue of the sruti which intimates the evolutions brought about by iksana ("seeing", "thinking"), samkalpa ("purposing") and parinama ("transformation"), Maya is established Shvetashvatara Upanishad - Know that Maya is Prakrti and Maheswara to be the Mayain, the wielder of Maya). It gives birth to this world. Maya is responsible for the reflected being of Ishvara and Avidya for the reflection that is the Jiva. From Maya is born everything from the Mahat to Brahmanda that is known as the Karanasarira or the "Causal body of the atman". The Karana sarira is called avyakta because not being available for sense-perception it is to be inferred from its effects.- Vivekachudamani.110, 122, 123

The Doctrine of Maya is not a fabrication of Adi Shankara. In the Rig Veda and the Upanishads Maya is generally meant "power"; it is in the Shvetashvatara Upanishad that Maya is identified with Prakrti and brought in to mean "illusion", and in the Bhagavad Gita, as "magical power". Adi Shankara does not accept the Samkhya view that Avyakta signifies Pradhana in its unmanifested state because the sage of the Katha Upanishad I.iii.10-11 does not define Avykta as Pradhana, nor indicates what should be known by this word. Primarily, Avyakta denotes "the antecedent seed stage of this world" in which it is not manifested by names and forms. Shankara replaces Pradhana as definition of seed is of the nature of Avidya and is signified by the word Avyakta, and having the supreme Lord (Brahman) as its ground is of the nature of Maya and is the great sleep in which transmigratory souls unaware of their form continue to slumber on.

Significance

When they first evolve from Avyakta the five subtle elements, then unable to participate in any action, do not have a form, later on out of these five only earth, water and fire acquire corporeality. The composition of Akasa containing the greatest amount of sattva was duly considered by the Upanishadic thinkers but the composition of "Time" which is dependent on "space" was left unconsidered. Lokacharya of the Vishishtadvaita school regarded Time as the cause of transformation of Prakrti and its mutation, but Srinivasa regarded the invisible incorporeal Time, which is an object of perception through the six sense-organs, as matter devoid of the three gunas,  and that Time that is eternal in the transcendental abode of God is non-eternal in the world. The Advaita School regards the world and therefore all substances as appearance due to an undefinable principle called the "Cosmic Nescience" or Maya, which is neither real nor unreal but undefinable. The Advaitins connect Time with the empirical world alone. As creation means the appearance of names and forms, they cannot exist before creation; also the difference between objects of the same class can have no reference to Sat, the "non-existent" simply does not exist.

The Bhagavad Gita declares that – "Far beyond even this Avyakta (the Unmanfest referred to in the earlier Verse 18) there is yet another unmanifest Existence, that  Supreme being who does not perish. The same Unmanifest which has been spoken of as the Indestructible is also called the supreme goal; that again is My supreme Abode, attaining which they return not to this mortal world.  Thus, the Sruti and the Smrti both declare the existence of Avyakta which as Maya is the upadhi of Ishvara; the five sheaths (Panchakosa-sarira) which are the effects of Maya are the upadhis of Jiva, when these upadhis are effectively removed there is no Ishvara and no jiva''- Vivekachudamani.245-6.

References

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Infrared thermal imaging was first made available to medicine in the early 1960's. Despite a large number of research publications on the clinical application of the technique, the images have been largely qualitative. This is in part due to the imaging technology itself, and the problem of data exchange between different medical users, with different hardware. An Anglo Polish collaborative study was set up in 2001 to identify and resolve the sources of error and problems in medical thermal imaging. Standardisation of the patient preparation, imaging hardware, image capture and analysis has been studied and developed by the group. A network of specialist centres in Europe is planned to work to establish the first digital reference atlas of quantifiable images of the normal healthy human body. Further processing techniques can then be used to classify abnormalities found in disease states. The follow up of drug treatment has been successfully monitored in clinical trials with quantitative thermal imaging. The collection of normal reference images is in progress. This paper specifies the areas found to be the source of unwanted variables, and the protocols to overcome them.


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It was revealed recently that Death Stranding would indeed receive the PC release that was promised when the game was first announced, despite a brief period where it was marketed as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. Now PC publisher 505 Games has confirmed that the "social strand game" will come to both major digital storefronts at the same time in summer 2020.
Preorders are open now on both Steam and Epic Games Store, where the standard version of the game retails for $59.99. There's no sign yet of any equivalent to the digital deluxe edition on the PlayStation, which comes with some golden in-game items, the game's soundtrack, and a few behind-the-scenes featurettes.
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While most of the workshops were student-led, Professor Chris Rogers, chair of mechanical engineering, hosted a workshop on "the Internet of Things" and Somerville community member Alessandrini Costa held a session on machine knitting, Braren said.
The Weekend of Making was the first event held by the Maker Network, a new collective of five student groups — Tufts Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Crafts Center and Crafts House, Tufts Robotics Club, Tufts Entrepreneurs Society and Tufts MAKE, according to the Maker Network website.
Braren saw the event as a kickoff to the collective's activities over the rest of the semester.
The event, which Rogers said was partially funded by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, also drew attention to the makers spaces Tufts offers, particularly the Maker Studio , which opened this semester, and the Crafts Center, according to Braren.
Braren also noted that expanding past internal Tufts leadership to include Costa was also a step toward involving the DIY community beyond campus.
Helen Sibila, co-manager of the Crafts Center, echoed this sentiment and noted the growth of the "maker" scene in Somerville, as evidenced by art spaces such as Artisan's Asylum, which is a "non-profit community fabrication center," according to its website.
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From its beginning in a small garage across the street from its current 17,000-square-foot Idaho location, Cowboy Cordage continues to expand to serve its growing customer base. Commonly known as The Rope Shop, this family-owned company opened its doors in early 1981 as Rocky Mtn. Ropes, later filing its corporate name as Cowboy Cordage Inc. Over the next several years, it added many brands and trademarks, including Gator Ropes, Magnum Ropes, and RoperVision.
The latest release in the team rope line-up—the Gator Fource—is popular in its regular head and heel lengths, but it also now comes in a 25-foot tie-on length. This ice blue tie-on rope has proven to be a successful combination of length and price ($29.95)—allowing consumers to pay only for what they need. And carrying the tradition forward from so many years ago, the signature rubber gator hangs from the eye of each rope.
The Rope Shop produces 20 styles of team ropes, plus a full line of children's ropes and ranch ropes. In addition, it offers the WonPad saddle blanket and accompanying WonBoot leg gear and WonCinch lines, as well as a bit and spur line.
As a relative newcomer to the industry, Lone Star Ropes is still small enough that veteran rope maker Guy Alford personally oversees the process of making each rope. Lone Star was launched about eight years ago by team roping brothers Richie and Kevin Pate of Texas, who just wanted to make great ropes for themselves and their friends.
One of Lone Star's biggest fans is two-time world champion heeler Patrick Smith, who joined the team in late 2013 and helped develop The Storm—a weighty four-strand blended rope. Another big customer is reserve world champion header Kaleb Driggers, who uses Lone Star's three-strand Glacier at rodeos and turns to the four-strand Storm at jackpots.
Lone Star offers five different four-strand ropes, including one made of straight nylon. Visit the site and you can locate dealers and shop through Lone Star's logo apparel, from tees and hoodies to vintage meshback caps.
Classic and Rattler Ropes consistently deliver some of the most sought-after ropes in the industry, and that hasn't changed since Classic's debut back in 1986 all the way through the launch of its wildly popular rope The Heat in 2009 and Spydr5 in 2010.
While the five-strand Spydr5 offers that patented Coretech technology, the rope making the biggest splash lately is actually one that Rattler has offered for a number of years—the GT4. More durable than a three-strand, the GT4 is easy to handle with lots of body, making it the favorite rope of guys like Travis Graves and Kollin VonAhn.
Bray estimates that 21 out of the 30 team roping contestants at the 2013 Wrangler NFR were swinging a Classic or Rattler, and that six of the past eight pairs of world titles were won with the ropes.
If there's one company in America with more old-school cool than any other cowboy retailer, it's King Ropes. Visit the picturesque King family ranch outside Sheridan, Wyo., in springtime and you'll likely glimpse dozens of fresh ropes stretched out in the sun.
King's 3/8" scant "light" head and heel ropes in blue-green or red are becoming popular, and are King's answer to the market trend toward smaller and smaller ropes. But don't worry about the King brand coming out with any fancy rope names—you still just ask for a King in a nylon or blend, three or four strands.
And don't forget to get a cap. The wildly popular King Ropes hats are spotted everywhere from Brazil to Australia, where King commonly ships its home-tied 40- and 60-foot ranch ropes.
This company has a brand-spanking new rope out called The Vortex. It's a small, light straight-nylon three-strand rope with no color.
The Vortex head rope is a hair bigger than the Mach III with a little more weight; plus, it's 33 feet long, which is great for reaching at rodeos. The heel rope is slightly smaller and lighter than the Mach III, but offers so much body that you can put a big trap under a steer with no bounce—and it doesn't close up.
Plus, the natural color means this rope is more consistent in different temperatures and it won't fuzz up as fast as a dyed rope. Plus, the higher crowns of its three strands make it stop faster on the saddle horn. Not only will you make faster runs, but your rope will last longer.
"Economically, it's a whole lot better all the way around," Benson says.
Have you been frustrated by a roping glove that doesn't allow you to really feel your rope, or one that bunches up around your palm or wrist because the size just doesn't quite work?
Now there's a new standard in thin roping gloves. Noble Outfitters' True Flex™ Roping Glove was engineered for a close-contact feel because it was constructed specifically to reduce bulk in the knuckles for even better feel of your rope. The nylon/cotton/rubber blend material is made with flexibility, fit and feel in mind, giving you an extra-sensitive feel and skin-tight fit that allows for even faster rope speed.
The True Flex™ Roping Glove comes in a fun orange color and is available in four sizes to ensure a snug fit, with each cuff color coded by size for easy reference. The gloves are available in 12-packs of small, medium, large or extra-large.
Here's something brand new from the California-based Noble Outfitters – a ropebag that offers you all the rope protection of a traditional can without the weight and bulk, plus several extra features. The new Retro Roper's Bag has a 600-denier 100-percent polyester canvas water-repellant exterior and it opens just like a can to give you full access immediately.
New innovations include a couple of full 19-inch dividers with mesh bottoms to let dirt fall away as you easily separate new ropes from old stand-bys (no more coils getting caught up in each other). Other features include a quick-clip at the handle so you can hang it from anything and a removable shoulder strap for hands-free transporting.
A large zippered front section holds all your accessories, while a revolutionary Grab 'n Go dispenser just above it lets you store your favorite glove where it's extra handy. What's more, when you buy a Retro Roper's Bag, you get a six-pack of True Flex™ Roping Gloves for free.
And you can enjoy your new bag and gloves even more knowing that Noble puts 5 percent of profits toward equestrian-focused youth programs.


24g black niobium at 5/64" would be great. Do you know when it would be available?
I was wondering if you had an estimation on when 20g black niobium 3/32" would be in stock again. I am also interested in 22g black niobium in 5/64" if it would possible.


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Women's Conferences
Amy Parent
Fiat: Making Mary's Yes Our Own
In 2017, the Archdiocese of Portland reached out to a team of volunteers and myself. They wanted to create a showcase for women's ministries but had a scheduling conflict. They had this idea that discipleship groups that were small had the best ability to succeed in developing Catholic lives. They needed help to achieve their mission. So we stepped in.
Our aim was to inform,equip and ignite women to bring these ministries into their homes and parishes. We called it "Fiat: Making Mary's Yes Our Own".
We invited Sonia Corbitt who had a bible study of her own. she was talented and we knew that her knowledge of scripture would be a draw. She also had never been in this area of the country. That was a major focus in inviting her.
But there were so many other apostulates that had amazing effects in parishes. Ministries like Blessed is She, Walking With Purpose, and Endow; each with their own different focus and intention. But we needed speakers for each. How could we pay each speaker? We also needed food! and how to sell tickets? So many daunting challenges.
The team met regularly and they were amazing to bounce ideas off of - but a lot of them had their own pressing schedule and family needs. They all had their own Fiat that they had already answered. But all did pitch in and the job was incredibly exhausting.
We got to the day and I was supposed to facilitate. But what was I going to say? I hadn't even figured that out. I was a Martha in a Mary world. I had no idea how to explain what we were about to do. I managed to pull some quotes off of the internet but how to lead women deeper was something I was not equipped to do. I realized that in this particular job I was more of a "doer" than a leader.
I got the job done but as I left that day, many women came up to me and wanted me to do another conference. I felt complimented but in my heart I wondered if I had done this all wrong. Each woman was supposed to go away from the conference feeling empowered to bring Christ into their daily lives. That meant that my job was supposed to be done. They were supposed to take over.
I felt dejected. As i shared my feelings with one of my friends, expecting her to commiserate with me, she instead told me I was all wrong. They did go away empowered, which is why they were so happy. But now they needed a next step. She explained that Jesus came to repair our relationship with the Father but he didn't leave us with a pat on the back and a good luck. He left us with the Church and with the saints. He left us with an ongoing ability to gather together, learn and worship. Alright, I said, I'll do another.
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My fiance and I recently took a vacation trip on Amtrak from Union Station to Orlando, Flo. The trip was really super. The ride was mostly smooth, the train crews courteous and friendly, and the food was good. We arrived in Orlando 15 minutes early, and were only a few minutes late returning to Chicago. Both ways, the train was almost completely full; and this was not the major vacation season.
This was my first long-distance train trip, and I hope not my last. The government would be making a huge mistake if it cancels Amtrak. There are an awful lot of people who can`t or won`t fly; how would they travel? And putting thousands of Amtrak employees out of work would cost more in umemployment compensation than the train subsidies cost. Would that help the federal deficit? Not much! Finally, does the government really want the United States to be the only major developed nation in the world without a national passenger railroad service?
Keep Amtrak rolling. We really need it.


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Q: I have some problems with the XML layouts (android development). I think I have some problems with a LinearLayout container. I do not know how to fix these problems:
I am a beginner to XML but I think the problem is in the second LinearLayout. I hope someone can help me out.
The code is here below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">
    <TextView
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
    />
    **<LinearLayout
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        andriod:orientation="horizontal" >
        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
           />
        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            />

    </LinearLayout>**
        <Button
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"

            />

</LinearLayout>

A: The problem I see when reading your xml file is that inside the main LinearLayout you have 3 elements with the properties about the width and height as follows:
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_width="match_parent"

which means you expect the elements to fill entirely the main LinearLayout. This is not going to work. A linear layout has ordered not overlapping elements (RelativeLayout is there for that). Since the main LinearLayout is supposed to be oriented vertically, I suppose that for these three elements, you need to set the properties to match the whole width of main LinearLayout and to be wrapped vertically, by setting these values:
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"

You should apply these to the TextView, LinearLayout and Button elements of second level.

A: If you have overlapping imageviews try adding weights to them and/or changing the width to not match the parent and only wrapping the content.

A: please change andriod to android    ( Line 14 )

A: Your posted code has a typo. Your fix might be as simple as replacing the line:
andriod:orientation="horizontal"
with:
android:orientation="horizontal"

A: Judging by the image you posted, I think you may have forgotten to add weights to occupy the free space in your Linearlayouts. Try this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">
    <TextView
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
    />
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        andriod:orientation="horizontal"
        android:layout_weight="1" >
        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
           />
        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            />

    </LinearLayout>
        <Button
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
            />

</LinearLayout>


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This lady knows about cars, period. She even got an oscar for this movie. Well done.


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MPP ORIGINAL ART MAKES JUICY GIFTIES! Martian children stop eating their hamburger & asparagus "food pills" after watching Santa interviewed on earth-TV, building dolls that look just like them! Mars' prez sez it's confusing his kids & consults an 800-year-old "ancient" for advice! "They're born with electronic teaching machines attached to their brains & by the time they can walk they're adults," he laments, & "now they're rebelling & wanna have fun"! So: Mars needs Santa! The heading for this Motion Picture Purgatory which originally appeared in a 2011 issue of The Montreal Mirror was "Santa Claus Colonializes the Martians!" As always; the original art's for sale @ 100 bucks. More deets below or contact me for info. (To see image full-sized, click on it to open in a new window & use the magnify function).


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Thursday, October 18 2018 / Published in Weekly Feature
Jenny Erwin: A Fashionable Journey from SCAD to WEG
Jenny, standing in front of a painting she did in 2017, with her rescue dog Pippin and her cat Pumpernickel. Jenny is wearing her own designs: Cape Dress, Studded Sweater and Studded Jeans.
By Doris Degner-Foster
Jenny Erwin is a student at Savanna College of Art and Design (SCAD) but she's not waiting to graduate to begin her career. She's presenting her line of contemporary, luxury clothing during the World Equestrian Games (WEG). Inspired by her horse Apache, Jenny has named her brand Apacceli, which is an appropriate reflection of her designs that feature an equestrian influence.
Apacceli designs include a Crimson Wrap Top and Classic Black Jeans (left) and Studded Sweater and Studded Grey Jeans. (right)
"I decided this is the year I should launch because WEG was such a good vendor opportunity to get my brand out there to multiple nationalities," Jenny said. "It was just too good to pass up."
Jenny is well acquainted with international experience. She spent three years based in Germany where she rode and showed Apache, and although her riding was curtailed by a concussion and her horse's suspensory injury, she enjoyed the experience so much that she considered staying in Europe. "I actually looked into going to sculpture school in Florence," Jenny said. "But in the end, I decided to come home to the States."
The Apacceli brand is different from other equestrian-inspired clothing, which more closely follows the classic lines, such as polo shirts. "My apparel is a more contemporary interpretation of equestrian designs," Jenny said. "For example, in my fall launch I have five different pairs of jeans that are definitely inspired by riding pants, but they more closely follow the perception of high fashion."
Jenny's apparel line is different than typical luxury brands, which are designed for very slim figures. "All of my designs are cut for an athletic body type," Jenny said. "That's one thing I really don't like about luxury clothes because they're always too small in the wrong places; you have to go for a size up if you have biceps or any muscle in your leg, which we know that 99.9 percent of equestrians do have."
Also included in her fall launch are sweaters, accessories and a unique cape dress that has an artwork design of patterned velvet. There are two distinctive handbags in the collection and one has a definite equestrian influence that Jenny calls a "crossed crop cross-body." It incorporates a riding crop design on a distinctive plaid material with riding crops for the handle. Another smaller bag also features a fun detail of an adorable little Corgi, which is launching separately with its own animated campaign on Apacceli social media in October.
SCAD student Jenny Erwin has launched a fashion company called Apacceli, featuring contemporary interpretations of equestrian designs.
Preparing to Launch
After she returned from Europe, Jenny spent time at two different stables as a working student where she reinforced her tireless work ethic before her acceptance into Savannah College of Art and Design. She had decided that working within the horse industry wasn't for her since she wanted to continue to enjoy riding as a hobby, not as a job. The work ethic stayed with her as she became a full-time college student while also working at a part-time job and simultaneously building her brand.
"I thought I would like to do riding sportswear because that was my life at the time," Jenny said, "but I didn't feel comfortable going for a fashion major so I went for an advertising major, which I thought was a little bit safer for building a career that would allow me to continue riding."
What she was learning in advertising helped equip her for launching her own fashion designs, which was always in the back of her mind. Her knowledge of advertising campaigns, target audiences and sales strategy was beneficial when planning her launch of Apacceli. Jenny built upon that knowledge with a course in entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School, and did thorough planning and market research before getting funding to go forward with the launch of her designs.
As she was developing her apparel line, Jenny drew upon her connections within the SCAD community, including her photographer and the product development company Factory 404, which was founded by SCAD alumni. "My equestrian community has also been extremely supportive, from commenting on my designs to giving business advice," Jenny said. "I'm even manufacturing my jeans through the sister of one of my riding friends."
Jenny also got real hands-on experience in her part-time job with Faulkner and Locke, an architecture and art consulting firm for businesses and hotels. The owners, Sally Faulkner and Brenda Locke, reviewed Jenny's business plan with her and were very supportive and enthusiastic about her designs. Sally also rides, so she could relate in more ways than one with Jenny. Responsibilities in her job were to manage their second business, Chambre D'Amis, which markets luxury towels, soaps and other items found in high-end hotels. Jenny said, "They made me the person in charge of that business, so I got to see a lot of different aspects of their start-up while I was working on my own."
Studded Sweater and Studded Grey Jeans by Jenny's brand Apacceli
Making it Happen Anyway
Jenny had been feeling tired for several months but simply dismissed it as the result of her busy schedule. When her symptoms worsened, she finally saw a doctor and was told to immediately get to the hospital. Within minutes of arriving there, she was in the ICU and stayed there for four days while being stabilized with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
"I know another rider who is also a type 1 diabetic and she came and visited me in the hospital," Jenny said. "She's been my guiding force, having me over to her house to explain the technology and help me get on track. The diagnosis is kind of a heavy thing but she's been helping me make it a little more lighthearted. We've been calling ourselves the diabetes duo to make it a bit less serious."
With funding secure and product development on schedule, Jenny didn't lose much time with the launch while she was ill and was looking forward to opening her booth in Tryon at the World Equestrian Games. She is listed in the vendor portal as offering 'contemporary, eco-friendly, luxury clothing and accessories with an equestrian twist."
Jenny added, "The theme for my fall collection is 'Nature Meets Street Style.' A unique feature will be a one-of-a-kind window display that Jenny designed especially for WEG.
A Lascaux Sweater (inspired by the Lascaux cave paintings in France) with Classic Black Jeans
Still Riding
Although her horse Apache is retired with her sister's horses in North Carolina, Jenny still finds time in her busy schedule to ride her Quarter Horse mare, Blue, whom she bought from a neighbor of her trainer when she was living in North Carolina. "I bought her as a project. She was a barrel racing pony that kept jumping out of her stall and we thought, maybe she's a jumper instead of the barrel racer," Jenny said. "I started riding her and really liked her so I bought her for almost nothing. Now, she's amazing and so much fun to ride in the high adult jumpers. She's like a little firecracker that I call my resale fail."
Jenny currently works with trainer Glenn Hartigan of Eurimports Equestrian in Atlanta, and she manages to go to about five shows a year. She would love to compete in higher jumping competitions and to devote more time to riding and training, and has future plans to find an upper level horse, but presently she has other things on her plate. On a leave from SCAD, Jenny plans to go back to being a full-time student in January to graduate in the spring.
"All of my classes that are left can be completed online," Jenny said. "And I have less than six months left so I plan to continue working on my brand full time while finishing up those last few classes."
One thing is for sure: When Jenny is ready to do more, whether it be with riding or fashion designing, she won't wait. She will make it happen.
For more information, visit www.apacceli.com
Velvet Cape Dress (left) and Crimson Wrap Top with Classic Black Jeans (right)
Tagged under: apacceli, Doris Degner-Foster, fashion, Jenny Erwin
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Ghale, nominated after Karma Tshering Sherpa won the ANFA presidential elections on May 5 last year, was relieved of his honorary post by the ANFA executive committee meeting on January 17. ANFA had suspected Ghale of leaking infamous audio tape recordings of 'irregularities' during election involving conversation of top ANFA officials including general secretary Indraman Tuladhar and treasurer Rabindra Man Joshi among others.
But Ghale, also the former President of 'A' Division outfits Manang Marshyangdi Club and former ANFA vice president, was reinstated on February 17 by Patan High Court verdict acting on his writ petition. Issuing an interim order, the Court ordered ANFA not to strip Ghale of his honorary post and to furnish clarification for relieving Ghale from the post within 15 days.
Ghale was one of the close allies in the lead up to the ANFA election but he was soon at the loggerheads with Sherpa. "I accept I am one of the characters in the infamous audio recordings. But I am also looking at how the audio recording leaked," said Ghale adding that the tape scandal was already under investigation by the National Sports Council (NSC) and Ministry of Youth and Sports. "I am ready to face charges if I found guilty on tape scandal," said Ghale.
Ghale also claimed that ANFA could not strip him of honorary position since it was non-executive designation offered to him for his long service on football. "The executive meeting had given me the honorary post as per the ANFA statute and there is no provision of striping the title. Moreover, how could they take back the honour which they themselves gave to me," he said.
Ghale also blamed Nabin Pandey, the international relation advisor at ANFA who holds the German passport, of running ANFA from behind the curtain. Ghale also made claims of financial irregularities at ANFA. He alleged ANFA of producing fake bills from Hotel View Bhrikuti during the AFC U-16 Women Championship Qualifier last year to deceive Asian Football Confederation.
"I was with the Sherpa-led team in their battle with the now disgraced former president Ganesh Thapa under the slogan of change ANFA. But nothing has been changed despite the change of guard in the last one year. I will continue to fight against any sort of irregularities in football. If they mend their ways, I am happy to work with them for the good of football," said Ghale.


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Conothele limatior est une espèce d'araignées mygalomorphes de la famille des Halonoproctidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique de Nouvelle-Guinée.

Publication originale
 Kulczyński, 1908 : Araneae musei nationalis Hungarici in regionibus Indica et Australia a Ludovico Biro collectae. Annals Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, , .

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Notes et références

Halonoproctidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de Nouvelle-Guinée
Araignée d'Indonésie


A Quieter, Rainy Off Grid Week At The Passive Solar Prefab House... With A New Prefab Project Announced.
Awww who are we kidding, when are we quiet over here.
I'm excited to announce another passive solar prefab house project underway, a Dogtrot Mod prefab house from Green Cabin Kits, another prefab project in the northeast! This prefab project, due for fabrication in July, will go quickly. The design documents should go to engineering this week to ensure it meets local code, then fabrication of the SIP (structural insulated panels) is coordinated with the contractor to ensure they arrive when he needs them. The contractor aims to document the project in depth so it will be fun to follow; I will keep you posted!
It's that time of year where I turn off the HRV and throw open the off grid modern prefab house's windows. The air is delicious! The redbuds, dogwood, and quince are blooming!
With the 150th commemoration of Appomattox over, you'd think we'd be exhausted, but no, we all have spring fever and that means lots of play!
The temperatures were perfect for al fresco dining.
There was lots of rain, but that didn't stop us from embracing fun... and plus our cistern is full!
Rain? What rain. We LAUGH at rain. We canter in rain. Take that, rain... #DoWeLookLikeGirlsWhoMelt?
With all the rain, the tree frogs sing loudly about the modern prefab house. It is lovely. I wonder if we're becoming Seattle. Or Portland. Or... oh. The frogs are telling me to shush and let them sing.
So... a few weeks ago, an Amish friend mentioned she is making "Kraft cheese" which then led to a lively discussion on how certain things she's making (like Kraft cheese) ironically originate from really bad Non-Food from we English.
As a joke, when I came over to visit I thought I'd bring her some real Kraft "cheese," wrapped in plastic and having sat in my purse in the hot sun while the farrier came.
As you might imagine she was absolutely delighted (not)!
As I took my leave, she gifted US with some of HER (homemade) Kraft cheese.
I definitely think my family came out ahead on the gift giving...!
We headed into the city for our friend, architect, food activist, permaculture gal, and artist Lisa Taranto's art opening at Eric Schindler Gallery. Have a look!
"KINGS OF COCAINE! IT'S *AWESOME!* They're an immense network of criminals who make BILLIONS of dollars in the seventies!"


2 The request has been made in proceedings between CS — a third-country national and the mother of a young child who is a Union citizen possessing the nationality of a Member State in which he has always resided — and the Secretary of State for the Home Department ('the Home Secretary') concerning a deportation order expelling CS from the territory of the United Kingdom to a third country because of her criminal record.
4 Under section 32(5) of the UK Borders Act 2007 ('the Borders Act'), where a person who is not a British citizen is convicted in the United Kingdom of an offence and is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months, the Home Secretary must make a deportation order in respect of him.
(c) breach rights of the offender under the EU Treaties.
6 Under regulation 15A(4A) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006, in the version as amended in 2012 ('the Immigration Regulations'), which takes account of the judgment of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano (C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124), a person who satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) is entitled to a 'derivative right to reside in the United Kingdom'.
7 However, in accordance with regulation 15A(9) of the Immigration Regulations, a person who would otherwise be entitled to a derivative right of residence under, inter alia, regulation 15A(4A) is not entitled to that right 'where the [Home Secretary] has made a decision under regulation 19(3)(b), 20(1) or 20A(1)'.
8 By virtue of regulation 20(1) of the Immigration Regulations, the Home Secretary may refuse to issue, revoke or refuse to renew a registration certificate, a residence card, a document certifying permanent residence or a permanent residence card 'if the refusal or revocation is justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health'.
9 Under regulation 20(6) of the Immigration Regulations, such a decision must be taken in accordance with regulation 21.
10 Regulation 21A of the Immigration Regulations applies a modified version of Part 4 of the Immigration Regulations to decisions taken in relation, in particular, to derivative rights of residence. Regulation 21A(3)(a) applies Part 4 as if 'references to a matter being "justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health in accordance with regulation 21" referred instead to a matter being "conducive to the public good"'.
11 It follows from those provisions that it is possible to refuse to grant a derived (or 'derivative') right of residence to a person who could otherwise claim a right of residence under Article 20 TFEU, as interpreted by the Court in its judgment of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano (C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124), where that is conducive to the public good.
12 CS, a third-country national, married a British citizen in 2002. In September 2003 she was granted a visa on the basis of her marriage and entered the United Kingdom lawfully, with leave to remain until 20 August 2005. On 31 October 2005, she was granted indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
13 In 2011 a child of the marriage was born, in the United Kingdom. CS is said to be the sole carer of the child, who is a British citizen.
14 On 21 March 2012, CS was convicted of a criminal offence. On 4 May 2012, she was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 12 months.
15 On 2 August 2012, CS was notified that by reason of her conviction she was liable to be deported from the United Kingdom. On 30 August 2012, she applied for asylum in the United Kingdom. That application was considered by the appropriate national authority, namely the Home Secretary.
16 On 2 November 2012, CS was released after completing her period of imprisonment and on 9 January 2013 the Home Secretary rejected her application for asylum. The order deporting CS from the United Kingdom to a third country was made under section 32(5) of the Borders Act. CS challenged the order by exercising her right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (United Kingdom). On 3 September 2013, her appeal was allowed on the ground that her deportation would lead to a breach of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, of Articles 3 and 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and of the Treaties.
17 In its decision, the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) found that, if a measure deporting CS were adopted, no other family member could care for her child in the United Kingdom, so that he would have to follow her to her State of origin. Referring to the rights of CS's child that are linked to his Union citizenship, under Article 20 TFEU as interpreted by the Court in the judgment of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano (C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124), it held that 'a citizen of the EU simply cannot be constructively expelled from the territory of the EU in any circumstances whatsoever … [, that that] obligation permits of no derogation at all, including where … the parents had a criminal history … [and that] the deportation order in this case is therefore not in accordance with the law because it violates the child's rights under Article 20 TFEU'.
18 The Home Secretary was granted permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). She argued that the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) erred in law in allowing CS's appeal, in particular as regards its assessment relating to the rights of CS's child under Article 20 TFEU, to the judgment of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano (C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124), and to CS's derived rights. The Home Secretary submitted in particular that EU law does not preclude CS being deported to her State of origin even if to do so would deprive her child, a Union citizen, of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights attaching to that status.
'1. Does EU law, and in particular Article 20 TFEU, preclude a Member State from expelling from its territory to a non-Union country a non-Union national who is the parent and primary carer of a child who is a citizen of that Member State (and, consequently, a citizen of the Union), where to do so would deprive the Union citizen child of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of his or her rights as a European Union citizen?
2. If the answer to Question 1 is "No", in what circumstances would such an expulsion be permitted under EU law?
20 By its questions, which it is appropriate to examine together, the referring court asks, in essence, whether Article 20 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which requires a third-country national who has been convicted of a criminal offence of a certain gravity to be expelled from the territory of that Member State to a third country notwithstanding the fact that that national is the primary carer of a young child who is a national of that Member State, in which he has been residing since birth without having exercised his right of freedom of movement, when the envisaged expulsion would require the child to leave the territory of the European Union, thereby depriving him of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of his rights as a Union citizen.
21 First, Article 3 of Directive 2004/38, headed 'Beneficiaries', provides in paragraph 1 that the directive is to apply to all Union citizens who 'move to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they are a national, and to their family members'.
22 It follows that Directive 2004/38 is not applicable to a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, as the Union citizen concerned has never made use of his right of freedom of movement and has always resided in the Member State of which he is a national (see judgment of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano, C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124, paragraph 39). In so far as a Union citizen is not covered by the concept of 'beneficiary' for the purposes of Article 3(1) of Directive 2004/38, a member of his family is not covered by that concept either, given that the rights conferred by that directive on the family members of a beneficiary of the directive are not autonomous rights of those family members, but derived rights, acquired through their status as members of the beneficiary's family (see judgments of 5 May 2011, McCarthy, C‑434/09, EU:C:2011:277, paragraph 42; of 15 November 2011, Dereci and Others, C‑256/11, EU:C:2011:734, paragraph 55; and of 8 May 2013, Ymeraga and Others, C‑87/12, EU:C:2013:291, paragraph 31).
23 So far as concerns, secondly, Article 20 TFEU, the Court has already had occasion to hold that the situation of a Union citizen who, like CS's child of British nationality, has not made use of the right of freedom of movement cannot, for that reason alone, be assimilated to a purely internal situation, that is to say, a situation which has no factor linking it with any of the situations governed by EU law (see judgments of 5 May 2011, McCarthy, C‑434/09, EU:C:2011:277, paragraph 46; of 15 November 2011, Dereci and Others, C‑256/11, EU:C:2011:734, paragraph 61; and of 6 December 2012, O and Others, C‑356/11 and C‑357/11, EU:C:2012:776, paragraph 43).
24 CS's child, as a national of a Member State, enjoys, under Article 20(1) TFEU, the status of Union citizen, which is intended to be the fundamental status of nationals of the Member States, and may therefore rely on the rights pertaining to that status, including against the Member State of which he is a national (see judgments of 5 May 2011, McCarthy, C‑434/09, EU:C:2011:277, paragraph 48; of 15 November 2011, Dereci and Others, C‑256/11, EU:C:2011:734, paragraph 63; and of 6 December 2012, O and Others, C‑356/11 and C‑357/11, EU:C:2012:776, paragraph 44).
25 Citizenship of the Union confers on each Union citizen a primary and individual right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, subject to the limitations and restrictions laid down by the Treaty and the measures adopted for their implementation (see, to this effect, judgments of 7 October 2010, Lassal, C‑162/09, EU:C:2010:592, paragraph 29, and of 16 October 2012, Hungary v Slovakia, C‑364/10, EU:C:2012:630, paragraph 43).
26 As the Court held in paragraph 42 of the judgment of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano (C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124), Article 20 TFEU precludes national measures which have the effect of depriving Union citizens of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights conferred by virtue of their status as Union citizens.
27 On the other hand, the Treaty provisions on citizenship of the Union do not confer any autonomous right on third-country nationals (judgments of 8 November 2012, Iida, C‑40/11, EU:C:2012:691, paragraph 66, and of 8 May 2013, Ymeraga and Others, C‑87/12, EU:C:2013:291, paragraph 34).
28 Any rights conferred on third-country nationals by the Treaty provisions on citizenship of the Union are not autonomous rights of those nationals but rights derived from those enjoyed by the Union citizen. The purpose and justification of those derived rights are based on the fact that a refusal to allow them would be such as to interfere, in particular, with the Union citizen's freedom of movement (judgments of 8 November 2012, Iida, C‑40/11, EU:C:2012:691, paragraphs 67 and 68, and of 8 May 2013, Ymeraga and Others, C‑87/12, EU:C:2013:291, paragraph 35).
29 In this connection, the Court has already held that there are very specific situations in which, despite the fact that the secondary law on the right of residence of third-country nationals does not apply and the Union citizen concerned has not made use of his freedom of movement, a right of residence must nevertheless be granted to a third-country national who is a family member of his since the effectiveness of citizenship of the Union would otherwise be undermined, if, as a consequence of refusal of such a right, that citizen would be obliged in practice to leave the territory of the European Union as a whole, thus denying him the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights conferred by virtue of his status (see, to this effect, judgments of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano, C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124, paragraphs 43 and 44; of 15 November 2011, Dereci and Others, C‑256/11, EU:C:2011:734, paragraphs 66 and 67; of 8 November 2012, Iida, C‑40/11, EU:C:2012:691, paragraph 71; of 8 May 2013, Ymeraga and Others, C‑87/12, EU:C:2013:291, paragraph 36; and of 10 October 2013, Alokpa and Moudoulou, C‑86/12, EU:C:2013:645, paragraph 32).
30 The above situations have the common feature that, although they are governed by legislation which falls, a priori, within the competence of the Member States, namely legislation on the right of entry and residence of third-country nationals outside the scope of provisions of secondary legislation which provide for the grant of such a right under certain conditions, they nonetheless have an intrinsic connection with the freedom of movement and residence of a Union citizen, which prevents the right of entry and residence being refused to those nationals in the Member State of residence of that citizen, in order not to interfere with that freedom (see, to this effect, judgments of 8 November 2012, Iida, C‑40/11, EU:C:2012:691, paragraph 72, and of 8 May 2013, Ymeraga and Others, C‑87/12, EU:C:2013:291, paragraph 37).
31 In the present instance, CS's child has the right, as a Union citizen, to move and reside freely within the territory of the European Union, and any limitation of that right falls within the scope of EU law.
32 The expulsion of that child's mother, who is his primary carer, could result in a restriction of the rights conferred by the status of Union citizen, as he may be compelled, de facto, to go with her, and therefore to leave the territory of the European Union as a whole. In this sense, the expulsion of the child's mother would deprive the child of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights which the status of Union citizen nevertheless confers upon him.
33 Consequently, the situation at issue in the main proceedings could result, for CS's child, in his being deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights which his status of Union citizen confers upon him, and therefore falls within the scope of EU law.
34 The United Kingdom Government contends that the commission of a criminal offence can take a case outside the scope of the principle established by the Court in the judgment of 8 March 2011, Ruiz Zambrano (C‑34/09, EU:C:2011:124). If, however, the Court were to hold that that principle is applicable in a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, it is capable of limitation. In this connection, the United Kingdom Government submits that the decision to deport CS on account of her criminal conduct of a certain gravity corresponds to a public policy ground, since that conduct represents a clear threat to a legitimate interest of the United Kingdom, namely the preservation of social cohesion and respect for its societal values. It has noted that, in this instance, the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Criminal Division), in the decision dismissing CS's appeal against her sentence to a term of imprisonment, recognised the seriousness of the offence committed by her.
35 In that context, the United Kingdom Government observes that Articles 27 and 28 of Directive 2004/38 set out a framework governing the Member States' ability to expel a Union citizen from their territory, in particular when he has committed a criminal offence. Failure to recognise the possibility of limiting a derived right of residence flowing directly from Article 20 TFEU and of adopting an expulsion measure would mean that a Member State would be unable to expel a third-country national who is guilty of such an offence if he is the parent of a child who is a Union citizen resident in the Member State of which he is a national. Accordingly, the degree of protection from expulsion from that Member State's territory would be greater for a third-country national who has a derived right of residence than for a Union citizen. In the United Kingdom Government's submission, therefore, a Member State must be entitled to derogate from the derived right of residence flowing from Article 20 TFEU and to expel such a third-country national from its territory if a criminal offence of a certain gravity has been committed, even where this means that the child in question will have to leave the territory of the European Union, provided that such a decision is proportionate and respects fundamental rights.
36 It should be pointed out that Article 20 TFEU does not affect the possibility of Member States relying on an exception linked, in particular, to upholding the requirements of public policy and safeguarding public security. However, since CS's situation falls within the scope of EU law, assessment of her situation must take account of the right to respect for private and family life, as laid down in Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ('the Charter'), an article which must be read in conjunction with the obligation to take into consideration the child's best interests, recognised in Article 24(2) of the Charter (see, to this effect, judgment of 23 December 2009, Detiček, C‑403/09 PPU, EU:C:2009:810, paragraphs 53 and 54).
37 Furthermore, it should be borne in mind that, as a justification for derogating from the right of residence of Union citizens or members of their families, the concepts of 'public policy' and 'public security' must be interpreted strictly, so that their scope cannot be determined unilaterally by the Member States without being subject to control by the EU institutions (see, to this effect, judgments of 4 December 1974, van Duyn, 41/74, EU:C:1974:133, paragraph 18; of 27 October 1977, Bouchereau, 30/77, EU:C:1977:172, paragraph 33; of 29 April 2004, Orfanopoulos and Oliveri, C‑482/01 and C‑493/01, EU:C:2004:262, paragraphs 64 and 65; of 27 April 2006, Commission v Germany, C‑441/02, EU:C:2006:253, paragraph 34; and of 7 June 2007, Commission v Netherlands, C‑50/06, EU:C:2007:325, paragraph 42).
38 The Court has thus held that the concept of 'public policy' presupposes, in any event, the existence, in addition to the disturbance of the social order which any infringement of the law involves, of a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society.
39 As regards 'public security', it is apparent from the Court's case-law that this concept covers both the internal security of a Member State and its external security and that, consequently, a threat to the functioning of institutions and essential public services and the survival of the population, as well as the risk of a serious disturbance to foreign relations or to peaceful coexistence of nations, or a risk to military interests, may affect public security (see, to this effect, judgments of 23 November 2010, Tsakouridis, C‑145/09, EU:C:2010:708, paragraphs 43 and 44, and of 15 February 2016, N., C‑601/15 PPU, EU:C:2016:84, paragraphs 65 and 66). The Court has also held that the fight against crime in connection with drug trafficking as part of an organised group (see, to this effect, judgment of 23 November 2010, Tsakouridis, C‑145/09, EU:C:2010:708, paragraphs 45 and 46) or against terrorism (see, to this effect, judgment of 26 November 2002, Oteiza Olazabal, C‑100/01, EU:C:2002:712, paragraphs 12 and 35) is included within the concept of 'public security'.
40 In this context, it must be held that, where the expulsion decision is founded on the existence of a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the requirements of public policy or of public security, in view of the criminal offences committed by a third-country national who is the sole carer of children who are Union citizens, that decision could be consistent with EU law.
41 On the other hand, that conclusion cannot be drawn automatically on the basis solely of the criminal record of the person concerned. It can result, where appropriate, only from a specific assessment by the national court of all the current and relevant circumstances of the case, in the light of the principle of proportionality, of the child's best interests and of the fundamental rights whose observance the Court ensures.
42 That assessment must therefore take account in particular of the personal conduct of the individual concerned, the length and legality of his residence on the territory of the Member State concerned, the nature and gravity of the offence committed, the extent to which the person concerned is currently a danger to society, the age of the child at issue and his state of health, as well as his economic and family situation.
43 In the present instance, the referring court indicates that, under the national legislation at issue in the main proceedings, the Home Secretary is obliged to make a deportation order in respect of a national of a State other than the United Kingdom who is convicted of an offence and sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months, unless that order 'breach[es] the rights of the convicted offender under the EU Treaties'.
44 That legislation therefore seems to establish a systematic and automatic link between the criminal conviction of the person concerned and the expulsion measure applicable to him or, in any event, there is a presumption that the person concerned must be expelled from the United Kingdom.
45 However, as is clear from paragraphs 40 to 42 of the present judgment, the mere existence of a criminal record cannot, by itself, justify an expulsion decision which may deprive CS's child of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of the rights conferred by virtue of his status as a citizen.
46 In the light of the considerations set out in paragraph 40 of the present judgment, the referring court, first of all, has the task of examining what, in CS's conduct or the offence that she committed, constitutes a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the fundamental interests of society or of the host Member State, which may justify, on the ground of protecting the requirements of public policy or public security, an order deporting her from the United Kingdom.
47 It is incumbent in this respect upon the referring court to assess (i) the extent to which CS's criminal conduct is a danger to society and (ii) any consequences which such conduct might have for the requirements of public policy or public security of the Member State concerned.
48 In carrying out the balancing exercise required of it, the referring court has also to take account of the fundamental rights whose observance the Court ensures, in particular the right to respect for private and family life, as laid down in Article 7 of the Charter (see, to this effect, judgment of 23 November 2010, Tsakouridis, C‑145/09, EU:C:2010:708, paragraph 52), and to ensure that the principle of proportionality is observed.
49 In the present instance, account is to be taken of the child's best interests when weighing up the interests involved. Particular attention must be paid to his age, his situation in the Member State concerned and the extent to which he is dependent on the parent (see, to this effect, ECtHR, 3 October 2014, Jeunesse v. the Netherlands, CE:ECHR:2014:1003JUD001273810, § 118).
50 In the light of all the foregoing considerations, the answer to the questions referred is that Article 20 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which requires a third-country national who has been convicted of a criminal offence to be expelled from the territory of that Member State to a third country notwithstanding the fact that that national is the primary carer of a young child who is a national of that Member State, in which he has been residing since birth without having exercised his right of freedom of movement, when the expulsion of the person concerned would require the child to leave the territory of the European Union, thereby depriving him of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of his rights as a Union citizen. However, in exceptional circumstances a Member State may adopt an expulsion measure provided that it is founded on the personal conduct of that third-country national, which must constitute a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat adversely affecting one of the fundamental interests of the society of that Member State, and that it is based on consideration of the various interests involved, matters which are for the national court to determine.
Article 20 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding legislation of a Member State which requires a third-country national who has been convicted of a criminal offence to be expelled from the territory of that Member State to a third country notwithstanding the fact that that national is the primary carer of a young child who is a national of that Member State, in which he has been residing since birth without having exercised his right of freedom of movement, when the expulsion of the person concerned would require the child to leave the territory of the European Union, thereby depriving him of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of his rights as a Union citizen. However, in exceptional circumstances a Member State may adopt an expulsion measure provided that it is founded on the personal conduct of that third-country national, which must constitute a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat adversely affecting one of the fundamental interests of the society of that Member State, and that it is based on consideration of the various interests involved, matters which are for the national court to determine.


I have a unique perspective about K-12 needs as well as what edtech companies must provide to make a critical difference in education. Serving in public education for over 30 years, many of which as superintendent of schools, I have learned a few things about what works and what doesn't.
The shift in moving beyond product or service placement to providing insights about effective change leadership, change management, or performance metrics are critical to building trust capital.
District superintendents need to know that you and your company are in this business to be transformational and impact student lives—not just make money. It's important to do business with companies that "get" what you're committed to doing.
It's critical to understand the school system as well as the capacity, competence, and confidence to implement your product or service. Ask great questions and listen.
Do you understand the conflicting and competing initiatives under way? Think about the sum of impact, time, commitment, resources, and attention required.
Do you understand where and to what extent previous initiatives have produced desired results? It's important as you think how to adjust and adapt implementation as well as ongoing support.
Do you assume that school systems already know how to implement your service or product? You never should assume. You are the "experts" and they expect you to have answers to your questions. I appreciate companies that are confident enough to share their preferred method of implementation, monitoring, and adjustment through the life cycle of their product. It enables a clear path and direction that raises the bar for success.
This type of leadership must serve to inspire and provoke different thinking about the challenges, concerns, and solutions in education. The shift in moving beyond product or service placement to providing insights about effective change leadership, change management, or performance metrics are critical to building trust capital between private and public sectors.
The shifting landscape in K-12 partnerships is taking the time to be clear about what we are trying to achieve and why—and not rushing the how. The landscape is replete with the carnage of failed implementation of promising products and services due to rushing to the "how" before firmly establishing a shared understanding of the "what" and "why".
The shifting landscape of partnerships is critical. I am confident that the aforementioned four points are merely a starting point. The demand and therefore responsibility of companies to meet or exceed new expectations of partnering will ultimately determine their success. The most powerful lessons learned as a Superintendent were that I did not have all the answers, and I could not do this work on my own. Companies that understand this reality and embrace the shift are the ones that will not only thrive, but also play a major role in this great work of educating all learners.
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A recent study reveals that a child's intelligence is inherited from the mother. That means, if the mother is smart, usually the kid is also.
And while I don't believe in it fully — there's so much that genetics can do — I see evidence of this whenever I look around.
For example, my cousin-in-law's two children are top students in ICA, one of Manila's most prestigious Chinese schools. This is surprising considering that Tyrone failed grade school twice, and almost got kicked out of high school. Every one was surprised that he even graduated.
Tyrone was a great guy, but as a kid, he was never academically smart, causing his mother to pull her hair during every report card season.
His wife however was pretty and received top grades.
They were classmates and she was a performer, while he was at the other extreme of the sphere. They fell in love, got married, produced two kids and BAM, the children are as smart, or are even smarter than the mother!
My father for example graduated from Mapua, one of the premier engineering universities in Manila, but he was just an average student. He was more active in extra-curricular activities than my mom, and had his fair share of bad boy adventures.
My mom however was a bookworm. Specifically, she graduated with a degree in Mathematics and taught calculus for 10 years in another university. In other words, my mom was slightly smarter than my dad.
When I look at my cousins (from my dad's side) and I, it seems that my family was more inclined to study. My little brother, who hated reading and studying, still graduated from university with honors. I graduated from a pretty good university and my dad never had a problem with me academically.
Compare this to my cousins from my father's side, most of them did not even finish university. Many dropped out due to personal problems, and didn't amount to much.
And while I'd like to think it's because I was smarter and better than them, I would much rather give credit to my mom's wish to immerse us in education and academics.
My mom gave me free credit to buy myself any book I wanted from National Bookstore.
She supported me in every school project, and tutored my little brother every evening.
I was tutored my Chinese subjects every single day up until 9 in the evening. And after coming home, I would study my English subjects.
We were expected to graduate from university. It wasn't a choice.
I think that intelligence is more about the parents' belief in myself and my brother. Of repeatedly exposing us to books and real-life experiences.
According to this other research, parents of high achieving kids have higher expectations for their children. What they believe, they subconsciously do, steering children to the direction that they wanted.
Well, he never told me the downsides of having a business, but maybe all his brainwashing had fruit since we now have a small business to manage.
So don't laugh at me when I share with you that I am investing early in my daughter's education.
She's been attending Kindermusik the last couple of months, teaching her the joys of music, and this November, at 11 months, she will go to pre-nursery school.
My Husband thinks I'm loco but I tell him to watch me as I mold my daughter to love studying and reading and socializing with other children.
But I've been right so far.
She's hitting all her mental and physical milestones early, and hasn't embarrassed us too much yet.
Sure, I might be wrong and my child may turn out to be an angsty, gloomy kid, but hey, I'd rather bet and do my darnest to ensure she turns out to be the opposite.
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