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Home Community Seeds of Hope
by Saraya Brewer, Clary Estes
A 40-acre farm just outside of Lexington's city limits offers a unique form of therapy for survivors of intimate partner abuse from 17 central Kentucky counties. Photo by Clary Estes
Community supported agriculture (CSA) flower subscriptions allow subscribers to receive weekly bunches of flowers while supporting the mission of GreenHouse17. Photo by Clary Estes
On a peaceful 40-acre farm just outside Lexington, early summer flowers are in full bloom and seeds have been sown for fall harvest – but the farm known as GreenHouse17 is growing more than just plants.
A domestic violence program serving 17 counties in central Kentucky, GreenHouse17 provides a nurturing respite and safe haven – both physically and spiritually – for victims of intimate partner abuse and their children. From safe housing and legal advocacy to budget counseling and medical and dental treatment, the nonprofit organization offers a multitude of services for survivors.An on-site art room, sewing room and yoga room are all part of the available hands-on services, but perhaps its most unique approach to healing is the therapeutic horticulture program the nonprofit introduced in 2011.
"We learned very quickly [that the farm] was a very healing avenue for a lot of our families," explained the organization's executive director Darlene Thomas.
Participation in the horticulture program is optional, with opportunities ranging from growing and arranging flowers for GreenHouse17's flower subscription/CSA program to producing and harvesting crops that are used to feed residents. Aiding in the development and sales of GreenHouse17's line of handmade candles, soaps, bath salts and other beauty and wellness products is another popular way that residents and others seeking refuge at the nonprofit can participate. The products are made on-site using herbs and other products grown on the farm, and sold online via GreenHouse17.org and etsy.com, as well as at local markets and fairs.
According to Beckah Fulcher, a staff member with the organization who oversees the development of the product line, the entire process – from workshopping scent combinations to naming products and designing packaging – helps participants develop not only job skills and a source of income, but also a sense of self-sufficiency.
"It's a different way to build relationships," said Fulcher.
"It motivates people, gives them a reason to get up and something to look forward to," she continued. "It definitely affects the mood of the house."
GreenHouse17 executive director Darlene Thomas and staffers Christina Lane and Jessica Ballard (L-R) stand in one of the farm's six large hoop houses. Photos by Clary Estes
While GreenHouse17's farm program might be bustling today, the road to the organization's agricultural model was not exactly a straight line.
When Thomas first heard about the 40-acre property where the nonprofit is currently housed, "everybody told me not to come," she says.
"It was too far out, not on a bus line and not near businesses," she said. "[There were] all these reasons why we shouldn't [locate a domestic violence shelter there] – but every time we stepped foot on this property, we realized why we should.
"We thought, 'What a perfect home for survivors to heal and their children to have space to run and be kids, and for families to rebuild,'" she added.
Ultimately, Thomas – who has 28 years of experience working with survivors of intimate partner abuse – trusted her instinct.
"I have worked in urban programs and [survivors just] don't have space," she explained. "You put a lot of traumatized people with multitudes of issues and backgrounds and histories all together with no room to move. It's not always ideal."
In 2005, Thomas and other organization founders secured the land and launched the nonprofit – originally called the Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program – and officially moved out to the farm six months later. Thomas said she's found that the expanse of land not only gives survivors both the physical and psychological space to breath and rebuild, but it also increases the inclusivity and accessibility to the population the organization serves.
"We serve 17 counties, 16 of which are rural – our families from [rural] areas aren't necessarily going to want to go to downtown Lexington," Thomas said. "If we were going to serve 17 counties, we needed to be accessible to all 17."
The close proximity to central Lexington makes the location convenient for the more urban population the organization serves, while providing a peaceful respite from city life.
"Our urban dwellers love being out on the 40 acres – they are watching horses and going out on the farm; there are plants and greenery; and [their] children get to play safely," Thomas said.
The impact of the horticulture program on the overall operations of the nonprofit was the impetus for its name change to GreenHouse17 in 2013. Photo by Clary Estes
Cultivating land and spirit
From the beginning, Thomas understood that the farm would allow survivors and their families a place to both cultivate the land and have the land cultivate their spirit in return. And so, slowly but surely GreenHouse17's farm program came to bloom – albeit, after a bit of trial and error.
The seeds of the farm program started simply as a handful of raised beds for growing vegetables that would help provide healthy food for the shelter, but even that seemingly simple project started off a bit rocky.
"The raised bed garden in the first year was a complete disaster," Thomas recalled. "They were totally overgrown, and nobody wanted to take care of it because no one knew how to take care of it."
Eventually, she said, staff members found that children staying at the shelter were picking and eating carrots straight out of the beds. Tomatoes started finding their way into the building's kitchen as well.
"Even though the beds themselves looked terrible and overgrown, things were growing from them, and the kids and the families were [eating from them]," Thomas said. "We thought, 'well, maybe we're onto something.'"
From those overgrown, unassuming raised beds has grown one of the most unique and effective domestic abuse programs in the country. With the help of GreenHouse17's assistant director, Diane Fleet, who headed the development of the farm through regional partnerships with programs like Grow Appalachia and the Berea College Fund, the program has expanded immensely, eventually hiring two full-time employees to help oversee it.The CSA flower subscription program has nearly doubled since last year, and the original eight raised garden beds have made way for six high tunnel "hoop houses" that help produce food nearly year-round. The horticulture program is currently the subject of a two-year, $450,000 research study geared to measure the healing effects on participants. Conducted in partnership between Fleet and University of Kentucky researchers Diane Follingstad and Claire Renzetti, the research study is comparing treatment outcomes of women who participate in the therapeutic horticulture program with women who stay at the shelter but do not participate in the farm activities.
While the study is still in progress, many staff members and others who have seen the program unfold extol its benefits, which certainly support the fundamental core of GreenHouse17's philosophy. Not only has it provided a sustainable model for operations and a therapeutic resource for survivors, but the program also provides job skills and even an income source for survivors as they rebuild their lives.
"We really consider ourselves a 'value added' program, in that we believe our families and [GreenHouse17] add value to this community, and that the community adds value to all of us," Thomas said.
The impact of the horticulture program on the overall operations of the nonprofit was the impetus for its name change to GreenHouse17 in 2013.
"We had started the farm and products and realized our name did not reflect our work," Thomas said. "We wanted our story to be positive and hopeful – a focus on the possibilities."
GreenHouse17's product line, Handmade By Survivors, features soap, candles, lip balm and bath salts. The products are developed by survivors of domestic abuse and staff members at GreenHouse17. Photo by Clary Estes
GreenHouse17
The GreenHouse17 facility features 32 emergency shelter beds, as well as multi-tiered housing options for families getting their lives back on track. The program has also developed a number of community outreach activities throughout the year, including its annual Luna Fest, a film festival of short films by, for and about women; "u-pick" nights, where the community is invited to the farm to pick flowers; and a farm-to-table program, where community members can invite GreenHouse17 to come cook in their home for them and their friends while learning more about the farm and its work, among other events.
More information on GreenHouse17's flower subscription program, which follows the model of traditional community supported agriculture (CSA) programs, is available at greenhouse17.org/our-farm/store. The website also features a link to purchase candles, soaps, bath salts and other beauty and wellness products from GreenHouse17's line of products, called Handmade by Survivors.

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Q: Creating a simple jQuery game to predict a winner I am trying to create this game, right now it shows 8 teams and the user has to click on them and selected teams comes to next zone until there is one winner. I have created teams in pair from an array but not able to build a logic to select team which goes to next level. I will share the code written so far.
It's a coin toss code where it picks between 0 and 1 which determines the winner.
Code - http://plnkr.co/edit/sTzLPlSbyXPCA0mpWkdC?p=preview
This is the code that I have attempted so far.
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The greatest difficulty I'm having at the moment is creating a common logic to map teams to next level to choose winner.
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!!

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Building AI-Powered Smart Assistants Using IBM Watson
Prateek Prasad
Last updated on: June 16, 2018
Computing has advanced significantly in the past ten years, and for most of us, it's going to get even bigger in our lifetime. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence have attributed a lot to recent advances in computing. It's kind of amazing to throwback to the days of feature phones and computers being dumb with limited processing and hardware which we've almost discarded. On one end of the spectrum we have such legacy devices and systems almost approaching extinction and then we have devices and services like Microsoft's Holo Lens and Amazon Alexa giving us a peek into what the future beholds.
One of the recent feats of AI has been context aware assistant software and bots. Companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and others have contributed a lot towards making their homegrown version of what we consider smart assistants, more human-like.
The History of AI and Smart Assistants
Now, it's critical to examine what has exactly happened in this field and how we've come along to use this technology like it's no big deal. Back in the days when Apple launched Siri, smart assistants weren't really a thing, and the only time you heard the word "bot", you could be certain it had something to do with actual physical hardware robots. The way in which we as users, were able to interact with these assistants was sort of one way. When I say one way, it means that these assistants or bots (if there were any at the time) used pre-programmed replies to certain hot words or questions to respond to the user's queries.
The problem with this approach was that it got repetitive, pretty quickly. This one reason was big enough in itself to attribute to the fact that no one found assistants useful, and they quickly became just a gimmick instead of becoming a useful feature.
As Apple (in those days) was the pioneer in technology, every other company tried to get on the bandwagon and build their own offering and so we saw Samsung release S Voice on their Galaxy devices and many others which just withered away with time.
What can be considered to be a pivotal moment in the advancement of smart assistants was when Google got into the game and decided to give this whole smart assistant a shot. If you have even the slightest idea of how much data Google has been sitting on, you won't deny that Google had the best shot at doing it right. Google Now was the first time smart assistant looked something like we could use on a daily basis. The sheer amount of data that Google threw in to train the system made the whole experience feel natural. With recent advances in the field of Machine Learning and specifically Neural Networks, we've definitely reached an inflection point, with systems getting capable of performing tasks at human level accuracy. This is the biggest reasons why today you can have a two-way, context-aware conversation with the assistant. And this is the primary reason why bots and assistants have started becoming useful. (Special shout out to Microsoft for showing what AI is capable of my creating the bot called Tay!)
While Siri and Google Now, as smart assistants have been in the game for only a small amount of time (considering that they were launched only in 2012), IBM was already quite ahead of the curve in the AI sector. The company has research and innovations backing its 40+ years worth of work in this field. This is one key factor which determined its victory in Jeopardy 2011 (before any smart assistants existed).
What is Jeopardy?
Jeopardy is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions, read more here. While you may think it was just another quiz show, here's the deal with Jeopardy, understanding the question in itself is a big deal, let alone figuring out the answer. This alone makes Watson one of the smartest machines ever built.
Another testament to IBM's innovation is when IBM's Deep Blue system defeated the then world chess champion, Garry Kasparov back in 1997. While the defeat of Lee Sedol at the game of Go drew more attention, the innovation in this field started way back in 1997 after Deep Blue's defeat.
Today we have companies like IBM, Microsoft, and Facebook investing a lot on platforms which allow you to build bots without a great deal of expertise required. Now before we even get to how you can build one, it's trivial to ask why you would want to build one in the first place.
If you see a little closer, you'll find a ton of situations where bots can not only be assistive but exceed the efficiency in which a human can accomplish a task. A few of those examples would be customer support, healthcare (you need to check out how IBM Watson is helping doctors and medical professionals in cancer research. Visit this link for more on that) and e-commerce extensions. The scale at which major companies are operating and the sheer amount of data they're sitting on, it will not only help scale their businesses more but would also offer richer and more engaging experiences for their consumers.
In this post, we'll look at how easy it is for someone with absolutely no programming knowledge, to create a bot which is smart and contextual using IBM's Watson Conversation Service(WCS).
What's this Watson you Ask?
Well, Watson is IBM's supercomputer which makes use of AI and analytics software to create a question answering system which is optimized for performance. Watson is capable of processing at a rate of 80 teraflops per second. To reach the human level accuracy while processing queries and giving out answers, Watson accesses over 90 servers with a combined data store of 200 million pages of information. It was named after the first CEO of IBM (not the one from Sherlock Holmes you literature nerds!). It's worth noting that while we are focusing more on the Watson Conversation Services in this article, Watson isn't just limited to this one task. Watson is capable of processing information more like a "smart human" than a computer, which means it is capable of contextual analysis of the given data. The system is so advanced that it is capable of determining if data is structured or unstructured, it knows that data is not created equal. Apart from contextual analysis, it is also capable of differentiating between different types of information. It is also capable of reading, analyzing and learning from natural language, just like humans. It's a very sophisticated system and we can't go on about all of its capabilities but the ones listed above are more than sufficient to put it ahead of any other system currently operational, because Watson has learned and evolved with time and now IBM is allowing you, the developers to tap into its features to power your application and services.
Watson Conversation Service
Watson Conversation Service sits on top of IBM's Bluemix Cloud and allows you to create interfaces for popular clients like Slack and Facebook Messenger to be used by users to get to what they want in a simple way. (Indeed conversational interfaces would be replacing visual interfaces in future!).
Watson Conversation Service is so advanced and so well laid out that you can have your chatbot up and running in less than 10 minutes and this is not me saying it, it's what IBM claims. Its simplicity of use makes it a great toolkit for any developer's arsenal. Imagine how smart your next app or service can get with the integration of such intelligence and the best part about it is that there's absolutely no machine learning experience required.
Before you start building out a chatbot, you need to understand a few key things about how Watson works. Watson makes use of 3 key things:
An intent is a group of example that a user might say to communicate a specific goal or idea. In simpler words, an Intent is a broad description of a task that a user may want to perform.
Entity, on the other hand, allows the application and the service to decide at a more lower /granular level what exactly is it that the user wishes to do. Entities are Watson's way of handling significant ways to handle users input. It's used to clarify the intents and allow a different response for each case.
Lastly, a dialog is what ties intents and entities. It enables a bot to recognize intents and entities to respond to the user's queries. Dialogs are used to ask clarifying questions if the provided information isn't sufficient or guide users through more elaborate processes.
Using just the knowledge I imparted on you above, you can easily use IBM'sweb tooling to create a chat bot that responds to your questions. The only requirement is that you need to have an IBM Bluemix account. Apart from that, everything is fairly straightforward. You can go signup for a Bluemix account on this link.
There are plenty of guides and videos available online for you to get started, not to mention that IBM's documentation is pretty self-sufficient for getting started. Considering the fact that, Bluemix is free for a 30-day trial, you should wait around, instead just get your hands dirty.
There's a blog by IBM on building chatbots which is particularly helpful, head over to this link to have a look at that. As a helpful resource, IBM has also made a walkthrough video which is embedded below, you can use that as a reference for a detailed overview.
Also, IBM is hosting 2 CrowdChats and a Facebook Live Session for developers interested in building things with Watson. I highly encourage you to register for them via the links given below.
Crowdchat 02 – http://ibm.co/2jgrrq9 (13th February 2017)
Facebook Live – http://ibm.co/2jo6rM1 (16th February 2017)
In case you need a quick walkthrough here's a video that will teach you to build your own bot in under 6 minutes.
Lastly, for any further details and to check out the development of Watson, you can check out their GitHub page on this link.
The pace at which technology is advancing, it's extremely evident that smart assistants and bots will power the next generation of services while hardware and even software take the back seat. Users will be able to directly engage with the services in the most natural way possible. In the time when IBM is experimenting with offerings like Bluemix and Watson Conversation Service, the only bottleneck that the companies will face in developing these experiences will be the lack of talent. So you should clearly give AI and Machine Learning a harder look as a possible career prospect.
Prateek is a Mobile Developer and Designer based out of Bengaluru. When he's not working with the First Order on the next version of the Death Star, he's creating Illustrations and producing videos for TechLila. He's also trying to do something about his coffee addiction.
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The Final Report to the Membership on Resolutions Adopted by the 2017 WASB Delegate Assembly is now posted on the WASB website (www.wasb.org) on the Delegate Assembly page. To find it, look under the Advocacy and Government Relations tab, then click on the Delegate Assembly link.
Thanks to all delegates and boards for your work on these resolutions.
These newly adopted resolutions will now be placed in the 2017 edition of the WASB Resolutions Book, which will be published later this Spring, and will remain in force until amended or repealed. To find the 2016 edition of the WASB Resolutions Book click here.


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Guns N' Roses Virtual Reunion (Top Story)
. Guns N' Roses Virtual Reunion was a top story in August. Here it is again as we recap 2010: We know that a lot of our readers keep hoping for a reunion of the original Guns N' Roses. That's not likely to happen but we received word about a virtual reunion via a new Mash-up EP. Here is the an info a reader sent over: DJ 5agge has combined Axl Rose's vocals from Chinese Democracy with tracks from Velvet Revolver (featuring Slash, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner) and Slash's new solo album.
The mashups contain elements of Axl Rose's vocals from "Prostitute," "Chinese Democracy," "If the World," "There Was a Time," "Scraped," and "Madagascar," as well as audio from Axl Rose's performance as DJ Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The instrumentation comes from Slash's "Beautiful Dangerous," and Velvet Revolver's "Slither" & "Messages," (an iTunes bonus track from the band's much-maligned 2007 release Libertad).
Axl's voice and Slash's guitar complement each other perfectly. You can tell by these remixes that a new album from Axl and Slash would totally rock and would beat anything either has done post 1993. - more on this story
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Q: S#arp Architecture Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 Template How do I make S#arp Architecture project template work with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1?
Does anyone have an updated template or a converter? I've put it in all the places possible, but Visual Studio still doesn't pick it up.

A: At the very least, it'll need a version bump. It's possible this is all it needs. Open up the xml file in your favourite text editor and you should be able to work out what to edit.


The Volley is the informal newsletter of the Dallas Independent Volleyball Association which used to be published on a biweekly basis. It is now published on a occasion and will hopefully move to an online format in the near future. First published in February 1992, it was the brainchild of DIVA member, Jeff Sappenfield. The newsletter was originally mailed to members with the purpose to communicate important dates and events in DIVA to the members (This was before the advent of email and the website which have supplanted that use.). It has slowly evolved into a more relaxed folksy newsletter.
Contact the secretary at communication@DIVADallas.org if you have articles, pictures or information that you would like to see in The Volley.


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Ably Announces $70M Series B Funding From Insight Partners And Dawn Capital
Ably, the platform that powers synchronized digital experiences in realtime, today announced it has closed a $70 million Series B funding round co-led by Insight Partners and Dawn Capital LLP. Existing investors Triple Point, Digital Horizon, Forward Partners, and MMC, also participated in this new funding round. The funding will support and accelerate Ably's growth and continued platform innovation to provide organizations with a comprehensive solution to offload the growing complexity of realtime data synchronization at scale for distributed applications, devices, and hybrid cloud environments. Ably currently reaches 250 million devices per month and serves 500 customers across 80 countries.
Data consumed in realtime powers many digital experiences, whether it be virtual events, news and financial information, or connected IoT devices. Realtime data is only a fraction of the data consumed today, but by 2025 it is estimated that it will be 30% of all global data. However, building homegrown realtime synchronization capabilities is complex and costly. Ably simplifies this; it is the de facto platform for developers at organizations of all sizes, empowering the likes of Bloomberg, HubSpot, Hopin, Verizon and Tennis Australia to deliver realtime experiences to their users.
"When we launched Ably five years ago, we had a clear vision that realtime interactions would underpin rather than just augment our everyday digital experiences. Today, our most important daily and digital experiences happen in realtime. It's business critical now, and organizations realize they must keep up and transform to remain relevant," saidMatthew O'Riordan, CEO and Co-founder of Ably. "Yet, at the same time, most don't have the in-house capabilities nor the time to do this efficiently at scale. Early on we made technology decisions to provide a global edge network engineered for efficiency, reliability and ease of use. In the same way that content delivery networks underpin large parts of the internet, Ably is the invisible platform and infrastructure layer that powers synchronized digital experiences in realtime at speed and at scale."
Max Freiert, Product Group Lead at HubSpot, commented, "Ably is one of the key technologies that underpins our business. Its realtime platform and infrastructure layer seamlessly supports HubSpot's entire realtime needs, helping us to meet our technical, business, and product development requirements. With Ably we have innovated and taken new products to market much faster while significantly reducing our operational engineering overhead."
Ably currently employs 65 people; it plans to add a further 125 hires to strengthen its core UK team and grow a strong US presence over the next 15 months.
"Insight has an established track record of investing in industry disruptors and Ably is a natural fit for our portfolio," said Teddie Wardi, Managing Director at Insight Partners. "Ably has demonstrated it is a visionary when it comes to solving the challenges of synchronizing digital experiences in realtime. The company is already the market leader and is primed for further growth in what we believe is an uncapped market."
Norman Fiore, General Partner and Co-founder at Dawn Capital, commented, "We all live our lives in realtime. And now, we expect our digital lives to reflect this – whether tracking parcels, gaming with friends, querying inventory or updating business-critical infrastructure. As the infrastructure and platform powering these experiences, Ably is helping companies operate in realtime. I'm both hugely impressed by what Ably has achieved to date and excited to be supporting the team to innovate and scale further."
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Our everyday digital experiences are in the midst of a realtime revolution. Whether attending an event in a virtual venue, receiving realtime financial information, or monitoring live car performance data – consumers simply expect realtime digital experiences as standard. As a result, synchronized data in realtime is business critical for many organizations. But building homegrown realtime synchronization capabilities is complex and costly. Ably simplifies this.
Ably is the platform to power synchronized digital experiences in realtime. We provide a suite of APIs to build, extend, and deliver powerful event-driven applications. Organizations such as Bloomberg, HubSpot, Hopin, Verizon and Tennis Australia depend on Ably to offload the growing complexity of business critical realtime data synchronization so they can grow revenue and market share.
In the same way that content delivery networks simplify and underpin large parts of the internet, Ably is the invisible platform and infrastructure layer powering the realtime revolution on a global scale. As the de facto platform for developers at organizations of all sizes, Ably is on track to reach one billion devices per month by 2023.
For further information please visit www.ably.com.
About Insight Partners
Insight Partners is a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners has invested in more than 400 companies worldwide and has raised through a series of funds more than $30 billion in capital commitments. Insight's mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on software expertise to foster long-term success. Across its people and its portfolio, Insight encourages a culture around a belief that ScaleUp companies and growth create opportunity for all. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter @insightpartners.
About Dawn Capital
Dawn is Europe's leading specialist B2B software investor, with assets under management of $1.5bn. The firm partners with innovative companies that, through exceptional teams, products, and business models can become category-defining, global titans. Dawn is an early-stage investor, backing companies at Series A and B, and continuing to fund the best-performing from growth rounds through to exit. Its roster of investments includes Mimecast (now NASDAQ-listed with a $3.0bn market cap), iZettle (sold to PayPal for $2.2bn cash), Collibra, Showpad, Dataiku, Templafy, Soldo, Quantexa, and Tink, amongst others. Readmore at dawncapital.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Part of the richness of a Holy Trinity education is the diversity of opportunities and activities available to you both before and after school. We encourage every student to get involved in the life of the school to deepen natural talents or simply explore new ones. Holy Trinity's wide array of clubs and activities provides a great way for you to become an active member of the broader school community, make new friends, and learn valuable leadership skills.
Ambassadors Club
Ambassadors help represent the school to prospective students and their families. Ambassadors participate in recruitment visits at area grammar schools, host 7th and 8th graders for Shadow Days, and help plan and host Holy Trinity Open Houses, Entrance Exam Day, and Registration events.
Artistry Guild
The mission is to bring art, imagination, and creativity back to the school in different ways. Club activities have included student-run art exhibitions, field trips to local art museums, and Chicago cultural events.
Provide support for HT events while learning the ins and outs of audio-visual arts.
Learn about and play the growing sport of badminton!
In the Big Brothers Big Sisters Workplace Mentoring program, students are matched one-to-one with a volunteer mentor. They meet in a group setting on site at Northern Trust Headquarters with other matches and a Program Coordinator. The goal of the program is to provide positive modeling and interaction between adults and children, character building, and relationship development that leads to school and lifetime success.
B.S.U. recognizes the black community both on and off campus and brings awareness of the black community to the entire student body. Students participate in cultural events, black history assemblies, fundraising events, and social gatherings.
Read and discuss books, just for fun! If you have a love of reading, you'll love Book Club.
For beginners and advanced players alike, the season concludes with a tournament of champions.
Club Raíces (Spanish Club)
Raíces is a forum to enjoy fun activities and learn more about Latino culture. Bring your ideas and lots of energy!
The debate club is comprised of HT students with an interest in practicing and developing strong public speaking skills. The club provides life-long lessons in critical thinking, research, and analysis, and teaches students how to present arguments and ideas persuasively.
Drama Club is open to all students interested in theater and the production of plays and musical shows. Students explore all aspects of theater production from acting, singing, and dancing to constructing sets and organizing lighting and sound.
Our student-led choir performs at school assemblies, events, and concerts.
Whether your just beginning or on your way to mastering the guitar, this is a place to learn from and support fellow guitarists!
Students share cultural experiences, learning more about each other and our world.
Kickin' Tigers Dance Team
Members collaborate to choreograph pieces to perform for the student body.
Join a league of fellow gamers to play the game that legends are made of.
Link Crew is comprised of juniors and seniors interested in helping freshmen acclimate and adjust to high school. Members in this group serve as sounding boards and positive role models to mentor freshmen on what it takes to be successful in high school. Link Leaders are selected by the faculty each spring.
Compete in local, regional and state math competitions!
National Honor Society is an organization open to juniors and seniors who maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above and demonstrate excellence in leadership, service, and character. Candidates meeting these criteria are selected for National Honor Society membership by a committee of faculty members.
The newspaper club publishes Holy Trinity's student newspaper, The Gold and Blue. Students write articles, take photos, solicit advertising, learn about layout and design, as well as the art and business of journalism.
Peer Ministry
Lead the student body in monthly masses and service learning opportunities.
Pet Club
The Pet Club was established for all students who have a love for animals. Activities include field trips to zoos and nature centers and caring for our classroom pets. The club also volunteers at and raises money for local animal shelters.
The Poetry Club gives students an opportunity to express themselves in all forms of creative use of language. Every year, the poetry club sends a team of performance poets to "Louder than a Bomb," a city-wide poetry slam competition. HT was one of the first Chicago-area Catholic schools to participate in this event.
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I hope you've all had a great weekend so far. We certainly have. Joe and I went on a date on Friday night, which was wonderful. We had a delicious dinner out, then came home and watched a movie. The boys spent the night with my stepmom and had a blast, and it was so nice to be able to sleep in on Saturday morning. I can't even remember the last time I was able to do that – or the last time I was able to go grocery shopping without two grabby little boys tagging along. It felt like such a luxury. All you moms understand this, right?
Anyway, due to our date and a few nights of general laziness last week, a few of our meals for this week are repeats. I've set myself up for a pretty easy week of meals, since I haven't had a lot of energy for cooking lately.
Monday: Chicken fajitas and Mexican rice. This is a carry-over from last week that I didn't make, but I am definitely making it this week. Fajitas just sound so good to me. I know I have some corn tortillas in the fridge, so I may even whip up some homemade tortilla chips and guac to go with this meal. It depends on how motivated I am.
Tuesday: Mostaccioli with roasted garlic and roasted tomatoes. I saw this recipe in one of my weekly e-mails from Betty Crocker, and I'm pretty sure I drooled a little bit. This pasta has such simple flavors, but they are flavors that I love SO MUCH. This is the perfect Valentine's Day meal for us (since we already celebrated on Friday).
Wednesday: Cashew chicken wraps, chips. I stumbled upon this recipe when I was searching for something else, and I was immediately sold. Chicken, cashews, and a creamy honey mustard sauce, all wrapped up in a tortilla? Yes please! The only thing that could make it better would be some – you guessed it – bacon, so I may add that.
Thursday: Chicken with pimiento cheese sauce, rice pilaf, steamed broccoli. Another carry-over from last week. I'm really eager to experiment with this one.
Friday: I'm in training at work until 5:00, which is an hour later than I'm usually there, so I'll be home a lot later. I'll probably grab us something from the drive-thru on my way home, or order a pizza.
Saturday: Swedish meatballs, egg noodles, steamed green beans. Definitely one of our favorite meals. A neighbor recently brought us fresh eggs from his hens, so I will for sure be using those to make this batch of noodles.
Sunday: Farfalle with bacon, onions, and gouda, steamed broccoli. This sounds so delicious. I'm going to make a few changes based on some of the comments, and probably used smoked gouda because I think it'll pair nicely with the bacon.
Sounds like you had a great date night! I remember those days well!


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Bodybuilder, 82, subdues break-in suspect with a table
An 82-year-old woman took her intruder by surprise when she managed to subdue him, armed with a table, when he entered her home.
Willie Murphy was getting ready for bed a little after 11 p.m., when she says that a man began pounding on her door.
"He was outside and saying, 'Please call an ambulance,' saying, 'I'm sick, I'm sick,'" she told WHAM.
When she would not let her inside, the intruder became angry, but Murphy had already managed to call the police.
"I hear a loud noise," she said. "I'm thinking, 'What the heck was that? The young man is in my home. He broke the door... He picked the wrong house to break into," she said.
When he entered her home, she said she was able to hide as the suspect walked through her house, she grabbed the closest thing to her hand, which just happened to be a table.
"I picked up the table, and I went to work on him," she said. 'The table broke. And when he's down," she continued, "I'm jumping on him."
After seeing that the suspect was injured, she then fled to the bathroom to grab a bottle of shampoo.
"I grabbed the shampoo," she said. "Guess what? He's still on the ground. In his face, all of it, the whole thing. I got the broom," she continued. "He's pulling the broom. I'm hitting him with the broom."
Officers arrived where the perpetrator was then taken to a nearby hospital, and Murphy, who can deadlift 225lbs, was applauded by first responders.
"The officers that came wanted to go on my front porch and take selfies with me," she said.
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To use the Tirion Python client library install the tirion package via the provided setup.py and include the tirion.client module in your source code. Both can be found in the precompiled binary archive.

```bash
sudo python lib/python/setup.py install
```

Otherwise you can just copy the [tirion](/clients/python-client/tirion) folder into your project and include the tirion.client module in your source code.

After that, you have to instantiate a client object with tirion.client.Client(socket_filename, verbose). The socket is needed for the client <-> agent communication. The verbose parameter states whether the library should print verbose output or not.

To initialize the client object init() must be called with the object itself. If the function raises no exception, the initialization was successful and the object can be used to set and modify internal metrics and send tags.

Internal metric indices are defined via a [metric file](/#metric-file) which is fed to the agent.

The following functions can be used to interact with metrics and tags. Have a look at the [API](#api) section for a more complete documentation.

* get(index)
* set(index, value)
* add(index, value)
* dec(index)
* inc(index)
* sub(index, value)
* tag(format_string, *args)

As the agent lives as long as the client program lives, there is no need to prematurely close the connection to the agent. If you still want (or need) to close the connection between client and agent the function close() must be called and destroy() to free allocated memory.

Have a look at the [example program](#example-usage) for a more complete example otherwise here is a small one:

```python
import tirion.client
...

tirion_client = tirion.client.Client("/tmp/tirion.sock", True)

try:
	tirion_client.init()

	tirion_client.tag("start loop")

	for i in range(0, 10):
		tirion_client.add(2, 0.5)
		tirion_client.inc(1)

	tirion_client.tag("end loop")
except:
	raise
finally:
	tirion_client.close()
	tirion_client.destroy()
```

## Multi-process applications

Due to the [architecture of Tirion's agent](/#how-does-tirion-work) it is very important that the initialization of the Tirion object must occur before forking new child processes. Otherwise, they would not inherit the group id of the parent process which is needed for [restricting](/tirion-agent#limits) and completely killing the monitored process.

## API

Please have a look at the [Python API documentation](https://rawgithub.com/zimmski/tirion/master/clients/python-client/doc/html/classtirion_1_1client_1_1Client.html) or [client.py](/clients/python-client/tirion/client.py) for a complete API overview of Tirion's Python client library.

## Example usage

There is a complete example in [python_client.py](/clients/python-client/python_client.py) on how to use the library and its functions.


All students enrolling at Discovery College in Year 6 or above are required to purchase an Apple laptop. This includes our current Year 5 students who will be moving into Year 6 next school year and newly enrolled Year 6-13. We also highly recommend you buy a USB backup drive of at least 1TB to protect your child's work.
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students in Year 6 and above will use one to one computing and are required to buy a laptop computer and associated software in line with the current model being supported in the College. Current laptop model information can be found on the College website.
DC provides infused learning opportunities related to online safety and security when using digital technologies. Key resources that are used to highlight elements of digital citizenship include use of "Hector's World" www.hectorsworld.com with students Yrs 3 – 6, which is an online learning environment that aims to educate through use of child orientated interests and tools. At MYP level developing positive digital citizenship involves 'just in time' education; for example, a project requiring music for a presentation can also involve a session of investigating issues surrounding pirating music, video etc. Sessions on Digital Citizenship are also held regularly during Learning Team morning time.
The school is committed to strengthen the partnership between home and school by offering presentations and workshops related to online safety and security. The aim is to form positive digital citizenship expectations that are consistent between home and school, with parents and school keeping each other informed about current positive and negative online trends to be aware of.
All students enrolling at Discovery College in Year 6 or above for the 2015-16 school year are required to purchase an Apple laptop. This includes our current Year 5 students who will be moving into Year 6 next school year and newly enrolled Year 6-13. We also highly recommend you buy a USB backup drive of at least 1TB to protect your child's work.
The ESF has negotiated very favourable prices and a customised onsite service plan with Apple and the pricing can be found on the ordering portal. This pricing is around 15% below retail and below normal education pricing. Apple's authorized agent Senco-Masslink is handling the purchase as it does for all international schools in HK. This agreement allows families to buy up to two Apple computers (one laptop, one desktop) each year at this discount rate. Students must purchase one complete special bundle, this bundle included a special APP(Applecare Protection Plan) package with 2nd and 3rd year warranty and allow service through the onsite Mac Service Centre.
Visit the special order portal to place your order online.
Payment can be made on the website by cheque, bank-in payment or credit card through Paypal. HK$50 Supermarket Coupon will be offered to customer who pays Bank-in or Cheque for transaction amount exceeding HK$8,000. Each transaction is entitled for one coupon only.
The laptops will be delivered ready for use. All DC network settings and software can be download via self-service.
Access to warranty service and support onsite at DC.
Access to a free loan machine in the case of any problem (warranty claim, accidental damage etc) Students who buy their laptop from other providers or DO NOT have the Senco-Masslink APP can buy the 3 year onsite SENCO Applecare Protection Plan separately (if your laptop is less than one year old) online through the link above.
Any warranty claim needs to be done at an Apple store (not at DC).
Service and repairs out of warranty can be done at DC at cost.
We also recommend that parents of students in Year 6 and above ensure that insurance coverage is provided for their student's laptops. Zurich DC MacBook Insurance Enrolment Form can be picked up at Mac Service Centre at Discovery College.
In order to develop a strong understanding of the key expectations in the Responsible Use Agreement, students in Year 6 participate in a year long inquiry class led by the Digital Literacy Coordinator. The aim of this inquiry is to help the Year 6 students transition into Year 7 and MYP with a sound understanding of appropriate, independent use of their new laptops and also to develop a digital portfolio format they can continue to use in subsequent years.
Digital Citizenship specifically inquires into what it looks like to be a digital citizen in today's learning environment, utilising their new laptops and other mobile technologies in a positive manner. Elements that are explored in depth are; online safety and security, communication methods, the DC Responsible Use Agreement, design and layout features for good digital portfolios, skills needed to create their own digital portfolio based on inquiry findings.
To ensure smooth and productive user experience, all student laptops used within the college will be automatically checked for compliance in terms of content and applications loaded.
All students who enter the College agree to abide by the responsible use agreement. A copy can be found in the Parent & Student Handbook.
We collect student laptops for a compliance check, system software upgrade, application installation, password administration, and general maintenance during the first two weeks of school. Please clearly label your name, network user name, and password on your laptop before you hand it over. The laptops will be collected and returned on the same day where possible. If your laptop is compliant, a compliant sticker will be adhered to your laptop.


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Dinosaurs were already on their way out when the asteroid struck
Earth.com staff writer
Scientists at the University at Albany are reporting that the asteroid believed to be responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs was not the only cause of their demise. According to the research, the dinosaurs were in trouble long before the asteroid struck the Earth because they were eating toxic plants.
Professor Gordon Gallup and former student Michael Frederick have proposed this new theory, which suggests that the dinosaurs never adapted a "learned taste aversion," which would have allowed them to realize when food was making them sick.
According to Professor Gallup, many animal species such as rats benefit greatly from this defense mechanism.
"A reason why most attempts to eliminate rats have not been successful is because they, like many other species, have evolved to cope with plant toxicity," he explained.
"When rats encounter a new food, they typically sample only a small amount, and if they get sick, they show a remarkable ability to avoid that food again because they associate the taste and smell of it with the negative reaction."
According to fossil evidence, flowering plants known as angiosperms arrived before the Chicxulub Crater struck Earth 65 million years ago. Just as the plants emerged, dinosaur populations began to dwindle.
The State University New York (SUNY) reported in a news release:
"Gallup and Frederick claim that, as plants were evolving and developing toxic defenses, dinosaurs continued eating them despite gastrointestinal distress."
The scientists pointed out that, even though is not yet clear when the angiosperms first became toxic, the gradual disappearance of dinosaurs coincided with the appearance of these flowering plants.
"Though the asteroid certainly played a factor, the psychological deficit which rendered dinosaurs incapable of learning to refrain from eating certain plants had already placed severe strain on the species," said Professor Gallup.
"The prevailing view of dinosaur extinction based on the asteroid impact implies that the disappearance of dinosaurs should have been sudden and the effects should have been widespread, but the evidence clearly shows just the opposite: dinosaurs began to disappear long before the asteroid impact and continued to gradually disappear for millions of years afterward."
The study is published in the journal Ideas in Ecology and Evolution.
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Russian troops have taken Artemovsk into an operational environment
The government approved the indexation of 11.9% of some social benefits
NYT reported on the "amazing resilience" of the Russian economy
British boxer complained about Russian "monsters"
Bulgarians Ridiculed Germany's Decision on Nord Stream 2: "Shot in the Leg"
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According to one user, "European idiots shot themselves in the leg again." In his opinion, until March 2021, "only an additional markup" from the exchange will cover all Gazprom's expenses for the construction of the gas pipeline.
Another user noted that "this only shows how weak Germany and the EU are." As it turned out, by this decision they harm their own citizens, "just to please the Americans."
A third reader joked, noting that Germany "scores its own goals one after the other." In particular, we are talking about the third energy package, and now about the license. At the same time, spot prices are growing.
Another Bulgarian user pointed out that a very happy New Year is now waiting for the Russians. Now electricity in Russia is six times cheaper than in Bulgaria, and gasoline is two times cheaper. Gas is ten times cheaper. Moreover, the state makes additional payments.
Prior to this, the German regulator did not confirm the launch of the gas pipeline in March 2021. Currently, the certification procedure has been suspended. The Russian side was demanded to establish a subsidiary of the Swiss operator of the Nord Stream 2 AG project, transferring all ownership rights in Germany to it.
Meanwhile, the deputy of the Bundestag of the Alternative for Germany party Steffen Kotrets noted that the launch of Nord Stream 2 is possible in April-May 2022.
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Russia has more than doubled LPG sales to the Baltic States in 2022
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Drivers are their own worst enemy | H.L. Cromartie III, P.C.
On behalf of Cromartie Law posted in Car Accidents on Friday, August 25, 2017.
Getting behind the wheel is not something most Georgia drivers fear, but the risk of being injured or killed in a collision is always a concern. A recent study has ranked drivers by state, and Georgia drivers are at the lower end of the safety spectrum.
According to EverQuote, Inc.'s report, generated from information gathered by their safe-driving app, Georgia rates 34th out of all 50 states for safe driving. When it comes to distracted driving, the Peach State fared even worse--41 percent of trips included at least one instance of the driver looking at his or her phone, earning the 42nd place in the country. Speeding was recorded on 38 percent of drives, leaving much room for improvement.
This is especially important to note because WTOP reports that a new study from AAA found that while drivers fear the mistakes of others causing a crash, they are actually most often a danger to themselves behind the wheel. In fact, 55 percent of fatal car accidents are solo vehicle crashes. Some of these instances include drug or alcohol use, and others were due to distraction or a driver falling asleep at the wheel. Single vehicle crashes also include drivers who may be swerving to avoid a collision with another vehicle, and include crashes between a car and a cyclist or pedestrian.
In these accidents, the car ran off the road or crossed the median line 70 percent of the time. Crashing into animals, trees, poles and other objects was not uncommon in these fatalities. While car accidents typically do not end with the vehicle rolling, this only occurred in 3 percent of crashes, these can be incredibly deadly: 20 percent of the deaths came from rollovers.


The Hunter Valley is a great place to start when talking about Semillon. The region has embraced the white wine variety, producing mostly dry styles, famous for their capacity to age well, gaining in richness and complexity. Barossa Semillons are generally richer and fuller, while Western Australian Semillons are typically lean and grassy. When selecting a youthful Semillon from the Wine Selectors range, look for lime, lemon, green apple, talc and zesty acid characteristics. More mature examples will display honey, toast, hazelnut and almond flavours. Check out Chardonnay or Verdelho for an alternative white wine variety.


A Christian funeral is a difficult, yet reverent, mix of grief and joy. Joy, because we are confident in the promise of God that "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Consequently, the liturgy for the dead is properly an Easter Liturgy. It finds all meaning in the resurrection. Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we too, shall be raised.
Such joy, however, does not make our grief unchristian. Quite the contrary, our grief is an expression of our love. The very love we have for each other in Christ brings deep sorrow when we are parted by death. Jesus himself wept at the grave of his friend. So, while we rejoice that one we love has entered into the nearer presence of our Lord, we sorrow in sympathy with those who mourn.
At the time of death, people turn to the Church for rituals which allow them to recognize their loss, express their grief, remember and give thanks for the life of the one who has died, mark the end of relationships which exist in this life, allow them to seek strength and comfort in their faith, and provide dignity and meaning to the end of life. The rites of the Church are appropriate at several junctures in the passage from life into death. Long before death is a reality, the church can help people plan for the funeral and address other issues and concerns. Near the point of death, the Church can be present in a ministry to the dying person and his or her family and friends. After death, there is the funeral service and committal of the body to a final resting place.
At Saint Michael, our clergy, staff, and lay volunteers will do all that we can to provide a fitting and meaning filled funeral for your loved one. We recognize that, upon the death of one we love, there are many arrangements to be made and concerns to be settled. Therefore, we will strive to make your experience here as easy and well-supported as possible.
Please call the Priest on Call for Saint Michael and All Angels Church at 214/232-7512 to report a death. The Priest on Call is available 24 hours a day and is the most direct way to receive pastoral care at the time of death. The Priest on Call will make preliminary arrangements and contact the staff. The Associate for Worship and Liturgy will be the main contact in planning your loved one's service.
All funerals are services in thankful memory for the life of the deceased. The Book of Common Prayer states that the body (casket or ashes) will be present for this thanksgiving. Saint Michael clergy and those who have accomplished serious training on the reality of grief agree that this not only provides a way to honor the dead, but also begins the process of accepting the reality of death and a movement toward the healing of grief. Nonetheless, please know that a Memorial Service, the Burial Office without casket or ashes, is also acceptable.
The Book of Common Prayer prescribes that the coffin or urn be covered with a pall (an embroidered cloth provided by the parish) during the service. The use of the pall symbolizes a great truth at the heart of the church's ministry: that we are all equal in God's sight. Over the years, a pall has covered the remains of the celebrated and the unknown, each of whom is loved by God. If flowers or a flag is covering the casket when it arrives in the Narthex, the Altar Guild respectfully removes the covering for the service and replaces it as the casket is taken from the Church/Chapel.
After the time of the service has been set by the family and the priest, the Flower Guild Chair will contact the family regarding their wishes about the service flowers. No extra adornment of flowers, pictures or mementoes are allowed in the Narthex or any worship space of the Church/Chapel. They may be placed in the area of the reception. If the family wishes the altar to be bare with no flowers at all, that is also an option. Funeral flowers remain in the church after the service.
Music makes a vast contribution to the richness and meaning of the service. A parish organist is available to play for funerals and is available to make any other music arrangements. If desired, a soloist, a choir, and/or instrumentalists are available for an extra fee. Hymns are strongly encouraged from The Hymnal 1982 to be included in the design of the service as congregational singing helps in the grieving process and allow one to participate more fully in the service. Listed in this document are suitable hymns which may be sung at appropriate points in the service. Only sacred music (music written for Christian worship) is allowed.
The Burial Office generally includes four lessons, one from the Old Testament, one from the Psalms, one from the Epistles, and one from the Gospels. One or two Psalms may be used after one or more of the lessons. They may be said by the whole congregation in unison or read by a reader designated by the family. Non-scriptural readings are generally discouraged. However, readings which relate to the sacred may be used, but only after consultation with and permission from the officiating clergy. Scriptural suggestions are included with this document.
Following the reading of the Gospel lesson, a homily (a brief sermon) is preached by one of the officiating clergy in consultation with the family. The homily in Christian traditions grows both out of the lessons chosen for the service and the life of the deceased. In the service, we come together before God with our grief, our questions, our hopes, and our most valued feelings as Christians. Thus, to bring together the life of the deceased with the hope of the Church, it is especially important for family members and friends to share with the officiating clergy those aspects of the deceased's life for which we are giving thanks. A brief reflection (no longer than five minutes) may be offered by a pre-arranged family member or friend. The best reflections are written in advance and help those gathered to remember the best character qualities of the deceased—the ways in which the person helped family and friends see God's love and grace.
Approximately a half hour prior to the service, family and close friends are asked to gather in the Parlor. After being greeted by the officiating clergy, they will be conducted to the front seats of the Chapel or Church by the officiating clergy or a Parish Verger. At the conclusion of the service, family and friends in the front of the Church are escorted out, in advance of the congregation's departure. On occasion, a family may choose to process down the middle aisle behind the casket or cremains.
For a copy of our Funeral Guide, click here.
From ancient times, Christians have considered places of burial to be sacred sites where the departed are remembered and honored.
They are places for quiet remembrance, for prayer, for families and loved ones to gather. They are places of peace.
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A traditional Rite I or II Eucharist, according to the day, is held each Tuesday and Thursday in the Bishop Moore Chapel. At the Celebrant's discretion, a short homily may be given.
The Daily Office of Morning Prayer is held each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the Bishop Moore Chapel. Join in this practice of daily prayer as it perfectly expresses our religious identity. As Augustine said, the Daily Office helps us "become what we are" – baptized men and women. This service is lay-led and uses the Book of Common Prayer.
A member of the clergy officiates at a service for healing with Eucharist in the Bishop Moore Chapel each Wednesday at 10 a.m. The sacrament of Unction is offered to all who desire it. This service uses the Book of Common Prayer and special prayers for healing.
8:30 a.m. Eucharist Bishop Moore Chapel A traditional Rite I Eucharist is held each Saturday at 8:30 a.m. At the Celebrant's discretion, a short homily may be given. This service uses the Book of Common Prayer.
The Candlelight Mass is a modified Rite II Eucharist held on Saturday evenings, typically in Saint Michael Chapel (location may change on occasion to the Church due to a wedding). This "come-as-you-are" service is reflective and contemplative with guitar and keyboard accompaniment. This service uses a special service leaflet.


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Sound Series #3: Sound and Architecture
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I finally found it. A real architectural structure of sound. Muttering and uttering voices, music and speech along with an ever-present echo of static.
There is nothing quite like a moment of inspiration. It is childish glee: Christmas come early. That moment you realise there is someone else who has made that same connection. Rather than worry about the lack of original thought, it is affirmation and excitement that sparks my brain into action. It is moments like this when I remember why I study.
Recently, I have been playing with the idea of 'visualising the invisible', considering the architecture in Chaucer's The House of Fame dream vision to be structures built of sound. It was Cildo Meireles's Babel (2001) which – when I visited before the June re-hanging – was positioned in the centre of its own room at the Tate Modern, and sparked so many ideas.
Meireles's piece explores ideas about the unity of humanity despite language barriers, paralleling the story of the Tower of Babel. The work is an imposing structure made of hundreds of radios tuned to different stations in many different languages. I was most struck by my reaction to take a picture of this architectural structure of sound. Pressing the shutter-button, I realised that this was not an experience to be captured as a still image.
The hearer/viewer moves around the structure; the eye is looking for something that is not there. I took in the barely audible noise, the music I recognised and started to hum too, the languages I cannot speak and wondered at this at once static and constantly moving piece of architecture, like the House of Rumour in Chaucer's dream vision. It was a moment of connection, with the music and speakers, with those in the room moving around me and the tower. It was a moment that will never happen again. And yet a memory of it lives on in the sonic space of the room.
The sound is heard and disappears and it is held in the sonic structure. While Meireles is concerned with exploring ideas of overcoming barriers and unity, I question how do we deal with the transitory nature of sound? Do the radios demonstrate a fixity? Or simply a way of transmission? The room was almost overwhelming with the various sounds and yet most of the people around me where silent when experiencing Babel (2001). I, however, was speaking rapidly to my very bemused friend. Sound can become tangible in these moments, for language, for communication, for the artwork; adding another layer human radios.
Charlotte Rudman is a second year PhD student in the Department of English at King's College London, researching sound and sound representations in medieval dream vision poetry, @charrud.
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Your PhD, Your Brain, and Your B-Movies
February 22, 2016 April 6, 2016 The Still Point JournalLeave a comment
Your brain – big, buxom, full of neurons, and a pineal gland, and an amygdala, and a basal ganglia, and then some – is what is doing your PhD. It reads your stuff, it writes your stuff, and it decides which Sainsbury's korma to microwave whilst you email your supervisor to postpone your stuff.
"Everyone has a hidden emotional motive behind their PhD," my friend always says, "what is yours?" Day to day, I write about connections between contemporary French philosophy, cinema and neuroscience, so I like to think that I was always aware of the brain. Since undergoing an out-of-the-blue Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy this Christmas due to a rogue blockage in one of my brain's water tanks, however, I could not be more aware of it.
I have realised more than ever that I owe it to my brain to figure out who it is and what it does. So as well as using it to think about other brain-workings in French philosophy and cinema, I have decided to get to know my own much better. I have decided that I'm going to treat this throbbing alien in my skull with the respect it deserves – like the true Genovian princess it really is – and that this journey might as well be a voluptuous, bawdy experience, and needn't necessarily start with the MRI scanner.
An unforeseen delight which has emmerged from my research – between libraries and hospitals and cinemas – has been the brain B-Movie. B for Brain, if you can stomach that degree of tweeness. Whatever your own reason for wanting to explore the brain writing your PhD, here are three gloriously campy places to start:
The Brain from Planet Arous
This 1957 favourite, directed by Nathan H. Juran, does exactly what it says on the tin. A brain-shaped alien by the name of Gor descends to earth and takes over the body of a young scientist, using his powers to destroy the planet bit by bit. Meanwhile, another of the brain-shaped race also descends to earth, explaining that Gor is a wanted terrorist on their own planet. It is found that Gor's weak spot is his Fissure of Rolando, or the central sulcus: a line that separates the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe in the brain. Continue reading →
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Sound Series #2: Reflections on 'Soundscapes'
December 14, 2015 July 20, 2016 The Still Point JournalLeave a comment
Image for 'Soundscapes' exhibition at The National Gallery, 8th July-6th Sept 2015
Last summer the National Gallery presented an experimental exhibition, 'Soundscapes', with 'six new music and sound installations in response to paintings from the collection'. For me, it was a fantastic opportunity to see how musicians and sound artists interpret pieces of artwork as sound. Additionally, it gave me the chance to see how my own research could benefit and develop from the exhibition.
Journeying through the exhibition ignited the senses. In a departure from the whitewashed galleries, the visitor entered into a darkened room with a spotlight on the painting and the sound installation issuing from precisely positioned speakers. This created an immersive and very personal experience with the combined art forms. The eye focused on the selected painting while the ear tuned into the surrounding sound piece. It was an entirely new experience of perception in which each artist responded to the complexities of the artwork through different sound uses. Each sound piece became a creation of the painting itself. The shared aural experience demanded the visitor to actively listen to their surroundings. Continue reading →
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Woman sentenced for high range drink driving.
A SOUTH Grafton woman has faced Grafton Local Court this week and pleaded guilty to high-range drink driving after she returned a PCA reading of more than three times the legal limit.
According to police facts, Joanne Kaulfers, 30, was drinking at her partner's property on November 13 when at 10.20pm she decided to leave.
Kaulfers got in her car and drove away, unaware her partner had chased after the vehicle and grabbed onto the external wind guard of the driver's door for a short time, before it came away and he fell onto the road.
Kaulfers drove another 50m to her home before she parked and was met by her partner, who had continued to chase after her.
Seeing blood on her partner, Kaulfman became hysterical, thinking she had run over him.
Police were called and after speaking to both people, Kaulfman was taken to Grafton Police Station where she returned a PCA reading of 0.168.
Magistrate Jeff Linden sentenced Kaulfers to an 18-month community corrections order and disqualified her from driving for 12 months.


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Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. Closes The Largest Cannabis SPAC In History
The Parent Company, Formerly Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp., has Completed its Qualifying Transaction and is Now the Largest Vertically Integrated Cannabis Operation in California
Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, Chief Visionary Officer of The Parent Company, Leads Brand Strategy and The Parent Company Social Equity Ventures, a Corporate Venture Fund Investing in Black and Minority-owned Cannabis Businesses
The Parent Company is the Most Well-Capitalized Cannabis Company in the U.S. and is Positioned to Consolidate and Reshape the Market in California and Beyond
Investors Include Entertainment Powerhouse Roc Nation and Artists Rihanna, Meek Mill, Yo Gotti, and DJ Khaled
Common Shares are now Trading on the NEO Exchange Under the Symbol "GRAM.U" and OTCQX Under the Symbol "SBVCF"; Starting January 19, 2021 the OTCQX Symbol Will Change to "GRAMF"
SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — TPCO Holding Corp. ("The Parent Company") (NEO Exchange: GRAM.U, GRAM.WT.U,OTCQX: SBVCF, SBVQF), formerly known as Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. ("SCAC") (NEO: SVC.A.U, SVC.WT.U;OTCQX: SBVCF, SBVQF), today announced the completion of its qualifying transaction (the "Transaction") to acquire CMG Partners Inc. ("Caliva"), and Left Coast Ventures, Inc. ("Left Coast Ventures" or "LCV") with global icon, entrepreneur and MONOGRAM founder, Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter and entertainment powerhouse Roc Nation.
Common Shares and Warrants are now trading on the NEO Exchange under the symbols "GRAM.U" and "GRAM.WT.U", respectively, and remain trading on the OTCQX under the symbols "SBVCF" and "SBVQF," respectively. Beginning January 19, 2021, the OTCQX symbol "SBVCF" will change to "GRAMF."
Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, The Parent Company's Chief Visionary Officer, said, "This is an incredible time for this industry. The end of cannabis prohibition is here, and The Parent Company will lead the charge to a more expansive and inclusive cannabis industry. We are paving a path forward for a legacy rooted in dignity, justice, care, and consistency. The brands we build will redefine growth, social impact, and social equity. This is our time. I'm proud and excited to lead the vision of The Parent Company."
Michael Auerbach, Chairman of SCAC and The Parent Company, added, "This is an industry defining moment. With its experienced management team, advanced infrastructure, industry leading operational efficiencies, proven strategy of brands, and cultural influence, The Parent Company will help shape the future of cannabis in the U.S. and beyond as well as begin to repair and rectify the wrongs of prohibition."
Steve Allan, The Parent Company's CEO, said, "With both the most comprehensive vertically integrated platform and brand portfolio in California, and the healthiest balance sheet in cannabis, we will reshape the industry in the world's largest cannabis economy."
For transaction details, investors and security holders may obtain a copy of the final prospectus (the "Prospectus") associated with the Transaction on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and SCAC's website at www.subversivecapital.com/s/Prospectus.
Effective on closing, the senior management team and board of directors were reconstituted as follows:
Steve Allan as Chief Executive Officer
Brett Cummings as Chief Financial Officer and President of Left Coast Ventures
Dennis O'Malley as Chief Operating Officer and President of Caliva
Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter as Chief Visionary Officer
Desiree Perez as Chief Social Equity Officer
Drew Kornreich as Chief M&A Officer
Colin Brown as Chief Legal Officer
John Figueiredo as President of SISU
Carol Bartz, former CEO of Yahoo! and Autodesk
Al Foreman, Partner of Tuatara Capital
Daniel Neukomm, CEO of La Jolla Group
Jeffry Allen, Director of Barracuda and former Director of NetApp
Leland Hensch, CEO of SCAC
Michael Auerbach, Founder and Chairman of SCAC
The Parent Company Investment Highlights
Proven Business Model – The Parent Company (TPCO) is a fully vertically integrated platform with cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, brands, retail and delivery to support further brand development and an aggressive M&A strategy. TPCO expects pro forma revenues of $334 million in 2021.
Progressive Operational Platform – TPCO owns its supply chain, enabling the company to leverage scale and profitably produce and distribute a broad portfolio of cannabis products for every consumer segment. The vertically integrated, omnichannel strategy maximizes gross profit and EBITDA margins, scales consumer reach, generates proprietary consumer data, and beats the illicit market on price, quality, and convenience.
Omnichannel Platform – TPCO's scalable omnichannel business offers customers convenient express or scheduled delivery, and in-store or curbside pick-up, all through a single user-centric e-commerce platform, Caliva.com. This omnichannel e-commerce platform, offering both a robust portfolio of high-margin owned brands as well as third-party brands, allows The Parent Company to rapidly scale its direct-to-consumer reach to all Californians. Coupled with its powerful sourcing and low-cost manufacturing capabilities, this omnichannel platform offers consumers across California compelling pricing and convenience while remaining profitable.
Exclusive Brand Partnerships and Leading Cultural Influence – Brand strategy and marketing playbook led by Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter and Roc Nation, leveraging unparalleled cultural influence of leading artists and entertainers to build the most valuable and scalable brand portfolio in cannabis. JAY-Z officially launched the first his flagship cannabis line, MONOGRAM, on December 10, 2020.
Unrivaled Consumer Reach – TPCO currently reaches over 50% of consumers in California through Caliva.com, its existing direct-to-consumer platform. The Parent Company will have the greatest consumer reach of any cannabis company in California, reaching 75% of consumers in the state by the end of 2021 and almost 90% by the end of 2022 through scaling of its omnichannel platform.
Strong Balance Sheet –The Parent Company is the most well-capitalized cannabis company in the United States and will pursue an aggressive M&A strategy to accelerate growth, market share gains, and profitability.
Industry-Defining Social Impact – Led by Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, The Parent Company will fund The Parent Company Social Equity Ventures with an initial target of $10 million and an annual contribution of at least 2% of its net income to invest in minority-owned and Black-owned cannabis businesses and contribute to the effort to rectify the wrongs of prohibition through diversifying both the business leadership and workforce of the cannabis industry. Beyond investing, the fund will also support organizations and programs focused on diversifying the cannabis workforce through job fairs and placement, industry training and education, as well as Social Equity application support.
Canaccord Genuity Corp. served as financial advisor to SCAC. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and Paul Hastings LLP acted as legal counsel to SCAC. Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP served as U.S. legal advisor and lead transaction counsel, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP as U.S. transaction counsel, and Bennett Jones LLP as Canadian counsel to Caliva. Cooley LLP and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP acted as legal counsel to Left Coast Ventures. Cummings & Lockwood LLC, Reed Smith LLP, and Aird & Berlis LLP acted as legal counsel to Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter and his affiliate entities. Stikeman Elliot LLP acted as legal counsel to Canaccord Genuity Corp.
About The Parent Company
The Parent Company (TPCO Holding Corp.) (NEO: GRAM.U, GRAM.WT.U,OTCQX: SBVCF, SBVQF) is California's leading vertically integrated cannabis company combining best-in-class operations with leading voices in popular culture and social impact. The Parent Company brings together global icon and entrepreneur Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, entertainment powerhouse ROC NATION, California's leading direct-to-consumer platform CALIVA, and leading cannabis and hemp manufacturer, LEFT COAST VENTURES, to form a cannabis industry leader for the post-prohibition era. Chief Visionary Officer Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, one of the most recognized and celebrated entrepreneurs of our time, will guide The Parent Company's brand strategy in partnership with Roc Nation, the world's preeminent entertainment company with a roster of culture-making artists, athletes and influencers. The brands we build together will pave a new path forward for a legacy rooted in equity, access, and justice.
About Roc Nation
Roc Nation, founded in 2008 by JAY-Z, has grown into the world's preeminent entertainment company. Roc Nation works in every aspect of modern entertainment, with recording artists, producers, songwriters, and more. Roc Nation's client list includes some of the world's most recognizable names in entertainment, from Rihanna and Rapsody to Buju Banton and Snoh Aalegra. Roc Nation is a full-service organization, supporting a diverse roster of talent via artist management, music publishing, touring, production, strategic brand development, and beyond. Roc Nation Sports was founded in 2013, bringing the organization's full-service touch to athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLB, and global soccer. For further information, visit rocnation.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation which reflects The Parent Company's current expectations regarding future events. The words "will", "expects", "intends" and similar expressions are often intended to identify forward looking information, although not all forward-looking information contains these identifying words.
Specific forward-looking information contained in this press release includes, but is not limited to, statements concerning the ability of The Parent Company to execute on its growth strategy and the future state of cannabis regulation in the United States. Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond The Parent Company's control, which could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking information. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: inability to obtain requisite regulatory or shareholder approvals, changes in general economic, business and political conditions, changes in applicable laws, the U.S. and Canadian regulatory landscapes and enforcement related to cannabis, changes in public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry, reliance on the expertise and judgment of senior management, as well as the factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Prospectus which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Parent Company undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
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Q: When constructing a pyarrow dataset with `FileSystemDataset.from_paths`, how do I specify partitions? I have a list of CSV files in a google bucket organized like gs://bucket/some_dir/{partition_value}/filename. I want to create a pyarrow.Dataset from a list of URIs like this (which is a subset of files in some_dir).
How do I do this and extract partition_value as a column?
So far I have:
import gcsfs
import pyarrow as pa
import pyarrow.csv
import pyarrow.dataset as ds
from pyarrow.fs import FSSpecHandler, PyFileSystem

fs = gcsfs.GCSFileSystem()
schema = pa.schema([("gene_id", pa.string()), ("raw_count", pa.float32()), ("scaled_estimate", pa.float32())])

# these data are publicly accessible, btw
uris = [
    "gs://gdc-tcga-phs000178-open/0b8b258e-1671-4f86-82e7-59b12ad40d9c/unc.edu.4c243ea9-dfe1-42f0-a887-3c901fb38542.2477720.rsem.genes.results",
    "gs://gdc-tcga-phs000178-open/c8ee8367-c529-4dd6-98b4-fde57991134b/unc.edu.a64ae1f5-a189-4173-be13-903bd7637869.2476757.rsem.genes.results",
    "gs://gdc-tcga-phs000178-open/78354f8d-5ce8-4617-bba4-79614f232e97/unc.edu.ac19f7cf-670b-4dcc-a26b-db0f56377231.2509607.rsem.genes.results",
]

dataset = ds.FileSystemDataset.from_paths(
    uris,
    schema,
    format=ds.CsvFileFormat(parse_options=pa.csv.ParseOptions(delimiter="\t")),
    filesystem=PyFileSystem(FSSpecHandler(fs)),
    # partitions=["bucket", "file_gcs_id"],
    # root_partition="gdc-tcga-phs000178-open",
)

dataset.to_table()

this gives me a nice table with fields in my schema.
but, i'd like partition_key to be another field in my dataset. i'm guessing i need:

*

*to add this as a field to my schema and

*to add something when calling FileSystemDataset.from_paths
i tried fiddling with root_partition, but got an error that the string i provided isn't a pyarrow.Expression (no idea what that is). also i tried specifying partitions but i get ValueError: The number of files resulting from paths_or_selector must be equal to the number of partitions.

A: During dataset discovery filename information is used (along with a specified partitioning) to generate "guarantees" which are attached to fragments.  For example, when we see the file foo/x=7/bar.parquet and we are using "hive partitioning" we can attach the guarantee x == 7.  These guarantees are stored as "expressions" for various reasons we don't need to discuss at the moment.
Two solutions jump to mind.  First, you could create the guarantees yourself and attach them to your paths (this is what the partitions argument represents in the from_paths method).  The expression should be ds.field("column_name") == value.
Second, you could allow the dataset discovery process to run as normal.  This will generate all the fragments you need (and some you don't), with the guarantees already attached.  Then you could trim down the list of fragments to your desired list of fragments and create a dataset from that.

(I'm guessing I need) to add this as a field to my schema

Yes.  In both of the above approaches you will want to make sure your partitioning column(s) are added to your schema.
Here is a code example showing both approaches:
import shutil

import pyarrow as pa
import pyarrow.dataset as ds
import pyarrow.fs as fs

shutil.rmtree('my_dataset', ignore_errors=True)

table = pa.Table.from_pydict({
    'x': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
    'part': ['a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'b']
    })

ds.write_dataset(table, 'my_dataset', partitioning=['part'], format='parquet')

print('# Created by dataset factory')
partitioning = ds.partitioning(schema=pa.schema([pa.field('part', pa.string())]))
dataset = ds.dataset('my_dataset',partitioning=partitioning)
print(dataset.to_table())
print()

desired_paths = [
    'my_dataset/a/part-0.parquet'
]

# Note that table.schema used below includes the partitioning
# column so we've added that to the schema.
print('# Created from paths')
filesystem = fs.LocalFileSystem()
dataset_from_paths = ds.FileSystemDataset.from_paths(
    desired_paths,
    table.schema,
    format=ds.ParquetFileFormat(),
    filesystem=filesystem)
print(dataset_from_paths.to_table())
print()

print('# Created from paths with explicit partition information')
dataset_from_paths = ds.FileSystemDataset.from_paths(
    desired_paths,
    table.schema,
    partitions=[
        ds.field('part') == "a"
    ],
    format=ds.ParquetFileFormat(),
    filesystem=filesystem)
print(dataset_from_paths.to_table())
print()

print('# Created from discovery then trimmed')
trimmed_fragments = [frag for frag in dataset.get_fragments() if frag.path in desired_paths]
trimmed_dataset = ds.FileSystemDataset(trimmed_fragments, dataset.schema, dataset.format, filesystem=dataset.filesystem)
print(trimmed_dataset.to_table())


How corrupt is the US Department of Justice? So corrupt that the FBI is "leaking" news to Al Jazeera.
Why is the FBI leaking news to Al Jazeera?
The MSM's "news agenda", and the Justice Dept's "agenda," is other than news and justice.