Over the years, I've grown tired of applying a mask and having to rinse my face over and over to get it off so I was really interested in trying a peel off mask. I really love the fact that I can just peel this mask off my face. Whoever came up with this idea is a godsend. That being said, I don't see many other benefits of this mask besides the fact that it's so easy to remove because I can peel it off. The peeling process itself is not as painful as some of the "black mask peel off" Youtube videos would have you think, especially if you follow the directions on the packaging. However, you do need to keep the mask away from your hairline and/or facial hair (peach fuzz) because you don't want to cause yourself any unnecessary pain. You also need to keep the mask away from your eyes. The directions say not to apply the mask above your orbital bone and take my advice on this… DO NOT APPLY ABOVE YOUR ORBITAL BONE! You want to apply the mask on your cheeks and nose but if you get too close to your eyes, your eyes will sting and start to water. I kind of feel like I'm wasting product when I'm applying the mask because you have to use enough to get an opaque layer on your face but you can't just rub it all on like you would a normal mask since you have to be careful where it goes. A brush of some sort would be better for application purposes. And like I said, I don't see a real benefit of the mask that justifies the $34 price tag.
Both of these oils are amazing. They are extremely moisturizing without leaving you with that greasy feeling. The Rose Gold Elixir is a little oilier than the Luna oil though. They are both very easy to apply and all you need is three drops of oil to get the job done. They are both about $55 which is considered expensive (to me) but since you don't need much, it makes me feel better about spending that much money. Obviously the Luna Sleeping Oil is to be used at night, whereas the Rose Gold Elixir can be used in the morning and at night. I use the Rose Gold Elixir in the morning and the Luna oil at night right now. But if I were to travel, I would only bring the Rose Gold Elixir since I can use it twice a day.
I will definitely buy the Farsali Rose Gold Elixir and the Luna Sleeping Oil again. I will keep buying peel off masks but I may keep shopping around before I settle on one. I have the PÜR Blue Agave mask on my list of things to try. Maybe I'll see more benefits from that one.


address your inner pain, challenges and torments directly. Your only job is to find a way to honor all your parts, pieces, stories and conflicts. Resistance will only intensify these battles. Instead, try leaning in closer, listening, honoring the needs of both sides.
What does it mean to show up for yourself fully?
Moon continues to wax this week, expanding and growing into fullness later this week. Venus moves to its own sign, Taurus, just before the full Moon this weekend. As Venus lands in Taurus, it joins Sun here. These enemy planets will be combust for nearly a month, causing tension, turmoil and challenges with relationships, comforts, nourishment and money. Moon will be in its debilitation sign during the full Moon, causing an unusually inward experience for the externally charged full Moon energy.
Moon continue through Virgo today, outside of the gaze of the other planets. Aryaman still brings his physical and ancestral support, which strengthens today as a result of the Sun moving into stronger degrees. What is your relationship with your inner Sun? This will determine the results you feel- either nourishment or challenge.
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This Week's Intention: Find intelligent footsteps and track your progress. Land, ground and arrive within. Use self care as your starting point. All nourishment begins within.
Let it begin to take root.
The week begins with a waning Moon. Three planets have just changed signs. Mars has moved to Libra, Venus to Scorpio and Mercury is now in Capricorn. Gather your resources and attend to self care diligently this week. It's a potent gap for landing before Mercury and Jupiter go retrograde next week. Jupiter is at the very edge of Leo, sandhi. Rahu and Ketu prepare to leave Virgo and Pisces on the 30th of January. Changes are in the air. Find your grounding and inner support this week and walk softly.
Monday begins with a waning Moon moving through the 4th tithi (Moon phase). Find ways to contain and hold yourself with comfort and support. As Moon continues through Cancer and Ashlesha nakshatra, Sarpa brings illusions and deception to the foreground. Are you stuck in the shadow? Where can you shine more light on your darkness? Your emotional body can give you the necessary messages for increasing the light within. It is your barometer for wellness, for how well your needs are being met. Where do you need more support, new resources, extra self care? What changes need to be made in order for your inner nourishment to increase? It's a time of change and making new choices in order for new and different results in the weeks and months to come. Start now.
Just before midnight, the Moon jumps the tricky gap between Cancer (water) and Leo (fire), landing in fierce and mighty Magha nakshatra.
Tuesday, Moon transits Leo and Magha nakshatra, the magnificent one, known for its regal nature and powerful authority. There is a strong connection to the ancestors here, especially the father's lineage. Pay attention to messages from spirit and make an intention of calling on the ancestors for support and guidance. Our power is supported by their wisdom and strength. Ask for their assistance. We do nothing alone. Saturn's drishti to the Moon gives some slowing effects, while also offering grief and depression as well as containment and structure. Attend to the emotional body with wisdom today. What is the need your emotional body is asking of you? Can you attend to your grief with diligence and intention?
Just as Wednesday begins, Moon shifts to Purvaphalguni nakshatra, a fertile and creative star known for its excess of Shakti, life force energy. It is a star that notoriously attracts bees like honey and increases sensuality and sexual energy. The translation is the "earlier fig tree" which connects to its spring-like essence. There is a ripening, a certain juiciness today; the sap is running. How are you using this life force energy moving through you? Where do you channel it and let it flow? The body part connected to this nakshatra is the right hand, or the giving hand. Move your creative energy and turn it into an offering. Create clear and focused containment for your creative flow in order to maximize this energy and use it wisely.
Mid morning Thursday, Moon shifts to the latter half of the Phalguni constellation, Uttaraphalguni. The translation of this star is the "later fig tree" which expresses the ripened fruits of a mature tree. There is a certain strength and wisdom that comes with a season of harvest- when the fruits have ripened and dropped. The sap has moved and created, allowing the wisdom to be used, integrated and absorbed. Uttaraphalguni connects us to the nourishment that sustains creativity, love and our life force energy. It is only through time, commitment and consistency that we get the benefits of these gifts. Make your efforts sustainable and find the rewards. What can you do today to help your success? Use effective action steps and keep your vision alive through trust, support and nurturing. The body part of this star is the left hand, assisting the act of receiving. Receive the wisdom of time and the many gifts it provides you with. Slow down and find your pause.
Just before noon, Moon moves to Virgo, joining Rahu here. Moon and the north shadow node will be in tight conjunction until late evening. Confusion and uncertainty may arrive or big ideas and grande desires. Find the middle ground and stoke your flames, while making sure your footsteps are firmly rooted in the earth.
Late morning Friday, Moon shifts to Hasta nakshatra and Savitr brings his dawning light. There's a certain sensitivity with this lunar constellation as it can feel and sense with absolute accuracy. The body part connected to this nakshatra are the fingers. The fingers are a main resource for sensation and sensory awareness for humans. The hands heal, create, touch, grasp and release. The fingers can move ample amounts of energy out and through them, being conduits of healing and creativity. What are you sensing? How are you using this input for creative activation? What are you creating? What are you grasping and holding onto? What are you releasing and letting go of? Let your inner wisdom be your guide. Land in your emotional body for active insights.
As late Saturday morning arrives, Moon moves to Chitra nakshatra, the brilliant one. Symbolized by a shining jewel, this lunar constellation is notorious for creating, adorning and building beauty. Ruling deity Vishva Karma is an action oriented creator, called the divine architect. He is an Aditya, one who brings resources to us. As an incarnation of lord Brahma, his creative powers have potent manifestation abilities. Much creative activation can take place under this star pattern, so use it with conviction and let your desires be activated by your intentional action steps.
Just before midnight, Moon moves to Libra, joining Mars here. Passions and anger are sparked. Use your fire with awareness.
Sunday, Moon continues through Libra and Chitra nakshatra until Noon. The tight conjunction of Moon and Mars continues most of the day, even as Moon slips into Swati nakshatra. Passion and anger are closely connected. How are you channeling this energy? Do you use it for creating and activating your desires? Or do you use it to blow torch people and dump your emotions on them? Be mindful about your intensity today and use this energy with intention and purpose. Get a lot done, rather than channeling your frustrations on your relationships. Manage your shadow. What do you really need for support, nourishment and comfort? Get your needs met in healthy ways. Use self care to calm your inner winds. Change has blown in with a certain intensity today. Track Rudra's messages diligently.
Monday, Moon continues through the swift and windy nakshatra, Swati. Vayu, the wind god is ruling deity, bringing change and movement with him. Swati translates as "the sword" since it is decisive, clear and action oriented. Early afternoon, Mars shifts to Swati nakshatra as well, intensifying the type of movement and strength available in the coming days. Force and momentum are stirring within. Where are you directing this energy? How can you use it for activation of desires, dharmic path and moving towards your purpose? Do you waste this energy? Is self-sabotage derailing you and keeping your energy small and fizzled out? Use healthy boundaries diligently and attend to self care with focus. Ride this wave responsibly and don't squander this momentum.
Late afternoon, Moon moves to Vishaka nakshatra. You may be presented with options and opportunities, or you may suddenly realize you have more choices than you originally thought. Keep reaching and spreading your branches.
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This Week's Intention: Let your inner waters create and flow, move and transform. Find ways to land and ground, while reaching up and out- extending your reach. Seek harmony, integration and balance for your four bodies- physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
Moon is waning, Venus has just moved to its own sign, Libra, yet the tenacity of Mars and Rahu in Virgo continues. The Saturn, Sun and Mercury conjunction continues to play out until Saturday when Mercury shifts to Sagittarius. Movement, fluidity, creativity and relationships invite in change and transformation.
Monday begins with themes of balance and harmony as Moon moves through Pushya nakshatra. Venus is weak and vulnerable in degrees so tend to the relationship with self and others cautiously. After noon, Moon shifts to Ashlesha nakshatra and inner illusions amplify. Use resources and tools to work directly with the mental and emotional bodies. Consciously work with shadows and the critical mind. Drop into your heart and notice where you are stuck in judgement and critical thought. Deepen compassion for self and others.
Tuesday begins with Moon still moving through its own sign, Cancer, while in Ashlesha nakshatra. Sarpa continues to manipulate the mental body and calls for increased awareness with matters of the mind. Mid afternoon, Moon leaps into Leo and lands in Magha nakshatra. Power, ego and force increase as well as ancestral matters. Ask for guidance and support. Venus begins to strengthen in Libra which helps to soften judgement, rigidity and self-righteousness. Notice where mental tenacity is over powering you. How can you release the mind and land in your body? Meditate and find time to be in nature.
Moon continues through Magha on Wednesday. Let spiritual resources provide extra support and ask the ancestors to help you with your needs and desires. Land back in your power and notice resources that help you bolster your sense of self and well being. Early evening, Moon shifts to the Phalguni constellation, landing in Purvaphalguni. Increased potency, life force energy and creative forces begin to flow. What relationships are nourishing you? What relationships need to be released? How can your creative life force energy help you increase resiliency and inner strength?
Thursday continues with Moon moving through Purvaphalguni nakshatra. Resource yourself with joy, connection, relationships, sensuality and artistry. Let this be the balm that heals your heart and helps you land in your power and purpose. Seek nourishment and stability, balance and integration. Where does the critic keep you from getting your needs met? How do rigidity and resistance keep you stuck, constricted and in constant conflict with yourself and others?
Moon shifts to the latter half of the Phalguni constellation later in the evening. As Moon arrives in Uttarphalguni, it conjuncts Jupiter exactly. Swells and increases are to be expected on the emotional and spiritual body levels. Watch the critic actively and gather resources from its precision. Where does it support you? Where does it keep you from your power?
Just as Friday morning begins, the Moon shifts to Virgo, joining Rahu and Mars here. Shadows and illusions intensify today, helping us to identify inner challenges. Look for resources within the rubble. The critic continues to be a central focus, inviting us to look at parts of ourselves that we may not like or have pushed away unconsciously. Do you lash out at others? Play the victim? Keep giving your power away? Use anger and resentment to vindicate others? Notice where you need more light and life. Where are you hurting yourself with rigidity and righteousness?
Just before midnight, Moon shifts to Hasta nakshatra. Let the light in and make room for the dawn to arrive. Where are you shining your light?
Saturday Moon continues through Hasta nakshatra. Savitr brings increased light and awareness but it may come through challenges, obstacles, pains and suffering instead. These are the places you need to be cracked open, places within that need more light. The pain forces us to put our attention here and notice what isn't working. From here, gather resources, support, guidance and wisdom to transform and heal.
Moon moves to the final nakshatra of Virgo, Chitra, just as Sunday morning begins. This nakshatra provides momentum, action steps and the ability to build. Use your light and awareness to visualize your dreams, goals and desires. Then take an action step that supports these visions materializing. Moon shifts to Libra late afternoon, joining Venus here. There is sensitivity, as well as grace, fluidity and artistry enlivened in the coming days. Channel this effectively through the arts. Let the pelvis be a stabilizing force for you- a way to help you land and ground.
Midmorning Monday, Moon moves to Swati nakshatra and joins Venus in exact conjunction. Inner and outer winds intensify. What direction are you moving? Can you stay grounded even in the midst of these strong winds? Creative flow is increasing. Catch the wave with intention and harness the creative powers within.


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Q: In LDAP, do we really need to register the custom attribute with IANA to get a OID What is the problem in using a self-generated OID? I believe it only has to be unique across the system right? And I am only using a single LDAP server.

A: There is no "problem" with using a self-generated OID for your internal purposes. Modern, professional-quality LDAP directory servers provide a mechanism for using text in place of OIDs, or some other mechanism for auto-generating OIDs. It is perfectly acceptable to use the self-generated OIDs as long as the creator does not plan to ever publish those OIDs without registration - which could create a conflict with existing published OIDs.

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package pkix

import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"crypto/x509"
	"crypto/x509/pkix"
	"math/big"
	"time"
)

const (
	// hostname used by CA certificate
	authHostname = "CA"
	// SerialNumber to start when signing certificate request
	authStartSerialNumber = 2
)

var (
	authPkixName = pkix.Name{
		Country:            nil,
		Organization:       nil,
		OrganizationalUnit: []string{authHostname},
		Locality:           nil,
		Province:           nil,
		StreetAddress:      nil,
		PostalCode:         nil,
		SerialNumber:       "",
		CommonName:         "",
	}
	// Build CA based on RFC5280
	authTemplate = x509.Certificate{
		SerialNumber: big.NewInt(1),
		Subject:      authPkixName,
		// NotBefore is set to be 10min earlier to fix gap on time difference in cluster
		NotBefore: time.Now().Add(-600).UTC(),
		NotAfter:  time.Time{},
		// Used for certificate signing only
		KeyUsage: x509.KeyUsageCertSign,

		ExtKeyUsage:        nil,
		UnknownExtKeyUsage: nil,

		// activate CA
		BasicConstraintsValid: true,
		IsCA: true,
		// Not allow any non-self-issued intermediate CA
		MaxPathLen: 0,

		// 160-bit SHA-1 hash of the value of the BIT STRING subjectPublicKey
		// (excluding the tag, length, and number of unused bits)
		// **SHOULD** be filled in later
		SubjectKeyId: nil,

		// Subject Alternative Name
		DNSNames: nil,

		PermittedDNSDomainsCritical: false,
		PermittedDNSDomains:         nil,
	}
)

// CreateCertificateAuthority creates Certificate Authority using existing key.
// CertificateAuthorityInfo returned is the extra infomation required by Certificate Authority.
func CreateCertificateAuthority(key *Key, expires time.Time, organization string, country string) (*Certificate, *CertificateAuthorityInfo, error) {
	subjectKeyId, err := GenerateSubjectKeyId(key.Public)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}
	authTemplate.SubjectKeyId = subjectKeyId
	authTemplate.NotAfter = expires
	authTemplate.Subject.Country = []string{country}
	authTemplate.Subject.Organization = []string{organization}

	crtBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, &authTemplate, &authTemplate, key.Public, key.Private)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	return NewCertificateFromDER(crtBytes), NewCertificateAuthorityInfo(authStartSerialNumber), nil
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Nicholas, age seven, recently remarked--seemingly out of nowhere, but I'm sure there was plenty of context in his mind-- "I wish I was a crayon. Except that people would be scraping my head off all the time."
I've had a busy few weeks with very little time for writing! But when I saw that today's Works-for-Me Wednesday headline post is about finding balance in your life, I thought of something I've been doing on my way to work many mornings that helps me to feel balanced within this vast and complex world. … Continue reading Sing a New Song!


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At 9:00 in the morning you are picked up at your hotel and driven to Antigua, the enchanting city of colonial Guatemala. Founded in 1524, Antigua is now a beautiful blend of ruins, restored colonial buildings, and modern colonial architecture. Antigua is a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Site. The scenic horizon surrounding the city is filled with great mountains and volcanoes. The Full Day Tour of Antigua visits Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala´s first capital city, which was destroyed by earthquakes and flooding in 1541. The tour continues to San Antonio Aguas Calientes, an indigenous community where a variety of colorful textiles are produced using traditional methods. Lunch is provided in the tour. Afterwards, visit the celebrated Central Plaza and the antique Cathedral, the Municipal Government Building, and the Palace of the Captains General. The tour concludes with visits to colonial churches and monasteries, and a jade factory producing stunning jewelry. Afterwards, the tour returns to Guatemala City.
Hotel Pickup in Guatemala City; Shared tour; Entrance Fees; Lunch; Passenger insurance.
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Functional And Non Functional Requirements Information Technology Essay
At present, many countries and communities are facing with the problem of raging war. War has resulted in the loss of numerous valuable human lives. Many governments have launched peace and humanitarian missions against the anti-social elements who race war. Among the weapons of human destruction, landmines acquire a special place. Landmines are used throughout the world and it has prevented armies from penetrating enemy lines.
It is essential for armies to seek knowledge of their enemies in order to defeat them. Due to landmines it has been impossible for armies to enter enemy lands without gaining attention. Therefore it is required to build a device that could penetrate enemy lands without triggering landmines in order to spy for secret information. It is required to build a remotely controllable device that could go to places that are unreachable by humans.
A robot designed for urban warfare will soon be on its way to assist Marines everywhere, where the scrappy machine can peer around corners and snoop in areas too dangerous or inaccessible for human soldiers.
Called Project emissary, the four-wheeled device is small and light enough to be carried in a soldier's backpack and rugged enough to be used in any sort of conditions.
The robot is steered by a soldier, who can see where it is going via its onboard video camera. It will have infrared capabilities for operating at night.
A big problem in urban environments, he explained, is "situational awareness." Enemy and civilians are intermixed and fighting must occur in and around a wide variety of structures. A machine that could carry cameras, microphones and other sensors inside and around buildings could reduce the danger to Marine units that must enter those environments.
Some military units already use small robots like the Packbot robots that explored caves during the search for al-Qaida members in Afghanistan. But those robots were designed primarily for explosive ordnance disposal.Even before the Marines started looking for the technology to build their robotic scout, Schempf was pushing the idea of small, mobile robots and in search of a customer. During a tour of CMU by Brig. Gen. William Catto, then commander of the Warfighting Lab, Schempf got his ear and found him receptive to the idea.
That was three years ago. Project emissary today is a 9-pound electric vehicle about 15 inches long, a little less than a foot wide and just five inches in height. Moreau said Project emissary can operate in three modes:
Drive mode. The machine has a top speed of 20 mph and also can be operated slowly and deliberately. The video camera transmits color imagery to the operator, who controls it using a hand-held controller/view screen.
Sentry mode. It can operate as a stationary listening post, with a directional microphone and sensors that can detect motion up to 30 feet away. If it detects something, it can alert the operator by vibrating the hand control or sending a verbal "motion left" or "motion right" alert through an earphone.
Watch mode. Again, the vehicle would remain motionless, but would use its cameras to relay information.
Do you need to perform an under-vehicle inspection? Pop on the wheels, drive the robot under the vehicle, and start inspecting. Need the robot to enter a multi-story building? Pop off the wheels, attach the stair-climbing flippers and treads, clip the arm onto the top, drive the robot up the stairs, use the gripper to open the door, and enter the building. Do you need a larger or smaller version
Project emissary is a small, rugged robot that weighs between 10-20kg depending on the chosen configuration. It can be easily carried by a soldier in a backpack and is robust enough to operate in rough terrain to help protect troops. The variant selected by the UK MOD is equipped with a manipulator arm to assist with the disarming of improvised explosive devices but the versatility of the Project emissary platform means that it can also be configured for a variety of other reconnaissance and surveillance operations. The Project emissary robot is also able to operate in sewers, drainpipes, caves and courtyards to detect danger.
the all-seeing, all-listening Project emissary has the ability to send video footage back to the operator at a safe distance thereby enabling troops to assess a situation prior to moving forward or entering a structure, potentially safeguarding lives.
The basic chassis is 20cm wide, 7.5cm tall and 23cm in length and can be easily adapted in the field with various accessories. In addition to IED (Improvised Explosive Device) identification, other functions include perimeter security, checkpoint security and the inspection of suspect vehicles.
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Project emissary is set to become a vital tool in military campaigns throughout the world," said Mary Carver. "The majority of the 3,000+ military robots that we have delivered to so far are being used to disable roadside bombs however we're now seeing increased demand for military surveillance and reconnaissance as well as for homeland security and specialist intelligence operations.
2. Project Aim and Objectives
The aim of this project is as follows;
Aims:
1.	Developing a light weight vehicle that could travel over landmines and seek information.
2.	Developing a system that could be used to remotely control the vehicle.
. Objectives
1.	Designing and developing the electronic circuit for the device.
2.	Establishing proper connection between the computer and the device.
3.	Coding algorithms to control the vehicle.
4.	Developing interactive user interfaces for the system
5.	Provide help on troubleshooting system failures
6.	Implement a camera for monitoring purposes
7.	A face/object recognition programme to identify threatening objects.
3. Project Deliverables
Investigate military requirements for a stealth robot controlling application and requirements.
Perform System Analysis to gather requirements and analyze/elicit/model the requirements.
Perform System Design and produce a design specification that includes the architectural design, data design and user interface designs.
Develop the software to control the software to control the RC car and configure the wireless camera to work accordingly.
Develop the face/object recognition program to identify car bombs or suspected activities.
Perform testing for the entire system to discover errors and to take corrective actions.
Create online help to provide support for the end users.
Finalize the application making it error free and implementing it.
Create a project report to document the development process.
4. Functional and Non Functional Requirements
Functional requirements of the Stealth Robot;
The stealth robot should be able to go undetected in any situation
The stealth robot should make less than 20 Hz or soothing close to that which is the human lowest hearing range.
The robot should be able to be controlled with in its specific range of 30m and video transmitted without any sort of disturbances.
The video transmitted should be encoded if not any one could receive the video and audio feed with the current available of technology commercially.
Functional requirements of the Face/object recognition programme;
The programme should be able to detect any sort of movements during 0 visibility
The programme should be able to detect from a various list of Explosives, Car bombs, Weapons or human insurgents.
Non Functional Requirements
Non-Functional requirements of the stealth robot;
Security for the control of the robot making it password protected .
Validate robots information about the bombs or human detection.
5. Project Approach
In order to complete the deliverables with the above mentioned requirements, prototyping will be used to develop the system since this project requires meeting the deadline on time and requires comprehensive system architecture.
A prototype typically simulates only a few aspects of the features of the eventual program, and may be completely different from the eventual implementation.
The conventional purpose of a prototype is to allow users of the software to evaluate developers' proposals for the design of the eventual product by actually trying them out, rather than having to interpret and evaluate the design based on descriptions. Prototyping can also be used by end users to describe and prove requirements that developers have not considered, so "controlling can be a key factor in the commercial relationship between developers and their clients
My reason for choosing prototype is: The software designer and implementer can obtain feedback from the users early in the project. The designer and the can compare if the software made matches the software specification, according to which the software program is built. It also allows the software engineer some insight into the accuracy of initial project estimates and whether the deadlines and milestones proposed can be successfully met.
Throwaway prototyping
Also called close ended prototyping. Throwaway or Rapid Prototyping refers to the creation of a model that will eventually be discarded rather than becoming part of the final delivered software. After preliminary requirements gathering is accomplished, a simple working model of the system is constructed to visually show the users what their requirements may look like when they are implemented into a finished system.
Evolutionary prototyping
Evolutionary Prototyping (also known as breadboard prototyping) is quite different from Throwaway Prototyping. The main goal when using Evolutionary Prototyping is to build a very robust prototype in a structured manner and constantly refine it. "The reason for this is that the Evolutionary prototype, when built, forms the heart of the new system, and the improvements and further requirements will be built.
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Incremental prototyping
The final product is built as separate prototypes. At the end the separate prototypes are merged in an overall design.
Extreme prototyping
Extreme Prototyping as a development process is used especially for developing web applications
I will be choosing evolutionary prototyping where I will be making an robust prototype and making amendments to the programme as needed
6. Project Resources
Resources needed to complete the project
1 radio controlled car
1 remote
1 wireless camera
25 pin male parallel port socket
Computer with windows XP platform
Human recourses – It is intended to study the basics of port programming and the coding to take the video and audio inputs to the application.
To carry out with the project it is required to cover costs such as software costs and hardware costs. Since we are building a prototype, the costs will be handled by our selves. Detailed budget will be provided in the project documentation.
Efficiently using prototyping requires that an organization have proper tools and a staff trained to use those tools. Tools used in prototyping can vary from individual tools like 4th generation programming languages used for rapid prototyping to complex integrated CASE tools. 4th generation programming languages like Visual Basic and ColdFusion are frequently used since they are cheap, well known and relatively easy and fast to use. CASE tools, supporting requirements analysis, like the Requirements Engineering Environment are often developed or selected by the military or large organizations. Object oriented tools are also being developed like LYMB from the GE Research and Development Center. Users may prototype elements of an application themselves in a spreadsheet.
6.1. Modeling
The objective of this area is to identify a military force requirements. Since this system is not developed for a specific military force or country, processes from other robots and systems that are currently being used should be investigated and use for this system. In order to investigate the process following methods will be used;
Conduct interviews with armed forces who really know what they need in the field, etc…
Refer books, articles, papers, blogs, etc. to investigate military stealth matters.
Request information in internet forums.
When everything is clearly defined, Use Case Diagrams and Activity Diagrams will be constructed. Microsoft Visio will be used as the diagramming software.
6.2. Requirements
The objective of this area is to identify more detailed requirements for the system using the above stealth car models. Resources that can be used to gather information should be identified. Requirements will be gathered separately for the two subsystems, and their procedures will be as follows;
Requirement gathering for the controlling software;
Conduct interviews with armed forces who use similar tools for everyday purposes.
Refer papers/journals/books/articles related to stealth remote vehicles.
Evaluate current systems and robots for their strengths and weaknesses.
Requirement gathering for the face/object recognition;
Conduct interviews with security software companies where face recognition is already being used.
Refer papers/journals/books/articles related to e-commerce.
Visit the places where these are installed to find their strengths and weaknesses.
6.3. Analysis & Design
The purpose of this area is to identify how the system will perform all its requirements by building comprehensive software architecture which shows how the code will be structured and written. This stage requires identifying appropriate resources that can be used to construct diagrams and the application. The following software will be used to create diagrams and the application;
Marketed as Microsoft Office Visio, is a diagramming program for Microsoft Windows that uses vector graphics to create diagrams
6.4. Implementation
This stage requires identifying resources that are required for software development. For the software development following software will be used;
Adobe Dreamweaver/Photoshop to create the interface of the system .
Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented computer programming language that can be viewed as an evolution of Microsoft's Visual Basic (VB) which is generally implemented on the Microsoft .NET Framework. Microsoft currently supplies Visual Basic Express Edition free of charge.
Microsoft Visual Studio to develop the graphical representation of the system.
6.5. Test
The area requires testing the implemented code to check the functionality, reliability, accuracy, etc. of the controlling software and the movements which are the hardest of all to programme. Debugging tools available in the IDE (Visual Studio .NET) will be used for this area.
6.6. Deployment
The objective of this area is to deliver the software to the end users. Who will be the armed forces but in this case it will be handed over for further testing among friends and lectures.
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7. Starting Points for Research
This project is influenced by the NREC collaborated with Automatika, Inc. (AI) to develop Dragon runner, an ultra-rugged, portable, lightweight reconnaissance robot for use by the U.S. Marine Corps in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) for urban reconnaissance and sentry missions.
Dragon runner represents the state-of-the-art in rugged ultra-compact, ultra-portable mission-capable mobile robotics platform for use with wireless remote control.
The use of small-scale hand controllers and custom mission backpack, powered through military batteries, make this system ideal for use in areas too dangerous or inaccessible for Marines.
Project emissary has been successfully commercialized by Qinetiq North America.
Following books also provided the theoretical background for this project;
Boehm A, Murach's Visual Basic 2005 Training and Reference
Coding4fun, Computer-Controlled R/C Car with Camera, last viewed on 12th October 2009, last modified date unknown, http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2007/01/22/1507304.aspx
JB Projects, Computer controlled RC car, last viewed on 12th October 2009, last modified August 2003, http://www.jbprojects.net/projects/rc/
JB Projects, How to build a pc controlled car, last viewed on 12th October 2009, last modified August 2004, http://www.jbprojects.net/articles/rc/
QinetiQ North America Website
Legacy Automatika Website
Additional study materials that are used for this project are listed in "References"
8. Log of Risks
Following project management risks are identified for this project and following values are assigned for each level of risk impact and probability;
Following are the identified risks for this project;
Unavailability of IGC web server to host the e-tailing website
Loss of project data due to hard disk failure or lightning.
Increase of the estimated time of the project.
Unable to create program functionality
Following risk response plans are created to face the risks;
Risk ID
If IGC will be unable to provide web space for the project, implementation will be affected.
Response Plan
Buy web space/domain from a vendor and to host the website.
If project data loses during the project due to hard disk failure of a natural disaster, the project work will be destroyed.
Keep Backups of daily work.
If the project work is delayed due to a personal issue or a technical issue, the estimated ending date will be changed.
Since USDP makes it possible to finish the project early, the estimated ending date of the project is scheduled for 3rd may 2010 making the project capable meeting the deadline.
If the any part of the program requires extensive knowledge that couldn't be self-taught before the deadline, the program fails to deliver with functionality.
Find instructors or people who have required knowledge for the project.
9. Breakdown of Tasks
The following WBS shows the main tasks that will be done in order to produce the deliverables. The first level of the WBS shows the six engineering tasks that will be done in USDP; other tasks are done under each disciplinary area.
E-tailing system
E-tailing system development project
USDP activity, Business Modeling
Identify Processes
Identifying business processes
Create BM
Create a business model for e-tailing website
Create Diagrams
Construct diagrams for the business processes
Gathering detailed requirements for the e-tailing system.
E-tailing Website
Requirement gathering for the e-tailing website.
Requirement gathering for the DSS
Analysis & Design
USDP activity, Analysis and Design
Data Design
Data warehouse design
Relational database design
Web layout design for the e-tailing website.
UI design for the DSS
Architectural design for the e-tailing system
USDP activity, Implementation
Coding for the DSS
Coding/designing the e-tailing website
Client Side
Client side coding
Server side coding
USDP activity, Testing
USDP activity, Deployment
Document online help of the e-tailing system
Host Website
Host the e-tailing website

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The Girls of Phnom Penh
Three Stories of Cambodia's Virginity Trade
The Girls of Phnom Penh, which was filmed over six months in 2008 and 2009, follows three victims as they struggle to endure the ordeals of their daily existence.
Telling their own story in their own words, what grows...
Telling their own story in their own words, what grows increasingly evident in the discourse of the film is the extraordinary bond that exists between the three girls - like sisters united against all the horrors the world throws at them.
Srey Leak was deflowered by a stranger when she was 14. Like many Cambodian men, he believed her virginity would increase his good health and virility. Her family used the money to pay her mother's medical bills. Her two friends, Me Nea and Cheata, opted to sell themselves to support their families and young children.
The film paints a portrait of ordinary girls, little more than children, who share the same preoccupations, insecurities and vanity of teenagers the world over, yet nightly make the greatest of sacrifices. In the clutches of an unforgiving spiral of debt and ignominy, it is a mark of the girls' strength as well as their desperation that they each maintain they would do the same, given their time over again.
Matthew Watson
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Videotron Centre will become the QMJHL 'bubble' for 10 days
By Luc Lang
November 11 2020 Edition
Photo: QMJHL
Charle Truchon was named the Québec Remparts student-athlete of the month for October.
Great news for the Québec Remparts and junior hockey fans – the Videotron Centre has been designated the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's "bubble" for a seven-team tournament from Nov. 17 to 27. The announcement was made on Nov. 8.
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We live in a world of headlines, tweets, posts and quick bursts of information. We can feel informed and up-to-date because we've read the Cliff Notes of life. But how much do we really know? Similarly, if we build our understanding of God and our relationship with Him on passive interactions like sermons, podcasts, or verses-of-the-day, what might we be missing? You are invited to Step A Little Closer to God and His Word. During this semester, we will learn how to read and study God's Word looking for original context and meaning as well as present day application. You will be challenged to read more slowly, look more deeply, and pause a little longer as you get to know God through the lens of biblical authors.
Special Note: Limited to 12 people. This group requires consistency and commitment; to that end, participants may only miss a maximum of 2 sessions throughout the semester.


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In 1940, as war raged in Europe, beloved Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Serge Koussevitzky fulfilled his dream of creating an academy of learning where the world's most gifted young music students would study with esteemed members of the BSO and other distinguished artists.
Koussevitzky's Berkshire Music Center, now named Tanglewood Music Center, opened on July 8 of that year. The impressive composition faculty included Aaron Copland and Paul Hindemith. At the head of Koussevitzky's elite first conducting class was an outstandingly talented youth named Leonard Bernstein. During the following the years he and another brilliant student, Seiji Ozawa, became guiding lights for the Center.
Over the decades, TMC has become a symbol of unparalleled excellence in musical instruction and coaching. It's estimated that 20 percent of the members of American symphony orchestras, and 30 percent of all first-chair players, studied at the TMC; an impressive statistic indeed. As a Fellowship student for three summers, I was blessed with the opportunity to partake in this tutelage. Even today I feel that those summers at Tanglewood comprised a significant part of my musical training, and helped prepare me for my career as a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
At the helm of this evening of panoplies of classical and popular favorites were BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons, frequent guest conductor Stéphane Denève and Pops Music Director Keith Lockhart. Homage was paid to some of the orchestra's past music directors in a spectacular program emphasizing French, Russian, and American music.
For the rousing opening, Nelsons chose the Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture. Having just completed his first full season as the newly minted BSO Music Director, Nelsons clearly was in comfortable command of the orchestra, which showed a continuing bond with and affinity for the music of former music directors Pierre Monteux and Charles Munch. Nelsons' sweeping gestures and precise baton provided only what was needed to carry along the lush melodies and stimulating rhythms, and the ensemble executed them brilliantly. Nelsons then followed with Ravel's meditative Pavane for a Dead Princess, which the orchestra performed as if in one sinuous long line of shimmering French radiance. Nelsons then transitioned into two contrasting Shostakovich pieces, with a supple, graceful rendition of the dreamy "Romance" from the suite for his film The Gadfly and a lively "Galop" from his satirical operetta Cheryomushki.
Switching gears, Denève appeared on the stage and launched into the first of three pieces paying tribute to one of the conductor's musical heroes, iconic composer John Williams. After pleasing the crowd by applying his dynamic, impressively flamboyant technique to a virtuoso performance of Williams' buoyant Sound the Bells!, Denève spoke charmingly of Williams and the importance of the American composer in Denève's musical journey. "I adore John Williams!" he declared. He further demonstrated his affection in the slow movement of Williams's Violin Concerto, a lush, evocative piece expertly played by the BSO's Associate Concertmaster Tamara Smirnova. Denève completed the sequence with JUST DOWN WEST STREET... on the left, a new composition written and offered as a gift for TMC 75, which the conductor described as a paean to Williams's fondness for Tanglewood. Those who share the composer's fervor for Tanglewood surely related to this energy-filled, highly descriptive work. All in all, Denève made his mentor's captivating music soar up and out into the perfect Berkshire night.
Lockhart took over the podium with yet another Russian pick, Kabalevsky's Overture to Colas Breugnon. Lockhart's longtime collaboration with the orchestra was unmistakable in the ease with which he led the ensemble: he made even this tricky Russian tour de force look easy. Then, in a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth, "Ol' Blues Eyes at 100," Lockhart led stirring performances of several of the beloved crooner's signature numbers: "Chicago" (Fischer-Nestico), "You Make Me Feel So Young (Myrow/Gordon-Oseer), "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Mann-Schwartz), and the ever popular "New York, New York" (Kander/Ebb-Byers). With each succeeding song, and especially the latter, the audience cheered their escalating approval.
Lockhart then introduced a "young guy making his debut conducting the Pops" as Nelsons returned to conduct Williams's "Throne Room and Finale" from Star Wars. Nelsons, a native Latvian, showed astonishing insight into the composer's unique American style, drawing yet another dazzling performance from the orchestra. The conductor's remarkable versatility continues to impress.
As a Fellowship student at Tanglewood, I vividly remember the thrill of performing Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture en masse with the combined forces of the TMC and the BSO. In this night's dazzling rendition Nelsons was in his element. From the achingly beautiful cello playing in the opening through the crisp wind and brass in the military episodes, culminating with the power of the full orchestra in the climax, Nelsons drew one inspiring phrase after another from the orchestra and held the audience in thrall.
I would not have missed celebrating the 75th anniversary performance of the TMC with this glittering performance, capped with fireworks erupting into the starlit sky over Tanglewood. Clearly the audience felt the same.


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Are we asking the right questions about the Ike Dike?
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This article was published by the Houston Chronicle on March 13, 2017. You can view the Houston Chronicle article here.
In the 1960's, there were those seeking to dam the Colorado River and flood the Grand Canyon. Asking questions and seeking solid science saved an American landmark, and that same sense of inquiry is necessary now as the community considers fundamentally altering Galveston Bay.
Bill King's response to my assertion that we should look to the private sector and to private community members to protect their own assets, acknowledges that it is necessary. As a nation, we value the notion that each corporation—each individual—should take personal responsibility. But we are also a region of wildcatters, willing to take unconscionable risks when it's with other people's money. The Ike Dyke may perpetuate that risk; all the while seeking federal money to fund what is at its core, our problem to deal with and adapt to as we continue to grow.
By recognizing that one aspect of protection likely comes from a "a regime to pay for the coastal barrier where the costs are borne in relation to the benefits individual properties realize," Mr. King recognizes that we must first look to those that have built in harm's way to take responsibility for a piece of the solution in protecting their neighbors. Likewise, he offers his honest assessment that a project like the Ike Dyke can't be done without federal assistance and argues that because local initiatives couldn't be funded with federal dollars, they should be dismissed. But it's ironic that someone touting fiscal conservatism would seem to be asking only for big government funding of a big project. Can the Ike Dyke be scaled down if private industry and community members step up? Could we eliminate the idea of a gate, if we move forward with a distributed system with lots of moving pieces both mandated and voluntary? I may not know the answer today, but I think asking the question is important.
Likewise, there's no value in confusing the issues of saving lives in nursing homes, with the very real questions around the costs and benefits provided by this colossal structure. The Ike Dyke will not eliminate the need to evacuate hundreds of thousands of individuals along the coast – that is not what it is designed to do nor is storm surge the only harm that comes with a Category 5 storm.
Any major hurricane is devastating for our region – lives will be lost, structures will collapse, entire towns will take years to recover. Belittling the honest discourse that must occur around big government spending and the direction of our region for years to come does nothing to delve into the very real ecological harms that occur with a project of this scale.
Economics and ecology need to be discussed together and are not diametrically opposed. Hurricane Ike was in 2008. It's been nearly a decade and we are no closer to protecting our most vulnerable residents or industrial facilities as we were ten years ago. For the Superfund sites mentioned by Mr. King– why not fund the clean up in the near term and direct government dollars towards holding companies responsible now before it is too late? For disaster preparedness plans, have we requested them from large industrial players along the coast and have they made them public to our elected officials? These are minor steps that should be taken as we study, fund, and build or buy out whatever other protection we can for our coastline with rising seas and impending storms.
Op-eds are not the places where decisions based on science are made. But they are the place to raise serious questions about the studies being proposed, the alternatives being examined, and as I originally offered, the costs associated with those proposals and who bears the brunt of those costs.
As we try to monetize the very nature of the clean air we breathe, or the water we drink, we ignore the obvious limitations of our own minds. We do not fully understand nature; new discoveries occur every day. And thank heavens we have engineers that can and do—on a daily basis—engineer our way out of potentially hundreds of devastating problems. But is a gate across the bay one of those projects when alternatives are not receiving similar review or similar funding to be studied?
These are valid questions to be raised in the pages of op-eds and stakeholder meetings across the region. Belittling the questions as short sighted, and yet recognizing their validity, does nothing but demonstrate that simply accepting a proposal because it is big and bold almost always fails to demonstrate good governance or fiscal responsibility. As a region, we should ask more questions and demand more transparent answers on who really benefits from this proposal.
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The Choice for Environmental Philanthropists
Should We Pay for the Ike Dike?
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Final Somara 2016 presenters will be announced soon!
Steve Beyer - *Via weblink – Stephan V. Beyer, Ph.D., J.D., is a well-known writer and speaker on shamanism and spirituality. He is also a community builder, peacemaker, and carrier of council. He has been trained and certified in many areas of circle processes, mediation, and nonviolence and has offered peacemaking workshops to a wide variety of audiences, from therapists to theologians, and at Montessori, charter, alternative, and public schools. He has served as a Lecturer in the
Daniel Pinchbeck - Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of Breaking Open the Head (Broadway Books, 2002), 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Tarcher/Penguin, 2006), and Notes from the Edge Times (Tarcher/Penguin, 2010). He was featured in the documentary 2012: Time for Change, directed by Joao Amorim and produced by Mangusta Films. He is the host of Mind Shift (www.mindshift.net), a talk show on cutting-edge approaches to art, social change, and consciousness, on GaiamTV. In 2007, he launched the web
Richard Grossman - *Via weblink – About Richard Grossman, L.Ac., O.M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Richard Grossman's fascination with healing started quite early in his life, triggered in part by a severe physical and emotional traumatic event. As the son of a pharmacist, he grew up surrounded by doctors, but when given an assignment to decided what he wanted to be when he grew up he answered he wanted to study the effects of plants and medicines on the mind. His spiritual
Jonathon Miller Weisberger - *Via weblink – Jonathon is Guaria de Osa's founder and steward. Jonathon, or Sparrow as his friends call him was born in Berkeley California and raised from a very young age in the country of Ecuador. Since 2000 he has been living 9 months a year in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula overseeing all aspects of the construction of Guaria de Osa Centre. He is more than our "jefe" he is also Guaria's principal rainforest guide, plant master,
Jonathan Dickinson - *Via weblink – Jonathan Dickinson is the Executive Director of the Global Ibogaine Therapy Alliance (GITA) (www.ibogainealliance.org), a not-for-profit that is dedicated to supporting the sacramental and therapeutic uses of iboga and its derivatives. Since 2009 he has worked with ibogaine, iboga's primary psychoactive and medicinal alkaloid, in therapeutic contexts in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama. He has published and presented on his work globally. In 2015 he led the development of the Clinical Guidelines for Ibogaine-Assisted Detoxification (www.ibogainealliance.org/guidelines) that serves as a risk management resource for
Martin Ball - *Via weblink – Martin W. Ball, Ph.D., is a leading expert on 5-MeO-DMT, arguably the world's most powerful entheogen, and is a provocative voice for the non-dual approach to entheogens and entheogenic experience. This talk will focus on the mechanisms of the ego and how they can be energetically unwound via the 5-MeO experience; how individuals can best maximize their experience with this medicine; egoic pitfalls, projections, attachments, and patterns that arise and how they can be
Ya'Acov Darling Khan - *Via weblink – From a young age, Ya'Acov has been drawn to the down-to-earth connection with the spirit world that shamanism invites. He has pursued this yearning throughout his adult life, studying and practicing with many gifted teachers around the world. He has been recognised as a practicing shaman (*) by Elder Shamans from the Sami (European tradition), and Achuar and Sápara peoples of the Amazon. His Movement Medicine workshops are inspiring, empowering, contemporary and practical and are attended
James Jesso - *Via weblink – James W. Jesso is a crowd-funded Canadian author and public educator who is dedicated to helping to distill an accessible language for understanding what it means to cultivate and live a life of psychospiritual maturity. In doing so, he looks to engender regenerative, coherent, and public discourse on psychedelics, sexuality, meditative practice, and conscious relationships — the means by he believes psychospiritual maturity can be most powerfully developed. He has authored numerous articles, essays, and videos, done
Shannon Kempster - "For over 13 years I've been taking very large doses of all different psychedelics, putting ear plugs in and mindfold on, laying down still and seeing where it takes my brain, based on one of these journeys I sold my house and travelled the world to find the most beautiful of medicines so I can take people to that same space with a lot more ease."
Rak Razam - Rak Razam is the world's leading 'experiential' journalist, writing about and helping shape the emergence of a new cultural paradigm in the 21st century. A writer, film producer and culture maker, he bridges the worlds of shamanism, consciousness and popular culture. He is currently developing an episodic TV show called Shamans of the Global Village which he is the host, writer and producer, with director Niles Heckman. A prolific media maker and networker, he hosts
Luis Tamani Amasifuen - Luis Tamani will be joining us in person at Somara 2016 and will be offering 12 hrs of tuition in the first Somara Visionary Art Intensive. If you're interested in participating in this incredibly rare opportunity visit the Intensives page.Luis Tamani is an artist from the Amazonian rainforest of Peru. Born in 1983, he grew up on the banks of the Ucayali River in Pucallpa. His imagination was fed by landscapes full of rivers, trees,
Daniel Mirante - Daniel Mirante will be joining us in person at Somara 2016. Born in the United Kingdom. Has been wandering the wilderness of the mundus imaginalis for 28 years. Began www.lila.info, cooperative visionary art and medicine culture website in 2000 ad. 3 years ago was gifted from the Creatrix a hummingbird brush to depict songs of Gaian intricacy and celestial crystal Logos In 2005 received help in the mische (mixed) technique of oil glazes and egg
Karlyn Boyter - Karlyn is a highly trained and experienced Breathworker who has been sharing the power, magic and beauty of conscious breath across the globe for the last 12 years. Her interest in transformational processes began when she was 19, when she was desperately trying to overcome depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and find her place and purpose in the world. Her path lead her to also study yoga, reiki, meditation, crystal therapy, tantra, sacred sexuality and conscious
Kari Barron - Kari is honored to share the ancient indigenous wisdom passed to her by the Mi'kmaq Elders of Canada through sacred ceremony. Her path has woven through various cultures, sacred sites & healing modalities which has given her a deep understanding of the sacred web of life. She facilitates workshops, song circles & organizes spiritual tours to Peru to work in sacred space with traditional Shipibo shamans in the Amazon rainforest. Workshop Title: The Four Sacred
Dan Schreiber - Daniel Schreiber is a neo gnostic, earth imagineer, meta bio harmonic system analyst and designer. Born in South Africa, he studied life sciences at Cape Town university majoring in zoology and marine biology. Having worked in media, design and art in South Africa and London, he moved to Byron Bay in the early nineties to live in the subtropical rainforests of the northern rivers as a landscape and water gardener. His interest in plant entheogens
Julian Palmer - Julian Palmer has been deeply exploring psychoactive plants for the last 15 years and has spoken at conferences in Australia and overseas on this subject over the last ten years. He recently released his book, Articulations: On The Utilisation and Meanings of Psychedelics. He was also the primary organiser of the Khanyisa Psychoactive Plant Conference in October 2013, the first conference of its type in Africa.
Lahood - Lahood, G. PhD, is an anthropologist of consciousness, a transpersonal theorist and facilitator, and is well trained in sacred psychology-psychotherapy. DrG has written two-dozen scholarly articles on a variety of shamanic topics including: ritual healing, Holotropic Breath work, Women's birth shamanism, spirit possession, New Age spiritual imperialism, spiritual emergency, action research in the realm of the between, Gestalt therapy, cooperative inquiry, psychedelic hybridity, the participatory-turn in transpersonal psychology; anthropology as sacred science, globalizing spiritual narcissism,
Nen - Nen was an early pioneer of the visionary use of acacias in the early 90s while completing his psychology degree, and has been researching their wider medicinal use and spiritual significance ever since. In 1992 he became the first modern person to utilize Acacia obtusifolia. In the mid 90s he began working closely with several Australian indigenous clans to archive and preserve ethnobotanical and esoteric knowledge, and was inducted into customary law. Since 2001 he
Sarah Singing Raven - Sarah spent seven years living with and learning from indigenous medicine people in North America, undergoing the vigorous rites of passage connected to this path. This includes Vision Quest, Sacred pipe and Sundance. In her enquiry into shamanic consciousness and the art of the change-agent, she qualified as a hypnotist and is co-founder of the Northern Beaches Hypnosis Clinic, Sydney. Sarah also spent 2 years working with 11 indigenous communities in NSW. Sarah has been
Fire Mane - Fire Mane is a Byron Bay-based energy healer who has worked extensively with people, sound and plant medicines globally. Her spiritual path is centred in the Sacred Valley of Peru. With an intention to assist the restoration of Love and Power in people and in country, she looks forward to sharing her insight and her evolving approach to working with plant medicines.
Jonathan Davis - Jonathan Davis is a writer, filmmaker and teacher who has been working with non-ordinary states of consciousness for the past sixteen years including a recent five month intensive of plant diets and learning in the Peruvian Amazon. He has a particular passion for encouraging safe and responsible approaches to the administration of entheogens for healing and personal growth. He is a moderator on the Facebook forum 'The Shamanic View of Mental Illness' and a founding member of
Rati - Rati is a yoga teacher, body worker, intuitive energy worker, martial artist, and musician with a passion for world sacred music; she has travelled extensively and has been working with plant medicine for over 8 years. Her passion for health and wellbeing has led her to study nutrition, supplementation, meditation, movement and the power of sound as an instrument for healing through voice, guitar and overtone instruments. Rati has explored various styles of meditation and
Jewelli - Jewelli Dollman draws from the traditional practice of Flower Baths in Amazonain Curanderismo as well as her own experience as an Australian Bush Flower and Liquid Crystal essence practitioner. Jewelli will be offering a practical workshop in preparing and administering flower baths for physical and energetic clearing and realignment. Jewelli's work demonstrates the depth and power of working with the subtlety of vibrational medicine. www.thefloweringsoul.com
Alima - Alima, founder of Stand Strong for the Amazon, is inspired by wilderness and culturally significant ethnobotanical plants. She is involved with conserving Rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon containing 100's of medicinal plants that extends a cultural conservation zone and a jaguar wildlife corridor. A passionate Permaculture educator, Alima is committed to evolving an inclusive and interactive teaching style, fostered by some of the great Permaculture pioneers. She teaches on a variety of Permaculture Courses at
Maya Waken - Maya is an animist who has been communing with Gaia since childhood. Inspired by early visionary trances & sacred plant & animal teachers, Maya has dedicated her life to refining her relationship with what it is to evolve beyond the current confines of the human condition, & to engage with existence from a stance of conscious co-creation. Her focus is on the integration of epiphanous states within the complexities of humanity; in particular regarding trauma
Jo Slater - From a conservative scientific background a substantial hit on the back of the head, lead to not being able to talk nor communicate, experiencing auditory, olfactory and visual hallucinations amongst other symptoms. My body started producing naturally occurring Endotheogens and inspired an obsession with artwork to communicate only using my hands even though at the time I had no comprehension of what was being produced or why. I simply was expressing the beauty I saw.
Dean Jefferys - Filmmaker/Activist. Dean made the documentary "Shamans of the Amazon" in 2002. He is currently fundraising to make another documentary called "The God Molecule and the Shamanic Toad". Dean recently set up Facebook groups "Toad Testimonials and Support", "Kambo Testimonials and Information" and "Animal Communication Australia". He is the captain of the Migaloo 2 Marine Conservation Yacht. For more info and to see a free screening of "Shamans of the Amazon" see www.thegodmoleculemovie.com
Quilla - Quilla has been working with plant medicines and ceremony in both South America and South Africa for twenty years. Initiated in an indigenous tradition of healing and divination in Southern Africa as sangoma, her work and ceremony reflect the inspiration of this lineage. From a young age she was fascinated with diverse cultural cosmologies and ancient techniques of facilitating healing. She began exploring when she was eighteen and travelled to South America where she came across and worked with
Bryan Itch - Inkbomb Studios is the online manifestation of Bryan Itch, a melbourne based illustrator with a diverse skillset drawn from experience in an array of "black arts" Oil Painting, Graffiti, Tattooing, Vjing, Music Composition Mr Itch can output a broad range of imaginative illustrative work from a small vent on the side of his head.Utilising both traditional & digital mediums the thought droplets are carefully crafted into an vast array of artforms and let loose across
Katia Honor - Katia's paintings explore transcendental states of consciousness. Though the 'unseen' is notoriously difficult to convey, her art offers a philosophical viewpoint which feels unreal, yet strangely familiar. Katia has developed a contemporary, visual language which draws upon romanticism and psychedelia. Her plays of light, surrealism, realism and abstraction offer different perspectives into the phenomenas of mysticism, madness and medication. After lifelong esoteric and shamanic practices, Katia became compelled to visually map the relationships between ethereal,


How does it compare to crossfit?
We've got nothing against Marietta CrossFit gyms, but we're on the different end of the impact spectrum. Kettle Corps specializes in ballistic training, but the focus is restoration of the body and its peak fitness levels from the bottom up. As a result, you will reduce exposure to possible injury while training; however, you'll still enjoy many of the benefits of high intensity workouts.
WHy do we recommend Barefoot Training?
Almost 30% of ALL bones in the body are located in your feet. They are the ultimate foundation and base of support when it comes to performance. Oftentimes, they're the only part of our anatomy in-contact with the ground. Your feet are responsible for the transfer of force generated from the ground up throughout the rest of the body. Therefore, special attention must be given to the feet when training so that freedom of movement can be maximized, chance of injury can be minimized, and balance can be maintained throughout movement. Balance is important because it's the main complex motor skill we use to stabilize ourselves against opposing forces, and balance starts with a solid connection to the ground. We've found that the best way to achieve this "connection" is by actually touching it. Think of it this way, when building a house, the foundation is the most important part of the structure. Without a solid one, the entire house will be susceptible to points of weakness that will inevitably create breakdowns over time, and your body is NO different! Barefoot Training plays an important role in the development of Kettle Corps "injury-resistant" athletes.
Will Kettlebells bulk me up?
Absolutely not, at least not with our Smoothstyle kettlebell training.Kettlebells provide an accurate roadmap to build, lengthen, and strengthen your entire body. Kettlebells make your body more efficient. Kettlebells provide both cardio and weight training in one single program.
This effect makes kettlebell workouts ideal for women who want to lose weight, athletes who are currently at their optimal size but want to improve performance, and non-athletes who are not at their optimal size but want to quickly transform their body to an optimal size, while improving stability, strength, and mobility.
What if i have an injury, can i still come to kettle corps?
We always recommend that you speak with your physician first to make sure you're medically cleared for rehabilitation. However, Kettle Corps' programming was designed from the bottom up with rehabilitation in mind. We offer our clients a Full-Body Fitness approach to rehab, prehab, and performance. When we say start where you are, we mean it. Kettlebells help in the healing of weak and damaged muscles, and the low impact moves reduce the risk of injury.
Is kettlebell all that you do at the gym?
Kettlebells are the only tools we employ because they are the best all-around fitness tool in existence; however, we integrate our workouts with yoga, pilates, primal movements, and calisthenics.
Do I need to be in-shape to start?
Absolutely not, we believe you should start where you are. With our 3 Levels of Training Progressions (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), we'll help you to progress.and the low impact moves reduce the risk of injury.


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Q: Use react-query (useQuery) with Storybook getting error I am using storybook to develop my react components in isolation. I am running into an issue with using react-query (useQuery) with storybook. Implementing the component in the app, I get no errors and things work as expected.
async function searchStationsByCallLetter(_, param) {
  const request = {
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  const { data } = await ApiService().makeApiCall(API_ENDPOINTS.BROADCAST_LINEUP.SEARCH_STATIONS, request, HTTP_POST);
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}

export default function useSearchStationsByCallLetter(inputValue = '') {
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I have a custom react hook useSearchStationsByCallLetter that returns the useQuery hook. React-query should be using searchStationsByCallLetter as the api call. ApiService and makeApiCall are a custom axios setup.
The error I get in storybook is:
TypeError: Object(...) is not a function
    at _callee$ (AddLineupHooks.js:8)
    at tryCatch (runtime.js:63)
    at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (runtime.js:293)
    at Generator.next (runtime.js:118)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (asyncToGenerator.js:3)
    at _next (asyncToGenerator.js:25)
    at asyncToGenerator.js:32
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (asyncToGenerator.js:21)
    at Object.searchStationsByCallLetter [as queryFn] (AddLineupHooks.js:8)

A: Probably mocking the Api request with a library as msw would help you get the custom response you may expect.


What will Wilfried Zaha add to the England squad?
Wilfried Zaha has been called up to the England squad and will hope to play some part in the game against Sweden.
Although, it is only a friendly it is a huge achievement for a Championship player to be called up and so far this season the Crystal Palace player has been in fantastic form and has caught the attention of manager Roy Hodgson. His club are flying in the league and now under new manager Ian Holloway he will be given even more chance to express himself on the pitch, as the former Blackpool man wants his team to be attacking and create chances. But, the big question is, does he deserve his call up?
A lot of people believe that he is good enough for the Premier League and has been linked with a lot of different clubs since making his debut in 2009. But, he has stayed at Crystal Palace and will be hoping that his and his current clubs form can continue and they can both play together in the Premier League. He has now played over 100 games for the club and in the last two seasons he has played over 40 games which a lot of players can only hope to play, especially at his age.
He will add something different to the England squad and will be a breath of fresh air which most England supporters have been crying out for. Too long have England fans had to watch mediocre and uninspiring performances and they now just want someone to get them off their seats which players like James Milner (who does a solid enough job on the wing defensively, but against opponents England should be beating, he should come nowhere near the first 11) and Theo Walcott (who has largely underperformed internationally since his hatrick against Croatia) don't do often enough.
It would be far more exciting turning on an England game and watching Zaha and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the wings then it would certainly make a lot of defences frightened and the England strikers would be expecting a lot of chances to come their way. For too long, England games have been a chore to watch and giving players like Zaha a chance will make fans a lot more optimistic about watching their country.
But why Zaha? Personally, I think he is one of the better English wingers and I am glad he has got a chance because it is more than likely that he will be a big star at club level and internationally. But, is the real reason they have called him up is to convince to sign him up for England instead of his country of birth Ivory Coast?
I don't think this is the reason he got called up as Hodgson is now starting to give other players chances, such as Zaha and Everton's Leon Osman and this can only benefit the national side. I hope he gets an appearance in Sweden and proves to everyone that he is a real talent, the only people that may not be happy are the Crystal Palace fans who will have to listen to even more transfer rumours about one of their star players.
Will Ryo Miyaichi be the next star of the Premier League?
Ryo Miyaichi has been getting a lot of praise since he joined Bolton on loan from Arsenal but now there are fears that he will run out of steam before the end of the season.
Since joining Bolton he has been a revelation and it is of little surprise that when he started playing, Bolton's results started improving but manager Owen Coyle knows that young players need time and may not be able to play every game. But he was sublime in the big six pointer against Wolves where he helped his team to a 3-2 win. The 19 year old has now scored one goal and provided two assists for the club and he has just given everyone around the club a lift including the fans who now finally have a player that gets them out of their seat when he gets the ball which they have sadly been lacking this season. However, this may be a harsh assessment as they do have Martin Petrov who on his day can terrorise defences himself and Chris Eagles who has been a little in and out of the side but when he has played he has looked decent.
Miyaichi has only played in cup competitions for his parent club Arsenal so far and will be hoping that when he goes back at the end of the season he will have proved to Arsene Wenger that he is good enough for a place in his Premier League squad. They do currently have some good young wingers at the club in Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Theo Walcott so he may find it difficult and may have to leave again on loan or permanently and I'm sure a lot of clubs in the league will be looking to take him on.
This is his second loan spell away from the club, with his first being at Feyernoord where he was quite impressive scoring three goals and getting five assists in his 12 games. On his debut he was given the man of the match which made the fans take to him straight away and label him 'Ryodinho' as he played like Ronaldinho did during his time at Barcelona when he was considered the best player in the world. Further praise was heaped on him as he was then called the Japanese Messi by their fans.
It is remarkable how quickly he has made an impact in the Premier League because in January people hadn't really heard of him and now most full backs in the country will not be looking forward to playing against him. If he can replicate what Jack Wilshere did after his loan spell with Bolton then he will move onto bigger and better things and I just hope that his career doesn't stall and if he isn't getting the opportunities at Arsenal then he leaves as I want to see a lot more of him. I am sure the Bolton fans love him just like the Feyernoord fans did and if they stay up will want him to sign permanently.
Fredrik Ljungberg wants to rejoin the Premier League after leaving Shimizu S-Pulse by mutual consent. He does not want to join any Premier League club either with him stating that he wants to join a team that will be challenging at the top of the table. Surely, this means he wants to follow in the footsteps of Thierry Henry because I cannot see Manchester City, Manchester United or Chelsea wanting to sign him as he is getting towards the end of his career.
Since leaving Arsenal he has not been able to settle anywhere having short spells at West Ham, Seattle Sounders, Chicago Fire and Celtic but can he still offer something in the Premier League. He possibly could give Arsenal a lift with them suffering a humiliating defeat against AC Milan, and he is still a very intelligent footballer and will be able to get himself into good positions, pace wasn't his greatest attribute therefore he has always had to rely on other attributes to influence games.
If he got given a contract till the end of the season, he may be able to produce some moments of magic like Henry has done in his short loan spell but will it really be worth it for him and the club? Probably not because I cannot imagine he would start many games ahead of Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain so if he did play he would have to play as a central midfielder. Yet again, it's unlikely that he will be able to get ahead of Aaron Ramsey, Alex song or Mikel Arteta in the pecking order, plus he is about the same level of Tomas Rosicky so he would most certainly be a squad player and at this late stage of his career surely he will want to play as many games as he can.
So if he wants to come back to England he has to look further down the league, I could see Liverpool possibly being interested to add a bit of experience to their squad but they do have quite a few midfielders already so he wouldn't be guaranteed a start.
The team I think he is most likely to sign for is actually QPR because they will be able to guarantee him a game most weeks, with him playing on the right and Joey Barton playing in the middle. Also they could offer him a very good wage which will obviously interest him but will he want to be involved in a relegation battle.
I would like to see him back playing in England because when he is on form he was one of the very best in the league and scored some very important goals. The Swedish international was a key part of the Arsenal side which played some fantastic attacking football and if he can recreate these types of performance whoever he signs for have got a real player on their hands and may make a big difference to where the team finishes in the league.
When you go 2-0 down at home, you look towards your experienced players to get you back into the game but not at Arsenal, although Robin Van Persie, Tomas Rosicky and Theo Walcott all played in part in rescuing the game, all the plaudits should go to a young Englishman and a Young Welshman.
Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain may have saved Arsene Wenger's job and kept Arsenal in the FA Cup because they both played brilliantly in the second half to get Arsenal a victory that looked very unlikely at halftime. I have been praising Ramsey all season as one of Arsenal's best players this season and if it wasn't for the incredible form of Van Persie he would have easily won the Player of the Year trophy at the club. He plays with football in the right way always wanting the ball to feet and most of the time plays it simple and just gives it to a teammate but he also has the quality to unlock defences with his driving runs and precise through balls. The Welsh captain has so much energy and covers the whole pitch in a game, he is a proper box to box midfielder and although he may not be the best at defending he is always prepared to get back and help out his defence. The goal that got Arsenal back into the game was from the penalty spot which Ramsey won after a clumsy challenge from Villa centre back Richard Dunne who was lucky to stay on the pitch. However, it was fortunate that Dunne flung himself into the tackle because Ramsey had taken a loose touch and the ball was trickling through to the goalkeeper.
On the wing Alex Oxlade Chamberlain impressed me yet again after a good performance against Manchester United. His willingness to take players on and commit defenders shows that he is not scared of taking on the Premier League and maybe Wenger waited too long to put him into the action as Andrei Arshavin has had a horrendous season. In my opinion he has an outside chance of making Fabio Capello's squad for the Euro 2012 because he would give England some additional pace and seems quite powerful especially for someone quite young. Although the problem is he will have to get past Aaron Lennon, Theo Walcott, Ashley Young and Adam Johnson just to have a chance of getting in the squad. In my opinion he actually looks better than Walcott, it would be fantastic to see them in a straight race as they both have exceptional pace but I believe that Oxlade Chamberlain may possess a better final ball and in time will create more chances for teammates and score more goals.


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Discussion in 'First Time & New Camper Owners' started by Fred1diver, Sep 13, 2018.
How difficult is it to change a tire stud?
Welcome from the West Virginia mountains..
Welcome and greetings form North Carolina to the exciting world of Pop-Up camping!
other quick question, I can't find my awning poles, guess the po forgot to include them, where can I find a set for my 1999 viking?
Welcome from N/W Fl Panhandle. Congrats on the NTU PUP.
The awning poles are not that hard to make out of conduit I have made several in my days.
Does your camper use wheel bolts or lug nuts?
I have a '98 Viking that originally used bolts.
How bad are the tire studs? Mine were rusted pretty good. Some wd 40 and a wire brush fixed them up like new.
Yea, who whould have looked there! Lol.


It's like we're instruments of God and things echo through us as musicians. It's a gift that God's given you and He's echoing through you. It's not something you own, you possess. You channel it. And at times you will find that when everyone is very solid and together, these things will come out as an extra gift. It's like, you've done the homework, you've done the practice, you've come to the reality of the thing, and God's decided to give you the extra spice. And it comes out . . . it comes out, you don't plan it, you don't organize it, it just comes as an extra gift from God, and when it comes it's magic.
This "extra spice," "special sauce," "gift from God"—and any other designation that aptly describes the divine inspiration an artist can only achieve through complete immersion and devotion to their craft—was on full display this past Memorial Day weekend at the 9th Annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival (known informally, worldwide, as "Cali Roots").
While this year's artist lineup was exceptionally high on talent—higher in grade even than the extremely pungent strains of cannabis wafting throughout the festival grounds—I was personally focused on Raging Fyah, the revolutionary and refreshing Grammy-nominated reggae band from Kingston, Jamaica. Specifically, my mission during the festival was (1) to successfully complete my (second) interview of Raging Fyah, who're on the verge of releasing their heavily anticipated fourth studio album "Coming in Hot," and (2) to catch up with Yaadcore, the "cultured selector" and Jamaican DJ for reggae artist Protoje, so I could ask him about his work—and his young son Streme's work—with Raging Fyah on the band's official music videos (both Raging Fyah's popular Dennis Brown cover of "Milk and Honey," and also, their massive new hit tune "Rebel," the first ultra-creative, conscious track to be released off of Raging Fyah's forthcoming album). Mission accomplished!
And, although there were far, far too many talented singers and players of instruments I missed due to my laser-like focus on Raging Fyah this year, I was nonetheless also blessed by unforgettable performances from Chronixx, Steel Pulse, Fortunate Youth, and Stephen Marley. Here are some of the pictures I took; I hope you enjoy them!


Every food service establishment in the City of Northampton where food is sold and the premises contains kitchen and dining room equipment and the capacity for preparing, cooking and serving food is required to have a common victualler license.
A common victualler license is issued under MGL Ch. 140, §§ 2-21.
Common victualler licenses are issued on an annual basis with a $50 fee.
Note: All new businesses must contact the Building Commissioner and Health Department for any additional applicable permits/fees.
The License Commission has authority to issue Entertainment Licenses (Sunday through Saturday) to an already licensed premise. If you are not a licensed premise and would like to conduct a theatrical exhibition, a public show, public amusements and/or exhibitions of every description, please use the Mayoral Entertainment License page.
If you are the holder of any type of license through the Northampton License Commission, and would like to conduct entertainment at your licensed premise, you are required to obtain an entertainment license.
Entertainment licenses issued by the License Commission are governed by MGL Ch. 140 §183A.
Entertainment licenses are issued on an annual basis with an $80 fee.
Automatic Amusement Device licenses are required for any coin operated amusement device, i.e. pinball games, video games and pool tables.
MGL Ch. 140 §177A, "The term ''automatic amusement device'' as used in this section shall be construed as meaning any mechanism whereby, upon the deposit therein of a coin or token, any apparatus is released or set in motion or put in a position where it may be set in motion for the purpose of playing any game involving, in whole or in part, the skill of the player, including, but not exclusively, such devices as are commonly known as pinball machines including free play pinball machines, but not including slot machines as defined in chapter 23K."
Automatic Amusement Device licenses are issued on an annual basis with a fee of $65 per machine.
Innholder licenses are required for hotel establishments. Hotel is defined as a hotel, motel, resort, boarding house, or inn, which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy.
Innholder licenses are governed by MGL Ch. 140.
Innholder licenses are issued on an annual basis with a $50 fee.
Lodging house licenses are required when lodgings are let to 4 or more persons not within second degree of kindred to the person conducting it, and shall include fraternity houses and dormitories of educational institutions, but shall not include dormitories of charitable or philanthropic institutions or convalescent or nursing homes, or rest homes, or group residences licensed or regulated by agencies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lodging house licenses are governed by MGL Ch. 140.
Lodging house licenses are issued on an annual basis with a fee of $50.


The O'Connor's Church Goods property soon may get a facelift that combines the look of the original facade with a modern update.
Jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities may be headed to City Heights soon if a planned "maker space" moves forward as its backers hope.
Developers are in the process of buying longstanding O'Connor's Church Goods at El Cajon Boulevard and 37th Street, with plans to convert the property into what developer David Iwashita calls "a catalytic project" that combines work, events, eating, and gathering space in single location. An adjacent auto dealership will be repurposed into the project as a restaurant.
The "maker movement" has been gaining momentum over the past decade in cities large and small as technology has made do-it-yourself projects more popular. The work space envisioned by Iwashita and his business partner, Jay Wentz, will house graphic artists, architects, leather makers, bike repair specialists, attorneys, artists, photographers, woodworkers, and any other individual or small group that needs flexible work space.
A smaller-scale version of the project has been operating in an East Village warehouse near Petco Park, branded the Moniker Warehouse. There, 27 small businesses operate in 18,000 square feet, most without walls between them. Each business pays for the square footage it uses, with the flexibility to add more space as it grows.
Working shoulder to shoulder with other businesses may seem like a distraction to some, but it's a draw for many. Tenants have found they can share business ideas, generate new opportunities, and lower their operating costs.
"It's cool they were thoughtful with the tenants they brought in that can feed off each other," said Rob Nelson, owner of a two-person architecture business, who works at the East Village site.
Nelson said tenants are always bouncing ideas off each other, and his firm uses a wood-fabrication business downstairs for interior design projects.
Iwashita said the O'Connor property will be like the East Village warehouse "on steroids." It will have far greater amenities, such as air conditioning throughout, upgraded power outlets, high-speed Internet and conference rooms.
The developers will host community events at the building to keep the space alive and publicize the artisans' work. A restaurant will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and an outside courtyard will serve as a community gathering place.
The property was built as early as 1908 along old Highway 80 and probably served as a trading post and storage unit for people coming into the city from the east. It has been home to O'Connor's Church Goods for 51 years. Recently, O'Connor's president Jacqueline O'Connor approached Iwashita and Wentz, who restored the historic Lafayette Hotel in North Park four years ago, with a proposal to sell them the property with the promise they would do something special. O'Connor has long been involved in El Cajon Boulevard business improvement projects.
After doing some market research, Iwashita and Wentz concluded the site is perfect for business incubation, a big strategic push by the El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association and Civic San Diego. The property is located along an improved public transit corridor, it sits between San Diego State University and downtown, and it is within a one-mile radius of more than 50,000 people. And it is in an area with diverse economic backgrounds.
Iwashita and Wentz partnered with developer/entrepreneur Danny Fitzgerald and Damien McKinney, owner of the McKinney Advisory Group, to develop a commercial project as a catalyst bridge between North Park and City Heights and potentially the next great hub of economic development.
Eventually the facility could hold between 75 to 150 small businesses.
The developers plan to hold community gatherings over the next couple of months to get project input. In the meantime, architects are redesigning the facility to restore the historic look while bringing the infrastructure up to modern standards.
To provide project feedback or inquire about leasing space, booking events or getting involved with the new facility, please contact Ryan Sisson and Danny Fitzgerald at 858-663-4576 (Phone) or email to ECB@monikergroup.com.


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