Chanting is such a gift of grace. For those of us who struggle with meditation, chanting is a very accessible and joyful way to enter into a meditative state. By repeating simple mantras over and over, chanting quickly stills the mind.
When we chant feelings of fear, anger and separation are gently transformed into feelings of love compassion and Oneness.
I predominantly use Sanskrit mantras as these ancient words and chants contain a transformative power, taking us deeper into our hearts and what Rumi calls the 'deep listening'. Although many of these chants tend to be recognised as part of the Hindu tradition I see them as universal, effective for us all, irrespective of our beliefs.
Chanting is for everyone. No prior experience of chanting is necessary to gain the many benefits it has to offer, simply an openness to what may occur. Through chanting, you meet the practice exactly where you need to. This might be finding a still point of relaxation after a hectic week at work; the joy of singing together; feeling our hearts awaken; offering our prayers to the Divine, or simply being present to the moment. Chanting is so powerful as it affects us physically as well as spiritually. We breathe more deeply and slowly. The sound vibrations resonate throughout our bodies creating an internal massage, our brainwave patterns are altered evoking states of relaxation and our blood pressure and heart rate decreases. Regular practice can elicit a relaxation response, reduce stress, sharpen mental clarity and help support our overall health and wellness.
Panel discussing 'Why we chant' at the Beltane Bhakti Gathering, 2018.
What is Kirtan? Kirtan is a form of devotional chanting whose roots go back many hundreds of years to India. It is a practice from Bhakti Yoga (yoga of devotion) and has the power to open the heart. The singing is accompanied by musical instruments, usually harmonium and tabla, and participants are encouraged to chant, clap and if the mood takes them, dance. Kirtan is incredibly simple and accessible, yet the results can be utterly transformative and profound. The practice is very joyful and a beautiful way to be and come together.
Above chanting at the Beltane Bhakti Gathering, 2018.


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The Exhibit on Superior team describes the evolution of their 10,000 s.f. park, which includes international artist Pal Svensson's sculpture, Twisted Triangle.
This modern glass and masonry residential tower was inspired by the historical buildings in its surrounding River North neighborhood. Bordered on the north by Superior Street, on the west by Wells Street and on the east by LaSalle Street, the site includes a 34-story rental apartment tower with a 5-story podium.
In addition to the residential lobby, the ground level of the building consists of retail space with frontage on LaSalle and Superior Streets, as well as a smaller retail space adjacent to the park. A fitness center, lounge and spa areas have direct access to the landscaped podium roof deck and outdoor lap pool.
Set back 80 feet from Wells Street, the property creates a new park with extensive landscaping and a dog run that is accessible to the public.


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Protesters take to streets over French govt's 'familyphobia'
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Brandishing placards and flags proclaiming, "Humans are not a commodity" and "No to the demolition of the family," tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris Sunday to oppose what they call the government's "anti-family" policies.
As the march made its way through the affluent neighbourhoods of west Paris, some residents hung banners of support and cheered on the demonstrators from their windows.
The protesters, including a mix of hardline Catholics and traditional conservatives, declared their opposition to a number of causes, including surrogate mothers and artificial insemination technology for non-married couples.
Above all, the demonstrators wanted to deliver the message that "all children need a mother and a father," said Caroline, a 54-year-old retiree from Paris, as she waved a flag with a picture of a man, a woman and two children standing hand-in-hand – the symbol of the Manif pour Tous movement that organised the rally.
"It is something that is commanded by nature, it is a fundamental right for a child," she added.
'Familyphobia'
Manif pour Tous was behind a number of often fierce, sometimes violent and ultimately unsuccessful protests against France's legalizing of gay marriage in May 2013.
Literally translated as "The protest for all," Manif pour Tous is a play on "Marriage Pour Tous" – the name of the 2013 gay marriage law, which triggered hundreds of thousands to take to the streets across France.
Those protests failed to stop the bill passing, however, and polls now show the majority of French people support same-sex marriage.
Manif pour Tous supporters are still calling for the gay-marriage act to be repealed, but are now also waging a general war against what they call the French government's "familyphobia".
"I'm here to tell the government that what they are doing is wrong," said one protester, a 49-year-old engineer from Paris named Frederic. "They are destroying the family, the roots of the family and of French society."
Critics however say many of their fears are unfounded.
Sunday's march was triggered in part by a September court ruling that allows married lesbians to adopt their partner's child born through medically assisted reproduction or surrogacy that happened outside of France.
There is also discussion on reversing the ban on lesbian couples from using assisted reproductive technology to have children within France.
However, surrogate motherhood, for both hetero and homosexual couples, remains illegal in France and couples have to go abroad if they want to have a child in this way.
Furthermore, medically assisted reproduction, such as in vitro fertilization, is only available for heterosexual couples who have been married for at least two years.
The government vows it has no plans to change this status quo, with Prime Minister Manuel Valls Friday describing surrogate motherhood as "an intolerable commercialisation of human beings and commodification of women's bodies".
Surrogate motherhood "is and will be banned in France", Valls told Catholic daily La Croix.
It was a major U-turn for the prime minister, who in 2011 described surrogate motherhood as "inevitable development".
But this did little to quell the ire of the protesters.
"We don't want words, we want acts," said one woman, who asked not to be named. "We want it written into the constitution that surrogacy and medically assisted reproduction are banned, both in France and for French citizens abroad."
'Children told they can choose their sex'
Another gripe of the Manif pour Tous movement is the teaching in French schools of so-called "gender theory" – the notion that children can adopt the gender of their choice, rather than conform to 'boy' and 'girl' stereotypes.
But politicians as well as parent-teacher associations have insisted that "gender theory" is a myth, something that has never been taught, nor never will be taught, in French schools
However, the protesters said it is the government that is refusing to tell the truth.
"The government says that gender theory is an invention, that it doesn't exist, but we can see it in the books children study at school, in the videos they are shown," says 24-year-old Aude, a teacher at a primary school in Paris.
Standing next to her, her friend Alix, a 19-year-old psychology student, agrees.
"There are science books that tell children they can choose their gender," she says. Children come home and ask their parents: 'Am I a boy or a girl?'."
Organisers said some 500,000 people attended Wednesday's rally, with a simultaneous demonstration taking place in Bordeaux. Police put the figure at 70,000.
It is significantly less than the 1.4 million people Manif pour Tous said turned out for one of its anti-gay marriage protests last year.
Meanwhile, an Ifop poll for the Atlantico website on Sunday showed that less than a third (31 percent) of French people supported the values of the demonstration.
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Conventions often function as a substitute for failure to grasp design principles. For example, I've seen teams get up in arms about using Hungarian Notation but then write meaningless function names like "DoIt()" or "Process()", or meaningless variable names like "intVar" or "intX". These same teams often have little or no understanding of design principles , patterns, or concepts. I have met so many developers that have never heard of YAGNI, LRM, SRP, LSP, Dependency Injection. How many developers do you know that have heard of patterns such as Singleton, Adapter, Decorator, Factory, Monostate, Proxy, Composite, or Command?
The use of conventions is often invoked as a means of aiding code clarity. And it does, but it is not the only or even the best means of attaining that goal. We need to learn to name classes, functions, and variables in meaningful ways; to write small functions that do one tiny little thing, and do it well; to write small single-purpose classes. All of the conventions in the world will not help you maintain a code-base if developers are free to write 3000-line methods with 27 layers of nested-conditionals and loops (and yes, I have seen this). Read "Clean Code" by Uncle Bob.
Design patterns, techniques, and processes are much harder to learn and master than a concrete list of do's and don'ts (which is what most conventions amount to). Good software design is like playing a musical instrument–it requires dedication, repetition, and practice to learn and master.
Conventions do have a place. However, conventions are usually suggested by the provider of the tools you are using. For example, Microsoft has a conventions document for the .NET Framework which is applicable to all .NET Languages. (Thankfully, they eschew Hungarian Notation). It is true that this is worth learning simply in order to be a good developer citizen. My recommendation would be to simply use the conventions established by the tool-provider, or the dominant conventions within the community around the tool. Don't waste company time and money adding your own tweaks and changes to the conventions document. Speaking personally, I would much rather maintain a code-base that is written cleanly and with good design and that violates every convention you could name.
Conventions are not a bad thing. The problem with conventions is that they are so often discussed in place of design principles. Conventions without design principles aid nothing. Without proper focus on good design, conventions can even hurt software quality because they give developers and managers the illusion of being thoughtful and disciplined about what they are doing.
Conventions can be useful in another way. There is a good bit of discussion going on right now about Convention over Configuration. CoC is a design short-cut, and consists of making decisions about how components of a software system interact by default, and only adding additional documentation when components deviate from the norm. CoC actually bolsters my point here, because it only tends to arise as a discussion point in systems that are already using good design patterns and practices.
In my experience, I have seen conventions provide more problems than benefit. The temptation, as Chris mentioned, is to put too much focus on them. Many conventions are obsolete with today's strongly-typed languages like Java, C#, and VB.net. Yet many developers still cling to them. I'll put my two cents in about Hungarian Notation since Chris mentioned that. Someone who strictly uses Hungarian Notation with no regard for meaningful names might name a variable intD. In most languages, being able to tell the data type of a variable is trivial, so the "int" part is pretty much useless. The "D" may have meant something to the original developer, but won't mean anything to anyone else. Why not name it elapsedTimeInDays? When I name variables, I don't think of any convention. I try to think of a name that can convey meaning even to a non-programmer.


Ronnie Floyd, chairman of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, lowered the anxiety level of some participants in a national conference call Tuesday with up to 500 participants arranged by the Network of Baptist Associations.
"There is going to have to be sacrifice," said Floyd, pastor of First Baptist Church, Springdale, Ark., and of nearby The Church at Pinnacle Hills. "There's going to have to be change" as the task force looks for ways to marshal resources to "push back lostness" in the world.
With nearly half the task force on the call, moderator Bobby Gilstrap of Michigan asked several questions submitted earlier. This was a "listen only" call because of limited time.
Floyd said the task force's single goal is to "penetrate lostness." Every recommendation is a means to that end, he said.
Young pastors seem to "love everything we've recommended," Floyd said because the recommendations are "about the local church" but provide broad entry points into the denomination.
Floyd also said adoption by the SBC of task force recommendations will draw "real interest in people who have fallen by wayside" to re-engage with the Convention.
He admitted to the task force having a "Very, very difficult learning curve," but suspects even denominational staff would have had a learning curve to absorb the enormous amount of material the task force considered.
While the mega church, southeastern flavor of the task force has been criticized, Floyd emphasized its membership includes eight "who receive compensation for serving Baptist entities," several from the west, people with associational leadership experience and two state convention executives.
"Our decisions have not been made in a vacuum," he said.
GCR Task Force member David Dockery, president of Union University, said task force members "celebrate the significance of associations in our history," which operated well before there were state conventions or a national convention.
Task force member Jim Richards, executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, said having cooperative agreements with state conventions and associations is "essential." Cooperative agreements are understandings between NAMB and state conventions that share costs for mission personnel. The task force recommends those agreements be phased out completely in four years.
Alleviating some anxiety by associational missionaries in new work areas whose ministry is funded through cooperative agreements with NAMB, Richards said it would be "foolish to try to bring new personnel into areas" where current personnel have necessary skills.
Dockery said the task force read its assignment as coming up with an "overarching vision for how to be more effective, and faithfully carry out the Great Commission as a Convention," which, he said, includes all aspects of the Convention, from national entities to state conventions, associations, and local churches.
The task force has no intention of telling NAMB how to conduct the national strategy assignment it is recommending NAMB receive. "Once we extend vision, it will be up to the administration and board of NAMB" to come up with the strategy to move the vision forward, he said.
He said partnerships "will be more important than ever" to move the vision forward.
Joe was pastor of FBC Charlotte in an early life, then retired last year as director of missions in New Orleans.
The big fear of "first reactors" to the GCR recommendations was the talk of "direct" missionarying...while at the same time talking about everything being centered in the churches. The GCR call with directors of missions relieved some anxiety because the task force members verbalized their understanding that partnerships are essential in the common work.
The task force still needs to clarify how defunding NAMB's contributions to new work states will improve Southern Baptists' ability to evangelize those areas.
Joe, do you work for a state convention, association, or in any form of denominational service?
I do think the GCR Task Force needs to answer some questions and clarify what they see taking the place of cooperative agreements in smaller states. But that is not an impossible question to answer. In fact, I can't imagine them giving this recommendation without having out some thought into the question. Going slow is not the answer. Making sure we have the right solutions is what matters. Then let's move ahead as quickly as we can.
It just goes to show. Make any change and someone is affected. Make wholesale changes without considering all those affected and how they will perceive it and you have a firestorm on your hands.
Chairman Floyd says young pastors like the changes. I don't doubt that a bit. Having been a young pastor and having mentored many over the decades, I can tell you young pastors often have no knowledge and little appreciation of anything that went on before they arrived onto the scene. I remember my own stupidity. As a seminary graduate serving a growing church, I had the answers for the rest of the Christian church if our leaders would only listen.
Go slow, friends. Treasure the enthusiasm of the young, but hear the hearts of the veterans.


SSH (Secure Shell) is an open source network protocol that is used to connect local or remote Linux servers to transfer files, make remote backups, remote command execution and other network related tasks via scp or sftp between two servers that connects on secure channel over the network.
In this article, I will show you some simple tools and tricks that will help you to tighten your ssh server security. Here you will find some useful information on how to secure and prevent ssh server from brute force and dictionary attacks.
DenyHosts is an open source log-based intrusion prevention security script for SSH servers was written in python programming language that intended to run by Linux system administrators and users to monitor and analyzes SSH server access logs for failed login attempts knows as dictionary based attacks and brute force attacks. The script works by banning IP addresses after set number of failed login attempts and also prevent such attacks from gaining access to server.
Keeps track of /var/log/secure to find all successful and failed login attempts and filters them.
Keeps eye on all failed login attempts by user and offending host.
Keeps watch on each existing and non-existent user (eg. xyz) when a failed login attempts.
Keeps track of each offending user, host and suspicious login attempts (If number of login failures) bans that host IP address by adding an entry in /etc/hosts.deny file.
Optionally sends an email notifications of newly blocked hosts and suspicious logins.
Also maintains all valid and invalid failed user login attempts in separate files, so that it makes easy for identifying which valid or invalid user is under attack. So, that we can delete that account or change password or disable shell for that user.
Fail2ban is one of the most popular open source intrusion detection/prevention framework written in python programming language. It operates by scanning log files such as /var/log/secure, /var/log/auth.log, /var/log/pwdfail etc. for too many failed login attempts. Fail2ban used to update Netfilter/iptables or TCP Wrapper's hosts.deny file, to reject an attacker's IP address for a set amount of time. It also has a ability to unban a blocked IP address for a certain period of time set by administrators. However, an certain minutes of unban is more enough to stop such malicious attacks.
Support for log files rotation and can handle multiple services like (sshd, vsftpd, apache, etc).
Monitors log files and looks for known and unknown patterns.
Uses Netfilter/Iptables and TCP Wrapper (/etc/hosts.deny) table to ban attackers IP.
Runs scripts when a given pattern has been identified for the same IP address for more than X times.
By default Linux systems are per-configured to allow ssh remote logins for everyone including root user itself, which allows everyone to directly log in to system and gain root access. Despite the fact that ssh server allows a more secure way to disable or enable root logins, it's always a good idea to disable root access, keeping servers a bit more secure.
There are so many people trying to brute force root accounts via SSH attacks by simply supplying different account names and passwords, one after another. If you are a system administrator, you can check ssh server logs, where you will find number of failed login attempts. The main reason behind number of failed login attempts is having weak enough passwords and that makes sense for hackers/attackers to try.
If you are having strong passwords, then you're probably safe, however it's better to disable root login and have regular separate account to log into, and then use sudo or su to gain root access whenever required.
This is one of the oldest feature available from the beginning of the ssh project, but I've hardly seen it is used by anyone. Anyway I feels its important and very useful feature that I've used for all my Linux servers.
This is not for any security purpose, but the most greatest benefit of this banner is that it is used to display ssh warning messages to UN-authorized access and welcome messages to authorized users before the password prompt and after the user logged in.
A SSH Password-less login with SSH keygen will establish a trust relationship between two Linux servers which makes file transfer and synchronization much easier. This is very useful if you are dealing with remote automated backups, remote scripting execution, file transfer, remote script management etc without enter passwrod each time.
Great Practice, Thanks for Guiding. Cloudways is also integrated Whitelist IP in their Platform. It automatically block bot login attempts.
While this won't stop malicious users, it's advised to put in place. An instructor from a Cisco training that I was in attendance of stated that there have been multiple instances where a "hacker" has gotten off free for their crimes due to the fact that there was nothing anywhere on the server stating that the "hacker" or anybody else for that matter, were not allowed to access the server.
Sure, they're still going to get access if they want it, but it holds up a lot better in the Judicial system. Every since hearing that, I have set banners and MOTD on every server that I am in charge of because why not? They take just a few seconds to copy and paste in, and could save you some trouble when it comes to court proceeding… then again, I deal with customers who have A LOT to lose.
"4. Display SSH Banner" — huh?
I guess you think putting a sign on your car that says "it is illegal to steal me" will stop auto-thieves too?
As long as your at it, you might include the sentence "it is illegal to do things that are against the law" too. That'll help!


A cyberlocker is an online service for uploading, storing and sharing files. It is also known as 'cloud storage device', 'online file storage provider' or 'file hosting service'. It offers both free and paid services, and as a result, the storage size provided varies depending on the type of service.
The size typically ranges from a few hundred Megabytes to 2 or more Gigabytes. It is beneficial for sharing and syncing files, storing personal data as well as content caching.
There are multiple cyberlockers available in the cyber world but to choose the best one among them is tough. It is because cyberlockers are viewed with controversy and are considered as a boon for sharing pirated and copyrighted contents.
Cyberlockers possess one to one connectivity, and this makes it challenging for surveillance tools to catch the offenders.
Still, there are many legitimate users of cyberlockers, and this plus point has often helped different cyberlocker site-developers to escape punishment.
In this article, we will speak on some of the well-known cyberlockers and their features. Let's get started.
What are the best cyberlockers?
There are many popular cyberlockers used worldwide, and some of the most preferred ones are discussed below.
DropBox is the most convenient cyberlocker for a user. It brings all the folders of a user in a single central place. It syncs across all the devices and makes it easier for one to search a file anytime, anywhere.
You receive 2GB hard-drive space to store files and can smoothly transfer data to other users without logging on to a website.
Also, you can perform different file management routines, you can drag and drop files or copy-paste them.
DropBox has a variety of plans, and the features or storage space it offers depend on the kind of plan chosen. So, the price of your DropBox account will vary from plan to plan.
This is a free service. It offers a free space of 2GB. There are apps to help you access DropBox from your phone, tablet or computer.
It is a paid service and pricing will depend on your country and the plan you select. DropBox Plus provides 1TB storage space with some additional features.
Typically, it costs around $9.99/month or $99/year.
This is also a paid service, and like DropBox Plus, pricing will depend on your country and the plan you select. DropBox Professional offers a storage size of 2TB.
It also provides additional features like access to Smart Sync, Showcase, priority chat support, etc. Generally, it costs $19.99/month or $199/year.
This one is meant for organizations and enterprises. Cost varies depending on the country zone as well as the size of the team.
There are dropbox schemes like "Standard" with $12.50/user/month, "Advanced" with $20/user/month, "Enterprise" (for which you need to contact them), etc.
The interface of the application is user-friendly. DepositFiles efficiently manages and stores your files. You can upload your files to their servers.
However, your files can stay only for 30 days, after which they are removed. Also, there is a limit of 5 gigs per day downloading. But, you don't require to log in and also, the speed is very fast.
DepositFiles offer both free and paid services. Free subscriptions are the trial of the paid services as a demo and are available to absolutely new customers (those who have not registered before) only.
For paid services, there are many policies with additional features like Gold Account, extra DepositStorage, etc.
MediaFire is one of the largest competitors to other cyberlockers in the cyber world. It truly simplifies the workflow of a user and is very convenient for use.
You can share your files (photos, videos, audios or other documents) through email, link or social network. You can also download files quickly.
You can also manage large emails and project files using MediaFire. You can get upto 50GB free with bonuses. However, an individual file must be of size 200MB or smaller.
MediaFire also offers different policies for its users. Cheapest one is $5/month for 1TB storage, which was chopped to its half, i.e. $2.50/month for newcomers for sometime during its initial launch.
Free FilesAnywhere account offers a storage space of 1GB. By paying a monthly subscription fee, you can increase the storage space and get exposed to much more features.
It makes more comfortable for you to sync, share and store files in one place for easy access.
A new version called FilesAnywhere Lite has been designed for mobile devices. You can share files in a more friendly way through this.
FilesAnywhere is a paid service and pricing is divided as per schemes like Personal, Professional and Enterprise.
The Personal policy costs $9.99/month for 1+ users with 100GB+ storage size and additional features.
The Professional policy costs $60/month for 5+ users with 2TB storage size and additional features.
The Enterprise scheme offers unlimited storage space and is for 50+ users. To know more about it, you need to contact them.
4shared is also an online file managing service which offers you a storage space of 10GB for new registered accounts. The files are removed if a user does not log in for 180 days.
The service is free. You can upload music files, videos, pictures, etc. However, the size per upload is limited to 2048MB.
You are offered the option of registering as 'anonymous' at Minus.com. Registering yourself secures your files and prevents them from deleting. The price is also affordable.
The upload and download speeds are reported to be good. A single file can be of size 2GB, and the overall limit is 10GB. However, if you gather friends to join the service, your 10GB limit can be extended till 50GB.
On registering with Oron, the advertisements are removed for you. You can upload a file of size 1GB, and the maximum storage available is 244GB.
However, your files will be deleted after 1 month.
There are some cyberlockers which do not exist anymore but were the user's first choice during their presence. RapidShare and HotFile are two such examples.
RapidShare was launched in 2002. It was efficient to handle 3 million users simultaneously and is said to contain 10 petabytes of data uploaded by the users.
It had queues for uploading and downloading files, and there was no limit regarding file size or hard-drive space.
Its functionality started deteriorating due to issues regarding distribution of files to a large number of anonymous users. Also, it concentrated on personally subscribed cloud-storage only.
Eventually, it ceased to exist from March 2015.
HotFile was founded in 2006 at Panama. It offered storage space upto 400MB only. Unregistered users were supposed to lose their data after 90 days.
There was no limitation on the number of daily downloads/uploads. Downloaders were required to pass a CAPTCHA test before proceeding.
In December 2013, HotFile was shut down after it signed a $4 million agreement with Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Though cyberlockers are excellent services for syncing and sharing files, they are also a matter of controversy. Since it is difficult for surveillance tools to monitor user activity because of one-to-one connectivity, cyberlocker is a haven for some users to circulate pirated and copyrighted materials.
Sometimes, business models also mushroom regarding the spread of pirated materials through cyberlockers. Revenues are earned through users engaged in uploading and sharing such contents.
Though lawsuits are often filed against the cyberlockers, due to involvement in copyright infringement activities, they get away because they also have a large number of legitimate users and the intention of site-developers is positive.
So, though the cyberlocker, in general, is a threat to privacy, still, it is best for file management and file storage purpose. There are several ones mentioned above, like DropBox, FilesAnywhere.com, DepositeFiles.com, etc, which offer sufficient storage space and simplify user's workflow.
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This Darga is situated on the banks of the river aliyar. It is in Pollachi.It is 8km away from pollachi. A lot of devotees from Kerala and Tamil Nadu visit this Dargha with a belief that evil spirits will get away. The Name of Dargha is Chansa Valiullah Dargha, Ambarampalayam.


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G10: Creating components using a technology that supports the accessibility API features of the platforms on which the user agents will be run to expose the names and roles, allow user-settable properties to be directly set, and provide notification of changes
See Understanding Techniques for WCAG Success Criteria for important information about the usage of these informative techniques and how they relate to the normative WCAG 2.0 success criteria. The Applicability section explains the scope of the technique, and the presence of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all situations to create content that meets WCAG 2.0.
Programming technologies that have standard components programmed to interface with accessibility APIs.
This technique relates to:
Success Criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value)
How to Meet 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value)
Understanding Success Criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value)
The objective of this technique is to allow assistive technology to understand Web content so that it can convey equivalent information to the user through an alternate user interface.
Sometimes content is not created using markup language but rather using a programming language or tools. In many cases, these technologies have interface components that are already programmed to interface with accessibility APIs. If an author uses these components and fills in the properties (e.g., name, etc.), the resulting user interface components in the content will be accessible to assistive technology.
However, if an author wants to create a user interface component that is new and they cannot use standard components, then they need to be sure to add the accessibility provisions themselves - and implement them in a way that is compatible with the accessibility API.
After completion, the custom component should be tested for Accessibility Support.
A Web page uses java to create an applet. A group of authors wants to create an entirely new type of interface component so they cannot use existing Java objects. They use Java swing classes to create their component because the Java swing classes already have provisions for connecting to different accessibility APIs. Using the Java swing classes they are able to create an interface component that exposes its name and role, is able to be set by AT and alerts AT to any updates.
A Web page uses an original ActiveX control that is written in the C++ programming language. The control is written to explicitly support the Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) API to expose information about accept commands. The control then interacts directly with assistive technology running the user agent on systems that support MSAA.
H91: Using HTML form controls and links
Render content using an accessible User Agent.
Use an Accessibility Tool designed for the Accessibility API of the User agent to evaluate each user interface component.
Check that name and role for each user interface component is found by the tool.
Change the values on the component.
Check that the Accessibility tool is alerted.
Check that the component works with assistive technologies.
Checks #3, #5 and #6 are true for each user interface component.
If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.
This Web page is part of Techniques and Failures for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (see the latest version of this document). The entire document is also available as a single HTML file. See the The WCAG 2.0 Documents for an explanation of how this document fits in with other Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 documents. To send public comments, please follow the Instructions for Commenting on WCAG 2.0 Documents.


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Food & Drink » Cuisine Feature
In rare FORM
by Erika Jo Brown
Jen Wall FORM offers unique tasting events at its Habersham Street shop, utilizing its trinity of wine, cheese and cheesecake as a springboard. A full sit-down establishment is in the works.
Jen Wall
Cheese. Cheesecake. Vino. To many, this trinity spells a night in rare form, and indeed it was when I treated my sweetie to a five-course dinner and wine tasting at FORM. Established in 2010, this gourmet retail shop/catering enterprise offers a memorable — and, at $40 a head during the summer season, affordable — evening of epicurean delights.
FORM's culinary machine is driven, explains co-owner Brian Torres, by a desire to present "a true showcase of food and wine." With an open seating plan and no-frills décor, the focus was on elegantly-plated dishes and handpicked wines.
"Every single menu is original from the meal before," promises Torres, who welcomes diners before each Friday and Saturday night event.
Having served over 440 dinners, both in the shop and for private parties, that's a hell of a gauntlet. French, Thai, Puerto Rican, Italian, or Spanish influences may appear on any given night.
During our particular meal, the reception began with an amuse bouche of home-cured curry salmon with pungent tropical fruit chutney on cucumber slices, paired with a New Zealand Sauvignon blanc. The first course continued the international tour with "mushroom three ways" — stuffed with roasted red pepper risotto, topped with kim chi shallot salad, and served with microgreens in a quiche.
Each diner picked a different favorite, a promising sign for diverse palates. A versatile, medium-bodied Chilean pinot noir adjoined.
The second course was a coup: Pecan-encrusted pork tenderloin, cooked perfectly (like buttah, as we say back home), and served simply with red cabbage sauerkraut.
The next course, which I thought of as a modified "surf and turf," consisted of clams in chorizo broth, powered by cilantro and thickened with very mild sweet potato. Hats off to chef du cuisine James Kleinschmidt for this hardy sequence.
Now, imagine how sated one might at that point, only to be presented with the main course. A meaty sheepshead (a saltwater fish, not ovine brains) was cooked and served en papillotte, in a moist-heat parchment packet.
This course was served with a nest of julienne carrots, which didn't offer huge flavors, but at that point, who needs garniture? What we needed was dessert, which was offered, toot suite, in the form of a soft cheesecake, FORM's specialty.
Throughout the meal, thoughtfully selected wines were served. They were also available by the bottle, using a handy sheet attached to the menu to track your preferences — a service we used liberally at first, then didn't need to further indulge if we were to abide by Brian Torres's maxim to "make sure you remember every dish."
Torres estimates that the FORM crews tastes about 150 wines a week, focusing on small-production vineyards that pair well with food. Claude Auerbach, the man with the plan on the retail side of things, told me that FORM carries 400 wines, 200 of which are under $20. It's also boasts a formidable fromagerie.
Fans "from the islands, from the neighborhood" flock to the store for its curated range of styles and provenances — including Spain, Italy, France, Holland, the UK, and domestics from here to Wisconsin. Auerbach's top pick is a Saint Agur blue cheese, which sells four wheels a month.
What's more, FORM is always moving, always, well, shifting form. From its current Habersham Street location — which has served as a bank, a bakery, and a soul food buffet in former incarnations — the empire is spreading.
FORM cheesecakes are available in Charleston, as well as in Savannah's new Whole Foods. They also recently applied for a craft beer license to segue into that growing and flavorful field.
The culinary masterminds are also developing a full sit-down establishment called Chef's Table by FORM by Skidaway and Bonaventure. True to FORM's hybrid nature, the new enterprise will include a coffee shop, a juice bar, and small plate specials. An art school and gallery are already up and running on the property, with lush gardens in the works.
Torres assures me that lunch will be available before the 2013 holidays. Whatever shape it takes, the debut new FORM, I'd wager, will be solid. cs
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SME manufacturers urged to take part in survey to target post-Covid recovery
The Manufacturing Barometer, which is delivered by the South West Manufacturing Advisory Service and the Manufacturing Growth Programme, is now open to local manufacturers and is expected to generate in excess of 300 responses, covering anything from current and future sales performance, through to thoughts on job creation/redundancies and plans for investment.
It takes just 10 minutes to fill in and also features a special focus section that will look to uncover some of the current pandemic and Brexit preparation issues facing businesses, and what advice, guidance and financial support should be put in place to ensure a positive outcome.
"Given the ever-changing needs of industry, and, as businesses continue to work through this crisis, it's important that SMEs are given a voice to communicate the support they need right here, right now," said Nick Golding, managing director of South West Manufacturing Advisory Service.
"The Manufacturing Barometer does just that and we share the report with local stakeholders and national government to build an accurate picture of SME manufacturing, which can help to shape immediate and future industrial strategies."
He went on to add: "We have already seen a number of manufacturers transform production to grab new opportunities since Covid-19 hit, with some utilising this time to enhance their capabilities, develop new products and upskill their staff.
"Despite some positive actions from businesses within the industry, we must continue to support their ongoing recovery over the coming months."
The most recent Barometer, completed in July, highlighted that 59% of respondents were in "survival" or "recovery" mode.
Since the Covid-19 crisis began in March, it also showed that more than three-quarters (76%) of SME manufacturers saw sales drop and almost half (48%) predicted that this would continue until the end of 2020. This response highlights that, despite its best efforts, manufacturing would struggle to bounce back without meaningful support.
"In July, 80% said they had relied on the furlough scheme to retain employees, while over a third of businesses (36%) were expecting to make job cuts by the end of 2020," added Martin Coats, managing director of the Manufacturing Growth Programme.
"With the scheme ending this month, and further local restrictions being implemented daily as Covid-19 infection rates continue to rise, it's vital that government understand what's needed to protect UK manufacturing."
He concluded: "This quarter we want to pinpoint the type of financial support that would have the greatest impact on SME manufacturers at this time. With the end of the EU transition period further changing the landscape for supply chains and export/import, we also want to uncover which non-financial support might help, including supply chain optimisation, recruitment and/or market diversification. It's time for companies to have their say."
The Manufacturing Barometer is open for responses until 3pm tomorrow, Friday, October 30. CLICK HERE TO TAKE PART


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Q: Format and style a xml resource + assign to textview I'd like to format a string from resource and do some formatting on it, too!
xml resource:
<string name="itemFormatString">%1$s\n\n<i>%2$s</i></string>

I've tried several combination but i didnt get it how to solve that directly.
I do not want to create any Spannable objects within code, which should not be neccessary imo.
(I made it working already using a Spannable, because i dont get how to both format a resource string but still keep the "style" character).
The ending up string gets assigned to a textview.
greetings,
michael

A: Just add whatever styles you want to the TextView in your xml.
For instance, if you wanted to make your String bold (as an easy example) just do:
<TextView
    android:id="@+id/textView"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textStyle="bold" />

And then in your activity just set your string to the formatted textView:
findViewById(R.id.textView).setText(itemFormatString);

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import { RecordCount } from '../../src/tags/record-count/gb-record-count';
import suite from './_suite';

suite<RecordCount>('gb-record-count', ({ html, expect, mount, itMountsTag }) => {

  beforeEach(() => {
    const template = document.createElement('div');
    template.innerHTML = '{ first } - { last } of { total } Products';
    html().appendChild(template);
  });

  itMountsTag();

  describe('render', () => {
    it('should render inner div', () => {
      const tag = mount();

      expect(tag.root.querySelector('div')).to.be.ok;
    });

    it('should render template', () => {
      const tag = mount();

      tag.updatePageInfo({
        pageInfo: {
          recordStart: 10,
          recordEnd: 40
        },
        totalRecordCount: 300
      });

      expect(tag.root.textContent).to.eq('10 - 40 of 300 Products');
    });
  });
});

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Callancyla capixaba is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Monné in 1997.

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ERYN J. NEWMAN, PhD.
Cognitive Psychologist
Why some people turn to conspiracy theories to explain the coronavirus
By Claudia Farhart, Emma Lawson
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, social media has become increasingly flooded with conspiracy theories seeking to explain how it originated and why.
The theories have ranged from stories suggesting COVID-19 was accidentally released from a lab in Wuhan, China to insisting 5G technology is the true cause of the infection.
On the weekend, the discussion moved from the internet to the streets of Melbourne, where about 100 people gathered outside parliament to protest against 5G, vaccinations, Victoria's lockdown restrictions and what they called the "coronavirus conspiracy".
So why are these theories spreading so quickly - and why are people so willing to believe them?
Why smart people believe coronavirus myths
By David Robson
From students to politicians, many smart people have fallen for dangerous lies spread about the new coronavirus. Why? And how can you protect yourself from misinformation?
It is a sad truth that any health crisis will spawn its own pandemic of misinformation.
Festiva Fake News: Reckon you've Seen Santa? This is why.
By Mary Ward
When Sarah Batternally was five, she remembers seeing Santa Claus.
"I was sleeping on the bottom bunk, with my brother above me," she recalls. "A man in a red suit appeared at the bedroom door and said, 'I've come to visit your family and when I leave you should wake up your brother and see what's in the lounge room.'"
Why Good Politics And Good Climate Science Don't Mix
By Maggie Koerth-Baker
Imagine two people walking through a field. One of them tiptoes gingerly, zigging and zagging from one side to another. The other strides confidently straight ahead. Who looks more like they know what they're doing? Now what if I told you the field is full of land mines? Confidence doesn't equal competence. But our brains tend to assume it does. And that can create big problems when scientific evidence collides with political rhetoric.
Something As Simple As A Photo Can Trick You Into Believing Fake News
By Elfy Scott
A mounting body of scientific evidence is showing that people's assessments of whether or not something is true is really easily manipulated by cues as simple as photographs, or good-quality audio. A study published in March found that people were less likely to believe an academic researcher on the radio if the audio quality of the recording was poor or glitchy.
How Fake News Can Exploit Pictures to Make People Believe Lies
By Jordan Hayne
True or false? Giraffes are the only mammals that can't jump. According to a growing body of evidence, there are factors pushing you to rate that claim as true — and they have nothing to do zoology, biology, or general knowledge. It comes down to the fact the claim is presented alongside a generic photograph.
Would This Picture Make You Believe Fake News About Turtles?
By Sherryn Groch
First it was flesh-eating bananas wreaking havoc in the US. Then, a mummified fairy corpse was advertised for sale on eBay - along with the photos to "prove it". In the fake news era, seeing really is believing. Researchers at the Australian National University say people are more likely to believe a claim, no matter how outrageous, if it is paired with a photograph.
People Believe Fake News If It Comes With A Photo
By Antoinette Lattouf
People are more likely to believe something that isn't true if the claim is placed next to a loosely relevant photograph, new research shows. Dr Eryn Newman, from ANU's Research School of Psychology, has been exploring how people determine truth in a fake-news era. Newman found that people make the decision to trust information if it has pictures to illustrate the ideas -- but it doesn't even have to show your proof.
Putting Science and Policy on the Same Wavelength
It's National Science Week in Australia, and on this week's Policy Forum Pod, we hear from four scientists working across physics, psychology, engineering, and climatology: Susan Scott, Eryn Newman, Elanor Huntington and Mark Howden discuss how to break down the barriers standing between science and good public policy.
Megan Fox's New TV Show Draws Archaeologists's Ire
By Jamie Seidel
Megan Fox is a stunning supermodel and credible actress. Add her to a wealth of ancient fables, conspiracy theories and pseudoscientific technobabble. Then add funding from the Travel Channel. Sounds like a perfect fit? For ratings-hungry TV producers — yes. For those who know what they're talking about — no.
Dr. Eryn Newman Proves That Hearing is Believing
By Danielle Nohra
Whether it's a story told by the news, a friend or research presented by a scientist, Dr. Eryn Newman says people are constantly making a decision about what's real and what's not.
Bad Audio Can Hurt a Scientist's Credibility
By Christopher Intagliata
In the era of fake news it's worth remembering: the medium is the message. For example: psychological studies have shown that text that's hard to read is more likely to be deemed untrue. Now a study suggests that when radio shows interview guests over bad phone lines, listeners might discount the credibility of a speaker…and her work.
How Sound Quality Affects Our Perception of Facts
You might think you're pretty good at discerning fact from fiction, but new research sheds light on how fickle people can be when forming judgements. In fact, a new study suggests when we're listening to information, the quality of the sound can be just as important as the message.
A Superpower for our Time: How to Handle the Truth
By Lynn Vavreck
"What one does when faced with the truth is more difficult than you would think." — Wonder Woman, in the movie released last month.
This goes for all of us, not just superheroes. The nuances of how people react when faced with the truth have come into focus in today's increasingly polarized political climate.
Democracy Requires Trust. But Trump is Making Us All Into Conspiracy Theorists
By Paul Musgrave
This past weekend, President Trump accused former president Barack Obama — without any evidence — of ordering Trump's phones to be wiretapped during last year's presidential campaign. It was only the most recent in a bewildering number of conspiracy theories the president and his circle have embraced over the past year.
Why Are People so Incredibly Gullible?
If you ever need proof of human gullibility, cast your mind back to the attack of the flesh-eating bananas. In January 2000, a series of chain emails began reporting that imported bananas were infecting people with "necrotizing fasciitis" – a rare disease in which the skin erupts into livid purple boils before disintegrating and peeling away from muscle and bone.
The Media Fuels Vaccination Myths by Trying to Correct Them
By Norbert Schwartz & Eryn Newman
In recent years, misinformation about vaccines has discouraged parents from having their children vaccinated, which puts their own children – as well as their neighbors' children – at risk. In response, many doctors, scientists and journalists have worked together in an attempt to correct false beliefs about vaccination.
Truth vs. Truthiness: A UCI Researcher Studies the Difference
By Theresa Walker
Today, Election Day, feels like an appropriate time to ponder truthiness. Stephen Colbert, the satirist from Comedy Central, has built a career on it. So has Eryn Newman, a postdoctoral scholar at UC Irvine's Department of Criminology, Law & Society who specializes in human memory and decision-making.
The Science of Truthiness
By Katy Waldman
A bumper sticker was popular in the city where I went to college. It was yellow, with large black print that read: "Mopeds are dangerous." Beneath the text was the blocky silhouette of a moped and nothing else.
Psychology Explains Why People Are So Easily Duped
By Eryn Newman
True or false: "The Eiffel Tower is in France." Most of us can quickly and accurately answer this question by relying on our general knowledge. But what if you were asked to consider the claim: "The beehive is a building in New Zealand." Unless you have visited New Zealand or watched a documentary on the country, this is probably a difficult question.
All Things Considered: To Command Respect, Try Using Your Middle Initial
Robert Siegel talks to a pair of researchers who have studied names and how they are perceived by others. Are our evaluations of people's credibility swayed by how easily we can pronounce their names? Researchers in New Zealand have tried to find out.
Why Choosing a Simple Name Could Give Your Child a Better Life
By Sarah Knapton
Parents contemplating giving their children complicated names should think again. The harder your name is to pronounce, the less likely people are to trust you, researchers have found.
What Your Name Says About How Believable You Are
By Matti Vuorre
Imagine that you are evaluating two equally suitable job candidates' applications for a position in your successful yogurt company. Both make equally impressive claims about their potential future contributions, and you are left with a difficult decision: Should you rather hire Chen Meina, or Shobha Bhattacharya?
Is Your Name Hard to Pronounce? Then People Don't Trust You: Simple Names Make People Feel Familiar and Less 'Risky'
By Sarah Griffiths
Plenty of people are guilty of quickly judging people based on their appearance or accent. And now scientists have found that we trust strangers with easier-to pronounce names. Simpler and more easily recognizable names make people come across as more familiar and less risky to know, according to a new study.
Truthiness Explained
Truthiness — it's what satirist Stephen T. Colbert calls "the truth that you feel in your gut, regardless of what the facts support." Now APS Member Eryn J. Newman, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is taking a closer look at what really happens when we "think with our guts."
Pictures Power 'Truthiness'
By Stacey Kirk
Looking at pretty pictures helped a great many of us learn to read, but New Zealand research is showing the power of an illustrated prompt may extend into adulthood. A study has now found that people are far more likely to accept something is true or legitimate if there is an accompanying picture beside it.
Who's Honoring Me Now? - Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
Scientists from Canada and New Zealand research "truthiness," a little world-changing concept Stephen tossed off on his first show in 2005.
Cognitive Researchers Find Truth in Colbert's 'Truthiness'
By Eric W. Dolan
Scientists in New Zealand and Canada have found Stephen Colbert's concept of "truthiness" isn't just a late-night ruse to get laughs; the concept can also help explain how the human brain evaluates claims.
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Teen arrested after teacher sees him having oral sex with 7-year-old girl during break in online class
October 18, 2020 Christopher Gale Local
An 18-year-old is jailed without bail after his sexual assault of a 7-year-old girl was witnessed by her first-grade teacher during an online class.
The class was on a break when the teacher saw the man, Catrell A. Walls, molesting the girl on Thursday afternoon, police told the Chicago Tribune.
The details came out on Saturday as Walls appeared for a bond hearing, charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old.
The class was on a break when the teacher saw the man who turned out to be Catrell A. Walls, pictured, molesting the girl on Thursday, Oct. 15.
"What's going on, what's happening?" students who also witnessed the assault asked as it unfolded.
The students were on a break, the Tribune reported, and the teacher had asked them to turn off their cameras and mute themselves. The 7-year-old girl's camera remained on, however, and the teacher saw her performing oral sex on Walls.
She told all the students to log off and the victim to turn off her camera, then called police, the principal and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, according to the Tribune.
The girl told authorities the abuse had been ongoing for the past year, Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Andreana Turano told Judge Charles Beach.
"The victim disclosed, 'He made me put my lips on [him], and this has happened before, and I don't want my daddy to know, it's a secret,' " Turano told the judge.
Walls, who was out on bond for a gun charge, is held without bail, the Tribune said. His attorney told the court that the teen has a disorder that impairs his ability to control his impulses and concentration.
Japanese Olympic swimmer, 26, suspended amid extramarital affair
Hiker missing since Oct. 6 found alive in Zion National Park
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Woman who lost brothers in 1990 Happy Land fire witnesses deadly Bronx blaze
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Chermoula is a North African sauce that's loaded with fresh herbs, citrus and whole spices, making it the perfect marinade or accompaniment for fish, chicken or veggies like these meaty cauliflower steaks. Blending the chermoula in a food processor is easy to do while your cauliflower steaks are roasting in the June Oven, making this another weeknight meal that can come together in less than an hour thanks to your June. This recipe makes about ½ cup of chermoula. Any extra will keep well in the fridge for about a week. Serve the steaks with couscous or rice on the side.
Trim off the bottom of the cauliflower stem but make sure to keep the core intact.
Place the cauliflower stem-side down on the chopping board. Slice the cauliflower halves into 1"-thick steaks. You should have about 3-4 steaks. Save the florets that do not connect to the steaks for another purpose.
Lay the cauliflower steaks in a single layer on the June Pan. Drizzle both sides of the steaks with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Place the cauliflower steaks on the middle shelf of the June Oven. Cook 19 minutes, until the cauliflower is browned and tender. June will notify you when the cauliflower is ready. If desired, follow onscreen instructions to continue cooking.
In a dry small saute pan over medium heat, toast coriander and cumin seeds, tossing occasionally, until very fragrant, about 2 minutes.
Immediately transfer the toasted spices to a food processor or mortar and pestle. Add the garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, paprika, salt and red pepper flakes. Pulse or pound until the spices are ground and mixture is smooth, scraping down with a spatula if necessary.
Add the cilantro, parsley and mint. Process or pound until the herbs are coarsely chopped and the mixture forms a rough paste. Pour the oil through the feeding tube or add it to the mortar. Process or pound until combined but still slightly textured.
Remove the cauliflower from the June Oven. Transfer the steaks to serving plates and serve with chermoula.


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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "py/runtime.h"
#include "py/stream.h"
#include "py/builtin.h"
#ifdef MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL_DELAY
#include "py/mphal.h"
#endif
#include "extmod/moduwebsocket.h"

#if MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL

#if 0 // print debugging info
#define DEBUG_printf DEBUG_printf
#else // don't print debugging info
#define DEBUG_printf(...) (void)0
#endif

struct webrepl_file {
    char sig[2];
    char type;
    char flags;
    uint64_t offset;
    uint32_t size;
    uint16_t fname_len;
    char fname[64];
} __attribute__((packed));

enum { PUT_FILE = 1, GET_FILE, GET_VER };
enum { STATE_PASSWD, STATE_NORMAL };

typedef struct _mp_obj_webrepl_t {
    mp_obj_base_t base;
    mp_obj_t sock;
    byte state;
    byte hdr_to_recv;
    uint32_t data_to_recv;
    struct webrepl_file hdr;
    mp_obj_t cur_file;
} mp_obj_webrepl_t;

STATIC const char passwd_prompt[] = "Password: ";
STATIC const char connected_prompt[] = "\r\nWebREPL connected\r\n>>> ";
STATIC const char denied_prompt[] = "\r\nAccess denied\r\n";

STATIC char webrepl_passwd[10];

STATIC void write_webrepl(mp_obj_t websock, const void *buf, size_t len) {
    const mp_stream_p_t *sock_stream = mp_get_stream(websock);
    int err;
    int old_opts = sock_stream->ioctl(websock, MP_STREAM_SET_DATA_OPTS, FRAME_BIN, &err);
    sock_stream->write(websock, buf, len, &err);
    sock_stream->ioctl(websock, MP_STREAM_SET_DATA_OPTS, old_opts, &err);
}

#define SSTR(s) s, sizeof(s) - 1
STATIC void write_webrepl_str(mp_obj_t websock, const char *str, int sz) {
    int err;
    const mp_stream_p_t *sock_stream = mp_get_stream(websock);
    sock_stream->write(websock, str, sz, &err);
}

STATIC void write_webrepl_resp(mp_obj_t websock, uint16_t code) {
    char buf[4] = {'W', 'B', code & 0xff, code >> 8};
    write_webrepl(websock, buf, sizeof(buf));
}

STATIC mp_obj_t webrepl_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t n_kw, const mp_obj_t *args) {
    mp_arg_check_num(n_args, n_kw, 1, 2, false);
    mp_get_stream_raise(args[0], MP_STREAM_OP_READ | MP_STREAM_OP_WRITE | MP_STREAM_OP_IOCTL);
    DEBUG_printf("sizeof(struct webrepl_file) = %lu\n", sizeof(struct webrepl_file));
    mp_obj_webrepl_t *o = m_new_obj(mp_obj_webrepl_t);
    o->base.type = type;
    o->sock = args[0];
    o->hdr_to_recv = sizeof(struct webrepl_file);
    o->data_to_recv = 0;
    o->state = STATE_PASSWD;
    write_webrepl_str(args[0], SSTR(passwd_prompt));
    return MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(o);
}

STATIC void check_file_op_finished(mp_obj_webrepl_t *self) {
    if (self->data_to_recv == 0) {
        mp_stream_close(self->cur_file);
        self->hdr_to_recv = sizeof(struct webrepl_file);
        DEBUG_printf("webrepl: Finished file operation %d\n", self->hdr.type);
        write_webrepl_resp(self->sock, 0);
    }
}

STATIC int write_file_chunk(mp_obj_webrepl_t *self) {
    const mp_stream_p_t *file_stream = mp_get_stream(self->cur_file);
    byte readbuf[2 + 256];
    int err;
    mp_uint_t out_sz = file_stream->read(self->cur_file, readbuf + 2, sizeof(readbuf) - 2, &err);
    if (out_sz == MP_STREAM_ERROR) {
        return out_sz;
    }
    readbuf[0] = out_sz;
    readbuf[1] = out_sz >> 8;
    DEBUG_printf("webrepl: Sending %d bytes of file\n", out_sz);
    write_webrepl(self->sock, readbuf, 2 + out_sz);
    return out_sz;
}

STATIC void handle_op(mp_obj_webrepl_t *self) {

    // Handle operations not requiring opened file

    switch (self->hdr.type) {
        case GET_VER: {
            static const char ver[] = {MICROPY_VERSION_MAJOR, MICROPY_VERSION_MINOR, MICROPY_VERSION_MICRO};
            write_webrepl(self->sock, ver, sizeof(ver));
            self->hdr_to_recv = sizeof(struct webrepl_file);
            return;
        }
    }

    // Handle operations requiring opened file

    mp_obj_t open_args[2] = {
        mp_obj_new_str(self->hdr.fname, strlen(self->hdr.fname)),
        MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_rb)
    };

    if (self->hdr.type == PUT_FILE) {
        open_args[1] = MP_OBJ_NEW_QSTR(MP_QSTR_wb);
    }

    self->cur_file = mp_builtin_open(2, open_args, (mp_map_t *)&mp_const_empty_map);

    #if 0
    struct mp_stream_seek_t seek = { .offset = self->hdr.offset, .whence = 0 };
    int err;
    mp_uint_t res = file_stream->ioctl(self->cur_file, MP_STREAM_SEEK, (uintptr_t)&seek, &err);
    assert(res != MP_STREAM_ERROR);
    #endif

    write_webrepl_resp(self->sock, 0);

    if (self->hdr.type == PUT_FILE) {
        self->data_to_recv = self->hdr.size;
        check_file_op_finished(self);
    } else if (self->hdr.type == GET_FILE) {
        self->data_to_recv = 1;
    }
}

STATIC mp_uint_t _webrepl_read(mp_obj_t self_in, void *buf, mp_uint_t size, int *errcode);

STATIC mp_uint_t webrepl_read(mp_obj_t self_in, void *buf, mp_uint_t size, int *errcode) {
    mp_uint_t out_sz;
    do {
        out_sz = _webrepl_read(self_in, buf, size, errcode);
    } while (out_sz == -2);
    return out_sz;
}

STATIC mp_uint_t _webrepl_read(mp_obj_t self_in, void *buf, mp_uint_t size, int *errcode) {
    // We know that os.dupterm always calls with size = 1
    assert(size == 1);
    mp_obj_webrepl_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
    const mp_stream_p_t *sock_stream = mp_get_stream(self->sock);
    mp_uint_t out_sz = sock_stream->read(self->sock, buf, size, errcode);
    // DEBUG_printf("webrepl: Read %d initial bytes from websocket\n", out_sz);
    if (out_sz == 0 || out_sz == MP_STREAM_ERROR) {
        return out_sz;
    }

    if (self->state == STATE_PASSWD) {
        char c = *(char *)buf;
        if (c == '\r' || c == '\n') {
            self->hdr.fname[self->data_to_recv] = 0;
            DEBUG_printf("webrepl: entered password: %s\n", self->hdr.fname);

            if (strcmp(self->hdr.fname, webrepl_passwd) != 0) {
                write_webrepl_str(self->sock, SSTR(denied_prompt));
                return 0;
            }

            self->state = STATE_NORMAL;
            self->data_to_recv = 0;
            write_webrepl_str(self->sock, SSTR(connected_prompt));
        } else if (self->data_to_recv < 10) {
            self->hdr.fname[self->data_to_recv++] = c;
        }
        return -2;
    }

    // If last read data belonged to text record (== REPL)
    int err;
    if (sock_stream->ioctl(self->sock, MP_STREAM_GET_DATA_OPTS, 0, &err) == 1) {
        return out_sz;
    }

    DEBUG_printf("webrepl: received bin data, hdr_to_recv: %d, data_to_recv=%d\n", self->hdr_to_recv, self->data_to_recv);

    if (self->hdr_to_recv != 0) {
        char *p = (char *)&self->hdr + sizeof(self->hdr) - self->hdr_to_recv;
        *p++ = *(char *)buf;
        if (--self->hdr_to_recv != 0) {
            mp_uint_t hdr_sz = sock_stream->read(self->sock, p, self->hdr_to_recv, errcode);
            if (hdr_sz == MP_STREAM_ERROR) {
                return hdr_sz;
            }
            self->hdr_to_recv -= hdr_sz;
            if (self->hdr_to_recv != 0) {
                return -2;
            }
        }

        DEBUG_printf("webrepl: op: %d, file: %s, chunk @%x, sz=%d\n", self->hdr.type, self->hdr.fname, (uint32_t)self->hdr.offset, self->hdr.size);

        handle_op(self);

        return -2;
    }

    if (self->data_to_recv != 0) {
        // Ports that don't have much available stack can make this filebuf static
        #if MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL_STATIC_FILEBUF
        static
        #endif
        byte filebuf[512];
        filebuf[0] = *(byte *)buf;
        mp_uint_t buf_sz = 1;
        if (--self->data_to_recv != 0) {
            size_t to_read = MIN(sizeof(filebuf) - 1, self->data_to_recv);
            mp_uint_t sz = sock_stream->read(self->sock, filebuf + 1, to_read, errcode);
            if (sz == MP_STREAM_ERROR) {
                return sz;
            }
            self->data_to_recv -= sz;
            buf_sz += sz;
        }

        if (self->hdr.type == PUT_FILE) {
            DEBUG_printf("webrepl: Writing %lu bytes to file\n", buf_sz);
            int err;
            mp_uint_t res = mp_stream_write_exactly(self->cur_file, filebuf, buf_sz, &err);
            if (err != 0 || res != buf_sz) {
                assert(0);
            }
        } else if (self->hdr.type == GET_FILE) {
            assert(buf_sz == 1);
            assert(self->data_to_recv == 0);
            assert(filebuf[0] == 0);
            mp_uint_t out_sz = write_file_chunk(self);
            if (out_sz != 0) {
                self->data_to_recv = 1;
            }
        }

        check_file_op_finished(self);

        #ifdef MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL_DELAY
        // Some platforms may have broken drivers and easily gets
        // overloaded with modest traffic WebREPL file transfers
        // generate. The basic workaround is a crude rate control
        // done in such way.
        mp_hal_delay_ms(MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL_DELAY);
        #endif
    }

    return -2;
}

STATIC mp_uint_t webrepl_write(mp_obj_t self_in, const void *buf, mp_uint_t size, int *errcode) {
    mp_obj_webrepl_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
    if (self->state == STATE_PASSWD) {
        // Don't forward output until passwd is entered
        return size;
    }
    const mp_stream_p_t *stream_p = mp_get_stream(self->sock);
    return stream_p->write(self->sock, buf, size, errcode);
}

STATIC mp_uint_t webrepl_ioctl(mp_obj_t o_in, mp_uint_t request, uintptr_t arg, int *errcode) {
    mp_obj_webrepl_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(o_in);
    (void)arg;
    switch (request) {
        case MP_STREAM_CLOSE:
            // TODO: This is a place to do cleanup
            mp_stream_close(self->sock);
            return 0;

        default:
            *errcode = MP_EINVAL;
            return MP_STREAM_ERROR;
    }
}

STATIC mp_obj_t webrepl_set_password(mp_obj_t passwd_in) {
    size_t len;
    const char *passwd = mp_obj_str_get_data(passwd_in, &len);
    if (len > sizeof(webrepl_passwd) - 1) {
        mp_raise_ValueError(NULL);
    }
    strcpy(webrepl_passwd, passwd);
    return mp_const_none;
}
STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(webrepl_set_password_obj, webrepl_set_password);

STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t webrepl_locals_dict_table[] = {
    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_read), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_stream_read_obj) },
    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_readinto), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_stream_readinto_obj) },
    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_write), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_stream_write_obj) },
    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_close), MP_ROM_PTR(&mp_stream_close_obj) },
};
STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(webrepl_locals_dict, webrepl_locals_dict_table);

STATIC const mp_stream_p_t webrepl_stream_p = {
    .read = webrepl_read,
    .write = webrepl_write,
    .ioctl = webrepl_ioctl,
};

STATIC const mp_obj_type_t webrepl_type = {
    { &mp_type_type },
    .name = MP_QSTR__webrepl,
    .make_new = webrepl_make_new,
    .protocol = &webrepl_stream_p,
    .locals_dict = (mp_obj_dict_t *)&webrepl_locals_dict,
};

STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t webrepl_module_globals_table[] = {
    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___name__), MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR__webrepl) },
    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR__webrepl), MP_ROM_PTR(&webrepl_type) },
    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_password), MP_ROM_PTR(&webrepl_set_password_obj) },
};

STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(webrepl_module_globals, webrepl_module_globals_table);

const mp_obj_module_t mp_module_webrepl = {
    .base = { &mp_type_module },
    .globals = (mp_obj_dict_t *)&webrepl_module_globals,
};

#endif // MICROPY_PY_WEBREPL


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The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 gets a bollywood twist
by Ravleen Khera
Written by Ravleen Khera
The Indian fans of "The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2" are in for a treat with Disney India acquiring the rights to Bappi Lahiri's popular song Jhoom Jhoom Jhoom Baba, to be used in a promotional music video for the Indian release of the film, adding a Bollywood punch to it. The studio decided to pick this particular 1980's song as they believe it is in perfect sync with the spirit of the film.
The first edition to the film in 2014, featured classic retro songs too, bringing them back in vogue and "The Gaurdians of the Galaxy Vol.2" promises to take that trend forward.
Amrita Pandey, Vice President- Studios, Disney India says " Guardians of the Galaxy are a super cool set of superheroes who believe in having a ball as they save the galaxy. As music is a dominant aspect of the movie , we thought it would be a great idea to revive a retro hit dance number for the Hindi version. After listening to some popular songs from the 1980s , the team unanimously felt that this particular song echoes the fun spirit associated with the guardians. The song is about making the best of the moment and enjoying it, just like these superheroes. We hope the mash-up for 'Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2' will be enjoyed by existing and innumerable new fans in India."
Marvel India's twitter account released a small clip featuring actors Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista with a special message for the Indian fans of the film. Take a look :
#TheGuardiansSong is just a few minutes away.
But here's a special message for India from the Galaxy.
Watch Now.#GotGVol2 #InCinemasMay5 pic.twitter.com/a56uDqteey
— Marvel India (@Marvel_India) April 20, 2017
This film takes off two to three months after the first film, set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, the guardians travel through the cosmos and struggle to keep their new found family together, while helping Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage and stopping an enemy who threatens to destroy the entire galaxy.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2′ is written and directed by James Gunn, and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista. It also features the voices of actors like Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper. It is releasing on May 5 in India, in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
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Ross has been Chief Executive of Krowji's umbrella organisation Creative Kernow since 1991.
Ross is also chair of the Borlase Smart John Wells Trust that owns the historic Porthmeor Studios in St Ives and Trewarveneth studios in Newlyn and was part of the major refurbishment project for Porthmeor as part of the Arts Council Capital Programme.
Elisa graduated from Falmouth College of Art in 2005 with a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art Painting and has been working for Krowji part-time since 2006 whilst continuing her career as a painter. Elisa works very closely with Ross and was a member of the project team leading Phase 1 of the redevelopment project.
Rosie graduated from the Arts University Bournemouth with a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in Arts & Event Management and then completed an MA in Curatorial Practice at Falmouth Univeristy in 2013. She started working for Krowji in October 2013.
Jess graduated from The University of Gloucestershire in 2013 with a First Class BA (Hons) Degree in Fine Art: Painting and Drawing and still continues her practice as an installation artist. Jess started working for Krowji in November 2016 to cover maternity absence and is now the permanent administrator in the Reception Office.
Sue started working for Creative Kernow in 2012 and within her role she also provides accounting services for many other creative organisations in Cornwall.
Creative Kernow is the umbrella organisation for the following projects including Krowji.
Together we support the production, promotion and distribution of work by creative practitioners in Cornwall.
As part of Creative Kernow, Krowji Ltd is funded by Arts Council England as part of its National Portfolio programme and by Cornwall Council as a strategic client.
Our key partners for Phase 1 of our redevelopment project were Cornwall Council, Cornwall Development Company, Arts Council England, Redruth Town Council and the European Regional Development. The project was funded by Triodos Bank and other investors with match funding from ERDF via the Convergence Programme..
Krowji is a member of the National Federation of Artists' Studio Providers (NFASP) and regional champion for the Cornwall and Devon Network.


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States Use College-Awareness Programs to Boost College-Going
By Catherine Gewertz — February 19, 2016 2 min read
Creating academic standards that ensure college- and career-readiness has been a huge topic in recent years. But what would happen if states put a stronger emphasis on ensuring that students are educated about their college and work options?
That's the question posed in a brief issued Thursday by the National Association for State Boards of Education. It highlights the work of Washington state and Idaho, which have sought to put their money where their policies are, and bolster college- and career-awareness among adolescent students.
"State boards are in a powerful position to augment their states' college readiness standards with college awareness initiatives," author Sarah-Jane Lorenzo writes in the brief. "... while not every student must attend college to attain postsecondary success, every student needs to set postsecondary goals."
Washington took the unusual step of writing "college awareness standards" to express its goals for what students need to learn about their postsecondary options. Lorenzo argues that adopting college-awareness standards is more likely than some other widely embraced strategies—such as partnering with higher education or hiring more guidance counselors—to ensure that students know what they need to know about their postsecondary options.
Washington state's board of education approved a program that requires students to start setting postsecondary goals in 8th grade, and keep developing those goals into plans, in collaboration with faculty and their families, as they progress through school.
Students can shape their plans as they wish, but the state suggests that they identify a career goal and research the postsecondary programs that can help them get there, along with those programs' admissions and financial-aid requirements. Students are encouraged to put real-life twists into their plans, such as job-shadowing or college visits, and to develop practical skills, such as knowing how to develop a budget.
Idaho approved a policy, called Direct Admissions, that ensures that all high school seniors will be accepted at its state colleges, universities or technical schools. This year, those systems admitted all 20,171 of the state's senior class, Lorenzo writes. Idaho is pairing that initiative with others designed to boost awareness of college, and to spur students to apply.
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Catherine Gewertz
Senior Contributing Writer, Education Week
Catherine Gewertz is a writer for Education Week who covers national news and features.
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