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DSR Charlotte 2 Saturday Qualifying Report
NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals
Event 21 of 24 (Charlotte II)
Countdown Event 3 of 6
zMAX Dragway
Concord, N.C.
DSR Charlotte II Saturday Highlights:
Jack Beckman topped the Funny Car field and will start race day from the No. 1 spot for the 26th time in his career
All DSR entries earned top-half qualifying positions and will have the advantage of lane choice in round one of eliminations
Leah Pritchett rocketed to the quickest Top Fuel pass of Q4 to capture the No. 2 qualifying spot
Antron Brown joins Pritchett in the top half of the Top Fuel field
Matt Hagan laid down the quickest run of Funny Car Q4 and will start race day from third
Defending Funny Car event champion Ron Capps will start from inside the 'top five'
Jack Beckman Takes Top Honors at the NHRA Carolina Nationals
CONCORD, N.C. (October 12, 2019) – Jack Beckman drove the Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car to the top spot of the elimination ladder at the NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals.
Beckman's Friday night qualifying pass of 3.873 seconds at 334.07 mph, a zMAX Dragway speed record, stood strong throughout Saturday to allow Beckman to claim top honors heading into race day. It was the 2012 NHRA Funny Car world champion's 26th career No. 1 qualifier position and first at zMAX Dragway, marking the second time in the last four races Beckman has set the pace in qualifying.
"I'm damn proud of this green No. 1 qualifier hat because of the points that come with it," said Beckman, who entered the race weekend a mere 24 points behind No. 1 ranked Robert Hight.
"Hight got bonus points first session, we got them second session, Hight got them third session, and we got them fourth, so we're trading back and forth," added Beckman, referring to his Q4 run of 3.888 seconds which was second-quickest of the session and good for two more bonus points.
"As I mentioned yesterday, if Pomona is going to come down to a three, four, or five-point championship, it's going to come down to who managed qualifying the best during the Countdown, and we got 13 points out of qualifying this weekend."
Beckman looks to become the first two-time 2019 Countdown winner after scoring the victory at the MOPAR Express Lane NHRA Nationals to open the six-race championship playoffs last month. He begins his chase for career win No. 30 facing off against Dale Creasy Jr. in round one, and with a run book stacked with crucial data and information, he is confident in his team's chances at parking the Infinite Hero Dodge in the winner's circle.
"We've got a great hot rod right now. In fact, the two runs we missed the tune-up, we were able to gather data. If you go out there and blow the tires off right at the hit, you get no data. If the car makes it to 800-feet, you get tons of data, and usually somewhere in between is where you're going to smoke the tires. We got good data off of both of those runs. We were pushing where the limits were, and we found out more things about the car on the two runs we didn't make it."
Qualified: No. 1
The Competition: No. 16 Dale Creasy Jr.
Q1: 6.004 E.T. at 121.27 MPH
Q2: 3.873 E.T. at 334.07 MPH (Three bonus points for quickest run of the session)
Q4: 3.888 E.T. at 324.59 MPH (Two bonus points for second quickest run of the session)
Bonus Points: Five
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Top Fuel:
Driver of the Matco Tools Top Distributor Top Fuel Dragster
Qualified: No. 7 (lane choice)
The Competition: No. 10 Doug Kalitta
Q1: 3.792 E.T. at 325.53 MPH (One bonus point for third quickest run of the session)
Bonus Points: Two
Quotable:
"We got a good start going. We made three good laps, but we're going to step it up and get ready for tomorrow. The competition is definitely tough, and everybody is running good, so that's what we've got to do."
LEAH PRITCHETT
Driver of the Okuma Dodge Top Fuel Dragster
The Competition: No. 15 Chris Karamesines
Q1: 6.346 E.T. at 95.64 MPH
Bonus Points: Four
"I knew that Q4 run was going to be low. I'm at about half-track and we sling-shotted out there, and I thought 'man, I'm going to hit my chutes, go through the light and see a 71' and I did, and I was happy. This Okuma team keeps opening up possibilities. We had a terrible Friday, but we put it behind us.
"We're looking forward to tomorrow. It's a tough field behind us right now, but this is what this team is about. We're not even worried about points or anything, we're just focused on this race, and winning it."
Funny Car:
Driver of the NAPA NIGHTVISION LED Lamps Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
The Competition: No. 13 Jim Campbell
"Obviously winning last year with the NAPA NIGHTVISION Lamps car, that was big in the Countdown, so it's really cool to come back to the same race and once again represent NIGHTVISION. The fans love this car. We had a lot of fun on social media unveiling this body. We're in NASCAR country, and this looks like my NAPA AUTO PARTS teammate Chase Elliott's car. It'd be great to go out and have another great race day. We're in the fight, and this is where you make your move. This is, I think, a race that's going to be decisive in who wins the championship, and you need momentum coming out of here. We'll see what we can do."
Driver of the MOPAR Express Lane Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody
The Competition: No. 14 Dave Richards
Bonus Points: Three
"This MOPAR Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Funny Car is going down the race track. We found some stuff earlier today with the clutch. I think (crew chief) Dickie (Venables) is getting more consistency with that. All in all, we have a good car, and we have to have a really strong run this weekend, or we will be out of the championship picture. We need to go some rounds tomorrow. We need to win this race and keep the hunt alive. We are five rounds back, and we have a long way to go."
TOMMY JOHNSON JR.
Driver of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
The Competition: No. 9 Cruz Pedregon
"Qualifying was a bit of a struggle for us. We had a really good, quick car early in the run but couldn't make it to the finish line. Fortunately, we got it up in the top half of the field on that last shot. It should be qualified better than it is. We have a better race car than that. Hopefully, tomorrow, with a bigger weather change, we'll be able to adjust for that and get the car to show its full potential. I think we have a good race car. Even though we didn't show it in qualifying, I think we have a really good racecar for race day."
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Ahead of its much-anticipated launch later this month, Electronic Arts and DICE deemed it the perfect time to share the first gameplay of the single-player mode for Battlefield 1.
With the focus now on the Great War and not the modern setting we've all grown accustomed too, DICE got creative and really brought a more dramatic sense to the theater of war.
The 12-minutes of gameplay shown below is from the shooter's prologue, and while it doesn't feature characters you'll see in the five War Stories the developer has promised with the final game, it still has the action-packed set-pieces and immersive nature you would expect.
You won't have to wait long as Battlefield 1 launches worldwide on October 21st for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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Enemy Inside are a pretty young band. Founded in Aschaffenburg by singer Nastassja Giulia and German-Greek guitarist Evan K (Mystic Prophecy). Dominik Stotzem (b, Purple Rising, Beyond the Bridge) Feli Keith (dr, Shoot The Day Down) and Dave Hadarik (g) complete the quintet. That's almost all the information you can find on the internet about the band. In September last year, the debut album "Phoenix" was released, from which three songs have been released as a single. In October, Enemy Inside will perform at the FemME in Hilvarenbeek (Netherlands).
A pretty singer surrounds herself with four experienced musicians. Together they play melodic metal. We already know that, one might say. Yes. But! Enemy Inside work much harder. And singer Nastassja has a pleasant and rocking voice. The Franks play straight-forwarded hard rock. Without pathos, without unnecessary bombast. That makes the big difference. This is clearly demonstrated by the opener "Falling Away". Also, in the following songs ("Bleeding Out", "Phoenix") the riffs bang out of the speakers almost uninterrupted. And Evan always shines with his brilliant guitar solos. This is Melodic Metal Power par excellence. In "Lullaby" then the guitars dominate. Before the album reaches a first highlight. In "Doorway to Salvation" we hear a duet of two amazing voices. Nastassja gets vocal support from Georg Neuhauser (Serenity) for this great anthem. This is an accolade equal for the young band. With "Angel's Suicide" follows the next highlight. A song that would have been on one of the earlier albums of Evanescence to become a smash hit. Really great. The following "Death of Me" does not quite have that quality. Here I see parallels to the harder songs of Beyond the Black. The following two songs seem to belong together, but differ musically very strong. The melodic, hymnic "Halo" is followed by the heartbreakingly beautiful ballad "Dark Skies" and provides pure goose bumps. And with the final song "Summer Son", the musicians let it really rock again. Here is a smash hit of the group Texas heaved into the Metal universe. I like it better than the original. Final song? Not quite. On my CD, there is still a bonus track. The reprise of "Doorway to Salvation", but this time without guest vocals.
"Phoenix" is for me one of the best melodic metal albums of last year. The songs are varied and impress with catchy melodies. The album is modern and powerful produced. The live recording of "Angel's Suicide" in the Colos-Saal in their hometown of Aschaffenburg proves that the musicians are also able to play this excellently live. This is really amazing!


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This post is long overdue. I just hope that one year hasn't affected my memory as much. Last year, in October, I had the absolute pleasure to meet one of the pioneers in the sharing and dissemination of lion dancing information Corey Chan.
A bit of background on Corey's work, he was a regular contributor to the liondancing.org forum back when that was still active. If you've never been to that forum, it was a wonderful source of information and a treasure trove of knowledge. And the best thing for us in the west is that it was all in English. There were different subforums and threads on all things lion dancing like general knowledge of chengs, how to repair lion heads, where you could buy lion heads and basically whatever question you might have wanted to throw at the group. It was great! Remember, this is before facebook existed and for a small community like the lion dancing one that is spread across the globe, it was the first connection that a lot of us had to what was happening in the rest of the world. Corey, himself and lion enthusiast, had a wealth of knowledge in repairing and restoring lion heads and developed a lot of excellent connections to source lion making and repair supplies which culminated in setting up an online store called ofcourselionsource. This is where I first "met" Corey online back in 2004 him during my first forays with my collaborative approaching in the restoration of my Sifu's Cheung Fei lion head. My Sije Linda managed to source our silk balls, and bristle fur and other bits through him.
So, over 10 years later in San Francisco and after a series of fortunate events, I was very lucky and very fortunate to meet Corey. He was extremely generous with his time coming out to see me at such short notice. We spent a lot of time talking about all things lion dancing.
He is so knowledgeable about so many different aspects of lion dancing that the rest of us can only dream about. And it's not just that he knows about multiple different aspects of lion dancing, it's the depth of knowledge that he has- the art of lion dancing, the art of dragon dancing, the art of dancing the laughing Buddha that accompanies the lion dance, the musical aspects of the lion dance, the art of making the lion head and all the intricacies that come with it (making the frame, papering, painting and all the symbolism that comes with it), knowledge about the other folk dances in Chinese culture like the Pei Yau etc. I know right!! Talk about knowledge. And that isn't his day job.
His students are incredibly lucky to have such knowledgeable teacher who is willing to share his passion with others and I am incredibly lucky to meet him.
The other out of this world experience is to see in person some of the incredible projects that Corey has worked on. There were a tonne of one of a kind amazing futsan lion heads, each one painted with such detail, symbolism and colour that they would all play starring roles if each of them were in a pride of lions. Danced together, no doubt they'd form a dream team. I got to see a baak wan made unicorn (kei lun) which was incredible. It was quite unique in how it was made that just like their lions, this one was distinctive enough for me to say that if I ever saw another one similar to it being displayed or danced, I'd be able to call it as a baak wan product. Finally, I was blessed to see an example of a luen faat cheung branded dragon. That's right a dragon! Now if you know me, or have been following this blog, I've been trying to make a couple of luen faat cheung lion heads so I have spent a bit of time collecting images and studying some of the works that was produced in the LFC workshop. I haven't in all my looking around come across a dragon but, like the other famous makers of old (Baak Wan, Luo On Kee, Bo Wah etc) there's no mistaking that the artwork is quite distinctively from Luen Faat Cheung's workshop. I need to dig up a little more history of the dragon itself but no matter the history, there was a "Patina" about the dragon that made it look majestical and the fact that is a LFC dragon just adds to the awesomeness.
Post edit: I showed some of the images to Yu Ying Ho (of Yu Ho Kee fame) in Hong Kong during my last visit there in early 2017 and he gave me a little bit of insight into the LFC workshop and the potential maker of the dragon. His opinion is that the dragon was quite possibly made by his Sifu, and rebranded under Luen Faat Cheung's name and resold onwards (best way I can explain this concept is like how Tag Huer uses ETA movements to power its watches but brands it under the Tag Huer name rather than Swatch).
Whatever the history, the dragon head looks awesome! Definitely some patina there. Here are some images.


is it hard to read upside down?
I'm not very good at keeping secrets.
as you can see there was alcohol involved.
This man appears to be wearing my disguise. Must be some undercover goverment op.
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If a person leads an "active" life, as Wiggs had, if a person has goals, ideals, a cause to fight for, then that person is distracted, temporarily, from paying a whole lot of attention to the heavy scimitar that hangs by a mouse hair just above his or her head. We, each of us, have a ticket to ride, and if the trip be interesting (if it's dull, we have only ourselves to blame), then we relish the landscape (how quickly it whizzes by!), interact with our fellow travelers, pay frequent visits to the washrooms and concession stands, and hardly ever hold up the ticket to the light where we can read its plainly stated destination: The Abyss.
Yet, ignore it though we might in our daily toss and tussle, the fact of our impending death is always there, just behind the draperies, or, more accurately, inside our sock, like a burr that we can never quite extract. If one has a religious life, one can rationalize one's slide into the abyss; if one has a sense of humor (and a sense of humor, properly developed, is superior to any religion so far devised), one can minimalize it through irony and wit. Ah, but the specter is there, night and day, day in and day out, coloring with its chalk of gray almost everything we do. And a lot of what we do is done, subconsciously, indirectly, to avoid the thought of death, or to make ourselves so unexpendable through our accomplishments that death will hesitate to take us, or, when the scimitar finally falls, to insure that we "live on" in the memory of the lucky ones still kicking.
I had a recent inquiry about the list below, which was a part of The Artist's Survival Kit. So I thought I would post it again here in case you didn't see it already. This piece has been more popular that I ever imagined. It seems to have own life now.
I love that this list has been somewhat controversial to some, it garners a slightly hostile response in a few people (who wrote me expressing upset with it's "negative" feel). You should probably know by now that I love any work that provokes a unique response from every reader. All of my work is based on this. When I wrote it I felt it was innately positive so the response is interesting to me.


This Marines Semperfi ambigram is a medium length asymmetric ambigram that is ambigram artistry at its finest.
The graphic to the left shows that this design says 'Marines' one way and says 'Semperfi' the other way. Hover over the ambigram to see it spin.


Nature Philosophy Australia's Co-Founders, Sam Robertson and Kate Rydge, specialise in facilitating transformational earth based programs. They have been exploring and sharing survival skills, sacred ceremony and deep nature connection experiences since 2004.
We both found ourselves powerfully drawn to earth based philosophy and it's ancient and grounded respect for the Earth. In the years that followed we continued to devour any earth skills, indigenous wisdom and deep nature connection practices we could find, both in Australia and North America.
We became life long partners when we met in America and spent shared time learning survival skills, nature awareness and Native American scout philosophy with Tom Brown Jnr of The Tracker School, USA. During this time Sam wandered through America exploring survival skills and deep nature connection through varied wilderness locations. Kate took the role of a Caretaker at Tom's Brown Jnr's school in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Here Kate lived for a year in a primitive shelter, exploring advanced survival skills and deeply dove into her spiritual journey.
While both in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey we participated in numerous personal Vision Quests - eventually training for many years with Malcolm Ring-walt of The Earth-Heart Institute to become Vision Quest Facilitators and Trainers.
These years of wandering and mentorship in America developed in us a heartfelt passion for sharing the power of wild sourced skills and a deep gratitude for the magic they wove into our lives.
Upon returning to Australia we really began our journey together, offering our first Nature Philosophy program in 2004. Kate also started to search for an Australian indigenous community she had seen in a 'vision' from her shelter in The Pine Barrens.
In search of this community, we travelled for the first time in 2008 into North-East Arnhem Land, Australia. We met members of an inspirational Homeland Community and were adopted as family. This Australian Aboriginal Community is called Mäpuru. The people of Mäpuru live on their traditional country and have a continuous connection to their traditional Yolngu culture.
Yearly we have been invited to return and bring with us members of our community who are willing to respectfully learn from and support our Mäpuru families. It's always hard for us to put into words our experiences on country and our appreciation and love for our Yolngu families. Needless to say our time spent living with our Mäpuru families and endeavoring to support the community's workshops has transformed our understanding of indigenous culture, community villages and survival.
Our ever deepening love and kin connections with our Mäpuru families has sharpened our belief of the modern day importance of supporting the continuous survival of indigenous cultures. Western culture is in a rapid transformation and the wisdom of deep nature connection practices will ensure soul connected and sustainable lifestyles are passed down to future generations.
The Nature Philosophy stream of courses draws broadly from all of our unique life experiences and our heart felt support of living a nature connected life. At its heart Nature Philosophy is our offering to you of the most powerful techniques for personal transformation through earth connection we have experienced.
Time and time again we see our tribe experience deep soul level transformations and body awakenings as they embrace themselves through earth skills. Sharing in this process is our most profound inspiration for offering the Nature Philosophy programs.


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Load limits on the 50 year-old bridge would be devastating to the industrial park located to the east of the bridge. Load limits would negatively impact the business sector, forcing heavier trucks to take a more expensive, alternate route miles away from the industrial park or negatively impact downtown Big Rapids with increased truck traffic through the City center using the Maple Street river crossing.
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British pianist Paul Lewis continues his landmark series of Beethoven concerts at Middlebury College May 12
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - British pianist Paul Lewis will again visit the Middlebury College Center for the Arts as he continues his ongoing endeavor to perform the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas at the college. The recital begins at 8 p.m., Friday, May 12, in the Concert Hall at the Center for the Arts, located on South Main Street (Route 30), and will feature Sonatas no. 25 in G Major, no. 15 in D Major (Pastorale) and no. 29 in B-flat Major (Hammerklavier). This is the fourth of eight concerts Lewis plans for Middlebury.
British pianist Paul Lewis
Lewis, one of the most sought-after classical artists of his generation, is currently immersed in the Beethoven project. In 2007, the Beethoven sonatas will be the focus of his concerts scheduled for venues throughout the United Kingdom, Australia and Europe. Middlebury is the main recital stop in the United States this season, with additional concerts scheduled in San Francisco and Vancouver, British Columbia. Lewis is in the process of recording the complete Beethoven cycle for the classical music label Harmonia Mundi, the first segment of which was released on Nov. 8, 2005.
The intense focus is not new to Lewis, who produced a similar effort several years ago with the Schubert piano sonata series. In 2003, his Schubert work won him both the South Bank Show Classical Music Award and the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year Award. His Schubert sonata recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label received great acclaim, with the first release winning the prestigious Diapason d'Or Choc de L'Année 2002 award in France.
Lewis attended the Chetham School of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with distinguished pianists Ryszard Bakst and Joan Havill. He later received regular coaching from Alfred Brendel. By 1999, Lewis was featured in BBC's inaugural "New Generation Artists" program. From 2000-2002, he was a professor of piano at London's Royal Academy of Music. He and the Leopold String Trio were selected by Wigmore Hall in 2001 for the prestigious European Concert Halls Organization's "Rising Stars" program, an honor that led to more debut recitals in New York, Vienna, Amsterdam and Brussels.
Lewis has appeared with a host of classical music artists, including Yo-Yo Ma, Ernst Kovacic, Katherine Gowers and Adrian Brendel. He has performed concertos with many leading orchestras and with conductors such as Gerard Schwarz, Vassily Sinaisky and Mark Elder.
A reviewer for The Daily Telegraph in London wrote, "There is in Lewis' playing a strong physicality, a firm connection between his deep thinking about the music and his articulation of it."
Middlebury College Performing Arts Series Director Paul Nelson and his wife first heard Lewis play at London's Wigmore Hall several years ago. Nelson was inspired and the current Beethoven recital series resulted. "The prospect of hearing him play all of Beethoven's sonatas at Middlebury was irresistible," Nelson said.
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package net.wasdev.wlp.maven.plugins.applications;

import java.io.File;
import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Copy;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import net.wasdev.wlp.maven.plugins.ApplicationXmlDocument;
import net.wasdev.wlp.maven.plugins.server.PluginConfigSupport;

/**
 * Install artifact into Liberty server support.
 */
public class InstallAppMojoSupport extends PluginConfigSupport {

    protected ApplicationXmlDocument applicationXml = new ApplicationXmlDocument();

    protected void installApp(Artifact artifact) throws Exception {

        if (artifact.getFile() == null || artifact.getFile().isDirectory()) {
            String warName = getAppFileName(project);
            File f = new File(project.getBuild().getDirectory() + "/" + warName);
            artifact.setFile(f);
        }

        if (!artifact.getFile().exists()) {
            throw new MojoExecutionException(messages.getString("error.install.app.missing"));
        }

        File destDir = new File(serverDirectory, getAppsDirectory());
        log.info(MessageFormat.format(messages.getString("info.install.app"), artifact.getFile().getCanonicalPath()));

        Copy copyFile = (Copy) ant.createTask("copy");
        copyFile.setFile(artifact.getFile());
        String fileName = artifact.getFile().getName();
        if (stripVersion) {
            fileName = stripVersionFromName(fileName, artifact.getBaseVersion());
            copyFile.setTofile(new File(destDir, fileName));
        } else {
            copyFile.setTodir(destDir);
        }

        // validate application configuration if appsDirectory="dropins" or inject webApplication
        // to target server.xml if not found for appsDirectory="apps"
        validateAppConfig(fileName, artifact.getArtifactId());

        deleteApplication(new File(serverDirectory, "apps"), artifact.getFile());
        deleteApplication(new File(serverDirectory, "dropins"), artifact.getFile());
        // application can be expanded if server.xml configure with <applicationManager autoExpand="true"/>
        deleteApplication(new File(serverDirectory, "apps/expanded"), artifact.getFile());
        copyFile.execute();
    }

    // install war project artifact using loose application configuration file
    protected void installLooseConfigWar(MavenProject proj, LooseConfigData config) throws Exception {
        // return error if webapp contains java source but it is not compiled yet.
        File dir = new File(proj.getBuild().getOutputDirectory());
        if (!dir.exists() && containsJavaSource(proj)) {
            throw new MojoExecutionException(MessageFormat.format(messages.getString("error.project.not.compile"),
                    proj.getId()));
        }

        LooseWarApplication looseWar = new LooseWarApplication(proj, config);
        looseWar.addSourceDir(proj);
        looseWar.addOutputDir(looseWar.getDocumentRoot(), proj, "/WEB-INF/classes");

        // retrieves dependent library jar files
        addEmbeddedLib(looseWar.getDocumentRoot(), proj, looseWar, "/WEB-INF/lib/");

        // add Manifest file
        looseWar.addManifestFile(proj, "maven-war-plugin");
    }

    // install ear project artifact using loose application configuration file
    protected void installLooseConfigEar(MavenProject proj, LooseConfigData config) throws Exception {
        LooseEarApplication looseEar = new LooseEarApplication(proj, config);
        looseEar.addSourceDir();
        looseEar.addApplicationXmlFile();

        Set<Artifact> artifacts = proj.getArtifacts();
        log.debug("Number of compile dependencies for " + proj.getArtifactId() + " : " + artifacts.size());

        for (Artifact artifact : artifacts) {
            if ("compile".equals(artifact.getScope()) || "runtime".equals(artifact.getScope())) {
                if (!isReactorMavenProject(artifact)) {
                    if (looseEar.isEarSkinnyWars() && "war".equals(artifact.getType())) {
                        throw new MojoExecutionException(
                                "Unable to create loose configuration for the EAR application with skinnyWars package from "
                                        + artifact.getGroupId() + ":" + artifact.getArtifactId() + ":" + artifact.getVersion()
                                        + ". Please set the looseApplication configuration parameter to false and try again.");
                    }
                    looseEar.addModuleFromM2(resolveArtifact(artifact));
                } else {
                    MavenProject dependencyProject = getReactorMavenProject(artifact);
                    switch (artifact.getType()) {
                        case "jar":
                            looseEar.addJarModule(dependencyProject);
                            break;
                        case "ejb":
                            looseEar.addEjbModule(dependencyProject);
                            break;
                        case "war":
                            Element warArchive = looseEar.addWarModule(dependencyProject,
                                    getWarSourceDirectory(dependencyProject).getCanonicalPath());
                            if (looseEar.isEarSkinnyWars()) {
                                // add embedded lib only if they are not a compile dependency in the ear project.
                                addSkinnyWarLib(warArchive, dependencyProject, looseEar);
                            } else {
                                addEmbeddedLib(warArchive, dependencyProject, looseEar, "/WEB-INF/lib/");
                            }
                            break;
                        case "rar":
                            Element rarArchive = looseEar.addRarModule(dependencyProject);
                            addEmbeddedLib(rarArchive, dependencyProject, looseEar, "/");
                            break;
                        default:
                            // use the artifact from local .m2 repo
                            looseEar.addModuleFromM2(resolveArtifact(artifact));
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // add Manifest file
        looseEar.addManifestFile(proj, "maven-ear-plugin");
    }

    private void addEmbeddedLib(Element parent, MavenProject proj, LooseApplication looseApp, String dir) throws Exception {
        Set<Artifact> artifacts = proj.getArtifacts();
        log.debug("Number of compile dependencies for " + proj.getArtifactId() + " : " + artifacts.size());

        for (Artifact artifact : artifacts) {
            if (("compile".equals(artifact.getScope()) || "runtime".equals(artifact.getScope()))
                    && "jar".equals(artifact.getType())) {
                addlibrary(parent, looseApp, dir, artifact);
            }
        }
    }

    private void addSkinnyWarLib(Element parent, MavenProject proj, LooseEarApplication looseEar) throws Exception {
        Set<Artifact> artifacts = proj.getArtifacts();
        log.debug("Number of compile dependencies for " + proj.getArtifactId() + " : " + artifacts.size());

        for (Artifact artifact : artifacts) {
            // skip the embedded library if it is included in the lib directory of the ear package
            if (("compile".equals(artifact.getScope()) || "runtime".equals(artifact.getScope()))
                    && "jar".equals(artifact.getType()) && !looseEar.isEarDependency(artifact)) {
                addlibrary(parent, looseEar, "/WEB-INF/lib/", artifact);
            }
        }
    }

    private void addlibrary(Element parent, LooseApplication looseApp, String dir, Artifact artifact)
            throws Exception {
        {
            if (isReactorMavenProject(artifact)) {
                MavenProject dependProject = getReactorMavenProject(artifact);
                Element archive = looseApp.addArchive(parent, dir + dependProject.getBuild().getFinalName() + ".jar");
                looseApp.addOutputDir(archive, dependProject, "/");
                looseApp.addManifestFile(archive, dependProject, "maven-jar-plugin");
            } else {
                resolveArtifact(artifact);
                looseApp.getConfig().addFile(parent, artifact.getFile().getAbsolutePath(),
                        dir + artifact.getFile().getName());
            }
        }
    }

    private boolean containsJavaSource(MavenProject proj) {
        List<String> srcDirs = proj.getCompileSourceRoots();
        for (String dir : srcDirs) {
            File javaSourceDir = new File(dir);
            if (javaSourceDir.exists() && javaSourceDir.isDirectory() && containsJavaSource(javaSourceDir)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    private boolean containsJavaSource(File dir) {
        File[] files = dir.listFiles();
        for (File file : files) {
            if (file.isFile() && file.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(".java")) {
                return true;
            } else if (file.isDirectory()) {
                return containsJavaSource(file);
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    // get loose application configuration file name for project artifact
    protected String getLooseConfigFileName(MavenProject project) {
        return getAppFileName(project) + ".xml";
    }

    // get loose application configuration file name for project artifact
    private String getAppFileName(MavenProject project) {
        String name = project.getBuild().getFinalName() + "." + project.getPackaging();
        if (project.getPackaging().equals("liberty-assembly")) {
            name = project.getBuild().getFinalName() + ".war";
        }
        if (stripVersion) {
            name = stripVersionFromName(name, project.getVersion());
        }
        return name;
    }

    protected void validateAppConfig(String fileName, String artifactId) throws Exception {
        String appsDir = getAppsDirectory();
        if (appsDir.equalsIgnoreCase("apps") && !isAppConfiguredInSourceServerXml(fileName)) {
            // add application configuration
            applicationXml.createApplicationElement(fileName, artifactId);
        }
        else if (appsDir.equalsIgnoreCase("dropins") && isAppConfiguredInSourceServerXml(fileName))
            throw new MojoExecutionException(messages.getString("error.install.app.dropins.directory"));
    }
}

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Search engine marketing, or "SEM," is a digital marketing model in the modern age. A successful SEM strategy gives your website the status, authority, and popularity you need for a profitable online business. In practice, SEM permeates every part of web development and upkeep, but in general the term applies to search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click advertising (PPC).
Most consumers rely on search engines such as Google to find what they're looking for online. In fact, 80% of today's leads originate from an online search. No matter how wonderful your website is, people need to be able to find it through search engines.
Permanency is hard to come by online. In a world where social media posts can last for three minutes or less and where paid advertisements go to the highest bidder, anything that provides you permanency is of value.
SEO is a long term initiative that is more permanent than other online marketing strategies such as PPC or social media marketing.
Obviously, a tiny person is not inside your computer to search and provide websites for each search you make. Instead, search engines use algorithms to prioritize websites for internet users.
SEO is both exacting and elusive for the modern day website. It entails consistent, detail-oriented initiatives in both the front and back ends of websites. However, search engines such as Google are constantly updating their algorithms that rank websites.
Therefore, it is essential to invest in an SEO strategy that can be constantly updated and adjusted to maximize its effectiveness.
These long-lasting methods should be consistently monitored to keep up with search engines' various algorithms.
Using only SEO in your search engine marketing strategy will produce results…but most likely gradual ones. Even the term "organic search" implies nature's slow and steady success. In order to get the fast results you need to build a marketing campaign, your best bet is pay-per-click advertising.
Pay-per-click or "PPC" advertising allows you to measure, track, and quantify your marketing attempts more easily because you get immediate feedback from search engine analytics. In addition, PPC gives your website a competitive edge by allowing you to rank above organically produced search engine results.
It takes a lot of dedication, skill, and trial-and-error testing to make your return on investment worth the initial cost.
Similarly, filtering and understanding the data you're provided is both time consuming and worthwhile. Google Analytics provides information on user behavior and demographics that SEO can't match, leading to better marketing strategies through web development, content, and social media outlets.
To put it simply, PPC allows you to pay for better spots on search engines. This strategy allows you to draw more attention from the everyday user by catching their eye right off the bat. However, the intricacies of PPC campaigns are often overwhelming to newcomers.
Much like SEO, PPC campaigns should be regularly tracked and updated to ensure you get the most out of your investment.
Ideally, SEO and PPC work together to give you the most rewarding search engine marketing strategy possible.
In the beginning of your online marketing endeavors, it helps to rely more on PPC to drive traffic to your new site. This strategy gives you the opportunity to build your site up organically without stressing about how much or little it is effecting your rankings.
Over time, your SEO habits will hold more weight and you won't have to rely as much on paid advertising to make a statement online.
Most importantly, proper search SEM strategies should attract potential customers, clients, and followers to your website.
To accomplish this, the user always comes before the search engine.
Never try to "trick" search engines into ranking your site highly through spammy content and link building.
These "black hat SEO" techniques cannot only result in search engines flagging your site, but your company will lose its authority and respect. Instead, implement user-friendly SEO techniques through web development and content marketing to create an online brand you can be proud of.


I have been studying fashion design for 6 years. To me, being a good designer means not only sensitivity to fashion trends, but also creativity with fabric, color and structures; not only mastering fashion illustrations but also being familiar with the production procedure. When connected to a company, a designer needs to be able to develop designs for the market while improving them with better patternmaking and personal ideas. A designer is responsible for combining the art of fashion and a company's culture to produce garments for consumers.
At the mean time, fashion design is not isolated. It has connections with art and society. So a good designer needs to have good taste and an awareness of a variety of subjects, such as fine art, music, sculpture, architecture and different cultures. Through the study of distinguishable elements, a designer gets more exciting inspirations and creates acceptable products for different groups of people. During two years of graduate study, I focused on how to enrich my designs with arts and cultures.
The inspirations for my designs come from the collision of different arts and cultures. While experimenting with different visual elements, I also try to bring unexpected elements into my designs. Many designs combine fine art and music. For example, Water Lilies was inspired by a series of oil paintings - Water-Lilies - by Claude Monet. The days on my past also shares the title with my favorite song, and includes inspirations from my childhood.
On the other hand, I also focus on modifications of fabrics. By applying different techniques such as pulled yarn work, embroidery appliqués or inlaid pieces, I develop and elaborate on the complexity of the fabrics which brings the design to a new level, providing better visual explanation of my inspiration. In some cases the fabric modification also enhances the drape or movement of the design. In Fibonacci for Fashion I chose white burlap for the dress. While this would hold the structures of the dress, it is also an unexpected choice viewed as in opposition to most elegant dress fabrics. The vertical and horizontal yarns were pulled out in a planned progression with some removed at folds to facilitate bending of the fabrics. This technique also lightened the weight of the burlap fabric and further emphasized the structures and proportions of the dress. The final result of the pulled yarn work was to create additional surface interest.
My Chinese heritage also influences many elements into my designs. Yin Yang, the facial make-up seen in Beijing opera, Chinese painting and Chinese ethnic groups' accessories and dresses all appear as influences, although the actual silhouettes of the designs are primarily western. The intention is meant to combine ancient culture with modern design and to bring understanding to this mystical society. For example, my initial inspiration and the source of the printed images for Blooming Colors was my father's traditional Chinese paintings that is "xie yi hua niao", which means freehand style of flowers and birds. Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. In addition, I try to express the similarity among different cultures and arts in the hope of creating works of unity. You can see these in Beijing Opera and Black and White.
For me, the best thing about fashion is that it is an opportunity to express my creativity in a variety of form. Fashion design can be magical. It can transform a plain fabric into one of great beauty. Fashion design is like a miracle, it's a fairy touch to Cinderella.


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Android Oreo-Based OxygenOS Beta Build Arrives To OnePlus 5
By Manny Reyes November 27, 2017, 12:41am
Chinese smartphone manufacturer, OnePlus, has officially started rolling out the first OxygenOS Open Beta update with Android 8.0 Oreo to the OnePlus 5, one of the company's two 2017 flagship handsets. The Open Beta Program introduces a bevy of new features to the OnePlus 5 device including the Picture-in-Picture mode, which lets you play a video within a small window that can sit on any portion of the screen while you can perform other tasks.
On top of this major change, the OnePlus 5 is also getting other minor updates such as auto-fill, smart text selection, a new Quick Settings design for visual improvements, parallel apps, a new launcher, notification dots, fresh app folder design, ability to upload photos directly to "Shot" on OnePlus, as well as the October 2017 security patch. The arrival of the Android 8.0 Oreo beta for the OnePlus 5 was announced in mid-October by Carl Pei, one of the two co-founders of the Shenzhen, Guangdong-based original equipment manufacturer in response to a user query via Twitter about the availability of the OS shortly after OnePlus launched the same Open Beta Program for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T.
It should be pointed out as usual that the software update is in a beta stage, meaning you might be able to encounter instances of unstable functionalities with some of the features of Android 8.0 Oreo as well as bugs and app crashes, unlike with the official software updates a company rolls out via OTA (over-the-air). OnePlus warns that potential risks and data loss might result from downloading and installing the beta build. So you might want to think again before proceeding with the process. Otherwise, you may join the OnePlus Open Beta Program and learn how to install the first Open Beta build with Android 8.0 Oreo for the OnePlus 5 by referring to the flashing instructions provided by the OEM (see source link below). That means you will no longer get the official stable updates from OnePlus on a regular basis once you switched to the beta program, unless you reinstall the full version of your previous OS and remove all the data and cache in your phone.
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"""
.. todo::

    WRITEME
"""
from pylearn2.datasets import utlc
import numpy as N

class Avicenna(object):

    """
    .. todo::

        WRITEME

    Parameters
    ----------
    which_set : WRITEME
    standardize : WRITEME
    """

    def __init__(self, which_set, standardize):
        train, valid, test = utlc.load_ndarray_dataset('avicenna')

        if which_set == 'train':
            self.X = train
        elif which_set == 'valid':
            self.X = valid
        elif which_set == 'test':
            self.X = test
        else:
            assert False

        if standardize:
            union = N.concatenate([train, valid, test], axis=0)
            # perform mean and std in float64 to avoid losing
            # too much numerical precision
            self.X -= union.mean(axis=0, dtype='float64')
            std = union.std(axis=0, dtype='float64')
            std[std < 1e-3] = 1e-3
            self.X /= std

    def get_design_matrix(self):
        """
        .. todo::

            WRITEME
        """
        return self.X


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Statement on State Minimum Wage Increase
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson issued the following statement after the Legislature sent a $9.50, inflation indexed, minimum wage bill to Governor Dayton's desk:
"It's a great week for all Minnesotans, but especially the 357,000 working Minnesotans who make less than $9.50 per hour.
This legislation ensures that Minnesota's minimum wage catches up to $9.50 per hour and will keep up with the cost of living.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions are proud to be counted among the more than 70 diverse community, faith, labor, non-profit and service-based organizations that make up the Raise the Wage Coalition. While the vast majority of Minnesota's union workforce makes well above the minimum wage, the Labor movement is committed to improving the lives of all working people.
We commend the bill authors, Senators Chris Eaton, Jeff Hayden, and Representative Ryan Winkler, along with Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk and House Speaker Paul Thissen for their efforts in passing this historic legislation.
We look forward to seeing Governor Mark Dayton's signature on this bill as he and the DFL majorities in the Legislature continue to build a better Minnesota."


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Review: 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' is a Broad but Vibrant Musical of a Working-Class Queer Celebration
By Kayleigh Donaldson | Film | September 17, 2021 |
Jamie New is a 16-year-old gay kid who doesn't quite fit in at his high school. He has dreams of being a drag queen, something that inspires laughs of derision and casual homophobia among others. But he's got allies, including his loving mum, a circle of excited friends, and a drag mentor in the form of Loco Chanelle (Richard E. Grant). Together, they're going to create a sensation that nobody will be able to ignore.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a minor sensation in the U.K. Based on a BBC Three documentary, Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, the musical became a rare born-and-bred British hit in an industry where Broadway transfers still rule the roost. It was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Musical but lost to something called Hamilton, and will triumphantly return to the London stage next year, as well as make its American debut in Los Angeles. For those who can't wait that long, the big-screen adaptation drops on Amazon Prime this week, sold to the platform by Disney after its theatrical release was canceled. In a year chock full of major musical releases, from the upcoming West Side Story to In the Heights to (eek) Dear Evan Hansen, can the scrappy British show that could make a splash?
This is a familiar formula: the underdog dreamer who fights their way to the top with sparkle and inspirational flair. Jamie (Max Harwood) is a working-class kid English with a paper route, bleach-blonde hair, and dreams to perform in drag. This isn't a coming-out story. Jamie's out and proud. But drag seems like the 'step too far' for his school, his distant and unaccepting father, and a hell of a lot of people who think they're more progressive than they actually are. For all of the buzzword-friendly proclamations in the media that we're a super queer-friendly society now, it's worth reminding everyone once in a while of the reality. We could certainly use more of that in the U.K., where our new equalities minister seems to be a staggering homophobe and transphobe, and the terrifying empowerment of the anti-trans hate movement has embedded itself in everyday life. Just check out the sheer number of reviews and tweets claiming that they 'didn't believe' Jamie would have a hard time being a gay kid who wants to do drag in the 21st century.
It's rather delightful to watch something this unabashedly British. Not only that, but it's not posh or London-centric. It's full of, gasp, working-class accents and blue humor and beloved non-RADA character actors having a ball, from Sarah Lancashire to Adeel Akhtar. The camp aspects are all thoroughly British too, which will please those of us who thought Drag Race U.K. wasn't doing its fair share of the lifting on that front. Richard E. Grant is doing a lot of work here and it's ever so delightful. He's always been imbued with a natural sort of camp, especially at his booziest, and here he's channeling it into a performance halfway between Lily Savage and his character in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Lyrically speaking, it's also extremely British, clumsy rhyming moments and all. The earworms are numerous but not particularly sophisticated. It's no surprise the music comes from a pop musician, The Feeling lead singer Dan Gillespie Sells (ask your local British millennial for more information).
The transfer from stage to screen isn't wholly smooth. Some of the jokes call for a full house of eager laughing, such as a moment when Jamie's best friend says he's like Emmeline Pankhurst, who was 'Beyoncé back in the day.' Director Jonathan Butterell, who developed the show for the stage, brings some interesting moments of flair to musical numbers like 'Spotlight' and the very Madonna-esque 'Work of Art,' but tends to rely on some more trite cinematic language. Flashbacks to Jamie's youth and his strained relationship with his father have that grey tint that makes you wonder if the sepia tone filter was unavailable. It's broad but not without sincere impact. Hugo sings a song about his prime drag years during the Britain of Thatcher, Section 28, and AIDS, and it's a Pet Shop Boys-esque number of protest and identity. It's not hard to see why this kind of earnestness may not work for some, but dammit, it did for me. Real footage of the queer scene of the '80s, lives lost in the fight for freedom, and of Princess Diana meeting AIDS patients hit like a freight train. The fight's not over, kids, not even close.
A teacher claims there's a line between individuality and disruption, but for a hell of a lot of people, those two qualities are mutually exclusive. Hugo and his drag comrades impart on Jamie that gender fluidity and expression is the sign of a warrior, a moment of rebellion against a rigid society that, for all of its cries of progress, is still quick to nip in the bud anything it deems unruly. Everybody's Talking About Jamie is broad and very mainstream and clearly designed to appeal to a wide, family-friendly audience, but that doesn't mean its central ideas are diluted. The film may lack the grit some desire and it is definitely not aiming to dissect the intricacies of LGBTQ+ life in modern Britain, but it is a stridently working-class queer story, and that means something to a lot of people. Sometimes, you just need a simple uplifting story, and right now, I can imagine that this particular one will bring a tear to your eye and a smile to so many faces.
Also, make more working-class stories, British film industry. It's f**king ridiculous that this movie is an exception to a broken and outdated rule.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie is available to watch on Amazon Prime as of September 17, 2021.
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Review: Splatoon 2 (Nintendo Switch)
Splatoon 2 picks up where its predecessor left off on the Wii U. Delivering more fun, action, cutesy visuals and ink loads of shenanigans that feel more at home on the Switch than ever.
So just quickly in case you're not familiar with the Splatoonverse, the main gameplay consists of 4 on 4 battle where your squid avatar is armed with a variety of weapon which shoots out coloured ink. The main objective being to cover more of the playing arena with your colour while the opposing team is doing the exact same thing. The maps themselves aren't overly huge which invites tight contests and frantic action as you walk, run and swim through the ink trying to gain the upper hand over the opposing team.
Before I launch into the multiplayer aspect, I just want to touch on the single player mode which is actually very well put together and keeps you playing in between the online multiplayer part of the game. The campaign part of the game revolves around you being recruited by war veteran Captain Cuttlefish in the Octo Valley to help save The Great Zapfish who supplies Inkopolis with its power. This campaign has a section at the start which serves as a tutorial and introduces you to the gameplay and the various weapons you can upgrade to once you reach a certain level in the game. There's also various clothes and add ons, all which serves various power ups and aids during the game.
The idea of the tutorial is to pick up Golden Eggs while taking out the various enemies that occupy the levels. Each level has a minimum number of Golden Eggs to collect and as you pick up each one, you deposit it in a container but be warned, the enemy can and will intercept you, stealing the egg and making a run for it. If you're quick enough you can take them out and get the egg back to else you need to get a new egg all over again. I never found this tedious though and always heaps of fun which kept the game going.
The campaign itself sees you using and utilising your newly acquired skills and knowledge to traverse various levels which are chockfull with enemies and hazards which will require the use of ink to navigate and get around. As you reach the end of each level, you're give a Zapfish which results in you being whisked out of that level and starting a new one. These levels are fun, varied and will keep you on your toes as you progress through in order to reach a boss at the end. When you do beat the boss, you then go back to the main map and start a new series of levels to rescue the other Zapfish. I still haven't finished this mode but it's proving to be bucketloads of fun.
Now, the multiplayer aspect is where the game comes alive and where you'll find the most rewards. As with other similar games, when you complete a round of skirmish, win or lose, your player receives points and can progress through various levels. As I type this my character is up to Level 5, lowly I know but it's given me access to new weapons which will hopefully start to give me an edge in the battles. My internet connection is just ADSL 2+ but I've experienced zero lag and drop outs whatsoever. This is something to be commended as with the nonstop, fast paced style of the game, you may expect some lag but so far, so good. You have your choice of ranked matches or regular ones and the maps you play on rotate once every four hours which is a nice touch.
Here's a breakdown of the rules that are set out for each battle type:
Splat Zones is a King of the Hill style of gameplay where you need to keep a certain part of your territory occupied with your team's colour as the enemy attempts to colour it with their colour ink. You have a counter which you need to get down to zero before time runs out.
Turf Wars which is what the game defaults to is where you invade the enemies land all the while spraying your team's ink as you go in three minutes.
Rainmaker is your Capture The Flag game where you venture into enemy territory, steal their flag and race it back towards your base.
Tower Control is similar to Rainmaker expect you're transporting a tower and when the time runs out, you get points for how close you got to your base even if you weren't successful in bringing it all the way home.
It's safe to say that this is one game that a lot of Switch owners have been waiting for and it's easy to call it a system seller as well. With it's blend of cool characters, loads of customisation options, awesome catchy soundtrack and massive blend of fun, it's one game that will keep players busy for hours. I didn't get a chance to play it with the newly launch Nintendo Switch phone app which is used for voice communication but I imaging it'll come in handy for strategising and communicating orders to team mates. It's one game where you really need to come together as a team or else it's difficult to come up a winner.
To the best of my knowledge, the game doesn't have offline bot play so if you wanted to play it on the go on public transport, you can't do that. I could be wrong but I haven't been able to find a mode like this only the single player campaign mode. I missed the first Splatoon on the Wii U which was always a regret but this release more than makes up for it and like a lot of people I just can't stop playing! It's inktacular, full of ink loads of fun and needless to say, it's inkcredible!
*Thanks to Nintendo for the review copy*
Final score: 9.5/10
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Engel Applauds DHS Decision In Favor Of Malachy McAllister
McAllister's Deportation Order Suspended by Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decision to suspend the removal order for Malachy McAllister, allowing him and his family to stay in the United States:
"Secretary Jeh Johnson is doing the right thing by allowing Malachy McAllister to remain in the United States. I have known Malachy for nearly two decades, and he has led an exemplary life here as a successful businessman, dedicated member of his community, and loving father. He isn't a threat to our country and deserves to stay.
"Malachy was facing deportation for all the wrong reasons. He's paid his debts for things he's done in the past, and has since dedicated himself to peace and reconciliation. The Good Friday Agreement closed a violent chapter for the Irish people. For the United States to expel Malachy would only serve to reopen old wounds and undermine an agreement for which so many worked so hard."
Representative Engel has worked with the McAllister family since 1999 in their struggle to stay in the United States. In December 2004, Rep. Engel went to the Immigration offices in Newark, New Jersey with then-Rep. Steve Rothman to press DHS officials to release Mr. McAllister and one of his sons from detention and stop their possible deportation. In recent weeks, Rep. Engel worked directly with senior officials at DHS in an effort to suspend Mr. McAllister's removal order.
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Public Affairs Directorate of Ghana's Parliament Pledges Support for APPN
on: March 30, 2021 In: General News, ParliamentNews360No Comments
The Public Affairs Directorate of the Parliament of Ghana has pledged its full support for the activities of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN).
Madam Kate Addo, who heads the department gave the assurance when the newly elected Executives of the Ghana Caucus of the APPN called on her at her office on Monday, March 29, 2021.
The purpose of the visit was to formerly introduce the leadership of the Ghana Caucus of the network to the institution of Parliament in Ghana after a successful election process which saw the election of Mr. Clement Akoloh, the Managing Editor of parliamentnews360.com and africanewsradio.com, as the Dean.
Mr. Jeorge Wilson Kingson of Ghananewsonline.com.gh, and Madam Sheila Naana Frimpomaa of Wuntumi FM in Accra, emerged Secretary and General Organizer of the group respectively.
The Elected Executive members were in the company of the Programmes Director for the Parliamentary Monitoring Civil Society Organization, PNAfrica and Coordinator of the APPN, Mr. Gilbert Boyefio.
Madam Kate Addo congratulated the new executives on their election and urged them to use their new office positively to bring honour and respect to Ghana and to compliment the work of Ghana's Parliament at the continental level.
She lauded the initiative of the APPN spearheaded by PNAfrica, which is a network of Parliamentary reporters across 15 African countries so far. She promised to personally get involved in the activities of the network whenever she is called upon to do so.
According to Madam Kate Addo, the new Speaker of Ghana's Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, was very receptive to the activities of the media and views shared by Civil Society Organizations, and therefore the move is a very welcomed initiative to the Parliament.
The Dean of APPN Ghana Caucus, Clement Akoloh, on his part, thanked the Director for the tremendous show of confidence in the Leadership of the group and the goodwill from the Parliament of Ghana.
Mr. Gilbert Boyefio, whose outfit hosts the secretariat of the APPN, outlined some of the objectives of the network to include:
Ensuring adherence to the principles of open Parliament; training Parliamentary journalists to meet international standards; to give visibility to the Pan African Parliament and the Ecowas Parliament; and to disseminate information on the Pan African Parliament to the grassroot concerning decisions which are being taken on their behalf at the Continental Legislative level.
Aside the three elected Executives, the Regulatory Framework governing the activities of the network requires that two other Honorary Executive Members are appointed to complete the Executive team.
The Public Affairs Department which acts as a liaison between the media and the institution of Parliament, was required to nominate a member to be part of the 5-member Executive Committee of the APPN to represent the interest of Parliament in the running of the activities of the network in the country.
The Public Affairs Director nominated Mr. Nana Agyeman Birinkorang, an Assistant Public Affairs Officer of parliament as Parliament's representative on the Executive Committee of the local network. The other Honorary Executive position goes to the Dean of the country's national Parliamentary Press Corps or Gallery according to the Regulatory Framework of the APPN.
Source: Clement Akoloh/parliamentnews360.com
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Combustion species Imaging Diagnostics for Aero-engine Research
CIDAR
Start date 1 March 2018
End date 31 August 2021
H2020-EU.3.4.5.5.
Overall budget € 2 231 770
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNICA AEROESPACIAL ESTEBAN TERRADAS
Periodic Reporting for period 2 - CIDAR (Combustion species Imaging Diagnostics for Aero-engine Research)
Reporting period: 2019-06-01 to 2021-08-31
Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project
The objective of the CIDAR project was the development and demonstration of TRL6 standardised measurement systems capable of imaging large engine exhaust CO2 and non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM) emissions of future very high bypass ratio (VHBR) engines.
In particular, CIDAR offers a very innovative VHBR engine diagnostic approach based on photonic technologies with the aim to increase the EU competitiveness in non-intrusive engine exhaust measurement systems. Such technological progress is essential for the delivery of robust engine performance prediction and lean burn combustion operation on future VHBR engines. CIDAR has provided solutions for limitations identified in terms of image quantification and incorporate features such as self-diagnostics and control aspects capable of integration with test cell systems.
At project completion, the TRL6 could not be reached for the full system, but was reached for individual elements and subsystems.
The data acquisition and control elements of the CO2 ring system developed by the consortium are non-commercial, but the measurements taken with the system do satisfy the requirements of the project. The hardware has proven to be robust, from the commercial optical sources, through the optical fibre distribution and to the opto-mechanics. Translation of the frame into the testbed did cause significant damage, as did the removal of the wind deflectors. However, once a beam has been shown to be aligned and operational it remains so over several years, only requiring minor fine alignment to improve optical output.
nvPM measurement has not been demonstrated as an integrated commercial system but its individual hardware subsystems have all been used successfully in the target environment (TRL 6). Time-integrated (2 μs) laser induced incandescence (LII) signals have been acquired with high SNR across the full range of engine conditions. These signals show high repeatability, remaining stable over several minutes under constant engine operating conditions. The signals also show the expected variation with engine speed and correlate well with in-stack extractive measurements. The other major system component, the system GUI, has been demonstrated in laboratory tests (TRL 4).
Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far
Multi-beam optical hardware for CO2 measurement has been developed and installed including a Tuneable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy source at TRL6, a commercially available Thulium Doped Fibre Amplifier and a fibre network. A prototype of data acquisition and processing HUB unit has been developed, which will integrate firmware development. To allow the correct installation of the HUB, some modifications to the cable system have been carried out: replacement of power supply connectors around the CO2 ring; installation of new Ethernet and coaxial cables from gantry to Measurement room; a cabinet for HUBs operation was installed in the gantry. Additionally, two maintenance campaigns were carried out in M20 and in M25, to align the emitters and receivers from the CO2 system.
On the other hand, regarding the GUI software, it has been designed, and tested, integrating control/diagnostic and data acquisition of system hardware as well as control of post-processing algorithms.
By the end of the project, all required nvPM measurement hardware had been developed, installed and demonstrated in the target environment. This included a laser excitation source, an LII detection camera, and supplementary timing, recording, and measurement hardware. This final implementation features several improvements over that used in the initial stages of the project. These address: (i) the degradation in the laser output beam due to the vibration level on the gantry; (ii) reduced detection camera integration time and increased light collection to maximize SNR in the presence of testbed lighting; (iii) permanent beam profiling to support improved data interpretation; and, (iv) relocation of the system such that its use requires no change in the detuner position, increasing the system's acceptability to engine owners. The resulting system was installed and used in engine tests during M38-40. These tests confirmed the viability of collecting LII signals from VHBR exhaust, across the full range of engine speeds in both on and off axis positions. Unfortunately, these tests ended earlier than expected (for reasons unrelated to CIDAR), before dynamic imaging (under GUI control) could be tested. Testing of the system GUI's ability to control the system's hardware and dynamic scanning of the laser has, however, been carried out in UNIMAN labs. The nvPM measurement system has been shown to be capable of detecting LII in the time-integrated regime within the confines of the test cell at a spatial resolution significantly better than the 10 cm objective.
An nvPM system calibration rig has been developed (at Strathclyde) to relate LII intensity measurements to nvPM concentration, using a representative source of soot (Argonaut soot generator). The soot volume fraction in the calibration rig was determined by extinction and the uniformity of the plume was verified by performing planar LII imaging. These experiments were performed for a range of laser fluences, leading to the determination of a fluence-dependent calibration factor. This calibration is adjusted for beam diameter, laser pulse energy, axial signal integration distance and signal collection geometry. LII signal generation has been modelled for this bespoke configuration (by Strathclyde), which allowed us to characterise the influence of primary particle size on time-integrated LII signals. Beam propagation models have been developed (UNIMAN) to simulate laser beam breakup due to propagation through turbulence, and LII signals generated by the resulting non-uniform beams have been modelled (Strathclyde). The resulting data have been used to inform the interpretation of experimental results but larger datasets of beam profiles recorded at the test-bed are needed to develop this further.
A test plan has been prepared to validate the CO2 and nvPM/soot measurement systems on real engine testing and evaluate the performance stability of the systems over time and environment. In the case of the nvPM system, this plan was partially implemented during the M40 trials.
The results obtained with both systems (CO2 and nvPM) are very promising. These results show the expected variation with engine speed. Besides, results obtained with nvPM system correlate well with in-stack extractive measurements. In the framework of the project, seven papers have been published and eleven conferences have been attended.
Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)
In the framework of CIDAR Project, two measurement systems to imaging large engine exhaust CO2 and nvPM emissions have been developed. These systems allow a faster and more accurate detection of volume fractions in parallel to routine engine testes without affecting engine performance, reducing the engine core optimisation time and cost.
The idea is to continue to develop the CO2 and nvPM/soot imaging measurement system through funding. Things like vibration, temperature measurements, packaging, and alignment of the lasers need to be improved.
To the best of our knowledge there is no alternative technology to quantify the concentration of chemical species like CO2 apart from this developed in this project. For this reason, the impact of the project on aeroengines and emission measurements remains relevant.
Dodecagonal structure for non-intrusive measurement of CO2 engine emissions
Mounting of the dodecagonal structure and engine for CO2 imaging measurement
Last update: 2 March 2022