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Q: Configuring Pins Mode Beaglebone In the beagleboard or beaglebone are different modes to work the pin. With the previous kernel they are located in /sys/kernel/debug/omap_mux. Do u know with the last Kernel where are those files?

A: Don Branson's answer is a great introduction on how to read GPIO pins, but unfortunately it does not cover how you can change a pin's mode, e.g. from GPIO to SPI. This became more complicated with kernels 3.8.13 (?) and up.  For a number of reasons, the kernel developers switched to the "device tree model".
As of now, the details on how to use the device-tree-models seem to be in flux, so I will only describe the general process. You start out by describing the pins that you want to interact with in a file called "device tree source". The pins and their modes are specified using hexadecimals numbers that you have to look up in the documentation of the processor.
You then compile this file using dtc into a "device tree binary" and place this binary into /lib/firmware. Finally, you enable the pin modes by echoing the name of the binary file (you can omit the .dtb extension) to /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots.
A very informative example is layed out in this great blogpost:
http://hipstercircuits.com/enable-spi-with-device-tree-on-beaglebone-black-copy-paste/
I will try to expand my answer as I learn more about this topic myself. Or maybe someone can suggest edits or hopefully even a more expansive answer of their own? The information that is currently available seems to be a bit sparse...
The best of luck to you!

A: I found what I needed here: http://www.armhf.com/index.php/using-beaglebone-black-gpios/.
I'm running kernel 3.8.13.
Based on that, I wrote this script:
#!/bin/bash

# http://www.armhf.com/index.php/using-beaglebone-black-gpios/
# pin 9:11, gpio0[30] - 0 + 30 = 30
echo 30 > /sys/class/gpio/export
echo in > /sys/class/gpio/gpio30/direction
cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio30/value

# 1=switch open; 0=switch closed
while [ 1 ] ; do cat /sys/class/gpio/gpio30/value ; sleep .5 ; done

When the pin is held low, the script displays 0, and 1 when high. I breadboarded a circuit based on http://www.digikey.com/us/en/techzone/microcontroller/resources/articles/protecting-inputs-in-digital-electronics.html.
The orange wires on the right side of the pic act as a switch.
My plan is to then take this and a door switch from a dead printer to make a freezer switch. Then I'll modify the script to email me when the freezer's been open for more than say, 10 minutes.

Edit:
Did some study and found more info on how to set pinmux, specifically with device tree overlays:
Okay, watched  this, and learned a lot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wui_wU1AeQc
Was able to finally get control over pinmux settings on the BBB with the  device tree overlay below. The fragment@1 section is still magic to me, so at some point hopefully it'll make more sense. Nevertheless, at least I can detect closed switches on all for pins.
One critical piece was the chart in Derek's project here: https://github.com/derekmolloy/boneDeviceTree/tree/master/docs
/dts-v1/;
/plugin/;

/ {
        compatible = "ti,beaglebone", "ti,beaglebone-black";
        part-number = "mousetraps";
        version = "00A1";

        /* https://github.com/derekmolloy/boneDeviceTree/blob/master/docs/BeagleboneBlackP9HeaderTable.pdf */
        fragment@0{
                target = <&am33xx_pinmux>;
                __overlay__ {
                        mousetrap_pins: pinmux_mousetrap_pins {
                            pinctrl-single,pins = <
                                    0x070 0x2f /* P9_11 30 INPUT MODE7 none */
                                    0x074 0x2f /* P9_13 31 INPUT MODE7 none */
                                    0x040 0x2f /* P9_15 48 INPUT MODE7 none */
                                    0x15c 0x2f /* P9_17 05 INPUT MODE7 none */
                            >;
                        };
                };
        };

        fragment@1{
                target = <&ocp>;
                __overlay__ {
                        test_helper: helper {
                                compatible = "bone-pinmux-helper";
                                pinctrl-names = "default";
                                pinctrl-0 = <&mousetrap_pins>;
                                status = "okay";
                        };
                };
        };
};

A: Check out this set of device tree files:
https://github.com/nomel/beaglebone/tree/master/gpio-header
It allows you to change the gpio mux mode on the fly.
I just tried them and they seem to work.

A: Writing device tree overlay files is hard and particularly annoying if you're trying to play around with the device, as opposed to releasing a product.  The config-pin utility helps out.
It allows querying and setting the pins to any of the modes they allow.  You'll still need a device tree overlay to allow the mode you want, but there is a cape that allows everything, so you don't need to worry about it; it's called cape-universal.  config-pin uses the pin number on the connector as pin names.  For example, to set the pin known as P8.11, pin 13, gpio45 and gpio1_13 (that's one pin) to mode 6, also known as pr1_pru0_pru_r30_15 (which set the pin to output, controlled by pru 0 through bit 15 in register 30), you would do:
# The first line only needs to be done once; it loads the cape overlay.
config-pin overlay cape-universal
config-pin P8.11 pruout

You can run config-pin without arguments for information on other options, used for querying pin options and state.  The program can also be used to set the value (as opposed to the mode) of gpio pins.

A: I found many of the examples provided at hipstercircuits to be a bit overwhelming; especially if you're just looking to adjust the pins to mode 7. If anyone reading this is having the same issue, the following link may help: http://bbbadventures.blogspot.ca/2013/06/pinmuxing.html It provides the most basic template.
Should the link above break, here's the snippet provided (with a few tweaks for clarity):
/*
* Copyright (C) 2012 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*/
/dts-v1/;
/plugin/;

/ { compatible = "ti,beaglebone", "ti,beaglebone-black";
    /* identification */
    part-number = "pinctrl-test-0";
    fragment@0 {
        target = <&am33xx_pinmux>;
        __overlay__ {
            pinctrl_test: pinctrl_test_0_pins {
                pinctrl-single,pins = <
                    0x030 0x07 /* P8_12 OUTPUT | MODE7 */
                    0x034 0x07 /* P8_11 OUTPUT | MODE7 */
                    /* Add more pins here */
                >;
            };
        };
    };

    fragment@1 {
        target = <&ocp>;
        __overlay__ {
            test_helper: helper {
                compatible = "bone-pinmux-helper";
                pinctrl-names = "default";
                pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_test>;
                status = "okay";
            };
        };
    };
};

When adding more pins to the above snippet, you can use the following tables to identify which hex values match the pins:

*

*https://github.com/derekmolloy/boneDeviceTree/blob/master/docs/BeagleboneBlackP8HeaderTable.pdf?raw=true

*https://github.com/derekmolloy/boneDeviceTree/blob/master/docs/BeagleboneBlackP9HeaderTable.pdf?raw=true
Each pin is set by appending an additional entry into pinctrl-single,pins. The format looks like this:
[offset] [mode]
Example: 0x030 0x07
In the two tables linked above refer to the third column, entitled "ADDR/OFFSET", for the offset value.
I hope this helps :)
Edit: I should also mention that the answers provided by Martin and Don are both excellent should help cover the rest of the important details.

A: As it was asked above I will explain the fragment@n magic...the "fragment@n", "target" and "overlay" nodes are specific to the device tree overlay loader which patches an existing Device Tree. These nodes do not end up in the final merged DT, they are just there to tell the overlay loader what to do.
Overlay files can have multiple "patches" to the tree so to speak. Each fragment@n just declares a new patch, the "target" specifies where in the device tree the patch will be copied into and the "overlay" is the contents of the patch. Contents are merged and existing nodes are replaced. Targets can use actual DT path syntax (nodes separated by /) or aliases which is used here (&ocp and &am33xx_pinmux). Aliases are set for important nodes in the DT already.
The "compatible", "part-number" and "version" at the top are also specific to overlays and typically used like filters to determine if an overlay is supported on current hardware. All overlay files have specific syntax up to the overlay node at which point the inner contents is plain old device tree syntax. Kernels may support Device Tree but not overlays in which case you might have to copy and paste fragments into a single DTS/DTB yourself.DT and DTO is a beautiful system for embedded systems and drivers but takes getting used to.

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The Ovens Murray Regional Partnership includes the local government areas of: Alpine Shire; Benalla Rural City; Indigo Shire; Mansfield Shire; Towong Shire; Wangaratta Rural City; Wodonga City.
The Ovens Murray Regional Partnership borders the Murray River to the north. With unique access to Victoria's high country, the region is best known for its lifestyle advantages and thriving tourism sector based on cycling, snow, nature-based tourism, food, wine, craft beer and cultural heritage.


Yes Concrete Sealing is one of those jobs we all like to put off. The weather has to be right, then the concrete must be pressure cleaned, then left to dry, the beer fridge must be full, you have convinced the better half you will get it done, and only then are you ready to seal.
The sealing process itself is the easy bit, just a few hours to roll on a coat of concrete sealer and you can let out that sigh of relief for another few good years.
So why is Concrete Sealer important?
That investment we made years ago is one of the first things that someone sees when they arrive at your home. Your driveway!
It could be stencil concrete, stamped concrete, pavers, plain or coloured concrete, and that first impression could be your first topic of conversation.
The colour is wearing, it looks faded, why has it gone white, gee you are getting a bit slack and even more importantly that this very topic of conversation has just earned you the scorn of your wife…why haven't you done that yet!
Concrete Sealer protects your investment from wear and tear, makes it easy to clean, renews the colour and gives it that wet look. Done right it leaves a great impression with visitors and neighbours and especially home buyers if you are trying to sell your property.
We all mow, we all weed, we all paint, but it is that big piece of the complete maintenance puzzle that can spoil all our other good work. So go on! Seal!
At the very least your minister for war and finances can cross this item off her reminder portfolio.
So I don't think it is really a question of importance but a question of how soon can I schedule in sealing my concrete.


The Rye Foreshore Market is a fundraiser and community event and has been run by the Rotary Club for over 20 years.
There are a variety of stalls with fruit and vegetables and plants for sale, along with homemade products such as jams and soaps as well as kitchen items, tools and clothing.
Our own custom-built food van is there every month providing hot food including egg and bacon rolls, hamburgers, sausages in bread, hot dogs, steamed dim sims and jam donuts as well as cold drinks and café style coffee.


This section of rocks is located just below the area known as Berkeley Camp, which is a section of National forest land that is leased by the city of Berkeley, and is known as Berkeley Municipal Camp. This rock can be seen from highway 50 below, though it is nearly invisible from the camp itself.
8 climbs, 7 sport and one aid route exist on rocks that vary between 40 and 60 feet in height, on excellent vertical to slightly overhung granite. All climbing is sport, and routes are very well protected.
All climbs face East and North, so you will find yourself in the shade in the afternoons.
Most climbs sit underneath the Berkeley Camp lodge, though one climb known as Berkeley Bezerker (5.11a?) sits apart from the other climbing about 100 yards south, and starts on a large dead tree stump in a separate section of the same cliff band.
When wandering from established trails, there is a small chance of unexploded ordnance from avalanche control work.
Just an FYI - the Berkeley Camp staff request that climbers check in at the office while camp is in session, and there are signs up stating this. They've always been super friendly to me, and the reason is that they are in charge of a bunch of kids, and don't really want strangers just walking through camp without checking in. Bottom line is: be friendly to the staff there so climbers remain on good terms with the camp.
Instead of heading up to the Echo Lake parking lot on Echo Pass road, head only about 1 1/2 miles up, where you will see a sign stating "Berkeley Camp Parking" with an arrow pointing to the left. You can park on the road here, or go into the parking lot if the road is full. Walk accross the street to the area full of some covered structures, and some uncovered structures known as Berkeley Camp.
Walk about 250 yards to the Northeast section of Berkeley Camp (the left end, not very far in) to the large structure known (by the sign on the front) as the Lodge. It's also easily indentified because there's a paved basketball court in front of it. Walk behind the Lodge around the short fence, and down the narrow gully. All climbs will be on your left, except Berkeley Berzerker, which is about 100 yards to the southeast in the next section of cliffs.


Pathfinder in flight over Hawaii.
An aircraft that could stay aloft all day, powered only by sunlight.
An aircraft that is no more than a flying wing, able to maneuver without rudders, ailerons, tails, or other control surfaces typical of conventional aircraft.
An aircraft that flies without an onboard human pilot, but instead is controlled remotely from a ground station.
At the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, CA, imagination has become reality, and that reality is the Pathfinder solar-powered, remotely piloted aircraft.
The Pathfinder is a lightweight, solar-powered, remotely piloted flying wing aircraft that is demonstrating the technology of applying solar power for long-duration, high-altitude flight. It is literally the pathfinder for a future fleet of solar-powered aircraft that could stay airborne for weeks or months on scientific sampling and imaging missions.
Solar arrays covering most of the upper wing surface provide power for the aircraft's electric motors, avionics, communications and other electronic systems. Pathfinder also has a backup battery system that can provide power for between two and five hours to allow limited-duration flight after dark.
Pathfinder was designed, built and is operated by AeroVironment, Inc., of Monrovia, CA, the firm that developed the pioneering Gossamer Penguin and Solar Challenger solar-powered aircraft in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Pathfinder was first developed for a now-canceled classified government program in the early 1980's to develop a high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft for surveillance purposes. Known as the HALSOL (for High-Altitude SOLar) aircraft, its eight electric motors — later reduced to six — were first powered by batteries. After that project was canceled, the aircraft was placed in storage for 10 years before being resurrected for a brief program under the auspices of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) in 1993. With the addition of small solar arrays, five low-altitude checkout flights were flown under the BMDO program at NASA Dryden in the fall of 1993 and early 1994 on a combination of solar and battery power.
After that program was ended, the aircraft was adopted into NASA's newly-established Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project in late 1994. After further flight tests at Dryden that year, additional solar cells were added, eventually covering most of the upper surface of the wing. Pathfinder was then brought back for another series of development flights at NASA Dryden in 1995. On Sept. 11, 1995, Pathfinder reached an altitude of 50,500 feet, setting a new altitude record for solar-powered aircraft. The National Aeronautic Association presented the NASA-industry team with an award for one of the "10 Most Memorable Record Flights" of 1995.
After additional upgrades and one checkout flight at Dryden in late 1996, Pathfinder was transported to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Barking Sands, Kaua'i, HI, in April, 1997. Kaua'i was chosen as an optimum location for testing the solar-powered Pathfinder due to predictable weather patterns, high levels of sunlight, available airspace and radio frequencies and the diversity of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems for validating scientific imaging applications. While in Hawaii, Pathfinder flew seven high-altitude flights from PMRF, one of which reached a world altitude record for propeller-driven as well as solar-powered aircraft of 71,530 feet.
During 1998, the Pathfinder was modified into the longer-winged Pathfinder-Plus configuration. On Aug. 6, 1998, the modified aircraft was flown to a record altitude of 80,201 feet for propeller-driven aircraft on the third of a series of developmental test flights from PMRF on Kaua'i. The goal of the flights was to validate new solar, aerodynamic, propulsion and systems technology developed for the Pathfinder's successor, the Centurion/Helios Prototype, which was designed to reach and sustain altitudes in the 100,000-foot range.
Essentially a transitional vehicle between the Pathfinder and the follow-on solar wings, the Pathfinder-Plus is a hybrid of the technology that was employed on Pathfinder and developed for Centurion/Helios.
The most noticeable change is the installation of a new 44-foot-long center wing section that incorporates a high-altitude airfoil designed for Centurion/Helios. The new section is twice as long as the original Pathfinder center section and increases the overall wingspan of the craft from 98.4 feet to 121 feet. The new center section is topped by more-efficient silicon solar cells developed by SunPower Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, that can convert almost 19 percent of the solar energy they receive to useful electrical energy to power the craft's motors, avionics, and communication systems. That compares with about 14-percent efficiency for the older solar arrays that cover most of the surface of the mid- and outer wing panels from the original Pathfinder. Maximum potential power was boosted from about 7,500 watts on Pathfinder to about 12,500 watts on Pathfinder-Plus.
In addition, the Pathfinder-Plus is powered by eight electric motors, two more than powered the previous version of Pathfinder. Designed for the Centurion/Helios Prototype follow-on solar wings, the motors are slightly more efficient than the original Pathfinder motors. The Pathfinder-Plus also validated a new flight control system for the Centurion/Helios Prototype, although only the Pathfinder's own system actually controlled the motors and control surfaces.
Major science activities of Pathfinder missions have included detection of forest nutrient status, forest re-growth after damage caused by Hurricane Iniki in 1992, sediment/algal concentrations in coastal waters and assessment of coral reef health. Science activities are coordinated by the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, and include researchers at the University of Hawaii and the University of California.
Thus far, Pathfinder has flight tested two new scientific instruments, a high spectral resolution Digital Array Scanned Interferometer (DASI) and a high spatial resolution Airborne Real-Time Imaging System (ARTIS), both developed at Ames. These flights were conducted at altitudes between 22,000 and 49,000 feet in 1997.
During the summer of 2002, the Pathfinder-Plus flew several demonstration missions to confirm the practical utility of high-flying, remotely piloted, environmentally friendly solar aircraft for commercial purposes. A two-flight series in July funded by Japanese communications interests and AeroVironment emphasized its potential as a platform for telecommunications relay services, and another NASA-funded demonstration in September saw the Pathfinder-Plus soaring aloft on a NASA-sponsored coffee harvest optimization imaging mission. Both missions were flown from PMRF on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i.
Remotely piloted, solar-powered aircraft similar to Pathfinder, such as the follow-on Helios ultra-long-duration flying wing now being developed, could spend long periods over the ocean, monitoring storm developments to provide more accurate hurricane predictions. These aircraft also could be used to monitor major croplands, forests and other large, remote expanses to provide early warning of crop damage or fires. In addition to their commercial communications relay potential, they could also be instrumental in quickly establishing emergency communications links for recovery and relief workers in areas struck by natural disasters where existing communications infrastructure has been crippled.
Pathfinder in flight over California's Mojave Desert.
Pathfinder is one of several remotely piloted aircraft being evaluated under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project. The ERAST project is one of NASA's initiatives designed to develop the new technologies needed to continue America's leadership in the highly competitive aerospace industry.
Additional technologies considered by the joint NASA-industry ERAST Alliance include lightweight materials, avionics, sensor technology, aerodynamics, and other forms of propulsion suitable for extreme altitudes and duration. The most extreme mission envisioned for solar-powered aircraft such as Pathfinder's successor, the Helios, would reach altitudes of up to 100,000 feet for science and commercial applications, as well as fly for weeks or months at a time on extended duration missions with the assistance of a fuel cell-based supplemental energy system for nighttime flight.
The ERAST project is sponsored by the Office of Aerospace Technology at NASA Headquarters, and is managed by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
Gross weight: Pathfinder about 560 lb (252 kg.); Pathfinder-Plus about 700 lb (315 kg.).
Airspeed: Approx. 17-20 mph cruise.
Power: Arrays of solar cells, maximum output: Pathfinder— about 7,500 watts; Pathfinder-Plus— about 12,500 watts.
Motors: Pathfinder, six electric motors; Pathfinder-Plus, eight electric motors, 1.5 kW maximum each.
Endurance: About 14 to 15 hours, daylight limited with two to five hours on backup batteries.
Glide ratio (power off): Pathfinder— 18 to 1; Pathfinder-Plus —21 to 1.
Manufacturer: AeroVironment, Inc., Monrovia, CA.
Primary materials: Carbon fiber, Nomex, Kevlar, plastic sheeting and plastic foam.


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One country, one system
July 1 marked the 20th anniversary of the United Kingdom's handover of Hong Kong to China, under a model called "one country, two systems".
But an unavoidable question will hang over the official commemorations: Is there really anything to celebrate?
If you had asked Deng Xiaoping, the architect of the "one country, two systems" model, what the handover's 20th anniversary would look like, he might have said that Hong Kong's residents would be toasting to their prosperity and liberty.
China's leaders, for their part, would be showcasing their credibility and governing capacity, finally quieting the chorus of naysayers who had doubted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the sincerity of its promises to Hong Kong.
But the reality is very different.
Today, scenes that would have been unthinkable in Hong Kong in 1997 — mass anti-China demonstrations, the election of anti-CCP radicals to the city's legislature, open calls for independence — have become routine.
To be sure, powerful economic forces — including China's rise, globalisation, high inequality and soaring property prices — have buffeted Hong Kong since 1997, undermining the city's competitiveness and contributing to social discontent.
But, while adverse socioeconomic factors have exacerbated popular frustration, the mass protests that have become a fact of life in the city are quintessentially political protests centred on the rights of Hong Kong's people.
Against this background, few would call "one country, two systems" a success.
In fact, the model was probably doomed from the start, owing to several fatal flaws that are embedded in its structure.
For starters, the language committing China to respect the democratic rights of the people of Hong Kong was deliberately vague.
Even the joint declaration signed by the British and Chinese governments in 1984, which set the stage for the 1997 handover, offered the somewhat imprecise promise that the chief executive would be appointed by China "on the basis of the results of elections or consultations to be held locally".
Moreover, the only party with the power to enforce the terms of the joint declaration, not to mention Hong Kong's mini-constitution known as the Basic Law, is the central government in Beijing.
As a result, China's leaders could fail to honour the spirit or even the explicit terms of their commitments with impunity.
The current radicalisation of Hong Kong citizens, particularly its young people, reflects a desire to change that, and make China pay a price for reneging on its promise of "self-rule" and responding to dissent with repression.
There is one more feature of the "one-country, two systems" scheme that has doomed it: China's deliberate decision to rule Hong Kong through crony capitalists. As ironic as it may sound, China's so-called communists apparently trust Hong Kong's tycoons more than its masses (perhaps because buying off tycoons costs a lot less).
But, because their loyalty lies with their backers in Beijing, not the people of the city they administer, Hong Kong's crony capitalists are bad politicians.
Under the CCP, they have gained power and privileges that were unattainable under British rule. But that has made them unresponsive to their constituency as it becomes increasingly alienated from their patrons. As a result, China's proxies have failed spectacularly at securing popular legitimacy.
Consider the fate of Hong Kong's chief executives, hand picked by China's rulers to run the city.
The first, Tung Chee-hwa, faced a half-million protesters in 2003; in 2005, halfway through his second term, his ever-growing unpopularity drove him to resign. Tung's successor, Donald Tsang, completed his two terms, but just barely, and he was jailed for corruption (along with his number two) after leaving office.
Leung Chun-ying, who came next, was such a disaster that China's rulers had to cashier him after just one term.
Of course, the "one country, two systems" approach has not been an unmitigated disaster.
Given the vast cultural, economic and institutional gaps between Hong Kong and the mainland, things could have been much worse. But that does not make it a sustainable model. In fact, it may well already be dead.
In the back of their minds, China's leaders have always sought to move towards a "one country, one system" model for Hong Kong.
Deng thought that such a transition would take 50 years, but it took his successors only 20, and they didn't even fully realise it was happening.
Whatever policies Chinese authorities pursue in Hong Kong between now and 2047, the goal will be to make the present — particularly the absence of political rights — look more and more like the future.
The writer is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and the author of "China's Crony Capitalism". ©Project Syndicate, 2017. www.project-syndicate.org
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The limits of China's charm offensive
The Sino-American cold war's collateral damage
China is losing the new Cold War
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TPP's second act
China's one-child calamity
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claire hanna
emma little pengelly
uk election 19
Final countdown: On the doorsteps with the DUP and SDLP in one of the North's tightest races
The SDLP and the DUP are locked in a tight contest in Belfast South.
By Dominic McGrath Wednesday 11 Dec 2019, 11:59 PM
Image: PA/PA Images
VOTERS IN THE North will go to the polls tomorrow in an election all parties are promising could help determine the direction of Brexit.
For once, the election is proving difficult to predict. In North Down, it's a too-close-to-call race to decide who the successor to Independent unionist Lady Sylvia Hermon might be, while in North Belfast Sinn Féin candidate John Finucane is in contention to unseat DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds.
But it's in Belfast South, a constituency that covers everything from the student flats of the city centre to the leafy suburbs of the Malone Road, where the battle between the forces of Remain and Leave will be most closely watched.
The SDLP's Claire Hanna is aiming to unseat the DUP's Emma Little Pengelly, who pulled off something of a surprise victory at the 2017 election to defeat former SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell.
Two years later, some are predicting Little Pengelly may lose it amid a growing dissatisfaction with the DUP over Brexit.
In Westminster, she has joined her DUP colleagues in voting repeatedly against first Theresa May's and now Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
Today, out doing a final canvas with her dad, a loyalist activist, the DUP candidate is bullish about her prospects tomorrow.
"This was always going to be a tight race. The SDLP won it by a couple of thousand votes in 2015, we won it for the DUP by 2,000 votes in 2017," she says. "Then you add onto that that Sinn Féin have pulled out, of course it makes it more challenging," she tells TheJournal.ie.
Sinn Féin's decision not to contest the race in a bid not to split the Remain vote was a key moment in the campaign and immediately left Little Pengelly facing a serious struggle.
But "a lot of people are very animated, particularly about the union", she says.
Some voters, she adds, will always "wobble" – but that's the nature of politics.
Still, the largest party in the North could be in for something of a seismic shock. Commentators have warned that both Leave and Remain unionist voters, armed with plenty of grievances over the DUP's botched approach to Brexit and doomed pact with Boris Johnson, could punish the party at the polls tomorrow.
"People aren't happy about the way Brexit has been handled, no matter what side," Little Pengelly admits.
This morning, campaigning in the Belvoir area of the city, her focus was on encouraging turnout.
The SDLP's campaign literature in Belfast South. Source: TheJournal.ie
One particular working class district, Drumart Square, is an example of the kinds of places Little Pengelly is relying on – she says that support levels for the DUP are at 60% to 70%.
Two flats loom over the square - locals say that residents were meant to be re-housed after the Grenfell disaster in London, but nothing has happened so far. With a tattered flag on a lamp-post calling for no prosecutions for the British soldiers involved in Bloody Sunday, it seems as safe a DUP spot as you might find in Belfast.
But one woman, who didn't give her name, told TheJournal.ie that many in the area would only be backing the DUP reluctantly in this election. Many, she said, thought that the delays to Brexit had become a "betrayal".
People will be voting for the party out of fear of a united Ireland, she said.
It's a concern that the DUP has been trying to tap into. On Little Pengelly's leaflets, she tells people that only the DUP can "protect Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom".
Critics of the DUP would say it's Arlene Foster who has helped place it in jeopardy. But Little Pengelly says that people will understand that the blame should lie squarely with Johnson.
Besides, she argues that the election is about much more than Brexit.
And she's not wrong. The election has coincided with a genuine crisis in the North's healthcare system – workers are currently fighting for pay parity with the rest of the UK and increased staffing levels.
A major healthcare strike is expected next week and the crisis has dominated media coverage here in recent weeks. Staff across a vast array of NHS services are expected to take to picket lines across the North next Wednesday.
"On the doors, it hasn't just been a Brexit election. Brexit of course comes up, it comes up in certain areas more than others. But ultimately, what comes up the most is health and no Northern Ireland Assembly," says Little Pengelly.
She says she has been trying to assure people that the DUP wants the Assembly, which collapsed nearly three years ago, to return.
"We didn't collapse the Assembly, we have been willing to go back immediately. We are not for asking for anything to go back," she says.
A short journey away in a middle-class suburb of Carryduff, which is home to voters with a wider array of party allegiances, Claire Hanna is hearing the same concerns. On one doorstep, a woman bemoans the state of the healthcare system in the North and the length of the waiting lists.
She also asks why the Executive still hasn't returned.
10.12.19 SDLP leader says he's 'disgusted' as fake leaflets asking for donations sent to potential voters
07.11.19 The North's only independent MP is standing down - get set for a potentially nasty battle for her seat
04.11.19 It'll be a head-to-head between the DUP and SF as the SDLP stands aside in Belfast North
It would have been better if it never collapsed, sighs Hanna. But she says there are signs that the North's parties might be willing to get around a table again.
Hanna, an MLA for the area, says she has been hearing similar concerns for weeks. The SDLP candidate and her team of 120 campaigners have been stressing that she is a local, a Remainer and an expert on Brexit.
However, it was only in February that her future seemed uncertain after she opposed the SDLP's partnership with Fianna Fáil.
"I remember saying about three weeks ago, 'God, I wish the election was today, I would definitely have won', because there was a real motivation and enthusiasm. And then it has just inevitably dragged on a little bit and it's Christmassy and people have shit to do," she says.
Still, she is quietly confident ahead of tomorrow's vote.
"We have done everything we can. I'm not into sporting analogies, but we have done everything we can, we have left nothing behind," she says.
Hanna is seen as something of the favourite. Sinn Féin polled over 7,000 votes in 2017 and if the party's supporters back her, she has a strong chance of winning.
However, Hanna disagrees that the Sinn Féin backing was a pivotal moment. Instead, she sees the Green Party's blessing as the one that could help swing the election.
"That really substantially contributed to it being a post-sectarian campaign and took it outside of what could have been perceived as a nationalist thing, because I think the Greens are well respected for being beyond that," she says.
We're knocking on every door this time, because we need people coming from Alliance, Green, Sinn Féin, Ulster Unionist and non-voters. And we're finding it.
It's not the only backing she's got. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour have all fallen over themselves to help Hanna's campaign, with even a bus load of Young Fine Gaelers joining her on the campaign trail.
Today, her campaign team is somewhat older – no one on the team today was under 50. But Hanna says that hasn't been the trend throughout the campaign, which has attracted a lot of twenty- and thirty- somethings who are beginning to be discontented with the state of the public services in the North.
Her last piece of campaign literature – which prompted coos and chuckles from canvassers today – asks voters if they want a "scared future" – underscored by photos of Little Pengelly, Johnson and Ian Paisely Jnr – or a "shared future".
Dramatic campaign literature aside, the party has been making pains to stress it's taking a positive approach to the campaign. However, that doesn't stop it hoping that disaffection will deliver votes tomorrow.
"I think the support is there. It's just the extent we can turn it out," she says.
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Simarouba é um género botânico pertencente à família  Simaroubaceae.

Espécies
Simarouba amara
Simarouba berteroana
Simarouba glauca
Simarouba laevis
Simarouba monophylla
Simarouba obovata
Simarouba officinalis
Simarouba opaca
Simarouba tulae
Simarouba versicolor

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Tropical Plant Database

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The US Food and Drug Administration has ordered GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), maker of the controversial diabetes drug Avandia, to halt enrollment in the TIDE (Thiazolidinedione Intervention With Vitamin D Evaluation) trial, designed to compare the cardiovascular safety of Avandia to that of the diabetes drug Actos in people with Type 2. This decision comes a week after an FDA advisory panel voted to allow Avandia to remain on the market, but with a majority of the panelists calling for label revisions and restrictions on the drug.
Under the partial clinical hold, no new participants may be enrolled in the trial until further notice from the FDA, but those who are already enrolled will be allowed to continue to participate. The trial, which was requested by the FDA, is being conducted by an independent research group and aims to study 16,000 people in 14 countries before the year 2015. As of last week, about 1,100 people had volunteered for the trial.
The FDA has instructed GSK to update researchers, review boards, and ethics committees involved in the trial with regard to safety data and votes from last week's meeting of the FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Committee. (The panel voted 19–11 in favor of keeping the trial open if Avandia remains on the US market.) This new information could be used to revise the informed consent forms for those currently enrolled in the trial.
In a joint statement, the American Diabetes Association, the Endocrine Society, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists noted that the FDA's announcement is specific to the TIDE trial, and urged people with questions about their diabetes treatment to speak with their health-care providers.
For more information, see the article "FDA Orders Enrollment Freeze on Rosiglitazone Trial" or see the statement posted on the FDA's Web site.


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We are delighted to welcome back Fleetingwood Mac after their amazing sell out performance at Acapela in 2017.
Not another tribute band, with tacky wigs and fancy dress outfits. Instead a band that bring across the live sound of Fleetwood Mac, with just one guitar, a keyboard, a drum kit, a man on the bass and of course, the vocals!
Fleetingwood Mac bring the classic songs that play a huge part in many people's lives to life,introducing the songs to a new generation of Fleetwood Mac fans, who weren't even born when the band were in their prime. The band do not go on stage pretending to be Fleetwood Mac, instead they perform as five young musicians who love the music, and want to share the music of one of the worlds greatest bands to a wideraudience.


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Mother's Day is celebrated to honor all mothers and express gratitude for the hardships they bear in bringing up a child. Most countries including US, Australia, Canada and India celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday of May. Mother Day came into being due to the efforts made by Ms Julia Ward Howe and Ms Anna Jarvis. The Resolution for having a dedicated 'Mother's Day was signed by US President Woodrow Wilson on May the 8th 1914. Since then people across the world have been celebrating Mothers Day with joy and devotion. Kollywood stars also celebrated the Mother's day in a fitting manner. Let's see what these stars say about their mother.
Trisha says she will never do anything without the knowledge of her mom Uma, who even talks to the press on her behalf. They go to all public functions together. Of course, mom has given her the freedom to choose her roles. Soundarya Rajnikanth, Tamil superstar Rajnikanth's daughter says her mother is the inspiration for everything. She advised her on the multi-million deals with Adlabs and Warner Bros. Vijay owes his career to his mother Shobha, who not only convinced his father Chandrasekhar to give him a break, but also invested the better part of her savings for his debut.
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Edcon recapitalisation process on course - CEO
Jan 31 2019 18:53
Sibongile Khumalo
Edcon said to be in talks for R3bn rescue funding
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Edcon chief confirms recapitalisation drive
The recapitalisation process of the country's largest clothing retailer, Edcon is moving forward at a normal pace, Chief Executive Grant Pattison said on Thursday.
Without disclosing too much about the process to secure as much as R3bn needed to save the company, Pattison told journalists that the approval process for recapitilasation was still underway.
"The approval process is moving forward as one would expect……I am still very encouraged," said Pattison.
"There is no reason to believe anything will move off track at the moment."
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which manages the pensions of public servants is said to be likely to provide R1.8bn to rescue the company, according a report by Bloomberg. Speaking at an event to announce the refurbishment of the group' s iconic Edgars shop in central Johannesburg, Pattison said he was coming out of a meeting with investors in Pretoria.
The shop on the corner of Pritchard and Joubert Streets in the CBD will be renovated by landlord SA Corporate Real Estate in a project said to cost about R86m.
READ: ANALYSIS: Is Edcon too big to fail?
The Johannesburg city centre is where the story of Edcon began, 90 years ago, with the first Edgars store opening on 6 September 1929 in Joubert Street.
"No job losses will occur as a result of the store's temporary closure and all affected Edgars employees will be accommodated at other Edcon stores for the duration of the construction," said Pattison in a statement. The giant retailer which employs more than 21 000 permanent staff and sources some of its merchandise from local factories has been on a massive restructuring path in recent months, as part of a process of becoming a leaner and more profitable business.
Several shops, particularly smaller operations have shut down, and other standalone stores incorporated into Edgars.
The Johannesburg construction expected to begin in March and completed by April 2020.The project which is supported by The City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba fits his urban renewal project which he has been championing since assuming office in 2016.
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