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The San Carlos Charter is a K-8 school just south of San Francisco serving students of San Carlos and the Peninsula. We are a progressive school that emphasizes project-based learning and interdisciplinary units. San Carlos Charter is the oldest charter school in California and one of the oldest operating charter schools in the United States. Over the last 20 years, SCC has been a leader in progressive education. We believe that fostering a nurturing and supportive community supports our students as they develop into considerate, thoughtful, ethical, and engaged citizens.
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The core components of our approach are:
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The Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan (Learning Continuity Plan) is a key part of the overall budget package for K-12 that seeks to address funding stability for schools while providing information at the local educational agency (LEA) level for how student learning continuity will be addressed during the COVID-19 crisis in the 2020–21 school year. The provisions for the plan were approved by the Governor and Legislature in June in SB 98 and can be found in EC Section 43509.
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This project fork is a quickie attempt to bring this project up to date, this readme is presently here for informational purposes only and is not to be considered accurate until this message is removed.
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# Introduction

MetaZ is an mp4 meta-data editor for OS X.
It started its life when another great meta-data editor MetaX stopped getting
updated, some of the web-services it used changed in ways that broke
functionality and it had some really anoying (to us at least) little missing
things like no proper window resizing. This lead to us starting MetaZ as a
reimplementation of MetaX with a few ideas of our own sprinkled in there.

[issues]: https://github.com/griff/metaz/issues
[flow]: http://scottchacon.com/2011/08/31/github-flow.html

# Bugs / Feature request

For bugs and feature requests you can use our [issue tracker at github](issues)

# Extras

We have created some extra resources and small plugins that were deemed to
small or silly to be included with the main program.

The classic moo from MetaX is finally available via a small MetaZ plugin you
can download from [here](https://github.com/downloads/griff/metaz/Moo.zip).
To install it simply unpack the zip file and drop the unpacked script onto the
MetaZ dock icon.

If you use [Script Debugger](http://www.latenightsw.com/) from Late Night
Software you are in luck because we have created a Script Debugger template
for MetaZ plugins which illustrate the different types of events plugins can
respond to. To get the template [click here](https://github.com/downloads/griff/metaz/MetaZ%20Plugin.sdtemplate.zip)

# Helping out

## Building

There are some files missing in the git repository that you will need if you
are going to build your own version of MetaZ.

`Plugins/Amazon/Access.h`
This file contains Amazon AWS access credentials.
Copy `Plugins/Amazon/Access_template.h` and insert your own credentials.

`App/resources/CowHead.png`
`App/resources/faded_cow*.png`
`App/resources/presets.png`
These files are mostly just taken from MetaX but since I don't have the rights
to use them they are not included in the repository.
I have though made a tar with these files and uploaded it to github:
[missing.tar.gz](http://github.com/downloads/griff/metaz/missing.tar.gz)

### Building with Xcode 5

It seems possible to build the project with Xcode 5 while still compiling with
the 10.5 SDK. What you need to do is manually install the SDK from the Xcode 3.2.6 DMG.

```bash
# Download and mount the Xcode 3.2.6 DMG from Apple

open /Volumes/Xcode\ and\ iOS\ SDK/Packages/MacOSX10.5.pkg
# Install the SDK and choose a location like your user home
# You should now have the directory MacOSX10.5.sdk in ~/SDKs

# Make a link from the Xcode 5 install location to the installed SDK
cd /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs
sudo ln -s ~/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk MacOSX10.5.sdk
```

## Contribution steps

We follow [GitHub flow][flow], as a workflow. Basically:

- Create a feature branch in your fork
- Make your change with documentation as appropriate
- Please run and test a release build before submitting a pull request!
- Submit a pull request from your branch
- Someone with commit access will review the code and merge it. This applies even if you also have commit access.

## Becoming a committer

Going forward we will follow [rubinius'
lead](http://www.programblings.com/2008/04/15/rubinius-for-the-layman-part-2-how-rubinius-is-friendly/)
and once you have one pull request accepted into MetaZ, we will add you to a
team that has push+pull access. Basically you will get a big green merge
button on other people's pull requests, and you will be able to commit those
pull requests to the griff/metaz master branch.

This _also_ means that you _could_ push your commits directly to
griff/metaz without going through a pull request. We ask that you not do
this, however, so that any code on master has been reviewed. This does not apply
to branches other than master; if there is long-term collaboration happening,
create a feature branch and feel free to push directly to that (but have
commits reviewed before merging that branch into master).

We reserve the right to take away this permission, but in general we trust you
to give it to you.

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Walter Rodney was way ahead of his time
Leo Zeilig
Rediscovered lectures Walter Rodney gave in 1978 in Hamburg shows a reflective intellectual, thinking critically about postcolonial African governance.
Walter Rodney. Image Credit Verso Blog via ROAPE.
Between April and June of 1978, Walter Rodney, then already an important intellectual for his book, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, was invited to teach a course, "One Hundred Years of Development in Africa," at the University of Hamburg.
His hosts Rainer Tetzlaff and Peter Lock, two radical lecturers at the university, recorded the lectures and full transcripts were made in 1984, including the question and answer sessions with the students. The transcripts and recordings of the lectures are kept in the archive in Atlanta. Reading them now gives one the impression of an activist and thinker in astonishing form—engaging with challenging and wide-ranging issues, the continent's history, slavery, independence, and projects of radical socialist development. Frequently interrupted by students to clarify a point or justify a statement, Rodney deals with complex issues of political economy and Marxist theory with sophistication and clarity, never losing patience, or his narrative thread. The transcripts and recordings also give a sense of Rodney's own political development, reflecting on his activism, and his current work with the working class in his native Guyana.
The lectures are deeply thoughtful, referring back to his experiences in Tanzania (where he lived and taught from 1969 to 1974 before returning to Guyana) and the conclusions that he was drawing on the weaknesses of state socialism.
Rodney began by dispensing with the widely-held notion of the working class in Africa as an "aristocracy," in some ways privileged in post-colonial state. As he explains:
In some parts of the ideological justification of Tanzanian socialism [they] come very close to saying that the worker is an exploiter of the peasantry, that the workers are part of the exploiting classes. Even though the workers earn minimum wage, even though the workers in the towns and in the countryside were in the vanguard of the struggle against colonialism.
These may seem like obvious arguments to us today, but they were not at the time. The Algerian revolutionary Frantz Fanon had made the point in 1961 that the colonial working class was one of the major beneficiaries of the settler state. In 1978 Rodney argued that this argument was now being advanced by the "petit bourgeoisie… who were trying to disseminate this idea that workers exploit the countryside." According to Rodney, this was a self-serving point that could be used against wages claims and demands "for a larger share of the surplus which they produce." These were not abstract arguments in an academic discussion, but justifications made in the organization of the Tanzanian state (and "socialist" and "capitalist" states across the continent). Julius Nyerere, the radical president of Tanzania, still in power in 1978 (he left the presidency in 1985), was fond of making such claims himself. Rodney explained: "if the workers ask for more, the bureaucratic bourgeoisie would reply, 'You are getting that at the expense of the peasants'."
On the role of the state in Tanzania, which Rodney had previously defended as a vehicle for socialist transformation, his attitude had become much more critical. After independence, the so-called official organization of workers was a farce, a process of co-option by the state—independent unions were vacuumed up into a state-controlled organization. However, in the strikes and occupations reported by Issa Shivji, Rodney's friend and well-known Tanzanian socialist and writer in his 1976 book, Class Struggles in Tanzania, and noted by Rodney, there was a new politics in formation.
Reporting on the "workerist" turn in the factory occupations in the early 1970s, in Hamburg Rodney described, "We as workers are capable of running this enterprise more efficiently than the economic bureaucracy." In direct challenge to the management of companies, workers were "making arguments that went beyond their own immediate material interests. They were carrying the class… to even higher levels by in fact posing the question who should control production."
In these struggles from below celebrated by Rodney he saw a direct challenge to a state that had declared itself socialist, and the possibility of a new society based on that class challenge. Yet, there were serious obstacles. He explained:
Even though theoretically the Tanzanian revolution accepted a greater role for workers, when they made an important policy statement in 1973 called Mwongozo [a charter of workers' rights, reviving the radical aspect of the government's ujamaa or socialist policy]… the workers themselves tried to implement the rights that was supposedly safe-guarded by Mwongozo.
As has often occurred with initiatives from above, workers themselves attempted to implement the rights that were ostensibly enshrined in the official "Mwongozo" charter. Rodney records one of these cases:
In one very important instance, workers actually took over a factory and they didn't take it over from the government, they took it over from a private owner… And they said we can run this factory which was a rubber factory, [Mount] Carmel Rubber Factory… They locked out the management and they were running the factory. And this caused the greatest excitement and fear on the part of the bureaucracy.
Rodney draws the vital and obvious conclusion, as did Tanzania's political elite:
If workers were running one factory then maybe they will run another and another. And this doesn't look too good for the economic wing of the bureaucracy… their whole rationale of production as a class would disappear if there was workers' control… so they moved to crush those initiatives.
In other words, it made no differences what the complexion of the government's rhetoric had been, the threat of these occupations and the possibilities for real transformation that they contained was the same. The strikes and occupations had to be stamped out.
Rejoicing at what the "bureaucratic bourgeoise" despised, Rodney goes on to explain to his audience, "What in English we call wild-cat strikes, [are] not strikes which the union initiates but strikes which come from below. The workers themselves decide on direct action." The "unorganized" strike, not prearranged by trade union leaders, becomes the center of Rodney's focus in these reflections. Yet it was not simply a strike, rather what the strike portends. Out of the action, away from the immediate material interests of the workers themselves, were the seeds of another society and power.
Yet these strikes raised important political questions and organizational issues and posed an uncomfortable dichotomy. So, the organized working class and the strategy of organizing workers was central but conversely, the action of unorganized workers with their spontaneous protests was vital to a genuine project of transformation. In Hamburg, Rodney was busy thinking through these issues.
Rodney argued that some sort of rehash of national liberation advocated at the time by the ruling party, TANU, in Tanzania was not enough. Nyerere, who attempted to revive the politics of liberation and "to reassert [the] liberation movement," was likely to fail. Rodney was clear about this:
My feeling is that in spite of all the rhetoric, TANU has not been transformed, that it remains a nationalist party under the control of the petit bourgeoise… incapable of providing the basis for sustained socialist transformation.
In other words, socialist change required pressure from outside the ruling party and in opposition to it, much as Rodney's Working People's Alliance (WPA) was working against Forbes Burnham's regime in Guyana. The regimes were profoundly different, but the essential class component was not. If working class struggle from below (in occupations and "wild-cat" strikes) was necessary in Guyana, it was also indispensable for the construction of socialism in Tanzania. To those who declared that there was something unique about Tanzania, Rodney was equally dismissive:
It is important to recognize that it fits within the general pattern, which we have been discussing so far by which the colonization process ended through an alliance of classes… but within this alliance the workers and the peasants never really had hegemony.
What we see in the Hamburg lectures is a shift in Rodney's work toward the self-activity—the occupations and "wild-cat strikes"—of the working class, not as one of numerous players in the revolution, but as the central organizing force. A new state would not come about by an enlightened leader, but through the frenzy of a class in the process of knowing itself, and through what it alone was capable of creating. In this scenario, the existing national bourgeoisie, in Rodney's words, and "their whole rationale of production as a class would disappear."
Tragically the full development of this politics and its realization, with the coordination and leadership of Rodney and the WPA, was broken by his murder on 13 June 1980. In circumstances still not fully investigated, Burnham decided that Rodney must be eliminated, the unity he had helped forged between the Indian and Black working class, and the struggles he had led were simply too great a threat to Burnham's hold on power.
A close friend in Tanzania, the radical lawyer, Joe Kanywanyi, describes the unique, unusual quality to Rodney's character:
He was on some kind of a mission … that he was ready to die for. Grounding with his people, living their life, eating their food, speaking their language, taking their concerns… His commitment was distinct for the cause of the poor.
Rodney's turn to the working class, recorded in his Hamburg lectures, was an important moment in an extraordinary life.
Adapted from Walter Rodney's Journey to Hamburg . (Review of African Political Economy)
Leo Zeilig is coordinator of Review of African Political Economy's website.
Between April and June of 1978, Walter Rodney, then already an important intellectual for his book, How
Revolutionary intellectuals
Issa Shivji
History will reward those thinkers whose ideals and actions remained aligned with the people.
The young Walter Rodney
Long before Walter Rodney wrote 'How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,' he was profoundly shaped by his studies in Jamaica.
What Would Julius Nyerere Do?
Albert Mkony
Recent and current leaders in Tanzania like to be compared to Mwalimu Nyerere. Take current president, John Magufuli. He has been working hard to claim Nyerere's mantle.
Racial nationalism and the political imagination
Dan Magaziner
The little-known story of how US-based Pan Africanists responded to white racism and a corrupt school system by founding their own schools in the 1960s and 1970s.


Kaveh Naficy: How can a leader affect and change innovation?
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KAVEH NAFICY: This is a very special kind of leadership. It has to do with pull. Pulling ideas out of the organization, not pushing. So it means that you manage your own ego, you manage the ego of your leadership team, that you use your position power to remove barriers in the way of innovation and that you really lead the communication, the celebration, around those great new ideas and the teams the people that were behind them.


This toy has an interesting quirk to it that you don't see often with other toys on this website. Rather than the standard tube design, this toy is a sheet with ribbing on one side. This has both an advantage and a downside.
The big advantage this toy has is its ease of maintenance. I found that cleaning the sides of the sheet much easier than I have had with other toys in the past. As such, I'd recommend it to anyone who doesn't want to worry cleaning there toys so much as using them.
However, such a sheet design makes the whole thing awkward to use. Keeping it wrapped around oneself can be a little annoying. Plus, the toy is a bit loud in use.
The material feels much softer than I would've suspected. the toy itself is an somewhat see-through pink. Not only that, the lotion packet provided in the package is actually quite a lot for the toy. In fact, I would recommend using only a little bit of it.
For ten USD, I think this toy is all-around fine for what it is. If you don't wish to spend too long cleaning your toys after use, then this is a good option for you.


On our first visit to Cascia, Pino and I warmed frozen hands over steaming bowls of roveja soup at a January rural festival. My next visit was in late May when "everything was coming up roses": devotees of Santa Rita gathered together, arms full of roses. Red ones.
Santa Rita died in Cascia on May 22, 1457 in the Augustinian convent, having entered the religious life after the murder of her husband and the death of two sons. The winter prior to her death she had asked for figs and a rose from the family garden in her home village of Roccaporena. Legend recounts that her fellow sisters – convinced she was delirious as snow covered the surrounding hills – were astounded when a relative answering her request found a rose blooming in the garden.
Roses. Rita. Inseparable. In Cascia, mementos include silk roses or rosaries emanating the perfume of roses. Rita memorabilia is all over the town and images of her gaze down at customers in bakeries, bars, butcher shops and restaurants.
On her feast day, May 22nd, a procession winds into Cascia behind young drummers, serpentining down from her home village Roccaporena, with locals in Renaissance dress portraying Santa Rita at different moments of her life – and those personages who were part of her life (her parents, her husband, her sons), many carrying roses. Strong local men in white shirts close the procession, bearing on their shoulders a statue of Santa Rita, bouquets of roses heaped at her feet, stern-faced carabinieri flanking Santa Rita and making space for her passage. Many in the throngs along the route pass roses to the carabinieri to put at the Saint's feet. Others hold roses that they will have blessed after the feast day Mass, taking the treasured blessed flowers home to relatives.
The procession winds to the Basilica di Santa Rita for the outdoor Solemn High Mass in her honor, for the Basilica itself would never hold all the crowd: Santa Rita devotees converge on Cascia every year from as far away as Sicily. And what devotion to this saint! Vincenzo from Catanzaro (Calabria), holding his little daughter Elisabetta Rita, dressed like a mini-Santa Rita in her Augustinian habit, explained this devotion to me: "e' la nostra santa suora piu' donna" ("she is the most womanly of all our saints who were nuns"), he answered, explaining that she understood the challenges of a wife and mother as she had lived those roles.
I met another "Santa Rita" in Augustinian habit in the crowd, holding aloft red roses for benediction at the Basilica. Rosa. "I am here for a fioretto of my mother, " she told me. Meaning literally "little flower", un fioretto is a good deed as thanks for a prayer answered. Rosa's childless mother had prayed to Santa Rita, solemnly promising a visit to Cascia on May 22nd as thanks if she became pregnant. Rosa's mother can no longer come: Rosa comes for her. From Naples. I met other Neapolitans, many of them elderly and with armfuls of red roses, making their annual pilgrimage to Cascia. A Pugliese woman told me proudly that their bus had departed at 3 a.m that morning from Bari for Cascia.
Santa Rita, you have a challenge.
What a lovely story and tradition. Italians are so created, hey, I know I am Italian and I am part of a team teaching a MOOC…massive open online course. http://www.Coursera.org//C.I.C. Free or for a small fee for credit which you can take all hours of the day and take as long as you need to complete.
Anne's articles are always so interesting and wonderfully presented with great photos. I feel like I am touring with her. Please keep exploring and writing about these wonderful spots so that we can take your tour and go there eventually.
Another wonderful, informative article with beautiful photos. Thank you Anne, for sharing the "happenings" in your Umbrian area.
Anne, you are such a good writer. I would love to go to this festival!
Wonderful to read, Anne. Thank you for the gift of your writing and photos.
Charming, and a tribute to female solidarity!
Anne, I loved the article. I also love red roses. I am not from Sicily and we will pray for Pino. Great images, great reporting…. bravo!!!
Grazie mille Anne, for the lovely article. We here in Philadelphia honor St. Rita at her National Shrine in much the same way as those in Cascia Italy. This celebration concurs with a Novena, procession, and the blessing of the roses. How remaarkable that our devotion for Her is shared throughout the world.
Many years ago (mid 1990s I think), the American publication,Yankee Magazine, published a recipe for making rose beads, to be strung into a necklace. I did that once, with great success. When I moved, many piles of magazines had to be left behind. The recipe was doubtless in one of those. I would be thrilled if you could find such a recipe in that region of abundant roses! Ironically, I now live a mere 10 miles from the publishing offices of Yankee Magazine. I could also see if I could get the recipe there, but it would be so much more delightful to get it from this source! Mille grazie!
Anne…….wonderful post about St. Rita…..pictures look just like what we will be experiencing Sunday (May 22) at the National Shrine of St. Rita here in South Philadelphia (PA)….procession of her statue, a sea of red roses and devotees being bussed in from all over the area. We faithfully attend, upholding the promise we made to a dear, departed aunt (but more like a Nonna) to "continue her tradition." Look forward to making "un fioretto" in her honor in Cascia someday……..thank you, again!
The post about St. Rita and the roses was fabulous. I want to be there!
How very very beautiful. Having known of Santa Rita in the Spain of my childhood – Santa Rita Rita Rita, lo que se da no se quita = St R,R,R, what one gives one does not take away – I never really knew where this saint came from nor her story. And now I know, thanks to Anne! You did it once again! Love your notes, especially this one, as I love the saints, and those of Italy particularly!
My twin sisters were born on May 22. The 1st twin was named, Rita Marie and the 2nd twin was, Marie Rita. They are both deceased and from now on, I will place a red rose on each grave.
What a winderful tradition! Thanks Anne, for bringing it to us with all the beauty in the photos and the humor in your writing. God Bless Pino!!!
I am always impressed with your description of Italian traditions, Anne. The adoration of St. Rita seems so heartfelt and sincere, and I hope the faith of her followers will continue. Thanks for sharing these photos and encounters with the people who come to the festival in Cascia.
Anne, How apropos, & God's coincidence that you write of the honor given toon's that you write about st. Rita of cascia…my bible study group gave her prayer out last Sunday….. I've read more about her since your article!!! my mother and I enjoyed you tremendously when we had you as our guide around Assisi. Umbria…..God Bless You!!!
Lovely tradition, great story and especially loved your ending!
Anne, your photos of the pilgrims doing their fiorettos to Cascia are utterly fascinating. I love every face. One photo in particular I found especially interesting, the small child dressed in an Augustinian nun's habit. That's not a sight we see often in California. These parents seem to be showing beautiful devotion to the tradition through their sweet little girl reaching for the roses on her exciting day of 'dressing up.' I love your story and photos, thank you!
Marvelous!! As tenders of many roses in out garden my wife and I were delighted with Anne's description of events in Cascia. Yet another reason to visit Italy in May.
I loved your pictures, and the people in them.
As a flower lover I find this an especially beautiful tradition.
So much enjoyed your farm tour last week too.
What a wonderful story about St. Rita! I would have loved to have been at the festivities and taken home one of those beautiful rosaries with artificial roses. Everything looks so colorful and fresh. My son graduated from Iowa State 2 weeks ago, and is very hopeful that he will find work soon. We still reminisce about the fun we had in Italy last spring!!
Anne, I really enjoyed reading about St. Rita and the beautiful devotion to her in Cascia. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Anne for the article and great pictures. Grazie mille.
What fun! Anne always makes her trips and "finds" sound so delightful. I yearn to return.
As always your article is wonderful. You are a fabulous writer and photographer. My only regret is that we could not be at Cascia with you to share the day.
Anne thank you for another beautifully written article that brings a greater understanding of Umbrian traditions. I will, from now on, think of St Rita when I tend to our red rose bush here in our garden in Western Australia.
Anne, Thank you for writing this beautiful story about Saint Rita! There is nothing like the roses of Italy and the connection of red roses to Saint Rita is truly amazing. I am going to have to add being in Umbria for her feast day next year. Thank you Anne!
Thanks to this wonderful reminder, I am over compelled to seek and beg her intercession. She is real…. She works!! What a beautiful woman to bear the trials of a challenging husband and struggles of her motherhood… It's no wonder so many seek her in these areas due to themselves experiencing the similar. I am enamored by the devotion of the Italians to her… What honor they bring!! So beautiful to see, a beautiful testimony. The saints are real… We must not be desensitized to their intercessions and active help in our lives… They WANT to help us! Praise God you were able to experience this great celebration, and thank you for sharing.
Anne taunts our curiosity to visit places in Italy one would be highly unlikely to find in any guidebook. Stick by Anne for a true taste of Italy's treasures!
Another good one from Anne…..you can tell it's her writing in the first few lines…..well written and informative….and always, great pictures….and, by the way, we recently had two great days of touring with Anne in Assisi, Spello and Gubbio…..
Thank you for another beautiful posting. I loved reading about Santa Rita and enjoyed this post as I do all others on the blog. Your pictures are fabulous. I am so looking forward to my upcoming visit to Umbria and exploring with you.
Anne, what a delightful read! Thanks so much for sharing! You are amazing! Don't know how you do all you do…and do it all so well!
What a touching recounting of the people and this special festival. I love the Italians passion for their devotion to faith, family and community. Beautiful pictures help to tell the story and make me feel as if I am there making the pilgrimage as well. Thank you for sharing, Anne, as only you can.
Wonderful tradition! Pretty pictures, Annie. Thank you very much.


I'm quite a newbie in ARM programming (even if i met this in the past) and i have a question about PWM implementations.
I'm planning to use a lpc2460 and especially PWMs and timers. Are the 2 fonctions linked? can i use all PWM channels and still have my timers free?
i've read the manual again again and still, i dont find the answer.
also, does anyone got a sample program for pwm and/or timer use? I could train myself and base my program on it.
ps:if its not clear enough, i can explain more.
In the other hand...the timers are shared for the capture/compare ports.
> i have a question about PWM implementations.
> fonctions linked? can i use all PWM channels and still have my timers free?
> i've read the manual again again and still, i dont find the answer.
> train myself and base my program on it.
> ps:if its not clear enough, i can explain more.
That's what i thought. gonna write a small prog using the 4 timers and the pwm, with different frequencies, to be sure.
Does somebody got an example for PWM? i allready wrote the timer test prog.
> In the other hand...the timers are shared for the capture/compare ports.
> > i have a question about PWM implementations.
> > fonctions linked? can i use all PWM channels and still have my timers free?
> > i've read the manual again again and still, i dont find the answer.
> > train myself and base my program on it.
> > ps:if its not clear enough, i can explain more.
pwm, with different frequencies, to be sure.
PWMs and timers are not linked.
They are both based on timer/counter peripheral, but each PWMs and Timers have their own timer / counter. So basically, you can run PWM independently and use the timer for other purpose.
Of course, the timer can be used to generate PWM as well (check the EMR register manual).
for a sample. It's based on LPC23xx, but still compatible with LPC24xx.
> have my timers free?
rtc works well, im starting pwm part.
> PWMs and timers are not linked.
> They are both based on timer/counter peripheral, but each PWMs and Timers have their own timer / counter. So basically, you can run PWM independently and use the timer for other purpose.
> Of course, the timer can be used to generate PWM as well (check the EMR register manual).
> for a sample. It's based on LPC23xx, but still compatible with LPC24xx.
> > independent from timers.
> > > i have a question about PWM implementations.
> > have my timers free?
> > find the answer.
> > > train myself and base my program on it.
> > > thanks in advance !
> > > ps:if its not clear enough, i can explain more.


Pedestrians walk near Trump Tower in Chicago, with Trump spelled out in letters more than 20 feet high.
With Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposing to bend Chicago's riverfront sign rules to accommodate the wishes of software giant Salesforce, are we in for a repeat performance of ridiculously oversized, in-your-face T-R-U-M-P sign?
I don't think so. There are more important things to worry about, like the design quality of the riverfront tower that the San Francisco-based software giant could occupy and the public spaces at its base.
Once home to the city's first tavern, the triangle-shaped parcel overlooks the dramatic meeting of the river's north, south and main branches, a juncture now flanked by glass-sheathed high-rises. The superb site demands an extraordinary response, a work of civic design, not an ordinary plaza.
In case you haven't been following this saga, Salesforce is said to be considering a lease of 500,000 square feet or more in the proposed third and final tower in the Wolf Point development along the river. The company's wish list includes a sign atop the building, which would be a glassy version of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the art moderne centerpiece (and masterpiece) of New York's Rockefeller Center. The architects, New Haven, Conn.-based Pelli Clarke Pelli, are working on the design for developer Hines and the site's longtime owners, the Kennedy family.
In a perfect world, buildings would not need signs. Their architecture alone would distinguish them. Such is the case with iconic Chicago structures like 875 North Michigan Avenue (the former John Hancock Center). Its muscular X-braces render any signage superfluous.
But many self-promoting companies want to write their names on the skyline. And when they're proposing to bring thousands of jobs to Chicago, as Salesforce is, it's hard to turn them down flat.
The pragmatic Emanuel has responded accordingly. In legislation introduced to the City Council Thursday, he proposes to let high-rise building signs — those at least 150 feet above the ground — get bigger, but not so big that they would overwhelm a building's architecture or its environs, as the Trump sign does.
Along the river, the current rules cap high-rise signs to no more than 550 square feet. How big is that? Not very. Check out the unobtrusive sign near the top of the Loews hotel high-rise.
The revised standards would link a sign's allowable size to its height above the ground, following the common sense notion that the higher a sign is, the larger it needs to be in order to be seen.
The potential Salesforce tower would be at least 800 feet tall. So under the proposed rules, the sign could be as large as 1,100 square feet — double the current limit.
Sounds bad, right? It's not. The sign near the summit of the Loop's Chase Tower is about 1,100 square feet. It's only 40 percent as big as the 2,891-square-foot Trump behemoth. And its visual impact is further lessened by its placement at the tower's top.
In contrast, the Trump sign, thought to be downtown's biggest, is only about 200 feet up from ground level. Its massive size and its placement explain why it's "so in your face," disrupting the elegant ensemble of buildings around the Michigan Avenue Bridge like an oaf invading an urbane dinner party.
A Salesforce sign won't do that, and not only because it would be high in the air and relatively small. Because there are 10 letters in the company's name, they'll have to be even smaller than the ones at the five-letter Chase sign. And the sign can't be crammed on the highly visible but narrow southern face of the Wolf Point tower. There's not enough room. It would go instead on the broader east or west facades.
The city will continue to allow only one high-rise sign per building, and high-rise signs will have to be placed directly below a building's roofline.
The proposed ordinance thus promises to extend the goal of the original restrictions: Strike a balance by protecting the downtown riverwalk from overcommercialization while maintaining the right of property owners to promote their business. In short, mute the presence of signs without getting rid of them entirely.
The downtown riverwalk, which lines the river's south bank, is a smashing urban design success because it contains a sequence of roomlike outdoor spaces that are carefully choreographed and curated. There's everything from a Chicago Vietnam Veterans Memorial to bars and restaurants. Yet they all work together, brought into a compelling whole by the enlivening contrast between the riverwalk's modern design and classically inspired Wacker Drive and the way the pathway lets people get close to the water.
Yet previous renderings of the proposed Salesforce tower show little more than a generic fountain, tiered seating and a pathway on the river's north bank.
That's not much, especially for a project whose backers emphasized the selling point that their stiltlike towers would leave most of the site open. For the public spaces to come fully alive, they'll need plenty of seating and food as well as features that rise above banal norms.
A mere plaque that evokes the site's colorful history won't do. Nor will a piece of sculpture plopped on the riverwalk. The trim tower, which has improved from bulbous early versions, should be as boldly sculptured and and elegantly detailed as its model in Rockefeller Center. Its public spaces should engage the water and the views, as well as Chicago's past and the future.
All that is more important than a sign.


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Christoph Schwandt (* 2. September 1956 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe; † 24. Dezember 2015 in Würzburg) war ein deutscher Autor und Dramaturg.

Schwandt war als Dramaturg am Oldenburgischen Staatstheater, den Bühnen der Stadt Bonn, dem Theater & Philharmonie Essen, während der ersten drei Jahre der Ära Gerard Mortier (1992–94) bei den Salzburger Festspielen, sowie von 2002 bis 2009 als Chefdramaturg an der Oper Köln tätig. Zuletzt wohnte und wirkte er in Aschaffenburg, war dort auch politisch aktiv und hatte den Vorsitz des Aschaffenburger Mieterbunds inne.

In Buchform publizierte er Biografien der Komponisten Georges Bizet, Leoš Janáček, Giuseppe Verdi und Carl Maria von Weber sowie zahlreiche Texte in Sammelbänden.

Schwandt übersetzte außerdem eine Reihe von Opernlibretti aus dem Italienischen für die Reihe der rororo-Opernbücher und für CD-Booklets. Gemeinsam mit Katharina Thalbach schrieb er das Libretto' zu Torsten Raschs Oper Rotter (2008) nach dem gleichnamigen Stück von Thomas Brasch. Für den Rundfunk schuf Schwandt konzertante Bearbeitungen von Schauspielmusiken, darunter L'Arlésienne von Alphonse Daudet und Bizet.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 "'Unaussprechlich, unbegriffen'. Indizien und Argumente aus Leben und Werk für die wahrscheinliche Homosexualität des Franz Peter Schubert." In: Franz Schubert "Todesmusik", Verlag edition text + kritik, 1997. (= Musik-Konzepte 97/98)
 Verdi. Eine Biographie, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Insel 2000 (2. Auflage 2013). ISBN 3-458-35911-7
 Wilhelm Heinse: Tagebuch einer Reise nach Italien. Mit einem biogr. Essay von Almut Hüfler, hrsg. von Chr. Schwandt. Frankfurt am Main, Insel 2002. ISBN 3-458-34569-8
 Der Kölner Ring 2000-2004. Programmbuch der Oper Köln (Richard Wagner "Der Ring des Nibelungen", eine Fotodokumentation von Regina Minwegen. Hrsg. von Christoph Schwandt. Übers.: Rupert Burleigh), Köln, Dittrich 2003. ISBN 3-920862-55-4
 Oper in Köln – Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin, Dittrich 2007. ISBN 978-3-937717-21-0
 Leoš Janáček. Eine Biografie. Mainz, Schott 2009. ISBN 978-3-254-08412-5
 Georges Bizet. Eine Biografie. Mainz, Schott 2011. ISBN 3-254-08418-7
 Carl Maria von Weber in seiner Zeit. Eine Biografie. Mainz, Schott 2014. ISBN 978-3-7957-0820-7

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ANC 6B March Committee Votes
A full agenda for both Planning and Zoning and Transportation
124 11th ST SE (BZA 19976, HPA 19-137), 1639 Potomac Ave SE (BZA 19948), 522 6th St SE (HPA 19-189), 1225-1227 Pennsylvania Ave SE (BZA 19957)
These were relatively uncontroversial plans that passed through committee unanimously and onto consent at the full ANC.
124 11th St SE BZA Files
124 11th St SE HPRB Files
1639 Potomac Ave SE BZA Files
522 6th St SE HPRB Files
1225-1227 Pennsylvania Ave SE BZA Files
360 7th St SE (Public Space #107125654)
This is the sidewalk occupancy for The Eastern Wine Bar. It complies with all the regulations and the owner agreed to widen the clearance between the tree boxes and fence from the minimum six feet to eight feet. This application passed the committee unanimously and was placed on consent for the full ANC.
620 C Street SE (HPA 19-222)
This is a complicated application that I ran right into a Robert's Rule cluster of motions and amendments. In the end, I voted in support of the motion to support the first floor fenestration changes and voted against the motion to take no position on the visible third floor.
The building, an original one-story blacksmith shop from 1882, is currently being used as an office. The applicant presented evidence that the first-floor exterior is far from the original layout and the design is restorative in nature. A motion to support these first-floor changes passed 10-1-1 and I wholeheartedly support those changes.
The third-floor mansard, on the other hand, is more controversial. In committee, I opposed this addition. However, after reconsidering everything, I think a visible mansard rooftop addition is compatible with preservation law and the addition is compatible with the Capitol Hill Historic District. It's a huge ask, but here's how I got there:
1) This house is adjacent to a commercial area, next to some surface parking lots, and the rear of opposing houses. To quote the preservation regulations, "Pertinent considerations about the relationship of a project to a historic district include its compatibility with its immediate context and not merely its consistency with conditions found elsewhere in the historic district. " (10A DCMR 2001(c)). The immediate context here is a one-off commercial building breaking up two identical rows of houses across the street from a surface parking lot and adjacent to the brutalist Rumsey Pool.
2) Commercial buildings in a residential zone play a unique role in the Capitol Hill Historic District, but at the same time they are apart from purpose-built residential rows. Their design is often utilitarian and most are not in their original state. This building was originally a one-story commercial building and a second floor was added. At first glance this building seems to be a materially intact, it exhibits a fair amount of change. Regulations state "Pertinent considerations about the historic property include its relative importance, nature of significance, condition, and degree of material integrity."
Stepping back from the regulations, the adopted law says the intent of preservation is "To retain and enhance those properties which contribute to the character of the historic district and to encourage their adaptation for current use;" and "To assure that alterations of existing structures are compatible with the character of the historic district" (DC Code 6-1101 2(a)).
To that end, I will make (or support) a motion to support the third floor addition.
209 C St SE
The applicants in this case filled in a side yard and added a rear addition four or so years ago. They've returned to make changes to the areaway to add a basement entrance as well as redo the entry stairs to create a safe set of stairs and add a larger landing at the door. The committee voted unanimously to support this application.
While we recognize the process wasn't great and (shock of shocks) DDOT issued permits it wasn't supposed to, the actual plans for the area way are consistent with the intent of preservation law and in character with the Historic District. The exterior had been redone and regraded many times. The house is not in a continuous row of similar retaining walls at the sidewalk and is next to a non-contributing apartment building. Again, context and integrity (and safety related to aging in place) lead me to support this even though the areaway changes do not strictly conform to design guidelines
DDOT NOT 19-001 (700 Block of D Street changes, to support Circulator Turnaround)
This Notice of Intent is to allow the new L'Enfant Plaza-Eastern Market Circulator to turn around without dead-heading to 4th Street. While this design looks good on paper, there is one fatal flaw and I will support any ANC resolution to oppose this change.
Buses are at their most dangerous when they're turning. And while this change will reduce the number of left turns by one, it does this by remove two signalized left turns into one unsignalized, unprotected left turn right next to a metro station and a heavily trafficked cross walk. There is no way I will support a design that adds an unprotected left to a bus route.
Now, technically, this NOI is only for the road changes. I'm fairly agnostic on those. I find the discussion about relieving congestion on 8th street to be a classic failure of DDOT's engineers looking at level of service for people driving cars, not people walking or cycling. In many ways, a heavily congested 8th street is a feature. I don't want cars to be able to quickly get to speed with so many pedestrians and cyclists using the street. But, that being said, I'm not sure changing the 700 block of D Street will have that much of an impact on either 8th street congestion or adding cars to the neighborhood.
The committee took no position on this and will have DDOT back next month to continue this discussion.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2019 by corey.
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posted: September 27, 2010 • Impacts, Minnesota
Wind facility transmission line interference with telephone lines
Author: Weiss, Robert | Impacts, Minnesota
In the Matter of the AWA Goodhue Wind, LLC, Applications for a Certificate of Need and large wind Energy Conversion System Site Permit for the 78 MW Goodhue Wind Farm in Goodhue County, Docket Numbers IP-6701/CN-09-1186 and IP-6701/WS-08-1233.
I, Robert C. Weiss, General Manager of Hector Communications Corporation submit these written comments on behalf of the Sleepy Eye Telephone Company, a subsidiary of Hector Communications Corporation.
Sleepy Eye Telephone Company is a rural telephone company providing telecommunication services in Goodhue County since 1968. In order to provide these services, Sleepy Eye Telephone Company has buried copper cables and fiber optic cables in the right of ways of Goodhue County roads. This was done with the permission of the county through its permitting process. These cables were manufactured according to IEEE standards and placed underground according to Rural Utility Service specifications.
Sleepy Eye Telephone Company is concerned that there is a possibility that the transmission lines carrying the 34.5 kV wind generated electricity may induce electrical interference into the underground copper telephone cables presently in place, rendering them unusable. This has happened in other parts of the Midwest . In 2005, this problem was discovered by Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc., in their facilities near Lake Benton Minnesota on what is known as the Buffalo Ridge. This is the site of numerous wind generators. Tests performed at several customer premises in the Lake Benton area by Mr. Barry Dardis of Dardis.com concluded that where copper telephone lines parallel the transmission lines for than 1/2 mile, the magnetic fields couple to the telephone circuits and longitudinal currents are induced into the cable pairs. Some of this current is converted to telephone circuit noise. I have attached copy of Mr. Dardis' test information and conclusions to these comments as Appendix A. The affected copper cables had to be replaced with fiber optic cables and the necessary electronics to make them work.
The wind generation project proposed by AWA Goodhue Wind LLC in Goodhue County is going to cover a large part of the same area served by Sleepy Eye Telephone Company. Because of this, Sleepy Eye Telephone Company is concerned that there will be many areas where the transmission lines carrying the 34.5KV electricity from wind generators to the substations will parallel our cable routes for more than 1/2 mile, increasing the possibility of this noise problem. Since Sleepy Eye Telephone Company has constructed its cable routes in Goodhue County road right of ways with Goodhue County's permission, in accordance with the County's permitting process, and in accordance with Rural Utility Service specifications, it is Sleepy Eye Telephone Company's contention that any costs to mitigate or eliminate noise problems on the company's cable plant proven to be caused by the wind generation transmission lines be the full responsibility of the wind farm and transmission line developers and owners. This would include any costs to re-route the copper cables or replacement of the copper cables with fiber optic cables and the necessary electronics.
I have included the following information for your reference:
Appendix A: Dardis.com Inductive Interference Report, Lake Benton Minnesota.
In conclusion, Sleepy Eye Telephone Company does not oppose the development of wind generation facilities. However, if the proposed facilities will interfere with our commitment to provide the best telecommunication services to our customers, then the electrical noise and interference issue needs to be addressed in the final order issued by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
I am available for any questions you may have pertaining to these comments.
Robert C. Weiss
General Manger
Hector Communications Corporation
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Dardis.com
Barry Dardis
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Inductive Interference Report
Lake Benton MN
Some of the telephone facilities in the Lake Benton telephone exchange area are exposed to inductive interference from 34.5 Kv wind generation transmission lines. Where the telephone lines parallel the transmission lines, the magnetic fields couple to the telephone circuits and longitudinal currents are induced into the cable pairs. Some of this current is converted to telephone circuit noise.
This will happen to some extent on all telephone circuits that parallel power facilities, transmission or distribution. It is the intensity of the magnetic field that determines the amount of interference. It is common for telephone and power companies to work together to mitigate these problems.
Power Influence. Harmonic currents induced into the telephone circuit. Measurements are in dBrnc.
Circuit Noise. Power influence, which has been converted to noise by imperfections in the telephone circuit. Measurements are in dBrnc.
Circuit balances. a number representing the quality of the telephone pair. A balance of 60 dB is the industry standard.
Power exposure. a uniform section of power where the power and telephone remain about the same distance from each other.
Ground Return IT. Current Tif, telephone influence factor, weighted, returning to the sub-station in the earth. If currents return in the earth there is no cancellation in the phase wires.
Ground Return IT measurement indicators:
0 to 500 – minimal interference
500 to 1000 – some interference
Over 1000 – major interference
Over 2000 – severe interference.
Test Equipment:
Triplett Mitigator Noise Test set and spectrum analyzer
CMC PairChek noise and telephone line test set
CMC My Helper 8370 remote tester and tone generator
ExTech digital clamp on amp meter
Testing Buffalo Ridge Area 6-14-05
Wind in the Buffalo Ridge area was very high. A set of noise measurements were taken at a customer's NID and Green Window 100′ probe wire at location 200 yds North of the test residence on 160th Ave. This customer's telephone cable had a 2 mile exposure to a 34.5Kv wind generator transmission line
Test from customer's NID
Power Influence. 105 dBrnc
Circuit Noise. 45 dBrnc. this is an out of service level.
Balance. 60 dB. Telephone pair quality is good
Green Window Test
Green Window 100′ probe test
Ground return IT. 7150. this will cause severe induction .
60 Hz volt per mile. 13.9 volts
Cmsg noise per mile 100 dBrnc
Note: All of the displayed frequencies added together, equals the total power influence.
1. The telephone plant is in good condition indicated by high longitudinal balance.
2. The loop length has been reduced by the installation of Digital Carrier Systems.
3. All loops tested were under 18 Kft.
4. The cable shield is bonded for continuity and ground connections have been made at exposure changes.
5. Induction Neutralizing Transformers are being used in an attempt to cancel low frequency harmonics. They cannot be used in all cases because of distributed cable counts.
6. D′′ loading is being employed on some loops to improve signal to noise ratios.
7. The power transmission system is changing from day to day. There are multiple resonant conditions creating an extremely high ground return IT.
8. The wind turbines using pulse width modulation create high frequency harmonics. This adds to the high ground return IT numbers. These frequencies cannot always be shielded by the telephone plant because of the availability of shielding conductors on some routes.
9. The Telephone Company has done everything conceivable to mitigate the noise trouble on the existing plant. The best mitigation techniques will not solve an induction problem this severe. Ground return IT measurements exceeding 2000 are very difficult. Those exceeding 6000 are next to impossible.
10. I have been in touch with Dr Dave Hartmann a consulting engineer at Portland OR, 503-244-0767, and Einar Larson with Control Development at GE, 518-385-1883. I inquired about filtration of the collector ring transmission circuits. It can be done, but the expense would be very high. The equipment for each lead would be in excess of $100,000.00. The engineering study would also be very expensive. Filtration of the high harmonics would not prevent the transmission lines from going resonant at lower frequencies.
11. The expanse of the transmission lines and their changing character makes the reduction of the Ground Return IT most difficult, if not impossible. The only practical solution would be a fiber to the curb telephone system. This would reduce the exposure lengths to just a few feet and render the facilities impervious to induced noise.
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The XXIII de Marzo Group () was one of the Blackshirt units sent to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to make up the "Corpo Truppe Volontarie" (Corps of Volunteer Troops), or CTV. This unit was attached to the 2nd CCNN Division "Fiamme Nere" during the Battle of Guadalajara in March 1937. Following  defeat there, it was sent to
Vizcaya in April 1937 with the Flechas Negras Mixed Brigade and 11 Groups of CTV Corps Artillery.

Battle of Guadalajara March 1937

Independent Group "XXIII March" - Console Enrico Francisci
 4th Grupo de Banderas - Console Francesco Gidoni
 Bandera "Toro" - 1st Seniore Mario Bertoni
 Bandera "Bisonte" - 1st Seniore Fiorentini
 Bandera "Bufalo" - 1st Seniore Piero Bologna
 Battery (65/17)
 Engineer Section
 5th Grupo de Banderas - Console Enrico Francisci
 540 Bandera "Lupi" - Seniore Nello Brogi
 530 Bandera "Implacabile" - Seniore Di Puccio
 Bandera "Ardente" - 1st Seniore Spangaro
 Battery (65/17)
 Engineer Section

Vizcaya April 1937

Agrupación XXIII de Marzo - Console Enrico Francisci
 11th Battery (65/17)
 IV Grupo de banderas
 Bandera "Bufalo"
 Bandera "Bisonte"
 Bandera "Toro"
 508 Battery (65/17)
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 V Grupo de banderas
 530 Bandera "Implacabile"
 Bandera "Ardente"
 540 Bandera "Lupi"
 608 Battery (65/17)
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The Blackshirt (Camicie Nere, or CCNN) Divisions contained regular soldiers and volunteer militia from the Fascist Party.

See also
 Division XXIII di Marzo

Sources

Military units and formations of Italy in the Spanish Civil War
Military units and formations established in 1937


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Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Air, and Singapore Airlines are just a few of the carriers that have imposed a similar ban.
This ban essentially disallows passengers from either carrying such devices as part of their hand luggage or checking them in. Passengers are also not allowed to carry mini-Segways, electronic scooters, solowheels, airwheels, or any similar equipment.
This ban comes after the International Air Transport Association (IATA) classified all small vehicles that are powered by lithium ion batteries as "Dangerous Goods", and could be a fire hazard.
One reason that led to such a classification was because numerous reports began surfacing online of hoverboards spontaneously bursting into flames.
According to Claims journal, "Billions of the lithium-ion batteries are used to power consumer electronics ranging from cellphones and laptops to power tools and toothbrushes. Tens of thousands of the batteries are often shipped on a single plane.
As such this restriction has been put in place for the safety of the passengers on board.
While this is indeed a strict ban on lithium powered vehicles, AirAsia will allow battery operated wheelchairs or mobility devices under certain circumstances. Also the maximum weight of such wheelchairs and mobility devices shouldn't exceed 85kg.
For those that need more clarity about the newly introduced ban, they can refer to the guidelines listed on AirAsia's website.
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Q: Как перейти на новую страницу через файл html в Django? Делаю сайт на фреймворке Django, и я сделал, что-то вроде перехода со страницы на страницу через файл. Переходить на новые страницы я умею, только есть проблема.
Когда я перехожу на новую страницу в поле где пишется URL сайта добавляется та новая страница, вот пример:
В данный момент url сайта такой: http://127.0.0.1:8000/Home/
и когда я нажимаю на кнопку-ссылку, которая должна меня перебросить допустим на блог. Url меняется на http://127.0.0.1:8000/Home/Blog/
А мне нужно чтобы url менялся на http://127.0.0.1:8000/Blog/
Я свой перевод на другие страницы делаю с помощью views.py render
views.py:
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse

def index(request):
    return render(request, 'Home/home.html')

def articles(request):
    return render(request, 'Blog/list.html')

urls.py:
from django.urls import path

from . import views

app_name = 'Home'
urlpatterns =[
    path("", views.index, name="index"),
    path("Blog/", views.articles, name="Articles"),
]

Можно ли как-то перейти на страницу, чтобы Blog/ не добавлялся к Home/ (не http://127.0.0.1:8000/Home/Blog/, а http://127.0.0.1:8000/Blog/)

A: Подозреваю, что в главном файле urls у вас назначен путь
path('home/', include('Home.urls'))

и если в приложении Home, которое вы указали выше пути будут
urlpatterns =[
    path("", views.index, name="index"),
    path("Blog/", views.articles, name="Articles"),
]

то django будет строить пути таким образом
home/ + "" из path("", views.index, name="index")
home/ + "Blog/" из path("Blog/", views.articles, name="Articles")

для того, что бы пути строилсь, так как вы хотите необходимо из path('home/', include('Home.urls')) в главном urls убрать /home и оставить просто '',
а в вашем приложении назначить пути:
urlpatterns =[
        path("home/", views.index, name="index"),
        path("Blog/", views.articles, name="Articles"),
    ]

но стоит отметить, что для главной страницы index обычно используют url без префиксов 'home' или других т.е оставляют '', что бы адрес был типа http://127.0.0.1:8000/

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/* eslint-disable prefer-arrow-callback */
/* eslint-disable no-unused-expressions */
import { expect } from 'chai';
import * as sinon from 'sinon';
import { ErrorHandler } from '../../src/common/errorHandler';
import * as fsAsync from '../../src/common/fsAsync';
import { ConfigManager } from '../../src/configuration/configManager';
import { ManifestReader } from '../../src/iconsManifest';
import {
  IConfigManager,
  IProjectAutoDetectionManager,
  IVSCodeManager,
  LangResourceKeys,
  Projects,
} from '../../src/models';
import { ProjectAutoDetectionManager } from '../../src/pad/projectAutoDetectionManager';
import { Utils } from '../../src/utils';
import { VSCodeManager } from '../../src/vscode/vscodeManager';
import { vsicons } from '../fixtures/vsicons';

describe('ProjectAutoDetectionManager: tests', function () {
  context('ensures that', function () {
    let sandbox: sinon.SinonSandbox;
    let configManagerStub: sinon.SinonStubbedInstance<IConfigManager>;
    let vscodeManagerStub: sinon.SinonStubbedInstance<IVSCodeManager>;
    let findFilesStub: sinon.SinonStub;
    let logErrorStub: sinon.SinonStub;
    let padManager: IProjectAutoDetectionManager;

    beforeEach(() => {
      sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();

      configManagerStub = sandbox.createStubInstance<IConfigManager>(
        ConfigManager,
      );

      sandbox.stub(configManagerStub, 'vsicons').get(() => vsicons);

      vscodeManagerStub = sandbox.createStubInstance<IVSCodeManager>(
        VSCodeManager,
      );

      findFilesStub = sandbox.stub();
      sandbox.stub(vscodeManagerStub, 'workspace').get(() => ({
        findFiles: findFilesStub,
      }));

      padManager = new ProjectAutoDetectionManager(
        vscodeManagerStub,
        configManagerStub,
      );

      logErrorStub = sandbox.stub(ErrorHandler, 'logError');
    });

    afterEach(function () {
      padManager = null;
      sandbox.restore();
    });

    it(`an Error gets thrown, when 'vscodeManager' is NOT instantiated`, function () {
      expect(
        () => new ProjectAutoDetectionManager(null, configManagerStub),
      ).to.throw(ReferenceError, /'vscodeManager' not set to an instance/);
    });

    it(`an Error gets thrown, when 'configManager' is NOT instantiated`, function () {
      expect(
        () => new ProjectAutoDetectionManager(vscodeManagerStub, null),
      ).to.throw(ReferenceError, /'configManager' not set to an instance/);
    });

    it(`logs an Error when searching for a 'package.json' fails`, async function () {
      const error = new Error('failure');
      findFilesStub.rejects(error);

      await padManager.detectProjects([Projects.angular]);

      expect(logErrorStub.calledOnceWith(error)).to.be.true;
    });

    it('detects non conflicting projects', async function () {
      vsicons.projectDetection.disableDetect = false;
      findFilesStub.resolves([{ fsPath: '' }]);
      sandbox.stub(fsAsync, 'readFileAsync').resolves(undefined);
      sandbox.stub(Utils, 'parseJSONSafe').returns({
        dependencies: {
          angularjs: '1.0.0',
          meteo: '1.0.0',
        },
      });
      configManagerStub.getPreset.returns({
        key: '',
        workspaceValue: undefined,
      });
      sandbox.stub(ManifestReader, 'iconsDisabled').resolves(true);
      // @ts-ignore
      sandbox.stub(padManager, 'getProjectInfo').resolves({});

      const res = await padManager.detectProjects([Projects.angularjs]);
      const firstResult = res[0];

      expect(res).to.be.an('array');
      expect(firstResult)
        .to.be.an('object')
        .and.have.ownProperty('conflictingProjects').that.is.empty;
    });

    context('does NOT detect a project when', function () {
      const testCase = async (projectNames: Projects[]): Promise<void> => {
        const res = await padManager.detectProjects(projectNames);

        expect(res).to.not.be.an('object');
      };

      it(`project names are 'undefined'`, async function () {
        await testCase(undefined);
      });

      it(`no project names are given`, async function () {
        await testCase([]);
      });

      it(`detection fails`, async function () {
        findFilesStub.resolves(undefined);

        await testCase([Projects.angular]);
      });

      it(`no 'package.json' exists`, async function () {
        findFilesStub.resolves([]);

        await testCase([Projects.angular]);
      });

      it('detection is disabled', async function () {
        vsicons.projectDetection.disableDetect = true;

        await testCase([Projects.angular]);
      });
    });

    context('when conflicting project icons are detected', function () {
      it(`returns the conflict project detected 'LangResourceKey'`, async function () {
        vsicons.projectDetection.disableDetect = false;
        findFilesStub.resolves([{ fsPath: '' }]);
        sandbox.stub(fsAsync, 'readFileAsync').resolves(undefined);
        sandbox.stub(Utils, 'parseJSONSafe').returns({
          dependencies: {
            '@angular/core': '1.0.0',
            '@nestjs/core': '1.0.0',
          },
        });
        configManagerStub.getPreset.returns({
          key: '',
          workspaceValue: undefined,
        });
        sandbox.stub(ManifestReader, 'iconsDisabled').resolves(true);

        const res = await padManager.detectProjects([
          Projects.angular,
          Projects.nestjs,
        ]);
        const firstResult = res[0];

        expect(res).to.be.an('array');
        expect(firstResult)
          .to.be.an('object')
          .and.have.ownProperty('langResourceKey')
          .to.equal(LangResourceKeys.conflictProjectsDetected);
      });
    });
  });
});


The UAE havs transformed itself into a tourist spot. In the first half of 2018, Dubai itself has attracted more than 8.1 million tourists from every corner of the world. Visitors get fantasized with the tourist spots and are also driven by the craze of shopping in Dubai. As we all know, the Emirates are known for free zones and a free tax economy, the Emirati government has taken this to the next level where they have introduced VAT refund for the tourists. Let's see why and how.
The Emirates has defined itself as a tourist destination and has outpaced other destinations at a faster pace. It attracts worldwide visitors that spend a huge amount on tourism. According to the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the spending is expected to increase to 205.5 billion Dirhams by 2022. Since the tourism industry is booming, the Emirati government has taken an innovative step of refunding the VAT for the goods purchased. Why? Read below.
The UAE Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has announced a tax refund schemes for tourists, wherein the tourist will possess the power to claim a VAT refund, if charged. According to the report, more than 4,000 retailers across the UAE will be connected with an electronic system to track the amount being charged from the visitors. The number is expected to rise by 6,000 by the end of this year, and by 10,000 by the end of next year. A maximum amount of Dh 10,000 could be claimed as cash return, whereas there exists no limit for the credit card. The implementation of this law can be seen at Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah international airports, with an aim to cover all the airports by December 2018. The tourists will be able to claim back 85% VAT on their purchased goods.
In a nutshell, we can say that this strategy would fetch in more business investors. This innovative step by the Emirati government foresees its future relations with the global countries. Dubai has transformed itself into a tourist spot and this step would attract millions of worldwide visitors for shopping, especially for gold and jewelry. This would boost both the industries in the long run, which will simultaneously be a source of revenue for the development of the UAE's economy.
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IWGA announced the two candidates who will fill the open seats on the IWGA Board of Directors. The newly appointed board members are Steve Larson of Livermore, IA and Michael Vincent of Keota, IA.
Steve is currently the manager/winemaker at Train WreckWinery, LLC in Algona, Iowa.
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"Artists were the original self promoters" says Chad Sorg from the cool desert shade cast by towering buses he helped plant at the International Car Forest of the Last Church in Goldfield, Nevada. With Sorg's help the roadside destination already has a sizable root system of international media publicity which is growing daily. Huffington Post calls the International Car Forest of the Last Church one of 11 therapeutic art destinations to see and Stella McCartney recently filmed a fashion video there and there's a documentary being filmed.
Sorg portrait paints in the Midwest when he's not living periodically as the Fishbowler in display windows across the country. He was a founder of NadaDada Motel which has proudly called to attention the work of 300 artists and performers and the New York Times published the story in 2009. He's currently writing a book about his adventures and lessons learned. When he's not TED talking he's window cleaning. @Art of Sorg on Facebook & Fishbowler.
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<?php

namespace Seed\BackendBundle\Security\Provider;

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserProviderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\UsernameNotFoundException;
use Seed\CoreBundle\Repository\OrganizationUserRepository;

class OrganizationUserProvider implements UserProviderInterface
{
    private $our;

    public function __construct(OrganizationUserRepository $our)
    {
        $this->our = $our;
    }

    /**
     * Loads the user for the given email.
     *
     * This method must throw UsernameNotFoundException if the user is not
     * found.
     *
     * @param string $email The email
     *
     * @return UserInterface
     *
     * @throws UsernameNotFoundException if the user is not found
     */
    public function loadUserByUsername($email)
    {
        $user = $this->our->findOneByEmail($email);

        if (!$user) {
            throw new UsernameNotFoundException('User not found', 404);
        }

        return $user;
    }

    /**
     * Refreshes the user for the account interface.
     *
     * It is up to the implementation to decide if the user data should be
     * totally reloaded (e.g. from the database), or if the UserInterface
     * object can just be merged into some internal array of users / identity
     * map.
     *
     * @param UserInterface $user
     *
     * @return UserInterface
     *
     * @throws UnsupportedUserException if the account is not supported
     */
    public function refreshUser(UserInterface $user)
    {
        $class = get_class($user);
        if (!$this->supportsClass($class)) {
            throw new UnsupportedUserException($class.' are not supported');
        }

        return $this->our->find($user->getId());
    }

    /**
     * Whether this provider supports the given user class.
     *
     * @param string $class
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function supportsClass($class)
    {
        return $this->our->getClassName() === $class
        || is_subclass_of($class, $this->our->getClassName());
    }
}