In this session, see how everything fits together, without slides, just code!
We think this one is a great opportunity to learn more about this Oracle resource from one of the people in charge of this powerful tool. Stop thinking now, go to the ticket's platform, and get ready for this session! Don't forget to follow Geertjan at his Twitter account (@GeertjanW), and remember to check out our own Twitter channel at @malagAPEX to get the latest news about the #MALAGAPEX18!
You still have some more hours to get your Early-Bird tickets today, so that's why we've chosen today for sharing the Agenda for #malagAPEX18!!
We haven't filled all the gaps yet, but we want to let you know about most of the sessions and the great quality of speakers driving those talks. We'll be linking these entries as soon as we publish the corresponding abstract's entry with more details, so feel free to check this post in the future to get the full picture!
Oracle JET: No Slides, Just Code!
Feel free to comment to us how much do you like this conference agenda!! We're so happy of having such great speakers, and we really want to make this initiative of spreading Oracle technologies, specially APEX, here in Spain!
Listen to Andrzej! Talk to APEX ! Eat pizza !
Today, we want to present the session by Andrzej Nowakowski titled: "Natural Language – modern user interface". But let's learn a bit more about Andrzej first.
Developers since decades have used the same types of data input components like text fields, select lists, date pickers, etc. Although the style of interfaces is changing (other colors, other shapes or total other design styles), they are still standard components. If the application must interact with public users or end users that can't use a keyboard, a better solution is to use more natural interface. Until very recently, there wasn't any alternative to standard GUIs. But this has now changed and you can build applications with modern, natural interfaces. One of the most popular interfaces is the voice recognition from Amazon… called – Alexa. With Alexa, you can build natural voice applications that offer users a more intuitive way to use.
In this presentation, we will build a real-world APEX application to order Pizza via the voice interface. To build this solution we will only use APEX with ORDS and Alexa Kit.
You shouldn't be missing such a great opportunity to integrate Alexa and APEX. That's why you have to follow our Twitter account (@malagAPEX) and keep the track of the hash #MALAGAPEX18!
As we continue talking about our speakers, we want to focus today's post on Niall McPilips.
Niall has been developing using Oracle since Oracle V5. He has been using Oracle PL/SQL Web technologies since 1995 and Oracle APEX since 2005. Niall has developed a number of large, multi-lingual applications for multinational companies and organizations all over the world. Several of these receives tens of millions of page views per year. Niall is a strong believer in APEX solutions because of their stability, scalability, and rapid development speed. Niall is also the organizer of the Swiss APEX Meetup group.
This case study will describe the approach and challenges faced when overhauling a 14-year old image library of over 40'000 photos. The new version was developed using Oracle APEX 5.1, Oracle Multimedia, Oracle Text and PL/SQL. Issues addressed include automatic extraction of image metadata to facilitate searches and image description, automatic resizing of images using Oracle Multimedia, customization of APEX reports to produce a modern presentation format for the photo library.
We really look forward to attending Nial's presentation. Meanwhile, you can follow his Twitter account @Niall_McP, and don't forget to stay tuned to our Twitter account (@malagAPEX) to get the latest news on #MALAGAPEX18!
Here we have a new blog entry about another of our great speakers. In this post, we'd like to talk about an Oracle ACE Director and European Oracle User Group Ambassador: Heli Helskyaho.
She is the CEO of Miracle Finland Oy and an Ambassador for EOUC (EMEA Oracle Users Group Community). Heli holds a Master's degree (Computer Science) from the University of Helsinki and she has specialized in databases. At the moment she is working on her doctoral studies, researching and teaching at the University of Helsinki. Her research areas cover Big Data, multi-model databases, schema discovery and methods and tools for utilizing semi-structured data for decision making.
Heli has been working in IT since 1990. She has held several positions but every role has always included databases and database design. Heli believes that good database design and good documentation reduces performance problems and makes solving them easier and we do not disagree with this. A great APEX application starts with a great database design.
Appart of being an Oracle ACE Director and a very frequent speaker at many conferences, she is the author of Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler for Database Design Mastery (Oracle Press 2015) and a co-author of Real World SQL and PL/SQL: Advice from the Experts (Oracle Press 2016).
Everybody is talking about Cloud. How does the Cloud change my work as a database designer? What should I know and what new to learn? In this session, we will talk about these concerns and design a small database to the cloud using Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler and Oracle SQL Developer.
You can check her Twitter account at @HeliFromFinland. She's very active, and always sharing interesting content with the community. Stay tuned to our Twitter account (@malagAPEX) to get the latest news about #MALAGAPEX18!
Today, we'll put our focus on Roel Hartman, to learn a bit about his background and the talks he'll drive at #MALAGAPEX18, the upcoming 31st of May and 1st of June.
He started a long time ago using Oracle RDBMS 5, Oracle Forms 2.3, RPT/RPF and Oracle*Case 4.5. Since a few years, he has been focussing mainly on Oracle Application Express. Roel has been a speaker on UKOUG, OOW, Collaborate, ODTUG's KSCOPE and a number of local Oracle User Groups. Within ODTUG he acted as the APEX Content Lead for the Kscope14 and KScope15 conferences and is a member of the Board of Directors. He keeps an (APEX-related) blog on http://roelhartman.blogspot.com. In June 2009 Roel received an Oracle ACE award and in August 2010 he was appointed Oracle ACE Director. Roel was a co-writer of the "Expert Oracle Application Express" and "Oracle Application Express for Mobile Web Applications" books. Roel is Director at APEX Consulting in The Netherlands.
Today, we want to highlit one of the sessions from Roel, titled as A Deep Dive into APEX JET Charts.
Declarative JET integration in APEX.
Use other JET components in APEX.
Something else you must know is that Roel is a very active user at twitter, so feel free to follow his account at @RoelH, and remember to check our own twitter channel at @malagAPEX to get the latest news about the #MALAGAPEX18!
In this post, we'd like to present you to the one and only dancing ((#ougn18)) APEX developer Alex Nuijten.
This very well known speaker, awarded the Oracle ACE Director membership back in August 2010, is an independent consultant (allAPEX), specializing in Oracle database development with PL/SQL and Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Alex is a member of the Smart4APEX team. Besides his consultancy work, he conducts training classes, mainly in APEX, SQL and PL/SQL. Alex has been a speaker at numerous international conferences, such as ODTUG, Oracle Open World, UKOUG, IOUG, OUGF, BGOUG, OGH APEX World and OBUG. For his presentations, Alex received several Best Speaker awards. He wrote many articles in Oracle related magazines, and at regular intervals, he writes about Oracle Application Express and Oracle database development in his blog "Notes on Oracle" (nuijten.blogspot.com). Alex is also a co-author of the following books "Oracle APEX Best Practices" (published by Packt Publishers) and "Real World SQL and PL/SQL" (published by Oracle Press).
Creating beautiful applications with APEX is easy, especially after the introduction of Universal Theme. It is easy to follow the wizards and drop SQL and PL/SQL all over the place in your application thereby creating a maintenance nightmare. When a table is changed, which pages are affected? How can you easily find out? Getting the structure of your application right requires a method to follow. In this session, I will share my thoughts on structuring your APEX application. This session will focus on just that: build robust applications; leverage views, packages, instrumentation, etc.
If you don't want to miss anything of what Alex has to say, don't forget to follow his Twitter account at @alexnuijten. For sure, you all will enjoy the talks of this dancing APEX developer.
Don't forget to stay tuned to our Twitter account (@malagAPEX) to get the latest news about #MALAGAPEX18!
We're getting close to the #malagaAPEX18 event in Málaga (Spain) next 31st of May and 1st of June, so for all of you who haven't made up your mind and got your tickets yet, Richard's session will help you decide. Not all the sessions are decided yet, but we can start talking about some of the speakers we know for sure by now.
Today, we'd like to talk about Richard Martens. Richard has been involved in information technology for more than 15 years. He started as a web developer using the Oracle database simply as a data store. He has also been responsible for major European multilingual websites and has been working with the Oracle database since 2000. During those years, he developed himself using a multitude of technologies and specialized in PL/SQL and Oracle APEX. With APEX, he combines the things he loves most: the Oracle database and web technologies.
Apex offers several ways to validate user input. This session shows ways to do just that bit extra to make your application foolproof yet keeping it user-friendly. After the session, you'll know how to do server-side validation, database validation and client-side validation.
Few more days to get your Early Bird tickets!
We know some of you're still thinking about coming to málagā'pěks next 31st of May and 1st of June, and the Early Bird discount for the event is about to expire. However, we are really excited about this first-APEX-conference in Spain, and we've been able to convince our main sponsor to extend the special price until the end of April!
A bit off the record, we want to let you know that the abstracts quality is very high, and even the Core Track will be led by top speakers, very well known by the community. Furthermore, every single ā'pěks developer knows that we're about to get a new ā'pěks version coming out this year, 18.1, so we recommend not to miss an opportunity to know a bit more about what's coming (very) soon.
Don't wait much longer, and get your tickets to assist as soon as you can! Very soon we'll be sharing with you more details about speakers, the venue and Malaga city, so join us to be part of a brand new beginning, and don't miss anything by being tunned to our twitter account!
Two weeks left to get an Early Bird ticket!
We're getting close to the málagā'pěks event, and now we are only two weeks away to get an Early Bird ticket!! For about € 100 you'll have access to a two days event full of ā'pěks, at a great venue in Malaga (Spain) the next 31st of May and 1st of June of this year.
If you want to take part of this event, don't wait any longer and go to the booking tickets system to get yours and we'll be waiting for you at the capital city of the sunny Costa del Sol!


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/**
 * JWTClaimsSetSchema
 *
 * JSON Web Token (JWT)
 * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4
 *
 * 4.  JWT Claims
 *
 *   The JWT Claims Set represents a JSON object whose members are the
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 *   MUST be unique; JWT parsers MUST either reject JWTs with duplicate
 *   Claim Names or use a JSON parser that returns only the lexically last
 *   duplicate member name, as specified in Section 15.12 ("The JSON
 *   Object") of ECMAScript 5.1 [ECMAScript].
 *
 *   The set of claims that a JWT must contain to be considered valid is
 *   context dependent and is outside the scope of this specification.
 *   Specific applications of JWTs will require implementations to
 *   understand and process some claims in particular ways.  However, in
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 *   There are three classes of JWT Claim Names: Registered Claim Names,
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     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1
     *
     * 4.1.  Registered Claim Names
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     *   The following Claim Names are registered in the IANA "JSON Web Token
     *   Claims" registry established by Section 10.1.  None of the claims
     *   defined below are intended to be mandatory to use or implement in all
     *   cases, but rather they provide a starting point for a set of useful,
     *   interoperable claims.  Applications using JWTs should define which
     *   specific claims they use and when they are required or optional.  All
     *   the names are short because a core goal of JWTs is for the
     *   representation to be compact.
     */

    /**
     * iss
     *
     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.1
     *
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     *
     *   The "iss" (issuer) claim identifies the principal that issued the
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    /**
     * sub
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     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.2
     *
     * 4.1.2.  "sub" (Subject) Claim
     *
     *   The "sub" (subject) claim identifies the principal that is the
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     *   about the subject.  The subject value MUST either be scoped to be
     *   locally unique in the context of the issuer or be globally unique.
     *   The processing of this claim is generally application specific.  The
     *   "sub" value is a case-sensitive string containing a StringOrURI
     *   value.  Use of this claim is OPTIONAL.
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      type: 'string',
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     * aud
     *
     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.3
     *
     * 4.1.3.  "aud" (Audience) Claim
     *
     *   The "aud" (audience) claim identifies the recipients that the JWT is
     *   intended for.  Each principal intended to process the JWT MUST
     *   identify itself with a value in the audience claim.  If the principal
     *   processing the claim does not identify itself with a value in the
     *   "aud" claim when this claim is present, then the JWT MUST be
     *   rejected.  In the general case, the "aud" value is an array of case-
     *   sensitive strings, each containing a StringOrURI value.  In the
     *   special case when the JWT has one audience, the "aud" value MAY be a
     *   single case-sensitive string containing a StringOrURI value.  The
     *   interpretation of audience values is generally application specific.
     *   Use of this claim is OPTIONAL.
     */
    aud: {
      type: ['array', 'string'],
      format: 'StringOrURI',
      items: {
        format: 'StringOrURI'
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    /**
     * exp
     *
     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.4
     *
     * 4.1.4.  "exp" (Expiration Time) Claim
     *
     *   The "exp" (expiration time) claim identifies the expiration time on
     *   or after which the JWT MUST NOT be accepted for processing.  The
     *   processing of the "exp" claim requires that the current date/time
     *   MUST be before the expiration date/time listed in the "exp" claim.
     *
     *   Implementers MAY provide for some small leeway, usually no more than
     *   a few minutes, to account for clock skew.  Its value MUST be a number
     *   containing a NumericDate value.  Use of this claim is OPTIONAL.
     *
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    exp: {
      type: 'number',
      format: 'NumericDate'
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    /**
     * nbf
     *
     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.5
     *
     * 4.1.5.  "nbf" (Not Before) Claim
     *
     *   The "nbf" (not before) claim identifies the time before which the JWT
     *   MUST NOT be accepted for processing.  The processing of the "nbf"
     *   claim requires that the current date/time MUST be after or equal to
     *   the not-before date/time listed in the "nbf" claim.  Implementers MAY
     *   provide for some small leeway, usually no more than a few minutes, to
     *   account for clock skew.  Its value MUST be a number containing a
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    nbf: {
      type: 'number',
      format: 'NumericDate'
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    /**
     * iat
     *
     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.6
     *
     * 4.1.6.  "iat" (Issued At) Claim
     *
     *   The "iat" (issued at) claim identifies the time at which the JWT was
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     */
    iat: {
      type: 'number',
      format: 'NumericDate'
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     * jti
     *
     * JSON Web Token (JWT)
     * https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.7
     *
     * 4.1.7.  "jti" (JWT ID) Claim
     *
     *   The "jti" (JWT ID) claim provides a unique identifier for the JWT.
     *   The identifier value MUST be assigned in a manner that ensures that
     *   there is a negligible probability that the same value will be
     *   accidentally assigned to a different data object; if the application
     *   uses multiple issuers, collisions MUST be prevented among values
     *   produced by different issuers as well.  The "jti" claim can be used
     *   to prevent the JWT from being replayed.  The "jti" value is a case-
     *   sensitive string.  Use of this claim is OPTIONAL.
     */
    jti: {
      type: 'string'
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  }
})

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 * Export
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The board meeting of the Jefferson County Communications Center Authority (Jeffcom) was called to order by Jon Greer at 9:00 a.m. This meeting was held in accordance with the applicable statutes of the state of Colorado, at 433 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood, Colorado.
MOTION: At approximately 9:02am it was moved by Link Strate and seconded by Dan Brennan to move into Executive Session pursuant to 24-6-402(4)(b), C.R.S. to receive advice from legal counsel on specific legal questions regarding open meetings law. The motion was voted upon and carried.
MOTION: At approximately 9:10am it was moved by Don Lombardi and seconded by Mike Weege to reconvene the regular meeting of the Jefferson County Emergency Communications Authority board of directors. The motion was voted upon and carried.
Nick Hochstedler-AFSCME: Asking you to listen to the Jeffcom employees that will speak later and that you ultimately recognize their union under collective bargaining with AFSCME. We are helping dispatchers employed by Jeffcom form their own union. Jeffcom are organizing this union to make Jeffcom is the most efficient and effective 911 center in the state. The motivation for forming this union is to ensure that their professional input is respected and so they can offer the best public service. We are not prepared to submit signatures today but we are willing to set up a meeting prior to the next meeting to vet those signatures. The union is not going away. We hope to garner your support after today's meeting, if not we will come to as many board meetings as it takes. Thank you for your time.
Willie Sandoval-Jeffcom (previously Arvada Fire): At Arvada Fire we were recognized as a union with collective bargaining. We had a voice and worked with management in a very positive manner which led to improved work conditions and employee morale. I'm asking you to vote to recognize our union. I want to be a part of creating a culture where other people can step up and solve problems alongside management. Where coaching and an open dialogue can help Jeffcom thrive. We want to create an environment and safe space for disagreements from different points of views are accepted and not have those ideas chilled. We want an environment where people can approach and work with management. We need an advocate. I ask again to recognize this union with collective bargaining. Closed by reading a letter from Arvada Professional Firefighters Association.
Nicole Dewey-Jeffcom (previously JCSO): I believe in this union because we need better communication, organization and transparency. AFSCME provides consistency for dispatchers. If change is necessary they will be there to help us. I would like to ask that you honor the 15 years of service I've given by you recognizing our union under collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME. I believe I my coworkers and the community deserve it.
MOTION: It was moved by and Dan McCasky seconded by Don Lombardi to approve the record of proceedings of the work session for the board of directors dated May 17, 2018.
Tom Kletzker- We are here today to ask for a vote recognizing our union. I'm dedicated because this will give us a voice to work with our management. Forming a union will allow dispatchers to have a greater stake in their work and advocate for them. It will allow dispatchers and management to have a way to resolve issues in a productive way. Through a union we will be able to work with management to solve any problems we may face. We ask you to recognize this union under a collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME.
Lindsey Ainge (previously West Metro)- I'm asking you to believe in this union as I do and ask that you recognize this union under a collective bargaining agreement. Forming a union will provide protection and consistency for us, the same as PD and Fire unions. It allows them to have a sense of security and a distinct consistency in workplace conditions. We need an advocate. And we would like to work side by side with management to make Jeffcom a workplace to be proud of.
Dustin Zweibel (previously Arvada Fire)- I would like to share specific examples of why I support a union with collective bargaining. First, Arvada Fire received offer letters prior to the transition indicating what our hourly rate would be based on 10-hour day schedule. Our hourly rate was decreased after we received our offer letters due to our change in schedule. There has been uncertainly and lack of consistency in application of compensation practices. This erodes trust between employees and management team. Secondly, we don't have a distinction of sick time and PTO. The hours used for sick time is the PTO that carries over not the PTO that you lose if not used at the end of the year. A union would build that trust and hold the management accountable. It will provide transparency and communication between management and the employees.
Update on Expenses: These financials are from January to June. Each month is pretty consistent and haven't seen a swing in any particular category. We are keeping track of software that comes through and we are seeing we don't need a few of those so it will help with savings in the coming year.
Why is the contribution from JCECA so low? Jeff Irvin- To date we have spent close to 3 million on Jeffcom expenses. We are building up the reserves and will be paying Jeffcom later this year.
JCECA has paid 8% of the personnel costs to date. Do we anticipate that at the end of the year it will be 100% of those costs paid for? JCECA will pay up to the 7.2 million by the end of December.
Has Jeffcom received the 6.5 million allocated for payroll? Transition costs have exceeded the amount that we originally budgeted. Jeffcom will be getting that amount at the end of the year.
Staffing Update: Jeffcom has 83 Emergency Communications Specialists. 1 on Military leave, 15 part-time and 16 Supervisors. We are currently hiring. We have extended 4 conditional offers and have 4 in backgrounds. We want to extend 8 conditional offers with a start date of August 13th. We have 10 in the polygraph/suitability phase and their start date would be September 15th.
Our bandwidth for starting new hires and getting them trained is probably 8. We will reopen our application portal in the middle of August. By September we hope to have 16 hired.
It takes 8-10 weeks to train a new person in call taking. And it takes us about 2 months to interview and hire a new employee.
We implemented the bonus program for 2018. The premise behind that is retention. We continue to provide cross training.
Jeffcom Goals 2018: We've included goals that management has developed. There are 3 main goals. We will do an analysis on where we are at with these goals at the end of 2018. This is Jeffcom's benchmark for the next 6 months. The board would like to there to be an objective regarding taking care of internal customers.
Budget Scheduling: We are meeting with CRS and a few members of the board to draft a budget. Aug 15th is when we are to have a preliminary budget to the board. We will be doing a presentation on Aug 16th on the budget.
Warren Tech Update: Warren Tech has created a curriculum in the area of emergency dispatch. Their curriculum will begin in August and they have 12 students signed up. In one year, they will come out of this program as a certified dispatcher on the same TriTech software that we are using. They will be doing a mentorship program and sit-alongs with Jeffcom staff. Warren Tech will come in to do a presentation at a later date.
Can you talk about the change in the schedule? We have the dispatchers working three 12 hour shifts one week and four 12 hour shifts the second week. Due to the loss in staff, we had to change the schedule to staff people by their skill set. We have always and will continue to honor their pre-scheduled vacations. Because of that we have had a large amount of overtime. With mandated overtime we were seeing 20% of the staff working the 2,000+ hours of OT.
TriTech is aware of the CAD interface with NICE and working on it. But there are some things NICE needed to fix first. Jeffcom does not have a contract with NICE.
There weren't too many legal issues in June. Bob Cole will be at the meeting in August. No specific issues to bring today.
Backup center: We have been working with West Metro. There were some additional projects that need to be addressed in order for us to be where we need. Those projects have been completed. We have moved most of our equipment to the center. We are going to do a test to determine how to stand up the center and tear down and report back at the next board meeting.
Colleen Eyman: Has there been a discussion on the CIJS incident? Have the other agencies been notified? Jeff Streeter-We did not have a network breach. There was a form that got changed on the back end on the CBI side of the house. It may be linked to a TriTech upgrade. It created a login issue. It was only viewable by those that have CIJS have capability. It was never exposed to the public. It has been corrected. We have encouraged people to create new logins.
MOTION: There being no further business to be presented it was moved by Dan Brennan and seconded by Link Strate to adjourn the board meeting of the Jefferson County Communications Center Authority board of directors. The motion was voted upon and carried.
Meeting was adjourned at 10:26am.


LoveGen, founded by Dolly (producer Ritesh Sidhwani's wife), Bhavana (Chunky Pandey's better half) and Nandita (already a well-established designer) is all about attitude! Targetted at 18-25 year olds, it's affordable fashion at its coolest best. Their recently launched high street brand created quite a buzz at the PosH RacK fashion pop-up held last month in Dubai.
Masala! met the lovely Mumbai girls over a chatathon and needless to say, we had a blast.
How did this partnership happpen?
I've been in the fashion industry for over a decade and have focused on high-end resort wear. I've always wanted to expand to a high street brand but a new venture needed a bigger scale and the right partners. One night, when we pondered over the idea, I jumped on it because Dolly and Bhavana were just perfect for something like this. The next thing was that we were at our office, making business plans!
Your brand has styled almost every celebrity out there. What are the challenges you face styling celebrities?
The only challenge is to try and not repeat our looks with celebs, as the last thing we would want is a 'who wore it better' post!
Your collection is perfect for the summer. Could you give us tips on wardrobe staples this season?
Whites, whites and more whites. You can never have too many white cotton outfits for the summer! Tent dresses and loose silhouettes are must-haves.
What is your opinion of fashion criticism in India?
Thanks to the digital world, things go viral in seconds. I think, people need to stop being so over critical about fashion. Everyone should be allowed to wear what they want without being punished for it. We don't have to love every outfit worn by everyone.


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package io.moquette.spi.impl;

import io.moquette.BrokerConstants;
import io.moquette.interception.InterceptHandler;
import io.moquette.server.Server;
import io.moquette.server.config.IConfig;
import io.moquette.spi.IMessagesStore;
import io.moquette.spi.ISessionsStore;
import io.moquette.spi.impl.security.ACLFileParser;
import io.moquette.spi.impl.security.AcceptAllAuthenticator;
import io.moquette.spi.impl.security.DenyAllAuthorizator;
import io.moquette.spi.impl.security.FileAuthenticator;
import io.moquette.spi.impl.security.PermitAllAuthorizator;
import io.moquette.spi.impl.subscriptions.Subscription;
import io.moquette.spi.impl.subscriptions.SubscriptionsStore;
import io.moquette.spi.persistence.MapDBPersistentStore;
import io.moquette.spi.security.IAuthenticator;
import io.moquette.spi.security.IAuthorizator;

import java.io.File;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import net.huraki.tss.TssHandler;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * It's main responsibility is bootstrap the ProtocolProcessor.
 *
 * @author andrea
 */
public class ProtocolProcessorBootstrapper {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ProtocolProcessorBootstrapper.class);

    private SubscriptionsStore subscriptions;

    private MapDBPersistentStore m_mapStorage;

    private ISessionsStore m_sessionsStore;

    //Raphael Huber
    private TssHandler tssHandler;

    private BrokerInterceptor m_interceptor;

    private final ProtocolProcessor m_processor = new ProtocolProcessor();

    public ProtocolProcessorBootstrapper() {
    }

    /**
     * Initialize the processing part of the broker.
     * @param props the properties carrier where some props like port end host could be loaded.
     *              For the full list check of configurable properties check moquette.conf file.
     * @param embeddedObservers a list of callbacks to be notified of certain events inside the broker.
     *                          Could be empty list of null.
     * @param authenticator an implementation of the authenticator to be used, if null load that specified in config
     *                      and fallback on the default one (permit all).
     * @param authorizator an implementation of the authorizator to be used, if null load that specified in config
     *                      and fallback on the default one (permit all).
     * */
    public ProtocolProcessor init(IConfig props, List<? extends InterceptHandler> embeddedObservers,
                                  IAuthenticator authenticator, IAuthorizator authorizator, Server server) {
        subscriptions = new SubscriptionsStore();

        m_mapStorage = new MapDBPersistentStore(props);
        m_mapStorage.initStore();
        IMessagesStore messagesStore = m_mapStorage.messagesStore();
        m_sessionsStore = m_mapStorage.sessionsStore();

        //Raphael Huber
        tssHandler = new TssHandler();
        tssHandler.init(m_mapStorage.tssTopicStore(), subscriptions);

        List<InterceptHandler> observers = new ArrayList<>(embeddedObservers);
        String interceptorClassName = props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.INTERCEPT_HANDLER_PROPERTY_NAME);
        if (interceptorClassName != null && !interceptorClassName.isEmpty()) {
            try {
                InterceptHandler handler;
                try {
                    final Constructor<? extends InterceptHandler> constructor = Class.forName(interceptorClassName).asSubclass(InterceptHandler.class).getConstructor(Server.class);
                    handler = constructor.newInstance(server);
                } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme){
                    handler = Class.forName(interceptorClassName).asSubclass(InterceptHandler.class).newInstance();
                }
                observers.add(handler);
            } catch (Throwable ex) {
                LOG.error("Can't load the intercept handler {}", ex);
            }
        }
        m_interceptor = new BrokerInterceptor(observers);

        subscriptions.init(m_sessionsStore);

        String configPath = System.getProperty("moquette.path", null);
        String authenticatorClassName = props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.AUTHENTICATOR_CLASS_NAME, "");

        if (!authenticatorClassName.isEmpty()) {
            authenticator = (IAuthenticator)loadClass(authenticatorClassName, IAuthenticator.class, props);
            LOG.info("Loaded custom authenticator {}", authenticatorClassName);
        }

        if (authenticator == null) {
            String passwdPath = props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.PASSWORD_FILE_PROPERTY_NAME, "");
            if (passwdPath.isEmpty()) {
                authenticator = new AcceptAllAuthenticator();
            } else {
                authenticator = new FileAuthenticator(configPath, passwdPath);
            }
        }

        String authorizatorClassName = props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.AUTHORIZATOR_CLASS_NAME, "");
        if (!authorizatorClassName.isEmpty()) {
            authorizator = (IAuthorizator)loadClass(authorizatorClassName, IAuthorizator.class, props);
            LOG.info("Loaded custom authorizator {}", authorizatorClassName);
        }

        if (authorizator == null) {
            String aclFilePath = props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.ACL_FILE_PROPERTY_NAME, "");
            if (aclFilePath != null && !aclFilePath.isEmpty()) {
                authorizator = new DenyAllAuthorizator();
                File aclFile = new File(configPath, aclFilePath);
                try {
                    authorizator = ACLFileParser.parse(aclFile);
                } catch (ParseException pex) {
                    LOG.error(String.format("Format error in parsing acl file %s", aclFile), pex);
                }
                LOG.info("Using acl file defined at path {}", aclFilePath);
            } else {
                authorizator = new PermitAllAuthorizator();
                LOG.info("Starting without ACL definition");
            }

        }

        boolean allowAnonymous = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.ALLOW_ANONYMOUS_PROPERTY_NAME, "true"));
        boolean allowZeroByteClientId = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.ALLOW_ZERO_BYTE_CLIENT_ID_PROPERTY_NAME, "false"));

        // Raphael Huber added tssHandler
        m_processor.init(subscriptions, messagesStore, m_sessionsStore, tssHandler, authenticator, allowAnonymous, allowZeroByteClientId, authorizator, m_interceptor, props.getProperty(BrokerConstants.PORT_PROPERTY_NAME));
        return m_processor;
    }

    private Object loadClass(String className, Class<?> cls, IConfig props) {
        Object instance = null;
        try {
            Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(className);

            // check if method getInstance exists
            Method method = clazz.getMethod("getInstance", new Class[] {});
            try {
                instance = method.invoke(null, new Object[] {});
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException | InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException ex) {
                LOG.error(null, ex);
                throw new RuntimeException("Cannot call method "+ className +".getInstance", ex);
            }
        }
        catch (NoSuchMethodException nsmex) {
            try {
                // check if constructor with IConfig parameter exists
                instance = this.getClass().getClassLoader()
                        .loadClass(className)
                        .asSubclass(cls)
                        .getConstructor(IConfig.class).newInstance(props);
            } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                LOG.error(null, ex);
                throw new RuntimeException("Cannot load custom authenticator class " + className, ex);
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException e) {
                try {
                    // fallback to default constructor
                    instance = this.getClass().getClassLoader()
                            .loadClass(className)
                            .asSubclass(cls)
                            .newInstance();
                } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                    LOG.error(null, ex);
                    throw new RuntimeException("Cannot load custom authenticator class " + className, ex);
                }
            }
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            LOG.error(null, ex);
            throw new RuntimeException("Class " + className + " not found", ex);
        } catch (SecurityException ex) {
            LOG.error(null, ex);
            throw new RuntimeException("Cannot call method "+ className +".getInstance", ex);
        }

        return instance;
    }

    public List<Subscription> getSubscriptions() {
        return m_sessionsStore.getSubscriptions();
    }

    public void shutdown() {
        this.m_mapStorage.close();
    }
}


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A rental car is not necessarily needed on the islands since public transportation and taxis are generally available around tourist areas.
The Islands became a British overseas territory in 1973.
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Turks and Caicos Islands: Government
Chief of State:
Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor John Freeman
Head of Government:
Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson
Government Name:
Government Type:
Coat of Arms of Turks and Caicos Islands
Index of Economic Freedom
There is no Index of Economic Freedom rating for Turks and Caicos Islands
There is no Country Risk Rating for Turks and Caicos Islands
Main Powers
Election Cycle 1
The governor serves as the British government administrator, retains responsibility for civil, defense, external affairs, and internal security. It also chairs and appoints the cabinet.
The monarch, which is hereditary, appoints the governor. Following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party is appointed premier by the governor.
No term limit
The Magistrates' Court handles minor criminal charges and civil suits with damages below $10,000. Decisions of the Magistrates Court can be appealed to the higher Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Appeals beyond the Supreme Court are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, England.
Appointed by the governor in accordance with the Judicial Service Commission, which is a three member body of high level judicial officials
Supreme Court judges have a mandatory retirement age of 65, but it can be extended to age 70. Appeals Court judge tenure is determined by the individual terms of appointment.
The Governor with the advice and consent of the House of Assembly may make laws for the peace, order and good government of the Islands. Any member of the House of Assembly can introduce a new bill or make a motion.
There are 19 seats in the unicameral House of Assembly. 15 members are directly elected via a simple majority vote in their constituencies. The remaining 4 members are appointed by the governor on the advice of the premier and opposition party.
Regional Trade Blocs
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International Organization Participation [2]
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Number of Countries Associated with This Agreement
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ElectionGuide http://www.electionguide.org/
EY, http://www.ey.com
CIA World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

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Specs:
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- [x] Use ActiveRecord for storing information in a database
- [x] Include more than one model class (list of model class names e.g. User, Post, Category)
-     Shelter, Animal, User
- [x] Include at least one has_many relationship (x has_many y e.g. User has_many Posts)
-     Shelter has_many animals. User has_many shelters, and has_many animals through shelters
- [x] Include user accounts
- [x] Ensure that users can't modify content created by other users
-     User id must match the user_id associated with the content they wish to edit
- [x] Include user input validations
-     If any of the input fields are blank the form won't go through and will redirect
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This course is for anyone who is struggling with dealing with their anger in an effective way.


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Senior Chief Edward C. Byers
Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr., United States Navy, distinguished himself by heroic gallantry as an Assault Team Member attached to a Joint Task Force in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM on 8 December 2012.
Dr. Dilip Joseph is an American citizen, who was abducted with his driver and Afghan interpreter on 5 December 2012. Intelligence reports indicated that Dr. Joseph might be transported to another location as early as 9 December 2012. Dr. Joseph was being held in a small, single-room building.
The target compound was located in a remote area beside a mountain in the Qarghah'i District of Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Chief Byers was part of the rescue team that planned to make entry into the room of guards where the hostage was believed to be located. Success of the rescue operation relied upon surprise, speed, and aggressive action. Trading personal security for speed of action was inherent to the success of this rescue mission. Each assaulter in the rescue force volunteered for this operation with full appreciation for the risks they were to undertake.
With the approval of the Commander of all International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, the rescue force launched from its forward operating base. The infiltration was an exhaustive patrol across unimproved trails and mountainous terrain. After nearly four hours of patrolling, the rescue force was positioned to make its assault on the target compound.
As the patrol closed to within 25 meters of the target building, a guard became aware of the rescue force. The forward-most assaulter shot at the guard and ran towards the door to make entry as the guard disappeared inside. Chief Byers was the second assaulter in a sprint towards the door. Six layers of blankets securely fastened to the ceiling and walls served as the Afghan door. While Chief Byers tried to rip down the blankets, the first assaulter pushed his way through the doorway and was immediately shot by enemy AK-47 fire. Chief Byers, fully aware of the hostile threat inside the room, boldly entered and immediately engaged a guard pointing an AK-47 towards him. As he was engaging that guard, another adult male darted towards the corner of the room. Chief Byers could not distinguish if the person may have been the hostage scrambling away or a guard attempting to arm himself with an AK-47 that lay in the corner. Chief Byers tackled the unknown male and seized control of him. While in hand-to-hand combat, Chief Byers maintained control of the unknown male with one hand, while adjusting the focus of his night vision goggles (NVGs) with his other. Once his NVGs were focused, he recognized that the male was not the hostage and engaged the struggling armed guard.
By now other team members had entered the room and were calling to Dr. Joseph to identify himself. Chief Byers heard an unknown voice speak English from his right side. He immediately leaped across the room and selflessly flung his body on top of the American hostage, shielding him from the continued rounds being fired across the room. Almost simultaneously, Chief Byers identified an additional enemy fighter directly behind Dr. Joseph. While covering the hostage with his body, Chief Byers was able to pin the enemy combatant to the wall with his hand around the enemy's throat. Unable to fire any effective rounds into the enemy, Chief Byers was able to restrain the combatant enough to enable his teammate to fire precision shots, eliminating the final threat within the room.
Chief Byers quickly talked to Dr. Joseph, confirming that he was able to move. He and his Team Leader stood Dr. Joseph up, calmed him, and let him know he was safe with American Forces. Once Dr. Joseph was moved to the helicopter-landing zone, Chief Byers, a certified paramedic and 18D medic, assisted with the rendering of medical aid to the urgent surgical assaulter. Chief Byers and others performed CPR during the 40-minute flight to Bagram Airfield where his teammate was declared deceased.
Chief Petty Officer Byers displayed superior gallantry, extraordinary heroism at grave personal risk, dedication to his teammates, and calm tactical leadership while liberating Dr. Dilip Joseph from captivity. He is unquestionably deserving of the Medal of Honor.
CITATION TO ACCOMPANY
THE AWARD OF
THE MEDAL OF H0ONOR
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a Hostage Rescue Force Team Member in Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM from 8 to 9 December 2012. As the rescue force approached the target building, an enemy sentry detected them and darted inside to alert his fellow captors. The sentry quickly reemerged, and the lead assaulter attempted to neutralize him. Chief Byers with his team sprinted to the door of the target building. As the primary breacher, Chief Byers stood in the doorway fully exposed to enemy fire while ripping down six layers of heavy blankets fastened to the inside ceiling and walls to clear a path for the rescue force. The first assaulter pushed his way through the blankets, and was mortally wounded by enemy small arms fire from within. Chief Byers, completely aware of the imminent threat, fearlessly rushed into the room and engaged an enemy guard aiming an AK-47 at him. He then tackled another adult male who had darted towards the corner of the room. During the ensuing hand-to-hand struggle, Chief Byers confirmed the man was not the hostage and engaged him. As other rescue team members called out to the hostage, Chief Byers heard a voice respond in English and raced toward it. He jumped atop the American hostage and shielded him from the high volume of fire within the small room. While covering the hostage with his body, Chief Byers immobilized another guard with his bare hands, and restrained the guard until a teammate could eliminate him. His bold and decisive actions under fire saved the lives of the hostage and several of his teammates. By his undaunted courage, intrepid fighting spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty in the face of near certain death, Chief Petty Officer Byers reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, of Monroeville, Pa., died of combat related injuries suffered Dec. 8, 2012 while supporting operations near Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Iranian Tomcats Get New Paint Job
Posted on October 17, 2013November 9, 2013 by walt313	4 Comments
F-14's of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force could be sporting more than a new paint job. Back in 2007, The Lucky Puppy reported on the possibility that France might help Iran resurrect their Tomcat fleet. Follow this link:
Putin Says- "Pimp My MiG"
Iranian ace Jalil Zandi is credited with shooting down 11 Iraqi aircraft during Iran–Iraq War and is the most successful F-14 pilot.
Since the 1979 embargo of F-14 parts, Iran has kept three of the 79 aircraft in the air. The most infamous one was involved in the Iranian Airbus Iran Air Flight 655 shoot down by the U.S.S. Vincennes in 1988. In 2002 Iran announced that it had 25 out of 79 operational. In 1985, 25 Iranian F-14s flew over Tehran as part of a celebration. In the last year of the war, 1988, an F-14 shot down an Iraqi jet, one of over 80 knocked down by their F-14s since 1980. That much is known, because there were witnesses and other evidence. Using Russian sources and smuggling parts into Iran were some ways it has been speculated that the Iranian Air Force accomplished this feat, To prevent parts getting into the black market, the U.S. literally cut up the U.S. Tomcat fleet when the aircraft was taken out of service. Most, if not all U.S. military aircraft wind up at the storage facility in Holloman, New Mexico. Not the Tomcat. In our 2007 post, we postulated that Iran was getting their Tomcats pimped by France as did Iraq with their MiG-25's. Consider this video produced by Iran. It has been cobbled together from scenes of Iranian TV series 'Shoghe Parvaz' (The Delight of The Flight) and flight scenes from "Topgun" of all things. [youtube_sc url="http://youtu.be/fh9RkKBZYX8″]
Some Things I Spotted
You see six aircraft lined up on the apron.
Anyone can give AIM-54 shapes a new paint job and drag them around the flight line.
I count four moving under their own power. Any crew chief will tell you that with enough effort, any hangar queen or cann bird can taxi to the runway.
One scene shows that one Tomcat is filmed in flight from another Tomcat. That's two in the air at the same time.
In summer of 2010, Iran requested that the United States deliver the 80th F-14 it had purchased in 1974, but delivery was denied after the Islamic Revolution. In October 2010, an Iranian Air Force commander claimed that the country overhauls and optimizes different types of military aircraft, mentioning that Air Force has even installed Iran-made radar systems on the F-14. Best estimates is that the Iranians have three operational aircraft. No….wait. On 26 January 2012, an Iranian F-14 crashed three minutes after takeoff. Both crew members were killed. That makes the Iranian Tomcat fleet……two.
Snazzy new paint job on the outside but what nasty surprises for American airmen are on the inside?
You might want to read:
Iran Unveils Fifth Generation Fighter
[youtube_sc url="http://youtu.be/sya-9XDpfiM"]
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Q: Proving a local minimum is a global minimum. Let $f(x,y)=xy+ \frac{50}{x}+\frac{20}{y}$, Find the global minimum / maximum of the function for $x>0,y>0$
Clearly the function has no global maximum since $f$ is not bounded.
I have found that the point $(5,2)$ is a local minimum of $f$. It seems pretty obvious that this point is a global minimum, but I'm struggling with a formal proof.

A: By AM-GM $$f(x,y)\geq3\sqrt[3]{xy\cdot\frac{50}{x}\cdot\frac{20}{y}}=30.$$
The equality occurs for $$xy=\frac{50}{x}=\frac{20}{y}=10,$$
id est, for $(x,y)=(5,2)$, which says that $30$ is a minimal value.
The maximum does not exist. Try $x\rightarrow0^+$.

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It's been almost a year since we visited the Vulture Mine in Wickenburg, Arizona. A lot has happened in that year, some good and some not so good! Like everyone life can be so hard. I've definitely had a hard time keeping up with this blog. I have so many photographs that I want to share and keep for myself on this site. So, I'm going to try and do that!
The following photos are some of the miscellaneous pics that I took at the mine that day. It was definitely a photographic gold mine! If you have never been there I would certainly check it out. The mine offers a tour for a small fee.
Next postFinally some cooler weather!
Looks beautiful and such a gorgeous set of images. Great rich colors and textures. Have a wonderful day.


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Rodolphe III, né avant 1367 à Wittemberg et mort le  en Bohême, est un prince de la maison d'Ascanie, fils de l'électeur Venceslas de Saxe. Il a été duc de Saxe-Wittemberg et prince-électeur de 1388 à sa mort.

Biographie

Il est le fils aîné de Venceslas, électeur de Saxe à partir de 1370, et de son épouse Cécile (1356-1432), fille de Francesco da Carrara, seigneur de Padoue. Son père était impliqué dans la guerre de Succession de Lunebourg où les efforts des princes ascaniens sont voués à l'échec.

Rodolphe III reprit la tête de la Saxe-Wittemberg après la mort de son père en 1388. Au désavantage de son duché, il fut en conflit durant de nombreuses années avec l'archevêque de Magdebourg. Il attribua de nombreux revenus à l'abbaye Toussaint (Allerheiligen) de Wittemberg. En 1400, il participe à l'élection de Robert du Palatinat au roi des Romains à Rhens. En 1411, il soutient l'élection de Sigismond de Luxembourg.

Rodolphe prit part aux croisades contre les hussites après la défenestration de Prague en 1419, lorsqu'il est envoyé en Bohême par le roi pour y rétablir le calme et meurt en chemin, . Il a été enseveli au couvent franciscain de Wittemberg. Aujpurd'hui sa tombe se trouve dans l'église du château de Wittemberg.

Son jeune frère Albert III lui succéda.

Union et Postérité
Rodolphe épousa en 1387 ou 1389 Anne (morte en 1395), la fille du landgrave Balthazar de Thuringe et, en deuxièmes noces, en 1396, Barbara (morte en 1436), la fille du duc Robert  de Legnica. Il eut cinq enfants:
 Scholastique († 1463), épouse du duc Jean  de Sagan ;
 Rodolphe († 1406) ;
 Venceslas († 1407) ;
 Sigismund († 1407) ;
 Barbara (1405-1465), épouse du margrave Jean IV de Brandebourg-Culmbach.

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Rodolphe 03
Naissance à Wittemberg
Naissance dans l'électorat de Saxe
Décès en juin 1419
Personnalité inhumée dans l'église de la Toussaint de Wittemberg

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What an incredible thing to know that through Christ, we have a heavenly Father who loves us as his children, not based on our performance, achievement, or goodness. God's grace is still amazing! We are saved by grace and we are to walk or live in grace, which is also the enabling power of God to live the Christian life.
Now that we are under grace and not law (Rom.6:14-15. Gal.5:18), is the law still relevant? We need to understand that grace can be abused (see Jude 3-4). The extremes of legalism (a focus only on law) and of lawlessness (a focus only on grace) should be avoided. A proper understanding of grace helps us see that grace is not lawlessness.
Notice what John said about Jesus: "For the LAW was given through Moses, but GRACE and TRUTH came through Jesus Christ." (John 1:17) Jesus is full of grace and truth. We see this in his response to the woman caught in adultery. When her condemners had all left, he said, "Neither do I condemn you." That was grace. Then he said, "Go and sin no more." That was truth. Both are important.
So what about the law? Haven't the Ten Commandments been nailed to the cross (Col.2:14)? To answer this question we need to understand the difference between the ceremonial law and the moral law. The ceremonial law was fulfilled and abolished at the cross while the moral law continues. Why? To quote professors Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart: "The Old Testament is not our testament. The Old Testament represents God's previous covenant with Israel made at Mount Sinai, which we are no longer obligated to keep. Therefore, we can hardly begin by assuming that the old covenant should automatically be binding upon us. We have to assume, in fact, that none of its stipulations (laws) are binding upon us unless they are renewed in the new covenant. That is, unless an Old Testament law is somehow restated or reinforced in the New Testament, it is no longer directly binding on God's people (cf. Rom. 6:14-15)." Jesus and the apostles re-affirm nine of the Ten Commandments under the new covenant. The only one of the Ten Commandments not reinforced is the keeping of the Sabbath day.
How does this apply to the Christian life?
The Old Testament Law involved Ten Commandments written externally on two tables of stone written by the finger of God. It told people what to do but gave them no power to do it, then condemned them for not doing it. The letter kills. Grace gives us two commandments (love God and your neighbour) written internally on the tables of the heart and mind. Through the power of the Spirit we are empowered to obey God and we live under the grace of forgiveness. The Spirit gives life!
God's grace comes to transform our lives. The Old Covenant was DO and LIVE (Gal.3:12). By works and obedience to the law we are accepted and justified. The New Covenant is LIVE and DO. Not "in order to …" but "because of …" Become what you are (children of God – like him). Spirit empowered. Grace is a free gift. You are accepted, forgiven and loved (by faith), so now forgive and love (demonstrated by good works of obedience).
Because of the sin nature which still has not been eradicated, we cannot be perfect but we can grow and move towards perfection (Heb.6:1-2). When we sin, forgiveness is available to us (Mt.6:12. 1 Jn.1:9). Though already forgiven, we are to appropriate it daily through repentance and faith.
God loves us – that is a constant state of his heart towards us. Once you realise this, you long to love him in return and do those things that are pleasing to him. Because I am God's child and because he has loved me so freely, I want to live a life that will please him and bring him great joy (Eph.2:8-10). God wants us to be rooted and grounded in His great love, not our fear or insecurity (Eph.3:14-20). Let love be your "root" (life source) and your "foundation" (support and strength).
Love fulfils the law. Grace is about living by the law of love (Rom.13:8, 10. Gal.5:14. Jas.2:8). Jesus said, "If you love me, obey what I command (Jn.14:15)." God's commands are for our good. We should love his law (Ps.119:97, 113, 163, 165) because it reflects his nature and provides us guidance for living life to the full. Avoid the lawlessness of the younger brother and the focus on moral strictness of the older brother (Luke 15:11-32). Receive the love of the Father and love Him in return. Walk in a love relationship with Him. That is what grace is all about.
What does 'grace' mean to you? What is your personal experience of grace?
What does the image of God as 'Father' mean to you?
Have you seen grace abused by people?
What do you think 'legalism' is? Share your experience with it and its impact.
Discuss the Ten Commandments. How are they relevant today for a Christian?
What difference would it make in our lives if we simply focused daily on loving God and loving people?
In your family or relationships, how does forgiveness work? Yes, we should choose to be forgiving at all times, even before someone hurts us. How do we feel if someone doesn't apologise to us? How do we feel when they do?
How could a fresh revelation of God's love and grace change our lives?
How can we be more gracious to other people, passing on the grace we have received?
Pray for each other – for a fresh experience of grace and for such a strong love for God that leads us to live lives that bring pleasure to Him.


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Our beautiful little Freddie is four weeks old today. Those four weeks have flown by in a whirl of late night bottle feeds, early morning nappy changes, a million and one cuddles and still everyday I have to pinch myself that he's here and I'm a mum of TWO gorgeous boys.
It was only this time last year when we were gearing up for our fertility consultant appointment at Birmingham Women's Hospital without any clue what the year had in store for us. And what an incredible year it has been. So much has changed for our family and I really didn't dare dream this for us last year as I would never have expected it to be our reality.
As I write this, Freddie is lying next to me in his co-sleeping crib with his beautiful blue eyes gazing up in my direction. He's such a content baby. He's sleeping well, allowing me to get in at least three hours sleep in between feeds throughout the night and has been guzzling his bottles well. We're now making him 5oz bottles for feeds every three and a half to four hours and he's managed to drain most of those. Shilts is doing the last feed of the evening when I try (ha ha!) to get some sleep before I'm up with Freddie in the dead of the night. Of course, I really don't mind at all, there's nowhere else I'd rather be!
Although he's feeding well, he's been constipated and we've ended up changing his formula from SMA to Aptamil. Thankfully he's been a bit more regular since then but I'm sure I said this with Olly, you never realise how happy a baby having a poo can make you! Seeing them so upset with constipation is awful as you cant really help them aside from tummy massages, moving their legs in a bicycle fashion and offering cooled boiled water.
His first size and newborn clothes are already getting a little snug. He has the biggest feet I've ever seen for a baby and his feet don't really sit well in the feet areas of his baby grows. We'll be having to get out the 0-3 month clothes in the next few days and re-arrange the clothes in his drawer. Thankfully we stored a lot of clothes away from when Olly was a baby so I'll be washing those and adding them to his wardrobe.
As predicted, Freddie hated his first bath but since then he's had a few more and he seems really content with them. He has really dry skin so we're using Aveeno Baby on his legs and his feet to help them. I'm keen not to over bathe him so top and tailing every night and then bathing him twice a week.
Freddie has become increasingly aware of Olly's presence which is lovely. He's always turning his head to see him and he loves holding his hand. It's so heartwarming to see.
He loves to fall asleep in the pram and has accompanied me on the school run in an afternoon, I even wore him in the bambalino wrap which we both enjoyed. Freddie's been on a few car journeys in both our cars and just yesterday I drove my car solo with both boys in the back in their car seats! It felt brilliant to get behind the wheel again. Freddie slept throughout the car journeys which must mean he's comfortable which is all we want really.
Freddie's appointments have come through for his hip and sacral dimple ultrasounds so whilst I'm not looking forward to them, it'll be good to find out if there's anything to worry about and hopefully, get completely discharged from the paediatric team.
So four weeks on and Freddie is thriving. He looks like his big brother but also reminds me so much of me as a baby. It's his little piggy nose that's a replica of mine (poor boy!) but no doubt it won't be long until people are saying he looks like his Daddy.
You are so loved Freddie, you really are! I can't wait for the next four weeks together.
Freddie's just a couple of weeks younger than our Spud who was born on the 21st. You have a lovely family and F is completely gorgeous. It made me smile when you said his first size/newborn clothes were getting snug. Spuds very much in 0-3, little chunk, but she was 9lb4 when she was born! Even some of the 0-3 are becoming a little snug!


By Tim O'Rourke June 6, 2016 Updated: Jan. 31, 2019 10:42 a.m.
America prayed he would recover, but those prayers would not be answered.
The Chronicle's front page from June 6, 1968, covers the death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who was shot dead by an assassin after a victory in the California presidential primary.
"Kennedy, struck down by gunfire at the moment of his greatest political triumph, died early today slightly more than 24 hours after the savage assassination in a downtown Los Angeles hotel," the Associated Press story on The Chronicle's front page read. "Kennedy, 42, had undergone more than three hours in the operating room early Wednesday for removal of all but a fragment of a bullet that lodged in his brain.
The shooter was Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian who targeted the senator because of his stance on Israel.
"My brother need not be idealized, or enlarged in death beyond what he was in life; to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.
"Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world.


Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes is a PhD Student in the postgraduate programme of Sociology at IESP - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her research interests centre on social movements, youth and violence, and coercive environments for collective action.
While media coverage of Brazil's urban protests continues to focus on Molotov cocktails and smashed windows, the fight against police violence, repression and institutional racism continues.
The disproportionate use of violence in peaceful protests in Brazil quickly led to a radicalization of its protests. But who was responsible?


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Q: How to get objects in a list stored in a hasmap, to create new list So I have a hashmap which stores strings as the key and lists as the value.
I need to create a new list inside my method, populate my new list with the one stored inside the hashmap.
Doing this I am not sure how to get all the objects of the list in the hashmap into the new list...
//Original hashmap
private Map<String, List<Object>> things;

//inside the method im trying to create...
List<Object> otherThings = new ArrayList<>();

//unsure what i need here:
otherThings.add....

The new List should have all the objects from the list stored in the hashmap.

A: You probably want something like this:
private Map<String, List<Object>> things;
List<Object> otherThings = new ArrayList<>();
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This retrieves the list that matches "some_key" in the hashmap and copies the contents into a new list for otherThings.  Keep in mind that only the list is copied, but the object references are still the same.


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Palliative Care Interventions May Improve Oncology Outcomes
Matt Mahady
As more studies link aggressive end-of-life oncology care to problems such as suboptimal cost and quality outcomes, experts are increasingly proposing earlier, more comprehensive palliative care interventions.
Shelley Fuld Nasso
As more studies link aggressive end-of-life oncology care to problems such as suboptimal cost and quality outcomes, experts are increasingly proposing earlier, more comprehensive palliative care interventions. "There is absolutely clear-cut evidence that palliative care enhances clinical outcomes and quality of life for people with advanced malignancy," said Michael Kolodziej, MD, Aetna's national medical director for oncology solutions.
As far back as 2012, the evidence was compelling and sufficiently prolific to convince ASCO to issue a clinical opinion supporting the integration of palliative care with conventional oncology treatment.1 "There has been an increasing chorus of voices, in ASCO and outside of ASCO, saying that there really needs to be a better way," said Lowell E. Schnipper, MD, chair of ASCO's Value in Cancer Care Task Force and chief of hematology/oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Impact of Expanded Palliative Care on End-of-Life Outcomes
In a pivotal recent study, Jennifer Temel, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, found that early palliative care among patients with metastatic non—small cell lung cancer led to increased survival.2 The palliative group achieved superior outcomes based on median survival and quality of life measures, the study found.
Shelley Fuld Nasso, CEO, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, described the Temel study as having initiated a "Big Bang" revolution, predicting that it would eventually "change the way people view palliative care." Craig C. Earle, MD, director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, said that such findings are taking the pressure off oncologists to go on fighting a patient's cancer until the very end. "Studies showing that early involvement of palliative care can actually improve hard outcomes like survival are making it more acceptable for oncologists to not always be pushing the most aggressive approach," he said.
Kolodziej said it's important to carefully assess the type and value of end-of-life care that patients receive because that is where the costs can really add up. "Look at where the dollars are spent in patients who die of malignancy; the number one cost is not chemotherapy, it's inpatient care," Kolodziej said. His view is supported by a 2014 study in Cancer, which linked earlier palliative care referral (>3 months before death vs <3 months before death) with fewer emergency department (ED) visits, fewer hospitalizations, and fewer hospital deaths in the last 30 days of life.3
Even within the hospital setting, earlier palliative consultation has the potential to significantly lower costs. Research published in 2015 showed that in an adult population diagnosed with advanced cancer, palliative intervention within 6 days of admission reduced hospital stay costs by 14% ($1312 per patient)4 and within 2 days by roughly 24% ($2280 per patient).
Current Care: A Mixed Picture
There are strong believers in the value potential of palliative intervention, but there is no consensus on whether a paradigm shift is underway. "There is a mixed picture," said David Hui, MD, of the Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center. "People generally have a greater awareness of inappropriate chemotherapy use. National data seem to show some decrease in acute care or hospital stays at the very end of life, but then some other trends show there are a bit more ICU stays.5 This is still evolving."
The research results Hui mentioned, published in 2013, showed a sharp increase in the percentage of patients who were in hospice at the time of death: 21.6% in 2000 versus 42.2% in 2009.5 Conversely, a study of advanced cancer patient admissions in 2000 (n = 191) and 2010 (n = 141) found that despite poor median survival in both groups (4.7 months median survival post discharge in 2000 and 3.4 months in 2010), hospice was recommended to only 23% of patients in 2000 and 24% in 2010.7
"What we do know is there is plenty more work to do on this score," Schnipper said.
Obstacles to Change
A range of complex factors continues to drive overzealous end-of-life oncology care. One of these is that the era of immunotherapy is generating excitement and contributing to the "focus-on-cure" mentality, Hui said. Similarly, the utility of precision therapies tempts physicians to continue treatment in patients well into advanced-stage cancer. "Targeted therapies, many of which are oral, have made it seem easier to keep treatment going very near end of life. In some situations, this is not unreasonable, but in others, these drugs can still be very toxic, not to mention incredibly expensive, for very modest potential benefits," Earle said.
According to Hui, patient age, attitude, degree of awareness regarding their condition, and beliefs toward risk taking can also have a profound impact, as can general cultural taboos, shared by both patients and providers alike, which discourage candid conversations regarding end-of-life related topics. "It's easier to talk about the next line of therapy than death," Earle said.
In addition, Hui said, portions of the healthcare system that should be working together are siloed. "There is a dichotomy between the acute care system and the hospice care system, and some of the reimbursement policies may contribute to more aggressive chemotherapy use at end of life."
Fee-for-service reimbursement models can reward nonproductive treatment and fail to adequately compensate for comprehensive palliative care. "It's an unfortunate by-product of our system that probably has an unconscious effect at skewing decisions," Schnipper said.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has undertaken a number of efforts to explore alternative oncologist payment methods perceived as more compatible with the promotion of end-of-life care optimization. The federal agency has supported numerous programs experimenting with compensation mechanisms, such as episode-based "bundling," and has provided millions of dollars in grant funding to further the oncology medical home (OMH) concept, which emphasizes physician accountability, enhanced patient services, and expanded care accessibility to decrease inappropriate hospitalization and nonproductive therapy. "As of 2016, CMS is now going to pay for advanced care planning discussions," said Fuld Nasso.
OMH programs also are being used by the private payer community to incentivize improved end-of-life care. "I've been a big proponent of the oncology medical home. Within that delivery model, we pay practices for having advance care planning visits and end-of-life discussions," Kolodziej said.
Schnipper added that when an OMH is successful with end-of-life issues, patients get a quick response to their needs and they are able to remain at home rather than in an ED, "which is otherwise the default position."
Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology (CMOH), a 9-physician group practice outside of Philadelphia, established a delivery model focus that is earning respect for its handling of end-of-life patients. In 2010, CMOH became the first oncology practice to meet all National Committee for Quality Assurance criteria required for recognition as a Level 3 Palliative Care Medical Home.8 "They are doing a better job of talking to patients earlier and getting them into hospice care earlier," Fuld Nasso said.
Results of the CMOH effort include a 68% decrease in ED visits, a 51% drop in hospital admissions per patient treated with chemotherapy per year, and a 21% reduction in length of stay for admitted patients.8 Cost savings yielded by the group's OMH program are estimated at roughly $1 million per physician annually.
1. Sher DJ. Economic benefits of palliative care consultation continue to unfold. J Clin Oncol. 2015;33(25):2723-2724. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.62.1557.
2. Temel JS, Greer JA, Muzikansky A, et al. Early palliative care for patients with metastatic non—small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(8):733-742. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1000678.
3. Hui D, Kim SH, Roquemore J, Dev R, Chisholm G, Bruera E. Impact of timing and setting of palliative care referral on quality of end-of-life care in cancer patients. Cancer. 2014;120(11):1743-1749. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28628.
4. May P, Garrido MM, Cassel JB, et al. Prospective cohort study of hospital palliative care teams for inpatients with advanced cancer: earlier consultation is associated with larger cost-saving effect. J Clin Oncol. 2015;33(25):2745-2752. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.60.2334.
5. Teno JM, Gozalo PL, Bynum JP, et al. Change in end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries, site of death, place of care, and health care transitions in 2000, 2005, and 2009. JAMA 2013. 309(5):470-477. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.207624.
6. Khan SA, Gomes B, Higginson IJ. End-of-life care: what do cancer patients want? Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2014;11(2):100-108. doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2013.217.
7. Rocque GB, Barnett AE, Illig LC, et al. Inpatient hospitalization of oncology patients: are we missing an opportunity for end-of-life care? J Oncol Pract. 2013;9(1):51-54. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2012.000698.
8. Sprandio J. Oncology patient-centered medical home. J Oncol Pract. 2012; 8(suppl 3): 47s—49s. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2012.000590.


With Small Shifts, Israel Eases Restrictions On Some Palestinians : Parallels Older Palestinians can enter Israel without prior authorization; 100 Palestinian doctors are now permitted to drive to work. An Israeli officer describes these modest policy changes as an experiment.
For many commuters, standing in the parking lot after driving to work wouldn't be noteworthy. But for rheumatologist Anas Muhana, it's a big deal. He's one of only 100 Palestinian West Bank residents now permitted to drive his own car, with its white-and-green plates, to his job in Israel. The Israeli military banned Palestinian-plated cars for the past 15 years.
Early one morning a couple of weeks ago, rheumatologist Anas Muhana got into his 2008 tan Mercedes jeep, turned on the ignition and drove from his home in Ramallah to his work at Al-Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem.
It was the first time he had been allowed to do this in 15 years.
Muhana is Palestinian. His car has a green and white Palestinian license plate. And in 2000, at the start of the second intifada, Israel stopped allowing cars with Palestinian plates to cross checkpoints from the West Bank.
But now, for a select few Palestinians, Israel has eased this restriction. For the first time in a decade and a half, some Palestinian residents of the West Bank can now drive their own cars, with Palestinian license plates, into Israel.
It's part of a series of modest policy changes Israel hopes will improve Palestinian lives and Israeli security.
The opportunity to drive to work is limited to Palestinian doctors who already are allowed to be employed in Israel — and only 100 of them.
For Muhana, it came as a surprise. One day the hospital personnel manager said Israel had offered some permits and asked Muhana for his driver's license, car registration and insurance.
"I thought it was a joke," Muhana said. "I gave him the papers and wasn't really expecting anything. Then suddenly after two weeks, some people started to drive."
To prepare for his first time, he took everything out of the car that Israeli soldiers might interpret as a weapon, including a screwdriver and other tools he keeps in the car for emergencies.
But that morning at the checkpoint, they just looked at his documents — one permit for the car, and another for him to drive it. Then they waved him through.
Still, remembering back when it was normal for Palestinians to drive into Israel — and routine to be stopped by Israeli police — he stayed alert all the way to work.
"There were lots of police cars, and I was imagining at any time I will be stopped," Muhana said. "But luckily, nobody stopped me. It was an easy and smooth ride to Jerusalem."
Jewish Israeli settlers drive their cars though checkpoints between Israel and the West Bank all the time. So do Palestinians who are citizens and residents of Israel. But with yellow and blue Israeli plates, and Israeli ID, they don't need extra permission.
Muhana always does. Over the past 15 years he has waited hours at walk-through checkpoints and paid for plenty of cabs. He says driving himself is less hassle.
He doesn't have to dress so much for the weather. If he needs to bring anything, he doesn't have to haul it by hand.
"It makes some difference to a very tiny portion of the Palestinian population. But how much difference is this? Very little."
"If you want to carry sandwiches, you have to carry a bag. With your car, you could put anything you need," Muhana says. "If you are a bit late to go to work, you could just start your car and go."
But Muhana is not sure what Israel is trying to accomplish.
"It makes some difference to a very tiny portion of the Palestinian population. But how much difference is this? Very little," he says. "We are still under occupation."
Israeli Lt. Col. Kobi Gertswolf with COGAT, the Israeli military agency in charge of Palestinian civil affairs, says this and other policy changes are an experiment.
Since the end of last summer's war, Israel has taken several small steps in an attempt to improve everyday life for Palestinians without sacrificing Israeli security.
"The goal ... is to improve the economic situation and the civil life of the residents," Gertswolf says.
In addition to the 100 driving permits, Israel has also lowered to 22 the age that married West Bank Palestinians must be to apply for an Israeli work permit. The Israeli military has opened several roads in the West Bank that had been closed to Palestinians.
Depending on security, more changes may come, Gertswolf says.
"We believe that [a] good econom[y] will give good security, but the opposite is also right — good security can give the opportunity to take some other steps."
One change already in place could affect 400,000 Palestinians who live in the West Bank, he says. Men over 55 and women over 50 can now enter Israel with no prior authorization.
Palestinians line up at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem on a recent morning. Since Israel stopped requiring older Palestinians to obtain permits in advance, crowds have been growing, particularly on Friday when Muslims want to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Crowds are already increasing at the Qalandia checkpoint close to Jerusalem on Fridays, when Muslims want to pray at al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.
They must all walk through. That means first lining up in narrow caged corridors, waiting for turnstiles to unlock. When they reach a station with a soldier, they show ID, give a fingerprint, go through a metal detector and send their bags through an X-ray.
Ilham Salami, 64, has gone to pray several Fridays since the change started. She is happy she no longer has to get a permit in addition to the walk-through procedure, but she wants more.
"We are thrilled to go to Al-Aqsa," she says, in the back of the line with her husband. "One prayer there is worth 500 said somewhere else. But I would like to just get on the bus, stay on the bus and get to Al-Aqsa. Our children would also like to join us, but they are not allowed."
No one knows when or if that might change. No one even knows how long the new policies will last.
One night recently, a rocket shot from Gaza landed inside Israel. Israel immediately canceled permits for 200 Gazans who had been cleared to visit Al-Aqsa mosque the next day.


Pioche is an unincorporated town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, about 180 miles (290 km) northeast of Las Vegas. U.S. Route 93 is the main route to Pioche and bypasses the town center just to the east, with Nevada State Route 321 and Nevada State Route 322 providing direct access. Its elevation is 6,060 feet (1,850 m) above sea level. Pioche is the county seat of Lincoln County. It is named after François Louis Alfred Pioche, a San Francisco financier and land speculator originally from France. The town's population was 1,002 at the 2010 census.