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Family believes bullying, ADHD medication played role in 9-year-old girl's suicide
Chelsea Robinson
The parents of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who took her own life believe that bullying and ADHD medication played a role in her death. According to AL.com, Madison "Maddie" Whittsett, of Birmingham, was pronounced dead at Children's of Alabama Monday morning. The Friday before, her mother found her hanging in her bedroom closet. "We don't want this to happen to anyone else,'' Madison's stepfather, Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Lt. Jimmie Williams, told AL.com. "We talked to one of her friends and Maddie had apparently had a bad day. The friend said Maddie was bullied and she looked sad while she was being bullied,'' Jimmie Williams said. "It must have really worn her out that day."Her mother, Eugenia Williams, said Maddie had been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and received one-on-one help at her school. There had been incidents in which other students called her "stupid" and "dumb" but her parents felt like the issue had been addressed. Just a few weeks ago, Maddie's parents said she had been started on a medication to help with her ADHD that listed a side effect of possibly causing suicidal thoughts."The bullying plus the medicine, I think, gave her the boost to do that,'' Jimmie Williams said.The Williams hope Maddie's story will help other parents. "Maybe you can see if anything is going on. Look for changes in attitude. Changes in behavior,'' Jimmie Williams said. "Support them and be there for them."He also hopes children will let adults know if they see a peer being bullied: "Like they always say, 'If you see something, say something.'''Birmingham City Schools released this statement Tuesday afternoon: "Our school community is deeply saddened by the recent passing of a student. Counselors and district-level support staff, trained to help students, parents and school personnel at difficult times such as this, have been on-site at the impacted school today to provide assistance to students and staff in needed of support in processing this tragedy. The death of any young person is a tragic loss that impacts the whole school community, and we send our deepest condolences to the family."Eugenia Williams remembers her daughter as "alive, energetic, funny," and said she loved to dance. Jimmie Williams said the suicide "came out of left field." "She just wanted to be your friend. She wanted to be everybody's friend and wanted everyone to be happy,'' he said. "We saw that in everything she did."The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
The parents of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who took her own life believe that bullying and ADHD medication played a role in her death.
According to AL.com, Madison "Maddie" Whittsett, of Birmingham, was pronounced dead at Children's of Alabama Monday morning. The Friday before, her mother found her hanging in her bedroom closet.
"We don't want this to happen to anyone else,'' Madison's stepfather, Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Lt. Jimmie Williams, told AL.com.
"We talked to one of her friends and Maddie had apparently had a bad day. The friend said Maddie was bullied and she looked sad while she was being bullied,'' Jimmie Williams said. "It must have really worn her out that day."
Her mother, Eugenia Williams, said Maddie had been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and received one-on-one help at her school. There had been incidents in which other students called her "stupid" and "dumb" but her parents felt like the issue had been addressed.
Just a few weeks ago, Maddie's parents said she had been started on a medication to help with her ADHD that listed a side effect of possibly causing suicidal thoughts.
"The bullying plus the medicine, I think, gave her the boost to do that,'' Jimmie Williams said.
The Williams hope Maddie's story will help other parents.
"Maybe you can see if anything is going on. Look for changes in attitude. Changes in behavior,'' Jimmie Williams said. "Support them and be there for them."
He also hopes children will let adults know if they see a peer being bullied: "Like they always say, 'If you see something, say something.'''
Birmingham City Schools released this statement Tuesday afternoon: "Our school community is deeply saddened by the recent passing of a student. Counselors and district-level support staff, trained to help students, parents and school personnel at difficult times such as this, have been on-site at the impacted school today to provide assistance to students and staff in needed of support in processing this tragedy. The death of any young person is a tragic loss that impacts the whole school community, and we send our deepest condolences to the family."
Eugenia Williams remembers her daughter as "alive, energetic, funny," and said she loved to dance. Jimmie Williams said the suicide "came out of left field."
"She just wanted to be your friend. She wanted to be everybody's friend and wanted everyone to be happy,'' he said. "We saw that in everything she did."
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255


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Review: 'Country Strong' is not at all as good…
Review: 'Country Strong' is not at all as good as its ads pretend it is
Gwyneth Paltrow plays Kelly Canter, a superstar on the way down, in "Country Strong."
By Chris Hewitt | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: January 6, 2011 at 8:35 am | UPDATED: November 11, 2015 at 12:59 am
If "Country Strong" were a country song, it would be "Crazy."
The movie is much stranger than it appears to be in ads, which position it as a country take on "All About Eve," with a pert newcomer (Leighton Meester) scheming to topple a crabby superstar (Gwyneth Paltrow).
There's no scheming in "Country Strong" — the Meester character is a sweetie pie — and the Paltrow character is already on a downslide because of alcoholism. Checking out of rehab as the movie opens, she's an unstable substance-abusing composite of Shania Twain and Courtney Love (I kept wanting to call her Country Love, but her name is Kelly Canter).
The ramshackle script has a tough time deciding what story it wants to tell, perhaps because of the casting of Paltrow as Kelly. She's not the main character — that would be a rootsy singer (Garrett Hedlund) who loves his music too much to compromise it — and although much is made of the fact that she's a beloved singer, Paltrow doesn't do any singing until the end of the movie.
Along the way, "Country Strong" introduces the character of a control-freak manager/husband Kelly really ought to D-I-V-O-R-C-E. He's played by Tim McGraw, the only real country performer in the cast, so, of course, he doesn't sing a note. It also experiments with every possible (heterosexual) coupling that involves those four characters.
"Country Strong" is sort of a romance, but it's impossible to work up much romantic interest when everyone in the movie could randomly end up with almost anyone else. It's also sort of about the future of country music, featuring a mild debate about traditional country vs. country/pop. It's sort of about the difficulty of holding onto a private life when you're a public person. And it touches on the fragility of Canter, whom we're supposed to understand does not have the country strength to be country famous.
There's so much going on in "Country Strong," with a new theme or plotline emerging every 10 minutes or so, that it feels like an entire season of a TV series has been crammed into two hours. Paltrow is convincing as Canter, and considering how much baggage the regal Paltrow has to overcome, that's saying something. But it's like she's in a band whose members are all playing different songs than the one she's singing.
Movie critic Chris Hewitt can be reached at chewitt@pioneer press.com or 651-228-5552.
Directed by: Shana Feste
Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, Tim McGraw
Rated: PG-13, for alcohol abuse and strong language
Should you go? Nope. **
Chris Hewitt
Chris Hewitt was the Pioneer Press movie critic and then an arts and entertainment reporter from 1993 to 2017.
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We Will Not Forget:What We Witnessed (Part II- Debra Duffield)
-by- Angela V. Woodhull, Ph.D. © AV Woodhull, 2011
As we searched the Seminole County court records looking for cases where Rebecca Fierle had been appointed as the plenary guardian, it was difficult to know where to begin. There were so many cases that came up on the docket with Rebecca Fierle as the plenary guardian, so we decided to focus on the more recent cases and cases where the victim seemed to be just too young to qualify for guardianship. We also took notice that there seemed to be only four attorneys who represent Rebecca Fierle in these predatory guardianships—Thomas Moss from Sawyer and Sawyer (an
Altamonte Springs husband and wife lawyer team—Mr. Sawyer also happens to be a medical doctor—how convenient), Karen Goldsmith,
Ian Gilden, and "Reverend" Anthony Nardella, who just happens to be a licensed minister when he is not representing Rebecca Fierle or putting his own relatives under guardianship. (I wonder if he administers the Last Rites when the victims have been totally fleeced and are no longer of any use to him or Rebecca Fierle?)
Soon, we found a case in the records that had all of the elements of looking suspicious. The victim, Deborah Duffield, was only 56 years old and had been diagnosed with manic depression and anorexia nervosa. She was being confined to a nursing home where the average age of the residents is about 76 years old. Prior to being institutionalize, Duffield had been living with a good friend, at the friend's house, Suzanne McCormack, in Altamonte Springs in a lovely lake-bound neighborhood.
We set off to interview McCormack.
Suzanne is in her early sixties, attractive, thin, clad in artistic attire with nicely styled hair and wearing lots of interesting silver jewelry, has a uniquely furnished small house that is artistically decorated. She was delighted to see us and it turned out, she had also been conducting background research on Rebecca "Fierle."
Suzanne owns her own jewelry story where she crafts and sells custom made jewelry. Duffield had been a frequent customer. And that's how Duffield and McCormack had met many years before.
Orphaned at birth, Duffield had been adopted by parents who were now deceased and who had left her a small fortune. Duffield had a fully paid off house, several nice antique furnishings, and a trust that her parents had left for her. She had also worked part-time as an adjunct college professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. A few years back, Duffield had fallen in love with a woman from England who had moved in with her and taken advantage of her, robbing her, breaking her heart, and returning to England with about $60,000.00 in cash that she had taken from Duffield. Duffield then went into a deep depression and stopped eating. That's when McCormack offered her help. According to McCormack, Duffield simply could not cope with the loss and betrayal of the girlfriend and was feeling quite suicidal. Duffield did not wish to live alone and so Duffield offered McCormack a power of attorney to sell her home (which was necessary to do since McCormack is not a licensed real estate broker). McCormack then did her best to find a seller for Duffield's house and then moved Duffield into a wing of McCormack's home. The wing had been used for storage for many years, so McCormack used part of the proceeds from the sale of Duffield's home to furnish the wing in which Duffield would live. McCormack even refurbished the private bathroom for Duffield--$18,000.00—all with Duffield's permission who was happy to have someone taking care of her.
Truthfully, the price seemed a little high—eighteen thousand dollars just to update a bathroom? But McCormack seemed nice enough. She is a grandmother of two and has a daughter with whom she is very close. She did not appear to be the kind of person who would take advantage of another. The phone rang frequently from her daughter and other friends as we sat and sipped on herbal tea and cookies while visiting with her. She was also on good terms with her ex-husband who just happened to be a licensed private investigator. It was through McCormack that we were provided with an extensive docier on Rebecca Fierle that had been obtained by McCormack's ex-husband, the private detective.
Rebecca Fierle's docier provided us with many interesting pieces of information we had not previously known. We discovered that "Fierle" is not even her real name. Her real name is Rebecca Fierle-Santonian or Rebecca Santonian (depending upon which legal document she is signing). Fierle is married to her second husband, an older man (about 20 years age difference between them) who is a cardiologist based out of Ocala. Fierle's first husband, Jeff Fierle, filed for bankruptcy in 1997 with her. The two of them also went through a home foreclosure. So, from 1997 to 2007—just ten short years—Rebecca "Fierle" went from totally bankrupt and homeless to multi-millionaire. Interesting. Most people working ordinary jobs cannot make such a claim. The guardianship business is certainly "good."
We also learned from reading the docier that Fierle owns a fleet of Mercedes, carries a concealed weapon, and owns several million dollar properties in Windsor, Florida and other Florida locations.
Next, it was time to set off for the nursing home where Duffield was being housed. How did this happen? How did Duffield, at such a young age, end up in a nursing home? According to McCormack, Duffield had slipped and broken a hip on the slippery tile floors in McCormack's home while McCormack was at her jewelry store. Because she was so thin from not eating, she broke a hip. Duffield called an ambulance and was taken to the emergency room for surgery. It was while she was at the hospital that a social worker discovered that Duffield was living with her friend who held a power of attorney. Professional guardians, social workers, and law enforcement view anyone with a power of attorney as a suspicious individual. And, hence, Rebecca Fierle was alerted by the hospital regarding this situation and she placed Duffield under an emergency temporary guardianship using the "Reverend" Attorney Anthony Nardella as her counsel. Ann Marie Giordano-Gilden, once again, was the court appointed attorney for Duffield (whose husband, Ian Gilden, usually represents Rebecca Fierle in a plethora of guardianships—what a "cozy" arrangement).
It was time to go see Duffield. We invited McCormack to come along, but she was not permitted to see Duffield since Rebecca Fierle had become the guardian and confiscated all of Duffield's possessions.
We learned of another player who is frequently on the scene when it comes to Rebecca Fierle cases—a DCF worker by the name of David McKenzie. It seems that whenever Fierle is about to become the guardian or has already been appointed as the guardian, there is always David McKenzie to step in and do the "shake down." McKenzie arrived at McCormack's house on several occasions threatening her with criminal prosecution. "All you have to do is give back all of the money you took," McKenzie told McCormack, "and we won't prosecute you."
McCormack, frightened, had cash on hand which she provided to Fierle. She gave back all accounts and investments that she had made on Duffield's behalf. The money had actually been growing, the way McCormack had invested it. She had been creating, according to McCormack, a nest egg for her girlfriend. Before we left, McCormack showed us photos of Duffield at the family dinner table, along with McCormack's family members and grandchildren, eating a Christmas dinner. "As you can see from these photographs, Debra was doing quite fine while she was here with me." "She was capable of carrying on a bright and intelligent conversation."
The photos depicted a vibrant woman seated at the dining room table among McCormack's relatives.
At the nursing home, we quickly learned that it is best not to ask the location of an "inmate." It raises too much suspicion—especially if it is someone who is without friends and relatives. Such a person is not expected to have visitors.
So, David and I learned to simply walk briskly down the hallways with him checking on the left and me checking on the right for the victim's name to appear on one of the doors. Alas, we came upon a room labeled "Debra Duffield."
The young woman was lying in bed in the middle of the afternoon watching television. She didn't make a lot of sense at first but snapped back into reality once we started speaking with her at length. She appeared lethargic and resigned to the fact that she had been placed against her will in a nursing home. She strongly smelled of fecal matter and she frequently adjusted her body from side to side to attempt to avoid the uncomfortable fecal matter that was in her diaper. The sound of the crinkly diaper was ever present as she kept adjusting herself from side to side. Duffield had nothing negative to say about McCormack. In fact, she asked how she was doing and asked to give her regards. "Would you like her to come and visit you?"
"She's too busy," Duffield said. "She has a jewelry store to run."
We asked Duffield if she knew who Rebecca Fierle was. She said that she did not know Rebecca Fierle—that she had never met her. There were several beats of silence. Duffield sometimes switched the channels and commented on what she saw on TV.
I found this situation to be particularly emotionally upsetting for me. Here was a relatively young woman, confined to a bed in a nursing home—probably one of the youngest persons. Certainly with only a diagnosis of manic depression she could be somewhere other than a nursing home smelling of fecal matter.
There are many members of society who have been diagnosed with manic depression who are not confined to nursing homes. David and I were later to learn, when we took the guardianship certification course from master guardian Irene Rausch in Clearwater, Florida, that one of the stated purposes of a guardianship is to attempt to rehabilitate the "ward" as much as possible.
I witnessed no effort of "rehabilitation" toward Debra Duffield. In fact, after observing photographs of Duffield at Christmas time in McCormack's house—just a few months before—and now witnessing this thin, gaunt woman with scrambled hair lying on a cot with a 90 year old roommate who moaned and made babbling noises the entire time we were visiting with Duffield, I was rather distraught. At one point, I left the room, nauseous not only from the smells of fecal matter and urine that this young woman was allowed to sit in for more than an hour, but just to imagine that here was a woman—one year younger than me. It was upon meeting Duffield that I realized, "This could happened to me! Rebecca Fierle could place me—or anyone else—in one of these places. All it takes is an allegation."
When I returned to the room, I whispered to David, "Let's go. I can't take this." We bid farewell to Debra Duffield. It felt like I was leaving someone on the side of the road to die. I felt helpless, overwhelmed, and truly horrified by what I had seen.
Back at the Seminole County courthouse, we read Debra Duffield's file a little more carefully. We discovered that Rebecca Fierle had listed some of Duffield's antiques on a list and the prices for which she allegedly sold the items. We then returned to McCormack's home and showed her the list.
McCormack assured us that these valuable items were far underpriced*—for example, an antique table allegedly was sold for $30. "This can't possibly be true," McCormack stated. "That table was worth at least $300.00."
McCormack then mentioned at least a dozen items that didn't even appear on the inventory list.
In addition to taking back cash and investments that McCormack had created for Duffield's benefit, Fierle had also obtained a judgment against McCormack for $120,000.00. In effect, the court order allowed Fierle to obtain TWICE what McCormack had returned to Fierle. "How am I supposed to pay back $120,000.00?" McCormack asked, when I've already given back everything?
That was the last time we saw Suzanne McCormack. The next time we went to visit her, there was a For Sale sign on her home. Neighbors stated that she had already moved.
Checking the court records periodically, we learned that nothing—absolutely nothing—was being done to "benefit the 'ward.'" "Reverend"
Attorney Anthony Nardella simply put in regular billings statements for doing such things as trying to find and track down Suzanne McCormack, read and review the court file, run a property check on McCormack, etc.
But there was nothing—absolutely nothing—in the record to indicate that anyone had done anything for Debra Duffield who, I would imagine, is still lying in that bed, smelling of fecal matter, watching TV.
It did seem a bit odd that McCormack had spent $18,000.00 alone just to remodel a bathroom. But the point is this—whatever financial "abuse"
McCormack may have committed, the guardian and her attorney have now stepped in to finish it off. What the legal "protectors" have taken is far more than anything McCormack—who was actually caring for her friend—may have "taken."
To date, more than half of Duffield's money has been converted to attorneys' fees to benefit Reverend Nardella. There is no one fighting this guardianship. Yet Duffield's money is being spent at such a rapid rate that she is probably destitute by the time of this writing. And now the taxpayers of the state of Florida are paying for a young woman to rot away in a nursing home while Rebecca "Fierle" is seen on Facebook smiling, showing off her new pool.
*We also learned later from taking the guardianship certification course with Irene Rausch that antiques are supposed to be appriased. Fierle had not bothered to do this court-required mandate.
Angela V. Woodhull, Ph.D.
licensed private investigator
chachaangelina@yahoo.com
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Q: Can't boot from Linux CD Recently, I got a new hard drive and decided to install Ubuntu on it. Unfortunately, I can't seem to properly boot from the Ubuntu 64-bit CD. What happens is the CD gets loaded, I get the initial Ubuntu menu where I choose whether to install or just try Ubuntu, and once I select to install it, I get a black screen, one line of text (something initializing), and my computer just turns off completely.
At first I thought it was a badly-written CD, but I've tried different CDs burned by different computers, and they all give the same result. Plus, the CD works on my dad's laptop just fine. Other bootable CDs also seem to work fine on this computer (though I couldn't get the GParted live CD to work, but I don't know if that's related). Any idea what's going on?
I remember installing Ubuntu on the same computer about a year ago and it worked just fine, and the hardware configuration hasn't changed since then. I haven't touched the BIOS settings either, but to be sure, I quickly glanced through and didn't see anything strange.
Thanks in advance.

A: The only time I have experienced this kind of issue is whenever the computer overheats, or the PSU can't keep up with the demand. An install process would certainly qualify as an intensive task that can cause something like that to happen.
Overheating is usually addressed by reapplying thermal grease to the CPU-heatsink connection, and maybe cleaning dust from the insides of your computer at the same time, if it's a temperature issue. You could test that out by slightly increasing the temperature warning in your BIOS, if available, but be mindful that it's a possibly risky business. Generally, if it worked before there's no reason you'd need extra cooling.
Also, is the HDD install a replacement or an addition? If it's an addition, it could be a PSU-related issue if there's not enough power to run the new hardware config; alternatively, whenever you installed it there may have been cables pushed in the wrong places etc that obstruct the cooling mechanism. The placement of the drive itself may be an issue.
Are you able to run the LiveCD portion OK, and only the install crashes? Other OSes on the computer work fine?

A: Is the boot disc a cd or a dvd? have you seen a difference between either type? They use different lasers, it is possible that one of the lasers is dying.

A: It could be that you have a problem with ACPI. Try to do what is described in this ubuntu forum post.

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Inside the TV Drama: Writing the Best Shows on Television
This webinar is for writers planning their first pilot script or writers who want to go to the next level
Analyze in detail the structure, dramatic elements and winning techniques of the top dramas on television today
The tools and techniques of the best writers on television
The reason why they're calling our era of television the new "Golden Age" of the medium is because of the sheer amount of great shows airing across several different networks and platforms. Shows like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, House of Cards and Game of Thrones demonstrate some of the best screenwriting today, on the big or the small screen. The talented writers of these shows build sprawling worlds, juggle large ensembles, inspire cinematic production values, and develop compelling anti-heroes—all while advancing a 10, 13 or 23 episode season with heart-tugging cliffhangers and brilliant story engines galore.
Serialized storytelling is a different animal than feature screenwriting, which is why Daniel Calvisi, creator of the Story Maps system, adapted his method to break down and analyze the one hour drama series. He will take you on an exploration and dissection of many great shows, using examples from The Sopranos, Homeland, Dexter, The Bridge, The Americans, The Good Wife, The Closer and more. This webinar will mark the first time Daniel (or anyone?) will offer a Story Map beat sheet analysis of television screenplay structure.
This live webinar will also pay particular attention to the pilot episodes of these great shows, because that's what YOU need to write to break into television. In fact, it's because of prestige dramas like the ones named above that writers are now asked to submit original pilots rather than spec'd episodes of existing shows. Every studio, network and digital platform is on the lookout for high-quality, character-based content that will suck in audiences and inspire them to remain loyal to a show for years to come.
How to analyze and identify the characteristics of a top-quality one hour drama
The main genres in use today in one hour scripted television
How to structure a one hour pilot
Television script format and how it differs from movie script format
How to use act breaks, theme, setups/payoffs and escalating conflict to strengthen your protagonist's pursuit of their dramatic goals
Procedurals vs. Serials
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The characteristics of each crucial story beat in the "TV Story Map." Not only where to place them, but how to use them in your narrative
Writers who want to utilize the TV structure used by Hollywood pros
Writers who aspire to Emmy greatness
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Daniel P. Calvisi is a story analyst, speaker, screenwriter and the author of Story Maps: TV Drama and Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay. He is a former Story Analyst for major studios like Twentieth Century Fox and Miramax Films and works as a freelance Script Doctor. He coaches writers, teaches webinars on writing for film and television with The Writers Store and speaks at writing conferences. He holds a degree in Film and Television from the Tis...


The first 2014 date of Viva Club To Club, official preview of the international festival of music and arts, is with DARKSIDE, the collaborative outlet of Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington.
The duo will present his eagerly awaited live show on Monday 17th March in the astonishing baroque spaces of Teatro Carignano, Torino.
Tickets for the night are sold out.


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Easily center- or right- align a block of text, carefully ignoring ANSI escape codes.

E.g. turn this:

Into this:

## Install

```sh
npm install --save ansi-align
```

```js
var ansiAlign = require('ansi-align')
```

## API

### `ansiAlign(text, [opts])`

Align the given text per the line with the greatest [`string-width`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/string-width), returning a new string (or array).

#### Arguments

- `text`: required, string or array

    The text to align. If a string is given, it will be split using either the `opts.split` value or `'\n'` by default. If an array is given, a different array of modified strings will be returned.

- `opts`: optional, object

    Options to change behavior, see below.

#### Options

- `opts.align`: string, default `'center'`

   The alignment mode. Use `'center'` for center-alignment, `'right'` for right-alignment, or `'left'` for left-alignment. Note that the given `text` is assumed to be left-aligned already, so specifying `align: 'left'` just returns the `text` as is (no-op).

- `opts.split`: string or RegExp, default `'\n'`

    The separator to use when splitting the text. Only used if text is given as a string.

- `opts.pad`: string, default `' '`

    The value used to left-pad (prepend to) lines of lesser width. Will be repeated as necessary to adjust alignment to the line with the greatest width.

### `ansiAlign.center(text)`

Alias for `ansiAlign(text, { align: 'center' })`.

### `ansiAlign.right(text)`

Alias for `ansiAlign(text, { align: 'right' })`.

### `ansiAlign.left(text)`

Alias for `ansiAlign(text, { align: 'left' })`, which is a no-op.

## Similar Packages

- [`center-align`](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/center-align): Very close to this package, except it doesn't support ANSI codes.
- [`left-pad`](https://github.com/camwest/left-pad): Great for left-padding but does not support center alignment or ANSI codes.
- Pretty much anything by the [chalk](https://github.com/chalk) team

## License

ISC © Contributors

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Whenever we perform, we aim for that "in-the-moment" feeling.
We strive to immerse ourselves and our listeners in the emotion of the music.
Yet although we prize creative freedom on stage, we also need to be consistently accurate.
How can we unite spontaneous creativity with technical security? Here are four ways.
If our goal is to perform with spontaneous emotion, we need to emphasize free expression in the practice room. Still, because practice involves repetition, staleness can easily creep in.
One way to vaccinate against staleness is to playfully vary any repetition. For instance, after one clean run of solo passage, upon repeating it, we might tweak our tone and timing. In that way, we open ourselves to impromptu insights.
Although heartfelt expression is our goal, in practice, many tasks are head-driven: we analyze problems, test solutions, etc. The trick is to make the problem-solving process as emotionally vibrant as it is intellectually engaging.
So let's bring a living quality to every sound we make, even when we're unraveling technical snags. In so doing, our technical command serves our expressive notions.
Then, on stage, our practice habits empower us to give ourselves over to the music.
A mind that's open to expressive possibilities will find creative potential in any music.
For that reason, I ceaselessly look for new ways to shape the music I play. I never stop exploring, so I discover freshness everywhere.
In The Art of Possibility, the authors write that when we forsake this sort of open mindset, we constrict into a sense of scarcity – we stop seeing options and opportunities. But when we embrace possibility, there's no limit to what we might come up with.
Music exists in time – it unfolds in the present and then contracts into the past.
When we savor the temporality of our art, we stop trying to over-control the future and, instead, celebrate each moment, whatever it brings.
This savoring quality is especially crucial when we practice or perform repertoire that we've known for ages.
See Parts I & II of The Musician's Way for diverse ways to infuse your music making with spontaneity and insight.


The rlang_interactive global option. If set to a single TRUE or FALSE, is_interactive() returns that value immediately. This escape hatch is useful in unit tests or to manually turn on interactive features in RMarkdown outputs.
Whether knitr, an RStudio notebook, or testthat is in progress.
with_interactive() and scoped_interactive() set the global option conveniently.
A single TRUE or FALSE. This overrides the return value of is_interactive().
The environment of a running function which defines the scope of the temporary options. When the function returns, the options are reset to their original values.
An expression to evaluate with interactivity set to value.


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Sakharwadi is a town and Gram panchayat of Phaltan tehsil, Satara district, Maharashtra, India. It is situated at about  north-east of Phaltan city and approximately  north-west of Satara city.

Location

Town Sakharwadi has Governing System as Gram Panchayat which was established in 27 Jan. 1956. Town has population around 1,00,000 and more. The River Nira flows around Sakharwadi area as it is 4 km from Major Town at Murum and 5 km from Hol Village. Sakharwadis Hol Circle area slightly attached to Nira River at Asami farms of M S F C. Small scale Water Resources like Odha, Nala, Wheels, Phata etc. and Nira Right Canal Water Project Made Sakharwadi as Green Town. Town has Bigger Market Place after Phaltan. It is the Seat of Hol Mandal (Administrative Village Head Quarter).

History of Name formation

Sakharwadi Word Means Village of Sugar, as one of the Industrialist Mr. Apte from Pune established first Private Sugar Factory of Maharashtra, Sakharwadi (Phaltan) in the 1930s. When this area was under Phaltans Principality, the actual Village area was under village Hol, moreover Pimpalwadi sub area.

Notable people
Sayaji Shinde

Cities and towns in Satara district
Villages in Satara district


The "2015 Freescale Cup", organized by Freescale Semiconductor India in collaboration with Department of Electronic Systems Engineering (DESE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), took place at J N Tata Memorial Auditorium, Bengaluru today. Now the competition in its 4th year, brought together 100 teams from over 40 colleges across the country. After the two preliminary round, 25 teams continued on in the grand finale to determine the India Cup Champion.
The competition requires students to develop a prototype racing car that can navigate a track staying within two black lines. Freescale provides model car kits and development tools based on Freescale microcontroller technology, training, and technical support to help prepare students for the challenge. The car that complete the track in the least amount of time is declared the winner of the event. The grand finale was the culmination of several months of challenging work in designing and assembling smart model cars for the race. Mathworks®, ARM® and Elektrobit are the global sponsors for the Freescale cup.
The students were judged by a panel of experts on several parameters such as innovation, design, technology and most of all time.


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Home > Report by the Board of Directors > Statement of Financial Position and Financing
The figures presented in the statement of financial position of December 31, 2015, are compared with the statement of the financial position of December 31, 2014 (MEUR).
Non-current assets 14.4 48.8
Current assets 145.0 118.0
Total assets 159.4 166.8
Share capital 12.9 12.9
Other capital 124.6 80.5
Total equity 137.6 93.4
Non-current liabilities 2.0 7.6
Current liabilities 19.8 65.8
Total equity and liabilities 159.4 116.8
The cash flow of the review period:
1-12/2015 1-12/2014
+ profit of the period +/- adjustment of accrual basis items 12.2 27.4
+/- change in net working capital -6.2 -12.1
- interest, taxes and dividends -3.9 -4.7
= net cash from operating activities 2.1 10.5
- net cash from investing activities 579.6 -9.2
- net cash from financing activities -502.2 -1.0
= net change in cash and cash equivalents 79.5 0.3
Net cash from operating activities includes operative cash flows generated by the Automotive business during first half of the year. Net cash from investing activities includes cash flows related to the sale of the Automotive business on the third quarter of the year. The net cash flow from financing activities includes the cash flow of EUR -493.5 million resulting from the repurchasing of own shares and stock options in the voluntary public tender offer during fourth quarter. Altogether the proceeds and costs resulting from the sale of the Automotive business have approximately EUR 585.2 million positive effect on the cash flows of the review period.
The amount of gross investments in the period under review was EUR 7.4 million including EUR 1.8 million investments related to acquisitions. Net investments for the reporting period totaled EUR 7.4 million. The total amount of depreciation during the period under review was EUR 2.5 million. The amount of interestbearing debt of continuing operations, including finance lease liabilities, was at the end of the reporting period EUR 1.4 million (EUR 8.3 million on December 31, 2014). Bittium's equity ratio at the end of the period was 90.5 % (62.3 % on December 31, 2014). The high equity ratio is significantly affected by the proceeds generated from the sale of the Automotive business. Cash and other liquid assets at the end of the reporting period were EUR 122.8 million (EUR 43.3 million on December 31, 2014).
Bittium has a EUR 10 million credit facility agreement with Nordea Bank Finland Plc. and a EUR 10 million credit facility agreement with Pohjola Bank Plc. These agreements are intended for general financing purposes and they are valid until June 30, 2017. These agreements include conventional covenants and covenants related to transfer of assets were breached at the sale of the Automotive business on July 1, 2017. The banks have informed Bittium that they will not use their rights to terminate credit facility agreements related to the sale of the Automotive business. At the end of the review period, EUR 0.0 million of these facilities were in use.
Bittium follows a hedging strategy that objective is to ensure the business margins in changing market circumstances by minimizing the influence of exchange rates. According to hedging strategy principles, the agreed customer commitments´ net cash flow in the currency is hedged. The net cash flow is determined on the basis of accounts receivable, accounts payable, order book and budgeted net currency cash flow. The hedged foreign currency exposure was equivalent to EUR 2.5 million at the end of the review period.


Here's a little funny story of mom frustration I'd like to call "Forget You Ugly Cake".
You know as mothers we would do anything for our kids. Go above and beyond anything they would ask of us. Whether it's cutting the crusts off a favorite sandwich, staying up late sewing a costume for a school play, holding them all night while they are sick, serving everyone first and always eating last, whatever it is, kids come first. It would feel more right if we were allowed to wear super capes or something. How we are able to keep a smile on our face and kindness in our hearts is most likely an undocumented medical mystery.
Picture by David Cox - This tells it like it really is, right?
So we carefully mix all the ingredients, pour the batter into the two cake pans, and they bake up perfectly. I let them cool a bit and then turn the two cakes out on the counter to finish cooling. I then decide to help my oldest child with her science fair tri-fold in the other room, which turned out to be a big mistake. The younger two, unbeknownst to me had been sneaking into the kitchen and eating chunks out of the finished cakes. Like not little picks here and there, full on handfuls of cake so that by the time I came around the corner, it looked like Swiss cheese. No, it looked like a pack of varmints had scampered up and had nibbled their way in and out through the whole thing.
Ug. I was so upset I didn't even document it with a picture (now THAT is saying something - since I take pictures of everything). Just imagine crumbs and holes and sad tears. There was no way the cake would stand up to being layered. I tell the girls dramatically we won't be able to make a fancy cake now, but they don't even seem to care. They go off upstairs to play and leave me with shattered cake dreams.
Boo. Now what do I do? We should probably still eat the cake, but it's highly unstable. I fish the pans out of the sink and put each cake back in their original pan. I'm still pretty ticked off so I think, okay girls, if you want ugly cake... I'm going to GIVE you UGLY cake! So instead of making new frosting I go to the back of the fridge and pull out old left over canned frosting from who knows how long ago. I slather multiple colors with big giant sweeps of the knife with little to no care.
By this time hubby has come over, observed my semi-rage, and finds the whole thing quite hilarious. I don't find him very funny at the time, but he starts taking pictures of my frustration cake art. Ironically the girls do not think this frosting is ugly at all. They think it looks like cotton candy.
Hey, what's better than one ugly cake??? How about two ugly cakes.
I was so lackadaisical in my frosting attempt that a huge blob flew off the knife onto the counter. Hubby found this just as funny as the ugly frosting so he took a picture of it.
Oh yes. He thinks he is so funny.
Well then what should go on top of an ugly cake? How about sprinkles that don't match. I did a bit of searching until I found the perfect shade of ugly sprinkles to un-compliment the cake. For hubby's benefit I decided to spell out a few letters. One was an "F" for "forget" and the other was a "U" for you.
Then I figured I really don't want to explain what those two letters meant to the girls when they come back downstairs, so I should probably cover them up with more mismatched sprinkels.
On the second cake, I poured on some sprinkles, when I realized that I didn't have enough to justify keeping the almost empty container, so I just rage-dumped the rest on the middle of the cake. Mr. D was laughing so hard at this point he could barely take pictures. Matter of fact if you bring up the topic of the forget you ugly cake now one week later, he still can't stop laughing about it.
So of course, the above monstrosity was no where near the awesome double layer cake I had dreamed about. It was so ugly I wasn't even going to blog about it. Mr. D insisted the story needed to be told. The next day we took one of the Forget You Ugly cakes over to my folk's house and told them the quaint little story of rage that went along with it. They were quite amused. Matter of fact my dad decided to gussy up his slice of ugly cake with a few spiced gum drops.
About as near to ugly perfection as you can get. So remember, when your mom goes out of her busy way and gets all excited to teach you something fun in the kitchen, and you sneak around and destroy that very thing we worked so hard to create without a shred of remorse... just prepare yourself, she might make you an ugly cake.
Jenn, that is hilarious. I love that you came "undone" at the girls' misguided snacking and made the cake as unappealing as possible. Love it.


Club gear will be available and will consist of T-shirt, hoodies, zephyrs (old-fashioned t-shirts), thermal base-layers and casual weatherproof jackets with the club crest. The club welcomes any further suggestions to expand the range.
While there are a number of rules and regulations, these are primarily aimed at members' own welfare. The club is run by members for members and all ideas and suggestions that would improve the club are welcome. As the club is in its infancy it is mindful that flexibility and openness are key. Ideas and contacts regarding sponsorship will also be very welcome.
The club runs social evenings with members gathering together for a sociable drop or two every second Thursday in varying venues throughout the city.
The club intends to regularly run touring weekends (during the better weather!) to the Shannon/Erne region, trips down the Liffey into town and sea-rowing trips.
Please note that other clubs have experienced break-ins and burglaries even when members were present. It is advised not to bring any valuables down to training and if needs be members should keep any valuables on them. The club will have a secure room available for storage for bags etc. during outings. It is hoped that the club will eventually be able to secure lockers.


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WORD BY WORD The Secret Life of Dictionaries
by Kory Stamper | Read by Kory Stamper
Contemporary Culture • 9.75 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2017
Lexicographer Kory Stamper has always loved words. After struggles with organic chemistry steered her from a medical career, she joined the Merriam-Webster company in Massachusetts. In her book, she takes listeners on a verbal tour of her office and the work that goes into creating dictionaries. She narrates with a delight and fascination with language. Showing wry, self-mocking humor, she cheerfully discusses her lack of social skills and which letters of the alphabet have the most words. She's a "real-world" person who pragmatically takes on definitions relating to sex and profanity. If it's in the dictionary, Stamper's interested--and interesting. Her thoughts on topics such as the many ways the word "running" is used in English are entertaining and informative. J.A.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2017]
Trade Ed. • Random House Audio • 2017
DD ISBN 9781524776152 $17.50
Library Ed. • Books on Tape • 2017


Be a member of The Oriental Spa and nourish your body with complete spa therapies. Numerous kinds of spa packages are provided by this romantic resort and such packages are 3 day/2 night Romantic Getaway where you get robes, flowers, photo, sunset klong tour, 8 spa treatments for two. Another chance for experiencing 6 hour couples' programs is also available with this romantic resort which will definitely gift you a healthy and romantic life for the coming days.


CHiP can be powered by his SmartBed.
Ensure that both CHiP and CHiP SmartBed are ON and within close proximity (3 meters). CHiP will automatically detect when its power is low and will drive to his SmartBed and recharge.
Hold the Like button on CHiP SmartBand while both CHiP and CHiP SmartBed are within close proximity. CHiP will drive to CHiP SmartBed and recharge.
In the case that CHiP's power is extremely low and unresponsive, use the CHiP SmartBed's AC/DC adaptor to directly charge CHiP.
CHiP's eyes will turn purple while he is looking for the CHiP SmartBed, and will change to blue sleepy eyes when CHiP has made contact and is charging correctly. If CHiP's eyes remain purple after sitting, he will attempt to adjust his position on the SmartBed to enter sleep mode.
When CHiP's battery is fully charged, he will stand up to avoid overcharging. If you want to call CHiP off his SmartBed before he is fully charged, press and hold the CHiP button in the center of your CHiP SmartBand.


Edgar O. Morris grew up near Ybor City in Tampa, Florida. After receiving his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Florida in 1973, Morris started working at a phosphate processing plant in Gibsonton, Florida. Morris spent over 30 years in the phosphate industry, working his way up from Lab Technician to Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Programs with the Mosaic Company/Cargill Inc. During this time, Morris also earned a MBA from the University of South Florida. Since 1987, he has be appointed by the Governor of Florida to the State of Florida Emergency and Response Committee and has chaired many industry environmental and safety committees both nationally and internationally. Currently, Morris maintains his own environmental, health, and safety consulting practice and provides coaching of corporate and frontline leaders.
During this interview, Morris recounts the genesis of his interest in environmental science and provides an historical overview of the phosphate industry in Florida. Morris talks about positive aspects of the phosphate industry, including its role in providing nutrient-rich fertilizer for food production. He also discusses his role in developing strategic plans with risk protective policies and procedures to assure safe operations. He discusses environmental issues related to phosphate processing and how the phosphate industry responded to legislation such as the Clean Air Act by creating new technologies to reduce air emissions and nitrogen in the environment. Morris also shares his thoughts on the importance of community engagement, ecosystem restoration, and land stewardship.


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If you're defining their working hours, or there's no clear sense of when they'll stop working for you, there's a chance your contractor might now be an employee.
Working with contractors has its advantages – they're often highly skilled, flexible and take up less HR admin time.
If you find a particularly good one, it's likely you'll want to carry on working with them when you next need the services they offer.
There is something you need to be cautious of, though, and that's when a contractor becomes an employee.
Maybe the project they were initially brought in to work on has dragged out, or grown in scope, it's now taking up all of their working week and there's no clear-cut end point in sight. Or one project ends, and you offer them another, bigger project…and then another.
While it may still say 'contractor' on paper, if the working relationship has evolved into one that more closely resembles employer-employee, you run the risk of opening yourself up to legal disputes and hefty fines.
Signs that your contractor might now be an employee
Here's what to watch out for:
You're defining the hours they work
There's an expectation that you'll keep providing them with work, and that they'll be available to perform it
They're using your company's equipment rather than their own
There's no contract covering the work they're currently carrying out
There's no clear completion date or definitive end to the project
You've requested that they work solely for you
They've ended up on payroll
If a contractor ends up working under terms that resemble that of an employee, they also acquire the employment rights of an employee, including a right to holiday and sick pay.
If you've built a strong and positive relationship with a contractor, it can be difficult to imagine that they'd ever press claims against you. But it's not unheard of for contractors-turned-employees to try to claim back, through the courts, the pay they've missed out on. In such a situation you're also likely to be liable for backdated National Insurance taxes and PAYE. Arguably, it's a risk not worth taking.
READ MORE: Employee, worker or self-employed – what's the difference?
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Esther Simplot Park pond reopened
By: Steve Bertel
Boise City officials have reopened Pond No. 1 at Esther Simplot Park, following the recent discovery of cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae) there. "Test results showed the algae was not toxic-producing and therefore not harmful to humans or animals," said Boise City Parks and Recreation spokesperson Bonnie Shelton.
"City staff members caught the algae bloom early and were able to treat it effectively to eliminate it. Test results show the blue-green algae bloom was not producing toxins," she stated.
Pond No. 1 is the larger of the two ponds at Esther Simplot Park. It includes the children's beach area, which is again open for public use.
Boise Parks and Recreation Director Doug Holloway said, "We are currently working closely with the city's Public Works team on a long-term water quality plan to help reduce algae growth in the future."
To mitigate algae growth in the pond, the city will continue natural treatments of the water. These treatments will also be applied at Quinn's Pond and Esther Simplot Park Pond No. 2. Several water aerators will also be added to all three ponds in the area to circulate the water and reduce algae growth.
"The city is using two pumps in Esther Simplot Park Pond No. 1 to re-circulate the water," Shelton said.
Blue-green algae that produce toxins are not uncommon in local ponds during the summer heat. This type of toxin-producing algae can be harmful to people and pets.
The City of Boise monitors water quality at Esther Simplot Pond and Quinn's Pond to protect human health. Because temperatures are projected to remain high in the coming days, the potential for algae blooms to develop in the ponds also remains high. "City of Boise Public Works staff will continue to monitor the ponds and complete water quality tests on a daily basis throughout the summer," said Shelton.
The Boise Parks and Recreation Department asks that visitors continue to obey all posted signs and park rules at Esther Simplot Park and nearby Quinn's Pond. Dogs are not allowed at Quinn's Pond or Esther Simplot Park, including in the ponds and the previously designated dog off-leash area.


Suzanne Richman is the founder and former long-time director of Goddard's Health Arts and Sciences Program; an innovative, interdisciplinary program focused on creating new models of community health for personal, social, and ecological healing. Her current studies focus on transformational leadership and visionary activism.
As a current faculty member, Suzanne teaches ethnobotany, botanical medicine, community health systems, nutrition, women's health, cross-cultural health, and the hand-made world.
Prior to teaching at Goddard, Suzanne taught community health at the Institute for Social Ecology; consulted for the "Alternative Medicine Task Force" with then U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders; and co-created and toured with a performance called, "Turtle Island Visions and Soundscape." She volunteered with the People's Health and Wellness Clinic in Barre, Vermont, the Fort Totten Reservation in North Dakota, and the Renz Women's Prison in Missouri. In Missouri, Suzanne founded a Community Garden with low-income groups and immigrants; helped co-organize the bioregional movement; and cooked in or owned a number of restaurants.
I am interested in sacred ways of knowing to facilitate sanctuary and wisdom for learners conjoined with critical inquiry. Learners are approached with a curiosity about, and appreciation for, their unique intellectual gifts and creative expression. I encourage them to weave personal, practical, and academic study so their scholarship is well grounded in reflection, hands-on experience, deep thinking, and community. Whether exploring comparative health philosophies, hot topics such as the health effects of global warming, or the social determinants of health, I support students moving outside their comfort zone. I challenge them to grow their vision inside themselves so they might bring this to the world along side their social and ecological awareness. They are invited to follow a path with heart, and to transform communities by helping to create cultures of well being and regenerative social fields.
My professional engagement outside of Goddard includes educational design and consulting, such as helping to launch the EcoVersity program for sustainable living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, co-creating the first local Bioneers conference in Montpelier, Vermont, and creative consulting for documentary film design.
Creating and co-facilitating three of Goddard's travel intensives–China, the Healer in Beijing, Wisdom of the Elders in Southern Mexico and the Big Island, Little Planet in Polynesia–constituted some of the most delightful work I experienced in my 30 plus years at Goddard. I am excited to assist with Goddard create The Learning Alliance initiative, a grand scheme of partnership-based learning opportunities with radical learning centers around the States and the world.
The Green Mountain forests in central Vermont have been my home since 1984. Here I dwell on a small-scale homestead crowded with organic fruit trees, berries, vegetable gardens, medicinal herbs, flowers, a small vineyard, and a shiitake mushroom farm. The newest installation is a stone and thyme meditation garden involving river stones collected throughout Vermont's watersheds. I've written federal grants to replant the indigenous flora throughout my 18-acre piece woodland home. I consider it an honor to have tended this place for over three decades.
Ongoing personal interests include place-based ways of knowing and inhabitation; how we, as a culture, work with dying and grief; how we tend our elders; and contemplative arts and practices.


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Ground Sphere Mk 3
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Navigation¶
Ground Sphere Mk 3¶
Instructions¶
Instructions Overview
Hardware Setup
Software Setup
Background¶
Design Process¶
Meeting Minutes/Notes
Link Budgets
Business¶
Related Projects¶
CadQuery Model of Ground Sphere
Welcome to Ground Sphere Mk 3¶
Mach 30 is currently running an Open-source hardware project to develop a kit for a inexpensive and simple satellite ground receiver to listen to radio transmissions from NOAA weather satellites. We're calling it GroundSphere V3, or mark3, and right now we have a collection of possible designs from which we are about to pick one or two to build as prototypes. We're looking for help from makers to participate in our "market research" to see if these chosen designs are feasible.
What is a ground station?¶
Ground Stations are basically radio stations, except that they let people communicate with satellites by sending and receiving radio signals to and from Space. Sending signals requires a license, so Ground Sphere is designed to only receive signals from Space. Mach 30 is in the process of creating Ground Sphere MK3. It is an open-source ground station project, documented on our Open Design Engine. Ground Sphere's ultimate goal is to allow those that use it to listen to the International Space Station as it travels above the Earth.
What kind of signals can you receive with Ground Sphere?¶
The various incarnations of Ground Sphere have had several capabilities, from listening to a specific satellite, to receiving Ham radio signals. There's a wide range of frequencies that the Ground Sphere design can be tuned to, and we're asking anyone interested to help us determine the best frequency to tune it to. You can tell us your thoughts in our minute long survey
The history of Ground Sphere:¶
MK1 was our proof of concept. Its mission was to receive signals from Ham Radio Satellites, and when it made its on-screen appearance at Yuri's Night in 2013 in Colorado, it was able to receive signals from as far away as California and Tennessee.
MK2 was the companion to SkyCube , and its mission was to receive "tweets" from SkyCube, a Kickstarter CubeSat project from Southern Stars. Unfortunately, SkyCube had gotten essentially lost in space.
As Ground Sphere progresses, we will update our readers about how we're able to grow and use the project.
Remember, you can be a part of projects like Ground Sphere by joining our weekly IPT Standup meetings, held on Google hangouts. You can join us on Tuesday evenings at 8:30pm Eastern Time by clicking here. We are always interested in meeting people who are interested in being a part of our mission to help all of Humanity reach Outer Space. To find out more about how you can become a Mach 30 Catalyst, please click here.
You can also follow GroundSphere on Twitter
The below video gives a brief outline of the Ground Sphere Project.
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Barwala may refer to:

 Barwala, Delhi, India
 Barwala, Hisar, Haryana, India
 Barwala (Ludhiana East), Punjab, India
 Barwala, Rajasthan, a village in Makrana tehsil
Barwala tehsil a pre-1891 tehsil covering Tohana#British Era
 Barwala, Panchkula, Haryana, India
 Barwala Taluka, Gujarat, India
 Barvala, Botad district, headquarter of Barwala Taluka


A quick and easy Cuban meal of grilled mojo criollo marinated pork tenderloins, black beans topped with marinated shallots, and yellow rice.
In a container with a lid or zip-top bag, pour mojo marinade over the pork. Cover or seal and let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Take out of refrigerator 1 hour prior to cooking to get pork to room temperature. Grill or roast tenderloins until internal temperature is 145 degrees F. Loosely cover and let sit for 10 to 15 minutes. Slice and serve.
Chop shallots (or onion) and place in a small bowl. Pour red wine vinegar to cover the shallots. Let marinate for at least an hour. Serve as a condiment to go on top of black beans.
Heat black beans in a saucepan or in a bowl in the microwave.
Warm the bread for a few minutes in the oven or according to package instructions.
Serve it all up and enjoy!


We wold love to see what you create for this challenge so be sure to check out the all the details on the Kraftin Kimmie Blog.
I love today's challenge because I love making shaker cards! It's not the only way to use sequins but it is definitely one of my favs! I have been dying to try out this design and who says you can't have a shaker card with a cow? I used a colorful batch of sequins and jewels to kind of resemble a rainbow.
For this card, I started out by stamping the cow from the stamp set Cow's It Going. This was a little tricky as there is actually a bottle in the cow's mouth. So I masked off the farmer and gently wiped away the ink from the mouth area. I made sure to make the muzzle of the cow a dark color to cover up anything I missed. Worked out really well!
I colored up the cow in my copic markers and worked on my background. This is a fun background from My Favorite Things. I've been having fun with stencils lately and couldn't resist pairing the Cow Print Stencil with this set. I used Black Soot Distress ink and the cool part about it is I can make it a light grey or black.. just depending how much ink I apply.
Once the background was done, I started to make my shaker. I cut out the middle using the Window Frame Die from Pretty Pink Posh and also cut this out from two pieces of foam. I adhered the foam with fabritac adhesive and put the rest of the card together with double sided tape. I hope you enjoyed today's card!
Gerda Steiner Designs – Blast off!
Gorgeous shaker card Mindy! The little cow is adorable and I love the stenciled background.


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Q: Specify different validation groups for each item of a collection in Symfony 2? [Documentation about collection] When embedding forms (collection type) is possible to specify validation groups for each item, based on the current item? It seems not working ATM.
The TaskType form adding a collection of tags:
// src/Acme/TaskBundle/Form/Type/TaskType.php

// ...
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
    // ...

    $builder->add('tags', 'collection', array(
        // ...
        'by_reference' => false,
    ));
}

For example we have two tags (tag 1 and tag 2) and a new tag is added using the "Add" button (via JavaScript):
-----------
| add tag |
-----------
- tag 1 (existing)
- tag 2 (added clicking the "add tag" button)

Tag 1 should be validated against Default, Edit groups while tag 2 against Default group only.
TagType form defining dynamic validation groups
Based on the underlying data, if tag is new it gets Default group, if exists Default, Create groups:
// ...

public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
{
    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        'validation_groups' => function (FormInterface $form) {
            $tag = $form->getData();

            $groups = array('Default');
            if (null !== $tag && null !== $tag->getId()) {
                $groups[] = 'Edit';
            }

            return $groups;
        }
    ));
}

// ...

Tag entity with a constraint in the "Edit" group
An example with Tag defining two properties (accessors omitted):
class Tag
{
    /**
     * @Assert\NotBlank()
     */
    protected $name;

    /**
     * @Assert\NotBlank(groups={"Edit"})
     * @Assert\Length(max="255")
     */
    protected $description;

    // ...
}

For an existing tag: description should not be blank. For a new tag: description can be blank.
Proof form is valid, validator shows errors (wrong!)
Just edit an existing tag and leave the description blank. The form validates but the validator service shows errors:
$form = $this->createForm('task', $task)
    ->handleRequest($request);

$validator = $this->get('validator');

if ($form->isValid()) {
    foreach ($task->getTags() as $tag) {
        // Validate against Default, Edit groups
        $errors = $validator->validate($tag, array('Default', 'Edit'));

        if (null !== $tag && null !== $tag->getId()) {
            echo 'Existing tag #'.$tag->getId();
        } else {
            echo 'New tag';
        }

        echo ', errors: '.count($errors).'<br>';
    }

    die('Form is valid.')

    // ...
}

Output:
Existing tag #863, errors: 1
Form is valid.

Update 1: I've tried (without success) with a static method determineValidationGroups as suggested here:
public static function determineValidationGroups(FormInterface $form)
{
    $groups =  array('Default');
    if ($form->getData() !== null && null !== $form->getData()->getId())
    {
        $groups =  array('Edit');
    }

    var_dump($groups);

    return $groups;
}

In TagType form:
/**
 * {@inheritdoc}
 */
public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
{
    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        // ...
        'validation_groups' => array(
            'Acme\TaskBundle\Entity\Tag',
            'determineValidationGroups'
        ),
    ));
}

Output with just one existing tag and one created using the "add tag" link seems correct. But no errors for the existing tag leaving the description blank:
array (size=1)
  0 => string 'Edit' (length=4)

array (size=1)
  0 => string 'Edit' (length=4)

rray (size=1)
  0 => string 'Default' (length=7)

rray (size=1)
  0 => string 'Default' (length=7)

A: The complete code I used to test my answer is on https://github.com/guilro/SymfonyTests/tree/SO21276662.
Valid constraint force Validator to validate embed object, and AFAIK the API provides no way to set validation group.
But at a higher level, we can ask Form component to cascade ValidationListener to all embed forms, and use the Form component API to set validation group.
We must use :

*

*'cascade_validation' => true option in the FormBuilder, at all levels. It is set to false by default.

*a callback in TagType settings to set validation group. (You were on the right track.)

*'error_bubbling' => false, as it is true by default in collections

and we're done, we can display the form with all errors next to corresponding fields.
in TaskType.php :
class TaskType extends AbstractType
{
  public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
  {
    $builder
        ->add('name')
        ->add('tags', 'collection', array(
            'type' => 'tag',
            'error_bubbling' => false,
            'allow_add' => true,
            'by_reference' => false,
            'cascade_validation' => true
        ))
    ;
  }

  public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
  {
    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        'data_class' => 'Acme\TaskBundle\Entity\Task',
        'cascade_validation' => true
    ));
  }
}

in TagType.php :
class TagType extends AbstractType
{
  public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
  {
    $builder
        ->add('name')
        ->add('description', 'text', array('required' => false));
  }

  public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
  {
    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        'data_class' => 'Acme\TaskBundle\Entity\Tag',
        'validation_groups' => function(FormInterface $form) {
            if ($form->getData() !== null && null !== $form->getData()->getId())
            {
                return array('Edit');
            }
            return array('Default');
        },
        'error_bubbling' => false,
    ));
  }
}


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require 'spec_helper'

describe "Cashiers" do
  describe "GET /cashiers" do
    it "works! (now write some real specs)" do
      # Run the generator again with the --webrat flag if you want to use webrat methods/matchers
      get cashiers_path
      response.status.should be(200)
    end
  end
end