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St. Helena and the Finding of the True Cross
As you know there are thousands of saints recognized by the Catholic Church. These saints span from the first century to the twentieth century. And many of these are saints for which we have very little information other than a solid sense that the saint has been venerated since his or her death.
On the other hand, there are also a large number of saints for which we have very detailed information about their lives. Between these two extremes, there are saints for whom we have some information and usually a single life event that marks them out. St. Helena of Constantinople (c. 248 - c. 330) falls into the last category.
From an historical perspective, it is interesting that little is known about Helena because after the ascension of her son Constantine to the throne of the Roman Empire in 306, Helena became the most powerful woman in the world as the mother of the emperor. Just like the queen mothers of the Ancient Near East, Constantine allowed his mother to wield a great deal of power and to have a large number of resources at her disposal. And although, the Roman Empire during Constantine's reign was not what it used to be, it was still a very significant power which had not begun its rapid decline.
Helena's Early Life and First Turning Point
To begin with, the actual birthplace of Helena is not know with any certainty. Based on the information available from the earliest sources there are two possible locations. One early source indicates that she was of Greek origin and born in the seaside town of Drepanum in the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor or modern day Turkey. Other sources indicate that she is a native of Colchester in England. Although historians tend now to lean toward the former location, there is not enough strong evidence to discount the English claim to be the land of her birth.
It is clearer that she was not from royal blood. Neither was Helena from the lower classes of Roman society. Instead, she would have come from a middle class stock. And it was said by St. Ambrose, who wrote about her in the fourth century, that Helena worked as an inn keeper. Other than that, very little is known about her early life.
The first turning point in Helena's life came when she met a Roman military officer named Constantius. Again, unfortunately, there are no strong historical details as to how this meeting came about or even where it happened. There is a legend that when the two met, they found they were wearing similar bracelets which Constantius took as a sign that they were soul mates. Whether that happened or not, Helena and Constantius were married.
Around the year 272 on the 27th of February, Helena gave birth to a son whom they named Constantine. It would be the couple's only son. At the time, the Helena and Constantius were living in Naissus in Serbia.
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Divorced and Retired to an Outpost of the Empire
As a successful military commander, Constantius' star kept rising and he began to have ambitions for more and more power beyond simply leading more troops into battle. Eventually, he decided that Helena was not the bride he needed in order to help him reach his ambitious goals and he divorced her some time before the year 298. At that time, he married Theodora who was the daughter of Maximian who was under Constantius' command. The couple had six children.
After her divorce, Helena retired to the Germanic city of Trier. It is believed that the present day cathedral of Trier sits atop where her palace was located. More importantly, it is believed that it is in Trier that Helena embraced Christianity under the influence of a certain Lactantius.
Constantius went on to become the Augustus or senior western emperor of the western part of the Roman Empire in the power sharing agreement that existed under what was called the tetrarchy. He spent most of his time in that role fighting military campaigns to put down rebellions among the English and the Franks. As part of the agreement of power sharing between the western and eastern parts of the empire, it was understood that the sons of the senior emperors would assume power upon the death of the fathers.
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Helena's Son Constantine Becomes Emperor
Thus, in the year 306, when Constantius died, his army gave its loyalty to his son Constantine. Constantine was then declared to be the Augustus of the Roman Empire. He soon sent for his mother to join him, and as a convert to Christianity she began to have influence over her son's decisions as a leader.
Over the next several years through several battles, Constantine consolidated his power. In the famous battle against Maxentius, based on a vision he had, Constantine had his troops paint the chi (X) and rho (P) Greek letters on their shields in order to represent the name of Christ which in Greek begins with those two letters. In the ensuing battle, Constantine was victorious and his rival Maxentius was killed. Eventually, Constantine would become sole emperor of both the eastern and western halves of the empire and rule until his death in 337. Until her death, Helena would have a mother's influence upon her son. And she provided him with helpful guidance in ruling the vast empire. In return, in the year 325, Constantine appointed his mother Augusta which is the equivalent of mother of the emperor.
The Legalization of Christianity
The turning point for Christianity came in the year 313. In that year, Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which allowed for Christians to practice their faith without persecution. It also allowed for the return of confiscated Church property and the removal of penalties for being a Christian. The document actually allowed for the free practice of all religions which was a remarkable proclamation for that time period. It is certain that the influence of his mother helped make this political decision one easier for Constantine to make.
With the resources provided to her by Constantine, Helena took advantage of this new found freedom for Christianity and helped to build a number of churches throughout the empire. She was said to have slipped into masses unnoticed and to have helped out with the daily chores at a convent.
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Her Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Most importantly when she was in her late 70s, Helena embarked on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land around the year 326. Again, she helped build churches in Bethlehem and on the Mount of Olives. She acquired many relics which she had shipped back to Constantinople which had become the imperial city.
The most important relic which she found was the True Cross. Initially, Helena found that Jerusalem was still recovering from its destruction in the year 70 by Titus when he put down the Jewish rebellion. Around 130, the Emperor Hadrian had build a temple to Venus over the spot of Jesus' tomb. Helena had the temple destroyed and began excavation.
The account by Ambrose indicates that as part of the excavation, the remains of three crosses were found. Helena asked for help from Bishop Macarius of Jerusalem in identifying which might be the True Cross. They brought a woman who was on the point of death and had her touch each of the three crosses. When she touched the third cross, she was healed. It was determined that this was then the True Cross of Christ. Later, when the tomb was found, Helena had the Church of the Holy Sepulcher built.
Helena returned in triumph from her pilgrimage with many relics, including pieces of the True Cross, and having established important churches on various holy places. Her own journey was coming to and end. With her son by her side, she died peacefully around the year 330.
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Gospel text (Lk 13,18-21): Jesus continued speaking, «What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? Imagine a person who has taken a mustard seed (…)». Jesus continued speaking, «What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? Imagine a person who has taken a mustard seed and planted it in the garden. The seed has grown and become like a small tree, so that the birds of the air shelter in its branches». And Jesus said again, «What is the kingdom of God like? Imagine a woman who has taken yeast and hidden it in three measures of flour until it is all leavened».
-Holy Mary, young, unknown, from an even lesser-known town ... "All generations will call me blessed": Lourdes, Fatima ... All of them -She and His chosen ones- small, insignificant, but what a whirlwind of holiness! This is how God works.


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// This code is developed as part of the Java CoG Kit project
// The terms of the license can be found at http://www.cogkit.org/license
// This message may not be removed or altered.
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package org.globus.cog.karajan.compiled.nodes.grid;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import k.rt.Channel;
import k.rt.Context;
import k.rt.ExecutionException;
import k.rt.Stack;
import k.thr.LWThread;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.analyzer.ArgRef;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.analyzer.ChannelRef;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.analyzer.Scope;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.analyzer.Signature;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.analyzer.VarRef;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.compiled.nodes.InternalFunction;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.scheduler.Scheduler;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.scheduler.TaskTransformerFactory;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.util.ContactSet;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.util.KarajanProperties;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.util.Property;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.util.TaskHandlerWrapper;
import org.globus.cog.karajan.util.TypeUtil;

public class SchedulerNode extends InternalFunction {
	public static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SchedulerNode.class);

	public static final String CONTEXT_ATTR_NAME = "TASK:SCHEDULER";

	private ArgRef<String> type;
	private ArgRef<ContactSet> resources;
	private ChannelRef<Property> c_properties;
	private ChannelRef<String> c_taskTransformers;
	private ChannelRef<TaskHandlerWrapper> c_handlers;

	private ArgRef<String> shareID;

	@Override
	protected Signature getSignature() {
		return new Signature(
				params(
						"type",
						optional("resources", null), optional("shareID", null),
						channel("properties"), channel("taskTransformers"), channel("handlers")));
	}

	private VarRef<Context> context;
	private VarRef<KarajanProperties> properties;

	static {
		sharedInstances = new HashMap<String, Scheduler>();
	}

	private static Map<String, String> schedulers;
	private static Map<String, Scheduler> sharedInstances;

	private void initializeSchedulers(KarajanProperties properties) {
		schedulers = new HashMap<String, String>();
		for (String name : properties.getPropertyNames()) {
			if (name.startsWith("scheduler.")) {
				schedulers.put(name.substring(10),
						TypeUtil.toString(properties.get(name)));
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	protected void addLocals(Scope scope) {
		context = scope.getVarRef("#context");
		properties = scope.getVarRef("#properties");
		super.addLocals(scope);
	}

	@Override
	public void runBody(LWThread thr) {
		Stack stack = thr.getStack();
		Scheduler s = null;
		String shareID = this.shareID.getValue(stack);
		if (shareID != null) {
			synchronized(sharedInstances) {
				s = sharedInstances.get(shareID);
				if (s == null) {
					s = newScheduler(stack);
					sharedInstances.put(shareID, s);
				}
			}
		}
		else {
			s = newScheduler(stack);
		}
		context.getValue(stack).setAttribute(CONTEXT_ATTR_NAME, s);
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	protected Scheduler newScheduler(Stack stack) {
		Scheduler s;
		String type = this.type.getValue(stack);
		synchronized (SchedulerNode.class) {
			if (schedulers == null) {
				initializeSchedulers(properties.getValue(stack));
			}
		}
		if (schedulers.containsKey(type)) {
			try {
				Class<Scheduler> c = (Class<Scheduler>) this.getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(schedulers.get(type));
				s = c.newInstance();
			}
			catch (Exception e) {
				throw new ExecutionException("Could not instantiate scheduler. " + e.getMessage(),
						e);
			}
		}
		else {
			throw new ExecutionException("No such scheduler " + type + ". Available schedulers: "
					+ schedulers.keySet());
		}

		Channel<Property> properties = this.c_properties.get(stack);
		for (Property entry : properties) {
			s.setProperty(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
		}

		Channel<String> taskTransformers = this.c_taskTransformers.get(stack);
		for (String cls : taskTransformers) {
			try {
				s.addTaskTransformer(TaskTransformerFactory.newFromClass(cls));
			}
			catch (Exception e) {
				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
					logger.debug("Error instantiating task transformer", e);
				}
				throw new ExecutionException(
						"Could not instantiate task transformer (" + cls + ")", e);
			}
		}

		ContactSet resources = this.resources.getValue(stack);
		if (resources != null) {
			s.setResources(resources);
		}

		for (TaskHandlerWrapper w : this.c_handlers.get(stack)) {
			s.addTaskHandler(w);
		}

		s.start();
		return s;
	}
}

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London Olympic Medal Count: 2012 Swings Back To China Ahead Of Monday's Events
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The 2012 London Olympics swung back to China Sunday, after a few days of US Olympic rule, and I, for one, am blaming badminton. Did you know no American has ever medaled in badminton? Did you know badminton was a sport in the Olympics? In any case, China won five gold medals in it, which is really probably two or three more than should even be offered in the Olympics for a sport that is best played on lawns with your little cousins and your Great Aunt Agnes.
(Please don't kill me, badminton fans. High-level badminton is fascinating and I am letting off a little nationalistic steam, is all. Though, mixed doubles, really?) Team China now has 61 medals, including 30 gold, to the United States's 60 (28/14/18.) Great Britain is next with 37, including 16 gold; the Russians are in fourth with 35 but just four gold, while the Japanese are in fifth with a bottom-heavy 2/12/13 27.
None of this would be happening if I had just paid more attention to that badminton lesson Great Aunt Agnes tried to give me. Alas—I ran back inside, and much later on they rejected my proposal to allow Sega Genesis mixed doubles as a demonstration sport.
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Terry T. Curtis is a C-level finance executive with a strong background in the IT industry and a diverse skillset that allows him to make impact in the areas of finance, strategic planning, company restructuring and acquisitions. He has proven his capacity as a business leader in a variety of roles that included operations management, IT sector, divisional GM responsibilities, as well as senior level financial positions. Over the course of his career, Mr. Curtis worked for top employers such as IAC Corp., Liberty Global Inc., Sumitomo Corp., HSE24.de and Timberland. Mr. Curtis joined Comtrade management team as the leader of the financial department in 2009.


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Arsenal expect Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to join FC Barcelona – report
Arsenal are braced to lose Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to FC Barcelona this summer, according to a report
Friday 20 March 2020, 05:30 UK
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Photo: Adidas)
Arsenal are anticipating that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will move to FC Barcelona this summer, according to a report in Spain.
Spanish media outlet Sport is reporting that the Gunners "know" that Aubameyang will be moving to FC Barcelona at the end of the campaign.
The same article states that Arsenal are looking to secure a fee in the region of €55m for the Gabon international despite the Gunners captain having less than 18 months left to run on his current deal.
According to the same story, FC Barcelona are confident that they can reduce Arsenal's asking price by first agreeing to a deal with the 30-year-old before negotiating with the Premier League side.
Sport go on to reveal that Aubameyang is open to move to Camp Nou and Arsenal are prepared to sell this summer rather than lose the centre-forward for nothing in 2021.
The report adds that Arsenal could raise funds by selling Aubameyang given that the Gunners are unlikely to finish in the Champions League spots this season.
Aubameyang has scored 61 times in 96 games in all competitions since his move to Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund in a £58m deal in the 2018 January transfer window.
The Gunners appointed Mikel Arteta as Unai Emery's permanent successor in December last year and the Spanish head coach has made Aubameyang a key player in his team.
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If you appreciate having neighbors, but at the same time want to make sure that they're not catching glimpses of your private life, then vertical board fencing might very well be the right choice for you. This type of fencing is generally installed at six feet tall and uses overlapping boards so that there's no seeing through.
This is another way to increase privacy. The slats are installed close together so that there won't be any peeping.
If you live in a suburban area that is kind of out in the sticks and you are allowed to keep small animals in your backyard, then this can be a great way to construct your pen for them. This type of fencing is typically four feet tall.
If you like to grow plants such as clematis and sweet peas, lattice fencing can be a great way to give them what they need to climb. In the wintertime, however, it might not provide the most privacy because of the lack of foliage.
For that classic suburban look, there really is not better option than the famed white picket fence. It's typically installed at three to four feet tall and will provide your home with a look that is crisp and clean.
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Q: Pivot convert row to columns sql I have a table like below. I need to Convert the rows in to columns.
I know I could get this by union the select 5 times. I'm looking for advice on how to do this using pivot
ID    NAME   TAG    TAG_1   TAG_2   TAG_3   TAG_4  LOCATION
10    test   abc    abc_1   abc_2   abc_3   abc_4  china

ID    NAME    TAG        LOCATION
10    test    abc        china
10    test    abc_1      china
10    test    abc_2      china
10    test    abc_3      china
10    test    abc_4      china

with t as (
 select ID, name, tag,location from table_one
 )
 select * from t
 unpivot (
 value for tag in (tag_1,tag_2,tag_3,tag_4
 )

I tried using the above unpivot, I am getting invalid identifier ORA-00904 error for the column names (tag_1,tag_2). What is wrong in the statement.

A: In SQL SERVER 2008:
SELECT
ID,
NAME,
TAG,
LOCATION
FROM TABLE
UNION
SELECT
ID,
NAME,
TAG_1,
LOCATION
FROM TABLE
UNION
SELECT
ID,
NAME,
TAG_2,
LOCATION
FROM TABLE
UNION
SELECT
ID,
NAME,
TAG_3,
LOCATION
FROM TABLE
UNION
SELECT
ID,
NAME,
TAG_4,
LOCATION
FROM TABLE

A: I hope I got your question correctly. You can do this using PIVOT in oracle. Try this. You can add more to the list in the PIVOT clause if required.
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT 10 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_1' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 10 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_2' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 10 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_3' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 10 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_4' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 10 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_5' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 20 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_2' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 20 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_4' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 20 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_6' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 30 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_1' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 30 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_3' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL
      UNION
      SELECT 30 AS id, 'test' AS name, 'abc_5' AS tag, 'china' AS location FROM DUAL)
     PIVOT (MAX (tag) AS tag FOR (tag) IN ('abc_1' AS t1, 'abc_2' AS t2, 'abc_3' AS t3, 'abc_4' AS t4, 'abc_5' AS t5, 'abc_6' AS t6))

ORDER BY id, name, location;

A: create table test_pivot
(TID  number,
Tname  varchar2(10),
Tag_1  varchar2(10),
Tag_2  varchar2(10),
Tag_3   varchar2(10),
Tag_4    varchar2(10),
Tag_5    varchar2(10),
T_Location  varchar2(10)
);

insert into test_pivot(TID,
Tname,
Tag_1,
Tag_2,
Tag_3,
Tag_4,
Tag_5,
T_Location
)
values(10,'Test','ABC','PQR','TUV','LMN','XYZ','INDIA');

select * from test_pivot;

select *
from test_pivot
unpivot(value for tag in (Tag_1 as 'Tag_1',
Tag_2 as 'Tag_2',
Tag_3 as 'Tag_3',
Tag_4 as 'Tag_4',
Tag_5 as 'Tag_5')
)

A:     with t as (
     select ID, name, tag, tag_1, tag_2, tag_3, tag_4, location from table_one
     )
     select * from t
     unpivot (
     value for _tag_ in (tag,tag_1,tag_2,tag_3,tag_4)
     )

edit:
identified three issues with OP's sql:

*

*the WITH clause does not contain the columns TAG_1 .. TAG_4 but they have been included in the UNPIVOT clause.

with t as (
 select ID, name, tag,location from table_one
 )

*the UNPIVOT clause is using an existing column TAG to collect the values of TAG_1 to TAG_4.

 unpivot (
 value for tag in (tag_1,tag_2,tag_3,tag_4
 )

*expected result set shows the value from TAG but not listed in the IN block.

value for tag in (tag_1,tag_2,tag_3,tag_4

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'Net Tickers Sink In Sync With Reports Of Q2 Losses - InternetNews.
Well, we've got another big week of Internet quarterly reports to come in this, the most important earnings season ever for Internet companies. And while some 'Net players have wowed the street with record revenue growth and profits, the vast majority continue to turn in net losses, most notably Amazon.com.
As expected, the market has reacted with extreme ire, driving down all sectors but one this week. Since most of the few dozen 'Net companies expected to release quarterlies in the next 10 days also will show losses, the gloom should carry well into August. That's what summer vacations are for.
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Kelley Tyan: Do You Have a Routine?
Many people wake up each day without a plan and by the end of the day, they do not feel accomplished. It's no wonder so many of us are behind on tasks, have a list that keeps accumulating more things to do, can't get to the gym because there is no time, and so on. This is so exhausting and it causes stress. My belief is, without routine and commitment, you will never get ahead.
Routines take the decision making out of the process. For example, I take my workout clothes out each night so I don't give myself a chance to not get to the gym. This ensures I never talk myself out of it. Once I see the clothes and get dressed, there is no going back. I have made this my daily routine and a habit that feels so natural over the years.
Whether you want to workout each day, or eat clean meals each week, you have to plan ahead and make it happen.
As a fitness and health coach, I guide all my clients to start the day with a grateful attitude, no matter what the circumstances are. There is always something to be thankful for. Next, I suggest eating a clean breakfast so you feel satiated and full. No empty calories here to start the day such as bagels, donuts, pastries, etc. You will not only feel hungry in 1 hourafter eating them, you will actually crave more sugar and it can be a dangerous slippery slope in the wrong direction. Incorporating these few small things each day into your routine, can set you up for great success for the rest of your day.
The first thing you need to do is decide what is most important to you. Is it getting on a work out schedule? Preparing meals and eating cleaner to feel better? Getting to work on time each day? To answer the first 2, I advise my clients that cannot make it to the gym to do a workout program at home (my 8 Week Reset is a great start!). I also recommend a great meal prep service to those that don't have much time to cook. It is called www.freshmealplan.com You can use my code KT514.
Here are a few of my favorite "routines" that you can start doing too.
When I am grocery shopping, the first thing I do is look at the nutrition label and ingredients on back of any food product. I look for hidden sugars and words I cannot understand or pronounce.
I always put the product back if that happens.
I set my alarm every night and get myself to the gym early because that is how I love to start my day. If you are a night person, set a reminder in your phone of what time you will be at your gym "appointment", because that is exactly what it is.
Are you content with your daily routine, or do you need to adjust it to accomplish more in your days? It is something we all need to think about. If you are not content, make 1 positive change starting today that will help you feel accomplished by the end of the day. Forming great habits lead people into having fulfilled daily routines.


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{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}

module Data.DirectoryTree
( DirectoryTree (..)
, FileDescription (..)
, addToDirectoryTree
, createEmptyTree
) where

import Control.Monad (mzero)
import Data.Aeson
import Data.List (partition)
import qualified Data.Text as T
import Data.Tree (Tree(Node))

data FileDescription =
  FileDescription { fileName :: String
                  , filePath :: FilePath
                  } deriving (Show, Eq)

type Breadcrumb = FilePath

newtype DirectoryTree = DirectoryTree { unTree :: Tree FileDescription }
  deriving (Show, Eq)

instance ToJSON DirectoryTree where
  toJSON (DirectoryTree (Node fileDescription forest)) =
    object [ "fileDescription" .= fileDescription
           , "forest"          .= fmap DirectoryTree forest
           ]

instance FromJSON DirectoryTree where
  parseJSON = withObject "directoryTree" $ \o -> do
    fileDescription <- o .: "fileDescription"
    forest          <- o .: "forest"
    return $ DirectoryTree $ Node fileDescription (fmap unTree forest)

instance ToJSON FileDescription where
  toJSON (FileDescription fName fPath) =
    object [ "fileName" .= fName
           , "filePath" .= fPath
           ]

instance FromJSON FileDescription where
  parseJSON (Object v) = FileDescription <$>
                        v .: "fileName" <*>
                        v .: "filePath"
  parseJSON _          = mzero

createEmptyTree :: DirectoryTree
createEmptyTree = DirectoryTree $ createNode $ FileDescription "/" "/"

createNode :: FileDescription -> Tree FileDescription
createNode fd = Node fd []

addToDirectoryTree :: DirectoryTree -> FilePath -> DirectoryTree
addToDirectoryTree (DirectoryTree featureTree) path =
  DirectoryTree $ addToDirectoryTree' featureTree filePathParts initialBreadcrumb
    where
      filePathParts :: [T.Text]
      filePathParts = (splitFileName $ T.pack path)

      splitFileName :: T.Text -> [T.Text]
      splitFileName = (T.splitOn "/") . throwOutLeadingSlash

      throwOutLeadingSlash :: T.Text -> T.Text
      throwOutLeadingSlash txt
        | (T.head txt) == '/' = T.tail txt
        | otherwise           = txt

      initialBreadcrumb :: Breadcrumb
      initialBreadcrumb = ""

addToDirectoryTree' :: Tree FileDescription -> [T.Text] -> Breadcrumb -> Tree FileDescription
addToDirectoryTree' featureTree [] _ = featureTree
addToDirectoryTree' (Node label forest) (directory:rest) path =
  let (matches, nonMatches) = partition (matchesLabel directory) forest
      newBreadcrumb         = path ++ "/" ++ (T.unpack directory) in
    case matches of
      [] -> do
        -- create a new node at the current depth in the Tree
        let newNode = createNode $ FileDescription { fileName = T.unpack directory, filePath = newBreadcrumb }
        Node label $ (addToDirectoryTree' newNode rest newBreadcrumb):forest
      [node] -> do
        -- add to an existing node at the current depth in the Tree by
        -- replacing the matching node with new content
        Node label $ (addToDirectoryTree' node rest newBreadcrumb):nonMatches
      (_:_) -> error "There should be a maximum of 1 match in the forest"

matchesLabel :: T.Text -> Tree FileDescription -> Bool
matchesLabel file (Node fileDescription _) = (T.unpack file) == (fileName fileDescription)


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For availability as a form of cognitive bias, see availability heuristic.
In telecommunications, the term availability has the following meanings:
1. The degree to which a system, subsystem, or equipment is operable and in a committable state at the start of a mission, when the mission is called for at an unknown, i.e., a random, time.
Note 1: The conditions determining operability and committability must be specified.
Note 2: Expressed mathematically, availability is 1 minus the unavailability.
2. The ratio of (a) the total time a functional unit is capable of being used during a given interval to (b) the length of the interval.
Note 1: An example of availability is 100/168 if the unit is capable of being used for 100 hours in a week.
Note 2: Typical availability objectives are specified either in decimal fractions, such as 0.9998, or sometimes in a logarithmic unit called nines, which corresponds roughly to a number of nines following the decimal point, such as "five nines" for 0.99999 reliability.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C in support of MIL-STD-188
High availability engineering
The Myth of the Nines
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Reliability and Availability Basics (http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/FaultHandling/reliability_availability_basics.htm)
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More about Carbon Offsets, Carbon Credits
What is a Carbon offset?
A carbon offset is when a carbon credit compensates for emissions occurring elsewhere via reduction, avoidance, or sequestering. A carbon credit is a financial unit of measurement that represents the removal of one tonne (1,000 kg or 2,205 lbs) of carbon from the atmosphere.
Who issues carbon credits?
Carbon credits are issued by one of the world's carbon standards, such as the Gold Standard, the Verified Carbon Standard, or the Climate Action Reserve. Credits are only issued after the project has met all the requirements of the standard and has been verified by a third-party verifier. Each carbon credit is carefully accounted for and removed from the registry after purchase.
Do carbon offsets really work?
All of the projects that Aspiration supports with Planet Protection are verified to prevent greenhouse gases from reaching the atmosphere. Each project focuses on improving or developing carbon emissions reduction technology, and every project is verified to ensure it meets the test of "additionality." The concept of additionality means that the amount of carbon emissions entering the atmosphere is less than it would have been without the project, and the project would not have been carried out without the funding through carbon offsets.
All of the projects that Aspiration supports through Planet Protection go through a rigorous verification process and are subject to ongoing monitoring and verification by organizations such as the Verified Carbon Standard, Gold Standard, American Carbon Registry, and Climate Action Reserve as well as by an independent auditor and site visits from our partners.
Carbon offsetting partner organizations
Aspiration is supporting and funding Cool Effect and 3Degrees. They are both well-respected organizations dedicated to fighting climate change through a range of projects that reduce and offset carbon emissions, including Amazon rainforest conservation.
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How much CO2 impact do I have anyway?
The average American emits 16.6 tonnes of CO2 equivalents per year through a combination of activities.


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Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is exactly whats wrong with the Canadian film industry
BON COP BAD COP 2 (Alain DesRochers). 126 minutes. Opens Friday (May 12). See listing. Rating: N
At a press conference for National Canadian Film Day in November, actor Patrick Huard joked that Donald Trumps election just made Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 so much funnier.
I can only assume Huard was referring to Trumps arrogance and ignorance, particularly on matters related to borders and Islam. The sequel to the decade-old Bon Cop Bad Cop has Colm Feore and Huards Ontario and Quebec detectives tripping south, bumping up against bumbling Americans while unravelling a nefarious plot that deals specifically with Islamophobia.
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 chuckles at whats going on south of the border social issues as comic commodity without considering the problems in our own backyard. For instance, how does a Canadian film that deals with American Islamophobia cast only one identifiably Muslim character in a speaking part… as a terrorist?
Is this when we start laughing?
I guess it is funny that the Canadian answer to buddy cop pairings like Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart is Feore and Huard. Even funnier, the film opens with Huards undercover detective, Bouchard, rolling up to a nighttime custom car rally as if hes stumbled onto the set of a Fast & Furious movie.
But that franchise is celebrated for its diversity, and everyone in this opening scene is… well, you get the idea. Youll have to look to the handful of backup cops and henchman for hints that we, too, have a Black population.
In these very pages, weve discussed the lack of representation in Canadian films in an industry that makes it difficult for new and diverse voices. Our funders (not just government agencies like Telefilm but the distributors and broadcasters that team up on productions) lean toward commercial viability, recognizable names (in Canada, they are mostly white) and movies that emulate American genres at a fraction of the budget.
And thats how we get this slow-as-molasses action movie yearning for validation from Lethal Weapon fans. Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 is exactly whats wrong with the Canadian film industry. Its like wed rather fill Walmarts discount bin than make films that speak for us our stabs at commercial success once again come at the cost of cultural value.
But whatever. Donald Trump is funny.


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External links
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Football clubs in Italy
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October 24, 2002 Des Moines, Iowa— Patients afflicted with asthma may benefit from spinal manipulation in terms of symptoms, immunological capacity, and endocrine effects, an audience was told on October 5 at the 9th International Conference on Spinal Manipulation in Toronto. The investigative team, headed by Ray Hayek, Ph.D., has been conducting a trial at 16 treatment centers in Australia involving 420 patients with an average age of 46 in an effort to find out what effects spinal manipulation has on symptoms, depression and anxiety, general health status, and the levels of immunity as reflected by the concentrations of both an immunoglobulin (IgA) and an immunosuppressant (cortisol). This investigation draws from several references in the scientific literature which suggest that different forms of manual therapy (including massage) improve the symptomatology and lower cortisol levels in asthma patients.
Dr. Hayek reported that only the patient group which underwent spinal manipulation (by any of four commonly used manipulative treatment protocols) displayed significant improvement in asthma symptoms and depression and anxiety scores. Simply experiencing structured interviews at the treatment centers or being monitored at home did not yield these improvements. In addition, patients actually undergoing spinal manipulation displayed dramatic increases of IgA and decreases of cortisol through the posttreatment period, suggesting that there were physiological consequences to their manipulative treatments reflecting increased immunological capacities which would be expected to ward off subsequent asthmatic attacks.
These biochemical changes not only suggest that the effects of spinal manipulation are more far-reaching than commonly believed, but that they may be more long-term as well. The gain in immunological capacity achieved with the simultaneous loss of the immunosuppressant cortisol and the increase of the immunoglobulin IgA following spinal manipulation would be expected to reduce the incidence and severity of pathogenic invasion of the airways. There would be less of a risk under these circumstances of compounding the symptoms of asthma.


Daw Saw Yee and Daw Ohn Shwe have many things in common, but until recently their paths had not crossed. Both in their 50s, their communities elected the two women as village tract administrators in January 2018 during the third local elections to take place since Myanmar started its transition to democracy.
This is the second time that Daw Ohn Shwe has been elected village tract administrator for the Muslim community of Kyaung Tike, in the township of Thandwe, where she is the only woman among 72 village tract and ward administrators. Daw Saw Yee, ward 3 administrator is, in like manner, the only female village tract or ward administrator among the 53 in Ramree township.
When they describe their new roles, their smiles convey a sense of accomplishment. And there is a good reason for it: they are among the very few women all across Myanmar who have been elected as village tract and ward administrators — only 101 out of 16,829 after the last election.
Women are under-represented in the political arena in most countries, but in Myanmar the situation is particularly pressing. UNDP has been working for the last few years with female local administrators who, like Daw Saw Yee and Daw Ohn Shwe, are trying to address the strong barriers for their participation in local governance.
The people have high expectations for the women to represent the interests of the communities in dialogues with township officials about the development of their areas. Their achievements will be measured in terms on how Kyaung Tike and Kayuk Phye become better places to live.
Click here to read the full article published by UNDP on 24 September 2018.


This post has the last of the frocks in my Style on the Small Screen exhibition series (links to the previous posts are at the bottom of the page).
This first frock is my favourite one of the exhibition. You can't really see it on these photos, but underneath the lace of the V at the front is highly embroidered fabric. You'd need to be really close to be able to see it, and it wouldn't have shown up on screen, but it shows the details that Cosprop go to create their costume.
Hanky cloth - hankies five and six.


Austin Keillor of Hood River raced his way to first in the Mt. Hood League GS, one week after winning the Cato Memorial. Photo by Mike Juliana.
Mitey Mite and high school alpine racers squeezed in their first official runs of the season last weekend, with two league races at Mt. Hood Meadows and a lively season opener at Summit for Kids Kandahar 2015.
Summer campers at Windells and High Cascade on Mount Hood will have access to all sorts of jumps, rails and training stations including a new dryland training facility with a 14-by-14-foot trampoline next to a 60-by-60-foot bag jump and a resurfaced launch ramp.
PACRAT racers Farzin Ghezel and Colleen Heffernan Walter go head-to-head on the Magic Mile.
Racers of all ability levels aged 18 and over will be eligible to compete in PACRAT recreational races on Mount Hood starting in January 2014.
The second ReRack Rail Jam of the season went down Saturday afternoon and evening at Mt. Hood Meadows, and Pierce Hodges was there. Here is his edit for ReRack and Meadows, along with some photos by Scott Lustig and the full results from the competition.
Hundreds of youth racers of all sizes and levels charged through the slalom gates Sunday for this year's Cooper Spur dual slalom, which was moved to a higher elevation on Shooting Star Ridge due to the low snow season.
Luke Musgrave of the Mt. Hood Race Team will be the racer to beat at Meadows this weekend.
Kid and adult racers will break out the Lycra for their final race runs this weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline.


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This stuff doesn't even look convincing to the untrained eye. This is Valdir Segato, a 48 year old from Sao Paulo Brazil, Valdir has clearly gone a bit overboard with the oil injections (Synthol use) and now he looks like this.
But beneath it all, you may be thinking that there has to be an underlying reason why somebody would take Synthol use this far and look like this and not surprisingly there is. Valdir goes on to talk about how he was teased and bullied as a young boy and called names.
Synthol is a chemical enhancement oil which serious bodybuilders inject into their body parts to enhance the appearance of their muscles. The idea is to use it to lift certain areas which may be a little less full or uneven so they look good for competitions.
The risks of Synthol overuse are widely known, overdoing it could lead to the skin bursting and leaving the user open to infections that can lead to amputation. A simple google search of 'synthol poisoning' will return some harrowing images.
It is Valdir's goal to make a living from his physique, which means the Synthol use is likely to continue.


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Embanking the Lower Danube: From Natural to Engineered Floodplains and Back
Domenii publicaţii > Ştiinţele pământului şi planetare + Tipuri publicaţii > Capitol de carte
Autori: Constantinescu, S., Diana Achim, Ioan Rus, Liviu Giosan
Editorial: Paul F. Hudson, Hans Middelkoop , Springer, Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe, p.265-288, 2015.
Anthropogenic intervention along the Danube floodplain has occurred in various degrees since ancient times. Early in this history, small and localized changes were linked to fishing as floodplain lakes and channels constituted a permanent and trusted source of fish. Large-scale, intense changes occurred primarily during the communist period when most of the floodplain was used for agriculture. As a result of this phase, 3250 km of artificial levee were constructed on the main course of the Danube, of which more than 1100 km are located in Romania. By the end of the 1980s, the area affected by anthropogenic intervention in the floodplain amounted to 433,957 ha, represented by 56 embanked enclosures. Only a small part (79,943 ha) remained under natural conditions, primarily the mouths of tributaries and the "Small Islet of Brăila". In time, the narrowing of the streambed by anthropogenic levees led to an increase in current velocity and significant erosion of the riverbed. The damming of Danube at the Iron Gates Gorge and of its major tributaries led to the creation of 340 artificial lakes along their courses and lowered drastically Danube's sediment discharge that feeds the current floodplain. In addition, fertilizer-aided intensive agriculture on the floodplain has fundamentally changed its soil regime.
Our study examines the recent history of the Lower Danube's floodplain, using a comparative cartography approach. Maps published in the late nineteenth century (1880–1884) show no significant human influence upon the river system. By the mid twentieth century the shift from a natural regime to a human controlled system has reached its peak as evident from contemporary maps (1960–1980). Recent satellite and aerial images (2005) continue to exhibit extensive human impacts, 30 years after the large Iron Gates I and II dams were built. Islets along the Danube course have directly reflected all these hydrological changes over time.
Many of the artificial levees along the Lower Danube are currently severely damaged and require restoration works. In April 2006, the Danube levels reached historical values and caused significant damage. Floods occurred downstream of Iron Gates Dam not because water overtopped the levees but because of their natural failure through pipping. An optimal solution for navigation and economic use should take into account many factors: the reduction of solid discharge over the entire Danube basin, the narrowing the stream bed, the need for a buffer zone for floods, as well as agricultural and fishing activities, the natural ecosystem and the services it provides. As the human-controlled transformation of the Lower Danube floodplain suggests, changing the functionality of a system could be a one-way route and as a return to the initial, natural state may be impossible.
Cuvinte cheie: fluvial geomorphology, Human impacts
URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4939-2380-9_11
Liviu Giosan


Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) is one of the most renowned photographers of his generation. Through Friedlander's lens, people in their everyday environments are transformed into arresting portraits, and the banal features of roadsides, storefronts, and city streets become vivid scenery. In Dressing Up, Friedlander ventures into new territory, turning his eye to the rarefied world of fashion and revealing precisely what is commonplace about it: behind the glamorous spectacle of the runway are many people hard at work.
The photographs, commissioned by the New York Times Magazine, were taken in 2006 during New York Fashion Week, when the artist spent time backstage at the Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Zac Posen, Oscar de la Renta, and Proenza Schouler shows. The resulting images, many of which are published here for the first time, depict a flurry of toiling stylists, dressers, makeup artists, photographers, and models—all of them preparing, but not quite prepared, for an image to be taken. Lovers of photography and high-end fashion will be surprised and intrigued by this inside glimpse into the world of runway design.


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One Week Of Hulu Plus: Glee-Full But Not Giddy
Staci D. Kramer Jul 9, 2010 - 12:55 AM CDT
Is Hulu Plus worth $10 a month? It all depends on the programming you like to watch, how much of it you want to access and how often. I've been using the long-anticipated subscription service from the joint venture of Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) and NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) since the day after the June 29 launch. Given that I'm a subscription addict, I was fairly sure I'd wind up keeping it after my free review month. One week in, not so much. Here's why — and why your mileage may vary:
Programming: Hulu Plus has three natural constituencies: cord cutters or people who never had a cord to cut but are willing to pay a little a month; multichannel video subs adding layers to what they already get; and fans of particular shows or genres. I straddle the last two, in part because I gave up appointment viewing for most scripted shows years ago, opting instead to watch in bursts.
A week is long enough to be wowed by what's available and disappointed by what's not. Instant access to Glee's first year without backflips, especially the half we missed — wow. Friday Night Lights, which I've been meaning to binge on, not quite a wow. Turns out there are only 8 episodes from this season on Hulu Plus. I could watch the entire final season of 24 or Lost but none of the previous seasons.
Still, it's a good start. In the sci-fi-ish range, Hulu Plus has every episode of Heroes; X-Files; Quantum Leap; Roswell; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel; and even Lost in Space. Soapy prime time? Full library of Desperate Housewives, all 70 episodes of Ugly Betty and an odd Dynasty imitator from Canada called "The Wild Roses" that lasted for only 13 episodes. Classics? Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, including the evil walnut episode with Danny Thomas; The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Instant canceled classics? All of Arrested Development, My So-Called Life.
If movies are your primary interest, then Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and its basic plan for $9 a month make more sense. But if current TV matters most and you're interested in primetime shows from equity partners ABC, NBC or Fox, with occasional forays into other programming, it's either Hulu Plus for access to multiple series or pay for a season pass per show on iTunes or possibly Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). Netflix has the first seven seasons of 24 but its streaming TV library ends at 2009 for now.
The lack of CBS (NYSE: CBS) and the effort to avoid competing with cable means that a lot of the shows I want to catch up with aren't available. None of the quirky USA shows, for instance, no HBO, Showtime or the Good Wife (only four full episodes on CBS.com). Adding CBS might not make a difference to a lot of potential subscribers but it would be a tipping point for me — as would hearing that Hulu Plus will get the back seasons of the current series.
Usability: Hulu Plus can work very smoothly and it can be a bit glitchy. I tested it on a WiFi iPad on different networks, through the browser on a Windows 7 Media Center PC connected to an HD living-room set, an iPhone 3GS, an 11-inch laptop and a desktop with a 24-inch screen. CEO Jason Kilar promised an experience that would feel familiar and be adapted to each device. Hulu delivered. Hulu Plus is instantly recognizable and usable by anyone who has used free Hulu.com, even on the iPhone — and the video quality was good across the board. The functionality changes — no sharing or embedding from an iPad, for instance. But Hulu has tried to make it seamless.
Unfortunately, it doesn't always work. On the iPad, I get frequent "no internet access" messages even if it shows that I'm connected. Some episodes of Glee worked fine on the TV-PC setup; some had to be constantly restarted and one flat out got stuck. The feature that is supposed to remember where you are in a show and offer to restart it when you open the program — even when you change platforms — works flawlessly sometimes and leaves you in oblivion at others. Sometimes it shows up, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it remembers the spot in the show, sometimes it doesn't. With the stuck episode (#17, Bad Reputation), it froze on the TV-PC and, even after I closed the browser and rebooted, showed in use on the other devices. I finally got it to play on the iPad a couple of days later. That same night, we watched an old war movie from Hulu.com without a tech glitch.
Ads: I get that Hulu is following the cable model by charging fees and selling advertising and I can go along with it — to a point. But inserting the same number of ads as the free service plus forcing ads whenever various actions take place would be annoying if you weren't paying. When you are paying, the annoyance level goes up exponentially. I rarely watch movies on AMC because of the commercial interruptions and after one movie on Hulu, I'm close to the same policy. Some possibilities: offer an ad-free version for a few more bucks; include X number of ad-free hours a month; limit the extra ads when a user moves around in the show — it feels like a punishment sometimes; make the software sensitive enough enough to know when someone just saw an ad and is rebooting a show.
Price of admission: On the latte or movie scale, $10 a month is rational. (Technically, it's $9.99.)If you get a few hours of entertainment, you're even. If you're judging it against "free" as in completely ad supported, it may seem like too much — unless you're comparing it to cable or satellite, and then it may feel like a bargain. Downloading the last season of Lost from iTunes in HD would cost as much as five months of Hulu Plus; standard runs $33. If ownership or being able to watch offline doesn't matter and currency does, the economics lean toward Hulu Plus. If you don't have any multichannel subscriptions and you're looking for a low-cost alternative, try Hulu Plus and Netflix together for a while and spot fill the gaps with free viewing or purchases. If you do subscribe to cable or satellite and you still spend more money every month on video rentals and/or purchases, it may be worth a try.
Some people in any category will want to wait until Hulu Plus bulks up. As for me, stay tuned.
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3 Responses to "One Week Of Hulu Plus: Glee-Full But Not Giddy"
andyg8180 July 12, 2010
My biggest gripe with hulu is that you have to wait two commercials to start the show… Then if you fast forward to another section of the show, BOOM, another commercial… Its messed up…
Marcus Ohm July 9, 2010
I want to watch shows on my 42″ tv. I don't want to have to be a tech geek to connect Hulu and the likes to my TV. I don't want to hear about how this technology is being intergated into tv's. Wake me up when I can go to Walmart and buy a Hulu ready television. Before that, all this talk is noise so STFU. Thanks
Cord Cutter July 9, 2010
Great article. Sums up why I'm skipping Hulu Plus for now but might try it again down the road. I think it goes wide in November? Hopefully they'll have beefed up their library and worked out the ad glitches by then.


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Q: add touchscreen support imx6 I am working with a imx6 dual light digi board. I want to add Ad7879 touch support. I 've been followed the next steps:
-First I changed the kernel config file adding support fo touchscreen and ad7879. In kernel config file I 've made the following changes:
CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_AD7879=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_AD7879_I2C=y

At the first I configured ad7879 as module doing:
CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_AD7879=m
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_AD7879_I2C=m

After that I made the device initialization in the device tree.
In imx6qdl-ccimx6sbc.dtsi file I put the next:
&i2c3 {

ad7879@2c
{
         compatible = "adi,ad7879-1";
         reg = <0x2c>;
         interrupt-parent = <&gpio6>;
         interrupts = <15 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;
         touchscreen-max-pressure = <4096>;
         adi,resistance-plate-x = <120>;
        adi,first-conversion-delay = /bits/ 8 <3>;
         adi,acquisition-time = /bits/ 8 <1>;
        adi,median-filter-size = /bits/ 8 <2>;
         adi,averaging = /bits/ 8 <1>;
         adi,conversion-interval = /bits/ 8 <255>;

};

The ad7879 interrupt controller is conected to the imx6 in EXP_I2C_IRQ_N pin that is the GPIO_6_15, for that reason I put interrupt-parent = <&gpio6> and interrupts = <15 IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_FALLING>;.
In imx6qdl-ccimx6sbc.dts file I put:
&i2c3 {
    ...

    ad7879@2c {
        status ="okay";
    };
    ...
};

Then I followed with compile the linux image and device tree.
In the imx6 with the linux image that I configures the ad7879 as module I loaded the ad7879 modules doing this:
root:~> modprobe ad7879
root:~> modprobe ad7879-i2c

but there is not log messages abaout the ad7879 and there is no ad7879 node asociated.
If I check the device node to chek the device node:
root@ccimx6sbc: ls -la /dev/input/
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root           180 Jan  1  2000 .
drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root          3480 May 16 14:49 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root            80 Jan  1  2000 by-id
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root           120 Jan  1  2000 by-path
crw-rw----    1 root     input      13,  64 Jan  1  2000 event0
crw-rw----    1 root     input      13,  65 Jan  1  2000 event1
crw-rw----    1 root     input      13,  66 Jan  1  2000 event2
crw-rw----    1 root     input      13,  63 Jan  1  2000 mice
crw-rw----    1 root     input      13,  32 Jan  1  2000 mouse0

root@ccimx6sbc:# cat /sys/class/input/input0/name
da9063-onkey
root@ccimx6sbc:# cat /sys/class/input/input1/name
Genius 4D Scroll Mouse
root@ccimx6sbc:# cat /sys/class/input/input2/name
sgtl5000-audio Headphone Jack

You can see that there is no node asociated.
root@ccimx6sbc:# cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0       CPU1
 29:     140884      13795       GIC  29  twd
 34:        406          0       GIC  34  sdma
 35:          0          0       GIC  35  VPU_JPG_IRQ
 37:          1          0       GIC  37  2400000.ipu
 38:         12          0       GIC  38  2400000.ipu
 42:         28          0       GIC  42
 44:          0          0       GIC  44  VPU_CODEC_IRQ
 50:          0          0       GIC  50  vdoa
 51:          0          0       GIC  51  rtc alarm
 54:         52          0       GIC  54  mmc3
 55:         52          0       GIC  55  mmc1
 57:       3580          0       GIC  57  mmc0
 61:        353          0       GIC  61  21f0000.serial
 63:          0          0       GIC  63  2008000.ecspi
 69:        472          0       GIC  69  21a4000.i2c
 70:       1367          0       GIC  70  21a8000.i2c
 72:        109          0       GIC  72  2184200.usb
 75:          0          0       GIC  75  2184000.usb
 79:          0          0       GIC  79  202c000.ssi
 81:          0          0       GIC  81  imx_thermal
 87:        167          0       GIC  87  i.MX Timer Tick
112:          0          0       GIC 112  20bc000.wdog
134:          0          0       GIC 134  mipi_dsi
137:        466          0       GIC 137  2101000.jr0
138:          0          0       GIC 138  2102000.jr1
139:          0          0       GIC 139  mmdc_1
144:          0          0       GIC 144  mmdc_1
147:          0          0       GIC 147  20e0000.hdmi_video
150:      62234          0       GIC 150  2188000.ethernet
151:          0          0       GIC 151  2188000.ethernet
192:          0          0  gpio-mxc   0  headphone detect
364:          1          0  gpio-mxc  12  da9063-irq
413:          0          1  da9063-irq   3  HWMON
414:          0          0  da9063-irq   0  ONKEY
415:          0          0  da9063-irq   1  ALARM
IPI0:          0          0  CPU wakeup interrupts
IPI1:          0         58  Timer broadcast interrupts
IPI2:       1405       2387  Rescheduling interrupts
IPI3:          0          0  Function call interrupts
IPI4:         19         33  Single function call interrupts
IPI5:          0          0  CPU stop interrupts
IPI6:        426        476  IRQ work interrupts
IPI7:          0          0  completion interrupts
Err:          0

You can se that there is not interrupts asociated to ad7879.
There is no difference when I build the linux kernel with this configuration:
CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_AD7879=y
CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_AD7879_I2C=y

I did run dmesg and there is no log entries associated with ad7879.
In the imx6 linux I did the following commands:
>root@ccimx6sbc:i2cdetect 2

with this response:
WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!
I will probe file /dev/i2c-2.
I will probe address range 0x03-0x77.
Continue? [Y/n] y
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- UU -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2c -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: UU -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

If you can see the identifier of the device is detected (0x2c).
Then I made:
>root@ccimx6sbc: i2cdump -r 0-0x40 2 0x2c

With this response:
No size specified (using byte-data access)
WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!
I will probe file /dev/i2c-2, address 0x2c, mode byte
Probe range limited to 0x00-0x40.
Continue? [Y/n] y
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f    0123456789abcdef
00: 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00    ..@...........?.
10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    ................
40: 00

You can se in 0x02 and 0x0e are two of the default values for the registers of ad7879 and they are correct. So I concluded that the controller is well connected.
I don't if I missing something.


Money Mistake Monday - The Closing Credit Card Accounts Syndrome.
Money Mistake Monday – The Closing Credit Card Accounts Syndrome.
I will admit right off the bat that a lot of people with credit problems will disagree with me on this one, in that they think the best thing to do with a credit card account is to close it immediately when you are done paying it off. And while it can be a psychological boost to your financial state of mind, it could also be hurting your credit score. The reason I know this? I learned the hard way – back when I started paying off my credit card debt, I would close any account that I had finished paying on…even if it was an account that I had had for a very long time. And although my credit card debt was declining, so was my credit score – seems that they don't like to see long term accounts closed, which was what I was doing. Closing the accounts I had for a long time while keeping open the more "recent" accounts (which I was doing) led to a pretty big drop in my overall credit score. I didn't realize this was a problem until I started talking to people about why this was happening and then I immediately stopped closing accounts. The end result is that the credit cards that I do have (other than my newish American Express business card), I have had for a while now – some of them dating back to 1995. And although I don't use them anymore and they sit in our safe, having them available to me and having the extra credit available looks good on my credit score.
The reason that this is important to mention is because I would not want anyone to hurt their credit score any more than they already have by being in debt. Getting out of debt (credit card, especially) is one of, if not THE most, important financial steps you can take to get your financial house in order. And working so hard to get rid of the debt and then having your credit score drop because of your closing of accounts is not a good feeling! Closing an account could mean that your debt to available credit ration could be way off, making your debt look even higher than it really might be. Also, by closing accounts you no longer use (especially older accounts), you can make your credit history look pretty short – not a good thing for keeping that score up.
I learned the hard way by just closing accounts when I was done with them – and it hurt my credit score. And although I do completely understand that closing an account does help you psychologically, you have to be careful which accounts you close and which ones you leave open. Closing the wrong ones can negatively impact your score, which is the exact opposite of what you are trying to do. So learn from me – don't close credit accounts unless you have to but rather just stop using them, put them away in a safe place, bury them in the backyard. The exception would be any account that you will never use again and that charges an annual fee…I would consider closing them for sure!
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You're right on about maintaining a credit history. However, simply cutting up cards, hiding them away, or burying them in the backyard can also hurt your credit score. This is because some credit card accounts become "inactive" if you make no transactions on them after a certain amount of time. Once an account is inactive, it no longer counts as much towards your credit score as active accounts, so you lose the benefits of the long history on those cards.
To keep debt discipline while maintaining active accounts with long histories, you should consider putting one recurring bill (utilities, cable, telephone) on each credit card you no longer plan to use. You should check statements monthly to make sure no other charges were made (beware identity theft!) and to pay off the single bill on each card. Since you can set up bill pay online for almost any bill with almost any card, you should be able to put these recurring payments in place, then hide your cards so you can't use them for anything else.
Some people go into credit card debt because they've momentarily suspended their brain's function. With the proper education and responsible money habits, they can safely keep their accounts open.
However, some people are addicted to spending money. They might temporarily dig themselves out of debt only to repeat the cycle. Some people's addictions to shopping are so severe that they'll even re-open credit card accounts to feed their addiction.
It's interesting, in Australia closing your old credit cards when you've paid them off has no impact on your credit rating at all! In fact it's looked upon as a good thing having minimal open credit accounts.
A credit score is only a concern if you intend on borrowing more money. Paying off all debt and not acuiring more should be the goal; not seeing how much we can borrow.
unfortunately, Paul, the vast majority of people will need to get a loan of some sort for big ticket items like houses, cars, medical care, etc. Moreover, others will need a good credit score to avoid having to pay extra down payments, get a job that requires a credit check, not having to pay security deposits etc.
cutting up credit cards, trying to forget about them if they are paid off is also dangerous, because you should actively maintain any financial accounts you have. this ensures that you aren't getting charged errant charges, someone isn't using your card, the creditor isn't changing terms on the account without you knowing about it too late, etc.
i agree that you should be maintaining your longest, on-time cards. If i had known that when I was in debt, I would have. however, i was naive about credit and credit scores. it has taken several years to repair and rebuild, which isn't always that bad as it forces you to maintain good credit behavior.
normally creditors will cancel inactive accounts that have been inactive for 6-12 months. BofA closed my wife's account without notifying us because it was inactive for 12 months (8 of those months was a result of a fraudulent charge and waiting for the account to be cleared). considering it was a $20k limit, that would have been a major ding on her report as it was her longest held card and had a high limit. As it is not her primary credit card now (hate BofA now), we use it once a month to buy something cheap that we needed anyways. we have been doing this with our other cards. the worst part about the closing, was that BofA, even though within the 6 month grace period for reopening (you normally have 6-12 months to reopen a closed account, and generally this doesn't include a hard credit pull, but sometimes it does), still required its underwriters to reassess the account and pull a credit report. i have to wait a quarter to check the credit report to see exactly what happened with the age of the account as well as if it was a hard credit pull.
Thanks for the comments/discussion guys!


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When August Wilson's Tony Award-winning play "Fences" opens in Portland this week, only two of the actors will be able to sleep in their own beds each night.
Ten-year-old Justyce Chaney and 9-year-old Makayla Irvan, both local girls, will rotate the part of Raynell, a sassy youngster whose family is dealing with the racial inequalities of 20th century America.
The rest of the "Fences" cast hales from the Hartford Stage Company and the Dallas Theater Center. "Fences" opens April 13 and runs through May 5 at Portland Center Stage.
So what is it like to work with such seasoned actors?
One week before the play's preview performances, Chaney and Irvan said they were excited – and maybe just a little bit nervous.
"I think it's really fun," says Chaney. "The director's not here yet ... but we've been practicing a lot, doing breathing exercises and trying to project our voices. We hear that the director has a personality inside of him, a little old lady who sits in the back and, if she can't hear you, that's bad!"
The daughter of Adreon Willingham and LaShawn Chaney, Chaney is a fourth-grader at Raleigh Park Elementary and has one sister, Antonia, 7.
Chaney, who has worked with a local Portland talent agency, Murphy Management, for years, is used to being in the limelight – she has been in commercials for Nike, Fred Meyer, the Portland Trailblazers and other local luminaries – but this is her first time on stage.
"I love it. It's a new experience," Chaney says. "I'm not nervous, but I probably will be."
This is Irvan's first time on the big stage too, although the Woodlawn Elementary third-grader says she fell in love with acting last summer, while taking classes at the nonprofit educational organization Self Enhancement Inc.
"I started last summer and my teacher, Miss Laverne Green, asked me if I would be in her masteries class," Irvan says. "The masteries class has a lot of older kids and we do important plays."
The daughter of Kenny and Toi Hopson of Gresham, Irvan has two siblings, sister Candance is 12-year-old and little brother Orray is 5.
Asked if she has any of the sassy, independent character Raynell in her, Irvan smiles and her father, Kenny, cracks up.
"Yes, she does," Kenny says.
"Dad says that I'm willful," Irvan says, smiling at Kenny.
"I'm not patient ... and I like to be the best at whatever I do."
Both girls say they lose themselves when they go into character and that being in "Fences" has encouraged them to keep going with their drama careers.
"This is the first time I've ever had to audition with a script," Chaney says. "But I liked it. I want to keep going with drama. And I also like to dance, especially ballet and hip hop."
Chaney's real goal though is to be the first African American woman president of the United States.
"I would change a lot of things if I was president," Chaney says.
"I would definitely stop the war."
As for Irvan, she sees drama and the fine arts in her future and says she loves to try new things.
"I like roller skating and heights – my mom and I love roller coasters – and I like to sing and dance. I also like to shop, but I go with my dad – he's a better shopper than my mom!" Irvan says, causing Kenny to crack up again.
"I really love acting. I'm a drama queen."
"This is a wonderful experience for her," Kenny says.
"She's always been dramatic and this lets her express herself."
Director: Jonathan Wilson, having worked with August Wilson and his plays for more than 17 years, directs "Fences" on the Gerding Theater at the Armory Main Stage, 128 N.W. 11th Ave., Portland, April 10 through May 6.
Cost: Tickets cost $16.50 for ages 30 and younger, Sunday through Thursday evenings. All other tickets cost $28 - $59.50.
Info: For more information, call the PCS Box Office at 503-445-3700 or visit www.pcs.org. "Fences" is the fifth and final production in PCS's 2006/07 Key Private Bank Main Stage Series in the Gerding Theater at the Armory and is supported by sponsor Wieden + Kennedy.


While an unpleasant topic, it is important to plan for incapacity and death. Many lawyers recommend making a will and power of attorney documents to ensure you have control over your own future and what will happen to your property after you die. Most people are familiar with what a will is and the kinds of family tensions that can arise after the death of a loved one. Fewer may be aware of what a power of attorney is and the problems that can arise when a family member becomes incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
A Power of Attorney is a document that allows you to appoint a specific individual or individuals to make decisions on your behalf, while you are still living. In naming an individual, either a person or an institution, known as your "attorney," you are giving them the exclusive legal authority to act and make decisions on your behalf.
In Ontario, there are two different kinds of Powers of Attorney. A Power of Attorney for Personal Care allows your attorney to make decisions about your healthcare, where you live, and your general well being. A Power of Attorney for Property authorizes your attorney to do anything that you can do with your property yourself, except make a will. Unless limited by the terms of the document, a Power of Attorney for Property provides broad authority, which can present opportunity for problems such as mismanagement of assets or any kind of legal issue touching on property, which can lead to fights within the family.
Because Powers of Attorney for Property are such powerful legal tools, there is considerable risk of misuse and abuse. In a recent report on Legal Capacity, Decision-making, and Guardianship, the Law Commission of Ontario acknowledged that misuse of Powers of Attorney is a pervasive concern. Because they are private legal tools, however, there is little evidence or data available about rates of Power of Attorney misuse. You should carefully consider who you choose to appoint as attorney. It should be someone you trust and who is able to fulfil the role in your best wishes and in accordance with your wishes.
If family members are unhappy with your choice of attorney or the choices being made by your attorney, they may challenge the validity of the power of attorney document or make it difficult for your attorney to do their job. Family members might challenge the validity of your Power of Attorney by suggesting that you did not have the mental capacity necessary to execute the document or suggesting that you were unduly influenced. They may also challenge the administration of your property by compelling the attorney to pass accounts (a court process that may deplete the assets available to fund ongoing care).
It is important to communicate with your attorney and family members or other loved ones to avoid these kinds of problems from arising in the event that you become incapable. Your attorney must know of the appointment and understand the importance of the role. Acting as attorney is a difficult and time consuming job. Your attorney might wish to decline the position, allowing you to appoint someone else who might be more likely to accept the role. You should also communicate your wishes and expectations to your attorney. Your attorney should be made aware of what your assets are, in general terms. This will facilitate a smooth transition in the management of your financial affairs if you become incapable.
Communicating with your family is another way to help avoid problems if you become incapable. If your family knows who you have appointed to be your attorney and your reasons for doing so, they may be less likely to challenge your choice later on, when you may be experiencing capacity issues.
To help your friends and family avoid tension and, possibly, the time, stress, and costs related to litigation, it is important to have valid Powers of Attorney (preferably prepared by a lawyer), as well as open communication with your attorney and family members. By making sure the people who care about you are informed, many problems can be avoided.


Getting those luscious, beautiful blonde locks looking their best can be a lot of work. If you aren't a natural blonde then getting your hair to the colour you want and keeping it there requires time, patience and enough regular maintenance to make any car owner cringe! It's a lot of fun though, and if you know how to properly care for your hair then it isn't too hard to keep it looking fantastic.