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Awarded by US Mayors for Excellence
United States Conference of Mayors recognizes financial success, sustainability, and strong public support of LADOT & IPS Group's innovative parking technology project
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Conference of Mayors today recognized partnerships between cities and private companies at the Conference's 80 th Winter Meeting. Los Angeles and New Orleans received top honors; and Elizabeth, NJ and Long Beach, CA received outstanding achievement awards.
The Mayors Business Council established the awards to encourage businesses and cities to work together to improve local communities. An independent panel of judges was appointed by the Conference of Mayors to review individual submissions. Selections were made based on a set of criteria including: improvement in delivery of services, replicability, sustainability, costsavings, creativity of approach, benefits to both public and private partners, economic and business benefits, and measurable results.
Long Beach, CA Mayor and Business Council Chair Bob Foster remarked, "Mayors have always understood the power of the private sector to affect change and improve lives and we can point to successful public private partnerships in cities across the nation. Today's awards recognize four successful and outstanding relationships between cities and businesses."
U.S. Conference of Mayors President Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and CEO and Executive Director, Tom Cochran, also participated in the ceremony.
There were two categories: The Award of Excellence (two awards presented) and Outstanding Achievement Awards (two awards presented). The award winners and brief program descriptions are below. To read additional information on these award-winning programs on our website, go to https://www.usmayors.org/.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE:
Los Angeles, CA/IPS Group Inc.
While parking meters and changes to parking policies can almost certainly prompt a strong public reaction, the City of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation in partnership with San Diego-based IPS Group Inc., have used the latest in solar power and wireless technologies to forever improve the way that people interact with the traditional parking meter in the City of Los Angeles. In doing so, this project has not only garnered tremendous public support, improvements in parking/transportation operations, but has generated millions of incremental annual revenue for the City.
The new meters also are helping to advance the City's efforts to become more sustainable. The City of Los Angeles now has the most solar-powered parking meters in the country. They are more reliable, in part, because they use the solar battery instead of AA batteries which need frequent replacement. The new Card & Coin Meters will prevent the need to dispose of 40,000 AA batteries per year through the use of solar power. "By reusing our existing poles and using clean solar power, these new Coin and Card meters are a win-win for customers, the city, and the environment," added Mayor Villaraigosa.
New Orleans, LA/Veolia Water North America
The City of New Orleans sits below sea level in an area where hurricanes are a recurring problem. Its average rainfall exceeds 60 inches per year and its service area is almost half a million people. This is not an ordinary city with ordinary environmental issues. In fact, the City's unique features provide a constant environmental challenge to those tasked with protecting water quality through the proper operations of the City's wastewater infrastructure.
When the City started looking for a private partner to operate, maintain and manage its wastewater facilities, these challenges were top of mind. They needed a partner who would be just that – a colleague who could work closely with the City to overcome its unique environmental obstacles. So in 1992, when the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (S&WB) entered into a publicprivate partnership with Veolia Water, they made sure that the private partner had the expertise and the willingness to work hand-inhand.
Today the partnership represents one of the largest wastewater treatment operations under contract in the U.S. and is notable for its compliance, its success and for the way the City and Veolia Water have worked together to deal with overwhelming environmental issues.
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
Elizabeth, NJ/American Water
The successful revitalization efforts of Mayor Bollwage and his administration required them to maintain and upgrade their water and wastewater systems. Decisions were made in the 1990s to enter into two long-term contracts with American Water to maintain and operate the City's water and wastewater systems. Like many local governments across the nation, the administration faced numerous challenges in maintaining and upgrading the aging water and wastewater systems. In the late 1990s, they were faced with the decision to raise property taxes to help fund necessary infrastructure improvements and help pay off debts incurred from previous system upgrades. The 100 year-old water infrastructure consisted of many degrading cast iron mains that experienced numerous breaks throughout the year, as well as old wooden pipes that are maintained for their historical significance. The wastewater system was nearly 150 years old and was experiencing numerous collapses due to aging clay pipe and brick manholes eroded by roadway salt. Even the hydrants needed replacing to accommodate expanding public safety needs.
After considering many possible solutions in the realm of public-private partnerships and issuing an RFP, the administration decided on a unique 40-year concession contract with then-named E'town Water (now part of American Water) to operate and maintain the water system, beginning in 1998. A few years later, they entered into a separate 20-year operation and maintenance (O&M) contract with American Water for the sewer system, beginning 2002. Both contracts have provided multiple benefits to the City and its residents.
Long Beach, CA/Waste Management, Inc.
In Spring 2010, the City of Long Beach in coordination with Waste Management, its franchised recycling hauler, and six local nonprofits, developed and launched "RE:CYCLE your Bicycle" a new program to collect and repair bicycles for beneficial reuse in the community. Waste Management secured funding for RE:CYCLE your Bicycle via a $10,000 grant from Keep California Beautiful. The purpose of the program was to promote the City's burgeoning bike community and alternative mobility policies while also promoting re-use and landfill avoidance. It also had a secondary benefit of providing much needed funds to important local nonprofit organizations.
The program's success was built on the collaborative efforts of the public and private sector stakeholder and can serve as a model of public-private-nonprofit partnerships that promote public policy and also support community service.
To read additional information on this award-winning program on our website, go to https://www.usmayors.org/.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities in the country today, each represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the Mayor.


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The information presented below is a summary of information related to the duties of Township Officials. This information does not replace the Code of Iowa, and if there are conflicts between the information provided and the Code of Iowa, the Code of Iowa shall prevail.
Benton County, Iowa, has been divided into twenty townships:
Benton township Eden township Homer township Monroe township
Big Grove township Eldorado township Iowa township Polk township
Bruce township Florence township Jackson township St Clair township
Canton township Fremont township Kane township Taylor township
Cedar township Harrison township Leroy township Union township
The townships are subdivisions for which three elected trustee from each township have the authority to levy property taxes on behalf of the township for various public purposes. Each township has an elected clerk to handle the financial and clerical duties of the township.
Duties of Township Officials
Emergency Services: The Township Official of each township shall provide fire protection service for the township, exclusive of any part of the township within a benefited fire district and may provide emergency medical service. The trustees may purchase, own, rent, or maintain fire protection services or emergency medical service apparatus or equipment or both kinds of equipment and provide housing for equipment. The trustees may contract with any public or private agency under chapter 28E for the purpose of providing any service or system required under section 359.42 of the Code of Iowa. Additional information is available in Iowa Code Chapter 359.
Fence Viewing Duties: Township Officials act as fence viewers to determine any controversy arising under Iowa Code Chapter 359A. Fence viewers may determine the obligations, rights, and duties of the respective parties in a partition fence dispute, and assign to each owner the part which he or she shall erect, maintain, rebuild, trim or cut back, or pay for, and fix the value thereof, and prescribe the time within which the same shall be completed or paid for, and in the case of repair, may specify the kind of repairs to be made. Fence viewers do NOT have the power to determine the location of a partition fence! The fees of trustees acting as fence viewers are paid by the parties involved, as determined by the trustees. Township-Officials are no longer authorized to settle disputes arising out of trespassing livestock. Additional information is available in Iowa Code Chapter 359A.
Cemeteries: Township Officials are responsible to improve and maintain cemeteries owned by the township, and may improve and maintain cemeteries not owned by the township, provided the cemetery is devoted to general public use. Trustees shall control a cemetery owned by the township or appoint trustees for said cemetery, or may sell the cemetery to a private corporation for cemetery purposes. Under certain circumstances, township cemetery funds may be used for maintenance and support of a cemetery in adjoining cities or townships. Additional information is available in Iowa Code sections 359.28 through 359.41; 317.5; and 566.19 through 566.26.
Map of Cemeteries in Benton County
Township Halls: If a township owns, or acquires by lease with an option to purchase, a public hall, a township may levy funds to maintain said building. Said building shall be within the boundaries of the township. The township clerk, under the direction of the Township Officials, shall be the custodian of the building, and the use thereof may be permitted by the Township Officials to citizens of the township for any lawful purpose. Additional information is available in Iowa Code Chapter 360.
Township Tax Levies
Township budgets inform the taxpayer what services tax monies are being requested for. Townships are required to use those funds for only those purposes. Townships cannot use fire funds for cemetery purposes, or owned cemetery funds for non-owned cemetery purposes, etc. Proposed township budgets are posted in the public area of the Sioux County Courthouse at least ten days prior to a township budget hearing. Adopted township budgets must be certified to the County Auditor by March 15th of each calendar year, and take effect the following July 1. Copies of adopted township budgets are available for public review in the County Auditor's Office during normal business hours.
Townships are limited in the amounts that may be levied for certain purposes:
Fire and emergency services levy rate is 40 and ½ cents per thousand, with an additional 20 and ¼ cents available if needed, for a maximum levy of 60 and ¾ cents per thousand (359.43).
Up to 30 cents per thousand of the fire and emergency services levy rate may be credited annually to a reserve for fire equipment or supply purchases. Interest held in reserve funds must be credited to this fund.
Non-owned cemetery levy rate is 6 and ¾ cents per thousand. (359.33)
Owned cemetery levy rate has no maximum. Townships may levy as much as needed for a cemetery that is owned by a township. (359.30)
Township hall repair levy rate is 13 and ½ cents per thousand, with certain exceptions. (360.9)
Library levy rate is 6 and ¾ cents per thousand. (359.30)
Township Meetings
Township Officials are a public body and their meetings must be in compliance with Iowa's open meetings laws (Chapter 21). Township meetings must be open to the public.
The trustees must meet at least twice each year. One of those meetings is required to hear comments and objections to the proposed budget. (359.17) It would seem practical to meet at least three times each year:
1. To determine the proposed budget and set the date of the budget hearing.
2. Budget hearing meeting (required). (359.17 & 359.49)
3. Review and sign the annual report by September 30.
Notice of the budget hearing is required to be posted at the courthouse. The Auditor posts this notice when the clerk files the proposed budget worksheet.
Participation in meetings may be by telephone to achieve a quorum, if public access to the conversation of the meeting is provided to the extent reasonably possible.
Election of Township Officials
A township officer shall be a resident of the township, and may be a resident of a city within the respective township (this previously only applied to township clerks). (39.22 subsection 2).
Vacancies in a Township Office (69.8, subsection 5)
• If the township clerk resigns, the Township Official shall appoint a replacement to hold office until the next appointment. If the trustees fail to appoint a clerk within thirty days, the appointment shall be made by the Board of Supervisors.
• If a township trustee resigns, the two remaining trustees shall appoint a replacement to hold office until the next appointment. If the trustees fail to appoint a trustee within thirty days, the appointment shall be made by the Board of Supervisors.
• If there is only one remaining trustee, the appointments shall be made by the Board of Supervisors. One trustee, acting on his/her own, cannot conduct township business.
• If all three trustee positions are vacant the Board of Supervisors may appoint their replacements, or adopt a resolution stating the Board of Supervisors will take over the duties of township trustee until the vacancies are filled at the next appointment.
• All Township Officials shall take an oath of office prior to conducting township business. A new oath of office must be taken for each term of office.
• Resignations from township office are to be made in writing to the County Auditor (69.4).
Additional Resources for Township Information
o Code of Iowa
o County Auditor
o Fence Viewing Instructions and Forms (Iowa State University Extension Service)
o Township Trustee & Clerk Orientation Booklet (Iowa State University Extension Service)
o Iowa Open Meetings, Open Records Handbook (Iowa Freedom of Information Council)

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The IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin) or Berlin Radio Show has been around for 93 years and is one of the year's most fascinating tech shows. And not just because it means hanging out in Berlin for a week. It showcases technology trends primarily to European consumers, but many companies use it as the global launch pad for gadgets aimed at holiday shoppers (due to its late-August/early-September timing).
One of the other reasons why the IFA is so unique is because of its tendency for the bizarre. This year saw the announcement of some exciting mobile technology and smartphones such as the Sony Xperia XZ3, the Huawei Mate 20 Lite, and the Motorola One. Below are some of the top mobile technology trends of the IFA 2018.
The biggest smartphone launch at the IFA this year was the Sony Xperia XZ3. Now, you might be thinking, "But didn't Sony release the XZ2 just six months ago?". They did, but the XZ3 is a superior phone in many aspects.
While it is the same metal-and-glass makeup as the previous model, there are small details that make it an exciting release. The edges are more smoothly sculpted and come to a slim point on the edge, and the back is more ergonomic to handle. The technical specs are top-drawer and it has the latest Android 9 Pie operating system.
The camera is a competitor in the smartphone world as it offers a 19-megapixel main camera and a 13-megapixel "selfie camera". The lens quality allows for crystal clear photographs every time.
It might be difficult to get excited about yet another mid-range Motorola smartphone, but the Motorola One and One Power grabbed attention as technology trends because of their similarity in style to the iPhone X.
There is more to these nifty little devices, however. The One is a nicer styled Moto G6 with a modern feel that is more compact for the hand to comfortably hold. The One Power is an India-specific device which has a huge battery and impressive specs. Both have Android OS which can easily be updated.
The One Power has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor along with 4GB of RAM. Both have impressive cameras for mid-range smartphones, making them the perfect choice for those who enjoy all the bells-and-whistles but not the price tag.
For the past few years, HTC has not had any hits on their hands in terms of smartphones. This has changed with the introduction of the HTC U12 Life at the IFA. One of the major technology trends at the show this year was the reinvention of brands, which HTC certainly achieved with this offering.
It has funky, laser-etched stripes along the back which makes it easy and comfortable to hold, increasing the grip and reducing the appearance of fingerprints on the plastic. It offers a crystal clear 6-inch full HD display and an effective Snapdragon 636 chipset.
The U12 Life also provides an impressive 3,600mAh battery, as well as 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. For those who enjoy the odd selfie (or three), you'll be pleasantly surprised with the 16MP+5MP rear cameras and 13MP front camera.
After a highly publicized ban in America, ZTE was keen to put itself back in business, and so they introduced the Axon 9 Pro as one of their technology trends at the IFA this year. It provides a 6.21-inch AMOLED display that promises to optimize video for ultimate viewing.
Inside, this zippy little number is equipped with Snapdragon 845 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. If you use your phone a lot during the day (who doesn't?) you'll be impressed with the 4,000mAh battery.
The camera is equally good, with a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with face-unlock software. If you're looking for a new high-quality mid-range smartphone, the Axon 9 Pro is a strong contender.
The Honor Play is one of the more unique technology trends of the IFA in 2018. It is a gaming-centric mid-range smartphone, perfect for those who enjoy gaming on devices. It has a 6.3-inch full HD display, a Kirin 970 AI chipset and a 3,750mAh battery.
The GPU Turbo software brings with it a smooth gaming experience, accelerating every touch you make on the screen. With the intelligent Kirin chipset, gaming and photography have a professional feel to them.
In terms of the OS, you'll find Huawei's EMUI version 8.2 installed over the Android 8.1. If you're a true gamer at heart, the Honor Play is the perfect choice for you. It's also set to be highly affordable upon release.
The IFA is one of the major technology trend shows in the business. And it stands to reason that many of the releases are mobile, due to our increasingly mobile-centric society. Sony, Huawei, Motorola, and ZTE were all major players this year, with a few interesting releases from HTC and Honor. These shows allow us to see the fascinating transformation that mobile technology has undergone since its inception, so if you'd like to learn more about the upcoming technology trends for the year, read our predictions in our recent article.


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Like that was EVER going to happen.
I'm not a religious person...
Religion is more about preying on the weak than praying once a week.
If you're buying condoms from the dispenser in the men's room, you should rethink your life choices.
Makes my head hurt
So my kids are watching television and their grandmother says to them, stone cold:
Not everything you see in a cartoon is real.
Just let the sink in for a moment....
Funny thing happened to me in the bathroom
So I'm in the bathroom and a dad comes into the stall next to me with his kid. The kid is chatterboxing from the time he walks in the door for like 45 seconds straight and then his dad dismissively says "that's great, shut up and pay attention to what you're doing".
What the fuck requires 'paying attention'? Is he landing a fucking plane over there??
If airlines told the truth
"Please leave all carry ons stowed until the captain turns off the seatbelt sign. This will be the only indication that it's time to jump up, push and shove each other before you realize you can go absolutely no where for about 10 minutes..."
But no one is ever around to see it
You know it's gonna be a ninja day when you open the medicine cabinet, half asleep, and you instinctively grab whatever falls out without even knowing you're doing it.
But it's true.
A man's day:
😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😴
A women's day:
😠😩😢😎😞😄😛😘😳😍😡😂😆😫😱😴
You should try it sometime.
You know what's better than having to say, "I'm sorry"?
Not being an asshole in the first place.


It's Like I'm Blogging Right In Your Face!
Anyway the performance is below. I hope you'll check it out, and I hope you enjoy it.
How fun! You did a wonderful job of storytelling.
It was especially shaky if there'd be an audience, because we had to postpone the show two weeks because of severe weather.
How fun to actually get to HEAR your audience laugh over your tale rather than just imagining it!
Great job! Wonderful story! This made my day!
Not to worry! I found your cell phone under a towel!
I can't tell you how cool it was to finally hear (and see) the whole story! The part about the dog was especially killer. Fantastic job, you!!
well done. I think you should do all your future blog posts this way. I know you've done stand-up many times before but you have some serious guts. I could never get in front of a crowd without dying first.
Well, better to die first, than while on stage.
And one of the things that was hardest, actually, was to not just do joke-joke-joke, and let it be a story. Humor is a safeguard and a way to know if people are liking it, and it's much more "naked" in the quiet stretches.
It was very manly of you to post that, B-man. Very.
I clicked "Publish Post" how I imagined John Wayne would post his blog.
It's kind of interesting. I try to get my friends to read my blog, but some of them are just not readers. I guess I understand the ease of watching a video over reading, but I'm not sure it's as easy as it seems. My grand kids just left and I calculated that it took me about 47 minutes to watch your video, and I probably missed 1/3 of it. Cool to see and an interesting story, nonetheless.
I agree – videos are interesting, but at least with print there's the luxury of leaving and returning. Maybe that's why these 6-second videos are so popular know: people with kids around.
You had me at "teacher voice". I absolutely love this – so well told and your pacing is impeccable.
Thanks. Just think if I'd done the whole thing in MY teacher voice.
This was great – funny and poignant. I'd never read your post about this so I was experiencing the story for the first time. Interesting the way people react depending on which one of you is telling the story.
Interesting and frustrating. It's tempting to lie and tell people the fantasy of what they imagine they'd do, just so they're satisfied.
Great story! I'm glad everything worked out well enough to be able to see the humour in it. I walked in on burglars in my house once. I backed out, locked the door and drove 1.5 blocks to the police station and asked someone to come home with me. My story is not even close to as good as yours.
Quite a bit more rational, though.
I remember! You had to water the tomatoes. You did a great job. I mean at stand-up, not watering the tomatoes which I'm sure you are very good at as well. Life imitating art imitating life. Wait. Is stand-up or blogging art???
Your wife is a lot like me. Impulsive. It gets us into all kinds of crazy situations and gives us stories to tell!
Na! The craziest and scariest times make the best stories.
Hey, you're pretty good at that talking and standing up and being funny shiz. Congratulations! And you're just a step away from closing the blog/performance loop completely so life will be like that never-ending day in Groundhog Day.
Awesome! I don't recall reading the original story, so it's cool to see the whole thing re-enacted on "the big screen". Great delivery!


Concise Advise for the LGBTQ Spouse | SameSides: Your Spouse is Gay. What Now?
There are some other written pieces under this tab that I would love for you, the LGBTQ spouse, to read, especially regarding "Telling the Truth" and "Humility". These are two of the main points that I make in my TED Talk which are very important ideas I want all LGBTQ spouses to understand, when it comes to your straight spouses and their experience.
The following is also a great resource.


The business process and use cases describe the wiki page lock method of managing the SEBoK (Systems Engineering Book of Knowledge). The business process and use cases are created by David Lempia, Nicole Hutchinson, and Stephanie Enck for the MBSE INCOSE and OMG teams.
The SEBoK to be captured and shared in a collaborative environment.
The SEBoK releases to be reviewed and managed with the potential to move to a more open business process model in the future.
The Wiki Page Lock business process model describes how the primary stakeholders work with the system from the creation of a new SEBoK to the publishing of a release. The development page space is a development working copy of a page in the SEBoK that is readable in a special location but not writable by the public. The production page space is the published copy of SEBoK article that is readable by the public.
The primary use cases describe how each stakeholder interacts with the system as part of the business process model.
The authoring team authenticates themselves and creates new articles.
PRE - Each member of the authoring team is given permission to edit content. A new copy of SEBoK is readable only by the authoring team.


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Where Is Chrisann Now? Steve Jobs' Ex Continues To Tell Her Side Of The Story
By Johnny Brayson
In Steve Jobs, the new Michael Fassbender-starring biopic about the late Apple co-founder, a considerable amount of screen time is given not only to Jobs, but to several important people from his life. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is there, played by Seth Rogen. Joanna Hoffman, Jobs' head of marketing, is portrayed to great acclaim by Kate Winslet. Jeff Daniels continues his impressive October run (he's also in The Martian) as former Apple CEO John Sculley. And then there's the character of Chrisann Brennan, played by Katherine Waterston. Brennan is the ex-girlfriend of Jobs in the film, and the two of them share a daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. Jobs spent years denying that he was the father of Brennan-Jobs, and the movie spends a great deal of time on this complicated, little-known, and darker aspect of a man whom many believed was an infallible genius. And while we know what became of Jobs later on in life, where is Chrisann Brennan now?
Today, Brennan is believed to own homes in both Monterey and San Francisco, California, and she works as an artist. Painting seems to have been her lifelong passion, as she studied fine arts at Foothill College, California College of Art, and San Francisco Art Institute. In an interview with InMenlo.com, she described her work as "light encoded paintings", and she has created murals for a number of hospitals such as the Ronald McDonald House and Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Los Angeles County Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. She told InMenlo of her art:
"Painting is a language for me. Letters are form, and paintings are documents for information. When I mix those two, I'm happy. It gets me out of the normal way, which is what I want to do."
In addition to her regular job as a painter, Brennan also found the time recently to pen a book about her time with Jobs. Published in 2013, The Bite in the Apple paints a portrait of the Steve Jobs that only Brennan claims to have known. She shares rare details about him in the book, such as his love for 1940s big band music, or how he would sometimes lament how he wished he were flying a plane while driving a car. She also talks about his interests in Zen meditation and his experiment with LSD-induced primal therapy. And of course, there is a lot of unflattering material surrounding Jobs's alleged cruelty toward Brennan and his denial of his child with her.
Although Brennan has managed to make a name for herself through her artwork, she will likely always be best remembered as Jobs's first girlfriend and as the mother of his child. And she seems to have accepted this by embracing it and continually telling her side of the story. Just this week, the wrote an article for The Daily Mail about her life with Jobs, and though she admits to sometimes hating him, she also confesses that over time, she has come to appreciate the man that he was. A somewhat peaceful ending, it seems, to a rather tragic tale.
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Abraxas sketching on location in Acadia National Park.


Carlo Scaramella has been certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney since 1999.
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Spitefully hurling a standard confessional formula in Yhwh's1 face (see, e.g., Exodus 34:6-7; Numbers 14:18; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 103:8, 17; 145:8; Jeremiah 32:18-19; Nahum 1:3), Jonah tells Yhwh that he would rather die than live to see the Assyrians receive Yhwh's mercy. So deep was Jonah's anger toward Israel's imperial oppressors.
It's easy to miss the irony and comedic intent in the exchange between Yhwh and Jonah, and in the book more generally. Typically, Israel's prophets are fiercely obedient to the law, while their audiences are stubborn and recalcitrant sinners, who are quicker to kill the prophet than take seriously his message. Take Jeremiah, for instance: he is told that he will experience so much opposition that Judah's most powerful officials (priests and kings) would oppose him, and that he would stand with Yhwh alone at his side (Jeremiah 1:17-19).
Unlike Jeremiah, however, who his typical of Israel's prophetic tradition, Jonah is not only resistant to Yhwh's will, he actually succeeds in winning over his audience, and he does so with a five word sermon: "Forty days more and Nineveh will be overturned" (Jonah 3:4). (And people say Lutheran sermons are short). What's even more astonishing is that Jonah's sermon doesn't even mention the possibility of mercy! What kind of topsy turvy, whale-of-a-tale is this? A reluctant, bitter prophet and repentant sinners? Welcome to the world of Jonah, where idolatrous sinners repent and Israelite prophets resent their deity's most fundamental attributes.
Despite its clearly humorous and ironical aspects, Jonah's resentful response to Yhwh's mercy actually echoes a sentiment present in the larger culture, namely, disdain for the Assyrian empire. This view is expressly and graphically depicted in the book of Nahum, which relishes in Yhwh's destruction of Nineveh. Nahum was the oracle Jonah hoped to give.
But can we really blame Jonah for feeling this way? The Assyrians were responsible for destroying the Northern Kingdom of Israel, subjugating, taxing, and oppressing the Southern Kingdom, destroying the Judahite city of Lachish, and otherwise wreaking havoc across the ancient Near East.
If that weren't enough, the Assyrian kings proudly boasted about and displayed their violent conquests of foreign lands. The scene below (see Figure 1), in fact, comes from Room XXXVI of Sennacherib's royal palace at Nineveh. It depicts Assyrian soldiers (the guys with the pointed hats!) flaying naked Judahite men. Their thin, naked bodies are eerily similar to the horrific images that emerged during and after WWII. Sennacherib dedicated an entire room, in fact, to his destruction of Lachish. Could you forgive such a people?
Jonah is not alone in his anger toward the Assyrians. In fact, when Nineveh finally fell in 612 BCE, its conquerors (the Babylonians and the Elamites) purposefully damaged images of the Assyrian kings as an act of damnatio memoriae (see Figure 2.). Jonah, it would seem, was not alone in his anger toward the Assyrians.
Nineveh, it would seem, is not the only one in need of repentance. In order to win back the wayward Jonah, Yhwh creates a scenario that is intended to teach the reluctant prophet a lesson in divine mercy and compassion.
Just as the giant fish is commissioned to place Jonah's feat back on the path of the prophet, so the wind, the worm, and the weed are commissioned to place Jonah back on the path of compassion, and to remind him that Yhwh alone decides to whom he will give mercy. But the human heart clings to bitterness like a dog to a fleshy bone. It takes root so deeply within us that we would much rather die than forgive, cling to pride than embrace mercy. We never know, in fact, how Jonah responds to Yhwh's question. The matter is left completely open-ended, without response and without resolve -- and this may be purposeful.
Whatever the case may be, one thing is clear: the Ninevites are not the only ones pursued by Yhwh's mercy. God stays with Jonah, the bitter and unforgiving prophet, extending mercy to the merciless and compassion to the one whose heart is set on wrath.
Two Judahite inhabitants of Lachish are flayed by Assyrian soldiers. ME 124909. © Trustees of the British Museum. Photo by Michael Chan.
Sennacherib observes the siege of Lachish. Room XXXI of Sennacherib's Southwest Palace at Nineveh. WA 124096. Photo (with superimposed arrow) by Michael Chan.
1 Out of respect for our Jewish sisters and brothers, I do not vocalize the divine name.


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Judicial Watch sues FBI for records on Garland's Critical Race Theory memo
"The Biden administration wants to target parents as 'terrorists,'" the Judicial Watch president wrote.
By Madeleine Hubbard
Updated: January 3, 2022 - 10:58pm
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Judicial Watch on Monday announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain records about a memorandum from Attorney General Merrick Garland instructing law enforcement to "address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel" following heated discussions about Critical Race Theory.
The conservative watchdog sought Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) documents related to the memo through an October 2021 FOIA request but the federal agency failed to respond.
The controversial memo, titled "Partnership Among Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board Members, Teachers, and Staff," stated that there has been a "disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against" school employees.
Garland testified that the memo was based on a letter from the National School Board Association that classified parental actions against Critical Race Theory as "domestic terrorism and hate crimes." The Association later apologized for the letter.
Judicial Watch stated its request includes "all records related to any actions planned or taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in response to the memorandum, as well as all related records of communication between any official or employee of the FBI and any other individual or entity."
In a press release announcing the lawsuit, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton wrote: "The Biden administration wants to target parents as 'terrorists' by abusing the FBI and DOJ to intimidate parents who oppose the racist and anti-American Critical Race Theory agenda… Now Judicial Watch had to file a federal FOIA lawsuit because the agencies are in cover-up mode over this shocking abuse of power."
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Q: Web2py on uwsgi and nginx upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading upstream I have deployed my application on NGINX. And my error.log is full of :
upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading upstream, client: 10.107.46.176, server: myApp, request: "GET /myApp/Home/index.load HTTP/1.1", upstream: "uwsgi://unix:///tmp/web2py.socket:", host: "myApp.eng.home.com", referrer: "http://myApp.eng.home.com/"

I have a Postgres DB deployed. And this is how the index.htmlpage looks:
<div class="clicks">{{=LOAD(c='Home',f='index',extension='load',ajax=True,timeout=30000,times=3)}}
                                {{pass}}
                            </div>

THis is the index.load page:
{{=numHits}}

This is my Home.py controller:
def index():
    numHits = db(db.opStatus.id > 0).count()
    return dict(numHits=numHits)

THis is working fine with the rocket server, only in NGINX its failing.KIndly help me on this.
web2py.ini
$ cat /etc/uwsgi/web2py.ini

[uwsgi]

socket = /tmp/web2py.socket
pythonpath = /home/www-data/web2py/
mount = /=wsgihandler:application
processes = 4
master = true
harakiri = 60
reload-mercy = 8
cpu-affinity = 1
stats = /tmp/stats.socket
max-requests = 2000
limit-as = 512
reload-on-as = 256
reload-on-rss = 192
uid = www-data
gid = www-data
touch-reload = /home/www-data/web2py/routes.py
cron = 0 0 -1 -1 -1 python /home/www-data/web2py/web2py.py -Q -S myApp -M -R scripts/sessions2trash.py -A -o
no-orphans = true

uwsgi-emperor.conf
/etc/init$ cat uwsgi-emperor.conf
# Emperor uWSGI script

description "uWSGI Emperor"
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [06]
##
#remove the comments in the next section to enable static file compression for the welcome app
#in that case, turn on gzip_static on; on /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
##
#pre-start script
#    python /home/www-data/web2py/web2py.py -S welcome -R scripts/zip_static_files.py
#    chown -R www-data:www-data /home/www-data/web2py/*
#end script
respawn
exec uwsgi --master --die-on-term --emperor /etc/uwsgi --logto /var/log/uwsgi/uwsgi.log

emperor.uwsgi.service
cat /etc/systemd/system/emperor.uwsgi.service
[Unit]
Description = uWSGI Emperor
After = syslog.target

[Service]
ExecStart = /usr/local/bin/uwsgi --ini /etc/uwsgi/web2py.ini
RuntimeDirectory = uwsgi
Restart = always
KillSignal = SIGQUIT
Type = notify
StandardError = syslog
NotifyAccess = all

[Install]
WantedBy = multi-user.target

I am starting the service by :
    sudo service emperor.uwsgi start

A: Since my reputation doesn't allow to comment your question, I have to abuse the answering section a little bit hoping not to get any trouble:
Since me deploying my web2py application using NGINX all problems based on a bad configuration of uWSGI. Thus my first advice is to check your uWSGI installation and configuration. Especially check emperor.uwsgi.service, uwsgi/web2py.ini and uwsgi-emperor.conf.
Furthermore, it could be, that you have another web2py installation directory as assumed by default to be "/home/www-data/web2py. In this case you have to adapt nginx/sites-available/web2py.
Finally, check the user who has installed web2py. This user has to be right configured in nginx/nginx.conf
Hope these hints helps you to fix your problem. If not, please post your configuration files as mentioned above.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Thanks for providing your configuration files. I've compared these to my configuration and it looks fine.
But I'm little confused that you start the emperor manually. In my configuration this is done by the nginx server as configured in /etc/nginx/sites-available/web2py as follows:
# file /etc/nginx/sites-available/web2py
server {
    listen          80;
    server_name     $hostname;
    ###to enable correct use of response.static_version
    location ~* ^/(\w+)/static(?:/_[\d]+\.[\d]+\.[\d]+)?/(.*)$ {
        alias /home/www-data/web2py/applications/$1/static/$2;
        expires max;
        ### if you want to use pre-gzipped static files (recommended)
        ### check scripts/zip_static_files.py and remove the comments
        # include /etc/nginx/conf.d/web2py/gzip_static.conf;
    }
    ###
    ###if you use something like myapp = dict(languages=['en', 'it', 'jp'], default_language='en') in your routes.py
    #location ~* ^/(\w+)/(en|it|jp)/static/(.*)$ {
    #    alias /home/www-data/web2py/applications/$1/;
    #    try_files static/$2/$3 static/$3 =404;
    #}
    ###

    location / {
        #uwsgi_pass      127.0.0.1:9001;
        uwsgi_pass      unix:///tmp/web2py.socket;
        include         uwsgi_params;
        uwsgi_param     UWSGI_SCHEME $scheme;
        uwsgi_param     SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx/$nginx_version;
        ###remove the comments to turn on if you want gzip compression of your pages
        # include /etc/nginx/conf.d/web2py/gzip.conf;
        ### end gzip section
        ### remove the comments if you use uploads (max 10 MB)
        #client_max_body_size 10m;
        ###
    }
}
server {
    listen 443 default_server ssl;
    server_name     $hostname;
    ssl_certificate         /etc/nginx/ssl/web2py.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key     /etc/nginx/ssl/web2py.key;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 10m;
    ssl_ciphers ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA;
    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    keepalive_timeout    70;
    location / {
        #uwsgi_pass      127.0.0.1:9001;
        uwsgi_pass      unix:///tmp/web2py.socket;
        include         uwsgi_params;
        uwsgi_param     UWSGI_SCHEME $scheme;
        uwsgi_param     SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx/$nginx_version;
        ###remove the comments to turn on if you want gzip compression of your pages
        # include /etc/nginx/conf.d/web2py/gzip.conf;
        ### end gzip section
        ### remove the comments if you want to enable uploads (max 10 MB)
        #client_max_body_size 10m;
        ###
    }
    ###to enable correct use of response.static_version
    location ~* ^/(\w+)/static(?:/_[\d]+\.[\d]+\.[\d]+)?/(.*)$ {
        alias /home/www-data/web2py/applications/$1/static/$2;
        expires max;
        ### if you want to use pre-gzipped static files (recommended)
        ### check scripts/zip_static_files.py and remove the comments
        # include /etc/nginx/conf.d/web2py/gzip_static.conf;
    }
    ###
}

Please have special attention to both lines
uwsgi_pass      unix:///tmp/web2py.socket;

I marked .socket as special, but can't remember why. Maybe I missed it in the installation script, not sure.
Does this solves your problem?
Best regards
Clemens

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Q: django runserver failed but gunicorn works I am refactoring my django app, but I find that if I import an unexisted module in my urls.py, I will fail when I run python manage.py runserver, but I can still succeed if I run the gunicorn xxx.wsgi:application, I feel sucked, can anyone tell me what happend?
Here is the output of runserver command:
/home/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer # python bin/manage.py runserver
Performing system checks...
Exception in thread django-main-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/threading.py", line 916, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/threading.py", line 864, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 53, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 117, in inner_run
    self.check(display_num_errors=True)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 395, in check
    include_deployment_checks=include_deployment_checks,
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 382, in _run_checks
    return checks.run_checks(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 72, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 13, in check_url_config
    return check_resolver(resolver)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 23, in check_resolver
    return check_method()
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 407, in check
    for pattern in self.url_patterns:
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 48, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 588, in url_patterns
    patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 48, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 581, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 994, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 971, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 955, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 665, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/local/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wepayImageServer/urls.py", line 24, in <module>
    from build_manager.view.build_image import abv
ImportError: cannot import name 'abv'

Here is the output of gunicorn command:
/home/qspace/mmpaytestWepayImageServer/bin/gicorn wepayImageServer.wsgi:application
[2022-03-04 11:02:14 +0800] [100267] [INFO] Starting gunicorn 20.1.0
[2022-03-04 11:02:14 +0800] [100267] [INFO] Listening at: http://127.0.0.1:8000 (100267)
[2022-03-04 11:02:14 +0800] [100267] [INFO] Using worker: sync
[2022-03-04 11:02:14 +0800] [100270] [INFO] Booting worker with pid: 100270


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It's been a big year for Irish dance on the Internet. From hand-dancers to Sneaky Steppers, Irish dance videos blew up YouTube in 2011.
I've compiled a list of the top Irish dance videos of the year according to YouTube statistics. Watch them all below, and have a very happy new year!
The Sneaky Steppers introduced a sense of humor to the Irish dance scene that livened up the art form in a whole new way back in 2010. By 2011, the boys (Sneaky Steppers co-founders Jason Oremus and Chris Naish) wrangled their Riverdance pals and youngsters from Australian Irish dance academies to shoot this ambush video to promote tourism in Ireland.
Since its mid-March debut, the video has been viewed more than 2 million times!
Sneaky Steppers is a Hammerstep initiative. For more info on Hammerstep, visit the crew's website and Facebook page.
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Michael Flatley revamped his dramatic dance show Lord of the Dance, which originally debuted in 1996, to include updated costumes, new "it" dancers ("bad girl" Ciara Sexton has more than a few international championship titles under her belt, and her on-camera presence is simply electric) and a new technological twist -- 3D!
You can't talk about hand-dancing without giving credit to ex-Riverdancers Peter Harding and Suzanne Cleary, and filmmaker Jonny Reed. This trio, known widely as Up & Over It, was launched into commercial fame in 2010. By 2011, Harding and Cleary were working their way up to the top of the talent list on "Britain's Got Talent."
Speaking of "Britain's Got Talent," Up & Over It wasn't the only Irish dance crew making a splash in the UK. The Celtic Colleens, a troupe of dancers clad in glow-in-the-dark shoes and gloves, created a vibrant stage spectacle. Appearing as if they defy the laws of physics, these dancers presented Irish step in a new light -- err, well, darkness?
More than 150 choir singers, bell ringers and dancers broke into song and dance in an effort to spread holiday cheer. And as we learned from the St. Patrick's Day flashmob above, it's hard not to smile at the sight of cheerful Irish dancers.
7. Boiz in Motion - "Holland's Got Talent"
Three young male dancers bring Irish dance to mainstream Dutch media with this rousing dance performance on "Holland's Got Talent."
So this is what you get when Irish dancing meets ice dancing! The skating was beautiful and all, but I couldn't help but want to yank the skaters out of my way so I could watch the Irish dancers. Still, this mixture of expression is representative of the year in Irish dance. 2011 was definitely a year of experimentation and collaboration, it seems.
There's no other way to put it: these dancers are simply the best -- the best on the planet. Held in Dublin in 2011, the CLRG World Irish Dancing Championships brought the highest calibre of step dancers from around the globe to one venue to compete for places on the podium. The videos above show the gold medalists from each age category strutting their stuff in the parade of champions. Bravo, dancers.
Back in September, Up & Over It released a video that represented the darker side of professional show dancing. Feeling beat up and bruised after commercial success, Harding, Cleary and Reed produced this video, "Hands," a symbolic end to their hand-dancing days.
Honorable Mention: Prodijig on "Got To Dance"
Having only been on the Internet for just two weeks, this clip of unconventional Irish dancing is already sparking both debate and excitement. Prodijig, from the creative mind of Irish dancer extraordinaire Alan Kenefick, will debut on UK's "Got To Dance" on New Year's Day. We can't wait to see how this Kanye West choreography goes over with the judges!
Have any other favorite Irish dance videos posted in the last year? Tell me about them in the comments section below.
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This is particularly evident in the case of, Chris Simmons,who was seventeen when convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Shirley Crook. In cooperation with many other Archdiocesan agencies, the OYM launched a major prayer and letter writing campaign to educate the public and persuade the Governor and the Missouri Supreme Court to prevent Simmons' execution.
The people of the Archdiocese, the nation, and the world responded. An incredibly large number of letters rolled in from around the world and there was substantial attention from the media. The effort made an impact. The Missouri Supreme Court granted Chris a stay while awaiting future decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court. He remains under death sentence, but an execution date no longer hangs over him. We thank God for the delay and the recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, which have slightly limited some use of the death penalty.
Thanks to everyone who has been involved, either by prayer, letter-writing, or witnessing. Your involvement means a great deal to Chris. Should Chris receive another execution date, the OYM will mobilize another campaign to request a commutation of sentence. Be ready!
I'm definitely sorry for all of the suffering I've caused, especially for the victims. I just wish there was a way to make things right. I wish I could let people know how genuinely I've had to deal with it for the eight years I've been in prison and had to look in the mirror every day. I wish there was anything to say or do to make things right.
With a lot of the troubles I was going through with having hostile encounters with my step father, running away from home, being a drug addict, not caring about anything but getting high, and with not understanding about compassion for others or how much pain and suffering my actions could cause people, there is a considerable difference in just understanding the consequences of my actions and the suffering that people go through. I never really knew or understood God's Love and that little things like giving or sharing are so amazingly important. I never knew how love and life could burst into your heart and bring heavenly change with God's graces.
There aren't any words for it. I'll never be able to forget the sound of my Mom and my family crying out. I can only say it seemed unreal. It was the beginning of a lot of pain. The only thing I can really do is try to pray and be able to handle the stress of it. (I am) trying to deal with the panic and just breathe and focus on God.
I believe that life is really a matter of moments sharing love with God. Every moment is one that should be cherished in union with God and His teachings. My favorite bible verse is "No greater Love has man than this, to lay down his life for a friend." I wish people could understand Christ's unconditional Love. I want to be able to continue sharing Christ with the people around me. If I didn't have God in my life, I don't think I would be able to bear the suffering my family and friends are going through.
I want to encourage everyone out there who is bringing God's love and encouragement to teens. I've learned that there is a great need for this. There is nothing that could be better for troubled teens than showing them God's Love and compassion. If compassion would carry over to many other areas of our society and government, we would see more people finding ways to help solve problems and heal. Teens need to be able to see positive and realistic alternatives. They need Christ and His teachings to be at the center of their lives.
Chris Simmons is a young man who was convicted of the abduction/drowning murder of Shirley Crook when he was seventeen. Chris's case is special because he was under the age of eighteen at the time he committed his crime. Because of this, there is a real chance that, with a worldwide effort and a special show of support from Missourians, he may be granted clemency from the Governor. Clemency would mean that his sentence would be changed from Death to "Life without the possibility of parole," which is still, of course, an extremely harsh sentence, especially for a juvenile offender.
The murder of Shirley Crook is a tragedy. I pray for the repose of her soul frequently. I have the deepest sympathy for Steven Crook, her husband, and all of her family. I cannot begin to imagine the pain I would feel at the loss of my wife. I pray that Mrs. Crook's family experiences daily the transforming, healing power of Christ and His Divine Mercy.
First and foremost, he is a Christian. In the prison, and through the ministry of other inmates and outside volunteers, Chris has come to believe in the Gospel. He now expends energies sharing this Love with other inmates.
Chris is currently 25 years old. He has been on death row since he was 17. Under these conditions, a person either gets angry and hateful, depressed and jaded, or grounds himself firmly in the Gospel. Chris has chosen the latter, and he has come to know the forgiveness and healing of Christ, even in his difficult and painful situation.
Chris and I have become good friends. When I have issues, I talk to him and he is often able to provide a different perspective, one that always helps me to appreciate the gifts I have been given. He has brought me into a deeper appreciation for the situation I was born into, and the gifts God has given me along the way to who I am now.
He is on death row because he was convicted of murder. That is the direct answer to that question. You can say "he made a mistake," or "he did something stupid," but neither of those statements really sums up a murder.
Chris grew up in an abusive environment. His stepfather was physically and psychologically abusive. Chris often would run away from home for a period of time to escape the abuse. He relied on drugs and magical thinking to escape reality. None of the circumstances of Chris's life, however, can excuse this crime. Chris is aware of this, and he has stated that he would sacrifice his life in order to bring Shirley Crook back.
Pray! The most important thing you can do for this whole situation is pray. Pray for Chris and his family, but also pray for Shirley Crook and her family, for the men at Potosi Correctional who will carry out the execution, the Governor and the judges who have the power to stop this but decide to let it happen, and for the people of the State of Missouri who allow this to occur in their state.
You can also write a letter to Governor Holden, and mobilize others to do so as well. For Youth Ministers, this is an excellent opportunity to show your teens how the Church responds with love and peace to violent and painful situations and show that the Church is a "change agent" in the world, ministering to and defending the outcast. Teens can take to their classmates a passion for the defense of human life.


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Q: How to get arduino port with python I'm developing an embedded project and I need to connect Arduino and Raspberry pi because I want to control Arduino with Raspberry Pi over the serial port. My question is how can I get the Arduino port in Linux dynamicaly with python?
My python program will loop sending commands to Arduino and I don't want to lose communication if someone connects and disconnects the Arduino.
Thanks for any help.
Zulin

A: 1st install Pyserial
if you have connected you arduino with you pc, you can see all serial message:
sudo screen /dev/ttyAMC0

now come to python to control arduino:
import serial
ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyACM0', 9600)
ser.write("something")           # this will write "your stuff" to Arduino serial.

now using Cprogram you can read from serial what the input is. And you can command your arduino using python
C pogram to read from Serial and write to serial:
char a[10];
void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop()
{
  if(Serial.available()>0)
  {
      Serial.readBytes(a,10);
      Serial.println(a);
  }
}

A: You can do it like this:
def get_serial_port():
    return "/dev/"+os.popen("dmesg | egrep ttyACM | cut -f3 -d: | tail -n1").read().strip()

Then you can just connect with arduino doing:
device = serial.Serial(get_serial_port(), baudrate=9600, timeout=3)

(assuming you are using the default rate 9600, you can just change the params...)


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Q: r - trapz doesn't seem to be calculating AUC correctly I have plotted FPR vs. TPR to make several ROC curves, as shown in this link.
However, it seems to me that trapz() is not calculating the correct AUC for the bottom 2 curves. The AUC seems to be larger than the AUCs for the previous plots, yet the calculated AUC is lower.
Can anyone explain to me why this is?
Thank you in advance.

A: If you look at the bottom 2 curves, their axis label go only up to 0.8. I assume you have the FPR/TPR data up to about 0.9. This means that you are missing the part of the AUC between 0.9 and 1. Incidentally, it is the part of the curve that adds most to the AUC. If your true curve was diagonal and stopped exactly at 0.9, you would be missing (1 - 0.9) * 1 - 0.1^2 = 0.09, so your AUC would be 0.41 instead of 0.5.
Make sure you anchor all your FPR and TPR with 0 and 1. It doesn't matter if you have multiple 0s or 1s, just add an additional one in all cases to be safe.


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Guru Gobind Singh Ji: "Guru who finalized and enshrined the Guru Granth Sahib"
by Ankush Bhandari
December 29, 2021 December 29, 2021 164
चिड़ियों से मैं बाज लडाऊ , गीदड़ों को मैं शेर बनाऊ !
सवा लाख से एक लडाऊ तभी गोबिंद सिंह नाम कहउँ !!
Chidiya Naal mai Baaz ladawo, Giddran toh mai sher banawo|
Sawa lakh se ek ladawo, Tab Gobind Singh Naam Kehwaoo !!
It is when I make sparrows fight hawks, it is when make I lions out of wolves|
It is when I make one fight a hundred thousand that I am called Gobind Singh Ji ||
Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ) (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) was the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh born Gobind Rai, was a spiritual master, warrior, poet, and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by cruel Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Gobind Rai was formally installed as the leader at the age of nine, becoming the tenth and the final human Sikh Guru.
His four sons died during his lifetime – two in battle, two executed by the barbaric Muslim army.
He is fondly remembered by Sikhs as a defender of the faith and a champion of equality and justice. He is also known as the last human Sikh Guru who wrote the "Dasam Granth", and declared that henceforth the "Guru Granth Sahib" (Sikh Holy Book) would become the next permanent Sikh Guru.
Guru Gobind Singh established "Khalsa", Society of Soldier-Saints which is considered to be one of the most important events in the history of Sikhism.
Guru Gobind Ji
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Early life
Bichitra Natak, Guru Gobind Singh's autobiography provides life detail of the tenth guru. The Bichitra Natak, Resplendent Drama is a part of the Dasam Granth, The Dasam Granthand a literary collection attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.
Guru Gobind Singh was born as Gobind Rai in Patna, Bihar, to the ninth Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur and his wife Mata Gujri on 22 December 1666, Bihar in the Sodhi Khatri family. While his father was visiting Bengal and Assam. Gobind Rai spent the first five years of his life in Patna. Shrine named Takht Sri Patna Harmandir Sahib marks the site of the house where he was born and spent the first few years of his life.
Guru Gobind's father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, had founded the city of Anandpur in the year 1665, on the land purchased from the ruler of Bilaspur (Kahlur); land that would later be in dispute. After Tegh Bahadur Ji's tour of eastern parts of India ended, he asked his family to come to Anandpur. In 1670, his family returned to Punjab, and in March 1672 they moved to Chakk Nanaki in the Himalayan foothills of north India, called the Shivalik Range, where he was schooled.
Gobind Rai's early education included the study of Punjabi, Braj, Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic languages, and training as a soldier. He had started studying Hindi and Sanskrit while at Patna. In Anandpur, he started studying Punjabi under Sahib Chand, and Persian under Qazi Pir Mohammad. A Rajput warrior was employed to train him in military skills and horse riding.
Guru Tegh Bahadur Publically Beheaded by Auranzeb
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Persecution
In 1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur was petitioned by Kashmiri Pandits led by Pandit Kirpa Ram of Matton for protection from the fanatic persecution by Iftikar Khan, the Mughal governor of Kashmir under Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Tegh Bahadur considered a peaceful resolution by meeting Aurangzeb, to discuss the emperor Aurangzeb's policy towards the non-Muslims. Although Guru Tegh Bahadur was cautioned by his advisors that his life may be at risk, he still proceeded to the Mughal capital Delhi.
The young Gobind Rai – to be known as Gobind Singh after 1699 – advised his father that no one was more worthy to lead and make a sacrifice than him.
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji made the attempt but he was arrested. On 11 November 1675, he was publicly beheaded in Delhi under the orders of Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam and the ongoing conflicts between Sanatana Dharma and the Islamic Empire. His head was put on the public square to deter the public from objecting to Aurangzeb's policies. The beheading of Guru Teg Bahadur frightened many of his disciples, some of whom even refused to acknowledge themselves as his followers, in order to avoid persecution. A disciple called Bhai Jaita (later Bhai Jivan Singh) brought Guru Tegh Bahadur's head to Anandpur.
Before beheading, Guru Tegh Bahadur wrote a letter called Mahalla Dasven to his son, Gobind Rai, also a part of the Guru Granth Sahib, as one last test to find the next Guru, after his father's martyrdom. After receiving the letter, Gobind Rai was made the tenth Guru on Vaisakhi on 29 March 1676 at the age of 9.
The education of Guru Gobind Singh continued even after he became the 10th Guru, both in reading and writing as well as martial arts such as horse riding and archery. In 1684, he wrote the Chandi di Var in the Punjabi language, a legendary war between the good and the evil, where the good stands up against injustice and tyranny, as described in the ancient Sanskrit text "Markandeya Purana".
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Addressing his Army
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Military spirit
After hearing of what had happened in Delhi, Guru Gobind Ji decided to inculcate the martial spirit among his followers.
Guru Gobind Singh engaged 52 poets to translate the heroic Sanskrit epics into contemporary languages. He selected the warlike theme in many of his compositions to infuse martial spirit among his followers. He also wrote several compositions preaching love, equality and deprecating superstition.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji stayed at a couple of places during his lifespan.
Guru Gobind Rai continued to stay in Anandpur after the persecution of his father. His increasing influence and power worried Raja Bhim Chand of Bilaspur (Kahlur), in whose territory Anandpur was located. Meanwhile, the Guru ordered the construction of a war drum (nagara) called Ranjit Nagara to enthuse his soldiers. The use of such a war drum was limited to the chieftains, within their territory, and the Raja considered the use of Ranjit Nagara a hostile act.
Paonta
In April 1685, Guru Gobind Rai shifted his residence to Paonta in Sirmur state at the invitation of Raja Mat Prakash of Sirmur. The author of Bichitra Natak does not mention any reason for shifting his residence to Paonta. According to the Gazetteer of the Sirmur state, the Gobind Rai was compelled to leave Anandpur due to differences with King Bhim Chand and went to Toka. From Toka, he was brought to Nahan, the capital of Sirmur by Mat Prakash. From Nahan, he proceeded to Paonta.
He stayed in Paonta, near the banks of river Yamuna, till the end of 1685.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Marriage
Guru Gobind Rai was married 3 times in his lifetime.
The first marriage was done at age 10. Guru Gobind Rai married Mata Jito on 21 June 1677 at Basantgaṛh, 10 km north of Anandpur. The couple had three sons:
Jujhar Singh was born in 1691,
Zorawar Singh was born in 1696 and
Fateh Singh was born in 1699.
The second marriage was at age 17, Guru Gobind Rai married Mata Sundari on 4 April 1684 at Anandpur. The couple had one son,
Ajit Singh was born in 1687.
The third marriage was done at age 33, Guru Gobind Rai married Mata Sahib Devan on 15 April 1700 at Anandpur. They had no children, but she had an influential role in him and his disciples. It is said that Guru Gobind Rai Ji proclaimed her as the "Mother of the Khalsa".
Khalsa
Creation of Khalsa
In 1699, the Guru Guru sent hukam nama, letters of authority, to his followers and requested them to congregate at Anandpur on Vaisakhi, the annual spring harvest festival.
He addressed the congregation from the entryway of a small tent pitched on a small hill, now called Kesgarh Sahib. He first asked everyone who He was for them? Everyone answered – "You are our Guru." He then asked as to whom were they, to which everyone replied – "We are your disciples." Having reminded them of this relationship, He then said that today the Guru needs something from His disciples. Everyone said, "Hukum Karo, Sache Patshah", Just give us the order, O Lord. Then drawing His sword, He asked for a volunteer who was willing to sacrifice his head. No one answered his first call, nor the second call, but on the third invitation, a Hindu disciple called Daya Ram, later known as Bhai Daya Singh came forward and offered his head to the Guru. Guru Gobind Rai took the volunteer inside the tent, and emerged shortly, with blood dripping from his sword. According to the tradition, he asked for a volunteer. One came forward, whom he took inside a tent. The Guru returned to the crowd alone, with a bloody sword. He asked for another volunteer and repeated the same process of returning from the tent without anyone and with a bloodied sword four more times. After the fifth volunteer went with him into the tent, the Guru returned with all five volunteers, all safe. He called them the Panj Pyare and the first Khalsa.
Guru Gobind Singh then mixed water and sugar into an iron bowl, stirring it with a double-edged sword to prepare what he called Amrit "Nectar". He then administered this to the Panj Pyare, accompanied with recitations from the Adi Granth, thus founding the khande ka pahul (ceremony) of a Khalsa – a warrior community. The Guru also gave them a new surname "Singh" from Sanskrit सिंह which means lion.
After the ceremony of the first five Khalsa, the Guru asked to have a ceremony for him so he can himself become Khalsa. This made the Guru the sixth Khalsa, and his name changed from Guru Gobind Rai to Guru Gobind Singh. After he become Khalsa, he announced, "My Khalsa shall always defend the poor, and Deg (community kitchen) will be as much an essential part of your order as Teg (the sword). And, from now onwards Sikh males will call themselves 'Singh' and women 'Kaur' and greet each other with "Waheguru Ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji ki Fateh" which means "The Khalsa belongs to the God; victory belongs to Him".
Guru Gobind Singh Ji initiated the Five K's tradition of the Khalsa.
Kesh: uncut hair.
Kangha: a wooden comb.
Kara: an iron or steel bracelet worn on the wrist.
Kirpan: a sword or dagger.
Kachera: short breeches.
He also announced a code of discipline for Khalsa warriors. Below are forbidden.
Tobacco,
Eating 'Halal' Meat (a way of slaughtering in which the animal's throat is slit open and it is left to bleed before being slaughtered),
Fornication and
The Khalsa also agreed to never interact with those who followed rivals or their successors. The co-initiation of men and women from different Sanatani Varnas into the ranks of Khalsa also institutionalized the principle of equality regardless of one's Varnas or gender.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Literary Works
There are many works that have been attributed to Guru Gobind Singh. Many of his literary works of him were lost during the evacuation of Anandpur Sahib. The collection of writings attributed to Guru Gobind Singh is known as Dasven Padshah Da Granth meaning Book of the Tenth Emperor. It is popularly referred to as the Dasam Granth.
The standard edition of the text contains 1,428 pages with 17,293 verses in 18 sections.The Dasam Granth includes hymns, tales from Hindu Scriptures , a celebration of the feminine in the form of Hindu Goddess Maa Durga, an Autobiography, stories from the Hindu Holy Scriptures of Puranas and the Mahabharata, letters to others such as the Mughal Emperor, as well as reverential discussion of warriors and theology.
The Dasam Granth has a significant role in the initiation and the daily life of devout Khalsa Sikhs. Parts of its compositions such as the Jaap Sahib, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, and Benti Chaupai are the daily prayers (Nitnem) and sacred liturgical verses used in the initiation of Khalsa Sikhs.
Several names of Hindu Gods such as Sham and Ram occur within the compositions composed by Guruji.
The underlying message of all the works is 'worship the creator and not the creations'. The following works are included in it:
Jaap Sahib (invoking Supreme God).
Akal Ustat (praises of God) Bichitra Natak (an autobiography).
Chandi Charitar, I and II (the character of Goddess Chandi).
Chandi di Var, the character of Goddess Durga including Ardas.
Gyan Prabodh (the awakening of knowledge).
Chaubis Avtar (24 incarnations of Hindu God Vishnu ordered by Supreme God).
Shabad Hazaray (ten shabads that teach that only the Supreme God is to be worshipped).
Swayyae (33 stanzas).
Sri Mukh Baak Savaiye.
Khalsa Mehma or Khalse di Mehima (the praises of the Khalsa).
Shastar Nam Mala (a list of weapons).
Zafarnama a letter to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Mangal Prakash, a part of Sau Sakhi
Some scholars have questioned the authorship of some of the parts of the Dasam Granth. The authorship debate on the works started in the twentieth century with the Bashaur School of thought followed by some Sikh scholars from the Institute of Sikh Studies. However, the Akal Takht authorities argue that all the works in the Dasam Granth collection are written by Guru Gobind Singh himself.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji Teaching
Here are a few of his teaching pinched from the 52 Hukams as stated by Guru Gobind Singh–that can be incorporated into our daily lives:
Kisae dee ninda, chugalee, atae eirkhaa nahee karnee. This means do not gossip, nor slander, or be spiteful to anyone.
Dhan, javaanee, tae Kul jaat da abhiman naee karnaa (Nanak daadak tahe duae goath. Saak guroo Sikhan sang hoath). These means do not be proud of riches, youthfulness, or lineage. (Regardless of maternal and paternal caste or heritage, all of the Guru's Sikhs are siblings of one family.)
Dushman naal saam, daam, bhaed, aadiak, upaa vartnae ate uprant udh karnaa. This means when dealing with enemies, practice diplomacy, employ a variety of tactics and exhaust all techniques before engaging in warfare.
Pardaesee, lorvaan, dukhee, apung manukh dee yataahshkat seva karnee. This means to do as much as possible to serve and aid foreigners, those in need, or in trouble.
Putaree da dhan bikh jananaa. This means to realize that considering a daughter's property is poison.
Dasvand denaa. This means to donate a tenth of your earnings.
Chugalee kar kisae da kam nahee vigaarnaa. This means not to ruin anyone's work by gossiping.
It's time that we should not just read Guru Gobind Singh Ji Hukams but follow them meticulously in our lives to have peace, love, and harmony within us and in society.
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WiKid Icarus and Paletunapedia both sound pretty cool.
Agreed, I also kinda like Wiki Icarus.
Look for Big Red on the Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst Private Servers.
Proud supporter of NIWA Wikis!
Does a wiki need to be hosted on a home server to be considered independent?
I was thinking about using a web hosting service to host a website, then upload MediaWiki software onto the website. I also plan to get a custom domain name for it. The web hosting service would not be a dedicated wiki-hosting service. Right now I'm looking at sites like http://www.yola.com/. Would this be considered independent?
Yea, that's independent.....as far as I know. Lylat Wiki and PK Wiki are off of a bluehost-based server, as I currently don't Have the capabilities to run a full-scale website from home.
I think people can start off with anything to get the ball moving. If they (you) aren't comfortable taking a financial risk, then feel free to begin at one of those free sites. If you can control your own content and take it with you later, then it shouldn't be a problem. Wikia doesn't allow that-so that's a bad place to start.
This of course would be postponing the financial investment to the site until NIWA membership is sought. I for one would only vote in sites that are being hosted and the owners having to pay for it. Without that factor, it's too cheap and is likely to be abandoned later. When the owner(s) have to put in money from their pockets-they'll probably take more of an interest in the project. I do recommend you purchase whatever domain name you want as soon as you can to make sure no one else does later and you have to settle for a less desired name.
Now if you are meaning that your home pc has the capabilities to actually host the site and you have the technical expertise to keep it going, then that's even better than paying someone imo.
I'm not sure Kid Icarus is a big enough series to start a wiki on.
Probably not, I suspect "dwindling returns" for most future Nintendo Wikis. The biggest are in, except one more that will be added soon. For the most part, from here on out, I think we'll be looking at dedicated backing of each wiki from its fan community as a factor. Some of the others have a lot of potential, Star Fox, Earthbound, Animal Crossing, and Smash Bros for example. They have fragmented communities and the only existing wikis are on wiki farms. If some effort to unite the fan base under a single independent wiki can be achieved, I suspect they'll make great NIWA member sites.
The main obstacle, I think, is that people will have a hard time letting go of the work they did on a wiki farm-even if it means missing out on what may someday be the better known site. I think the passions for the independent wikis are so high because people can visit them and actually feel the creator's own love for the series. To me, the Neoseeker, wikispaces, etc sites feel more impersonal and disconnected than they actually are-but the few people that work on them should be approached delicately if creating a "rival" wiki. I say rival for a lack of a better term, we don't really compete head to head like sports teams or offline businesses do.
Ah, so the problem is the lack of editors that ant to edit if I get it? And when you mean wiki farms, do you mean wikia?
Do you think it's possible to ask a wiki, like the SmashWiki, to become independent? I'm not sure if it's possible, but I would think you could buy an address, and move the pages from one to the other. If this sounds crazy, then nevermind. XD lol.
I think SmashWiki is planning on switching off of Wikia, but time will tell.
What makes them hesitant on switching?
It's not that easy you know.
Your right, since you gotta buy the address, and then move EVERY article over to the new wiki... right?
Also, the edits you made don't travel over. Say you made 2,000 edits, but then when you move the pages, you only have 20 edits because you only moved 20 pages.
Move the database. It's very simple. All you have to do is export the DB and then use a program called BigDump.php to insert it into the new database structure. Set up your localsettings and voila, you have your wiki.
Server bureaucrat of Zelda Wiki. I fix what you break.
Also a tech administrator for Poniverse.
Yes. Everything from the old wiki will be included on the new.


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tf.GraphKeys.PREDICTIONS = 'predictions'
tf.GraphKeys.TRAIN_SUMMARIES = 'train_summaries'
tf.GraphKeys.SUMMARIES_BY_NAMES = 'summaries_by_names'
tf.GraphKeys.GLOBAL_EPISODE = 'global_episode'
tf.GraphKeys.GLOBAL_TIMESTEP = 'global_timestep'

MAPPING_COLLECTION = [tf.GraphKeys.PREDICTIONS, tf.GraphKeys.SUMMARIES_BY_NAMES]


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It's Week 2 of the NFL's preseason, as we inch ever closer to the games that count. There's plenty to glean: How did the rookies look? Who's making a push to be a starter? Who's carving out a spot on the final 53? Here's the biggest takeaway for each team.


While the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is medically indicated to reduce the risk of genital warts and certain types of cancer, rates of HPV vaccination repeatedly fall short of public health goals. Individual-level factors contributing to low vaccination rates are well documented. However, system-level barriers, particularly the need for parental consent, have been less explored. To date, there is no legal or ethical consensus in the USA regarding whether adolescents might permissibly self-consent to the HPV vaccine. Consequently, there is considerable variability in medical practice at the provider and state level. In this essay, we explore the ethical acceptability of vaccinating adolescents for HPV without parental consent. We argue that the same ethical considerations that justify permitting minors to consent to treatment for sexual and reproductive health care—namely, public health benefit and adolescents' developing autonomy—similarly justify permitting minors to consent to HPV vaccination. Based on this analysis, we conclude that allowing adolescents to self-consent to the HPV vaccine is ethically justifiable and should be reflected in US state policies.
Contributors SA conceived of the paper and authored the first draft. SRM advised on the ethical analysis and critically revised the manuscript for intellectual content. Both authors jointly approve of the submitted version of this manuscript.


A motorcyclist has died following a collision with a white tipper truck in Danes Camp Way, Northampton.
The 45-year-old rider, from Northampton, was involved in a collision with a truck at about 2.15pm on Wednesday.
He was taken to University Hospital Coventry and died as a result of his injuries in the early hours of today (Friday).
A man was arrested in connection with the accident and has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Witnesses to the collision or anyone with information is asked to call the 'Drivewatch Hotline' on 0800 174615.


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