What it Really Takes to Prep 28 Crockpot Meals!
After following several blogs and pinning many ideas via Pinterest, I finally decided to take on the task of prepping 28 crockpot meals. I have to admit, I was lured in by catchy pins that promised I could prep 8 crockpot meals in 75 minutes, or 8 meals in an hour, and my favorite… 28 meals in ONLY 3 hours!
I am the proud owner three crockpots that get used quite regularly. I invested in a new 4 quart crockpot for these meals since the portions are more ideal for our family of four. I picked up the crockpot at Walmart for $14.96.
Prepping 28 meals took me a whole lot longer than three hours, but was well worth the effort. So, here's what it really takes to prep 28 crock pot meals. Working full time, I had about an hour every night after work to organize the meal prep.
Monday: Pick 14 meals to double and write out all needed ingredients.
Tuesday: Inventory ingredients and create grocery list.
Wednesday: Pick up canned goods during lunch.
Thursday: Write on titles of meals on 1 gallon Ziploc freezer bags. Prep and organize kitchen.
Friday: Pick up meat, produce, and new crockpot.
Why did it take 10 hours? I didn't waste time, have any blunders, get sidetracked, or waste time. I strategically and efficiently got through the process, but it just took that long.
I started the morning at 5 a.m. by chopping onions, carrots, peppers, potatoes, and celery. I wore swim goggles to chop 8 lbs of onions. So glad I don't have a picture in my pajamas chopping onions with bed head and goggles.
First, I prepped all the chicken meals, one recipe at a time. After prepping the chicken meals, I thoroughly washed anything the chicken came in contact with and then moved on to the pork recipes. Last, I prepped all the beef recipes. The last recipe (ground beef chili) required that the ground beef be browned. After browning the meat and prepping the last meal, I cleaned up the kitchen. From beginning to end on Saturday it took me 10 hours and I was left with sore fingers, a tired back, and lots of yummy meals.
It takes time to measure out ingredients and divide into bags. It also takes times to rinse cans of beans, handle raw meat as safely as you can, and seal Ziploc bags.
Would I do it again? Absolutely. I will not take on 28 meals though. I reached my breaking point about eight hours in and was completely worn out. I did bite off more than I could chew on this first attempt and going forward I will stick to eight recipes or less.
Where did I store it all? Our family of four lives in a cozy 900 square foot apartment and we have a small chest freezer on our balcony. All the meals stacked easily in the freezer with plenty of room to spare.
Wow seriously setting the bar high! Nice!
I honestly thought it was going to take much less time. I wouldn't normally post about this adventure but though it might benefit anyone who is considering taking on the task.


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Disturbance in a Happy town – Day 1
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"Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care…"
"Jimmy cracked the corn and I don't care."
An overweight young fourteen year old sang as he bounced around a thinner, slightly younger child. Both young men smiles as they walked over the freshly paved street to a single story building on the other side.
"You can stop singing that now, Happy. You look like an idiot bouncing around me like an insect."
"Ha… what kind of insect am I Jimmy? A mosquito? A wasp." Happy then began to buzz and circle Jimmy.
"Wow man, you are wound up today," Jimmy said with a smile.
"You know what day it is, right," Happy shouted. "You know who is teaching English today? Ahhh… Mrs. English herself. The princess of type."
Jimmy laughed. "Yes, I know you are in love with Mrs. Sadle. You know love of an English teacher is unhealthy." He prods Happy.
Both young men step into the school and head to class. The hallways are packed with kids scurrying to get to class. The boys walk forward then to the right. They approached room 115 and Jimmy began to open the door. "Oh my gah, look at her." Happy said as they looked through the glass in the classroom door. Mrs. Sadle sat on the desk in a colorful sun dress, legs crossed talking to Sally Pennington. "I can't go in there," Happy said and closed the door.
"Happy, we have to go to English."
"I can't, Jimmy. I will be a fool in love."
"Hah," Jimmy laughed and opened the door. He stepped into the room and found his seat. "Hi Jimmy," Mrs. Sadle said with a smile. "Mrs. Sadle," Jimmy began with an eye toward happy, while Happy tried to stop him from outside the room. "… Happy is in…"
Happy stepped into the room. "I am in love with Country music. I love me some Daniel Boone." The room laughed followed by Mrs. Sadle who leap from the desk. "Happy, you are a wonderful character. Daniel Boone was not a country singer." She smiled and Happy found his seat next to Jimmy. "Ok, we are reading today…"
"Did you hear that Jimmy, I'm a character?" Happy said with a large smile as they walked from Room 115.
"You need a habit, Happy."
"No you need a girlfriend," Happy replied. "Then you will know what it feels like."
That was when she stepped from another room. Her hair black as tar…
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NaMo – Spirit of the Dead
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The Spirit of the Dead
The large outward grill of a steam-powered train approached Station One. Outside the train the rain fell from the dark sky pelting the apparitions standing impatiently waiting at the station. The train operator stood behind black iron windows. His face covered in soot, the operator pulled the iron lever to his right and the train began to slow. With his left hand, the operator, pulled a wire attached to the whistle above the engine. The whistle bristled tiny hairs upon the operator's neck and he suddenly disappeared only to return a second later. The train collected the souls of the living from the mortal world to return them to the second world named Serching. Several precious souls were collected and stored within a steel-walled tender car behind the engine. In the center of the car, painted on both sides, was the name of the train 'Spirit of the Dead'. Behind the tender car were the engineer quarters. Long thick chains tied the engineer to the train. They lengthened to allow him to maintain the train and to protect its cargo. The engineer's car was black, windows gray from soot. The engineer spent hours sitting alone upon a single wooden chair inside the empty car that was his. Trapped in a world he did not belong and serving a sentence hundreds of years old. The operator pulled the brake again as they came closer to the wooden station. The engineer stared forward and listened while he held onto his chair as it rocked backward. Air forced from the brakes pushed the thick rain soaked air out of the way as the brakes squealed. The whistle blew and the operator faded away for seconds then reappeared.
Dontarious sat quietly far from the engine, the operator and the engineer. His head throbbed as he blinked awake. He had fallen asleep within moments of slipping onto the train. Still uncertain how he managed to slip onto the train. The car he sat in was dark but for the thin bars of light peeking from the wooden planks. The floor of the train car was slick with ethereal goo. Dontarius turned and laid on his back upon the wooden floor of the car. The thin film from the floor covered his face, arm and shoulders. The darkness within the train car pressed upon him as he stared upward at the thin strips of light from the moon. The car rattled loudly as the train fought to slow the procession of cars. A chill danced from the tips of his fingers to the back of his shoulders. The whisper passing through his ears and he turned his head. A man stood at the other end of the car smoking a cigarette. Dontarius sat up. The smoking man jumped.
"You are not supposed to be here," said the man in a long, drawn out whisper. The sound made Dontarius wince as it knifed through his ears. The man then faded away and reappeared several feet closer. He paused, sucked in from the cigarette and blew it out.
"You don't belong here," he said then disappeared again and appeared closer. The train slowed abruptly but the smoking man stood. He floated above the ethereal goo that rushed forward.
"I'm looking for my wife, Mariann." Dontarius said.
The smoking man choked on a breath and then laughed.
"Is your wife human like you?"
Dontarius studied the smoking man. He could see the slivers of light piercing through the thin membrane that was the man. The smoking man wore a thick brown sweater vest and blue pants. He had no shoes on the feet that hovered over the floor of the car.
"She is not," the smoking man said then laughed. "You will not find you wife upon this train young man. There are an eternal number of cars and she can be in anyone one of them."
"Then help me," pleaded Dontarius.
The smoking man continued as if he didn't hear. "Your wife may not show herself. Only a few of us show ourselves. We are called the precious ones and collected at some point by the engineer to feed the train on its way."
Dontarius stood and wobbled as the train slowed to a creep.
"I need to find her."
"You need to avoid the engineer. He prowls the cars when the train stops. He will find you and kill you. Your soul will be fed to the train."
"Hide me."
The smoking man dropped the cigarette and it disappeared as soon as it left his fingers. Another immediately reappeared.
The train stopped and Dontarius could hear the large car doors opening. The smoking man stood thinking.
"I may have a solution for you but I will let you know it is designed for only me and I am not exactly flesh bound."
"Please," begged Dontarius.
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City of the Dead – Dragon Heart
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The dragon hovered over the train. It's head was arrow-shaped and it had an extended neck that whipped around like a snake. It's abdomen was small leading to a long tail which ended in a split-shape almost like a trident. It's wings were humongous. They were large leather and bone contraptions. Every time the large beast would bellow out a shot of fire the wings seemed to get in the way. They would char, leaving small red balls of flame, but would then extinguish quickly. The large bird man held Dontarius tightly as it fought to avoid the blaze but the dragon out maneuvered and faced the bird man. The tip of the dragon's nose smoldered and it's entire head bled smoke. The bird man attempted to fly down and right but the dragon countered. Other bird men flew from other directions. Suicide missions that were intended to distract the dragon and save lives but only took them. The dragon opened it's large dinosaur jaws and snapped each creature the flew near. The large bird man attempted to fly right then left again but the dragon read each move. From inside the dragons mouth shadows of it's large teeth danced in front of an orange glaze. Smoke began to billow from the dragons nose then mouth. The dragon opened his mouth wider and the bird man dropped Dontarius.
Dontarius fell through the sky face down. A bullet of warmth cruised from his head to toes as the ground became closer and closer. The station was four-hundred yards behind him. Beneath him was a thick blanket of trees. Green mushroom shaped bringers of pain and death. Dontarius was two-hundred feet from the ground when he was dropped. His hands and feet went numb with anticipation as the tree line quickly approached.
Dontarius hit the treeline and disappeared within the forest. The first limb struck him hard in the gut and another in the chest. The wind in his lungs swept from his chest and he gasp. The weight of his feet pulled him down and then backward. He then fell another twenty feet to a tri-fecta of pain and agony. A large limb caught him and spun him into a pair of smaller limbs. Those limbs held for seconds as he caught his breath then tumbled into the trunk when they gave way. The remaining fall went dark. Dontarius went unconscious.
End Chapter 1
The rest of this submission will likely be put somewhere till I complete it at the end of the month. Knowing me I will not be a stranger to posting because I get excited about these awesome stories. I still have some other projects I'm working on. I'm hoping to still post a minimum of 300 + words for City of Zombies.. Thanks for reading.. 🙂
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Nicknamed the Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig was one of the most durable players in baseball. As first baseman of the New York Yankees, he set a record by playing in 2,130 straight games from June 1, 1925, to May 2, 1939. This record stood until 1995, when it was broken by Cal Ripken, Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles.
Henry Louis Gehrig was born in New York City on June 19, 1903. Gehrig's father encouraged his young son's interest in athletics by taking him to a gymnasium. Gehrig attended the High School of Commerce in New York and was part of several school teams. He went on to Columbia University, also in New York, where he played baseball and football.
In 1925 Gehrig joined the New York Yankees. In each of seven major league seasons, Gehrig batted in 150 or more runs. In 1931 he established the American League record of 184 runs batted in, which stood until the 1980s. In 1934 he led the American League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. In that season, and again in 1936, he hit 49 home runs.
Gehrig left baseball with a career batting average of .340, 493 home runs, and 1,990 runs batted in, all during regular season play. In seven World Series (34 games), he batted .361, hit 10 home runs, and drove in 35 runs. He was twice voted the most valuable American League player.
In 1939 Gehrig learned that he had a disease that weakens muscles and can cause paralysis. This disorder—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—is now often called Lou Gehrig's disease. Gehrig was forced to retire from baseball. In the same year he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Gehrig died of ALS in New York City on June 2, 1941.
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Phish 7.11.14 Randall's Island Park NYC
Words by Patrick Lacey | Photos by Jeremy Gordon
Phish came roaring into New York City on July 11th for the first of a three-night stand at Randall's Island Park. Though they've played numerous shows in various venues throughout the city in their 30 year career, this would be only the third outdoor venue the band would grace the stage of to date. And with "Beers of the Boroughs" stands and "The Freezer" archive merch store, boy did they make it their own. Not a typical Phish festival, but definitely had that vibe, much like Bader Field in Altantic City two years ago.
The boys got right to it with first set staples "Moma Dance", "Kill Devil Falls", and "Yamar" and then launched into another with "Bathtub Gin". After a blissful peak in "Bathtub", the crowd was ready for the return to the chorus, but instead Trey and Page clicked on a groove that carried the rest of the band into a piece of improv that is rarely seen in the first set. To say the least, this "Bathtub Gin" was one of the best versions Phish has laid down in years. "555" and "Waiting All Night", songs off the new album Fuego, were also showcased in the first set that came to a close with a version of "Stash", and had the crowd licking their chops for what was to come.
Second sets are usually where things get serious at Phish shows… seriously amazing! And with a six-song second set that lasted over an hour without a breather, that is exactly what this set turned out to be. It started out with a rendition of "Steam" that saw smoke fill the stage and fill the crowd with a tension that needed to be released. That release was found in "Down with Disease"> "Golden Age" as the centerpiece of the set. Filled with frenzied guitar solos and thick, bass-filled funk, the crowd was able to do what they came to this island to do – get down! Title track "Fuego" and an epic "David Bowie" brought the fellas to the finish line in an all-out effort to show New York they came to play for real. It was an amazing start to what shaped up to be an incredible weekend with The Phish from Vermont.
Set 1: The Moma Dance, Kill Devil Falls, Yamar, Bathtub Gin, 555> Rift> Sample in a Jar> The Wedge, Waiting All Night, Stash*
Set 2: Steam> Down with Disease> Golden Age> Limb by Limb> David Bowie, Cavern
Encore : Character Zero
* Trey teased The Munsters theme song
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Set precedence to enable a better quality of life within the community, especially for children, by providing access to public goods and services such as safe water, sanitation and playgrounds.
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Q: EventStore and more than one unit of work? In the reply to few questions, Jonathan Oliver mentions using an AsynchronousCommitDispatcher to handle multiple unit of works.
I am still in the design stage of my project (and still learning CRQS and ES) and have a few questions:

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*Would I create an AsynchronousCommitDispatcher for each aggregate root that will be affected by a domain event being raised?

*What happens if I have some sort of locking mechanism where the dispatched event cannot make a change to an aggregate root if it is locked by another user? Does AsynchronousCommitDispatcher retry if there is a lock?

*What if the system goes down before an domain event is handled? Unless I persist the fact that it has not been handled, wont it be lost?

*My initial understanding was that the types of Dispatchers were for messaging across the wire or for updating the read model. Here we are using it to update another aggregate root. I this correct?
TIA
JD

A: The commit dispatchers are all about pushing events onto the wire after everything has been completely successfully.  No, you don't need more than one dispatcher for a given endpoint.  The AsyncCommitScheduler (which uses a dispatcher) is multi-threaded and can dispatch more than one event at a time.
A dispatcher is not about handling an incoming message--that's what your message handlers are for.  The dispatcher just sends once everything is complete.
Yes dispatchers can help update read models, but not in the way you think.  Instead, the dispatchers just push the messages into your messaging framework (MSMQ, RabbitMQ, or, at a higher level, NServiceBus/MassTransit).  Then once a message is received at your view models, you update your view model tables accordingly.

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resumed playing football again after the First World War. In their first Season they finished 3rd in the League and won the League Cup by defeating local side Sneinton FC (now Carlton Town FC) 1 - 0.
At the end of the 1929-30 Season the Club changed its name and became known as Mapperley St. Judes and enjoyed moderate success during this period. During the Second World War they reformed as Gedling Miners Welfare FC and with the restart of football for the 1945-46 Season they went on to win both the Notts Alliance League and Notts Alliance Senior Cup. This was repeated on numerous occasions and this success spilled over into the 1950s, which was the most successful period of the Club. We won the Notts Alliance League and Cup Double many times and at one point remained unbeaten for three Seasons.
These were the good times at Plains Road and unfortunately, the Club has not had the same degree of success since then. The lowest point came at the end of the 1998-99 Season when we had been relegated to Division 2 of the Notts Alliance FL. Only three Committee Members remained with only half a kit, half a team and no money, but the next Season saw us bounce back and under the guidance of Vic Hulme, Gedling won the League, Intermediate Cup and were semi- finalists to Retford United in the Notts FA County Cup. At the end of Season 2001-02 Vic stepped aside as Manager and took up the post of Chairman of the Club. This left the way open for the appointment of Duncan Broad and Mark Allison as the management team for the start of the 2002-03 Season. They had the task of building a team to match the ambitions of the Club and this was achieved when at the end of the next Season we applied and were accepted into the Central Midlands Football League, we then gained promotion to the Supreme Division in our first season which was more than we had anticipated. The club spent five years in the Central Midlands Football League under the guidance of Duncan Broad and Mark Allison before they left the Club, to take up appointments with our near neighbours Gedling Town in May 2009.
During that time the Ground has seen a remarkable transformation from virtually a 'Parks Pitch' to what is now probably the best amateur ground in the area. Since the floodlights, fencing and hard standing was installed, it has had a profound effect on the Club. We have recently staged Notts FA Cup Finals and various representative games, which speaks for its self. We are have seating on one side of the pitch and have plans to extend this to the road side of the ground. We feel that our facilities are starting to match those of local teams like Arnold Town and Carlton Town and as a result, Gedling were starting to put themselves on the map as one of the premier clubs in Nottingham and thus attracting a higher caliba of player into the fold.
These facilities stood us in good stead when we applied and were accepted for the start of the 2008-09 season into the newly formed East Midland Counties Football League at Step 6 of the Pyramid System. This promotion has also enabled us to apply to play in the FA Cup. We played and lost away to Westfield FC of the MFA in our first attempt, but have great hopes of progressing further in the years to come.
With Dunc and Ally leaving one Gedling club for another, it opened the door for the committee to appoint the respected Craig Maddison as manager in time for the start of the EMCL, where he was joined by ex- professional Calvin Plummer as his assistant. The pair finished their first season with a respectable league position of 8th, winning 15 of the 34 games available. Craig and Calvin had a further season at the helm before deciding to resign their position at the end of the 2009-10 campaign with a better finish of 7th.
Graham Walker was appointed as manager in the June of 2010 and in his second year in charge took Gedling to a creditable fourth position finishing 4 points behind the champions. In a final game at Derbyshire club Gresley FC a 1-0 victory for the hosts in front of a record-breaking 625 crowd was enough to gain promotion to MFA for Gresley. Graham left the club at the end of the 2010-11 season to join up with Bret Marshall at Retford Town. The committee turned to 1st team coach Lee Boulton to take the managerial reigns who in turn appointed Kuki Morley as his Assistant and Steve Towle as coach. After several difficult results and early exits from the FA Cup and Vase by mutual consent Lee and Kuki stepped down as managers.
The 'someone else' who the Committee appointed is Jonathon (Trigger) Simpson who has spent his previous three years managing Southwell City in the CMFL. Prior to that Trigger had played for Radcliffe Olympic and Gedling under Duncan Broad, So he knows the Club well and just the type of young manager the club were looking to appoint, we were delighted when he accepted our offer of management. The first season for Jonathon and his assistant Mark Foster was really one of transition, both for the club and them as managers, but sound solid decisions being made as the season progressed, with the team finishing a reasonable 12th with 42 points. This is something Jonathon is keen to build on for the 2014-15 Season and the prize of an FA Cup place being the main target.
So we are all looking forward to a successful campaign this season, and a squad capable of competing at this level, the training sessions have never been so well attended, we can all see progress is being made, and we are confident that Trigger and his team will deliver. They will be backed up by the Committee and everyone at the Club to produce a team that we can all be proud of!


The North Carolina Sentinel Site Cooperative and North Carolina Sea Grant are accepting applications for a joint graduate fellowship for research that must occur in the cooperative's geography, which includes 22 counties.
The one-year project must focus on one of the sea level rise and/or inundation topics outlined in the detailed request for fellowship proposals that Sea Grant has posted on its website.
"Our cooperative covers a diverse array of North Carolina coastal habitats and communities, including low-lying marsh ecosystems, barrier islands, the urban center of Wilmington, and many rural communities and small coastal towns," explains Sarah Spiegler, coordinator for the cooperative.
Graduate students in good academic standing attending an accredited N.C. college or university may propose projects of up to $9,999 to meet needs identified within the cooperative's implementation plan.
The national Sea Grant and Sentinel Site networks each receive funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Proposals must include an outreach/dissemination plan and comprehensive methods to evaluate the success of the project. The student's major professor must agree to manage the fellowship funding.
Application materials must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2019. Applications should be sent to Spiegler at sespiegl@ncsu.edu. Incomplete and late applications will not be accepted.
For more information on proposal requirements, go to: https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/funding-opps/fellowships/.


Note: Broke maiden in his fourth attempt at Monmouth Park, and then shipped south to win the Jean Lafitte at Delta Downs. He faded to ninth in the Delta Jackpot (G3) to close out his juvenile campaign. At 3, he finished third in the Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream, and then second in the Gotham (G3) at Aqueduct. Ran poorly to finish 9 1/2 lengths behind in 7th (last) in the Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct. Skipped the Derby and instead ran in the Canonero II Stakes at Pimlico where he finished 3rd.


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Q: In C, is it possible access a variable name at run time via pointer In C, I want to access a variable name at run time.
For instance there is a structure abc
struct alpha
{
    int aaa1,
    int aaa2,
    char bbb1
};

struct alpha alp;
char *ptr_alpha =&alp;

Is it possible I can use any expression like
if (alpha element1 name == "aaa1")
{
    do this;
}
else
{
    do that;
}

A: It doesn't make any sense to access a variable name in runtime. Every beginner gets this idea at some point, but it originates from lack of understanding of what goes on "underneath the hood". Identifiers such a variable names, function names, types etc only exist in your source code. They are there to help the programmer. In the compiled binary, there isn't a trace left of any identifiers.
There are various language mechanisms that should be used for what you try to achieve: enums, pointers, function pointers and so on. As for your specific case, there is too little information about what you are trying to achieve, to give a suggestion about how to solve it.

A: Names of identifiers are not known to a compiled program (ignoring dlsym magic), so no, there is no way to test for access to certain struct members at runtime. But if you just need to select members according to some string, then
 if (strcmp (user_input, "aaa1") == 0) {
        /* do something to alp->aaa1 */
 } else if (strcmp (user_input, "aaa2") == 0) {
        /* do something to alp->aaa2 */
 }

A: There are usually ways to do everything if you put your mind to it.  It's just that sometimes the cure is worse than the disease as it were.
I've been involved with a legitimate reason to do something like this in the past, and the best solution we came up with was to literally parse the header file(s) defining your data in question.
It's not an easy problem to solve; when you parse your header, you're going to need to take note of the following:  variable name, variable type, and any possible padding that may occur.  As you parse each element, you save an offset you keep track of so that when you get your name later on, you stuff the value into something like:  (unsigned char *)(&data_structure + var_offset).
When you're parsing your xml, then you'll look up the element name, and call a handler (that you write) for putting the data in for each type of data you need to support.  Most commonly you'd probably need an int handler and a char * (or whatever) handler.  Bonus points for implementing simple defines (usually as constant values for array sizes (oh yeah, you'll have to implement arrays, especially for char * strings), etc.) and recursive processors that implement previously-defined struct types referred to by later structs.
Quick example:  Your token def would be something like:
struct token_def
{
    char *token_name;
    enum supported_token_types token_type;
    int array_length;
    int token_offset;
}

and your example struct would therefore fill in as
{
    { "aaa1", TT_INT, 1, 0 },
    { "aaa2", TT_INT, 1, 4 },
    { "bbb1", TT_CHAR, 1, 8 },
}

etc.  If you had a bbb2 element that was a 10-byte string after that, then it might look like:
    { "bbb2", TT_CHAR, 10, 9 },

Although that 9 is going to be dependent on padding rules, and could possibly be like 12 or something.  Padding will probably be your hardest problem to solve, although in reality it's fairly straightforward if you "get it."
I seem to recall there may be a library that does this for you already, but I couldn't find it with a quick search.  Good luck.


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Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin reveal they were celibate before marriage in revealing interview
Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin hopped aboard the high-speed betrothal train back in November, and since then, they've done a stellar job at seeming loved up.
But given recent revelations, it appears this may be more lust-fuelled than anything. Yes, it appears that 2019 has it's answer to Britney Spears and Justin Bieber, in that Justin and Hailey were reportedly celibate prior to tying the knot.
Speaking to Vogue in his first interview in two years, the Sorry singer opened up about his relationship with sex.
"God doesn't ask us not to have sex for him because he wants rules and stuff," he told the publication. "He's like, 'I'm trying to protect you from hurt and pain'".
"I think sex can cause a lot of pain. Sometimes people have sex because they don't feel good enough. Because they lack self-worth. Women do that, and guys do that," he continued.
Justin then went onto disclose that he had been celibate for over a year prior to June 2018, when he and his model wife are believed to have rekindled their romance.
"I wanted to rededicate myself to God in that way because I really felt it was better for the condition of my soul, and I believe that God blessed me with Hailey as a result. There are perks. You get rewarded for good behaviour."
The couple did admit, however, that abstaining from sex partially explained their whirlwind engagement, but were quick to stress that it was the intensity of their feelings that was ultimately responsible for leading them to the alter.
"When I saw her last June, I just forgot how much I loved her and how much I missed her and how much of a positive impact she made on my life," Justin explained. "I was like, Holy cow, this is what I've been looking for'."
The 24-year-old then addressed his religious beliefs. "I wouldn't consider myself religious, that confuses a lot of people because they're like, well you go to church," he asserted.
"I believe in the story of Jesus – that's the simplicity of what I believe. But I don't believe in all the religious elitism and pretentiousness... I get sensitive when religion comes up because it's been so hurtful to a lot of people. I don't want to be thought of as someone who stands for any of the injustice that religion has done and does do."
But while the pair espouse this loved-up image, they admitted that they knew that marriage was "always going to be hard", and that they're not living some kind of "magical fantasy".
Hailey and Justin first met in 2009, and had an on-and-off relationship for a number of years before announcing their engagement in July of last year. They publicly announced that they were married on Instagram back in November.


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Rodney Stark (Jamestown, Észak-Dakota, 1934. július 8. – Woodway, 2022. július 21.) amerikai vallásszociológus. Tanulmányait a Berkeley egyetemen végezte, majd a Washingtoni egyetemen volt a szociológia professzora, 2004-ben a Texas állambeli Baylor egyetemen lett a társadalomtudományok professzora. Nevéhez fűződik a racionális döntéselmélet alkalmazása a valláselméletben.

Legfőbb elmélete
Stark a szekularizációs elmélet kritikusaként nem arra tette a hangsúlyt, hogy a különböző kulturális régiókban nem mutatható ki egyértelmű összefüggés a modernizáció és a vallásosság között, s nem az egyének vallásosságának alakulását tekintette a vallásvizsgálat legfőbb kiindulási pontjának, hanem az ún. "supply side" megközelítés alapján, a kínálati oldalra helyezte a hangsúlyt. Legfőbb tézise szerint a vallási sokféleség, melyet az állam vallási semlegessége garantál, kínálati versenyhelyzetbe hozza a vallási közösségeket, s amelyek képesek monopóliumra törekedni, azok eredményesek lesznek. Példaként említi többek között a Római Birodalmat az első századokban, ahol a vallási pluralizmus tette lehetővé a kereszténység gyors terjedését, és még számos más világvallásból is vesz példákat.

Művei

Könyvek
The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult formation (1985), William Sims Bainbridgeel közösen
The Churching of America 1776–1992: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy (1992), with Roger Finke; 2nd edition under name The Churching of America 1776–2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy (2005)
The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History (1996)
Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion (2000), Roger Finkevel közösen
One True God: Historical Consequence of Monotheism  (2001)
For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery (2003)
Exploring the Religious Life  (2004)
The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success  (2005)
The Rise of Mormonism (2005)
Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome (2006)
Discovering God: A New Look at the Origins of the Great Religions  (2007)

Művei a FSZEK-ben
Doing sociology: a global perspective, 1999 [Elektronikus dokumentum]
Acts of faith: explaining the human side of religion, 2000
The rise of Christianity: a sociologist reconsiders history, 1996
A theory of religion, 1996
Doing sociology: a global perspective, 1999
The future of religion: secularization, revival and cult formation, 1985
Religion, deviance, and social control, 1996
The rise of Christianity : how the obscure, marginal Jesus movementbecame the dominant religious force in the Western world in a few centuries, 1997

Jegyzetek

További információk
 Saját honlapja Rodney Stark
 Szalai Ákos, Az egyházpolitika gazdaságtana
 Tomka Miklós, A vallásszociológia új útjai

1934-ben született személyek
2022-ben elhunyt személyek
Vallásszociológia
Amerikai tudósok

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Q: okex api invalid authority So I enter in my API, Secret and Pass using this code:
import base64
import datetime as dt
import hmac
import requests

APIKEY = "xxxxx"
APISECRET = "xxxx"
PASS = "xxxx"
BASE_URL = 'https://aws.okex.com'

def send_signed_request(http_method, url_path, payload={}):
    '''
    See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66486374/how-to-sign-an-okex-api-request
    '''
    def get_time():
        return dt.datetime.utcnow().isoformat()[:-3]+'Z'

    def signature(timestamp, method, request_path, body, secret_key):
        if str(body) == '{}' or str(body) == 'None':
            body = ''
        message = str(timestamp) + str.upper(method) + request_path + str(body)
        mac = hmac.new(bytes(secret_key, encoding='utf8'), bytes(message, encoding='utf-8'), digestmod='sha256')
        d = mac.digest()
        return base64.b64encode(d)

    # set request header
    def get_header(request='GET', endpoint='', body:dict=dict()):
        cur_time = get_time()
        header = dict()
        header['CONTENT-TYPE'] = 'application/json'
        header['OK-ACCESS-KEY'] = APIKEY
        header['OK-ACCESS-SIGN'] = signature(cur_time, request, endpoint , body, APISECRET)
        header['OK-ACCESS-TIMESTAMP'] = str(cur_time)
        header['OK-ACCESS-PASSPHRASE'] = PASS
        return header

    url = BASE_URL + url_path
    header = get_header(http_method, url_path, payload)
    print(url)
    print(header)
    response = requests.get(url, headers=header)
    print(response.json())
    return response.json()

send_signed_request("GET", "/api/v5/account/balance", payload={})

I get this error message: {'msg': 'Invalid Authority', 'code': '50114'}
Having trouble finding a fix if someone can help. I've looked on here and elsewhere for this specific issue.
Was expecting to get the list of balances on my account.


It happens every year, on just about every awards show. A superstar gets nominated for an album, movie or whatever without having given a performance worth recognition. Even worse, some of these celebs get nominated for nothing at all. At this year's NAACP Awards, Halle Berry won for an indie feature that literally a hand full of people had seen when she was nominated. The same went for Samuel L. Jackson. We all love Halle and Sam, but it was pretty much agreed upon that other actors could've been more deserving. The issue has now arisen again with the nominees for the upcoming BET Awards.


[Embodiment Part I] Do You Speak YOUR Body's Language?
This is the fourth installment in a 10-part series I did through July 26 this year called Wild Soul Summer School. The purpose is to do a more thorough exploration of some of the topics that come up most consistently on the podcast. Each of these instructional blog posts has a corresponding Facebook Live video too, which you can find at the end of this post along with links to previous sessions if you want to explore the rest of the series.
(noun) the representation or expression of something in a tangible or visible form.
The way we translate that in the Wild Soul Movement world is that embodiment means you are able to feel the feelings, sensations and signals happening in your body all the time, and interpret their wisdom. This means speaking your body's unique language of the senses, which I've recently started calling your Embody Language.
Not being fluent in your embody language (or even knowing it exists) is one of the reasons many women feel disconnected from, at odds with, and even hate their bodies, and certainly don't have a loving, positive, or accepting relationship to them.
When this is the case you miss out on one of the greatest gifts of knowing, loving, trusting and accepting yourself – DISCERNMENT.
This is a really rich subject, which is why I've split it into two parts. Part II will be coming in July.
For some it's because they're mostly in their heads. This can look like being caught up in your thoughts, anxieties, fears, worries, or stressors. Or maybe you're a very left-brain oriented person, tend to be over-analytical, or live your life ruled by logic.
Others are "hyper spiritual" (for lack of a better term) – always meditating, would rather be in other realms or communicating with other dimensions, etc.
In this post I'm addressing the overactive mind people, because I know my women and that's mostly how they are to begin with.
There's no need to judge yourself, this usually comes about as a form of survival, triggered by various things: traumatic event, accident, illness, miscarriage, given a message by a doctor/healer/practitioner that there is something wrong with your body, etc.
When these things happen, a natural response is to disassociate, check out and live from the neck up. When that happens, you don't learn how to befriend or communicate with your body, which you may now associate with danger, threat, or not feeling safe.
The other major factor here is that most of us didn't have models for sacred, loving relationships to the female body growing up.
We grew up in cultures, religions, and communities where we received messages about the female body being dangerous or tempting. From a very young age we're exposed to objectification and sexualization before we ever have the chance to learn that our body is safe, and a genius work of art with the power to create life.
Getting into sacred relationship with your body is not a luxury, it is essential and necessary for living a full and vibrant and truthful life.
Your body will always tell you the truth when your mind is not – which is often. The mind functions in the realm of judgement, ego, and all that cultural programming I just described above.
The reason that Wild Soul Movement is a spiritual, physical, metaphysical and sensual movement practice is to get the mind and the body synced up in a harmonious way.
The mind judges, the body discerns: the difference between the two is that discernment is simply about determining if something resonates with you or doesn't, while judgement places value on things and labels it as right or wrong, good or bad, better than, less than, etc.
Learning your Embody Language helps you to begin building a more sacred, healthy, accepting and loving relationship to your body. Just like learning any other language, you need to keep practicing and communicating to become fluent.
Women are so used to ignoring their body's language and senses- listening to your body can help you make big life decisions, alert you to dangerous situations, signal red flags, reduce worry, stress, anxiety, and fear, and create much more ease and flow in your life. The benefits are practically endless.
Do I want eggs for breakfast?
This is a very simplified explanation for learning your Embody Language to be discerning. For the full step by step process with deeper explanation, watch the video below and download the step-by-step guide here.
I love this Elizabeth. I find that this is such a common experience- and often another place of blame and shame. Thanks for the amazing resource!
Hi There, I'm trying to access your link to the 'embodiment guide' but am finding that it's unavailable. I feel this is such important work, and the foundation to loving oneself and creating an authentic and deeply fulfilling life….all of the items that I am working on personally, and so would love so much to be able to access this and work through at my own pace. Any help is greatly appreciated!


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Posted inBosnia & Herzegovina, Religion, Society
by Suada Arnautovic 25 Jun 2020 17 Nov 2021
The stories of two couples who overcame family and social strictures to form lasting relationships. From Oslobodjenje.
[Transitions editor's note: This article is one in a series of five examining the phenomenon of "mixed" marriages – joining couples of different religions or ethnic groups – in North Macedonia and Bosnia, each a country whose demographics reflect both the diversity of the former Yugoslavia and of migration patterns in recent years. The stories were published in the Skopje daily Nova Makedonija and in Sarajevo's Oslobodjenje.]
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country where time is measured "before and after the war," marriage between different nationalities and ethnicities is not uncommon. Yet, despite this, "mixed" marriages are still stigmatized and subject to a powerful social taboo. The reason behind this is the ethnically motivated war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a conflict that set a "trend" of divisiveness regarding how people lived when the country was a republic of Yugoslavia.
Dzeneta and Boris
Uncertain Ground
In urban areas, marriages between different nationalities and ethnicities are not rare. In smaller communities, the situation is different; people here often are reluctant to express their views on this subject openly.
Smaller towns and rural areas are difficult places to come to grips with the phenomenon of interethnic relationships. For one thing, it's very hard to find such marriages, which makes people extremely reluctant to talk about this issue.
The mere mention of mixed marriages caused great discomfort among those we spoke with for this article. Many members of such couples declined to share their stories with us even after previously agreeing to talk. Some couples agreed to share their stories on condition of anonymity because they did not want to reveal their identities for fear of being judged by the community for openly discussing problems they faced as they built their relationship.
Individuals who, in the name of love, crossed the barriers in their minds and souls, who disregarded what society and their surroundings told them and formed a family with someone of a different nationality, religion, or ethnic groups – these are the heroes of our five stories. They are couples who had to defend their life choices and find ingenious ways to organize their lives together and reconcile differences.
Shock in the Family
The first married couple we met told us how difficult things were at first.
"My family was shocked at my relationship with Boris and did not approve of my choice in the beginning," Dzeneta says. This phase seemed endless to Dzeneta and her partner, yet despite the obstacles, their love remained strong and they consider their decision to live together and start a family as one of the best they ever made. Experts confirm that couples who were exposed to pressure from their surroundings grow even closer together.
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Assailed by open disapproval and conflict, they tried to find a joint solution to quell the opposition from Dzeneta's family. Even after marriage, they still faced difficult choices, including naming their children. They made a simple agreement: the wife chooses the name for a girl and the husband for a boy. "The children's names were never a problem for us. It was important that they would be beautiful, modern, and that we like them. My wife Dzeneta and my mother came up with our daughter's name, and I had the privilege to choose the name of my heir," Boris says.
Their home is built on an atmosphere in which all holidays are celebrated. "Both religions are observed in our home, we celebrate both Catholic and Muslim holidays. Our children benefit from getting to know all customs and differences," Dzeneta says.
In the social context, "there was a certain critical minority that used petty provocations and ambiguous questions to try to stand in the way and to get involved in things that a person of common sense should never get mixed up in," she says. Dzeneta took her husband's surname, and this too raised questions. After the birth of their child, the municipal official in charge of registering births called Dzeneta and asked if there were not some "mistake" with the child's name. Still recovering from childbirth, Dzeneta asked the official to explain. The response was that "the name does not suit the surname."
Dzeneta responded by telling the official "she should be ashamed of such statements and of harassing a mother with such poorly thought-out questions." There were also official barriers to cross when registering the nationality of the child as "Bosnian," because such declarations are by default treated as part of the constitutional category of "others."
[Transitions note: The Bosnian constitution adopted in 1995 at the end of the Bosnian War distinguishes between the three main constituent groups of Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks (or Bosnian Muslims), on one hand, and "other minorities," who are not eligible for some high political offices. The "other" category includes Roma, Jews, and anyone who chooses not to align with the three leading groups.]
Boris's family accepted his girlfriend from the very beginning. "Although there were disagreements and problems on the part of Dzeneta's family, in the end, love won, along with the desire to build a life together."
He continued, "It doesn't matter to me what a person's name is, what nationality or religion they are. I grew up in a Catholic family, but in our home, we celebrated Eid ever since I was little."
"I don't know how it would have been if our relationship was accepted from the start, but the situation is ideal now. The families got to know each other; they visit each other for the holidays, and there is regard and respect," Dzeneta adds.
"Our home was always full of people; we respected everyone and we brought people together with positive energy. I try to raise my children in the same spirit – to celebrate every holiday, to respect everyone, and to not allow someone's religion to be an obstacle to friendship or a reason for conflicts," Boris says.
Neven is Not a Muslim
The struggle that Suada Tripkovic waged with herself about her choice of partner lasted about six months. The internal turmoil arose because Suada comes from a traditional religious Muslim family, and Neven is not a Muslim.
The situation was further complicated by her family history. Suada's brother was a victim of the war in the 1990s. In the beginning, Suada tells us, she tried to end the relationship when she realized it was turning into something more serious; she "tried to avoid the complications arising from different nationalities and the family disappointment due to instilled fears and prejudices."
"When I finally made the decision to live according to my beliefs, I knew that it was the right decision. I couldn't let a name become an obstacle to the honesty, respect, and selflessness with which Neven gained my trust, and I put essence and character before nationality and religion," she says proudly.
It was not all smooth sailing at the outset, she acknowledges. She had to overcome her parents' disappointment and the disapproval of her extended family, who "because of all the trauma and pain caused by the war, thought that we should not unite through marriage with another religion."
When she told her father she was marrying a person who is not a Muslim, he only said, "it is not the same here as in Austria or Slovenia; here in Bosnia and Herzegovina it is a problem to marry someone of another faith."
Suada's mother worried that her daughter would not be accepted by the family of her future son-in-law. But as it turned out, his family still cherished Yugoslav values, unburdened by issues of religious or national identity. Accustomed to mixed marriages in the immediate and extended family, they attached little importance to matters of religion.
Suada says her parents suffered greatly at the beginning of her relationship with Neven.
"At first, my mother tried to intimidate me, saying that if I did it, if I marry a person of a different religion, I will no longer have parents."
After the initial shock, and the thoughtless questions and statements by the neighbors, it took time for her parents to work through the situation. Eventually, they understood that their daughter's choice was made, and they accepted it, wished her luck, and started to get to know their son-in-law.
When it came time to choose names for their babies, not wanting to "rub salt in the wound," they rejected an old Biblical name that they both liked, and found appropriate alternatives. They say they are raising their children to respect human values and be accepting of others' views.
"We do not burden them with religion; instead, we teach them that they are Bosnian and Herzegovinian. We are aware that such a qualifier in a society like this represents 'others' and a minority, so we join with them among those people who are fewer in number, but greater when it comes to understanding and feelings," the Tripkovices say.
"We are Bosnians and we feel that way, but in our country they want to put us into one of three available nationalities and at every turn we are expected to declare to which of these three peoples we belong," they say, highlighting an issue which, although often talked and argued over, even adjudicated in favor of the "others" by the European Court of Human Rights, remains unresolved.
"In our home there are people of all nationalities and ethnicities from Bosnia, and also people from abroad that we are friends with. At Eid, we visit one side of the family; at Easter we paint eggs; at Christmas we visit an uncle and the other part of the family; we celebrate New Year holidays and birthdays with close friends," the Tripkovices say.
"The only people who do not enter our home are priests and imams because religions as institutions are rigid, exclusive, and explicit. We, on the other hand, are open to diversity."
It is not nations and religions that divide people, the couple believe, rather, it is fear, prejudice, misunderstanding, politics that feed off divisions and gives rise to strongmen. The real problems in this politically and economically disorganized country, they feel, are the struggle for existence, the cost of living, and the rights of working people.
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Cost of Living-Adjusted Poverty Higher in Forced-Unionism States
Not just housing, but also other necessities like food and health care are substantially more expensive in forced-unionism states than in Right to Work states And higher prices for such necessities hurt the poor and the near-poor most of all. When differences in living costs and other key variables are taken into account, government-imposed forced unionism is correlated with significantly higher poverty rates on average. Image: Associated Press
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Census Bureau (BOC) released its sixth report furnishing estimates for nationwide and regional poverty according to both the standard measure and a special supplemental measure. In 2011, the BOC began calculating poverty according to the alternative method as well as the traditional one in response to rising criticism about the inadequacy of the latter. Scott Sumner, an economist who teaches at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., and regularly shares his thoughts with academics and laymen across the world in his Money Illusion blog, has explained the supplemental poverty measure (SPM) this way:
The traditional definition of poverty in America has been criticized for ignoring factors such as government benefit programs and regional variation in the cost of living. Now the Census Bureau has released new estimates of poverty, which account for various types of benefit programs and cost of living differences.
Nationwide, the SPM shows that an average of 15.1% of all Americans were in poverty over the course of 2013, 2014 and 2015. Twenty-five states lacked Right to Work laws protecting employees from being fired for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union throughout this three-year period. The average SPM poverty rate for these forced-unionism states was 15.4%, 0.3 percentage points above the national average. Meanwhile, 24 states had Right to Work laws on the books for the entire time from 2013 to 2015. The average SPM poverty rate for these states was 14.9%, 0.2 percentage points below the national average.
(Since Wisconsin's Right to Work law was adopted and took effect in 2015, it is excluded from this analysis. Since West Virginia did not become a Right to Work state until this year, it is counted as a forced-unionism state here.)
Because the real purchasing power of a household matters much more than its nominal income in assessing how well off it is, the SPM is clearly superior to the traditional measure for comparing and contrasting poverty in different states. But the SPM undoubtedly fails to adjust sufficiently for higher living costs in forced-unionism states. Regional cost-of-living indices calculated and published by the nonpartisan Missouri Economic Research and Information Center show that, on average, not just housing, but also food, health care, and other necessities cost significantly more in forced-unionism states than in Right to Work states. Yet the SPM attempts to account only for interstate differences in housing costs.
In short, once interstate differences in the overall cost of living are factored in, it's obvious that the aggregate poverty rate for forced-unionism states is even higher relatively to that of Right to Work states than the SPM data show.
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Serra da Estrela Day Trip
Explore Serra da Estrela, a mountain range with extraordinary flora and fauna. With this trip from Lisbon, learn about the cultural, historical, and gastronomic richness of the region. Let yourself be enchanted by the glacial valleys and landscapes.
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Visit the city center of Covilhã
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Start your trip from Lisbon early. The first stop is in Covilhã, land of the wool industry and birthplace of several explorers, like Diogo Alves da Cunha and Pêro da Covilhã. Here you will visit the historical center of the city, which today is home to one of the most important Portuguese universities. Next, climb the Tower that stands as the highest point of mainland Portugal, at an incredible 1993 meters high. Serra da Estrela is one of the few Portuguese regions blessed with snow, and it is covered every year with an extensive white blanket in the height of winter. It's also here where you'll find the only ski resort in the country. Take in the fantastic winter views from this vantage point.
History says that this parish arose from a cluster of shepherd's huts that used the pastures for their sheep and goats. At the end of the 19th century, the penetration of the Serra da Estrela began to occur through scientifically organized excursions. The Elderberry has become a mandatory station or point of support and passage for the explorers. From an isolated and unknown village, it became well known to the world.
Eventually it will be time to learn about one of the products that make Portugal so distinctive in the world. Yes, you guessed it, its bread. The Bread Museum, based in Seia, is a private museum that aims to collect, preserve, and showcase artefacts of Portuguese bread making. From 1996 until its opening in September, 2002, the collection was developed through antique store purchases, bookstore purchases, auctions, or donations. In a place like Serra da Estrela, it is impossible to ignore its typical gastronomy. Bread, as well as mountain cheese and sausages, are typically fare to this region.
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh added Warsaw, Poland, as the third community in its Partnership2Gether (P2G) "sister city" program during P2G's December 2018 Steering Committee meeting. The committee consisted of lay leaders from Pittsburgh and their counterparts from Karmiel and Misgav, the existing Partnership2Gether cities.
The vote took place after a two-year process of exploring the feasibility of adding another community to the Pittsburgh–Karmiel/Misgav relationship. Extending Partnership2Gether will strengthen the Jewish Pittsburgh relationship with Jews in Israel and around the world and will provide a connection to the emerging Jewish community in Warsaw.
Partnership2Gether is a program of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Its mission is to connect and engage Jews with Israel and Israelis with global Jewry, to create a more united Jewish people. P2G will now extend its mission to connect Israelis and Pittsburghers to Jews from Warsaw through people-to-people programming.
Polish Jews' roots and connections to Judaism and Jewish life were lost and suppressed during and after the Holocaust. Rabbi Michael Schudrich, chief rabbi of Poland, refers to the rebuilding of their community as an "ongoing process of discovery." The Pittsburgh and Karmiel/Misgav Partnership now have the opportunity to take part in the rebuilding process as Jews in Warsaw rediscover their Jewish faith and revive their culture.
Chair of the Warsaw Connection Jan Levinson is eager to see what the future holds for the Partnership.
"Adding Warsaw, Poland, to our Partnership will enable us to truly put global Jewish peoplehood into practice. Having another diaspora community that is outside of the United States can put a mirror up in front of our faces, both here in Pittsburgh and in Karmiel/Misgav, and help strengthen our Jewish identities and strengthen our relationships with each other."
Jan Levinson, Chair of the Warsaw Connection
Director of the Partnership Unit at the Jewish Agency for Israel Andrea Arbel explained that Pittsburgh is not the first city to extend its Partnership2Gether platform to additional or third communities. The Central Region Consortium/Western Galilee Partnership added Budapest to its Partnership about nine years ago.
"The goal is two-fold. We include smaller Jewish communities in the Partnership2Gether Platform that do not have the capacity to maintain a traditional bilateral partnership, while simultaneously allowing individuals and communities to gain a more diversified and complex understanding of peoplehood."
Andrea Arbel, Director of the Partnership Unit at the Jewish Agency for Israel,
"With Warsaw joining our relationship, we have a unique opportunity to make an imprint and impact on a Jewish community that has many young people involved who are eager to make connections with Jews from other communities and in Israel," said Debbie Swartz, overseas planning associate at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. The Western Galilee Partnership, along with the Jewish Agency for Israel, has been a guide during the decision-making process.
To kick off the new relationship, four representatives from the Warsaw Jewish community and the chief rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Michael Schudrich, have been invited to the Pittsburgh–Karmiel/Misgav Joint Steering Committee on June 16–19, 2019 in Karmiel/Misgav.
The same four representatives will also come to Pittsburgh for the Partnership's midyear Steering Committee meeting, in December 2019.
The addition of the third region to the Pittsburgh and Karmiel/Misgav Partnership will strengthen Warsaw's bond with Israel. That relationship will in turn further strengthen Pittsburgh's bond with Israel. Partnership2Gether's vision is "Strong, Vibrant, and Connected Jewish Communities With Israel at Their Hearts."
For more information about the Partnership, contact Debbie Swartz at 412.992.5208 or dswartz@jfedpgh.org.
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Is Jon or Dany the Azor Ahai? Picture: AP
Big GoT puzzle that still needs solving
by Duncan Lay
29th Apr 2019 10:30 AM
It is the most important question left in Game Of Thrones, far more important than whether Jon Snow is a Stark or a Targaryen or whether he is even alive - who is the Azor Ahai?
The Azor Ahai is a theory that has been a major part of the George RR Martin book series but has somewhat flown under the radar in the TV show.
However, next week's pivotal episode will tell us who is the Azor Ahai - the hero with the power to kill the Night King.
Prepare for a spoiler-filled examination of the pivotal question for the final season of GoT.
At the moment our heroes have set a "trap" for the Night King. Bran is the bait and then they plan to use the dragons to roast him.
The fact they haven't asked: "Who is the Azor Ahai?" yet this season seems to be a serious omission. Picture: AP
Obviously things won't be that simple. The Night King is either going to prove himself to be impervious to dragon fire or his undead dragon Viserion will protect him. Plan B is the Azor Ahai.
The fact they haven't asked: "Who is the Azor Ahai?" yet this season seems to be a serious omission. I put it down to the absence of Melisandre, which is itself a mystery.
She went off to Essos for a mysterious mission at the end of last season. Euron was able to sail to the east and back and Theon was able to sail to the Iron Islands and to Winterfell in this time and still there is no sign of the Red Witch.
She's been the one most obsessed with Azor Ahai. At first she thought it was Stannis (oops) then Jon. Missandei threw a spanner in the works last season by suggesting the title doesn't mean Prince That Was Promised but could be either Prince or Princess.
Basically it means they are a mythical hero reborn to defeat the Night King with a magical sword named Lightbringer. Only there's a bit of a catch. For Lightbringer to work, it needs to be plunged into the heart of Azor Ahai's true love, in order to meld their soul with the blade to create something powerful enough to strike down the Night King. Now that's a catch!
He also took 50 days and nights to make it, which suggests our heroes are going to have to take some serious shortcuts to get it ready in time, given the Night King is already here. Sure they have Gendry, a master smith to make the sword but can he forge a sword as faster as he ran across the northlands last season?
And will Melisandre arrive just in time to remind them about this option? Or will it be a job for Bran and Sam? Those two have just been sitting around for two episodes, when they could have been doing a bit more work to defeat the Night King.
In the books, Melisandre says: "When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amid smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone".
Like all prophecies, this is easily twisted to mean just about everything. So let's look at the three main options.
There have been many hints that Snow could be the Azor Ahai. Picture: Supplied/HBO
He's Melisandre's pick, which could rule him out right there. He was born beneath a bleeding star as his mother Lyanna Stark bled out while giving birth and beside her was Ser Arthur Dayne's sword, placed there by Ned Stark in Bran's vision. Dayne's sword was reputedly forged from the metal from a fallen star and was called Dawn. He's obviously been reborn, thanks to the efforts of Ser Davos (salt) and Melisandre (smoke - well, she's a fire witch anyway). And now we know he can ride dragons. So that's ticked off the little prophecy bits.
Then we have his brooding hero looks. It appears he has been set up as the man to save the day.
Also, there have been many hints early on, with the likes of Maester Aemon Targaryen telling him that his greatest test will be when the life of the one he loves is on the line. In other words, can he kill Dany to save the world?
Dany was born on Dragonstone (full of salt water) and thus easily fulfilled the prophecy. Picture: Supplied
Well, she was literally reborn under a red comet, when she burned Drogo and hatched her dragons (thus the smoke). She brought them to life from stone (the eggs). She was born on Dragonstone (full of salt water) and thus easily fulfilled the prophecy.
She does love Jon and she would be willing to do what it takes to save the world. It's also telling that she has seen the scar over his heart, almost like an aiming point. It would also make for greater drama having her as AA.
After all, in a sword fight, you would back Jon to take down the Night King. But Dany, for all her courage, has not trained with the sword. A lot more would be riding on a sword fight in that case. Could Brienne or Arya teach her a few tricks in time?
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister in a scene from episode 2 of season 8 of Game Of Thrones. Picture: Supplied/HBO
Thanks to the prophecy being nice and murky, just about anyone could be AA. One theory is it is Jaime Lannister, another that it is The Hound. The big sticking point with this theory is that you need a true love to complete the sword. You have a love triangle of sorts between Jaime, Tormund and Brienne, which puts them a little in the running. Although Tormund drinks so much, the AA he is associated with is more likely to be Alcoholics Anonymous than Azor Ahai. Well, there is Sam and Gilly of course but he's certainly an outside chance to be AA. Ser Jorah is in love with Dany but that's not reciprocated and so again could be crossed off. The Hound is another option but who is his true love? And we need him for Clegane Bowl against his evil brother. It could be a surprise - GoT loves surprises - but it really looks like being Jon or Dany.
Richard Dormer as Beric Dondarrion in a scene from episode 2 of season 8 of Game Of Thrones. Picture: Supplied/HBO
Beric Dondarrion. He's not Azor Ahai but he does have the power to bring someone back from the dead. In the books he is already dead, having resurrected Catelyn Stark into Lady Stoneheart. So what will he do with this power? Well, if Jon or Dany is lying dead with a bloody great sword hole where their heart used to be, he could bring them back.
That would create an unusual ending, especially if he has brought Dany back to life. That would make both Jon and Dany effectively wights at that point, having been brought back from the dead.
So could they survive in the new world that will be created by the end of the Night King? Or is their time limited as well?
Or could they then use their new-found power to bring someone else back to life - perhaps their unborn child?
The speculation can get pretty wild from that point but it all starts with Azor Ahai. And while we might not see the defeat of the Night King in this next episode, we shall at least discover who is AA.
And everything will flow from there.
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The 5G era is here, but pitfalls loom for early adopters
By finanz.dk | 26. april 2019
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U.S. customers are getting their first taste of fifth-generation wireless technology and more will soon as other carriers launch their own networks in the upcoming weeks, but pitfalls loom for the early entrants as countries around the world race to roll out the offering.
Verizon and AT&T have both initiated 5G service in select cities across the U.S. and are planning to quickly expand the offering. Verizon on Thursday added 20 more cities to its launch plans for 2019 including Dallas; Atlanta; Washington D.C.; Kansas City, Missouri; and San Diego. Meanwhile, Sprint and AT&T are both expected to turn on their networks in the near future.
"The race is on," Tommi Uitto, president of mobile networks at Nokia, told reporters on Thursday. "We are on the verge of something much, much bigger than 3G and 4G were. And I think 5G has the ingredients to have a much more profound impact on society and businesses."
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But while consumers will be able to enjoy the faster speeds and lower latency that underscore the immense promise that 5G holds, much like the roll-out of the prior 4G networks the initial launches are likely to be more of a testing ground as companies seek to improve their products based on real-world experience.
Verizon, for example, faced some criticism over its 5G launch in Minneapolis and Chicago after the network failed to consistently deliver the promised speeds. Now, the New York City-based company is offering the service for free, after seeking an additional $10 per month.
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"This is a thank you and a value-add for early adopters and first-to-5G customers," a company spokesman told FOX Business.
The first 5G phone is not yet available, but when the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G launches in May those Verizon customers with unlimited data plans will have the $10 fee waived. Those individuals that purchased the modem-attachment to make the Moto Z3 compatible with 5G networks with an unlimited data plan will also get the first three months free.
U.S. carriers have been eager to blast each other as they all race to introduce the offering, and Verizon's early struggles gave other companies an opportunity to take veiled swipes and tout their own networks.
"We are the only operator that's able to actually replicate our 5G and our coverage exactly the same as LTE," John Saw, chief technology officer at Sprint, said on Wednesday at a recent industry conference hosted by New York University. "We have purposefully gone in there and made sure that we have ubiquitous 5G coverage so that you can actually see your 5G icon for more than a few seconds."
Saw cautioned, however, that the U.S. is a "long way from realizing the full dreams of 5G."
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Prior networks have "only been about enabling people to call one another or access the internet wirelessly, whereas 5G has all the ingredients for automating business processes, especially in the physical industries," Uitto said.
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But experts say the key to its success will be available spectrum, or the frequencies over which the wireless communications travel. T-Mobile and Sprint have used it as a key reason to push regulators to approve their $26.5 billion merger, a deal which appears to be meeting heavy resistance from the Trump administration.
"The race to 5G or the success of 5G is all about having unencumbered spectrum that is not used for LTE," Saw said. "That is the whole rationale for why we are excited about the merger."


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Q: Creating a custom slider using jQuery UI I am trying to create a custom slider with two handles using jQuery UI. The problem is that the right handle is moving out of the container.
I know the problem, the reason being the fact that the handles are positioned using the left CSS property and since the width of the handles is more than one pixel, the right handle moves out of the container.
I don't want to use the default slider UI provided by jQuery and that's why I am fighting with this.
The code is uploaded on JSBin - http://jsbin.com/egoca/edit, copied here for prosperity:
$(document).ready(function(){
  var end = parseInt($('#slider_range_slide').attr('minvalue'), 10);
  var start  = parseInt($('#slider_range_slide').attr('maxvalue'), 10);

  $('#slider_bar').slider({
    min: 0,
    max: 100,
    range: true,
    values: [0, 100],
    animate: true,
    slide: function(e, ui) {
      var left = $('#slider_bar').slider('values', 0);
      var right = $('#slider_bar').slider('values', 1);
      $(".slide_dis_l").css("width", left+"%");
      $(".slide_dis_r").css("width", (100 - right)+"%");
      $("#slider_handle_left").css("left", left+"%");
      $("#slider_handle_right").css("right", (100 - right)+"%");
      var from = start + (left / 100) * (end - start);
      var to = (right / 100) * (end - start);
      $('#price_slider_display').text(from + " to " + to);
    }
  });
});

Any help in fixing this will be highly appreciated.

A: I think you're going to have to live with a simple fix unless you want to redevelop the entire thing with a lot of added (and unnecessary) complexity.  Even the jQuery UI sliders overlap the left and right boundaries.
The best way to solve this is to apply a negative left-margin that's half the width of the handles as demonstrated here.