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"""
Copyright (c) 2015 Red Hat, Inc
All rights reserved.

This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
of the BSD license. See the LICENSE file for details.
"""

from __future__ import unicode_literals

import json
import os

from atomic_reactor.core import DockerTasker
from atomic_reactor.inner import DockerBuildWorkflow
from atomic_reactor.plugin import PostBuildPluginsRunner, PluginFailedException
from atomic_reactor.util import ImageName
from tests.constants import INPUT_IMAGE, SOURCE
from atomic_reactor.plugins.post_import_image import ImportImagePlugin

import osbs.conf
from osbs.api import OSBS
from osbs.exceptions import OsbsResponseException
from flexmock import flexmock
import pytest

TEST_IMAGESTREAM = "library-imagestream1"
TEST_REPO = "registry.example.com/library/imagestream1"

class X(object):
    image_id = INPUT_IMAGE
    git_dockerfile_path = None
    git_path = None
    base_image = ImageName(repo="qwe", tag="asd")

def prepare():
    """
    Boiler-plate test set-up
    """

    tasker = DockerTasker()
    workflow = DockerBuildWorkflow(SOURCE, "test-image")
    setattr(workflow, 'builder', X())
    setattr(workflow.builder, 'image_id', 'asd123')
    setattr(workflow.builder, 'source', X())
    setattr(workflow.builder.source, 'dockerfile_path', None)
    setattr(workflow.builder.source, 'path', None)
    fake_conf = osbs.conf.Configuration(conf_file=None, openshift_uri='/')
    flexmock(osbs.conf).should_receive('Configuration').and_return(fake_conf)

    runner = PostBuildPluginsRunner(tasker, workflow, [{
        'name': ImportImagePlugin.key,
        'args': {
            'imagestream': TEST_IMAGESTREAM,
            'docker_image_repo': TEST_REPO,
            'url': '',
            'verify_ssl': False,
            'use_auth': False
        }}])

    return runner

def test_bad_setup():
    """
    Try all the early-fail paths.
    """

    runner = prepare()

    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('get_image_stream')
     .never())
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('create_image_stream')
     .never())
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('import_image')
     .never())

    # No build JSON
    if "BUILD" in os.environ:
        del os.environ["BUILD"]
    with pytest.raises(PluginFailedException):
        runner.run()

@pytest.mark.parametrize(('namespace'), [
    ({}),
    ({'namespace': 'my_namespace'})
])
def test_create_image(namespace):
    """
    Test that an ImageStream is created if not found
    """

    runner = prepare()

    build_json = {"metadata": {}}
    build_json["metadata"].update(namespace)
    os.environ["BUILD"] = json.dumps(build_json)

    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('get_image_stream')
     .once()
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM, **namespace)
     .and_raise(OsbsResponseException('none', 404)))
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('create_image_stream')
     .once()
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM, TEST_REPO, **namespace))
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('import_image')
     .never())
    runner.run()

@pytest.mark.parametrize(('namespace'), [
    ({}),
    ({'namespace': 'my_namespace'})
])
def test_import_image(namespace):
    """
    Test importing tags for an existing ImageStream
    """

    runner = prepare()

    build_json = {"metadata": {}}
    build_json["metadata"].update(namespace)
    os.environ["BUILD"] = json.dumps(build_json)

    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('get_image_stream')
     .once()
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM, **namespace))
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('create_image_stream')
     .never())
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('import_image')
     .once()
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM, **namespace))
    runner.run()

def test_exception_during_create():
    """
    The plugin should fail if the ImageStream creation fails.
    """

    runner = prepare()
    os.environ["BUILD"] = json.dumps({
        "metadata": {}
    })
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('get_image_stream')
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM)
     .and_raise(OsbsResponseException('none', 404)))
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('create_image_stream')
     .once()
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM, TEST_REPO)
     .and_raise(RuntimeError))
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('import_image')
     .never())

    with pytest.raises(PluginFailedException):
        runner.run()

def test_exception_during_import():
    """
    The plugin should fail if image import fails.
    """

    runner = prepare()
    os.environ["BUILD"] = json.dumps({
        "metadata": {}
    })
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('get_image_stream')
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM)
     .and_raise(OsbsResponseException('none', 404)))
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('create_image_stream')
     .once()
     .with_args(TEST_IMAGESTREAM, TEST_REPO)
     .and_raise(RuntimeError))
    (flexmock(OSBS)
     .should_receive('import_image')
     .never())

    with pytest.raises(PluginFailedException):
        runner.run()


Discussion in 'Engineering Concepts' started by playworld, Dec 27, 2006.
Here 1010001 is mantissa part and 20 is exponent part , so 1.1010001 * 2 exp 20 but how this is equal to 1.638125 * 2 exp 23 . And also we need in decimal but 1.638125 * 2 exp 23 instead 1.638125 * 10 exp 23 .
1.1010001 * 2 exp 20 = 11010001 * 2 exp 13 = 209 * 2 exp 13 or 209 * 10 exp 13?
Duplicate of [thread=2357]Floating point representation[/thread]. Thread closed.


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Plants don't need noses to smell. The ability is in their genes. Researchers have discovered the first steps of how information from odor molecules changes gene expression in plants. Manipulating plants' odor detection systems may lead to new ways of influencing plant behavior.
The discovery is the first to reveal the molecular basis of odor detection in plants and was more than 18 years in the making.
"We started this project in 2000. Part of the difficulty was designing the new tools to do odor-related research in plants," said Professor Kazushige Touhara of the University of Tokyo.
Tobacco plants growing on a farm in North Carolina, USA. Researchers at the University of Tokyo used tobacco seedlings, a common model organism in research labs, to study how plants smell. The discovery is the first to reveal the molecular basis of odor detection in plants. Image courtesy of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Plants detect a class of odor molecules known as volatile organic compounds, which are essential for many plant survival strategies, including attracting birds and bees, deterring pests, and reacting to disease in nearby plants. These compounds also give essential oils their distinctive scents.
Touhara's team exposed tobacco cells and 4-week-old tobacco plants to different volatile organic compounds. They discovered that odor molecules change gene expression by binding to other molecules called transcriptional co-repressors that can turn genes on or off.
In plants, the odor molecules must move into the cell and accumulate before they affect plant behavior. In animals, odor molecules are recognized by receptors on the outside of cells in the nose and immediately trigger a signaling pathway to recognize the odor and change behavior.
"Plants can't run away, so of course they react to odors more slowly than animals. If plants can prepare for environmental change within the same day, that is probably fast enough for them," said Touhara.
Speed is unnecessary for plants, but they may be able to recognize a much greater variety of odor molecules.
"Humans have about 400 odor receptors. Elephants have about 2,000, the largest number in animals. But based on how many transcription factor genes are in plants, plants may be able to detect many more odors than animals," said Touhara.
Touhara imagines applying these discoveries to influence crop quality or character without the complications of gene editing or pesticide use. Farmers could spray their fields with an odor associated with a desired plant behavior. For example, an odor that triggers plants to change the taste of their leaves to deter insects.
"All creatures communicate with odor. So far, our lab has studied within-species communication: insect to insect, mouse to mouse, human to human. This understanding of how plants communicate using odor will open up opportunities to study 'olfactory' communication between all creatures," said Touhara.
The University of Tokyo research team made their discoveries using tobacco plants, a common model organism. They expect research teams around the world will soon verify the discovery in many other types of plants.
The research is published by The Journal of Biological Chemistry on February 15, 2019, available online on December 28, 2018.
Nagashima A, Higaki T, Koeduka T, Ishigami K, Hosokawa S, Watanabe H, Matsui K, Hasezawa S, Touhara K, "Transcription regulators involved in responses to volatile organic compounds in plants," Journal of Biological Chemistry: February 15, 2019, doi:10.1074/jbc.RA118.005843.
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West Africa faces its worst food crisis in ten years, with over 27 million people already suffering from hunger
Published: 4th April 2022
An additional 11 million people could be pushed to hunger just over the next three months
West Africa is hit by its worst food crisis in a decade, with 27 million people going hungry. This number could rise to 38 million this June - a new historic level and already an increase by more than a third over last year- unless urgent action is taken. This alert is issued by eleven international organizations in response to new analyses of the March 2022 Cadre Harmonisé (CH), ahead of the virtual conference on the food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel and Lake Chad organized by the European Union and the Sahel and West Africa Club.
Over the past decade, far from abating, food crises have been increasing across the West African region, including in Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mali, and Nigeria. Between 2015 and 2022, the number of people in need of emergency food assistance nearly quadrupled, from 7 to 27 million.
"Cereal production in some parts of the Sahel has dropped by about a third compared to last year. Family food supplies are running out. Drought, floods, conflict, and the economic impacts of COVID-19 have forced millions of people off their land, pushing them to the brink" says Assalama Dawalack Sidi, Oxfam's regional director for West and Central Africa.
"In some parts of the Sahel, cereal production has dropped by about a third compared to last year. Family food supplies are running out. Drought, floods, conflict, and the economic impacts of COVID-19 have forced millions of people off their land, pushing them to the brink."
Assalama Dawalack Sidi, Oxfam's regional director for West and Central Africa
"The situation is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to move to different communities and to live with host families who are already living in difficult conditions themselves. There is not enough food, let alone food that is nutritious enough for children. We must help them urgently because their health, their future and even their lives are at risk," said Philippe Adapoe, Save the Children's director for West and Central Africa.
Malnutrition is steadily increasing in the Sahel. The United Nations estimated that 6.3 million children aged 6-59 months will be acutely malnourished this year - including more than 1.4 million children in the severe acute malnutrition phase - compared to 4.9 million acutely malnourished children in 2021.
"I had almost no milk left so I gave my baby other food. He often refused to take it and lost weight. In addition he had diarrhea, which worsened his condition," said Safiatou, a mother who had to flee her village because of the violence in Burkina Faso.
Dramatic impacts on the future of children
In addition to conflict and insecurity, pockets of drought and poor rainfall distribution have reduced communities' food sources, especially in the Central Sahel. To make up for the gap, many families are selling their assets, jeopardizing their productive capacity and the future of their children. Young girls may be forced into early marriage and other forms of gender-based violence may increase as food becomes scarcer.
"The rains were scarce. There is no more food. With the lack of grazing, the sheep are getting thinner and this forces us to sell them at a loss. I used to have twelve sheep, but now I only have one left", explains Ramata Sanfo, a herder from Burkina Faso. "I would like to have my cattle back so that I have enough money and my children can go back to school."
"I had almost no milk left so I gave my baby other food. He often refused to take it and lost weight. In addition, he had diarrhea, which worsened his condition."
Safiatou, a mother who had to flee violence in Burkina Faso
The crisis in Europe worsens an already disastrous situation
Food prices have increased by 20-30 percent over the past five years in West Africa. While food reserves are dwindling in the Sahel, the crisis in Ukraine is making the situation dangerously worse. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food prices could rise by another 20 percent worldwide, an unbearable increase for already fragile populations. In addition, the crisis is likely to cause a significant decrease in wheat availability for six West African countries that import at least 30 percent, and in some cases more than 50 percent, of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine.
Another likely effect of the crisis in Europe is a sharp drop in international aid to Africa. Many donors have already indicated that they may make cuts in their funding to Africa. For example, Denmark has announced that it will postpone part of its bilateral development assistance to Burkina Faso (50 percent in 2022) and to Mali (40 percent in 2022) rather than fund the reception of people who have fled their homes in Ukraine with new money.
"The conference on the Sahel crisis scheduled for tomorrow is a unique opportunity to mobilize the necessary emergency food and nutrition assistance and to prove that the lives of people in Africa are not worth less than those in Europe," says Assalama Dawalack Sidi.
"There should be no competition between humanitarian crises," says Mamadou Diop, regional representative of Action Against Hunger. "The Sahel crisis is one of the worst humanitarian crises on a global scale and, at the same time, one of the least funded. We fear that by redirecting humanitarian budgets to the Ukrainian crisis, we risk dangerously aggravating one crisis to respond to another."
Humanitarian organizations are urging governments and donors not to repeat the failures of 2021, when only 48 percent of the humanitarian response plan in West Africa was funded. They must immediately close the $4 billion funding gap in the UN appeal for West Africa to save lives and ensure that these funds support age-, gender-, and disability-sensitive interventions. No one should be left behind.
· The eleven international organizations participating in this press release are Oxfam, Action Against Hunger, Save the Children, CARE International, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), Tearfund, World Vision (WV), Handicap International - Humanité & Inclusion and Mercy Corps.
· According to the March 2022 analysis of the Cadre harmonisé (CH), 38.3 million people will be in food and nutrition crisis in June-August if nothing is done, compared to 27.3 million in the same period in 2021, an increase of 40.2% in one year. By country, the projections of people in phase 3 to 5 for June-August 2022 in the most affected countries are: Nigeria (19.5 million), Burkina Faso (3.5 million), Niger (4.4 million), Chad (2 million), Mali (1.8 million).
· In 2020, Unicef estimated that 29 million children under the age of 5 (between 6 and 23 months) were stunted (+26%) in the region, up from 22 million in 2000. Other data on malnutrition are from the UNICEF/World Food Programme Hotspot 2022 analysis.
· According to the Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires (RPCA), cereal production in 2021 in the Sahel has declined by 12% and 7%, compared respectively to the 2020 season and the five-year average. The most pronounced declines compared to the 2020 season are observed in Niger (-36%), Mauritania (-18%), Burkina Faso (-10%), Gambia (-8%), and Chad (-6%).
· According to the FAO, Burkina Faso and Togo import at least 30% of their wheat from Russia, while Senegal, Liberia, Benin and Mauritania import more than 50% of their wheat mainly from Russia, but also from Ukraine (for Senegal).
· Several commodities have increased in price over the past five years in West Africa: Maize (+30%), Millet (+26%), Sorghum (+24%), Rice (+18%). Read also U.N. agency warns Ukraine war could trigger 20% food price rise
· On the crisis in Burkina Faso, read the joint press release from NRC, Oxfam, Action contre la faim, Médecins du monde France published on March 10th 2022 Burkina Faso: Second biggest spike in displacement since crisis began
· According to UNHCR, more than 4.6 million people are currently displaced or refugees in the Central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger), Chad, and Mauritania, 2 million more than in 2020.
· For more information on the increase of forced marriages of young girls and other forms of GBV in times of severe food crisis, read the reports of Oxfam or World Vision (example of South Sudan).
· For more information on the changes in donor priorities due to the crisis in Ukraine, read the Oxfam press release: Some governments contemplating raids on aid funds earmarked for other crises to pay for new costs of Ukrainian support. For more details by country on the funding gaps in the UN appeal for West Africa see OCHA's Financial Tracking Service.
· On March 24, Denmark announced that DKK 2 billion has been reallocated from development aid to the reception of refugees in Denmark, including cuts of DKK 290 million in programs in the Sahel.
· The high-level meeting Food and Nutrition Crises in the Sahel and Lake Chad Regions: Time to act Now and Better Mobilise in West Africa for the Future is organized by the European Union and the Sahel and West Africa Club and will take place virtually on April 6 at 15h (UTC + 1)
Spokespersons available, please contact:
Simon Trépanier in Sudan | Regional media advisor for West and Central Africa | simon.trepanier@oxfam.org | +249 99 180 3627 |
For the latest updates please follow us at @newsfromoxfam and @oxfamwestafrica
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Crisis prevention remains a major challenge in West Africa
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Lloyd Hayzer Joins Rhapsody from Williams Lea Tag
Rhapsody is pleased to announce the appointment of Lloyd Hayzer as Account Director EMEA who joins the company from Williams Lea Tag.
Lloyd has been brought in to boost the range of content production services offered to Rhapsody's blue-chip accounts and to support brands in helping them to implement more efficient multi-channel content delivery. He joins Rhapsody at a rapidly expanding time for the company and follows the recent appointment by Walstead of Andy Berg as Group Managing Director to drive forward the growth of the group's content services. Other recent initiatives have included the opening of a Spanish operation for Rhapsody in Madrid, and major contract wins at the end of 2017 and the start of 2018.
Lloyd has thirty years experience in creative production. He has been at Williams Lea Tag since 2008 where he was Managing Director of Tag Publishing, and more recently, Global Account Director for Williams Lea Tag responsible for print, digital and broadcast. He previously worked as Sales Manager within the Wyndeham Pre-Press division when it was acquired from the Graphic Facilities Group, a position he held since 1995.
Tim Moscow, Managing Director, Rhapsody said:
"Lloyd is greatly respected in the industry and has an enormous amount of experience in helping clients with their brand management and content production across all aspects of media. We are delighted to welcome Lloyd to the team and he will be a huge asset to the business in line with our continued growth."
Lloyd Hayzer said:
"Rhapsody has a combination of great technologies, great people and an ambition to grow. This role presents a really exciting opportunity to utilise what I have learnt over the last ten years at Tag to support Rhapsody's clients with a fully integrated creative production offering."
We're always open for a chat,
Rhapsody Limited (UK Company No: 01280705) is a subsidiary of Walstead Group Limited. Registered office is at 22 Westside Centre, London Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 8PH, UK


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Q: Is there a way to shorten when-else while using std_logic_vectors I'm writing a module and was wondering if there was a way to shorten all the lines I have to write while using when-else while the object that gets values is a std_logic_vector. I've created 2 types in my code, one for the status of the outputs and the other is an array of the former (I've got 6 modules, totaling in 18 different output configurations)
type    output_state is
    (
        red_indicator,
        green_indicator,
        open_drain_indicator,
        reset_indicator,
    );
    type    output_status_array is array (5 downto 0) of output_state;

now in the next code bracket ive inserted values to output_status_array by some logic:
            output_status_array(0) <= red_indicator when (sampled_data(0) > MAX_POWER_LEVEL) else open_drain_indicator when (sampled_data(0) < MIN_POWER_LEVEL) else green_indicator; -- todo : need to implement convert to integer before <\>
            output_status_array(1) <= red_indicator when (sampled_data(1) > MAX_POWER_LEVEL) else open_drain_indicator when (sampled_data(1) < MIN_POWER_LEVEL) else green_indicator;
            output_status_array(2) <= red_indicator when (sampled_data(2) > MAX_POWER_LEVEL) else open_drain_indicator when (sampled_data(2) < MIN_POWER_LEVEL) else green_indicator;
            output_status_array(3) <= red_indicator when (sampled_data(3) > MAX_POWER_LEVEL) else open_drain_indicator when (sampled_data(3) < MIN_POWER_LEVEL) else green_indicator;
            output_status_array(4) <= red_indicator when (sampled_data(4) > MAX_POWER_LEVEL) else open_drain_indicator when (sampled_data(4) < MIN_POWER_LEVEL) else green_indicator;
            output_status_array(5) <= red_indicator when (sampled_data(5) > MAX_POWER_LEVEL) else open_drain_indicator when (sampled_data(5) < MIN_POWER_LEVEL) else green_indicator;

I have 3 outputs for each given module, I could write a very long and tedious code indicating which values the outputs need to be, but I was wondering if there were some "bitwise" operations that the synthesizer does once I compile my code.
red_led_out             <=  '1' when output_status_array = red_indicator else '0';
green_led_out           <=  '1' when output_status_array = green_indicator else '0';
open_drain_out          <=  '1' when output_status_array = open_drain_indicator else '0';

red_led_out,green_led_out and open_drain_out are all std_logic_vectors, and I was wondering whether if for instance the only bits that will get a '1' in red_led_out will be the corresponding bits in the status_array which are set as red_indicator?
sorry for the long explanation, but I wanted to be very clear with what I wrote.

A: It's difficult to know exactly what you are doing without a full code listing. Perhaps you could consider using a generate loop:
status_gen : for i in 0 to 5 generate
    output_status_array(i) <= red_indicator when (sampled_data(i) > MAX_POWER_LEVEL) else open_drain_indicator when (sampled_data(i) < MIN_POWER_LEVEL) else green_indicator;
end generate;

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Ref your question Bernard burrows - have been coming to Lesvos for many years and have seen nearly every town and village on island. Anaxos is small - consists of the village road and the seafront road plus a very nice beach - so if you like to stay pretty much in the same place with the same people (mainly British) on your holiday you will like it. It is very casual and laid-back, nothing flashy about it which is great. I personally wouldn't choose to stay there because it is a bit out of the way and we like to walk and travel around the island, finding different beaches etc. so don't b put off by that, everybody likes to do different things on their hols. (We stay on the outskirts of Molyvos as it is a really nice place to be n the evening and has a wider mix of people, and of course many lovely Greek inhabitants). Hope this helps.
Hi Bernard, don't know if I can help you at all I, never stayed in Anaxos but we have stayed just down the road in Petra for the last 4 years, this year will be our 5th, roll on July.
Does anyone stay at ANAXOS.
Another 220 days and then we are back again. I count the days.
To the guys on harbour Molyvos 06/05/2018 about 16.00hr, have a good hol.
its the best place in Greece going for 3 weeks so will give you a wave one day.
2dec17--A Thank You to our host, The Other Aegean , for sponsoring this 'live cam' view of Mithymna, Lesbos, gorgeous.


CBRE and Newmark Knight Frank Broker Sale of Raintree Corporate Center III and IV in Scottsdale, Ariz.
CBRE and Newmark Knight Frank have brokered the sale of Raintree Corporate Center III and IV (8800 and 8888 E. Raintree Drive) in Scottsdale, Ariz. The two, three-story class A buildings, which total 345,193 square feet, traded for $91.7 million.
Bryan Taute with CBRE's Phoenix office and Kevin Shannon with Newmark Knight Frank in El Segundo, Calif., represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Equus Capital Partners. The buyers were Cypress Office Properties of San Diego and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. ("Oaktree").
CBRE's Taute and Charlie von Arentschildt will retain the leasing assignment for the buildings, which averaged 93.57 percent occupancy at the time of sale. Notable tenants include Meritage Homes, Hartford Insurance and Laser Spine Institute. Additionally, CBRE will continue to manage the property, which features an on-site fitness center and café.
Situated in the Scottsdale Airpark submarket, Raintree Corporate Center offers immediate access to the Loop 101 freeway and is surrounded by 1.2 million square feet of retail. The amenity-rich area is home to Kierland Commons, Scottsdale Quarter, TPC Scottsdale golf club and the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa.


I lied. This is barely a diary. It's more like a few extra photos from that one day Danielle and I accidentally cross-coordinated, plus a couple of Instagram shots. Special thanks to Bobby for taking the above photos, and designers UNTTLD, Soia & Kyo, and Sid Neigum for making the daily trek in high heels well worth it.
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You kids are adorbs. And Bianca every time you wear those Disco pants I convince myself I need them in white despite the fact that nobody with thighs my size should ever wear white pants.
But yeah srsly, werk it girls.
Bianca I love your coat!
Dani I love your skirt!


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EDITOR'S NOTE-Judith Valente's new book, How to Live, is so timely that we invited her to write our Cover Story, this week, focusing in particular on wisdom from the 6th Century Rule of St. Benedict about leadership. In this column, she is drawing on just one of the nearly two dozen reflections in her new book. This is a terrific choice for holiday gift giving. You-or someone you love-may want to read a chapter a day for several weeks.
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"He or she must not be excitable, anxious, extreme, obstinate, jealous or overly-suspicious. Such a leader is never at rest."
That observation could have come from any number of today's political commentators. Instead, the words appear in a 6th Century text called The Rule of St. Benedict. The work of Benedict of Nursia, founder of western monasticism, The Rule originally addressed people living in monasteries. Its insights call to us from across the centuries and remain surprisingly relevant. The qualities Benedict outlines for monastic leaders reflect many of the leadership gaps we face today.
The U.S mid-term elections are over, but the debate continues about the kind of leader our country desires-and needs. Benedict's description of effective abbots, written 1,600 years ago, is remarkably similar to the conclusions historian Doris Kearns Goodwin draws about successful political leaders in her new book, Leadership in Troubled Times.
Humility is not something we learn in MBA and public administration courses. In fact, the opposite of humility-the hard-charging executive or politician-often wins attention and approval. In contrast, both Benedict and Kearns Goodwin place humility at the top of their lists of essential leadership qualities.
"Only in this are we distinguished-if we are found better than others in good works and humility," Benedict writes.
Kearns Goodwin's book explores how some of America's greatest presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt, evolved as leaders over time. In a recent interview on The PBS NewsHour, Kearns Goodwin explained why humility is an important leadership trait.
"It means an awareness of your limitations so that you can learn from them," she said. She cites the early political career of Theodore Roosevelt. "He had a swelled head when he was in the (New York) state legislature. He was just blistering, running around, saying terrible things about his opponents. And he was getting nowhere. He couldn't get anything through the legislature."
Eventually, Roosevelt learned the value of collaboration and compromise. "That's the humility of learning from your errors," Kearns Goodwin says.
Empathy is also high on her list. "You can develop empathy even if you're not born with it," she notes.
Along with humility and empathy, she adds resilience and self-reflection.
"Self-reflection-being able to acknowledge errors, build a team that you can share credit with and you can shoulder blame if something goes wrong. Learning how to communicate with people," she says.
As a longtime student of the Benedictine Rule, I am amazed to see how many of Kearns Goodwin's ideas dovetail with those of St. Benedict. He thought of the concept of servant leadership centuries before the idea entered the corporate lexicon. In the years I covered businesses for The Wall Street Journal, I heard many CEOs tout "servant leadership." Rarely did I see any executives who actually behaved like servants of their employees, shareholders, and customers.
In a Benedictine world view, true leaders don't place their personal interests above all else. Winning isn't everything. Working for the good of all is. The best leaders, Benedict says, are teachers, not dictators. They are expected to lead not merely with stirring words, but by "living example."
Benedict reminds us that leaders mustn't become so obsessed with results or coming out on top that they neglect the well-being of those around them. Whether one's arena is politics, business, academia, the not-for-profit sector, or a monastery, a leader's foremost concern must be people. Or, as Benedict puts it so beautifully, the care of souls.
"Above all, they must not show too great concern for the fleeting and temporal things of this world, neglecting or treating lightly the welfare of those entrusted to them," he writes. "Rather they should keep in mind that they have undertaken the care of souls for whom they must give account."
At some point, Kearns Goodwin says, great leaders become willing to allow personal ambition to give way to "ambition for something larger." In other words, for the common good.
The best leaders I've worked with in my journalism career are those who cared as much about my personal development as my professional output. They are the editors and news directors who understand that people aren't interchangeable parts. They give assignments that play to their employees' particular strengths. They give us the leeway to do our best work.
Far ahead of his time, Benedict recognized that human beings are complex creatures who don't all respond to the same prompts. The most effective leaders "must know what a difficult and demanding burden they have undertaken ... serving a variety of temperaments, coaxing, reproving and encouraging them as appropriate," he says.
Above all, he emphasizes kindness and notes, "A kind word is better than the best gift."
Perhaps Kearns Goodwin's Leadership in Troubled Times and The Rule of St. Benedict should be required reading for every elected official and for all who seek to lead a corporation, agency or organization. Perhaps then kindness will replace incivility in our public discourse. Consensus will overtake conflict. The desire to serve will out-weigh our need for self-promotion and aggrandizement. Dignity and decorum will redefine our democratic process.
One can hope.
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Mireia Clemente (Gerona, España, 31 de julio de 1987) es una joven esquiadora española que ha destacado en categorías inferiores, y que ya ha llegado a disputar alguna prueba en la Copa Mundial de Esquí Alpino.

Su debut en la Copa Mundial de Esquí Alpino fue el 27 de febrero de 2007 en el Eslalon de Sierra Nevada donde no acabó la prueba. El 14 de diciembre de 2008 consiguió acabar la 1.ª manga del Eslalon de La Molina.

En categorías inferiores ha logrado varias victorias y podios tanto en Gigante, Super Gigante y Eslalon, mostrando una gran polivalencia, destacando sobre todo en el Eslalon.

Ha sido siete veces podio en los Campeonatos de España, 2.ª en el Eslalon de 2006 y en el Super Gigante de 2006 y 3.ª en cinco ocasiones entre Eslalon y Eslalon Gigante. Además, ha sido tres veces Campeona de España Junior, dos en Eslalon (2005 y 2006) y una en Super Gigante (2006). También ha participado en dos Mundiales. En categoría Junior ha disputado a su vez 3 Mundiales logrando como mejor resultado un  puesto en el Eslalon de 2006.

En la Copa del Mundo, su mejor resultado fue acabar 48.ª la primera manga del Eslalon de La Molina, el 14 de diciembre de 2008 (no se clasificó para la 2.ª manga).

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Juegos Olímpicos
 0 Participaciones (0 pruebas)
 Mejor resultado: No ha participado en ningunos

Mundiales
 2 Participaciones (4 pruebas)
 Mejor resultado: No acabó ni el Eslalon Gigante ni el Eslalon en Are 2007 ni en Val d´Isere 2009

Copa del Mundo
 2 Participaciones (2 pruebas)
 Mejor clasificación General: No puntuó en ninguna
 Mejor clasificación General Especialidad: No puntuó en ninguna

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After more than two weeks of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the insurgent group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has declared a "temporary cessation of offensive military operations" for a one-month period to enable aid groups to respond to the "humanitarian crisis".
The ceasefire would begin on Sunday until October 9, the statement said late Saturday night.
ARSA's statement urged humanitarian aid to all victims of the crisis "irrespective of their ethnic of religious background".
It also called on the Myanmar government to cease all military offensive operations and participate in assisting the victims.
At least 290,000 ethnic Rohingyas have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh since August 25 after escaping violence in Rakhine, according to the latest UN figures.
Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Myanmar, on Friday said that at least 1,000 people were killed in the violence over the past two weeks, though she said that figure is "very likely an underestimate", CNN reported.
However, the Myanmar government said that only 421 people have died.
The Rohingyas are considered to be among the world's most persecuted people. The predominantly Buddhist Myanmar considers them Bangladeshi but Bangladesh says they are from Myanmar, CNN reported.
Rohingya militants killed 12 security officers in border post attacks, according to state media.
In response, the military intensified "clearance operations", driving thousands of people from their homes.
Satellite photos released by Human Rights Watch show entire villages torched to the ground in clashes between Myanmar's armed forces and local militants.
In northern Rakhine state there are reports of at least another 30,000 Rohingyas trapped in hilly terrain without basic supplies of food, water or medicine, according to activists.


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Born on August 15, 1912, Julia Child took the culinary world by storm. More than a century later, her name lives among legends, and we are proud to celebrate her birthday with a multi-course dinner by Sarah Leah Chase. The menu pays homage to and is inspired by the iconic Julia.
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Veritas Capital to Acquire BeyondTrust
Security Intelligence Firm Serves Multiple Markets Jeffrey Roman (gen_sec) • September 3, 2014
Private equity firm Veritas Capital will acquire BeyondTrust, a cybersecurity software company, from venture capital firm Insight Venture Partners. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
BeyondTrust, which is based in Phoenix, has more than 4,000 customers in multiple business sectors, including government, technology, healthcare and financial services. It offers what it describes as "context-aware solutions for privilege and vulnerability management."
Veritas Capital is looking to accelerate BeyondTrust's growth in a cybersecurity market it says is benefiting from increasing regulatory requirements, high-profile data breaches and a complex IT environment.
"BeyondTrust is poised to continue its significant growth both with new customers and across our existing customer base," says Kevin Hickey, the company's president and CEO. The acquisition by Veritas will help the firm "to continue innovating our integrated cybersecurity software platform and to pursue enterprise and government markets."
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When my kids spun the globe to pick 10 countries for their 10 school lunches project, Morocco was one of the chosen ones. For this lunch, I thought a beef kebab and couscous salad might be just the thing. The mushrooms, coriander leaves, garam masala and chilli powder, gives this kebab a lovely taste.
2 tsp chilli powder if you like it spicy.
2. Shape the meat into a thick sausage.
3. Broil on high, either side for about 5 min. Using a meat thermometer make sure the meat is cooked.
4. Serve with a couscous salad mixed with diced red and yellow peppers.


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Yes, from then on it's bank of toytown only.
Absolutely hate this plastic currency. With all the technology at their disposal, you would not have thought it was beyond them to come up with something better - the notes don't even fold for goodness sake!
Tacit nod in the direction of the cashless economy methinks.
Frozen foods retailer Iceland said it will continue to accept payment in the paper £10 notes until the close of business on Easter Monday, which falls on April 2.
Aldi said it will accept payments in old paper £10 notes until Good Friday (March 30), while Morrisons shoppers can use their old tenners until March 16 – two weeks after the Royal Mint's deadline.
expressman33 wrote: Frozen foods retailer Iceland said it will continue to accept payment in the paper £10 notes until the close of business on Easter Monday, which falls on April 2.
And banks and the post office will continue to accept them indefinitely at the moment. They are and always will be able to be exchanged by post or in person at the Bank of England. Banks are still accepting two shilling (10p pieces). As well as amongst other old currency the old paper £5 note, both big and small if you remember the bigger one.


Confession time: the end of the year is very hard for me. I happen to be one of those crazy teachers who finds it oh so difficult to let go. Yes, I know...because my own children as teenagers so adeptly informed me a couple of years ago...my students are not sitting around missing me. They are well into the throes of summer freedom - enjoying a relaxed pace, filling their time with fun family activities, reading and writing what they find interesting - and that thought brings a smile to my face even if my heart feels a bit tender.
Here is a letter that I send home to parents that sums up my feelings perfectly. I found this via another teacher's blog many years ago, and it was noted as "author unknown," so I apologize to the author for changing it slightly to make it my own.
I give you back your child, the same child you confidently entrusted to my care last fall. I give her back pounds heavier, inches taller, months wiser, more responsible, and more mature than she was then.
Although he would have attained his growth in spite of me, it has been my pleasure and privilege to watch his personality unfold day by day and marvel at this splendid miracle of development.
I give him back reluctantly, for having spent nine months together in the narrow confines of a crowded classroom, we have grown close, have become a part of each other, and we shall always retain a little of each other.
Ten years from now if we met on the street, your child and I, a light will shine to our eyes, a smile to our lips, and we shall feel the bond of understanding once more, this bond we feel today.
We have lived, loved, laughed, played, studied, learned, and enriched our lives together this year. I wish it could go on indefinitely, but give her back I must. Take care of her, for she is precious.
It's true, we have a bond that transcends this time and space, having spent more waking hours together during the week than we spent with our own families. We bonded into our own family - a family of learners, and that in itself is a huge privilege and a blessing. While a small piece of my heart breaks on the final day as each student walks out, luckily my heart grows a little bigger each year, allowing me to bond with and love a new family of learners come August.
I completely understand this feeling. I taught 8th grade and I not only had to let go of my kids for the summer; I had to send them off to high school! It's always a good feeling when a few of them come back to visit.
Thank you, Laura, for taking the time to comment and to share your experience in letting go. I can't imagine sending them to another school - luckily mine are 3rd grade and will remain in our building for 2 more years. As 5th graders, they make the rounds to visit and say goodbye, and that is hard. We're in a small enough community that I see my former students out and about at times. I also love when they come back to visit - we always do a selfie together, and I treasure those photos.
Thanks again for sharing here!!