Terms & Conditions – the boring stuff!
I require a 50% deposit as confirmation of your order placed, this secures your date for my services and hiring china. This deposit is non refundable if you cancel.
The balance is payable no later than 14 days prior to the date of hire. I accept cash, bank transfer, paypal or cheques.
A separate refundable damage deposit of £50 to £200 (depending on party size) is payable when I deliver the china and is returned to you on colllection and once the china is checked over.
Cancellation will be 100% of hire costs if cancelled within this 14 day period or 50% of hire costs if cancelled within a 30 day period.
Due to the eclectic nature of my collection, I cannot guarantee the tea sets will match, it looks more beautiful when you mix and match anyway! I do have many matching sets for small parties, please ask if this is important.
Set-up and event styling costs will depend on the size of the party/amount of crockery hired. Please contact me to discuss, we can always work something out within your budget!
Requests for additional items added to the order once the final balance is paid will be accommodated where possible but it cannot be guaranteed that they will be available. Payment for these items is due upon receipt of delivery.
I regret that the order may not be reduced after final payment.
My hire period covers up to 4 days. Prices quoted are for this period only, I can be flexible and will aim to work with you.
Delivery and collection within a 20 mile radius of Bolton is free, beyond this I will charge 50p per mile. Don't worry if you're further afield, delivery is still cost effective.
Orders below £50 will have to be collected and returned unless you are around the corner!
During the hire period breakages or loss of any item is the full responsibility of the hirer until received back and checked by Hire Vintage Teasets, hirers will be notified within 48 hours of recorded loss or damage and the charge that applies.
Items will be in good vintage condition with no chips or cracks, due to the nature and age of the items, patterns and gilt can be expected to show signs of wear.
Requests for specific items and colour themes will be met where possible.
Goods for collection must be repacked safely in their original packaging and if washing up is required we ask that the items are carefully wiped/scraped and that sugar bowls and teapots/ coffee pots are thoroughly emptied.
If washing the crockery yourselves you agree not to use a dish washer.
Prices quoted at time of booking and upon receipt of the deposit will be honoured for the date of the event.
Hire Vintage Teasets takes no responsibility in the event of any injury to any party through breakage of any equipment or any other accident during the hire period.
Breakages don't happen very often thankfully but if they do, don't worry!
Breakages and/or loss will be charged for.


The little mechanical monster has been in my life for exactly one day longer than the little fuzzy monster. Both have had profound effects.
Once he finally stopped peeing in the bed, Monkey Boy began to curl himself around my heart and now has a pretty firm grip. The phone has proven to be both a bane and a boon, but more boon than bane. Case in point: lunch today at Royal Host.
Four tables of young women with small children all competing to see who could scream the loudest. The only single adult was the man at the next table who couldn't stop blowing his nose.
iPhone, earphones, and Christina Aguilera's "Fighter". LOUD. Foul mood to fair in under 30 seconds.
The phone exists to serve me. I am the Goddess.


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Q: Too many okhttp connection threads I am developing an android App using Retrofit2 to fetch massive data from my server. The retrofit API calls are performed in an IntentService. The downloaded data will be stored in SQLite database using Room. There are over a few hundreds of API calls. The first around 300 calls went well. However the app crashes quickly due to the error of E/NativeCrypto: AppData::create pipe(2) failed: Too many open file. I looked into the Profiler graph and I can see there are so many OkHttp Connections have been built up and threads grow very fast. The app crashes when the threads reached around 350.
Below is how retrofit is configured:
Dispatcher dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
    dispatcher.setMaxRequests(100);
    dispatcher.setMaxRequestsPerHost(50);

    OkHttpClient.Builder builder = new OkHttpClient
            .Builder()
            .dispatcher(dispatcher);
    builder.authenticator(new TokenAuthenticator(this));
    okHttpClient = builder
            .connectionPool(new ConnectionPool(100, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
            .build();
    gson = new GsonBuilder()
            .setDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm:ss")
            .create();
    retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
            .client(okHttpClient)
            .baseUrl(MainApplication.API_URL)
            .addConverterFactory(ScalarsConverterFactory.create())
            .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(gson))
            .build();
DownloadApiCalls downloadapiservice = retrofit.create(DownloadApiCalls.class);

Below is my API interface:
public interface DownloadApiCalls {

@GET("Download/test2")
Call<String> test2(@Query("name") String name);

@GET("Download/GetTaskList")
Call<List<Project>> GetTaskList(@Query("userid") String userid);

@GET("Download/GetTaskOwnerList")
Call<List<Account>> GetTaskOwnerList(@Query("userid") String userid);

@GET("Download/GetBusinessAreasList")
Call<List<BusinessArea>> GetBusinessAreasList(@Query("userid") String userid);

@GET("Download/GetSiteCategoryList")
Call<List<SiteCategory>> GetSiteCategoryList(@Query("accountid") String accountid);

// there are lots of API calls....
}

the API calls are within a loop given the business logic nature. (There are a few hundreds sites, each site has many different types of data to be downloaded.) Below is how I make calls:
for (final Site s : siteList) {
Call call_processblock = service.GetProcessBlockList(s.Id, lastSyncTime);
            call_processblock.enqueue(new Callback<List<ProcessBlock>>() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(Call<List<ProcessBlock>> call, Response<List<ProcessBlock>> r) {
                    if (r.isSuccessful() && r.code() == 200) {
                        List<ProcessBlock> thelist = r.body();
                        AsyncTask.execute(
                        // database operations
                        );
                    }
                }

                @Override
                public void onFailure(Call<List<ProcessBlock>> call, Throwable t) {

                }
            });

            Call call_streams = service.GetProcessStreamList(s.Id, lastSyncTime);
            call_streams.enqueue(new Callback<List<ProcessStream>>() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(Call<List<ProcessStream>> call, Response<List<ProcessStream>> r) {
                    if (r.isSuccessful() && r.code() == 200) {
                        List<ProcessStream> thelist = r.body();
                        AsyncTask.execute(
                        //database operations
                        );
                    }
                }

                @Override
                public void onFailure(Call<List<ProcessStream>> call, Throwable t) {

                }
            });

            Call call_lines = service.GetProcessLineList(s.Id, lastSyncTime);
            call_lines.enqueue(new Callback<List<ProcessLine>>() {
                @Override
                public void onResponse(Call<List<ProcessLine>> call, Response<List<ProcessLine>> r) {
                    if (r.isSuccessful() && r.code() == 200) {
                        AsyncTask.execute(
                        // database operations
                        );

                        }
                    }
                }

                @Override
                public void onFailure(Call<List<ProcessLine>> call, Throwable t) {

                }
            });
// there are other many API calls for the site
}

As per I mentioned at beginning, the app runs well until the threads reached around 350. Below is the debug output:
E/CursorWindow: CursorWindow create() failed with -24 errno
Could not allocate CursorWindow '/data/user/0/com.gridenvironment.ufe/databases/ufe-database.db' of size 2097152 due to error -24.
E/NativeCrypto: AppData::create pipe(2) failed: Too many open files
W/zygote: ashmem_create_region failed for 'indirect ref table': Too many open files
E/NativeCrypto: AppData::create pipe(2) failed: Too many open files
E/NativeCrypto: AppData::create pipe(2) failed: Too many open files

Below is the snapshot of the Profiler:
Too many OkHttp Connections threads
Have I done anything incorrectly? Why are there so many OkHttp Connections are built up and not released?
Thanks.

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(❁´◡`❁)(musical) artist & alien luver.
Meresha is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer with a deep, wide-ranging soulful voice and a quirky sonic vision. She is an #AlienPop innovator; so far the first in the genre.
Her 2019 single "Jungle Potion" went viral hitting a million streams in a few weeks, including while on Ariana Grande's official personal playlist. Meresha debuted it live at New York's largest music festival Gov Ball in partnership with Citibank and Live Nation.
Late 2019, Meresha released a Bob Marley tribute with her version of "Is This Love" in partnership with Movember, the leading international charity supporting men's health.
Meresha released "Hold" in 2020, which quickly went viral on TikTok, and for which 100 fans & friends contributed to a music video. "Hold" was featured on Tidal's Rising Pop playlist. She performed it live online in partnership with Live Nation's House of Blues Music Forward Foundation.
AllMusic named Meresha's EP "Enter the Dreamland" one of the Top 20 Albums of the year globally (Pop). Meresha collaborated on the album with Grammy winners Joe Chiccarelli and Emily Lazar. The video for the lead song won the Music California Viewers' Choice Award. Meresha debuted the EP for 40,000 at SunFest, sharing the stage with Marshmello and Jon Bellion. Enter the Dreamland was featured in the #1 spot on Napster's Indie Pop playlist.
Meresha made Billboard charts several times, was the #1 indie artist on US radio for a month and had her music featured on TV internationally, including on MTV where she was selected a a winner in their music "Freshman" competition.
As an influencer, Meresha has worked with brands such as Adobe and Crocs as well as artists such as Marshmello. She also contributes to the music of others as a producer, songwriter, instrumentalist and vocalist, including through Spotify's SoundBetter.
Contact: team@Meresha.com

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La galeria d'art Anquin's es va inaugurar el 23 de març de 1973 a Reus amb la direcció de Maria Josepa Giner, Antoni Quinteiro i Pere Jordana. Des dels seus inicis, ha estat sempre vinculada a la seva ciutat i al territori, sent una de les primeres galeries d'art de fora de Barcelona.

És una galeria d'art que programa exposicions de prestigi des dels seus inicis, amb obres de grans mestres catalans dels segles  i , i amb una àmplia selecció d'artistes contemporanis nacionals i internacionals. Pertany al Gremi de Galeries d'Art de Catalunya i la seva directora, Pepa Quinteiro, va ser membre de la Junta Directiva del Gremi, va participar en la constitució dels premis GAC i va formar part del Jurat de l'edició de l'any 2013.

Artistes
Artistes històrics: Aguilar Moré, Martínez Lozano, Ferré Revascall, Florit, Jassans, Núria Llimona, Morató Aragonès, Ceferí Olivé, Modest Cuixart, Joan-Josep Tharrats, Josep Sala, Joan Martí, Casademont "le vieux", Vayreda C., Joan Rebull, Alexandre Siches, Andreu Martró.

Artistes actuals: Modest Almirall, Fernando Alday, Beatrice Bizot, Alejandra Caballero, Jaime de Córdoba, David Casals, Carlos Díaz, Mónica Castanys, Jesús Curiá, Didier Lourenço, Frank Jensen, Rui Gomes, Coia Ibáñez Ferrater, Carlos Morago, Perico Pastor, Teresa Riba, Oriol Texidor, Miquel Wert, Marta Lafuente.

Projectes
A la galeria d'art Anquin's, també s'hi desenvolupen nombroses activitats culturals, juntament amb les exposicions habituals. Al llarg de la seva història, ha col·laborat amb diverses entitats, com la Jove Cambra de Reus, el Festival de Jazz o la Reial Congregació de la Sant i també organitzant exposicions al Club Nàutic de Salou, al Club Nàutic de Barcelona i al Tinglado de Tarragona.

En col·laboració amb el Celler de Priorat "Clos Galena", Anquin's va realitzar un nou projecte que fusionà el món de l'art i el vi. El 2009, es va presentar la primera col·lecció exclusiva de caixes amb les tapes pintades per deu artistes catalans. Les col·leccions es van presentar en reconeguts restaurants, com "Can Bosch" a Cambrils i "Gaudir" a Reus, a l'Hotel Le Meridien a Barcelona, i al Tinglado de Tarragona. L'any 2016 es va presentar la nova col·lecció "Art, vi i territori" al Museum of City of New York.

Referències

 La Vanguardia, Jordi Baró, "Un vi per emmarcar" (25/09/2009): {{format ref}} https://es.slideshare.net/jordibaro/la-vanguardia-articles-vi
 El punt Avui. Jaume Vidal, "Un espai d'ahir i d'avui" (17/05/2013) {{format ref}} http://www.elpuntavui.cat/article/5-cultura/-/664506.html
 El Mundo, Vanessa Graell, "Arte, Vino y 'Performances' en Reus" (21/09/2017)
 «Galeria d'Art Anquin's». CCUC. [Consulta: 27-V-2015].

Bibliografia
 Cubisme i avantguarda, 2004
 París . Obres d'una col·lecció, 2003
 25 anys d'art, Galeria d'Art Anquin's, 1997.
 Salons de maig de 1973-2012
 Salcedo, Antonio, L'art del segle XX a les comarques de Tarragona. (Arola Edicions, 2001.)
 Hueso i Muñoz, Carme, Aparadors d'art: una aproximació a la història del galerisme a Catalunya (Gremi de Galeristes d'Art de Catalunya, 2006.)

Enllaços externs

 http://www.artsy.net/anquins

Galeries d'art de Catalunya
Cultura de Reus

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This gorgeous shawl is knit with assorted yarns all tied together in interesting textures and coordinating colors.It measures 24" wide by 60 " long. It is super easy and is suitable for a beginning knitter.
This gorgeous shawl is perfect for cool summer evenings.
Debbie Bliss Juliet 11 Iris Stonehedge Fiber Mill – Shepherd's Wool Worsted Black Mariah Dress TG - A6028 Sewing Pattern by Tina Givens- Lagenlook Style!


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The cape of com. . .
The cape of compassion
March- Special feature
Annesha Banerjee considers compassion to be the cornerstone of world peace and prosperity and makes a case for inculcating it, through education, in children
What is the one thing, other than food and shelter, which has ensured and will continue to ensure the survival of all living beings?
While you think of an answer, let me bring forth a piece from a letter which I recently came across, written by a Holocaust survivor. It said:
"My eyes saw what no person should witness: Gas chambers built by learned engineers. Children poisoned by educated physicians. Infants killed by trained nurses. Women and babies shot by high school and college graduates. So, I am suspicious of education. My request is: Help your children become human."
Education gives structure to the abstract dreams of a child. It shapes us into responsible and contributing citizens of the world. Advancing technology, digital developments, and breakthrough discoveries have all eased our lives and boosted society, but improved lifestyle doesn't promise happiness—individual or collective. Now, more than ever, we need to hold on to the values that make us human. And at the very foundation of human existence is this expression of love—compassion.
Last year, while addressing the gathering at an event, the 14th Dalai Lama said, "All seven billion human beings in this world are mentally, emotionally and physically similar and they belong to one community. Oneness is the knowledge that the world needs more of . . . and ahimsa and karuna cannot be revived through prayers or rituals but rather through education."
Raising compassionate kids
All kids dream of being superheroes with the power to save their cities and the people from evil forces threatening to take over. However, one doesn't need to be able to jump buildings, fly with the birds, run faster than a speeding bullet, or possess out-of-the-world superhuman strength to change the world. All one needs is compassion.
A friend of mine who volunteered with Teach For India a few years ago shared his experience: "I taught in a classroom of 45 kids living with their families of around six to eight members, all of whom entirely depended on men who fish and women who do housemaid work. Shortage of resources and opportunities was nothing new for them. In such conditions, two things thrive: either rogue attitude or empathy and compassion. There were days when I saw some students carry extra lunch boxes for their friends whose parents couldn't put a meal on the table that day. Sometimes, the mid-day meal lady would fill up the children's lunch boxes a second time without questioning because she knew that it'll be their afternoon meal. Some kids would also contribute some minor stationery for their peers who couldn't afford it themselves. The kids strived hard to stand out and do things, and hence we tried harder to create platforms and avenues for them to collaborate and support with empathy."
Compassion is our natural instinct which helps us develop relationships and interconnection with others, eventually helping us evolve. In their innocence, children are unaware of the differences in identities, and it is only later that they fall in line with the divisions of humanity as drawn by society. Although, it is correct to assume that goodness and compassion come naturally to children, it is, but a fact that as a child grows, the feeling of compassion gets lost deep in the corners of their mind. Whatever good or bad that we see today in society is directly linked to the kind of education we give to our children. Going by the current state of the world, one may wonder whether we are just preparing our students and children for jobs or as citizens of society as a whole.
Individual and societal success depends on raising and educating children who care about others. But today's children have been misled to believe that success is achieved through test scores, material wealth, and personal gain. Sequentially, we can see a measurable shift toward self-centredness at a time when society depends more, not less, on people who give of themselves. Compassion as a part of education can be the first and the most important step towards bringing a paradigm shift in society, which will reap its benefits in generations to come.
But raising empathetic kids who grow into compassionate adults is not easy, especially when various factors in contemporary society work with ignorance, both towards others and about the importance of emotional intelligence. A blogsite, The New Stateswoman, published a blog called "The Death of Empathy: Who is to Blame?" linking empathy and compassion to student behaviour. The essay said, "These students turn into adults of the future, sometimes taking their low empathy levels with them. Some of them become inconsiderate drivers, noisy neighbours, litter-droppers, looters and muggers." It is essential for children to learn how to channelise their negative emotions in productive ways, resolve conflicts, and be mindful of other people's spaces. One must remember that compassion, much like a muscle, gets stronger the more it is practised.
Sowing the seeds early
It's said that when you teach a child to be kind to a mouse, you do as much for the child as you do for the mouse. Children learn how to care for and treat others by watching and listening to adults and peers, and they take cues from the people around them. The development of compassion, kindness, and empathy in the early years is crucial for healthy social and emotional growth. These positive human qualities help children make and keep friends, understand others' feelings and behaviours, respond to others' feelings in an appropriate way, and be emotionally connected with the people around them. And so, the primary responsibility falls both on parents and teachers.
Treating with respect those who are less privileged than oneself, sharing their belongings, donating a few of their toys, clothes, or books, and coming forward to help in little ways should be encouraged by parents to nurture compassion among young children. Bullying, teasing, and ragging in schools and colleges is the consequence of a lack of empathy and understanding among children. This lack of acknowledgement of others' feelings and emotions is rooted in experiences and instances a child encounters during its developing years.
From my own experience, when I was in school, many of my teachers used to make an example of students from our class who were academically weak by saying, "If you don't study well, you will fall back with them and be like them. Do you want to be like them?" All of us students would laugh and sing back a 'No ma'am' jovially. Although this did encourage most students to not be like 'them' and boosted class morale, it also categorised students into groups and altered the self-belief of all the students. Biased treatment by the teachers encourages students to mimic their behaviour, thus reinforcing the idea of superiority and inferiority in their mind, which is where compassion fades. Taare Zameen Par, a Bollywood movie, is a perfect example of how teaching with compassion can not only improve a student's academic performance but also change the course of their life.
Policymakers and educational organisations across the globe are understanding the need for additional training in empathy and compassion in the present education system. 'Global Game Changers' (GGC), an online educator portal which offers student empowerment programmes to positively impact school culture and student achievement, has compassion at the core of its curriculum. Jan Helson, co-founder and chairman of GGC, says, "The goal is to show students that giving back is part of who they are and not just something that they do. It then becomes a true, integral part of them and a foundation for their lives to come." Furthermore, studies have found that children who acted with compassion during the early childhood years—cooperating, helping, sharing, and consoling—had stronger academic achievements later on. "In some ways, it's common-sense that compassion builds a great foundation of self-confidence and self-value, which will make you more successful," Helson added.
Empowering through education
"Once children enter into the education system, there's not much talk about human values. They become oriented towards material goals while their good qualities lie dormant. Education should help us use our intelligence to good effect, which means applying reason. Then we can distinguish what's in our short and long-term interest," said the Dalai Lama during the launch of SEE Learning, a compassionate classroom program. "Education of the heart is important, and compassion is the key factor for a happy world," he added.
One of the major shortcomings of our education system is that it is focussed on the intellectual development of a student through academic instruction. Education is not merely for scoring marks, getting degrees or jobs, or earning a livelihood, but it is about building a good human being. Children should, from kindergarten, be educated about internal human values. Since school time is when children learn their essential value system, and as much as geometry and geography are important to help children pick up occupational skills, social values are needed to teach them how to differentiate right from wrong by developing a strong moral compass.
Although, most parents do an adequate job of instilling a personal value system in their children, somehow, at a larger social level, we have obviously failed. Thus, in the education sector, mindful educators who go beyond academic learning play an increasingly central role in cultivating the necessary social, emotional, and ethical skills among children that are required to lead meaningful and successful lives. Our priority should be to raise kind and compassionate kids, no matter how well-versed they are in their academics. And, while there may be divergent views on the kind of society we want to create, there is no disputing some basics.
Madhuchanda Rao, a former youth development trainer and pre-school teacher at Sri Aurobindo Ashram's Mira Nursery, pointed out some important aspects of a school. "Schools are mostly focussed on information-based teaching methods, pushing the students to partake in the cut-throat competition, and in the process, the very reason for which children are sent to schools is lost. Parents who have the skills and knowledge can certainly home-school their children. But what is it that you learn in school and not at home? You learn how to co-exist with people, interact with them, negotiate, and make your own place amongst your peer group. Every child is a king or queen in their own homes, but when they go out and meet people, they understands that not everything is going to be served to them. They learn that they are one amongst many and one should be accepting, kind, and compassionate towards all. It is the overall social and emotional development of a child through exposure in a safe surrounding that forms the foundational idea of a school," said the freelance facilitator who is working with government school teachers in Delhi and Sikkim, training them to cultivate an inclusive and inter-personal teaching environment.
It is strange that many still consider being helpful, kind, and compassionate to be soft skills. Teachers and coaches would agree that teaching skills and creating an environment where students feel safe to take academic risks and feel valued and connected to their community as well as encouraged to take positive action to help others are anything but soft skills. Compassion is a measure of strength and empowerment. And when we empower our children, they become capable of fending for themselves for long.
Steps towards change
Multiple initiatives have been taken across the globe which emphasise on changing the world by educating our children to become inclusive and resilient adults. Demark, a country which, in 1993, introduced mandatory empathy classes in their curriculum, has been consistently ranking among the top three countries in the UN's World Happiness report over the past seven years and stands as a glaring example of compassion in education. Their curriculum is designed to make children more emotionally and socially competent.
STRAW (Stray Relief and Animal Welfare) is an organisation in India that promotes animal welfare through education. Their 'Compassionate Classrooms Program' introduces humane education contents into school textbooks which significantly influence students to develop empathy towards people, compassion towards animals, and care for the natural world so that they can make a difference and bring about a positive change. Similarly, PETA India offers 'Compassionate Citizen,' the Indian version of the internationally recognised humane education programme of PETA, 'Share the World.' This initiative is designed to help students at their formative age to better understand and appreciate animals.
It is only through inculcating compassion in the curriculum that we can hope that our children create a future in which animals, the environment, and all humans are treated with kindness and respect. In addition, many schools organise donation events and NGO visits for students to help them replace judgment with acceptance, and ignorance with care because compassion makes no distinction between age, ethnicity, gender, or disability. Such initiatives reiterate in the minds of children that compassion drives society to be inclusive and allows all of its members to be fully engaged in life. It is what enables human beings to care about and help each other. And children must remember: A single act of compassion can change a person's life forever.
A safe future
Today, we are worried about the kind of planet we're leaving for our children. But it's also time for us to think about the kind of children we will be leaving for our planet. Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, "Sympathy will have been increased through natural selection and for those communities which include the greatest number of the most sympathetic members, would flourish best, and rear the greatest number of offspring."
This small planet is our only home, and if we are to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal compassion. It is only this feeling that can remove the self-centred motives that cause people to deceive and misuse one another. Instilling, through education, in our children the skills of emotional literacy, perspective-taking, and developing a moral compass is one of the most radical, courageous, and hopeful things we can do for our future generations.


That's what I wrote to the side of this verse in last year's journalling Bible.
What if every time we grumble, we use it as motivation to shift to inviting and accepting instruction? I'm not pointing fingers; I'm including myself.
Wouldn't be great if grumbling became something productive?
When we do it, we tend to get stuck. It's as if the scowl on our face deepens, and we feel the need to infect as many people as possible.
But look at the word. It's kind of funny-looking. Stare at long enough, and you just might smile or giggle. I start thinking about Pooh Bear's rumbly tummy.
Oddly enough, when I search for an image of "grumble," the results include many photos of puppies. I guess others are trying to find anecdotes for grumbles, too.
There is an anecdote (that isn't alive and squirmy). It's humility, a willingness to see outside ourselves and learn. And learning seems a lot more fun and worthwhile to me than grumbling.
Faith should remain open to the ever-present Spirit rather than chaining the Spirit to our past.
We seem to want to figure something out, then be content to keep it that way instead of being as willing to discover and change as we were when we first learned or realized something.
God wants to change us, continually. Faith isn't a one time decision. It's ever-present and active. It's ever-deepening trust. It's one step at a time. It's getting to know God as the Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit, so that we can change as we yield and grow.
Proverbs 22:6 says, Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Indeed, this is what we should do, but it is not a guaranteed promise that generations will follow the example set for them. Because (1) every generation that teaches the next is flawed and imperfect, and (2) every generation that follows must wrestle through and learn some things for themselves. It is how we grow.
Each generation must learn to fight, not just in physical battle but in spiritual, relationship, and emotional battle. They need to learn how to fight well, not just with the end in mind but with valuing the process of learning and fighting. It's not always about the declared winner but being able to claim honor and humility every step of the way.
What If We Offered a "Gap Year" to Everyone?
Have you heard of a gap year? It's a period, typically an academic year, taken by a student as a break between high school and college, vocational school, or military service. President Obama's daughter's gap year announcement has recently made the news. In her case, I think it's a good idea. She already faces a year of changes ahead, as her dad leaves office and the entire family moves and readjusts. Plus, she's lived the past (at least) eight years in the spotlight. Not that she won't have a spotlight on her once her dad's out of office, but perhaps it will be just a little less after someone else is Commander-in-Chief.
But for those of us who grew up in the "push forward and work hard and don't stop or you're a slacker" era, a gap year is hard to swallow. Are these kids lazy?
Maybe a few are, but I think that's a dangerous assumption to make. To be honest, not everyone knows what they want to do beyond high school. Or they know they have a long road ahead and want some prep time before diving into adulthood. Looking back, we might be able to say high school was easy and should be counted as a "gap" before real life, but for those in the middle of it or pushing through to the end, it can be stressful and demanding. Maybe some people choosing a gap year are not being lazy but smart, practical, and discerning.
Let's be honest. There are gaps in all of our lives. Some we need, and some we don't. Some we see, and some we don't. We often see gaps in others. There are gaps between goals and where we are, our goals and reality. But isn't that normal? When we're working toward something, doesn't that assume we're not quite there?
Christians are often accused of being hypocritical, and they blame others of the same thing. What if we actually invited others into the gap between our goals and reality instead of pointing to hypocrisy? What if we tried to see the wisdom, practicality, discernment, and humility in the gap instead of the fault?


About a week ago, I sat in on the 16th Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium, which is organized and attended by (in my opinion) some of the most fascinating people in the South. It was my first time attending the Oxford, Mississippi-event and I was hooked from the get go: As a first-timer, I was invited for bloody Marys and biscuits at director John T. Edge's home to kick off the weekend.
I was introduced to a dozen new faces, all of whom were as excited and anxious to start the weekend as I was. The high-octane beverage helped, especially since it was packed with spices, pickled okra, and a hefty pour of Cathead vodka. There were biscuits and souvenir Tabasco go-cups, to boot. That sense of hospitality was carried through the entire weekend. One evening, we were handed a flask filled with a potent bourbon cocktail (to be consumed on a school bus as we rode to fried catfish dinner); the next afternoon, we received illustrated tea towels.
Hospitality and event organization aside (the entire weekend of lectures, meals, and entertainment were executed flawlessly and to the minute), the weekend was packed with informative conversations, both formal and casual. The theme of this year's conference was "Women At Work" so everything revolved around women and food. It started with the car ride down; I was joined by food writer Jennifer Justus and author Alice Randall (Jennifer summed it up nicely in a recent wrap-up post) and continued once we arrived, just in time to watch the Thacker Mountain Radio program. There was an interview with fashion designer Natalie Chanin followed by a performance from The Gee's Bend Singers, who are both fine quilters and choral singers. Friday, Alice and her daughter Caroline Randall Williams, presented their newest project, a cookbook, due out next fall. We were entertained with stories about Caroline's grandmother, Alberta Johnson Bontemps, who left Caroline her massive cookbook collection, which includes a full range of Junior League cookbooks that were once housed in her grandmother's guest toilet. The speech made me laugh out loud and also crave a cookbook collection like hers.
Between all of this, there were funny and fascinating conversations with people from all over the South as well as other members of the Nashville food world like Karl and Sarah Worley of the Biscuit Love food truck, Kahlil Arnold of Arnold's Restaurant, and Lisa Donovan, pastry chef at Husk. It was a big Nashville contingent, I was told. I imagine it will only keep growing.
The meals were spectacular, made even more delicious by the conversations happening over them. One lunch by chef Asha Gomez of Cardamom Hill in Atlanta, was the prettiest plate I've seen all year.
As a first-timer, going into it, I didn't know what to expect—and like many I've spoken with, still feel overwhelmed by everything I experienced. But driving home on Sunday, I was struck by how fulfilling and satisfying the weekend turned out to be. The food, drink, friendships, takeaways, and knowledge have all sunken into my bones, held firmly in place by the fact that I now have 375+ reasons to return again next year.


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Once synced with the database, this immediately creates a new item type that not only has a name and description, but also can immediately be associated with a workgroup, can be registered and progressed within the registry and has all of the correct permissions associated with all of these actions.
This code, extends our Question model from the previous example and adds an optional link to the ISO 11179 Data Element model managed by Aristotle-MDR and even adds a new property on to Data Elements, so that myDataElement.questions would return of all Questions that are used to collect information for that Data Element. Its also possible to include content from objects across relations on other pages without having to alter the templates of other content types. For example, this would allow pertinant information about questions to appear on data elements, and vice versa.
To maintain consistancy edit pages have a similar look and feel across all concept types, but some customisation is possible. If one or more fields should be hidden on an edit page, they can be specified in the edit_page_excludes property of the new concept class.
When downloading a concept, extra items can be included for download by overriding the get_download_items method on your item. By default this returns an empty list, but can be modified to include any number of items that inherit from _concept.
When overriding, each entry in the list must be a two item tuple, with the first entry being the python class of the item or items being included, and the second being the queryset of items to include.
There is a need for some objects to link to any arbitrary concept, for example the favourites field of aristotle.models.AristotleProfile . Because of this there is a distinction between the Aristotle-MDR model objects concept and _concept.
Abstract base classes in Django allow for the easy creation of items that share similar properties, without introducing additional fields into the database. They also allow for self-referential ForeignKeys that are restricted to the inherited type, rather than to the base type.
9.1.2.1 - Concept class Concept is a class each instance of which models a concept (3.2.18), a unit of knowledge created by a unique combination of characteristics (3.2.14). A concept is independent of representation.
This is the base concrete class that Status items attach to, and to which collection objects refer to. It is not marked abstract in the Django Meta class, and must not be inherited from. It has relatively few fields and is a convenience class to link with in relationships.
name (ShortTextField) – The primary name used for human identification purposes.
submitter_id (ForeignKey) – This is the person who first created an item. Users can always see items they made.
This is an abstract class that all items that should behave like a 11179 Concept must inherit from. This model includes the definitions for many long and optional text fields and the self-referential superseded_by field. It is not possible to include this model in a ForeignKey or ManyToManyField.
In this example, the model ReallyComplexExampleItem inherits from concept, but also includes a many-to-many relationship that links it to any number of registerable concepts, such as Data Element or Objects Classes, additionally because of the inheritance, this would allow links to extended models such as Questions or even self-referential links to other instances of the ReallyComplexExampleItem model type.
Because _concept is not a true abstract class, queries on this table or a Django QuerySet that reference a _concept won't return the "actual" object but will return an object of type _concept instead. There is a item property on both the _concept and concept classes that will return the properly subclassed item using the get_subclass method from django-model-utils.
Performs a lookup using model_utils.managers.InheritanceManager to find the subclassed item.
Return self, because we already have the correct item.
On the inherited concept class this just returns a reference to the original item - self. So once the true item is retrieved, this property can be called infinitely without a performance hit.
When in doubt about what object you are dealing with, calling item will ensure the expected item, and not the _concept parent, is used. In the very worst case a single additional query is made and the right item is used, in the best case a very cheap Python property is called and the item is returned straight back.
The easiest way to configure an item for searching and editing within the django-admin app is using the aristotle_mdr.register.register_concept method, described in Using register_concept to connect new concept types.
However, if customisation of Admin pages for an extension is required this can be done through the creation and registration of classes in the admin.py file of a Django app.
Because of the intricate permissions around content with the Aristotle Registry, it's recommended that admin pages for new items extend from the aristotle.admin.ConceptAdmin class. This helps to ensure that there is a consistent ordering of fields, and information is exposed only to the correct users.
It is important to always import aristotle.admin with an alias as shown above, otherwise there are circular dependancies across various apps when importing which will prevent the app, and thus the whole site, from being used.
Lastly, Aristotle-MDR provides an easy way to give users a suggestion button when entering a name to ensure consistancy within the registry. This can be added to an Admin page by specifying the fields that are used to construct the name - however these must be fields on the current model.
For more information on configuring an admin site for Django models, consult the Django documentation.
The creation and registration of haystack search indexes is done in the search_indexes.py file of a Django app.
On an Aristotle-MDR powered site, it is possible to restrict search results across a number of criteria including the registration status of an item, its workgroup or Registration Authority or the item type.
It is important to import the required models from aristotle.search_indexes directly, otherwise there are circular dependancies in Haystack when importing. This will prevent the app and the whole site from being used.
This ensures that when Haystack is indexing the site, some content is available so that items can be queried and weighted accordingly. These templates are passed an object variable that is the particualr object being indexed.
Here we include the managedobject_text.txt which adds generic content for all concepts into the indexed text, as well as including the questionText in the index.
For more information on creating search templates and configuring search options consult the Haystack documentation. For more information on how the search templates are generated read about the Django template engine.
... # Other attributes could also be applied.
Due to the way that Django handles subclassing, all objects subclassed from a concrete model will also exist in the database as the subclass and an item that belongs to the parent superclass.
Would return both DataElement s and its subclasses, such as CountrySpecificDataElement s, however depending on the domain and objects, this may be desired behaviour.
Following from the above, restricted searches for only objects of the parent item type will return results from the subclassed item. For example, all searches restricted to a DataElement would also return results for CountrySpecificDataElement, and they will be displayed in the list as DataElement not as CountrySpecificDataElement.
Failure to include this may lead to broken code or pages that expose private items.
Not all content needs to undergo a standardisation process, and in fact some content should only be accessible to administrators. In Aristotle this is termed an "unmanagedObject". Content types that are unmanaged do not belong to workgroups, and can only be edited by users with the Django "super user" privileges.
It is perfectly safe to extend from the unmanagedObject types, however because these are closer to pure Django objects there are much fewer convenience method set up to handle them. By default, unmanagedContent is always visible.
# Inherits name and description.
For example, in Aristotle-MDR "Measure" is an unmanagedObject type, that is used to give extra context to UnitOfMeasure objects.
To make deploying new content easier, and encourage better documentation, Aristotle reuses help content built into the Django Web framework. When producing dynamic documentation, Aristotle uses the Python docstring of a concept-inheriting class and the field level help_text to produce documentation.
This can be seen on in the concept editor, administrator pages, item comparator and can be accessed in html pages using the doc template tag in the aristotle_tags module.
The first content extension for Aristotle that helps clarify a lot of the issues around inheritance is the Comet Indicator Registry. This adds 6 new content types along with admin pages, search indexes and templates and extra content for display on the included Aristotle DataElement template - which was all achieved with less than 600 lines of code.


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We're back and we are well rested (honestly, so relaxed right now!) A massive thank you to my GeeGee for guest posting whilst we were away - how cute were the lambs in her last post?!
I'm beginning to think that Thomas and I have a weakness for coastal towns in England - Berwick is the northernmost town town in England - with its beautiful coastline, interesting history and amazing architectural features. I easily managed take all 50 photos with the half frame setting on the Diana, hurray!
Unlike Scarborough the coast of Berwich was rugged, with isolated bays scattered between patterns of volcanic rock however it really suited the town and the atmosphere. We want to go back already!
p.s. the winner of the Studio MME giveaway is Christina, thank you to everyone who entered!


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The Federal criminal court has rejected two of the charges to the improvement of the office of the attorney General (BA), in which the accused in the main point offences against the Al-Qaeda-law are accused of. Both fonts are in breach of the accusatory principle.
In the first case, the BA had condemned a man at the end of August due to repeated infringement of the law on the prohibition of the groups al-Qaeda and Islamic state, as well as related organizations because of the support of a criminal organization and because of depictions of violence to imprisonment for a term of six months.
This was done by the criminal command of the serves hit due to the objection of the accused before the Federal court as an indictment. The prosecution, however, is insufficient, as the criminal chamber of the Federal criminal court has on Thursday published the disposal recorded.
So when the accused asked hard drive should be connected to 24 different computers. And a disk has been used on many other computer systems. Three sermons of a well-known Al had been transferred-Shabaab leader on the Computer of another Person. Unclear Federal criminal court, which Alleged crimes were to be made the man and what actions you are referring to remains in accordance with. The BA lists the example of three Videos and three of the ten plots, but he writes from a Wealth of violence and propaganda videos for the group Islamic state. He would be made no concrete information as to the content of the respective media, so that the criminal leave the legal relevance of judge, the criminal chamber.
Also, the BA have stated that no date for the dissemination of images and Videos in the indictment, what is in the application of the Al-Qaeda act of concern. This is only since the 1. January 2015.
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The second is rejected indictment against two persons, one of which is from mid-November until the beginning of December 2013 in Syria is supposed to have happened. According to the indictment, the man of a fighting force is connected, which belongs to the terrorist militia Islamic state (IS).
According to Federal court is not struck from the indictment whether this fighting force in charge of the relevant period was, in fact, part of the IS. Also would be accused of the accused's criminal actions, without the details, for which criminal organization he should have provided. (SK.2019.62 from the 13.11.2019 and SK.2019.69 from the 21.11.2019) (sda/red)
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Renters' Rights Bill continues progress through Lords
Ryan - November 21, 2016
The Renters' Rights Bill made more progress in the House of Lords last Friday. The Bill, which proposes changes to ... https://www.landlordnews.co.uk/renters-rights-bill-continues-progress-lords/
The Renters' Rights Bill made more progress in the House of Lords last Friday. The Bill, which proposes changes to the charges letting agents are able to levy on tenants, now goes on to the Report Stage at a later date.
During last week's committee stage, proposer of the Bill, Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Grender, made amendments to her legislation.
Grender decided to make these changes as she felt the terminology used in the original document, 'would leave too many options for newly named fees to be charged.'[1]
As opposed to specifying named fees to be banned, the amended Renters' Right's Bill now, 'Bans all fees to the tenant from the letting agency and specifies that charging a fee to a tenant would be an offence.'[1]
There does however remain a sub-section in the proposal allowing the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to make an exemption. This is so that should evidence emerge of services in respect of which there is value to the tenant in charging fees, it could be done.
Grender informed peers that she, 'does not anticipate any such fees but my new amendment allows for the possibility, if concrete evidence was indeed found that a fee for specific service would be in the best interest of the tenant in some way.'[1]
Despite general support, not everyone present agreed with all elements of the Bill.
Baroness Gardner of Parkes observed: 'If the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, believes that people will simply reduce their rents, it is unrealistic. When she talks about how much rents have gone up, that is nothing compared to how much property has gone up.'[1]
Addressing other measures of the Bill, such as the mandatory registration of landlords and limits on deposits, Gardner said: '"I thoroughly approve of the idea that you should have access to a register of rogue landlords and all that, but it is unrealistic to imagine that this list of things which the noble Baroness has set out in detail will suddenly become inexpensive or vanish.'[1]
Responding, Grender noted: 'There are good lettings agents out there who are members of government-accredited redress schemes and pursue best practice. They should continue to charge a fee for the work that they do but the fee should be from the landlord, who can shop around and choose which lettings agency to use. Landlords can decide to use the decent, regulated ones.'[1]
[1] https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2016/11/renters-rights-bill–anti-fees-measure-continues-through-lords
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Q: WPF ComboBox SelectedItem when bound to an enum I have a WPF ComboBox bound to a list of a class which contains an enum.
This all works fine, my question is at the end of this post, first the code:
Here is the class:
public class FILTER_TEST
{
    public FilterType Filter { get; private set; }
    public string Description { get; private set; }

    public static List<FILTER_TEST> CreateFilters()
    {
        var list = new List<FILTER_TEST>();

        list.Add(new FILTER_TEST() { Filter = FilterType.CheckNone, Description = "Uncheck all" });
        list.Add(new FILTER_TEST() { Filter = FilterType.CheckAll, Description = "Check all" });
        list.Add(new FILTER_TEST() { Filter = FilterType.CheckCustom, Description = "Custom check" });

        return list;
    }
}

Here is the enum FilterType:
public enum FilterType
{
    CheckNone,
    CheckAll,
    CheckCustom
}

In my view model I have the following:
public List<FILTER_TEST> FilterNames { get { return FILTER_TEST.CreateFilters(); } }

public FILTER_TEST SelectedFilter
{
    get { return selectedFilter; }
    set
    {
        if (value != selectedFilter)
        {
            selectedFilter = value;
            OnPropertyChanged("SelectedFilter");
        }
    }
}

Also in the view model, I set the SelectedItem of the ComboBox as follows:
SelectedFilter = FilterNames.Where(x => x.Filter == FilterType.CheckNone).FirstOrDefault();

Here is the xaml putting it all together:
<ComboBox DisplayMemberPath="Description" ItemsSource="{Binding FilterNames}"
SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedFilter, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"/>

My problem is that although the changing of the SelectionItem works, the actual value displayed in the ComboBox doesn't change.
The initial SelectedItem is "Uncheck all" as, when the window has been loaded, none of the corresponding CheckBox controls (bound to another class which contains a Boolean property) have been checked. What I would like is that when a CheckBox has been checked, then the SelectedItem changes to "Custom check".
This does indeed change the value of the SelectedItem:
SelectedFilter = FilterNames.Where(x => x.Filter == FilterType.CheckCustom).FirstOrDefault();

But the text shown in the ComboBox is still "Uncheck all".
Does anyone have an idea as to what I am missing? I am forced to use the 4.0 framework, I don't know if this is relevant.

A: I've seen the hint to overwrite Equals() of the type in use as this:
public override bool Equals(object o)
{
      if (o is FILTER_TEST)
      {
           var other = o as FILTER_TEST;
           return this.Description == other.Description && this.Filter == other.Filter;
      }
      else
           return false;
}

Now that makes your sample work. Let me come back for a reference on the why.


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Crazy presidential stories don't just come from the White House or the campaign trail. They come from these men's childhoods, first jobs, and even romances. From wartime adventures to struggles with medical ailments, these future presidents had some unbelievable experiences. With all these examples, one thing is clear: if you haven't had some wild stuff go down in your lifetime, you probably don't have what it takes to be president.
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La gualdilla o Sesamoides interrupta es una planta de la familia de las resedáceas.

Descripción
Es un género en el que se ha producido una escasa diferenciación morfológica de los taxones, lo que ha motivado que a menudo se incluyan todos ellos en una o dos especies, a la espera de un estudio biosistemático que permita establecer el parentesco real de las distintas razas y poblaciones ibéricas. Las poblaciones pirenaicas, ligeramente diferentes de las corsas, se han denominado var. gayana (Möll.Arg.) G. López.

Distribución y hábitat
Forma parte de pastizales sobre suelos arenosos, crestas pedregosas venteadas y roquedos, principalmente sobre esquistos o granitos, a una altitud de 1100 a 2700 metros.   Es un endemismo  del sudoeste de Europa, que en la península ibérica se sitúa únicamente en los Pirineos.

Sinonimia
Astrocarpa interrupta Boreau
Astrocarpa sesamoides (L.) DC.
Reseda canescens L.
Reseda sesamoides L.
Sesamoides canescens (L.) Kuntze

Nombres comunes
Castellano: gualdilla.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

interrupta
Flora de la península ibérica


acrimony and divisiveness typical of modern day American politics, but also carried deep historical echoes: Those opposed to the removal lit candles at the base of the monuments and carried Confederate flags, pistols and automatic rifles. Some came from as far away as Oklahoma to join in the protest.
in their home countries. Today, Ethel is the de facto matriarch of America's royal family, a woman who has had an incredible life of Belstaff Bags immense joy and overwhelming sorrow. Her husband was assassinated in 1968 as he campaigned for the presidency, gunned down like his brother, Jack.
held to break ground on the project, state and local officials talked about jobs, tax ratables and an economic boon to the area. That's all well and good, but homeowners say their urban community doesn't need fast food restaurants to contribute to health issues that families have with diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure..
It is advertised that 'No wimps or whiners' are allowed, but the 10th annual Ice Bowl disc golf tournament will help raise money for the Kamloops Food Bank and Kamloops Kidsport Fund. The Ice Bowl, which is scheduled for Feb. "We would like to highlight few key observations, which are 1) the 127 percent Reciprocal retracement of the recent 'Bullish Flag' pattern on daily chart is at 9642, 2) The 'Golden Ratio' (161 percent Reciprocal retracement) of the corrective move from 8968.70 to 7893.80 is at 9624 and most importantly, 3) The 'Multi year Price Extension' (127 percent of 2252.75 to 6338.50 from 4531.15) is at 9720," he said. 9,620 9,720 and hence, looking at this evidence, we would advise traders to start taking some money off the table..
Even when dangers in nature come close, they generally don fit the images in our apocalyptic imagination. Not surprisingly, then, voices proclaiming the inconvenient truth of a slowly emerging apocalypse get lost in the cacophony of apocalypses everywhere.
She tearfully described the almost idyllic relationship they used to have. "The Company thinks they own him," she said. Several friends actually said she was "nuts." Even her parents told her that having another baby would be too much for her. Her best friend said flat out: "Don't do it! Managing two kids is hard enough with two parents." Fortunately, by the time Powell's son, Drew, was born, in March 2001, her loved ones had gotten over their reservations and were ecstatic about the newest addition to her family..


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The distinction between "our culture" and "foreign cultures" was institutionally established in Europe when the first ethnological museums opened in the second half of the 19th century. This distinction continues to live on inside and outside the museum, unfolding its socio-political relevance especially at a time when as many people are searching refuge as rarely before. The exhibition "fremd" raises the question of modes of display in ethnological museums and their effects. Which image of the "foreign/er" is constructed? What does it mean to present "foreign cultures" as having no history? Which position and stance do "we", as spectators, take in the face of the museum's display? Taking this questioning as a starting point, the exhibition will provide the opportunity to not only discuss the function and future of the ethnological museum but also the notion of "the foreign" as such.
Écran somnambule is a solo, a commission by Boris Charmatz under the auspices of the project Rebutoh at the Musée de la danse in Rennes. Latifa Laâbissi had decided to play with slowing down, distorting and stretching the shortest dance she had ever performed, the solo from Mary Wigman's renowned Witch Dance. This "expression dance" required total commitment, a combination of ecstasy and sacrifice, and switching between the extreme figures of the witch and the priestess. Based on the filmed 1930 excerpt which only lasts a minute and 40 seconds, the solo expands to run 32minutes, becoming the matrix for the Écran somnambule project. The dance is transformed into a sort of somnambulist's ritual, leaving a gap which then transfigures its own patterns. In this reinterpretation of the original solo, the dance, removed from its original context, shows us instead a body cantilevered backwards, arms extended, head thrown back, with its face turned to the sky, as if caught inside some invisible spell.
The performance will be followed by an artist talk.


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 Configure packaging
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.. howto::
   :id: export
   :title: Use the packaged jar on classpaths instead of class directory
   :type: setting

   exportJars := true

By default, a project exports a directory containing its resources and compiled class files.  Set ``exportJars`` to true to export the packaged jar instead.  For example,

::

    exportJars := true

The jar will be used by ``run``, ``test``, ``console``, and other tasks that use the full classpath.

.. howto::
   :id: manifest
   :title: Add manifest attributes
   :type: setting

   packageOptions in (Compile, packageBin) +=
      Package.ManifestAttributes( Attributes.Name.SEALED -> "true" )

By default, sbt constructs a manifest for the binary package from settings such as ``organization`` and ``mainClass``.  Additional attributes may be added to the ``packageOptions`` setting scoped by the configuration and package task.

Main attributes may be added with ``Package.ManifestAttributes``.  There are two variants of this method, once that accepts repeated arguments that map an attribute of type ``java.util.jar.Attributes.Name`` to a String value and other that maps attribute names (type String) to the String value.

For example,

::

    packageOptions in (Compile, packageBin) +=
        Package.ManifestAttributes( java.util.jar.Attributes.Name.SEALED -> "true" )

Other attributes may be added with ``Package.JarManifest``.

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    packageOptions in (Compile, packageBin) +=  {
        import java.util.jar.{Attributes, Manifest}
        val manifest = new Manifest
        manifest.getAttributes("foo/bar/").put(Attributes.Name.SEALED, "false")
        Package.JarManifest( manifest )
    }

Or, to read the manifest from a file:

::

    packageOptions in (Compile, packageBin) +=  {
        val manifest = Using.fileInputStream( in => new java.util.jar.Manifest(in) )
        Package.JarManifest( manifest )
    }

.. howto::
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The ``artifactName`` setting controls the name of generated packages.  See the :doc:`/Detailed-Topics/Artifacts` page for details.

.. howto::
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   :title: Modify the contents of the package
   :type: setting

   mappings in (Compile, packageBin) +=
      { ( baseDirectory.value / "example.txt") -> "out/example.txt" }

The contents of a package are defined by the ``mappings`` task, of type ``Seq[(File,String)]``.  The ``mappings`` task is a sequence of mappings from a file to include in the package to the path in the package.  See :doc:`/Detailed-Topics/Mapping-Files` for convenience functions for generating these mappings.  For example, to add the file ``in/example.txt`` to the main binary jar with the path "out/example.txt",

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    mappings in (Compile, packageBin) += {
       (baseDirectory.value / "in" / "example.txt") -> "out/example.txt"
    }

Note that ``mappings`` is scoped by the configuration and the specific package task.  For example, the mappings for the test source package are defined by the ``mappings in (Test, packageSrc)`` task.

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Despite the fact that makeup is one of my biggest obsessions, I always find it a little funny that I hardly ever wear too much makeup (except for Saturday nights, of course). Today I'm sharing with you a little video on how I do this simple look.
A pesar del hecho de que el maquillaje es una de mis más grandes obsesiones, siempre me parece gracioso que casi no uso tanto maquillaje (aparte de las noches de sábado, por supuesto). Hoy les comparto un pequeño video de cómo hago este look sencillo.
Now that we're having a lovely weather I feel like I need to crack out all the rosy makeup that I own. My daily looks are all about the same, I only switch a few products but the results are similar in the end. As I said, it is only on the weekends when I get to play around more with my makeup, but I will leave that video for another day.
Ahora que estamos teniendo un clima bonito siento que quiero sacar todo el maquillaje rosa que tengo. Mis looks de diario son casi lo mismo, sólo cambio algunos productos pero los resultados son similares al final. Como dije, solo los fines de semana tengo oportunidad de jugar más con mi maquillaje, pero dejaré ese video para otra ocasión.


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Resiliency & Climate Adaptation Case Study: How Communities Are Mobilizing With Bipartisan Support To Save South Louisiana
Southern Louisiana
Steven Bingler
Resiliency and climate adaptation efforts seek to buffer humans from the impacts of climate change. In South Louisiana, entire communities are now at-risk to the impacts of sea-level rise. The Louisiana Office of Community Development has been funded by a HUD Natural Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) grant on an innovative, bi-partisan supported project to protect South Louisiana communities. TPR is pleased to interview Steven Bingler, founder and president of Concordia, a community-centered planning and design practice that has been retained as a consultant on the project. Concordia previously coordinated the recovery plan for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina (Unified New Orleans Plan), and in 2007, was one of 13 firms invited by the Make It Right Foundation to create prototypes for sustainable, affordable homes in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward.
"We are at least 75-100 years behind in planning for the catastrophic level of change that is about to happen, not only in our state, but in our country and all around the world. The important lesson for California is: Start now." -Steven Bingler
Your firm has been engaged in work related to resilience and adaptation in South Louisiana for some time. Given the extensive damage to that area from Hurricane Katrina, describe the nature and scope of your involvement, and the science supporting your work.
Steven Bingler: My firm, Concordia, was involved in the Katrina recovery. That was a single event. We've had many events since then, like Hurricanes Rita and Isaac. But now, the risk has gone beyond single events. The combination of land sinking—due to a number of factors, including the dredging of canals by oil companies—and sea levels rising, is creating a slower moving, but even more catastrophic event.
South Louisiana is one of the lowest topographies in the world. We are on the tip of the spear of sea-level rise. Vast expanses of land are right at or just above sea level, and a lot of communities are living in that low-lying landscape. With the projected levels of land subsidence and sea level rise, a lot of that area is going to be inundated.
At this point, there is a lot of science around sea-level rise in South Louisiana. For the last 10 years, it's been mostly about mitigating the rising water levels.
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, a state agency, put out a coastal plan that has to be updated every five years, and an updated one is coming out this year.
The 2012 plan mostly called for mitigation strategies, including levees, marsh creation, and river diversions, which is about diverting silt coming down the Mississippi River out to the marshlands to build up land. The 2012 plan assumed that with all of these measures, there would be limited net land loss, and that we would somehow be able to mitigate the impacts of sea-level rise on the impacted communities.
The 2017 plan recalculates the actual sea-level rise with more updated information on ice melts and other factors, so now, the prediction has gone even higher.
The new plan also predicts an additional 2-4,000 square miles of land loss. That means that the mouth of the Mississippi River will move at least 35 miles north from Venice to Port Sulphur, and could even move all the way to Algiers, which is essentially the city of New Orleans. In 2100, the city of New Orleans—which is now 70 miles north of the Gulf—could be sitting on the Gulf of Mexico.
In other words, what were the worst-case scenarios in the 2012 plan are now our best-case scenarios in the 2017 plan. We can no longer mitigate our way out of this situation.
If South Louisiana is no longer able to mitigate sea level rise, what's the fix?
We're talking about adaptation. We have to acknowledge that we can't fix this. Some 26,000 homes will be impacted, and in many cases we're talking about some kind of retreat.
Mitigation and adaptation are two different solutions. The mitigation approach says, "We're going to build enough levees, marshes and sediment diversions to actually stop this process." Most of the people working on that are engaged with engineering projects designed to stop or contain the water.
On the other hand, the people who are now gearing up to work on adaptation will include more urban planners, and social scientists, like cultural anthropologists, and sociologists.
It's kind of like repotting a plant: You can't just pull it up by the roots and jam it into the ground somewhere else. You have to take a big ball of dirt that includes all the minerals and nutrients that provide life to that plant along with it. But even when you do that, the chances of success are not as good as you'd like for them to be.
There are some close by examples where people have been forced to relocate—like in the 1930s, when whole villages had to be relocated for the Tennessee Valley Authority to inundate the land and create vast reservoirs—but not at the scale that is on the horizon in the next 50-75 years.
It's also important to note that scientists are not now prepared to make predicts after that time period—but to the extent that they can, the projections appear only to get worse, not better.
Given that Louisiana has not been politically inclined to embrace an environmental agenda, how are these latest scientific findings being received by the state's political leaders? Is there consensus on an action and investment strategy?
Of the approximately $20.6 billion in non-state money currently on the table to fund these programs, a few billion came from the federal government, and the rest came from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.
The Master Plan estimates that getting to the highest level of mitigation—though still not net-zero land loss—would take a $50-billion investment in today's money. If you extend that over the next 30-50 years of implementation, it gets closer to $92 billion—and that's just for South Louisiana.
Extrapolate that cost to Miami, or even Norfolk, Virginia, where some scientists have suggested that at some point in the 22nd Century, the Atlantic Ocean could be as far inland as Richmond. The World Bank recently predicted that the world impact of sea-level rise in this same timeframe could fall on 1.5 billion people, so the situation in South Louisiana is only the beginning of a series of slow-moving catastrophic events.
How has the information that South Louisiana is on the bleeding edge of a series of slow-moving catastrophic events translated into executive, legislative, or administrative action?
At this point, it's still pretty new. It's only now that there's a paradigm-shift taking place from the assumption of mitigation to the reality of adaptation. For instance, the Coastal Restoration Protection Authority has been focusing most of its efforts on mitigation. Now we are also working with the state to develop a more comprehensive adaptation team.
The adaptation project we are currently working on was funded by HUD through Natural Disaster Resilience Competition grants, which were issued about a year ago. In the case of South Louisiana, the state's Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit won a $93 million grant that is entirely focused on adaptation of coastal communities to erosion caused by rising sea levels and soil subsidence.
OCD-DRU is using about half of the NDRC award to develop a pilot project to resettle a Native American tribe living on Isle de Jean Charles that has lost 90 percent of its land mass in the last 40 years. The goal is to relocate that entire village to higher ground, where they can be safe. The other half of OCD-DRU's award is being used to create LA SAFE, which is shorthand for Louisiana's Strategic Adaptations for Future Environments. This is a policy framework to guide land use and development patterns that will complement the state's Coastal Master Plan.
These are forward-thinking, risk-based approaches to adaptation that involve a lot of moving pieces and complex organizational skills over the long haul. Although we are serving as consultants, OCD-DRU Policy Manager Mat Sanders is managing both of these projects and he would be a great source of additional information.
Has the governor of Louisiana prioritized Southern Louisiana's adaptation challenge?
Yes. There are dozens of scientists working on it, which the state is paying for. The other evidence is that, for the $93-million HUD grant, our client is the State of Louisiana's Office of Community Development.
What is the role of your firm, Concordia, in the adaptation effort?
Our role is to assist with engaging the community in this process and to help the process be more bottom-up.
There are a lot of people in the community who don't want to hear this news, as you can imagine. There are a lot of people who, even when they hear the news, don't believe it.
We're talking catastrophic change in some places—whole communities relocated. Nobody wants to hear that his or her community is going to relocate. You can imagine the dilemma. And you can imagine what a strain it puts on the political system: Are you going to be the mayor that tells your community that they're going to be underwater in 50 years?
Make the case for why community engagement is so important to this work, and share your firm's approach to it.
The reason it's important is that people's lives are now at stake. This is not a rezoning plan for affordable housing. This is not a new highway coming through your community. This is the relocation of everybody that you know and love. And it can be done in such a way that everybody just scrambles and goes wherever they can find a place, or it can be done in such a way that people can maintain their social integrity.
It's still very early on in the game. Right now, we're looking into the bottom-up components of this strategy. Of course, there are going to have to be some policy changes, and a lot more funding mechanisms will have to be found, to figure out how to do all this. But we can't look only at how this work will be done from the top down. One of the highest risks is whether communities are going to be willing to accept this inevitable change.
People don't want to deal with these issues until their feet start getting wet. And South Louisiana is one of the first places where people's feet are starting to getting wet.
What are the qualifications of Concordia to do this work?
We've been doing community engagement for more than 30 years, and we've built strategies for how to do it. Everywhere we've worked over the years—including in California —we've learned more about the delicate process of engaging communities so that their voices can be heard—so that everybody's voice can be engaged, and you don't have one guy standing up at the microphone speaking for everyone. Our process brings the community in.
The first part of our work in Louisiana was in Plaquemines Parish (a parish is like a county). We had funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Foundation for Louisiana to figure out a climate-change adaptation strategy for one parish to start, rather than working with all six parishes at once.
We had community meetings throughout the parish in which we asked, "How would you like to be engaged in this work? What would be the best way for you to be involved?" And they said: "Plaquemines Parish is not just one thing; it's multiple things. There are multiple regions within our parish."
The wants and needs of people in the lower part of the parish, which borders on the Gulf of Mexico, are very different from those in the northern end of the parish, which borders the city of New Orleans. They're different populations. They have different cultures, different backgrounds, different economic systems, and different needs.
The community determined that there were five regions within their parish, and that there needed to be five planning processes happening simultaneously as well as the parish-wide planning process. And that's how we're doing it—the way they told us to do it.
Lastly, what are the lessons from this work for jurisdictions on the west coast of the Pacific?
There's a really important lesson, which is: Start now. We are at least 75-100 years behind in planning for the catastrophic level of change that is about to happen, not only in our state, but also in our country and all around the world.
Sea-level rise is a slow-moving hurricane. The devastation is predictable, and we could plan for it if we decided to. Whether we will decide to is the question.
There is a tool with maps that have been developed by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association that show the levels of inundation for many of the major the cities in the nation. Go check out that website and see where your own city, or your own house is. See what Long Beach and San Pedro will look like in 2100, and start planning for that.