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Virginia gang leader sentenced to 45 years for racketeering conspiracy, murder
Published Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2020, 4:14 pm
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A former leader of the Nine Trey Gangsters was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included the murder of 23-year-old Delante Eley.
According to court documents, Rashaun Antonio Taylor, aka "Diablo," was a local leader of the Nine Trey Gangsters, a gang affiliated with the United Blood Nation.
On March 11, 2014, after a series of incidents between Delante Eley and members of Taylor's gang, Taylor followed Eley to his grandparents' home, where Taylor shot and killed Eley. Two days later, Taylor and other NTG members were stopped by police while armed with a high powered Romanian-made semi-automatic rifle.
Portsmouth Police detectives executed a search warrant on Taylor's house and recovered gang paraphernalia and his cell phone. The FBI analyzed Taylor's phone, which had been turned off for the two hours surrounding the murder, and found that nearly two hundred calls placed between the time of the murder and the traffic stop had been deleted.
A confidential informant later videotaped a gang meeting led by Taylor, and several days later Taylor was overheard by the FBI and Portsmouth Police via a wire transmitter admitting to the murder.
"Taylor murdered Delante Eley in cold blood and nearly killed two others," said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. "Taylor was the leader of approximately 40 gang members, and for years proudly proclaimed his gang affiliation. Violence was something he encouraged and personally dispatched. He bragged about this murder as his "first body," and regularly robbed people and sold drugs as his sources of income. Threats of violence against fellow gang members, non-gang members, and even a probation officer were common for Taylor, who has spent a lifetime putting others, and this community, in fear. This significant sentence will prevent Taylor from taking another life, and will serve the purposes of general deterrence by putting others, especially those interested in gangs or currently in gangs, on notice of the consequences for taking human life and glorifying murder as a way to gain status and respect."
On Feb. 20, after a week-long trial, a jury convicted Taylor of racketeering conspiracy that included murder, the use of a firearm resulting in death, distribution of heroin, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The case was investigated as part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, Operation Billy Club. The OCDETF program is a federal multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies supplemental federal funding to federal and state agencies involved in the identification, investigation, and prosecution of major drug trafficking organizations.
The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation's illegal drug supply.
Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Martin Culbreth, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Norfolk Field Office; and Angela Greene, Chief of Portsmouth Police, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Raymond A. Jackson. Assistant U.S. Attorneys John F. Butler, Andrew Bosse, and Joseph E. DePadilla prosecuted the case.


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A journey through the promise of God for healing!
I alluded to a Word from the Lord that our church received, so I thought I would post that so my next few posts have a reference point. Thank you Lord that You still speak to us all!
I speak to you knowing the End from the Beginning. I speak to you knowing the End from the Beginning. First I want to speak to you the End that I see. The first ending I see is a NEW SEASON for you. The beginning is closing that season my love, but it's time to step into the NEW SEASON. You know what I have placed upon your heart. You have asked me to do this for you. Step into it, but fear not for I will be with you. I love you, I have faith in you. Have faith in me that I can get you to this new season. Step and grow in me in this new season. REJOICE, the plans I have for your are great! Greater than you could ever imagine.
My love, my dearest love, I did not create this world of sorrow. That was not my plan. I hear your cries. I feel your pain. I have prepared a place for you. There will be no more sorrow and no more pain. But here and now there is pain. And I see the End from the Beginning. And in the end, I see JOY! I see JOY for you. So weep now, but trust in Me knowing that in the End it is JOY – no more tears, no more sorrow, no more pain.
My Beloved, one more thing. I see the End from the Beginning. There is that other thing that I have laid on your heart. The thing that you want to let go of but just can't seem to want to. Today I release you. The End I see is FREEDOM. The Beginning is shackles falling. I call them off in my own NAME because there is no other Name.
I love you. I call you HEALED, I call you FREE. I call you JOYFUL. I call you into this NEW SEASON for I am the LORD your God. I love you. I am with you.
I write this post with a somewhat sad yet hopeful heart. It has been a LONG time since I have written anything – and that's OK. I have been waiting on the Lord to give me some guidance when to start and what to say.
Our church was given a word that we were in a new season, and we have been focusing on revival. We have folks stepping out in faith which is awesome! We are having corporate prayer and we have even started Soak Worship. It is actually very exciting and I am seeing the Lord move in me and others.There is something sacrificial to do these things – commitment, time, patience….and faith.
One of my best friends is one of the pastors of our church. We have been through many things together and we even work together. His love of Christ is so evident in how he lives his life. His faithfulness to the body of Christ is admirable. His friendship is invaluable.
My brother Jeff has shared that he has experienced what Jesus felt on the cross, something he wanted to know – empathy in the physical. He said it was painful, almost unbearable – the pain was real and it has given him insight into what Jesus did for us. He shares that when he preaches and I am grateful.
Sadly, Jeff lost his son last year. I remember one Sunday after his son passed. I am on the worship team and we began and Jeff walked up and raised his hands – later I found out that that is what the Lord told him to do. As he stood there, he began to weep. Carmen, his wife is also on the worship team. As we saw this transpire she ran to hold him. I ran to comfort.
When I went to him, I asked Jesus to give me what he was feeling like he had with Jesus, to maybe ease his pain – I wept, shaking with grief. Tears rolled, my body shook, I was torn apart. It was so much. I stayed and prayed, but it hurt so bad. I pray I'll never know that depth of loss.
So now, today, as our church body tries to move in the spirit of revival, my friend is challenged again. His daughter Sarah is under attack – with cancer. Cancer I know, cancer I hate.
Sarah Elaine was diagnosed with cancer as a child. Jeff has shared the story where he would have willingly given his life for his – just like Jesus did for us. God not only healed her, he healed her a second time. This time, the third time, she is facing chemotherapy as surgery is not an option.
God is good. Period. Cancer does not come from him – it is from the fallen world.
God is a healer. It is His nature.
I stand with My brother and his family and we reject the diagnosis and claim the healing promised by Jesus. I have nothing else to stand on but the Word.
Will you stand with Jeff? Will you stand with the friend or family member who may be facing the same challenge? Will you stand for someone you do not even know? Put simply, we can we stand on God's word? Can we together agree that God is good, His Word is true, and that He can and will heal?
I love Jesus. I love His Word, and I am believing that He is Who He says He is. He is the Great Physician, so I ask that he heal Sarah Elaine – in His mighty Name!
Thank You Lord in advance for Your mighty healing touch!
I know that it is well after January 1st, when people typically make New Years resolutions to make some change they think they need in their life. This is usually done out of a tradition or a habit, and may or may not be successful.
Sometimes, the Lord just seems to put something in my heart to do, and I know it would be good thing – but sometimes I want to drag my feet. I recall a pastor preaching that when we feel that God has spoken and given direction, it is OK to put it on the shelf and question it a few times. Can I be honest and say that I took that and multiplied it like loaves and fish (Matthew 14:13-21)!
The next person in the bible that really stepped out in faith to me was the woman with the issue of blood. The unnamed woman in this scripture had a condition that caused her to bleed for 12 years. In the Old Testament, this condition made her ceremoniously unclean, and anyone she touched or was around her would be made unclean.
25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation.27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
This woman of great faith not only got healing for her daughter, she also provided a glimpse of the plan of Salvation for all of man.
3 stories of great faith. 3 people who had different histories, cultures, family and background – their common denominator was faith.
I started out with Abraham because he was in that situation that many of us find ourselves in. Hearing the will of God to do something in our lives, and having the faith to step into it. I picked the woman with the issue of blood because it was something she had been dealing with for years, just like many of us have been struggling with something for weeks, months, or years. I chose the Syrophenician because some of us feel we may not deserve or can achieve it because of our circumstances – Jesus changes all of that!
My prayer for us all is that Lord we are ready to step out in faith! We are ready to receive healing, hope, and peace from the one who heals by faith! We are ready to receive the plans You have for us! We will trust in Your direction and faithfully step into Your will. Amen!
I think we all have felt defeated at some point in our lives based on bad or unwise decisions. I know that I have. Your defeat and my defeat may be different, but the feeling is the same. And then we get into a situation that is similar to when we lost ( INSERT failed, hurt, unworthy, betrayed, etc.) and fear wells up in our heart.
We remember how we handled it last time and may think, here we go again.
I think about the world we live in that is not as God had hoped from the beginning (Genesis), but I also think about the paths that He has put before us and the paths to victory (Jesus).
I am not talking about the horrible things that happen in life. The things that are evil, undeserved, unthinkable. Those things are not from God, because He is the Great Comforter, He is the Healer, He is who He says He is! If it is not God, how can it come from God?
There hath no temptation taken hold of you but such as is common to man. But God is faithful; He will not suffer you to be tempted beyond that which ye are able to bear, but with the temptation will also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
THIS is our position of victory. In the past where we have failed, He has made a way. No matter how much we are tempted to fail, trusting in Him — we can be victorious! God is good, all the time – because He is God. Jesus healed EVERYONE that he came into contact with, and then, if He didn't – He Raised them from the dead. Victory!
In a life that is filled with joy, sadness, disappointment, hope, fear, and every emotion you can think of, remember that you are fighting from a position of victory. Jesus conquered the grave, he conquered hell, he made a way to heaven and access to the Father. He did not do all that for us to fail – he did that so we could win. Such a price He paid for us to be on the winning side of life.
So why am I focusing on this? Because I am in a situation that in the past where I have failed….until today. I embrace my victory won by my Savior. I embrace that He has made me new. I embrace that I am resurrected with Him in this life, and I look forward to continue achieving more to glorify Him and in the process be a better person for my family, church, and friends.
My prayer for you is that you be reminded that you fight from a position of victory, not failure. That greater is He that is within you than he that is in this world.
There is a song called "Enemy's Camp" and the line is "He's under my feet, he's under my feet, he's under my feet, he's under my feet, Satan is under my feet". My question is are you looking up or at the bottom of your foot? Are you embracing the victory, or worried about what's under "your feet"?
You and I have seen it. People leaving flowers or lighting a candle in memory of a loved one. I have done it, I get it. But God is tugging on my spirit, why are we waiting?
Waiting on what I asked God? He said: Why are you waiting to go to a memorial? Why are you lighting candle?
So I said, that's what we do. When something bad happens, when a child is lost, when people die, when people are murdered, when disease takes someone, that's what we do.
I sent my Son not just to fulfill His and your destiny. My plan of salvation isn't just for you….
My plan of salvation isn't just for you….
Then….He said that there has always been an opportunity for me to intervene. A prayer to restore, authority to cast out evil, love to mend, hands to heal, an army of angels to defend and attack. I am God, who can give the most, and still loves the least of you. I am God, who hurts when His children hurt.
But, know that I am God who can come and intervene, protect, restore, before people call on me, not just after. I am not an after thought, even that is how people tend to try and use me.
I am your Protector. I am your Defender. I am your Deliverer. I am. I am. And I can do all things. Call upon me in prayer. Call upon me to intercede in the worldly things, because I am above worldly things.
You can do all things… Through Me. All can be healed…Through Me. Through Me, lives can be changed and souls will be saved. Through me…..
But not after the fact.
Start thinking through Me, and your world will change, and you will change the world through me.
Have you ever been waiting for God to do something, to solve some problem, or to fulfill a need? I can tell you there have been many times I have been waiting for God to do something – a healing, a blessing, wisdom, etc. In my faith journey, I am finding out that I may have been mistaken because while I am waiting for Jesus to do something, He is waiting for me to do something! Why do I think this? Because I think Jesus responds to faith more than need.
If we look at some of the healings in the Bible, those that were healed had 2 common denominators – faith and action.
12 years she had suffered! The physicians of her time had failed time and time again. I imagine her pain and shame, how her hopes must have been crushed after every attempt to heal her in the natural failed. But then she heard about Jesus – and responded with faith that she could be healed and action by going to Jesus.
24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
So Jesus would have known that this woman had the issue of blood, that she was anguishing for a cure and to be rid of the shame and pain. Why did He not heal her? Faith and action! She had faith that even if she just touched His garment, she would be healed. She had to physically get up and go to where He was, and Jesus responded with healing.
Time and time, individuals in the bible went TO Jesus with faith and were healed. So how do I go in faith to Jesus?
Jesus, thank you for Your sacrifice! Thank You that when we reach out in faith, you respond in Grace and Mercy.


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It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above. But rather than stan...
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Kathy recently went on a USO tour with a number of other thriller writers and The Big Thrill has published a recap of the visit by author Andrew Peterson.
The tour was a wonderful moving experience. As Kathy mentions in the piece, these men and women are just looking for some semblance of normalcy. Even to talk about a normal book or TV show can be incredibly uplifting.
If you're interested in helping, please visit the USO website to find out about opportunities for involvement.


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I have an issue where I want to use Text Comparison in the Drupal Rules module but sometimes the case doesn't match (one is provided by user input and the other is provided by user data). It's comparing 2 emails.
The rule fires as expected if the text matches exactly, but if the text doesn't match case (ie example@example.com != Example@example.com) it doesn't fire.
Is there a way to get rules to ignore case?
The user-data:mail is the email of the user who is submitting the webform, the person-email is the provided data to a ruleset coming from the webform that the user entered.
Make a custom module called 'email_lowercase' and place this code inside it, before runnin this new action, do on both emails 'convert a data type' to 'text', then run the new action this custom module provides with Example@example.com TEXT-token-value you have just converted. After running custom action it will return a TEXT in lowercase, then comapre your email1-text-converted with the TEXT returned from custom module.
Note: you will nedd rules conditional module to compare (add conditional, add an IF) your variables AFTER this custom action is triggered. Done.
NOTE: there are no EMAIL data types for rules, thats way i suggested to firts convert an email field to text. It may work if you don't, i did not tryed that.
This is using the $user_data as one parameter which is a user object, and $preceptor_email which is a text object being passed to the component.
Thanks to Pinueve for his answer as I hadn't thought about executing custom PHP code to evaluate the conditional!
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Q: Error using TIM1 for PWM on STM32F0 I'm trying to isolate this as much as possible (by commenting out the working TIM3 code for comparison).  I've got PWM to work fine on TIM3, but have not seen anything on TIM1.  Originally, the issue was pointed out in the comments that some of the TIM_OCInitStructure. calls were missing (OutputNState), but I have them all in there and am still not seeing any signal.  Does anyone see anything else missing in the code?
void TIM_TIMER_Init(void)
{
    TIM_TimeBaseInitTypeDef TIM_TimeBaseStructure;

//  RCC_APB1PeriphClockCmd(RCC_APB1ENR_TIM3EN, ENABLE);   //timer 3
    RCC_APB2PeriphClockCmd(RCC_APB2Periph_TIM1, ENABLE);   //timer 1
    TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_Prescaler = 0;
    TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_CounterMode = TIM_CounterMode_Up;
    TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_Period = 4799;  // PER = F_timer / F_pwm - 1
    TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_ClockDivision = TIM_CKD_DIV1;
    TIM_TimeBaseStructure.TIM_RepetitionCounter = 0;

    // Initialize TIMx
//  TIM_TimeBaseInit(TIM3, &TIM_TimeBaseStructure);
    TIM_TimeBaseInit(TIM1, &TIM_TimeBaseStructure);

    // Start count on TIMx
//  TIM_Cmd(TIM3, ENABLE);
    TIM_Cmd(TIM1, ENABLE);
}

void TIM_PWM_Init(void)
{
    TIM_OCInitTypeDef   TIM_OCInitStructure;

    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OCMode = TIM_OCMode_PWM2;   // PWM1/PWM2 = set/clear on compare match
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OutputState = TIM_OutputState_Enable;
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OCPolarity = TIM_OCPolarity_Low;
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OutputNState = TIM_OutputNState_Disable;
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OCNIdleState = TIM_OCNIdleState_Reset;
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OCNPolarity = TIM_OCNPolarity_Low;
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OCIdleState = TIM_OCIdleState_Reset;

    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_Pulse = 959;    // 20% Duty Cycle on ch. 1
//  TIM_OC1Init(TIM3, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
//  TIM_OC1PreloadConfig(TIM3, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);
    TIM_OC1Init(TIM1, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
    TIM_OC1PreloadConfig(TIM1, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);
/*
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_Pulse = 1919;   // 40% Duty Cycle on ch. 2
//  TIM_OC2Init(TIM3, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
//  TIM_OC2PreloadConfig(TIM3, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);
    TIM_OC2Init(TIM1, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
    TIM_OC2PreloadConfig(TIM1, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);

    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_Pulse = 2879;   // 60% Duty Cycle on ch. 3
//  TIM_OC3Init(TIM3, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
//  TIM_OC3PreloadConfig(TIM3, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);
    TIM_OC3Init(TIM1, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
    TIM_OC3PreloadConfig(TIM1, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);

    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_Pulse = 3839;   // 80% Duty Cycle on ch. 4
//  TIM_OC4Init(TIM3, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
//  TIM_OC4PreloadConfig(TIM3, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);
    TIM_OC4Init(TIM1, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
    TIM_OC4PreloadConfig(TIM1, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);
*/}

//"using convenience methods instead of CMSIS"
void TIM_PINS_Init(void)
{
    GPIO_InitTypeDef    GPIO_InitStructure;

//  RCC_AHBPeriphClockCmd(RCC_AHBPeriph_GPIOC, ENABLE);  //enabling port C
    RCC_AHBPeriphClockCmd(RCC_AHBPeriph_GPIOA, ENABLE);  //enabling port A

    // Alternative Functions for pins
//  GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOC, GPIO_PinSource6, GPIO_AF_0);  // PC6
//  GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOC, GPIO_PinSource7, GPIO_AF_0);  // PC7
//  GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOC, GPIO_PinSource8, GPIO_AF_0);  // PC8
//  GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOC, GPIO_PinSource9, GPIO_AF_0);  // PC9

    GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOA, GPIO_PinSource8, GPIO_AF_2);    // PA8
    GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOA, GPIO_PinSource9, GPIO_AF_2);    // PA9
    GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOA, GPIO_PinSource10, GPIO_AF_2);   // PA10
    GPIO_PinAFConfig(GPIOA, GPIO_PinSource11, GPIO_AF_2);   // PA11

    // Set pins
//  GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Pin = GPIO_Pin_6 | GPIO_Pin_7 | GPIO_Pin_8 | GPIO_Pin_9;
    GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_OType = GPIO_OType_PP;
    GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_PuPd = GPIO_PuPd_NOPULL;

GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Mode = GPIO_Mode_AF;
    GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Speed = GPIO_Speed_50MHz;

//  GPIO_Init(GPIOC, &GPIO_InitStructure);

    GPIO_InitStructure.GPIO_Pin = GPIO_Pin_8 | GPIO_Pin_9 | GPIO_Pin_10 | GPIO_Pin_11;
    GPIO_Init(GPIOA, &GPIO_InitStructure);
}

//////////////////
Original Question
//////////////////
Does anyone see a problem with this bit of code?
TIM_OCInitTypeDef   TIM_OCInitStructure;

    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OCMode = TIM_OCMode_PWM2;
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OutputState = TIM_OutputState_Enable;
    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_OCPolarity = TIM_OCPolarity_Low;

    TIM_OCInitStructure.TIM_Pulse = 959;    // 20% Duty Cycle on ch. 1
    TIM_OC1Init(TIM3, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
    TIM_OC1PreloadConfig(TIM3, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);
    TIM_OC1Init(TIM1, &TIM_OCInitStructure);
    TIM_OC1PreloadConfig(TIM1, TIM_OCPreload_Enable);

The problem is with
TIM_OC1Init(TIM1, &TIM_OCInitStructure);

The error is
assert_param() failed: file "../system/src/stm32f0-stdperiph/stm32f0xx_tim.c", line 811.  Looking that up that line is:
  if((TIMx == TIM1) || (TIMx == TIM15) || (TIMx == TIM16) || (TIMx == TIM17))
  {
    assert_param(IS_TIM_OUTPUTN_STATE(TIM_OCInitStruct->TIM_OutputNState)); // <- line 811

The TIM_OC1Init() function seems to work for TIM3, but not TIM1.  I've seen others in this forum use TIM_OC1Init() for TIM1, so I'm not sure what the issue is for me.  Isn't this how I set ch.1?

A: Adding TIM_CtrlPWMOutputs(TIM1, ENABLE); to the end of TIM_TIMER_Init() got all the PWM's on TIM1 going.
Interestingly, only TIM_OutputNState matters (Enable/Disable doesn't matter).  TIM_OCNIdleState, TIM_OCNPolarity, and TIM_OCIdleState can be removed and there is no effect. Not sure I understand that since they are right under the original assert_param() errors from the original post, but anyways...

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import {debuglog} from 'util';
import {difference, find} from 'lodash';

export default function getPatternsToBuild(artifacts, patterns) {
	const debug = debuglog('commonjs');

	return pattern => {
		// Find matching pattern artifact
		const artifact = find(artifacts, {id: pattern.id});

		// If no pattern artifact is found, build it
		if (!artifact) {
			debug('rebuild %s, no artifacts found', pattern.id);
			return true;
		}

		// Build if pattern mtime > artifact mtime
		if (pattern.mtime.getTime() > artifact.mtime.getTime()) {
			debug(
				'rebuild %s, pattern mtime %s is newer than artifacts %s by %s',
				pattern.id, pattern.mtime, artifact.mtime,
				new Date(pattern.mtime - artifact.mtime)
			);
			return true;
		}

		// Get the applicable types in this pattern
		const types = [...new Set(pattern.files
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			.map(parsed => parsed.ext.slice(1))
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			.map(extension => patterns.formats[extension])
			.filter(Boolean)
			.map(format => format.name.toLowerCase()))];

		// Build if pattern has types that are not in artifacts
		if (difference(types, artifact.types).length) {
			debug(
				'rebuild %s, pattern types %s mismatch artifact types %s',
				pattern.id, types, artifact.types
			);
			return true;
		}

		return false;
	};
}

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Leaders Bring Vision
Circle of Hope has numerous leaders and staff members who work together to bring about our vision of sharing and being Jesus in our region. Read more about them below.
We are one church with four congregations and dozens of cell locations in the Philly region. Our cells join together in congregations led by pastors and served by our staff. Our congregations join together as one church that bridges what divides us: neighborhoods, rivers, backgrounds and ages. Our pastors lead the whole church, but are generally stationed specifically at a congregation for a strategy.
Rachel Sensenig
Pastor, 2212 S. Broad St.
Rachel has been church planting with Circle of Hope for the past 13 years in many capacities, including serving as our Administrative Pastor for from 2012-2015. She is also an experienced counselor in the HIV/AIDS community in Philadelphia. Rachel earned her Bachelor's degree in Sociology & Philosophy, her Masters in Social Work at Temple. She recently received her ministerial license with the Brethren in Christ. She loves leading cells and advocates for community redevelopment of vacant land in the city through our compassion team, Development without Displacement. She lives in South Philly with her husband Jeff and their children, Zach and Cori. Read her thoughts and meditations at her blog here.
Jonny Rashid
Pastor, 2007 Frankford Ave.
Jonny began serving as pastor in September 2010 when we launched our first successful "hive" of a "hived" congregation on North Broad. In September of 2018, that congregation consolidated with the one on Frankford Ave., and Jonny began serving there primarily. Before pastoring, Jonny was a social studies teacher for the School District of Philadelphia in Kensington. He got his Bachelor's Degree in Education from Temple University. He is an MDiv student at Palmer Theological Seminary. He married Kristen in 2010. They have two daughters. The Rashids live in North Philadelphia. He writes on discipleship, theology, pop culture, reconciliation and liberation, and leadership on his blog more than self-expression.
Ben White
Pastor, 3800 Marlton Pike
Ben grew up in Circle of Hope, taking part in the "family business" and soaking his roots in the fertile soil of our growing community. In 2015 he was called to lead as pastor of Circle of Hope 3800 Marlton Pike. Before that he served as Development Pastor for Circle of Hope 1125 S. Broad St. and as a hospital chaplain. Ben received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Eastern University in 2005 and a Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2010. He also married his wife, Gwyneth, in 2005. They have two sons named Oliver and Theodore. He chronicles his adventures meeting new people in his efforts to find new partners in Jesus' redemption project on his blog.
Julie Hoke
Pastor, 5720 Ridge Ave.
Julie has been a part of the leadership team of Circle of Hope for many years—leading cells and cell leaders and serving as the Lead Cell Leader Coordinator for the whole church. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, most recently working in hospice. She received a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She has lived in Germantown for 13 years. She and her husband Steve have two children. They can often be found with their neighbors enjoying the many green spaces in the Northwest Philly.
Some of our staff serve the church as a whole while being active participants in cells, teams and congregations.
Gwen White
Gwen has been teaching and serving since the beginning of Circle of Hope, which she helped plant with her husband Rod. Since 2010 she has officially been deployed as our teaching pastor. Gwen earned a PsyD from Immaculata University and is a Professor Emerita of Eastern University. She serves on the Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Board and Christian Association of Psychological Studies Board. She is the Director of Circle Counseling and lives in West Philly. She loves a lot of grandchildren with Rod.
Rod White
Development Pastor
Rod moved to Philadelphia in 1995 to plant Circle of Hope from scratch. Now he is now charged with developing individuals, especially our leaders and developing our overall strategies and systems for the next church, as well as teaching and counseling. He married Gwen in 1975; they have four married sons and nine grandchildren (all in Philadelphia). Rod earned a BA in History from UC Riverside, his MDiv from Fuller Seminary, and his PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy from Eastern University. Rod serves with the Good Business Oversight Team, the Circle Kids Support Team, the Circle of Peacemakers team, and the Circle Counseling Support Team. He is the editor for Circle of Hope Daily Prayer and organizes Gifts for Growing. He offers spiritual direction and psychotherapy. The Whites live in West Philly. He wrote the book. He writes a blog. He bikes off copious amounts of cookies.
Bethany Hornak
Bethany is working on renovating the house that she and her husband bought in the neighborhood in Summer 2014, and has come to loathe wallpaper in a whole new way. She has knack for organizing and planning that is put to good use both at work and at home. You are most likely to see her around the neighborhood either riding her bike, hanging out with a baby whom she is babysitting, or eating food with friends at one of her favorite bars. When she is feeling like being a homebody, she'll most likely be baking something delicious or watching a TV show based on a comic book. You really want to try her chocolate chip cookies. The End.
Holly Meneses
Hub Team Leader/Sites Manager
Holly has been a part of Circle of Hope since 2014. She is passionate about making connections with people and helping all feel included and cared for. Holly grew up in the Mennonite church, and traveled worldwide throughout her childhood. She attended Eastern University from 2005-2009, where she majored in philosophy and minored in theology. She went on to obtain a master's degree in philosophy from West Chester University, with a concentration on free will. During her ten years of adjunct teaching, she was able to turn her attention to women's and gender studies, and designed a course on women and philosophy. Now she is thrilled to make a career shift into ministry, and to devote her time and energy into growing and supporting the church in her role as Hub Team Leader.
Luke Bartolomeo
When Luke's not working on websites and other design stuff, he is usually working on more websites and other design stuff, and also writing, camping, biking, reading, among many other things.
Circle Thrift
Circle Thrift proceeds go to our allies Mennonite Central Committee and relief disaster work. We have a store in Fishtown and one in South Philly.
Martha Grace
Martha moved to Philadelphia in 1996 from New Jersey to earn her BS from Drexel University in Film and Video Production and was 3 credits shy of a minor in Philosophy. She has been a part of Circle of Hope since 2000 and served on the original team that birthed Circle Thrift in 2004. Circle Thrift embodies all her passions like living simply, bucking the corporate giants, generating community, caring for the earth, and being a good neighbor locally and globally. She doesn't play the piano but is an enthusiastic pastor's wife, and mother to two of the best teenage girls in the world. Jesus plucked her out of obscurity and gave her life deep meaning. She is blessed to be part of the team, and she totally knows it.
Jess Shoffner
Manager – Circle Thrift on Frankford
Jessica Shoffner moved from Kansas to Philadelphia in 2008, after studying Horticultural Therapy at Kansas State University. Her work in urban gardening began with The Simple Way, an organization that does community building work in the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. She currently hosts a gardening club in the Hart Lane Neighborhood Garden (also in Kensington) through Pathways to Housing, teaching participants who were formerly homeless both practical gardening skills and providing opportunities for connection. As a Circle of Hope leader, Jess has served on the Leadership, Urban Farm, and The Watershed Discipleship Teams. She helps lead our cell movement and is the Manager at Circle Thrift. In her spare time, Jess loves sharing fresh food with neighbors, bicycling, and the experiments of simple living.
Jimmy Weitzel
Manager – Circle Thrift on South Broad
Jimmy grew up here in Philadelphia and lives in South Philly. When he isn't managing Circle Thrift you can usually catch him leading worship at 2212 South Broad, or helping coordinate cells as a Cell Leader Coordinator. He has been connected with Circle of Hope for three years, and has felt called to lead and bring people closer to Jesus. He is also open about his struggles with addiction and has been sober close to five years. He is always willing to help out whoever is in need.
Our goal at Circle Kids is to create a warm, nurturing environment where children from 3 to 4 years of age can grow to become well-rounded learners who will also cultivate a love for learning that will continue well beyond their stay at the Playschool.
Gail Szczesniak
Gail started teaching children in her teen years as a camp counselor and a tap/ballet instructor. She was a licensed home daycare provider and after returning to college as an adult and earning a Masters degree in Childhood Education, developed and taught a preschool and pre-k program in her local school district. Gail was also the program coordinator for an elementary aged after school program. Gail moved to Philly from upstate NY in July 2009 to join three of her four sons. Most recently she was a director for a child care program serving children ages 18 months thru 4th grade. Gail loves children and being involved with their excitement, curiosity and wonder—believing in the importance of play. She also is active in being part of the local community and has been involved with the Kensington Community Food Co-op and Circle Thrift as well as leading a cell group and the cleaning team for the Frankford Avenue congregation. Gail loves the outdoors, rehabbing her house and spending time with family and her three amazing granddaughters!
We organized Circle Spaces as an expression of Circle of Hope to provide affordable rental space for a variety of occasions. Our versatile venue can accommodate events, shows, weddings, and art openings, among other things. What drives us are the convictions we bring, our commitment to affordable space and our long-term commitment to our community.
Other Teams that Lead Us
Cell Leader Coordinators
This team oversees and nurtures our main leaders: the Cell Leaders. They also deploy and supervise our pastors.
Tricia Fussaro, Lead Cell Leader Coordinator
Church Planting Core Team
This team maintains and stokes our apostolic momentum. They work to ensure that we are making deep people who make disciples and increase our awareness of how best to connect with those we seek to influence.
Annie Masterson, Team Leader
Compassion Core Team
This team generates and serves the needs of our compassion teams. They call the church together for concerted acts of service and advocacy. They monitor the compassion fund, directed at needs among us.
Dani Vasquez, Team leader
Capacity Core Team
This team oversees the staff and team leaders who manage the systems that enable our mission to function: buildings, funding, technology, personnel and law.
Joel White, Team Leader
Children's Team Core Team
This team maintains communication and mutual practices and support between our various children's teams.
Kim Crognale, Team Leader
4 Locations ● 6 Meeting Times
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Cells throughout the week.
Someone Asked: The Series Finale
Try as you might, you can't take Christ out of Christmas. (So don't worry about it.)
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Waiting for deliverance this Advent
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Thank You for creating us. We are the happiest people on Universe. We are Your Masterpieces. We are Your Best Creations. We have the best of everything.We are Wealthy and Rich. We live in luxury and love. We feel Your Great Job each moment of our life. We live in miraculous world. We meet happy changes with joy and pleasure.
I am a little astonish about the global changes in our life. Perhaps I can not imagine how our life will change. We are the Winners of DV Lottery 2013. It is true. We are going to the United States of America.
Thank You 19th. You are happy day. You make us happy and beautiful. You give us hope and belief. You give me hope and belief in our happy Luck in our happy Star. We have to win DV Lottery 2013. It is the fact that we are the Winners of Green Card this year and we live wealthy and happily in the United States of America.


.I am a retired swimming teacher who enjoys a challenge. In particular those that can raise money for a good cause. I am also very interested in the Great War History and my families connections to that time in this countries history.
.Starting on the 4th of August at Folkestone 2014 where they will be unveiling their Commemorative Arch leading down the Road of Remembrance to the Harbour and finishing at the Menin Gate in Belgium on the 11th of November 2018. I shall be walking a mile for every day of the Great War. 1,561.Over those four and a half years I hope to follow the journey both my Grand Father took during the Great War as well as his two brothers, Frederick Hanmore and Ernest Hanmore. Frederick was present at the very first actions of the B.E.F. but was K.I.A. in July 1916. Like wise his brother Ernest who was killed on the 3rd of August 1917. Stanley, my Grand Father was a P.O.W. from the 21st of March 1918 but thankfully for me, he survived for me to tell and walk their stories.It will be quite a journey but with I hope a happy ending and raising a lot of money for a very good cause, our Countries Future. " Our Children "
Many thanks to 42 Commando R.M. for your support.
Well done David on your amazing walk.
On behalf of S. Wood for the C.N.O.A.


Brief Summary of Position: GWL is seeking a full time Development Director to add to their Management Team and to lead the fundraising function at GWL. Responsible for leading raising approximately $1.2M from private and governmental sources each year, the Development Director plays a key role in the organization. The Development Director is responsible for building and sustaining GWL's culture of philanthropy.
Development Strategy: Work with the Executive Director, Management Team and Associate Development Director to identify funds needed, preferred funding targets, and approaches to informannual Development Plan.
Fundraising: Conduct research, prospecting, and application to multiple donor sources. Maintain and grow prospect portfolio of foundations, individuals, corporations and governmental sources. Managecultivation and stewardship plans for donors.
CITC Plan: Lead the launch and implementation of GWL's Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) program, which provides individuals, corporations, and nonprofits with a 50% refundable MA state taxcredit for new or increased donations.
Special Events: Oversee organization of and fundraising for annual gala and sponsorships for other major events.
Database: Manage the implementation and usage of the Raiser's Edge.
Budgeting: Forecast revenue among private and governmental sources for annual budgeting and quarterly reviews. Work with the Finance & Operations Director on revenue projections.
Communications: In collaboration with Communications Team, oversee creation of e-newsletter, annual report, and other content for development and marketing purposes.
Must share a passion for GWL's values and vision.
Bachelor's degree or professional experience in nonprofit management, communications, English, or GWL related field.
At least 5-7 years of full-time professional experience in development with excellent references.
Knowledge of and experience with government and foundation grant processes and systems.
Ability to work a flexible schedule including some nights and weekends.
Bilingual or ability to communicate in Spanish is a plus.Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and customer relationship management software such as Raiser's Edge.
Must be experienced working in multi-cultural settings with a demonstrated respect and commitment to multicultural competency.


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School climate research has indicated a relationship between the climate of a school and academic achievement. The majority of explanatory models have been developed in urban schools with less attention given to suburban schools. Due to the process of formation of suburban schools, there is a likelihood these campuses differ from the traditional urban school. The current study examined the predictive value of suburban school climate on academic achievement in a nationally representative sample of suburban campuses. The findings indicate behavior and racial/ethnic composition may impact achievement levels in suburban schools. The findings also indicate the location of the school and the surrounding crime may be a factor in suburban academic achievement.


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Q: Sikuli: Java not found error While installing Sikuli, I get the following error:
C:\Users\adb\Downloads>C:\Users\adb\Downloads\runSetup.cmd
'Files' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
+++ Java not found in standard places C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)
+++ JAVA_HOME not specified
+++ ended with some errors

This occurs when I run the runSetup.cmd file.
I have installed both 32 and 64 bit versions of java and no other application seems to have a problem finding it (Like Minecraft and all Firefox application).
However, here are the locations of my Java installations:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_25

A: You need to add JAVA_HOME as a system variable, and reference this on the Path.

*

*In windows, go to computer > Computer properties > advanced system properties > Advanced > Environment variables.

*Click on New under 'System Variables'.

*Give the variable name as JAVA_HOME and value as path/to/java.

*(For the path/to/java use the path to the Javascript Runtime Environment folder e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\ and not C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin)

*Edit the variable PATH and add %JAVA_HOME%/bin at the end. Close and start your cmd again.

*Note that on some systems, there can be a maximum number of allowed characters in the path, so you may have to remove some entries from the path if you've exceeded the maximum. Do this with caution, and make a backup first (usually MS SQL Server entries are safe to delete)

A: This problem is because Oracle has released a new version of Java. And the Sikuli install is looking for the 2 previes versions. (Current path for me is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_40) I had the same problem with installing Sikuli on my new computer.
What I did is I modified the installation file, so that I can use it to install Sikuli on every new computer in my company. And to make sikuli recognize the latest Java version.
After modifing the "runSetup.cmd" you also need an adjusted "runIDE.cmd" for the IDE to recognize the latest Java version.
This is the adjusted code/file:
runSetup.cmd
@echo off
SETLOCAL

set SIKULIX_HOME=%~dp0
set PARMS=-Xms64M -Xmx512M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8

if not defined JAVA_HOME goto CHECKJAVA
IF EXIST "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto JAVA_OK
echo +++ JAVA_HOME specified but not useable %JAVA_HOME%
echo +++ looking for Java in standard places

:CHECKJAVA
set PROGRAMS=%ProgramFiles%
if defined ProgramFiles(x86) set PROGRAMS32=%ProgramFiles(x86)%

IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre1.8.0_40" goto JAVA7
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre1.8.0_40
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA7
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre7" goto JAVA6
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre7
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA6
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre6" goto JAVANO
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre6
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVANO
if not defined %PROGRAMS32% goto JAVANO32

IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre1.8.0_40" goto JAVA7
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre1.8.0_40
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA7
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre7" goto JAVA6
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre7
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA6
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre6" goto JAVANO32
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre6
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVANO32
echo +++ Java not found in standard places %PROGRAMS% or %PROGRAMS32%
echo +++ JAVA_HOME not specified
goto STOPIT

:JAVA_OK
echo +++ running this Java
"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" -version
PATH=%SIKULIX_HOME%libs;%PATH%
echo +++ trying to start Sikuli Setup in %SIKULIX_HOME%
"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" %PARMS% -jar "%SIKULIX_HOME%sikuli-setup.jar" %*

GOTO FINALLY
:STOPIT
echo.+++ ended with some errors
:FINALLY
ENDLOCAL

runIDE.cmd
@echo off
SETLOCAL

set SIKULIX_HOME=%~dp0
set PARMS=-Xms64M -Xmx512M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsikuli.FromCommandLine

if not defined JAVA_HOME goto CHECKJAVA
IF EXIST "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto JAVA_OK
echo +++ JAVA_HOME specified but not useable %JAVA_HOME%
echo +++ looking for Java in standard places

:CHECKJAVA
set PROGRAMS=%ProgramFiles%
if defined ProgramFiles(x86) set PROGRAMS32=%ProgramFiles(x86)%

IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre1.8.0_40" goto JAVA7
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre1.8.0_40
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA7
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre7" goto JAVA6
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre7
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA6
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre6" goto JAVANO
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS%\Java\jre6
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVANO
if not defined %PROGRAMS32% goto JAVANO32

IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre1.8.0_40" goto JAVA7
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre1.8.0_40
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA7
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre7" goto JAVA6
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre7
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVA6
IF not EXIST "%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre6" goto JAVANO32
set JAVA_HOME=%PROGRAMS32%\Java\jre6
goto JAVA_OK

:JAVANO32
echo +++ Java not found in standard places %PROGRAMS% or %PROGRAMS32%
echo +++ JAVA_HOME not specified
goto STOPIT

:JAVA_OK
echo +++ running this Java
set SIKULI_COMMAND=%*
"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" -version
PATH=%SIKULIX_HOME%libs;%PATH%
echo +++ trying to start Sikuli IDE
echo +++ using: %PARMS% -jar %SIKULIX_HOME%sikuli-ide.jar %SIKULI_COMMAND%
"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" %PARMS% -jar "%SIKULIX_HOME%sikuli-ide.jar" %SIKULI_COMMAND%

GOTO FINALLY
:STOPIT
echo.+++ ended with some errors
:FINALLY
ENDLOCAL

If you for example 'right-click' on the file "runSetup.cmd" and choose 'Edit' you get to see the code. If you replace the 'original' code with my adjusted code it will be able to install using the latest Java version.

A: For better compatibility, can try to download Java 7 32bit version, and set Java 7 installed path to Java Home environment variable. (if setup fail auto detection ).


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Wow, this was a lot of work, but it was worth it.
This wedding was different. Spanning two days, this wedding marched to the beat of a different drum.
On day one, the reception and toasts took place at a lavish mansion 10 minutes from downtown Las Vegas. On day two, the ceremony was held in the middle of the Electronic Daisy Carnival (EDC) — which made gaining entry with camera equipment challenging (but not impossible).


NYCOA STORE, Show Your Pride!
1) The Merchandise Committee is excited to announce our 2018 Greater New York COA Calendars are ready for purchase!
Once there, navigate around the website, and there you will find a preview screen shot (photos also in our merchandise factsheet) of the January month from the calendar, so you can get an idea of how the product looks. It is an easel calendar (5x7) which we are confident will dress up your desk each month and serve as a stylish gift for all PHS families to appreciate. Easels come on a wood block with hard cardboard calendar sheets; a very sleek and modern look. We are very happy with the product and hope you too will feel similarly!
We had a lot of fun putting this project together for you and your families to enjoy for the holidays. Photographs include NYCOA officers involved in various PHS activities highlighting esprit de corps and officership, including a Social Event and Veterans Day Parade photograph with Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, the very first Parade attended by our current Surgeon General! Another calendar highlight includes NYCOA officers featured on the Dr. Oz Show with our former Surgeon General, Vivek H. Murthy. The calendars were ordered on Saturday evening from Shutterfly and we were able to take advantage of a 40% off sale as well as free, expedited shipping as a military discount. This ensured we were able to keep the cost down, at $22.00 each, while being sure to have them ready for purchase just in time for the holidays!
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Thank you all for your support of our NYCOA mission! Happy Holidays to all!
Please find in the following link selected photos from the PHS Officers who had submitted. Special thanks to LCDR Chris Onaghise, LCDR George Pourakis, LCDR Jay Wong, and LT Samantha Dimisa for the bulk of the digital photos. Thank you all!!


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Life happens for us on a constant basis. We're lucky in this way until we die because it gives us endless opportunities to build our resilience from stretching and growing.
Except most people don't see life in this way at all! They see it as constantly happening TO them and not FOR them. I remember when I viewed my life the same way most of the time, but I can also tell you that it's transformed in big ways since shifting my frame of mind.
And the new frame or mindset I use is this: life is simply endless troubleshooting. No matter the circumstances, life is just choice after choice of "how am I going to fix this or change this or solve this." But most people have this whole other frame of mind that keeps them suffering endlessly. I see it really clearly with my mom pretty much every time I speak to her but I also see it all over the place on social media and listening to people.
People have this constant background narrative of "it shouldn't be like this" or "this shouldn't be happening" and life becomes this constant struggle and inconvenience instead of a series of incidents or opportunities to be solved. Once you notice it, it's hard to turn off. People come from this place of "UGH! IF ONLY this wasn't happening, my life would be going just fine," but the truth is, they'd probably still find something to complain about or be bothered by. Why? Because nothing stays the same ever and the reason for that is because the Universe is constantly growing and expanding outward. Trying to make things stay as they are, either us or another person or a job or something else, is literally fighting the way things are. It's fighting reality.
It's like trying to keep a wave upon the sand [name that tune!].
Have you ever tried to keep a wave on the sand? That sounds crazy, right? Think about some other analogy in nature and it's easy to realize how silly it sounds but then we try to make people, places or things or aspects of our lives stay the same when it's just not how things are.
So when cars break down in traffic or mail is delayed or appointments get changed or people die or we get fired or politicians impose bans or men and women harass each other (because they do) or any of the big and small ways that life just shifts and changes, instead of seeing these things as major inconveniences or things that shouldn't be happening, we can just see it as endless troubleshooting.
Life is just endless things to be solved from moment to moment. It's not personal. You didn't deserve it. It's not happening TO you and it's certainly not wrong or bad. It's just the way things are.
Try using this frame or mindset for one day, ok start with the next five minutes, and see what you see!
"You're just such a positive person. I admire that about you. Was there ever a time in which you struggled with loving and accepting yourself? I just feel like someone else who may be struggling with that would be inspired by you."
It's really beautiful and very important to me that people experience me as a positive person now, especially if it inspires them to transform their own perspective on life. But I realized there is an important story to tell about my path to positivity. My journey reminded me of a similar story, so I'll call this The Wizard of Pos(itivity).
When I was in college, I had the Midas touch. Do you know that story of King Midas? Everything he touched turned to gold. That's how I felt in college and into my early young adulthood. I'd say I wanted to have or do something and it would literally materialize before my eyes. On the first day of college, I squinted at the people moving us into our dorms and said, "that will be me, someday." Indeed, two years later, I became a hall/resident advisor. It was also that year that I was granted the opportunity to study abroad in South Africa. I needed to raise a lot of money, but I applied myself that summer and raised $3500 to fly myself across the Atlantic and made my 10-year dream to go to South Africa come true.
Things like that kept happening for me well into and throughout my young adulthood.
And then, a few years ago, something happened. I fell into some kind of rut where things worked decently but not the way they had for many years. It got worse with each month and then things sort of bottomed out for me. It didn't look like that to a lot of people, but it FELT that way to me. My business was suffering and my mental and emotional health had plummeted. I grew increasingly discouraged and disheartened with each passing month until last year, I heard myself say, "I lost my Midas touch. I can't make things happen like I used to."
My light had almost gone completely out. I was growing increasingly negative and fearful. I had become spiteful and often complained and compared myself to other people and their perceived success. Despite achieving so much, other success or accomplishments seemed elusive. The infamous Gemini tendency toward duplicity sort of ran the joint on a daily basis.
I hardly recognized myself. Despite my awareness of my behavior, I felt unable to turn things around.
I was desperate to understand what was happening and what I could do to change it.
I started digging deep, really deep. I came to fully embrace that was raised in a family that tolerated my existence but rarely celebrated it. To overcome that neglect, as a child, teen and younger adult, I sought out a lot of loving and wonderful people once I realized what love could feel like. From the time I was young, I was always gregarious and loving so I always seemed to find these people, even if they were sometimes hidden among the weeds of a toxic or dysfunctional environment or community.
But the part of me that knew neglect, abandonment and the feeling of not being cherished or adored, still sought out people and places that would reinforce that experience for me. It was familiar, after all, if not all that comfortable.
Despite making some really great decisions to remove myself from situations or relationships like that during the past few years, I was still subconsciously doing it in other areas or with other people. Since I had made great progress and so much WAS working, I couldn't see these blind spots. But they were there, and eroding the confidence and strength I strived to build in other areas. They were counteracting the progress I'd make and set me back for days or weeks.
But I began to see it. Ever so slowly. I started experiencing the same patterns in every aspect of my life--a person here or there would be a clone of another. I heard these people complain about others, compare themselves or speak in ways that revealed a lack of self-awareness of their actions. They all seemed, in varying degrees, unwilling or unable to see or be responsible for the impact of their choices and behavior. They were resistant to the actual hard work of personal growth and appreciation of themselves and their own gifts, despite evidence to the contrary. From the outside, they presented the image of being "put-together" or "the pinnacle of positivity" but were actually very different if triggered or shaken or confronted in some way. These were very different relationships from my old friends, those people I had found earlier in my life, who had lit my path with the light of self-awareness and a passion for growth and healing. These people in my life now seemed to be showing me one face and the world another, and it confused me so much--particularly when I confronted them and suddenly became the focus or target of their projections. I went from trusted confidante to Enemy #1 sometimes overnight.
And then I realized why: I was acting as a mirror for them and vice versa. As I spent more and more time around people who were resisting their own vulnerability, authenticity and inner demons, I took on their secret negativity and insecurity. As I surrounded myself with people who focused their energy more on putting up appearances and avoiding the painful complexity of life than confronting it, I did too. I complained. I gossiped. I hid. In this environment, my gender transition, an already delicate and vulnerable process, became increasingly less of a celebration and more of a prison as I rejected and resented people more each day. I saw threats at every turn and doubted myself and my abilities. It wasn't who I had ever been, but I absorbed it and sent it back out into the world. And, just like these people, I managed to develop two versions of myself: the one I was "behind the curtain" and the one I showed the world.
I had become the Wizard of Positivity--pulling off the feat of impressing the world with my strength and courage but also feeling like a fraud as I feverishly manipulated controls and switches to keep up the illusion of happiness, confidence and inner peace.
The more I did this, the more I experienced rejection and reprisals. My own behavior was literally creating the alienation I experienced from people and opportunities. All the healthy food and personal development trainings in the world weren't filling the void of not feeling appreciated, valued or cherished for who I was. It felt like a sinkhole and the more I tried to grasp at a solution or a person, the more I felt them slip through my fingers. The way out was elusive and I knew a despair deeper and darker than any that Anne Shirley could ever imagine.
But I knew why I was experiencing all of it. It was my creation. I had allowed the parts of me that didn't believe I deserved love, recognition, support or success take over and I had put myself into environments or among people who weren't truly thriving themselves, despite their illusion to the contrary. I had fallen for those illusions, just as others were, and now had to reconcile with the truth. A lot of things look and feel a lot like love. But where there is a question, there is no love. And where there is real love, there is no question.
I had chosen to settle for less because it resonated with a part of me that felt it was all I deserved. And conflicts that came up were from a different part that knew I deserved better. Despite the pain and fear of changing, I knew I had to remove myself from anything or anyone that wasn't real love--in work, relationships and anything else.
And that's exactly what I did. Hand over hand, I climbed out and through and away from identities, behaviors, habits, situations and people that kept me from being fully expressed or fully seen and appreciated. The more I did, the better I felt and it gave me confidence to keep going.
The pain of whatever was lost wasn't stronger than my will to overcome that dark, negative place I had been in for so long. I began to see everything come into relief--everything made sense as my life improved over three months and then six and then nine. Positive and encouraging oppportunities seemed to serendipitously find me again, effortlessly. When I found myself chasing something or someone like I had before, I instantly saw the dead-end sign and would turn back.
And that's where I am now. I'm experiencing relationships and business/life opportunities like the ones I knew before and also the ones I dreamed about. I'm rather feeling like I've been raised from the dead. Things are happening in my life that make no logical sense and are mind-boggling for me, but they are the things I used to want so much---so I won't second-guess the Universe and look a gift-horse in the mouth. It seems I've definitely got my Midas touch back!!
The work keeps expanding in front of me, because the old habits are strong and deeply rooted in that part of me that needs to heal fully and completely. It couldn't heal in environments that reinforced it--it is healing in atmospheres of abundant love and reciprocity.
It would be great to say my transition made this all possible, that it inspired the change I needed to make. But the truth is, I've never felt more like the "old me" than I do right now. I just sound a little different and have bigger muscles.
Perhaps it was the courage to transition that allowed me to finally overcome whatever held the "old me" back. It was the genesis of finally exposing what hadn't ever really been given room to breathe.
And being alive feels great--especially since I've known what not living feels like. I've known all that fear, shame, rejection and neglect. I remember how it felt to be around it and who I became as a result and how hard I had to work to keep up the dual identities. I don't want to experience that again so all I can do now is be love and feel love and share it.
And the most important part of all is now when people call me positive, I can agree with them.


The Black Sox Scandal, the Sneaker Game, the Coin Toss, and more.
Five seconds left in the NFC Wild Card game. The Bears are on the Eagles' 26-yard line, trailing 16 to 15. Cody Parkey runs on to attempt a game-winning field goal, gets iced, and tries again.
The snap. The kick. The ball is up. It grazes the fingers of defensive tackle Trayvon Hester. Then it bounces off the left upright, then the crossbar, and flops onto the field, as mascot Staley Da Bear falls over on his side, as though he's been shot.
Thus ends the season of the most exciting Bears team since 1985. It was a tough beat, but Chicago sports teams have experienced tougher: defeats that haven't just ruined seasons, but damaged franchises for years to come. Let's recall some of the worst.
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of baseball's most infamous World Series, when eight members of the Chicago White Sox, including would-have-been Hall of Famer Shoeless Joe Jackson, were banned from baseball after allegedly conspiring with gamblers to throw the Series to the Reds.
This was probably the worst beat Chicago has ever experienced, because it was both self-inflicted and damaged the team for decades.
In the early 20th Century, the White Sox were among baseball's elite, appearing in three of the first 16 World Series. But after losing most of their best players, the team descended into eternal mediocrity. Since the Scandal, they've only been back to the Series twice, and are arguably the most anonymous and least distinguished of baseball's original 16 franchises.
The Scandal also resulted in the appointment of baseball's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a Chicago federal judge and staunch racist who kept black players out of the game until his death in 1944.
It was cold and wet in Manhattan on December 9, 1934, when the undefeated Bears met the New York Giants in the NFL Championship game. Throughout the first half, both teams slipped and slid on the frozen turf, which was too hard for cleats to gain traction. Only the Bears managed a touchdown, on a pass from quarterback Keith Molesworth to fullback Bronko Nagurski. At halftime, they held a 13-3 lead.
In the fourth quarter, the sure-footed Giants scored four touchdowns, while the Bears continued skidding around the field.
In 1969, the Bears and the Pittsburgh Steelers both finished 1-13. To determine who got the number one pick in the next year's draft, representatives of both teams met for a coin toss in a New Orleans hotel room. As NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle held a 1921 silver dollar, Ed McCaskey, the ne'er-do-well son-in-law of Bears founder George Halas, called "heads." The coin came down tails.
"McCaskey, you bum, you can't even win a coin toss!" a Sun-Times sportswriter shouted.
The Bears ended up losing a lot more than a coin toss. They lost the right to pick Louisiana Tech quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who would lead the Steelers to four Super Bowl victories. The Bears still haven't had a great quarterback since Sid Luckman, who thrilled the nation with his T-formation until his retirement in 1950.
By 1979, the backlash against urban dance music was on full blast. That July, the White Sox and WLUP disc jockey Steve Dahl invited fans to attend a doubleheader against the Tigers for 98 cents if they bought a disco album to be blown up on the field between games.
The Sox were struggling through a 73-87 season, and owner Bill Veeck was always willing to use any gimmick to bring in fans. Nearly 50,000 showed up, many wearing WLUP t-shirts. As Dahl destroyed disco, drunken fans stormed the field, causing so much damage to the grass that the White Sox were forced to forfeit the second game.
The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in the eighth inning of Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field. Fox announcer Thom Brennaman was counting down the outs to the team's first pennant since 1945. "Five outs away," he said as the Marlins' Luis Castillo stepped to the plate.
Castillo hit a foul ball off starter Mark Prior. As the ball spun toward the box seats behind the left field line, clueless fan Steve Bartman reached for it, deflecting its path from the glove of left fielder Moises Alou. An unnerved Prior followed up with a wild pitch. Castillo walked. Juan Pierre, who had reached second base on a double, advanced to third. Both scored. So did six other Marlins, giving the visitors an 8-3 victory.
There was still a Game 7, but everyone knew the Cubs were going to lose it. "I talked to a friend in Las Vegas, and the money is pouring in on the Marlins," one of my gambling buddies told me the next day. Lose the Cubs did. They would have to wait another 13 years to reach a World Series.
The game, and the freak play that changed its course, has become such a part of Chicago sports lore that Bartman is better remembered than any of the Cubs who were on the field that night. Bartman has never returned to Wrigley Field, and attempts to live an anonymous life in the north suburbs. When the Cubs won a World Series, the team gave him a ring.
If Derrick Rose had led the Bulls to an NBA championship, he may have been the most beloved player in the team's history. Michael Jordan, for all his talent, is not a lovable character, and he's from North Carolina. Rose grew up in Englewood and won a state championship for Simeon Career Academy.
The Bulls took Rose with the first pick of the 2008 NBA draft. In 2010-11, he led the team to a league-best 62-20 record and became the youngest winner of the Most Valuable Player Award. The next season, again with the league's best record, the Bulls entered the first round of the playoffs as big favorites against the Philadelphia 76ers. In Game 1, Rose tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. The Bulls lost the series, four games to two. Rose missed all of the following season, and most of the season after that, with a tear to the meniscus in his right knee.
Ever since, the player who once looked like the future of Chicago basketball has been a journeyman. Since leaving the Bulls after the 2015-16 season, Rose has played for the Knicks, the Cavaliers, and now the Timberwolves, where he is reunited with old coach Tom Thibodeau, and is averaging 18.9 point a game, the highest total since before his first injury. Rose is only 30, so maybe he can once again become an all star.


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AQA2U: UK-based mobile microblogging service could make publishers money, but it costs
April 21, 2009 by Andy Merrett
Yesterday I received a press release about a new service available to UK-based mobile phone users called AQA2U.
Set up by the existing AQA text messaging service, it allows anyone to set up an account and then send SMS alerts to anyone who has decided to follow them.
Though it's free for a publisher to register, it costs 98p for someone to subscribe (by texting the chosen topic name to 63336) and thereafter it costs 25p each time they receive a text, up to a maximum of £3.50 per month. The publisher can make around 7-9p per subscriber per message.
While I'm struggling to see why people would pay to receive text alerts from people when they could just sign up to Twitter, it seems that there are some fans (bear in mind that this was in the press release).
Celebrity photographer Dave Hogan said that "This is a great system. I'm not a twitterer or blogger and don't get much time to sit at computers, so this works well for me – gives me a way of letting people know what I'm doing by phone."
Great in the sense that both Dave and AQA could be making a reasonable income from this if it takes off. In fact, doing just a little digging would have shown Mr Hogan that it's perfectly possible to send Twitter updates from a mobile device, and cheaper (or free) for followers to receive them, even by mobile.
It will be interesting to see if the service takes off, given that it costs and it's currently only available in the UK.
AQA2U
Author: Andy Merrett
Andy Merrett is a London-based full-time blogger writing for several Shiny Media technology blogs and various other projects. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.
Filed Under: News Tagged With: aqa2u, Microblogging, SMS, text message, UK
The PSYCHIC2U one was very, very funny
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Although the SMS alert is a good idea, I would not pay a subscription fee to this type of SMS alert. I am pretty confident services similar to this provided AQA2U, is provided free by some of its competitors.
PeterJ says
Get funny, thought provoking and interesting quotes and sayings direct to your mobile. To subscribe text "SAYINGS2U" to 63336.
I run a couple of websites where I try to highlight useful things for people – sometimes bringing together 2-3 ideas that would work well together, but I've been sitting on AQA2U for over a year now, occasionally turning my thoughts to it and wondering how people could make money from it. So far I've not found a valid use for it that people would be willing to sign up for.
The main limitations I see are:
– value for money, especially in these times
– the frequency of the text isn't that great, with 14 per month it's difficult to fit that into any kind of regular pattern and remain valid/useful
So, off the top of my head …. all I can think of is if you lived in the centre of a major City where celebs hang out, you could send texts to say where you just spotted a celeb. This could be marketed to papparazzi … but the volume limit still gives you a problem. If you send out a text to say a B list Celeb is in a particular bar, then it'd be really annoying if you turned the corner and spotted the Queen of England playing darts in a pub! So, nope, it still doesn't fit.
I'll come up with something one day!
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Svitlana Vakulenko, Maarten de Rijke, Michael Cochez, Vadim Savenkov, and Axel Polleres. Measuring Semantic Coherence of a Conversation. In International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2018, Monterey, CA, USA, October 2018.
Sebastian Neumaier and Axel Polleres. Geo-semantic labelling of open data. In 14th International Conference on Semantic Systems (SEMANTiCS), Vienna, Austria, September 2018.
Soheil Human, Florian Fahrenbach, Florian Kragulj, and Vadim Savenkov. Ontology for representing human needs. In Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web – 8th International Conference, KESW 2017, Szczecin, Poland, November 8-10, 2017. Best Paper on Societal Challenges award.
Florian Kragulj and Florian Fahrenbach. 2017. From needs to satisfiers: how design thinking can inform organizational learning processes. In Proceedings of the International Conference Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy, Hrsg. Eduardo Tomé, Gaby Neumann, Blaženka Knežević, 470-482.
Soheil Human, Golnaz Bidabadi and Vadim Savenkov. Supporting pluralism by artificial intelligence: conceptualizing epistemic disagreements as digital artifacts. Poster at Philosophy & Theory of Artificial Intelligence, November 3-4 2017, Leeds, UK.
Soheil Human, Markus Peschl, Golnaz Bidabadi and Vadim Savenkov. An enactive theory of need satisfaction. Poster at Philosophy & Theory of Artificial Intelligence, November 3-4 2017, Leeds, UK.
Svitlana Vakulenko, Ilya Markov, and Maarten de Rijke. Conversational exploratory search via interactive storytelling. SCAI (ICTIR), 2017.
Vadim Savenkov, Qaiser Mehmood, Jürgen Umbrich, and Axel Polleres. Counting to k, or , or how SPARQL 1.1 property paths can be extended to top-k path queries. In 13th International Conference on Semantic Systems–SEMANTICS 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 11–14, 2017.
Svitlana Vakulenko and Vadim Savenkov. TableQA: Question answering on tabular data. In 13th International Conference on Semantic Systems–SEMANTICS 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 11–14, 2017.
Sebastian Neumaier, Vadim Savenkov, and Svitlana Vakulenko. Talking open data. In 14th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2017, Portoroz, Slovenia, May 28 – June 1, 2017.
Alexander Kaiser, Florian Kragulj, and Florian Fahrenbach. Creating a purposeful organization: need-driven and knowledge-based vision development collaborations. Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference, Valladolid, Spain, 26.04.
Congratulations to Svitlana Vakulenko with the paper & talk at ISWC 2018!
Paper Geo-Semantic Labeling of Open Data at SEMANTiCS 2018!
The project "Open Data for Local Communities" (CommuniData) is funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) under the program "ICT of the Future" between November 2016 and October 2019. More information: https://iktderzukunft.at/en/.