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The state of Maine became the official state of the United States in 1820 as the twenty-third in a row. It is located in the northeastern tip of the United States and borders Canada to the north. Of the other US states, it borders New Hampshire only to the west. The capital of the state of Maine is the city of Augusta, which has a population of 20,000.
The area of today's state of Maine began to be settled by European colonists, specifically the British, in the early 17th century. In the middle of the century, the area came under the administration of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but in the following decades the area became a place of struggle for supremacy between the British, the French and the original inhabitants. After gaining American independence, Maine became part of the state of Massachusetts, but the dissatisfaction of the population with the administration resulted in efforts to secede and create their own state. This was achieved in 1820, when Maine became the 23rd American state.
Maine is located in the northeastern part of the United States on the Atlantic coast. It is the easternmost state in the USA and also the only one that shares a border with only one other American state. The highest point is the top of Mount Katahdin, which is located at an altitude of 1606 meters.
Maine Zip Codes: Offers a complete list of all postal codes in Maine by city and county.
The climate in Maine is characterized as a humid continental and is characterized by relatively warm and wet summers and cold winters with plenty of snowfall. The average maximum daily temperatures in summer reach around 27 degrees Celsius, in winter the average maximum temperatures are kept below freezing during the day, so that at night they fall to -12 degrees.
The development of the state of Maine in the past has always been hampered by harsh climatic conditions that do not favor agriculture. Today, the paper and wood industry plays an important role in the state's economy. In the last few decades, services have been developing rapidly, for example in the financial sector. Tourists are also increasingly choosing Maine as their holiday destination, especially using the excellent conditions for outdoor activities; Acadia National Park is a popular destination for visitors.
Augusta has been the capital of the state of Maine since 1832, but the largest city is Portland with a population of 70,000.
The capital of Maine – Augusta
The capital of the state of Maine is the city of Augusta. It is located in the southeastern part of the state and has a home of about 20,000 inhabitants, making it the third smallest capital in all US states. Augusta became the state capital of Maine in 1832.
The area of today's city of Augusta was inhabited in the middle of the eighteenth century. The city itself was founded in 1797 and named Augustus after Henry Dearborn's daughter, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. In 1827, the capital was moved to Augusta from the coastal Portland so that the center was closer to the center of the state and more accessible to the majority of the population. However, the state authorities did not move to Augusta until 1832, after the seat of parliament was completed.
Augusta is located in the southern part of the state, about fifty kilometers from the Atlantic coast. There is a humid continental climate, characterized by warm and humid summers, with average peak temperatures of around 26 degrees Celsius, and cold and snow-rich winters with average peak daily temperatures around zero. Precipitation is relatively common throughout the year; most of them are usually recorded in the fall.
The flag of the state of Maine was adopted in 1909.
Abbreviation ME (Reference: AbbreviationFinder)
Name Maine
Capital Augusta
Largest city Portland
Population 1,328,302 (2013)
Area 91,634 km 2
Accession to the Union March 15, 1820
The highest point Mount Katahdin (1,606 m)
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The mission of the 1st Battalion (General Support), 52nd Aviation Regiment is to provide aviation general support to United States Army Alaska, transition to war, and conduct operations in support of Combatant Commanders.
Prior to 2005, the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment had been based in South Korea, as part of the 17th Aviation Brigade, Eighth US Army. There its mission had been to transition to war rapidly and provide theater aviation General Support to the Commander in Chief (CINC), Combined Forces Command (CFC), United States Forces Korea (USFK), and the Eighth United States Army (EUSA).
To accomplish that mission the unit consisted of 6 companies with a total of about 40 UH-60A and C-12F aircraft. Although the Battalion's primary focus was General Support, each company additionally specialized in other areas. Headquarters and Headquarters Company (Crusaders) provided the headquarters, administration, and logistics base for the Battalion, as well as the CINC's Flight Platoon (CINCHAWK). A Company (Dragons) served as a Combat Support Aviation Company with the ability to provide Command and Control (C2), air assault, and aerial logistics supply. B Company (Red Barons) had the additional mission to provide split base operations at K-16 and Taegu, in support of the 19th TAACOM Commander and the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission. C Company (Tomahawks) provided the primary support for VIP missions and the EUSA Commander. D Company (White Horse) was the Battalion's Aviation Unit Maintenance (AVUM) company responsible for the operational readiness of the battalion's UH-60s. A company, 6th Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment was the attached fixed wing company with assets both in Korea and in Japan.
The 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment was first constituted on 16 January 1996 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation, and activated in Korea. On 16 February 1996, as part of the Aviation Restructuring Initiative, the 1-501st Aviation was inactivated and reflagged as the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation at K-16 airfield. 1-52nd Aviation was consolidated at K-16 in March of 1996. In 1997, 1-52nd Aviation received the theater AAAA Outstanding Aviation Unit of the Year Award.
In early 2005 the decision was made for 1-52nd Aviation to begin a transformation. On 15 April 2005, while remaining at K-16, A Company, 1-52nd Aviation, Dragon Flight, Eagle Flight, and A Company 6-52nd Wildcats were reflagged as elements of 2nd Battalion (General Support), 52nd Aviation based out of Camp Humphreys, Korea. Later in June 2005 the remainder of the Battalion relocated to Fort Wainwright, Alaska to begin the start of a new General Support Aviation Battalion in the Alaskan Theatre. The unit was assigned to Task Force 49, US Army Alaska. It was redesignated on 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 52d Aviation Regiment.
With the replacement of Task Force 49, US Army Alaska with the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, US Army Alaska, the 1st Battalion (General Support), 52nd Aviation became a key component of that organization. On 1 August 2011, the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade completed its move to Joint Base Lewis-McChord from Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Established in in 2009 to control aviation operations in Alaska, a function previously performed by Task Force 49, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade had subsequently evolved into a command for various aviation assets within I Corps, resulting in the decision to move the command. It was subsequently determined, however, that 16th Combat Aviation Brigade could not effectively control the aviation assets in Alaska that remained and a new command, the US Army Alaska Aviation Task Force was subsequently established to provide command and control for 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment and 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment.


If you are a simpleton and don't want a flashy décor for your room, you can opt for the shabby chic style. The shabby chic style is the ideal choice for people who are looking to decorate their room on a budget.
With cash a little tight in the current economic climate, spending too much money on interior decoration is hardly a sensible idea. The shabby chic look is designed at providing comfort and practicality than exuberance and zing.
Just because you don't have a big budget doesn't mean you have to compromise on look or elegance. The shabby chic look is affordable to achieve and it is elegant as well. The furniture and fittings used in a shabby chic look are not new or modern, but are geared towards simplicity. There are several elements that make up a shabby chic look. If you want to try a shabby chic look, here are a few ideas to help you get on the right track.
Slip covers are a staple of the shabby chic look. Slip covers lend your furniture a new look. You don't have to replace your furniture to accentuate the look of your décor. You only have to get slip covers which are inexpensive and the look is completed. Not only are they friendly on your pocket but they also look nice and appealing.
The slip covers are further enhanced by using printed fabrics that have striking patterns. The fabric is used to cover pillows, cushions, beds or any other furniture which might require to be covered. There is no limitation to the type of print that can be use on the fabric but the floral look is highly preferable. In conjunction with the slip covers, the right fabrics complete a refined shabby chic look.
Painted furniture also defines a shabby chic look. For painting, the furniture does not have to be expensive or top of the line. You can buy used and second hand furniture which is inexpensive and then paint it. Painting the furniture will add to its look which might be a little worn with years of use. Typically, furniture does not match with the color of the décor. To achieve the perfect shabby chic look, paint your furniture to match the covers and the fabrics.
A floral arrangement is a key part of a shabby chic look. You can buy bouquets or make your own from your garden. Don't go for a strict pattern while arranging the flowers. Keep the arrangement loose and informal to go with the overall ambience of the room. Flowers are an element that can be used in every part of your home including the bathrooms.
Raid the flea markets for lamps and other light fixtures. Don't spend too much money but buy as many pieces of unique lighting to your room as possible. The lighting often contradicts the other elements but that is what they are intended to do. With the unique lighting, your shabby chic look is completed.
Chris is a regular writer at Christophe Living. His years of experiences about interior decorating has helped a lot of people at designing their own home.


I've blogged that Singaporeans Reign as Mindless Slaves of Smartphones in SE Asia. Rampant sightings of people glued to their smartphones while walking, on trains/buses, eateries etc. A modern form of opium addiction on a tech device.
2 weeks ago, news reported that the seasoned pilot of South Korean Asiana Flight 214 felt stressful about making a visual approach as the instrument landing system is out of service at San Francisco airport.
This is a result of being too reliant/addicted on technology even though conditions are excellent for a visual approach by looking out the window & taking cues from an array of approach lights at the runway's edge.
Yet pilot feel stressful to land visually when technology is not there to help. It reminds me of the movie Pacific Rim when the invading alien battling the digital Striker Eureka disabled Eureka with an EMP blast. Old analog Gipsy Danger arrive in nick of time to turn the tide. There's a reason why old analog instruments are still present in cockpits.
During the Vietnam war, american strategists thought that missiles are the way to go. So they ditched guns on some of their fighters. However missiles are not dependable. They are called missiles for a reason & not called hitiles. Some dogfights end up with the american pilots helpless as sitting ducks with no guns to use when missiles are no more. Which is why guns are still mounted on modern fighters till this very day.
Very stressful without technology to help. The pilot flying the Boeing 777 on approach is on too steep an angle of attack till the tail touch the ground first.
Likewise i'm seeing increasing number of people reliant on garmin devices providing GPS guided directions. The skill of reading maps/street directory & making note of landmarks along the way seem lost. Not surprising if these overly tech reliant folks are screwed & stressed like the pilot who crashed when the tech device is not there, spoilt or out of battery.
Besides excessively reliant on digital devices, there are others -Things In Excess Become Their Opposite.


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#HistMonastDH | Conference: Monasteries in the Digital Humanities (September 12-15, 2017, Częstochowa)
von Maria Rottler · Veröffentlicht 31. August 2017 · Aktualisiert 31. August 2017
via Marek Derwich, Wrocław:
12–15 September 2017
Pauline Monastery of Jasna Góra (Częstochowa)
Conference organizer:
Wrocławskie Towarzystwo Miłośników Historii, oddział Polskiego Towarzystwa Historycznego
(Wroclaw Historical Lovers Association, a branch of the Polish Historical Society)
Marek Derwich, chairman (derwich@gmail.com)
Weronika Wojciech, secretary (projekt@kasaty.pl)
Proceedings, accommodation and meals:
Klasztor OO. Paulinów Jasna Góra (Pauline monastery of Jasna Góra)
Dom Pielgrzyma (Pilgrim House)
ul. Kardynała St. Wyszyńskiego 1/31 (Cardinal St. Wyszyński 1/31)
42-225 Częstochowa, Poland
email: dp@jasnagora.pl
Informations about the conference, including abstracts of papers, available at: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ao2e0VoERdxdhm7bj_aj_W6V2-cF
I. State of research, 930–1100
II. Monastic presence online, 1130–1320
III. Institutions, 1500–1650
IV. Websites, 1720–1900
V. Projects: generals, 1000–1210
VI. Projects: dissolutions, 1240–1400
VII. Projects: GIS, 1520–1640
VIII. Projects: architecture, 1710–1930
IX. Projects: female monasticism, 900–1020
X. Projects: libraries, 1050–1210
XI. Projects: archives, 1240–1400
XII. Projects: manuscripts, 1530–1720
XIII. Projets: editions, 1750–1940
XIV. Projects: religious, 900–1020
Workshop 1, 1100–1230
Tour of the Paulin monastery of Jasna Góra, 1530–1830
12 September (Tuesday)
830–930 Registration of participants (Entrance hall)
930–940 Opening ceremony (Chapel)
I. State of research
940–1000 Juliusz Raczkowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland), Digital humanities in Poland. Possibilities, opportunities and threats
1000–1020 Arvydas Pacevičius (absent), Vigintas Stancelis (Vilnius University, Lithuania), Digitisation and communication of documental heritage of monasteries in Lithuania: current state and prospects
1020–1040 Maksymilian Kuśka (John Paul II Pontifical University in Cracow; Archives and Library of the Brothers Hospitallers in Cieszyn, Poland), Digitalisation of archive records in monasteries of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God in Poland – current state and prospects
1040–1100 Discussion
1100–1130 Coffee Break
II. Monastic presence online
1130–1150 Isabelle Jonveaux (University of Graz, Austria; École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France), Reception of monastic presence online. Expectations, critics and online experience
1150–1210 Marcin Jewdokimow (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland), Autopresentations of monks and presentations of Benedictine monasteries – a visual analysis of selected websites
1210–1230 Laszlo Ferenczi (Central European University in Budapest, Hungary), The Cistercian network and social network analysis – building a database
1230–1250 Father Aleksander Krzysztof Sitnik (Franciscan Observants Monastery in Cracow, Poland), Popularizing of knowledge of monasteries of the Franciscan Observant monks and nuns in Poland online
1330–1430 Lunch (Restaurant)
III. Institutions
1500–1520 Peter Heyrman (absent), Joris Colla (KADOC-Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Towards a digital research infrastructure on the history of 19th and 20th century religious institutes in Flanders/Belgium. The contextual web database ODIS, the catalogues and the digital repository of KADOC, the Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society of KU Leuven – Catholic University of Leuven
1520–1540 Bärbel Kröger (Germania Sacra, Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Germany), A database of monasteries, convents and collegiate churches of the Old Empire. Germania Sacra online
1540–1600 Geert Van Reyn (Katholieke Universitit Leuven, Belgium), The digital component of the study and documentation centre "Capuchins in the Low Countries"
1600–1620 Hildegard Herrmann-Schneider (RISM Tirol-Südtirol & OFM Austria, Institut für Tiroler Musikforschung, Innsbruck, Austria), Music sources of tyrolean monasteries on the internet
IV. Websites
1720–1740 Maria Rottler (University of Vienna, Austria), Blogging about the history of monasteries and religious orders: the multi-author blog "Ordensgeschichte"
1740–1800 Kateřina Charvátová (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic), Radka Těšínská-Lomičková (Prague, Czech Republic), The website "Klášterní stezky" ("Monastic itineraries")
1800–1820 Yannick Van Loon (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Jesuitica.be: the growth of a virtual research porta
1930 Ceremonial dinner (Restaurant)
13 September (Wednesday)
V. Projects: generals
1000–1020 Noëlle Deflou-Leca (Grenoble Alps University, France), The COLÉMON platform: a digital corpus of geolocated monasteries and churches of the Middle Ages
1020–1040 Janet Burton (University of Wales Trinity St David, United Kingdom), Karen Stöber (University of Lleida, Spain), Medieval monasticism in a digital age: the Monastic Wales Project
1040–1100 Felicita Tramontana (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, University of Warwick, United Kingdom), Digital tools, monasteries and early modern mobility
1100–1120 Georg Vogeler (Graz University, Austria), Monasterium.net. Towards a virtual research environment for monastic history
VI. Projects: dissolutions
1240–1300 James G. Clark, Charlotte Tupman (University of Exeter, United Kingdom), The digital dissolution: developing new critical and comparative perspectives on the end of monasticism in Europe
1300–1320 Marek Derwich (University of Wrocław, Poland), The project "Cultural heritage of dissolved monasteries on the territory of former Poland, Lithuania and in Silesia in 18th and 19th century: fate, significance, cataloguing" and Hereditas Monasteriorum Knowledge Portal (pw.kasaty.pl)
1320–1340 Marek Wójcikowski, Szymon Sztajer (Razor s.c., Wrocław, Poland), Challenges involving in designing a web application for cataloguing and publishing historical data, as exemplified by the Hereditas Monasteriorum Knowledge Portal (pw.kasaty.pl)
VII. Projects: GIS
1520–1540 Xavier Costa Badia (University of Barcelona, Spain), Monasteries in time and space: the possibilities of GIS for mapping spiritual landscapes in the Early Middle Ages
1540–1600 Jan Kremer (CKS-Centre for Medieval Studies in Prague, Czech Republic), Medieval Benedictine foundations in Central Europe: development and perspectives of the database and GIS project
1600–1620 Johnny Grandjean Gøgsig Jakobsen (University of Copenhagen, Danemark), "KlosterGIS DK" and "Diplomatarium OP Dacie" online
VIII. Projects: architecture
1710–1730 Anna Bojęś-Białasik (Cracow University of Technology, Poland), Digital techniques in architectural research of monasteries
1730–1750 Anna Bojęś-Białasik (Cracow University of Technology, Poland), Marcin Szyma (Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland), 3D scanning and digital reconstructions as a method of architectural research of mendicant monasteries in Cracow
1750–1810 Aurelio Stoppini, Raffaella Brigante (absent), Andrea Brozzi (absent), Fabio Radicioni (absent) (University of Perugia, Italy), The Monastery of San Mamiliano at the Montecristo island: geomatic technologies from surveys to a 3D model
1810–1830 Marcin Szyma, Marek Walczak (Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland), Mapping the Dominican convent in Cracow
1830–1850 Eduardo Carrero Santamaría (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain), Monasteries Santes Creus and Piedra. A project on Cistercian architecture, liturgy, sound and digital humanities
2000 Dinner (Restaurant)
14 September (Thursday)
IX. Projects: female monasticism
900–920 Delfina Isabel Nieto Isabel (University of Barcelona, Spain), Spiritual landscapes: a digital doorway to female monasticism in medieval Iberia
920–940 Sebastian Roebert (Leipzig University, Germany; University of Barcelona, Spain), "Claustra" and "Paisajes espirituales": cartography of female monasticism in the Iberian Peninsula and the Western Mediterranean
940–1000 Bronagh Ann McShane (National University of Ireland in Galway, Ireland), Digitaly mapping the reception and circulation of female-authored texts among Catholic religious orders across Europe
X. Projects: libraries
1050–1110 Hannah Busch (Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Germany), Virtual exploration of the mediaeval library of St. Matthias in Trier
1110–1130 Renáta Modráková (National Library of Czech Republic in Prague), The reconstruction of former Czech Benedictine monasteries libraries in Manuscriptorium Digital Library
1130–1150 Markéta Holubová (Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, absent: relator: Jan Zdichynec, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic), Rekonstruktion der Bibliothek der Jesuitenresidenz in Mariaschein (Bohosudov) bei Teplitz
XI. Projects: archives
1240–1300 Sarah Barthélemy (Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), Creating inventories and managing archives with basic MS Access databases
1300–1320 Sister Gabriele Ausra Vasiliauskaitė (Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania), A review of existing documents in the archive of the Benedictine Convent of Kaunas
1320–1340 Iwona Pogorzelska, Anna Rogowska (State Archives in Kielce, Poland), Monastic sources online in the States Archives in Poland
XII. Projects: manuscripts
1530–1550 Michael B. Toth (University College London, United Kingdom), Dispersed manuscript leaves offer new digital insight into monastery legacy
1550–1610 Maria Stieglecker (Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria), Building Bridges. Watermarks and the network of monastic manuscript production
1610–1630 Matija Ogrin (Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Ljubljana, Slovenia), The Capuchin convent of Škofja Loka and the related manuscripts of Slovenian Baroque literature. An approach in Digital Humanities
1630–1650 Stephan Lauper (University of Freiburg, Switzerland), The manuscripts of the commandery of St. John "Zum Grünen Wörth" in Strasbourg
XIII. Projets: editions
1750–1810 Tobias Hodel (University of Zurich, Switzerland), Connecting charters and chartularies: the digital edition of the Königsfelden Abbey – approaching documentary practices
1810–1830 Irene Rabl (University of Vienna, Austria), The letters of the Pez correspondence: a transforming edition
1830–1850 Maria Rottler (University of Vienna, Austria), Roman Zirngibl, a Benedictine in St. Emmeram, historian and archivist: a digital scholarly edition of his diaries, letters and monthly reports
1850–1910 Anastasia Preobrazhenskaya (Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia), Simeon of Polotsk: a monk and a poet in the 17th century Muscovy. Building a digitised corpus of monastic writings
15 September (Friday)
XIV. Projects: religious
900–920 Rafał Witkowski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland), From a manuscript necrology to a digital data base. New forms of prosopographic studies based on examples of the monastic communities of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
920–940 Hedvika Kuchařová (Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians in Strahov; Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague), Kateřina Bobková-Valentová (Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague), The bio-bibliographical database of members of the religious order living in the Czech lands in the Early Modern Age
940–1000 Zsuzsa Pető (Central European University in Budapest, Hungary), The hermits of the king, the hermits of the people: Pauline monastic space in the Carpathian Basin until the mid-fifteenth century
1100–1230 Tobias Hodel (Historisches Seminar, University of Zurich, Switzerland), READ: Read manuscripts with Transcribus [read.transkribus.eu; READ = Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents] (PDF)
1300–1430 Michael B. Toth (University College London, United Kingdom), An Introductory Workshop for Implementing Effective Digitizations (PDF)
1530–1830 Tour of the Paulin monastery of Jasna Góra
Marek Derwich (derwich@gmail.com) or Weronika Wojciech (projekt@kasaty.pl)
Maria Rottler
Administratorin der Gemeinschaftsblogs Ordensgeschichte und Geschichte Bayerns; Netzwerke gelehrter Mönche. St. Emmeram im Zeitalter der Aufklärung (Tagungsblog "Frobenius Forster"); Roman Zirngibl (Benediktiner in St. Emmeram, Historiker, Archivar)
CfP: Whither Women Religious: Analyzing the Past, Studying the Present, Imagining the Future
900 Jahre Stift Klosterneuburg
von Helga Penz · Published 18. Februar 2014
Konf.: Die Stadt in den Umbrüchen der Konfessionalisierung vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert (Prag, 9./10.10.2012)
von Maria Rottler · Published 2. Oktober 2012 · Last modified 3. Oktober 2012
Nächster Beitrag Monks in Motion: A prosopographical study of the English and Welsh Benedictines in exile, 1553-1800
Vorheriger Beitrag Call for papers: Manuscripts in Anglo-Saxon England

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84 Side Story 1 - Andrew Eridan (4)
As we made out way out of the underground cavern, I kept a consisted pout on my face. Master had no qualms about leaving me to fend for myself against the onslaught of curiosity that was the childlike Chimera triplets. I have no idea how he manages to withstand them so well. I wonder if it has anything to do with them being so spoiled. Apparently, they were almost as beloved as Storm, the undisputed ruler of the newly reborn Golden Crows, or even Master's little brother Fenmore, the odd-eyed boy that always cheerful.
Their minds, according to Master, currently only had the intelligence of the average 5-year-old human, discounting their combat prowess and instincts. This was part of the reason that they caused so much trouble prior to Master's intervention. Chimeras were uncommon in Aregard, but they do exist since they are a form of natural phenomenon taking the form of life, a very rare being that also has the capabilities of reproduction. The Western Continent, however, has no Chimeras, so the three siblings never had guidance from a senior and let their curiosity take them into the world and inadvertently cause an emergency quest. Because of this, the citizens treat them like children and guide them appropriately. By doing so, they would gradually ensure that the triplets had the guidance they lacked from the beginning.
Of course, that didn't keep them from being spoiled from time to time.
After making sure to give the three goofballs hugs, Master led us out of the cavern and back down to the city. According to him, we'd met most of the people he wanted us to meet, except for Storm and Lady Eleanor, Master's Nan. As Storm was out on patrol as per his usual routine, and Lady Eleanor was constantly out and about, they'd have to wait until later. As we walked, Master greeted everyone he passed, sometimes even stopping to help a few people he spotted having trouble. Once, a small group of four-to-six-year-old children came over to ask him to play music for them. With a small smile, Master said that he was busy now, but he'd be free in about an hour. After promising to play music for them at the park the children had come from, they let him go on his way, but not without one brave little girl 'threatening' to ignore him forever if he didn't. I had trouble not laughing when I saw him playfully kneel and beg for forgiveness from the little girl, who started giggling and just gave him a hug before running away. Master never ceases to amaze me.
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With Master's assistance, we finally reached the management building for the apartment complex we'd be living in. Unsurprisingly, Master had a funny look when the few people present prepared to get up for him. He never liked having a title like that of a king from the beginning, but he knew that he needed to take up the role, even if only symbolically, for many reasons. Still, he was also aware that the people in Aregard had the instinctual reaction to respect nobility, royalty or extremely powerful individuals after countless generations. That's also why the concept of a form of government not headed by a royal or imperial power had never truly formed. All great powers that did not have such leaders were either neutral or affiliated with ones that did possess them. The word 'feudal' is an inescapable concept in Aregard, at least for a very long time.
I must admit, the complex that Zero had recommended was astonishing at the very least. It had multiple amenities, such as a park with a playground, an exercise gym, ponds, a pool and 24/hr emergency maintenance services! There was even a snack machine by the pool. Naturally, the Master had to have been the one to design these things. In the pamphlet that I read while we waited for a manager, all garbage and household waste, such as old furniture and the like, was to be either chucked into an enormous crate called a dumpster if it was the former or placed beside it if it was the latter. The dumpsters would be hauled by several strong men, or one of the S-rank creatures if they were available, onto a giant cart before taking it to a site just outside of the north end of town, to a large refuse site about 250km2(96.52sq miles) in size. As recycling centres were still in development, Master had just created a very deep pit with magma at the bottom to handle garbage. A wind barrier filtered the air at the top of the pit so the awful odour and potentially dangerous gasses did not escape. Furniture and the like was kept separate if it could be reused or repurposed, or chucked into the trash pit if it wasn't salvageable. Garbage was always a tricky thing to manage in the world, but Master's current methods are already groundbreaking.
Once Rexus had signed the paperwork for our new apartment, we made our way to see it ourselves. The first thing I did when we arrived was to charge out onto the balcony and take in the view of the park while the breeze brushed against me. Seeing children younger than me playing and having fun in the park while their parents were either at home or nearby just gave me an odd sense of peacefulness that I'd never experienced before. The idea of getting to be a real kid for once made a smile permanently stick to my face.
I think I'm really going to love it here.


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If you are reading this, it is likely that you take copious amounts of photographs. A few years ago, families would gather around their Kodak carousel slide projector and look at 35 mm slides of family vacations. There was something that was almost magical about seeing images on the big screen in living color. Really, back then, a homemade slideshow was the only experience that most people had seeing something on a big screen outside of the movie theater. It was a great way for families to remember special events and special times.
The digital revolution changed what people expect when it comes to how photographs should be experienced.
The world of photography is an exciting one, and it is only getting more and more accessible as technology improves. Technically, anyone with a smartphone can be a photographer; whether or not you choose to be a "good" photographer is up to you.
Commercial photographers are some of the most sought after image-takers in the world as they have to be well-rounded, creative, and technically savvy. In other words, they know what they are doing.
For those of you who are just beginning your photography journey, or would like to take your picture-taking skills to a higher level, here are seven tips and tricks to learn from commercial photographers.
Successful landscape photography is made up of multiple elements, such as location, composition, proper depth of field, lighting, equipment used and other aspects.
In the guide below on the basics of landscape photography, I will attempt to shed some light on what these elements are and how they work together to make landscape photos that stand out differ from ordinary landscape snapshots. Let's get going.
Every photographer is unique in their own photography style and gear preference. To get you started on your photography journey, this article will help you choose the only really essential photography equipment for beginners. You will also find specific brands and explanations for why they were chosen. This photography basics bundle has everything you need to get started!
I will start with the key elements for becoming a great photographer. Then, I will look at how you can improve these elements. This will help you to understand the role that gear actually plays in photography. Before I move on to the gear of choice, there are a couple of important things that you need to remember from the start. By the end, this post will have encouraged you to kick-start your photography with confidence and the right gear.
Growing up, I was one of those kids running around and telling everyone that I'm going to be an astronaut. I had a room that would make you feel like Buzz Lightyear could actually live in it and forget he's on Earth. So it was pretty obvious that somehow I'd find myself getting into astronomy.
Now I never really became an astronaut but currently, I'm into amateur astronomy – particularly astrophotography. I still remember the first photo of the sky I took with my old Pentax digital camera when I once went on a camping trip with my family in the mountains. Unfortunately, it was just darkness with a few white dots.
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livestock farming without slaughter, is that possible?
An increasing number of people reject killing of animals for human consumption or for covering everyday material needs like leather, wool, etc.
Many vegans and vegetarians prefer organically grown products. However, these too are mostly fertilized with manure from animals which are slaughtered or pellets from horns and claws used for fertilizing. In this respect, a vegan diet is often still chained to the killing of animals.
Lebenlassen e.V. promotes and end to this eternal cycle of rearing, use and slaughtering of animals.
But what would the consequences look like? A life without cows, pigs, sheep and chickens? How would our landscape change? Or could there be a "third way" in agriculture - the use of animals and animal products without animal suffering?
According to Lebenlassen e.V. a possible approach to this could be the termination of offspring.
"For millennia, the so-called farm animals have accompanied the history of human culture. Let's give them their place at our side, not to slaughter them, not to pay the cost of living with their blood. Let's take their manure for soil improvement as a gift and give them back love and gratitude for their services to our cultural development! "
"Rebels of peace - Sacred Activism & Political Action"
Activists against the destruction of nature and quality of life are increasingly calling for fighting for the "sanctity of life". Politicalecological resistance thus gets a spiritual component, which also changes the form of the protest.
The first 'Sulzbrunner Symposium' aims to address this new form of international protest that symbioses two essential humanist approaches: the search for ethical and spiritual values that will determine our actions, and the active resistance to the destructions that the industrialized growth society has inflicted on the organism of earth, which we might call Gaia. These combined approaches include the synthesis of inner potential and consciousness development with the critical-political analysis of current political developments. The aim of the symposium is to combine the approaches of inner growth and political action in such a way that the commitment to a sustainable world is strengthened.
What deep ethical values do we need for a future culture?
How to overcome the brainwashing of materialism and constant growth?
What step do the religions have to take to preserve the creation?
What can value based activism look like?
How is activism sustainable? Which methods promote resilience?
What new forms of action does civil society need?
What is 'sacred' in Sacred Activism?
Special emphasis should be placed on inviting theologians, indigenous people, priests, mystics, spiritual activists and 'change-makers' focussing on a formation of collective spiritual and ethical values for a life-enhancing future.
"Preservation of the Anklamer Stadtbruch"
East of Anklam lies the "Anklamer Stadtbruch", a wide swamp between land and sea. Sea eagles, crane, wryneck, dwarf flycatcher, carmine bullfinch and spotted peacock live here completely undisturbed from people on almost 15 square kilometers, Due to its size and impassability, the "Anklamer Stadtbruch" is one of the few real wilderness areas that Germany still has to offer.
Black-necked grebe, common tern and black tern, northern geese, beaver, otter, moor frogs and the highest density of white-tailed eagles in Germany are at home here. Unimaginable 1,360 hectares of this nature's most valuable wilderness are now sold by the city of Anklam. The NABU Foundation National Heritage wants to seize this unique opportunity and acquire the land in order to preserve it forever.
"open sewing workshop for female refugees"
The Bellevue di Monaco is a social cooperative that operates a residential and cultural center for refugees in the center of Munich.
The houses serve as a place of education and meetings with a focus on integration and international understanding.
In one of the common areas of the Bellevue, a sewing workshop for refugee women is offered weekly for two hours. It gives women the opportunity to be sheltered, to recover from exertions and stressful situations and to help themselves in a practical way by sewing or repairing their clothes. They are professionally and empathically looked after by an art therapist, receive material, technical guidance and an open ear. Overcoming the fear of leaving their accomodation and getting into the sewing workshop is an important step towards independence and leads to a stronger self-confidence.
"we are there with the animals"
The bedrock of Animals' Angels' work is their solidarity with suffering animals. At the centre of their beliefs stands their motto: "We are there with the animals. That is the source of our dedication and our strength." Animals' Angels is internationally regarded as a well-qualified specialist organisation with a high ethical profile, known to official bodies, political groups and the haulage industry as well as to other animal protection organisations.
After 15 years of activity they have gained extensive knowledge of the field and expertise. Their teams conduct on-the-spot investigations at slaughterhouses, ports, holding areas, border control points and animal markets and they are constantly on the road, following the transport lorries. The documented results of their missions - reports, photographs and video footage are handed over to relevant authorities and used to lodge judicial complaints, make reports to the police or instigate further legal measures. Their information is accepted as reliable and serious.
Animals' Angels is in constant touch with veterinary authorities, the police and influential political decision-makers in Europe and beyond. As a result, they can negotiate in the name of animals at the highest level.
Because the welfare and dignity of our fellow creatures, the right to an unscathed and happy life is a primary concern of the "Intersein Foundation", we promote the work of Animals' Angels throughout the year.
More and more peasants are farming without glyphosate, keeping their animals in an appropriate manner and feeding them gmo-free.
More and more people are practicing foodsharing, are part of a solidary agriculture and opt for good, organic food from the region.
Subsidies only for environmentally friendly and climate-friendly agriculture, public money only for animal welfare and more support for small and medium-sized agricultural businesses that produce good food for all of us.
project peace is a year long transition program for German speaking young adults aged 18 - 25 about peace, sustainability and cultural innovation. With the support of the facilitation team, inspiring workshop leaders, the eco-social farm "Gemeinschaft Sulzbrunn" (project location) and a network of worldwide volunteering placements the participants get the opportunity to both theoretically and practically involve themselves into the topics of peace, sustainability and cultural innovation.
During their first module of the training the group will undertake a peace journey to attend the international peace week in Sanki Most, Bosnien. Throughout the week concerts, film screenings, and inter-religious meetings will be organised. To further the mission of peace and tolerance, the centre for peacebuilding in Sanki Most also host workshops and seminars on topics like peacebuilding, dialogue, and reconciliation.
"My body is no battlefield"
medica mondiale is a non-governmental organisation based in Germany which stands up for women and girls in war and crisis zones throughout the world. medica mondiale supports women and girls having experienced sexualised violence, regardless of political, ethnic or religious affiliation. Together with women from around the world, medica mondiale is committed to helping women to lead a dignified and self-determined life.
Every day women and girls around the world are being raped, tortured, kidnapped and enslaved as part of wars and conflict. The new campaign "My body is no battlefield" from medica mondiale aims to draw attention to these violations of human rights and to demonstrate how women in war zones can be protected.
With the support of the organisation "Action for World Solidarity" many self organised gardens arise all over the world.
They do not serve merely the food supply but offer women a space to gather, exchange knowledge, share experiences and learn about their rights.
Through micro-credits the women are enabled to sell their products and strengthen their economic situation, which increases the value of their status in the family and can hereby protect them from domestic violence.
Buddhist studies is the fastest growing sub-discipline of religious studies in the world. The ongoing encounter between Buddhism and contemporary Western societies has already left a lasting mark on both parties, as happens in any open dialogue. Buddhist influence on Western culture is noticeable in many areas, the main intersection with Buddhism so far is found in the secular fields like neuro sciences and psychology, where mindfulness and meditation are increasingly applied.
At the same time, arriving in the "West", Buddhism has been confronted with the values of European enlightenment and human rights, articulated within the paradigms of Judeo-Christian culture.
To explore these dialogical processes, the International and Interdisciplinary Conference "Buddhism in Dialogue with Contemporary Societies" brings together 20 outstanding scientist as well as representatives from the three mainstream traditions of Buddhism to address such questions as: Does Buddhism matter today? Can the teaching and practice of Buddhism enrich the world today? If so, what would this contribution look like? How far can Buddhism give impulses within the areas of peace work, social justice, applied ethics, mindfulness and psychotherapy? Where and to what degree can and must Buddhism adapt to its new context? What is considered to be the core teaching or practice that cannot be subject to revision or adaptation?
To ensure a successful academic outcome of the conference, the first two and a half days will be dedicated mainly to listening to the presentations, followed by an intensive exchange with the speakers, respondents, and faculty. In the afternoon of the third day, preliminary results will be summarized and discussed with the interested expert audience.
In everyday life it is often completely overlooked how people of different origin are already an integral part of our society. The quality of a group consists of the skills and talents of the individual and of a precisely coordinated togetherness.
In the spot, the power of a functioning team is exemplified by an orchestra, a ballet company and a football team.
And also how it would be, if all foreigners were removed.
It is important to the Augsburg filmmaker Stefanie Sixt, with the means at her disposal, to raise awareness of an urgent topic, to stimulate reflection and thus to contribute to more tolerance, compassion and peace.
The destruction of the rainforests is one of the world's central environmental problems, caused amongst other things by massive agricultural use like the creation of palm oil plantations.
The ASW partner organization FASE helps local farmes to renounce these practices by training them in sustainable agriculture. Jointly they develop environmentally friendly tillage, permaculture and ways to marked their products so that they can earn a living and protect the rainforest at the same time.
"Kanthari" in Trivandrum, Kerala, South of India, is an accredited international institute for social visionaries.
It offers a 7 month, scholarship based leadership program for people, who have overcome adversity and who are keen to drive ethical social change anywhere in the world. Through intensive training, kanthari equips participants with all the techniques, methods and ideas they need to start up and run effective, relevant social or environmental projects all over the world.
Since 2009, 160 social change makers from 38 countries were trained at kanthari.
This has already resulted in more than 125 social initiatives and organisations that are making a positive impact in the lives of thousands of people within their communities.
We want a food policy that promotes regional and sustainable food rather than industrial mass production! In mega-barns and slaughterhouses, the meat industry continues to trim animals for profit. But pigs, chickens and cows need straw, space and grazing land. The "always bigger" and "more intense" drives farms into ruin. We want an end to subsidies for the agro-industry! Germany's government must support a form of animal husbandry that puts animal's welfare first!
Aggressive export strategies and failed agricultural policies are ruining farmers around the world. Instead of hedging corporate interests with free trade agreements, we need secure access to land, water, seeds and food globally. We want an end to dumping exports, more support for peasants' rights and real change in farming at the global scale!
On January 20, Germany's government is inviting agriculture ministers from all over the globe to the world's largest agricultural fair: Berlin's "Green Week." Being the host of the International Agriculture Ministers' Conference, Germany's government will be in the public eye. It's the perfect moment for us: While inside they want to decide about our food and farming, we will be outside to pressure for real change. Our proposals for a new food and farming policy are on the table. But: Germany's new government will only act if and when our protest in the streets becomes impossible to ignore. So grab your cooking pot (and a pair of earplugs) and join us to make noise for good food and farming - here and all over the planet!"
The International Youth Initiative Program, YIP, is a societal entrepreneurship training, offering a holistic educational program that promotes an expanded global and personal awareness. YIP aims to strengthen young people's capacity to take initiative in the face of current global challenges.
In times of climate change, human influence on the planet becomes more and more obvious. Present generations are the first to realize the immense influence of humankind on the climate, as well as being maybe the last ones who can prevent the climatic conditions for life on earth to change fundamentally. And while technology, economic development and the lifestyle that led to this situation evolved over the past centuries, it is now only within some decades that humans are realizing this new situation and at the same time have the chance to take decisions and to act.
Various spiritual and religious traditions are already finding ways to perceive the relation between humans and animals, plants and minerals surrounding them. In which ways do the different approaches conceptualize human relation with the Earth? What is the potential of spirituality in the anthropocene? In form of which practices, ceremonies or art projects do the different approaches reflect on and engage in the relationship with the earth? And what practical and political consequences do they derive?
In a three day symposium, we will ask how ecopsychology and ecophilosophy analyze this particular point in time, and how humans can deal with this situation.
March 2017 traveling exhibition "Solidarity with female refugees"
March 2017 "House of Silence"
Construction of a meditation-house with straw and clay accompanied by educational seminars in the eco village "Sieben Linden"


Do you ever play that game when you're on a road trip where you spot private number plates and try to work out what it's trying to say? With a mish mash of letters and numbers and abbreviations, it can be quite tricky. Here we look at the reasons why people buy into this long loved car accessory.
Perhaps the most practical reason for buying a private plate is that you can use them to hide the age of a car. By purchasing dateless plates, a type of private number plate that contains no year of registration, you can essentially obscure the age of a car. Of course, this doesn't change the miles on the clock, or hide any of the car's history regarding services. However, it does mean that people can't tell the age of your car just by looking. This means if you keep your car in great condition, you can make an old car look brand new! Furthermore, many of the oldest ageless plates are real eye catchers - like 'F1' which was bought for a whopping £440,000 back in 2008.
This may come as a surprise, but some people look at buying private number plates as an investment. The simple idea is that private number plates are valuable and are unique. Whatever plate you buy, there can be no other like it. So, if you grab a plate that is a popular name or perhaps something clever or funny, it should retain its value. In fact, if you manage to get one at a good price, chances are you'll be able to resell it at a profit to yourself. Of course, like with any investment, there's some risk involved and no guaranteed successful tactic, but then maybe that's part of the charm. The fact that there is a little bit of risk involved makes it more exciting!
For many people, adding a personalised plate is a way of making their car stand out from the crowd. The simple truth is that lots of cars these days look pretty similar, and some people don't like the fact that their car just looks like everyone else's! This is especially true if you've bought a popular car in a common colour. Now, of course, you could just choose to paint your car a wacky colour, but this can have a knock on effect regarding resale value. So, the wiser choice, and also the classier choice, is to get a private number plate to achieve that uniqueness!
Now, there's no getting round it, some people just like to show off that they can afford to buy a personalised plate. It makes sense, after all lots of people take a huge amount of pride in their car, seeing it as an extension of themselves. Viewed this way, personalised number plates can function the same way that expensive jewellery does on footballers and rappers - it's simply a way of showing people that you've made it to the big time!
Finally, if you run a business with a small fleet, it can be a great piece of branding to invest some matching plates for your vehicles. It catches the eye, and it sticks in people's minds - especially when you have a captive audience at red lights or in traffic jams. Something funny or clever might just win you that little bit of extra business by setting you apart from competitors. Viewed this way, maybe the plates will pay for themselves in business won!
An Investment, Showing Off and Making Your Car Unique are just a few in this guide to 5 Reasons We Still Buy Private Number Plates.


The world was recently introduced to Apple's "enterprise developer certificate" system after Google and Facebook were busted for abusing their certificates in January. These Apple-issued certificates allow businesses to develop apps on iPhones. Because these apps are not reviewed by Apple before they are released, and do not need to comply with standard privacy rules, Apple requires businesses to only use this certificate to make apps for internal corporate use or for testing commercial apps.
Although Facebook and Google's mischief dominated this news story, equally, if not more, concerning is that Apple has designed a certificate system that gives millions of employers the unfettered ability to view private, personal data on employees' phones. Seeing as Facebook and Google abused the very power that Apple has granted them and millions of other companies, Apple has to answer for its prioritization of corporate interests over employee privacy.
Generally, Apple requires iPhone users to download apps through the app store. While Apple has self-interested reasons for doing this—such as the 30% cut it receives for all apps and content sold—for security reasons Apple requires every app to go through an intensive screening process before it is published.
Apple has created an app store workaround for businesses through the issuance of what is called an "enterprise developer certificate." With this certificate, employees can "sideload" apps, meaning that they can download apps directly from the company's website without going through the app store.
When Apple grants this type of certificate, it relinquishes complete control over the app-development process, including privacy/security review. Businesses have exclusive control of their internal corporate apps and can even grant themselves, if they so choose, "root access" to their employees' phones.
With root access, an app can see virtually everything on a person's phone: iMessages, emails, private messages in social media apps, encrypted data, browsing history, continuous location data, photos, microphone, contacts, calendar, wifi and data usage, app usage, and even when your screen is turned on and off.
Apple's enterprise developer certificate program has created a host of privacy issues. First, as the Facebook and Google story showed, it is relatively easy to misuse these certificates, given that Apple cannot easily monitor how businesses are precisely using them. In fact, it was TechCrunch, not Apple, that discovered Facebook and Google's conduct.
Facebook and Google are not the only players in Silicon Valley to misuse Apple's certificate. Many gig-economy apps—including Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Instacart, Postmates, TaskRabbit, Handy, Dolly, and HopSkipDrive—are also violating their certificates by having independent contractors use sideloaded versions of apps. These workers—primarily drivers, grocers, and handymen—do not qualify as independent contractors engaging in development work. Notably, Uber, Lyft, and Grubhub offer their worker-side apps through the app store.
Equally problematic is that employers can distribute apps in a way that complies with Apple's policy but vastly exceeds appropriate levels of access. An employer could theoretically read your personal email account and your private messages on WhatsApp and Facebook. An employer could look through your calendar and see that you're attending a political rally for an unpopular cause, that you've scheduled a psychiatric appointment or a job interview, or that you've bought pregnancy tests on Amazon. It falls entirely on the employer to exercise good judgment.
How much are employers snooping in practice? That's precisely the problem: we have no clue. Apple removes itself from the review process, and all employees need to do is press a single "trust" button when they download a sideloaded app. Employers may elect to provide their employees with a user agreement. But even then, all employees can really do is trust that their employers will honor that agreement.
One idea is that if employers want this level of access, they should provide employees with work-only devices. That's fairly typical in the corporate world of law firms and investment firms. However, in the era of BYOD (bring your own device) to work, it is increasingly common for employers to expect employees to use their personal phones for work. This is precisely how the gig-economy operates. I would be shocked if Instacart or Amazon Flex ever considered providing their contractors with work-only phones.
Why would Apple create a certificate process that creates so much potential for abuse? Two tech experts who weighed in, Professor Hany Farid at UC Berkeley and Partner David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners, doubt Apple has a compelling reason. Farid believes Apple designed this system as a way to incentivize large companies like Facebook and Google to use and develop apps on iPhones. Cowan explained that while it makes sense to grant root access to a company that is beta-testing its latest app (so that it has complete control over the fleet of company-owned iPhones testing the app), there is no clear reason why employers would need root access to employee phones. Both Farid and Cowan agree that Apple has given many employers far more power than is necessary or appropriate by designing only one type of certificate to meet a wide range of business needs. Cowan suggested that to combat this potential for abuse, Apple should either change its certificate system or make it abundantly clear to employees through status icons and repeated notifications that their employer, as the owner of the enterprise certificate, has full access to all the data on their iPhones.
There is a fundamental problem with giving employers the ability to snoop on what employees do in their private time on their personal devices. As the supposed champion of consumer privacy, Apple either needs to defend its position or do more.


TBH Creative was hired by St. Elijah Hall in Merrillville, Indiana to redesign their outdated and old technology web site. Their old site navigation was hard to use and the HTML mark up contained a lot of unnecessary tables and images. Our goal was to give the site a fresh look with easy to use navigation system, as well as add some interest on the home page to highlight past events and service offerings of the hall.
The new web site was strategically positioned for internal search engine optimization and future growth as business and online needs expand.
About St. Elijah Hall St. Elijah Hall was designed to combine beauty and functionality – all with the right touch of elegance. Through the years the entertainment hall has been upgraded to match the newest design trends. St. Elijah Hall is the ideal location for an intimate ceremony, a lavish reception (weddings) or important business event (banquets).
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Julianne Moore and Ellen page are lovers and gay rights advocates in the Peter Sollett-directed drama Freeheld, based on the Cynthia Wade-directed Oscar-winning documentary short of the same title. The plot is listed on IMDB as the true story of New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester (Moore), and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree (Page), who both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Moore shared two new posters on her Twitter, check 'em out below.
Page and Julianne, who recently played Sarah Palin in the HBO movie Game Change, will hit the big screen October 2 when Freeheld opens in theaters.
Not only is Julianne playing a gay rights advocate in Freeheld, she is passionate social and civil rights advocate in real life. Moore has lent her star power to an online petition for renaming a local high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, just outside Washington. J.E.B. Stuart was a Confederate Army general from Virginia during the Civil War, and a school named in his honor in 1959. A group of Stuart students and alumni began a campaign to change the school's name in June after the Charleston shootings, where nine Black parishioners at a historic church were gunned down by White supremacist Dylann Roof.
The church shooting ignited criticism of symbols that honor the Confederate south and its defense of slavery during the Civil War. Moore and producer Bruce Cohen, who both attended the school in the 1970s, started a new Change.org petition that has drawn more attention to their effort. Julianne talked to the Washington Post.
Supporters of the name change are asking the Fairfax County School Board to rename the school for civil rights leader and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
In related news, organizers of the Toronto Film Festival recently announced that Moore, Salma Hayek, and Sarah Silverman will join Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner onstage as part of Toronto's inaugural "In Conversation With…" to talk about their careers and latest films. Oscar winner Julianne Moore will be in Toronto with Page and co-star Michael Shannon to premiere Freeheld.


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2020 Special Section: Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults
This year's special section profiles cancer in adolescents and young adults ages 15-39 years, including data on incidence, mortality, survival, and treatment and discusses some of the unique challenges affecting these patients. It is intended to inform anyone interested in learning more about cancers in this age group, including policy makers, researchers, clinicians, cancer control advocates, patients, and caregivers.
In 2020, there will be approximately 89,500 cancer cases diagnosed and about 9,270 cancer deaths in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) ages 15 to 39 years in the US. These patients are often grouped with younger or older patient populations, which masks important differences in cancer distribution, tumor biology, and survivorship.
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package uk.org.lidalia.sysoutslf4j;

import org.junit.Test;

import uk.org.lidalia.sysoutslf4j.context.SysOutOverSLF4J;
import uk.org.lidalia.sysoutslf4j.context.SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static uk.org.lidalia.test.ShouldThrow.shouldThrow;

public class SysoutOverSlf4jWithNoSystemJarOnClasspathTests {

    @Test
    public void sendSystemOutAndErrToSLF4JWithoutSystemJarOnClasspath() {
        SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException exception = shouldThrow(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.class, new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                SysOutOverSLF4J.sendSystemOutAndErrToSLF4J();
            }
        });

        assertEquals(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.MESSAGE, exception.getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void stopSendingSystemOutAndErrToSLF4JWithoutSystemJarOnClasspath() {
        SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException exception = shouldThrow(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.class, new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                SysOutOverSLF4J.stopSendingSystemOutAndErrToSLF4J();
            }
        });

        assertEquals(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.MESSAGE, exception.getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void restoreOriginalSystemOutputsWithoutSystemJarOnClasspath() {
        SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException exception = shouldThrow(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.class, new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                SysOutOverSLF4J.restoreOriginalSystemOutputs();
            }
        });

        assertEquals(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.MESSAGE, exception.getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void systemOutputsAreSLF4JPrintStreamsWithoutSystemJarOnClasspath() {
        SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException exception = shouldThrow(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.class, new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                SysOutOverSLF4J.systemOutputsAreSLF4JPrintStreams();
            }
        });

        assertEquals(SysOutOverSLF4JSystemJarNotPresentException.MESSAGE, exception.getMessage());
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
The Nature Lover Alastair Borthwick
August 7, 2019 August 10, 2019 Dane Butler
Alastair Borthwick is a talented author and broadcaster who loved nature. He enjoyed climbing mountains in Scotland and talking about the war he had witnessed during his time. He lived a very successful life and passed away at the tender age of 90 years old. He was born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire and at age 16 he became a copy taker for the Evening Times. A copy taker is a person who types up reports as journalists tell them stories over the phone. He eventually began working for the Glasglow Weekly Herald Due to limited staff, he began writing and editing women's, children's, and film pages for the newspaper. He was also responsible for answering the reader's queries and writing letters to the editors. His first book was "Always A Little Further", which is a comical memoir that gives vivid descriptions about the Scottish highlands. He ran a press club in the Empire Exhibition and then joined BBC. He did radio broadcasting and then became a captain and was a battalion intelligence officer. In 1945, he led an army of 600 men through German lines. He then wrote a book about the last three years of the battalion's campaigning. During the same year, he moved away from the city with his wife and had his son 7 years later. Borthwick worked with BBC to come out with a series on post-war Scotland and the series ran for three years. He won an OBE for this series and then began writing in a weekly column for the next few years n the News Chronicle. For the rest of his career, Borthwick started working with Grampian TV in the 1960s and then scripted and presented programs about all different subjects. One of the programs was a 13 part series about Scottish infantry regiments which many people enjoyed viewing.
Alastair Borthwick was a successful and talented leader, writer, and lover of nature. He lived a very long life and was dedicated to his writing and talking about things he witnessed as a captain during the war. Borthwick knew he would be remembered for years to come and considered himself a journeyman writer.
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Among-Scots-Alastair-Borthwick/dp/B000MU14SK
Categories: Adventurer, Author, Career, JournalismTags: Glasgow Weekly Herald, Mountaineering, Novelist, Rock - Climbing Enthusiast, War Historian


Document standards war were a thing of the past. Microsoft was trying to push its proprietary OpenXML documents format as the new standard while the rest of the world was hoping for a more open, "no-strings attached" open document format (ODF) as the new standard. Eventually Microsoft accepted defeat and promised to support ODF. But the progress was slow. UK government has stepped in now and made it clear that ODF will be its new official standardised document format. Sign of things to come, we believe.
Here's what the UK's Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude had to say about his government's adoption of ODF: "Government will begin using open formats that will ensure that citizens and people working in government can use the applications that best meet their needs when they are viewing or working on documents together."
UK's shift to Open Documnets Format (ODF) is seen as a triumph of open standards over proprietary alternatives by open source community. Official office suites are required to have support of ODF in UK without any exceptions.


text:
<?php
namespace App;

use Skrz\Console\AbstractCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Application;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Bundle\Bundle;

class AppBundle extends Bundle
{

	public function registerCommands(Application $application)
	{
		/** @var Container $container */
		$container = $this->container;

		foreach ($container->getServiceIds() as $serviceId) {
			$name = null;

			if (strncmp($serviceId, "command.", 8 /* strlen("command.") */) === 0) {
				$name = str_replace(".", ":", substr($serviceId, 8 /* strlen("command.") */));
			} elseif (strncmp($serviceId, "task.", 5 /* strlen("task.") */) === 0) {
				$name = str_replace(".", ":", $serviceId);
			}

			if ($name !== null && !$application->has($name)) {
				/** @var Command $command */
				$command = $this->container->get($serviceId);
				if ($command instanceof AbstractCommand) {
					/** @var AbstractCommand $command */
					$command->initializeCommand($name);
				}
				$application->add($command);
			}
		}
	}

}


The Derby Dozen, 12 questions 1 person a whole lot of information passed along to the rest of us.
1) Whats your real name and derby name?
2) How long have you been involved with Skating?
I roller skated off and on during my elementary school days. Then I started skating aggressive inline during my middle school/beginning high school days. Then I transitioned to skateboarding for 5 years. After time away from sports, I began roller derby.
3) How did you become involved with Roller Derby?
I started roller derby on Sept. 2012 after being asked to look into being a referee for my buddy's girlfriend's team (Inland Empire Derby Divas). I decided to check it out and ended up joining as a ref. I just completed my first year as a referee.
After attending a bank track workshop in Feb. 2013 at the OC RollerGirls facility and the urging of my girlfriend (Kwyet Wryot) to actually participate, it was then that I decided to become a derby skater also. I met Dirty Deborah Harry and she really introduced me to the inner workings of derby (skate maintenance, complete builds, background and history). She Introduced me to many of the OC RollerGirl members and formed the "Chorizo & Eggs" Co-ed roller derby team. I have the best teammates (Pinky Pokerface, Johnny Guns, Payback, Gitmo, T-Dogg, Crafty, Jane Doe, CoCo, Dirty Deborah Harry) that I could ever ask for. They have taught me so much and I couldn't be happier in a team.
4) What teams are you skating with?
I skate with Chorizo & Eggs (co-ed team for OC RollerGirls). Currently in process of trying to help create a men's team in Orange County as well.
5) Flat Track or Banked?
I skate both Bank and Flat track, although I love bank because of the speed and the constant moving gameplay. No slow derby..."ain't nobody got time for that!" That is a direct quote from Pinky Pokerface!
I prefer to take a vicious rock block. I like being hit because I believe it makes me stronger and better prepared for the next hit. Plus I feel alive when a big hit is given...even if I'm on the receiving end.
7) Whats the best part about Roller Derby?
The best part of roller derby is spending time with my teammates...even if its not playing derby. We have such a good time hanging out and having fun. My team is my family.
9) Whats the best hit you have given?
To date...my best hit would be against my mentor/coach Dirty Deborah Harry...we were scrimmaging and when I hit her, I almost send her flying over the railing (it was not on purpose, I was trying to protect myself from her hit). It was hilarious and scary at the same time, but we both couldn't help but laugh.
12) Where do you shop for all your gear?
I purchase my gear from OC Roller Skates!
Posted on November 25, 2013 by Select Distribution and tagged Skateboarding Safety Smith Safety Gear skateboard pads Smith Scabs derbylife derbygirls roller derby Derby Dozen.


text:
Good Times Bad Times – singel angielskiego zespołu rockowego Led Zeppelin, otwierający debiutancki album Led Zeppelin z roku 1969.

Gitarzysta Jimmy Page podczas nagrania użył głośnika Lesliego, aby uzyskać efekt wirowania. Ten typ głośnika został zaprojektowany z myślą o organach Hammonda, lecz może być też stosowany przez gitarzystów. Korzystał z niego również m.in. Eric Clapton w nagranym z zespołem Cream utworze pt. "Badge".

Page, który był również producentem zespołu, dla uzyskania żywej barwy dźwięku umieścił mikrofony w całym studio nagraniowym.

Perkusista John Bonham zastosował w utworze dwie serie po trzy uderzenia na bębnie basowym, który to efekt był później często naśladowany przez innych perkusistów rockowych.

Utwór rzadko wykonywany był na żywo. Kilka razy w roku 1969 użyto go jako wstępu do "Communication Breakdown", a także pojawił się kilka razy w wiązankach z "Whole Lotta Love" w 1971. Prawie w całości wykonany został 4 września roku 1970 podczas koncertu w LA Forum jako część wiązanki "Communication Breakdown" (nagrania z tego koncertu można usłyszeć na bootlegu Live on Blueberry Hill). Otwierał wielki koncert 10.12.2007 w londyńskiej 02 Arena, kiedy to zespół zszedł się powtórnie po 19 latach.

Zespół Cracker nagrał swoją wersję "Good Times Bad Times", zawarty jest on na płycie z 1995 roku zatytułowanej Encomium, będącej hołdem dla Led Zeppelin.

Bibliografia
 Led Zeppelin: Dazed and Confused: The Stories Behind Every Song, by Chris Welch, .
 The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin, by Dave Lewis, .

Linki zewnętrzne
 Okładka

Piosenki Led Zeppelin
Piosenki wydane w roku 1969
Single debiutanckie


text:
/* $FreeBSD: soc2013/dpl/head/sys/dev/usb/usb_debug.c 247323 2013-01-30 15:26:04Z hselasky $ */
/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Hans Petter Selasky. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 */

#ifdef USB_GLOBAL_INCLUDE_FILE
#include USB_GLOBAL_INCLUDE_FILE
#else
#include <sys/stdint.h>
#include <sys/stddef.h>
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/queue.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/systm.h>
#include <sys/kernel.h>
#include <sys/bus.h>
#include <sys/module.h>
#include <sys/lock.h>
#include <sys/mutex.h>
#include <sys/condvar.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
#include <sys/sx.h>
#include <sys/unistd.h>
#include <sys/callout.h>
#include <sys/malloc.h>
#include <sys/priv.h>

#include <dev/usb/usb.h>
#include <dev/usb/usbdi.h>

#include <dev/usb/usb_core.h>
#include <dev/usb/usb_debug.h>
#include <dev/usb/usb_process.h>
#include <dev/usb/usb_device.h>
#include <dev/usb/usb_busdma.h>
#include <dev/usb/usb_transfer.h>

#include <ddb/ddb.h>
#include <ddb/db_sym.h>
#endif			/* USB_GLOBAL_INCLUDE_FILE */

/*
 * Define this unconditionally in case a kernel module is loaded that
 * has been compiled with debugging options.
 */
int	usb_debug = 0;

SYSCTL_NODE(_hw, OID_AUTO, usb, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "USB debugging");
SYSCTL_INT(_hw_usb, OID_AUTO, debug, CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_debug, 0, "Debug level");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.debug", &usb_debug);

#ifdef USB_DEBUG
/*
 * Sysctls to modify timings/delays
 */
static SYSCTL_NODE(_hw_usb, OID_AUTO, timings, CTLFLAG_RW, 0, "Timings");
static int usb_timings_sysctl_handler(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS);

TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.port_reset_delay", (int *)&usb_port_reset_delay);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, port_reset_delay, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_port_reset_delay, sizeof(usb_port_reset_delay),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Port Reset Delay");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.port_root_reset_delay", (int *)&usb_port_root_reset_delay);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, port_root_reset_delay, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_port_root_reset_delay, sizeof(usb_port_root_reset_delay),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Root Port Reset Delay");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.port_reset_recovery", (int *)&usb_port_reset_recovery);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, port_reset_recovery, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_port_reset_recovery, sizeof(usb_port_reset_recovery),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Port Reset Recovery");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.port_powerup_delay", (int *)&usb_port_powerup_delay);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, port_powerup_delay, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_port_powerup_delay, sizeof(usb_port_powerup_delay),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Port PowerUp Delay");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.port_resume_delay", (int *)&usb_port_resume_delay);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, port_resume_delay, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_port_resume_delay, sizeof(usb_port_resume_delay),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Port Resume Delay");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.set_address_settle", (int *)&usb_set_address_settle);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, set_address_settle, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_set_address_settle, sizeof(usb_set_address_settle),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Set Address Settle");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.resume_delay", (int *)&usb_resume_delay);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, resume_delay, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_resume_delay, sizeof(usb_resume_delay),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Resume Delay");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.resume_wait", (int *)&usb_resume_wait);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, resume_wait, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_resume_wait, sizeof(usb_resume_wait),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Resume Wait");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.resume_recovery", (int *)&usb_resume_recovery);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, resume_recovery, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_resume_recovery, sizeof(usb_resume_recovery),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Resume Recovery");
TUNABLE_INT("hw.usb.timings.extra_power_up_time", (int *)&usb_extra_power_up_time);
SYSCTL_PROC(_hw_usb_timings, OID_AUTO, extra_power_up_time, CTLTYPE_UINT | CTLFLAG_RW | CTLFLAG_TUN,
    &usb_extra_power_up_time, sizeof(usb_extra_power_up_time),
    usb_timings_sysctl_handler, "IU", "Extra PowerUp Time");
#endif

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 *	usb_dump_iface
 *
 * This function dumps information about an USB interface.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
void
usb_dump_iface(struct usb_interface *iface)
{
	printf("usb_dump_iface: iface=%p\n", iface);
	if (iface == NULL) {
		return;
	}
	printf(" iface=%p idesc=%p altindex=%d\n",
	    iface, iface->idesc, iface->alt_index);
}

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 *	usb_dump_device
 *
 * This function dumps information about an USB device.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
void
usb_dump_device(struct usb_device *udev)
{
	printf("usb_dump_device: dev=%p\n", udev);
	if (udev == NULL) {
		return;
	}
	printf(" bus=%p \n"
	    " address=%d config=%d depth=%d speed=%d self_powered=%d\n"
	    " power=%d langid=%d\n",
	    udev->bus,
	    udev->address, udev->curr_config_no, udev->depth, udev->speed,
	    udev->flags.self_powered, udev->power, udev->langid);
}

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 *	usb_dump_queue
 *
 * This function dumps the USB transfer that are queued up on an USB endpoint.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
void
usb_dump_queue(struct usb_endpoint *ep)
{
	struct usb_xfer *xfer;
	usb_stream_t x;

	printf("usb_dump_queue: endpoint=%p xfer: ", ep);
	for (x = 0; x != USB_MAX_EP_STREAMS; x++) {
		TAILQ_FOREACH(xfer, &ep->endpoint_q[x].head, wait_entry)
			printf(" %p", xfer);
	}
	printf("\n");
}

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 *	usb_dump_endpoint
 *
 * This function dumps information about an USB endpoint.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
void
usb_dump_endpoint(struct usb_endpoint *ep)
{
	if (ep) {
		printf("usb_dump_endpoint: endpoint=%p", ep);

		printf(" edesc=%p isoc_next=%d toggle_next=%d",
		    ep->edesc, ep->isoc_next, ep->toggle_next);

		if (ep->edesc) {
			printf(" bEndpointAddress=0x%02x",
			    ep->edesc->bEndpointAddress);
		}
		printf("\n");
		usb_dump_queue(ep);
	} else {
		printf("usb_dump_endpoint: endpoint=NULL\n");
	}
}

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 *	usb_dump_xfer
 *
 * This function dumps information about an USB transfer.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
void
usb_dump_xfer(struct usb_xfer *xfer)
{
	struct usb_device *udev;
	printf("usb_dump_xfer: xfer=%p\n", xfer);
	if (xfer == NULL) {
		return;
	}
	if (xfer->endpoint == NULL) {
		printf("xfer %p: endpoint=NULL\n",
		    xfer);
		return;
	}
	udev = xfer->xroot->udev;
	printf("xfer %p: udev=%p vid=0x%04x pid=0x%04x addr=%d "
	    "endpoint=%p ep=0x%02x attr=0x%02x\n",
	    xfer, udev,
	    UGETW(udev->ddesc.idVendor),
	    UGETW(udev->ddesc.idProduct),
	    udev->address, xfer->endpoint,
	    xfer->endpoint->edesc->bEndpointAddress,
	    xfer->endpoint->edesc->bmAttributes);
}

#ifdef USB_DEBUG
unsigned int usb_port_reset_delay	= USB_PORT_RESET_DELAY;
unsigned int usb_port_root_reset_delay	= USB_PORT_ROOT_RESET_DELAY;
unsigned int usb_port_reset_recovery	= USB_PORT_RESET_RECOVERY;
unsigned int usb_port_powerup_delay	= USB_PORT_POWERUP_DELAY;
unsigned int usb_port_resume_delay	= USB_PORT_RESUME_DELAY;
unsigned int usb_set_address_settle	= USB_SET_ADDRESS_SETTLE;
unsigned int usb_resume_delay		= USB_RESUME_DELAY;
unsigned int usb_resume_wait		= USB_RESUME_WAIT;
unsigned int usb_resume_recovery	= USB_RESUME_RECOVERY;
unsigned int usb_extra_power_up_time	= USB_EXTRA_POWER_UP_TIME;

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 *	usb_timings_sysctl_handler
 *
 * This function updates timings variables, adjusting them where necessary.
 *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
static int usb_timings_sysctl_handler(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
{
	int error = 0;
	unsigned int val;

	/*
	 * Attempt to get a coherent snapshot by making a copy of the data.
	 */
	if (arg1)
		val = *(unsigned int *)arg1;
	else
		val = arg2;
	error = SYSCTL_OUT(req, &val, sizeof(int));
	if (error || !req->newptr)
		return (error);

	if (!arg1)
		return EPERM;

	error = SYSCTL_IN(req, &val, sizeof(unsigned int));
	if (error)
		return (error);

	/*
	 * Now make sure the values are decent, and certainly no lower than
	 * what the USB spec prescribes.
	 */
	unsigned int *p = (unsigned int *)arg1;
	if (p == &usb_port_reset_delay) {
		if (val < USB_PORT_RESET_DELAY_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_port_root_reset_delay) {
		if (val < USB_PORT_ROOT_RESET_DELAY_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_port_reset_recovery) {
		if (val < USB_PORT_RESET_RECOVERY_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_port_powerup_delay) {
		if (val < USB_PORT_POWERUP_DELAY_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_port_resume_delay) {
		if (val < USB_PORT_RESUME_DELAY_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_set_address_settle) {
		if (val < USB_SET_ADDRESS_SETTLE_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_resume_delay) {
		if (val < USB_RESUME_DELAY_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_resume_wait) {
		if (val < USB_RESUME_WAIT_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_resume_recovery) {
		if (val < USB_RESUME_RECOVERY_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else if (p == &usb_extra_power_up_time) {
		if (val < USB_EXTRA_POWER_UP_TIME_SPEC)
			return (EINVAL);
	} else {
		/* noop */
	}

	*p = val;
	return 0;
}
#endif


text:
Information about Drooling
About Sialanar®
Sialanar Dose Calculator
App Dosing Calculator
Healthcare Educational Materials
Reminder Information for Parent/Carer
Drug Utilisation Study
Access to our products
Information on Drooling
Carer Leaflets
Proveca Symposium Summary
European Paediatric Neurology Congress – Athens 2019
Proveca sponsored Symposium:
Chronic Drooling in Children – Consequences and Management – A New Era
Speaker – Professor Rajat Gupta – Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK
Co-Chair – Professor Roser Pons- Agia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens
Sialanar® for Chronic drooling in children – Consequences and management – A new era
Dr Rajat Gupta, Head of the Neurorehabilitation Department at the Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK, began his presentation with the most important take-home message, that 'chronic drooling is a problem that should be taken seriously.'
Dr Gupta described the key functions of saliva, salivary glands and swallowing, and then described the consequences of salivary control dysfunction. He described how secondary sialorrhea occurs in about 40% of children and young people with cerebral palsy and discussed the main consequences, including social rejection and isolation, loss of self-esteem, repeated clothes changes, skin rashes, malodour, disrupted speech and recurrent chest signs and symptoms.
Dr Gupta explained the different rating scales that can be used to assess children and young people who present with drooling, but also suggested that parents or carers are asked simple questions about the frequency of clothes and bib changes to ensure that the problem is not overlooked.
The key team members that should be involved in the assessment and management of children with chronic drooling were listed – the 'dream team' should include a paediatrician, a speech and language therapist, an occupational therapist, an oral health specialist, an ENT surgeon, a pharmacist and a clinical nurse specialist. Dr Gupta then discussed the range of management approaches that can be employed, such as posture management, oral awareness programmes, behavioural management techniques, medications including anti-cholinergics and anti-dystonic agents, and more invasive techniques including botulinum toxin injections and surgical procedures that may be used in severe cases.
Dr Gupta then discussed the benefits of glycopyrronium bromide solution (Sialanar®), which is available for paediatric use in Europe and the rest of the world via a managed access programme. He described a head-to-head trial of glycopyrronium bromide solution compared with hyoscine patches and explained that both medications improved drooling considerably but that hyoscine patches were associated with more problematic adverse events and treatment cessations. Specifically designed for children, Dr Gupta pointed out that Sialanar® is provided in a concentrated solution and that the dose can be easily titrated and adjusted by small increments if needed. Children and young people receiving Sialanar® should be regularly monitored to assess response and also the development of any adverse events.
Dr Gupta finished his presentation with a real-life case study, explaining how 14-year-old 'Rosie' had chronic drooling but was unable to tolerate hyoscine patches and found crushed glycopyrronium tablets ineffective. When Rosie began to take Sialanar®, her drooling was substantially reduced – she was able to eat more orally with less dependency on a gastrostomy tube and had improved quality of life due to fewer clothes changes, less malodour and fewer urinary tract infections due to less dehydration.
Dr Gupta concluded by saying that drooling must not be ignored and that effective treatment is available. The approach taken must be chosen to suit the individual's needs and to provide the best balance between factors that might adversely affect the patient, such as side effects, and improved quality of life.
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In the latest issue of Florida Super Lawyers & Rising Stars magazine (available online, digitally, via app, and of course in magazine form), we sharpen our pencils to profile Top 100 attorney Jane Kreusler-Walsh, an appellate lawyer who knows what judges really want: a well-edited brief. Fortunately, that's the only kind Kreusler-Walsh knows how to produce.
From a rather inauspicious start as a "baby lawyer" crammed into a windowless storeroom, she rose to new heights–literally–and now owns the firm, which is located three floors above her former cramped office.
Helping to propel her career have been a number of landmark cases, including Thompson v. Thompson, which established that the good will of a business is a marital asset that can be divided in a divorce; and Wransky v. Dalfo, which reaffirmed that punitive damage awards must be in proportion to a defendant's net worth.
You will also find a Q&A with commercial litigator Benjamin H. Hill III, with Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa. How do we know he's so good? His fellow attorneys come to him when they need help.
That sort of thing happens to Hill on a regular basis. He's also served as general counsel to former Gov. Bob Graham and is currently on the American Bar Association committee that evaluates all the president's candidates for federal judgeships.
We also pick the brains of three attorneys who played a role in the landmark, headline-grabbing decision overturning Florida's decades-old ban on gay adoptions—Hilarie Bass, Elliot Scherker and Scott Rubin. We find out what motivates Howard Talenfeld in his longstanding battle for the rights of Florida's foster children, and take a look at his remarkable record of reforming the state's foster care, juvenile delinquency and mental health systems. Harley Riedel tells us why he was drawn to work for his mentor, Don Stichter, despite the frugal Stichter's less than over-the-top campaign to recruit the young Riedel. LaShawnda Jackson shares what it's like having a mentor like Scott Kirk who's "always got my back." Plus, Bryan Gowdy takes on the state of Florida and wins; and Prineet Sharma makes sure land-takings are fair to both takers and sellers.