Visited an FL last week and have a few questions which hopefully you existing owners can address.
1) Is there a safe in this unit? I know the RL has one.
2) Does the FL only come with a queen size bed, in other words is a king available?
2) It looks like the King is an option on the spec sheet, and I found one here. They even have a picture of the bedroom with the King. Notice there are no night stands on each side like shown on the Redwood site.
We have a 36FL with a King Bed, and we purchased a memory foam topper, sleeps really great. Drawback, no place to put my glasses, easily fixed, will install a small shelf or something to hold my glasses.
We have an FL and there is no safe and the king bed is available we optioned the queen bed.
I guess its a good thing, but I didn't think it would be available sincetherecan't bemuch roombetween the walls and bed. Are the underbed drawers still available?
Since you own one, how would you rate your unit and have you faced any difficulties?
Depends on what unit and who you ask.
You are right, my mistake, just figuring out how this forum works. I thought I was responding to COLJDM about the 36 FL.
I guess its a good thing, but I didn't think it would be available sinceÂ*thereÂ*can't beÂ*much roomÂ*between the walls and bed. Are the underbed drawers still available?
I have a FL and yes the drawers are still available. We went the queen bed because it gives you more room to walk around the bed and it gives you the shelves. We would rate our FL a 10 of 10 we love it.
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Tag: #WWII
Episode 5 of Irene's Story
On September 1, 2020 By maryjom2015In Memoir1 Comment
In February 1944, Irene was promoted to Tech Sergeant. A Tech or Technical Sergeant was similar in rank to a gunnery sergeant and other technical ranks with which it shared its insignia. Then in March, she made First Sergeant. By this time, she had 120 women in her company plus nineteen Drill Instructors (DIs) – all men, of course. She developed strong friendships with those DIs, who referred to her as "Top." She learned about leadership and how to get people to do what you want them to do. Within the first year or so of her Marine Corps career, she had racked up an impressive collection of achievements:
• the first woman to leave Sharpe & Dohme to join the Marines
• among the first of eight women to be sworn into the Corps in Philadelphia
• one of the first class of Women Marines to be trained at Hunter College
• among the first group of Women Marines to appear in uniform in Philadelphia
• one of the first group of fourteen chosen from boot camp to attend the inaugural class of Women Marines in First Sergeant's school
• the first of four women to make First Sergeant
• the first woman to replace a male First Sergeant
Irene (fourth from left) and her fellow Feathernecks arriving in Philadelphia. Photo Philadelphia Inquirer
Life at Camp Lejeune did have its bright spots, however, and the Feathernecks (along with the Leathernecks) got liberty as long as they behaved. They'd frequently go into the nearest "town," Swansboro, which had a population of 454 in 1940. Not exactly a metropolis. There was a great little restaurant there called Captain Charlie's, where those Yankee girls learned how to eat Southern, from fried green tomatoes to grits to hushpuppies to yummy fried catfish, and crisp, succulent fried chicken. And, it was a change from the base. The locals loved seeing the women Marines, who were still a novelty then. I suspect this is where I learned my love for Southern food, although the only ones I remember my Mom cooking as I was growing up were fried green tomatoes. But I can easily make a meal out of grits. Especially if they have lots of butter and cheese in them.
By August of 1944, there were fewer recruits, so Irene's company began scaling back. They were down from 139 to 37 at this point, and because one of her clerks had been transferred, she was putting in 12- to 18-hour days just trying to keep up. It started to get really old really quickly. The only saving grace was the food on the base was significantly better, and she and Gerry had friends who were cooks and ran the mess hall. So, even when she worked late, she could always get some food, and especially some goodies like cake, brownies, and cookies. Irene loved goodies.
During her time at Camp Lejeune, she met Carl, a fellow Marine who was a Chief Pharmacist's Mate in the Quartermaster Corps. The Quartermasters were responsible for logistics, but served alongside the fighting units so they were in just as much danger. Irene and Carl fell deeply in love. They went to Swansboro and ate great food, along with Gerry and whoever she could round up to go along. But there were several hitches. For one, there was a war going on, so personal planning was complex and uncertain at best. More importantly, Carl had a tricky personal situation. He was married, but separated, when he met Irene, and he was very up-front about it. He swore that he'd soon be divorced, but he said that his wife kept dragging her feet on signing the papers.
Irene had finally met who she thought was Mr. Right – if only he was not married. The situation was far from perfect.They both decided to enjoy life while they could, even if they were in limbo. They had a great time together until he was shipped out, first to San Diego, and then to Iwo Jima. He was in the 5th Division, which was the group that sustained the highest casualties of any Marine Division anywhere in WWII. Irene heard from him sporadically, but the last letter she received was in November 1944. She dreaded knowing what that meant, and even pulled some strings to see if she could get any kind of news of him, but to no avail.
Irene outside the Recruit Depot HQ,
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Note the sergeant's stripes.
Personal photo.
In July, Irene became a newly non-commissioned officer – a Sergeant. Her class was composed of 75 Marines: 61 men, 14 women. She was one of the first women in the country to obtain that distinction. Irene did it with a final grade of 94.5. Not bad for a high school dropout. She was in her glory.
Then reality hit. Irene and the thirteen other newly-minted Featherneck Sergeants were assigned to Camp Lejeune in New River, North Carolina, where the heat and humidity were worse than Philadelphia There was no air conditioning, and the barracks had flying roaches in addition to hot and cold running water. These were the so-called southern tree roaches, not like those smaller, more civilized roaches of the Northern cities that knew their place was on the ground. They had a bad habit of dive-bombing the women while they were in the showers, resulting in a nearly constant barrage of screams. The male Marines thought it was hysterical. The Feathernecks failed to see the humor in it.
In addition to the roaches, there were squadrons of mosquitoes, and platoons of chiggers, which can't be seen but make you itch like crazy. The Feathernecks arrived in the summer, so they were exposed to the worst that coastal North Carolina could throw at them, with temperatures in the 100-110-degree range, and humidity levels to match.
Camp Lejeune back then was out in the middle of nowhere, and was referred to as the "Hell-Hole" by anyone who'd had any experience with it. The reality was worse. It was situated in Onslow County, North Carolina, roughly five miles from the rugged beaches that would be used in training exercises for the Marine Expeditionary Forces. This elite group played a massive role in the Pacific in Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. But, before the Marines came into North Carolina, the area was composed primarily of tenant farms, and many people who lived there still got supplies by boat, just as generations before them had.
Irene was used to the environments of Hunter College, the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and the Ben Franklin Hotel. All of them were sophisticated, amenity-filled places to live in. She especially missed the food, which was excellent in those places, and there was lots of it. That wasn't the case in North Carolina, at least not at first. The base was somewhat undeveloped when it was established and built in 1941, and even by 1943, with a population approaching 40,000, it was dramatically different than the near-city it is today, with its 180,000 residents.
However, the "girls" learned to see the positives, and by 1943, the base actually had some decent buildings, all red brick with white trim, so at least it was attractive. One of those buildings was a recreation hall, with dart boards, pool tables, and a dance floor with a jukebox. That contraption seemed to be fixated on one song – "Pistol Packin' Mamma," a 1943 number-one song with words composed by Al Dexter, and it played incessantly. But it was certainly appropriate with all those female Marines, who'd had pistol and rifle training and knew how to shoot as well as pack.
The Marine Corps was also new at this Women Marines game, and when Irene arrived, there were no assigned quarters, and no one appeared to have any idea what she and the other "girls" were supposed to do. They eventually figured it out, and Irene was assigned to the Recruit Depot, responsible for payroll and muster rolls for every group of new recruits who came onto the base.
Muster rolls were registers of the officers and men in a military unit. Back in the 1940s, before computers, it was an avalanche of paperwork, with handwriting and typewriters being the norm for recording data. Just keeping up with the mountains of those records for filing was a nightmare. Every time a new battalion came in, Irene and her company had to pack up the documents from the previous group and start the process all over again for the new group.
Within a few months, she was promoted to Staff Sergeant, and inherited some men in her company. They got on well, and they loved being "bossed around" by their pipsqueak "Sarge." She settled into her role, and made friends among the troops, both men and women. She also had a good woman Marine friend named Geraldine. Gerry was from Chicago. They met at Hunter College and went through First Sergeant's school together. They were the best of buddies. Gerry even had a car, which they lovingly named "Penny the Passionate Pontiac." Gerry went on to make a career of the Marine Corps, and was the first woman Marine to attain the rank of E-9, Master Gunnery Sergeant, in 1960. It was the highest non-commissioned officer rank in the Corps.
On May 8, 2020 By maryjom2015In Memoir4 Comments
From the DAR Newsletter:
"Today, May 8, marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (V-E Day), which signaled the nearing of the end of World War II…
With the approach of the Allies and the death of Adolph Hitler, the Nazi empire surrendered unconditionally on this date in 1945. It marked the end of six long years of a terrible warfare that had cost millions of human lives, destroyed whole cities and brought mass suffering to all of Europe. In preceding weeks, the intolerable cruelty and incomprehensible horrors of Hitler's death camps had been revealed. But finally, the Allies had cause to celebrate – the enemy was defeated and had capitulated."
Both of my parents served – my dad in the Navy, who was on the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attack hit – and my mom in the Marine Corps, holding down jobs that freed up men to go and fight. I'm very proud of both of them.
So take a moment today to think of all of those Americans and our allies who fought and died so we could be free.
Although we are all dealing in one way or another with Covid-19, one day we will have our victory day.

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Keep training sessions short. Focus on one command at a time, and once mastered, move on to the next. Practice the commands in lots of different places around the house so that she gets used to responding to you in all sorts of situations. You can use the clicker technique to help with other aspects of your kitten's training, such as encouraging her to stand still for grooming and getting her used to traveling by car.
We all know that dogs can be taught to obey basic commands, but what about your cat? Cats are more independent and less social than dogs, so they don't desire praise in the same way dogs do. But as you already know, cats are highly intelligent animals, and they have the ability to learn a variety of behaviors and tricks.
It's important to begin training your kitten as soon as possible so she'll be able to grow up to learn and respect the boundaries of your home. You don't want your cat to be digging in the trash, tearing up your furniture or constantly jumping up on your counter. Kitten obedience training will help keep her mind and body active, teach her good social skills and behaviors, and strengthen her bond with you.
When training your kitten, it is essential to have plenty of toys at her disposal. If she starts doing something she's not supposed to, redirect her attention to the toys. Provide them to her as a reward for avoiding bad behaviors. Having toys to play with will keep your kitten mentally and physically occupied. You can also sprinkle them with catnip to further entice her to play.
There are several common cat behaviors that can be addressed through obedience training, saving you a world of headaches and keeping you in tune with your cat's needs.
If you're lucky, your cat will be willing and eager to learn your commands. However, there's a chance she'll ignore you. Every cat is different, and training can be extremely trying on your patience. Make sure to carve out small amounts of time each day to spend working with her. If you have other cats in your home, remember that they each have different personalities and have to be taught differently.
Be aware that cats do not understand or respond well to punishment. Punishment will often cause your cat to run away and hide from you, and can lead to stress, which can also breed behavioral and health problems. Encouraging good behavior with a reward is much more effective, and that reward can come in the form of praise and/or a tasty treat. This reward-based training teaches your cat to associate good behavior with positive results.
One of the most common cat training techniques is clicker training, which is another form of reward-based training. For instance, if you'd like to teach your cat to sit, click the clicker as soon as she sits down and give her a small treat. Eventually, with enough repetition, she will learn to associate the click with the behavior and the reward.
Keep training sessions short—cats have short attention spans and can get bored fast. Focus on one command at a time and move on to the next when she's mastered the first. Practice the commands in different areas of the house so that she gets used to responding to you in different situations.
There could be several reasons why your cat is acting out—she might be stressed over a new change in your home, she might have a medical condition or she simply may not understand that her behavior is wrong. While you may think that your cat is misbehaving because she's upset or spiteful toward you, this is usually not the case.
Redirecting the behavior instead of punishing her for it is more likely to put her back on track. By punishing her, she may feel threatened by you, which can ultimately lead to even more stress and bad habits. If she is fearful of you, this will also damage your bond with one another. However, she should be made aware of unwanted behaviors. One way of doing this is by connecting bad behaviors with something unpleasant. For instance, cats are averse to certain scents like perfume and citrus. You can soak cotton balls in these scents to keep your cat away from places you don't want her to go. Always remember to praise your cat for good behaviors as well. Give her a treat for a job well done, and she will learn to associate her actions with her rewards.


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Hindus from Pak, B'desh given land by Yogi govt
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (File Photo: IANS)
Lucknow, Jan 7 (IANS) Hindus expelled from Pakistan and Bangladesh and now living in Uttar Pradesh, have been accommodated in the land that the Yogi Adityanath government freed from encroachers.
A state government spokesman said: "Hindus, who were living in Meerut for decades after facing expulsion from Pakistan and Bangladesh, could not afford to build their own houses or buy lands. We have given 63 such Bengali Hindu families two acres of land and 200 square yards for housing per family in Kanpur Dehat. These lands were freed from land grabbers."
Each of the 63 families has also been given Rs 1.20 lakh under the 'Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana'.
The Chief Minister ensured that the land freed from 'encroachers' was brought under a land bank and these pieces of land will be used for setting up schools, industries and other businesses in future.
"Many facilities of the Defence Industrial Corridor have also been built on these recovered lands," the spokesman said.
The state government currently has 64,366 hectares of the recovered land and it is being allotted for the poor to build houses.
Yogi Adityanath had earlier said in the Legislative Council that the anti-land mafia task force had freed 67,000 acres of land belonging to the revenue department.
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Diary of an Aspiring Loser: We're Off to See the Wizard!
Whew! I lost at weigh-in. Thank goodness. .8 pounds isn't much but I'll take it. I started TTOTM this morning so that might explain the small loss despite my stellar (aren't I humble?) eating and activity this past week. Normally I start having cramps before-hand and that signals me that it's about to start but not this time, just seemed to come out of the blue.
So I was reading over my last few entries and was reminded that I wanted a loss this past week to insure my loss of the prior week stuck. Remember I had a 2.2 pound loss that I felt was sort of a fluke? Anyway, I'd forgotten about that until I read the entry and then felt so excited at my success of keeping those 2.2 pounds off. Yay!
I experienced some ironic insight yesterday. It happened when I was reading some of the comments to Crunching the Numbers, specifically those related to my complaining about other people telling me I didn't need to lose more weight. I realized I used to do that to other people all the time! I can remember one colleague in particular who used to tell me she was having a hard time losing weight (I don't know, I think she wanted to lose 5 or 10 pounds) and I thought she looked great so I was always telling her, "you look great, why do you need to lose weight?" Hmph. Exactly what I was complaining about. And it was because I was doing what Irene noted, seeing her through the lens of my own fitness and weight issues. Well, that realization just put me back in my place. I think I was just hearing those comments over and over and it made me a little irritable. I am now trying anew to see them as the positive feedback that they are. People are trying to tell me that either, a) I look really great, b) If they looked like me they would be happy and not trying to lose weight, or c) God knows but it can't be bad. Any of those are great compliments. On a funny note a very thin colleague asked me to tell her that she isn't "skinny" today. She's been very thin her whole life and has a complex about being called "bony" or "skinny" or any of those things. I guess someone tried to pay her a compliment today and said, "you're so skinny!" and it got the ball rolling. So I obliged and told her she's plenty curvy. But she is skinny. Life is funny.
Would you like to know what I had for dinner last night? Really? Are you sure? Check out my tracking from last night. Do you see all that food? Did I eat all that? Yep. So Miguel came home about 2 hours later with his own fast food. Did I eat one of his french fries? Yep. Did I take a bite of his double whopper with cheese? Yep. Did I take a sip of his soda? You know the answer to that. And that's what I love about Weight Watchers. You can indulge in crap like that and still lose weight. Fortunately I had eaten very light that day so I had a fair amount of daily points left, and I heartily dipped into my Weekly Points Allowance too. A 40.5 Point dinner. Good thing it was the start of the week and I had all my WPAs.
Want some proof that I didn't gain all my weight back overnight after that meal? I don't yet have a picture in my new jeans but this morning Miguel snapped a picture of me in my new white pants. We tried to get Messi to look at the camera but he ignored us. I was "working" from home for a couple hours this morning so that's why I'm on the phone. These are a size 8 too. Aren't they cute? I love white pants on a warm spring day.
I went to the gym today (thank goodness, right?) and proved to myself that my jogging 3.1 miles was not a fluke. I did it again tonight. My heart rate never even got into the 160's, which was cool. I jog at 5mph but I did the last minute at 6mph just for fun (I did that on Wednesday too). I listened to some great music and just generally reveled in my newfound ability. I wore my heart monitor and during cardio I burned 500 calories. Not bad. Followed that up with weight training (upper body) and core work.
So what's on tap for the weekend? Tomorrow afternoon we're going to see the 2008 offering of the mountain play, The Wizard of Oz. I'm really excited. We haven't decided yet if we're going to go for a bike ride in the morning and then drive to the play or if we're going to park in Mill Valley and hike up Mt. Tamalpais (where the Mountain Play is located). I'm leaning toward the latter. I like to mix up the activity and we haven't been on a hike in a while but Miguel is all into cycling now (he went on the 44 mile loop this morning and prepped me for when I'm ready to tackle it [and he fell! I'll post a pic of his clipless pedals induced scrape soon]). Sunday is up in the air, either a swim/cycle brick (heh, fancy tri terminology) or just cycling. Depends. Then to mom's to see my grandparents who are in town for a wedding. My mom's going to die when she sees me in my size 8 pants. She often tells me, "I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't say this but I'm so jealous".
Shosh - Never forget what an inspiration you were to me when I started...and still are to me now! You rock sister!
Kristy - Thank you for encouraging me. But thank you more for taking the steps you're taking in your life. You can give me no bigger compliment than to be inspired. I love that quote you sent me. LOVE it. Thanks.
Flo - I think of that post you wrote about believing in yourself all the time. Thank you for all the valuable info and inspiration you share!
Irene - You really opened my eyes. Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and share your wisdom. And you could give any high school girl and her body a run for their money I bet!
Matty - What Irene said happened to you exactly. First they give you a hard time and then they're asking you for tips. I really enjoy your tell-it-like-it-is posts. Thanks for big WOO HOO! I know you know how much that stuff means.
Jessica - You will get in size 8's too. I'm so happy you decided to give WW a try. Just keep it at, you won't always follow the program every week but it's sticking with it that makes the difference in the end. But you finished a marathon for crying out loud! You already know a lot about sticking with it. Thanks for the support.
Mich - Thanks for the "congrats!". I checked out Rachel Cosgrove's site, how incredible! I want to be just like her when I grow up :) I'm going to be following her blog.
Until next time peeps. Enjoy the Fin de Semana!
Congrats on the loss, you are doing great. Your right, that is the best thing about WW. You can still enjoy the good tasting foods, you just balance it out with other lower point foods. Sometimes I needed to be reminded of this when I get into that "diet" mindset, like I have lately where if I'm not eating grilled chicken and a vegetable i'm freaking out haha. No one can live like that.
I normally eat a grilled chicken sandwhich from most fastfood places but in all reality they are not not much different point wise than a whopper or whopper jr or a double cheeseburger at Mcdonalds. Plus they may not be much healthier with whatever they inject in it. Who knows. We just know they taste good. I'm trying to stick to eating out like once or twice a week.
You're so inspiring and you look fabulous in the white pants!
And nice job on the 5K twice!
I'm on week 3 of WW and I'm really liking it. It's really easy to follow (flex) once you get going!
You're not lost in the fog on Mt Tam are you?
Skinny little loose white pants wearer, you.
I am so behind on reading! Congrats on the loss! I just had to write a comment becuase you look AMAZING in your newest pics girl! Seriously, over the past month you have really started to become more defined!


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/* Includes ------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#include "stm32l1xx_hal.h"

/* USER CODE BEGIN Includes */

/* USER CODE END Includes */

/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/

/* USER CODE BEGIN PV */
/* Private variables ---------------------------------------------------------*/

/* USER CODE END PV */

/* Private function prototypes -----------------------------------------------*/
void SystemClock_Config(void);
static void MX_GPIO_Init(void);

/* USER CODE BEGIN PFP */
/* Private function prototypes -----------------------------------------------*/
void delay_ms(unsigned long ms);             //delay milliseconds function
/* USER CODE END PFP */

/* USER CODE BEGIN 0 */

/* USER CODE END 0 */

int main(void)
{

  /* USER CODE BEGIN 1 */

  /* USER CODE END 1 */

  /* MCU Configuration----------------------------------------------------------*/

  /* Reset of all peripherals, Initializes the Flash interface and the Systick. */
  HAL_Init();

  /* Configure the system clock */
  SystemClock_Config();

  /* Initialize all configured peripherals */
  MX_GPIO_Init();

  /* USER CODE BEGIN 2 */
	HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, LD4_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);            //turn off LD4
  /* USER CODE END 2 */

  /* Infinite loop */
  /* USER CODE BEGIN WHILE */
  while (1)
  {
  /* USER CODE END WHILE */
  /* USER CODE BEGIN 3 */
		if(HAL_GPIO_ReadPin(B1_GPIO_Port, B1_Pin)==GPIO_PIN_SET)          //button press detected
		{
			HAL_Delay(30);            //debounce
			if(HAL_GPIO_ReadPin(B1_GPIO_Port, B1_Pin)==GPIO_PIN_SET)       //genuine button press
			{
				HAL_GPIO_TogglePin(GPIOC, LD4_Pin);              //toggle LD4
				HAL_Delay(500);              //wait a bit before reading the switch again
			}
		}
  }
  /* USER CODE END 3 */

}

/** System Clock Configuration
*/
void SystemClock_Config(void)
{

  RCC_OscInitTypeDef RCC_OscInitStruct;
  RCC_ClkInitTypeDef RCC_ClkInitStruct;

  __PWR_CLK_ENABLE();

  __HAL_PWR_VOLTAGESCALING_CONFIG(PWR_REGULATOR_VOLTAGE_SCALE1);

  RCC_OscInitStruct.OscillatorType = RCC_OSCILLATORTYPE_HSI;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.HSIState = RCC_HSI_ON;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.HSICalibrationValue = 16;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLState = RCC_PLL_ON;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLSource = RCC_PLLSOURCE_HSI;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLMUL = RCC_PLL_MUL6;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLDIV = RCC_PLL_DIV3;
  HAL_RCC_OscConfig(&RCC_OscInitStruct);

  RCC_ClkInitStruct.ClockType = RCC_CLOCKTYPE_SYSCLK;
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.SYSCLKSource = RCC_SYSCLKSOURCE_PLLCLK;
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.AHBCLKDivider = RCC_SYSCLK_DIV1;
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB1CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV1;
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB2CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV1;
  HAL_RCC_ClockConfig(&RCC_ClkInitStruct, FLASH_LATENCY_1);

  HAL_SYSTICK_Config(HAL_RCC_GetHCLKFreq()/1000);

  HAL_SYSTICK_CLKSourceConfig(SYSTICK_CLKSOURCE_HCLK);

  /* SysTick_IRQn interrupt configuration */
  HAL_NVIC_SetPriority(SysTick_IRQn, 0, 0);
}

/** Configure pins as
        * Analog
        * Input
        * Output
        * EVENT_OUT
        * EXTI
*/
void MX_GPIO_Init(void)
{

  GPIO_InitTypeDef GPIO_InitStruct;

  /* GPIO Ports Clock Enable */
  __GPIOC_CLK_ENABLE();
  __GPIOH_CLK_ENABLE();
  __GPIOA_CLK_ENABLE();
  __GPIOB_CLK_ENABLE();
  __GPIOD_CLK_ENABLE();

  /*Configure GPIO pin : B1_Pin */
  GPIO_InitStruct.Pin = B1_Pin;
  GPIO_InitStruct.Mode = GPIO_MODE_EVT_RISING;
  GPIO_InitStruct.Pull = GPIO_NOPULL;
  HAL_GPIO_Init(B1_GPIO_Port, &GPIO_InitStruct);

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I was driving one of the kids on my baseball team home the other night. I had heard that his parents were out of town, so I asked him where they were.
I have come to accept that I live a rather boring life compared to some of the parents on my kid's baseball team.
And it didn't really help much when I opened the Photo Gallery on my Smartphone the other day and clicked on the Albums tab for first time.
The first said December 24,25 – which I felt was rather non-descriptive with a hint of political correctness – 'Hey isn't that Christmas-time?' – but I didn't really care because it had pictures of my three kids in it.
So, while some parents on the ball team are enjoying the World Cup soccer game between Monaco and Portugal, sipping champagne with the progeny of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly, II was busy waiting for the upcoming longest day of the year celebrations in the northern hemisphere (efforts to celebrate the same in the southern hemisphere fell somewhat short, I understand).
They once made a movie called 'The Longest Day' – which was a storied movie about D-Day and the invasion of Normandy by the Allies with over 11,00 aircraft, 6,000 sea vessels, and 156,000 troops – it is perhaps one of the most understated movie titles of all time. Right up there with the original movie about the Titanic called, 'A Night to Remember'. Whoever was thinking up these titles was taking way too much Prozac in my opinion.
But there is a difference between the 'Longest' day, and a 'Long' day. But even then, I have spoken to many, many people who say to me.
I don't have the heart to tell them that they are being overly dramatic and that the term also describes the Allied landings on Normandy, so I go with the flow and listen to them with a kind ear, like my friend Wayne last night.
"Ooh," I said with a wince in my eyes (and laughing a bit inside).
So, last weekend while I awaited my Samsung Photos to assemble pictures into a Longest Day album – I thought about all the trucking and freight brokerage clients we serve and help with our transportation management software.
I can just imagine how many 'longest' days they have put in this year. In fact, with the trucks running through the night and over the weekend, constantly in motion, you wonder if their days end at all.
There are issues arranging pickups, and drop-offs, finding trucks, finding drivers, dispatching loads, invoicing customers, paying carriers, paying drivers, getting the proofs of delivery. In fact, I would think many feel that their days never end… that its one big never-ending 'longest day'.
And that is why I feel good about what we do with our transportation management software application – how it brings it all together for a freight brokerage and small trucking company – allowing them to run their business more effectively and efficiently by having their data all in one plac,e and being able to transact and interact out of the system with all their stakeholders.
We realized long ago that it's people that run this industry – not machines, not trucks, not computers – and that our technology needed to be supportive of their business, and equally important, of their lives.
We hoped that in helping people to 'wrap their hands' and 'wrap their heads' around their business that they too could enjoy some of the finer things in life.
Things like sitting on a dock at sunset, on the longest day of the year watching the sun go down and the stars come out.
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Insurance benefits slashed for non-union employees
Informational sessions were held the week of Sept. 19 for employees with questions regarding life insurance benefits, announced in a Sept. 12 email.
Erin Brown
By Campus Reporter
Full-time, non-union employees were notified of benefits cuts, effective Oct. 1, reducing the payment to beneficiaries in the event of an employee's death, according to a Sept. 12 email from Columbia's Human Resources Department.
The email—sent to employees without prior notice—informed employees Columbia will now pay 1.5x their annual income to their beneficiaries as compared to the 3.5x it previously paid for.
According to a statement from college spokeswoman Cara Birch, the cuts were caused by rising costs of employee benefits along with low enrollment. In 2008, Columbia spent an average of $20,000 for each employee, and the cost increased to $30,000 in 2016. Birch said the cuts are expected to save Columbia approximately $270,000 in 2017.
"The decision was not taken without deep consideration to the impact to our employees," Birch said in the statement. "We believed reducing the benefit was the option that would have the least impact, while providing savings for 2017."
Katharine Hamerton, associate professor in the Humanities, History, & Social Sciences Department, said this was the first time she experienced benefits changes made without prior notice. She said she was surprised and disappointed to hear about the cuts.
Employees will also be provided with options to purchase supplemental coverage in addition to the basic coverage. Added services include grief counseling for beneficiaries, last will and testament preparation, and real estate preparation services, according to the email.
Hamerton said the added services do not make up for the cuts.
"I don't think all the grief counseling in the world is going to replace the loss of peace of mind that comes with life insurance," Hamerton said.
She added that insurance benefits have been good up to this point and valuable to employees.
Linda Williams, payroll manager, says she sees the cuts as beneficial to the college, and that the new benefits packages are still competitive with other schools.
"I talk to a lot of my friends and… their benefits are not quite as good as ours," Williams said.
An email sent by Birch provided a comparison between Columbia's life insurance benefits and other Chicago-area schools. Columbia will be joining DePaul and Loyola University offering 1.5x annual salary with a maximum of up to $500,000. Roosevelt University offers 1x annual salary up to a maximum of $150,000.
According to Gregory Foster-Rice, associate professor in the Photography Department and Faculty Senate president, the email left many employees with questions, leading the Faculty Senate's executive committee to request a meeting with administrators to address concerns.
Foster-Rice said most employees had concerns about the impact of these changes and whether more cuts were planned for the future.
After a meeting held Sept. 19 with Faculty Senate members and several top administrators, a second email was sent Sept. 21 addressing employee concerns and extending information sessions' dates.
"We received commitments from the administration that the benefits package and any further adjustments are going to be a point of discussion, rather than something that gets implemented without the faculty being aware with adequate time to make adjustments," Foster-Rice said.
Hamerton said future cuts are also a concern for her.
"This particular benefit has been a promised component of our compensation package for many years and [it] looks like now the administration has decided to break that promise," Hamerton said. "If the administration is now going to break promises like this, what is up for grabs next?"
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It has been an interesting and eventful year in Europe for AAPG.
With all the less-than-good news around, we felt it was important to maintain a program of events and activities throughout the year, offering an education program, helping members, supporting the Distinguished Lecturer and Visiting Geoscientist programs, aiding with the networking and business opportunities for exploration and smoothing through the grants program for students offered by the AAPG Europe Region Council.
Although we are constrained by the events in the industry we have still tried to match the wishes of the members and, most importantly, the students, graduates and young professionals as the industry, and the world, needs to go on, and we all know the prospects, exploration and prosperity will soon return.
APPEX Global, our international E&P conference held in London each year, was very buoyant.
For the past 14 years APPEX, the Prospect and Property Expo, has brought together principals, senior managers, business developers and new venture managers for an unmatched opportunity to network and do business with national oil companies, governments, financiers and global E&P deal-makers and decision-makers.
In March earlier this year, 60 exhibitors, almost 550 delegates and more than 80 speaker presentations emphasized the importance of this event on the international calendar.
Next year's APPEX will be March 1-3.
Following up this event, in October AAPG Europe held our biennial 3P Arctic Conference and Exhibition, held this year in Stavanger, Norway.
The Arctic is, in terms of hydrocarbon exploration, arguably the only remaining true frontier with major exploration potential, and it is hence of major industrial interest. From a tectonic perspective, the Arctic remains one of the least understood regions of the world, and thus attracts researchers from academia, government and industry.
Although the remoteness and harsh environment of the Arctic makes data acquisition and operations more difficult and costly than elsewhere, this challenge also has an upside in that it invites a more open collaboration among scientists of various disciplines, between companies, and across national borders.
Accordingly, the conference drew an impressive turnout of delegates and boasted 100 presentations in three rooms over the three days with topics that included mapping, hydrates, petroleum systems, orogenies, plates, basins and ridges across the entire Arctic region from the Barents, Canada, Greenland, Norway to Siberia.
Our thanks go to the fantastic and energetic conference chairs: Erik Lundin, David Houseknecht and Sergey Aplonov.
Going back to March 2015, we also ran our Europe Region AAPG Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) competition; and congratulations go out to all the teams who competed in Prague. They were too numerous to mention each by name, but there were 23 in total from all over Europe, from Kiev to Stavanger, Coimbra to Moscow.
A massive "thank you" goes out to all the sponsors who made this competition as large and successful as it turned out. The winners this year in Prague were Royal Holloway who flew the European flag to the AAPG IBA finals in Denver in June at the ACE, where they beat the other 11 finalists in a hotly fought competition to be crowned AAPG IBA winner for 2016.
Thanks also go to Nuno Pimentel and Rui Pena Reis for their excellent vision and stewardship of the annual AAPG Europe Regional Conference and Exhibition in Lisbon last June. Almost 300 delegates, 92 presentations, 68 posters and four field trips made this event a great success. Major sponsorship by Partex, Galp and Repsol was a great help and the conference focusing on "Tethys-Atlantic Interaction Along the European-Iberian-African Plate Boundaries" allowed the freedom to cover a great many topic areas.
The 2016 AAPG Europe Regional conference will be held in Bucharest, on the shores of the Black Sea, May 19-20, 2016.
We were pleased to run several Geoscience Technical Workshops this year. Of particular interest was a GTW in Sicily (a first for AAPG) chaired by Raffa de Cuia, Davide Casabianca and John Cosgrove on fractured reservoirs, which also allowed for four fascinating field trips, including a guided trip up Mount Etna, in the snow, in April.
We also recently held our APPEX Regional conference in Nice, France. This was an opportunity to focus regionally on exploration opportunities and prospects. This event was organized in cooperation with the AAPG Africa Region.
I mentioned at the beginning of this piece the importance we place on students, so, apart from the AAPG Imperial Barrel Award competition, which we see as the backbone of our student educational programs, the Europe Region Council have also granted $40,000 to 10 universities who have in turn included another 30 universities in their educational events and field trips. These programs allowed over 400 students to take part in AAPG-funded events in 2015 and we are very keen to ensure an even spread of opportunities to universities throughout Europe, rather than just accepting grant requests from the closest universities or those with higher profiles.
We are looking forward to Tony Dore, the latest Distinguished Lecturer, embarking on a tour in Europe next May and we are busy putting together a program for him.
Our thanks go to Keith Gerdes, AAPG Europe president whose term ended in June 2015. He brought great insight and experience to the Region leadership and we are very appreciative of the time he spent with the AAPG. He handed the leadership baton to Jonathan Craig, whom we all are very excited to work with over the coming two years.
Finally, mention needs to be made of the passing of our friend, colleague and a great former president of the Region, Vlasta Dvorakova. She is deeply missed as she was taken so suddenly from us in June. She worked tirelessly for the AAPG and was always on the end of a phone or Skype to help and support in any way she could.
Here's hoping for a slightly better 2016 for everyone. If you would like more information on any of the AAPG Europe activities please let us know.


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Dozens Attend Gun Violence Meeting in Campbell
By Marianne Favro	• Published August 10, 2019 • Updated on August 11, 2019 at 11:56 am
As the South Bay mourns the three people killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, dozens came together in Campbell for a town hall meeting on gun violence Saturday night.
Among the attendees was family of the 13-year-old who was killed in Gilroy, Kayla Salazar. State assembly members were also there.
Salazar's aunt, Katiuska Pimental, says she'd like to see strong gun reform laws that apply to every state.
"Coming from us, who had someone so close to us be a victim of a horrific crime, we want to share our story of Kayla and support changes in gun laws to keep it from happening again," Pimental said.
State assembly members Ash Kalra and Evan Low agreed that lawmakers need to do more.
"We should look at interstate rules and look at altering the constitutional second amendment," Low said.


Asteroid 2015 TB145 looked like a skull when it passed by our planet three years ago on Halloween. But now the object may be a bit less "humerous," because its shape may since have changed.
In 2015, the asteroid missed Earth by just 300,000 miles and was visible to those with good telescopes. This year, the closest it will come is 25 million miles — which is way too far to tell what it looks like.
"This time it's not coming close enough (to Earth) to be any larger than a dot of light," said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near Earth Object Studies.
What's more, the giant rock won't be at its closest until November 11, well after Halloween.
NASA says the asteroid is most likely a "dead" comet that once spewed debris across the solar system. In space talk, that means it has "shed its volatiles" that would produce the visible tail seen on some comets.
The asteroid was discovered October 10, 2015, by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS-1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) telescope in Haleakala, on the island of Maui.


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Bucshon, Burgess praise HHS proposed rulemaking
U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and Michael Burgess (R-TX), who are both certified medical doctors, recently applauded proposed changes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to update safe harbor regulations.
"This announcement is great news for patients and doctors," Rep. Burgess said. "The proposed rule allows for more patient-centered care and is a step in the right direction to letting doctors be doctors."
Specifically, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled, Revisions to the Safe Harbors Under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Regarding Beneficiary Inducements. The proposal is part of HHS's Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, which aims to reduce regulatory barriers and hasten the transformation of the healthcare system into one that better pays for value and promotes care coordination, according to an OIG fact sheet.
Rep. Bucshon noted that the proposed regulatory changes to the Medicare physician self-referral law, commonly known as the Stark Law, and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute regulations would enable increased physician coordination that leads to better and more affordable care for patients.
Rep. Bucshon called the Stark Law "a dated regulatory structure – designed for a fee-for-service payment model – that has inhibited value-based care and coordinated care arrangements that many physicians are eager to take advantage of in order to provide better and more efficient care for their patients."
OIG said that the proposed safe harbors also include multiple proposed safeguards to protect against fraud and abuse.
"… CMS' proposal to modernize the Stark Law will remove legal barriers that currently prevent physicians from entering into coordinated care and innovative payment models that can lead to better outcomes for patients while also keeping costs down," Rep. Bucshon said.
Rep. Burgess agreed, adding that the proposed rule also "will enable physicians and other health care providers to better coordinate care and let patients focus on their health, resulting in improved health outcomes."
"While this proposal will provide greater certainty for physicians participating in value-based arrangements and providing coordinated care for patients," said Rep. Burgess, "it will also add protections under the anti-kickback statute and civil monetary penalty law."
OIG will take comments on the proposal once it is published in the Federal Register.
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A text messaging program using mobile phone technology is being used in western Uganda to increase awareness of and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, IRIN/Plus News reports. The AIDS Information Center in Uganda and Celtel, a local mobile phone network, have partnered with Text to Change, a nongovernmental organization that uses a bulk short message service platform for HIV/AIDS education. The pilot program, launched on Feb. 14, sent an introductory SMS to a list of 15,000 Celtel subscribers asking if they would like to participate in a no-cost interactive quiz about HIV. TTC offered incentives to participants, such as handsets and airtime for correct answers.
The trial program lasted for six to eight weeks and one question was sent each week. Questions -- such as, "What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?", "Have you ever tested for HIV?" and "How is HIV transmitted?" -- were sent to participants, and 2,500 of the 15,000 subscribers contacted responded to each question. After they sent an answer in reply, the participants received a SMS in return either correcting or confirming an answer. Participants were encouraged to go for HIV testing at the end of the trial period. According to Robert Natlaka, AIC's representative, requests for HIV testing at AIC's central facility in the Mbarara district of southwestern Uganda increased by 100% over the six-week period of the trial program. Natlaka said that approximately 225 participants went to the Mbarara center for testing and that others went to AIC partners throughout the district.
TTC public relations officer Bas Hoefman said that if there were "better sensitization and awareness" of the campaign and the questions were written in local languages, more people would respond to the questions. In the next year, TTC plans to expand the program into other districts.
The number of mobile phone users in Uganda is expected to reach six million by the end of 2008, according to the Ugandan Communications Commission. A 2006 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey showed that up to 50% of people in urban areas have mobile phones, compared with 10% in rural areas. According to DHS, about 30% of women and 40% of men in Uganda have comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDS, even though almost everyone in the country has heard of the disease ( IRIN/PlusNews , 9/4).


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16. Explain technical terms or jargon.
17. Welcome questions from vacationers and solution properly.
18. Compare with things or spots familiar to customers for smooth expertise.
19. Add tales/interpretation related to the non-perfect climate to cheer up patron moods.
20. Contribute to the area people or business enterprise while suitable.
1. Reflect on what has been covered all through the sightseeing excursions.
2. Publicly thank the driver for his proper activity.
3. Publicly thank fellow colleagues cooperated in the sightseeing tour.
4. Thanks to the customers for his or her cooperation and support during the tour.
Five. An e-mail complies with up with thank and remarks request to the customers.


A vital part of creating a great user experience (UX) is thinking about what we call the "customer journey." The customer journey is exactly what it sounds like: the journey your customer makes. For instance, if your product is a toothbrush, you would typically look at the customer journey as buying and using the toothbrush. You then design the experience to match up perfectly with that journey, solving each problem along the way, and the end result feels like magic!
This entry was posted in Corporate Strategies, UX & Design and tagged customer decision journey, user experience design, UX on February 20, 2016 by Paul Canetti.
During the past few decades, the marketing funnel served as the primary model for how people learn about a product, decide to buy, and (hopefully) become loyal customers, helping spread the word to others.
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If I think about the most amazing experiences in my life, becoming a mom is definitely one of them. I've had a complete shift in perspective going from being the child of a parent to the parent of a child. Becoming a parent changes your life in so many profound and fundamental ways: your ability to love, your capacity to give unconditionally, your belief in the wonders of life, your willingness to function on almost no sleep.
As a new mom every moment is precious. I have millions of brand new problems that I need solutions for, so if you can give me solutions that will save me time and energy, I want to know you and hold on tight.
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Q: Android Studio project doesn't recognize some classes since got my Mac Since I got my Mac, I've encountered some problems when pulling my projects from Github.
The app still works even though Android Studio does not recognize some classes.
However, it is very annoying that I have to remove the import lines and write them again every time I pull my project from Github.
Could the problem be that I use a Mac while my colleagues who work on the same project use Windows?

A: Maybe try rebuilding the project (Build -> Rebuild Project). Hopefully that helps.

A: My problem was solved after I cleared the system cache.
If you have the same problem, just follow these steps:

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*From the main menu, select File.

*Click invalidate Caches/Restart.

*Click Invalidate and Restart.

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Q: Associating coastal lat/lon coordinates with country in R I have a list of data points with lat/lon coordinates that I want to associate with their country. There is a great answer on how to do this using rworldmaps here, which is reproduced in the example below. However, because of the relatively large grid size of my data (plus previous spatial interpolation), a not insignificant number of coastal data points end up falling outside the country boundaries of rworldmaps. Is there any way to associate these points with the nearest country to avoid losing the coastal data?
Here is the coords2country function:
library(sp)
library(rworldmap)

#Function code from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14334970/convert-latitude-and-longitude-coordinates-to-country-name-in-r?rq=1
coords2country = function(points)
{
  countriesSP <- getMap(resolution='low')
  #countriesSP <- getMap(resolution='high') #high res version

  #setting CRS directly to that from rworldmap
  pointsSP = SpatialPoints(points, proj4string=CRS(proj4string(countriesSP)))

  # use 'over' to get indices of the Polygons object containing each point
  indices = over(pointsSP, countriesSP)
  # return the ADMIN names of each country
  indices$ADMIN
}

Here is a sample of coordinate points and the response, with some missing coastal data points
pts <- data.frame(x = c(21.00, 21.25, 21.00, 21.25, 25.25, 25.75, 25.25, 25.75, 22.75, 26.50, 23.00),
                  y = c(65.75, 65.75, 65.50, 65.50, 65.00, 65.00, 64.75, 64.75, 63.75, 60.50, 60.00))

pts$country  <- coords2country(pts)

head(pts)
      x     y country
1 21.00 65.75  Sweden
2 21.25 65.75  Sweden
3 21.00 65.50  Sweden
4 21.25 65.50  Sweden
5 25.25 65.00    <NA>
6 25.75 65.00 Finland

I'd like to modify this to count points such as x=25.25, 65.00 as part of Finland, or even capture a point that falls into the nearby ocean.
Note: Using the high resolution version of rworldmaps (with rworldxtra) does eliminate some of the NAs, but doesn't eliminate the problem.


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Ashford, Robert, and Minnie L Upton. Goodbye, My Laddie! . [, monographic. Oliver Ditson Company,, Boston:, 1918] Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013567234/.
Ashford, R. & Upton, M. L. (1918) Goodbye, My Laddie! . [, monographic. Oliver Ditson Company,, Boston:] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013567234/.
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Home Government 88th Legislature Lucio: Lack of seniority in legislative delegation is going to hurt Cameron...
Lucio: Lack of seniority in legislative delegation is going to hurt Cameron County
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Retiring state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., fears Cameron County may struggle to secure its legislative agenda items in the upcoming session due to a lack of experience within its delegation.
Three of the four lawmakers representing the county are coming in as freshmen. They are state Sen. Morgan LaMantia, a Democrat from South Padre Island, and state Reps. Erin Gamez, D-Brownsville, and Janie Lopez, R-San Benito.
The only member of the Cameron County delegation with experience is state Rep. Oscar Longoria, D-La Joya.
Lucio spoke recently at a Despierta Brownsville breakfast event hosted by the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce. During his remarks he spoke about getting legislation passed because of his tenure. He is currently the third longest serving member in the Texas Senate.
"Of course it's going to be tough," Lucio said, when asked by the Rio Grande Guardian about the lack of seniority within the Cameron County delegation.
"I remember when I started in the Texas House in January, 1987. I walked on the floor of the House, I didn't know anyone, not even my own colleagues in the Valley. I didn't know them."
Lucio said he immediately set about learning who was in the Rio Grande Valley delegation.
"I had to start from from ground level and I had to start in my own home base of the Valley and work from there. But I quickly was able to learn everybody's name by walking up and down the aisles. Every day I would walk up and down, up and down every aisle on the floor of the House to greet my fellow House members."
Lucio said by doing this he learned all the names of the lawmakers that served in the 70th Legislature.
"And those names stuck. I thought I was going to hopefully be there for a while but but, again, wrong. God had other plans for me and I moved on to the Senate chamber. But some of the people I met, like Todd Hunter, who became a brother, a Republican brother in Christ, stood out. He's from Corpus Christi and we are still in constant communication."
Lucio said it will be tough for Cameron County because, in one fell swoop it is losing the seniority established by himself, his son, state Rep. Eddie Lucio, III, D-San Benito, and state Rep. Alex Dominguez, D-Brownsville.
Unless a recount changes things, LaMantia will succeed Lucio as the member for Senate District 27. Texas House District 38 was represented by Rep. Lucio but he resigned a few months ago, to be replaced by Gamez. Dominguez did not seek re-election in Texas House District 37. Instead, he challenged unsuccessfully for Senate District 27. He will be succeeded by Lopez.
"It is going to be tough for this (Cameron) county and if you're in the opposite party and you don't want to reach across the aisle it will be even tougher," Sen. Lucio said.
"But, I suspect we have some very smart young ladies, all three, two state representatives and a senator, that are going to rise to the occasion. I believe that they have what it takes."
Lucio sends his regards to the three freshmen lawmakers.
"I wish them well and if they need my advice, they have my number."
Texas Neighbors Care
As for Sen. Lucio, he plans to start a new ministry, Texas Neighbors Care.
"I plan to start a ministry and try to identify all children, young men and women who are eighth, ninth, and tenth graders who have thoughts of dropping out of high school and not finishing their schooling," Lucio said.
"I would like very much to know who they are. I would like very much to have an opportunity to sit down and talk to them and talk to the parents. One parent, two parents, or no parents. Talk to family members, talk to them about how important they are to society, how important they are to God and that we're here to support them."
Lucio said the ministry will help such students with mentoring and supplies.
"If they need shoes, if they need clothes, if they need school supplies, whatever it is they need, I intend to have a nonprofit by the name of Texas Neighbors Care that will address those issues," Lucio said.
Lucio will also devote time to a few companies that have asked for his help. But, he said, he will work for them as a consultant, not as a registered lobbyist.
"I am going to be working, representing two or three small companies or organizations. But, I really want to make an effort to save young people from slipping through the cracks of life," Lucio said.
"I don't want to see that happen to anyone. When you're pro-life, as I am, those lives matter. At-risk kids really matter to me because they can they can turn out to be the CEO for this Brownsville Chamber. If they lack food, if they lack anything, it's up to us as a society."
Lucio said he will be asking for donations, large or small.
"We always say, it takes it takes a community to raise a child and that is true. I am looking for financial contributions. Even if it is only $5, that's monumental towards trying to help the students, especially when 1,000 people give $5 or 10,000 people give $5."
Lucio added: "Don't cut yourself short in making sure you make an impact. God is wanting us to do that and I am not going to allow my life to go a day without trying to reach out and make a difference to someone."
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Q: How to change max_length of a field on a proxy model in Django I am working on a bulletin board project. I have two Django model classes:
from ckeditor.fields import RichTextField
...

class Bulletin(models.Model):
    # other fields...
    content = RichTextField('Content (Don\'t use this and content image)',
                            max_length=5000, blank=True,
                            null=True)

# other classes...

class QuoteManager(models.Manager):
    def get_queryset(self):
        return super(QuoteManager, self).get_queryset().filter(
            bulletin_type=BulletinType.QUOTE.name)

class Quote(Bulletin):
    class Meta:
        proxy = True

    objects = QuoteManager()

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.bulletin_type = BulletinType.QUOTE.name
        super(Quote, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

This allows me to keep all my proxy classes in the same DB and have the same fields as my base "Bulletin" class.
What I want to do is modify the Quote proxy class to have a max_length of say 200. How can I do this?
What I've tried?
I tried adding "content" to the proxy class and this was a name collision.
I tried adding a field called "quote_content" to the proxy class as a workaround, but this also failed as you cannot create fields in proxy classes.
A perfect solution would allow me to keep my proxy class, but still modify the max_length. Is such a think even possible?

A: You can try using, forms
I don't think proxy model will allow you to do so


A leading organisation in the fight against domestic abuse has announced the launch of its first Survivor Network.
The brainchild of West Mercia Women's Aid, the Network is made up of a group of women who have all survived domestic abuse.
By joining forces to help one another and themselves, the Network aims to support them along their journey of long-term recovery.
Volunteering in refuges, group programmes and other related services.
The Survivor Network is currently putting together a range of events and activities including coffee mornings, support groups, training events and fundraising initiatives.
Its launch event will take place on Friday 7 November between 11.00am and 1.00pm at Berrows Business Centre, Bath Street, Hereford HR1 2HE for local agencies and related professionals. Members will be talking about their own experiences and survival, the development of the Network and their future plans for its growth.
All women involved in the Survivor Network are survivors of domestic abuse who have received services from West Mercia Women's Aid – or other similar organisations – and have embarked on their journey of recovery.
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Horrific car crash kills chess players
4/3/2013 – Returning from the Doeberl Cup in Canberra, Australia six members of the Melbourne Chess Club involved in a motoring accident when their Toyota Tarago rolled off the freeway. Andrew Saint and Hannibal Swartz died in the smash, while fellow players James Morris and Dimitri Partsi were seriously injured. This chess tragedy is in the national and international news.
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One of Australia's top chess players is fighting for his life
after a car smash that killed two of his friends
Six members of the Melbourne Chess Club were returning from the Doeberl Cup in Canberra on Monday night when their Toyota Tarago rolled off the Hume Freeway near Winton in northeastern Victoria. Passengers Andrew Saint and Hannibal Swartz, both aged in their 30s, died in the smash, while fellow players James Morris and Dimitri Partsi were seriously injured. Two other chess players, Anthony Hain and Paul Cavezza, were treated in Wangaratta. Mr Morris, an international chess master, is in a critical but stable condition at The Alfred hospital with head and chest injuries. Mr Partsi is in a serious condition at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Video news report here
Adelaide Now news report with pictures
The accident is made all the more tragic by the fact that hours earlier the treasurer of the Melbourne Chess Club Andrew Saint, 31 and rated 1890, had won the Major division of the Doeberl Cup in Canberra in arguably his best tournament result!
Andrew Saint (right) in late 2012, presenting a prize check to Max Illingworth
Kerry Stead on Andrew Saint: "I had known Andrew for a number of years through his involvement in the chess scene in Adelaide, but had got to know him better since we had both moved from our home cities to Melbourne. He was always cheerful and smiling, even when stressed, and always had kind words for those he spoke to. His chess was generally solid and positional, though he was also more than capable of finding the right tactical solution to a position if necessary!"
CoffeeHouse Chess on Andrew Saint
When someone passes away, it is customary to talk about the persons attributes and generosity, however with Andrew its simply so easy to remember countless examples of these things – they are not hard to find with him and even after we all discuss the great things he did, there will still have been another 1000 generous things he has done that have simply gone unnoticed – that was just the sort of person he was.
Andrew was a very generous person and would always offer others a coffee when he went to buy one – even if he didnt know them that well. He was also generous with his time, putting a huge amount of effort into the very difficult job of being the Melbourne Chess Club treasurer, despite working long hours in his day job. Andrew was a shining light as a very generous and giving person amongst a chess scene of "individuals". He gave more to chess than he took out of it – both at MCC and back in Adelaide.
Andrew was also a wonderful person away from chess. He liked fine food and dining out. At a Bunnings sausage sizzle to raise funds for MCC, he bought all of us some Wagu beef steaks just to share the gourmet experience with all of us. After the sizzle he showed myself, Pano Skiotis and Paul Cavezza one of his favourite restaurants "Laksa King", a Malaysian restaurant in Flemington. It was so good that I went back there the next night too! Andrew was also the brains behind the free lunch at Cup Weekender and wouldve enjoyed cooking good food for all of the players in the event. As well as food and cooking, I also enjoyed talking to Andrew about travelling, football and his other interests – in fact we really didnt talk very much about chess!
In losing Andrew, Australian chess has lost a great great person who did so much for other people and so much for chess itself. Andrew thank you for the work you have done at MCC and for the friendship, happieness, coffees and restaurant tips you have given all of us – you are already deeply missed! Well done on a magnificent performance in your final tournament. Not many people get to go out on top, but you certainly have – in both chess and in life in general!
Hannibal Schwartz
Hannibal had only begun playing chess in Melbourne in the last year, but had the highlight of drawing with visiting German GM Igor Khenkin in a simul at Box Hill Chess Club in January. He was quiet and unassuming, but had made a number of friends in his brief time in the chess community.
James Morris
IM James Morris, 19, rated 2406 [photo Gary Bekker]
Melbourne Chess Club president Grant Szuveges said James Morris was the most talented chess player he had met and was known throughout Australia and internationally. "He is easily in the top ten players in Australia, and probably the one who could go on to become absolutely better than anyone else in this country. He is just one of those people; everybody loved him – still does love him."
The Oceania Zonal is a very strong chess tournament held every two years. The best players from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea are vying win the event. The winner qualifies to the World Interzonal, which is in turn a qualifier for the World Championships. Also on offer is the prestigious International Master title! A lot of people were fighting for the IM title. To be honest, I didn't think I would get it. But you never know in these tournaments; 7 days, 9 rounds. It is a fitness test and only the strong get through.
I started the tournament well, scoring 1.5/2 in the first two games, the draw against IM George Xie, Australia's 4th highest rated player. The next two games were very successful. I beat two experienced players; Michael Steadman from New Zealand and Moulthun Ly from Queensland. Moulthun is a former Australian Junior Champion! I was very happy.
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Be alert but not alarmed
Serverless vendor lock-in: Should you be worried?
Jaikumar Vijayan, Freelance writer
Don't let concerns about vendor lock-in stop you from committing to a serverless platform. As with any technology move, however, it's a good idea to assess the potential risk and impact of that happening when choosing a vendor.
That appears to be the general consensus among some industry experts amid concerns over vendor lock-in, prompted mainly by Amazon's early—and dominating—lead in the serverless computing space.
According to the Cloud Native Technologies Foundation (CNTF), 70% of organizations currently using serverless technologies are on Amazon's Lambda platform, compared to 13% on Google's Cloud Function and 12% each on Apache's OpenWhisk and Microsoft's Azure Functions.
In a serverless computing model, the cloud vendor hosts, provisions, and manages all of the computing resources for running an application or service, including the operating system and hardware. The model frees developers from having to write for a particular OS platform or hardware infrastructure.
It is typically cheaper than infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service models, because most vendors use pay-as-you-go pricing with serverless computing. However, one major concern that has cropped up in recent months with serverless computing is vendor lock-in: It can be hard to port to another vendor's platform without considerable effort and cost.
Here's what your team needs to know about serverless lock-in.
Lock-in at the API level
One place where vendor lock-in can occur in the serverless context is at the API level, said Dean Hallman, founder and CTO of WireSoft and creator of Cloudbox, an open-source project for building cloud and serverless applications. The API is the interface between the customer's code and the serverless vendor's infrastructure.
The way that AWS Lambda or OpenWhisk calls into your serverless code can vary. Coupling your code too tightly to a serverless vendor's APIs can make it hard to move the code to another platform. So, to avoid problems, "you need to make sure there's some distance between you and the APIs you are using," he said.
The services lock-in issue
Another, bigger potential for lock-in exists in the way your code interacts with or is triggered by all of the other services that a serverless vendor provides. "The challenge with lock-in is derived from the tight coupling between the serverless functions and the cloud provider services," said Yaron Haviv, founder and CTO of Iguazio, an analytics provider.
One example is Lambda's use of Kinesis as a trigger source for data streaming. An organization that wants to use another streaming technology, such as Apache Kafka, would not be able to use it on Lambda. "So the lock-in is not just about the Lambda service but all the resources attached to it," Haviv explained.
The point is, it's not just about the connection to a vendor's serverless API. Organizations should also keep in mind all the services around the serverless system when evaluating the potential for getting locked into a vendor, Haviv said.
For example, if an organization uses serverless as a platform-specific glue layer—to connect an AWS notification service to another AWS data service, for instance—that customer is already locked into the vendor. In such cases, the customer should try to ensure that the serverless platform properly supports the desired use case, Haviv said.
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How much should you care?
The real issue, though, is how much you should allow such concerns to influence decisions about whether or not to commit to a particular serverless platform vendor. The reality is that there is always a degree of lock-in with any technology choice, and serverless is no different.
Owen Rogers, an analyst with 451 Research, said vendor lock-in is a reality, whether you are choosing a database, a programming language, or an operating system, and serverless is no different.
"Yes, there is likely to be some lock-in when choosing a serverless platform. Enterprises are forced to make a choice at some point, and this choice is bound to lead to some lock-in."
—Owen Rogers
Rather than avoiding serverless because of fears about lock-in risk, assess the threat and impact instead, Rogers said. Consider, for instance, the likelihood of your needing to migrate off Lambda. What might drive such a change, and what are the chances of these drivers becoming reality?
The chance of AWS raising prices, for example, is balanced by enterprise strategy.
"Lambda pricing I would argue is very low, but the chance of the enterprise periodically changing its strategic suppliers is higher."
Similarly, figure out how much it would cost to migrate to a different provider, and how that might affect the business, he said.
There are also new frameworks to provide compatibility across serverless platforms from groups such as serverless.com. Others, including the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), are making progress on a serverless standard. These can be good options for organizations concerned about serverless vendor lock-in.
But there are trade-offs to be considered as well, 451 Research's Rogers said. One challenge is a loss of fidelity. If Google, for example, launches a cool new feature on Cloud Functions, he said, how long will it take to be available on these new frameworks, and how will this translate to the other cloud providers that don't offer an equivalent feature?
There's also the issue of just how much functionality a truly open serverless framework would be able to offer compared to specific vendors' wares. "I expect there will soon be a number of open-source options that loosen vendor bonds," said WireSoft's Hallman.
The challenge is going to be in making sure the resulting technologies don't end up adopting the lowest common denominator across technologies in their bid to be open, he said.
Is lock-in a reason to worry?
The entire serverless space itself is relatively new, still fragmented, and largely dominated by a single player, said IT consultant Rafal Gancarz.
"Personally, I believe vendor lock-in is not really a relevant problem in the context of serverless computing right now."
—Rafal Gancarz
Gancarz said he believes that rivals of Amazon, either within the serverless computing space or in the platform-as-a-service community, are likely fueling the concerns in an attempt to undermine Lambda's dominance. "It's just inventing a problem," he said.
Serverless computing is highly dependent on the platform provider, he said. But given the current immaturity within the industry, organizations don't have a whole lot of options for reducing the degree of dependency, Gancarz noted.
So rather than worrying about vendor lock-in, Gancarz suggested that organizations focus on finding and committing to a platform that offers them the most benefits and integrations across provider services.
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