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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across Scotland are being given the chance to enlist the services of an industry expert to assist them with a cyber security strategy.
Cyber Resilience Voucher Scheme has been launched by Digital Scotland Business Excellence Partnership (formed of Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Business Gateway and COSLA).
The value of the voucher is up to £1,500 per company. 80 applications have been received so far, with another 120 still available.
The Federation of Small Businesses found that 3 out of 10 of their members have been a victim of cyber crime with the total cost of cyber crime to the UK economy being valued at £27 billion per annum.
A cyber resilience strategy will help businesses achieve Cyber Essentials; a UK Government developed accreditation scheme. Cyber Essentials is increasingly becoming a requirement in the procurement of products and services. A toolkit is also being developed that will help businesses to easily access the information on how to get the basics of cyber resilience right.
Paul Foley, Project Manager at Scottish Enterprise, said: "All citizens and businesses are a potential target of a cyber attack, particularly if they do not take some simple precautionary measures to protect themselves. Any company that relies on computerised systems for payroll, marketing via social media or a website, booking systems, databases of customer details including payment details or any Intellectual Property or Patent information that could be of value is at risk."
"This voucher gives businesses one-to-one access with a cyber security expert to ensure measures are put in place to safeguard the business and its customers. On completion, the systems will be compliant with the Cyber Essentials UK Government Standard."
The scheme is free but there is a limited number of places available and to be eligible for the voucher, SMEs have to be based in Scotland and have a relationship with Business Gateway, Highland and Islands Enterprise or Scottish Enterprise. The application can be accessed via business contacts at these three organisations. The deadline for applications is January 2017.
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From 'deactivation' to 'activation', Robotboy also has a third (and last) mode, known as 'superactivation'. Throughout the series, Robotboy transforms into this mode during battle; normally when it seems that he had enough in combat and is ready to take on superactivation mode. He also tends to superactivate when Tommy is in danger. The same applies to his other friends, Lola and Gus. Robotboy will also superactivate to protect Tommy's family, such as when he did so in "Everybody Loves Grandma", in order to save Grandma Turnbull from a couple of General Yakitori's mechs. In this form, Robotboy is almost unstoppable in combat.
Robotboy becomes much taller when he transforms, nearly two or three times the size of Tommy, and his own regular mode. While he's superactivated, Robotboy is able to use more weapons, such as miniature missiles and saw-blades, all of which he doesn't have in activated mode. Robotboy's appearance also changes drastically. His base color goes from a whitish-blue to a medium silver, and he has larger, dark-blue hands, and boot-like feet attached to longer, more powerful thighs. His ears/horns become twice their initial length, and curve upwards, into a horseshoe shape. Ro's face has a dark-blue, mask-like design, with a red outline, and his blue eyes are now red, with a white outline, and small tear tracks on the upper-left and bottom-right corners. In some episodes, they release steam. Ro's body is now separated by a thin, cylindrical dark-blue waist. His pelvis and torso are boxier and he has a jutted chest and sharp, pointy, dark-blue shoulder blades.
Superactivated Robotboy is a formidable fighter, nearly winning in almost every battle he is in, and often strikes fear and panic in most of his foes, just by his appearance alone. He tends to look emotionless while he's superactivated, and is unable to speak in this mode. However, he can express some looks, such as shock and smiles with his eyes and/or mouth. Though these are rare, and seen in only a few episodes ("Don't Fight It", "I Want That Toy", and "Science Fear"). He even released a single tear in "Crying Time" in this mode, when he realizes that he almost killed Tommy.
Just like in Activated mode, Superactivated Robotboy is able to survive and move without his head. In "Kurt's Father", he had detached it, to put it on the inactive body of one of his duplicates, in order to fool Special Agent, before he tossed it to the ground and reattached his head. He also has the ability to produce a new head, should something happen to his current one. In "Bambi-Bot", his head was trapped in a energy pom-pom. When Bambi-Bot threatened to kill Tommy, Robotboy had no choice but to activate a self-destruct sequence to explode his own head to rid himself of the pom-pom. A new head then popped up, and Robotboy destroyed the cheer-bots and Bambi-Bot, saving Tommy. Lastly, in "Brother Bjorn" when Bjorn Bjornson told Superactivated Robotboy and Superactivated Bjornbot to take a five minute break for battery replacement, both took off their heads and threw them to the ground, where they exploded, and then immediately grew new ones.
Superactivated Robotboy is much stronger than his activated mode, which is showcased many times throughout the series. For example, a single punch from him was able to cause a landslide that blocked lava flow from Kamikazi's volcano lair in "The Legend of Brainy Yak".
Superactivated Robotboy is a faster flyer; able to circle the Earth 10 times in just minutes.
Robotboy can fire missiles at any target from numerous places on his body.
Superactivated Robotboy can fire various lasers which come in different colors.
Superactivated Robotboy hands are equipped with flamethrowers that make it too hot for enemies to handle! He can even use the thrusters in his feet as flamethrowers.
Superactivated Robotboy can switch his hands into saw blades or produce them from his wrists so he can still use his hands.
Robotboy can fire energy blasts from the holes in his hands.
The music that plays when Robotboy superactivates resembles The Powerpuff Girls opening theme.
In one of Cartoon Network's City bumpers, Robotboy gets annoyed by a fly who is flying around in Tommy's backyard. He superactivates and shoots a laser to the fly, but the fly just lands on Tommy's head. So Robotboy aims at him and fires. Instead of what usually happens to those who get blasted by Robotboy, Tommy's hair is just somewhat singed and he has soot marks all over him, but is relatively unharmed. The fly is also okay as it just buzzes away. This can mean that Robotboy in his Superactivated mode can use lasers or very bright light that doesn't cause harm; possibly realizing at the last moment that he could hurt Tommy. It's difficult to tell, of course, because the bumpers were made by Cartoon Network and not by the writers and was made for a comic effect only.
Exclusively in the French dub, Robotboy can talk in this mode. However, his voice is the same as his voice in his normal mode. The episodes Robotboy speaks in Superactivated mode are "Double Tommy" and "Robot Girl".
Superactivated Robotboy's eyes have been shown to glow or flash a brighter red numerous of times, specifically when he locks onto a specific target, such as the cotton candy rabbit's open mouth in "Door To Door". They also glow when he's focusing intently on someone such as Tommy falling to his death in "The Babysitter" or Agent 17, who was pretending to be Tommy in "Double Tommy".
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It seems Jolly and Jenny elf decided to take some time off from their naughty escapes and take a trip.
Jenny was ready for some relaxation on the deck of a cruise ship and taking in some rays.
but as you can see Jenny is siting on deck alone.
Where is Jolly she wondered.
Little did she know Jolly was up to elf shenanigans and was being his naughty elf self.
and vied for a closer look.
Barbie was none to thrilled with Jolly's attention and he has been taken away.
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I do have to admit that it is a good group of people.
Well some how when I glance at our Elf on the Shelf I cant stop laughing.
I think Jolly is still smiling because he may have some other naughty antics up his sleeve.
My, oh my! I'm anxious to know what other antics naughty Jolly has up his sleeves!


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NCIOPL: NC Institute of Political Leadership Graduates 60th Class of Fellows
NC Institute of Political Leadership Graduates 60th Class of Fellows
Pictured: L-R: Patricia Sykes, Emily Antoszyk, Tiffani Teachey, Kyshia Lineberger, and Brittany Carroll. Missing: Afrique Kilimanjaro
Greensboro, NC – The North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership graduated its 60th class of Fellows on Friday, May 3, 2019 in the Old Senate Chambers of the NC Capitol in Raleigh.
The Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit leadership organization founded in 1987 to improve the practice of democracy in North Carolina. Its mission is to educate future political and community leaders in modern campaign strategy, ethical decision making, and governance, such that its participants will have a sound grounding in ethical behavior, consensus building, and cooperative and collaborative leadership. No other program in North Carolina offers such a comprehensive curriculum in strategic non-partisan political leadership development.
Fellow Patricia Sykes delivered the invocation, followed by Fellow Tiffani Teachey who delivered remarks on behalf of the class. The Honorable Erica Smith, current NC Senator representing Senate District 3, gave the commencement speech.
NC IOPL offers two annual Fellows classes in spring and fall. Graduates of the sixtieth class will join an alumni network of more than 1,000 graduates of the NC IOPL Fellows Program, individuals who have served and continue to serve the citizens of North Carolina.
The graduates of the 60th class of Fellows are as follows:
Emily Antoszyk Raleigh
Brittany Carroll Greensboro
Afrique Kilimanjaro Greensboro
Kyshia Lineberger Charlotte
Patricia Sykes Southport
Tiffani Teachey Charlotte


text: 50 GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT 11.18 public to make decisions based on science and reason. Well, that is our first mistake. ere is nothing wrong with numbers. In fact, it is extremely important to lead with good eth - ics and transparency by showing the real evidence. But as explained by the influencer Adam Grant, if we want to change deeply rooted beliefs, we have to gain the public's heart first. Some might think this is futile, but by establishing a rapport with the pub - lic, we show that we are all on the same side, that we all care about the same things and, more importantly, that we share the same values. Negotiating new responsibilities But how do we do this? Whom do we turn to for advice, especially these days when the media are plagued with negative messages about sensitive issues like pesticide safety? e answer might sound a bit out of the box, but it might be helpful to look for answers from experts who deal with com - munication issues similar to ours every day: hostage negotiators and customer service pros. After all, we must persuade an emo - tional and sometimes irrational and angry public that products like pesticides and fertilizers are safe, and they don't pose any threat to their families. Good examples and thorough sources Most superintendents have good relationships with the golfers who play their courses regularly. But when the subject turns to complex or controversial topics — with those golfers or the general public — active listening can be a key tool in making those interactions positive ones. After all, we must persuade an emotional and sometimes irrational and angry public that products like pesticides and fertilizers are safe, and they don't pose any threat to their families. of strategies can be found in two books: "Never Split the Difference," by Chris Voss, a former New York City hostage negotia - tor; and "Hug Your Haters," by Jay Baer, an expert in customer service and marketing. Some of the most relevant advice is: • Practice active listening. • Let them say no. • Practice intellectual charity. • Answer to criticism with class. Active listening means listening to un - derstand and not to debate. is is ex- tremely important, because when someone feels heard, they feel cared for and more at ease, making them more open to accepting what you have to say. Voss admits the second strategy might look like a contradiction but explains that the word "no" is actually an icebreaker and the start to a good conversation process be - cause "it provides a temporary oasis of con- trol." According to Voss, this strategy works because all humans need autonomy and need to feel empowered and in control. Pre - serving your counterparts' autonomy calms their emotions and opens them up to hear your proposal. e practice of intellectual charity — also known as "stepping into other people's shoes" — implies approaching their argu - ments carefully and conscientiously, thus making the other party feel valued and,


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The Harlem Gospel Choir The Gospel in 4 Minutes by
Sho Baraka Unashamed Mime Troupe
CHOIR AND WORSHIP ARTS DAY
Dana Brocks, Guest Cultural Resource Commentator
Fine Arts Director, Friendship-West Baptist Church, Dallas, TX
Music has long been a golden thread in the fabric of the African American Church and community. Our African heritage is rich with music, dance, and storytelling [all sacred] and serving distinct purposes— religious, agricultural, fertility, hunting, and war. As with most of our African history, music has been orally transmitted from generation to generation. Western civilization and others were intentional in the suppression of African music especially among slaves.
Because of this suppression, new forms of music were fashioned by Africans in America. However, traditional African styles of harmony, call and response, and strong rhythmic beats were kept. Michael Tanner notes in his article, "The Gospel According to Brother Michael," "All African music was naturally sacred and the concept of singing secular music was alien to them."1 Slaves, who were allowed to commune together in worship, used this opportunity for self expression with their music [and dance].
No one can deny that from the beginning of time, dance has had a ritualistic core to it as well. "Primitive" cave writings denote the use of dance in rituals; dance and music were partners. Barbara Glass writes in African American Dance: An Illustrated History, "African Dance . . . was one of the most important of the cultural arts carried across the Middle Passage . . . it commemorated the important events in the lives of the people, provided means of self-expression, gave rise to arts such as mask and costume making and connected them to God."2 Traditional African dance characteristics included circle and line formations (or ring dance), pantomime, orientation to the earth, improvisation, percussion, polyrhythm, and group (social) dancing also known as community dancing. See the video below for more information on ring shouting and dancing.
This was a strong contrast to traditional European dance which was vertically oriented (example, ballet), geometric patterning in choreography (example, Minuet or cotillion-ballroom), and generally taught to the elite. These dance styles would eventually merge to create many of the dance styles seen today.
As it relates to worship and the church, dance has not had a smooth transition throughout history. Dance as worship dates back to times before the ancient Israelites. It was used in worship celebrations and in celebrations of triumph over an enemy during war. The types of dance used in Israelite society included the circle or ring dance (an African custom), the processional dance, and dances of joy which included whirling or hopping. All of these dance forms were used as expressions of praise and worship to God. But, they also found their way into Pagan ceremonies as well. This would eventually lead to a demise of sacred dance in the church especially as Christianity made its way into the Roman Empire where dance was theatricized and commercialized. Religious dance also became more lascivious and sensual as it took on the forms of dance practiced during pagan rituals. Lucinda Coleman concludes in her article "Worship God in Dance":
Dance within the Christian context, having sprung from Jewish tradition, was embraced by early church as an integral part of celebrations and of worship. During the Middle Ages various influences affected the development of Christian dance and despite increasing proscriptions concerning its value and use, it survived as a sacred dance form . . . Dance offers an enormous range of forms and expressions in worship from the carefully choreographed dramatic presentation to the spontaneous worship and celebration of individuals . . .3
II. Biographical Stories
It is important that every generation know the significant role that African Americans have played in development of the arts in the area of worship. To celebrate any 'choir annual day' and not recognize or be aware of the contribution of Thomas Dorsey would be quite unfortunate. Dorsey is respectfully called the "Father of Gospel Music" due mainly to his use of the term to describe his music and also to the number of songs he wrote that became standard music in churches. Michael Tanner gives a brief history on the influence of Dorsey in his article "The Gospel According to Brother Michael":
The term "Gospel" existed before W.W.II, but other terms such as "anthems," "spirituals," and "jubilees" were more common. After W.W.II a former blues musician and son of a preacher (who used to accompany the widely popular blues singer Bessie Smith), Thomas A. Dorsey converted back to the church and turned his considerable talents to writing religious music. T.A. Dorsey, best known for "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," is of a pivotal post W.W.II importance when we consider the three elements of his business acumen: He is the first black man to start a black owned music publishing company in America. It is Dorsey's distinctive style of writing that the majority of choirs use today: a combination of the old hymnody of Watts, and of the African "call and response" sung in country churches. This distinctive style of religious music he insisted should be called "Gospel." He wanted to disassociate what he felt was a modern style of black religious music from the days of slavery and the distasteful nostalgia of antebellum South. Surprisingly the gospel term stuck retiring "anthems," "spirituals," and "jubilees" as an anachronism of past black religious music.
Secondly, he was the first black promoter on a large scale to promote the better choirs, quartets, and solo singers in and, more importantly, out of the church. With much controversy among the faithful, he was the first to advertise the religious concerts and charge money to see them. (By doing this, T.A. Dorsey had helped create a star system.)"4
It is equally important that we look at the life of African American dancers who have made incredible contributions to the field of dance. How many African American dance ministries know and teach of the life of Janet Collins (1917–2003)? She was the first African American prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera. She could not tour in the south due to her race. Collins won the Donaldson Award for her Broadway appearance in Cole Porter's "Out of This World." At the age of 15 she was chosen as part of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, but when told she would have to paint her face white she refused.5
III. Words from a Living Worship & Arts Legend
Ms. Jewell Kelly received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Music from North Texas University. She taught high school music in the Fort Worth Independent School District for 50 years before retiring in 2011. She conducted workshops across the United States, Germany, and Japan and has taught and directed church music for over 40 years. A recipient of the Living Legends Award from Hampton University, she is currently the Assistant Minister of Music at Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. Ms. Kelly reflects:
When I was growing up, the church choir was very important in the ministry of the church. I grew up at the Rising Star Baptist Church (Rev. Smith Carrie, Pastor) in Fort Worth, Texas around the 1940s. I remember we had three choirs and each one had about 25 people in it. And each Sunday, they would sing their selections. The Star Chorus would sing anthems and hymns. We had the Gospel Choir (older Saints) that sung Gospel songs and the third choir was headed by Francine Reese-Morrison, a recording artist, and they did what was called Contemporary Gospel. The only choir that had a stand-up director was the Star Chorus headed by Rebe Carrie.
The others were directed by the keyboardist or instrumentalists. Back then, the average choir contained about 35 people. Since then, church choirs have grown. I guess if you have mega churches, you have mega choirs. And, if the ministries were strong, people were drawn to that church. It's nothing now to see a choir of about 100. That's why the 'stand-up' director became popular because they needed someone to hold all of those people together. And, ministers thought that choirs were better if they had a 'stand-up' director.
The heart of any celebration is going to be music. We use to have musicals every year. It was important in the church. There was an Annual Day where they featured the choir. They would spotlight the music ministry. Many ministries don't know what their music ministry has. The Annual Day or concerts were an opportunity for people to hear anthems, spirituals, traditional and contemporary gospel all in the same service. Unfortunately, there's only so much a music director can give you on a Sunday.
It's really hard work to pull together a full program that's not just a show. Some people are not committed for the long haul. You just can't come this week and not come next. You have to be committed. You are in the process of perfecting songs. Sometimes it comes from a leader trying to push for perfection. What the director sees is different from what most choir members see and so the director will push for that perfection and many choir members won't be committed to that.
Music (to the listener) is dangerous and deceptive because it has so much power. It gets into you and you don't even know it. For example, most of my high school choirs were predominantly black and sometimes we had to go sing to predominantly white audiences. Most of them were kind of prejudiced because they had a built-in perception that made them say, "Oh here they come hollering again." Then, all of a sudden, they are crying and they don't know why. Music has a way of getting to the heart. You can be sitting there looking at your watch waiting for the service to be over and all of a sudden the music touches you. It slips in when it's effectively done, when it's done the right way. But, it takes so much work beforehand to get there.
Music has power. It's preparing the hearts of the people to receive the message. I was an educator before I was a musician in the church. My job in school was to develop the taste of those kids towards music. Most of them came in with a very low ideal of music. But I could teach them how to blend, how to make pleasant sounds. But, I think most people run away from anything that will broaden them. So, sometimes it's hard to develop 'the taste' because most people just want to stay where they are. I think there's a need to take Black people to another level in music but sometimes we resist change. There is a need for church choirs to evolve. Churches are changing and choirs need to change as well. It's kind of hard to accept some of the changes, but as Gamaliel said in Acts 5:38-39, "Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God."
IV. Songs That Speak to the Moment
(Recommended by Ms. Kelly)
The Lord is my light and my salvation,
the Lord is my light and my salvation.
The Lord is the strength of my life.
In the time of trouble He shall hide me,
in the time of trouble He shall hide me.
Wait on the Lord and be of good courage,
wait on the Lord and be of good courage.
Whom shall I fear?6
Whatever You Want (God's Got It)
Chorus: (*Lead sings 1st, then choir follows)
God's got it
Whatever you ask
According to your faith
You can receive it
Eyes have not seen,
Nor ears have heard,
Good things my God has in store
My Father's rich in houses and land
He holds the world in the palm
of His hand
Rubies and diamonds, silver and gold
My Father has riches that's untold
No need to worry, no to fret
(Choir: My God has everything)
He's never failed me yet
There is no secret, to what my God can do
If He's done it for me, He'll do it for you
Vamp:
My God's got everything (repeat, Lead: sings ad lib)
Whatever you want (repeat as directed)
Eyes have not seen
Nor ears have heard (repeat as directed)
Good things my God has in store.7
By Richard Smallwood
Lord, I will lift mine eyes to the hills
Knowing my help is coming from You
Your peace You give me in time of the storm
You are the source of my strength
You are the strength of my life
I lift my hands in total praise to You.
Amen, amen
Amen, amen 8
Oh How Precious
By Kathy Taylor Brown
Lead: When you're lonely and your heart is filled with despair, remember God cares
Chorus: God cares for you
Lead: And when you're in doubt and you can't find your way out, he will see you through, yes he will
Chorus: See you through, see you through
Lead: Just call--------------------
Chorus: Just call on the name of Jesus.
Lead: Just call his name
Chorus: Just call his name out loud.
Lead: Oh-------------- how precious,
Tenor: Oh, how precious
Sap/alto: Precious,
Precious is his name------------------
All: Precious is his name.
Repeat verse
Lead: OOOOOh, Oh how precious of Jesus
Chorus: Oh how precious is the name, of Jesus (oooooo)
Lead: He will hear you each time you call
Chorus: Oh how precious is the name of Jesus ooooooo
Lead: I know he'll pick you up each time you fall...his name is Jesus
Chorus: Jesus (9X)
Tenor: Oh how precious,
Alto/Sap: precious
Lead: Precious is his name
OOOOOh Oh how precious
Chorus: Oh how precious is the name of Jesus (oooooo)
Lead: He will hear you each time you call, Oh how precious is the name of Jesus
Chorus : Oh how precious is the name of Jesus, ooooooo
Lead: Can I get a witness, he'll pick you up every time you fall...his name is Jesus.
Chorus: Jesus (Repeat)
Help me call him
If you really know him
Have you tried him Jesus Jesus
My joy in sorrow
My hope for tomorrow
My peace in the midst of a storm
Jesus Jesus
I Love Jesus I Love Jesus
Oooh Jesus
Call him in the morning
Call him in the noon day
Call him in the midnight hour
My way in Jesus
My way out Jesus
My way through Jesus
My way over Jesus, Jesus Jesus
Demons tremble at the name of Jesus Jesus Jesus
I Love Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus
Can't Nobody do me like Can't Nobody Hold me like Jesus Jesus Jesus
My Doctor in the sick room
My Lawyer in the court room
My all and all Jesus Jesus
King of kings Jesus
Lord of Lord Jesus
Way maker Jesus.9
V. Audio Visual Aids
Gospel Choir sings "Oh How Precious." Online location:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CcmjU0JQzE (accessed 27 January 2012)
Medley of Great Gospel Choirs . Online location:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEuxKXd7jDA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
(accessed 27 January 2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRGwpAyiGPI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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KK Mime. Online location: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N-S-3-vK2Y
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VI. Books to Help Enhance Your Understanding of the Arts in Worship
Butler, Stephanie. My Body Is the Temple, Encounters and Revelations of Sacred Dance and Artistry. Fairfax, VA: Xulon Press, 2002.
Hedgeman, Denita. Guidelines to Starting and Maintaining a Church Dance Ministry. Mustang, OK: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, 2007.
Lewin, Yael Tamar. Night's Dancer, The Life of Janet Collins. Wesleyan University Press, 2011
1. Tanner, Michael. "The Gospel According to Brother Michael: A Brief History of Anthem, Spiritual, and Gospel Music from Early Slavery to the Mid Twentieth Century)." Crosscurrents. Online location: http://www.kusp.org/playlists/crosscurrents/history.html (accessed 27 January 2012).
2. Glass, Barbara. African American Dance: An Illustrated History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2007.
3. Coleman, Lucinda. "Worship God in Dance." Renewal Journal #6 (1995): 35–44. Online location: Renewaljournal.com
4. Tanner, Michael. "The Gospel According to Brother Michael."
5. Lewin, Yael Tamar. Night's Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2011.
6. "The Lord Is My Light." Text and Tune by Lillian Bouknight. African American Heritage Hymnal. Chicago, IL: GIA Publications, 2001. #160. On the Compact disc featuring James Cleveland. I Don't Feel No Ways Tired. Jackson, MS: 601 Records, 1998.
7. "Whatever You Want, God's Got It." By Milton Bronson. The Chicago Mass Choir: Project Praise, Live in Atlanta. New Haven, CT: New Haven Records, LLC, 2005.
8. "Total Praise." By Richard Smallwood. Richard Smallwood: Adoration (Live in Atlanta). Jive, Verity/Zomba, 1996.
9. "Oh, How Precious." By Kathy Taylor Brown. Kathy Taylor Live: The Worship Experience. Indianapolis, IN: Tyscot, 2008.


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Constitutional reforms in Kazakhstan | By Professor Shazia A Cheema, Prague
Constitutional reforms in Kazakhstan
Central Asia's largest republic, Kazakhstan, held a referendum on June 5, 2022, and its citizens voted to approve 33 of the document's 98 Constitution articles to make the document more viable, operational, practical and compliant with emerging realities.
The president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, rightly believes that the referendum was designed to establish a "second republic" by reforming "the parliamentary and party system" and moving away from the "super-presidential regime".
The June 5, 2022 referendum was the third since Kazakhstan's independence in 1991 and the first since the 1995 referendum that established the current Constitution.
I am of the opinion that after the violent civil unrest in January 2022, there was an urgent need to review everything – I mean literally everything because stability could only be brought about through rapid political, social and economic reforms.
This referendum granted more powers to Parliament; making it the supreme institution by eliminating the powers that former President Nursultan Nazarbayev retained after his resignation in 2019.
The interest of the public in this referendum can be judged by the fact that the turnout in the referendum was 68.1% and of this percentage, 77.2% voted in favor of the reforms.
After these constitutional amendments, public participation and interest in politics would increase as massive changes in the electoral law and party registration process are already encouraging the public to be an active member of political activities and this political participation is due to the decentralization of powers. at regional/local level.
Many of my Kazakh friends who study with me abroad believe that they have more to say and more to do in the new political system and believe that the decentralization introduced by reforms through a referendum will surely provide space so that an ordinary man can participate in political, social, and economic activities.
It is important to mention that new laws prevent relatives of any incumbent president from holding government positions or running parastatals.
Also, the president will hold office or be a member of any political party after being sworn in as president and it will not be possible for anyone to resume a continuous presidency like the former president because the number of terms consecutive presidential elections has been reduced to two. .
Some amendments indicate that more powers have been given to Parliament, especially the Lower House.
The lower house of Kazakhstan is called the Mazhilis and functions similarly to the National Assembly in Pakistan.
Now, as in Pakistan, the Lower House will have the main role in drafting laws and the Upper House (the Senate) will be limited to approving or rejecting laws proposed by the Lower House.
I believe that the political reforms undertaken by Kazakhstan and the significant and practical changes adopted by the referendum on the Constitution should be taken as a positive example for other countries not only in Central Asia, but Pakistan should also consider following the way because we have been arguing for ages that The 1973 Constitution needs massive changes to become more practical.
There is no doubt that constitutional changes in Pakistan are made by Parliament, but I am of the opinion that drastic changes must come directly to the public through a referendum because Parliament would not allow any drastic changes that could minimize its power or share power at the local level. level.
In Pakistan, the local government system has not been allowed to operate freely because parliamentarians are not willing to share their powers with elected local government officials like councilors etc.
Our politicians are not ready to believe that their only responsibility is legislation and not the use of public funds and the provision of public jobs to their constituents.
Our members of the National Assembly, Senate and Provincial Assemblies are not prepared to share public funds with anyone and the power they enjoy in Thana (police station) and Kachairi (district courts).
In Pakistan, we continue to debate whether or not the existing social contract has failed and whether we should need a new system and a new social contract.
I believe that a referendum like the one in Kazakhstan can be useful to revise our Constitution as well as the social system which has failed miserably to help the weak and the powerful.
In Pakistan, power belongs only to the powerful. Can we run the state of Pakistan for a longer period in which 75% of the poor and weak people have no role to play and no rights to enjoy?
—The writer is a Prague-based author, columnist and foreign affairs expert who writes for national and international media.


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Meeting and exceeding analyst predictions: Compugen Ltd. (CGEN)
By Nick Little
Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) is priced at $3.99 after the most recent trading session. At the very opening of the session, the stock price was $4.31 and reached a high price of $4.34, prior to closing the session it reached the value of $4.27. The stock touched a low price of $3.98.Recently in News on December 9, 2021, Compugen Presents Preliminary Translational Data Demonstrating Immune Activation in the Tumor Microenvironment by COM701 at the TIGIT Therapies Digital Summit. – TIGIT and PVRIG are key parallel and complementary inhibitory pathways in the DNAM-1 axis which intersect with the well-established PD-1 pathway. You can read further details here
Compugen Ltd. had a pretty Dodgy run when it comes to the market performance. The 1-year high price for the company's stock is recorded $4.64 on 01/04/22, with the lowest value was $3.95 for the same time period, recorded on 01/10/22.
Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) full year performance was -70.25%
Price records that include history of low and high prices in the period of 52 weeks can tell a lot about the stock's existing status and the future performance. Presently, Compugen Ltd. shares are logging -71.94% during the 52-week period from high price, and 8.42% higher than the lowest price point for the same timeframe. The stock's price range for the 52-week period managed to maintain the performance between $3.68 and $14.22.
The company's shares, operating in the sector of Healthcare managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 943979 for the day, which was evidently lower, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares.
When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) recorded performance in the market was -7.21%, having the revenues showcasing -38.90% on a quarterly basis in comparison with the same period year before. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 334.84M, as it employees total of 68 workers.
Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) in the eye of market guru's
During the last month, 6 analysts gave the Compugen Ltd. a BUY rating, 0 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 0 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating.
According to the data provided on Barchart.com, the moving average of the company in the 100-day period was set at 5.62, with a change in the price was noted -2.20. In a similar fashion, Compugen Ltd. posted a movement of -35.54% for the period of last 100 days, recording 1,091,350 in trading volumes.
Total Debt to Equity Ratio (D/E) can also provide valuable insight into the company's financial health and market status. The debt to equity ratio can be calculated by dividing the present total liabilities of a company by shareholders' equity. Debt to Equity thus makes a valuable metrics that describes the debt, company is using in order to support assets, correlating with the value of shareholders' equity The total Debt to Equity ratio for CGEN is recording 0.00 at the time of this writing. In addition, long term Debt to Equity ratio is set at 0.00.
Compugen Ltd. (CGEN): Stocks Technical analysis and Trends
Raw Stochastic average of Compugen Ltd. in the period of last 50 days is set at 8.16%. The result represents improvement in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 5.52%. In the last 20 days, the company's Stochastic %K was 29.43% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 29.75%.
If we look into the earlier routines of Compugen Ltd., multiple moving trends are noted. Year-to-date Price performance of the company's stock appears to be encouraging, given the fact the metric is recording -7.21%. Additionally, trading for the stock in the period of the last six months notably deteriorated by -41.58%, alongside a downfall of -70.25% for the period of the last 12 months. The shares increased approximately by -4.77% in the 7-day charts and went down by -3.62% in the period of the last 30 days. Common stock shares were lifted by -38.90% during last recorded quarter.
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That time David Bowie almost became a Buddhist monk — and what he said (and sang) about that time
by Rod Meade Sperry| January 15, 2016
Bowie, in a trade ad from 1967.
The year was 1967. Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, who had fled Tibet and would eventually move to North America, was at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland. His star, and that of Buddhism, was already rising on that side of the Atlantic, attracting a new generation of seekers. Some of them were stars themselves. One — so the story goes — was David Bowie, who had started coming around Samye Ling at the inspiration of his friend and collaborator, Tony Visconti (who even worked on Bowie's brilliant swansong, the just-released Blackstar), as well as that of Bowie's girlfriend at the time, Hermione Farthingale.
"I was within a month of having my head shaved, taking my vows, and becoming a monk," Bowie has said about that period of his life. But, he was torn and so sought the counsel of a Buddhist teacher, usually assumed to be Trungpa — though that's now been refuted. The teacher replied to the famous young seeker that he should remain a musician, for that was how he could be of the most benefit.
"I was within a month of having my head shaved, taking my vows, and becoming a monk."
You, of course, know the rest.
David Bowie (January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016)
Bowie's Buddhist history
While he didn't become a monk, Bowie did in fact study for a short time with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Chime Rinpoche, who remembers him fondly in a new video and has now refuted the Trungpa story, writing on Facebook that Bowie never visited Samye Ling, nor met Trungpa. (The authors of the biographies Starman, The Complete David Bowie, and The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s disagree — as does musician Thurston Moore; more on that below. One story circulating online (but not substantiated so far as I know) even claims that it was Trungpa who gave Bowie his stage name.)
That the singer and Lama Chime Rinpoche knew and cared for each other is in no doubt.
Bowie was a young man — still known as David Jones — when the two met. From a 2001 story about Bowie's involvement with Tibet House's annual benefit concert that year:
Young David Jones was 13 when he developed an interest in Buddhism after reading "The Rampa Story" by T. Lobsang Rampa. Over the next four years, his interest in Buddhism and Tibet grew until he was visiting the Tibet House in London up to four times a week.
The man in the saffron robes, Chime Yong Dong Rinpoche, became Jones' guru for several months.
A German Bowie single containing "Silly Boy Blue," the singer's tribute to Chime Tulku Rinpoche.
And in fact, Bowie's 1967 song "Silly Boy Blue," one of his first originals, was a tribute to Lama Chime Rinpoche. In the song's intro from the '01 Tibet House performance, Bowie recalls "stumbling into the Buddhist Society in London when I was about 17, and sitting in front of me at the desk was a Tibetan lama" who would become "my friend, and a teacher for quite some time. […] This was '65, '66. Right about that time, I wrote this next song. "
Watch the intro and song here.
Lama Chime Rinpoche, I'm happy to say, is alive and active at Marpa House in the United Kingdom. One recent video is his "Message to Young People," with a specific focus on the value of meditation for young people, here. "You don't have to become a Buddhist," he says, "you just have to be what you are" — and deal with your energies "in a skillful way." In the video's second half, Rinpoche hands off the rest of the video to members of his community to speak to their own reasons for practice. Watch it here.
Update: Lama Chime Rinpoche has now issued a video of remembrance and prayers for David Bowie. See it here.
Also: Musician Thurston Moore — of Sonic Youth, Chelsea Light Moving, and countless solo and collaborative recordings — has written an appreciation of Bowie for Pitchfork in which he recalls a special moment of kindness from the singer that "brings to mind Bowie's early connection with Buddhist philosophy, practice and meditation, studying with Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Lama Chime Rinpoche. Legend has it that David had considered a life as a monk but his teachers saw his light was needed beyond the monastery and advised him to follow it. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, in later years, became the Buddhist teacher to Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman and so many others who employ kindness and contemplative thought as activism towards peace." Read the whole piece here.
January 30 update: It turns out that while Bowie did not wish for there to be a funeral upon his passing, he did ask for, and get, a Buddhist death ceremony.
About Rod Meade Sperry
Rod Meade Sperry is Editorial Director of LionsRoar.com. He is, with Miguel Chen, co-author of I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too and The Death of You: A Book for Anyone Who Might Not Live Forever. Rod also edited the Lion's Roar book, A Beginner's Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers.
Topics: Chime Tulku Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, David Bowie, Music, Samye Ling, United Kingdom
George Michael remembered by Boy George: "I hope the Buddha will hold him in his arms"
Ashes to ashes — David Bowie's Buddhist death ceremony
by Rod Meade Sperry
Watch Lama Chime Rinpoche's tribute to David Bowie


In Jenin, where remains also exist, the station has attracted a new intensity. The area of this station, which was once part of a military base, has been transformed into a refugee camp. As the camps are the embodiment of exile and disconnection, the memory of the railway plays a particularly strong role there. For the refugees, life revolves around the notion of return, return to the villages of origin. A return would also entail a reconnection to the cities and the Mediterranean that were once part of a continuous geography, interconnected through the extensive railway network.
Absorbed into the density of the camp, the station building has been re-appropriated, mainly for commerce and storage. However, in spite of adapting to the present demands and construction practices of the camp, the structure has maintained its special character. The station's typical volume and details, which are immediately recognizable, evoke the history and a vague memory of its former role. As an affirmation of this memory, the camp inhabitants have initiated a renovation plan for the station with the intent of rehabilitating it as a library or museum. In contrast to the present use of the building for private purposes, the renovation of the building could bring back its role in helping to form a collectivity in the camp. Between a restoration to its original state—a museum of former function—and its current condition—an adapted commercial space—the station could become a different node, a space of encounter and exchange, suggesting the possibility of the region's reconnection.
In their efforts against normalization, the refugees do not only live the return as an imaginary future. In the camp, return also has a present dimension, a future ideal is grounded in present practices and today's material reality. The station at Jenin could on one hand give space to collective practices and on the other, with its strong symbolic presence, represent on a larger scale the struggle for mobility.


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By Dan Ambrose: Once promising super middleweight Mads Larsen (50-2, 37 KOs) won a dull eight-round unanimous decision over journeyman fighter Ross Thompson (26-12-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Larsen, 35, thought to be the next opponent for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, did little other than jab for most of the fight, and won an uninspiring decision. There was little suspense of the fight, other than the 8th round when Thompson tagged Larsen with a powerful left and right hand shot, backing him up and causing him to cover up on the ropes. Thompson, who had lost eight of his last eleven fights going into Saturday's bout, didn't have the size or the firepower to finish Larsen off in the round. The final judges' scores were 79-73, 80-73 and 80-72, all for Larsen.
Larsen, a southpaw from Denmark, who was making only his fifth fight since his comeback in boxing in 2007 after a four year retirement, did little other than jab in the 1st round of the fight. Occasionally, he'd throw a left hand but only when he was certain that Thompson wouldn't return anything that could give him trouble. Larsen needed have worried, though, because Thompson did absolutely nothing in the first round except pose and try and stay out of range. At 5'9", Thompson looked considerably smaller than the 5'11" Larsen, and did nothing to try and make up for his lack of height by trying to get in punching distance.
In the second round, Thompson attempted to throw a few more punches, but only half-heartedly as he often came up short, seeming not to want to get close enough for Larsen to hit him with a counter punch. From a distance, Larsen looked eerily similar to fellow Dane Mikkel Kessler, who also has a large tattoo on the side of his right arm, but that's where the similarity ends. Larsen immediately showed that he had almost zero power and none of the speed and ring craftiness that Kessler has. Even in his prime, four years ago against Sven Ottke, Larsen was mostly a jabber, which cost him in that fight as he lost a 12-round majority decision. Sadly, nothing has changed since then for Larsen, except maybe he doesn't throw quite as many jabs as he used to. He doesn't, however, make up for it by throwing left hands or right hooks.
Larsen was cut over his left eyebrow in the third round after clashing heads with Thompson. Perhaps encouraged by the sight of blood, Thompson finally started letting his hands go a little and landed a small number of right hands in the round. It was still mostly all Larsen, who controlled the round with his jab, which he frequently threw at Thompson.
In the sixth round, one good punch was thrown, a left hand by Larsen that caused Thompson to briefly stumble and almost fall. He wasn't hurt, however, just off balance. It probably wouldn't have mattered even if he had been hurt, for Larsen wouldn't have gone after him regardless because he was fighting purely in a safety-first style and didn't want to take any chances.
Both the 7th and 8th rounds were more of the same, with Larsen jabbing and Thompson doing little other than posing on the outside. Near the end of the 8th round, Thompson finally woke up and tagged Larsen with a nice combination, driving him to the ropes. Thompson, however, couldn't put his punches together to follow up with anything meaningful and subsequently left Larsen off the hook. I doubt he would have been able to do anything, however, because Larsen had been placing Thompson in a head lock every time he would get near him. Most fighters initiate clinches but with Larsen, he puts them in a mean head lock. To each his own I guess.
In the end, Larsen was too good for Thompson, although I'm not in the least surprised considering that Thompson had lost eight of his last eleven bouts going into the fight and one would surmise that he didn't have a ghost of a chance at winning. I must say, I'm not impressed with Larsen in the least. I think Bute would destroy him quite easily without breaking a sweat. I think Bute aught to reconsider using him as an opponent, for he'll just turn off a lot of fans by fighting him.


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Krusty Krushers
Krusty Krushers were a group to SBC that were announced on December 31st, 2011, and then launched on March 11th, 2012. They acted as the opposing group to the Good Noodles for the first generation of Teams. Originally in order to become one, you had to pay 5,000 Doubloons at the SBC Doubloon Store in Glove World. However, as of July 2012, they became free to join.
Once you were a part of the group, you had to stay active on SBC to remain a part of it, or else you'd lose your status. If you spend three months without coming on at all, you will lose your Krusty Krusher status, unless a reason is given on why you are absent. Of course, you could redeem your spot if you returned. Also, you must not break any rules. This operates on a three-strikes, you're out system. If someone was a Krusty Krusher, they would have a brown name and brown rank. The group was discontinued on December 15th, 2012 after a decision was made to redo Teams entirely. Old Man Jenkins was the first and only leader of the Krusty Krushers.
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Wear this Westland Pin with pride at any time of the year.
The Westland Wessex was a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34. It was developed and produced under licence by Westland Aircraft (later Westland Helicopters). One of the main changes from Sikorsky's H-34 was the replacement of the piston-engine powerplant with a turboshaft engine; the Wessex was the first large mass-produced helicopter designed around use of a gas turbine engine.[1] Early models were powered by a single Napier Gazelle engine, while later builds used a pair of de Havilland Gnome engines.
The Wessex was initially produced for the Royal Navy (RN) and later for the Royal Air Force (RAF); a limited number of civilian aircraft were also produced, as well as some export sales. The Wessex operated as an anti-submarine warfare and utility helicopter; it is perhaps best recognised for its use as a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter. The type entered operational service in 1961, and had a service life in excess of 40 years before being retired in Britain.
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In 2010, there were 32 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 39 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 19mb. That's about 3 pictures per month.
The busiest day of the year was November 10th with 251 views. The most popular post that day was About.
The top referring sites in 2010 were americanbedu.com, twitter.com, lostinriyadh.blogspot.com, taraummomar.blogspot.com, and susiesbigadventure.blogspot.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for ya maamaa, yamaamaa, yamaamaa.wordpress.com, islam-o-meter, and how to take up references.


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Furthermore iCandy's two Joint CEO's, brothers Bradley and Warren Appel, will be attending Her Majesty The Queen's reception at Buckingham Palace on Thursday 14th July 2016.
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YES Sun 4/21 10 Day Injury List Out (Knee) ‑ Odor is on the 10-day injured list with a right knee sprain. It is unclear when he will return to the lineup.
Rougned Odor daily MLB projections and fantasy value for next 7-10 days.
Rougned Odor daily fantasy baseball projections for DFS sites such as DraftKings and FanDuel.
Rougned Odor current season averages per batting order spot along with 12 team mixed fantasy value ($). Only includes games started. Games started percentages for RHP vs LHP are based on last 30 days.
Rougned Odor projected to 150 Games vs RHP and LHP with 12 team mixed fantasy value. This helps identify a player's platoon value for fantasy baseball based on pitcher handedness. These projections by Steamer are a MUCH better indicator of a hitter's platoon splits than in-season stats since it involves multiple years of data and has been properly regressed to league averages. Since games are neutralized across players, values for everyday players may look smaller than for preseason/season to date/rest of season where they benefit from playing time advantages vs other players. In general, left-handed hitters have larger platoon splits.
Rougned Odor stats and 5x5 fantasy value from 2010-2018.
Rougned Odor 2019 fantasy value by month for 5x5 leagues.


Under the single stream system, residents combine paper and containers in a single bin or bag. The bins or bags are collected and placed in a truck. When the bins or bags arrive at the MRF, the recyclables are sorted. The impetus for adopting single-stream was twofold: a belief that the added convenience of not needing to sort would entice more residents to participate in their curbside programs, and the desire to save money by reduced collection costs. While collections costs are lower with a single stream system, processing costs are much higher.
Single stream recycling was introduced in the late 1990s as a lower-cost alternative to "dual stream" collection: the predominant method of curbside recycling at the time ("source-separation," where each material type is kept in a separate bag or bin, and trucks have three or more compartments, was the predominant method of collection in the late 1980's, but had all but been abandoned in the U.S. by the mid 1990's).
Under the dual stream system, residents usually combine all their food and beverage containers (aluminum and steel cans, glass jars and bottles, and some or all plastic bottles) in one bin, and they put their newspapers and/or mixed paper (such as junk mail, cereal boxes, and home office paper) in another bin, or in a brown paper grocery bag. The two material streams are picked up and placed in separate compartments on the recycling truck, and taken to a processing center (a materials recovery facility, or MRF). The fiber is sent to market with little or no processing, and the containers go through a variety of automated sorting equipment and hand-picking before being baled or containerized and sent to market.
There are also hybrid co-mingled systems where plastic and metal, and sometimes paper, is combined, but glass is kept separate.
There is significant evidence that the resulting scrap material quality (and hence the revenue) is lower under single-stream collection than it is under a dual stream system or under systems like container deposits, where materials are kept separate. There is a particular concern that glass shards and PET bottles can contaminate paper loads and wreak havoc in a paper mill, and that glass, plastic and aluminum containers cross-contaminate each other.
Figure 3 from CRI's study, Understanding economic and environmental impacts of single-stream collection systems.
While collection costs are lower in single-stream systems, processing costs and the costs associated with disposing of contaminated materials are higher. Overall, single-stream costs about $3 more per ton than dual-stream.
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3. In Oregon, almost all residential recycling and much commercial recycling is collected as commingled material. Oregon programs pick up glass containers separate from other materials or do not include glass in the on-route collection program, choosing to collect glass through recycling depots or some other method. This is unlike single-stream collection programs in much of the rest of the nation that collect all materials, including glass, mixed in together.


Vinyl decal hood stripes styled after the Rally Edition Silverado. The stripes in this kit are curved exact to and taper to the shape of the hood with a pinstripe along the edges. No trimming required.
Curved shape stops just short of the edge of the hood by the windshield and curves around the shape of the front of the hood.


Bad Bunny is only now shedding his image in North America to reflect his "Trap" provenance. The Puerto Rican "Trap King" has orchestrated his comeuppance in a strange order of sequence which saw him receive a Grammy Nomination before the release of his debut LP X100pre. So within the high propensity that his music is consumed in Spanish-speaking countries.


My husband and I are in the process of updating/remodeling our Kitchen, so I have been taking advantage of this opportunity to educate myself on current and upcoming Kitchen design trends. As residential interior designers, we select and specify many of the fixed finishes, appliances, and plumbing selections that go into a home, but we usually aren't as involved in the design of the Kitchen. It is such an involved and specialized area of expertise that most of our clients choose to work with separate Kitchen designers to determine the cabinetry layout and overall design. I was recently involved on a project where we were able to meet with the Kitchen designers and review the shop drawings; it was a fun and educational experience! It also made me aware of how many design possibilities and creative ideas are involved in Kitchen design. From TVs that lift up from underneath the countertop and spice racks hidden behind a stone slab backsplash, to pot filler and sink faucet options, there are an overwhelming number of possibilities to consider.
One area that has stood out to me has been the metal finishes used in a Kitchen. Stainless steel is a great option, but I've become so tired of hearing the same old thing – "stainless steel appliances and granite countertops"! There has to be more out there! So, I've been interested in learning what the next new, trendy finish is going to be.
One word that has been popping up over and over in my research has been WARM. Moving into 2015, the trend for metal is moving away from stainless steel and chrome, and towards warmer finishes such as oil rubbed bronze, copper and gold. I am all for this trend! I have always been a fan of warmer color palettes. One of the great things about this trend is that people can update their Kitchens with warm metal finishes relatively easily – by replacing chrome, stainless steel, or nickel faucets, cabinet hardware, and other accessories.
There are also some new finish options for appliances that I am excited about. GE has introduced a new "Slate" finish that is beautiful, functional, and easy to incorporate into existing color pallets. It is similar to stainless steel but slightly warmer and darker, and it is more of a matte finish which means … NO FINGERPRINTS!
Whirlpool also has a new finish option – White Ice. The collection features white, mirrored-glass with silver accents (a similar look to Apple products) and looks sophisticated and clean, especially when used alongside white cabinets. They also have a Black Ice option (black mirrored-glass with silver accents).
I'm personally leaning towards the Slate finish, but I am very excited to see what debuts next and to hopefully have a break from hearing "stainless steel appliances and granite countertops" every time I turn on HGTV.


An update on the graceful and unique antelope species native to Africa.
The Antelopes all have in common their deer-like features, smooth hair and horns, and sophisticated ability to run up to 25 meters per second. All Antelopes have permanently attached horns, and in the cases of some species, such as the Greater Kudu, these horns are easily distinguishable and twist in interesting spiral shapes. In other species, the horns grow in wide curves and have a sharp point at the end. Unlike deer, Antelopes do not shed their horns each year. Most of the 91 species of antelope are native to Africa and live primarily in plains or grassland, or are indigenous to various regions of Eurasia. However, there are other species that have lived in or been introduced to other habitats. The Gemsbok species, for example, which live primarily in the desert, have recently been introduced to the Tularosa Basin in the United States. As far as their diet goes, Antelopes in general thrive off of grass, shoots, and seeds, and are hunted by the lion, cheetah, and crocodile. To avoid predators, many Antelopes gather in large herds to rely on numbers and good hearing for protection, or simply use dense bush as cover.
Unfortunately, many species of this beautiful animal are dying out due to shrinking habitats caused by human activity, poaching, and natural predation. Humans have hunted the Greater Kudu, a species prized for its horns and meat, to near extinction. The horns poached by humans are then used as containers or musical instruments. Much of the Greater Kudu's population has also been taken over for farming purposes and charcoal burning. The Gemsbok species of antelope, known for the white patches on their legs that look like socks, are not threatened so far, but face a similar fate as the Greater Kudu population as they are hunted by humans who wish to possess their horns. If this continues, the Gemsbok species could become threatened or face extinction much like the Greater Kudu is now. Like the Gemsbok population, the Springbok antelope species, a medium sized antelope found in South Africa, are classified as a thriving species with no risk of extinction. In fact, the Springbok antelope species is considered to be expanding. However, like the Gemsbok or Greater Kudu species, the Springbok species are hunted by humans for its coat. The export of Springbok skins is a large industry across parts of Namibia and South Africa. The skins are then used for taxidermy. Springbok meat is also considered valuable, and is routinely sold in South African markets.
Right now, many organizations such as the African Wildlife Foundation are working to help critical species, such as the Greater Kudu with projects put in place to restore the Kudu's habitat. For example, planting trees in forested ecosystem or proper planning of new projects to ensure a balance between human modernity and conversation of Grater Kudu habitats. Although the Springbok species and the Gemsbok species are classified as Least Concern and do not face immediate danger regarding the survival of their species, it is important that the hunting of these species is regulated to ensure that they will not fall into a threatened status or face extinction in the future.
Antelopes play an important role in the ecosystems they are a part of. Like many other species, they help maintain biodiversity, which ensures sustainability for all organisms in the ecosystem. The natural predators that feed off of antelopes, for example, would lose their source of food. And without any antelopes to keep the plant population in check with their diet, there would be an overabundance of those same plant species which antelopes normally eat. It is clear that the removal of antelopes would cause catastrophic consequences for these ecosystems across multiple levels of the food chain. For the sake of this species, it is important to preserve their living space, and for humans to regulate or outlaw the hunting of Antelope horns, meat, and skin. There is still hope for the Greater Kudu. The Gemsbok, Springbok, and Blesbok antelope species, on the other hand, should ideally continue to grow and thrive as they are now.
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The Linux MUSB subsystem is part of the larger Linux USB subsystem. It provides support for embedded USB Device Controllers (UDC) that do not use Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) or Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI).
Instead, these embedded UDC rely on the USB On-the-Go (OTG) specification which they implement at least partially. The silicon reference design used in most cases is the Multipoint USB Highspeed Dual-Role Controller (MUSB HDRC) found in the Mentor Graphics Inventra™ design.
As a self-taught exercise I have written an MUSB glue layer for the Ingenic JZ4740 SoC, modelled after the many MUSB glue layers in the kernel source tree. This layer can be found at drivers/usb/musb/jz4740.c. In this documentation I will walk through the basics of the jz4740.c glue layer, explaining the different pieces and what needs to be done in order to write your own device glue layer.
To get started on the topic, please read USB On-the-Go Basics (see Resources) which provides an introduction of USB OTG operation at the hardware level. A couple of wiki pages by Texas Instruments and Analog Devices also provide an overview of the Linux kernel MUSB configuration, albeit focused on some specific devices provided by these companies. Finally, getting acquainted with the USB specification at USB home page may come in handy, with practical instance provided through the Writing USB Device Drivers documentation (again, see Resources).
As outlined above, the glue layer is actually the platform specific code sitting in between the controller driver and the controller hardware.
Just like a Linux USB driver needs to register itself with the Linux USB subsystem, the MUSB glue layer needs first to register itself with the MUSB controller driver. This will allow the controller driver to know about which device the glue layer supports and which functions to call when a supported device is detected or released; remember we are talking about an embedded controller chip here, so no insertion or removal at run-time.
The probe and remove function pointers are called when a matching device is detected and, respectively, released. The name string describes the device supported by this glue layer. In the current case it matches a platform_device structure declared in arch/mips/jz4740/platform.c. Note that we are not using device tree bindings here.
The dev and musb members are both device structure variables. The first one holds generic information about the device, since it's the basic device structure, and the latter holds information more closely related to the subsystem the device is registered to. The clk variable keeps information related to the device clock operation.
Let's go through the steps of the probe function that leads the glue layer to register itself to the controller driver.
For the sake of readability each function will be split in logical parts, each part being shown as if it was independent from the others.
The first few lines of the probe function allocate and assign the glue, musb and clk variables. The GFP_KERNEL flag (line 8) allows the allocation process to sleep and wait for memory, thus being usable in a locking situation. The PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO flag (line 12) allows automatic allocation and management of device IDs in order to avoid device namespace collisions with explicit IDs. With devm_clk_get() (line 18) the glue layer allocates the clock – the devm_ prefix indicates that clk_get() is managed: it automatically frees the allocated clock resource data when the device is released – and enable it.
The first step is to pass the device data privately held by the glue layer on to the controller driver through platform_set_drvdata() (line 7). Next is passing on the device resources information, also privately held at that point, through platform_device_add_resources() (line 9).
Here we have the minimal case where only init and exit functions are called by the controller driver when needed. Fact is the JZ4740 MUSB controller is a basic controller, lacking some features found in other controllers, otherwise we may also have pointers to a few other functions like a power management function or a function to switch between OTG and non-OTG modes, for instance.
/* Silicon does not implement ConfigData register.
* Set dyn_fifo to avoid reading EP config from hardware.
The goal of jz4740_musb_init() is to get hold of the transceiver driver data of the MUSB controller hardware and pass it on to the MUSB controller driver, as usual. The transceiver is the circuitry inside the controller hardware responsible for sending/receiving the USB data. Since it is an implementation of the physical layer of the OSI model, the transceiver is also referred to as PHY.
Acting as the counterpart of init, the exit function releases the MUSB PHY driver when the controller hardware itself is about to be released.
Again, note that init and exit are fairly simple in this case due to the basic set of features of the JZ4740 controller hardware. When writing an musb glue layer for a more complex controller hardware, you might need to take care of more processing in those two functions.
Acting as the counterpart of probe, the remove function unregister the MUSB controller hardware (line 5) and disable the clock (line 6), allowing it to be gated.
Here the glue layer mostly has to read the relevant hardware registers and pass their values on to the controller driver which will handle the actual event that triggered the IRQ.
The interrupt handler critical section is protected by the spin_lock_irqsave() and counterpart spin_unlock_irqrestore() functions (line 7 and 24 respectively), which prevent the interrupt handler code to be run by two different threads at the same time.
MUSB_INTRRX: indicates which of the interrupts for TX endpoints are currently active.
Note that musb_readb() is used to read 8-bit registers at most, while musb_readw() allows us to read at most 16-bit registers. There are other functions that can be used depending on the size of your device registers. See musb_io.h for more information.
Instruction on line 18 is another quirk specific to the JZ4740 USB device controller, which will be discussed later in Device Quirks.
This instruction sets a pointer to the glue layer IRQ handler function, in order for the controller hardware to call the handler back when an IRQ comes from the controller hardware. The interrupt handler is now implemented and registered.
In order to write an MUSB glue layer, you need to have some data describing the hardware capabilities of your controller hardware, which is called the platform data.
Platform data is specific to your hardware, though it may cover a broad range of devices, and is generally found somewhere in the arch/ directory, depending on your device architecture.
For instance, platform data for the JZ4740 SoC is found in arch/mips/jz4740/platform.c. In the platform.c file each device of the JZ4740 SoC is described through a set of structures.
The jz4740_udc_xceiv_device platform device structure (line 2) describes the UDC transceiver with a name and id number.
At the time of this writing, note that usb_phy_gen_xceiv is the specific name to be used for all transceivers that are either built-in with reference USB IP or autonomous and doesn't require any PHY programming. You will need to set CONFIG_NOP_USB_XCEIV=y in the kernel configuration to make use of the corresponding transceiver driver. The id field could be set to -1 (equivalent to PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE), -2 (equivalent to PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO) or start with 0 for the first device of this kind if we want a specific id number.
The jz4740_udc_resources resource structure (line 7) defines the UDC registers base addresses.
The first array (line 9 to 11) defines the UDC registers base memory addresses: start points to the first register memory address, end points to the last register memory address and the flags member defines the type of resource we are dealing with. So IORESOURCE_MEM is used to define the registers memory addresses. The second array (line 14 to 17) defines the UDC IRQ registers addresses. Since there is only one IRQ register available for the JZ4740 UDC, start and end point at the same address. The IORESOURCE_IRQ flag tells that we are dealing with IRQ resources, and the name mc is in fact hard-coded in the MUSB core in order for the controller driver to retrieve this IRQ resource by querying it by its name.
Finally, the jz4740_udc_device platform device structure (line 21) describes the UDC itself.
The musb-jz4740 name (line 22) defines the MUSB driver that is used for this device; remember this is in fact the name that we used in the jz4740_driver platform driver structure in Linux MUSB Basics. The id field (line 23) is set to -1 (equivalent to PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE) since we do not need an id for the device: the MUSB controller driver was already set to allocate an automatic id in Linux MUSB Basics. In the dev field we care for DMA related information here. The dma_mask field (line 25) defines the width of the DMA mask that is going to be used, and coherent_dma_mask (line 26) has the same purpose but for the alloc_coherent DMA mappings: in both cases we are using a 32 bits mask. Then the resource field (line 29) is simply a pointer to the resource structure defined before, while the num_resources field (line 28) keeps track of the number of arrays defined in the resource structure (in this case there were two resource arrays defined before).
First the glue layer configures some aspects of the controller driver operation related to the controller hardware specifics. This is done through the jz4740_musb_config musb_hdrc_config structure.
Defining the OTG capability of the controller hardware, the multipoint member (line 3) is set to 0 (equivalent to false) since the JZ4740 UDC is not OTG compatible. Then num_eps (line 5) defines the number of USB endpoints of the controller hardware, including endpoint 0: here we have 3 endpoints + endpoint 0. Next is ram_bits (line 7) which is the width of the RAM address bus for the MUSB controller hardware. This information is needed when the controller driver cannot automatically configure endpoints by reading the relevant controller hardware registers. This issue will be discussed when we get to device quirks in Device Quirks. Last two fields (line 8 and 9) are also about device quirks: fifo_cfg points to the USB endpoints configuration table and fifo_cfg_size keeps track of the size of the number of entries in that configuration table. More on that later in Device Quirks.
Then this configuration is embedded inside jz4740_musb_platform_data musb_hdrc_platform_data structure (line 11): config is a pointer to the configuration structure itself, and mode tells the controller driver if the controller hardware may be used as MUSB_HOST only, MUSB_PERIPHERAL only or MUSB_OTG which is a dual mode.
Remember that jz4740_musb_platform_data is then used to convey platform data information as we have seen in the probe function in Linux MUSB Basics.
Completing the platform data specific to your device, you may also need to write some code in the glue layer to work around some device specific limitations. These quirks may be due to some hardware bugs, or simply be the result of an incomplete implementation of the USB On-the-Go specification.
The JZ4740 UDC exhibits such quirks, some of which we will discuss here for the sake of insight even though these might not be found in the controller hardware you are working on.
Instruction on line 12 helps the MUSB controller driver to work around the fact that the controller hardware is missing registers that are used for USB endpoints configuration.
Looking at the configuration table above, we see that each endpoints is described by three fields: hw_ep_num is the endpoint number, style is its direction (either FIFO_TX for the controller driver to send packets in the controller hardware, or FIFO_RX to receive packets from hardware), and maxpacket defines the maximum size of each data packet that can be transmitted over that endpoint. Reading from the table, the controller driver knows that endpoint 1 can be used to send and receive USB data packets of 512 bytes at once (this is in fact a bulk in/out endpoint), and endpoint 2 can be used to send data packets of 64 bytes at once (this is in fact an interrupt endpoint).
Note that there is no information about endpoint 0 here: that one is implemented by default in every silicon design, with a predefined configuration according to the USB specification. For more examples of endpoint configuration tables, see musb_core.c.
Instruction on line 18 above is a way for the controller driver to work around the fact that some interrupt bits used for USB host mode operation are missing in the MUSB_INTRUSB register, thus left in an undefined hardware state, since this MUSB controller hardware is used in peripheral mode only. As a consequence, the glue layer masks these missing bits out to avoid parasite interrupts by doing a logical AND operation between the value read from MUSB_INTRUSB and the bits that are actually implemented in the register.
These are only a couple of the quirks found in the JZ4740 USB device controller. Some others were directly addressed in the MUSB core since the fixes were generic enough to provide a better handling of the issues for others controller hardware eventually.
Writing a Linux MUSB glue layer should be a more accessible task, as this documentation tries to show the ins and outs of this exercise.
The JZ4740 USB device controller being fairly simple, I hope its glue layer serves as a good example for the curious mind. Used with the current MUSB glue layers, this documentation should provide enough guidance to get started; should anything gets out of hand, the linux-usb mailing list archive is another helpful resource to browse through.
Many thanks to Lars-Peter Clausen and Maarten ter Huurne for answering my questions while I was writing the JZ4740 glue layer and for helping me out getting the code in good shape.
I would also like to thank the Qi-Hardware community at large for its cheerful guidance and support.