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Questions: Support From Your School (Financial & Other)
Competition Fundraising
MissDaisyGirl April 11, 2015, 11:06pm #1
Hello fellow FRC teams,
On Thursday I will have the opportunity to educate our team's school board about our team and its operations. In my presentation, I am hoping to present specific numbers having to do with the costs that come with running an FRC team, as well as their part in our successes.
I feel that more education about other teams would potentially help my case to generate more support, and was wondering if the FRC community could help me out. If there are teams out there that would be willing to share the following information with me, either publicly or via PM, please respond. Your assistance is greatly appreciated!
Is your school public or private?
How many years has your team been in existence?
What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)?
What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school?
Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many?
Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC?
Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours?
What does your team do for your school?
Thanks in advance for your responses!
Alex_Webber April 11, 2015, 11:46pm #2
1810 is a cross district team. We have 31 students from one high school, and 5 from the other. I happen to be one of those five. We also presented to our school board early March. It was a great success (had 350 people there due to another controversey in our district)
Is your school public or private: Public
How many years has your team been in existence? This is our 10th year
What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)? **Facilites: We get 1 dedicated build room/workshop, and two other large classrooms to use during meetings. We also get support and reconiziton from our district. **
What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school? I don't exactly know, figuring 5,000/regional, 2,000/robot, 1,500/food + transportation. (this is just a really rough guess) However, not much if any However, 12,000 - 17,000 is a accurate estimate. See this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76604
Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many? I do not think so.
Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC? We just have a FRC team. We might be starting a FLL team at a elementary school sometime soon.
Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours? We have a few classes with VEX kits, nothing real advanced. Nope. Our team is entirely outside of school hours
What does your team do for your school?We make a few fun projects, such as a T-Shirt cannon robot… people like that. Its also a great thing to say that you have a strong robotics team, draws people into the district.
Jon_Stratis April 12, 2015, 12:13am #3
Sporadic money for tools. New facilities (2 years old), designed by team mentors and built for the team, and the engineering, and physics classes.
This year (June-June), we had total expenses (both cash and in-kind donations) around 30k. One thing to remember, on your balance sheet for the team, in-kind donations get placed at cost in both the income and expense categories - otherwise you don't have a true picture of everything you get and spend. If you lose a sponsor who did a bunch of in-kind stuff, you'll still have the expense of buying whatever they had been giving you! I'm not entirely sure how much of that comes from the school, but not much. About 1/3 is in-kind donations, another 1/3 came from large corporate sponsors, and the last 1/3 was a combination of student fees and other small donations.
Yes. The school provides a stipend for (I think) two individuals.
We have an FLL team, and are working on getting an FTC team started. The FLL team was started when our FRC team paid all of the fees their first year, and the school has picked it up since.
No. However, as a result of the FRC team, the school has started up classes in programming and engineering.
One of the biggest things we do is recruitment. The new STEM Center at the school is a major draw, and when prospective families are given tours often a team member will jump out to lead the tour in the space (anything to skip class, right? :p). I've heard (anecdotal, but hopefully accurate) that the team has played a major part of some students decision to come to the school. Of course, there was also the design of the STEM Center - they were going to have 3 large classrooms, until we helped them redesign it into a truly awesome space.
The school administration has always been really supportive of the team. Simply put, we've been very fortunate to have a couple of major donors over the years, such that we haven't needed very much money from the school directly. Instead, the administration comes to visit us, they support the students getting out of school for competition, and while it took a few years (big projects always do!), they got us a killer space at the school, one of the best build spaces in the state!
YAK_ker April 12, 2015, 12:39am #4
our budget is around $15K. We have run our program as an after school activity for 7 years and as a class + after school activity for the last 2. Unfortunately, our shop teacher is retiring this year and there are no plans to fill his job, so we are back to the after school activity mode (if we don't go 4-H, it's still up in the air.)
We only run FRC, have started 2 FLL teams, but they failed after a few years, because there were no adults available to keep them going.
Because adult help is in short supply, we concentrate instead on doing electronics and other recycling…in 4 years, we have diverted approx. 40 tons from the dump, and 1/4 of that was e-waste. we refurbish computers, office furniture, etc. and sell it (we do all of our own fundraising…the school supplies us with a room - last 2 years a Perkins grant-funded shop teacher.)
Our robotics kids also serve as school technology aides and have saved the school tens of thousands of dollars in tech repair calls.
Fusion_Clint April 12, 2015, 1:04am #5
I would suggest that you focus on the success of students going on to pursue higher education and how you would use new money, instead of telling them other schools get X and we should too.
seg9585 April 12, 2015, 2:01am #6
Survey sent for Team 4276 privately. After you see it, you will agree it's best not used as a model for your school ::ouch::
Alex_Webber April 12, 2015, 11:02am #7
I forgot to mention in my previous post, that 1810 did present at our board meeting a little over a month ago. It was a huge sucess! There was around 350 people at the meeting for another issue, but we started out the meeting.
Let me first say, we weren't asking for money, or facilites. We were just trying to raise awareness for our program. For example, our facilites are at our overpopulated school. If they need to take our build room away for a classroom, we beleive that it will be a harder decision, because they know we are there.
We got around 7 minutes on the agenda, and used all of it. Our parents created a presentation, and then selected team members to read off slides of the power point. We also had one of our major sponsors talk about the importance of our program.
http://youtu.be/RYCH5rG3HWg (video of our presentation)
TylerS April 12, 2015, 6:20pm #8
Is your school public or private? Public
How many years has your team been in existence? Around 16 years
What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)? http://www.brrsd.k12.nj.us/files/3080/tentative%20budget%20-%202015-2016.pdf See pages 38, 39, and 40. We are also hoping for an increase in the number of paid stipends
What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school? The link above should answer your second question but for more info on the total budget you'll have to contact RAMP our parent organization. Their website is http://www.team303ramp.com/
Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many? Yes currently one, hoping for more next year
Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC? Our middle school has their own FLL team which recieves some support from our own budget. For example last year we donated a few EV3 kits. We have 4 FTC teams at the high-school which are all organized and funded by 303.
Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours? No
What does your team do for your school? **We host the Bridgewater district event at our high-school. We make presentations to the board a few times during the year about our team and our impact on the school and country. We appear at most if not all science fairs and the like at the lower level schools. We host the Middle School Technical Design challenge at our middle school, and much more. **
cadandcookies April 12, 2015, 6:53pm #9
Answering for 2667, Knights of the Valley.
Public. 1. How many years has your team been in existence?
8 years 1. What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)?
Access to the shop, a closet to store our stuff. 1. What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school?
Tight. Really tight. The only time the school gives us money is if we qualify for Champs, which hasn't happened since 2010. I don't have direct access to the financial data, but most of the money we spent on our robot this year was in the mecanum wheels. 1. Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many?
We have a paid faculty adviser. He gets a small bonus-- this is a similar bonus for any other club. 1. Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC?
There isn't a distinct "district" robotics program-- we have four FRC teams in our district and they manage their own FTC/FLL programs, in addition to basement teams in the area. Our school has a single FTC team, 9205, which is operated entirely separately from the FRC team and does all their own fundraising. They're actually in a better position financially than the FRC team is at our school, but they do a lot more fundraising and outreach. 1. Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours?
No. 1. What does your team do for your school?
Any trophies or banners we win are given to the school and displayed with athletic teams. We also do demonstrations for the school at a variety of events.
AriMB April 12, 2015, 6:53pm #10
This information for Team 423:
This is our 10th year
Our school gives us about $1500/year (maybe a little more if we get to champs) and a room in the basement
The team budget is very minimal (a few thousand dollars). It's barely enough to afford the competitions and to build a robot.
The school provides two, low-paying jobs for the team: one mentor and one advisor. Both of our previous job holders gave up the job this year to attract two new mentors (which kind of worked).
The district has 2 FLL teams, one at our 5-6 school and one at our 7-8 school. We don't have a very good retention rate to the high-school team (maybe 2 kids/year). We are sending kids over to try to help improve them (myself being one of them).
No and no (it would be nice though).
We show off at pep-rallies and other school gatherings.
nzp April 12, 2015, 8:15pm #11
Is your school public or private? We are a public school district–three public high schools, a charter school and home school students. But we operate under the guidelines of the public school district.
How many years has your team been in existence? 18
What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)? We are required to have stipend paid teachers at all meetings so the district pays for the stipends for the three teachers. We have a building/shed that was donated by a sponsor that sits on school property. The district pays for any insurance or utility bills for that building. Students are allowed to participate at tournaments with excused absences.
What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school? We are a large team, 70 students this year, and our budget for this year is $126,000. We do not receive any funds from our school district. The budget is roughly 40% from sponsors/fundraisers, 60% from student contributions.
Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many? We are required to have teachers (see above) but we have to find the teachers. We are VERY fortunate that we now have STEM-related teachers from each of the three public high schools. But we've had years where we've used elementary school teachers who were parents or even a school secretary in order to fulfill the stipend teacher requirement.
Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC? We have FLL teams in each of our elementary schools and middle schools. We worked with a local foundation, the Education Foundation of Martin County, who wrote grants to fund the program. Each school team works differently as to how they provide for students in their schools. Some use it through the after-school program and some use it through their gifted students program. As a team, we provide student mentors to assist the schools. But FLL is funded outside the district. FTC teams are currently organized outside the school district (4H, Boy Scouts, Civil Air Patrol).
Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours? FRC is not offered as a school program. Due to our structure, we are an evening and weekends extracurricular program.
What does your team do for your school? We support our schools in their STEM efforts through robot demonstrations. But because our team is from each school, we don't do a lot at the schools that is directly for the schools.
We made a presentation to our school board just last month. We are truly trying to shift the paradigm that STEM isn't something left for whatever grants can be received but should be a priority of the curriculum and the budget. We have outgrown our building and have sought help from the private sector and the public sector (local government). We are now seeking help from the school district for additional space. We are seeking options as to availability. It's a long process, but we're in it for the long haul.
If we can help further in any way, please feel free to reach out to us. We're happy to share the budget, the building plans or whatever information you may need to make your case. We would appreciate if you could share the results of your meeting as well.
We can be reached at frcteam180@gmail.com.
Thank you and good luck. nzp
cbale2000 April 12, 2015, 10:13pm #12
1. Is your school public or private?
2. How many years has your team been in existence?
3. What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)?
We have a classroom, workspace, and several tool rooms dedicated solely to the robotics team. We also share a large machine shop with the Machine Tools and Engineering classes.
4. What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school?
We get roughly $15k per year from our primary sponsor which covers all costs including registration, robot build, tools, and travel expenses. The school does not (and cannot, due to budget constraints) support us financially.
5. Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many?
Our team coach taught at the school until a few years ago, when she retired, she offered to continue coaching the team. She was not, and is not paid for coaching the team as far as I know.
6. Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC?
There are at least a few FLL teams in the district, they recieve their funding either through the FIRST in Michigan state grant program or through our local FIRST 501c3 organization, "FIRST of the Great Lakes Bay Region".
7. Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours?
Our school has an Engineering / Project Lead the Way course that is mentored by our teams former coach. There is no direct correlation to the FRC program, though several of the students on our team are also in the class.
8. What does your team do for your school?
As our school is a Career Center, we do not have a "native" student body, and instead pull 11th and 12th grade students from schools around the area for half-day programs at our school. Since this requires recruiting students from these other schools, the team has frequently brought our robots to recruitment events and open houses that our school has put on. The team also recruits members from schools throughout the area, and many of the students who join the team from other schools end up attending our school in their 11th and 12th grade years after their experience with the team.
Additionally, we recently rebuilt the display/trophy case in our schools front lobby as it had been full of outdated information on its display and was falling apart due to poor construction. It now prominently features our team logo (which we are working to make the schools mascot, as it doesn't currently have one), and space for trophies from all the schools programs (though, admittedly, most of them are from the robotics team).
DarkRune April 12, 2015, 11:06pm #13
Is your school public or private? Public school
How many years has your team been in existence? 4 years
What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)? We're allowed to use half of a physics classroom for our workshop, and the district has hindered the attempts for us to build a small workshop on campus, or to be included in the new building currently being built.
What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school? A large part of our budget is contributed by the school alumni association. Our budget is for 1 or 2 off season competitions, an inner team robotics competition (Our team splits into groups and builds small scale robots for a competition), and then regionals and the robots (practice and competition)…
Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many? There are two teachers for our school's robotics course. 1 is a computer science teacher and the other is a physics teacher. Both only have one course of robotics and the rest are normal.
Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC? There are multiple FLL teams in our district, mostly supported by us but I'm not sure about funding.
Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours? We have a two year robotics course. Year one is an intro to programming and electronics. Year two is for veteran members and we use this class to work on FRC related stuff (Build season, off season, etc.).
What does your team do for your school? Bring home the occasional award for the trophy case, demonstrate at some school functions, working on a t-shirt cannon for school rallies. Lots of computer repair and stuff is done by our team, and we work on the odd project or something for like theater or journalism.
If you have other questions, or need me to clarify something just ask or shoot me a PM
Alex2614 April 12, 2015, 11:35pm #14
Is your school public or private? We are a "community" team, not affiliated with any one school. Our students come primarily from two rival high schools, but also from surrounding public and private schools. We also have several homeschooled students on our team.
How many years has your team been in existence? 8 years.
What support does your school or district give to your team (money, facilities, other donations)? Our school board donates money to MARS, and also recently provided a practice building. We do not meet regularly at the practice building (still meet at WVU), but we put a field in there, and also run some summer events there. MARS has to pay for upkeep, maintenance, renovations, and utilities; and when we got it, it needed some MAJOR overhauls. We have pumped several thousand dollars into the building, but thanks to the generous donation from the school board, we didn't have to buy it or pay rent This is by far the biggest donation. They also provide access to the middle school next to the building to run outreach events, FLL practices, and open house events.
What does your overall team budget look like? What portion of that budget is contributed by your school? MARS operates on a budget of approximately $65,000 per year. The Board of Education contributes in cash approximately $6,000 (depending on the year). A lot of this money goes back into paying for FLL events, FLL teams, registrations, etc. Our team budget pays for student/mentor travel, hotel rooms, outreach events, building maintenance, etc. in addition to the "robot stuff" and registration fees.
Does the school provide faculty and/or co-curricular paid positions for the team? If so, how many? No. We have been trying to make this happen for FLL, and we were met with adamant opposition. We will keep trying, though! It's a dream of ours. But all of our FRC mentors are volunteers.
Does your district have FLL/FTC teams as well? How are those funded/supported in relation to FRC? Yes, there are numerous FLL teams at the various elementary/middle schools in our area as well as several private teams. There is one FTC team at a middle school, but I admittedly am unsure about the funding stream for this team. I do know that they are not drowning in cash, though. They have to raise much of their funds (if not all) on their own. MARS assists in funding several of the FLL teams, but some of the individual schools also contribute to the school-based teams.
Does your school have a robotics course or series of programs? Is FRC worked on during these hours? No. We do not do robotics at all during regular school hours. Again, a dream of ours, and it is happening at the middle school FLL level, but not yet for FRC.
What does your team do for your school? Because we are not a recognized school activity (we are a school board activity, but the individual schools have traditionally been reluctant to recognize MARS), there is not a whole lot we can do for the two main high schools. We have participated in several events throughout the years such as career fairs, student org fairs, homecoming, etc.
GeeTwo April 12, 2015, 11:48pm #15
Slidell High is a public school
This is 3946's fourth year in existence and competition. The school did have a previous team (2182) for about 2 years.
Until a few weeks ago, essentially just build and practice space (a large science classroom that is a classroom as well as our build and storage space, and a section of parking lot.) and field trip permission. When we won a trip to championships, they chipped in the entry fee. We are working to expand our facilities and funding our head coach similar to sports teams, but we're not there yet.
We have about a $20-$30k budget, which essentially doubled this year with a $9k donation from Ingersoll Rand to buy and outfit a trailer, and the fund raising biltz to pay for championships. Only our championship entry fee was paid by the school board. Oh, yes, our head coach gets $200 a year bonus, same as if he were heading up a chess club.
Working on that - currently $200 per year for the head coach.
No districts here. Some middle schools have FLL - we're mentoring a couple, and provide half the staff for a regional FLL tournament and a quarter of the staff for the LA state FLL tourney. FTC just started in Louisiana this year - we haven't been involved yet.
We have a single one-semester robotics course that's based on the BOE-bot, offered once every two or three years. Not directly related to FRC.
We work with the football team on publicity via our air cannon, keep up a garden area, provide a great meeting ground for students of every description. We're looking to enhance our connection with the football team next year by bringing the air cannon to road games and also providing some trailer transportation for the football team. We repaired our school's "Slidell Pelican" last year when it was vandalized, and do lots of little things around and about.
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Andy Wood: "Remembering social change and political conflict in early modern England"
Andy Wood, de l'Université de Durham, présentera sa communication "Remembering social change and political conflict in early modern England" le jeudi 3 décembre de 17h à 19h. Maison de la Recherche, 28 rue Serpente, Paris 6e , salle D421.
http://podcast.ulcc.ac.uk/accounts/SAScasts/FrancoBritishHistory/FBH_03_12_15_Andy_Wood.m4a
Discutant: Pierre Lurbe, de l'Université Paris IV-Sorbonne.
Résumé: This paper deals with the ways in which memories of warfare, reformation, rebellion and civil war played out in England between the early sixteenth century and the early eighteenth century. It focusses in particular upon popular memory, deploying fresh archival material in order to reconstruct memories of religious, political and military conflict. The paper emphasises the significance of memories of conflict for the ways in which political identities confessional disputes were fought out within England. This was due, it is argued, to the continuing divisions of the 1640s – memories of which shaped political conflicts into the early Georgian period. The paper also engages with memories of religious and political conflict in the sixteenth century, arguing that those memories helped to shape contemporary understandings of the period as a distinct phase in English history.
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Daniel Woolf: "The Organization and Experience of Time in Early Modern England"
Daniel Woolf, de Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, présentera sa communication "The Organization and Experience of Time in Early Modern England" le jeudi 8 octobre de 17h à 19h. Maison de la Recherche, 28 rue Serpente, Paris 6e , salle D421.
http://podcast.ulcc.ac.uk/accounts/SAScasts/FrancoBritishHistory/IHR_FBH_08_10_15_Daniel_Woolf.m4a
La séance est assurée en collaboration avec l'UFR GHES de l'Université Paris-Diderot et l'Inalco.
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Graham Parry: "The Many Pasts of Britain: the Rise of Antiquarian Studies in the 17th Century"
Graham Parry, de la Society of Antiquaries of London, présentera sa communication "The Many Pasts of Britain: the Rise of Antiquarian Studies in the 17th Century" le jeudi 2 avril, de 17h30 à 19h30.
As new models of scholarship entered England in the middle of Elizabeth's reign, scholars began to take a more critical approach to the origins of Britain. Who were the ancestors of the English? Where did they come from? What language did they speak? What was their way of life, their religious beliefs? The traditional views of the British past became discredited, as more systematic methods of enquiry were introduced. After William Camden's seminal book 'Britannia' was published in 1586, a new type of scholar began to emerge: the antiquary. The achievements of men such as John Selden, James Ussher, William Dugdale and John Aubrey will be briefly assessed, and their (often surprising) discoveries will be presented, for the enjoyment of a modern audience.
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Q: Change $_FILES file name before upload (to wordpress media library) I have a html form sending to php script with "post" method (no ajax involved).
In the form i have some type="file" fields.
Now in my php script i have a php foreach loop looping through the sent files:
foreach($_FILES as $file => $value) {
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}

and i upload each one of the files (after some checks) with the wordpress media_handle_upload function like that:
media_handle_upload( $file, $newpost_id );

What i want to do is change the file name before uploading it to wordpress. so there are some answers about how to do that when using the move_uploaded_file() function but they don't seam to work for my situation. so i tried:
$value['name'] = 'mynewfilename.png'; but that also doesn't seam to work. any ideas?
Note: I know i have to deal with the ext when changing the file name. i got that part covered, so focusing on the main issue here.

A: I ended up uploading the file with the php move_upload_file function which let's you change the file name. then create the different sizes and id and all with Wordpress's wp_insert_attachment, wp_generate_attachment_metadata and letting wordpress know about that with wp_update_attachment_metadata.
It's a shame Wordpress doesn't let you handle files more easy and customized.

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Q: Float right check boxes, buttons and inputbox I reckon it must be fairly simple but i can't seem to figure out how to get my floats right. The picture shows what i want vs what i have. If you provide an answer please provide the logic also. thanks.

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CSS is as follow:
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A: Syntactically, you can't have a div inside of a p tag.  On that topic, check this SO Question.  To get the elements on the same line, you can place the "Action" text in a seperate div, and float it left.
The HTML:

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Cardnumber:  <input id="cardNum" class="fr" type="number" size="1"/>

Action:

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          <button onClick="deleteRack()" type="button">Delete</button>

The CSS:
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The fiddle.
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As per the comments, you can add a class to the radio buttons in question, and add additional margins or padding to the bottom of the radio buttons.  I have updated the code to include the class additions and the CSS.


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Q: Is there a reference for WinUI 3 XAML? I am trying to get up to speed on building modern windows apps, having not done so since the glory days of .NET Forms.
I'm trying to learn WinUI 3 (0.8 reunion), and what's tripping me up is that there doesn't seem to be a cohesive reference anywhere. A place that will tell me what elements can go inside which elements in an XAML file and such, so I can know immediately by reading a reference that, for example, you can't put a <Span> inside a <RichTextBlock>, without having to see weird esoteric errors.
There are scattered examples around MS's website but not a single resource that I've been able to find that encompasses all of it in a clear fashion. I can look up RichTextBlock and find out about what properties it has, but nowhere does it give a simple overview of what elements it can contain.

A: I think the link from the comment of user IInspectable to the XAML controls gallery for WinUI should be at least one of the possible answers, so I decided to post it as an answer myself.
Here are the links:

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*https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/microsoft/xaml-controls-gallery/xaml-controls-gallery/

*https://github.com/Microsoft/Xaml-Controls-Gallery
I downloaded the source code (the Visual Studio solution resides in the "XamlControlsGallery" folder), compiled and started it.
It shows the usage of allmost all WinUI controls, so it was quite helpful to me.

This link might also be of help:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/controls/
It shows a list of "Controls for Windows apps" and mentions which of them are available in WinUI.


Error message of MissingDelegateError raised by Image.liquid_rescale() became nicer.
Released on December 20, 2014.
Fixed a bug that exception message was bytes instead of str on Python 3.
Released on August 3, 2014.
Released on March 25, 2014.
A hotfix of debug prints made at 0.3.6.
Released on March 23, 2014.
Added contextlib.nested() function to wand.compat module.
Released on September 13, 2013.
Released on September 9, 2013.
Released on August 4, 2013. It's author's birthday.
Released on July 11, 2013.
Fixed key type of Image.metadata dictionary to str from bytes in Python 3.
Made DrawSetTextInterlineSpacing() and DrawGetTextInterlineSpacing() optional.
Added exception in drawing API when trying to use DrawSetTextInterlineSpacing() and DrawGetTextInterlineSpacing() functions when they are not available.
Added WandLibraryVersionError class for library versions issues.
Released on June 23, 2013.
Released on June 17, 2013.
What's new in Wand 0.3?
This guide introduces what's new in Wand 0.3.
Now also works on Python 2.6, 2.7, and 3.2 or higher.
Added optional color parameter to Image.trim() method.
Added Image.liquid_rescale() method which does seam carving. See also Seam carving (also known as content-aware resizing).
Added Image.channel_images immutable mapping attribute and ChannelImageDict mapping for it.
Added Image.channel_depths immutable mapping attribute and ChannelDepthDict mapping for it.
Added ImageProperty mixin class to maintain a weak reference to the parent image.
Now it shows helpful error message when ImageMagick library cannot be found.
wand.resource.DestroyedResourceError becomes a subtype of wand.exceptions.WandException.
Released on May 28, 2013.
Released on January 25, 2013.
Fixed a bug that Image.transparentize() method (and Image.watermark() method which internally uses it) didn't work.
Fixed segmentation fault occurred when Color.red, Color.green, or Color.blue is accessed.
Fixed a bug that format converting using Image.format property or Image.convert() method doesn't correctly work to save blob.
Released on September 24, 2012.
Released on August 19, 2012. Beta version.
Released on June 20, 2012. Alpha version.
Now the current version can be found from the command line interface: python -m wand.version.
Released on May 8, 2012. Still alpha version.
Released on December 23, 2011. Still alpha version.
Now wand.version.VERSION_INFO becomes tuple and wand.version.VERSION becomes a string.
Added == operator for Image type.
Added hash() support of Image type.
Changed the theme of Sphinx documentation.
Changed the start example of the documentation.
Released on December 2, 2011. Still alpha version.
Wrote some guide documentations: Reading images, Writing images and Resizing and cropping.
Added Image.rotate() method for in-place rotation.
Made Image.crop() to raise proper ValueError instead of IndexError for invalid width/height arguments.
Changed the type of Image.resize() method's blur parameter from numbers.Rational to numbers.Real.
Fixed a bug of raising ValueError when invalid filter has passed to Image.resize() method.
Released on November 10, 2011. Still alpha version.
Added Image.crop() method for in-place crop.
Released on October 31, 2011. Still alpha version.
Removed a side effect of Image.make_blob() method that changes the image format silently.
Fixed a bug about Python 2.6 compatibility.
Use the internal representation of PixelWand instead of the string representaion for Color type.
Released on October 28, 2011. Slightly mature alpha version.
Now Image can read Python file objects by file keyword argument.
Now Image.save() method can write into Python file objects by file keyword argument.
Image.make_blob()'s format argument becomes omittable.
Released on October 27, 2011. Hotfix of the malformed Python package.
Released on October 27, 2011. Slightly mature alpha version.
Released on October 16, 2011. Still alpha version.
Added the abstract base class of all Wand resource objects: wand.resource.Resource.
Cropping Image using its slicing operator.
Released on October 4, 2011. Still alpha version.
Now it handles errors and warnings properly and in natural way of Python.
Added blob parameter into Image constructor.
Drawed the pretty logo picture (thanks to Hyojin Choi).
Released on October 1, 2011. Very alpha version.
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I was thrilled and humbled to be selected to attend the recent Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen 2017 Summit. 40% of Fortune100 companies were represented, along with many other business leaders, entrepreneurs, and leaders in sports, music and politics. Each attendee was an accomplished woman with an inspiring background.
I learned so much in a few short days. For example, Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest shared a fascinating overview of the ways in which financial planning is catered to the typical career cycle of men rather than women. And Megan Smith, the third U.S. CTO and CEO of shift7 discussed the role of automation and technology in improving not just your business, but your life.
The biggest takeaway from the conference was that female leaders can have a major impact and influence on future generations. Because there are a relatively small number of women in the upper ranks of business, it's important for those in that position to use it for good.
Reflecting on the year at Conduent – our first as an independent company – I'm incredibly proud of the steps we've taken to support and empower women in the workplace.
We're fortunate to count a number of accomplished female professionals within our leadership ranks. For example, Conduent chief information officer Carol Kline is overseeing the company's transition to becoming a technology-first company.
Mentoring programs, lunch & learn sessions and other activities all play a role in empowering women in business. But diversity and inclusion is one of Conduent's core values, and it's prioritized accordingly. In fact, the first Employee Impact Group created at Conduent is our Women's Impact Network.
Set to launch in early 2018, the group will focus on leadership development, training, collaboration and networking – all with the intention of providing women with the tools they need to progress in their careers. It will also work directly with human resources to position Conduent as a supportive organization in order to attract top female talent into the company.
The Conduent Women's Impact Network will launch globally and will include members from North America, Mexico, Guatemala, South Africa, Jamaica, Asia, Europe and India. I will lead the executive sponsorship of this group, and I'm excited to see it get off the ground and grow.
You need to invest in yourself before anyone else will invest in you. Spend time and energy learning new skills and educating yourself in new fields.
Progressing in your career does not always mean moving up. Sometimes, moving sideways within an organization will help you gain different skills, and make you more valuable in the long run.
Your work day will only start at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. in your imagination. Your career will demand a great deal of hard work and perseverance, and the only thing that will be handed to you is the occasional birthday card.
Companies that bring women into the fold and empower them are generally more successful, efficient and creative. As with any event like this, those of us in attendance need take what we've learned and help our organizations implement the ideas.
Personally, I will engage with the Conduent Women's Impact Network to ensure employees throughout the company understand the value they can bring to both their organization and their lives by driving success and creating jobs for our future generations. As a younger professional, I could not have predicted that I'd become a Group Chief Executive for Conduent, but I took control of the decisions I could make at every turn. I have constantly challenged myself to learn and grow in new areas, and each of those experiences have helped me to be the person I am today. I'm fortunate to have a wonderful husband, two fabulous, intelligent children, and a career that I love with a team that inspires me every day.
If we make developing our workforce a priority, the conversations had at this year's Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen event are sure to advance the role women play in business in 2018 and beyond.


Have you seen it yet? My husband and I put Leaving Neverland on, but because we have young children Dan found it too difficult to watch and we soon switched over. I'd still like to finish watching at some point because, like most people, I'm curious about the icon – did he or didn't he betray his legions of fans and, more importantly of course, those men; those children? Whatever the truth, there are lessons to be learnt, specifically how to prevent sexual abuse.
One of the difficulties I know Michael Jackson fans have is assimilating and making peace with the concept of both admiring – and in some cases hero-worshipping – the musician whilst simultaneously deploring his alleged actions. Perhaps there'd be less polarisation if people could be comfortable with the idea that regardless of the allegations, recognising his undisputed talent is acceptable – the two things are not mutually exclusive.
I suspect that in their wishes for the accusations to be false and their fear otherwise, many people are refusing to accept that the actions of the men involved are anything more that wicked fabrications. And of course they might be. They also might not.
It seems some have forgotten that at the heart of this hugely emotive issue is a potential case of devastating child abuse which can, naturally, have lifelong implications. And that's a situation which should never be undermined.
Personally, I refuse to draw conclusions as to the reality of what did or did not take place between that man and his accusers.
We cannot know. Presuming otherwise is both arrogant and dangerous.
Whatever the truth behind this specific case, we must not lose sight of the importance of remaining open to victims coming forward. They must feel that speaking out will lead to support, and not contempt or repression.
I found the video so thought-provoking that I reached out to Emma and asked her if she'd consider an interview about the case and the wider issue of child abuse, and I'm privileged to share her thoughts on the matter with you below.
I have an unbelievably small life, just round the corner from where I grew up. I love baking, because I love eating, and my hobbies include sleeping, and…yeah, to be honest pretty much sleeping nails the hobbies!
I have a passion for the welfare of young people and I specialise in treating sexual trauma and associated issues.
2. What drew you to working in your field?
I was made to see a Psychologist as a young person, and truthfully I found the sessions unhelpful, boring and patronising. I couldn't understand why adults struggled to speak to me as an equal and I felt that I could do a better job. I have always been interested in people; I am the person who will unapologetically ask you, as many questions about your life should I meet you in a social setting. I am terrible at small talk, and instead go for the meat of what makes you who you are.
I guess I have always enjoyed listening to problems, as I tend to see solutions easily. Aside from these points, I work with hope; every client is on a journey to a better understanding of who they are and of what they need. What's not to like about that?
3. In the wake of Leaving Neverland, do you have concerns about the public's reaction to the men involved?
I felt very sad about some of the public reaction to the men in the documentary. I totally understand the passion and love for Michael Jackson; he was without doubt an iconic talent. As a young man, he was denied his childhood, he was beaten and he was ostracised from children his own age. These issues affect people for a lifetime and can translate in their behaviours.
I see Michael as a victim, but that cannot excuse any subsequent actions that may have occurred.
What worried me about the hate towards his alleged victims is the impact that their sentiments could have on victims and survivors of sexual abuse.
I cannot explain how unusual it is for children to disclose their sexual abuse. The majority of clients that I have worked with and groups that I have facilitated have been full of women and men who did not disclose their abuse. Even those who dared to were often disbelieved, or the result of the disclosure so traumatic and immediately life changing that they retracted their accusation and were then branded a liar.
One of my clients after seeing the hostility online contacted me and said, "I will never tell anyone else that this happened to me" and that is why I did the video.
I cannot express the utter impact the generalisations and myths are having on those who have been, or indeed are being abused.
4. Would you describe yourself as a feminist, and do you think this is a feminist issue?
I hope every woman would answer yes to this question! I believe that sexual violence remains a gendered issue. Yes, this affects boys, and men, and I am not underplaying this, but the figures do not lie. Also, as we move though age frames, once again, the issue of sexual violence towards women plays out in statistics. The impact that abuse has in a girl's early childhood is far reaching and often plays out as she moves through her later life.
5. What's your personal opinion about the programme?
I think the programme is a very hard watch. As a mother, I struggle with the collusion of the families involved. I appreciate no one believed that Michael was abusing their kids, and clearly, many of the boys that he spent time with had only good memories, but for me, it was an absolute failure of care.
The men who accuse MJ seemed authentic and the idea being peddled that they are only doing this for the money doesn't seem relevant. Why would anyone wish to be attacked so publicly, to be ever known as the boys who were sexually abused by MJ?
I think I felt a sense of global collusion to some degree.
I cannot say that Michael abused those boys. What I can say is that the world looked on as a 40-year-old man shared a bed with unrelated children as young as 5 and failed to challenge him. Maybe he groomed us all.
What struck me most was Michael's callousness, he made these boys the centre of his universe and then he moved on, dumping them and making them feel utterly worthless, simply replaced by another younger, blonder, whiter version of who they used to be. Imagine how devastating that would be, imagine the lengths that you would go to in the hope he would bring you close to him again?
6. Whatever the public's opinion, I'm sure we'd all agree that it's a highly emotive subject and all feelings stem from disgust at the prospect of child abuse, and fear of it taking place effectively 'under our noses'. What are the signs we should be watching for in our children that something may be amiss?
Inappropriate sexual contact with other children.
However, the sad fact is that most of the time you will not know because child molesters are also your children's allies.
If it is a parent, the child will often put up with the abuse because they initially do not understand it, and subsequently become embroiled in a belief system peddled by their abuser. The most common reality is that victims remain silent.
7. How would you recommend managing a situation where there's a suspicion of abuse taking place?
It is better to be safe than sorry, so speak to social services, or inform their school or nursery. I would rather an investigation take place only to discover that there was no issue, than to ignore a child who was being abused.
8. Is there a specific conversation you'd recommend parents have with their children in order to help protect them, and what is the 'right' age to have this?
I have discussed these issues with my children since they could communicate. You will not steal their childhood innocence by discussing appropriate touch, or teaching them should they ever be made to feel uncomfortable to tell you.
I started by teaching my kids about their body parts so that they grew comfortable with their anatomy. This meant they understood sexual reproduction in early childhood. This opened the door to talk about masturbation, which I feel is critical, as abusers often tell children that it is their fault because they enjoyed the stimulation during abuse. Letting my boys know that the pleasure taken from personal sexual touch isn't shameful, meant that should someone try to groom them this way, they would be one step ahead of them.
I have never forced my boys to hug, or kiss anyone, they understand consent and I allow them to practice this on their terms. So try not to force kids to physically get close to people they feel a little uncomfortable around.
9. What are your top tips for safeguarding children?
Too many, so direct to https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/ amazing resource and also https://www.stopitnow.org.uk/resources.htm.
10. Is there anything else you'd like to add about this subject, to help reassure parents and advocate for young children?
I guess my main advice is to talk about sexual abuse openly with friends, colleagues, relatives, and your kids. If we create a permission base to discuss the subject and if we make it clear that we believe this affects people everywhere, then you will help to break the silence and prevent the shame.
With my great thanks to Emma for her fascinating insight. You can follow Emma on Instagram and Twitter, or check out her website here.
I feel Emma's suggestion that we were all groomed is a very poignant one, which we'd all do well to think on. None of us have the right to presume what truly took place, but I think we can all agree that a man befriending children is not the natural order of things and in any other circumstance we would not facilitate such a relationship.
This is a really useful interview with regards to discussing what's appropriate and wrong with your own children. I watched Emma Kennys video the other day and thought it was so interesting in the points she made about how children are groomed. It's so important to know so we can hopefully protect our children and prevent this.
Thank you, she's brilliant, isn't she!


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Armenia: Parliament Approves Economic Austerity Measures
August 09, 1999 00:00 GMT
By Emil Danielyan
Yerevan, 30 August 1999 (RFE/RL) -- The Armenian parliament (Aug. 28) overwhelmingly endorsed a package of austerity measures aimed at combating a higher-than-projected budget deficit which has put the recently formed government of Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian in a difficult financial situation.
The move paves the way for the disbursement of fresh loans from Western lending institutions which are vital for maintaining a relative macroeconomic stability in Armenia.
A shortfall in budget revenues and an urgent need to repay a huge public debt to the energy sector have meant an extra spending gap of 31,000 million drams, or $58 million. This is more than half of the deficit projected for this year.
The budget crisis has led to the freezing of some $55 million in new loans from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) which Yerevan hoped to receive last June. Sarkisian told the National Assembly, controlled by his Miasnutyun (Unity) bloc, that the loans will not be released unless his cabinet balances the budget.
In the most significant step, the Sarkisian government wants to divert 17,000 million drams, or $32 million, in budget funds to the partial repayment of state enterprises' debts to power stations and distributing companies. A corresponding amount of other planned expenditures will have to be cut as a result.
The accumulating consumer debt threatens to disrupt the work of the energy sector - a key component of the Armenian economy. An IMF official in Yerevan said earlier that "restoring the "financial viability" of the sector is one of the IMF's key requirements.
The government last month raised excise duties on cigarettes and gasoline in a bid to offset the revenue shortfall worth 13,500 million drams, or $25 million.
"These are painful but right steps. The international financial organizations won't give us loans unless we take these steps," Sarkisian told lawmakers. Analysts say the money will not be made available earlier than late September.
The Armenian premier said Yerevan and the Western lenders have "reached agreement on all principal issues" and "there are now no major differences" between them. He said his government opposed the IMF's demands to raise electricity fees and make even more spending cuts.
Ninety-six of the 131 members of the Armenian parliament voted for the austerity package. Most of the opposition deputies refused to back the budget changes criticizing successive Armenian governments for failure to come up with correct budget estimates.
Seyran Avakian, a deputy from the opposition National Democratic Union (AZhM), said he does not believe in the government's ability to meet the new targets.
The parliament majority mainly represents Miasnutyun, co-headed by Sarkisian and Karen Demirchian, Armenia's Soviet-era leader and currently parliament speaker. The bloc swept to a landslide victory in the May 30 parliamentary elections largely owing to Demirchian's populist charisma.
But the first steps of the new Miasnutyun-led cabinet, appointed in June, indicated that there will be no major shifts from the hitherto pursued policy of economic liberalization agreed with the IMF and World Bank.
Formerly a defense minister, Sarkisian is seen as the most powerful Armenian prime minister since 1991. The budget crisis - Sarkisian's first serious challenge in the new post - has underscored his dominant role in tackling the country's day-to-day problems.
Although Armenia's constitution gives the head of state sweeping powers, President Robert Kocharian has kept an unusually low profile in the latest economic developments. Kocharian was not present at today's emergency session of parliament. Sarkisian today repeated his pledge of a tougher crackdown on the shadow economy and more efficient governance.
The Armenian economy grew 4.5 percent in the first half of the year under a 4 percent consumer price inflation, according to official statistical information. But economists say higher growth rates are need for a rapid economic improvement in Armenia that saw a drastic decline in living standards following the collapse of the Soviet Union.


during our june rccl adventure of the seas cruise i have made arrangements to rent a car on st. john, usvi and on barbados. still i am looking for insight to the best tour/way to see the islands of st. lucia, antigua and st. maarten. we dock at 7 a.m., depart 5:30 p.m. on each one.
has anyone done the rain forest cycling adventure shore excursion on st.lucia? we are active outdoor adventurers and like to bike. is it too much transport time to be worth it?
on antiqua is it a good idea to do a taxi tour and what would be "must sees"?
in st. maarten, the same?
oh, one last thing, can we rent snorkle gear somewhere in cruz bay, st. john island?
On Antigua - I highly recommend a taxi tour. Don't take the ship's tour, you see the same stuff but for more money. The highlights (in my opinion) are English Harbour and Nelson's Dockyard (admission - save your ticket afterward), Shirley Heights and Dows Hill (inlcuded in Nelson's Dockyard ticket). The drive to English Harbour is quite pleasant - you will pass old sugar mills along the way and most taxi drivers will point out anything of interest. After you have seen the sights the taxi driver can either return you to the ship or drop you at a beach and pick you up later. Just arrange what you want up front with the dispatcher and confirm the price with the driver. St Lucia is a nice island for a catamarran trip - ideally to The Pitons (definitely worth seeing).
Prior going on our cruise, I made arrangements to take a Jungle tour called Double Fun Falls. If you go to their web site, you can book the tour. Go to www.jungletoursstlucia.com. The tour we took was an all day tour in the 4wheel drive vehicles like they show on the web site. They know that you'll have to be back to the ship by a certain time and they do get you back on time. The tour was really nice. It's a great way to see the island. You'll also meet some of the people in the jungles that sell coconuts, oranges, bananas, etc. They take you to the Pitons which are absolutley beautiful. It's a great all day tour. It leaves right from the dock next to the ship.
There are no 'bicycle lanes' on these islands, and on some they are driving the 'wrong way' and very hilly.
One little 'oops' by any member of your family and the vacation is ruined for everyone. I have seen it happen.
Enjoy the tours, you can check out conditions for the next time.
Smooth seas and big drinks!
We also did the jungletoursstlucia.com We really enjoyed this tour. It was one of the highlights of our cruise. Well worth the money. Antigua we just went to Dickensons Bay and rode a wave runner. Nice relaxing day at the beach. Not so sure about renting cars. I don't think it is necessary for once you get off the ship there are many taxi's, tour bus's etc. that will love to show you around for a reasonble price. I think you would get more info from a tour rather than renting a car. Just my opinion. I would go to the French side of St. Martin it is well worth it. You will dock on the dutch side. Just take a taxi I think it is $65.00 rd trip. On our cruise it was voted the favorite Island.
what jungletoursstlucia did you do. we were interested in the rainforest hiking one. are there certain tours that they designate only for cruise folks. i have written them but got no response. we were not that interested in the volcano beach tour.
what is the double fun falls trip about, sounds like fun.
The Double Fun Falls trip is a 5-6 hour tour of St. Lucia. Its not a hike. Your tour guide will be a Sal. He is the guy whose pictured at the bottom of the first page of the web site. www.jungletoursstlucia.com. The tour is in the open aired 4 wheel drive jeep like trucks. It is really the best excursion we have ever taken. I can honestly say that we know St. Lucia better than any other island in the Caribbean. Sal does a great job of showing you the Islands. We ate fresh fruit from the locals. We ate some kind of fruit fritter that one of the local woman was cooking on her outdoor oven. We went up to and all around the Pitons. Sal gave us some great scenic views of the island. The trip starts at the dock, goes through Souferries into the rain forests and onto the Pitons. We also bathed in a volcanically warmed stream. This was the most interesting tour we have ever taken. My wife burns easily and can't stay in the sun long. Fortunately we had an overcast day and she was fine. It's a full day tourning the island.
thanks diann. think we will do that one, see all we can and get a taste of local culture.
On St. Martin, we rented a motor scooter (the rental place was about a 10 minute walk from the pier); unlike sme of the other islands, St. Martin is relatively flat, the roads are good and the signs are clear. We drove into Phillipsburg, did a self-guided walking tour (there are lots of jewelry stores, if that's your thing), drove to the French side for lunch, and an excellent history museum, continued on to Orient Beach for a little fun in the sun, and then back to the ship. We would have had enough time for another stop, but we just weren't sure how long the trip around the whole island would take. It was a great day.
On St. Lucia, none of the shore excursions went to exactly what we wanted to see, so we negotiated with a cab driver (they're licensed by the gov't as guides) when we got off the ship. He was very knowledgeable, ponted out lots of things as he drove, knew the best places to stop for photos, and took us where we wanted to go--the drive in volcano, planation with demonstrations, and waterfall with hiking trails. Yake your bathing suits so you can swim at the waterfall.
we are docking in st maarten. are there scooter rentals there as well that you know of?
Tropicalbreeze, we did the same one I believe as wannabecruising did. There was no hiking, we did go to this stream, a pool, stopped for lunch, and to a volcano which was very interesting. Ours was the one that is $75.00. Open jeep 4X4. Includes lunch, in a hotel, on an open patio. The lunch was o.k. I would highly recommend this tour. I e-mailed them before going on the cruise and received confirmation from them immediately. Not sure why you aren't hearing from them. Try again or I am not sure how they would know you wanted to go with them. They meet you at the dock.


A Few Thoughts on Identity, Community + Social Media: Who Are You?
You might be inclined to answer this with a list of your hobbies or day job: a weightlifter, a lawyer, a vegan, a runner, a teacher.
But what if instead, you answered this with qualities about yourself that are intrinsic? With things that cannot be taken away from you? After all, you may decide one day that you want to leave veganism. Or you get laid off from your job. Or you suffer an injury and cannot train in your sport. What happens then? What happens when the thing we sink our identity into is stripped from us?
As marketing guru Seth Godin once spoke about in a TED talk, the internet has done incredible things when it comes to allowing people to find their people. Their community. Their tribe.
As someone who has a business in the digital space, and is working every day to build and foster an online community, I know this is true, and I am eternally grateful for the opportunities the internet has afforded me.
I think about the friendships I've made, the relationships I've built, and the way my own life has been shaped and impacted by things or people on the internet. It's pretty remarkable stuff.
I thank my lucky stars every day that I am a part of such a supportive and welcoming community. And I'm forever grateful to the magic of the internet for allowing these niches, these little tribes, to exist, because they enhance our feeling of acceptance, belonging and purpose— which are all fundamental to not only our quality of life, but our health.
Last week I wrote about why I dropped the label of "paleo" when explaining to people how I currently personally eat. I was really surprised to see just how many of you resonated with this, and I loved chatting with so many of you about your own journey to find a label-less diet.
I can't help but notice an interesting dichotomy. One where we are itching to embed ourselves in a community of likeminded people, to connect and deepen an area of our identity, and one where we are liberated by tossing out anything that could pin us onto one specific idea or premise.
So where are we supposed to land? How do we navigate the need to find our tribe but not let it define us? And in an age where the internet -- the good, the bad and the ugly-- reigns as king, how do we figure out who we are, without growing into a polarized, oversimplified, dogmatic and unbendable symbol of the things we identify with?
If we take an honest look, is there maybe an instance where our allegiance to a community, identity or ideology overrides who we actually are in our day to day lives? And whether we realize it or not, are we sinking our identity into and defining who we are by these constructs? Or are we really honoring our true selves?
In other words, are we practicing what we're preaching?
While I'm still figuring this out in my own life, and am quick to tell you that I certainly do not have all the answers, I think there's a few ways we can begin to tackle this.
One is the pursuit of self knowledge and thoughtful introspection. We can do this a few ways, but my favorite way is reading (my favorite books are here). The more we can learn about ourselves and the way we respond to people, circumstances, expectations, rules, and set backs, the better off we are, in general.
The benefits of this include a better sense of how to improve our lives; how to create habits that stick, how to get ourselves to do hard things or face difficult situations, how to better connect with those around us. It also brings a sense of confidence and even power. After all, knowledge is power. The more we know, the more we can do with it.
We can take note of how we handle conflict, we can listen closely to the space between what someone is saying, and how we hear it. We can think about the ways in which we express ourselves, the ways in which our fears and insecurities show up, and the ways in which we empower and lift those around us.
We can collect the qualities about ourselves that live beyond a title, or Facebook group, or hobby.
The things like how we (really) support and connect with our friends and family, and those closest to us. How we (really) talk to and engage with those who don't agree with us. Objectively tuning in to the lenses through which we view the world at large, and the small decisions we make every day.
The ways we use our voice, and the things we stand for. And the things we don't.
And in a time when social media and the internet as a whole is just a finger pointing screaming match, I think these pursuits hold even higher value.
The comfort and closeness of the ancient pursuit of connectedness is a worthwhile cause, and finding our tribe can fulfill us as humans in real, valuable ways, and can give us a sense of purpose.
But knowing who you are, outside of your job and your hobbies and your sport and your diet and your neighborhood and your Liked pages and anything that could be taken away from you at any given moment in time, is where the really important work happens.
Learning about these intrinsic qualities, even as they ebb and flow and grow and dissolve, is paramount. These are the pockets where we should be planting our precious self worth and our identity. These are the gardens where we should be watering and weeding and tending to. These are the qualities about ourselves that even though may evolve over time, cannot be stripped from us overnight. This is who we are.
If you aren't thrilled with what you find under there, or it's difficult to sit with, or you're afraid what you're going to uncover? That's ok, and is part of the process; and I would argue where your energy to strengthen and improve yourself should go-- first.
And if your answers are just a pile of contradictions or you still aren't quite sure, thats ok, too. In fact, that's my whole point. Because we are nuanced, and multi layered and difficult to understand sometimes— difficult to define, to pin, to label, to throw into one camp or put into one box.
This is where we figure out how to become bigger, better, stronger, fuller, and ultimately happier humans. This is also where the rubber meets the road with our purpose.
Our ability to enact change on a bigger level, to make a mark and impact lives, to leave the world better than we found it, to see our life's purpose through -- it all begins with us.
Yes, our tribes and our communities are certainly a facet of who we are, and it's a beautiful thing to see and experience these connections be made. And yes, our external habits and hobbies and preferences are an important part of us, too. They make us interesting and diversified and smarter.


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Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac (gaskognisch: Sent Martin d'Armanhac) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Gers in der Region Okzitanien (bis 2015 Midi-Pyrénées); sie gehört zum Arrondissement Condom und zum Gemeindeverband Bas Armagnac. Die Bewohner nennen sich Saint-Martinois/Saint-Martinoises.

Saint-Martin-d'Armagnac ist umgeben von den Nachbargemeinden Arblade-le-Haut im Norden und Nordosten, Sorbets im Osten, Sarragachies im Südosten und Süden, Maulichères im Süden und Südwesten, Caumont im Westen sowie Saint-Griède im Westen und Nordwesten.

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Home Edu Events 3i Infotech and its leadership bag prestigious global awards
3i Infotech and its leadership bag prestigious global awards
Bangalore: 3i Infotech Limited (BSE: 532628, NSE: 3IINFOTECH), a global Information Technology company has started 2019 on a winning note, with the company being named as one of 'Asia's Greatest Brands' and its MD & Global CEO Mr. Padmanabhan Iyer being honored as one of 'Asia's Greatest Leaders' by the Asian Business & Social Forum 2019. The awards were presented to the company at the 3rd edition of 'Asia's Greatest Brands & Leaders' at a glittering ceremony in Singapore, as part of the 'Pride of Asia' awards series of AsiaOne magazine and URS Consulting.
Speaking on receiving the prestigious double accolades, Mr. Padmanabhan Iyer, MD & Global CEO, 3i Infotech said, "3i Infotech as an organization and I personally, are delighted and humbled to have received these prestigious awards among luminaries within the industry. It reinforces our commitment to all our stakeholders in delivering quality and excellence over the years. We as a company are growing and have re-invented ourselves as a future-ready organization, delivering next-gen solutions to our customers globally. By constantly upgrading its comprehensive set of IP based software solutions & IT Services solutions, the Company sustains its cutting edge advantage in addressing the dynamic requirements of Banking, Insurance, Capital Markets, and Asset & Wealth Management (BFSI)."
The award recipients were selected on the basis of primary and secondary research across 16 industries under 62 sub categories in Asia, with evaluation and scoring by independent jury members, United Research Services International's primary and secondary data collation and the AsiaOne editorial team, and the entire process reviewed by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Q: Get Android app launch source from Application context Is it possible from the Application class onCreate method (not Activity!!) to identify how the app has been launched?, like if it was from the Launcher or Push Notification or a boot complete broadcast receiver etc'
Also, is there a way to get the Intent object (if exists) which caused the launch, from the Application onCreate?
Basically what I am interested is to recognize if it was from Launcher or not and get the Intent if exists. All this, in the Application class, and not Activity.

A: First of all, I don't believe it's possible to check whether the app has been launched by the launcher directly, but rather with a process of elimination.
Technically there is a way to get the Intent, which was used to launch the App in the Application's onCreate.
Since you can use Intent to start Activities, not Applications, you can use registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks to register an onActivityCreated callback in your App's onCreate, which gives you access to the created activity.
Once you have the activity object, you can call activity.getIntent() to get the Intent object.
The onActivityCreated callback also gives you a savedInstanceState Bundle, which you can utilize to determine, whether the App was already running before or not.


Your backyard is a place where you can spend with friends and family in order to enjoy life and the fruits of your labor. A pavilion provides a great structure to help enhance this aspect of your life by providing you with a space to entertain. Whether you want to set up an outdoor dining space or a place where you can sit outside around a fireplace watching your favorite movies on your television outdoors, pavilions can provide that while protecting you from rain with a fully enclosed roof. The sides are typically open, allowing you to get a nice breeze from wherever it comes and is supported by posts that can be customized to give you the look that you desire.
A pergola is a unique structure that provides an open style format with all sides, including the roof, being open. The roof is usually flat and consists of horizontal wood planks that span it. This allows for protection from shade, but also allows light and air to get in. As an added bonus, pergolas are great for enjoying the star-filled nights that you encounter. Another cool option for pergolas is to spark some creativity by making it easy to include a variety of plants and flowers that will surely enhance your backyard incorporating it within the pergola structure.
For those romantic days spent with your significant other, or a place to talk about the important things in life with your close friends, a gazebo provides a great option for your backyard. This structure is typically shaped round, hexagonal, or octagonal with a fully enclosed roof. On the outside of the structure is usually railings and/or seating to provide an open, but somewhat private space to enjoy.
JR's Creative Landscaping can provide you with high-quality customized work that will fit all of your pavilion needs in Wheaton, IL and other Chicago suburbs. We specialize in all kinds of landscaping projects including pergolas, gazebos, and pavilions. Call us today for more information at (630)-978-7300.


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5 reasons the NY Islanders won their qualifying round series
Rob Taub
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While the NY Islanders wait to find out tomorrow who their opponent will be as they enter the round of 16 this week, reflecting on how they won their first series is worth taking notice.
NY Islanders dominated the Florida Panthers
Let's be honest here; the NY Islanders dominated the Florida Panthers in their best-of-five series. And if not for one hiccup from Semyon Varlamov in the third period of game three, they might have swept their Sunshine state opponent right out of the bubble.
But who stood out the most? What helped the Isles secure back-to-back first-round series wins for the first time since the mid-1980s?
Lets examine:
5. Special Teams coming up big
The special teams battle was a major storyline heading into the series, with some even thinking it could be the deciding factor. The Islanders' power play was the worst in the NHL this season while Florida's was ranked as one of the most lethal in the game. Shorthanded, both teams were more middle of the pack when the regular season was postponed.
Well, the Isles won the special teams battle.
The NY Islanders went 4-for-16 on the man-advantage in the four games played. The goals they received from Anthony Beauvillier in game one and Jordan Eberle the following contest were crucial to the Isles taking a stranglehold on the series. Game two saw the Islanders go 2-for-7 on the power play, including Eberle's tally. Then in the clincher, Brock Nelson' before the midpoint of the second period marker gave the Isles back all the momentum after the Panthers' Mike Hoffman got his team within one on a power play towards the end of the first period.
As for the penalty kill, the Isles did allow four goals. However, that was out of 14 times shorthanded all series. That's a huge victory and one they can use as momentum heading into their next series.
The Islanders kept a close eye on Mile Hoffman (NHLI/Getty Images)
4. Ryan Pulock and Devon Toews were stellar
All the talk in the series for the NY Islanders' defense was meant to focus on the returning Adam Pelech. And no question he was effective in his own right, but it was the duo of Ryan Pulock and Devon Toews that was fantastic all series long.
Pulock and Toews, who tied for the most points for an Isles d-man in the series, combined for eight points. They were instrumental in the club's success on the power play.
Both also did a bang-up job helping keep Florida's heavy attack at bay.
Pulock's timely block on Aleksander Barkov with the net wide open with the NY Islanders up 3-1 in game four kept the Panthers from getting back into the game.
Ryan Pulock. Game saving play on Barkov. pic.twitter.com/UbvzgNoQR7
— Rob Taub (@RTaub_) August 7, 2020
Isles head coach Barry Trotz called that play, "one of those defining moments". He said that play exemplified the commitment and extra effort it takes to win. Something Pulock — and Toews for that matter as well — showed all series long.
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3. J.G. Pageau's coming out party
If not for Anthony Beauvillier's dynamite performance (will get to him soon), then this series will have been all about J.G. Pageau and his presence at both ends.
Anchoring the third line, Pageau gave the Isles an edge in every facet of the game each time he was on the ice.
The team's bubble ping-pong champion opened the scoring for the series and won 80% of his faceoffs in game one. He also got in the head mentally of Florida's Brian Boyle in game two, and had good performances in games three and four. His empty-netter in the fourth game was also the last exclamation point on the Isles' victory in game five.
Pageau was everything this series that G.M. Lou Lamoriello envisioned when he traded for him back before the trade deadline in February.
Oh and for him being clutch in the postseason? Pageau after the Florida series now has 15 goals in 39 career playoff games.
2. Shutting down Florida's vaunted attack
Everyone knew coming in that Florida had a lot more offensive firepower in their arsenal than the Isles. After all, they were the sixth-best offense in the NHL from a statistical standpoint.
But the Islanders obviously didn't get the memo.
Other than Mike Hoffman, the Panthers' offense never got a chance to really find their legs in this series because of how the structured the Islanders were in the defensive zone.
At even strength, the Isles gave up just three goals; an even bigger key to the team's triumph.
A lot of credit should go to Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock who were tasked with trying to contain Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau and Evgeni Dadonov. Those three combined for just two goals and eight points in four games.
The main point here is the goals. Letting up only two goals shows the Isles D and their forwards gave that threesome very little room to work with.
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1. Anthony Beauvillier couldn't be stopped
Beauvillier was a full-blown monster in this series.
He was the Islanders' best player in all four games and was the team's most dangerous forward. Furthering that, Beauvillier was just "having fun" out there.
The 23-year-old led the Isles with five points in the series — three goals and two assists.
Beauvillier was on a line with Brock Nelson and Josh Bailey for the series and thrived. His hustle and overwhelming speed made him the catalyst for many of the important moments throughout the series. His work on the power play and penalty kill was exceptional as well.
The confidence Beauvillier was showing also resonated with his teammates, particularly Mathew Barzal.
"Beau's line, lot of the forwards, they came out hard and played that way. For myself, it took me a game or two to get that touch and feel back," Barzal said yesterday.
Barry Trotz also praised Beauvillier for what a strong performance he had for his team.
"Right now, Beau is enjoying playing good hockey and he's getting rewarded for it with production. "He's skating on the puck, he's working. He's focused on his job in that moment. That's the maturity of a good, young player in Beau. Earlier, a year or two back if he wasn't having any production he'd worry too much about that rather than just playing well. [Right now] he's just worried about going out and playing [his] best."
All in all, it was a great series for Beauvillier and the NY Islanders overall. The next round won't be any easier with the Bruins or Capitals calling. But if they can get a repeat of above, they can definitely win.
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Putting Wearables to Work
Wearables aren't quite ready for prime-time business use, but advances to the Apple Watch and other wearable devices are expected to address their shortcomings.
Over the last few years, hype over wearables has reached a fevered pitch. Although Google Glass has disappeared (for now) and the Apple Watch has encountered a tepid response within the enterprise—industry research indicates that business users account for about 2 percent of smartwatch sales—don't think that wearable devices are a passing fad.
Within a decade, many of us will be wearing smartwatches and possibly goggles and other devices with increasing frequency—for work functions.
Apple understands this. Google understands this. Microsoft understands this. However, the transition won't take place overnight.
Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that businesses will account for about 15 percent of Apple Watch sales by 2017. Meanwhile, Bloomberg Business reports that a diverse array of firms, from health-care providers to software giant SAP, are testing Apple Watches and other wearables.
This shouldn't come as a surprise. A February 2015 Salesforce.com survey of 500 business professionals found that 79 percent believe that wearable technology will be a key to future success. Already, 76 percent report improvements in business performance for wearable devices in the enterprise. Early adopters say that smartwatches will have the biggest impact (49 percent) and the quickest adoption rate (40 percent).
In fact, 62 percent said they are already piloting or planning to use a smartwatch in the enterprise within the next two years. The appeal? Real-time access to customer data, hands-free instruction for guides in field service, access to business analytics and alerts, and "see-what-I-see" coaching with a live remote tech or trainer. In addition, wearables will generate new and valuable data that will feed analytics.
It's important to remember that wearables are in their infancy. For instance, the Apple Watch is a remarkable device and the company is the first to get the concept right. But it's still a bit slow, battery life is limited and it's completely tethered to the iPhone. Meanwhile, Google Glass is being redesigned for the enterprise.
Other wearables fall into the same general category of not-quite-ready-for-prime-time business. But expect things to begin tilting toward the enterprise when Apple releases the next version of Apple Watch in 2016. Also expect to see a greater use of smart cameras, embedded apparel or accessories as well as an array of clip-on or wrist-based devices.


When Fenwick's announced the closure of their Leicester store earlier this year, many of us in the Leicester Group of the Victorian Society assumed that the building was already protected by listing. When we realised that this was not the case, we set about researching the history of the building and submitted an application.
Barradale was also responsible for Gresham Buildings, the impressive block which turns the corner into Belvoir Street. This was commissioned by Richard Allen in 1883 - the date and Allen's initials are displayed in cartouches just below cornice level. Allen clearly wanted to make a bold statement, and the group of flamboyant gabled dormers together with the curved two-storey oriel window and polished marble column supporting the polychrome canopy of the entrance lobby make a splendid contribution to the street scene at this prominent corner.
The nature of Allen's business is unclear, although the canopied gothic statue niche above the entrance perhaps hints at some ecclesiastical connection. His confidence may, however, have been misplaced as Gresham Buildings was absorbed into Joseph Johnson's store by about 1900.
It is these two original buildings, together with a short linking section in buff brick, which Historic England has listed with a Grade II designation. Joseph Johnson's continued to expand, subsequently incorporating a former hosiery factory on the corner of Belvoir Street and Bowling Green Street, and commissioning a link in the 'moderne' style to replace an assortment of smaller properties between Gresham Buildings and the hosiery factory. This was designed by the Leicester practice of Fosbrooke and Bedingfield in 1926.
In 1962 Joseph Johnson's business was acquired by Fenwick's of Newcastle, and this prompted a further wave of expansion. The former Bennett's Toy Shop on Market Street, built in 1898 adjoining Johnson's store to the left, was incorporated, as was an additional building with a bay windowed facade on Bowling Green Street, consolidating the ownership of a large rectangular block. A new infill section was built on Bowling Green Street to provide vehicular access to an internal loading bay.
Our application had to cover the entire block, but Historic England sensibly considered the individual elements separately. We are delighted that the two original buildings on Market Street have been listed as these are undoubtedly the most important sections of the complex. We tried to make a case for the former hosiery factory, and the 'moderne' link on Belvoir Street (even though it is outside our period), but our arguments were not accepted by HE's designation team.


The hedgehog has to collect the number in the top of the screen. To choose Add or Substract, hit the balloons containing the + and -.
By hitting a balloon containing a number, you will add or substract that number with the result.
You need to count quickly, because if you are taking too long, your chance will be over and you will get a new number.


In the two years since its launch, Google Assistant has become faster and better, with a wide range of features and skill-sets. And, to improve the user experience further, Google is now rolling out a redesign to the Assistant UI on Android, which now offers a consistent experience when compared to the recently revamped Google apps.
It follows the new approach of a simpler interface with more white space and breathing room for text and visual elements. Google Assistant is also getting rounder elements and squatter fonts from Material Theme just like other apps including Maps and Gmail.
Google says that the version is to bring as seamless an experience to touch screens as voice interfaces have done for Google Home or other smart speakers.
Now you can now get the overview of your day by just swiping upwards after bringing up Assistant. Previously, this used to show your past searches and queries. This page will also include all the information which Assistant thinks you can do with right now.
Other than the new Overview flow, Google Assistant now has tactile controls and sliders to precisely adjust various values of parameters – for instance, the brightness of a smart bulb connected to Google Assistant.
Google Assistant will also now help users buy digital subscriptions or expansion packs just through voice. Google is opening up the API for developers of Google Assistant actions, who can now add the element of payments.
The service is currently available in the US and early adopters include Starbucks and meditation app Headspace. While you can link your Google account with Starbucks Rewards and fetch the details when needed, the latter allows you to activate or renew your Headspace subscription using just your voice.
While, on one hand, the feature could bring us to a new era of voice banking, Google still has to ensure that voice actions are not exploited or misused by malicious parties to start unwanted subscriptions or make fraudulent payments.


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Die Trofeo Faip–Perrel 2021 war ein Tennisturnier, das vom 1. bis 7. November 2021 in Bergamo stattfand. Es war Teil der ATP Challenger Tour 2021 und wurde in der Halle auf Hartplatz ausgetragen.

Das Teilnehmerfeld der Einzelkonkurrenz bestand aus 32 Spielern, jenes der Doppelkonkurrenz aus 16 Paaren.

Qualifikation
Die Qualifikation fand am 31. Oktober und 1. November 2021 statt. Ausgespielt wurden vier Qualifikantenplätze, die zur Teilnahme am Hauptfeld des Turniers berechtigten. Hinzu kam ein Lucky Loser.

Folgende Spieler hatten die Qualifikation überstanden und spielten im Hauptfeld des Turniers:

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ATP Challenger Tour 2021
Tennisturnier in Bergamo


As a result of having a Holland Park Powerflush completed by one of PGS�s certified plumbers, you might notice some helpful results that you hadn�t even contemplated before. It may come as a surprise, but the Powerflush has the potential to assist with your boiler warranty as well as, for example, quietening your boiler or decreasing your energy payments.
The majority of our services turn out to be an investment over the long term, and our Holland Park Powerflush service is the same as our other plumbing, heating and gas services, as it improves your system�s performance. After the Powerflush, your heating maintenance bills should be reduced, in addition to your energy bills shrinking.
Signs that your heating system probably needs us to conduct a Holland Park Powerflush range from your boiler having tepid water in the header tank and running loudly, to your system taking a while to get hot and undergoing many pump malfunctions. Cool areas on your radiators, leakages and a constant need to bleed them, are also markers.
Our seasoned technicians make every attempt to deliver your Holland Park Powerflush in the most efficient way, so you experience only a minor inconvenience to your daily routine. When our PGS engineers have finished the Powerflush, your home will be left in such a great condition that the only noticeable reminder of our visit will be your improved central heating system.
A standard aspect of the service our PGS heating technicians provide is that a Holland Park Powerflush on your heating equipment will always be carried out before a new boiler is installed. Many potential problems can be averted by doing this, as many systems perform poorly because of unwanted materials that have built-up in the system.


How long has this house been for sale?
Has the asking price been lowered?
Are there vacant/ lender-owned homes nearby? If so, how many?
How does this price compare to others nearby?
Will the house qualify for the financing I need (For instance, FHA or VA)?
Is the seller willing to do needed repairs?
Is the seller willing to help with my closing costs?
Is the yard in good condition?
Are the neighbor's yards in good condition?
Will I need to make repairs or replace something before move-in?
Is the roof line straight?
Are there any signs of dampness on ceiling or walls?
Are the floors in the kitchen and bathrooms solid – or spongy?
Does the structure appear sound?
Does the home have any special features that I like / don't like?
Do I like the floor plan?
Is there enough room for both living and storage?
Do they have time constraints?
Some of these notes will aid in your decision making, and some will aid in negotiations once you've chosen a home.