This project utilizes a 6 x 16 matrix of RGB LEDs to visualize a weather forecast pulled from the Weather Underground API. A Raspberry Pi runs a python program designed to fetch weather forecast data from the API at regular intervals, parse the data into temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed, chance of precipitation, and weather condition arrays, and then colorize and display that data across the LED matrix.
Mounted in its own enclosure, the project can set on a shelf, desk, or hang on a wall as a compact visual display for upcoming weather conditions over the next 32 hours.
* Note that if you choose to use the Zero, you will need a USB hub, a Micro USB Male to USB Female Adapter, and a Mini HDMI to Standard HDMI Jack Adapter to interface with the Pi for software setup and troubleshooting.
You will need to be able to solder for this project. The NeoPixel Sticks will need to be soldered together and will need headers soldered for their inputs and outputs. The Raspberry Pi Zero will need to have at least two headers soldered for GPIO connections.
The LED matrix consists of six rows of two NeoPixel Sticks soldered together using trimmed header terminals to connect GND-to-GND, DIN-to-DOUT, VDC-to-VDC and (for flexibility) GND-to-GND. Header terminals were also soldered to GND, DIN, VDC, and GND again (for flexibility) on one end of the pixel row and DOUT on the other end.
The Raspberry Pi Zero does not have headers assembled to the GPIO pads. You will need to solder at least two headers to the Pin 6 location (GND) and another to the Pin 12 location (GPIO18).
Connect power supply ground to 74AHCT125 ground & 1OE pins, Raspberry Pi ground, and each row of NeoPixel GND (all six rows connected in parallel).
Connect power supply 5V to 74AHCT125 VCC and each row of NeoPixel DIN (all six rows connected in parallel).
Connect Raspberry Pi pin 12 (GPIO18) to 74AHCT125 pin 1A.
Connect 74AHCT125 pin 1Y to the first NeoPixel row DIN.
Connect the first NeoPixel row DOUT to the second NeoPixel row DIN (continuing this series until all six rows are connected).
In addition to the above, I chose to add a capacitor(1000 µF, 6.3V or higher) across the + and – terminals and a data line resistor (300 to 500 Ohm) between the 74AHCT125 pin 1Y and the input to the first NeoPixel. The project was tested without the added hardware with no observable ill effect but were added as a precaution based on the Best Practices found in the "Adafruit NeoPixel Überguide".
Power is brought into the enclosure via a MicroB USB Connector Breakout and split to power both the Pi and the breadboard in parallel. Solder header terminals to VCC and GND. Solder the capacitor and two pair of wire to each header terminal (be sure that the capacitor leads are correctly matched to the positive/VCC terminal and the negative/GND terminal). Connect one pair of VCC and GND wire ends to the breadboard. Solder the Micro USB Connector Shell to the other pair of wire ends and connect it to the Raspberry Pi.
You should now be able to power up the Pi from the micro USB connections. However, the LED's won't do anything yet until the NeoPixel Library is installed in the next step.
For this tutorial, I'm not going to go into a step-by-step of how the project is mounted and displayed. From the pictures, you can see that the LED's are mounted in evenly spaced rows approximately 1 cm apart. I found that cardboard and double-sided adhesive tape worked well for the mounting of the LED's, breadboard, and Raspberry Pi. Also, a single sheet of white vellum worked well to subtly diffuse the LED's. The entire project is mounted inside of a shadow box frame. You will want to choose a frame that is at least 2.5 inches deep to provide enough room for the connecting wires and terminal headers.
This is because the weather_color.py program that you will install in a later step was written in Python 3.
Continue the Software instructions with the Strandtest Example. Be sure to change the LED_COUNT constant to the reflect the number of pixels in your project (in this case 96) or else only the first row of your matrix will be controlled when you execute the example code.
If all of your connections are good, you will get a nice bright* demonstration across the entire matrix!
* Note that for the Strandtest example and using a brightness setting of 255 and a pixel count of 96, a 2 Amp power supply will suffice (I measured about 1.2 Amps for the LED's while running the rainbow chase sequence). However, use caution when playing with the code. An all white (255, 255, 255) setting could pull more than 5 Amps (reference the Powering NeoPixels section of the "Adafruit NeoPixel Überguide" for estimating NeoPixel power requirements).
The Weather Color program is designed to fetch weather forecast data from an API in 15 minute intervals, parse the data into temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed, chance of precipitation, and weather condition arrays, and then colorize and display that data across the LED matrix.
In order for the API to work, you will need to obtain an API key from the WeatherUnderground website (available here). This key will be entered into the apiboot.txt file at a later step.
From the Raspberry Pi terminal, execute the following command to download and install the needed apiboot.txt and weather_color.py program files.
You will now need to edit the apiboot.txt file to add your API key and to choose (uncomment) one of the API query options. Executing the following command will open the apiboot.txt file in the nano text editor.
By default, the city/state query is uncommented (Miami/FL). Choose and modify any query of your liking, just be sure to comment (#) any unused query. Reference the Weather Underground documentation for more examples about the query types and how to tailor the queries to work with your specific need. When you are done editing the nano file, Ctrl-X to exit and Y to save the file. Note that you can edit the apiboot.txt and log.txt files with any text editor of your choice. If you boot into the Raspbian desktop environment, you can use Leafpad to modify and save the files by browsing to the /home/pi/weather_color directory.
Upon execution, the program will write its first log.txt file. Though, if you open the log file now, the log file will only indicate that the program is initializing with the rainbow color sequence.
The rainbow color sequence will chase across the LED matrix for 60 seconds. The weather_color program is intended to be launched upon Raspberry Pi startup. The 60 second delay is meant to give the Pi plenty of time to boot and connect to wifi before it makes the first API call.
After approximately 60 seconds have passed, the program will make its first API call. If all goes well, a nice mix of LED colors will be displayed which represent 32 hours of forecasted weather. Opening the log.txt file will reveal the data set from the API call. The program will continue to make API calls and update the LED matrix and log.txt file every 15 minutes until the Pi is shutdown or the program is terminated (Ctrl-C from the terminal).
If the API call fails to connect or returns an error, the program will wipe the LED matrix with a red display, write the error encountered to the log.txt file, and terminate.
If the API call times out during the boot sequence, the program will wipe the LED matrix with a yellow display, write a message to the log.txt file, and attempt to connect again in 3 minutes.
For more details about the color representations used in the forecast display, see the file color_key.txt located in the /home/pi/weather_color directory. In general, blue represents low-range values, green represents mid-range values and red represents high-range values.
The final step in the software installation is to have the Pi launch the program at startup. This is accomplished by using the following terminal command to modify the crontab.
When you are done editing the file, Ctrl-X to exit and Y to save the file.
Now when you shutdown and reboot your Pi, the weather_color program will launch as intended. Be patient during launch as there will be no display for the first 15 seconds or so until the crontab is executed.
You can now untether the project from your keyboard, mouse, and display and place it anywhere that you would want to see the current weather and forecast at a glance!
I think the weather forecaster looks excellent. I'm pretty new to programming though would like to to create a weather forecasting unit that receives airport weather data and forecasts (METAR and TAF.) and displays a visual LED representation of the current and predicted weather variables.. Could an information source like this one from NOAA be incorporated and parsed relatively easily?
I am hoping to use LEDs to represent weather conditions such as Snow, Rain, Thunderstorm and also detected cloud conditions such as towering cumulus and cumulonimbus etc with the data being received and updated every 15-30 minutes. Would be grateful for any guidance you could offer.
Posting a note that the weather_color.py code has been updated to correct a condition where the program would quit unexpectedly after receiving an empty 'hourly_forecast' response from the API. Updates are posted and maintained within the github repository.
Hello and thank you micromet. This was my first 'big' project and I really enjoyed both the making and the sharing process. If you do decide to make one, please post back and let me know how it goes.


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import pygame
from pygame.locals import *

from EventManager import EventManager

from Constants import Constants
from GameTime import GameTime
from Score import Score
from Polygon import Polygon
from Atom import Atom
from random import *
from Levels import *

import os

class Game:
	"The totality of existence"

	def __init__(self):
		"Initialises resources"

		self.exit=False
		self.score = Score((0.9,0.05),0)
		self.levels=["Level_1(self.score)","Level_2(self.score)","Level_3(self.score)"]

	def on_enter(self):
		pass

	def on_exit(self):
		pass

	def run(self):
		"Executes the levels"
		for i in self.levels:
			l = eval(i)
			if(l.run() == False): #Game has finished
				break

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The residents of Bruges are fortunate enough to live in a unique place. Between 1998 and 2009, the Beguinage, the Belfry, the entire historic city centre and the Procession of the Holy Blood were all classified as items of UNESCO World Heritage. A great honour, to be sure, but Bruges is so much more than just its past. The inner city continues to be the beating heart of modern metropolitan life. Bruges needs to balance the maintenance of its priceless heritage against the needs of high-quality urban renewal. How has Bruges attempted to reconcile the UNESCO recognitions with the requirements of modern residential and employment functions? Our S-wan guide will lead you through the UNESCO programme and highlight the city's different visions on the management of its heritage during the past 150 years.


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Freakatorium is the fifth album by drummer Keith LeBlanc, released on March 9, 1999 by Blanc Records.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians
Keith LeBlanc – drums, drum programming, percussion, keyboards, vocals, producer, mixing (2, 3, 6, 8-10, 12)
Skip McDonald – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, harp, mixing (8)
Michael Mondesir – bass guitar (4)
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 13)

Technical personnel
Darren Grant – mixing (6, 8)
Adrian Sherwood – mixing (1, 3-5, 7, 9, 11-13), remix (13)

Release history

References

1999 albums
Keith LeBlanc albums
Albums produced by Keith LeBlanc

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Socialism: Around the world, nations that have been foolish enough to adopt socialist policies either collapsed or are well on their way to doing so. Why, then, are so many in the U.S. enthralled with the idea?
A quick look at the world's countries in direst economic shape reveals that many, if not most, have one thing in common: They rely on top-down socialist control, rather than free markets, to run their economies. The former, history amply shows, are doomed to fail. There are no long-term socialist success stories. None.
France, for instance, elected a socialist, Francois Hollande, as president in 2012. Today, France suffers a 10.3% jobless rate and 25% youth unemployment. Growth is less than 1%. To France's credit, it's recently recognized that the job market must be reformed to give businesses more incentives to hire and train new workers.
Brazil, meanwhile, impeached Socialist President Dilma Rousseff for corruption, but her damage to the economy will last. As recently as 2010, Brazil was considered a bright star. It was awarded both an Olympics and a World Cup because of it. Last year, as Rousseff's massive borrowing and spending choked the economy, GDP shrank 3.8% and joblessness soared. Interim President Michel Temer has vowed to roll back Rousseff's socialism.
Then there's Venezuela's nightmare. After the death of socialist dictator Hugo Chavez, his successor kept socialist policies in place. Today, as even the liberal Atlantic Monthly admits, "Venezuela is falling apart." Shortages of food, energy and such basic commodities as toilet paper are rampant. The government has imposed a two-day workweek to save money. Riots, thefts and blackouts are common. Once oil-rich, Venezuelans now forage dirty streets for food — including stray dogs and cats.
Farther south, Argentina's economy was run into the ground by leftist populist President Cristina Kirchner. Newly elected centrist President Mauricio Macri has stabilized the economy, fixed the nation's finances, and has returned to global debt markets for the first time since the nation defaulted 15 years ago. The economy is again growing.
Get the picture? Socialism is a failure, a brutal one. In its name, during the 21st century, millions of people were impoverished and disenfranchised, while over 100 million were murdered.
And yet, as Europe and South America move away from socialism, some in the U.S. embrace it. Polls show socialism is popular among millennials, and many young Americans support socialist Bernie Sanders for president. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised. As Jonah Goldberg observed, "Schools have been force-feeding left-wing propaganda to kids like it was feed for geese at a foie gras factory."
Sadly, blogger Bruce McQuain adds, "The left will never face the reality of their utopian central control's failure everywhere and in whatever flavor it is tried."
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Paul Batura: Bye, bye Volkswagen Beetle -- Rest in peace
By Paul J. Batura | Fox News
Volkswagen saying goodbye to the iconic Beetle; Netflix loses 'Friends'
Morning Business Outlook: After about eight decades, German automaker Volkswagen is stopping production on its Beetle model; Netflix announces 'Friends' is leaving for Warner Media's new streaming service HBO Max, which is expected to launch in 2020.
This week marks the end of the line for production of the Volkswagen Beetle, the iconic German car first produced in an era of war and later embraced by a Hippie culture that was hungry for peace.
In between, the "VW Bug" was a hit with cost-conscious Americans who appreciated the vehicle's low price, diminutive size and corresponding fuel efficiency, especially during the gas shortages of the 1970s.
First produced as Adolph Hitler's vision of the "people's car" in 1938, the instantly recognizable rounded silhouette design would eventually become the most produced car in history. Over the years, tens of millions of them would be seen on American streets.
VOLKSWAGEN HALTS PRODUCTION OF ICONIC BEETLE FOLLOW DECREASED DEMAND FOR SMALL CARS
Like many people, my first car was a VW bug. In 1989, I purchased my 1974 gold Beetle from Jim Cahill, a friend from our church. I paid $1,200 for it, money earned by working in our parish rectory, mowing lawns and delivering newspapers.
I loved my bug, but there was just one problem – I didn't know how to drive a stick shift.
Learning as I drove presented all kinds of embarrassing challenges, from stalling in the middle of a major intersection (and getting a ticket for going through a red light) to failing to properly shift into first gear and apply the emergency brake before getting out in a downpour.
"Mister, mister!" a young kid yelled to me through the raindrops. "Your car is rolling away!"
I somehow managed to chase down the runaway vehicle, dive back into the car and apply the brake – right before it would have plowed into a tree.
My friends also had fun with the car, once picking it up and turning it around out front our high school.
In time, I got the hang of driving it, though the car would begin to vibrate if I took it over 55 mph, a flaw that didn't seem to bother my mother or father.
The clean exterior belied the ripped up interior and exposed seat springs. Old cushions from our porch dulled the poke. The gas gauge was also busted. "But don't worry," Jim had told me. "I put a ping-pong ball in the gas tank. When it starts to rattle around, you'll know it's time to fill-up."
But none of that bothered me. After all, it was my own car and no matter how dilapidated, it beat walking or riding my bicycle.
It's always been interesting to me that the Beetle managed to achieve a level of cultural status that no other cars seemed to muster. From their popularity with the anti-war crowd to Hollywood's "Herbie" movie franchise, the vehicle model has always been more than just an efficient mode of transportation.
Those of a generation will remember that the Volkswagen Beetle was even featured prominently on the cover of the Beatle's famous Abbey Road album, the car's "LMW 281F" license plate even spawning a conspiracy theory that Paul McCartney had died.
According to the rumors buzzing across the radio and magazines back then was that the plate was signaling McCarthy would have been 28 years-old – if he were still alive.
Of course, Sir James Paul McCartney wasn't dead, and in fact, is still performing today. As it turns out, the Beatles always claimed the car just happened to be there for the photoshoot – either a happy coincidence, given the popularity and prevalence of the VW Beetle or a brilliant marketing ploy.
One suspects the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
Over the years, I've noticed that you can hear a Volkswagen Beetle long before you see it. That's because the air-cooled rear-mounted engine operates its valves by mechanical means, producing a tinny, "click-click" sound – unlike motors today that use more modern technology.
In the end, it seems appropriate that the instantly recognizable sound of the German-born vehicle precedes the sight of the actual car. That's because, in my hallway of high school memories, I can still hear that engine and see my buddies all packed inside of it, laughing and riding together.
Rest in peace, Volkswagen Beetle.
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Paul J. Batura is vice president of communications at Focus on the Family and the author of "GOOD DAY! The Paul Harvey Story." He can be reached on Twitter @PaulBatura or by email at Paul@PaulBatura.com.


although all the various species of fish in the nets are documented. Twenty nets in total were set in various locations across the lake, at a rate of approximately four per day. We are happy to report to all who have donated to the club in various ways, that these stocked fish continue to show up healthy and in good numbers. The largest fish, from the 2012 fall stocking, are in the low to mid thirties already.Most of the fish were males with milt, while some of the females were ripe with eggs. Pures out-numbered the Tiger muskies by apx 4 to 1. Some were recaptured later in the week, miles away from where they were initially caught. Some were recaptured from last year – verified by the use of a PIT tag embedded in the fish.
Processing these fish is a huge undertaking as each muskie is subject to scale sampling, fin clipping, PIT tagging, and length/weight measurements. All of this data is documented and crunched against previous years results. We would like to thank PFBC biologists, Mike Kaufmann, Greg Murphy, and John Buzzar for their hard work and dedication to providing a better fishery for us all. Stay tuned to mi50.com for a detailed report.


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A certified permaculture designer, Alex is a transplant from the Seattle tech world. He came to the islands to build a permaculture homestead for his family and leave behind software development and program management. He soon realized permaculture was something that should be done for the island community, and began the Seed to Seed permaculture program at Orcas Christian School.
Now, he's compelled to help residents and newcomers who wish to make the most of life here through small scale agriculture. He is also a certified "map nut" and enjoys visualizing geographic and geologic data using GIS tools, which he finds particularly useful in the agriculture industry.
"If I had to do it all over again [moving to the island] I'd have done better research using GIS. It can save you time and money by supplying the data to make the best possible decisions...and it's just cool stuff."
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Prior to moving to Orcas Island, she designed high-end estate gardens, inner city community and school gardens, and taught farm-to-table classes to inner-city and home-schooled children. Here on Orcas, she spent four years stewarding 165 acres of forest, pastures, garden, orchard and trails at Four Winds Camp, developing sustainable maintenance systems and protocols as well as farm-to-table curriculum.
Marlin spent last season designing sustainability systems and protocol for Orcasong Farm as well as farm-to-table programs for the elderly and islanders with disabilities.
Her primary focus at the moment is to create and implement replicable templates for sustainable land management, train future sustainable gardeners by providing web support through her Gardening Eden project.
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Emmet, aka the Woodman, is a lover of life, especially soil life. He is, literally, an earth scientist with a keen understanding of soil. Soil makes for a dirty profession, but it's where everything starts for us, and where everything got its start. Emmet knows the language of soil well, and how to build and improve it, how it contributes not only to agricultural production, but how it affects environmental quality and human health.
Emmet's favorite projects are found at the confluence of science, nature and art. Also a Bullocks certified permaculture designer, he has earned on-the-ground experience working and work-trading on organic farms on the West coast and Australia, the birthplace of permaculture itself. He wrote a thesis on Biochar, and co-authored a paper on rice-husk-ash cement. In his spare time he is an EMT/firefighter and co-administers the produce department at his local food co-op.
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Toxins in e-cigarettes 'could leave users with damaged eyesight'
TOXINS in e-cigarettes could leave users with damaged eyesight, a new study suggests.
Around 2.7 million people in England use the devices, often as an alternative to smoking after quitting the habit.
UK health chiefs encourage smokers to switch to vaping, saying it is safe and far better than smoking.
Smoking is known to damage the eyes, as well as being a leading cause of cancer and a myriad of other deadly diseases.
Now, scientists say those who use e-cigarettes may also have an increased risk of eyesight problems.
Current vapers were 34 per cent more likely to suffer from visual impairments compared to those who had never tried it, and former vapers 14 per cent more likely to.
The new study by the University of California included 1,173,646 adults in the US aged between 18 and 50, The Telegraph reports.
Participants were asked if they ever have smoked or vaped and asked if they had suffered visual impairment.
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The findings, published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, add to others which say e-cigarette use is not without some risk.
E-cigarettes work by heating a liquid, often fruity flavoured, that contains nicotine, the addictive substance of tobacco.
It also contains propylene glycol, glycerin, flavorings, and other chemicals that research might be harmful, but on a significantly lower scale than tobacco.
Scientists theorise that ingredients like propylene glycol in vape liquid produce free radicals – cell-damaging atoms that may weaken the fluid layer covering the surface of the eye.
It may also promote oxidative stress, a key factor in the development of chronic diseases as well as cataracts and glaucoma.
Research shows cigarette smoking heightens the risk of several eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration.
But it is important to note that at this point, it's unclear whether those risks are connected to vaping or something else.
Professor Simon Capewell, a clinical epidemiologist at the University of Liverpool, said the latest California study did not prove a link between vaping and eye damage.
But he said there are "many nasty toxins in e-cig vapour".
There have been a raft of warnings over e-cigarettes use – such as a recent finding that it might increase the odds of erectile dysfunction and stroke at middle-age.
The World Health Organization claims they "increase the risk of heart disease and lung disorders" and are "particularly risky when used by adolescents".
But there is growing evidence the devices can effectively help people kick the killer smoking habit.
The NHS says: "They're not completely risk free, but they carry a small fraction of the risk of cigarettes.
"E-cigarettes do not produce tar or carbon monoxide, two of the most harmful elements in tobacco smoke.
"The liquid and vapour contain some potentially harmful chemicals also found in cigarette smoke, but at much lower levels."
E-cigs can help you manage your nicotine cravings and a 2019 study found that people using them with face-to-face support were twice as likely to quit smoking.
Some six per cent of adults vape, according to a report from Public Health England in February 2021.
Some of those are people who have never smoked previously, despite this being strongly discouraged.
The report says almost 30 per cent of 11 to 18 year olds have tried a vaping product but never tried smoking.
There is concern the sweet flavours of vape products are enticing youngsters to use them, when they may have not otherwise tried a cigarette.
Non-smokers who take up vaping may face harms they would otherwise had avoided, the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment, an independent body advising the UK Government, reported in 2020.
But the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA), which has replaced PHE, says there is " no evidence to support concern that e-cigarettes are increasing youth smoking".
Meanwhile, smoking rates among young people and adults in the UK continue to decline.
England may be the first country in the world to dish out e-cigs on prescription to people trying to stop smoking, it was revealed in October.
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Le Couturier is a synonym for femininity, gentleness and romanticism. We want to return to the origin of fashion, to that elegance based on simplicity and basic skills. Our collections are produced for women who seek special pieces and are comfortable with other forms of consumption.
We are a timeless fashion brand based between Barcelona and Berlin. We create handmade clothes and produce them with care and love. We work with small workshops and local suppliers, with whom we develop unhurried collections. We give more priority to quality than immediacy.
Le Couturier is not only a fashion brand, but also a site where you can find the work of small designers. We work with small artists and artisans based in Spain. That is why we like to think that our project helps to support the local economy in a sustainable way. We only work with high quality materials.
As a result, we only sell online. We want to offer the best quality at the best price and we only can afford that if we sell through our own platform. Our main concerns are finding the best fabrics and materials, which are made on an environmentally friendly way, and offering the best quality-price ratio to our customers.
We are growing thanks to many people who are starting to change their consuming habits. People who want to know where their clothes, their shoes and their jewelry are made. People who are looking for special and unique pieces, who care about sustainability, who respect the planet and who believe in a fairer economy.


Capture breathtaking 4K videos with the LEICA Dicomar lens. And use functions such as Cinema Like Effect and 4K Cropping to increase your video creativity.
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Métis: The Beauty of Being Biracial in France Today
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Journalist and author Christine Kelly © Alexis Duclos
As borders continually open and close in our world today, people meet, come together and sometimes blend as one. Children born of the partnership of two people from different races are the fruit of different cultures, mixed genes and diversity. In France they are described as "métis" or biracial, and even multiracial. Witnessing this growing diversity inspired award-winning photographer, Alexis Duclos, to produce a prolific photographic essay featuring 46 personalities living and working in France today.
The French photojournalist has produced a beautiful album of black and white photographs with his own son, Jordan, in mind. His 24-year old son was born in Paris, France and has a Canadian mother of Chinese origin. Conscious of the different cultures, values and languages Jordan straddles, Alexis sought to capture the beauty and richness which métissage embodies and contributes to French society.
Graduate student, Jordan Duclos, son of French photographer Alexis Duclos and a Canadian mother of Chinese descent.
His profiles include individuals from different walks of life who consciously or unconsciously are role models in an evolving French society. Long a country of immigration after the Second World War, France, with its revolutionary spirit of egalité, projects itself as a color-blind society, refusing, for example, to measure race, ethnicity, or religion in its censuses. And yet France is, undeniably, a vibrant multi-ethnic and multiracial society. With the photographs, each personality in Alexis Duclos' collection provides a mini-essay on how he or she sees and lives a mixed heritage.
Journalist Christine Kelly says of her multi-ethnicity: "When I travel, I am a citizen of the world in Cuba, in Egypt and the United States. On the other hand, when I am in France, people often ask me where I come from. Yet, I am simply French."
Fashion designer Barbara Bui wrote, "I view my métissage not as a difference but rather a distinction" that propels her artistic expression.
Others admit a hyphenated identity is both difficult and easy. For economist and former Prime Minister of Benin (2015),Lionel Zinsou, who was born to a French mother and Beninese father, says: "To be biracial is to be a foreigner everywhere. To be a biracial African is to be black in Europe and white in Africa. To be biracial is to not resemble your parents, therefore, you must resemble yourself."
Fashion designer Barbara Bui. © Alexis Duclos
A larger selection of Alexis' photo essay entitled "Métis" has been published in the new 2018 Autumn/Winter edition of the web magazine, Openeye, dedicated to contemporary photography. INSPIRELLE, which celebrates diversity, reached out to Alexis Duclos so that he could share his vision of Métis with as many people as possible.
Alexis, what inspired you to produce a photographic feature on "Métis" in France?
A photographer is first an observer. To observe French society is to note that the population is made up of more and more people of various origins. To testify through images of this social reality seemed interesting to me. In addition, my son is métis; this motivated me even more. Born in France to a French father — myself — and a Canadian mother of Chinese descent, my son, Jordan, is one of the 46 black and white portraits I produced. I wanted to photograph métis personalities from all walks of life. Writers, journalists, artists, entrepreneurs, athletes …
In your search for subjects to photograph, who were you looking for and why?
I wanted to photograph as many women as men. And as far as possible, I have taken photographs of famous and successful people to inspire others, especially the younger generations. My editorial line was to highlight these people who have realized or made their dreams come true! Accomplished, good people whose work and spirit are a source of inspiration for others.
Architect and filmmaker Pascal Vuong. © Alexis Duclos
What is the message that you hope to share with your beautiful photos?
I think the métis person is ahead of his or her time. The writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery wrote: "If you are different from me, far from harming me, you enrich me."
If I have a message, it is that of benevolence. Métis is an album of photographs, looks that highlight diversity to better combat racism, which in my opinion is the worst scourge.
Was everyone receptive to your idea?
In so far as I wanted to photograph celebrities, I had to obtain authorizations, organize photo shoots with them. And then I quickly realized that some individuals had issues about being photographed under this theme. Some personalities were concerned with appearance, the regard of others and the role of their identity. These are questions that can be painful for some or not important for others. Who am I? What are my roots? What is my culture? My father is of such origin, my mother of another … These subjects are not simple. They touch the deep being. Many famous métis have refused to answer my request probably because of this. The project took years in my spare time to complete and I am very grateful to those who stepped forward in front of my camera.
Born to a father from Benin and a French mother, Lionel Zinsou is an economist and former Prime Minister of Benin. © Alexis Duclos
Can you share with us how some of your subjects live with their "métissage"? Proudly? With difficulty?
Christine Kelly, enthusiastic, was the first person to accept. She writes, "I am very mixed. In my family, we are the fruit of a mixture of Indians, Africans, Vietnamese, metropolitans … I see it as a wealth. When I travel, I know that I am a citizen of the world."
Pascal Vuong reacted to name calling as a young boy with humor. When his mother explained to him that he was Eurasian, he told his friend that in being "Euro-asian" it meant the place he originated from was comprised of a Europe and an Asia. Later, he enjoyed telling others he was "Charento-Vietnamien"; his mother being born near Angoulême in southwest France.
Others I will not name were hesitant and it took a long time to convince them, through fussy agents. For example, I understood that a well-known TV presenter was having trouble accepting her origins. A major French actress, Isabelle Adjani, who is métis, really liked my work and my approach. She encouraged me but she refused to pose for me. Others accepted only to withdraw at the last moment. It was not easy; I admit it.
France frowns on the idea of 'multiculturalism', which it labels 'communautarisme'? How do you personally feel about it?
I do not like communitautarisme, it's the opposite of multiculturalism. Communitautarisme is withdrawal and this is often expressed by the rejection of others because of religious opinions or constraints. I am thinking in particular of equality between men and women. Multiculturalism, however, is something else. First of all, it is an unavoidable reality, and I believe that cultural differences are an asset and a chance for society, provided that multiculturalism goes through the fight against discrimination of all kinds.
The ideal multiculturalism, in my opinion, is the freedom to choose and enjoy the best in each culture. Art, music, literature, architecture, knowledge, social life, etc. Being able to open up to others to learn new languages, to taste other traditions such as culinary arts … There is so much to share and discover.
Soprano singer Magali Leger. © Alexis Duclos
Your son, Jordan, is featured in your photo essay. Is he comfortable with his biracial background? Are you conscious of his place in French society?
Being mixed for Jordan is not a problem. It reassures me. As he puts it himself:
"Being biracial is not always easy, but I do not care, because it is the others who make this reality more complex."
As I said before, society is changing, the world is changing and so is France. Jordan will take his place in France or elsewhere!
Photojournalist Alexis Duclos with his wife and their son Jordan
Do you think French society will evolve as its younger generation interacts and intermarries?
From genetic blending, our culture is mixed. The diversity of influences contributes to the richness of French culture. Globalization is causing border states to disappear. There is, unfortunately, a rise in nationalism and therefore racism, but I remain optimistic despite everything. People travel more than ever; some meet, love each other and start families. Mixed marriages are more and more numerous and I believe that new generations will be more tolerant, smarter, because of their diversity.
I am convinced that the métis person is ahead of his or her time.
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MÉTIS is a beautiful collection of 42 black and white portraits of inspiring women and men whose biracial roots are visually featured. Personalities from the worlds of literature, journalism, entertainment, film, television, business, fashion and sport… they are all role models and symbols of positivity today and for new generations.
Limited edition, signed by the author. 15cm x 21cm, 120 pages.
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What a wonderful conversation you have started ,Alexis. Beautifully written with compassion and wisdom…and I totally agree with you that the "biracial" person is well ahead of his/her times. As we evolve, in some future time, I feel race will be irrelevant.
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The Afternotes are the Seacoast NH area's group, formed in March of 2013, all former members of the New Hampshire Notables, University of New Hampshire's original women's a cappella group. Their repertoire includes a mix of traditional and contemporary with songs by Adele, Sara Bareilles, The Beatles, Prince, Fleetwood Mac and others- and they are so excited to sing for you!
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GV piano students challenged with 'Carnival of the Animals'
Courtesy / MusicaNeo
Sarah Edgecomb
While most Grand Valley State University students spent their time studying for midterms and preparing for spring break, students in piano professor Sookkyung Cho's Piano Studio rehearsed for their Feb. 25 performance of "Carnival of the Animals." Composed by Camille Saint-Saens in 1886, "Carnival of the Animals" is a popular, playful piece that uses music to encapsulate various animals, from the tortoise to the kangaroo.
According to Cho, "Carnival of the Animals" was originally composed for two pianos and an orchestra, and the Piano Studio students were challenged further by performing these duets on a single piano. The concert consisted of 14 movements, with pianists switching between each movement. Cho said that this arrangement made students focus on their musicality.
"In terms of timing, since they're not playing alone…How to begin each phrase, how to end each phrase, where to take time together, where to speed up. It has to be all coordinated," Cho said.
Sophomore piano performance major Rebekah Shomsky said that playing a duet on one piano required knowing the music especially well and organizing how the parts line up.
"There are just a lot of details that you have to work out – who turns the pages, who pedals, things like that. You have to coordinate where your arms and hands are at all times so that you don't get in the other person's way," Shomsky said.
This arrangement also gave students the opportunity to learn from each other and improve their musical performance through collaboration. Cho emphasized the importance of students knowing how their part interacted with their partner's.
"If you have to be the leader, if you don't have a good idea of what you want to say in that particular phrase, then your partner will never be able to follow you," Cho said. "When you lead, you really need to know how to lead and how to be clear about your musical intentions."
While students were able to discuss their individual movements during rehearsal, communicating during the performance through "sound, hand gestures and body gestures" is crucial along with careful listening. Shomsky said that the chance to work with her peers fostered growth in their musical communication.
"Communication is really important, and I think it's something that pianists don't work on as much as other musicians, because most of our repertoire is solo," Shomsky said. "Playing a duet is a great way to practice communicating musical ideas and working creatively with other people."
Shomsky said that collaborating with her classmates allowed her to "get to know them better and hear their unique perspectives on the music while we were rehearsing and performing."
Cho performed "Carnival of the Animals" with a guest artist in 2018, which inspired her to pass it along to her students. The accompaniment of a poem and a rotating cast of pianists made the concert whimsical and entertaining, with each student performing up to four movements.
A video of the performance is still available for viewing on the GVSU Piano Facebook page.
Sarah Edgecomb, News Editor
Sarah Edgecomb is the Lanthorn's News Editor for the 2019-2020 school year, previously serving as the 2018-2019 Arts Editor.


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package org.springframework.jdbc.object;

import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.sql.DataSource;

import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
import org.springframework.jdbc.core.BatchPreparedStatementSetter;

/**
 * SqlUpdate subclass that performs batch update operations. Encapsulates
 * queuing up records to be updated, and adds them as a single batch once
 * {@code flush} is called or the given batch size has been met.
 *
 *
Note that this class is a non-thread-safe object, in contrast
 * to all other JDBC operations objects in this package. You need to create
 * a new instance of it for each use, or call {@code reset} before
 * reuse within the same thread.
 *
 * @author Keith Donald
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.1
 * @see #flush
 * @see #reset
 */
public class BatchSqlUpdate extends SqlUpdate {

	/**
	 * Default number of inserts to accumulate before commiting a batch (5000).
	 */
	public static int DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE = 5000;

	private int batchSize = DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE;

	private boolean trackRowsAffected = true;

	private final LinkedList<Object[]> parameterQueue = new LinkedList<>();

	private final List<Integer> rowsAffected = new ArrayList<>();

	/**
	 * Constructor to allow use as a JavaBean. DataSource and SQL
	 * must be supplied before compilation and use.
	 * @see #setDataSource
	 * @see #setSql
	 */
	public BatchSqlUpdate() {
		super();
	}

	/**
	 * Construct an update object with a given DataSource and SQL.
	 * @param ds DataSource to use to obtain connections
	 * @param sql SQL statement to execute
	 */
	public BatchSqlUpdate(DataSource ds, String sql) {
		super(ds, sql);
	}

	/**
	 * Construct an update object with a given DataSource, SQL
	 * and anonymous parameters.
	 * @param ds DataSource to use to obtain connections
	 * @param sql SQL statement to execute
	 * @param types SQL types of the parameters, as defined in the
	 * {@code java.sql.Types} class
	 * @see java.sql.Types
	 */
	public BatchSqlUpdate(DataSource ds, String sql, int[] types) {
		super(ds, sql, types);
	}

	/**
	 * Construct an update object with a given DataSource, SQL,
	 * anonymous parameters and specifying the maximum number of rows
	 * that may be affected.
	 * @param ds DataSource to use to obtain connections
	 * @param sql SQL statement to execute
	 * @param types SQL types of the parameters, as defined in the
	 * {@code java.sql.Types} class
	 * @param batchSize the number of statements that will trigger
	 * an automatic intermediate flush
	 * @see java.sql.Types
	 */
	public BatchSqlUpdate(DataSource ds, String sql, int[] types, int batchSize) {
		super(ds, sql, types);
		setBatchSize(batchSize);
	}

	/**
	 * Set the number of statements that will trigger an automatic intermediate
	 * flush. {@code update} calls or the given statement parameters will
	 * be queued until the batch size is met, at which point it will empty the
	 * queue and execute the batch.
	 *
You can also flush already queued statements with an explicit
	 * {@code flush} call. Note that you need to this after queueing
	 * all parameters to guarantee that all statements have been flushed.
	 */
	public void setBatchSize(int batchSize) {
		this.batchSize = batchSize;
	}

	/**
	 * Set whether to track the rows affected by batch updates performed
	 * by this operation object.
	 *
Default is "true". Turn this off to save the memory needed for
	 * the list of row counts.
	 * @see #getRowsAffected()
	 */
	public void setTrackRowsAffected(boolean trackRowsAffected) {
		this.trackRowsAffected = trackRowsAffected;
	}

	/**
	 * BatchSqlUpdate does not support BLOB or CLOB parameters.
	 */
	@Override
	protected boolean supportsLobParameters() {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Overridden version of {@code update} that adds the given statement
	 * parameters to the queue rather than executing them immediately.
	 * All other {@code update} methods of the SqlUpdate base class go
	 * through this method and will thus behave similarly.
	 *
You need to call {@code flush} to actually execute the batch.
	 * If the specified batch size is reached, an implicit flush will happen;
	 * you still need to finally call {@code flush} to flush all statements.
	 * @param params array of parameter objects
	 * @return the number of rows affected by the update (always -1,
	 * meaning "not applicable", as the statement is not actually
	 * executed by this method)
	 * @see #flush
	 */
	@Override
	public int update(Object... params) throws DataAccessException {
		validateParameters(params);
		this.parameterQueue.add(params.clone());

		if (this.parameterQueue.size() == this.batchSize) {
			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Triggering auto-flush because queue reached batch size of " + this.batchSize);
			}
			flush();
		}

		return -1;
	}

	/**
	 * Trigger any queued update operations to be added as a final batch.
	 * @return an array of the number of rows affected by each statement
	 */
	public int[] flush() {
		if (this.parameterQueue.isEmpty()) {
			return new int[0];
		}

		int[] rowsAffected = getJdbcTemplate().batchUpdate(
				getSql(),
				new BatchPreparedStatementSetter() {
					@Override
					public int getBatchSize() {
						return parameterQueue.size();
					}
					@Override
					public void setValues(PreparedStatement ps, int index) throws SQLException {
						Object[] params = parameterQueue.removeFirst();
						newPreparedStatementSetter(params).setValues(ps);
					}
				});

		for (int rowCount : rowsAffected) {
			checkRowsAffected(rowCount);
			if (this.trackRowsAffected) {
				this.rowsAffected.add(rowCount);
			}
		}

		return rowsAffected;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the current number of statements or statement parameters
	 * in the queue.
	 */
	public int getQueueCount() {
		return this.parameterQueue.size();
	}

	/**
	 * Return the number of already executed statements.
	 */
	public int getExecutionCount() {
		return this.rowsAffected.size();
	}

	/**
	 * Return the number of affected rows for all already executed statements.
	 * Accumulates all of {@code flush}'s return values until
	 * {@code reset} is invoked.
	 * @return an array of the number of rows affected by each statement
	 * @see #reset
	 */
	public int[] getRowsAffected() {
		int[] result = new int[this.rowsAffected.size()];
		int i = 0;
		for (Iterator<Integer> it = this.rowsAffected.iterator(); it.hasNext(); i++) {
			result[i] = it.next();
		}
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Reset the statement parameter queue, the rows affected cache,
	 * and the execution count.
	 */
	public void reset() {
		this.parameterQueue.clear();
		this.rowsAffected.clear();
	}

}


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Périgny es una comuna y población de Francia, en la región de Centro, departamento de Loir y Cher, en el distrito de Vendôme y cantón de Selommes.

Su población en el censo de 1999 era de 188 habitantes.

Está integrada en la Communauté de communes de Beauce et Gâtine.

Demografía

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Périgny en el Institut géographique national
 Périgny en el Insee

Perigny


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Spontaneous Self-Assembly of γ-Cyclodextrins in Dilute Solutions with Tunable Sizes and Thermodynamic Stability
Jing Zhou, University of Akron Main Campus
Panchao Yin, University of Akron Main Campus
Yunyi Gao, University of Akron Main Campus
Lang Hu, University of Akron Main Campus
Tianbo Liu, University of AkronFollow
The behavior in dilute solution of phosphate-functionalized γ-cyclodextrin macroanions with eight charges on the rim was explored. The hydrophilic macroions in mixed solvents show strong attraction between each other, mediated by the counterions, and consequently self-assemble into blackberry-type hollow spherical structures. Time-resolved laser light scattering (LLS) measurements at high temperature ruled out the possibility of hydrogen bonding as the main driving force in the self-assembly and indicated the good thermodynamic stability of assemblies regulated by the charge. The transition from single macroions to blackberries can be tuned by adjusting the content of organic solvent. The sizes of blackberries vary with the charge density of γ-cyclodextrin by adjusting pH. It is the first report that pure cyclodextrins can generate supramolecular structures by themselves in dilute solution. The unique solution behavior of macroions provides a new opportunity to assemble cyclodextrin into functional materials and devices.
Chemistry - A European Journal
Zhou, Jing; Yin, Panchao; Gao, Yunyi; Hu, Lang; and Liu, Tianbo, "Spontaneous Self-Assembly of γ-Cyclodextrins in Dilute Solutions with Tunable Sizes and Thermodynamic Stability" (2015). Polymer Science Faculty Research. 848.


Finding the best financial advisor for your needs is one of the most important decisions that you will ever make. However, many people struggle with choosing a financial advisor to help them. If you need some extra guidance in this area, then the most crucial element is to make sure that you focus on advisors regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The FCA is the regulatory body in the UK that ensures that financial service providers are acting within the law. If you are thinking of getting financial advice, then it is essential to make sure that you use a member of the FCA. Not doing so could leave you vulnerable to acting on poor advice and see your finances suffer as a result.
Protection for your business – To be a member of the FCA, financial advisors must have certain credentials in place. They or the company that they work for must be a registered legal entity and have the necessary systems in place to protect their clients. When you use an FCA-approved financial advisor, you know that you have cover for yourself and your business if anything were to go wrong.
Ethical practices – The FCA has a "Treating Customers Fairly" initiative that all members are bound to follow. This initiative outlines how your financial advisor must communicate with you in a fair and transparent manner. It gives you a guarantee that your advisor will offer guidance with the best intentions and no ulterior motives. If your financial advisor is not part of the FCA, then it is hard to know if you can fully trust what he or she is recommending.
Quality advice – The only way to ensure that you have access to financial advisors who really knows their stuff is to use an FCA-registered one. They must meet certain qualifications, and this means that you will get the best-quality advice available. If you choose not to use a financial advisor registered with the FCA, then you cannot be sure that you are working with an expert in the sector.
Would you let someone who is not Gas Safe-registered install your new boiler, or a pilot without a licence fly you to France? Of course not! So why let someone not registered with the FCA advise you on important financial decisions? There is bound to be an FCA-approved financial advisor in your area, so make sure to use one. This will help ensure the best advice and results for you.


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class Account {
    private lock myLock //isto pode ser escondido do código
    private int balance := 0
    invariant balance >= 0

    public method boolean withdraw(int amount)
        precondition amount >= 0 {
        myLock.acquire() //isto pode ser simplificado no código
        try {
            if balance < amount {
                return false
            } else {
                balance := balance - amount
                return true
            }
        } finally {
            myLock.release()
        }
    }

    public method deposit(int amount)
        precondition amount >= 0 {
        myLock.acquire() //isto pode ser simplificado no código
        try {
            balance := balance + amount
        } finally {
            myLock.release()
        }
    }
}

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Friends will share with you some information and ghazals in Gujarati.Ghazals isthat experience which have soothing melody,emotions,It itself have language of love and beauty. the sentiments, emotions and words form a ghazal, here i am trying to give u little informations of gujarati ghazalkar(poet)Hope you all will like it.
He was popularly known as Asim Randeri.He was born in Rander area of Surat on 15th August 1904.
He was popularly known as Asim Randeri.He was a legend in Gujarati literature from pre-Independence era. He received Vali Gujarati Award in 2006. His qualification was till matric before working for a british company.He started writing ghazals at the age of 18.He was working between 1928-1932 with Kenya Daily Mail In east Africa.And after that from 1932 he work as salesman with Sweedish Match Company In Bombay.
His work like Leela, Shringar, Tapi Tirey, Gulchadi revolunized gujarati ghazals writing.Leela a character created by him was a hit among the youth.His love for this character continued and it lived in a form of magazine with the title Leela for 6 years.Tapi Tirey Is also a great collection of gujarati ghazals for the love blosoming on the bank of river.
Its my pleasure to present some collection of his poem over here.
કિંતુ મારી લીલા ક્યાં છે.
કેમ મને વૈરાગ ન જાગે?
તમે મારી છાબી ભીતે નહી, દીલ મા જડી હોતી.
He travelled a lot with his Ghazals across India and Abroad and perform various television shows radio programmes, He was the first to hold Mushairas On All India radio. he later also travelled a lot to Pakistan, South Africa, Us with his ghazals.
He died at the age of 104 In rander Area of the Surat City on Thursday 2009.
We all miss him and remember him while reading his ghazals and poems and sure those will bring smile on our face and heart.


EV Certificates – Extended Validation Certificates – are also sometimes called "Green Bar" certificates (because many browsers show extended information in a green bar, at least historically, for sites which use these).
These certificates have a higher degree of difficulty to obtain, as the owner of the domain must prove several things to the Certification Authoriry before certificates can be issued.
This must usually involve a human check on the company details, and things like phone calls, and other validation, may be required too.
As a consequence, EV Certificates are regarded as "more secure" and also they are favoured in the financial services industry where the identity of the transacting party may be something that the visitor would like reassurances about.
Their use in eCommerce is growing.


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About BPSA
Media/Press Kits
Quartermaster Store
Aims & Methods
Our founder, Robert Baden-Powell, called scouting "a game"— a game the BPSA feels should be open and available to everyone. This spirit of fun, positivity, and shared experience is at the heart of everything we do— even those activities that are quite serious at heart.
The aims of BPSA scouting include:
—Character development: training scouts of all ages in the personal merits of honor, duty, and self-reliance. "Doing one's best" is at the heart of everything we do.
—Training in service and citizenship: instilling loyalty and thoughtfulness as we render service to others, and learning more about our local and national communities; these are keys aspects for every responsible citizen.
—Personal health and fitness: encouraging practices that promote sound physical, mental, and emotional development and lifelong habits for well-being.
We accomplish these aims by using Baden-Powell's "scout method"— a system of progressive self-education that uses these tools:
— A scout uniform, motto, promise, and law
— A hands-on approach to "learning by doing"
— Baden-Powell's patrol system
— A program of activities that focuses on individual growth and takes place largely in the outdoors
— An advancement program based on personal challenges, growth mindset, and acquisition of useful skills
— An emphasis on traditional outdoor abilities and scoutcraft
— An ethic of service and citizenship— which begins with knowledge and awareness of one's own community
As a traditional scouts, we model the uniform that was worn in B-P's time. The uniform is simple, utilitarian, and designed to be tough and worn in the outdoors. It is also designed to be relatively uncluttered. You'll find that the uniform is not covered from one side to another with badges and other items but is designed to showcase an individual's scouting work while still looking neat and, as B-P would have said, "smart."
The uniform is an integral part of the Scout Method. As B-P said, "Smartness in uniform and correctness in detail may seem a small matter, but has its value in the development of self-respect, and means an immense deal to the reputation of the Movement among outsiders who judge by what they see." If members dress like scouts, they will act like scouts. Wearing our uniform sets the example.
If a group, scout, or family—due to finances, environment, or other reasons—find purchasing a uniform to be inaccessible, they are still scouts. Baden-Powell himself stated, "I have often said, 'I don't give a fig whether a Scout wears a uniform or not so long as his heart is in his work and he carries out the Scout Law.' But the fact is that there is hardly a Scout who does not wear the uniform if he can afford to buy it. The spirit prompts him to it."
Should barriers to purchasing and wearing a scout's uniform exist, we'd collectively work to help them. Whether it's a matter of income, circumstance, neurodiversity, etc., the focus of the scout group or section will be on the program itself. The camaraderie of the group is the goal; good uniforming as a matter of group pride is one facet of this esprit de corps.
We also have practical reasons for being in uniform: visual identity. The uniform helps us stand out as scouts in our communities. It helps promote our organization throughout the US. And it identifies us as members of an international youth movement.
The Motto, Promise, and Law
Our scouting motto, promise, and law help us to solemnize our involvement in BPSA scouting. The versions may vary according to section, but the intention is the same: that scouts, on their honor, will do their best. Speaking these words aloud, with their accompanying handsign, helps show our shared unity in scouting. Over time, scouts of all ages come to think even more of what these words mean to them, and how their lives have been changed as a result. To a BPSA scout, honor is everything.
Learning works best through a "hands-on" approach— not by reading a book or watching a web video. In the BPSA, skills are demonstrated and taught by one who already possesses the skills. The learners practice until they, too, can demonstrate the technique, and then they, in turn, become teachers. "Each one see one, do one, teach one" describes our approach to learning in the BPSA.
It's also worth noting that both youths and adults serve as teachers. Baden-Powell's "patrol method" creates a structure through which members teach and learn from one another. In the BPSA, a teacher may equally be a youngster as an adult: all have a chance to share their knowledge and skills.
The Patrol System
The patrol system is the one essential feature in which scout training differs from that of all other organizations, and where properly applied, B-P tells us it is absolutely bound to bring success.
A patrol is a small group of scouting peers who are close in age. In the BPSA, Pathfinder Troops are separated into patrols, and Rover Crews may also form patrols. Otter Rafts mimic this same structure by forming dens, in Timberwolf Packs by forming sixes. The patrols and patrol-like structures form the small units in which scouts work together, whether for work or play, for discipline or duty.
The patrol system places responsibility on each individual. Each small unit is led by a single scout serving as the leader; members then work with their leader to accomplish the group's goals. Spirited competition between patrols adds fun and enthusiasm and develops increased proficiency as the scouts teach and learn from one another. Each scout in the patrol realizes that they are important to the group's success, and through shared collaboration, the patrol, six, or den succeeds. They learn first-hand about reliability and have a chance to both cooperate and lead.
Program and Activities
In the BPSA, section leaders work with scouts to develop and implement a rich program of varied activities that supports the organization's aims and methods. A strong BPSA program focuses on interesting activities that support advancement, service, and personal growth. Each scout advances at their own pace, and every program considers both individual and group needs.
Whenever possible, program takes place in the outdoors and includes specific outdoor skills and activities. You'll find BPSA scouts of all ages outside in all kinds of weather, even rain and snow: as one of our leaders put it, "Challenging weather gives us a great chance to test our gear and our scout skills!"
Advancement Program
Each section has its own advancement program designed to track a scout's growing proficiency in a number of skill areas. Advancement may be completed, at least in part, individually, but it is also part of a rich scouting program, and it's traditional for scouts to teach and learn from one another.
Our advancement system varies from other scouting programs in three key ways:
1. In other scouting programs, scouts earn "ranks," e.g., Tenderfoot, First Class, etc. In the BPSA, we use the term "rank" to describe assigned positions such as Patrol Leader, Troop Leader, and Quartermaster. Badges earned to show mastery of skills and competence are known as "proficiency badges."
2. In the BPSA, we don't award badges on a "first try," i.e., the first time a scout demonstrates a skill. We allow some time to pass, showing that the skill is retained, practiced, and increasingly perfected before it's checked off in a scout's advancement record. This is true for BPSA scouts of all ages.
3. We expect scouts to retain advancement skills over time. A scout may be retested on an earned skill at any time and is expected to be able to demonstrate the skill. Failing to demonstrate upon retest may mean removing the badge until the skill is remastered. Some advancements actually require retesting at certain intervals.
Outdoor Focus
Baden-Powell called scouting "a school of the woods." He felt that spending time in the outdoors built strength, awareness, and competence in ways that could not be achieved in the home, school, or community setting.
Today, scientists have proven that time spent in the outdoors has measurable benefits on human health and well-being. The outdoors calms our spirits, lowers our blood pressure, stabilizes mood, and may lift depression. It also heightens our sense of awareness and may make us more innovative. Scouts in the BPSA spend as much time in the outdoors as possible, whether camping, hiking, exploring, swimming, boating, or engaging in other pastimes.
Service and Citizenship
According to the US Citizen and Immigration Services, a citizen's responsibilities include:
Staying informed of the issues affecting one's community
Participating in the democratic process
Respecting and obeying federal, state, and local laws
Participating in one's local community
Through community activities and service, these activities form a central part of the BPSA program. Our scouts may visit local fire stations and City Halls, study and learn to handle the flag, march in community parades, help remove invasive weeds from city parks, find out about local laws, or pack boxes in local food banks. These are only a few examples of the ways we interleave service and community with scouting.
The BPSA is founded upon Baden-Powell's original aims and methods. All adults and youth— regardless of age, gender, class, or other variables-- who live in the US are welcome to join us. The more who come together to play the game of scouting, the better!


Our investors' combined experiences in international markets, the financial community, security, and the computer industry provides our management team with wisdom and important relationships for the next significant stage of company growth. One of our major investors is YCS Group.
Our clients win and stay ahead of the pack with our technology, expertise and Infrastructure. We also provide best route technology solutions, relieving Internet congestion by utilizing our Gigabit Internet Data and Exchange Center in Asia. Our state-of-the-art Network Operations centre provides resilient performance in IP infrastructure. Today, the company is a leader in Global Network Services and Managed Security Services (MSS) to major corporations.
As a privately held company, Connet Inc., does not release its financial statements or other financial data to the public. Maintaining financial health has always been a priority for Connet companies, which cultivate a disciplined style of managing their businesses and investments.


In programming, a Variable is a value that can change, depending on conditions or on information passed to the program.
Within your Ministry Sync events, your Event Details become your variable and can be pulled into public web pages and customized emails for a personalized look sent to a wide audience.
*Variables highlighted in red for emphasis in this article.
All variables take on whatever theme you choose during Event Setup.
Within Event Setup, we provide Web & Email Templates for use in order to promote your event. These templates automatically pull in Event Details and use your Event Banner to maintain a professional, unified look. Each web and email template within Ministry Sync includes default text and can be customized. We strongly encourage you to personalize these to really sell your event. You can do this through the use of Variables.
Using Variables in the Send Email feature of your account allows you to really hone in on your audience and target them with key information regarding their role at your upcoming event.
Do you use Table Hosts at your event? If so, you have the ability to send a custom email to each Host, using a variable that includes a button that links to each Table Host's personalized guest list manager page. This encourages engagement and allows for easy list management from your Table Hosts — meaning less work for you!
By customizing emails and web templates, you have the ability to personalize each point of contact. This is important as you grow relationships with your guests.
Your time is important (and limited!) so using this efficient tool allows you to keep the personalization and save the time.


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Ecorys comes under pressure for Women's Vote fund administration
08 March 2018 Consultancy.uk
Ecorys
Professional services firm Ecorys has come under scrutiny regarding its role in administering a government fund. The £5 million pot was aimed at supporting women's rights groups in the 100th anniversary of female suffrage – although less than 5% was allocated to grassroots groups.
While significant advances have been made in terms of gender equality, both public and private bodies have come under increasing pressure in recent months, regarding sexism in the workplace. Recently, a number of high-ranking members of the professional services industry were faced with allegations of sexual assault, while the BBC came under fire for its significant pay gap. Earlier in 2018, the UK's Treasury Select Committee sent letters to 33 financial services firms yet to sign up to the Women in Finance Charter, as around half of the UK financial sector were still to commit to the initiative, while the UK banking industry in particular faces continued criticism for its failure to address its lack of gender diversity.
In this context, the government, and contractor Ecorys, are coming under heightened levels of scrutiny, regarding the allocation of funds designed to boost gender parity campaigns across the UK. Initially, Chancellor Philip Hammond had promised that a total of £5 million in public funds would be set aside, in order to celebrate the centenary of female suffrage in Britain. However, the figure actually allocated was a far smaller £1.5 million, and the government has since been accused of undermining celebrations in a crucial year for gender equality, after groups were given less than a month to submit an online application for funds to mark February 6th, the anniversary of the day the Representation of the People Act 1918 was passed.
While £1.2 million was awarded to local authorities of towns and cities with a strong history of suffrage, just 4% – or £60,000 – of funding allocated to grassroots groups for the year has been allocated in time to celebrate the day the law changed. This prompted numerous women's groups to exclaim disappointment and frustration, as they were left unable to access government funds in time to organise local celebrations.
Sam Smethers, chief executive of the Fawcett Society, said, "It's been incredibly slow, we've been complaining about that – everyone has been complaining about that. It's been a real missed opportunity of getting that money six months ago, frankly. We've been pushing and pushing and it's been a source of intense frustration."
Online applications for small grants up to £2,000 from the Women's Vote Centenary Grant Scheme had opened on January 4th. The small grants deadline for other events in the year closed on January 31st, and received 185 applications. The funding round for grants between £2,000 and £125,000 is not yet open. A government spokeswoman said groups could make a bid for funding by post from early December, but online applications were only opened a month later. No details were given about why online applications were not open earlier, or the number of postal applications made.
Ecorys scrutinised
Activity around the centenary had been led by the Government Equalities Office (GEO) until Justine Greening left the role of education secretary in a reshuffle in January 2017, when Amber Rudd was given the position of Minister for Women and Equalities. After a number of high-profile cabinet exits, following a disastrous 2017 election for the Conservative government, the administration of the fund was prepared for outsourcing.
In order to oversee the administration of the fund, a tender to employ a grant-making body was launched in September 2017. The contract was eventually presented to private firm Ecorys in November, though details of the deal have still not been published on the government website.
Labour's Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, Dawn Butler, said the shambolic distribution of funds raised questions about the government's outsourcing policies. "This was supposed to be a momentous opportunity for the country to come together and celebrate the achievements made over the last 100 years of some women gaining the vote. But instead, the government has outsourced yet another contract that has fallen woefully short of achieving its intended purpose," she said.
Related: Ecorys to study restriction of financing of terrorism.
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Grant Thornton launches new Inclusion Advisory Board As the firm attempts to further improve its diversity and inclusion efforts, Grant Thornton has created a new Inclusion Advisory Board for its company.
BCG's LGBT+ community Pride@BCG wins Business Equality Award Boston Consulting Group has been commended for its efforts to support LGBT+ rights in the business community.
MCA launches Women in Consulting Network The Management Consultancies Association has launched a new group to help promote more women entering the sector.
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McKinsey disputes payments to former London landlord Global management consultancy McKinsey & Company is being sued by the company that owns London offices it occupied until last year.
Only 11 of the Big Four's 3,000 UK partners are black The consulting industry is currently part of a major corporate drive to play a bigger role in combating systemic racism across the UK, but a closer examination of companies' track records often shows
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Ecorys evaluates Public Employment Services Network The European Commission has engaged international advisory firm Ecorys to evaluate its Public Employment Services Network.
Large and SME consulting firms on government's DOS4 framework The UK government has selected nearly 3,000 large, mid-sized and boutique consulting firms, digital agencies and technology providers for its Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 framework (DOS4).
Ecorys donates thousands to UK homeless charity The British branch of global consultancy Ecorys has boosted a UK homeless charity with an £11,500 donation.


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Q: Fastest way to access a node I have about thousand DIV tags structured this way:

    ...

    ...

If I want to now access a particular node, say 'div#10 div.5' - what is the fastest way to do it using javascript DOM traversal? I already have the index values "10" and "5" - I am just looking for the fastest way to achieve this.
Thanks a lot.

A: If you've got about 1000 DIVs I assume this is auto generated html?
If so, is there any reason why you can't add an id to the inner DIVs too?

    ...

    ...

Then you can just use getElementById and not have to worry about ordering or spacing etc.
Since element ids have to be unique on the page then this should always be the fastest way to look up the element.

A: using jquery:
alert($("#10 > .5").html());

A: Without validation and assuming the child nodes are the only nodes and all in sequence;
document.getElementById('10').childNodes[4];

Watch out for whitespace that becomes a node https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Whitespace_in_the_DOM

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