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Standard Cell Industry 4.0 - frequently asked questions
How do ISO and IEC define 'Industry 4.0'?
'Industry 4.0' represents the industrial future in which products, machines, production sites, etc. exchange information, interact and recognise each other. Initially an appropriately chosen marketing term, the necessity for a specific definition emerged as a fundamental element, enabling standards organisations to harmonise their activities and offer each other mutual support. ISO and IEC worked together extensively to reach a consensus on the appropriate term and its definition. Both ISO and IEC have opted for the term 'Smart Manufacturing'. The definition below was adopted following the meeting held by the ISO Smart Manufacturing Coordinating Committee (ISO TMB/SMCC) in Stockholm, on 20 February 2018.
manufacturing that improves its performance aspects with integrated and intelligent use of processes and resources in cyber, physical and human spheres to create and deliver products and services, which also collaborates with other domains within enterprises' value chains.
Note 1 to entry: Performance aspects include agility, efficiency, safety, security, sustainability or any other performance indicators identified by the enterprise
Note 2 to entry: In addition to manufacturing, other enterprise domains can include engineering, logistics, marketing, procurement, sales or any other domains identified by the enterprise
All definitions drawn from standards are considered as interpretations of the first.
Industry 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing is therefore a generic term encompassing a whole range of fields and technologies. It refers to a global industrial method that largely relies on the latest technologies pertaining to connected production-related resources aimed at transforming the manufacturing environment to offer increased flexibility and agility, together with benefits in terms of time-saving, quality and costs. Products, production processes and factories combine to form a huge 'Cyber Physical Production System' (CPPS) which is largely self-regulated by machine-object interactions. Once connected, systems communicate with each other and are capable of self-regulating without any centralised control. The production plant can be configured based on needs via the addition or removal of modules thanks to plug and work functions.
Smart Manufacturing is one of the IOT applications, or more specifically IIOT, i.e. the Industrial Internet of Things.
Is there a unified reference model architecture for the concept of 'Smart manufacturing'?
The aim of a unified reference model is to: provide a reference base for understanding the significant relationships between entities and practice in smart manufacturing; to define an approach for developing standards and other specifications particular to a given industry or country.
One confusing issue for industry is that there are currently several competing reference architectures, such as RAMI4.0 (Reference Architecture Model Industry4.0), proposed by the German initiative Industry4.0, IIRA (Industrial Internet Reference Architecture Model Industry4) by the IIC (Industrial Internet Consortium) coordinated by the United States, and many more.
In an aim to harmonise existing reference models and to supervise the development of underlying architectures, a joint work group has been created between the ISO/TC 184 'Automation systems and integration' and the IEC/TC 65 'Industrial process measurement, control and automation' committees. The resulting group has been named JWG 21 'Smart Manufacturing Reference model(s)', and reunites 70 experts from 13 different countries. The JWG's role is to prepare a standardised, unified reference model to support ISO/TC184 and IEC/TC65 activities in the field of smart manufacturing. The first phase will involve the elaboration of a meta-modelling concept that can host all the key characteristics of each proposed reference model, and represent them in a uniform manner via abstract language. This project will be materialised in April 2021 via the publication of a technical report - IEC TR 63319 ED1: A meta-modelling analysis approach to smart manufacturing reference models (SMRM)
(Source : A meta-modelling analysis approach to smart manufacturing reference models (SMRM)(Technical Report). Retrieved from JWG21_N177_v07_2020-04-15_TR_SMRM_r1cl.pdf)
This meta-model will provide the 'language' for launching the second phase which will consist in specifying a Unified Reference Model. This standards project - PNW65-815 'Unified reference model for smart manufacturing' was initiated in June 2020 and will be completed within 3 years.
What are the greatest stakes and challenges generated by smart manufacturing?
One first challenge is to associate the physical and digital worlds throughout an 'asset's' life cycle. The associated stakes are therefore: interoperability or the capacity to synchronise a group of elements (products, machines, processes, factory, virtual models, etc.) from different manufacturers and that evolve in an independent manner; management of a complexity and great quantity of data and their exploitation, digital sovereignty and therefore cybersecurity within strongly converging IT (information technology) / OT (operational technology) environments. Hence, smart manufacturing may only be achieved if machine and equipment manufacturers design smart 'assets' which are:
Capable of reliably, efficiently and safely collaborating with 'assets' from other manufacturers, according to consensus-based standards rather than proprietary standards. For both users and manufacturers, this represents a pledge of trust and the necessary security for such an investment. These interoperable solutions based on open systems and interfaces will preserve the opening-up of markets, will stimulate innovation and will allow service portability within the unique digital market.
'Secured by design', i.e. with integrated security as from their design phase.
A second challenge involves the importance of the human factor in production systems, via several themes: physical and cognitive assistance, ergonomics, skills and knowledge adaptation, augmented reality, etc. Stakes include issues on health and safety at work (accidents, fatigue, stress, MSDs, etc.) that are worthy of in-depth consideration during the various design and exploitation phases of work-related equipment.
How can ISO and IEC standards help to overcome such challenges?
ISO and IEC committees have been highly active for a long time now, in the fields of automation and manufacturing. Standards focus, not only on given technologies or specific aspects, but on the system as a whole, and on the integration of subsystems and components.
To improve our understanding of the stakes involved in Industry 4.0 standardisation, the German Standardisation Roadmap for Industry 4.0 is a very useful source. It is one of the essential communication tools for Industry 4.0. It enables the national and international exchange of information between standards organisations, industry, associations, research and political entities. It provides a guide that paves the way for active individuals and organisations in various technology sectors, and presents the results of ongoing work and debates, together with an insight into the standards and specifications that are pertinent to Industry 4.0. Since the previous version (v3), the DIN and the DKE published major recommendations for action at national level, in the form of standardisation projects, which were later implemented on a national scale. The fourth version of the standardisation roadmap focuses on interoperability and the tools required to achieve it. It also deals, for the first time, with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial applications.
Also worthy of note, in partnership with the European Multi Stakeholder platform on ICT Standardisation, the European Commission updates the Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation every year. The document details all subjects identified as EU political priorities and for which standardisation, standards or technical specifications pertaining to ICT should play a leading role in their implementation. It covers technologies of 'horizontal importance', those whose application seriously impacts different technical fields, within the context of ICT infrastructures and ICT standardisation. The Industry 4.0 Standards Cell follows several technical committees working on the Rolling Plan's priority work themes, such as Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Cybersecurity and Data Protection.
What standard ecosystem exists for smart manufacturing?
The standard ecosystem for smart manufacturing is particularly complex.
Alongside ISO/TC 299 Robotics (previously TC 184/SC2) and ISO/TC 199 Safety of Machinery, which deal with the technical security of collaborative robotic systems, the committees and numerous consortiums involved in Industry 4.0 are as follows:
Source: Report subsequent to the 35th Meeting of CLC/TC65X February 1 to 2, 2017-Annex-H-IEC_TC65_SmartManufacturing_2017
Given that the various standardisation groups are active in fields related to standardisation, IEC and ISO have formed coordination groups. Following advice from the ISO SAG SM/I4.0 strategy group, ISO created the Smart Manufacturing Coordination Committee - ISO/SMCC) and IEC created the Smart Manufacturing System Committee - IEC SEG 7, now renamed the Smart Manufacturing System Evaluation - IEC/Syc SM.
Standards and good practices are developed within consortiums. For example, the VDMA (German federation of mechanical engineering) was quick to acknowledge that the definition of an international language is crucial for the future of mechanical engineering and production plant construction. After adopting OPC UA as the reference standard for data exchange, the VDMA became aware of the necessity to add other specifications, based on the former, in order to reach a universal interface capable of enabling machine tools of different brands, not only to enter into dialogue with each other, but also with other enterprise software solutions, such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems), clouds, automation systems, etc. With this aim in mind, in 2020, the VDW and the VDMA announced the pooling of their teams to define interoperability standards for the mechanical sector. These interoperability standards are disseminated under the UMATI label. They will concern electrically driven machines, machines for plastic and rubber, machine vision, robotics and machine tools.
Also worthy of mention, the Atlas Copco initiative, with the recent launch of its first series of OPC UA-enabled compressors. Through use of the powerful modelling language offered by OPC UA, Atlas Copco has defined a digital representation of its products. Via its participation as leader of a consortium of industrial and academic partners on behalf of the OPC Foundation, Atlas Copco is also committed to bringing the entire compressed air industry in line with digital standardisation. The aim of such an effort is to create a standard representation of a compressed air system on an industrial scale. Once the complementary specification published, a simple software update will suffice to bring Atlas Copco's machines within total confirmity with the new standard.
Is there a standards catalogue for smart manufacturing?
A standards catalogue for smart manufacturing is currently being compiled. It is the result of a joint IEC - ISO initiative, via the common work group SM2TF 'Smart manufacturing standards map Task Force'. The work group's aim is to generate and organise a catalogue of standards for the committees involved in smart manufacturing, in order to facilitate searches with standardised criteria, following the example of the existing Smart Grid. The specification for the catalogue and its viewing tool are the subjects of two technical reports. The first, entitled, ISO/IEC TR 63306-1 SM2 Framework, was published late 2020. The final version of the second part, entitled ISO/IEC TR 63306-2 SM2 Catalogue, will be published during the first semester of 2021.
In concrete terms, an initial version of the SM2 catalogue can be consulted in Excel format here. Pertinent standards for smart production are listed in different themes.
Figure: Extract from the catalogue (source ISO-IEC-SM2_Framework_v1-4_2020-03-17(17-16).pdf)
Various 2D or 3D graphic representations can be generated from the SM2 catalogue. The type of graphic representation will depend on the viewpoint selected by stakeholders.
What standards are monitored on a priority basis by the Industry 4.0 Standards Cell?
The Industry 4.0 Standards Cell focuses in particular on standards dealing with:
Unified reference model for smart manufacturing
Standardised digital representations of interconnected physical entities within an information framework that provides an integrated view of life cycles (digital twin and digital thread)
Industrial Internet of things with an infrastructure enabling the interconnection of distributed entities, inside and outside the organisation
Information standards, both traditional standard information models and emerging communication protocols based on service-oriented architectures. Information standards describe the type of information that can be recorded and how. Through the use of information standards, data which can be requested, shared, exchanged and transferred, are recorded in information systems with the same quality requirements. This ensures that systems exchange data in the same way. If the exchange is not standardised, information can become entangled in different 'languages'.
Communication networks with a robust and secure communication infrastructure to ensure both machine safety and industrial safety.
Man-machine interaction: the design and implementation of robotic systems that interact with humans must consider the safety and well-being of workers interacting with advanced robotic systems and smart machines.
and that are applicable in smart production applications such as:
Transparent and digital factory: digital technology enabling the modelling, communication and exploitation of the manufacturing process. It supports the design, configuration, monitoring and control of a production system.
Advanced robotics and smart machines: systems that operate in an autonomous manner, that communicate, adapt and potentially learn, that are capable of solving problems and taking decisions, independently of humans, whenever necessary.
These standards for smart manufacturing can be of different types: baseline standards, terminology standards, test standards, product standards, process standards, interface standards, standards on data to be provided.
Would you like to discover current good practices, recently proposed European and international standards, standards pending revision and standards that are currently the subject of a public enquiry, or have recently been published in the field? Then we invite you to consult the following articles on the subject:
Transparent and digital factory:
[July 2017] How to ensure a machine's cybersecurity right from its design phase
[November 2019] White paper on semantic interoperability, addresses challenges in digital transformation age
[September 2020] Revised standard to facilitate exchange of information on production system
[October 2020] Umati becomes the universal smart factory language
Advanced robotics and smart machines:
[July 2020] The challenges of mobile robot security
[February 2021] 'Robots' and 'Robotic systems' standards are still on the move
Other subjects will be approached shortly. Please feel free to forward your current challenges and priorities (veronique.dossogne@sirris.be ) so that can take them into account.
Want to know more about the standards Cell Industry 4.0?
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Healthy Planet Foundation was an environmental charity in the United Kingdom formed in 2007 by Shaylesh Patel, on the ethos that small changes together will build sustainable, healthy communities leaving a positive legacy for future generations. Healthy Planet championed grassroots and green causes that promoted healthy living.

The charity expanded rapidly after starting to offer owners of unoccupied retail properties a way to reduce their business rates (local property taxes) in return for a donation of half of the saving, but this method of fund raising has proved controversial in some quarters.

History
Shaylesh Patel first incorporated Healthy Planet Limited (registered number 06294326) on 27 June 2007. This was a private limited liability company not limited by guarantee. On 27 December 2007 Healthy Planet Foundation was incorporated, a company limited by guarantee with an exemption from using the word "Limited" in its name, and it was that company that registered as a charity. Healthy Planet Limited was purchased from Patel by Healthy Planet Foundation for a nominal sum during the year ended 26 June 2013 in order to consolidate all of the charity's assets in one place.

Healthy Planet Foundation's impact was largely minimal until 2010 when it started to offer United Kingdom high-street landlords tax breaks in return for donations. This followed changes in the system of local property taxation in England and Wales in 2008.

Legal status
Healthy Planet was a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England at Companies House (number 06460524, incorporated 27 December 2007) and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registered number 1122475) and the Scottish Charity Regulator.

The charity's commercial activities took place through its wholly owned subsidiary Healthy Planet Community CIC, a community interest company, registered number 06463663, which was incorporated 4 January 2008.

Activities

Overview
All the Initiatives listed below are similar insofar as they are all able to 'appear and disappear' (pop-up) quickly; this is due to the fact that Healthy Planet's business model of taking on buildings, often for short periods of time, requires such specifically designed initiatives in order for them to offer the tax breaks that they rely on for funding. Retrofitting their charity activities to gain tax breaks has generated controversy which they have attempted to address in their 2013 accounts which can be downloaded from their website.

Books for Free
The "Books for Free" initiative sources secondhand books that otherwise might be destined for pulping. Healthy Planet redistributes these books - for free - throughout communities via its short term Books for Free centres nationwide. By doing so, they aim to reduce the quantity of waste to landfill each year. They say, "There's no catch and the only restriction is that a maximum of 3 books can be taken at any one time." The 35th shop opened in Derby in July 2014.

Stuff for Free
Healthy Planet's "Stuff for Free" initiative is a series of giant community reuse events - helping redistribute good quality stuff to a new home, where it will be valued. The initiative promotes upcycling, recycling and waste minimisation. By re-directing materials which would otherwise go to landfill, Healthy Planet facilitates the re-distribution of all sorts of items from one person to another. It operates on the belief that one person's trash is another's treasure.

Healthy Spaces
Healthy Spaces utilises retail or warehouse space which are empty and provides new and grassroot causes with the space they need to get started. The charity creates a link between commercial landlords and the charity sector by developing partnerships with commercial landlords that have empty units, such as retail units, banks, warehouses and restaurants. It then invites Third sector like-minded organisations to collaborate by occupying one of the spaces, rent free giving them a physical presence in the community to make an environmental difference.

Conservation Community
The Conservation Community is designed to raise awareness of grass root conservation projects worldwide. Healthy Planet supports projects in national, regional or community designated protected areas, in public spaces that include realistic, tangible actions and projects that have specific educational or scientific impact.

Controversial fundraising
Healthy Planet has attracted attention for its approach to fund raising. By "occupying" empty shops, which may amount to as little as being granted a short lease and putting up posters in an unstaffed shop, the landlord may save 80% on their business rates (local property taxes). Healthy Planet then ask the landlord to make a "donation" of half of that saving to the charity. In 2009, Blacks Leisure paid Healthy Planet to occupy 77 empty stores in order to reduce its tax liabilities.

Since using this scheme, Healthy Planet's total income has increased dramatically, from £13,000 to £1.1M in the space of twelve months according to figures in the 2010 accounts, causing the British tax authorities to enquire into the tax affairs of the charity. Roger Messenger, president of the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation, not referring specifically to Healthy Planet, commented "There are some organisations which are pushing this into the area of a scam" and that such schemes were "very common" in secondary and tertiary shopping streets where shops were "unlikely to ever be reoccupied". According to British law, charity shops should be "wholly or mainly used for the sale of donated goods" in order to qualify for reduced business rates.

Financial results
According to (consolidated) accounts filed at the Charity Commission, the financial results of the charity have been as follows:

Liquidation
The independent regulator the Charity Commission opened an investigation into Healthy Planet in June 2015 after it reported a loss of £345,000 as a consequence of alleged fraud. Both Healthy Planet Foundation (Company No. 06460524) and Healthy Planet Community CIC (Company No. 06463663) entered administration on 13 November 2015 and were wound up by voluntary creditors liquidation on 17 October 2016.

Other Healthy Planets
These appear to be separate organizations:
 Healthy Planet USA
 Healthy Planet UK

References

Environmental charities based in the United Kingdom
2007 establishments in the United Kingdom

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Sir John Macartney, 1st Baronet (died 29 May 1812) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Biography
He was the second son of William Macartney, a long-serving Member of Parliament for Belfast, by his wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Bankes.

He married firstly (by licence of the prerogative court of Ireland dated 26 February 1778) Anne, daughter of Edward Scriven by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Barclay of Dublin. They had seven children. Macartney married secondly on 4 November (by licence dated 3 November) 1794, Catherine, daughter of Walter Hussey Burgh, late Chief Baron of the Exchequer of Ireland, by his wife Anne, daughter of Thomas  Burgh of Bert,  County Kildare. By her, he had further issue, including Hussey Burgh Macartney, the first. Dean of Melbourne.

Macartney sat in the Irish House of Commons for Fore from 1793 to 1797, and for Naas from 1798 to 1800. He also served as Deputy Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer of Ireland. On 29 April 1796, at the opening of the Grand Canal Docks, he was knighted "in consequence of his energetic exertions in the promotion of the inland navigation of Ireland", and on 4 January 1799 (the privy seal being dated 25 June 1799), he was created a baronet, of Lish, County Armagh.

On Macartney's death, he was succeeded in the title by his first son by his first wife, William Isaac Macartney (25 October 1780 – 31 July 1867). Macartney's widow died on 17 September 1840, in her seventieth year.

References

 George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Baronetage, volume V (Exeter, 1906) p. 441-442.

1812 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
Irish MPs 1790–1797
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Sam D. Burston Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer
Clark Atlanta University Names Sam D. Burston Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer
Donna L. Brock
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ATLANTA (Oct. 31, 2017)— Clark Atlanta University (CAU) President Ronald A. Johnson today announced the appointment of Sam D. Burston as the University's new vice president and chief advancement officer. Burston, who joined the University Oct. 26, reports to Senior Vice President Getchel Caldwell II.
In this new role, Burston will oversee the University's fundraising, advancement services, public relations and marketing, and media relations functions.
Johnson notes that "Sam Burston is one of America's most respected advocates for higher education opportunity. His work at the United Negro College Fund through special events alone, resulted in increased revenues, from $3.1 million to $9.1 million in only five years, increased national visibility and, most important, exponential impact in the lives of deserving young scholars. We are most fortunate that he sees in this new assignment a comparable scope of possibility and reward in our work to transform Clark Atlanta University into a global pipeline for intellect, research, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. With Sam now a part of our advancement team, I am confident that our ongoing transformation can become a model for 21st century academia, not just among HBCUs, but for all of America's higher education community."
Burston, who had served as national director of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) since 2011, brings 20 years of executive-level development experience to this new post. He joined UNCF in 1997 as area director. In 2003, he was UNCF's regional director of workplace initiatives. From 2005 to 2011, he served as UNCF's regional development director, managing a staff of 13, including six area development directors. In this role, he directed public relations and constituent communications, alumni relations and volunteer engagement, and also helped develop campaign programs and collateral, all resulting in achieving an annual $7.5 million goal. As national director, he was responsible for constituent initiatives among national groups and professional organizations, faith-based campaigns and programs among other key donor segments. His portfolio included oversight of nearly 90 annual initiatives, from national broadcasts, to signature galas, to alumni and pre-alumni development conferences."
Burston says that while accepting a new assignment outside of UNCF required thoughtful consideration, joining the team at Clark Atlanta was an easy decision. "My experiences with UNCF are ones that I treasure. They continue to illuminate my professional path. I've had the honor of working with development professionals across the U.S. The relationships I've developed and the successes achieved by our UNCF team are irreplaceable. My decision to join the advancement team at Clark Atlanta," he adds, "will allow me to channel those experiences into work that I believe will ultimately impact how others view the role of HBCUs in heightening and sustaining America's global competitiveness. It's an exciting undertaking and, for me," said Burston, also an acclaimed visual artist, "a chance to help create another kind of masterpiece."
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Q: How can I tell pytest-dependency to temporarily ignore test dependencies? I've got a functional test suite using pytest-dependency to skip tests when other tests they depend on fail. That way, for example, if the login page is broken, I get one test failure saying "The login page is broken" instead of a slew of test failures saying "I couldn't log into user X", "I couldn't log into user Y", etc.
This works great for running the entire suite, but I'm trying to shorten my edit-compile-test loop, and right now the slowest point is testing my tests. If the test I'm working on has a bunch of other tests it depends on, they all have to succeed in order to not skip the test I'm trying to test. So, I either have to run the entire dependency tree, or comment out my @pytest.mark.dependency(...) decorators (which is an additional thing that I, as a human, have to remember to do). Technically there's nothing these depended-on tests do that enables their dependers to run - the only reason I want these dependencies at all is to make it easier for me to triage test failures.
Is there a command-line argument that would tell pytest-dependency to not skip things on account of dependents, or to tell pytest to not use the pytest-dependency plugin on this run (and this run only)?

A: The -p option allows disabling a particular plugin:
pytest -p no:dependency

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The England v Pakistan Quiz
With reports that Pakistan's tour of England could become a reality come August, why not put your cricketing knowledge to the test with our latest quiz!
1. In which year did Pakistan draw their first-ever Test series against England 1-1?
2. Pakistan didn't win a Test series against England until 1983/84, but when did they next lose a Test series between the two sides?
3. Which English batsman is in second place behind Alastair Cook in the list of Test runs scored vs Pakistan?
4. Who is Pakistan's highest Test run-scorer of all time?
5. Anyone remember The Oval Test in 2006? Who was the Pakistan captain when his side refused to retake the field after being penalised by umpire Darrell Hair for ball-tampering?
6. The 1992 World Cup final was won by Pakistan when they beat England but who was the top wicket-taker in that tournament?
7. In which venue did Alex Hales smash 171 against a hapless Pakistan?
8. Spot-fixing in 2010 scandal broke out during which Test match?
9. Which England bowler recorded the figures of 8/34 against Pakistan, and when?
10. Where was the 'push-up' celebration by a Pakistan team seen in a match against England?


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Out and about – Eleanor is fine with harness and lead. She will walk a small distance but does get easily spooked by cars or sudden movements. Work in progress.
Type of home – We think Eleanor would benefit from living with another dog, possibly another king Charles of similar age in a quiet and relaxed home. We feel possibly older children at the home would be best who know how to be calm and gentle around dogs.
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import sys
import datetime as dt
from opyrant.interfaces import base_

class ConsoleInterface(base_.BaseInterface):
    """docstring for ComediInterface"""
    def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
        super(ConsoleInterface, self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)

    def _config_read(self, **kwargs):
        """
        """
        pass

    def _config_write(self, **kwargs):
        """
        """
        pass

    def _read(self, default_value=None, prompt='', **kwargs):
        """ read from keyboard input
        """
        if default_value is not None:
            return default_value

        return raw_input(prompt)

    def _write(self, value, **kwargs):
        """ Write to console
        """
        print value

    def _poll(self, timeout=None, **kwargs):

        if timeout is not None:
            prompt = "Timeout?"
        else:
            prompt = "Press enter"
        value = self.read(prompt=prompt, **kwargs)

        if value:
            return dt.datetime.now()
        else:
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Tabloids mistake Janet Jackson's $1300 Adidas Y-3 poncho for "full Islamic dress"
By Evan Ross Katz
A pregnant Janet Jackson stepped out in London earlier this week sporting an oversized poncho, or as the Mirror head-scratchingly referred to it, "full Islamic dress."
As one Twitter user pointed out, someone needs to tell the Mirror that Jackson's 'Islamic attire' is actually an Adidas men's poncho.
But they weren't the only ones. "The 50-year-old pop star was carefully wrapped in a hijab — with some fans shocked to see her sporting traditional Islamic dress," noted the National Enquirer. And it wasn't just bottom-feeder tabloids: International Business Times wrote a very similar headline.
Jackson, who has been noticeably reclusive throughout the last decade, is in fact wearing a $1285 Adidas Y-3 wool poncho sweater — a statement piece, sure, especially in contrast to Jackson's longtime image as a flesh-baring sex symbol.
But to call her outfit "Islamic dress" is to assume one out of many possible meanings for the outfit. After all, she is not wearing an abaya, or any other article of clothing more directly linked to Muslim people. Jackson's attire could more accurately be described as modest dressing — a style not limited to the Islamic faith only.
"All I saw was a full-black, modest outfit, but it's definitely not a native Islamic dress," said Ikhlas who runs the popular blog, The Muslim Girl. "With that being said, her outfit isn't un-Islamic either. For many Muslim women, especially those of us living in the West, we choose to be modest through our Western clothes. That means long skirts or loose pants, long tops with full sleeves, etc. And this is exactly what Janet Jackson is wearing, which means that her outfit is modest."
So is this anything one might deem offensive? According to Ikhlas, not so.
"I don't see anything wrong with [these headlines] nor did I find it offensive," she said. "As someone who has been in the spotlight before based on her clothing (or lack thereof), it's not surprising that Janet Jackson's dramatic change of style would cause headlines. It's something that is unusual to see on a celebrity, especially one who had been known for her provocative dress, so it makes sense that it would cause a media frenzy or confusion."


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Year to remember for Knights
By Stephanie Hammon | Mercury News, Bay Area News Group
June 15, 2011 at 4:27 a.m.
Another successful year recently concluded for athletes from the three Walnut Creek high schools. Northgate won Diablo Valley Athletic League titles in several sports, a handful of Las Lomas teams and athletes made school history and Berean Christian again proved it can be competitive against schools more than three times its size. Here are some of the top highlights, beginning with the fall season:
The Las Lomas boys and girls water polo teams both reached new heights. With senior Bryan Snyder leading the way, the Knights boys team won its first North Coast Section title, beating Alhambra in the Division II game. Meanwhile, the Las Lomas girls won the ultra-competitive Diablo Foothill Athletic League for the first time in school history and junior Danielle Johnson was named league MVP. The girls reached the NCS semifinals for the second straight year. It's the program's highest finish at the postseason tournament.
Berean Christian's volleyball team continues to be one of the school's most successful programs. The Eagles claimed their third straight DVAL title and advanced to the NCS Division IV quarterfinals, finishing with a 24-4 record.
Northgate football finally got to play home games under newly installed lights and the team will certainly be remembered for what it did on the field, as well. The Broncos won their first seven games of the season, with running back Cameron Stover putting up huge numbers, and won their first playoff game since 1994.
Treaven Duffy and the Las Lomas boys basketball team won a league title for the first time in 20 years. The Knights then advanced to the NCS Division II title game and took eventual state champion Archbishop Mitty down to the wire in the Northern California regional semifinals.
Northgate also earned a league title in boys basketball and advanced to the NCS Division II semifinals.
The Knights' wrestling won its first NCS dual team championship. The team, which also claimed the DFAL title, was paced by state qualifier Chris Caldwell.
Northgate won DVAL titles in both boys and girls swimming for the third straight year.
The Broncos' boys volleyball team continues to be one of the school's top programs. It won the DVAL title and advanced to the NCS Division II semifinals.
Las Lomas' track team, known for always having a strong crop of pole vaulters, saw Cimran Virdi break the NCS Meet of Champions record in the event with a clearance of 12 feet, 9 inches. Teammate Kenny Grimble took second place at the state meet in the boys 300-meter hurdles.
Berean Christian swimmer Chris Leon reached the NCS finals in two events and took second place in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Las Lomas' Jackson Miller and Jaclyn Amog both won a pair of individual titles at the DFAL swimming championships.
Stephanie Hammon


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Houghton & Wyton Community Shop
Thicket Road
The shop and post office in Houghton is an essential part of the local community, offering people the chance to catch up with village life while shopping for local produce. When the former owners decided to retire, it was feared that the Grade II listed building would be bought and redeveloped as residential accommodation. However, with thanks to a community share offer, funding from charitable trust Power to Change and a loan from Triodos Bank, the villagers have been able to purchase the shop and ensure that it can continue to be a meeting place at the heart of the community.
Amnesty International (Ireland) Foundation
Amnesty International work to protect men, women and children wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. Amnesty International is the world's largest grassroots human rights organisation. They investigate and expose abuse, education and mobilise the public and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world.
Julian House
Julian House operates more than 20 different projects, accommodation sites and social enterprises in Bath, Bristol and Wiltshire. These include: a range of homeless services; support for those suffering domestic violence; addiction recovery; support for individuals with learning difficulties; work experience and training. The charity also helps to coordinate a rough sleeper reporting helpline in Bath & NES, Wiltshire, Swindon, Somerset and North Somerset. When the opportunity arose to purchase a property they were leasing in the centre of Bath, Julian House approached Triodos Bank because they were looking for an ethical lender to fit with their mission.
Albion Trust
The Albion Trust, in Edinburgh, purchased and developed Norton Park to provide affordable accommodation for 27 charities, enabling them to work together while sharing experiences and knowledge.
World Education Berkshire
World Education, Berkshire, runs the Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), a development education centre, fair trade shop and the Global Café, and provides office facilities for local voluntary sector organisations.
Mull and Iona Community Trust
Mull and Iona Community Trust (MICT) aims to improve the quality of life for residents of Mull - the second largest of the inner hebridean islands on the west coast of Scotland - and the small island of Iona which lies at its south western tip. The organisation conducts a plethora of social projects, and used a loan from Triodos Bank in the development of two much-needed three-bedroom houses in the Ulva Ferry area of the island. With affordable rents, low heating bills and a location adjacent to Ulva Primary School, the homes have been designed to ensure the long term sustainability of the community.
Drovers Inn
The local community has come together to save The Drovers Inn, in Gussage All Saints near Wimborne, from closure. A community share issue and support from Triodos Bank has enabled the pub to become a community owned hub of local activity. The Drovers has been extremely successful to date, being awarded Best People's Project at the Dorset Community Action Best Village Competition 2016 and featuring on the BBC's Inside Out programme, local radio stations and in numerous press articles.
The Thomas Hughes Foundation
This charitable trust supporting projects that help to prevent poverty, advance education and health, citizenship and community development finance will assist the purchase of a property in central Edinburgh.
New Wine Church
New Wine Church in Sheringham, Norfolk, has bought a property to provide short-term housing for disadvantaged local people.
Callander Youth Project Trust
Callander Youth Project Trust (CYPT) is an independent, voluntary youth organisation. CYPT delivers a wide range of activities for young people; including youth clubs, job club, holiday programmes, art sessions, as well as health and sport initiatives. CYPT also delivers bespoke employability support for young people who have left school and are looking for work. These schemes are facilitated by the organisation's hostel, which is run as a social enterprise.
Menter Llanfrothen
Menter Llanfrothen in Porthmadog, Wales, was formed by inhabitants of three neighbouring hamlets to buy the village shop, post office and petrol station in order to support local ownership within the Welsh-speaking community.
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Q: Comparing algorithm running times expressed in complex form I know how to compare running times of different algorithms.
Sometimes it is obvious, sometimes it requires simplifications, and sometimes dividing and using L'Hopital's rule to see if it converges to a constant or 0.
However, how do you compare the functions if they are in a complex form?
For example, how would you compare

and n?
Of course, I want a rigorous proof.

A: In this example, the first simplification is to remove the sqrt(2)-0.4 power.  That power is so close to 1 that it hardly makes a difference.  Apologies if your comparisons require this distinction.  There's probably an exponentiation rule for this, but I can't remember my maths all that well.
The next is to use the log rule to factor out log96n.
The equivalent is log2n / log296.  Now you have 2 to the power of the former.  log296 is just a constant (approximately 6.585).  You can factor this out (because it becomes insignificant as n increases), or leave it in and use another log rule.   Let's leave it in:
log2n / log296 becomes log2n(log296)-1
The whole thing simplifies down to n(log296)-1.  Or if you made the additional simplification, you would have got 2 ^ log2n, which is just n.
Since you wanted to compare to n, then it would seem the first result is more relevant, which is approximately 0.15n.

A: It is particular to each problem. In this case suppose n = 96^k and 96 = 2^m.
n vs expression can be rewritten as:
2^(m*k) vs 2^(k ^(sqrt(2) - 0.4))

Since 2, m, k, sqrt(k) - 0.4 are both > 0, the comparison becomes
(m * k) vs k ^(sqrt(2) - 0.4)

or
m vs k ^(sqrt(2) - 1.4)

But m = log 96 to base 2 which is fixed (6.585) while k is unbounded
Hence the expression (RHS) will be bigger.


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As a childcare provider, what can you do to ensure your services are accessible to children with learning disabilities? From interactive learning to more flexible timetables, we cover the basics of offering childcare provision that is truly inclusive.
Defined by the Department of Health as a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills, with a reduced ability to cope independently, there are thousands of child in the UK with some form of diagnosed learning disability.
Like all children, they need to play and learn. For many parents of children with learning disabilities, the sad truth is that finding a childminder or day nursery with the staff and skills to look after their child is difficult.
Offering childcare to a child with learning disabilities means adapting provision so that they are safe and nurtured, whilst being able to safely access play and learning activities.
Every child has a unique personality and special skills so how as a childcare provider can you provide the care that so many parents are looking for?
Every child has different needs and for a child with a learning disability, these needs can be complex and profound. This doesn't mean that childcare provision is not to be found but it does mean making changes.
Adaptations can be anything from the amount of exercise they have to the kind of activities they want to do and more. For example, a more flexible timetable ensures learning stays on track but accommodates the challenges that some children with learning disabilities can face.
Plan the provision with the parents or caregivers and seek advice too from their social worker if they have one and other professional sources.
For some children with a learning disability, a quiet and calm space is just as important as plenty of activity and friends.
Some childcare providers have professed to not being able to accommodate children with special needs or disabilities because the adaptations are too big, too expensive or too disruptive to make.
But research and real-life case studies have shown that small changes have a huge impact. Quiet space is ideal for any child but for a child with a learning disability, their need for calm space can be frequent.
Play equipment and toys should be accessible to every child that a nursery or childminder cares for. And yet, so many 'mainstream' toys are simply not accessible or suitable for a child with a disability.
Consider the flooring too – is it non-slip? Are there obstacles to walking or using walking aids from one room to another? How does it really look to a child who is not as quick in processing visual information and clues?
Inclusivity is not just about ensuring that staff understand how to interact with children with disabilities – it is about the other children you care for at the same time too.
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A huge thanks to our staff for taking part and raising money for a great cause, we hope get involved with more charity events in the near future.


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Q: Display a list of cities and the names of the locations in those cities My database looks like this...
id, city, name
1, ajo, belly acres
2, alpine, alpine village
3, apache junction, lost dutchman
4, apache junction, butterfield
5, apache junction, benson
6, bisbee, queen mine
... and so on
I'm trying to display the list like...

ajo

belly acres

alpine

alpine village

apache junction

lost dutchman

butterfield

benson

bisbee

queen mine

The code I am currently using works fine for cities with only one name, but in the example of Apache Junction which has more than one name, I get this..

apache junction

lost dutchman

butterfield

benson

bisbee

queen mine

I want to display all of the location names in Apache junction in one section. This is the code I am using...
    $previousLevel = "";
    $city_query = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT name, city FROM locations") );
    foreach ($city_query as $city_list) {
        $city = $city_list->city;
        $name = $city_list->name;
        if ($city != $previousLevel) {
            $dump_list .= '

' . $city . '
';
            $dump_list_end = '
';
        }
        $dump_list .= '
' . $name . '
';
        $dump_list .= $dump_list_end;
        $previousLevel = $city;
    }

Any help would be appreciated.

A: Could you give this modified code a try?
$previousLevel = "";
$city_query = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT name, city FROM locations") );
foreach ($city_query as $city_list) {
    $city = $city_list->city;
    $name = $city_list->name;
    if ($city != $previousLevel) {
        if ($previousLevel != "") {
            $dump_list .= '
';
        }
        $dump_list .= '

' . $city . '
';
        $previousLevel = $city;
    }
    $dump_list .= '
' . $name . '
';
}

A: Modified code, longer but simpler to understand and with proper data escaping:
$city_query = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare("SELECT name, city FROM locations ORDER BY city, name") );
$cities = array();
foreach ($city_query as $city_list) {
    if (!isset($cities[$city_list->city])) {
        $cities[$city_list->city] = array();
    }
    $cities[$city_list->city][] = $city_list->name;
}
$dump_list = '';
foreach ($cities as $city => $names) {
    $dump_list .= '

' . htmlspecialchars($city) . '

';
    $dump_list .= implode('

', array_map('htmlspecialchars', $names));
    $dump_list .= '
';
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Weinsteins, Miramax Strike 20-Year Production, Distribution Partnership
8:00 AM PST 12/16/2013 by Tatiana Siegel
The move allows Harvey Weinstein to tackle a "Shakespeare in Love" sequel as well as a TV series based on the 1996 comedy "Swingers."
The Weinstein Company and Miramax films have struck a 20-year deal that allows Harvey and Bob Weinstein to produce and domestically distribute content derived from the Miramax library.
Among the first titles that Harvey Weinstein says he will tackle as part of the arrangement is a Shakespeare in Love sequel and a TV series based on the 1996 comedy Swingers. Miramax owners Colony Capital and Qatar Holding will finance any projects generated under the agreement, and the Weinsteins will produce and distribute domestically. Miramax will sell the titles internationally.
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"It's like opening the treasure at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark but actually having the keys to the treasure," Harvey Weinstein told The Hollywood Reporter. "The deal is structured for 20 years, but we hope it lasts forever."
No money changed hands with the transaction that sees the Weinstein brothers gaining access to a 750-title library and some additional 250 development projects that they once controlled as the founders of Miramax Films, which was acquired by Disney in 1993. In 2005, the brothers exited Miramax to start The Weinstein Co., leaving behind an iconic library that includes Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting and Flirting With Disaster.
For a Shakespeare in Love sequel, Weinstein says he is eyeing British playwright James Graham (This House) to write a script, but he will not make a deal until the ink is dry on the new Weinstein Co.-Miramax partnership. There is no talent yet attached to a Swingers adaptation for the small screen, though Weinstein says the time is perfect for the project "in a post-Entourage marketplace." Flirting With Disaster and Good Will Hunting also are being targeted as TV series. The new deal covers theater projects as well.
The move allows the privately held institutional investment firm Colony, which bought Miramax in 2010 for $663 million, to keep the library fresh. Unlike The Weinstein Co., Miramax does not have a production staff that could handle mining the library for new content.
"Part of the criticism we received when we bought the library was due to the fact that we're not producers, and we could not do justice to this library," Colony founder, chairman and CEO Thomas Barrack Jr. told THR. "Imagine if we had told our shareholder base that we want to make a Pulp Fiction sequel. We would hear a click on the other end of the line."
The Weinsteins, backed by Los Angeles investor Ron Burkle, nearly closed a deal to buy the library from Disney in 2010, but the deal fell apart when they decided the assets were not worth their initial bid of $650 million and changed their offer to $575 million.
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"Qatar Holding fully supports this exciting development for Miramax, as part of a long-term strategy to further enhance the value in the company's extensive catalog of material," Qatar Holding said in a statement. "By securing an agreement between Miramax and The Weinstein Co., the deal brings together two of the best known names in the film industry to provide a dynamic partnership, which will take Miramax to the next stage in its journey."
Barrack would not divulge how much development and production money the Weinsteins will receive per year, stressing that it will depend on a number of variables.
"We have plenty of capacity," he said. "We just want to walk before we run."
Added Harvey Weinstein: "They want to mine their library, but in a smart way. If we get it right, the sky is the limit."
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June 20, 2017 – Hudson Valley Property Group is pleased to announce the completion of the $11 million renovation project at Colt Arms Apartments, located in the 1st ward of Paterson, New Jersey. Dean Santa, Division Director of US Housing and Urban Development joined the development team at the ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 11 am.
The property is located at 52 Godwin Street in Paterson, and was acquired in January 2016 by Hudson Valley Property Group, a New York City-based developer that is dedicated to the preservation of quality, well-managed affordable housing throughout the tristate area. Colt Arms is one of the early preservation projects in the nation utilizing the Rental Assistance Demonstration II (RAD II) program, which included the issuance of a new 20-year, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) contract. The "project-basing" of the apartments not only ensures that Colt Arms will remain quality, affordable housing for decades to come, but it also made additional rental assistance available to residents that did not previously receive subsidy.
"The majority of residents were not subsidized. As a result of the RAD program, effectively all of the residents who are income-qualified received project-based assistance, which lowered the amount of money that the tenants had to pay out of pocket," said Jason Bordainick, Managing Partner of Hudson Valley Property Group.
The Colt Arms deal required several sources of financing, including 4% low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt bonds from the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. R4 Capital syndicated the credits to raise approximately $10 million in equity, and Red Stone Tax Exempt Funding did a private placement to purchase the bonds, providing approximately $20.5 million, including a $1.9 million interest reduction payment loan. Metro Co. acted as consultants for this transaction, and the Nixon Peabody and Berman Indictor law firms collaborated on the deal.
The renovation endeavor, which completed in December 2016, at Colt Arms was transformative. The nearly $11 million scope of work included extensive upgrades to units, building systems, security and common areas throughout the property. The project included the replacement of the heating and air conditioning system, and energy efficient upgrades including lighting, appliances, water saving fixtures and a solar panel roof. Unit kitchens and bathrooms were renovated with new appliances, flooring, cabinetry and fixtures. Elevator cabs were replaced along with the building's fire alarm. The building received a new sprinkler and security system. Exterior work (in addition to the new roof) included brick masonry replacement and re-pointing, and improvements made to the parking lot and walkways as well as tenant recreation spaces.
"My favorite thing they renovated is my kitchen – it's awesome. I just love coming home. You come home to a nice, warm, clean, bright apartment. It uplifts your spirit," commented Colt Arms resident, Leola Freeman.


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Congress is about to formalize Biden's win. Busloads of Pa. Trump supporters are heading to D.C. to protest.
by Andrew Seidman and Julia Terruso, Updated: January 5, 2021
Supporters of President Donald Trump gather outside the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg on Tuesday.
JOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer
Raberta Hans, a 50-year-old teacher from Carbon County in Northeastern Pennsylvania, says she wants to make a stand for election integrity: "It's too dangerous to not go back and count every ballot."
Jackie Kulback, the local GOP chair in Cambria County, is looking forward to what "may be our last chance to get together as a group to show the president how much we support him."
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And Ben Philips, a 50-year-old computer programmer from Bloomsburg, is eager to see what President Donald Trump will do next: "It seems like he called us there for a reason, I think something big's about to go down that no one's talking about yet. I think he has an ace up his sleeve."
They're among the busloads of Pennsylvania Trump supporters heading to Washington on Wednesday as the nation's capital braces for potentially tens of thousands of people to march in the streets during a chaotic day in Congress. Under normal circumstances, it would be a quiet day in Washington, as Congress convenes to count the Electoral College votes — usually a formality.
But Trump and his allies have transformed this perfunctory gathering into a national spectacle, as the president continues his push to overturn his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. An unprecedented number of congressional Republicans have said they will object to the results in Pennsylvania and other swing states Biden won — despite Biden's decisive 306-232 Electoral College victory and a popular-vote margin of seven million. Elections officials and dozens of state and federal courts across the country have rejected the Trump campaign's lawsuits, and there is no evidence to support Trump's claims of widespread fraud.
In Harrisburg on Tuesday, a smaller group of protesters held a "Hear Us Roar" rally on the steps of the state capitol building.
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Democrats and even some Republicans, including Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, have called the sure-to-fail gambit an attack on democratic self-governance by attempting to overrule the will of the people and hand Trump a second term.
Trump has encouraged supporters to show up to "Stop the Steal." Right-wing extremist groups like the Proud Boys are expected to join the protests — the group's leader was arrested Monday in Washington on property-destruction and weapons charges — prompting fears among local authorities that there could be violence. Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has activated hundreds of National Guard troops to help monitor protests.
In interviews, Trump supporters said they wanted to show support for the president and were frustrated by what they saw as an unfair election. Some stopped short of saying they believed the election was stolen, but expressed concern over how it was run. Many fervent Trump backers said they considered their trip a pilgrimage, an opportunity to publicly object to the election and show pride in a president who in many cases brought them into politics — and whom they desperately want to stay in office.
"You're trying to right a wrong, is what you're trying to do. The people going down to D.C., everyone believes Trump won, and not only did he win, he won in a landslide," said Kevin Fischer, a retired mill worker from Yardley.
"We feel like for the first time in the history of my lifetime I've got a president who actually cares about what the American people think and feel," he said.
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There is no evidence of any widespread voter fraud in Pennsylvania's presidential election. Trump's campaign itself hasn't presented any such evidence in its numerous legal challenges contesting the result. Rather, its legal efforts have been aimed at disqualifying votes that all evidence shows were legitimately cast under rules they disagree with. The postelection controversy has been stirred almost entirely by unfounded claims of fraud.
But Fischer thinks it is suspicious that Trump's election night lead melted away as mail ballots were counted. (Mail ballots, which overwhelmingly favored Biden, were counted later than in-person votes, because under state law counties weren't authorized to start processing them until Election Day.) He rejects the mainstream media as covering up for Democrats and refers to posts on far-right websites like Project Veritas.
Philips, the programmer from Bloomsburg, organized a 55-seat charter van stopping in Harrisburg and York en route to Washington. He started a pro-Trump website, Trumparoo (named for a stuffed kangaroo he sells that looks like the president).
There was a time when he thought a fighting kangaroo would be a fun mascot for the election.
"But people aren't really in the stuffed-animal spirit anymore," Philips said. Philips had voted only once in a presidential election before Trump. He now feels as if he has a family of Trump supporters that extends nationwide.
"We'll just find other ways to fight," Philips said. "Get other people elected, try to help more patriotic Republicans get elected as opposed to the Mitch McConnells and the Chris Christies. ... It seems like there's going to be a whole other movement that will overtake the Republican Party as being the Trump party."
ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer
That GOP divide will also be on display Wednesday as eight of Pennsylvania's nine Republican House members have said they will object to the state's electors, effectively moving to invalidate millions of votes.
Val Biancaniello, a respiratory therapist from Delaware County who plans to rally in Washington, said she's mainly focused on pushing state lawmakers to change election rules. Republican leaders in Harrisburg have said election reform will be a priority this year.
But on Jan. 20, when Biden is inaugurated, Biancaniello said, she'll consider him her president. "I will hardly agree with his policies for certain, but if he can strive for a more prosperous and peaceful America, that's the hope," she said.
Kulback, the GOP chair from Cambria County in Southwestern Pennsylvania, said she'd be making the trip with about 100 people on two buses. Trump supporters in nearby Bedford, Somerset, and Blair Counties have also chartered two buses a piece, she said. "It was ridiculous, the assaults that the president went through since 2016," Kulback said. "And I think what we're seeing now is just a lot of pent-up frustration because of that."
She said that going forward, Republican voters are clamoring for elected officials to tighten voting laws. "I hope all of our elected officials look at everything that went wrong with this election, and really step up to the plate to fix it," Kulback said. "And that means, buttoning down the mail-in ballots, validating who's voting."
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Democrats are confident there's little chance of Wednesday changing anything, though they are perturbed by the historic challenge to a free and fair election.
"Electoral votes will be received, there will be some very unfortunate speeches made, and it will be another step toward us moving this country back to sanity," said State Sen. Sharif Street, who is vice chair of the state Democratic Party.
But some Trump voters are holding out hope — and watching Vice President Mike Pence, who as president of the Senate presides over the joint session of Congress. The Constitution prescribes him a ceremonial role of counting the Electoral College votes, despite Trump's false claim Tuesday that Pence has the power to reject electors.
Kim Smetanka, 41, of Uniontown, in Fayette County, started organizing a trip a couple of days ago. As word spread on social media, she decided to book a second bus to meet demand. Some people who live in Ohio and West Virginia are driving to her town in Southwestern Pennsylvania to meet up, she said, because all the buses in their hometowns were full.
"Our president, No. 1, he called for us to be there," said Smetanka, who owns a pizza business with her husband. "I expect for this election to be overturned. I expect for Mike Pence to do what he can do, according to the Constitution. And I expect for a celebration on the ride home."
Posted: January 5, 2021 - 3:27 PM
Andrew Seidman | @AndrewSeidman | aseidman@inquirer.com
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