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The Torneo del Montefeltro "Ardet ut Feriat" – First Class in Italy
WMFC First Class Tournament "Ardet ut Feriat" to take place on October 29th, 2016 in Urbino (Italy). The venue of the tournament will be the Palace of the Sport "Mondolce". This tournament is the first Italian event of "international character" dedicated to the sport of full-contact fighting in historical armor. HMBIA News couldn`t miss such an event and decided to write about it. Gabriele Tonucci, "Feltrio" HMB-club captain and member of orgteam of the tournament, agreed to give us a little interview and told us about the upcoming tournament in all details.
We already know that the event is organized by "Feltrio" – the Italian HMB-club (in collaboration with C.S.E.N. (National Sports Educational Center for the promotion of sport) and W.M.F.C. (Medieval World Fighting Championship).
Organizers believe that there will be many fighters coming from Italy and other countries. At the moment orgteam has requests for the participation by people from: Ukraine, Russia, Great Britain, Poland, Czech Republic, Australia, etc.
The competition takes place according to international regulations, issued by W.M.F.C. The big role in the organization will be played by the international and professional marshals trained within the HMBIA as referees, which makes it possible for them to judge this kind of tournament.
The format of the tournament is primarily 1vs1 nomination, male and female (if we receive enough inscriptions). The duels take place inside of a historical stadium regulated according to the international regulation standards.
Gabriele Tonucci:
"The format of the event to be held in Urbino is 'First Class', and our goal is to give all new athletes the possibility to continue their careers in the professional league (Profight). At the moment the idea is to follow the rule of "weight category", so, in this manner every fighter will have only one opponent that have the same characteristics, but also in this case all is dependant on the final number of the participants.
At the tournament, there will also be a duel in Profight league, between two professional fighters. All of the tournament fights are valid for international ranking of all fighters, both first class and profight league".
Gabriele also mentioned that there are no money prizes in the "Ardet ut Feriat" tournament. Only the symbolic prizes like medals, cups, etc. And organizers noticed that the deadline to send the application form is on ?ctober 10th . On the facebook page of the event, athletes can find some pictures of the location, the palace of the sport, the rules of the tournament and the application form for participation. https://www.facebook.com/Team-Marche-Club-Feltrio-305047836354143/
"We are covering the expenses: for transfers from and to Milan and Bologna airports, the main meals in the day of the tournament, half of the accommodation expenses for all participants. Our organization team have covered the expenses of building of a sturdy wooden stadium for the tournament. This event will be the first in our country\town. We are also planning to organize an international tournament dedicated to the group battle (5vs5) the next year. But for now our club is doing as much as possible to develop hmb sport in Italy".
HMBIA News wish good time and fair fights to organizers and participants and thanks Gabriele Tonucci for the interview and posters.


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Minnesota Filmmakers File Preemptive Suit to Protect Right Not to Promote Same-Sex 'Marriage'
By Heather Clark on December 8, 2016 151 Comments
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A Minnesota couple who operates a video production company have filed a pre-enforcement challenge over concerns that state law mandates them to create films in support of same-sex "marriage" if they also produce videos that reflect their Christian beliefs about marriage.
Carl and Angel Larsen run the Telescope Media Group, which has produced videos for a number of prominent evangelical ministries. The couple, being concerned about the societal drift from God's plan for marriage, would like to tell stories with their filmmaking skills to "impact religious, social, and cultural views about marriage by creating compelling stories celebrating God's design for the institution."
Their desired films will capture actual footage of weddings and will be used both as keepsakes for the couples and to reach global audiences.
However, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights has outlined that businesses, religious or not, can't decline services related to homosexuality.
"The law does not exempt individuals, businesses, nonprofits, or the secular business activities of religious entities from non-discrimination laws based on religious beliefs regarding same-sex marriage," it outlines on its website. "Therefore, a business that provides wedding services such as cake decorating, wedding planning or catering services may not deny services to a same-sex couple based on their sexual orientation."
The department reportedly sends out "testers" in cases where a complaint has been issued, who pose as someone wanting the service.
Because of the law is interpreted, the Larsens are concerned that they will be required to also produce films featuring same-sex ceremonies if they create professional videos on marriage in general.
"Among other things, the Larsens will decline any request to design and create media productions that: contradict biblical truth; promote sexual immorality; support the destruction of unborn children; promote racism or racial division; incite violence; degrade women; or promote any conception of marriage other than as a lifelong institution between one man and one woman," their legal complaint outlines.
"It would violate Plaintiffs' religious beliefs and conflict with their message about marriage to force them to tell the story through film of any marriage that conflicts with their religious beliefs that marriage is between one man and one woman, such as a same-sex marriage," it states.
The couple does not feel free to move forward with their desired project, which entails choosing which clients they wish to record, since violators can face hefty fines and even jail time.
"Plaintiffs currently suffer the ongoing harm of self-censorship of their desired, protected expressive association, in order to avoid prosecution under Minnesota Statutes Annotated §363A.11(1) and § 363A.17(3)," their lawsuit outlines.
However, the Larsens believe that videos are protected under the First Amendment, and that those whose businesses involve creations that are a form of free speech should not be compelled to produce art or issue speech that violates their conscience.
"Plaintiffs' production of films telling the stories of marriages between one man and one woman, and their decision to decline to produce films promoting any other conception of marriage, are protected by the First Amendment," the complaint contends. "The First Amendment prevents the government from compelling people to create, express, support, or promote a message not of their own choosing or to speak when they would rather remain silent."
They are therefore seeking an injunction against the law and a declaration that the statutes, as applied to their business, are unconstitutional.
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The Lego Movie review
By Matt Maytum 2014-02-03T21:53:00.33Z Review
Ridiculously funny and meticulously detailed, The Lego Movie is far better than a toy tie-in movie has any right to be. Despite a couple of dips, you'll be grinning throughout.
For more than 60 years, LEGO's been a peerlessly popular toy brand. Despite its 'educational value', the minifigures have charmed with their cute simplicity – an unassuming blandness that's seen them seamlessly adapt various big-name properties ( Star Wars, The Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potte r, all the key marvel and DC characters), which has skyrocketed their popularity and collectibility far beyond the specified age ranges listed on the boxes. The spin-off videogames – with their slapstick cut-scenes – haven't done any harm either.
Ignoring previous straight-to-DVD features (made for the likes of Bionicle and, erm, Clutch Powers) and the Star Wars shorts, a LEGO movie has felt like a long time coming. But can a toy best known for its miniature scale really fill the big screen? And how do you resist making the thing feel like one extended commercial break for the Danish company's latest wares?
Thankfully, The LEGO Movie is so madcap hilarious that you never feel like you're being sold out. The appointment of directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller was a shrewd move. Having cut their teeth on the immensely likeable Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs , they went live-action with high-school cop-com 21 Jump Street . On paper, that should have been a shameless cash-in too, but it ended up being one of 2012's most satisfying comedies.
Here, they've assembled a cast of regulars from your favourite US sitcoms (Chris Pratt and Nick Offerman from Parks And Recreation , Will Arnett from Arrested Development and Alison Brie from Community ) and teased great work from A-listers (Liam Neeson, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman) to ensure that the funnies fly thick and fast. Bigger than the star names, though, are the supporting cast of LEGO favourites who've been roped in to fill out the ranks.
Arnett's Batman is inspired: a moody blowhard who'll only work with black bricks ("or very, very, very dark grey ones"). He might get the lion's share of the belly laughs, but there's plenty more to go round – 21 Jump Street stars Channing Tatum and Jonah hill have a cracking dynamic as Superman and Green Lantern, and Neeson's terminally conflicted Bad Cop (whose rotating yellow brick head occasionally flips to the Good Cop side) is an unexpected highlight.
Front and centre, though, are the new creations. Emmet Brickowoski (Pratt) is a bog-standard construction worker who follows every instruction to the letter, until a run-in with punky Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) – imagine a cuddlier Lisbeth Salander – sets him on course to fulfil a prophecy. Their banter creates more sparks than your average romcom and, like many of the gags, you wonder if it'll be lost on younger kids.On their travels, they take in the Old West, 'middle Zealand', Cloud Cuckoo Land and the high seas, teaming up with Batman and souped-up pirate metalbeard in an effort to stop the dastardly Lord Business (Will Ferrell) putting an end to freewheeling creativity with a mysterious weapon known as 'the kragle'.
If the plot sounds creaky, rest assured that it's skewered and subverted as much as Batman and co. possibly can – genre tropes are mocked, 'chosen ones' are in for it, and The Terminator 's just one classic movie touchpoint up for parody. There's an anarchic childlike glee to the way it's all thrown together – as with actual LEGO sets, pieces can be reassembled to create something entirely new – and the various set-pieces, including freeway chases, shootouts and laser-sharks play like blockbuster versions of the fan videos you'd find on Youtube.
Reportedly part stop-motion, part CG-animation, you won't notice the joins. There's an insane level of invention on display – the world is brimming with hilarious background detail, and everything you can see is made of LEGO pieces, even the water. The characters are given more expressive eyes and mouths than their toy counterparts, but their movements are just as restricted – and the animation makes a virtue of this, from their clippy hands to their plastic wigs.
The world lends itself to 3D, the stereoscopy making it feel like you could reach in and take part. It's not without its flaws. Some of the set-pieces feel a little too noisy, and the resolution to one particular plot mystery isn't entirely satisfactory, taking you out of the moment ahead of the climax. and given the irreverence for just about everything, there's rarely a feeling of genuine peril.
Even so, it's likely to be a film that you'll want to revisit, to catch some of the background gags you missed first time and to wallow in its joyously nostalgic environments.
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CLEVELAND, OHIO, November 14, 2013 – Nextant Aerospace ("Nextant"), maker of the Nextant 400XTi, the world's only remanufactured business jet, today announced that it will participate in the 13th biennial Dubai Airshow taking place November 17-21, 2013. The company will have a VIP chalet (B17) and static display showcasing 400XTi aircraft, the GE H80 engine that will power the Nextant G90XT turboprop and its Spectrum Aeromed air ambulance equipment.
This will be the 400XTi's first appearance at the Dubai Airshow. With a range of 2,003 nm (3,710 km) and the most comfortable cabin in its class, it can easily fly non-stop from Dubai to destinations such as Cairo, New Delhi, Athens or Tyumen.
Since its launch at EBACE this year there has been strong worldwide interest in the innovative 400XTi ("i" for "innovation") which matches or outclasses the competition on key financial and performance metrics.
The cabin is by far the quietest in its class with a composite interior shell designed for improved head and shoulder room. Custom-finished by hand in the finest materials, its club four seating option provides maximum space to work or relax with WIFI, a 67 x 50 cm VIP table and extended leg room.
Also on display will be a model of the new GE H80 turboprop engine. In a strategic collaboration announced at the NBAA in October, GE will supply new engines for Nextant's forthcoming range of remanufactured aircraft. Launch project is the Nextant G90XT, based on the King Air C90 series and featuring GE H80 engines. Like the 400XTi, the G90XT will transform concepts of value in its sector with significantly improved performance and lower costs at just half the purchase-price.
Key features of the G90XT center on the new power plant, Garmin 1000 avionics suite, single-lever power control, aerodynamic improvements and a quieter, upgraded cabin. The H80 engine weighs less than the PT-6 it replaces and incorporates the latest big-jet technology to reduce fuel and maintenance costs. Together, these enhancements will transform performance figures, including range, rate of climb and high-altitude cruise speeds especially in hot and high conditions.
Nextant Aerospace is recognized as the first company in the world to introduce aircraft remanufacturing to business jet market. The Nextant 400XTi is a completely rebuilt Beechjet 400A/XP with Williams FJ44-3AP engines and the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21™ integrated avionics suite. The aircraft also has major aerodynamic enhancements and an improved engine mounting configuration with redesigned nacelles and pylons. The 400XTi is delivered with a two-year full-aircraft warranty and after-sales support provided by a global network of owned and authorized service centers. Founded in 2007, Nextant is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Nextant is a Directional Capital company. For more information, please visit, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @nextantaero or join us on LinkedIn.


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Culinary student: 'This is a big opportunity!'
Thanks to the Food Bank of Delaware's Culinary School program and Delaware WONDER, Nitza Valderrama has a job she loves and a future that's as bright as she can dream of.
This Milford resident learned about the job readiness program through her social worker at the Health and Social Services center. The employment and training program called Delaware WONDER (Work Opportunity Networks to Develop Employment Readiness) is led by Delaware Health and Social Services Division of Social Services (DHSS), which administers the SNAP Program in Delaware. It offers targeted career tracks in construction, culinary arts, and manufacturing and broad-based job placement.
Just a few months ago, Nitza was working in the chicken processing industry, but she was seeking something different. Her social worker told her about Delaware WONDER.
In October, she started with her class at the Food Bank's Milford branch.
"I love it here. I wish I didn't have to leave," she said referring to her upcoming graduation on Jan. 31.
In addition to the hands-on instruction in both the kitchen and the classroom, Nitza almost immediately connected to a job she loves.
"I work at Dover Downs in the banquets kitchen," she said.
But for this student – and others – the school offers so much more.
"Chef Tish (Nitza's chef/ instructor) has become so important to me. She teaches me so much. And they work with my work schedule here. You don't get that at so many places," said Nitza.
Chef Tish praised Nitza's work ethic.
"If she wants something, she puts everything into it," she said.
Although Nitza arrived at the Culinary School with a personal love of cooking, she quickly discovered there's so much more to cooking in a commercial setting.
"When I got here, I had to learn how to read for the test and how to read a recipe. I knew how to cook already," she added.
"I also had to learn knife skills and how to read recipes, follow a recipe."
Nitza's enthusiasm for the Food Bank's Culinary School spills over into her personal life.
"This has been so helpful. I now prepare food for a lot of people, a thousand people. I have told a lot of people of this culinary arts class. It hasn't been easy, but it's not supposed to be easy. I say, 'If I'm going to make it, you will too.'," she said.
"I tell them life is not easy. It's not supposed to be, but keep your head up, and do your best."
As for the future, Nitza dreams of having her own restaurant, one that features cuisine from her native Puerto Rico.
"This is a big opportunity. I have met people who make me feel like family, and I'm so thankful. Here you get uniforms, you get food, and you get help. I was here not even a month, and I got a job. That's incredible. I'm doing something I love, and I have a big future."
For more information on the Food Bank of Delaware's Culinary School, click here.


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We Are Luna
Tobi Skovron November 30, 2018 March 31st, 2019
WHAT UP ENTREPRENEURS!
Luna is a new concept paving the way for the Australian startup scene.
Luna is a full service startup hub offering legal, accounting, education and more tailored specifically to startups and social enterprises who are keen on doing things a little bit differently.
Founded by Ronen Heine who operated for a number of years under the #CorporateAdvice banner has re-branded, re-fresh'd and is elevating his company and everyone around him.
Check out the vlog, Ronen is a star and i'm super proud to have him in our Richmond community & building.
Enjoy 🙂
Ronen Heine: Tobi?
Tobi Skovron: Yo.
Ronen Heine: I've got something I want to tell you.
Tobi Skovron: Oh, really?
Ronen Heine: Yeah.
Tobi Skovron: Let's get into it.
Tobi Skovron: It's been a minute. It's been a minute.
Ronen Heine: Yeah. It's been a minute.
Tobi Skovron: About a 12-month minute.
Ronen Heine: Yeah. More than a minute.
Tobi Skovron: Yeah, so I'll actually link … 12 months ago you and I sat here in this very room, I think we were in reverse, talking about our startups and the landscape of the space, or the ecosystem.
Tobi Skovron: I'll link that in the below. But 12 months ago, you've always been known as Ronan Heine, But 12 months ago, commercially, you were known as #CorporateAdvice.
Ronen Heine: Yes.
Tobi Skovron: And a week ago? Two weeks ago?
Ronen Heine: A week ago, we rebranded. It took about a year from, "Hey, we need a rebrand," to actually getting it up, but we rebranded and realigned ourselves. External rebranding, but branding and logo is only one part of a brand. That's what people see. Then there's the whole bit that people don't see that's realigning the team on vision and who we are and what we stand for, which has all been part of it as well.
Tobi Skovron: Yeah, so formally #CorporateAdvice, currently …
Ronen Heine: Luna.
Tobi Skovron: Luna.
Ronen Heine: Startup Studio.
Tobi Skovron: The Startup Studio or just-
Ronen Heine: Luna Startup Studio.
Tobi Skovron: So talk to me about obviously brand, very different name very different call to action, in terms of we're not going to the Corporate Advice website anymore. We're going to weareluna.co. Has the mission changed? Or have you just created clarity around what was, to now, what is?
Ronen Heine: It's a really good question. Someone actually asked me this, this morning. So, the mission hasn't change. The mission's been the same from day one, helping entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses.
Tobi Skovron: Right.
Ronen Heine: I guess our way of doing that, and sort of taking steps towards the mission, has changed a lot.
Tobi Skovron: Yep.
Ronen Heine: The mission's the same. It always has been that from the start.
Tobi Skovron: Yeah.
Ronen Heine: How we do it is constantly changing because it's more based upon the needs of entrepreneurs and what services we can offer them-
Ronen Heine: Rather than what we want to do.
Tobi Skovron: Okay. So you've really, I guess from the branding exercise, created more clarity around who you guys are, from an identity perspective?
Tobi Skovron: What else has changed?
Ronen Heine: So, our branding wasn't working for us. So we actually ran a rebranding exercise, where we went out onto the streets, handed out our business cards, and asked people on the streets … people who have no idea who we are, what they thought we do. And we work in start-ups. We're helping start-ups launch and grow their businesses, you know, dynamic, young, innovative people. And we're walking around the streets and people are reading a card that says #CorporateAdvice. They don't even see the hashtag. They look at Corporate Advice and they think we're providing consulting services to corporates or some sort of corporate advisory, investment-y type of service. They were thinking old gray-haired dudes in suites in a formal office. Here we are.
Tobi Skovron: I was gonna say, couldn't be further, furthest from the gray hair. You know, full office.
Ronen Heine: Exactly. So that was completely off. What we had to do, in order to restart that, or actually develop a new brand, was do some self-reflection first.
Ronen Heine: And it's not just about creating something that looks good. So, we first went on a process on trying to identify who we are.
Ronen Heine: Whether that is some really cool exercises around if we had to be a city, or a type of drink, or all that stuff.
Tobi Skovron: Or another planet.
Ronen Heine: Or a planet or just describing the type of business you are in a person.
Ronen Heine: So we did all that and it was really great for the team, because we really aligned on who we are and what we want to be.
Tobi Skovron: Mm-hmm.
Ronen Heine: And that sort of set the strategy for the brand. And then, from that, we've been able to do our own internal strategy, in terms of what types of services we want to build, what types of new projects we want to take on. And because we had done that alignment piece on internally who we are-
Ronen Heine: We could do those other things really well.
Tobi Skovron: Very cool, so, we house a lot of start-ups. I'm personally, obviously, very deeply entrenched in the start-up ecosystem. Every second, or even every first start-up that I speak to has either had some sort of engagement with you guys, had some engagement with you guys, is currently engaged with you guys. So you cover pretty much everyone in the ecosystem. Talk to me about … or talk to the audience about, sort of like the depth of service in the studio. I understand like, historically it was sort of legal, accounting, some venture funding, what other services have been added?
Tobi Skovron: Or have I missed?
Ronen Heine: So, we started off by virtue of my background, predominantly legal and little bits of accounting.
Ronen Heine: So that's where we started off. And then we started to add on all these entrepreneurs that you speak of, start to come to us, and some say, "Hey, doing great job on legal, so who can help us out on accounting, who's just like you?" So then we start to bring in accountants. And then we would work with them, you know, when they're just at the idea phase, and we started to realize that they're actually, they're pretty good, and maybe the worlds not seen them yet, or they're having a hard time getting out of the job into this full-time. But, we can tell they're really good, because we've worked with them for three to six months already. So, how can we give them little bits of funding?
Ronen Heine: To get them moving a little bit quicker. Sometimes that's even moving to a failure. How can they get in and fail a couple of times, quicker, so that they can learn and get ahead. That's where we started to connect with funding. It started off with connecting to angels, and having an angel group.
Ronen Heine: Now moving towards our little venture offering, and then probably the newest thing to happen this year was … we're doing this great work on legal, accounting, connections with capital. But we find ourselves in unique position that we get lots of interactions with founders and we want to help them develop their business. That's our mission, or to launch and grow businesses, not just provide ad hoc services where we can. So, we started to put together a founder education offering.
Tobi Skovron: Great. And that's what we've been running here out of CreativeCubes. Kind of once a month, we firmly believe that there's no point educating founder one-on-one, because even when you run an education program, you bring in an expert, and it's amazing, but, it's the connection to other founders in the room-
Ronen Heine: Totally.
Tobi Skovron: That really, really benefits them. So, it's quite amazing, you run a session on maybe, you know, building a high performance team with an absolute guru, someone who you couldn't get two hours with-
Ronen Heine: Yep.
Tobi Skovron: And that's great, but it's the connections made between the founders-
Tobi Skovron: That form those bonds, and help them the most. So, we're running that.
Ronen Heine: I love it. Yeah, I love it. I spent the last three days in a business school, doing something very similar with [Westpac 00:07:26] as a corporate, trying to understand the ecosystem and [inaudible 00:07:30] reserve, and I think that those sorts of sessions … I come away from that the past three days with such clarity on the next step.
Ronen Heine: So, that's really impactful for a founder or an entrepreneur. Maybe in particular a solo entrepreneur. They just want to be around like minded people. I think, you know, CreativeCube's can offer a certain platform, but then it's that deep dive with experts in your suite of team.
Ronen Heine: That helps a lot of people thrive. So then they're being, proving to be relatively successful?
Tobi Skovron: Yeah, I mean, like you know, whenever you start a new project-
Ronen Heine: Of course.
Tobi Skovron: You put something out there, you know, our first iteration of it was a concept called Just in Time Education. We were trying to look at ways that, how could we provide education to founders, just when they need it? There's lots of info out there. There's lots of programs, accelerator, incubators, events. But, because we were interacting with founders monthly, we could work out their pain points-
Tobi Skovron: There and then. So, we at the start, tried to go with this concept with Just in Time, as in, when we see a common need, let's throw education Just in Time for the need. There's no point running an investment session, if you're not looking for investment-
Ronen Heine: Totally there.
Tobi Skovron: When you're too months away and you're looking for it, that's a great time to run it.
Ronen Heine: Perfect.
Tobi Skovron: So that was the idea. Putting it all together, time-wise, proved to be hard.
Ronen Heine: Well, it's no different to the styles that you're serving, right?
Tobi Skovron: Exactly.
Ronen Heine: Is a way to throw yourself out there, in fact, I'm doing a year in review right now, for the companies that I involve with, whether it's, you know, CreativeCubes or Wag, or whoever. Just to sort of like reflect back on, "Hey, it felt like a shit-show, but we actually created some really big things."
Ronen Heine: So, I think that's really, really important.
Tobi Skovron: Yeah. So, we've kind of done year one, we've run about 20 or so sessions. Most of them here at Cubes. Some at other accelerators and universities, and whatnot as well.
Tobi Skovron: And now were kind of exactly going through with that, evaluating what worked, what didn't work, whether we had more impact, where do we not have such great impact?
Ronen Heine: Amazing.
Tobi Skovron: And so we'll be rolling out a new program for the next year.
Ronen Heine: So you guys have been established for a relative amount of time, but you are still going through that start-up-
Ronen Heine: Working it out. You know, we're a start-up that supports a bunch of start-ups as well. You know, very different.
Tobi Skovron: Start-up, start-up.
Ronen Heine: Yeah, so the start-ups that support the start-ups right here, that's really cool. What else is on the horizon in terms of, I mean, if there's stuff that's under-wraps, keep it off limits, but …
Tobi Skovron: That's really, for us, that's the main thing. How can we … So, we've got two things. Something about, we have been going for about three years now, and totally underestimated how hard it is actually to get a business, your own business, up and running. Which got us great empathy actually for what, out there, others are going through.
Ronen Heine: I know. I think that's … I don't think we should just glance over that. That's a huge double-click right there, in terms of, a lot of people engage people that really don't understand.
Ronen Heine: What you've got here in your suite and team, offering is, you guys have walked the path.
Ronen Heine: So you can actually execute, not only from a intellect perspective, or from a service offering perspective, but actually from an empathetic position as well.
Ronen Heine: Because you're currently doing it, or have done it over the last three years.
Ronen Heine: Helpful stuff, man. It really is. And I think that that's sometimes overlooked.
Tobi Skovron: Yeah, I think, yeah, I agree with you. That's where we get most our wounds. We practice on ourselves.
Ronen Heine: Sure.
Tobi Skovron: And then take twice upon what are failures as well, basically.
Tobi Skovron: But yeah. For sure.
Ronen Heine: And 2019?
Tobi Skovron: Oh, so 2019. Really sort of doubling down on what we're doing now. So, new team members have joined late in the year, which means we've got more experts to support start-ups. Because we've been around for three years, some of those start-ups we started with early on, you know, got through year one. And they made it through year two and then all of this, like, how do you keep up with them. So, we're kind of doubling down on what we're doing-
Ronen Heine: Great.
Tobi Skovron: Support the start-ups we're currently working with even more.
Tobi Skovron: We're hell bent on trying to get more Aussie big hero success stories, and we think we've got a couple of them, so we just want to double down on that. So that's probably our first focus.
Tobi Skovron: And then it's really taking the stuff we did on the education and venture front and trying to open that up to more people.
Ronen Heine: Okay.
Tobi Skovron: In different shapes or forms. So, online education component is something we're looking at.
Tobi Skovron: Should be a cool project. More in the finance, more in the accounting, more in the legal.
Ronen Heine: Awesome. So, new website. Weareluna.co.
Tobi Skovron: That's it.
Ronen Heine: I actually really enjoy watching your stories.
Tobi Skovron: Yes.
Ronen Heine: Luna_startup.
Tobi Skovron: Startups, yeah.
Ronen Heine: Startups. Because I see you around the ecosystem, I have honestly see you here quite a bit, and the majority of your team here more often than you. But that's alright, you're out there hustling. I really enjoy the stories. Because I see the interaction that you're having. I really like the personal touch that you guys have applied to your social as well. You make it very real, very candid. So, I will link all of the connections, all of the handles, in the description. I think it sits above. It sits below on YouTube. It sits above on my Vlog. Ronan Heine, everyone. See you soon.
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Q: SQL simple SUBSELECT I want to perform a simple sql query but cannot manage to get it right.
(Sorry for the example, that's all I could think of to illustrate my problem)
Let's say I have a table FooBar that contains X columns, but only 3 columns that are useful to me.
DogKind_Id, FoodQuantity, Day_Id

And I want to know, for each DogKind_Id, what was the day where the FoodQuantity was the maximum !
So for a FooBar table like :
DogKind_Id, FoodQuantity, Day_Id
1,2, 2
1,10,1
1,4,5
2,3, 3
2,9,1
2,87,5
3,0, 3
3,0,2
3,1,6

The result of my query will be :
DogKind_Id, Day_Id
1,1
2,5
3,6

So far, I succeeded in doing this :
SELECT DogKind_Id, MAX(FoodQuantity)
FROM FooBar
GROUP BY DogKind_Id

But I cannot manage to simply use this result to get the Day_Id... If I had Day_Id in the above SELECT, it adds up lots of rows... I tried SUBSELECT, EXISTS but obviously doing it wrong !
Can you guys help me a bit ?

A: SELECT parent.DogKind_id, parent.Day_Id
FROM FooBar AS parent
INNER JOIN (
    SELECT DogKind_Id, MAX(FoodQuantity) AS Max
    FROM FooBar
    GROUP BY DogKind_Id
) AS child ON (parent.DogKind_Id=child.DogKind_Id) AND (parent.FoodQuantity = child.Max)

basically, the inner query is your version, which gets the id/max values.
You then have the outer query joining against this subquery to figure out WHICH of the records has that max foodquantity, so you can get the associated dayid

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free tutorial on how to create a chocolate christmas tree!
Yah, I know what you're gonna say, I'm late... Christmas is here.
Well, I had a bad case of the flu in the past two weeks. In the midst of it all I was thinking of you !
I had this great idea for a gift/ table center for your holiday dinners.
But I guess you bought all the gifts you want for everyone. And you probably know what you'll use for decor. In the small chance you haven't had the chance- here is my idea for you. my Christmas gift to you.
My gift is a tutorial on how to make a hand crafted , easy to make, tasty chocolate christmas tree!
Click on the template, then right button click it and save it as a photo. Finally print it.
My template for 1-3 tree sizes to use all or choose the one you want, cut from regular print paper.
A pencil ruler, craft cutting blade, strong glue, I used UHU, tape, glue gun, gold craft wall paper, a golden star attached to a toothpick, thin foam board.
I already cut mine. You'll need three triangles. And a pair of scissors.
Start by gluing the sides of the foam board using glue and some clear tape.
Attach two pieces of the foam, first. pointy end to pointy end. Once arranged to your liking attach the third piece.
Cut your gold wallpaper and attach it to the sides of your pyramid.
Don't worry about it if it doesn't look perfect. you will be attaching chocolates to cover pretty much the whole thing.
And quickly attach it flose to the tip of the pyramid.
Continue adding chocolates in the same way. You can arrange them tightly close, or further apart. That's up to you.
Once you finsh one side continue to the next one. I switched colord for each side, but you can either use the same color for the whole tree or mix them on all sides.
Finally attach a heart to the end of a toothpick. using the glue gun, glue it to the top op the tree!
These trees will be a hit in your christmas party.
You can wrap them in cellophane and give them as gifts or use them to decorate your table and serve at dessert time! A great treat!
As you might know I teach cake decorating classes in one of the leading cooking schools in Israel.
In my basic course the second meeting involves sculpting a woman.
I׳ve been teaching this course for quite some time and I always use Gumpaste for sculpting, just as I do for my own cake figures and decorations.
However, no matter how much I stress the superiority of Gumpaste over Sugarpaste, for sculpting, designing and delicate intricate work, I always get the same question from my students, can't I use Sugarpaste in another method or form?
Well for starters you can use whatever you want, but if you want a good looking figure, a delicate flower or intricate lace pieces, I truly recommend using Gumpaste.
I compare Sugarpaste to a farmer: he works long and hard, he does rough tasks, that must be done properly but without too much attention to delicacy or design.
Gumpaste is similar to a royal family member. They are very delicate, they wear lace and silks and diamonds. They are all about beauty and design. They want perfect accuracy and decorations.
If you keep that in mind you can understand the difference between the two.
Sugarpaste for cake covering and Gumpaste for decor and sculpting.
That is all good and dandy, but I do have one exception I tell my students: What if you want to sculpt or create sugar flowers, you don't have Gumpaste and you have no desire to go to the store, or you can't go because your snowed in or just too tired?
In this case you can add some Gum tragacanth, Taylose, or CMC. These are powders used to stiffen your paste while adding a stretch quality to it.
Add 1-2 tea spoons of any one of these powders to your Sugarpaste , knead well and let sit for 30 minutes to 1 hour, prior to using.
The paste will be stiffer than regular Sugarpaste, thus fitting for basic design work.
But, this paste will never have the same qualities Gumpaste has.
That is why I recommend having Gumpaste or making your own.
Mix the water and gelatine in a small bowl and leave to stand for 30mins. Sift the icing sugar and gum tragacanth together into the bowl of your heavy duty mixer.
Place the gelatine/water mix over a pan of hot water and stir till the gelatine has dissolved.
Add the glucose and vegetable fat to the gelatine and water mixture and keep heating until everything has dissolved. Add this mixture to the icing sugar and egg white and start beating in the lowest speed then slowly turn the speed up to high till the paste is stringy and white.
Take the paste from the bowl and knead together. Cover using the extra tsp of vegetable fat to stop it crusting and place in a plastic bag inside an airtight container.
Let the paste rest for 12 hrs before using.
I'd love to see your cake designs!
if you send me good qulity photos i'll portray it in the blog!
About a month ago I hosted Rosh Hashanah at my house.
Dinner went well, everyone enjoyed the meal, and we had a lovely time.
Next, it was cake time! For this special occasion I baked a great honey spiced cake in one of my springform pans.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, you should check them out. These pans are great for cakes and desserts that are prone to fall apart when removed from regular cake pans. The springform pans have a special feature: the rim loosens from the base of the pan when you open the clamp. You can't imagine how useful this is. I regularly bake in these pans, remove the rim and display my cakes on a nice serving platter or cake stand, thus avoiding all the mess and possible problems involved in removing a cake from a cake pan. Finally, if you have cake leftovers, you can reattach the rim to the base, cover the pan with and replace it in your fridge. It's a really great feature!By the way, some of the pans come with two different bases, for use as a tube pan or a regular round cake pan.
If you don't have a springform cake pan I recommend adding one to your kitchen for delicate cakes, such as chocolate mousse cakes and cheese cakes, or as I use them for . As I was pulling it out of the fridge, it hit the fridge door and got a small dent on the top of the pan. I was a little upset, because I really like that pan, but I didn't give it much thought. After I served the cake I had some cake left and was planning on closing the rim back, and placing the cake in the fridge. To my dismay the pan didn't lock itself when I closed the clamp!
Lucky for me I have a very handy Dad that was happy to take the pan with the rest of the cake to fix it for me! Lucky for you :) he took photos of the very simple and quick process in case your springform pan ceases to function.
So how do you fix a springform cake pan?
In the photo below you can see my springform pan. The long silver handle is the clamp handle. When pressed all the way to the left, the rim is closed and locked. When pulled to the right (as you can see in the next photo) the clamp loosens and the rim opens and you can detach the cake base and cake or dessert from the rim.
The yellow arrow is pointing to a metal piece attaching the clamp hinge to the pan.
In order to fix the pan all you need to do, is, use a set of flat nose pliers and bend the metal piece to the left, thus strengthening the clamp lock to its previous abilities.
This are a couple of photos of the fixed pan! you can see how the silver handle is pressed against the side of the cake rim.
My beloved springform pan is as good as new!
If you found a great way to fix a baking appliance, tell me about it and I'll be happy to share it on my blog !


Kate + Anthony celebrated their marriage at the Atrium at the Curtis Center.
Flowers by Il Fiore Bianco. Lazaro gown from Bridal Garden in Marlton, NJ. Bridal shoes by Stuart Weitzman.
Kate has her cosmetics applied by Emily Aznavourian of Cheekadee Makeup Artists.
Kate's mom holds Kate's grandmother's hand.
Anthony is all smiles as he waits for Kate at Christ the King Parish in Haddonfield, NJ.
It was quite chilly on this January afternoon, and Kate was terrifically fearless!
Rebecca Barger Photography, based in Jenkintown with Cescaphe Event Group, Philadelphia.
The Atrium at Curtis Center looked magnificent. Entertainment by Philadelphia Funk Authority.
Friends and Family of Kate & Anthony, please register here to see the couple's entire gallery of wedding day images, the photos will be ready soon.


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Maria Grand (solo):
María Grand is a saxophonist, composer, educator, and vocalist. She moved to New York City in 2011. She has since become an important member of the city's creative music scene, performing extensively in projects including musicians such as Nicole Mitchell, Vijay Iyer, Craig Taborn, Mary Halvorson, Jen Shyu, Fay Victor, Joel Ross, Steve Lehman, Aaron Parks, Miles Okazaki, etc. María writes and performs her original compositions with her ensemble, DiaTribe; her debut EP "TetraWind" was picked as "one of 2017's best debuts" by the NYC Jazz Record and her full-length album Magdalena was praised by major publications such as the New York Times, Downbeat, JazzTimes, Billboard, JazzIz, and others. The New York Times calls her "an engrossing young tenor saxophonist with a zesty attack and a solid tonal range", while Vijay Iyer says she is "a fantastic young saxophonist,
virtuosic, conceptually daring, with a lush tone, a powerful vision, and a deepening emotional resonance."
María is a recipient of the 2017 Jazz Gallery Residency Commission, the 2018 Roulette Jerome Foundation Commission, and the 2019 Roulette Residency. She was nominated for the Jazz Journalist's Association Up-And-Coming Musician of the Year 2018 and named the 2018 Newcomer Musician for the El Intruso 11th Annual International Critics Poll. As an activist in the performing arts, María is a founding member of anti-discrimination group the We Have Voice Collective. María is a member of Joel Ross' Parables, has toured with Antoine Roney, and performs regularly with her own ensemble, as well as with RAJAS, led by Carnatic musician Rajna Swaminathan, and will tour in 2019 with Code Girl, led by Mary Halvorson. She has toured Europe, the United States, and South America, playing in venues and festivals such as WinterJazzFest and the Village Vanguard in NYC, La Villette Jazz Festival in Paris, Saafelden Jazz Festival in Austria, Millennium Park in Chicago, the Blue Whale in LA, IloJazz in Guadeloupe (FR), and many others.
Jupiter Blue:
From the Arkestra's engine room, Jupiter Blue's tone scientists D.Hotep and Jupiter Girl (Tara Middleton) emerge to reveal elements and precepts of another kind of language, another tomorrow, learned through years of discipline to be given freely in the present. Hotep's own ARP (Akimbo Research Projects) develops through-composed and free-improvised performance based on sonification of pitch-sets derived from elemental particles. Expect the never-expected as electronics, electric guitar, celestial vocals, percussion, and violin call forth shadows of unseen worlds.
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Empowered Quotes » Happiness is not a situation to be longed for, or a convergence of lucky happenstance. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves.
Happiness is not a situation to be longed for, or a convergence of lucky happenstance. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves.


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Øystein Møyla, Øystein Øysteinsson Møyla (* 1157; † 1177 in der heutigen Kommune Re, Vestfold) war ein Birkebeinerhäuptling und Birkebeinerkönig. Seinen Beinamen "Møyla" (Mädchen) erhielt er auf Grund seines kleinen Wuchses und kindlichen Aussehens.

Sein Vater war König Øystein II. (ca. 1125–1157); seine Mutter ist unbekannt. Er war Neffe der Könige Sigurd Munn und Inge Krogrygg.

Øystein Møyla war Anführer des ersten aufständischen Birkebeinerheeres, das 1174 sich gegen König Magnus Erlingsson und Erling Skakke erhob. Er wurde zwei Jahre später auf dem Øyrating zum König ausgerufen.

In den Quellen, die Øystein nahestehen, also Fagrskinna, Heimskringla und Sverres saga, wird er als Sohn von Øystein II. angegeben. Dann muss er vor 1157 geboren sein. Nach der Heimskringla suchte er beim schwedischen Jarl Birger Brosa in Östergötland Hilfe zum Aufbau einer Truppe gegen König Magnus V. Birger war mit Brigida Haraldsdatter verheiratet, die Øysteins Tante gewesen sein soll. Diese Verbindung und die nahe Verbindung zum schwedischen König Knut Eriksson würde die Unterstützung durch Birger Brosa erklären. Das rivalisierende Königsgeschlecht der Sverker wurde vom dänischen König Waldemar unterstützt, der seinerseits mit König Magnus V. in Norwegen alliiert war. Ein Aufstand gegen König Magnus konnte daher die Stellung Birgers sowohl in der norwegischen als auch in der schwedischen Oberschicht stärken.

Von Birger erhielt Øystein Geld und Mannschaft und ein Freundschaftsabkommen. In Marker stieß viel Volk zu ihm, und er wurde dort zum König ausgerufen. Seine Mannschaft hielt sich während der folgenden beiden Jahre vorwiegend im Grenzgebiet zu Schweden auf, unternahm aber auch einige Vorstöße gegen Viken. Aber bald ging ihm das Geld aus, und die Kleidung wurde zerschlissen, so dass sie Birkenrinde um die Wade wickelten. Davon erhielten sie ihren Namen "Birkebeiner". Im Sommer 1176 erhielten die Birkebeiner endlich ein Schiff, und sie fuhren an Bergen vorbei, ohne dass König Magnus und Jarl Erling dies bemerkten, nach Nidaros. Nikolas Skjaldvorsson, der Nidaros verteidigen sollte, konnte dem Angriff der Birkebeiner nicht standhalten. Sie nahmen die Stadt ein, und Øystein wurde auf dem Øyrating zum König ausgerufen. Nun stießen viele Männer aus der Umgebung zu ihnen, so dass das Heer schließlich auf 2.000 Mann anwuchs. Sie zogen auf dem Landweg nach Viken, da sie fürchteten, dass Magnus von Bergen kommen werde. Aber Magnus war nach Tønsberg gezogen. Es kam im Januar 1177 bei Re zur Schlacht. Die Birkebeiner waren zwar zahlenmäßig überlegen, aber große Mengen von Schnee behinderte sie. Øystein Møyla fiel. Er war der letzte Gegenkönig, der im Kampf gegen die Könige von Vik und den Adligen in Vestlandet fiel. Nach ihm nämlich scharten sich die Birkebeiner um Sverre.

Øysteins Rolle und Bedeutung wird in den Quellen unterschiedlich beurteilt. Heimskringla schätzt seine Bedeutung und seine Unterstützung durch Birger hoch ein. Fagrskinna erwähnt das Bündnis mit Birger nur beiläufig und stellt den Zulauf für Øystein aus bereits früheren aufständischen Gruppen in den Vordergrund. Danach waren es junge Männer, die ihre Freunde bei ihren Kämpfen gegen Magnus verloren hatten, die sich Øystein anschlossen. Nach der Sverres Saga war Sverre, der Nachfolger Øysteins, gegenüber Øystein wegen dessen Jugend skeptisch eingestellt. Aber ihm gelang es doch im Gegensatz zu früheren jugendlichen Thronanwärtern, wie Håkon Herdebrei oder Sigurd Markusfostre, die Elite derer, die schon früher gegen Magnus gekämpft hatten, oder deren Nachkommen an die Birkebeiner zu binden.

Literatur

 Knut Helle: Under kirke og kongemakt 1130–1350. Aschehougs Norges historie. Bd. 3. Oslo 1995.

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Familienmitglied der Ynglinger (norwegisches Adelsgeschlecht)
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Surviving Earthquake Motivates UCF Grad to Make the Most of Her Life
Haitian native Bianka Paul refused to let losing everything stop her from pursuing the life she wanted.
By Jenna Marina Lee | July 29, 2021
Bianka Paul moved to the United States after surviving the 2010 Haiti earthquake and has worked her way to become the first in her family to graduate from college. (Photo by Nick Leyva '15)
A decade has passed since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti, killing roughly 250,000 people and injuring another 300,000. Many who survived were forced to live among the aftermath in makeshift tents. Soon-to-be UCF graduate Bianka Paul was one of them.
Paul, who is earning two degrees in psychology and criminal justice this semester, remembers much of that afternoon in January 2010 that changed her life. Then 12, she was at home with her grandmother, two sisters and cousins while her mother had gone out to call her father, a U.S. citizen who was living stateside at the time.
"I was in the front of my house, and it started shaking. My grandma screamed, 'It's an earthquake!' " she recalls. "We stayed on the floor until everything stopped and my uncle ran in to help us get out. It was so foggy when we went outside from all the debris. When it started to clear, that's when I noticed I had been walking on bodies."
She says the family nearly lost her aunt, who had become trapped under a building. Her relatives all worked to get her out and it took her months to recover. Her grandmother broke her arm from falling when the quake hit. Fortunately, everyone in her family survived.
Paul says that she hasn't suffered from the trauma and shock of the experience, but there are scenes that stay with her — the school near her house that collapsed and killed the children who were attending; the neighbor who ran back inside a house to save someone but died along with them — and motivate her to make the most of her life.
"That could have happened to me," she says. "The fact that I got to come the United States, I'm going to take advantage of all the opportunities I can."
Turning tragedy into triumph
Paul, along with her sisters and mother, eventually moved to Philadelphia with her father, where she started the ninth grade unable to read, speak or comprehend English. She made it a goal to learn it quickly and add to her repertoire of mastered languages: French, Creole and Spanish.
College was another goal. It always was.
"Education is a huge thing in Haitian culture," says Paul, who is the first in her family to attend college. "Our country believes that with education you can get really far, so it's something they push hard from the time you're young. Since I was little, I always wanted to become something big."
Her family eventually moved to Florida, where she started at Palm Beach State College before transferring to UCF. She has found ways to become involved in the campus culture, joining the Caribbean Students' Association and a jujitsu club. She says her fellow jujitsu club members have become like family to her. She also made the dean's list.
"We been through so much in surviving the earthquake, but what amazed us the most is her courage and her determination to keep going and do well in life and think that no matter what everything is going to be alright," her parents, Jean and Yvonie, wrote in an email. "We feel proud and happy at the same time, and we will do everything in our power to make her earn a master's degree also because she can and she will."
"It's not easy to get through college and get a degree. When I look at where I've come from, I'm proud of the fact that I kept going."
As she achieves one of her dreams Aug. 7, she looks to her future where she hopes to earn a master's degree in data science and eventually pursue a career as a criminal profiler. When she thinks about finally having her diploma in hand, she can't help but think about her family.
"I wanted to go to college and get my degree for my family — to make my parents proud and everyone around me proud and be an example for my sisters to look up to," she says. "It's not easy to get through college and get a degree. When I look at where I've come from, I'm proud of the fact that I kept going."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will tell leaders on a five-nation Asia tour the world is "running out of time" on North Korea's nuclear crisis and that he will give his strategy to isolate Pyongyang a few months before making adjustments, a top aide said on Thursday.
As part of the U.S. effort to push China, North Korea's neighbor and main trading partner, to put more pressure on Pyongyang, the U.S. Treasury issued a formal ruling on Thursday cutting off from the U.S. financial system a Chinese bank it accused of laundering money for North Korean concerns.
"The bilateral continuous bomber presence mission was planned in advance ... and was not in response to any current event," the Air Force said in a statement.
McMaster said Trump would urge countries with the most influence over Pyongyang to "convince its leaders that the pursuit of nuclear weapons is a dead end" and that it must denuclearize.
China will be perhaps Trump's most critical stop in Asia. There he will ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to do more to rein in North Korea. Senior U.S. officials say China considers North Korea a strategic asset and is reluctant to cut off resources to Pyongyang for fear of triggering a refugee wave.
McMaster said Trump, who has approved a variety of sanctions against North Korea, is at the beginning of his drive for Pyongyang to give up nuclear weapons. Trump has warned he would "totally destroy" North Korea if it threatened the United States or its allies.


Any initiative undertaken to meet a target. Within the EMS, there are two general types of actions: project and behavioral/administrative actions.
Mission support activities conducted by small units or installation offices, including shops, ranges, hangars, hospitals, and offices. An example of an activity is equipment maintenance.
Legal requirements promulgated and enforced by federal, state or local government authorities applicable to MCAS Miramar's practices and environmental aspects.
Characteristics of a practice that can cause an impact to environmental resources. Examples of aspects are the production of solid waste such as oily rags, recyclable wastes such as used oil, and the potential to spill or release hazardous materials such as oil, fuel or solvents.
Actions planed and implemented within MCAS Miramar CO's means, such as realigning existing roles and responsibilities, developing EMS procedures, and providing training.
In recognition of the magnitude and importance of the environmental training challenge, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics established the Comprehensive Environmental Training and Education Program to meet the environmental training objectives published in the 1997 USMC Environmental Campaign Plan titled Comprehensive Environmental Training and Education Program (CETEP). CETEP was approved at the highest levels by both the Marine Corps training and environmental functional commands.
CETEP was established to support the Marine Corps goal of full compliance with state and federal environmental requirements and Marine Corps pollution prevention goals. CETEP incorporates the application of established Marine Corps training and leadership concepts and procedures to characterize and address the environmental training challenge systematically.
CETEP includes various needs analyses, professional development initiatives, public outreach projects, program development strategies, and research efforts to ensure that appropriate environmental instruction and information is provided at all levels of the Marine Corps."
The Marine Corps database that tracks installation's environmental compliance requirements and cost data.
A facility is in conformance with established EMS criteria when it meets all applicable EMS requirements, has conducted an internal EMS audit, and self-declares conformance (see section 2217). HQMC-sponsored external audits validate the self-declaration. Note that a facility may be considered to be in conformance with Marine Corps EMS criteria if it has one or more minor non-conformances, as long as it establishes and implements a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) to correct each non-conformance.
A nonconformance isolated to a particular unit, area or function within MCAS Miramar. Examples could include: failure to properly train unit personnel, improper waste handling within a unit, failure to conduct environmental inspections, etc.
NOTE 2 Adapted from ISO 9000:2000, 3.7.2.
All actions taken regarding the documents from creation to final disposition, including creation, retention, storage, revision, version control, disposal, and permanent archiving.
A systematic approach for integrating environmental considerations and accountability into day-to-day decision-making and long-term planning processes across all missions, activities, and functions. The EMS institutionalizes processes for continual environmental improvement and reducing risks to mission through ongoing planning, review, and preventive or corrective action.
Reference (d) defines an EMS appropriate facility as a host command and its tenants within an installation fence line demarking contiguous property, as well as any satellite properties under direct control of the installation CO. The appropriate facility may encompass multiple noncontiguous fence lines under direct control of the CO or even the entire area of responsibility of the regional commander. An appropriate facility may also be defined as a major-mission tenant command when the command in question elects to define its component command EMS separate from the respective host activity EMS.
A systematic and documented verification process that objectively obtains and evaluates evidence to determine whether an installation's EMS conforms to the USMC EMS conformance criteria and is effectively implemented.
The EMS Team will provide installation-wide oversight and support to the EMS implementation effort. Currently, the EMS Team consists of members of Environmental Management Department including division directors and the Assistant Environmental Management Officer. EMS Team members may designate deputies within their units to work with the EMS Coordinator and Environmental Management Department staff to gather, organize, and disseminate information; develop procedures; and advise, coordinate, facilitate, and monitor EMS implementation. Provides an oversight of the EMS, EMS development and EMS implementation.
surroundings in which an organization (3.16) operates, including air, water, land, natural resources, flora, fauna, humans, and their interrelation.
NOTE Surroundings in this context extend from within an organization (3.16) to the global system."
NOTE A significant environmental aspect has or can have a significant environmental impact (3.7)."
Any change to the environment (3.5), whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization's (3.16) environmental aspects (3.6).
This program provides CMEP funds to installations for either one-time funding for non-recurring requirements or emergent non-recurring requirements.
Overall environmental goal, arising from the environmental policy, MCAS Miramar sets itself to achieve, and which is quantified where practicable.
NOTE In the context of environmental management systems (3.8), results can be measured against the organization's (3.16) environmental policy (3.11), environmental objectives (3.9), environmental targets (3.12) and other environmental performance requirements."
NOTE The environmental policy provides a framework for action and for the setting of environmental objectives (3.9) and environmental targets (3.12)."
This program provides CMEP funds to installations for major repair (M2) and minor construction (R2) environmental projects.
Detailed performance requirement, quantified when practicable, applicable to MCAS Miramar, that arises from the environmental objectives and that needs to be set and met to achieve those objectives.
In some cases, responsibilities for ownership, supervision and operation of practices do not fall within a single chain of command, for instance when operations are contracted. It is the responsibility of the owning command to ensure that supervisory and operational procedures for practice control are assigned to its executing agent and enforced.
A direct order signed by the President under his constitutional authority as Chief Executive, specifying responsibilities and actions required by Executive Branch agencies.
Land resources, buildings, installations, structures, public works, equipment, aircraft, vessels, and other vehicles and property owned by, constructed for or by, or manufactured for the purpose of leasing to the Marine Corps.
Any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, resulting from the aspects. Standard Marine Corps impacts are maintained in the PAI Module of the EM Portal.
Individual(s) or group(s) concerned with or affected by the environmental performance of MCAS Miramar. External interested parties may include regulators, local residents, insurers, customers, environmental groups, emergency response services, residential associations, other government bodies and the general public.
NOTE In many cases, particularly in smaller organizations, independence can be demonstrated by the freedom from responsibility for the activity being audited."
The Land Use and Military Construction Branch ensures the Marine Corps has sufficient land resources and facilities to accomplish its mission, and that its land, along with any improvements, is utilized in environmentally responsible ways.
The ability to maintain the necessary level and duration of operational activity to achieve military objectives. Sustainability is a function of providing for and maintaining those levels of ready forces, materiel, and consumables necessary to support military efforts.
Failure to address an EMS element.
Failure to implement a key procedure.
Failure to correct, or demonstrate steps to prevent the recurrence of, previous non-conformances.
Multiple (systemic) minor non-conformances noted in one EMS component.
Periodic review of the management system by senior leadership (EMS Team) followed up by actions, including changes to the EMS as indicated by the review.
Failure to address some (but not all) parts of a requirement/element in an installation's procedures.
Failure to implement some parts of a procedure.
Inconsistent or inaccurate implementation of a procedure.
A statement that defines an end-state, supporting goals of the Environmental Policy Statement. Objectives must be achievable and measurable, and should be quantifiable when practicable.
A report submitted annually to CMC(LF) by each installation requesting CMEP Environmental Management Program funding from CMC(LF).
NOTE For organizations with more than one operating unit, a single operating unit may be defined as an organization."
Other requirements to which MCAS Miramar subscribes, such as DoD, DON, Marine Corps, and installation-level environmental requirements, etc. that apply to Miramar's practices and environmental programs.
The command aboard the installation that has ultimate responsibility for a practice.
A position or individual designated by the owning command who defends his/her organizations interests in the EMS and coordinates between his units and personnel and other stakeholders in the EMS.
The lowest organizational unit that operates a practice. Owning commands designate owning units.
A unit process or operation that supports the mission and has aspects that can impact environmental resources.
Procedures that are followed or physical barriers put in place to eliminate negative impacts to the environment. An example of a practice control is the shop procedure for managing used oil or the spill containment berm.
Individual who operates a practice.
The command, unit, or office responsible for day-to-day use of a practice. Practice owners have the authority to accomplish or support their mission by using the practice and, thus, have the responsibility for procedures needed to keep it under control.
Command unit or office responsible for the day-to-day use of a practice. The Sergeant or Staff NCO who runs daily operations of the maintenance bay ensures that the practice owner's responsibilities are met.
NOTE Prevention of pollution can include source reduction or elimination, process, product or service changes, efficient use of resources, material and energy substitution, reuse, recovery, recycling, reclamation and treatment."
Specified way to carry out an activity or a process NOTE 1 Procedures can be documented or not.
NOTE 2 Adapted from ISO 9000:2000, 3.4.5. EN ISO 14001:2004 Licensed Copy: opuphrsp opuphrsp, Open University The JISC, 25 November 2004, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSI"
Biennial submission to CMC(LF) by each installation reporting installations' program objectives and costs. POM data is used to develop the Five Year Defense Plan.
This process through which all Marine Corps resource requirements, including the environmental program, are identified, justified, and funded.
Actions that require external funding requested through CompTRAK or other Planning, Programming and Budgeting System mechanisms. Examples of projects include P2 investments, infrastructure investments, and externally-funded studies or plan development.
Legislation, regulation, or policy issued by any Executive, Federal, State, local, DOD, Department of Navy, or Marine Corps authority that addresses environmental considerations and requires action by Marine Corps personnel.
Potential or actual impacts on mission readiness resulting from the occurrence of aspects of practices operated aboard Marine Corps facilities. Mission impacts occur through four risk pathways: environmental impacts, adverse regulatory exposure, adverse public perception, or health and safety impacts.
Standard Accounting and Budgeting Reporting System. SABRS is the official accounting system for the United States Marine Corps.
A systematic, documented, objective and comprehensive environmental compliance review of installation processes, facilities, and practices to be completed within a 12-month period. Installation personnel or their designees conduct the internal assessment per Marine Corps Order P5090.2A, Chapter 4.
The installation's plan, coordinated with tenants, that describes how a comprehensive self-audit will be accomplished within the "fence line" over the course of a year.
An aspect determined by the installation to potentially result in a significant environmental impact, using a documented procedure that takes aspect risk scores into account.
A practice determined by the installation to potentially result in a significant environmental impact, using a documented procedure that takes practice risk scores into account.
A written procedure that instructs practice owners in the environmentally sound operation of practices. SOPs should be integrated into existing technical procedures or manuals for operation of practices, when feasible, but may need to be distributed or posted in the work place as separate documents.
Defined in Chapter 1 of MCO 5090.2.
A nonconformance which may affect multiple units, areas or functions or MCAS Miramar as a whole. Examples could include: Failure to achieve EMS objectives and targets, failure to follow established internal communications procedures, failure to maintain records in accordance with applicable records retention requirements, etc.
A detailed performance requirement that sets a limit, usually a quantity and/or a time frame, for the achievement of objectives. An objective may have more than one target.


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Q: exit running instance of application using a port and licensing issues in jportable I want to build setup package of a java application that uses mysql as database.
While building the setup, i found some issues

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*User may have already installed java or have older or newer versions.

*User may have already installed wampserver or mysql or ampps/xammpp or any other application using port 3306.

*If I start to use same mysql, which user may have already installed, root password may be different.

For the first issue, I thought of using jPortable from PortableApps
For the second and third issue, I am thinking of using some portable instance of mysql too, but the only problem is user may have already installed some application listening to that port and it must be closed.
Now I have two queries:

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*First I dont know if I can openly use java portable in my application and distribute it.

*Second, I can use net stop wampmysqld and similar commands for other application but is there a generic way to stop any application using this port. Because I dont know what application user may be using blocking the port.

Sorry, if the post is repeated. I tried searching the forum for exiting instances of mysql or application using any port but they all are pointing to unix/linux commands and I am using Windows and assuming user is using windows too. Also, currently I am using wamp server, if thats any help.
Thanks in advance...


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Q: Jquery .load() cross origin del mismo subdominio Tengo un problema a la hora de actualizar el contenido de una sección cuando intento hacerlo con .load() de jQuery.
No sé por qué, pero intenta cargar el contenido del dominio principal en vez del subdominio en el que estoy.
El error que recibo es:

XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://www.miweb.com/master/. No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'https://prueba.miweb.com' is therefore not allowed access.

La linea que utilizo es:
$('.refresh').load('contact.php?id=' + contactId + ' .refresh');

A: Tu problema viene dado por que "https://www.miweb.com/master/" tiene un subdominio diferente a "https://prueba.miweb.com" aun que el dominio sea el mismo el subdomino 'prueba' es diferente a 'www', si quieres que funcione debes agregar las cabeceras CORS a tu archivo contact.php.
header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *");
header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *");

Por desgracia esto le da accesso a cualquier dominio
Otra solución sería
$http_origin = $_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN'];
if ($http_origin == "https://www.miweb.com" || $http_origin == "http://www.domain2.com" || $http_origin == "https://prueba.miweb.com")
{
    header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: $http_origin");
}

Por último podrías modificar tu archivo .htaccess si usas apache. Para que quede algo como esto.
<FilesMatch "\.(ttf|otf|eot|woff)$">
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
        SetEnvIf Origin "http(s)?://(prueba.miweb.com|www.miweb.com)$" AccessControlAllowOrigin=$0
        Header add Access-Control-Allow-Origin %{AccessControlAllowOrigin}e env=AccessControlAllowOrigin
    </IfModule>
</FilesMatch>

EDIT: O simplemente puedes meter todo bajo el mismo dominio www.miprueba.com y te evitas configurar cabeceras.

A: Intenta agregar este tag a tu <head>:
<base href="prueba.miweb.com">

Con ese tag, debería buscar todos los archivos partiendo de esa base.


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Q: How can I use L2-Loss function for Object-detection CNN in Tensorflow framework? I'm studying about tensorflow (exactly Object Detection using CNN)
I have already studied about Classification, but Object-Detection is Regression problem, so I am confused loss function and total network implementation.
In classification problem, I should use-
tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits=result, labels=Y)
(result is my CNN output tensor)
but in regression problem, like sementic-segmentation and object detection, I found that I have to use l2-loss function.
tf.nn.l2_loss(t=result)
I don't know how can I use this function because I cannot use tf.argmax function.
[Source Code 1] Classification, used softmax and tf.argmax
cross_entropy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits=result, labels=Y))
print("* Cross Entropy SIZE : " + str(cross_entropy))

Result_argmax = tf.argmax(tf.nn.softmax(result), 1)
Label_argmax = tf.argmax(Y, 1)
print("* Result Argmax : ", Result_argmax)
print("* Label Argmax : ", Label_argmax)

ay = tf.argmax(tf.nn.softmax(result), 1)
ly = tf.argmax(tf.nn.softmax(Y), 1)
correct_prediction = tf.equal(Result_argmax, Label_argmax)
print("* tf.argmax : " + str(Result_argmax))
accuracy = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_prediction, tf.float32))

train_step = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(0.0001 * batchsize).minimize(cross_entropy)

this is so easy and I totally understood.
[Source Code 2] Regression, used l2_loss function
l2_loss = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.l2_loss(t=result))
print("** L2 Loss SIZE : " + str(l2_loss))
train_step = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(0.0001 * batchsize).minimize(l2_loss)

????????

Is that correct? I cannot understand how to do box location learning.
Also, There is my learning monitor which is captured.

Really, Really I can't understand. Please HELP ME!
(last, here is my session image captured.)

A: Object detection consists of classification and regression, that is, not only do we have to correctly classify an object on the image, but also we need to correctly locate the object.
Although some object detection frameworks do look like a regression model (YOLO, SSD), but the loss function is not as simple as a L2 loss. In fact, the loss function consists of two parts, crossentropy loss for classification and regression loss for localization, and L2 loss is usually used for regression loss here.
Here are the loss functions of some common object detection models.
SSD model.

YOLO model