I hope some of those tutorials help you get more organized in 2015! See you real soon.
Great blog post to start the year! 🙂 I have a window seat in my house right now but no storage opening yet. What a great use for this space. It sits in my dining room and I am always running out of places to put our linens for this room. Nice idea.


The second part of the "E-wastes dangerous for the environment and human health" eco-project was held in Warszawa - Zerzeń in the Assumption of the B.V.M. Parish on 29th September 2018. By dint of the intercession of our priest Christopher, we had sunny weather guaranteed. The rest was complemented by the inhabitants of Warszawa - Zerzeń. With no traffic jams or hurry, with no noise or nervousness, cars, bicycles and trolleys filled up with used-up electrical and electronic hardware and batteries were coming in. AURAEKO educational stand was visited by entire families with children, and sometimes even with a dog, which was watching to check if everything was fine.
From 9 am to 3 pm, we collected more than 3,000 kg of used-up hardware. A perfect result! If it had not been for this one haunting question recurring in all projects and actions: how much hardware is still held by its users? Should we estimate this amount as hundreds of thousands of tonnes or hundreds of millions of tonnes, or even more?


A modern and clean creative agency website, primarily to showcase videography and photography work commissioned by established worldwide brands. Large clear images and a bold use of colour offset a mostly black and white UI.
Weareshuffle are a creative shop and production house based in Winchester. They wanted a distinctive agency website to showcase their photography and video work for clients such as Barbour International, Land Rover, Triumph and Bench. It had to be simple enough for them to update on the road, with separate sections for their completed work and studio news.
Starting with some initial design ideas that had been put together in-house, I worked closely with the team at weareshuffle to create a site that showcased the full range of creative work that they produce. They wanted their website to act as a hub for their videography, still photography and branding, so it had to be versatile and adaptable.
Although we agreed the colour palette for site framework was to be kept very neutral, I suggested including the ability for weareshuffle to add 'brand colours' to each piece of work that they update. These 'brand colours' are used across the site to highlight certain elements, and to further cement the brand identities of the weareshuffle clients.
To make the weareshuffle site as easy as possible to update I created custom post types for the 'work' and 'news' pages, so that they can quickly see what they have published on their website and where. As the team at weareshuffle would often have to update their site from the road whilst travelling between shoots, it was important that their site look and function as well on mobile and tablet as it does on desktop.
Wherever possible the desktop design was left untouched. Anywhere that this was not possible I ensured that the designs degraded gracefully, so that the mobile and tablet versions of the site look and feel premium, to match the brands that weareshuffle work with everyday.


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K-pop star Hara found dead at home at the age of 28
Danny Thompson
24 November 2019, 12:51 pm ·2-min read
K-pop star Goo Ha-ra has been found dead at her home at the age of 28.
The singer, known professionally as Hara, was member of the girl group Kara between 2008 and 2015, and had enjoyed success since going solo. She also worked as an actress on Korean and Japanese TV.
The news of her death broke after a statement was released by Gangnam Police Department.
It read: "We received a report on November 24, 6:30 pm KST about a death.
Hara attends a fashion industry photo-call in October 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. (Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)
"We are currently investigating the cause."
The BBC's Seoul correspondent Laura Bicker took to Twitter to confirm the news.
She posted: "The South Korean celebrity Goo Ha-ra, a former member of popular K-pop girl group Kara has been found dead at her home. The 28-year-old was found dead around 6pm. We are awaiting more details. So sad."
Earlier this year, Hara concerned fans with messages posted on social media.
One read: "Acting as if I am not tired, when I am, acting as if I am not in pain, when I am."
(L-R) Youngji, Gyuri, Seungyeon and Hara of K-pop girl group Kara in 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. (Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)
Another said: "After living all those years with suppression, I look fine on the outside, but it feels as if I am starting to break into pieces inside."
The singer was rushed to hospital in May this year after attempting suicide.
The news of Hara's death comes just over a month after the death of fellow K-pop star Choi Jin-ri, who was known by her stage name Sulli, and was formerly a member of the girl band f(x).
Sulli was reportedly found dead at her home in Seongnam by her manager at the age of 25.
There was no sign of a break-in or foul play and police were investigating the death as a possible suicide.

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Our Annie yellow beach dress was handwoven in Oaxaca, Mexico. This backless A-line dress with large pom pom details can be worn by itself or as a beach coverup, both creating a flowy and breezy look. This look was inspired by Jacqueline's travels and passion for vintage.


Heirloom is an installation by artist Rena Detrixhe who uses thousands of collected seeds to create lace-like patterns on a large piece of sheer fabric. Viewed from far away, it just looks like a normal lace tablecloth, but when get closer, the seeds appears as if they are hovering just above the surface. The idea behind this installation is to create a platform to discuss the relationship between art and environment.


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Q: Integrating Quickblox with Temasys plugin for IE and Safari support I am currently using Quickblox video platform for one-to-one video chat.
Quickblox only supports Chrome and Firefox browsers; Skylink provides a WebRTC plugin to support IE and Safari too.
Can we use the Skylink plugin with Quickblox API?
Here's what I've already done.
Gone through this link,
https:// temasys.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TWPP/How+to+integrate+the+Temasys+WebRTC+Plugin+into+your+website
But as I add the below script tag,
<script src="https://cdn.temasys.com.sg/adapterjs/0.11.x/adapter.debug.js"></script>

Quickblox stop working with this error
quickblox.js:2250 Uncaught TypeError: peer.init is not a function

Uncaught TypeError: peer.init is not a functionWebRTCProxy._createPeer @ quickblox.js:2250WebRTCProxy.call @ quickblox.js:2259(anonymous function) @ student.js:244(anonymous function) @ quickblox.js:2156

How could this be done?

A: While I am not familiar with Quickblox, I would expect that they have their own way of shimming the differences between browsers (their own adapter.js if you will).
Simply including AJS on your page might mess up their code.
You would probably have to modify their code a little bit with the guidance from the integration guide you pointed to.
We did the same with PeerJS a while ago and it worked fine.
Alternatively you could try integrating SkylinkJS :)

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Way back in 2009, Blake Lively told Marie Claire, "One day I will have my own interior decorating firm." In that same interview, she explained that she loves antiques and is "fascinated by colors and textures and layering things." Now, nine years later, it look like the actress is making moves to tackle that career goal. Last week, Lively posted a photo to Instagram explaining that she has been dedicating her nights to designing spaces for her friends.
The Instagram photo in question featured a busy pile of different fabric samples, stencils, furniture catalogs, and a giant tile. In the caption accompanying the picture, Lively explained the collection of home decor items. "I design my friends homes. For free. Of all the bad decisions I've made, this may be the most fun... Thank you to my daughters for unknowingly loaning me your clothes for 'fabric' inspo, thank you @dmitriyco for the stencils that are way too fun it's not normal, thank you bathroom for having a lose tile that I could steal for more 'fabric' inspo, and thank you mom for the sleeping disorder that keeps me up all night," Lively wrote.
Of course, this isn't the first time Lively has dabbled in decor. The actress actually used to curate artisanal items for Preserve, her former digital lifestyle magazine and e-commerce website. Many of the items she picked out were home decor pieces. In 2013, Lively also took charge of designing the kitchen in her and husband Ryan Reynold's new home in Bedford, NY. According to Elle Decor, she worked closely with the president of La Cornue to design a custom ocean blue oven. So, clearly she's had some practice in the interior design game.
Blake Lively may be doing all this designing for free, but these are still steps down the career path she's been interested in for some time. Plus, it sounds like she's enjoying the gig a lot more than most people enjoy their part-time, unpaid internships.


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Q: Does liquibase give access to java.sql.Connection for custom tasks Is there a way of having liquibase call a custom Java class/plugin and giving that class access to the underlying connection to make data changes.  I had a look but it only
So of our update steps require extensive data manipulation which is far far easier to do and debug in code than using SQL.  So I would want to write tasks that can extract, transform and save data.  Is that possible within the liquibase framework?

A: If you are using a subclass of Change using the extension framework (liquibase.org/extensions) the generateStatements() method is passed the Database object the change is being executed against. Calling
((JdbcConnection) Database.getConnection()).getUnderlyingConnection()

will return the java.sql.Connection used.
If you are using the CustomTaskChange interface, the execute() method that is executed is passed the same Database object you can get the connection from.


I built my first coffin when I was thirteen years old.
Father said it wasn't good enough.
I built another. And another. For five years, they were never satisfactory, but Father was too weak to work, so the deceased in our town were buried in not-quite-good-enough coffins.
One day, after laying down my tools and running my hand over a polished side, I knew my craftsmanship was finally acceptable.
I wished I'd never had to make that coffin.
No rain fell at his funeral. The sky was as clear as glass, and the birds sang, unaware that I was shoveling dirt over the one person I had in the world. Alone, I jabbed the crude, wooden cross into the sod. Nobody ever attends an undertaker's funeral.
Did people think he'd bury himself?
I walked back to the house along empty streets, but I doubted it was from respect. To the people in this town, the dead were buried and forgotten on the same day.
My footsteps echoed sharply as I strode through the hall at the rear of the parlor and willed my shaking legs to carry me upstairs. I didn't want to cry. Or think. I longed for rest, but neither the void of sleep nor the morning brought me peace.
I inherited the business and everything else my father had owned. I sold it and shoved my remaining possessions into a battered suitcase. Father's name was scrawled on a tag that fluttered from the handle: Leonard M. Shaw.
I ripped the yellowed paper off and ground it into the dirt with my boot.
Thick clouds darkened the heavens, and the giants in the sky rumbled their complaints as I trudged to the train station.
The sky flashed a response I couldn't interpret. I decided to keep my mouth shut.
The stairs to the platform creaked under my heavy steps, and each stranger stared at me.
"Where ya goin', sonny?" The ticket agent scratched his stubbled chin and eyed me wearily. He must have been tired of watching the world pass him by, seeing everyone move on except him.
I'd trade lives with him in a heartbeat.
The man squinted. "Eh… That'd be Gracetown, 'bout two hundred and fifty miles east." He jerked a thumb over his shoulder.
I didn't bother to tell him he was pointing south.
I shoved the ticket deep into my pocket and sat on a rickety bench at the edge of the platform. The train to Gracetown wouldn't arrive for another hour.
Though the station was small, it had enough business and bustle to distract me from painful thoughts. Mothers urged their children to stay close. Boxes and trunks thumped against each other as people jostled to get nearer to their train. Whistles and billows of steam issued from the great metal beast crouched on the tracks.
I thanked my luck that no one approached me before my train heaved to a stop, spewing steam from between the cars and under the wheels. Perhaps bystanders had noticed my altercation with the ticket agent. Perhaps they assumed my clenched fists and stormy eyes meant I was looking for a fight. Either way, I was grateful for the isolation.
I entered the last compartment of the last railcar. No one else appeared while I wedged my suitcase above the bunk. A screech cut through the heavy silence, and the floorboards shook as the wheels took their first grinding turn out of the station.
The room was empty. Like a coffin before tragedy struck. Like a grave before the ropes were lowered. Empty like…me.
My hand fumbled for the knob on the backdoor. It swung open, and I staggered onto a narrow platform at the end of the train.
I had a promise to make.
The tracks sped away from me in a blur, as if I were the one sitting still, and they were running off. To reassure myself that I was truly leaving, I focused on the spatter of buildings that dwindled away slowly. The funeral parlor's little cupola jutted above the tree line.
I clenched the rail, my knuckles whitening and the veins standing out against my pale skin. It resembled a dead person's hand.
I waited until the pines blocked all but the tip of that familiar tower. Then I whispered my vow to the fading town.
Gracetown's train station was nothing but a roofless, wooden platform with sagging steps. No one was waiting to greet the train. No one strolled down the sidewalks. Not even one face peered through the curtained windows of the seven aged buildings. Maybe it was a ghost town.
I tightened my grip on the handle of my suitcase and descended the rattling steps onto the faint path that lead up to the main street. Even if the townspeople loathed strangers, this was my new home.
Soft, gentle notes drifted from…somewhere. Where?
I spun in circles. A hotel, blacksmith shop, and general store flashed by, then a small white building with a little tower and a bell.
The bell rang, and double doors flew open. A dozen children spilled onto the street, dressed in black suits with ties, ruffled dresses, and sunhats.
Had someone died? They seemed too cheerful for a funeral, but wouldn't that be a painful irony to welcome me?
The children spared me hardly a glance as they raced down the sidewalks toward the train tracks. Less spirited people trickled out after them, shaking the hand of a man who stood at the top of the steps holding a black book. He smiled, spoke a few words to each person, and nodded his head like a tulip in the wind.
Sunday. It was Sunday. Of course, this must be a church. The man was a priest or a minister—whatever they called their leaders.
The wave of churchgoers ended, and the last young woman grasped the man's hand with a smile. Married then, or courting at least.
I felt intrusive, piecing together these people's lives just from observing them. My cheeks flamed, and I turned away when the man glanced my direction.
"Hello!" The cry rang out across the churchyard.
I flinched. Please. Not yet. Squeezing my eyes shut, I hoped with all my might that he wasn't addressing me.
"Hello? Sir, can we help you?" The voice sounded right by my ear, and I jumped. Bits of dirt and gravel skittered under my boots as I whirled. Better to meet problems head-on.
The woman with him pressed her fingertips to her mouth in shock or muffled laughter—I couldn't figure out which. I was used to both reactions, so it didn't matter.
"Well, young man, you just looked a little lost, that's all." The minister extended his hand.
She graced him with a warm smile that stabbed my heart. Nobody smiled at me like that.
"We want to welcome him to our town," she said gently. He grinned with relief and faced me again.
"We'd like to welcome you to Gracetown, young man. I'm Pastor Stephen Davis, and this is my wife, Ellie." The sun itself seemed to shine out of their faces.
I tried to think of something to say, something to prove I wasn't a dolt.
That will sure convince them.
"It's, um…" My voice caught in my throat, coming out unnaturally thick and deep. I sounded like my father. "Shaw…just Shaw." What on earth possessed me to give my last name as the first? Maybe I was afraid of these people getting too close to me.
If you don't know someone, you can't love them, or lose them.
"No, I am not a man of…faith." That had never been hard to confess before.
"Why not?" I lowered my eyebrows. "My father always said that religion was for the weak, for people who need promises about what they'll encounter in the next life. He was proud that he faced death on his own. He wanted me to do the same. I just…he…" My words trailed down to incoherent mumbles.
You don't believe because your father didn't? Start thinking for yourself.
The couple waited for an answer, but I couldn't bring any more words to my lips.
"Well, the hotel has vacant rooms if you need a place to sleep. It was pleasant chatting with you." Pastor Davis stepped away, his wife following.
Hope? You're encouraging me to hope? I told you my father died. Of course. The typical preacher. "God knows best." Idiotic drivel!
I opened my mouth to voice my bitter thoughts.
A blur of colorful Sunday dresses and flying pigtails ran past, pursued by a boy brandishing a green object. Probably a snake or a frog.
The last girl in the knot of children tripped and tumbled to the ground. The boy passed her without a glance, still shouting his threats to dump his pet in the other girls' hair. What kind of children did they raise in this town?
I reached the girl before the pastor or his wife. Tapping her shoulder, I pushed her flaxen hair out of her dirt-streaked face. "Are you all right?" I tried to make my voice soft and comforting.
Did she want her brother to console her?
Mrs. Davis attempted to scoop the little girl into her arms.
"Did she say brother?" How could she think I was her brother? Maybe I resembled him somewhat, and in her traumatized state she hadn't recognized the difference.
"Penny, darling, you don't have a brother, remember?" Mrs. Davis's soothing voice had no effect on the child's sobs.
No brother? Then why on earth… This town was turning my mind upside down.
A well-dressed man knelt beside me, pried Penny's arms from around my neck, and gathered her into a hug. Dust settled onto his suit and his hat tipped off his head, rolling into the street. He didn't seem to mind as he gently spoke to the girl.
"Mr. Shaw. See, Penny here has always dreamed about having a brother. And I do mean dreamed. Almost half the mornings in the week she wakes up telling us that a tall boy had come to be her brother, but her ma and I thought they were ordinary daydreams. She's described what the boy looked like, and you, well, you…" He waved a hand at me, presumably to say that I was exactly, or very nearly, the person she'd imagined.
This was beginning to resemble a fairy tale. Little white churches and prophetic dreams. Was I sleeping? Still on the train in my bunk? I surreptitiously pinched myself.
No, this scene was real.
Suddenly I was transported back in time and heard my younger self wishing for a brother, asking when I would get a little sister. I hadn't cared which. I just longed for someone to play with. Anyone.
Her eyes held unexplainable magic that captivated me.
I was at war. Two parts of me struggled and tore at each other, begging me to leave, coaxing me to stay.
Penny's voice was somehow stronger than the one in my head.
I was not prepared for the three words that slipped so easily out of her mouth. Three words only an innocent child could state without fear. No. She must be pretending. Little girls love making up stories, don't they?
But one glance at her father's face confirmed the horrible words.
A soft-voiced, gentle-eyed, beautiful child. Dying.
It wasn't right. Or fair.
Just leave. Close your heart up and leave.
"What… I…" I choked out.
Jesus. Of course, she listened to the pastor. Just lies to comfort a child.
What wouldn't I have given for a brother? What wouldn't I have done to have a sibling to love me?
I understood the emptiness in this little girl's heart, and I couldn't allow her to grow up lonely like me.
Her embrace felt strange, but it was worth every emotion I was feeling again.
I lingered in Gracetown for months, but it never became home.
Each day after school, Penny brought me flowers and feathers clutched in her tiny hand. I tried to play the part of big brother, but the experience was so new that I felt like I was constantly failing.
Only Penny's eyes kept me in my role.
I learned her story from Pastor Davis when I tiptoed into the church one Saturday. I was curious what entranced so many people. I hadn't expected Pastor Davis to be inside, but he was arranging flowers in a glass vase at the front. When he called my name, I raised my head guiltily.
"No. No, no, I just…wanted to look…" I mumbled like an idiot, backing toward the door. At the threshold, I hesitated. "Actually, there may be." I sank into a back pew.
"Yes?" He wiped his hands with a cloth and strode down the aisle to sit next to me, waiting patiently as I collected the thoughts that had scattered like dandelion seeds. Finally, the question I'd been gathering the courage to ask since that first Sunday burst out.
"Grace of God," I muttered.
I didn't want to care. Some twisted thief was stealing the one precious thing in my life.
The word that haunted my dreams rang in my mind again.
For one instant of heart-twisting confusion, I yearned to know more.
But I extinguished it like a candle. I conjured up a smile and stood to leave.
Penny slipped into the church, holding a daisy in her hand. My lips stretched into a smile, and this time I nearly fell over from surprise, because the joy was real.
"Shaw, I found this…in the…field behind the…school. It's for you." She swayed as she approached.
She giggled, and I smiled again. How could one little child melt me like this?
"Good day, Shaw. Good day, Miss Penny. I must return home." Pastor Davis tipped his hat and winked, drawing a laugh from her. The thump of the swinging door echoed softly.
Penny scanned her surroundings, the brightness of her smile mimicking the sunbeams that refracted off the stained-glass window. As she thought of strange and far-off things, I let my own mind wander.
Why did she have a talent for asking the questions others avoided?
"I…haven't found it yet," I whispered. I didn't want to admit, least of all to myself, that I had no home.
"Then you should search for it." I almost laughed, but her determined expression stopped me. "You need a home. I'll leave so you can start looking. I have to help Mama anyways." Then she rose onto her toes and planted a kiss on my cheek.
I was still kneeling in the middle of the aisle when the doors shut behind her. My fingers wandered up to the spot where her kiss had landed.
How could she have so much affection for me, a lost, empty-hearted stranger? Was it because she was a child? Did they all love so innocently, so unaware of how broken hearts could be?
Penny screamed. A clatter ended in a sickening thud. Then hollow, fear-filled silence.
"Penny!" I wrenched open the door and saw her crumpled at the bottom of the stairs.
My heart stumbled once and broke. Just like that, it broke. Again.
I swept her into my arms and begged her to open her eyes. Her skin paled and her lips trembled, but she remained unconscious. As I staggered toward town, my vision swam.
Mrs. Crofton stood under the blacksmith sign, a hand to her mouth. Her expression of horror burned itself into my mind. One more face I'd never forget.
"Oh, Heavenly Father, please." Mrs. Crofton quavered. "Phillip!" she screamed.
Metal clanged, and her husband appeared around the corner, stopping short at the sight of the ashen child I held.
"Shaw, fetch the doctor. I'll carry her to her room." Mr. Crofton opened his arms for his daughter.
Though Penny would be safe with her father, I didn't want to relinquish her. I hadn't watched over her as I should have…but the doctor needed to be called.
I slowly released my grip, and Mr. Crofton clasped the little girl against him as if he could protect her from the disease threatening her life. His wife stroked Penny's hair and blinked back tears. I knew I should be running for the doctor, but an invisible force anchored my feet to the ground.
"Penny? Penny, please, darling," Mrs. Crofton murmured.
But her eyelids drooped again. Before they closed, she shifted her gaze to me and whispered words that pierced the pieces of my heart.
I suppose life has been cruel to many people. But when it snatched Penny away from us, I couldn't imagine a deeper pain.
After the accident, she grew paler and weaker for a week. She was enshrined in her room, and the townspeople, including me, sat by her side all through the days, smiling for her, watching, and waiting for some miracle we thought would come.
One night, long before the sun began to rise, we all sensed that Penny would soon be gone. Her breath was hardly a whisper, and her white hand no longer stretched out for her mother but lay motionless on the coverlet.
The hours before sunrise overflowed with quiet tears.
Dawn broke sooner than we wished. The birds sang a concert in the sky, and the flowers uncurled. I'm not sure exactly when Penny left. But I think she waited until the sun peeked through the window so she could bid farewell to the morning.
No one cried anymore. Unshed tears pooled in her mother's eyes. She whispered to no one in particular, or perhaps to everyone, that she refused to mourn her daughter moving on to a better place.
I hurried down the stairs and pushed out into the chilly air. It cut through my clothes like they were shreds. That must be how death felt. Cold, biting, piercing to the bone.
Did she really believe that Penny was in a better place?
"Shaw?" Pastor Davis's voice was thick with grief. I ignored it and kept my back to him.
Go ahead. Offer your empty platitudes. Isn't that what preachers do? Pretend that this is part of some great plan orchestrated by a wise, compassionate God.
I readied a string of accusations in response to his banalities.
The words died on my lips. This was not what I'd expected.
"W-what?" My voice shook, even with that one small word. I hated my broken, stupid, betraying heart.
He walked away, leaving those words to settle into me as heavy as lead.
"Excuse me, Shaw?" Mrs. Crofton touched my arm, her voice laced with anguish that time hadn't had a chance to heal yet.
The memories of building death-boxes came rushing back, of staring at the waxen faces inside and watching Father become weaker until his hands could no longer hold the tools.
Images I'd tried to forget flashed through my mind. Dark wood in a dirt hole. A roughly hewn cross. The old town fading into the distance. My vow, uttered firmly in anger and sorrow, echoed in my mind.
I'll never build another coffin. I swear.
"Mrs. Crofton, I…" I looked away, the haze clouding my eyes spilling over into tears.
A child's coffin is a sorrowful thing to build. Never should there be a reason for it, but death has no concern for age.
I had never cared so much before. I had realized, of course, that a young person's death was a tragedy, but I never paid attention to the children of my town until life had already fled from their bodies. Much to my shame, they had never been real to me.
Her coffin was polished with tears, and I was not ashamed of them. What I had refused to allow at my father's death was now freely done. Not just for Penny's sake, but for others. For the Croftons. For Father.
Penny's funeral service was held in the church, the last place I'd heard her laugh and seen her smile. My foot paused on the bottom step as the memories of her scream, her white face, and her crumpled body overwhelmed me.
I didn't want to go inside…but I'd promised. For Penny. So I kept mounting those steps and found myself in one of the front pews.
Pastor Davis commemorated Penny's short, beautiful life, and as I listened, I learned about love and why Penny had given me hers. I had expected the town to be crushed like my heart after Father's death. Though the people mourned, something shone through the darkness, lifting them past the grief, and I believed it was hope.
Pastor Davis and I carried the coffin to the graveyard and set it down beside the small hole that had been dug. Then I whispered words I thought I would never have the power to say.
Pastor Davis clasped his Bible over his heart. "That's what hope is, Shaw. A helper, a healer, and a way to focus on blessings yet to be given, not the heartache we have." He lifted his gaze upward.
How wrong I'd been about graveyards. They weren't places of death but memories of life and reminders of the future. The Croftons believed their daughter was in heaven, happy and relieved of her suffering.
Could I have the same hope?
I stepped away from the small wooden box and picked up one of the ropes. The lyrics to a hymn, strange, sad, and beautiful, rose to the sky.
Home. That word had seemed unreachable before.
We lowered the casket and tossed flowers onto the glossy lid. Dirt was shoveled in and a stone cross erected at the head. Then the mourners drifted back to town to cope with the loss in private. Even Penny's parents, after one last glance at their daughter's grave, trudged away.
I knelt, touching the warm soil of the raised mound. I loved this town, and Penny was here, but…it was time for another new beginning.
A breeze rustled the tall grass and shifted the flowers scattered over her grave.
Then the realization that I was leaving Penny struck me. The grass blurred, and I wiped my eyes determinedly. But maybe…maybe I should cry. Maybe some things were easier to let go when wet with tears.
"Goodbye, little sister." Penny had touched my heart in a way nothing else had. And I doubted anything ever would again.
The last words she'd spoken to me echoed like the final line of a beautiful song.
The clouds parted, and the sun streamed down, brushing fingers of light over the cross. Even the dirt sparkled under its smile. It looked like a heavenly blessing.
The summer she turned eight, Anne made two very important decisions. The first was to become a Christian, and the second was to become a writer. She has never regretted either decision and highly doubts she ever will.
Working around the pocket knives, skyscraper stacks of books, and quilling strips (Google it) that cover her desk, Anne has managed to finish one novella, nearly finish a novel, and is currently working on two others.
Her friends have described her as adventurous, stubborn, and spunky. She is a self-proclaimed connoisseur of desserts who will only eat Tootsie Rolls if no real chocolate is readily available. When she isn't writing or reading, she enjoys quilling, board games, and graphic design. She loves roller coasters and the color forest green. And ice cream. And old books. And music. And summer. And short bios, which she failed to write.
Wow!!! Just absolutely beautiful!! The style was amazing and you wrote it perfectly something I rarely see with this style. Really great job on a very inspiring story.
Thank you!! This style of almost sad but still hopeful story is one that I always feel at home writing, in an odd way.
this was so touching, Anne! One of the best short stories I have read. Yeah…sibling stories always get me.
Thank you for the high praise, Ariel!!
Thank you, Ariel. Yeah, they always get me too.
Gorgeous! I was tearing up!
Thank you so much,Gail! It almost makes me cry seeing how many people love my words.
Absolutely beautiful without being trite. The hope shines all the brighter for being tempered with sorrow. Well done, Anne, it was a delight to read!
So engaging and it flowed beautifully!!
Thank you, Alatheia!! Glad you loved it.
*Gets a tissue box and cries* This was so touching I was dying inside when Penny died. Amazing work Anne! keep it up!
That was so beautifully sad. So, so, so sad. But so, so, so beautiful at the same time. *applauds while holding back tears* Great job!
Thank you Ninja!!! Sad and beautiful was exactly what I was going for.
Well, you did better than me, cause I cried while writing it.
So polished, so emotional, so *real*… My word. This is a beautiful story, like a perfect flower on a quiet grave.
This made me cryyyy great job. My heart hurts now ha. I aspire to write stories like this- sad but hopeful.
I just have to say, this is a story that can be so beautiful, yet so sorrowful at the same time. Shaw, or Edward, losing the ones he love, for the One he needs. It's gorgeous! Thank you for writing this. It gives me a sense of hope myself. May God bless you in your other work!
Anne, what on earth????????? THIS WAS SO STINKING AMAZING I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are a talented girl, my friend, I am stunned.


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Zeb from Star Wars: Rebels revealed!
By Andy, February 19, 2014 in Star Wars Saga
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Zeb is the latest Rebels character to be revealed for Disney's upcoming animated series.Zeb Orrelios has been described as "the muscle" of the crew of the Ghost, and will be voiced by veteran anime and video game voice actor Steve Blum.
Blum spoke to IGN about his reaction to being cast in Star Wars: Rebels.
"I think I actually screamed when I was booked to play Zeb. It is literally a role of a lifetime. I've been lucky enough to play some major superhero roles in my career, but to be given the chance to play a newcharacter in a Star Wars series? Brain explosion. As if working on a Star Wars series - in any capacity - wasn't enough to cause a grown man to squee, Zeb challenges every acting skill in my arsenal and beyond. His character design is amazing. I get to vocally take on ape-like physical power and abilities, a wicked sense of humor, intelligence and integrity, and so much more that I can't yet reveal. The attention to detail from the entire production team is inspiring. Every bit of minutia is carefully crafted to satisfy the most discerning fan of the franchise. I'm humbled and honored to be a part of the Rebels crew. I promise I will dig as deep as I'm allowed to give you guys the performance I would hope for as a fan. Get ready, guys. You're in for one helluva ride."
Blum adds Rebels to his extensive list of voice credits, which includes everything from Cowboy Bebop to Wolverine and the X-Men, and even several other Star Wars titles including Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and The Force Unleashed.
Zeb's species is so far unknown, but is based on the original Ralph McQuarrie concept art for Chewbacca.
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It's interesting to see that he's based on an old McQuarrie concept for Chewbacca. Some folks online had wondered if he was really a Wookiee that had shaved off everything except his goatee and mutton chops.
We are a week removed from the new season dropping on Netflix. I'm really excited. Poor Will needs to catch a break.
Galaxy's Edge Disney World opens
The Galaxy's Edge attraction at Disney World in Florida opens.
Galaxy's Edge Disneyland opens
The Galaxy's Edge attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California opens.
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As Disney prepare to open the Star Wars Galaxy's Edge theme park at their California and Florida resorts, new details have emerged from press previews of what promises to be the most immersive Star Wars experience by far.
The park is themed around the outer rim planet Batuu, with roleplaying experiences and missions to be discovered. Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run is sure to be a big hit with fans, as they pilot the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, and in "Rise of the Resistance" visitors will be captured by the First Order and taken aboard a Star Destroyer.
Retail stores will allow you to customise your own droid and build your own lightsaber, while restaurants will showcase food from around the galaxy including Ronto Wraps, Endorian Tip-Yip, and of course, Blue Milk.
Galaxy's Edge opens in Disneyland California this summer, and in Disney World Florida in Fall 2019.
For more pictures and information, check out the official Star Wars site.
Star Wars Rebels is an animated television series set between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It follows the crew of the starship Ghost as they fight against the Galactic Empire.


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Q: Iterate through aws workspaces using python boto3 I am trying to print all the AWS Workspaces available in a specific region.
I have tried using  the code :
import boto3
client = boto3.client('workspaces')
counter = client.describe_workspaces()
print counter()

But  "print counter()" is print a lot of values which I am not sure about, how can I store the Workspace ID in the "counter" variable so that I can iterate through them.

A: You can get a list of IDs like this,
import boto3
client = boto3.client('workspaces')

workspaces = client.describe_workspaces()['Workspaces']
workspaceIds = [workspace['WorkspaceId'] for workspace in workspaces]

A: WorkspaceID is part of the response, all you need to do is iterate through the list returned. docs


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This book is the first collection of essays specifically on the topic of blame, which is a thriving field of inquiry in contemporary ethics and moral psychology.
It contains essays by the pioneers of the field, including T. M. Scanlon, George Sher, Angela Smith, R. Jay Wallace, and Gary Watson.
Scanlon's essay in particular will be of great interest, since it expands and more fully defends the influential account of blame that he presented in his book Moral Dimensions.
One mark of interpersonal relationships is a tendency to blame. But what precise evaluations and responses constitute blame? Is it most centrally a judgment, or is it an emotion, or something else? Does blame express a demand, or embody a protest, or does it simply mark an impaired relationship? What accounts for its force or sting, and how similar is it to punishment?
The essays in this volume explore answers to these (and other) questions about the nature of blame, but they also explore the various norms that govern the propriety of blame. The traditional question is whether anyone ever deserves to be blamed, but the essays here provide a fresh perspective by focusing on blame from the blamer's perspective instead. Is our tendency to blame a vice, something we should work to replace with more humane ways of relating, or does it rather lie at the very heart of a commitment to morality? What can we legitimately expect of each other, and in general, what sort of attitude do would-be blamers need to have in order to have the standing to blame? Hypocritical or self-righteous blame seems objectionable, but why?
The contributions to this volume aim to give us a fuller picture of the nature and norms of blame, and more generally of the promises and perils of membership in the human moral community.
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Chancery Enforces Preferred Stock Consent Rights, and Reasons that Designee of a Corporate Stockholder Is an "Affiliate" of that Stockholder for Purposes of an "Interested Party" Clause
By Matthew F. Lintner, R. Eric Hacker, K. Tyler O'Connell on October 24, 2019
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PWP Xerion Holdings III LLC v. Red Leaf Resources Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0235-JTL (Del. Ch. Oct. 23, 2019).
Preferred stockholders frequently obtain the right to veto specific types of transactions. Here, plaintiff PWP Xerion Holdings III LLC ("Xerion"), a hedge fund that acquired Series A Preferred Stock in Red Leaf Resources Inc. (the "Company"), obtained consent rights for certain events, including (i) any transaction "with or for the benefit of any director or officer (or their respective affiliates)"; and (ii) any change of "the business or business plan" of the Company. In this decision, the Court of Chancery grants partial summary judgment on Xerion's claims that the Company violated these consent rights.
Before the dispute arose, the Company had participated in a joint venture agreement with a major oil company aimed at developing certain technology to extract oil from shale (the "JV"). The major oil company became a stockholder of the Company and obtained the right to designate a board member. When the JV did not work out, the board of the Company voted to exit the JV, and the director designated by the major oil company voted for that exit. The end of the JV also required the Company to refocus its business plan to extraction in a different location and using different technology.
Xerion declined to approve the exit from the JV and the change of business plan, and sued for breach of its consent rights. The Court of Chancery agreed with Xerion that the director appointed by the major oil company who also was an officer of that company was an "affiliate" of it, citing dictionary definitions of that term and usage under corporate and securities law statutes. Accordingly, Xerion's consent was required to exit the JV. Likewise, refocusing the business from one technology in Utah to a similar but not identical technology in Jordan required Xerion's consent, as such a change required material alterations to the business plan. Company witnesses uniformly asserted in depositions that the business plan broadly was "to develop, commercialize, and license its oil shale technology," but the Court noted that was its business, not its business plan. While the former remained constant, the latter had changed, and so Xerion's approval was required.
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HomeCryptocurrency NewsNew Research Claims Satoshi Mined Far Fewer Bitcoins Than Previously Thought
New Research Claims Satoshi Mined Far Fewer Bitcoins Than Previously Thought
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Based on five-year-old research, Bitcoin enthusiasts and critics alike have often held that Satoshi Nakamoto originally mined some 1,000,000 bitcoin in the early days of the network. New numbers from BitMEX Research, however, demonstrates this number could be off by 300,000-400,000 total bitcoin.
Breaking Down Lerner's Research
The oft-cited 1,000,000 coins estimation comes from research conducted by Bitcoin developer and RSK founder Sergio Demian Lerner and presented on Bitcointalk in 2013.
Lerner came to this conclusion by examining the Total Network Strength of Bitcoin's blockchain in 2009. At 7 MH/s, he argued, Satoshi must have been mining alone in the network's first two weeks, and, since the network's hashrate remained at 7MH/s for the entirety of 2009, he must have been mining alone for the entire year.
In the comment section of the forum, Lerner was met with some understandable criticism and skepticism. Counter arguments posit that his MH/s estimation doesn't include a large enough sample size and is based on unreliable block timestamps. Many forum users also recalled mining themselves in the early days of the network.
These arguments and anecdotes were enough for community members to shrug off Lerner's claims, until a few days later, he came back with more evidence derived from a different method and posted it on his personal blog.
Lerner's new findings were derived by using Bitcoin's ExtraNonce value, a bit of data in coinbase transactions that miners can use if it takes them too long to find a block.
Lerner's research was accompanied by two graphs that, he argued, illustrate that Satoshi was the only miner working in the network's infancy. As the slopes that represent the ExtraNonce value are of the same size and gradient, the argument goes, it's reasonable to assume that they represent the same miner.
This method and its findings were enough to convince most of Lerner's naysayers; as a result, many assumed that Satoshi netted roughly 1,000,000 bitcoin as a reward for his solitary mining in the early days of his creation.
BitMEX Rethinks Lerner's Method
This week, BitMEX Research revisited Lerner's research, although it arrived at a different conclusion.
BitMEX Research does agree with Lerner's findings to a point, and they have no problems with his method. But they also argue that his findings only support his argument up to August 2009.
"After August 2009, the pattern breaks down to some extent. The gradient of the slopes varies considerably (from 1.1 nonces per block to 10 nonces per block)," BitMEX Research explains. "At the same time, the height of the slopes is inconsistent and there are many large gaps between them. Therefore, although the image still looks compelling, the evidence that the miner is one entity is somewhat weak, in our view."
The research finally concludes that "the number of blocks allocated to the dominant miner is grossly overestimated." The authors continue to write that "[even] if the slopes are similar, this could be because different entities had a similar setup. Each miner is not independent, in the sense that they are likely to be running the same software or could be using the same popular hardware, which could produce the same pattern."
A more likely figure for how many bitcoins Satoshi mined, the report reads, is likely between 600,000 and 700,000.
It's important to note that the biggest assumption in this case is that Satoshi is the dominant miner in the network's early days. There's no hard evidence to confirm this hypothesis, something BitMEX acknowledges in its report.
The Implications of This Evidence
In the Bitcointalk Forum detailing Lerner's original evidence, some community members argue that the mining rewards reaped by the first miner (be that person Satoshi or otherwise) is unethical. In effect, these critics say, these rewards act like a pre-mine of sorts. With no one else on the network, Satoshi would have been able to mine without competition and, as a result, he accumulated a treasure trove of bitcoin.
Whether this critique is valid or not, the new evidence BitMEX presents may partly mitigate these concerns. Though these same critics may find little solace in the notion that Satoshi or the first miner may only own 30-40 percent fewer coins than originally evidenced, it appears as though, at least from August 2009 on, Satoshi wasn't the only miner on the network.
BitMEX calls into question just how many blocks Satoshi mined, meaning that the first year's block rewards may not have been so centrally allocated as originally assumed.
Under this argument, the network was more active in its nascency thanks to a handful of early adopters, so Satoshi couldn't have monopolized it as some critics claim.
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Nine Days, and Seven Tears (short story)
Twenty-one year old Briony is stagnating, living at home with her parents and younger brother—until a mysterious, beautiful visitor from the sea brings new hope of happiness. But Freyja's not meant to be on the Isle of Wight, and she's about to leave for home shores. Can Briony find a way to keep her selkie lover by her side?
Note: this story also appears in the anthology She Shifters
Due out from JMS Books 20th July 2019
London Lark (short story)
Apprentice tinkerer Harriet Hodgkins is skilled in the construction and maintenance of intricate clockwork contrivances. She's also rather good at masquerading as a man—for of course, no self-respecting craftsman would hire a woman.
Repairing a salvaged automaton becomes a labour of love for Hodgkins, and the object of her affections, Miss Pandora Piper, comes to hold her rescuer in equal esteem. But Hodgkins has yet to confess her true gender, and moreover the clockwork coquette is destined for resale. If Hodgkins can't engineer a more auspicious ending, Miss Pandora's restoration will signal their separation.
Note: this story also appears in the Upstaged anthology
Due out 10th August 2019 from JMS Books
First Time (short story)
When jaded old lag Mel meets pretty new prison inmate Ella, she's quick to take her under her wing and show her how to survive in the system. In prison, everything has a price—but Mel finds herself strangely reluctant to take advantage of Ella's gratitude, no matter how much she wants her.
Ella's not so reticent, and their nights turn passionate—but the outcome of Ella's appeal could part them forever.
Note: this story also appears in the anthology Desire Behind Bars
Due out 24th August from JMS Books
Blazing June (short story)
Struggling single mum Carla does her best to look after her elderly neighbour, but has to call the police to help when Mrs MacReady suffers a fall and she can't get in to help. A good deed brings its own reward when one of the constables who turns up is the beautiful, red-haired Ellen.
Ellen cuts her hand breaking into the flat to rescue the old lady, and as Carla tends the wound, she falls half in love with the golden stranger. She doesn't expect to ever see her again—but Ellen might just surprise her.
Note: this story also appears in the anthology Lesbian Cops
Due out 14th September from JMS Books
Alpaca My Bags (novella)
Silver fox Scott Riley is holidaying on the Isle of Wight with his newborn granddaughter and her parents following the breakup of his relationship. A bit of fun in the sun with rugged alpaca farmer, Ryan, could be just what the doctor ordered for Scott—but first he'll need to get past his over-protective daughter! Stressed out from new motherhood, Katie's worried her dad's going to get his heart broken.
Free spirit Ryan doesn't believe in relationships. An ex foster child, he's learned to move on quickly from hook-ups and cut his emotional losses. But with the island's limited dating opportunities, he's taken up knitting to while away the lonely evenings. Ryan's not planning to waste a minute in getting Scott into his bed—but into his life?
They've said all along it's just a holiday fling. When both men realise it could be the start of something more, they'll need to work hard to counter Scott's family's misgivings—not to mention their own.
Note: this story first appeared in the Hot Summer Nights anthology
Due out 30 September 2019
Counter Culture (novel; title tbc)
Robin Christopher, beleaguered retail worker, isn't having an easy November. His boss is pushing the stress levels to overload planning a Black Friday to end all Black Fridays, his family doesn't understand him, and his best friend thinks his new crush is a hallucination brought on by watching too many episodes of Doctor Who.
Archie Levine dresses in Victorian style and divides his time between looking after his young son and creating weird and wacky steampunk gadgets from bits of old junk—when he's not looking after his mum, Lyddie, and trying to keep on good terms with his ex. The last thing he's got time for is a relationship—but the young man he met while disembowelling a fridge is proving very tempting.
When Lyddie's social conscience is roused by a local store with a cavalier attitude to the homeless, former rough sleeper Archie shares her anger. Little does he know, Robin works for the very store that's the focus of their outrage. When Archie finds out he's sleeping with the enemy, things could cut up very rough indeed.
Due out 3rd November 2019 from Riptide


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Q: grep backslash in negative lookbehind I want to find the number of occurrences of XXX in my latex document that are not in the form of a command as \XXX. Therefore I am looking for occurrences that are not preceded by a backslash.
I tried the following:
grep -c -e '(?<!\)XXX' test.tex    #result: grep: Unmatched ) or \)
grep -c -e '(?<!\\)XXX' test.tex   #result: 0
grep -c -e "(?<!\\)XXX" test.tex   #result: -bash: !\\: event not found

none of them work as intended. In fact I don't understand the last error message at all.
My test.tex contains only the following lines
%test.tex

XXX

\XXX

So the expected result is 1.
Any ideas?
Ps.: I am working in bash.

A: Neither standard nor extended regular expressions support the look behind. Use Perl compatible regexes:
grep -P '(?<!\\)xxx' test.tex

A: Try to use
grep -P '(?<!\\)\bXXX\b' test.tex

A: If you have GNU grep, it should support Perl-compatible regular expressions with --perl-regexp or -P command-line option. The classical perl regular expression only support negated character classes, for example, [^a] means any character except "a".
The examples that you gave look like Perl-compatible regular expressions, not classical one, and you have to use GNU grep with --perl-regexp or -P command-line option or you can install PCRE-enabled grep, e.g. "pcregrep" - it doesn't need any command-line options for PCRE, and thus is more convenient.
Also, you pattern doesn't look like a negative assertion. It should be
(?!pattern)

not the
(?<!pattern)

Find more here: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html
If you like perl-compatible regular expressions and have perl but don't have pcregrep or your grep doesn't support --perl-regexp, you can you one-line perl scripts that work the same way like grep. Perl accepts stdin the same way like grep, e.g.
ipset list | perl -e "while (<>) {if (/packets(?! 0 )/){print;};}"

A: The grep version on my MacOS Catalina does not even have the -P flag for Perl style regex,

    $ grep --version
    grep (BSD grep) 2.5.1-FreeBSD

So I just rolled my own version of the grep -l command which I needed to get list of files that matched a negative lookahead regex, below is the source code, feel free to adapt to your own needs,
    #!/usr/bin/perl

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    # Tries to mimic at least partially `grep -l` command, and provides support for look-arounds using Perl regex'
    # Usage: ls <some folder> | grepList.pl <reg-ex>
    # Algorithm:
    # Open each file in the list supplied
    #   Apply regex to each line, as soon as it matches output file name to STDOUT and continue to next file
    #   If EOF file reached, means file did not match, do not print file name, and move on to next file
    # Runtime complexity: O(m * n), where m is number of files and n is the maximum number of lines a file can have
    # Space complexity:   O(1), no intermediary memory storage needed

    my $reg_ex = qr/$ARGV[0]/;

    while(<STDIN>) {
        chop($_);
        my $file = $_;
        open(IN, $file) || die "Unable to open $file: $!";
        while(<IN>) {
            my $line = $_;
            if ($line =~ /$reg_ex/) {
                print "$file\n";
                last;
            }
        }
    }


So I've finally updated not only my computer, but also bought a new monitor. I'm coming from an HD6770 and a Phenom II X6 1090t. Some ancient HP prebuilt from 8-9 years ago.
Goal with this build was 144hz/1440p + freesync so that's why I'm going all AMD. Budget was about a grand excluding the monitor.
No further description needed. Amazing price, amazing performance. Stock cooler is great.
Smoking fast and good looking B-die ram. Got it for $200.
Blazing fast and a great price, form factor, and look.
Absolute unit of a card. Great performance.
Beautiful, quiet, good price. High airflow. Literally 0 noise.
Respectable build, very clean and nice look too. That is a powerful budget friendly machine.
i see a russian flag and nasa cup..
Should be, but waiting is always better.
Nice build. Did your MOBO take the ryzen 5 2600 or did you need a boot kit for it..?
Yes! And no I did not.


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IEC 61076-5 pdf download.Connectors for use in d.c., low-frequency analogue and digital high-speed data applications
1 Scope and object
This part of IEC 61076 relates to the plug-in sockets designed for in-line electronic packages of assessed quality. Sockets covered by this specification are devices which provide a means of interchangeability between devices and compliance between mating limits. The scope of this specification covers sockets for packages with contacts having one of the following in-line formats. a) Single in-line sockets. b) Dual in-line sockets. c) Quad in-line sockets. d) Zig-zag in-line (staggered) sockets. The object of this specification is to define ● a unified numbering system; . ● functional levels and standard test methods and gauges for use in the examination of these sockets; ● appropriate reference dimensions of the mating device and board layout to establish intermateability and interchangeability criteria. Test severity and performance require- ments prescribed in detail specifications referring to this sectional specification shall be equal to, or greater than, those specified herein; degradations are not permitted.
2,General
2.1 Normative references The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this part of IEC 61076. For dated references, subsequent amendments to, or revisions of, any of these publications do not apply. However, parties to agreements based on this part of IEC 61076 are encouraged to investigate the posibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document referred to applies. Members of IEC and ISO maintain registers of currently valid International Standards. IEC 60068-1:1988, Environmental testing – Part 1: General and guidance IEC 60352 (all parts), Solderless connections IEC 60410:1973, Sampling plans and procedures for inspection by attributes
2.3 Information to be given in a detail specification The detail specification shall be derived from the relevant blank detail specification and shall contain all required information. Detail specifications shall not specify requirements inferior to those of the generic or sectional specifications. When more severe requirements are included, they shall be listed in the detail specification and indicated in the test schedules; for example, by an asterisk. The detail specification shall contain the complete technical requirements for inspection, including the quality conformance test schedule. If the technical requirements of the generic and/or sectional specification relative to inspection are not entirely suitable (either for technical reasons or for special applications) to the component described in the detail specification, the detail specification shall set out clearly the various amendments which are to be made to these requirements. 2.4 Standard values The range for voltage shall not exceed 1 000 V (d.c. or peak a.c.). The current rating shall not exceed 2 A. Specific voltage and current ratings shall be as defined in the detail specification. 2.5 Classification Sockets covered by this sectional specification shall be classified with respect to termination type, contact style, insulator body configuration, and decoupling capacitor style.
3 Quality assessment procedures
3.1 General The qualification inspection tests are prescribed in table 2. When aditional test groups are prescribed by the detail specification, the identity of the test group, the sequence of tests, and the minimum sample quantity shall be in accordance with table 2. When the detail specification prescribes tests not in table 2, it shall include the additional test either within an existing test group or as an additional test group. No failures are permitted. In the event that qualfication is sought on a variant of a previously qualified socket, qualification inspection shall be limited to those tests for which the test results on previously qualified sockets are not valid for the variant. 3.2 Primary stage of manufacturing The primary stage of manufacture is the first process subsequent to the manufacture of finished piece parts and subassemblies. A subassembly is defined as the permanent assembly of two or more piece parts.
BS IEC 61882 pdf download


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AustinTalks (http://austintalks.org/2017/08/austin-families-of-gun-violence-victims-march-through-neighborhood-for-peace-and-justice/)
Austin families of gun violence victims march through neighborhood for peace, justice
By Xueer Zhang | August 29, 2017
About 50 people met Saturday night at the corner of Central Avenue and Lake Street to show their support for families who've lost loved ones to gun violence on the West Side.
Community leaders and elected officials led a prayer of peace for the victims' families, who gathered outside the Green Line station to remember their lost children while calling for justice. Most of their cases remain unsolved.
"On June 1st, 2017, my 16-year-old son, Davion Toney, was lost to senseless street violence," said lifelong Austin resident Michael Douglas, 46.
"It's just devastated my family and the whole community," Douglas said. "We have to wake up every morning and not see our child."
The case is still not solved, he said.
"We are just waiting and trying to find out what happened," Douglas said. "I'm really unsure of what really happened. No witnesses, not anything."
Douglas was among more than a dozen parents and grandparents of murder victims who then marched to Laramie and Jackson, where Emmanuel Fleming, 34, and Michael Swift, 46, were killed on the front steps of Friendship Baptist Church as they made their way to Sunday services earlier this month.
Families and friends of the victims spoke about the surge in gun shootings in Austin, with their cases ranging from 2012 to just months ago – all of which remain unsolved due to the lack of witnesses, they said.
"It's unacceptable that the solve rate for murders in Chicago is under 30 percent," Rep. La Shawn K. Ford said. It's almost as if you can "get away with murder in Chicago."
According to Ford's office, there were 537 shootings in 2016 in Austin, the most of all of the city's 77 community areas. And the neighborhood is on pace to surpass that number this year.
Ford urged police and the community to work together to catch the killers.
"We want to help solve those crimes so that the parents [can be living] a lot more easy with the loss of their loved ones," he said.
"We are not giving up on community," Ford said. "We are not giving up on the fact that the killers are still loose."
Among the crowd were also young children who've lost their mothers or fathers to violence.
"My son is gone; he left his children here," said longtime West Side resident Bertha Purnell, mother of Maurice, who was gunned down in front of a barbershop after leaving his mother's West Side house June 24.
"My son was to be married last Saturday," said Purnell, who was at last weekend's rally with her grandchildren. "His family will never be the same. My family will never be the same."
She, too, was told there was no witnesses to her son's shooting.
"I need help, I want justice," Purnell said. "We need to have something done. In Chicago, kill somebody and get away with it. It has to stop."
Sharita Galloway's 16-year-old son, Elijah Sims, was shot in the head Aug. 30, 2016, in the 5500 block of Quincy Street – two hours before his 17th birthday.
"There has not been any justice," Galloway said. "We can't sleep at night. Our lives have been changed forever."
Sims, who was a student at Oak Park and River Forest High School, was shot as he made his way home on his bike before his new curfew.
"Elijah was turning 17. And he has always had a 10 o'clock curfew," Galloway said. "But the first day of his new curfew, which is 10:30, he got shot. He never even got a chance … He would have started college if it weren't a murder."
Galloway urged neighbors to stand up and speak out as witnesses, as she and her sister are still actively looking for evidence.
"If somebody sees something, say something," Galloway said. "We would have a little peace, just a little bit, if we had justice."
Some in the crowd said there needs to be more support of young people in the community.
"The solution is we need these youths to have better employment and education opportunities," Douglas said.
"What we need is some type of program to be implemented to get these youths off the street," he said, adding the after-school programs such as Boy Scouts and sports team he knew while growing up in the 1970's have all been cut out.
He also urged young men in the neighborhood to think twice before they act.
"I just wanna tell everybody, please put the guns down," he said. "And there's one thing I need all you youth to do: If you are ever to make any decisions again in life, just think, is it worth my life?"
While police should have the necessary technologies to solve murders, the city should also work on reducing the number of guns coming into the West Side, Rep. Ford said.
"There's too many guns in our community," Ford said later in an interview. "We need to urge and invite our federal government to cut the flow of guns to the city and the state of Illinois."
State Rep. Camille Lilly said the community must come together against the senseless shootings.
"We are here today to address our issue – which is our young people are dying, our families feel broken," she said.
"We must stand together and come up with a solution that together we can work on," she added. "We will walk today to let you know that we care."
The crowd then headed toward Laramie and Jackson, with parents, young people and community leaders chanting, "What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now."
Young Austin women invited to Sister 2 Sister group
The group meets every Monday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. at 5852 W. North Ave. It's part of the Good Neighbor Campaign.
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Austin resident Dwayne Truss appointed to Chicago Board of Education
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Local teacher, police on West Side to be honored
The Good Neighbor Campaign will be recognizing the Chicago Police Department's first response team as well as an exemplary teacher at its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. May 14 at 5437 W. Division.
State lawmaker calls for end to violence
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Election Day is here
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Free pop-up barbeques will continue throughout the summer
The good neighbor campaign will host the free events every two weeks in partnership with the Westside Health Authority and the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago.
Students quiz 7th district Democratic candidates on gun violence
Community will discuss violence
Public urged to attend community justice symposium Saturday
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View all gun violence Posts →
State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford and the leader of the UIC Great Cities Institute will stand alongside victims of violence this morning to offer solutions.
Show your support for murder victim's family
Elected official meets with Facebook to discuss ways to stop violence acts from being livestreamed
Suburban businessman adds $5,000 to reward fund seeking arrest of 15-year-old's killer
Gun violence summit this weekend will highlight "endangered" neighborhoods
View all Murder Posts →
Two wrongly convicted of murder will share their stories Saturday
State Rep. La Shawn Ford and The Voice newspaper are co-sponsoring the event, which includes free legal advice.
West Side clergy rally to help earthquake victims
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Xueer Zhang


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This song is one of my favorites to play in the Playground Sessions library! Something about the groove and the left hand chord shapes.. Ed Sheeran surprised me with this one, since his usual style up to that point was more of an acoustic guitar, singer-songwriter vibe. But 'Shape of You' came out of the gate with a specific kind of rhythm usually found in upbeat latin music or, more recently, pop club tracks. Pitbull, Justin Bieber, Drake, and many more have used this pattern in their beats (learn more about what I call the '3-3-2' rhythmic grouping in my video lesson).
This is a fantastic song for practicing different rhythms between the hands. They often don't play at the same time, but there is still a pattern to the rhythmic differences. The left hand pattern I mentioned above (3-3-2) acts as both a syncopated rhythmic device and an anchor. When we can get a difficult rhythmic pattern "under our fingers" (practiced enough to become muscle memory), and that pattern repeats, it can be just as easy to play and put on "auto pilot" as a much simpler rhythmic passage. Of course, in order to get it to that point, it may require a lot more practice at slow speeds!
One of the great things about the Advanced arrangement of this song (which is the one featured in the YouTube video teaching the chorus) is that even though the chord progression is very repetitive, the voices build over time. We start with a single note pattern, but later into the verse, we play 2-note chords, or "dyads." Finally, when we've built up momentum to the chorus, we're playing full triads.
Instead of playing only chords in the left hand however, we also see some doubling of the melody. And, at times, the hands take turns completing a melodic phrase.
If you love using your favorite songs to learn the piano, come check out "Shape Of You" at the Playground Sessions YouTube channel. If you like what you see you can download the app to learn the rest with our interactive sheet music.


beach, as part of our three-year Adventure in Mexico.
hundred meters out with an incoming tide.
The RV Park has a Palapa high on the south-western headland overlooking the park and the ocean.
and individuals that you can take part in. As we relaxed drinking coffee outside our Travel Trailer, a group of four-wheel-drive, off-road vehicles left the campground.
They were laden with luggage on apparently a well-organized drive.
visitors from the US and Canada. Booking in advance is recommended.
M&L Tip for the Week.
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Ravenscourt Baptist Church is a church in Ravenscourt Road, Hammersmith, London.

The building dates from the 1970s.

References

External links

Hammersmith
Churches in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
20th-century Baptist churches in the United Kingdom
Hammersmith

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I have an issue with one of my components. I'm annotating EntityManager member with In but it's not injected. This component is created to provide server side pagination for rich:dataTable and first call of a function which tries to access entityManager comes not from JSF action.
I've added check if entityManager is null everywhere it's used to fix the problem. According to the logs first call of function which needs entityManager is call of countItems() function and at this moment entityManager is not yet injected. Does anybody know better solution for this issue?
Try simply extend your StudentList from EntityController.
Thanks. This approach is much better.


Chaetomium species are found worldwide in soil, dung, or decaying plants. Most species are prolific producers of the enzyme cellulase that breaks down cellulose. Destruction of paper and other materials containing cellulose (including foods, feeds, paper, textile, bird feathers, seeds and military equipment) by species of this mould is well documented. Due to their strong ability to destroy material, Chaetomium species are often used in testing materials for resistance to mould growth.
Chaetomium is perhaps the third most common indoor fungal contaminant of mouldy damp buildings. It may be found on wet drywall, wall-paper, carpets, window frames, baseboards and plywood. The most widespread and common species is Chaetomium globosum. This species causes many problems of biodeterioration of paper and other cellulose containing material. It is considered a "weed" of mushroom beds, where it inhibits the growth of cultivated mushrooms.
Generally the concentration of airborne Chaetomium spores is very low. This is because the spores (= ascospores) are produced within flask-shaped bodies (= perithecia) and not exposed to air like those of moulds such as Penicillium and Aspergillus. When the spores mature, they are released inside the perithecium and then squeezed out in a column like toothpaste through an opening at the top of the perithecium. The coiled hairs trap the spores such that they are not easily dispersed into the air by wind.
The other reason why the concentration of airborne Chaetomium spores is usually low is because the spores are relatively large and hence have relatively high settling rates and therefore do not remain airborne for long. As a result, airborne spore concentration of Chaetomium is usually low even in contaminated buildings. Due to low air concentration, exposure to airborne Chaetomium is insignificant except in situations where the mould has dried out and disturbed.
What does the presence of Chaetomium in a building tell us?
Chaetomium is one of those moulds that require chronic moisture conditions for it to grow. It's presence is therefore an indication of existing or previous serious moisture problem. A few spores in pre-remediation air samples is an indication of a mould problem in the building. Because of the low airborne concentration, rarely is Chaetomium detected in outdoor samples. Hence any spores detected indoors are highly likely to have a source indoors and not outdoors. One can also sample house dust to determine whether Chaetomium is present or not.
Although Chaetomium species are rarely associated with human infections, there are reports of infections involving individuals with weak immune system. Chaetomium globosum is known to produce 2 toxins in moisture damaged buildings, chaetoglobosins A and C. These toxins have the potential to cause illness to building occupants.
For more information on Chaetomium species,please visit http://www.moldbacteria.com/learnmore/moldlist.html or call 905-290-101.
Fogle, Matthew R (2007). Growth and mycotoxin production by Chaetomium globosum. PhD Dissertation, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Piecková E: In vitro toxicity of indoor Chaetomium Kunze ex Fr. Ann Agric Environ Med 2003, 10, 9–14.


I almost tossed it because it was too cartoony, but there's something in there fighting the cartooniness, so it might make a good jumping-off point. It's going up, in any case. Gotta catch up to the over-achievers.