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What is the Aerospace Improvement Maturity Model (AIMM)?
Posted by Christopher Paris | Sep 11, 2021 | Opinion
Maturity models are hot right now, so IAQG has announced its stab at the trend, called AIMM (Aerospace Improvement Maturity Model.) I was getting a lot of emails about it from some very confused folks, so I sat in on the recent introductory webinar to get a sense of what it's all about.
First, let's commend the webinar presenters for not exploding when they saw my name pop up in the attendance list. I was polite and didn't ask questions.
I've broken this piece up into two parts. The first is to talk about what AIMM is, the use-cases, and its benefits. The second part gets into my criticisms of it, and you can skip that entirely if you just want the good news.
What Is AIMM, and What's Good
AIMM is a tool that aerospace companies can use for self-assessment, to then monitor their ability to improve their quality management system beyond mere compliance to AS9100. It's web-based, and free. It does require a login, but that's it. So far, so good.
Whereas CMMI might be a maturity model on steroids, AIMM is a maturity model on apple sauce, but the kind they sell in those tiny jars with pictures of babies on them. This is light stuff, no intellectual heft whatsoever, and largely a regurgitation of ideas you've either read elsewhere or figured out on your own already.
That's good news, though. Companies pursuing AIMM will find they hardly need a consultant to help them.
(Yes, AIMM organizer Plexus is trying to sell 2-hour AIMM courses, but I just can't imagine many people needing them.)
How does it work? You log into AIMM, and are presented with a web-based display of the AS9100 clauses, repackaged as "modules." Boeing's Alan Daniels made a fuss that these are not clauses, and how they did a lot of work to organize these as modules, but they are totally clauses. I have no idea what he was on about.
The AIMM Modules as presented when you first enter the site.
Then, you click into each one and are presented with definitions of how you can be ranked for that particular clause module against the five maturity levels (MLs).
So for clause 4.1 (yes, we're back to clauses again), it looks like this:
The real meat of AIMM is the website's self-assessment tool. Here you first "Plan" your self-assessment, and can tailor it accordingly. Then you "Perform" the assessment, which eventually results in some radar maps and other data based on your inputs. From there you can generate a report on your maturity level, which you can then use internally to establish a baseline. Then, as your company improves, you repeat the effort to show improvement.
I like this, and may well offer this as part of the Oxebridge AS9100 implementation program. Essentially, I see us helping the client perform an AIMM self-assessment once we've finished, to establish (a) how well we did, and (b) develop that baseline. Then, we might put in their procedures that they will conduct an annual AIMM self-check to show continual improvement efforts. Finally, an actual quality objective can be based around an AIMM maturity level: "we want to achieve ML5 in five years," for example.
Another interesting angle is that AIMM could be used for companies without any certification wanting to implement AS9100 from scratch, and then pursuing certification later. This might help them implement AS9100 to begin with.
So overall I think the self-assessment tool is great. It's easy, it's free, and doesn't require spending on third parties to work it.
Oh, and one of the presenters said that if you're already AS9100 certified, you'd probably be at ML 2 or 3 already; that sounds about right to me.
Now I'll move on to my criticisms, and — again — feel free to skip this next part if you want to leave with a warm feeling in your belly.
What's Dumb About AIMM
Despite AIMM being called a "maturity model," it barely is. It's weak sauce. Instead, AIMM is merely a set of suggestions that increase in difficulty as you advance from ML1 to ML5, and then only barely so. The actual recommendations are really, really weak, given that (a) this is for aerospace, which is supposed to be hard because people's lives are at stake, and (b) they call it a "maturity model," and difficulty is supposed to be implied as you advance up the model.
Go back to the screenshot above of AIMM's take on clause 4.1. Notice how they didn't even come up with any criteria for ML5 here, and it's blank. That happens a lot throughout the model, and is troubling. It means that either the AIMM authors thenselves don't actually know how a company can be "Level 5 Optimizing," or they intend that companies seeking the hardest level get a lot of free passes. (This same thing appears in CMMI, but because it's based on an entirely different concept — "Practice Areas" — it's actually done for a reason. The AIMM guys don't appear to have understood that.)
Throughout the model, the criteria for ML4 or ML5 are lame, presenting old ideas that have been trotted around by consultants for eons, without much actual advanced thinking. Taking one of the most problematic AS9100 clauses — 10.2 on Corrective Action — we see the ML5 advice from AIMM is simply, "root cause analyses and corrective actions (covering the occurrence of nonconformities, as well as their non-detection earlier) are systematically generalized and collected in a lessons learned database usable by everyone."
Really? That's going to keep planes from exploding?
This is entirely reflective of the lack of actual experience and intellect by its authors, in my opinion.
Next, AIMM is crippled by the fact that it was made by an organization (IAQG) that has not only siloed itself off from its industry, but then relies on internal silos to get things done. IAQG does not operate like a proper standards body, representing the diverse interests of the folks who buy their products. They are largely a personality cult, but based on a circle of close-knit personalities (as opposed to CMMC, which is based on the cult of a single person, Katie Arrington.) They disallow participation by anyone outside of their approved clique, and then break themselves into tiny groups of "friendlies" who make stuff up in a vacuum.
So, sure enough, AIMM was made by the same ten or so folks you see doing a lot of the other AS9100 stuff: Daniels, Beard, Darrel Taylor, Buddy Cressionnie, and even Michelle Barton (yes, She Who Must Be Obeyed). I found this list of its team members from a 2019 presentation hidden online:
Notice that no single private space company is represented here: IAGQ continues its backward practice of preventing companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, Relativity, or Rocket Lab from sitting at the table. Instead, it's the same few companies that keep losing contracts to these private upstarts, and who keep blowing up airplanes and killing folks. Boeing is everywhere, but remember this: Boeing has not even implemented AS9100 within its own organization.
Why the hell anyone should be listening to Boeing on "quality" is beyond me. They absolutely suck, and even they know it.
So the AIMM webinar presenters had to sheepishly admit that their maturity model did not take into consideration the new AS9145 standard on APQP, which is quickly growing to become a de facto "plugin" requirement alongside AS9100. They had to admit it did not take into account AS13100, the new standard for aerospace engine system manufacturers, another huge standard.
It gets worse: AIMM is only usable for AS9100, and not for the two sister standards, AS9110 (for repair stations) or AS9120 (for stockist distributors.) Ouch!
Beard also admitted that AIMM didn't take any look at the long-standing ISO standard, ISO 9004, which already exists as an improvement tool and has its own version of a maturity model baked in.
Daniels and the others insisted that AIMM relies on the IAQG's aerospace Supply Chain Management Handbook (SCMH) materials, but I don't really see it. Even then, the SCMH materials are hit-and-miss; some are great, others are copy-and-paste junk taken from other third parties. Remember how the SCMH stuff on project management was lifted from PMI without attribution and had nothing to do with aerospace?
The problem is because of IAQG's culty silos: the nerdy tech guys work on AS9145, the even-nerdier-still engine guys work on AS13100, and the less-intellectually-inclined are tasked with AS9100, the "Tik Tokker" of the set: popular, but vacuous. Each silo has its own culture club, and they just can't work together.
This "made in a vacuum" aspect of AIMM is unforgivable and also makes its use-case very, very limited.
Not For Certification, Until It Is.
But let's ask the question everyone wants to know: will AIMM really be limited for self-assessment? I mean, hell, the president of NQA (Kevin Beard) doesn't do anything that doesn't push NQA's certification business. (Even Beard's commentary during the presentation was nearly obsessively related to how AIMM will be viewed by certification body auditors. They even managed to name-drop the cybersecurity model CMMC in a webinar poll, and NQA just happens to be pursuing CMMC registrar status. That's not an accident.)
Throughout the webinar, the presenters insisted this was for self-assessment and not certification.
Until the last three minutes.
At that point, Daniels mumbled something about them being willing to create a certification scheme out of AIMM if "the industry" desires it. Frankly, his comment was mangled, and I'm waiting on the published webinar to grab an actual quote. (I'll update this if I am misquoting.)
Either way, there is no way that AIMM could be used for certification; it would simply rely too heavily on the auditor's opinions. CMMI has a monstrously large infrastructure in place for its maturity model appraisals, and even then they make it clear that a CMMI maturity level is not a certification. Then, they have volumes of information on how such appraisals would be conducted to ensure they are fair. AIMM has none of that, and it would take 10 years or more for them to come up with it.
Next, when Daniels talks about "the industry," he does not mean the AS9100 user. IAQG has consistently said the consumer of AS9100 is who they say it is — namely "the primes," and even then only Boeing and Lockheed and Raytheon and a handful of others. And, of course, the friendly CBs like Beard's NQA or Smithers or DNV. Left to them, of course they are going to push a half-baked certification scheme on the industry. No adults are monitoring them, after all, and they have no reason not to.
Oh, Yeah: AS9100 Is Getting Updated Early
During the webinar, Daniels also dropped another bomb. He admitted that AS9100 was undergoing a 5-year review and that "all indicators are that we will" update AS9100 soon. That's huge. ISO has already voted not to update ISO 9001, and updates to ISO 9001 have traditionally been the trigger for updates to AS9100.
If AS9100 updates early, it will break that cycle. That means AS9100 certified companies who thought they caught a break because ISO 9001 wasn't getting an update, well, won't. They can expect AS9100 Rev E sooner rather than later.
This also raises the question again as to whether this will mark the point at which AS9100 decouples from ISO entirely. Certainly breaking the revision alignment with ISO 9001 can be seen as the first step towards that. We all know it's going to happen (even if I have been consistently wrong on when). The IAQG wants to follow the automotive model for IATF 16949, which broke from ISO, because there's a lot of money to be had. Why have ANAB and IAF get accreditation fees when IAQG could be sucking up all that loot?
Sources tell me that IAQG is equally divided on this issue: half the gang wants to split from ISO, and the other half doesn't. So it keeps getting stalled.
Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 30 years' experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users. He is the author of Surviving ISO 9001 and Surviving AS9100. He reviews wines for the irreverent wine blog, Winepisser.
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Rise Out: A Professional Learning Community for Teens
Throughout this school year, my husband and I, both musicians and former members of several Boston-based bands, had the honor of mentoring Alex La Rosa, an 18-year-old songwriter and guitarist, through the process of arranging and recording his debut album. Alex connected with us through my long-time friend Laura Fokkena, founder of Rise Out.
What is Rise Out?
Rise Out is a non-profit organization that provides a professional learning community for teenagers who do not attend high school but rather participate in home school or alternative independent study programs. Teens enroll in Rise Out on an annual basis, and each participant is expected to complete an independent study project.
My husband and I attended Rise Out's end of the year celebration at the Boston Public Library at Copley two weekends ago, and Laura gave a wonderful introduction to the presentations, explaining that she does not believe that bullying or schooling toughens teenagers, but rather that students grow best when they are respected and listened to.
I personally found it incredible to see what these young people were able to do when given time, resources, and support to pursue their own independent projects, which included historical research, public health and fitness, technology, engineering, and the arts. Below are a few highlights:
Matthew Allen: Self-Navigating Drone
Although Matthew is only a junior in high school, he is already a collaborator with fellow scientists from Google, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Draper Labs through his internship at Danger! Awesome, a "makerspace", which Matthew explained is like an artists' studio for the technologically inclined. For his Rise Out project, Matthew created a hovering robot that can self-navigate through a forest. Matthew explained how the Rise Out program has given him the connections and confidence "to be the person [he] always wanted to be". Through Rise Out, Matthew had the confidence to pursue (and ultimately gain acceptance to) the VAST (Vermont Academy of Technology and Science) program at Vermont Tech, which will allow him to simultaneously complete his senior year of high school and his freshman year of college.
Matthew powers up his self-navigating drone at BPL – Copley
Kate Mitchell: Learning with the Farmer's Market
Kate's project touched on two topics dear to my heart: public health and education. Kate's project stemmed from her observations of families at the Medford Farmers' Market; she noticed that while parents shopped for vegetables, all of the kids ran to the cookie booth.
Kate decided to create a learning booth for young children at the farmer's market that featured vegetable activities such as vegetable face sculptures and vegetable stamps, and she also published a recipe book for families. She also published her own Her aim was to create a positive association between young children and vegetables, so that kids are excited about eating vegetables at home.
Already a reflective educator, Kate humorously addressed engagement of young children during her presentation: "When I asked kids if they wanted to learn about vegetables, I didn't get a huge response, but when I asked, 'Do you want to play with vegetables?', kids started coming to my table.' Kate was proud to announce her program's sustainability, as the Medford Farmer's Market plans to continue with Kate's curricula and recipe booklet next season.
Kate shows a slide of a turnip face craft, just one of the activities she designed to connect children and vegetables at the Medford Farmers' Market.
Alex La Rosa: Observing from Aphelion EP
Alex La Rosa began playing guitar a little over a year ago, and he has already written hundred of songs. "But only sixty are set to music," he explained, prior to the performance of "Don't Believe Them". For Alex's Rise Out project, he recorded his five song debut EP "Observing from Aphelion". Alex will be attending Berklee College of Music's Summer Songwriting Workshop in late June.
Alex La Rosa's deep vocals and rhythmic guitar punctuate his performance of "Don't Believe Them"
After viewing these presentations, I thought about my middle school students in Dorchester, and I felt incredibly inspired. What would my middle schoolers do, given time, support, and resources to pursue individual interests? I would love to create an independent research or independent study group, even as an after-school program, for my students at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School. If we treat all children as gifted children, then all children will display their gifts. I truly appreciated working with Alex this year, and I'm sure we will be seeing more from the incredible young people involved in Rise Out in the years to come.
Boston's Mayoral Race 2013 Lesson Plan: Persuasive Campaign Posters
Dear Readers:
In order for our students to participate in the historic 2013 election in Boston, I have created a Boston's Mayoral Race Campaign Poster Lesson Plan that instructs students in how to research, compare, and select their choice of mayoral candidate. Then, students create a persuasive campaign poster that convinces other students to vote for their chosen candidate. Please feel free to edit these lesson plans as needed to fit the needs of your students and schools.
These activities deliberately address two Common Core standards that we are working on at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School, a Boston Public middle school.
MA RI7.6 Craft and structure analyze, compare and contrast information in text at a 7th grade level
Students in our academy (small section of the school) will be given voter registration forms next Monday, and students must bring in their voter registration forms on Tuesday to vote in the Mock Election and receive candy!
Last year, our students very much enjoyed our mock presidential election. (See here: https://literacychange.org/2012/11/06/middle-school-students-vote-in-a-mock-election/).
It is really fun for the students to feel like a part of history!!!
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Rising Star: Quddus Rodrigues, Teen Civil Rights Advocate and Creative Writer
I am extremely proud of Quddus Rodrigues, who has been my student for the past three years at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School. I have always known Quddus to be a thoughtful and creative person who expresses a deep concern for those around him, and it has been to my absolute delight that his talents have been recognized both locally and internationally in recent months. I will now present you with a photo essay of Quddus' life as a rising star in both the civil rights and creative writing arenas.
Thursday, July 11, 2013: Preparation for Malala Yousafzai Documentary
Quddus prepares for his interview for a Malala Yousafzai documentary for NHK television.
In late June, I was contacted by Yoshiko Uno-Flukes, a UK-based researcher for NHK television, a respected Japanese station. NHK is producing a documentary film on Malala Yousafzai, to whom my students had written letters in October after she was attacked by the Taliban on her way to school. They were especially interested in Quddus' letter. Last Thursday, Quddus and I prepared for the interview for several hours by reviewing the events and responses to Malala's shooting and recovery, including the well-written piece "Girls Who Risk their Lives for Education". The above photo shows Quddus writing his responses to interview questions provided by NHK while referencing an article.
Friday, July 12, 2013: Grub Street Orientation
Quddus and his mother, Filomena, attend his Young Adult Writing Program Orientation at Grub Street.
Quddus poses with the famous Grub Street red typewriter.
Quddus and Filomena enjoy post-orientation sushi, shrimp-fried rice, and Boba tea in Chinatown after the orientation.
In April, at the suggestion of my colleague and dear friend, author and educator Paula Leoni, Quddus completed his application for the prestigious Grub Street Young Adult Writing Program Summer Teen Fellowship. This program awards young adult writers with a stipend and provides them with a three week intensive writing experience that includes instruction from and meetings with published authors. Click here to read his application. The piece "Mystery Mansions of Madness" will have you in stitches!
Last Friday, Quddus, his mother, and Paula attended the orientation at Grub Street, located in the Steinway building at the edge of Boston's theater district. Afterwards, they enjoyed a sushi dinner at which Quddus apparently tricked his mother into eating a mouthful of wasabi. Luckily, laughter quickly ensued!
Special thanks to Paula Leoni for providing the photographs.
Saturday, July 13, 2013: The Making of a Malala Documentary
The NHK film crew captures Quddus and his mother strolling through their Dorchester Center neighborhood.
The NHK film crew captures the art of thinking, writing, and reflecting.
The NHK crew interview Quddus.
NHK records Quddus' reactions to Malala Yousafzai's recent speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday.
The NHK crew records Quddus' verbal reflections on Malala's speech.
I was so impressed that NHK traveled all the way from New York City on a hot Saturday afternoon to interview Quddus. He is certainly a very interesting young man. I cannot wait to see the documentary.
Quddus grabs a caramel Frappuccino at Starbucks before the Grub Street orientation. He complained, "It's so much work being famous! You always have to have your picture taken!" HA!
Quddus poses with his fellow writers on the first day of the Young Adult Writing Program.
I was so excited to receive the following text from Quddus on Monday afternoon: "Had fun made friends had a great time". I cannot wait to attend the final celebration. I'm sure we will all be hearing so much more about Quddus, a rising star on a bright path. We are all so proud!
From English Language Learners to Cross-Cultural Scholars: Perception, Practice, and Policy
Please click to download my latest presentation: From English Language Learners to Cross-Cultural Scholars: Perception, Practice, and Policy. I will be presenting this tonight as a guest lecturer in a course for graduate students in reading and speech/language pathology at the MGH Institute of Health Professions.It contains an outline of practices for teachers of English Language Learners based on the National Board Standards, and it also provides a very brief overview of the SIOP model.
The front page of my latest presentation.
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Mission Accomplished (Almost)
Over the past two years, I have been working towards my National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in English as a New Language – Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood.
Electronic Portfolio SubMISSION: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
At 6:34 am on this Memorial Day Saturday, I completed my electronic submission. Yay, Me!
Entry 1: Assessment: 14 page essay + 20 pages of student work
Entry 2: Scaffolding: 14 page essay + 15 minute video
Entry 3: Interaction: 14 page essay + 15 minute video (passed in 2012 through Take One!)
Entry 4: Professional Accomplishment: 25 pages of writing and documentation + 2 page reflective summary
The Examination
Well, I just have a 6-essays-in-3-hours assessment center exam to complete on Saturday, June 29 that will test my knowledge of: "the relationship of language domains in the English Language";
Domains of English Language Development
the linguisitic structure of English (phonology, vocabulary, grammar, and discourse) in planning instruction;
Hook Model of Processes Involved in Reading and Writing, including phonology, vocabulary, grammar (which encompasses morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics), and discourse
factors influencing second language acquisition and strategies that can enhance second language acquistion"; "academic language associated with concepts common to curriculum"; "description of performance objectives designed to develop students' knowledge of academic language", adaptation of text and identification of content goals and supplemental resources for text; and definitions of terms related to English as a New Language and their instructional implications.
Lightbown, P. M., Spada, N., Ranta, L., & Rand, J. (2006). How languages are learned (Vol. 2). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Will this be me in 2014?
The Endangered Art of Browsing
A few years ago, I attended a meeting at the newly renovated local branch of the library. I arrived early in order to give myself some time to browse. The building, where I had spent many a meandering Saturday , had been closed for some time due to the renovation, and the formerly musty and carpeted interior had been transformed into an airy modern space with brightly-colored furniture and slick tile floors. But something about the new building made me uneasy. I couldn't put my finger on it. I stared at the shelves, racking my brain to locate the source of my discomfort. And then it hit me.
Where are all the books?
Browsing results in unimaginable possibilities.
It wasn't the new shelves or the brighter space. There were really and truly disturbingly fewer books occupying the shelves. I felt as if I had arrived home to find my house redecorated and my family members missing. The old collection hadn't been replaced with newer volumes; there were just a sparse number gracing the shelves. But this was a library – a place for books – it was not supposed to be just some beacon of modern architecture with a couple of novels dusting the shelves.
I attended the meeting in the "community" room, and I sat uncomfortably in the hard plastic chairs that had replaced the wooden and chipped seats of yore. I tapped my foot on the floor beneath my seat impatiently as I waited for the moment when I could ask the question that was pounding on my brain.
When I finally inquired about the missing pieces of the collection, the woman who served as the central library's representative made a startling revelation:
"When we packed the books, we didn't seal the boxes properly. So, water leaked in and damaged the books. We had to discard them."
I asked,"So, when will you replace them?"
"Oh no, we won't be doing that. We are adding to our digital collection anyway, so people will have more access to e-books. The branches will eventually be open less hours due to budget, but we are doing so much with our electronic collection…"
Her voice trailed off in the background of my mind. All I could see was red, and all I could hear was static. Well, how the *beep* am I supposed to browse here now?
The result of browsing through magazines while waiting at the doctor's office.
I am not a technophobe, nor am I a stranger to biblio-centric social networking or from ordering books online, but browsing is an essential part of my life. I can never spend just a few minutes in a library or bookstore. The shelves of books pull me in like a magnet, and I need to spend a little time visiting at each one.
On Saturday, I lost myself for an hour or so, existing only within the confines of Music Espresso, the New England Conservatory Bookstore. My fingers pushed back one piece of sheet music after another, as I searched for the particular piece I wanted. I prefer the editions with thicker, darker covers with opaque cascades of notation printed on buttery yellow paper, a hint of the past from whence the music came.
After locating the two pieces for which I had searched in the bins sorted by composer, I crossed the room to a taller shelf containing novel-length books about the practice of music. The Art of the Courtesan. Hmm, I never thought such a book would have existed. I took out my iPhone and opened up the camera app.Click. Capture that title, gonna share it with my husband. I turned the back of the book over to read the summary. The Phonetic Alphabet for Singers. What? Is there such a thing? That's fascinating…I want to find out more about that. I thumbed the pages, enjoying the flip-book effect of quickly viewing the different phonetic symbols. Click. The Alexander Technique. Oh, I totally forgot about that. I haven't thought about the Alexander technique since college. I should look into that again.
An idea I had forgotten, rediscovered through browsing.
There is a very specific delight in finding a book, an idea, that you had never imagined would have existed. Recommendations based on previous reading are useless to the browser's curiousity. I liked The Diary of Anne Frank because of the earnestness of the writing, because it's a peek into someone else's world. I don't necessarily want to read about every book ever written teenagers in the Holocaust. I already have a great Italian cookbook in The Silver Spoon; why would I need three more books on the same subject? These types of recommendations are useful for the aspiring expert, but they are exhausting for the established thinker who craves new ideas and deeply hungers to become lost in thought rather than engaged in some neurotic fact-finding mission.
Interacting with a book through browsing allows you to experience the gestalt of the book, to view the cover, the summary at the back, to experience the true volume of the book's surface, to thumb through with the soft light reflecting off the pages. It is a tactile and sensory experiences: the pages breathe as you turn them, the cover art may attract you to a topic you had never thought about before, the delicate steps you take from section to section, cradling books of interest in your arms while enjoying the quiet tranquility that naturally occurs in a library or a book store.
An idea I hadn't know had existed, a browser's gold.
A digital collection, while offering many benefits for research, cannot provide the same sensuality as an afternoon spent between the shelves full of glorious paper books of all colors, shapes, and sizes, adorned with images, ripe to the touch and full of juicy new ideas just waiting to be explored. The journey of browsing offers no pre-planned destination; it is an adventure into the land of ideas.
Change Agency: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
On a snowy New England Sunday, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a 40,000 square foot monument to children's literature, rests atop frosted grounds nestled inside the Pioneer Valley. The decade-old museum offers several galleries full of picture book art, a children's library, a café, a bookstore, and a performing arts space. Additionally, the building hosts a packed schedule of arts and literature-based activities for children as well as professional development workshops for educators.
A Very Hungry Caterpillar Car is parked at the entrance.
As in a traditional art museum, curators have neatly mounted the featured pieces at eye level. However, the plaques displayed to the left of each illustration do not necessarily contain information about the artist. Rather, the plaques present a quotation from the text that the illustration elucidates. Benches in each gallery contain boxes of picture books connected to the displayed works, and many visitors go back and forth between looking at the walls of the gallery and browsing the picture books to locate the images in context.
A display of illustrations from a Caribbean retelling of Cinderella with text to the left and illustrations to the right.
Short blocks of text encourage close reading.
Illustrations illuminate the language of the story.
Unfortunately, visitors are unable to take photos in the main galleries due to issues with the preservation of the artwork; the images above were displayed in the children's library in a smaller exhibit that featured digital prints from variations of "Cinderella" and "The Three Little Pigs".
Reading Library
An incredible library of picture books sits at the back of the museum. Tables feature selected display books and accompanying activities.
Library Book on Display: Pezzenttino (Italian for "little piece") is a small orange cube that searches for his place in the world.
Library Book on Display: Ganesha the Elephant breaks his tusk while chomping on candy, and he needs help from Vyasa the poet. An accompanying worksheet encourages the writing of an "epic" poem.
Printables from publisher's websites accompanied both Pezzettino and Ganesha's Sweet Tooth on the display table.
Book lovers, leave your wallets at home! It's a bibliophile's heaven (or hell, if the bibliophile in question is low on funds).
A modern retelling of Strewwelpeter, a German cautionary tale
A volume from the "illustration school" series: step-by-step instructional manuals on how to draw really cute things
The Hungry Caterpillar Bookshelf
This attractive display case featured seasonal books.
Mission Accomplished!
The museum provides a space for anyone "interested in the art of the picture book".

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if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
  then echo "Please run as root"
  exit
fi

MYDIR=`dirname $0`
source "$MYDIR/Scripts/spinner.sh"

# Clear the screen
reset

echo "+---------------------------------------------------------------------+"
echo "|                      Installing stuff for you                       |"
echo "|                   Go make yorself a cup of coffee                   |"
echo "|                                                                     |"
echo "|              PocketDESK was brought to you by AllGray!              |"
echo "+---------------------------------------------------------------------+"

# install dependencies
start_spinner [Installing_dependencies]
$MYDIR/Scripts/dependencies.sh &> /dev/null
stop_spinner $?

# Install PocketHome
start_spinner [Installing_PocketHome]
$MYDIR/Scripts/pockethome.sh &> /dev/null
stop_spinner $?

# Working Touchscreen
start_spinner [Fixing_touchscreen]
$MYDIR/Scripts/touchscreen.sh &> /dev/null
stop_spinner $?

# Working Keyboard
start_spinner [Fixing_keyboard]
$MYDIR/Scripts/keyboard.sh &> /dev/null
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# Get a battery indicator
start_spinner [Installing_battery_indicator]
$MYDIR/Scripts/battery.sh &> /dev/null
stop_spinner $?

# Nicely named sessions
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$MYDIR/Scripts/hostname.sh &> /dev/null
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# Wallpaper Change
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    MIT License

    SPDX:MIT

    https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT

    See LICENSE.txt file in the top level directory.

LICENSE_END */

#include "zed5/http/protocol/request.h"

#include "zed5/core/stl/list.h"
#include "zed5/http/protocol/constants.h"

namespace org {
namespace zed5 {
namespace http {

Request::Request(const Version version, const ParsedURI &uri)
        : version_(version),
          uri_(uri)
          {}

std::list<StringSlice> Request::getRequestBuffer() const noexcept {
    std::list<StringSlice> reqlist;
    core::ListBuilder<StringSlice> lb(reqlist);

    StringSlice path = uri_.pathAndQuery();
    if (path.empty()) { path = "/"; }

    const StringSlice http_version(toString(version_));

    // "GET /path HTTP/1.1\r\n"
    lb.add("GET").add(" ").add(path).add(" ").add(http_version).add(kCRLF);

    // "Host: example.com\r\n"
    // TODO: Figure out how to support host:port Host headers.
    lb.add("Host").add(kHeaderSep).add(uri_.host()).add(kCRLF);

    for (const auto &hdr : headers_) {
        lb.add(hdr.key).add(kHeaderSep).add(hdr.value).add(kCRLF);
    }

    lb.add(kCRLF);
    return reqlist;
}

void Request::addHeader(StringSlice key, StringSlice value) {
    Header hdr{key, value};
    auto i = headers_.insert(hdr);
    if (!(i.second)) {
        headers_.erase(i.first);
        headers_.insert(hdr);
    }
}

#if 0
void clearHeader(StringSlice key);
#endif

}  // namespace http
}  // namespace zed5
}  // namespace org


Telangana State Medical Common Entrance Test III Date 2016 has been Released. After Revealing the TS EAMCET II Scam by CID of Telangana the Education Minister and Health Minister chaired by the Chief Minister of Telangana had Decided to Cancel the TS EAMCET II Medical Exam and held New Exam for Students who are aspiring for Admission to Medical Programs in Various Colleges in the State of Telangana. As Per the Details given by Telangana Government Officials TS EAMCET III 2016 Medical Exam will be Organised by JNTU Hyderabad. Interested Students appear for TS EAMCET 3 Medical Examination on 11th September 2016.
After High Level Meeting the Telangana State Chief Minister Chandra Sekhar Rao had has Appointed JNTU Hyderabad Registrar Professor Yadaiah as TS EAMCET III Convenor and Directed JNTU Hyderabad Officials to Organizes the TS EAMCET III Medical Examination 2016. As Per the Data Given by official Sources Complete Details Regarding TS EAMCET III Medical Exam Hall Tickets, TS EAMCET III Medical Exam Date & Time, TS EAMCET III Medical Exam Answer Keys and TS EAMCET III Medical Exam Results 2016 will be announced Later.
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Judy Ann Oldenkamp
Scott Van Aartsen April 21, 2012 April 24, 2012
Judy Ann Oldenkamp (Mrs. Sam Jr.) age 67, of Sheldon, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa.
Funeral Services will be Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:30 A.M. at Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service in Sheldon. Rev. Paul Fischer officiating. Burial in East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.
Visitation will be Tuesday, April 24, from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Home Sheldon Funeral Service in Sheldon.
Judy Ann Oldenkamp was born on September 30, 1944 in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She was the daughter of Ed and Elaine (Klosterboer) Van Briesen. She lived her youth on a farm northwest of George, Iowa and attended a country school.
She was united in marriage to Sam Oldenkamp Jr. of Sheldon, Iowa on October 21, 1972 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in George, Iowa. They lived in Sheldon where Sam operated the Oldenkamp Salvage Yard. Sam passed away on July 8, 1985.
Judy worked at Aalfs Manufacturing in Sheldon. She later worked as a custodian for the Sheldon Community School System for many years, until she retired, due to her health.
Judy was a loving wife and mother. She took pride in always being on time.
She was a member of Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in George, Iowa, where she attended when she was able.
Judy passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Sanford Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa.
Those left to cherish her memories are her daughter: Peggy Sue Oldenkamp of Sheldon, IA; one brother: Robert and wife Sheila Van Briesen of Thornton, CO.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Oldenkamp Jr., and her parents.
Online Expressions of Sympathy can be sent to www.andringafuneralhome.com


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JIMMIE ALLEN RETURNS TO CO-HOST FOURTH HOUR OF NBC'S "TODAY SHOW"
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Country star and 2019 ACM Award nominee Jimmie Allen returned to co-host the fourth hour of NBC's "TODAY with Kathie Lee and Hoda" for a second time yesterday, March 27. Filling in for an on assignment Hoda Kotb, the appearance marks Allen's 6th visit to the show in less than 6 months and makes him the last guest co-host for Kathie Lee Gifford who is leaving the show after 11 years next week.
During the packed hour, Gifford surprised Allen with two plaques recognizing Gold Certification for his No. 1 single, "Best Shot," in both the US and Canada. The duo also got a lesson in manners from Thomas Farley, checked out spring hair trends from celebrity hair stylist Chris Appleton and got in the kitchen with Craig Susser, owner of Craig's in LA, to make scallops over cauliflower "risotto" primavera.
Allen made history with his breakout three-week No. 1 debut single, "Best Shot," described by Rolling Stone as "a soulful, acoustic love song" and celebrated by the New York Times for both its "choked-up weeping-guitar pattern"and as proof that "he is most effective as a romanticist."
His follow up single, "Make Me Want To," is the second from Allen's debut album Mercury Lane, which Rolling Stone praises as "a sturdy, hits-packed collection that... challenges the narrowly defined model of what constitutes a next big thing in country music." "Make Me Want To" was most added at country radio with 61 stations reporting in the first week and is currently making its way up the chart.
A first-time nominee at the upcoming ACM Awards in the New Male Artist of the Year category, Allen also recently debuted a cover of the GRAMMY, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning smash hit "Shallow" (see the video with fellow country newcomer, Abby Anderson here).
Allen recently wrapped his supporting stint on Kane Brown's Live Forever Tour and made his debut appearance at C2C, the U.K. and Ireland's preeminent music festival. He will be hitting the road this summer as support on Chris Young's Raised on Country Tour and Rascal Flatts' Summer Playlist Tour as well as making an appearance on the CMA Fest Chevy Riverfront Stage in June.
For more information and tour dates, visit jimmieallenmusic.com.
About Jimmie Allen:
The epitome of the phrase "persistence pays off," Jimmie Allen laid it all on the line to make his dreams a reality. Now signed to BBR Music Group's Stoney Creek Records, Allen's debut single "Best Shot" is a certified hit, claiming the top spot as the No. 1 Most Shazamed song in the format for eight consecutive weeks, and the No. 1 spot on Country radio for three weeks, marking the first time a black artist has launched a career with a No. 1 hit with their debut single on country radio. On the heels of that historic success, Allen is back with his latest single, "Make Me Want To" which was most added at country radio in its first week with 61 stations.
"Make Me Want To" is the second single off his Stoney Creek Records / BBR Music Group debut album Mercury Lane released Oct. 12, 2018. Named in tribute to the street he grew up on and the origin of his incredible journey, Mercury Lane features a cutting-edge mix of country, rock, R&B and pop that draws upon the influence of his family and small-town upbringing of the critically-acclaimed rising star. Rolling Stone raved Allen's debut "challenges the narrowly defined model of what constitutes a next big thing in country music in 2018" and The New York Times dubbed it one of 2018's strongest, calling it "a conventional country album, filled with songs about the small details."
The Southern Delaware native's talent for songwriting is undeniable, having written a song that was featured in a Super Bowl commercial and appearing in a Diet Coke ad with megastar Taylor Swift. "Blue Jean Baby," off his debut self-titled EP, immediately caught the attention of country music fans and critics alike with its soulful groove— rocketing it to the top of digital playlists, across all genres. Allen recently wrapped his run on Scotty McCreery's Seasons Change Touras well as Kane Brown's Live Forever Tour. He will also be hitting the road this summer as support on Chris Young's Raised on Country Tour and Rascal Flatts' Summer Playlist Tour. The hot newcomer was heralded as one of the top "artists to watch in 2018" by Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pandora, Sounds Like Nashville, NY Country Swag, Country Music Rocks and New England Country Music and has earned spots in CMT's "18 for 2018" Listen Up program and Bobby Bones' Class of 2018. For more information, visit www.jimmieallenmusic.com.
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KALEO RELEASES "I WANT MORE" & "BREAK MY BABY"
BRANTLEY GILBERT AND LINDSAY ELL RACE TO CELEBRATE NO. 1 SINGLE "WHAT HAPPENS IN A SMALL TOWN"
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COMEDIAN DUSTY SLAY ANNOUNCES 2020 DATES FOR NATIONAL SLAY ALL DAY TOUR
ASHLEY McBRYDE DEBUTS HER "ONE NIGHT STANDARDS" MUSIC VIDEO
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CHRIS HEMSWORTH'S HEALTH & FITNESS APP, CENTR, TAPS INTO GOOGLE PLAY'S 2 BILLION ACTIVE USERS
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This year, I'm playing snare in marching band, and I've noticed that the harness absolutely KILLS my back. Especially my lower back. My school is fairly small, and we only do 3 parades and field shows, but they're all within a week of each other. Does anyone have any tips/tricks/suggestions to make a harness more comfortable on the back?
Make sure it's adjusted well. As in, with and without the drum on you can move all your limbs completely freely. Have the belly plate ON your belly, not down your hips. The lower that plate is, the lower the force is that is causing your back pain. Other than that, it's all about core strength. Do crunches and just get used to it.
EDIT: And be thankful you don't play tenors.


"How does the FBI, CIA,and NSA communicate with you?" I ask.
"Through your thoughts, Cristina!" (makes a facial expression as inquiring why I do not understand).
"Tolis, that went over my head!" And he proceeds to flash me his winning smile as we enter the cool open hallway leading into the unit.
Security is already there waiting for us. Heavy-hearted, I instruct Tolis to go into the vacant room. He knows, he told me earlier that he does not want to go inpatient. He is afraid. For he has been told by so many people that he is sick and that only the inpatient unit and medication will make him well.
This is an unfortunate reality fabricated by an authoritative and paternalistic system of experts who feel that hospitalization and increasing the dose of numbing cerebral molecules is a solution! Obviously, Tolis is not cured…he is misunderstood and told what they think he is… mentally ill.
I do not want to seem minimalistic of this situation, but during the few times I have called PESP, Metallica's Welcome Home comes to mind. It is such a potent ballad, full of angry, desperate, and raging energy, that portrays what an involuntary patient may feel once those heavy metal doors close loudly behind him.
When an individual, such as Tolis, displays any type of non-conformist behavior and/or thought pattern, he is immediately deemed by his community and the system, either a danger to self or others. Evaluated by a team of mental health experts, trained and abiding to the stipulations and regulations of the DSM5, the potential involuntary patient is pathologized with a powerful diagnosis. This diagnosis is a label that follows the individual for the rest of his life. In Tolis' case, his presenting thoughts and alleged medication problem, is what has him involuntarily committed (and deemed "mentally deranged"as Metallica states). Cloaked with his given label, Tolis is locked up behind heavy metal doors until the system deems him stable enough to go back into the community.
Medicalizing provides ethereal walls, yet, are as confining as the material ones.
As in Tolis' story and many of those other patients, commitment and lock up in an inpatient psychiatric unit against one's will is one's ultimate fear. The pained other's fear materializes when the evaluating Emergency Room psychiatrist places his or her fear of personal risk and lawsuit before the ethical decision of what is the patient's best interest (Christensen, 2017). Already isolated due to incongruent social constructs and nightmarish internal realities, the social deviant is locked away to make him well and keep the hospital lawsuit free and the community safe.
The main premise for institutionalization is to promote the individual's rehabilitation back into the community. However, due to Medicare and Medicaid financial cuts to the mental heath system there are no inpatient unit groups to assist reintegration or any other stimulation other than an enclosed television that is set on one channel. Isolation and ostracism from others is compounded by the medicalizalized system adopted by most hospitals to keep the patients as heavily medicated as possible simply because the system deems that their thoughts and behaviors are biochemical and not sustained from psychosocial trauma or spiritual imbalances.
Medication stabilization is the protocol used for patients like Tolis who are diagnosed with schizophrenia. Thorazine, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon, Prolixin, Haldol and other neuroleptics are heavy medications which sedate the brain, numbs the mind, and can cause severe physical sides effects. The majority of patients placed on neuroleptics complain of side effects and the numbing qualities these have on the whole being. If a patient feels any rage, anger, frustration, or any other emotion, the dose is increased to the point that many do not feel anything at all. Many equate this to a chemical lobotomy. The person lies in bed or slumped in a chair. No complaints arise for there are no independent emotions or thoughts. What therapeutic value does this procedure hold other than containment and … to keep whom safe?
It only takes five to fifteen minutes for the psychiatric evaluation to determine if a person is mentally ill or "insane". Medication is the preferred therapeutic protocol used to make the person well. Even with the sedative effects of the medication there is occasional acting out behaviors, especially among the unit newcomers. When this happens a "Dr. Strong" is called throughout the hospital for assistance in the unit.
This is an illustration of a Dr. Strong subduing the non compliant patient. Once the patient is secured he or she will be placed on the bed and secured with the 4 point restraint.
The premise of a "Dr. Strong" is to keep the patient safe and secure from self-harm. Yet, witnessing it portrays a total different connotation. The noncompliant patient is corralled by security guards and taken down to the floor. This video portrays a very civilized "Dr. Strong" which does not transpire in real hospital life. On many occasions, unlike the video, the patient is spoken to in a shaming/blaming tone for his behavior. Many outsiders question if this is against the patient's human rights , but, hospitals claim it is for the good of the patient for since they need to be taken care of from their hell and the hell they cause. Patients' perspectives are quite different: their narrative is one of feeling degraded, punished, hurt, and humiliated.
It is known that medicine has a paternalistic authoritative mentality and philosophy towards patient care (Christensen, 2017). Unfortunately, it is also the credo for many psychiatric social workers. Deemed mentally ill, as in Tolis' case, his only option is to go inpatient to get well. Actually, it is the belief that due to his thoughts, unconventional behavior, and appearance he needs to be admitted, even if Tolis believes the contrary and he presents no harm self or others. Many a times, social workers describe a patient, like Tolis as "too sick" or "very ill" or "he needs his medications increased". With this perspective in mind any displayed behavior, either provoked or reactive, is pathologized, blamed, shamed by the social workers and of course, medicated by the psychiatrist.
This philosophy of an authoritarian, pathologizing, and medicalizing mentality creates a dependency on the system which strips the individual of his sense of agency, and fosters a self fulfilling mentality. This perpetuates the vicious cycle of recidivism. Even if the person is a danger to self and other, is institutionalization the only option? What happened with the coming together of the tribe to empathize with and assist the distressed person?
Our current psychiatric system is reliant on "Big Pharma" to numb behaviors, not cure as they claim or wish. The numbing molecules convert lively humans into dull, numb, dispirited beings! It is so disheartening to witness individuals in the units nodding and wobbling as they are attempting to walk or self-consciously drooling on themselves. I strongly believe that new protocols need to be in place to encompass the whole person and the community for effective treatment, integration, and mutuality.


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Q: Find modulo of multiplication of two number? Given $m$, $a$ and $b$ are very big numbers, how do you calculate $ (a*b)\pmod m$ ?
As they are very big number I can not calculate $(a*b)$ directly. So I need another method.

A: If $a,b,m$ are integers then you can use following property :
$a \equiv a_1 \pmod m \land b \equiv b_1 \pmod m \Rightarrow a\cdot b \equiv a_1 \cdot b_1 \pmod m$

A: As far as I know, there are no general shortcuts besides reducing the terms of the product before multiplying. I will emphasize that by reduction, I mean picking the smallest representative mod $m$ in absolute value. This may be a negative integer.
Having said that, there are tricks that can be used in special cases. The most basic integer arithmetic on a computer is not actually integer arithmetic, but rather, modulo $2^n$ for some $n$ (usually 32 or 64). Since the integers are represented in binary, bits do not need to be computed in the product after the $n+1$st bit has been computed, because those higher bits only contribute 0's. In general, if your integers are represented in base $e$, and $m$ divides $e^k$, then you don't have to compute the digits of the product above the $k+1$ term.
Another trick is to factor $m$ and use the Chinese Remainder Theorem to work with smaller numbers.
I'm sure there are many other tricks I've missed as well. If you're looking for a general algorithm, though, you won't find one that avoids arduous multiplication in all cases. Besides, multiplication is actually easy for a computer to do. Are you trying to do this by hand, or are the numbers really too big for a computer to handle?

A: You can exploit the binary representation of these two numbers.
Suppose we have to multiply (a*b)%c where 0<=a,b,c<=10^18.
Then we can use this method:
ull mulmod(ull a,ull b,ull c){
    if(a<=1000000000ULL && b<=1000000000ULL){
        ull ret = ((a%c)*(b%c))%c;
        return ret;
    }
    ull ret = 0ULL, a=a%c;
    while(b > 0ULL){
        if(b&1ULL) {
            ret = (ret+a)%c;
        }
        a = (a<<1ULL)%c;
        b>>=1ULL;
    }
    return ret%c;
}

Hope this helps !

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I work on Fuse as my day job (which is awesome) and have to deal a lot with interop with java/objc (which are not :D).
In the course of making, remaking, refining and smashing-my-head-against bindings I came to some conclusion about bindings. This article is about the work Olle (another awesome fuse employee) and myself did and what the first result looks like.


Note SQL support was removed in xdmf 3.
A Valid SQL statement is placed in the CDATA of the DataItem. When the XdmfDataItem is updated, an atomic query is made and the result is placed in the XdmfArray of the DataItem. Putting a "<" (less than) in the CDATA will cause an error in the XML parser. The XML example above shows how to do this correctly.
The Server, User, and DataBase attributes tell Xdmf how to access MySQL. There is also a Password attribute. Currently this is just clear text which is a really bad idea. This will change.
This page was last modified on 19 August 2014, at 15:17.


He could hear a noise. He went further. It was getting dark and Bah Henri walked briskly. He thought he heard a whimper, a cry. Then a shriek. He wondered from which direction the sound emanated. The locality was a quiet one, and this should have attracted the attention of someone at least. It was the winter season in Shillong and everything was quiet. People were indoors. As he moved forward he thought that the noise came from a particular direction. Then it suddenly stopped.
He moved forward intuitively. He didn't know what it was, but it sounded very much human. Moved by pity and even curiosity he surged ahead. Then again, and again.
Bah Henri was perplexed. It was someone crying, a thin wail. It stopped. The locality had neat winding roads and on one side was a forest. Could it be someone there he thought.
Then again a shriek. Must be a child he thought, in the forest. He delved deep inside the forest and started walking straight and briskly. He thought he heard hushed talk. This time a kind of fear gripped him, fear of the unknown, the perverse, fear of human beings doing strange things. Was it murder he thought.
He hid behind a tree and heard distinct voices. He edged further towards the bark of a tree, a huge thing with gnarled branches and took refuge there. Listen he thought.
Henri ran for his life- his life. In his sixty five years of existence, with a sedentary life, especially after retirement he had not experienced such a thing. It was a child he presumed, they had kidnapped.
When he reached the Police Station he was out of breath. Two or three times he almost stumbled and fell. He was not used to running- at this age!
'' Inspector'' he blurted out. The man looked at him grumpily, even warily.
'' There is someone kidnapped'' he spluttered.
'' Who?'' the Inspector asked laconically.
'' A child, a baby''. He stuttered, he was sweating.
Just then the telephone rang. The Inspector sounded ingratiating.
'' Stop that yes sir'' he shouted. '' Can't you see some dangerous crime is being committed? They are threatening''.
'' Where? '' the Inspector asked disinteresedly. '' In the locality of Wahmukrah'' he said. '' Can we go?''.
''Alright'' he said reluctantly. '' But if it is nothing, damn you...'' he stopped short.
The police vehicle came close to the forest. There seemed to be activity. '' Shut up'' a voice said. Then he started to talk on the mobile.
'' Rs one crore'' he said.
'' See'' Henri whispered. The Inspector by then seemed to have lost all interest.
His mobile rang. '' Yes Sir''. '' Yes Sir''. '' No Sir. Fine Sir''.
'' Come with me the policeman said. Stict orders from THE BOSS , not to tamper with this case''.
Henri wept like never before. he felt powerless, redundant and unable to act. '' Oh God, my God'' he wept.


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package com.epam.androidtraining.db;

import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;

import com.epam.androidtraining.BuildConfig;
import com.epam.androidtraining.Constants;
import com.epam.androidtraining.db.models.UserDb;
import com.epam.androidtraining.mocks.Mocks;
import com.epam.androidtraining.model.ListRegisteredUsers;
import com.epam.androidtraining.model.RegisteredUser;
import com.google.gson.Gson;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;

@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
@Config(
        constants = BuildConfig.class,
        sdk = Constants.SDK_VERSION
)
public class DatabaseTest {

    private SqlConnector mSqlConnector;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        mSqlConnector = new SqlConnector(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
    }

    @Test
    public void putRegisteredUsersToDb() {
        RegisteredUser[] usersArray = readRegisteredUsers();
        assertEquals(usersArray.length, 5);
//        int resultCount =  IDbOperations.Imp.getInstance().bulkInsert(usersArray);
//        assertEquals(resultCount, 5);

        SQLiteDatabase writeConnection = mSqlConnector.getWritableDatabase();
        writeConnection.beginTransaction();

        for (RegisteredUser user : usersArray) {
            ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();
            contentValues.put(UserDb.NAME, user.getUserName());
            contentValues.put(UserDb.REGISTERED, user.getRegistered());

            //TODO read about nullColumnHack
            //TODO read about conflicts
            writeConnection.insert(UserDb.TABLE, null, contentValues);
        }

        writeConnection.setTransactionSuccessful();
        writeConnection.endTransaction();

        SQLiteDatabase readableConnection = mSqlConnector.getReadableDatabase();
        Cursor cursor = readableConnection.query(UserDb.TABLE,
                null,
                UserDb.NAME + "=? AND " + UserDb.REGISTERED + " NOT NULL",
                new String[]{"Shelia Chang"}, null, null, null, null);

        final List<RegisteredUser> registeredUsers = new ArrayList<>();
        while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
            String userId = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(UserDb._ID));
            String userName = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(UserDb.NAME));
            Long registered = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(UserDb.REGISTERED));
            RegisteredUser registeredUser = new RegisteredUser(userName, userId, registered, null);
            registeredUsers.add(registeredUser);
        }

        ///!!! close cursor
        cursor.close();

        assertEquals(registeredUsers.size(), 1);
        assertEquals(registeredUsers.get(0).getUserName(), "Shelia Chang");

        Cursor usersDbCursor = readableConnection.query(UserDb.TABLE, null, null,
                null, null, null, null, null);

        assertEquals(usersDbCursor.getCount(), 5);

        usersDbCursor.close();

    }

    @Test
    public void getUsersFromDb() {
        SQLiteDatabase readableConnection = mSqlConnector.getReadableDatabase();
        Cursor usersDbCursor = readableConnection.query(UserDb.TABLE, null,
                null,
                null, null, null, null, null);

        assertEquals(usersDbCursor.getCount(), 0);

        usersDbCursor.close();
    }

    private RegisteredUser[] readRegisteredUsers() {
        InputStream mockedInputStream = Mocks.stream("generated.json");
        Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(mockedInputStream);

        return new Gson().fromJson(reader, RegisteredUser[].class);
    }

    private ListRegisteredUsers readRegisteredUsersList() {
        InputStream mockedInputStream = Mocks.stream("generated.json");
        Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(mockedInputStream);

        return new Gson().fromJson(reader, ListRegisteredUsers.class);
    }
}


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REVIEW | Only The Brave (2017)
Derek Armstrong
9:48 • 07.12.17
"Joseph Kosinski has made a film about people in their lives as firefighters, not just the tragic event in which they died."
"Brolin can play gruff machismo in his sleep, but this performance is not given in his sleep..."
Recent Historical Events Where Americans Died and Their Wives Mourned Them has been an obsession in Hollywood lately, such that it has almost become its own subgenre. (Josh Brolin has now been in two of these movies, if you count Everest.) And like every subgenre, it has its distinguishing marks, its narrative shortcuts, its clichés.
But there was an unexpected cinematic benefit to the fact that the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire killed its 19 "hotshot" firefighters so quickly. Had it been a drawn out event, filmmakers might have spent 100 minutes dramatizing it, with only token character development to boost the emotional impact. Instead, in Only the Brave, Joseph Kosinski has made a film about people in their lives as firefighters, not just the tragic event in which they died.
You keep waiting for this next fire to be "The Fire," and it keeps not being. When "The Fire" does finally arrive, it's all the more wrenching. We're as surprised by the suddenness of it as they undoubtedly were. And we are not just losing characters – we're losing people.
Those people are members of a specialised fire brigade supported by the municipality of Prescott, an Arizona town prone to wildfire activity due to its hot, arid climate. As we first meet the Granite Mountain Hotshots, they are in their infancy, struggling to earn the right for the evaluation that will certify them to create controlled burns, which will help contain those that aren't under human control.
In one of the film's unconventional touches, screenwriters Ken Nolan and Eric Warren Singer introduce us to the primary characters through parallel narratives: the story of the traditional heroes who comprise any fire brigade, with their beefy biceps and endearing wisecracks, and the story of a junkie burnout who doesn't realise he's impregnated the woman he dumped via text.
It's unclear how these stories will converge for at least 15 minutes. When they do, of course the junkie (Miles Teller) will be the final addition to the team, an unlikely opportunity extended to him by the sympathetic superintendent (Brolin), who takes chances on people who take chances on themselves.
As these guys form into a team and fight fires over the course of several years, relationships develop, bonds break and change, and wives ordinarily given the short shrift in these scenarios – Jennifer Connelly in this case – receive their own subplots and moments of agency. As the movie is approaching its two-hour mark and the event we know is coming hasn't arrived yet, we've forgotten some of the clichés and narrative shortcuts that started the film, and realise how absorbed we've become in the performances and the lives in question.
The ending is ominously foreshadowed through regular drills. In the event that they are surrounded by flames, the hotshots are trained to whip out mylar shelters in which they will encase themselves in the hopes of riding out an inferno. On the surface, it appears to have all the likelihood of success of one of those 1950s "drop and cover" campaigns to protect yourself from a nuclear blast. But the firefighters know that when they're in the shit, this is the only thing that might save their lives. Might.
The film is anchored by strong performances. Miles Teller typically does good work, but we've never seen him play a character quite like this, who starts out in the throes of drug addiction before eventually winning his keep. The little moments after he stops numbing his emotions with drugs are virtuosic samples of the craft. Brolin can play gruff machismo in his sleep, but this performance is not given in his sleep, containing moments of real subtlety and nuance. Taylor Kitsch, who was on his way to stardom a few years ago before being derailed by a couple flops, also displays dimension that's surprising for the character established as the ladies man and shit talker.
Connelly may be the one who deserves special mention, though, as she is the best example of the film trying to avoid the pitfalls of other films in which wives are stranded in remote locations, tied to their phones, awaiting updates on their husbands. Always a powerhouse performer, Connelly really gets to stretch her chops in a couple scenes with her husband (Brolin's Eric Marsh) that don't simply involve when he's coming home and whether he'll be safe. You get the sense Connelly wouldn't have taken a role like this unless she knew it was going to serve her well, and indeed it does.
As an additional touch of acting royalty, even Jeff Bridges shows up in a less central role, providing his usual brand of facial tics and other mannerisms that might seem fussy if they didn't also seem so true. Maybe the film didn't need him, but it does get a little extra dose of legitimacy as a result.
Earning his own kind of legitimacy is Kosinski, a director and special effects prodigy who never really launched. His primary skill set was used toward a couple films that were ultimately failures, those being Tron: Legacy and the Tom Cruise vehicle Oblivion. Only the Brave does not rely heavily on special effects, or at least not in a way that would require an expert. Counterintuitively, this is the Kosinski film that really works. Those films looked good, but were empty. This one also looks good, or as good as it needs to, but is rich and full.


(Newser) – The wait for spring isn't getting any easier. The northern US is in for more Arctic chills, LiveScience reports. While it won't be the season's coldest weather in absolute terms, it could be the coldest compared to what's normal for this time of year, an expert tells the site. He notes, however, that the "polar vortex" everyone's talking about has actually always been around; it's just that normally, the jet stream restricts it further to the north. Things get cold when the jet stream moves further south than usual as weather patterns alter.
Don't you love it when Mother Nature won't co-operate with that idiot Al Gore?
And yet Florida is having the warmest winter yet" go figure?
I like the cold but anything under 20 hurts my joints. Anything under 10 feels painful like a burn, not cold. It always amazes me when my car starts at 15 below. Some guy was out looking for his lost dog when it was 5 above. I felt so bad for him. I hope he found his dog. It got to 10 below that night. I doubt if a lost dog could survive that.