Following on from my colleague's blog post "A new career profile for industry 4.0", my post will outline what an IoT software architect does – and why I enjoy being one ☺.
I've spent the past few years working as a software systems architect with a special focus on the IoT. I often get asked "what is so special about IoT solutions?", and how my work has changed since becoming an IoT architect. Here are some of the challenges involved in creating IoT solutions and how these affect the role of the software architect.
This is the kind of diagram often drawn to illustrate what a software architect does. The steps shown are, of course, iterative and generally non-sequential.
Collecting requirements and constraints: Requirements are usually defined and supplied by business stakeholders. They are about why a specific solution should exist. Businesspeople focus on the revenue they expect to create with the specific solution; IT departments on the other hand focus on costs, including the costs of IT infrastructure as well as the cost of operating, maintaining, and refining a software solution over many years.
Create structure: All non-trivial (software) systems are made up of many components and functions that interact to produce the expected results as defined by the business requirements. To deliver a maintainable and extensible solution, it is important to structure systems so that subcomponents are cohesive, with a minimum of coupling so that future changes can be added more easily.
Create cross-cutting concepts: Those concepts deal with requirements that are imposed on a system by the environment in which it is executed – internally as well as externally. These include technical concepts such as (audit) logging, error handling and recovery, security, and many more. There are also external influences, such as legislative requirements and certifications, which need to be taken into account when designing a system's architecture.
Communicate architecture: For a system architecture to be successful, it is essential that an architect can communicate it to and discuss it with all relevant stakeholders, including developers, IT departments, management, and of course business departments.
Accompany development: In order for a system architecture to be implemented according to the "blueprint," an architect will spend a significant part of her time with development teams, explaining concepts and reasons behind architectural decisions, analyzing and adjusting software designs, and being a part of the system test phase.
Assess architecture: To ensure a system's high quality over time, it is important to periodically assess its current state based on the underlying architecture. This is done to detect risks and technical deficiencies so as to then correct divergences that are inevitable when a system is worked on for years.
Since requirements change over time and new ones get added, architecture is not a "one-shot" activity, but has to be a process that continues until a system is shut down or replaced.
As an architect, my playing field is between the requirements space and the solution space. I'm always receiving requirements and constraints from the business side and translating them into technical terms that are then structured and assigned to components to be refined and implemented by the development teams. In the design and implementation phases, I receive constant feedback about technical implications that might create conflicts between what was intended and what is technically feasible or impossible to implement – due either to technical obstacles or time constraints.
In this area of conflict, it's my job to balance both sides so that in the end, we can deliver a functional system that meets the expectations of the business side. The challenge is to decide if this is best achieved by refining requirements, reducing them, or even changing the structure of the software system –the goal being to solve technical obstacles today while keeping an eye on the issues of tomorrow. One of the great challenges of a "software architect in-between" is to always be taking proper care of existing systems. With new functionalities and technologies being added all the time, it's easy to end up falling into the complexity trap. Over time, growing information systems tend to become inflexible, costly, and unreliable. They stop fulfilling stakeholders' expectations and have the potential to reach a dangerous dead end.
This challenge becomes even bigger in the context of IoT solutions. Let me explain why.
What is special about solutions in the IoT?
Although just technical elements, future IoT solutions won't be provided only by (device) manufacturers, communication providers, or cloud operators. As more and more increasingly connected smart things become available, more solutions will be provided by classic enterprise organizations themselves. These organizations are using the data and information originating from smart things connected to the internet to enhance their existing business. One clear knock-on effect is that over time the business contexts for connected things will become blurred. A professional connected power drill will no longer be just a tool, but will also play an important role in, say, logistics and CRM solutions. From the perspective of an IoT solution architect: This will increase the number of stakeholders who will have additional requirements and expectations that each IoT solution will have to fulfil.
Business context and requirements are limited and mostly come from one business unit within a larger organization.
A clearly defined target environment in terms of runtime infrastructure, technologies, and user profiles that remain stable over a long period of time. Usually it's an organization's own IT department that defines the constraints for a solution's architecture; remember, they're responsible for running the whole IT infrastructure and ultimately have to account for what gets spent on it.
Manageable number of stakeholders mostly from within an organization.
Rarely more than one or two programming languages and data storage technologies in place, mostly one specific application server, one set of programming guidelines, one versioning system, one build server.
One common code base, which makes it easier to conduct architecture assessments.
In most cases, graphical user interfaces are for rich clients or web clients so there are hardly ever more than two UI frameworks involved.
Changes to the software system are driven mostly by new requirements coming from one business department, most often triggered externally, e.g. through regulatory changes, mergers and acquisitions, market changes, or competitors coming up with new or better features.
What's more, even if it's never said explicitly, such solutions are "built to last" for a long time, often 10 years or longer. And since they keep growing over time, the main challenge is keeping a solution's agility high (meaning its ability to be enhanced and maintained) while constantly adding business value to generate profit. Architects of such long-life solutions need to find a strategy for how to constantly improve their "inner quality" while still keeping them operational.
Many IoT solutions are built in a context of not yet fully defined markets and business cases. To remain flexible and open towards what lies ahead, many organizations start small with limited feature sets, low number of users, and a handful of countries for roll-outs in order to keep initial investment low. Once such solutions become successful, they require flexible (elastic) scalability – and this has to be built in from the very start, as does a solution's extensibility.
Deployment of the relevant parts of a software solution happens across several distributed layers due to the major role hardware and bandwidth restrictions, integration of constrained devices, connectivity "gaps", regulatory constraints, and mobile devices play in the IoT. Very often we see that in the end, data privacy and security requirements define where certain functionalities have to be executed and where data may be collected and stored.
Then there are the great number of programming languages that are used – without a common code base, but with a multitude of employed build tools, testing frameworks, release cycles as well as certification procedures. At the end of the day, everything must run together smoothly.
Hardware lifecycles and software lifecycles differ significantly and influence each other –impacting the time to market of an IoT solution, since it requires both the hardware and the software to be market-ready.
Classic enterprise systems still play a role in most of the targeted solutions (ERP systems, billing services, CRM solutions, etc.) with all challenges belonging to their integration, and are still very similar to what we learned in the classic enterprise business.
Serious IoT solutions have high requirements in terms of data storage and management. Thanks to the availability of NoSQL data storage, an architect can now make the best choice for managing relational, time series, document-centric, or other data with the sometimes challenging implication that single solutions can also suddenly become polyglot solutions with regard to data management technologies.
User experience management has become a very important activity. Architects have to ensure end customers don't encounter any problems with any relevant solution component (end-to-end, including software and hardware), particularly when it comes to smart home solutions, for instance.
International laws and regulations have an impact on IoT products and solutions much more often than in the classic enterprise context.
There are no standards in place yet in most of the IoT-related domains. At the same time, there are many competing and often conflicting activities going on internationally, which will ultimately affect the architecture of an IoT solution. Smart home activities across the globe are just one example.
Although functional reuse across different IoT domains and their bounded contexts is assumed to be rather limited, we can definitely expect to encounter frequent overlap and interaction across what used to be domain-specific solutions. This will happen much less via semantically typed service interfaces than by sharing data (coming from sensors) that each solution then interprets differently in its own context.
Now having lots of data at hand will require new technologies and concepts in order to derive knowledge and create ideas for new business based on what things can do.
My recommendation is: Beware of "Conway's law". It describes one of the greatest dangers for organizations in the IoT solutions area, arising through the parallel, often independent, activities of various business units. If not properly managed, this will lead to the implementation of similar (functionally identical) supporting domain functionalities and prohibit seamless operation of all solutions within a given environment. Things that previously operated in a limited business field can later play a completely different role. If we don't consider this in IoT solution architectures, we may miss out on potential additional business value, ultimately resulting in lost business!
For the IoT architect this means: There are many decisions to make – each with an appreciation for what will be most effective. We need to have additional expertise in what up to now have been unfamiliar territories and markets. This is clearly a sphere of activity that requires advanced practical experience in the fields mentioned.
Let me explain what I mean by the architect's "breadth".
Many more stakeholders on the requirements side – including legal aspects, certification authorities, standardization bodies and consortia, 3rd parties and partners, the physics of things, etc. Techies beware: many things that are technically feasible must often be left out of a solution for non-technical reasons!
Much more technology knowledge and, ultimately, implications in the solution space due to heterogeneous technology stacks even for a single solution.
Uncertain business models which require flexibility of scale (number of users and connected things as well as in terms of features) and deployment (e.g. on-site deployment versus cloud-based solution).
Massively distributed runtime environments with connections based on a multitude of different communication patterns.
Many more interacting solutions to deal with when designing an IoT solution.
Building blocks in an IoT environment become bigger while singular solutions still require fine granular structuring.
Architects will interact closely with other architects from other solution spaces.
For me as an IoT architect, this means that the scope and field of activity has widened considerably. It's now about much more than software systems. In my career, I have gained great insight into the day-to-day work of those in other technical disciplines, such as hardware manufacturing, sensor development, embedded software development, and mobile development. But today, I also work closely with teams from a variety of other business units and non-technical organizations, such as user experience experts, legal departments, and many more besides.
For anyone who likes change and continuous learning, regardless of the business sector or IoT domain, the life of an IoT architect can be full of motivation and enjoyment. In the long run, it's about teamwork – both within your organization as well as across organizations. I confidently predict that, even if you are currently working in an organization operating as what I referred to above as "the classic enterprise," you'll sooner or later also be seeing IoT-related solutions entering your business domain – there's no escaping the IoT!
Join the discussion: What other challenges do you think are out there for IoT architects?
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Thank you very much Markus, for this interesting post. It gave me many new insights and fits absolutely to my experiences being part of the development team of Bosch's connected heatings portal (www.buderus-connect.de http://www.junkers-homecom.de).


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One of the first questions that a potential inheritance litigation client quite reasonably asks is some form of the following question: "How much is this ultimately going to cost me?" While there is unfortunately little or no way of determining on the front end how much a legal matter might cost, how that cost will be calculated generally is capable of early determination. There are typically three primary ways in which an attorney charges for his or her services, and of course occasionally a couple of these methods can be combined together to create a "mixed" fee arrangement.
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, "A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade." Accordingly, the most common fee arrangement is based upon an hourly fee, i.e., the lawyer charges an hourly rate for their time and the ultimate fee is determined upon how much time the lawyer has to spend on the representation. For example, if I was retained by the trustee of a trust to defend against claims brought by a beneficiary of the trust, I would charge the trustee an hourly fee and the ultimate bill would be determined upon how much time I had to spend working on the trustee's case. The same goes for a beneficiary pursuing claims against the trustee.
Obviously, the more time-consuming the case the more expensive the representation (and vice versa). Hourly rates in Arkansas are by and large considerably lower than in other, more populated and wealthier areas of the country, especially the East and West Coasts. There are a number of factors which determine the hourly rate, including but not limited to the complexity of the area of law, the attorney's experience and reputation, the attorney's location, etc.
A second, but less common, fee arrangement in inheritance disputes (and other litigation for that matter) is a "contingency fee." This is an arrangement which is necessarily only used by the person bringing the lawsuit, as opposed to the person defending the action. Specifically, the lawyer and the client agree that the lawyer will accept a percentage of whatever amount is recovered (if anything) as the lawyer's fee for the representation. A common percentage is anywhere from 25-50%, and rarely will the percentage stray outside of that range. Usually the lawyer and the client will come to an agreement on the front end regarding who will pay for the various costs (filing fees, deposition expenses, copies, postage, etc.) and sometimes the lawyer will advance those expenses and then take them "off the top" in the event of any recovery.
As one can tell, under this arrangement the more favorable the recovery, the higher the lawyer's fee. However, there is also added risk for the attorney because if there is little or no recovery, or if the client prevails but the judgment is uncollectible as a practical matter (the defendant has no money, etc.), then the lawyer loses just like the client. Given the fact that litigation can often take years, essentially the attorney is working for free for a long period of time before recouping out-of-pocket expenses much less any fee for the work performed.
This type of arrangement can be beneficial in situations wherein an individual might not be able to afford an hourly arrangement. Again, the potential downside is that, unlike a rear-end collision wherein liability in a personal injury case might be very clear, liability in estate, trust, or probate litigation can often be quite unclear and unpredictable. Therefore, in cases where liability is unclear or in cases in which the defendant could potentially have counterclaims against the plaintiff, contingency fee arrangements will probably not be the ideal arrangement. Occasionally, a lawyer will be willing to combine a lower hourly fee (perhaps charging 2/3 of their regular hourly rate) with a lower-than-usual contingency percentage (perhaps 25% instead of 33% or more), therefore creating a mixed hourly/contingency fee arrangement.
Finally, the third and least common type of fee arrangement is simply a "flat fee" paid for a certain amount of services. In other words, the lawyer and the client agree that a certain type of service or a certain number of actions will be taken by the lawyer to represent the client (drafting a certain amount of letters, preparing an agreement, etc.). For that finite amount of services the lawyer and client agree on a specific fee. This gives both the lawyer and the client a greater degree of predictability, but it is an often impractical arrangement in estate, trust and probate disputes because litigation is unpredictable and can rarely be reduced to only a certain number of actions. However, in certain situations it can be used effectively and should not automatically be discarded.
In conclusion, the best fee arrangement in a particular situation will necessarily depend upon the facts and circumstances. While the free market has resulted in lawyers no doubt being expensive, when it comes to the amounts of money and high stakes involved in inheritance litigation, many times the lawyer's fee can be a mere drop in the bucket. For example, if a plaintiff potentially goes without recovering some or all of a large inheritance that they were otherwise supposed to receive, then hiring an attorney can even be construed as a wise investment. Likewise, if a trustee could potentially be removed from her office or is wrongfully accused of harming the trust and causing substantial damages, hiring representation is a necessity rather than a luxury (incidentally, sometimes trustees' attorney fees can be paid out a trust or reimbursed by a trust). In certain situations (breach of contract, breach of trust, etc.) the prevailing party also may be able to recover some or all of their attorney's fees expended. In essence, every situation is different and unfortunately there are simply no guarantees when it comes to the outcome of a legal matter nor the attorney fees necessary to handle that legal matter.


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A new report by The Hollywood Reporter says the CBS executive has been fired.
The executive, Hayley Geftman-Gold, wrote the comment in a discussion thread that was later deleted.
As previously reported, a crazed shooter slaughtered over 50 people Sunday night at a Las Vegas country western concert in a mass shooting.
Another 400 people were injured.
The Las Vegas shooter was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock from Mesquite, Nevada.
50+ people are dead and over 400 people are injured and Hayley Geftman-Gold has no sympathy for innocent Americans slaughtered because of their political affiliation. Truly disgusting.
This isn't the first time a vile leftist associated with CBS has made a disgusting statement like this after a terrorist attack.
As previously reported, freelance writer for CBS, David Leavitt tweeted out 'jokes' after a terrorist bombed the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. Innocent people were killed and injured at this concert including children and he thinks this is appropriate? This is liberalism, folks. Zero decency. Zero compassion.


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Фудбалски савез Израела (хебрејски:ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל) је главна фудбалска организација у Израелу.

Клубови са најдужом традицијом су ФК Макаби Тел Авив (1906), ФК Макаби Петах Тиква (1912), ФК Макаби Хаифа (1919).

Фудбалски савез основан 1928. године. Има 283 регистрована клуба. Члан је Светске фудбалске федерације ФИФА од 1929. године и Европске фудбалске уније Уефа од 1994. године. До 1976. године, Израел је био члан Азијске фудбалске конфедерације АФК, али је избачен из политичких разлога.

Лига се игра од 1932. године. Најуспешнији клуб је ФК Макаби Тел Авив. Куп Израела први пут је одигран 1928. године. Највише победа однео је ФК Макаби Тел Авив.

Прва међународна утакмица одиграна је 1934. године у Каиру, Египат-Израел 7:1. Боја дресова репрезентације је бела. Национални стадион Рамат Гану у Тел Авиву прима 55000 гледалаца.

На Светском првенству национална селекција играла је 1970. године. Израел је једина држава у свету која је учествовала у квалификацијама за Светско првенство у оквиру различитих континенталних група, Азија (АФК) и Европа (УЕФА).

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 Званична презентација
 Израел  на ФИФА страницама
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Drake in the Morning | Extra Dumbasses!
An unnamed 60-something Woodruff, South Carolina man was recently invited to join the ultra-secret Illuminati. While you may wonder why a seemingly ordinary man would be asked to join a society that's rumored to include the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and Beyonce, this person didn't and wired a down payment of $250 to join. The man later sent another $2,000 before canceling his credit card payment and calling police after he apparently realized he might be a fraud victim.
An unnamed Pittsburgh woman recently arranged to meet her baby daddy so that he could provide her with money to support their children. Unfortunately, instead of her baby daddy, she was greeted by another woman who began throwing cans of SpaghettiOs at her car and attempted to stab her with a knife. The woman managed to get away and was somehow able to swipe the attacker's purse in the melee. Police said the victim's vehicle had a broken back window, multiple dents and was smeared with red sauce and pieces of pasta, but paperwork inside the purse helped them identify the attacker as Eileen Gettleman, who was arrested.
A 73-year-old Florida woman, identified as Barbara Lee Ray, recently went to her doctor over concerns of possible side effects of drugs she was taking. Barbara asked that the doctor test the drugs, which turned out to be methamphetamine. Barbara was taken to Bartow Regional Medical Center and then booked into Polk County Jail on drug charges.
The Chicago Tribune claims a Vernon Hills, Illinois women was recently cited for housing 58 cats. Neighbors complained after the woman's home began to smell. Building inspectors say the cats are in good health. Javorka Gasic was issued citations for animal cruelty and harboring more than three cats without a permit.
The Daily Mail claims an unidentified man in China recently survived getting run over by a car after he fell asleep in the middle of the road. The man was walking home from a night of drinking when he climbed over a traffic barrier and passed out. He was struck by the vehicle and dragged across a busy intersection after dozing off for three minutes. The man survived with minor scratches.


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Jules Mascaron, né en 1634 à Marseille et mort en 1703 est un prédicateur français de la société de l'Oratoire de Jésus.

Biographie

Né à Marseille, d'un père avocat à Aix-en-Provence, il entra très tôt à la Congrégation de l'Oratoire et devint vite un prédicateur réputé. Paris confirma bientôt l'appréciation de la province ; en 1666 on lui demanda de prêcher devant la Cour, et il devint un des favoris de Louis XIV, qui prétendait que son éloquence était « une des rares choses qui ne vieillissent pas ».

En 1671, il fut nommé évêque de Tulle et consacré l'année suivante par François de Harlay de Champvallon, archevêque de Paris, puis huit années plus tard, évêque d'Agen. Il continua néanmoins de prêcher régulièrement à la Cour, surtout à l'occasion de funérailles. Son panégyrique de Turenne, en 1675, est considéré comme son chef-d'œuvre. Son style est marqué par la préciosité.

Il fut admiré par  de Sévigné et par  de Scudéry, avec laquelle, il correspondit.Cette relation bâtie sur une admiration partagée  a duré  40 ans. Elle était à la fois sa confidente et  sa lectrice avisée dont il attendait l'opinion avant de prononcer ses discours.  Comme orateur, il avait régulièrement recours aux citations tirées des auteurs de l'Antiquité gréco-romaine sans pour autant oublier de faire des allusions aux progrès scientifiques de son siècle. Ses élans imaginaires, sa trivialité, sa naïveté, sa familiarité figurent parfois comme des défauts. Néanmoins, il était un orateur qui communiquait facilement avec ses auditeurs.

Il consacra ses dernières années à son diocèse, où il mourut en 1703.

Six de ses plus fameux sermons ont été édités en 1704.

Œuvres
 Charles Bordes, Recueil des oraisons funèbres prononcées par Messire Jules Mascaron, G. Dupuis, 1704
 Esprit Fléchier, Choix d'oraisons funèbres de Bossuet, Fléchier, Massillon, Bourdaloue, Mascaron, et de M. de Beauvais, accompagné de notes, et précédé d'un essai sur l'oraison funèbre, par M. Villemain, Testu, 1813
 Jules Mascaron, "Les Oraisons funèbres - texte présenté, établi et annoté par Bernard Gallina", Schena Editore - Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 2002

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Personnalité de l'Ancien Régime
Religion sous l'Ancien Régime
Théologien français
Théologien catholique du XVIIe siècle
Évêque de Tulle
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Évêque catholique français du XVIIe siècle
Écrivain français du XVIIe siècle
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Naissance en mars 1634
Naissance à Marseille
Naissance dans la province de Provence
Naissance dans la province de Provence (dans le département actuel des Bouches-du-Rhône)
Décès en novembre 1703
Décès à 69 ans


Cancer Research UK has created an Amazon Alexa Skill to allow users to track their alcohol consumption and help raise awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer. The My Alcohol Tracker Skill has been launched to mark alcohol awareness week from Monday 13th November.
Alcohol increases the risk of seven different types of cancer, including breast, mouth and bowel, but awareness of the link between alcohol and cancer is very low. As a new way to combat this, the charity's digital innovation and health information teams have developed the My Alcohol Tracker Skill to help users get to grips with what they're drinking and provide tips on how to cut down.
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A NAS appliance is a type of commodity hardware that includes its own dedicated storage disks and RAID that can easily scale as more capacity is needed. NAS appliances help businesses protect corporate data, enable file-sharing among employees and remote connectivity.
A NAS (network-attached storage) appliance typically uses protocols such as the one associated with the Network File System NFS to operate as a file server, releasing other servers from that responsibility. Other NAS appliance benefits include faster data access, easier administration and simplified configuration. Each appliance has its own dedicated storage disks and RAID.
NAS appliances also have some drawbacks. For example, because they are file-based, they are not appropriate for every application. Furthermore, a proliferation of NAS appliances can result in bottlenecks.


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24. IS MOODLEY BETTER THAN NAICKER?
Gnanasamunthamurthi had a fine reason for changing his name, I am sure. Apparently the one he had to begin with indicated something or related him to someone that he wasn't proud of. After all, that's what names are for. They describe. They tell who or what. They indicate kinship, or quality, or purpose. They identify.
Why is it, then, do you suppose, that people are so careless about names when it comes to spiritual affairs? Millions professing to be Christians are apparently not satisfied to be called that. They take extra names. Some are based on a practice (Baptist, Dunkard, Quaker). Others come from a man's name (Lutheran, Calvinist, Wesleyan or Campbellite). Maybe these names designate church government (Congregational, Presbyterian, Independent or Episcopalian). Sometimes they grow out of a belief or doctrine (Evangelical, Fundamental, Methodist, Adventist, or Sabbatarian — and we had as well include Progressive and Anti, Liberal and Conservative, etc. If a person carries a partisan flag for these causes he is in the same boat with all the rest along this line.).
Christians in New Testament times-under the guidance of the apostles and prophets-also baptized, but they were just CHRISTIANS. They were congregational in government and were ruled by local presbyters (elders) who were also called episcopoi (overseers). But they were still just CHRISTIANS. They were "pro" some things and "anti" some things. But they were still just CHRISTIANS, or saints, or disciples, or believers, or brethren. And these were names common to them all, not labels to divide them from one another.
Ile one time we find them taking any party labels (in that case they had begun to take men's names), the Apostle Paul reprimanded them firmly, and reminded them that they were all baptized into the name of Christ, who was crucified for them all. He added that Christ was not divided, and. that they should not be either (I Corinthians 1:9-18).
'Me great reformers of early Protestantism all begged their followers not to take their names. They urged them to be Christians-nothing more and nothing less. If a man is a follower of the Lord he can be described best in that term. Scripture says the man who suffers as a Christian is to glorify God on that behalf (I Peter 4:16). The individual who suffers as something else has to find encouragement elsewhere. One who takes all the Bible and nothing else will be a Christian-and nothing else.
baptized in His name. Let us be just Christians. Unless, of course, we ARE something else. In which case the honest thing to do is change our name. Like good old Gnanasamunthamurthi. I can't help wondering, though … is Moodley that much better than Naicker?


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OPINION: Use the Prerogative at your peril - warnings from the past
Professor Martyn Bennett provides his thoughts and insight into the prorogation of parliament.
Professor Martyn Bennett
By Professor Martyn Bennett
Sir John Major and more recently Gina Miller have both made public their determination to prevent the prorogation of parliament. They raised the possibility of going to court if the prime minister, about to be foisted upon us by the numerically insignificant Tory party membership, attempts to prorogue parliament in order to drive through a No Deal Brexit. This will not be the first time that Ms Miller has vowed to take head-on the residual monarchical powers which still lurk behind the scenes of our presumed democratic system. In early 2017 Ms Miller successfully won the backing of the Supreme Court to ensure that the prime minister could not use such powers to create a deal with the EU which did not require democratic approval. Yet again however, such residual powers have been mooted as a means by which to drive through the already disastrous departure from the EU. Ms Miller's court success led directly to the impasse in parliament and it is debateable whether this was, or was not, an intended consequence.
The use of these prerogative powers, once exercised by a monarch to 'get around' the tiresome practices of a democratic purpose, have never been effectively repealed. They lurk behind the scenes until such an occasion as this and now reside in the hands of the executive. However, monarchs were enjoined to understand that they were used, even in the past, with extreme caution. When they were not, they could inspire dramatic and revolutionary reactions.
In March 1629, Charles I grew tired of a parliament which would not support financially, or otherwise, his disastrous and expensive foreign policy errors and ordered the dissolution of parliament. The MPs were so incensed when Speaker Sir John Finch announced the closure of the session, they promptly left their seats and sat on him. Holding him in the chair meant that he could not rise from his seat, and thus close the house. Whilst he writhed under at least five members, the MPs passed a series of motions condemning the king's policies. Charles's reaction was manifold. Five prominent MPs were imprisoned and the Westminster parliament remained closed until 1640. However, during that time anger did not abate and the crushing of monarchical power in 1640-1642 was at least in part a direct consequence of the actions of that tumultuous day.
Whilst there had been a fairly well managed meeting of the Scottish Parliament (known as the Estates) in 1633, the king's high-handed religious and other policies inspired a radical reaction. The Scots also rejected the king's use of executive power in November 1638. In the General Assembly of the Kirk there was a real attempt to reverse decades of monarchical interference in the Scottish Church. The king's reaction, as in 1629 was to curtail the session. This time his representative, the Marquis of Hamilton, tried to close the assembly by leaving the chamber. The door was locked against him: the key hidden. This time the meeting did not end: the king's powers were severely dented.
When the Westminster parliament again met, it was because the Scottish crisis had led to two wars, both of which the king's extra-parliamentary government lost and was thus bankrupt. Despite using his prerogative powers to close the first parliament of 1640 after just three weeks, the king's predicament became worse. With Charles on the back-foot he was forced to acquiesce, at least temporarily. Parliament recognised this and passed two acts to prevent a re-run of the earlier parliament. The Triennial Act of February 1641 ended the monarch's role in the summoning of parliaments: they would meet every three years whether a monarch wanted one or not. The second was passed in May 1641. This act made it impossible for the king to use his prerogative power to prorogue or close parliament permanently. By this time, in Edinburgh the Estates had already done the same thing. These important actions precipitated King Charles's decision to pursue extra parliamentary plots to regain power, but to no avail: everything he tried failed. With the breakdown in trust between parliament and the executive, revolution followed and the monarchy fell a few years later. There is a worrying relationship between the use of such powers and a breakdown in government.
It was not only in the British revolutionary period when the threat to elected houses from prerogative powers resulted in drastic actions. It was clear by June in 1789 that the Etat Generaux, which was the first one to have been assembled since 1614, was not going to be controlled by the government executive. Under the pretext of renovation works to the assembly building, King Louis XVI tried to prevent them from sitting. Members moved to a nearby tennis court and took an oath to stay together. Although this predated the climactic seizure of the Bastille the following month, the decision to remain in session effectively limited the king's power and sealed the fate of the French monarchy. It could be said that Tennis Court Oath was the real beginning of the French Revolution.
At the end of last week some MPs were suggesting that they, like their 1629 predecessors would remain defiantly in their seats if the prime minister decided to prorogue the house. Between 1629 and 1642 the position of the Speaker changed dramatically. In 1629 Sir John Finch saw himself, and was seen by Charles, as the representative of the king in the Commons. His successor William Lenthall saw it differently; he as he said directly to the king, 'had neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am'. It is expected by some members of the Commons that Lenthall's position has been inherited by John Bercow. A few days ago it was implied that he would not have to be sat upon, if there was an order to close the house: he would remain seated voluntarily.
It can be argued that even the threat of prorogation will generate counter measures which may have unintended consequences. Both the French and British reactions to the use of monarchical power led to violence in the streets and then on to far more radical actions than those expected initially: in all cases the outcome was violent revolution and/or civil war.
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Nottingham Trent University (NTU) was named University of the Year 2019 in the Guardian University Awards. The award was based on performance and improvement in the Guardian University Guide, retention of students from low-participation areas and attainment of BME students. NTU was also the Times Higher Education University of the Year 2017, and The Times and Sunday Times Modern University of the Year 2018. These awards recognise NTU for its high levels of student satisfaction, its quality of teaching, its engagement with employers, and its overall student experience.
The university has been rated Gold in the Government's Teaching Excellence Framework – the highest ranking available.
It is one of the largest UK universities. With nearly 32,000 students and more than 4,000 staff located across four campuses, the University contributes £900m to the UK economy every year. With an international student population of more than 3,000 from around 100 countries, the University prides itself on its global outlook.
The university is passionate about creating opportunities and its extensive outreach programme is designed to enable NTU to be a vehicle for social mobility. NTU is among the UK's top five recruiters of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. A total of 82% of its graduates go on to graduate entry employment or graduate entry education or training within six months of leaving. Student satisfaction is high: NTU achieved an 88% satisfaction score in the 2018 National Student Survey.
NTU is also one of the UK's most environmentally friendly universities, containing some of the sector's most inspiring and efficient award-winning buildings.
NTU is home to world-class research, and won The Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2015 – the highest national honour for a UK university. It recognised the University's pioneering projects to improve weapons and explosives detection in luggage; enable safer production of powdered infant formula; and combat food fraud.
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Nottingham's universities launch collaboration to change local lives
Nottingham's two world-class universities have launched a pioneering collaboration to help change the lives of local people for the better, as independent research reveals that every 22 seconds someone in Nottingham interacts with one of the city's universities.
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British Academy-funded research by Professor Gill Allwood from NTU's School of Arts and Humanities explores forced marriage policy in France
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Here is a simple and straightforward Pinewood Derby trophy design that is easy enough that almost anyone can build it. Many woodworkers will probably have some scrap wood laying around that can be used to make these car display trophies. If not, this wood is very inexpensive.
I used a compound miter saw to cut one end of the 2×4 roughly 20 degrees beyond square, as you can see in the below photo. You can make this same cut with a hand saw if you don't have access to a miter saw.
I used a router to round over the edges of the 1×6 and 1×4 pieces, or you can just sand them real good to get rid of the sharp edges. Then I sanded all 3 pieces and then I stained them. I didn't stain the 1/4 inch thick rail piece because it was from some flooring and it already had a stain finish.
Now it's time to attach the 1×4 to the angled end of the 2×4. First I centered the 2×4 on the other board and made pencil marks on the 1×4.
Then I drilled a couple of pilot holes completely through the 1×4.
Then I screwed some 2 inch screws through so they were just barely poking out the other side.
I used glue for extra strength, but if the screws are installed properly, they are plenty strong for this application.
This would be easier with a jig to hold it together while tightening the screws down, but I was able to hold it tight enough with one hand and tighten the screws with the other. This is soft pine so it was not difficult to tighten the screws at this angle. If I had a third hand, I could have taken a photo of the operation!
So now we have the top plate of the trophy stand mounted to the upright. This photo has it laying on its back, though.
I did essentially the same operation to attach the 1×6 base plate to the 2×4 upright.
Now it's time to attach the 1/4 inch thick rail piece to the top plate. Notice that it will cover up and hide the screws that are holding the top plate to the upright.
This rail piece will be straddled by the Pinewood Derby car, so it will only be holding 5 ounces worth of weight. So we can just glue it directly to the top plate and that will hold the weight just fine.
Since my rail piece was scrap flooring material, I scored the bottom surface with a utility knife to roughen up the surface and give the glue something to grab hold of.
After gluing the rail piece on, I clamped it for a few hours to dry.
And here is a photo of the final product. I ended up making three trophies, each with a slightly higher upright. One for third place, one for second place, and one for first place. The base plate has plenty of room for a custom purchased metal nameplate that contains the name and year of the event, plus if you wait till after the event, you can get the winning cub scout's name also put on the metal nameplate!
I hope this idea and these instructions were helpful!
If you have any comments or suggestions or other ideas, please feel free to leave a comment below or you can email me directly by clicking on the "email us" link at the bottom of the web page.


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The Voice Kids (British TV series)
For the international syndication, see The Voice Kids.
The Voice Kids is a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on ITV during the summer television cycle on 10 June 2017. The series was based on the original The Voice of Holland. It was part of the The Voice franchise. It has aired four series. It aims to feature young aspiring singers. The winners receive a money prize and a family trip, courtesy of Norweigan Airlines. Winners of the four series have been: Jess Folley, Daniel Davies, Sam Wilkinson and Justine Afante.
The series employs a panel of four coaches. They critique the artists' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the series. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original panel featured will.i.am, Danny Jones and Pixie Lott; the panel for the fifth series will feature will.i.am, Jones, Lott and Melanie C. Other judges from previous series include Jessie J and Paloma Faith.
The fifth series will start in 2021.
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Hope is one of the Theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do. It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is. If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with Heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth "thrown in": aim at earth and you will get neither. It seems a strange rule, but something like it can be seen at work in other matters. Health is a great blessing, but the moment you make health one of your main, direct objects you start becoming a crank and imagining there is something wrong with you. You are only likely to get health provided you want other things more—food, games, work, fun, open air. In the same way, we shall never save civilisation as long as civilisation is our main object. We must learn to want something else even more.


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Mohamed Fahmy calls for more protection for journalists on World Press Freedom Day
Last year, on World Press Freedom Day, Mohamed Fahmy was in prison. Now, the Canadian journalist hopes to help others in similar situations with his new foundation.
Canadian journalist hopes to help other journalists behind bars
On the Coast · CBC News · Posted: May 03, 2015 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 3, 2015
Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy is currently out on bail while on trial in Cairo on terror-related charges. (AFP/Getty Images)
Last year, on World Press Freedom Day, Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy was in prison and had a message for the judge responsible for his potential exoneration.
"I told the judge the world is watching him and he should realize journalism is a right for people to be informed and for journalists to be protected," Fahmy told On the Coast's Stephen Quinn.
The Al-Jazeera journalist spent over a year in prison on terror-related charges before being granted bail. He launched the Fahmy Foundation for a Free Press in February 2015.
Fahmy spoke to On the Coast's Stephen Quinn from Egypt about what he hopes his organization can offer journalists.
What's the latest on your re-trial?
My re-trial has reached a very important phase. Last week the technical committee in charge of evaluating whether our videos were fabricated came back and said they were not.It's a huge victory and could be a path to my exoneration. The next hearing is on May 9.
Three months ago, you were still in prison. People around the world were campaigning for your release. What did that campaigning mean to you?
I was in solitary confinement for over a month with no outing, no light and no way of telling time but I got snippets of news of what was happening outside. That is what really kept me going through these very difficult times.
When I came out of prison I realized how big the support I got was. I have been very serious about helping these journalists who are still behind bars because I know what they need most is that global support.
There are already a number of press freedom organizations doing really great work. Where will your organization fit in relation to the others?
I bring something new to the arena. My organization will also provide financial assistance to journalists behind bars. I paid for most of my legal fees during my imprisonment. I have a lot of contacts in the Middle East region and I want to use that connection to help other journalists behind bars.
To hear the full interview, click the audio labelled: Mohamed Fahmy on World Press Freedom Day.
Neil Bantleman, jailed in Indonesia, criticizes feds for lack of help
Mohamed Fahmy, Al-Jazeera English journalist, signs book deal
Mohamed Fahmy gets new Canadian passport


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Q: Pandas and Spreadsheet I am using ubuntu and as a result unable to use ms excel.Anyways I have created a spread sheet and I wish to make use of it in my python program.
Following is the Python program.
import pandas as pd

df=pd.read_excel("/home/files/file1.ods")

df.head()

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "spreadsheet.py", line 2, in <module>
  df=pd.read_excel("/home/files/file1.ods")
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/excel.py", line 163, in    read_excel
  io = ExcelFile(io, engine=engine)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/excel.py", line 187, in __init__
  import xlrd  # throw an ImportError if we need to
ImportError: No module named 'xlrd'

Does it mean that I have to use ms excel or is there an error in my understanding.Whatever be the case your help will be highly appreciated.

A: In recent versions (since 0.25) of Pandas, this feature is provided.
Just install the odfpy package (with pip install odfpy or etc) and then use pandas' (sadly) read_excel() function with the engine='odf' option. For example:
pd.read_excel('path_to_file.ods', engine='odf')

See https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/io.html#opendocument-spreadsheets.

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Since we are all physical beings with human feelings, thoughts and behavior, our emotions and DNA determine our overall health. Charkas are the spiritual powers that create a vortex of energies in the body. Chakas can become blocked from negative energy and psychic debris. This can lead to physical and emotional illnesses and uneasy feelings.
Our emotions are the electricity of the body. When an emotion is out of balance for an extended period of time, the energy (or electricity) either moves through our body too quickly, too slowly, or not at all. Just imagine a sudden surge of power going through your microwave oven; eventually a fuse will blow or the microwave itself will break. The same is true of our bodies. For example, someone with a broken heart, due to the loss of a loved one, who cannot or will not work to deal with this extreme emotion, will eventually experience an energy overload which can cause diseases of the heart, lung, breasts, upper back, shoulders, arms or hands.
By checking in with our emotions, we can address the "disconnect" via our mind, body and spirit. We can learn to keep our charkas balanced and healthy.
Helen Chin Lui is a certified Reflexologist, certified Energy Medicine and Reiki practitioner. She is the founder and owner of the Healing Place in Medfield. She specializes in helping clients with chronic digestive disorders and chronic pain. If you like a free copy of "Proven Alternative Ways to Heal Common Chronic Digestive Problems: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know Can Keep You From Healing," please visit www.healingplacemedfield.com and sign up for our newsletter. As a bonus you will receive health tips, products and services.
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i am having some chakras disbalanced and i want to know the solution…….
As years of accumulated unsolved emotions, anger, disappointment are stored in the body, most people eventually feel unbalanced. These negative emotions upsets the delicate energy or chakra flow through out the body. How to release these emotions by becoming conscious how you feel, processing old emotions and eventually letting them go.
There are many reasons why chakras become unbalanced, such as stress, anger, unconsciousness, and anything that is negative. Unless you recognized these negative emotions and thought patterns these emotions are stored in our body. As these emotions accumulate throughout our lives, most of us, eventually feel off and unbalanced, but we don't know why. It takes a long time to become aware of our emotions and work through them before knowing how to accept them and then finally letting them go.
Could these worries have anything to do with it? The headaches came soon after his doubts did. If you could offer any insight I would greatly appreciate it. I have a strong feeling that there is an energy block. What can I do to help him?
Thank you for writing. To answer your questions – The right side of the body is for giving energy and the left is for receiving. Your boyfriend may be depleted, energy wise, due to how much he is giving. This may be the cause of his headaches.
It also can mean that his third eye is opening. He must learn how to keep himself grounded so that he doesn't take on too much energy. On my youtube channel, healing place medfield, I have a grounding meditation that he can do. All he has to do is listen and follow the directions.
How he can be helped right now? I suggest he grounds which is very important for someone who is starting their journey. Because the journey is so exciting, people have a tendency to go overboard when they first start. There is so much information out there that it is overwhelming and exciting. It is not that he has an energy block but he is overwhelmed with the energy it is leaking out instead of recycling in his soul. Again, meditation will help him to recycle. This practice will help him to bring awareness to his body.
Email if you have any other questions.
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A handsome chateau dating back to the early 1660's Cler has been beautifully maintained and improved over recent years and offers first class holiday accommodation in elegant surroundings. Located just to the south of the bastide town of Pons 7km where there are comprehensive shopping and restaurant facilities. Baker delivery service available. La Rochelle airport 94km. Baker delivery service available. Calais 790km. The wide sandy beaches of St George de Didonne 45km are within easy driving distance. This is a perfect property for extended family groups and friends and even weddings for which a marquis can be made available.
The upper floor has four double bedrooms (1 x 140 wide etc), one en-suite shower room with toilet, one en-suite bathroom with toilet. Three twin bedrooms (2 x etc), one en-suite shower room with toilet. A further family bathroom with toilet and a shower room with toilet.
The ground floor has a twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom with toilet. Shower room with toilet. Snooker room with full-size table. Fully equipped kitchen. Formal dining room and a living room with beautiful, historic wood burner and access to the terrace overlooking the main garden area.
The décor comprises a combination of restored original such as the leather wallpaper in the living room and wood panelling in the snooker and dining room and an appropriate recent style in many of the bedrooms. Furnishings are a pleasant mix of modern and traditional. There is a full internet connection.
The grounds are wonderful with vast sweeping lawns overlooked from a fantastic terrace which runs the full length of the chateau. To the side is a large swimming pool which is sheltered by a high stone wall which offers complete seclusion.
The services of a chef are available at a supplement, on request. Many clients enjoy the catering facility at this property.
There are two other villas within walking distance which can be taken with the chateau for large groups, the CMAW002 and CMAW003.
Property made available in good order and fully equipped. Local taxes (unless specified otherwise in the villa description), reasonable consumption of services including water, gas and electricity. Linen and towels provided (not including beach towels). Garden and swimming pool maintenance.
Refundable cash deposit €600 payable locally. Heating for the house and firewood. Additional services (where available) including cleaning, babysitting and cooking.


Your employees can enter their holidays or days off in the calendar. When planning the shifts it is not possible to assign people to a shift on their holiday.
On top of that, employees can state their regular availabilities in their employee profile. While planning the schedule you can then filter for "available employees".
Alternatively you can inquire the availability of your employees by publishing the schedule. Now your staff members can choose which shifts they want to apply for.


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Legacy Homeschool
Enrichment Center
Building a legacy in knowledge and faith
Emily Paton, Director
Emily and her husband Mike live in Olathe and have four children; ages 11, 8, 5 and 4. This is their sixth year of homeschooling. Emily graduated from Kansas State University in 2003 with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and in 2005 with a Masters Degree in Special Education. She taught for five years in public education before becoming a stay at home mom. This will be her sixth year as director of the enrichment center. She strives to create a program where kids can have fun, make friends, be in a Christ centered environment and experience the fun parts of school that she recalls from childhood.
Michelle Winter, Art
Born and raised in Kansas City, Michelle now resides in Gardner with her husband Luke and their 2 girls ages 11 and 7. This will be their 6th year homeschooling and their first year here at Legacy. Michelle holds a AAS degree in Interior Design from Johnson County Community College and has been working in different facets of the floral/wedding industry for over 25 years. Through her 20s she worked 2 years in the Olathe School District as a paraeducator, managed a children's bookstore, spent 6 years working with a local youth group and has traveled to several countries to serve in mission work. Her greatest influence is her mother who had an amazing talent for floral design and all things creative. She taught her to love Jesus, work hard, value people and enjoy the small things in life. Her goal here at Legacy is to impart a love of all things creative, to teach the foundations of art and help each child discover their own unique creativity. She believes, we are all made in the image of God and He is a very creative God.
Jimmy blecher, music
Music is a passion for Jimmy. It is a gift from the Lord and He has called him to be involved with it for His ministry. He serves on the praise team and in children's church at Impact. Jimmy has been a working musician since the age of 16, playing in venues across the area, including opening day at the K and receiving local radio play as well as on Pandora. He has been homeschooling for about seven years now. He does not have a favorite holiday, and says, "I am thankful for today and try to celebrate everyday the same." The most valuable lesson his mom ever taught him was how to treat a lady..Thanks Mom! When he was younger he used to have old English mastiffs; which were awesome. Haiti is the most unusual place he has ever visited. "It is night and day different from the states but I definitely gained perspective from my visits."
Lisa yarberry, music
Mrs. Yarberry is her name and music is her game! This is her third year homeschooling her three daughters. Renee is in 4th grade, and Addison is in 1st grade. Caitlyn is three, and loves to do her play schoolwork along with her big sisters. Mrs. Yarberry's favorite holiday as a kid was Thanksgiving, because that's when her family would all get together. When she was younger she would always say, "I can't wait until..." wishing for a special day, vacation, age, etc. Her mom told her not to wish her life away. So now she tries to remember that advice, and enjoy the moment as much as possible. At home, Mrs. Yarberry also loves on a cat named Cami and a dog name Fonzi.
Kate Heideman, PE
The resident Tooth Fairy is none other than our fearless gym teacher, Mrs. Kate. While Mrs. Kate does not homeschool, her sister-in-law does. That same sister-in-law is how Ms. Kate was introduced to the Legacy family. Never mind a holiday, Mrs. Kate loves a whole season, SUMMER! She says, "I LOVE THE HEAT!" She is from Arizona, so she likes it hot. Besides loving all of the Legacy kids, she also has two rescue Chihuahuas, Rain and Momas. She hopes to one day visit Rome with her father and Egypt.
Her Mom had lots of great wisdom to share:
"That Kindness Matters." "Be nice to one another." "What you send out in the world comes back to you!" "People NEED more smiles and kind acts." MOST OF ALL – "We are all in this life TOGETHER."
Wendy Strong, Science
Anita Davis, Social Studies
Anita is a wife, mom, teacher, and Disney fan. She has spent the past 18 years teaching for the Olathe Public School District and is excited to be a part of Legacy this year!
Anita has also worked at the Disney Store since college. This is where she has met many of her closest friends, and where her love for all things Disney has come from.
Anita and her husband Lon have two children. Reese is 13 years old, and attends Oregon Trail Middle School, and he is a childhood cancer survivor! He loves to play wheelchair rugby and create costumes for himself and other children in wheelchairs. Callen is 5 years old, and attends Clearwater Creek Elementary. He loves to play baseball! Family and helping others are important parts of her life.
Amber Johnson, Spanish
Mrs. Johnson has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Spanish. After graduation, she was able to spend some time in Spain and further increase her knowledge of the Spanish language and culture. She has three children in 6th, 4th, 1st, and has been homeschooling for 5 years. Her favorite holiday would have to be Thanksgiving. "Getting together with family and over eating is always a favorite!" The lesson she learned from my her Mom that she still uses today is "Honesty is the best policy."
The most unusual place she has visited would have to be the Cosmos Mystery Area in South Dakota. "There is something wrong with the gravity and everything is a bit wonky. For example, water runs uphill!"
Kathryn Mauck, K4/K5
Kathryn and her husband, Will, live in Olathe with their sweet daughter, Ally Jo, who is almost 2 years old and an energetic rescue dog, Mackenzie. Kathryn graduated from Wichita State University in 2010 with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education, and taught for five years in the public school system before staying at home when her daughter was born. This is her first year with Legacy, but is excited to jump right in! God has grown her a lot in the past several years, and she finds joy in sharing with others their true identity in Christ as well as developing the unique potential he has created in each of His children!
Autumn Cash, Kindergarten
Autumn Cash has been worked with children most of her life, whether it was Sunday school, camp directing, VBS Leader, or teaching preschool. She has three children, 15, 8 and 5; the younger two have enjoyed homeschooling for 3 years now. While she can't name one favorite holiday, she does enjoy any time to celebrate. Her mom taught her that; "Patience is a virtue," and "An eye for an eye, makes the whole world blind." Her family has a old Cat (who thinks she's a dog), Taurus, and a new puppy, Leia. The most unusual place she has visited is China on a ministry trip. It made her realize that the world is very different, but the love of people is the same.
Melissa Franzen, High school
Mrs. Franzen teaches our high school students on Wednesdays and coordinates events for the Legacy Leopards, our middle school and high school students. She has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction.
Mrs. Franzen and her husband Tim have two daughters that are homeschooled. When she's not teaching, she's writing, practicing martial arts, and volunteering with her church youth group. She loves cats, coffee, bad puns, and waffle fries.
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Q: Is there a way to assign an alias to the Remote-Item Cmdlet's -Force parameter? I would like to use the Remove-Item in a similar manner to how it is used in Unix/Linux:
PS> rm -r -f <the_directory>

However, this syntax produces an error:

Remove-Item : Parameter cannot be processed because the parameter name
  'f' is ambiguous. Possible matches include: -Filter -Force.

Is there a way to assign an alias to the Remote-Item Cmdlet's -Force parameter (in my profile)?


Entry Procedure: All entries will be done through www.alabamarunners.com. All entry marks must have been achieved during the 2018 season and will be verified through www.alabamarunners.com database. There is a maximum of three athletes per event and one relay team per school. Each athlete may compete in a maximum of four events. All relay athletes must be entered as well.
Entry Deadline: Entries will be entered at the Alabama Runners Website (www.alabamarunners.com) five days before meet date.
Entry Fee: $100 per team/$200 per school. WE WOULD PREFER YOU MAIL THE ENTRY FEE PRIOR TO THE MEET. The fee is $20.00 per athlete when entering 4 or less.
Coaches Admission: An AHSAA coachs card will be required for admission for all coaches. Those without cards will have to pay for admission.
Awards: Trophies will be awarded to the top two (2) teams in both boys and girls divisions. Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for individuals. An Outstanding Performance Award will be awarded for each division.
Concessions: Concession stand will be open each day.
Officials: We have experienced officials leading all events. Please do not interfere with their duties. Direct questions to the meet director/referee.
Qualifying: The top FIVE finishers in each event meeting the state qualifying mark will qualify for the state meet the following weekend at the state meet. Additionally, four wildcards in each event will be selected from all four section meets. These wildcards must also meet the state qualifying marks. All ties for the final qualifying spot will be broken at the meet.
Appeals: Any appeal must be given to the referee in writing with $25 within 30 minutes of the infraction. If the appeal is upheld, the money will be refunded. Appealable offenses are misapplications of NFHS rules. Judgment calls are not appealable.
Important Information: ALL COACHES AND ATHLETES MUST ENTER AND EXIT STADIUM AT GATE BETWEEN FIELD HOUSE AND CONCESSION STAND. There is construction going on at the field house but it will not interfere with competition. THE GATE BEHIND THE VISITOR SIDE STADIUM WILL NOT BE OPEN.
Track Area: Only coaches and athletes competing or about to compete in an event should be inside the track area once the meet starts. Wristbands and coaching passes will be required to gain access to the track.
Warm-Up: Warm-up outside the track area or inside the flagged area on the football field.
Language: Any profanity by athletes will result in disqualification from the event.
Uniforms: Athletes must meet uniform rules. Please make sure your relay teams are legal.
Familiarity of Event: Please do not enter athletes in events they have not trained for, particularly pole vault and high jump. This is for their own safety.
Pole Vault and Implement Checks: All vaulters will be weighed prior to their event. Vaulters will only be allowed to use poles rated for their weight. Implements will be weighed prior to event each day.
Checking in Event: PLEASE make sure your athletes check in at events on time. Running events take precedent, but they will still need to check in at field events if they have one at the same time. This is very important. WE WILL NOT ADD THEM LATE.
Zone Judges: We will need to assign coaches to assist as judges for the 4X100 relays.


February 16th, 2018: Last year our business grew by leaps and bounds with many on-premise clients changing to hosted for their phones and many new cloud customers coming on-board.
A stable telecommunication system ensures that the communication between operator and subscriber is clear. It also meets the demands of both parties.
The Chromecast Ultra is Google's latest addition to its casting device arsenal. It's the better, pricier version of its predecessor (the Chromecast) and for good reason.
Asterisk Communications Solutions, or Asterisk for short, is an open source framework for building communications applications that's sponsored by Digium.
With the proper communication tools by your side, your productivity levels will easily rise. Of course, you need to look for a system that works best for you.
When cloud communication systems simplified the flow of the workspace, every industry had the chance to improve their brand in the simplest ways possible.
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Q: Sorting a list while keeping a few elements always at the top We have a List<Country> which holds the list of countries in alphabetical order sorted by the countryName.
 class Country {
   int id;
   String countryCode;
   String countryName;
 }

Country is an entity object and we don't have access to the source (it's in a jar file that is shared by many applications).
Now I want to modify the list in such a way that country names 'United States of America' and 'United Kingdom' comes first and the rest of the list is in the same alphabetical order.
What is the most efficient way to do this ?

A: Create your own comparator in combination with Collections.Sort(collection, Comparator). The way this differs from a normal Comparator is that you have to explicitly give preference to the entries that you always want on top.
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Main();
    }

    public Main(){
        List<Country> list = new ArrayList<>();
        list.add(new Country("Belgium"));
        list.add(new Country("United Kingdom"));
        list.add(new Country("Legoland"));
        list.add(new Country("Bahrain"));
        list.add(new Country("United States of America"));
        list.add(new Country("Mexico"));
        list.add(new Country("Finland"));

        Collections.sort(list, new MyComparator());

        for(Country c : list){
            System.out.println(c.countryName);
        }
    }
}

class Country {
    public Country(String name){
        countryName = name;
    }

    int id;
    String countryCode;
    String countryName;

}

class MyComparator implements Comparator<Country> {
    private static List<String> important = Arrays.asList("United Kingdom", "United States of America");

    @Override
    public int compare(Country arg0, Country arg1) {
        if(important.contains(arg0.countryName)) { return -1; }
        if(important.contains(arg1.countryName)) { return 1; }
        return arg0.countryName.compareTo(arg1.countryName);
    }
}

Output:

United States of America
  United Kingdom
  Bahrain
  Belgium
  Finland
  Legoland
  Mexico

I misread your question at first (or it was added as a ninja edit) so here's the updated version.

A: Implement that rule in a Comparator. You can get your list sorted with Collections.sort()


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GMAT : Analysis of An Argument
An Argument
61. The following appeared as part of a recommendation by one of the directors of the Beta Company.
The Alpha Company has just reduced its workforce by laying off fifteen percent of its employees in all divisions and at all levels and it is encouraging early retirement for other employees. As you know, the Beta Company manufacturers some products similar to Alpha's, but our profits have fallen over the last few years. To improve Beta's competitive position, we should try to hire a significant number of Alpha's former workers, since these experienced workers can provide valuable information about Alpha's successful methods, will require little training and will be particularly motivated to compete against Alpha.
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underline the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate in conclusion.
A director of Beta Company suggests that Beta can improve its competitive position by hiring a significant number of former Alpha Company employees who have recently retired or been laid off.
The director's reasoning is that because Alpha manufactures some products similar to Beta's, former Alpha employees would be experienced and need little training, could provide valuable information about Alpha's successful methods and would be particularly motivated to compete against Alpha.
The director's argument is problematic in several respects.
First of all, the argument presupposes that Alpha's methods are successful. This is not necessarily the case.
On the contrary, the fact that Alpha has laid off 15 percent of its employees in every division and at every level suggests that Alpha's methods may have been unsuccessful and that downsizing had become necessary for the company to minimize financial losses.
Secondly, the director assumes that the former Alpha employees hired by Beta will be well-trained and valuable. During a lay-off, however, the best and most experienced employees are typically the last to be laid off. By following the director's advice, Beta would probably be hiring Alpha's least efficient and least experienced employees - that is, those who would be least valuable to Beta.
Thirdly, the author assumes that Alpha and Beta are sufficiently similar so that former Alpha employees could provide special value for Beta. However, we are informed only that Beta manufactures some products similar to Alpha's. It is possible that former Alpha employees who have been laid off have experience with only a small segment of Beta's product line and thus have little inside information of any value to Beta.
Finally, the claim that former Alpha employees would be motivated to compete against Alpha is partially unwarranted. While many of those who were laid off may be so motivated, those who retired early from Alpha probably departed on good terms with Alpha and would in any event be unmotivated to renter the work force.
In conclusion, the argument fails to provide key facts needed to assess it. To better evaluate the director's suggestion, we will need more information about why Alpha reduced its work force, what type of workers left Alpha and under what circumstances and how similar Alpha's range of products is to Beta's.
Analysis of An Argument Index


One of the lessons we can learn from Hazrat Hur (AS) is that it's not too late to ask Allah (SWT) for forgiveness. Even if you've done something that seems unerasable, asking Allah (SWT) for forgiveness can still erase our sins.
To demonstrate this, we used a dry erase board. One the board, we thought of various sins, things that Allah (SWT) does not like for us to do. Every time we thought of one, we colored a little bit of the dry erase board.
When the board was covered, we asked Allah (SWT) for forgiveness and promised Him that we would never do that thing again. We asked Allah (SWT) for forgiveness for each sin that we had colored for, and as we did, we erased a little bit of the board. Soon, the board was clean again.
Alternatively, we also did this activity by writing down each hypothetical sin that we came up with, rather than coloring – basically, we made a list of sins. Then, we asked Allah (SWT) for forgiveness in the same way, and promised that we would never do each sin again.
We discussed how Hazrat Hur (AS) had committed some sins and was hurting Imam Hussain (AS) and his family and friends. However, he realized that he had done something wrong and asked for forgiveness. When he was forgiven, his sins were "erased," and he became a helper of Imam Hussain (AS).
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On October 3, 2018 we kicked off the 2nd annual AvaSure Symposium in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our day started with some very insightful focus groups and deep discussions at our round table sessions. We also held our first ever Advanced Monitor Tech Training where attendees spent 3 hours in training learning how to enhance their skills and ensure patient and staff safety across a variety of situations that could potentially arise. Our trainees left with a certificate of their completion of the course, new knowledge, and a growing network of peers.
The big event of the day though was our opening reception held at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. We celebrated our 10 year anniversary with a splendid array of food, beautiful and historical exhibits, carousel rides, and live art with Eric Picardo, we had a wonderful time networking and welcoming everyone to the city.
We kicked off the night by recognizing our customers hard work and how their organizations are advancing patient and staff safety.
Congratulations to our 2018 AvaPrize winners!
We are excited to continue the fun on Thursday with Keynote speaker John Quiñones & Ingrid Cheslek. Stay up to date on the latest happenings by following us on Twitter over these next few days.


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button holes so, think it will last some time.
Old habits die hard, as we know. The Ameses had money, and Evelina didn't have to mend her husband's shop coat; she could have insisted that he buy a new one, or she could have sewn one for him, perhaps. Her ingrained sense of economy, however tempted by the changing world around her, wouldn't allow it. William L. Chaffin, the town historian who knew the Ames family, described Evelina as "economical" in his late-life remembrance of Oakes Ames, and shared the tale that Oakes joked about Evelina at the dinner table, suggesting to guests that his wife wanted them to help themselves to preserves that were going bad so she could use them up.
On this day, rather than demand that her husband purchase a new work coat – which we can surmise he had no interest in doing – Evelina fixed up the old one, and sighed that she wasn't sewing a new dress instead.


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Avoid accessing a patient's record unless needed for work or with written permission from the patient.
Minimize occurrences of others overhearing patient information. Do not use a patient's whole name within hearing distance of others.
Secure all paperwork containing PHI by placing in a drawer or folder when not in use. Cover charts so patient names are not visible. Never leave records and other PHI unattended.
Close computer programs containing patient information when not in use. Practice management systems with automatic time out settings can be valuable in this regard.
Always use a cover sheet when faxing PHI.
Never share passwords between staff members.
Properly dispose of information containing PHI by shredding paper files.
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Talk to your supervisor. This is usually the best and quickest way to get an answer to a question or address a concern.
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Throughout my life, I have had many opportunities to be placed in a position of leadership: in my current position with data and website management, my former position as a technology leader, positions in my former school as a team leader (two years as the arts team leader and one as the math team leader), leadership positions in the classroom as a teacher, several leadership positions in my church, leadership potions in the theatre company I ran, leadership positions in other theatrical production, etc. In all of those leadership positions, as well as through reading a lot about leadership techniques both from books and online, I've learned a great deal about how to lead people.
One of the greatest things I have learned is that a leader doesn't have to be (and, in fact, probably won't be) all-knowing all of the time. In every position, I learn things as I go. An important trait is to accept that some people will have information that 1) you didn't know they had and 2) that you wish you had. This is a major aspect that sets true leaders apart from managers. People who are managers, believe that all of the information should come through them and, only with the information that they see fit, they will disseminate it to their subordinates. Leaders, on the other hand, not only know that some information will come from their subordinates, they accept and even encourage it. For true leaders, information exchange goes both ways through very large, accommodating pipes. In this global age of information, anyone at any level can contribute in a way that can move a company, group or team forward.
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Purpose on the 8 phases in first 4 games.
by SCP173music
What were they in the game for exactly. and how come people fell into comas if they got data drained by them.
Re: Purpose on the 8 phases in first 4 games.
by Xu Yuan
The Eight Phases are basically "limbs" of Morganna, would probably be the best way to think about it and since they can be considered as such, they are eight crucial components to "The World"'s smooth operation during Morganna's reign. People fall into comas because the nature of boundaries (Liminality) becomes distorted, the player's mind is more or less drawn into the game and is then prey to whatever Morganna wants done. This is partially unconfirmed but I think it works something like this, I'll make my argument using examples throughout the medias...
The Phase fields are mentioned in //Another Birth as having a hold on the person's mental state. BlackRose mentions that she felt a shudder run through her when Skeith struck her with his staff, this shows that the Phase fields are likely a place where the boundaries become less tangible. This is also noted in //SIGN, Mimiru and Bear specifically mention that Bitter Fantasy Mirror World feels "different" as if it is outside "some sort of boundary" clearly not a Phase field (since Mimiru and Bear both die there) but Mimiru did feel as if Bear's hand was slippery with sweat when he dived to save her from falling.
Again, while not blatantly said I think that Mai's power of being able to hear the "Bell" allowed her to avoid falling into the Phase field the second time around. (I'm still not sure how she awoke the first time, it may be she wasn't immersed enough to allow herself to fall into that trap) and I think we get a pretty good view of the player when they are trapped in a Phase field with the example of Tokuoka, who was clearly in battle with Skeith when he lost consciousness and his constant button presses implies that he was still fighting, rather than having lost.
Morganna only Data Drains people who get too close to the truth or can supply a purpose. It's hinted that the Bracelets inside the Guardians likely possess a prototype of Data Drain as they only cause collapses and foggy memory. Tsukasa was necessary as the copies were apparently not working to merge with Aura's psyche whether this was Data Drain or not is unknown to me. Sora betrayed her and allowed the party to get away, his Data Drain was different from the others though. (likely owing to it being the first one aside from possibly Harald) in that he was trapped in the game like Tsukasa, but he still had some measure of control (again, like Tsukasa) but Skeith could be activated at any moment.
Interestingly Sieg, Alf, and Carl all had dealings with Sora throughout //ZERO. It is possible however that Kazu had Really bad luck. Since Shugo's player was friends with the Hayami family when they were young he played on Kazu's character for a time and there he met the child Aura. It is possible that Shugo inadvertently got Kazu Data Drained because of his previous dealings with Aura.
Xu Yuan wrote: The Eight Phases are basically "limbs" of Morganna, would probably be the best way to think about it and since they can be considered as such, they are eight crucial components to "The World"'s smooth operation during Morganna's reign.
Interesting. So, how were they made? And how come cubia didnt **** them up considering they were just as abnormal as kites breacelet and were causing disruptions, and Cubia was a defense mechagnism made by harold.
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:11 am
by Falions
SCP173music wrote:
Either the Phases were recognized as safe by Cubia and/or Harald, or Cubia only focuses on eliminating things that can actually alter the games code, which the bracelet does. (Though I do remember every phase having a data drain ability.)
//XXXX actually does have Cubia purifying the Phases since he takes the form of a PC in that defeating Innis though that isn't canon.
The Phases are seen as normal functioning parts of the program and for good reason, Harald built them into his Black Box program as necessities for "The World" to run which is why their destruction causes such a large amount of data corruption throughout "The World". This is circumvented by Aura when she fully awakes.
Xu Yuan wrote: //XXXX actually does have Cubia purifying the Phases since he takes the form of a PC in that defeating Innis though that isn't canon.
I see. I just learned a whole lot of the 8 phases.