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First look: Nissan looks through a Nuvu at Paris
A new leaf: Electric-powered Nuvu concept generates energy from several small leaf-shaped solar panels mounted on the roof.
What is green?
Three-seat electric car is Nissan's vision for the cities of the near future
By DAVID HASSALL in PARIS
ALMOST every manufacturer presented at least one new electric or at least hybrid car at the Paris motor show – most with a 2010 introduction date because that's when the lithium-ion batteries will be ready for production – and Nissan was no exception.
The weird-looking Nuvu is just 3.0-metres long and was created by Nissan's maverick design group called Creative Box, an independent group that operates from the funky Harajuku area of Tokyo, away from the constraints of Nissan's corporate HQ.
While it may not be intended for production in this form, under the skin is the drivetrain that Nissan will use when it launches a production electric car in Japan and the US in 2010 and the rest of the world two years later.
The car's unusual name came about because the car represents Nissan's "new view" into the automotive future, which involves many more city cars that will be necessary if the world's cities are to survive and for mankind to retain the level of personal mobility it currently enjoys.
The Nuvu is, of course, electric-powered and one of its party tricks is a batch of more than a dozen small solar panels on the roof that are shaped like leaves on a branch and help to feed the battery – which otherwise takes three to four hours to fully charge at home (or between 10 and 20 minutes from empty to full with a quick-charge function).
It has a driving range of only 125km and, while no output figures were provided for the rear-mounted motor, the car has a stated top speed of 120km/h and the batteries have a capacity of 140 Wh/kg (watt-hours per kilogram).
Nissan developed its laminated lithium-ion batteries with NEC and claims they have fewer components and produce 1.5 times more power than conventional lithium-ion batteries while being half the size.
The company also claims improved cooling efficiency and longer life while the compact size allows the batteries to be mounted under the seats and the vehicle's flat floor, keeping the centre of gravity as low as possible.
But Nissan's chief of exploratory and advance planning, Francois Bancon, said that the Nuvu's interior is also very significent because it features unusual materials and a 2+1 seating arrangement.
"There is a new generation coming up who, finally, are questioning why we do the things we do. They are asking themselves, for example, why they are buying a large car when they know that for 99 percent of the time they will be in it on their own," said Mr Bancon.
"It is our job to provide personal transportation that is better suited to people's needs and to what the environment – in all senses – can cope with.
"We did a great deal of research into how people use their cars in the city. We found that for 90 percent of the time, the driver was alone. For five percent of the time there was one passenger and for four percent of the time there were two passengers. You can do the math to find out how often four or more people were in the car.
"We gave the second seat much more room than normal because when you take one passenger in your car it is usually someone you love and you want to make sure he or she is being carried in outstanding comfort." Cabin layout places the regular passenger seat beside but largely behind the driver's seat, allowing the passenger to stretch out. Ahead of this seat is a third occasional hammock-style chair which, when not in use, is folded away into the dash.
Most of the interior materials are natural, organic or recycled and the driver controls are as simple as possible, with all the major functions – steering, braking, transmission and throttle – operated 'By-Wire'.
The steering is controlled by an aircraft-style steering yoke. With just one turn from lock to lock, the steering is very direct for agility and maneuverability in the city and the turning circle is just 3.7 metres.
Nuvu is 1700mm wide and 1550mm tall and rides on a 1980mm wheelbase with 165/55 tyres mounted on lightweight, almost transparent, 16-inch wheels.
"The people who will be drawn to a car like Nuvu are many and varied," said Mr Bancon. "It is a cross-generational car and not a signature vehicle for one generation.
"There will be common threads, however. They will be early adopters but more importantly they regard themselves as urban citizens. They don't just work or live in the city they are part of the city. They want a car that somehow expresses who they are and which reflects their personal ideology.
"Nuvu is a concept car, for sure, but it is an entirely credible vehicle. It is light, clean and easy to drive. It is practical and a sensible size, yet it is also embodies an element of fun: the future doesn't look so bad, after all."
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8 Jun , 2018
Authored by Tracie White.
For decades now, scientists studying hearing loss have been trying to figure out how to make humans more like birds.
When a bird loses its hearing due to loud noises or trauma, the damaged sensory hair cells in the inner ear essential for hearing simply grow back. Any hearing loss is quickly restored. Not so for humans. As I explained in an article in the new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine:
If these hair cells are destroyed in humans, they lie around like flattened wheat after a rainstorm, permanently powerless to help us hear. The cells die for various reasons, including injuries, aging and loud noises. And no new cells replace them. But in birds, amphibians and reptiles these cells grow back. So birds, unlike humans, never go permanently deaf.
My article tells the story of how Stefan Heller, PhD, a professor of otolaryngology who has been studying these inner ear cells for more than a decade, is following a new line of research to understand the process by which individual cells, rather than entire groups of cells, regenerate into functioning hair cells. As Heller said:
"The goal is to follow the trail of these regenerating cells in birds. Then we have to figure out why this trail is not working in mammals. What are the missing parts? Maybe we will discover one critical trigger and we can cleverly fix this trigger in mammals".
In other words, the devil is in the details. The good news is there is now new technology available, which also originated at Stanford, to help uncover the mysterious steps of each of these essential cells.
"Technology has really turned the tables for us," Heller told me. As my story explains, about six years ago, Heller's lab adopted a technique, called single cell transcriptome analysis, invented in part in the lab of Stephen Quake, PhD, a professor of bioengineering and of applied physics. The process uses high-tech tools to decode the genetic instructions that enable cells to differentiate into other cells. And it's use has become increasingly popular among scientists.
But even these tools have their limitations. Heller explained further:
"We are analyzing all the genes expressed in individual cells during regeneration. The cells are mixed up together and when we isolate the cells, we lose critical information, such as their precise location in the organ. Currently there are no informatics tools that allow us to reconstruct that so we're creating our own".
Since my story came out, though, there have been some important developments:
Heller published a new study in Cell Reports that introduces one such informatics tool. The "CellTrails" software, developed in Heller's lab primarily by Daniel Ellwanger, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in bioinformatics, provides a new method of making sense out of the single cell transcriptomic data. The software's predications were validated by postdoctoral fellow Mirko Scheibinger, PhD.
"Single cell transcriptome analysis and reconstruction of spatial and temporal relationships among cells is an exploding new technology," Heller told me. "A lot of labs are faced with the challenge of analyzing the data from single cells. This [Cell Reports] study is a rather extensive study that goes beyond the inner ear field because it provides a new way to analyze single cell transcriptomic data." Access to the software is posted on his lab's website, he said, because "I want the world to use it."
For Heller, his quest remains to find solutions, cures, remedies, for hearing loss: "In this field, there is no magical cure. It might not be a perfect fix. It might not fully cure deafness. But it may turn a hard-of-hearing person into a better-hearing person. That is the first step we have to take."
Source: Authored by Tracie White for "Scope",(published by Stanford Medicine).
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Rachel, Rachel, Rachel, and...Rachel
Oct. 9th, 2004 at 10:31 PM
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
-John Lennon
It's his birthday tomorrow (thank you to Kerry for pointing this out :) ), so that's in his honor.
Today was incredibly busy. After my last entry, my mom brought my grandparents here (the bed and breakfast) to see it because they were interested (it's new around here), and we all went to Brianna's soccer practice. I wasn't expecting my little Rachel-face to be there, but she was (I'm so bad...I practice favoritism)! I played with her and watched Brianna scrimmage for awhile. When it was over, Brianna went in our car with Grandma, Mom, and I, and we all went to Windmill while my grandfather, my uncle, and Rachel went back to my uncle's house to get some things. Windmill is the best hamburger/hotdog place ever, just so you know. We had lunch up on top of the place where the windmill is. Brianna started to bug me then, but she REALLY got on my case (and everyone else's) when we were walking around with this frozen yogurt type stuff (I was so excited that it's all low carb and it tastes amazing...we need one of those in Ft Lauderdale) and she was begging to go to the park. Meanwhile, we had a lot planned for today and it was all fairly fun stuff, so it's not like we were going to funerals and dentists appointments and she just wanted to have fun. My mom said no, and we went on our way. She kept asking, though. When my mom had said no about three times, she started asking me. Honestly, I'm going to be a great mom, but I'll be somewhat strict. No way am I having a kid like that. I'd just as soon not have any. She is always like this and has been for years. I care about her and all, but after awhile I'm ready to part from her.
We picked apples after that, which was soo much fun. I've never done that before and have always wanted to. We went to Delicious Orchards, which is this market type thing. Like a grocery store but better. It has flowers and stuff so we looked at that and walked around. After we'd finished we went outside to the "hill". I should explain this. The "hill" is obviously not an actual hill. It's more of a grassy slope. When I was about two or so, I started calling it the hill and insisted upon rolling down it. It's become a family tradition that all the grandchildren roll down the hill at least once in their lives. I taught Matthew and Brianna, and today was Rachel's turn. Rachel didn't roll, though. I don't think she really grasped the concept. I was lying on the grass like an idiot, trying to show her, and she just kept laughing and running down the hill. I suppose that works just as well. We took lots of pictures outside of Delicious Orchards, so when I get them developed I'll bring them in and show everyone.
I realized when we were playing outside that children are so incredibly faithful. Rachel was walking up this small set of risers filled with pumpkins, and when she reached the top step she stepped off, assuming I would just keep catching her even when I didn't stand in front of her. Of course I did, but I suppose that's what they mean by "faith like a child". In a lot of ways, I wish that didn't fade as we got older. We become so jaded as we grow up, and we have a hard time believing the things we used to believe. We stop coloring clouds purple and Santa Claus green. We stop coloring outside the lines. And you know, I think we stop living outside the lines every so often. I think this century's version of living outside the lines is for the most part drugs, drinking, and casual sex. What ever happened to dropping the adult act and being a child while we still can? I just want to lift my arms heavenward and spin around when I'm happy, but I don't. It's all about stepping out of one's comfort zone and really living, whether it's playing hide and seek or tag as a teenager or spinning in circles. It's different for everyone.
After, we went to my grandparents house to hang out for awhile. I played with Rachel and Brianna and listened to people fight. I swear, we can be a really fun family but we can also be one of the most unhappy. I personally think my uncle is just an asshole most of the time and that he talks to his parents like they are below him. I find this amazing, considering that my mother is the one who raised me to be just the opposite, and she was raised by the same parents as he. For goodness sake, my grandmother has Alzheimers and she's going through enough, and so is my grandfather. Do you really think they need this right now?
Dinner was a difficult meal. Brianna and my uncle were so annoying I couldn't stand it. Rachel was slightly difficult, but she's two so she has an excuse. Plus I favor her. I'll admit it. She's just so good and smart. And she favors me, so that helps, too. My uncle asked her if she had fun today, and she goes, "Yeah, ball." As in, "I had a ball." He didn't get it, I don't think. If he did, he didn't act as impressed as I was. I suppose he hears this kind of thing all the time. The best part was when I was sitting with Rachel and she touched my hair and said, "Ooh!" Then she touched her own hair and said, "Me." I completely understand her, so I knew she was saying that her hair was like mine. My heart melted. No one else has our hair. It's the best. I kept playing with her curls all day long.
Me: Rachel, what's that?
Rachel: Car!
Me: Right, and what's that?
Me: No, boat. Can you say boat?
Rachel: Car?
Don't feel bad, I play favorites with my cousins too. :x
Hehe. :)
justcallmepaco
for some reason that 3rd long paragraph made me cry. it must be because i completely agree and think about that all the time. i know i'm going to miss being a child...actually i think i already do.
by the way, you said you were doing a Wicked song for an audition for something?? what song is it?
:) I'm glad it meant something to you. I hope it didn't make you too sad, though!
Hmm...I'm not sure what I said. I may have said that I wanted to do a Wicked song for senior showcase...and if I did that I would do "I'm Not That Girl".
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lmao...
I was LMAO when you were explaining trying to teach Rachel how to roll down the hill. I just pictured you lying there and her running instead of rolling.
Oh, by the way, I went to Katherine's LJ and OMG she stole your icon! The little purple star! Oh and I read that song of hers...she's got nothing on you! lol...She cries a lot...
Rachel sounds so cute. That is so adorable that she compared her hair to yours. On a whole, I don't like children, but I must admit there are always those few that steal your heart.
Re: lmao...
LOL I know. I actually have a picture of it. Hopefully it turned out. I have to finish off that camera.
Wait! What icon? She stole my icon? Does she read this thing?
:) Rach is cute. I adore her. I don't like a lot of children because I feel like I could have raised them better myself (I'm a total snob), but like you said, there are some I love.
Oh!!! The mood icon. LOL. I was really freaked for a second. Hehehe.
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fuck fuck fuck
sorry, really pissed, deleted my live journal by accident! so this is my "new" one...i got it pretty much the same...grrrrrrrrrr i hate computers
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PSEG (PEG) is a Top Dividend Stock Right Now: Should You Buy?
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PSEG CEO says $400 million energy conservation investment is a 'triple win'
In the past decade Public Service Enterprise Group spent $400 million in energy efficiency. Its Chairman dn CEO Ralph Izzo says the investment is a 'triple win' - less energy consumption is better environmental impact, lower bills for customers, and investing in the hardware is better return for customers. He joins Yahoo Finance's Scott Gamm at the NYSE.
All investors love getting big returns from their portfolio, whether it's through stocks, bonds, ETFs, or other types of securities. But for income investors, generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments is your primary focus.
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PSEG in Focus
Based in Newark, PSEG (PEG) is in the Utilities sector, and so far this year, shares have seen a price change of 16.6%. The parent company of PSEG Power and Public Service Electric & Gas Co. Is currently shelling out a dividend of $0.47 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.1%. This compares to the Utility - Electric Power industry's yield of 2.96% and the S&P 500's yield of 1.94%.
Taking a look at the company's dividend growth, its current annualized dividend of $1.88 is up 4.4% from last year. Over the last 5 years, PSEG has increased its dividend 5 times on a year-over-year basis for an average annual increase of 4.99%. Future dividend growth will depend on earnings growth as well as payout ratio, which is the proportion of a company's annual earnings per share that it pays out as a dividend. Right now, PSEG's payout ratio is 58%, which means it paid out 58% of its trailing 12-month EPS as dividend.
Looking at this fiscal year, PEG expects solid earnings growth. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2019 is $3.27 per share, which represents a year-over-year growth rate of 4.81%.
Investors like dividends for many reasons; they greatly improve stock investing profits, decrease overall portfolio risk, and carry tax advantages, among others. But, not every company offers a quarterly payout.
For instance, it's a rare occurrence when a tech start-up or big growth business offers their shareholders a dividend. It's more common to see larger companies with more established profits give out dividends. Income investors must be conscious of the fact that high-yielding stocks tend to struggle during periods of rising interest rates. With that in mind, PEG is a compelling investment opportunity. Not only is it a strong dividend play, but the stock currently sits at a Zacks Rank of 3 (Hold).
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After leading small private meetings throughout Los Angeles, in 1916, Ernest Holmes was invited to speak at the Metaphysical Library in Los Angeles. This led to repeat engagements, and a nationwide tour. In 1919 he published his first book, The Creative Mind, and after almost a decade of touring, Holmes committed to remaining in the L.A. area to complete his major work, The Science of Mind. It was published in 1926.
In February 1927, Holmes incorporated the Institute of Religious Science and School of Philosophy, Inc., and later that year he began publishing Science of Mind magazine, which is still in publication today. In 1935 he reincorporated his organization as the Institute of Religious Science and Philosophy, and in 1954 it was reestablished yet again as a religious organization called the Church of Religious Science. Today the organization is known as The Centers For Spiritual Living.
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I believe in the incarnation of the Spirit in all, and that we are all incarnations of the One Spirit.
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Louisville, KY, Sept 22, 2021— West Louisville Performing Arts Academy today announced it is among 40 awardees across 20 U.S. states that received a grant from Direct Relief's Fund for Health Equity, which mobilizes financial resources for organizations focused on non-clinical interventions that affect a person's health. Commonly known as the social determinants of health, these factors include an individual's physical, social, political, cultural, and economic environment.
The 40 awardees included in today's announcement received funding for a wide range of initiatives, including efforts to diversify the healthcare workforce, serve people experiencing homelessness, sustain and restore Indigenous health practices, and reduce infant mortality rates that fall disproportionately along racial and ethnic lines.
West Louisville Performing Arts Academy received $100,000 from the Fund for Health Equity for its work to provide year-round access to quality, out of school time vocal and instrumental music and learning opportunities - promoting social and emotional learning (SEL), shaping educational and employment opportunities and engaging in youth development, mental health and cognitive development of youth ages 8-18 through the wonderful world of music and access to performing arts.
"We are pleased to bolster the indispensable work of these grassroots organizations striving to reduce disparities and increase equity among vulnerable populations," said Dr. Byron Scott, MD, MBA, Co-Chair of the Fund for Health Equity and Board Director of Direct Relief and Chair of its Medical Advisory Council. "With their deep ties and particular insights into the people and communities they serve, these groups are best suited and most acutely aware of what can make a difference – and it's a privilege to be able to enable them to do more of it with philanthropic funding that is often difficult to secure within their local communities."
The awardees were selected by the Fund for Health Equity's Advisory Council, which includes the following members:
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Here in Oz where our summer holiday coincides with Christmas, we gravitate like lemmings to the coast. Whether or not it has anything to do with astrology (I'm a Cancerian and yes, family also plays an important part in my stories), I need sea vistas at least once a year, more often if I can con or cajole my husband into a beach weekend (I can and I do!). So it was inevitable that my stories would be set beside water.
White Ginger, my first novel, is set on Kauai. At the heart of Amelie and Arne's relationship is the reef which is threatened by a major developer. I spent hours in fascinated research on the reef and marine life, and saw numerous similarities to our own Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast. Water symbolises creativity and rebirth (among other things) and Amelie, my Aussie heroine, desperately needs a fresh start. Where better than on an Hawaiian island of love? Here's a snippet!
"Now...what do you think?" He removed the blindfold and stood, warm hands on her shoulders.
Blazing red and gold clouds spread out before them as the Hawaiian sun set, framed by palms whose fronds almost met from either side of a narrow rush of sea water. They were on the far side of a small lagoon. White sand and lush greenery tumbled down to the water's edge in fabulous profusion.
Merger in Melbourne is set in the heart of this southern city's CBD with the lovely Yarra River and the bay as backdrops. Inspired by an abandoned red brick building, I thought this would be a regular cityscape story but found it impossible to keep my characters, Andie (Andrea) and Matt away from the water. They insisted on their coastal romance too!
One Night in Sorrento, my novella, is set on the Amalfi Coast. Last year, my husband and I spent several weeks travelling in Italy and I fell in love with this beautiful coast line. The Tyrrhenian Sea is a dramatic backdrop and the trip along the mainland coast road is not to be missed! In fact, it inspired Rhiannon and Luca's story. We WILL return and I intend to ride a Vespa around Sorrento.
In the spirit of Christmas and to share my love of travelling in Italy, I'm offering this novella as a free Christmas read. Hope you enjoy it! You can download it here...from Sunday, US time...probably later in the day for Aussie readers, but keep looking!
Where is your favourite coast road drive and what makes it special to you?
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I loved your pictures, very dramatic and I have added your books to my wish list, and hope to download your generous gift tomorrow (UK) time. Thank you.
Oh, the joys of different time zones!
I haven't visited many coasts but my favorite so far has been the one in Goa. India is such a contradiction with the old world merging with the new. While standing on the beach it was hard to believe I was in India until I saw the cows/buffaloes on the beach!
Hi Chanpreet, Thanks for visiting. I have seen documentaries and read about Kerala which also sounds beautiful. One day, I hope to visit! Best wishes in our competition!
Thank you for the lovely post, Susanne. Hubby and I are going to Melbourne in early new year so I can't wait to walk in your characters' footsteps.
The picture is gorgeous! Thank you so much for the e-book.
I happen to have a few of your books on my nook and my love for the ocean made me move over 1,700 miles to be live there.I have spent many evenings on the sand taking pictures of gorgeous sunsets.
However, my favorite coastline is the coast of Maine. It's so beautiful there and if the weather was nicer, I'd live there full time. I look forward to reading your books.
Beautiful post, Susanne. Gorgeous pictures. Thanks.
I'm stuck in the middle of the country so no coasts here *sigh* but when we travel it is almost always to one end of the US or the other. There's just something about the ocean that pulls me in that direction!


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Coming Soon: The Blood Sagas: Blood & Loyalty by Avery Brown
Title: Blood & Loyalty
Series: The Blood Sagas
Author: Avery Brown
Genre: Fiction/Graphic Novel
Publisher: Avery Brown Publishing
Publication Date: Early 2023
Synopsis: Avery Brown Taps Into Your Imagination With New Graphic Novel!
It's time to get lost in a book, and with the help of Atlanta-based Author Avery Brown, you will be finding yourself in a new world! For those who love adventure, fantasy, and war, Avery gives you that and more with the release of his debut Novel, "The Blood Sagas: Blood & Loyalty".
"The Blood Sagas: Blood & Loyalty" is the first book in a Graphic Novel series written by Avery Brown, and it's a story of freedom, oppression, loyalty, sacrifice, blood, and betrayal. The story focuses on the Shynes, a group of loyalists who strike fear in the masses, who handle things ruthlessly. The Mob is another group in the story who believes in brotherhood, and are young upstarts who seek to make a name for themselves in a free world. Baron Black and Captain BB are a pair in the story who are determined to fight for what's right in the world, and they recruit various persons to execute their mission. Diablo and Elvira Vasa are a father-daughter pair who make things happen with precision, and they have solid alliances secured when it's time for war. Each group featured have their sights set on taking down The Republic, a nation of law upholders who are civilized, and desire to rule the world under their leadership.
"The Blood Sagas: Blood & Loyalty" features epic battles, storylines that will grab you, characters that you will become fans of, and wars that pits man against man, and Gods among themselves. Avery Brown expects "The Blood Saga: Blood & Loyalty" to become a bestseller that will launch a multitude of successful followups. As a part of plans for "The Blood Saga", Avery looks to expand with merchandise that will include apparel, home goods, and accessories, and eyes the possibility of tapping into the Film and Video Game industries in the future.
Book lovers can get their senses ready when "The Blood Sagas: Blood & Loyalty" launches in 2023 through Avery Brown Publishing. For more information, visit thebloodsagas.com.
Avery Brown is a New York-born Author who currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. A lover of Graphic Novels, Animation, and Film, Brown was inspired by the passing of a dear friend to start a series of Novels that will keep his friend's name alive for generations to come. Avery Brown is currently working on followups to "The Blood Saga: Blood & Loyalty", and is excited to share his bodies of work to the world!
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Q: System calls not working in Atmel AVR Studio (with ASF) I am not getting answers on the AVR Freaks forum and wonder if someone here could help me.
The answer might lie in this SO question, but I am not sure why it would be necessary.
Basically, I have my fist ever Atmel project (AVR studio 6, UC3 processor). The code compiles and links and I can load it to the Atmel board and step through in the debugger.
However, when I try to step over (or run until a breakpoint on the line after) a (valid) call to sprintf(), malloc() or memcpy() (there may be more, which I have not yet discovered), the IDE never returns to the next line of my code, just seeming to hang, or run forever.
[Note] Compiler optimization is off
Do I need to set some linker options (e.g link static (which I tried & it didn't help)? Or build with some library?
What confuses me is that the code compilers and links - what is being linked when I call these standard functions? If I need something else I would expect a compiler or linker error, but get none - so why won't my code run?
Sorry for such a stupid n00nb question, but it is my first micro-controller project.

A: I discovered that the CPU on my board is an Engineering Sample and not supported by Atmel Studio without a new io.h file.
I sort of figured that out from this question:  http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=106652
Sorry to have troubled you.

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what is being linked when I call these standard functions?

The AVR-libc, the implementation of the C standard library ported to the AVR platform.

so why won't my code run?

Compiler errors and runtime errors are not even related. Both of these lines are valid C and they compile, however, on most systems, I'd expect them to dump core:
int x = 1 / 0;
*(int *)0 = 41;

So it might be either:

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*a bug in the standard library (very unlikely), or

*a bug in the online debugger (very unlikely), or

*maybe you just expect something that is not supposed to happen?

A: Instead of trying to step over, what happens if you set a breakpoint at next line after the line you want to step over?
Also, does the operation change if you turn off compiler optimization?

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As an experienced ex-teacher (or should that be "ex-experienced teacher"?) I can confirm that recent publicity about ill-discipline in our schools is justified. There was a television programme a couple of weeks ago which followed a lady supply teacher round from school to school and recorded the inattention, rudeness, arrogance and belligerence she faced every day. It was both horrifying and deeply depressing. Admittedly she wasn't a very dynamic teacher, and she was on a hiding to nothing because she wasn't an established figure in any of the schools and was sometimes teaching subjects in which she was not expert. But I think a strange lady ought to be able to walk into any classroom and be treated with a certain respect. That's just good manners, isn't it?
True, there are still lots of schools - many of them very ordinary primary schools and comprehensives - where the children are reasonable, well-behaved and likeable. That applies to almost all of the schools in the county where I live, I'm glad to say. But in the cities it's a different story. There's a real problem here, and any steps to solve it should be applauded, I'd have thought.
But the National Union of Teachers has other views, it seems.
Dexter Hutt who is the executive head of three difficult Birmingham schools has recently introduced "isolation rooms" for unruly pupils whose crimes have included threatening teachers and trying to set one woman's hair on fire. He says "For some students, social interaction is more important than work. If they are socially isolated, they miss that outlet". Pupils spend a day or more at a time in the isolation room, are allowed out only for toilet breaks, have their meals delivered there, and have to study from worksheets.
It all makes sense to me. I don't know whether it will work, but it must be worth a try. But already there are voices raised against the idea - by the teachers themselves. The staff at one of the three schools have protested that the idea is "draconian", while the National Union of Teachers says "with a lot of pupils it escalates the problem".
It's no wonder, is it, that teachers can't control their pupils? They've already had almost all their sanctions taken away from them so that they are powerless to penalise bad behaviour. They have to operate in many areas without the support of parents who encourage their offspring to rebel. And when someone thinks of an idea that might help, they're too lily-livered to give it a chance because it's "draconian" (and what about setting a teacher's hair on fire? That's not draconian, I suppose?). Of course, some of them objected to the television programme as well - they said it was unfair to film the poor little kiddy-winks without their knowledge, even though their faces and identities were obscured.
Teaching was a reasonable job when I first started, but I wouldn't dream of doing it now, and actively discouraged my own children from even thinking of it as a career. You're overwhelmed with paperwork, hedged about with rules, regulations and procedures that are frequently unintelligible, tested and moderated and mentored and appraised until there's nothing left of you, the hours are ridiculous when you take into account the stacks of marking and preparation you are required to take home at the end of the day, the kids can't keep their mouths shut for more than ten seconds at a time and you're too knackered to appreciate the long holidays. And to top it all, you have to work alongside people who don't have the balls to do anything about it for fear of being "draconian".
(I just counted up. In the course of a long and reasonably successful teaching career, the worst behaviour I have ever seen was in two private schools, and the best was in a state comprehensive school and a state primary school. I have no explanation for this. Interesting though …)
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First a chemical engineer creates an explosion that kills hundreds of commuters and himself. Then a major starlet in Hollywood murders a U.S. Senator. A grandmother unleashes an attack on a train. A plane with tech wizards from Silicon Valley blows up while refueling. The President is convinced all these disparate events were related and he tells William Hiccock to put together a team to put an end to it.
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Finding a single suitcase in a huge city is virtually impossible. When the identity of the city itself is unknown, the matter becomes even worse. But that is the mission for the Quarterback Operations Group because this suitcase holds a nuclear bomb.
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I see a parallel between the worlds of politics and investing. The securities industry preys on "low-information" investors who don't know the underlying data. These investors are inundated by pundits, analysts and other "financial pros" who claim the ability to pick outperforming stocks, time the markets and identify the next "hot" mutual fund or alternative investment. When investors get "more engaged" and "more informed," they understand that efforts to "beat the market" simply enrich brokers while likely causing them to underperform comparable index funds.
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Saudi Arabia commits $25mn to UNESCO for preserving heritage
The ancient city of Mada'in Saleh is Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. — Courtesy photo
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RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Farhan Al-Saud and Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, have signed a letter of intent formalizing the Kingdom's commitment to contribute $25 million to UNESCO strategy and actions for the preservation of heritage.
"In support of the Kingdom's partnership with UNESCO and its efforts to preserve world heritage, I've signed a letter of intent with Audrey Azoulay to support the organization's strategic conservation programs," Prince Badr said in a tweet on Tuesday.
According to UNESCO, the commitment will cover areas including digital technologies, sustainable cultural tourism, the safeguarding of traditional building techniques, the preservation of World Heritage sites and the promotion of creative economies.
"Activities will contribute to the advancement of UNESCO's priority programs as well as to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda," UNESCO said on its official website.
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The ancient city of Mada'in Saleh is Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Also known as Al-Hijr and Hegra, it was the principal southern city of the Nabataean kingdom and is comprised of more than 100 well-preserved tombs with elaborate facades cut out of sandstone outcrops surrounding the walled urban settlement.
In June 2018, the Kingdom's Al-Ahsa oasis was included in UNESCO's World Heritage list. Al-Ahsa oasis is the largest governorate in eastern Saudi Arabia, representing 20 percent of the Kingdom's area — and home to many historical sites left behind by ancient civilizations.
Al-Ahsa's rich historical sites include the Jawatha Mosque where the second Friday congregation prayer in Islam was offered, the Al-Qaisarya Souk (the oldest in the Arabian Gulf), and the Turkish military barracks in Ebrahim Palace, as well as the caves and hills of Jabal Al-Qara and the historic port of Al-Aqeer. — Al Arabiya English
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DENVER, July 31, 2014 – The Denver Nuggets have signed first-round draft picks Jusuf Nurkic and Gary Harris, General Manager/Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly announced today.
The Nuggets acquired the rights to both players in a draft-night trade with the Chicago Bulls on June 26. Nurkic was the 16th overall pick, while Harris was taken at No. 19.
Nurkic, 7-0, 280, averaged 11.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 28 games for Cedevita Zagreb of the Adriatic League in 2013-14. He recently led Bosnia and Herzegovina to the title at the FIBA Under-20 European Championships Division B.
Nurkic, 19, averaged 21.4 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.63 blocks in eight games and was named MVP of the tournament.
Harris, 6-4, 210, averaged 16.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists as a sophomore at Michigan State in 2013-14. He was an All-Big Ten selection and received honorable mention in the Associated Press All-America voting.
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Spain took the lead in the start of the first set, basing the game in good reception and defense. However, locals blurred somehow throughout the period, and Greece started using the same weapons from fridays victory and subdued spaniards to end up winning the first set 23-25.
In second set, spanish stamina lasted only untill the second technical time out. The equaliser was broken by the attacks by Mario Gkiourdas and Andrej Ravarik and the efective greek blocking. Visiting team took a lead of 4-5 points that was kept untill the end of the period despite spanish attempts and head coach Francisco Hervas' subtitutions (20-25).
The third set was full of comings and goings. No team was able to keep a good level of playing for too long, and the alternatives characterized the period. In this situation, the team making less mistakes was the one to win the set, and this squad was Greece. Visiting team won 26-28 in a tight final of period, in the fourth consecutive victory by greeks.


Welcome to the Houston area's newest nudist resort.
This is by far the best little quaint resort we have ever been to, friendly down to earth folks who make you feel right at home the minute you come thru the gate. Secluded around big pine trees.


text:
Der Segelhafen Ramsberg befindet sich nördlich von Ramsberg, einem Gemeindeteil des Marktes Pleinfeld im mittelfränkischen Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, am Südufer des Großen Brombachsees im Fränkischen Seenland.

Seit dem Wegfall des Pleinfelder Hafens ist er der einzige Hafen in der Gemeinde. Laut dem Betreiber, dem Zweckverband Brombachsee, ist er der größte Segelhafen eines deutschen Binnensees. Die Anzahl der Wasserliegeplätze wird je nach Quelle mit 600, 580 oder 543 angegeben, die Anzahl der Landliegeplätze übereinstimmend mit 150.

Der Hafen verfügt über eine Doppel-Sliprampe, eine Jollenrampe, einen Kran mit einer Hebelast von maximal fünf Tonnen sowie ein Segelzentrum mit Sitz mehrerer Segelvereine und Yachtclubs, darunter der Yacht-Club Nürnberg. Er wird auch vom Wassersportzentrum der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg genutzt. Die Anlegestelle der MS Brombachsee liegt nicht am Hafen, sondern weiter östlich nahe am Ortskern. Weiters befindet sich im Segelhafen eine Wetterstation.

Nachdem der Segelsport rückläufig ist und immer mehr Wasserliegeplätze, die nie vollständig vermietet waren, frei blieben, wurde das Projekt "Floating Village Brombachsee" im Hafen ins Leben gerufen. Auf den freien Liegeplätzen wurden bis 2019 19 schwimmende Ferienhäuser errichtet. Die Häuser wurden verkauft, die Eigentümer können sie sieben Wochen im Jahr selbst nutzen, müssen sie aber für den Rest des Jahres zur Vermietung zur Verfügung stellen. Es handelt sich um die erste schwimmende Feriensiedlung im Freistaat.

Weblinks

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Einzelnachweise

Bauwerk in Pleinfeld
Yachthafen
Hafen in Bayern
Verkehrsbauwerk im Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Hafen in Europa
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Verkehr (Pleinfeld)

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My style grew from a creative exploration of printmaking in high school. Although I still utilize many of the tools of printmaking (ink and brayers), the finished works are unique, individual large-scale paintings. The creation of these is an active, often visceral, process. I do not begin with a concept of the end. I layer color over color, scrape and scratch to excavate earlier hues, and shape textural elements. It is a spontaneous way of working that produces as many visual surprises for me, the painter, as it does for later viewers.


text:
Q: When is NavigationStart fired in Angular 2? Is NavigationStart event fired on page load, after redirection has occurred from an external site to this site?
Sample code which is not fired on redirection from external site to SomeComponent.
import { Router, ActivatedRoute, NavigationStart } from '@angular/router';

export class SomeComponent {
   constructor(public _router: Router, private _activeRoute: ActivatedRoute,    private _location: Location) {
     this.router = _router;
     this.router.events
         .filter(e => e instanceof   NavigationStart)
         .pairwise()
         .subscribe((e) => { alert(e); });
   }
}

A: You can't get notified about NavigationStart inside the component that is created and added during navigation.
Instead add the code to AppComponent
import { Router, ActivatedRoute, NavigationStart } from '@angular/router';

export class AppComponent {
   constructor(public _router: Router, private _activeRoute: ActivatedRoute,    private _location: Location) {
     this.router = _router;
     this.router.events
         .filter(e => e instanceof   NavigationStart)
         .pairwise()
         .subscribe((e) => { alert(e); });
   }
}

A: I used the code below for angular 8
export class AppComponent {
  constructor(private router:Router) {
    this.router.events.subscribe((e) => { if(e instanceof NavigationStart) { console.log(e); } });
  }
}


In 1896 Spreckels Sugar Company (beet sugar) was incorporated in Salinas, California.
In 1911 Lucille Ball was born. Two of the funniest food related comedy routines ever done were the chocolate factory and the grape stomping episodes from her TV show.


text:
Shots Fired at Egypt Tourist Hotel, No One Hurt
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A gang of youths hurled fireworks and fired birdshot at police guarding a hotel near Cairo's pyramids Thursday where Arab Israelis were staying without hurting anyone, officials and witnesses said.
The motive for the attack on the Three Pyramids Hotel was unclear.
The interior ministry said unknown assailants had gathered outside the hotel and carried out the attack, which it said targeted police guarding the hotel, who fired back.
One of the attackers was arrested, it added.
Hotel employee Yasser Fakhreddin said "15 to 20 young persons wearing masks threw fireworks and fired birdshot at the glass facade of the hotel as well as the windows of an empty bus waiting to pick up the Arab Israeli tourists".
A security official who declined to be named said 40 Arab Israelis had been due to board the bus but were still inside the hotel when the attack took place.
An AFP photographer said bits of the facade and the bus's windows had been broken.
Egypt, which has fought several wars with Israel, is one of only two Arab nations, along with Jordan, to have signed a peace treaty with the Jewish state.
The country has been roiled by mainly jihadist violence since the army ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. However, the attacks, many of them deadly, have focused on security forces in reprisal for a fierce crackdown on Morsi supporters.
The attack came as the country's Coptic Christian minority was celebrating Christmas. Police have been out in force across Egypt to protect churches during the holiday period.
Middle EastCairo


text:
"use strict";

dactyl.assert("noscriptOverlay" in window,
              "This plugin requires the NoScript add-on.");

/*
 *  this.globalJS ? !this.alwaysBlockUntrustedContent || !this.untrustedSites.matches(s)
 *                : this.jsPolicySites.matches(s) && !this.untrustedSites.matches(s) && !this.isForbiddenByHttpsStatus(s));
 */

function getSites() {
    // This logic comes directly from NoScript. To my mind, it's insane.
    const ns     = services.noscript;
    const global = options["script"];
    const groups = { allowed: ns.jsPolicySites, temp: ns.tempSites, untrusted: ns.untrustedSites };
    const show   = Set(options["noscript-list"]);
    const sites  = window.noscriptOverlay.getSites();

    const blockUntrusted = global && ns.alwaysBlockUntrustedContent;

    let res = [];
    for (let site in array.iterValues(Array.concat(sites.topSite, sites))) {
        let ary = [];

        let untrusted    = groups.untrusted.matches(site);
        let matchingSite = null;
        if (!untrusted)
            matchingSite = groups.allowed.matches(site) || blockUntrusted && site;

        let enabled = Boolean(matchingSite);
        if (site == sites.topSite && !ns.dom.getDocShellForWindow(content).allowJavascript)
            enabled = false;

        let hasPort = /:\d+$/.test(site);

        if (enabled && !global || untrusted) {
            if (!enabled || global)
                matchingSite = untrusted;

            if (hasPort && ns.ignorePorts)
                if (site = groups.allowed.matches(site.replace(/:\d+$/, "")))
                    matchingSite = site;
            ary.push(matchingSite);
        }
        else {
            if ((!hasPort || ns.ignorePorts) && (show.full || show.base)) {
                let domain = !ns.isForbiddenByHttpsStatus(site) && ns.getDomain(site);
                if (domain && ns.isJSEnabled(domain) == enabled) {
                    ary = util.subdomains(domain);
                    if (!show.base && ary.length > 1)
                        ary = ary.slice(1);
                    if (!show.full)
                        ary = ary.slice(0, 1);
                }
            }

            if (show.address || ary.length == 0) {
                ary.push(site);

                if (hasPort && ns.ignorePorts) {
                    site = site.replace(/:\d+$/, "");
                    if (!groups.allowed.matches(site))
                        ary.push(site);
                }
            }
        }
        res = res.concat(ary);
    }

    let seen = {};
    return res.filter(function (h) !Set.add(seen, h));
}
function getObjects() {
    let sites = noscriptOverlay.getSites();
    let general = [], specific = [];
    for (let group in values(sites.pluginExtras))
        for (let obj in array.iterValues(group)) {
            if (!obj.placeholder && (ns.isAllowedObject(obj.url, obj.mime) || obj.tag))
                continue;
            specific.push(obj.mime + "@" + obj.url);
            general.push("*@" + obj.url);
            general.push("*@" + obj.site);
        }
    let sites = buffer.allFrames().map(function (f) f.location.host);
    for (let filter in values(options["noscript-objects"])) {
        let host = util.getHost(util.split(filter, /@/, 2)[1]);
        if (sites.some(function (s) s == host))
            specific.push(filter);
    }
    let seen = {};
    return specific.concat(general).filter(function (site) !Set.add(seen, site));
}

var onUnload = overlay.overlayObject(gBrowser, {
    // Extend NoScript's bookmarklet handling hack to the command-line
    // Modified from NoScript's own wrapper.
    loadURIWithFlags: function loadURIWithFlags(url) {
        let args = arguments;
        function load() loadURIWithFlags.superapply(gBrowser, args);

        if (!commandline.command || !util.isDactyl(Components.stack.caller))
            return load();

        try {
            for (let [cmd, args] in commands.parseCommands(commandline.command))
                var origURL = args.literalArg;

            let isJS = function isJS(url) /^(?:data|javascript):/i.test(url);
            let allowJS = prefs.get("noscript.allowURLBarJS", true);

            if (isJS(origURL) && allowJS) {
                if (services.noscript.executeJSURL(origURL, load))
                    return;
            }
            else if (url != origURL && isJS(url)) {
                if(services.noscript.handleBookmark(url, load))
                    return;
            }
        }
        catch (e) {
            util.reportError(e);
        }
        return load();
    }
});

highlight.loadCSS(literal(/*
    NoScriptAllowed         color: green;
    NoScriptBlocked         color: #444; font-style: italic;
    NoScriptTemp            color: blue;
    NoScriptUntrusted       color: #c00; font-style: italic;
*/));

let groupProto = {};
["temp", "jsPolicy", "untrusted"].forEach(function (group)
    memoize(groupProto, group, function () services.noscript[group + "Sites"].matches(this.site)));
let groupDesc = {
    NoScriptTemp:       "Temporarily allowed",
    NoScriptAllowed:    "Allowed permanently",
    NoScriptUntrusted:  "Untrusted",
    NoScriptBlocked:    "Blocked"
};

function splitContext(context, list) {
    for (let [name, title, filter] in values(list)) {
        let ctxt = context.split(name);
        ctxt.title = [title];
        ctxt.filters.push(filter);
    }
}

completion.noscriptObjects = function (context) {
    let whitelist = options.get("noscript-objects").set;
    context = context.fork();
    context.compare = CompletionContext.Sort.unsorted;
    context.generate = getObjects;
    context.keys = {
        text: util.identity,
        description: function (key) Set.has(whitelist, key) ? "Allowed" : "Forbidden"
    };
    splitContext(context, getObjects, [
        ["forbidden", "Forbidden objects", function (item) !Set.has(whitelist, item.item)],
        ["allowed",   "Allowed objects",   function (item) Set.has(whitelist, item.item)]]);
};
completion.noscriptSites = function (context) {
    context.compare = CompletionContext.Sort.unsorted;
    context.generate = getSites;
    context.keys = {
        text: util.identity,
        description: function (site) groupDesc[this.highlight] +
            (this.groups.untrusted && this.highlight != "NoScriptUntrusted" ? " (untrusted)" : ""),

        highlight: function (site) this.groups.temp      ? "NoScriptTemp" :
                                   this.groups.jsPolicy  ? "NoScriptAllowed" :
                                   this.groups.untrusted ? "NoScriptUntrusted" :
                                                           "NoScriptBlocked",
        groups: function (site) ({ site: site, __proto__: groupProto })
    };
    splitContext(context, [
        ["normal",    "Active sites",    function (item) item.groups.jsPolicy || !item.groups.untrusted],
        ["untrusted", "Untrusted sites", function (item) !item.groups.jsPolicy && item.groups.untrusted]]);
    context.maxItems = 100;
}

services.add("noscript", "@maone.net/noscript-service;1");

var PrefBase = "noscript.";
var Pref = Struct("text", "pref", "description");
let prefs = {
    forbid: [
        ["bookmarklet", "forbidBookmarklets", "Forbid bookmarklets"],
        ["collapse",    "collapseObject",     "Collapse forbidden objects"],
        ["flash",       "forbidFlash",        "Block Adobe® Flash® animations"],
        ["fonts",       "forbidFonts",        "Forbid remote font loading"],
        ["frame",       "forbidFrames",       "Block foreign <frame> elements"],
        ["iframe",      "forbidIFrames",      "Block foreign <iframe> elements"],
        ["java",        "forbidJava",         "Block Java™ applets"],
        ["media",       "forbidMedia",        "Block <audio> and <video> elements"],
        ["placeholder", "showPlaceholder",    "Replace forbidden objects with a placeholder"],
        ["plugins",     "forbidPlugins",      "Forbid other plugins"],
        ["refresh",     "forbidMetaRefresh",  "Block <meta> page directions"],
        ["silverlight", "forbidSilverlight",  "Block Microsoft® Silverlight™ objects"],
        ["trusted",     "contentBlocker",     "Block media and plugins even on trusted sites"],
        ["webbug",      "blockNSWB",          "Block "web bug" tracking images"],
        ["xslt",        "forbidXSLT",         "Forbid XSLT stylesheets"]
    ],
    list: [
        ["address", "showAddress",    "Show the full address (http://www.google.com)"],
        ["base",    "showBaseDomain", "Show the base domain (google.com)"],
        ["full",    "showDomain",     "Show the full domain (www.google.com)"]
    ]
};
for (let [k, v] in Iterator(prefs))
    prefs[k] = array(v).map(function (v) [v[0], Pref.fromArray(v.map(UTF8))]).toObject();

function getPref(pref)      modules.prefs.get(PrefBase + pref);
function setPref(pref, val) modules.prefs.set(PrefBase + pref, val);

prefs.complete = function prefsComplete(group) function (context) {
    context.keys = { text: "text", description: "description" };
    context.completions = values(prefs[group]);
}
prefs.get = function prefsGet(group) [p.text for (p in values(this[group])) if (getPref(p.pref))];
prefs.set = function prefsSet(group, val) {
    for (let p in values(this[group]))
        setPref(p.pref, val.indexOf(p.text) >= 0);
    return val;
}
prefs.descs = function prefDescs(group) ["dl", {},
    template.map(values(this[group]), function (pref)
        [["dt", {}, pref.text], ["dd", {}, pref.description]])];

function groupParams(group) ( {
    getter: function () prefs.get(group),
    completer: prefs.complete(group),
    setter: function (val) prefs.set(group, val),
    initialValue: true,
    persist: false
});
group.options.add(["noscript-forbid", "nsf"],
    "The set of permissions forbidden to untrusted sites",
    "stringlist", "",
    groupParams("forbid"));
group.options.add(["noscript-list", "nsl"],
    "The set of domains to show in the menu and completion list",
    "stringlist", "",
    groupParams("list"));

group.options.add(["script"],
    "Whether NoScript is enabled",
    "boolean", false,
    {
        getter: function () services.noscript.jsEnabled,
        setter: function (val) services.noscript.jsEnabled = val,
        initialValue: true,
        persist: false
    });

[
    {
        names: ["noscript-sites", "nss"],
        description: "The list of sites allowed to execute scripts",
        action: function (add, sites) sites.length && noscriptOverlay.safeAllow(sites, add, false, -1),
        completer: function (context) completion.noscriptSites(context),
        has: function (val) Set.has(services.noscript.jsPolicySites.sitesMap, val) &&
            !Set.has(services.noscript.tempSites.sitesMap, val),
        get set() Set.subtract(
            services.noscript.jsPolicySites.sitesMap,
            services.noscript.tempSites.sitesMap)
    }, {
        names: ["noscript-tempsites", "nst"],
        description: "The list of sites temporarily allowed to execute scripts",
        action: function (add, sites) sites.length && noscriptOverlay.safeAllow(sites, add, true, -1),
        completer: function (context) completion.noscriptSites(context),
        get set() services.noscript.tempSites.sitesMap
    }, {
        names: ["noscript-untrusted", "nsu"],
        description: "The list of untrusted sites",
        action: function (add, sites) sites.length && services.noscript.setUntrusted(sites, add),
        completer: function (context) completion.noscriptSites(context),
        get set() services.noscript.untrustedSites.sitesMap
    }, {
        names: ["noscript-objects", "nso"],
        description: "The list of allowed objects",
        get set() Set(array.flatten(
            [Array.concat(v).map(function (v) v + "@" + this, k)
             for ([k, v] in Iterator(services.noscript.objectWhitelist))])),
        action: function (add, patterns) {
            for (let pattern in values(patterns)) {
                let [mime, site] = util.split(pattern, /@/, 2);
                if (add)
                    services.noscript.allowObject(site, mime);
                else {
                    let list = services.noscript.objectWhitelist[site];
                    if (list) {
                        if (list == "*") {
                            delete services.noscript.objectWhitelist[site];
                            services.noscript.objectWhitelistLen--;
                        }
                        else {
                            let types = list.filter(function (type) type != mime);
                            services.noscript.objectWhitelistLen -= list.length - types.length;
                            services.noscript.objectWhitelist[site] = types;
                            if (!types.length)
                                delete services.noscript.objectWhitelist[site];
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            if (add)
                services.noscript.reloadAllowedObjects(config.browser.selectedBrowser);
        },
        completer: function (context) completion.noscriptObjects(context)
    }
].forEach(function (params)
    group.options.add(params.names, params.description,
        "stringlist", "",
        {
            completer: function (context) {
                context.anchored = false;
                if (params.completer)
                    params.completer(context)
            },
            domains: params.domains || function (values) values,
            has: params.has || function (val) Set.has(params.set, val),
            initialValue: true,
            getter: params.getter || function () Object.keys(params.set),
            setter: function (values) {
                let newset  = Set(values);
                let current = params.set;
                let value   = this.value;
                params.action(true,  values.filter(function (site) !Set.has(current, site)))
                params.action(false, value.filter(function (site) !Set.has(newset, site)));
                return this.value;
            },
            persist: false,
            privateData: true,
            validator: params.validator || function () true
        }));

var INFO =
["plugin", { name: "noscript",
             version: "0.8",
             href: "http://dactyl.sf.net/pentadactyl/plugins#noscript-plugin",
             summary: "NoScript integration",
             xmlns: "dactyl" },
    ["author", { email: "maglione.k@gmail.com" }, "Kris Maglione"],
    ["license", { href: "http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" }, "MIT"],
    ["project", { name: "Pentadactyl", "min-version": "1.0" }],

    ["p", {},
        "This plugin provides tight integration with the NoScript add-on. ",
        "In addition to commands and options to control the behavior of ",
        "NoScript, this plugin also provides integration with both the ",
        config.appName, " and ", config.host, " sanitization systems sorely ",
        "lacking in the add-on itself. Namely, when data for a domain is ",
        "purged, all of its associated NoScript permissions are purged as ",
        "well, and temporary permissions are purged along with session ",
        "data."],

    ["note", {},
        "As most options provided by this script directly alter NoScript ",
        "preferences, which are persistent, their values are automatically ",
        "preserved across restarts."],

    ["item", {},
        ["tags", {}, "'script' 'noscript'"],
        ["strut", {}],
        ["spec", {}, "'script'"],
        ["type", {}, "boolean"],
        ["default", {}, "noscript"],
        ["description", {},
            ["p", {},
                "When on, all sites are allowed to execute scripts and ",
                "load plugins. When off, only specifically allowed sites ",
                "may do so."]]],

    ["item", {},
        ["tags", {}, "'nsf' 'noscript-forbid'"],
        ["spec", {}, "'noscript-forbid'"],
        ["type", {}, "stringlist"],
        ["default", {}, ""],
        ["description", {},
            ["p", {},
                "The set of permissions forbidden to untrusted sites."],
            prefs.descs("forbid"),
            ["p", {},
                "See also ", ["o", {}, "noscript-objects"], "."]]],

    ["item", {},
        ["tags", {}, "'nsl' 'noscript-list'"],
        ["spec", {}, "'noscript-list'"],
        ["type", {}, "stringlist"],
        ["default", {}, ""],
        ["description", {},
            ["p", {},
                "The set of items to show in the main completion list and ",
                "NoScript menu."],
            prefs.descs("list")]],

    ["item", {},
        ["tags", {}, "'nso' 'noscript-objects'"],
        ["spec", {}, "'noscript-objects'"],
        ["type", {}, "stringlist"],
        ["default", {}, ""],
        ["description", {},
            ["p", {},
                "The list of objects which allowed to display. See also ",
                ["o", {}, "noscript-forbid"], "."],
            ["example", {},
                ["ex", {}, ":map ", ["k", { name: "A-c",  link: "false" }]], " ",
                ["ex", {}, ":set nso!=", ["k", { name: "A-Tab", link: "c_<A-Tab>" }]]]]],

    ["item", {},
        ["tags", {}, "'nss' 'noscript-sites'"],
        ["spec", {}, "'noscript-sites'"],
        ["type", {}, "stringlist"],
        ["default", {}, ""],
        ["description", {},
            ["p", {},
                "The list of sites which are permanently allowed to execute ",
                "scripts."],
            ["example", {},
                ["ex", {}, ":map ", ["k", { name: "A-s", link: "false" }]], " ",
                ["ex", {}, ":set nss!=", ["k", { name: "A-Tab", link: "c_<A-Tab>" }]]]]],

    ["item", {},
        ["tags", {}, "'nst' 'noscript-tempsites'"],
        ["spec", {}, "'noscript-tempsites'"],
        ["type", {}, "stringlist"],
        ["default", {}, ""],
        ["description", {},
            ["p", {},
                "The list of sites which are temporarily allowed to execute ",
                "scripts. The value is not preserved across application ",
                "restarts."],
            ["example", {},
                ["ex", {}, ":map ", ["k", { name: "A-S-s", link: "false" }]], " ",
                ["ex", {}, ":set nst!=", ["k", { name: "A-Tab", link: "c_<A-Tab>" }]]]]],

    ["item", {},
        ["tags", {}, "'nsu' 'noscript-untrusted'"],
        ["spec", {}, "'noscript-untrusted'"],
        ["type", {}, "stringlist"],
        ["default", {}, ""],
        ["description", {},
            ["p", {},
                "The list of untrusted sites which are not allowed to activate, ",
                "nor are listed in the main completion lists or NoScript menu."],
            ["example", {},
                ["ex", {}, ":map ", ["k", { name: "A-C-s", link: "false" }]], " ",
                ["ex", {}, ":set nsu!=", ["k", { name: "A-Tab", link: "c_<A-Tab>" }]]]]]];

/* vim:se sts=4 sw=4 et: */

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Southampton Football Club Media discuss the use of TPM and Kinetic Control as a tool to reduce risk of injury and enhance performance.
Do you want to find out more about how Kinetic Control is an effective tool to help individuals fulfill their physical potential? Email us at info@kineticcontrol.com for more information!


With the background understanding of the Cynefin framework under our belts, today we turn our attention to the paper recommended by Linda Rising in her GOTO Copenhagen conference keynote earlier this month: "On understanding software agility – a social complexity point of view." The author, Joseph Pelrine, worked as an assistant to Kent Beck in developing eXtreme Programming, and was Europe's first certified ScrumMaster Practitioner and Trainer.
Too many teams have come to regard Agile as something like a cookery recipe – follow this set of instructions and procedures for a tasty result. But in software development, as in cooking, what you get out is not simply the sum of what you put in.
Software development is a complex process, and it is conducted by teams of people, which are themselves complex and unpredictable. Discuss!
We have gone from the assumption that everything can be modelled given enough time, intelligence or processing power, to the realization that not everything we experience can be drilled into predictable patterns that we can recognise and understand. The human mind does not readily grasp complexity. It is counterintuitive; we prefer to recognise patterns in mechanistic systems.
Wicked problems have incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements; and solutions to them are often difficult to recognize as such, because of complex interdependencies. Rittel and Webber stated that while attempting to solve a wicked problem, the solution of one of its aspects may reveal or create other, even more complex problems.
Although this is not sufficient to argue that software development as a whole is complex, it does suggest that many parts of it are amenable to analysis and treatment using complexity-based tools and techniques.
In a complex domain, one of the hardest things for us to let go of is our desire for linear causality. But in the complex domain there is no meaningful causality, and any causality is only retrospectively coherent. That is, it makes sense looking backwards after the fact, but that doesn't mean it is predictable or repeatable.
Success in software development is only retrospectively coherent.
A good example of retrospective coherence is task estimation. Once you've completed a task, you now exactly how long it took and why. But before you do any (complex) task, it's almost impossible to estimate.
The same goes for projects. As a project goes on, the reasons for its success become established, not before. After it's over, you can say that the project was a success, and that certain things took place during the project – but you cannot say that the project was a success because certain things took place!
(A whole genre of business books seem to fall into this trap too).
Human nature and our desire to find predictive patterns makes us want to repeat the things that took place as if they were guarantees of future success, but this doesn't hold in the complex domain.
Contrary to Einstein's definition, in a socially complex system, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same result!
Continue or intensify the things that work, correct or change those that don't.
Tighten this into a small iterative loop, observing emergent patterns, amplifying good ones, and disrupting bad ones, until you end up successful at your endeavour. In fact, it's often the case that by applying this process, you discover value at points along the way. Your final product can end up looking very different to the original plan, and being very much better. You could not have defined these benefits at the outset and aimed for them; these are an example of emergent properties of the complex system.
And this, concludes Pelrine, is what the true spirit of Agile is all about: Agile's 'apply-inspect-adapt' model is a probe-sense-respond model. Social complexity methods such as Cynefin provide the theoretical underpinnings that we need to understand in order for such methods to become truly scalable and sustainable.
It should be noted that equilibrium is often never attained in the first place.
The beauty of a complex system is its unpredictabilty. It is self organising and evolving like a social network. As you rightly said, we do not want to see the unpredictability in the project. Success happens because certain things came through or fell in place in a project. I liked the Einstein's quote on insanity. Nice read. Thank you. Cheers.
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On 23rd October Gemma's Farm visited Starfish, Seahorse, Oyster and Seagull classes.This time we welcomed her friendly dog Roo and her two new additions to the family, the goats Samson and Delilah. The children got to learn all about what the animals like to eat, where they live and what their jobs on a farm might be. The children got to stroke and hold lots of the animals. Seagull class were excited to be able to brush and stroke the sheep and learnt more about the sheep's wool as part of their science topic on materials.