Four years ago, I embarked on an unknown adventure. I invested in and shared ownership of a coffee shop, without having either much business experience or any knowledge of coffee. I dove, head first, into a crazy adventure which changed me in ways I never would have guessed.
The opportunity came up while a friend pitched me on her vision for the next phase of an established coffee shop. Her partner recently pulled out of the business and there was room for an investor/partner. After hearing the pitch, I was in.
I found rough guides on evaluating a small businesses' worth by using its profit and loss statements. Atomic Object's open books policy helped me understand what I was I was looking at. I'd read profit and loss statements at our quarterly meetings and I had a rough idea of what good and great profit margins were. My friend and I came up with an evaluation of the business and I became a 40% owner and sole investor.
At first, coffee seemed very simple, and admittedly, it can be. Hot water and ground up, roasted coffee beans will technically make a cup of coffee. But things change quickly when we talk about espresso — coffee finely ground and extracted using a high-pressure water system.
When creating a "shot" of espresso, even small changes in humidity, temperature, or any other random factor can cause things to go way, way off course. It took me a little under a year to master this craft. The experience taught me to be steady and evaluate each of the components factoring into my drink. Unexpectedly, this also directly helped my debugging skills, when writing software. I learned to slow down, evaluate all inputs, and walk through each step.
After learning the craft of coffee, I shared the role of quality control for the coffee shop. On a weekly basis, I'd work with our employees, testing their drinks and helping to create consistency across eight people. This process directly related to my developer skills. I learned how to have patience with my students and how to describe things in a way they could understand. The skills required to share a craft — teaching someone a language or how to test a piece of software, for example — were closely related.
As a developer, learning a new programming language, piece of software, or development style isn't too difficult. It's pretty simple to research, read, and follow people who are already masters of the craft. When trying to learn something completely new however, this path quickly breaks down. Researching becomes hard when you might not have the language to describe what you're trying to do.
Owning a public-facing business forces you to continue to change and update to keep from getting stale. Keeping a business new requires researching and trying new things, and its difficult as each business and space has specific needs.
I learned to try and fail fast, keep an open mind, and always be watching for places where innovation can be had. In writing software, these skills have helped me keep an eye on the product as a whole. I'm constantly searching for consistency and places where we can make improvements. I'm always watching for new techniques that would help push my team forward into new areas.
Above all else, running the coffee business gave me an understanding of the complexities of human relationships. Managing other people, relationships, and friendships were one of the hardest components of the adventure.
Creating a friendship with one employee might alienate another. Promoting someone with passion causes someone who's been there longer to feel slighted. And having to let someone who isn't working out go is a hard decision, regardless of how clear things might seem.
This has given me great empathy for my superiors at Atomic Object. I have a much better understanding of the constant challenges faced when managing the complexity of 50+ people.
After four wonderful years, I also learned when it's time to say goodbye. I know now it was the right decision, but leaving a group of loving, caring, hardworking people and the amazing world of coffee was not an easy choice.
I'll forever be grateful to have had the opportunity to own and operate a small business, as my lens for work and life has forever changed.


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Julie Rosier (Artistic Producer) founded Red Thread Theater in her hometown of Detroit in 2008. Before taking this critical step towards her vision of combining theater and social change, she had performed, directed, choreographed and written for several years in New York City. She directed her own autobiographical one act, Hand/Flash/Back (Bowery Poetry Club), Kymbali Craig's one-woman hip-hop theater piece, Male Gaze (Bailey's Café), and choreographed John Montgomery Theater Company's ensemble-based play, We Call Her Benny (Frigid Festival, Michael Weller). Acting credits include Plains (LaMama E.T.C.) Piecework (Theater for the New City) and Uncommon Women (4th Meal Productions).
Julie has also produced or production managed such productions as Beyond the Machine: A Festival of Electro-Acoustic and Multimedia Art for the Music Technology Center at Juilliard, Experimenta! a festival at LaMama Experimental Theater Club, various staged readings for Young Playwrights Inc., as well as, community programming at The Brecht Forum in NYC and The Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership in Detroit.


The first panel, moderated by Amb. Richard L. Morningstar, founding chairman of the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center, on "Geopolitics of Gas: Regional Natural Gas Resources and Pipelines" focused on the transition gas markets have undergone in recent years due to global and regional developments.
In 2018, the Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) began operations and will soon be connected to Europe through the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), opening the door for Caspian gas exports to Southeastern Europe.
Speaking on the future of the Southern Gas Corridor, Ali Shahbazov, Head of Overseas Offices Section at the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), argued that Azerbaijani resources could serve as the next stage of development of the marquee project through the next phase of development of the Shah Deniz gas field and other Azerbaijani gas fields. The Southern Gas Corridor is expected to deliver 16 billion cubic meters per year by 2021, with 6 billion cubic meters per year (bcma) earmarked for Turkey and the rest to Europe. Shahbazov underlined that under current agreements, TANAP is expandable up to 32 bcma by the decision of the pipeline owners, and further expansion requires an agreement with the Turkish Government. TAP, in accordance with terms agreed in the TAP exemption, is expandable up to 20 billion cubic meters of the annual capacity. In principle, the pipelines could be expanded further subject to the will of the owners of the resource.
Discussing the potential inclusion of non-Azerbaijani gas sources to the Southern Gas Corridor, Shahbazov reminded the panel that SOCAR's contracts with European gas consumers will run for 25 years and that when the second stage of development comes, it can consider the intentions of third parties to export through the SGC infrastructure.
Shahbazov pointed out that with European gas production falling in tandem with decreasing consumption of coal and nuclear energy, the European gas market will have room for many sources of supply.
Prof. Brenda Shaffer, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center agreed with Ali Shahbazov that Europe is going to need more gas in the future. Shaffer argued that while there is a lot of rhetoric about competition between projects, there is room for much more gas in Europe, so it isn't really a zero-sum game. In this context, Shaffer argued that Turkey plays an important role as a transit country for gas, but not as a gas hub. She said gas hubs also carry risk with them, while being a transit country brings the same geopolitical and economic clout.
Speaking on gas resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, Shaffer highlighted that most see the resources as a factor in engendering regional cooperation. At the same time, she cautioned that there is an equally important potential of these resources to spark conflict, as seen by recent moves by Turkey to protect its maritime borders. Shaffer also touched on the recent Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) which took place in January 2019, calling it a good first step, but one that needs to include Turkey. Shaffer stated that "energy diplomacy" between Turkey and Israel could be a very useful and important signal to the peoples in both countries. She also stated that the Southern Gas Corridor investors would welcome gas from the East Med into the project, either directly connecting to TANAP, or through swaps by supplying south east Turkey. Shaffer cautioned that instability in Algeria could affect its gas supplies to Europe and thus make East Med gas more attractive.
Erika Olson, Economic Counselor at the US Embassy in Ankara echoed Brenda Shaffer's comments on East Med gas, saying that it is important that all parties be engaged in the ongoing discussions about the future of East Med resources. Olson said the US would like to see dialogue expanded to other players who should also be involved in the discussions.
Discussing US energy policy, Olson underlined that energy has been and remains a very consistent and bipartisan area of US foreign policy, particularly in the region and Turkey. Olson highlighted that the US will continue to support free, fair and transparent energy markets while opposing those who seek to turn them into tools of political and economic coercion based on two of the pillars of US international energy policy, namely energy access and energy security.
Weighing in on East Med gas export options, Amb. Matthew J. Bryza, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center and Eurasia Center, argued that Turkey, with its growing energy market, is the most logical commercial market for the third phase of development of Israeli gas. The first phase will go to Jordan and the Palestinian territories while phase two will go to Egypt to be exported as LNG. The main obstacle to exporting to Turkey, Bryza contended, is the intractable Cyprus question. Settlement talks between the two administrations on the divided island broke down in the summer of 2017.
Bryza also commented on the steps Turkey has taken to bolster its energy security. Bryza maintained that Turkey has positioned itself well to counter Russia's monopolistic ambitions through market liberalization and the development of floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs). He argued that the multiplicity of suppliers and potential suppliers will give Turkey important leverage in negotiations when gas contracts expire in 2021. Bryza noted this as a successful outcome of US strategy predicated on preventing monopolies from capturing energy markets.
Liquid natural gas (LNG) has the potential to alter regional markets by offering flexibility and supply diversification to gas-importing countries. This could also have major impacts on isolated markets heavily dependent on a single supplier. As export and import infrastructure grows and costs fall, LNG has the potential to offer an attractive substitute to pipeline gas or to contribute to keeping gas prices down.
The panel focused largely on US shale gas production and the US policy of promoting US LNG exports. Dr. Anita Orban, Vice President of International Affairs at Tellurian explained the shale gas revolution in the US by the numbers. After becoming the top producer of natural gas in 2009, the US production has continued to grow steadily. In 2018, US natural gas production reached 851 bcm and according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) in 2019, a 7 percent increase in the dry gas production is expected. Between 2019 and 2025 natural gas production in the US is expected to increase a further 200 bcm. The first wave of US LNG resulted in 105 bcm per year and Orban emphasized that the second wave of US LNG is expected to be even bigger with more gas coming from the US.
In regard to future LNG demand, if the LNG market continues to grow by 10% until 2025, as was the case for the last couple of years, the market will need 250 million tons of extra supply. While most of the new demand is coming from Asia, China, India and the Southeast Asia, there are record figures of regasification in Europe. Dr. Orban pointed out that this year by February 19, 2019 all the regasification in Europe surpassed that of the first quarter of 2018.
A main focus of the panel was on the use of energy as a political tool and particularly President Trump's statements about the use of US LNG exports as an instrument to compete with Russian piped gas.
On this issue, Amb. Richard L. Morningstar reminded that this policy was conceived before the election of President Trump and that from a geopolitical standpoint US LNG can help create a more competitive commercial market. Morningstar said that even if the US exports no LNG to Europe at all, LNG can still be seen as an insurance policy which will help keep natural gas prices lower, while at the same time helping prevent piped gas from creating monopolistic prices and ensuring a second source of supply. He also added that ultimately it is the market which will determine the destination of LNG exports but its availability alone helps to create a competitive and transparent market.
On the issue of political intervention in the energy sector to impact an energy project, Matthew Bryza gave two examples, first the EU Commission's decision in 2014 to oppose the South Stream pipeline to punish Russia for its political and military intervention in Ukraine and annexing Crimea, and which then became the TurkStream pipeline, and second the strong criticism by the US government against Nord Stream II politically. Bryza rhetorically asked whether, with its long history of promoting free trade, does the US contradict itself by taking sides against one project for political reasons, or is it appropriate for the US to oppose Nord Stream 2 to bolster competition with Russia and Gazprom, which seek to reduce competition in European gas markets for economic and political gain. Hon. Paula Stern, Former Chairwoman of the US International Trade Commission and President of The Stern Group, pointed out that while hydrocarbons are the most traded commodities in the world, de facto they have not been subject to multilateral trade obligations and regulations. She discussed the geostrategic implications of the US's becoming the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas with vast reserves. The shale boom and fracking technology enables the US to reemerge as a leader in the energy economy and provides potential for it to regain geopolitical leverage. She cautioned that this may be a transition period to a renewables era where China seeks a leapfrog advantage. With regard to NordStream II, Stern said that the US should continue to play an important role in ensuring competitiveness, including by offering alternative sources of energy.
On the subject of whether LNG imports can play a commercially viable role in helping Turkey diversify its natural gas supply and whether US LNG can compete with piped gas Mehmet Öğütçü, Executive Chairman of the Bosphorus Energy Club, underlined that Turkey is the second largest LNG purchasing country in Europe after Spain. Öğütçü pointed out that the issue for Turkey is not to secure its natural gas supplies, well served by pipeline gas coming from Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan (with further prospects from Iraq's KRG and East Mediterranean) but rather to ensure supply diversification and flexibility for its price and volume negotiations with traditional suppliers. In that respect, he pointed out that LNG is seen in this context as a good precaution and leverage. With its storage facilities and FSRUs, Turkey is now well supplied with LNG but the future of its role will be determined depending on prices, financing and on political strategy regarding the future of natural gas in Turkey's energy mix. One particular advantage of the US and other LNG will be to push Russia into greater transparency and flexible price and contract deals, he said.
The 3rd panel, moderated by Prof. Brenda Shaffer, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global Energy Center, focused on "Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of the Gas/LNG Markets in Turkey and in the Region".
Carl B. Kress, Regional Director, East Asia/Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Eurasia at the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) stressed the importance of infrastructure on the question of diversification and energy security. Development of infrastructure, including import terminals, distribution networks and storage capacity provides flexibility and options to meet energy needs and respond to demand fluctuations. Kress said that the USTDA is looking at how it can continue to support Turkey, as well as other countries in the region, develop that key infrastructure.
Cantekin Dinçerler, CEO of Koloğlu Holding, touched on Turkey's recent achievements in energy diversity. Turkey's regasification capacity has increased substantially over the past two years. Turkey's total import capacity, which had stood at 185 million cubic meters per day has now been increased to 285 million cubic meters today, which allowed Turkey to supply an historic record high of natural gas demand in January 2019. At the same time, he noted the steps the government has taken to increase storage capacity, which is targeted to reach 10 bcm by 2023, corresponding to 20% of Turkey's annual consumption.
Dinçerler agreed with Carl B. Kress that infrastructure is key to providing flexibility in the system, saying that it allows system operators to optimize their supply portfolio. Dinçerler said that he believes the steps Turkey has taken put it in a much better position to manage supply and demand and strengthen its leverage vis-à-vis Russia.
Commenting on Turkey's energy policy, Prof. Nick Butler, Chair of King's Policy Institute at King's College London and Energy Commentator at Financial Times noted that Turkey is in a very advantageous position as it determines its future energy policy. Every energy policy, Butler argued, needs to balance energy security, competitiveness and environmental concerns. If Turkey is able to diversify its gas supply away from Russia, that solves the question of security. Russia currently supplies over 50% of Turkey's total gas imports. Secondly, Butler emphasized that this is a particularly timely moment to move further into natural gas, as in his view, the market is not just in a temporary surplus but a glut which will continue for the foreseeable future, creating a very buyer-friendly market.
Butler disagreed with comments on the first panel about the future potential of Europe's gas market, arguing that there may not be "room for all". Citing a recent McKinsey report, he noted that renewables are growing very quickly in Europe and will especially squeeze the power sector. Butler said that as Russia is unlikely to cede market share, he doesn't anticipate a gap in the market for all potential suppliers.
For press coverage of the conference please see below the following links.
Also read Altantic Council Global Energy Center Founding Chairman Richard L. Morningstar's interviews while in Turkey to participate in our gas conference.


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In Christianity, the Sermon on the Plain refers to a set of teachings by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, in 6:20–49. This sermon may be compared to the longer Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew.

Luke 6:12–20a details the events leading to the sermon. In it, Jesus spent the night on a mountain praying to God. Two days later, he gathered his disciples and selected 12 of them, whom he named Apostles. On the way down from the mountain, he stood at "a level place" (ἐπὶ τόπου πεδινοῦ, epi topou pedinou) where a throng of people had gathered. After curing those with "unclean spirits", Jesus began what is now called the Sermon on the Plain.

Notable messages in the Sermon include:
 The beatitudes and woes (6:20–26)
 Love your enemies and turn the other cheek (6:27–36)
 Treat others the way you want to be treated (6:31)
 Don't judge and you won't be judged, don't condemn and you won't be condemned, forgive and you will be forgiven, give and you will receive (6:37–38)
 Can the blind lead the blind? Disciples are not above their teacher (6:39-40a)
 Remove the log from your own eye before attending to the splinter in your friend's (40b-42)
 A good tree does not produce bad fruit and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit, each tree is known by its fruit (43–45)
 Why do you call me Lord, Lord yet not do what I command? (46)
 Whoever follows these words of mine builds on rock and will survive, whoever does not builds on sand and will be destroyed (47–49)

In Luke 7:1 after Jesus had said everything he had to say to the crowd, he went to Capernaum, which in Lukan chronology he had not visited since Luke 4:31.

See also
 Luke 6
 Jesus in Christianity
 Life of Jesus in the New Testament

References

Doctrines and teachings of Jesus
Gospel of Luke
Sermon on the Mount

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The administrator of a government-controlled economic zone in the Philippines has revealed plans to issue 25 licenses to cryptocurrency exchanges.
The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), a government-operated economic zone in the northern tip of the Philippines, will open its doors to as many as 25 cryptocurrency exchange operators in its tax-friendly jurisdiction, an announcement on its website revealed.
The move to license – effectively legalize – crypto exchanges will follow a strict integrity check, coinciding with wider regulations for the cryptocurrency sector. Each cryptocurrency exchange will be required to invest at least $1 million within two years of operations in the zone as well a physical presence via an office in the zone, CEZA chief Raul Lambino added.
Despite the limitation on the direct licenses, each cryptocurrency exchange will have 20-30 sub-licenses for trader and brokers, Lambino confirmed..
The authority is also mandating all ICO operators to have their coins to be 'asset-backed'.
As reported previously, the CEZA has already received a number of applications from cryptocurrency firms in the region to operate in the tax-haven zone strategically situated within an hour's flight from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
Elsewhere in the mainland, the Philippines' central bank has also been reviewing over a dozen applications from operators looking to establish an exchange in the country. The Philippines is among the earliest countries in the world to publish regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges in February 2017. In a refreshingly candid televised news interview, the deputy director of the Philippines' central bank lauded the 'pioneering' regulation and highlighted the benefit of using bitcoin as a "fast, near real-time and convenient" monetary instrument.


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Parking Lot Under Construction on Discovery Drive is Part of Larger Plan
December 5, 2018 - Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
A 700-space parking lot under construction on Discovery Drive is part of a plan for significant changes in parking arrangements at the north end of campus, starting in summer 2019. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
A view of the 700-space parking lot under construction on Discovery Drive, across from the Innovation Partnership Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
UConn is currently constructing a new 700-space surface parking lot on Discovery Drive in Storrs, directly across from the Innovation Partnership Building. The lot will open in summer 2019 and be known as K lot. It is the second new parking lot in that area: J lot – with approximately 150 spaces – opened in fall 2017.
These new lots are part of a plan for significant changes in parking arrangements for students, faculty, and staff in the north end of campus, starting next summer.
Construction of a new science building, a cornerstone of the Next Generation Connecticut program and hallmark of the 2015 Campus Master Plan, and of a new supplemental power plant will begin this coming summer in the Northwest Quad area. As a result, parking lots L, N, and X will be closed or greatly reduced in capacity prior to the 2019-20 academic year, leading to their eventual closure by the spring semester of 2020.
UConn's Facilities Operations office is working on the logistics to recategorize what type of parking will take place in each lot in the north end of campus; and also how the bus system can best be used to transport faculty, staff, and students from parking lots to the campus core. Use of the bus system is expected to increase and become more commonplace.
"The UConn community has shown great understanding and cooperation with the impact of construction on our campus over time," says Mike Jednak, associate vice president for facilities operations and building services. "This new construction will impact how people park and access campus, especially on the north end. Our goal is to make the new system, which will include bus transportation, an efficient one for all."
A major benefit to the new parking lots on Discovery Drive will be a reduction of almost 1,000 cars entering the core of campus daily at the intersection of Discovery Drive and North Eagleville Road. This will help cut down on conflicts between vehicles and pedestrians; and the improved traffic circulation will make the bus system more efficient.
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BORIS STRUGATSKY, RIP.
November 19, 2012 by languagehat 10 Comments
Sashura passed on to me the sad news that the great Russian science fiction author Boris Strugatsky died today at 79. (I link to Russian Wikipedia because for some reason he doesn't get his own English Wikipedia article, only being allowed a share of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.) I've written about Strugatsky books here and here, among other places; I still have many more of them to read, but I'm already aware of how he and his brother towered above almost all writers corralled into the box labeled "sf," and I'm sorry his heart gave out while he was still in his seventies (as my mother's did, at 77). I hope English-language papers give him the kind of obit he deserves.
bulbul says
Aw man, what a loss. RIP etc. I have just started rereading "Monday Begins on Saturday" having been reminded of it by Charles Stross' Laundry Files novels (which, btw, I recommend) and can, once again, only concur with your judgment.
Sashura says
RIP indeed.
Few were even close to their level of thinkers' literature.
It seems to be my week to defend Wikipedia's choices about articles. I don't think that Boris Strugatsky had any notability in the anglophone cultural world at all except as part of "ABS", and it wouldn't startle me to find that some people overlooked the "and" between their first names. After all, who thinks of Nathaniel Currier, to say nothing of James Merritt Ives? (Granted, they do have brief Wikipedia articles each.)
(Granted, they do have brief Wikipedia articles each.)
I rest my case.
Paul Ogden says
AP has filed an obit. Here's a pick-up in the Vancouver Sun.
Etienne says
That is sad news. The Eastern European literature I first began reading was science-fiction, a genre I devoured as a teenager, and he (and his brother) was one of the writers who made me see just how perceptive, deep, thought-provoking and just plain witty and enjoyable science-fiction could be.
I may have expressed this opinion here already, but it bears repeating: ROADSIDE PICNIC is to my mind one of the best first contact stories ever written, perhaps indeed the best one ever (The late Stanislaw Lem's SOLARIS, FIASKO and HIS MASTER'S VOICE are contenders for the title).
maxim says
RIP. In my generation of native speakers the books of ABS have become, for many of us, a part of cultural code and, perhaps, the language itself – some people would still use a vivid phrase here and there in conversation; maybe our children will remember and carry on some idioms, and _that_ would be as good a monument to ABS as one can hope.
Russian Dinosaur says
Here's my tuppenyworth: some links, including a Snob interview, compiled in the Snail on the Slope blog.
I'm impressed the Vancouver Sun picked this up. The Guardian certainly didn't…
Ooops, I take that hastily back. I believe the Guardian will. I still doubt my local paper the Kerryman will carry anything…
Kári Tulinius says
Roadside Picnic has been for years one of my go-to books to give as birthday presents (Calvino's Invisible Cities is another). I've yet to give it to someone who didn't end up loving it.


text:
from components.base.ecu.software.ecu_software import ECUSoftware
from components.security.ecu.software.impl_comm_module_secure import SecureCommModule
from components.security.ecu.software.impl_app_layer_bat_man import BatManApplicationLayer
from components.security.ecu.types.impl_ecu_secure import SecureECU

class BatManAdapterECU(SecureECU):
    '''
    this ECU is used to wrap the battery management CMUs into a ECU. Thereby it
    is able to create any constellation desired
    '''
    def __init__(self, sim_env=None, ecu_id=None, data_rate=None, size_sending_buffer=None, size_receive_buffer=None):
        ''' Constructor

            Input:  sim_env                simpy.Environment        environment in which this ECU lives
                    ecu_id                 string                   id of this ECU component
                    data_rate              integer                  data_rate of the connected bus
                    size_sending_buffer    float                    size of the sending buffer of this ECU
                    size_receive_buffer    float                    size of the receiving buffer of this ECU

        '''
        # set settings
        self.set_settings()

        # no instantiation
        self._authenticated = False
        if sim_env == None: return

        # create software
        SecureECU.__init__(self, sim_env, ecu_id, data_rate, size_sending_buffer, size_receive_buffer)
        self.ecuSW = ECUSoftware(sim_env, SecureCommModule(sim_env, ecu_id), BatManApplicationLayer(sim_env, ecu_id))

        # connect
        self._connect_hw_sw()

    def connect_adapter(self, adapter):
        ''' this method connects a BatManCANBusAdapter to this
            ECU thus enabling to communicate with the
            connecte CMU that instantiates this adapter

            Input:     adapter        BatManCANBusAdapter    adapter connected to the CMU in the battery management environment
            Output:    -
        '''
        self.ecuSW.app_lay.set_bat_man_adapter(adapter)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Oval Knitting Loom: Make a Wine Sleeve!
As the holidays are upon us, I've been thinking a lot about host gifts, as well as creative ways to wrap them. For this week's project I combined a few things I love: yummy wine, a cool tool (the Clover Oval Knitting Loom), and luscious yarn (my Woolpaca Chunky proved to work like a dream on the loom). The result: a wine sleeve that makes for a be-cozied bottle of good cheer to bring to your favorite festive occasion.
With A, cast-on yarn to all pegs.
Round 1: With A, *K1, p1; repeat from * around.
Round 2: *P1, k1; repeat from * around.
Round 3: With B, **K1, p1; repeat from * around.
Round 4: *P1, k1; repeat from * around.
Carrying unused color of yarn along the inside of piece as you go, repeat Rounds 1-4 until piece measures 9″/23 cm, or as long as your wine bottle measures to the curving point.
Tip: To check the length as you knit, periodically slip the wine bottle in through the bottom of the piece.
Eyelet Round: With A, * K2tog (place loop from 2nd peg onto 1st peg — it will be tight; e-wrap around peg; slip both stitches over e-wrap and let drop off of peg), YO (lay yarn over empty peg); rep from * around.
Work 18 rounds in established, Seed Stitch Pattern.
Cast off using Sewn Cast-Off method.
Weave in ends. Weave ribbon through eyelets.
Need a Oval Knitting Loom Refresher?
Watch a past episode of my weekly, Ask Me Monday live stream! I cover both knitting and purling on the loom.