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describe('The Pool of a Forked Workers', function() {
	var chai = require('chai');
	var assert = chai.assert;
	var path = require('path');

	var Pool = require(path.resolve('./', 'lib/index')).Pool;

	// our different test modules
	var modules = {
		echo: path.resolve(__dirname , './modules/Echo.js'),
		failProcessing: path.resolve(__dirname , './modules/FailProcessing.js'),
		FailProcessingTwice: path.resolve(__dirname , './modules/FailProcessingTwice.js'),
		fatalProcessing: path.resolve(__dirname , './modules/FatalProcessing.js'),
		failOnLoad: path.resolve(__dirname , './modules/FailOnLoad.js'),
		slowWorker: path.resolve(__dirname , './modules/SlowWorker.js')
	};

	// default test timeout increased as we are launching new node processes.
	this.timeout(10000);

	// ensure we have a full stack trace when assertions fail
	chai.config.includeStack = true;

	function createConfig(path, size, autoStart, isSilent) {
		var conf = {
			path: path,
			size: size,
			autoStart: (autoStart===true),
			silent: (isSilent===false ? false : true )
		};
		if (process.env.running_under_istanbul) {
			conf.coverage = {
				path: './node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli',
				args: ['--config=./test/conf/istanbul.json', 'cover', '--report', 'none', '--print', 'none', '--include-pid']
			};
		}
		return conf;
	}

	it ('throws an error on an invalid configuration object', function() {

		function test(expectedErrorType, expectedErrorMessage, config, index) {
			assert.throws(	function() { new Pool(config); },
							expectedErrorType,
							expectedErrorMessage,
							'Failed at the index:' + index);

		}
		function add(obj, key, value) {
			obj[key] = value;
			return obj;
		}

		// the config object itself
		[ null, undefined, function() {}, '', 0, [], false]
			.forEach(test.bind(null, TypeError, 'Expecting a valid config object'));

		// the module path
		[ null, null, undefined, function() {}, '', '  ', 0, [], false]
			.map(function(config, index) {
				var base = {};
				return (index===0 ? base : add(base, 'path', config));
			})
			.forEach(test.bind(null, Error, 'Expecting a path for the workers module'));

		test(Error, 'Expecting an absolute path for the workers module', { path: './someRelativePath' });
		test(Error, 'Expecting an existing file for the workers module', { path: path.resolve(__dirname,'unknownFile') });

		// the number of workers
		[ null, null, undefined, function() {}, '', 0, '2', [], false]
			.map(function(config, index) {
				var base = { path: modules.echo };
				return (index===0 ? base : add(base, 'size', config));
			})
			.forEach(test.bind(null, Error, 'Expecting an integer>0 for the number of workers to be associated with this pool'));

		// the optional auto start flag
		[ null, undefined, function() {}, '', 0, [] ]
			.map(function(config) { return add({ path: modules.echo, size: 1}, 'autoStart', config); })
			.forEach(test.bind(null, Error, 'Expecting a boolean for the autoStart parameter'));

		// the optional silent flag
		[ null, undefined, function() {}, '', 0, [] ]
			.map(function(config) { return add({ path: modules.echo, size: 1}, 'silent', config); })
			.forEach(test.bind(null, Error, 'Expecting a boolean for the silent parameter'));
	});
	it ('will notify the main application when workers are started and terminated', function(done) {
		var config = createConfig(modules.echo, 2);
		var counters = { started: 0, disconnected: 0, exit: 0};
		var pool = new Pool(config)
					.on('started', function(instance){
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.started, config.size);
						counters.started++;
						assert.deepEqual(instance.getStatus(),
											{
												workers: { created: config.size, idle: counters.started, busy: 0 },
										  		jobs: { processed: 0, failed: 0, assigned: 0, pending: 0	}
										  	});
						if (counters.started === config.size) {
							assert.deepEqual(instance.getStatus(),
											{
												workers: { created: config.size, idle: config.size, busy: 0 },
										  		jobs: { processed: 0, failed: 0, assigned: 0, pending: 0	}
										  	});
							instance.releaseAll();
						}
					})
					.on('disconnected', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.strictEqual(instance.getStatus().workers.created, 0);
						assert.strictEqual(instance.getStatus().workers.idle, config.size - counters.disconnected - 1);
						assert.isBelow(counters.disconnected, config.size);
						counters.disconnected++;
					})
					.on('exit', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.exit, config.size);
						counters.exit++;
						if (counters.exit === config.size) {
							assert.deepEqual(instance.getStatus(),
											{
												workers: { created: 0, idle: 0, busy: 0 },
										  		jobs: { processed: 0, failed: 0, assigned: 0, pending: 0	}
										  	});
							done();
						}
					})
					.start();
	});
	it ('will notify the main application when idles workers are terminated', function(done) {
		var config = createConfig(modules.echo, 2);
		var counters = { started: 0, disconnected: 0, exit: 0};
		var pool = new Pool(config)
					.on('started', function(instance){
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.started, config.size);
						counters.started++;
						assert.strictEqual(instance.getStatus().workers.idle, 1);
						assert.strictEqual(instance.releaseIdle(1), 1);
						assert.strictEqual(instance.getStatus().workers.idle, 0);
					})
					.on('disconnected', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.disconnected, config.size);
						assert.strictEqual(instance.getStatus().workers.created, config.size - counters.disconnected - 1);
						counters.disconnected++;
					})
					.on('exit', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.exit, config.size);
						counters.exit++;
						if (counters.exit === config.size) {
							assert.deepEqual(instance.getStatus(),
											{
												workers: { created: 0, idle: 0, busy: 0 },
										  		jobs: { processed: 0, failed: 0, assigned: 0, pending: 0	}
										  	});
							done();
						}
					})
					.start();
	});
	it ('will automatically start forked instances if requested to', function(done) {
		var config = createConfig(modules.echo, 2, true);
		var counters = { started: 0, disconnected: 0, exit: 0};
		var pool = new Pool(config)
					.on('started', function(instance){
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.started, config.size);
						counters.started++;
						if (counters.started === config.size) {
							instance.releaseAll();
						}
					})
					.on('disconnected', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.disconnected, config.size);
						counters.disconnected++;
					})
					.on('exit', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.exit, config.size);
						counters.exit++;
						if (counters.exit === config.size) {
							done();
						}
					});
	});
	it ('will receive the expected result of the workers data processing', function(done) {
		var config = createConfig(modules.echo, 2, true);
		var counters = { started: 0, disconnected: 0, exit: 0};
		var jobs = {};
		for (var i=0;i<1000;i++) {
			jobs[i] = { index: i };
		}
		var pool = new Pool(config)
					.on('started', function(instance){
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.started, config.size);
						counters.started++;
					})
					.on('data', function(instance, dataSent, dataReceived) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.deepEqual(dataReceived, { echoOf: dataSent } );
						assert.isDefined(jobs[dataSent.index]);
						delete jobs[dataSent.index];
						if (Object.keys(jobs).length===0) {
							instance.releaseAll();
						}
					})
					.on('disconnected', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.disconnected, config.size);
						counters.disconnected++;
					})
					.on('exit', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.exit, config.size);
						counters.exit++;
						if (counters.exit === config.size) {
							done();
						}
					});
		Object.keys(jobs).forEach(function(key) { pool.send(jobs[key]); });
	});
	it ('will receive the expected result and failure of the workers data processing in supplied callbacks', function(done) {
		var config = createConfig(modules.FailProcessingTwice, 1, true);
		var counters = { started: 0, disconnected: 0, exit: 0};
		var jobs = {};
		for (var i=0;i<10;i++) {
			jobs[i] = { index: i };
		}
		var failureCount = 0;
		var passCallback = function(instance, dataSent, dataReceived) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.deepEqual(dataReceived, dataSent );
						assert.isDefined(jobs[dataSent.index]);
						delete jobs[dataSent.index];
						if (Object.keys(jobs).length===0) {
							instance.releaseAll();
						}
			};
		var failCallback = function(instance, err, dataSent, requeue) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isDefined(jobs[dataSent.index]);
						assert.strictEqual(err, 'Fails Processing');
						if (failureCount===0) {
							delete jobs[dataSent.index];
						} else if (failureCount===1) {
							requeue();
						} else {
							assert.fail(err, null, 'Expected failure');
						}
						failureCount++;
			};
		var pool = new Pool(config)
					.on('started', function(instance){
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.started, config.size);
						counters.started++;
					})
					.on('data', function() {
						assert.fail(arguments, null, 'Event should not be raised as a callback was specified for all the jobs');
					})
					.on('disconnected', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.isBelow(counters.disconnected, config.size);
						counters.disconnected++;
					})
					.on('exit', function(instance) {
						assert.strictEqual(instance, pool);
						assert.deepEqual(instance.getStatus(),
											{
												workers: { created: 0, idle: 0, busy: 0 },
										  		jobs: { processed: 10-1, failed: 2, assigned: 0, pending: 0	}
										  	});
						assert.isBelow(counters.exit, config.size);
						counters.exit++;
						if (counters.exit === config.size) {
							done();
						}
					});
		Object.keys(jobs).forEach(function(key) { pool.send(jobs[key], passCallback, failCallback); });
	});
});


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Got Milk? And a Vegan Hemp Latte!!
Milk got you all bogged down, doubled over, bloated, and experiencing all sorts of symptoms of inflammation? Yes, me too. I was never good with milk. To be honest, I was never really all that good with the substitute milks either. The coconut milk binge everyone is one these days (cause it's dairy free) often times has me in worse condition than the dairy based products would have affected me. But still, I've mostly lived my life being dairy free for over 20 years with the occasional dessert here and there or greek yogurt phase.
These days I have pretty much given up all dairy including their healthierversions like coconut, almond, rice, and even, contrary to the title of this blog, hemp milks. I used to use these as bases for smoothies and all sorts of recipes to eliminate the potential side effects of dairy. However, truly they were no better for me. And since I was never a huge consumer of it anyway, it wasn't that much of a change. Except for the fact that I absolutely love lattes. I gotta have them. They are somewhat of a soul food for me and I don't even know why. Perhaps it's the creaminess. Perhaps it's the sweetness. Perhaps I have just created this habit over the years and it's just something I do as part of my morning routine. Whatever it is, it's not something that I want to give up anytime soon. But you cannot really make a latte without milk. But much like every other hack and tweak out there, you can create a version to suite what best digests for you.
I gave up drinking coffee back in 2014. Literally I was in Las Vegas, poured a cup of coffee, and dumped it down the drain after one sip. I had been experiencing some skin rashes and felt after years of being sometimes a 3 cup of coffee a day kinda person, that it was time to perhaps heal from the Inside Out. Coffee has so many known benefits, but can be extremely stimulating to the nervous system. Someone who has a lot of stress, as I did at that time, should not be stimulating their nervous system with tons of coffee. Thankfully as it turned out it wasn't caffeine that caused the rashes but the actual oils in the coffee bean itself that 'contributed'—not caused—the reaction. After pretty much trying every single tea on the market to mimic coffee, I settled on Yerba Mate and haven't looked back or had one single cup of joe since April of 2014. I know I make it sound like I kicked a major drug habit, but if you ever wonder why you do something, try not doing it for a while and the actual reason why you need to stop and/or shift. Coffee, the warmth and energy it offered, was comfort for me.
I still have my big-ole-pot of caffeine in the morning. Just a milder version. And I still make my lattes. Just don't use milk nor it's vegan substitutes. I'm pretty much of a get-all-your-food-from-wholefood frame of mind. All those vegan milks have so many fillers and thickeners in them that sometimes they can be just as problematic than if you were to just leave them out. So when I want a frothy latte, I just use whole hemp seeds. It gives it the foamy frothy top that you would get from steaming your milk and makes your "coffee" drink thick and warming. For me, that's my go-to first thing in the morning. Sits well in my stomach and gets me through my morning workout until I can get an appetite going for breakfast.
It's simple and contrary to most coffee drinks out at the coffee shops, it's low in calories and packed with healthy fats to satiate you and feed your brain, and energize your morning routine. Compared to a 16 ounce Starbucks Caffe Latte, you are getting more bang for your buck in nutrients and less fat and calories for your waste line. Something about healthy treats speaks volumes to me.
So as we venture into the cooler months ahead of us, you're going to see the coffee shops loaded with heavy coffee drinks and pastries in the name of welcoming the festive holidays. It doesn't mean we need to wear it on our bodies or deplete our wallets. Some of these drinks cost the upwards of $5-6 dollars….. A DAY!!!! I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous.
For my Yerba Mate/Coffee latte this year, I'm leaning heavy on the ginger department. It's calming to the digestive system and offers that spice I like so much.
Use a heat appropriate blender like a Vitamix or Blendtec. Start slow and then build up to a high speed for a good 30 seconds to make sure hemp seeds dissolve. And just drink. Honestly this is officially my favorite way to start my morning. But don't limit yourself.
Feel free to use nutmeg AND ginger or just nutmeg.
skip the nutmeg and ginger all together and add a drop of peppermint essential oil with the raw cacao for a peppermint latte.
The options are open and the tummy issues are over. There are some things that most people are simply not willing to give up and as the coffee business is booming out there, java is clearly one of those. If you can simply tweak your brew a bit, you may see that you can have your treats and skip the horror of the dairy induced side effects.
What a perfect day it is. Truly the weather here in San Diego couldn't be more appropriate for the first day of Autumn. This truly is my favorite time of year. Yesterday I walked in to Trader Joe's AND Wholefoods ( I sorta have a grocery store addiction) and saw that all the winter squashes were ready for the season. Normally I eat sweet potatoes all year long, but when it comes fall and winter, I get really excited about the variety of starchy veggies to play with. Kabocha squash and Delicata squash are my favorites. They are hearty and extremely satiating yet not so heavy in the calorie department. Basically what you get in a sweet potato you can double down on with these guys.
Often in the wee hours of the morning on days that I don't train, you'll find me in my kitchen throwing down a latte and doing some food prep as early as 5 am. This morning I opted to get some of my favorite veggies roasted and stored away for the next several days. Having something to grab and go makes lunches easy to pack and when I get home after work, it's as easy as tossing some left overs in a skillet to heat up with minimal work or clean up. The path to health and wellness is paved with ease and convenience.
I will be posting some great food finds and autumn recipes as we head into my favorite season. AKA Pumpkin Season. It's my favorite time of year to do some additional baking and cooking. This morning I made some cumin roasted kabocha squash. Kabocha is Japanese pumpkin. It looks like a green pumpkin pretty much. It has a nice starchy texture and pairs well with earthy seasonings like cumin, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. One of my favorite ways to have it is to cook it with eggs over easy. Something about that combination is so satisfying and hearty this time of year.
I also made some balsamic roasted brussel sprouts and some olive oil S&P green beans. Honestly either of these veggies go well with the kabocha, sweet potatoes, or even some brown rice. I've yet to come across a veggie that I don't like; however, preparation is everything. Having your favorite seasonings, a good olive oil and balsamic vinegar or braggs or coconut aminos can take boring steamed veggies to the next level. Personally I like to roast as it brings out the natural innate flavors of the veggies. Fall and winter time is a good time for some hearty cooked food to warm and feed our bodies and souls.
Let's not forget leave out that these veggies are loaded with fiber, vitamins and minerals, and easy on the waistline. So dig in and enjoy.
What are some of your favorite seasonal foods to fill up and not fill out on?


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Q: jax-ws two services with same operation name we have two distinct jax-ws @WebServices with different target namespaces. however, these two services each declare a single @WebMethod with same name, but different parameter types (which in both cases is a single custom java class). we deploy them to websphere servers and have our WSDL/XSD generated dynamically.
apparently, we end up with two sets of WSDL/XSD where we have different ports, different namespaces for everything, but same operation name and same request/response type names and element names (again, namespaces are different).
when we call these webservices, one of them works, the other is not able to unmarshall the message because it magically expects the request type from the first one, which is clearly said in the exception that we receive.
i was able to reproduce this locally, using only jaxb and the issue appears to be as follows: SOAP messages like "soap:Body/ns1:request1" and "soap:Body/ns2:request1" somehow conflict with eachother when they are unmarshalled within the same JAXBContext and the one jaxb-annotated class referenced last wins.
WSDL spec says nothing about this (as ports are different), and even the internet doesn't know about this too much at all, so i wonder if there's something really wrong with what we do. common sense suggests this must be entirely possible.
the issue is very similar to this [unanswered] post: http://www.coderanch.com/t/463070/Web-Services/java/method-classes-conflict. and is exactly the same as this [unanswered really] post: Jaxb objects with same name (the guy doesn't really explain, why this style of doing things is not recommended).
the question really is: is it possible to declare two jax-ws services with methods having same names but different arguments and then deploy them in one web application?

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← Frosh Giants Close Out MCAL Championship Season with Rout of Drake
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5/18: The Varsity Giants concluded the regular season in what is now becoming 'Regular Fashion' as MCAL Champions. For the third time in the last four years, Redwood was awarded the MCAL Championship Banner which will be hoisted in the gym and displayed proudly among the other twenty-five baseball championship banners.
After working through a rough patch this season where the Giants lost three straight games and dropped in the standings from a tie for first place to squeaking into the playoffs as the fifth seed, the Giants needed to win three games in four days to be MCAL Co-Champions and earn the automatic NCS bid.
Redwood started the week on the road on Tuesday and defeated San Marin on a cold, windy, typical spring day in Northern Novato. After pitching four strong innings, Robbie Wilson was relieved by Senior Oliver Pearson who would earn the win as the pitcher of record in the top of the seventh when Jackson Barry broke a 2-2 deadlock by dropping a perfect suicide squeeze scoring Josh Cohen from third for the winning run. Nick Welch earned the save by pitching a scoreless seventh inning. Dane Goodman, Josh Cohen, Jack Morken, Luke Zlatunich, Drew Jacks, Genki LeClair all had hits for the Giants and Mackie Skall banged out two hits. Goodman, Morken and Barry were responsible for knocking in the Giants runs that were scored by Cohen, Zlatunich and Jacks.
The Giants faced off against Tamalpais on Thursday night under the lights at Albert Park. Redwood split their games with Tam during the regular season and would have to beat their ace, Jack Loder, to get to the Championship game. Sophomore Nick Welch would get the call on the mound and he answered the call by pithing an absolute gem, yielding no hits in five and a third innings of work. After Welch walked the three batters to load the bases in the sixth, Head Coach Mike Firenzi made the tough call of pulling him for Oliver Pearson. "I think it's the first time I've ever pulled a pitcher out of a no-hitter, but his pitch count was getting up there and I didn't want to push the pitch count limit…he exceeded my expectations." Firenzi said after the game. Welch was greeted by a standing ovation as he left the field by the Redwood faithful and even a few Tamalpais fans with the Giants up 4-0. With the bases juiced, Pearson would give up a single that was turned into a double after a bobble in left, and after the dust settled, three Tam runners had crossed the plate. Pearson would lock down the inning by inducing a line-out to Josh Cohen and a strike out to end the inning and would end the game by striking out the side in the bottom of the seventh.
Dane Goodman, Josh Cohen, Mackie Skall, Jackson Barry, Luke Zlatunich and Genki LeClair all had hits for the Giants with Drew Jacks adding two. Barry, and LeClair had RBI's and Goodman, Cohen, Jacks and Zlatunich were responsible for scoring the Giants runs.
The Giants 'Cinderella Story' would be concluded tonight as the Giants would face off against the Drake Pirates who mowed through the NCS DIII Championships last year and mowed through the MCAL season this year, taking the Round-Robin MCAL Championship with a record of 15-3. Drake made sure to pitch their ace, Ryan McLaughlin, just three innings in the semi-final game against Branson so that he would be able to pitch seven innings in the championship tonight. This is a lock-tight strategy if the game goes seven innings. McLaughlin, a sure bet to win Pitcher of the Year honors, dominated the league this year with a 1.04 ERA in a whopping seventy-four innings pitched and earned nine of the Pirates league wins. As fate would have it, Redwood was able to take the game into extra innings and test Drake's bullpen by scoring a run in the top of the sixth after Dane Goodman led off the inning with a hot smash to the third baseman that was too hot to handle. Josh Cohen sent Goodman to second on a sacrifice bunt. Goodman was cut off at the plate after Mackie Skall ripped a ball to left and a perfect strike to the catcher left the Giants with two outs and Jack Morken holding the fate of the Giants in his hands. Morken answered, lacing a seed to the left-center gap, plating Skall and tying the game 1-1 going into the bottom of the sixth.
Robbie Wilson pitched three strong innings for the Giants and handed the ball to Oliver Pearson. Pearson gave up a run but sent the Pirates down in order in the bottom of the sixth by striking out the side. Luke Zlatunich singled with an out in the top of the seventh, but was erased on a 6-4-3 double play to take the game to the bottom of the seventh. Pearson struck out the lead off batter and then would rely on his defense for the next two outs. Pascal Brassey made a great play on a shot to short for the second out and the inning ended on a hot smash to third, similar to the shot Goodman hit in the top of the sixth, but Jackson Barry short hopped it and tossed to first to end the inning.
Drake would now have to go to the bullpen in the top of the eighth because McLaughlin pitched his tenth inning of the week and the Giants capitalized. Dane Goodman led off the inning with a walk. Josh Cohen followed with a walk and Mackie Skall drove a 1-1 fastball to center scoring Goodman, putting the Giants up 2-1. Jack Morken hit a high-hopper over the first baseman's head, scoring Cohen. Jackson Barry then tallied his third hit of the day, scoring Skall, putting the Giants up 4-1.
Pearson gave up a lead off single in the bottom of the eight, but the boisterous Drake crowd was silenced when Dane Goodman tracked down a bomb to the right-center gap that looked like a sure triple off of the bat. Pearson struck out the final two batters he faced, securing the MCAL Pennant for the Giants, ending the week with two wins and a save.
The Giants future now rests in the hands of the NCS Seeding Committee with hopes of securing a first round home game next week. The question that soon will be answered is, will this Cinderella take home only the MCAL Banner or will they take home another NCS title?


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He said he just wanted to show solidarity with his colleagues "especially in the backdrop of our president making the comments about our players, about their mothers. And then you put that in conjunction with how he tried to grey area Nazism and KKK members as being fine people, I had to take a knee."
"It just makes me know that everything that we're talking about, every issue that we bring up, there's a reality for any one of us at anytime," Bennett said. "And it happened to me and it can happen to anybody. But at the end of the day, I don't hate law enforcement. I don't hate any police officers. But I think there's people out there that could judge will judge you on the color of your skin."
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Former coach and current ESPN commentator Rex Ryan told Sunday NFL Countdown: "Lemme tell you: I'm pissed off. I'll be honest with you, because I supported Donald Trump. When he asked me to introduce him at a rally in Buffalo, I did that. But I'm reading these comments and it's appalling to me and I'm sure it's appalling to almost any citizen in our country. It should be."
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Section One
Answer these questions.
Do you have a cake on your birthday?
· What does the number of candles tell you?
· What is your birthday?
· Who have birthdays this month?
· Who had birthdays last month?
· Did you get presents?
· Did you give a party?
Say these months in a year.
Stress the underlined syllables.
Check how the months say in
your dictionary.
a. Listen and match these numbers. b. Listen and match the years.
1st third 1825 nineteen ninety-two
2nd tenth 1992 eighteen twenty-five
3rd fifth 1950 nineteen fifty
4th second
5th seventh 2004 two thousand and ten
6th ninth 2000 two thousand
7th first 2010 two thousand and four
8th eighth
9th sixth
10th fourth
11th thirty-first
12th fifteenth
13th thirtieth
15th twelfth
21st twenty-first
30th thirteenth
31st eleventh
a. Your teacher will say these dates. Write down how you say them. Then, practice saying the dates with a partner.
We write We say
21/7/1990 the twenty-first of July nineteen ninety__________
28/10/1928 _____________________________________________
1/1/2004 _____________________________________________
22/3/1989 _____________________________________________
17/8/1945 _______________________________________________
b. Now write down your date of birth. Then, say it loud to your partner.
c. Practice with a partner. Do as the example.
a. Your teacher may ask you these questions. Discuss with your pair.
· Is this food or drink familiar to you?
· Which of them have you eaten?
· Do you know what they are?
· Where can you get them?
_________ _________ _________ __________
____________ __________ __________ __________
________ ________ _______ ________ _____________
b. Say the words in the box. Stress the underlined syllables.
Then match and write the words of the food and drink.
c. Answer the questions.
· Which of the food and drink did you already know?
· Which are new to you?
· Which ones are the same or nearly the same in Indonesian?
· Where could you have them?
· Do people everywhere have the same food as we do?
a. With a partner, think about food and drink you already know. Say them loudly. Then, write them down. Mind your spelling.
FOOD DRINK
__rice,________________________ __water,__________________________
_______________________________ __________________________________
Work in groups of four. Make a list of the food and drink you have got. Display your group work on your classroom wall. Illustrate with pictures.
What do people grow
on their heads?
Section Two
Here's an interesting story. You may interrupt the teacher to ask questions.
a. Before you listen to the story, answer these questions:
· Do you know what a clown is?
· What does he do for a living?
· Mention some clowns you know.
· Did they appear on TV lately?
· Who were they?
· Did they tell funny stories?
· Did they make you laugh?
b. Listen to your teacher telling this story. Fill up the missing words. They are all irregular verbs in past tense.
The Clown Who Lost His Laugh
Once upon a time there was a clown. The clown was sad because he had lost his laugh.
He didn't think anything was funny anymore. So he went into the woods.
He wanted to see if he could find his laugh.
In the woods he _________ the three bears. He asked the bears, "Do you know where my laugh is?"
The bears _________, "A girl with golden hair came into our house. She _________ porridge, broke a chair
and _________ in our beds. The girl might have stolen your laugh." So the clown _________ into the woods.
He looked for the girl with golden hair.
He _________ lucky. The girl with golden hair was walking through the woods on her way to
her grandmother's house.
When the clown asked, "_________ you find my laugh?" She said, "I only saw three very angry,
very hairy, grizzly bears."
The clown _________ this was very funny and started to laugh.
With a partner, answer these questions:
What was the story about?
Who are the characters in the story?
Where did the story take place?
Did the clown have a problem?
Did the three bears help him?
Who helped the clown find his laugh back?
What made the clown laugh at last?
Is it a happy ending story?
a. Talk to four or five of your friends.
Ask them these questions:
· When were you born?
· When did you start school?
· When did you start to study English?
Write the answers down in the table below.
STARTED SCHOOL
STARTED TO STUDY ENGLISH
1. Tina
She started primary school in 1997.
She started to study English in 2000.
What do cats have?
b. Based on the table, tell your pair about your friends. Do it as the example.
Opening and closing a conversation
Conversations like other texts have opening and closing.
We usually begin a conversation by saying hi, hello, or excuse me.
That is what we normally do.
Tina met her classmate, Michael. He is an exchange student from Australia.
a. Pay attention to these questions. They would help you know how to begin
and close the conversation.
· How does Tina open the conversation?
· What is the conversation about?
· What did Michael say to end the conversation?
c. Your teacher will read the dialogue for you. Listen carefully.
Tina: Hi, Mike. Were you at Andy's party?
Michael: Yes, it was fun.
Tina: Was it?
Michael: He's seventeen now.
Tina: Really? Are you kidding? I thought he was just about fifteen like us.
Michael: Why?
Tina: You know, we are in the same grade. And he looks younger.
Michael: Well, Arman is waiting for me. I must go now. Bye.
Tina: Bye. See you.
c. Answer these questions.
1. Tina opens the conversation by saying ___________.
2. Did Tina go to Andy's party?
3. What did Tina want to know about?
4. How old is Andy?
5. Was Tina surprised to know Andy's age?
6. What did they say to end the conversation?
7. Were Tina and Michael nice to each other?
8. How do you know this?
Interpersonal exchange
9. Notice the expressions: "Was it?", "Really?", "Are you kidding?", "Well, …"
in the dialogue above. This kind of expressions is what makes a conversation go on and on.
Always try to use the expressions in your conversation.
Asking for another person's opinion
Tina met her Australian friend, Mary. They are pen friends. Mary is in Indonesia for a holiday.
a. These questions will help you understand the dialogue. Answer the questions.
· Have you ever been to Mount Bromo?
· Did anyone tell you about it?
· Do you know where it is?
· Do you know how to ask for others' opinion?
· How do you open a conversation?
· How do you end a conversation?
What do ducks have?
Listen carefully. Pay attention to how your teacher says the dialogue.
TINA : Hi, Mary! I thought you were in Australia.
MARY : I'm going home next week.
TINA : Where were you last week?
MARY : Well, I was visiting Mount Bromo.
TINA : That sounds great! What do you think of it?
MARY : It was very beautiful, you know.
TINA : Was it?
MARY : Yeah. The scenery was very amazing. Well, Tina, I must go now. Bye bye.
TINA : See you, Mary.
MARY : Hello, Tina. How are you?
TINA : Fine, thanks. And you? Tell me. What did you see at Mount Bromo?
MARY : The beautiful sunrise. The sky was yellow, orange, and red. It was really beautiful.
TINA : Wow! I want to go there too.
MARY : Well, Tina, I must be leaving. Bye for now.
TINA : Ciao.
b. Answer these questions.
How did Tina and Mary open the conversations?
Do you think they enjoyed the conversation?
Are they nice to one another?
What expression is used to ask for information?
What did Tina say to ask for Mary's opinion?
Say the expressions used to close the conversations.
c. Openings and Closings in Conversations
How do you open or close conversations?
Write O (opening), or C (closing) beside each expression, as in the example.
.O.. Hi! ……. Hey! ……. Good night.
……. See you! ……. Goodbye. ……. Ciao.
……. Bye! ……. Hello. ……. Bye for now.
Making a request
The following are some expressions you can you use to make requests
Study the requests and the answers.
a. Match these requests and the answers.
May I borrow your book? It's ten past nine.
Can I go now? Here you are.
Excuse me. What's the time? Sure.
Can you speak Indonesian? It's salad.
What's this called in English? Up to you.
Excuse me. Where's the dictionary? Yes, a little.
b. Work with a partner. Practice the dialogues.
You may give different answers to the request.
- No. I'm sorry. I can't.
- I'm sorry. I don't know.
- No, I'm sorry. I don't have.
c. Work with a partner. One of you makes a request and the other answers.
Section Three
a. These are Andy and his sisters. Discuss the pictures with a partner.
· Which of the four is the eldest?
· Which is the youngest?
· Which comes third in the family?
· Which comes fourth?
What do squirrels have?
DATES OF BIRTH
Ella Tina Andy Nida
born on born on born on born on
5.4.92 15.7.91 21.6.98 6.12.89
b. With a partner, answer these questions.
1. When was Tina born?
She was born on the fifteenth of July nineteen ninety-one.
2. When was Nida born?
She was born on ____________________________________________
3. When was Ella born?
4. How old is Andy now?
He is ________________ years old.
5. What is Ella's date of birth?
Her date of birth is __________________________________________
6. What is Andy's date of birth?
c. Among the four children above, find out who was born first, second, third and the last.
Put them in the order they were born. Tell how old they are now.
Ella is given as an example.
__|________________|______________|______________|__
______________ Ella _____________ _______________
______________ _____ years _____________ _______________
Tina met Michael on a train going to Jakarta.
They happened to sit on the same seat on the train.
a. Discuss these questions with a partner.
o What expression is used to open the conversation?
o Does Tina really want to know about Mike?
o What are the expressions "Really?", "Yes, why?", "Oh, yeah?" for?
Tina : Hello, my name is Tina.
Mike : Hi. I'm Michael. Just call me Mike.
Tina : Nice to meet you, too. Are you an American?
Mike : No, Australian. I'm on holiday here.
Tina : Are you with some friends?
Mike : No, I'm alone.
Tina : Really?
Mike : Yes, why?
Tina : Nothing. I think you're brave.
Mike : Oh, yeah? Thanks.
Tina : Do you like Indonesia?
Mike : I do. It's beautiful.
Read this dialogue in pairs. Play role as Tina and Mike in turn. Do it until you feel comfortable.
Imagine you were on a train. You meet an Australian girl.
Talk to her and make the conversation go on and on.
You may do these things:
Talk about the weather
Use the expressions such as 'Really?', 'Are you kidding?', etc.
to show your interest.
Section Four
Fill up the blank part in the dialogue with a partner.
What possible responses you may have.
Mike, an Australian boy, met you on a bus leaving for Bandung. You sat next to Mike. He started conversation.
Mike : Hello, my name is Tina.
You : _______________________________________________________
Mike : Nice to meet you, too.
Mike : Are you on your own?
Mike : Really?
Mike : Oh, yah. Thanks.
Mike : Very much. That's why I'm here for my holiday.
Play role as Mike and 'You' in turn. Practice it until you feel comfortable. Try to keep the conversation going.
a. Asking for information
Read this Andy's schedule. It is what he did after school in a week.
b. In pairs, practice asking and answering questions based on the diary above.
Q: Where was Andi on Monday?
A: He was at the Sport Centre.
Q: What did he do on that day?
A: He played badminton.
Now you do it in pairs. Ask what he did and where in a week.
Q: Where was he on Tuesday?
A: ____________________________________________
Q: What did he do?
c. In pairs, take turn asking and answer questions.
Ask and tell where you were on the different days in a week.
Do as the example.
Q: Where were you on Monday?
A: I was at (Tell where you were) on Monday.
Q: And what did you do?
A: I (Tell what you did on Monday).
Q: What about on Tuesday? Where were you?
A: On Tuesday I was at __________________________________________
Q: What did you do on that day?
A: I
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May Wynn(1928-2021)
She was born Donna Lee Hickey, the daughter of a vaudevillian. At seventeen, she entered show biz as a dancer at the Copacabana and thereafter won several beauty contests, including "Miss American Legion," "Miss Miami Beach", and "Miss Fire Fighter". In January 1950, she was voted Queen of the New York Press Photographers' Ball. From there, it was but a small step to motion pictures and a contract with 20thCentury Fox, courtesy of a sympathetic member of that studio's casting department. However, after a year playing nothing but bit parts, Donna Lee declared with some disappointment "I didn't even work during my last six months there. Every week I hired a taxi, drove to the studio, picked up my check and drove home. They said they would hire me for another year at the same salary. I said no thanks." Instead, she made a move to Columbia which appeared to pay off with a leading role in Edward Dmytryk's classic military courtroom drama The Caine Mutiny (1954) (opposite Humphrey Bogart and Fred MacMurray). Her character, a night club singer, was named May Wynn. At the insistence of producer Stanley Kramer, Donna Lee henceforth adopted this as her stage moniker since there 'hadn't been a May since the days of May McAvoy and Mae Murray'. Freshly minted as May Wynn, she went on to co-star (albeit as second fiddle to, respectively, Donna Reed and Dianne Foster) in two back-to-back westerns: They Rode West (1954) and The Violent Men (1955). Second-billing finally came her way -- but it was to be in B-grade fare like The White Squaw (1956) and The Man Is Armed (1956) for 'Poverty Row' studios Allied Artists and Republic.
In October 1956, May married actor Jack Kelly (who would become popular as James Garner's more serious younger brother Bart in Maverick (1957)). Jack and May appeared together in low budget productions like Taming Sutton's Gal (1957) and Hong Kong Affair (1958) (with May standing in as a Chinese girl, since the local actress originally chosen for the part failed to come to grips with the English language). She also had recurring roles on The Bob Cummings Show (1955) and in the short-lived NBC drama series Noah's Ark (1956), with May as a secretary in a veterinary hospital. The only claim to fame of this series was that it was one of the first to be shot in colour. After exiting show business in 1960, May worked in real estate. She divorced Kelly in 1964 and four years later married realtor Jack Wesley Custer. This union also ended in divorce in 1979. As Donna Lee Custer, she retired to Newport Beach, California, where she passed away at the age of 93 on March 22 2021.
BornJanuary 8, 1928
DiedMarch 22, 2021(93)
The Caine Mutiny
May Wynn
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Eva Gooch(as Donna Lee Hickey)
The Unknown Terror
Concha Ramsey
Hong Kong Affair
Chu Lan
Lorraine Nelson
Donna Sherwood
Nancy Cameron
Liz Clark
The Restless Gun
Bess Harcourt
Taming Sutton's Gal
Evelyn Phelps
Nancy Trainor
The Bob Cummings Show
Jean Blackburn
The White Squaw
Eetay-O-Wahnee
The Man Is Armed
Carol Wayne
Celebrity Playhouse
Janet Marshall
Screen Directors Playhouse
Donna Lee Hickey
Newport Beach, California, USA(undisclosed)
Jack Wesley Custer October 3, 1968 - January 30, 1979 (divorced)
A model, singer, and chorine by the time she entered films, she initially went by her birth name, Donna Lee Hickey, but five out of her first six roles were uncredited, with her sixth role being not only her first credited role, but her single, one and only role credited to her birth name. When she won the role of May Wynn in the classic The Caine Mutiny (1954), she adopted the name of this character for herself, a tactic employed by actor Gig Young in the 1940s.
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Bungie, Inc. är ett amerikanskt spelföretag som grundades i maj 1991 av Alex Seropian och Jason Jones. Företaget är mest känt för att ha skapat den populära spelserien Halo.

Historik
Bungies första spel var Gnop!, som var en Pongklon (Gnop är Pong baklänges). Spelet släpptes 1990, innan Bungie var officiellt grundat. Gnop! fanns för gratis nedladdning och spelades inte på Windows som de flesta andra spel på den tiden, utan på Mac. De enda Halo-spelen som släppts till Mac är Halo: Combat Evolved och till PC har Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Custom Edition och Halo 2 släppts.

Det första spelet som Bungie släppte efter sin registrering var Operation: Desert Storm. Spelet sålde i ca 2 500 exemplar. Efter Operation: Desert Storm släppte Bungie Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete, som såldes i omkring 2 500 exemplar.

År 1993 utgav Bungie sitt första spel i 3D, Pathways Into Darkness. Spelet vann diverse priser och fick Bungie att växa, men vad som verkligen fick Bungie att bli stora var deras nästa spel, nämligen Marathon. Detta gjorde Bungie till en av de största utvecklarna av spel till Macintosh. Marathon är ett FPS och har många likheter med vad som senare skulle bli Bungies största spelserie, nämligen Halo. Marathon blev senare till en trilogi. Marathon 2: Durandal var det första spelet från Bungie som släpptes till flera plattformar, nämligen Mac och Windows. Senare utvecklades även en version till Xbox Live Arcade, men den var inte utvecklad av Bungie. Marathon Infinity var den avslutande delen av Marathontrilogin och släpptes 1996, som var det första året som Bungie utgav flera spel.

Nästa utgivna spel var Myth: The Fallen Lords, ett Realtidsstrategi. Även detta spel var framgångsrikt och sålde i ca 350 000 exemplar. Det resulterade i en uppföljare, Myth II: Soulblighter. Senare släpptes även Myth III: The Wolf Age, men det var inte utvecklat av Bungie. År 1999, under den period Bungie samarbetade med Oni, köpte Take Two en stor del av Bungie. Samma år visades Halo: Combat Evolved för första gången på Mac World. Spelet skulle släppas till samma format som Oni, nämligen Mac, Windows och PS2. Oni släpptes 2001 till Mac, Windows och PS2 och var därmed Bungies debut på konsolmarknaden. År 2000 köptes Bungie av Microsoft, som ville släppa Halo till sin kommande konsol, Xbox. Sedan dess är Bungie en del av Microsoft Game Studios. Oni lanserades dock av Take Two, som även behöll Myth-licensen. I och med köpet flyttade Bungies huvudkontor från Chicago till San Jose.

År 2001, samtidigt som Xbox släpptes, utgavs Halo: Combat Evolved. Denna gav Bungie sitt stora genombrott. Spelet blev en "killer app" och det mest sålda till Xbox, bortsett från dess uppföljare Halo 2. Om Halo: Combat Evolved var det som fick folk att köpa en Xbox var Halo 2 det som fick folk att köpa Xbox Live. Efter succén med Halo 2 påbörjade Bungie en uppföljare, nämligen Halo 3, som släpptes i september 2007 i Nordamerika och Europa. Spelet släpptes till Xbox 360. Veckan efter att Halo 3 hade släppts meddelades att Bungie lämnade Microsoft Game Studios och det är numera det självständiga Bungie LLC.

I september 2014 släppte företaget spelet Destiny, vars uppföljare Destiny 2 kom ut i september 2017.

Den 31 januari 2022 meddelades att Bungie blivit uppköpt av Sony Interactive Entertainment för 3.6 miljarder dollar.

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I have had great trouble in contacting teachers and requesting teachings from them. I don't know what it is. I've been wanting to practice Chod for a while now and I've contacted a couple of teachers on this regard to no avail, no reply. Also, I've gotten permission to receive something from His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche and since I've gotten permission, I've been trying to get in contact with Him as well but, again, to no avail. I can't help but feel I'm doing something wrong.
I'm a simple student for a living and cannot make if to such far away places and cannot afford to overseas or really out of state to receive such grandiose teachings that I wish to receive. And I definitely cannot host such teachings where I am.
I am grateful to Garchen Rinpoche for His recorded teachings and empowerments. His vast Bodhicitta and Wisdom makes His recorded teachings just as powerful as if I were there in person, with the right faith, of course.
But again, I do have a somewhat troubling time getting into contact with the people that I wish to talk to. Any advice for requesting a teaching?
I moved your topic to the section "Tibetan Buddhism". So hopefully you can get some good advice here.
Maybe you like to share in which area you live, so people can give better hints to teachers in your neighborhood.
When I wanted to start Chod, I perceived more hindrances than usually. They are not always a sign for something going wrong. Sometimes they just teach to keep on searching.
May you be guided by Dharma himself.
Thanks for moving my question, Ayu! I'm in northeastern Florida at the moment Jacksonville to be more specific. There's a wonderful Karma Thegsum Chöling here and is where I received refuge but I haven't see many teachers come through here. The resident lama travels to groups that doesn't have a lama to teach and I believe it's a great endeavor.
HH Chetsang Rinpoche is coming to Tampa in August for the Kalachakra Teachings and empowerment so I'm really hoping to be able to ask him before hand.
But I am glad to know that others have had obstacles to their Chöd Practice as well. XD Just gotta be patient, I suppose.
Who is co-ordinating the tour?
It perhaps is not so much of an obstacle to receive Chod teachings.
It really should be transmitted Teacher to student, so I would tell you to keep looking for someone.
also it sometimes is not given to a beginning practitioner.
Kusulu is a beautiful practice if done properly, But I cannot stress enough that it must be taught properly, as even the melodies are considered sacred.
Offer to help with the events/logistics. That will get 'in'.
Unfortunately you'll see the inevitable friction that comes with samsaric people trying to work together, but in all likelihood your own defilements are just as much a part of that mix as everybody else's. Plus you may or may not feel comfortable with a given teacher. That's ok, there are others. Just like finding a mate you've got to sort through a lot of different candidates before you find the right one (ones/plural in the context of dharma teachers).
Regarding the op. I think what has been said about contacting those who organize events in the u.s. with regards to visiting teachers is on point.
If you go to India, visit Jangchub Ling in Dera Dun. When hh chetsang rinpoche is there it is very easy to get a private audience with him. He had an open audience schedule on every Thursday I believe. He is the head of the lineage so you can't expect to be able to Just email him / his contacts from another contenent and get a hold if him that easy.
For example, hh the karmapa, very rare and difficult to get an audience in person during upcoming u.s. tour I'm sure. However , again , to gyutek monastery in dharamsala, so easy to get a private audience.
The effort also has to come from our side to meet and connect.
We are too comfortable in the information age and expect a phone call or email to do the trick.
You can definetly meet who you need when you do not give up and exert he effort from your side.
Thank you all for the great advice! I will definitely try to get the Chöd empowerments. The closest thing I've gotten to anything is permission to read the Chöd Practice Manual and Commentary by the 14th Karmapa and Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. This has greatly strengthened my resolve to practice it. In a way, and I hope I don't sound too...presumptuous for lack of a better word, it feels familiar. Like watching a movie that you watched as a child and forgot.
As to HH Chetsang Rinpoche, I will exert as much effort as needed and do whatever it takes in order to meet him eventually. I do recognize that being a religious leader would make him quite busy. It's a hectic time in my life right now but, with good faith, I can accomplish my goal.
Thank you all! Tashi Delek!


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(2015)Statutes of the International Association for the Study of Silk Roads Textiles
The special exhibition the Silks from the Silk Road: Origin, Transmission and exchange was organized by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage...
Article 1: Mission and Objectives
The International Association for the Study of Silk Roads Textiles (hereinafter referred to as the "Association") is an international association jointly established by organizations (including universities, museums, libraries, archaeology institutes, research institutes or groups) related to the studies of the Silk Roads. The mission of the Association is to:
Establish a platform for cooperation in research and for general benefits of all participants;
Share scientific and technological resources for research and conservation;
Promote the adaptation and application of relevant technologies;
Enhance the dissemination and utilization of research findings.
2. To fulfill the mission, the Association sets the following objectives:
Investigation into cultural heritage resources related to the Silk Roads textiles and construction of a database for such resources;
Study of the key technologies for identification and protection of cultural relics related to Silk Roads textiles;
Exchange of human resources and the establishment of laboratories for cooperative protection of textiles;
Cooperative exhibitions related to Silk Roads textiles;
Inheritance and innovation of traditional textile techniques.
3. In order to fulfill the objectives of the Association, the members of the Association shall respect each other's customs and abide by relevant laws and regulations.
Article 2: Members of the Association and Qualifications
1. Members of the Association
The members of the Association are collection and research organizations located along or related to the Silk Roads (including Silk Roads through the steppe, oasis, desert, ocean, mountains, etc.), including universities, museums, libraries, archaeology institutes, research institutes and research groups, etc.
2. Founding members
The founding members of the Association refer to the organizations that have formally agreed to join in the Association before the formal establishment of the Association on Oct. 12th, 2015, and have formally approved the Statutes of the Association.
The members of the Association shall be related groups or organizations.
The Executive Committee of the Association will regularly review those applications submitted by groups or organizations under their own initiative, or submitted by the groups or organizations at the invitation of members of the Association, and those approved will become new members of the Association.
Individuals with significant achievements in and contributions to the protection and study of Silk Roads textiles may apply to join the Association, or be nominated by Executive Committee Members of the Association. They will become Professional Members of the Association with the approval of the Executive Committee.
Individuals with outstanding contributions to the Association may be appointed as Honorary Members of the Association through the nomination of Executive Committee Members of the Association and with the approval of the Executive Committee.
4. Cancellation of membership
Members of the Association must inform the Secretariat of the Association of any intent to cancel membership in written form at least six months in advance.
Article 3: Organizations
1. The Committee of the Association has the highest power. Every member institution of the Association shall assign one representative to the Committee. The Committee has the following powers:
Making and amending the Statutes;
Electing the President, Vice-Presidents and Members of the Executive Committee of the Association;
Reviewing the working reports of the Executive Committee;
Making other important decisions relevant to the Association.
2. A quorum of the Committee shall consist of representatives of at least two thirds of the members (inclusive). Any decision shall be taken into effect with the approval of more than half of the numbers of representatives attending the Committee meeting.
The tenure for members of the Committee is five years. Any curtailment or extension of the term of office shall be approved by the vote of the Executive Committee. Any extension shall not exceed one year.
3. The Association shall have an Executive Committee, which serves as the executive body of the Committee and deals with the related work of the Association. The Executive Committee answers for the Committee.
The Executive Committee consists of nine members, including the President and up to three Vice Presidents. The members of the Executive Committee shall be recommended by the members of the Association and elected at the Committee meeting.
4. Responsibilities of the Executive Committee:
Making decisions related to the holding of the Committee meetings;
Making reports to the Committee about the work and plans of the Association;
Executing the decisions of the Committee;
Making decisions on admission of members;
Establishing internal management systems;
Conducting management, organization and coordination for various tasks of the Association;
Making decisions on appointment of Honorary Members;
A quorum of the Executive Committee meeting shall consist of two thirds (inclusive) of the Executive Committee Members present in person or through online attendance. Any decision shall become effective with the approval of more than two thirds (inclusive) of the Executive Committee Members in attendance. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once each year. In principle, the Executive Committee meeting will be organized in turn by the member units of the Executive Committee. Under special circumstance, it may be held through video conferencing or similar online communication.
5. Requirements for eligibility of President and Vice Presidents of the Association:
With significant achievements in the protection and study of Silk Road textiles;
In good physical health.
The term of office for the President and Vice Presidents of the Association is five years. Each President or Vice President shall not serve more than two terms. Any extension of reappointment under special circumstance shall be voted and approved by more than two thirds(inclusive) of the representatives at the Committee meeting.
6. The President of the Association has the following responsibilities:
Convening and presiding over the Committee and Executive Committee meetings;
Monitoring the execution of the decisions of the Committee and the Executive Committee;
Signing related documents on behalf of the Association.
7. The Secretariat of the Association is located at the China National Silk Museum, and deals with the daily work of the Association.
Article 4: Funding Sources
1. The daily expenses of the Secretariat of the Association are borne by the China National Silk Museum.
2. Committee Members shall bear their own travel and accommodation expenses to attend the Committee and Executive Committee meetings as well as other regular activities of the Association, unless otherwise agreed upon under special circumstances.
3. In principle, the organizers of the Committee and the Executive Committee meetings shall bear related expenses for the meetings.
4. Expenses for specific projects of the Association shall be jointly applied and raised through various channels by members participating in these projects.
Article 5: Procedures of Amendment
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1. There is no limit on the term of the operation of the Association. The power and responsibilities of the Association shall be canceled when the Association is disbanded.
2. In the event that a minimum of three quarters (inclusive) of the members of the Association make a written appeal to the President of the Association, expressing the strong intention to disband the Association, the appeal shall be automatically deemed as effective. In that case, the Executive Committee of the Association is responsible to announce the disbandment of the Association.
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1. The Statutes shall take into effect as of October 12, 2015, on which the Association is established.
2. The Executive Committee of the Association reserves the right of interpretation of the Statutes.
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This paper explores the extent to which the academic discipline of social policy reflects dominant belief systems.
The paper discusses five stances that may be taken to social policy analysis in New Zealand: monoculturalism, multiculturalism, focusing on the Treaty, sloganising, and problematising paradigms. It suggests that making these positions transparent is a useful starting point for understanding the relationship between social policy and biculturalism.


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Lamellaria digueti är en snäckart som beskrevs av Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune 1895. Lamellaria digueti ingår i släktet Lamellaria och familjen Lamellariidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Sometimes, I see things, and think things that send my heart into overdrive.
Like, I can feel it, as I sit, with my left hand pressed firmly against my skull, I can feel my heart thumping in my chest, as the weight of reality settles in, dropping, ironically, like a feather, gliding through the air bit, by bit, by bit.
That is exactly it--that's what the settling of reality feels like.
When you are faced with something you can't exactly fix, something you can't change, something you have to accept. Acceptance is hard, and not for chumps. You may think you have accepted something hard; just swallowed it and moved on, but until you've sat there, feeling your emotions shifting into deeper channels; until you've felt your heart actually start to beat faster; until you've felt reality land inside you, well, until you've felt that, you've probably never accepted too much of anything.
As someone who has grown to need--without even realizing it--control over things, seeing my lack of control reflected in a picture of you, away from me, is hard to swallow. It settles, slowly like that feather, but roughly like an anchor, and continues creaking inside me, like a house at nighttime, settling into its foundation.
My breathing slows and my thoughts grow louder as I realize. As I simply sit back and realize. Acknowledge. Accept.