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The North End
Downtown Freedom
Night Light (IC) [Solo]
ic Night Light (IC) [Solo]
By NotAHoneyBadger,
March 21, 2018 in The North End
NotAHoneyBadger
Freedom City University - Dormitories
The fire alarms should have gone off sooner. The sprinklers should have put out the fire. The fire department, at least, was reacting precisely as they were trained to, but as the dormitories went up in flames, the fire trucks were still a ways out. Most of the students seemed to already have gotten out, quickly filing their way onto the asphalt parking lot. Campus security guards were all ready moving people away from the burning building, as well as keeping gawking pedestrians back. Onlookers watched as flames licked out of the windows of the second floor. The doors on the first floor pumped out black smoke, but was otherwise untouched, for the time being at least. Some of the students cried, but most murmured and whispered, waves of "Did everyone make it out?" and "Where's so-and-so?" and "What started this?" wafting through the air.
The flow of startled and sleep-deprived students had ceased, but the flames showed no sign of stopping in kind as fire began to climb to the third floor. The orange and red glow of the burning building shone like a beacon in the night, and everyone stood and watched in rapture as they waited for the fire department, the awaited sirens not far in the distance. Then a scream rang out, a young woman calling, "Micah! MICAH!" The student shoved through the crowd, looking for the absent Micah. Frantic, the girl ran up to one of the security guards and grabbed his sleeve. "My roommate, she's still in there! She's still on the second floor!"
As the firetrucks rolled up and began to unload firefighters, the woman ran up to one. "Someone's in the building still! You have to help!" The firefight waved over a few others who were getting ready to enter the building, then put a hand on her shoulder firmly and replied, "All right miss, calm down, where-"
A window on the second floor shattered as a woman crashed through it from the inside. A gout of fire, wrapped halfway around her body, clung to the edges of the window but still stretched to follow her. As the woman plummeted to the concrete below the fire snapped off, the majority of it remaining with the building to continue its ravenous feeding, while a few tendrils clung to her clothes.
The woman slammed into the concrete with a CRUNCH!... rolling a couple of feet. A collective gasp ran through the crowd, but all ready several rescue personnel as well as students were running forward to help. The woman barely seemed to notice them as she stood up clumsily, a few tongues of flame still unextinguished by her roll across the sidewalk and asphalt. With a sound somewhere between a scream and a howl she fled, stumbling and disoriented, but still faster than anyone could keep up. The woman stumbled across the street in socks and a half-burned sweatshirt and escaped into an alley.
North End - Near FCU
Micah ran.
She had woken up in the middle of an inferno, the walls, ceiling, and floor of her dorm room utterly consumed in flames, her bed a funeral pyre. Panicked, she had jumped out of bed and broken through her window, falling about 15 feet onto the pavement below. Somehow, none of if had hurt, not the fire, not the shards of glass, not even slamming into the concrete.
But all of that... that had been going on for over a week now. Micah didn't feel like she used to. Nothing hurt her, except the spasms, of course. Sometimes she would be wracked with agonizing pain. The pain could appear all over her body, but it would affect one area at a time, usually lasting a few minutes then subsiding for a short while. Besides that Micah would break things, lamps, doorknobs, sometimes even doors, overcome with sudden waves of strength, and she felt cold all of the time. She even slept through that fire! "It could have easily been 300 degrees in that room... maybe more." Why hadn't she woken up?
Micah also knew that she had probably started the fire. In addition to all of her other... symptoms... she could cause fires to go out of control. One time she made a candle's flame jump from the wick to a set of papers she was grading, and another time she nearly burnt down the kitchen in the commons when the stove light started spreading. Micah knew it wasn't her imagination, she knew it!
"That's what happened," Micah thought. "I took my tranquilizers, and in my sleep I must have... oh my god, how many people did I hurt in that fire?!"
The panicked woman continued fleeing through alleyways and backstreets. As she came to a corner she took the turn to fast and slipped, rolling and sliding into a brick wall. Micah simply sat there, her bedraggled, copper hair heaped in a tangled mess that covered her amber eyes. Her chest rose and fell in heaves as she continued hyperventilating. Micah's dizzied brain wandered back to her memories, to after she had jumped out of the window, and seen all those people staring at her.
"All those people... I could have killed them..." Micah felt sick, both then and now. Faced with all those eyes, staring at her in the firelight, Micah couldn't face what she had done. She couldn't stand to let them see her, so she ran away. "I shouldn't have let Dr. Sallai talk me into keeping it secret... I should have gone to the hospital, I should have told somebody! Oh, f-" Finally, Micah's nausea caught up with her, and she vomited. Her expulsion was a glowing orange and yellow, viscous enough to remain a mound rather than a puddle, and it melted and burned the pavement a little before cooling into a dark cluster of stone, bonded to the concrete. "What the hell am I?!"
Micah tried standing, rolling onto her knees and hands. Before she could get up she wretched again. "I should have told someone, I should have told..." Her voice was wrong. Her voice wasn't anything near what it normally was. This sounded deep, hoarse, gravelly, masculine. Micah grabbed at her throat, feeling around the vocal chords. To her horror her fingers felt not flesh and tissue, but solid, hard stone.
Frantic, Micah grabbed for the smart phone in the pocket of her sweatshirt, hoping to use the camera to get a look at her neck. It was only now that she noticed her clothes were still smoldering. With a cry of misery and fear, Micah swatted the clothes to extinguish them. Then she saw her hands, now a dark, nearly black, earth-brown color, and seemingly covered in some kind of rock skin.
It was the final straw. Micah crumpled to the ground, sobbing. It hurt. Her whole body hurt. Her tears were glowing orange, just like her vomit, and they burned into the pavement before cooling into tiny bumps of stone, too. If Micah had noticed this, it would have been another stab at her already over-taxed emotions. The pain in her body grew worse and worse until she screamed. For a terrible eternity the pain continued.
And then it stopped. Steadily, but rather quickly, the throbbing, horrible pain subsided. Micah uncurled from the fetal position she had adopted. Looking at her hands, she saw they were still made of stone... but so were her arms... and her shoulders. Micah straightened out her body and looked herself all over. Her whole body was encased in rock, with nothing more than strips of fabric on top of that, the only remnants of her sweatshirt and sweatpants. What's more, she looked male, with a far more muscular frame, broad shoulders... she even grew a few inches taller, she thought.
The fact that the pain had gone away, save for a manageable soreness, had allowed Micah time to calm down some small degree. Closing her eyes, she took a few deep breaths. "Inhale... exhale... inhale..." After a few minutes of breathing regularly, no longer hyperventilating, Micah finally stood up, using the wall for support. She picked up her smart phone and switched it to the camera app, looking at her own image.
Just as she thought, Micah's entire body was coated with a dark stone skin, including her face. Her features were all but erased, covered up with a smooth stone mask that featured no nose, no ears, no lips, and no eyebrows. Her mouth was a gash in the stone, which, from her breathing, she could see open and close in small increments. A quick test determined the stone "lips" to be flexible, losing little of her normal expressive capability. Her eyes were similar, able to widen and narrow similar to human eyes... but instead of eyeballs with pupils and irises, Micah's new eyes were nothing more than large sockets, filled not with eyes but an orange glow. Micah felt her face. Her skin, although stone, could feel just the same as her old skin... at least, she thought so...
"What does it matter? Why does it matter if I can feel... I'm a freak." Micah slumped against the alley wall, defeated, exhausted.
After several minutes stewing in her own sorrow, Micah finally found the will to move. "I need to find Dr. Sallai... I need help... I need to turn back..." Desperation allowed Micah to experience some small nugget of hope that she even could change back. However, even some small part of her, in the back of her mind, realized that there would be no way returning to normal would be anything less than next to impossible.
Regardless, doing something was better than nothing, and so Micah pushed off from the alley wall. The first few steps were tentative as she watched her own body mechanics. Micah was happy to discover that with the exception of her appearance and the feeling of her skin, little felt different. She still felt cold, like she had the past few days, and she was sore - goodness, was she sore - but otherwise she felt normal. "If anything, I feel lighter, or perhaps more energetic." Micah began walking forward boldly, comforted by the familiarity with which she moved in a new body.
The the ground gave way underneath Micah, her foot sliding forward. The concrete warped and shifted like some kind of sludge, and Micah stumbled. Her futile attempts at maintaining her balance only led to more pockets of the ground to turn into mud, and Micah fell face-first. With a yelp of surprise, she threw out her hands to catch her, and the concrete cracked beneath her hands.
For a few moments Micah remained utterly motionless, her breathing quickening again. She turned her head to looks around. In about four or five spots the concrete had been molded beneath her feet, creating small, curved ridges. Beneath her hands were a pair spiderweb-like cracks, one for each hand, that intersected and spread out up to five feet away. Carefully, Micah stood up. "What the hell..." She had been breaking things recently due to strange waves of strength, but this... this was different. Micah raised a foot and jabbed it at the ground to experiment. CRACK! The pavement split open. Micah knelt down and struck the ground with her hand... CRACK! Same result. Strangely, her hand didn't hurt at all. Curious, Micah continued her experiment, this time gentler, more deliberate. She thrust her palm towards the ground at a forty-five degree angle, and in response the concrete gave way, shifting into a mound next to her hand. "Is this a side-effect?"
The answer was obvious. In addition, Micah knew there was more to it than raw strength. She was capable of directing the pavement, even being precise. Micah struck the ground again, this time trying to shape the earth. Another mound formed, but this one was geometric, a circular column that jutted halfway out of the ground. Micah stood up. Even as strong as she was now, there would have been no way to create such a clean shape through random force. "...Interesting..."
Finished with her experiments, Micah turned to leave, but the sound of breaking glass stopped her. It had come from just around the corner. Micah turned back, walked slowly to the end of the alley and peeked out to find shards of a broken window and a discarded crowbar. Someone had smashed their way into a jeweler's store. Micah could hear him... no, them... she could only hear one talking, but she knew a second was inside. It was almost as if she could feel their feet touching the ground only a few dozen feet away. "Come on!" one of them hissed. "All the cops around here are at that fire. Hurry up!" A peek inside revealed two individuals in ski masks scooping necklaces and rings into backpacks. "What about an alarm?" Micah looked around, but couldn't find any indication that an alarm had been triggered.
Micah reached for the cell phone in her pocket... "Oh, right. My clothes..." Micah resisted the urge to face-palm as she realized that her phone would be lying in the alley, having fallen out of what remained of her shredded pocket. She went back to retrieve it, searching near the shreds of soft, comfortable sweatshirt lying on the pavement where she had transformed. No cell phone was in sight. "Oh, come on! Where-" CRUNCH!
Micah looked down to see a pile of broken plastic and electronics. "Oops." Now Micah couldn't call the police without running back to campus, a place she was not keen to show her current face. "Besides, I don't think they'd be particularly keen on listening to the strange rock-person they just met." A part of Micah wanted to confront the burglars herself, maybe terrify them with her strange form, but at the same time, she had no clue how the two would react. "Yeah, not interested in getting shot."
"Ugh... what do I do?"
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Micah put her head in her hands, frustrated. "Relax. Think one thought at a time. Formulate a hypothetical scenario, run it through your head..." Calling the cops would require her go back an reveal herself, thus it was a last resort. She could likely break into a nearby building and use the phone, but the sound of the break in would alert the thieves, and they would run off with whatever they had already gotten. She could intimidate the criminals by herself... but she risked an aggressive reaction.
All options were unappealing, but... "Come on, what are they gonna do? Try and gun down the rock monster? That's even if one of them has a gun!" The thought was all well and good inside Micah's head, but that slim possibility of getting shot was, as minute as it was, still a worthy deterrent.
As Micah moved her hands from her face, she looked down at the pavement, at all the damage and alteration she had caused to it, and an idea popped into her head. "What if I could knock them out without exposing myself to bullets?" She looked up at the wall in front of her. It lead into the back room of jeweler's, which meant that the alley she walked down to reach the front of the shop would lead directly into the front of the store. Perhaps...
A certain combination of impishness and dogged curiosity crept into Micah, bringing with it boldness. She had to try, she simply could not resist. Micah strode forward to the side wall, and then waited, feeling the ground around her. Just as she had earlier, when she detected the two criminals by their footsteps, she could feel them again, even through the wall. Each time their feet struck the ground, a tiny tremor rippled out, and touched Micah's feet, telling her exactly where they were. She waited, tracking them, until one of them moved towards the wall she was standing on the other side of...
"There!"
Micah thrust her arm forward with as much force as possible, striking the wall, willing it to crumble. Her fist broke through, shattering a small hole through the thick, solid brickwork. Her hand grasped out at the burglar immediately on the other side, and gripped his shoulder. "Got him!" Micah yanked back, pulling the thief into the wall. SMACK! The thief's head struck the wall, and he went limp. Micah let go and let the unconscious body crumple into a heap. She heard a panicked scream from inside, then the tremors in the ground told her that the remaining crook was making a break with what he had already taken. Micah dashed to the end of the alley and turned the corner just in time to see him jump through the window he had entered. "Hey!" Micah yelled, her deep, masculine voice surprising herself again momentarily. "Put the bag down, now!"
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Micah toppled to the ground as three impacts slammed against her. "F*** F*** F***! He f***ing shot me!" Micah's hands scrambled over her abdomen, trying to find the bullet holes. She hadn't even seen him draw. She was going to die, bleeding out in the street as a rock monster, all because she wanted to play h-
Micah found the wounds. To put more precisely, she found the bullets, still embedded in her rock-like skin. As her hand brushed over them, the three crumpled metal wads dislodged and clattered to the ground. They hadn't even gone more than a couple centimeters. She was not only going to live... Micah hadn't even gotten injured.
The criminal shouted out swear words, then stepped closer to Micah, panicking out loud. "Oh man... did I... did I kill it?" Micah looked up at the ski-masked man and smiled, and in return she was treated with a priceless look of disbelief and awe. Before the man could fire of his pistol again, Micah slammed her elbow into the sidewalk, sending out a spider web of cracks and a shockwave. The concrete splintered and jutted out, and the gunman was knocked over from both the force of the tiny earthquake and the ground beneath him shifting. Micah stood up and placed a foot triumphantly on his hand, pinning the gun to the jagged ground. With a wink and a smile, Micah leaned in and punched the terrified man in the face. His head smacked against the pavement, but she hadn't even hit him that hard. It was just enough to knock him out.
She had won. Even after getting shot. She was... "I'm freaking invincible!" Micah lost herself in the moment and bounced on her toes excitedly. She even giggled, but her changed voice made it sound like a truck on a gravel road. She didn't care.
Once her celebration was over, Micah searched the unconscious crook's pockets, looking for a cell phone. She pulled it out, dialed 911, and quickly gave her address. Then she tossed the phone onto the body and ran back into the alley. The adrenaline was still kicking through her system, and so she floundered for a few minutes, unsure of what she was doing. "Right... get my stuff." There wasn't much to get except the scraps of her clothes and the broken cell phone, but she didn't want to leave any evidence of her presence.
"I also can't go back to the dorms. Not like this."
Micah knew where she could go. She could go to Dr. Sallai's. He knew about her, he would take her in... that was, if she could convince him that she was really Micah, looking the way she did.
Micah knew where Dr. Sallai's home was. She and several other grad students had been invited over for dinner more than once. Micah moved from tree to tree in the park, dodging streetlamps and late-night pedestrians, doing her best not to be seen. Thankfully, those that did see her couldn't get a good look because of the darkness, and merely hurried away, unsure of Micah's appearance and intentions. Thus, Micah reached her professor's home without any problems.
After a few deep breaths, Micah walked up the stairs to the front porch and rang the bell a few times. She could tell when the Professor got out of bed and began walking to the door due to her tremor-sense, and took a step back from the door. Her appearance would be a shock no matter what, but it would likely be at least a little better if she wasn't in Sallai's face when he opened the door.
The porch light turned on and the door was opened just a crack, the chain still in place. The familiar face of Dr. Sallai, sleepy-eyed and bedraggled, peeped out from the crack. Upon seeing Micah, the professor startled back with a shout. Micah flinched and put up her hands, softly speaking to calm him down. "Doc, it's me... Micah."
Sallai surprisingly didn't slam the door and call the cops. He leaned forward to peek throw the crack again. "Mi... Micah?" he tentatively asked. "What...?"
Micah almost broke into tears again, but she held them back purely to avoid melting the porch. with a shuddering voice she replied, "The accident... it changed me..."
Before she knew it, the door had been unchained and opened wide. "Don't worry, Micah. I can recognize any of my students, especially you, even if you look and sound like this." In front of Micah stood, open-armed, an understanding and concerned Dr. Sallai, no hint of disgust or fear on his face. Despite herself, Micah broke down and cried again. Sallai moved in to hug her, but she held up her hand and shook her hand.
"Don't. I'll burn you... but thank you. Thank you so much... I can't tell you how happy it makes me to hear that."
After a minute, Micah calmed down again. She wiped her magma-streaked face and made sure she wouldn't burn down her professor's house before accepting his invitation inside.
The home was spacious, considering Sallai lived alone. His salary at FCU allowed it to live quite comfortably, it seemed. A kitchen, a bedroom, a living room, a study... it was everything a work-obsessed scholar could want. Few decorations dotted the space. Where candles or pictures or figurines would be in most homes, piles of papers and books lay scattered instead. Sallai led Micah into the living room and moved a pile of book off of the sofa for her to sit down. She poked the cushion tentatively, making sure she wouldn't burn them before taking a seat. The professor took a seat next to her and gently began asking questions.
"So tell me, Micah, when you're ready... what happened?"
Micah took a few moments to collect her thoughts and choose her words. "I set fire to my dorm room." Sallai opened his mouth to speak, by Micah waved her hand to quiet him. She knew what he would ask. "The second floor was pretty much consumed. I think the fire department kept the first and third from taking too much damage. I don't know if anyone was hurt... I... I hope not."
Micah took a deep breath and looked Sallai right in the eyes. "I slept through it. The fire. I just lied there in bed, everything around me burning. I was on fire, and I didn't feel it. I wasn't like this, either." She motioned to her body. "I was still normal then. I jumped out the window... and then I ran away. I made it about a mile, or something. Almost to Wading Way. Then I turned into this. The pain went away afterwards, mostly, so at least there's that."
"I have other powers, too. I'm strong, I'm fast, I can do some kind of crazy Avatar earth-bending stuff. I'm bulletproof, too, or bullet resistant, at least. Long story."
Looking up, Micah saw Sallai's mouth open slightly, then close. He shook his head and blinked a few times, unsure of what to say. She was prepared for the interrogation, the inevitable storm of questions. But all he asked was, "Do you want to eat first, or go to bed first?"
Micah's eyes widened, and she began to stutter questions, but Sallai raised is hand. "I think we both need time to process this. So... get some food, get some sleep, and we'll talk about this in the morning. Okay?"
A sigh of relief escaped Micah. His suggestion was just what she needed. Micah nodded silently, then got up. She took a few more breaths. "Thank goodness. Okay... it's going to be okay. Dr. Sallai will help. I'm okay..."
With the chaos of the night over and done with, Micah could finally relax. Her stomach growled ravenously. She sighed again, then shot her professor a sly grin.
"Can we make late-night pancakes?"
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Publicity photos edited to be sent to LA!
We had a bit of Hollywood-style excitement in our little corner of historic Steveston this past weekend.
The Cannery was the venue for ABC's Once Upon a Time television series' 100th Episode Celebration event, attended by many of the cast, crew, writers, television executives, and entertainment media. The event closed the Cannery to the public for two days, as tents, audio visual equipment, bar stations, stage, lounge areas and all the fixings of a grand event were set up on Friday. All the finishing touches — including a red carpet complete with a 'Step and Repeat' area — were installed on Saturday for the big event that evening.
Although we were not allowed to take photos during the actual party, we can share some 'before' photos (click through photo gallery above). Most impressive was the massive tent and custom-fit red carpet that was installed around the flagpole deck in front of the Cannery. This area drew the most attention of the fans, many of whom started to gather in Fisherman's Park hours before the stars of the show were to arrive by limo.
Inside, the Cannery was transformed into a fun, as-fancy-as-you-can-get-inside-a-historic-cannery party venue, complete with green-screen photo ops, (no less than) three bar stations, video screens set up throughout the site to simultaneously premiere the 100th episode, a display of costumes and props from the show, and a huge Once Upon a Time storybook-shaped cake on display in front of the main stage.
For photos of the stars' red carpet arrivals, and some more photos taken inside the party, see the links below. Have fun looking for some familiar Cannery backdrops, like our Fish Wall, and flying salmon and herring!
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Offemont (deutsch früher Offemundt) ist eine französische Gemeinde im Département Territoire de Belfort in der Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Belfort.

Geographie
Offemont liegt auf 370 m Meereshöhe, etwa vier Kilometer nordnordöstlich der Stadt Belfort (Luftlinie). Das Dorf erstreckt sich im Vorland der Vogesen, in einer breiten Senke am nördlichen Rand der Burgundischen Pforte, zwischen dem Étang de la Forge im Süden und den Hügeln der Forêt de Roppe im Norden.

Die Fläche des  km² großen Gemeindegebiets umfasst einen Abschnitt im nördlichen Bereich der Burgundischen Pforte (Trouée de Belfort). Der Hauptteil des Gebietes wird von der Senke von Offemont eingenommen, die eine Breite von zwei Kilometern aufweist und durchschnittlich auf 360 m liegt. In dieser Senke, die außerhalb des Siedlungsgebietes überwiegend landwirtschaftlich genutzt wird, befindet sich der Étang de la Forge. Dieser dient als Naherholungsgebiet und bietet verschiedene Möglichkeiten des Wasser- und Freizeitsports. Entwässert wird die Senke durch den Dorfbach von Offemont nach Südwesten zur Savoureuse. Die Talebene von Offemont wird im Süden vom langgezogenen Höhenrücken des Fort de la Miotte flankiert, an dessen Nordfuß die Gemeindegrenze verläuft. Nach Norden erstreckt sich das Gemeindeareal in das bewaldete Gebiet der Forêt de Roppe. Mit 494 m wird auf dem Mont Rudolphe die höchste Erhebung von Offemont erreicht.

Zu Offemont gehören neben dem eigentlichen Dorf auch die Siedlungen:
Le Martinet (375 m) am Rand der Forêt d'Arsot
Cité d'Arsot (366 m) in der Ebene am Ostrand des Savoureuse-Tals

Nachbargemeinden von Offemont sind Éloie im Norden, Vétrigne und Denney im Osten, Belfort im Süden sowie Valdoie im Westen.

Geschichte
Das Gemeindegebiet von Offemont war schon sehr früh besiedelt. Die frühesten Spuren der Anwesenheit des Menschen stammen aus dem Neolithikum. Während der Römerzeit bestand hier eine Siedlung, die vermutlich vom 1. bis zum 4. Jahrhundert bewohnt war. Überreste eines Töpferateliers, einer Villa, eines Tempels und eines sekundären Verkehrsweges, der von Belfort nach Rougemont-le-Château führte, sowie zahlreiche Streufunde wurden seit dem 19. Jahrhundert entdeckt.

Erstmals urkundlich erwähnt wird Offemont im Jahr 1324. Der Ortsname könnte vom lateinischen mons Iovis (Berg des Jupiter) abstammen. Zunächst im Einflussbereich der Grafen von Montbéliard stehend, gelangte das Dorf Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts unter die Oberhoheit der Habsburger. Zusammen mit dem Sundgau kam Offemont mit dem Westfälischen Frieden 1648 an die französische Krone. Seit 1793 gehörte Offemont zum Département Haut-Rhin, verblieb jedoch 1871 als Teil des Territoire de Belfort im Gegensatz zum restlichen Elsass bei Frankreich. Nach dem Deutsch-Französischen Krieg wurde Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts das Fort du Mont Rudolphe errichtet, das einen Teil des Befestigungsringes um Belfort bildete.

In der Umgebung von Offemont befanden sich mehrere Steinbrüche, in denen der rote Sandstein für den Bau von Häusern und Kirchen der Region (darunter die Kathedrale Saint-Christophe von Belfort) abgebaut wurde. Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts begann die Industrialisierung der am Nordrand von Belfort liegenden Ortschaft. Von Bedeutung war dabei vor allem die metallverarbeitende Industrie. 1913 wurde Offemont durch eine Bahnlinie, die von Belfort nach Rougemont-le-Château führte, an das französische Eisenbahnnetz angebunden. Der Betrieb wurde allerdings 1948 wieder eingestellt. Seit 1973 war Offemont Mitglied der Agglomeration Belfort, aus der 1999 der Gemeindeverband Communauté d'Agglomération Belfortaine entstand, der wiederum 2017 in der Communauté d'agglomération Grand Belfort aufging. Bis 2015 war Offemont namensgebender Hauptort des in diesem Jahr aufgelösten Kantons Offemont.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die Kirche Saint-Augustin wurde 1846 erbaut, und seither bildet Offemont eine eigene Pfarrei. Ein Wegkreuz stammt von 1712. Im alten Ortskern sind einige Häuser im traditionellen Stil erhalten, wobei das älteste von 1688 datiert.

Siehe auch: Liste der Monuments historiques in Offemont

Bevölkerung

Mit  Einwohnern () gehört Offemont zu den mittelgroßen Gemeinden des Départements Territoire de Belfort. Das Bevölkerungswachstum von Offemont erfolgte in mehreren Schüben. Besonders hohe Zuwachsraten wurden zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts verzeichnet. Nach einer längeren Stagnationsperiode von 1920 bis 1950 stieg die Einwohnerzahl von 1950 bis 1982 erneut markant an. In dieser Zeit vervierfachte sich die Bevölkerungszahl. Heute ist das Siedlungsgebiet von Offemont mit denjenigen von Belfort und Valdoie beinahe lückenlos zusammengewachsen.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
Seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts entwickelte sich Offemont zu einer industriell geprägten Gemeinde. Heute sind in der Gemeinde zahlreiche Betriebe des Klein- und Mittelgewerbes ansässig, wobei metallverarbeitende Industrie, Galvanoplastik, die Feinmechanik, die Herstellung von Zubehörteilen für die Automobilindustrie und das Bauwesen die bedeutendsten Branchen bilden. Offemont ist Standort eines Verteilerzentrums der Post. Ferner gibt es viele Geschäfte des Einzelhandels für den täglichen Bedarf. Viele Erwerbstätige sind auch Wegpendler, die in den anderen Gemeinden der Agglomerationen Belfort und Montbéliard ihrer Arbeit nachgehen.

Die Ortschaft ist verkehrstechnisch gut erschlossen. Sie liegt an einer Departementsstraße, die von Roppe nach Valdoie führt. Der nächste Anschluss an die Autobahn A36 befindet sich in einer Entfernung von ungefähr fünf Kilometern. Weitere Straßenverbindungen bestehen mit Belfort und Denney. Mit der Stadt Belfort ist Offemont durch eine Buslinie verbunden.

Literatur
 Le Patrimoine des Communes du Territoire de Belfort. Flohic Editions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-037-X, S. 218–219.

Weblinks

 Informationen über die Gemeinde Offemont (französisch)

Ort in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Ersterwähnung 1324

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It's actually much easier to teach drawing to beginners than to teach it to those who think they already know how to draw who then have to unlearn what they know. Drawing is about how you see the world. You have to look in terms of dark and light colored shapes (which is how you saw the world before 10 weeks of age), not objects in 3D space, it's a hard habit to break.
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Q: Eclipse Papyrus UML plugin fails to load list of C++ stereotypes in class diagram I am still new to Papyrus, but have been following along with some tutorials.
I am working on a C++ class model and was trying to add some stereotypes to some class properties. But when I go to the class Profile, Apply Stereotypes option, or even the class property Apply Stereotype option, the list of available stereotypes is always empty. I added the AnsiClibrary and the STD packages already, so those data types and such are there. But for some reason my list of available stereotypes is always empty.
I there something I am missing in getting the stereotype list to populate?
I included a picture.

A: It seems, from your image, that you do not have the C_Cpp profile applied.
Did you instal the Designer-CPP (Incubation) additional component? That's the component that provides the CPP stereotypes.
Once you have that component installed, you will be able to add the "C/C++ profile" (a.k.a, "C_Cpp") to your model (by using the [+] button in the Profile tab of the Properties view for the model) and then apply the stereotypes it provides to your model elements. At that point, the stereotypes should be visible. If not, you can use the "Appearance" tab of the properties view for the element to make the stereotype visible.

A: I had the same problem as of December 2019 and found a solution. For those who are having the same problem, might find a solution like this:

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*Copy latest Papyrus link, by visiting here.

*Open Eclipse. Help->Install New Software, paste your link here and install Papyrus.

*Copy this link directly.

*Go to Help->Install New Software, paste your link here.

*Make sure you check Papyrus C++ profile, ... as in the image. (I am not sure if the other checks are required.)

*At the end of the installation you should have both Papyrus and its C++ available for code generation out of UML.

References:

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*https://wiki.eclipse.org/Java_Code_Generation

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"Rain, rain, go away," no doubt is the mantra for the Revere High softball team, under the direction of new head coach Joe Ciccarello, as they prepare to open the 2010 season this Tuesday, April 6, at former Greater Boston League rival Medford.
A "work in progress" might best describe the status of the Lady Patriots, who have been at the mercy of Mother Nature thus far this rainy spring season.
One major plus for Ciccarello is that he has a three talented Lady Patriots returning to the mound in Kat Prince, Briana Lauletta, and Sara Selevitch. Another known quantity for the Lady Pats is their trio of captains, Selevitch, Jess Simpson, and Paige Licata.
Licata however, still is sidelined by the ligament tear in her knee that kept her out of action for the entire basketball season.
Ciccarello also acknowledged the legacy of long time Lady Patriot head coach Joe Nichinello, whom Ciccarello has succeeded.
"Joe gave his heart and soul to this program and I'm honored to follow in his footsteps," said the new coach.
After the Lady Patriots' season opener Tuesday, they will travel to Everett on Thursday for an encounter with another former GBL rival.


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Tech Companies / Details Emerge on Microsoft's Windows 8 Operating System
Details Emerge on Microsoft's Windows 8 Operating System
Although Microsoft is silent on its roadmap for Windows, the company has made it very clear that it intends the next version of the operating system to support SoC (system-on-a-chip) architecture, in particular ARM-based systems from partners such as Qualcomm, Nvidia and Texas Instruments.
Place yourself, for a moment, in Microsoft's position. You're a multibillion-dollar international corporation that made its name (and dominating market share) in desktop operating systems and productivity software. Along the way, you developed a game console that's managed to hold its own against Sony and Nintendo, along with a variety of other products to multitudinous to name here.
But things have been a little shaky of late, thanks to a rising emphasis on mobile devices and hardware. While rivals such as Apple and Google have profited enormously from consumer and business interest in smartphones and tablets, Microsoft is widely perceived as struggling to find solid footing in this new paradigm.
As smartphones rapidly evolved into handheld PCs, they made Microsoft's Windows Mobile franchise look increasingly antiquated. Microsoft eventually responded in 2010 with the release of Windows Phone 7, a mobile software platform built from the ground up. Windows Phone 7 aggregates applications and Web content into a set of subject-specific Hubs, differentiating itself from the grid-like screens of individual apps that define both the iPhone and Google Android.
Yet the mobile market continues to evolve, this time with tablets. In the wake of Apple's blockbuster success with the iPad, various manufacturers are countering with tablets running Google Android. Later in April, Research In Motion will issue the BlackBerry-branded PlayBook, and Hewlett-Packard is prepping tablets for summer that run its recently acquired webOS.
So far, Microsoft has refrained from a hard push of its own into the consumer tablet market. And the company continues to hold a dominant position in traditional operating systems, with Windows 7 selling at a healthy clip to both consumers and businesses. The tech landscape is in rapid flux, however, which makes a viable cross-platform strategy more viable than ever.
Enter the next version of Windows, often referred to as "Windows 8."
Bloggers Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott, in a series of April postings on Rivera's Within Windows blog, have described the various features of what they claim is an early build of Windows 8: an Office-style ribbon integrated into Windows Explorer, complete with tools for viewing libraries, manipulating images and managing drive assets; an unlock screen that harkens to the "Metro" design style already present in Windows Phone 7; an "immersive" user interface and a built-in PDF reader they call "Modern Reader."
For more, read the eWEEK article: Windows 8 Early Build Hints at Apple, webOS Competitor.

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Each month we host a women's circle which offers women a safe place to come together in friendship and support. It is a place for all of us to check in with ourselves and others with the intention of reflecting and refocusing our minds, bodies, and souls for the coming month. This monthly group meets once a month on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30 Dates and locations for each meeting will be posted in our Facebook Events page, please follow us and check back frequently to stay up to date on our monthly circle events!
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- Below is a clip from this week's Total Divas. At Miz and Maryse's prom-themed party, Lana and Naomi end up in a dance-off.
- NXT stars, Nikki Cross and Alexander Wolfe, stopped by ODB's food truck during an NXT live event in Dayton Beach. ODB was able to park at the show and sell food that featured her BBQ Whiskey Sauce.
- Raw Women's Champion, Alexa Bliss, talks about how her Mom has always been there throughout her wrestling career and how close the two are.


Mecal Air Mallorca, one of the biggest summer events at Es Baluard, is back again this August. Returning with its open air short film screenings and DJ sessions in a fancy and chic atmosphere, while still being suitable for all audiences.
On Friday 17th, 24th and 31st of August an exquisite selection of short films, handpicked by Mecal, Barcelona's International Short and Animation Film Festival, will be showcased in themed sessions. Also, to liven up the intermissions there will be great DJs every evening between screenings.
Free entrance until full capacity. Bar service with drinks and tapas. An attractive and original way to start your summer weekends in Palma.
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The Beatles will be the stars of the opening session on Friday 17th, with a selection of short films (fiction, animation, documentary) all about the Fab Four.
On Friday 24th we're going to have a terrific time on Es Baluard's central patio with a Horror special, filled with genre short films, from thriller to gore, and including a touch of humour as always.
We will sing our goodbyes to the season on Friday 21st, with a Musical special that will both amuse and surprise even the most demanding palates.


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Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 6 Recap Everything Is Awful
Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 6 Recap - Everything Is Awful
By Gopal Sathe | Updated: 18 May 2015 14:07 IST
Six episodes down and four to go - the fifth season of Game of Thrones is now winding down, and season 5 episode 6 - Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken - was a tense hour of television. In the last episode, Kill the Boy, the action had focused on the Wall and Mereen, but we'd also seen the Sansa storyline play out in Winterfell, as her husband-to-be Ramsay Bolton started showing his true colours early.
That story features heavily in this episode as well, and while the show's creators have departed from the way events play out in the books, it made for one of the more disturbing closing sequences in the show so far.
The episode started off with another Stark though - Sansa's younger sister Arya - who is now living in the House of Black and White in Braavos. Arya is training to be a Faceless Man, a cult of assassin's.
The episode starts off badly for Arya as well, as she's repeatedly caught in lies and punished for it, but then, in her next scene, things somehow get even darker. A man brings his daughter - who is dying of some unspecified causes - to the temple, and Arya is the only initiate present, scrubbing the floor. The man talks about how much pain his daughter is in, and how much he wants her suffering to end. Since there's no one else around, Arya takes it upon herself to "free" the girl. She does this by telling the girl a story about how Arya's own father had also come to the House of Black and White, when Arya was suffering, and how the water of the fountain had cured her.
Of course, that's a lie - we've seen people drink that water in order to die in earlier episodes - and once the girl is dead and we see Arya standing over her body. Jaqen H'gar arrives in the doorway, and Arya follows him out into a dark room, the hall of faces from the books. The room is filled with these large pillars, and each one is lined on all sides with niches that go up the length of the pillar. And each niche has a different face in it. It's eerie and disturbing, and looks far more impressive than the description in the books. Finally, Jaqen says Arya might not be ready to be no one, but she could be ready to be someone else.
It's a pretty creepy scene, but powerful as well, and shows us how far Arya has come since the first season. There's some jumps and cuts between the depiction on the show and the way things happen in the books, but for the most part, things are pretty much as expected.
Meanwhile, the oddest-couple that is Jorah Mormont and Tyrion Lannister, are continuing their trip up to Mereen on foot ever since they lost their boat in Valyria last episode.
Jorah's only just realising that Tyrion doesn't ever shut up unless he's given a few barrels of wine to drink, but then Tyrion in turn learns that Jorah isn't up to date on current events and catches him up with the fate of both their fathers. The scene could also be foreshadowing that Lord Commanders (like Jorah's father, Jeor Mormont) sometimes get killed by their own men, but we don't get to know what Jorah would say next, because while the two have been walking, they come across a slaver ship. Jorah realises that the slavers must have stopped to take on water, and that's when the ambush is sprung.
Jorah and Tyrion are taken as slaves, and they're going to be sold at Volantis. A chance mention that Danaerys has re-opened the slave pits at Mereen gives Tyrion an idea, and he immediately tells the slavers about Jorah's skill at arms, and that the knight will fetch a good price at the pits. The ploy doesn't work at first, but then Jorah talks about killing one of the Dothraki bloodriders, and this convinces the slavers. The ship's bound for Mereen, and that finally brings things more or less in line with the events of the books.
The Jorah-Tyrion storyline has been compressed and conflated with many other events in between, so it's hard to say what exactly will happen next, but we're predicting that much like the Sansa storyline, the Danaerys storyline is also about to hit fast forward.
In King's Landing, Littlefinger is back and in the streets he's quickly confronted by Lancel and the warriors of the Faith. He's quick to realise how much chaos Cersei is causing, and tries to talk some realpolitik with the Queen Mother, but that's ignored as usual. Cersei isn't interested in advice from anyone, but then Littlefinger plays his trump card, and tells her about the situation in the North, and how Roose Bolton's son is about to marry Sansa Stark.
He knows that Cersei doesn't have any troops at hand to take the North, and offers to lead a force from the Vale, where he's acting as Regent to the Warden of the Vale, the young Robin Arryn. Littlefinger has already killed Robin's mother to secure his own hold on the Vale, and has been named Lord Paramount of the Trident, giving him control of two of the seven kingdoms. Now, he offers to drive the Boltons out of Winterfell, and Stannis out of the North, using the military power of the Vale, asking only that Cersei name him the Warden of the North.
If this goes as planned then Littlefinger is slowly making himself the most powerful man in the seven kingdoms and most people don't even seem to realise what he's doing yet.
This entire plotline is a pretty big departure from the books, but actually, fits in line with what we know about the character and the events we're seeing unfold more slowly in the books.
The Queen of Thorns, Olenna Tyrell, also arrives in King's Landing, to get her grandson Loras released. There's a fabulous exchange with Cersei early on, full of barbs and rejoinders, ending with Cersei starting to say "As for your veiled threats -", to which Olenna just says, "What veil?"
This is followed by Loras' inquest, and until that point, it looks like Olenna has things under control. Both Loras, and Margaery swear that Loras hasn't been sleeping with men, and that seems to be the end of that, but then Olyvar, the squire that Loras was sleeping with, turns up as a witness for the faith, and doesn't just testify to sleeping with Loras, but also that Margaery was aware, and had seen the two men together in bed. Now, the queen is arrested as well, while Tommen goggles dumbfounded, and Cersei smirks happily.
Olenna Tyrell has the might of Highgarden behind her - her people are supporting King's Landing with gold, with swords, and with food - so Cersei really should think twice about antagonising them, but then she's never been one for thinking through her actions. We know that one famous scene from the books makes it into the show, so it's pretty clear that this whole business with the Faith is going to backfire pretty spectacularly, but for now, things are looking grim to Olenna's family.
Dorne meanwhile continues to disappoint - there was a pretty heavy hint at the start of the episode when Doran Martell tells the captain of his guard Aero Hotah that his son Trystane, and his daughter-in-law to be, Myrcella Baratheon (Cersei's daughter) need to be kept safe - but in the end nothing much happened.
Jaime Lannister and Bronn have been making their way into Dorne and arrive at the Water Gardens at the same time as Oberyn Martell's illegitimate daughters, the Sand Snakes. Both groups want to find Myrcella - Jaime wants to kidnap her to bring her back to King's Landing, while the Sand Snakes presumably want to kill her as revenge for Oberyn's death. In the books, at least one of the Sand Snakes instead wants Myrcella to make her own claim to the Iron Throne, since she's older than her brother Tommen, but that hasn't really been explored on the show.
The two groups both reach Myrcella at the same time, and a fight breaks out. The action is pretty bland, and goes on for too long, a far cry from the tense and beautiful duel between Oberyn Martell and Gregor Clegane. At the end, Aero Hotah just shows up with a bunch of guards and orders everyone arrested. It's pretty much an anti-climax, though we do see Bronn take a small cut on his hand. The Dornish are known to poison their blades, so this could be an ignominious end for a character that's become a fan favourite. We'll know soon, but that's all that happened in Dorne this episode.
The episode ends in Winterfell though, and while the story there has changed a fair bit from the books - it's Sansa instead of a fake Arya, for one thing; the Lords of the North aren't present either, only the Boltons; and Mance and his spearwives are missing as well - but the overall arc seems to be similar.
Things start with Ramsay's lover Myranda coming to draw a bath for Sansa. While washing Sansa's hair, Myranda tells her about the women that Ramsay has loved in the past, and how he has hunted and killed them after he got bored. Sansa keeps up a brave front and dismisses Myranda haughtily, but then cries when she's left alone.
Theon Greyjoy comes to escort her to the Godswood, where she is to be married, and the scene plays out like in does in the book quickly. He then walks her to Ramsay's room, but when he is about to leave, Ramsay orders him to stay, and watch.
Ramsay then has a very creepy conversation with Sansa, asking her why she's still a virgin, and then ordering her to undress. When Theon looks away, Ramsay orders him to watch, and Theon's actor, Alfie Allen, does an amazing job of showing how completely terrified he is. The rest of the scene is mostly played as a reaction shot of Theon's face, and it was enough to make you feel sick.
Ramsay's honestly terrifying in this sequence, and when Sansa is taking too long to remove her clothes, he just grabs her and starts tearing her clothes off. The camera cuts to Theon at this point, but you can hear Sansa crying out loudly in pain as she's being raped by Ramsay. The scene is hard to watch, and the episode fades to black here.
That sequence is somehow both more brutal and humiliating in the books, but even this was pretty hard as a viewer, and we saw Sansa, a character that has very slowly been built up over the last five years, broken down to square one in no time at all again. Whether she'll be able to come back from this is something we're going to find out soon, hopefully, but her character is in a much better place in the books for now.
Overall, this has been a pretty slow episode as well, but there was some fun to be had in King's Landing, while the Winterfell scenes were so full of pressure that you were sure to be engrossed.
With only four episodes left though, we're a little worried that Dorne has become just unnecessary filler, and there are some big events we're expecting for Jon Snow, Cersei, and Danaerys as well, so the last few episodes really need to be as streamlined as possible now.
We'll be watching with white knuckles to keep you up to date each week if you miss the episodes, but did you watch this one already?
Did you watch the episode already, and if so, what was your favourite moment? Tell us via the comments.
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ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS August 18, 2016
Quinsin Nachoff: Flux
By DAN MCCLENAGHAN
Saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff sounds right at home on Mythology Records--saxophonist/producer/provocateur David Binney's label. Everything on Mythology has a intensity and modernity, a brashness and in-your-face confidence of delivery, whether it's Binney as the leader, or on sets headed up by pianists John Escreet or Edward Simon, or Quinsin Nachoff. Flux is Nachoff's debut on ...
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Tyshawn Sorey: Composite Reality
By DANIEL LEHNER
Though Tyshawn Sorey's Oblique-I (Pi Recordings, 2011) is his most recent release to date, it's actually comprised of some of the percussionist/composer's earliest work. Containing music that is sonically dense, enormously challenging and (as the title suggests) consistently blurs and obscures the lines drawn between improvisation and composition, it has been hailed by critics and fans ...
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Fieldwork: Philadelphia, March 12, 2011
By DYLAN MCGUIRE
Fieldwork Christ Church Neighborhood House TheatrePhiladelphia, PAMarch 12, 2011 To describe the music of avant-garde jazz trio Fieldwork--featuring polymath/pianist Vijay Iyer, drummer Tyshawn Sorey and saxophonist Steve Lehman--as complex may be an understatement as broad as the group's dedication to exploring the far reaches of harmony, ensemble dynamics, and the physical ...
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All-Star Jazz Trio Fieldwork Showcased in Concert Series Presented by Ars Nova Workshop in Philadelphia
From March 11 to March 13, Ars Nova Workshop will showcase the work of widely celebrated and critically acclaimed trio Fieldwork. The three-night concert series, Composer Portrait: Fieldwork, offers a rare opportunity to experience both the collective and individual work of pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, making the series a truly ...
ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS October 17, 2010
Vijay Iyer: Solo
Pianist Vijay Iyer may be one of the great ones; only time will tell. The pianist has risen to become a critics' darling, mostly on the basis of his quartet outings, including the much-lauded Reimagining (Savoy Jazz, 2005) and Tragicomic (Sunnyside Records, 2008). He's worked a trio magic, to, -with his piano/saxophone/drums Fieldwork group, on the ...
Fieldwork: Door
By LYN HORTON
The selection of which avenue to follow in music is the whole ball game to sustain the integrity of a particular venture. On Fieldwork's Door, the measure of the music's success has to do with the recognition that it centers within a specific tonal range. The alto sax, played by Steve Lehman, establishes that range. There ...
ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS June 4, 2008
By TROY COLLINS
In the three years since their sophomore recording, Simulated Progress (Pi Recordings, 2005), the collective trio Fieldwork has expanded its scope beyond sophisticated M-Base funk to delve into more expansive territory on Door. Comprised of pianist Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Steve Lehman and drummer Tyshaw Sorey, Fieldwork operates as a true cooperative, offering a model of balanced ...
NEWS: RECORDING March 24, 2008
Fieldwork Releases Third Album, "Door" on Pi Recordings April 22nd
Pi Recordings Proudly Announces The April 22nd Release of Door, The Latest From Cutting-Edge Collective, Fieldwork Featuring All New Compositions By Pianist Vijay Iyer, Saxophonist Steve Lehman and Drummer Tyshawn Sorey Release To Coincide with New Vijay Iyer Quartet Release, Tragicomic (Sunnyside) Praised by NPR's Fresh Air as "a jazz power trio for the new century," ...
ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEWS November 9, 2005
Fieldwork: Simulated Progress
By SEAN PATRICK FITZELL
The melodic hooks are not obvious. The harmonies are not lush or comforting. And the rhythms won't be easy to tap along with. But Fieldwork's Simulated Progress is not a free-form blast of notes from three soloists playing near each other. Instead it is a result of careful listening to bring disparate elements together, with room ...
By BUDD KOPMAN
Has anyone out there ever been totally flattened by a record from the first notes? It happens that Pi Recordings was present at a Rudresh Mahanthappa show last week, and I was able to pick up a copy of Fieldworks' Simulated Progress, which I listened to on the way home. "Flattened" is definitely ...


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Q: Id attribute is null for entity JPA Buddy I have the following entities:
@Entity
@Table(name = "Work_Order")
public class WorkOrder {

  @Id
  @GeneratedValue
  private long id;

  @ManyToOne
  @JoinColumn(name = "transaction_group_id")
  private TransactionGroup transactionGroup;
}

@Entity
@Table(name = "Transaction_Group")
public class TransactionGroup {

  @Id
  @GeneratedValue
  private long id;

  @TenantId
  @Column(name = "tenant_id", nullable = false)
  private String tenantId;

  @Column(name = "timestamp", nullable = false)
  private long timestamp;

  @ManyToOne
  public long getId() {
    return id;
  }

  public String getTenantId() {
    return tenantId;
  }

  public long getTimestamp() {
    return timestamp;
  }
}

Why JPA Buddy gives me the following error when i try to generate a db snapshot?
I have an ID in the TransactionGroup entity.

Also, i have tried to use Long instead of long for the ID. However, it didn't give any results.

A: All you need to do – is to remove the @ManyToOne annotation from your getId() method.
By the way, I've just checked that Hibernate doesn't complain about such annotations over methods, so we'll try to do the same in the next JPA Buddy releases. Here you can track the status of this task: https://issues.jpa-buddy.com/issue/JPAB-2246.


As of "XEmacs 21.5 (beta33) \"horseradish\" 2257ac0e8a47+ [Lucid] (x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.0, Mule) of Sat Jun 22 2013 on grendel.frinabulax.org" the file man/texinfo.texi will not compile on Mac OS X (10.8) using the system's makeinfo (version 4.8). I have macports installed, and it supplies the 4.13 tech info package; however, /opt/local/bin is usually after /usr/bin in my build environment. I suggest that configure be given additional rules to assure that the supplied makeinfo is new enough to compile the manual sources. When I run the configure/build process with a path that places /opt/local/bin before /usr/bin, the build and subsequent install succeed.
Perhaps the first option is the best one.
Perhaps the first option is the best one. Let me try to figure out the oldest texinfo version that can use this version of texinfo.tex.
That would be 4.12. Versions 4.11 and earlier choke on the new texinfo.tex in various ways. What would you all like me to do? Roll back the change to texinfo.tex?
no, no, No, NO, NoNoNoNo NO! :-) Seriously, 5.1 is already showing up on some of my distros. We will need 5.x compatibility in the near future, and I don't see any real point in trying to pick up just enough to make things 5.x compatible.
Refuse to work with a texinfo older than 4.12?
Seriously, 5.1 is already showing up on some of my distros. We will need 5.x compatibility in the near future, and I don't see any real point in trying to pick up just enough to make things 5.x compatible. > Refuse to work with a texinfo older than 4.12? I want to hear what Robert says, because I think he's a special case. I suspect most people building XEmacs on Mac OS X have Fink, MacPorts, or Homebrew installed, and have the relevant bin directory early in their PATH. So it's a no-op (or a one-time upgrade of Texinfo) for us, fixing things for Robert is what this is about.
I think the solution could be to r equire users such as myself to use an upgraded makeinfo, or refuse to upgrade the docs that fail to build, but do not stop the exec build or installation. In fact, as I wrote in my initial post, I figured out the solution before I posted. I think configure should have figured it out for me. The errors would not necessarily hit one as a problem with makeinfo version. My use of placing /usr/bin before /opt/local/bin in my XEmacs build environment came from a problem a while ago where macports libraries would be pulled in when I wanted system ones. That may show up on other users' OS X builds. I have now changed the path in my XEmacs build environment to the one I use for everyday use, the one with /opt/local/bin before /usr/bin, and everything works automatically, again. But I still think that configure should complain when it finds it cannot build some part of the installation if that will cause the build to stop before creating and installable executable. It complains , for example, if it cannot find a suitable widget set for Xaw3d. Some of the configuration files I have used will actually search around for tools (in the path) that are needed to compile the source tree, given the variants. I have no idea how such magic is accomplished, and I am not sure it is necessarily the right thing to do automatically.
My inclination is what Mats suggested: if makeinfo is too old, disable the doc build.
Please, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
The problem I was trying to deal with is that our texinfo.tex was too old for systems with texinfo 5.x, so I updated it.
Will we patch 21.4 as well?
That's entirely up to Vin. FWIW, IMO it's a close call (people using 21.4 probably like stability a lot, so may be using relatively ancient systems like Debian stable).
I guess the texinfo.tex files are different on 21.4 and 21.5 so that part of the patch can't be used.
Mats Lidell writes: > Will we patch 21.4 as well? That's entirely up to Vin. FWIW, IMO it's a close call (people using 21.4 probably like stability a lot, so may be using relatively ancient systems like Debian stable).
Probably we will patch 21.4. We're using a different configure script, so some amount of autoconf hackery will be required.
> I guess the texinfo.tex files are different on 21.4 and 21.5 so that > part of the patch can't be used. That's a risky guess, we should check first.
I have macports installed, and it supplies the 4.13 tech info package; however, /opt/local/bin is usually after /usr/bin in my build environment.
I suggest that configure be given additional rules to assure that the supplied makeinfo is new enough to compile the manual sources.
Robert Royar writes: > I suggest that configure be given additional rules to assure that > the supplied makeinfo is new enough to compile the manual sources. Well, of course we can't assure the existence of a sufficiently recent makeinfo. What do you propose we do if we find the supplied makeinfo is too old? Just ignore the rule?


The prominent Scottish bottled water supplier has recently implemented high-efficiency, long-life Tamlite LED EXPO products at its 24-hour plant in Blackford, Perthshire.
Established in 1979, Highland Spring Group (HSG) has consistently been one of the UK's most successful suppliers of bottled water. It operates and maintains factories and warehouses in Blackford, Perthshire and has had a long-standing commitment to maintaining facilities that incorporate the latest and most user-friendly technologies.
This emphasis recently led to a review of the lighting provision at the facility in Blackford, where storage and dispatch of the finished bottled water product takes place. A legacy system of low-bay SONs in various areas of the warehouse had proven itself to be inadequate on several levels. In some spaces light levels were as low as 20 lux, whilst the 'warm up time' of nearly 10 minutes for the fixtures was having a negative effect on productivity and general navigation. It was also envisaged that this could lead to serious problems in the event of an extended power outage.
A popular choice for industrial, warehousing and sports hall facilities, the EXPO LED low bays offer a great deal of flexibility for different applications with a mounting height of up to 20m. Featuring a high-performance optical array and in-house LED boards,, EXPO delivers: a high-output LED low bay; Emergency and VISION control options; CRI: Ra>80; up to 150 lumens per Watt efficacy; and 50,000 hours' lifetime all designed and built within the U.K.
And right now, Highland Spring Group is savouring the benefits of what has been a substantial improvement in lighting consistency and quality. Davie Simpson – Site Engineering Manager at Highland Spring explains: "We run a 24-hour plant here. Key to the lighting upgrade has been the requirement for different solutions in the various sectors throughout the plant, due to the specialist requirements of our staff in each sector.
"For example, in the manufacturing hall it is imperative our staff are able to easily read the legal and technical language included in our labelling to ensure we meet every regulation that applies within our industry. However, such high lux levels in the warehouse would be potentially damaging to the sight of our forklift drivers as they look up towards the ceiling during the usual course of their duties.


Whether it's a shortage of funds, a lack of time or simply the desire to stay in D.C. that keeps you from travelling this spring break, there are plenty of things to do to make your staycation a blast. After all, Washington D.C. is a city full of fun (and often free) things to do.
Take a day to be a tourist and explore some new museum exhibits that often have free or discounted admission for students.
Check out the free Bettina Pousttchi: World Time Clock exhibit at the The Hirshhorn Museum which includes artworks of clocks taken in 24 different time zones. You can also check out the highly praised Yayoi Kusama exhibit "Infinity Mirrors," where the artist channeled her mental illness into her art.
"9/11", an exhibit in the Newseum that explores the difficult events of 9/11, is worth the discounted $22.45 admission price. The National Gallery of Art also currently has the free exhibit "Della Robbia," which highlights colorful sculptures from the Italian Renaissance era.
It's time to work on those muscles that we have all been meaning to since January. The gym is always a classic option, but if you want to keep things interesting, take an alternative exercise class. There are plenty to choose from in D.C., such as Soulcycle, Pilates, yoga, Barre, pole dancing, Zumba and salsa dancing.
Take Zumba, samba or belly dancing classes at Jordan's Paradise. Check out these occasional free drop-in classes. Usually, five classes cost $70, with the first drop in class at $30. Find discounts for classes on Groupon or get the buy one get one class free deal.
Start your day off early with Soulcycle on 14th Street or in Georgetown. Get your first ride for a reduced price at $20 or purchase multiple classes in advance for a discount.
If you want an option closer to campus, try Zengo Cycle on Wisconsin Avenue. One class costs $24 and there is a discount for $15 during off-peak hours of 7:15 a.m., 07:30 a.m. and noon.
Try out a cuban salsa class at Dance in Time at the Emergence Community Arts Collective studio on Saturdays at 12:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. All levels are welcome. The first class is free and the rest is discounted for students at $10.
Take Barre classes at Barre3 at Union Station or Georgetown either in the either in the morning or evening. It includes a full body workout with $26 for one class, or new members can purchase three classes for $40.
While this may require you to venture a little further, it will be worth it. Check out the beautiful and serene scenery at Sugarloaf Mountain, only 40 minutes away from campus. If you like adventure that takes some effort but pays off in the long run, venture two hours away to the Overall Run Falls. But, if you want to stay closer to campus, there is always the option of visiting the National Arboretum by taking the Blue or Orange line to the Stadium-Armory station.
This year, the cherry blossoms are predicted to be at peak bloom over spring break. Grab a few friends, pack some lunch and embrace nature in the many great picnic spots near campus. D.C.'s Meridian Hill Park, located by Adams Morgan, is the perfect spot for a quiet picnic by the reflecting pool and the largest fountain in North America.
Also closeby is the Hillwood Estate, a beautiful mansion with botanical gardens that guests can explore, which has a suggested $10 donation fee from students. March is "Orchid Month" at the estate and it offers exhibitions on site as well as floral design workshops. Check out the full schedule of events here; there is something to do almost every day.
The Cherry Blossom Festival runs from March 15 until April 16. Get the week started by visiting the Tidal Basin welcome area, open daily starting March 15 until April 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m, where you can find souvenirs, food and books, with performances from noon to 6 p.m.
You can also splurge on the Pink Tie Party Fundraiser, an evening affair with entertainment and gourmet food made by the best chefs in D.C. on March 16 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Finally, make sure to take advantage of this $14 Cherry Blossom boat tour for two.


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Jerry Wayne Phillips, 46, passed away on Monday, January 14, 2019, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg.
He was born on September 21, 1972 to his parents Virgil Larry Phillips and Gwenda Sue (Worthy) Phillips in Jackson, MS.
Jerry is survived by a sister, Donna Lynett Phillips; nephews, Virgil Ray Phillips, Scotty Joseph Bounds; nieces, Gwenda Marie Phillips, Shannon Hope May, Charity Nichole May-Phillips, Joy Noel May, Angel Moody; great nephews, Samuel Joseph Phillips, Christopher Malachi Clark, Braydenn Mathew Ray Roland and great nieces, Shaniya Marie Phillips, Serenity Danielle Jones, Christina Marie Jones and step-mother, A. Marie Phillips.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Mike Larry Phillips.
A Memorial Service for friends and family will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Tutor Funeral Home Chapel in Magee, MS.


They asked if there was any correlation to knowing what I am going to write about and the quality of the post. I told them that I don't think so. The best posts come out in real time and often they start with me staring at the blank screen. Same with the worst posts.
Posting every day isn't easy for a host of reasons but for me the hardest is that much of what I work on every day is off limits. I wake up thinking about a drama unfolding in one of our portfolio companies and I can't blog about that. I wake up thinking about a new product one of our portfolio companies is going to launch and I can't blog about that. I wake up thinking about a neat company we just met and I mostly can't blog about that.
So on a typical morning, I run through four or five ideas, tossing each out for a variety of reasons, before settling on something, and then I start writing and I go from there. I enjoy the real time nature of this approach to writing. I often don't know what the gist of the post is going to be until I write that last line and hit publish.
Sometimes this process produces great insights for me and possibly others. Sometimes it produces garbage. But I've come to realize that the daily post, and its quality or lack thereof, is not really the thing. It is the ritual, the practice, the frequency, the habit, and the discipline that matters most to me. And, I would suspect, the same is true of the readers and commenters who frequent this blog.


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Binary Coordinate Systems
by Steven H. Cullinane
(Article intended for American Mathematical Monthly readers, written July 1984)
Mathematics Subject Classification (MSC2000) -
20B25, Finite automorphism groups of algebraic, geometric, or combinatorial structures.
05B25, Finite geometries;
51E20, Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces.
This article tells how to visualize some low-dimensional vector spaces over the finite field F2 as square or cubical arrays of points in Euclidean 3-space. Simple geometric operations on the point-arrays are shown to generate linear and affine groups over F2 of orders up to approximately 1.3 trillion. Some properties of these groups are sketched.
The typical example of a finite group is GL(n,q), the general linear group of n dimensions over the field with q elements. The student who is introduced to the subject with other examples is being completely misled. -- J. L. Alperin [AL]
Among the algebraic structures known as fields, clearly the most important for applications are the rationals, the reals, and the complex numbers, together with the fields of rational functions with coefficients in one of these number fields. What is the next most important field? Combinatorialists, coding theorists, and computer scientists would be likely to name the ridiculously simple structure F2, consisting of the elements 0 and 1, with 1 + 1 = 0.
One reason for the importance of this field is that the 1's in a vector in an n-space over F2 can be used to indicate membership in a subset of an n-set, with addition of vectors corresponding to taking the symmetric difference of sets. A family of subsets corresponds to a set of vectors, which in turn generate a vector subspace that may be easier to work with than the original subsets. Permutations on the parent n-set that leave the family of subsets invariant induce linear transformations on the corresponding subspaces. (J. H. Conway's analysis of M24, sketched below, exemplifies this approach to working with subsets.)
These considerations, and Alperin's remarks quoted above, indicate that linear and affine maps on vector spaces over F2 are reasonable things to study. Just as in linear algebra over the reals, the student working over F2 may be helped by seeing low-dimensional examples of how linear and affine maps actually move points throughout a vector space. (Over the reals, the student can visualize the global effects of such things as shears, dilations, rotations, and reflections.) We will describe how one can at least begin to visualize global actions of the linear and affine groups of 2, 3, 4, and 6 dimensions over F2, by constructing generators for these groups that have easily pictured actions on square and cubical arrays of points. (The awkward case of 5 dimensions we leave as an exercise.)
Before delving into the construction of these low-dimensional groups, we first show that their sizes are nontrivial, and then note that one of them, GL(4,2), has several nice properties that make it of particular interest to group theorists.
The notation GL(n,q) gives little idea of the size of these groups, which grow quite rapidly as n increases. As an aid to intuition, we list the orders of the first six general linear groups over F2, and of the corresponding affine groups AGL(n,2). Here AGL(n,2) is a semidirect product of the elementary abelian group V(n,2) of order 2n (the translation group) by GL(n,2). (In fact, AGL(n,q) is the holomorph of V(n,q). See [RO, pp. 136-139] and [CA, pp. 68, 112-113].)
Order of group
GL(1, 2) 1
AGL(1, 2) 2
GL(2, 2) (=S3) 6
AGL(2, 2) (=S4) 24
GL(3, 2) 168
AGL(3, 2) 1,344
GL(4, 2) 20,160
AGL(4, 2) 322,560
GL(5, 2) 9,999,360
AGL(5, 2) 319,979,520
GL(6, 2) 20,158,709,760
AGL(6, 2) 1,290,157,424,640
To verify these numbers, note that the order of GL(n,q) is
(qn - 1)(qn - q)(qn - q2)...(qn - qn-1),
which is the number of ways to choose successive images of basis vectors, and that
|AGL(n,q)| = qn|GL(n,q)|.
Among the groups above, GL(4,2) has several nice properties that make it of particular interest to students of group theory, combinatorics, or finite geometry.
GL(4, 2) is one of two nonisomorphic simple groups of the same order, the other being the projective unimodular group PSL(3, 4). (See AR, p. 171, or RO, p. 172.)
GL(4, 2) is isomorphic to A8, and this isomorphism plays a role (described below) in the structure of the quintuply transitive Mathieu group M24.
Underlying the isomorphism of GL(4, 2) with A8 is a structure that by itself is of interest in combinatorics and finite geometry. This structure is a correspondence J between the 35 partitions of an 8-set into two 4-sets and the 35 2-dimensional subspaces of V(4, 2) when the latter is regarded as a vector 4-space over F2. Under the correspondence J, two partitions into 4-sets have a common refinement as a partition into four 2-sets if and only if the corresponding 2-dimensional subspaces have a nontrivial intersection. (See HA or CA, p. 60.)
J. H. Conway [CO] has shown that M24 can be generated by combining three sorts of permutations, one sort being an action of GL(4, 2) on the 16 points of V(4, 2), combined with the corresponding action of A8 on a separate set E of 8 points, the second sort being a translation acting on V(4, 2), with all points of E fixed, and the third sort being an interchange of E with either of two halves of V(4, 2). Conway shows that a family of 8-element subsets (octads) is left invariant by the action of M24 on a 24-set, and also shows that the vectors over F2 corresponding to these subsets span a 12-dimensional space C over F2 that is known as the binary Golay code, in which each vector has 0, 8, 12, 16, or 24 1's. In a related paper, R. T. Curtis [CU] displays the correspondence J, described above, in his "miracle octad generator," which beautifully pictures the locations of octads within a 4x6 array.
GL(4, 2) is the collineation group of a finite projective geometry, PG(3, 2), that as the smallest projective space is a rich source of examples for geometers.
We now describe how to generate eight of the groups on our list above, of orders 6 through approximately 1.3 trillion, by letting the symmetric groups S3 (for linear groups) or S4 (for affine groups) permute natural subdivisions of square or cubical arrays.
We first recall that a permutation group acting on spatially located objects has isomorphic "alias" and "alibi" interpretations, depending on whether the cycle (ab...) means that object a is replaced by object b, etc. ("alias"), or whether it means that the object in location a is replaced by the object in location b, etc. ("alibi"). To avoid confusion we will use the alibi approach throughout, and will apply labels (numbers or (0,1)-vectors) only to locations within square or cubical arrays, and not to the objects permuted, which are "points" represented by unlabeled square or cubical unit cells. (The reader may, of course, label these cells as he pleases.)
Our groups will act on the following arrays of unit cells: a 2x2 square, a 2x2x2 cube, a 4x4 square, and a 4x4x4 cube. In each case, the same mathod of labeling locations is used:
First, think of the locations in a square array, or in the top layer of a cubical array, as labeled by the integers 0, 1, 2, ... in normal reading order (left to right, top to bottom); for a cubical array, continue this process on lower layers, with the numbers increasing as the layers get lower.
Now change the numbers to binary notation.
Finally, regard the string of 0's and 1's labeling a given location as a vector over F2, rather than a binary number.
By a standard result of linear algebra [AR, ch. IV] the group of all unimodular linear transformations on an n-space over a field, i.e. the group of all nxn matrices with determinant 1, is generated by transvections, i.e. by the matrices Bij(t) obtained from the identity matrix by substituting the scalar t for one of the 0's. Since we are working over F2, every nonsingular linear transformation is unimodular, so the transvections Bij are the only generators for GL(n, 2) we need examine.
A quick check shows that for the 2x2 array as labeled above, the Bij for GL(2, 2) generate the action of S3 on the three unit cells not located at the origin (0, 0).
Given this S3action, clearly AGL(2, 2) acts as S4, since any nonzero translation moves the cell at the origin into the S3 orbit.
For the 2x2x2 array, the transvections of GL(3, 2) are easily seen to generate copies of the S3 action on the top, left, and back of the cube, with this action being extended through adjacent layers. In other words, GL(3, 2) is generated by S3 acting in each of 3 sets of 4 parallel 1x1x2 sections of the cube, with the fourth section in each set being fixed under S3's action on that set, since the fourth section contains the cell located at the origin. By the same argument as above, AGL(3, 2) is generated by S4 acting on each of the 3 sets of 4 parallel 1x1x2 sections.
For the 4x4 array, 6 of the Bij generate all 12 transvections, and also generate the action of S3 on the 3 rows, the 3 columns, and the 3 2x2 quadrants of cells that do not contain the cell located at the origin. Again, it is clear that AGL(4, 2) is generated by the action of S4 on rows, on columns, and on quadrants.
For GL(6, 2) acting on the 4x4x4 cube, consider the three 4x4 submatrices of the 6x6 identity matrix that correspond to the 3 sets of parallel 1x4x4 layers of the cube such that 4 of the 6 coordinates are identical throughout the four layers in a set. Together, these three submatrices cover all possible locations for a 1 located outside the diagonal in a 6x6 transvection matrix. It follows that the actions of GL(6 2) on the 4x4x4 cube are generated by S3 permuting any 3 parallel 1x4x4 layers not containing a cell at the origin and by S3 permuting any 3 parallel 2x2x4 sections not containing a cell at the origin. Naturally, AGL(6, 2) is generated by arbitrary permutations of parallel layers and of parallel 2x2x4 sections.
We conclude by mentioning an application to symmetries of ornamental patterns. Consider a cubic cell that is colored white around each of two opposite corners, in an area bounded by diagonals of the faces surrounding these corners, and black elsewhere, so that a band of black running around the cube separates the two white "caps," which are images of one another under a reflection in the center of the cube. If the reader arranges such cubes into a diamond pattern within any of the arrays we have discussed, he is likely to find that the resulting pattern has either an ordinary or a color-interchange symmetry under some rigid motion (rotation, reflection, or inversion) of the entire array. That such symmetry always occurs, given the right sort of starting pattern, is due to the Euclidean symmetries of partitions by affine hyperplanes.
For a summary of these results, see Affine groups on small binary spaces.
For a look at AGL(4, 2) in action, see The Diamond 16 Puzzle.
AL.... J. L. Alperin, book review,
Bulletin (New Series) of the American Mathematical Society 10 (1984) 121.
AR.... E. Artin, Geometric Algebra,
Interscience, New York, 1957.
CA.... P. J. Cameron, Parallelisms of Complete Designs,
Cambridge University Presss, Cambridge, 1976.
CO.... J. H. Conway, "Three lectures on exceptional groups,"
in Finite Simple Groups, edited by M. B. Powelll and G. Higman,
Academic Press, New York, 1971.
CU.... R. T. Curtis, "A new combinatorial approach to M24,"
Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 79 (1976) 25-42.
HA.... J. I. Hall, "On identifying PG(3, 2) and the complete 3-design on seven points,"
Ann. Discrete Math. 7 (1980) 131-141.
RO.... J. J. Rotman, The Theory of Groups, 2nd ed.,
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1973.
Page last updated April 29, 2002.
Page created January 27, 2001.
Copyright © 2001-2002 by Steven H. Cullinane. All rights reserved.


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How Eric Cantor's loss leaves the GOP with an uncertain future
By Susan Ferrechio and David M. Drucker | Washington Examiner
Less than 24 hours after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor got ambushed in a GOP primary, shell-shocked Republicans gathered in the basement of the U.S. Capitol.
The Virginia Republican gave a short speech, saying he would give up his leadership post at the end of July. Then the man he was once widely expected to replace – Speaker John Boehner – got up to talk.
There had long been chatter that Boehner, 64, might retire. He had bought a condominium inFlorida and made allusions to his father's early death. But Boehner put that talk to rest immediately, making clear that he plans to stand for a third term as speaker next January.
"That's right," Boehner announced. "I'm all-in."
at Washington Examiner.