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Justia Dockets & Filings Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit Elmore Welch, Jr. v. Atmore Community Hospital Filing 1109695230
Elmore Welch, Jr. v. Atmore Community Hospital
Opinion issued by court as to Appellant Elmore S. Welch, Jr.. Decision: Affirmed. Opinion type: Non-Published. Opinion method: Per Curiam. The opinion is also available through the Court's Opinions page at this link http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions.
Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 1 of 10 [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 17-11244 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:16-cv-00618-CG-N ELMORE S. WELCH, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, versus ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Defendant - Appellee. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama ________________________ (August 18, 2017) Before HULL, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 2 of 10 Elmore Welch, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, appeals the district court's dismissal of his amended complaint without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. On appeal, Welch argues that his amended complaint established subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to: (1) a statutory grant under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.; (2) federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331; and (3) diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. After thorough review, we affirm. I. BACKGROUND On December 13, 2016, Welch filed a pro se complaint against Atmore Community Hospital ("the Hospital"). Welch's complaint alleged that the Hospital staff gave Welch's father "a large dose of medication" called Ativan that placed Welch's father in a coma and ultimately contributed to his death. Welch's complaint characterized his suit as a "wrongful death" action against the Hospital and sought damages for (1) the Hospital's alleged profits of approximately $65,000 while his father was in a coma and (2) approximately $40,000 in costs incurred to transport his father by helicopter to another hospital during his treatment. A magistrate judge sua sponte reviewed Welch's complaint. On January 17, 2017, the magistrate judge issued an order requiring Welch to file an amended complaint and assert the basis for the district court's jurisdiction. The magistrate judge construed Welch's complaint as supporting only a state-law claim for 2 Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 3 of 10 wrongful death between two citizens whose citizenships were not alleged. The magistrate judge thus determined that Welch's complaint failed to allege a statutory grant of jurisdiction, federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, or diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C § 1332. The magistrate judge advised Welch that a failure to allege facts supporting subject matter jurisdiction in his amended complaint would lead to a recommendation that Welch's case be dismissed. On January 24, 2017, Welch filed an amended complaint. Welch's amended complaint asserted that that the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., specifically § 812, provided a statutory grant of jurisdiction because the Act is a "Federal Drug Polic[y]" and regulates Ativan, the drug that allegedly contributed to the death of Welch's father. Welch's amended complaint also raised the possibility of federal question jurisdiction, stating that the Controlled Substances Act was an "[o]ver view [of] CRIMINAL LAW" in relation to Welch's state-law wrongful death claim. As to diversity jurisdiction, Welch's amended complaint alleged that such jurisdiction was proper because "this controver[sy] does exceed[] over $75,00[0].00." Thereafter, on February 17, 2017, the magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation that Welch's amended complaint be dismissed without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 3 Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 4 of 10 In the report and recommendation, the magistrate judge noted that the Controlled Substances Act "does not contain a 'specific statutory grant' of jurisdiction for private litigants such as Welch" and does not create a private right of action. The magistrate judge also noted that Welch's amended complaint did not raise a federal question because "the state-law claim must really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy respecting the validity, construction or effect of federal law," and "any purported violation of the Controlled Substances Act [in this case] [wa]s, at most, an element of Welch's state-law wrongful death claim." See Dunlap v. G&L Holding Grp., Inc., 381 F.3d 1285, 1290 (11th Cir. 2004) (citation and quotation marks omitted). Lastly, the magistrate judge determined that diversity jurisdiction was improper—notwithstanding Welch's allegations as to the amount in controversy exceeding $75,000—because Welch's amended complaint still failed to allege facts establishing the citizenship of the parties. On March 6, 2017, the district court issued an order adopting the magistrate judge's report and recommendation and dismissing Welch's amended complaint without prejudice. On March 16, 2017, Welch timely appealed. 4 Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 5 of 10 II. DISCUSSION A. Applicable Law If a district court at any time determines that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, it must dismiss the action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(h)(3). A federal district court "must have at least one of three types of subject matter jurisdiction: (1) jurisdiction under a specific statutory grant; (2) federal question jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331; or (3) diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)." PTA-FLA, Inc. v. ZTE USA, Inc., 844 F.3d 1299, 1305 (11th Cir. 2016) (quoting Baltin v. Alaron Trading Corp., 128 F.3d 1466, 1469 (11th Cir. 1997)).1 The plaintiff must adequately allege a basis for federal jurisdiction by including "a short and plain statement of the grounds for the court's jurisdiction" in the complaint. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(1). We hold the allegations of a pro se complaint to less stringent standards than those for pleadings drafted by lawyers. Campbell v. Air Jamaica Ltd., 760 F.3d 1165, 1168 (11th Cir. 2014). However, "[d]espite construction leniency afforded pro se litigants, we nevertheless have required them to conform to procedural rules." Loren v. Sasser, 309 F.3d 1296, 1304 (11th Cir. 2002) (per curiam). 1 We review de novo a district court's order dismissing a complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Motta ex rel. A.M. v. United States, 717 F.3d 840, 843 (11th Cir. 2013). 5 Case: 17-11244 B. Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 6 of 10 Statutory Grant As an initial matter, the district court did not have jurisdiction pursuant to a statutory grant under the Controlled Substances Act. Welch's amended complaint references § 812 of the Act as the basis for such jurisdiction. However, § 812 establishes the Schedule of Controlled Substances and outlines five categories of such controlled substances for regulatory purposes. See 21 U.S.C. § 812. Section 812 does not contain any language establishing a private right of action to enforce the Act's regulatory scheme. See id. Moreover, even liberally construing Welch's amended complaint to assert a private right of action as existing under any part of the Act, we conclude that no part of the Act provides a private remedy or contains a "specific statutory grant" of jurisdiction for private litigants, such as Welch, to bring civil claims. See 21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq.; Durr v. Strickland, 602 F.3d 788, 789 (6th Cir. 2010) (affirming the district court's conclusion that the plaintiff was not entitled to declaratory relief under the Controlled Substances Act because it provides no private right of action); see also Zink v. Lombardi, 783 F.3d 1089, 1113 (8th Cir. 2015) ("[The plaintiffs] acknowledge, however, that there is no private right of action under federal law to enforce these alleged violations [of the Controlled Substances Act]."). Welch cites no such statutory grant, and we can find none. 6 Case: 17-11244 C. Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 7 of 10 Federal Question Jurisdiction For a district court to have federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, the plaintiff's complaint must establish "either that federal law creates the cause of action or that the plaintiff's right to relief necessarily depends on resolution of a substantial question of federal law." Smith v. GTE Corp., 236 F.3d 1292, 1310 (11th Cir. 2001) (quoting Franchise Tax Bd. V. Constr. Laborers Vacation Tr. for S. Cal., 463 U.S. 1, 27-28, 103 S. Ct. 2841, 2856 (1983)). "[A] federal court has jurisdiction of a state-law claim if it 'necessarily raise[s] a stated federal issue, actually disputed and substantial, which a federal forum may entertain without disturbing any congressionally approved balance' of federal and state power." Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Manning, 578 U.S. ___, 136 S. Ct. 1562, 1570 (2016) (quotation omitted). "[T]he mere presence of a federal issue in a state cause of action does not automatically confer federal-question jurisdiction." Dunlap v. G&L Holding Grp., Inc. 381 F.3d 1285, 1290 (11th Cir. 2004) (alteration in original) (quoting Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc. v. Thompson, 478 U.S. 804, 813, 106 S. Ct. 3229, 3234 (1986)). However, such jurisdiction may lie where "a state-law cause of action is 'brought to enforce' a duty created by the [federal law] because the claim's very success depends on giving effect to a federal requirement." Manning, 578 U.S. at ___, 136 S. Ct. at 1570. 7 Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 8 of 10 As discussed above, the Controlled Substances Act does not independently create a private right of action. Construing Welch's amended complaint liberally, Welch additionally alleges that his state law wrongful death action requires resolution of a federal question because the alleged harmful drug involved— Ativan—is a controlled substance under the Act. Even so, Welch's amended complaint fails to allege facts linking the harmful conduct underlying his wrongful death claim to the Act's regulatory scheme. Contrarily, Welch's amended complaint provides, at most, a conclusory statement that federal jurisdiction is proper: "My [amended complaint] will be b[r]ough[t] before the Court [under] THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANC[E]S ACT." Welch offers no facts showing whether, or how, the Controlled Substances Act creates a federal duty on the Hospital that is "substantial" to Welch's wrongful death claim. See Manning, 578 U.S. at ___, 136 S. Ct. at 1570. Accordingly, we cannot say that the district court erred in declining to find federal question jurisdiction. See Dunlap, 381 F.3d at 1290. D. Diversity Jurisdiction For a district court to have diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the action must be between "citizens of different States," and the amount in controversy must exceed $75,000. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). "[D]iversity 8 Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 9 of 10 jurisdiction is determined at the time of filing the complaint." PTA–FLA, 844 F.3d at 1306. In his amended complaint, Welch alleged that the amount in controversy exceeds $75,000. Welch's amended complaint does not provide particularized facts in support of this allegation. However, in keeping with the relaxed pleadings standards for pro se litigants, we assume for the sake of argument that Welch adequately alleges this amount through his initial complaint, in which he alleges over $100,000 in damages between the Hospital's profits and the transportation costs associated with his father's medical care. Even assuming that the allegations in Welch's amended complaint thus meet the amount-in-controversy requirement, Welch's amended complaint alleges no facts suggesting that the parties are citizens of different states. Welch's amended complaint describes the Hospital as a "Mobile Infirmary" located in Alabama and lists Welch's own residence as being located in Atmore, Alabama. Even under the relaxed pro se pleadings standards, Welch's amended complaint provides no additional facts suggesting possible diversity of citizenship. Indeed, on appeal, Welch continues to reference both parties as citizens of Alabama. Thus, the district court did not err in finding that it lacked diversity jurisdiction. 9 Case: 17-11244 Date Filed: 08/18/2017 Page: 10 of 10 III. CONCLUSION For all of the above reasons, we affirm the district court's dismissal of Welch's amended complaint without prejudice. AFFIRMED. 10


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Q: Database Query not working as expected using eloquent commands for laravel I am trying to query my database that is connected to my model "Address" to find any addresses that are 'LIKE' any input into my form in the address input field. My model code is:
public function CheckForPrevious($verify)

{
  $matches = \App\Address::where('address', 'like', '%'.$verify.'%')

  ->get();

  foreach($matches as $match)
  {
    echo "$match";
  }

}

My controller code is:
public function show()
    {
      $address = new Address;
      $check = $_POST['address'];

      $address->CheckForPrevious($check);

      return $address;

    }

Any help would be greatly appreciated

A: public function show()
{
  $address = new Address();
  $check = $_POST['address'];

  $address->scopeCheckForPrevious($check);

}
public function scopeCheckForPrevious($verify)
    {
      $query = App\Address::where('address', 'like', '%'.$verify.'%')

      ->get();

      foreach($query as $match)
      {
        echo "$match";
      }

    }

use this

A: You don't have to prefix scope for query scope functions
Change
  `$address->scopeCheckForPrevious($check)`

To
  `$address->CheckForPrevious($check)`

A: There is no need to access model unnecessary on the scope
$query = App\Address::where('address', 'like', '%'.$verify.'%')
Try like this:
public function scopeCheckForPrevious($query, $verify)
{
    return $query->where('address', 'like', '%'.$verify.'%');
}

And call it with the following code:
$address = new Address;
$check = $_POST['address'];
dd( $address->checkForPrevious($check)->get() );

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TMP117EVM
Texas Instruments | TMP117EVM | User Guides | Texas Instruments TMP117EVM User guides
SNOU161 – June 2018
TMP117EVM User Guide
The TMP117 is part of the ultra high-precision temperature sensor family that is pin-compatible with the
TMP116 and has an offset register to compensate and improve the system error. The TMP117 is ready to
use out of the box and does not require any additional calibration. It provides up to ±0.1°C accuracy over
the range of body temperature 30°C to +42°C, and ±0.2°C accuracy over the −55°C to +150°C range with
16-bit resolution, giving a temperature resolution of 0.0078125°C. The TMP117's accuracy in the human
body temperature range makes it ideal for medical applications. The Texas Instruments TMP117EVM
(Evaluation Module) provides the user a simple way to get started with TMP117. The module and GUI are
designed to provide the user a quick setup to evaluate the system and register map with simply a few click
powered by GUI Composer. The EVM features a perforation that allows the temperature sensor to be
placed away from the MSP430 for remote temperature measurements and a header to connect multiple
TMP117's to the controller. This document provides detailed information about the hardware design and
software installation.
Overview ...................................................................................................................... 3
EVM Kit Contents ............................................................................................................ 3
Board Connectors and Components ...................................................................................... 4
System Setup ................................................................................................................ 6
Software Installation ......................................................................................................... 6
Upgrading the Firmware ................................................................................................... 15
TMP117EVM Setup and Operation ...................................................................................... 18
Board Layout ................................................................................................................ 25
Schematic and Bill of Materials ........................................................................................... 27
TMP117 Evaluation Board Top Side ...................................................................................... 4
TMP117 Evaluation Board Bottom Side .................................................................................. 4
TMP117EVM Hardware Setup ............................................................................................. 6
Gallery Home Page.......................................................................................................... 7
Browser Extension and TI Cloud Installation............................................................................. 8
TMP117EVM GUI Download Platform .................................................................................... 9
GUI Composer Runtime Wizard.......................................................................................... 10
GUI Composer Installation Directory .................................................................................... 11
Installing GUI Composer Runtime
Driver Signature ............................................................................................................ 12
TMP117EVM Installation Finish .......................................................................................... 12
TMP117EVM GUI License Agreement .................................................................................. 13
Installing TMP117EVM GUI............................................................................................... 13
TMP117EVM Connection Diagram ...................................................................................... 15
Wiring Connection.......................................................................................................... 16
UniFlash GUI
Confirmation of USB-to-I2C Converter Driver Installation
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TMP117EVM Default Tab .................................................................................................
Data Capture Tab ..........................................................................................................
TMP117 Setup Tab ........................................................................................................
Configuration Tab ..........................................................................................................
Registers Tab ...............................................................................................................
Collateral Tab ...............................................................................................................
Top Assembly Layer .......................................................................................................
Top Layer Routing .........................................................................................................
Power Layer Routing ......................................................................................................
Ground Layer Routing .....................................................................................................
Bottom Layer Routing .....................................................................................................
Bottom Assembly Layer ...................................................................................................
TMP117EVM Schematic ..................................................................................................
Device and Package Configurations ...................................................................................... 4
I2C Slave Addresses ........................................................................................................ 5
TMP117EVM Bill of Materials............................................................................................. 28
Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
The TMP117EVM allows users to evaluate the performance of the best digital temperature sensor
available in very small QFN package. The EVM comes in a USB stick form factor with an onboard
MSP430F5528 microcontroller that interfaces with both the host computer and up to four TMP117 devices
using I2C interface. The TMP117EVM, however, can only be configured with two devices under addresses
0x48 and 0x49. The module is designed to provide user flexibility separating the TMP117 and MSP430 at
the perforation location on the EVM board. The perforation allows the user to connect wires, cable, or
header to both ends for remote temperature measurements or connects to desired system as well as
connecting additional TMP117s.
EVM Kit Contents
Table 1 details the contents of the EVM kit. Contact the Texas Instruments Product Information Center
nearest you if any component is missing. TI highly recommends that users check the TI website at
http://www.ti.com to verify if they have the latest versions of the related software.
Table 1. EVM Kit Contents
PCB test board: TMP117EVM
USB cable extender
Board Connectors and Components
The jumpers and connectors on the EVM and how to properly connect, set up, and use the TMP117
Bench Board are described here.
Input/Output Connector Description and Components
USB Connector (J2)
TMP117
Figure 1. TMP117 Evaluation Board Top Side
Figure 2. TMP117 Evaluation Board Bottom Side
Table 2. Device and Package Configurations
TMP117AIDRVR
WSON (6)
EVM Power Supply Input – J1
TMP117EVM uses the +5-V input power supply of the USB connector to power the EVM. The EVM does
not require an external power supply. The board is powered by the USB port and provides switched +5 V.
It can be powered by shorting the J1 pin 1-2 jumper with a regulated desired voltage based on the
Equation 1. The EVM power supply input can be changed to any input power supply range of the TMP117
1.8 V to 5.5 V by removing the shunt and the resistor R3, and applied to the external power supply
through the J1 pin 2 (V+) and pin 3 (ground). Note that MSP430, however, can only support power supply
range 2.3 V to 3.6 V with recommends V_OH and V_OL conditions per TMP117 datasheet specifications.
The resistor adjust R_ADJ can be calculated as given by the Equation 1 where V_REF=1.23 V and
desired voltage of V_OUT.
§ R
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VOUT VREF « VREF u ¨ ADJ ¸ »
© 51.1k: ¹ ¼
R ADJ
ª§ V
· º
51.1k: u «¨ OUT ¸ 1»
¬«© VREF ¹ »¼
Interface Connector – J2
J2 is the USB connector and is used to connect the PC. The interface is used to access the device's
registers and read the conversion data from the TMP117 through I2C communication protocol.
Debug Jumper – J4
J4 is the connector that allows debugging the firmware using three wires instead of the standard 14 pins
header. This connector is not populated.
Pushbutton Switch – SW1
Basically, the SW1 reference designator is to bring the MSP430 into a BSL mode for upgrading the
firmware with combination of the USB connector manually referring to the picture in Figure 1 BSL button
(SW1 switch). Press and hold the switch SW1 next to the USB connector while plugging the USB cable
from the board to the PC. This will allow bringing the MSP430 into BSL mode.
Header Connector – J3
The purpose of the header connector is to isolate the heat source from coming directly to the TMP117,
and the perforation allows user to snap at the break tab. When the TMP117 is separated from the
MSP430, it can be connected through wires or header to both ends for remote temperature
LED – (D4, D6, D7)
There are a total of three LEDs on the board: green (D4), red (D6), and orange (D7). The green LED is
the power supply indicator, and it should be turn ON. The orange LED should not blink when the EVM is
initially plugged into the PC. The orange LED will blink if the power on reset tests on the MSP430
microcontroller fails on start-up. The red LED is the Alert pin indicator when the Alert pin is pulling LOW.
I2C Slave Addresses – (R15, R16)
TMP117 is capable of supporting four I2C 7-bit addresses. The TMP117 is connected to the bus by a
unique slave address to operate data transfer from the master-transmitter to the slave-receiver or slavetransmitter to the master-receiver. The TMP117 can be configured desired four serial bus addresses
depending on the state of the ADD0 as Table 3. At default, the resistor R16 is soldered, and configured for
0x48h address. For this TMP117EVM, you can only connect two I2C addresses: 0x48 and 0x49. For more
details information, refer to the Address Pin and Slave Addresses for the TMP117 table in the TMP117x
High-Accuracy, Low-Power, Digital Temperature Sensor With SMBus- and I2C-Compatible Interface data
sheet (SNOSD82).
Table 3. I2C Slave Addresses
CORRESPONDING EVM
ADD0 PIN CONNECTION
SLAVE ADDRESS
The TMP117EVM hardware consists of the USB2ANY Platform and the TMP117 altogether in one single
board. The unit is easily connected through USB connector into the computer as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. TMP117EVM Hardware Setup
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The EVM software is tested on the Microsoft Windows 7 and 10 operating system (OS). The software also
functions on other Windows operating systems. The EVM software is available through the EVM product
folder on the TI website through the hyperlink. The hyperlink will bring to TI Cloud where a common
repository of all published applications using GUI Composer framework. The applications can be ran
directly from Gallery with minimal install or download the applications from Gallery with runtime to run on
desktop local machine. The applications is supported to use on many platforms (web, Windows, Linux,
OSX); however, Linux and OSX might require driver. To download the software to your system, simply
follows the instructions below.
Run Applications Through Online
1. Go to the TMP117EVM web page on the TI website: http://www.ti.com/tool/TMP117EVM. Scroll down
to the "Software" section and click on the hyperlink to download the latest evaluation software or an
alternate way is to connect directly to the gallery by clicking on this link http://dev.ti.com/gallery/. It
might require to login user account privileges to use the online version as well as installation of the
2. On the top middle of the gallery main page, navigating to search box and type TMP117EVM GUI as
shown in the Figure 4.
Figure 4. Gallery Home Page
3. Click on the TMP117EVM GUI icon. Users may be prompted to download and install the browser
extension for the Firefox or Chrome and TI Cloud Agent Application for the first time. Click on Agree
and Proceed.
Figure 5. Cookies Agreement
4. Follow the steps to install the browser extension and TI Cloud Agent Applications in Figure 6.
Figure 6. Browser Extension and TI Cloud Installation
Run Applications on Desktop
1. In TMP117EVM GUI icon, click on the download icon to download the
TMP117EVM_GUI_installer_win.zip. A pop-up screen shows appear, and select the desired platform to
install into your local machine.
2. Unzip the downloaded file into a known directory, and run the "TMP117EVM_GUI-1.0.16.setupwin_6.0.0.exe" file located in [Unzip location]. The EVM software installer then begins the installation
Figure 7. TMP117EVM GUI Download Platform
3. Follow the on-screen instructions by clicking the "Next" button to install the GUI Composer runtime
engine. If it is the first time installation, TMP117EVM GUI is required GUI Composer runtime engine
v6.0 in order proper operation.
Figure 8. GUI Composer Runtime Wizard
Figure 9. GUI Composer Installation Directory
4. Click on the "Next" button to accept the default installation directory. It takes sometimes to complete
the setup GUI Composer Runtime installation.
Figure 10. Installing GUI Composer Runtime
5. If the GUI Composer Runtime reports an error installing drivers that are missing signatures, click on
Install this driver software anyway to clear the unsigned signature driver issues.
Figure 11. Driver Signature
6. After the GUI Composer installation, it continues to install TMP117EVM GUI as shown in Figure 12.
Follow the on-screen instructions by clicking the Next button to install the software. Accept the license
agreements presented in Figure 13 to continue.
Figure 12. TMP117EVM Installation Finish
Figure 13. TMP117EVM GUI License Agreement
7. Wait for the EVM software installer to start the installation process as shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14. Installing TMP117EVM GUI
8. Uncheck the View readme file checkbox and click Finish when the installation process is complete.
Upgrading the Firmware
There are two ways to upgrade or program the firmware of the TMP117EVM board. However, this
document will only show one method because the resonator is unable to bring the MSP430 into BSL
TMP117EVM software must be installed before performing any tasks.
Figure 16. TMP117EVM Connection Diagram
To update the firmware of the TMP117EVM, complete the procedure below:
1. Short the J1 header connector pin 1-2 with a shunt. Plug the USB cable to the PC to power the
TMP117EVM.
2. Connect another USB cable to MSP-EXP430F5529LP board
3. Remove the SBW RST and SBW TST jumpers on MSP-EXP430F5529LP board
4. Create wiring harness shown by connecting jumper wires to SBW RST, SBW TST and GND as shown
in Figure 17.
5. Connect the header to the TMP117EVM on J4 connector by tilting header to make contact to the
TMP117EVM J4 connector. Connect the wires according to this label SBW RST = TDIO, SBW TST =
TCK, and GND = GND. Refer to Figure 2 for more detailed information.
6. Install offline UniFlash from http://www.ti.com/tool/UNIFLASH or navigate to http://dev.ti.com/gallery/
running off online version.
Figure 17. Wiring Connection
7. Connect your MSP Debugger to the PC.
8. Select MSP430FR5528 as the target and click Start
Figure 18. UniFlash GUI
9. Browse to the firmware file name is USB2ANY_F5528.txt version v2.7.16. The firmware image is
programmed, and the TMP117EVM restarts automatically. The new firmware is now ready to use as
shown in Figure 19.
TMP117EVM Setup and Operation
Do not exceed the power supply rating of the MSP430.
Launching and Running the Software
The TMP117EVM is recognized by the host as a generic human interface device (HID), so there is no
proprietary driver is required to install on your PC. It shows the typical response to connecting the USB-toI2C converter board to a PC USB port for the first time. Typically, the computer responds with a Found
New Hardware, USB device pop-up dialog. The pop-up window then typically changes to Found New
Hardware, USB Human Interface Device. This pop-up indicates that the device is ready to be used. The
USB-to-I2C Converter uses the human interface device drivers that are part of the Microsoft Windows®
operating system.
Figure 19. Confirmation of USB-to-I2C Converter Driver Installation
The TMP117EVM GUI can be run from TI Cloud repository http://dev.ti.com/gallery/ via Firefox or Chrome
browser or from Windows desktop offline.
1. Connect the TMP117EVM to a USB port on a PC as shown in Figure 19.
2. Launch the TMP117EVM software by clicking on the TMP117EVM GUI icon in gallery. The TMP117
EVM GUI should automatically initialize and connect to the HID port. A successful connection will show
"HARDWARE CONNECTED" on the bottom of the GUI status indicator. If there is a connection
problem, verify if the TMP117EVM has an established connection with the PC. A fail connection if the
status indicator shows as "HARDWARE NOT CONNECTED".
Tab Pages Selection
The tab pages selection consists of six tabs, Home, Data Capture (Temperature Graph), EVM Setup,
Device Configuration, Registers, and Collateral. Launching the software will take you to the Home window
GUI display. By clicking on the page tab allows switching between pages of the tab control as shown in
Figure 20. TMP117EVM Default Tab
When the TMP117EVM GUI launched, the HOME page will be appeared as shown in Figure 20. There
are two ways that each tab can be navigated. On the bottom half of the HOME page contains icons where
it links to the five other GUI pages. The icons are identical features to those locked in the left-most border
of the TMP117EVM GUI. If TMP117EVM is powered and connected to the PC that has the correct
firmware loaded, the Hardware Connected will appear at the left corner of the status bar as well as the
connected icon shows solid.
Data Capture Tab
The Data Capture tab provides graphing the temperature result as well as other features as shown in
Figure 21. The temperature result will be fetched automatically according to the conversion cycle setting
bits in the configuration register. It displays and processes the register value into a converted human
readable format for the GUI. The two modes of graphing can be displayed Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Figure 21. Data Capture Tab
Clear Chart erases the contents of the Temperature Chart box
Save Chart prompts for a file name, and then saves the contents of the current Temperature graph box to
*.csv file.
Current Value shows the current temperature of the TMP117 on the top right.
Celsius or Fahrenheit is to toggle the temperature conversion Celsius to Fahrenheit.
One Shot is available on the Temperature Chart tab. The One Shot button writes to the TMP117
configuration register with the one-shot in conversion mode. This setting initiates a temperature
conversion within the TMP117 device that updates the temperature result registers when the radio button
is selected. After the one-shot conversion finishes, the device goes into shutdown, and wait for the time
based on the averaging bits setting written in the configuration register.
Continuous performs the temperature conversion continuously when the MOD[1:0] bits are configured in
the configuration register to 00. Each temperature conversion consists of an active conversion period
followed by a standby period based on the time of the conversion cycle and conversion averaging
configuration.
Alert High and Low Limit Register can be set by entering the value in °C or °F based on °C/°F control
on Main tab that stores the high and low limit for comparison with the temperature result.
Offset Temperature is allowed to program the offset temperature to compensate and improve the system
error. This register will be cleared when power down unless the LOCK is set.
EVM Setup Tab
It is necessary to configure the TMP117 slave address as 0x48 for communication with the EVM-GUI. This
is the default slave address.
Figure 22. TMP117 Setup Tab
Firmware Read is allowed to check the firmware revision on the MSP430F5528 microcontroller.
I2C Configuration is to change the bus frequency and slave address.
Device ID is automatically read device identification.
Software Reset performs software reset on the TMP117 device by issuing a general call. After software
reset, the values displayed in the EVM software may be out of sync with the device register contents. To
sync register contents after TMP117 reset, click Read All in the Registers tab page.
The Device Configuration allows user to configure the device's setting.
Figure 23. Configuration Tab
Configuration register can be set to desired value by selecting the drop-down menu.
Non-volatile memory can be programmed by entering the value at the location 1 to 3 then use the
EEPROM dropdown menu to lock the value. This LOCK bit will also lock the value of the offset
temperature register.
Alert High and Low Limit register can be set by entering the value in °C/°F. In Fahrenheit mode, it
converts Fahrenheit to Celsius before it sends to the TMP117.
Status indicator displays the outputs based on the status bits.
Temperature displays the current temperature of the TMP117.
Register Tab
The Register Map page shown in Figure 24 allows low-level access to all I2C registers of the TMP117
device. Clicking on the question mark to the right of the Register Name will bring up an extraction short
version from the datasheet describing that register. Clicking on a specific Register Name will populate the
Field View to on the right side of the screen. The Field View describes each bit field within that register.
The "Registers" tab provides access to the registers raw data of the TMP117, performing read and writes
commands. Changes to the configuration page are mirrored here, and vice versa.
Figure 24. Registers Tab
Read Registers is performed one single for the selected register.
Read All Registers performs a read for all registers contents.
Auto Read is allowed user to set desired time frame fetching each data.
Collateral Tab
The last page of the GUI is the Collateral page in Figure 25 which contains links to web documents
pertinent to the TMP117 and its EVM. The page is divided into four sections: (1) User Guide, (2)
Datasheet, (3) Application Notes, (4) Video.
Figure 25. Collateral Tab
Figure 26. Top Assembly Layer
Figure 27. Top Layer Routing
Figure 28. Power Layer Routing
Figure 29. Ground Layer Routing
Figure 30. Bottom Layer Routing
Figure 31. Bottom Assembly Layer
Schematic and Bill of Materials
Figure 32. TMP117EVM Schematic
Table 4. TMP117EVM Bill of Materials
CAP, CERM, 6.8 pF, 25 V, +/- 5%,
C0G/NP0, 0402
GRM1555C1E6R8CA01D
CAP, CERM, 2.2 uF, 16 V, +/- 10%, X5R,
GRM155R61C225KE11D
CAP, CERM, 10 uF, 10 V, +/- 20%, X5R,
C1608X5R1A106M080AC
CAP, CERM, 220 pF, 50 V, +/- 10%, X7R,
GRM155R71H221KA01D
CAP, CERM, 0.1 uF, 16 V, +/- 5%, X7R,
GRM155R71C104JA88D
CAP, CERM, 2200 pF, 100 V, +/- 10%, X7S, 0402
AEC-Q200 Grade 1, 0402
CGA2B3X7S2A222K050B
C9, C11
0.22uF
CAP, CERM, 0.22 uF, 16 V, +/- 10%, X5R,
C1005X5R1C224K050BB
GRM155R61A474KE15D
C12, C13,
C1005X5R1A104K050BA
Diode, Zener, 4.3 V, 300 mW, SOD-523
BZT52C4V3T-7
D2, D3
1-Channel ESD Protection Diode With Low
Dynamic Resistance for HDMI 2.0 and USB
3.0, DPL0002A (X2SON-2)
DPL0002A
TPD1E04U04DPLR
LED, Green, SMD
LED_0603
LTST-C191TGKT
LED, Red, SMD
LTST-C191KRKT
LED, Orange, SMD
LTST-C191KFKT
Header, 2.54 mm, 3x1, Gold, TH
2.54 mm,
3x1, TH
GBC03SAAN
Sullins Connector
Connector, Plug, USB Type A, R/A, Top
Mount SMT
mount USB
A CONN
120 ohm
Ferrite Bead, 120 ohm at 100 MHz, 0.55 A,
BLM15AG121SN1D
R1, R2, R7
RES, 33, 5%, 0.063 W, AEC-Q200 Grade 0,
CRCW040233R0JNED
Vishay-Dale
Designator Quantity
6.8pF
Alternate Part
TPD1E04U04DPLT Texas Instruments
Table 4. TMP117EVM Bill of Materials (continued)
RES, 0, 5%, 0.063 W, AEC-Q200 Grade 0,
CRCW04020000Z0ED
RES, 1.5 k, 5%, 0.063 W, AEC-Q200 Grade
CRCW04021K50JNED
RES, 10 k, 5%, 0.1 W, AEC-Q200 Grade 0,
ERJ-2GEJ103X
RES, 86.6 k, 1%, 0.063 W, AEC-Q200
Grade 0, 0402
CRCW040286K6FKED
1.2Meg
RES, 1.2 M, 5%, 0.063 W, AEC-Q200
CRCW04021M20JNED
R11, R12,
R13, R14
RES, 33 k, 5%, 0.063 W, AEC-Q200 Grade
CRCW040233K0JNED
RES, 0, 5%, 0.1 W, AEC-Q200 Grade 0,
CRCW06030000Z0EA
SH-J1
Shunt, 100mil, Tin plated, Black
SNT-100-BK-T-H
Black Open
Top, 2x1
Switch, SPST-NO, Off-Mom, 0.05A, 12VDC,
PTS820 J20M SMTR LFS
C and K
Test Point, Miniature, Black, TH
Testpoint
Micropower 50 mA Ultra Low-Dropout
Adjustable Voltage Regulator in SOT-23,
DBV0005A (SOT-23-5)
DBV0005A
LP2980IM5X-ADJ/NOPB
25 MHz Mixed Signal Microcontroller with
RGC0064B MSP430F5528IRGCR
128 KB Flash, 8192 B SRAM and 47 GPIOs,
-40 to 85 degC, 64-pin QFN (RGC), Green
(RoHS and no Sb/Br)
Low-Power Single Inverter Gate,
DSF0006A, LARGE T and R
SN74AUP1G04DSFR
High-Accuracy, Low-Power, Digital
DRV0006B
Temperature Sensor With SMBus- and I2CCompatible Interface, DRV0006B (WSON-6)
TMP117-DRV0006B
R3, R10,
DSF0006A
LP2980IM5ADJ/NOPB
Resonator, 4 MHz, 5000 ppm, AEC-Q200
Grade 1, SMD
4.5x2mm
PBRV4.00MR50Y000
FID1, FID2, 0
FID3
Fiducial mark. There is nothing to buy or
mount.
Header, 100mil, 5x2, Tin, TH
100mil, Tin
PEC05DAAN
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Hong Kong (AsiaNews) - "We accept the personal, public apology of the Chief Executive", but we also ask that the Hong Kong government not only say that the law is "suspended", but publicly declares that it "is withdrawn". This is what the two major Christian leaders of the territory demand, Card. John Tong, apostolic administrator of the Catholic diocese, and Eric So Shing-it, president of the (Protestant) Christian Council in Hong Kong.
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Lam, who wanted to introduce the controversial extradition law at all costs and with "urgency", after the oceanic demonstrations of June 9 (one million people) and June 16 (over 2 million people), had first decided to "suspend" the discussion of the law in parliament, then - after the police violence against groups of young people - expressed her "profound and personal" apology, saying that she would "improve" communication with the people of Hong Kong and with young people in particular. But demonstrators throughout the territory are demanding her resignation.
Card Tong and Eric So do not ask for Lam's resignation, but they are asking the government to "launch a thorough independent inquiry into the clashes between the police and the protesters on June 12, as a lesson for the future."
On 12 June last, tens of thousands of people gathered around the parliament in Hong Kong (Legco) asking for the debate on the law to be blocked. That evening, some young people tried to enter the parliament building and the police - in riot gear – beat them back using sticks, tear gas, rubber bullets. The result was 82 wounded, including dozens of policemen.
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The practices of the visual arts, such as painting, drawing, and the taking of photographs, can all be viewed as 'ballistic' activities where 'muscular performances ... take place at a rate such that cognitive processing of the 'outcome' of action only takes place after the act is complete'2.
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Two former Texas police cops say Beto O'Rourke tried to 'leave the scene' after a drunk driving crash
The former Texas police officer, along with the arresting sergeant, who arrested Robert "Beto" O'Rourke in 1998 for driving drunk, has now said that their report at the time, that he attempted to flee the scene of the crash, was accurate.
The report states that Beto "attempted to leave the scene" of the wreck that he caused, and while O'Rourke admits he was intoxicated, he has always denied that he tried to flee.
"Beto's DWI is something he has long publicly and openly addressed over the last 20 years at town halls, on the debate stage, during interviews, and in Op-Eds, calling it a serious mistake for which there is no excuse," said Chris Evans, O'Rourke's spokesman.
"This has been widely and repeatedly reported on," Evans added.
With the incident taking place more than 20 years ago, neither investigating officer Richard Carrera or his former supervisor, Gary Hargrove, can specifically recall the events that transpired on that night.
But both former Anthony Police Department cops told The Texas Tribune they have no doubt that the official report they compiled and signed is accurate.
"I believe we have contradicting stories here," said Carrera, who arrested the 26-year-old Beto and had him undergo a breath test after taking him to a police station.
"I stand by my report," Carrera affirmed.
49-year-old Carrera says that after reading the police report - which states that an unnamed witness claims O'Rourke attempted to escape in his Volvo - he has "no doubt that he tried to leave the scene."
The 1998 police states that Beto O'Rourke 'attempted to leave the scene'
According to the Texas Tribune, Hargrove, 71, oversaw the crash scene but does not remember being there.
However, he said he believes what his officers told him about the two-vehicle collision that occurred in Anthony, a tiny town near the Texas-New Mexico border west of El Paso.
Hargrove said the report, which he reread after the Houston Chronicle published it last year, shows O'Rourke "struck the [other] car from the rear and he ended up in the median pointed the wrong way, and he took that as his chance to get away."
"He did something to lead the officers to believe that he was trying to get away," Hargrove said.
"What they put down, I believed them."
Until now, O'Rourke was the only person present at the scene of the wreck to speak out publicly about what happened that night.
O'Rourke told Vanity Fair he had been drinking in El Paso — Jameson whiskey with his father, the former county judge of El Paso County — and later with a high school friend.
He was taking his date, identified only as Michelle in the article, back home to Las Cruces, New Mexico, when the crash occurred.
Public records have revealed Democratic presidential hopeful 'Beto' O'Rourke paid $110,000 in campaign funds to his and his wife's web development company.
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— Neon Nettle (@NeonNettle) April 4, 2019
During last year's Texas Tribune Festival, O'Rourke said he reached out to the woman for the first time in more than 15 years and asked her recollection of that evening — and he told Tribune CEO Evan Smith during an onstage interview that she had the same recollection he did.
"She said, 'No, we were in the median of the road. We did not try to flee. I don't know that there was anywhere we could have gone,'" he said.
Evans, the O'Rourke spokesman, noted that "the police report shows he was arrested for a DWI not for leaving or attempting to leave the scene."
In the 12-page incident report from Sept. 27, 1998, Carrera wrote that he was dispatched at about 3 a.m. to Interstate 10 near the New Mexico line in "reference to a motor vehicle accident."
When Carrera arrived at the scene, a witness who is not identified in the report told him that he saw O'Rourke's Volvo heading west toward New Mexico "at a high rate of speed."
The report says the witness was also traveling west and saw the collision occur.
O'Rourke's vehicle "then lost control moments later and struck a truck traveling in the same direction," it says.
After the wreck, O'Rourke's vehicle crossed the center median and came to a stop facing the other way — pointing east toward El Paso.
"The defendant/driver then attempted to leave the scene," Carrera wrote, and the witness "turned on his over headlights to warn oncoming traffic and to try to get the defendant to stop."
According to the report, when Carrera asked O'Rourke if he was injured, the officer couldn't understand what he answered, "due to slurred speech."
Seeing O'Rourke's "glossy eyes" and smelling alcohol on his breath, Carrera asked him to exit the vehicle, and he "almost fell to the floor," Carrera wrote.
Democratic 2020 election hopeful #BetoORourke has joined the growing number of Democrats calling for the #ElectoralCollege to be abolished.
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Carrera arrested O'Rourke and took him to a police substation, where breathalyzer administrator Cecil Melton, also a former officer with the Anthony Police Department, interviewed the future congressman and presidential contender.
O'Rourke, who had turned 26 the night before, told Melton he was en route to Las Cruces when the wreck happened and claimed he'd only had two beers.
But when Melton gave him the breathalyzer test, O'Rourke blew a .136 and a .134 blood alcohol level, well past the legal limit at the time of .10 (The legal limit is now .08).
Melton, now a paramedic in El Paso, said he was doing multiple breathalyzer tests per week back then and has no recollection of O'Rourke.
A screen shot from the offense report for Beto O'Rourke's 1998 DWI
One thing that could potentially help clarify matters is the accident report that Hargrove says he would have compiled and, as rules at the time required, copied and forwarded to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
That report, separate from the DWI arrest report, would typically have a sketch of the crash scene and should contain the witness name and affidavit, Hargrove said.
But current Anthony Police Chief Carlos Enriquez said a thorough search of department files turned up only the DWI report and accompanying breathalyzer analysis.
Hargrove said typically all the reports would be in the same physical file they used back then, so what happened to the accident report remains a mystery.
The Texas Department of Public Safety, citing the expiration of the retention period for such old files, said it could not find the accident report, either.
It wasn't the first time O'Rourke was accused of attempting to flee the scene of an alleged crime.
According to a heavily redacted narrative of his May 1995 burglary arrest by the University of Texas at El Paso Police Department, O'Rourke and two associates allegedly broke into the yard of the facilities management building at the school, triggering an alarm.
One of the officers who responded to the scene said he saw "three subjects in the middle of the compound running in three different directions."
"I immediately yelled at them to freeze and also gave foot pursuit," the report says.
"I observed two subjects run toward the main doors of the control center and lost sight of them when another subject was seen running behind parked vehicles westbound toward the greenhouse."
The charges against all three were later dropped.
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The El Paso district attorney then and now, Jaime Esparza, says he has no recollection of the burglary case and his office could not locate any files on it.
Nor could he recall the specifics of O'Rourke's DWI, which his office oversaw.
But Esparza, elected in 1992, said it was handled like any other first-offense DWI.
O'Rourke's driver's license was temporarily suspended and, under a pretrial diversion program that lasted about seven months, the misdemeanor drunken driving charges were dismissed after O'Rourke took traffic safety and alcohol abuse classes and agreed to stay sober and out of trouble while in the program.
O'Rourke waived his right to an attorney and represented himself, records show.
"We're pretty liberal when it comes to pretrial diversion," Esparza said.
"He took his punishment and it was done."
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    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
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    def save(cls, **kwargs):
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Microservices Security: Probably Not What You Think It Is
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Microservices / Security
Mar 26th, 2018 6:00am by B. Cameron Gain
Feature image by Matthew Henry via Unsplash.
This post is the fourth in a multipart series on exploring the basics of microservices. Check back each Monday for additional installments.
If you are reading this, then you probably know by now how microservices can serve as an elegant way to break the shackles of monolithic architectures when building or deploying applications. But aside from pioneers such as Netflix, which began exploring this territory a few years ago, chances are microservices are something relatively new for your organization. Protection against cyber attacks represents an even bigger unknown for many.
Microservices offer advantages and disadvantages security-wise. With their individual APIs, microservices can be reconfigured and updated separately, without interrupting the application that might rely on many microservices to run. However, microservices also come with many separate APIs and ports per app, of course, thus representing numerous doors for intruders to try to access within an application. While their isolated and stand-alone structure within applications makes them easier to defend (more about why this is the case below), microservices bring with them their own separate security challenges.
"The softest target in most organizations is the app layer and attackers know this. Microservices thus both make this problem harder and easier for the defenders," said John Morello, chief technology officer at Twistlock "Harder, because as apps are decomposed, the amount of network interdependencies grows and most dev teams themselves don't fully understand the connectivity mesh of their apps."
We gathered insights from leading microservices and security experts about what to keep in mind when thinking about cybersecurity, whether you are already in the middle of a major microservices conversion project or are just getting your feet wet.
Container Confusion and Power
Microservices and container security are sometimes incorrectly referred to interchangeably, even though they are two different things. This may be due, in part, to how most enterprises run microservices on containers. According to an Enterprise Management Associates study, for example, 63 percent of enterprises surveyed run microservices on containers, while an additional 30 percent are planning to do so in the next 12 months. At the same time, of course, microservices can be confined to a virtual server, for example, just as they can be in a container.
The confusion between containers and microservices might also have a lot to do with how container security protocols can help to protect against potential vulnerabilities of microservices within containers.
Indeed, since microservices very often run in containers, they can benefit from some of their architectural advantages, says Twistlock's Morello. "Containers are declarative, predictable, and minimal relative to traditional systems," said Morello. "This means that modern security platforms can automatically learn this mesh and enforce it, such that even though there is a larger number of interconnections, they're more compartmentalized and controlled with less human involvement."
According to analyst firm McKinsey, a full 78 percent of more than 100 firms recently surveyed are not reconfiguring their security tools when migrating to the cloud.
The ability to measure and compare observed network behavior to a predictive model for a microservice is a key advantage that containerized architectures provide, said Morello. "While it's theoretically possible to create a reference model for traditional, non-containerized services, this is almost impossible to do at scale in practice," Morello said. "Few developers truly understand all the network dependencies in a complex app and fewer still have the time to manually codify these interactions into external systems and maintain those definitions over time as the app evolves. The fact that containers make machine learning about these network flows practical and effective is a fundamental security advantage that enables more tightly defined, application-tailored network policies to be used at scale."
The stateless qualities that can add agility to how microservices are deployed and administrated can also be applied to microservices security in container environments, said Suzy Visvanathan, director, product management, for MapR. "Microservices need to be lightweight and execute in a flexible, agile manner depending on business events and the required context. Microservices also need the ability to share data to drive the operations and analytics required for the specific use case," said Visvanathan. "The most efficient and secure way to support this is through an underlying data fabric that can support the required data access while providing the robust security and access controls."
Containerizing microservices and managing them through Kubernetes is one such way of providing this, Visvanathan said. "Each microservice is guaranteed secure access, and regardless of where that microservices execute, the access method and security is consistent," Visvanathan said.
Containers can serve as an excellent security perimeter for microservices, thanks to their design. "Containers enable you to apply security to each individual service — making them ideal for microservices. And no matter the application, putting it in a container provides an added layer of security," David Lawrence, a senior software engineer at Docker. "We see a common trend across enterprises is to containerize legacy applications, and as a result, gain the immediate benefit of hardened security — in addition to cost-efficiencies and portability to hybrid cloud environments."
The Microservices Services Checklist
Considering how the underlying configurations of applications running on microservices are very different than those of monolithic architectures, standard cybersecurity practices will be, of course, inadequate. However, it may be a while before security practices catch up to microservices' deployment on an industry-wide scale. Cloud deployments may serve as an example of why this will likely be the case.
According to analyst firm McKinsey, a full 78 percent of more than 100 firms recently surveyed are not reconfiguring their security tools when migrating to the cloud. Similarly, most security standards in place among the enterprises listed in the survey are non-sustainable for cloud networks. While data about microservices projects was not provided in the report, it can thus be inferred that at least a relative percentage of firms are not revamping their on-premise security practices and protocols for microservices.
"Where a traditionally monolithic application can be delivered in a large container model, moving an application from a traditional monolithic architecture to microservices requires complete refactoring," said Carson Sweet, CTO of CloudPassage. "And as many enterprises learned when they tried to build private clouds, just because a new technology is hot doesn't mean there's enough engineering talent to go around. In the case of microservices, there's a need for developers, QA engineers, and infrastructure architects who actually understand microservices."
Monitoring the microservice dots with an Aqua Security firewall.
Microservices thus involve a major change in how applications are delivered, deployed — and protected, Rani Osnat, vice president, product marketing, for Aqua Security, said. Key security considerations include:
Dynamic code delivery and updates: By automating testing, code must be vetted to ensure that it represents an acceptable risk in terms of vulnerabilities, malware, hard-coded secrets, etc. "The old way of gating a version, stopping to test it for an extended time, etc. will simply not fly," said Osnat.
Tooling: This is especially critical when deploying microservices apps with a new set of management tools, such as Kubernetes. "There's a knowledge gap around these tools that leads to mistakes around authentication, authorization, hardening, and other best practices," said Osnat. "We're talking about basic hygiene here."
Abstraction from a host environment: Since existing endpoint and server security tools don't have the required access and granularity to adequately monitor microservices, visibility and control become issues. "Since microservices can be scaled up and down rapidly, and across different types of infrastructures; it's a challenge to track them," Osnat said. "Infrastructure-based approach is doomed to fail, and you have to find a way to secure microservices in advance of their deployment."
Networking: Microservices represent the best of both worlds when seeking to secure networking vulnerabilities, since, microservices essentially expose networking deeper inside the application. "The opportunity is that you can secure the application at the microservice level, which would prevent an attack from spreading much sooner (in a much smaller radius) than was ever possible before," Osnat said. "On the other hand, microservices networking is more complex and dynamic, once again rendering traditional network security tools inadequate."
One might assume overzealous security practices can create bottlenecks, as the sharing of microservices among applications is needlessly blocked. However, microservices can never be too tight, especially as compliance regulations and governmental security mandates become stricter, according to Dave Nielsen, head of ecosystem programs, at Redis Labs. One example of why this is the case is how the European Union's soon-to-take-effect General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will impose much stricter data sharing limitation within the European Union trading block.
As mentioned above, microservices security, in many ways, represents many unique and especially difficult challenges. DevOps and security teams, for example, must be especially vigilant against unauthenticated access to data and insecure client-side connections leading to man-in-the-middle leakage and attacks, Nielsen said.
"With that said, tight security during the dev/test phase seems like overkill," Nielsen said. "But in production, security can never be tight enough."
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Джанкарло Висконти (; после 1385 — 1418, Париж), по прозвищу Il Piccinino — синьор Милана в мае-июне 1412.

Биография

Сын Карло Висконти, синьора Пармы, и Беатрис д'Арманьяк.

Родился после переворота 1385 года, когда его родители уже были в изгнании. Во время борьбы за наследство Джан Галеаццо Висконти  Антонио и Франческо Висконти 2 ноября 1404 объединились с наследниками Бернабо Висконти для борьбы с лидером партии гвельфов Пандольфо Малатестой, предоставив им различные территории. Джанкарло получил Брешию, Камонику и Ривьеру-ди-Сало. 19 июня 1405 умер его дядя Мастино, Джанкарло стал единственным законным потомком Бернабо, и находился под опекой своих внебрачных дядьев Эсторре, Галеотто и Леонелло. 24 июня он был признан синьором Бергамо. 16 мая 1412 Джан Мария Висконти, герцог Миланский, был убит сторонниками наследников Бернабо, после чего Эсторре и Джанкарло, были провозглашены синьорами Милана.

Вместе с дядей Эсторре пытался оборонять Милан от войск Филиппо Марии Висконти, но потерпел поражение и 12 июня Филиппо Мария вступил в столицу. Джанкарло безуспешно искал помощи у императора Сигизмунда. Был убит в Париже в 1418 году.

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FB Gold is a 315gsm baryta-coated paper with a very subtle silk finish and a near natural tone. The whiteness measurements gave a Fluorescence value of 3.1 and this slight OBA activity also showed in the UV booth. Visually it was identical to Gold Fibre Silk under UV light and the data were also directly comparable. The whiteness value is very high at 99.8% and base tone almost pure neutral with an a value of 0.08 and a b value of -0.85. The look of the paper is slightly creamy.
FB Gold created really nice-looking monochrome prints, backing up the good statistics.
The base tone parameters and baryta coating provide a springboard for excellent colour statistics. They speak for themselves with a first-rate average error of just 1.76 and this was backed with even lower recordings in the greys, skin tones and the Macbeth swatch set.


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Swamp Thing: The Strong Women of Marais
By Rosie Knight Thursday, July 18th, 2019
Welcome to the Couch Club, our recurring column devoted to all things #DCTV! This week, Rosie Knight pays tribute to the women of Swamp Thing and the show's female-forward approach.
Hey, hey, Couch Club! Did you miss me? It's been a little while since I was last here to talk some DCTV! I'm not sure how many of you are DC Universe subscribers, but I've been absolutely loving Swamp Thing. It's been blowing my mind since it debuted earlier this year and as we head towards the end of the season, I can't help but be struck by how many rich, complex women it has introduced to our screens.
Sure, Swamp Thing's practical effects are astonishing. Yes, Andy Bean and Derek Mears do a brilliant job of bringing the duality of Alec Holland and Swamp Thing to life. But how often do we really see a comic book genre show that features multiple major female characters each of whom have their own complex interior lives that don't revolve completely around men?
From the outset, the writers behind Swamp Thing have centered the story around the show's women. This is different than in the comics, where Alec Holland is the main protagonist of the story (which, to cut Len Wein, Alan Moore and the other Swamp Thing comic writers some slack, makes sense seeing as he is the titular plant elemental and all). In DC Universe's Swamp Thing, our entry point to Marais, Louisiana is CDC scientist Abby Arcane (Crystal Reed). It's a choice that works for the show's narrative, but it also works as a statement of intent letting audiences know that this is a series that values its female protagonists just as much as everyone else…perhaps even a little more.
It shouldn't feel radical, but it does, and after the events of the first episode, it becomes clear that Abby won't be trapped in a romantic triangle or play damsel in distress. In fact, if anything, this is a Beauty and the Beast story, one that will see Abby take on the role of hero.
It isn't just Abby, though. In fact, many of Swamp Thing's characters are women. In the very first episode, we're introduced to Liz Tremayne (Maria Sten), Abby's best friend and Marais' local truth-hunting journalist who is never afraid to shine a light on the murky figures that infect and inhabit the small town. Her perseverance and integrity make her stand out from the shady characters who fill the town that she loves so much. Liz is a beacon of truth and light in the dark glades of Marais. She isn't even afraid of Swamp Thing's biggest bad, Avery Sunderland, and the murderous lengths that he'll go to protect himself and his wealth.
Heroic women are wonderful, and Swamp Thing is filled with them, but Executive Producers Len Wiseman, Gary Dauberman, Mark Verheiden and James Wan add a lot nuance to the landscape with some flawed or outright villainous female characters who also populate the cast. Jennifer Beals shines as Lucilia Cable, the compromised Sheriff of the town, whose love for her son and the nefarious Avery often undermine her moral compass. It feels rare to see women who do wrong that are also complex and empathetic. As the audience, we understand what drives Lucilia, whether it's the need to be loved or to protect her son from harm. She's also a particularly interesting case as despite the crimes and corruption we see her embroiled in, there are still times when see Lucilia do what's right and commit to working alongside the women of Marais rather than conspiring against them.
Virginia Madsen takes on the unenviable—and unexpectedly sizable—role of Maria Sunderland, Avery's unstable wife. In less thoughtful hands, Maria could easily have become a tropey hysterical caricature, but here she plays as an intelligent woman driven mad by grief. If anything, the tragic death of her daughter has made her more Machiavellian, more malicious, more desperate to do whatever it takes to achieve her ultimate goal. It's a brutal performance that sees Madsen deal with not only her husband, his spiraling debt and the death of their daughter, but also the supernatural. And it all pays off massively at the shocking end of Swamp Thing's seventh episode, "Brilliant Disguise."
Finally, I can't end this without mentioning the powerful and brilliant Madame Xanadu. Jeryl Prescott delivers a killer performance as the all-seeing psychic who has the weight of two worlds on her shoulders. Not only does Xanadu have to protect the living human plane of Marais, but also the spirit world too…and did I mention that she's also blind? It's no easy task, but Prescott's Xanadu represents the power of womanhood along with one of the things that makes Swamp Thing so enjoyable overall—a distinct understanding and love for the comics, without a reverence that thwarts any imagination or new ideas.
With only three episodes remaining in the entire series, we can't wait to see where this wonderful DCTV series leaves the women of Marais, but we're sure they'll manage to pleasantly surprise and challenge us.
Catch new episodes of Swamp Thing every Friday on DC Universe. Click here to subscribe now.
Rosie Knight writes about comics, movies and TV for DCComics.com and DCUniverse.com. Check out her column on the Brilliant Women of Batman and be sure to follow her on Twitter at @RosieMarx.
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AC Architects Cambridge Ltd has supported Cambridge Open Eco Homes for many years and several of our own projects have featured among the homes open to visitors. 2018 was no exception, with one of the new-build Case Studies being an example of our work.
In addition to an AC Architects design being one of the eleven projects highlighted this year, practice director Anne Cooper spoke about rainwater harvesting as part of a workshop panel with the theme "Getting your home ready for climate change".


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Q: pants: cannot get lxml distribution pip requirement I am working on creating a Python project which includes the BeautifulSoup module. As part of this, I require the ability to parse XML, and as a dependency on that, I require that the lxml module is installed.
I am attempting to build a PEX file with Pants, and I am seeing that I am unable to resolve the package for lxml, which is required for BeautifulSoup to parse XML.
I am seeing the following error:
Exception message: Could not get distribution for
SourcePackage(u'file:///Users/x/.pants.d/python-setup/resolved_requirements/CPython-2.7.10/lxml-3.5.0.tar.gz') on platform linux-x86_64.

Can I manipulate something in my pants.ini file to pull in this particular library?

A: The error says lxml couldn't be obtained for Linux. Are you building a multiplatform pex on OSX? If so that says no pre-built lxml for Linux can be found. We don't currently have focused docs on multiplatform pexes, but the docs here do discuss building one for Pants itself: http://www.pantsbuild.org/howto_develop.html


Donald Swearingen's 23 Arts Studio is involved in a wide range of digital media arts, from original music and sound design, to MIDI engineering, telecommunications consulting, and programming. He is the software designer of Lucasfilm's THX R2 Audio Spectrum Analyzer, and he has participated in the design of telecommunications systems for such companies as Octel and Network Equipment Technologies.
Donald's musical compositions have been commissioned by public radio's New American Radio series and by numerous San Francisco choreographers and theaters. He has produced several releases of original recorded works and has performed extensively in the San Francisco area, utilizing a variety of interactive electronic instruments, many of his own design. During the Spring of 1994, he was Composer-in-Residence at the Djerassi Foundation.