As a Catholic, it gets tiring after a while of seeing Catholicism, and even Christianity in general, get the short end of the stick time and time again in the media. It seems as though the world is watching our every move and figuring out how to make it seem bad or wrong.
To get away from this endless lambasting, it is nice to sit down and relax to watch a high-quality show with good writing as well as good production quality, two things that plenty of Christian or Catholic movies do not necessarily have. That is not meant to be too much of a jab at Christian filmmakers because you will see this in the secular movie market as well. This is where the message of the movie is the focal point, rather than telling a compelling story and providing a decent experience for the audience. The difference is that those movies in the secular market get circulated largely for "cringe comedy" purposes, while Christian movies get circulated to give praise to God.
So, in my time of need, I found a show called Gunpowder starring Kit Harington (from the infamous Game of Thrones) who plays Robert Catesby, and Liv Tyler (from Lord of the Rings) as Anne Vaux.
The story centers around Catesby, who is a Catholic, in the early 1600s. The Catholic Church is being suppressed by King James I. Priests are being captured, tortured, and then publicly killed in the town square, along with those who try to hide them.
So Catesby eventually comes up with the plan to kill King James I and the rest of Parliament. This was something that I did not know. Guy Fawkes is usually the name associated with the plan, even though Catesby was the one who devised it.
Catesby assembles his group of men and has each one swear to the cause of overthrowing the king by way of killing him and his parliament. But the plan is thwarted because one of the Constable of Castille's men convinces a young priest that he is on his side. The priest then gives them the information that they needed in order to stop Catesby and his men.
Guy Fawkes gets captured trying to defend the explosives that were going to destroy parliament. Afterwards, Catesby and most of his men die in a final shootout. Fawkes and those who did not die during that battle were all brought to be executed. Fawkes was hanged and Thomas Wintour—one of Catesby's best friends—was disemboweled.
This show depicted the brutality of the time period really well. And it showed something that plenty of people are in denial about: the persecution of Catholics. Believe it or not, Catholics are not always and have not always been at the top of every country's hierarchy. In fact, Catholics have frequently been the persecuted rather than the persecutors, from Rome in the times of Saints Peter and Paul to Communist China.
Now, I do not know of what religion the creators of this show are, but it does not really matter in my mind. What they have created was a respectful depiction of the Catholics who were pushed to the limit and decided to fight back. But I do not only appreciate this show in the way that it depicts people of my faith. I also find it entertaining—well, as entertaining as watching the protagonists lose ever is. But I know that there are plenty of critics who do not feel the same.
The critiques I am going to talk about regarding this movie can be found here.
Suffice it to say that the critiques that I want to talk about can be boiled down into two things: a lack of fleshing out characters and motives, and a lack of tension.
Firstly, I thought that all of the motives were perfectly clear. The Catholics were being captured, tortured, and executed, so they needed to fight back. The Protestants were threatened by the fact that the Catholics were loyal to the Pope and God above the King, so they felt compelled to suppress the Catholics.
The characters were also given enough backstory to care about the conflict. Sure, Guy Fawkes was somewhat of a mysterious character and we do not know the details of why he is willing to risk his life for the cause, but, in a certain way, we do. His people—the Catholic people—were the victims of an oppressive and abusive government, and something needed to be done about it. We did not need to know if he had a friend or loved one die at the hands of the King's men. He is not the focus of the story. The story is about Robert Catesby, the man who came up with the plot.
Secondly, the series did not lack a considerable amount of tension. To say that "[t]he biggest issue with Gunpowder. . .is that it's dominated by excessively talky scenes that often unfold in hushed tones and undercut the urgency of what's happening," is such an incorrect statement that I have difficulty even coming up with something to refute it. But allow me to try.
To say that "talky scenes. . .undercut the urgency of what's happening" does a disservice to some of the best movies ever made, such as A Man for All Seasons, Becket, and Casablanca. Would anyone consider any of these movies to be terrible? Possibly by today's standards of CGI explosions and 45-minute action sequences with no real repercussions. But for people who know the real reason that movies are able to be compelling and how action sequences are able to have tension, "talky scenes" are not problematic at all.
On the one hand, the critics say that the characters and motivations were not fleshed out enough, then they also say that there were too many "talky scenes." How else does one flesh out a character? You learn about characters by seeing how they interact with the other characters. Sure, you can also learn a great deal about a character by seeing how they react in high-stress situations like an action scene, such as Catesby's final battle. You can also learn about characters through their death scene, such as Fawkes' death, where he jumped off the ladder to the hanging platform, killing himself by breaking his neck.
Gunpowder is about a group of men who fought and died for something worth fighting and dying for—the possibility of the free practice of the One True Faith. It is a healthy reminder to show just how good we have it in America today. So let us be thankful for the good graces we receive for not having to be the ones to stand up and fight, but know that, someday, at some point, we may need to be the ones.


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Clare W. Graves (December 21, 1914 – January 3, 1986) was a professor of psychology and originator of the emergent cyclical theory of adult human development, aspects of which were later popularised as Spiral Dynamics. He was born in New Richmond, Indiana.

Education and academic career
Graves graduated from Union College in New York in 1940 and received his master's degree and PhD in psychology in 1943 and 1945, respectively, from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.  He taught at Western Reserve for three years before returning to Union College as an Associate Professor in 1948.  He was promoted to full Professor in 1956, and retired in 1978.

In 1975, Don Edward Beck, a professor at North Texas University, sought Graves out on the basis of his 1974 article in The Futurist.  By this point, Graves's health was declining, and Beck resolved to record Graves's knowledge.  They were later joined by Christopher Cowan, with whom Beck developed Spiral Dynamics as an extension of Graves's work.  After Graves's death, Cowan, his consulting partner Natasha Todorovic, and archivist William R. Lee, became custodians of Graves's work, maintaining the official Clare W. Graves website, which provides access to some of those materials.

Emergent cyclical theory

In the early mid-twentieth century, Graves decided to conduct experiments that he hoped would reconcile the various approaches to human nature and questions about psychological maturity, as he saw elements of truth and error in all theories known at the time.  Rather than construct a hypothesis about how the conflicting systems could be resolved, Graves posed several open-ended questions and looked to see what patterns would emerge from his data.  While not typical at the time, these approaches would later become known as grounded theory and inductive thematic analysis.

Based on data collected over the next several decades, Graves observed that the emergence within humans of new bio-psycho-social systems in response to the interplay of external conditions with neurology follows a hierarchy in several dimensions, though without guarantees as to time lines or even direction: both progression and regression are possibilities in his model. Furthermore, each level in the hierarchy alternates as the human is either trying to make the environment adapt to the self, or the human is adapting the self to the existential conditions. He called these 'express self' and 'deny self' systems, and the swing between them is the cyclic aspect of his theory. Graves saw this process of stable plateaus interspersed with change intervals as never ending, up to the limits of the brain of Homo sapiens, something he viewed as far greater than we have yet imagined.

Influence

Through his emergent cyclical theory, Graves has primarily been influential in the area of management theory, both during his lifetime and continuing into more recent years.

 This  was both the first major area in which he published, and a major focus in his posthumous book detailing the complete theory.

While sometimes cited in the context of developmental psychology, Graves is not broadly influential within developmental psychology academia.  Graves has been criticized for not fully publishing his theory and data, with one source observing that by "leaving his legacy in not-quite-finished form, and in cultivating followers who have elaborated his ideas leaving them essentially unquestioned, [Graves] appears to have succeeded in leaving us a provocative and important theory, while so far avoiding anything like a debate about its merits."

Graves's ideas gained a broader audience through non-academic publications, most notably a 1974 article in The Futurist which attracted the attention of those who later created Spiral Dynamics. Graves influenced Ken Wilber's integral philosophy both directly and through Spiral Dynamics.  Through Spiral Dynamics, he has also influenced metamodernism.

Works
Graves worked towards a book describing his theories, but published few articles and gave few public talks on his work during his lifetime.  A full chronological bibliography is available online; a selection of his most notable publications is provided below.

Graves was reportedly distressed by the poor reception given to Abraham Maslow at an American Psychological Association seminar in the mid 1950s and determined not to publish his full theory until he was confident he could defend it.  Due to a brain injury sustained in 1975, Graves abandoned his book manuscript in 1977.  The manuscript, consisting of largely complete drafts of sections describing the derivation of the theory from experimental data, and comparing it to other theories, was edited together with other primary sources to reconstruct the missing section on the nature of the levels, and published posthumously in 2005 as The Never Ending Quest.

Additionally, an edited transcription of a seminar given by Graves at the Washington School of Psychiatry in 1971, along with a reprint of his 1970 article in the Fall 1970 issue of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, were collected and published in book form in 2004 as Levels of Human Existence.

Graves, Clare W. (1966), "Deterioration of Work Standards." Harvard Business Review, September/October 1966, Vol. 44, No. 5, p. 117-126.
Graves, Clare W. (1970), "Levels of Existence: An Open System Theory of Values." Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Fall 1970, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 131-155.
Graves, Clare W. (1974), "Human Nature Prepares for a Momentous Leap." The Futurist, April 1974, p. 72-87.
Graves, Clare W. (2004). Lee, William R.; Cowan, Christopher C.; Todorovic, Natasha (eds.). Levels of Human Existence. Santa Barbara, CA: ECLET Publishing.
Graves, Clare W. (2005). Cowan, Christopher C.; Todorovic, Natasha (eds.). The Never Ending Quest. Santa Barbara, CA: ECLET Publishing.

See also
 Abraham Maslow
 Cognitive psychology
 Complex adaptive systems
 Don Edward Beck
 Evolutionary psychology
 Kohlberg's stages of moral development
 Jane Loevinger's stages of ego development
 Metamodernism
 Neuroendocrinology
 Teal organisation

Notes

References

External links

20th-century American psychologists
1914 births
1986 deaths
Systems psychologists
Developmental psychologists
Union College (New York) alumni

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Q: A question about the math definition of predecessor
Every natural number, with the exception of $0$, has a predecessor: $\mathbb{N}^{+} = \mathbb{N} \backslash  \{0\}$

I know what predecessor means but can't understand this equation.

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Unfortunately, any assessment of the GS's performance in this area is a real finger-in-the-air job. The cars – and in its current form, the brand as a whole – haven't existed long enough for there to be any meaningful reliability data. The quality of the materials and the assembly doesn't exactly have you brimming with confidence, but it's entirely possible that the mechanicals will prove to be much hardier. One positive indicator that you might take heart from, though, is the generous warranty provided, which is a five-year/80,000-mile arrangement.
It's no surprise, given the budget nature of the GS, that the cutting-edge safety technology available in a lot of other mainstream cars these days is not offered. Don't go expecting autonomous city braking or lane departure assistance, because you'll be disappointed. You do get all the mandatory stuff like stability control and anti-lock brakes, plus a bunch of airbags (six of them to be exact). However, the entry-level model misses out on the tyre pressure monitoring system that is standard in the rest of the range. The GS is yet to be crash-tested by the experts at Euro NCAP, but if you look at the results of other MG models that have, not a single one has achieved the full five stars.
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Good evening all, just wondering if anyone else has broken a fairing mount, I'll post a couple of photos tomorrow but it is the fairing itself and not the bracket, has cracked and broken at the fairing. I am trying to avoid getting a new piece because of the decals I have on it, and the price obviously, dealer said over 2K from Ducati for a replacement, it is the right side fairing. Just wondering if anyone else has tried plastic welding or another product perhaps, the dealer actually suggested super glue but I think that may be a very poor option, any suggestions are appreciated.
Some pics attached, it is not flapping in the wind or even noticeable, just would be good to be able to fix it with out the cost of a new fairing. Apologies for the blurry second shot but you get the idea, or is that just the beer doing that?
The fairings are ABS. Here in the USA, you can buy ABS glue in the plumbing dept. at out home improvement stores.
I've also used this on various tabs and bodywork with great success.
You can do something similar with super glue and baking soda.
i have used the epoxy stuff in home depot. it has 2 sides once its mixed and dries you arent getting it off.
Thanks for the advice guys, I suspected it would be something like this, I'll let you know how I go.


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Announcing the public sector speakers in the re:Invent 2021 leadership sessions
by Katie Bertram | on 19 NOV 2021 | in Aerospace & Satellite, Announcements, AWS re:Invent, Education, Events, Government, Healthcare, Nonprofit, Public Sector, Public Sector Partners | Permalink | Comments | Share
This year, re:Invent from Amazon Web Services (AWS) is back in-person, in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Monday, November 29, 2021 through Friday, December 3, 2021. It also includes a comprehensive virtual agenda so attendees who can't join in person can stream event content online. There will be two public sector leadership sessions during re:Invent for attendees to get inspired and discover the latest advancements and new initiatives from and for the public sector.
Max Peterson to dive deep on how AWS and the public sector are shaping the future
On Tuesday, November 30, at 2:30 PM PT at the Venetian Theatre, Max Peterson, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, will host customers from around the world in his public sector leadership session. Max will share how public sector organizations continue to push boundaries on Earth and beyond, and he'll also discuss innovative advancements that are empowering communities and providing new paths to space exploration. From the classroom to space, customer speakers will join Max to share their groundbreaking stories on how they're using the cloud to drive their missions.
Meet these speakers here:
The University of Oxford has a long history working with AWS. Earlier this year, AWS collaborated with the university on the Oxford X-Reality Hub EdTech project, among others. Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, will share how collaborating with AWS and using the cloud is driving cutting edge research into human machine interfaces and the significant advancements coming from this. Professor Richardson became vice-chancellor in January 2016, having previously served as principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Professor Richardson received a B.A. in history from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. She then studied in the US, graduating with an M.A. in political science from University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.A. and PhD in government from Harvard University.
The global events and expo industry had to completely reimagine their experiences because of the pandemic. Taif Muhsin, vice president of integrated operations at Expo 2020 Dubai, will highlight how the Expo pivoted in response to the pandemic and is now establishing a model for new ways global events can connect people around the world, in person or virtually. Muhsin leads a team of more than 100 people in the delivery and operations of information and communications technology (ICT) projects, which includes running cloud and operations, testing and quality assurance, and vendor and partnership management. Muhsin has led and built the foundation for the digital road map and technology architecture for the largest event ever to be held in the Arab world.
People over 50 are the largest growing demographic in the world. Najeeb Uddin, chief information officer (CIO) of AARP, will share how the organization is using AWS to transform how it supports its members. During the pandemic, AARP found new ways to help people stay connected and get access to educational programs, and was able to scale effectively with the cloud. Uddin is responsible for information security, technology transformation, and system reliability for AARP's technology environment. He is a lead executive for AARP's digital transformation, which aims to deliver a unified, omnichannel consumer experience for AARP's 38 million members. Previously, Uddin held executive roles in the technology and database marketing industries, where he led client management, large-scale systems implementation, outsourcing, and technology adoption.
Organizations are using space data in innovative ways and redefining how we research, make decisions, and see our world. Astra was founded in 2016 with a goal of reshaping how the space industry works. Stratos Davlos, senior vice president of software engineering at Astra, will share how their organization is using the cloud to help get data insights more quickly to ultimately drive their mission to improve life on earth from space. Davlos leads Astra's software engineering organization. He brings two decades of leadership in artificial intelligence and software engineering from Apple, Jio, and IBM. Davlos has a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a M.S. in artificial intelligence.
Sandy Carter to make top announcements for public sector partners
On Wednesday, December 1 at 10:00 AM PT at the Venetian Theatre, Sandy Carter, vice president of AWS worldwide public sector partners and programs, will make the top announcements for public sector partners to help drive growth and value across the public sector. She will share the 2022 vision with partners to drive results and innovation, as well as share partner success stories and insights on how to build transformative technologies in the public sector in 2022.
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TT4.75a: Hi Anxiety
PREVIOUSLY: Glen taught Carrie how to temporally banish Mindylenopia. Frank and Luci broke up. Chartreuse fell in love with Carrie.
PART 75a: HI ANXIETY
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"Please, I beg of you, don't finish that sentence."
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Azure leaned back against the doorframe, shoving her hands into her jeans. "You're obviously enough of a basket case about it already."
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"There IS no deal with, you know, us!"
"I've noticed. What, did she find out you were a lesbian and kick your ass to the curb?"
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"Oh, sis, really? You still talk like your last valley girl girlfriend, you CANNOT be that much in denial."
"I'm, like, bisexual! Okay?" Giving up after a second attempt on the door, Chartreuse went over to her bed, throwing herself sideways onto it and deliberately looking at the opposite wall.
"Wow." Azure cleared her throat. "Right, well, for the record? Mom thinks you're a lesbian."
"Bully for her."
"I'm just saying. A day or so after that time I pulled you back from the brink? She sat me down and gave me the whole lecture about respecting people's life choices. On top of the one about using our power responsibly, I might add. So if you're going to start switch-hitting? You might want to give her the heads up."
"It doesn't matter, everyone's, you know, misconceptions are safe. Carrie's female too."
"Okay, back to that. What, you think you've got a chance with that cheerleader girl?"
Chartreuse grabbed her pillow with the intention of throwing it towards Azure, but she ended up clutching it against her chest instead, not sure how to respond.
"Does Carrie know about your sexual preferences?" Azure pressed.
Chartreuse swallowed. "She's, like, the only one who does. Aside from Laurie. And now you."
"So you have a chance. Why'd she end your mystic sessions?"
"To be with her boyfriend."
"So you don't have a chance. I'm starting to see the problem."
Chartreuse gripped the pillow tighter. "Thing is, I'm not sure Carrie can be, like, HAPPY with Glen. Especially recently, now that we know for a fact how he likes her for who she's going to become, whereas I'M the one who, you know, likes her for who she is NOW."
"Okay, well, you didn't always feel that way."
Chartreuse rolled over to eye her blue haired sister again. Azure was now leaning against the bedroom wall, hands behind her head, staring back at her. "Meaning what?" Chartreuse demanded.
"Meaning I'm not a totally insensitive jerk. I wouldn't have teased you so much about Carrie if I'd thought you had the hots for real. You spent all summer together without wanting to jump her bones. What changed?" She paled. "Oh no, was it the teasing itself?"
"Ha ha, don't give yourself so much credit." Chartreuse thought back to that time at the dance, when she'd acted as Carrie's anchor to the present. When she'd felt their hearts beating in tandem. When their powers had practically interfaced, and not only then, but the other time, days later at school.
"It was a little over a month ago that I, like, became consciously aware of something that I'd known for a while," she concluded. "Namely that the two of us… resonate. Spiritually. Despite her, you know, fears, and her occasional bouts of bitchiness doing their best to mask it. Once I was past that, deep down… I saw we, like, resonate."
Azure stared. "Resonate? What does THAT mean, is this some mystic family thing that I'm gonna understand when I'm older?"
"It's, like, hard to explain, okay?" Chartreuse sighed. "It's why I feel like I'm bisexual. I've tended to, you know, feel romance spiritually like that before it gets tied to gender." She smacked herself in the face with her pillow. "A feeling which is NOW the reason I can't quit Carrie!"
"No, you can't quit Carrie because she hasn't outright rejected you yet. Which, now that I understand where this came from, is because she hasn't been given that opportunity, right? Is that what you've been ramping up to today, with your posturing in front of the mirror?"
"Maybe?" Chartreuse kicked herself back up into a sitting position. "I mean, part of me hopes that once she's said 'no', I can, you know, get on with my life. Except, what if she says, like, 'never come near me again'? I don't think I could TAKE that, and we're still sorta friends now, so maybe I should, you know, keep trying to be happy with that."
"Mmm hmmm. What if she says 'yes'?"
Chartreuse felt thrown off her stride. "What?"
"You're building up this huge confession/rejection scenario in your head, and time delaying it as much as you can. Well, what if Carrie says 'yes' to a relationship? What if our whole school starts talking about you two as this huge lesbian couple, because they don't understand the whole bisexual thing?"
Chartreuse bit down on her lip. "Oh, geez. I like to think I wouldn't, like, care that much. But Carrie sure would. Which means there's, you know, no WAY I can talk to her."
"Oh no, you HAVE to talk to her. Otherwise you'll go nuts. More than usual. But you also have to see the repercussions from Carrie's point of view. Otherwise you're not gonna be able to interpret her answer, and you'll be back here moaning in another two weeks."
Chartreuse shifted her gaze from Azure back to her vanity. "Huh. Meaning… when I say it… don't, like, make it a formal declaration? Because that makes it awkward. And about me. When it's, you know, more about me caring for her in a special way. From afar, if necessary." She smiled. "Heck, Carrie should like me framing it as being about her, she's got an ego." Chartreuse drew in a deep breath. "Thanks, Azure."
"No problem. You better now?"
Chartreuse nodded. "I think so."
"Awesome." Her sister pushed off from the wall. "In gratitude, you're now covering my laundry duty for the rest of the month."
"Wait, what??"
"Bye sis, love you," Azure said, waving airily as she vanished into the hallway. Chartreuse finally threw the pillow at her.
Luci spotted Frank shortly after entering the library. He waved her over, then returned to scrutinizing the book he had on the table.
"Okay, I'm here, what is it you've found?" Luci asked, leaning in to look over his shoulder.
"It's…" Upon turning his head and seeing how close she was, he seemed to freeze up.
Luci took a sideways step away from his chair. "Sorry. Too close?"
"No, it's… well, maybe. I'm still processing the fact that we're not… you know."
"Dating?" Luci finished. She shifted her weight back and forth. "You can send me an email or something with whatever you found out, if that's easier."
"No, no, that's silly… we're still friends, and I invited you here because this is something you really do need to see in person. I'm just… still processing."
Luci sighed. "Honestly? I kind of am too," she admitted. She pulled out the chair next to Frank and sat down. "Not so much the physical proximity stuff, but when I'm writing in my diary, like about a movie I want to see, I'll first think 'I should talk to Frank about this!'. As if that wouldn't be super awkward. So I'm glad you thought of a better reason to call me."
He smiled wryly. "Alas, it's just back to time travel. A little personal project I undertook, to keep busy until Carrie becomes more forthcoming." He glanced at the book of local newspaper clippings, then met her gaze again. "In fact, context first. You know how Carrie banished Mindy to some other time?"
Luci nodded. "Tough thing to forget. Carrie almost got you too, and Julie, and me."
"Right. And Clarke later told me that Carrie had said she didn't know when Mindy ended up. But ignoring the 'when', doesn't it stand to reason that, geographically, Mindy would still have ended up here in town?"
Luci leaned on her elbow. "I guess. Temporal Carrie sure didn't seem to be in the mood to be doing spatial calculations. Though that means it's equally possible Mindy found herself floating out in Earth orbit around the sun."
"Okay, that's a chilling thought… I prefer mine. Which led me to the idea that, what if Mindy left a footprint back in that past? Here in town? One that we might be able to locate today?"
Luci frowned. "Like what? 'Don't let Carrie get shot' carved into a tree trunk 400 years ago?"
"I didn't need to go that far back." He pulled over the newspaper book. "What's your opinion on this?" He tapped at the section 'Reader Poetry'.
Luci scanned over the entry he was indicating.
'Back through time, to this Narrow Glen,
I've thought within it, now and then.
Of what I did, of memories lost,
Of charging forward, no matter the cost.
Thus, when what was old, becomes new again?
Do heed these words: Don't trust that Glen.'
It was simply signed, "Mindy". Luci jerked her gaze up to the top of the page.
"Published five years ago," Frank acknowledged. "On the exact date in October when Mindy first appeared, smashing into our school. That's how I found it. I thought I'd check those anniversary newspapers first."
Luci sat back. "Damn. I mean, we have no guarantee that this was our Mindy, but that's a freaky coincidence. And more to the point… only five years? It means that, even if we were to assume this 'Mindy' was eighty years old at that point…"
He nodded. "Mindy could still exist in our present."
NEXT: More Questioning.
ASIDE: I wrote a guest post yesterday over at "The Archive of Unusual Events", check it out here: 13th Floor Concerns. And while there, consider exploring more of Stable's serial – unusual things surround us! Hope your Christmases were merry.
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The renewable power that Vermont homeowners and businesses generate has more than doubled since 2012, according to a report by the Department of Public Service on the state's net-metering program.
This growth is expected to continue, the report says, especially as the solar industry pushes to install more panels ahead of looming uncertainty over the federal solar tax credit.
The state's net-metering program allows electric customers to generate power from solar, wind and other renewable sources. In exchange, Vermont utilities credit these customers for the power produced.
Several utilities last year had to halt applications for new projects after reaching a statutory limit on the amount of power they can receive from net-metered installations. Though this cap has been lifted, persistent growth is already creating more challenges for utilities.
Jacksonville Electric Co., a small municipal utility in Windham County with 170 kilowatts of net-metered power on its system, has nearly reached the new cap set at 15 percent of a utility's peak demand. In 2013, net-metered power from solar, wind and methane accounted for 14.4 percent of Jacksonville's peak demand.
Some utilities use solar energy to offset more expensive power during peak demand hours in the summer, and pay a premium for it. But as more solar installations come online, utilities expect to see a shift in the summer peak to later in the day – a time when less power can be generated from the sun – and may soon see less value in solar.
These are the challenges stakeholders will begin to address in the coming year. Ultimately, regulators will redesign the net-metering program in 2016 to provide utilities with more flexibility to implement the law.
Darren Springer, deputy commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Service, said possible changes include lifting the cap and providing new financial incentives for producers.
He said there could be incentives for locating projects on already developed areas like rooftops, brownfields and industrial parks, or offering benefits to customers who provide power during times of peak demand.
"I think we can have a much more innovative program," Springer said.
Critics of the net-metering program have long raised the concern that if net-metered customers generate all their electricity – and zero out their bills – then perhaps non-net-metering customers are paying for the fixed costs of distributing electricity, such as poles and wire.
That concern prompted Washington Electric Co-op to issue a fixed customer charge as part of its revised net-metering program. The state recognizes that the program is not one-size-fits-all, and as part of last year's law, allowed utilities to adopt their own programs if they meet certain criteria.
The DPS report says that the cost of net metering to nonparticipating ratepayers is just about zero statewide, but fluctuates from one utility to another.
For example, a residential net-metered 4 kilowatt fixed solar installation costs a Vermont Electric Co-op member 1.4 cents for every kilowatt-hour of energy generated, according to the report. By contrast, Green Mountain Power customers gain 1.1 cents per kWh for the same size system.
Under all scenarios described in the report, net metering is a net loss to VEC's customers, the utility has been saying for years.
According to the report, Washington Electric Co-op, a winter-peaking utility, received nearly no benefit from fixed solar installations – and nearly no benefit from solar trackers. However, during the winter, wind power did reduce peak demand.
The report says wind is performing better than it had in the past due to higher winter electricity prices, and it could be effective at cutting peak demand for some utilities.
The program was designed to support small-scale renewable energy generation. As a result, 48 percent of all net-metering applications are smaller than 5 kilowatts, as of September.
However, the report found a significant number of 500-kilowatt applications submitted in 2014, indicating a trend toward larger, group net-metered systems.
Vermont's net-metering program has grown sixfold over the past five years, and is expected to continue to accelerate before the uncertain changes to the federal solar tax credit in 2016, according to the department's report. Also, last year's law increased the size of solar installations that qualify for expedited application review.
Solar installations have grown from 141 applications in 2008 to 1,027 in 2013. This is in part driven by the premium utilities pay for solar net-metered projects. Solar now accounts for 93 percent of all net-metered capacity in Vermont.
By contrast, the number of wind net-metered projects has declined over the same period, from 23 to seven. Green Mountain Power is the only utility with net-metered hydropower. Only three utilities net meter energy from methane, a gas derived from manure or landfills.
The report states there will be 150 megawatts of net-metered generation in Vermont by 2016 if Vermont keeps at its current pace. Combined with larger installations, Vermont will have 250 megawatts of permitted solar.
But this is not without concern. The report states that the solar installations will have a noticeable impact on the state's landscape and also push Vermont's peak later in the day, when solar power does less to offset it.
As a result, "This would have a significant impact on the value delivered by solar PV in terms of avoided in-state transmission and distribution infrastructure," the report states.
Hallquist says the shifting peak is a surmountable problem.
VEC is in the process of closing on land deals to build a solar array that positions panels toward the setting sun to capture energy later in the day. The co-op closed on a lease in Alburgh and is nearing a land deal in South Hero. VEC is still scouting additional sites to divide its proposed 5-megawatt solar project.
Hallquist said the west-facing panels will not provide power after 7 p.m., however. For that reason, he said VEC is discussing ways to change consumer behavior to manage demand during peak hours.
But, he said, this requires making investments in smart-grid technologies and perhaps offering customers time-based rates that discourage electricity consumption during peak demand hours when electricity prices are highest.
GMP, the state's largest electric utility, is building a solar farm on a closed landfill in Rutland that includes battery storage. The purpose of the project is to draw solar-generated power from batteries later in the day when the sun is not providing energy.
"The future of all of this is in storage capacity and allowing renewables to become dispatchable. When this occurs all the peak problems disappear," said Rep. Tony Klein (D-East Montpelier), chair of the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee.
The Department of Public Service was required under the state's 2014 net-metering law to review the impacts of the program on utilities and electric customers, including the pace of the program and the extent of cross-subsidization.


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Q: Why middleware is getting called even when the mount path specified is not it's own? I am new to node and express, trying to explore things. I made two middlewares both with their specified mount path, the MIDDLEWARE 2 is getting called even when the request is not for it.
The code written by me:

// middleware 1
app.use('/demo',function(req, res, next){
    console.log("MIDDLEWARE 1 CALLED");
    next();
});

// middleware 2
app.use('/', function(req, res, next){
    console.log("MIDDLEWARE 2 CALLED");
    next();
});

app.get('/demo',function(req, res){
    console.log("Hello, How are you?");
});

And now in the browser, I type: localhost:8000/demo
In console I am getting this:
MIDDLEWARE 1 CALLED
MIDDLEWARE 2 CALLED
Hello, How are you?

My question is when I specify the path in request as /demo why does the second middleware gets called?However, when I type this: localhost:8000, it works as expected Only middleware 2 is called.
Where am I wrong in the first case?
Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.

A: Express' app.use will apply to every request with a path that starts with your entered path. Meaning app.use('/demo', ...) will apply to every route that starts with /demo, and app.use('/', ...) will apply to every route that starts with /, which obviously is every route.
If you only want to have it on the exact / path, maybe app.all('/', ...) could solve your issue as it only applies to the exact match but still for all HTTP methods.


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Q: Atmega Microcontroller interrupt delay function on button press I am using Atmega32A and I have 2 LEDs. Here's step by step what I want to do

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*When the MCU is powered, I have one LED lit (PC0)

*When click on a button (PD6) the second LED at (PC1) is lit and the other one is turned off.

*A delay function is delaying this state for 10 seconds. After that the first LED (PC0) is lit, too, for 5 seconds. At this time both the LEDs are lit.

*Then 3. repeats.

What I want to do is, when I click on the button at (PD6) to be able to interrupt / break the delay.
Here's the code
#include <avr/io.h>
#include <util/delay.h>

int main(void){
    DDRC = 0b11111111;  //Makes PORTB as Output
    DDRD = 0b00000000;  //Makes PORTD as Input

    PORTC = 0b11111110; //LEDs
    PORTD = 0b11111111; //Button

    int pressed = 0;
    int Pressed_Confidence_Level = 0;
    int Released_Confidence_Level = 0;

    while(1){
        if(bit_is_clear(PIND, 6)){  //If button is pressed (PD6)
            Pressed_Confidence_Level++;
            if(Pressed_Confidence_Level > 500){
                if(pressed == 0){
                    if(PINC & (1<<PC0)){
                        PORTC = 0b11111111; //PC0 LED ON, PC1 LED ON
                    }
                    else{
                        while(1){
                            PORTC = 0b00000001; //PC0 LED ON, PC1 LED OFF
                            _delay_ms(600000);  //10min
                            PORTC = 0b11111111; //PC0 LED ON, PC1 LED ON
                            _delay_ms(300000);  //5min
                            /* How to exit this loop on button press? */
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    pressed = 1;
                }
                Pressed_Confidence_Level = 0;
            }
        }
        else{
            Released_Confidence_Level++;
            if(Released_Confidence_Level > 500){
                pressed = 0;
                Released_Confidence_Level = 0;
            }
        }
    }
}

A: Atmega micros have hardware interrupts that can be used to accomplish this. Interrupts can be used with interrupt handlers (short functions that are called when an interrupt is triggered) called "Interrupt Service Routine" (ISR) in atmel speak to accomplish short tasks that you would like to be called asynchronously with primary control "thread".
_delay_ms is a busy-wait delay so there is no harm in calling shorter spans of it (say every 100ms and decrementing a counter).  If you write a short interrupt handler to set a global flag you can have the loop check the flag every iteration and break out of it sooner. Otherwise you can also continuously check the button state in your loop with a finer grain delay without interrupts if the project will stay as simple as it already is.
Interrupts can be disabled and enabled dynamically, so there is no concern that your button press will change program state outside of the loop of interest. Its pretty straight forward (one memory address write) to enable and disable interrupt vectors before and after the delay loop runs.
see for example:
this external forum post
this tutorial
official atmel clib documentation on atmega interrupt service routines
this technical application note from atmel
a short tutorial note from atmel
Review the doc 'sheet' for your micro for even more detailed implementation notes.