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TOC(GeoDjangoBackground, GeoDjango, GeoDjangoModelAPI, GeoDjangoDatabaseAPI)? The GIS branch intends to be a world-class geographic web framework. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible to build GIS web applications and harness the power of spatially enabled data.
News: The project has been submitted to FOSS4G 2007. If you want to see us there in September, use the community review to show your interest!
Note: The documentation has been re-factored into several pages. See the table of contents on the right for a complete listing of topics. Other GeoDjango pages include:
Note: In order to minimize confusion, please don't modify the official roadmap below. If you have a suggestion, place it in the suggestion section or ask your question in the FAQ. If your request is urgent, submit a ticket requesting your feature or bugfix (make sure to specify the component as 'GIS'). Thanks for your cooperation!
Phase 1
- Create Geometry-enabled fields and manager. Status: complete as of r4788.
- Allow for Geometry-enabled queries. Status: complete as of r4788.
Phase 2
- Pending
- Distance queries, calculations, and related utilities.
- Support for a mapping framework (e.g. Google Maps/Earth, Yahoo Maps, MS Live, etc.)
- Admin fields and forms (WKT field currently as of r4884, but we want widgets to view and manipulate geographic objects).
- WMS views.
- Add as much from the PostGIS API as possible.
- Complete
- PostGIS indexing capability.
- As of r5008, added a
ctypesinterface for GEOS in [source:django/branches/gis/django/contrib/gis/gdal django.contrib.gis.geos].
GEOSGeometry: Wraps GEOS geometries; all accessed geometry fields are returned as
- As of r5397, added a
ctypesinterface for GDAL/OGR in [source:django/branches/gis/django/contrib/gis/gdal django.contrib.gis.gdal].
OGRGeometry: Wraps OGR geometries, may be accessed with an extra instance method (e.g.,
SpatialReference: Wraps OGR Spatial Reference objects, may be used to transform OGR geometries.
DataSource: Wraps OGR Data Source objects, may be used to explore GDAL-supported data sources
- As of r5529, there are utilities for importing vector data (e.g., SHP files) directly into GeoDjango models.
- The [source:django/branches/gis/django/contrib/gis/utils/LayerMapping.py LayerMapping] class will import vector data from GDAL-supported data sources. This is still 'beta', and requires installation of the GDAL library.
- As of r5657, "Lazy-Geometry" support was added (courtesy of Robert Coup's excellent patch in #4322) -- deprecating most of the extra instance methods.
Phase 3
- Support additional spatial databases:
- MySQL
- Oracle Spatial (I (jbronn) would need access to a license to make this happen)
- Geocoding framework.
Design Issues
- Client JS/Flash framework, i.e., do we want to support OpenLayers, the Google Maps API, the Yahoo API?
- So far, Google Maps looks the most promising for being supported first (people are familiar with it, and it's more stable than open layers).
- Yahoo! has a really slick flash interface, I'd like to support this eventually.
- OpenLayers supports WMS/WFS/tiles as well as Google, MSVE, and Yahoo layers. It is very flexible and open(!!). (Rob Coup)
- Mapping Framework (generating custom tiles, layers, labels, etc.)
- Mapnik is modern, but very early on in development and completely lacks documentation. However, the code is elegant and clean, and it was designed for integration with Python -- we're leaning towards this right now.
- Mapserver has been around for a while, strong backing in the community (e.g. native support in QGIS). Even with documentation, the code looks less inviting than Mapnik (all in C); also has archaic text-based configuration files (pre-dating markup languages).
- Update: As of r5008, GeoDjango has its own GEOS interface (via
- GEOS is no longer maintained by Sean Gillies. See Sean Gillies, Geometries for Python (blog post explaining rationale for abandoning GEOS support); see also Sean's message on the GEOS-Devel Mailing List (Mar. 5, 2007).
- Update: As of r5008, GeoDjango has its own GEOS interface (via
- WMS Server
- I'm not satisfied with any of the current WMS/WFS implementations. One implemented in Django would be desirable, e.g.,
django.contrib.gis.wms. Thoughts anyone? (OWSLib looks good, see below)
- I'm not satisfied with any of the current WMS/WFS implementations. One implemented in Django would be desirable, e.g.,
- PCL (Python Cartographic Library), now part of GIS Python, has done a lot of good work already. Let's apply the DRY principle. Strong opportunities for collaboration with regards to:
- Mapping framework
- WMS/WMF Framework -- OWSLib looks excellent for this (BSD licensed and has unit tests!)
- Utilities
- Database representation ideas
- GEOS support, Sean Gilles (of PCL) was the maintainer of the old SWIG bindings, and is working on ShapeLy, a GeoDjango-inspired GEOS ctypes interface.
- CoordinatesField.
- Jannis Leidel has already come up with a way to manipulate points in the admin interface, BSD licensed.
- geopy
- Brian Beck has written a good foundation for geocoding and distance calculations, BSD licensed.
- Decide what to do about "invalid" shape files, for example, float SHP field with ' ' value.
- Geo field introspection.
- Place your questions here.
- Q: When dealing with points (say, degrees) from, do they need to be converted to be useful on the back-end data, assuming -that- data is in degrees? Is it enough to have the same datum and origin? (Reading the intro above is likely to answer the question.)
- My (JDunck) reading indicates yes. Given the same coordinate system (i.e. datum, origin, and axes), degrees are useful without conversion.
- Q: Can this implementation work with MySQL spatial-extensions. If not, it's planned?
- No. It is (now) planned, see Phase 3 below. From the last time I (jbronn) checked, MySQL's spatial capabilities have improved. However, we're going to focus our efforts on PostGIS until things are worked out a bit more. As a spatial database PostGIS it is more standards compliant (OpenGIS consortium), more widely used, and has more features (e.g. coordinate transformation,
spatial_ref_systables). It is definitely something I would want to implement in the future since I do like MySQL.
- No. It is (now) planned, see Phase 3 below. From the last time I (jbronn) checked, MySQL's spatial capabilities have improved. However, we're going to focus our efforts on PostGIS until things are worked out a bit more. As a spatial database PostGIS it is more standards compliant (OpenGIS consortium), more widely used, and has more features (e.g. coordinate transformation,
- Q: Is this going to be a WMS Server/WMS Client/Both? OWSLib is just a WMS Client from what I have seen (from ruckc)
- WMS Server first, client capability a possibility in certain situations (i.e. you want to cache data from another WMS server). Yes, OWSLib is a client, but it contains code for validating the correct parameters to send to a WMS server, thus it can be adapted into a Django view that validates whether the proper WMS parameters were given. Mapnik has an
ogcservermodule that can parse the correct parameters for WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0, however since it is licensed under the LGPL it cannot be easily incorporated into this branch (unlike OWSLib).
- WMS Server first, client capability a possibility in certain situations (i.e. you want to cache data from another WMS server). Yes, OWSLib is a client, but it contains code for validating the correct parameters to send to a WMS server, thus it can be adapted into a Django view that validates whether the proper WMS parameters were given. Mapnik has an
- Q: Per this discussion in
django-developers, "I can do spatial queries if they are directly between two models with polygon fields but I can't seem to get at the spatial queries through foreign keys."
- Geographic queries require
GeoManager, even if the model does not have a geographic field itself (in the case of a foreign key to a geo-field). The reply in the discussion gives detail into why.
- Geographic queries require
- Q: Why are the OGRGeometry methods
- Because these map to the separate OGR routines OGR_G_Transform and OGR_G_TransformTo. Specifically, the
transformroutine takes a CoordTransform object as a parameter, whereas the
transform_toroutine takes a SpatialReference object. The
transform_to"function requires internal creation and initialization of [a CoordTransform] object [and] it is significantly more expensive to use this function to transform many geometries than it is to create the [CoordTransform object] in advance, and call transform() with that transformation. This function exists primarily for convenience when only transforming a single geometry."
- Because these map to the separate OGR routines OGR_G_Transform and OGR_G_TransformTo. Specifically, the
Geographic Models
Here is an example of how the model API currently works (assume this example is in geo_app/models.py):
from django.contrib.gis.db import models class District(models.Model, models.GeoMixin): name = models.CharField(maxlength=35) num = models.IntegerField() poly = models.PolygonField() objects = models.GeoManager() class School(models.Model, models.GeoMixin): name = models.CharField(maxlength=35) point = models.PointField() objects = models.GeoManager()
Notes: The
GeoMixin class allows for extra instance methods. By default, a GiST index will be created for the School
PointFields fields. This behavior can be turned off by using
Using syncdb
Use the
manage.py to invoke
syncdb like you normally would:
$ python manage.py sqlall geo_app BEGIN; CREATE TABLE "geo_app_school" ( "id" serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, "name" varchar(35) NOT NULL ); CREATE TABLE "geo_app_district" ( "id" serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, "name" varchar(35) NOT NULL, "num" integer NOT NULL ); SELECT AddGeometryColumn('geo_app_school', 'point', 4326, 'POINT', 2); CREATE INDEX "geo_app_school_point_id" ON "geo_app_school" USING GIST ( "point" GIST_GEOMETRY_OPS ); SELECT AddGeometryColumn('geo_app_district', 'poly', 4326, 'POLYGON', 2); CREATE INDEX "geo_app_district_poly_id" ON "geo_app_district" USING GIST ( "poly" GIST_GEOMETRY_OPS ); COMMIT; $ python manage.py syncdb geo_app
Note: The geometry columns are created outside of the
CREATE TABLE statements by the
AddGeometryColumn. This is done according to the OpenGIS specfication.
- See Open GIS Consortium, Inc., OpenGIS Simple Feature Specification For SQL, Document 99-049 (May 5, 1999), at Ch. 2.3.8 (Geometry Values and Spatial Reference Systems, pg. 39).
Spatial Queries
After a geographic model has been created, the PostGIS additions to the API may be used. Geographic queries are done normally by using
filter() and
exclude() on geometry-enabled models using geographic lookup types (see the Database API for lookup types). In the following example, the
bbcontains lookup type is used which is the same as the PostGIS
&& operator. It looks to see if the bounding box of the polygon contains the specific point. The next example uses the PostGIS
Contains() function, which calls GEOS library to test if the polygon actually contains the specific point, not just the bounding box.
>>> from geo_app.models import District, School >>> qs1 = District.objects.filter(poly__bbcontains='POINT(-95.362293 29.756539)') >>> qs2 = District.objects.filter(poly__contains='POINT(-95.362293 29.756539)')
Both spatial queries and normal queries using
filter() may be used in the same query. For example, the following query set will only show school districts that have 'Houston' in their name and contain the given point within their polygon boundary:
>>> qs = District.objects.filter(name__contains='Houston').filter(poly__contains='POINT(-95.362293 29.756539)')
Or combine both the bounding box routines (less accurate, fast) with the GEOS routines (most accurate, slower) to get a query that is both fast and accurate:
>>> qs = District.objects.filter(poly__bbcontains='POINT(-95.362293 29.756539)').filter(poly__contains='POINT(-95.362293 29.756539)')
Installation of the GeoDjango module will also require the installation of existing open source geographic libraries and a spatial database (currently only PostGIS). This section will describe the installation process for these libraries. Initially, these instructions will pertain only to a Linux platform (particularly Debian or Ubuntu). Mac & Windows support will be considered later; however, these instructions will most likely work through the Mac shell.
Python & PostgreSQL
- Python
- Required: Python 2.4 is required because of heavy use of 2.4 decorator syntax (e.g.
@property). The
ctypesmodule needs to be installed as well.
- Recommended: Python 2.5 is recommended because the
ctypesmodule comes included. Python 2.5.1 is the current latest.
- Required: Python 2.4 is required because of heavy use of 2.4 decorator syntax (e.g.
- PostgreSQL
- Recommended: PostgreSQL 8.X
- We are currently using v8.1 of PostgreSQL, and know of no problems with 8.2
- On Ubuntu Feisty, you'll need the apt packages
postgresql-server-dev-8.x(the development headers are needed for PostGIS compilation) and
- GeoDjango exists in the
gisbranch from SVN:
$ svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/gis django_gis $ ln -s django_gis/django /path/to/site-packages/django
- Latest GEOS version is 3.0.0RC4
- Update: As of r5008, you do not need to enable the Python bindings because GeoDjango has its own GEOS
ctypescomes standard with Python 2.5. If you run Python 2.4,
ctypesmay be downloaded here
- Configure, make, and install.
$ ./configure $ make # make install
- Latest PROJ.4 version is 4.5.0
- First, download the PROJ datum shifting files. These will come in handy for coordinate transformations when other programs (like Mapserver or Mapnik) are not able to cope with EPSG transformations (I learned the hard way). Untar/unzip these in the
nadsubdirectory of the PROJ source. For example, if PROJ was unzipped in a directory named
proj, then untar these files in
proj/nad. Do this before you do the configure/make/install dance.
- See PROJ FAQ; see also Frank Warmerdam's reply to a Mapserver question.
- Next, configure, make and install.
$ ./configure $ make # make install
- Latest PostGIS version is 1.2.1
- First build & install PostGIS.
$ ./configure --with-geos --with-proj $ make # make install
- Next, create a role and database for your application, and allow it to access PostGIS functionality:
# su - postgres $ psql postgres=# CREATE ROLE <user> LOGIN; postgres=# \q $ createdb -O <user> <db_name> $ createlang plpgsql <db_name> $ psql -d <db_name> -f /usr/local/share/lwpostgis.sql $ psql -d <db_name> -f /usr/local/share/spatial_ref_sys.sql $ psql <db_name> <db_name>=# GRANT SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, DELETE ON geometry_columns TO <user>; <db_name>=# GRANT SELECT ON spatial_ref_sys TO <user>;
- Finally, update your
settings.pyto reflect the name and user for the spatially enabled database. So far, we only plan to support the psycopg2 backend, thus:
- Highly Recommended: Some features (e.g. a large number of
SpatialRefSysmodel routines) require GDAL, but it is not necessary for core functionality (e.g. spatial queries).
- GDAL/OGR includes useful for coordinate transformations and reading/writing both vector (e.g. SHP) and raster (e.g. GeoTIFF) geographic data.
- For example, the following command will convert your SHP file into WGS84 (standard lat/lon). Then you can import directly into your database using
shp2pgsql(utility from PostGIS):
ogr2ogr -t_srs WGS84 output.shp input.shp
- For example, the following command will convert your SHP file into WGS84 (standard lat/lon). Then you can import directly into your database using
- Latest GDAL version is 1.4.2. Configure with GEOS then make (use
gmakeon Solaris platforms) and install:
$ ./configure --with-geos $ make # make install
- As of r5397 there's a
ctypeslayer for GDAL/OGR, no additional Python bindings are needed.
- If you still want to use the GDAL Python API for your own applications, then the following configuration flags:
--without-ngpython: the deprecated, but stable API.
--with-ngpython: the "next-generation" SWIG-based bindings -- used to problematic for Python 2.5 users, but the GDAL team has solved a lot of these issues in 1.4.2.
- See generally GDAL/OGR In Python on the GDAL trac wiki.
Though GeoDjango is not yet "officially" supported for Windows (due to documentation, see #4397), our ctypes interfaces have made compatibility with Windows 2000/XP a reality. The developer uses binary libraries from the following open-source projects (for Windows):
- PostGIS 1.2.1 Windows Technology Preview: Installs PostGIS 1.2.1 on Windows, and includes GEOS 3.0.0RC4 and proj libraries as well.
- Copy
libgeos_c-1.dll, and
libproj.dllto your Python directory (e.g.,
- Copy
- QGIS Windows 0.8.1 Release Candidate 1: Installs QGIS, an open-source desktop application for GIS, similar to ArcView. Includes GDAL and its own proj libraries (more documentation forthcoming).


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On my third shift in the hospital, I worked with an American nurse-midwife named Cathy. I helped with a couple of deliveries as she labor-sat with a 9th timer who was almost complete. It was unusual that she wasn't just spitting her baby out. Her contractions were short and far apart. We had her up and walking but she became a spectacle in the labor ward. She has gray hair and thus, many people, waiting in the hospital for other loved ones, started staring at her and following her around. They wanted to see how this "gran moun" (old lady) would deliver. We finally gave her a private space in the maternité so that she wouldn't be the object of such gawking. The labor (or non-labor) was going on for hours.
Finally, it was decided that her labor would be augmented with pitocin. I didn't think that this was a bad idea, seeing that she was a hemorrhage risk and that the weak labor pattern would make that worse. Within an hour or so of receiving pitocin, she was screaming her baby out. Again, a little unusual. I would have expected a 9th timer to be an old-pro. Anyway, the baby came. But, it didn't breath. There was meconium staining and the student midwife on staff was slow and clunky with her aspiration of the baby's nose and mouth. As I saw that the baby was not breathing, I asked for the ambu bag and began the resuscitation. The baby was still unresponsive and apneic (not breathing). Within a minute, we had also begun chest compressions because the baby's heart rate was low. Cathy did the first shift of chest compressions as I bagged the baby. I began the mantra of neonatal resuscitation. One and two and three and breath and one and two and three and breathe and…… Over and over. The baby, a little boy, was not responding. He most likely had meconium in his lungs and the, ultimately, quick delivery did not allow for enough squeeze to get it all out. Most people believe now that meconium aspiration is the result of an in utero distress. In the U.S., we deal with it often in the NICU and the babies live.
This little guy, though, was not going to have that advantage. We resuscitated him for 30 minutes, which is a long time for that kind of thing. He was finally breathing on his own, but he never took a full cry and he had the rhythmic agonal gasping of one who is desperately trying to receive air. Miss Genette offered that we could try to find a pediatric doctor to help. I thought that was a great idea and so I carried him out of the maternity ward and across the courtyard to the largely, ill-equipped pediatric unit. The baby boy was breathing on his own, but was still limp and unresponsive. Cathy and I would continued ventilating him with the ambu bag which seemed to be offering him more support. Miraculously, the doctor somehow came up with an oxygen machine. So, we put a nasal cannula on the baby and observed.
He definitely seemed to be doing better with the oxygen, but I still felt that this baby needed more care. Could we transfer him to Paul Farmer's hospital 45 minutes away in Cange? The doctor agreed that this was a good idea and said that he would make the arrangements. I left the hospital about an hour and a half after this birth, having stayed with the baby the whole time. I felt that he was doing a little better. He had a little better muscle tone, but he still hadn't cried and most of the time, his eyes were closed. He was receiving the oxygen and was now under the care of the pediatrician. I was adamant with them that this baby needed to be watched carefully until he was transferred to Cange. Miss Genette left the hospital 3 hours later and the baby still had not left yet.
The next morning, back at the hospital for another shift in Labor and Delivery, I asked about the baby. Miss Genette did not know, but we finally found another midwife who had the news. The baby had died on route to Cange.
I felt numb. This baby would have lived in the U.S. But this is Haiti, and the hospital does not have a NICU, does not have good suctioning equipment, does not have endless supplies of oxygen. I don't even know if the baby had medical support on the drive. All I know is that a family member accompanied him.
I saw the mother in the postpartum ward and told her how sorry I was. She was resolute and quiet. I also knew she was about to pick herself up and go on with life. There is no time in Haiti to mourn the loss of a baby when you have 8 other hungry mouths to feed. Death is sorrowful and yet, not unexpected. The town of Hinche has at least 3 or 4 coffin shops where the wood workers display their hand-made boxes along with school benches and tables. We saw a coffin being carried down a dusty, dirt road by a procession of pall-bearers and community members. Out in the middle of nowhere, obviously they were headed to a burial spot. Death. This is Haiti.
|Women waiting for prenatal care at the mobile clinic
At the orphanage, we have been playing and hugging and getting to know the girls even better than before. We have been staying at their orphanage, which is now separate from the boys. It is nice this way. The girls can maintain their own little world, not having to worry about their safety or the taunting that comes with the sexual tension of teenagers. Of course there are the occasional sibling spats: hitting, crying, hurt feelings. But it doesn't seem to last long and for the most part, the girls are happy and peaceful. I wonder sometimes about how to give them things in the most appropriate manner. We brought a volleyball net, 12 balls, knee pads, team T-shirts. That all went pretty smoothly. But then I also had my special gifts – earrings, necklaces, shirts, all "extras" from home that I knew would be appreciated by the girls. It is hard to give one girl something. There is a strong need and feel for equity and justice amongst Haitians. But, inevitably, there are the girls who become our favorites. My favorites this year were Joska and Marlande. They are both about 9 or 10 years old. Marlande is confident, beautiful, a strong singer during the evening prayers. She was affectionate and fun with me. When I gave her a special beaded bracelet, she gave me a big hug around my waist. She is easy with her love. Joska is more reserved although when pushed for a photo, she strikes the pose with ease. She is thinner than the other girls and Dina says the house mother told her that she has a medical condition. I do not know what it is. But, I enjoyed her easy smile and feisty spirit.
On the last day, we were cleaning up and I had a leftover baguette. There were a few girls sitting on the porch outside our room, so I offered it to them, saying that they had to share it. As soon as I gave it to them, a near riot ensued. Like a pack of wolves, they pulled and shouted and fought over the bread until a house mother broke in. This is Haiti and although I only heard it mentioned twice, I know the girls are hungry. They eat plain spaghetti in the morning, beans and rice at noon, and cream of wheat at night. Always the same, except for one day a week, when they get a chicken leg.
With the final clean-up, I swept the front porch and scooped the trash into the garbage bag that we had been using all week. One of the girls offered to bring the trash to the garbage area for me. I was happy for the help but also wondered in the back of mind if she was going to go through our trash.
Of the many things that I had brought to Haiti, one of them was a stack of this year's baby cards. My plan was to cut up all the little faces and create a matching game for the girls. Place all the faces face down, and see if you can find two little baby faces that would match. As it turned out, the weeks were full and I just never got around to it. On the second to last day, I threw away half of the cards, and on the last day, I let go of the rest, realizing that I just wasn't going to get to it and that it was going to be too hard to explain – cutting out the faces, matching them up, sharing the sets. Everything seems to need a lot of set up and organization around who is going to keep everything together so that pieces don't get lost, games are kept in order. In the same vein, by the time we left Hinche, we only had 4 out of 12 volleyballs left – some had popped, some were hidden away by the girls for soccer, others I just don't know.
Later in the morning, I was reminded that this is Haiti. The girls started popping up with the little baby cards in hand. They were fascinated by the photos and the names on the back. It was so funny to hear them pronouncing the American names – "Maxine Danger," "Emeline." They even wanted me to put the postcard up on their empty dormitory walls. I obliged, humbled. No matter how many hair ribbons and bubbles and Uno games that we give out, they will always feel a desperation for more. Even though they truly appear happy, I need to remind myself that they lack the foundational elements that a family provides. They have had to re-create their family life with 52 girls and 4 house-mothers. Believe me, it is far better than many. But, they will still fight over bread and pick through the trash.
This is Haiti.
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"The I Love Lucy Project" button
So, here's the blog button for anyone who may like to put this on their blogs to help in our cause. Thanks so much for helping to spread the word. I don't know how to do all that html java mumbo jumbo, I just know that if you do these steps you can get this button on your blog and it will link into ilovelucyproject.blogspot.com:
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3) browse your computer and select the "I Love Lucy Project" button you have saved
4) link it to ilovelucy.blogspot.com where it asks for the link
5) position where you want it to show on your page layout
Voila. A new button on your sidebar. (It won't be quite as big as mine...although we so very much appreciate your support, we don't want to take over your blog!)
Hope it works!
I'd love to utilize Facebook to spread the word too, but man oh man, I don't get Facebook. Hmmmm. I better work on that one...
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Got mine up!ReplyDelete
Hey, that's not ilovelucy.blogspot right? Isn't it ilovelucyproject.blogspot.com? I added the button, but I think the link is wrong, so I changed it.ReplyDelete
Take care!
done. Thanks to ashley for posting her comment i got the right link too.ReplyDelete
Put it on my blog Shawni...oh and btw either of those pictures are adorable!ReplyDelete
Oh man, thanks for letting me know, Ashley! I fixed it, but hopefully people don't have the wrong link!ReplyDelete
I got mine up, Shawni. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Just followed Jill's link here and wanted to say hello. :) Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help! If you ever need someone to host a book giveaway, I'd be happy to. Also, I can help with nerdy computer stuff too...if you'd like. Just whatever you need. Say the word. All the best to you, your sweet Lucy, and your beautiful family.ReplyDelete
I have been reading your blog and I love it. You are very talented. I was touched by Lucy and her story.ReplyDelete
I have created an HTML code for her button. Please email me @ firstname.lastname@example.com and I will send it over :)
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DONE!!!!! Good luck!ReplyDelete
I love your blog...I linked the button.I plan on purchasing your book. Keep up the good work!!ReplyDelete
Oops...Paul(husband)is really Krista. Again..love the blog and your cause!!ReplyDelete
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Talk:VCS package guidelines
https:// vs git://
Could we consider a guideline to use firewall-friendly protocols when possible (e.g. https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git instead of git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git)? --Mitch feaster 14:34, 15 November 2011 (EST)
- It shouldn't be too hard to just mention that. As I haven't heard of anybody else ever bringing it up, it'd probably be enough.
- --Det (talk) 22:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Updating a CVS repo
I don't use cvs. How can you describe the pkgver for cvs (for pacman 4.1)?
-- Dracorp (talk) 09:31, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
- CVS is not supported in pacman 4.1 like the other VCS tools. You will need to update pkgver manually until CVS support is added.
- -- Jstjohn (talk) 22:44, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
- The download example can still be found in
/usr/share/pacman/. The next version of the ABS package should update it a bit so the download happens in the prepare function where it belongs. As for pkgver, I think the generic example using date covers that, as there's not a way to get a version number from a CVS repo. Maybe a note to that effect?
- -- Scimmia (talk) 07:17, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- The download example can still be found in
- That makes the most sense, but it might also be a good idea to rename the "Fallback" section to something like "Fallback / CVS" to make it more obvious even when you're just checking out the table of contents.
- Hmm, there were a number of patches submitted last month for cleaning up the prototypes, looks like none have been committed yet. I do remember a discussion (IRC maybe?) questioning the proper place for the prototypes, so maybe that's why? Looking at the patches, I was mistaken anyway; they didn't update the darcs or cvs prototypes. Simple enough, I'll send in a patch myself.
- --Scimmia (talk) 08:22, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
- I use this dirty hack:
cvs history -c -a | cut -d' ' -f2 | sort -u | tail -n 1 | sed 's|-||g"; could probably be improved. --Buhman (talk) 18:00, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
#fragment part of the VCS source URL has a different meaning for each type of VCS.
This can be confusing for people, especially when they are trying to checkout a specific branch or tag.
Examples would reduce the chance for confusion a lot.
fictional examples for git and svn (don't have experience with bzr or HG)
check out branch
git_test of git://myproject.com into folder
my_git_code :
Check out branch
svn_test of svn://myproject.com into folder
my_svn_code :
Lone_Wolf (talk) 20:49, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
More on git pkgver()'s
I would also like to see packages use
pkgver functions like this:
git describe --always --long | sed -E 's/([^-]*-g)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
so they are more friendly to
Current behaviour using git-git as an example:
current ver:
next ver:
vercmp 220.127.116.11.g123abc 188.8.131.52.50.g123abc 1 # the first is greater than the second
Right now, the current version is actually greater than the new version, causing a downgrade. If
r is appended to the patch level (the numbers just before the
g<hex> bit), then
vercmp would order the versions correctly.
current ver:
next ver:
vercmp 1.8.2.r210.g123abc 22.214.171.124.r50.g123abc -1 # the first is less than the second
KaiSforza (talk) 20:42, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
- So Git makes some projects jump down from
x.x.x.x.50? Is that really intended behavior?
- --Det (talk) 22:48, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Clarifying the first Git function
Instead of just
sed 's|-|.|g' it'd probably be better to give some example with
cut (which you're probably gonna end up using anyway) and
tr (which is simpler than
sed). Then you could either explain it like this or just mention the man pages: "
cut -d "-" -f2- cuts from the first hyphen (-) to the end,
tr - . converts hyphens to dots (.) and
tr -d - removes the hyphens".
pkgver() { cd local_repo git describe --always | cut -d "-" -f2- | tr - . }
--Det (talk) 00:22, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Did you test this before posting? It doesn't do anything like you think it does. Scimmia (talk) 22:29, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
- Well, my friend, that's what makes it an example. The reason I'm using
cutis to remove the actual project names that are often included in their tags. All the sed example does is change the hyphens (
-) to dots (
.), which is simpler to do with
tr - .anyway.
- Well, my friend, that's what makes it an example. The reason I'm using
- What _makes_ it so hard is that there isn't a single solution that somehow magicly worked on all scenarios. Even if you decided to be clever and started cutting the output up until the first number (with something like
$ sed 's/\([^0-9]*\)\(.*\)/\2/g'), you'd still end up with the wrong result whenever the "version" starts with a letter or the project name ends with a number.
- --Det (talk) 21:04, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
- What _makes_ it so hard is that there isn't a single solution that somehow magicly worked on all scenarios. Even if you decided to be clever and started cutting the output up until the first number (with something like
- Ah, I see now, you were addressing a special case. You're right, there isn't a single solution. You're also right that
tris simpler and should probably be used in the example if that's all the example is going to show. It seems to be fairly common, though, to include a "v" at the beginning of the version number, in which case you'd already be using
sedanyway so you can just do
sed 's/^v//;s/-/./g'So many ways of doing the same job. Scimmia (talk) 02:15, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, I see now, you were addressing a special case. You're right, there isn't a single solution. You're also right that
- That only works when they do. It doesn't remove the names from the tags, which are included in things like Wine and the entire X stack.
git describe --always | sed 's/\([^0-9]*\)\(.*\)/\2/g; s/-/./g'is the most universal approach I can think of. But it's totally unreadable and a damn lot harder to edit than some
- --Det (talk) 20:37, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, my example was a special case as well. I'm really thinking that this is a situation where it's best just to include a very simple example and let the maintainer customize it as needed instead of trying to find a convoluted solution that works everywhere.
- -- Scimmia (talk) 07:11, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Use --long insead of --always in git describe
--always is for returning something even when it can't find a tag. It just returns the short hash of the commit, which is kind of useless in this example. On the other hand --long is needed to get the output we want if HEAD has a tag. By default, git describe would just return the name of the tag, --long forces it to return the full output we want, ie "2.0-0-g123abcd" instead of just "2.0". --Scimmia (talk) 09:40, 22 May 2013 (UTC)


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To celebrate Up's 2nd anniversary, I felt like doing something special and personal, so I decided to design a collection that is inspired by and dedicated to my best friend, Ayu, who has been very very supportive about my business and whatever it is that I do. I love you, dearest..:)
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Seemingly, other New Bernians must spend a lot more time cleaning than I do, as whenever I write one of my articles on natural cleaning products, I get many responses.
Seemingly, other New Bernians must spend a lot more time cleaning than I do, as whenever I write one of my articles on natural cleaning products, I get many responses.
I have written (ad nauseum) on using vinegar and hydrogen peroxide as everyday household cleaners. Also, mentioned in previous articles are also lemons, baking soda, olive oil, ketchup, castile soap, salt, toothpaste, glycerin, cornstarch, rubbing alcohol, Worcestershire sauce and coffee filters.
Under each bathroom sink, as well as my kitchen sink, I keep a spray bottle of each of these � vinegar and peroxide. They are my �go to� cleaners for most everything in the house. My friend, Lynne, has given me the �recipe� for the cleaner that she uses all the time. I have used it, and it is very good. She calls it �All-in-One Magic Cleaner.�
You will need a professional spray bottle, 8 oz. distilled white vinegar, 4 oz. lemon juice, 1 oz. liquid dish soap (Dawn), 2 tsp. baking soda and 10 oz. of water. Funnel all of the ingredients into the spray bottle, squeeze out the suds, and screw on the cap and it�s ready to do its thing.
Here is what I discovered: the baking soda is what makes it fizz up all over the place. I mixed it in a big bowl, and then I poured it into the bottle using a funnel. It works great on anything in the bathroom, stainless steel, granite, etc. I was not happy with the results on glass as it came out somewhat smeary.
You know the myriad of products in the laundry isle for stain removal. I found one that works great and is not a spray. It kills me that all the spray ones have to be used holding the garment up in the air and the spray doesn�t work if you spray down. (Isn�t that the way everyone would spray it?) Fels-Naptha comes in the form of a bar of soap, so you just rub it on the stain, let it stand for a minute, then throw it in the machine with the rest of your wash. You can buy it at Mitchell Hardware for $2.29 and it lasts a very long time. I store it in its original wrapper.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Two teammates who were part of a football squad that set championship standards in the Ohio Valley Conference, a record-setting tennis player who helped take the women's program to the top, an All-American linebacker who earned national recognition, and a volleyball player who excelled on the court and in the classroom have been selected for induction this year into the Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame Class of 2011, which will be inducted on Friday, Nov. 4, during Homecoming festivities, features football stalwarts Ralph Broyles and James "Red" McMillan, tennis pioneer Esra Bayburt, linebacker Chad Evitts, and Academic All-America volleyball standout Angie Duncan.
Broyles and McMillan were both key players in Tennessee
Tech's most successful stretch on the gridiron, helping coach
Wilburn Tucker's team roll to four consecutive OVC
Broyles was a member of the 1959 and 1960 teams and was named first-team all-OVC as a senior. That year he led the team in rushing, all-purpose yards and scoring. McMillan was an all-OVC lineman who played on all four championship squads from 1958 to 1961.
It took Bayburt the blink of an eye to establish herself as the best player in Tech women's tennis history. In her first month on the roster under coach Randy Smith, she was 14-1 and ranked 58th in the nation – the first Tech women's tennis player to break into the Top 100. Bayburt played at No. 1 singles and was a three time all-OVC selection, finishing her career with a combined 168-81 overall record.
One of the most dominating defensive players in school history, Evitts led the football team from 1997-2000 under coach Mike Hennigan and collected a long list of individual honors and awards. Named to three different All-America teams following his senior season, Evitts was the OVC Defensive Player of the Year and a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, given annually to the top I-AA defensive player in the nation.
When the OVC added women's volleyball to its sponsored
sports in 1983, Tennessee Tech stepped forward to dominate the
league by winning four consecutive Southern Division championships
and Duncan was one of the primary forces for coach Sharron
Bilbrey's team. Duncan, who not only stood out on the court
but also received national recognition for her academic success
with three Academic All-America honors in addition to her all-OVC
In-depth stories on each of the five inductees will be released in late October. The Hall of Fame Dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, in the Multipurpose Room of the Roaden University Center. Tickets for the dinner are $25 per person. For reservations, please call (931) 372-3940.


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Dimensions of Social Welfare Policy
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Marianne Geudin Candle: Black Tea
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- Marianne Guedin, designer of the year in France, designed these beautiful hand-blown glass candles. Made of a recyclable glass and filled with a natural wax, these one-of-a-kind candles are naturally "green". There are sixteen unique fragrances available from the "Maitres-parfumeurs" of Grasse, in the South of France, and sixteen beautiful colors that fit each and every taste. The glass containers can be reused as a glass, an elegant small vase or votive candle holder when you put it upside down.
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Former Cleveland Browns return man Josh Cribbs couldn't find a job early in free agency because his health was in question after he had offseason arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee. Cribbs now says he's healthy and is starting to visit teams again.
The two-time Pro Bowl selection visited the Oakland Raiders on Monday and is set to visit "several" more teams, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday.
If Cribbs still is making visits, it might be a sign he doesn't want to play for the Raiders. Cribbs met with the Arizona Cardinals earlier in the offseason, and a contract reportedly was close. The Cardinals, however, backed off because of Cribbs' health.
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We're heading to Mt. San Jacinto this weekend with my son's scout troop. We plan to stay the night at Round Valley.
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Hurricane Ophelia formed Wednesday in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Ophelia is a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds. The storm is moving east at 3 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in an update Wednesday afternoon.
Ophelia is the 10th hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic season.
"Since it isn't clear exactly how strong Ophelia is, the intensity forecast is low confidence," National Hurricane Center officials said. "All of the intensity guidance indicates that strengthening is likely for the next 24 to 36 hours."
Center officials said the hurricane is forecast to drift northeastward over the next 24 hours. Ophelia will then run into an approaching deep-layer trough that will make the hurricane accelerate toward the northeast.
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Heroku Public BetaOur private beta on Heroku was going along just fine. We were getting positive feedback, tweaking provisioning and monitoring, and starting to feel comfortable about stepping into the cloud. Then Peter Neubauer showcased a great demo last week on how to get up and running on Heroku with Neo4j, topping it off with a Google Spreadsheets front-end. This clever hackery was even featured in the Heroku December newsletter. It seemed time to finally allow other people to join the fun. So, we're pleased to announce that the Neo4j Add-on is now in public beta on Heroku. With a verified account, creating a Neo4j application in the cloud can now be as simple as:
sudo gem install heroku git clone email@example.com:neo4j-examples/heroku-neo4j-appscript-demo.git cd heroku-neo4j-appscript-demo heroku apps:create heroku addons:add neo4j git push heroku master heroku open curl -d"start n=node(0) return n" http://your-app-name.heroku.com/raw-cypher heroku addons:open neo4jIf you no longer require it, please remove the heroku app with
heroku apps:destroy --app your-app-name --confirm your-app-nameDocumentation on how to get started with the Heroku Neo4j Add-on can be found at the Heroku DevCenter. We'll be posting additional guides for getting started on Heroku with Neo4j. Stay tuned.
Latest on CypherMost the work in Cypher for this milestone has been internal changes that are not immediately visible to an end user. The type system has been rebuilt and revamped, and a second, simpler, pattern matcher has been added. The first change makes the Cypher code base faster to work with, and the second makes your queries faster. End user facing changes include: possibility to get all shortest paths, the COALESCE function, column aliasing, and the possibility for variable length relationships to introduce an iterable of the relationships. Finally, there are two breaking changes – the syntax for the ALL/NONE/ANY/SINGLE predicates has changed, and the ExecutionResult is now a read-once, forward only iterable.
New on the web adminI'm quite happy to announce that the web admin interface now supports Cypher calls directly in the data browser. It's so sweet to be able to query your way around the node space! I luv it. Moreover, Gremlin has been updated to version 1.4.
Breaking changes and deprecatingWe're introducing a new way to handle breaking changes. They will be flagged in the change logs as "BREAKING CHANGE." Where we do introduce a breaking change, we will continue to support the older functionality for 2 GA releases. This would typically be six months heads up and will allow you to adopt new GA releases quickly while giving plenty of time to develop against the new API. This policy applies to published and stable APIs, including Cypher. In the same vein: We now have a deprecated feature. Cypher execution is now part of the core REST API, the cypher plugin is deprecated. This policy does not cover third-party add-ons (like Gremlin from Tinkerpop) which have their own release strategy.
Bug fixes galoreThis milestone has a slew of bug fixes incorporated. For more information please read more on the various "CHANGES.txt" files.
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OK. So what does "Jörn Kniv" mean in Swedish? Inquiring minds would like to know…
Ha!

Jörn = Small town in the municipality of Skellefteå in Northern Sweden and train station on the way from Abisko (remember Neo4j 1.3?) to Malmö. Also, all letters are in Björn aka our Engineering Manager :)

Kniv = Knife in Swedish, so much for the educational part of the name …
Yea. Thanks but you gave me a literal translation. Of course, I checked out that Jörn was a small (and shrinking) city in N Sweden. But why the combination of "Jörn" and "Kniv"? What does it mean, please?
Ah!

So, the name is constructed of two parts:

1. A train station on the railway down from Riksgränsen (northernmost station in Sweden on the Norwegian border near Narvik) down to Malmö, home of the Swedish Neo4j head office.

2. An educational Swedish work, can be furniture, everyday things etc (much along the lines of IKEAS furniture naming).

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This recent (and still living) monk that is being referred to above is Abouna Fanous, the monk on the far left of the below image:Ever since the incident where Abouna Fanous's hands were illuminated during prayer for all to see, he scarcely leaves his cell (in fact he didn't leave his cell for approximately 6 months after the incident). Now, when he is compelled to leave his cell, he never leaves without wearing thick socks on his hands (as you can see in the above photo).
I find this topic fascinating! I can't seem to find any other info on him, though. Any suggestions? God Bless You!
If EA would graduate already then maybe Erkohet.com would start stacking up that encyclopedia and start commenting on Fr V.C Samuels book. None the less EA writes great apologetics and the Malankara faithful have personally referenced the site in Lectures and Retreats. Also some great Pics of monasteries and Patriarchal updates could gather more people to the site.
One of my favorite saint stories about the Coptic Pope HH St. Kyrillos VI shared to me by my father: A newly ordained priest did Vesper prayers every Saturday, but he did it all alone. He then complained to the Pope, "I don't have a congregation, and I don't even have any deacon at all that can come and help me serve the Vesper prayers." The Pope told him to try this one last Saturday, and if there are no more people, he can stop doing Vesper prayers at the church.That Saturday, the priest went and started Vesper prayers and no one was there. But within minutes, the Pope and a few bishops came, and the Pope commanded that the priest continue in leading the prayers while he and the bishops take the role of the deacons serving him. Embarrassed, the priest pleaded the Pope should lead as is the canonical thing to do, but the Pope insisted, and the service continued with the priest leading and the Pope and the bishops as deacons. From that point on, the priest never complained again, and years went by and more and more people did start to show up.
I am glad I found this page. I found it by doing a search on Debre Mitmak church in Egypt. For our lord Jesus Christ and our holy mother two fold virgin and god bearer passed by this place. I wanted to know if it still in existence and what has become of this church in these modern times. I often have difficulty finding these holy places because often the names are changed or known by another name. In regards to the monk that graces this page. I can understand his wanting to hide himself from the public eyes. For any saint or holy one will say all glory belongs to God not mortal man. So he hides the hands to put the glory back where it belongs... To God!Glory be to God forever.
I give thanks Hiywot for the information regarding Debre Mitmak Church in Egypt. I thankful that our lord put it in your heart to make a response to me about that holy place. I too feel the sadness in my heart that it was destroyed twice and that no trace of it was left in Egypt. I would like to also inquire about a certain holy text. The Gospel of Abba Garima. If you know how I might get a copy or a translation of this holy works I would be very grateful. Glory be to God forever!
I would like to also inquire about a certain holy text. The Gospel of Abba Garima. If you know how I might get a copy or a translation of this holy works I would be very grateful.
Two days ago, March 15th, the Coptic Church celebrated the martyrdom of a certain St. Dioscorus during the time of Islam, who upon returning to his Christian religion because of a harsh letter by his sister, was martyred. I could not find out when exactly this saint was martyred, but since this is during the Islamic period, it is post-Chalcedonian. May his prayers and blessings be with us all, Amen! May he also pray for those Christians who are struggling in the Muslim countries, persecuted for their faith!
Quote from: minasoliman on March 17, 2013, 06:36:54 PMTwo days ago, March 15th, the Coptic Church celebrated the martyrdom of a certain St. Dioscorus during the time of Islam, who upon returning to his Christian religion because of a harsh letter by his sister, was martyred. I could not find out when exactly this saint was martyred, but since this is during the Islamic period, it is post-Chalcedonian. May his prayers and blessings be with us all, Amen! May he also pray for those Christians who are struggling in the Muslim countries, persecuted for their faith!He has a lot in common with our St. Gideon of Karakallou.
Qedus Teqeleh Hiayemonot(St. Tekla Haymonot)He last settled in the land of "Shawiry" where he built his well-known monastery known as "Elbianos". Many people followed him and became Monks. He exerted a lot of effort in praying and fasting and kneeling before God. He even used to pray standing on one foot; the right one, until his leg was broken! His monks took it and covered it. He never got out of his cave, but remained there till his death.This Saint has left the church blessed with his love for deep fervent prayer and fasting.May we all learn to prayer and fast like this Saint.He was the only human being on earth given wings. Thus his Icon always shows him with wings and standing on one leg with hands up and out in prayer.The priests in the Ethiopian Church during the opening liturgical prayer we call it "Ahadu" stands in front of the Holy Alter with his hands up and out in a stance of St. Tekle Haymonot and slowly prays "one is the Holy Father, one is the Holy Son , one is the Holy Spirit...." The priest seems as if he is going to fly away. It is a powerful thing to experience.This Ethiopain Saint is revered and venerated greatly among our Coptic brothers and sisters. I shamefully must say maybe more than in Ethiopia. WE love him deeply; he is a special Saint for the whole universal church worldwide. However; it seems that my Coptic family has many churches, monastaries, books, videos etc. on our beloved Saint. I had a hard time finding and Ethiopian traditional Icon for this posting. I keep a Coptic traditional Icon of this great saint in my car. Even this Icon was given to me by a very dear Coptic sister who I worked with almost 15 years ago. I put it in my car that hot afternoon on my way home that day and have just moved it from car to car ever since.I feel that I am being protected by the wings of St Tekla Haymonot instead of the "wings of GoodYear" so I intend to leave it in all my cars that the Lord allows me to have.Thank you Magda and God bless you where ever you are!!!
On this day, St. Acacius, Patriarch of the city of Constantinople, departed. He was knowledgeable and well informed about the Holy Books and was an expert in explaining their mysteries. So, he was ordained a priest over the church of Constantinople.When the council of Chalcedone convened, he refused to attend its meeting and when they called on him to hear his opinion, he refused, claiming he was sick. He was exceedingly sorrowful for the tribulations that befell St. Dioscurus and he made that known to his companions and those he trusted: the Governors, Christians and ministers whom he knew to be dedicated and faithful Orthodox. He thanked the Lord that he did not participate in the works of this council.When Anatolius, the Patriarch of Constantinople departed, this father was chosen by the believing ministers and the enlightened government officials to be successor. St. Acacius strove diligently to eliminate the division and enmity that dwelled in the church. When he found that the spiritual ailment was deep-rooted and difficult to overcome, he believed that the proper thing to do was to devote his efforts to the salvation of his own soul.He sent a letter to the holy father, Abba Peter, the Pope of Alexandria, confessing the true faith which he had learned and received from the holy fathers, Abba Cyril and Abba Dioscorus. He followed that letter with many others, asking the Pope of Alexandria to accept him in the fellowship. The Pope of Alexandria answered all his letters, then he wrote him a Catholic letter and sent it with three bishops. They went disguised until they entered Constantinople and there they met Acacius, who treated them with great honor and received the letter from them. He read the letter to his friends, the Orthodox nobles of the city and they all agreed on it and with him, and confessed the True Faith. Then he wrote a letter before them, accepting the faith of Abba Dioscorus, Abba Timothy and Abba Peter and confessing the soundness of their faith.Afterwards, he accompanied the three bishops to some monasteries and he took part with them in the celebration of the liturgy and the partaking of the Holy Communion. The bishops then exchanged the blessings with him, took the letter and returned it to Abba Peter. The Bishops informed Abba Peter about their fellowship with Abba Acacius and that they had taken part in the liturgy with him. Abba Peter accepted the letter and ordered that Abba Acacius be mentioned in the liturgies and the prayers of the Coptic church.When the news reached the bishops of Rome, they exiled St. Acacius from Constantinople. He remained in exile until he departed in peace, all the while remaining firm in his Orthodox Faith.His prayers be with us. Amen.
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As I am a very curious person I wanted to know what it is to paint 15 mm figures. In every bag there are eight figures in three different poses.
I must say it worked extremely well. I thought that I would not see what I'm doing on these figures, but I could see it. I painted them just like I do with my 20 mm figures. White basecoat, flesh parts and then adding different colors and washes (and some drybrushing). Well enough blabla, here are the pictures!
All errors that can be sen on the pictures are fixed (green finger, unpainted belt). As allways some more blabla on the BLOG.


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Comptoir de l'Image is my one and only hidden treasure in Paris. As you can see from this photograph, it's a paradise for any magazine or book lover…
About the size of a postage stamp, every nook and cranny is filled to the brim; Paris Vogue, Numero, Dutch, vintage designer look books– it seems like every uber-cool publication can be found among the rare fashion and photography books here. Â I can't imagine any other place I would want to spend a rainy afternoon in Paris.
However, I wouldn't bring a friend, it's so small they may not be able to fit both of you!
Comptoir de l'Image
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Student filmmakers
Documentary tackles mental health issues in India
April 8, 2013
By Mike Killeen
If Ratnaboli Ray is correct, the latest Extending the Link (ETL) documentary produced by students at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University is going to be "awesome."
"Khulla" made its Central Minnesota debut Tuesday, April 16, at the Gorecki Center, CSB.
Ray is a mental health activist and founder of Anjali, an organization in India that helps those suffering from mental illness. Her organization, an advocate for mental health patients which provides direct care services and helps reintegrate people into their homes, was featured in the documentary. Ray received a trailer of the documentary to preview.
"It came back with absolutely rave reviews," said CSB senior Lindsey Gideon, one of the co-directors of the documentary. "Ratnaboli said it was awesome, and that she was very much looking forward to seeing (the finished documentary), and she was forwarding it on to many of her friends and professional colleagues."
It is the sixth documentary produced by ETL, a non-profit, student-run venture through the CSB and SJU Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship, with funding from various campus sources including the CSB and SJU Student Senates, private donors and outside groups.
Six students - Gideon, co-director Rebecca Lais, Rachel Mullin and Ashley Tong from CSB, and Sean Raible and Adam Brenteson from SJU - spent 16 days in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, shooting 23 hours of footage in late December and early January.
Lais had met with members of Anjali while studying abroad in India in spring 2012, and brought the idea of focusing on mental health issues in India back to ETL, one of approximately 20 options the ETL group considered.
"Khulla" comes from a woman who is interviewed in the documentary.
"It means open and change. The patient said, 'My heart opens here.' It's a really cool phrase that we've tried to highlight in the film," Gideon said.
The students found that over 50 million Indians deal with some sort of mental illness. Conditions in the mental health hospitals are "difficult to see," Gideon said, including patients being neglected and sexually abused.
But groups like Anjali and Antaragram, another mental health organization which runs a facility just outside Kolkata, are changing that picture in India, Gideon said.
"We found that they're doing some amazing work and making huge leaps and bounds in improving these conditions," Gideon said.
ETL seeks to foster discussion on global issues by increasing awareness. Its goal is to inspire action.
"We want students to think about their actions toward people with mental health issues, or just the issue itself," Gideon said. "We want people to talk about it. We want (mental health issues) to be more out in the open, and we want it to become less stigmatized.
"I think there are wonderful opportunities on campus. WACOSA (a local organization which helps 500 individuals with disabilities receive training and support that leads to employment) brings in people with mental disabilities to work on campus, so I think students could interact with them more," Gideon said. "One of the things in India that we would hope to do is to create a stronger relationship with Anjali and the India study abroad program. The study abroad program currently has a service learning aspect, and we think that Anjali could become a strong partner with that."
SJU junior Jack Somers is providing a musical score for the finished documentary, although it won't be ready for the local premiere. It will eventually be added to DVD copies that will be available to schools, churches, groups and civic organizations from ETL.


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BRISTOL — Vermont State Police arrested two Bristol residents on drug and aggravated assault charges on Wednesday following a shooting incident in Hinesburg.
The incident stemmed from a complaint from Shawn Holbrook, 34, of Hinesburg, who alleged he was shot at on Wednesday at about 12:30 a.m. while driving his vehicle near the intersection of Route 116 and Mechanicsville Road in Hinesburg. Police confirmed two bullet holes in the driver's side door and were subsequently able to recover evidence of the shooting at the scene.


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Recounting the story of her life, Oei plunges us into the colourful world of nineteenth-century Edo, in which courtesans rub shoulders with poets, warriors consort with actors, and the arts flourish in an unprecedented moment of creative upheaval. Oei and Hokusai live among writers, novelists, tattoo artists, and prostitutes, evading the spies of the repressive shogunate as they work on Hokusai's countless paintings and prints. Wielding her brush, rejecting domesticity in favour of dedication to the arts, Oei defies all expectations of womanhood—all but one. A dutiful daughter to the last, she will obey the will of her eccentric father, the man who created her and who, ultimately, will rob her of her place in history.
Vivid, daring, and unforgettable, The Printmaker's Daughter shines fresh light on art, loyalty, and the tender and indelible bond between a father and daughter.
Set in 19th century Japan, the Edo period, The Printmaker's Daughter is a fascinating rendering of life's hardships for Japanese women and artists in that era. Oei is the favourite daughter of her famous master painter artist father, Hokusai. Despite Hokusai's fame, his family was truly poor. Born to him late in life, she immediately enchanted him because of her aptitude for art and her vivid personality, unusual for Japanese women. When he leaves his family to pursue his art, he takes his favourite child with him. Despite the restrictions imposed on her, she served as a dutiful business partner to her father, keeping his accounts, helping his students, and even secretly completing some of his art projects. He struggled against strict government control and strong sentiments against artists. He took his daughter along with him in his travels, leaving her in the care of courtesans in the pleasure district so he could work. Oei struggles to find a balance between honing her talent as an artist and learning the womanly household arts expected of a young woman in such a strict culture. She also grapples with her allegiance to a father she equally resents is sometimes repulsed by – a man truly selfish in his pursuits with poor appreciation for the Oei's own sacrifices.
In this dual biographical historical novel about Oei and Hokusai's lives, readers will experience rich details of Japanese life. Told in first person narrative through Oei's point of view, this is a beautifully written and well-researched story. As with most biographical historical novels, I did find the pace slow at various points in the story. This is normal and to be expected; after all, true life is not always filled with constant turmoil and conflict. Therefore, readers should understand this and enjoy the story for what it is - an accurate portrayal of two struggling artists who left an indelible mark upon history, art, and culture in Japan. The novel describes a world far removed from that which we know in the West.
Oei's story is one of dauntless courage to overcome cultural restrictions for women of the time. Through beautiful prose, the writer evokes emotion and I could not help becoming fascinated with this exotic story, especially when given glimpses into the brothel life and prostitution.
The Printmaker's Daughter was published in Canada as The Ghost Brush.


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The soil environment tells you when and where to apply this essential nutrient
Life isn't fair—not with phosphate fertilizer, anyway. Timing and placement of phosphorus (P) applications—a critical part of crop production—is easier for a central Illinois farmer in a corn/soybean rotation than for his neighbor who grows continuous corn, or for a North Dakota farmer who has a shorter growing season and colder soils.
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Timing and placing P applications might even be simpler in one part of a field than another, if a field contains different soil types. That's because P management must be based on the soil environment—moisture, temperature, crop residue, calcium level and pH.
"Wherever you farm, whatever your soil types, your goal is to have phosphorus available throughout the vegetative life of the plant, especially the first six weeks when yield potential is determined," says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. "Phosphorus is critical for cell development and growth."
The availability of soil P is controlled by soil microorganisms, and the soil environment affects microbial populations. "By decomposing crop residue, microbes convert phosphorus from the unavailable organic form to the inorganic form that plants can use," Ferrie says. "It's part of what we call the phosphorus cycle. The healthier the microbial population, the easier it is to release phosphorus."
Extreme moisture conditions can reduce decomposition. Microbial activity declines during periods of drought. In saturated soil, there's no oxygen for the microorganisms to breathe.
Soil temperature. When soil temperature is below 60°F, P availability is limited because microbes are not very active. "Because microbes use phosphorus for energy, as well as releasing it from crop residue, a positive balance of available phosphorus doesn't begin to show up until the soil temperature reaches about 65°F," Ferrie says. "Until that time, there isn't much phosphorus available to plants, even if the soil test reveals optimum levels, because the phosphorus remains unavailable in the fixed or organic form."
Because corn seed can germinate at 50°F, that can create a problem. "The young plants may spend lots of their early growth in soil with temperatures from 45°F to 60°F," Ferrie says.
"Depending on where you farm, soil moisture and temperature conditions have a big effect on early growth. In Minnesota, farmers plant as early as possible so their crop will mature before frost. They can't wait for 60°F soil temperatures; they have to plant at 50°F. Not much P will be released from the soil until the soil temperature reaches 65°F. In Louisiana, that won't be a problem because farmers plant into 60°F to 65°F soil temperatures.
"As a result, farmers in colder climates are more likely to see a yield response to phosphorus applied in starter fertilizer," Ferrie continues. "When we band phosphorus fertilizer next to the plant, we apply a water-soluble form, which does not depend on temperature or microbes to
become available. It supplies the crop with P until the microbes become active and start releasing phosphorus."
Paying the carbon penalty. Crop residue, which is determined by crop rotation, affects P availability by creating what Ferrie calls the carbon penalty. Think of residue as a load of carbon being applied to soil, which microbes must decompose. (The same kind of carbon penalty exists for nitrogen and sulfur, which also must be converted from organic to inorganic forms by soil microbes.)
"Both plants and microbes need phosphorus as a source of energy," Ferrie says. "As soil warms up, microbes become active and start to release phosphorus by decomposing crop residue. This is called mineralization. But they also consume phosphorus for energy to drive the process, making it temporarily unavailable to plants. This is called immobilization. Whether we have net mineralization or net immobilization depends on the amount of residue to be decomposed and its carbon to phosphorus (C/P) ratio."
If residue has a low C/P ratio, cycling P from residue into the soil nutrient pool is fairly easy and fast. If it has a high C/P ratio, cycling of P is much more complicated. "The more complicated the process, the more phosphorus is immobilized," Ferrie says. "So your crop rotation plays into timing of phosphorus fertilizer.
"With continuous corn, which has a higher C/P ratio, more immobilization occurs in the spring. So continuous corn growers face more availability issues than growers in a corn/soybean rotation. That's why we see a good response to starter fertilizer in continuous corn.
"If the carbon/phosphorus ratio is less than 200:1, there will be a net gain of available phosphate in the soil because of mineralization," Ferrie summarizes. "If the ratio is between 200:1 and 300:1, you break even. If the ratio is greater than 300:1, there will be a net loss of available phosphorus through immobilization."
The amount of immobilization and mineralization will vary, depending on the C/P ratio of the previous crop and your climate. "In the southern U.S., with residue decomposing during the winter, you have fewer phosphorus issues in the spring," Ferrie says. "In the north, you must decompose all of the residue in the spring. The slower your soil warms up, the less available phosphorus you will have."
Tillage affects the carbon penalty. "If you chisel in the fall and have warm temperatures to help decompose the residue, you will have fewer phosphorus availability issues than if you chisel in the spring and incorporate residue just ahead of planting," Ferrie says. "With spring tillage, as the soil warms, microbes will draw down your supply of available soil phosphorus.
"If you leave residue on top and strip-till or no-till, you'll have a smaller carbon penalty," Ferrie continues. "That's because stalks, cobs, husks and shanks on the surface decompose more slowly than when they are incorporated. In continuous corn, if you see stalks and cobs from the previous year lying on the surface, they are not part of the carbon penalty because they are not decomposing."
Tillage also impacts soil temperature, which determines how soon soil microbes become active in the spring. "The faster soil warms up, the sooner the microbes start cycling phosphorus," Ferrie summarizes. "Because no-tilled and strip-tilled soil takes longer to warm up, strip-till farmers often see a yield response when they apply phosphate as they build their strips in the fall."
Manure also influences immobilization and mineralization. "If your manure contains cobs and stalks that were used for bedding, their high carbon/phosphorus ratio can cause early season phosphorus immobilization," Ferrie says. "Unless the manure contains enough phosphorus to break down those cobs and stalks, you will need to apply phosphate fertilizer to help the microbes discompose them and maintain a positive balance of available phosphorus."
Fixation and pH. Other aspects of the soil environment are calcium and pH. "In soils with high calcium content, phosphorus anions, which have a negative charge, bond to calcium cations, which have a positive charge," Ferrie says. "When phosphorus becomes 'fixed' to calcium, it creates dicalcium phosphate or tricalcium phosphate. The phosphorus is held so tightly that it is effectively lost forever to crop production."
There's no way to change a high-calcium soil, so you have to adjust your fertilizer management. "In high-calcium soils, try to apply phosphate fertilizer as close to the time of usage by the plant as possible, so the root system picks up the phosphorus before it bonds with calcium," Ferrie advises. "Do not apply phosphate fertilizer in the fall; instead, apply it ahead of planting in the spring. Try to avoid broadcasting in favor of banding. The more years you band phosphorus in a field with availability issues, the more availability you will gain."
Acid soils also have P fixation issues because phosphorus bonds with iron and aluminum in the soil solution. "Iron and aluminum phosphates don't even show up on soil tests," Ferrie says. "Phosphorus will drop, not from crop removal but because it became unavailable. To deal with fixation, you can use the same practices as for calcaric soils; but applying lime is a better investment because it corrects the acidity, which stops fixation from occurring."
With P timing and placement, one size does not fit all. "The more the soil environment works against you for early or season-long uptake, the more aggressive you must be with timing and placement," Ferrie concludes.
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Triple-slaying suspect was in witness-protection program
Names: Michael Loughrey, 29; Randy Arlin Russom, 19; Michael D. Ray, 20.
Investigative agency: Denver Police Department
Date killed: Loughrey went missing Oct. 17, 1983; Ray and Russom were killed on Nov. 6 and Nov. 7, 1983.
Cause of death: All three were shot repeatedly.
Person of interest: Anthony R. Landis
Anthony R. Landis joined the federal witness-protection program in 1981 after he testified against gang suspects involved in a conspiracy to kill a prison official. He then moved from a Virginia prison to Denver.
Two years later, under the name Anthony Landis, the career thief, became a suspect in the murder of two valets and a construction worker.
The only thing the two valets, ages 19 and 20, who worked at Bobby Magee's Restaurant, had in common with the third man, 29-year-old landscaper Michael Loughrey, was that they all knew Landis.
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