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Fr. Brad's Homily from November 18-19
"I'll Be With You Every Step of the Way"
Sunday | December 3, 2017 | 11:41 AM
On the weekend of November 18-19, our rector, Fr. Brad Baker preached at all of the Masses about our Centennial Capital Campaign. The text of his homily is below.
Just weeks ago, on October 8th, when Edward Hensley woke up to run his 9th Chicago Marathon, he felt some "minor pain" in his left thigh. Though this was far from ideal for a long-distance runner, Hensley wasn't running for time this year – just to finish.
Hensley thought to himself, "If this is the way it's going to be, I'll be able to manage it." Hensley didn't know it yet, but he was about to run the first 24 miles of the marathon with a fractured hip.
"At about mile 20, his hip really started to act up. At mile 24, Hensley felt something he had never felt before in his life, and he couldn't walk anymore." Hensley's hip had snapped in half.
"The pain was excruciating," he said. Hensley took a seat on the ground and tried to get back up, but couldn't. A Chicago Police Officer standing about 20 feet away walked over and asked if he was alright before helping Hensley to a nearby aid station.
The police officer wished Hensley luck, and Hensley thanked him before the officer walked away. After 40 minutes at the aid station, the police officer "reappeared." "The officer said, 'Listen, something in your eyes told me I needed to come back and talk to you. You really want this, don't you?'"
He further said, "If you need to go, I'll be with you every step of the way."
After hobbling together for about a block, a second Chicago police officer offered assistance. That officer noticed a nearby folding chair, which Hensley would use as a cane for the next two miles. The final two miles took more than an hour for the three of them to walk. One officer told Hensley: "We'll be here as long as you need us for however long as it takes."
Hensley was runner 42,860 to finish the 26.2 mile marathon with a time of 6 hours, 47 minutes and 44 seconds.
What an amazing real life story of accompaniment. Pope Francis has identified accompaniment as a supreme value in the lives of those who claim to be disciples of Christ. Those two police officers did just that. They recognized a person in need, and invested their talents in Edward Hensley - truly making a difference in his life.
Sometimes, I think, we forget just how blessed we really are. We often neglect to realize all the good things in our lives --- all of which have their ultimate source in God.
And the blessings our loving God showers down upon us are numerous, continuous, and without equal. And one of the first steps in living a life of faith is acknowledging them – naming the blessings and giving thanks to God for them. And we do so for a simple reason: so that we can, in turn, use those gifts in the service of others.
The "paying forward" of all God has given us is evidence of true faith, a faith that is alive and strong and able to stand the challenges of life.
In its 100 years of existence, St. Raymond Parish has always been gifted with parishioners who have recognized their need and responsibility to invest their talents and be a blessing to others. Our parish family has benefited from unwavering support in the form of time, talent and treasure – providing prayer and worship, accompaniment, service, charity for those in need, and financial resources to support our ministries and expansion of our campus throughout its first 100 years.
On this particular Sunday though, I want to focus on the fact that we became beneficiaries of such an expansive campus of buildings, that continue to evolve and serve the needs of our parish and Diocese.
Warren Buffet once wisely said, "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
Throughout our parish's 100 years, those who have gone before us, have invested their time, talent, and treasure to shape the ministries, buildings, and resources which allow us to have such a vibrant parish community. We have a responsibility to honor the gifts we have received from those who formed and nurtured the growth of our parish, and we are called to additionally pass on rich gifts to today's generation, and those who will come after us.
I will forever be grateful to the hundreds of families and individuals who have supported our Centennial Capital Campaign. The funds generated since 2014 have allowed us to renovate, beautify, and expand our parking lots. We have additionally installed ADA accessible doors at three Cathedral entrances, and have been able to make our Cathedral Sanctuary stair free with the creation of ramps for use by clergy and lay ministers. We have also created a safer environment for our grade school and religious education students with the installation of a new grade school building lobby, and the introduction of security cameras.
This weekend, I am particularly excited to see natural light restored in our Narthex as the Portico and Pillar work in front of the Cathedral is nearing completion. With the installation of steel supports in the pillars and portico, and tying the portico structure into the Cathedral itself, we have stabilized and beautified the front facade of the Cathedral for generations to come.
If funding allows, our next project, slated to begin in March 2018, is the restoration of our 17--story Bell Tower. In April of this year, a fractured piece of stone fell from high atop the Bell Tower, from about 130 feet. No one was hurt, but the magnitude of the problem was alarming.
Since that time, drones have provided us with a greater understanding of the structural issues plaguing the Bell Tower. We expect this work--the first major repairs since the Tower was built in the early 1950s--to cost approximately 1.2 million dollars.
Bishop Conlon has generously agreed that the Diocese will again be our 50% partner on this project. To date, the parish and Diocese acting together as equal partners, have invested $4.1 million dollars to make the Cathedral and campus improvements I have outlined to you today.
As with many older structures, the portico and pillars rebuild was more complicated than expected, and it has exhausted our parish's funds in reserve. This means that we will need to have $600,000 on hand or pledged before we can begin the necessary work on the Bell Tower in March.
While I sincerely wish I didn't have to approach you again for financial support, it is a necessity. We all understand wants and needs, and it's clear that the Bell Tower Work (like the Portico and Pillars) goes beyond "need" to the level of necessity.
As with any aging building, other work will continue to be needed on our buildings including tuckpointing on the Cathedral itself and a floor to ceiling cleaning of the Cathedral interior. These projects will be advanced as our fund-raising allows.
I ask you to prayerfully consider how you can help our parish. Please review all that is enclosed in the brochure that was mailed to all registered households that have a history of giving with us. There are three ways for you to financially give to this second phase of our Capital Campaign.
Perhaps you are new to our parish or your finances did not allow you to make a gift when we first asked for gifts several years ago, then you can make a first time gift or pledge. Or maybe you have already made a one-time gift at our initial ask, or have retired you pledge, please consider a gift or pledge to this second phase of our campaign. Or if you are like me, and are still making pledge payments to the Centennial Capital Campaign, you can make a difference by extending your pledge payments by one, two or three years.
God asks that we use every blessing we have received in order to be a blessing to others. As two noble police officers invested their talents by accompanying Edward Hensley to finish the marathon, the work he started, I hope I can count on each of you to "be with us every step of the way" as we seek to repair and improve our Cathedral and campus for today's generation, and generations to come.
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Governor Matt Bevin was joined by state legislators and officials from St. Elizabeth Florence on Wednesday, as he ceremonially signed recently enacted Senate Bill 42.
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Most laws that made it through the Kentucky General Assembly earlier this year take effect on Thursday, June 29. The exceptions were those that had emergency clauses that triggered them to take effect immediately and those that specified later effective dates.
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A number of commenters suggested the Crystal had intentionally and maliciously rammed the Fitzgerald. This is absurd. It makes no logical sense what so ever!
Why would the container ship crew and captain do this? For what gain?
To possibly be blown out of the water?
Having the wrath of the US Navy come down on this cumbersome, slow moving, ship?
Risk millions of dollars in cargo? I'm sure the insurance companies would just love that! (Facetious)
The claim of the Crystal acting malicious is a huge fail! It just doesn't make sense.
Based on available information via the media I've read so far.......
I lean towards the Fitzgerald crew harassing the container ship or playing chicken with the lumbering slow moving behemoth and miscalculating their own maneuvering-
Given the free reign the US Navy has in the Japanese seas, along with a technologically superior ship, the captain was willing to play a dangerous game. And he lost!
WSJ- Treaty Gives US, Not Japan, Upper Hand in Probe
"Clouding the investigations into Navy ship collision is a bilateral treaty on the status of American forces in Japan. The treaty gives the US jurisdiction over "offenses arising out of any act or omission done in the performance of official duty"
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Knowing the US has the upper hand. Knowing the US has every reason to whitewash this incident.Covering up their negligence, incompetence or criminality. We should not expect the truth or anything close to it regarding what took place when the Fitzgerald and the Crystal collided.
The US needs to maintain the concept of their power and superiority. The belief in this is half of what makes them the dominant global force today- Giving them every reason to spin this incident.
As mentioned in previous post comment section:
The US grabbed the responsible Captain, probably his immediate subordinates, and have pretty much detained them for an unspecified amount of time. Though there isn't really any mention of the captain, in particular, being injured. I have my doubts that he was.
Maritime Executive
"Cmdr. Bryce Benson, Fitzgerald's commanding officer, was transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka by a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter. All three medevac'd sailors are awake and will remain under observation at the hospital until further notice"
No mention of injuries, unlike the injured parties mentioned in the paragraph below- just "remain under observation at hospital until further notice' I'll say these three have been incarcerated/silenced for all intents and purposes
"Two additional personnel have been medevac'd from Fitzgerald to USNH-Yokosuka by Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 (HSC-12) for lacerations and bruises. Other injured are being assessed aboard the ship"
Let's talk rules of the Sea?
"The Fitzgerald often sails in the West Pacific, including in the coastal waters of China. Certain rules need to be followed to avoid collisions on the sea. It is an unspoken rule that the smaller ship should give way to the bigger one. At about 29,000 tons displacement, the Philippine container ship is more than three times the size of the 8,315-ton Fitzgerald. In the face of such a larger vessel, the Fitzgerald obviously did not show due prudence"
The Fitzgerald often sails in the West Pacific- Which means it's crew is very, very, very well aware of the traffic in the area. (Another fail for the apologists)
"It is an unspoken rule that the smaller ship should give way to the bigger one."The Fitzgerald failed to give right of way
" the Fitzgerald obviously did not show due prudence"
Obviously the Fitzgerald crew failed to show prudence!
"Cargo ships often have lights on during night navigation so as to be identified from a long distance while the Fitzgerald is a small-sized destroyer which employs stealth technology. Under normal circumstances, it should have spotted the Philippine container ship first. From this perspective, the US side should bear more responsibility"
The Fitzgerald employing all manner of technology alongside a 300 plus crew should have been able to spot the lit up container ship, visually (a container ship does not have the advantage of top line technology, because, it's a container ship not a war ship)
Another Fitzgerald fail
"Given US' influence, no countries in the Asia-Pacific region want their vessels to get into trouble with US warships. This may have led to the US sailors' carelessness'
Given US dominance and arrogance on the seas the US sailors may have been careless or worse criminal. Go back to the treaty mentioned at the beginning of the post
Another Fitzgerald fail
Aucoin was asked if damage on the starboard side indicated the U.S. ship could have been at fault, but he declined to speculate on the cause of the collision. Maritime rules suggest vessels are supposed to give way to ships on their starboard.
Maritime rules suggest vessels are supposed to give way to ships on their starboard, we've already addressed that maritime rules suggests vessels are supposed to give way to larger vessels
Yet another Fitzgerald fail!
It is believed the commander of the Fitzgerald and people found liable will be punished. We hope all US warships in the West Pacific should draw a lesson from the incident, not only for their own safety, but also for the peace of the sea passages in the region.
|Damage to the Crystal
1 -Seven US Navy Sailors Unaccounted for in Crash off Japanese Coast
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So, I've been meaning to write something out for a while now, but I really haven't gotten the chance to. Funny thing is that the idea of what to write about has been ever evolving too. I think I finally have something to really write about.
I got to work this morning and started to catch up with some of my coworkers. One of them asked me if I had been out this weekend, to which I told her no I didn't, who told me something in response that is sticking with me. They said, "You haven't been in the mood lately, haven't you?" I paused for a quick second and said "No, no I haven't." That's been sticking with me. I can't figure out if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It should be a good thing, but at the same time, I feel disconnected. It could just be the crazy dreams I've been having, I'm not sure. In either case, things have definitely been changing for me… and for the better too. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm truly letting go of negative things in my life and getting my health back in order that my brain is rebelling wanting to keep the status quo. I just wish I could make up my freakin' mind. I want to improve shit and this is what happens. LOL. I can't win.
It's early on in this path I'm on, so I guess I shouldn't worry too much yet. Right?


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Blue Shadows
To a collector in Momore, MI
oil on linen/panel, 2010, 5x5"
Today's painting is a house with deep blue shadows. This one seems to have a heroic feel to it. With the sentry trees standing guard.
Click on image for larger view.
07 February 2010
Blue Shadows
Posted by Stephen Magsig at Sunday, February 07, 2010
Labels: contemporary realism, Detroit, oil painting, Urban Landscape
3 comments:
- billspaintingmn said...
My first thought was..Hey! That's
Stapleton Kerns House!
(He posted a photo at Christmas time of it)
I enjoy how you use color, it seems to express so much. Your painting here is enjoyable and real.
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- Pierre Raby said...
I love this painting with its amazing colors and shadows.
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- Dsata said...
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Baking Ingredients (Bakery & Cereals) Market in Egypt - Outlook to 2023: Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics
Baking Ingredients (Bakery & Cereals) Market in Egypt - Outlook to 2023: Market Size, Growth and Forecast Analytics is a broad level market review of Baking Ingredients market in Egypt.
Baking Ingredients - individual ingredients or combinations of ingredients designed for baking. E.g. baking fruits, marzipan, baking yeast, icing etc. Also, includes cooking chocolate.
Baking Ingredients market in Egypt registered a positive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.06% during the period 2013 to 2018 with a sales value of EGP 1,163.61 Million in 2018, an increase of 16.37% over 2017. The market achieved its strongest performance in 2017, when it grew by 27.24% over its previous year and its weakest performance in 2014, when it increased by 11.19% over 2013.
The research handbook provides up-to-date market size data for period 2013-2018 and illustrative forecast to 2023 covering key market aspects like Sales Value and Volume for Baking Ingredients and its variants Baking Chocolate Chips & Morsels, Baking Powder/Soda, Cake Decorations & Icing, Cocoa-Baking, Corn & Potato Starch, Desiccated Coconut, Dry Yeast, Fruit Pectins and Glazed Fruit, Non-Chocolate Baking Chips and Other Baking Ingredients.
Furthermore, the research handbook details out Sales Value and Volume for top brands for the year 2015 to 2018 and overall market sales by Distribution Channel (Hypermarkets & Supermarkets, Convenience Stores, Department Stores, Dollar Stores, Variety Store, Cash & Carries and Warehouse clubs, eRetailers, Food & Drinks specialists, Drug stores & Pharmacies, Health & Beauty Stores, Other general retailers and others) where ever applicable.
The research handbook acts as an essential tool for companies active or planning to venture in to Egypt's Baking Ingredients (Bakery & Cereals) market. The comprehensive statistics within the research handbook provides insight into the operating environment of the market and also ensures right business decision making based on historical trends and industry model based forecasting.
Sales Values in the handbook are depicted in USD ($) and local currency of country and Volumes are represented in M Kilograms.
*Note: Certain content / sections in the research handbook may be removed or altered based on the availability and relevance of data.
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- Value and Volume terms for the top brands.
- Distribution channel sales analytics from 2015-2018.
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Table of Contents
1 Baking Ingredients Market Overview
2 Egypt Baking Ingredients Market Analytics, 2013-23
2.1 Baking Ingredients Value Analytics, 2013-23
2.1.1 Baking Ingredients Market by Value, 2013-23
2.1.2 Baking Ingredients Market Value by Segments, 2013-23
2.2 Baking Ingredients Volume Analytics, 2013-23
2.2.1 Baking Ingredients Market by Volume, 2013-23
2.2.2 Baking Ingredients Market Volume by Segments, 2013-23
3 Egypt Baking Ingredients Market Analytics, by Segment 2013-23
3.1 Baking Chocolate Chips & Morsels Analytics, 2013-23
3.1.1 Baking Chocolate Chips & Morsels Market by Value, 2013-23
3.1.2 Baking Chocolate Chips & Morsels Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.2 Baking Powder/Soda Analytics, 2013-23
3.2.1 Baking Powder/Soda Market by Value, 2013-23
3.2.2 Baking Powder/Soda Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.3 Cake Decorations & Icing Analytics, 2013-23
3.3.1 Cake Decorations & Icing Market by Value, 2013-23
3.3.2 Cake Decorations & Icing Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.4 Cocoa-Baking Analytics, 2013-23
3.4.1 Cocoa-Baking Market by Value, 2013-23
3.4.2 Cocoa-Baking Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.5 Corn & Potato Starch Analytics, 2013-23
3.5.1 Corn & Potato Starch Market by Value, 2013-23
3.5.2 Corn & Potato Starch Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.6 Desiccated Coconut Analytics, 2013-23
3.6.1 Desiccated Coconut Market by Value, 2013-23
3.6.2 Desiccated Coconut Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.7 Dry Yeast Analytics, 2013-23
3.7.1 Dry Yeast Market by Value, 2013-23
3.7.2 Dry Yeast Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.8 Fruit Pectins and Glazed Fruit Analytics, 2013-23
3.8.1 Fruit Pectins and Glazed Fruit Market by Value, 2013-23
3.8.2 Fruit Pectins and Glazed Fruit Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.9 Non-Chocolate Baking Chips Analytics, 2013-23
3.9.1 Non-Chocolate Baking Chips Market by Value, 2013-23
3.9.2 Non-Chocolate Baking Chips Market by Volume, 2013-23
3.1 Other Baking Ingredients Analytics, 2013-23
3.10.1 Other Baking Ingredients Market by Value, 2013-23
3.10.2 Other Baking Ingredients Market by Volume, 2013-23
4 Egypt Baking Ingredients Brand Analytics, 2015-18
4.1 Baking Ingredients Brand Analytics by Value, 2015-18
4.2 Baking Ingredients Brand Analytics by Volume, 2015-18
5 Egypt Baking Ingredients Distribution Channel Analytics by Value, 2015-18
5.1 Baking Ingredients Distribution Channel Analytics by Value, 2015-18
6 Appendix
6.1 Definitions
6.1.1 Category Definitions
6.1.2 Distribution Channel Definitions
6.1.3 Volume Units and Aggregations
6.1.4 CAGR Definition and Calculation
6.1.5 Graphical representation of Brands
6.1.6 Exchange Rates
6.1.7 Methodology Summary
6.2 About GlobalData
6.3 Disclaimer
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Jeffrey Baxter Jr's 7 Keys to Financial Freedom
On a recent sit down with Jeffery Baxter Jr, he gave his professional advice on how to achieve financial freedom. Jeffery outlined 7 major keys that are vital in helping anybody get their life on track and make the right financial decisions. His 7 keys to financial freedom are listed below.
Key # 1: Don't Spend More Than You Have
This may seem like common sense, but it is a difficult step for many people to follow. Always have a good idea of how much money you have available to spend, and make sure to keep your purchases below this number. Jeffery suggests checking your account on a regular basis and setting up a budget so that you don't end up spending more than you actually have
Key #2: Be an Investor, Not a Consumer
Once you spend money on items to consume, you have parted with it for good. However, if you put your money into investments, you can turn it into more money down the line. You should view your money as something that can grow rather than something that should be spent. This will ensure that your funds don't slowly dwindle away.
Key #3: Pay Tithes to God's Kingdom
Jeffery believes that tithing should be a priority in your life. This means to give 10% of your income to your local church to help them with their operations and charitable acts. Not only will this teach you to budget your money, but it will help you become a better person in the long run.
Key #4: Get Rid of that Expensive Car Note
You may need a car to get around, Jeffery advises against spending excessive amounts of money on a car that you can't afford. As long as you have a functional car that gets the job done, you shouldn't worry about status symbols or egregious luxuries. These are frivolous expenses and you are better off saving or investing the money for long-term gains. A car begins to depreciate the moment you buy it, so try to minimize your automobile expenses from the start.
Key #5: Cut Up Your Credit Cards
Credit cards have long been a cause for financial burden on many families and individuals. You should not be buying things on credit that you would not be able to afford with your current amount of cash. The best thing you can do is get rid of your credit cards and only spend the money that you have.
Key #6: Always Have 6 Months' Worth of Living Expenses Saved for Emergencies
You never know when disaster could strike or when you could lose your job. According to Jeffery, you should be sure to have enough money saved to survive for 6 months while you get back on your feet and find a new job.
Key #7: Don't Try to Impress Other People, Buy What You Can Afford
You will be far more successful if you forget about what other people think and focus on your own financial freedom. Only buy the things that you need and wisely budget for the things that you want, making sure not to go overboard. Your ability to save and earn money will be far more impressive than any superfluous big-ticket item that you can purchase.


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When I got back inside from taking my dog to potty, I flipped on the "Today" show to see a tease for an interview with one of Tiger's now infamous women, Jamie Jungers. According to America's most popular morning show, this would be Jamie's first live interview.
Now, I'm sure Jamie is trying to either 1) clear her name and set the record straight or 2) get an offer to pose for Playboy (although, I'm sure Larry Flynt will be first at bat on that one). That's why most scandalized people hit the airwaves with their tawdry tales. Sadly, during the piece, Jamie told Meredith Viera "I got nothing out of this relationship but a broken heart." Awww….
The fact that "Today" sank so low to conduct this interview is only mildly surprising (hello, ratings!). The fact that Meredith Viera was handed the reins and not, say, Kathie Lee or Hoda, also causes pause. My #1 problem with this interview, though, lies in the subject's choice of attire.
Girlfriend, if you're going on national television with a goal of setting the record straight and repairing your reputation, for God's sake don't do it while sporting bleached blonde hair, a fur jacket and six-inch black hooker boots!
Why is this relevant to you job hunters?
Because when you're going on a job interview, your goal should be to put your best, most professional face forward. You have to appear credible. Axe the extraneous piercings, bring your hair back to a natural shade and leave the club clothes at home. I'm not saying you have to appear ultra-conservative – just appropriate and like you have a brain in your head.
I realize this woman could care less what I think, but I hope her mistakes will help others. Frankly, that's about the only thing we can hope to get out of this interview.


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1 Introduction
Our final project is the CUSat Diagnostic Board (CUDB). This board will be used for monitoring CUSat system health as well as performing various functions allowing for easy integration and debugging of CUSat components.
1.1 CUSat
CUSat is the Cornell satellite team's entry into the Nanosat-4 competition sponsored by the Air Force Research Labs (AFRL). A significant milestone for CUSat is entering the "flat-sat" stage of manufacturing. This is where all satellite components are electrically connected on a clean-room bench, but not structurally integrated into the satellite frame. To make flat-sat debugging and integration easier, we have developed the idea of the CUSat Diagnostic Board (CUDB).
1.2 Report Layout
This project involves the combination of many circuit systems and many software systems. We have split up the report into several sections. Sections 3 and 4 of this report contain only design details. They do not contain the results of our tests and experiments to verify the functionality of the CUDB. Section 5 details our results of testing the various systems. Section 6 contains our conclusions.
2 CUDB Design Overview
The CUDB has the following functionality (each one of these functions is discussed in detail later in this report):
- Current sensing of the CUSat power bus
- Charge and discharge the CUSat batteries
- Supply CUSat with a source of power
- Ability to reprogram all microcontrollers on the satellite without have them removed from flat-sat
- Interface with a PC for human control and data observation
The design of the CUDB is such that we can "make life easier" for the other subsystems as they begin integrating their hardware into flat-sat. For example, the first subsystem to have hardware in flat-sat is the Power subsytem. The Power subsystem harnesses energy from solar cells, which will not operate while we are in lab. As such, the CUDB provides the 18.5 volts that the Power subsystem expects from the solar cells – letting the Power team test their hardware. Further, the Power subsystem has a battery charging circuit which CUDB can power. And, CUDB provides a method of discharging the batteries (normally done by running actual CUSat hardware in flat-sat).
For the reasons outlined above, the only way for CUSat to complete a finished product with the project's strict schedule is to have the CUDB operational by the time flat-sat is fully developed.
Most of the part selection has been completed by CUSat members Kris Young and Michael Austin. The basic PCB design was finalized by CUSat member Tyler Orchowski, and reviewed by Eric Brumer & Jiangang Shi. Our project entails:
- Populating and testing the CUDB as a standalone device
- Writing all of the CUDB software (MCU and the graphical user interface [GUI])
- Interfacing the CUDB with:
- CUSat subsystem hardware
- CUSat data bus
- CUSat batteries and power subsystem
- The CUDB GUI
2.1 Specifications
Since CUSat is being developed for the AFRL, all components (including support equipment such as the CUDB) must comply with select military specifications (MIL-SPECs). Here are some specifications which must be followed for CUDB development:
- MIL-STD-1540D – "Product Verification Requirements for Launch, Upper Stage, and Space Vehicles"
- KHB 1700.7C – "Space Shuttle Payload Ground Safety Handbook"
- DOD-W-83575A – "General Information for Wiring Harness, Space Vehicle, Design and Testing"
A complete list of the military and department of defense specifications is not available to be published due to International Trade and Arms Regulations (ITAR) restrictions. However, if the reader is interested in mil-specs, please contact Eric Brumer for more information.
2.2 Parts List
- Custom 2-layer Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
- Atmel Mega128
- 16MHz Crystal
- LM3480IM3-5.0 18.5V, 5V Voltage Regulator
- LM4040 Zener diode voltage shunt
- MAX3083, RS-485 Driver
- MAX3322, RS-232 Driver
- MAX4372T, Current Sense Amplifier (3x)
- MIC442A, Power FET Drivers (5x)
- Si4410DY, FET Switch (5x)
- 1101M2S3CQE2, Mechanical on/off switch
- 808 Circuit Breaker (3x)
- AD7376-10k, High precision digital potentiometer
- Various capacitors, resistors and resistor packs
- Various LEDS for debugging and display information
We would like to petition that we lift the cost constraint, as the CUDB shall be used for a Cornell project team.
3 CUDB Hardware Design
3.1 Current Sensing
It is required that all power lines be monitored (current and voltage) in CUSat at all times. This is for the safety of all components on the satellite, and for the safety of the CUSat members working on flat-sat. Current sensing will be accomplished with the MAX4372T sense amplifier with a FET driver chip (MIC442A) and a FET switch (Si4410DY), as depicted in the following battery discharge circuit:
The battery discharge circuit (shown above) works as follows. PORT C2 on the MCU (labeled DISCHARGE_DRIVE) is input to a MIC442A driver chip. The FET driver chip is used for one main reason:
- In the event of a circuit malfunction, it is possible that the battery discharge current will enter the MCU pin, most likely destroying the pin or the entire MCU. With the driver chip in place, we isolate the MCU from the battery charging circuit so problems with the battery charging circuit will not affect the MCU.
The output of the MIC442A is fed into a FET switch (Si4410DY), which controls whether or not the batteries (at VBATT = 12V) are discharged through a 100 ohm power resistor (labeled R5 in the above diagram).
If the Si4410DY is closed, the discharge current passes through a 0.1 ohm resistor (labeled R7) which is used for current sensing. The current sensing input is fed into a MAX4372T (current sense amplifier with a gain of 20). The maximum draw the CUSat batteries can produce is 7A (=80W max / 12V bus), which is well above any currents which will be seen by the 0.1 ohm or 100 ohm resistor. With a 12V bus, the total current drop through 100.1 ohms of resistance is 120mA, which is the expected current to be measured by the MCU.
Since the output of the MAX4372T is fed into PORTF on the MCU, it is worthwhile to mention how we interpret ADC readings for current sensing at this time. The AREF pin on the MCU is set to a very stable 4.1V (circuit described later). Thus, if the ADC reading read 4.1V as the output of the MAX4372, that corresponds to a voltage drop of 4.1 / 20 = 0.205V across the 0.1 ohm resistor. This corresponds to a current of I = V / R = 2.05A. And, if the voltage read by the ADC was 0V, this corresponds to a current passing through the 0.1 ohm resistor of 0A.
Since we use the top 8 bits of the ADC as a measure of the current passing through the 0.1 ohm resistor, a read value of 255 corresponds to a discharge current of 2.05A, and a read value of 0 corresponds to a current of 0A. Therefore, to get the discharge current we simply multiply the read value by 2.05/255 = 0.008.
The second current sensor is used for measuring current while charging the batteries. PORT C0 of the MCU is input to a FET driver chip and a FET switch exactly as before. Here, however, when the FET switch is activated, +18.5V from the power supply is supplied to the batteries to charge them.
The last current sensor is used for measuring current supplied to the satellite power bus, and employs the same circuitry as described above.
All of our ADC measurements are with respect to an external AREF. We use an LM4040 4.1 (voltage shunt/zener diode) to provide a very stable 4.1V AREF.
3.2 Battery Charging and Discharging
Battery charging and discharging is done in conjunction with two of the three current sensing circuits (charge and discharge), and the CUSat power subsystem components. The CUSat power board (as well as the batteries being used) will not be discussed in this report, but it employs two algorithms (run on a separate microcontroller) to determine when the batteries have finished charging or discharging. For the CUDB alone, this will be done through manual inspection of the CUDB outputs using a multimeter. The battery voltage is run to the MCU through a connector to the batteries, labeled VBAT_SENSE in the schematic.
Battery charging is a complicated task in of its own, and we do not present the details of how CUSat performs charging and discharging. However, if CHARGE_DRIVE is asserted by the CUDB MCU, then 18.5V is supplied to the power subsystem. For testing purposes, we verify this using a multimeter. If DISCHARGE_DRIVE is asserted by the CUDB MCU, then a power supply (simulating the batteries) will source current through the 100 ohm resistor described earlier. This way, we can test the full functionality of the ADCs before we integrate the CUDB with the CUSat Power subsystem.
3.3 Serial Communication Driver Chips
The CUSat data bus employs RS-485 serial communication. This is differential, bus based serial communications, where the difference on two wires is used to indicate logic 1 or logic 0. If the difference between the two RS-485 wires is greater than 200mV, it is logic 1. And if the difference between the wires is less than -200mV, it is a logic 0.
Here, SAT_RX and SAT_TX are TTL outputs of the CUDB MCU, which get converted to RxA, RxB (two differential receive lines), and TxA and TxB (two differential transmit lines). The two capacitors are bypass capacitors for the driver chip.
The two 1k resistors (R15 and R16) are to allow for microcontroller reprogramming. Section 4 of Atmel Application Note AVR042 states that in order to reprogram an Atmel MCU using SPI we cannot drive ports E0 and E1. However, in our circuit, we are driving those pins; we connect E0 and E1 to the MAX3083 driver chip (E0 = SAT_RX, E1 = SAT_RX) as UART0. In order to allow for reprogramming, the application note suggests inserting 1k resistors between E0 and E1 their corresponding driving inputs. This is a serious issue, and it is unfortunate that Atmel has this information tucked away in an application note instead of in the Mega128 documentation.
Note that SAT_RE and SAT_DE are the receive and transmit enable (respectively) of the RS485 driver chip, and are MCU controlled (SAT_RE = PORT C5, SAT_DE = PORT C6).
The CUDB must communicate with RS-232 on a PC: we use the MAX3322 driver chip to turn the MCU's UART1 port to RS-232 compatible levels.
3.4 CUSat Inhibits
One of the requirements for all satellites to be launched into space via an Air Force launch vehicle is that solenoid-based electromechanical safety inhibits be in place between all power supplies (batteries & solar cells) and their loads (subsystems). This is to ensure (mechanically) that the batteries do not supply power to the rest of the satellite before the satellite has been ejected from the launch vehicle (ie: the satellite doesn't turn on while it is being launched into space).
The inhibits which will be in place on CUSat require +/- 12V to operate. The CUDB will provide this voltage through a series of switches and regulators and software controlled. The final inhibit signal is labeled INHIBIT.
The following schematic contains our implementation of the INHIBIT generation scheme. PORT G0 (INHIBIT_DRIVE_POS) from the MCU is connected to a FET driver / FET switch like in the current sensing circuitry. PORT G1 (INHIBIT_DRIVE_NEG) from the MCU has a similar setup.
G0 is the positive inhibit driver: if it is asserted, then INHIBIT is connected to the CUDB power source (a power supply for the CUDB, but it will be the solar cell array and batteries on the complete CUSat). If G1 is asserted, then the +12V power source is brought to a TI-059 regulator which transforms this +12V signal to a -12V signal, then fed to the INHIBIT line.
Parts List:
- Custom 2-layer Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
- Atmel Mega128
- 16MHz Crystal
- LM3480IM3-5.0 18.5V, 5V Voltage Regulator
- LM4040 Zener diode voltage shunt
- MAX3083, RS-485 Driver
- MAX3322, RS-232 Driver
- MAX4372T, Current Sense Amplifier (3x)
- MIC442A, Power FET Drivers (5x)
- Si4410DY, FET Switch (5x)
- 1101M2S3CQE2, Mechanical on/off switch
- 808 Circuit Breaker (3x)
- AD7376-10k, High precision digital potentiometer
- Various capacitors, resistors and resistor packs
- Various LEDS for debugging and display information
For more detail: CUsat diagnostic board using Atmel mega32


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There are no participation trophies when it comes to hotel profits.
BROOMFIELD, Colorado—The 2017 HOST Almanac was released in early May, and includes same-store profit-and-loss data for approximately 5,000 hotels across the nation.
The two most significant data points were the 2.6% increase in total revenue, and the 2.4% increase in gross operating profit for 2016. In examining the data in more detail, there are some interesting year-over-year trends when looking at specific departments and line items that we collect.
- For more insight into the HOST report, view this video by STR's VP of Consulting and Analytics Stephen Hennis. (STR is the parent company of Hotel News Now.)
Because there are no participation trophies when it comes to hotel profits, the following is the third-annual HOST winners and losers based on 2016 P&L data. As always, this is from a hotel owner's perspective.
Inflation-adjusted revenues: Big winner
U.S. hotel revenues set a new bar in 2016, as total revenues surpassed the previous overall peak on an inflation-adjusted basis. The previous peak for inflation-adjusted revenues occurred in 2000. In addition, 2016 real profits were greater than every other year except for 2000.
Miscellaneous income: Winner
Miscellaneous income increased 8.4% in 2016, which was the greatest increase of any revenue category.
Miscellaneous income includes revenues for anything that doesn't have any corresponding direct expenses. This includes items such as attrition fees, cancellation fees, commissions from third parties, resort fees, and any leased retail or restaurants onsite.
Resort fees and cancellation fees have been driving miscellaneous income growth the past several years.
Limited-service segment sees minimal GOP growth: Loser
Full-service hotels achieved 2.9% GOP growth in 2016 versus only 0.8% GOP growth for limited-service hotels. Profit growth in the limited-service segment was muted by significant increases in rooms expense, marketing, management fees and property taxes. However, limited-service hotels are much more efficient with a GOP margin of 47.9% in 2016, which is still much greater than the 35.5% GOP margin for full-service hotels.
Utilities: Winner
Utility costs in the U.S. hotel industry decreased for the second-straight year. Utility expense is a variable expense, which typically increases along with occupancy. While occupancy increased yet again, utility costs decreased in 2016. This decrease is clearly related to lower prices in the energy sector.
Management fees: Winner or loser?
Management fees realized a 5.2% increase in 2016. Management fees include both base management fees and incentive management fees. Base management fees are typically a percentage of total revenues, so these should increase at the same rate of revenues (+2.6%).
Consequently, the large increase in management fees is an indicator that incentive management fees continue to kick in for many properties. Incentive management fees are usually zero until a certain level of profits is attained. So while this increase hurts the bottom line, it is an indicator of large profits.
Property taxes: Loser
Property taxes were one of the expenses that showed the most growth in 2016. Property taxes are considered a fixed expense, so typically they don't show much growth year-to-year.
Of course, many hoteliers were able to appeal their property tax assessments in 2009 through 2012, when revenues were much lower than today. For many areas, reassessments only take place every two or three years. So we're still seeing assessed values and property taxes increase significantly throughout the industry, as revenues and valuations are as high as ever.
Insurance: Winner
Insurance was another interesting category this year, in that it also decreased in 2016. Insurance is also a fixed expense, so you don't expect much year-over-year change. It decreased in 2015 as well, so this expense has been very well controlled by hoteliers in recent years.
This article represents an interpretation of data collected by STR, parent company of HNN. Please feel free to comment or contact an editor with any questions or concerns.


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Hot Glue Gun Use And Features
Hot glue guns may additionally be your ideal tool with regard to generating many small home repairs. When the holes are drilled the actual hinge along with glue can always be taken off having a tap of the hammer. Feel about how exactly often you may use this product, as well as all associated with the features offered before choosing just how much you want to always be able to spend. read the item specs.
• Cordless
Some models occur inside a charging dock or cradle. The idea might require waiting for an additional cost before continuing the project.
• Balance
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• Interchangeable Nozzles
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• Larger Trigger
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AndroidPlot diverges from the classic box model in one key area; borders don't live in their own layer as shown above. Instead, they overlap the margin and padding sections evenly; if you had a border of 3 pixels, 1.5 pixels of the border would be drawn on the inner border of the margin layer and 1.5 pixels of the border would also be drawn on the outer border of the padding layer.
To further illustrate this let's start with a basic XYPlot. Working with the SimpleXYPlotExample, lets modify res/layout/main.xml to make our plot fill the screen and have no external borders:
<com.androidplot.xy.XYPlot android:id="@+id/mySimpleXYPlot" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:layout_marginTop="0px" android:layout_marginLeft="0px" android:layout_marginRight="0px" title="A Simple XYPlot Example" />
Now let's take a look at what's going on with the margins and padding within AndroidPlot. The easiest way to do this is to let AndroidPlot draw some markup guides for us. Drawing markup is actually enabled by default in AndroidPlot and is disabled programatically – you'll probably even recognize this line from all the sample applications so far:
In the case of the plot above, if we comment this line out we will see this:
You will notice that there are now some green lines and squares as well as some blue and yellow borders. The green lines represent widgets positioned within the plot, the tiny green squares represent their points of origin, the yellow fill represents a margin and the blue fill represents padding. You can just barely see the margin and padding along the outer edge of the plot; by default both are set to 3px on all four sides. You will also notice a fairly thick margin on the top, left and bottom of the graph section of the plot. This is the padding applied to the graph "widget". Widgets are sub-components positioned inside of the plot area. Each has it's own box model associated with it which is visible in markup mode. Most widgets have a margin and padding of 0.
To make the padding and margins around the edge of the plot a little easier to see, let's increase both to 10 pixels. Padding and margin values can be set for each edge independently or in a single method call as shown here:
plot.setPlotMargins(10, 10, 10, 10); plot.setPlotPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
Which gives us this:
Now it's a little easier to see our plot's margins and padding. Notice how the border overlaps the inner edge of the margin layer and the outer edge of the padding layer. As mentioned above, this is the major divergence from the classic box model. This will probably change some time in the future but for now that's how it is.
Next, let's try to get rid of as much of the margins and padding as possible to maximize our graph area.
First, we set our plot's margins and padding to 0:
plot.setPlotMargins(0, 0, 0, 0); plot.setPlotPadding(0, 0, 0, 0);
Looking at figure 4, we notice that there's quite a bit of unnecessary margin space on the top and right of the graph. Let's remove that space and while we are at it lets switch to a square border for our plot and disable markup again:
plot.getGraphWidget().setMarginTop(2); plot.getGraphWidget().setMarginRight(2); plot.setBorderStyle(Plot.BorderStyle.SQUARE, null, null); plot.disableAllMarkup();
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We've traveled the city to bring you the ultimate list of where to get your exotic, ethnic, expat imported foods in Vienna. Whether you're a homesick expat, a wordly adventurous cook, or you're looking for those hard-to-find ingredients – look below for where to find what your tastebuds are looking for.
Here are 18 stores in Vienna that stock exotic, ethno or expat foods:


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Revolution is Born
Abdalghany A - Muamalah Council
April 23 2011, Masjid Saidina Umar al-Hattab, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur.
This is The Day. On this day the Dinar Revolution was born in Malaysia. What has happened before, including 12th August 2010 Launch of Dinar Kelantan, was a prelude to this decisive moment THE 23rd APRIL 2011.
On the 23rd April at 9:30am Dinar activists from various locations and groups gathered in Masjid Saidina Umar al-Hattab in Damansara Heights, KL, to announce that Muslims of Malaysia declare unconditional war on Riba at all fronts and will fight Usury in closed ranks under one leadership, WORLD ISLAMIC MINT.
To that end a cooperative of dinar users has been just formed and is called KODINAR. All dinar activists, wakalas, researchers and mere users in Malaysia shall join the cooperative which will become one single nation-wide vehicle providing network and legal footing for the rapidly growing movement. KODINAR expects to have at least 20,000 members by the end of 2011 and 100,000 in 2012. Each member will have membership card entitling him to a number of privileges but most importantly making him/her part of the most dynamic social movement in the country. KODINAR will have its website that will list in a structured order all its members who offer products or services. In the next few years the KODINAR's catalogue will be more popular than Yellow Pages.
The first Wadiah institutions developed and endorsed by World Islamic Mint (WIM) will soon be opened in Kota Bharu and Kuala Lumpur to serve the KODINAR members with Shariah-compliant safekeeping and payment facilities; wadiah account holders will be able to transfer funds by means of Internet and SMS payment technologies. Muamalat Research Unit of International Islamic University Malaysia is collaborating with WIM on development of Gold Dinar ATM, dinar prepaid cards and debit cards, the latter be integrated with Wadiah accounts. The Wadiah is not intended to replace the physical coins with electronic ones but only to complement the primal structure which will always be physical, that is actual coins in the hands and pockets of people. The Shairah Council of WIM has officially stated the Zakat cannot be paid with electronic dinars (through wadiah accounts) but must be paid with physical gold and silver coins by the owner of wealth to Islamic authority hand to hand.
The 23rd April is the first in the mega-series of KODINAR Meetings that will continue every Saturday at the same time and place: Masjid Saidina Umar al-Hattab, Damansara Heights, 9:30am. The program is as follows:
- Testimonials. Anyone is welcome to tell his/her story of using Halal Money
- Explanation on architecture of Dinar Economy
- Explanation on KODINAR
- Signing up to KODINAR (the registration forms will be available)
- Arming the participants with promotion pamphlets and stickers
- Buying and selling Dinar&Dirham;
- Dirham Market.
After the gathering anybody can bring his/her goods and products (anything) and sell them in specially allocated space at the masjid premises. Sidi Mazli agreed to shift for the time being his market initiative from Shah Alam/Bangi to Damansara Heights, for consolidation purpose.
Who should come to KODINAR Meeting? Any muslim and non-muslim who decided to choose Honest and Sound money of Islam. Those who denounce the deception and fraud of paper money and the Banking Mafia (in short Bafia). Those who believe in organic and sustainable way of living. All moral folk who feel responsibility for future of this country and indeed the planet.
"We were receding from Riba for the last 300 years until almost nothing left behind but today we stopped, we completely stopped, and from now on we push Riba back until it disappears from Malaysia. It took the usurers 300 years of enormous struggle with people and nature to establish their evil system that doesn't work, let alone that it doesn't make sense. But it will take us 3 years to establish Muamalat because the whole creation is in favour of it", said Prof.Umar Ibrahim Vadillo, the founder of WIM and the author of the two most urgent fatwas of our time, Fatwa on Paper Money and Fatwa on Banking.
Our slogan is ONE UMMAH ONE CURRENCY. Since the inception in 1992 WIM strives to develop the best circulating gold and silver coins for the Muslim World. It has gathered the most prominent scholarship in the Shariah monetary field. WIM is non-commercial organization with the sole purpose of determining and monitoring the unified global standard for Islamic Dinar and Dirham. In the same way as Euro integrated West Europe Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham will integrate the Ummah. But unlike Euro the Islamic currency has no inflation, never had and will never have. As of now we have only the government of Kelantan minting the standard coins in Malaysia; recently the governments of Selangor and Kedah have expressed interest to mint their dinar and dirham compliant to the global standard ,said Irwan Ambak, Director of World Islamic Mint Malaysia, the Malaysian chapter of WIM.
As the Age of Science coming to an end the heart of man is yearning for Truth. The Gold Dinar cannot be understood with intellect but with heart it can easily be.
See you next Saturday, 30th April. Bring along your friends. Free entrance. For enquiries phone the organizer at 019-218 3317 (Hajj Awaludin).
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International Culinary Center is featured in Muine Magazine Korea for our distinguished Culinary Arts alumni, Wylie Dufresne (1993) and Dan Barber (1994), as well as our Professional Culinary Arts plus Farm to Table program.
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Professional Culinary Arts+Farm To Table
The ICC (International Culinary Center) developed a Farm To Table course. ICC graduate Dan Barber and his restaurant Blue Hill and the Stone Barns center got together. Through the course you learn traditional culinary skills and how ingredients grow and are farmed as well as what is the best conditions for the best flavour of the ingredients. Highlight is the last part which features a week at Stone Barns. You use local, fresh ingredients to cook, learn about soil health and vegetable farming, humane animal husbandry and whole animal cooking to form a memorable week which ends with a menu created by the students. The ICC has 30 years of tradition and students from approximately 80 countries attend. Koreans are the highest proportion of the overseas students. Each class is limited to 12 students and students acquire experience from working at the Michelin recommended restaurant L'Ecole located in New York's SoHo. This course can be taken in spring and autumn. www.internationalculinarycenter.com"
Dan Barber:
This summer's publication 'The Third Plate' includes one chef's cooking philosophy and the entirety of American food culture. The writer is the developer of the ground breaking course that is offered at New York's ICC(International Culinary Center) called "Farm-To-Table", Dan Barber. Dan is a graduate of the ICC ('94). After growing into a talented chef he has gone back to give to the ICC which opened up the culinary world for him."
Wylie Dufresne
To use new technology you need to have the basic cooking skills, which is why it is still relevant for aspiring chefs to go to cooking school, he said. What he remembers most from his ICC culinary school days is that he learned the most necessary cooking skills in the intensive program. This is the foundation of his work and that is how creativity is born.


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Early-out movies Nov. 19-20
Early-out movies will be shown at the library on Monday, Nov. 19, and Tuesday, Nov. 20, beginning at 1 p.m. The Monday movie is 95 minutes, PG-rated "Madagascar 3," and showing on Tuesday, Nov. 20, is "Tangled" also rated PG and lasting 100 minutes.
Movies are shown in the meeting room and most attendees prefer to sit on the floor. The library does have a few bean bag chairs but not enough for everyone. Kids are more than welcome to bring in pillows or comfy seat-like things of their own for early out movies.
Parents or caregivers are responsible for getting students to the library and picking them up when the movie is over. School age children under the age of 10 may attend the early-out programs without an adult but must be picked up at the conclusion of the program if they are not in the care of a babysitter, who must be at least 11 years old.
Marine Corps toy collection
Marine Corps toy collection
Miss Jen's Storytime Tuesday, Nov. 20
Children ages 2-5, their caregivers and younger siblings should plan to join Miss Jen every Tuesday morning at 10:30 a.m. for Storytime. The theme for Tuesday, Nov. 20, will be food.
Christmas Jar Mix orders due Nov. 21
Christmas jar mix order forms are now available at the library circulation desk or by emailing Friends of the Library at email@example.com. A nice variety of hot drink mixes, soups, sweet treats and side dishes are being offered for $5.25 or less. Mixes are packed in canning jars with decorative fabric tops and complete preparation instructions. Deadline for preorders to be turned in at the library is Wednesday, Nov. 21. Payment must accompany all preorders. Your gift jars will be available for pick-up at the library beginning on Saturday, Dec. 8.
Thanksgiving hours
The library will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and will have its regular weekly hours during the balance of the week.
Last call for Halloween costume donations
Done with the Halloween costumes and want to get them out of the house? If you have costumes that the kids won't be using again, donate them to the Friends of the Library. Friends are starting a Costume Recycling Program, and these costumes will be cleaned, mended and stored for sale next October at low prices as a fundraiser. We will accept adult costumes as well, as long as they are in good taste and appropriate for older children to wear.
New non-fiction books
The non-fiction shelf has taken on a fashionable air with the addition of several new releases. For the fashion-conscious, how about checking out "The Truth about Style" by Stacey London or "How to Look Hot in a Minivan" by Janice Min? If duct tape is your passion, perhaps "Tape It and Make It: 101 Duct Tape Activities" by Richela Morgan will inspire your next outfit.
Library director Kris Brown, is excited about the new "The Geek Dad Book for Inspiring Mad Scientists" by Ken Denmead. "It's not too early to start planning what your young student will do for the science fair in February," announced Brown. "We have this new title that features some cool experiments for science fair or family fun."
Adult Fiction
Browsing through a national bestseller book list is always enlightening. Just for comparison with what's available locally, the next search was the Solon Public Library catalog, wherein eight of the top 10 books were found.
Patricia Cornwell's "The Bone Bed," a part of the Scarpetta series, is a must read for Cornwell fans or an ideal starting point for new readers to the series. When a paleontologist in the remote wilderness of Canada disappears, evidence surfaces over 2,000 miles away in Boston. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner in Boston, begins to connect the clues to a series of crimes closer to home, penetrating even her closest circles.
Nelson DeMille's "The Panther," released in mid-October, has wasted no time in gaining a spot on the bestseller list. This book, in the John Corey Anti-Terrorist Task Force series, takes place in the Middle East. Filled with a breathtaking plot, this book will raise disturbing questions about whether we can ever know who our enemies, or our allies, really are.
Suspense writer Gillian Flynn delivers a fast-paced and ingeniously plotted thriller, "Gone Girl." As Nick and Amy Dunne are preparing to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, Amy disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi river. Nick is oddly evasive and he's definitely bitter but is he the killer?
Five other books that appear on the list and previously mentioned are worth listing again as they continue to be popular among patrons. "The Casual Vacancy" by JK Rowling is available in print and audio book as is "NYPD Red" by James Patterson. "Winter of the World" is Book 2 in the Century trilogy by Ken Follett. This book continues where Book 1, "Fall of Giants," left off.
"Mad River" by John Sandford in the Virgil Flowers series is available for check out both in print or audio book. Finishing off the list is Mitch Albom's, "The Time Keeper."
Quart jars needed
Friends of the Solon Library are in need of clean, clear, quart canning jars. Either wide mouth or regular jars can be used with preference going to the wide mouth. Donations are needed no later than Nov. 21 and may be dropped off at the circulation desk of the library. Thanks from the Friends to anyone that can help out.


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I spent a good chunk of time on Sunday trying to get together a game plan for the Craft Fair that I have a booth at in November. After doing a couple of shows this spring with little success I decided to put off doing any more until closer to Christmas and in the meantime work on stocking up my inventory. That's not to say that I didn't have a great time at the shows earlier this year. I met some great people and bought a few wonderful items, but I just didn't make much money. I finally figured out which items I wanted to have for sale and the quantity of each needed. It is a LONG list!
I decided that the best way for me to get everything done on time would be by concentrate on making all one item in a row...don't think I explained that very well :) By that I mean that if I want to have 100 earbud pouches then I will make all of those before moving on to the keyring clutches as opposed to just doing a random item here and there. Tonight I plan to have all of the Swing Bags done so be on the lookout for the finished products!


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Community energy refers to the delivery of community led renewable energy, energy demand reduction and energy supply projects, whether wholly owned and/or controlled by communities or through partnership with commercial or public sector partners.
By placing democratic control, shared benefits and active participation at the centre of project delivery, community energy can create a foundation for the significant infrastructural and cultural change we need to reduce the impact of climate change and increase our energy security.
Where successful, community energy has the potential to draw people in, not just as consumers but also as active participants, or partners, in a process of change. Partners because people share in the benefits, have some say in how things happen, are actively involved and feel a connection with the outcomes.
Community energy has the potential to do this by creating a sense of collective purpose where:
- I see 'People Like Me' involved, whether family, friends, neighbours, community members, work colleagues
- I keep hearing about opportunities for involvement through many different local routes, its stops being unusual and becomes 'What Happens Around Here'
- I trust the people delivering the projects, I see them around, they're local
- I can see tangible benefits for my local area
- I can see tangible benefits for me
This sense of collective purpose can help to normalise the adoption of demand reduction behaviours and encourage the take up of energy efficiency measures.
If successful community energy can also help to underpin the more rapid role out of a decentralised energy supply system by giving local people a stake in the outcome.
CEE is committed to working with others to move community energy closer to the centre of energy decision making at both national and local levels.
For additional information on what community energy is about please see our board member, Peter Capener's publication.
Our members, York Community Energy, have also given us a definition based on their experiences as a community group.


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Hagglund, Miyashiro and Thompson help lead USA to 8-0 record in the 2013 quad
|Tama Miyashiro (5) and Jenna Hagglund (foreground)
celebrate a point against Japan
-photo by Matt Brown, USA Volleyball
The red, white and blue had purple and gold roots last night as three former Washington volleyball stars helped Team USA win its third consecutive USA Volleyball Cup match against Japan.
Jenna Hagglund started all five sets at setter, dishing 47 assists. Tama Miyashiro played all but one rotation at libero, recording 11 digs and an impressive 74% "positive reception" rating. Courtney Thompson was Team USA captain, and once again entered each set as part of a double-substitution, totaling 11 assists.
Nicole Fawcett continued her stellar play, accounting for 18 kills and just 2 errors, hitting a monstrous .550. In the middle, Lauren Paolini had 12 kills on no errors, for a .570 total.
Overall, Hagglund and Thompson led their team to a .410 team hitting percentage, both showing a flair for distributing sets across the front line. Japan managed just 4 blocks (to 15 for USA), an indication of how its blockers had a tough time guessing the setters' intended targets.
Fans of Washington volleyball may have noticed that Miyashiro, Hagglund and Thompson all excelled at defense.
This was the third USA win in three USA Volleyball Cup matches against Japan, all played in Southern California. The contests were sellouts in the two smallest venues, San Clemente's JSerra High School (last night) and UC San Diego (Wednesday.) It drew 3,500 in the Long Beach Walter Pyramid Friday night.
After sweeping the Pan Am Cup in Peru last month, the sweep against Japan—rated third in the world—brings #1-ranked USA's 2013 record to 5-0.
Fans of USA Volleyball struggled once again with the live stream broadcast. At our house, the broadcast died a few points into the third set. Apparently the signal was eventually reestablished, but we never managed to reconnect. The match video is now posted on YouTube, in two parts (before and after the signal crashed.)
- Once again, the web video stream used just one camera and one announcer. The camera angle—behind the endline—is the view coaches prefer, since it allows them to see the spacing of hitters and blockers. That said, volleyball is a three-dimensional game, and USA Volleyball needs to find the budget for more cameras and the necessary switchers and director. Volleyball is also a sport best enjoyed with two commentators, especially to avoid any further temptation to read tweets instead of offering analysis. We couldn't help but notice ESPN's broadcast last night of a contest between the national teams from USA and Japan … in softball.
- Why wasn't Olympian Courtney Thompson a starter last night? Matches early in each quad—the four-year period leading up to each Olympics—are often used to give newer National Team players a chance to show their skills. Thompson (and Miyashiro and Hagglund) will likely be in the mix when next month's World Grand Prix begins. The Grand Prix is a grueling four-week tournament, played around the globe, with a big championship check awaiting the team and players who reach the top of the podium. Coach Karch Kiraly, by the way, named Thompson USA captain for last night's match.


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I wanted to show you how I created a Build Pipeline for an Angular App in Azure DevOps.
As always I have this as a task group so I can reuse across projects.
My setup
My Task Group for the build is comprised of 5 steps, including tagging the build using PowerShell:
My Install Node step looks like this, which also add it to the PATH:
My NPM install step looks like this:
My NPM Run Build Script Step looks like this:
This calls the script located in my package.json file as below:
I now tag the build using a PowerShell script, this obviously isn't required but thought I would show it as might be useful for some of you:
Finally I publish the build artifact:
I hope this shows how easy it is to use Azure DevOps Build Pipelines to build an Angular application with an added bonus of tagging using PowerShell.
You could then have a Release Pipeline use the artifact to deploy to an Azure WebApp or wherever else you wanted.
Hope this was helpful!
Any questions just get in touch via Twitter