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"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers." - John F. Kennedy
On March 29 at 10:00 am, the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument was dedicated on the Texas capital grounds. It stands to honor Texans who fought, or otherwise served, and gave their lives during the Vietnam War as part of the United States Armed Forces. The monument was created as a testament to the honor, courage, sacrifice, and call to duty of all Texans who served in Vietnam. It also stands in memorial to the 3417 Texans that died in battle.
Artist and sculptor Duke Sundt created this magnificent monument and our friends at Deep in the Heart Art Foundry brought it to life.
The monument was cast in bronze and rested on a pediment of concrete and Texas Red Sunset granite. It has a total of five figures. Each figure is 1.25 times life size and each represents the different ways the Texans served: The Grunt - an Anglo-American; The Raidioman - a Native American; The Scout Sniper - a Hispanic American; The Medic - a Black American; The Wounded Soldier - an Asian-American. Below the figures are six bas relief panels each representing the military forces used in Vietnam: Infantry and Artillery; Air Power; Blue Water Navy; Brown Water Navy; Helicopters; Medical with emphasis on the female nurse and the Donut Dollies. Two additional bas relief panels are included: one depicting the Vietnamese people, and the front bas relief with the Seal of Texas sided by two Vietnamese dragons.
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Learning Provision Organisation
This page details the current status of school reviews being carried out in Doncaster with relevant downloadable documents, ways of commenting on the proposals, and results of those reviews that have been completed.
The Learning Provision Organisation service has responsibility for pupil place planning within the Doncaster area, including publicity, consultations and the results of these.
The importance of learning provision organisation arrangements are crucial to supporting the achievement of effective outcomes for children and young people. We focus resources on children and high quality education. There are a number of factors operating within Doncaster that have an impact on school places. These include school performance and pupil attainment, surplus places, changing population, pupil mobility and the development of academies.
Current Statutory Notices
The recent consultation on the proposal to close the Hearing Impaired Additional Resource Centre at Plover Primary School to facilitate a restructure of its operation has now ended.
Please see the below decision letter.
- Plover HI ARC Decision Letter
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The Learning Provision and Organisation Board has been established to improve outcomes for all children by building strong partnerships, working effectively together, and providing rigorous and regular performance management.
The Board's primary role is to ensure the effective delivery of the Learning Provision and Organisation Strategy. The Board will provide strategic direction and challenge for:
- The Review of Education Places including Early Years
- The Capital Strategy
- Monitoring the Capital Programme (Delivery & Approval)
- Establish a protocol for allocation of funds from the safeguarding and access capital provision budget
- Monitor the allocation of the funds from the safeguarding and access capital provision budget
- The identification and application of Funding Opportunities
- School Organisation – Responding positively to national developments such as Academisation
- Section 106 Capital
- Partnership Development
- Working together with Schools
- Developing appropriate settings for those with Additional Needs
- Ensuring that appropriate environments are in place for supporting those with Behaviour Needs.
- The Organisation of Learning Provision in Doncaster December 2017 (Strategy Document)
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Learning Provision Organisation Strategy
The Strategy sets out the Learning Landscape for Doncaster by:
- Capturing the main opportunities and challenges for us in meeting the demands for appropriate and varied learning provision within a multi-provider infrastructure and a range of settings over the next five years.
- Providing a framework for planning and generating the necessary resources to ensure that we meet the requirement to commission high quality learning settings and thus provide appropriate environments for effective learning.
- Enabling a coherent and connected response to growth and diversity in Doncaster
- Ensuring there are sufficient places to provide for learners with individual needs, including those with Statements of Special Educational Need (until 31/03/18) or with an Education Health and Care Plan, those who have specific Behaviour needs and Post 16 Provision.
- The Organisation of Learning Provision in Doncaster December 2017 (Strategy Document)
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Local Area Plans
The strategy is underpinned by pyramid Local Area Plans. Each plan consists of two documents, a Key Data Report which contains a range of data about pupil places and the educational landscape locally and boroughwide and a pyramid place action report. These reports are being produced as part of a rolling programme and will be published as they are finalised.
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£1m has been allocated as part of the Safeguarding and Access Capital Provision to deliver learning environment improvements within Schools, Academies, PRUs and Learning Centres. It is intended that the funding will be allocated over a 3 year period with a full review and progress report supplied to School Forum in July 2018.
Schools Forum have agreed the process by which funding can be allocated and have stipulated that in all cases a 10% contribution will be required towards any project. Schools with a surplus budget of over 12% will not be allocated funding unless they are able to demonstrate that any surplus has already been allocated.
The Learning Provision Organisation Board (LPOB), established from September 2017 with representation from Schools and Academies has been delegated the responsibility to assess requests and allocate funds. Requests will be prioritised fairly in response to need. The focus will be on capital projects and not repairs and maintenance.More information on the next round coming soon.
The school will primarily be for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, specifically high functioning ASD and Asperger's. This cohort may also have social, emotional and mental health needs and specific learning difficulties.
Working with the Department for Education, the new school is envisaged to be on the Hungerhill Enterprise Park site. This school would have places for 100 children and young people, 80 of which would be filled by the council, with the remaining 20 offered to neighbouring authorities.
The school will be closely associated with another secondary school to enable pupils to access a mainstream curriculum where this is appropriate. The Department for Education has today announced the creation of 1,600 new special free school places across England, made up of a total of 19 new schools.
Cllr Nuala Fennelly, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Schools, said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to provide our young people and those across South Yorkshire, who have special educational needs and disabilities with the kind of education and support they deserve. We need to have a broad range of provision to meet the needs of all young people to ensure that they have the opportunity to make good progress. This schools programme also helps us deliver innovation, choice and higher standards for parents and carers.
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The new chief executive at SeaWest, Dino Pionzio, has not responded to requests for comment. But according to sources and to a published interview, Pionzio replaces former CEO, Ron Fawcett. Also axed are Bob Keegan, vice president of development, and senior vice president, Tom Farnham. About one-third of the firm's 150 employees are reportedly out. The firm says it is "down-sizing."
Pionzio told a newsletter, California Energy Markets (CEM), that company founder Chuck Davenport initiated the shake-up and installed Pionzio, a long-time friend and trusted business adviser who was at Kidder Peabody in project development for four years. No more lay-offs are expected.
"This is not a case of a frail developer needing year-to-year profitability to survive," he told CEM. "It was quite entirely a matter of results." SeaWest has developed $550 million in wind plants, totalling 360 MW in the last decade. But its fortunes have more recently lagged behind firms such as Kenetech and Zond. Pionzio described the decision of California power regulators to review all wind bids in the Biennial Resource Plan Update (BRPU) as a disappointment. But he told CEM he stands by SeaWest's bids using negative energy prices, high capacity prices and high capacity factors. The company "bid on the rules as written," he said and objections are "sour grapes" from unsuccessful competitors. Also disappointing is SeaWest's performance in the UK. Its joint venture together with UK and Japanese partners, Trigen, only secured a contract for 15 MW in Scotland. Pionzio also said the delay of a project in Spain had added to strains in management.


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Starting a new job, even one for the same company, is inspiring, stressful, and fantastic — all at the same time. We sometimes get so wrapped up in our emotions in starting a new job that we forget basic communications techniques we need to follow. Starting out on a new job means we have to watch how we communicate in order to succeed.
Here are the principles to follow:
Understand what you need to accomplish and how it is measured
In my book, I've Landed My Dream Job — Now What???, I spend a lot of time talking about getting your goals, how you are to achieve them, and how the goals are measured from your manager. There are good reasons for this. You want to ensure you bring your job skills immediately on line with what you need to accomplish on the job. Without knowing what needs accomplishing, you won't be working on the most valuable stuff for your manager.
As well, you need to know how to measure that you are succeeding in working on the right stuff. Without having an independent way of knowing how you are doing, you won't know if you get off track.
The only way to know these critical starting goals is to communicate with your manager. Find out the goals and how they are measured. And, once you start work on the goals, practice prototyping your work with your manager to catch what you are doing right and what can be improved early on.
Ask where to find the information you need rather than reinvent the wheel
I had a manager comment on one of my articles that he/she expected the new hire to ask questions — but noticeably absent was any offer to provide information about the job. Crazy, but true. Some managers just throw you into the pool and watch to see if you will sink or swim. Thus, you need to prepare yourself to ask your manager and your coworkers where the information is to do your job. If you try and reinvent the wheel, you will waste time and could be viewed as not knowing how to to the work.
All because you didn't ask.
Listen more than talking to gain valuable context
It is easy to have a subject come up and — since you are told to speak up to be visible in a job all the time — you take over the conversation about how you do stuff, how you did stuff in your previous job, or offer a process on how to do the work. Early in the job, this is viewed as being pushy, or knowing it all, or arrogant for thinking you have all the answers. Even when you do.
Instead, until you fully understand the context of subjects your coworkers bring up, you should listen way more than you talk. And when you talk, you should ask more questions to gain more insight. You need to contribute, of course. But by asking a question to clarify context before you offer a suggestion, you won't immediately launch into a monologue about how to do something before pulling a Rosanadana moment.
You are the new team member
Remember, there are a whole set of unwritten rules, processes, and social hierarchies associated with your team. Each team handles conflicts, suggestions, recommendations, and accepting work differently. Since you are the outsider coming in on your new job, your teammates expect you to integrate with them, not them integrate with you (which is why interviewing to find out about the team is so critically important in a job search).
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I went to my first blog party here in San Francisco a couple weeks ago. Founded by Jamie Wong, Blog Party is a meet up for bloggers of all types. Parties are held once a month in San Francisco, but a party has been held in L.A. and I've heard the parties may expand to other cities in the future. It's a great way for bloggers to connect, network, and build a community. Each party is held in a great space and there are lots of great bites and drinks to be had and you can score some great swag as well!
The Blog Party I went to was held at Sift Dessert Bar on California St. Sift and its owners are famous for winning the Food Network's Cupcake Wars and for good reason. They make delicious cupcakes, cookies, ice cream treats, macarons, and pies.
Each Blog Party has sponsors so not only was Sift Dessert Bar a sponsor, but so was Hall Wines which offered wine pairings to go with dessert! I had a sweet chocolate pie with some delicious red wine.
Other sponsors included Zico Premium Coconut Water, Whistle, Public, Baggu, OPI, and Bare Minerals. Each attendee at the party got to go home with a Blog Party box filled with goodies from the sponsors and a couple attendees won extra prizes in a raffle. My favorite takeaways were a cleansing oil from DHC and gorgeous stationery from Pennie Post.
I met a lot of fashion, lifestyle, food, health + fitness, and travel bloggers and it was great to connect with people who enjoy indulging in the same creative outlet that I do. We were able to exchange business cards and swap ideas, tips, and tricks which is always a benefit to this here blog. And all the while we snacked on meats, cheeses, and breads and veggies and fruit.
I'm looking forward to attending another party soon to see familiar faces and meet new ones in the community. If you want to see more photos from the Blog Party, you can see them here at the Blog Party site. I highly recommend going to a party if you are in the San Francisco area, or ask Blog Party to come to your town!
I paid for my own ticket to attend the Blog Party and all thoughts and opinions are my own!


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Lately, the astounding number of movies, T.V. series, books, articles, and console games focusing on some kind of world catastrophe or other have reached tremendous heights. Again and again, we're entertained by scenarios where some cataclysmic war, natural disaster, epidemic or pest infestation has, somehow or other, destroyed everything, and the remaining people are left to pick up the pieces and try to restore civilisation with very restricted and uneasy means. I don't know why so many seem to find the idea of this happening so entertaining, but anyways, they apparently do.
The thing is, we don't really need a global epidemic or an enormous natural disaster for our day-to-day living routine to crumble. It can be destroyed with much less. How about surviving without electricity forever? Let's narrow that down even more. How about living without the comfort of home appliances? Or even just without one particular home appliance?
What would you do if refrigerators didn't exist? The thought is laughable, isn't it? Of course they exist. Refrigerators, cooling units and ice boxes have in fact existed for hundreds of years. Food is energy, and the need to store and preserve our life-energy has always been prevalent in the mind of humanity. It can be said to be a part of our instinct of self-preservation. But what did people do before cheap electricity and the onset of a refrigerator inside each and every household, office, and store became the norm? What would we do, if a real emergency arose, and we had to find some other means of preserving our food?
Canning – If we think about it, this method is already much in use. We can tomato sauce, we can beans, we can jams, fruit, and different kinds of vegetables. Canning basically denotes partially cooking the food to kill bacteria and then sealing it up until you're ready to eat it. Jars might be a tad expensive, but they last quite long and can be used and re-used. It's important that these are stored in a dry place, and that the lid is closed very tightly.
Drying – Drying is considered to be the easiest way to preserve food. Since mold, bacteria, and mildew thrive in a moist environment, drying is effective for food storage because it removes all water and can be stored safely for a long period of time. This can be accomplished in a number of ways, ranging from the use of food dehydrators or low-temperature ovens, to the ultimate low-tech solution of preparing your food and placing it to dry in the sun. Dried food – especially fruit – can be eaten as is, or you can rehydrate it by soaking in water until it becomes tender.
Pickling and Fermentation – Pickling is similar to canning, but it goes an extra step to preserve your fruits or vegetables by introducing an acidic solution to the mix. This allows for the controlled fermentation of food by killing off potentially harmful molds or bacteria whilst preserving the food. The time needed for the fermentation depends on the kind of food or ingredients being prepared. Some require days, others weeks, months or more.
Salt Curing and Brining – Sailors used to preserve meat with salt when they went on long voyages. This is in fact a very old method of preserving food, as salt creates an inhospitable environment for bacteria, and most microorganisms cannot tolerate a high salt concentration. Curing involves rubbing a mixture of salt and sugar into the meat, packing it tightly, and then storing it in a stable, cool temperature. Brining starts out the same as salt curing, but uses an additional salty brine solution. Salt-cured meat often needs to be soaked in water to remove the excess salt before it's cooked or eaten.
Smoking – This is a process which acts as a continuation of salt curing or drying, as it's not sufficient to preserve food for a length of time on its own. The food is exposed to the smoke from charcoal or wood in order for it to be further dried and preserved, while also holding a particular rich taste. Although meat and fish are the most commonly smoked foods, cheese, vegetables, as well as certain types of alcohol like whiskey, are sometimes smoked as well.


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Back to Journals » Nature and Science of Sleep » Volume 9
New developments in the management of narcolepsy
Authors Abad VC, Guilleminault C
Received 15 November 2016
Accepted for publication 29 November 2016
Published 3 March 2017 Volume 2017:9 Pages 39—57
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S103467
Checked for plagiarism Yes
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Peer reviewer comments 3
Editor who approved publication: Professor Steven A Shea
Vivien C Abad, Christian Guilleminault
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Sleep Medicine, Stanford University Outpatient Center, Redwood City, CA, USA
Abstract: Narcolepsy is a life-long, underrecognized sleep disorder that affects 0.02%–0.18% of the US and Western European populations. Genetic predisposition is suspected because of narcolepsy's strong association with HLA DQB1*06-02, and genome-wide association studies have identified polymorphisms in T-cell receptor loci. Narcolepsy pathophysiology is linked to loss of signaling by hypocretin-producing neurons; an autoimmune etiology possibly triggered by some environmental agent may precipitate hypocretin neuronal loss. Current treatment modalities alleviate the main symptoms of excessive daytime somnolence (EDS) and cataplexy and, to a lesser extent, reduce nocturnal sleep disruption, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Sodium oxybate (SXB), a sodium salt of γ hydroxybutyric acid, is a first-line agent for cataplexy and EDS and may help sleep disruption, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Various antidepressant medications including norepinephrine serotonin reuptake inhibitors, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and tricyclic antidepressants are second-line agents for treating cataplexy. In addition to SXB, modafinil and armodafinil are first-line agents to treat EDS. Second-line agents for EDS are stimulants such as methylphenidate and extended-release amphetamines. Emerging therapies include non-hypocretin-based therapy, hypocretin-based treatments, and immunotherapy to prevent hypocretin neuronal death. Non-hypocretin-based novel treatments for narcolepsy include pitolisant (BF2.649, tiprolisant); JZP-110 (ADX-N05) for EDS in adults; JZP 13-005 for children; JZP-386, a deuterated sodium oxybate oral suspension; FT 218 an extended-release formulation of SXB; and JNJ-17216498, a new formulation of modafinil. Clinical trials are investigating efficacy and safety of SXB, modafinil, and armodafinil in children. γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) modulation with GABAA receptor agonists clarithromycin and flumazenil may help daytime somnolence. Other drugs investigated include GABAB agonists (baclofen), melanin-concentrating hormone antagonist, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone agonists. Hypocretin-based therapies include hypocretin peptide replacement administered either through an intracerebroventricular route or intranasal route. Hypocretin neuronal transplant and transforming stem cells into hypothalamic neurons are also discussed in this article. Immunotherapy to prevent hypocretin neuronal death is reviewed.
Keywords: narcolepsy, cataplexy, emerging treatment, sodium oxybate, pitolisant, JZP-110, hypocretin peptide, immunotherapy
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Woohoo! The Kids Craft Stars monthly challenge was to create something out of recycled egg cartons so we made a turtle! You might want to make a template for the turtle's body if you're working with younger kids.
Materials Needed:
- Egg carton
- Brown paint
- Green paper
- Scissors/Glue
- Googly eyes
- Brown marker
Start by cutting out 4 cups of an egg carton connected. Trim off the extra stuff around the edges. Put it in the middle of a green piece of paper and draw the turtle's head, arms, and feet.
Cut out the body (it does not have to be perfect but make sure it's big enough to glue the egg carton to). Take a brown marker and draw shapes all over the egg carton.
Take some brown paint and cover the egg carton. Let dry and glue onto the green body! Add some googly eyes and you're done :)
More Egg Carton Crafts:
Egg Carton Flower Crown | Hello, Wonderful
Egg Carton Ladybugs | Fun Handprint Art
Egg Carton Owls | Glued to My Crafts
Egg Carton Ice Cream Cones | In the Playroom
Egg Carton Flower Pins | Pink Stripey Socks
Egg Carton Flowers in a Vase | Artsy Momma
Egg Carton Butterfly Garland | I Heart Arts n Crafts
Egg Carton Whale | I Heart Crafty Things
Egg Carton Beehive and Bee | A Little Pinch of Perfect


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Being Chief Operating Officer of Punjab Safe Cities Authority, it is my duty to make cities of Punjab and of Pakistan, safer place for people present in these spaces. Before that I was working for NACTA - National Counter Terrorism Authority Islamabad. Apart from this, I am an entrepreneur and a poet- a risk taker and a dreamer! Having had the experience of working as professional civil engineer and then in public organizations in Punjab and KP provinces of Pakistan, I also had the opportunity to lead multinational teams on very sensitive projects in critical times in Europe and Africa. During these assignments, I have served in Sudan (where I contributed in the conflict negotiations of the Darfur Peace Agreement), Nigeria and Kosovo. In UK, I have worked as professional risk analyst for Pakistan and Afghanistan. As Governance Advisor I worked with UNDP and government of Pakistan to prioritize their needs in post 2010 Floods scenario. Other than Administration and Public Policy analysis; training is also my area of interest. Being a certified trainer from UNDP since 2003, I design curriculum and implement trainings in various cultural settings. I have been working with UNDP, UNODC and The Asia Foundation, Pakistan.
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Transition to a Smart City
What makes a smart city? Undoubtedly, the answer lies in technologies closely aligned with innovative thinking. Hong Kong's MTR Corporation is among the major local organisations that used building information modeling (BIM) to develop its new South Island Line, which opened in 2016 to link the Ocean Park tourist attraction and the southern part of Hong Kong Island by rail with the city's Central and Admiralty districts. The BIM intelligent modeling process is considered the most advanced online aid to help architects, engineers and construction professionals to create insights and tools to design, construct and manage developments.
The project is seen as a prime example of how Hong Kong is transforming to a smart city, as architects explore the possibilities offered by such innovations as BIM – as well as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) models to help design, build and even export ideas to economies along the Belt and Road. That's according to speakers at the City Smarts Density 2.0 symposium, presented and organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation last month.
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BIM is an intelligent 3D model-based process, while VR is an immersive, multimedia tool to simulate real projects in an imagined world – or imagined projects in real locations. In contrast, AR is a "live" view of a real-world environment, supplemented by computer-generated sensory input such as video or graphics data. MR provides a hybrid view, merging physical and digital objects in real time.
"I do believe Hong Kong has an advantage in smart city [adoption] given its density, advanced IT connectivity, openness, excellent infrastructure, international exposure and the experience of our architects," said Chan Lai Kiu, Chief Curator of the Biennale. "Smart buildings are like smartphones, and Hong Kong's challenging, developed infrastructure is a model beneficial for future, highly populated city development across the Belt and Road."
Ms Chan described the symposium as an "eye-opener" for the more than 100 participants from architecture and design companies, which are learning about Hong Kong's role as a connector to Belt and Road opportunities. "On the Chinese mainland, innovations move very fast, but Hong Kong moves safely and carefully, with access to the global environment to ensure we do it right."
An architect by training, the former development company senior executive and startup co-founder focuses on innovation in town planning, urban renewal and village development. Last year, Ms Chan organised nine visual exhibitions around Hong Kong, featuring augmented city galleries such as for hoardings, under flyovers, in office lobbies and on escalators, to show how places, streets and spaces connect to technology.
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The symposium presented the latest technology impacting architecture and real estate. Illustrating the new VR, AR and MR technologies, Argoon Chuang, Digital R&D Manager with London-based professional services firm Arup, said her role was to highlight the value these new technologies could bring to clients, making design faster, cheaper and better. "For example, one of the factors we can test with VR is to avoid errors in design and planning projects, which makes everyone happier." Hong Kong is at the centre of Arup's operations in East Asia, where it strives to use innovation to reduce the time-consuming and often laborious process of architectural design.
Ms Chuang said that while Hong Kong is not averse to adopting new technologies, clients expect to see proven business value amid construction challenges specific to Hong Kong, such as building in small and confined sites just a few metres from existing, adjacent buildings. A classic example was the construction of the MTR South Island Line, where railway services on the Admiralty station could not be interrupted.
"The MTRC was an early adopter of BIM technology and in that sense was a particularly visionary client," said Ms Chuang, adding that Hong Kong was paving the way to becoming a smart city. "A good foundation is the fact that Hong Kong authorities have a huge amount of data to share about the built environment, together with its free port, professional access and transparent approach to sharing information."
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BIM technology is increasingly being adopted across Asia-Pacific as countries focus on major infrastructure projects requiring speed and efficient development, according to Carol Poon, Technical Manager at Autodesk Far East, which develops software for clients across Asia, including for the architecture and construction industries.
Specifically relevant to Hong Kong's mature development model, BIM is being used in neighbourhood renewal projects such as in Shanghai Street, Yau Ma Tei, one of Hong Kong's oldest districts, featuring Chinese shops dating back to the mid 19th century.
"Revitalising such buildings requires the retention of the façade while changing the interior, for example, into a leisure centre," said Ms Poon. Such modeling, she said, will be increasingly adopted in parts of Hong Kong to preserve the character of districts, with advance analysis of a project's expected performance: "In that sense, Hong Kong can be a smart city."
The symposium provided an innovative range of smart city technologies, such as using face-recognition technology to help architects and designers develop experiential environments. The feature was presented at the symposium by Jefferson Wat, President and IT Committee Chairman of the SME Global Alliance. He said that strides Hong Kong has made in big data management offer SMEs key advantages, including as incubatees of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park.
Mr Wat also pointed to the Hong Kong Government's policy of encouraging innovation and to the first Hong Kong-Shenzhen SME Innovation Awards held last year. The Grand Award was won by Hong Kong's archiparti, a design and construction project-management platform with consultants and partners around the world. He said the awards' slogan was "to march in the Greater Bay Area," which links Hong Kong and Macau with nine cities in Guangdong Province, as an integrated economic and business hub. "With greater innovation, we can also move along the Belt and Road."


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Caregiving is a marathon, not a sprint. I learned this first-hand, because for the first two years after I moved my father here, I visited him literally every day. I mean EVERY day. For TWO years. I was convinced that if I didn't visit him and show my presence at the facility where he was living, that he wouldn't receive the kind of care I felt he deserved. After all, we all know that the squeaky wheel gets the attention. When I started my business, however, I could no longer keep up that schedule and, frankly, it had worn me down. I had no life. I couldn't go away, Go on vacation without worrying about him. Weekends were never about me or my family, it was always about making sure I got my visit in. It was only when I was forced to curtail my time, that it dawned on me. There was nothing I could do, no matter how many hours I put in.
I wasn't going to save him.
He has a degenerative disease called Progressive Supra Nuclear Palsy (PSP) and because it is degenerative, every time I see him, I see a little less of him. This disease, when combined with Parkinson's Dementia (which he also has) has robbed him of his language skills and physically walking has become very challenging. I haven't had a coherent conversation with him in about 18 months. He is walking less, sitting in his wheelchair more, sleeping more during the day. This is the progression of his disease. It will march on, no matter how many days I visit him.
I am not going to save him.
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Now I visit him roughly 3 days a week. It seems like the right number. I'm not able to walk him every day like I had been or make sure that he is getting outside when the weather was nice or make sure he is being stimulated with activities. No. I cannot do that anymore. I have to trust that the facility is filling in those gaps. And I am still a very large presence there, even when I'm not there. They hear from me by phone, email and text when I need to tell them something. I am much better off and I know he would want it that way if he could communicate that to me.
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The Government of India has amended the Customs Baggage Declaration regulations to make it mandatory to declare drones in customs forms, for people coming to India. The regulation has come into force 1st of April onwards.
Users carrying drones will have to fill further forms at the red channel, where the item might either be deemed ineligible for entry in India, or have a duty imposed upon it. Note that carrying drones on person was one of the last ways Indian enthusiasts could lay their hands on drones. The custom office has regularly held back or destroyed drone shipments citing that they are a threat to security and are banned from flying in India. www.medianama.com
7 million drones by 2020? US projects explosive UAV growth
The number of drones in the US is expected to triple by 2020. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a staggering seven million drones will litter American skies in the next three years.
"Unmanned aircraft systems will be the most dynamic growth sector within aviation," the FAA said in its annual forecast for the unmanned aerial sector. The agency also projects the number of drones to reach 2.5 million by the end of 2016. The biggest contributor to this increase will be the consumer drone sector, with purchases there accounting for 1.9 million units by the end of this year. It is estimated that hobbyist unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will account for 4.3 out of the seven million total drones by 2020.
Experts disagree on what implications any impending legal limitations will have on sales and fleet size. One thing is certain: The drone sector will undergo numerous changes in technology, regulations and pricing. The FAA was finding it tough for its legal guidelines to keep up with the constantly evolving technology, but in December issued new regulations requiring any UAV weighing more than .55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (25kg) to be registered.
"This registration rule will aid in investigations and allow the FAA to gather data," the agency said, promising to release a final version of the updated regulations.
The preliminary version has already had substantial effect: Registration of privately owned drones has jumped from 180,000 in early January to nearly 400,000 after the February 1 deadline. Rising UAV numbers have been associated with all kinds of problems, including dangerous encounters where a drone may collide with ascending or descending aircraft. There are also privacy implications of the mini-drone voyeurism fever that has gripped the US.
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New Russian law obliges to register drones
"On introducing amendments to the Air Code of the Russian Federation regarding the use of unmanned aerial vehicles" is coming into force on March 30, 2016.
The document regulates the use of UAVs, or drones, and aims to increase the general level of aviation security. In connection with the great popularity of drones and the expansion of their scope of use, the need arose to specify certain provisions of the Air Code of the Russian Federation, as well as to establish a government UAV database.
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3D Robotics ropes in Autodesk to develop a UAV-to-cloud system
Drone manufacturer 3D Robotics has joined hands with Autodesk and Sony to develop a UAV-to-cloud system that can be used for construction, telecom, survey, mapping, energy and infrastructure workers. Once developed, the system will be able to scan the terrain in 3D and will simultaneously create detailed 3D models. 3ders.org
Juniper releases flight management software for UAV
Juniper Unmanned released its flight management software solution, Sparrow. The system is designed to support commercial UAS program operations. Sparrow provides a shared operational picture of a commercial UAS program by placing tracking, management and reporting at your fingertips. Sparrow's web-based portal features an intuitive dashboard and provides a real-time summary of your aircraft, flight crews, and overall mission readiness.
Malawi tests UAV flights for early HIV diagnosis in infants
The Government of Malawi and UNICEF have started testing the use of UAVs to explore cost-effective ways of reducing waiting times for HIV testing of infants. The test, which is using simulated samples, will have the potential to cut waiting times dramatically, and if successful, will be integrated into the health system alongside others mechanisms such as road transport and SMS.
The first successful test flight completed the 10km route unhindered travelling from a community health centre to the Kamuzu Central Hospital laboratory. Residents watched as the vehicle took off and flew away in the direction of the hospital. UAVs have been used in the past for surveillance and assessments of disaster, but this is the first known use of UAVs on the continent for improvement of HIV services.


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* The Trust reserves the right in its absolute discretion to alter, vary, reduce or increase any of the Members' Facilities, whether permanently or temporarily, and will use all reasonable efforts to notify Members of such changes to the Members' Facilities.
** Details of any priority booking offers will be advised in advance via email or letter update, including the number of tickets that may be purchased per Member.
Your membership card allows you to enter the Stadium via the Members' entrance on event days:
Please report lost cards to the Member & Corporate Box Manager. Replacement cards take up to two weeks and are at the cost of the member. For replacement fees, please enquire.
Where possible, we will offer Members the opportunity to bring guests to events at the Stadium. However, to ensure everyone's safety and comfort the number of guest packages available will usually be limited (one per membership held, subject to availability).
The cost of guest packages will vary from event to event, and will be advised in our regular email communications.
Formal dining (when available) and guest packages will be sold through the Members' Booking Line:
Please remember that it is the responsibility of Members to ensure that their guests are aware of the lounge dress code and behaviour standards. Please note that guests require their own event ticket for entry to the Stadium when guest passes are available for Members to purchase.
Members have the option to book formal dining in one of our Level 4 Member lounges. Sales periods differ by event, so please refer to the regular Member email communications for further information. Reservations are essential, and diners will usually be seated at tables of 10.
You will be asked to pay the set dining price in advance, so have your credit card details ready. Members will be responsible for paying on the day for any beverages they order. These event day purchases can be made with credit card, eftpos or cash.
Priority booking rights for concerts and other non-scheduled events are made available at the discretion of the event promoter. Details of any priority booking offer will be advised in advance, in most circumstances via email, along with any restrictions on the number of tickets that may be purchased.
To book, call 0508 MEMBER (0508 636 237) and give your membership number and name.
Members are entitled to attend all test and domestic cricket matches held at the Basin Reserve on presentation of their valid membership cards. A link to larger events may be provided in advance so that Members can confirm their intention to attend. Members may also sit in the R A Vance Stand and access the Long Room on presentation of their membership cards.
Entry to the Long Room is not guaranteed and is dependent on space being available.
Members may lend their membership card and associated benefits to others for an event. A disabled Member who lends their membership to a non-disabled person, or vice versa, must let the Membership Manager know at least three days before the event so that suitable seating can be arranged.
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Members are also required to ensure anyone who temporarily uses their membership rights and privileges is informed of the dress code and behaviour requirements.
Stadium Members may purchase an annual event day car park at the Stadium at a cost of $350 incl. GST (subject to change). All spaces in the mezzanine and public car parks are unassigned and are available on a first come first served basis, although the number of passes issued will not exceed the number of spaces in either car park. To book, please contact Stadium Reception (04 473 3881) or send us an email
Stadium Members may pre-purchase car parks for sporting events at a discounted price of $27. The pass can be mailed (if purchased at least 7 working days before the event) or may be collected from the Stadium Trust offices during normal business hours up until the day before the event. To book, please contact Stadium Reception (04 473 3881) or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
There is scope for Members to change seats. Please contact the Stadium Membership Manager.
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Members may lend their membership card and associated benefits to others for an event. A disabled Member who lends their membership to a non-disabled person, or vice versa, must let the Membership Manager know at least three days before the event so that suitable seating can be arranged.
For most events, children under four years are admitted free into the Stadium and Members Lounges if they sit on the accompanying adult's lap. Children aged 4 to 16 must wear a valid membership card or lounge pass accreditation. All children under 16 must be supervised by an accompanying adult and should not be allowed to disturb Members' enjoyment of their facilities.
Members have the option to access member areas and purchase event packages for Eden Park (Auckland), Forsyth Barr Stadium (Dunedin), ANZ Stadium (Sydney) and The Gabba (Brisbane) throughout the year. We have also secured rights to purchase hospitality packages at the Wellington Racing Club (Trentham).
Please read this information on how to book reciprocal tickets and packages at:
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Members are required to abide by the Stadium Conditions of Entry and maintain a standard of behaviour that reflects well on the Members Club, and to respect others' enjoyment of events.
Please remember that it is the member's responsibility to ensure that his/her guest/s are aware of the lounge dress code and behaviour standards. Please also remember that guests require their own event ticket for entry to the Stadium.
Members who behave offensively will not be admitted, or will be required to leave if they are in the Stadium. Members who are concerned about the behaviour of others should advise a Stadium staff member and if necessary, request assistance. A discreet way to advise security is by using our text number 5454.
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This Vixen Dovetail Plate Adapter (VDPA) allows you to attach accessories to a Vixen (V series) dovetail bar. The Vixen dovetail is approximately 1.75" wide with a 12 degree angle. The VDPA features a large clamping surface as opposed to single screw pressing on the dovetail. A countersink for a 1/4x20 socket head screw is drilled at the center. Spring loaded and guide pins for a smooth, easy opening solid locking system. Black Anodized and Stainless Steel for maximum durability and ultra good looks.
Note: Two views of the same adapter are shown in the product photo but one adapter is supplied.
Work perfectly and they are well made, however a bit expensive I think, hence 3 stars for price.
If you have a vixen dovetail mounted on the top of your scope then these are perfect for adding accessories to it, such as a carry handle, finder shoe, guide scope rings, balancing weights, etc. As they are compression locked along the length of the adapter they won't mark your dovetail with screw tip dots, however just be aware that you need to open the locking screw partially then slide the adapter onto the dovetail from the end. If you open the screw too far then it will pop out, but it's not difficult to put it back in if this does happen.Extremely well made and won't mark your dovetail bar.
These clamps seem to be made out of quality materials and work well except....To fit on my skywatcher dovetail bar, they need to open up a fraction wider. I've lost count the number of times I have to loosen them to the point of them falling apart in order for them to fit around the bar. Made them just a fraction wider please!
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Google Hates Public Library's Blog
- "I read with amusement your recent piece on the rapid resolution of the google blog deletion, since of course blogger kills blogs every day (just browse the blogger support google group for head counts). One of the kill tactics that is especially swell is their spambot. Now I have no sympathy for true splogs and I appreciate that they're trying to combat this. But as our small public library just found out, spam isn't all they're killing."
They're also killing dreams.
Google picks on a little public library in Alaska, after the jump…
Savannah writes:
- "I logged on the other day to update our library blog with the week's new additions to our collection. But apparantly that's somehow too scary for google's tastes, and I found that I was locked out with a big red and yellow notice that read:
" This blog has been locked by Blogger's spam-prevention robots. You will not be able to publish your posts, but you will be able to save them as drafts.
Save your post as a draft or click here for more about what's going on and how to get your blog unlocked. "
Only the "click here" takes me to a login page that, when I log in, takes me to a login page that, when I log in…aw, you get the idea, no? After I report it to blogger support (I'm kinda skipping over how long it took me to find that address, btw–it certainly wasn't an option in the notice, although a little friendly "if you have trouble with this, contact [email]" might have helped out there if they really had intended to provide a remedy) I posted it in the google support group. The helpful regulars there made some good suggestions, although I'd already tried the clearing of caches and cookies and restarting stuff to no avail. I didn't know that you could get to the captcha that is supposed to be on the other end of the "click here" by trying to save a draft post (I read that part of the message as "if you'd like to save your unpostable post and go shoot yourself instead of working on this"), but I tried that and, oh dear, login screen loop again.
So there I am: that terrible threat to the internet, a library blog, is shut down and what is supposed to be a way of proving that you're human and asking for a white-listing case review by another human is, sigh, turned off or broken or whatever.
That email to support, you're asking–what became of that? I got a nice, friendly botreply suggesting I read the help pages (oops–no entry for "we locked your blog and threw away the key") and reply to the email with more details if I couldn't find help elsewhere. So I did, and I'll have you know I didn't swear one single bit or anything (at least, not in the email and what I said aloud is just between the cat and me and she understands discretion perfectly). In fact, I replied twice, since by the time of the second one I'd learned more from the groups posting.
And here I sit crying into my coffee, knowing that there's no point to holding my breath much longer waiting for a reply since, well, I guess you have to be google itself to get service from blogger. I'm trying now to pull together my enthusiasm for finding another host and creating another blog and reposting everything there and republicizing the new url…when I could be devoting that time and energy to some of the many other things that need to be done at the library.
I realize that blogger's a free service (which just happens to be the amount our very small library's budget covers for internet outreach) and the TOS says they have every right to withdraw that service without notice. Where I guess I misunderstood or miscalculated or (clearly) deluded myself was that I thought, especially with google
behind them now, they understood that they supported themselves through our (users') efforts in getting traffic.
And when they close down real blogs and leave splogs, just how does that serve their business model? It's an interesting service concept.
Ah well, sucker born every day and all that. Now, excuse me, I have to go shop for a new home for our library blog. You know, that one that's so full of spam.
Savannah L.
Dogsbody, Seldovia Public Library"
UPDATE: Looks like their blog got fixed. Savannah write:
- "Caught your post of our blogging adventures and wanted to followup with what happened next. As one of your commenters noted, we're back in business at the blogger site.
The news came by email with the message: "Thanks for writing in. We apologize for the delayed response. Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and whitelisted so that it will no longer appear as potential spam. If you sign out of Blogger and sign back in again, you should be able to post as normal. Thanks for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused."
It then went on to chew over the assumption that I couldn't log in to my account (although I'd told them that only the locked warning was broken for me, not my account login), offered some tips on using IE (I wasn't) and suggested I try Firefox (I already was).
So despite my feeling as though I should be tapping the mike and asking if it were turned on, I did get the blog back and that's the important thing. I'll never know whether it was my emails, my group postings (including a mention on a support blog), a call for help another blogging friend posted where some of the right eyes might see it, or just karma in general coming back into better alignment.
If nothing else, there has been a satisfying bit of happily ever after to this all. Saturday while I was at work I was telling our administrator about the problem and a grade school voice popped up from the junior fiction area with "The library has a blog? Really? Can I see it?" So we trotted over to the computer and waited for it to load while I explained that we post all the new books and movies every week or so. The young man carefully read the whole main page and came back to the desk and asked if I would help him find two of those new titles that took his fancy. I did, and he left happy, with two new books he wouldn't otherwise have stumbled upon. Now that, blogger, is
why we are online and want to stay that way.
Savannah Lewis
Dogsbody, Seldovia Public Library"
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And these are her evil killer fish with their babies. The big one in the center is the mother of the babies, and the bigger one on the right who is facing the camera is their father. The fake plants are floating sideways in the water because the fish like to dig all the pebbles out of the plant bases so that the plants are no longer weighed down.
Edited to add: Later the same day, the father fish murdered the mother fish.
This is the evil father with the babies. He did at least most of the mutilating and killing of the other fish.


text: A Chicago man accused of sexually assaulting two six-year-olds and an eight-year-old on repeated occasions, told police officers that he's really "a 9-year-old trapped in an adult's body," prosecutors revealed on Wednesday. Thirty-eight-year-old Joseph Roman is charged with repeated predatory criminal sexual assault. The numerous attacks began in 2015 and continued until earlier this month. Roman has reportedly confessed to some of the attacks to authorities. His victims were the daughters of his friends. According to The Chicago Tribune, "Prosecutors said the attacks began when the family of one of the girls moved into Roman's home for 10 weeks. Roman is accused of regularly assaulting her between August 2015 and December 2017 while the other family members were sleeping. The girl was 6 when the assaults began." The other victims were similarly preyed upon. The eight-year-old was assaulted while her family stayed with Roman for 10 weeks, starting in October of 2016. According to prosecutors, the girl's mother worked a shift at night and Roman would take care of the children. During one of the attacks, two of the victim's younger siblings were watching a movie on a cellphone in the same room, say prosecutors. The victim was allegedly continuously attacked, even after the family moved out. The other six-year-old victim was allegedly assaulted while she slept in his home for one year, from January of 2017 to the present month. "The girl's family, and the family of one of the other victims, confronted Roman after an attack Jan. 6," reports the Tribune. The "trans-age" male was charged with a Class X felony and taken into custody on Monday, where he made a video confession of his crimes. Roman was ordered to be held without bail during Wednesday's hearing. How about we make him a dead man trapped in a dead man's body?


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Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#18575 closed Bug (fixed)
Testing framework doesn't work without a SQL Database
|Reported by:
|Owned by:
|Aymeric Augustin
|Testing framework
|Release blocker
|Triage Stage:
|Ready for checkin
|Has patch:
|Needs documentation:
|Needs tests:
|Patch needs improvement:
|Easy pickings:
If you choose not to use a database in your settings.py (DATABASE = {}), you can't run tests with
python manage.py test <my app>
You receive an ImproperlyConfigured exception with the following message: you must define a 'default' database
That's because django.test.signals import django.db.connection since 1.4 and obviously django.db.connectinon need a database to be configured
Attachments (3)
Change History (22)
comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by
|regression added
|Normal → Release blocker
|Triage Stage:
|Unreviewed → Accepted
Changed 8 years ago by
|18575-1.diff added
Late import of django.db.connections
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by
|Has patch:
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by
The rewrite of
update_connections_time_zone isn't correct; signal receivers must accept
**kwargs for forwards-compatibilty.
I recommend restricting the patch to the changes required to fix this bug.
Changed 8 years ago by
|18575-2.diff added
Removed kwargs changes from the previous patch
comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by
|Triage Stage:
|Accepted → Ready for checkin
Looks straightforward enough & addresses previous concerns. Tests still all passing... didn't think they wouldn't, but just ftr.
comment:5 follow-up: 6 Changed 8 years ago by
|→ needsinfo
|new → closed
|Triage Stage:
|Ready for checkin → Accepted
Turns out the patch doesn't actually solve the issue, since django.db is imported in django.test.client, and ImproperlyConfigured is still raised. Ah well.
That brings me back to my original reaction: Is there a benefit of supporting settings files that don't define any databases? Django clearly depends on the database for a lot of its functionality, and it's pretty simple to just use SQLite.
If there is a use case that you feel needs to be addressed, please add some more information on it to the ticket and reopen it.
comment:6 Changed 8 years ago by
|closed → reopened
Replying to melinath:
Django clearly depends on the database for a lot of its functionality, and it's pretty simple to just use SQLite.
The key bit there is that 'a lot of' != 'all of' - but more importantly this used to work, and so is a regression - even if it is an uncommon one.
Unfortunately issues with the test framework are hard to test inside of Django - a little too recursive - and so will require some manual testing with sample projects.
The django.test.client shouldn't be an issue, as you should be able to use straight python unittest
comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by
|jan.bednarik@… added
|→ wontfix
|Release blocker → Normal
|reopened → closed
Did you notice that you can't run
python manage.py shell without database?
Patch doesn't work and it's impossible to fix this.
When do you execute
from django.test import TestCase in app/tests.py then Python executes
django.test.__init__. There is imported one or more modules/classes which imports
django.db.connection (or their dependency do).
django.test.client is just first of them. If you remove it from
django.test.__init__, then another module/class will import
django.db.connection. And so on. Import from any module inside
django.db will execute
django.db.__init__ which will raise exception
Defining default database (e.g. SQLite :memory:) will not break your code. So this is not not bug at all. Django just depends on database.
comment:8 Changed 8 years ago by
|Normal → Release blocker
|closed → reopened
We *want* to be able to use Django without a database. That's why we have a dummy backend after all (as Alex Gaynor reminded us on IRC).
comment:9 follow-up: 10 Changed 8 years ago by
Yesterday I tried
DATABASES = {} as author of this ticket did. This configuration is not loading dummy backend and everything raises ImproperlyConfigured. Even
manage.py shell is not working. I checked comment in dummy backend base.py which says "Right now the dummy backend is there for raising ImproperlyConfigured if database configuration is missing." so I thinked that all those raises are correct and Django can't run without database settings.
But with setting database engine as
django.db.backends.dummy or removing whole databases configuration from settings is a different story. Shell works fine. Tests fail on creating database:
$ ./manage.py test myapp -v 2 Creating test database for alias 'default' ('test_')... ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details.
I see here two problems:
- In docs is default DATABASES setting empty dict. But when you set
DATABASES = {}in project settings (which doesn't use dummy backend) it doesn't work like real default without any DATABASES in project settings (which uses dummy backend).
- Test runner does not know how to handle dummy database.
comment:10 Changed 8 years ago by
Replying to Architekt:
I see here two problems:
- In docs is default DATABASES setting empty dict. But when you set
DATABASES = {}in project settings (which doesn't use dummy backend) it doesn't work like real default without any DATABASES in project settings (which uses dummy backend).
Maybe this ticket could be solved by fixing the settings documentation (suggesting to not set DATABASES to {})? We could also add a note in the testing docs.
- Test runner does not know how to handle dummy database.
I've created #19192 to track this issue (not a blocker).
comment:11 Changed 8 years ago by
#18053 was a duplicate. Read also the interesting comment from Preston (ticket:18053#comment:2)
Changed 8 years ago by
|18575-3.diff added
Allow setting DATABASES to empty dict (will default to dummy engine)
comment:12 Changed 8 years ago by
|Triage Stage:
|Accepted → Ready for checkin
Patch 3 reviewed.
comment:13 Changed 8 years ago by
|changed from nobody to Aymeric Augustin
|reopened → new
comment:14 Changed 8 years ago by
This ticket essentially re-opens #16873.
comment:15 Changed 8 years ago by
Claude's latest patch looks good. I'd like to hear from the people involved on #16873 before making a decision.
The alternative is to document the actual default value and instruct people not to set
DATABASES = {}. But that isn't as nice as automatically setting up the dummy backend.
comment:16 Changed 8 years ago by
In handsight - I would have closed this as a dupe of #18053 instead of the other way - that ticket preceded this and represents the general case, while this is a specific case.
A question we should ask is how can we leave the best trail for others to understand what is happening - at a minimum, I think we should add a comment to global_settings explaining that initialization will set the connection to use the dummy backend if not set in settings.py
At that point I'm not sure whether having global settings be {} or leave it set to dummy backend as is currently the case matters - the comment will hopefully clarify for anyone who sets no DB or sets it to {} and wonders how the dummy backend got involved.
Perhaps adding a TODO comment in the db.init code noting my idea in #18053 of tweaking code to be explicit about when a DB is actually needed.
comment:17 Changed 8 years ago by
To sum up, the patch for this ticket should:
- activate the dummy backend when
settings.DATABASESis empty,
- change the default value in
global_settings.pyto match the documentation, and add a comment explaining that the dummy backend will be used if the setting is left empty,
18575-3.diff is nearly RFC — it's only missing the comment.
I checked with Carl on IRC that this is an improvement over #16873. At the time, no one had thought that people would write
DATABASES = {} in their settings files, so this use case wasn't supported.
Making the test runner aware of the dummy backend — so it doesn't attempt to create the database before the tests and drop it after — was forked to #19192.
comment:18 Changed 8 years ago by
|→ fixed
|new → closed