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Seebach ist ein Familienname, der vor allem im deutschsprachigen Raum vorkommt.
Namensträger
Albin von Seebach (1811–1884), deutscher Diplomat
Arthur von Seebach (1856–1916), deutscher Generalleutnant
Camillo von Seebach (1808–1894), deutscher Politiker
Carl von Seebach (1809–1877), deutscher Politiker
Charlotte von Seebach (1781–1849), Schriftstellerin, siehe Charlotte von Ahlefeld
Christian von Seebach (1793–1865), deutscher Forstmann
Dieter Seebach (* 1937), deutscher Chemiker
Elise Seebach (1806–1878), deutsche Schauspielerin
Friedrich Johann Christian Heinrich von Seebach (1767–1847), deutscher Generalmajor
Gerhard Seebach (1946–2008), österreichischer Bauforscher und Denkmalpfleger
Gert-Hagen Seebach (* 1943), deutscher Regisseur
Helmut Seebach (* 1954), deutscher Volkskundler, Historiker und Kulturschaffender
Holger Seebach (1922–2011), dänischer Fußballspieler
Kurt Seebach (* 1928), deutscher Politiker (SED)
Lothar von Seebach (1853–1930), deutscher Maler und Radierer
Marie Seebach (1829–1897), deutsche Schauspielerin
Nikolaus Graf von Seebach (1854–1930), deutscher Kapellmeister und Theaterintendant
Ottocar Johann Ernst Ludwig von Seebach († 1781), fürstlich-sachsen-gothaischer Geheimer Rat, Konsistorialpräsident und Rittergutsbesitzer
Rasmus Seebach (* 1980), dänischer Musiker
Thilo von Seebach (1890–1966), deutscher Vizeadmiral
Tommy Seebach (1949–2003), dänischer Musiker
Wilhelm Friedrich Seebach (1798–1863), deutscher Schauspieler und Komiker
Wilhelmine Seebach (1832–1911), deutsche Schauspielerin
Siehe auch
Seebach (Adelsgeschlecht), thüringisches Adelsgeschlecht
Seebacher
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Cenpower Kpone IPP
The Kpone Independent Power Plant (KIPP) is a landmark US$900 million energy project which aims to transform electricity generation across West Africa. AFC is the lead project developer, mandated lead arranger and largest equity investor in Kpone IPP, which reached financial close in December 2014. The project is being implemented by Cenpower Generation Company Limited, a Ghanaian special purpose vehicle created to develop the plant.
Kpone IPP will be situated in the heavy industrial area of Tema, a coastal town 24km to the east of Accra. This location provides easy access to all main logistical interconnections, is adjacent to the West African Gas Pipeline landing point in Tema and is approximately 600 meters from the Atlantic Ocean. The plant can therefore make use of sea water for direct cooling. The plant will be a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plant with a generation capacity of 350MW and a power transmission of 161kV. It will have a fuel storage capacity of 18,000 cubic metres.
This was an innovative project, the first of its kind in many senses, and as such the lack of precedents meant that the project faced a number of developmental and financial hurdles. These included strict international financing requirements within significant local constraints, as well as both real and perceived sector risk factors. For example, the off-taker's insistence not to take fuel-supply risk necessitated the structuring of a US$93 million Fuel Finance Facility. This facility, provided by the Development Finance Institutions, was specifically designed to address the significant constraints facing the Ghana Power Sector, including fuel supply challenges due to natural gas unavailability, liquid fuel price variability and issues with availability of liquid fuel (Light Crude Oil and Distillate) storage and treatment infrastructure.
As the mandated lead arranger, AFC coordinated finance for the US$887 million transaction from a consortium of nine private sector commercial banks, development finance institutions, and institutional and export credit agencies:
• Rand Merchant Bank (Global Lead Bank and Mandated Lead Arranger for the commercial banking tranche)
• Nedbank and Standard Bank (mandated lead arrangers in transaction)
• Export Credit Insurance Corporation ('ECIC') of South Africa (provided the export credit cover for the South African commercial tranche)
• FMO (Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelings Landen N.V), the Dutch Development Bank (Mandated Lead Arranger for the DFI tranche)
• Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH – DEG
• OPEC Fund for International Development – OFID
• Industrial Development Corporation – IDC
• Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund – EAIF
• Development Bank of South Africa – DBSA
The core equity holders, in addition to AFC, are: Sumitorno Corporation, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), various Ghanaian Private Investors and Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO). InfraCo, a project co-developer since 2005, exited the project September 2014.
Whilst large international firms are beginning to invest heavily in the continent's there remains a deficit of funding from Africa's own private sector. Kpone IPP however represents a truly African solution to Africa's huge power shortage problem; the founding shareholders are Ghanaian, the construction company is African, 67% of equity is held by African companies and 83% of senior debt is issued by African lenders. The success of Kpone IPP's financing and development will provide the template for further African investment in African infrastructure.
The plant will also have a significant, immediate impact in Ghana when it comes on-stream in 2017. It will improve the country's generation capacity by 10%, provide 20% of thermal generation and supply power to over one million homes.
First in its field
Kpone IPP is a pioneering energy project not only for Ghana but for the wider West African region and represents the:
• First private sector greenfield IPP to be project financed in Ghana
• First IPP in Ghana to obtain a generation licence
• First project finance deal in Ghana to take fuel supply risk
• First IPP investment in Africa for Sumitomo Corporation, Japan
• First project to provide a fuel financing facility for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)
• First IPP to be developed on a Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis- the plant will be returned to the Ghanaian government after 20 years of operation.
• Largest private financed IPP in sub-Saharan Africa in the last 10 years
The landmark US$887 million financing transaction has received five major awards:
• Winner of Africa Power Deal of the Year – PFI Thomson Reuters Awards
• Winner of Best Power Deal of the Year – EMEA Project Finance Awards
• Winner of Infrastructure Deal of the Year – African Banker Awards
• Highly Commended for African Infrastructure and Project Finance Award – The Banker
• Power Deal of the Year – African Investor Infrastructure Investment Awards
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A Parenting Life: Happy Halloween!
Editor's note: This is the final of the unpublished posts. Fingers crossed from here on in I stay on top of it all and there is no more of this unfinished post nonsense.
Or not...depending on which side of the river you come from.
I live on the Australian side of the river where traditionally Halloween is not one of the festive seasonal events that we take part in. At least that was the way it was when I was a kid. In fact I can barely even remember the day as a child. My nine yr old just went to her second fancy dress Halloween party. This time she had a black cape and hat and was a "Vitch" which apparently is the result of mixing vampire and a witch.
Personally I am reluctant to be fully supportive of the whole Halloween thing. I fail to see how encouraging our children to take candy from strangers is a good thing. However if the event can be celebrated without that taking part then hey who cares? At the end of the day it is the great time of the year to have a party.
The weather is starting to change (pretty much regardless of where you live) Hot is going cold and vice verse just as the droughts and the rains move from one place to the next. | {
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Judith Marcuse
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Judith Marcuse is one of Canada's senior artists/producers with a career that spans over 40 years of professional work as a dancer, choreographer, director, producer, teacher, writer and lecturer. Her repertory contemporary dance company toured nationally and internationally for more than 15 years, and she has created over 100 original works for live performance by dance, theatre, and opera companies; many projects for film and television; and has produced seven large-scale arts festivals.
Judith developed three multi-media productions with youth involving years of workshops, live touring and film productions, and extensive community outreach work. These included ICE: Beyond Cool (1997), focusing on teen suicide; FIRE…where there's smoke (2001), exploring bullying, violence, and homophobia; and EARTH=home (2009) on environmental issues.
Judith teaches and presents in universities and other settings in Canada and abroad. She has been awarded with two national choreographic awards, the Chalmers and the Clifford E. Lee, and an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University.
Judith is the Founder and Co-Director of the International Centre of Art for Social Change, a partnership with Simon Fraser University, and is a Senior Fellow of Ashoka International. She is the Principal Investigator of the ASC! Research Project, a Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded research project on arts for social change.
Art for Social Change in Canada: A Call for Candour and Connection (Video, Keynote for Creative Catalyst: the Symposium on Art and Social Innovation, 2015)
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The process of dynamic crystallization is not well constrained, although it occurs in various rock types: xenoliths, submarine basalts, chondrules... We are studying quench textures of four minerals in the CMAS system. Four bulk compositions are studied, each having the same liquidus température at 1 atm. but différent liquidus phases: forsterite, diopside, anorthite, spinel. Liquidus phase relationships redetermined results agree with previous studies. The charges are first melted above the liquidus and two different temperature programs are subsequently applied: (1) isotherrnal crystallization : temperature is dropped rapidly to température below the liquidus, -DT=50°C to -DT=150°C, -DT is the différence between the liquidus and the run température, (2) dynamic crystallization : the charge is cooled at a constant rate varying from 15°C/h to 1600°C/h. At the end of the experiment, the samples are quenched by dropping them into water. Anorthite and spinel show little variation of morphology for the different cooling rates. On the contrary, diopside and forsterite grow as hopper-shaped, dendritic, swallow-tail... depending on the thermal history. Two important results are demonstrated : (1) forsterite and diopside do not have the same rate-law for growth. The morphology of forsterite seems to be controlled by the degree of supercooling (-DT) whereas morphology of diopside appears to be governed by the cooling rate. (2) the delay of the nucleation is smaller for forsterite than for diopside. | {
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Hi all just got the the point where Johnny is at his dad's house and is getting stuff in the mail, and am wondering out if all his books how autobiographical is it?
Check out my "historical context" essay at Stephen King Revisited.
Aww o.k. I just read the article on Stephen king revisited and yes I see how it is autobigrfaical. | {
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Q: Embedding loads of images I got 42 images that I want to embed and then put on an array.
I tried to do it within a for loop, but it doesn't seem to work.
How exactly can I avoid to have 42 embed lines + a very long line for the array ?
A: The only way to embed multiple images without an embed line for each one is to use a Sprite Sheet (sometimes called a 'Texture Atlas', or simply a 'Sprite'). This will take a folder of images, and generate one large image. And also give you a data file (use XML or JSON) of all images in your folder and where they're positioned inside the Sprite Sheet.
You can then embed the Sprite Sheet once.
For this you need 2 things:
1/ Software to create your sprite sheet... There are many tools available, the one I use for example is Texture Packer: http://www.codeandweb.com/texturepacker
2/ An actionscript class or framework, designed to handle referencing images from your sprite sheet... This is a native feature of Starling, but if you're not ready to support Flash Player 11 then you can find some publicly available frameworks for this:
For example: Spriter: http://abeltoy.com/projects/spriterAS3/usage.html has a class called BitmapSpriter to handle sprite sheets natively in AS3.
A: You could use a for each loop.
var items:Array = ["hi", "there", "bob"];
for (var index in items) {
trace(index+" => "+items[index]); // traces "0 => hi", "1 => there" and "2 => bob"
}
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Disneyland's bathroom pass will make hours-long lines more bearable for new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attractions
The wait for the Millennium Falcon ride could reach 6 hours on the new land's opening day.
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge will let Disney guests walk the hallways and experience other areas of the "fastest ship in the galaxy." (Photo by Joshua Sudock, Disney Parks)
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PUBLISHED: March 28, 2019 at 3:00 a.m. | UPDATED: March 28, 2019 at 10:42 a.m.
When Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run opens in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland the highly anticipated attraction will have hours-long lines and an all-important new feature: A bathroom pass for those who can't wait that long.
The new bathroom pass will be available in the Smugglers Run queue when the ride opens May 31 at the Anaheim theme park and the Rise of the Resistance queue when the second Galaxy's Edge attraction debuts later this year.
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Disneyland will limit Galaxy's Edge access to hotel guests and theme park visitors with reservations during soft opening
Riders waiting in the queue for the Millennium Falcon flight simulator will be able to get a bathroom pass from a Disney employee and rejoin their party at the FastPass merge location in the attraction.
"When you get into these time periods you have to have a good process in place for all the guests," Disneyland vice president Kris Theiler said.
Visitors will enter the Smugglers Run queue through Ohnaka Transport Solutions, a disreputable shipping operation where the Millennium Falcon is docked in Galaxy's Edge. When it opens, the Rise of the Resistance queue will take visitors through cavernous tunnels carved by ancient alien civilizations and Resistance laser torches.
Disney recently debuted the Queue Re-Entry Pass on the Flight of Passage attraction in Pandora: The World of Avatar themed land at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida.
The Avatar: Flight of Passage flight simulator generated 6-hour queues when it debuted in May 2017 before settling down to 2- to 3-hour average wait times.
Touring Plans, which uses big data and statistical analysis to calculate daily crowd sizes and ride wait times at theme parks, anticipates visitors could encounter 6-hour waits for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run on opening day of Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland.
Visitors only need to locate a Disney employee to receive a lanyard with the Queue Re-Entry Pass attached. The passes are good for individual riders or parents with children who can't endure the wait and don't want to lose their spot in line. Relieved riders re-enter the queue through the FastPass line and wait in a holding area for the rest of their party, which must continue to wait in the stand-by line.
To keep visitors entertained, fed and hydrated, Disneyland plans to offer atmosphere talent, mobile app games and snack vending options for those waiting in line for Smugglers Run.
"Star Wars" fans hoping to explore Galaxy's Edge between May 31 and June 23 will need a Disneyland ticket and a free advance reservation providing access to the new 14-acre themed land.
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Brady MacDonald is a theme park reporter for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He's covered the theme park industry for more than 25 years. He writes about Disney, Universal, Six Flags, SeaWorld, Cedar Fair and Legoland parks in Southern California, across the United States and around the world. As a member of the SCNG Features team, he also writes about entertainment, travel, pop culture, music, restaurants and craft beer.
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One Cut: One Found Guilty: All Charged with Felony Murder
Felony Murder: The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when an offender kills (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), he/she is guilty of murder. Some 46 states in the union have some form of felony murder rule on their statute books. Of those, 11 states unambiguously allow for individuals who commit a felony that ends in a death to be charged with murder even when they were not the agents, of the killing.
Is Felony Murder a fair charge to use on underaged youth who witnesses didn't have anything to do with the crime?
When I first passed out Eve Porinchak's One Cut for feedback, I had no idea how much engagement this true crime story would bring to the young adult readers our committee sought feedback from who were either in juvenile detention facilities or in secondarypublic schools and who often identified themselves as nonreaders. This title however caught and held their interests, due to the authenticity of the storyline. Authentic usually means conversational dialogue and environment, but not this time. The characters and environment is just the opposite of most of the youth who participated in feedback. They are mostly browns and blacks while the characters in the story are white middle-class teens in Southern California. What pulls them is that these youth got entangled with the justice system and arrested, some under critical pretense, which is much the conditions of environment they live in that find them being racially profiled and arrested at unprecedented rates. The fact that this injustice happened to white teens too, is what brought about engagement and the fact that the story is a real-life well-written truth is what produced a reason for much dialogue amongst those reading the story. A cohesiveness not often experienced by these reluctant readers.
The events took place when the characters were around the same age group of the readers the book is intended for, highlighting a tragedy of enormous proportions in the teen characters' world… one in which the ordinary routine of comping reefer, went haywire in an instant. The fact that this occurrence is accounted for some twenty-three years in the past is of no importance, for within the framing of the events, the reader can easily see themselves within the story's boundaries, for this scenario is still occurring today.
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Due to the court action focus of this story, there is a need to bring about a clear understanding of the legal jargon. An in-depth amount of effort was put forth by the author to bring about a better understanding of the legalese. Ms. Porinchak also devoted extensive time to reviewing individual recounts of the fight that occurred between the six male teen adolescents ending up with one dead and the rest ended with their lives changed forever.
In today's world of media profiling on youth of color, there's an added interest in this story for it involves the arrest of young middle class white youth, a so-called drug pickup, and gang affiliation accusations, ending with life without parole for all members in the group. To read a story that involves circumstances similar to what they have mostly known to be associated with a youth of color, but that is instead associated with white upper-middle-class youth is a real event that is next to impossible for them to imagine in their lived world. Most of the youth showing interest are of color and used to being racially profiled by the police. They're used to being forced, in some instances, to even confess to events they have had nothing to do with…or know of someone who plea-bargained for a lesser conviction of something they didn't commit, but the people they know are usually of color.
In this 1995 situation which was closely after the OJ trial, there was no apparent plea-bargaining, only two possible sides to the same ending: the perspective of Mike McLoren, a neighborhood drug dealer and his friend and neighbor Jimmy Ferris, who died from the incident; and the perspective of the four young men (Brandon Hein who wielded the knife (life + 8 years), brothers Jason (life + 4 years) and Micah Holland (29 years to life), and Tony who did not get involved but witnessed the event [life w/o [parole]).
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These four boys went onto the property of Mike McLoren's family to the backyard hangout to either buy weed. Their driver Chris Valardo who was waiting in the car unaware of what was going on received 11 years and was released in 2000. The conflict revolved around Mike's constant change-up of what happened, of the jury taking Mike's inconsistent testimonial accounts, and of Chris, the driver receiving as harsh a sentence as the rest of the group which was accused of gang-style activity. Jimmy, by the way, was the son of a policeman. Now we also have the silent blue line and payback for the slaying of one of theirs'.
The feedback from the student reviews I received was filled with statements referencing corruption of ethics, with most expressing how the judge literally didn't show empathy towards the youth involved, especially to Chris who was not at the scene of the crime. Many responses were concerned with Chris saying had DNA been available then, it would have cleared him of involvement. Some even speculated that the case would have been thrown out of court, due to Mike's inconsistent accounts and that the judge was probably associated with Mike's father through some sort of private affluent leisure club or investment affiliation…incredible insight for youth of today who are now witnesses to repetitive injustice by a public law enforcement and court system so often found to be corrupt, due to a fraternal code of silence.
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On January 22, 2019, New York passed the so-called "Reproductive Health Act" – or RHA – which Governor Andrew Cuomo then signed into law.
It was a date full of significance. Forty-six years earlier, the Supreme Court of the United States had granted women the right to legally abort their babies in Roe v. Wade.
This act is extreme because it removes restrictions on abortions, essentially allowing babies to be killed up until the moment of birth. The passage of RHA was met with thunderous applause. Governor Cuomo directed that several landmarks, including the One World Trade Center, be lit up in pink to celebrate the new legislation.
During times of such darkness, the pro-life community can come together and bring good out of evil. Like the spire of the World Trade Center shone in the New York sky like a beacon of evil, the pro-life community can come together to support and honor life-affirming pregnancy centers that shine the light of life.
Countless women and children have been touched by the positive work done by NIFLA and the pregnancy centers they represent.
Laura Wu thought she had met her soul mate. . . . But when Laura told her boyfriend that she was pregnant, he was angry.
An aunt of Laura's volunteered at Boro Pregnancy Crisis Center in Queens, New York, and encouraged Laura to call for an appointment. At Laura's initial appointment, she went through the center's "options counseling" where Laura received information about adoption, abortion education, and single parenthood.
Laura chose to continue her pregnancy.
New York's legislation is a death knell for the unborn. But pregnancy centers like Boro Pregnancy Crisis Center and the network of nearly 1,500 others NIFLA represents are providing life-affirming alternatives to abortion that empower women and give them tools to help them through pregnancy and motherhood instead.
Sadly, this battle is not endemic to New York alone. Recent news out of Virginia and Rhode Island shows that other states are considering similar late-term abortion legislation.
Thankfully, the proposed Virginia legislation has been put on hold for now.
Just this week Virginia considered legislation that, according to its sponsor Del. Kathy Tran, clearly allows for abortion up to the time of birth.
These legislative actions have shocked the consciences of millions of Americans who logically ask: how did we get here?
We have arrived here because forty-six years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Roe v. Wade. These legislative proposals, as horrific as they are, merely codify the original holding of Roe.
SCOTUS held in Roe v. Wade and its companion decision of Doe v. Bolton that abortion may not be prohibited by any state, even in the third trimester of pregnancy, if the abortion is necessary to preserve the "health" of the mother.
In Doe v. Bolton SCOTUS defined what it meant by allowing abortion for health reasons. Its definition of 'health' means that any stress factor in a mother's life – physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and her age – justify abortion at any time during pregnancy.
So, how did it come to this? It came to this when our government decided that there is such a thing as a 'life unworthy of life.' That is what Roe v. Wade and its adherents on the far left have imposed upon our nation.
We envision an abortion-free America and a culture where all life – born and unborn, regardless of infirmities, handicaps, age, or gender – is protected under the law and cherished in the hearts of the citizens of our republic.
President Trump also conveyed empathy for the outrage expressed by the pro-life movement over legislation such as RHA and similar bills being considered in other states.
"I think this will very much lift up the issue," Trump said regarding recent concerns voiced by those fighting for the right to life.
In the face of such dark days, the pro-life community should rally around life and donate, pray for or otherwise support organizations like NIFLA as well as the pregnancy centers in their own communities.
The answer to the emerging mentality of death on demand is more life-affirming pregnancy centers that tell women: YES, you are capable! YES, we believe in you! YES, we can help you!
By providing women with positive alternatives to abortion, the battle for life can still be won in the United States. | {
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Founded in 2003 with nearly 450 beneficiaries since inception, the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (MRF) commemorates the centenary year of Nelson Mandela in July 2018 through the attainment of the milestone of 100 Mandela Rhodes Scholars in residence in this hallmark year.
This is a guest blog by Judy Sikuza. It was originally published on The Mandela Rhodes Foundation website.
At a presentation of the Africa Peace Award to Mozambique in November 1997, Mr Mandela proclaimed that "the time for Africa's renewal, for our continent to occupy the pedestal of the successful, has come to pass. Africa yearns and deserves to redeem her glory, to reassert her centuries-old contribution to economics, politics, culture and the arts, and once more to be a pioneer in the many fields of human endeavour." In absorbing this quote, one cannot help but revel in the certainty with which Mr Mandela painted this future vision of the African continent, and honour his subsequent efforts towards its realisation. The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, whose purpose is building exceptional leadership in Africa, is one of the key vehicles in the Mandela Legacy organisations that seeks to make real the very dream of ushering Africa, with dignity, into its rightful place as an equal and competitive presence in the global world.
Founded in 2003 with nearly 450 beneficiaries since inception, the MRF commemorates the centenary year of Nelson Mandela in July 2018 through the attainment of the milestone of 100 Mandela Rhodes Scholars in residence in this hallmark year. This achievement was a commitment made to the founding patron 15 years ago, and serves as a living testament of the vision that Mr Mandela had of providing education and exceptional leadership development opportunities to young leaders from across the continent. The 100 Scholars in residence come from 19 African countries, amongst these: Ivory Coast, Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Togo and many others. Their areas of study range from Philosophy, International Relations, Biochemistry, Economics, Linguistics, Health Innovation, Media Theory and Practice, Information Technology and Renewable Energy. Each of the 100 Scholars being funded by the Foundation this year speak with great excitement and clarity about the kind of Africa they want to be part of leading, challenging not only the notion of Africa as a continent that is always "catching up" – but one that is driving innovation through leap frogging in technological advancements, creating new economic models that ensure true distribution of wealth, telling uniquely African stories in African languages, and using renewable energy as the driving source that fuels our economies and homes.
The Foundation's investment in these young African leaders speaks directly to Mr Mandela's idea of building a generation of leaders and influencers in their respective fields who will substantially re-imagine and co-create a new dawn for Africa. As the entire world celebrates the centenary year of the birth of one of its greatest sons, this landmark is an invitation for all of us to reflect with gratitude, accountability, responsibility, and possibility. The gains made across the African continent in the post-colonial era must be acknowledged and celebrated, but we must equally admit they were not without their complications. Liberation movements across the continent came into political power with socio-economic policies that sought to right the wrongs of the past. But the lure of absolute power and greed have unfortunately plagued too many nations from which our Mandela Rhodes Scholars originate, including the very country that Nelson Mandela helped lead into democracy. So this centenary milestone is an opportunity for all of us to take stock of the hard battles won for the benefit of the greater good, whist simultaneously not tiring in our efforts to continue to accelerate the progress made towards the true transformation of the African continent.
The 100 Scholars in Madiba's centenary year serve as a physical manifestation of the possibilities that lie ahead for our future as a continent. Their passion, dedication, intellect, and commitment to ethical leadership gives hope that when others gather in another hundred years, the fruits of freedom, peace and prosperity that will exist among all Africans can in part be attributed to the courageous and creative efforts that resulted from Mandela Rhodes Scholars of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. May the 'Madiba Magic' then continue to inspire and guide us, especially in the more difficult parts of the next hundred years. And as we carry forward the baton handed over to us by Madiba and his comrades, may we as young Africans continue to Aspire To Be and remember that it seems impossible until it is done. And rest assured, it shall be done. | {
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Summit churches raise banner for Black Lives Matter
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SUMMIT, NJ — In response to recent fatal encounters between police officers and members of the African-American community, the Unitarian Church of Summit, in partnership with the Fountain Baptist Church, also located in Summit, marched down Springfield Avenue on Sept. 25 to raise awareness and show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Upon arriving at UCS, a Black Lives Matter banner was raised and placed on the front of its building. Close to 500 people took part in the event.
Fountain Baptist Church also raised a banner, and both congregations have invited other houses of worship in Summit to do the same.
The event comes on the heels of several fatal incidents, including the fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher, 40, in Tulsa, Okla., who was killed by a police officer on Sept. 16, and Keith Lamont Scott, 43, in Charlotte, N.C., shot by police officers just five days later.
Members of UCS and Fountain Baptist, in addition to the larger community, were invited to the march and the banner-raising, which was be led by the ministers of both congregations. Local dignitaries, clergy from other houses of worship and youth from the Stand Together Against Racism program were also there to participate.
A joint Black Lives Matter team of more than 20 people, headed by Claudia Cohen of UCS and the Rev. Vernon Williams of Fountain Baptist Church, coordinated the event.
Summit Unitarian Universalists voted unanimously on April 10 to take a stand against racism. The congregation has expressed their public support of the BLM movement in response to what they believe to be the disproportionate loss of black lives, systemic racism in our country, and police violence.
The vote followed the congregation's participation in a UU curriculum on race, as well as a series of book discussions, films and interracial dialogues sponsored by the Summit Interfaith Council's Task Force on Dismantling Racism.
The partnership between Fountain Baptist and UCS developed out of these Task Force-sponsored events, which began in 2015.
The Rev. Emilie Boggis, of UCS, expressed her hope of unity and healing in communities throughout the United States. "We learned firsthand through the Dialogue Circles how life-transforming talking about race and privilege can be," said Boggis of the Unitarian congregation. "Our banner is a symbol of our ongoing commitment to the healing and transformation needed in our country in this time. We hope people will look beyond the divisive rhetoric to the real work we've done."
The Black Lives Matter team expressed their thoughts regarding racism, as well as the many lives lost within the African-American community. "We are called to bear witness that this loss of black lives is tragic and must be interrupted, they said in a statement. "We pledge, humbly, to engage with dismantling systemic racism whenever we encounter it. Fountain Baptist raises a banner in order to invite others to join with us in creating a more equitable, just and non-racist society."
The Black Lives Matter movement was created as a hashtag for social media in response to the death of teenager Trayvon Martin, who was killed in 2012 by a Neighborhood Watch volunteer in Florida. The movement has chapters throughout the U.S. and across the globe and involves a wide-ranging strategic approach to issues facing black communities. BLM website reads: "We are committed to collectively, lovingly and courageously working vigorously for freedom and justice for Black people and by extension all people. We are committed to acknowledging, respecting and celebrating differences and commonalities."
The group emphasizes the fact that the BLM is not exclusionary, and that their ultimate goal is All Lives Matter.
The BLM team noted that Unitarian Universalists believe in social justice, and have supported marriage equality, highlighted the human cost of war during the Iraqi and Afghan wars, and have advocated for sensible gun laws. Banners have been raised in support of these issues as well.
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"Arthur" (2011) Review
Title: Arthur
Director: Jason Winer
Staring: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: PG-13 (For alcohol use throughout, sexual content, language and some drug references)
I've often been asked by people what I consider to be a pointless remake and what I consider to be a well done remake. Well, there are two things that must always be considered when looking at a remake: Does it hold up well on it's own and try something new, or does it feel like the original version only a lot worse? I consider the Coen brothers remake of "True Grit" to be a movie worth remaking because they did something new and interesting with it. It can sit next to the original and stand on it's own without too much comparison. I would consider Gus Van Sant's remake of "Psycho" to be pointless because it doesn't stand well on it's own and adds little reason to see it over the original (vastly superior) Alfred Hitchcock film.
When I heard that Warner Brothers was remaking "Arthur" I was a little surprised. The original movie is still very funny to this day and many people I show it to still enjoy it despite it's age. But age it has, so we must assume that a remake is (at least in theory) a good idea. This version has Russell Brand taking over the title role that was played so memorably by Dudley Moore in the eighties. Moore was so wonderful in the original because he was a charming drunk. Sure he was irresponsible, but he rarely caused trouble and just wanted to have fun all the time. The biggest problem he had was that he took no responsibility for anything in life. Brand's Arthur, in comparison, is rather obnoxious and troublesome.
He sleeps with numerous women. He drinks too much. He drives the original Batmobile from Tim Burton's "Batman" and crashes it into a New York lamp light. It's no surprise then that his mother has a proposition for him: Marry the hard working Susan (Jennifer Garner) to help run the company and remain rich forever, or walk away and live the life of poverty. He accepts because he doesn't want to be poor, but is bothered because he wants to marry for love. He's also taken a liking to Naomi (Greta Gerwig), who makes money giving illegal tours of Grand Central Station for tourists. The two have genuine chemistry and it's to the films credit that this is where Arthur starts shaping up and being a bit more likable.
Otherwise he reminds me of the stupid bunny from "Hop" last week...which is probably fitting since Brand also voiced him as well. What I was most interested in seeing was Arthur's surrogate father. Played memorably in the first film by John Gielgud, this movie goes in the total opposite direction and where Hobson is not a male butler but a female nanny this time around. She is played wonderfully by Helen Mirren, who is a lot rougher around the edges than Gielgud was. But then, considering Arthur a little bit more of a jerk in this version, it works wonderfully. She is the most likable and entertaining person in the movie, and her character provides the emotional core of the entire film.
Which brings us to the final question: Is this a movie that was worth remaking or not? Eh, depends on how you look at it. The new version does have it's own unique charms and modernness to it, but the original was much more likable and charming. This new remake is uneven and rough around the edges. Maybe a bit too much. The first half is almost unbearable to watch, but the second half is very good. Ultimately I think I could have lived with a remake of "Arthur" though, and I can probably safely say that most other people will be able to say the same thing by the time the credits role.
Parents, there is some mild language, sexual situations, and lots of references to booze and drugs. Recommended for ages 14and up.
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OPINION: Atrocities in Ukraine are one thing – but US War crimes in Syria Must be Investigated as well
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There are many allegations of atrocities by the US-led forces in Syria. The UN must investigate the allegations as rules must be the same for everyone in a "rules-based world order".
It is reported that the Syrian government has officially asked the UN for a formal investigation of alleged atrocities committed in the city of Raqqa by the US-led coalition forces.
Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in two identical letters "The time has come to shed light on the humanitarian, political, and legal aspects of the matter,".
The letters are addressed to the UN Secretary General António Guterres and to the rotating president of the UN Security Council, Barbara Woodward.
The Syrian ministry noted the thousands of civilian deaths when the almost entire city of Raqqa was destroyed by the US bombing in 2017.
The drone video reported the devastation of the city and the press raised questions about "the cost of victory."
Linda Tom, a Damascus-based official with the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told the Century Foundation's Aron Lund at the time, "more than 80 percent of the city (Raqqa) is estimated to be uninhabitable as a result of the fighting,".
Several other examples of atrocities of the US-led forces are also noted in the Syrian report. At least 70 civilians, including women and children, fleeing clashes, were reported to be killed by the US fighter jets in Baghuz. Also operations by the US and so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria between 2018 and 2019.
Over the years, a very long list of credible accusation of war crimes and other atrocities have been made against the US-allied bombings and on ground military personnel. If the UN and international law are to be upheld, then these accusations, especially the destruction of Raqqa, must be investigated.
On one hand the Western media is pushing atrocities in Ukraine and on the other hand a virtual media blackout on atrocities in Syria is a clear double standard.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a violation of international law, so is the presence of the United States forces in Syria, against the will of the Syrian government recognised by the UN. The US ignoring international law undermines it. When the US can ignore international law when it suits it, then why not Russia? Whole "rule-based world order" becomes meaningless.
The civilian lives lost in Syria are equally important than that in Ukraine and must be investigated and atrocities, international law violations and war crimes must be punished, no matter who is committing them.
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Sailing from Singapore RMS SCYTHIA picked up a handful of Polish Army Officers and relatives at Port Said for the North West Command H.Q. Shrewsbury. Arriving in Liverpool on the 27th January 1948.
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I sewed up this little measuring tape for a friend tonight! It's upcycled angora sweater material and felt! I wish I would have snapped a photo of the measuring tape before I covered it with the apple. Oh well.
It's basically one of those small plastic measuring tapes that you pull out and press a button to make the tape shoot back in. You pull the leaf and PRESTO! Then just squeeze the apple and it's back to normal.
This little thing was just so fun to make. I got the idea from some swap items I received made by other people. I have a Mary Poppins hat where you pull the flower out for the tape, and a cupcake one where you pull out the cherry on top. Super fun, cute, and USEFUL!
I found your blog because Im looking to buy a Mary Poppins measuring tape. check it up at the end of the clip!
To my knowledge (30 mins searching on the web) it does not exist.
You seem to be good with crafts. Perhaps you can make me one? | {
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Q: Managing long chain of dependencies for vulnerability/bug fixes I use gulp in my Node project and I was using gulp-nodemon for running nodemon within which in turn requires some dependencies which inturn requires dependencies and so on.
I was doing some security testing on my project using nsp and found out a vulnerability in my dependency brace-expansion and the resolution was to upgrade my package version to 1.1.7 or later: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/338
The dependency tree is like this:
↳ gulp-nodemon 2.2.1
↳ gulp 3.9.1
↳ vinyl-fs 0.3.14
↳ glob-stream 3.1.18
↳ glob 4.5.3
↳ minimatch 2.0.10
↳ brace-expansion 1.1.6
So, how do I solve such problem cause, I guess I have to coordinate with all the people involved in the chain to fix this and some of them are inactive.
Is there any elegant way to fix these issues involved with chained dependencies?
A: Found an answer after digging a bit more.
How do I override nested NPM dependency versions?
Refer the above link for the solution.
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Dr. Brad Glowaki is recognized as one of the profession's best communicators and the authority on new patients. Known as the New Patient Maven, Dr. Glowaki has been helping doctors deliver 10-min talks, the profession's version of a TED Talk. He empowers doctors to get into more companies to speak. He teaches strategies for predictable growth so doctors can have more family time. Dr. Glowaki grows practices through communication that is proven to work. | {
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German mathematician who spent his career at Berlin University. Rosanes made significant contributions in Cremona transformations, and wrote on many aspects of algebraic geometry and invariant theory. He was also a chess master.
Everybody praises the incomparable power of the mathematical method, but so is everybody aware of its incomparable unpopularity.
In Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker Vereinigung, Bd. 13, 17. | {
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SAP 039: We are in a very small niche – Please Be Nice!
We all experience frustrations with carriers from time to time, BUT, you don't want to be the one having your contract terminated because you cannot control your mouth on the phone with the carrier, trying to fix a problem by creating new ones!
Please be nice to the folks that support us, even the commission folks when things get screwed up. Even the Underwriting department when they've screwed something up. We must remember that we are in the people business and people make mistakes. We all do.
The best advice is to make sure your reputation is one of someone they enjoy doing business with and that you don't cause someone working at one of these companies to have a crappy day because you have one issue. Your reputation, in this very small niche of Medicare insurance, will definitely get around – good or bad, over time!
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ECFA indefinitely suspended HBC's accreditation, according to a statement on Friday 15 March 2019. Dan Busby, EFCA president, said, "During the indefinite suspension, the church may not represent that they are an ECFA member or display ECFA's membership seal." Busby cited several reasons for this suspension, not the least of which were concerns over HBC elder's financial oversight and governance. This decision came on the heels of Julie Roys' reporting last Saturday 9 March 2019, regarding several scandalous financial decisions HBC and former pastor, James Macdonald, and her reporting on 13 March 2019, about the troubling "oversight" of ECFA in light of these reports of lavish spending. It would appear that the "watcher" need watching. Which, of course, raises several questions.
What did ECFA know and when did it know it?
Recall that in the summer of 2017 – as James MacDonald was tearing asunder HBF, his former church planting organization – MacDonald wrote a $50,000 check from HBF to his friend and disgraced "pastor" Mark Driscoll. HBC Elders at that time "disciplined" MacDonald for his unauthorized use of funds, and HBC repaid the HBF account. And, during the aftermath of the dissolution of HBF, the elders reprimanded MacDonald for acting outside the perimeters of his authority as president of HBF. This was all made public and known by ECFA at the time. Did this not cause "concern" about financial oversight and governance back in 2017? Did ECFA not require greater accountability after the HBF debacle? Why not?
Recall also that Jeff Parham, former HBC CIO, was accused by HBC of allegedly embezzling $270,000. He allegedly (he has yet to be prosecuted let alone be found guilty) began this activity back in 2017. If embezzlement can potentially occur while receiving ECFA accreditation, what earthly good is their seal of approval?
What would motivate EFCA to be so lax in their duties as an oversight and accrediting body?
This question may be answered by simply following the money. HBC would have, according to this ECFA chart, paid thousands of dollars each year to keep up their membership. ECFA form 990 from 2017 shows that member donations make up the bulk of their funding (over $3,000,000). It is worth noting that, as president, Mr. Busby earned in excess of $280,000 in 2017 to oversee this accrediting body. What many may not be aware of was that ECFA was an organization that began as a negotiated settlement between large evangelical institutions and some in the Federal government that were seeking legislation to exercise greater oversight and provide greater transparency. When has self-policing ever been effective?
Great headline speaks for itself. "EFCA closes barn door years after the horses ran out.". So very true that you use the plural for both years (ongoing fraud) and horses (JMac, sons and others) and past tense in ran. Thus they leave with the membership holding $42 million in debt. What a great legacy these ungodly leaders provide.
The ECFA appears pretty useless in looking after "the flock" but very interested in keeping its Brand and Trademark is good order, just like the HBC Corporation guarded its Branding and Logo and its affiliation with legitimate organizations, like the Southern Baptist Convention.
Well, some say he did a lot of "work" (favors) for JMac and said if anybody ever came after him, he would go to the authorities. As far as we know, he STILL has not been formally charged. A deal in the works??
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my black oscar is about to die..please help asap!!
omg..Im so worried. My oscar has been looking sick. His skin is supposed to be black but now its a cloudy gray color and he has specks of white flakes on him.
I just saw him have a seizure of some type..or that is what it looked like.. he was shaking and diggin his face into the gravel and now his tail is up in the water and his face is down and it doesnt look like he is breathing but i thought he wouldnt be dead until he floats to the top.
im scared i dont want him to die. hes less than 4 years old. I have a white albino oscar too and i dont want him to get affected by this.
every five minutes my black oscar's tail flaps one time. so what do I do? I dont want him to die!!!!!!
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Located on the island of Sicily, Milazzo is culturally and historically significant to the island, as evidenced by its architecture and heritage. Car hire in Milazzo makes it simple and convenient to travel in the area, and hiring a car in Milazzo also gives those visiting the area the ability to explore further afield. Milazzo is best known now as the departure port for people travelling to the Aeolian Islands, but its old town centre is filled with pretty churches, and a trip to the Norman castle at the cape is a sight not to be missed.
Hiring a car in Milazzo is an easy way to travel in Sicily. For visitors who rent a car in Milazzo, there is plenty to see and do in the vicinity as well as many sights along the coast. Those who love the beach life are sure to appreciate the Riviera di Ponente with its stunning sunsets and great walking routes. The walled old town has medieval roots and contains many religious buildings and shrines, such as the 18th Century Shrine of St. Francesco di Paola. This route will lead you around to the striking Castello di Milazzo. | {
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I compiled a few videos of Craig Murray in full flow setting out the facts, as he remembers them. In light of the, "New" campaign in the Middle East there must be doubts in the minds of many as to the real motivation behind the commitment of the UK to support of the USA in it's efforts. Noteworthy is the absence of Germany, Italy and the country with the largest land army in NATO, Turkey. The videos present another, less heard of perspective and are useful in that respect.
If you want to seize control of the massive natural gas deposits in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, but you can't run a pipeline through Iran or Russia (because leaders there aren't US puppets), what do you do?
This video presented by Journeyman Pictures. you could watch this video uncut at journeyman's youtube. I am working on Uzbek version so people of Uzbekistan should know what we people in the West know about Karimov. .
Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Provides Evidence on UK Government Complicity in Torture.
Must watch, Illustrated interview with Ambassador to Uzbekistan Mr. Craig Murray. Ex-British Ambassador about Uzbek Dictatorship; boiled alive prisoners, jailed mothers, prosecuted Muslims, etc..
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I have found through time spent in foreign lands that the best thing you can possibly do is keep your head up and your eyes open. I have continually found myself in awe of where God has taken me. I am incredibly grateful for the experiences I have had these past years and I thank you for sharing in them with me and being interested in not only my travels, but also my thoughts. Through my life I have had the opportunity to explore through nearly twenty-five different countries and have met people from all walks of life. I can't promise I will ever stop traveling, but I can say that if my future has seldom opportunity, I will have no reason to be bleak. I choose to not trust my imagination of what our world is like, so I therefore quit seeing things from a distance. To stay alive, you first must loose your life. With a new season of life constantly arising the only sustaining anchor for my soul is Jesus Christ. I don't pretend to be wise, but rather have taken every opportunity I've been given as a drop of wisdom. One thing I have learned is that everyone is searching for the one thing to fill the void in his or her life. To be on this "search" is something that has become the new cool or hipster thing to do. I don't hesitate to say I have found it.
It is no wonder why everyone from beginning to end searches for the meaning of life. God set it in our hearts to look, to be adventurous, to go on journeys. That when we finally found the answer to this life, it would be completely genuine, from our hearts and souls, with a love for God that is raw and fireproof, completely filled with the one thing that can ultimately fill our void. I couldn't fathom seeing the things I've seen without the knowledge that it comes from a love story of the living God who created everything and in that gave each person a purpose. This information may not be new for anyone. It may not inspire or move you, you may not agree with it or like it, but in the end I can say with full confidence that it will keep you alive.
This is Dylan to my right, although he is crazy he is a good kid. He will be a talented surfer one day too.
Thinking back to my time spent thus far I can honestly say that it has been very uplifting for me. I arrived in South Africa with the ambition to serve in a community with kids that live a life completely different than mine. I have a little less than a month till I arrive home to California and I have been dealing with the struggle of what I am going to do when I return. Through time spent serving here, I have been able to learn a lot about myself, and a lot about God. I am incredibly grateful for; yet fearful of the freedom God gives us in life. I can't help but sometimes wish God would just tell me which direction to go. I was encouraged by a quote by Martin Luther, as found on my sister's blog olivemepost.com.
As I see this I realize that this is exactly the life I have asked for in my worship and prayer. This is supposed to be the life we all asked for when we gave our lives to Christ. So many times I have said the prayer, God use me. As I looked up the definition of the word 'used' it stated; to be employed in accomplishing something. From my time spent here in South Africa, I can honestly say that God has been using me. He has allowed me to spread love to a group of kids through the sport of surfing and through the act of fellowship. My life is in the hands of the creator, if it was in my hands, I can guarantee you I wouldn't be where I am at right now in South Africa. That's what I find exciting about this life, and that is why I strive to not worry about anything, but in everything give praise. For in the end, I have been given far more than I deserve.
This last weekend was quite cool. Myself along with the others that I live with went on a 5 hour road trip to a city called East London. It is there where we partnered with a local church in putting on a skate and surf competition. I could go into great detail about each little thing we did but I will save you the time. Instead I will speak about the surf competition. Each surfer had to ride the same board and each of those boards had a Bible verse on them, either from Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. There were about 80-90 competitors along with fans there to cheer them on. It was an awesome weekend of surfing in which we ran a total of thirty-eight heats that each lasted twenty minutes. The neatest thing that happened at this competition was not cool maneuvers in the water or anything like that. It was the fact that in the opening and closing ceremony of the competition, over 90 people were gathered around, many of which were not Christian, and the gospel was shared.
I sat there listening to the preacher, a man who seemed well respected in the surf community there, and knew that he was fully aware of why he put on the competition. It wasn't to see who the best surfer was or to have a fun weekend. His purpose as well as ours was to get people that he would never see in his congregation together, in silence, to hear from God.
It is crucial to remember that the Word, our Bible, is God. It is how he communicates to us, it will not return empty when it is spoken or read. Its probably why there are well over 6 billion Bibles printed in over 7,000 languages. It is probably why it is the most attacked book in history! And it is probably why it hasn't been stopped by early Roman emperors such as Diocletian, communist dictators, modern-day atheists, pseudo-science, psychology, or todays political movements. It can't be stopped, its already promised to us that it won't be stopped.
Pray that this last weekend hearts were opened to the gospel, and that lives were transformed.
Well, So far so good... It has been exactly one week now living in South Africa and I can honestly say that It has been a true blessing. The days are filled with a lot of different activities, some things we do are consistent day in and day out, while other things come up un-expectantly. One consistent activity we get is the pleasure of hanging out with this group of amazing kids. A lot of them are straight off the streets and have no guidance in their lives. It has been a week of new beginnings for me, beginning to get the hang of the new city and culture in South Africa, and learning once again the meaning of prayer. This trip is in need of a lot of prayer; prayer for these kids that have been kicked out into the streets and have no opportunity to better their lives. The ministry I am volunteering with focuses on helping out kids in order to make an impact for the future of this city. This city is filled with a deep history of racism, still to this day racism is present, the blacks and whites live on opposite sides of town and since their is way more blacks than whites, a reverse racism is currently here where only blacks are being hired for jobs. Almost 50% of people are out of work and the ones that are in work get paid pennies. For example, a restaurant waiter gets paid about 12 rand an hour, which equals a little over a dollar an hour. A loaf of bread may cost up to 20 rand... With this, many people turn to crimes such as theft to make due. By prayer and time spent with these kids Aleph Surf Foundation hopes to instill a sense of right and wrong in their lives early on and at the same time give them hope for a bright future that many of them don't have. Only with Christ will these kids be saved and it is the ultimate mission to lead them to know that they are loved by a father in heaven. We do this through consistently being in their lives as a witness of a Christ like character and through sharing with them lessons from the Bible. It has been fun here in J-Bay, the surf is un-real. It has consistently been 6-8 ft days with at most six people in the line up. I have for sure been enjoying the culture here and the friends I have met. More importantly however has been the impact that the kids have already started to make on my life. I hope to help them as much as I can, however in the end without Christ it is impossible. Keep in touch, and I will continue to share my stories throughout these months.
Below are some shots from various events, some from the airport, others from a skate competition we helped out at, and the others from a garage that we have been cleaning and transforming into the new meeting place for Aleph Surf....Enjoy.
"What is more (and I can hardly find words to tell you how important I think this), it is just the people who are ready to submit to the loss of the thrill and settle down to the sober interest, who are then most likely to meet new thrills in some quite different direction. The man who has learned to fly and become a good pilot will suddenly discover music; the man who has settled down to live in the beauty spot will discover gardening.
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Right now, I find myself at a curious intersection (for one who hates jargon, and is especially irritated by distracting, meaningless nonsense like 'intersectionality': if you have something to say, say it clearly; don't hide it behind clever-sounding, long, made-up words). Where was I? Oh yes. Curious intersection.
I closely follow the decades-long journey to 'constructionism,' 'original intent,' whatever on the US federal bench. Reading drivel like that written today by the (London) Observer's Richard Wolffe.
All the while noting regularly that we are where we are not because of some judicial coup, but because large numbers of US working people have switched their allegiance to the Republican Party, as the Democratic Party has abandoned them over the past 30 years, in favor of we-know-best social engineering.
Meanwhile, I return to university. Only to find college political professors, at a major university known to have close ties with the Koch brothers, merrily promoting political theory which says that modern US polity has abandoned objective reason (as taught by 'great thinkers' like Aristotle, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Allan Bloom and Ayn Rand), and should return to its senses, led by a judiciary dedicated to the 'natural law' expounded in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution, and supported by the Federalists.
Timely, interesting, co-incidental and not a little creepy, eh?
Democrats are losing the PR battle with Trump. I could explain at length why I say this, and why I think it is so. But it all comes down to one word: focus. In which spirit, I'm going to let Peter Hamby, in his excellent article in Vanity Fair, summarize my own feelings, while I focus on what I think Democrats should do about it.
First, we need to get real focused, real quickly on who the voters are that we believe will make the difference in 2018 and 2020. I have my own views about who those voters are, and what policies will likely ensure they turn out to vote for us. And every other supporter of the Democratic Party has their own idiosyncratic version, too. Matters not. We have the capability to work out what is the real answer, and to focus on it. I've written further about this elsewhere also.
I could say, and have said, that the next step is to create a unified and vigorous message and platform that targets these voters, and to find the best candidates to present that message and platform. But, you know, we're kind of past that stage now. It's become more urgent. Plus, different messages/platforms/candidates work in different parts of the country. Why not trust the local organizations to make those decisions for themselves?
My focus, with this post, is on coming up with a resource that serves all candidates, whatever their personal message, and wherever they are presenting it: a vehicle which begins successfully to counter Trump's PR.
In my opinion, we need a national-level, rapid-response, message task force. Which utilizes every aspect of modern media coverage, just as Trump does. Is fronted by people who are telegenic, radiophonic (is that the right word?). And which counters Trump every day with punchy, pithy, catchy//optics, visuals, slogans, Tweets.
Ooh, ooh, you may say. We have that. No. We don't. Because, if we did, I'd be deluged with it. I'm not. Period.
There is a wonderful new group, Navigator Research, which claims to be sharpening the Democratic message. I have some of its members as my FB Friends. I read their very long and very interesting reports. Until, with respect, my eyes cloud over. This is not what I'm talking about. This group may well be able to help with determining the target group of voters, with fashioning the content of the counter-punch. But again, with respect, it is not at the moment doing any punching.
I have written elsewhere what I think that punch should look like, to achieve the most effect. Comes down to this. Folks do not want a non-stop stream of invective against Trump the animal. They know who he is. They know he's awful. That message is winning us nothing. Neither is all the talk about Russian collusion and White House corruption.
I don't care what you say is in the polls. I'm out and about, in western South Carolina (previously, central North Carolina). Deep in the heart of the sorts of places Democrats should be reaping votes like so much tasty seasonal hay. These people are totally unmoved by these storylines. They're punch drunk. They don't care any more. Maybe the talking heads in Washington gain amusement from making the latest clever debating points. But ordinary folk just glaze over.
What we need to do is focus on the metrics that influence these ordinary people every day of their lives. But which no-one else is articulating. I'm not going to pretend I have the precise list. A group like Navigator Research can work out the details. But I do know this. It should be about three metrics. No more than five. Likely: the buying power of the money in your pocket; how Trump is affecting your place of work; job security (for you and your children); your kid's education; your healthcare insurance premium.
We need gimmicks. Lots of them. What about a grade card? Weekly. Monthly. The five simple catchy metrics. Lots of graphics. This is how Trump is performing on your grade card this month. And why.
Not the awful Washington press conferences we have at the moment. Fronted by people of retirement age. Explaining through sheaves of paper. Why this Trump policy on trade. Or that Trump approach on welfare benefits. Will affect something. Some time. If we can all stay awake long enough. To take notice.
Punch, punch, punch. Trade war with China means WalMart toys for your kids go up in price. Have they? Will they? Bingo! Here's a graph showing the steady rise in price of simple consumer goods due to Trump.
And, to be blunt, if your toes curl at the mention of WalMart, you are the problem. Ordinary voters shop at WalMart. Get over it. We need to stop scolding voters, and start trying to win them over.
Trump promised his policies would create more jobs. Have they? The right jobs? The wrong jobs? Where? Did his tax plan bring jobs home? How many? Are his trade wars affecting jobs in America? Will newly-expensive steel hit the car industry in Detroit? What is the ratio of jobs lost by Trump to jobs gained? Graphs. Maps. Moving animation.
Don't tell us about Iran. And for goodness sake, get Chuck Schumer away from a microphone. Find a telegenic Congressional candidate from Ohio. Put her/him in a typical car. Have a straight stretch of interesting street. And mark out how far she/he can drive the car on half a tank of gallon, on the basis of new higher oil prices, due to Iran, Syria, Israel, whatever (obviously scaled down!).
Being simple in presentation. Pithy and punchy. Doesn't mean we have to ignore complex issues. We just have to find clever ways to make them accessible. Even if those clever ways don't always satisfy our own concerns and prejudices.
For example, tell folks that a hostile immigration environment might mean the price of American food produce going up. I know that you and I may care about the inhumanity of much of Trump's immigration policies. But ordinary Americans, fighting to save a job, unable to pay their healthcare insurance premiums, frankly, might not care as much about another person's problems as they might about the price of their own food. There is a time for appealing to better instincts, and there is a time for appealing to wallets.
Make it relate. Simple, focused, punchy, fun. Something which appeals to ordinary people; not necessarily something that proves intellectually satisfying to the leaders of the Democratic machine in Washington. Make it accessible. The measure of whether or not it is working is if you are assaulted by it from at least two different sources on your way to work. A roster of cheery folks the media know to interview. With a simple, catch-all, catchy umbrella name. Doesn't have to be D.R.A.T. Come up with your own. Colors, fonts, logo's that ordinary people come to know and expect.
We're never going to beat Trump. He's been successfully misusing the media for thirty years. What we need to do is sort out what is our gameplan to counter his policies. And then work around him to sell our vision.
Trump is winning because he stays firmly on the low road, appealing to the gut. We don't want to go there. We don't have to go there. But neither should we airily float along on some amorphous high road. We stick it to Trump on the basic promises he made and keeps making to the American people. On jobs, cost of living, healthcare premiums, and the like. We stick it to Trump on wallet issues. And hold him to account with noise, color and parade.
Already, we are hearing conspiracy theories about Las Vegas. Made worse by the fact that algorithms associated with social media sites are making some of the more obnoxious theories go instantly viral.
As upsetting as this is. Not least for victims, their families and friends. The fact is that, when a country, such as the US, places such a vigorous premium on freedom. Freedom of the press. Freedom of speech. Freedom of the internet. Freedom to own a gun. The price we pay for freedom is often ugly and painful.
As always, the price we are willing to pay as a society is the consequence of decisions we make to balance freedom, security, safety and decency. There is no right or wrong. There are only the choices we make, democratically, by deciding to take part in the electoral processes we have already agreed by way of majority vote.
Las Vegas: If Not Now, Then When?
I got jumped on a bit for a comment that 'politicized' the tragedy in Las Vegas.
Before I say anything about that, let me once more take a moment for all of us just to think of 58 dead. 527 injured.
Let's stop long enough, from looking at the pictures. Tracking money to the Philippines. And actually think about 58 people dead.
Lying on the ground. Tended to by friends. Who knew them, laughing and singing, only moments before. With families waiting. For whom now the wait will never end.
Let's think about what 527 injured means. A scratch? Crippled? Neighbors whose lives are ruined. Whose families just went from sharers to carers.
Let's think about the first responders. Who, as always, thought nothing of their own safety. As they attempted to protect others.
Let's think of the concert-goers. Who stood up. Went back. Covered bodies. And helped some to safety. Who were themselves injured, or killed, as a consequence.
It's not just that we live in violent times. We live in an age where social ADD is the norm.
Who remembers Harvey? Who cares now about Irma? The people still suffering the effects of flooding do.
The President, for sure, has moved on. To Puerto Rico. To demand praise. For emergency efforts that owe nothing to him.
A President whose only contribution to societal institutional memory was to minimize the effects of Maria, by making offensive comparison to Katrina.
But it's not just Trump. It's all of us. If it happened last week, it might just as well have happened a millennium ago.
If it happened before a win by our favorite college team. It is forgotten altogether.
I'm 61. I've seen a lot. There isn't too much about which I cannot say: it's ok; things will change – they will get better.
But one thing gets worse. Our ability to move on, and forget. I do not mind the moving on. I do mind the forgetting.
I was accused of heartlessness for 'politicizing' Las Vegas 'too soon.' The real heartlessness is allowing so much time to pass that it never becomes sufficiently 'politicized' at all.
We permitted Donald Trump to become President, because we waited too long.
We let important issues slide because we have convinced ourselves they can wait until tomorrow.
We condemn ourselves to future tragedies, because we pretend that it is 'too soon' to politicize the ones that just happened.
Another product of our age is our desire to normalize activity we know, deep in our heart, is not normal.
I understand about the Second Amendment. I get the history of this country. The desire to protect loved ones. But gun culture is not normal. We need to stop pretending to ourselves that it is.
And this is not merely a rant calling for gun legislation. That is one more product of our times: we seek to dumb everything down.
This isn't just about responsible gun ownership versus bad. This is about changing ourselves into a society where we hate less, and are prone to violence less. Where the perceived need for guns is less.
This is not a cultural change that happens overnight. With one piece of legislation. This is a process that takes years. Demands dedication. Sacrifice. Clear thinking. And constant renewal.
1) My therapist from alcohol rehab in 1994. Who is or was part of a national commission, set up by rehab experts and the insurance industry, to examine the whole problem of addiction. Causes. Environmental. Genetic. Cycles of abuse. Which commission was seriously discussing having all insurance companies pay for two weeks of therapy for every insurance holder. To deal with all of the natural distortions we all experience growing up. The commission (not so much the insurance companies) took the view that such wholesale therapy could well reduce the incidence of violence in society.
3) The connection between disadvantage and behavior. The connection between seeming imbalance in society and reaction. Addressing causes, while also making it clear that no 'cause' excuses breaking the law.
4) The manner in which our society properly deals with those with mental health issues. In a dignified fashion.
5) Sentencing policy, and whether or not it creates a devil-may-care attitude among those likely to break the law.
6) Gun culture. How to change it. I really do not think there is anyone out there saying that gun ownership is a good thing. It builds character. It makes my crops grow. It is generally expressed in terms of protection. So, let's talk about protection from what. And seriously address the 'what.' With an open mind.
Hate. Violence. Gun culture. Are not normal. But that does not mean that I do not understand why they exist. They exist because too many of us are in despair. In fear.
I do not apologize for 'politicizing' Las Vegas. I do not apologize for 'politicizing' it 'too soon.' I do not apologize for saying that 'gun culture' is not normal. And demanding that our society do much, much better. Each of us. As individuals. Not some amorphous societal blob, in a capital or capitol. All of us. We all of us need to do much, much more to relieve the despair and fear felt by so many in our society. My only apology would have been if I had not politicized this issue at all.
Nobody really wants to be the one to say this. We would prefer our focus be entirely on grieving and consoling. But, it is not too soon. And we all know it is in our minds. So. Let me be the one. A country and western music festival? Maybe now the rednecks will wake up and take notice? | {
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The John Spoor Broome Library at California State University Channel Islands was in need of a renovation. The new design decided to integrate old and new, taking the existing mission style building and adding a modern steel glass canopy and enclosed structure to the heart of the existing building. The Library consists of two separate pieces: the physical structure itself and the canopy above, which extends from the plaza over the library and is anchored to the foundation through four steel posts visible in the Reading Room. The plaza deck, which filters light through the louvered canopy and also features a reflective pool, is meant to be an inviting icon for the entire campus.
Constructed with ipê hardwood, the deck magnifies the newly constructed canopy and is supported by Bison Versadjust Pedestals. The pedestals adjust to the underlying surface with ease and were installed in a matter of days. The natural warmth of the wood deck complements the architectural exposed steel and provided an easy way to create a ground level deck. The new updates to the Library earned the building the Award of Merit in the Outstanding Architectural Design category in California Construction Magazine.
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Dahari is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working in the Comoros Islands, whose aim is to shape sustainable and productive landscapes with Comorian communities. This local NGO contacted the Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) team in order to better understand their beneficiaries and to measure the impacts of their projects. Leo Gorman, who works with the RHoMIS team travelled to the Comoros to train the enumerators that were going to be using the survey.
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TV-SERIES "EKATERINA" WILL BE AIRED IN JAPAN FOR THE FIRST TIME
Sovtelexport has sold the rights for two seasons of the historical TV-series "Ekaterina" to a Japanese TV channel, Channel Ginga Japan.
RUSSIA TV&RADIO PROVIDES THE "NEW YEAR'S BLUE LIGHT CONCERT 2018" FOR HOLIDAYS IN ASIA
TV program "New Year's Blue Light Concert 2018" has been broadcast for the first time on the "Niconico" - the largest website in Japan.
DRAMA "BORN TO BE A STAR" AIRED IN POLAND
Sovtelexport sold the rights for drama "Born to be a star" to the Polish popular film channel Kino Polska TV S.A.
DRAMA "THE FAMILY" IN AIR MACEDONIA
TV Nova has picked up the broadcast rights for series "The Family" produced by Russia TV&Radio in a deal with Sovtelexport
STABLE COOPERATION WITH ITALY
Sovtelexport made a new deal with La7, which is a television channel of the Cairo Communication SpA - leader of a group of companies operating in the publishing sector
SERIES FROM THE CATALOGUE OF RUSSIA TV&RADIO PREMIER IN ALBANIA
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This is an old - not maintained - article of the AEIOU.
In the Austria-Forum you find an updated version of this article in the new AEIOU.
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Bund Sozialdemokratischer Akademiker, Intellektueller und Künstler BSA - Bürgeralpe (10/25)
Bürckel, Josef Buresch, Karl
Burckhard, Max
Burckhard, Max, b. Korneuburg (Lower Austria), July 14, 1854, d. Vienna, March 16, 1912, writer, journalist, studied law. 1890-1898 artistic secretary and then director of the Vienna Burgtheater; cultivated contemporary drama (H. Ibsen, G. Hauptmann, A. Schnitzler, H. von Hofmannsthal), introduced popular Austrian classics into the repertoire (L. Anzengruber, F. Raimund) of the Burgtheater and engaged among others F. Mitterwurzer, A. Sandrock, L. Medelsky, O. Tressler, H. Bleibtreu and J. Kainz.
Works: Novels: Gottfried Wunderlich, 1906; Die Insel der Seligen, 1908; Aus der Mappe eines Theaterdirektors (sketches); Quer durch das Leben, 1908. - Dramas: Die Bürgermeisterwahl, 1898; 's Katherl, 1898. - Theater, 2 vols., 1905 (reviews, lectures and essays). - Legal publications.
Literature: D. Dey, Die Wiener Moderne und M. B., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1989.
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Why NOT Have a Baby?
How often does this question come up in conversations among young adult women?
How Do You Decide to Have a Baby When Climate Change Is Remaking Life on Earth?
Then answer is, "not often enough!" So Madeline Ostrander's commentary published in this week's edition of The Nation earns a spot on our Wall of Fame for being bold enough to explore what ought to be an obvious and common question. | {
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Today was another sunny day with a cool morning and a warm (85 degrees F) afternoon. Our grounds staff kept busy throughout the day and our volunteers continue to be amazing. With recent hot, windy weather, we have a renewed focus on watering although the threat of rain tomorrow looks promising. Note the interesting hosta seen above…this hosta is named 'Dr. Robert Yahr' after the founder of RBG and was selected by Jeff Miller of Land of the Giants Hosta Farm in Milton, WI. The thick blue leaves are enormous and cupped upwards. The good news is that this hosta will be sold at the gardens in the future (date TBD) as a fundraiser and certainly a tribute to a great man. We appreciate Jeff Miller's donation and involvement with getting this hosta officially registered, propagated and ultimately made available in the future.
The grounds staff weathered the heat well today and worked like a well-oiled machine. Larry H. was back in action and jumped right in to watering, shifting around our holding yard, planting, weeding and mulching. Big John had work near the aquarium, lots of sprinkler action, fertilizing containers and myriad other tasks. Cindy watered in two areas and had a heavy focus in the Hummingbird Haven theme of the Nancy Yahr Memorial Children's Garden. Janice was in to finish planting the Heirloom Garden. Trevor and Nolan took care of all the push mowing and moved on to planting with Larry H. Trevor then had significant watering while Nolan did his weedwhipping rounds. I had plenty of odds and ends including some work to help promote our looming Home Garden Tour (HGT) on July 16th and our Horticultural Therapy symposium on July 27th. Tickets ($10 in advance) for the HGT are on sale right now at RBG and at K&W Greenery (Janesville, WI). The event is 9 am – 3 pm (rain or shine) and features eight gardens in the Janesville area. See the RBG website for more information on the Horticultural Therapy symposium which has value for ALL gardeners!
our prairie is beginning to measure up…we'll see how tall it is in September!
Our volunteers were very productive today. We are losing the weeding battle but we have some tough warriors out there every day. If you are reading this blog and can come help lend a hand weeding, come on down! Above are Eva (left) and Kathy weeding in the Japanese garden today. The ladies always do an excellent job. Kay was in to tidy up in the woodland glen garden (formerly the color rooms garden). She has made an amazing amount of progress. Magda was also in to tidy up her area. Larry O. worked on cleaning and filling the sunken garden pond and watered the yard again (thanks Larry!). Bill O. was in to mow and Maury ran more errands. Mary H. and her daughter Kathy were also in for some planting. We also saw Dave T. , Dave K., Maryam and many others today. | {
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package integration.dao;
import integration.control.FilterControl;
import integration.database.ConnectorFactory;
import integration.util.Replacer;
import model.Operation;
import model.Operation;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
/**
* Created by spronghi on 15/09/16.
*/
public class OperationDAO {
private static final String SELECT = "SELECT `id`, `operation` FROM operation";
private static final String SELECT_FROM_ID = "SELECT `id`, `operation` FROM operation WHERE `id`=?";
private static final String INSERT = "INSERT INTO operation (operation) VALUES ('?')";
private static final String UPDATE = "UPDATE operation SET operation='?' WHERE id=?";
private static final String DELETE = "DELETE FROM operation WHERE id=?";
private static final String SELECT_FROM_OPERATION = "SELECT `id`, `operation` FROM operation WHERE `operation`='?'";
private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(OperationDAO.class.getName());
public OperationDAO(){}
private Operation setOperation(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException {
return new Operation(rs.getInt(1),rs.getString(2));
}
public Operation get(int id) {
String query = SELECT_FROM_ID;
query = Replacer.replaceFirst(query, id);
ResultSet rs = ConnectorFactory.getConnection().executeQuery(query);
try{
if (rs.next()) {
return setOperation(rs);
}
} catch(SQLException e){
logger.log(Level.WARNING, e.toString());
}
return null;
}
public List<Operation> getAll() {
List<Operation> operations = new ArrayList<>();
ResultSet rs = ConnectorFactory.getConnection().executeQuery(SELECT);
try{
while(rs.next()) {
operations.add(setOperation(rs));
}
} catch(SQLException e){
logger.log(Level.WARNING, e.toString());
}
return operations;
}
public void create(Operation operation) {
String query = INSERT;
query = Replacer.replaceFirst(query, operation.getOperation());
operation.setId(ConnectorFactory.getConnection().executeUpdate(query));
}
public void update(Operation operation) {
String query = UPDATE;
query = Replacer.replaceFirst(query, operation.getOperation());
ConnectorFactory.getConnection().executeUpdate(query);
}
public void delete(Operation operation) {
String query = DELETE;
query = Replacer.replaceFirst(query, operation.getId());
ConnectorFactory.getConnection().executeUpdate(query);
}
public List<Operation> getAllBy(String flag, Object key) {
List<Operation> operationList = new ArrayList<>();
String query="";
if(flag.equals(FilterControl.OPERATION)){
query = SELECT_FROM_OPERATION;
query = Replacer.replaceFirst(query, (String) key);
}
ResultSet rs = ConnectorFactory.getConnection().executeQuery(query);
try{
while(rs.next()) {
operationList.add(setOperation(rs));
}
} catch(SQLException e){
logger.log(Level.WARNING, e.toString());
}
return operationList;
}
}
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Longtime NJ Senate president defeated by political rookie
By Maureen Breslin - 11/04/21 12:44 PM EDT
The longtime, powerful state Senate president in New Jersey was defeated in his re-election campaign by a little-known GOP candidate whose campaign finance reports indicate he spent just $153 as of the last 11 days of the election.
Steve Sweeney, who has held his South Jersey state Senate seat for nearly two decades, was beaten by Edward Durr, a 58-year old political newcomer by 2,200 votes out of approximately 62,000 ballots cast in the state's third legislative district, the Associated Press projected Thursday morning, according to NJ.com.
The defeat marks one of the most shocking Election Day upsets. It also comes on the heels of Gov. Phil Murphy's (D) re-election which saw a much closer-than-expected margin in the reliably blue state that President Biden Joe BidenPredictions of disaster for Democrats aren't guarantees of midterm failure A review of President Biden's first year on border policy Vilsack accuses China of breaking commitments in Trump-era trade deal MORE won by double-digits.
Durr's campaign finance reports indicate he spent just $153 in the 11 days before Election Day. A report posted on the state election's website Thursday shows he spent more than $2,000 in the week before Election Day mostly on handouts, flyers and yard signs.
Sweeney, the second most powerful state lawmaker after the governor, has yet to address the public since Election Day.
Durr has never held a public office but he previously ran and lost a race for the state assembly in 2019, according to NJ.com. He has lived in New Jersey all his life and worked as a truck driver for the past 25 years.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the races involving Sweeney's assembly running mates were too close to call as of early Thursday, showing even more the neck-and-neck nature of the supposedly-surefire win Democrats expected in the Garden State.
Durr told NJ.com on Wednesday that running against Sweeney was a bit of a "joke" to him, reiterating that Sweeney is the second-most powerful lawmaker in New Jersey.
Durr added that Sweeney's "power" and "clout" didn't scare him.
Durr had gone door-to-door during his campaign in South Jersey, introducing himself to neighbors and has said that he thinks of himself as a "simple man" who rides a Harley, walks his dogs, loves the Philadelphia Eagles, and wants to bring everyday people back to state politics.
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Sarah Lancashire DOES want to be in third series of Happy Valley
Reports that Sarah Lancashire does not want a third series have been quashed
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It may be a Happy Valley after all for fans of the award-winning police drama.
Reports that actress Sarah Lancashire doesn't want to take part in a third series have been scotched.
The second six-part series ended last week and was again met with critical acclaim.
Lancashire would be "very keen" to return for a third series of Happy Valley, according to the programme's makers.
Weekend reports said that Lancashire - who plays tough police sergeant Catherine Cawood - believed the second series was the "end of the story" for the hit BBC one drama.
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"I wouldn't want it to go to a third series, I really wouldn't - then it becomes something else," she was quoted as saying.
But a spokeswoman for the show said the comments were made a number of months ago and there had since been discussions between the actress and Happy Valley writer, Huddersfield-born Sally Wainwright.
Wainwright, who also wrote Last Tango In Halifax starring Lancashire, has previously said she is on board to write a third series when she has time to dedicate to the perfect plot.
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A spokeswoman for Red Production Company, which makes Happy Valley, said: "Sarah and Sally have been talking and Sarah would be very keen to revisit Catherine Cawood."
Happy Valley, which came to a dramatic conclusion last week, has regularly drawn in more than seven million viewers. It was filmed extensively in Calderdale and Huddersfield.
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Speaking to BBC Breakfast last week, Wainwright said she did not want to rush out a third series that "wasn't as good". She said: "What I'd hate to do is do a third series and people say it wasn't as good so I want time to go away and really come up with stories that I think are going to make a third series."
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F1 star Ricciardo tempted by Le Mans
Published by David on 22/01/2016
Long considered the top step of the motorsport ladder, Formula 1 has found itself dogged by politics, Mercedes dominance, the importance of financial backing and tyre problems. Many young single-seater drivers have been forced to look elsewhere, such as the WEC, to progress their careers. In 2015, Nico Hülkenberg became the first current Formula 1 driver to race at Le Mans for some years. His victory in the #19 Porsche 919 Hybrid certainly raised some eyebrows in the F1 paddock.
Now, Daniel Ricciardo is the latest F1 driver to express his interest in the classic endurance race. In an interview with Auto Action, the Australian admitted that he had some opportunities to do the race last year, but he decided to focus on his Red Bull career instead. However, like Alonso, Magnussen and Button before him, Ricciardo is targeting a Le Mans drive at some point in the future: "I guess the beauty of Le Mans is it can happen 10 years from now. It doesn't need to be done today." Ricciardo would be following in the footsteps of fellow Aussie Mark Webber, who became a World Drivers' Champion in 2015 with Porsche.
Ricciardo joins a long list of current F1 drivers who have admitted that they would be keen to race in LMP1 in the future. Fernando Alonso's desires to race at Le Mans have been perhaps the worst-kept secret in the world of motorsport. Indeed, the Spanish driver came to La Sarthe to wave the tricolore and signal the start of the 2014 race. Kevin Magnussen also revealed earlier this year that he wanted to race at Le Mans with his father in a Corvette C7R, plans which were ultimately scuppered by his McLaren commitments. Jenson Button, too, has been strongly linked with an LMP1 drive, although he has recently resigned with the McLaren team.
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As open source solutions are becoming more important in the cloud, staying ahead of potential patent, as well as copyright infringement claims, is vital.
The growing swath of enterprise open source solutions (OSS) is playing an important role in how companies and governments modernize their IT infrastructures, especially when migrating to the cloud. The benefits of enterprise open source are vast, as it provides enterprises with options and capabilities they would not otherwise receive through proprietary software. Moreover, CIOs are never locked into a single vendor's solution because the capabilities provided by open source are ubiquitous and constantly evolving. Open source allows for the easy integration of new solutions, thus enabling IT professionals to improve legacy infrastructure more efficiently than working with proprietary solution vendors.
Open source solutions also lead to cost reductions. As such, in its 2016 Federal Source Code Policy the federal government argued the effective implementation of the right open source tools can save a significant amount of money. Cost reductions are especially relevant when migrating to the cloud, as the less a company spends on proprietary software, the more it can devote to its digital transformation efforts.
However, there is always a catch . . .
Open source is free in a monetary sense, but it is not necessarily free of legal obligations. Open source software is like proprietary software in that they are both protected by copyright and, oftentimes, patents. Thus, an enterprise must still comply with the applicable licenses to legally use the open source software. It is incredibly important that enterprises fully understand their risks for both patents and copyright. While programmers will have a thorough understanding of how the code operates, they likely will not understand—or even know—the legal implications of using a open source component. Therefore, it is imperative that CIOs understand these legal scenarios, and that there are policies in place to prevent using code that is not properly licensed. Still, there will always be risk, and managing that risk is essential.
As larger enterprises and developers continue to embrace open source, the number of patent infringement assertions is increasing. The Citrix and Sound View Innovations cases are two examples. Because the code is public, it is easy for a patent owner to determine whether the code infringes their patent. Once a patent owner is confident an OSS component infringes its patent, the owner can then easily detect whether the invention is being used by an enterprise. One can detect usage of OSS through job postings or knowledge of Hadoop, and once the OSS component user is identified, it is easy to efficiently prove infringement by comparing the code to the patent. Non-practicing entities that own patent reading on OSS components have a great interest in focusing on common elements used by large numbers of entities, which allows them to efficiently assert infringement against multiple enterprises.
While most companies think of patents as a potential litigation risk when implementing new software technologies, they often forget about the copyright angle. This is likely one reason why there has been an uptick in assertions from copyright "trolls." So far, most of these lawsuits have occurred in Germany, but this could easily broaden out as lawyers get more creative. The assertions derive from the notion of enforcing compliance with the OSS license. So, as long as an enterprise is complying with all of the terms of the license, they are fine. But if for some reason they don't meet the license terms, the license can be terminated, and they have just become a copyright infringer. For example, the GPLv2 license is automatically terminated when one of its conditions is not met, and can only be reinstated by a copyright holder, thereby creating a potentially important exposure to copyright claims. The Linux community was recently able to successfully defend themselves, but other, more sophisticated copyright trolls may emerge over time. In an attempt to get ahead of the game, a number of companies (RedHat, Google, Microsoft, etc.) recently announced a set of cure rights for software under their General Public Licenses (GPL). The goal is to create industry norms that allow for fixing honest mistakes in complying with GPL software.
Furthermore, it is unclear how the recent appeals court decision in the Oracle v. Google case will change the litigation landscape in the United States. Some stakeholders assert that it could create a storm of copyright litigation in the software space.
As you migrate to the cloud, what can you do to make sure your company doesn't fall prey to an assertion? First, there are groups that are defining best practices for minimizing OSS risk. For example, your enterprise could commit to the aforementioned cure rights. You could also ensure your cloud provider has a broad indemnity policy. One of the main reasons you are moving to the cloud is to sleep easier at night—not only do you want your enterprise to be more secure and the system to be more reliable, you also want to ensure your legal liability is more limited than before.
Tim Molino is a policy consultant for a prominent Washington, D.C. lobbying firm with a number of technology clients. Based on both his prior political and legal careers, Tim provides strategy and policy advice to clients on a number of technology-related issues, including intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and cybersecurity. Tim's clients include Microsoft, Facebook, Spotify and Micron. | {
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Archdiocese of Omaha submits documents of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse
by: Staff
Posted: Nov 30, 2018 / 08:27 PM CST
Updated: Nov 30, 2018 / 11:13 PM CST
The Archdiocese of Omaha has released documents of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse by clergy since 1978.
After an investigation into allegations, the Archdiocese of Omaha learned that since 1978, 38 members of the clergy, including 24 diocesan and priests, had substantial allegations of sexual abuse against them.
Earlier this year, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson asked the Nebraska dioceses to turn over personnel files containing allegations of criminal sexual misconduct. This was in response to the disclosure of abuse by the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.
Archbishop of Omaha, Most Rev. George J. Lucas said they have completed and turned in their information.
Lucas apologized on behalf of the Diocese and said he hopes that victims can experience healing.
"We cannot change the sins and the betrayals of the past, but we acknowledge the ugly truths of the past so that we can repent and so that we can be resolute in our determination that these things will not be repeated," said Lucas.
Lucas also said that no member of the clergy on the list remains in service.
"While we note that 38 members of the clergy have been guilty of the abuse of minors in the past, it's important to note that some of them are deceased and none of them are currently serving in the ministry in the Archdiocese of Omaha. It's important for me to state clearly, there is no member of the clergy currently serving who has been guilty of one substantiated instance of the abuse of a minor."
For the full list of substantiated claims go to their website:
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Bravely Default "borrows" quite a bit from Square Enix's widely loved Final Fantasy series. Story themes, music, visual aesthetic, and even carbon copies of monsters, items, and weapons. One of the key foundations of Final Fantasy that Bravely Default's creators have straight up lifted is the iconic job system.
A new trailer for the game shows off the wide array of abilities. The four characters in Bravely Default start as empty templates, and through rigorous training, they can learn skills from the jobs they decide to undertake. White Mage, Black Mage, Monk, Swordmaster and Valkyrie.
All the classic Final Fantasy jobs are there, even Thief, which fittingly joins Bravely Default's ranks. Life Thief? More like… Idea Thief.
But hey, it's not like Final Fantasy was using the job system anyway, right? While the series has devolved into melodramatic dazzling J-Pop concerts and decrepit aging metal bands, Square Enix put the guys who actually get Final Fantasy to work on something else. Explain that jump in logic.
Bravely Default is my most anticipated game of the year. I had a blast working the kinks of the job system in the demo Square Enix released, and I can't wait to break it with the final product when it is released on February 7th for the Nintendo 3DS. My squad is going to be an unstoppable force. | {
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MT-PLAN Frequently Asked Questions
Montana's 30 million acres of public lands are
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Legal access to public lands is essential for present and future generations of all recreationists. The Montana Public Lands Access Network (MT-PLAN) is a new program to facilitate collaboration among recreationists, private landowners, and land management agencies to enhance public access throughout the state.
MT-PLAN is a voluntary contribution account and grant program administered by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). DNRC will award grants to eligible groups to acquire public lands access easements across private lands to inaccessible or hard-to-access public lands for recreational purposes. Your
donation of $1.00 or more will go directly into the MT-PLAN account and help finance easements that improve public access to public lands.
Donations can be made here on the DNRC website, or on the websites of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the State of Montana. Donations made electronically will include a small processing fee. You can also contribute by writing a check payable to the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. If paying by check, please include "MT-PLAN" in the memo section. Checks should be mailed to Montana DNRC, PO Box 201601, Helena, MT 59620-1601.
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Montana House Bill 597, introduced by Representative Alan Doane (R) HD 36, passed with overwhelming bi-partisan support in the 65th Legislature and was signed in law by Governor Steve Bullock. The law creates the Montana Public Land Access Network (MT-PLAN) which consists of a voluntary contribution account and grant program administered by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to acquire public land access easements and create public access enhancement projects to provide public access to public land for recreational purposes. The bill was widely supported by a diverse range of landowners and sportsmen groups for its innovative approach in using a "carrot instead of a club" to provide incentives for increasing public access across private land to public land that would otherwise be inaccessible. The MT-PLAN grant program is DNRC's first public access grant program aimed at increasing public access to not only state trust land, but all public land in Montana. It provides a framework for cooperation and coordination among individuals and organizations to enhance public access to our public land.
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) offers grant funding to eligible public access proposals for the acquisition of public access easements or enhancements across private land to inaccessible or difficult to access public land for recreational purposes. The Montana Public Land Access Network (MT-PLAN) is funded by private donations through the DNRC and Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP). Donations of $1 or more can be made through department websites, the State of Montana website, an authorized wildlife conservation and combination license vendor, or through direct donations to the DNRC. The DNRC will work with successful project applicants and landowners to negotiate the terms of the access easement or enhancement project. Easements may be for a term no less than three (3) years and up to permanent access in perpetuity. The DNRC will hold and enforce public access easements granted under the MT-PLAN.
Land and Landowner Eligibility Criteria
An individual or organization may apply to DNRC for a grant to pay for costs associated with an access project that secures public access through private land to public land as defined in Section 15-30-2380, MCA for which there is no other legal public access, or to enhance existing access to public land. The costs of the grant must include payment to the owner of private land who allows public access. Grants may not be made to pay costs associated with litigation related to public access, or to acquire public access easements where public access has been unlawfully restricted or where legal public access is currently contested.
Public access easements or enhancement projects are eligible for MT-PLAN if the public land they access are open to general recreational uses compatible with the land the project accesses.
Public access easements or enhancement projects are eligible for MT-PLAN if the public land they provide access to cannot be legally accessed by:
Public road, right-of-way, or easement;
Public water;
Adjacent federal, state, county, or municipal land that is open to public use; or
Adjacent private land that allows for public access.
Public access easements or enhancement projects are not eligible for MT-PLAN if the public land they provide access to are restricted or closed to general recreational use by the land management agency that owns, manages or has legal control of the public land.
If the public access easement or enhancement project would provide access to state trust land, as defined in MCA 77-1-101, the easement must provide access for all lawful purposes to the state trust land.
Public access easements or enhancement projects may not provide access to a previously inaccessible parcel of land if that parcel is leased state land under Title 77, chapter 1 of Montana Code Annotated, and the lessee is not the landowner granting access to the parcel.
Public access easements or enhancement projects may have a term that ranges from no less than three (3) years up to permanent access in perpetuity. A termed easement that is awarded a grant creates no expectation of access after the term expires.
The DNRC shall make recommendations to the State Board of Land Commissioners (Board) regarding grant applications received prior to award. A grant must be approved by the Board before it is awarded and disbursed.
A public access easement that is awarded a grant must be held and enforced by the DNRC for the duration of the term.
The DNRC shall report the details of approved MT-PLAN grants to the legislative auditor.
MT-PLAN public access easements or enhancement projects must be made available for the entirety of the year for all general recreational uses compatible with the land.
A MT-PLAN public access easement or enhancement project does not convey to the public any right to hunt or otherwise recreate on the private land through which they are allowed to pass to reach public land.
The location of the MT-PLAN public access easement or enhancement project will be published on a map located on the DNRC website, and made available to the public for the length of the contract term.
The MT-PLAN public access easement or enhancement project area will be signed by DNRC with MT-PLAN signs to identify participation in the MT-PLAN program. Signs must remain in place for the entire length of the contract term.
DNRC and successful MT-PLAN applicants will enter into cooperative agreements (contracts) that will outline the terms of the public access easement or enhancement project.
Upon execution of the contract, payment will be made to the landowner for the public access easement or enhancement project.
Violation of the contract terms may result in DNRC not paying the landowner and/or enforcing the contract with the full force of the law.
The costs of the grant must include payment to the owner of private land who provides a public access easement across private land to public land.
A landowner participating in the MT-PLAN program will be paid according to the terms negotiated in the contract for the public access easement or enhancement project with the DNRC.
Payments received by landowners for easements providing public access to public land are exempt from taxation, according to Section 15-30-2110, MCA and subject to provisions in the Internal Revenue Code.
The grant program is funded by private donations to the MT-PLAN account. Donations are collected in a state special revenue account, which is statutorily appropriated. Funding amounts and cycles vary depending on voluntary contributions to the MT-PLAN account.
Applications are now being accepted and will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Contact Jessica Hoag, Public Access and Rec Use Manager at the DNRC via phone at (406)444-5760 or email [email protected] for application materials. | {
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Winnipeg, MB - November 19, 2009 - Anyone thinking about entering a career in health care might want to consider becoming a Certified Dental Assistant (CDA), a position that continues to be in demand across the country. Those interested in a dental career should have a look at CDI College's Intra-Oral Dental Assistant program, which prepares students for the field in just under a year.
"CDAs are still very much in demand," says Agnes Yngson, Dental Department Head at CDI College. "Most of our grads receive job offers even before they finish their program and some get hired during their practicum placement. It's not unusual to get an email or call from dentists looking for CDAs or even willing to hire our students while in the program."
Intra-Oral Dental Assistant students learn about human anatomy and physiology, including the normal development of the oral cavity and facial complex. The program also covers oral medicine including administration, drug classification, sedation, anesthesia and pain control. As well, students learn to record dental exams, treatment plans and vital signs.
Students in CDI's Intra-Oral Dental Assistant program also learn how to take and process dental radiographs and work with the various bio-materials commonly used in dentistry. They become familiar with safety procedures, hazardous chemicals handling and waste management as well. Graduates are eligible to write the National Dental Assisting Examining Board Certification Exam, which ensures that dental assistants in Canada have met the educational requirements that allow for provincial registration, certification, licensure or listing.
Besides the CDA role, there are a lot of job opportunities that grads can explore according to Yngson.
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We're going to pick up our story today in Genesis chapter 21 – hopping over chapters 19 & 20 – but I would certainly encourage you to go back and read those chapters sometime this week – that will help you fill in the blanks of the story yourself.
Now while you're turning to Genesis 21 in your Bibles, let me give you just a really quick summary of the story so far.
As I've pointed out before, the key issue in the whole story of Abraham is the issue of descendants. Namely that Abraham had none. One of the first bits of information that we read about Abraham was that his wife Sarah, had been unable to become pregnant. And of course, this is a big deal for any family, but it was particularly an issue for Abraham's family because God had specifically promised to Abraham that his descendants would grow to become a great nation and they would inherit the land of Canaan or as we often call it "the Promised Land". God was going to bless all of Abraham's descendants and they in turn would be a blessing to every family on the earth.
However, through most of our story, Abraham has been childless. Several times God has appeared and reaffirmed his promise to Abraham – but by the time Abraham was 85, he still had no child on the horizon. So Abraham and Sarah decided to be proactive and help God out a little bit. They decided that Abraham should have a child with Sarah's servant, Hagar. This was culturally acceptable – but was certainly not what God had in mind. The problems and the discord that this caused in the family became evident almost immediately. As soon as Hagar was pregnant, Hagar treated Sarah with contempt and Sarah treated Hagar so harshly that she ran away even before the child was born. Thankfully, God intervened and Hagar returned to Sarah and Abraham – and in due time, Hagar had her baby – little Ishmael.
Well, for many years, Abraham raised Ishmael as his dearly loved, one and only son – the son that he presumed was God's promised child. But when Ishmael was 13 years old God appeared to Abraham and again reaffirmed his promise that Abraham would have a son – and that son would be born from Sarah – even though she was now 90 years old. God further clarified that Sarah's son, Isaac, would be the one whom God would bless and would cause his descendants to grow to be a great nation – they would inherit the promised land, and they would be a blessing to every family on earth.
I love how this chapter starts: The Lord kept his word. He did exactly what he had promised. Despite the impossibility of it all – (considering that Abraham and Sarah were well past the age of having children – Abraham was 100 and Sarah was 90) – despite the impossibility of them having children, God kept his Word.
If there is only one thing that we learn from this whole series on Abraham – I hope that this is it – that God always keeps his Word. He is 100% trustworthy.
This situation with Abraham and Sarah wasn't a one-off for God. He always keeps his word. We see this throughout the Bible. For example, in Joshua we read a very similar sounding verse.
Of course, these are rhetorical questions and the answer is No. God has never spoken and failed to act. He has never promised and failed to carry it through. God is the definition of faithfulness. He is 100% trustworthy. No matter how outrageous God's promises seem to be – He will always keep his Word.
And so, after 25 years of waiting, God finally fulfilled his promise to Abraham and Sarah and gave them a son. And to his credit, Abraham responded to God's faithfulness by obedience.
Abraham did exactly as God had commanded him to do. Back in chapter 17, as a sign of God's covenant with Abraham's family, God had commanded that Abraham and every male in his household were to be circumcised. Also in that same visit, God instructed Abraham to name his promised son Isaac.
Abraham obediently followed through on both of those instructions. And I think that obedience ties in directly with God's faithfulness.
You see, it's not hard to obey somebody that you trust.
You've probably seen this principle in action at the swimming pool. Quite often you'll see a little kid standing on the edge of the pool with mom or dad in the water – and mom or dad says to the little kid, "Jump. I'll catch you." And wouldn't you know it, despite his fear, the little kid jumps. Why? Because he trusts that Mom or Dad will do what they say. Now, if instead of mom or dad, it was your older brother saying "Jump, I'll catch you." You might not jump quite so eagerly…. Older brothers typically haven't proven themselves to be that trustworthy.
But that principle shows up all throughout life. It you trust someone, it's easy to do what they say. When you don't trust someone, the chances of you doing what they say goes down dramatically!
I think we could argue that this principle was in play when Adam & Eve committed the first sin. Most of you know that story.
God had told them not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil because if they were to eat it they would surely die. But that old serpent came along and caused them to doubt God. He caused them to think that God wasn't being entirely truthful with them.
In the end, Adam & Eve disobeyed God because they didn't trust him. They didn't believe that He had their best interests in mind.
But that always gets us into trouble because as we've already seen, God is 100% trustworthy. He always keeps his Word. We have no good reason not to trust him.
And it seems that Abraham was beginning to learn that. I happened to be reading through Romans 4 this week and I came across this passage talking about Abraham and I think it affirms exactly what we've been talking about.
20 Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. 21 He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises. 22 And because of Abraham's faith, God counted him as righteous.
Do we have that kind of faith in God? A faith that doesn't waver – it only grows stronger over time – because we are absolutely convinced that God is able to do whatever He promises? 25 years Abraham waited for God to come through. That's a long time to wait. But Abraham trusted that God knew exactly what He was doing. He was able to trust and obey.
Do we have that kind of faith? I know all of us face a wide variety of struggles in life. Some struggles are fairly minor – maybe they last a day or two and are quickly resolved, other struggles last weeks, and some struggles – like Abraham's, seem to last a lifetime.
And I would just encourage you today – in whatever struggles you're going through – to trust and obey. First of all, trust that God really does love you. Trust that God really does want what is best for your life. Trust that God's ways and God's timing are ultimately better than any alternative.
Because if we can trust God like that – if we are convinced of those things – then it's going to be so much easier to obey him – and to reap the rewards of doing things God's way.
We always reap what we sow, right? If we sow obedience to God, we will most certainly reap those rewards. And the flip side is true as well, if we sow disobedience – doing things our own way, we will most certainly reap those rewards – or rather those consequences.
And for Abraham and Sarah, they were in a season of reaping – both their rewards for trusting in God – as well as some consequences for their lack of faith earlier. But let's take a look at the rewards first. Have a look at verses 6 & 7.
The name "Isaac" literally means laughter. And certainly there was a whole lot of laughing surrounding the circumstances of his birth. When God told Abraham that he was going to have a child at the age of 100, what did Abraham do? He laughed. Remember back in chapter 17 after God told him that he would still have a son? It says….
He laughed in disbelief. And then in the next chapter when God brought this up again and Sarah overheard the conversation, what did she do? Same thing!
And of course, their laughter back then was laughter of disbelief. It was crazy to think that God would give them a son. But now that God had actually done that – Sarah and everyone who heard about it would laugh again – but this time it would be a laughter of great joy.
After a lifetime of enduring the shame and the stigma of being childless, God had given her – not just a child – but he had given her laughter. He had given her joy again. I can only imagine the years of heart-ache and feeling inadequate and the continual disappointment that Sarah must have experienced. And so now to have a child of her own – especially in her old age – her heart must have been so full of joy!
Maybe you know what it's like to be missing joy in your life? Maybe you've gone through a time – or maybe you're going through a time right now – where joy seems really hard to find. I think we've all been there at some point or another. It's so easy to get stuck in a state of discouragement – where joy just seems to be elusive.
God is the source of joy. I was listening to a song this week by Rend Collective and the song is called – "The joy of the Lord is my strength." That's actually a verse right out of Nehemiah 8:10.
Now certainly there is a time and a place for sadness and mourning – but even in those times, we can still have the joy of the Lord, because that joy doesn't come from our circumstances – that joy doesn't come only when things are going good in life.
The joy of the Lord comes from knowing that the sovereign, all-powerful, all-knowing God of the universe loves you like crazy! It comes from knowing that you are forgiven, you are loved dearly, and that you have an eternity to look forward to in the presence of your Creator and there will be no more tears, no more pain, no more death. All those things will be gone forever.
That's where we get the joy of the Lord and that's why the joy of the Lord is our strength.
Jesus said in John 15:9….
Knowing and experiencing the love of our Heavenly Father – remaining in his love as Jesus says by obeying his commands – doing that can't help but fill you with joy. In fact, Jesus says that your joy will overflow! It will spill out all over the place. It's like trying to hold in a laugh – you can't help it, it just bursts out!
I've found that to be totally true in my life. I always experience the most joy when I am doing exactly what God wants me to do – when I am obeying his commands, living a life that is pleasing to Him, simply trusting that God loves me more than I can understand. That's when I experience joy.
It's not necessarily when life is going great – when work's good, the family is happy, there's money in the bank, things are going swell. Joy isn't dependant on that kind of stuff. My joy is dependant on me abiding in God's love.
And God wants you to experience that kind of joy. Like Sarah, God wants to bring you laughter! He wants to fill your heart with overflowing joy. And not a joy that necessarily comes from happy circumstances – even though God delights doing that for us as well – but it's a joy that comes from knowing that no matter what the circumstances – God loves you like crazy and He's going to work everything out in the end.
The joy of the Lord is our strength – or at least it can be if we remain in his love.
Well, as I said earlier, it was a season of reaping for Abraham and Sarah – there was certainly a harvest of joy as little Isaac arrived on the scene. But there was also a harvest of hurt as well – stemming out of Abraham & Sarah poor choices earlier regarding having a child with Hagar. Let's look at ver 8.
You can see that the consequences of the choices that Abraham and Sarah made probably 15 or 16 years ago are still coming in to play. The tension and discord between Sarah and Hagar has continued all these years later and Abraham is still caught in the middle.
This is yet another reminder for us that we reap what we sow. Sin always has consequences. Now certainly, we can be forgiven. Certainly, God doesn't give up on us – he can still redeem our situation – flipping things around – taking our bad situations and using them for good. But the fact remains that our sin will always have consequences. And many times they are long-lasting and deeply painful – as we can see in this story.
But the other thing to note is that our sin doesn't just effect us – the consequences of our sin impacts others as well. Think about poor Ishmael in all this. What has he had to go through because of the sins of his parents? I can only imagine how Sarah must have treated him for the past 16 years or so.
14 So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar's shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Abraham believed that God was 100% trustworthy, and if God said to send them away, then as hard as that must have been, Abraham trusted that that was for the best.
And so what happened to Hagar and Ishmael as they wandered off into the wilderness? Let's finish the story. Verse 15.
15 When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush. 16 Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards away. "I don't want to watch the boy die," she said, as she burst into tears.
19 Then God opened Hagar's eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
If you remember from several weeks ago, this is now the second time that God has appeared to Hagar. Once again, He has taken notice of her distress and has reassured her of His watchful care and has given her hope.
God is not just concerned about Abraham and Sarah – He's also concerned about Hagar and Ishmael. It's clear God doesn't love Hagar any less than he loves Abraham.
It would seem to me that Hagar experienced the joy of the Lord that day. Not because God changed her circumstances – not because God brought her back home and made everything better – because he didn't. She was still out there in the wilderness with her son! But despite her circumstances, she could have joy because she knew that God cared about her and that in the end, things were going to be alright.
And that's the note that I think we'll end on today. I don't know what circumstances you find yourself in this week.
Maybe like Hagar, you feel like you're just wandering alone in the wilderness. You feel lost. Abandoned. Rejected. Maybe joy isn't something you've felt for a long time.
Maybe like Ishmael, life's gotten hard for you because of no fault of your own. Maybe you're suffering the consequences of someone else's sin. It's unfair. It doesn't seem right – but maybe that's the reality of your situation.
Or maybe like Abraham & Sarah, unfortunately, you've created this problem for yourself. Maybe the consequences of past decisions are catching up with you and you are reaping that which you've sown. And I know, that can be really painful.
Whatever the cause of your circumstances, it doesn't really matter. What you need to know is that God still loves you. He still cares about what happens to you. He's right there in your current circumstances – as difficult as they may be – and He wants to give you joy. The joy of the Lord can be your strength even in the most lousy situations. How? By putting your trust in God.
The question is, do you trust that God does really does love you – Do you trust that He knows what He's doing – Do you trust that in the end, things are going to be ok? Because that's exactly what God has said in his Word. He's said that he really loves you. He's said that He knows what He's doing. He's said that things are going to be ok in the end if you trust him – and as we've repeatedly seen – God always keeps His word. He is always 100% trustworthy. That's just who He is.
So will you trust him? Will you put your faith in the one who loves you more than you can imagine? Will you trust and obey and reap the benefits of obedience? Will you remain in his love?
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From The Super Bowl To High School: How To Be A "Pro's Pro" With Trent Dilfer
Trent Dilfer has done a lot of incredible things in his career. He is a Super Bowl-winning quarterback and was on ESPN as an analyst for many years. His newest challenge? Building a successful football program at a small private high school outside of Nashville. Dilfer took the time to speak at the 2020 AFCA Convention in Nashville to talk about what he's doing to build the program's success.
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It didn't take long in his session for him to make a point about why he coaches. The purpose of his coaching. It comes from this,
Every coach wants to make an impact. It's part of the job. You are going to have an influence on young people if you are a football coach. He wants to have an impact that sets up his players to be successful well beyond the football field.
How does he do this? He strives to create a program that had the same type of identity that the Ravens did when they reached the pinnacle of football, a Super Bowl Championship. It was a team of "Pro's". It's widely talked about, the idea of a "pro's pro" but what does that actually mean?
This all resonates with the idea of doing good, not just sounding good. It matters to a professional. The idea, according to Dilfer, is to live differently, in a manner that causes others to want to join. This is where the inspiration behind the team's mantra of "Be Set Apart" comes from. Be Set Apart has 2 main pillars to it:
Be uncomfortable.
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With the idea that we are trying to positively influence young people, doing hard things is paramount. Doing hard things breeds confidence. Setting lofty goals and striving to reach them breeds confidence. Doing hard things also helps you accomplish the second pillar. Be uncomfortable.
"I believe the edge of uncomfortable is where you find greatness."
The discussion transitioned to leadership and how Dilfer and his staff strive to lead and what they are looking to develop in the program. They want thermostat leaders.
If there is one big thing to take away from this session, let it be this. The idea that as a leader you need to control what you can control. The idea that thermostat leaders will take whatever is going on, and change it. The idea that you will be proactive, not reactive.
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But becoming a thermostat leader doesn't happen overnight. You need a goal to strive for, something tangible to help guide you on the way. Which is where the idea of EEAF came from. Dilfer talks about the acronym that his family has used for years to help them keep their eyes set on what's important.
While the first three are pretty straight forward, let us focus on the fourth for a moment. Focus. The idea that you own the moment. However, Dilfer has a different approach to it. The understanding that it is not wise to not expect people, especially young people, to not lose focus from time to time. But it is important to be able to get them to be able to refocus themselves on what's important. All this to say, how Dilfer trains leaders is through the idea of,
"The way you do small things is how you do all things."
You should absolutely watch the session in its entirety. Dilfer shared countless nuggets and points of emphasis about how he strives to lead kids towards winning life. While the goal is to win some football games along the way, winning in life is much more important.
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Q: How to make const member-functions in PHP? I was studying what my book called "constant member functions" in C++. That is, functions that can not change any attribute of the class or call other methods that are not constants. So, I made this code in C++.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
class Foo
{
string outra_coisa;
public:
void printa_algo(string algo) const;
};
int main()
{
Foo tolo;
string alguma_coisa = "coisa_alguma";
tolo.printa_algo(alguma_coisa);
return 0;
}
void Foo::printa_algo(string algo) const
{
cout << algo;
}
Is it possible to do the same in PHP?
A: Well after some research I saw in a book that it is not possible, at least is not trivial, to create such functions in PHP.
A: It is not exactly the same concept on the "compiler" level you can create static methods which are not exactly the same but should also "not change any class property or use its instance".
class Foo {
public static function bar()
{
return 'a static value';
}
}
//Then to call it:
Foo::bar();
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Although rare, there may come a time in your life when you experience a life-threatening event. The more you know about what is happening to your body the better chance you have of saving yourself and knowing when to put yourself into the hands of a medical team. This article defines three major life threatening events, gives you their symptoms and suggests what to do in each situation. According to research, "Cardiovascular disease is the leading global cause of death, accounting for 17.3 million deaths per year, a number that is expected to grow to more than 23.6 million by 2030." Death by a stroke is also high on the list of leading causes of death. With a little knowledge, you can greatly increase your chances of survival.
Heart attack: a heart attack is an abrupt and sometimes fatal incidence of coronary thrombosis, the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel of the heart that restricts blood flow, typically resulting in the death of part of a heart muscle.
: a stroke happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or severely reduced, which deprives the brain tissue of essential oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die.
: cardiac arrest is a sudden cessation of the function of the heart. Unlike a heart attack, cardiac arrest involves the whole heart.
When it comes to first aid, Harvard Health Publications advise that if you experience one or more of the above symptoms call 911. An emergency medical technician will rush you to a hospital in an ambulance full of life-saving equipment that can keep you stable if your heart is in trouble.
Paralysis or a numb feeling in the legs, arms or face, especially on one side of the body.
Arms: when you raise both of your arms, do both arms rise up or do one struggle?
Speech: when you try to talk, is your speech slurred or strange?
Usually, there are no signs of cardiac arrest. However, according to the Mayo Clinic, some symptoms may precede cardiac arrests, such as fainting, blackouts, chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness, dizziness, heart palpitations or vomiting.
If you experience any of the above symptoms, call 911 immediately. Preforming CPR or using a defibrillator is the only way to keep the heart pumping blood to crucial organs of the body.
A heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest can be deadly, but there are symptoms that can precede them, and with a little knowledge of what the symptoms are and confidence in yourself, you can know when it is time to be safe, not sorry.
In conclusion, heart attack, stroke and cardiac arrest may be top killers, but with advances in medical technology and knowledge, you lower their ability to make you a statistic.
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As many of you know, moving into our new home has been quite a long and complicated project. Finally all the furniture and clothing and pots and pans are in the new space. But as an artist, a house doesn't really feel like home to me as long as there are empty walls, and my pictures are sitting stacked up in a corner, hiding their inner beauty.
The thought of hanging all those paintings is very daunting – much more so than when we moved into any of our previous homes.
That's because Tom and I have always lived in homes provided by the church, usually "midcentury" homes that were built in the 50s and 60s, and the style at that time was boxy with plenty of wall space. This house, on the other hand, is a beautiful pre-war (built in 1935) brick home with built-in bookcases, fireplaces, and stained glass windows. And speaking of windows, there are so many in this house that for the first time in our lives, we didn't have enough wall space!
When we were first married, the lack of wall space didn't matter so much because most of my work at that time was painting portraits. Those commissions went home with the customer, and we had little artwork of mine to hang. All we had on our walls back then were things we won from Kennywood (which we have lovingly kept all these years and still hang on our walls).
But now it's a different story… some might even say I've painted too much! Even counting all the originals I've sold over the years, there are more than enough paintings to hang and enough to occupy every spare inch of wall space.
Well, remember this guy (my favorite model)?
Lucky for us, he just happened to be passing through Pittsburgh and stopped by the house to lend me a hand. Of course, he's really good with tools – after all, toy-making is his specialty. It was definitely the best (and earliest) Christmas gift ever.
With his help, Tom and I were able to hang each and every one of my paintings! When he was done, it felt just like Christmas all over again. Ever since then, as I walk around my home, I can't help but smile. It's amazing how much more it feels like home when surrounded by my art with everything in its place.
However, now I have a new problem… I've used every last bit of available space, so I guess now I'll have to sell a few more originals before I can paint more. Can you help me out?
Finally, here's a little update on the GrandGirls. As you can see Aria has been watching Grandma and Grandpa, and she's creating her own artworks to deck the walls!
Time really does fly when you're having fun, and it's hard to believe that we've come to the end of another year at the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show.
We have a tradition where every year after the last piece of art goes into the truck, we take an annual photo. The smiles on our faces reflect a job well done, another year's show successfully put to bed… not to mention how exhausted we all are after loading up my entire booth into that truck!
It also makes me smile when I think about how lucky I am to have so much support from family and friends who help me with this massive task year after year.
Thanks to every one of you who helped make my 25th Anniversary at the show a big success. I'm not just talking about numbers – I'm talking about friendships, something you can never put a price on. Each day was filled with smiles and conversations that will remain in my heart for a lifetime.
Another best seller this year was "Mazeroski's Magical Moment." My favorite thing about this painting is listening to the stories of folks who were children at the time of the 1960 World Series, especially the sparkle in their eyes when they describe what that memory means to them.
So now that the show is over, Tom and I have shifted back into "Move-In Mode." That's right… it's been going on since January, and we're STILL not 100% moved in! However, we're making progress. I spent this morning hanging as many paintings in our living room as I could by 11 a.m. You see, today was the first time that I had scheduled clients to come to my studio/home to pick up their orders. Fortunately, everyone seemed to understand that we're still in the process of making this Brentwood house our new home.
Once in a while, it's fun to have a change of pace, and last Saturday, I presented a program for a women's group at Hawthorne Avenue U.P. Church in Crafton. It was a lovely day, a lovely church, and a delightful afternoon.
It was the second time this year that I was invited to speak about my art at a local church. If you know of a group that is looking for a program like this, please think of me! I really enjoy getting out and about, especially at this time of year when there aren't many shows.
Just have them contact me at 1-888-PITT-ART (1-888-748-8278).
Can you believe Spring is here? It may not feel like it outside, but inside the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, it sure looks that way!
Yes, it's that time again… today is Opening Day of the 2019 Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show.
This year promises to be bigger and better than ever. In fact, the 2019 Farm to Table Conference is now a part of the Home and Garden Show, adding a whole new section – including live chickens!
I've spent the last few days getting the booth set-up for the show. Ready or not, the doors open at 10 a.m. this morning!
If you've been dreaming of Spring, I recommend a visit to the Home and Garden Show. It's just the thing to cure your cabin fever.
The 38th Annual Pittsburgh Home and Garden show runs from Friday, March 1st to Sunday, March 10th, at the David L Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. You can find me at Booth 3146-8.
The first robin hasn't appeared yet, and there's still snow on the ground, but Pittsburghers know Spring is just around the corner when billboards for the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show start popping up. Opening Day is tomorrow!
It's hard to believe that this year will be my 25th anniversary at the Home and Garden Show. It brings back so many memories of my very first time as an exhibitor… could it really have been a quarter century ago?
Because I was young, inexperienced, and broke, I actually shared my booth with another vendor, Black Swan Gallery. Booth rental that year was $1200, which seemed like a fortune to this struggling artist. I also had to come up with the cash ($800) to advertise my Home Show debut with smudgy black-and-white ads in the Sunday Pittsburgh Press. Sounds a little primitive, doesn't it? But at the time, it was the most effective way to reach the most people, especially former Pittsburghers who now lived somewhere else and subscribed to keep up with hometown news.
It was a huge step to be striking out on my own, and participating in the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show was a big deal for me. I was nervous about making the investment, but I figured that my $1200 would buy me 10 days to show my art to over 300,000 people. I wrote the check, but not without a lot of anxiety!
Then (to my surprise) two days into the show, I realized I had already earned back my investment! I remembered being in shock, looking at Tom and saying, "How did that happen? We still have eight days left!" To me, that first Home and Garden show was when my career as a serious artist really took off.
How many of you go back that far with me?
The show runs from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 10 at the David L Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh. You can find me at Booth 3146-8.
As I take care of all the last minute details, it's been fun reminiscing over happy memories of Home Shows past, especially all the wonderful people I've met there. I hope you'll come visit me this year and wish me a happy 25th anniversary! Everyone needs more art in their lives, right?
As an artist who owns her own business, it's sometimes within my power to make someone's wish come true. And on this Florida vacation, I had the opportunity to do just that!
During the holidays, I was contacted by a customer who was interested in purchasing one of my paintings. She wanted something to remind her of her Pittsburgh home while she was at her condo in Florida. Eventually she decided on "Waiting for You Under Kaufmann's Clock" – she had fallen in love with it after seeing it on a new metal piece I had at the Chalet.
But there was one problem; the wall it would hang on was long and narrow, and most of it was taken up by an unsightly electrical box. The painting would have to cover the box completely.
Putting our heads together, we decided that a canvas gallery wrap might do the trick. So I was off to see Alex, my printer, with the dimensions. Alex was able to create a slice of the painting that included the clock and the streetcar that would fit perfectly within the space available.
I mentioned to my customer that because of the size and the delicate handling it would require, I would rather not ship it. I told her that Tom and I would be happy to deliver it right to her condo while we were in Florida. Hey, why not? It was a beautiful day to take a long drive, and besides, we could visit Riviera Beach, a place we had never been! It's "all in a day's work" for an art entrepreneur.
We had a great visit with their tenants, and we even got to see what the painting looked like up on the wall. Then we had some time to check out the beautiful beach.
We also paid a visit to the Mouse House on Tuesday to see the International Arts Festival at Epcot. Tom and I had a lovely day seeing all the beautiful works of art, listening to the musicians, and enjoying the special foods they prepared for the festival. Being surrounded by art and beauty was just what I needed to get my creative juices flowing. Which, as you can see from the picture below, was something I was really in need of!
Though I didn't intend this to be a working vacation, I did take the precaution of bringing along a few sketching supplies. Thanks to all the creative inspiration, I've been able to get a head start on the first drawings of my new Santa painting for 2019… Woodland Santa! So far, I like the feel of it.
And one more thing that's a sure sign that Spring is just around the corner… my mind has been wandering to planning for this year's Home and Garden Show. This year, it runs March 1st through 10th at the David L Lawrence Convention Center.
I think the vacation has done a good job of clearing my head, because something just dawned on me since I've been away… I thought 2019 was around my 23rd year for at the show, but my numbers were all wrong! It's not 23 – this year will be my 25th Home and Garden Show!!
Yes, 25! A quarter of a century!
Now that I know this, I've decided there will be an ongoing celebration at my booth! In just a few weeks, you can come check it out.
Have I told you that I'm moving? Now that the holidays are over, I can think of little else! On the 23rd of January, we're moving the whole Barnicott operation – not just our personal home, but my studio as well – to our new location in Brentwood.
Though preparing for the big move has been a lot of work and perhaps a little stressful, I have to say it's still very exciting.
The reason for the move is that on January 31st, Tom will officially retire from the church after 36 years of ministry. Of course, he'll never truly leave it behind. When you're called to the ministry, it's a lot like finding your passion as an artist – your calling is always a part of you. But in the months and years ahead, Tom will have more freedom to explore the other aspects of who he is as a person. I'm really looking forward to sharing this next chapter of life with him.
Tom once told me that one of his fantasies has always been to work for the Pirates. That didn't surprise me at all – he's a lifelong baseball fan.
I remember once coming home and scrolling through the messages on my answering machine (you know, those boxes they used to have before voice mail was invented? The ones that sat next to your phone and blinked when you had a message?). I saw that I had a call from a "Nelson King," but not being a native Pittsburgher and not really a sports fan, the name didn't ring a bell.
That's right… my "Mr. King" was the beloved Pirates announcer (and former pitcher) Nellie King, one of Tom's boyhood idols.
Not many of the Maz signature prints are left, and sadly, several were destroyed in our last move (which is why I'm hand carrying every single piece of art to our new home). However, I have about 50 left with his signature and HOF01, which stands for Hall of Fame 2001. When they're gone, they're gone, so if a signed Mazeroski print is something you may want to give (or receive!) this year, this is the time to get one.
Once I get settled in at our new home/studio, I'd love to have you stop by! If you're in town, just give me a call and come visit. Being right on Brownsville Road in the middle of Brentwood is exciting, and there's plenty of parking.
Though the holidays are my favorite time of year, I still look forward to settling into my normal routines again when January rolls around. As I attempted to get back to my painting yesterday, I had a lovely moment that I'd like to share with you.
Our granddaughter Aria, who is all of 2 years old, was at our house for a few hours yesterday, doing what she usually does – playing, running around, and making a lot of noise. I had slipped away to my studio for a few minutes to get some painting done on a commissioned piece I've been working on, when the door opened, and Tom and Aria came in to see what I was up to.
Aria put both hands on her mouth and exclaimed "Oh my!" and smiled. She climbed up into my lap, and then we proceeded to pick up the pastels. Aria took great pride in telling me what some of the colors were, and Tom captured the moment in a photo.
Another special moment happened when a customer stopped this evening to pick up a piece I had framed for her. The frame is about 11 x 14 inches and holds a 5 x 7 image of one of my most popular Pittsburgh paintings, My Hometown — the iconic view from Mount Washington with the Duquesne Incline.
I don't know who was responsible for that saying, but I love it, and I've been using it for many years. It's a perfect way to remind someone of home when they leave Pittsburgh.
Would you like to give a special gift in the coming year to someone you care about? Someone who's celebrating a wedding or a birthday? Someone who's retiring or moving away? If so, I hope you'll consider a piece of art that will last forever, a timeless reminder of Pittsburgh memories.
In 2019, I'll be celebrating my 30th year of painting Pittsburgh! If you've given or received a piece of my art in the last 30 years, would you mind sharing a brief story about what it means to you or to the recipient? Even better, send a picture of you and the art piece; with your permission, I'd love to share the stories on my website.
As always, thank you for your constant friendship and support!
Looking back, it seems those 38 days in Market Square passed in the blink of an eye. But we were still pretty pumped on December 23rd when we emptied the Chalet, packed up the van, and took our traditional final "that's a wrap" picture. We are done!
Every year in the aftermath of our hectic holiday season, Tom and I often wonder…who received a gift of my art? Did they like it? What did they think when they saw the painting?
Last Christmas my son purchased the print of Consol Energy Center at your booth in Market Square. He was in Market Square again this past Sunday and was at your booth with Ally, his girlfriend. Alex was telling Ally how neat it would be to have the prints of PNC Park and Heinz Field. Much to his surprise, those two prints, plus the print of the Civic Arena were waiting for him under the tree on Christmas morning.
Thank you for using your incredible talent and bringing so much joy to us all through your artwork. Those prints will keep Alex's memories alive forever.
I had a huge smile on my face as I read this. First, I was thrilled that she had attended my Trunk Show – she had bought those two prints long before Christmas! Also, I was pleased that her son had visited my booth with his girlfriend and shared his wish list. And finally, I was grateful that Denise thought enough to write it all down and share it with me.
In the Spirit of the Holidays, I want to remind you all how grateful I am for you and for the blessings – big and small – of the season. If you read my last email, you know I've been very fortunate this year to hear so many heartwarming stories at my Chalet… stories that will bring me joy all through the year in 2019.
Finally… from all the Barnicott family to all of you – Have a happy and fulfilling New Year! Let's make 2019 the best year yet. | {
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Netflix has picked up Hollywood superstar Will Smith's upcoming action thriller 'Fast & Loose.' The project will be directed by David Leitch, who is known for films like 'Deadpool 2' and 'Hobbs & Shaw,' and will be based on a script by Jon and Erich Hoeber. Netflix recently won worldwide rights to the action thriller, according to Deadline, after the project hit the market in February this year.
Smith, 52, will play a man who wakes up in Tijuana, Mexico, with no memory of his past. As he pieces together his past, he discovers that he has lived two lives: one as a crime lord and the other as an undercover CIA agent. For 87North, Leitch and Kelly McCormick will produce alongside STXfilms and Smith's Westbrook Studios. Jon Mone, Ryan Shimazaki and James Lassiter will also serve as producers.
Smith's next film will be 'King Richard,' a biographical drama from Warner Bros. Richard Williams, the father and coach of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, is the character he is portraying. He'll also star alongside Kevin Hart in the remake of the 1980s John Hughes classic 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.'
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How to effectively communicate with and engage frontline staff is a common concern for many organizations. It is particularly challenging to reach staff that are regularly out in the field or do not have immediate access to computers at work. Front line staff communication approaches can vary significantly within an organization, either by targeting specific locations, job types, etc.
Be Strategic – A great first step is identifying this type of communication issue in the program planning stage and building approaches into your engagement strategy. One aspect to keep in mind in terms of strategy is that as an organization it is useful to communicate our key messages to employees, but it is equally important that employees are provided with easy way to give feedback and also communicate with each other (between individuals and/or locations). This three-way flow creates useful dialogue that can produce more effective programs. More information on creating an effective strategy can be found on our previous SEND discussion post on Planning and Strategy.
Assessing Needs – So, how do we determine the avenues for this three-way flow? In the planning stages include relevant questions in your program's needs assessment. When looking to identify the best way to communicate with employees, a tried and true technique is to just ask them. Ask front line staff what would be the most effective way to engage them; they will be able to tell you better than anyone the best way to get in touch.
When looking to identify the best way to communicate with employees, a tried and true technique is to just ask them.
When asking about the best communication avenues, you can give some suggestions, add an "other, please specify" option and also leave space for general feedback. Also, involving operation mangers, supervisors and team leaders will also assist in creating a more complete picture by determining what communications avenues already exist with more difficult to reach employees. There will likely not be one golden method of communication; it may require different approaches that will likely need to be determined by target profiles such as locations, departments, job types, etc.
Creating Communication Plans – Once you have determined some appropriate communications avenues, the next step is creating a communications plan. It doesn't have to be complicated, just a clear plan that covers your program's communication goals and tasks. Include overall communication objectives for reference to keep you focused and on track while developing the plan. Create a communications framework that includes the purpose of each task, key messages you would like to convey, the target audience(s), timing and who is responsible (see example). If your organization has a communications person or team, use them as a resource to assist you in the plan creation and also work with them to implement your tasks.
Develop a communication plan that is short, clear, concise.
We've discussed before the challenges of balancing both corporate and local priorities (see previous post on this issue). Communications is another topic area that can be greatly influenced by this. Creating specific plans for both corporate and local communications can be helpful. Corporate plans can be a more fixed, while providing flexibility to local plans can allow offices to adapt tools that best fit their office.
Tools – When introducing and using any tool the key is perceived benefit, convenience and integration; otherwise, your tool will go unused and viewed as something else to do that adds to everyone's already full plate. With this in mind, when deciding what tools to use, ask yourself is there something that your organization already uses that could do the job or what tool could you choose that could fill multiple uses?
Online Surveys and Polls: online survey tools can be very useful for collecting information when assessing needs, creating ongoing feedback loops and evaluating programs, particularly with larger organizations. It also creates the space for anonymity if that is something that may be of benefit in certain situations. Survey Monkey is a great resource and is free for use with up to 100 participants and is otherwise relatively inexpensive. It analyses and aggregates the data for you.
Emails/Outlook Functions: the old tried and true email is a good communication avenue although as we are all aware, many times emails go unread by the always-busy employee. Requesting read receipts may give you an idea of how many employees have read your communication. Also Outlook (if that is the program of use) has a great polling option that is convenient and in an existing communication avenue.
Social media: depending on your organization's communication policies, this may be a good avenue for your program. Many organizations already use many of the more popular social media programs to communicate to staff and customers (such as Facebook, twitter, blogs, etc). These platforms are effective and are communication avenues that employees are already tuned into.
Intranet Pages: most organizations have some sort of internal web server for employees. This is a great place to create sustainability engagement related pages with relevant information, create event announcements, write news stories, give updates, etc. The functionality of your internal server will determine how you will be able to communicate, but it's a great place to start.
SharePoint site: if your internal web server is limited in terms of functionality a SharePoint site can be a very useful resource. It can easily integrate with your internal web platform and be used to create team pages, blogs, wiki pages, discussion forums, document libraries, etc. Building it is achievable even if you are new to this sort of thing. A great training is available through www.lynda.com; after watching their online training you will have the skills to build your own SharePoint site in no time. Again, if you are creating a site like this it is important to integrate it with your internal program; for example, host blog contests during corporate events/activities, ask local offices to submit blog posts on interesting activities from there offices, host event pages for large corporate events, offer to collaborate on the site with other departments, committees or initiatives, etc.
Discussion Groups and One on One interviews: this is old school, but effective.
One on one discussions can be an effective means of understanding the needs of front line staff.
Sometimes we need to step back and remember that we should not only rely on connecting with people virtually, but also in face-to-face or phone conversations.
Bulletin boards/(real) Wall Posts: I know personally when working in an office environment, I have read every piece of paper on the walls in the break room/kitchen. While waiting to heat up lunch, brewing a pot of coffee, having a snack, everyone is guilty of reading the bulletin boards and wall posts no matter how mundane they may be (good thing sustainability is exciting). This is a great (and often underestimated) way to reach people in your office. Even printing out emails that you think may have gone unread by some in your office and posting them is useful. Get creative and fun!
Announcements at Team, Department or Operations Meetings: Reach out to your organization for communications support within its existing organizational structure. This can be especially useful for leadership to show support for the program as well as reach the traditionally difficult to reach front line staff.
Are there any tools or approaches that you have found to be useful (or not)? What do you feel influenced its success or failure? Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.
This was a fast and general overview of some ideas to consider when communicating with front line staff. No matter what route your program takes it is important to integrate your communications plan into the engagement program's overall monitoring and evaluation to ensure the effectiveness of your tasks and communication avenues.
The Sustainability Engagement Network Discussion (SEND) Series is a network of Sustainability Practitioners using peer learning to accelerate employee engagement for sustainability. If you are interested in participating in our ongoing sustainability engagement discussions, please contact Kathryn at [email protected].
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Long before she was a household name, she was just a girl. Hi Alba!: A New Musical tells the story of silent movie star Louise Brooks' rise to fame and the Vaudevillian stagehand who will always remember her. The Garden Theater sets the stage for a trip into the past. Now's the time to choose to make a move to live in that light!
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Trust me, you're in the wrong place! Over the next few days, beer will be dominating LF&B! Tonight's dinner is beer themed and St. Patty's Day is this weekend.
In the spirit of St. Patty's Day, and my new found love for the almighty Stout, I decided that today would be Stout Day. I wanted to do Stouts as my Beer of the Week a few weeks ago, but I've been to lazy I have not had a chance too.
Today, I'll give you a little description of the Stout and share the recipe for these babies.
I used Southern Tiers Double Milk Stout 2X today. Southern Tier Brewing Company was founded in 2002 by Phineas DeMink and Allen Yahn in Lakewood, New York. They currently produce around 50,000 barrels of beer every year. One neat fact I found about them, their bottling line can fill, label, and cap 10,000 bottles per hour at full speed. That is 2.8 bottles a second That is a lot of beer people!!
Stouts are a very dark beer. I remember before I liked beer I thought, from appearance alone, they were gross. Boy was I wrong. Stouts are usually mild in bitterness and high in sweetness. The dark roasted grains used in the brewing process can add coffee and chocolate flavors, too. They have a creamy taste and a tan/thick head.
Milk Stouts get their name from the lactose that is added. The milk adds extra sweetness to the beer. This probably isn't the best beer for the lactose intolerant people.
Stouts are broken down into 6 categories: Dry, Sweet, Oatmeal, Foreign Extra, American, and Russian Imperial. Milk and Oatmeal are two of my favorite. The Dry Stout (Guinness) isn't sweet enough for me. I like Stouts for the flavor. They remind me of dessert in a glass.
Stouts are by far my favorite beer to cook with. I've made everything from cookies to marinades. If pairing a milk stout with dinner, I would recommend a chocolaty dessert. The Chocolate will enhance the flavor of the beer. Dry Stouts work well with meats and of course oysters. Remember my post on the Oyster Stout?
Now it is time for the food!! How can I have Stout day and not share a sweet dessert?
I'm going to be honest. Each components does not work well on its own. The frosting is too sweet, the chocolate drizzle is bitter, and the cupcakes are not as sweet as normal cupcake. But together, it's heaven!! If I tried to make the cupcakes sweeter, then everything would be too sweet. Same with the bitterness. If I balanced out the bitterness with more sugar, it would throw everything off. Go ahead and try the chocolate sauce while you are making it, but just remember, everything will balance out.
Once I finished my cupcakes, I think every dish in the house was dirty. Baking is not my thing, but I'm really proud of these cupcakes. This was my first time baking them from scratch. Huck isn't a fan of sweets, and he even ate one!
Now, I'm off to make beer bread and check on my Corn Beef. That post is coming tomorrow! Stay tuned!
Add stout and butter to a pot over medium low heat and bring to a simmer. Slowly whisk in the cocoa and remove from heat. Make sure you do this step first so it can cool. The mixture will not be fully smooth and the butter will not be fully combined. It is OK.
Add Eggs and Sour Cream into a stand up mixer or a large bowl. Once fully combined, add the cocoa mixture. Mix until smooth. Slowly add the flour mixture. I added about 1/3 of the mixture at a time.
Once everything is completely combined, spoon into cupcake liners. Fill about 3/4 of the way full. Place in the oven and bake for 18 minutes. Stick a toothpick in the cupcakes to check to see if they are completely cooked. If the toothpick come out clean, the cupcakes are finished.
Allow to cool completely before applying the frosting and chocolate drizzle.
Combine ingredients in a mixer until smooth.
Pipe icing onto each cupcake. I used about 2 Tablespoons per cupcake. You will have lots of leftover icing.
Combined beer and chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 10 seconds.
Remove from microwave and stir. Heat for 10 more seconds and stir. Continue until chocolate is fully melted, about 20-30 seconds. | {
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DIANNA STAMPFLER has been referred to as one of the most motivated, energetic and passionate leaders in Michigan's tourism industry, with more than 30 years of marketing, public relations and media relations experience.
She launched Promote Michigan in August, 2004 and has successfully established herself as an independent marketing representative for an impressive list of clients including Michigan Brewer's Guild, Traverse Tall Ship Company, ShowSpan Inc. (including Grand Rapids International Wine & Food Festival, Michigan International Auto Show, Grand Rapids Boat Show and Ultimate Sport Show – Grand Rapids) and Village of Walloon Lake, among several others.
In 2014, Dianna was named Executive Director of the newly formed Michigan Craft Distillers Association, the official association representing the state's growing distilling industry. She is also Executive Director of the Kent County Hospitality Association and serves on the Ferris State University Hospitality Advisory Board. In 2015, Dianna received "The Best of Michigan Business" Award as a "One Person Wonder" and in 2016 was presented "The Golden Pineapple Award" from Ferris State University's Hospitality Department.
Over the years, Dianna has developed a niche in the culinary and agri-tourism markets, working with groups and events such as the Truly Michigan Vines, United Dairy Industry of Michigan, Michigan Apple Committee, Michigan Agri Tourism Association, Michigan Maple Syrup Association, Michigan Wine Council, Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association, Fulton Street Farmers Market, Epicurean Classic, Chefs Challenge and March of Dimes-Signature Chef Auction, as well as individual wineries, breweries, distilleries, cider mills and meaderies.
In the spring of 2019, Dianna released her first book—"Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses"—from The History Press which is a culmination of nearly 20 years of research, writing and presentation on the historic beacons around the state. Her second book—"Death and Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and Misfortune"—will be released in March 2022, also from The History Press.
Prior to launching her own consulting company, Dianna served as the marketing and media director for the West Michigan Tourist Association (WMTA). During her seven years with WMTA, she developed the organization's promotions department, representing nearly 1000 member properties, events and communities in a 41-county region.
Before landing in the world of travel and tourism Dianna was the community relations coordinator at Otsego Public Schools, also serving as the advisor for the award-winning middle school student newspaper and middle school chairperson for the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association at Michigan State University's School of Journalism.
Dianna holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communications (broadcasting) and English (community journalism) from Western Michigan University. A native of Plainwell, she is the mother of two adult children and lives in Northern Michigan.
Since 1997, Dianna has been presenting lively and upbeat programs about the area's historic lighthouses, ghost towns, islands and other unique destinations and activities in her home state of Michigan. She is a passionate professional speaker, with a dual major in communications and English from Western Michigan University and 25+ years' experience in radio broadcasting and public speaking.
An established freelance writer, Dianna is a regular contributor to Michigan Blue Magazine and has also been published in Michigan Living, Michigan Travel Ideas, Lake Michigan Circle Tour & Lighthouse Guide, Country Lines, Tasters Guild International, Grand Rapid Family, Michigan HOME & Lifestyle, Lakeland Boating and Grand Rapids Magazine, among others.
Dianna is a member of the Midwest Travel Journalists Association, Historical Society of Michigan, Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, U.S. Lighthouse Society, Association for Great Lakes Maritime History, Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Friends of Pilot & Plum Island Lighthouses, National Museum of the Great Lakes, Michigan Maritime Museum, National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, Michigan Hemingway Society, The Hemingway Society, F. Scott Fitzgerald Society and International Buster Keaton Society. She also sits on the Ferris State University Hospitality Advisory Board, is publicist for the Michigan Brewers Guild and is Executive Director of both the Kent County Hospitality Association and Michigan Craft Distillers Association. Over the years, she's been involved in countless organizations such as the Michigan One Room Schoolhouse Association, Allegan County Tourist Council, Michigan Culinary Tourism Alliance and Downtown Market Grand Rapids Board.
Updated August 2022
Dianna is a regular guest on radio and television stations throughout the state.
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Ferris State University Hospitality Advisory Board
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Historical Society of Michigan
Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association
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National Museum of the Great Lakes
Michigan Maritime Museum
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We have a channel marketing automation tool that receives very little attention from our partners. How can we increase usage on the tool and improve our through partner marketing results?
Channel marketing automation technology (also known as CMM - channel marketing and management technology) is supposed to help vendors provide partners with marketing enablement, resources, programs, and tools for driving awareness, generating demand, and building pipeline within partners' target markets. BUT! And this is a big but, in most cases, it receives very little attention from partners, as the inquirer points out.
The CMM value proposition is very strong; by automating channel marketing processes, activities and support of marketing to, through, and for a vendor's partners, CMM solutions allow vendors to increase the scale of partner-led marketing. Yet vendors who go to market through the channel often struggle to understand the low partner adoption rate, and why those partners who use their CMM solution don't hit the mark.
So, the answer to the question about how to increase utilization and improve through partner marketing results, is a marketing certification or accreditation (if certification seems too strong a requirement for you) program. Marketing education for the partner marketing role, has become an essential component to improving the performance of partner-led demand creation, as these programs address partners' skills gaps with a structured development path and incentive (e.g., certificate or badge for completing training and a relevant incentive).
One typical example of the type of training is partners becoming knowledgeable in relative targeting techniques for identifying high-probability buyers within their target markets. Another potential course could cover the design and execution of multi-touch, buyer-focused campaigns and programs.
So as not to turn this answer into a book, here is a link to an eBook we wrote on how to put together a marketing certification/accreditation program. | {
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Robust Intelligence to expand Israel activities after raising $30m
Globes correspondent
The AI model testing company was founded by Yaron Singer an Israeli professor of computer sciences and applied mathematics at Harvard University.
AI model testing company Robust Intelligence has raised $30 million in a Series A financing round led by Tiger Global and Sequoia. The company was cofounded by CEO Yaron Singer, an Israeli professor of computer sciences and applied mathematics from Harvard University, and plans expanding its Israel activities. The company has raised $45 million to date.
Robust Intelligence develops an AI Firewall that envelopes the organization's Artificial Intelligence (AI) model, monitoring and correcting data that causes mistakes and risks in real time. The product inspects the data before it is entered into the AI model using advanced machine learning techniques, alerting and correcting the data in real time, thus preventing the model from erring. Robust Intelligence already has dozens of paying customers and employs 50 developers with advanced academic degrees at the company's headquarters in San Francisco.
The company works with dozens of Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies, including PayPal, Expedia, Tokio Marine (the world's largest Japanese insurance company), leading medical device and diagnostic companies, government agencies and more. In Israel, Robust Intelligence works with leading companies in finance, insurance and more.
Prof. Singer said, "We wish to enlarge our presence in Israel by recruiting customers as well as talent specializing in software development, algorithms and artificial intelligence. Until recently, the idea of AI Firewall seemed impossible. We invest huge resources in finding people who believe in themselves and have no limits. Israel is the natural place to find such people."
Robust Intelligence's product enables organizations to minimize the dangers embedded in AI and enables technological teams to focus on system development, rather than debugging and firefighting models in production. The company's AI Firewall wraps around the AI model while monitoring and even correcting input that might disrupt model results in real time. The product is based on a system that learns from tests and monitoring measures related to the AI model it is protecting. These tests include "stress tests" for the AI model, which challenge it with basic errors and exposure to extreme conditions as well and also monitors input and output anomalies for each model.
Prof. Singer said, "The weaknesses and errors of AI models emerge once the product is activated and considering the currently widespread use of AI when making automatic decisions, knowing that the systems are operated without protection is terrifying. Our company's mission is to eliminate the risks that companies take when they utilize AI systems. We save our customers a great deal of time and money but, more importantly - we protect people against wrong decisions that might derive of AI errors."
As an example, Prof. Singer described a client who provides AI models to banks and financial institutions to identify financial fraud. Upon installing the AI Firewall, they discovered the models were wrong, providing input where the data field for the country from which the transfer originates was in small and not capital letters. In other words, if the data field shows us (underscore) instead of US, the model erred. These errors cause huge financial losses and exposes the financial institutions using the AI and their clients to significant risks. "In this case, the error was unintentional", he explains, After all, the data was compiled from different systems and the format changed. The problem is that even such minor changes can cause AI models to yield unexpected results. Other examples include decisions made by credit card and insurance companies as they rely on AI systems based on statistical learning. In such systems, the data used to train the learning machine might be biased in favor of certain populations, creating a system that reaches decisions that are biased in their favor too. Such system errors could prevent people from getting a loan on a home or, even worse, health insurance."
Prof. Singer, 42, was born and raised in Tel Aviv and served in an elite IDF intelligence unit. He later relocated to the US, where he completed his Ph.D. in Computer Sciences at UC Berkley. In 2011, he founded a startup company that uses AI to analyze networks and joined Google. At Google, he worked on algorithms to accelerate training for AI models in order to enable the tech giant's products devise more accurate predictions. That is also when he discovered the ease at which AI systems could go out of control by using incorrect or misleading data. As a Professor at Harvard University School of Computer Sciences, his studies focus on the theoretical limits of AI models, which are exposed to errors and on developing advanced optimization methods to correct them.
Prof. Singer founded Robust Intelligence in 2019 with Harvard students with whom he published dozens of articles on the matter. Singer's team achieved a breakthrough in algorithm planning, helped increase government awareness to the matter and even obtained an early DARPA grant for the study.
Prof. Singer said, "This latest round of investment will greatly accelerate the development of our AI Firewall product and our RIME platform as well as our marketing and sales efforts. Our world is adopting AI technologies at an exponential rate, and is relying on AI to make critical decisions. The problem, however, is that AI models fail frequently due to bad data, and that introduces an enormous risk to businesses, and society at large."
Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on December 12, 2021.
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Welcome to London's Flattest Marathon!
UPDATE: 70% FULL & ON COURSE TO SELL OUT IN APRIL.
"The finish was well organised with a great quality medal and lots of freebies and a t shirt. The event village at the finish was vibrant and full of atmosphere. An event that I would definitely do again."
Run through London's greenest borough including Kew Gardens, Richmond Bridge and Hampton Court Palace.
With three famous bridges, two Royal Palaces and one famous river this race has been described as "the Worlds most scenic Marathon! "Like the Richmond Half and Kew Gardens 10k, the RUNFEST Marathon starts inside Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The race will tour Richmond's greenest borough, the highlight being the majestic Hampton Court Palace!
We are currently updating our course map but this is last year's, new one coming soon!
The Orangery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. You MUST enter via Elizabeth Gate Entrance, Kew Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AB.
3 hours, 3 hours 30, 4 hours, 4 hours 30, 5 hours.
Welcome to Londons Flattest Course! All on road and path inside Kew Gardens.
The entire course will be fully marshalled. Marshalls are volunteers so please say thanks to these amazing people!
A sweep Marshall will be present to assist athletes who do not complete the course and will be transported to the finish line.
We strongly advise all runners, regardless of which race you are competing in, to arrive more than 1 hour before your race. Any late comers who arrive 9.15 am for the Marathon will be denied entry and will not be able to take part in the race. Friends and family who arrive late will have to pay a normal Kew Gardens ticket (visit Kew Gardens website for prices). | {
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Roman Vladimirovich Rasskazov (); born April 28, 1979 in Kovylkino, Mordovia) is a Russian race walker.
International competitions
See also
List of world records in athletics
References
1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mordovia
Russian male racewalkers
Olympic male racewalkers
Olympic athletes of Russia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships winners
World Athletics U20 Championships winners
Russian Athletics Championships winners
World record holders in athletics (track and field)
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics | {
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(74416) 1999 AR10 – planetoida z pasa głównego asteroid okrążająca Słońce w ciągu 4,6 lat w średniej odległości 2,77 j.a. Odkryta 7 stycznia 1999 roku.
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lista planetoid 74001–75000
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Linki zewnętrzne
Planetoidy pasa głównego
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By Ken Powtak, Associated Press | Posted - May 4, 2015 at 9:40 p.m.
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BOSTON (AP) — A shuffled lineup provided a needed boost for the Tampa Bay Rays' struggling offense.
Jake Odorizzi pitched seven strong innings, Joey Butler hit his first career homer and Tampa Bay's offense perked up a bit in the Rays' 5-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
"I do like the lineup we put out there today," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "The fact that we're versatile with the right-left going through the lineup is pretty important."
David DeJesus drove in a pair of runs for Tampa Bay, which scored just four runs in a three-game set this past weekend against Baltimore.
It was more than enough for Odorizzi, who allowed hits in five innings, but limited Boston to one run.
"I thought my last inning is when I felt the best all night," he said.
Boston left fielder Hanley Ramirez was injured in the first inning and left the game with a sprained left shoulder after he ran into a padded side wall attempting to make a catch.
"He's day to day," Boston manager John Farrell said. "Right now obviously with the sprain to the left shoulder on the collision, we're hopeful over the next couple days there's some improvement. There's no clear-cut DL at this point."
The Rays have been held to two or fewer runs in nearly half of their games.
Odorizzi (3-2) gave up seven hits and struck out six. He matched a Rays' club record by not allowing a homer for the sixth straight start.
Xander Bogaerts had an RBI triple for the Red Sox, who have lost a season-high four straight and nine of 12.
Clay Buchholz (1-4) gave up five runs in 6 1-3 innings, raising his ERA to 6.03.
"You go out there and try to throw a lot of strikes, not walk guys," he said. "Whenever you do make a mistake, they capitalize on it. Like I said, I felt pretty good with all my pitches tonight and gave up a couple hits that were missed location."
The Rays jumped out to a 4-0 lead with two runs in each of the first two innings.
James Loney was credited with a double when his slicing fly ball down the line was originally caught by Ramirez, but the ball popped out as he hit the wall. Evan Longoria followed with an RBI double and DeJesus added an RBI single.
Ramirez went to one knee after throwing the ball in. He was checked by a trainer and walked slowly off the field.
In the second inning, Butler hit a two-run homer into the Green Monster seats.
Boston cut it to 4-1 in the second on consecutive triples by Brock Holt and Bogaerts.
Buchholz didn't make it out of the third inning in his previous start, allowing five runs — four earned — in a loss last Tuesday.
A CHALLENGING ISSUE
First-year manager Cash is 0 for 11 on challenges, and the Rays have failed in a major-league record 12 straight dating back to last season. St. Louis missed on 11 on 2014.
"That was something we really tried to go after at the start of the season," he joked. "I'm glad we've succeeded at it."
NICE FIND
Butler had the ball from his first homer.
"I came in and it was here in my locker," he said.
Rays: LHP Jake McGee, who had offseason elbow surgery, is expected to make his third rehab appearance at Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. ... RF Steven Souza Jr. was hit by a pitch on the right forearm, but stayed in the game.
Red Sox: Farrell said RF Shane Victorino, on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring, took BP and did "more intense running." The plan is still to have him start a rehab stint in Double-A Portland on Friday.
Rays: LHP Drew Smyly (0-0, 3.38 ERA) is slated to start the middle game of the three-game series on Tuesday. He's 3-1 with a 2.01 ERA in nine starts since joining the club.
Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (2-2, 5.34 ERA) looks to follow up his best start in a Red Sox uniform. He gave up two hits and one run over seven innings to earn a victory against Toronto on Friday.
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System Posts: 8,489
January 4 edited January 4 in General
Sir Keir Starmer has a lot going for him. He is credible as a PM-in-waiting, which is more than can be said for his two predecessors. He seems competent, thoughtful, consistent, honourable, and honest, which are not conspicuous strengths of our current PM. Admittedly he is rather dull, and a poor public speaker, but overall voters think quite favourably of him; his net ratings were modestly positive in six out of the seven December polls.
FrancisUrquhart Posts: 53,302
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1346141425822556161
IshmaelZ Posts: 5,155
He is a dull man.
DavidL Posts: 34,732
FrancisUrquhart said:
What, even on poor people?
kle4 Posts: 60,514
Well, it's motivating, but if they do fail to manage it the fines seem like they will compound other problems.
TheScreamingEagles Posts: 88,575
RobD said:
contrarian said:
kle4 said:
Jonathan said:
Are we about to wish it was 2020 again?
but.....but....
the vaccines....
they are our way out.....
Philip said.....
I don't understand your point, do you believe the vaccines will have no positive effect on things?
This is on the same logic as claiming lockdowns fail because the virus still exists afterwards (rather than sticking to an argument about liberty or consequential impacts).
My point is that even after the vaccines are introduced, there will still be reasons to lock us down. Already some medics are suggesting the vaccines do not protect against all of the strains. Which is a reason to maintain locking us down. As the vaccines are introduced, these people will build the case for maintaining the lockdown.
I don't think any medic has suggested that. Some have said that further study is needed, but none have suggested it won't work.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-vaccines-may-not-work-23259107
I'm afraid you are not correct.
Already the seeds for post vaccination lockdowns are being sown. This is not the end. For the people associated with this, there clearly is no end.
That title is editorialising. Read the articles and the quotes.
Here's what Sir John Bell has said
Speaking to Times Radio on Jan 3, Sir John said he was more concerned about the South African strain than the UK one "by some margin".
"The mutations associated with the South African form are really pretty substantial changes in the structure of the protein," he said, explaining that the strain had mutated in the part of the virus which allows antibodies to stick to it.
Sir John added that although there was no data yet on whether it increases severity, "it's increased the infectiousness, probably by increasing its ability to bind to the human cells".
Asked whether current Covid-19 vaccines would be able to tackle both the UK and South African variants, he said the Oxford University team was currently assessing this and there was still "room to manoeuvre" because the vaccines worked "much better than any of us thought they were going to".
"I think it's unlikely that these mutations will turn off the effects of vaccines entirely – I think they'll still have a residual effect," he said, adding that it was "perfectly possible" to make new vaccines in a matter of weeks if necessary.
"It might take a month, or six weeks, to get a new vaccine, so everybody should stay calm. It's going to be fine
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/03/south-african-variant-could-resistant-vaccine-expert-suggests/
Malmesbury Posts: 10,115
DavidL said:
This relates to holding back half the supplies for the second dose. By people worried about being sued if someone shows up for their second shot and they don't have it.
Oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them.
Being dull and competent may well work, it has in the past.
RochdalePioneers Posts: 8,451
https://twitter.com/ChrisMusson/status/1346139209212583938
My house move should be fine then
YBarddCwsc Posts: 5,043
January 4 edited January 4
Big_G_NorthWales said:
Has he told Drakeford
It is obvious that no one -- least of all SKS -- tells Drakeford anything.
The disparity between Starmer's proclamations & Drakeford's actions are so glaring that the only explanation is that Labour have completely forgotten that they are running Wales.
Possibly Labour have been running Wales for so long, they just think it is the place where they can mooch around in flip-flops and nothing ever gets done there.
It is very common. OGH was earlier fulminating about the folly of keeping the schools open.
Apparently OGH is unaware that the last LibDem in power anywhere (darling Kirsty) is actually in charge of the Welsh education portfolio, and is busy keeping the schools in Wales open.
I have given up expecting any consistency between what English Labour and LibDem politicians say, and what their representatives in the Welsh Government actually do.
rottenborough Posts: 38,775
https://twitter.com/IanDunt/status/1346136206497763328
Good piece (ie I agree). I think shadow chancellor is a key role in being taken seriously as a potential government and I am not sure Annelise Dodds is the answer. She seems tolerably bright but she has minimal presence and is not powerful enough. Brown, for all his many faults, came across as serious and a "big beast" who added a lot of weight to Blair's somewhat more ephemeral approach. Cameron and Osborne the same.
As Richard points out SKS needs someone at the heart of the project who can share the load rather than increase it. If I was him I would be exploring getting Burnham back into Westminster, assuming that Ed Balls has had enough of front line politics.
Very good header. Thanks @Richard_Nabavi
The Lions tour to South Africa this summer ain't happening is it?
I think while there is always a danger of refighting past battles, Mr Nabavi has it right that in terms of operation and preparation Starmer has to look at what worked with Cameron and Blair. Corbyn was a petulant little child, desperately hoping he could ignore the doubts of his own parliamentary party and a standard way of doing things as the public would provide all. Well the public let him down, and Starmer clearly knows he has to buckle down to get it done.
I'm not really sure how much he can do to make it a team effort as suggested though, in fairness. Things are even more presidential than they were for Cameron and Blair, and how much the public perceives there is strength beyond the leader is nebulous to define.
He has time, but not infinite time, and now that a year has gone under Boris, more dramatic indications of progress may start to be needed to avoid worries in his ranks, given the electoral maths as noted.
SandyRentool Posts: 12,989
Prof Sridhar on BBC now. Hooray!
Big_G_NorthWales Posts: 38,035
YBarddCwsc said:
I totally agree and of course Kirsty, the Liberal Democrat, is the one in charge of schools but not for much longer thankfully
tlg86 Posts: 15,714
Can't argue with any of that Richard; I doubt he'll be so brave as to change his Shadow Chancellor.
WhisperingOracle Posts: 3,726
rottenborough said:
This is really concerning to me, just as much as the government's non-performance on Spain and Italy flight bans in March, when other countries were putting them in place, and which many of us of all party affiliations pointed out at the time. From everything I've read since then, this is agreed by many people to have been an error, so I find the current policy, considering this strain is even more transmissible, almost completely incomprehensible.
TheScreamingEagles said:
With an 80 seat majority to lose the government would have to reallllly lose it though. A bit more than merely dull competence may be needed.
That said I don't even think he is as dull as made out. Oh, he's not causing paroxyms of excitement in his own ranks or fear in the others, yet, but for the time being at least his softly softly approach is having an effect, and he is not offputting. He could say the same things as Corbyn and not cause people to worry as much.
So there might not be a complete elimination of restrictions immediately, what of it? Restrictions are not an end in themselves, and the less the public perceives the justification the less the politicians would accept it even if advised to do it, but since at various points restrictions have been relaxed we know the advisers and decision makers don't want to keep us perpetually under restriction.
So there's nothing to worry about in their motivations. Indeed, the politicians have been slower to implement measures than the public want, so the instinctual position is clearly to relax.
Scott_xP Posts: 11,379
https://twitter.com/RecruitmentCopy/status/1346142677985882112
Why does Dunt consistently use bad language in his tweets
He really does himself no favours
Examples?
LostPassword Posts: 2,466
Makes me wonder about Ed Miliband. He made that one good Commons speech everyone enjoyed, but as the most heavyweight member of the Shadow Cabinet he's not exactly been conspicuous.
Is it a deliberate strategy to establish Starmer as The Leader?
I'd suggest mistaken, if so, but if not then maybe it's just that current Labour politicians are a bit rubbish. Balls and Burnham weren't notably successful previously.
tlg86 said:
He needs someone obviously better to change it to. I am not sure I am seeing that in the current CLP.
Pulpstar Posts: 63,352
Why is Boris constantly listening to the Shapps and the Williamsons in the cabinet ?!
French Health Minister Olivier Veran has said "several thousand" people will be vaccinated against coronavirus in the country on Monday
Well I suppose that's a but of an improvement...still going to take years at that rate.
DecrepiterJohnL Posts: 5,983
Depends on what facts emerge about the SA variant. At the moment it is mainly speculation that the Saffers' virus is hardier than triffids. I'm more worried about Cheltenham in ten weeks' time.
RobD Posts: 50,909
The lucky few.
MaxPB Posts: 23,895
That's a very unambitious number.
LostPassword said:
Ed Miliband would be a better choice than Dodds.
They need Balls and a by-election.
Pulpstar said:
Because they tell him what he wants to hear.
I wonder when we will start hearing stories of the rich French heading elsewhere to get their jab?
Jesus Christ...I have just stumbled across this...these people must be in a permanent state of offended by everything, everyone, everywhere...
https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1311589200773480449
I'm unable to grasp what their proposed solution is to the problem they have identified. Oh, there's a lot of words about what needs doing, but I couldn't really follow it.
Thankfully I did history, and there's no concerns about cultural or structural issues there.
HYUFD Posts: 81,377
To be fair to Starmer even on today's post Brexit Deal Datapoll Labour are still 6% up on GE19 and with the Tories unchanged on the general election voteshare that means Labour would gain seats helped especially by the fact more 2019 LD voters now back Labour than they do the LDs.
However a more heavyweight frontbench team would help eg Ed Miliband replacing Anneliese Dodds and Yvette Cooper replacing Lisa Nandy for example, Thomas Symonds being the only heavyweight besides Starmer in Labour's top team.
It should be remembered though that we are only 10 years into a Tory government ie the equivalent of Kinnock 1989 for Starmer, Blair took over in 1994 after 15 years of the Tories in power
I am not sure they really have one....cos solutions are racist concepts....
Yes, dear, dim Kirsty will be gone, retiring.
She will be going on to do whatever failed LibDems go on to do.
Posting on pb.com, probably.
kinabalu Posts: 17,156
IshmaelZ said:
Nabavi? You're not kidding.
But he makes some decent points here.
Rachel Reeves
CarlottaVance Posts: 44,520
SandyRentool said:
Does the word "Oxford" pass her lips?
There's a problem with the header, they appear to have typed 'male politician' into a stock photo website and just gone with that.
Alistair Posts: 18,992
Why does he always undermine and restriction announcement he makes with unkeepable promises about things returning to normal soon?
Because he doesn't want to do lockdown so will always listen to the no lockdown proponent.
Attlee 1945.
Wilson 1964.
Major 1992 might be an inelegant example.
rcs1000 Posts: 34,793
I find it astonishing that to fly to Hawaii from the rest of the US, you need a CV19 PCR negative test from the previous 48 hours. Yet, we don't even impose that.
PCR negative test 48 hours before (otherwise no flying)
Antigen prior to boarding (otherwise no flying)
Antigen at airport on arrival (in case of confirmed positive, entire plane is quarantined in an airport hotel for two weeks)
That's less intrusive that most places, but would reduce by 99% the number of imported cases.
Zoe guy is sceptical on tonight's 8pm announcement:
https://twitter.com/timspector/status/1346130213382610944
If I was a competent Rugby Administrator I would be moving the 6Ns to June and saying "fuck the lions tour".
Instead the Lions committee won't even make a decision till Feb. Only a week or so before the 6N is due to kick off.
SouthamObserver Posts: 35,152
A very fair article. Starmer needs to look carefully at his shadow cabinet, which was assembled to reflect the balance of power within the Labour party at the time of his election, rather than as an alternative government. There are big hitters on the backbenches - Yvette Cooper, Hillary Benn, Stella Creasey, for example - who could do a lot of what Richard quite rightly says is needed. The far-left has decided to go to war against him, so there is very little need to appease them.
https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1346143531438641164
Quality gag that will go over many peoples' heads.
Luckyguy1983 Posts: 13,182
It used to be 'something in Brussels' but sadly no more.
DIdn't Labour used to vote who would be in the Shadow Cabinet rather than it being a matter purely for the Leader? That must have been very exciting.
TimT Posts: 2,119
Then they'll have to introduce fines for giving it to the 'wrong' people, then fines for falsifying record-keeping, then fines for ...
Punishing people for not being perfect while overworked, stressed out and dead tired does not seem helpful in this circumstance.
The problem they have identified is, that in a modern, technological world, the people shaping that world are very largely science and engineering based.
Many of these science and engineering people use a strange, exclusionary language. Maths.
Also they claim to know answers with absolute truth.
If you are from the dumb zone in the arts, this is very, very scary.
You are excluded from shaping the world
You have no idea how this works
You don't want to know how this works
Someone stop it now!!!
Nigelb Posts: 28,312
If your surname was Dunt, you'd probably have become completely inured to bad language at a fairly young age, too.
algarkirk Posts: 2,280
Nor does there seem to be any loyal Team Starmer acting behind the scenes in support of the leader and acting as a trusted sounding-board; he cuts a lonely figure, running his electoral marathon and making some personal impact, but without the team support needed to win in 2024. Where are the equivalents of Brown, Mandelson, Campbell, supported by Jack Straw, Robin Cook, David Blunkett, and the other New Labour figures?
Excellent article. Unless the interesting question highlighted can be answered the chance of Starmer being PM is very slight. His only chance would be the Tories being so bad that they manage to come second to a carthorse. Ed Miliband is not a heavyweight. His brother is. They have never recovered from rejecting DM.
Whether he likes it or not the numbers are going up everywhere.
OnlyLivingBoy Posts: 4,702
My theory is that having a surname that rhymes with a particularly bad word meant that he was referred to using said word relentlessly as a child and has become desensitised as a result.
Swearing doesn't bother me, but then I grew up in Fife.
Heath 1970 too, at least he was seen as dull and competent until he got the job
It's an 80 seat majority, but the Tories only need to fall below 40% to run the risk of losing it - even with the new boundaries. For now, the fact that the parties are within MoE of each other is working against Starmer and Labour. But the longer it continues, the more of a problem it becomes for the Tories as they will be the ones losing seats.
I didn't realise Major won from opposition...
contrarian Posts: 3,730
Alistair said:
We agree on something
She seems to be a grad student doing a long-running PhD in UC, Dublin.
The paper is submitted to the Danish Journal of Women, Gender and Research
I recommend her earlier arXiv postings on Robot Rights and Algorithmic Injustices should you need a second or third helping.
I think the best comparison is Attlee - a bit dull, but confident enough to surround himself with "big beasts". I don't think Starmer lacks the confidence to have "big beasts" round the table - just the paucity of them in the PLP. Miliband for SCoE would be a good start, and I'd get Cooper (SHS) and Benn onto the front bench too.
The organisational theme in the article is important ; who provides that help is important too, though. A key problem for Starmer is that many of those who do have this organisational experience are not going to provide Starmer with the political route to power ; the electorate is not waiting for 1997 reassurances on Labour, but something quite different. His main problem in that respect is that figures from the 1960s and '70s Soft Left with governmental experience are long since dead.
HYUFD said:
After which he was seen as dull and incompetent.
That's why I said it was an inelegant example, but an example where dull and competent beat exciting and personality.
As these things go that one is relatively tame, and used sparingly it can have effective impact, though personally I find liberal such use to be detrimental. Where do you go when you need to make a really strong point if you already use it a lot?
ydoethur Posts: 34,494
Well, he certainly got rid of one of those labels with skill and panache.
If he'd only found a way to ditch the 'dull' part...
The issue is that financially the tour needs to happen but delaying it to 2022 isn't an option as the national teams don't want a Lions Tour a year before a world cup.
ydoethur said:
You said it better than me.
Malmesbury said:
We can't participate in the conversation as we don't speak the language (but we have our own incomprehensible language). So,
We are excluded from shaping the world
We have no idea how this works
We don't want to know how this works
To be fair, I think maths is over-rated in understanding complexity.
CarlottaVance said:
There's a half written thread on the PB servers where the conclusion says
'I suspect the closest Boris Johnson manages to get close to the Churchill comparison is by losing a general election to a leftie Labour lawyer.'
I would keep Thomas Symonds, as a former commercial barrister he is one of the few Shadow Cabinet Ministers more heavyweight than their Cabinet counterparts, in his case Priti Patel
What would the ordinary voter think Labour was passionate and committed about? Are they passionate about the aspirational working class, disaffected white young men, engineering, entrepreneurs, The Union of GB and NI, Brexit, getting bogus rubbish out of top tier universities, getting rid of teachers who can't teach, lowering taxes for middling sorts, freedom of speech (used to be a left of centre issue...)?
I don't feel convinced enough yet. They still feel like the defenders of mediocrity and the place man.
And the ranting left tendency is still around.
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Hurrah - it's not 2020.... and Spurs are 100% winners this year. Until tomorrow night anyway.
Having a look, at the very last such elections the person who received the fewest votes of those who stood was...Eric Joyce. Probably a good call.
Nigel_Foremain Posts: 6,003
Because he believes they are even more stupid than he is? First among equals where equality is close to stupidity.
BluestBlue Posts: 2,966
algarkirk said:
Kneeling. They've really cornered the market in that. Plays to their strengths.
On thread - it's never too late to Bring Back Burgon.
SouthamObserver said:
The longer neck-and-neck continues, the more it is a problem for SKS (not the Tories).
Remember, Ed Miliband was +12 two years after the GE that brought the Coalition to power.
SKS needs to show some some good poll leads this year.
It is not an easy year for him outside England. I suspect there are middling to bad results waiting for him in Scotland and Wales.
He really needs to line most of the leadership of the Welsh and Scottish Labour parties against a wall, and ...
Mexicanpete Posts: 8,690
I think BigG. was alluding to the new Conservative Ed. Sec. in Paul Davies' first cabinet. Not beyond the realms of probability.
Starmer's defeat in Wales will not look good against a resurgent Johnson and the Conservatives nationally, post Brexit, and post vaccine.
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Burnham would be the best addition he can make, dont know if he would be interested though?
The EU's attempts at securing more doses of the only COVID-19 vaccine it has authorised come amid concern in some capitals that a separate German order for the same shot might compete with broader supplies for the 27-country bloc.
Germany said on Monday that it had agreed with BioNTech last September to supply an additional 30 million doses on a bilateral basis........
The bilateral German deal predates by two months the EU contract for the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine that was signed in November after talks that had been going on at least since July.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-eu-pfizer-idUKKBN2991WF?taid=5ff353405b2aa000013649c0&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
The field of AI is absolutely rife with systemic racism.
There is a certain class of AI researcher who is simply adament that AI cannot be racist as it is "just data and algorithms" the idea that humans have crafted both of them seems to completely slip their mind.
Which leads you to having facial recognition systems that have a 5 times false positive rate on black faces or chat bots that spew put Racial slurs because their source corpus is full of racist texts
Mexicanpete said:
We will have to swap notes with YDoethur and BigG about what we think will happen, a little closer to the elections
I expect, though, the next Welsh Govt will be a Labour + Plaid combo.
The whole EU scheme is such a fucking disaster. One of my italian colleagues is worried that his family back home will be waiting until the end of the year to get jabbed while he'll get it by the end of June.
Any Labour defeat or more likely seats lost in Wales will be down to Drakeford, as poor performance for SLab in Scotland can be blamed on Leonard, both are Corbynites so not part of the Starmer project.
Starmer however is likely to make gains in England though regardless, for example last time the county council seats were up in 2017 the Tories were 11% ahead, even with Deltapoll's post Deal poll today they are only 5% ahead. Labour are also likely to win big in London in both the Mayoral and Assembly polls
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On topic, I think the article romanticises the standing of leading shadow cabinet members pre-1997 (and indeed pre-2010).
There's a big aspect of hindsight here. At the time, they were pretty widely derided as political lightweights with sod all government experience (which inevitably was true after more than a decade in opposition). Gordon Brown was a fairly capable performer but simply hadn't evolved into anything like the Big Clunking Fist in 1996, let alone the likes of Straw and Blunkett. Similar with Cameron's Tory front bench.
That said, he will need to reshuffle later in the year as there are fairly clear strengths and weaknesses. Anneliese Dodds just hasn't carved out a clear and consistent line of attack on Rishi Sunak for example.
MAGA backers are losing faith, price has headed into 1.02
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/politics/market/1.138799270
Actually I was referring to her announced retirement from office
Scrapheap_as_was said:
I'm cheering for Tottenham tomorrow.
Turns out Brentford have a massive racism problem, they hired a security who is the boyfriend of an employee, and said steward used the N Word. Turns out the steward is a convicted football hooligan.
But lots of Brentford fans have been banned for being massive racists.
Who could have predicted people who screamed 'White Lives Matter' were massive racists and antisemites?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/brentford-employed-racist-who-was-a-convicted-football-hooligan-9lqvmcqvw
This isn't actually terrible thinking from Shapps
https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1345736524151861252
One or two actually in Kent and up toward East Anglia would be a good idea though.
Just had to google him - which may not be the greatest of starts. In fairness I think Ashworth (Health) has acquitted himself well - asking probing questions, not lurching into an endless TOREEEEES ARE EVILLLLL rant like some of his peers (in several parties).
Here's the cavalcade of wit & beauty:
https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet-2/
This is quite an interesting area. On the one hand you have the kind of fatuousness when some cultural studies critics and post-structuralists apply themselves to science that led to the Sokal case, and on the other hand you have the kind of smug scientism that is under the false impression that cultural questions play no part on science.
I agree, and I think it can be done, but it buys the Tories a bit more of a cushion in terms of how bad they have to be, or how good Labour need to be.
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Off topic. Am now having a slightly heated discussion with my student son who is at home with us in Edinburgh. He wants to return to his private rented accommodation in Dundee later this week. He tells me that travel to Uni is a reasonable excuse.
I read the legislation that such travel means to campus for face-to-face teaching. The only other reference for students seems to be the end-of-term travel home to the family household. I see nothing in the rules allowing travel up to a student flat in another council area so you can be with your mates rather than having the daily joy of your mum telling you to get up and think about having a shower and possibly tidying your room.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/1/regulation/4/made
Lockdown 2.0 is going to be a nightmare.
Financially it is vastly more important for SA that the tour goes ahead than the home nations.
The choice between a 6N played behind closed doors + a probably cancelled lions tour that they will have wasted money planning vs a 6N with crowds and definitely no lions Tour they don't have to fund seems like a no brainer to me.
Any AI algorithm (like a neural network) has to be trained.
If the training set is racist, then the network output will be. E.g., if the training set is mainly composed of white-faced images, then the facial recognition system will identify black faces as white ones.
However, if the training set is mainly composed of black faces, then white faces will be recognised as black ones.
It is not so much the algorithm that is racist, it is the training set.
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Sports 07.08.15 at 4:41 pm
By Alfonso Félix
In case you hadn't heard yet, the Women's World Cup final was the most-watched soccer match in the history of U.S. television – with 25.4 million viewers, it beat both the NBA finals and the Stanley Cup in the ratings.
IN YOUR FACE BLATTER.
Beyond the fun of watching Team USA kill it on the field, there was also the joy of listening to Telemundo's Andres Cantor – the man who helped define the enthusiastic Latin American style of soccer commentary – narrate the five goals that gave the USA victory over Japan. As Deadspin points out, Cantor spent 38 seconds ¡GOOOL!-ing on Lloyd's long-range hat trick-finisher.
Here's how it looked in closed captioning:
How Andres Cantor's goal calls look in closed captioning: pic.twitter.com/6ytJKFbDbZ
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 6, 2015
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The new budget proposal forsees a 0.7 percent increase on spending in 2014 to cover for part of the unpaid bills. (Photo: guysie)
Brussels, 3. Dec 2014, 18:04
Britain and the Netherlands no longer have a problem with the extra money they have to pay, but EU budget talks are still stuck due to disagreements on how to tackle a huge backlog of unpaid bills.
"For the first time in weeks I start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are not there yet, but I am cautiously optimistic," an EU source involved in the EU budget talks told this website after a meeting on Tuesday (2 December) between national diplomats, members of the European Parliament, and European Commission staff.
The acrimonious talks - a yearly phenomenon - revolve around a final amendment to the current budget for 2014 and adopting next year's budget. If no agreement is found by mid-next week, the EU budget will have to be rolled over on a monthly basis, which would pose problems for some EU-funded programmes, notably aid for farmers.
A group of Baltic farmers protested in front of the parliament on Wednesday, demanding more subsidies to offset a Russian import ban on EU fruit and vegetables and expressing concern over a possible budget blockade.
The 'cautious optimism' about a last-minute deal stems from one issue having been cleared up: the British and Dutch "corrections" to the EU budget, based on adjustments to the gross national income (GNI).
The Dutch government has agreed to pay its share by the end of December, while the UK will pay in July and September 2015, after its rebate is calculated in May.
Some countries have already paid their adjustments, to the tune of €3.3 billion in total, with the commission already redistributing €300 million to member states like Denmark, who are set to be compensated for having paid too much over the years.
"The corrections issue is now a constructive force in the debate," one EU official said.
But the more contentious issue for next year's budget is a huge backlog of unpaid bills from the so-called cohesion programme, which distributes billions to poorer EU member states for infrastructure projects.
Under its latest proposal tabled last week, the EU commission is asking member states to approve at least €4bn for these unpaid bills, so that the €28 billion backlog is stabilised and does not balloon further.
The European Parliament, for its part, wants to narrow the gap between what the EU 'commits' to pay next year and what it actually pays.
The new draft budget announced last week by the EU executive foresees €145.2 billion in commitments and €141.3 billion in payments, lower than the commission's original proposal, but still a 0.7 percent increase on spending in 2014 to cover for part of the unpaid bills.
To the UK and "a large number of other countries", this is still unacceptable, as they want to limit spending at €140 billion, while the European Parliament is demanding at least €4 billion "over-the-ceiling" emergency spending for the unpaid bills.
Talks are set to resume over the next days with the aim of reaching an agreement by mid-next week.
EU commission proposes €141bn budget in last-minute talks
Ministers face new battle over next year's EU budget
Brussels offers interest-free delays for EU budget top-ups
EU tables €144bn spending plan for 2016
EU budget will not be affected by UK referendum
The new figure is designed to help clinch a 2015 budget deal with MEPs and EU states, as the clock ticks on a 17 December deadline.
Finance ministers meet in Brussels on Friday as EU lawmakers face another race against time to agree on 2015 spending plans.
The EU commission Wednesday proposed new rules to relax its budget top-up regime, after howls of complaint from the UK and the Netherlands over a 1 December deadline.
28. May 2015, 08:45
EU spending will total €143.5 billion in 2016 under budget plans tabled by the European Commission on Wednesday (27 May).
The draft EU budget for 2017 aims to spend more on migration, security and unemployment, while Brexit will not impact the EU coffers for now.
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Published on Mar 3, 2014 at 8:44 am in Nursing Home Abuse.
Seniors work hard to save for their retirement years, and often live on tight budgets to ensure their standard of living. Sadly, financial scammers are out there at work designing schemes targeted specifically to this group.
Asking you to pay for something you've won – The most popular version of this scam is a caller saying you've won a lottery or an inheritance, and that you need to pay some small fee to secure it. Always say no. This also applies to paying for something you didn't order – such as an outfit sending you a book you didn't order, and you feel like doing the "right thing" and paying for it if you keep it. The problem is, they can use your payment data (card info or checking account).
Grandparent scam – This is prevalent now all over the country. Someone will call in distress, claiming to be your grandchild who needs emergency money. They ask you not to tell their parents because they don't want to get into trouble with them. An all-too-plausible story, which is why it works.
Fake computer virus – This one also works because it sounds plausible. Someone will call your home pretending to be from Microsoft or a different computer company. They tell you that your computer has a virus and if you log onto a certain site, they can get rid of it for you. Once they get you to log onto their site, you've given them access to the contents of your computer, including personal and financial information stored on it.
Home repair scam – These scammers will either call you or come to the door, saying they've noticed some part of your home needs repair – maybe the roof or a broken tree limb. They sound and look respectable – but they try to get money for repairs you don't need or start a job and don't finish it. It is best just to say no, but if you're wondering if they might be legitimate, have a response ready like, "I'll take your card and talk it over with my daughter/son or lawyer." The goal is to make them believe you have a support system nearby who will help you keep a look out for scams.
Medical device scam – These folks will call and tell you about some kind of special deal on popular medical equipment for home use. Once you express interest, they ask you to make a deposit and/or give them your Medicaid number. Never fall for this – the product will never come, and you risk not only the money you paid for a deposit, but they now have some of your personal and financial information.
Most of these scams succeed because you don't have a way to verify the business. Experts recommend putting a note by your phone to remind yourself not to give out personal information. No matter how believable they sound, always get their name and number and hang up so you can talk it over with someone you trust. If they pressure you to act now or won't give you their information, that's a sure sign to hang up. | {
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"2 sets of French doors and windows on all sides provide gorgeous light and views in every direction."
This renovated 4-bedroom, 3-and-a-half-bath home is situated on a lush half-acre on the edge of East Hampton village. Conveniently located within walking distance of the train, the residence offers unparalleled privacy, plentiful space for entertaining indoors and out. The 3,100-square-foot traditional home features soaring ceilings and light-filled rooms. The lofted entry hall leads to an impressive, cathedral-ceilinged great room warmed by a stone fireplace. 2 sets of French doors and windows on all sides provide gorgeous light and views in every direction. The impressive open-plan kitchen is as functional as it is attractive, with a multitude of modern conveniences perfectly suited for entertaining. It is outfitted with the best appliances -- Wolf range, Viking refrigerator and 2 Bosch dishwashers -- plus a massive granite island providing additional breakfast bar seating, storage and a convenient prep sink. The eat-in kitchen is perfect for casual entertaining and family relaxation. Here, you're bathed in sunshine from windows on every exposure, including clerestory windows highlighting the room's high ceilings, and French doors leading to the backyard. Upstairs, the generously sized master bedroom features ample storage and glass doors onto a small deck providing the ideal spot to enjoy treetop views with your morning coffee. Each of the home's three additional bedrooms are nicely sized and beautifully lit from windows on 2 exposures. In the expansive backyard you'll find sprawling lawns, mature trees, multiple seating and deck areas, and a custom heated swimming pool. Central air and heat, a full basement and 1-car garage round out the property's full suite of amenities. 9 Sunset Lane is conveniently located a half-mile to the Village and less than 2 miles to the beach. | {
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Celebrate UCI's got star power this year – Peter the Anteater.
Voted the National Champion Mascot on Mashable, in conjunction with the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, Peter has been enjoying a celebrity run with appearances on "Conan" and in print media, including Rolling Stone.
At Celebrate UCI, set for 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, Peter will help dedicate UCI's first hydrogen-powered bus and will pose for photos with the Jr. Anteater kid's club at 12:30 p.m. and a youth community group at 1 p.m. He'll also attend the baseball game against UC Davis, which starts at 1 p.m. The game is scheduled to be televised on ESPN3, giving the much-beloved furry mascot another shot at national attention. | {
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Together, we can be a compelling force for good in the world.
We hope to create change worldwide and in our own neighborhood. While we could "be about" a hundred causes, we leverage our resources carefully, we simplify, and we zero in on just a few important things. Below are photos and links to learn more about the partnerships through which we are making an impact here in Canton and around the globe.
Once a month, we get the chance to serve alongside this incredible organization meeting the needs of people facing tough times.
For more than 30 years Lifeline Christian Mission has been restoring hope by meeting the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world while carrying out the Great Commission to go make followers of Jesus.
We partner with Brad and Susan Hammond and Sonlight Ministries as they reach and train Haitian people to reach and train others for the kingdom of God by effectively communicating the gospel through lifestyle and words.
Mashoko Christian Hospital, is a medical facility led by Dr. Zindoga Bungu that provides care for 60,000 patients, trains and sponsors new nurses and doctors, and develops churches and leaders in Zimbabwe Africa. Everyone who's trained and cared for at Mashoko has the opportunity to hear the gospel.
For 20 years, Gene and Melba Morden have worked with Christian Missionary Fellowship to bring clean water and the hope of Jesus to the Turkana people of Kenya. Their work to bring wider access to food and water is significantly contributing to the declining death rate and increasing levels of education of the Turkana peoples.
For over 20 years, Common Goods has operated out of First Christian Church in Canton, Ohio. We clothe and feed hundreds of families each month as part of our commitment to make an impact for Jesus.
Since 1985, Pregnancy Choices (formerly Pregnancy Support Center) has provided members of our community with support and education in the matters of crisis pregnancy, sexual lifestyle, and sanctity of human life from a Biblical worldview.
The Christian Children's Home of Ohio exists to bring healing to hurting children and families in Jesus' name. They provide growth and enrichment opportunities for kids in foster care, and assist in foster and adoption services throughout Ohio.
Round Lake Christian Camp is a unique place where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is experienced. They provide provide summer camps, year-round retreats, and rentals for private retreats.
Canton Christian Home is a faith based retirement community offering Independent, Assisted and Nursing Care living options. They exist to empower seniors to live life fully, continuing to impact their world and enjoy the endless adventure of the Christian life.
Cincinnati Christian University, founded in 1924, has a mission to develop students into selfless, well-rounded leaders who follow Christ and positively impact their community, country and world.
Kentucky Christian University, founded in 1919, exists to engage students in a transformative educational experience that equips them as effective Christian professionals providing servant leadership for the church and society. | {
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It is vital for everyone residing in high crime areas to get the security devices because it is with no doubt that crimes will be witnessed more frequently. To keep all your belonging secured, install the home surveillance system, and you will never be worried about might happen when you are and not around your home or business firm. It helps also minimize the costs of paying your premiums for insuring the premise against any losses of theft, in fact, it is not necessary to purchase n insurance cover when you have that security. Learn more from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxl1dePa3rY. | {
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Is Obama Squandering the Dems' Advantage on Medicare?
Siddhartha Mahanta
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Back in April, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) gift-wrapped a sure-fire, can't-lose campaign talking point for endangered Democrats: the Path to Prosperity, Ryan's "mature" budget proposal, which cut some $4.3 trillion in spending—mostly from programs benefitting the poor and middle class—while preserving the disastrous Bush tax cuts for the rich and privatizing Medicare by transforming it into a voucher program that would eventually shift much of program's cost onto seniors.
That last bit didn't go over so well. After the measure's introduction, GOP lawmakers who supported it were met with strident protest in their home districts. The lesson: Medicare, as it currently exists, is quite popular. That left Democrats chomping at the bit to pummel Republicans over their "courageous" votes for Ryancare in the run-up to next year's election.
So recent reports that the White House is prepared to curb entitlements—specifically by boosting the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67 as part of a deal to increase the debt ceiling—is raising the ire of top Democrats charged with helping the party take back the House and maintain its tenuous majority in the upper chamber. Curbing Medicare eligibility and throwing seniors into the wilderness of the private market would effectively surrender an electoral advantage signed, sealed, and delivered by Paul Ryan.
From the The Washington Post's Greg Sargent:
"We shouldn't be giving away our advantage on Medicare," said a source familiar with [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Sen. Patty Murray]'s thinking, in characterizing her objections in private meetings. "We should be very careful about giving away the biggest advantage we've had as Democrats in some time."
"For the first time in the past two and a half years we have an unmitigated advantage on a single issue where our entire caucus is united," the source continues. "This is a case where the whole morale of our party was lifted by the fact that we were taking the fight to Republicans."
The Obama administration's sudden concession on including Medicare cuts as part of a "grand bargain" to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit complicates things in the here and now, too. Democratic challengers for House seats, Sargent reports, have already begun campaigning against the Republicans' Medicare plan.
The GOP can't seem to quit the young, ambitious, visionary, Reaganesque Ryan, pasting him front and center on recent fundraising blasts. Those blasts, though, make no mention of Ryan budget plan. That means that even as the GOP accepts the obvious—that the Path to Prosperity is also the Path to Electoral Defeat—the White House appears ready to tempt electoral fate and throw away a rare "unmitigated advantage."
The Right
What's Happening With the Debt Ceiling Explained
—By the Mother Jones reporting staff
Rep. Ryan Quiet on His Own Medicare Plan
David Corn
Quote of the Day: Obama's Plan to Ruin Medicare
The Dems' Plan B for Medicare
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Giving back is a way of life for this non-profit CEO
Kevin D. Thompson
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Special callings happen for all sorts of reasons.
For Matt Constantine, it was being raised by a single father — and devout Catholic — who had an unbridled passion for social justice. That means, from age 7 after his mom died, Constantine learned the importance of volunteering and giving back to those less fortunate — especially to families in dire straits.
It's a lesson Constantine, now 44 and living in Lake Worth, learned well. For the past two years, Constantine has been the Chief Executive Officer of Adopt-A-Family of The Palm Beaches, a nonprofit that helps cash-strapped families and their children get back on their feet by offering a number of services.
Question: You've been with Adopt-A-Family for 14 years. How did you get involved and why have you stayed so long?
Answer: I applied for a case manager position in early 2001. I studied sociology and always knew this was a place where I was headed. I got the job and I was immediately drawn to the fact that we were helping families. That impressed me then and that still impresses me to this day.
Q: You've worked your way up the ladder. How has that been?
A: I've had great mentors. The agency grew as I was being exposed to all this different roles. When I felt as though I was hitting a wall with a position, a new opportunity presented itself.
Q: What are some of the services the agency provides?
A: We provide service in three tiers — families who are homeless, families at risk to becoming homeless and a program aimed for kids. We offer housing and such supportive services as social- and health-management workers. We try to wrap around the entire picture of what's going on with that family so we can offer a solution.
Q: What is the most challenging part of your job?
A: I had a new set of pressures trying to learn how to work with our board of directors and various subcommittees. It's been a challenge for me to grow into that and a steep learning curve.
Q: In 22 years, how has the organization's mission changed?
A: The mission has stayed the same, but the method on how to achieve that message has changed. Over the years, there have been things outside of our control — the cost of housing, the rise of homelessness — we had to react to. We found one of the most supportive services we can offer is an affordable housing unit. In 1983, we would work with families, get them back to school and let them take off on their own. That has become increasingly difficult because of the cost of housing.
Q: How often do you work with Lake Worth families?
A: A ton. I would estimate at least 25 to 35 percent of the families we serve are from Lake Worth. We've become a proud member of this city and always have been welcomed with open arms.
Have a Lake Worth issue you'd like to see The Post tackle, or a story idea? Contact Kevin D. Thompson at 561-820-4573 or [email protected]. | {
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