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Dec 15, 2008
Lifestyle - Carnatic music & Teamplay
Carnatic music is all about team play, it’s about give and take between the players on stage, it’s about sharing etc. These are the expressions that are regularly heard from all of us carnatic musicians and it is true to a large extent. At the same time, there are a lot of inequalities, power games and irresponsible behaviour that takes place both on and off stage that go unnoticed and are today even accepted by all of us.
Yes, a concert is team play and the main singer or main performer is like the captain of a ship but does the captain exploit his position? Yes, he does. Right through the years, the main artist (this is an expression many accompanists don’t like) have used their position as the central figure in a concert to undermine the accompanists.
We, as the main performers, can easily prepare what we want to sing and throw it as a surprise to the violinist just to make him/her look incompetent. I am not saying here that surprises or challenges are not good; in fact they are important in bringing new ideas on stage, they add to the creativity on stage. It’s only when such things are planned just to bring down another person on stage that we find it difficult to accept. It’s the intention behind these actions that are a problem. This has happened before and is happening even today. We sing a complicated pallavi, a rare raga or extensive mathematical calculations (which can be easily prepared in advance) and sometimes the accompanist does find it difficult to cope, not because they are incapable, but the thought process in the mind takes a while for the transfer to the hand. Some of us make sure a mistake is committed, keep on singing complicated ideas until the point that the accompanist makes the mistake and then, of course, a smile of victory. Most accompanists actually need to be much more equipped than the singers. They must have such a strong grounding that they can respond to various styles, attitudes and requirements, yet we play mind games with them. Sometimes we make mistakes and give the accompanist an angry look as if to infer that the mistake came from them. This is disgraceful. So is this really team play? Are we really partners? I don’t know, but when we display such attitudes I find this whole team play concept a little utopian.
Financial imbalances
I wonder what the situation was in the past. From what we hear from many senior musicians, this was not the case before. The accompanists of yesteryears were paid in reasonable parity to the main performers. So why has it changed today? I think it has because carnatic music today is “main performer centric”. Very few people, both in the audience and among organisers, really understand the contribution of the accompanists to the concert. In the past organisers used to demand that they will have a certain singer only with a certain accompanist. Therefore they were aware. Today this hardly happens — probably in a few places but too few. Many times the hotels that are provided for the main performer are of a higher class than that of the accompanists. Cars of a better class are given to the main performer. This is as discriminatory as it can get and we don’t complain. We are as much party to this as anyone else. Therefore, the main performer is all who matters . This has to change. We cannot produce music alone, it is enhanced and embellished tremendously by our accompanists and we need the humility to accept it. There is also an urgent need for the audience and organisers to educate themselves so that they can understand the dynamics better.
I have discussed this with many accompanying artists but their attitude has been “very few main performers or organisers care, nobody will do anything”. This is a completely defeatist attitude. If all the artists come together and say that they will not perform unless a certain basic level of remuneration or travel and stay comforts are provided, it will find takers. In the long run, we all want great musicians on stage, so it will happen. People will care. I am sure everyone will rally around such a move in time.
Not devoid of blame
Sometimes accompanying artists also act in a manner that hurts sabha aficionados and singers. I have been told some artists have claimed charges for a higher class ticket on the train but actually travel by a lower class. Even better, accompanying musicians have told the singers that they are returning to Chennai the very night after the concert in a certain city but actually stayed back for another concert. These actions may be primarily because there is a feeling that they do not get what is due to them but at the same time, such things only make artists and organisers feel cheated.
Violin artists too have many such attitudes that affect the harmony. It’s an accepted norm that the length of the violin alapana is about sixty per cent in length of the singer’s but we do find that some people don’t really care much about this and in turn affect the concert. Some, while following the singer during an alapana, seem totally disinterested or play in an intrusive manner. Of course, all accompanists who accompany an artist don’t necessarily have to like the main performer’s music but there must be respect for music . If this is lacking then it gets very difficult. Many a time, they are just waiting for their solo turn. A concert is not a competition please, let’s not reduce it to that.
Some mrudangam artists sometimes play a different game. Many times the upapakkavadyam i.e. kanjira, ghatam or moharsing artist will be practically sitting for about one and half hours in a concert as he or she has been instructed by the mrudangam artist to play only when told. That is fine but if they are never told to play? Then? Why have them at all, might as well not have an upapakkavadyam.
The upapakkavadyam artists too are no angels. There are many cases where they accept two concerts on the same evening with hardly a gap of 10 minutes between them, knowing very well that they cannot reach the second venue in time. This means either they join the concert later on stage (this has happened to me) or they request the other artists to delay the start. This attitude is just not acceptable. Again, the reason for accepting so many concerts may be financial but this is not the way to solve that problem. There is also the issue of many ghatam artists not bringing a ghatam in the appropriate sruti. It is difficult to get ghatams for exact srutis but if they try and enquire in advance then they can make sure the ghatam is in tune. There are some artists who do this. A new menace nowadays is the cell phone. There are artists who send smses from the stage while the artists are singing an alapana. This is absolutely obnoxious, to use a mild term. So, obviously they don’t think they are an integral requirement in a concert which is a sad attitude to have. “Anyway there is a mrudangam to take care of things, I am only an addition”. If they themselves have such a casual attitude towards their role, how can they ever expect better stature etc. In my opinion any artist found doing this must be asked to leave the stage immediately by the other musicians.
You may wonder and say these things exist everywhere… Why make a big issue? Yes, it’s true they do exist everywhere but that does not make it right. Also I have found that they don’t seem to go away, and many artists of the coming generations are practising similar attitudes which only affects carnatic music. All of us make mistakes and ignore them thinking, so what? but don’t realise that many times these are carried on from generation to generation, ultimately settling in as accepted practice.
All these inequalities are probably only aberrations but I find it hard to believe that they will go away unless we all come together and feel the necessity. We, the main performers, must realise that we are all in it together to produce quality music, we should ensure that all the wonderful artists we play with are with us on and off stage, which means we take responsibility for them, if needed. Similarly I think accompanists also need to have a much more responsible attitude towards a concert. If we can all work towards this we will ensure that ultimately, the best music is produced with the most harmonious attitude. I am not asking for utopia but I am hoping for responsibility from all concerned.
Ultimately music is greater than all of us.
Anonymous said...
I'm a newbie to the carnatic music world. Nice to read about the salary discrimation issue in here too.
I wonder how much the vocalist get payment for one kucheri? just curious.
Nice reivew
Anonymous said...
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Comprehensive Streaming Solutions for Radio Broadcasters
Here is a list of common problems:
The player says 'No Stream'
This usually means the player is ready but it is not receiving one. Causes are:
• The stream is DOWN - the broadcaster might have a power or internet outage, computer issues, or they might be playing audio that cannot be streamed over the internet, etc.
• Something on your network or computer is blocking the stream
Please note, if you have been able to listen to the stream recently, and nothing on your system has changed, the most likely cause for the No Stream message is that the stream is down.
If you are on a network where the network administrator could have blocked streaming, or restricted the bandwidth available for streaming, please contact them.
Why is the stream choppy or buffering?
• Your Internet connection is too slow or is cutting out. Common symptoms are constant buffering and disconnects. Call your Internet Service Provider and have them check your line if you believe this to be the problem.
• Bandwidth limitation on your network. This could be a company security or bandwidth-usage policy. It could also mean that your network is busy with file transfers or downloads. If you are in an office please check with your administrator.
• Computer memory is low.
Why do the same audio ads keep playing?
Due to some legal obligations, some radio ads cannot be streamed over the Internet. To accomplish this, we replace these ads with PSAs (Public Service Announcements) or other ads. Sometimes there are not enough ads to generate a wide enough selection so you hear each ad a lot. If you are hearing the same ads frequently, please notify the station.
Does the player work with mobile devices?
If the station has a mobile stream available, clicking on the listen live link should send you right to it on most smart phones. If you are not getting a stream, you can also check if the station has a custom app available.
It says Playing but I don't hear anything?
The first thing to check is if you can hear other sounds on your computer. If not, please check your volume levels and speaker connections. If you can hear other sounds, it's possible the station is not sending audio.
Why is the radio broadcast ahead of the Internet stream?
The Internet stream is usually delayed between 5 seconds and 220 seconds. This is due to regular Internet traffic delays.
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Winter Garden Fox Candle Tin
Winter Garden Fox Candle Tin
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-Art by Flora Waycott
-Soy wax.
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Real Threat to Arab Countries Is from Within
The real threat to all Arab regimes and governments emanates from their having relied for their “security” or “stability” more on foreign powers or oil income than on the consent, participation, and validation of their own citizens.
The short and easy answer to that question is: No. They certainly do not have the capacity to dominate the Arab World; if they have the desire to do so, they are probably naïve. Turkey, Iran, and Israel’s relations with different parts of our region over time suggest several important realities: that these non-Arab powers have a combination of good and bad relations with Arab countries, and these ties constantly evolve over time.
Turkey enjoyed a decade of healthy and expanding trade, tourism, and political relations with most Arab states, but now it suffers problematic relations with some key countries, like Syria and Iraq. This is often due to the impact of Kurdish national aspirations, and Ankara has become militarily involved inside both Arab neighbors. In recent years Turkey suffered the ire of rich or powerful Arab states like Egypt and Saudi Arabia because of its support for Muslim Brotherhood groups that were threatening to assume power in some countries through democratic elections. That has changed, as Turkey and Saudi Arabia now speak of joint military action against Syria and possible partnering with Egypt and others to form a pan-Islamic military force to fight terror threats in the region.
Israel similarly goes through cycles of sentimental and strategic desires to have good ties with Arab countries. The latest version of this is for Israel and conservative Arab governments in the Gulf Cooperation Council to normalize ties, on the assumption that they both share long-term strategic threats from such forces as “Islamic State” (ISIS), Arab popular revolutions, or shattered countries that are replaced by a patchwork of Islamist or tribal militias. Some conservative Arab states in turn might panic and feel that strategic ties to Israel could offer them the protection that they fear they might not enjoy in the long run from a fickle United States.
Most of these ideas are fanciful, but they are not new. Every few decades, Israelis imagine that they can normalize relations with Arab states on the basis of the cold calculations of national strategic interests. This idea always crashes on the realization that Arab societies are not prepared to have normal ties with Israel while Zionist policies continue to colonize Arab lands and maintain the Palestinians in a state of occupation, subjugation, refugeehood and forced exile.
Iran for its part also has erratic relations with Arab people and governments. This often reflects historical tensions between Arabs and Persians, but also is due to contemporary concerns by some Arabs that Iran meddles in their internal affairs by manipulating Shiite Arab communities. Saudi Arabia now leads a serious ideological and military effort to thwart alleged Iranian desires to control Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen through its ties to governments or Shiite communities there. Most well informed people I consult in this region and abroad see the Arab fears of Iranian hegemonic aims as wildly exaggerated. But it is also clear that many Arabs genuinely oppose and actively resist Iranian connections with various Arab government, or groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Despite these realities, we often hear expressions of Arab concerns that new conspiracies are afoot by regional and foreign powers to dominate and reconfigure the Arab world. I suspect that the real issue that matters here is not the aim in Arab lands of Turkey, Iran, Israel, the United States, Russia or anyone else. It is rather what this tells us about the weaknesses of Arab societies that generate their sense of vulnerability to more powerful foreign powers that might dominate or even control them.
The bottom line is that such fears are the imaginings of insecure and politically immature Arabs, whose vulnerabilities actually stem more from their own lack of domestic consensus and citizen-based stability than from any external danger. The real threat to all Arab regimes and governments in the past century emanates from their having relied for their “security” or “stability” more on foreign powers or oil income than on the consent, participation, and validation of their own citizens. This makes it easy for powers like Turkey, Iran, and Israel to engage with slightly panicked Arab governments that desperately seek protection from any available external source rather than from the solidarity of their own people. It also allows foreigners to exploit the fears of Arab citizens who want to challenge their own states by drawing on external assistance. We do have a security problem in the Arab region, and it mainly emanates from within us.
Copyright ©2016 Rami G. Khouri — distributed by Agence Global
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Pros and Cons of Low Cost Franchises
I am often asked by interested clients about the cost of franchise opportunities and where to start looking. Before they consider price as a starting point, I strongly suggest that they spend time reflecting on WHY you want to own a franchise and write down your reasons – most folks have three or four compelling reasons. This will be far more important than the price. For example, “making lots of money” is not a strong reason. It is an outcome of your efforts. You’ll have to dig deeper than that! Matching your unique skills and personality to a business model that requires those specific skill sets is far more important than anything else – period!
However, price consideration is a high priority for most. The real question behind the “how much” price question is how best can I manage risk? Clients are really asking for insight to:
1. How long to breakeven?
2. How long before I can start paying myself?
Pros and consLow cost franchise opportunities can be a double edged sword. If I buy a franchise that is low cost, how much support will I actually receive from the franchisor. What level of training will they provide? Will the training last long after I open my doors or will it evaporate shortly after opening. What is the sophistication of their marketing program – in other words, how strong is the customer acquisition and customer retention program? As we all know, without customers your success rate will be challenged.
Many are attracted to franchising because they don’t have to reinvent the systems that most small business startups lack. The franchisor has likely developed and refined many of their processes reducing administrative tasks allowing you, as the business owner, to focus on driving sales. Good systems cost money.
The flip side to that is how entrepreneurial are you? Some are interested in finding a franchise that allows them a fair amount of latitude to operate. They don’t want to be “pigeon holed” into a box. They seek freedom to operate and the autonomy to set their own schedule. Flexibility is an important criteria and often ranks higher than money.
From a banking perspective, when your small business managers evaluate a business plan, they will place a heavy weighting on how sophisticated the franchisor’s systems & processes are and the track record of the franchise. Banks, much like most business owners, are looking at ways of reducing their risk and having proven systems in place are an important consideration.
I have seen franchise fees as low as $15,000 that offer incredible value to their franchisees providing the continuous support setting them up for long term success while noting other more expensive franchise fees that offer very little long term value to their franchisees. Understanding the value proposition is a critical element to moving forward with your research of that particular franchise.
When looking at the cost of a franchise, ask yourself, what support do I get for my franchise fees and royalties and how will that address my original risk questions; How long to breakeven and the timeline to when you can start paying yourself.
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Pre-action dry pipe fire sprinklers versus wet pipe sprinklers
A reader wrote in wanting to know if pre-action dry pipe was still the standard in the data center. Expert Lance Harry responds.
Our fire professionals recommend wet pipe sprinklers over pre-action dry pipe primarily for reliability considerations. In the dry pipe case the advantage is elimination of accidental discharge due to accidental damage to a head. However, that rarely occurs, in fact. On the other hand, the incidents of pre-action systems not working due to maintenance and other system complexity issues is their downfall. Is there a movement towards...
wet pipe installations in data centers, or is pre-action dry pipe still the standard?
This is an interesting question which can be evaluated in a number of ways. In my opinion, the predominant fire protection systems in a high value asset environment are dry pipe, pre-action sprinklers, OR clean agent / gaseous systems. The use of wet pipe systems in a data center facility does occur, but I would say in most cases, was installed many years ago when the technology for use of either clean agents or pre-action sprinklers was not nearly as reliable as it is today. Specifically, the use of smoke detection plays a key role in both types of systems.
Smoke detection technology today is both exponentially more reliable and more economical than it was just 10-15 years ago. When smoke detection works properly and smoke is detected, a dry pipe pre-action system essentially becomes a wet pipe system.
The decision to use any given system mentioned generally comes down to an evaluation of risk versus cost.
Generically speaking, its reasonable to say that:
• Wet sprinklers involve the highest level of facility risk due to response from heat only (not smoke) and because of the risk associated with water in the piping 100% of the time. Wet pipe sprinklers will generally be the most economical system of the three.
• Dry pipe, pre-action sprinklers involve a moderate level of risk because it is still a water based system, and still does not initiate discharge until heat at each head is well beyond what would cause damage to equipment. Maintenance required is a bit more and the systems are generally more complex. Risk is mitigated to some extent because of the multiple actions required BEFORE water is actually discharged, thus minimizing potential accidental discharges or maintenance mishaps. Pre-action systems are more costly than wet pipe systems but slightly more economical than clean agent systems.
• Clean agent systems involve the lowest level of risk to the facility due to their quick response activation upon SMOKE detection (not heat detection) which can be magnitudes more sensitive than heat detection. The agent itself also causes no damage or clean up in the facility. The cost of clean agent systems will be slightly more than pre-action systems.
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Is Raw Spinach Bad For You?
Short answer
Raw spinach is not generally bad for you. Some people may suffer adverse symptoms as a result of certain conditions they may have, but a healthy human body is more than capable of dealing with the consumption of raw spinach. Not to mention there are many health benefits to be had.
Long answer
Spinach has seen something of a renaissance in the last few years. This is primarily due to the popularity of the green juice movement advocated by healthy eating foodies. Many people following the raw food diet drink foods like spinach and kale in their raw form to ensure that they are getting their required intake of nutrients.
This begs the question: Can consuming raw spinach be bad for you?
First off, the good news. As we’ve just mentioned, spinach is incredibly rich in a wide variety of nutrients. At the top of the list is potassium, which is essential for many bodily functions including maintaining blood pressure, water balance, and nervous system health. Raw spinach is also rich in vitamins A and C - both are essential to the immune system and help to prevent us from picking up illnesses.
Pregnant women benefit enormously from spinach as it provides a considerable amount of folate which ensures healthy cell growth. There is also substantial evidence to suggest that folate can help alleviate mental illnesses like depression and anxiety.
Manganese, magnesium, and calcium all play an essential part in bone health, so regular intake of spinach will ensure that you reduce the risk of bone diseases like osteoporosis and osteopenia.
Finally, spinach contains copious amounts of lutein, a pigment that enables you to retain healthy eyes and has been proven to slow down the onset of age-related macular degeneration.
So what are the downsides of eating raw spinach?
E. coli is the most common risk associated with raw spinach consumption. Washing the spinach greatly reduces this risk, but if you are unlucky enough to eat contaminated spinach, it will most likely result in food poisoning. Cooking the spinach is the only surefire way to eliminate any bacteria contamination, however, this can also reduce the nutritional content - which is why many choose to eat raw spinach in the first place.
Spinach also contains high amounts oxalic acid which can, in some cases, have a detrimental effect on your kidneys. Oxalates can bind with calcium, which over time can build up and result in kidney stones. Most healthy bodies can naturally get rid of oxalic acid during the digestion process, but if you have a history of kidney stones in your family, it is worth keeping your consumption of raw spinach to a minimum.
Alongside kidney problems, research suggests that there may be a link between oxalates and autism. People on the autistic spectrum have reported a worsening of particular symptoms when they introduce too much oxalate into their body.
In summary:
Raw spinach does come with its risks. However, many of these adverse effects are a result of health implications from which you may already suffer. If you have any of the conditions mentioned in this article, then it is advisable to eat raw spinach sparingly. That said, spinach is not bad for you. There is a whole host of nutritional benefits to be had from raw spinach, so don’t be afraid to consume in moderation.
Possible short-term side effects
• cramps
• diarrhea
• gastroenteritis
Possible long-term side effects
• kidney stones
• worsening of symptoms for people on the autistic spectrum
Ingredients to be aware of
• bacteria
• oxalic acid
• vitamin k (can be problematic if you are taking a blood thinner)
• retains more nutritional value than cooked spinach
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package org.apache.bookkeeper.tools.perf.dlog;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import org.apache.bookkeeper.common.net.ServiceURI;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
import org.apache.distributedlog.DLSN;
import org.apache.distributedlog.LogRecordWithDLSN;
import org.apache.distributedlog.api.DistributedLogManager;
import org.apache.distributedlog.api.LogReader;
import org.apache.distributedlog.api.namespace.Namespace;
/**
* A perf reader to evaluate read performance.
*/
@Slf4j
public class PerfReader extends PerfReaderBase {
PerfReader(ServiceURI serviceURI, Flags flags) {
super(serviceURI, flags);
}
@Override
protected void execute(Namespace namespace) throws Exception {
List<Pair<Integer, DistributedLogManager>> managers = new ArrayList<>(flags.numLogs);
for (int i = 0; i < flags.numLogs; i++) {
String logName = String.format(flags.logName, i);
managers.add(Pair.of(i, namespace.openLog(logName)));
}
log.info("Successfully open {} logs", managers.size());
// register shutdown hook to aggregate stats
Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
isDone.set(true);
printAggregatedStats(cumulativeRecorder);
}));
ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(flags.numThreads);
try {
for (int i = 0; i < flags.numThreads; i++) {
final int idx = i;
final List<DistributedLogManager> logsThisThread = managers
.stream()
.filter(pair -> pair.getLeft() % flags.numThreads == idx)
.map(pair -> pair.getRight())
.collect(Collectors.toList());
executor.submit(() -> {
try {
read(logsThisThread);
} catch (Exception e) {
log.error("Encountered error at writing records", e);
}
});
}
log.info("Started {} write threads", flags.numThreads);
reportStats();
} finally {
executor.shutdown();
if (!executor.awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
executor.shutdownNow();
}
managers.forEach(manager -> manager.getRight().asyncClose());
}
}
void read(List<DistributedLogManager> logs) throws Exception {
log.info("Read thread started with : logs = {}",
logs.stream().map(l -> l.getStreamName()).collect(Collectors.toList()));
List<LogReader> readers = logs.stream()
.map(manager -> {
try {
return manager.openLogReader(DLSN.InitialDLSN);
} catch (IOException e) {
log.error("Failed to open reader for log stream {}", manager.getStreamName(), e);
throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
}
})
.collect(Collectors.toList());
final int numLogs = logs.size();
while (true) {
for (int i = 0; i < numLogs; i++) {
LogRecordWithDLSN record = readers.get(i).readNext(true);
if (null != record) {
recordsRead.increment();
bytesRead.add(record.getPayloadBuf().readableBytes());
}
}
}
}
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Histone deacetylase inhibitors up-regulate LL-37 expression independent of toll-like receptor mediated signalling in airway epithelial cells
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Journal of Inflammation201310:15
• Received: 22 July 2012
• Accepted: 3 April 2013
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HDAC inhibitors have been proposed as anticancer agents. However, their roles in innate genes expression remain not well known. Cathelicidin LL-37 is one of the few human bactericidal peptides, but the regulation of histone acetylation on LL-37 expression in airway epithelium remains largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated the effects of two non-selective HDACi, trichostatin A (TSA) and sodium butyrate (SB), on the expression of the cathelicidin LL-37 in human airway epithelial cells. LL37 in human NCI-H292 airway epithelial cells and the primary cultures of normal nasal epithelial cells(PNEC) in response to HDAC inhibitors with or without poly (I:C) stimulation was assessed using real-time PCR and western blot. In parallel, IL-6 expression was evaluated by ELISA. Our results showed that HDAC inhibitors up-regulated LL-37 gene expression independent of poly (I:C) stimulation in PNEC as well as in NCI-H292 cells. HDAC inhibitors increased LL37 protein expression in NCI-H292 cells but not in PNEC. In addition, HDAC inhibitors significantly inhibited poly (I:C)-induced IL-6 production in both of the epithelial cells. In conclusion, HDAC inhibitors directly up-regulated LL-37 gene expression in human airway epithelial cells.
• Epigenetics
• Innate immunity
• Histone
• Deacetylation
• Toll-like receptor
• Cathelicidins
Recent studies suggest that epigenetics have an important role in regulating innate immunity and that the manifestation and severity of diseases may be influenced by epigenetic factors. Epigenetic modifications play an important role in the regulation of gene expression and a common mechanism in epigenetics is the control of the accessibility of the transcriptional machinery to promoter and enhancer elements in the genome. Histone modification through reversible acetylation is a crucial event in gene transcription regulation [13]. The net state of histone acetylation is regulated by the opposing actions of histone acetyltransferases(HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs). Small changes in the HAT/HDAC balance could affect transcription of many inflammatory genes, potentially having a profound effect on the initiation and duration of inflammatory responses [4, 5]. Yin et al[6] reported on bacteria-specific innate immune responses via epigenetic regulation in gingival epithelial cells.
The respiratory epithelium is an important interface with the environment and it is now well accepted that the epithelium is not only just a physical barrier, but plays an active role in innate and adaptive immunity [7]. Antibacterial peptides are an integral part of the epithelial defence barrier that provides immediate protection against infection. Cathelicidins are a family of antimicrobial peptides and LL-37, the only cathelicidin in humans, plays a critical role in the defension of epithelium against the microorganism and is produced by neutrophils, macrophages, and various epithelial cells as well [8].
Increasing evidence suggests that HDAC inhibitors down-regulated the expression of numerous host defense genes including pattern recognition receptors and cytokines. In this study, we wanted to explore the effect of HDAC inhibitors on the expression of LL-37 in airway epithelium in the context of the viral double-stranded RNA-mimic poly(I:C).
Materials and methods
Bronchial Epithelial Basal Medium (BEBM) with Bronchial Epithelial Growth Media(BEGM) SingleQuots were purchased from Lonza Walkersville, Inc. Poly(I:C), TSA, sodium butyrate, L-glutamine, pronase (type XIV protease) and 0.25% trypsin-0.02% EDTA were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co (St Louis, MO, USA). NCI-H292 human airway epithelial cells were purchased from American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA and Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS). Anti-Cathelicidin antibody was purchased from Abcam. Beta-actin antibody and HRP-linked antibody were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology. Fetal bovine serum, penicillin and streptomycin were purchased from HyClone (Logan, UT, USA). RPMI 1640 and trizol medium were purchased from Life Technologies, Inc., Gaitersburg, MD, USA. Cell Counting Kit 8 was purchased from Dojindo (Kumamoto, Japan). First strand cDNA synthesis kit was purchased from Fermentas GmbH(St Leon-Rot, Germany).
NCI-H292 human airway epithelial cell culture
NCI-H292 human airway epithelial cells were cultured as reported before [7]. Briefly, NCI-H292 cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 1.25 mM of L-glutamine, 100 U/mL of penicillin, 100 μg/mL of streptomycin and 10% (v/v) of fetal bovine serum in six-well plates. Cells were grown in fully humidified air containing 5% of CO2 at 37°C and were sub-cultured weekly.
Isolation and culture of human nasal epithelial cells
Primary nasal epithelial cells (PNEC) were isolated from normal middle turbinate that was obtained from patients who underwent endoscopic endonasal surgery in pituitary adenoma patients who had given their written informed consent in accordance with a study protocol approved by the Ethics Committee of Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University. Briefly, the normal middle turbinate was digested using 0.2% pronase in culture medium at 37°C for one hour for dissociation of the mucosal epithelial cells. After digestion, the dissociated cells were washed with PBS, followed by the centrifuge(400 g×5 min). The cell pallet was resuspended with culture medium (BEBM supplemented with BEGM SingleQuots) and plated on a 100 mm culture dish at 37°C for 2 hours to remove fibroblasts, myocytes, and endothelial cells. Then the harvested epithelial cells in the supernatant were grown with culture medium in a 5% CO2 incubator at 37°C. After confluence, the cells were detachment with 0.25% trypsin-0.02% EDTA and then the cells were sub-cultured in 6-well tissue culture plates.
Preparation for stimulation experiment
After reaching 80% confluence, the NCI-H292 cells were starved overnight in serum-free RPMI 1640 medium, followed by the stimulation in serum-free medium; PNEC cultured in tissue culture plates were starved overnight in BEBM medium (without BEGM SingleQuots), and subsequently stimulated in BEBM medium.
Measurement of cell viability
NCI-H292 and primary nasal epithelial cells viability were assessed 24 h after stimulation by incubating cells with Cell Counting Kit 8 according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) assay
After stimulation, 1 ml of the supernatant in each well was collected; centrifuge (5000 rpm for 5 min) and the cell-free supernatants were stored at −20°C until analysis. The level of IL-6 in supernatant was analyzed using ELISA. A Standard curve was made in each plate with the highest concentration of 20000 pg/ml followed by 2-fold dilution. Each sample was measured at 1, 10, or 100 times dilution.
RNA isolation and Real-time PCR
Total RNA for each sample was isolated using trizol according to manufacturer’s protocol. RNA purification was performed using nucleospin RNA II (Machery-Nagel, Germany). RNA concentration was measured using the nanodrop ND-1000 (NanoDrop Technologies Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA). cDNA was synthesized using the MBI Fermentas first strand cDNA synthesis kit. Polymerase chain reaction was performed on Bio-Rad iCycler (Bio-Rad, Veenendaal, the Netherlands). TaqMan® primer (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA, USA) and probe sequences for GAPDH (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (Haverhill, UK). The sequences for PCR reactions are: GAPDH; sense: 5’-GAA-GGTGAA-GGT-CGG-AGT-C-3,probe:5’-Texas red-CAA-GCT-TCCCGT-TCT-CAG-CC-BHQ2-3, antisense: 5’-GAA-GAT-GGTGAT-GGG-ATT-TC-3. For the other genes, we ordered TaqMangene expression assays from Applied Biosystems (Nieuwerkerka/dIJssel, the Netherlands) with the following IDs: LL37; Hs00189038_m1. TLR3; Hs01551077_m1. Expression changes are presented as ΔΔct, indicating the difference in threshold cycle between active sample and negative control, after correcting for the expression of the housekeeping gene.
Quantitative measurement of LL37 protein
Cells were lysed in RIPA. The protein concentration was determined using Protein Assay Solution (Beyotime, China). Equal amount of denaturation proteins were separated on a SDS-PAGE on a 12% glycine-based gel, followed by being transferred to a polyvinylidene difluoride membrane (Millipore, USA), and nonspecific binding sites were blocked. The membrane was incubated with mouse anti-human LL37 antibody (1:1000 dilution, abcam ab87701). The membrane was then incubated with the corresponding horseradish peroxidase labeled secondary goat anti-mouse IgG antibody (1:2500). Immunoreactive proteins were detected with the enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) western blot detection system (Beyotime, China). b-actin protein was added as the endogenous reference.
Statistical analysis
Each set of results shown is representative of at least three separate experiments. Experiments were performed in triplicate and values are shown as the mean ± SD. Statistical significance was determined using the non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test for variance. When the result was significant, the Mann–Whitney U test was performed for comparisons between groups (SPSS software). All reported P values are 2-sided, and values less than 0.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance.
HDAC inhibitors directly induce LL-37 gene expression in NCI-H292 human airway epithelial cells
Antibacterial peptides are an integral part of the epithelial defence barrier that provides immediate protection against infection. To characterize the role of epigenetics in the expression of human cathelicidin, we assessed LL-37 expression with or without of HDAC inhibitors. Compared to the control group, poly(I:C) by itself slightly increased LL-37 expression. Importantly, expression of LL-37 in the presence of poly(I:C) is further increased to 19-fold (p < 0.01) at increasing concentrations of TSA (Figure 1A). This increase expression induced by TSA seems a direct effect of TSA as it is also observed in the absence of poly(I:C) as seen in Figure 1B.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of expression of LL-37 in H292 cells in response to poly(I:C) with or without TSA. (A): The mRNA expression of LL-37 at different concentration of TSA in response to the poly(I:C). (B): Cells were stimulated with different concentration of poly(I:C) for 24 h in the presence or absence of TSA(200 nM). (C): The effect of SB on the LL37 gene expression. *p<0.05 vs control. Values represent the mean±SD of three independent experiments.
To confirm the findings obtained with TSA, we tested the effect of other HDAC inhibitor, SB. Like TSA, SB used at concentrations (1 mM, 2 mM, 4 mM and 8 mM) dose dependently increased LL37 expression in the NCI-H292 cell (Figure 1C).
Our results indicate that TSA(200 nM) or SB(4 mM) stimulation for 24 h could effectively up-regulate LL37 gene expression, so, we use TSA(200 nM) or SB(4 mM) through our following experiment.
HDAC inhibitors induce cathelicidin LL-37 gene expression in human primary nasal epithelial cell
The sinonasal tract lined by respiratory epithelium plays an important role in airway immunity. The only human cathelicidin LL37 first identified in neutrophils was shown to be expressed in surface epithelial cells of the conducting airways [9]. To verify whether HDAC inhibitors induce LL37 gene expression in upper airway epithelial cells, we cultured the human nasal epithelial cells and performed the stimulation experiments in the primary cells. Our results demonstrated that the HDAC inhibitors had a similar effect on the LL37 mRNA expression as they did in H292 cells (Figure 2).
Figure 2
Figure 2
The effect of HDAC inhibitors ( TSA,200 nM; SB,4 Mm) on the LL37 gene expression in the primary nasal epithelial cell. *p<0.05 vs control. Values represent the mean±SD of three independent experiments.
HDAC inhibitors up-regulate LL37 protein expression in NCI-H292 human airway epithelial cells but not in primary nasal epithelial cells
To analyse the effect of HDAC inhibitors on the LL37 protein expression in the epithelial cells, we treated the NCI-H292 cells and human primary nasal epithelial cells with HDAC inhibitors for 24 hours, followed by the extract of cell total protein and western blot analysis. Our results indicated that the two HDAC inhibitors induced LL37 protein expression in the NCI-H292 cells. However, no significant difference of LL37 protein expression was found in the primary cells (Figure 3).
Figure 3
Figure 3
The LL37 protein expression induced by HDAC inhibitors in the NCI-H292 cells and the primary nasal epithelial cells. Whole cell lysates prepared from the NCI-H292 cells and PNEC 24 h after treatment with TSA(200 nM) and SB(4 mM). Data shown are from a single representative experiment. These experiments were repeated at least twice to confirm reproducibility.
HDAC inhibitors suppress IL-6 production after poly(I:C) stimulation
TSA was recently reported to inhibit IL-6 production from monocytes and macrophages [10]. To determine if HDAC inhibitors could also suppress IL-6 production in the airway epithelium, we treated the H292 cells and primary nasal epithelial cells with HDAC inhibitors for 2 h prior to poly(I:C) stimulation. In our experiment, poly(I:C) stimulation for 24 h significantly increased IL-6 protein expression level in both of the airway epithelial cells. Interestingly, we found that pre-incubation with HDAC inhibitors inhibited the IL-6 protein expression in H292 cells (Figure 4A). In the primary nasal epithelial cells, only SB significantly induced IL-6 expression (Figure 4B).
Figure 4
Figure 4
ELISA analysis of IL-6 expression in the airway epithelial cells. The effect of HDAC inhibitors on IL-6 production in the NCI-H292 cells (A) and the primary nasal epithelial cells (B) in response to poly(I:C) stimulation. Cells were pretreated respectively with TSA (200 nM) or SB(4 mM) for 2 h prior to the poly(I:C) (20 ug/ml) stimulation for 24 h. IL-6 production in cell supernatant was analyzed using ELISA. *p<0.05 vs control. Values represent the mean±SD of three independent experiments.
The effect of HDAC inhibitors on TLR3 expression in airway epithelial cells
The inhibition of HDAC inhibitors on poly(I:C) induced expression of IL-6 we observed in the previous experiment could be mediated at many different levels. To explore whether some of the inhibitory effect could be upstream of the IL-6 genes we determined TLR3 expression levels as a measure of different HDAC inhibitors concentrations. Our results showed that poly(I:C) stimulation without TSA or SB increased the TLR3 expression by more than one and a half times, and in the presence of different concentrations of HDAC inhibitors, the induced expression of TLR3 gene expression was not seen significantly alternative expression(data not shown), indicating that the inhibition of HDAC inhibitors on poly(I:C) induced expression of IL-6 was not due to TLR3 expression levels.
In this study, cell viability after the stimulation was assessed by the Cell Counting Kit 8. Our data showed that the stimulation with various concentration of poly(I:C), TSA or SB had a minimal effect on cell viability.
In the present study, we have shown a complex interplay between epigenetics and aspects of the innate immune reaction in airway epithelial cells. HDAC inhibitors on one hand inhibit poly(I:C)-induced expression of IL-6, while on the other hand they directly induces LL-37 expression in NCI-H292 human airway epithelial cells. In the primary nasal epithelial cells, we found that only SB inhibited poly(I:C)-induced expression of IL-6 and that both TSA and SB could induce LL37 gene, not protein, expression. Our results indicate that epigenetic regulation plays an important, yet complicated, role in the regulation of innate immunity in airway epithelial cells.
All these observations of inhibition under unstimulated or stimulated conditions seem contrary to what one would expect for the action of an inhibitor of deacetylases. As this inhibition would lead to higher levels of (local) histone acetylation one might expect increased levels of gene activity. In our experiments only the expression of LL-37 seems to follow the expected paradigm. However, TSA and SB might act indirectly on a target gene by affecting the expression of some negative regulator only, or in combination with a positive effect on either the target gene itself or some positive regulator.
Epithelium derived antimicrobial peptide LL-37 is an important component of host defense at mucosal surfaces and exposure to TLR3 agonist is indeed able to up-regulate the expression of LL-37 in primary human corneal epithelial cells [11], just like it was in the airway epithelial cells. However, the positive effects of TSA and SB were much stronger than that of the TLR3 activator and, moreover, this activation does not require the presence of the TLR3 agonist. The positive effect of TSA and SB on the gene expression of LL-37 in airway epithelium is consistent with previous study reported by Schauber et al. that histone-deacetylase inhibitors (butyrate) induce the cathelicidin LL-37 in gastrointestinal cells. And they further demonstrated that butyrate induced expression of LL-37 was mediated by MEK-ERK signalling pathway [12]. The different expression of LL37 protein in primary nasal epithelial cells and NCI-H292 cells needs further research.
What is the mechanism underlying HDAC inhibitors induced LL37 expression? Emerging evidence indicates that HDAC inhibitors play an important role in the modulation of core histone (H3 and H4) and non-histone proteins. Butyrate and TSA were reported to induce LL37 expression via acetylation of the non-histone protein HMG-N2 and the histone protein H4 in HT-29 colon, 23132/87 gastric and HepG2 hepatoma cells [12]. LL-37 gene had potential binding sites for several transcription factors, including NF-kB and activator protein-1 [13]. Kuwano et al[14] reported sodium butyrate induced histone acetylation of the cathelicidin promoter using the chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) in the human lung epithelial cell line. They also indicated that activator protein-1 plays an important role in the regulation of sodium butyrate-induced transactivation of cathelicidin promoter. In the present study, our results revealed that TSA and SB induced LL37 expression both in gene and protein levels in NCI-H292 cells, which is consistent with the previous reports. Unlike the previously reported effect of HDAC inhibitors on the LL37 expression, Schauber et al. indicated that HDAC inhibitors(TSA and butyrate) alone did not change cathelicidin transcript abundance in keratinocytes. They demonstrated that HDAC inhibition significantly amplify cathelicidin expression in keratinocytes in the presence of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 [15]. So, we speculate that acetylation of cathelicidin promoter play an important role in LL37 expression. Our results in the nasal epithelial cells indicated that HDAC inhibitors could induce LL37 gene expression, but not the LL37 protein. These observations show that the nature of a response to histone acetylation will be cell-type and gene-specific.
The airway epithelium itself is responsible for the synthesis and release of cytokines that cause the selective recruitment, retention, and accumulation of various inflammatory cells [16, 17]. Target cells of the epithelium can respond to a variety of inflammatory mediators and cytokines. IL-6 is a multifunctional cytokine that regulates the immune response, the acute phase response and inflammation. IL-6 is involved in the pathogenesis of lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [18]. Our results demonstrated a suppressive effect on IL-6 expression in TSA-exposed airway epithelial cells. These observation are in line with those of Grabiecet al[15] that also reported that TSA significantly reduced the production of IL-6 after exposure to multiple stimuli, including poly(I:C), in fibroblast-like synoviocyte and macrophages. Although this group did not investigate TLR3 expression they indicated that the inhibitory effect of TSA was a consequence of accelerated mRNA decay. Our observation of a direct effect of TSA on TLR3 is supported by similar observations in human microglia and astrocytes in their response to poly(I:C) [19].
In addition to the expression of individual genes, the global character of the action of TSA is probably also the reason for its ability to suppress cell growth by inducing cell cycle arrest and to promote differentiation of normal and transformed cells [20]. Increasing evidence suggests that HDAC inhibitors are indeed potent anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory agents [21, 22].
In summary, our results indicate that regulation of histone acetylation and chromatin remodelling plays a complex role in innate immune responses in airway epithelium.
Funding source
This work was supported by the Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme (IUAP) –Belgian state – Belgian Science Policy P6/35 and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (10XD1401000).
We thank Silvia, Danielle, Esther, and Jing Hou for technical assistance. This study was supported by the Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme (IUAP) – Belgian state – Belgian Science Policy P6/35 and Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (10XD1401000).
Authors’ Affiliations
Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hannover Medical School, SFB 587, Immune reactions of the lung in infection and allergy, Hannover, Germany
Department of Airway Immunology, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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"All I want is to be able to use the men's restroom with the rest of my non-transgender peers, but this doesn't happen and it won't happen if this bill is passed," Grayson said. "The people introducing this bill are victimizing the innocent. When I enter a men's bathroom, I just want to use the facilities, wash my hands and leave. I do not deserve to have my gender identity washed away like a fingerprint on a windowpane. I do not deserve to have the person I am replaced by someone I don't want to be. I do not deserve to be forced to use a restroom where I do not feel safe." | mini_pile | {'original_id': '9165e01377f5b792977bf88071f543e70622b185d31b4c7ec0d81ca3f163757d'} |
The Unlit Lamp, by Radclyffe Hall
Book four
Chapter Twenty-five
The two years that elapsed after Colonel Ogden’s death were years of monotonous uncertainty. There was no charm about this uncertainty, no spirit of possible high adventure raised it from the level of Seabourne; like everything else that came under the spell of the place, it was dull. Mrs. Ogden had sunk into a deep depression, which expressed itself in the wearing of melodramatic widow’s weeds; when she roused herself now it was usually to be irritable. There was a servant less in the house, for they could no longer afford to keep a house-parlourmaid, and things had already begun to look dingy and ill cared for. The overworked generals provided a certain periodical variety by leaving at a moment’s notice, for Mrs. Ogden was fast developing the nagging habit, and spent hours every day in examining the work that had been left undone. And then there was the money. Always a difficult problem, it had now become acute. Released from the domestic tyranny of her husband, Mrs. Ogden lapsed into partial invalidism. She scarcely did more than worry along somehow. The books went unchecked and sometimes unpaid, and in consequence the tradespeople were less respectful in their manner, or so she imagined.
Elizabeth still crammed Joan, but for this she received no payment, and they studied at Ralph Rodney’s house during his office hours. In his plush-hung study, beneath the portrait of Uncle John grown old, they sat and worked and made plans; sometimes they were happy and sometimes inexplicably sad. Elizabeth knew that Mrs. Ogden hated her, had always hated her with the stubborn hatred of a weak nature. In the old days she had not cared, except inasmuch as it might separate her from Joan, but now she had become acutely sensitive to the atmosphere of antagonism that she met at Leaside. It had begun to depress her, while at the same time her will rose up to meet the emergency; it was ‘pull Devil, pull baker’ more than ever before. Between these two passionately determined women stood Joan, miserable and young, longing for things to come to a head, for something that she felt ought to happen; she didn’t know what. She was conscious of a sense of emptiness, of unfulfilment; she was sleeping badly again, tormented by dreams that were only half remembered, the shadow of which haunted her throughout the day. She longed for peace; when she was away from Elizabeth she was restless until they met again, yet when they were together now their companionship was spoilt by Joan’s consciousness of her mother’s disapproval. Elizabeth had swift gusts of anger now that came up suddenly like a thunderstorm; she, too, was changing, breaking a little under the strain. These two had begun to act as an irritant on each other, and the hours of study would be interrupted by quarrels that had no particular beginning or end, and reconciliations that were only partial because so much seemed to be left unsaid.
Joan became scrupulously neat; she found relief in grooming herself. Her hair no longer tumbled over her forehead, but was parted and brushed till it shone, and she took an unconscionable time over her ties and the polishing of her brown shoes. If she had had the money, she would certainly have bought silk stockings to match her ties, a pair for every new tie. The more unhappy she felt the more care did she lavish on her appearance; it was a kind of bravado, a subtle revenge for some nameless injustice that fate had inflicted on her. Elizabeth secretly approved the change, but was silent; in vain did Joan wait for words of approbation; they never came. She longed for praise, with a childish desire that Elizabeth should admire her. Elizabeth did admire her, but a new perverseness that had sprung up in her lately made her refrain from saying so.
Events were moving slowly, but all the more surely for that, perhaps. Less than a year now and Joan would be of age, and then what? The unspoken question looked out of Elizabeth’s eyes. Joan saw it there; it seemed to materialize and stand between them. They could not evade the hungry, restless thing; it made them feel self-conscious and afraid of each other.
It was summer now and still Mrs. Ogden wore her heavy mourning; she looked frailer than ever in the long crêpe veil, and her pathetic eyes seemed to have grown dim with too much weeping. Seabourne elected to pity her, and looked askance at Joan. Not that Mrs. Ogden ever accused her daughter of heartlessness; she only implied it, together with her own maternal devotion. People thought her a helpless little woman, worthy of better treatment at the hands of that queer, cranky girl of hers. They began to talk at Joan rather than to her.
The loss of her money had had an entirely unexpected effect on Milly, who had not raged after all, but had just smiled disagreeably. ‘I knew he’d do something devilish,’ she said, ‘and how like him to die and leave us to bear the brunt.’
If she fretted she did so silently, taking no one into her confidence; it was curiously unlike the old Milly. At eighteen she was beautiful, with the doll-like beauty that would some day become distressing, the beauty that would never weather pleasantly.
Her little violin master had wrung his hands at the news of her misfortune; to him the disaster meant the end of his hopes, the end of a life-long ambition. Tears had stood in his eyes when Milly told him what had happened; he had put his arm around her, thinking that she must be in need of consolation, but she had flung away from him with a laugh.
Mrs. Ogden behaved as though her younger daughter were nonexistent, and Elizabeth, though she saw that all was very far from well, had become absorbed in her own troubles and held her peace. Joan on the other hand, watched her sister with increasing apprehension; she felt that this unnatural calm could not go on.
In the circumstances, it was too foreign to Milly’s nature, an alien and unwholesome thing that might some day give place to a whirlwind. Milly still played her violin, but lately there was something defiant, almost cruel, in her playing; she played now because she must and not because she wanted to. She appeared to have grown calmly frivolous, but there was no joy in her frivolity, or so it seemed to Joan; it was premeditated. The society of Seabourne welcomed her advent with enthusiasm; it found her bright and amusing. Her principal pleasure was now lawn tennis, which absorbed her during the summer months; she was bidding fair to become a star player, and she and Mr. Thompson of the circulating library vied with each other in amiable competition.
Mr. Thompson was sleeker than ever, and slightly impertinent in his manner, Joan thought; his hair shone and his flannels were immaculate. ‘No, reely now, Miss Milly, reely now!’ he protested, failing to take her service after an exaggerated effort. It became quite usual for him to see her home in the evenings, carrying her racket confidentially under his arm.
Joan said: ‘I can’t understand you, Milly; why on earth do you treat that bounder as if he were one of us?’
But Milly only smiled and held her peace.
She seemed to spend hours every Saturday afternoon at Mr. Dodds’. ‘He’s teaching me some new German music’, she told Joan, when questioned.
Milly had become a great letter writer; she was always writing letters these days, and always receiving them. She made a practice of collecting her post before the family came down to breakfast, slipping out of the bedroom on any transparent pretext.
But gradually a subtle change began to come over Milly; some of the bravado left her, its place being taken by a queer resentful desire to please; it was almost as though she were frightened. She offered to run errands for Joan, but was quick to take offence if her offer was refused. She was no longer so secretive either, and seemed to welcome occasions for confidential talks. When they were in bed at nights she tossed and complained of sleeplessness; she was constantly hinting at some secret that she would gladly divulge if pressed. But Joan did not press her; she was growing sick of Milly.
One morning it happened that Joan herself went early to the letterbox; Milly had overslept, and was in her bath. Among some circulars and a few bills, there was a letter addressed to ‘Miss Ogden’ in a neat clerical hand. She opened it and read, turning white with anger as she did so.
The letter was fulsome in its details, leaving nothing to the imagination. So this was how Milly spent her Saturday afternoons! Not in learning new music with innocent little Mr. Dodds, but hiding guiltily in an old sand-pit on the downs, with Mr. Thompson of the circulating library. Indulging herself in vulgar sensuality like any kitchen-maid courting disaster. Here then was the explanation of the man’s impertinence, of her sister’s new-found desire to propitiate; this then was Milly’s revenge for her wrong, this low intrigue with a common tradesman in their own town. She tore upstairs with the letter in her hand. Milly was only half dressed and looked round in surprise as the door burst open.
Joan held the letter out towards her. ‘This!’ she panted. ‘This beastly thing!’
Milly saw the handwriting and turned pale. ‘How dare you open my letters, Joan?’
I open your letters? Look at the envelope; he forgot to put your Christian name; it came addressed to me.’
Milly snatched the letter away. ‘You beast!’ she said furiously, ‘you cad! you needn’t have read it all through.’
‘I didn’t read it all through, but I read enough to know what you’ve been doing. Good God! You — you common little brute!’
Milly turned and faced her; her eyes were wild but resolute, like an animal’s at bay. ‘Go on!’ she said, ‘go on, Joan, call me anything you like, but at the same time suppose you try to realize that I’m also a human being. Do you imagine that I really mind your knowing about Jack and me? I don’t care! I’ve wanted to tell you scores of times. Yes, we do meet each other in the sand-pit every Saturday, and he makes love to me and I like it; do you hear? I enjoy it; I like being kissed and all the rest. I love Jack because he gives me what I want; if he’s common I don’t care, he’s all I’ve got or am ever likely to get. You stand there calling me names and putting on your high and mighty air as though I were some low creature that had defiled you; and why? Only because I’m natural and you’re not. You’re a freak and I’m just a normal woman. I like men; they mean a lot to me, and there aren’t so many men in Seabourne that a girl can afford to pick and choose. How am I going to find the sort of man you would approve of in Seabourne; tell me that? And where’s the harm? Lots of other girls like men too, but they go to dances and things and meet what you, I suppose, would call gentlemen. But it’s all one; they do very much what Jack and I have done, only you don’t know it, you with your books and your doctoring and your Elizabeth! Well, if I’d had a chance given me to meet your precious gentlemen, perhaps I’d be engaged to be married by now, instead of having to be satisfied with Jack in a sand-pit.’ She began to laugh hysterically. ‘Jack in a sand-pit, how funny it sounds; Jack in a sand-pit!’ She stopped suddenly and stared into Joan’s eyes. ‘Listen,’ she said seriously, ‘listen, you queer creature; haven’t you learnt anything from all your medical books? Don’t you know that some people’s natures are like mine, and that they can’t help giving way sometimes to their impulses; and after all, Joan, where’s the harm; tell me that? Where’s the harm to anyone in what Jack and I have done? Perhaps I’ll marry him — he wants me to — but meanwhile where’s the harm in our being happy, even if it is in a sand-pit on Saturday afternoons?’
Joan looked at her in amazement. This was Milly, beside whom she had slept for years; this was her sister, talking like some abandoned woman, quite without shame, glorying in her lapse. This was the real Milly; all the others had been unreal, this was the natural Milly. Something in her own thoughts made her pause. Natural, yes, natural. This was Milly upholding the nature she had inherited, fighting for its pleasures, its gratifications; Milly was only being natural, being herself: Were other people like that when they were themselves? Was that why a housemaid they had had years ago had left, because she was going to have a baby? Had she, too, been just natural? And what was being natural? Was it being like Milly, or like the housemaid with her sin great and heavy within her? What gave people these impulses which they would not or could not resist? Was it nature working on them for her own ends? Milly and the housemaid, she coupled them together in her mind. They were both human beings and what they had done was very human, too; very pitiful and sordid, like most human happenings.
She looked at her sister where she stood half dressed, her head drooping a little now, her cheeks flushed. She was so thin. It was touching the way her thin arms hung down from the short sleeves of her vest; they were like young twigs waiting to complete their growth. Seen like this there was so little of Milly to upbraid, she looked so childish. Yet she was not childish; she was wiser than Joan, she had probed into some secret. How funny!
‘Come here,’ Joan said unsteadily; ‘come here to me, Milly.’
Milly went to her, hiding her head on her shoulder. She began to cry. ‘Joan listen, I didn’t mean half I said just now, all the beastly, coarse things, I didn’t mean any of them. I know it’s wrong, it’s awful — and I’ve been so horribly ashamed — only I couldn’t help it. I just couldn’t help it!’
Joan thought quickly; she knew instinctively that her moment had come. It was now or never with Milly.
‘Do you want to marry him?’ she asked quietly.
Milly looked up, a little smile trembling over her tear-stained face. ‘Of course not’, she said. ‘Would you want to marry Jack?’
‘Well, then, look here; do you still want to go to the Royal College or have you lost all interest in your fiddle?’
‘Lost interest? Why, I want it more than anything on earth; you know I do.’
‘Right!’ said Joan; ‘then you shall go. I’ll speak to Mother tomorrow.’
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Q:
Alternative to exec in PHP?
I have a PHP script that runs in the background to posts pictures to different websites. After a picture is uploaded, it will call a script to run like this:
$user_id = "77";
exec("/usr/bin/php5 upload_auto.php?user_id=$user_id");
And after calling it, it runs a code like this:
<?php
$the_picture_id_to_check = $_GET['user_id'];
mysql_connect("localhost","********", "********") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db(myflashp_pictures) or die (mysql_error());
require_once('connect/twitter_files/twitteroauth/twitteroauth.php');
require_once('connect/twitter_files/config.php');
?>
<!--- Upload Tumblr --->
<?php
$result_tumblr = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM upload_tumblr WHERE user_id=$the_picture_id_to_check");
$num_rows_find = mysql_num_rows($result_tumblr);
while($row_tumblr=mysql_fetch_array($result_tumblr)){
// Get Username
$the_id = "".$row_tumblr['id']."";
$picture_id = "".$row_tumblr['picture_id']."";
$picture_url = "".$row_tumblr['picture_url']."";
$user_id = "".$row_tumblr['user_id']."";
$caption = "".$row_tumblr['caption']."";
$album_id = "".$row_tumblr['album_id']."";
// Authorization info
$monday_result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM photo_albums WHERE id='$album_id'");
$monday_query_row=mysql_fetch_array($monday_result);
$tumblr_id = $monday_query_row['tumblr_id'];
$monday_result2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM connections_tumblr WHERE id='$tumblr_id'");
$monday_query_row2 = mysql_fetch_array($monday_result2);
$tumblr_email = $monday_query_row2['email'];
$tumblr_password = $monday_query_row2['password'];
// Prepare POST request
$request_data = http_build_query(
array(
'email' => $tumblr_email,
'password' => $tumblr_password,
'type' => 'photo',
'source' => $picture_url,
'caption' => $caption,
'generator' => 'FlashPics iPhone App'
)
);
// Send the POST request (with cURL)
$c = curl_init('http://www.tumblr.com/api/write');
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request_data);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$result = curl_exec($c);
$status = curl_getinfo($c, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($c);
// Check for success
if ($status == 201) {
mysql_query("UPDATE pictures SET tumblr_id='$result' WHERE id='$picture_id'");
echo "Success! The new Tumblr post ID is $result.<br>\n";
mysql_query("DELETE FROM upload_tumblr WHERE id='$the_id'");
} else if ($status == 403) {
echo 'Bad email or password for Tumblr.';
} else if ($status == 400) {
echo "Error ($status): $result\n";
mysql_query("DELETE FROM upload_tumblr WHERE id='$the_id'");
} else {
echo "Error ($status): $result\n";
}
}
if ($num_rows_find == 0) {
echo "There's nothing to post to Tumblr.";
}
?>
<br /><br />
<!--- Upload Email --->
<?php
include_once('class.phpmailer.php');
$result_email = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM upload_email WHERE status='processing' AND user_id='$the_picture_id_to_check'");
$num_rows_find = mysql_num_rows($result_email);
mysql_query("UPDATE upload_email SET status='$num_rows_find' WHERE id='1'");
while($row_email=mysql_fetch_array($result_email)){
// Get Username
$to = "".$row_email['email']."";
$get_info_result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id='".$row_email['user_id']."'");
$get_info_query_row = mysql_fetch_array($get_info_result);
$get_username = $get_info_query_row['username'];
$get_first_name = $get_info_query_row['first_name'];
$get_last_name = $get_info_query_row['last_name'];
$get_info_result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM pictures WHERE id='".$row_email['picture_id']."'");
$get_info_query_row = mysql_fetch_array($get_info_result);
$get_caption = $get_info_query_row['caption'];
$get_picture_url = $get_info_query_row['long_url'];
$get_short_string = $get_info_query_row['short_string'];
if ($get_caption == "") {
$get_caption = "I have shared a FlashPic with you.";
}
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->From = "share@myflashpics.com";
$mail->FromName = "FlashPics";
$mail->Subject = "$get_first_name $get_last_name has shared a FlashPic with you.";
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Body = "
<html><body style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px;'>
<div style='padding: 15px; width: 480px; font-family: Helvetica; margin: 10px; border: 1px solid #d7d7d7;'>
<div style='font-weight: bolder; font-size: 32px; margin: 8px 0px 20px 0px;'><font color='#353535'>Flash</font><font color='#f8bc49'>Pics</font></div>
<div style='font-size: 20px; color: #353535; font-weight: normal; text-transform: lowercase;'>$get_username</div>
<div style='margin-top: 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;'>$get_caption<br>
<br>
<img src=$get_picture_url width='480'>
<br><br>
<a href='http://myflashpics.com/picture/$get_short_string' style='color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;'>view full size image</a><br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
The FlashPics Team</div>
</div>
</body></html>";
$mail->AltBody = "$get_username
$get_caption
http://myflashpics.com/picture/".$row_email['picture_id']."
Yours Truly,
The FlashPics Team";
$the_id = "".$row_email['id']."";
$pieces = explode(", ", "$to");
$one = $pieces['0'];
$two = $pieces['1'];
$three = $pieces['2'];
$four = $pieces['3'];
$five = $pieces['4'];
if ($one != "") {
$mail->AddBCC("$one");
}
if ($two != "") {
$mail->AddBCC("$two");
}
if ($three != "") {
$mail->AddBCC("$three");
}
if ($four != "") {
$mail->AddBCC("$four");
}
if ($five != "") {
$mail->AddBCC("$five");
}
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Failed sending email to <b> $one, $two, $three, $four, $five</b>." . $mail->ErrorInfo;
mysql_query("UPDATE upload_email SET status='error' WHERE id='$the_id'");
} else {
echo "Sent email to <b> ".$row_email['email']."</b> successfully.<br>";
mysql_query("UPDATE upload_email SET status='sent' WHERE id='$the_id'");
}
}
if ($num_rows_find == 0) {
echo "There are no pictures to email out.";
}
?>
So basically only certain parts will work (I didn't post all my code). I just posted what wasn't working. But if I run it manually from the browser, all parts working. If you want to see my php_info, I have it here.
Thanks in advance,
Coulton
PS: By "Not Working", I mean that nothing happens and I see no errors
A:
From comment thread, I assume the exec is not working.
Try to:
change path file to absolute path:
also, since it's meant to run on shell, change parameter to what shell script work:
exec("/usr/bin/php5 /path/to/whatever/your/file/is/upload_auto.php $user_id");
NOTE
See that I change your parameter from:
upload_auto.php?user_id=$user_id
to
upload_auto.php $user_id
That how shell script work.
In order to get that parameter, you should use $argv:
$user_id = $argv[1];
Or, to make it able to run on both browser and shell, change it to:
$user_id = (php_sapi_name() == 'cli' && empty($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) ? $argv[1] : $_GET['user_id'];
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Shopping for Happiness
“People who say that money can’t buy happiness just don’t know where to shop.” – One of these three people, or someone else entirely.
Last week we looked at one of the best ways to spend money to help make the world a better place. Now that the world is taken care of, let’s see what your money can do for the person you care about the most.
There are almost 8 million Google hits for “money can’t buy happiness”. The popularity of this sentiment is really only exceeded by everyone’s determination to ignore it: “how to get rich” has 22 million. Alarmingly, “how to steal money” has 150 million hits, suggesting that 6 out of 7 people turning to theft aren’t even trying to get rich but just doing it for the lulz. My only advice regarding the question of getting rich is that blogging definitely isn’t the way to do it. On the other hand, converting money into happiness seems perfectly straightforward: maximize the ratio of money-equivalent resources spent, divided by the integral over time of hedons experienced relative to a neutral hour. There, we’re done!
A Review of Limited Literature
As we’ve seen, very poor people have no trouble at all spending money productively. Rich westerners are not so lucky, in our floundering we find ourselves spending money on books about spending money. I only bought one: Dunn and Norton’s Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. (You can also go one meta-level up and buy books about buying self-help books).
Happy Money is an OK read: it’s concise but not free of boring detail, full of quirky stories but not quite an engrossing page-turner, written in the style of lifelong academics trying their hardest to be good writers (aka Putanumonit-style). Anyway, I read it so you don’t have to. Happy Money lists five principles of happy spending:
1. Buy experiences
2. Make it a treat
3. Buy time
4. Pay now, consume later
5. Invest in others
Five principles are four too many for a lazy reductionist, let’s see if we can identify some common themes and combine these ideas into a single framework that would lose all nuance and intricacy but be expressible as an equation. (Spoiler: of course we can, duh).
Buy experiences
Happy Money recounts a lot of examples of delightful experiences (a $200,000 space trip on Virgin Galactic or a $100 spa day) and research that shows that possessions that cost the same (a bigger house, a shirt) fail to achieve an equal increase in satisfaction. This happens for several reasons.
Experiences are unique, making them resistant to buyer’s remorse and comparison anxiety. A smartphone you just purchased will seem inadequate next to the better model that comes out next month, but your trip to a monkey sanctuary is one of a kind. Experiences are also personal and form people’s sense of who they are more. They do so much more than possessions, although in this case smartphones have actually become an exception.
Another reason is that experiences are, well, fully experienced, while material possessions often lie unused and unenjoyed. This brings us to a crucial point that the authors also address: “things” and “experiences” are points on a continuum, not exclusive categories. My copy of Happy Money is a thing, but it’s also the 6 hours I spent reading it, the 10 hours I spend writing about it, the 2 minutes each year I’ll notice it on my shelf and fondly reminisce about cuddling with it on a rainy night.
We can start with a simple formula for evaluating things and experiences on the same scale: the cost of the purchase divided by the duration of time it is used or attended to. Before we add details and complications to the formula let’s see if it’s already useful enough to compare, for example, a good car to a good dinner. All the actual numbers below are guesstimated for educational purposes, in keeping with the stated credo of Putanumonit.
Both a meal and a car have functional needs that they meet (sustenance, transportation) in addition to any joy they provide. We should compare the cost of each relative to the cheapest alternative that would satisfy the functional needs without providing any joy. For example, a good dinner in NYC costs me $30 but I would have to spend at least $5 simply to avoid being hungry, so $25 of the cost are spent on actual enjoyment. The entire meal could take an hour, but I experience joy for maybe half of it with the rest of the time spent checking my phone until the food arrives. So, dinner costs $25 for half an hour of enjoyment, or a spending rate of $50/hr.
A really nice car costs $40,000, but the more relevant number is the extra annual cost of ownership over a 2006 Toyota Corolla, say $2,000 for a single year. In that year I drive the car 10,000 miles at 40 mph on average, which comes out to 250 hours behind the wheel. However, very few of these 250 hours are actually spent enjoying the car, the vast majority are spent getting annoyed at traffic, focusing on the music or just commuting on autopilot. A fancy-car owner is lucky to get 20 hours combined of both joy riding and of noticing jealous looks from friends, the two main sources of car-happiness. $2,000 for 20 hours is a rate of $100/hr, costlier than dinner but not by much.
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Of course, we care not only about the duration of having fun but also about the intensity. The problem of measuring pleasure was tackled head on by an economist head don. He donned his cap on his head on a bright morning, and the idea had dawned on him: he coined the hedon – a unit of pleasure. We can measure the enjoyment intensity of different activities in hedons per hour, notated 😊/hr.
The hedon is an arbitrary and subjective unit, you can define how much fun a single hedon is for yourself in any way you like as long as you’re consistent with more fun things earning more 😊. Let’s say that you prefer a minute of joy-riding a Mercedes to a minute of eating sushi, but just by a bit. Perhaps the former brings you 25 hedons per hour of joy and the latter 20 😊/hr. We can plug these numbers into the cost per hour of cars and dinners to calculate how much each hedon of pleasure actually costs you in money:
Cost of Happiness = cost / (duration * intensity)
CoH nice dinner = $25 / (0.5 hr * 20 😊/hr) = $2.5 / 😊.
CoH fancy car = $2000 / (20 hr * 25 😊/hr) = $4 / 😊.
Remember, this is expressed as a cost, so the lower number (dinner) is a better spend.
We can apply this easy calculation to compare metaphorical apples and oranges:
CoH goat soap = $10 / (30 showers * 4 min/shower * 1/60 hr/min * 10 😊/hr) = $0.5 / 😊.
CoH bowling = $45 / (2 hr * 15 😊/hr) = $1.5 / 😊 + eternal political tranquility.
We can also compare literal apples and oranges:
CoH apple = CoH orange = $0.5 / (0.1 hr of eating * 10 😊/hr) = $0.5 / 😊.
Since you don’t actually have a hedonometer installed in your brain, the goal isn’t to calculate anything with precision, but rather to optimize the best and worst spends. For example, it would make no sense for me to buy a Porsche until I’m rich enough to be saturated with nice dinners and bowling. On the flip side, failing to have fresh fruit in my house is costing me the opportunity to acquire cheap happiness.
Finally, if you take nothing else from this post, take this tip: buy great soap. I think that people strongly undervalue the happiness to be had from excellent products in cheap categories. A Chanel bag costs $5,000 not because it’s 1oo times better at being a bag than a $50 bag, but because it’s a signaling-positional-keeping-up-with-Joneses-luxury good. On the flip side, in every category that’s not consumed conspicuously the highest quality things will not be overpriced. I drive a cheap ass-car and wear $30 jeans but I buy the best soap, underwear, toilet paper, tea, socks, shaving cream and bbq sauce I can find.
Make it a treat
The next step in making the formula correspond with our own happiness better is internalizing the law of diminishing returns: almost every pleasurable activity will become less fun as you get used to it. Remarkably, this happens both on very short and very long timescales. On short timescales, you experience diminishing 😊 returns for everything from driving cars to drinking beer to receiving massages within a few minutes as your mind begins to wander. From the other end, if you take a vacation to the same beach resort every year it will feel less exciting and refreshing the 8th time around.
This is a big reason why purchases that deliver happiness in short bursts are more effective. I’m using the soap for only 4 minutes each day, so I spend the entire 4 minutes thinking how great the soap smells and feels. On the other hand, you can wear a designer dress for a few hours but only spend a few minutes “noticing” it.
Happy Money suggests using scarcity and novelty to keep experiences fresh and enjoyable:
• Indulging in seasonal treats like candy corn on Halloween and eggnog on Christmas.
• Renting luxury cars for a few days on a trip instead of buying.
• Interrupting pleasant experiences like massages (with a break) and TV shows (with commercials) to “reset the happiness thermometer”. Yes, it means you should stop binge watching that show.
• Eating popcorn with your non-dominant hand: apparently research has demonstrated that simply changing the method of enjoying things makes them feel novel to the brain and keeps the enjoyment from slipping.
Remember to discount the 😊/hr rate of long-lasting things and experiences: the twenty second day of a vacation will not be as good as the second, the hoverboard will not be as fun three years in as it was on the test ride. The 27th pound of giant gummy bears will, however, be exactly as delicious as the first 26.
Buy time
Happy Money returns to idea of happiness happening over a time period by asking you to consider how each purchase will change the way your time is spent. For example, buying a dog might make you replace an hour of TV watching with an hour of walking every day. Installing a pool, may replace that hour of TV with an hour of fishing dead leaves out of your pool’s clogged drain. Training your dog to clean the pool will finally allow you to enjoy the TV in peace.
To incorporate time into the equation you need to figure out how much an hour of your time is worth; unsurprisingly this is very difficult. Your average hourly wage (whether you’re paid hourly or yearly) is a first approximation, but then you need to figure out how much you’ll charge for an extra hour of work on the margin. Of course, that depends on how fun that work is and how much it costs/pays you in other currencies like energy and personal fulfillment. That in turns depends on the free time you’ll have left over and onwards to second and third order effects. This paper is a decent place to start figuring out how much your time is worth to you.
Since we can’t measure our time-value with precision we should give up and cry make something up anyway. For example, I used to take a cab whenever I would fly out of JFK, substituting a 45 minute car ride ($55) for an hour on the subway ($5). Paying $50 extra to save 15 minutes implies a $200/hr value on my time which certainly seems too high. Once I figured that out, I stopped taking JFK cabs but started Ubering around Manhattan late at night when the streets are clear and the subways are sporadic.
Not every hour is equal, and Happy Money encourages you to buy replacements for the worst hours of your life first. The value of a Roomba depends on how much you hate vacuuming, not just on how long it takes you. I iron my own shirts instead of paying $15 to have them dry cleaned because I do it while watching Game of Thrones. The downgrade from an hour of GoT to an hour of “ironing while Cersei is babbling and glancing up at the screen whenever there’s a fight/sexposition scene” is barely noticeable.
Here’s a link to time-buying tips from 80,000 Hours mostly to get you clicking around and doing good things with your time. #nudge
Pay now consume later
Yes, you should do it because it replaces the time spent dreading the payment (sucks) with time spent savoring the anticipation (rocks). Yes, I love backing books on Kickstarter because I forget all about them and then when they arrive it’s like a Christmas gift only something I actually like and not a scarf.
I want to mention a theme that comes up in Happy Money again and again and ties all the sections together: buying memories. The book keeps coming again and again to examples of experiences that aren’t only fun in the moment (in fact, some of them aren’t fun at all) but that also create memories that last for a long time: a flight to space, a stay at a Swedish ice hotel, dinner at elBulli, a Tough Mudder race, hitchhiking across Canada.
Memories are great and we should add them to equation by estimating the time we’ll spend savoring them. I can take a trip to Vegas and only spend two days there, but I’ll tell the story of how I stole Mike Tyson’s tiger and got married to a prostitute at least 50 times over my life. Let’s say it takes me 5 minutes to tell the story, that’s a total of 250 minutes of reminiscing. These are four hours which should definitely be added to the denominator of the $/😊 calculation, along with the two days actually being there.
However, 4 hours are still less than two days – most of the fun is in the experience and not in the reminiscing. We don’t actually spend most of our days enjoying memories. How many minutes yesterday did you spend thinking about that trip you took last year?
We feel great whenever we reminisce / retell stories / review photo albums because we’re in “paid earlier consuming now” mode: the cost is paid and only the memories remain. This biases us to overvalue the experiences we’ve had that produced the memories, which is a problem when the memories are fond but the experiences themselves were everything but.
Some of my fondest memories are from infantry boot camp, the one my army unit went through before we settled in and invented the Bummer Economy. I made friends, overcame obstacles, learned new skills, pushed myself to the limit and beyond it – all of this created the best memories. Maybe I reminisce about boot camp for 5 minutes every week for the rest of my life, that comes out to 9 solid days of reminiscing. But boot camp itself took 4 months, most of which I spent hungry, tired and sleep deprived. I’m sure we spent 9 whole days just doing push ups, and another 9 learning how to crawl.
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Now that boot camp is behind me, it’s quite rational for me to be happy I went through the ordeal and also quite rational to never want to do anything like that ever again no matter how great the memories will be. “Think of the memories you’ll make!” is a good reason to do something, but remember to also “think of the suffering you’ll endure!” and multiply each one by the appropriate number of hours.
Invest in others
Studies show that spending money on others makes you happy, especially when the giving is voluntary and when it creates a personal connection. The happiness boost doesn’t increase when giving more than a small amount. An effective way to buy happiness is inviting a friend for a coffee. A very ineffective way is giving $1,000 to strangers across the globe.
So why did we do it? Not for the fuzzy 😊 feeling, but because it’s the right thing to do. Hedons (satisfying our emotional desires) and utilons (achieving our cerebral values) are completely distinct things, come from different sources and must be purchased separately – very few opportunities offer a good price on both.
Whether you identify as utilitarian or not, if you care about other people and belive that pleasure is good and pain is bad you get utilons from other people’s hedons. $1,000 for a few hours of feeling pleased is a bad trade, but for somebody in Kenya $1,000 are three years of basic income. That’s maybe 10,000 hours of being healthy, dry and fed instead of lying sick under a leaky hut roof with no dinner. That’s a very good deal.
So, how to buy happiness? Buy experiences, which include things that are cheap and you use for a long time in short increments. Make it a treat because the joy declines as you get used to anything, inject novelty where you can to refresh the source of delight. Calculating the value of your time, even very roughly, will let you make good trade-offs whether you’re buying time or paying with time. Pay now (cash) and consume later (memories) just make sure not to overestimate the time you’ll spend reminiscing and the amount of suffering you’ll have to pay. Invest in others, but don’t confuse the warm feeling of treating a friend with the ethical imperative to make the world a better place.
Finally: when in doubt, do the math. Add up the costs, calculate the time and multiply by the 😊/hr for yourself or for others. Here’s one last example:
Cost of WordPress premium subscription: $89/year.
Putanumonit readers: 80,000 views/year.
Seconds of annoyance at seeing ads on Putanumonit: 10 sec/view.
Level of annoyance at dumb ads: -5 😊/hr.
Utility of WordPress premium: $89 / (80000*10*5/3600) = 0.08 $/😊.
You’re welcome.
29 thoughts on “Shopping for Happiness
1. That really depends on your values and your ethics. I would of course prefer that everyone optimize for utilons, but I can’t force you to. The way I see it, when I write about effective altruism I’m not trying to directly convince people that they must donate to efficient charities. Rather, I’m trying to make it easier for those already inclined to it by giving good information, reducing ambiguity anxiety, and showcasing the great community of like-minded people already doing it.
I think that the two main gateways to optimizing for global utilons are believing in math (i.e. that utilons is something that can be counted and optimized) and feeling grateful (which you can practice – it will make your life happier and make you likelier to care about others). I write a blog about life-math and I feel very fortunate and grateful for my life in general, but I understand that I can’t impose this mindset on others. All I can ask is that you try it out 🙂
Finally, as Eliezer mentions in the fuzzies/utilons essay, even when you’re optimizing for utilons you need to buy some hedons (and maybe some status) to keep yourself content and motivated. Effective altruism should be fulfilling and enjoyable, not guilt-ridden and on the constant verge of burnout.
1. Reader Jason asked me to share my favorites items for all the other “inconspicuous consumption” categories. I didn’t list them because I’m a math geek, not a sophisticated consumer. I’m also a novelty seeker: I get a rush from trying new things even when they’re not as good so I have negative brand loyalty. Finally, all of this are super personal: if your skin is different than mine you should use different soap. The only exception is Boar and Castle BBQ sauce, it’s objectively proven to be the best 🙂 If anyone cares:
Soap: I did enjoy the goat milk one and anything by Sabon. Also, I’m staying at a hotel that has Atelier Bloem soap and I’m enjoying it.
Underwear: I succumbed to the podcast ads and got some MeUndies. They feel great and have cool designs.
I use Charmin Ultra Strong toilet paper, and I definitely didn’t imagine I’ll be blogging about it.
I get my weird teas (e.g. Ginseng Oolong) from David’s Tea and for teas that can be brewed in bags I try stuff from Harney and Sons.
These socks come in 24 colors in a department store in NYC, I own 9 colors and am definitely getting the other 15. I have a beard, so I I’ve had the same shaving cream for a year and I don’t know if it’s good or not.
All of the above are items that cost $12-$20 in categories where most people buy $5-$10 things. That’s where I see a lot of the value, but of course some people can’t afford $12 soap and someone richer can’t imagine life without their $90 cashmere socks. The point of this entire post is for you to figure out your own 🙂
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Is it possible to rename default directories like ~/Documents, ~/Music, ~/Videos?
Especially I want to rename Videos to Movies.
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Possible duplicate of this question – Kevin Bowen Jan 15 '13 at 22:13
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And how can I rename these folders? I can change path here only. – madox2 Jan 15 '13 at 19:32
Just type a different name, for example "$HOME/Movies" instead of "$HOME/Videos". – mikewhatever Jan 15 '13 at 19:35
Solved! Thank you – madox2 Jan 15 '13 at 19:53
As I remember, Nautilus updates user directories if you simply rename them via the file manager. So I think right-clicking on the directory and choosing "Rename" from the menu should do the trick - just rename Videos to Movies in the file manager, it will remember the change.
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That's right, I just did it this way - much more user-friendly. – kermit666 Nov 8 '13 at 16:04
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Helping to make the Claims experience less painful
21/08/18 General
Insurance is often referred to as a ‘grudge purchase’, a necessary evil and something that only really delivers any value if the policyholder is propelled by an accident or incident towards the ‘moment of truth’ – the time at which they have to call on their policy and make a claim.
At that point, it can come more ‘begrudged’ than grudge, if the claim is not handled in a manner living up to expectations. Policyholders have a set idea in their mind about how their claim should be handled and become highly engaged in pursuit of that vision. They are even prepared to phone up and be held in a queue for 30 or 40 minutes at a time, just to gain some reassurance that someone is looking after their case.
Knowing the importance of a claim for policyholders, insurers have made great efforts to make the process highly efficient. There has been heavy investment in technology and many insurers now provide the means to open a claim online, on a dedicated website. This will usually allow the policy-holding claimant to track the progress of a claim, access recent correspondence between their insurer and the third party and discover whether repairs or treatments have been authorised. All of this is just a click away, a far cry from the situation even just a decade ago.
Another leap forward in the world of commercial insurance has been the establishment of Centres of Excellence, which give the policyholder access to experienced and technically trained claims handlers within specific specialist areas. The aim is to handle claims pro-actively and with empathy, offering mediation and rehabilitation services for those with personal injury claims, for example. Being trained to gather all the vital information in just one phone call not only speeds up the claim, but also pleases the policyholder, who does not wish to have to do the ‘hard work’ to make their claim progress.
Those with larger claims will typically see a claims investigator visit their premises, to liaise with them and ensure that the claims handling goes smoothly. Explanations about claims have been made easier by the great strides that have been made with policy wordings – now often jargon-free and written in Plain English.
Giving the policyholder access to trusted suppliers, who are instructed to work on the claimant’s behalf, has also made the claims pill easier to swallow for clients seeking peace of mind about repairs, whether they need the services of a plumber, hire car company, or emergency glazier.
However, brokers are at a particular advantage when it comes to claims handling, not just because of their technical knowledge, or the fact they have their own internal claims handlers in many cases. Largely, the advantage is that of dialogue, being able to convey empathy and action either face-to-face, or over a phone that is typically answered in just a few rings, rather than after many minutes of on-hold music.
Brokers understand that making a claim is an emotional experience and that policyholders in this position want clarity from a person empowered to act. They appreciate that customers who are satisfied with the handling of their claim are six times less likely to take their business elsewhere. In many cases, it is not the size of the financial settlement that affects the customer’s view of the claim, but rather the way in which it was handled, with poor helplines, or inadequate answers from employees, all leading to higher levels of discontent.
A Deloitte Insight survey by YouGov, conducted in 2014, but still very relevant in 2018, also found that those who are unhappy with the way their claim is handled are most likely to tell their family and friends about it, whilst only 24% of those who are happy will do the same. 9% of those who feel let down by their policy will make their dissatisfaction known on social media.
A major step towards client satisfaction is ensuring that customers have the right cover in place for their individual needs, which is where choosing a broker to help you with your insurance requirements is a wise decision. A broker will be on hand whenever you need answers, contacting you as many times as you agree is right for you, when the claims process starts.
Placing your insurance with a broker also means that you can express your views directly, perhaps only venturing on to social media to express your satisfaction. If an informed and attentive service is what you want to have supporting you through any future claims process, you can be assured that we will provide that, whenever you need to call upon your cover. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9687461256980896}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '46469', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:QTNYMR6II6GUW3JM673KNT6WUMPURUBP', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:55cb15cf-62f8-48d9-baf5-9b5e8f2729a3>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 17, 2, 2, 20), 'WARC-IP-Address': '164.39.7.99', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:VELCAEGZUZACLMKDG55XJE5UHQYYPKX6', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:f807e879-a7e4-4c12-9a33-002c24dbeac4>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.lwood.co.uk/helping-to-make-the-claims-experience-less-painful/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:4054a149-2ae9-464c-b17f-368fc98854e8>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '781', 'url': 'https://www.lwood.co.uk/helping-to-make-the-claims-experience-less-painful/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-43\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for October 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-69-127-157.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.04405105113983154', 'original_id': 'b1a26a41b1055093e76758ea3b77bcbc6226a1b9cd3b33fbb710052fb4f52c36'} |
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I am interested in knowing if the standard mentions anything about implementation of mutex in C++11, in user-space vs kernel space.
It could be that implementation is left completely platform specific.
Any helpful pointer/document that mentions about implementation will be great.
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The Standard's not poisonous - stackoverflow.com/questions/14184203/… ;-) – Tony D Mar 18 '13 at 3:03
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The C++ standard has no notion of "user-space", "kernel space" or anything of the kind. Exactly how std::mutex is implemented is up to your standard library implementation; the standard only defines apparent behavior.
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from datetime import datetime
import os
import yaml
import json
from flask import make_response, flash
from werkzeug.exceptions import HTTPException
from flask_admin.contrib import sqla
from . import main
from .. import db, web_bot, admin, basic_auth, api
from flask import redirect, current_app
from flask import render_template
from flask import session, url_for, request
from flask_cors import cross_origin
from flask_restful import Resource, fields
from .forms import ChatForm, UserForm
from ..models import User, Chatbot, Conversation, Turn
from .. import models
from pydoc import locate
@main.context_processor
def inject_enumerate():
return dict(enumerate=enumerate)
@main.before_app_first_request
def load_gloabal_data():
"""Create the cornell_bot to be used for chat session."""
session['start_time'] = None
@main.route('/')
@main.route('/index')
@cross_origin()
def index():
# Create the (empty) forms that user can fill with info.
user_form = UserForm()
chat_form = ChatForm()
return render_template('index.html',
user=session.get('user'),
user_form=user_form,
chat_form=chat_form)
@main.route('/about')
@cross_origin()
def about():
return render_template('about.html', user=session.get('user', 'Anon'))
@main.route('/plots')
def plots():
return render_template('plots.html',
user=session.get('user', 'Anon'))
def update_database(user_message, bot_response):
"""Fill database (db) with new input-response, and associated data."""
# 1. Get the User db.Model.
user = get_database_model('User', filter=session.get('user', 'Anon'))
# 2. Get the Chatbot db.Model.
bot_name = ChatAPI.bot_name
chatbot = get_database_model('Chatbot', filter=bot_name)
# 3. Get the Conversation db.Model.
if session.get('start_time') is None:
session['start_time'] = datetime.utcnow()
conversation = get_database_model('Conversation',
filter=session.get('start_time'),
user=user,
chatbot=chatbot)
# 4. Get the Turn db.model. (called get adds it to the db if not there).
_ = get_database_model('Turn',
user_message=user_message,
chatbot_message=bot_response,
conversation=conversation)
db.session.commit()
def get_database_model(class_name, filter=None, **kwargs):
model_class = getattr(models, class_name)
assert model_class is not None, 'db_model for %s is None.' % class_name
if filter is not None:
if class_name == 'Conversation':
filter_kw = {'start_time': filter}
else:
filter_kw = {'name': filter}
db_model = model_class.query.filter_by(**filter_kw).first()
else:
db_model = None
filter_kw = {}
if db_model is None:
db_model = model_class(**filter_kw, **kwargs)
db.session.add(db_model)
return db_model
# -------------------------------------------------------
# APIs
# -------------------------------------------------------
class UserAPI(Resource):
def post(self):
name = request.values.get('name', 'Anon')
session['user'] = name
user_model = get_database_model('User', filter=name)
return {'name': user_model.name}
class ChatAPI(Resource):
# Class attributes. This is convenient since we only want one active
# bot at any given time.
bot_name = 'Unk Bot'
bot = None
def __init__(self, data_name):
if ChatAPI.bot_name != data_name:
ChatAPI.bot_name = data_name
ChatAPI.bot = web_bot.FrozenBot(frozen_model_dir=data_name,
is_testing=current_app.testing)
config = ChatAPI.bot.config
_ = get_database_model('Chatbot',
filter=ChatAPI.bot_name,
dataset=config['dataset'],
**config['model_params'])
db.session.commit()
# TODO: delete this after refactor rest of file.
session['data_name'] = data_name
def post(self):
print('post received')
print('request:', request)
user_message = request.values.get('user_message')
print('user_message = ', user_message)
bot_response = self.bot(user_message)
print('resp:', bot_response)
update_database(user_message, bot_response)
return {'response': bot_response,
'bot_name': ChatAPI.bot_name}
class RedditAPI(ChatAPI):
def __init__(self):
super(RedditAPI, self).__init__('reddit')
class CornellAPI(ChatAPI):
def __init__(self):
super(CornellAPI, self).__init__('cornell')
class UbuntuAPI(ChatAPI):
def __init__(self):
super(UbuntuAPI, self).__init__('ubuntu')
api.add_resource(UserAPI, '/user/')
api.add_resource(RedditAPI, '/chat/reddit/')
api.add_resource(CornellAPI, '/chat/cornell/')
api.add_resource(UbuntuAPI, '/chat/ubuntu/')
# -------------------------------------------------------
# ADMIN: Authentication for the admin (me) on /admin.
# -------------------------------------------------------
class AuthException(HTTPException):
def __init__(self, message):
super().__init__(message, make_response(
"You could not be authenticated. Please refresh the page.", 401,
{'WWW-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="Login Required"'}))
class ModelView(sqla.ModelView):
def is_accessible(self):
if not basic_auth.authenticate():
raise AuthException('Not authenticated.')
else:
return True
def inaccessible_callback(self, name, **kwargs):
return redirect(basic_auth.challenge())
admin.add_view(ModelView(User, db.session))
admin.add_view(ModelView(Chatbot, db.session))
admin.add_view(ModelView(Conversation, db.session))
admin.add_view(ModelView(Turn, db.session))
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thoughts and stories by Steve Elkins
Standards For Every Day
I was reading in the New Testament Book of Titus recently. It was there that I read the qualifications for Elders found in Chapter one. As an ordained Deacon and Elder, these verses are always humbling to me as I read them.
There are three offices noted in the New Testament for the local church: Pastor; Elder (also known as Bishop or overseer); and Deacon. Additional qualifications can be found in 1 Timothy 3. The Pastor’s responsibilities are to preach the Word, counsel, and provide direction for the congregation. The Elder’s responsibilities are to set a Godly example, govern the congregation, protect the congregation, and teach the Word. The Deacon’s responsibilities are to be a servant, to help meet the needs of the congregation. They, too, are to be Godly examples.
At least, that is the way it is set up in my church. Others may have different assignments and duties. But in the twenty years that I have been recognized by the church as an ordained leader, I have heard it said, on numerous occasions, that the leadership should have a higher standard. I have experienced fellow church members withdraw in fellowship from me because I was now in leadership. I have had church people said, “You better be careful what you say. There is an Elder present!” I have others try to get close to pump me for information, only for them to be disappointed when I didn’t gossip about confidential information about some struggling family in the church.
But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us…
The membership likes to point to the standards of the leaders, but in many cases, they choose to ignore the standards for every day that every Christian is to live by. I believe I should meet the requirements given in Titus and 1 Timothy, and live up to the standards given in Titus 3 for all believers.
3 Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, 2 to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men. 3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. Titus 3:1-8 NASB
Here is how I see the standards listed above and how I identify them.
Paul tells Titus to pay attention to the government. Governments are established by God. The scripture says that God will raise up or He will plant governments at His will. In our government, we elect people to represent our beliefs and to make laws and vote according to the desires of the majority. It’s not perfect, but it can be effective. I admit, many of the elected officials have strayed or abandoned the law. Many choose to ignore the laws of the land and the will of the people. Yet, I am to remember that a Sovereign God has a plan that He will carry out, even overcoming the paperwork of the United States government.
Secondly, I am to pay attention to those around me, and especially the way I treat or react to them. I am to be helpful, not hurting in my speech, not to be quarrelsome, and to show kindness. I am to treat others as the Lord has treated me. I should be a daily ambassador of Jesus to my fellow-man.
Lastly, I am to pay attention to myself. I have to remember that I have been changed when Jesus saved me. My salvation was not based on my deeds, but upon God’s mercy and grace to me. All of my thoughts and motives should be adjusted and weighed with this knowledge. I am not saved by good deeds, but my salvation should generate good deeds in me.
So, whether you are in leadership or not, we all have standards to live by every day. May we treat others as we would want to be treated and even more importantly, may we treat others as Jesus has treated us. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '72ec171c49e95a58094ada527e2ba0ee98905de0299377ff2ed3bd983c494662'} |
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Two Indians and a technology firm they worked for have been accused by U.S. authorities of making $2.5 million by fraudulently selling unrequired technical support services to computer users and selling software that was otherwise available for free.
The defendants in the case, Pairsys and its officers Uttam Saha and Tiya Bhattacharya, have been accused by the Federal Trade Commission of violating telemarketing sales rules.
A federal court has shut down the company after FTC asked to permanently close down the company and required Saha and Bhattacharya to return their ill-gotten gains.
“The defendants behind Pairsys targeted seniors and other vulnerable populations, preying on their lack of computer knowledge to sell ‘security’ software and programs that had no value at all,” director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Jessica Rich said.
The defendants have agreed to the terms of a preliminary injunction issued by the court that prohibits them from making misrepresentations to consumers. They are also banned from deceptive telemarketing practices, and may not sell or rent their customer lists to any third party.
The injunction requires that their websites and telephone numbers must be shut down and disconnected, and their assets be frozen.
According to the FTC’s complaint, Pairsys called consumers pretending to be representatives of technology companies like Microsoft and Facebook and also purchased deceptive ads online that led consumers to believe they were calling the technical support line for legitimate companies.
The company then engaged in “deceptive and high-pressure sales pitch” conducted by scammers in an overseas call center.
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Doubling Boonsboro
Annexations would expand town by 813 acres
Annexations would expand town by 813 acres
BOONSBORO - No matter how Boonsboro Town Council members proceed with proposals that could nearly double the town's area, some residents said they already feel crowded by development.
"This is the area where I grew up, and I would like to see it stay that way for my children and my grandchildren, with the creeks and the streams and the woods where I played," said Cory Niswander, 39. "I can't stand the way it's growing up."
Town officials said Wednesday pending annexations could give the town leverage in dealing with developers. The council will consider six annexations covering more than 813 acres at a public hearing Monday at 7 p.m. at Boonsboro Middle School.
At a meeting introducing six of the annexations, Mayor Charles "Skip" F. Kauffman Jr. said state law changes that go into effect next year will limit towns' control over annexations, giving more power in the process to the counties. A seventh annexation already has been considered at public hearing.
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No annexations will be granted without a development agreement, Town Manager Debra Smith said.
"If it's in town, at least we can say, 'You will pay your way,'" Smith said. If the town does not annex properties, it has no way to require developers to fund upgrades to infrastructure, she said.
The mother of a second-grader and grandmother of a fourth-grader, Margaret Baldwin said she worries most about school overcrowding.
"They need to do something with the schools," said Baldwin, who lives outside town. "Give them five years to do something with the schools because they keep adding more development."
One of the proposed annexations would include 15 acres for a new school, Smith said.
If developers want to build in town, they are limited to just 1,640 new sewer taps, Town Planner Derek S. Meyers said. The town needs to find funding for a new $13 million wastewater treatment plant, which is required by the Maryland Department of the Environment, Meyers said.
For every new housing unit, the town collects $11,000 in sewer-tapping fees and $6,500 in water-connection fees, Smith said. The water fees go toward the town's costs in providing the service; some of the sewer fees will go toward the plant, she said.
The town also would get 30 percent of the excise tax collected within its borders, Smith said.
The council will consider all infrastructure needs - not just the sewer-tap restrictions - in deciding whether to allow developers to build in town, Smith said.
Smith said she does not know how the sewer taps ultimately will be divvied up, or how many homes might be built on the properties being considered for annexation.
Niswander said she moved just outside of town to get away from the development of the area around North Main Street, where she had lived.
"I'm not for any more development in this area," she said.
Proposed annexations
About 2,100 homes are in Boonsboro, which currently covers 982 acres, Town Planner Derek S. Meyers said.
Proposals to annex into town the following properties will be considered at a public hearing Monday. Numbers in parentheses correspond to numbered areas on the map on page A1.
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Angel of History/Footsteps of the Messiah
In his ‘Theses on the Philosophy of History‘, Walter Benjamin condemns the image of ‘progress’ put forth as dogma by the Social Democrats, which insisted that humanity has evolved towards ever-greater perfection throughout history, into the present.
He contrasts, with this image of progress, his conception of history as catastrophe-
There is a striking resemblance between Benjamin’s conception of history as catastrophe, and the notion of the ‘footsteps of the Messiah’ as it appears in rabbinic theology, especially when contrasted with the religious Zionist notion of redemption, so similar to Benjamin’s critique of progress.
From Rav Tamir Granot, describing the thought of early-1900s anti-Zionist Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman-
“Rabbi Wasserman was one of the personalities who molded the perception of the final period in the life of the Jewish nation in exile, including the period of the Jewish state, as “Ikveta de-Meshicha“, or ‘footsteps of the Messiah’…
The ancient term coined by Chazal is of great significance for an understanding of Rabbi Wasserman’s historical approach, and it should be contrasted with the term commonly associated with Religious Zionism – “at’chalta di-ge’ula,” the beginning of the redemption, or “reishit tzemichat ge’ulateinu,” the beginning of the flowering of our redemption.
The concept of the “beginning of the redemption” expresses a view of the modern era as a constructive stage on the way to the final redemption. It entails a positive view of our historical reality, seeing in it the Jewish nation’s development and progress on the way to redemption.
The term “footsteps of the Messiah,” although also denoting proximity in time to the redemption, expresses a completely opposite view of the period. For the Jewish nation, the modern era – and especially the period between the two World Wars – looked like a general, almost catastrophic, crisis and disintegration, especially as pertaining to the spiritual situation. The disintegration of traditional society, the loss of the communal structure, the Enlightenment, Reform, assimilation, and finally Zionism and Communism, all represented a multi-pronged attack on faithful Judaism, endangering the continuation of Jewish existence in accordance with Torah and the commandments. If we add to this the reality of economic distress, WWI, emigration, and pogroms, intensified in the 1930’s with racist antisemitism, the murderous decrees, and Stalin’s persecution, we are faced with an extremely grim picture, which Rabbi Wasserman identified as a descent to the nethermost depths. Chazal, in the final mishna in Sota and in the Gemara ad loc., describe just such a situation and refer to it as “the footsteps of the Messiah.”
18) The Chafetz Chaim taught further: The changes that take place in the world today within a short time, used to take hundreds of years. We see that the wheel of time is spinning at lightning speed. “What has God done to us?” (Yirmiyahu 5:19); why are conditions changing in this way? Concerning these questions, the Chafetz Chaim taught: Since the time of Creation and until today, endless accounts have piled up. Before the Messiah comes, these accounts must be settled, because the redemption will remove the evil inclination, and thus all matters of this world that pertain to the battle waged against the evil inclination will be cancelled. Therefore, every person must settle whatever debt he still owes God. Since the time of the Messiah is very close, it is imperative that this process be speeded up. From the day that the Chafetz Chaim, z”l, expressed this view, the pace of events in the world has grown even faster. Overnight, literally, things have happened that previously would have taken many generations… It is as though the wheel of time is accelerating under pressure from an external command: “Hurry up!” Anyone with intelligence can understand that we are living in a special period, which is destined to change the entire world order; day by day, the pace grows faster…”
‘Never Again’, Again
‘And You Are Faithful to Resuscitate the Dead’- Towards a Torah of Radical Remembrance
“And You are faithful to resuscitate the dead. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who resuscitates the dead.”
– from ‘Gevurot’, ‘God’s Strength’, a daily Jewish prayer
“The class struggle, which is always present to a historian influenced by Marx, is a fight for the crude and material things without which no refined and spiritual things could exist. Nevertheless, it is not in the form of the spoils which fall to the victor that the latter make their presence felt in the class struggle. They manifest themselves in this struggle as courage, humor, cunning and fortitude. They have retroactive force and will constantly call into question every victory, past and present, of the rulers. As flowers turn toward the sun, by dint of a secret heliotropism the past strives to turn toward that sun which is rising in the sky of history. The historical materialist must be aware of this most inconspicuous of all transformations.”
– Walter Benjamin, ‘Theses on the Philosophy of History’
For modern secular Jews, the ‘resuscitation of the dead’ can be one of the more alienating aspects of our tradition. Techiat HaMeitim, codified as one of the 13 foundational principles of Judaism by Maimonides in the 12th century, dictates that when Moshiach (Messiah) returns and redeems the world, the bodies and souls of the faithful will be resurrected to live again in a perfected world, this world, a world which will be at once fully ‘earthly’, and fully ‘divine’. Most of the time, I see Reform or Reconstructionist prayer books change this daily prayer from ‘blessed are you, Hashem, who resuscitates the dead’ to something like ‘blessed are you, Hashem, who gives life to all that lives’. Says the Enlightened Jew to himself- ‘of course, my dead body will not rise, fully intact, from my grave one day when a Messiah comes, and walk upon the earth again for all eternity, as the rabbis promised’. So we discard this notion completely, and regard the resuscitation of the dead as a quaint, magical notion, ill-suited to the rational world of today.
I would like to resuscitate this dead notion of the resuscitation of the dead, through a Marxist lens. I think, in discarding it completely, we are losing one of the most compelling aspects of our tradition. I would like to reinterpret it as referring, not to the literal reawakening of the human body, but to a way of relating to memory, animated by a passionate fidelity to the living past. Moreover, the memory in question is inherently radical and revolutionary. According to Rabbinic tradition, the resuscitation of the dead will occur only once the Messiah has come- and the Messiah comes to end all wars and oppression, and usher in an era of tranquility and peace upon the earth. It is no coincidence that, for the rabbis, the dead will awaken when the earthly bonds of oppression are shattered.
In 1940, the German Jewish philosopher and Marxist cultural critic Walter Benjamin wrote his ‘Theses on the Philosophy of History’ as he was trying to escape Nazi-occupied France. He committed suicide one stormy night on the border, unwilling to be delivered by the French to the Germans. Fellow theorist and German Jew Hannah Arendt managed to smuggle his ‘Theses’ on scraps of paper out of Europe, and to publish it as his last work.
Benjamin’s ‘Theses’ are suffused with a Jewish spirit of radical remembrance, a quality that Benjamin himself, within the 18 Theses and in his larger life’s work, makes no effort to hide. For Benjamin, the Marxist historian is commanded to remember the struggling, oppressed peoples of the past, and to continue their struggle in the present. Echoing Howard Zinn, the ‘official’, textbook history of the past is most often the history of the victors, the gilded, hegemonic narrative crafted by the rulers of society, the story that fits their interests, portrays their rule as benevolent, inevitable, natural and divine. And why would we expect any different? Today, those with the power and resources write the textbooks and control the narrative; yesterday, the kings had the scribes, the rich had the parchment. Everyone else- the 99% of past and present, the overwhelming majority of the human race- could not as easily transmit their stories and histories to future generations. Of course, the historical memory of any suffering people is long- in rituals, in customs, in stories, in rich oral traditions, cultural memory is preserved and transmitted by all oppressed peoples as a means of survival. But this memory rarely builds monuments to itself; it is rarely recorded diligently, in great detail, and guarded closely in the king’s palace. It is not broadcast to millions of living rooms on the nightly news; the state produces textbooks glorifying its leaders, not exposing their barbarism.
It is the task of the radical historian to tear away the textbook ‘bourgeois’ version of history, and to listen, underneath, for the narrative and perspective of the oppressed. From this perspective, it is clear, writes Benjamin, that “there is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” To uncover the history of the oppressed is to learn that they lived, suffered, and died under oppression, and to realize that their struggle against that oppression, in their lifetime, was not completed. This memory is a work of mourning, a realization that the textbook version of history is dripping with blood, and that the suffering of the oppressed has not yet been avenged. And because “all rulers are the heirs of those who conquered before them”, the radical historian realizes that yesterday’s king left the seat warm for today’s president; today’s America is the Roman Empire reincarnate; we confront the very same oppressor our ancestors faced.
When we uncover this hidden truth of the past, we clarify the past, we bring it from a place of obscurity, hiddenness and falsehood- for example, ‘Israel was a land without a people for a people without a land, and the Israel/Palestine conflict is caused by antisemitism’- into a light of truth- ‘actually, Zionists drove the Palestinians off of their land, and that has caused the conflict today’. This clarifies, not only the past, but the present as well. Growing up, we are taught that the suffering of our situation is ‘natural’, or inexplicable, arbitrary and beyond our control; later, we realize this is actually the oppressor’s narrative, and that systemic inequality, not blind chance, structures our world through a series of traceable processes, in the past, that create and condition our suffering in the present.
In his ‘Arcades Project’, Benjamin describes this illuminating, clarifying power of radical memory as a form of awakening, as the ‘dialectical, Copernican turn of remembrance’. It is an awakening, because once we awaken to the root causes of our situation, we realize, like Neo leaving the Matrix, how asleep we once had been. “The tradition of all dead generations”, writes Marx, “weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living.” As long as oppressive structures are not overthrown, humanity remains in a kind of sleep, in an incomplete process of shrugging off the yoke of the past, of overcoming systemic inequities that are outmoded, reactionary, that prevent humanity from achieving its full potential. The existence of Donald Trump as president mocks us, like a sick joke, a rotting remnant of a capitalist world-system on life support, surviving only through the worst crisis-ridden speculations of finance capital, a nightmare which should have died long ago.
Just as our ancestors were unable to vanquish the enemy, it is by no means guaranteed that their stories of struggle, and our own, will be remembered. “In every era,” writes Benjamin, “the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism which is about to overpower it”. In every era, the ‘truth’ of the past threatens to be forgotten. The false version of events, told by the oppressor, is largely accepted as fact; the stories of the oppressed threaten to be buried under the weight of this oppression, to slip permanently from our collective memory. It is incumbent upon us to attempt, over and over again, to re-awaken and clarify subterranean history, to overcome the gravity of forgetting, to do continuous, circuitous and always-novel battle, with pen and sword, against the persistent effort of the rulers to maintain hegemony, to restore illusory narratives, to destroy radically subversive institutions of cultural memory.
“And you are faithful to resuscitate the dead”. With this plea, the rabbis begged God not to forget, but to fulfill, the tradition of the oppressed. Though we oppressed Jews may die today, they said, God will not forget our suffering, as He will not forget those who came before; one day, the Messiah will come, this earth will know peace, and we all will dwell anew and free in this kingdom of peace. This is not a heaven or afterlife, occurring on some other plane or dimension- our bodies are restored on earth, the promised kingdom is created politically, here, as a harmonious human society, at once earthly and divine but in the flesh, immanent, interpersonal, within our grasp.
In the future messianic kingdom, according to rabbinic tradition, all the faithful, oppressed Jews who have existed across all moments of history will be resurrected; they will dwell together, in harmony, in the land of peace towards which, in the suffering of their former lives, their prayers had always turned. Says– “In this dark and imperfect world, we cannot yet behold and enjoy the fruits of our labor. But in the Era of Moshiach, the accumulated attainments of all generations of history will reach their ultimate perfection. And since ‘G‑d does not deprive any creature of its due’, all elements that have been involved in realizing His purpose in creation will be reunited to perceive and experience the perfect world that their combined effort has achieved.” In the same way, the Marxist historian believes that in the future, all the oppressed of the past will be remembered; the enemy that oppressed them will be finally vanquished; the world for which they struggled will come to fruition; they will be redeemed. The spirit dwelling behind both these Messianic visions is the same.
“The Era of Moshiach is not a supernatural world; it is the very same world we know today–without the corruptions of human nature. Man will have conquered his selfishness and prejudices; a harmonious world community will devote its energies and resources for the common good and the quest for continued growth in wisdom and perfection. In short, the Era of Moshiach represents man’s attainment of the peak of his natural potential.”
Neither the radical historian nor the religious Jew prays for the liberatory force of history, or for God, merely to ‘remember’ the dead, but to bring the dead back to life. The latter is much more radical. It is not that in the promised stateless classless society, the great, definitive history book will finally be written, and all oppressed narratives of the past will be remembered fully, in a grand apotheosis of knowledge- this fantasy of pure knowledge, of total accuracy in and for itself, is in fact closer to the bourgeois fantasy of total history. Rather, it is that the better world, for which our oppressed ancestors struggled, will finally come to fruition; their vision will be actualized; their arrow will reach its target; their oppressors will have not won. Freedom, which for them was only partial, a distant, longed-for vision, becomes actual, confirming their faith in its inevitability. By avenging their oppression, by vanquishing their oppressor, we bring to fruition that which, for them, slumbered in potentiality. Their struggle was not for naught- just as the end of a sentence bestows meaning upon its beginning, the meaning of their struggle is retroactively confirmed, made apparent, vindicated by our success in the present. They are brought back to life in victory, and their death- that is, their defeat by the oppressor- was in fact a falsehood.
When we struggle, in the present, we struggle also for the past; we fight for those before us, who were vanquished, who pray now, from beyond the grave, for our success. We bring with us their hope, it animates and sustains us. We avenge their deaths and we redeem their lives. So in the present, we pray for them to give us strength; we pray for the spirit of resistance that animated their bones, to animate ours as well; we pray that the liberatory spirit of God which guided their hands, will guide ours to victory. We have faith that their struggle was not in vain- that the movement of history towards justice ‘is faithful to resuscitate the dead’.
‘You will resuscitate the dead’- for the religious Jew or radical historian who mutters these words, the memory is turned toward the past, but the promise is futural. Suspended in this dislocated temporality, the religious Jew is comforted by the promise, not just that yesterday’s dead will be revived, but that we too, one day in the future, will be revived as well. Similarly, when we remember the struggles of oppressed peoples in the past, we know that they expected this of us; we ourselves pray that one day, some future radical will remember our struggle. The torch of struggle is passed between the generations, casting a glow into past and future with a flame that scintillates within this imperfect world, and gestures beyond, toward the half-glimpsed promise of the world’s perfection.
‘And You are faithful to resuscitate the dead’- may we merit, in our own day, to see humanity awaken from its sleep, unshackle the cords of oppression, and complete the process of liberation that animated our ancestors in struggle, and animates us today.
In The Age of Trump, Progressive Jews Can Learn From the 20th Century’s Radical Yiddish Tradition
(first published at In These Times)
The official, textbook history of any nation or group of people, writes radical historian Howard Zinn in A People’s History of the United States, can be sure to conceal “the fierce conflicts of interests, sometimes exploding, often repressed, between conquerors and conquered, masters and slaves, capitalists and workers, dominators and dominated. … In such a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”
Acording to Zinn, it is the task of the radical historian not merely to recount the events of the past with the disinterested, depoliticized gaze of an “objective” academic. We need a history, rather, that lets the marginalized and oppressed voices of the past speak, that listens to these voices so as to distill new lessons, perspectives and imperatives urgently needed to face the political reality of the present.
Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism, written by Alain Brossat and Sylvie Klingberg, attempts to write such a subversive and relevant history. First published as Le Yiddishland révolutionnaire in 1983 and re-released this November in a first-ever English translation by Verso with new editorial notes, references and an introduction by the translator David Fernbach, the book deals with the generation of Jewish radicals in Eastern Europe who, in the first half of the 20th century, helped raise the banner of world revolution against the terrifying forces of capitalism and fascism. A haunting, inspiring and often tragic book, Revolutionary Yiddishland uses first-hand interviews, deep archival research and sharp analysis to bring to life a complex landscape of factory workers, partisans, poets, party leaders, refugees, ghetto fighters and movement intellectuals.
Released on the day of Donald Trump’s election, the book’s timing of could not be more appropriate. Today, we see clouds of fascism disturbingly analogous to those of a century ago darkening our own political landscape, driven by a toxic and too-familiar collusion of xenophobia and scapegoating, authoritarianism and far-right nationalism, liberal capitulation and corporate mega-profit.
The Radical Jews of Yiddishland
In the late 1800s, millions of Jews living across Eastern Europe left their rural villages, called shtetls, and sought work in the new industrial factories crowding cities like Minsk and Vilna. Before long, this Jewish proletariat birthed a militant trade union movement with messianic intensity. The largest of these mass organizations, the Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund, or the Jewish Workers Bund, sought to unite all Jewish workers into a socialist party that demanded, in a revitalized Yiddish tongue, equal civil rights and freedom from discrimination for Jews and all workers, an end to class oppression, and a new Russia founded upon democratic socialism and cultural and religious freedom.
As the book recounts, these radical Jews created a new, socialist Jewish culture that brought secular Yiddish theatre, literature, discussion groups, educational systems and other vibrant and democratic institutions to a Jewish world in upheaval. This is the beating heart of Yiddishland—a word which, for the authors, conjures at once the region of Eastern Europe, the Yiddish culture and radical spirit of the Jews who lived there, and the historical moment itself, the dynamic and terrifying 20th-century arc upon which their lives unfolded.
Revolutionary Yiddishland traces how, as the Russian Revolution overthrew the tsar and brought the Bolsheviks to power in 1917, many Yiddishland radicals helped drive the wave of revolutionary enthusiasm that swept Western and Eastern Europe. They helped build left parties, socialist governments and, in many cases, Jewish wings of these and other movements across the continent.
Meanwhile, the nationalist ideology of Zionism, popular among middle-class Jews in Western Europe, also began to make inroads in Yiddishland. The book unearths the passionate arguments between, on the one hand, those Jewish Communists and Bundists who insisted on staying and fighting as part of broad-based grassroots movements in Europe, and, on the other hand, those left-wing Zionists who struggled to fuse their aim of world revolution with their attraction toward a Jewish national home in Palestine.
Later, the book shows how, as fascism spread across Europe, the revolutionaries of Yiddishland fought falangists in 1930s Spain, formed self-defense militias in Nazi-occupied countries like France, organized underground networks of resistance in ghettos like Warsaw, and launched covert campaigns of sabotage and attack as partisans hiding deep behind enemy lines. Finally, we witness the utter liquidation of Yiddishland in the ovens, battlefields and mass graves of Nazi terror. We see its few survivors struggle, and often fail, to maintain their revolutionary spirit in a post-war world that was too quick to suppress and stigmatize the trauma of their destruction, and too eager to denounce their radicalism in the name of realism, or Zionism, or liberalism.
Though Yiddishland traces dense political trajectories across a broad historical arc, it is grounded in a fabric of human experience that makes these narratives anything but abstract. The authors, who in the 1980s conducted extensive interviews with survivors, offer vivid, intimate glimpses into the beating heart of a vanished world.
In the grueling sweat of the factory, we see young workers replace Torah and Talmud with the Communist Manifesto, and convince their religious parents to join them in the fight for a new Messiah. In the crowded working-class neighborhoods of Białystok, we see struggling Jewish families rejoice in the discovery of new literature and theatre that speaks to their own troubles and aspirations, in their own proud Yiddish tongue. On the frenzied streets of revolutionary Russia, we watch patrols of Jewish workers battle tsarist soldiers and chase spies away from meeting houses. On a Yom Kippur night in early 1940s Moscow, we listen as worried Jewish refugees from Poland huddle with their Russian Jewish comrades outside a synagogue, trading terrifying rumors of the ovens at Auschwitz, narrating heroic tales of resistance from the Warsaw Ghetto.
These stories, and so many others, jostle together in the crowded pages of Yiddishland, the faces of the protagonists gazing from the past asking us, if not to avenge their death, at least to remember their life. And Yiddishland does just that, in a stark, refreshing prose that does not glorify these fighters in any “cult of great Heroes,” or idealize them as larger-than-life martyrs.
Rather, the book portrays what it calls a “resistance of the shadows” made of ordinary people who, in extraordinary times, dedicate themselves “without hesitation” to a gritty, uncertain struggle to survive with dignity. The texture of their resistance is not romantic but brutal, often marked by “hunger and fear, missed encounters, tiresome tasks, boredom and greyness, pain and anguish.” And while Yiddishland tells a specifically Jewish story, it opens a first-hand window into the larger movements for political emancipation, working-class empowerment and resistance to fascism that made the 20th century so momentous, and terrifying, for the whole human race.
Why Study Yiddishland Today?
As the authors of Yiddishland detail, a vast, seemingly unbridgeable gulf separates the world of these radicals from our world today. Put simply, German fascism erased their existence from the face of the planet, and uprooted the language, customs, history, cuisine, institutions, religion and economic life of the world that they called home.
How does the Left as a whole view its own past today, ninety-nine years after the Russian Revolution helped usher in a near-century of powerful socialist, leftist, anti-imperialist and other movements that shook the planet? We view these movements mostly as anachronisms of a bygone era—flawed and failed, if well-intentioned and inspiring.
But we have yet to find new forms of resistance capable of challenging and dismantling a rapacious and rampant 21st century global capitalism. As the authors of Yiddishland make clear in their introduction, the larger Left today, like radical Jews, has yet to process and mourn the twists and turns of its recent history. We cannot help but look upon the passionate, almost messianic optimism of early-20th century radicals with a strange sense of dislocation and longing.
In the Jewish imagination today, the memory of the revolutionary Jews of Yiddishland is suppressed, or at most, consumed as a pale imitation. In its absence, the ideology and historiography of Zionism places the creation of Israel at the pinnacle of Jewish history, and portrays the millennia that Jews lived in diaspora, amongst the peoples of the world, as a cycle of permanent suffering, plagued by an eternal anti-Semitism.
In the hegemonic narrative shared and co-created, to some extent, by most Jewish communities in both America and Israel, the memory of the revolutionary Jew of Yiddishland is an image held dimly, and with warmth and pride. But, so the narrative continues, this history’s bitter lesson is that Yiddishland values of solidarity and revolution did not protect even these Jews from Hitler, and that only the Jewish state of Israel can provide the haven of safety, security and identity needed for Jews to exist in the world today.
Even most Jews on the radical left today scarcely remember the names of the radical Jews of Yiddishland. With mere traces of remembrance, we have yet to give them a proper burial, to learn what they yearn to teach us, to know exactly what we, today, have inherited or have yet to inherit from them. Meanwhile, the state of Israel’s 68-year old assault on Palestinian land and life continues at a dizzying rate, and American Jewish support for the Israeli regime continues to lure us onto the wrong side of history, like a collective nightmare from which our community cannot yet awaken.
A New Yiddishland?
It is highly fitting that Revolutionary Yiddishland appears today in English, just as a new radical Jewish movement is emerging here in America, the largest global Jewish population center since Yiddishland itself (slightly edging out Israel by some estimates). Today, more American Jews than ever are joining and building movements against Israel’s occupation and apartheid. Meanwhile, across a thousand spheres of Jewish communal life, progressive movements are forming which seek to hold our many institutions and leaders accountable to the racial and economic justice struggles around and within which we as Jews live. In my work as Campus Coordinator with Jewish Voice for Peace, a national organization inspired by Jewish tradition to stand for justice in Palestine and against all forms of racism, I see this new Jewish identity being built by student activists on college campuses every day.
One hundred years later, with the state of Israel and its right-wing allies in the U.S. finding clear common ground with Donald Trump and neofascist forces worldwide, little has changed since the radicals of Yiddishland organized against capitalists and fascist collaborators in their own community, and denounced Zionism as a bourgeoisie, nationalist movement that allied itself with imperial interests and ruling elites, and cared little for the real struggles of poor and oppressed Jews and non-Jews around the world.
But if this burgeoning movement may be symbolically called here a “new Yiddishland,” it must be stated that this new movement is hardly Yiddish. In a porous, multicultural America, while many Jewish radicals trace their roots to the shtetl, many others inherit traditions from the many non-European Jewish communities of the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and elsewhere, and from non-Jewish ancestors as well. There are other important differences between past and present: While the radical Jewish identity of Yiddishland was forged in direct struggle against class exploitation and violent anti-Semitism, many, though certainly not all, American Jews today benefit from some degree of race and/or class privilege. While yesterday’s Jewish radicals were staunch atheists, today many of us embrace prayer, ritual and spiritual identity infused with, and inseparable from, our radical politics and lives.
It is also appropriate that Revolutionary Yiddishland appears today as a resource for the Left as a whole. As neoliberal capitalism maintains its destructive grip and delivers misery to most inhabitants on the planet, the Left faces a terrifying fascist threat unseen since the era of Yiddishland, with the rapid embrace of far-right politics engulfing Europe and culminating, last week, with the startling seizure by Donald Trump of the most powerful political position in the world. As we combat mounting attacks on Muslim and Arab communities, black folks, immigrants, Jews, women, LGBTQ folks and more, we have much to learn from the boundless optimism, the fearless advances and the terrifying retreats of those who struggled before.
We need to draw hope from this previous generation of radicals who believed, against all odds, that a new sun was dawning in the sky of history. Revolutionary Yiddishland lets this generation speak, and helps us to listen. Through this radical act of remembrance—and through continuing, in our own time, the struggles they were not able to see to victory—we inherit their fight, we redeem their loss, we ensure their death was not in vain. And we relearn, in a new way, that vital lesson expressed in a saying of the ancient rabbis: “It is not incumbent upon you to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.”
From an article published by Jewish Currents
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A while ago, I answered a question on stackoverflow asking clarifications about the IIS rewrite module and how back references work. This question has received quite some attention since it was posted and I wanted to write a simple guide for this module here.
What is the IIS rewrite module?
The rewrite module for IIS can be used to execute 2 actions:
• rewrite => the URL stays the same but the content is loaded from somewhere else
• redirects => when the user’s browser is taken to a new URL
Both use the same rules and conditions to determine if the action should be triggered or not and this article will mainly focus one those.
A rule can be as simple as:
<rule name="Redirect to github">
<match url="^code$" />
<action type="Redirect" url="https://github.com" />
This rule checks if the requested path is exactly code (as in the URL http://website.com/code) and if it is the case, redirects the user to https://github.com
Back references
Now, the interesting part is when you start using back references. If you want your action to depend on a part (or all) of the requested URL, you can use back references to recall those values.
Let’s look at the following example:
<rule name="Redirect to backreference">
<action type="Redirect" url="https://{R:1}.com" />
If we look at the pattern being used: ^(.*)$:
• The first character ^ means that the test will start at the beginning of the path.
• The following sequence (.*) will capture any character.
• The last character $ means that the test stops at the end of the path.
Important: The rule is only applied to the path; don’t let the name url fool you. (for example, in http://example.com/test, the scheme and domain name are ignored for the “url” matching)
We now want to use the value captured in the test for the redirect. That’s when the back reference, {R:1}, comes to help.
The {R:1} part will contain whatever is captured inside the (.*) sequence during the test.
We could use {R:0} as well, since is contains the whole input string.
If we apply for example the URL http://website.com/github to this rule, {R:1} will contain github.
It means that combined with the action, a user reaching http://website.com/github will ultimately be redirected to https://github.com
Taking back the example from my answer on stackoverflow:
Using the pattern ^(www\.)(.*)$ and the input string www.foo.com, you will have:
{R:0} - www.foo.com
{R:1} - www.
{R:2} - foo.com
The 0 reference always contains the full input while the 1 will contain the first part of the string matching the pattern in the first parenthesis (), the 2 reference the second one, etc…up to the reference number 9.
When you add conditions to your rule, you get access to more data from the request.
Let’s one more time take an example:
<rule name="Redirect to backreference with domain">
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^.+$" />
<action type="Redirect" url="https://{R:1}.com?ref={C:0}" />
This rule does the same as the previous one but it affects the original requested domain name to a ref variable in the querystring. We get the domain name by using the pattern ^.+$ (one or more characters) against the {HTTP_HOST} input. We are using {C:0} in this case. C stands for Conditions (against R for Rule) and 0 simply means the whole input value.
You can find the list of server variables and their documentation here:
(it says IIS 6 but it applys to higher versions as well)
• you can use the captured value in the rule (for example {R:1}) inside conditions.
• if you have multiple conditions, the back reference used in the action refers only to the last matching one.
• you can however use a back reference from a previous condition inside one.
<rule name="Redirect to backreference with domain">
<match url=".*" />
<add input="{C:0}_{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="^.+$" />
<action type="Redirect" url="https://example.com?ref={C:0}" />
In this case, the back reference {C:0} used in the action contains the last matched condition (<add input="{C:0}_{QUERY_STRING}" pattern="^.+$" />) which itself contains the value of the previous condition and the requested querystring.
If you want to be able to capture multiple conditions to reuse them in your action, you can use <conditions trackAllCaptures="true">. More information available here: http://www.iis.net/learn/extensions/url-rewrite-module/url-rewrite-module-20-configuration-reference#Tracking_capture_groups_across_conditions_
How to debug
Debugging the rewrite rules can be tricky and at time annoying…but there’s a very good tool available with the module called the Failed Request Tracing tool.
Always remember when you debug a redirect (specifically a 301) that browsers tend to cache them and that it can lead to frustration when you change the rule but nothing happens…
Rewrite outside websites
There’s one usage that’s not very well documented and that you might face one day: rewriting to an external website.
If you want http://website.com/code to rewrite to https://github.com, you can use the following rule:
<rule name="Rewrite to github">
<match url="^code$" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="https://github.com" />
But if you try it, it will most likely not work as expected (read: it won’t show he content of https://github.com). It is because you need to install the Application Request Routing module and set the proxy mode to enable.
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2016 | Eight Reflections on Privilege, Trump, Nationalism, Fascism, Revolution, Transition, Utopia, Perspective
I am an artist. In my work, I look at issues of perception and reality in relation to the information we receive and how this influences and creates our image of the world and the other. I believe the arts are important; they connect us with something beyond ourselves and makes it possible to imagine what is not there yet. I believe in the critical role of art in society; it can empower resistance, question authority, change mindsets and envision possible futures. Every now and then the impact is abrupt and immediate, mostly, however, it is a slow dripping that wears down existing paradigms or beliefs and helps build op new ones.
As a typical artist, I am by no means wealthy. However, as a white, educated, Danish, hetero, non-disabled male I am nonetheless financially and socially relatively secured. Through the sheer coincidence of my place of birth and socio-biological characteristics, I belong to one of the most privileged classes imaginable. With my EU passport there is really no place I cannot go on vacation or to settle for a longer period of time. I will be welcome, always aware that I can return to a basic social service and pension scheme in my home country – should I feel the need. I know how the system works and I can utilize it, because the system was designed to work for people like me. Strike one of the above listed characteristics and the situation changes. Strike a few, or all, and then try to imagine how much more difficult my situation becomes.
For centuries ‘the West’ has been building a system in which my kind of privilege rules. This seems to be about to end. The unchallenged systemic privileges my class has become used to are going to disappear and it is about time too. It is going to hurt us, but probably less than those exploited by our progress and lifestyles have been over the last centuries.
We are witnessing an upheaval of the system all over; minorities are expressing their dissatisfaction, tired of being treated as second class citizens, women are demanding equal pay and opportunity, gender definitions are becoming fluid, the patriarchal dogmatism is being questioned etc.. To me, as an educated, metropolitan person, this is good news. But for someone less prepared for or willing to accept the change of societal and personal morals, values and privileges, these developments represent confusion or even a threat. Coupled with the willful ideological destruction of public systems over the last decades and the following loss of securities, the anger with the current system and the yearning towards some mythical past becomes very understandable – albeit, in the eyes of an educated person, somewhat misguided. The anger and frustration with the neoliberal globalization has led to the rise of rightwing parties in European parliaments, to Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the U.S. All developments, which, in some way or other, promised a return to the glory of ‘the good old days’, a mythological time when life was safer and less confusing.
Whether Trump – or any of the likeminded politicians waiting to follow suit in Europe – is able to deliver on his promises or not, is probably of less importance to his followers and, in a sense, this is as it should be. Rather than reflect poorly on his campaign, his promises reveal the staggering political deficit of his opponents. They constitute something most other politicians have forgotten: not a feasible or rational proposal on how to balance the GDP, but a vision. However abhorrent, flawed, incomplete and self-contradictory it may appear to others, Trump lays out a vision of where he wants to take the U.S. His vision does not require a grand codex to contain it – a couple of tweets seem to suffice – but that is only a problem to people who think visions should be of a certain format. Judging by the election results, they are not the ones calling the shots.
Therefore, even though Trump may not ‘succeed’, chances are that that will not be held against him by the electorate – much to the predictable amazement of the ‘established’ politicians and media, and a lot of progressives. He was elected because he did not offer a half-baked technocratic ‘solution’ to real-life problems, he pointed to a future in which ‘America would be great again’. This is deliberately vague and empty – the very opposite of a technocratic checklist to be ticked off. It is simply pointing in a certain direction and saying: There, that’s where we are going; we may not know exactly what’s there and we may not get there anytime soon, but one day… It is the complete mythology of the U.S. as the lost garden of Eden, promised land and ‘shining city on a hill’, and the redemption of man all summed up in a tweet sized slogan on a baseball cap.
In a post-fact democracy, that turned out to be unbeatable.
The balance of global power is shifting, large masses of people are on the move as a consequence of (post-)colonial resource wars or shifts in the climate – largely caused by a relatively small ‘first world’. This is not part of any linear development; the world is not progressing towards some progressive, or regressive, utopia. Change happens, spawns reactions which in turn causes other things to happen ad infinitum. We are not going in a particular direction, we are not being led by God, Nature or Progress, we are just going.
We are experiencing the beginning of a major change and a likely cataclysm which is bound to redefine society and, possibly, the planet as we know it. It will take more than a bit of green power and the tweaking of an inherently skewed system to stop this from happening. The reaction to the ‘Anthropocene’ will probably not favor the system that caused it.
In all likelihood the Trump presidency will speed things up – especially as his victory has opened the floodgates to fascism, and emboldened likeminded people in France, The Netherlands and elsewhere. He seems intent on spewing as much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as possible, thereby presenting a clear and present danger to the existence of all the peoples on the earth. He also seems to be set on registering Muslims, building his wall and deporting 2-3 million people to, well, somewhere, setting a dangerous precedent for copycats elsewhere to follow. The U.S. law enforcement agencies and rightwing movements will feel bolstered by his presidency, the #BlackLivesMatter and native American movements will feel lethally threatened. Add to this the large amount of weapons disseminated all over the U.S., the constant fanning of the flames by ‘news’ corporations and the pervasive frontier-mentality, it is not hard to imagine violent confrontations between several factions, guerilla uprisings or even a second civil war. The party of Lincoln may end up causing the breakup of the Union.
In this light it is interesting to see hashtags as #CalExit showing up. The irony of Brexit as an example leading to the breakup of the U.S. would almost be worth the whole mess. Or perhaps, Make America Great Again really referred to the U.S. of 1776 when only 13 colonies were part of the union. Regardless, given the immense difference in political and religious convictions, wealth, education etc. it is hard to see what really binds all the states together. The chants from Clinton, Obama and Michael Moore, that ‘this is not who we are’ or ‘we are one nation’ seem increasingly desperate, hollow, and in their own way as bereft of any sense of realism as the rightwing denial of science.
This applies to the nations in Europe as well. What do we, metropolitan progressive and suburban or rural conservative, really have in common with each other as individual citizens of a nation? Is it true that ‘there is more uniting us than dividing us’ or is this simply wishful thinking? It seems that the things that once bound people together as a nation, e.g. a shared language, history, traditions and religion, have become the things which now drive us apart. The Netherlands is certainly a prime example hereof: at the moment of writing, it is that time of the year again when this all comes climactically together in the celebration of Sinterklaas; a 150 year old festivity during which it becomes painfully clear that #BlackOpinionDoesn’tMatter as much as white tradition. A tradition which – like many other Western national traditions – is so drenched in oppressive Christian, patriarchal, colonial, capitalist symbolism, it makes the Trump campaign seem politically correct by comparison. If a country as traditionally tolerant and flexible as The Netherlands almost falls to pieces over whether or not a blackface at a ‘festivity for children’ can be hurtful and should be abolished, one shivers at the thought of what kind of unrest more far-reaching suggestions of change could give rise to.
And yet, we cling to these myths and traditions. They have become the backbone of our sense of national identity – or perhaps just all that is left of it. This is at a time when nation-states have little more than ceremonial value in a globalized world in which multinational corporations dictate their terms to national governments through lobbyism, secret courts and trade agreements. Paradoxically, or perhaps quite logically, the political parties defending nationality and nationalistic traditions are the same selling out national sovereignty and the democratic process to multinational corporations – in the name of ‘freedom’ and ‘greatness’.
What then is nationality today other than a means to categorize and control people, keeping them subdued and blaming others for their own estranged condition? Why the need to associate with strangers on the basis of nationality, why the need to exclude people based on where they happened to be born? And why the constant insistence on the need for integration, why must we all be one and act the same? The answer is simple: When people act and think as one they are easy to control.
We are not one. We have tried that in Europe already: One people, one nation, one leader. Let’s not do that again.
A possible silver lining to the pending Trump presidency: The U.S. isolates itself completely, chokes on its own pollution, destroys itself, then breaks up, leaving Europe to finally stop sycophantically fawning over the U.S. as ‘the leader of the free world’, and free to work with the rest of the world to deal with the big issues of our time without the constant oversight and meddling of the U.S.
Even so, the European countries have their own problems with angry electorates, which according to David van Reybrouck, may very likely break up the E.U. within the next year. Even more so than in the U.S., there are many old wounds that could threaten to tear open if the nationalistic genie is released and allowed to reign freely. Radical change must be swift in order to prevent this.
A continuation of the Anglo-Saxon hegemony and the ideologies that come with it is neither realistic nor feasible. This ultimately destructive societal model has worn itself, the planet and countless people(s) out. Whatever comes next must represent a clear break with centuries of Western exploitation and extraction of resources and people.
To achieve this we must break with the bleak and pervasive dogmas of humans as sinners before a vengeful god and competitors in a (divine) rat race. These ideas are so ingrained in every part of our traditions that we barely see them. They are at the very core of what makes the West see itself in a different light, as the ‘first world’. As the Dark Mountain project states in its manifesto, Uncivilization:
Deeper than oil, steel or bullets, a civilization is built on stories;
on the myths that shape it and the tales told of its origins and destiny.
We need new stories. We need to listen to others. We need to find room within our societies and ourselves for the other and his/her customs, manifestations and beliefs. And we need to accept that we too are the other. We are no more ‘hosts’ in a nation or on the planet, than the other is a ‘guest’ or ‘visitor’.
Uniqueness and the diversity that follows, the opposite of conformism and uniformity, must become the new standard and the basis of the new stories we tell each other. Not the weepy, restrictive, angelic uniformity of John Lennon’s Imagine, but the wonderful, devilish multitude of millions of human passions and causes. Not the mass indoctrination of a Manichean dichotomy brought to us by radical religion, The War on Terror, Harry Potter and Star Wars, but the ability to understand that anyone who feels, acts and fights is motivated by reasons legitimate to her. We may disagree with these, but that does not render him less human, or ‘evil’. Designating someone ‘evil’ leads to lack of understanding, intolerance, dehumanization and ‘efficient’ killing. ‘Evil’ needs no explanation, only extermination.
Only fascism requires blind uniformity of its citizens. Only fascism denies each individual his or her uniqueness. Only in fascism are we all the same, all one. The recognition of every person’s inherent difference leads away from uniformity and oppression and towards curiosity, understanding, empathy and respect.
And yes, diversity can lead to arguments and conflicts, but not to self-righteous conflicts under the banner of some abstract, ruthless ‘good’. Conflict an sich is not something to be shunned. If we dare to understand and respect our opponent, it can be creative and constructive, providing change or definition.
Imagine the worst, then expect worse. This is no time for a moderate stance. There might still be a bit of time left to defuse the tension before our global society collapses, but we have to act quickly and consequently. We, the privileged progressives, need to radicalize too. And not by endlessly regurgitating opinions on social media, but in the real world where actions can have political impact. Individual responsibility is fine, but its impact should not be overrated; collective problems require collective action. At home, we need to confront the established political parties with the fact that enough is enough. The neoliberal status quo is leading us directly into the arms of fascism. The political establishment is complicit to this, as are we, the voters and citizens.
People now calling for ‘democratic resistance’ are predominantly progressives, i.e. the educated white people, who believe in non-violence and the democratic process. If possible, fine, but we have no right to tell others that their mode of protest or resistance is immoral or counterproductive. By assuming a moral high ground, we are – as always – telling the other what to do, how to act correctly. We, the West, have absolutely no right to adopt any kind of moral high ground. We do not get to tell others how they should achieve their revolution. After all, we are not the ones likely to feel regularly threatened by the police or rightwing militias. Neither are we the ones at the blunt end of the wars being waged in our names. We do not have to live with the constant buzzing of drones in the sky nor the fear of being illegally assassinated by the whim of a far-away intelligence agency. Our lands and natural resources are not being extracted by foreign corporations and resold as consumer goods to people who already consume more than the planet can bear.
We need to accept that our ‘enlightened’ and comfortable way of life has severe consequences for people outside of our borders – which is the majority of the world. We need to realize and understand what our human brothers and sisters on the streets of the U.S., the plains of Dakota, the ruins of Aleppo, the boats on the Mediterranean, the mineral mines in Africa, the factories in Bangladesh, the ‘jungles’ of Calais and in the detention centers in our own countries are going through. What we are putting them through by not overthrowing a system that allows drowned children on our beaches, profit-based warfare and the total destruction of the planet, rather than offer up a share of our prosperity. And when their cry for help and humanity is at its highest, we answer them by electing politicians who promise to keep them out, bomb them and their families in their home countries, and ruin what is left of livable land by denying and exacerbating climate change.
If we were in their shoes, how would we react, how forgiving would we be? Would we turn the other cheek, or take up arms against our oppressors?
Over the last decade there have been many movies and television series dedicated to the end of the world and post-apocalyptic scenarios, e.g. The Day after Tomorrow, 2012, 28 Days later, Mad Max, Independence Day, The Walking Dead etc. Every culture has its own story of its downfall. Needless to say, the more pervasive and all-powerful a society becomes, the more cathartic it is to imagine the end of it. We watch these movies and series in which the world as we know it usually ends in a matter of days or weeks at the hands of invading aliens, zombies, sudden climate change or some other extreme event. As viewers we track along with the survivors, indulging in the thought experiment of how we too would be survivors. We too would make the tough but right decisions to survive the eradication of 99% of the population and wake up in a tabula rasa world, freed from the constraints of day-to-day life and with a new and clear purpose.
The longing for and the moment of ‘a new beginning’ is usually well depicted, but not how to get there. The depiction of a realistic transition from a stable and recognizable society to a post-apocalyptic one is completely missing. It seems it is so difficult or painful to imagine a realistic transition from a stable and recognizable society to a different kind of society, that it is skipped altogether. It is easier to deal with aliens and zombies than to consider what such a transition might actually look and feel like.
The real-world breakdown of society as we know it and the transition to a new structure will be shocking and will take time. Fear, anger and a longing for things to return to normality and safety are primal responses which would probably paralyze even the most ardent fan of The Walking Dead or utopian Bernie supporter. In order for those emotions not to allow for the return of the ‘father’ a la . V for Vendetta or Breitbart, we have to have a transition plan and roadmap.
A utopian ideal or narrative is imperative, but not enough. If we are to imagine a new society, we need to be able to imagine and prepare for the transition as well. Because it will be messy, we will have to get our hands dirty and in the process we will have to confront our most basic values and instincts.
How do we channel the energy and momentum which is already present? How do we prepare for transition and renewal? That depends on how we go forward, or as Sven Lütticken puts it: “Which form do we chose? How to organize without just producing more echo chambers? How to be focused yet diverse?”
In the Kurdish region of Rojava, experiments with Democratic Confederalism have been going on for some time. There seems to be at least a cursory similarity between this type of democratic self-governing, the G1000 citizens’ democracy suggested by David van Reybrouck, and the European DIEM25 movement. In all cases there is a call for more direct participatory democracy, a fundamental respect for the other, and a rethinking of strict national borders. In that sense the democratic model might still be salvaged, but it will require a new social contract and a new purpose. Whom should it be for, and what stories should be at the base of the foundation?
First of all, any new society should cherish and propagate diversity as the basic human condition. We should mirror ourselves in the diversity of all life on the planet and take pride in our differences. And while evolution in nature is a dominant principle, this does not equal competition in the market or society. Competition is not the natural human state and leads to envy and the miser’s fear that someone else has more than you. Competition as a driving principle of development and distribution must be discarded and replaced by a more natural altruistic principle.
Practically, a new society should be inclusive, should work for everybody, not just a privileged few or a specific group. It should provide social and economic security for all. Education and healthcare should be free in order to provide equal opportunity for development for all. Infrastructure, energy, postal & communication services, all essential services for ensuring a basic amount of equal footing for all, should be non-profit and under some form of democratic supervision. A new financial and wealth redistribution system would have to be developed in order to avoid the buildup of massive wealth inequality which today threatens the democratic process and the social fabric of western society. The business and financial sectors would have to be fenced in – rigorously. Consumerism should make place for environmentally sustainable and humane modes of production and distribution of goods.
Does this sound ‘communistic’, naïve or ‘scary’? More naïve than ‘make America great again’, or more scary than the divisive and fearful ‘our people first’ fascism being spread around by politicians and tabloid media on a daily basis? Perhaps building a big huge wall is more ‘realistic’…
As the one self-conscious species, we may be the ones naming and defining the world, but that does not make us superior or ‘in charge’ – detached, rather. It does however, give us a unique capability: Just as the artist steps back from his easel to look at his painting from a fresh perspective, so we can choose to observe the world from different angles. This creative observation should be at the base of our morality: There is not only one way of looking at the world, but as many as there are people.
If we can bear that in mind, then – with a lot of luck and even more hard work – we might even survive as a civilization…or even better, we might even want our civilization to survive. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9522347450256348}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '97949', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:WYCHZCKBKHJSN6PNGQRWZCR4NX2PQUDC', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:ae1c633a-c928-447a-97d5-0ee3c66e42c2>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 5, 20, 2, 40, 3), 'WARC-IP-Address': '109.72.85.69', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:CVHN5JDX2N4TVWZ4YTSRCM46C2A27PY2', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:aacc3c8c-c283-45fb-8b13-6f8b5b2e04ff>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.runepeitersen.com/2016/11/eight-reflections-on-privilege-trump-nationalism-fascism-revolution-transition-utopia-perspective/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:d57d5f75-1229-4442-985a-dfa77b108e14>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '3740', 'url': 'http://www.runepeitersen.com/2016/11/eight-reflections-on-privilege-trump-nationalism-fascism-revolution-transition-utopia-perspective/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-22\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for May 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-171-174-209.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.1-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.030975520610809326', 'original_id': '761bda0bec012d057915212d18f812efca5a0bead8eba7de529c04f461077648'} |
It was Kevin Green's first night of freedom after 16 years locked up for a murder he did not commit.
At a motel, two district attorney's investigators led him down a hallway to his room, where with a single glance he discovered how hard it would be to put prison behind him.
"I turned to them and said, 'Do you all know what my cell number was?"' Green recalled of that day three years ago. "It was 201-A. And the number on the door was 201. They said, 'We gotta get you another room.' I said, 'No, that's all right."'
Green, 41, learned that forbearance during years of insisting that he never beat his wife, causing her to miscarry their full-term fetus.
Green's ironic journey to the motel room came not because of his repeated claims of innocence, but because of a DNA database at California's Department of Justice lab in Berkeley.
He remains the only person freed by the database as state authorities struggle to collect and analyze genetic samples from thousands of California criminals -- such as the real perpetrator who raped and beat Green's wife in 1979.
DNA technology unheard of 20 years ago is increasingly being used to right the wrongs of the justice system for prisoners like Green. In the United States, 65 wrongfully convicted people have been freed through the work of persistent lawyers, students and volunteers, and thousands more inmates are hoping they, too, can use their own genetic makeup as evidence that they are innocent.
Green's luck turned in 1996. Authorities in Orange County had sent DNA profiles from a string of 1978 and 1979 unsolved rape-murders believed to be the work of the so-called "Bedroom Basher" to the state DNA lab for a possible match in the database.
The computer matched the crime scene evidence to a former Marine, Gerald Parker, whose genetic profile was in the database because of his convictions in the 1980s for sex crimes. Parker confessed to the 1970s murders and said he had also beaten and raped Green's wife. Green was not only freed, but a judge made a finding that he was completely innocent.
"With the advanced technology that we have now, there's so much you can do to catch the guilty and exonerate people that shouldn't even be arrested in the first place," said Barry Scheck, who gained fame as a DNA expert for O.J. Simpson.
Scheck and his colleague, Peter Neufeld, founded the Innocence Project at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City in 1992. It assists prisoners, often convicted years before DNA testing became widely used this decade, who claim that genetic evidence can prove they were wrongfully convicted.
The project has represented 36 of the prisoners nationwide who have been freed because of DNA evidence, including eight on Death Row.
Law school students are a key part of the project, screening cases to make sure they qualify, discovering whether biological evidence from the crime, such as blood or semen, is still available for testing, and dealing with police and judges to reopen appeals.
The Innocence Project helped free Calvin Johnson Jr. from a Georgia prison last June, 16 years after he was sentenced to life for a rape he did not commit. Project workers got prosecutors to allow them to do DNA testing on the vaginal swab taken from the victim, which proved conclusively that Johnson was innocent.
A major barrier for years has been the refusal of many local and state law enforcement agencies to allow inmates to reopen cases based on assertions that DNA could clear their names. Officials often said their appeals had already been exhausted or time limits had expired. Most states that have compiled DNA data banks do not allow inmates to check another person's sample to prove their own innocence.
Last month, in a major push to change those policies, the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence recommended that prosecutors consider reopening old cases that suggest the innocent have been wrongfully convicted and allow defense attorneys access to genetic evidence.
"We're not opening the floodgate here, we're opening a significant window of opportunity for those who have been unjustly convicted," Scheck said. Green's experience proves the frustration of inmates whose proclamations of innocence are ignored.
On Sept. 30, 1979, Green -- a Marine corporal -- stepped out for a late-night cheeseburger and returned to his Tustin home to find his 20-year-old wife, Dianna, raped and severely beaten. The woman, two weeks overdue when the attack occurred, was comatose for a month and suffered brain damage and memory loss, but insisted her husband beat her.
Green hired a good attorney and put on a vigorous defense, but found himself convicted, mainly because of his wife's testimony.
Green had never heard of the Innocence Project and didn't have the $10,000 his appellate attorney said he would need to put up for DNA testing.
Green has spent the past few years rebuilding his life. He lives with his parents in Jefferson City, Mo., bowls with his father, calls bingo Friday nights and works at a Wal-Mart store, along with a few other part-time jobs.
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Shameless cheaters air affair in risky act
Married At First Sight's cheating husband has humiliated his wife by lying to her face and flaunting his affair in public before shamelessly getting risky for all to see - all while dressed like a Backstreet Boy.
The affair sinks to a new low on Monday night.
It ain't nothin' but a heartache, one might say. It ain't nothin' but a mistake, others may add.
But, it seems, Dan and Jessika want it that way.
While his wife makes him breakfast, Dan slyly texts Jessika and organises a secret date in the beer garden of a deserted pub. Now he just needs to ditch Tamara. Ugh, husbands and wives make cheating so hard.
"I just feel like I'm feeling a lot of pressure at the moment … I obviously wanna make this work best as we can. I'm struggling at the moment, obviously. So, I don't know, maybe I can have a bit of 'me' time?" he tells her and, obviously, she's not about it but pretends like she is.
For reasons that aren't explained, Dan - an almost-40 father of one - is dressed like a Backstreet Boy.
When you think you’re the Nick but you’re the Joey Fatone.
When you think you’re the Nick but you’re the Joey Fatone.
In the beer garden, they order a bottle of house wine and within seconds Jessika's rubbing her hand up Dan's thigh and leaning into him.
"She's very giddy and stumbling over her words," Dan growls to us. We sigh and tell him that's just how she talks.
"I am all in with you,' Jessika splutters seductively.
"Ultimately I am keeping someone here who knows there's no relationship. It's like, how long can I keep up the facade? It needs to come out soon."
This is news to Dan. He thought what they had was pretty straight forward: occasionally bashing veneers in dark dirty carparks. Nothing more, nothing less. Why change perfection?
He doesn't respond. He simply leans in to clang veneers.
Like a true Joey Fatone.
Like a true Joey Fatone.
This is where they should leave it but they can't stop. Jessika takes Dan back to the apartment she shares with Mick. After days of splattering about respect, she's now cheating under her husband's nose.
"I'm so excited for the future with you. I'd like to see how we connect physically," she splurts. "I've said from day one that I am a lady and I'll only give it to someone who is special."
"Sure Jan," we say with a mouthful of Kit Kat.
"Everything about you turns me on," Dan grunts.
On the couch, they lean in and clash veneers again.
Jessika's done with the secrecy. She wants everyone to know they're together. The only thing that's stopping her is everyone thinking they're selfish molls.
"I really shy away from conflict," she proudly splutters, after seven weeks of causing nothing but conflict.
They stand up and keep pashing as they move down the hallway towards the door. Leaning in the hallway with the door wide open, they continue to lick each other's veneers. He pushes her up against the wall. She spanks him. Anyone could walk past and see but they don't care. He shamelessly continues to scrape his veneers along her tongue.
Down the hall, that annoyingly-content redhead has been in tears about everyone fighting and now her husband starts crying and there's no reason for them to be so upset because they're both annoyingly content.
Content people are so annoying.
Content people are so annoying.
As usual, Heidi and Mike continue their attempts to be relevant. His parents come meet them for lunch at a random Chinese restaurant and, within 30 seconds, Heidi is banging on about towels again. It spirals into an even bigger argument about something actually important: takeaway.
Basically, after last night's commitment ceremony, Mike went out for takeaway and came home with nothing for Heidi. It's almost as bad as Susie locking Billy out of the house while she ate all his overpriced Maggie Beer ice-cream.
"You went into a rage!" Mike yells.
And who wouldn't? Takeaway is a sensitive topic. It can actually make or break a relationship.
Mike's dad Bob decides to pipe up with an observation.
"Well, I think the relationship's at a very dangerous stage right now," he states as he spins the lazy Susan on the table. Thanks, Bob. That's some John Aiken-level insight.
‘All I wanted was a clean towel and some Thai!’
After ditching his own wife for an entire day to enjoy his affair, Dan returns home. He's consumed with guilt. He even starts to guilt-clean the apartment.
"What'd you get up to today," Tamara asks.
"Ah, bugger all, really. I went out and got some food … I did get a bit lonely here and … yeah," he lies.
The smell of Jessika's perfume is still on his clothes. The clanging of his veneers against hers echoes in his mind.
If only Tamara knew the truth about her husband's day. She'd feel embarrassed and foolish - like a person who drinks wine through a straw. Oh, wait.
Keep slurping, hon.
Keep slurping, hon.
Down the hall, Jessika and Mick are preparing dinner for their families and it's just torturous for all involved, but mostly us.
Her family is super rough and have face tattoos and Mick makes the incorrect assumption that Jessika has already told them about how he sledged them.
"We'll address the elephant in the room, you've obviously heard what I said …" Mick says.
Jessika's dad and her hot brother stare blankly. They have no idea.
"Oh, I said you were a drunk at the wedding and acted like a dickhead. And I said you acted like a f*ckwit at the wedding as well," he blurts out.
Jessika's dad doesn't really do much to quash the drunk allegations.
May we recommend a straw?
May we recommend a straw?
"Well I think you're a f*ckwit. Thanks Mick the pr*ck,' Jessika's dad splats back. Who knew people with face tattoos would have a yen for rhyming insults?
Suddenly, we realise where Jessika gets her pronunciation issue from. Her dad takes another swig of his beer and proceeds to splatter a bunch of other words.
"Dat's ma bubby gurl, she ma angel face from heaven," he splurts. "Ya don't mess wiv ma bubbies and dat's da way it is, ya know ma sayin'?"
I swear to god, that's a word-for-word transcript. I know it's a little difficult to wrap your head around but sometimes you've just got to quote directly.
The hot brother doesn't know what's going on.
"Yeah I was drunk at the wedding," he shrugs, happily confirming Mick's allegations.
As we all know with Jessika, she's not as slick as what she thinks she is. She still has to convince everyone there's a good reason for why she keeps choosing to stay in the experiment, but gleefully informs anyone who'll listen that she hates Mick.
"So you'll obviously leave this week, right?" all her family members ask.
We zoom in on Jessika's face. She doesn't know what to say. After what she has just said, there is no legitimate reason for her to stay.
"I'm confident in what I wanna do. Really confident and, yeah, I'm excited about what I'm gonna do," she splats.
Her nearest and dearest at the table don't know what she's spluttering about. But she has a fire. One desire. And she wants it that way.
For more observations on not dressing appropriately for your age and drinking wine through a straw, follow me on Twitter and Facebook: @hellojamesweir
Way to go gurl, you look super confident about all this stuff you wanna do!
Eight candidates will vie for the seat of Cowper
premium_icon Eight candidates will vie for the seat of Cowper
The order of the ballot has been drawn.
PHOTO GALLERY: Navy Squadron marches on Coffs Harbour
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725 Squadron navy freedom of entry at the Coffs Harbour Jetty.
POLL: Who's getting your vote to become the next Cowper MP?
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, only to be assassinated as the war was coming to an end. Before becoming the first Republican elected to the Presidency, Lincoln was a lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Senate.
As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States, Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his time in office, he contributed to the effort to preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which passed Congress before Lincoln's death and was ratified by the states later in 1865.
Lincoln closely supervised the victorious war effort, especially the selection of top generals, including Ulysses S. Grant. Historians have concluded that he handled the factions of the Republican Party well, bringing leaders of each faction into his cabinet and forcing them to cooperate. Lincoln successfully defused a war scare with the United Kingdom in 1861. Under his leadership, the Union took control of the border slave states at the start of the war. Additionally, he managed his own reelection in the 1864 presidential election.
Opponents of the war (also known as "Copperheads") criticized Lincoln for refusing to compromise on the slavery issue. Conversely, the Radical Republicans, an abolitionist faction of the Republican Party, criticized him for moving too slowly in abolishing slavery. Even with these road blocks, Lincoln successfully rallied public opinion through his rhetoric and speeches; his Gettysburg Address is but one example of this. At the close of the war, Lincoln held a moderate view of Reconstruction, seeking to speedily reunite the nation through a policy of generous reconciliation. His assassination in 1865 was the first presidential assassination in U.S. history and made him a martyr for the ideal of national unity.
Early life
Childhood and education
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, two uneducated farmers, in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm, in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky (now part of LaRue County), making him the first president born outside the original Thirteen Colonies. Lincoln's ancestor Samuel Lincoln had arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts in the 17th century, but his descendants had gradually moved west, from Pennsylvania to Virginia and then westward to the frontier.
For some time, Thomas Lincoln, Abraham's father, was a respected and relatively affluent citizen of the Kentucky backcountry. He had purchased the Sinking Spring Farm in December 1808 for $200 cash and assumption of a debt. The family belonged to a Hardshell Baptist church, although Abraham himself never joined their church, or any other church for that matter.
In 1816, the Lincoln family was forced to make a new start in Perry County (now in Spencer County), Indiana. He later noted that this move was "partly on account of slavery," and partly because of difficulties with land deeds in Kentucky: Unlike land in the Northwest Territory, Kentucky never had a proper U.S. survey, and farmers often had difficulties proving title to their property.
When Lincoln was nine, his mother, then 34 years old, died of milk sickness. Soon afterwards, his father remarried to Sarah Bush Johnston. Lincoln was affectionate toward his stepmother, whom he would call "Mother" for the rest of his life, but he was distant from his father.
In 1830, after more economic and land-title difficulties in Indiana, the family settled on public land in Macon County, Illinois. The following winter was desolate and especially brutal, and the family considered moving back to Indiana. The following year, when his father relocated the family to a new homestead in Coles County, Illinois, 22-year-old Lincoln struck out on his own, canoeing down the Sangamon River to the village of New Salem in Sangamon County. Later that year, hired by New Salem businessman Denton Offutt and accompanied by friends, he took goods from New Salem to New Orleans via flatboat on the Sangamon, Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
Lincoln's formal education consisted of about 18 months of schooling, but he was largely self-educated and an avid reader. He was also a talented local wrestler and skilled with an axe. Lincoln avoided hunting and fishing because he did not like killing animals, even for food. At 6 foot 4 inches (1.93 m), he was unusually tall, as well as strong.
Early political career and military service
Lincoln began his political career in 1832, at age 23, with an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly, as a member of the Whig Party. The centerpiece of his platform was the undertaking of navigational improvements on the Sangamon River. He believed that this would attract steamboat traffic, which would allow the sparsely populated, poorer areas along the river to flourish.
He was elected captain of an Illinois militia company drawn from New Salem during the Black Hawk War, and later wrote that he had not had "any such success in life which gave him so much satisfaction.
For several months, Lincoln ran a small store in New Salem. In 1834, he won election to the state legislature, and, after coming across the Commentaries on the Laws of England, began to teach himself law. Admitted to the bar in 1837, he moved to Springfield, Illinois, that same year and began to practice law with John T. Stuart. With a reputation as a formidable adversary during cross-examinations and in his closing arguments, Lincoln became an able and successful lawyer.
He served four successive terms in the Illinois House of Representatives as a representative from Sangamon County, and became a leader of the Illinois Whig party. In 1837, he made his first protest against slavery in the Illinois House, stating that the institution was "founded on both injustice and bad policy. It was also in this same year that Lincoln met Joshua Fry Speed, who would become a close friend.
Lincoln wrote a series of anonymous letters, published in 1842 in the Sangamon Journal, mocking State Auditor and prominent Democrat James Shields. Two years later, Lincoln entered law practice with William Herndon, a fellow Whig. In 1854, both men joined the fledgling Republican Party. Following Lincoln's death, Herndon began collecting stories about Lincoln and published them in Herndon's Lincoln.
Marriage and family
On November 4, 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd, daughter of a prominent slave-owning family from Kentucky. The couple had four sons. Robert Todd Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois on August 1, 1843. Their only child to survive into adulthood, young Robert attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College.
The other Lincoln children were born in Springfield, Illinois, and died either during childhood or their teen years. Edward Baker Lincoln was born on March 10, 1846, and died on February 1, 1850, also in Springfield. William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln was born on December 21, 1850, and died on February 20, 1862 in Washington, D.C., during President Lincoln's first term. Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was born on April 4, 1853, and died on July 16, 1871 in Chicago.
Legislative activity
A Whig and an admirer of party leader Henry Clay, Lincoln was elected to a term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846. As a freshman House member, he was not a particularly powerful or influential figure. However, he spoke out against the Mexican-American War, which he attributed to President Polk's desire for "military glory" and challenged the President's claims regarding the Texas boundary and offered Spot Resolutions, demanding to know on what "spot" on US soil that blood was first spilt.
Lincoln later damaged his political reputation with a speech in which he declared, "God of Heaven has forgotten to defend the weak and innocent, and permitted the strong band of murderers and demons from hell to kill men, women, and children, and lay waste and pillage the land of the just." Two weeks later, President Polk sent a peace treaty to Congress. While no one in Washington paid any attention to Lincoln, the Democrats orchestrated angry outbursts from across his district, where the war was popular and many had volunteered.
Warned by his law partner, William Herndon, that the damage was mounting and irreparable, Lincoln decided not to run for reelection. His statements were not easily forgotten, and would haunt him during the Civil War. These statements were also held against him when he applied for a position in the new Taylor administration. Instead, Taylor's people offered Lincoln various positions in the remote Oregon Territory, primarily the governorship. Acceptance of this offer would have ended his career in the rapidly growing state of Illinois, so Lincoln declined the position. Returning to Springfield, Lincoln gave up politics for several years and turned his energies to his law practice.
Prairie lawyer
By the mid-1850s, Lincoln's caseload focused largely on the competing transportation interests of river barges and railroads. In one prominent 1851 case, he represented the Alton & Sangamon Railroad in a dispute with a shareholder, James A. Barret. Barret had refused to pay the balance on his pledge to the railroad on the grounds that it had changed its originally planned route. Lincoln argued that as a matter of law a corporation is not bound by its original charter when that charter can be amended in the public interest, that the newer route proposed by Alton & Sangamon was superior and less expensive, and that accordingly, the corporation had a right to sue Barret for his delinquent payment. He won this case, and the decision by the Illinois Supreme Court was eventually cited by several other courts throughout the United States.
The civil case which won Lincoln fame as a lawyer was the landmark Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Company. America's expansion west, which Lincoln strongly supported, was seen as an economic threat to the river trade, which ran north-to-south, primarily on the Mississippi river. In 1856 a steamboat collided with a bridge, built by the Rock Island Railroad, between Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, the first railroad bridge to span the Mississippi. The steamboat owner sued for damages, claiming the bridge was a hazard to navigation. Lincoln argued in court for the railroad and won, removing a costly impediment to western expansion by establishing the right of land routes to bridge waterways.
Possibly the most notable criminal trial of Lincoln's career as a lawyer came in 1858, when he defended William "Duff" Armstrong, who had been charged with murder. The case became famous for Lincoln's use of judicial notice — a rare tactic at that time — to show that an eyewitness had lied on the stand. After the witness testified to having seen the crime by moonlight, Lincoln produced a Farmers' Almanac to show that the moon on that date was at such a low angle that it could not have provided enough illumination to see anything clearly. Based almost entirely on this evidence, Armstrong was acquitted.
Lincoln was involved in more than 5,100 cases in Illinois alone during his 23-year legal career. Though many of these cases involved little more than filing a writ, others were more substantial and quite involved. Lincoln and his partners appeared before the Illinois State Supreme Court more than 400 times.
Republican politics 1854–1860
Lincoln returned to politics in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), which expressly repealed the limits on slavery's extent as determined by the Missouri Compromise (1820). Illinois Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, the most powerful man in the Senate, proposed popular sovereignty as the solution to the slavery impasse, and incorporated it into the Kansas–Nebraska Act. Douglas argued that in a democracy the people should have the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery in their territory, rather than have such a decision imposed on them by Congress.
In the October 16, 1854, "Peoria Speech", Lincoln first stood out among the other free soil orators of the day:
Drawing on remnants of the old Whig, Free Soil, Liberty and Democratic parties, he was instrumental in forming the new Republican Party. In a stirring campaign, the Republicans carried Illinois in 1854 and elected a senator. Lincoln was the obvious choice, but to keep the new party balanced he allowed the election to go to an ex-Democrat Lyman Trumbull. At the Republican convention in 1856, Lincoln placed second in the contest to become the party's candidate for Vice-President.
In 1857-58, Douglas broke with President Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party. Some eastern Republicans even favored the reelection of Douglas in 1858, since he had led the opposition to the Lecompton Constitution, which would have admitted Kansas as a slave state. Accepting the Republican nomination for Senate in 1858, Lincoln delivered his famous speech: "'A house divided against itself cannot stand.'(Mark 3:25) I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. The speech created an evocative image of the danger of disunion caused by the slavery debate, and rallied Republicans across the north.
Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858
The 1858 campaign featured the Lincoln-Douglas debates, a famous contest on slavery. Lincoln warned that "The Slave Power" was threatening the values of republicanism, while Douglas emphasized the supremacy of democracy, as set forth in his Freeport Doctrine, which said that local settlers should be free to choose whether to allow slavery or not. Though the Republican legislative candidates won more popular votes, the Democrats won more seats, and the legislature reelected Douglas to the Senate. Nevertheless, Lincoln's speeches on the issue transformed him into a national political star.
1860 Presidential Election
Lincoln was chosen as the Republican candidate for the 1860 election for several reasons. His expressed views on slavery were seen as more moderate than those of rivals William H. Seward and Salmon P. Chase. His "Western" origins also appealed to the newer states: other contenders, especially those with more governmental experience, had acquired enemies within the party and were weak in the critical western states, while Lincoln was perceived as a moderate who could win the West. Most Republicans agreed with Lincoln that the North was the aggrieved party as the Slave Power tightened its grasp on the national government. Throughout the 1850s he denied that there would ever be a civil war, and his supporters repeatedly rejected claims that his election would incite secession. On May 9-10, 1860, the Illinois Republican State Convention was held in Decatur. At this convention, Lincoln received his first endorsement to run for the presidency.
Throughout the general election, Lincoln did not campaign or give speeches. This was handled by the state and county Republican organizations, who used the latest techniques to sustain party enthusiasm and thus obtain high turnout. There was little effort to convert non-Republicans, and there was virtually no campaigning in the South except for a few border cities such as St. Louis, Missouri, and Wheeling, Virginia; indeed, the party did not even run a slate in most of the South. In the North, there were thousands of Republican speakers, tons of campaign posters and leaflets, and thousands of newspaper editorials. These focused first on the party platform, and second on Lincoln's life story, making the most of his boyhood poverty, his pioneer background, his native genius, and his rise from obscurity. His nicknames, "Honest Abe" and "the Rail-Splitter," were exploited to the full. The goal was to emphasize the superior power of "free labor," whereby a common farm boy could work his way to the top by his own efforts.
On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party. He was the first Republican president, winning entirely on the strength of his support in the North: he was not even on the ballot in nine states in the South, and won only 2 of 996 counties in the other Southern states. Lincoln gained 1,865,908 votes (39.9% of the total), for 180 electoral votes; Douglas, 1,380,202 (29.5%) for 12 electoral votes; Breckenridge, 848,019 (18.1%) for 72 electoral votes; and Bell, 590,901 (12.5%) for 39 electoral votes. There were fusion tickets in some states, but even if his opponents had combined in every state, Lincoln had a majority vote in all but two of the states in which he won the electoral votes and would still have won the electoral college and the election.
Presidency and the Civil War
Secession winter 1860–1861
As Lincoln's election became more likely, secessionists made it clear that their states would leave the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead. By February 1, 1861, South Carolina was followed by six other cotton-growing states in the deep South. The seven states soon declared themselves to be a new nation, the Confederate States of America. The upper South (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Arkansas) listened to, but initially rejected, the secessionist appeal. President Buchanan and President-elect Lincoln refused to recognize the Confederacy.
Attempts at compromise, such as the Crittenden Compromise which would have extended the Missouri line of 1820, were discussed. Despite support for the Crittenden Compromise among some Republicans, Lincoln denounced it in private letters, saying "either the Missouri line extended, or... Pop. Sov. would lose us everything we gained in the election; that filibustering for all South of us, and making slave states of it, would follow in spite of us, under either plan", while other Republicans publicly stated it "would amount to a perpetual covenant of war against every people, tribe, and state owning a foot of land between here and Tierra del Fuego [at the far end of South America].
President-elect Lincoln evaded possible assassins in Baltimore, and on February 23, 1861, arrived in disguise in Washington, D.C.
At his inauguration on March 4, 1861, the German American Turners formed Lincoln's bodyguard; and a sizable garrison of federal troops was also present, ready to protect the capital from Confederate invasion and local insurrection. In his First Inaugural Address, Lincoln declared, "I hold that in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments," arguing further that the purpose of the United States Constitution was "to form a more perfect union" than the Articles of Confederation which were explicitly perpetual, thus the Constitution too was perpetual. He asked rhetorically that even were the Constitution a simple contract, would it not require the agreement of all parties to rescind it?
Also in his inaugural address, in a final attempt to reunite the states and prevent the looming war, Lincoln supported the pending Corwin Amendment to the Constitution, which had already passed Congress. This amendment, which explicitly protected slavery in those states in which it already existed, had more appeal to the critical border states than to the states that had already declared their separation.
By the time Lincoln took office, the Confederacy was an established fact, and no leaders of the insurrection proposed rejoining the Union on any terms. No compromise was found because a compromise was deemed virtually impossible. Buchanan might have allowed the southern states to secede, and some Republicans recommended that. However, conservative Democratic nationalists, such as Jeremiah S. Black, Joseph Holt, and Edwin M. Stanton had taken control of Buchanan's cabinet around January 1, 1861, and refused to accept secession. Lincoln and nearly every Republican leader adopted this position by March 1861: the Union could not be dismantled. Believing that a peaceful solution was still possible, Lincoln decided to not take any action against the South unless the Unionists themselves were attacked first. This finally happened in April 1861.
Historian Allan Nevins argues that Lincoln made three miscalculations in believing that he could preserve the Union, hold government property, and still avoid war. He "temporarily underrated the gravity of the crisis", overestimated the strength of Unionist sentiment in the South and border states, and misunderstood the conditional support of Unionists in the border states. In connection with Nevins's conclusions, it is interesting to note an incident from this period reported in the memoirs of William Tecumseh Sherman. Then a civilian, Sherman visited Lincoln in the White House during inauguration week, with his brother, Ohio Republican John Sherman. This meeting left the future General Sherman "sadly disappointed" at Lincoln's seeming failure to realize that "the country was sleeping on a volcano" and the South was "'preparing for war.'
Fighting begins: 1861–1862
In April 1861, after Union troops at Fort Sumter were fired upon and forced to surrender, Lincoln called on the governors of every state to send detachments totaling 75,000 troops to recapture forts, protect the capital, and "preserve the Union," which in his view still existed intact despite the actions of the seceding states. Virginia, which had repeatedly warned Lincoln that it would not allow an invasion of its territory or join an attack on another state, responded by seceding, along with North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
The slave states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware did not secede, and Lincoln urgently negotiated with state leaders there, promising not to interfere with slavery. After the fighting started, he had rebel leaders arrested in all the border areas (especially in Maryland) and held in military prisons without trial. Over 18,000 were arrested, though none were executed. One, Clement Vallandigham, was exiled; but all of the remainder were released, usually after two or three months (see: Ex parte Merryman).
Emancipation Proclamation
In July 1862, Congress moved to free the slaves by passing the Second Confiscation Act. The goal was to weaken the rebellion, which was led and controlled by slave owners. While it did not abolish the legal institution of slavery (the Thirteenth Amendment did that), the Act showed that Lincoln had the support of Congress in liberating slaves owned by rebels. This new law was implemented with Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation."
Ending slavery was always a primary goal of the Lincoln administration. However, the American public was slow to embrace the idea. In a shrewdly penned letter to Horace Greeley, editor of The New York Tribune, Lincoln masked his goal of ending slavery by making it subservient to the cause of preserving the union:
The Emancipation Proclamation, announced on September 22 and put into effect on January 1, 1863, freed slaves in territories not under Union control. As Union armies advanced south, more slaves were liberated until all of them in Confederate hands (over three million) were freed. Lincoln later said: "I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper." The proclamation made the abolition of slavery in the rebel states an official war goal. Lincoln then threw his energies into passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to permanently abolish slavery throughout the nation.
In September 1862, thirteen northern governors met in Altoona, Pennsylvania, at the Loyal War Governors' Conference to discuss the Proclamation and Union war effort. In the end, the state executives fully supported the president's Proclamation and also suggested the removal of General George B. McClellan as commander of the Union's Army of the Potomac.
For some time, Lincoln continued earlier plans to set up colonies for the newly freed slaves. He commented favorably on colonization in the Emancipation Proclamation, but all attempts at such a massive undertaking failed. As Frederick Douglass observed, Lincoln was, "The first great man that I talked with in the United States freely who in no single instance reminded me of the difference between himself and myself, of the difference of color.
Gettysburg Address
Although the Battle of Gettysburg was a Union victory, it was also the bloodiest battle of the war and dealt a blow to Lincoln's war effort. As the Union Army decreased in numbers due to casualties, more soldiers were needed to replace the ranks. Lincoln's 1863 military drafts were considered "odious" among many in the north, particularly immigrants. The New York Draft Riots of July, 1863 were the most notable manifestation of this discontent.
Writing to Lincoln in September 1863, the Governor of Pennsylvania, Andrew Curtin, warned that political sentiments were turning against Lincoln and the war effort:
At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, beginning with the now-iconic phrase "Four score and seven years ago...", Lincoln referred to the events of the Civil War and described the ceremony at Gettysburg as an opportunity not only to dedicate the grounds of a cemetery, but also to consecrate the living in the struggle to ensure that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth".
1864 election and second inauguration
After Union victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Chattanooga in 1863, overall victory seemed at hand, and Lincoln promoted Ulysses S. Grant General-in-Chief (March 12, 1864). When the spring campaigns turned into bloody stalemates, Lincoln supported Grant's strategy of wearing down Lee's Confederate army at the cost of heavy Union casualties. With an election looming, he easily defeated efforts to deny his renomination. At the Convention, the Republican Party selected Andrew Johnson, a War Democrat from the Southern state of Tennessee, as his running mate in order to form a broader coalition. They ran on the new Union Party ticket uniting Republicans and War Democrats.
While the Democratic platform followed the Peace wing of the party and called the war a "failure," their candidate, General George B. McClellan, supported the war and repudiated the platform.
Lincoln provided Grant with new replacements and mobilized his party to support Grant and win local support for the war effort. Sherman's capture of Atlanta in September ended defeatist jitters; the Democratic Party was deeply split, with some leaders and most soldiers openly for Lincoln; the Union party was united and energized, and Lincoln was easily reelected in a landslide. He won all but two states, capturing 212 of 233 electoral votes.
On March 4, 1865, Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address, his favorite of all his speeches. At this time, a victory over the rebels was at hand, slavery was dead, and Lincoln was looking to the future.
Conducting the war effort
The war was a source of constant frustration for the president, and occupied nearly all of his time. He had a contentious relationship with General McClellan, who became general-in-chief of all the Union armies in the wake of the embarrassing Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run and after the retirement of Winfield Scott in late 1861. Despite his inexperience in military affairs, Lincoln wanted to take an active part in determining war strategy. His priorities were twofold: to ensure that Washington, D.C. was well defended; and to conduct an aggressive war effort in the hope of ending the war quickly and appeasing the Northern public and press. McClellan, a youthful West Point graduate and railroad executive called back to active military service, took a more cautious approach. He took several months to plan and execute his Peninsula Campaign, with the objective of capturing Richmond by moving the Army of the Potomac by boat to the peninsula between the James and York Rivers. McClellan's delay irritated Lincoln, as did his insistence that no troops were needed to defend Washington, D.C. Lincoln insisted on holding some of McClellan's troops to defend the capital, a decision McClellan blamed for the ultimate failure of the Peninsula Campaign.
McClellan, a lifelong Democrat who was temperamentally conservative, was relieved as general-in-chief after releasing his Harrison's Landing Letter, where he offered unsolicited political advice to Lincoln urging caution in the war effort. McClellan's letter incensed Radical Republicans, who successfully pressured Lincoln to appoint John Pope, a Republican, as head of the new Army of Virginia. Pope complied with Lincoln's strategic desire to move toward Richmond from the north, thus protecting the capital from attack. But Pope was soundly defeated at the Second Battle of Bull Run in the summer of 1862, forcing the Army of the Potomac to defend Washington for a second time. In response to his failure, Pope was sent to Minnesota to fight the Sioux.
Panicked by Lee's invasion of Maryland, Lincoln restored McClellan to command of all forces around Washington in time for the Battle of Antietam (September 1862). The ensuing Union victory enabled Lincoln to release his Emancipation Proclamation, but he relieved McClellan of his command shortly after the 1862 midterm elections and appointed Republican Ambrose Burnside to head the Army of the Potomac. Burnside had promised to follow through on Lincoln's strategic vision for a strong offensive against Lee and Richmond. After Burnside was stunningly defeated at Fredericksburg, Joseph Hooker was given the command, despite his idle talk about the necessity for a military dictator to win the war and a past history of criticizing his commanders. Hooker was routed by Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville (May 1863), and relieved of command early in the subsequent Gettysburg Campaign replaced by George Meade.
After the Union victory at Gettysburg, Meade's failure to pursue Lee and months of inactivity for the Army of the Potomac persuaded Lincoln to bring in a western general, Ulysses S. Grant. Grant already had a solid string of victories in the Western Theater, including the battles of Vicksburg and Chattanooga. Responding to criticism of Grant, Lincoln was quoted as saying, "I cannot spare this man. He fights." Grant waged his bloody Overland Campaign in 1864 with a strategy of a war of attrition, characterized by high Union losses at battles such as the Wilderness and Cold Harbor, but by proportionately higher Confederate losses. His invasion campaign eventually bottled Lee up in the Siege of Petersburg, so that Grant could take Richmond, and bring the war to a close in the spring of 1865.
Lincoln authorized Grant to target civilians and infrastructure, hoping to destroy the South's morale and weaken its economic ability to continue fighting. This allowed Generals Sherman and Sheridan to destroy farms and towns in the Shenandoah Valley, Georgia, and South Carolina. The damage caused by Sherman's March to the Sea through Georgia totaled in excess of $100 million by Sherman's own estimate.
Lincoln had a star-crossed record as a military leader, possessing a keen understanding of strategic points (such as the Mississippi River and the fortress city of Vicksburg) and the importance of defeating the enemy's army, rather than simply capturing cities. He had, however, limited success in motivating his commanders to adopt his strategies until late 1863, when he found a man who shared his vision of the war in Ulysses S. Grant. Only then could he insist on using African American troops and relentlessly pursue a series of coordinated offensives in multiple theaters.
Throughout the war, Lincoln showed a keen curiosity with the military campaigns. He spent hours at the War Department telegraph office, reading dispatches from his generals. He visited battle sites frequently, and seemed fascinated by watching scenes of war. During Jubal Anderson Early's raid on Washington, D.C. in 1864, Lincoln had to be told to duck to avoid being shot while observing the battle.
Reconstruction began during the war as Lincoln and his associates pondered questions of how to reintegrate the Southern states and what to do with Confederate leaders and the freed slaves. Lincoln led the "moderates" regarding Reconstructionist policy, and was usually opposed by the Radical Republicans, under Thaddeus Stevens in the House and Charles Sumner and Benjamin Wade in the Senate (though he cooperated with these men on most other issues). Determined to find a course that would reunite the nation and not alienate the South, Lincoln urged that speedy elections under generous terms be held throughout the war in areas behind Union lines. His Amnesty Proclamation of December 8, 1863, offered pardons to those who had not held a Confederate civil office, had not mistreated Union prisoners, and would sign an oath of allegiance. Critical decisions had to be made as state after state was reconquered. Of special importance were Tennessee, where Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson as governor, and Louisiana, where Lincoln attempted a plan that would restore statehood when 10% of the voters agreed to it. The Radicals thought this policy too lenient, and passed their own plan, the Wade-Davis Bill, in 1864. When Lincoln pocket-vetoed the bill, the Radicals retaliated by refusing to seat representatives elected from Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
Near the end of the war, Lincoln made an extended visit to Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia. This allowed the president to visit Richmond after it was taken by the Union forces and to make a public gesture of sitting at Jefferson Davis's own desk, symbolically saying to the nation that the President of the United States held authority over the entire land. He was greeted at the city as a conquering hero by freed slaves, whose sentiments were epitomized by one admirer's quote, "I know I am free for I have seen the face of Father Abraham and have felt him." When a general asked Lincoln how the defeated Confederates should be treated, Lincoln replied, "Let 'em up easy. Lincoln arrived back in Washington on the evening of April 9, 1865, the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. The war was effectively over. The other rebel armies surrendered soon after, and there was no subsequent guerrilla warfare.
Home front
Redefining Republicanism
Lincoln's rhetoric defined the issues of the war for the nation, the world, and posterity. The Gettysburg Address defied Lincoln's own prediction that "the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here." His second inaugural address is also greatly admired and often quoted.
In recent years, historians have stressed Lincoln's use of and redefinition of republican values. As early as the 1850s, a time when most political rhetoric focused on the sanctity of the Constitution, Lincoln shifted emphasis to the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of American political values — what he called the "sheet anchor" of republicanism. The Declaration's emphasis on freedom and equality for all, rather than the Constitution's tolerance of slavers, shifted the debate. As Diggins concludes regarding the highly influential Cooper Union speech, "Lincoln presented Americans a theory of history that offers a profound contribution to the theory and destiny of republicanism itself. His position gained strength because he highlighted the moral basis of republicanism, rather than its legalisms. Nevertheless, in 1861 Lincoln justified the war in terms of legalisms (the Constitution was a contract, and for one party to get out of a contract all the other parties had to agree), and then in terms of the national duty to guarantee a "republican form of government" in every state. That duty was also the principle underlying federal intervention in Reconstruction.
In his Gettysburg Address Lincoln redefined the American nation, arguing that it was born not in 1789 but in 1776, "conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." He declared that the sacrifices of battle had rededicated the nation to the propositions of democracy and equality, "that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." By emphasizing the centrality of the nation, he rebuffed the claims of state sovereignty. While some critics say Lincoln moved too far and too fast, they agree that he dedicated the nation to values that marked "a new founding of the nation.
Civil liberties suspended
During the Civil War, Lincoln appropriated powers no previous President had wielded: he used his war powers to proclaim a blockade, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, spent money without congressional authorization, and imprisoned 18,000 suspected Confederate sympathizers without trial.
Domestic measures
Lincoln believed in the Whig theory of the presidency, which left Congress to write the laws while he signed them, vetoing only those bills that threatened his war powers. Thus, he signed the Homestead Act in 1862, making millions of acres of government-held land in the West available for purchase at very low cost. The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, also signed in 1862, provided government grants for agricultural universities in each state. The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 and 1864 granted federal support for the construction of the United States' First Transcontinental Railroad, which was completed in 1869. Other important legislation involved economic matters, including the first income tax and higher tariffs. Also included was the creation of the system of national banks by the National Banking Acts of 1863, 1864, and 1865, which allowed the creation of a strong national financial system. Congress created and Lincoln approved the Department of Agriculture in 1862, although that institution would not become a Cabinet-level department until 1889.
The Legal Tender Act of 1862 established the United States Note, the first paper currency in United States history. This was done to increase the money supply to pay for fighting the war.
During the war, Lincoln's Treasury Department effectively controlled all cotton trade in the occupied South — the most dramatic incursion of federal controls on the economy.
In 1862, Lincoln sent a senior general, John Pope, to put down the "Sioux Uprising" in Minnesota. Presented with 303 death warrants for convicted Santee Dakota who had massacred innocent farmers, Lincoln affirmed 39 of these for execution (one was later reprieved).
Medical history
Illnesses included: frostbitten feet, malaria, physical trauma and smallpox. Claims that Lincoln had syphilis about 1835 have been controversial, but a recent analysis finds them credible.
As a child, Lincoln was tall for his age. He reached his adult height of no later than age 21. Friends noticed his arms, legs, hands, and feet were long. Although well muscled as a young adult, he was always thin. Fragmentary evidence says he weighed around 170 pounds before the Presidency, but lost weight while in the White House. Based on Lincoln's unusual physical appearance, Dr. Abraham Gordon proposed in 1962 that Lincoln had Marfan syndrome. Lincoln's unremarkable cardiovascular history and his normal visual acuity have been the chief objections to the theory, and today the diagnosis is considered unlikely. Testing Lincoln's DNA for Marfan syndrome was contemplated in the 1990s, but such a test was not performed.
In 2007, Dr. John Sotos proposed that Lincoln had multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 2B (MEN2B). This theory suggests Lincoln had all the major features of the disease: a marfan-like body shape, large, bumpy lips, constipation, hypotonia, a history compatible with cancer and a family history of the disorder - his sons Eddie, Willie, and Tad, and probably his mother. The "mole" on Lincoln's right cheek, the asymmetry of his face, his large jaw, his drooping eyelid, and "pseudo-depression" are also suggested as manifestations of MEN2B. Lincoln's longevity is the principal challenge to the MEN2B theory, which could be proven by DNA testing.
Originally, John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and a Confederate spy from Maryland, had formulated a plan to kidnap Lincoln in exchange for the release of Confederate prisoners. After attending an April 11 speech in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for blacks, an incensed Booth changed his plans and determined to assassinate the president. Learning that the President and First Lady would be attending Ford's Theatre, he laid his plans, assigning his co-conspirators to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Without his main bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon, to whom he related his famous dream regarding his own assassination, Lincoln left to attend the play Our American Cousin on April 14, 1865. As a lone bodyguard wandered, and Lincoln sat in his state box (Box 7) in the balcony, Booth crept up behind the President and waited for what he thought would be the funniest line of the play ("You sock-dologizing old man-trap"), hoping the laughter would muffle the noise of the gunshot. When the laughter began, Booth jumped into the box and aimed a single-shot, round-slug 0.44 caliber Henry Deringer at his head, firing at point-blank range. Major Henry Rathbone momentarily grappled with Booth but was cut by Booth's knife. Booth then leapt to the stage and shouted "Sic semper tyrannis!" (Thus always to tyrants) and escaped, despite a broken leg suffered in the leap. A twelve-day manhunt ensued, in which Booth was chased by Federal agents (under the direction of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton). He was eventually cornered in a Virginia barn house and shot, dying of his wounds soon after.
An army surgeon, Doctor Charles Leale, initially assessed Lincoln's wound as mortal. The President was taken across the street from the theater to the Petersen House, where he lay in a coma for nine hours before dying. Several physicians attended Lincoln, including U.S. Army Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes of the Army Medical Museum. Using a probe, Barnes located some fragments of Lincoln's skull and the ball lodged 6 inches (15 cm) inside his brain. Lincoln never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 7:22:10 a.m. April 15, 1865. There is some disagreement among historians as to Stanton's words after Lincoln died. All agree that he began "Now he belongs to the..." with some stating he said "ages" while others believe he said "angels." After Lincoln's body was returned to the White House, a brain-only autopsy was performed, and his body was prepared for his lying in repose in the East Room. He was the first president to be assassinated or to lie in state.
The Army Medical Museum, now named the National Museum of Health and Medicine, has retained in its collection several artifacts relating to the assassination. Currently on display are the bullet that was fired from the Philadelphia Deringer pistol, the probe used by Barnes, pieces of Lincoln's skull and hair, and the surgeon's cuff stained with Lincoln's blood. The chair in which Lincoln was shot is on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, Michigan.
Lincoln's body was carried by train in a grand funeral procession through several states on its way back to Illinois. While much of the nation mourned him as the savior of the United States, Copperheads celebrated the death of a man they considered a tyrant. The Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, is 177 feet (54 m) tall and, by 1874, was surmounted with several bronze statues of Lincoln. To prevent repeated attempts to steal Lincoln's body and hold it for ransom, Robert Todd Lincoln had Lincoln exhumed and reinterred in concrete several feet thick in 1901.
Presidential appointments
Administration and cabinet
Lincoln was known for appointing political rivals to high positions in his cabinet to keep in line all factions of his party — and to let them battle each other and not combine against him. Historians agree that, except for Simon Cameron, it was a highly effective group.
Supreme Court
Lincoln appointed the following Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States:
Major presidential acts
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States admitted to the Union
Religious and philosophical beliefs
In March 1860 in a speech in New Haven, Connecticut, Lincoln said, with respect to slavery, “Whenever this question shall be settled, it must be settled on some philosophical basis. No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained." The philosophical basis for Lincoln’s beliefs regarding slavery and other issues of the day require that Lincoln be examined "seriously as a man of ideas." Lincoln was a strong supporter of the American Whig version of liberal capitalism who, more than most politicians of the time, was able to express his ideas within the context of Nineteenth Century religious beliefs.
There were few people who strongly or directly influenced Lincoln’s moral and intellectual development and perspectives. There was no teacher, mentor, church leader, community leader, or peer that Lincoln would credit in later years as a strong influence on his intellectual development. Lacking a formal education, Lincoln’s personal philosophy was shaped by "an amazingly retentive memory and a passion for reading and learning." It was Lincoln’s reading, rather than his relationships, that were most influential in shaping his personal beliefs.
Lincoln did, even as a boy, largely reject organized religion, but the Calvinistic "doctrine of necessity" would remain a factor throughout his life. In 1846 Lincoln described the effect of this doctrine as "that the human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control. In April 1864, in justifying his actions in regard to Emancipation, Lincoln wrote, "I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it.
As Lincoln matured, and especially during his term as president, the idea of a divine will somehow interacting with human affairs more and more influenced his public expressions. On a personal level, the death of his son Willie in February 1862 may have caused Lincoln to look towards religion for answers and solace. After Willie’s death, in the summer or early fall of 1862, Lincoln attempted to put on paper his private musings on why, from a divine standpoint, the severity of the war was necessary:
Lincoln’s religious skepticism was fueled by his exposure to the ideas of the Lockean Enlightenment and classical liberalism, especially economic liberalism. Consistent with the common practice of the Whig party, Lincoln would often use the Declaration of Independence as the philosophical and moral expression of these two philosophies. In a February 22, 1861 speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia Lincoln said,
He found in the Declaration justification for Whig economic policy and opposition to territorial expansion and the nativist platform of the Know Nothings. In claiming that all men were created free, Lincoln and the Whigs argued that this freedom required economic advancement, expanded education, territory to grow, and the ability of the nation to absorb the growing immigrant population.
It was the Declaration of Independence, rather than the Bible, that Lincoln most relied on in order to oppose any further territorial expansion of slavery. He saw the Declaration as more than a political document. To him, as well as to many abolitionists and other antislavery leaders, it was, foremost, a moral document that had forever determined valuable criteria in shaping the future of the nation.
Legacy and memorials
Lincoln's death made the President a martyr to many. Repeated polls of historians have ranked Lincoln as among the greatest presidents in U.S. history, often appearing in the first position. Among contemporary admirers, Lincoln is usually seen as personifying classical values of honesty and integrity, as well as respect for individual and minority rights, and human freedom in general.
Many American organizations of all purposes and agendas continue to cite his name and image, with interests ranging from the gay rights-supporting Log Cabin Republicans to the insurance corporation Lincoln National Corporation. The Lincoln automobile is also named after him. The ballistic missile submarine Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) and the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) were named in his honor. Also, the Liberty ship SS Nancy Hanks was named for his mother. During the Spanish Civil War, the American faction of the International Brigades named themselves the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Lincoln has been memorialized in many city names, notably the capital of Nebraska. Lincoln, Illinois, is the only city to be named for Abraham Lincoln before he became President. Lincoln's name and image appear in numerous places. These include the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Lincoln $5 bill and the Lincoln cent, Lincoln's sculpture on the Mount Rushmore, and the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. In addition, New Salem, Illinois (a reconstruction of Lincoln's early adult hometown), Ford's Theatre, and Petersen House (where he died) are all preserved as museums. The Lincoln Shrine in Redlands, California, is located behind the A.K. Smiley Public Library. The state nickname for Illinois is Land of Lincoln.
Counties in 18 U.S. states (Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, West Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) are named after Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, was formerly a national holiday, now commemorated as Presidents' Day. However, it is still observed in Illinois and many other states as a separate legal holiday, Lincoln's Birthday. A dozen states have legal holidays celebrating the third Monday in February as 'Presidents' Day' as a combination Washington-Lincoln Day.
To commemorate his upcoming 200th birthday in February 2009, Congress established the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (ALBC) in 2000. Dedicated to renewing American appreciation of Lincoln’s legacy, the 15-member commission is made up of lawmakers and scholars and also features an advisory board of over 130 various Lincoln historians and enthusiasts. Located at Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the ALBC is the organizing force behind numerous tributes, programs and cultural events highlighting a two-year celebration scheduled to begin in February 2008 at Lincoln’s birthplace: Hodgenville, Kentucky.
Lincoln's birthplace and family home are national historic memorials: the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, and the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum opened in Springfield in 2005; it is a major tourist attraction, with state-of-the-art exhibits. The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery is located in Elwood, Illinois.
Electoral history
Illinois' 7th congressional district, 1846
1856 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):
Illinois United States Senate election, 1858:
1860 Republican National Convention (Final Results on 3rd Ballot):
United States presidential election, 1860
United States presidential election, 1864
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Further reading
• Isaac N. Arnold, The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1885), written by Lincoln's friend and political ally
• William H Herndon, Lincoln
• Beveridge, Albert J. Abraham Lincoln: 1809-1858 (1928). 2 vol. to 1858; notable for strong, unbiased political coverage online edition
• Richard Carwardine. Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power ISBN 1400044561 (2003), winner of the 2004 Lincoln Prize from Gettysburg College
• William E. Gienapp. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography by ISBN 0-19-515099-6 (2002), short online edition
• John Hay & John George Nicolay. Abraham Lincoln: a History (1890); Vol 1 and Vol 2 10 vols in all; detailed narrative of era by Lincoln's aides
• Reinhard H Luthin The Real Abraham Lincoln (1960), emphasis on politics
• Mark E. Neely. The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia (1984), detailed articles on many men and movements associated with AL
• Mark E. Neely. The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America (1993), Pulitzer prize winning author
• Stephen B. Oates. With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1994)
• James G. Randall. Lincoln the President (4 vol., 1945–55; reprint 2000.) by prize winning scholar. Mr. Lincoln excerpts ed. by Richard N. Current (1957)
• Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Abraham Lincoln (1939), for children
• John C. Waugh. One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to Civil War ISBN 978-0-15-101071-4 (2007), Harcourt
• John C. Waugh. Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency ISBN 0-517-59766-7 (1997), Crown Publishers
Specialty topics
• Angle, Paul M., Here I Have Lived: A History of Lincoln's Springfield, 1821-1865, (1935) online edition
• Baker, Jean H. Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (1987) online edition
• Belz, Herman. Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era (1998)
• Boritt, Gabor S. Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream (1994). Lincoln's economic theory and policies
• Boritt, Gabor S. ed. Lincoln the War President (1994)
• Boritt, Gabor S., ed. The Historian's Lincoln U. of Illinois Press, 1988, historiography
• Bruce, Robert V. Lincoln and the Tools of War (1956) on weapons development during the war online edition
• Bush, Bryan S. Lincoln and the Speeds: The Untold Story of a Devoted and Enduring Friendship (2008) ISBN 978-0-9798802-6-1
• Chittenden, Lucius E., Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration, (1891). – Google Books
• Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era (1960)
• Donald, David Herbert. We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends Simon & Schuster, (2003).
• Guelzo, Allen C., Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America, Simon & Schuster (2008). ISBN-13: 978-0743273206
• Harris, William C. With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union (1997). AL's plans for Reconstruction
• Hendrick, Burton J. Lincoln's War Cabinet (1946) online edition
• Hofstadter, Richard. The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It (1948) ch 5: "Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth"
• Lea, James Henry (1909). The Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. Houghton Mifflin.
• Marshall, John A., " American Bastille" (1870) Fifth edition: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens in the Northern and Border States on Account of Their political opinions during the late Civil War. Part 1
• McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988). Pulitzer Prize winner surveys all aspects of the war
• Morgenthau, Hans J., and David Hein. Essays on Lincoln's Faith and Politics. White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs at the U of Virginia, 1983.
• Neely, Mark E. The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties (1992). Pulitzer Prize winner. online version
• Ostendorf, Lloyd, and Hamilton, Charles, Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose, Morningside House Inc., 1963, ISBN 089029-087-3.
• Peterson, Merrill D. Lincoln in American Memory (1994). how Lincoln was remembered after 1865
• Polsky, Andrew J. "'Mr. Lincoln's Army' Revisited: Partisanship, Institutional Position, and Union Army Command, 1861–1865." Studies in American Political Development (2002), 16: 176-207
• Randall, James G. Lincoln the Liberal Statesman (1947)
• Shenk, Joshua Wolf. Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness (2005)
• Kenneth P. Williams. Lincoln Finds a General: A Military Study of the Civil War (1959) 5 volumes on Lincoln's control of the war
• Williams, T. Harry. Lincoln and His Generals (1967).
• Wilson, Douglas L. Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words(2006) ISBN 1-4000-4039-6.
Lincoln in art and popular culture
Primary sources
• Lincoln, Abraham (2000). The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln. Modern Library Classics.
• Fehrenbacher, Don E., ed. Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America, ed. 1989) ISBN 978-0-94045043-1
• Fehrenbacher, Don E., ed. Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865 (Library of America, ed. 1989) ISBN 978-0-94045063-9
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A high brightness centralized lighting system has been proposed for various lighting applications where it is desired to have a central light source and a plurality of remote locations which are illuminated from the central light source over optical fibers or light pipes. An example of such a centralized lighting system can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,958,263 issued to Davenport et al on Sep. 18, 1990 and assigned to the same assignee as the present invention. In this patent, a light source is provided having a central ellipsoidally-shaped arc tube and a number of extending tube shaped extensions formed thereon. Each of the extending tube portions is coupled over optical fibers to various locations around a vehicle for providing lighting needed for forward illumination, tail lighting and overhead lighting for instance. It has been found with such an arrangement that there is little uniformity of the light output for the various tubular extensions. Additionally, it has been found that in order to provide the necessary amount of illumination at the desired location, large diameter optical fibers on the order of approximately 10 mm or greater are required. For such a large optical fiber, in addition to being more expensive, it is difficult to maneuver and turn the optical fiber for placement within the body of the vehicle. Another example of the use of a centralized lighting source and optical fibers for providing the forward illumination in a vehicle, can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,278,731 issued to Davenport et al. on Jan. 11, 1994 and assigned to the same assignee as the present invention. In this patent, a single optical fiber is introduced to a substantially conventional automotive reflector assembly except that a V-shaped mirror provides for distribution of the light output from the end of the fiber to the reflector surface for transmission through a lens member. In the configuration of this patent, assuming that the optical fiber is 10 mm in diameter, the beam produced would have approximately a 5 degree vertical spread. The 5 degree vertical spread exceeds the 4 degree right, 4 degree down SAE test point and further exhibits excessive foreground illumination. It would therefore be desirable to provide a centralized lighting system for automotive applications that would allow for the use of smaller diameter optical fibers and would achieve the appropriate beam pattern in terms of spread characteristics.
A further problem to be solved in providing a centralized lighting system for use in automotive applications involves the ability to provide a light output that is uniform in appearance from both the left and right side of the vehicle. An example of a centralized lighting system that provides a substantially uniform appearing light output at both sides of a vehicle can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 5,222,793 issued to Davenport et al on Jun. 29, 1993 and assigned to the same assignee as the present invention. In this patent, in order to achieve a multiple beam output from a single light source, a split reflector configuration is utilized to provide two light outputs and optical fibers are disposed in contacting side by side relation for a specific length and then split for distribution to the two sides of the vehicle. Although effective in achieving a multiple beam output from a single light source, the system of patent No. 5,222,793 requires precision machining operations to manufacture the split reflector arrangement and as well, because the optical fibers are in a contacting relation to one another, insulating problems between the contacting optical fibers can sometimes be experienced.
Still a further problem to be dealt with in providing multiple light outputs from a single centralized light source is that of achieving an optimum packing fraction between the multiple optical fibers that are being utilized. In other words, by directing light from a single light source into a plurality of input surfaces of optical fibers bundled together, there will be spaces formed between the optical fibers that will result in light which is presented thereto being lost. The amount of surface area associated with the optical fiber inputs divided by the area of the light output presented to the optical fibers is defined as the packing fraction and it is desirable to have this value maximized. In fact, it would be further desirable to provide a light output from the light source that was divided into individual light spots prior to delivery to the input surface of the optical fiber and to provide such individual light spots in a cost effective manner without requiring the use of complicated reflector devices that are manufactured only to tight tolerances. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'e595be5d07f505a568f9c5b8d76e35c258df1764ece41de8999cd55bbd38e9d5'} |
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1. Field
The present disclosure relates to optical communication equipment and, more specifically but not exclusively, to optical receivers having signal-equalization means, such as for mitigating the detrimental effects of chromatic and/or polarization-mode dispersion.
2. Description of the Related Art
This section introduces aspects that may help facilitate a better understanding of the invention(s). Accordingly, the statements of this section are to be read in this light and are not to be understood as admissions about what is in the prior art or what is not in the prior art.
The next-generation of optical communication systems is being designed for relatively high data-transmission rates, e.g., higher than about 100 Gbit/s per channel. At these rates, the effects of chromatic dispersion (CD) and polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) can significantly degrade the transmission performance of optical-transport links. Accordingly, methods for mitigating these detrimental effects are being developed for use in optical-communication systems. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'ac045775effd4b43991fab17db06487646af750686d0287a054b3f60778f55ba'} |
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If you're like me, when you're buying fruits and vegetables to cook or make a salad with, you seek the most aesthetically appealing examples: the unblemished apple, the bright-red tomato, the zesty looking leaves of spinach.
But I'm reforming my ways. This summer, I'll be looking for ugly produce instead.
According to an article published Sunday in The New York Times, the Portugal-based food cooperative Fruta Feia (Ugly Fruit) is successfully challenging a linkage between food quality and food appearance, making a dent in the huge problem of food waste in Europe at the same time.
The cooperative's founder, Isabel Soares, says that about a third of Portugal's farming produce is rejected by supermarkets because of appearance-based quality standards — standards that don't affect the food's safety or taste.
"Worldwide," writes Philip Lymbery in a book I've just read, Farmageddon: The Trust Cost of Cheap Meat, "the U.N. suggests that about a third of food is wasted through being binned or left to rot."
This type of food waste — whether the result of regulatory policies or of individual choices in our homes and restaurants — only adds to an already massive, systemic problem. The central conclusion of Farmageddon is that the increasing industrialization of farming, while directly harming a vast number of animal species from birds and bees to cows, pigs, chickens and ourselves as well, doesn't even do what it sets out to do: It doesn't feed the world, in large part because the practice of feeding cereals and soya to confined animals "squanders vast amounts of food."
So, what I get from Farmageddon is that there are at least two levels of problem — the systemic and the individual — and that we consumers can work effectively for change at both. Lymbery recommends fighting back against factory farming by cutting down on meat served at our tables (and I would add that eliminating it is a choice, too). If we do buy meat, he says, buy "foods from the land," not from factories.
And, Lymbery concludes, "Avoiding wasting food is perhaps the simplest way to make a major contribution to a better food system." He wants us to "love leftovers," which is good advice. But Isabel Soares and her ugly produce remind us that there are complementary strategies, too.
So, as May slides into June and summer looms on the calendar, you'll find me out at local farmers markets and grocery stores hunting for the least beautiful fruits and vegetables I can find.
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is bubs feeding ok?
Hi, I breastfeed and pump with a formula feed on the nightime and in the morning. This morning I fed my lo before her nap (formula) and when she woke 3 hours later I put her on the breast. After her formula feed I pump my breastmilk so I can take it out with me. When she went on the breast she stayed on for only 10 minutes at max. It does come out fast and sometimes she chokes a little on it but after a minute or so it's fine. When she came off she was sleepy and has gone to sleep again. She's 7 weeks old and I worry (probably too much!) that she is getting enough to eat. Gradually as the day goes on my milk does get less and thats why we do a formula bottle on the nighttime before bed. Is 10 minutes long enough? She does have a wet nappy at every change, I change her at the longest every 4 hours.
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I'm a little confused by the post. 10 mins seems a little short for 7 weeks but not unheard of. I am curious about the formula. I'm curious because that's likely why your milk is decreasing. How much formula is she getting? What made you start formula? Are you pumping every time she gets a bottle (even when you give her a bottle of breast milk, you should pump )?
You are being counter producive with supplimenting formula. You will lose your supply because your body thinks it doesn't need to make anymore. The most crucial time to build supply is the first 6 weeks. If you want to continue to breastfeed, cut back the formula and your body will take over the slack. Yes it will be hard to get the supply back up but baby will need to nurse a lot more.
As with getting enough, you need to be checking diapers for the proper amount of wet diapers. Your ped will do a weight check at the 2 month visit as well to see if the curve is still being followed.
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As You Were: Premier League Week One Talking Points
*Extremely Jeremy Corbyn on his return to parliament following the 2017 General Election voice* We’re back – and we’re ready to do it all over again. You can have your Benjamin Pavard screamers and your Iranian somersault throw-ins. Keep your German exits and your England penalty shootout wins. Because Southampton 0-0 Burnley on a drizzly Sunday afternoon is all I need (well, for the next ten months at least). As always the Premier League soapbox rolls on and, even though we’re only ten games into the 2018/19 season, tongues are already wagging. Here are the talking points:
Mourinho finds success in scrapheap challenge…
Those of us hoping the Premier League season would start with a bang were surely crestfallen to discover that Manchester United v Leicester City had been chosen as the completely untraditional Friday night curtain raiser. Two sides that embark on the new season with some trepidation and no shortage of question marks over the short term futures of both’s respective managers. Both sides fielded summer signings, with Fred making his competitive debut for the hosts, while James Maddison and Ricardo Pereira were given maiden starts by Claude Puel, but there were a few more surprised to be had once Jose Mourinho handed in the teamsheet. With injuries to Nemanja Matic and Antonio Valencia, the Portuguese manager made the bold move to draft in Matteo Darmian and Andreas Pereira – the latter making his first start for the club since a 5-1 Europa League win over Midtjylland in 2016, the night of Marcus Rashford’s Old Trafford debut. Rashford himself was a surprise inclusion at centre-forward in place of first choice Romelu Lukaku, particularly given Mourinho’s criticism of the young striker towards the end of last season, while Victor Lindelöf, barely trusted last term, slotted straight into the centre of defence with Eric Bailly. The biggest surprise, though, was the inclusion of Luke Shaw at left-back.
The £30m man has endured a difficult time since moving to Manchester from Southampton, with a double leg fracture in his second season at Old Trafford putting his career on hold for the best part of a year. By the time he was back to full fitness, Louis Van Gaal had vacated the manager’s office and Mourinho had arrived in his stead. And if Shaw thought a broken leg was an obstruction to his career progression, he hadn’t seen anything yet. Over the course of Mourinho’s first season, the pair’s relationship would fluctuate between quiet admiration and full blown criticism. On several occasions United’s manager criticised Shaw’s efforts in training, claiming he was “way behind” Darmian, Valencia and Ashley Young for starting berth. What started as seemingly innocuous commentary soon appeared to blossom into full-blown bullying. Last season, having already criticised Shaw’s “footballing brain”, Mourinho began to use the full-back as a go-to excuse for poor performances from his team, though that criticism would regularly be peppered with positive comments – back in January the manager was quoted as saying “I don’t see many left-backs better than this Luke Shaw” – note the snide addition of ‘this’. Treat them mean, keep them puzzled as to why you’re being a shithouse in front of the media.
With all this taken into account, few expected Shaw to start United’s first game of the season, and his manager perhaps didn’t expect to witness a Man of the Match performance from his long-term victim. The 23 year old finished the game having had the most touched, the second highest amount of completed passes and the joint highest amount of shots on target, all capped off with his first senior goal to double United’s lead late on. Provided his manager doesn’t experience a change of heart, this could finally be the season Shaw fulfills his potential.
…but Harry Kane’s self-fulfilling prophecy continues.
One of the most frequently uttered phrases over the first weekend of the season, besides “that new kit looks horrendous” would have likely been “I can’t believe you’ve got Harry Kane in your Fantasy team”. The World Cup Golden Boot winner headed into the new season looking to break what has widely become known as his ‘August Hoodoo. The Spurs striker had made an ominous thirteen appearances in the opening month of the season since his breakthrough in 2014 without finding the net, but was given a starting berth at St James’ Park in order to rectify his bizarre summertime drought. That Kane started after a physically demanding close season, in which he played almost 600 minutes for England, perhaps says more about Spurs’ lack of strength in depth than the national team captain’s match fitness. Fernando Llorente enjoyed a prolific pre-season but has yet to rediscover the form that convinced Daniel Levy to part with fifteen million of his precious pounds last year, while Kane and his fellow World Cup final four participants only returned to pre-season training last week.
On the evidence of his showing across the full ninety minutes, Tottenham’s #10 has some way to go before he’s up to speed, looking largely ineffective against a Newcastle United defence that at times offered their visitors the freedom of St James’. Registering just 52 touches, the lowest of any Spurs outfield player besides Lucas Moura, Kane spent most of the afternoon on the fringes of the action. Having largely built his game around playing the percentages, the fact that he only managed two shots on goal across the 90 minutes gives some indication of his lack of involvement – last season he averaged five shots per game. Thankfully for the visiting supporters, their striker’s out of sorts performance wasn’t punished. First half goals from Jan Vertonghen and Dele Alli – both fellow late returnees from Russia – sandwiched a rare appearance on the scoresheet from Newcastle’s much maligned striker Joselu, and despite a dominant second half performance from the Magpies, a mixture of poor finishing, good goalkeepeing, and plain old luck saw Mauricio Pochettino and his team escape the North East with all three points.
Given his lack of form at the beginning of previous seasons it was no surprise to see Kane labour during the opening game. How much of it can be put down to over-exertion in the summer is up for debate – Alli, Vertonghen and Lloris all put in excellent performances, though it could be argued the former offered little for England in Russia. Whether his ability to transition from pre-season into competitive games is a physiological or psychological issue remains to be seen – as has been the case in the last four seasons, Kane’s form generally takes a dramatic turn for the better once he’s got a few games in his legs. That being said, a meeting with newly promoted Fulham on Saturday offers the ideal chance to get that monkey off his back.
The new boys suffer a rude awakening…
When the fixture computer bleeped and blooped and spat out the schedule for the 2018/19 season, Messrs Espirito Santo, Jokanovic and Warnock wouldn’t have been too disappointed with the challenges presented to the promoted sides on the opening day. In reality, all three were reminded that the step up to the Premier League from the Championship can be a daunting one. For Wolves, the only newly promoted side to end the opening weekend with a point on the board, the visit of Everton presented a tough but winnable return to the top flight. With Marco Silva having completed much of his transfer business late in the window, only Richarlison of his summer recruits was given a full debut. Typically, it was the Brazilian that opened the scoring after seventeen minutes. Having shaded a tight first half, momentum appeared to swing the way of the hosts when Phil Jagielka received the first red card of the season five minutes before the break for a mistimed challenge on Diogo Jota that perhaps looked more reckless than it actually was. Regardless, Portuguese wonderkid Ruben Neves dispatched the resulting free-kick beyond the helpless grasp of Jordan Pickford, and suddenly Wolves were in business. Still, the Premier League can be a fickle mistress and, despite their one man advantage, Wolves found themselves behind again with just over twenty minutes to go – Richarlison adding a second to his Toffees tally, and already closing in on his total of five for Watford last season. Wolves, though, would reap rewards for their dominance in possession, as Neves provided an inch-perfect cross for the on-loan Raul Jimenez to head in a late equaliser. A positive start for Nuno, but a result they may rue given their one man advantage.
Like Wolves, Fulham looked to take the game to their opponents as they hosted Crystal Palace on the opening day, only to find Wayne Hennessey in inspired form. Aleksander Mitrovic is no stranger to seeing his name in sentences that end with ‘hat-trick of misses’, but for once the Serbian can feel hard done by as Palace’s ‘keeper pulled off three fantastic saves to keep Fulham’s £22m man at bay. Happy to cede possession to the Premier League new boys, Roy Hodgson’s team were content with catching their free-flowing yet tactically naive opponents on the break, and Jeffrey Schlupp’s rifled effort shortly before half-time gave the visitors a barely deserved lead. With Fulham chasing the game, the Eagles continued to find space in the opposition’s half, and after another brilliant point-blank save from Hennessey, the pace of youngster Aaron Wan-Bissaka caught Slavisa Jokanovic’s men cold, and Wilfried Zaha was released to round Fabri and seal the win for Palace. With 66% possession and 15 shots on goal, there aren’t many teams that will enjoy as much dominance as Fulham against Crystal Palace and fail to make it count – it’s now a matter of how Jokanovic addresses his team’s shortcomings.
Down on the south coast, Cardiff City’s Premier League awakening was an altogether more brutal affair. A lack of goals last season was a cause for concern as they returned to the top flight, and after registering just one shot on target in their opening game at Bournemouth, Neil Warnock will undoubtedly have his frontline in for some chance creation sessions this week. Considering their relatively subdued transfer winow – David Brooks was the only new face in Eddie Howe’s starting line-up – Bournemouth looked a refreshed, revitalised proposition against Cardiff, and should have had the game sewn up long before Callum Wilson atoned for his first-half penalty miss in the 91st minute to add to Ryan Fraser’s opener. Games against Newcastle and Huddersfield lay in wait for the Bluebirds over the next couple of weeks, and accruing points as quickly as possible will be vital to any kind of survival bid they’re able to put together. On the strength of their showing at the Vitality, it’s going to be a long and tortuous season.
…and it’s As You Were for title favourites.
The Premier League Champions and the team tipped to push them closest to this season’s title both made their bow on Sunday, though facing altogether different propositions as Liverpool hosted last season’s punchbags West Ham, while Manchester City traveled to Post-Wenger Arsenal. After a summer of outrageous spending, Jurgen Klopp was able to name Alisson and Naby Keita in his starting lineup, while Manuel Pellegrini handed debuts to five of his summer signings. Despite a change in personnel, a familiar tale unfolded at Anfield, as the Reds set a marker down for their season against a lacklustre Hammers side. It took all of nineteen minutes for Mohamed Salah to damped any talk of him being a one season wonder, as he slotted home past Lukasz Fabianski to give Liverpool the lead. In a half in which the hosts could easily have scored three or four, Sadio Mane finally added a second in stoppage time after good work from James Milner. If Pellegrini’s decision to play 4-3-3 against one of the most dynamic teams in the league looked bold before kick-off, it was downright daft by half-time. The introduction of the more attacking Robert Snodgrass for Declan Rice at the interval seemed little more than a token of ambition from the Chilean manager, with the Scottish wide-man completing just nine passes during a half that Liverpool utterly dominated. Mane, who’ll be looking to better the efforts of his fellow strikers after finishing as the club’s third highest goalscorer last season with only twenty, added his second of the afternoon shortly after the break and, after watching his team-mates spurn a host of chances, Daniel Sturridge arrived from the bench late on to add a fourth for the hosts with his first touch. Another striker that can light up a game on his day, Sturridge’s return to the first-team fold at Anfield offers another reminder of the wealth of attacking options at Klopp’s disposal. If the first three don’t get you, four, five or six might. If this is a sign of things to come from Liverpool this season, then Manchester City might just be looking over their shoulder.
Or will they? Because the comfort with which Pep Guardiola’s side dispatched Arsenal at the Emirates suggests that very little pressure is being felt in the blue half of Manchester. Able to leave Kevin De Bruyne, Leroy Sane and Gabriel Jesus on the bench, Guardiola opted to give Riyad Mahrez his Premier League debut, while Bernardo Silva took up position behind Sergio Aguero. In his first competitive home match since replacing Arsene Wenger, Unai Emery opted to retain Petr Cech in goal at the expense of summer recruit Bernd Leno, while Sokratis and Matteo Guendouzi were introduced from the start. At just 19, the Sideshow Bob enthusiast Guendouzi was a surprise inclusion in Emery’s first eleven, and the criticism garnered from his teammates after failing to close down Raheem Sterling before the City attacker lamped an effort inside the right post to give the visitors the lead might have been a blow to his confidence. Still, the £7m signing put in an assured display against the league champions. Having been roundly second best in the first half, Emery’s side ramped up the pressure after the break, enjoying a decent spell of possession in the City half, but failing to create any clear-cut chances. Predictably, the hosts were made to pay, as Silva turned Benjamin Mendy’s pass into the top corner to seal the points. Though nowhere near their devastating best, Guardiola’s side showed that they’ll be just as difficult to beat this season as they were last, though Arsenal fans will have seen plenty to suggest better times are on the horizon. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'de2dd9549cb7e253caf42afe99d3164ba937ac2cb6ee198395bfe74eff61c1b9'} |
Es6 - Symbols
Concept Building
Have you ever gotten into a situation where your entire application's integrity relies on a single object? Let us try this with a simple example ;)
Let's say we have an object on which our entire application relies.
const mostImpData = {
mostImportantProperty : 'If this changes, I am ruined :/'
This object describes the state of the application which is crucial and must be protected.
Now let's say, someone intentionally or unintentionally changes it like this:
const unIntentionally = 'mostImportantProperty';
mostImpData[unIntentionally] = 'SORRY YOU ARE NOW RUINED :D';
Since now you rely on this property, so it is very crucial to preserve it, but you failed to do so. So now you as a developer are hunting as to why and/or where your data is getting corrupted. After a few minutes or hours (and maybe.. days?) of debugging, you realize that you unintentionally overwrote it! A faint-hearted developer like me can even get a heart attack (just kidding xD).
Well surely there can be multiple ways to prevent such situations, but TC39 (Technical Committee that makes standards for Ecmascript) as generous as they are, have given us an extra option to pick from: SYMBOLS (in ES6).
What's a Symbol?
A Symbol is basically a new primitive type. Javascript, since its inception, has 6 types:
• Number
• Date
• Boolean
• Undefined
• Null
• Object
So Symbol is a new addition to this family of types. A great thing about Symbols is that they give unique values. In order to create a Symbol, you can simply use Symbol Constructor and pass in the description (which is purely optional) and is used in debugging purposes.
const symbol = Symbol('This is description')
creating another Symbol with the same description.
const symbol2 = Symbol('This is description')
and let's compare these Symbols and see what we've got.
symbol === symbol2 // false because a Symbol is always unique.
Why Symbol?
• You have already touched upon one use case, which is to have unique properties in your objects.
• To have an ability to hide some properties of objects from being serialized.
const symbol = Symbol("Symbolic Property");
const objectWithSymbols = {
simpleProperty: 'This is simple string property'
objectWithSymbols[symbol] = "The key is this property is symbols";
Symbols serialized
Accessing Symbols
Now the use case of Symbols can become painful and even be misunderstood as being able to create private properties which they can't, so BOOO !!, nope not really. Anyways, so in order to access the Symbols from the objects. We can either use Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(yourObject) or use a completely new API Reflect.ownKeys(). In the former case, we are only going to return the keys with Symbols and in the latter one, we are going to return every key.
So Symbols are a really nice addition to the Javascript. Symbols are generally used along with objects, so they are somewhat coupled with it. Although wherever we need uniqueness, we can take the help of our new friend Symbols.
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There's no downside to Detroit Lions moving Ndamukong Suh around on the defensive line
ndamukong-suh.jpgDetroit Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham (left) plans to play DT Ndamukong Suh "all over the place."
Leading up the to the Super Bowl, former All-Pro defensive tackle, and current NFL Network analyst, Warren Sapp criticized the way the Detroit Lions and defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham have been utilizing Ndamukong Suh.
"You know, I know Martin Mayhew and I'm like (acts like he's sending a text message) 'Somebody want to put him on the right side a little more?' Jesus ... He's right there every time. I'm like, 'Come on Gunther, stop it.' Then you put Fairley behind him? Oh, so we don't get to see them side-by-side?"
During Monday's OTA workout, Detroit Free Press reporter Dave Birkett noticed Suh was taking some snaps on the right side of the defensive line, opposite where he typically lines up. After practice, Birkett pulled Cunningham aside to ask about the change.
"Warren will be happy; I'm going to move him all over the place now," Cunningham said. "As a matter of fact, I showed him some of Warren's tape. Warren should be really happy."
The idea makes sense. First, Suh isn't limited to playing a specific defensive tackle technique because the Lions don't typically require any of their linemen to be responsible for more than a single gap.
"We're a one gap team, we're an attack team up front," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said during an interview with last week. "We want the offensive linemen to react to us. That's really the basis of our defense."
Second, it opens the door for Suh and 2011 first-round pick Nick Fairley to share the field more often. We asked Schwartz if Suh and Fairley were different enough to play together on a regular basis.
"They're very different players," Schwartz said. "Nick is very, very quick. He's got more length. Ndamukong is very strong. If you're going to say what's the number one characteristic those guys bring, Suh would be his strength on the field, his balance, he's always on his feet. Nick would be his explosive quickness."
Of course, that's oversimplifying it. Suh is obvious quick as well, particularly with his burst off the line. How many times has he able to penetrate in short-yardage situations, wrapping up the opposing running back in the backfield? Plus, Fairley doesn't exactly lack strength, consistently flashing the ability to shed double-teams and plug running lanes in limited snaps last season.
The most important thing moving Suh around will do is give opposing offenses more to game plan around. Last season, opponents were able to use Suh's ability to penetrate against him. Combined with the angle of Cliff Avril's pass rush, created by lining up in the Wide-9 technique, opposing running backs were able to gouge the Lions for big gains running to that side of the field.
It remains to be seen how creative the Lions will get, but if we take Cunningham's words at face value, Suh could also see some snaps at defensive end, or even standing up off the line, something the Lions tinkered with against Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos last season.
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24 Cal.App.3d 46 (1972)
100 Cal. Rptr. 779
LEON E. SEATON et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,
v.
MARJORIE E. CLIFFORD et al., Defendants and Appellants.
Docket No. 38906.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.
March 15, 1972.
*48 COUNSEL
George B. Prentice for Defendants and Appellants.
Fourt & Schechter and Walter J. Fourt for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
OPINION
COMPTON, J.
In an action filed January 22, 1971, plaintiffs sought an injunction and declaratory relief for the enforcement of certain restrictions and protective covenants applicable to a tract housing development known as Montalvo Heights in Ventura County. Plaintiffs are homeowners in the tract.
The thrust of the restrictions sought to be enforced was that the tract be limited to single family dwellings for residential use.
It was alleged that defendants in violation of said restrictions were maintaining, in a house in the tract, a business establishment in the nature of a facility for the care of the mentally retarded. Defendant Marjorie Clifford is the owner of the property; defendant Kathryn Runyan merely assisted Clifford in the enterprise and all further references are to defendant Clifford.
On May 21, 1971, the superior court granted an order for summary *49 judgment and permanently enjoined defendants from "[o]perating any business or commercial establishment or any facility for the care of the mentally retarded, mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons, ..." on the property in question. Defendants appeal.
In her declaration in opposition to summary judgment defendant Clifford admitted operating a home for the mentally retarded: "... I operate a home for mentally retarded male persons at 6902 Norton Drive, Montalvo, Ventura, California; ... I have no more than six (6) such persons in the said home at any given time; ... I do receive a certain financial consideration for the residence of the said persons on my said property ... what I am operating is in essence a small boarding house. I am licensed by the State of California to have a home for the mentally retarded at the said [address].... [W]hen I purchased said property, I was not aware of ... the wording in the ... Declaration of Restrictions...." (Italics added.)
Defendant is fourth in the chain of title to the property beginning with the subdividers Ramelli & Associates. In 1955 the latter recorded a document entitled, "Reservations, Restrictions and Protective Covenants" applicable to Montalvo Heights Unit #4, Ventura County, California. Subsequent deeds to the individual parcel in question carried reference to the restrictions which insofar as is germane to this case provide, "That all of the lots in said tract are restricted to residential purposes." The restrictive document further recited that these "conditions shall operate as a covenant running with the land."
The deed by which defendant Clifford obtained title from her immediate predecessor made no reference to the said restrictions.
Defendant's contentions on appeal are (1) she was not bound by the restrictions because of the lack of reference thereto in her deed, (2) her conduct did not violate the restrictions, and (3) the restrictions are unenforceable as being contrary to the public policy and statutory law of the State of California.
We have concluded that none of defendant's contentions have merit.
(1) First, the lack of reference to the restrictions in the deed did not, as defendant contends, serve to extinguish those restrictions. Defendant's reliance on Murry v. Lovell, 132 Cal. App.2d 30 [281 P.2d 316], is misplaced. In that case the original subdividers, after recording the declaration of restrictive covenants, failed to include reference to such declaration in the first conveyances which severed title to the parcels. There the court held that because of such failure the equitable servitudes were never *50 created. The following language from Werner v. Graham, 181 Cal. 174, 183-184 [183 P. 945], is controlling here: "It is undoubted that when the owner of a subdivided tract conveys the various parcels in the tract by deeds containing appropriate language imposing restrictions on each parcel as part of a general plan of restrictions common to all the parcels and designed for their mutual benefit, mutual equitable servitudes are thereby created in favor of each parcel as against all the others.... In such a case the mutual servitudes spring into existence as between the first parcel conveyed and the balance of the parcels at the time of the first conveyance. As each conveyance follows, the burden and the benefit of the mutual restrictions imposed by preceding conveyances as between the particular parcel conveyed and those previously conveyed pass as an incident of the ownership of the parcel, and similar restrictions are created by the conveyance as between the lot conveyed and the lots still retained by the original owner...." (Italics added.)
The first conveyance from the subdividers Ramelli & Associates to the first grantee predecessors of defendant Clifford clearly recited that it was "Subject to: (1) Covenants, conditions, restrictions and easements of record." Thus, following the rule of Werner, the servitudes came into existence and were not subject to being extinguished by failure to include a similar clause in the subsequent deeds. The recorded document of restrictions was adequate notice to future grantees including defendant here.
(2) In determining whether the defendant's activity violated the restrictions, the trial court had available to it, in addition to the declaration mentioned above, defendant Clifford's deposition. In that deposition she admitted that she received $1,392 per month as compensation for the care of six handicapped individuals. Each of the said individuals received $232 per month from the State of California under the Aid to Totally Disabled program. This money was in turn paid to defendant Clifford. Clifford had two paid employees who were covered by Workmen's Compensation Insurance.
It can hardly be contended that the license, employees and income are other than the indicia of a business enterprise. Clearly the defendant's activity violated the restriction that the property be used only for residential purposes.
"[T]he primary object in construing restrictive covenants, as in construing all contracts, should be to effectuate the legitimate desires of the covenanting parties." (Hannula v. Hacienda Homes, 34 Cal.2d 442, 444-445 [211 P.2d 302, 19 A.L.R.2d 1268].)
Each of the plaintiffs here declared that they purchased their homes in *51 reliance on the restrictions and were keenly desirous of maintaining the residential character of the area. This is a laudable and understandable desire.
Without delineating the complete dimensions of the phrase "residential purposes" it is certain that in this context "business" is the antonym of "residential."
(3) Said another way the maintenance of a commercial "boarding house," to use defendant's own terminology, which in essence is providing "residence" to paying customers, is not synonymous with "residential purposes" as that latter phrase is commonly interpreted in reference to property use. In this regard, except for size, we see little distinction between defendant's business and that of a motel, inn, rest home or any of a myriad of other types of establishments where shelter is the essential commodity being marketed.
Not an insignificant factor in placing defendant's business outside the ambit of "residential purposes" is the apparent transient nature of her clientele. We infer from her declaration that she has "no more than six ... persons ... at any given time" on the premises, that the "residents" of her establishment are a changing group.
(4) Lastly, defendant directs our attention to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 5115 and 5116.
Section 5115 reads in pertinent part: "(b) In order to achieve uniform statewide implementation of the policies of this act and those of the Lanterman Mental Retardation Act of 1969, it is necessary to establish the statewide policy that the use of property for the care of six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons is a residential use of such property for the purposes of zoning."
Section 5116 reads in pertinent part: "Pursuant to the policy stated in Section 5115, a state-authorized, certified, or licensed family care, foster home, or group home serving six or fewer mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped persons, shall be considered a residential use of property for the purposes of zoning."
Defendant argues that since the State of California "accepts a responsibility for its mentally retarded citizens and an obligation to them which it must discharge" (Health & Saf. Code, § 38001) (1) the Legislature intended Welfare and Institutions Code section 5115 and 5116 to apply to deed restrictions as well as zoning, and (2) the enforcement of the *52 restrictions is contrary to public policy citing Burkhardt v. Lofton, 63 Cal. App.2d 230 [146 P.2d 720] (dealing with restrictions on race).
She suggests that unless sections 5115 and 5116 are permitted to override the restrictions, people in all residential tracts could jointly agree to restrictions that would make it impossible for a mentally retarded home to operate anywhere in the state. That may well be, but the solution to such an eventuality lies in the state's exercise of the power of eminent domain to provide the necessary facilities for the mentally retarded. In that way private property rights would not be impaired without just compensation.
In an unbroken line of cases, California courts have held that a change in the zoning restrictions in an area does not impair the enforceability of existing deed restrictions. (See Wilkman v. Banks, 124 Cal. App.2d 451 [269 P.2d 33]; Mullally v. Ojai Hotel Co., 266 Cal. App.2d 9 [71 Cal. Rptr. 882].)
In other words, while re-zoning makes possible a change in the character of an area, it cannot in and of itself create the change.
Here there has been no zone change. The zone remains residential. The state, for zoning purposes, has decreed that a home for the care of six or less persons is within the definition of residential zoning. The principle is the same, however. While Welfare and Institutions Code sections 5115 and 5116 may operate as a shield to the operator of such a facility as against the attempted enforcement of its zoning regulations by a municipality, such an artificial and arbitrary attempt by the state at redefinition of terms cannot impair private contractual and property rights. (U.S. Const., art. I, § 10; Cal. Const., art. I, § 16.)
(5) The enforcement of the restrictions here does not violate public policy nor does it unconstitutionally discriminate against any group of persons. The restrictions are not aimed at the mentally retarded they are aimed at the commercial aspects of defendant's activity. This enforcement does nothing more than satisfy the reasonable expectancy of the other homeowners that the residential character of the neighborhood will be preserved.
The judgment is affirmed.
Roth, P.J., and Herndon, J., concurred.
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#include "qpixeltool.h"
#include <qapplication.h>
#include <qdesktopwidget.h>
#include <qapplication.h>
#include <qclipboard.h>
#include <qpainter.h>
#include <qevent.h>
#include <qfiledialog.h>
#include <qsettings.h>
#include <qmenu.h>
#include <qactiongroup.h>
#include <qdebug.h>
QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
QPixelTool::QPixelTool(QWidget *parent)
: QWidget(parent)
{
setWindowTitle(QLatin1String("PixelTool"));
QSettings settings(QLatin1String("Trolltech"), QLatin1String("QPixelTool"));
m_freeze = false;
m_autoUpdate = settings.value(QLatin1String("autoUpdate"), 0).toBool();
m_gridSize = settings.value(QLatin1String("gridSize"), 1).toInt();
m_gridActive = settings.value(QLatin1String("gridActive"), 1).toInt();
m_displayGridSize = false;
m_displayGridSizeId = 0;
m_zoom = settings.value(QLatin1String("zoom"), 4).toInt();
m_displayZoom = false;
m_displayZoomId = 0;
m_preview_mode = false;
m_currentColor = 0;
m_mouseDown = false;
m_initialSize = settings.value(QLatin1String("initialSize"), QSize(250, 200)).toSize();
move(settings.value(QLatin1String("position")).toPoint());
setMouseTracking(true);
setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoBackground);
m_updateId = startTimer(30);
}
QPixelTool::~QPixelTool()
{
QSettings settings(QLatin1String("Trolltech"), QLatin1String("QPixelTool"));
settings.setValue(QLatin1String("autoUpdate"), int(m_autoUpdate));
settings.setValue(QLatin1String("gridSize"), m_gridSize);
settings.setValue(QLatin1String("gridActive"), m_gridActive);
settings.setValue(QLatin1String("zoom"), m_zoom);
settings.setValue(QLatin1String("initialSize"), size());
settings.setValue(QLatin1String("position"), pos());
}
void QPixelTool::setPreviewImage(const QImage &image)
{
m_preview_mode = true;
m_preview_image = image;
m_freeze = true;
}
void QPixelTool::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *event)
{
if (event->timerId() == m_updateId && !m_freeze) {
grabScreen();
} else if (event->timerId() == m_displayZoomId) {
killTimer(m_displayZoomId);
setZoomVisible(false);
} else if (event->timerId() == m_displayGridSizeId) {
killTimer(m_displayGridSizeId);
m_displayGridSize = false;
}
}
void render_string(QPainter *p, int w, int h, const QString &text, int flags)
{
p->setBrush(QColor(255, 255, 255, 191));
p->setPen(Qt::black);
QRect bounds;
p->drawText(0, 0, w, h, Qt::TextDontPrint | flags, text, &bounds);
if (bounds.x() == 0) bounds.adjust(0, 0, 10, 0);
else bounds.adjust(-10, 0, 0, 0);
if (bounds.y() == 0) bounds.adjust(0, 0, 0, 10);
else bounds.adjust(0, -10, 0, 0);
p->drawRect(bounds);
p->drawText(bounds, flags, text);
}
void QPixelTool::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *)
{
QPainter p(this);
if (m_preview_mode) {
QPixmap pixmap(40, 40);
QPainter pt(&pixmap);
pt.fillRect(0, 0, 20, 20, Qt::white);
pt.fillRect(20, 20, 20, 20, Qt::white);
pt.fillRect(20, 0, 20, 20, Qt::lightGray);
pt.fillRect(0, 20, 20, 20, Qt::lightGray);
pt.end();
p.fillRect(0, 0, width(), height(), pixmap);
}
int w = width();
int h = height();
p.save();
p.scale(m_zoom, m_zoom);
p.drawPixmap(0, 0, m_buffer);
p.scale(1/m_zoom, 1/m_zoom);
p.restore();
// Draw the grid on top.
if (m_gridActive) {
p.setPen(m_gridActive == 1 ? Qt::black : Qt::white);
int incr = m_gridSize * m_zoom;
for (int x=0; x<w; x+=incr)
p.drawLine(x, 0, x, h);
for (int y=0; y<h; y+=incr)
p.drawLine(0, y, w, y);
}
QFont f(QLatin1String("courier"));
f.setBold(true);
p.setFont(f);
if (m_displayZoom) {
render_string(&p, w, h,
QString::fromLatin1("Zoom: x%1").arg(m_zoom),
Qt::AlignTop | Qt::AlignRight);
}
if (m_displayGridSize) {
render_string(&p, w, h,
QString::fromLatin1("Grid size: %1").arg(m_gridSize),
Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignLeft);
}
if (m_freeze) {
QString str;
str.sprintf("%8X (%3d,%3d,%3d,%3d)",
m_currentColor,
(0xff000000 & m_currentColor) >> 24,
(0x00ff0000 & m_currentColor) >> 16,
(0x0000ff00 & m_currentColor) >> 8,
(0x000000ff & m_currentColor));
render_string(&p, w, h,
str,
Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignRight);
}
if (m_mouseDown && m_dragStart != m_dragCurrent) {
int x1 = (m_dragStart.x() / m_zoom) * m_zoom;
int y1 = (m_dragStart.y() / m_zoom) * m_zoom;
int x2 = (m_dragCurrent.x() / m_zoom) * m_zoom;
int y2 = (m_dragCurrent.y() / m_zoom) * m_zoom;
QRect r = QRect(x1, y1, x2 - x1, y2 - y1).normalized();
p.setBrush(Qt::NoBrush);
p.setPen(QPen(Qt::red, 3, Qt::SolidLine));
p.drawRect(r);
p.setPen(QPen(Qt::black, 1, Qt::SolidLine));
p.drawRect(r);
QString str;
str.sprintf("Rect: x=%d, y=%d, w=%d, h=%d",
r.x() / m_zoom,
r.y() / m_zoom,
r.width() / m_zoom,
r.height() / m_zoom);
render_string(&p, w, h, str, Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignLeft);
}
}
void QPixelTool::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
switch (e->key()) {
case Qt::Key_Space:
toggleFreeze();
break;
case Qt::Key_Plus:
setZoom(m_zoom + 1);
break;
case Qt::Key_Minus:
setZoom(m_zoom - 1);
break;
case Qt::Key_PageUp:
setGridSize(m_gridSize + 1);
break;
case Qt::Key_PageDown:
setGridSize(m_gridSize - 1);
break;
case Qt::Key_G:
toggleGrid();
break;
case Qt::Key_A:
m_autoUpdate = !m_autoUpdate;
break;
case Qt::Key_C:
if (e->modifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier)
copyToClipboard();
break;
case Qt::Key_S:
if (e->modifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier) {
releaseKeyboard();
saveToFile();
}
break;
case Qt::Key_Control:
grabKeyboard();
break;
}
}
void QPixelTool::keyReleaseEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
switch(e->key()) {
case Qt::Key_Control:
releaseKeyboard();
break;
default:
break;
}
}
void QPixelTool::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *)
{
grabScreen();
}
void QPixelTool::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
{
if (m_mouseDown)
m_dragCurrent = e->pos();
int x = e->x() / m_zoom;
int y = e->y() / m_zoom;
QImage im = m_buffer.toImage().convertToFormat(QImage::Format_ARGB32);
if (x < im.width() && y < im.height() && x >= 0 && y >= 0) {
m_currentColor = im.pixel(x, y);
update();
}
}
void QPixelTool::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
{
if (!m_freeze)
return;
m_mouseDown = true;
m_dragStart = e->pos();
}
void QPixelTool::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *)
{
m_mouseDown = false;
}
void QPixelTool::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *e)
{
bool tmpFreeze = m_freeze;
m_freeze = true;
QMenu menu;
QAction title(QLatin1String("Qt Pixel Zooming Tool"), &menu);
title.setEnabled(false);
// Grid color options...
QActionGroup gridGroup(this);
QAction whiteGrid(QLatin1String("White grid"), &gridGroup);
whiteGrid.setCheckable(true);
whiteGrid.setChecked(m_gridActive == 2);
whiteGrid.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_G));
QAction blackGrid(QLatin1String("Black grid"), &gridGroup);
blackGrid.setCheckable(true);
blackGrid.setChecked(m_gridActive == 1);
blackGrid.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_G));
QAction noGrid(QLatin1String("No grid"), &gridGroup);
noGrid.setCheckable(true);
noGrid.setChecked(m_gridActive == 0);
noGrid.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_G));
// Grid size options
QAction incrGrid(QLatin1String("Increase grid size"), &menu);
incrGrid.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_PageUp));
connect(&incrGrid, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(increaseGridSize()));
QAction decrGrid(QLatin1String("Decrease grid size"), &menu);
decrGrid.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_PageDown));
connect(&decrGrid, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(decreaseGridSize()));
// Zoom options
QAction incrZoom(QLatin1String("Zoom in"), &menu);
incrZoom.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_Plus));
connect(&incrZoom, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(increaseZoom()));
QAction decrZoom(QLatin1String("Zoom out"), &menu);
decrZoom.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_Minus));
connect(&decrZoom, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(decreaseZoom()));
// Freeze / Autoupdate
QAction freeze(QLatin1String("Frozen"), &menu);
freeze.setCheckable(true);
freeze.setChecked(tmpFreeze);
freeze.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_Space));
QAction autoUpdate(QLatin1String("Continuous update"), &menu);
autoUpdate.setCheckable(true);
autoUpdate.setChecked(m_autoUpdate);
autoUpdate.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_A));
// Copy to clipboard / save
QAction save(QLatin1String("Save as image"), &menu);
save.setShortcut(QKeySequence(QLatin1String("Ctrl+S")));
connect(&save, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(saveToFile()));
QAction copy(QLatin1String("Copy to clipboard"), &menu);
copy.setShortcut(QKeySequence(QLatin1String("Ctrl+C")));
connect(©, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(copyToClipboard()));
menu.addAction(&title);
menu.addSeparator();
menu.addAction(&whiteGrid);
menu.addAction(&blackGrid);
menu.addAction(&noGrid);
menu.addSeparator();
menu.addAction(&incrGrid);
menu.addAction(&decrGrid);
menu.addSeparator();
menu.addAction(&incrZoom);
menu.addAction(&decrZoom);
menu.addSeparator();
menu.addAction(&freeze);
menu.addAction(&autoUpdate);
menu.addSeparator();
menu.addAction(&save);
menu.addAction(©);
menu.exec(mapToGlobal(e->pos()));
// Read out grid settings
if (noGrid.isChecked()) m_gridActive = 0;
else if (blackGrid.isChecked()) m_gridActive = 1;
else m_gridActive = 2;
m_autoUpdate = autoUpdate.isChecked();
tmpFreeze = freeze.isChecked();
m_freeze = tmpFreeze;
}
QSize QPixelTool::sizeHint() const
{
return m_initialSize;
}
void QPixelTool::grabScreen()
{
if (m_preview_mode) {
int w = qMin(width() / m_zoom + 1, m_preview_image.width());
int h = qMin(height() / m_zoom + 1, m_preview_image.height());
m_buffer = QPixmap::fromImage(m_preview_image).copy(0, 0, w, h);
update();
return;
}
QPoint mousePos = QCursor::pos();
if (mousePos == m_lastMousePos && !m_autoUpdate)
return;
int w = int(width() / float(m_zoom));
int h = int(height() / float(m_zoom));
if (width() % m_zoom > 0)
++w;
if (height() % m_zoom > 0)
++h;
int x = mousePos.x() - w/2;
int y = mousePos.y() - h/2;
m_buffer = QPixmap::grabWindow(qApp->desktop()->winId(), x, y, w, h);
QRegion geom(x, y, w, h);
QRect screenRect;
for (int i=0; i<qApp->desktop()->numScreens(); ++i)
screenRect |= qApp->desktop()->screenGeometry(i);
geom -= screenRect;
QVector<QRect> rects = geom.rects();
if (rects.size() > 0) {
QPainter p(&m_buffer);
p.translate(-x, -y);
p.setPen(Qt::NoPen);
p.setBrush(palette().color(QPalette::Dark));
p.drawRects(rects);
}
update();
m_lastMousePos = mousePos;
}
void QPixelTool::startZoomVisibleTimer()
{
if (m_displayZoomId > 0) {
killTimer(m_displayZoomId);
}
m_displayZoomId = startTimer(5000);
setZoomVisible(true);
}
void QPixelTool::startGridSizeVisibleTimer()
{
if (m_gridActive) {
if (m_displayGridSizeId > 0)
killTimer(m_displayGridSizeId);
m_displayGridSizeId = startTimer(5000);
m_displayGridSize = true;
update();
}
}
void QPixelTool::setZoomVisible(bool visible)
{
m_displayZoom = visible;
update();
}
void QPixelTool::toggleFreeze()
{
m_freeze = !m_freeze;
if (!m_freeze)
m_dragStart = m_dragCurrent = QPoint();
}
void QPixelTool::setZoom(int zoom)
{
if (zoom > 0) {
QPoint pos = m_lastMousePos;
m_lastMousePos = QPoint();
m_zoom = zoom;
grabScreen();
m_lastMousePos = pos;
m_dragStart = m_dragCurrent = QPoint();
startZoomVisibleTimer();
}
}
void QPixelTool::toggleGrid()
{
if (++m_gridActive > 2)
m_gridActive = 0;
update();
}
void QPixelTool::setGridSize(int gridSize)
{
if (m_gridActive && gridSize > 0) {
m_gridSize = gridSize;
startGridSizeVisibleTimer();
update();
}
}
void QPixelTool::copyToClipboard()
{
QClipboard *cb = QApplication::clipboard();
cb->setPixmap(m_buffer);
}
void QPixelTool::saveToFile()
{
bool oldFreeze = m_freeze;
m_freeze = true;
QString name = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, QLatin1String("Save as image"), QString(), QLatin1String("*.png"));
if (!name.isEmpty()) {
if (!name.endsWith(QLatin1String(".png")))
name.append(QLatin1String(".png"));
m_buffer.save(name, "PNG");
}
m_freeze = oldFreeze;
}
QT_END_NAMESPACE
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Goodbye to a House, Not to a Dream...
This time last year our family, especially our kids, were getting excited to spend our second summer at our family beach house on Cape Cod. Growing up south of Boston, summer was and still is all about spending time on the Cape with cousins and family. When you only have a solid three-four months a year of warm weather you make Every. Sunny. Warm. Day. Count. It's no joke.
When I was younger my paternal grandparents had a summer house on the Cape that myself, siblings and oh, just, twenty plus first cousins would cram in to it. Yes you read that right, over 20 first cousins on one side of the family. It was a beautiful weathered shingled cottage, nothing crazy big or overtly fancy which meant all of us kids would squish into it. Some of the most happy, fun and poignant childhood memories go back to these summers with cousins on the Cape. I can relive them in my mind as if they were yesterday. Nights catching fire flies, staying up late watching movies, acting out plays, swinging on the hammock or tree swing, slip and slides, and boating. My Grandpa had an older model boat that we would all pile in to. I guess we have a reputation for needing to squeeze a lot of people into smaller spaces. It's probably that there are just so many of us. To this day if I hear Rod Stewart "Rhythm Of My Heart" on the radio, I'm instantly transported back to my Grandfather's boat with all my cousins, pounding over waves, sea salt and wind blowing through our hair and praying that the boat would make it back to the yacht club. "When the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing... "
Sadly my Grandpa passed on years ago but our family traditions live on. Those twenty plus cousins are now grown and have families of their own. Time for a new generation to experience summer living on Cape Cod. It's where quintessential childhood dreams are made.
Three years ago my Dad found buildable land on the Cape and it was his (and my mom's) opportunity to carve a little spot of New England heaven out for themselves. My parents decided to sell their modest house outside Boston and build their DREAM HOUSE on the Cape. Imagine my excitement, the stay at home mom with two young kids and many futures summers with them in tow, I was PUMPED!!! And also completely on board with their game plan! Obviously. Not to mention the thought of getting to help in the process of building a home and choosing all the decor, etc. I was pumped X2.
Griffin supervising.
This was our beach house being built in 2014. We spent our first summer here in 2015.
This was our house last summer... our second year. In a short time we had quite a bit of parties, laughs and crazy nights here. The kids were in their glory! Even though it's a bigger house, much bigger than that little cottage I went to as a kid, we still managed to cram so many people in here one weekend that some peeps had to sleep in the basement on blow up mattresses. The basement wasn't even finished!
As much as I love decorating and beautiful interiors there is so much more to a house than those four walls. It's about the people that coexist within those walls even if for only 3 months out of the year. The adventures, laughs, probably even arguments and compromises they make. It is those childhood moments that evolve into the memories that weave into our adult lives. Being surrounded by family under one roof is where a house turns into a home.
So all is good right, we sail off into the sunset? Well, brace yourself for an unexpected turn. My parents decided to sell this house this past winter! Cue the sad background music. We couldn't believe it either. It was a little hard to let go of this beautiful spot. Turns out my parents have a new lot of land to build on. YAY! The adventure begins again. We will start construction in the next few weeks and I'm so excited to help even more this go around.
We may not have our family beach house this summer (I know poor us, well kind of) but next year! After all it is a place to gather as a family, for our kids and someday god willing their kids... From the new lot of land, to the the walls going up, fixture choices, wall colors, furniture and more...I'm going to share it all here on the blog. I'll be sharing some sneak peeks of the new house design next, plus photos of the land all cleared. I hope you'll stay tuned, as I share with you our Dream House Part II
Thanks for stopping by!
Jordan
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The Winning Witness’ Trials
If you want to experience #triumph (next week’s message) you will have to pass through some #trials. In witnessing, what are some of the trials you can expect? Which ones will you experience before or during the time you are witnessing? What does Brother Tommy mean by weighing your opportunity? Can you relate to the unsaved without compromising? How did Paul adjust his message to his audience? Will you sometimes be greeted with rejection or even hostility? How should that be handled? Are the trials over once a conversion has taken place? What is the responsibility of the witness afterwards? How should you keep a new Christian on the right track? How do you show them the way to feed and grow? For what marks of insecurity should you look? How about hindrances or discouragements?
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The question is when will the Tomb Raider series just end? It's overplayed and the story is way off the cliff. You think they can continue? Well I mean they have made already like 3 of it's last tomb raider games, but no they prob continue. At this rate if they made Tomb Raider the porn it would be successful then the game it's self.
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Illiteracy
Illiteracy is a condition which becomes a blot on the development of nation. India possesses the largest illiterate population. Illiteracy in India is a problem which has complex dimensions attached to it. Illiteracy in India is more or less concerned with different forms of disparities that exist in the country. There are gender imbalances, income imbalances, state imbalances, caste imbalances, technological barriers which shape the literacy rates that exist in the country. The Indian government though has launched several schemes to combat the menace of illiteracy but due to the poor conditions of sanitation and expensive private education and defective mid-day meal schemes, illiteracy still prevails. Not only the government, but every literate person needs to accept the eradication of illiteracy as a personal goal. Each and every contribution by a literate person can make a contribution to eradicate the menace.
According to a research done it has been found that in some societies girl education is not considered good. Girls are not given education. Such traditions are based on wrong notion and must be abolished. It is particularly important to provide education to women and girls as the saying goes, “If you educate a man, you educate one person, but if you educate a -woman, you educate a whole family.” Removal of illiteracy is our main aim today and observing the International Literacy Year has helped and supported such efforts as to approach the world illiterates.
We try to present our country as a modern, forward looking nation of the world and it’s true that India is making strides in the world as a nation with encouraging developments in scientific, economic and technological fields, but as far as social developments are concerned it is still one of the lowest ranked countries of the world. India’s Human Development Index (HDI) rank for 2013 is 135 out of 187 countries of the world which are listed in the report. This shows the sorry state of affairs as far as India’s situation on social indicators is concerned. This also shows that we as a society are still people of orthodox beliefs in a negative sense who do not want to believe in the concept of equality and brotherhood of all.
Though several Governmental and non-governmental (NGOs) bodies are working towards improving the existing situation in the social fields but results are not very encouraging. Perhaps the problem lies in the very deep rooted beliefs in the minds of people of the country which is not letting the situation to change. Though there are various prohibitory measures the Government and NGOs have taken but the practice is continuing. The real reason for this is the Patriarchy system of society of our country which considers male as the superior authority and women as subordinate to them.
Though there have been several positive changes in the society such as now girls are also going to school in vast majority and their employment ratio is also increasing; illiteracy as whole is decreasing; conditions of SC/STs are also improving etc but situation is far from satisfactory.Therefore, there is a lot needs to be done for the situation to improve. And without changing the mind set and beliefs of the people it is a very difficult task. For this purpose educating people about various social problems and sensitizing them towards changing their way of thinking is the best way forward. Because without people trying to change themselves, any governmental or non-governmental efforts will prove as a half-measure. If we want to make India as a true world leader and a modern 21st country of the world, it is imperative that that we make an improvement on our social front. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '108', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.968304455280304}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '17430', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:KKJU4YZPIJ4M2WKEUNTKMQWXVUBS2TUX', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:0ffc449d-3e81-4061-b515-d8c9077d90aa>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2019, 6, 15, 23, 17, 4), 'WARC-IP-Address': '67.212.178.114', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:MYII5ES6FM2VQHQ4BQMUFH3L7CEPCAI5', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:a1557bb2-c4fc-4a4d-a36b-076406e61221>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'http://www.lets-do.org/blog/blogdetail/22/illiteracy', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:b1c3fac5-cfbf-4762-8867-520be2590fd6>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '693', 'url': 'http://www.lets-do.org/blog/blogdetail/22/illiteracy', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-26\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for June 2019\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-165-255-234.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.1-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.05003070831298828', 'original_id': '7f3e29deaf1bb9be8d249d98677f95ccdaab7c3022533e7b585d2e53d498de92'} |
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GGG Talks About the Pantheon System & Beta Week #2
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This week in the Path of Exile: The Exiled Tribune, we're going to let the team speak more than we do to talk about the upcoming Pantheon System, a way that players can claim the powers of the gods for themselves. In addition, the second week of beta testing for The Fall of Oriath is in the bag and GGG shares a few insights.
One of the new bosses players will encounter in The Fall of Oriath: Act 8 is Doedre the Vile. She's a piece of work and something that will challenge even the most battle-hardened warriors. She is a throwback to an earlier time in PoE and we wanted to know a bit more about her, how she came to be and where she fits into the story.
MMORPG: How do you come up with boss names and lore? Doedre the Vile sounds fun....
GGG: By now we have a lot of lore in the game, and things kind of naturally flow from older and already established things. To use the specific example of Doedre, we already had another iteration of her. That version was centered on curses, so Doedre Darktongue did fit well and allowed for an interesting literal interpretation of the name, making her obese with a super long tongue. This latest iteration is building on this older model, making her lose weight but keep the excess skin. The boss fight is also themed around these different liquids in her arena, so "Doedre the Vile" seemed to fit well.
One of the most exciting new features coming in Oriath is the Pantheon System, a way for players to quite literally take the power of the gods to themselves. Players will face off against powerful gods from throughout Wraeclast's history and, once defeated, will be ripe for the plucking. Both Major and Minor powers will be attainable with players able to "equip" one of each during game play. They can be switched on the fly in the amazingly beautiful new interface and can used in ways to best enhance any fight in more than a few ways.
MMORPG: What is the philosophy behind the upcoming Pantheon System?
GGG: The Pantheon Panel has three goals. Firstly, it gives players the tools they need to compensate for defensive vulnerabilities in character builds. Secondly, it rewards mastery through efficient preparation and game knowledge so you can choose how best to mitigate the effects of a boss you are familiar with before you enter an area. Thirdly, it provides a reactive tool if you realize you're threatened by a particular boss ability, so you can return to town and change to a different Pantheon Power that might give you a fighting chance before diving back into the fray. This is something that Path of Exile has less of than other ARPGs, as there are very few item slots that most characters are capable of switching out in a pinch without changing your character build.
MMORPG: Pantheon Power is part of The Fall of Oriath. Are there any plans to bring it to earlier locations in the game?
GGG: Pantheon Powers and the Gods they come from are all situated in Part 2 of the story, Acts 6-10. We won't be bringing them to earlier areas, both for plot reasons, and because Part 1 has plenty of character development in the form of the skills and support gems that you earn.
MMORPG: At this time, how many Pantheon Powers are there and what is the difference between Major and Minor powers?
GGG: You will absorb the powers of four Major gods and seven Minor gods, and you can use one Major Pantheon Power and one Minor Pantheon power at once.
Major powers tend to be much more impactful and general, like Arakaali protecting you from damage over time effects. Minor powers are more specific, like Abberath protecting you from fire damage while moving. Because you can use one of each, you can choose combinations that protect you heavily from one specific mechanic, or split them to focus on different effects that are both threatening to you.
MMORPG: Please give an example of some of the synergies players will be able to create using Major and Minor Pantheon Powers.
GGG: With the powers mentioned above, using Arakaali and Abberath's powers together would be excellent for fights where you find yourself burning, and have the opportunity to move around. This lets you benefit from the damage over time and the fire protection. The Brine King's ability protects you from being stunned repeatedly, which can be used with Tukohama's protection from physical damage while remaining stationary to go toe-to-toe with a dangerous physical damage boss, so they can't keep you stunned and you're taking less damage from their melee attacks.
MMORPG: The Pantheon Powers interface is gorgeous. How did you come up with the idea both the the layout and the artwork?
GGG: The initial layout came from trying to make it appear instantly understandable in a way that is similar to an inventory tab, or the newer stash tabs like the Essence tab. The rest came naturally from Shaun Brown’s awesome line art.
The second week of beta testing for The Fall of Oriath was the subject of a recent blog post providing players with information about what GGG has in mind for Act 8, how game balance issues are being addressed and to provide an updated list of known beta issues. Most notably, Act 8 is being slightly delayed which also happily delays the character wipe so that players can continue to refine and test out new builds, experience the present content and more.
MMORPG: How goes beta testing? Have you made any significant adjustments to Oriath as a result of player feedback?
GGG: It is always exciting to be able to finally show the community what we have been working on for a long period of time. There is also the part where the community gets to go "you know, we don't think you have this part fully sorted out yet."
With the current Beta test, we are very happy with how it is going. In terms of constructive feedback that we have actioned, we did get a lot of feedback about the the monsters and their abilities in Acts 6 and 7. When we looked at our work in light of the feedback, we realised there was some more work to do.
We decided to delay getting Act 8 into the Beta so we could improve this element of the game. We have put additional resources into improving monsters in Act 6 and Act 7.
We also know that in the next patch we need to address game balance. We are very happy to have a community so passionate about the design and balance of the game, and we need to make sure feedback and issues are addressed. The biggest advantage of the Beta is getting to try various changes in a non-permanent environment.
MMORPG: Are you roughly on track compared to what you had imagined before beta kicked off?
GGG: Roughly. We always have contingency plans for release schedules so that there's a wide release window to hit, even if we get feedback that needs addressing or if final polish takes too long.
MMORPG: Any surprises so far?
GGG: This shouldn't surprise us anymore, but it still does. The level of support, players and feedback for the beta has been phenomenal. We have several fantasy epics worth of feedback and reports to read through.
It has been interesting to see people trying to push the limits of game elements that have been changed. We have seen some interesting examples such as Vivre and later Dsfarblarwaggle showing us our mistakes with Decay, and eMbbuZomg pushing high end content very early in the beta, and with builds and skills other players might have predicted to have been too nerfed to be useful.
MMORPG: What's next for testers?
GGG: This week we'll be releasing Act 8 to the Beta. This means even more content and new bosses to explore. The week after that we'll be deploying some significant performance improvements.
Suzie Ford
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2013-04-04 • 23 & Me What results?
Start: 12:08:29
End: 13:10:09
Chatters: alt, daviss, HistoryBuff, Selma, Seventies, vkn
Seventies: Hi daviss! LOL you could've slept in.. no one will be here before 1215 EST! lol
daviss: heyy brb grabing coffee
Seventies: hello alt!
alt: Hey ladies, Seventies & daviss, what's up?
Seventies: nothing. Racking my brain on how I can do this online fundraiser/raffle.... ugh
alt: Hello vkn
Seventies: hi vkn
daviss: ok back
vkn: Hello to one each and all
daviss: hello alt and vkn!
alt: you raising funds for me Seventies? LOL
vkn: lol
Seventies: lol noooooo
daviss: HB to the boys Seventies
vkn: me lol
Seventies: thank you daviss. I'll pass it on.
alt: and a HB from me too Seventies
daviss: please do
vkn: add my happy buff day too seventies
Seventies: Thanks alt, I'll pass it on. I was just thinking it seems like yesterday I was complaining that they were turning 13 to you all... lol
alt: tome flies Seventies, next time yo look around they'll be gone, married and you'll be a grandma.
daviss: {creeking} lol
alt: tome=time
Seventies: naw that won't happen until I turn 55... lol
alt: don't bet on that Seventies
Seventies: And I got a LONG way to go before THAT happens.. lol
vkn: ahem seventies
alt: unless you'll be 55 in a few years LOL LOL
Seventies: yes ma'am.. I will pass on the birthday wishes from you too vkn.. :} ha ha alt...
daviss: don't be rushing her alt lol that means we would be "zoomed' up in age too
Seventies: lol
vkn: oh well we will welcome seventies to AARP lol
daviss: lol lol lol
Seventies: long time before that happens too... lol
alt: I've got a DNA headache trying to explain to someone much younger than I, that she & I are related, but I'm not related to her mama. Our connection is thru a male ancestor of her maternal grandmother.... whew!!!
Seventies: lol still????
daviss: heeheeheee alt
alt: yeah, still, whew & heeheehee LOL
daviss: dna is hard to explain anyway alt
Seventies: Yep. It just reminded me to actually go in and check 23 and me. And I got a response from my match
alt: right DNA and genealogy too daviss
daviss: yes thats for sure alt
vkn: Yes I get it conceptually but bring in the co effeciency of correlation and oops it all goes out the window and down the drain hehehhehehehe
alt: in both cases WE often jump to erroneous conclusions. yep vkn, dat 'spalins it.
vkn: lol lol
alt: 'splains
daviss: hello HB
HistoryBuff: Hey Alt, Daviss. Seventies and Vkn.
Seventies: OMG so right I'm looking over and I got an accept from check this out, Bernard Wade... Wade is the surname of my grandfather's great grandmother!!!
alt: hello HistoryBuff
vkn: Howdy Mz HistoryBuff
HistoryBuff: :)
Seventies: Hi HistoryBuff!
HistoryBuff: Way to go, Seventies.
daviss: that sounds good Seventies....whats the % on that
alt: can you make a genealogical connection with Bernard Wade Seventies?
Seventies: 3rd to 5th cousin to my granddad I'm just glancing over the new stuff right now.
daviss: HistoryBuff did you test at 23&Me?
vkn: so 23 and me has a special on?
HistoryBuff: I did test on 23&me but I'm very slow on the analysis.
vkn: HistoryBuff my name is SLOW
Seventies: LOL
HistoryBuff: If the special is still on,I'm trying to convince my dad to participate.
Seventies: alt I'm hoping to.. I will need to get more info. So far I don't have any info on siblings of my Wade female.
daviss: yes vkn you can get one for 99 dollars and I hear that if you order 2 it will come out to 79 dollars
vkn: okies but me be only one lol
alt: that's another one that 'confuses' me... they state a generation as being 25-30 years difference. following that logic a 3rd get-grandfather of mine would have been born 175 years ago... that's like 1838, yet I have one who was born in 1785... .... that's an additional 53 tears or 2 more generations. tears=years
daviss: yes but you may have someone else that may want to test. However 99 dollars is a wonderful price
vkn: clear as mud
Seventies: I need to go actually make lunch... I'll see you good folks tomorrow. very excited. :}
daviss: make lunch ha!! she knows she just wants to take a 23 and me look lol
vkn: I can understand the excitement but not the findings
alt: yep, can't fool us, can she daviss LOL
daviss: see vkn thats where the research comes in
vkn: History what did you find re Milton Bell ?
daviss: I don't think those that have actually gotten to the point of finding the connection did it because they were dna fluent It was very good research !
alt: I agree with that daviss... DNA fluent is "something else" and I sure ain't that!!!!
vkn: daviss ok
daviss: right alt but we are learning bits and pieces as we go
HistoryBuff: Not yet, Vkn. Is there any more information you can share about any of his collateral relatives?
alt: I know just enough about DNA & Inheritance from y days as a Biology major to be "dangerous" LOL LOL
vkn: daviss ok BUT if you don't know where you are going how will one know when one arrives lol lol lol
daviss: I know you are not asking me, the one who knows nada lol
vkn: lol nada from nada leaves nada to the 10th power lol
daviss: lol
alt: for example.... just because I have a match that lives in and is from China doesn't mean I have Chinese ancestry.
HistoryBuff: You can't claim to know nada, Daviss when you do know how to go about finding out something. :)
vkn: alt it means you be cosmopolitan
alt: I guess vkn lol
HistoryBuff: :) @Vkn
daviss: I am actually meaning I know nothing about my peeps to make a difference in the matches. I can only tell them current info that makes a big difference and is quite frustrating
alt: I saw where one lady was looking for her Czechoslovakian (sp) ancestry because she has a match from Czechoslovakia.
daviss: You want to contribute but you actually cant. And of course most of mine don't match "surname" wise
HistoryBuff: Point taken. You may not have the knowledge now,but you're still in a position to learn and that's a good thing.
vkn: Knowing a lil bit 'bout a lot o things but not knowing beans 'bout dna
alt: quit describing me vkn LOL LOL
vkn: lol lol lol
daviss: I know enough to know I spelled course wrong in my previous comment lol
HistoryBuff: I understand about not being DNA knowledgeable. That definitely includes me.
vkn: but of course.....
alt: you did!!!! LOL
daviss: lol alt
HistoryBuff: Ooops. Don't be so hard on yourself, Daviss. :)
daviss: I am not hard HB just accepting facts
HistoryBuff: Understood. I respect that, Daviss.
alt: what really surprise me is how folks can make statements with "absolute certainty" about DNA matches they receive from their DNA test results.
vkn: Y'all be good. Gonna do more Slater searching to find documents on James F and the Legatee
alt: and yet know nothing, or so very little about their genealogical past.
daviss: that surprises me also alt and oft times I wonder how they come to that conclusion ok vkn, happy for you
vkn: they be jumping daviss
alt: happy hunting vkn too late
daviss: what is your haplogroup HistoryBuff?
HistoryBuff: Lets see let me get it.
daviss: ok hello there Selma
Selma: Afternoon folks...
HistoryBuff: Afternoon Selma. Daviss, it's Lc2
alt: Hi Selma, how are you & the 'lil darlings?
HistoryBuff: Sorry L2c subgroup of L2.
Selma: Mom, sister and nephew are visiting too...
daviss: ok my paternal cousins are L2c
alt: okay, How's the family? LOL .. give them my best regards from Ohio LOL
HistoryBuff: That's on my maternal side. No information available on my father's side.
daviss: right, not til you get a male to test
HistoryBuff: Good for you, Selma.
daviss: I hope the lil grand is over the throat issues Selma
Selma: Have to run folks...company calling
daviss: ok later Selma
alt: bye Selma Oops, too late again LOL
daviss: too late again alt lol HB how are you listed on 23. I will go in on my cousins pages and see if you are a match with any of them
HistoryBuff: I'm listed by my given name, Ingrid Armstrong-Doweary.
daviss: ok
HistoryBuff: I'm sorry I forgot to look up your cousin, Daviss.
alt: thank you HistoryBuff,,, so many folks have those "odd' identities.
daviss: oh I forgot also History lol
alt: How in the heck do I know who "cutesy-wootsy" is LOL LOL
daviss: I know alt lol lol I think I only gained one more match on Tues.. Its a 34% and 2 segs
HistoryBuff: "cutesy-wootsy", Alt?
daviss: on Tues I just go in put "recent match" and that way I keep up with who is new
HistoryBuff: I still need to get my Jordan cousin in Alex., VA's family group sheet so I can respond to my Anestry DNA match.
daviss: I also tested with them. I just don't care for that setup yet
HistoryBuff: Why so, Daviss?
daviss: I do like the tools on 23. Ancestry does not have those yet
HistoryBuff: Oh okay.
daviss: thats another reason I like going to Gedmatch. They have some wonderful tools to look at
HistoryBuff: That sounds worth looking into, Daviss. Thank you.
daviss: Ancestry only has the chromosome tool and that is not so thrilling
HistoryBuff: lol
daviss: all my matches on Ancestry are in the 5-8 range so far
HistoryBuff: What's going on in your world, Alt? I have about 3 in the 3-5 range.
daviss: oh wow History, thats good news
HistoryBuff: That's why I need that Jordan family group information because my father recognized one match's grandfather.
daviss: tell your daddy to test!!!
HistoryBuff: ' I'm trying to get him to.
daviss: what about your hubby, did you get him involved also
HistoryBuff: Yes he did. He tested with 23andme also. I gotta follow up with his results.
daviss: wonderful HistoryBuff I better run get something to eat. History if you need help with getting on Gedmatch send me a msg on FB.. I will be glad to help
HistoryBuff: Solid Daviss. Cya both.
daviss: use the message at the top that way its between us only
HistoryBuff: Cool.
daviss: later
HistoryBuff: later
daviss: bye alt and HB
HistoryBuff: Later Alt.
18 Dec 2002 :: 1 Feb 2009
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Monthly Plot Summary, Pt. II
In which I chronicle the party's shenanigans...
I’ve decided to start making a post like this every month, to sum up the party’s adventures so far. So, without further ado…
Several months after where we left off, the party had completed construction of a fort to call their own – Havenhold. Their organization, Haven, was founded as a place for any faithful worshipper of any deity to come and pray in peace, free from persecution. The four adventurers were named Councillors of Haven, with Iriel and Eryn as spymaster and diplomat, respectively. After some deliberation, they settled on a democratic method of leadership, naming Ileain as the figurehead of the organization.
However, the peaceful few months were soon shattered by a telegram for Theodore, reporting of a disaster back home. With Eryn in tow, the adventurers set out for the Republic, a young, upstart nation already deemed bastion of technological progress, intellectual freedom, and racial equality.
Upon arriving in the Republic, Thedore learned from his company’s president that the elven orphanage that they’d helped finance had been burned to the ground, the latest in a series of racially-motivated hate crimes sweeping throughout the Republic. Fortunately, none of the orphans perished, but several caretakers were grievously wounded. With little information to go upon and less help from the woefully overworked police force, the adventurers set out with their ears to the ground.
After asking the police commissioner, Theodore and Eryn learned of a certain Thomas Saler, the only identified perpetrator of one of the crimes. He had disappeared without a trace several months ago, but had apparently returned with a vengeance and a deep racial hatred. They also learned that the perpetrators were seen wearing red, the only identifiable piece of uniform. They then made their way to the scene of the crime, where Theodore found that the sprinkler system had been sabotaged – indicating help from the inside.
In a seedy bar in the low-wealth district, Marsala and Elsweyr blended into the crowd – that is to say, Elsweyr blended in while Marsala participated in a bar-fight tournament, handily claiming first place. Shortly thereafter, Elsweyr spotted a few men wearing red leaving the bar in a rush, and the two pursued them. However, they were accosted by a few thugs, and despite easily fending them off, they lost track of the men wearing red in the process.
At the hospital, Ileain did what she could to help the injured caretakers, and was able to speak to one of them. She confirmed that the perpetrators were wearing red and that Thomas Saler was among them. However, the caretaker was able to remember little else about the event, so Ileain opted to wait until the rest of the party reconvened to discuss their findings.
However, disaster struck once again.
While returning from the crime scene, Theodore and Eryn were attacked by a mysterious assassin. After quickly dispatching Eryn, the assassin attacked Theodore, but found himself outmatched. Theodore chased the assassin, who was able to turn invisible but not hide the trail of blood he was leaving, and shot him dead before he was able to escape. However, the assassin’s body burst into green flames, destroying all evidence save for a bloodstained parchment that had fallen out of his pocket when he had died. While Theodore was able to fight off the poison the assassin had used, Eryn was not so lucky.
Reconvening in the hospital, Ileain quickly used her magic to purge the poison from Eryn’s system, soon enough to save her life but too late to prevent permanent damage. When she awoke, Eryn found herself blind.
While deliberating what to do next, Elsweyr realized that the parchment was written in thieves’ cant. However, even when translated, it still made very little sense. Eryn quickly recognized the text as Old Common, the language used many centuries ago in the Old World, and was able to translate it. It was a contract for assassination from the Ordo Necromunda, an ancient, shadowy organization with unknown motivations or goals.
After a short time of rest, the adventurers left Eryn to recuperate and started pursuing their only remaining lead – Thomas Saler. They started at his former place of employment, where they were able to gain some information about his character as well as his last known residence: a tenement building in one of the lower-wealth areas. While investigating, they noticed a man in a red mask passing by outside, and pursued him to an empty warehouse, where he met with seven other men. One of them was Thomas Saler, and he appeared to be corrupted exactly like the assassin.
After quietly barricading the doors, Theodore went to alert the police of what was going on. He was approached by an elf, a member of a resistance group that had been fighting this Purity Brigade since their inception. Back at the warehouse, Ileain noticed an elf on a catwalk above Saler and his men. Intending to avoid bloodshed, she used her magic to amplify her voice, requesting that they surrender. This alerted everyone in the building and startled the elf, who barely managed to avoid falling but dropping her bow in the process. Saler noticed this, and prepared to shoot her.
Acting quickly, the party overwhelmed the men, quickly dispatching Saler and two of his men and causing the rest to surrender. They also retrieved a piece of parchment from Saler before his body burst into flames as well. This parchment detailed the remaining Purity Brigade cells, and the resistance group asked for it to aid them in their quest to eliminate the rest of the group. After some debate, the party elected to give them the parchment on the condition that they only kill if absolutely necessary. The elves agreed, and pledged to support Haven after they had completed their mission.
With Saler dead and the other perpetrators arrested, the party returned to the commissioner, receiving much gratitude as well as a small amount of gold bullion and a pledge to help rebuild the orphanage in return for their assistance. As soon as Eryn was healthy enough to travel, they returned to Havenhold.
Soon after returning to Havenhold, a telegram addressed to a Baroness Silvershield arrived. Unaware that she was a noble, Eryn found that the telegram contained an invitation to the Grand Tournament in the Princedoms at the end of the year. Wishing to go to curry favor with the nobles and find out why she was suddenly a noble, she convinced the party to accompany her. The tournament would not be for the next month and a half, however, and a more pressing issue had revealed itself in the meantime.
One of Iriel’s had discovered a ruin to the north of Havenhold, and had reason to believe that a fairly powerful magic artifact was contained within. The party decided to investigate this ruin, finding a magical contraption keeping something trapped within a barrier. After deactivating this contraption and fending off undead, they soon found themselves face-to-face with a Spectator. Dispatching this fiend, they found a valuable flawless diamond as well as a sword driven into a stone pillar, having served as the main power source for the contraption. Theodore discovered the true nature of the sword, able to animate itself at the wielder’s command. The rest of the party chose to let him keep the sword, and they returned to Havenhold with their newfound treasures.
Plot Summary
The story so far...
A brief summary of the story so far.
Starting out is the marketplace of a small town, the party defended themselves against a gnoll assault, and were recruited shortly thereafter to rescue the captured villagers. They left that evening to attack the gnolls at their hideout, and were able to save all but one of the captives. They spent the next couple days getting some much-needed rest and recuperation at the town’s inn. Theodore renegotiated with the town’s baron, and Ileain helped out at the temple to aid the wounded. The party then received an anonymous message from the nearby city of Durnholme, being invited to the city for a job, with lodging paid for.
Upon arriving at the city, they took a few minutes to settle in before Ileain discovered their mysterious benefactor in her room, obviously disguised through magic. Introducing herself as an Imperial Investigator, she laid out the terms of the job – the party was to neutralize a thieves’ guild operating within the city by any means necessary, violent or not. In return, they would be paid with gold, a minor magic item, and a good word with the city’s viscount. She also introduced Elsweyr, a rogue, to the party. After doing some research, they discovered that they had a hideout beneath an old church in a poor district of town. While getting Elsweyr inducted into the guild, they discovered upon his initiation that the thieves stole from the rich and not the poor, and to benefit not only themselves but also the poor and downtrodden. They offered to disperse for a while if the party were willing to lie to the investigator. Conflicted, Theodore went back to the investigator to warn her of the rest of the party’s plans to possibly betray her. After a brief discussion, he led her back to the old church.
There, they met the rest of the party, where the investigator revealed her true form – an elf woman, Iriel Amari – and described her reasons for leading the party astray. She was being blackmailed by the viscount, who was holding her brother captive, into taking care of the thieves, but they knew who she was – hence the need for outside help. She appeared to be ready to kill the party, but only reluctantly, and Marsala was able to talk her down. The party, believing that Iriel had been wronged, decided to try to break her brother free, but first needed to find out a way to destroy a cursed amulet that Iriel was forced to wear: it granted her protection and some measure of power, but tracked her movements against her will.
Their plan was quickly upended when the investigator was arrested. The party quickly scrambled to get in contact with the thieves once again, explaining the situation and asking for their help. They agreed reluctantly, and broke into the castle’s basement with the party through a hidden escape tunnel. Before they could find the investigator, however, the group stumbled upon something they did not expect: a ritual in a sub-basement, of which the viscount was a part. After Theodore interrupted the ritual, they were caught in a magical explosion and felt as if they were falling into blackness.
Waking up in the castle basement, they found that it was starting to collapse. Believing that this was due to the explosion, they quickly tried to make their way out, but stumbled upon Iriel, who was obviously subjected to some form of corruption. She revealed that two years had passed and the world was in shambles, having been invaded by a corrupted army, first led by the viscount and then by a pit fiend who had killed him and taken his place. After freeing her from the cell, she helped the party escape, but not before they fought off a powerful demon. As the party jumped through the portal, the future form of Iriel was killed, barely closing off the portal in time before more demons could come through.
Back in the ritual chamber in their own time, the party killed the viscount, who was revealed to be a barbed devil. After dispatching it, they quickly made their way to the prison to free Iriel, though they could not help her brother as he had been killed during the ritual. With Iriel in tow, the party escaped the city aboard a train.
Having gone south as far as they could aboard the train, the party disembarked and made their way east on a seven day’s journey on foot. On the fifth day, they were forced into a cave due to adverse weather, immediately finding the the cave was already inhabited. Theodore and Elsweyr went further into the cave, while Marsala and Ileain were reluctant to do so, and Iriel was keeping watch over the camp. Inside the cave, the two men found an ancient temple of some kind, which they quickly decided to explore.
Inside the temple, they found Eryn Silvershield, a mysterious historian investigating the ruined temple. The party delved deeper into the ruins, with Iriel remaining behind to stand guard. After a brief encounter with a mimic, the party faced off against a banshee before entering a large chamber with four braziers. A magical item of some sort was keeping elementals sealed in the braziers, two of which had already been freed when wards in the temple were dispelled. Removing the magical item, which turned out to be a cloak of elvenkind, freed the remaining elementals, and the party returned to the surface.
Eryn expressed her thanks and asked to accompany the party to the sanctuary where, upon arrival, she would part from them. However, upon learning their story, she revealed that she was a warlock of several hundred years’ age, having dedicated her life to the pursuit of knowledge and the protection of all from evil. Discussing this, the party soon decided to dedicate themselves to preventing the terrible future they had seen from coming to pass, and vowed to form an organization for this purpose, as well as providing any member of any faith safe haven to worship in peace. They set out to the elven sanctuary, intent on building a base of operations to start the long journey ahead of them…
First Post!
(I'll actually make this useful at some point.)
At some point, I’ll make this post include some of the background info, and make posts for each of the sessions we’ve had.
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Q:
Get date nearest to sysdate
I would like to get per N the max(date) <= sysdate. If no dates in the past/today exist I want the min(date). So I do not want the absolute date nearest to sysdate.
Testdata
CREATE TABLE DATTEST (N NUMBER, D DATE);
INSERT INTO DATTEST (N,D) VALUES (1,TRUNC(SYSDATE-2000));
INSERT INTO DATTEST (N,D) VALUES (1,TRUNC(SYSDATE-1000));
INSERT INTO DATTEST (N,D) VALUES (1,TRUNC(SYSDATE+100));
INSERT INTO DATTEST (N,D)VALUES (2,TRUNC(SYSDATE));
INSERT INTO DATTEST (N,D)VALUES (2,TRUNC(SYSDATE+1000));
INSERT INTO DATTEST (N,D)VALUES (3,TRUNC(SYSDATE+1000));
So far I've got this. It gives the right results bus does two tablescans. I'm working on large tables and this query is called many times. I've been breaking my head converting this to a single table scan.
with nums as
(SELECT LEVEL num
FROM DUAL
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= 3
)
select
num
,(nvl((select max(d)
from dattest
where d <= trunc(sysdate)
and n = num),
(select min(d)
from dattest
where d > trunc(sysdate)
and n = num))
)
from nums;
Expected output
1 26-06-12
2 23-03-15
3 17-12-17
A:
How about using an aggregation, with some conditional logic?
select id,
coalesce(max(case when d <= trunc(sysdate) then d end),
min(d)
)
from table t
group by id;
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Monday, 14 January 2019
Here is how to deposit cash at an ATM
A lot of people actually do not know that one deposit cash at am ATM as well. Most ATMs have a Cash Deposit Machine (CDM) which is a self-service terminal that lets people make deposits and payment transactions by cash.
Unlike banks which close at a certain time, the cash deposit service is available 24/7 at ATMs.
For those who do not have a bank branch near them, cash deposit at ATMs is a more convenient option. One needs either their debit Card or their bank account number to deposit money at ATMs. While some CDMs allow you to swipe your Debit Card to make a transaction, others require you to manually enter your bank account number.
Here's how you can deposit money using your debit card:
1. Insert your card into the machine just like you do while withdrawing money.
2. Enter your PIN number accurately.
3. Enter the amount you want to deposit in the account.
4. Confirm the entered amount and proceed. Once you complete all steps mentioned above correctly, you will receive a confirmation slip.
Here's how you can deposit money using account number:
1. In order to deposit money without using a debit card, you need to select ‘deposit without card’ option on the CDM.
2. The machine will ask you to enter your bank account number to proceed further.
3. Enter the amount you which to transfer.
4. Confirm the amount to complete the process.
5. Place the cash in the deposit slot and wait for the machine take it in. When the machine takes in the cash, currency denominations received will be displayed on the on the screen.
6. Collect your confirmation slip as proof of your deposit.
It may be noted that the transaction limit to deposit money differs from bank to bank. However, the minimum amount that can be deposited at an ATM is Rs 100 while the maximum amount is capped at Rs 49,900 per transaction. The CDM accepts all currency notes in multiples of Rs 100 up to Rs 2,000.
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You can easily send newsletters or updates about events, opportunities, or other things your organisation is involved with to members of your organisation. This way everyone will be up to date again in no time!
Sending an email to all of the members in your organization goes as follows:
1. Go to your organization page
2. Press on the tab "People"
3. On the right of the button “+Invite" you'll find the button that says "Email"
4. Select the people you'd like to email. To select all of the members in your organization press the checkbox next to the word "Name", at the top of the list.
5. Write your message and press on the button "Send email"
Do you want to know how to invite people to join your organisation? Then read this article!
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March 30, 2015
Let Miss A Brighten Up Your Monday With the Bubbly "Only You"
Because it's Monday and because a majority of the country is still in the cold, you need a bubbly new K-pop joint in your life more than you know. And miss A's luminescent synth jam "Only You" will do the trick for today. Press play above for proof.
The popular girl group made their return to the music scene by revealing this new single and its accompanying music video. "Only You" finds a way to blend sparkly '80s synths with a modern-day hip hop beat, best heard on the pre-chorus section when the fuzzy synthesizers get mixed with trappy snares. The chorus brings us to the song with an explosion of bright, bubblegum melodies and a layer of soulful "oohs," then flipping into a swaggering beat-heavy breakdown with the girls declaring that "only you" will be their baby. Mariah would be proud.
The video does a nice job at letting each miss A member showcase her individual attitude with matching outfits tha a're different enough to solidify each one's unique style. The girly Suzy rocks a fuchsia halter top and mini skirt; the badass Min sports a baseball cap and oversized varsity jacket. The best part, though? How much fun it looks like the ladies are having, especially in the last scene, when they hit a party and spend the whole time dancing with/hugging on each other. This is why girl groups rule, you guys.
"Only You" is the lead single off miss A's new EP Colors, currently charting inside U.S. iTunes Top Albums chart. After nearly five years together, the crew has only made their way to America for a choice few events. But we have a feeling they're about to pick up a few more fans and rise even higher on the charts. For now, we're letting "Only You" take our Monday to the next level. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9320979714393616}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '35724', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:7HXKINWVYLSJYHOTT2S4LVEMWUW3LWUC', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:1f296d4a-09c2-4a50-b702-4d64660aa8e8>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2018, 12, 18, 17, 53, 49), 'WARC-IP-Address': '13.249.44.60', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:IKT5ZDRRG7H3MZJVL5INHYZC25EMJBBE', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:f52ee75e-8b90-409b-9d2e-4b727f6f15fb>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://www.fuse.tv/2015/03/miss-a-only-you-video', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:7e2fbc0d-a3b7-448c-a72b-94afae3c898a>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '312', 'url': 'https://www.fuse.tv/2015/03/miss-a-only-you-video', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-51\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for December 2018\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-136-148-174.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.15 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 0.11-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.026717305183410645', 'original_id': '43dc27870383e8972fa7ec6ede35a965d1724c581f513781cdff33bb9c3dcaa1'} |
> glossary > cache
cache
Short-term storage. A cache is used to speed up certain computer operations by temporarily placing data, or a copy of it, in a location where it can be accessed more rapidly than normal. For example, data from a storage disk may be cached temporarily in high-speed memory so that it can be read and written more quickly than if it had to come directly from the disk itself; or a microprocessor may use an an on-board memory cache to store temporary data for use during operations. 'Cache' is derived from the French word for a hiding place, and so is pronounced like 'cash'. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '3e5aa6388dba4d35f4dd2ffbe489b40ab1e0fd36246e28258c270a128a67f8cd'} |
Reihan Salam
Reihan Salam, None
4/06/2009 @ 6:00AM
From The G-20 To The G-2
As promised, Barack Obama really has changed the face of American diplomacy. Anti-capitalist protests notwithstanding, Obama’s America is loved at least as much as it is loathed in Europe. And while the strategic upshot of this new era of good feelings isn’t clear, it’s certainly heartening to see. During the G-20 summit, the president exuded a confidence and command of policy detail that will serve him well in the future. One is reminded of the far less electrifying first President Bush, who also commanded considerable goodwill and respect as the pragmatic successor to another “cowboy president.”
For some time now, center-left foreign policy intellectuals have cited George H.W. Bush as a model for the Obama foreign policy, and the parallels are certainly there. Obama’s Republican defense secretary, Robert Gates, has reportedly bonded with the president over their shared admiration for Bush. On Afghanistan and Pakistan, Obama has taken the H.W. approach of bringing in a bipartisan team of experts, who’ve crafted a rather conservative plan–in effect, a military and civilian surge aimed at building Afghanistan into a state that can defend itself. And just as the first Bush managed the rocky post-Soviet transition through a humble, deferential stance towards the allies, Obama has embraced the role of team player, eager to broker deals.
But deferential diplomacy can only get you so far. As a number of observers have noted, the end result of the summit meeting–the terribly vague communiqué –was not exactly inspiring. The headline was that France and Germany, laggards in the fiscal stimulus department, would continue to soldier on without a sharp increase in spending, a rebuke to President Obama’s hope that Europe’s largest economies would join China and the Anglo-Saxon powers in aggressive pump-priming. Though the G-20 leaders presented a united front, the group is divided by demographics.
Aging Europe faces a fiscal meltdown even sooner than we do, and they are right to be wary of spending new billions that will dig them even deeper into debt. China is also aging rapidly, yet as a still-developing economy, the Chinese lack the “automatic stabilizers,” which is to say the social welfare protections, that make a downturn more bearable in Europe. And so aggressive stimulus efforts really are a matter of life or death for the regime, the legitimacy of which depends on rising prosperity.
The United States falls somewhere in-between. Unemployment doesn’t mean desperation and social death, as it does in China, but it is certainly far less palatable than in Europe, and the prospect of double-digit unemployment already has big-city mayors in a state of panic as many fear the return of the crime and dysfunction that sparked middle-class flight decades ago. America is also an outlier in that we have a relatively robust birthrate, and our openness to immigration has given us a larger population and thus a somewhat more sustainable fiscal picture. Massive spending increases aren’t pretty, but they’re not as threatening to the United States as they would be to France or Germany.
It’s worth noting that this demographic divide also applies, as the political scientist Bruce Berkowitz has observed, to the politics of climate change. The countries that have embraced the most aggressive policies on climate change tend to be those with shrinking populations–simply put, cutting carbon emissions is a lot easier when you have fewer bodies to heat, feed and clothe through energy-intensive industry. Even left-of-center governments in America, Canada and Australia, the demographically vital Anglo-Saxons, have been notably slower to move on the issue than their slow-growing European counterparts.
Can Obama look to George H.W. Bush to build a more effective alliance–not against a petrostate strongman, but against the far thornier threat of economic doom? I doubt it. At the twilight of the Cold War, Bush’s Eurocentrism was right and appropriate: Europe was, after all, where the action was as Eastern Europe shattered and as war broke out in the Balkans. Now, however, the relationship that really matters is, as some of the less diplomatic members of the second Bush administration occasionally suggested, is between the United States and the rising powers of Asia. As one wag put it, it’s not the G-20 that matters; it’s the G-2 of America and China.
Our economic future depends less on a German stimulus package and more on whether the Chinese Communist Party, which was frankly coddled by the first President Bush and forgiven for the most egregious abuses, recognizes that China’s future depends on economic and political democratization. For all his virtues, President George H.W. Bush, a foreign policy traditionalist, couldn’t see how a more democratic China would contribute to a more stable global economy. Sadly, we are still living with the consequences of that moral and strategic blunder.
As Yasheng Huang argued in his brilliant Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, the origins of China’s severe social inequality lies in a turn away from the broad-based, entrepreneurial growth the country experienced in the 1980s to a more statist, elitist, urban model–a turn that was an outgrowth of the authoritarian turn the country took in the wake of the Tiananmen crackdown. This new Chinese model discouraged domestic consumption in favor of a heavy emphasis on exports that has in turn exacerbated global economic imbalances. To flourish, the American middle class needs the Chinese middle class needs to flourish. This notion has to be the sine qua non of America’s economic diplomacy. And so far, at least, it’s not.
At home, President Obama has been rallying his most ardent supporters on behalf of his stimulus package and his budget. Given his global celebrity, one wishes he’d do a similar end-run around the world’s unelected leaders on behalf of a new win-win vision of middle-class development. That is, one wishes he’d be more Reagan than Bush.
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Bite Me: Rude Food and the Anglo-Saxon Riddle Tradition
Andy Orchard
Lecture given at the University of Toronto, February 14, 2013
I heard that something or other was growing in a confined space
swelling and surging, pushing up its covering;
on that boneless thing a bride took up a grip,
proud, in her hands, a lord’s daughter,
clothed with a covering that bulging thing.
~ Exeter Riddle #43. The answer is bread dough.
Andy Orchard, one of the world’s leading experts in Old English literature, presented on the tradition of early medieval riddles, and how the themes of food and sex can be found in these works. While some scholars have dismissed these riddles as unimportant, Orchard finds that they “give us a direct window into the world of the Anglo-Saxons.”
He begins by noting that riddles were popular in the ancient world, with examples being found in classical works and the Bible. When well-educated Romans got together for dinner, they would have a drinking game that involved asking each other riddles as they got drunk.
A North African poet named Symphosius, who lived between the 4th-6th century AD, was known to have created a series of riddles that were three lines long an heavily repetitive. By the 680s/690s these riddles were being used to teach people Latin in Anglo-Saxon England, and would remain very influential in the early Middle Ages.
There are several sources of riddles from the Anglo-Saxon era. The largest is the Exeter Book, a tenth-century collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Orchard believes that the this work originally contained 101 riddles, but the manuscript has been damaged, leaving only 91 riddles. Other sources of Anglo-Saxon riddles include the Berne and Lorsch collections, and in the work Carmen de virginitate, by Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury (c.639-709). Orchard also notes that Bede, Alcuin and Boniface all wrote riddles, and that these examples show that they were part of “a learned literate Latin tradition” in Anglo-Saxon England.
Part of the reason riddles were so popular was that they had a lot of pedagogical value – they could be used in schools to get students interested in language.
Turning to the topics of the various Anglo-Saxon riddles, ones that dealt with food or animals were the most popular, while others another frequent topic was the letters of the alphabet. Orchard also notes how many of them also have a subtext of sexuality. For example, scholars have estimated that one-third of the riddles in the Exeter Book could be solved as penis. When asked about why Anglo-Saxon monks would have been interested in creating sexual innuendo in their riddles, Professor Orchard speculated that part of it was it made their working more titillating or exciting, or that they enjoyed creating challenging riddles with their double meanings. He was also surprised how good the poetry was among these riddles.
Here are some examples of Anglo-Saxon riddles read by Professor Orchard
Andy Orchard’s next book, The Anglo-Saxon Riddle Tradition, is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2013.
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This invention relates generally to radio frequency (RF) antennas and antenna circuitry and, more particularly, pertains to extendable/retractable antennas.
It is well known in the art to provide RF antennas that can be extended so as to protrude from a device during use of the device. For example, in a radiotelephone, which could also be referred to as a wireless terminal, a personal communicator, a mobile station or as a cellular telephone, it is known to provide two different antennas. Referring also to FIG. 1, a first antenna 1 intended for use with a first set of transmission and reception frequency bands is formed as a meander transmission line, or simply as a helically wrapped length of conductor, that is disposed about a circular cylindrical or otherwise shaped form 2. The first antenna 1 is assumed to be fixed in position. The form 2 is hollow, and contains within (when fully retracted) a second antenna 3. The second antenna 3 can be a rod-shaped whip-type antenna that is capable of sliding within the form 2 so that it can be extended by the user. In the presently preferred embodiment the form 2 is contained within the body of a wireless terminal 4. When the second antenna 3 retracted only the first antenna 1 is electrically active. The first antenna 1 is coupled, via a duplexer 5, to an RF transceiver 6. When the second antenna 3 is fully extended, shown in dashed outline, it makes electrical contact at 3A with the distal end of the first antenna 1, and is coupled through the first antenna 1 to the RF transceiver 6 (or to a second RF transceiver, not shown).
It can be important to detect the position of the second antenna, as the specified maximum radiated power may be different when using the first antenna as compared to the second antenna. For example, one may reasonably assume that the first antenna 1 is used when transceiving RF signals in accordance with a CDMA air interface standard, and that the second antenna 3 is used when transceiving RF signals in accordance with a second air interface standard, such as one known as AMPS. Generally, when in the AMPS mode it is typically desirable to use more transmitted power than when in the CDMA mode. The increase in transmitted power is preferably made, however, when the second antenna is extended out of the body of the wireless terminal 4, and not retracted into the body of the wireless terminal 4. This enables an increase in performance in the AMPS mode, while still meeting predetermined RF emission limits.
It is possible to position a mechanical switch 7 so as to detect when the second antenna is in the fully retracted position, and to couple an output of the switch 7 to a control unit 8, such as a microprocessor, within the wireless terminal 4. By detecting the state of the switch 7 the control unit 8 is enabled to determine whether it can transmit with maximum power using the second antenna 3.
However, the use of the mechanical switch 7 has several disadvantages, including increased cost, decreased reliability, and increased manufacturing and testing complexity.
It is a first object and advantage of this invention to provide an improved technique for detecting a position of a moveable antenna.
It is a further object and advantage of this invention to provide a technique for detecting the position of a retractable antenna that does not use a mechanical switch, and that thus does not experience the problems inherent in the use of a mechanical switch.
The foregoing and other problems are overcome and the foregoing objects and advantages are realized by methods and apparatus in accordance with embodiments of this invention.
A circuit and method are disclosed for detecting a position of a movable antenna relative to a fixed antenna. The circuit includes an electrical contact positioned for being electrically coupled to the movable antenna only when the movable antenna is in a first predetermined position relative to the fixed antenna; and an RF detection circuit having an input coupled to the electrical contact for detecting a presence of RF energy that is coupled into the movable antenna from said fixed antenna. The detected presence of the RF energy is indicative of the moveable antenna being in the predetermined position relative to the fixed antenna. The fixed antenna is disposed along a length of the movable antenna when said movable antenna is in said first predetermined position. For example, the fixed antenna is disposed circumferentially about a hollow form and the movable antenna is a rod-shaped, whip-type antenna that is disposed within the form such that it is slidable therein between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position. When in the first predetermined position the movable antenna is in the fully retracted position. In the presently preferred embodiment the RF detection circuit includes a detection diode, at least one RF filter coupled in series between an input of the detection diode and the electrical contact, a capacitance coupled to an output of the detection diode for storing charge detected by the detection diode such that the capacitance has a potential impressed thereon by the charge, and a comparator for comparing the potential to a predetermined potential. The comparator has an output the state of which indicates whether or not the first antenna is in the first predetermined position.
Also disclosed is a method for use in a wireless terminal for detecting a position of a retractable antenna relative to a fixed antenna. The method has steps of positioning an electrical contact for being electrically coupled to the retractable antenna only when the retractable antenna is retracted within a body of the wireless terminal, and at least partially contained within the fixed antenna; detecting a presence of RF energy that is coupled into the retractable antenna from the fixed antenna, wherein the detected presence of the RF energy is indicative of the retractable antenna being in the retracted position; and, if the retractable antenna is not indicated to be in the retracted position, transmitting RF energy from the retractable antenna using more RF power than if the retractable antenna were indicated to be in the retracted position. In the preferred embodiment the retractable antenna is used when operating in the AMPS mode, and the fixed antenna is used when operating in other than the AMPS mode, such as when operating in the CDMA mode. | mini_pile | {'original_id': '72884118ddf9e5a9606050fd5d120ef04201d6fe37df3917418a3e67bbc81b9d'} |
Is it a sin to sell a Government Asset?
More emotion is generated by the debate on Government Asset Sales than most issues that are littered around the political playground. Most of the comments are generated by the thought that there are votes to be won by perpetuating this battle — far more so than the remote possibility that there may be deep political convictions involved.
This means it’s time to try to take the discussion out of the hands of political opportunists and elevate it to a rational plane, as the balanced development of the nation will depend heavily the creation of many more new assets.
A good start will be to look at some history.
For most of the time since the arrival of the First Fleet, the establishment and management of public facilities and infrastructure were the unquestioned province of governments. In general terms, it is safe to say that it was only in the era after World War II that the sale of public assets arrived on the political agenda.
It is also valid to comment that the idea of selling assets only arises when governments run out of money. There has been little concern that most public assets were run inefficiently and could have provided better service at lesser cost if run privately.
The issue became firmly on the table when the Loans Affair destroyed the reputation of the Whitlam
Government in 1975. The Mines Minister at the time was Rex Connor, a dyed-in-the-wool socialist and nationalist, who wanted the expansion of Australia’s mining capacity to be firmly in government hands. He tried to raise billions to make this possible by using the services of a doubtful financial trader named Kemlani. He almost succeeded, but finally crashed spectacularly.
Had he obtained that money, he intended to open half a dozen major mines, all of them owned and run by government. This generated a passionate furore about whether or not mines should be developed by private capital (which they eventually were), or whether the nation should own them, thereby finally benefiting taxpayers directly.
The controversy also generated a new debate on what to do with existing government assets. Were they untouchable Australian institutions or could they be a source of cash and a means of greater productivity if managed privately?
Eventually, the debate led to the sale of the Commonwealth Bank and Qantas during the Hawke/Keating era, but this caused little controversy at the time, and now most voters would not recall that they were once government assets.
The passion revived when John Howard announced that he would sell Telstra in three tranches. He succeeded in getting the hotly-disputed Bills through the Senate only by offering Tasmanian Independent Senator Brian Harradine some enormous benefits for his State that no other State received.
He was helped also by Queensland ALP Senator Mal Coulston, who ratted on his Party by accepting Howard’s offer of the position of Deputy President of the Senate in exchange for his vote. This eventually provided a sterling example for Peter Slipper to use in participating in a similar scenario with Julia Gillard some years later so as to become Speaker of the House of Representatives.
But, the controversy was compounded by the extravagant sale price of Telstra shares. It was a long way in excess of real value, causing many thousands of ‘mum and dad’ investors to lose an important part of their savings when the price subsequently dropped rapidly. This put them off participating in further sales of government assets, even to the extent of opposing the concept with very real fervour as they felt they had been robbed by the government.
An even greater political issue is that the funds raised by the Telstra sale were used to pay-off government debt, but this benefit has now been lost with the current debt being currently higher than the debt that Howard paid off. Stated in blunt financial terms, the Telstra sale provided the nation with no cash benefit.
The passion about Asset Sales has grown to a dramatic high in more recent times.
Firstly, a proposal to sell some Energy assets in New South Wales caused the demise of NSW ALP Premier, Morris Iemma, but this was more a political power struggle within the ALP than a fight over the righteousness of asset sales.
Morris Iemma failed to count his numbers before he moved to implement the sale, and his political enemies proved to be real good counters. However, Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett ran into very few problems when he sold assets, but he did lose the next election. This was not because of asset sales, rather more due to his strong impression of arrogance that voters disliked.
Then, Premier Anna Bligh was badly beaten in the Queensland State Elections of 2012, and many commentators said it was because she sold a majority stake in Queensland Rail. I doubt that.
The ALP had been in power far too long and had grown tired, so the voters went for change, particularly as there were some political scandals around as well.
But, let’s look more closely at the QR controversy.
This historic entity had been operating for 150 years and had lost money every year, costing taxpayers countless millions of dollars. It also had a record of poor service to its customers, irrespective of whether they were passengers or movers of freight. It badly needed a management revolution.
Anna Bligh achieved the sale by dividing it into two entities. The first is now a successful and profitable public company, Aurizon, which carries minerals and other bulk freight nationally and is providing its shareholders with dividends and capital gains. Anna Bligh deserves credit for its profitable launch.
The second, which retains the name Queensland Rail, runs Brisbane’s metropolitan rail system, plus the country rail tracks that were not passed over to Aurizon. It remains under government control and is not yet profitable. The end result is that the proceeds of the sale of Aurizon through an IPO on the ASX has still not solved the huge debt problems that the Newman Government inherited from Anna Bligh.
Campbell Newman is now considering more assets sales after he gains a mandate to do so at the next election. In the meantime, the O’Farrell Government in NSW is proceeding with sales of some of its assets, as it is not restricted by the mandate issue. Other states will move in a similar direction, particularly the Federal Government in Canberra — no matter who wins the September Election.
Few can see any benefit in the Australian Rail Track Corporation remaining in government hands, as it is a commercial enterprise.
So what will be the voter reaction?
My feeling is that it will be hostile if the funds are used to repay debt. It will be positive if the funds are used to build new infrastructure or create new services. The key is that voters know that the running-down of debt by one government is an open invitation to the next government to run it up again. Nothing is achieved except the loss of an asset.
It is also a fact that Superannuation Funds are willing to buy existing assets from governments and make them more efficient and profitable. But, they won’t risk funds on greenfield projects that take years to become cash flow positive.
So, the key is to start a perpetual investment turnover program with those Funds — sell them an asset, use the funds to create a new one and then, when it is earning revenue, sell it to them and build yet another one. The voters will get enthusiastic about this, as their government will always own assets.
So, what would I do in the totally unlikely event that I was in government. I would sell every asset on the books, including schools and hospitals, and use the funds immediately to build new ones. This is an urgent task as Australia is decades behind in meeting the nation’s basic infrastructure needs.
The key issue for voters to remember is that, because a government owns an asset, it does not mean that this asset automatically provides a good public service. Many bureaucrats have no greater sense of service to the people than private entrepreneurs do.
The key factor in selling a government asset or service is to pass legislation that covers the conditions of the sale and sets-out levels of service to be provided. Failure to adhere to this must mean that heavy penalties are payable, including, in the final analysis, the terms on which the assets must be returned to government.
One idealistic hope is that, in many cases, not-for-profit corporations can be established to buy and operate assets. In the case of ownership by Superannuation Funds, a plus will be the financial benefit to millions of ordinary Australians who are their members.
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A certified Nursing Assistant who takes care of the elderly
In the next section of our CNA Skill Set Test Study Guide, we will be covering the procedures for mouth care. This is one of the easiest practical evolutions, however, you can also fail it very easily.
The steps to oral care are relatively easy and straightforward. But the most important part, and the subsequent part that will make you fail, is the management of sanitation and contamination. You can forget a step or two, but if you endanger your patient by performing unsafe practices or causing contamination, you will fail the test and not get certified.
Therefore, it is extremely important that you take heed and verify that each step is performed and contamination is minimized while sanitation is maximized.
Remember, like all of our procedures, you should always start by entering the room, announcing that you are there and that you will be doing the procedure. Then wash your hands and verify that the room is prepped.
Oral Care Steps
1. Place the resident in a comfortable position or a Fowler’s position.
2. While performing this step, try to minimize the fouling of their clothing. If you do get an area wet, ensure that you clean them or change their clothes after you are done. If they are incontinent or are likely to drool, then place a bib around them for this process.
3. Apply toothpaste to the wet tooth brush.
4. Ask the patient to open their mouth and commence brushing. Using a circular motion, scrub their teeth, tongue and gently scrub their gums.
5. Allow the patient the ability to rinse their mouth out.
6. Check the area and ensure the patient is dry.
7. Check the patient for any sores or bleeding. If the patient does rinse, check to verify no blood comes out when they spit.
8. If you used a bib, dispose of it properly.
Video Exercise to Help you Visualize and Practice this Section
Here is a video on oral care that should help to illustrate the above steps in performing dental care.
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Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 7, The Spirituality of the Powers
Let's summarize some of the observations from the last few posts in this series:
First, in the biblical witness the language of the Powers conflates the spiritual and the physical. Very often, the Powers are political structures. I've focused on that association but any form of power or influence (e.g., social organizations, social norms, traditions, economic entities) is picked out by the biblical category "principalities and powers."
Second, this association between the physical and the spiritual highlights an aspect of the biblical cosmology: a parallelism between the physical and the spiritual. That is, events on earth are mirrored by events in heaven and events in heaven are mirrored on earth. We used the illustration of the angels of the nations to make this point. Each nation--a physical manifestation of power--had an angel or god that influenced the life of the nation. Further, wars between nations--a physical contest of power--was paralleled by a contest between the two nation gods with the physical and the spiritual battles mutually affecting each other. Here are two other examples of this parallelism in the New Testament:
Matthew 6.9-10
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 16.19
Third, one of the problems with modern conceptions of the Powers is that the parallelism between the physical and spiritual becomes lost. Demons become disembodied spirits floating in the air, disconnected from physical forms of power. This becomes a missional problem for the church because it creates a fractured dualism as opposed to the parallel dualism of the biblical writers. This was the point John Howard Yoder was making in The Politics of Jesus. For the ancients the dualism was parallel. To address the Powers in the "heavenly realms" one had to address the structural physical manifestations of power. And vice versa. By contrast, many Christians have a fractured dualism. They believe in two realms--physical and spiritual--but these realms have little to do with each other. Demons become, as we noted, hyper-spiritualized creatures that have little to do with political or social power structures. Thus, the "spiritual warfare" reduces to prayer about holding off spiritual attacks from Satan, often in the form of moral temptation. Consequently, "spiritual warfare" collapses into an individualistic and pietistic moral effort (being a self-controlled person) or fanciful notions that demons float around trying to "attack" Christians and that our prayers summon angels to protect us. The clear problem with all of this is that this spiritual warfare is too spiritual, it has no physical, social, structural or political referent. For example, "spiritual warfare", due to the fractured dualism, has nothing to do with, let's say, poverty or human slave or sex trafficking. Christians end up praying about ethereal, airy battles between demons and angels, thinking their prayers are contributing to a "spiritual battle," helping angels beat up demons. But according to the biblical writers, the spiritual battle was also a structural and political battle. For the ancients the dualism between physical and spiritual was parallel, not fractured.
Once this is realized there is a tendency, one I'm often tempted by, to swing too far in the other direction, to focus on the physical at the expense of the spiritual. If "spiritual warfare" refers concretely to issues of political and social justice why not just drop the spiritual language? Why use the language of the demonic at all? Why not follow the Enlightenment and approach political, social and structural power issues with the categories of liberal humanism and politics? It seems that we can easily drop the language of religion.
Again, I resonate with this view. As an experimental psychologist I have scientific sensibilities and my day to day work involves trying to measure abstractions. But I think the language of the spiritual is important for two interconnected reasons.
First, as I argued in an earlier post, modern humans continue to have experiences of the residual, that the categories of science fail to do justice to human experience. My concerns here are primarily moral. Spiritual language names aspects of moral existence that cannot be reduced to genetics, medicine, brain science or particle physics. We might try to describe Auschwitz with the language of particle physics, describing the swirl and quantum interactions of massive clouds of particles. At the physical level that is a perfectly legitimate way to describe "what happened" at Auschwitz. But I think most people would feel that something important was missing from such an account. We might, then, scale up the account, using macro-level scientific accounts such as history and sociology to explain the events. This seems more appropriate. But when we do this we start to make appeals to abstractions: beliefs, ideologies, fears, social dynamics, morality, horror, pain, and evil. Although we feel that this account is more appropriate in describing "what happened" at Auschwitz we should note that we've left science behind. Horror isn't a scientific category. It's a category of human consciousness that science just doesn't have the ability to describe. This is the experience of residual I was speaking of, the aspects of human existence that require the language of the spirit, existential and religious language. Which is the better explanation for Auschwitz? A scientific appeal to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle? Or the religious response: "Evil."
A second reason for holding onto the language of the "spiritual" is that it creates a platform for moral and political critique. In Christianity this is called prophecy. Prophecy is needed as it proclaims the emancipation of God from the status quo. God is often captured and enslaved by the Powers-That-Be who use God as a warrant for preserving current power structures--with the Big people on top and the Little people on the bottom--and to justify violence. Prophecy is residual language, proclaiming that God is larger than the current power structures. God is outside the power, God cannot be reduced to the political. The prophet, thus, stands in this margin, proclaiming God's judgment against the Powers. "God isn't FOR you," the prophet cries, "God is AGAINST you."
Without this prophetic space the religious collapses into the political. Most of time I'm perfectly happy with this. It keeps my faith relevant, politically engaged and ethically charged. But I'm keenly aware of the fact that my political engagements are myopic, morally confused and parochial. I don't want to reduce my spiritual life to a vote for a political party. I feel the residual, that God stands outside of my political and social justice efforts. And that location--the place of God--is a constant source of moral criticism and evaluation. God provides me a perch to step out of the moral confusion of my personal crusades and allows me to take in the prophetic view. Is God for me or against me?
Moral philosophers might see in all this the universalizing impulse of ethics, Kant's categorical imperative, the Golden Rule, Rawls' veil of ignorance. God is the vantage point of the universal ethic, what I've called my prophetic perch. So, yes, much of what I've just said could be translated into secular, liberal moral categories. But what Kant's or Rawls' systems tend to leave out are the existential and absolute facets of moral life. Pathos is often missing. The passionate moral life isn't about rational moral calculation ("Can I will that my actions will become the universal law of human conduct?") or haggling behind the veil of ignorance. The passionate moral life is seen in the lives of Mother Teresa or Mahatma Gandhi, people whose moral lives were grounded in the religious. Passionate moral engagement demands devotion and worship.
So here we are. To summarize, we need these three things for our understanding of the Powers:
1. A way of capturing the parallelism of the ancients, of keeping the spiritual harnessed to the physical (socially and politically). No more fractured dualism. Demons and angels are no longer allowed to float in the air fighting each other.
2. A way of keeping the language of the spiritual from collapsing into the political. Religious categories need to be preserved to speak honestly about human experience (e.g., What happened at Auschwitz?), to provide a prophetic space (so God is not "captured" by power as endorsement and warrant), and to provide moral life with an object of pathos (devotion and worship).
3. Our means of speaking about the conflation of the physical and the spiritual needs to be coherent to modern people. As noted in the first post, the mythological background of the bible just cannot be entertained by many modern people. And yet, any "updating" of the language of the demonic needs to avoid a demythologizing that simply scrapes off a superstitious religious barnacle.
So, can any understanding of the Powers be found that meets these three requirements? Drumroll please....
Probably not.
But the one that comes closest, for me at least, comes from Walter Wink.
Wink's suggestion is that we reframe how we understand "heaven" and "earth." In the biblical witness these locations were framed in an Up versus Down metaphor. Heaven was above us and earth below. As Bultmann reminded us in the first post, this cosmological arrangement isn't tenable for modern persons. Wink's suggestion is that we reframe the situation using an Inside versus Outside metaphor. The "spiritual" or "heavenly" realm is the "inside" aspect of physical arrangements, the "spirituality" (inner life and logic) of nations, political parties, businesses, institutions, markets, churches, and ideological movements. In Wink's model when we think of the "angel of a nation" we are talking about the inner life of the nation, the spirituality of its inhabitants and political structures. For example, socialism has a spirituality as does capitalism. America has a spirituality different from, let's say, France, Canada or Iran.
So when we talk about "fighting against powers in the heavenly realm" we are talking about waging a war against the spirituality of America or capitalism or other sorts of power arrangements. In this light, for example, consumerism is seen as a demonic power, a form of spirituality, an object of worship, a location of idolatry or spiritual enslavement. Thus, as Paul says, we don't fight against "flesh and blood", the people shopping in the malls this Christmas season, we fight against the Power, the spirituality that enslaves American hearts and minds.
Wink's reframe comes very close to meeting the requirements I listed above. First, it keeps the parallelism of the physical with the spiritual. Second, it retains a robust use of religious language that is coherent to modern people. Even atheists could assent to the assessment that "Americans worship at the altar of capitalism." Or that "The shopping mall is the church of America." Finally, this model resists collapsing the spiritual into the physical. It is difficult for science to describe the demonic power of consumerism. I'm not saying it can't do this, just that the language of religion is often better in this regard. Recall last year's Black Friday incident where customers lined up at Walmart were worked up into such a frenzy that they crashed through the doors and killed a Walmart employee. Sure, the psychology of crowds could be used to "explain" the Walmart incident. But the causes of that death go way back, back to the foundations of the free market and how the media and society create pressures upon us. The causes of the Walmart incident can't be reduced to any single scientific explanation. But when I say that the "spiritual climate of American consumerism" caused the Walmart death we immediately understand this religious explanation to be both cogent and parsimonious.
On to Part 8
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11 thoughts on “Notes on Demons & The Powers: Part 7, The Spirituality of the Powers”
1. Richard,
Your analysis is based on a Marxist mentality. It assumes that the economic realm is THE primary source of "evil". What about framing the situation not in "national terms", but in personal terms, of "survival needs", or "Greed"? This approach individualizes the situation, allowing our nation's "ideals"(life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (or property)) to be of primary importance. This approach also allows us to morally affirm that our Constitutional government is of ultimate universal value AND affirm human rights, individual value, and choice as important.
Group thinking (meaning, collectivism) is always dangerous in politics, religion, or economics. Self-interest is NOT bad, it is when self-interest lacks a balance of power, as power is the evil. This is why our Founders balanced power, and ensured that our nation would not be led by "one ideological political party".
2. Have you ever considered offering an online course? I live in another part of the country but I'd love to study in a more formal way what you do on your blog.
3. I think that being content and not being envious, or jealous of one's neghbor is a "just position, as checking one's heart for greed....This is why there will never be a "classless society", where all get equal distributions of wealth or gifts, or talents. The world is not "fair" in this sense.
But, being content and not being envious presupposes that one has been treated with justice under a just government. And that is where power is of question, because justice is blind, it gives no priviledged position in regards to 'criminal behavior'. Justice demands that one check one's heart, otherwise that heart will not do justly. One can batter about whether justice means a positive mandate, or a negative regards to Christian faith.
4. I find parallel dualism -in fact any form of dualism- unconvincing. If a nation changes its heart -for good or bad- does this require a changing of the guard in the spiritual realm? And if so, which comes first, and why? Does a power structure get the 'god' it deserves, or does it reflect the 'god' it has?
And in either case, what is GOD doing while this power play is being acted out? Playing political chequers with the black and white pieces like a talking head on election night? An active participant or a distant observer?
5. madgebaby,
That's nice to ask about. I actually don't teach classes on anything like this blog (I teach a survey course in Introduction to Psychology and statistics courses). But if I ever do offer an online course on material related to this blog I'll let readers here know.
Based on your question--If a nation changes its heart -for good or bad- does this require a changing of the guard in the spiritual realm?--I think you missed the point of Wink's model. A "change of heart" is interpreted to be a "changing of the guard in the spiritual realm." The two are different ways of speaking to the same reality.
6. Ahh, understood. More a descriptive 'spirit of' the group than a prescriptive 'spirit over' the group. In which case is there any need for the spiritual overlay apart from it being a convenient metaphor for the collective morality of the group?
Not wanting to exclude God from the dynamic, but I'm not sure we need the intermediate angels/demons layer to explain or excuse our individual and collective moral environments.
7. After reading Angie's bitter attacks on collectivism and, indeed, the very notion of a public and a public good I misread the next poster as asking for an "online CURSE."
8. I realize I'm coming in on part 7 of a series, and probably shouldn't post before going back and reading a bit, so please forgive me... but what about demonic possession and the like? How does that play into all this. I'm on board with the principalities and powers talk, but I've witnessed other forms of demonic happenings, and read about them in the New Testament as well. How do those fit into this discussion? Why are we ruling out the individual and jumping immediately to the political / power structures?
9. Hi James,
The goal of this series is to rehabilitate the language of the demonic for those Christians who find the notion of demons, conventionally understood, to be untenable. But if a person already believes in demons then, as you note and I'd agree, he or she wouldn't find much use for this series.
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6. Truths are revealed one after the other
I am trying to see my aura in the mirror. While I am concentrating, my reflection completely blackens, as if a hole has appeared where the reflection of my face used to be, as if my face had become the negative of a photograph. This happens every time I see the aura of a person: the shape is blackened, the characteristics are lost, and the Light from the internal, invisible fields emerges. By no means do I worry, and naturally I am not afraid. The light begins to diffuse from the back of my head. It is a platinum coloured light as if a sun existed behind my head. The thought that this is what halos are, crosses my mind. I immediately skip it. I am thinking "it can't be true". Within my self, however, I know that the moments when I see the aura, I have already passed internally to a higher vibration.
The fact that each time I see the aura of a person and his or her shape blackens and appears as a shadow, brings Plato to mind, who mentions people as shadows in his work, "The Republic". As time goes by, I constantly discover that Plato meant what he wrote literally, and that obviously, he, together with Socrates saw or felt the aura. The shadow puppet shows of Eastern countries, such as China, Japan, Burma as well as others, including Greece, were born from this existential thought, that is to say, in reality, we are shadows covered by Light. That is why the shadow puppet show is so popular - because it reminds us of this truth.
Art brings forth other analogies into my mind. The Harlequin's costume from Commedia dell' Arte, the theatre of Renaissance, reminds me of man's astral body, whose sketch I saw in Barbara Ann Brennan's book "Hands of light" (sketches by Joseph A. Smith).
That's why this costume has remained unchanged from the Renaissance until today, because it is what we call archetypal. Is there a child that has not played, laughed or shed tears with the beloved clown? Indeed, the inspiration for his costume is more than literal ... a costume which is none other than the depiction of the astral body, i.e. that part of the aura which shows all our emotions, feelings and basic elements of our character.
I wonder what would happen if all people could see the aura. We would know the truth about one another all the time! Lies would be revealed in a world where cunning artifice would have no place, only the crystal clear lucidity of our self. And most importantly, we would see likely future illnesses before they break out in our body, and in that way we would strengthen the organ which is about to sicken so that we would avoid illness.
And to think that all this could really happen! ...
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Why do people complain about the swearing?
#11tbux24Posted 2/1/2013 5:13:57 AM
sillycatsteven posted...
tbux24 posted...
Pesmerga255 posted...
This topic is new and original.
This quote is also new and original
i see you are being a true DmC: DmC fan by adhering to the theme of DmC: DmC.... repeating
BTW, that wasn't a quote....
It became a quote when I clicked quote
#12Dante3hscPosted 2/1/2013 8:20:03 AM
because f*** you, that's why...
#13SephirothDZXPosted 2/1/2013 8:22:02 AM
Because the old DMC games were pretty light on the swearing?
#14PostCrisisJ2Posted 2/1/2013 8:26:33 AM
because people associate shakespeare with f-bombs
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Marxist Critique of the Ancient Astronaut Theory
Like the religious zealot who is continuously trying to gain converts for his or her religion, the Ancient Astronaut Theorist is continuously reacting to those who do not accept their interpretation of history, and they dichotomise the world into the ‘believers’ and ‘heretics’. This is no different to religious thinking modified to serve the purpose of perpetuating yet another myth – namely that of the early visitation to the earth by ancient astronauts. | dclm_baseline | {'bff_contained_ngram_count_before_dedupe': '0', 'language_id_whole_page_fasttext': "{'en': 0.9543862342834472}", 'metadata': "{'Content-Length': '54604', 'Content-Type': 'application/http; msgtype=response', 'WARC-Block-Digest': 'sha1:MIRTPEKUSERHBLII6PL3ZNJYFD5AMEDK', 'WARC-Concurrent-To': '<urn:uuid:8936c9a6-1ad0-4524-b5f4-f79fed2a0a33>', 'WARC-Date': datetime.datetime(2021, 3, 8, 3, 22, 23), 'WARC-IP-Address': '192.0.78.25', 'WARC-Identified-Payload-Type': 'text/html', 'WARC-Payload-Digest': 'sha1:PUV545HI7SKN6BR73XNE6A5KZINIPU5W', 'WARC-Record-ID': '<urn:uuid:0dbcd0b6-7393-4df2-aedb-c28011cc56b3>', 'WARC-Target-URI': 'https://thesanghakommune.org/2015/06/02/', 'WARC-Type': 'response', 'WARC-Warcinfo-ID': '<urn:uuid:af1d5eff-1b4c-491c-ae2b-d262e706c7c2>', 'WARC-Truncated': None}", 'previous_word_count': '77', 'url': 'https://thesanghakommune.org/2015/06/02/', 'warcinfo': 'isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2021-10\r\npublisher: Common Crawl\r\ndescription: Wide crawl of the web for February/March 2021\r\noperator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)\r\nhostname: ip-10-67-67-142.ec2.internal\r\nsoftware: Apache Nutch 1.18 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)\r\nrobots: checked via crawler-commons 1.2-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)\r\nformat: WARC File Format 1.1\r\nconformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/', 'fasttext_openhermes_reddit_eli5_vs_rw_v2_bigram_200k_train_prob': '0.07993650436401367', 'original_id': '1dfce9553f7f882a1ead0389384e1a995d2f9e36f281ae7a6ba382be4685ff6a'} |
A Guide to Mindful Eating
Food flat lay
Mindful eating is a new practice that focuses on the benefits of paying close attention to your eating habits.
The main part of mindful eating is playing close to not only what you are eating, but how, when, and why you are eating. Mindless eating is a bad habit that many of us partake in. Without even realising it, so many people fall into habits that can really affect our bodies – not in really bad ways, but mindful eating practices can boost your energy levels and help you feel better!
Now, integrating this habit into your life doesn’t have to be hard. All you have to do is start paying attention!
Look at what you are eating. Are you eating junk food all the time? Are you eating a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables, especially compared to everything else in your diet? Is the food you are eating nutritional and healthy?
Why are you eating? Are you actually hungry, or are you just eating because you are bored or people around you are eating? Are the foods you eat the most actually satisfying your hunger and bodies needs, or are they just convenient and/or practical?
Are you eating until the food is gone or are you stopping when you feel full? Are your energy levels low despite eating regular, but perhaps not nutritious, meals? Is your body struggling to process the foods you are eating?
Keeping a daily food diary, and looking at the above questions and reflecting upon them, can be your first step towards bettering your eating practices! Every lifestyle change begins with a first step. Take yours today!
Start Juicing Today!
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Cris Daluz
Cris Daluz (15 August 1934 - 12 February 2009) was a Filipino actor.
He is known for Himala (1982), Sukob (2006) and Bagong Buwan (2001). He died on February 12, 2009 in Olongapo City, Luzon, Philippines.
Filmography
Himala (1982)
Bagong Buwan (2001)
Lapu-Lapu (2002) - Father of Katulanga
Sukob (2006)
References
Category:1934 births
Category:2009 deaths
Category:20th-century Filipino male actors
Category:21st-century Filipino male actors
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For those familiar with last year's Mac mini, what you're peering at above isn't likely to strike you as jarring. Heck, it may even seem somewhat vanilla at this point. In truth, Apple did exceedingly little in terms of design changes with the mid 2011 Mac mini, but given the relatively recent cosmetic overhaul, it's not like we were genuinely expecting anything above a top-to-bottom spec bump. And that, friends, is exactly what we've received. The mini remains quite the curious beast in Cupertino's line -- it's the almost-HTPC that living room junkies are longing for, yet it's still a country mile from being the headless mid-tower that Apple steadfastly refuses to build. It's hardly a PC for the simpleton (given that it's on you to hunt down a mouse, keyboard and monitor), and it's actually taking a giant leap backwards on one particularly important front. Care to hear more? You'll find our full review just past the break.
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Apple Core i5 Mac mini unboxing (mid 2011)
Mac mini (mid 2011)
• Gorgeous design
• Thunderbolt port
• Snappy performance
• No optical drive
• Too pricey
• Sluggish hard drive
A solid little Mac, but losing the optical drive while not shrinking in size strikes us as a very strange design decision.
Hardware and design
Make no mistake about it -- the mini is just gorgeous to look at. As with the prior model, this 2.7 pound slab of aluminum looks nicer than its price tag indicates, and it honestly feels more like a decoration than a computer. It's sized at 7.7 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches, exactly the same as its predecessor, and outside of the chromed Apple logo on the top, a matte black strip of ports on the rear and a similarly hued lid on the bottom, it's a clean sweep of brushed silver. It'll sit nicely on its edge for those contemplating a vertical installation, but the protruding lid on the bottom makes it a little less elegant for those applications.
Speaking of the rear, the dozen connectors found there aren't cosmetically different than those on the last build. From left to right, you'll find an AC input, gigabit Ethernet jack, FireWire 800 port, HDMI (full-size), Thunderbolt, four USB 2.0 sockets, an SDXC slot, an audio input and a 3.5mm headphone port. Funny enough, last year's DisplayPort socket looks identical to this year's Thunderbolt connector, and not surprisingly, DisplayPort monitors and peripherals will happily fit themselves in with no adapters needed. For what it's worth, Apple does include an HDMI-to-DVI adapter, but oddly, no Thunderbolt dongle. Sure, we know those cables are laced in gold, but what better way to encourage adoption of a new I/O port than to toss in an appendage for newcomers? Even a DisplayPort / Thunderbolt-to-HDMI or DVI cable would've been greatly appreciated -- making it simple to hook up dual displays right from the get-go would have seriously tickled our fancy.
Tinkerers are bound to love that bottom lid... and then grow frustrated by what's underneath; a simple twist reveals a WiFi module, cooling fan, two SODIMM slots and plenty of other, not-easily-accessible components. Our test unit came with a pair of 1GB memory modules, but even the greenest DIYer could swap those out with more sizable ones -- a couple of snaps and a tug is all it took. Unfortunately, we're still miffed at Apple's decision to keep the HDD away from a user's fingertips. If we had our druthers, the RAM wouldn't be the only thing that's just a few clips away, but alas, we're stuck with what we've got.
We shouldn't have to chide Intel and Apple (and whoever else wants to claim responsibility) for not having USB 3.0 on Macs in the year 2011, but regretfully, we are. A foursome of USB 2.0 ports are cute, but when sub-$400 netbooks are boasting SuperSpeed USB ports... well, let's just say it's about time Apple took notice. Unfortunately, Steve Jobs still seems to think that the newest iteration of the world's most popular port isn't going anywhere fast, so we're apt to see Thunderbolt pushed as the true USB 2.0 replacement. That doesn't mean we have to like it, though.
Given that it's the only new port onboard, it's worth mentioning that Thunderbolt is a fantastic addition to the array. The ability to daisy-chain monitors and peripherals off of it enables the bantam desktop to play grown-up in a few key ways. It'll handle vast display resolutions (up to 2,560 x 1,600; the HDMI socket tops out at 1,920 x 1,200) and outlandish storage solutions, and thanks to the revised CPU, it can more easily handle 'em with poise (more on that in a bit). It's also worth pointing out that the power supply is still internalized (huzzah!), leaving you with nary a power brick to fiddle with. Let's all breathe a simultaneous sigh of relief, cool?
We tested out the base mini -- a $599 rig with a 2.3GHz dual-core Core i5, 2GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, a 500GB (5,400RPM) hard drive and Intel's HD Graphics 3000 processor with 288MB of DDR3 SDRAM, which is shared with main memory. All things considered, that's a halfway decent spread for an MSRP that's $100 less than the base model of 2010, but alas, there's no optical drive to pay for, either. Whisking about Lion and handling mundane tasks (we're looking at you, Office) was a breeze, though we confess to getting a little impatient when waiting for heavier applications to load for the first time. Bootup routinely took right around 45 seconds from off to usable, and there's no question that an SSD swap would do wonders for the general snappiness of the system.
We also noticed a bit of slowdown after having Photoshop, Word, Firefox, Chrome, TweetDeck and Lightroom open for around three hours. We're pinning that on the lowly 2GB of RAM; granted, we were intentionally pushing it, but those hoping to get creative work done on a mini will certainly want to invest in a few more gigs (and a speedier disk drive). Thankfully, 2GB proved plenty when playing back 1080p files, YouTube HD clips and anything we could find in Boxee / Hulu.
On the gaming front, the results were downright impressive. We fired up Half Life 2: Episode 2, turned the details to "High" and cranked the resolution to 1,920 x 1,200 to natively fill our 24-inch panel. The result? A consistent 31 frames per second. Granted, that title isn't exactly the newest in the stack, but this at least confirms that light-duty gaming with your favorites from yesteryear is indeed possible. Turning to XBench and Geekbench -- staples in the world of OS X benchmarking -- we found similarly impressive stats. This particular system scored 291.21 (overall) / 228.84 (CPU) / 400.30 (Thread Test) on the former, while notching 5,919 on the latter. For comparison's sake, the mid 2010 Mac mini scored 3385 on Geekbench, proving that the Core i5-infused newcomer is leaps and bounds more powerful in terms of raw number crunching.
The so-called HTPC factor...
Like it or not (Apple's firmly on the 'not' side from what we can gather), the Mac mini looks like it'd be the ideal home theater PC. It's tiny, beautiful, and it supports insanely high resolutions and just about any HDTV / monitor you could think of. It's also a dream come true for heavy Boxee users and iPhone owners; just toss up the overlay and allow your phone to handle the controls. It couldn't be simpler, and if you're able to find an easy solution like this that negates the need for a dedicated mouse and keyboard, you might be just in heaven. It's also worth noting that regardless of how hard we pushed this thing, it simply refused to get even a notch above 'warm,' and the fan noise was practically inaudible from ten feet out.
But here's the rub. While we're able to forgive the mini for not having room for a TV tuner (internally, at least), the sudden and unwarranted departure of the optical drive is downright baffling. We know -- too many people will simply write this off without a second thought, rationalizing it as Apple just killing off something that's on the way out, but it's a decision that we wholeheartedly disagree with. Losing the floppy drive when you have a smattering of other options is one thing; but spiking the optical drive? On a desktop computer? It's a terrible, terrible decision, and the truly ludicrous part is that Apple didn't even shrink the size the chassis to make up for it. As much as Apple would love to have you believe that nothing worthwhile will ever ship on a physical disc again, the HTPC argument alone rebukes that. Having access to Hulu, Boxee, iTunes and Netflix is just half of the story -- there aren't too many HTPC owners that never pay their local Redbox a visit.
Last year's mini could easily play back any DVD rental (read: the only reasonable way to get newer movies at home), install applications that shipped on physical discs, rip your CD collection, and even burn back content and homemade movies. For whatever reason, Apple has decided that you won't need to do any of that with this year's mini, and the only consolation prize is a $100 discount at the register. Gee, thanks for the option. In reality, Apple spiraled off in the wrong direction here. Instead of downgrading the mini from optical drive to slotless, it should've swallowed its misplaced disdain for Blu-ray and finally offered the clear next-gen format victor as a build-to-order option. We can pay $600 (!) to swap in a 256GB SSD in what amounts to a mid-level desktop with no expansion options, but we can't pay $100 to throw in a Blu-ray drive in what's obviously a made-for-HTPC machine? It's not only senseless, it's laughable.
In case it's not crystal clear, Apple has made it effectively impossible for us to recommend this as a media PC, but those dead-set on making it one will be glad to find that multichannel audio output is supported over HDMI, and finding the proper resolution to fit one's TV is a lesson in simplicity. So, for those content with a streaming-only HTPC option, this one's about as gorgeous as they come, but we'd definitely recommend a phone-based remote option. Apple doesn't make a combination mouse / keyboard, and even the best of those tend to feel awkward in use. In all honesty, HTPC diehards are better off dropping $99 on an Apple TV and bidding the hassle adieu -- without an optical drive, we're struggling to see why one would pay an extra $500 for something that'll never leave the den.
It's not often that Apple products take a turn for the worse when a new revision comes out, but there's no question that the design of 2010's mini is superior to the design of this guy. Sure, the revised edition is a heck of a lot more powerful and $100 cheaper, but it's in the same infelicitous spot that it's always been in: by the time you invest in a halfway decent keyboard, mouse and monitor, you're pushing $850+ for a mid-level machine with a sluggish hard drive, the bare minimum amount of RAM that we'd recommend for Lion, no USB 3.0 and no optical drive. For whatever reason, Apple's made the new mini even less useful than the last, and while a Benjamin off the sticker is appreciated, it hardly puts it in a new class in terms of value.
On the upside, OS X Lion is a superbly polished operating system, and the mini itself is easily the most stunning SFF PC on the market today. It's also eerily quiet, power efficient and cool, and it's everything the average college student or studio apartment dweller needs. Handling 1080p multimedia, basic video / photo editing and even gaming is no problem, but we just can't get over the paradoxes here. Apple dumbs down the back panel so the DIYers among us can't access the hard drive, but selling a computer without three essential peripherals (monitor, keyboard and mouse) ensures that the target market will be one that's at least remotely familiar with technobabble.
In isolation, the Mac mini is a fine computer. It's quick on its feet, and it's happy both beside your TV or in the office. As with all Macs, there's an elusive premium that comes with the overall software experience, and those placing a high value on OS X and the bundled iLife suite may find the compromises here acceptable. But imagining how stellar this bundle of joy could have been with a Blu-ray drive (or any drive) is an impossible vision to shake. Perhaps it's just getting more difficult to logically recommend a Mac desktop, particularly one that's underpowered for serious AV work and near impossible to upgrade. Apple has fine-tuned its laptop options in such a way that makes the revamped mini look underwhelming -- grandiose thoughts of an entry-level MacBook Air docked to a (reasonably priced) 27-inch Thunderbolt Display continue to find their way into our brains.
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Ex-NFL Player Will Smith’s BAC Was Allegedly Three Times Legal Limit Before Death
Former Saints defensive end Will Smith was reportedly legally intoxicated on the night he was murdered, a toxicology report suggests.
Will Smith‘s blood alcohol level was allegedly three times the legal limit when the former New Orleans Saints defensive end was shot and killed during a confrontation involving another driver in April.
NOLA.com broke the story, reporting a source confirmed the news based on anonymity because the incident is still under investigation.
One source said toxicology results, which have yet to be made public, put Smith’s blood alcohol content at 0.24 percent, three times Louisiana’s legal limit of 0.08 percent. The report was handed to the attorneys of Smith’s alleged killer, Cardell Hayes, at a discovery hearing on Wednesday morning, writes ESPN.
Attorney for the Smith family, Peter Thomson, said if the news is accurate, it does not change the fact that a life was taken.
“Nothing that happened changes the fact or justifies the fact that [Hayes] crashed into the back of Will Smith’s car, then shot his wife Racquel, who was just standing there, twice with a .45-caliber handgun, almost killing her.”
And nothing changes the fact or justifies the fact that the same person shot Will Smith seven or eight times in the back and murdered him. And nothing changes the fact that Will Smith and Racquel are the victims in this case.”
Smith, 34, and his wife were shot in New Orleans’ Lower Garden District after a heated exchange following a pair of traffic accidents on the night of April 9.
Hayes is facing charges including second-degree murder of Will Smith and the attempted murder of Raquel Smith, among others. Attorneys for Hayes have not denied he was the shooter, though he pleaded not guilty — likely setting up a claim of self-defense, writes NOLA.com. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'c2987fc7d00707be41f5521fbe43f52d6dd16c3357dcb9c2e6e9f0022ef5dbae'} |
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What Mixer’s meltdown means for Microsoft
June 25, 2020, 2:00 PM UTC
Microsoft’s sudden closing of its Mixer video game streaming service this week underscores the challenges of creating a strong competitor to the leaders in the field: Amazon’s Twitch and YouTube.
With Mixer, Microsoft was attempting to create a service for watching other gamers play popular titles like Fortnite. Despite years in the video game business as maker of the popular Xbox game console, Microsoft had failed to foresee the rise of game streaming.
To catch up, Microsoft bought the small Twitch-like service Beam in 2016 for an undisclosed amount and renamed it Mixer. To improve its chances, Microsoft spent big money to upgrade the service’s technology. Then, in 2019, it opened its checkbook again to poach high-profile streamer Ninja to the service, hoping he would bring his huge viewing audience with him. But they never came in large enough numbers.
“People looked at Mixer as a longer-term play,” said Remer Rietkerk, an e-sports analyst for research firm NewZoo. The company’s decision to shutter Mixer “took everyone a little bit by surprise,” he added.
Michael Pachter, a Wedbush Securities analyst, told Fortune in an email that Microsoft “taking on Twitch is analogous to Google taking on Facebook with Google+,” referring to the search giant’s failed effort in 2011 to create a popular social networking service.
“It didn’t ever develop the critical mass of streamers or of viewers to catch up,” Pachter said. “That might have happened over time, but they appear to have concluded it wasn’t worth the effort.”
By the end of 2019—months after luring Ninja—Mixer was the least popular of its peers, behind YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, Snapchat, and TikTok, the popular video-sharing service owned by Chinese tech startup ByteDance, according to Nielsen’s SuperData.
Additionally, prior to closing, Mixer’s average minute audience—the average number of viewers watching the service at any given minute—was only 3% that of Twitch, SuperData said.
As SuperData analyst Carter Rogers explained, Mixer, despite some innovative features like a split-screen viewing mode, was ultimately too similar to Twitch and not compelling enough to gain a mass audience. Although viewers watched Ninja play games on Mixer, they then went back to Twitch to watch other streamers instead of staying on Microsoft’s service to watch others.
In addition to closing Mixer, Microsoft said it would partner with Facebook and its gaming unit for video game live-streaming. That deal involves merging the two game-streaming communities into one and developing unspecified “game-streaming experiences” powered by Microsoft’s nascent xCloud gaming service, according to a Microsoft spokesperson.
The Facebook partnership could be crucial to Microsoft’s xCloud gaming service, which lets people stream video games from Microsoft’s cloud data centers, Rogers explained. For one thing, Facebook provides a bigger user base for Microsoft to test its xCloud service.
But it could be years before game streaming is anywhere near as mainstream as gaming using video game consoles or mobile gaming apps. And it’s a highly competitive business.
Google has its Stadia cloud game-streaming service, which has “had a rocky launch” since debuting in November, said Rietkerk. Meanwhile, Amazon is reportedly also developing a cloud game-streaming service.
Pachter speculated that a gaming alliance could open the door to Facebook buying additional cloud-computing services like online storage or machine-learning tools from Microsoft’s Azure unit. It would be a huge win for Microsoft and a major change in thinking by Facebook executives, who have long prided themselves on their data center chops and independence from cloud-computing giants like Amazon and Microsoft.
Microsoft has a partnership with video game console rival Sony, in which the PlayStation maker will use Azure cloud-computing services for its future game-streaming projects, among other initiatives.
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/constant/CommMsg.html#emailNullMessage">emailNullMessage</a></span> - 类 中的静态变量com.ppdai.das.console.constant.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/constant/CommMsg.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.constant中的类">CommMsg</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/utils/Configuration.html#emptyStringArray">emptyStringArray</a></span> - 类 中的静态变量com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.utils.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/utils/Configuration.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.utils中的类">Configuration</a></dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/EncdecConfiguration.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.api中的接口"><span class="typeNameLink">EncdecConfiguration</span></a> - <a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/package-summary.html">com.ppdai.das.console.api</a>中的接口</dt>
<dd>
<div class="block">加密解密</div>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/utils/DasEnv.html#encdecConfiguration">encdecConfiguration</a></span> - 类 中的静态变量com.ppdai.das.console.common.utils.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/utils/DasEnv.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.utils中的类">DasEnv</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/config/APIBeanConfiguration.html#encdecConfiguration--">encdecConfiguration()</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.config.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/config/APIBeanConfiguration.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.config中的类">APIBeanConfiguration</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/config/init/UserInitCommandLineRunner.html#encdecConfiguration">encdecConfiguration</a></span> - 类 中的变量com.ppdai.das.console.config.init.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/config/init/UserInitCommandLineRunner.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.config.init中的类">UserInitCommandLineRunner</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/impl/EncdecManager.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.api.impl中的类"><span class="typeNameLink">EncdecManager</span></a> - <a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/impl/package-summary.html">com.ppdai.das.console.api.impl</a>中的类</dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/impl/EncdecManager.html#EncdecManager--">EncdecManager()</a></span> - 类 的构造器com.ppdai.das.console.api.impl.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/impl/EncdecManager.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.api.impl中的类">EncdecManager</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/controller/SaecController.html#enconn-com.ppdai.das.console.dto.model.saec.CassecRequest-com.ppdai.das.console.dto.entry.das.LoginUser-">enconn(CassecRequest, LoginUser)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.controller.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/controller/SaecController.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.controller中的类">SaecController</a></dt>
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<div class="block">1、加密连接串</div>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/controller/SaecControllerTest.html#enconn--">enconn()</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.controller.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/controller/SaecControllerTest.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.controller中的类">SaecControllerTest</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/EncdecConfiguration.html#encrypt-java.lang.String-">encrypt(String)</a></span> - 接口 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.api.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/api/EncdecConfiguration.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.api中的接口">EncdecConfiguration</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/service/DatabaseServiceTest.html#encryptAndOptUserTest--">encryptAndOptUserTest()</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.service.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/service/DatabaseServiceTest.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.service中的类">DatabaseServiceTest</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCenterCons.html#ENTRY_ENTRIES">ENTRY_ENTRIES</a></span> - 类 中的静态变量com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCenterCons.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter中的类">ConfigCenterCons</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCenterCons.html#ENTRY_TYPE">ENTRY_TYPE</a></span> - 类 中的静态变量com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCenterCons.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter中的类">ConfigCenterCons</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/controller/ConfigController.html#env-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest-com.ppdai.das.console.dto.entry.das.LoginUser-">env(HttpServletRequest, LoginUser)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.controller.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/controller/ConfigController.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.controller中的类">ConfigController</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/utils/SelectCoditonBuilder.html#equal-boolean-java.lang.String-java.lang.Object-">equal(boolean, String, Object)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.utils.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/utils/SelectCoditonBuilder.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.utils中的类">SelectCoditonBuilder</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/utils/SelectCoditonBuilder.html#equal-java.lang.String-java.lang.Object-">equal(String, Object)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.utils.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/utils/SelectCoditonBuilder.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.utils中的类">SelectCoditonBuilder</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/domain/StoredProcedure.html#equals-java.lang.Object-">equals(Object)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.domain.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/domain/StoredProcedure.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.domain中的类">StoredProcedure</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/damain/Status.html#ERROR--">ERROR()</a></span> - 类 中的静态方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.damain.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/damain/Status.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.damain中的类">Status</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCheckBase.html#error-java.lang.String-">error(String)</a></span> - 类 中的静态方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCheckBase.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter中的类">ConfigCheckBase</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCkeckResult.html#ERROR">ERROR</a></span> - 类 中的静态变量com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/configCenter/ConfigCkeckResult.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.configCenter中的类">ConfigCkeckResult</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/dto/model/ServiceResult.html#ERROR">ERROR</a></span> - 类 中的静态变量com.ppdai.das.console.dto.model.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/dto/model/ServiceResult.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.dto.model中的类">ServiceResult</a></dt>
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<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html#errorExceptionHandler-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-java.lang.Exception-">errorExceptionHandler(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, Exception)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler中的类">CodeGenExceptionHandler</a></dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html#errorExceptionThrowableHandler-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-java.lang.Exception-">errorExceptionThrowableHandler(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, Exception)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler中的类">CodeGenExceptionHandler</a></dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html#errorInitCheckExceptionHandler-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-java.lang.Exception-">errorInitCheckExceptionHandler(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, Exception)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler中的类">CodeGenExceptionHandler</a></dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html#errorValidataExceptionHandler-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest-javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse-java.lang.Exception-">errorValidataExceptionHandler(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, Exception)</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/handler/CodeGenExceptionHandler.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.handler中的类">CodeGenExceptionHandler</a></dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/validates/chain/AcceptorWrapper.html#execute--">execute()</a></span> - 类 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.validates.chain.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/validates/chain/AcceptorWrapper.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.validates.chain中的类">AcceptorWrapper</a></dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/validates/chain/Executer.html#execute--">execute()</a></span> - 接口 中的方法com.ppdai.das.console.common.validates.chain.<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/validates/chain/Executer.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.validates.chain中的接口">Executer</a></dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/validates/chain/Executer.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.validates.chain中的接口"><span class="typeNameLink">Executer</span></a><<a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/validates/chain/Executer.html" title="Executer中的类型参数">T</a>> - <a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/validates/chain/package-summary.html">com.ppdai.das.console.common.validates.chain</a>中的接口</dt>
<dd> </dd>
<dt><a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/entity/ExecuteResult.html" title="com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.entity中的类"><span class="typeNameLink">ExecuteResult</span></a> - <a href="../com/ppdai/das/console/common/codeGen/entity/package-summary.html">com.ppdai.das.console.common.codeGen.entity</a>中的类</dt>
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Sunday, my friend Jenette brought bundles of fresh oregano to church for anyone to take. God bless her! What a lovely specimen--after removing from her packaging and putting in a cup of water, it perked up and stands tall!
So I wanted to think of recipes to use fresh oregano... and what better than Souvlaki? Over a nice simple salad along with a side of hummus and pita bread seemed like just the thing. Only, would picky Mr. W eat it?
I began with boneless pork chops that were on sale and cubed up the meat. There were only three, but it cut up to a good amount, put in a plastic zip-top bag with this marinade:
Souvlaki Marinade
Combine:
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 Tbsp fresh oregano, chopped
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp kosher salt
3 strips lemon zest, chopped fine
The pork with marinade went into the refrigerator for about 5 hours.
While hummus is never a difficult thing to make, I find that tahini, while not so difficult to find, ends up sitting in my refrigerator for eons. So I've developed a recipe--adapted from a recipe I found on epicurious.com--using natural peanut butter (the kind with just peanuts and salt--no sugar), instead. Here's the recipe:
Perfect Hummus
2 cans chickpeas, drained and liquid reserved
1/4 cup natural peanut butter
3 cloves garlic (or to taste), peeled and chopped
salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp paprika
juice of 1/2 lemon
extra virgin olive oil for drizzling
extra paprika for garnish
1. Put chickpeas, peanut butter, garlic, salt, pepper, cumin and 1 tsp paprika in a bowl and puree using a hand blender. (You could also do this in a food processor or blender.) Add reserved chickpea liquid as needed to produce a smooth puree.
2. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. Some folks like more lemon juice. When I make this to accompany a highly seasoned meal, I like a little less garlic.
When Mr. W came home, I put together a very simple salad of chopped iceburg and leaf lettuce and crumbled feta cheese; I suppose it's a stretch to call that a salad. I made a dressing that was almost exactly the same as the marinade:
Lemon Vinaigrette
Mix in a glass or plastic bowl:
2 tsp chopped fresh oregano
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp kosher salt
juice of 1/2 lemon
Whisk mixture constantly as you slowly pour in:
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Then the marinated pork cubes went into my broiler. A purist should probably skewer the cubes and grill over gas or charcoal, but for the sake of time, the broiler was just the thing at my house. After about 5 minutes I turned all the cubes over, and cooked another 5 minutes for a beautiful, browned finish.
To serve, I poured the lemon vinaigrette over the salad and arranged the cooked pork cubes over the top of the salad.
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Probing Question: Is cheese America's favorite food?
By Melissa Beattie-Moss
July 22, 2015
What did the taco say to the tortilla chip? "It's nacho problem."
If that joke strikes you as really cheesy, you may be onto something: America is getting cheesier by the decade. Has cheese become one of our favorite national comfort foods?
Chicken and potatoes are still two of our staples, but there's no doubt that we're eating more cheese than ever before, explains Kerry Kaylegian, dairy foods research & extension associate in Penn State's department of food science. A recent report on food availability and consumption from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that the amount of cheese manufactured in the U.S. has nearly tripled since 1970, with mozzarella and cheddar accounting for well over half of the cheese produced.
Kaylegian, who teaches several Penn State courses related to cheesemaking and has built a national reputation as a judge in cheese competitions, says the increasing popularity of Italian and Mexican cuisines is behind this trend.
While the U.S. leads the world in cheese production, with over 4,000 tons churned out annually, we don't make the short list of leading cheese exporters in terms of our products' economic value, nor do we top the list of cheese-eating countries per capita. Care to guess who makes the world's most valuable cheeses? The French, bien sûr! And the Greeks eat the most cheese per person, with feta served with almost every meal.
The difference between American cheese consumption and that of many European nations, says Kaylegian, can be summed up in two words: fast food. "We saw an increase in cheese consumption starting in the late '80s as fast food became more popular, including pizza, burgers, and tacos. However, now we are seeing a great increase in the number and variety of American-made artisanal cheeses as consumers are looking to have more of a connection with their food producers, want more local foods, and are looking for new flavors and textures in their foods."
Artisanal cheeses are those made by hand in smaller batches, using traditional craftsmanship handed down by skilled cheesemakers. "Artisanal doesn't necessarily mean a 'mom and pop' venture," clarifies Kaylegian. "Some larger, commercial manufacturers have started smaller artisanal lines within their company. While some of these cheeses are based on traditional recipes, some are newly created by the cheesemaker. Regardless, the key here is that these cheeses are a craft, a labor of love. For instance, Carr Valley Cheese has seven or eight plants in Wisconsin, but makes 'artisanal' cheese that we can buy at Wegmans in State College, Pennsylvania."
Whether from a large or small artisanal company, the resulting cheeses, some of them aged and ripened, are considered to have more distinct and nuanced flavors than those made in large-scale processing, notes Kaylegian.
"I believe that making cheese involves both science and art," she explains. "It's amazing to me how many different products you can make from the same vat of milk, whether it's from a cow, goat, sheep, water buffalo, or a mixture. Many beginner cheesemakers learn from a recipe that says 'Do this step for this amount of time or until this pH or other target is reached.' It's important for them to have an understanding of the chemical and microbiological changes that occur during different steps in cheesemaking and aging. But they also learn by feel -- and that's where the art comes into play."
Kaylegian advises large and small organizations in the industry, from the Mid-Atlantic Cheese Guild to the Penn State Cheese Club, and has judged the U.S. and World Cheese Championships. Recently, she was asked to chair the newly created PA Farm Show Cheese Competition
Kaylegian says the competition was created, in part, to showcase the growing number of artisan cheesemakers in the Commonwealth ("almost 120 and counting!") and to introduce consumers to the variety of high quality, locally made cheeses they're producing. Though Pennsylvania is the fifth-largest dairy-producing state in the country, it doesn't rank among the country's leading cheese producers (Wisconsin and California lead the pack) -- although some are determined to change that picture.
One of Pennsylvania's proud cheesemaking facilities is right here at Penn State, says Kaylegian. The Penn State Berkey Creamery, celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, has been selling cheese to the regional market since 1932. Their highly popular cream cheese is "made the old-fashioned way," says Tom Palchak, longtime Creamery manager. "We press the cheese curds in cloth bags for four days before it's made into cream cheese." The Creamery's ricotta cheese is made fresh with whole milk once a week, and "we age our cheddar cheese for nine months before it's sold." It takes a lot of milk to make cheese, reminds Palchak. "To make 100 pounds of cheddar cheese, you need 1,100 pounds of milk!"
"The world of cheese offers an empty canvas for the creativity of the cheesemaker to meet the increasing demand for new flavors and textures," says Kaylegian. "Cheesemakers have an amazing palette of bacteria, yeasts, molds, and process variables to develop unique cheeses that complement their milk, the seasons, their geographical location, their values, and their passions."
When it comes to working hard to fill a growing demand for all things creamy, crumbly and gooey, there's nothing cheesy about that.
Kerry E. Kaylegian is dairy foods research & extension associate in Penn State's department of food science, and can be reached at
• Kerry Kaylegian
Kerry Kaylegian spreads the good word about cheese through her work in Penn State's department of food science.
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Gabriel jutted his jaw. Or cry. Heather would absolutely scream. And cry. Life is short. And I want to do something meaningful with it. I want to have purpose. Something beyond Avalon fairs and Millhouse coffee and nail polish. Nate twitched his lips. Nate shrugged. Or a limb? Gabriel looked at her. She was wearing a fuzzy winter sweater that looked like it was made of feathers, a short wool skirt, and high-heeled, knee-length boots.
Her giant purse, larger than her torso, was slung over her shoulder, and her blond hair fell in perfect curls around her head. Looking down at herself, Heather puckered her lips.
What I care about is the tree picture. And right now? And Avalon. But the picture is meaningless without more information. We need something that might shed more light on what an apple tree has to do with eternal water, if anything at all.
Everyone but Heather, who kept clearing her throat. Gabriel shifted his eyes to Heather, trying to look bored. Brooks yet? He casually walked over to her and gently caught her hand as it moved from the broken window to an end table. What to do, what to do. Heather blinked pleasantly. Brooks guy. Heather ignored him and looked at Nate. Good idea. Team Super Secret Fountain Seekers? A moment passed. Gabriel rolled his eyes. He was sitting at the desk in his bedroom, Scarlet standing behind him.
Laura had called earlier to let Scarlet know she was going to be stuck in a meeting all night—what kind of work meetings took place at nighttime? Heather had already left, flying out of the dirt driveway so fast the trees that lined the road rustled after her. Scarlet bit her lip. But that makes it even more strange. Why would I hide it? Scarlet sighed. I know, I know. You were just…frustrated. You wanted to find the fountain more than ever before and you were impatient and…and…. Gabriel stood up from his desk chair and walked to the bed.
You were desperate. Gabriel smiled and kissed her lips. His lips were soft and full and warm. Her laughter was quickly replaced with a hushed breath as she wrapped her arms around Gabriel and let his mouth trail down to her shoulder before meeting her lips again.
See, Kristy? Scarlet eagerly kissed Gabriel back, heat rushing through her core as she parted her lips and felt his tongue against her own. His hands slid beneath the hem of her shirt and his fingers padded along the bare skin of her back and hips. Scarlet shivered with desire and pressed herself against him as she ran a hand down his back.
He was so big and strong and he smelled so good and tasted so delicious.
The Archers of Avalon Series
Hell, even the illiterate. But sometimes love Seventeen-year-old Scarlet has just died. This time, though, she comes back to her current life instead of awaking in a new one, and she realizes the curse is changing. Thank goodness!
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Warhammer: Vermintide trailer introduces the Witch Hunter
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide is a terrible name, as are all things that mix dashes and colons with reckless abandon. Unfortunately it looks a bit good, so I'm going to have to continue writing about it—but I've subtly renamed it to save on headline space, and my sanity. Fatshark's Left 4 Dead-ish multiplayer shooter swaps zombies for humanoid rats, and like everything with Skaven in, it's automatically improved by their ratty presence.
I'm writing about Warhammer: Vermintide this week because one of the playable characters has been given their own trailer, and it affords a good look at Victor's abilities, weapons, and hat. He's a Witch Hunter, see, and he's taking a break from dunking women in ponds to murder scores and scores of rats. He does this with a rapier, a flintlock pistol, a big axe and a sort of minigun-thing—you should probably dispose of (household) rats more humanely.
Vermintide is out later this year, and Evan Lahti had a great time playing it at this year's PAX. (Ta, PCGamesN.)
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It’s time to talk about the yield curve. As you may know, I have had a note taped to my computer for eight years now. The note reads:
Relative valuations (stocks) remain favorable (to bonds) until 10-year bond yields rise to 3.5%.
Since the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond now sports a yield of just 2.88%, as of this writing, we are hurtling toward a time (perhaps 2019) when investors see the allure of bonds as equal to that of stocks. But, that time has not yet come.
No, not yet. However, when the 10-year treasury does perk up to a 3.5% yield, the attractiveness of bonds over stocks also depends upon whether the yield curve is inverted or not. An inverted yield curve is an interest-rate environment in which long-term debt instruments have a lower yield than short-term bonds of the same credit quality. This type of yield curve is the rarest of the three main types of yield curves and is considered a precursor to an economic recession.
So, Investment orthodoxy holds that the economy careens into recession and stocks viciously contract following an inverted yield curve. By the way, the reason an inverted yield curve often leads to a recession is because banks cannot make money lending. So, they don’t, and, in time, a tight monetary policy often leads to recession.
While an inversion has preceded each recession over the past 50 years, the lead time is extremely inconsistent, with a recession following anywhere from 14-34 months after the yield curve inverts (goes upside down). Importantly, equities rose 15-16% on average in the 18 months following inversions, with a range of -11% to +30%.
Historically, an inverted yield curve has been accompanied by a variety of other ominous economic signals including massive layoffs, corporate or consumer credit deterioration and corporate declining free cash flow. However, the U.S. economy appears in good shape just now as the following charts illustrate. In addition, the yield curve can remain flat for years. Also, the yield curve can invert for a small period such that consumer credit, housing starts, global PMI and GDP do not require further stimulus.
While cash balances have been raised in order to benefit from enhanced volatility, this strategy is expected to lower returns relative to the major indices until a major downside event washes valuations to the lower end of the equity trading range. However, over a five-year time frame, this strategy should lead to a less volatile reward trajectory.
Investors should be aware that there are risks inherent in all investments, such as fluctuations in investment principal. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Asset allocation cannot assure a profit nor protect against loss. Although the information has been gathered from sources believed to be reliable, it cannot be guaranteed. Views expressed in this newsletter may not reflect the views of Bolton Global Capital or Bolton Global Asset Management. The information provided here is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered an individualized recommendation or personalized investment advice. VW1/ VWA0229
Sources: U.S. Equity Strategy, Yield Curve Inversion Won’t Signal Doom, July 23, 2018, Research Credit Suisse Analysts: Johnathan Golub, CFA, Patrick Palfrey, Manish Bangard, Erica Cid
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Eye movements as a marker for visual prosthesis spatial mapping - A feasibility study using a blind patient implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis.
Spatial mapping, the location in space of a perceived location due to an implanted electrode's electrical stimulation is important in the design of visual prostheses. Generally, a visual prosthesis system consists of an implanted electrode array, an external camera that acquires the image, and a transmitter that sends the information to the implanted electrodes. In cortical visual implant, the layout of the implanted array in most cases does not match the retinotopic map and it is necessary to find the location of the percept of each electrode in world coordinates. Herein, we show the feasibility of using eye movements as markers to construct the spatial map of the implanted electrodes. A blind patient implanted with the Argus II retinal prosthesis was instructed to conduct an eye movement to the location of a percept generated by an electrical stimulation at different retinal locations. By analyzing the eye movements triggered by the electrical stimulation, we were able to reconstruct the spatial map of the electrodes. Our experiment demonstrates that a blind person still maintains control of eye movements that can be used to map the percept location of the implanted electrodes. | mini_pile | {'original_id': 'c961298e6c2af4684504d4330ec3717a2a80ba5001b5a6397ba5dcd23bae6d49'} |
Christian pastor among 5 Americans released by Iran
Release came as International Atomic Energy Agency certified Iran has implemented nuclear deal
Also freed was a Washington Post journalist and a former Marine
Homecoming may be difficult for Saeed Abedini, whose wife publicly accused him of abuse
Naghmeh Abedini in front of the White House in September 2014. He husband, Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, was among five Americans freed from prison in Iran on Saturday.
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Rev. Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Grahamae prayed with Naghmeh Abedini and Abedini’s two children, Jacob and Rebekka during a vigil outside the White House in September 2014.
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Naghmeh Abedini spoke at a vigil for her husband, Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, outside the White House in September 2014. Saeed Abedini was released from an Iranian prison Saturday.
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After more than three years in an Iranian prison, Saeed Abedini, a pastor from Boise, Idaho, whose jailing galvanized U.S. Christians, was freed Saturday, one of five Americans released just hours before the International Atomic Energy Agency certified that Iran has implemented last summer’s nuclear deal.
The freeing of the Americans and the certification marked the beginning of a new era in U.S.-Iranian relations. With certification that it had fulfilled its end of the nuclear deal, senior U.S. officials said, Iran now can access roughly $50 billion in previously frozen assets and begin immediate sales of oil and natural gas, once Iran’s principal source of foreign exchange.
In addition, the Obama administration removed 400 people from a blacklist of individuals and entities associated with the Iranian government.
The officials, who spoke to reporters by conference call on condition of anonymity as per diplomatic protocol, said that “it was not always apparent” that Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal and the prisoner releases would come at the same time. The likelihood of the two events’ converging became apparent only in the past couple of weeks, and another such moment is not expected, the officials added.
“This is a one-time-only type of arrangement,” a senior U.S. official said.
What life Abedini will be returning to in Boise after his long absence is an open question. His wife, Naghmeh, stunned her husband’s many supporters last November by publicly accusing him of abuse.
Still, she woke her children up first thing Saturday to tell them the news.
“The children are excited. They’re beside themselves,” she said. “They keep asking me ‘When are we going to see him?’”
As of Saturday morning, Naghmeh Abedini said she didn’t have a time line of when her husband would be back in the U.S. Jay Sekulow, the executive director of the American Center for Law & Justice, which has been advising Naghmeh Abedini, said Saeed Abedini was expected to be taken from Iran aboard a Swiss airliner to Germany for medical tests.
Just rest, heal and just see where he’s at mentally and physically and go from there. Naghmeh Abedini
Late Saturday, U.S. officials said Abedini and three other released Americans, including a Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, had yet to leave Iran. The other Americans were Amir Hekmati, a former Marine from Flint, Mich., and Nosratallah Khosravi-Roodsari, who was identified only as a businessman.
A fifth American, identified in news reports as a student, Matthew Trevitthick, also was released, though his freedom was considered separate from the other four’s. Officials said he had already departed Iran.
In return, the United States “offered clemency to seven Iranians, six of whom are dual U.S.-Iranian citizens, who had been convicted or are pending trial in the United States,” a U.S. official said. “The United States also removed any Interpol red notices and dismissed any charges against 14 Iranians for whom it was assessed that extradition requests were unlikely to be successful.”
For Christians, it was Abedini’s release, however, that resonated the most. The Rev. Franklin Graham, the son of evangelist Billy Graham, welcomed the release in a Facebook post. “I praise God for answered prayer and thank all of you who have prayed faithfully for his release!” he wrote.
Graham and scores of other religious leaders had advocated for Abedini’s freedom, holding a vigil in front of the White House at one point and pressing for his release. Naghmeh Abedini met with President Barack Obama, who she said promised to work to bring her husband home before his term ends next January.
“I was hoping for it, but I didn't see it coming” so soon, she said.
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Rep. Robert Pittenger, R-North Carolina, an evangelical Christian who’d pressed for Abedini’s release, described himself as “thrilled.” “Let’s celebrate today, and then remember to keep praying as Pastor Abedini recovers from the injuries he suffered in prison and transitions back to family life,” he said in a statement.
Idaho’s Sen. Mike Crapo, a Republican, said in a statement that Abedini’s release was “an answer to many prayers from across Idaho, the nation and the world.” Rep. Raúl Labrador also hailed Abedini’s release. “We are happy for Saeed's family and the thousands of prayerful Idahoans who have supported them through this three-and-a-half-year ordeal,” he said in a statement.
But Abedini’s return to the United States may be difficult, in part because of the religious overlay of his imprisonment.
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Abedini, who converted to Christianity from Islam and who holds dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship, was arrested in September 2012 and sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of evangelizing, which the judge termed “threatening the national security of Iran.” He was reportedly beaten severely during his imprisonment and suffered internal bleeding.
In November, Naghmeh Abedini announced that after years of tirelessly advocating for her husband’s release, she would step back from the public effort to deal with what press reports described as her concerns about “his own demons.”
In a story on the website of Christianity Today, she discussed two emails she sent to supporters in which she had noted the “physical, emotional, psychological, and sexual abuse (through Saeed’s addiction to pornography)” she had dealt with during her marriage.
The article said she believed Abedini’s problems had grown during his time in prison in Iran. She also asked supporters to pray for her, pray for their children and to pray for her husband, and his release.
In two statements provided to the Idaho Statesman at the time, Naghmeh Abedini said she regretted sending the emails.
“I was under great psychological and emotional distress. I am now taking time off to heal and to rest and to spend much needed time with my kids,” she told The Statesman in November. “I would appreciate for those who care about Saeed and our family to give us time for rest and healing and to respect our privacy.”
EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE
She added, “I will continue to pray for my husband’s release and advocate for him as he suffers in an Iranian prison for his Christian faith. I would also ask others to join me in continuing to pray for his release.”
Saturday, she said that when her husband does return, they will work on returning to normal, she said.
“(We will) just rest, heal and just see where he’s at mentally and physically and go from there,” she said.
EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE
The prisoner release came on the same day the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Iran had fulfilled its end of a controversial deal intended to eliminate its ability to produce nuclear weapons.
Certification that Iran had made those steps by IAEA director general Yukiya Amano means that international sanctions imposed on Iran would soon be lifted.
The Islamic Republic News Agency quoted the official Twitter account of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif saying “Diplomacy requires patience, but we all know that it sure beats the alternatives.”
We're getting to #ImplementationDay. Nothing serious. Diplomacy requires patience, but we all know that it sure beats the alternatives.
He was quoted as saying “Today with the release of the IAEA chief’s report the nuclear deal will be implemented, after which a joint statement will be made to announce the beginning of the deal.”
The prisoner release was not the first U.S.-Iranian deal before the certification that Iran was implementing the nuclear accord. Iran released 10 U.S. sailors whose two small boats had strayed into Iranian waters on Thursday.
But U.S. officials stressed that the U.S. had not released anyone tied to terrorism and they said the benefit to Iran from the lifting of sanctions paled in comparison to the country’s economic needs. U.S. officials emphasized that Iran still needs “half a trillion dollars” to meet what the officials called “pressing” needs on the economic front.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Ancient Technology Found Embedded In Coal and Stone!
A piece of coal retrieved from a mine in Chernogorodskly Mines in between China, North Korea and the Sea of Japan. It appeared to have something embedded in it.
The coal in this area is dated to around 300,000,000 years ago in its formation.
The Pennsylvanian coal came from the Chernogorodskiy mines from the Khakasis region north of Mongolia.2 According to international Russian news sourceKomsomolskaya Pravda, biologist Valery Brier helped analyze the odd-shaped object. X-ray diffraction revealed that it was mostly aluminum with about two to four percent magnesium. This unique alloy is not generally produced today. And Brier noted that refined aluminum implies high technology.
This is not the only out of place/out of time artifact found in coal. The problem is, for some reason Creationists are using it to prove that the earth is not as old as we thought (sigh).
Source: Standard dating of the bituminous coal seam from which it was taken dates it from the Carboniferous Period, approximately 300 million years old. Certainly no human artifact could reside in such "ancient" strata. This "fossil" is anomalous indeed.
The boy who found it in the 1940s discovered it while shoveling coal into his home's furnace. One chunk, about 15 inches by 20 inches in area and 6 inches thick, was too large, and when he broke it a metal object protruded. Diligence completely removed all coal from the bell, which had a two-inch stem between the bell and a "human-like" figure on top--a man in a kneeling position, with arms and wings. Records show the coal had been excavated from a shallow mine near his home in Buckhannon, West Virginia.
The discoverer attended an ICR seminar in the mid 1970s with his amazing find. I asked if ICR could perform some tests on it. It migrated with me to Oklahoma University in 1975, where I remained on the faculty until 1984 and had access to numerous analytical devices and experts in several fields to help analyze the bell.
Nuclear Activation Analysis determined it to be primarily of bronze with a curious admixture of zinc. A micro probe showed no residual traces of coal. Historians compared the bell to artifacts from "all" cultures, and concluded the most similar artifact was from ancient Babel, with the figurine representing a pagan god. Both have a "horn" (broken on the bell) and wings. The face on both is eerily similar. A convention of bell experts did not know its place of origin, although some felt there was a similarity to semi-ancient bells made in India. Their suggestion was that some early American dropped a foreign bell down a well, to be incorporated into the coal.
Source: "The following text is a letter from Frank Kennard, the man who found an iron pot embedded in a large lump of coal. The Creation Evidence Museum has a copy of this letter on file. Sulphur Springs, Arkansas Nov. 27, 1948 While I was working in the Municipal Electric Plant in Thomas, Okla in 1912, I came upon a solid chunk of coal which was too large to use. I broke it with a sledge hammer. This iron pot fell from the center, leaving the impression, or mould of the pot in a piece of the coal. Jim Stull (an employee of the company) witnessed the breaking of the coal, and saw the pot fall out. I traced the source of the coal, and found that it came from the Wilburton, Oklahoma Mines. signed: Frank J. Kennard
A man named John Williams was out hiking in the 1990s and kicked a rock, then noticed something odd about it. It had prongs sticking out of it like a connector. Details are vague on this, but it is said that the prongs do not appear to be stone or metal, but something unknown.
Source: In June 1936 (or 1934 according to some accounts), Max Hahn and his wife Emma were on a walk when they noticed a rock with wood protruding from its core. They decided to take the oddity home and later cracked it open with a hammer and a chisel. Ironically, what they found within seemed to be an archaic hammer of sorts. A team of archaeologists checked it, and as it turns out, the rock encasing the hammer was dated back more than 400 million year; the hammer itself turned out to be more than 500 million years old. Additionally, a section of the handle has begun the transformation to coal. The hammer’s head, made of more than 96% iron, is far more pure than anything nature could have achieved without an assist from modern technology.
A possible explanation for these out of time/out of place items is this -
Source: As noted by Mark Isaac: "The cup appears to be cast iron, and cast iron technology began in the eighteenth century. Its design is much like pots used to hold molten metals and may have been used by a tinsmith, tinker, or person casting bullets... The cup was likely dropped by a worker either inside a coal mine or in a mine's surface workings. Mineralization is common in the coal and surrounding debris of coal mines because rainwater reacts with the newly exposed minerals and produces highly mineralized solutions. Coal, sediments, and rocks are commonly cemented together in just a few years. It could easily appear that a pot cemented in such a concretion could appear superficially as if it were encased in the original coal. Or small pieces of coal, including powder, could have been recompressed around the cup by weight (Isaac, 2005).
While this is a fairly reasonable explanation, these objects need(ed) serious observation closely to see just how much of the material around them varied to show layers of mineralization versus serious compressed coal or rock over millions of years.
Considering the claims of very "Egyptian" looking items in the Grand Canyon and Death Valley giants' cave finds, one has to wonder about the style of these items and their origins, especially from a people who used a style Egyptians and Asians likely fashioned their own styles after and who were known as miners.
I am intrigued, but I am not sold easy, so I will continue to follow such finds and report. As always, I am providing links below to go on your own excursion and learn more.
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1 comment:
1. These finds fascinate me too...but I do wonder if they are true finds as depicted by whomever supposedly found them, or if they could be embellishments or just just mistaken as coming from prehistoric coal.
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Natural light has long been one of the most desirable aspects of a home. It turns out, there are scientific reasons behind the urge to live in a sunshine-filled space.
Before moving to Daniel’s Island in Charleston, South Carolina, the owners of the Max Crosby House were living in the Northeast and wanted to create a happier and healthier home for their family. They wanted their three children to experience a lifestyle where they could soak up the sun year-round. They found what they were looking for in a special spot overlooking a private dock in an expansive marsh—and worked with the Max Crosby Construction company to build their dream home.
They wanted a house that was full of sunlight, with plenty of outdoor space and unobstructed access to the marsh. In order to maximize the light and views, the builders utilized large, unobstructed windows and reflective interior design touches.
Now, the newly transplanted family is flourishing and enjoying all the benefits of natural light in their new home. Designing their home with light in mind resulted in unexpected benefits, like their well-being.
1. Natural light improves sleep.
The amount of sunlight you receive during the day—especially in the morning—affects your amount of sleep per night. The light helps to regulate your biological clock—telling your body to stay alert during the daytime, and rest up at night. The master bedroom in the Max Crosby House allows for a lot of early-morning light due to its 18-foot-high vaulted ceilings, and its three large Ultimate Double Hung G2 windows from the Marvin Signature Collection. In order to let in even more light, Max Crosby Construction Company Interior Designer Widney Pierson chose light woven shades—and she didn’t cover the transom, which is the extra panel of glass above nearly every window in the house. Pierson used bright white and teal paint in the master bedroom to further reflect the light. “It’s a happy, bright space,” she says.
2. Natural light boosts vitamin D.
When exposed to sunlight, the skin absorbs vitamin D, which reduces the risk of heart disease, weight gain and depression while preventing bone loss, among many other benefits. Yet most people are deficient in the nutrient due to lack of exposure to sunlight. The good news is that Vitamin D doesn’t discriminate based on whether you get your sunlight indoors or out. From the outset, Max Crosby Construction Company President Jamison Howard thought about light when designing the house. He situated the master bathroom at the front of the house, for example, so it fills with bright sunlight in the morning, when the owners are getting ready for their day. And he installed the same windows from the bedroom in the hallways—a space that’s generally dark—so that the family members are exposed to healthy vitamin D from nearly every corner.
3. Natural light lifts our mood.
You might notice that you’re in better spirits after a day spent in the sun. Turns out, there’s a scientific reason: People have higher serotonin levels on sunny days, regardless of the season, according to an Australian study. The owners of the Max Crosby House decamped from the Northeast because they were attracted to the outdoor lifestyle they found in Charleston—where they could ride bikes and golf carts around their community year-round. So when it came to building their house, it was important for “the connection between indoors and outdoors to blend seamlessly,” explains Howard, who left most windows uncovered for extra light and unfettered views of the marsh in the back.
4. Natural light leads to higher productivity.
Studies have shown that employees exposed to natural light have higher levels of energy and productivity. The light-filled office in the Max Crosby house, then, is a model workspace—with four uncovered Ultimate Double Hung G2 windows with maple interior, plus transoms. While the office is incredibly bright, it’s also warm and inviting due to the natural wormhole cypress wood-paneled walls—a look that was inspired by the community’s clubhouse.
When installing windows throughout the house—which would remain uncovered by shades or curtains—Howard chose Marvin windows for the clean lines of the window’s profile, including the concealed jamb liner. “You can’t find anything that looks as finished with any other brand,” says Howard, who also prefers Marvin for their superior impact glass—crucial for this hurricane-prone coastal area. “As a builder, the window choice is an important one because they will be there for the lifetime of the house,” Howard points out.
The windows, then, not only provide wellness benefits, but thoughtful details that will be appreciated for generations to come. Indeed, the connection to the light and the outdoors has truly changed how the family lives and spends time together—much of it in the sunshine.
Article originally appeared in Southern Living.
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View Full Version : Winnings not being recorded? I.E. Springfield JSF
01-05-2009, 05:22 PM
last night on turn 31 shortly after the bug was fixed The JSF took lead on 3 locations; ft. Campbell, Shenandoah Valley and most importantly Springfield. The colliding front lines was on Springfield however even though it says on the end war world map that we held off on Springfield we still lost it and therefore lost the other two wins we would of had. How does this make any since. YOu can clearly see that JSF won on Springfield yet we still lost the territory and therefore much ground. I'm wandering if anyone else noticed this because this is simply wrong.
01-05-2009, 05:34 PM
the PF is the territory with the most game played between the two factions. not what that stupid annoucer says.
01-05-2009, 05:40 PM
online on the 360 endwar it said springfield was the PF. if it wasnt then how are people supposed to know what is the PF to fight on?
01-05-2009, 06:07 PM
It was a colliding front line.
This has been going on for ove a week now, the way the territories are laid out in that battle the only two fights that matter are Springfield and Grissom, Shenandoah and Campbell have no relevance.
Yes, the JSF won Springfield, as they do every single time. However Russia won Grissom, and by a sizable margin, as they do every single time.
Russia won Grissom by more than the JSF won Springfield and therefore due to the colliding front-line rule they take a victory on both.
In taking Springfield they surround Shenandoah and Campbell and win both of those, regardless of how either battle went.
01-05-2009, 06:09 PM
That's the problem everyone been complaining about. You don't know the PF until the end of a turn.
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data: "act=add-com&comment="+theCom.val()+"&id="+post_id,
success: function(html){
$('.the-new-com').hide('fast', function(){
This my form. It's running within a loop of posts submitted by the user every time.
<form action="" method="POST" class="post_id" id="<?php echo $post_id; ?>">
<span>Write a comment ...</span>
<div class="new-comment-line"></div><----here is a line before the comment initiates..--->
<textarea class="the-new-com"></textarea>
<div class="bt-add-com">Post comment</div>
And now my question is that my all code works very well except last few lines of JQuery code.
The line of code when my form returns the HTML form from comment.php after the Ajax request has the problem. The form prints every time, in every post, that the user submitted the status.
How should I handle the form? I want my comments to print every time only in the specific post submitted by the user.
Obviously $('.new-comment-line') is a class selector and you are selecting all elements in this class. As you start your function by clicking on a button, I suggest the selection of correct element relative to the clicked button. So immediately after clicking a button, select the correct element:
var correctElement=$(this).siblings('.new-comment-line');
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