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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70729 | First Battle of Bull Run
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First Battle of Bull Run
Part of the American Civil War
DateJuly 21, 1861
Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia
Result Confederate Victory
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America Confederacy
Commanders and leaders
Irvin McDowell Joseph E. Johnston
P.G.T. Beauregard
Casualties and losses
2,896 1,982
The First Battle of Bull Run was the first large battle of the American Civil War. It was fought on July 21, 1861. The battle took place near a stream called Bull Run. The battle actually has two names: the First Battle of Bull Run and First Battle of Manassas.[a]
Background[change | change source]
Union general Irvin McDowell was put in command of the Union army in northeastern Virginia.[3] Many people in the North wanted him to attack to Confederate capital city of Richmond, Virginia. McDowell didn't think his soldiers were ready to fight but Union president Abraham Lincoln wanted him to march south into Virginia anyway.[4]
The Confederates had an army nearby, which was commanded by P.G.T. Beauregard. After McDowell's army started marching towards Beauregard's army, Joseph E. Johnston came to Manassas Junction with his army from the Shenandoah Valley. Johnston was in command of the entire Confederate army and Beauregard was his second-in-command.
The Battle[change | change source]
Aftermath[change | change source]
The Union army had 2,896 casualties.[b] McDowell was blamed for the Union defeat.[6] He was replaced by George B. McClellan.[7] The Confederates had 1,982 casualties.[b] Even though Johnston was in charge of the Confederate army, Beauregard became famous after the battle.[8]
Notes[change | change source]
1. Many Civil War battles have two names.[1] Federal sources named battles after the nearest creek or river.[1] Confederates named a battle after the nearest town.[1] For example, the first and second battles of Bull Run, also known as Manassas, were named for Bull Run Creek, near the town of Manassas, Virginia.[2]
2. 2.0 2.1 All American Civil War casualty numbers are approximate, no matter what the source.[5] Three types of documents were used to estimate casualties. These were: enlistment rolls, muster rolls and casualty lists.[5] Aside from spelling and other errors, many of these were subjected to the weather, lost or damaged.[5] Many Confederate records were destroyed by the end of the war leaving Union numbers the more accurate of the two estimates.[5]
References[change | change source]
1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shon Powers, A Buff Looks at the American Civil War (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2011), p. 501
3. Gottfried, p. 2.
4. Davis, pp. 73, 90.
5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Civil War Casualties". Civil War Trust. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
6. Davis, pp. 253, 255.
7. Gottfried, p. 76.
8. Davis, pp. 245, 248.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70730 | Les Misérables
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Cosette, one of the main characters, sweeping the floor.
Les Misérables is a novel by Victor Hugo. It was published in 1862. The story is about a former convict named Jean Valjean. He tries to find a meaningful life, but is followed by a police officer. The story has been made into movies several times. It has also been made into a musical. He is trying to run away after being convicted by the police since he stole bread to feed his sister's children.
The work describes French society between the reign of Napoleon and that of Louis Philippe I. One of the main characters, Marius, takes part in the June Rebellion.
Hugo based some of his characters on the lives of real people. That way, Valjean is probably based upon Eugène François Vidocq. He probably used the story of Bienvenu de Miollis to base the Bishop of Digne on. De Mollis was the bishop of Digne from 1805 to 1838. Enjolras, a revolutionary leader is probably based on Louise Michel, a French anarchist.
Plot[change | change source]
Les Misérables starts by describing the life of the nice Bishop Myriel who is always helping the poor. Then the book talks about Jean Valjean, a man who was arrested because he stole some bread to feed his sister's children. He is freed from prison after 19 years and he wanders through France until the Bishop takes him in for the night. Valjean tries to steal the Bishop's silverware, but he is caught. The Bishop pretends that he gave Valjean the silverware and tells him to be good.
Jean Valjean changes his name to M. Madeline and becomes a factory owner and the town's mayor. One of his workers is named Fantine. She had a child called Cosette who lives with an evil innkeeper. The other women in the factory get Fantine fired or removed from her job. When Fantine is attacked by a man on the streets, Valjean protects her from the police and takes her to the hospital because she is sick. Fantine tells Valjean about Cosette and asks him to save Cosette.
A police officer called Javert finds out about Valjean and he chases him and arrests him, but Valjean escapes from jail and goes to find Cosette. When he does, he takes her from the innkeeper and runs away to Paris. There, he is chased by Valjean and eventually finds a place where Cosette can go to school and he can work safely.
Meanwhile, a young man named Marius has found a new group of friends at the ABC Café. They (the Friends of the ABC) are unhappy because a lot of people are poor. So they want to make the government help the poor people but only one man in the government wants to. His name is Jean Lamarque, however, he is very sick. A girl named Eponnine falls in love with Marius but he doesn't love her.
When Cosette is done school, Valjean and her go to live in a house on Plumet Street (Rue Plumet). There, Marius meets Cosette and they fall in love. Then, the innkeeper, who lost his job, tries to rob Valjean but Eponnine saves him and Cosette.
Then, Lamarque dies! The Friends of the ABC are angry and build barricades (or giant walls) in the center of Paris. The government is angry and sends Javert to go spy on the Friends.
Valjean learns that Cosette love Marius and goes to save Marius at the barricade. While he is inside the barricades, the Friends find out that Javert is a spy and they tie him up. Valjean is supposed to kill him but he decides not to which makes Javert very confused. Javert goes away forever. Then, the army attacks the barricade! Marius is almost shot but Eponnine saves him. However, she was killed while saving him. The fighting continues and most of the Friends are killed. Valjean takes Marius and drags him through the sewers to a safe place.
Cosette and Marius get engaged which means that they are about to get married! Before their wedding, Valjean tells Marius that he is going to go away forever after the wedding because he thinks that he himself is a bad person. At the wedding, Marius learns that Valjean saved him so he and Cosette tell Valjean that they don't want him to go away. Valjean stays with Marius and Cosette for the rest of his life.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70731 | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Overall, the scrap industry processes more than 145,000,000 short tons (129,464,286 long tons; 131,541,787 t) of recyclable material each year into raw material feedstock for industrial manufacturing around the world. One example is scrap steel. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70735 | I have heard about and seen referenced the page /sitecore/admin/MessageStatistics.aspx which looks like is for EXM statistics. What exactly is the purpose of this page, when should I use it, and what functions does it perform?
In Sitecore 9.0.2, in the content tree, under /sitecore/system/Settings/Email/Instance Tasks/Content Management Primary there are scheduled tasks related to the message statistics. enter image description here
By default, they are scheduled to run at gap of 1 minute for today, 1 hour for recent and 24 hours for older or missing.
The page you have mentioned is another interface to trigger the same on-demand and even for a particular message.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70747 | The new technique that will change blogging forever.
In 2001, Microsoft bought Web page markup technology from a company called E-Quill but hasn’t incorporated any of its features into Internet Explorer. The iMarkup toolbar, which debuted to rave reviews in 2000, hasn’t gotten much buzz since. You can still get iMarkup—a 30-day trial is free and it costs $39.95 if you want to keep it after that. One screenshot says it all: You can highlight parts of a page, post sticky notes, draw freehand, and insert arrows, links, file attachments, and sound bites. Taking notes on the Slate home page won’t change what other surfers see. But when you revisit the page, iMarkup will remember what you wrote and slap your notes atop the live site. In one simple step, you can e-mail your annotations (or a screenshot of your annotations) to a friend. Using a free iMarkup plug-in, they can then view your notes overlaid atop the live site.
After playing around with iMarkup for just five minutes, I was convinced that it’s a useful tool. But after a few more days of tinkering, I realized that Web page annotation has flopped because it doesn’t offer a compelling reason to change how we use computers. You could take notes in iMarkup, but it’s more straightforward to jot down your thoughts in Word. You could also use it to collaborate with colleagues, but it’s easier to send an e-mail or instant message. Then it hit me—there is a compelling reason to scribble on Web pages and news stories. This is the killer app for political bloggers.
Every killer app needs a killer name. Creating a new product by writing all over somebody else’s article is kind of like making a mash-up. Let’s call it newsmashing—that’s just nerdy enough to catch on.
Why is newsmashing better than today’s blogging techniques? Currently, political bloggers write a post by taking a snippet from a news story, an op-ed column, or another blog post. Then, they copy, paste, and indent the most partisan, disingenuous, and inaccurate passage onto their own blog and add a bulletproof rebuttal right below. The problem with this technique is that it makes the readers do all the work. First, they need to pop the original piece open in another window to “read the whole thing.” After that, they have to flip back and forth between the original and the rebuttal to make sure the blogger isn’t getting the facts wrong, leaving out a key detail, or quoting something out of context. Wouldn’t it be a whole lot easier to read blogs if you could look at the critique and the original argument at the same time?
Think back to college. When you got a term paper back, it only took a few seconds to spot your transgressions—all you had to do was look for bright red ink, passages highlighted in yellow, or the dreaded “See me” sticky note. You didn’t have to flip back and forth—you could read the whole thing, as it were, in one stomach-twisting glance. The one advantage of my Jurassic day job as a print magazine writer is that whenmy editor scrawls “HUH?” across an entire paragraph, I don’t have to click any hyperlinks to get the point.
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How would bloggers use a tool like iMarkup? Take a look at this screenshot of my markup of Josh Levin’s recent Slate piece on rappers and bloggers. Typing an all-text rebuttal would have been tedious. First, I’d have to spell out Levin’s failure to note his conflicts of interest rather than just marking the holes on the page. Then, unless I posted his entire piece in my blog, you’d have to take my word for it that he never figures out the difference between “bloggers” and “political bloggers.” But with iMarkup, I can just circle his own words on his own page—no more “out of context” alibis.
You might think newsmashing will turn the political blogosphere into one big, graffiti-strewn bathroom stall. If you’ve ever watched the left and right edit each other’s Wikipedia entries, you know how annoying that can get. Just this second, George W. Bush is defined as “the current President of the United States who is secretly plotting the downfall of America.” He’ll probably be “the architect of global democracy” by the time you click. But I think bloggers are capable of more than mental table tennis. I expect something at least as entertainingly infuriating as the Camille Paglia interview that ran in the first issue of Wired—with Paglia’s angry, handwritten corrections slathered on top. If she had just typed up a polite rebuttal, it would’ve been buried on the Letters page.
Even if newsmashing does prove itself to be a worthwhile form of communication, the software will have to get a whole lot better for leading-edge tech bloggers to embrace it. Instead of iMarkup’s plug-in format, newsmashing applications should use standard HTML. That way, bloggers will be able to mash each other from their Treos and Sidekicks; Google and, better yet, Technorati will search the results. Also, no one company can own the technology. If there’s a monopoly, geeks will bash it, not mash it.
Along with the tech hurdles, newsmashers will certainly face legal roadblocks. The founders of iMarkup told me they’ve never received any complaints about their product. They also told me they’ve never investigated the legality of marking up a copyrighted page and posting it for other people to look at. Can you publish a complete version of someone else’s article, plus your notes, without risking a copyright lawsuit? Google’s AutoLink feature tries to solve this problem by modifying only the local copies of Web pages. But lawyers I talked to said an angry publisher could still sue. The New York Times probably won’t buy the argument that it’s “fair use” to host a mashed version of a news story on your blog.
There’s no doubt that when newsmashing takes off, the mainstream media will not be amused. But maybe newspaper mash-up artists will follow the career path of music mashers. At first, record labels tried to sue them out of existence. Now, they court mashers as trend-setting viral marketers. The Times has a chance to leap ahead of the curve. When Daniel Okrent leaves on May 31, the NYT should hire Josh Marshall or Andrew Sullivan to remix the paper of record. Who needs a public editor when you can have a public newsmasher? |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70748 | You Have a Moral Obligation to Claim Your $125 From Equifax
Help make sure that companies pay the consequences for data breaches.
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Go claim your $125 from Equifax. Right now. Even if $125 isn’t a sum of money that matters to you, even if you don’t feel you were really directly affected by the breach. Even if the prospect of filling out a relatively brief online form fills you with more dread than the theft of all your personal data.
Consider it a part of your civic duty: driving up the costs of data breaches for corporations so they have an incentive to invest more heavily in security. The payouts to individuals are part of the $575 to $700 million settlement that Equifax reached with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 48 states. (Indiana and Massachusetts are still pursuing their own lawsuits against Equifax.)
It’s an astonishingly large settlement for a data breach, though some people are still criticizing it as inadequate given the scale of the breach and the number of individuals affected. They argue that Equifax and other companies will view these fines as simply the “cost of doing business.” I’m OK with that. I think the costs of security breaches should, in some sense, be the costs of doing business, as opposed to an existential threat that drives the breached company into the ground. That way companies can weigh those costs against the costs of larger security investments and adjust their budgets accordingly. But I would like for those breach costs to be high enough to drive significant investment, and for that to happen, you have to do your part. (Also, if you won’t claim your check, then you forfeit your right to complain about how the costs of data breaches are too low.)
You may be thinking, But I don’t want to give Equifax the last six digits of my Social Security number and my birthdate and mailing address after it’s demonstrated just how much it can’t be trusted! Believe me, the company already knows all that information—and so much more. But it’s so much work to fill out the entire form! It’s really not, unless you want to claim additional lost time or expenses beyond the base $125 payout, in which case you have to submit a description of the time you lost or receipts for any identity protection services or other security purchases you made in the aftermath of the breach.
If, for instance, you went ahead and purchased LifeLock or some other credit monitoring service after the Equifax breach, go ahead and submit that receipt too. Each individual is eligible to receive up to $20,000 as part of the settlement; $125 is just the amount you can receive without having to do any extra work or claim any extra losses. The settlement also includes provisions to reimburse you for your lost time at a rate of $25 per hour. If you spent hours on the phone trying to clear up suspicious credit activity or figure out whether you had been affected, go ahead and submit that as well. One of the notable things about this claims process, in fact, is its recognition of the fact that people lose time dealing with these incidents and that time is, in itself, valuable to them.
Claiming your Equifax settlement share also prevents other people from claiming it for you. It’s only a matter of time before someone with a long list of stolen Social Security numbers starts trying to claim these payouts in bulk the same way criminals try to fraudulently claim other people’s tax refunds. Don’t be that person! And don’t let them steal your money either. (Also check to make sure that you’re at the legitimate settlement website,, before submitting your information. If fraudulent sites don’t already exist to steal your settlement, they soon will.)
If you’re extremely worried about identity theft, you may be tempted to forgo the $125 and instead ask for four years of free credit monitoring through Experian. Don’t do that. Odds are very good you already have some free credit monitoring services from other data breaches you’ve been subject to over the past few years. If you don’t, go sign up for a free CreditKarma account instead and monitor your credit that way.
Even better, go freeze your credit so that no one can open new accounts or loans in your name without your knowledge. Credit freezes are free as of 2018, and they’re much more effective at stymieing identity theft than credit monitoring, though they can also be a little irritating to deal with when you do things that require people to be able to look up your credit (e.g., buying property or cars or applying for new credit cards).
Maybe $125 seems like a laughably small sum of money to compensate you for the loss of your personal data—and maybe it is. But as a standard for what happens to companies who lose your data, I’m not sure it’s a terrible solution either, for them or for us. If I had $100 for every data breach I’ve ever been affected by, well, I wouldn’t be rich, but I might feel like the incidents were a little less consequence-free. And if all of you had $100 for every data breach you’ve ever been affected by, then those incidents really wouldn’t be consequence-free. Sure, those costs would quickly become the cost of doing business. But they could be high enough costs of doing business that they might tip the scales in favor of a little more security. And that, in the end, is the real goal.
Update, July 31, 2019: The FTC is now encouraging people to take the credit monitoring because so many have filed for the $125. Josephine Wolff explains what’s going on—and what it means for your claim.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70763 | In this post we will list built-in hypoplasticity formulations in the free Tochnog Professional program. Since these hypoplasticity options are built-in there is no need to link external umat routines. Moreover, in different areas of the domain different hypoplastic laws can be used (which might be troublesome when linking only one umat routine). For a more complete description of the different options please see the Tochnog Professional users manual. Different parts of this post are written by different experts in the field of hypoplasticity.
* Masin law: group_materi_plasti_hypo_masin, text by David Masin
The original clay hypoplastic model by Masin (2005). This model has been substituted by more recent version entitled as “Masin clay law”, but it is kept in the code for backward compatibility reasons.
* Masin clay law: group_materi_plasti_hypo_masin_clay, text by David Masin (
Clay hypoplasticity model by Masin (2013). The implementation includes advanced features which may be optionally activated: stiffness anisotropy, rate effects (visco hypoplasticity), structure, intergranular strain, advanced model parameters controlling non-linearity. Model calibration may be done either through Tochnog Professional Incremental Driver (, ExCalibre (, Triax (, or element test drivers accepting umat formats.
* Wolffersdorff law: group_materi_plasti_hypo_wolffersdorff, text by Ivo Herle (
A basic hypoplastic model for granular soils (sand, gravel/rockfill). The model includes the critical state concept and thus it takes into account the impact of soil density and pressure level on the mechanical response (stiffness and shear strength). The model description can be found in von Wolffersdorff (1996). The calibration of the model parameters is described in Herle & Gudehus (1999). The model is not appropriate for the description of cyclic behavior. References:
von Wolffersdorff, P.-A. (1996). A hypoplastic relation for granular materials with a predefined limit state surface. Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional Materials, 1, 251–271.
Herle, I., & Gudehus, G. (1999). Determination of parameters of a hypoplastic constitutive model from properties of grain assemblies. Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional Materials, 4(5), 461–486.
* Wolffersdorff law extended Niemunis version: group_materi_plasti_hypo_niemunis, text by Andrzej Niemunis ( chapters 4.3.6 and 4.3.8)
* Niemunis visco law: group_materi_plasti_hypo_niemunis_visco, text by Andrzej Niemunis ( chapter 4.2)
a simple isotropic creep, relaxation and rate dependence (isotachs) with creep rate proportional to (1/OCR)^(1/Iv)
* Cohesion extension: group_materi_hypo_cohesion, text by Silvia Imposimato (
Hypoplasticity laws tend to be very nonlinear, especially when stresses are low. Think, by example, at stresses near a free surface. This nonlinearity may lead to troublesome iterative behavior in FE calculations. However, with this ‘cohesion extension’, you dictate the laws to be evaluated at a more compressive stress level, thus decreasing the amount on nonlinearity trouble in calculations.
* Intergranular strains extension: group_materi_plasti_hypo_strain_intergranular, text by Ivo Herle (,
A concept of intergranular strains, as an extension for the hypoplastic models, was proposed by Niemunis & Herle (1997) in order to incorporate a higher stiffness upon unloading and reloading, and thus to enable a realistic description of the cyclic behavior. The model parameters may be obtained from laboratory tests characterizing the small-strain-stiffness of soils. Reference:
Niemunis, A., & Herle, I. (1997). Hypoplastic model for cohesionless soils with elastic strain range. Mechanics of Cohesive-Frictional Materials, 2(4), 279–299.
* ISA – intergranular strains extension: group_materi_plasti_hypo_strain_isa, text by William Fuentes (
Hypoplastic models alone reproduce well the behavior of soils under monotonic loading, but fails to simulate its behavior upon cyclic loading. The Intergranular Strain Anisotropy (ISA) is a mathematical extension of conventional hypoplastic models for soils, proposed originally by Fuentes and Triantafyllidis (2015) to improve simulations of cyclic loading. It can be considered as a reformulation of the conventional intergranular strain theory by Niemunis and Herle (1997).
* minimum void ratio: group_materi_plasti_hypo_minimum_void_ratio, text by Silvia Imposimato (
Hypoplastic laws are very sensitive to the soil void ratio. In difficult calculations the calculated void ratio may become very law, due to nonlinearity or high local unbalance. This option limits the calculated void ratio to a specified value, thus preventing trouble in the hypoplasticity laws.
Extra options text by Dennis Roddeman (
For hypoplasticity additional options include OCR specification, full specification of initial state variables, full postprocessing in external programs, many example input files, well-tested in real world applications, etc.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70785 | While searching for point-in-polygon tests I've found the one described by Dean Povey here. I like the approach as it can be easily understood (raycast along the x-axis) but I've come across a small inconsistency with that method. While writing Unit-Tests for my implementation I noticed that when taking a square as a "Test-Polygon" points on the left and bottom edge of the square are recognized as part of the polygon while points on the right and top side of the polygon are recognized as outside the polygon. Here's a small drawing showing what I mean (+ are not recognized as inside, doubled lines and the x are):
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Does anyone know how I can change the algorithm to show consistent behaviour for points on the edge? It doesn't matter if the edges are considered as inside or not, just that the behaviour is consistant.
• It is tricky to get this correct. You should start with code that has been tested. One (among many) source is WR Franklin. – Joseph O'Rourke Jul 4 '18 at 13:12
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Depending on applications, this behavior can be more consistent than you imagine. For instance, if you consider a tiling with several polygons sharing edges, the behavior can ensure that a point is interior to at most one polygon. Also for other applications, behavior on the edges is simply unimportant. And lastly, when edges are oblique telling if you are exactly on an edge can be impossible. – Yves Daoust Jul 6 '18 at 17:02
• As a quick workaround, you can check if the test point belongs to any of the sides and accept or reject it before performing the pip test proper. – Yves Daoust Jul 6 '18 at 17:05
To test if a point P lies on an edge QR, consider the transformation that maps Q to the origin and R to the point (0, 1).
Using complex numbers, write this transformation as Z = (z - Q) / (R - Q) and transform P with (P - Q) / (R - Q). This number must be pure real and its real part be in [0, 1].
You can use this test to detect points on the outline. It is also possible to allow a tolerance, by allowing the imaginary part to be a small number. In this case, it is advisable to normalize the denominator R - Q, so that the imaginary part becomes the Euclidean distance to the segment.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70791 | Speed up WordPress 1000x
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(HHVM or PHP7)+Nginx+FastCGI+Varnish
• PHP 7.0.10 (Latest Stable)
• Nginx 1.11.3 (Latest)
• HHVM 3.14.4 (Latest)
• Varnish Cache Proxy service 4.0.3 (Latest)
This was done on a centOS 7 instance.
First tune your OS
1. Tuned optimizes the settings on the OS and is configured based on your needs. Sort of like a profile that changes the settings, to find them use the “tuned-adm list” command
You’d want to select the throughput-performance profile as such
This should lower slightly page load time a little bit. Then we update the server’s existing packages and start to dive in.
Temporarily disable selinux
1. Next since we’re going to be installing PHP7 and its packages we want to enable EPEL and Remi repos to get the files.
Next we’ll enable Remi’s repos
Remove old versions of PHP & Install PHP 7
Install PHP 7 dependencies
Run the following to make sure all is jiffy
Check PHP 7 Version
Now the great thing about PHP 7 is that it comes with APCu and OpCache (which out of the box are great extensions for caching) you can verify their presence by running the following command.
MariaDB Installation (Great replacement for mySQL)
If you don’t have it already, install MariaDB 5.5 [ or latest version]
Start its installation and set a password you’ll remember by running the following command
To slightly speed up how WordPress utilizes MariaDB, we’ll adjust it as follows to have it optimize its usage
Edit /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf
Query_cache_size enables cache for repeated queries. Innodb_buffer_pool_size will allow us to increase the cache for InnoDB Data.
Next login to MariaDB
Create user for your WordPress installation, keep a note of it somewhere. Run the following commands to create a new wordpress database, and create a new user and give them all privileges to that database.
Now we’ll get to Installing HHVM, this is based on https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Prebuilt-Packages-on-Centos-7.x however it has been updated to fix broken links
First update
Install HHVM Dependencies
Install HHVM
Check HHVM’s version to check it was installed correctly
Copy HHVM’s systemd service into the directory that has a higher precedence for services; /etc/systemd/system/
In your file that has been copied over (/etc/systemd/system/hhvm.services), edit it and change the vServer.Port port to 9000 for and change daemon user from nginx to root
Save the file and reload using the following command
Now we’ll update HHVM’s port configuration as well so it also listens on port 9k; edit /etc/hhvm/server.ini
Change the timezone to your server’s location, around line 11 you can find full timezone list here: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.america.php
Save changes and exit the file
You can now disable PHP 7 and use HHVM in its place by doing the following
Finally install NGINX & Varnish
Varnish will be outside and will receive the port 80 traffic and then send that to our NGINX webserver. After NGINX processes it with HHVM handler, it’ll send it back out to Varnish who’ll cache the data and save it in RAM to serve it quickly. FOR NOW if possible, avoid Varnish and use an alternative or not use it altogether, because in a new post that will be added soon I’ll have an alternative to Varnish (it has shown to consume more memory and usage than nginx for sure).
Create a repo “/etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo” to install the latest nginx. Inside that file, add the following:
Check NGINX Version
Install Varnish
Enable Varnish at boot
Start Varnish
Now for Varnish Configuration
Edit /etc/varnish/varnish.params
Look for
Change to
The reason is that we want Varnish to receive the traffic on Port 80 and be the conduit to cache data to the customer.
Edit /etc/varnish/varnish.params
For Varnish Cache Storage on disk:
(This step is recommended if you don’t have enough RAM and have SSD drive with tons of space; use plenty for the storage file 4GB to 5 GB)
Change the following value as follows:
This will use that storage file size of 4 GB located at that location.
For Varnish Cache Storage on RAM:
Change the following value as follows:
Instead of 512M RAM you can use the largest free available RAM.
Now to update the port that Varnish connects to send and receive data to/from, you’ll want to edit the following file
Look for
Change the port number to 8080. Next I recommend copying and updating the configuration for Varnish from Matt on https://github.com/mattiasgeniar/varnish-4.0-configuration-templates to update your Varnish config to work with WordPress. I will have update here regarding that but for now your best bet is to follow Matt’s Github directions.
If you already have apache, you can now formally switch to nginx webserver as follows, if you are not sure if httpd is running or not, it doesn’t hurt to run the following commands as well
Now we’ll be making some file changes, in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
The numbers are shown to show you the code’s location, they should not be added to the file.
Look for..
Right after, change or add the following [remember again not to add the line numbers – they are there to guide you! ]
Save changes, and exit the file.
Now this step is optional but I have seen performance gains as much as 10ms shaved off my site. It is to mount your fastcgi cache folder onto ram so that it loads cached files from ram rather than from disk. To do that, do the following and adjust size (for Megabytes e.g. 512M) as necessary
To make sure that it loads every time you reboot add the following to /etc/fstab file
Next we’ll create a new file (you don’t have to name it httpd.conf but whatever helps you identify your site config file), /etc/nginx/conf.d/httpd.conf
In this file add the codes listed below, replace server_name value with your website’s url. The listen port will be 8080 because instead of nginx, we want Varnish to listen on port 80. Varnish will set atop nginx and work with it and hhvm to deliver cached files to customer. Below be sure to update the root location with your website’s folder. Nginx will work with fastcgi on port 9000 to get files quickly handled by HHVM.
Save changes, and exit the file
Restart nginx
Now before we get going, final notes.
Your server will have firewall-cmd installed by default with “public” zone so run the following to enable access to your website.
Now that we have access to your website you should begin to have a feel for fast speed on your website.
If your website still fails to load, run the following to adjust permissions to your website’s site folder
If you ever become unsatisfied with HHVM and wish to use PHP 7 instead or visa versa, you can toggle back and forth using the simple commands below
You should now install wordpress on your website (If you haven’t already!) and install the W3Total Cache plugin and configure Cloudflare. Cloudflare+W3Total Cache plugins are great companions. Cloudflare will act as an CDN and minify some of your theme files and will work with W3Total Cache to deliver files compressed.
To conduct simple tests using either hhvm or php7 you can run the following tests using either above
Heavy tests; 10000 is the number of requests and 100 is the concurrent connections
That’s it!
Test Results
How can this article be complete without a thorough test?
From a remote server I ran to my website server
From using firebug I was able to see that the site itself loaded quickly within 100ms tops but using Google ads and wp images caused delays that reached 400ms.
Huge thanks to the inspiration for this post:
Additionally you’ll be thrilled to learn that Softlayer, an IBM Cloud provider now provides easy access to roll out this same setup using an premade image, read about that here:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70814 | VIDEO Deeper
Feb 1, 2016
Get “Deeper”
(Meredith Andrews / Mia Fieldes / Jacob Sooter)
2 Corinthians 4: 8-10, Romans 5: 3-5
I’ve watched the sunset before the promise came
I have waded through waters wide and walked through the flame
And I can say
Every valley made me lift my eyes up
Every burden only made me stronger
Every sorrow only made Your joy go
Deeper and deeper, deeper, and deeper
I will run like I’m out to win, and finish the race
For every battle that’s sure to come I will be brave
I’ve got my heart set on every word You say
And no matter what lies ahead You’ll make a way
And I will say
Every valley made me lift my eyes up
Every burden only made me stronger
Every sorrow only made Your joy go
Deeper and deeper, deeper, and deeper
Every mountain is making me a climber
Every giant is calling out a fighter
Every heartache only makes Your love go
Deeper and deeper, deeper, and deeper
Thrown down but not defeated
I’m worn out but not giving up
I’ve hit ground but even at rock bottom
I’m just getting started, Yea, I’m just getting started
Beyond Acquaintance
hands touching
The Lord is eternal, immortal, and invisible, but it’s possible to have a very real relationship with Him.
READ 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 John 1:1-4.
• Meditation is different from being still before the Lord, which has to do with hearing Him speak to us. Meditation is taking time to reflect on Scripture and letting it sink in, or contemplating the awesomeness of God and His works (Josh. 1:8; Ps. 119:27, 97, 148; 143:5).
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The Holy Spirit: Filling the Believer
Ephesians 5:15-21
The Dazzling Spider
“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.” (Proverbs 30:28)
There is incredible detail and beauty in a typical spider web. Scientists have found that web strands are comparable in strength to fused quartz fibers. Zoologists discovered that spiders have one to four pairs of spinnerets located in their abdomen (the normal number are three pairs). In addition, there are seven silk glands, each making a strand for a unique purpose.
One silk gland produces thread for cocoons and another for wrapping up the prey. The two seem to be the same, but they require especially designed silk. Other glands make the walking thread so the spider doesn’t get snagged herself, while another makes the sticky material that captures the juicy dinner. Some of the finer threads are almost invisible to us unless the light is reflected just right. Yet spider silk is strong! Typically it has a tensile strength five times that of steel and elasticity—strong enough to stop a lumbering bumblebee at full speed.
Each spider engineers a style of web characteristic of its species and builds it perfectly on the first try. These complex glands and intricate design patterns have every evidence of design. It is obvious that the spider does not have the intelligence in its brain to learn how to do this. It is equally obvious that the ability to do so is already designed into the genetic instructions that were placed in the original spiders by their Creator.
Our text begins by Solomon noting “four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise,” and he lists the spider as one of those that are “wise.” Perhaps we could learn “wisdom” from them. HMM III
That I Might Know Him
What I’m preaching to try to bring about in the Church of Jesus Christ is a rediscovery of the loveliness of the Savior that we might begin to love Him again with the intensity of love such as our fathers knew…. I have said before and I repeat it now that the power and greatness of A.B. Simpson was not in his theology, for he positively was not a great theologian compared, for instance, with John Calvin or some of the other theologians. The power and greatness of the man lay in his unquenchable love for the Person of Jesus Christ the Lord….
There are certain things God let Paul have. He let him have a book or two, let him have a coat, and let him have his own hired house for two years in one instance… but Paul never allowed those things to touch his heart. Any external treasure that touches your heart is a curse. Paul said, “I give that up so that I might know Him. That I might go on to deeply enriched and increasing intimacy and vast expanses of knowledge of the One who is intimate and illimitable in His beauty. And that I might know Him, I give all this up.” He never allowed anything to touch his heart.
Lord, wean me from the lure of earthly pleasures. Take me to that depth of which Paul speaks, that I would willingly give up all to know You more intimately. Amen.
Real Two-way Traffic
Straightway the father of the child cried, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief. (Mark 9:24)
In the uncertainty of our times, the traffic between faith and unbelief is tragically heavy, as the Scriptures declared it would be. But we may encourage our hearts with the knowledge that the traffic does not always move in the direction of unbelief—sometimes it moves the other way!
Every now and then the cheering news comes of some “liberal” who gets sick to his stomach of the mixture of applied psychology and cheap poetry, and comes home like the prodigal to the Father’s house. It is true that the movement from orthodoxy to liberalism is usually slow; almost too slow to be perceived. I have never heard of a single instance where any person accepted modernism as a result of a spiritual experience.
But the movement back to faith is likely to be sudden, often explosive. A man or woman is converted to Christ by a sudden encounter with God and spiritual things!
The simple fact that the believer always experiences something and the unbeliever never does should tell us a great deal. Only the true Christian is sure the sun has risen!
Not only when thou wast born into the world did Christ love thee, but his delights were with the sons of men before there were any sons of men. Often did he think of them; from everlasting to everlasting he had set his affections upon them. I am sure he would not have loved me so long if he had not been a changeless Lover. If he could grow weary of me he would have been tired of me long before now. If he had not loved me with a love as deep as life and as strong as death, he would have turned from me long ago. Oh, joy above all joys, to know that I am his everlasting and inalienable inheritance, given to him by his Father. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70837 | Resetting Admin Password - NopCommerce
Posted by Avesta S on 21 July 2010 12:05 AM
To reset the admin password for nopcommerce, the easiest way to do so is click "Login" on the top of your NopCommerce installation, then click "Forgot Password". When you do not have access to the email address of the account, you can simply do the following:
1) Create a new account on your NopCommerce site
2) Remotely connect with MSSQL to the database of your NopCommerce
3) Open the "Customers" table, find the new user you made, and modify "isadmin" and "ismoderator" to "true". This will set the new user you made as administrator.
Some of the table names or column names may differ from version to version, but the steps will always be very similar. Now that you have the right user/pass, you can find the instructions for logging in below.
1) Go to:
2) Click "Login" on the top.
3)Use the following username and password:
username/email: [email protected]
password: admin
4)That should let you in. As you can see, there is an "Administration" button on the top right which will take you to the admin section to manage your store.
As discussed over phone, this sort of knowledge is outside our training or scope of support, however you were unable to login and I hope this will get you started to where you want to go with this. Past logging in, unfortunately our knowledge of how to use nopcommerce is limited. As recommended, I would suggest using the documentation at nopcommerce's site and community.
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In the Chabad Management System you can use Programs to categorize your list of contacts into groups. These groups are called Programs.
When you navigate to any contact, clicking the Programs tab will display a list of programs assigned to this contact. Each Program has a check box next to it to indicate that the contact is assigned to that program. To unassign this contact from a program, you can uncheck the box.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70846 | Solo #6 Always on the run / Lenny Kravitz & Slash – Guitar cover
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An awesome rock guitar solo by Slash, on this song by Lenny Kravitz and Slash (1991)
Although I played this song in a cover band a few years ago, I never really learned it until now !
Backing track from (by OrangeGoblin)
(gear : Epiphone Les Paul, Guitar rig)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70862 | The guru of the devtas Brashpati realised that devtas could not win against Bali who had decided to fight but the devtas did not wish to give their kingdom and therefore there ensued a great battle.
Brashpati advised the devtas to stop the fight and leave their kingdom and go into hiding as they could not win from Bali as his stars were very high at that time. Indra was first very upset and refused to leave his city of ‘Amravati’, but Brashpati persuaded him to do so and find some other way to destroy the asurs! The devtas obeyed and went into hiding as ordinary citizens of Mrityu Lok, but were extremely disturbed and upset at this state of affairs.
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Balis’ great desire to become Indra was fulfilled as he entered the capital of the devtas ‘Amravati’ and the threat of asur raj hung heavily in the three worlds with the fear that in the long run this will eventually bring disaster as the tendencies of the asurs were bound to come out even though Bali was generous and kind so far, in any case the balance of power was badly disturbed and the poor devtas were in a mess.
The devtas are the children of Aditi and Kashyap. Kashyap had been absent from his ashram for a very long time doing tapasya in the mountains. When he came back he found Aditi very distressed and asked her for the reason of her sorrow. Aditi told him about how the asurs had taken over the kingdom of her children and their King Bali had become invincible and her sons were roaming around rootlessly on earth.
This she could not bear. Kashyap told her that if she prayed to Narayan for the first twelve days of Phagan and only drink milk during this time and repeat the mantra ‘Om Namo Bhagvate Vasudeva’ Narayan will surely come to her and she could ask Him to deliver her children from their awful fate.
Aditi did just that and Narayan suddenly appeared on the tenth day, and told her that He knew her sorrow and although Bali was a very good and kind king, still he had become arrogant and must be taught a lesson as he could not take away other people’s wealth and homes and make them destitutes. He promised to be born as her son, but she was not to tell anyone about it.
So it happened that she gave birth to a son who came in the full form of Narayan at birth, but soon changed into a tiny baby. As he grew older he still remained a tiny person looking more like a child. The child glowed with an ethereal light and the gods and devtas knew that this was Narayan himself.
They gave him beautiful presents befitting an hermit, someone gave him an umbrella and someone a kamandal and another the sacred thread that he wore on his body, but he still remained very small and was named ‘Vaman’, his other name was ‘Upendra’.
Mahabali decided to do a yagya as now he was the strongest of the kings in the three worlds. So on the holy grounds of ‘Brighukachekha’ on the northern banks of the river Narmada he started his yagna under the directions of his Guru Sukre. Soon the whole assemblies saw a light coming from a distance and were very intrigued to see such a luminous person coming towards them.
Bali got up and saw a very small boy with a jata on his head and an umbrella in one hand and a kamandal in the other, his whole body was shining like gold and everyone started to guess as to who this could be. They all got up as one man to welcome this celestial being.
Bali looked towards him and in glowing words asked him to come and join in his yagya, and he washed the tiny feet and requested the young Brahman boy to ask for anything from him as was the right of a Brahman and he would give it there and then as was the dharm of a Kshatriya.
The tiny Vaman asked him for nothing more than the ‘three paces of ground measured by his foot’. This was a surprise for Bali who told the young ‘Vaman’ that he could ask for much more as his tiny feet could measure very little. In the meantime Sukre guessed as to the identity of this tiny luminous figure and signalled to Bali not to give what was being asked for, but Bali had given his word and told his guru so, on which the guru got very angry and cursing Bali and left the ‘yagnashala’.
Bali asked Vaman to proceed on measuring the ground with his foot. Soon Vaman rose to such a stature and took the full form of Narayan as ‘Viraat Purush’. He was very awesome but Bali did not budge from his word and asked Him to do as was agreed upon. Narayan covered the entire earth with one step, the next He took the Devlok, Janaloka, Satyalok and Dyurloka. Brahma who was in Satya Lok was greatly excited as the gleams of the Lord’s nails of the foot were soft like the moon-light. Brahma washed the foot with the water from his kamandal and the water that fell from the foot of Narayan flowed as a river named ‘Mandakini’ purifying all the spots it touched.
On earth it became known as Ganga. Now Narayan asked Bali where He to step for the third step, as all land was had been taken by just this two steps. Bali quickly told him to step on his head as he was not afraid of going to the netherland pushed by Narayan Himself who had actually purified him by taking away his ego.
Narayan was very pleased with Bali who stopped his army from fighting the ‘devtas’. They did not realise who Vaman was because when He took the ‘Virat Roop’ they had all fainted and only woke up when He had become ‘Vaman’ again.
The Vishnu promised to look after Bali and his father and grandfather and keep them at ‘Sutala’ which He said “is dear to me and I shall keep guard over them and Bali would become Indra in ‘Manvantra’ known as ‘Savarni’ and all his asur tendencies will leave him and he will be a great Indra.” And so came and went the Vaman avtar. The manifestation of life in the first human being. |
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WPA2 hack allows Wi-Fi password crack much faster
Richi Jennings, Industry analyst and editor, RJAssociates
WPA3 can’t come soon enough. In this week’s Security Blogwatch, we’re in your GPUs, hashing your cats.
Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment. Not to mention: What if Hitler didnt invade Russia?
PMKID vuln in PSK nets
What’s the craic? Shaun Nichols—Cracking the passwords of some WPA2 Wi-Fi networks just got easier:
The folks behind the password-cracking tool Hashcat claim they've found a new way to crack some wireless network passwords in far less time … by snooping on a single data packet going over the air. [The] technique specifically works against … Wi-Fi networks with PMKID-based roaming features enabled … using IEEE 802.11i/p/r protocols.
Jens Steube, creator of the open-source software, said the new technique … would potentially allow someone to get all the information they need to brute-force decrypt a Wi-Fi password. … Previously, an attacker would need to wait for someone to log into a network [and] capture the four-way handshake.
Why isn’t there more love in the world? Here’s Tara Seals with a kiss: [You’re fired—Ed.]
Wi-Fi just became a little less safe. … Hackers have compromised the WPA/WPA2 encryption protocols in the past, but it’s a … time-consuming process that requires a man-in-the-middle approach.
The new strategy allows an attacker to instead lift the … Pairwise Master Key Identifier (PMKID) … directly from the router, without waiting. … The average time it takes to accomplish one’s nefarious purpose is around 10 minutes.
We think it will work against … most modern routers. … The main advantages of this attack are as follows:
Attacker directly communicates with the AP (aka "client-less" attack).
No more waiting for a complete 4-way handshake. …
No more eventual retransmissions of EAPOL frames. …
No more lost EAPOL frames.
Since the PMK is the same as in a regular EAPOL 4-way handshake this is an ideal attacking vector. … [Then] we can attack this hash as any other hash type.
Sounds too simple; what’s the catch? Johannes Luther agrees, calling it Yet Another WPA Attack:
This attack is so obvious, I cannot believe nobody found it earlier (including me). It … utilizes one problem of PMKID caching: the WLAN password is actually transported over the air in a hash [so] it’s attackable using brute-force attacks.
The intent of PMKID caching is to efficiently roam between multiple access points using EAP as authentication (WPA2 Enterprise) to prevent that during a roaming event a full EAP authentication is performed. Otherwise, roaming might take some time depending on the used EAP method (e.g. EAP-TLS, PEAP), which has an impact on time sensitive applications like voice.
Typically all fast roaming technologies make use of PMK caching, including 802.11i [and] 802.11r. … Only WPA and WPA2 Personal (pre-shared key) are vulnerable. … WPA2 Enterprise (802.1X) is typically not vulnerable … because the PMK is dynamic.
WLAN vendors which send the PMKID in the first message of the 4-way handhake should consider to remove the PMKID in WPA2 PSK configured WLANs (non-802.11r). This way the exploit is fully mitigated.
If you are an 802.11r user in combination with PSK, reflect if this is really necessary. [Or] disable WPA2 Personal in your network completely and rely on WPA2 Enterprise using a secure EAP method (e.g. EAP-TLS, PEAP, EAP-TTLS).
Seems like zrm is ready to give up:
Sometimes I wonder if trying to encrypt WiFi is even worth it.
The counterargument is keeping packet headers (i.e. remote IP addresses) and plaintext DNS queries private, but that's already the use case of a VPN. Even if it's just a "VPN" to your own home router. And then it protects you even against the operator of the access point (or someone impersonating it because, as usual, the passphrase is widely distributed).
But EnviableOne feels a little déjà vu:
WPA2 is broke, we need vendors to push WPA3 updates asap.
Also wifi-alliance people, can we come up with something completeley different to switch to after?
Secure Wireless Access Protocol?
Accordingly, Steve Gibson rants gently:
It isn't clear that WPA2 routers will be able to upgrade their firmware to WPA3. … The Wi-Fi Alliance is all about certification and stamps and trademarks and nonsense which shouldn't happen.
There should be none of that … in a protocol as important to the world as wireless Ethernet access. But … that's where we are.
Even if routers could get updated, or when they're eventually replaced, all the other devices need to be updated too. … it's not clear when IoT light bulbs are gonna get themselves updated, so we're stuck with WPA2 for the foreseeable future.
The only protection here is a really high-entropy password for the access point. … I would argue that given the amount of attention this is getting [and] the fact that we are a long way away from WPA3 … there just is no excuse now not to use a password for a Wi-Fi system that it is not possible to remember.
I think we will see shortly some turnkey tools. … You know someone's gonna automate this and then that then turns lots of people loose. … It's an offline attack so after you capture the traffic you go home … turn off your Bitcoin miner and have it do hash cracking instead.
So how is WPA3 better? Larry Seltzer answers How and why:
I spoke to Dan Harkins, distinguished technologist at Aruba … and author of many of the basic standards behind WPA3. … I am writing this in a big-chain coffee shop … but the Wi-Fi security features have been turned off.
WPA3 solves this problem by implementing a new standard called Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE), an author of which is none other than Harkins. An OWE-capable client and access point will behave just as with an open network like the one I’m using now, but the traffic will be strongly encrypted, even without a password. [So it] demands nothing of users nor staff.
For many years, there have been attacks against WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) networks, meaning those with shared passwords. … PSK in WPA3 uses a new authentication method called SAE (Simultaneous Authentication of Equals) … basically an implementation of another Harkins specification, Dragonfly Key Exchange.
Dragonfly does not transmit the hash of the password. [It] solves what is known as a zero-knowledge problem, meaning that the two parties attempting to connect on the network must prove to each other that they both know the secret without actually divulging [it].
But Roland6 urges us not to over-egg this:
If you don't have WiFi roaming/reassociation enabled - something that was considered a security risk back in 2007 - then your network isn't vulnerable.
If you are considering using 64 character PSKs that it is probably better to go the whole hog and go to an 802.1x implementation.
What, Palladium worry?
This is probably like all those uncountable Android security holes that somehow never get any real attacks despite all the fear-mongering.
Meanwhile, bcaa7f3a8bbc is impressed:
Impressive. Even brute-force attacks eventually get better.
The moral of the story? WPA2 Personal considered harmful, but the sky’s not falling (yet).
And Finally…
What if Hitler never invaded Russia in WWII?
Image source: Carl Nenzén Lovén (cc:by)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70887 | Ghanaian Pastor, Nana Poku ‘Heals’ Female Members By Giving Them Passionate Kiss
A video is making the rounds on social media and it shows a South-Africa based Ghanaian Pastor known as Prophet Nana Poku passionately kissing his female congregation member in order to ‘heal’ her.
In a video the prophet is entangled in the web of kissing, touching and fondling of breasts of female church members with the view of healing them of their ailments.
It is not just a k*ss on the cheek but deep kissing which lasts for about 25 seconds, fondling of the breasts is also not left out as he is seen fondling breasts of members.
From the video, he only sits on the old women when he is healing them of their ailments.
See video evidences below.
Adeola Fayehun
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70891 | Press Falsely Accuses White House Of Hypocrisy On Anonymous Sourcing
Critics like Politico's Dylan Byers and The New York Times' Peter Baker are accusing the White House of hypocrisy based on a completely fraudulent comparison that relies on an ignorance of the complexities of sourcing.
A bit of a feud broke out at Monday's White House daily briefing when Press Secretary Josh Earnest criticized The Washington Post's use of anonymous sources, and reporters responded by pointing out the White House's use of anonymously-sourced background briefings. Beltway media types are now crying "hypocrisy," but what they're doing is comparing senior administration apples to oranges familiar with the situation.
Earnest's hackles were clearly raised when Real Clear Politics' Alexis Simendinger quoted a Washington Post report entitled "Obama aides were warned of brewing border crisis," and asked him to respond to it.
"Well, Alexis, I’d first point out that you’re asking about a story that’s based entirely on anonymous sources," Earnest said. "So that should be reflected in the record."
He then went on to explain the steps the administration was taking before the influx of unaccompanied children became a huge national story, and the funding increases it has sought each year to deal with it.
Ironically, the article that Earnest took such exception with actually does note, quite extensively, steps like those that he described, and then some.
Later in the briefing, McClatchy's Anita Kumar pressed Earnest on the use of anonymous sources, and made the observation that the Post story contains both named and unnamed sources.
"There are people quoted on the record in the story, Cecilia Muñoz from the White House is quoted in the story," Earnest said, adding "But the lead of that story is hooked entirely to anonymous sources."
Kumar then pointed out that "you criticize anonymous sources, but we have anonymous sources from you all every day. I think we have a call today. I mean, how can you criticize that when that's what you basically give us every day, except for the briefing?"
That's when Earnest took a turn for the pissy, interjecting, "Except for the briefing. Except for the fact I've been standing here for an hour answering all of your questions," and pointing out repeatedly that Post hadn't bothered to "show up to defend themselves," which would have been an interesting use for the Brady Briefing Room. What ensued was an interesting, spirited debate about the utility of background briefings, and the relative credibility of anonymous sourcing.
Now, on the substance, Earnest is wrong. The Post piece didn't rely entirely on anonymous quotes for its "hook," as illustrated by Erik Wemple in his equally pissy response to the White House. He demonstrated this, however, by dropping all of the anonymous quotes from the piece, and showing that there was little substantive difference, which also illustrates the fact that the anonymous quotes were completely unnecessary. So why use them? Because without the fresh quotes, what they had was essentially a research piece. The quotes gave it a "news hook" and support for the sexed-up headline. Without them, a fair reading of the piece would be that the administration prepared for an influx, just not such a huge one, and maybe, in hindsight, they should have adjusted their political calculations.
Anonymous sourcing is often necessary for journalists to do their jobs, to serve the public, but it is badly overused, as illustrated by the fact that Dylan Byers' Politico once ran an article about White House reporters complaining about background briefings in which several white House reporters insisted on being quoted on background. More problematic than that is the weak attribution often used in such stories, as in WaPo's use of "others familiar with internal discussions," a meaningless attribution that could well be referencing participants in a séance.
On the substance, the reporters are also correct that background briefings are overused and silly, but precisely because they are so very different from reporters using anonymous sources. Critics likeDylan Byers and The New York Times' Peter Baker are accusing the White House of hypocrisy based on a completely fraudulent comparison that relies on an ignorance of the complexities of sourcing.
Let me break it down for you.
If I get Joe Schmoe from the Office of Management and Budget to tell me something newsworthy, on the record, the White House can simply turn around and say, "Mr. Schmoe was talking out of his ass," and probably fire him. That's why Joe would probably request anonymity, which would protect him from firing, but would also, as Earnest points out, place limits on the weight I would give his statements. If Joe turns out to be full of shit, that's basically all on me. I can't then turn around and say, "But, but that's what Joe Shmoe told me!"
Now, if Joe Schmoe is participating in a background briefing, which is an official, on-the-record event in which only the names of the participants are off the record, whatever he says gets attributed to a "senior White House official," which means that the White House owns his words. They can't go back and say, "We never said that," or, "We were misquoted," because there are a hundred audio recordings of that event, recordings which, incidentally, include the names of those background sources. A source at a background briefing cannot possibly burn you. If anything, the weight given to Joe Schmoe's statements is greater in the context of a background briefing, not weaker.
Gratuitous anonymous sourcing and arbitrary background briefings are not even close to the same thing, but the solution to them is. Reporters often accept the worst sort of anonymous sourcing, the source with an axe to grind, because they know if they don't, that source will shop elsewhere, just as reporters attend White House background briefings because if they don't, all of their competitors will. If everyone held out for appropriate attribution, we would get it. Unfortunately, our media environment isn't set up to reward such a practice, and neither is our audience. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70902 | Divine Action in the World (leading to a scientifically rational theory)
It is assumed by many Christian theologians that God acts in the world. Can such a theological assumption go beyond mere faith and belief and be put into rational scientific language (a scientifically plausible theory)? If God’s action results in the laws, order, and kinetic processes of the natural world, then the answer is obviously “yes.”
This theistic worldview (as opposed to deism) would also include the other side of the coin—finding scientific expressions within the full Christological framework of the Holy Trinity, the doctrine of resurrection, the Second Coming, Christian love, salvation, eternal life, the authority of Holy Scripture and finally, the causal nexus between the Infinite and the finite.
The last topic on the above list involves the process by which time, space, and matter can emerge out of a non-temporal and non-spatial realm. Furthermore, such a top-down scenario requires a grasp of how primal (a priori) processes can possess magnitudes and measurements that are totally removed from their involvement with time and space (a pre-geometric realm that religion calls heaven).
And that’s not all. Since John 1:1-3 states that all things ever created are derived from God’s Holy Word, then Sacred Scripture must hold the patterning principles of creation, universal order, and process within its divine architecture. Such a discovery would require nothing less than a cognitive “leap” in biblical exegesis (interpretation).
The final challenge for any unification between theology and science is that the current theories of the New Physics may well prove to be flawed. In a nutshell, current theologies are inadequate to interface with science and current science is inadequate to interface with religion. Neither religion nor science provides us with rational answers to questions concerning first principles and fundamental reality.
If you believe science is on stronger ground, tell that to the theoretical physicists who are faced with trying to unify the two pillars of physics—relativity theory and quantum theory. This unresolved problem implies a deeper theory is yet to be discovered.
The problems of theism are just as daunting. How does God’s Infinite Wisdom, Love, and Providence, act in the world in such a way that preserves the laws of nature, maintains human free will, yet allows horrendous evils (theodicy) to manifest? This implies that God is not in full control (or worse).
I have still left out important issues on both sides of the discussion, but will address them in my upcoming book, Proving God.
I am a member of two organizations comprised of scientists, philosophers, theologians and serious thinkers engaged in creative mutual interaction in an attempt to integrate science and theology. These organizations are the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) and the Swedenborg Scientific Association (SSA).
This blog is dedicated to that most important goal.
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7 Responses to Divine Action in the World (leading to a scientifically rational theory)
1. intellectuallyfulfilledatheist says:
“This unresolved problem implies a deeper theory is yet to be discovered.”
This is similar to what Einstein faced, however, when he viewed the fact that within different reference frames classical mechanics assumed completely different sets of equations. Einstein objected to the interpretation of classical mechanics that, for instance, electrical induction in a coil of wire rotating relative and perpendicular to a magnetic field should be modeled by a different, though equivalent, set of equations depending on whether we were considering the coil to be rotating or the magnetic field. Einstein’s solution to this problem which is considerably simpler than, and in other significant ways different from, the resolution of the irreconcilable differences between the current formulation of quantum mechanics and general relativity resulted in general relativity which brought with it a completely new way of understanding the underlying structures of the universe.
The problem of quantum mechanics, though, is that we have two more or less correct theories which, in this case, and unlike the case of different equations to model the same thing, quantum mechanics does not have a way of formulating equations of gravitation and general relativity cannot describe the behavior of fundamental particles. As a result we end up with a situation in which scientists intuitively believe that there should be an even more fundamental unifying theory, but it could also easily be the case that there isn’t. And if there isn’t that wouldn’t ultimately be a huge problem for physics, since general relativity wouldn’t automatically be falsified nor would quantum mechanics, it would just disappoint a lot of physicists who would prefer to be able to derive both sets of formalizations from one fundamental theory.
Either way, though, it’s no big revelation to anyone who understands the underlying concepts being discussed in the search for a theory that unifies quantum mechanics with general relativity that a more fundamental (or deeper) theory is being sought since the purpose of unifying quantum mechanics with general relativity is to discover a formalization of physics from which both quantum mechanics and general relativity can easily and correctly be derived to the exclusion of alternative formalizations which we also know to be incorrect. Essentially saying that our formalizations of both quantum mechanics and general relativity cannot be reconciled with one another and we would like them to be is exactly the same as saying a more fundamental (or deeper) theory is yet to be discovered.
2. thegodguy says:
Dear Mr. Confident,
Two more or less correct theories? No wonder you are so comfortable with the current status of science. The fact that there is no satisfactory solution to unifying the two pillars of modern science means that both are susceptible to change. My new book “Proving God” shows that Einstein’s idea that space is continuous is false. I also point out that spacetime curvatures, when looked at as discrete kinematic trajectories offer a better model for expressing superposition than vector spaces.
But I appreciate your sharing your profuse knowledge with my readers!
Spiritually yours,
3. intellectuallyfulfilledatheist says:
The thing is, though, that the two pillars don’t necessarily need to be unified, scientists just hope they can be. It’s entirely possible that there’s no single more fundamental physical framework from which both of these sets of theories can be derived, which means that they can’t be unified because they are fundamentally different. But we can’t know that this is the case and there at least some hints that there might be some way to unify them. But essentially what I’m saying is that the two theories are completely adequate for what they describe, general relativity the world at a large scale and quantum mechanics the world at a very small scale. Both theories are more or less accurate for their scales and there’s every reason to think that smaller scale reformalizations can improve their accuracy whether or not we could unify the two separate theories. But if it does turn out that the two theories actually individually address two completely disparate aspects of the universe that would not turn out to be a problem for either theory.
By the way spacetime curvatures are represented by vector spaces, in fact topological spaces are vector spaces and spacetime curvature is a topological space. But superpositions have little to do with vector spaces and more to do with the fact that contradictory states in a fundamental particle are apparently all simultaneously true. It is true that they use vector spaces to map the probabilities for all of the various state collections that a particle could collapse onto, but since this vector space has nothing to do with position so much as an abstraction of various sets of probabilities I don’t exactly see how trajectory has any bearing, but essentially my reason for mentioning superpositions was to show that the mathematical formalization is independent of the physical interpretation. In the case of superpositions there are many physical interpretations of the concept which is embodied essentially by a mathematical formula. The copenhagen interpretation, the sum over histories interpretation, etc.
Also it should be noted that the fact that both general relativity and quantum mechanics are as yet not unified even assuming that they can be, does not suggest that they are both susceptible to change. Newtonian mechanics has not changed, though Einstein’s theory of general relativity showed it to be wrong in details and highly imprecise, newtonian mechanics is still the same, there’s every reason to expect that a unifying theory that brings general relativity into quantum mechanics and vice versa will have no effect on either general relativity, newtonian mechanics, or quantum mechanics in exactly the same way. Rather it will serve, instead, to add greater precision to our understanding of the systems in question, but we will most likely still use general relativity and newtonian mechanics when those formalizations are accurate enough, or quantum mechanics as it currently exists, when that set of formalizations is accurate enough. The only thing that might really suggest that these sciences are both susceptible to change would be very compelling evidence that these sciences are fundamentally wrong. Currently no such compelling evidence exists.
4. intellectuallyfulfilledatheist says:
I should also mention, since I forgot, that states in quantum mechanics are discrete in nature, so the vector spaces used to describe superpositions are necessarily discrete in nature, containing only those states which are possible.
5. thegodguy says:
Dear intellectual buddy,
That you remain “comfy” in spite of the problem of a unified theory certainly explains why you feel “intellectually fulfilled.” Other serious scientists do not share your comfort in these matters.
Yes, spacetime curvature can and is represented by vector spaces. However, you do not comprehend what I am suggesting – that spacetime curvatures and their topologies can express a superposition principle when such structures are derived from complex fluxes. This is a novel idea proposed in my book and addresses space structure as emergent, discrete, and embracing causality. I am proposing a new background independent theory (which should be interesting to you since you favor loop quantum gravity over string theory).
Spiritually yours,
6. intellectuallyfulfilledatheist says:
Loop Quantum Gravity more than 10 years ago proposed that spacetime structures are emergent, discrete, and explains causality. You should read Three Roads to Quantum Gravity by Lee Smolin, one of the pioneers in the field of Loop Quantum Gravity.
Vectors and topologies can express superpositions since topologies deal with vector spaces and superpositions are expressed as vector spaces, but to assume that this means that the vector spaces can be expressed in terms of real world spacetime curvatures is taking the similarities in mathematical expression perhaps a bit too far.
As for me being “comfy” I find it interesting that you put that word in quotes as though it was something I said when it isn’t. All I said in my last two comments here, which I suppose I will have to say again because you apparently missed it both times is that there is no physical reason why quantum mechanics has to be unified with general relativity. Physicists would like that to be the case for simplicity. It would be easier and look a lot nicer if both theories could be expressed under one mathematical framework instead of the two that are currently required to express the two separate theories. I’m “comfortable” with this because there is nothing to be uncomfortable with. There is no problem here for either quantum mechanics or general relativity. A new mathematical framework wouldn’t change either theory, it would only help make sense of why, if they are, the two theories are related to one another. If no unifying theory is ever discovered that would suggest two possibilities, either we are not capable of understanding how they are related and discovering the mathematical formulation for that relationship, or there is no relationship between the two theories, instead they refer to distinct aspects of reality. I know of no scientist who actually works in the fields of quantum mechanics or general relativity who are particularly concerned with what it might mean if there is no unifying theory, even taking into account all the time that would have been wasted looking for one, the search has yielded interesting results in its own right. You might also consider reading Warped Passage by Lisa Randall, a standard model physicist. Every book by a physicist actually working in these fields that I have read and every lecture I have seen I have seen these physicists themselves suggest that it is possible that general relativity and quantum mechanics cannot be unified. They also explain that the quest for a unifying theory is primarily aesthetic. When James Clerk Maxwell reduced the 20 or so equations describing electricity and magnetism down to four simple equations that sparked interest by physicists in finding other equations that can simplify apparently disparate phenomenon such as electricity and magnetism. This lead to the eventual discovery of equations which unify electromagnetism with the weak nuclear force. This is one of the hints suggesting a grand unifying theory of physics bringing all of the fundamental forces together, but it doesn’t guarantee it in and of itself. So far that’s as far as we’ve come, also, we haven’t unified the strong nuclear force with the electroweak force and we have no idea how it might even be possible to unify gravity with the other three forces considering that gravity is many orders of magnitude weaker than any of the others.
I will grant, however, that without a theory of quantum gravity it seems as though we have no way of figuring out what happened during the universe’s Planck epoch. This might have many physicists concerned, however I think there is, so far, every reason to expect that a quantum theory of gravity will be worked out and so far every reason not to expect that it will rely on invoking the supernatural.
7. thegodguy says:
Dear Mr. Un-unified Scientist,
Huh? Aesthetic?
It makes no rational sense that the universe can be ruled by two contradictory laws! I also do not need a lesson on loop quantum physics – I have read Lee Smolin’s book. I think you like to hear yourself pontificate.
Your belief that a quantum theory of gravity will be worked out from mere physical (dead) principles is nothing more than FAITH! You must really feel confident that the Higg’s particle is about to be discovered at Cern. There is no such thing!
My book addresses the Planck epoch, the pre-Planck epoch and the reality of the spiritual world through the lawful abstractions of forms removed from their static geometrical constraints. My book also offers new insights into quantum gravity but you dismiss these statements outright. Who says that relativity theory and quantum mechanics need no further reformulation?
And why should physicists worry over it when no one likes shake ups or challenges to their entrenched institutions!
I do not invoke the SUPRA-natural but include it. Quantum gravity possesses different and distinct qualities within the multi-level scaffolding of spacetime structure. Your archaic scientific models cannot even begin to grasp this!
You are starting to bore me with your lectures and refresher courses in physics (and probably my readers). Tell me something new. I’m a busy man.
Spiritually yours,
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70924 | Pascal’s Wager for God
"Pascal," by Mitch Francis
Our selections come from the W. F. Trotter translation (introduced by T. S. Eliot) (New York: Dutton, 1958) of Pascal's Pensées.
"Pascal," by Mitch Francis
French genius Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662) presented belief in God as a rational wager. (Image: “Pascal,” by Mitch Francis.)
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
The mathematician, geometer, physicist, inventor, theologian, and philosopher Blaise Pascal lived from 1623 until 1662 – just after he turned 39. At 16, his first serious work in an essay “On Conics” (about the Mystical Hexagram), states what is now called “Pascal’s Theorem.” The prodigy Pascal shaped economics, probability theory, and computing, among other disciplines. He even invented and created over 20 mechanical calculators – two of which are still on display in Paris and Dresden. After a mystical experience in 1654, he mostly devoted himself to theology.
Pascal never called section 233 of the Pensées “The Wager” – although it’s easy to see why it has been thusly named: It approaches the question about whether to believe in God not based primarily on the logical evidences that “God exists,” but on an assessment of the practical pay-offs of belief and non-belief. In short, belief – Pascal argues – is the “best bet.”
The significance of Pascal’s work in this domain extends well beyond theology into game theory and decision theory. It forms the basis of what modern probability theorists call “expected utility.” One poignant application: It provides a mathematical assessment of how good a bet is. If you gamble in order to “win big” – as opposed to “for fun” – then you want to know when doing so is the action with the highest expected utility.
Click to show/hide some "expected utility" math.
General definition of expected value:
EU(Bet) = [Pr(Win) * V(Win)] + [Pr(~Win) * V(~Win)]
In English, that reads something like, “The expected utility of a bet = (the probability of winning multiplied by the value of winning) plus (the probability of losing multiplied by the value of losing).”
Example 1: What’s the EV of accepting this bet on a 10-number roulette wheel?: I’ll give you $5 if the ball lands on any number 1 through 4; you give me $2 if it lands in the 5-10 zone.
[.4 * $5] + [.6 * -$2] =
$2 + -$1.20 = $.80
According to the expected utility formula, this is arguably a favorable gamble.
Example 2: What’s EV of buying a $1 ticket to win a $1001 lottery when Pr(Win) = .0005?
[.0005 * $1000 (cost-of-ticket factor)] + [.9995 * -$1] =
$.50 + -$.9995 = -$.4995
According to the expected utility formula, this is arguably a lousy gamble.
WikiPedia lists numerous items of importance named for Blaise Pascal:
• Pascal (unit) (Pa), the SI unit of pressure (equivalent to one newton per square meter)
• Pascal (programming language), a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth between 1968 and 1969
• Pascal distribution, a special case of the negative binomial distribution
• Pascal’s triangle, a geometric arrangement of the binomial coefficients in a triangle
• Pascal’s law, a physics principle relating pressure at various points in an incompressible fluid
• Pascal (crater), a lunar crater
• Pascal’s theorem, also known as the Hexagrammum Mysticum Theorem
• Pascal’s Wager, a philosophical argument for belief in God
As you read Pascal’s thought here, ask yourself what position Pascal is specifically defending. How does he assess the expected utility of betting on God? That is, is it worth “betting” a believing life in the hope of “winning” heaven? How do you assess his approach?
“The Wager”
Let us now speak according to natural lights.
What if one is convinced that “in theory” betting on God is a “smart bet”?
Here, Pascal provides practical direction in the form of “fake-it-till-you-make-it” advice…
The “cost” of living as Pascal proposes.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70929 | SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Was cannibalism practised during the Crusades?
Cannibalism in the crusades – fact or fiction?
A special investigation into the question: is it true that crusaders ate human meat during the Crusades and were they even encouraged to do so? Your views and knowledge on this subject would be very welcome in the comments section. Now, read on…
The first years of the crusades were marked by butchery.
Even before recruits to this holy war had left their homeland, they would kick things off with a pogrom directed at the local Jewish population. In the so-called Rhineland Massacres, crusaders on their way to Jerusalem attacked Jews in towns throughout southern Germany. Many took their own lives rather than be subjected to the sacrilegious humiliation of enforced baptism.
READ MORE: The senseless massacre of Jews in the Middle Ages
This grim episode has been viewed as a medieval precursor of the 20th century holocaust of European Jews.
Accusation of cannibalism in Syria
When these rough and ready crusaders got to the east, things hardly got much better. For a monk who was rooting for the warriors of Christ, Fulcher of Chartres didn’t flinch from recording what would be termed war crimes in the modern age. In one alleged incident, earlier on in the First Crusade, he claimed that some Christian soldiers had cooked and eaten flesh from the bodies of dead Saracens at the Syrian town of Ma’arra.
This practice was also reported by Ralph of Caen, who claimed to have seen this grisly meal being prepared. Albert of Aix, another chronicler, added that along with Saracens, the crusaders were eating dogs too. But it was Guibert of Nogent who pointed an accusing finger at poor, bedraggled but extremely zealous crusaders he referred to as Tafurs.
These were the foot soldiers notionally under the control of nobles and princes who were leading the armies of God into the Middle East. But they appear to have been a law unto themselves, “barefoot, wearing sackcloth, being covered in sores and filth, and living on roots and grass”.
Wherever they went, they left a trail of devastation. Too poor to afford swords, they fought with clubs, knives, shovels, hatchets, catapults and pointed sticks. Their ferocity was legendary; the leaders of the crusade were unable to control them and never went among them without being armed, while the Muslims were terrified of the Tafurs.
Were the Tafurs practising cannibalism?
The word ‘Tafur’ is said to have come from a nobleman of that name who saw the vast army of beggars that arrived to join the First Crusade under the leadership of the charismatic French priest Peter the Hermit. Tafur was so moved by this sight that he forsook his fine clothes for rags and embraced a life of poverty.
It was also, apparently, Peter the Hermit who introduced Tafur and the unruly band he soon gathered around himself to the option of cannibalism as a way of enduring a long siege, such as the one at Antioch. The term ‘Paynim’ is Middle English slang for a pagan, specifically a Muslim:
Peter the holy Hermit, he sat before his tent
“Thou holy Hermit, counsel us, and help us at our need;
Help, for God’s grace these starving men with wherewithal to feed”
But Peter answered, “Out, ye drones, a helpless pack that cry,
While all unburied round about the slaughtered Paynim lie.
A dainty dish is Paynim flesh, wth salt and roasting due.”
“Now, by my fay,” quoth King Tafur, “the Hermit sayeth true.”
The cartoonishly ghastly nature of these sadistic peasants has led some to wonder whether the Tafurs were a propaganda invention of the crusader nobility. By creating a devilish lower class stereotype motivated solely by greed and malice, this would divert attention from the equally appalling avarice and cruelty of the Christian aristocracy in the Holy Land.
Both Christian and Muslim writers painted a picture of the crusaders that hardly accorded with the idea of a war fought for a higher and noble purpose. Instead, this was brutish thuggery coated with a thin veneer of Catholic religiosity. A sad excuse for base and bestial behaviour.
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2012, Religion - 189 Comments
Ratings: 6.72/10 from 39 users.
Brainwashed by the Westboro Baptist ChurchVICE followed the story of the Westboro Baptist Church as families split and children were brainwashed into picketing funerals and bashing homosexuals.
They welcomed the filmmakers into their homes and gave them access to 17 years of home video footage. In return, they produced an unbiased look into the lives of one of America's most despised organizations.
ALSO SEE: The Most Hated Family in America and America's Most Hated Family In Crisis.
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189 Comments / User Reviews
1. i dunno guys here at the westboro baptist church we dont brainwash no one, but like come on those homos deserved it, i aint seen a beat homo i aint laughed at and nor has god.
2. Steve Drain's daughter summed her father up perfectly: he is one of those men who are terrified of losing control so they end up controlling every aspect of their lives and of those around them. My own father was a slightly less far-gone version of him - and without the bible as a prop.
3. Well, you've gotta hand it to these people. At least they're hard workers.
But don't worry. Eventually they will go down hard, them and their hate.
4. This documentary was interesting but superficial. It left out crucial details about Phelps' life, and jumped from his law practice to his protests. It didn't even mention how the ministry was started etc. It felt like it skipped an important topic. Interesting, nevertheless.
5. @aura calm down. Actually, having total freedom of political speech is one of the best things about America.
6. Wow I have heard about Westboro Baptist but wow they are insane. Thank you Vice for showing me how much hate these people have , and they also abandon their own children/family if they decide to leave the church. It makes me sick.
7. i wish people would stop using "God" as a way to hate others. God doesn't hate anyone he hates sin. these people are definitely people who can't think for themselves and read the bible themselves. where in the bible does it say that God hates homosexuals? and i wish the people who are commenting who are shaming the bible just because of a group of people would stop because these people don't represent all believers of God.
1. It is funny that you guys do not even know what you are talking about or pay allegiance too. Look up the old testament if you can? It clearly states that your god will put to death man that lay with man!
Funny religee's
2. I can't wait for the day when the world has progressed past believing in gods and magic. It's the 21st century for cryin out loud - when are people going to move beyond ancient ignorant beliefs? There are no gods floating around in the clouds wielding magic powers!! Gods were created to explain things that people didn't understand, but now we know and understand much of that which we didn't know. There's no reason to worship gods anymore!!!!
8. How can people actually study a book that is up to 3500 years old and worship its text. "Where is it in the bible...", "the bible says...", who actually cares, its a book, and its a fantasy story. It's make believe. Written by people that didn't understand the world, so made up stories to try and feel better about it.
9. How does one use the words hate and God in the same sentence?Also what about where it is said in the Bible that there is neither male nor female in the spiritual realm or in the Kingdom ? These folks are pitiful to believe in a God that is both vindictive and ugly and intent on fostering destructive and malicious behavior of so called christians. This documentary proves organized religion is sadly misleading the blind leading the blind.
10. I think the most disgusting and offensive part of this whole documentary is that Westboro's evil funeral picketing is protected by so called 'free speech'....Albert Snyder had to pay Westboro's legal costs? Fuck you America, you f--king vile country piece of shit
11. Very sad indeed! An extremely un Christian group.
12. They are hateful, evil people, and the supposed authority of the Unholy Babble is just a convenient excuse for their disgusting behaviour to masquerade as virtue. And that is why every copy of the bible should be repurposed as toilet paper.
1. Right, and destroy all the guns because PEOPLE misuse them. It isn't objects that hurt people, PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE. And these people are some of the sickest idiots around.
13. Fred Phelps is a perjuring wife-and-child beater with a previous drug addiction who started the ministry as a way to vent his rage. The anger is apparently contagious, since the other church members seem unhappy as well.
Bet his anus is so tight it could snap a pencil in half. Loosen up before you blow a gasket, old man.
14. I read the news today, oh, boy.
Seems a group of opportunistic Satanists held a "pink mass" over the grave of Phuckface Phelps's poor dead mama recently, thereby, in their "religious worldview," making her "gay for all eternity". Before leaving, one even had a nice photograph made of his gnarly Satanist pecker laid on top of her tombstone.
Juvenile? Perhaps. But I say it couldn't have happened to a nicer, more deserving group of people.
Ah, hate! It's... it's just so damned liberating, isn't it?
edit- No, "lol" doesn't stand for "Lucifer Our Lord"...
1. Just giving them a dose of their own medicine, nothing juvenile about that.
15. he looks like a decrepit mummy from Hammer horror-movies.....when he dies I think they will dwindle into oblivion. We should really stop feeding the trolls.
16. The bible says that gluttony is a sin you fat sonsabitches. So is judging. I will never understand, or want to understand CULTS.
17. Praying for someone to die?? Sorry but my God must be different than the god they serve because he hates no one! If someone does sin he says to hate the sin but love the sinner. Little do the Phelps know they are heading straight to hell themselves, hopefully they wake up and realize before it's too late.
19. a real humble guy...right...
20. what a hypocrit...he supports and defends blacks but condemns gays....go figure?
21. Does anyone else think this old Grumpy man is Satan?? Anyone that spreads this much negativity on a daily basis have to be a follower of Satan! I was brought up to believe god is a loving god that wants us to focus on the good in every situation and learn from it (free willpower and all) not spread hate around..
1. i sent his church and email and said the Devil he serves condemns and hates...the God I serve loves and saves...big difference..
22. Jabranpin
Man having sex with an animal, I would consider the most unnatural act there is...:)
23. Homosexuality is the most unnatural act there is. But homosexuality has backing in the organs of power so there is nothing to do other than try as much as possible to avoid them and it.
1. And on just what do you base your contention that homosexuality is the most unnatural act there is? And even if it's true, does that make it inherently wrong? What do you mean by "them" and "it?"
2. Jab doesn't know. Jab is brainwashed as well.
3. Homosexuality is actually very natural. Over 500 animal species have it in their populations
4. Pedophilia and infanticide is known in other species also. Does this make it acceptable?
24. US Citizens pay for this. Up to 50% of America is owned by churches, and tax exempt. Personally, I'd rather see everyone on Social Security and Welfare get a big fat raise.
25. Agreed, you have the right to practice, but you have no right to judge. I'm from Canada and I'm living down south in the bible belt, let me tell you religion causes more trouble than it does peace and joy. The bible thumpers who are judging everyone else don't take a second thought to think about how their harsh judgements might affect them. I am married to an Arabian man I know what its like to be judged religiously, I know what discrimination feels like to the max, and I know what racism feels like. Especially living down here. We have comments made openly, and looks strong enough to make anyone want to hide. The ironic part of it all we have experienced more discrimination and hate down here with all the "good Christians" more than back home; and anywhere else we have lived. It's just not right by any means. God mad us all different to teach us acceptance and love; not discrimination and hate.
26. George Orwell would be proud of this miniature Minilove
27. How stupid. They say God is a liar but God hates? Really? They dont even make sense when they contradict what they say.
1. That's because they are a cult.
28. What I want to know is WHERE do they get the money to go "picketing across the globe"?? That sounds crazy expensive...
1. They have to give 10% of their income to the church each year. They spend $200,000 a year on fights and travel to picket.
2. They make most of their money working as lawyers, suing individuals who act out violently toward them, against entire towns and Police in some instances for not allowing the "freedom of speech" and right to "speak in a public forum". They aren't only lunatics but they are also scam artists. Playing on the fact people hate them and provoking them into breaking the law against them. Hence why all counterprotests now are non-violent and individuals no longer shout jeers as they are "verbal Assault". Disgusting people. I feel sorry for every one of them, especially the small children who don't even know any better. Like several of the children featured in "The Most Hated Family In America", when asked if they knew what the signs they were holding meant, they had no clue. One girl didn't even really know what the word Fag even stood for. This is child abuse and those children should be taken in by Child Protective Services.
Rant Over.
29. There is a great calamity. Everyone dies. Heaven is in chaos trying to sort everyone out. God divides the men from the women, and divides the men in to two groups - those you dominated over their women, and those who were dominated by their women.
To his horror, only one man stands in the group that dominated over his woman.
"How can this be?" exclaims God, and asks St. Peter to take the women away. "I created all of you in my likeness, yet only one solitary man here managed to dominate his wife. Please, come up here and explain to everyone how you did it."
A little shy, the man addressed them all saying, "My wife told me to stand there."
All the major religions are inherently radical, since what kind of 'heaven' would it be, knowing people you love are endlessly burning in agony? It doesn't get more straight forward than that. If you could hack that, then what does that say? 85% of the universe is completely missing from us, all we can account for is 15% or less. There is plenty of room for spiritualism, but these holy books are pure folly. Love and peace.
30. how can God hate someone? wasn't everything created by God? why would God create something that He hates? anyways ppl will always twist religion to gain their goals. take away religion some thing will happen with some other ideology. its not religion, its the people with political agendas. and there is always people with political agenda behind religious movements. you dont want to be gay? fine dont be, you think this will get you to heaven? cool. stop telling others what to believe, cuz that annoying. same for Muslims who always try to impose their theology on just about anyone. BlaseAttitude helps..
31. What was that song at the beginning of the doc?
32. I suspect that in America we have more to fear from radical Christianity than from radical Islam.
Moderate Christians and Muslims should stand together to criticize these types of haters.
And the best response to the next Koran burning would be for American Christian clergy to read passages from the Koran - passages espousing shared values - during their next services.
One thing for sure, allowing these Westboro people to spew their hatred shows that we still value the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, i.e., free speech and religious freedom. I think we should be proud of that.
33. that's because your post wasn't a question but a statement. if you have a question then ask it and i'll answer it
1. O.K. I'll phrase it as a question. What makes you think you know any more about what "authentic" Christianity is than anyone else?
2. Saying the WBC does not represent Christianity is not the same as saying I know more about the faith than anyone else. But I am a Christian, Eastern Orthodox, so I can say with 100% certainty that the WBC promotes hatred, not Christianity.
3. And the Catholic Church doesn't? And yes, when you use the word "authentic" juxtaposed to Christianity, it means that you've set yourself up as a judge and that anyone who does not agree with you as to what Christianity represents is not a Christian.
4. The Catholic Church represents a perverted form of Christianity just as the does the WBC, all though not as extreme.
5. That's what I mean. You've set yourself up as an arbiter between what is and is not Christian--and, quite frankly, what makes you regard yourself as qualified to do so?
6. I would think the fact that I'm a practicing Eastern Orthodox Chrisitian would at least allow me the right to state my opinion as to what I think Christianity is or is not, right?
I'm not sure what point you're trying to prove here...
7. State away, but your opinion on what constitutes Christianity is as worthless as everyone else's. That's what I'm trying to prove.
8. So it's your opinion that everyone else's opinion on Christianity is worthless? BTW...what's your worthless opinion on what Christianity is? LOL
9. You're the one who's asserting what is and is not "authentic" Christianity. Frankly, I have no idea and I'll bet I'm better versed in it than you. Now, let's see you first enunciate what you consider "authentic" Christianity and then back it up.
10. You're making no sense. You admit you have 'no idea' what Christianity is yet you say you're better versed in it than I?
So which is it?
11. Unlike you, I don't claim to have any idea of what "authentic" Christianity is.
12. Your religion doesn't give you a "right" to anything. You have a right to speak, a right to practice religion, but practicing religion doesn't give you "right" to JUDGE what you think your religion is.
13. Actually, I think it does. He has a right to define what he thinks are the characteristics of a Christian. You have a right to disagree. No one can speak for everyone, but he has a right to his opinion.
14. So, having sex with little kids is not as extreme as picketing funerals and holding signs? Your sense of morality is disgusting.
15. Wrong and a horrible answer at that. You're not 100% certain about anything in religion. WBC promotes hatred FROM THE BIBLE. Written in the same scriptures you hold to be caring and loving. When something is written and can be construde into anything that fits the problem, it cannot be taken as fact. That is why you call your belief, "faith". It's also why you'll never fully understand reality and morality.
34. American fundamentalists are one of the biggest dangers our society faces. Getting young children to hold messages of hate is disgusting and if disowning your own child is what god intends I'm glad I'm an atheist. These sub humans make me sick.
35. technically all good christians should join WBC according to what the bible says because they actually stand by all parts of the bible, not just the warm and fuzzy parts. the bible is pretty extreme
1. technically you don't know what you're talking about. the WBC is the antithesis of what authentic Christianity is
2. You don't know anything more about what "authentic" Christianity is than Frost or my macaw.
3. it's certainly not the WBC :)
4. That doesn't answer my post.
36. Your valid point has been corrected, thankyou for that observation mate
37. YES robertallen1, you are perfectly correct and my words could have been chosen better, All child abuse is a horror. I have 3 grown up and very much loved kids
38. WOW. what creeps, I think they have a vitamin deficiency or something, these are very sick people. It must be a sad thing to live with such hate and righteous defenses in your life. Don't they realize that god is a myth made up by man when man wiped out the pagan religion to make the new found christianity the main controlling belief. I am sure they have not read the bible and put it's contradicting messages together with moral logic and new scientific discoveries that negate most of the stories in the bibles fairy tales. isn't there laws protecting children from the horrors of child abuse teaching them to hate so strongly in life, the lives of those poor kids is going to be horrible for them, forever outcasts
1. All chilabuse is incorrect.
39. They seem to want to share a wrong their told. An enlightenment of wrongful infliction. Aiming a kind of hatred and seperation away from mans course foreward. How could they live with themselves.
40. Exactly which God told them to behave like that? The focus on simply being human, must be lost in that neighborhood. Bring a book from the Bronze age into the future of man is like re-inventing the wheel every Sunday. One day reality will set in and the'll one day discover the realization there's no new news about this God on CNN News, NBC News , ABC News, BBC News, etc, Their sold on the preacher preaching of a God that only exists in the mind, and no where else. They make real humans look and act primatve, like stuck the dark ages, restricting and promoting no chance to evolve. An aweful infliction upon restricting man from advancing. If only pastors realize what actual harm their doing to humanity bringing hell here. The sharing of focus brings it.
41. stay well away from that lot
42. Any person filled with so much hate must be a demon! And any person who takes the bibel literally Is a moran.
43. God hates the media. Unless your mentally deranged and then he likes you using it.
44. Their preaching crap out of the old testament(Hebrew bible) and making fun of Jews. There is no mention of gays in the new testament and only a passing mention in the Hebrew bible. They don't know what they are. Publicity whores.
45. Crazy s***. They are mentally challenged. That poor soldiers family. I guess the devil is good to his own. That journalist wanted to be part of it before he went there, or he wouldn't bring his young impressionable children to that cauldron of hate.
46. He said it himself, PRIMITIVE.
47. Religion is bulls**t. -George Carlin
48. Yes, but the process is part of the promotion. It's like the Church in Florida that wanted to burn some Korans. Medias don't talk about it, no one care. Every medias pick it up, there is riots everywhere in the Middle-East. All that because of some wackos in Florida? It's very easy to burn a Koran, can do it right here at home. Should I call CNN to tell them about my intentions? Will they broadcast it everywhere around the world so we get some "Death To Canada, the Mini-Satan" publicity.
The medias have created that Church, not Phil Phelps. They made it what it is.
49. But it worked, they wanted to censor him and that only made him more popular. You have similar things everywhere. In France, they had an antisemitic standup, he got sued in court, couldn't perform anywhere as a result. Guess what? He's more popular than ever!
1. That was tried here (US). The Supreme Court upheld his right to freedom of speech. He's still at least as unpopular as he ever was. Probably more so.
2. Let's hope it works for the three girls in Russia, they deserve some publicity! Two years in jail for 'hooliganism motivated by religious hatred' after singing anti Putin songs in a cathedral. What has one to do with the other? Then to add insult to injury some guy from the church pops up to say that the sentence was a bit harsh, after all, 'god has punished them already by making them stupid' The church claims its little religious victory and rubs its hands smugly, Putin tries to sidestep condemnation for making political prisoners of them by accusing them of hate crimes. Fine example of synchronised backscratching.
3. Just what is hoolinganism? Seems rather vague and all-encompassing.
4. Almost as vague as terrorism :)
50. Phelps superstar... in Church and what a swimmer too!
51. Documentaries like that promote this Church... They play his game. There was 3 dozens docus about him, and the Church he represent was only his family and it grew as a result of this worldwide promotion. It's hilarious, but that guy got it right.
1. Now there's a thought. Maybe the correct response isn't to ignore him. Maybe we should be laughing at him for as Twain points out, "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."
52. The only thing making the Phelps klan protests work is how easily people enable their publicity tactics. If everyone simply ignored them, they would simply go away.
The worst thing you can do to these people is keep them from their moment in the media.
1. Tell that to a veteran.
2. Please, they are 100% correct on that. WBC feeds on the publicity the media gives them, the media feeds on the outrage the public feels when the media covers WBC. How can this be anything but painfully obvious?
They are little more than real life trolls like we see on the internet. How to get rid of them? Stop feeding them. Don't show up en masse at their next protest.
3. This could also backfire. If it doesn't meet opposition, the WBC could feel that it is weak or virtually non-existent and become bolder.
4. A "banished" child of Fred Phelps has come out and said they will never know the wrongs of their ways and that ignoring them would only make them feel as though they had won. He says the anti-violent, anti-hate, and comedic counter-protests are the best way to rid of them.
5. Well I don't think anyone cares if they want to think they won or not.... what we want is for them to disappear from the social landscape- and IMO to do that you have to stop paying attention to them. Stop giving them TV coverage and putting a mike in their face.
They can believe they won... nobody would even know.
53. What I find curious is that the same man who defended black students when no one else would turns around and persecutes homosexuals.
A very strange and complex man.
1. But look at it his way, you can't help the colour of your skin but gay is on purpose. Nasty, bitter old codger :/
2. So he is saying people choose to be gay and can be influenced to have sex with another man if they want to. It's just a perverted lifestyle choice, right?
I disagree because the theory holds that there is some way I could be lead to someday look at some guy's hairy bubble butt and think "wow I just gotta have thaaaat!"
Not gonna happen. I think it's born or ingrained early. I think that those religious people who strongly condemn it as sinful and obsess over it are actually scared they might want to try it.
Organized religion has its good points and its bad points, it's just about at its worst when humans use it to wield power over, influence, or condemn other humans.
Any heaven Fred Phelps gets into is not any place I need to worry about getting into.
All that having been said Phelps' life would probably make a pretty funny movie from a "black comedy" POV. A larger than life, buffoonish jerk so full of hatred it's comical how far away from the concept of Christianity he'd become.
3. Look into what the initials "D.N." meant in context to Phelps' pro bono civil rights cases. Phelps reportedly tricked his clients into including those letters themselves into their own witness testimonies in court. Just an inside joke he and a couple of relatives knew about, convinced them they had some latin legal jargon meaning.
I can't help but wonder if after he dies we'll find some similar hidden message behind the God Hates Fags thing. Like Fred was really gay and did the whole thing to embarrass the WBC faithful, having them look so silly and repulsive the public sympathized with gays, in the end helping them.
You heard it here first. :-)
4. From watching this and a couple of other docs I really wonder if this isn't just a put-on. The man likes attention and from being a trial lawyer he understands the use of showmanship. I think that just maybe the old fart is having a laugh at our expense.
5. I think it's bizarre how he's had a lot of people very scared of him. Apparently the Topeka chief of police had him arrested, Phelps sued for wrongful arrest and ended up with a judgement that took the chief's house. Phelps had all his children running around town selling candy from one of those companies that supplies fund raising sales, then didn't pay the bill, which was in the thousands, and the company sued Phelps. Phelps counter sued and won.
Phelps was a boxer when he was young, and went to the Kansas State Golden Glove championship and purportedly knocked his opponent out cold in the first round. Won his weight division.
He was addicted to alcohol and amphetamines for years and was physically abusive to his wife and kids, then kicked his habit cold turkey one weekend when he threw them all out of the house.
For years he was lauded for his civil rights work for blacks in Kansas,
his license to practice law was suspended however for filing frivolous lawsuits in federal courts.
6. Sounds like the kind of lawyer you would want on your side in court! And in a fight!
7. His son came out and said the only motivation behind this was publicity and money. He would often say racial slurs and speak about their damnation as a race behind closed doors and in private.
54. The Gay Agenda
1. Don't arrest us
2. Don't label us mentally ill
3. Let us get married
4. Let us adopt children
5. Let us eat chicken fillets
6.Change Oaklahoma to Oaklahomo
1. louis theroux have allready been here,.. can you not come up with things other much more prfessional have come up with before you ?? Jeeeesus
2. So you feel that homosexuals should be arrested just for being homosexuals. So you feel that homosexuality is a mental illness. So you feel that you have the right to dictate in matters which are totally private.
Another ignorant post.
55. More good stuff from Vice!
56. How sad that folk are so alienated from their humanity - they're hating themselves really. It's a misnomer to describe such organisations as Christian - they worship a god of hate, something any child could tell you wasn't the message of Jesus.
It must be awful for decent Christian folk to hear these things.
1. I disagree that any child would tell the message of the bible is not hate. The problem is that the westboro church is applying the bible as written. They are still hypocrites because if they were really obeying the word of God, they'd be stoning people, staying away from menstruating women (sure are a lot of young girls in this church), dressing in natural clothing, and observing a myriad of other strange commands from the bible. Their crime is that they are cherry picking which atrocities they want to believe and enforce. I read a good book about a guy trying to live as the bible commands in today's world but it is all but impossible. Our laws forbid it - and rightly so.
2. Also, the world was a completely different place when the bible was written.
57. sounds like Destiny Church New Zealand bahahah
58. wouldn't it be crazy if in the entire history of humanity the only person that interpreted the bible correctly was this one guy in kansas. wouldn't that be a b.
59. Wow... I knew there were people who believe in 'god' ... but "WOW"... Not ever having known anyone who 'believes', I do hope one day that I meet one in the flesh so we can have a chat !!
1. Don't take these folks as true Christians, or for that matter most of todays church...
Read the Bible for yourself & see how off they are....
2. I hate that phrase "true Christians." There are so many different sects and all claim to be based on some reading of the Bible.
3. They are all way way off in my opinion. Everything is open for interpretation with the bible and its original context burried in layers and layers of other peoples interpretations.
4. Remember, even literalism is a form of interpretation.
5. We have our interpretation too. But only in a historical sense.
6. And that's the only valid way.
60. These guys sure agree with Extremist Muslims about many things. Maybe they should move to Afghanistan and live with some people who share their ideals.
61. ....I absolutely agree on WBC's view on soldiers being sent to fight in other countries, this is the most despicable and brainwashing on young Americans who are pushed, (enticement ads and street corner enlisters) to enlist and then sent to war, and sent to their deaths!!! Only when the bullet rips through their jackets and rips apart their hearts is the time they realize it was all a HUGE mistake, but too late, you're gone!
Governments and big companies in liaison with governments are completely evil, people wake up, and governments are truly EVIL!!! We don't and have never needed a government; the people can get along fine without them, as quoted by the captured alien back in 1947 in Roswell, USA.....Alien: "We don't have governments like you do here; we have wise elders that make decisions." If it works well with them, it can work well here too!
And before you start throwing your well-known sarcasm, look up alien visitation here on earth, it's now overwhelming, here again, your governments have stabbed you in the back, they are well and truly deep into the ufo phenomena, it's the most important happening in human history, and you're not allowed to know about it! WAKEUP!!!!!!!!!!
1. You are an id**t, You are not brainwashed in the military, you as an individual have the right to not join the military, but understand what you are signing, if you join...
There is a statement in the contract you are signing that in the event of war you may be involved, hence you are joining the Military, not the Boy or Girl Scouts, and the Military fights wars..Always have always will.
Otherwise you wouldn't have the rights you presently have... Always remember, someone in the Military died so you can have the Rights you have now. Also, it is a completely voluntary military...Your choice, no-one forces you to join... So get off of your soap box.. As for your other BS, its just that BS, While i believe we are not alone in the universe please...
Were fighting for oil and resources.STOP pretending that we are the good guys and they are the bad guys.
3. There are no "good guys" and "bad guys" ever. Just lose souls with different beliefs, hate, ignorant behavior, and/or greed that shadows their judgement. Nobody is inherently good or evil.
4. Yes, someone in the military did die for us to have the rights we know now. But don't confuse them with the current military who exist entirely to prop up the rich in their quest for more resources, rebuilding jobs and other lucrative taxpayer contracts. There is no honour in killing people for resources and pretending it's about freedom. And to say it's a choice is absurd when most of these boys and girls have no jobs at home which can provide them a reasonable future. You will know it's a about real freedom when people are required to make real sacrifices; everyone - even those who remained at home.
5. I am not so sure that brainwashing doesn't exist in the military. They use scholarships and offers of $$$ for serving which is targeted toward poorer individuals who do not have many other forms of opportunity. Once into the military, officers preach "Do not fight for the cause of the war but fight for your brothers in the trenches with you", this teaches soldiers that even if they don't believe in killing for profit that they should anyway or else their brothers will die. I don't dislike the military as most of my friends who have served did so to preserve the lifestyles and freedoms we as Americans believe we deserve and to protect us, but they do have some shady policies and tendencies to trick people who aren't necessarily convinced that they are joining to "protect America".
6. The only truths to that are this:
-Plutocracies do not represent the populations they govern and instead represent the extremely wealthy.
-Killing poor people over natural resources is immoral no matter how much you like your SUV.
The Universe is a big place, so life outside the Earth is extremely probably good, but if they haven't gone to the trouble of introducing themselves then there isn't overwhelming evidence that aliens have visited us, just some stories made up by people.
As far as brainwashing goes, it's only necessary to brainwash someone if they have to change who the **** they are to fold a shirt into a 6 inch square. You don't know war and brainwashing only works on the st*pid.
We still need government, what we don't need is for profit banking and insurance or privatized public services of any kind. Physical products that can be competitively innovated should be allowed to grow in a free market.
62. What a bunch of sick, narrow-minded, pitiful people! Life is about love and seeking commonalities; not perpetuating discord and hate. I'm actually really unimpressed with the stance these people have chosen to take. Shame. Shame. Shame.
63. How this could be good publicity is beyond me. I cant imagine anyone going ''oh yes, thats the life for me''. They would have to be a sandwich short of a picnic. Unfortunatley unless they are all neutered its only going to grow.
1. OMG... Seriously!!...Did people contribute to this thinking they were providing good PR for WBC?? .. O..M..G.. !!!
2. Lorna: Unfortunately, neutering wouldn't help. It's a disease born of the mind and perpetuated on other weaker minds. To grow an "organization" such as this, all they need is what sounds like something close enough to the truth to do their own brainwashing". I've never understood extremist cults like this (no matter the religious identity they claim) and never will. When did it become their right to judge? I thought that was God's least it says so in the Bible! Just sayin'!
3. I wonder if they donated their brains to science (thats surely a sin too)would you see a patern in them all, that none of them were the full shilling. I,m sure my brain works in a completely different way. My left eyelid twitches with the mention of gods name and i can speak an archaic form of latin when a believer enters the room. Or is that just the wine.
4. "The full shilling." I like that--six pence, one farthing.
64. i cant believe how stupid we people still are...i cannot even explain...and i can belive that this religious thing is still going on after 2k years. people really are brainwashed.
65. Lots of truth in these 2 videos, because the media has been instrumental in the breakdown of the moral fiber in Americans. Why would anyone volunteer to kill others if they really had moral values. And the best way to accomplish this is the breakdown of the base family unit. And the media has been the main weapon for this. The Vile nature of Hollywood and the music industry is living proof of what I'm saying. Turn off your TV, quit watching movies and listening to main stream music. And see just how quickly America families are brought back together and see the moral fiber of Americans return. These folks who made this video are another cog in the wheel that is destroying America.
1. Bullshit.
2. What moral fiber are you talking about? is it the religious majority? Can't wait for the "rapture" to see them all sail off into the stratosphere and for our precious planet to be rid of them!
66. somebody give his addres to me and I' go to a face to face conversation with him and I' promise to you he will change his religion
1. with this dude you may end up changing yours... lol
67. Imagine NO religion
1. It's easy if you try...
68. *Eats popcorn* I love seeing the old ways and the new ones clash. I like listening to stuff like this while i draw in photoshop. :3
69. I am also a dirty unwashed sinner! I grew more than one type of crop in a field, but yeah, that was back in the 70's, who didn't right? :) And the clothes! Heaven forbid, the clothes we wore! They were not even in the same solar system, never mind the makeup of the fabric being different. I must now go and take a layer off my skin with a sandblaster to clean myself!
70. I'm gay and happy lol
71. Pathetic, these idiots don't desirve to call the Christian God their God. Nothing pisses me off more when ignorant closed minded fools like this exploit the erroneous teaching of the old testament.
Jesus said in: Mark 12:30-31 (NIV)
Enough said, sorry Phelps family, Jesus word trumps your old testament bullshit!
1. Those are the verses that always go through my mind every time I am confronted with these WBC people and it really does just let my anger at them melt away and pity them as a confused family led on a hateful crusade by a pissed off old man who just happens to be their father/grandfather.
72. That Steve Drains is one of those typical eyes block shut ignorant boobs that actually never really read the bible from cover to cover. Everything he said made me twitch whether it is about his daughter (the one that broke free from her daddy's ignorant rant), she is obviously smarter than he'll ever be for forseeing the subterfuge that this church and its hateful philosophy was doing to her. From what I know about sexuality is that it doesn't matter the amount of indoctrination one person gets, if they are to be gay they will be gay and no anti-gay religious fundamentalists will ever change that with their stupid signs proning that gods hates gay.
Well they might as well bring pickets that claim that god also hates women, because that is pretty well verifiable in many chapters of bible; in particular those few rules:
- Women should be subjugated by their husbands (1 Pet. 3:1-7).
Odin :)
- "How then can man be justified with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?" Revelation 14:4
Rules or restrictions of homosexuality is mentionned far less than rules pertaining to women in the bible. Yet I see that Phelps matriarch openly voice her opinion when in fact she should shut the hell up and let the men do the talking (as it is indicated in her holy book that they follow so blindly).
In fact to quotes someone's else comment; this group of delusional ignorants have shown how much hates god must have, anyone with a rightful brain can see that there was none of their messages with something else hates, hell, fag (very pejorative), gays.
Isn't there is in the bible a chapter that would say "Mind you're own business" :)
73. hmm, I couldn't help but detect a note of Manson Mumbo Jumbo Dribble in their teachings and their defence is big flashy words strung together with no substance! I should of counted all the hipocritcal statements that they made but meh who can be bothered with their hatred, its draining... Brings to mind the old statement "reap what you sow"
1. Also, look at all the free publicity they are getting.
74. It's a lot to ask, I realize, but may God have mercy on us ALL.
75. I'm surprised no one has levied any child endangerment suits against these people. With the constant stream of death-threats they get, it would seem detrimental to the mental health of their children and cause an unnecessary amount of anxiety which could lead to more serious issues.
Child Endangerment laws make it a crime to endanger the health or life of a child through an adult's recklessness or indifference.
76. This is frightening. I see their Churches from the train on the out skirts of the city. There are dozens of them.
1. dont worry those churches are all empty
77. why doesnt anyone ask them why they dont keep the commandments:
If a man sleeps with his father's wife... both him and his father's wife is to be put to death. (Leviticus 20:11)
If a man or woman has sex with an animal, both human and animal must be killed. (Leviticus 20:15-16). I guess you should kill the animal since they were willing participants. Are they crazy?
i saw MANY things that these people do that the bible considers just as bad as homosexuality.
my personal favourite:
1. Think I've done most of those...never mixed my cattle though, that's just abhorrent !
2. Not only have I mixed my cattle, I allowed them to breed with one another. I feel so dirty...think I'm going to shower.
3. Jack that's bad! Is a shower going to be enough? Soap can't wash your sins away you know ;)
4. I mixed metaphors once, does that count as a venal or mortal sin? :)
5. Well I'm no expert but I'd have to go with venial, unless your metaphors involved either cows or crops. Then you going to hell, sorry :)
6. This is why they make thick rope, and have big trees to toss them over. I swear, all of these adults, need a jail cell, and big bad Bubba as a cellmate. Or better yet, to be removed from breathing the same air as the rest of us. Disgusting. Just absolutely, over the top and yes, it is child abuse. Those children, should have been taken out of the homes of these wackjobs, and placed in proper, nurturing, caring homes with people who are not psychotic and do not believe in sky fairies. These poor kids do not have a choice, their sick parents certainly do. I almost get physically angry, as a parent and grandparent, to see this gross abuse and negligence p0ut on these kids. I would also like a few minutes alone, in a room, with these men. Any of them.
7. Haven't heard from you for some time. I agree with you, but the same can be said for every "fundamentalist" sect, Warren Jeffs included. When I look at Kurt Wise and Stephen Meyer, I begin to wonder if fundamentalist religion altogether isn't a form of child abuse.
How's the math going?
8. I just came home from Russia actually. I was working at a mine, I can only describe as, a nightmare at best. Outdated. At least the vodka worked well. Not much else though. That being said, yes, I agree, it seems to me all forms of fundamentalist religion are indeed, what people could construe as, child abuse. Disgusting behavior. No debate about that at all.
9. So along with your other accomplishments, you speak Russian.
I would like to be clear on one thing: While I despise fundamentalist religion as much as you do, I find theistic evolution to be at least viable (although I don't subscribe to it) and have nothing but respect for Biblical scholars such as Bart Ehrman.
10. I'm beginning to think you ARE Bart Ehrman ! ;)
11. No such luck.
12. Haha, touche, I was thinking the same thing. Nice one!
13. Oh dear, no. They pay for a translator, but the truth is, the guys I was dealing with, all spoke passable English, they were all engineers, so most have English skills, regardless, you pretty much have to. They paid my translator for nothing, but he enjoyed my company, I spent a few days with his family, it was very cool. Nice to be back on Canadian terra firma though, got two weeks off, I'm catching up on all the docs and news etc. You do not hear much up in
14. Do you know the song Siberia from "Silk Stockings?"
15. I have noticed that often times those who were raised or participated in very religious thoughts and research end up being the most against religion. So nothing is lost yet for some of them. They are getting the best exemple of what is extreme with religion.
What would you do with a few minutes alone with these men?
16. Teach them old fashioned respect. The details, I do not see the point of typing the words. I am a country boy, and that is all that is required as far as an explanation. We have a way of dealing with people who have no respect for others. How to treat females, how to raise children, how to nurture, grow, and love your family, properly. This is not the way, this doc, or anything close to sanity. You caught I was against religion. Excellent. I was one of those type you spoke of. I have more than an axe to grind with religion, but humans are the problem, not a book out there that makes anyone do anything they do not choose to do. Sometimes, the only way to confront ignorance, racism and outright stupidity, is with your boot, firmly planted up someones behind. I am sure you understand.
17. I certainly do. However, with all the defections and lack of new blood, I wonder if this group won't soon die out--Fred Phelps is hardly a spring chicken (of course, another make take its place).
18. What if you came to a group in Guinea (for exemple) who were equaly religious but in a totally different kind of way? A way not accepted in our present western society? Would you give them the boot too?
19. @ Epicurus: I was dreading there was going to be something about internet porn...checked again...nothing there. :-D
78. fags hate God.
1. There is no god to hate x
2. Thankfully you don't speak for me, a fag, any more than Phelps speaks for God. I am no longer religious, but I still have my humility in the presence of the unknowable and infinite.
79. Now those are some FEMA camp prospects.
80. Same old same old.
81. I feel bad for the poor kids if is that is not child abuse I dont know what it is?
82. He soon will be death and his ideas of hate will die with him
83. I really like this doc. Vice did a better job than the drug dealer documentary I saw recently. It opened my eyes to how hate is like an infectious disease. I really feel bad for the children of this group because you know they are going to grow up just like those animals. I think a lot of those people are too far gone in their radical beliefs that there is no hope for them to wake-up. I would not be surprised at all if someone took them all out. I hate to say it, but I really wouldn't feel that badly either. The world needs less hate.
1. "The world needs less hate. ", said Wayne just after he suggested we kill the whole lot- (LOL). Just kidding around Wayne, I actually feel the same way it just seems odd to combine these sentiments in the same breath, so to speak. Kind of like these hunters that say they are thinning the numbers of the herd so they don't starve, so you see they have to kill animals so they don't die- huh? I mean realistically it makes sense, too many deer and the poulation will crash but it feels odd, something is not quite right about the sentiment, I can't put my finger on it though. Just goes to show how contradictive and confusing the world we have created can get I suppose. Anyway- DEATH to the Westboro Baptsit church, kill them all!!! Peace yall.
84. I would love to have a "conversation" with Steve Drain, what scum!
85. These guys are gigging their own grave....I lost count how many times I saw "God hates........". thanks for teaching us about a hateful God
86. Such a cool movie :), had a great fun time watching and laughing.
87. Any organization, system, or unity, and etc, for it to establish, it must have people who support it.
It is either desperate adults, or innocent children who are readily be modeled into given subordinates they purposely become.
Yes, it is the people who support their system hence bring it into existence and becomes reality; just they each are not allowed to know it!
Like armies in wars, they have desperate lives, and not gotten to know that it is them who made wars into existence, and that they are not allowed to know that if they stop fighting each other, there virtually exist no war!
If the people have been allowed to understand that they actually are God themselves, then how have churches even established!?
1. It doesn't take much to get a group of people (or should I say sheep?) to "drink the Kool-Aid." Step up you Westboro congregants! I'm pourin'!
2. Well, to call a spade a spade, I think the gene pool missed a round or two around that area. Call me cynical and presumptuous, but I detect a missing link or two in that pool.
88. These people are the Anti-Progress of society. Obsolete mindsets. They need an intervention.
89. 8 counts of perjury, trying to get people he never met or spoke with to false testify against a woman in a court of law, and this guy claims to have read the Bible? Look at all those sad, brainwashed victims of Phelps. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/70967 | Living in Misery With Abortion
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 11:35 AM
Living in Misery With Abortion
She was "small, bubbly and joyful. She had a radiant smile," with a "sweet" face. And yet, she wept.
She was a nun, in full habit, standing outside a Planned Parenthood clinic that Abby Johnson was running in Texas.
The first day Johnson and her staff saw her, they "gawked," and gathered at the clinic window. It was near 100 degrees, and there she was "in a heavy, dark brown habit that swept to the ground," Johnson, in her new book, "Unplanned," remembers: "Her head and hair were completely covered so that only her face showed, a face lifted toward heaven, eyes closed, clearly praying."
And then a "client" left the clinic, a woman who had just had an abortion. The religious sister, as Johnson writes, "fell to her knees and wept with such grief, such genuine personal pain, that I couldn't help but think to myself, She feels something far deeper than I ever will. She is honestly pained. This is real to her -- this grief at knowing that client had an abortion." Sister Marie Bernadette, the nun in question, would return every week on the days the clinic performed abortions.
Johnson asked herself: "How many other people cry outside my workplace because of the work I am doing?"
And she was not alone in her reaction. "The truth was, the sister's simple, prayerful presence bothered most of us, Catholic, ex-Catholic, Protestant and unchurched alike," Johnson recalls, "as she somehow represented our consciences."
The sister expressed a palpable agony.
I thought about Sister Bernadette when I heard New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg rant, of pro-life advocates: "If they had their way, the reproductive rights of American women would be tossed away, and it sounds to me like a Third World country that's requiring women to wear head shawls to cover their faces even if they don't want to do it."
He was responding to a simple funding bill before Congress that would keep taxpayer money away from abortion. There is currently no universal, permanent prohibition. This bill would change that. And I don't think anyone's going in for burqa measurements because of it.
Johnson, as you might expect, no longer works for Planned Parenthood. Participating in an all-too-clear, sonogram-guided abortion was the final straw. There was the "incredible irony" that, as Johnson puts it, "I had a career in educating women about contraception" and yet three times "conceived while using contraceptives." It was the third time that she kept her child, Grace.
Complexity, confusion, disconnection; these are all words Johnson uses to describe what was going on in her life and profession. And they describe America in regard to life issues.
More than 1.2 million abortions occur annually in the United States, with a disproportionate number concentrated in our poorest communities and among women of color, as Helen Alvare recently highlighted during testimony on Capitol Hill. Though it may have been received differently by some of the more adamant abortion-rights activists on the committee, her testimony was a valentine to women. The George Mason University professor called for "a thoughtful conversation about the meaning of health care."
Alvare highlighted "an emerging scientific and cultural awareness that abortion is not health care," noting that even "Many abortion providers and advocates of legal abortion" call it "killing."
Alvare continued: "According to leading scholars, it certainly appears that more easily available abortion has led to expectations of more uncommitted sexual encounters -- a situation which itself contradicts women's demonstrated preferences -- and thereby to more sexually transmitted infections, more non-marital pregnancies and births, and more abortions."
Throwing contraception at the problem, as Johnson knows all too well, isn't a panacea. The problem of why women ever feel like they need an abortion has deeper roots -- in individual lives and in our culture.
As Johnson writes: "From my first days at Planned Parenthood, I'd told myself I was there to decrease abortions. Now, the absurdity of that logic -- or lack of logic -- screamed at me. Not only had I been a leader in abortion efforts here in Texas, lobbying at the capitol, repeating clever talking points to the media, and running an abortion clinic, I'd even aborted two of my own children."
It's not a problem that's going to be solved in a day, or a column, a debate or a bill. But we might make a first step by taking a deep breath. We've had a series of wake-up calls lately: a brutal clinic in Philadelphia and disturbing undercover videos about the callousness inside some of the most mainstream, taxpayer-funded clinics. And yet, proponents of these modest legislative moves are accused of "assault" on women by purported leaders who should know better. Unfortunately, somewhere in all the violent, reckless rhetoric, lives are lost, and women and men are living in misery. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71075 | Sclerosis of the Spine – Complications involved [EXPLANATION GUIDE]
What is sclerosis of the spine?
It is a condition, where the interior space between the spinal cord disks starts compressing over a period of time.
Most of the times, these symptoms are observed in the lower back portion.
The patient is unable to sit or move comfortably for a longer period of time.
This also results in the tissue hardening of spinal cord region. Sclerosis is said to be only the first stage.
This will be followed by many other complex disorders like
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Systematic Sclerosis
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Liver cirrhosis and many more.
What are the possible causes?
There are several causes, which have been attributed to the development and worsening of this condition.
• Wearing out/inflammation of the myelin sheath that surrounds the neurons: This is said to severely affect the interneuron communication adversely. Axons lose results, which starts spreading its effects to the complete spinal cord, especially the lower region.
• Neurons start wearing out: This often leads to the formation of tumors like structure in the various regions of the brain, spinal cord, and the skull. This ultimately leads to the bone hardening and abnormal increase in bone density. This might lead to spine curvature when the conditions go the critical state.
• Vertebral bones start wearing out: Each of these vertebras has an end plate, which is present at its top and the bottom portion. As the plates start wearing out results in consistently decreasing blood supply to these regions.
What are the Possible consequences?
• In the initial stages of the Sclerosis, one will be able to observe changes in the movement coordination. The smooth flow which is supposed to be a mark of movement is no longer there. At times, the person may feel that he is literally being prevented from moving by some sort of internal force.
• Next stage is the development of numbness along the complete spinal cord, which often extends to the arms and legs region. Even simple movements cause a severe sense of fatigue.
• Kind of itchy feelings start developing within the spinal region and starts extending to all the connected muscles and bones.
• Next stage is weakening of muscles. As the neurons become weaker and blood supply becomes erratic, the muscles lose their strength and stamina.
• The person starts losing his physical balance while walking.
• The next stage is the development of breathing complexities.
According to experts, this critical condition is highly irreversible.
That means once the person reaches this stage; it may not be possible to reverse the trend, no matter how sophisticated the treatment or the medication at this stage may be.
What is the best method of treating sclerosis?
Experts opine that early detection and treatment is one of the best methods for curing this “disease”. There are numerous methods by which this can be diagnosed.
What are the possible methods of treatment?
Though surgical methods are available, experts often strongly recommend that the person be subject to therapeutic treatment.
Only when the condition of the patient has progressed to such an extent, where the therapeutic and other methods fail, surgery would be advised as the last resort.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71082 | I completely re-wrote my website and in order not to lose my PageRank, I mapped the old links to the new ones with 301 redirects. However, some of the pages that Google has previously indexed no longer exist on the new site. What should I do to these pages? I have a significant increase in 404 errors according to the Webmaster Tools.
Should I map the pages that no longer exist with a 301 redirect to a random page just so that I decrease the number of "not found" errors?
Is there a way to tell Google that they no longer exist?
Google themselves would like you to 404 if you want to remove a page:
"If the page no longer exists, make sure that the server returns a 404 (Not Found) or 410 (Gone) HTTP status code. Non-HTML file (like PDFs) should be completely removed from your server."
From a user perspective, make sure that your 404 is a custom one so that they can continue to browse your site should they think it may still contain information for them.
Ultimately, trying to keep the page rank of non-existent pages is an attempt to manipulate page rank, which Google are not going to tell you how to do.
However, if you want to do that, then I'd personally go for pointing them to the homepage only. That way, users will not be thrown to a random irrelevant page and so the UX should still work for them. Doing stuff for search engines but not UX is always a mistake.
Ultimately, like most SEO questions, only Google really know. It wouldn't be difficult for them to tell if a 301d page has completely different content and so not count that. Whether they do that... only they know.
If you do redirect those pages, it would have to be to something else that could replace it from the user's perspective. For example, if a particular product is no longer available redirecting to a similar product or a list of similar products would be fine.
Note that redirecting to the home page or to the folder page is considered by Google to be a "soft 404". They treat such redirects just like an actual 404 status. Soft 404 errors will still appear in your Webmaster Tools reports.
You can use "410 Gone" status rather than "404 Not Found" status. 410 is a more permanent and deliberate status. Google treats 410 pages slightly differently: they fall out of the index immediately (as opposed to a 24 hour grace period for 404s) and Googlebot comes back to visit them less often. They still appear in your error reports in Google Webmaster Tools.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71083 | If I wanted to rank for "Christmas Coffee" does it matter whether my title is
A) 2015's Best Christmas Coffee
B) 2015's Best Coffee of Christmas
How much weight is put into this?
• Definitely order matters! Try searching same phrase for last year and you'll see difference or suggestions... – mario ruiz Nov 12 '15 at 22:49
While both are close, I prefer option C) Best Christmas Coffee 2015. Here is why.
I advise that you read: Well structured URLs vs. URLs optimized for SEO I will not get into to much from this answer, but it still really applies and why I strongly recommend reading it.
In this answer I list some of how Google weighs keywords. Keep in mind that Google is a semantics based search engine far more than people realize. While semantic weighting can be applied, these general rules still apply. I discuss this mostly in regard to search queries, but can also apply to anywhere where semantic clues can be short. This includes title tags, header tags, description meta-tags, links, and the like where semantic subject, predicate, and object do not exist. Since none of the options in your question fall into this category, I will list them here again.
• Google weighs keywords from left to right with some exception.
• Google weighs known keyword phrases more heavily.
• Google weighs keyword modifiers more heavily.
• Google weighs keywords based upon popularity trends.
Your use of 2015's would likely drop the 's making it useless. If you search the net, you will find that often if the year is added, it is added at the end of the title tag.
The use of terms such as of are of little semantic value and would likely be totally ignored in your example.
In English, Christmas Cookie, as a phrase, makes sense. The term best is a modifier which only makes sense before the phrase Christmas cookie since that is how people would think and speak.
Remember two things: one, Google does not make keyword matches and that any keyword match found in the SERPs is a byproduct; and two, it is always better to create short content such as title tags as close to how people think and speak as possible.
Also remember two more things: one, it is always far better to use a semantically complete sentence or partial sentence with a subject, predicate, and object; and two, that Google fundamentally weighs in order the title tag, description meta-tag, link text, and content using parallel searches of each and blending results using an algorithm.
Weighing option C semantically, your keywords would be ordered as Christmas, Cookie, Best, 2015. This is because Christmas Cookie would be seen as a known phrase, best would be seen as a semantic modifier of Christmas Cookie but not as valuable, and 2015 a lesser modifier. You can reorder them any way you want and the semantic weighting will not change. Remember my list above??
Option C is best because it closely matches how people think and speak as well as more closely matching semantic weighting.
Exact match always work better. I'd go for the A every time!
The amount of weight the title along carries depends on the site as a whole. Avoid repeating the exact keyword on other pages. If you do, link to your target landing page. If you create similar pages simply vary the order - use B.
Make sure the keywords, both exact match and variations, aren't in the content too much and you should be good.
• Semantically speaking, the page title always weighs more than content and has from the very beginning. However, the weighting can be muted somewhat during the displaying of blended results. This makes the title tag, description meta-tag, and any link tags much more powerful than content itself. – closetnoc Nov 12 '15 at 22:50
• The reason I ask about order is because there may be situations where I can't use specific phrases for branding and/or legal purposes so should I be worried about the potential for my content to rank if I had to use option B? – Sajad Nov 12 '15 at 23:10
• @Sajad This is important information and can radically change the question and answer. Can you make-up a good and close example?? – closetnoc Nov 12 '15 at 23:31
• Sure thing, I'll try my best. – Sajad Nov 12 '15 at 23:51
• As an added note, I can't disclose the exact keyword on here. I hope you don't mind. I'll provide a keyword that's similar. 1. I'm optimizing a page for the keyword "Car Insurance" 2. The clients brand name for this policy is "Brand Car" so they said from a legal perspective we shouldn't use it since the keyword refers to an insurance policy. 3. Their suggestion was going with a title like "Insurance overview for Car" The sentence still refers to that keyword and both parts of the keyword are included but not together, will it still be effective? – Sajad Nov 13 '15 at 0:02
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71084 | I am developing an AngualrJS application and since it is not easy to optimize it for search engines, I put it public and let Google index the page by registering a "Property" in their "Search Console" to see the results and to improve the page. The page has been successfully indexed and Google does display search results.
Now I wanted to remove the page from public again to finish the project and therefore I wanted that Google to remove it from the search results. However, this seems not to be easy.
First, I adjusted the robots.txt to deny any indexing. Even after Google checked the new robots.txt, the search results were still visible.
Then I tried to setup temporarily URL removals in their search console. They were accepted, but the URLs were not removed.
Then I setup the site such that Googlebot does no more get any access to the server - it gets 404 for every URL requested. This has been the case for almost 4 weeks but Google still displays search results.
Two weeks ago, I deleted the "Property" from the search console of my google account and deleted the webroot validation HTML file of Google (googlexxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.html - well, Googlebot will get 404 anyway) but they still display search results...
How can I get Google to completely and quickly remove my site from all search results?
• "display search results" - are you doing a site: search or just using a normal search phrase? – MrWhite Apr 7 '16 at 8:35
• I am doing a site: search. Is this the problem? – hans Apr 7 '16 at 9:12
• Well, it's just that a site: search is likely to return results that would not be returned in an ordinary web search. (A site: search is "special" in this respect.) So, the average user might not be able to find your pages. However, you still probably don't want those pages returned in a site: search either - but if they are blocked anyway then that may be enough. A 410 is likely to make Google drop the pages quicker (but don't block with robots.txt). Btw, whether pages return in the SERPs has nothing to do with the property being present in the search console. – MrWhite Apr 7 '16 at 9:46
• Search console has a remove URL feature which is what I assume he used to "delete property in search console" – Stephen Ostermiller Apr 7 '16 at 12:10
• I tried to use the remove URL feature, however, the search results were still visible with site: searchs. Then I deleted the whole 'Property' (I mean the whole domain, for which we must upload a validation file - it is called Property in german; it is probably different in english) – hans Apr 7 '16 at 12:16
Google indexes many sites that don't have a search console account. Deleting the property from search console does not effect whether Googlebot will crawl your site and include it in the search index.
If you disallow crawling via robots.txt Googlebot will never be able to see that those pages are 404. Google needs to be able to crawl to see that you have removed the content.
After you have done the temporary removal, allow crawling again to let Googlebot see the 404 errors. Google should crawl all of your pages within a couple weeks. Pages get removed after 24 hours when Googlebot finds a 404 error. If Google can't crawl and see the 404 errors, it may include URLs in the search index indefinitely.
Instead of serving 404 errors just to Googlebot to attempt to get the pages removed, you should tell Google explicitly that you do not want the pages indexed. The way to do that is to include robots meta noindex tags in head section of every page:
Once you put in those tags, you can safely let Googlebot crawl your entire site and non of it will appear in the search engine.
To speed up the no-index process for all the URLs on your site, Google has a Noindex: directive in robots.txt. Change your robots.txt file to:
User-Agent: *
Noindex: /
Even if you do that, you will need to add the noindex meta tags because Google says the Noindex robots.txt is experimental and may go away at any time.
• Is it also possible that google - if googlebot gets a 404 during crawling - check with other useragent than "googlebot", if it also gets 404, and if not, it will keep the results? – hans Apr 7 '16 at 11:39
• Are you serving 404 errors just to Googlebot? – Stephen Ostermiller Apr 7 '16 at 11:40
• Yes - I wanted to remove the page from google results, not from the public itself (testing...) – hans Apr 7 '16 at 11:41
• I've edited my answer to include a better solution for you. – Stephen Ostermiller Apr 7 '16 at 11:46
• OK, thank you. The problem is that it will take weeks until all pages are removed because it will only be removed after reindexing each url. In fact, my page was indexed in lets say 2 days, in total 7000 entries. However, some days later, only about 50 pages per day were recrawled. I hoped for a way to remove all together... – hans Apr 7 '16 at 11:54
You should remove URL in Search console few times and maybe Google will see your request))
• Do you have any experience or references that would indicate the it takes multiple tries? Without something to back up your statement, this answer looks like pure conjecture. – Stephen Ostermiller Apr 7 '16 at 14:19
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71101 | The Ultimate Antidote for Your Inner Critic
IMG_7735Sure, writers should have the ability to be objective and even critical, however when our clever editorial skills take on a life of their own, it makes the creative process miserable. We’ve all experienced flare ups of the inner critic. Symptoms include:
• The process is no longer fun.
• Nothing you do lives up to your own invisible standards.
Three weeks to write a blog? That just won’t do! Blogging should be fun and flowing, but no, this was rigid and stagnant.
Then it struck me, why am I trying to provide answers about something that’s an on-going process? Why don’t I approach it as a question?
“The critic wasn’t creative enough to critique a question.” -Me
Inner critics also hate tongue twisters because they are juvenile, but I’m leaving mine in, and will probably tweet it. Yes, that’s a declaration of war.
Since that day in late-October I’ve used the question technique on both fiction and non-fiction. In non-fiction I worked the question into the text, bringing up arguments and counter arguments. It made the piece feel more authentic.
With fiction, I closed down my document and got out my journal. I moved away from my desk and curled up on the couch. Then, rather than attempting to move straight to the paragraph, I started with a question. It can be as broad as, what’s my problem? Or as specific as, what does this character want from this scene? Just the act of asking the question mobilizes my neurons to provide possible (not definitive) responses. And then I’m writing again.
What I like about the question approach is that there’s a certain naked honesty to it. I’m not telling you anything, I’m just asking. There’s no pretension in that. Questions bring back a spirit of inspiration and wonder. After all, a writer should always be free to wonder and have a little fun doing it!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71125 | Battle of Fleurus
The Battle of Fleurus of August 29, 1622 was fought between a Spanish army, and the Protestant Powers of the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years' War.
The bloody struggle left the Protestants mangled and the Spanish masters of the field.
After a short cannonade, Mansfeld ordered a general advance. Some gaps opened up in the poorly drilled German infantry, and De Sylva attacked an exposed flank, routing one Battalion. However, Streiff counterattacked, the Walloon cavalry was wrong footed and suffered considerable damage from enemy pistol fire. De Sylva's cavalry took refuge behind the baggage wagons, while Streiff turned on the Spanish infantry, but without much success.
On the Protestant left, Brunswick had massed most of his cavalry, Cordoba's deployment made it impossible to outflank his position, but Brunswick hoped to overwhelm the Spanish by a massed frontal assault. The first charge was repulsed by Gauchier's cavalry, but Brunswick reordered his command and launched a second charge, the first line was repulsed again but the second line succeeded in pushing back the Walloon Horse. Brunswick turned then against the Spanish infantry, but his own infantry failed to adequately support the attack, the Tercio of Naples held its ground, and murderous enfilade fire from musketeers ambushed in the nearby woods sent the Protestant cavalry reeling back in disorder. In a desperate final charge, Brunswick was wounded, and his cavalry, demoralised, finally fell back. After five hours of fighting, Mansfeld ordered a general retreat, it was midday and he intended to take the road through Liege around Cordoba to reach Breda.
The Spanish army was too tired to follow the enemy. However, next day, Cordoba sent Gauchier with the cavalry, he found the Protestant army strung along the road. The Protestant cavalry fled without putting up much of a fight, leaving the infantry to its fate. In march column, unable to deploy in a defensive formation, the infantry was cut to pieces. Gauchier also captured the artillery and the army baggage. The Protestant army had been all but destroyed. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71183 | ASAN Goes All Oscar The Grouch on Sesame Street
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Illustrious MIT and Harvard Tested Radioactive Nutrition Experiments on "Retarded" Children in Massachusetts State School
Children at Fernald State School fed Radioactive Cereal by scientist at MIT & Harvard University
Note: Hell is for children, to quote Pat Benatar. Yesterday, today and tomorrow, there are children around the world whose fates are in the hands of rapacious manufacturers and scientists alike. The Alliance for Human Research Protection has written about a frightening story from my own home state, Massachusetts. Harvard and MIT scientists were testing how much radiation children could bear through America's very own breakfast staple, Quaker Oats. How ironic that Quaker Oats was founded by a Christian businessman named Henry Parsons Crowell whose cereal was used for a diabolical experiment.
We see a similar laser-focus coming from pediatician (intentional sic) Richard Pan in California, architect of SB277. And in Dinowitz in New York. Their zealotry for full vaccination with no ability or willingness to see the harm they are causing mirrors these horrible experiments. The children do not matter in their black and white world. It's the concept of full vaccination that matters.
In 1944, Joseph Mengele was conducting experiments on human subjects in the concentration camps of Germany and America was repulsed. Yet right in the seat of America's liberty, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT and Harvard were equally evil in conducting experiments on marginalized Americans will no perceived value. "Morons" euphemistically sanitized by calling them a "science club." A club without parental consent. Sound familiar? Do you think times have changed in 2019? Do pharmaceutical companies conduct experiments on children today? Yes. It's called the pediatric and obstetric vaccination schedule. Plus ca change.
1944–1956: Radioactive nutrition experiments on retarded children by Harvard and MIT
In December of 1993, Scott Allen, a journalist at the Boston Globe, uncovered documents showing years of ethically dubious experiments conducted on Fernald Center youth. The day after Christmas, he published an article, “Radiation Used on Retarded,” noting that “Records at the Fernald State School list them as “morons,” but the researchers from MIT and Harvard University called the retarded teen-age boys who took part in their radiation experiments ‘the Fernald Science Club.'”
Developmentally disabled children at the Fernald State School and a state School in Waltham, Massachusetts were subjected to radioactive nutrition experiments sponsored by the AEC conducted by Harvard University and MIT researchers. The children were fed Quaker Oats breakfast cereal containing radioactive tracers to test absorption of plant minerals and calcium. Parents were never informed that radioactive elements were involved in the tests.
Read the full article at the AHRP site here.
elaine f dow
Absolutely horrible. Merck pharmaceuticals was acquired after World War II from Germany as reparations. I can't imagine how many children are getting mass vaccinated in the border refugee centers. They are a captive audience.
Oh, so that is how we know what little we know about the absorption of calcium in the body! I should have known it was not through animal studies.
Just like we know what happens at each level of increase in radiation exposure to the human body. Fort Mitchell and the big medical hospitals of Cincinnati, drew unexpecting Appalachian women that had breast cancer, by expressing hope for these women. It had nothing to do about curing these women.
If we’re calling them concentration camps, why is no one concerned with what is being injected into detained refugee children?!
There are plenty of really fine doctors and scientists who know right from wrong, but at the same time Nazi doctors and scientists wore white lab coats too.
From this paper--
The Saturday Review editorial, "Human Guinea Pigs and the Law,"
(6 October 1962, p. 55) expressed the same concern for individual rights,
opening with a reiteration of the first rule of the Nuremberg Code,
which stated that human subjects most give consent voluntarily. The SR
went on to complain about the attempts of the drug companies and the
medical profession to quell debate about this issue and to call on
Congress to pass legislation to protect the patient's right to be
informed of the nature of her medical treatment.
Here we are today--2019-- and the "medical profession" is by far the loudest voice (and the Drug Industry behind the scene) for removing, violating the Nuremberg Code of Informed Consent.
As I said Nazi doctors wore white lab coats too.
God Help Us!
Donna L.
Interesting, isn't it, the use of membership in the "Science Club" as a means to promote the engagement in dangerous and highly unethical medical practice. The only difference is nowadays, if you're in the "Science Club" you're the experimenter, not the experimentee.
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Angus Files
Hell is for Pharma and sing! and they know it..
Great song from Pat based on her own abuse no doubt.
Pharma For Prison
Grace Green
The children in the photo look a lot younger than teenagers to me. And they certainly don't look like "morons". I recently came across a case reported on the BBC in which a women was described as being in the bottom 10% in terms of intelligence. Yet she was described as using a phone, bringing up a child single-handed, writing and even driving a car!
On the subject of experimenting on children, this was being done by Borough's Wellcome at that time, using vaccines on Irish orphans. I suppose we should be disgusted but not surprised.
Bob Moffit
I would advise anyone who is outraged to learn of the CRIMINAL exploitation and experimentation on the most vulnerable among us .. innocent children identified as "mentally retarded" .. by SCIENTIEST of prestigious universities .. MIT and Harvard .. should take the time and view the entire 9 hours of sworn testimony by Stanley Plotkin .. world re-known as the GODFATHER OF VACCINES .. or .. read all 128 pages of that same testimony on line.
In Plotkins sworn testimony .. page 102:
Q:: Have you ever used orphans to study an experimental vaccine?
A: Yes.
Q: Have you ever used the mentally handicapped to study an experimental vaccine?
A: I don't recall specifically having done that, but that in the 1960's, it was not unusual to do that. And I wouldn't deny that I may have done so.
Q: Have you ever expressed that its better to perform experiments on those less likely to be able to contribute to society, such as children with handicap, than with children without or adults without handicaps?
A: I don't remember specifically, but its possible .. I've since changed my mind. But those were, that was a long time ago.
Q: Do you remember ever writing to the editor of "Ethics on Human Experimentation"?
A: I don't remember specifically, but I may well have.
Q: (Presented with exhibit 43) Do you recognize this letter you wrote to the editor?
A: Yes
Q: Is one of the things you wrote: "The question is whether we are to have experiments performed on fully functioning adults and on children who are potentially contributors to society or to perform initial studies in children and adults who are human in form but not in social potential? I may be objected that this question implies a Nazi philosophy, but I do not think it is that difficult to distinguish nonfunctioning persons from members of ethnic, racial, economic, or other groups.
A: Yes. Mm-hmm.
Q: Have you ever used babies of mothers in prison to study an experimental vaccine?
A: Yes
Q: Have you ever used individuals under colonial rule to study an experimental vaccine>
A: Yes
Q: Did you do so in the Belgian Congo?
A: Yes
Q: Did that experiment involve almost a million people?
A: Well … well , all right, yes.
The testimony than proceeds with a question: Do you believe someone can have a valid religious objection to refusing a vaccine? A: No … Q: Do you take issue with religious beliefs? A: Yes
Enough … the testimony continues and clearly shows the absolute MORAL AND ETHICAL bankruptcy of the WORLD'S PREMIERE VACCINE EXPERT.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71202 | OpenCms 11 RC Release Notes
The OpenCms 11 RC release notes contain detailed information about the new features and fixes in this release candidate.
March 29, 2019
March 29, 2019: OpenCms 11.0 Release Candidate provides a full impression of OpenCms 11. Try out this pre-release version before OpenCms 11.0.0 is published, which is expected by the end of April 2019.
OpenCms 11 brings a major update for the workplace. In this version we have finally completely replaced all the "traditional" workplace tools with modernized versions.
OpenCms 11 also features many improvements for template generation (see list below). This release candidate includes the new default template called "Mercury". The Mercury template and the demo contents will be further improved until 11.0.0 ships.
Please note: This release candidate is considered feature complete! If you plan to upgrade to OpenCms 11.0 when it's released, we recommend to use this release candidate for testing your templates with the new version.
New in OpenCms 11.0 Release Candidate
• Includes the new 'Mercury' default template.*
• Setup wizard: Modernized the user interface.*
• Updater: Modernized the user interface and provided updater for 10.5, 10.0 and 9.5 versions.*
• Usability: Allowing Mac CMD key as modifier for keyboard shortcuts on Apple systems.*
• Configuration: Added option to prevent specific resource types to be created in page editor.
• Template API: Added optional 'Attributes' to formatter configuration.
• Template API: Added .contains() option to value wrappers.
• Components: Updated WYSIWYG editor TinyMCE to version 5.0.3.
• Components: Updated SOLR/Lucene search engine to version 8.0.0.
• Components: Updated MySQL JDBC driver to version 8.0.15.
• Workplace: Removed deprecated HTML and table galleries.
• Workplace: Improved breadcrumb navigation for narrow screens.
• Fixed spell check index initialization.
• Fixed spell check in WYSIWYG editor.
• Fixed legacy XML page editor initialization.
New in OpenCms 11.0 Beta 2
• Workplace: Added bookmarks dialog for workplace locations.*
• Workplace: New 'SQL console' app to query the configured database pools.*
• Setup: Removed all legacy workplace modules, leaving only two core modules.*
• Setup: Optional support for legacy workplace tools still provided by 'legacy support' modules.
• Editor: Allowing to edit element settings in form editor.
• Editor: Maps widget allows specific workplace Google API key and reduced number of API calls.
• Updater: Switched to XSL transformation based mechanism to update configuration files.
• Workplace: Finally removed the deprecated legacy explorer.
• Configuration: Removed deprecated legacy context menu configuration.
• Components: Updated WYSIWYG editor TinyMCE to version 5.0.0.
• Search: Reducing number of default fields and limiting result size to avoid memory issues.
• Fixed issue where 'Log files' app failed on Windows servers.
• Fixed issue #620 where resource type configuration form was not validated properly.
New in OpenCms 11.0 Beta 1
• Workplace: Completely restructured the workplace for improved usability using a modern GUI.*
• Workplace: All images are now vector graphics with high resolution (retina) display support.*
• Workplace: New 'Lists' app for management of default 'List configuration' based content lists using SOLR.*
• Workplace: New 'Resource types' app allows to create, read, edit and delete individual resource types.*
• Workplace: New 'Script terminal' app allows to interactively run OpenCms shell scripts in the workplace.*
• Workplace: New 'Sessions' app allows to manage current user sessions and send messages to users.*
• Workplace: Improved 'Accounts' app for user and group management.
• Workplace: Improved 'Websites' app for site and sub-site management with extended https support.
• Workplace: Improved 'Modules' app for module management.
• Workplace: Improved 'Source search' app with several search options in the OpenCms database.
• Workplace: Improved 'Scheduled jobs', 'Log files', 'Database', 'Caches' and 'Versioning' apps.
• Workplace: New resource copy mode 'Copy files and adjust internal links' in the Explorer.
• Editor: Added image 'focal point' feature to allow automatic image cropping around this point.*
• Editor: Added support for SVG files in images galleries.*
• Editor: The new 'List configuration' setting dialog inherits settings from the display formatters used in the list.
• Editor: Added support for WYSIWYG text and select combo widgets in the resource property dialog.
• Editor: Container page editor now injects less markup in the HTML, resulting in better readable HTML source code.
• Template API: New meta mapping feature allows to inherit values from XML contents to the page template (for SEO meta infos).*
• Template API: Image variations for 'srcset' or 'picture' can now be generated using a simple EL API.*
• Template API: The new 'List configuration' type provides standard filter and sort options for title / date / category / folder.*
• Template API: Added <cms:addparams>-tag to inherit parameters into nested container levels.
• Template API: Alternative notation for resource type schemas, grouping content fields configuration similar to formatter settings.
• Template API: Added option to provide a default formatter settings file, containing commonly used settings.
• Template API: Updated dynamic function configurations to use the same notation as formatter configurations.
• Template API: Added new 'Flex formatter' type, allowing to use a StringTemplate for simple HTML rendering logic.
• Template API: Added option to reuse detail only contents from different sites.
• Template API: Added a 'serial date' widget with extended functionality in the page editor.
• Template API: Added optional mapper to transfer an old template structure into a new one, mapping containers and formatters.
• Template API: Added option to provide default detail pages to reduce manual detail page configuration.
• Setup: Updating a module will now import only the changes instead of deleting and reinstalling the module.*
• Setup: Added auto versioning for modules, incrementing the version number on export only in case of changes.
• Setup: Improved Gradle build to better support IDEs like Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA.
• Setup: Reorganized core modules and JARs for a streamlined update process with less resources.
• Setup: Reorganized XML configuration files placing site-, scheduler- and variables-configuration in separate files.
• Management: New option to execute OpenCms shell commands in a running OpenCms instance using RMI.*
• Management: Added flex-cache bucket feature to allow selective flex-cache purging.*
• Management: New option to provide meaningful return codes when executing an OpenCms shell script.
• Management: Support for static export of resources in non-public folders.
• Management: Added option to write content from OpenCms to external SOLR indexes.
• Updated external library dependencies to most recent versions.
• Provided Java 11 support.*
Items marked with * are considered important improvements in this version.
General OpenCms features
• Responsive demo template based on Bootstrap 3.
• Structured contents can be defined using a simple XML schema.
• Link management for all internal resources with broken link detection.
• Integrated image scaling and cropping.
• SEO features with automatic sitemap.xml generation and page alias support.
• Allows management of multiple websites within one installation.
• CMIS and WebDAV access to the OpenCms content repository.
• Extensions can be added through a flexible module system.
• ... and many more
Backward compatibility
OpenCms 11.0 is backward compatible with all 10.5, 10.0 and 9.5 versions. Templates and other OpenCms developed code from these versions should work mostly "out of the box" with version 11.0.
Notice for users of Alkacon OCEE: Current release versions of Alkacon OCEE are not compatible with OpenCms 11.0. Further information about OCEE will be available with the final release of OpenCms 11.0.0.
Compatibility with Java versions, servlet containers and databases
Regarding version numbers and build tags
The main OpenCms Git repository is available on Github at
In case you want to get the most current OpenCms 11.0 sources from Git, please check out "branch_11_0_x". This 11.0 RC release is tagged "build_11_0_0_rc".
How you can help
Please report issues found in OpenCms using our GitHub issue tracker.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71207 | By Noel Christmas
Here's how to make pho soup at home.
Photo by James Lane
If you haven't had pho (pronounced f-uh) before, it's a Vietnamese soup with thin-sliced beef, rice noodles, vegetables, and herbs. The star, though, is the beef broth, which has a slightly sweet edge that is a whole universe of taste unto itself.
Note: there are plenty of other more exotic meats that can go into pho; but for today, let's just talk about the basics.
Yes, You Can Make Pho At Home
You can go the long (and authentic) route and make the stock yourself. It's pretty involved, but Chef John is here to show you how to make pho broth. He's using beef shanks here in his Spicy Vietnamese Beef Pho. For a richer stock, you could use the traditional oxtails.
The Easier Way to Make Homemade Pho
Or, you can go the simple route and buy the broth. I've used this pho broth from Pacific Foods before and it's quite good.
How easy is it when you buy the stock? You can make this recipe 8 hours faster! Here's how:
• Prep the Noodles. Normally, rice noodles need soaking. Just follow the package instructions.
• Slice the steak. How do you get it so thin? Freeze the raw steak for 10-15 minutes, so it's easier to manage with your sharp knife.
• Quick note: most pho starts with raw steak—the hot stock cooks it in the bowl. But if you want it cooked before, just sear those thin slices in a skillet.
• Heat the stock. You want it very hot (180-200 degrees, so it cooks the steak).
• Assemble the garnishes. Don't skimp—they're seriously my favorite part. Don't forget Sriracha!
• Pour the broth over the noodles and beef, add your garnishes, and break out the chopsticks.
Isn't that just pho-nominal? (Incidentally, "Pho" based puns are their very own cottage industry. Case in point, one of Seattle's most successful pho eateries is called "What the Pho.")
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Reviewed by Brian Z. Tamanaha, St. John’s University School of Law. Email: tamanahb [at]
Imagine that an alien anthropologist from another planet lands in the United States to study our political-legal system (admittedly a stretch, but the point will be apparent in a moment). The anthropologist, Dr. Observer, will see that we constantly invoke the term “democracy” to describe our political system. However, beyond noting that votes are tallied in a variety of circumstances in connection with governmental personnel and actions, Dr. Observer will have great difficulty specifying democracy’s precise characteristics. It cannot be about majority rule, since a President can be elected without a majority of votes cast, and the allocation of representation in the Senate thwarts majority rule. It is not a prerequisite for the enactment of legally binding rules, since the vast bulk of government-issued regulations are not subject to a vote by elected representatives, and a great deal of legislation is the product of backroom deals between a few well-placed individuals. Dr. Observer will also be puzzled by another often-repeated notion – the separation of powers – the idea that the legislative branch makes law, the executive branch executes or enforces law, and the judicial branch interprets and applies law in particular cases. It would seem evident to Dr. Observer that the judicial branch makes a lot of law, both in the context of the common law and in the context of interpreting legislation, regulations, and the Constitution. Moreover, the executive branch generates reams of legally binding orders and regulations, and it also makes judicial determinations (in the administrative context). Dr. Observer would be bewildered about the apparently central notion that people have “rights.” Democracy and the separation of powers are manifested in concrete forms – elections and physically separate institutions, respectively – but “rights” have an ephemeral existence, most commonly invoked to lend weight to an assertion or claim of some kind, for example, in a political discussion or a court case.
Additional examples can be given, but the point should be clear. Whichever way Dr. Observer begins – by locating our core political and legal concepts and ideas, then comparing them with the actual structure and actions of government; or by first looking at the actual structure and actions of our government, then examining the concepts and ideas we use to describe government – there will be a starkly evident mismatch between our concepts and the actual form and functioning of our governmental apparatus.
Edward Rubin’s BEYOND CAMELOT: RETHINKING POLITICS AND LAW FOR THE MODERN STATE explains these mismatches and identifies their [*842] harmful consequences. Rubin’s thesis is that many of our most fundamental political and legal theories and concepts are medieval inheritances which no longer serve our interests. “The contention in this book,” Rubin writes, “is that our continued use of pre-modern concepts for modern government embodies the thought processes of a prior era, its way of conceiving the world, of creating categories, and of determining the relative significance of different issues. As such, these concepts are an impediment to understanding, and control our current thinking in ways that are genuinely counterproductive” (p.7).
Rubin faces a major hurdle in persuading others of his thesis: the perceptions of readers of the book will be shaped by the very same concepts and categories he contends are misleading. To make a plausible case, Rubin must somehow get readers to step outside of, temporarily suspend, or entirely set aside, many of our taken-for-granted political and legal concepts. This is not a simple feat. My invocation of an alien anthropologist, Dr. Observer, was intended to engender this effect by asking the reader to imagine what things would look like from the standpoint of a naïve observer free of our most basic assumptions.
Rubin’s approach consists of two basic moves. He first asks the reader to “bracket” or “hold in abeyance” our existing concepts (p.8). With respect to each political or legal concept he addresses, Rubin attempts to persuade the reader that such bracketing is appropriate and necessary by exposing its pre-modern origins, showing that it took root or acquired its meaning in circumstances significantly different from today. Rubin then articulates and applies an entirely different conceptual scheme – an “alternative imagery” – with which to frame, describe, and understand a particular aspect of the political-legal arena. To supplant the notion of three separate branches of government, for example, Rubin offers the model of a “network;” he suggests that “legal rights” are better understood in terms of “causes of action;” “human rights” are better understood as “moral demands on government;” “property” is better understood in terms of “market allocations,” and so forth.
Although his analysis is presented in an integrated fashion, it can be disaggregated at various levels. One may be convinced that certain concepts he identifies have indeed exhausted their usefulness or carry debilitating limitations, while others still work well for various purposes; one may find certain of his alternative conceptualizations immediately convincing, while others are less so. Rubin is open to a critical reading of this sort, modestly presenting the book as “an extended thought experiment,” and encouraging readers to render their own evaluation.
Rubin posits that “the government’s purpose is to benefit its citizens” (p.14). “We want the government to be effective in achieving its goals, we want it to do so efficiently, which means with the lowest possible expenditure of resources, and we want it to do so fairly, which means that benefits are reasonably distributed, and limits are placed on the sacrifices individuals are required to [*843] undergo”(p.15). Rubin also posits his methodological approach, asserting that “microanalysis” offers the most illuminating way to study the government. “[I]t begins with individuals, identifying their specific actions that are relevant to the subject under study. It describes these actions in terms of the individuals’ actual positions in the institution—their assigned tasks, the scope of their authority, the forces acting upon them, the information that is available to them, and the consequences of their action” (p.18). Rubin proceeds to tackle one basic political or legal concept after another, showing their limitations, and presenting his proposed replacement. In each case, he concretely identifies the ways in which his proposed alternative allows us to perceive the actual functioning of the government more acutely, thereby helping us improve the government’s performance of its purpose.
To describe Rubin’s argument in this summary form, unfortunately, is to betray the design of the book. The only way to know what the book is about is to read it. This requires a commitment, as it consists of 350 pages of dense – though clearly and smoothly written – text, and more than 100 pages of endnotes (for the truly dedicated). But the reward is worth the effort. Rubin’s bracketing analysis effectively dissolves one standard concept after another, to the extent that one may wonder how the standard understanding has remained so resilient in the face of such contrary facts. His alternative conceptual schemes time-and-again create a novel perspective that produces new angles and insights. To offer just one example, Rubin details a number of ways in which the routine notions that the President is the titular head of the administrative branch of government and that the legislature passes laws and delegates tasks to administrative agencies are misleading. Network analysis instead portrays the President as merely a single individual with a small number of selective relationships through which communication occurs, which then wends its way through agencies via other strings of relationships, often losing something or meeting resistance in the process; Congress consists of individuals and their staffs who send various signals – from laws to letters to statements at hearings – to administrative agencies, constituting complex lines of continuous interaction at multiple levels. The network approach generates a number of policy implications that Rubin identifies.
The alternative conceptualizations elaborated by Rubin draw from existing literature in various fields, so his discussions are not entirely unfamiliar, although he incorporates ideas from an array of subjects that few scholars can match, including philosophy, political science, political theory, legal theory, history, organization theory, sociology, economic analysis, administrative law and theory, and much more. For this reason, the book defies categorization. It is at once a work in sociology, political theory, legal theory, government, and administrative law, but it also takes up rights and property and markets, among other subjects, at a high level of sophistication.
This broad scope lends the impression that the ultimate ambition of the book is [*844] to produce a comprehensive framework for understanding modern law-government. But one major omission bears comment. The book contains just a few isolated references to criminal law matters, with no real analysis of the subject. This is not a criticism, as its depth and breadth of coverage are impressive. But it raises interesting questions, which Rubin does not explore. It might be that the traditional conceptual categories of criminal law still work reasonably well, so Rubin’s thesis does not apply to this area. If this is correct, it would be interesting to learn why criminal law concepts escaped the obsolescence suffered by other fundamental legal and political concepts. There is another intriguing possible explanation for this omission. That a fairly exhaustive book on modern government can be written without an extensive discussion of criminal law – which has traditionally been a central focus of legal theory, as indicated by the commonplace characterization of law as the coercive enforcement of social order – suggests that in the contemporary period the emphases and uses of law have shifted away from what was an earlier primary focus. To put the point another way: law itself, through its instrumental capacity, has become internally differentiated, acquiring a chameleon-like quality, which is on display as Rubin analyzes one context after another. Law has become a mechanism for doing things, just about anything, and that it how it is being utilized today.
Upon completing the book, at least for the readers who are persuaded by Rubin’s analysis, the government, democracy, law, rights, property, and more, all will appear in a different light, at a stripped down, context-based, functioning level that focuses on the interactions between individuals and their consequences. Having this dramatic effect – changing someone’s perception about fundamental matters of law and government in so thoroughgoing a manner – is quite an achievement, one that few books accomplish, much less attempt.
As powerful as the book is, however, the task of persuading people to discard and replace centuries-old entrenched conceptual frameworks is perhaps impossible. Immediately after one sets down the book and reengages in the existing discourse, the old concepts and categories inevitably reassert their dominance. Everyone thinks within, uses, and relies upon these concepts; they structure shared perceptions and understandings at such a deep level that they cannot be dislodged absent an unimaginable, wholesale conversion. Rubin understands this, and he does not, in the end, advocate that our familiar old concepts be abandoned. Instead, he urges that anyone whose job requires taking a clear-eyed, detached view of government and law – social scientists, policy analysts, political and legal theorists, and judges – would benefit from utilizing the alternative conceptual approaches he elaborates. Rubin is correct in this claim. Anyone who desires to understand modern government should read BEYOND CAMELOT. |
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Format Lower/Upper with SQL Developer
Von Tobias Arnhold 7.20.2014
There is a simple trick to format your SQL code in LOWER,UPPER,INITCAP with SQL Developer.
Select the code you want to format and click the "Aa"-button or "Strg + Quote".
It is so simple but I never came on the idea to check this button.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71255 | Numbers and Hyphens
Recently I got a letter from my phone company informing me that my area code will be switching to 10-digit dialing sometime next year. Several times the letter mentioned that we will have to start dialing “10-digits.” It was very consistent—every time the numeral 10 was followed by the noun “digits,” there was a hyphen between them.
Now, I’ve tried to mellow over the last few years and take a more descriptivist stance on a lot of things, but I’m still pretty prescriptivist when it comes to spelling and style. Hyphens have a few different purposes, one of which is to join compound modifiers, and that purpose was not being served here.
Unfortunately, this is one of those things that most people aren’t really taught in school anymore, and even a lot of editors struggle with hyphens. It seems that some people see hyphens between numerals and whatever words follow them and generalize this to mean that there should always be hyphens after numerals.
But this isn’t the case, because as I said before, hyphens serve a purpose. The stress patterns and intonation of “10 digit(s)” are different in “You have to dial 10 digits” and “You have to dial 10-digit numbers,” because one is a compound and the other is not. The hyphen helps indicate this in writing, and if there’s a hyphen when there doesn’t need to be one, the reader may be primed to expect another word, thinking that “10-digits” is a compound that modifies something, only to find that that’s the end of the phrase.
Of course, one may argue that in compounds like this, the noun is always singular (“10-digit dialing,” not “10-digits dialing”), thus preventing any ambiguity or misreading. While technically true, some readers—like me—may still experience a slight mental hiccup when they realize that it’s not a compound but simply a numeral modifying a noun.
The solution is to learn when hyphens are actually needed. Of course, not all style guides agree on all points, but any decent style guide will at least cover the basics. And if all else fails, trust your ear—if you’re saying it like a compound, use a hyphen. If you’re saying it like two separate words, don’t use one. And if you’re writing or editing anything for publication, you really should know this already. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71299 | Apprenticeship Community Challenge
For more information on the Challenge please refer to the Factsheet.
Apprenticeship Community Challenge- Ayrshire 2019 sponsored by Skills Development Scotland.
Congratulations to SAS International who are the overall winner of 2019 Apprenticeship Community Challenge - Ayrshire!
Companies across Ayrshire were invited to put forward individual apprentices or a team of apprentices to plan, complete and document a project that would be of benefit to the local community.
This year 8 companies completed the challenge and were invited to attend a Semi-Final in September. All 8 teams presented their project and 3 winners were identified.
Ashleigh Building – Best Presentation
SAS International - Greatest Community Impact
Wallace McDowall - Most Impact on Apprentice learning
If you are interested in finding out more about this challenge then email Gillian Longmuir- |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71331 | How to make felt
Fleece can be made into felt. This is the only process of cloth making that does not require spinning. The fleece is processed by carding, and layering into sheets. It is then wetted well with warm water and soap, and worked together either by rolling round a pole or trampling under foot.
Why wool felts
Wool fibres have tiny scales along them, and the beating treatment allows the hooks on the scales to bind together. This forms a smooth strong fabric that cannot be parted into its original layers.
Fleeces that are particularly suitable for felting.
Different types of fleece produce different results.
• Blueface Leicester and Gotland are easy to felt and give ‘classy’ attractive results.
• Blueface Leicester and Wensleydale crosses produce textured felt.
• Corriedale and Merino gives ‘solid’ felt that can be very fine.
• Shetland and Icelandic can produce patterned felt by using the natural colours of the fleece.
Fleeces that eventually felt
Most other fleeces do eventually felt although Down type fleeces are very difficult. Spiral crimps resist felting. The only way to find out which fleece is best is by testing it.
Uses for felt
In Mongolia, when making felt for yurts, the wool is wrapped around a pole and dragged behind a couple of horses. On a more mundane level, felt is used in clothing, billiard tables, tents, as well as having many industrial uses. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71335 | Bee Propolis for abscess tooth
Hello, I have an 11 yr old root canaled tooth with a crown on top. I have just finished up my 7 day antibiotic run and the last 2 days I included 8 powder capsules through the day as I heard the make antibiotics work better.
My question is does the bee propolis antibodies work into the tooth where they say the bad bacteria is that the regular antibiotics can't reach. I have chose to extract the tooth if I can't get the infection under control as it seems like I have a toxic tooth and don't want another root canal done on it. Any information you have would be great. Thanks.
Angela's Comments:
You may want to consider chewing some propolis chunks or better yet, applying the water based propolis tincture to you gums daily (several times per day).
Propolis has shown excellent results in many oral health studies so it is worth a try.
Consider also using a propolis based toothpaste.
Propolis Eliminates Bacteria
The researchers compared propolis with calcium hydroxide, which apparently is a very effective anti-microbial, and found that it is significantly more powerful than the calcium at eliminating certain germs.
Propolis has traditionally been used to kill colds and flu so this study clearly shows that it has powerful bacteria killing properties throughout the body. I now know why it takes away my sore throat so effectively any time I feel a tickle and why one of the primary health benefits of propolis stated by long term users is as a cold and flu tonic!
Hope that helps,
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Propolis tincture with alcohol for tooth abscess?
by: Anonymous
Does the propolis tincture have to be water based? Can I use one with alcohol on my tooth abscess?
Angela's comments:
Yes you can but water based is recommended for the sensitive tissue of the gums.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71345 | February 15, 2016
Question: What is the NOACK Volatility Test and why is it important for engine oils?
Answer: The NOACK Volatility Test (ASTM D5800) determines evaporation tendencies of a lubricant (engine oil) in high temperature service.
The more an engine oil vaporizes (or evaporates), the heavier the oil becomes. Heavier, more viscous oil circulates poorly, which affects fuel economy, oil consumption and emissions. In addition, vapors travel where they are not supposed to go, like the air intake system.
Question: How is the NOACK Volatility Test measured?
Answer: The oil is held at 250˚C for one hour under a constant flow of air. This test simulates upper engine conditions.
The result measurement is the weight loss of the oil sample in mass percent (%).
Question: What are the NOACK limits for engine oils?
Answer: For API SN/ILSAC engine oils, the maximum evaporation loss limit is 15%. For API CJ-4 SAE 15W-40 engine oils, the limit is 13%. For API SAE 10W-30 CJ-4 engine oils, the limit is 15%.
Question: Where do most NOACK Volatility Test values fall for engine oils on the shelf?
Answer: BG performs many NOACK Volatility Tests each year on new engine oils in the market. Most conventional passenger car engine oils will be >13% while synthetic passenger car engine oils might be about 9–11%. Full synthetic heavy duty oil can be down to 8–9%.
Question: How do BG engine oils perform on a NOACK test?
Answer: NOACK values are listed on each individual product’s Specification & Technical Data sheet. For an example, BG SAE 5W-30 Synthetic Engine Oil, PN 737, has a value of 8.7% and BG Shear Power® HD, PN 716, has a value of 8.1%.
Question: Can oil additives reduce evaporation rate in an engine oil?
Answer: No. BG MOA® Engine Oil Supplement, PN 110, and BG DOC® Diesel Oil Conditioner, PN 112, can stabilize the oil in other ways. For example, antioxidants can improve oxidation control, but cannot prevent evaporation because this attribute has to do with base oil composition. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71348 | Bible Book List
Psalm 27 English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)
The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation
Of David.
27 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
When evildoers assail me
to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.
Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
yet[b] I will be confident.
One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to enquire[c] in his temple.
For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will lift me high upon a rock.
And now my head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all round me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
be gracious to me and answer me!
My heart says to you,
Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
O God of my salvation!
10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will take me in.
11 Teach me your way, O Lord,
and lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.
12 Give me not up to the will of my adversaries;
for false witnesses have risen against me,
and they breathe out violence.
in the land of the living!
14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!
1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge
2. Psalm 27:3 Or in this
3. Psalm 27:4 Or meditate
4. Psalm 27:8 The command (seek) is addressed to more than one person
5. Psalm 27:8 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
6. Psalm 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71357 | My watch list
Classification & external resources
ICD-10 J60.-J65.
ICD-9 500-505
DiseasesDB 31746
MeSH D011009
Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust. Depending on the type of dust, variants of the disease are considered.
Types include:
Additional recommended knowledge
See also
Other Work-related Lung Diseases
Popular culture references
• A longer, factitious term is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
• In the classic British film Brief Encounter (1945), derived from a Noel Coward play, housewife Laura (Celia Johnson) and physician Alec (Trevor Howard) begin an affair. She is desperately mesmerized in a train station lounge by his evocation of his passion for pneumoconioses:
Laura: “You were saying about the coal mines…”
Alec: “Oh yes, the inhalation of coal dust…That’s one specific form of the disease. It’s called anthracosis.”
Laura [Tenderly]: “What are the others?”
Alec: “Chalicosis. That comes from metal dust. Steel works, you know…”
Laura [Breathlessly]: “Yes, of course… Steel works…”
Alec: “And silicosis… That’s stone dust… Gold mines…”
Laura [Almost swooning]: “I see…”
Bell rings
Laura: “There’s your train.”
Alec: “Yes.”
Laura: “You mustn’t miss it.”
Alec: “No.”
• In the film Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller, he claims to have "The Black Lung" after working in a coal mine for one day.
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Keyboard Shortcuts, Microsoft Word
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Keyboard Shortcuts Result in Microsoft Word
CTRL and A Selects all in the current document.
CTRL and B Bold text.
CTRL and D Displays the Font dialogue box.
CTRL and E Centre Alignment.
CTRL and H Displays the Replace dialogue box.
CTRL and I Italic text.
CTRL and J Full Justification.
CTRL and K Create Hyperlink
CTRL and L Left Alignment
CTRL and M Tab
CTRL and N Creates a new document.
CTRL and O Displays the Open File dialogue box.
CTRL and P Displays the Print dialog box.
CTRL and R Right Alignment.
CTRL and S Displays the Save dialog box.
CTRL and U Underline text
CTRL and Y Redo the last undone action.
CTRL and Z Undoes the last action.
CTRL and ENTER Insert Page Break.
CTRL and F2 Show Print preview.
CTRL and F4 Closes the active document window.
CTRL and F6 Opens the next document window.
Keyboard Shortcuts Result in Microsoft Word
F1 key Get help or use the Office assistant.
SHIFT and F1 Key Context sensitive help.
F2 Key Move text or image.
SHIFT and F2 Key Copy Text.
F3 Key Insert an autotext entry.
SHIFT and F3 Key Change the case of the selected text.
F4 Key Perform last action again.
SHIFT and F5 Key Move to a previous revision.
F6 Key Go to the next frame or pane.
SHIFT and F6 Key Go to the previous frame or pane.
F7 Key Launch the Spell checker.
SHIFT and F7 Key Launch the Thesaurus.
F8 Key Extend the current selection.
SHIFT and F8 Key Shrink the current selection.
F9 Key Update the selected fields.
F10 Key Activate the menu bar.
F11 Key Go to the next field.
SHIFT and F11 Key Go to the previous field.
F12 Key Save file As, equivalent to tools menu.
SHIFT and F12 Key Save document, equivalent to tools menu
Windows key + R = Run menu
This is usually followed by:cmd = Command Promptiexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorercompmgmt.msc = Computer Managementdhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Managementdnsmgmt.msc = DNS Managementservices.msc = Serviceseventvwr = Event Viewerdsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computersdssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and ServicesWindows key + E = Explorer
ALT + Tab = Switch between windows
ALT, Space, X = Maximize window
CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager
Windows key + Break = System properties
Windows key + F = Search
Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows
CTRL + C = copy
CTRL + X = cut
CTRL + V = paste
Keyboard Shortcuts
[Alt] and [Esc] Switch between running applications
[Alt] and letter Select menu item by underlined letter
[Ctrl] and [Esc] Open Program Menu
[F1] Open Help for active application
Windows+M Minimize all open windows
Shift+Windows+M Undo minimize all open windows
Windows+F1 Open Windows Help
Windows+Tab Cycle through the Taskbar buttons
Windows+Break Open the System Properties dialog box
acessability shortcuts
explorer shortcuts
devmgmt.msc = Device Managermsinfo32 = System Informationcleanmgr = Disk Cleanupntbackup = Backup or Restore Wizard (Windows Backup Utility)mmc = Microsoft Management Consoleexcel = Microsoft Excel (If Installed)msaccess = Microsoft Access (If Installed)powerpnt = Microsoft PowerPoint (If Installed)winword = Microsoft Word (If Installed)frontpg = Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed)notepad = Notepadwordpad = WordPadcalc = Calculatormsmsgs = Windows Messengermspaint = Microsoft Paintwmplayer = Windows Media Playerrstrui = System Restorenetscp6 = Netscape 6.xnetscp = Netscape 7.xnetscape = Netscape 4.xwaol = America Onlinecontrol = Opens the Control Panelcontrol printers = Opens the Printers Dialog
type in u're adress "google", then press [Right CTRL] and [Enter]add www. and .com to word and go to it
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71427 | Single-family dwelling formed by two rectangular prisms
Architects: g2t Arquitectos
Location: Puente Genil, Spain
Year: 2017
Area: 2.152 ft²/ 200 m²
Photo courtesy: Javier Orive
“It is the second residence of the “prisms” series, in which we composed with pure rectangular volumes to make up the volumetry of the building. Each prism holds different uses within the program, producing special double-legged sets in joining areas between both cores.
The single-family dwelling is formed by two rectangular prisms rotated between them, one supported on the other. The lower prism, which forms the ground floor, contains the daily uses of the house. The upper prism, which rests on the first and on a large pillar that contains the services of the house, is what shelters the nocturnal uses, dormitories and bathrooms.
There is a double ceiling height in the junction area between the prisms that contain the staircase.
The entire house opens onto the pool and back garden of the grounds, leaving the main facade almost completely blind, for greater privacy and better climate behavior of the building.” |
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Case Interview Example – Capacity Change Framework
I’ve had several requests to provide an example of a case involving the Capacity Change Framework as described in my case interview frameworks article. Before I provide the example and walk through how to solve it, let me start by providing some context. First, you don’t see this kind of case very often. I did 60+ case [...]
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71469 | Monday, September 16, 2019
What Do Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffett And Jim Cramer Think About Negative Rates?
Everyone's talking about negative rates, but it's hard to find two people that are willing to say the same thing. In light of this, I thought it might be prudent to see what Alan Greenspan, Warren Buffett and Jim Cramer have to say about negative rates. As on overview,
• Alan Greenspan thinks negative rates are a sign of an aging population.
• Warren Buffett thinks that if interest rates are nothing, values can be almost infinite.
• Jim Cramer thinks negative rates are a sign that we're not in a robust economy (talk about stating the obvious).
Let's start with Alan Greenspan.
Greenspan thinks negative rates are a sign of an aging population.
What's his logic? You can't have negative rates unless you have buyers. Greenspan thinks the buyers represent an aging population that's willing to pay money to secure their cash for the next 20-30 years.
After an awkward start, the host asks Greenspan:
What about the notion of the economy weakening?
Greenspan's response,
It's going to depend in large part on the stock market. We underestimate the wealth effect on the economy...
But then adds,
Overall the economy seems to be sagging.
These feel like conflicting statements, but I digress.
Later, when asked about what negative rates signify, Greenspan had this to say:
What it signifies is that the world population is aging. People are recognizing that they are dying off at a much later date than when they contemplated when they started to save.
He goes on to make a quick comment on gold (XAU):
One of the reasons gold prices are rising so much... that's telling us that people are looking for resources, which they know are going to have a value 20 or 30 years from now as they age. And they want to make sure they have the resources to keep themselves in place. That is clearly the fundamental force that's driving this, but we don't know how far it will go.
This makes sense from an economics perspective, but it assumes negative rates are a common market phenomenon. They aren't.
Warren Buffett disagrees with Greenspan as well.
In an interview on CNBC, Buffett had the following to say about negative rates:
What's happened with interest rates is really extraordinary. You could go back and read everything that Keynes wrote, everything that Adam Smith or Ricardo or Paul Samuelson -- you won't see a word about sustained negative interest rates. I mean we are doing something the world has never seen. It does have the effect of making assets more valuable. Interest rates are like gravity in valuations. If interest rates are nothing, values can be almost infinite.
He goes on to explain what impact negative rates are already having on his company:
So Berkshire Hathaway (#BRK.A) is sitting with billions of dollars of euros in an insurance company in Europe and they will bear a negative rate. We would be better off putting them in a big mattress that we could stick it in -- if I could just find someone that I trust to sleep on the mattress.
If we have a billion euros at minus 35 basis points, it would be $3.5 million euros a year that it's costing us just to have that....It [negative rates] distorts everything...we do not know how this movie plays out.
$3.5 million euro for sitting on a mattress? You can trust me, Buffett. If you're reading this, I've got your back.
He follows up with some Buffett wisdom, spoken like the king of insurance that he is:
In economics the most important thing to remember is that you always want to ask yourself "and then what". After anything that happens, if someone tells you that "this" thing is going to happen, there's always the need to ask "and then what". And then what? In terms of sustained low interest rates the answer is, I don't know.
Jim Cramer does. He thinks thinks negative rates are a sign that we're not in a robust economy.
In response to Trump's negative rate tweets, Cramer had this to say:
I want them to cut rates, but negative rates though, we don't want negative rates. That's just a sign that we're not a robust economy.
To which the host responded:
Is bonehead appropriate for a Fed chief that he appointed?
He appointed him, that was his appointee.
Yes, it was, well as we all know he tires of people quickly.
In this case though, he can't fire them. Because one would think, given the frequency of Tweets, if he could, it would have happened a long time ago.
David, I think you got a keen eye for the obvious there partner.
Thank you. Yeah, a keen sense for the obvious is what I've made a career out of.
Yeah, you really have.
Gotta love that Cramer. Let's skip forward a bit to see what he really thinks about negative rates:
And now you have JPMorgan's Diamond saying they're preparing for zero interest rates. Lowering their guidance on interest income.
Yeah, but I was looking on Twitter and someone also posted that they're looking at 5% yesterday, and it was the best Tweet of the day because it just shows that they're prepared for anything or you could say that they don't know what they're doing.
The truth is, negative rates have been around for a while. Denmark’s policy rates fell below zero in July 2012, followed by the European Central Bank, the Swedish Riksbank, and the Swiss National Bank. Japan set its leading policy rate below zero on January 29, 2016. Now there's over $20 trillion in negative yielding debt in the world (both central banks and corporate). Put another way, banks and corporations around the world are already making money on $20 trillion in debt/cash they issued. It's really a brilliant scheme when you think about it.
What do I think? I think this makes me want to avoid Treasuries and buy bitcoin (BTC), gold and real estate.
That said, negative interest rate policy (NIRP) is a last-ditch attempt to generate spending investment. When combined with more QE, it makes asset prices go through the roof, as Buffett said. At some point, central banks will run out of assets to buy, but if rates do go negative, the market is about to have one last run and that run is going to be explosive.
I think that's the essence of this. If there is ANY one major takeaway from these three views on negative rates, it's that you need to be prepared for anything because what started out as a short-term emergency experiment has become the new norm. And now that new norm has created the need for more short-term emergency experiments because what used to work has stopped. As Buffett would say, we have run out of "and then whats".
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The Call of the Hero
When we ask heroes from where they got the strength to do incredible things, they give lousy answers. Inevitably, their answer is “I had to do it” . . . Regardless of their level of articulation, they cannot come up with any good reason for why they did what they did.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71503 | How to Keep Meetings From Eating Into Your Bottom Line
No business wants to admit that it’s inefficient, lacks clear direction or wastes tens of thousands of dollars. And yet businesses everywhere are doing just that by holding unnecessary, unproductive and unpopular meetings. Shifting your company culture away from meetings can make your businesses more productive and employees more engaged and efficient. Here's how.
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Meetings are hands-down the most ironic aspect of workplace culture today. Why? Because no self-respecting business wants to advertise that it's inefficient, unfocused, lacks a clear direction or purpose or that they regularly waste tens of thousands of dollars for no tangible reason. And yet, that's exactly what happens every day as businesses around the globe force their workers to spend time in meetings without seeing a return on that investment of time and energy.
"At its core, this is a cultural problem for businesses. Meetings rarely result in actionable work. Workers spend on average six to seven hours per week in meetings and are then forced to do the real work they were hired to do on the margins of their day. This leads to burnout, which leads to retention and attrition issues. You're not getting the best work out of your talent," says Carson Tate, the founder and principal of Working Simply, a management consultancy, and the author of "Work Simply".
When your workforce spends the majority of its time in meetings, they're not producing anything -- except more meetings, Tate says, and that becomes the entire culture of your business.
Making a Culture Shift
The first step to making any sort of significant change is to first be aware that a problem exists and understand the breadth and depth of the problem, according to Tate. Start documenting how much time is spent in meetings versus how much time is spent on other work, and then determine how much that's costing your business both in real dollars (try this handy meeting cost calculator) and in terms of where employees' time would be better spent.
"You need real awareness of the impact and the cost of your meeting-centric culture. Look at your team members. Are there constant emails coming in time-stamped 2 a.m.? Are there regular meetings that involve numerous executives whose skills and time could be better used elsewhere? What did the time, energy and money put into these meetings really produce? You can't change what you can't see," Tate says.
Imperfect Culture
Next, you have to accept that your culture, such as it is, is broken. Then, take a deep breath, and move on to the third stage, which is committing to changing that culture for the better. The fourth step is the most difficult: actually developing and implementing the steps to change. Whether organizations decide to go it alone, or hire a consultancy like Tate's, this will be the most difficult step for organizations to stick to. Finally, organizations must implement new meeting strategies and tactics to replace the old, says Tate.
"The way meetings are run is a microcosm of your company culture as a whole. Approaching the problem by scheduling another series of meetings is just ludicrous. You must start at the very core of your business and shift every assumption, from how you interact with technology, to how many people should be involved in business decisions, to where meetings are held, the length, everything. Otherwise, you're just putting a bandage on an injury that really requires a trip to the ER," Tate says.
Be the Change You Want to See
The good news is that each individual employee can help their organization shift away from a meeting-centric culture and contribute to a larger cultural change just by taking a few simple actions.
"First and foremost, question the value of every meeting you're asked to attend. Before you hit 'accept,' ask yourself, "What the return on investment will be? What will you get for your time, your energy? What will you forgo working on to go to this meeting? Ask yourself if your presence will contribute or add value? Will this be a rehash of the last five meetings?," Tate says.
"You need to be clear about who you are 'letting down' by not attending. And you need to be able to articulate that confidently. What is the best use of your time that will add maximum value to the work that you do? Or will I be disappointing the right person? Am I disappointing my manager? Direct report? Child? Yourself? So many times, meetings are just about politics -- who's there, who's not. That's not valuable for businesses. You can decline graciously by saying, 'I don't see where I can add any meaningful value to the conversation. Instead, I'm going to be working on X, Y, Z, and this is why it is more valuable than the actual meeting," Tate says.
Doing so not only empowers the individual, it empowers their coworkers, their managers and their direct reports to start declining meetings, and forces the organization to be much more efficient and streamlined when meetings are mandatory, Tate says.
When Meetings Are a Must
That's not to say that meetings can't be useful or produce value; in fact, meetings can be one of the most powerful tools businesses have to get things done and drive success, says Paul Axtell, a management consultant and personal effectiveness trainer, and author of "Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations," they just have to be done right.
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Volunteer development workers and social insurance
Irish citizens who have spent time working in a developing country may qualify for Credited Social Insurance Contributions which can be used to claim social welfare payments when they return to Ireland.
Working in the EU
Deals with rights and entitlements when moving within the EU to work. In particular examines the EU freedom of movement directives, including access to employment, recognition of qualifications, job seeking, employment and social security rights.
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Pawel Krolikowski is a research economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He is primarily interested in labor economics and macroeconomics. His current work focuses on job displacement and wage rigidity.
Dr. Krolikowski received a BA in economics and a BSc in applied mathematics from Stanford University and a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan. Before joining the Bank, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center.
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When I turned 16 years, I went into a lesbian cafe, with my lesbian friend, out of boredom and seduced a 24 year old woman to hook up with me and I kept in meeting up with her for a whole month, but then my parents found out, I told them that she was blackmailing me and that she forced me to meet her. They sued her and she was sentenced for 3 years. I feel sorry, she still loves me and thinks my parents don’t approve of a lesbian relationship and told me to keep her number so when she gets out we can continue to date legally. I don’t have any feelings for her bc I only was experimenting. I don’t want to hurt her any more.
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The Ultimate Guide to Email Follow Up
Whether it's for business or for pleasure, following up via email is a timeless to-do for anyone wanting to stay top-of-mind with colleagues and friends. For small business owners, email follow ups are key to perpetuate business, especially with the reliance on referrals.With the busyness of our professional and personal lives, keeping in touch - especially with those you don't see on a daily basis - can be difficult, and sometimes we can lose business (and relationships!) because of that.
You genuinely care about your clients; but even if you do send an email now and again, it can feel like they blend in with the rest of the emails piling up in their inboxes. However, there are a few easy things you can do to maximize your gain from email follow-ups and to make sure they don't go unnoticed.
Everything you need to know on how to follow up:
What to send
Determine an objective. In short, cut to the chase - What is the purpose of your follow up? Want another meeting? A referral? Just want to catch up? Be concise, precise, and informative - with clear calls-to-action (CTAs). Give your client all they need within the email to complete whatever you're asking them to do - present some value! For example leave links, contact information, etc.
Share an interest. According to Marketing Charts, more than half (58%) of people surveyed said they would not open an email if it doesn't look relevant to them. Follow up on your client's' interests, and be specific. Bring up an old event where you guys met. Share a link to a book signing you think your client might like. Even if you don't share a mutual interest, you can include something that you know your client will take interest in - they will appreciate that you took the time to indulge in their own hobbies.
Additionally, if you haven't see them in a while, pick up the phone and give them a call instead. Sometimes, just a broad "how are you?" can be too vague to reply via email and thus may be pushed to the back of your client's mind. If you only have time for an email, just check up on them on social media like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter and see what they're up to; ask them about something specific. If they just got promoted, send a congratulatory email on the new job!
Know thy audience. Remember that you are not speaking to this person in person; speak to them in a language - formal or not - that they will easily be able to understand and consequently appreciate. Cater to the reader: nothing's worse than the receiver of your follow-up being left confused by your email and subsequently push back responding altogether. Going out of your way to formulate a personalized email will show your client that you were thoughtful about them when crafting it, instead of just blasting off a generic mass email.
Nail the subject line. Remember to craft the perfect subject line! It's the first thing people see when they receive your email, so this is your chance to grab their attention! Believe it or not, but 35% of email recipients open emails based solely on the subject line. Keep it short and sweet - an extremely long subject line immediately loses the attention of the reader. Craft a subject that evokes an emotional response: make them laugh, make them awe, etc_____.
Either way, they will be more likely to open your email if they are emotionally moved by it. For instance, give them some incentive - if you're offering a 10% discount, say it in the subject line! They will (be happy) and open your email with excitement...If you're still unsure about what to say in your subject line, get some more guidance here or here.
Set an appointment. If you set or request a time/date for some sort of meeting or event, your clients will be more likely to engage with you, even if their response is "no." Because you took the time to request in-person time with them, they will be more likely to respond...
What not to send
No impersonal mass email. We all have busy lives, and it's much easier and quicker just to mass email clients to invite them to an event or just asking to catch up. Now, there's nothing wrong with the mass email, just the impersonal ones. Emails blasted out to all contacts are often criticized for being too generic/impersonal - but this doesn't have to be the case!
Make your emails genuine by mentioning a few points specific to that individual. Inauthentic emails can undercut credibility - an average buyer gets somewhere around +100 emails a day, but only opens 23 percent of them - and an impersonal email will quickly be diverted to the Spam inbox.
Don't link dump. Just from a glance, an email with an overload of links can be a bit overwhelming to the reader. If you include a link, customize it with a Bitly link so the link not only looks better than a bunch of smashed random keys and you'll be able to track how many people opened it, where (geographically), and from what site.
When to send
Be polite and respectful of your client's time. Give your contacts a day or two as a chance to respond and possibly even think on the context of your original email and then shoot off your follow-up. Don't be pushy or passive aggressive - it will repel your clients from responding, and they will be more likely to not engage or unsubscribe.
Increase your email IQ. There are certain times of the day within each week for each type of lead that maximizes email open and/or response rate. Learn how to increase your email IQ (and more about the tables below) here and check out our infographic here.
Timing for specific events. According to Hubspot, there are certain ranges of time after specific occasions that are prime-time for email follow up:
• 24 hours after a meeting, interview, or conference
• 48 hours after submitting a job app
• 1-2 weeks follow up on a meeting request/no job offer response
• Every 3 months - catch up with a connection
Important/Miscellaneous Tips
The Break-Up Email. After a few follow ups with no responses, you might want to send the break up email. Like an "Unsubscribe" button, this email will have you personally ask your client if you should stop sending these emails. This will be more of an incentive to respond (if you think your emails have been lost in their inbox) and will serve as a reminder that they should respond or they could lose you.
Remember to proofread! Nothing says "unprofessional" like a misspelled word or grammar mistake. If you're unsure about your email, ask a friend to proofread it to you before you send it out. A third party will be able to catch the mistakes that you miss - you don't want to realize a grammar mistake or misspelling after you already sent the email.
Leave your contact information. Address, phone number, email, etc - you want to make it as easy as possible for them to reach you (give them all the tools!)
Automated follow up tools
Contactually. Yes that's us! The Contactually dashboard acts as a home base, organizing all your contacts, messages, and appointments. With Contactually, you can send out dozens of emails out at one time while still picking individual ones and personalizing them for certain contacts in a matter of minutes (#ScaleMail). Bucket your contacts into certain groups to send relevant emails, as well as review past interactions and sync your calls and texts you make on your phone.
Boomerang. Just like Contactually, you can schedule an email to be automatically sent out at a later date and/or time. Boomerang also reminds you to follow up with someone if a certain number have days have passed since you sent out an email to a client and they still haven't responded.
Hubspot Sales. This platform has the ability to notify you when a specific lead opens your email, clicks a link within the email, or downloads something from it.
Newton. One specialty feature of this app is its ability to Undo Send - this means that if you send out an email with a mistake, that's missing an attachment, you can rescind the sent email and pull it out of the receivers inbox before it's too late! Additionally, you also can snooze certain contacts and email - only deal with your inbox when you're ready!
Key Follow Up Takeaways:
• Keep it brief
• Keep it relevant
• Be informative and precise
• Make it personal!
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Peripheral Nervous System
The nervous system in vertebrate animals, including humans, is complex and consists of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system, which together have trillions of neurons. The brain and spinal cord form the central nervous system (CNS), while the peripheral nervous system (PNS) is comprised of the rest of the nerves in the body.
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The peripheral nervous system has nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body, including visceral organs, limbs and skin. It transmits stimuli from the external environment and from all the organs to the central nervous system. The PNS also carries messages from the CNS to all the organs and helps in coordinating action.
Structure of PNS
Neurons are nerve cells, and have an unusual shape. Each has a cell body with cytoplasm, nucleus, and organelles similar to other cells. In addition, they have two types of projections. There are many short dendrites which carry electrical messages to the cell body, and a single long axon that carries messages in the form of electrical impulses from the cell body to the dendrites of the next neuron. Adjacent neurons have no physical contact, but a gap called synapse. As an electrical impulse moves from one neuron to another, it jumps this synapse.
To perform its function the PNS is made of two types of cells, the sensory neurons and the motor neurons. Sensory neurons carry stimuli from stimulus receptors to the CNS, while motor neurons carry massages from the CNS to muscles and glands relaying what actions they should carry out.
Cranial and spinal nerves
There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves connecting the brain to the head, neck and face. Three of these nerves have only sensory neurons and are associated with smell, vision, hearing and equilibrium. Nerves containing mostly motor nerves are found connected to eyelid and eyeball muscles, tongue muscles, and muscles in the head and shoulder. Mixed cranial nerves that have both sensory and motor nerves are connected to taste glands, facial muscle, salivary glands and the muscles controlling swallowing.
All the 31 pairs of spinal nerves that connect the spine to the rest of the body have both sensory and motor neurons. There is a pair for each segment of the cord and is named after it. There are 8 cervical nerves, 12 thoracic nerves, 5 lumbar nerves, 5 sacral nerves, and 1 coccygeal nerve.
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The actions of the peripheral nervous system can be divided into two broad categories- the autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system. Different ganglia, or groups of nerves, are involved in these two system.
The Autonomic Nervous System
The autonomic nervous system, as its name indicates, functions automatically. It also functions continuously and involuntarily. It sends signals to the internal visceral organs heart, lungs, glands and smooth muscles. This controls the workings of these organs to maintain homeostasis, by regulating breathing, digestion, and heartbeat. The autonomic system regulates these functions in two different ways, through the sympathetic and parasympathetic system.
Sympathetic system - These nerves control the reactions of an organism when it is under stress or faced with danger, resulting in the 'flight or fight' response. The body releases more energy, and the heart rate and breathing rate is increased. In these situations, adrenaline is released in the blood-stream so that the whole body is involved in the response. The flow of blood to muscles is also increased and carries more oxygen and energy, allowing the organism to take action.
Parasympathetic system - This system brings the body organs back to their normal rate of functioning by slowing the heart and breathing rate and blood flow to the muscles. This helps to bring the body to rest and conserve energy.
Somatic nervous system
The nerves in this system connect the skin and skeletal muscles to the brain so that the body can respond to stimuli from the external environment. Both voluntary and reflex actions are co-ordinated by this part of the nervous system. Both sensory and motor nerves are involved in the somatic system. Sensory nerves carry stimuli to the brain, which processes the information and sends back commands through the motor nerves to the same part of the body or other parts.
For example, the ears pick up the sound from the phone ringing and transmits it to the brain, which interprets it so we hear the ringing. The brain then sends signals to the muscles in our hand to pick up the phone.
The peripheral nervous system consists of all the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. The sensory neurons bring the internal and external stimuli to the central nervous system (CNS), and motor neurons relay the message from the CNS to the receptors in the body.
The PNS has two functional groups, the autonomic system regulates the automatic and involuntary function of visceral organs like heart, lungs, and glands, by stimulating their action through the sympathetic system, or inhibiting their action through the parasympathetic system. The somatic nervous system transmits impulses to and from the brain to control voluntary and reflex actions.
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What makes a good submission to the CFP? This article draws from the repository Conference Talk Proposal Advice, advice from our very own Program Team members Ana-Maria Mihalceanu, Rabea Gransberger and Andrew Harmel-Law, and a guide produced for the LJC and Devoxx UK New Speaker Academy. What makes a good title? Don’t underestimate the importance...
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71642 | Difference Between Adsense and Adcash
Main Difference
Undoubtedly both are the mediums which generate revenue for your sites after you place the ads provided by them on your sites, but the main difference is that Adcash can let you make money with even placing ads on apps, however, Google held Adsense can’t facilitate you with this. As for this purpose they have another service known as Admob.
What is Adsense?
It will never be wrong to call it that Google powers the Internet, and it is not merely a search engine for the internet users as it has been playing pivotal role in transiting the lives of internet users since its inception and hope so it will not be raising any eyebrows as Google is among the founders, who initiated the online ad campaign to such larger audiences. And for this purpose they launched AdWords(for Advertisers) in 2000 and after recognizing the potential in the field, after few years, Google initiated AdSense (for Publishers).And today AdSense is the hot favorite of the Ad-publishers globally and is ruling all across the globe by a way difference from its counterparts. Although, google have several other programs regarding online ads but this was one has been integral in providing the heftier revenue to the Tech Giant. Moreover, the official words of the Google AdSense speak about the success story of the Project as the makers vowed that AdSense paid out nearly $10B to the customers in 2014.
What is Adcash?
Though Adsense is one of the aspiring program for the site makers who intend to rake moolah after placing the ads. But the thing which makes it quite thin in front of his today competitors is it that it possess the much largest proportion of clients of online games and development, which viewers term it as a limited niche befitting portal. And here it should be kept mentioned that Adcash is a quite minimal program in front of Adsense, this can be further elaborated as Adsense even holds more number of the clients of online games and development than the Adcash.Adcash was founded by Christophe Padovani in 2007, the company faced some whopping growth over the last several years as it was taken off from the kitchen of an apartment of the founder, who traveled from France to Estonia to shook the world with his new endeavor. And it will never be wrong to underrate his classical success story as Adcash was built up from the ground with no direct funding, and surprisingly it has been hung up to more than 195 countries and territories worldwide.
Key Differences
1. Adcash is the ventured initiated back in 2007 by the co-founder and owner of the Webinfluence Group whereas AdSense was formed in 2003 by the Google.
2. Adcash is the portal used by the publishers and advertisers, although AdSense is the only befitting to the publishers as Google aside runs other programs for the publishers as Adsense is particularly to entice the publishers online.
3. Making a rough glance at the stats, if we sought out the Adsense or Adcash using sites among the Alexa Top 100 sites, we get around 30 sites out of it using Google’s brainchild AdSense and none of the Top 100 site picked up the Adcash services for themselves.
4. The payment methods by the Google Adsense are Checks, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), EFT via Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), Wire Transfer and Western Union Quick Cash, on the other hand, Adcash has set the following payment methods operational: Paypal, Skrill, Bank Transfer, Payoneer,r and WebMoney.
5. Minimum Payment threshold of Adcash: €100
Minimum Payment threshold of AdSense: $100 and when it is in Euros it’s €70.
6. Google Adcash is sometimes referred as beneficial for the entertainment and games niche as the maximum of its advertisers are hailed from it but Adsense which is all rounder and the proficient in the field leads by a whopping margin among all of the niches or sections.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71668 | Get Moving
Like eating healthy food, it can be challenging to see the short-term benefits from exercising. In fact, engaging in exercise can be downright uncomfortable at the start. But as we describe in Brain Wash, once started, exercise feeds upon itself to improve your brain and your body. It is the perfect positive feedback loop once you’re able to get it started. Here are three additional ways to overcome the hurdles to consistent exercise.
1. Redefine yourself. One of the things we’ve learned from behavioral psychology is that we strongly value internal consistency. We are willing to go to incredible lengths to make sure that what we do is in keeping with who we believe ourselves to be. This bias can create problems for us, but it can also be harnessed to our advantage. The key is to redefine your identity in a healthier way, so that you develop a desire to stay consistent with the new identity. To make the consistency bias work for your benefit, make a commitment to engaging in some form of exercise each day—something you’re sure you can manage. For example, I (Austin) started doing 20 daily push-ups. Once I had done 20 push-ups a day for a week, I started to feel uncomfortable when it got later in the day and I hadn’t done my push-ups. This then became a strong motivation for me to be consistent in my exercise.
2. Remember, you’re always training for a marathon. It’s tempting to jump onto the latest exercise kick, to buy expensive new equipment and sign up for the most intense workout classes you can find. The problem with these options is that they tend to be unsustainable. Your goal is to spend as much of your life as possible with a healthy, active body, not to go all out for two weeks and then revert to a sedentary lifestyle.
3. Incorporate new routines. There may not be a substitute for a dedicated 30-minute exercise period. But one way to supplement your base workout is by incorporating brief exercises into your usual routine. For example, if you find yourself watching an hour of TV each night, make a deal with yourself that you have to do 20 push-ups and 30 crunches before you watch the show. I like to make all commercial breaks into an obligatory exercise interval. In this way, the TV show becomes a reward for doing the exercise, and you build movement into your day.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71723 | Stop That Munching!
Your horse isn't hungry. He's testing your authority. Here's how to prevent this annoying trail-riding habit. From Horse & Rider magazine.
Q: MY 12-YEAR-OLD APPALOOSA gelding has a bad case of the "munchies" on the trail. I've tried reprimanding him with a harsh word, a tug on the bit, a slap of the reins, and even a well-placed spur. He just gets angry, and soon our once-pleasant ride has turned into a battle of wills. How can I stop Blue from eating foliage, so our rides are more enjoyable?
Gillian Harm
Pomona, California
A: A HORSE THAT TAKES A NIBBLE ALONG THE TRAIL IS annoying. After the nibble, he wants the full-deal meal- and as you've discovered, the ensuing difference of opinion can take the pleasure out of your ride. This behavior isn't about a hungry horse who needs to eat. It's about who has the alpha (dominant) position in your and your horse's relationship. Right now, the leader/follower role is being contested. You need to get back in the driver's seat by changing his focus and reordering the who's-in-charge hierarchy. I'll teach you how to do so with an arena exercise and on-the-trail tips designed to gain and refocus his attention.
First, teach your horse to bend laterally, so he learns to yield to rein pressure. Work in a round pen or an arena, using the mildest snaffle bit you own. (Your horse should be soft, supple, and responsive to all your requests, and your hands light and steady, before you even consider a harsher bit. You're not trying to punish him, you're trying to communicate.) Here's how.
• Mount up, and sit quietly, with a rein in each hand. Use a constant, gentle squeeze on your right rein to bring your horse's head toward your right knee. (Be careful never to jerk on your horse's mouth.) Release the rein pressure the instant he yields to it. Release-and the corresponding relief from pressure-rewards his responsive behavior. But rub his neck, too, to reinforce his correct response. Then use your left rein in the same fashion to draw his head to your left knee.
• If your horse seems stiff, reward even the slightest turn with immediate release, then increase his bend gradually over time. (Note: Your horse uses his neck for balance countless times each day. As he becomes more elastic, his performance in every activity will be enhanced. And one day his nose will touch your stirrup.)
• When your horse bends easily to each side while standing, practice the same exercise at the walk. When he bends his neck, instantly release the rein pressure, while continuing your forward motion. Again, he should associate this pleasurable rein release with his yielding to pressure.
• Next, practice at the jog. By now, your horse should be considerably more pliant than when you began these exercises, flexing at the poll (tucking his nose slightly toward his chest) as his head turns.
• When you're confident with this exercise at the walk and jog in the arena, it's time for a schooling ride on the trail. Before you head out, though, ride the trail in your mind. Visualize keeping your horse from taking a munchie break. By mentally handling this problem beforehand, you'll find it easier to do so when you ride. You'll also alter your body language in a way that tells him you're in charge.
• Now mount up and stay focused. Keep your eyes looking down the trail. From experience, you know the areas where your horse is most likely to dive for goodies. Begin your pressure-and-release exercise well before he has the chance. If you approach a trouble spot on the left, turn his head to your right knee and release, while continuing your forward motion. Continue to turn and release until you're past the temptation. Once past, neck rubs and soothing comments will help to reinforce his responsive, non-eating behavior.
• Repeat this exercise along the trail, on as many rides as it takes to change your horse's attitude. When he has, give yourself a pat-you're now calling the shots! In the early 1990s, Linda Branch took her Welsh Pony, Pinedale Van Halen, to four national championships in arena events, plus a reserve national championship in endurance competition. Today, she's an active North American Trail Ride Conference competitor, garnering regional honors in the novice division. Last July, Linda completed her first Tevis 100 Mile Ride aboard the veteran endurance horse Ki Starr, owned by Henry and Helen Logan. In addition, her two versatile Quarter Horses take her from the trail to the dressage arena. She resides in Santa Barbara, California.
This article first appeared in the November, 2000 issue of Horse & Rider magazine. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71725 | What do I need to bring to file an eviction?
A completed complaint along with five copies of the notice given to the tenant and the lease (if applicable), and a pre-stamped envelope addressed to each tenant.
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2. What is the filing fee for evictions?
4. Can you accept a personal check for fees?
6. What if I just want my property back?
7. What happens when I file the eviction?
9. What if the landlord will not repair the dwelling? |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71727 | Query Active directory form SQL server
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71740 | Quick Screen Setup Video
If you've been with me for long you've no doubt seen my other Screen Setup Guides, however in the previous videos I don't think I talked about the Safety.
It's very important that you set your Safety to Yellow. Some people go all in and set it to Red but that's a mistake because there's almost never anything you want to do that would need it to be Red.
The only time it would be helpful is if you are Ganking in High Sec. Other than that it just opens you up for mistakes that could get you Concorded or cost you a big hit to your Security Status.
Green is just as bad, because it forces you to confirm every thing which costs you valuable time and messes up your focus.
If you've seen my old screen setup videos, you can skip this, but if you haven't this is a MUST WATCH VIDEO!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71742 | The 11 Healthiest Fast-Food Lunches - Diet and Nutrition Center - Everyday Health
The 11 Healthiest Fast-Food Lunches
When a quick fast-food run is your only choice, reach for one of these options to escape the restaurant with your diet unscathed.
A third of adults who eat at fast-food restaurants three or more times a week are obese, a study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease found — not surprising given the preponderance of high-fat, high-calorie, and high-salt menu items.
But at almost every chain restaurant, there are smart choices to be made. An ideal meal that won’t derail your diet is a plate that’s half fresh fruits or vegetables, a quarter lean protein, and a quarter whole grains, says Kristi King, RD, a clinical dietitian at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. “Look for grilled, baked or broiled meats versus fried,” King says, and then add a vegetable option like a side salad and apple slices or a fruit salad.
If you’re looking for a few healthy standbys to order every time you eat out, try these.
McDonald's Grilled Chicken Classic Sandwich
350 calories
9 g fat
28 g protein
820 mg sodium
42 g carbohydrates
3 g fiber
8 g sugar
As fast-food options go, grilled chicken sandwiches generally make better healthy lunches than hamburger patties. Pair yours with a salad and light dressing and low-fat milk or water to drink. The downside is the sodium in this sandwich might be too high if you have high blood pressure or diabetes, points out Jim White, RD, founder of Jim White Fitness and Nutrition Studios in Virginia Beach, Va. "While the calories may be below 500, the problems arise with the high levels of sodium," he says. "These lunches may not expand the waistline, but they will cause an elevation in blood pressure."
McDonald's Grilled Chicken Ranch Snack Wrap
270 calories
12 grams fat
16 g protein
700 mg sodium
25 g carbohydrates
1 g fiber
2 g sugar
The size of McDonald’s snack wraps are just right — as long as you order them grilled and not fried, King says. To save on additional calories and fat, ask for the wrap without cheese or dressing. Because the small wraps might not be filling enough, add a small side to help you stay satisfied. “Look for a yogurt parfait — about 150 calories, a side salad, or fruit to pair with that snack wrap,” King suggests, along with low-fat milk to drink.
Burger King Whopper Jr.
260 calories
10 g fat
16 g protein
440 mg sodium
28 g carbohydrates
1 g fiber
7 g sugar
Burgers can be a smart choice, especially if you load yours with veggies, such as onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and even pickles for added flavor without much additional salt or fat. Skipping cheese and enhancing your sandwich with barbecue sauce or ketchup instead of mayonnaise saves calories and fat, too, White says. If you’re watching your saturated fat intake, try the garden patty option (for 440 calories as a fully loaded sandwich). Regardless of which burger you pick, skipping the bun will save you about 140 calories.
Arby's Roast Chicken Club Sandwich
460 calories
19 g fat
30 g protein
1,440 mg sodium
42 g carbohydrates
2 g fiber
9 g sugar
One of the healthiest sandwiches on the menu, this option packs half of your daily protein needs into one meal. If you’re craving Arby’s classic roast beef, go for it — a plain roast beef sandwich has just 350 calories, (but beware: once you add sugary barbecue sauce, the calorie count can skyrocket). When you’re eating Arby’s, skip the classic curly fries, and order a side salad instead.
Arby's Roast-Chicken Chopped Farmhouse Salad
250 calories
14 g fat
23 g protein
670 mg sodium
11 g carbohydrates
3 g fiber
5 g sugar
Arby’s has several healthy lunch options, and this salad — with its roasted, not fried, chicken and fresh vegetables — ranks among the best. To keep your salads healthy, resist high-calorie extras such as cheese, nuts, and full-fat dressing. Salad dressing can wildly increase your salt (and fat) intake if you don’t pay attention to how much you’re drizzling on.
Chipotle Build-Your-Own Salad
360 calories
8 g fat
42 g protein
1,265 mg sodium
34 g carbohydrates
14 g fiber
8 g sugar
At Chipotle, skip the rice and the burrito (the flour tortilla alone is nearly 300 calories!), and build your own salad, featuring chicken, fajita vegetables, black beans, lettuce, and salsa. The lean meat, beans, and fresh veggies will keep you full while a heaping spoonful of salsa adds flavor without fat. If you want an additional toppings, skip sour cream and go for guacamole for its added fiber, healthy fat, and other nutrients.
Smoothie King Pomegranate Punch, 20 oz.
396 calories
0 grams fat
0 g protein
1 mg sodium
95 g carbohydrates
1 g fiber
93 g sugar
Smoothie King offers several dozen 20-ounce smoothie options that are low-calorie lunches, depending on your taste and preference. The Pomegranate Punch is a smart choice because it’s loaded with antioxidants. The caveat to this diet meal? Although smoothies tend to be low in fat and salt, they can be very high in sugar and totally devoid of protein, so add a protein supplement if you’re using this as a meal replacement.
Pizza Hut Thin N Crispy Veggie Lover's Pizza: Two Slices, 12-Inch Pie
360 calories
12 g fat
16 mg sodium
46 g carbohydrates
1 g fiber
8 g sugar
Pizza gets a bad rap when you’re following a weight-loss plan, but it can make a healthy lunch if you can keep to two slices at a time — that’s a quarter of the 12” pie at Pizza Hut. Loading up on veggies will help you meet your recommended number of servings for the day and increase the fiber in your meal. Depending on your calorie budget, you could add ham slices for protein that could help you feel full a bit longer.
Subway 6-inch Oven-Roasted Chicken Sandwich
370 calories
10 g fat
23 g protein
650 mg sodium
48 g carbohydrates
5 g fiber
8 g sugar
At a make-your-own sandwich spot, pile yours high with fresh vegetables, including spinach, bell peppers, lettuce, and more. Skip mayonnaise or a salad dressing, and consider adding a slice of Subway’s latest sandwich topper: avocado. Avocado might be a high-calorie fruit, but the creaminess ensures you won’t miss fatty dressings, and its fiber will help you stay full.
Chik-Fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Cool Wrap
410 calories
10 g fat (4 g sat fat)
32 g protein
1,070 mg sodium
50 g carbohydrates
7 g fiber
9 g sugar
Overall, White says, Chik-Fil-A has one of the consistently healthiest menus for fast-food restaurants, with most healthy lunches ringing in at fewer than 500 calories and plenty of options that aren’t fried and are loaded with fresh fruits and vegetables. The wraps are not the lowest-calorie lunch items and are a bit high in salt, but they are substantial enough to keep you full until dinner on their own. Know that the dressings offered with the wraps are about 140 calories per serving, so you may want to decline or go for the 45-calorie barbecue sauce instead.
Panda Express String-Bean Chicken Breast, Mixed Vegetables, and Hot and Sour Soup (No Rice)
330 calories
10 g fat
19 g protein
2,230 mg sodium
37 g carbohydrates
8 g fiber
14 g sugar
Your best bet at Panda Express is to splice together a variety of menu items. An 8-ounce serving of rice will add 380 calories to this meal, so skip it entirely if you’re on a diet. The soup and the plentiful veggies should provide a side dish instead. Unfortunately, there’s no way around the sodium at Panda Express, which approaches the maximum recommended amount for an entire day, so don’t add to it by drizzling on soy sauce. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71748 | Lost In Translation/Space Chaser
From ExoticA
Out Run (Arcade version)
Out Run (Sinclair ZX Spectrum version)
Space Chaser
Space Chaser marquee.
No screen shot.
Manufacturer Taito
Released 1979
4-way Joystick
1 Button(s)
Main CPU 8080 (@ 1.997 MHz)
Sound CPU Mono
Raster (Vertical)
260 x 224 pixels
59.54 Hz
Palette colours
Screens 1
ROM Info 11 ROMs
11,264 bytes (11.00 KiB)
MAME ID schaser · schasrcv
About The Game
Space Chaser is a overhead view, maze-based arcade video racing game.
You control your rocket through the maze to pick up the dots while at the same time avoiding the rocket, or rockets, that are constantly trying to ram you. Successfully get through one maze and many more await you. This is good practice for freeway driving in the big city.
Released in October 1979.
Also released as a Cocktail model : "T.T Space Chaser".
This is probably the most manic of the "Head-on" type of games, as instead of a car (or 2) you're trying to avoid a head-on collision with, you have a missile trying to ram into you. This gives added pressure, since you must be able to out-race the missile at the end of the round.
Maybe also known as "Missile Chaser".
Dots are worth 10 points X level number.
Levels start at 1 and go up to 9. After that level 9 keeps repeating itself.
Tips and tricks
How To Finish Off The First Screen
1. Let your rocket finish off the half of the bottom row you are on, but turn around before you turn the corner. Turn towards the center when you get back to where you were.
2. Finish off the ten sets of two dots in the middle. Watch out for the missile trying to strike you. Although you should have no problem with giving your rocket a moment's needed boost, try to do as much as possible without boosting through the center. You'll need it later.
3. Take the circle of dots that surrounds the inner area.
4. Go to the bottom row. You should have the left half of the bottom line ready. Go around, finishing the dots.
5. On the last row, hit the boost. You'll need it to finish.
Cabinet and Artwork
Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 1")
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71790 | 34 Ways To Vary An Exercise!
Muscles do what they do. Each has it's own function and action, and that's that.
For example, the Gastrocnemius plantarflexes the ankle and flexes the knee.
The biceps will always flex the elbow and supinate the forearm.
The biceps femoris only flexes the hip and extends the knee.
Nothing is going to change there.
However, there are plenty of variations that we can use to make exercises and movements easier or harder, or to change them according to your clients goal(s); whether that's fat loss, muscle gain or something more sports-specific.
Here we have given you a comprehensive list of ways you can vary both exercises and programme design in order to be able to offer a plethora of progressive and regressive options.
At the end of this article, you can download it as a pdf to keep handy for future use!
Exercise Variations
1. Grip
Supinated, pronated, neutral, mixed, hook, clean, snatch grip, goblet.
Changing the grip you use can dramatically change the feeling and physiological affect of an exercise. As an example, Try doing a deadlift with a 'snatch' grip. You will feel your grip tested and your mid-back being worked much more than a standard deadlift!
2. Equipment
Training bar, Olympic bar, safety bar, trap bar, z-bar, chains, medicine ball, dumbbell, powerband, powerbag, swiss ball, kettlebell, Bulgarian bag, VIPr, cable machine, resistance machine, Suspension trainer.
Most movements can be replicated using any of the above pieces of equipment and yet each bit of equipment has it's own, slightly different uses. Work your way through completing all the exercises you know, using all of the equipment listed, and you'll have an excellent exercise library!
3. Speed (time under tension)
Conventional, super-slow, power, paused, halted, static.
The longer a muscle is under tension, the more muscle damage and therefore, muscle development can occur. Strength and power however, call for a more explosive concentric phase and limited eccentric phase. Vary your lift speed according to your goals.
4. Stance
Split, narrow, wide/sumo, shoulder width, seated on bench, seated on floor, supine/prone lying, kneeling, half-kneeling.
Try this for some variation on your shoulder press... Sit on the floor under the Smiths machine with your legs outstretched in front of you. Press from that seated position - be prepared to lower the load you would use on a bench or stood!
5. Range of Motion
Deficit, partial reps, conventional.
Changing the range of motion you use is a great way to focus on your strength and control in that specific area. If you know that your 'first pull' in a clean is poor for example, then use a deficit starting position to really engage your brain on that phase of the lift.
6. Reps
A common way to vary an exercise. However, ensure the rep-range is within the guidelines for your goal. Changing the rep range you use will long-term change the training effect of an exercise. But short term, it's a great way to test yourself and take yourself out of your usual comfort zone!
7. Sets
More sets = more stimulus for muscle adaptation - but don't overdo it - progress slowly! Also, remember that if you are specifically training for power or speed, your aim is to feel tired but not sore at the end of each session - so for some sessions, less is more!
8. Weight
Choose your weight with consideration to the reps you wish to achieve and the number of sets you want to complete. Once you have completed a prescribed exercise fully (all reps and sets) for 3 sessions in a row, consider upping the weight.
9. Lever Length
Moving the weight further away from the 'fulcrum'/fixed point to make an exercise harder is a simple way to adapt an exercise intensity.
10. Balance
Make an exercise more challenging by becoming off-balance. As an example, completing a bicep curl whilst balanced on 1 foot adds a whole new element of core stabilisation in to the exercise.
11. Eyes Closed
Completing any exercise with eyes closed takes a lot of skill. It relies on all of your other senses to take control of your movement.
12. Rest Time
Ensure you take enough rest between sets for your intended physiological adaptation - but don't have too much or the training effect may be diluted!
13. Motor Skills
Incorporate motor fitness variations as we discuss in this article
Programme Variations
14. Approach
Whole Body Approach / Split Routine
A workout satisfying a balanced whole body approach helps develop all muscles in proportion and avoids imbalances, which makes this approach more appropriate for clients who have general overall fitness. Compound exercises are recommended for a WBA workout, as fewer lifts are required to work all major muscle groups. A split routine, a more advanced approach is where you separate muscle groups or movement patterns on different days. For example, alternating a 'push' day with a 'pull' day, or 'upper body' day with a 'lower body' day, or a 'chest & triceps' day/ 'back and biceps' day/ 'legs, shoulders, abs' day. There are many ways to split a routine.
15. Exercise order
There are many ways to manipulate the order of exercises within a programme, but it is generally recommended for beginners to alternate between upper and lower body exercises to avoid fatigue. Advanced clients will be able to focus on the same muscle groups for many consecutive exercises. Generally compound exercises are recommended to proceed isolation exercises to avoid fatiguing the smaller muscles and impacting the effectiveness of the compound lift. However, advanced clients can use a 'pre-exhaust' method which actually deliberately fatigues small muscles prior to a compound lift.
16. Kinetic chains (open/closed)
One example here could be a kinetic chain superset where you complete an open chain exercise followed by a closed chain exercise. An open chain exercise is one which the distal end of the limbs is not fixed to an immoveable object. Where a close chain exercise is one which the distal end of the limbs is fixed to an immoveable object. An exercise of an open chain exercise would be the leg extension, bicep curl, chest flyes, lifting shopping bags and a closed chain exercise, the squat, pull-ups, press-ups, getting out of a chair. Mobiliser muscles tend to be more active is an open chain exercise, where stabiliser muscles tend to be most active in closed chain movements.
Training Methods
17. Ascending Pyramid
18. Descending Pyramid
19. Full Pyramid
20. Agonist/Agonist Superset
21. Agonist/Antagonist Superset
22. Pre Exhaust
23. Post Exhaust
24. Tri Sets
25. Giant Set
26. Negative
27. Eccentrics
28. German Volume Training (GVT),
29. Escalating Density Training (EDT),
30. Peripheral Heart Action (PHA).
31. Drop/Strip Sets
32. Forced Reps
33. Matrix Sets
34. Blood Flow Restriction Training
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (review)
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Geek touchstones are a dime a dozen, and my fellow geeky Xers are making ’em faster than we can consume ’em — before you’ve even heard of All Your Base, someone has registered amiallyourbaseornot.com, has slapped up a Web site, and is getting 500,000 hits a month. But it’s the enduring touchstones that, well, endure, that continue to reach deep within the media-addled depths of our geeky little psyches and, like the Pavlovian pop-culture dogs that we are, supply ready-made quips for every occasion.
And they don’t come much geekier or more touchstony than 1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail, not only damn near one of the funniest movies ever made but certainly one of the most quotable… at least for us endlessly self-referential types for whom all of life is but a never ceasing trail of opportunities to show off the ridiculous capability we have for retaining movie, computer, and science fiction trivia. I mean, we geeks have among us, all false modesty aside, some quite prodigious brain power. Do we use it to ponder the meaning of life? No. (Monty Python already did it for us, actually.) Do we use it to figure out ways to feed starving millions? Do we use it to bring literacy to Third World countries? Do we use it even to build a better mousetrap? No. We’re too busy nurturing our Sims, memorizing The Matrix, rereading Lord of the Rings for the 27th time in preparation for the films, and ferreting out who killed Evan Chan.
Come on, admit it: If you’re reading this, you’ve almost certainly had to stifle the urge to reply, when some stranger asks your name, “There are some who call me… Tim.” Right? You can’t not snicker to yourself while watching even a deadly earnest movie like Saving Private Ryan, can you, because during a big retreat scene, you hear the voice of Graham Chapman in your head screaming “Run away!”? And if I start to comment that Pamela Lee Anderson has huuuuge… you’re gonna finish that sentence with “tracts of land,” aren’t you?
If this is you, don’t try to fight it — there is no cure. Just go and watch Holy Grail again right now, because I know you have to. I understand. I’ll be here when you get back.
The intellectual anarchy that characterizes everything Monty Python produced is either one of those things you get, or one of those things that you don’t. If these five Brits and one ex-pat American don’t make you scowl and say “I don’t get it” (or worse, “That’s stupid!”), then you’re probably either laughing your head off or, more likely, you’re giggling from that lightheadedness that comes from feeling as if your head is going to explode as you take that mental journery through the layers of highbrow arcania Monty Python require. If you don’t know quite a bit about medieval British history, modern foreign films, and Karl Marx, then you might as well give up on Holy Grail right now and go back to the TV Guide crossword.
For this flick is like a roller coaster for your brain, taking a tale shrouded in the mists of literature and myth and treating it with not a jot of reverence for history, religion, culture, or even the conventions of filmmaking. Graham Chapman as King Arthur and John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam (the Yank) as numerous characters — from knights to peasants to priests — fracture the tale of Arthur’s tenth-century crusade to find the Holy Grail of Christ, time-slipping the story with a present-day subplot that converges fiction with “fact,” constantly reminding us of the pure artifice of film. The dialogue (the film is written by the whole gang, and directed by Jones and Gilliam) is nought but a series of tangents — this is a film of tangents taken to extreme. Not only is it hilarious on its face when Arthur’s request for assistance from a castle devolves into a debate over African and European swallows, but it tickles because it replicates the kind of discussions that happen when well-read, big-brained types get together, the kind that bewilder the participants eventually as they wonder “How the hell did we get here?” It even, in another time-slipping way, seems to satirize the conversation of the very geeky culture that now idolizes this film.
And that seems appropriate, for Monty Python and the Holy Grail on the whole seems to satirize films that hadn’t yet been made when it was released — the silly gore of the battle with Black Knight could be a commentary on the obscene depths that movie violence wouldn’t reach till years later, and it’s simply impossible to watch any movie set in the Middle Ages today and not think of Holy Grail.
Which is why you can’t help but see Mel Gibson in Braveheart yelling at Patrick McGoohan, “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!” Come on, admit it. Right?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
US/Can release: Apr 28 1975
UK/Ire release: Apr 9 1975
MPAA: rated PG
BBFC: rated 12 (contains moderate sex references and comic violence)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71858 | This Amazing Chinese Mansion Is Abandoned Because It's (Supposedly) Haunted
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This expansive stone mansion—known Chaonei No. 81—is an architectural anomaly in Beijing. Once a church, then a home, today the building stands out for its ornate Baroque style, yet it lies in decay. Why? Because it's probably haunted, and no one wants to go near it.
The New York Times has the scary story of a place cloaked in legend and deep disrepair. Built around 1900 as a gift to British colonists, by the end of the civil war in 1949 the manse was home to a high-ranking nationalist official. As the communists were marching through the city to declare victory, he fled to Taiwan leaving behind his wife (or maybe concubine), who, in despair, hung herself from the rafters of the opulent mansion.
This Amazing Chinese Mansion Is Abandoned Because It's Haunted
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Chaonei No. 81 has been riddled by rumours of paranormal activity ever since, and with the exception of local daredevils who have snuck in to photograph it, the place is repellent to nearly everyone who encounters it. In fact, members of the Red Army who took up residence there during the Cultural Revolution fled, and locals still won't set foot inside. According to one ghost forum, the government tried to raze the place some years back, but halted the project after some construction workers mysteriously disappeared.
Perhaps in an admission of defeat, the home is now listed on the historic register, so it can't be demolished. But nothing is being done to preserve it, either. Money isn't the problem here—there's new construction going up all over Beijing. Again, the problem is obviously local ghost lore:
It has led some to suspect that the derelict state of the home has more to do with ghosts, or at least the belief in ghosts, than with costs. Potential tenants might be shunning the home, some say, because of a tendency among many Chinese to avoid all things related to death. The superstition is so pervasive in Chinese culture that mobile numbers or apartments with addresses that contain the number 4 are often automatically devalued, since the word for four in Chinese sounds like the word for death.
The only signs of recent life at the house? Graffiti, which warns people to stay the hell away, and beer bottles from the (clearly drunk) people brave enough to sneak in. But according to one film website, there's currently a horror movie being made about the house—which is bound to complete its transformation from local to international legend. [New York Times]
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71859 | Dyson's 20 Best Inventions of the Year
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It's always fun to see the single invention that the James Dyson Foundation picks as its best design idea of the year—but it's even more fun to see the final list of possibilities, which Dyson released tonight before the announcement of a winner on November 6th.
The following 20 proposals come from all over the world — they range from healthcare tools to packaging to consumer products — and they represent the finalists in Dyson's 600+ list of possible winners for this year's award. Check them out below and let us know which you think should win, and why.
A System That Monitors Injuries in Disabled Athletes
Bruise, developed at London's Royal College of Art, is a system that alerts athletes who don't have sensation in a particular part of their body monitor injuries in those areas. It uses a special pressure-sensitive ink, encased in a wearable suit, to let athletes know when they might have critically injured a part of their body.
A Protein-Based Expiration Label
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Designer Solveiga Pakstaite's Bump Mark is a smarter system for labeling supermarket meat. It's a tiny patch of gelatin — essentially, protein — hat decays at the same rate as meat. As it decays, the tag gets bumpy, thus know the meat inside is mimicking the same process.
A Blood Centrifuge That's Powered By a Bike Wheel
Dyson's 20 Best Inventions of the Year
A product design student named Jack Trew came up with Spokefuge: Aasystem for diagnosing anaemia that uses a bike's wheel rather than a traditional medical centrifuge. The doctor simply puts the blood sample inside one of Trew's tubes, which is attached to the bike spokes. It needs to be ridden for just 10 minutes to make a diagnosis.
An Inflatable Incubator
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Incubators are expensive and unwieldily to transport—and designer James Roberts says that 85 infants out of every 1,000 childbirths in refugee camps will die because of the lack of them. Roberts created MOMan inexpensive, efficient, and inflatable alternative, for the developing world.
Inexpensive, Customisable Prescription Peepers
Similarly, two American designers named Nathan Brajer and Evan Madill point to a lack of access to prescription eyeglasses in the developing world—to a tune of 700 million people. Their customisable eyeglasses arrive in three parts, and are designed to be assembled once they've already arrived, saving on costs and shipping.
Cheap, Tough Cardboard Panniers
Austrian designers Matthias Lechner and Philipp Moherndl created what amounts to a bike-friendly version of paper shopping bags: Packtasche, a foldable cardboard carrying case that latches onto your bike rack.
A Smartphone App That Diagnoses Vision Problems
And speaking of vision, there's EyeCheck, an app designed by Ashutosh Syal and Daxal Desai that can provide necessary eye prescriptions in rural areas with the help of a smartphone camera and flash, which shines light into the patient's eye to make a diagnosis.
Ink That Tells You When Your Sunscreen Isn't Working
We wrote about Suncayr, the University of Waterloo-developed product that's designed to warn of fading sunscreen, earlier this autumn. You simply apply it with your sunscreen and, when light is getting through, it changes colour to let you know it's time to reapply.
An Inflating Compress To Stop Bleeding In the Wild
We've all heard horror stories about solitary climbers stuck in the wild without the tools to staunch a life-threatening wound. Uflex, a compress designed by Julian Lois and Ines le Bihan, is designed to be applied with one hand a bit like a slap bracelet (no slapping involved, of course). When it hits the skin, it inflates to compress the cut until help can be found.
A Smart Cane That Helps You Climb Stairs
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The brilliantly-named Luke Stairwalker is a low-tech alternative to stair-climbing devices. Instead, it uses a simple internal mechanism to lock onto any stair railing, providing a slip-proof grip for stair-climbers.
A Wheelchair That Moves From Sit To Stand
Conventional wheelchairs offer little by way of exploring the x-axis of the world—and a pair of University of Tsukuba students aim to change that with QOLO, a wheelchair that moves from standing to sitting and allows for movemenet in either mode.
A Robotic Rehabilitation Assistant
Everyone ages but more of us are about to get there than ever before. RAPLUS is a robotic device that can attach to the orthoses commonly used in rehabilitation, helping the elderly recover mobility faster and culling data about their recovery for doctors.
A Hand-Drawing Compass That's Got Computer Smarts
Miss the good old days of your metal compass, but can't do without the brains of CAD? Meet COM*PASS, designed by Ken Nakagaki, which draws on physical paper using digital tools.
A Kettle That Only Heats the Water You Actually Use
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A 3D Printer That Moves Beyond the Box
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When you imagine a 3D printer, what do you see? Odds are that it's a small desktop box, only capable of printing bits and pieces. Vanguard 3D, designed by New Zealand student William Nicholson, is like a 3D printer on wheels — it's a printing nozzle detached from a portable pumping unit, making it possible to print in nearly any conditions.
A Super-Realistic Surgery Simulator
It's a long-standing question in medical education: How do you train surgeons for surgeries that don't happen very often? Raymond Hon and Loren Lim's HAND is a surgery simulator that walks students through every aspect of unusual hand-based procedures, from planning to incising to suturing, by mimicking the real feel of skin and the anatomy of the hand.
An Inflatable Pack That Helps Immobile Patients Move
Flipod is a pneumatic backpack that lets care-givers of the immobile move their patients with the help of an adjustable air pillow. The care-giver can inflate specific parts of the pack to help flip patients to prevent bedsores, or help them sit up in bed.
A Fishing Net That Knows When It's Been Ripped
Broken and abandoned fishing nets are a huge problem in oceans; designer Alejandro Plasencia calls them "ghost nets," creating thousands of bits of plastic waste and hurting the sea life that entangles them. Remora is an app and hardware system that notifying fishermen when a net is ripped, thanks to an RFID-enabled monitoring system.
A Wheelchair That Borrows From the Bike
Designer Sebastian Llao Dias invented the Moveker C1 with sufferers of muscular dystrophy (who can "can move all their limbs, but may not have sufficient strength to use a normal bicycle") in mind. It looks like a conventional wheelchair, but uses a gearing system and hand-cranked levers to move faster and with more ease.
A Solar Water Bottle That Turns Air Vapour Into Potable Water
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Fontus, an incredibly high-tech-sounding water bottle designed by Kristof Retezar, that's actually fairly simple at its core. It uses power from solar cells to collect and condense condensation in the air, as Retezar explains:
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If a person can develop good looking websites there are at all times laptop science jobs to be discovered. Many math-related subjects can appear while programming in areas equivalent to database querying or software program testing. Students pursuing programs in computer science, computer programming and other data expertise (IT) associated programs are heading in the right direction. Which means earning a pc science degree on-line will increase your probabilities of discovering your dream job. Computer safety specialists, also called info security specialists, have the essential job of making certain the security of a corporation’s info programs and stopping entry by unauthorized and damaging forces.
The articles included herein relate to the makes use of of computers at the moment in enterprise, science, training, faculties, school rooms, hospitals, medication, well being care, military, agriculture, law enforcement, at home and in our on a regular basis lives. A level in pc science is mainly provided via the school of science, and may be a part of a school or larger university, or an impartial college. One technique of examining the variations between software program engineering and laptop science is to think about how most printers were controlled by the primary private computer systems. |
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As people around the world celebrate International Pride Month, it’s a great opportunity to shed light on some of the issues facing the LGBTQ community in terms of grief and loss.
From the very beginning, many people report the loss of identity that occurs when questioning their sexuality or realising that they have an identity other than the heterosexual one that is usually expected by their parents and the society at large. Furthermore, there may be a loss of hopes, dreams and expectations when realising that marriage and starting a family may be made much more challenging by regulations that do not yet support non-heterosexual couples.
Loss of identity faced by LGBT
It’s okay to be sad.
You don’t need to be strong for anyone else.
All feelings are normal.
You don’t need to grieve alone.
Father's Day for Grievers
Father’s Day is on Sunday – how will you be celebrating?
Having lost a father (or father figure)
Wanting, but not being able to, have children
Having a difficult relationship with your father/children
Being a widow with children who will miss their father on Sunday
Being a father who has no contact with his children
Growing up with an absent father or a father you never knew
Having a serious illness and spending Father's Day in hospital
Father's Day when you're grieving
Is recovery from grief really possible?
So...what is recovery?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71922 | Multi-tenant academic repository software
By Ben Summers
1st June 2018
Multi-tenant repositories seem to the topic of the day, we’re hearing them mentioned everywhere. Fortunately we’ve been running multi-tenant services for years, so we have lots of experience to share. If you’d like a demo, just let us know.
Let’s go through the three models of multi-tenancy, what we can show you today, and an overview of the underlying technology that elegantly provides multi-tenancy within Haplo.
1. Single institution, multiple collections
With legacy repository software, institutions often have to use multiple repositories to handle different kinds of outputs. The most common is a pair of repositories to handle traditional outputs and research data. This is because the metadata, workflows, and rules are quite different, and legacy repositories don’t offer sufficient flexibility. This is not a great experience for researchers who need to deposit items, and misses an opportunity to showcase all a researcher’s outputs in a single place.Haplo Repository has a single repository containing all types of outputs, with a single interface for researchers to deposit items with a guided UI to help them select the right type. Each kind of output has it’s own metadata, workflow, and rules, and is published in a single public portal with all outputs, along with a full web profile of that researcher’s academic background.
2. Multiple institutions, multiple public repository interfaces
While the first level of multi-tenancy covers the needs of the vast majority of institutions, sometimes a group of institutions wants to use a shared repository to pool resources and expertise. This is hard to do in legacy repository software, because the code is full of assumptions and has a rigid model of permissions and user roles.Haplo Repository can store items from multiple institutions. The flexible permissions system gives each user a view that only contains items from their institution, and the ingest workflow routes new items to the institution’s metadata team. Users can belong to multiple institutions, or have an oversight role of the entire shared repository so they can assist users from multiple institutions. Finally, reporting delivers insights across the shared repository, or for just the user’s institution.Each institution has their own public portal, hosted on a URL on their institutional domain (web address) with their own branding and customisation, and can opt-in to also publish in a shared repository public interface. This is especially useful for consortia of universities, or collaborating research institutes, who need individual identities and present their work as a whole.
3. Independent repositories, single server
Legacy repository software is expensive to host because it’s hard to share resources. You have to run a separate database and a separate application server for each tenant on its own physical server or virtual machine. This is wasteful of resources and cumbersome to administrate, so there are no economies of scale.To be practical, hosted software has to be truly multi-tenant, where a single database and application server can host multiple clients with complete isolation between them. This is the model that all modern service providers use, especially large providers like Google, Amazon and Microsoft.Haplo Repository is a true multi-tenant server. A single instance can run hundreds of repository applications, and each of those is totally isolated with an independent customised configuration. This allows us to host advanced repository systems cost-effectively and streamline our infrastructure administration.Sometimes you’ll need a central repository which contains the metadata of all the items, for managing and reporting across a set of repositories. As well as standard protocols, Haplo supports efficient inter-repository messaging to sync metadata records between otherwise isolated repositories.
The second model is the most interesting from a technology perspective, so we’ve put together a demonstration multi-tenant repository. This:
• Manages items from multiple institutions in a single repository.
• Each institution has their own public repository interface, on a separate URL, which has automatic branding with institution name and logo.
• To demonstrate how much flexibility there is, an alternative public repository interface has completely different branding and user interface.
• As well as the per-institution repositories, there’s a shared repository, and a configuration interface to control which institutions appear in it. Changing the configuration instantly changes the institutions included.
• Users from institutions can log in and self-deposit new items.
• A workflow routes the new item to the metadata team for that institution, who work with the researcher to prepare the item for publication.
• When it’s ready, the metadata team can publish it to the repository.
• Oversight users can see and approve any item from any institution.
• Oversight users can view reporting for the entire shared repository, and filter down to individual institutions. Authorised users from institutions just see reporting for their institution.
• A administrator can add another institution through a simple user interface, uploading a logo image and setting the address of their public repository. This configures everything automatically, and the new repository is available in under a second.
We’re particularly proud that, although this is a radically different model to our normal single-institution repository system, the multi-tenancy is implemented by a thin configuration and user interface layer on top of the standard repository system.
If you’d like to see this demonstration repository, we’d be delighted to show it to you.
You don’t just benefit from multi-tenancy with Haplo Repository, you gain all the other advantages of using a modern repository system:
• An focus on the user experience, resulting in high deposit rates and researcher satisfaction.
• Integrated web profiles, to showcase author and institutional experience and research.
• An advanced data model enabling true “data once” (for example, if the ORCIDintegration adds an ORCID to the author’s record, it’s immediately included in the metadata of all their research outputs)
• Sophisticated search, including full text indexing and graph queries.
• The option of including fully integrated CRIS functionality, from REFmanagement to full lifecycle Current Research Information System functionality, like doctoral programme management, ethical approval, research funding, and integration with wider institutional infrastructure.
• An unparalleled focus on security, developed and hosted under an ISO27001 certified security management system, giving you the confidence to manage confidential research data.
One of the many lovely things about working with academic institutions is that their repository administrators and metadata teams love to talk about the technicalities of repository software, and we love to talk about the system we’ve built. So here’s a overview of the technical details!Each of the different multi-tenancy models is easy to implement with the Haplo Repository, and can be combined together to deliver your perfect repository.
1. Single institution, multiple collections
Storing multiple kinds of item in a single repository is a natural ability of the Haplo data model, and the way the system is implemented as many co-operating plugins.
Each item in the repository has a well-defined type, which defines its overall behaviour and metadata fields. The ‘type’ can be thought of as a metadata template with associated rules and behaviours. For example, research data has very difficult publication and access request workflows, because it is often sensitive data which needs to be prepared before it can be shared.
On top of the core item and metadata handling, the repository functionality is implemented by a large number of plugins — a typical Haplo application may be implemented as over 100 plugins. These plugins are carefully written to either provide functionality or policy. So, you might have a ingest workflow with an implementation of the functionality, but you’d add an additional policy plugin which controlled the fine details of how it behaved. This allows you to implement any rules you need, so the behaviour of the repository can change depending on what type of item it is, the metadata of the item, or perhaps the research discipline of the authors.
2. Multiple institutions, multiple public repository interfaces
The shared multi-tenant repository is the most interesting multi-tenancy model, which really shows off the capability of the Haplo platform.
The underlying platform separates the institutions, while allowing them to share common information, such as records about publishers, organisations, institutions, and so on, increasing efficiency and reducing errors through a single source of information. A fine-grained permissions system enforces isolation, and the user interface is designed around providing different subsets of information for different users.
The platform provides several simple building blocks that combine elegantly to implement this multi-tenant shared repository:
• Each record in the repository is labelled with one or more labels.
• Each user has a label statement which describes their permissions as a set of Boolean expressions based on the labels applied to a record.
• A labelling plugin is configured to label items. In this case, the labels would include a label representing the institution.
• A permissions plugin is configured to generate label statements for each user, restricting users from institutions to viewing repository items labelled with their institution.
• Permissions are enforced at the lowest level of the platform. A search will only return records the user is permitted to see, naturally restricting a institution’s view of the repository to their own records.
• A user is prevented from editing or creating content for another institution by the permissions system. Depending on configuration, they may be able to view content of another institution.
• The labelling system is extended to the reporting system. Users can only run reports on data their label statements permit them to see, naturally filtering reports to their institution’s items.
All this labelling and permissions is completely automatic, and even administrator users do not need to think about labelling:
• Labels are automatically applied, using a combination of record metadata and the user’s role. This labelling is configurable through labelling plugins, so the exact requirements of the group of institutions can be implemented.
• The user interface adapts around the information they can see, so a user from an institution will effectively see a repository with just their data.
• Users who administer the entire shared repository have permissions that allow them to access all data.
Public repository interfaces can be customised for each institution, along with a public shared repository where institutions can opt in:
• Haplo’s Web Publisher functionality can publish multiple completely independent repository web sites (publications) from a single shared repository.
• Each Publication provides its own branding and customised interface to best showcase the research.
• Each Publication runs under a Service User that restricts the information it can access. Just with normal users, the Publication’s service user will be restricted by the permissions system to only access records labelled with the relevant institution, naturally providing a public repository for that institution alone.
• A global shared repository can be provided similarly, with a service user that has permissions to read records for those institutions that opt in. For many records, this is not the canonical repository, so metadata is written to inform crawlers and other systems that the record is a reference to a record in the institution’s own repository.
• Because the each Publication is independent, repository interfaces can be published on URLs owned by the institution.
Metadata schemas can be shared or configured for a institution:
• Using a shared repository uses a single shared schema for all tenants, which encourages an underlying common vocabulary.
• Over the top of this shared schema, individual tenants can layer their own schema on top, or define their own types.
• Each tenant will choose the types of information they want to store in their repository, so their users do not see irrelevant options.
3. Independent repositories, single server
The Haplo application server is a single Java process that can serve many isolated applications. Every day, we work on development servers that are hosting hundreds of independent applications on a single Haplo application server.
The database uses PostgreSQL ‘schemas’, a feature that allows each tenant to have strong isolation with their own set of database tables. When serving a request, the platform uses the hostname to choose the right tenant, selects the right database schema, then serves the request.
Within the Haplo platform’s server code, there’s no global state, so each tenant has their own completely separate configuration, caches, and set of plugins, and is isolated and resource controlled to ensure each tenant can’t affect any other. This is not an easy thing to implement, and requires great discipline and careful selection and use of software libraries, so it has to be designed in from the very start.
While these repositories are independent, sometimes they’ll need to communicate. There are two options, standard web protocols over HTTP, or sending messages between repositories using an internal message bus, or external messaging systems such as Amazon Kinesis.
Haplo has been used to deliver multi-tenant information systems, in production, for over 10 years. It’s a mature, secure, and well tested platform.
We’re always keen to talk about repositories, from the underlying technology, how an excellent user experience can increase deposit rates and accuracy, to the advantages of a repository as a central part of the institution’s CRIS.
Please get in touch for a demo. (Even if you don’t need advanced multi-tenant features.) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71932 | My 2-yr-old bit his tongue and he now has a couple millimeter wide, half circle, flap on the side. If there is no bleeding, does he need stitches?
Doubt it. The mouth mucous has antibacterial qualities that reduce infection risk, and most of these heal with no treatment.Had he sliced a deep hole with a big flap of tongue moving around,an oral surgeon or ENT might work on it.What you describe should heal if left alone. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71933 | How to Lose 1kg per Week
How to Lose 1kg per Week
Know how to Lose 1 kg in a week with 7 day diet and 7 day exercise plan.
For most Americans today, dieting has become a way for life. More than dieting, it is important to cut down a number of calories that is being taken, alter the eating habits while increasing the physical activity.
General Rules to Lose 1kg in a week
1. Balance your calories :- It is extremely important to balance a number of calories, which are eaten with a number of calories burned. It should also be noted that less than 1200 calories should not be consumed in a day.
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• 1200 calories meals should be taken per day
• Whole foods like whole grains, dairy, fruits, vegetables and with meat should be eaten.
• 2-3 litres of water should be consumed.
• Protein should be taken with each meal.
• Carbs should not be eaten after 4 pm.
• 5 small meals should be eaten.
• Alcohol and sugar should be avoided.
1. Exercise
Lose 1Kg in a week with 7 day Meal Plan
Meal plan for Day One
breakfast● One cup of fat-free milk, ¾ cup bran flakes and one banana.
lunch● One stick part-skim mozzarella string cheese
● Sandwich: 1 small whole wheat pita, 3 ounces of turkey breast along with a teaspoon of light mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce and ½ roasted pepper.
● 2 kiwi fruits
Dinner● Couscous of 1 cup
● Plum tomatoes sliced
● Steamed broccoli of 1 cup
● 1 Pudding cup
● 4 ounces Broiled flounder or sole
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Meal Plan for Day Two
Breakfast● Oatmeal: Cook ½ a cup oats mixed with the ¾ cup of milk, ½-chopped apple and a pinch of cinnamon along with a teaspoon of honey.
Lunch● A banana
● Chicken salad: shredded roast chicken breast of 4 ounces, ¼-cup red grapes, a tablespoon light mayonnaise, a tablespoon almond along with a tablespoon of sour cream served over lettuce.
Dinner● A baked potato with sour cream and 3 tablespoons salsa.
● 4 ounces shrimp
● 1 fudge bar of low fat frozen
● Steamed spinach of 3 cups
Meal Plan for Day Three
Breakfast● ½ muffin spread with light margarine in teaspoon quantity
● Smoothie: One cup of frozen berries along with 8 ounces of fat-free milk, blended with half a banana.
Lunch● A mini whole wheat pita vegetable burger with lettuce and salsa
● A cup of vegetable soup
● 15 grapes
● Light yoghurt of 6 ounces
Dinner● Baked beans of ½ half
● BBQ chicken
● 2 small red potatoes with a teaspoon of margarine
Meal Plan for Day Four
Breakfast● 6 ounces of light yoghurt sprinkled with almonds
● ½ English muffin, which is topped with 1 ounce of, reduced fat cheese along with a sliced apple.
● 1 cup raw vegetables
● 1 pear
● Tomato soup
● Sandwich with horseradish, pita, and tomato slices, lettuce, mustard and beef.
Dinner● Slaw with onions and coleslaw.
● 3 ounces salmon
● ½ pineapple chunks in juice
● ¾ brown rice
Meal Plan for Day Five
Breakfast● ½-cup berries mixed with cheerios and a tablespoon of almond with 8 ounces milk.
● ½ cup of cottage cheese being topped with mandarin orange sections.
● Quesadilla
● Cucumber spears
Dinner● Salad greens of 3 or 2 cups
● 3 ounces roasted pork tenderloin.
● ½ cup Vanilla frozen yoghurt.
Meal Plan for Day Six
Breakfast● 8 ounces of milk
● Toasted waffle
Lunch● 10 small carrots
● Tuna pita
● Light yoghurt of 6 ounces
Dinner● Steamed spinach of 3 cups
● Medium sized apple
● jambalaya
Meal Plan for Day Seven
Breakfast● A grapefruit
● Steamed spinach of ½ cup, poached egg, English muffin
Lunch● Mini whole wheat pita
● 1 pear
● Black bean salad
Dinner● Pineapple chunks in juice
● Sweet potato baked
● Grilled or broiled steak
● Steamed Zucchini
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Lose 1kg in a week with 7 Day Exercise Plan
Strength training should be combined with an aerobic workout. It is recommended that 30 minutes per day should be spent doing an aerobic activity like brisk walking and jogging. The aerobic activities should be then combined with the targeted training workout to lose more weight.
7 Day Exercise Plan
Exercise Plan for Day One
Notes● After a long rest, longer time for a workout is important.
Exercises● 10 high knees
● 10 jumping jacks
● 10 tuck jumps
● 10 calf raises
● 10 heel kicks
● 10 walking lunges
● 10 pushups
● 10 squats
● 10 leg raises
● 10 crunches
Exercise Plan for Day Two
Notes● The same exercises should be performed repetitively.
Exercises● Rotation and push ups
● Side plank
● Lunge
● High knees running in place
● Plank
● Triceps dip on chair
● Squat
● Stepping on chair
● Abdominal crunch
● Wall sit
● Jumping jacks
Exercise Plan for Day Three
Notes● Exercises for day three are balanced where exercises of larger leg muscles are started off with, while moving to the core and upper body.
Exercises● 20 jumping jacks
● 20 high knees
● 20 squats
● 10 push ups
● 10 leg raises
● 10 walking lunges
● 10 crunches
Exercise Plan For Day Four
Notes● The legs are given some rest for day four while more work is done in the core and upper body.
Exercises● 20 calf raises
● 20 push ups
● 20 back extensions
● 30 seconds plank
● 20 mountain climbers
● 20 chair/ bench triceps dips
● 20 crunches
Exercise Plan For Day Five
Notes● Even if the legs ache due to the workouts of yesterday, you should go on with the workouts.
What exercises to do● 20 jumping jacks
● 20 high knees
● 20 heel kicks
● 20 squats
● 10 pushups
● 10 back extensions
● 10 leg raises
● 10 bicycle crunches
Exercise Plan For Day Six
Notes● Day six workout is extremely simple as there are only two exercises.
Exercises● 10 crunches
● 10 burpees
● It should be repeated 10 times.
Exercise Plan For Day Seven
Notes● Keep doing the workout and soon 1 kg will be lost for the whole week.
Exercises● Running in place/ 100 high knees
● 100 push ups
● 100 sit ups
● 100 squats |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71937 | How to Use Tamarind
As it is scientifically called, “Tamarindus indica” is an abundantly consumed fruit worldwide. More commonly called tamarind, it is thought to have originated in the tropical climates of Africa, growing through the Sudan. Early in history, the trees were migrated to India. When tamarind ripens, it is encased by a cinnamon-colored brittle pod. Each pod contains seeds that are glossy, dark-brown squares the size of a nickel and lengthy fibers thick as sewing thread. Tamarind can be used for numerous reasons, including food, herbal medicine and dyes.
Tamarind comes in sweet and sour varieties. The sour variety is used in Indian cooking, and the sweet version flavors the cuisine of Thailand. The use of either variety depends on how you are using it; in food, the choice is based on what flavor is wanted, but in dyes, either sweet or sour would provide the necessary color.
Tamarind in Food
Tamarind can be used in various ways. The sour variety is used in flavoring rice, chutneys and various “chaats” (appetizers) in India. Often, the pod itself is cracked open and the fleshy fruit devoured directly. In Thailand, tamarind is often used to flavor curries. In the Caribbean, the fruit is turned into a pulp and combined with powdered sugar to form a patty called “sweetmeat.” It has been used to form a carbonated beverage in Guatemala, Mexico and India.
Other Uses
Tamarind is used as a natural laxative in herbal medicine, with approximately 5 g of fiber per 100 g of pulp. Across the world, tamarind has been used in creams and lotions, treating infections, indigestion and leprosy. Tamarind has other uses, such as a natural color dye and a natural cleanser for silver, copper and brass.
How to Eat Tamarind
Tamarind is often consumed as a fruit, but a pod must be prepared prior to eating. As shown in the picture, the fleshy fruit is encapsulated by a brittle, brown pod. To take the tamarind out of the pod, crack the covering. It will break into pieces, each of which must be removed. Tamarind also contains fibers along the length of the fruit, which can be peeled off individually. Once cleaned, the fruit may be consumed. Discard the seeds.
A Recipe Using Tamarind
Tamarind chutney is often paired with the Indian appetizer called samosas.
You will need: 10 fresh tamarind pods or ½ pkg. of pressed and shelled tamarind (found in Indian groceries); 2 ½ cups water; 15 fresh dates; 2 to 3 cloves fresh garlic or 1 tsp. garlic paste; and salt and jalapeño to taste.
Allow tamarind to sit in 1 ½ cups warm water for about 1 hour. The water should turn brown as it absorbs the flavor of the tamarind. Squeeze the tamarind to release juices periodically through the hour.
Roughly chop dates and soak in 1 cup warm water for 15 to 20 minutes to allow them to soften. Once soft, squeeze the dates to form a paste with the water. The mashed-up dates will form the base of the chutney and should thicken the water.
Add the tamarind-flavored water to thin out the chutney, avoiding any fibers or seeds in the tamarind. Once combined, stir until the consistency is smooth (a few chunks of dates are okay and can be desirable). The tamarind's sour flavor combines with the date's sweetness. Finish the chutney by adding salt, garlic and jalapeños to taste. Serve with samosas. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71943 | Dark circles under the eyes
What Causes Dark Circles Under Your Eyes?
Dark circles under the lower eyelids are very normal and common in women and men. Often convoyed by bags, dark circles can make you seem older than you are. To make matters inferior, they can be difficult to get off.
However, they can affect everyone, dark circles are most common in persons who:
While fatigue may appear like the most consistent elucidation for this situation, there are several issues that can contribute to dark circles under the eyes. In general, they are no reason for anxiety and do not need medicinal care. Read on to learn more.
What causes dark circles?
There are several causal influences for dark circles. Some common causes of contain:
Oversleeping, extreme fatigue, or just continuing up a few hours past your normal time to retire can cause dark circles to form under your eyes. Sleep deficiency may cause your skin to become pale and dull, letting for dark tissues and blood vessels beneath your skin to show.
Deficiency of sleep can also cause fluid under your eyes, instigating them to seem puffy. Consequently, the dark circles you see may be shadows cast by your puffy eyelids.
Natural aging is other common reason of those dark circles under your eyes. As you get elder, your skin becomes diluter. You also miss the fat and collagen wanted to preserve your skin’s bounciness. As this happens, the dark blood vessels beneath your skin become more noticeable causing the area underneath your eyes to darken.
Eye strain
Gazing at your TV or computer screen can reason important strain on your eyes. This stress can reason blood vessels around your eyes to expand. As an outcome, the skin nearby your eyes can darken.
Eye Dryness and Allergic Reactions may be a cause of dark circles. When you have an allergic reaction, your body release histamines as a reply to injurious germs. But instigating painful symptoms — including redness, itchiness and puffy eyes — histamines also cause your blood vessels to expand and suit more noticeable under your skin.
Allergies can also intensification your longing to rub and scratch the prickly skin nearby your eyes. These activities can deteriorate your symptoms, causing tenderness, swelling, and broken blood bowls. This can effect in dark shadows under your eyes.
Dehydration is a very common cause of dark circles below your eyes. When your body is not getting suitable quantity of water, the skin under your eyes starts to look dull and your eyes look recessed. This is due to their proximity to the underlying bone.
Sun overexposure
Overexposure to the sun can reason your body to create an excess of melanin, the pigment that delivers your skin with colour. Too much sun — chiefly for your eyes — can cause colouring in the surrounding skin to darken.
Private history also shows a part in evolving dark circles underneath your eyes. It can be a congenital trait realised initial in childhood and may deteriorate as you age or gradually disappear. Tendencies to other medical circumstances — such as thyroid disease — can also consequence in dark circles under your eyes.
At-Home treatments
Treatment for dark eye circles be contingent on the underlying reason. Though, there are some home remedies that can assistance manage this condition. Some of the more common approaches include:
• Apply a cold compress. A cold compress can assistance to condense swelling and psychiatrist dilated blood vessels. This can reduce the presence of puffiness and aid remove dark circles. Wrap a few ice cubes in a fresh washcloth and apply to your eyes. You can also reduce a washcloth with cold aquatic and apply it to the skin underneath your eyes for 15 minutes for the equal result. Reappearance this procedure if the cloth flatters warm or if the ice dissolves.
• Get extra sleep. Catching up on nap can also aid condense the presence of dark circles. Sleep deficiency can reason your skin to seem pale, making the dark circles more understandable. Let yourself seven to eight hours of respite to avert dark circles from appearing.
• Elevate your head. While sleep deficiency can play a part in making those dark gears underneath your eyes, occasionally it’s how you sleep. Lift your head with a few cushions to avert fluid from assembling under your eyes which can make them look swollen and puffy.
• Soak with tea bags. Applying cold tea bags to your eyes can recover their appearance. Tea covers caffeine and antioxidants that can assistance rouse blood flow, shrink your blood vessels, and condense liquid preservation under your skin. Soak two black or green tea bags in hot water for 10 minutes. Let them freeze in the icebox for 15 to 20 minutes. Once they’re cold, apply the teabags to your shut eyes for 10 to 20 minutes. After eradicating, colorant your eyes with cool water.
• Conceal with makeup. While cosmetics and makeup do not treatment dark eye circles, they can aid to concealment them. Concealers can cover dark marks, consequently they mixture in with your normal skin colour. Though, as with any up-to-date treatment or makeup produce, use proper care. Approximately goods can cause your indications to deteriorate and may trigger an allergic reaction. If you begin to skill asymmetrical symptoms from any up-to-date treatment, break use directly and schedule a visit with your doctor.
Medical treatments
For a more perpetual and effective resolution, some medical treatments are existing to reduce the presence of dark circles. Some of the more mutual approaches include:
• chemical peels to reduce skin-color
• laser surgery to reappear the skin and improve skin narrowing
• medical tattoos to vaccinate colour into thinning skin areas
• tissue fillers to hide blood vessels and melanin that are instigating skin staining beneath your eyes.
• fat exclusion to eliminate excess fat and skin, skimpy a smoother and more even surface
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71951 | Jitte, performed by sensei Imura Takenori with application from Masatoshi Nakayama
Jitte literally means Ten Hands and the name may imply that one must have the strength of ten men, which is how Masatoshi Nakayama interpreted it in his book, Best Karate, Volume 7, (seen by many as a definitive guide to Shotokan kata). An alternative theory is that the name may derive from the raised fists hand position from within the kata, which is said to looks similar to a type of Sai known as a Jitte that was carried by police on Okinawa during the 19th century.
Like its sister kata Jion and Ji’in, Jitte begins with the kamae of the left hand covering the right fist which may suggest roots in ancient Kung Fu. It was taught as a part of the Tomari-te Okinawan karate style and has elements of Gyaku-te grappling techniques. Its main function however is to teach defence against weapons, in particular the Bo Staff and helps the karateka develop pliable bones and muscles.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71972 | Why the Fed's Job Program Will Fail
Rates will remain near zero "at least as long" as unemployment remains above 6.5 percent and if inflation is projected to be no more than 2.5 percent, said the Federal Open Market Committee in a statement Wednesday.
Put to one side the question now obsessing stock and bond traders -- whether the new standard means higher interest rates will kick in sooner than the middle of 2015, which had been the Fed's previous position.
By linking interest rates directly to the rate of unemployment, Bernanke is explicitly acknowledging that the Federal Reserve Board has two mandates -- not just price but also employment. "The conditions now prevailing in the job market represent an enormous waste of human and economic potential," said Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke.
But the sad fact is near-zero interest rates won't do much for jobs because banks aren't allowing many people to take advantage of them. If you've tried lately to refinance your home or get a home equity loan you know what I mean.
Besides, they've still got a lot of junk mortgage loans on their books and don't want to risk adding more.
Low interest rates also lower the cost of capital, which in theory should encourage companies to borrow for expansion and more hiring. But companies won't expand or hire until they have more customers. And they won't have more customers as long as most people don't have additional money to spend.
And here we come to the crux of the problem. Consumers don't have additional money. The median wage keeps dropping, adjusted for inflation. Most of the new jobs in the economy pay less than the jobs they replaced.
(Business Insider, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board)
(Business Insider, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board)
Globalization and technological changes continue to eat away at the American middle class. Yet we've done nothing to stop the erosion.
To the contrary, as in Michigan, we continue to undercut labor unions -- which for three decades after World War II had been the principal bargaining agents for the working middle class.
Moreover, instead of creating easy paths for people to gain the skills they need for higher wages, we're doing the opposite. We're firing teachers and squeezing 30 kids into K-12 classrooms, defunding job training programs and reducing support for public higher education.
Instead of encouraging profit-sharing, we're facilitating the Walmartization of America -- the lowest possible wages along with the fattest possible corporate profits. (Walmart, which directly employs almost one percent of the entire workforce at near-poverty wages, made $27 billion in operating profits last year.)
Republicans want to make corporations and the wealthy even richer -- demanding tax cuts and roll-backs of regulations on the pretense that companies and the wealthy are the "job creators."
But the real job creators are America's middle class and all those aspiring to join it, whose purchases propel the economy forward. And whose declining earnings are holding the economy back.
So two cheers for Ben Bernanke and the Fed. They're doing what they can. The failure is in the rest of the government -- at both the federal and state levels -- still dominated by deficit hawks, supply-siders, and witting and unwitting lackeys of big corporations and the wealthy. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71975 | Why Are Panda Babies So Small? Panda Researcher Fingers Bamboo (UPDATED)
The panda baby born at the National Zoo in Washington just over a week ago was pink, wriggly and almost impossibly small -- about a third of a pound at its first checkup. This tiny creature's mother, Mei Xiang, weighs more than 230 pounds.
Pandas are considered to be "endangered," with about 1,600 in the wild and another few hundred in captivity (some estimate there are more like 3,000 pandas in the wild). Their low birth rates, males' reluctance to mate in captivity (keepers have even tried panda porn to get them in the mood) and high mortality rates (about a quarter of males and a fifth of females die in their first year, by some accounts; others put the figure higher) aren't helping.
Traditionally, baby pandas aren't even named until they are 100 days old. These creatures can face demise during their early lives in what seems like countless ways. In Washington in 2012, Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub, which died after 6 days from liver and lung problems. In Tokyo, where a 6-day-old cub died from pneumonia after its mother's milk got in its airway, officials said that 60 to 70 percent of newborn pandas die within their first week -- sometimes by being crushed by their mothers.
Here's Conservation International's description of what can befall the rare and delicate newborns:
Itty bittiness is "definitely a result of evolution of millions of years," Wang recently told The Huffington Post. "It is [a] kind of breeding strategy."
"It is easier for the animal to convert bamboo into milk than to convert bamboo into animal tissue," said Wang. But there are trade-offs. "A tiny baby needs more care from its mother, for nursing, keeping warm and to avoid predators. I believe it is kind of balance."
And not only are they carnivorous, but according to one scientific paper, "Why Does the Giant Panda Eat Bamboo? A Comparative Analysis of Appetite-Reward-Related Genes among Mammals," pandas even lack the gene for properly digesting bamboo. Although bamboo is their chief, though not sole, foodstuff; pandas have been found eating meat -- a phenomenon Wang researching -- as well as honey, eggs and, on their 16th birthdays, fruitsicles shaped like cars:
That helps answer the question of when pandas switched to their bamboo diet, but not why. "Nobody knows how they got involved [with a] bamboo diet and how they fixed this behavior in the species," said Wang. "That will be a big deal in evolution if somebody give a real answer."
Update, Sept. 3, 8:29 a.m.: Know who's not quite so teeny tiny anymore?
The National Zoo tweeted photos of Mei Xiang's new baby over the weekend -- this cub is still incredibly small, you can see in the pics, but you can also see some important developments:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71978 | Be Baptized
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November 1974
Volume: Vol XXIII, No. 11
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Be Baptized
Streaking through the upper atmosphere at 600 miles per hour, our Boeing 747 was bound for London. Incredibly powerful jet engines enabled this huge plane to carry some 340 passengers plus luggage — a payload of about 710,000 pounds. A remarkable accomplishment of modern avionics.
Lunch was about to be served. Sipping on their preluncheon martinis, some of the passengers were visibly amused at two elderly ladies making their way down the aisle. For these women wore a kind of austere religious garb that seemed, somehow, utterly and totally in congruous with this modern jet-set atmosphere.
It was true. They just didn't fit. They looked and felt out of place.
But how can you know whether any costume or custom is just a "carry-over" of old-fashioned human ideas or whether it is, in fact, what the Creator of heaven and earth truly wants His followers to practice?
Most of you Good News readers have proved for yourselves that there is a great God working out a purpose here below. The Apostle Paul mused: "For in him we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:28).
God should be the "be all" and "end all" of our lives — the reason and ultimate authority for every major action or decision we take.
Again, speaking of the Bible, Jesus said: "The scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35).
The ultimate criterion, then, for determining the importance and validity of anything pertaining to God or salvation is the Holy Bible.
Water baptism may seem old-fashioned or an anachronism to some. Part of this feeling may come because baptism is sometimes associated with very sentimental or emotional people — and often those lacking in this world's culture and education. Frankly, though, most of this feeling is probably due primarily to simple ignorance of what the Bible actually teaches.
That's right. Because most people assume they know what the Bible teaches, yet very few bother to really study God's Word to see what it does say on any given subject!
Let's all make sure we have the intellectual and spiritual courage to study what God's Word says — and then do it: "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves" (James 1:22).
Are you willing to obey this inspired scripture?
Notice in your Bible the most direct and vital of all passages concerning baptism. Study carefully Acts 2:36-42. In his inspired sermon on this momentous Day of Pentecost, Peter indicted his listeners for their part in murdering the Messiah!
Many were cut to the heart with guilt and shame, and they asked: "Men and brethren, what shall we DO?" A good question.
What do you do when you, individually, come to recognize that you have been in rebellion against the laws and purposes of your Creator? What does He tell you to do as a sign that you are willing to surrender your life to Him and seek His help and forgiveness?
What is the inspired answer to this question? Notice the clear biblical command: "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
The preceding article covered the subject of repentance. But the next step is to "be baptized."
That's what God specifically says to DO.
"Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls" (verse 41). These thousands were "glad," it says, for the opportunity to be forgiven and to be reconciled to their God.
Later, we find the Evangelist Philip preaching about the Kingdom of God and baptizing quite a number of men and women (Acts 8:12). Still later, the Apostle Paul visited certain believers at Ephesus (Acts 19:1-7) who had been instructed in "the way of the Lord" (Acts 18:25), but were baptized with the baptism of John.
However, the correct understanding and meaning of baptism — and obviously baptism itself — was so important that the Apostle Paul again baptized these people — this time in the name of Jesus.
Jesus Christ Himself set us an example that we should fol. low in His steps (I Pet. 2:21). Following Jesus — imitating Jesus — indeed, having Him live His life in us through the Holy Spirit (Gal. 2:20) — this is the very essence of true Christianity!
Was Jesus, then, baptized?
He certainly was. Notice the account in Matthew 3:13-17. Although Jesus was totally sinless and did not need to repent, yet even He — the Son of God — was baptized in water "to fulfill all righteousness" (verse 15). He did this to set us an example to follow! There was no other purpose for His baptism.
As He sent forth His disciples to all nations after His resurrection, Jesus commanded: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19).
In Mark 16:15-16, Jesus commanded: "Go ye into all the world., and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
The above are explicit commands for Christian baptism.
Normally, baptism is the outward sign by which we acknowledge our surrender to God prior to receiving the Holy Spirit. But there is at least one exception mentioned in the New Testament. Notice the account in Acts 10. Cornelius, a most dedicated man, was chosen by God to be the first completely Gentile convert to Christianity. While the Apostle Peter spoke the gospel to Cornelius's household, the Holy Spirit was immediately poured out on them. Yet, even here, Peter "COMMANDED them to be baptized in the name of the Lord" (verse 48).
Without question baptism is a vital ordinance in the eyes of the God and the Christ revealed in your Bible. For it is repeated as a command by Jesus and His leading apostle!
What is the true form of baptism? Although various denominations and sects practice differing forms of baptism, there is only one form which is biblical. When you understand the meaning of baptism, the true form should become obvious.
The very word "baptize" comes from the original Greek baptizo, which means to "immerse," to "plunge into" or to "put into." There are different and distinct words for "pour" (cheo) and for "sprinkle" (rantidzo) in the Greek language.
So the word "baptize" has nothing directly to do with sprinkling or pouring. As we have said, baptism pictures the burial of the old self. You do not "sprinkle" or "pour" earth on a dead corpse — you completely cover it with earth (or with water if burial is at sea)!
Notice John 3:23. Here John was baptizing "because there was much water there." He certainly wouldn't have needed "much water" if sprinkling or pouring were considered baptism.
Again, in Matthew 3:16: "Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water...." He must have been down in the water to be baptized! When Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch, "they went down both into the water" (Acts 8:38).
The Apostle Paul was inspired to write that there is "One Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Eph. 4:5) — not many different approaches to God and differing modes of baptism.
Many attempt to "reason around" every plain command and clear statement or example given in the Bible. But if anyone is looking for truth, the correct form and meaning of baptism is made unmistakably clear in the teaching of Scripture and in the inspired example of Jesus Christ — the Author of true Christianity.
What is the meaning of baptism? As we have stated, baptism pictures the burial of our old self. Notice Romans 6:3-6.
It states we are baptized into Christ's death. "We are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection" (verses 4-5).
Hence baptism pictures the old self dying, being buried in a watery grave, and being resurrected to live a new and God-centered life.
Baptism also pictures, in symbolism, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Baptism requires a total surrender. After heartfelt repentance and recognition that we are worthy of death because of our sins, the ordinance of baptism is an outward manifestation to God and to His human servants that we sincerely intend to bury the old self. It shows we intend to come up out of that watery grave "to walk in newness of life" — to obey God's law and yield ourselves willingly to God's guidance and His rule in our lives. Baptism also expresses our faith in Jesus Christ as Savior, and our acceptance of His death, burial and resurrection on our behalf.
Again: "Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead" (Col. 2:12). So baptism signifies that our deceitful, vain, lustful and rebellious nature must die. It is an outward acknowledgement of our total and unconditional surrender to God.
Our willingness to humble ourselves and do what Jesus did in the ordinance of baptism is vital. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (Mark 16:16).
May God grant you the understanding, the faith, the humility to do what He commands for your good.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71985 | Research lines Research lines
This lab studies butterfly diversity patterns in time and space, as well as their evolutionary causes. Its end goal is to answer longstanding questions regarding the limits between species, chromosomal evolution and the link between phylogeography and ecology. When did a group of butterflies colonise the New World and what route did they follow? How did parasitism evolve from a friendly association between species? Are there species that we cannot visually distinguish? Can a butterfly cross the Sahara desert? These are a few examples of the questions addressed by the Butterfly Diversity & Evolution lab.
Lab website: Butterfly Diversity & Evolution Lab
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/71989 | Top Ruby Frameworks to Speed Up Web Development
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Ruby is without any doubt, one of the most popular object oriented programming languages out there. It is loved by developers all around the world specially because it's not only powerful but has a sweet simple syntax with lot of great features.
There are quite a number of frameworks developed for Ruby over the years. These frameworks help a developer to accelerate the web development and create innovative web applications with a little effort.
I have mentioned a curated list of all the popular open-source ruby frameworks which are actively maintained. Some of those frameworks might not be as huge & feature rich as others but they work really well for a particular set of requirements.
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Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails is not a minimalist framework, it's a monolith. One filled with all the major components needed to run a large, sprawling application like Basecamp or GitHub or Shopify.
This means there's a lot to learn! But it also means you can learn it piece by piece. You do not need to be an expert in all facets of Ruby on Rails to get started on creating a great application.
Sinatra Framework
Sinatra is a free and open source software web application library and domain-specific language written in Ruby. It is an alternative to other Ruby web application frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Merb, Nitro, and Camping. It is dependent on the Rack web server interface.
Padrino Framework
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Hanami Framework
Hanami is a full-stack Ruby web framework. It is built by Luca Guidi, made up of smaller, single-purpose libraries. As the Hanami Team writes on their page, Hanami’s goal is to build lightweight apps which consume less memory than other Ruby web frameworks (they probably had in mind Rails). Hanami also allows you to create many applications under one application.
Controller and views have similiar implementation as Rails however Models are divided into two classes – entities and repositories. Entities are plain, Ruby objects which define all instance methods, while repositories are classes responsible for defining database associations, scopes, query construction and defining a connection with the database.
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Cuba is a microframework for web development originally inspired by Rum, a tiny but powerful mapper for Rack applications.
Cuba was written by Michel Martens with the goal of following a minimalist philosophy and only providing what’s needed rather than some of the bloat and unused features that come along with much larger frameworks. Cuba is small, lightweight, and fast. It integrates many templates via Tilt, and testing via Cutest and Capybara.
Pakyow Web Framework
Pakyow lets you build modern apps that don't break the web.
It provides features such as auto-updating views while embracing traditional concepts like progressive enhancement. Designed to be as simple as possible, it helps you quickly create momentum and maintain it throughout a project.
Removes friction from development. Quickly build a prototype with only HTML and CSS. Later on, build right on top of the prototype without throwing out previous work.
Ruby Grape
Grape is a REST-like API framework for Ruby.
It's designed to run as a mountable rack engine or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs.
Scorched is a generic, unopinionated, DRY, light-weight web framework for Ruby. It provides a generic yet powerful set of constructs for processing HTTP requests, with which websites and applications of almost any scale can be built.
If you've used a light-weight DSL-based Ruby web framework before, such as Sinatra, Scorched should look quite familiar. Scorched is a true evolutionary enhancement of Sinatra, with more power, focus, and less clutter.
Roda is a web framework built on top of Rack, created by Jeremy Evans, that started as a fork of Cuba and was inspired by Sinatra. It is a routing tree web toolkit, designed for building fast and maintainable web applications in ruby.
It is designed to be simple, both internally and externally, reducing cognitive overhead. It is built completely out of plugins, which makes it very extensible.
The primary difference between Roda and Sinatra is that Roda uses a routing tree, while Sinatra uses a list of routes. At any point in the routing tree, Roda allows you to operate on the current request. If your URLs reflect your application architecture, this allows you to have DRYer code.
Praxis is a framework for both designing and implementing APIs.
An important part of the framework is geared towards the design aspect of building an API. This functionality empowers architects with tools to design every last aspect of their API, resulting in a complete, web-browsable documentation, which includes automatic generation of examples for resources, parameters, headers, well as requests and responses for the supported encodings.
The design process is iterative, and flows from defining new resources, parameters, reviewing the resulting docs (usually with some of the potential clients of the API), back to updating the design based on feedback, or expanding it with more resources.
The design language (i.e. DSL) of Praxis follows a clean 'ruby-type-syntax' and its final outcome is to generates an output that is both a set of schema documents as well as a web-based API browser (driven by those schemas). This allows Praxis to design APIs that can potentially be implemented in any language.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/72007 | WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, one of the least religious and least religiously articulate men ever to run for the presidency, won the White House with what author Stephen Mansfield calls the surprising help of a vast majority of the nation’s religious conservatives.
In his new book, “Choosing Donald Trump: God, Anger, Hope and Why Christian Conservatives Supported Him,” Mansfield both explains and critiques that support.
Like many voters, Mansfield writes, Christian conservatives were looking for a change. They were willing to overlook Trump’s behavior and believe in him “largely because he spoke of faith like a crusader, like one who understood religion as a perpetual call to arms.”
Mansfield talked with USA TODAY about that appeal, and why he thinks Christian conservatives could end up paying a steep price.
Q. You wrote books on the faith of George Bush and Barack Obama. This time, you focused instead on why Christian conservatives supported Donald Trump. Why the different approach?
With Donald Trump, I think the Christian commitment that he has, that at least he talks about today, is relatively newfound. Yes, he was raised in church. Yes he was influenced by Norman Vincent Peale. But I don’t think that we see any evidence of what I would call a defining Christian faith, of a Christian faith where he’s attempting to embrace the core truths of traditional Christianity, and has people around him who are perhaps confronting him on his conduct to some extent. So I didn’t want to write a book where the title suggested that there was a long-term defining Christian commitment because I’m not sure that’s there.
Q. You do write that Trump has a keen spiritual hunger. What’s the evidence for that?
His whole relationship with (televangelist) Paula White, for example, began because he was watching television preachers late at night. He asked her to create these listening sessions that he did around the country with clergy. I talked to many, many people who were there and they said, `Look, whatever else you can say about him, at least he was interested. He was eager. He wanted to learn.'
He’s been known to call some of his spiritual advisers relatively recently and ask about matters of forgiveness. 'Do I really have to forgive them 77 times?’ This is a man who had stood at Christian universities and touted the virtues of vengeance and revenge. I think there is a hunger. Obviously, this is a man who is constantly battling his own demons, as we know. So I’m not saying that that hunger overrides or defines. I am saying it’s there.
Q. Describe the faith Trump learned from Norman Vincent Peale, the main minister in his life until Peale's death.
What’s important about Peale is that Peale personally believed in the born again brand of Christianity — a relationship with Jesus, believing in his resurrection, and so on. But, publicly, he was what we would now call a motivational speaker. He wrote 'The Power of Positive Thinking.' So it was almost a secular sort of motivational gospel that he preached publicly around the world and in his books.
I think Trump drank more from that motivational stream than he did from the less readily available traditional Christian part of Norman Vincent Peale.
Actually in the “Power of Positive Thinking” is the statement, 'Attitude is more important than facts.’ There’s an example of the imprint of Peale on Trump. I don’t think you can exaggerate it. In fact, Peale himself said that Donald Trump was his 'greatest disciple.’ … To understand Donald Trump, you have to understand Norman Vincent Peale.
Q. Is that what you meant when you wrote that Trump has faith, but the problem for him and for the nation is that it’s a faith he learned from Peale?
If the primary minister in Trump’s life had been Billy Graham, let’s say, or D. James Kennedy. or Jerry Falwell, you would have had a far different man. Peale really has two voices. One is that traditional gospel in the pulpit. But the other is motivational speak, which we all know very well now. That’s what Trump absorbed.
I think what Peale did was give Trump additional weapons for winning. That was the family deity. That was the family goal. ... I see it every day. Every Twitter war.
Q. How did Paula White help deliver the Oval Office into Trump’s hands?
He had contacted her because he saw her on TV and he was impressed. … After he got to know her and she sort of became the chaplain to his business, when he made a head fake to running the first time, he asked her to start putting together meetings with clergy around the country … . In this last round, she held maybe a dozen of them.
He began to be exposed to both clergymen from different streams that he had known well before, but also began to hear their concerns.
Many of the notes that he sounded during his campaign that resonated with conservative religious Americans...he may have held some of those previously, but most of them he acquired in these listening sessions. Skeptics, who had prominent pulpits, became believers, so to speak, and helped deliver the White House.
Q. You use the word anger in the title of your book, and you write that while there was a rise in political rage in the country in general, that was also a factor in Christian conservatives’ support of Trump. Why were they angry?
I think it’s essential to the whole issue here. You have to put your mind inside of the head of a religious conservative in America, and accept the fact that they felt traumatized by the Obama administration and terrified by a possible Hillary Clinton presidency.
The Green family, the owners of Hobby Lobby, the fact that they were being sued by the Justice Department for up to $1.3 million a day in fines, and had to appeal to the Supreme Court to keep from having to pay for abortifacients as part of their insurance policies for their employees, this may not have echoed loudly in your office or mine, but it echoed very loudly in all churches.
Remember that Donald Trump did not get a majority of evangelical or conservative religious support in the primaries. But when it got down to where he was the only viable alternative to a Hillary Clinton presidency, the average religious conservative person in America was angry, they were fearful and he channeled their rage. And he at least made head fakes towards the hot button issues they cared about. And all of that contributed to his astonishing numbers among religious conservatives.
Q. Critics would say religious conservatives sold their soul by supporting Trump, that they overlooked Trump the man to get policies they wanted.
I think there is truth to that not so much regarding the average religious conservative on Main Street. I think there is truth in that for a lot of the prominent religious leaders. The way that some of the folks on the right, some of these prominent religious conservative leaders supported Donald Trump, sold him, helped rebrand him, I think they’re going to regret. I think there’s going to be some blowback for them long-term. They knew that they had a crass man. You had, of course, the (Access Hollywood) video that we all saw and heard. I watched people who were friends of mine, who had stood in pulpits and decried conduct like Donald Trump’s. But when Donald Trump's came up during an election, they said, 'Well, boys will be boys.’ It was no question they were excusing it.
Q. You write that Christian conservatives took responsibility for the Trump presidency so they “own him now.” Those are pretty strong words.
I believe it’s absolutely true. If they had maintained what I call a prophetic distance, speak to him, call him to be a different man but not join his PR team or, as we say crassly in politics, get in bed with him, it would be different. They wouldn’t be completely responsible for whatever he does. But they gave such full-throated support, whatever he does now, they’ve taken ownership of him. They went a long way in making his presidency possible. They almost literally put God’s stamp on him.
When you do that, knowing that a man is crass, knowing that he’ll mouth 'I’ll beat the crap out of you’ from the stage, knowing that he’ll talk about Mexican judges and black protesters in derogatory ways, then whatever comes, you’ve bought into.
Q. How important was Trump's pick of Mike Pence to be his running mate?
I think it was immensely important. People knew or sensed that Trump was new to conservative Christianity, if not the occasional visitor. But Pence was long term. He gave them confidence that Trump would not only reflect their concerns, but wanted someone like them at the table.
Pence is not a typical hesitant politician on issues of religion. He is dramatically outspoken.
Q. Should Pence be criticized for not speaking out more?
That’s an area that I can’t dive into with criticism because I don’t know what he’s saying. For all I know, they’re having breakfast every morning and Pence is saying, 'Sir, clean it up.’
Q. If you’re a Christian conservative, are you happy with how the Trump presidency is going so far?
I meet two kinds of religious conservatives. One is willing to put up with a whole lot of garbage simply to see good appointments on the Supreme Court and a broad commitment to religious liberty. They’ve got a couple issues on their minds and as long as the president either acts positively on those issues or doesn’t betray them on those issues, they’re happy.
The other kind of religious conservative I see is upset about (Trump) calling NFL players SOBs, picking a fight with the mayor of San Juan while she’s standing elbow deep in the waters of Irma. They are upset.
There is a certain amount of buyer’s remorse among a certain segment of religious conservatives in America ... . And they've had it.
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Hackers Put 15 Million Encrypted Messaging App Users at Risk
SMS isn't a particularly secure authentication system.
An encrypted messaging app used by 100 million people has been compromised.
Researchers claim that a hacking group called Rocket Kitten has learned the phone numbers of 15 million Telegram users and has, in some cases, used the service’s reliance on text messages to gain total access to those “secure” accounts.
This is the first time a “systematic de-anonymization and classification of people who employ encryption tools (of some sort, at least) for an entire nation” has been revealed, Amnesty International technologist Claudio Guarnieri, who discovered the hack with independent researcher Collin Anderson, told Reuters.
How it Worked:
The hack is said to have worked by intercepting text messages as they were in transit and then using them to add a hacker-controlled device to the account. This would allow the hacker to read the encrypted communications that would otherwise have been nearly impossible for them to compromise with brute force.
More than Just ISIS:
In addition to being a preferred communications tool of ISIS, Telegram is also popular with activists, journalists, and 20 million other people who want to evade the Iranian government’s surveillance programs.
The Same Tech as WhatsApp:
Telegram isn’t the only app that uses SMS for authentication. Signal, a popular encrypted communications app, also uses text messages to verify accounts. So does Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging tool.
It would be trivial for intelligence agencies to intercept these messages to gain access to otherwise secure tools, thanks to previous hacks that allow the NSA and Britain’s GCHQ to secretly decrypt the phone calls and text messages of many cellphone owners.
Many services, from Amazon to Twitter, use text messages to help people secure their accounts. The difference is that those services use text messages as a second authentication factor used in conjunction with a username and password, not a primary login mechanism. This is more secure than a single factor system.
Telegram allows its users to set passwords on their accounts but does not require them to do so. All someone needs to access most accounts is knowledge of their phone number which Rocket Kitten has and the ability to intercept SMS, which could be made easier by the hacking group’s ties to Iran’s government.
Some tools can avoid this problem. When end-to-end encryption rolls out for Facebook Messenger, for example, it will only send encrypted messages to one device instead of making them available on multiple platforms.
But that restriction doesn’t apply to all encrypted communications tools. While it’s still smart to use these apps this is a good reminder that being encrypted isn’t the same as being totally secure.
Guarnieri and Anderson plan to discuss the hack more at Def Con 24 on August 4. |
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