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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82473 | What’s The Difference Between A Pidgin And A Creole?
At first, you’re just two languages who are sort of seeing each other. Then, you’re making it official and opening a joint bank account.
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What’s The Difference Between A Pidgin And A Creole?
Two languages walk into a bar. The first says, “Comment ça va?” The second one pauses to think, and then says, “Muy bien. Que belle nuit.
There’s no punchline, unless you’re amused by this very crude attempt to illustrate pidginization with a bad bar joke.
Pidgins and creoles are both the result of what happens when you blend two or more languages, but they’re not the same. Put simply, a pidgin is the first-generation version of a language that forms between native speakers of different languages — a makeshift communication bridge, if you will. A creole is a pidgin with native speakers, or one that’s been passed down to a second generation of speakers who will formalize it and fortify the bridge into a robust structure with a fully developed grammar and syntax.
Generally speaking, pidgins form in the context of a multicultural population. Historically, this has often happened in areas where multiple groups were trading with each other, or when groups of slaves from various nations were assimilated into a single population and developed a language.
Pidgins often borrow words from their source languages and feature a simplified grammar. It’s a bare-bones language designed to enable minimum-viable communication.
By the time a pidgin becomes a creole, the language has developed enough of its own characteristics to have a distinct grammar of its own. Beyond the well-known French/West African creole spoken in Haiti, there’s also Hawaiian Creole English, which is a mix of Hawaiian, English, Chinese, Spanish and other languages. Malay also has at least 14 recognized creole offshoots thanks to Dutch and Portuguese colonial impact. Gullah is an English-based creole spoken in the southern United States, and then there’s the French-based Louisiana Creole. There’s also Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole spoken in the Philippines. The list goes on.
There’s some disagreement among linguists over whether pidgins immediately become creoles, or whether this process can require more than one generation. Some argue that neurologically, there are always a ton of commonalities in the way humans learn native tongues, which means first-generation speakers of creole languages will inevitably “fill in the blanks” of any language aspects missing from the pidgin version. However, there’s often a ton of vocabulary, syntax and pronunciation changes that occur during the first 20 to 30 years of creole formation. In either case, some pidgins are still in use today, such as Nigerian Pidgin and Cameroonian Pidgin English, but they’re often referred to creoles as well as pidgins. Confused yet?
There’s also some disagreement over whether creoles always arise from pidgins, otherwise known as the “life cycle” theory, which was introduced by Robert Hall in 1962. Other theories have surfaced since, like the notion that creoles can develop in much more intimate contexts than trade, such as between slaves and plantation owners. Some linguists contest the notion that Haitian and Louisiana Creole arose from a pidgin stage, for example.
Additionally, it’s important to note that pidgins don’t always become creoles. If a second generation of speakers picks up aspects of the pidgin as a second language, it’s still generally considered to be a pidgin. Additionally, if the society doesn’t provide an environment where the language can continue developing in relative isolation, the pidgin will often disappear, along with the need for it.
In either case, the distinction is not always very cut-and-dried.
“In actual usage, distinctions are also difficult, such as with Tok Pisin (in its name and also as it is usually considered a pidgin) now being the native language of some in Papua New Guinea,” writes linguistics PhD candidate Daniel Ross on Quora. “So is it a creole yet? Well, in a sense. But it is also still a major non-native language for many, probably for more. So perfect boundaries/distinctions are not possible, but the ideas are fairly clear, and I would think it would be harder to separate other kinds of mixed languages from creoles than creoles from pidgins.”
As with languages and dialects, the difference between pidgin and creole is not exactly airtight. Language is a vast continuum, and it’s ever in flux. How’s that for bar banter?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82480 | Looks aren't enough to save 'Cell'
"The Cell" looks spectacular. If only it never opened its mouth.
First-time director Tarsem Singh, a veteran of the music-video scene, crams this excursion into a tortured psyche with so much vividly wondrous imagery that he nearly compensates for a story that takes a while to get going, roars through all the pretty scenery, then stumbles to the finish line as the filmmakers apparently lose interest.
Jennifer Lopez stars as Catherine Deane, the world's most well-coifed psychologist, so intuitively sensitive to her charges' needs that her colleagues regard her as special (sorry, that's about as deep as the analysis of Lopez's character goes).
Thanks to some newly developed interactive psycho-machines, Catherine is able to have her psyche injected into that of another. For months now, she's been visiting the inner workings of a young coma victim's mind, hoping to unlock its secrets and bring him back to reality.
A second story line (and it takes a while for these two to converge) features Vincent D'Onofrio as perverted serial killer Carl Stargher, who kidnaps women, tortures them, drowns them, then rapes them while he hangs suspended from metal rings implanted in his back. As luck would have it, just as the FBI is about to close in on Carl and rescue his latest potential victim, who is secreted away in a remote desert hideaway, he suffers a violent seizure and goes into a coma of his own.
FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) sees no hope of saving the woman until he hears about the work being done by Catherine and her cohorts. He suggests that she peek inside Carl's brain, and see if she can learn where he's hidden his victim.
Of course Catherine's game, and next thing anyone knows, she's inside this sick puppy's disturbed cerebellum. There, she encounters at least a half-dozen different Carls, all played by D'Onofrio (save for one that's his 12-year-old self), and all with some serious issues.
Tarsem (who is usually referred to by his first name) has an amazingly visual imagination, and he lets it loose whenever the action moves inside someone's head.
The film's opening shots of Lopez walking through a desert are as beautiful as they are obtuse, filled with horses, derelict boats and little kids. It's Salvador Dali meets "Lawrence of Arabia," and it's like nothing you've ever seen before.
Things get even better when we see inside Carl's brain, where Dali also seems to reside, but this time as an interior decorator for Beelzebub.
It's only when Tarsem and screenwriter Mark Protosevich get to the story that things fumble. Although "The Cell" seems to have interesting things to say about what makes people bad (both Carl and FBI agent Novak had rough childhoods, but only one turned into a serial killer), nothing is really pursued.
Things happen far too conveniently, such as Carl's seizure only minutes before the FBI breaks his door down, and the story is resolved when one character notices one tiny detail, and suddenly everything becomes artificially clear.
Some may argue that "The Cell" looks so fantastic that none of that matters.
Some are wrong.
'The Cell'
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn and Vincent D'Onofrio
Directed by Tarsem Singh
Released by New Line Cinema
Rated R (bizarre violence and sexual images, nudity and language)
Running time 108 minutes
Sun score: **1/2
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Chad Cowan • Pastor of Care Ministries
Worry: The Christian Drug of Choice
With a failing economy and the worst drug epidemic in the nation, times are tough in WV. The temptation is to take a hit from the only socially acceptable drug: worry. While the alcoholic may say, “I need another drink,” worriers often say, “I need another think.” It turns out, God has much to say on this subject. The most frequent command in the New Testament is not to be holy or to love one another, but to not worry. This week, we’ll look at 5 passages that address the issue of worry.
MONDAY: An Unwanted Load
Matthew 11:28-30
I hated carrying sod. I briefly worked for a landscaper, and during that time, I learned that sod was much prettier to look at than to carry. It was awkward and made my back ache; I concluded that human beings were just not meant to carry sod.
Like that sod, many of us carry unnecessary burdens in this life–burdens that we were just not designed to bear. Christ commands His audience in Matthew 11 to Come…and…rest, and to Take [His] yoke..and learn. In doing so, you’ll find rest. Let’s shed that horrid load that God does not intend for us to bear. Past mistakes, guilt, shame–drop them, and put on Christ’s yoke, so that we can learn from Him.
What loads are you carrying that the Lord does not intend?
TUESDAY: Don’t Misplace Your Faith
Matthew 6:25-27
Yes, things look bleak–church attendance isn’t going up nationally, and our country is becoming increasingly secular. So does God expect me not to worry? Well, evidently, the answer is “yes.”
A verse that we’ve probably all seen a thousand times, yet never loses its relevance, speaks to this very idea. We see in Matthew 6:34: So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Do we need to prepare? Sure, as our resources allow, but not to the point of worry. I like how Trevin Wax says it: “Seeking first the kingdom comes after we have been sought by the King. The root cause of worry is not misplaced priorities. It’s misplaced faith. It’s a failure to grasp the gospel of a God worthy of our trust.”
WEDNESDAY: Isn’t There Something I Should Worry About?
Philippians 4:6
“Do not be anxious about some things?” No, wait, what about “Do not be anxious about anything (except maybe kids, finances and your doctor’s diagnosis…).” Hmmm. Not right either. Yes, you read it right there in the Book of Philippians. Do not be anxious about anything. Period. Easy to say, right? The alternative that we’re given to worrying is to pray about whatever the issue may be. Think about it. How many times have you fretted and worried over something that never happens, over an “internet diagnosis” that was completely wrong, or over a child that turned out to be okay? God gives us permission to give our problems to Him, and He knows us better than anyone.
What are you worried about right now? God commands you to give it to Him!
THURSDAY: A Better Option
Hebrews 13:5-6
Facebook is a blessing and a curse. What I’ve found is that if you look hard enough, you’ll always find someone who has more than you–a bigger house, a nicer car, etc. It’s very easy to get caught up in what we don’t have, and comparing yourself to others always leads to bad conclusions.
Instead, the author of Hebrews says to be content with what you have because God is enough. Are you caught up in what others have? Do you catch yourself being upset at someone who is younger, but seems to have accomplished more? Try making the pursuit of God the object of your affections, and let your desire to know Him more replace your unmet wants.
How can you grow closer to God today?
FRIDAY: Wasting Your Energy
Luke 12:22-31
Weight gain, acne, hair loss, if you’ve ever wondered what you gain from worry, it’s nothing good. A cursory internet search reveals that not only is there no benefit, there are actually many negative health impacts.
Knowing that His disciples would face difficult times and opposition, Christ explains that you cannot add one day to your lifespan by worrying, but you can actually subtract from them. Have you ever considered that man is God’s only creature that has a care in the world about the future? Ravens don’t store up food, lilies don’t sweat about how they’ll grow if there’s not enough rain. If God cares infinitely more for us, then why should we worry?
Take a walk outside, or look at a starry night. God cares more for us than any other part of His creation. |
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A microdiscectomy is typically performed for a herniated lumbar disc and is actually more effective for treating leg pain (also known as radiculopathy) than lower back pain.
Impingement on the nerve root (compression) can cause substantial leg pain. While it may take weeks or months for the nerve root to fully heal and any numbness or weakness to get better, patients normally feel relief from leg pain almost immediately after a microdiscectomy spine surgery.
In general, if a patient’s leg pain due to a disc herniation is going to get better, it will do so in about six to twelve weeks. As long as the pain is tolerable and the patient can function adequately, it is usually advisable to postpone back surgery for a short period of time to see if the pain will resolve with non-surgical treatment alone.
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A tragedienne born in San Francisco, Katherine Grey [Katherine Best] stepped into widespread celebrity playing the lead in 1900's "Shore Acres." A careful, thoughtful actress, she excelled at the philosophical drama introduced at the end of the 19th century by Schnitzler and G. B. Shaw. She introduced the former's "The Reckoning" to English speaking audiences and popularized Shaw's "Arms and the Man." One of the actresses discovered by Augustin Daly, she first played as a fill in when Daly shipped the principles of his 5th Avenue Theatre Company to San Francisco and hired local talent for subsidiary roles. Impressed by Grey's handling of her part, he hired her and brought her east to perform in "The Golden Widow" and "The Priceless Paragon." Charles Frohman hired her to play in his productions of "Jane" and "All the Comforts of Home." Fame then came with "Shore Acres."
In 1901 Grey came close to death after contracting typhus. After her recovery, she toured with Richard Manfield in "Arms and the Man" and "The Parisian Romance" and supported Charles Coghlan in "The Royal Box." She co-starred with Nat Goodwin in "When We Were Twenty-One" and spent two years barnstorming through Australia under the management of J. E. Williamson.
A physical culture practitioner she advocated swimming in cold ocean water for health. She was known for her distaste of physical contact with men and a particular hatred of kissing co-stars on stage. Her final important role was in "The First Mrs. Fraser" at the Berkshire Playhouse in 1933. David S. Shields/ALS |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82600 | • George W. Bush Presidential Center
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Policies to Promote Inclusive Urban Growth
January 31, 2019
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What can American cities do to better promote upward mobility among people who feel left behind by economic growth in their city and nationwide?
How can American cities successfully stabilize neighborhoods, revive the urban middle class, and address the growing attainable housing crisis?
How to Make Urban Growth More Inclusive: The Dallas Experience
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8:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
8:40 a.m.
Panel: Urban Growth in America
Topic: New evidence from the field on the experiences of Southern California, Chicago, and Dallas, based on the new report “Beyond Gentrification Towards More Equitable Urban Growth"
Cullum Clark, Director of Economic Growth, George W. Bush Institute
Karla Lopez del Rio, Principal, Connexions Consulting
Pete Saunders, Urban Planning Consultant, PDS Consulting
Joel Kotkin, Executive Director, Center for Opportunity Urbanism (Moderator)
9:20 a.m.
Remarks: Jean-Claude Saada, Chairman and CEO, Cambridge Holdings, Inc.
9:35 a.m.
Panel: The Urban Context: History, Culture, and Demographic Change
Topic: The human dimension behind the discussion of housing and urban revitalization policy
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Race, Wealth and Opportunity
Klaus Desmet, Altshuler Interdisciplinary Professor, Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University
Ali Modarres, Director of Urban Studies, University of Washington at Tacoma
Chequan Lewis, Senior Director, Pizza Hut Express; 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholar, George W. Bush Institute (Moderator)
10:35 a.m.
Remarks: Steve C. Currall, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Southern Methodist University
10:45 a.m.
Panel: Housing Policy, Opportunity, and Growth: The Major Debates
Topic: The major debates in urban planning and housing policy, including fair housing, gentrification, zoning, density, transit, and more
Vicki Been, Boxer Family Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
Rick Cole, City Manager, Santa Monica, California
Wendell Cox, Principal, Wendell Cox Consultancy (Demographia)
Marshall Toplansky, Clinical Assistant Professor, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University
Phillip Kash, Partner, HR&A Advisors (Moderator)
11:25 a.m.
Remarks: Pete Chillian, Managing Director Market Manager, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
11:30 a.m.
Panel: Cities of the Future: A Call to Action
Topic: Conversation with leading national urban thinkers about what we have learned and how policy could help to achieve more inclusive cities in the decades ahead
Henry Cisneros, Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Clinton Administration
Joel Kotkin, Executive Director, Center for Opportunity Urbanism
Peter L. Scher, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Chairman of the Mid-Atlantic Region, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Cullum Clark, Director of Economic Growth, George W. Bush Institute (Moderator)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82605 | How To Find Your Spotify Pets Playlist — Exclusive
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If you’ve ever been listening to your favorite jams and noticed your Bichon Frise bopping along beside you, you’re far from alone. In a survey of how humans interact with music and pets, the music streaming service Spotify found that over 70% of people do indeed play music for their pets. To accommodate your fuzzy companion’s music needs, Spotify is launching Pet Playlists to help you customize music for your pet.
By answering a few questions about your furry, feathery, or scaly friend with Spotify’s new pet playlist feature, you’ll receive about 30 tracks customized just for you and your pet. Using Pet Playlists, you can select from a few different pet options — cat, dog, iguana, hamster, or bird — and answer some character-defining questions about them. Then, Spotify's algorithm can curate a playlist based on your pet’s personality and your own music tastes. By visiting on your desktop or phone, you can choose your fighter (erm, pet) and then input whether your friend is more relaxed or energetic, shy or friendly, apathetic or curious. You can then show off your pet's excellent taste in music on social media, if you post the personalized sharecard that you receive with your playlist.
Here's an example of how it works: I don't have a pet myself, but when I went to make a playlist for Ms. Frizzle's pet lizard Liz (yes, from The Magic School Bus, because if there is an option for an iguana playlist, why not take it?), I got a playlist featuring a cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing," Elliott Yamen's "Wait For You," and Passenger's "Let Her Go." Telling, right?
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Spotify’s research has found that, indeed, you and your pet probably already have an established relationship with music. In a global online survey of over 5,000 music-streamers with pets from the United States, the UK, Australia, Spain, and Italy, Spotify found that 71% of people with pets play music for them, with nearly 50% saying that their pets have music genre preferences (with classical and soft rock being the most popular pet choices). The survey also found that if you’ve ever taken it a step further and danced with your pet, you’re not alone — 57% of people with pets dance with their animal, while 69% sing to their pet. Most people with pets actively use music to keep their pet company, to boost their happiness, and to help their friend relieve stress.
To create these playlists, Spotify created an algorithm informed by the insight of musicologist David Teie, a cellist with America’s National Symphony Orchestra. Teie, who composes music for cats (which is exactly what it sounds like), advised the platform on what certain animals tend to like or dislike. For example, dogs tend to perceive music in the lower register as a threat, so if you say you’re making a playlist for a barking friend, the algorithm might discourage these kinds of sounds. Even though your pet is, of course, an individual like you, they may well find that their very own algorithm-generated Spotify playlist is especially pleasing.
Whether you have a hamster or an iguana, a dog, cat, or a bird, Spotify’s new Pet Playlists is a lot of fun to play with. It might turn out that they love artists you’ve never heard of (or hate your favorite artists — awkward). After all, algorithms curate playlists that make you feel personally attacked in all the best ways every day. Why should it be any different for your pet? If you’re looking for a new way to keep your pet company when you’re at work or just a new playlist to dance to with your hamster, Pet Playlists might just be the next thing you bond over with your best friend. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82632 | June 8 – 11, 2017
The Dunnville Mudcat Festival, named after the renowned fish found in the Grand River, attracts over 60,000 visitors to take part in many of its popular highlights. The festival, which is put on by the Dunnville Chamber of Commerce, features a parade, midway, a street dance, strong-man competition, live music, a Bavarian garden, children’s entertainment, a famous fireworks display and so much more
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Faith and the Calendar (Part 2)
Who Is Responsible for the Calendar?
Sermon; #428; 82 minutes
Given 08-Jan-00
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John Ritenbaugh reiterates that the real issue in the calendar controversy is not mathematical or astronomical computations, but faith in God's sovereignty, His providence, His right to assign responsibility, and His capability of maintaining an oversight over this responsibility. God has been faithful in providing a reliable calendar for over 1600 years. God remains consistent with His purpose, maintaining oversight and control. Like our ancient forbears, we dare not stray from things given or entrusted to us. We must hold fast, guarding the truth, honoring our father in the faith, refusing to forage after pernicious false doctrine. The preservation of the calendar was entrusted to the Jews, and specifically the Levites. No church group or private individual should presumptuously arrogate this responsibility to himself or herself.
This sermon is connected to the previous one on "The Calendar" in that it follows the theme that our faith in the faithfulness of God is a critical dimension in regard to the calendar. The critical dimension is not any technical mathematical computations. It's not the postponements or any suspicions that we may have personally in regard to the Jews. We will see as we go along what the critical issue is a little bit more thoroughly.
This verse shows in one brief succinct statement how vastly important faith is to us. Without it we cannot please God. The phrase—"must believe that He is"—is somewhat misleading. It, at first glance, gives the impression that all one must do is believe that God exists. But understanding this phrase properly shows a great deal more, and it cannot be lifted from its overall context within the entirety of the chapter.
Now listen to this quote that I'm going to give you from the Adam Clarke Commentary regarding this phrase:
The man who professes that it is his duty to worship God must, if he act rationally, do it on the conviction that there is such a being, infinite, eternal, unoriginated and self-existent. The cause of all other being on whom all being depends, and by His energy, bounty, and providence, all beings exist, live, and are supplied with the means of continued existence in life. He must believe also that He rewards them that diligently seek Him, that He is not indifferent to His own worship, that He requires adoration, and religious service from men, and that He blesses and especially protects and saves those who in simplicity and outrightness of heart seek and serve Him.
This kind of faith is not a shallow passing fancy, but a living, devoted and disciplined conviction that carries through to every aspect of one's life in an effort to be like Him, because that is what "seeking Him" means. We must always remember that because God calls and reveals Himself to "the called," that biblically "seeking Him" does not mean to look for Him in the hope that one might find Him, but to search, in order to be like Him. This kind of faith brings honor to Him. It enables one to worship Him in spirit and produces works that are similar to those that are described in the remainder of this chapter.
In regard to faith and the calendar per se, we are not dealing directly with Scripture as to the rules of the calendar's operations. Rather we are dealing with faith in the assignment of responsibilities God has given within Scripture. The oracles of God have been committed to the Jews, and the calendar is included within the oracles of God. Our faith is in God's sovereignty, in His right to assign responsibility, and His oversight of those he has assigned the responsibility to. In other words, He's on the job.
A more specific description: Our responsibility is ascribed in the Bible as to be faithful to what we have been given. Last week I read to you I Timothy 6:20-21, and I said to you that this is something that is directed to every minister. It is directed to me, but please don't think because it's directed to me that it doesn't apply to you. Everybody has to do this, but there is a special responsibility given to the ministry that God is going to hold the ministry to. If we are going to be a faithful steward to what we have been given, we are going to make sure that you have this available to you, and then you have to follow through and do what the ministry does.
I Timothy 6:20-21 O Timothy, keep [guard, protect, preserve] that which is committed to your trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science [or knowledge] falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
Pray tell, what is Paul talking about? What is Timothy to guard? Timothy was to guard what Paul the apostle had given him in the way of preaching.
Now do you believe that Herbert Armstrong was an apostle? Was he used of God to raise up the church at the end time? Do you think God had oversight of Herbert Armstrong and that He was able to watch over him so that he would pass onto us the things that we need for salvation? Certainly that includes the calendar. If you believe that he was an apostle of God, then we are commanded, on the authority of I Timothy 6:20-21, to guard what we have been given. Another way of saying it would be a little bit different sense—to guard what we have received.
I also used in that sermon last week Hebrews 10, where we are commanded there to hold fast to the profession of our faith. Now ask yourself this. When you came into the church under a man who had been given the responsibility of bearing the message at that time, what calendar were you given in order that you might worship God on His Sabbath and Holy Days? A simple question, but much arguing, and I must say quite a bit of avoiding or failing to pay attention to Scriptures that bear on that responsibility.
I'll tell you that it is the very same calendar which the church has been using for at least 1600 years, and has probably [I say "probably," because all of the evidence is not in yet] been in use at least two millennia of time. I can say that confidently because no child of God can afford to be in doubt that God has been faithful in providing him with what he needs to please God in his obedience to Him as a child. God has had plenty of time to change this calendar that we received, but He has not done so either in this era of the church, or in any previous one. But some have gotten it into their minds that God has been just waiting for them to do it. But this very act calls God's faithfulness into question, given the evidence we have available to us, the action saying that God didn't care about all of those people in the past who have had to live with a so-called defective calendar, and that He has been in effect leading these people into sin by failing to correct their ignorance.
Paul said, "My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Jesus Christ." And James says that God does not tempt man. He does not lead His children into sin, but rather we are drawn away by our own lusts. Hebrews 12 says that God corrects His children, and He would be leading His people into sin by failing to correct this so-called defective instrument that is vital to our obedience over centuries of time. Let's not forget we are not the only era of God's church.
Brethren, all the years of silence on God's part, combined with the good fruit that calendar has produced, ought to tell us that He is pleased to accept its use in our worship of Him. Nobody in the history of the Worldwide Church of God, in Herbert W. Armstrong, whoever attempted to change the calendar, has prospered as God has prospered Herbert W. Armstrong.
Matthew 7 tells us, through Jesus Himself, that we are to judge those prophets by their fruits. Well, God has provided for us. You judge the fruits. That's your responsibility.
The sermon is going to take a little bit of an angle here. There is another aspect to this issue that is very good to consider, and we're going to go back to the book of Malachi to a very familiar Scripture. Everybody ought to know this Scripture.
Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not, therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
This verse is a parallel of Hebrews 13:8, which says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. But I want you to turn to Romans 11:29 where there is another parallel Scripture. If you're familiar with the book of Romans, chapter 11 is concluding Paul's argument—his revelation as it were—of what is going to happen to Israel, and all of Israel is going to be saved. That's basically what he said without saying it directly in Malachi 3:6—"I am the LORD, I change not, therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed."
Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
The gifts are all of those things that God has given to Israel in the past—covenants and promises, as well as all of the economic blessings. And so he says, "For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable." He is saying that He will not go back on His word that He gave to Abraham.
These verses are not saying that God never changes His mind. They are saying that He is consistent to His purpose. He is saying that He will always act in accordance with His purpose, (which is to save Israel, which is to bless Abraham) and with His own personal character.
The sum of this is that because He is consistent, He can be trusted. In regard to this verse, it means that ever since Abraham, and the promises given to him, it has been God's purpose to save Israel. That purpose holds true right down to this very second even though it seems as though He has made a digression into the church, or as the Protestants say, "the church dispensation."
But has God forgotten Israel? Is Israel dangling somewhere? No. Not at all. Because God is consistent to His purpose, that is why they and we (Israel and the church) are not consumed, even though God has had ample opportunity and a huge number of justifiable reasons for wiping them and us out. God's faithfulness in this results in Him acting in consistent patterns toward those who have made the covenant with Him, and if He didn't do this, we could never ever trust Him.
God reveals throughout His word a consistent pattern in His relationship with Israel and with the church. Now see if you don't agree with this. God raises someone up to establish His way. The person is effective, and the people repent to some degree. God then relents, and things go well for awhile, but degeneration then sets in and the people depart wholesale from His way.
How many times has that happened? Hundreds! I don't think that I am exaggerating that it might be up in the thousands of times that this has occurred. But we'll be conservative. We'll just say "hundreds of times." But His mercy toward Abraham and his descendants keeps right on rolling on, because He is confident that in the end He is going to be able to save Israel. He is able to carry out what He has promised to do.
This happens, and the people degenerate, and they begin departing wholesale from His way, and God then sends somebody else, and the pattern is repeated.
Turn to Jeremiah 7:11-14. We're going to spend a little bit of time here in Jeremiah. Think of this in relation to the church. Or we will think of it in relation to the church secondarily, because in the immediate context here he primarily has Israel in mind.
Jeremiah 7:11-12 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD. But you now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, ....
What He is referring to here is that when Israel came into the land under Joshua, the Tabernacle was first set up at Shiloh. I don't know whether any of you have seen any picture of Shiloh today, but I have. It's been a number of years, but nobody even builds there. It is an absolute desert. That's what He's referring to. He's reminding these people that His tabernacle used to be there in Shiloh, and this is where they came to keep the feast.
"You came here for the Days of Unleavened Bread. You came here for Pentecost. You came here for the Feast of Tabernacles." Now He's reminding these people seven hundred years after they came into the land, "I want you to remember what Shiloh is like today." Why is Shiloh like that today? I am sure that it was a desert in Jeremiah's day.
Jeremiah 7:12-14 But go you now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. And now, because you have done all these works [all these wicked works], says the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not; Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein you trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
Is that a warning or what? It is. Now was God silent while all this deterioration of degeneration was going on? God didn't speak to these people personally, but He did speak through prophets. The prophets got up early in the morning and they started preaching, and they started calling the people to repentance, but the people didn't answer. Some few did undoubtedly. On the basis of that little bit of repentance and on the basis on His holy character, His own mercy, He would relent.
Jeremiah 7:25-26 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: Yet they [the people] hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Do you think I'm exaggerating when I say that this probably happened thousands of times? I don't think it's an exaggeration. Is God patient, or what?
Now what's happening in the church? Aren't we repeating this pattern? We surely are. We're repeating what those people did.
Jeremiah 25:3-4 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD has come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking, but you have not hearkened [listened]. And the LORD has sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
What this pattern does is that it captures the essence of God's urgent tenderness for the well-being of His people.
Go to Zephaniah 3:7. Notice the contrast.
Zephaniah 3:7 I said, Surely you will fear me [God's ever hopeful!], you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them [however He did it]: but they rose early [They got up at the same time the prophet did.], and corrupted all their doings.
So they got up early to do evil. The reason they had to repent ought to be obvious. They had wandered from what they had been given. They wandered from what they had received. That's the way it was from the very beginning. God created Adam and Eve. God breathed the breath of life into them. God was His own Spokesman. He taught them things that they needed for life. He revealed Himself to them. But then a dissenting voice—a false prophet arose—with a different angle, a different view, a different perspective on things in the person of Satan. They lost their trust in God and departed from what they received. Simple, isn't it? And so God kicked them out of the Garden.
Can you name the first man named in the Bible as a prophet? It's Enoch. His name being named as a prophet doesn't occur until the book of Jude—the next to the last book in the Bible. Enoch was the seventh from Adam. What did he prophesy of? He prophesied of judgment. And what did the judgment turn out to be? It turned out to be the flood. It wasn't revealed apparently to Enoch what the judgment was going to be. At least it does not say. But the very fact that this occurred with Enoch gives us a pattern so that we can understand when prophets are going to arise, and why they arise.
There were no prophets in the beginning. Enoch is the first one. A prophet arises as judgment is on the horizon you might say, and God in His mercy sends someone in order that these people might repent and the judgment does not have to be made. And so the prophet will continue to prophesy before and during, at the very least, and sometimes even after the judgments falls, as in the case of Jeremiah. And so if a prophet arises, we know why, because God will follow that pattern. He never will deviate from that. He always gives His people a warning. He gives them an opportunity to repent so that the judgment does not have to fall.
Let's go back to the book of Jeremiah again and I'm going to show you in very succinct statement here the content of their preaching, and as it applies to us. I want you to consider this counsel from God that He gives through Jeremiah within the time context that Jeremiah gave it, and then apply it to what the church is going through.
When did Jeremiah prophesy? He began prophesying during the days of Josiah. We just read that. Josiah was the last good king that Judah had. He may have been the very best king spiritually that Judah ever had, including David. But when Josiah died, Jeremiah knew "that's all she wrote." "This is it." And he wrote Lamentations right on the heels of that. Jeremiah then continued prophesying all the way through. So just before—BOOM!—the axe came down from God while it was being done, and then in this case even after.
Now listen to this message in Jeremiah 6:16. Here comes God's counsel to His people:
Jeremiah 6:16 Thus says the LORD, Stand you in the [old] ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
What did He tell them to do? He told them to go back to what they had been given—the old ways. "Go back to what you received—the old ways." What's God's counsel to us today? God's pattern never changes. We aren't scattered like this because we are A-plus students. We aren't scattered because we have all kinds of righteous character. We are scattered because we have been a very grave disappointment to God, and He scattered us in order to save us. If we had continued the way we were, we would not be fit for His kingdom.
Let's go to Jeremiah 18:15. Notice this wording. It's Old Testament wording.
Jeremiah 18:15 Because my people has forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have burned incense to vanity, ....
It means they have given their devotion to vanity, to useless things. Often this word is translated "idolatry," or "idolatries."
Jeremiah 18:15 They have burned incense to idolatries, and they [the idolatries] have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths ....
The idolatries have caused them to stumble in their ways from what? From the old things that we were given. But they're "passé," see. "We're smarter than that now." No, we aren't.
Jeremiah 18:15 walk in paths in a way not cast up.
That means "a highway"—something that is clear of obstruction. It has no impediments on it. The "straight and the narrow way" is the highway.
Let's go to Jeremiah 31:20-22. This is a tender-hearted passionate appeal from God.
Jeremiah 31:20 Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: [I love him!] therefore my bowels are troubled for him; ...
His stomach was churning as it were. He had diarrhea, again as it were, because He's putting His feelings into human terms.
Jeremiah 31:20-22 I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD. Set you up waymarks [signs, signposts, arrows that say "This is the way. Walk you in it. Go in this direction."], make you high heaps [piles of rocks, or whatever, that will point out the way to go, and give direction]: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went [meaning the way that you formerly went, the way you used to go]: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities. How long will you go about ...["How long will you wander? Get back on the highway!"]...O you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth. A woman shall compass a man.
That's what I'm trying to do here today—set up sign posts. Brethren, what the church is going through, what we have experienced beginning actually long before Mr. Armstrong died in 1986, we can look back on that now and see the church was headed off the track. "Got to get the church back on the track." Mr. Armstrong never succeeded. He did a good job, a valiant effort, but it never really truly got back on, and he knew it. That's why not too long before he died he said, "Get the church ready." He knew it wasn't ready. I sincerely believe, even though I was not all that close to him where I was able to talk to him easily or frequently, he was afraid to die because he was afraid of what was going to happen to the church after he died.
What the church is going through is not new. History keeps repeating itself over and over and over again, even in the church, because human nature never changes. So the cycle goes on. When it occurs, it always always features doctrinal changes from what we have been given to get the people to believe something different. That's what you have to do to scatter the people of God.
Now God doesn't mince words. He calls these false teachings "idolatries." That's what drove us apart, and so God's counsel is that we retrace our steps back to what was departed from.
Let's just review a little bit in the New Testament here. Go to Revelation 3:11 to the Philadelphia church.
Does that embrace up the date? Does it fit in with Jeremiah? You'd better believe it! It fits in with every prophet, because every prophet said basically the same thing. "Go back (or hold on to what you have) that is good." So what we have here then is a warning that somebody is going to try to take what we're supposed to hold fast to away from us, and it will be things that are of the spirit, the heart, and the mind—our belief system.
We could go to a multitude of Scriptures that will change the wording a little bit, but they are saying essentially the same thing—"Go back to what you received." "Hold fast." "Guard the truth." "Give more earnest heed to the things which you have heard." "Earnestly contend for the faith once delivered unto the saints." Every apostle said something very similar to that.
The sermon's going to take a little bit of a turn here, because I want to hit this from another angle. Maybe you never thought of this one, but in I Corinthians 4 is a very interesting principle.
I Corinthians 4:9 For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Paul begins this by saying that he thinks that it's entirely possible that God has a purpose in mind that is going to call for the death of the apostles, and he says "We are made a spectacle." Do you know what that word "spectacle" is? It's the Greek word from which we get our word "theatre," and Paul is saying it's almost as if the apostles were made like a sideshow in a circus—a spectacle. That's what he's talking about. That's the way apostles seem to be valued in the eyes of the people in the world. They are a sideshow.
In verse 10 Paul becomes quite sarcastic, because he aims this now at the church members—this very immature group of people who are in Corinth. He says:
I Corinthians 4:10-16 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we [apostles] are weak, but you are strong; you are honourable, but we [apostles] are despised. Even unto this present hour we [apostles] both hunger and thirst, and are naked [poorly clothed] and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; and labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Being defamed, we intreat. [Actually it means encourage. They turned the other cheek.]: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you ...[I plead with you. I beg you.] you followers of me.
Do you understand what was happening here? These people who thought that they were so great, so smart, and probably had a lot of people with a lot of degrees after their name, were following after liars rather than the man—"their father in the faith"—who had given them the truth. Paul saw this badly divided congregation going through a type of a teenage rebellion against the family, and that they needed to be faithful to him, their father in the faith. They were thinking wrongly. They thought they knew a lot.
How does this apply to us? We have a responsibility to be faithful to our father in the faith too. Who is your "father in the faith"? Herbert W. Armstrong. But just in case you think this does not hold water with God, we're going to go back to the book of Jeremiah again. There's some very interesting instruction here in Jeremiah 35. While you are there, I'm going to read another Scripture to you, and this is going to be in Luke 10:16. I want you to think of this in regard to Herbert Armstrong. Just imagine Jesus saying this to him:
Luke 10:16 He that hears you hears me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him [My Father] that sent me.
We're messing around with serious stuff here. When those people in the wilderness moved to reject Moses, all they saw was Moses the man. Moses saw right through it, and he says, "Why do you rebel against God?"
There is a very interesting thing here in Jeremiah 35:
Jeremiah 35:1-3 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites.
So then Jeremiah followed through. He took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, who represented the whole house of the Rechabites.
Jeremiah 35:6-8 But they said, We will drink no wine: [Why?] for Jonadab the son of Rechaab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you nor your sons forever: Neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you be strangers. Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechaab our father in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters.
Jeremiah 35:13-15 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but you hearkened not unto me [their spiritual Father]. I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
Jeremiah 35:18-19 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he has commanded you: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall never lack a man to stand before me forever.
Loyalty goes up and down. Herbert Armstrong was required to be loyal to the Father, and to pass onto us his understanding of the Scriptures. Our responsibility then was to be loyal to the Father, and to Herbert Armstrong as well. Faithfulness to a father is very highly respected by God, even in doing something that was not unrighteous to do, like drinking wine.
The sermon is going to take another turn. I am trying, brethren, to chop the legs off every argument that has been put forward by those who want to change the calendar. Let's look at this yet from another angle.
Are we to be subject only to those things—people or institutions—that we feel are perfect or good? Consider civil authorities.
We're touching on His sovereignty.
Daniel 4:32 And they shall drive you [Nebuchadnezzar] from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and give it to whomsoever he will.
Sometimes, as He says, He gives it to the basest of men. Now are we supposed to be subject to those base men?
Daniel 4:35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? [God, what are You doing here?]
Go now to Romans 13:1-4 to a very familiar section on Scripture.
Romans 13:1-4 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power [or the authority]? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same: for he is the minister [or servant] of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil.
And then he goes on to tell us even to pay taxes.
Again let me ask: Are we to be subject only to those people, or laws, that we judge to be just and righteous? Sometimes what these people do frequently has very grave impact on our lives, and Scripture assigns us to be faithful to God by being subject to them.
Luke 2:49-51 And he said unto them, How is it that you sought me? Wist you not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
It says very plainly here that Jesus, knowing who He was, was subject to His parents. Now we consider His awesome understanding. He subjected Himself to them. In addition to that, He would not impose Himself into civil affairs, which begins to become very interesting. For instance, He would not render a civil judgment.
You might recall that at the time two of His disciples [it says "two of His company"] came to Him, and the one asked Him to make a judgment about the inheritance. Jesus' response to them was, "Who made Me a judge or a ruler over you?" That was something that would have had to been decided in a civil court, and so He withdrew Himself from it despite His awesome ability to read men's minds, look right into their hearts and understand who was telling the truth here. He did not do it. It was a civil affair, and He withdrew Himself.
In John the 8th chapter we find Him there being confronted by the Jews who tried to trick Him into making a civil judgment by bringing the woman taken in adultery to Him. They were trying to trick Him into making a judgment and have her put to death on His word. But He got out of that pretty slickly, didn't He? He refused again to render a civil judgment there, even though He did tell the lady she was a sinner and she needed to repent and not sin anymore. What I'm getting at here is that He would not impose Himself in those responsibilities that were assigned to others.
Let's go to John 19:7-11. I bring this up because I want you to see that sometimes what civil authorities do has very serious consequences for us.
John 19:7-11 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; And went again into the judgment hall, and said unto Jesus, Whence are you? [Where are You from?] But Jesus gave him no answer. Then said Pilate unto him, speak you not unto me? Know you not that I have power to crucify you, and have power to release you? Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above: therefore he that delivered me unto you has the greater sin.
Jesus understood well, and He submitted to the principles of governmental authority. He would not intervene in any way to countermand what was ordained of His Father. Instead, He said, "Not My will, but Yours be done." And that will was expressed in the Old Testament. He believed it, and He lived by it.
It jars our sense of justice. It doesn't seem fair that One so good, One so righteous should not only die, but die so viciously and ignominiously before people so depraved as to be devoid it seems of even normally decent feelings and respect for life.
Well the calendar fits into this scenario, because it is the calendar of Israel. It isn't in the Bible. It is the calendar of Israel. The responsibility for it was given specifically to the Levites, and the Jews in general, and they are responsible to God for its maintenance and the setting and the proclaiming of the Holy Days on it, and we are subject to that assignment by God. It is the assignment that is in Scripture, not the calendar. The church cannot be neatly excised from the nation of Israel as if Israel no longer exists, or believe that each exists totally independent of the other. I'm talking about the Israel to whom God gave His laws and promises, and used in His service.
Let's be reminded what Paul said in Ephesians 2, speaking to the Gentiles.
Ephesians 2:11-13 Wherefore remember that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, . . . That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.
Near to what, brethren? Near to this hope that we have. Near to the covenants of promise. Near to God. Near, ...part of the Commonwealth of Israel. They are no longer aliens. They are citizens, and subject to that calendar.
We were all Gentiles in the flesh spiritually. As I said, it is not the calendar that's in Scripture, it's the assignment of the responsibility that is in Scripture, and God gave His oracles to the Jews, not to the church. The Jews are responsible for the preservation of the Old Testament, not the church, and the oracles include the calendar, because the calendar cannot be separated from the Old Testament or the New Testament, because the calendar is necessary to keep the Holy Days. It is not even the church's responsibility. It is the Jews' responsibility, and most specifically the Levites' responsibility.
The church does not exist in a vacuum. It is still very largely existing and operating within Israel, and you know that this is true. I want you to look at a Scripture in the book of Amos.
Amos 9:9 For lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, ....
Has that happened, brethren? Is it even maybe still happening?
Amos 9:9 as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
As astounding as it might seem to our finite minds, He knows where every Israelite is—buried or still alive. Is He able to watch over a calendar? Is God faithful, or what? He's going to save Israel, and the church exists within it. It is part of the Commonwealth of Israel. So God hasn't lost track of where Israel is, because His purpose is continuing to be worked out whether or not they are aware. But we must know, we must be aware of where Israel is, because it is essential for us to understand. It is a faith-building thing.
Now we have got to learn that God doesn't think like we do, and that's the major problem between us and Him. That is why faith is very important to our relationship with Him, because He wants us to come to the place where we do think like Him, and because we do, we will then live, on a human level, as He lives as God, because we live what we think.
The practical result of not thinking like God is that when there appear then in our lives numerous anomalies, and when these things occur, our faith is very severely tested. "Surely God wouldn't want me to tithe when I have all of these bills." "Surely God wouldn't want me to lose my job because of keeping the Sabbath." "Surely He wouldn't want me to humble myself before sinners." And so we begin to say, "Well, here is the way I see it." And that's just simply a takeoff on Proverbs 14:12, that "there is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
Far too many do not understand faith and government, and almost invariably end up fighting the ministry, accusing them of seeking power. And again the calendar fits into this scenario. "Surely people wouldn't want me to obey something that seems so wrong," and so conscience issues arise. Are you on a conscience bender? You haven't faced anything like this in Genesis 22:1.
Genesis 22:1-2 And it came to pass after these things, that God did test Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell you of.
I'll tell you, here is one very difficult anomaly, and it is only for those who are of great faith. But if Abraham was only living by sight, he could easily come up with arguments as to why he shouldn't do this, because this is the God who clearly said, "You shall not kill." In addition to that, Abraham knew that He was totally opposed to human sacrifice in the worship of any god. And thirdly, here he was to literally kill as a sacrifice the very one that He Himself had designated and provided by a miracle as the heir of the promises, and given in good faith to Abraham.
"Surely God would not require this of me. How can He possibly be pleased by my being obedient to something so vile?" You talk about having a conscience problem. I'll tell you, this thing with the calendar is nothing in terms of conscience compared to this. You see, Abraham didn't let it sit. He knew God pretty well.
Hebrews 11:17-19 By faith Abraham, when he was tried [tested], offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, that in Isaac shall your seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Genesis 22:10-12 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not your hand upon the lad, neither do you anything unto him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your, your only son from me.
God said, "Now I know." You put that together with Hebrews 11 and that tells me that as far as Abraham was concerned, Isaac was as good as dead. No thought can be withheld from God. He read Abraham's mind! Isaac was dead, and that's why He stopped him. Abraham cleared his conscience because he knew God so well, he knew that even though he did not understand, but everything that God does is righteous and good, everything that God requires of us is consistent with His character. Everything that God requires of us is consistent with His purpose. He never deviates from His patterns, and therefore Abraham knew that the defect was in his own mind, in his own feelings, not in God's command.
Do you suppose there might be defects in people's feelings about the calendar? Well, I think there are, because it's saying, "God, You can't provide. You can't set a table in the wilderness. You've ignored Your people for 1600 years or so in failing to correct it. Now correct it now."
God has made many assignments. He gave an everlasting priesthood to Phinehas. He gave the kingly line to David. He gave Temple responsibilities to the Levites. The preservation and overall administration of the Oracles of God He gave to Judah. All of these things are aspects of God's sovereignty, and we have no legal right to change them. We are to faithfully respect them.
Let me show you an example of a man who did not respect what God had set forth. This is speaking of Uzziah, one of Judah's better kings.
II Chronicles 26:16-21 But when he [Uzziah] was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. And Azariah the priest went in after him and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: And they withstood Uzziah the king and said unto him, It appertains not unto you Uzziah to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honour from the LORD God. Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests looked upon him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from then; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death.
This is why nobody who has ever attempted to change the calendar, and also had a connection with the Church of God, has prospered. God doesn't kill these people. He just takes away their effectiveness.
In Matthew 11:19 it says "but wisdom is justified of her children." "Children" is synonymous with "fruit." What fruit has the calculated Hebrew calendar as compared with those of others? Everybody that has used it has been united by it. Everybody who deviates away from it, even so far as we know amongst the Jews, divides in confusion.
Now isn't there some wisdom shown from that track record? It's not the calendar. It's God who will not permit them to prosper as a faithful witness to us because He is on the job, protecting and providing.
Now compare that to the fruits of Herbert Armstrong's ministry. If Herbert Armstrong was an apostle, and there is absolutely no pure sacred calendar in the Bible, and God gives every appearance of being pleased with Herbert Armstrong's decision to use that calculated Hebrew calendar, through prosperity and unity, both spiritual and numerical growth, for over fifty years, does it not appear to be wisdom to use it? Doesn't it seem foolishness to try to change it, especially in light of the fact that it was a multitude of changes that drove us into this scattered condition? Another change is just going to drive us further apart.
Now spiritually, the issue is our faith in the faithfulness of God. And just assuredly as we must live by faith, trusting God in relation to civil authorities, we must also trust Him in regard to the calendar. "Now faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." We must live by faith, and that faith is derived from what is written in God's word, and if we understand that sequence of Scriptures in Romans 10, we also see the words of which our faith is based, are also delivered by one God has sent bearing a message.
The issue is not the calendar per se. It some ways that is a minor affair. The issue before God is our faith in the sovereignty, the providence, and the faithfulness of God, because the calendar is not in the Bible. What is in the Bible are the principles of government that we are to have faith in. And so the one bearing the message in our era gave us the calculated Hebrew calendar, and this same one is "our father in the faith," and so we owe responsibility to him as well. He gave us a calendar that has been in use by the Church of God unchanged for at least 1600 years, even though God had every opportunity to change it.
Incidentally, evidence is building that it has been in continuous use by the Jews much longer than that. The time points to sometime around the time of Hezekiah in the 8th century BC So God has already assigned that responsibility, and we have no legal right to form one on our own.
II Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast [don't move], and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
The very fact that "word" there does not have the definite article "the" in front of it [the word] means he is not talking about the Bible. His epistles were Scripture. He is talking about things that he said.
This word traditions encompasses more than Scripture. It encompasses the whole thing that we have been given.
II Thessalonians 2:16-17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which has loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
He has already provided us with a calendar, and He has witnessed in many ways that He is pleased to accept our worship of Him through it. The issue for us is always going to be our faith in the faithfulness of God.
Lamentations 3:22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Malachi 3:6 I am God, I change not.
Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
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Bundle Format ------------- A ChimeraX bundle is packaged as a Python `wheel `_. A wheel usually contains Python and/or compiled code along with additional resources such as icons, data files, and documentation. While the general Python wheel specification supports installing files into arbitrary location, ChimeraX bundles are limited to provide a single folder/directory, which may be installed using the ``toolshed install`` command. Bundle folders are typically placed in a per-user location, which may be listed using the ``toolshed cache`` command. It is possible but not recommended to use *pip* to install a bundle. ChimeraX maintains a bundle metadata cache for fast initialization, which *pip* will not update, and therefore the bundle functionality may not be available even though the wheel is installed. In this event, try running the ``toolshed refresh`` command to force an update. Creating bundles follows the same basic procedure as `creating Python wheel `_, with a few ChimeraX customizations. The most straightforward way is to start with some ChimeraX sample code and modify it appropriately. Bundle Sample Code ------------------ To build a bundle from the `sample code `_, you can either use the ``make`` program, or the ChimeraX application if you do not have ``make``. On Linux and macOS, ``make`` is available as part of the developer package. On Windows, ``make`` is available as part of `Cygwin `_. Because the sample code includes C++ source code that need to be compiled, you will need a C++ compiler for the build. On Windows, we use Microsoft Visual Studio, Community 2015. On the Mac, we use ``Xcode``. On Linux, ``gcc`` and ``g++`` are available in different packages depending on the flavor of Linux. The sample code is organized with "administrative" code at the top level and actual bundle code in the ``src`` folder. 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This file is a remnant from when bundles were built using the Python interpreter instead of ChimeraX It is here only as a potential starting point for developers who need greater control over the build process. **setup.cfg** is the configuration file used when **setup.py** is run. This file should not be modified. *Bundle Source Code Files* **__init__.py** contains the bundle initialization code. Typically, it defines a subclass of the ``chimerax.core.toolshed.BundleAPI`` class and instantiates a single instance named ``bundle_api``. ChimeraX communicates with the bundle through this singleton, which must conform to the `bundle API`. **cmd.py** contains code called by ``bundle_api`` from **__init__.py** for executing the ``sample`` command. **io.py** contains code called by ``bundle_api`` from **__init__.py** for opening XYZ files. **tool.py** contains code called by ``bundle_api`` from **__init__.py** for starting the graphical interface. **_sample.cpp** contains sample C++ code that compiles into a Python module that defines two module functions. *Building and testing the Sample Bundle using ``ChimeraX``* #. Create a **license.txt** file. The easiest way is to copy **license.txt.bsd** to **license.txt**. #. Start ChimeraX. In the command line, type ``devel install pathname`` where *pathname* is the path to the folder containing your bundle. This will build a wheel from your bundle and install it as a user bundle, *i.e.*, it will **not** be installed in the user-specific folder rather than the ChimeraX folder. #. 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If the bundle is not working as expected, *e.g.*, command is not found, tool does not start, and no messages are being displayed, try executing ``$(CHIMERAX_EXE) --debug`` (or ``make debug`` for short), which runs ChimeraX in debugging mode, and see if more messages are shown in the console. Distributing Bundles -------------------- With ChimeraX bundles being packages as standard Python wheel-format files, they can be distributed as plain files and installed using the ChimeraX ``toolshed install`` command. Thus, electronic mail, web sites and file sharing services can all be used to distribute ChimeraX bundles. Private distributions are most useful during bundle development, when circulation may be limited to testers. When bundles are ready for public release, they can be published on the `ChimeraX Toolshed`_, which is designed to help developers by eliminating the need for custom distribution channels, and to aid users by providing a central repository where bundles with a variety of functionality may be found. Customizable information for each bundle on the toolshed includes its description, screen captures, authors, citation instructions and license terms. Automatically maintained information includes release history and download statistics. To submit a bundle for publication on the toolshed, you must first sign in. Currently, only Google sign in is supported. Once signed in, use the ``Submit a Bundle`` link at the top of the page to initiate submission, and follow the instructions. The first time a bundle is submitted to the toolshed, approval from ChimeraX staff is needed before it is published. Subsequent submissions, using the same sign in credentials, do not need approval and should appear immediately on the site. .. _`ChimeraX Toolshed`: https://cxtoolshed.rbvi.ucsf.edu Cleaning Up ChimeraX Bundle Source Folders ------------------------------------------ Two ``make`` targets are provided for removing intermediate files left over from building bundles: ``make clean`` Remove generated files, *e.g.*, **setup.py** and **build** folder, as well as the **dist** folder containing the built wheels. Bundle Information XML Tags --------------------------- ChimeraX bundle information is stored in **bundle_info.xml**. Details of supported XML tags are found in :doc:`tutorials/bundle_info`. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82667 | Reduce fossil fuel consumption now, or our grandchildren will suffer." That's the old wisdom, and it has its critics. Some think environmentalists exaggerate; Bill McKibben believes they don't go nearly far enough. Global catastrophe, he says, is already here. The earth has changed so radically that it needs a new name: he suggests Eaarth.
McKibben has been dubbed "probably the nation's leading environmentalist" (The Boston Globe) and "the world's best green journalist" (Time). He is also a churchgoing, Sunday-school-teaching Methodist who has written that church people should be at the fore of the environmental movement, because Christianity teaches social justice, creation care, and selfless concern for others (The Christian Century).
In his newest book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (Times Books) , McKibben argues that "the earth has changed in profound ways, ways that have already taken us out of the sweet spot where humans so long thrived." For 10,000 years we bumped along quite nicely with 275 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Then we started burning fossil fuels, and the CO2 level began to rise. Respected scientists now estimate that the maximum safe level is 350 parts per million. According to McKibben's website,, we are currently at 387.
The results are already devastating. If we were able to turn back the clock and reduce CO2 levels to 350ppm or lower, we would still have a thawed Arctic, acidified oceans, changed rainfall patterns, and higher temperatures. "We're not … going to get back the planet we used to have, the one on which our civilization developed," McKibben writes."We're like the guy who ate steak for dinner every night and let his cholesterol top 300 and ...
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Look for hairdressing products that consist mainly of all-natural ingredients. Additionally, find shampoos and conditioners that are formulated for your specific hair type, such as fine, limp, oily or dry. If necessary, try several products until you are happy with your choice.
The idea that frequent haircuts cause your hair to grow more quickly is untrue. Human hair grows approximately half an inch a month, no matter how much you cut it. It may grow a bit faster during the summer, but in the end, your hormones dictate how quickly it grows, rather than how frequently you visit your stylist. Your hair may look better though by getting a trim to get rid of split ends.
While taking a shower, avoid keeping your hair directly under the shower spray for lengthy periods of time. Your hair is full of essential oils and minerals, and the longer the stay under the water, the more likely you are to strip these away. Take quicker showers if you want to cleanse your body and hair each morning.
TIP! Try using a heat-protectant spray on your hair if you require the use of a curling iron or blow drier. These products were created with frizzy hair in mind, but they can keep all kinds of hair looking healthy.
Stay away from hair products that contain alcohol. Your hair will lose moisture and get brittle and dry if you apply products containing alcohol. Sadly, many of the most widely used products are made with alcohol, and therefore you must remain vigilant.
If you want people to see you at your best, you need to use proper hairdressing techniques. Although it may seem unfair people are judged too often by how they look, you can defeat that! Give people a great impression and make yourself feel great by using the tips you went over here. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82710 | Apple dropped a bombshell for developers on WWDC 19. Among a bunch of other things, they released SwiftUI — a whole new way of making iOS apps and the biggest change to iOS development since Swift came out. Say goodbye to storyboards, auto-layout or coding your UI by hand, SwiftUI is here to replace all of that. If this sounds good to be true, you might be right. This introduction is here to show you what SwiftUI is all about, how it fits in the existing ecosystem and what it means for iOS developers.
Whether or not you're brave enough to switch to SwiftUI now, the fact is that the future of iOS development is SwiftUI. Currently, SwiftUI is in the same place Swift was a couple of years ago, starting small with a handful of early adopters. But Apple's messaging is pretty clear: Just like Swift, SwiftUI will become the dominant framework in a couple of years.
That's why learning SwiftUI, sooner rather than later, is a valuable (and marketable!) skill for any iOS developer and this introduction is here to get you started.
During the next few weeks, we'll be releasing the first part of our free SwiftUI course! In the course you'll dive deep into SwiftUI by building a real-world production-scale chat app, learning SwiftUI in a practical way, on a scale larger than a simple example app. Sign up and I'll send you an email each time we release a new part ✨.
How SwiftUI Works
To see just how different SwiftUI is from UIKit, let's look at a SwiftUI login screen.
A plain login screen written in SwiftUI
That screen is coded with the following code:
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
@State var email = ""
@State var password = ""
@State var error: String?
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack {
TextField("Email", text: $email, onCommit: validate)
SecureField("Password", text: $password, onCommit: validate)
Button(action: login) {
Text("Sign in")
}.disabled(error != nil)
error.flatMap {
Text("Error: \($0)").foregroundColor(.red)
}.navigationBarTitle("Log In")
func validate() { ... }
func login() { ... }
Right now you might not understand everything that's going on in the code above — that's okay. Focus on how much code there is. This is the whole UI. There are no additional storyboards, constraint setup code or UIView subclasses. Even without knowing SwiftUI, you can kind of figure out what the screen looks like and what it does just by looking at the code.
You can think of SwiftUI views as being split between two workers. The workers are each working on their own thing, and only indirectly impacting each other. The first worker renders the UI based on the current state. The other worker takes input from the user and changes the state.
How SwiftUI works
In a SwiftUI View, the state is a variable marked with @State, while the view is a computed variable called body.
struct ContentView: View {
@State var count = 0
var body: some View {
VStack {
Button(action: { self.count += 1 }) {
Text("Count: \(count)")
You can think of body as a function from the state to the view. The @State annotation tells SwiftUI to listen to changes of that variable. Whenever it changes, SwiftUI will call body to re-render the view based on that new state.
The Body
The syntax inside of body might look strange, like a different language embedded into Swift. In reality, it's all just plain old Swift. There's no compiler magic or special exceptions for SwiftUI: You could implement SwiftUI using plain Swift if you had enough time.
The reason the syntax looks so strange is that it uses implicit [return]( and function builders, two Swift 5.1 features.
Single-expression functions don't need a return keyword, which is why, in the above example, body can return a VStack even if you don’t write return.
Function builders let you define functions that implicitly return an array as a list of expressions. For instance, if you had a builder for an array of integers, you could write a function like the following:
func build() -> [Int] {
2 + 2
Swift will then create an empty array, take every top-level expression in the function, evaluate then and add their results to the array, returning [1, 4, 3] for the above example.
Similarly, in the SwiftUI example above, VStack is a struct that receives a function builder of Views in its initializer. Because Swift lets us emit the round brackets around closures, the syntax looks like VStack { ... }. Inside the curly braces, every top-level expression gets evaluated to a list of Views (in this case containing Button and Text) and added to a vertical stack view.
If you remove all syntax sugar from the above body, you'll end up with this:
var body: some View {
let button = Button(
action: { self.count += 1 },
label: { return ViewBuilder.buildBlock(Text("Increment")) })
let countText = Text("Count: \(count)")
return VStack(content: {
return ViewBuilder.buildBlock(button, countText)
It looks a lot messier, but you might get a better idea of what the code does this way.
The reason I'm telling you this is because SwiftUI will look daunting at first. You'll also receive very opaque error messages that you that will make you scratch your head in confusion. Knowing that underneath it all lies familiar old Swift will illuminate a lot of these errors for you.
The State
The counter screen example works without any additional code. You'll notice there's no "glue" code anywhere telling SwiftUI to update the counter label with the new text. That's because SwiftUI does that automatically.
By annotating count with @State, SwiftUI knows to call body to reload the view whenever count changes.
This still isn't compiler magic, just plain Swift. The @State annotation is made with a new Swift feature called property wrappers. Property wrappers are structs or classes that hold a single property and expose a setter and a getter, but when used they indistinguishable from a plain value.
By incrementing count (count += 1), you're really calling the setter in the State property wrapper. In other words, the following lines:
@State var count = 0
count += 1
Can be de-sugared to:
let countState = State(initialValue: 0)
countState.wrappedValue += 1
State has a defined setter for wrappedValue that will tell SwiftUI to reload the view. Thankfully, you don't have to write all that. By using property wrappers, SwiftUI lets you use the state as a regular variable, reloading the view automatically on every change.
You might notice an issue here. If we re-render the body every time a tiny change happens, we'll end up rewriting the whole UI every couple of seconds! Thankfully, SwiftUI only updates the views that need updating. The view hierarchy has a tree-like structure, and you can compare the current tree of views with the next one. Only the nodes that are different (and their sub-nodes) need to be updated.
The goal of SwiftUI is to let the system take care of more things, so you can focus on making the app you like.
The Three Tenets of SwiftUI
You'll hear a lot of buzzwords around SwiftUI, both from Apple and the community. To realize what SwiftUI means, it's important to unpack those buzzwords:
First, SwiftUI is composable. It doesn't separate views from view controllers, instead, your whole UI is made up of Views. This gives you the flexibility to separate your code in any way you see fit. You can have one huge View for your app, or have a huge hierarchy of small Views. This also makes it easier to reuse stuff. Every View can be placed inside every other View, with no need for child view controllers or lifecycle management pains.
A composable View hierarchy in SwiftUI
This makes SwiftUI development incredibly easy for copy-and-paste development. While seasoned developers might scoff at that sentence, the way people build apps these days is by searching for simple things like "how to make a button" and copying the code.
I built a login screen this way in SwiftUI, without any previous knowledge, in 15 minutes. If I wanted to do that in UIKit, I'd have to spend days reading about Interface Builder, auto-layout and outlets before I could even start coding.
Finding a working example and tweaking it to your needs is incredibly productive, and SwiftUI lets you do that.
Secondly, SwiftUI is declarative. Instead of creating a storyboard or creating your UI by instantiating and setting up views, SwiftUI lets you use Swift code to describe your UI. You tell SwiftUI, "I want a black view here, and a red view inside of it." SwiftUI then goes and draws those views for you. And it's all just plain Swift code.
What's frustrating about Storyboards is that they're not code. Everything needs to be constant and pre-determined. You can't dynamically calculate a margin or hide a view based on some condition. In other words, there are no **if**s in a storyboard.
However, the code inside SwiftUI's body is plain Swift. That means that all of Swift's tools are available to you: You can use structs, classes, collections, loops and control blocks to write out your UI. If you want to show an empty state in your list, you can check if the list is empty and show that view, and otherwise show the list.
By giving you the flexibility of Swift, your UI code becomes a lot simpler, and the tension between the Storyboard and your code disappears.
Finally, SwiftUI is reactive. If you want to change the color of a button in UIKit, you'd grab the button and directly set its color. SwiftUI doesn't offer this direct control. Instead, you'd have a state variable that defines button's color. You'd also have a different function that returns a new button based on this new variable. Whenever you change the state variable, SwiftUI will automatically call the latter function and draw the new button.
This eliminates a whole class of bugs that come up as a result of a difference between your view controller's state and what's shown on the UI. By letting SwiftUI reload your views automatically, you know that your view's state is the single source of truth for the view. This lets you focus on working only on the state, without having to think of what will happen in your view.
This idea of separating working on your state and your view is a long-standing idea in the iOS community. It's the idea behind the most popular architectural patterns like MVP (Model and Presenter separated from the View), MVVM (Model and View Model separated from the View), VIPER and others. With SwiftUI, you get this separation out of the box.
This combination of features in a single framework isn't new by a long shot. React, Vue.js and Angular — three of the most JavaScript UI frameworks already have these features. With frameworks like Electron, React Native, Jetpack Compose and Flutter, this approach to UI is already here on mobile, in huge apps like Instagram, Uber or Pinterest. This is well-trodden territory and has proved itself to be one of the most productive ways to program UIs.
Thinking SwiftUI
By now you noticed that SwiftUI works a lot differently than UIKit. Just like you can't write Swift as you wrote Objective-C, you can't write SwiftUI like you wrote UIKit. SwiftUI requires a change of mindset.
When looking at a login screen, an iOS developer will first think of a view controller containing two text views and a button. In SwiftUI, you'll instead think of three different Views. First, you'll need a View for the text view. Next, you'll need another View for the button. Finally, you'll need a View that will assemble two text views and the button.
When working with SwiftUI, you'll stop thinking in terms of properties and methods, and start thinking in terms of state. A text view has a state variable that holds the text. Instead of changing textView.text, you'll update the state. The state change will then trigger a call of the body variable, where you'll return a new text field containing the new text.
By starting simple and slowly building out a whole app, this type of thinking will become second-nature by the end of our SwiftUI course.
How Hard is SwiftUI?
I won't lie to you, SwiftUI is completely different than UIKit. When I first started building an app in SwiftUI I had a little identity crisis. Here I was, an iOS developer who has worked on tens of apps, wrote and edited books about iOS, spoke at iOS meetups — struggling with centering a text field.
Over time, though, I found my way around the different types of views. When I get stuck, I knew what to try and where to find the solutions. I realized that, even though my UIKit knowledge isn't of much use, I still understand Swift, the iOS ecosystem and programming. Thankfully, SwiftUI is nothing but Swift! Armed with these skills (and our course!), I'm sure you'll quickly get the hang of SwiftUI.
That's where we come in. During the following few months, we'll be releasing a SwiftUI course that will teach you how to make a complete, production-level SwiftUI app. Read to the end of this article to find out more about the course!
What about UIKit?
You can think of UIKit now as Objective-C a couple of years ago. Even though SwiftUI is the new hotness, it still stands on the shoulders of UIKit (and Objective-C, for that matter). That means that UIKit isn't going away soon.
Slowly, over time, Apple will probably put more and more focus on SwiftUI, until eventually, SwiftUI will be the framework receiving new features instead of UIKit. Don't worry, though, you still have plenty of time.
Speaking of which, the pragmatists among you might want to hold out a little bit until you convert your app to SwiftUI. Just like the early days of Swift, SwiftUI is young and not fully molded into shape. Some things that exist in UIKit are still just plain missing. As SwiftUI evolves and matures, expect a lot of changes and View rewriting.
That isn't to say you shouldn't learn SwiftUI. If you're an iOS developer, knowing SwiftUI (and knowing it early) can help you stand out among other, more conservative developers. Eventually, everybody doing iOS development will need people who know SwiftUI. Getting in early can be a competitive advantage for you or your company.
Should I Use SwiftUI?
You should learn SwiftUI as soon as possible. But, should you convert or start making your app in SwiftUI? The answer is, as it is often, an unsatisfying “it depends”.
SwiftUI is very young and the small SwiftUI community is only starting to grow. Some things that are available in UIKit don't yet exist in SwiftUI, and there are some kinks Apple still needs to work out. I expect SwiftUI to change a little bit in a year's time, which might not be the best thing to hear if you want to convert your whole app.
If you're starting to make an app now and only want to support iOS 13, I'd strongly consider using SwiftUI as much as possible.
If you already have an existing app, it might be more practical to build new views in SwiftUI (and convert a few existing smaller ones) and use UIKit and SwiftUI in tandem, slowly increasing the ratio of SwiftUI code over UIKit. John Sundell seems to agree with this thinking and has some good practical advice on his blog post about how to mix and match SwiftUI with UIKit.
If you decide to go full SwiftUI, be ready for some changes down the line. If you decide to not use SwiftUI at all, don't be surprised when Apple pulls the UIKit rug out from under you sooner than you expect. I suggest going right down the middle and gradually adopting SwiftUI as you go.
Let's get started!
To help you master SwiftUI, we're working on a full SwiftUI course that we'll release over the coming few months.
This SwiftUI course is designed for the practical developer. You'll learn SwiftUI by building our a real-world production-level chat app. You'll see the benefits and disadvantages of SwiftUI on a scale larger than a simple example app. You'll also learn how large SwiftUI apps can be structured and architected, as well as how to leverage other new frameworks like Combine to help you build your apps.
While other courses and Apple's website offer great short examples, diving in deep is the only way to fully learn a framework, and that's what we'll do in this course.
Here's how this course is structured:
• SwiftUI Introduction
• Building out the UI (link coming soon)
• What's a View?
• Using Previews
• Managing the State
• Lists and Navigation
• Building the Chat Screen
• Adding Animations
• Architecting SwiftUI Apps (link coming soon)
• State, Binding, Object, What?
• Environment Objects
• Introduction to Combine
• Making a Chat Service
• Networking with Combine (link coming soon)
• Using Combine for Networking
• Creating Combine Publishers
• Hooking it up
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In most cases, if the claim is settled before trial, Costs will amount to roughly $5,000 to $7,500. Cases that go to trial can have Costs easily in the $15,000 to $20,000 range. These Costs are paid in addition to the other parts of your claim, which would include ‘General Damages’ (damages for pain and suffering), ‘Special Damages’ (expenses that you incurred as a plaintiff to treat your injuries), ‘Disbursements’ (out of pocket expenses incurred by your lawyer as part of running your case – e.g. treatment notes, expert reports, etc.). Lawyers are allowed to take a percentage of the Costs recovered on your behalf (as long as that percentage does not exceed the percentage that you agreed to pay the lawyer on the main part of your file). |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82724 | These recipes are perfect for your St. Patty's Day festivities.
By Kimberly Holland
March 12, 2015
Photo: Rachel Johnson
If you find yourself searching Pinterest for St. Patrick's Day snack mixes, you're going to come up rather empty handed. A search returns some ideas that, though cute, don't even near the healthy hemisphere. That's why we decided to create these fun and festive snack mixes just in time for everyone to don some green, avoid the pinches, and say cheers with healthy green drinks and snacks.
Combine these mixes in any amount you need. Recipes are in parts, not specific measurements (e.g. cups, tablespoons, etc). Make as much or as little as you need for the crowd you're serving.
Green Power Mix
A spicy-sweet grouping with lots of crunch.
2 parts wasabi peas + 1 part cashews + 1 part white chocolate chips
"Irish I had more gold!" Mix
A classic snack mix—nuts, chocolate, dried fruit, and pretzels.
1 part green chocolate candies (such as M&M's) + 3 parts pretzels + 1 part no-sugar-added banana chips + 1 part unsalted almonds, 1 part bittersweet chocolate chips
Pot o' Gold Mix
Sweet and crunchy favorites—exactly what the leprechaun wants at the end of the rainbow.
1 part apple chips + 1 part coconut chips + 1 part banana chips + 1/2 part pretzels + 1/2 part unsalted roasted almonds + 1/2 part cashews + 1/2 part white chocolate chips |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82736 | 6 Marks of Biblical Modesty: How God Brings Sexy Back
Modesty is a controversial topic, especially when you throw God into the mix. Some simply cannot fathom, amidst all the great injustices in the world, that God actually cares if a girl wears skin-tight pants with the word “Juicy” written on them.
But in the end, it is the Word of God that should drive our discussions about modesty. What has God revealed about it?
First and foremost, a biblical definition of modesty must focus on the heart. Biblical modesty is primarily about our motivations. In addition, modest dress is also about discernment, having an awareness of others and our environment.
6 Marks of Biblical Modesty
Modern Modesty Controversies
In a recent conversation, a woman I spoke with seemed deeply offended when I suggested a woman’s manner of dress could tempt a man to lust. She wasn’t denying the claim that men lust after women, but she was emphatic that women are not to blame for a man’s lustful thoughts and actions.
She’s right, of course. A person is never guilty of another person’s sin.
This woman’s protest is, in part, motivated by a desire to fight various rape myths in our culture. When a girl dresses scantily, goes to a college party, gets drunk, makes out with a dozen guys, and then is raped, for some there is a tendency to say, “Well, she was just asking for it.” This kind of victim-blaming, sadly, leads some to temper any compassion for such women when they are abused.
Let’s be clear: victims of rape are not guilty of their rape. The girl who walks across campus at 2 a.m. and gets assaulted is not to blame for the crime committed against her. Similarly, victims of another’s lust do not thereby mean a woman is guilty of lust. She should never be made to account for another person’s sin.
So how then do we define biblical modesty? Where does modesty fit into the Christian ethic?
Paul on Biblical Modesty: 1 Timothy 2:8-10
Christian women should concern themselves with modesty because the Bible does. This text is a primary example.
(For the purposes of this article, I am writing about women because Paul is writing about women in these verses. But I recognize that men should also embrace modesty.)
1. Modesty is not anti-fashion.
At the outset, we should take note that Paul is not anti-adornment. The force of his statement is positive: “women should adorn themselves.” These are not the words of an anti-fashion prude. The same word “adorn” is used to speak of a bride beautifying herself for her husband (Revelation 21:2). It is a term that expresses being ornamented, well-kempt, and put in order.
The question for Paul isn’t about whether a woman should ornament her body, but how.
2. Modesty is about who you worship.
In the context, Paul is talking about how women should prepare themselves for gathering at church. Women are commanded to adorn themselves in a way that is fitting for worship. If they “profess godliness”—that is, they desire to show God honor and reverence—how should they dress?
Paul puts his finger on the trigger of the problem. In Ephesus, the original destination of this letter, the cultural elite were known for their gaudy and extravagant wardrobes, their elaborate hair styles, and their expensive clothing that communicated extraordinary wealth. Paul paints a picture of this for the Ephesians Christians and says, “Don’t mimic that. When you come to church, come dressed in a way that shows you desire for the attention to be on God, not yourself.”
A person’s manner of dress, or even their preoccupation with clothing itself (Matthew 6:28-30), is often indicative of a heart that loves self more than God.
3. Modesty is about behavior and attitude, not just clothing.
When Paul says that women should wear “respectable apparel,” the term “apparel” is probably translated too narrowly: it is a term that encompasses not just clothing, but one’s whole demeanor, attitude, and actions.
From the clothing she wears to the way she carries herself, a Christian woman ought to be seemly and well-ordered (as the text here says, “respectable”). Ultimately, what should adorn a woman is not just clothing but “good works.” As Christians, we are being remade by God for good works (Ephesians 2:10). Christ died so that we might be zealous for good works (Titus 2:14). Women should seek to dress their lives in works that do good to others, marked with godly love.
This means biblical modesty is not simply about what we wear, but how we act, how we communicate, and how relate to others.
4. Modesty shows sensitivity to sin.
In this text Paul says a woman’s apparel should be worn with “modesty.” Other translation opt for the word “decency.” The King James Version translates this “shamefacedness,” which gets more to the heart of the word.
It is talking about a demeanor of reverence–showing respect to oneself and a regard for others. It even carries the connotation of “bashful.” Connected to the term “shame,” the word implies the idea of grief over sin that is in the world—that a woman would be so sensitive to sin, knowing that sin is offensive to God, that she would never come close to trying to provoke it in others.
No, a woman is not guilty of a man’s lust if she dresses with the intention to allure him. Let him account for his sins. But she is guilty of a lack of shamefacedness, for treating sin lightly. A heart of modesty is motivated by a love for one’s fellow man.
5. Modesty involves cultural discretion.
Paul didn’t just paint broad strokes when talking about modesty; he gave specifics. He said braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire were out of place for a truly modest woman.
Some knowledge of Roman culture is helpful for understanding what Paul is saying. In Paul’s day, Greek hairstyles for women were fairly simple: hair was parted in the middle and pinned in the back. But a culture change was sweeping the region. Women in the imperial household were wearing their hair with elaborate curls and braids, covered in expensive ornaments. The elite throughout the empire copied this style.
For Paul, the appearance of braids and ornaments was more about what the fashion communicated. They carried connotations of imperial luxury and conjured up images of notoriously immoral Empresses like Valeria Messalina and Poppeaea Sabina, ancient equivalents of Cosmopolitan cover girls.
The poet Juvenal, a contemporary of Paul, gives a vivid description of this cultural trend:
“There is nothing that a woman will not permit herself to do. Nothing that she deems shameful. And when she encircles her neck with green emeralds and fastens huge pearls to her elongated ears, so important is the business of beautification. So numerous are the tiers and stories piled one another on her head that she pays no attention to her own husband.”
Similarly, the philosopher Philo gives a description of a prostitute in his writing called “The Sacrifices of Cain and Abel”:
“A prostitute is often described as having hair dressed in elaborate braids, her eyes with pencil lines, her eyebrows smothered in paint and her expensive clothes embroidered lavishly with flowers and bracelets and necklaces of gold and jewels hanging all over her.”
Paul’s description of immodest dress conjured a picture of someone preoccupied with appearance, fashion, luxury, and sexual prowess. Similarly, modern modesty standards are not about arbitrary rules of how much skin is shown or how low-cut something is, but about the messages and values our clothing communicates.
6. Modesty is about true freedom, not repression.
More often than not, modesty standards are seen as repressive, arbitrary rules that restrict a woman’s creativity and freedom. But when modesty is motivated from the heart, the exact opposite is true.
Paul says women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel with “self-control.” This might be better understood as “self-mastery,” being of sound mind or sober, being in control of one’s impulses and appetites. In extra-biblical literature, this word has sexual nuances: being able to totally control your romantic and erotic desires.
Habitual immodesty is often, though not always, fruit of a kind of slavery. A woman may be enslaved by her desire to attract a man. She might define her worth by her fashion sense, her sex appeal, her image, her bust size, her weight, or the brand names she wears. This kind of slavery is widespread because sin impacts us all, and in today’s sexually charged, media-saturated culture, many women fall prey to this kind of slavery.
But as Christians we are free from the slavery of sin because we are united to Christ. Paul exhorts us to live out this freedom: “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions” (Romans 6:12). When it comes to modest dress, we can follow Paul’s next statement quite literally: Do not present the members of your body to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present your members to God as instruments for righteousness (v.13). Paul wants Christian woman to have self-mastery in their wardrobe choices, to be totally free from worldly ways of defining worth, beauty, and sexiness.
Ironically, it is not just those who are scantily dressed that are enslaved, but even those who pride themselves on their modesty. “Modest is hottest,” they say, unaware that in their own hearts, they are still enslaved to a preoccupation with their physical image, still defining their worth by their outward adornment.
Defining Biblical Modesty
Taken together, these aspects of biblical modesty help to give us a working definition.
Modesty is a respectable manner of adorning one’s body and carrying oneself, born out of a freedom from a worldly definition of beauty and worth, and motivated by a hatred of sin and a desire to draw attention to God.
When it comes to the subject of modest clothing, the first question we should ask ourselves is: What am I trying to accomplish by what I wear?
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Man or woman or both? (The Rayka & Jack Dialogue 2)
Last year I had a very interesting email conversation with Rayka, a young Iranian girlfag and female to male crossdreamer. This is part two of our edit of that conversation. Part 1 can be found here.
If anyone have doubted the existence of female to male crossdreamers, this conversations should end that misconception.
Adam Lambert, girlfag icon.
In this part we discuss to what extent childhood experiences and hormones may shape our crossdreaming, and how to find word that can be used to describe who we are.
(Apropos words: A crossdreamer is someone who gets excited by the idea of being or becoming the other sex. A girlfag is female bodied person with a strong affinity to gay male culture and who may imagine herself being a gay man with a gay man).
What causes crossdreaming: Childhood, hormones?
I just wanted to know more about the theories about social and psychological causes of crossdreaming. I heard that getting raped at childhood might cause this condition. Well I experienced this! They say for a female, being raped may cause her hate her femininity so she wants to be a boy cause it feels more secure and less vulnerable!
And there's also my hormonal problem. My body produce more testosterone than normal and causes some problems. Once my mom told the doctor that I'm so boyish and she said many girls with this problem are like that. As I read, it's also so common among FTM [female to male] transsexuals!
I wonder whether this problem makes me boyish or me being boyish causes this problem! Something else: I have a butch lesbian sister! So many variations in a family, aren't there? But I have read somewhere that it actually makes sense, like, it's something in the family's genes!
Childhood crossdreaming
Illustration of Iranian woman, based on photo
by Harris Shiffman. This is not Rayka, but
she could have been.
Childhood crossdreaming huh? Reading the trans people stories, I always see that they knew it in their childhood, but,well,I wasn't aware of this until about about [a couple of] years ago.
But I remember that I always (and right now) imagined the life of a boy (which I then realized was me!). I have liked feminine boys since an early age, but don't remember if it was before that abuse incident or not.
Sex identity versus gender identity
You write: "I guess I am 'gender queer', but 'sex woman', if you see what I mean."
Exactly the same here (a male sex but an androgynous one); that's why I said I'm not transsexual. But, you know, I actually would like to transition to some extent. I always dream about it: top surgery and a low dose of hormones that gives me a deeper voice!
What irritates me the most is the idea that maybe my identification is not true; I just can’t be sure about anything…
Hey, seriously, why are FTMs so much less visible than MTFs [male to female crossdreamers]?!
More on what causes crossdreaming
I am truly sorry to hear that you have been through such a horrible ordeal. I cannot even begin to imagine what that does to you.
There are many psychologists that point to childhood abuse when trying to explain this.
My problem with this kind of thinking is that you can explain anything with everything. I had a dominating and abusive mother who hated men; ergo I try to please her by trying to become like her? I have also seen MTF crossdreamers explain their conditions by arguing that their abusive fathers made them want to be a woman (in order to escape his harsh upbringing). Some have even argued that the young boy feels sorry for his mother's lack of a penis, and rectifies this by becoming a woman with a penis!!!
I guess some of this could be true, and that explanations like these may make sense to some of those involved, but there is no way for us to control the facts. Besides, most kids do not become crossdreamers, in spite of them having a dysfunctional childhood. Moreover, the diversity of crossdreamer life stories leads me to believe the cause is found somewhere else, although your personal life story will color the way you experience and express your crossdreaming.
I have heard of both chromosomal and hormonal factors causing gender variance, but if this is the case in your life, I guess the hormones comes first, and the crossdreaming after. I have not heard of crossdreaming causing hormonal disturbances. I did have my testosterone levels checked and they were a bit on the low side, but to be honest with you, I do not think this explains anything. There are too many MTF crossdreamers with normal hormone levels.
You have read my post on Jaimie Veale, and she has a readable summary of hormone/transgender research in her thesis. And on an aggregate level some researchers say they see patterns in the genetic relationship between parents, children and siblings. She also found that transpeople are more likely to have gender variant people in their families. Maybe you and your sister share the "butch" part of the gene set, but not the gynephilic [woman-loving] one.
I have no close gay relatives. As for crossdreamers, I have no idea. They would never talk about it, anyway.
If you always imagined the life of a boy, you experienced childhood transgender fantasies. Children may experience sexual feelings, but I have not heard about childhood sexual crossdreaming. In my case the fantasies was more about being a girl.
No clear line between trans and transsexual
You write: "I said I'm not transsexual but you know I actually would like to transition to some extent, I always dream about it: top surgery and a low dose of hormones that give me a deeper voice!"
This is very similar to what I am experiencing. I think there is no line between transsexuals and other transgender. This is more like different shades of gray. But since I am not transitioning I see no point in claiming to be a woman.
The invisible FTM
As of the invisibility of female to male crossdreamers: I do not think there are fewer FTMs than MTFs. It was the wide dispersal of yaoi that convinced me of this. [Yaoi is Japanese style comics about gay male relationships written by women for women].
Yaoi artwork. Yaoi is stories about gay male relationship
written and drawn by women for women
Maybe they are less visible because they/you have been given a little bit more leeway than we have when it comes to playing the role of a man. You may put on jeans and a sweater and get away with it. Men will be ridiculed for carrying their girl friend´s hand bag!
I guess some of this is caused by our cultures considering women of lesser worth than men. Wishing to be a woman becomes incomprehensible. Female attire is more easily sexualized as well, and a man dreaming of taking the woman's place in bed is violating some of the strongest taboos.
In other words: Men are, even more than women, forced to hide this side of themselves. This has led to the growth of the crossdressing culture with associated organizations. There are to my knowledge no FTM crossdressing associations.
That being said, there was no online crossdreamer communities either when I started my blog. There has to be some kind of critical mass to get things going. There is some promising action on the Livjournal girlfag group and the Facebook girlfag/guydyke group.
Let us think some more about this, and see what we can do about it. Having a separate FTM section on crossdreamlife.com has not worked so far.
Do you know of any other FTM crossdreamers in Iran, on- or offline, and is there any online scene for that kind of thing?
Sex, beauty and power
I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, which was recommended by my professor and well...I was rewarded by a surprising male-male love in the book, so I feel I'm flying in the sky right now! I always wonder about the GREAT effect of the gay guys, relationships, pictures, films, porn, stories etc have on me, nothing is compared to it! I don't know about MTF CDs' feelings toward lesbians, is it that strong?
Dorian Gray movie poster.
I think among those factors, one may be a little true: I somehow unconsciously assume femininity is related to degrading in every aspects: Women roles' in family and society, their clothing, even their shape of body looks weirdo to me!
Maybe it's my frustration of all I have endured till now or maybe it's the result of all those unfair attitudes toward women, even in western societies in my opinion. But I still feel proud when I encounter powerful or masculine women. God: Power is so much more important than beauty, I wanna be the hunter not the prey!
Yes, I don't think friends would face our little sanctuary at crossdreamers any day soon! And they probably are not in the mood to read a full English website, you know!
Explaining your identity
Now my problem is those friends who ask me where my breasts have gone! (cause I can't help not binding them all the time!). It's hard to explain, cause I'm still their girl-friend! I just say I've lost weight but it's still awkward!
I frequently think that maybe I should try to consider me as a girl like the old days, try on more girly stuff, and maybe in the future some guy will make me feel more feminine! In the end; nothing is meaningful, what it means to be a girl or boy after all? It's just some kind of imitation or suggestion for someone in my situation; like when you are in the middle and you can't decide which side to lean but anyway, you have to get used to the confusion!
I know a girl from an Iranian Adam Lambert fan forum (you can understand my love for such guy I guess!) and she shared the same feelings towards him and gay men. I asked her about it and she said: "Maybe I'm a little masculine but am completely a girl with a girl's true emotions ( I actually don't know what the heck that is!) but I love men so much so, "more men= more pleasure!"
For me, I guess rather than the erotic side, there's some kind of affinity just like when I see the teenage or young boys, I would automatically repeat to myself: Hey, that's me!
However I have found a lot of Iranian transsexuals and lesbians on Facebook, but I'm neither a trans nor a lesbian, you can say; I'm just a crossdresser with a masculine side.
But the problem is, as you mentioned: There is no such thing as FTM crossdressing unless it's too obvious and it essentially should means that your either a lesbian or a trans! (tomboys are not considered to be that important and I'm not as masculine as a real tomboy!) So, there must be nothing wrong with me.
I just always make a male avatar in sims [game] (I had invented a creative version of sims in my childhood too which reminds me of yaoi and manga characters!) and become happy when people call me mister, that's all, all the other girls do the same!!! (verbal irony or even irony of character!)
(to be continued)
1. Very interesting. Thanks, Jack and Rayka.
I was surprised, Jack, to read that you 'have not heard about childhood sexual crossdreaming'.
Since this email exchange some months ago there has been some good activity on the crossdreamlife.com ftm forum. It just needs a little more input to really take off. Quite a few ftmers visit Crossdream Life who would stick round if they saw others sticking around.And many of the mtfers at Crossdream Life are keen to meet ftms.
Deborah xx
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3. @Deborah,
Yes, this is about achieving critical mass, and so far the only FTM forum that has done so is the girlfag forum on Facebook. Maybe some of us male bodied crossdreamers can contribute.
As for childhood sexual crossdreaming. To tell the truth, the only reference I have found is in a research paper that has been actively used to dismiss the identity of trans women. I cannot remember sexual childhood crossdreams, but do remember dreams of being a girl.
The problem is, of course, that kids are inherently sexual beings. Their rough and tumble play is often sexual in nature. It is just that they do not think of it as such.
4. I am skeptical about calling childhood play "sexual"
The problem with crossdreaming really starts when the person realizes that their thoughts can induce orgasm and this only begins at puberty.
Before that the play is innocent and the child does not realize they are doing something odd.
When a young heterosexual male first realizes the conflict between his feelings for girls and the desire for his own feminization is when the trouble really begins.
I can attest that for myself I never saw my childhood interest in being a girl as sexual in nature and certainly never understood it as such.
5. Not long ago I discovered I am a FTM crossdreamer. Before that I used to think I was lesbian, but there has always been my strong attraction for gay and feminine men that I could not understand.
Living in a post-communist country where all sorts of alternative sexuality was considered mental disorder, it was difficult for me to make my parents stop worrying about my future and in my youth I was taken to psychiatrists and had to go through hormonal tests and all. I’ve never experienced rape or any other type of violence whatsoever. Nothing is “wrong” with me. My hormones are within the norms. I also look very feminine and have never felt the need to look or behave otherwise. (Maybe that’s one of the reasons some of us are invisible?) Yet, I’m “boyish” in my thoughts and my sexual behaviour. I do not feel comfortable being at the receiving end, quite on the contrary. I’ve had fantasies about feminine boys since I was at high school and I used to be ashamed at first. I love watching high quality gay movies and I’m delighted at scenes showing guys being gentle and loving to each other. Nothing turns me on so much.
My point is, perhaps hormones and looks are not so important. We are too complicated and we all have a soul that has no gender. Deep inside I have always felt like a gay man, even before I realized it, before I began to understand what was going on, before I ever knew others existed like me…
6. @Mariam!
Thank you for your comment and welcome to Crossdreamers!
I find your final comment especially interesting: "Deep inside I have always felt like a gay man, even before I realized it, before I began to understand what was going on, before I ever knew others existed like me…"
On the one hand this tells me how important language is when we try to understand ourselves. But the fact that you felt like a gay man even before you realized consciously that you were one, tells me that this is something that existed before you named it. This goes much deeper.
But you are right, of course, hormones and looks are not so important.
7. "My point is, perhaps hormones and looks are not so important. We are too complicated and we all have a soul that has no gender"
I could not agree more Miriam
8. Indeed, Jack, I didn’t have a name for it until very recently when, in my hectic attempts to find more information, I came across this blog! But this has always been part of me. And it kept coming back no matter how much I tried to avoid thinking about it.
I am amazed at the huge diversity of preferences and inclinations, Joanna. I don’t think anyone perfectly fits into a single definition, but sometimes people need a word for what they feel.
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10. yes a word for what one feels is a good thing. The problem is that with human nature being what it is, there will always be someone out there who is more than willing to "piss on your corn flakes" (so to speak) and denigrate what you represent.
This is why it is important to just be who you are and as much as possible disregard those who would make you feel ashamed of who you are.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82784 | Levinson Takes An Indian Lick
Barry Levinson is negotiating to direct “Boone’s Lick,” an adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s 19th century American West novel, scripted by the author and Diana Ossana (“Brokeback Mountain”) says Production Weekly.
Tom Hanks and Julianne Moore are attached to play the leads. The novel follows the Cecil family’s arduous journey by riverboat and wagon from Boone’s Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming so matriach Mary Margaret can tell her elusive husband she’s leaving him.
They encounter grizzly bears, stormy weather, and hostile Indians as they go. A barefooted priest named Father Villy, and a Snake Indian named Charlie Seven Days join in their travels.
Location scouting has begun in Wyoming, with production scheduled to begin late summer. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82791 | Debian Project News - July 25th, 2011
Happy Birthday, Linux!
Twenty years ago a Finnish student mentioned that he was doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) thus marking the birth of the Linux kernel. A lot has happened since then. But since it was the base of the Debian operating system, we would like to join the birthday celebrations.
Dear Linux developers, many thanks for a stable, portable and powerful kernel to base our work on! Keep up your good work!
Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ
The Debian Project has just published the Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ, a document meant to educate Free Software developers, and especially distribution editors, about software patent risks. It has been prepared by lawyers at the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) at the request of and with input from the Debian Project.
Bits from the DPL
Stefano Zacchiroli sent some bits from the DPL in which he covered a lot of interesting topics such as the request for help from the Debbugs Team, the completion of the first DEX initiatives, the sprints approved (one for the Release Team and one for Debian Edu) and various interviews given. Another exciting news item reported by Stefano is that he has finally filed the application to extend the Debian trademark to the United Kingdom, Europe, China and Japan.
In a previous mail, Stefano officially appointed Alexander Wirt and Gerfried Fuchs as members of the Backports Team.
Bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters
Samuel Thibault sent some bits from the Debian GNU/Hurd porters in which he summarized some interesting news about the Hurd port. First of all, thanks to Jeremie Koenig, a working CD set is now available for installing Debian GNU/Hurd. Samuel also wrote about the Wheezy release goal: since hurd-i386 is in not-bad shape, it is now included in the archive, and the idea is to officially release the port in Wheezy as at least a technical preview. Meanwhile, the percentage of packages built for Debian GNU/Hurd is reaching about 68%; the remaining packages are either waiting for other packages to become available (a graph of these relationships is also available) or failing for some reason. Also the hardware support for current hardware is becoming more complete.
Call for DebConf13 bids
Moray Allan made a call for DebConf13 bids. As he says: there will be a chance to describe your bid to the rest of the DebConf attendees during a special session at DebConf11, probably on 30 July. Even if you can't participate in this event you can send some slides to present your bid. If you want to organize DebConf in your city, please make a page for your bid in the DebConf wiki, and add a link to the DebConf13 page. Before this don't forget to read the location checklist page. You can also look at this year's and next year's bids as examples. You can get additional information in the #debconf-team channel on
33094 spam messages removed from Debian Mailing Lists archives
Christian Perrier blogged about the results of the Spam Cleaning Campaign. Since 2009 the Debian Listmasters have created a working toolset to remove spam from mailing list archives in a three step process:
There have also been coordinated efforts in reporting and reviewing spam for some mailing lists:
As a result of this initiative, over thirty-three thousand messages were classified as spam and removed from the archives.
Bits from the Release Team
Neil McGovern sent a report on the recent sprint the Release Team had in Antwerp, along with some more information. He prepared a retrospective of the Squeeze release, referencing good points (e.g. high quality release, unblock handling, good communications) and bad points (e.g. freeze announcements, clarity of process, manpower in the team). Pierre Habouzit chose to leave the team due to other commitments and was thanked for his hard work, while Niels Thykier was welcomed to the team. A time-based freeze will be tried for the Wheezy release, with June 2012 picked as the proposed freeze date. They are also preparing a move to britney2, a new generation script to migrate packages from unstable to testing, and are preparing another update where various subjects will be presented, among them the release goals, 0-day NMU policy, CUT/Rolling and the package removal process.
Debian hardware certification
Thomas Goirand asked about the possibility for some companies to have their hardware certified as compatible with Debian. Stefano Zacchiroli asked for volunteers to provide a wrapper around Kenshi Muto's Debian GNU/Linux device driver check & report web interface as an initial step in that direction.
Multiarch in Debian unstable
Steve Langasek announced the start of multiarch support on Debian unstable, which provides a policy for combining library packages from an arbitrary number of architectures on a single filesystem. The next steps towards providing full multiarch support in Debian will be:
This second step is already being worked on: a preliminary implementation of multiarch support for dpkg is available from the pu/multiarch/full branch of git://
Further interviews
Since the last issue of the Debian Project News, a new issue of the This week in Debian podcast has been published, with Jonathan Nadeau, who gives an update on Frostbite Media.
There has also been a further People behind Debian interview, with Martin Michlmayr, former Debian Project Leader.
Other news
Kenshi Muto announced an update of the backported debian-installer for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 Squeeze. Updated images are available on his images archive page. These images are based on Debian and contain kernel version 2.6.38 with firmware and a modified DHCP client for buggy Mac OS X DHCP servers. The i386 architecture is now also supported. Please note that these are unofficial images and you should use them only if you really need this.
Richard Darst sent an accounting summary about the DebConfs of the last two years: they balanced each other out surprisingly well. He also gave some input about DebConf8, and a preview for the ongoing DebConf11.
Michael Tautshnig sent a request for help in reviewing packages seeking sponsorship and new to the archive. Michael's request is also open to those who are not yet Debian Developers.
Raphaël Hertzog blogged some useful tips about bug reporting and about fixing release critical bugs.
New Debian Contributors
6 applicants have been accepted as Debian Developers, 11 applicants have been accepted as Debian Maintainer, and 15 people have started to maintain packages since the previous issue of the Debian Project News. Please welcome Dominique Dumont, Pino Toscano, Michael Tokarev, Andres Mejia, Antonio Terceiro, Nicholas Bamber, Arno Töll, Andreas Beckmann, Felix Geyer, Julien Lavergne, Jameson Graef Rollins, Cristian Henzel, Hsin-Yi Chen, Philippe Le Brouster, Thomas Preud'homme, Sebastian Ramacher, Tim Weippert, Alex Morega, Dmitry Shachnev, Roger A. Light, Grzegorz Kolorz, Michele Gastaldo, Damien Caliste, Eshat Cakar, Andrew Gainer, Petr Baranov, Florian Schlichting, Sebastian Holtermann, Luis Henriques, Evan Broder, John Paulett and Hendrik Rittich into our project!
Important Debian Security Advisories
Debian's Security Team recently released advisories for these packages (among others): php5, perl, iceweasel, iceape, qemu-kvm, curl, bind, icedove, wireshark,, asterisk, xml-security-c, horde3, libapache2-mod-authnz-external, libvirt and opie. Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.
Debian's Backports Team released advisories for these packages: icedove, iceweasel, qemu-kvm and subversion. Please read them carefully and take the proper measures.
Debian's Stable Release Team released update announcements for these packages: postgresql-8.4, dput and clamav. Please read it carefully and take the proper measures.
Debian's Volatile Team released an update announcement for the package: clamav. Please read it carefully and take the proper measures.
New and noteworthy packages
1099 packages were added to the unstable Debian archive recently. Among many others are:
Work-needing packages
Currently 267 packages are orphaned and 135 packages are up for adoption: please visit the complete list of packages which need your help.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82792 | © 2019 Deborah Bell. Site by Digital Circle Creative
I look at the night sky and think about the bigger universe we inhabit and our place in it.
As a sort of water creature, I am passionate about bodies of water, our oceans, and the extraordinary life that exists there.
I like that we were creatures who lived in the sea before we figured out how to crawl up onto land and breathe the air.
I am awed by the idea that the carbon of the stars can still be found in our bones.
My play with 'mirroring' these entities- the cosmos and the ocean, comes from my interest in how different 'systems' in nature reflect one another, both physically and metaphorically.
Jellyfish are spaceships and the Milky Way lives in those phosphorescent tidal currents...
deborah's notebooks
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82858 | What alternative health
practitioners might not tell you
Read the original article
“Some CAM practices involve manipulation of various energy fields to affect health. Such fields may be characterized as veritable (measurable) or putative (yet to be measured). Practices based on veritable forms of energy include those involving electromagnetic fields (e.g., magnet therapy and light therapy). Practices based on putative energy fields (also called biofields) generally reflect the concept that human beings are infused with subtle forms of energy; qi gong, Reiki, and healing touch are examples of such practices [2]. NCCAM's description of nonmeasurable "energy fields" is interesting. Various dictionaries define putative as "commonly regarded as such," "reputed," "supposed," "considered to exist," and/or "assumed to be such or to exist." [3] I believe that "putative" implies general acceptance. Most dictionaries do not include the word biofield. The most accurate way to characterize the "energy fields" of qi gong, reiki, and healing touch is that they do not exist and that belief in them is delusional, and therefore that tax dollars should not be spent studying them. But NCCAM prefers language that suggests that they might be real and therefore worthy of government-funded study.” Barrett S. NCCAM Watch (28th July 2011) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82864 | Dr. Laila Haider Discusses Regression Analysis and "Common Proof" in Antitrust Class Actions
Dr. Laila Haider discusses the role of regression analysis in antitrust class certifications, explaining when "common" or "individualized" regressions may be appropriate. She will join Ms. Erin Johnston, from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, in a more detailed discussion on the current role of rigorous analysis in antitrust class actions by webinar on April 2, 2013. We also discuss the economic implications of raising the minimum wage.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82865 | Career Advice for Researchers
This is the first of a series of three videos which take a sneak peek into Roohi Ghosh's training session on "Making the most of attending conferences."
This video shares seven mistakes researchers typically make before, during, and after attending a career expo.
It's almost time for us all to welcome in the year 2018. As we approach the end of the year, most of us tend to reflect on the bygone year and mull over whether we've… |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82874 | How to Locate the Cause of Flickering Lights
A flickering light can be aggravating and distracting. It can also be a signal of danger in your homes wiring or simply a sign that your lamp needs to be replaced. You will need to figure out which is the problem. The best way to distinguish the source of a flickering light or lamp is by a systematic process of eliminating possible causes in line from the lamp to your wall plug. Taking the time to find the source can say you a lot of money if the simple solution is a new bulb or lamp versus a new wiring system.
Things You'll Need
• Electric tape
• Continuity tester
• Voltage tester
Step 1
Start by checking to see if the light bulb that is flickering is operating properly and if it is screwed in fully. Check the bulb for dark spots on the inside. This is a sign of the filament burning off and signals the life of the bulb is limited. This may be why the bulb flickers. If there is no burn off visible check to make sure the bulb is screwed in.
Step 2
Check the light or lamps power cord. If the problem is in a lamp, turn it on and carefully move the cord. If the lights flicker this is the likely source. Your problem may be at the juncture where the cord attaches to the light fixture, Look at this area to see if the wires coming from the cord appear loose or frayed. If there is damage you can take electric tape and wrap the wires but be aware extensive fraying may need to be repaired by an electrician.
Step 3
Attach a continuity tester to the plug of the lamp. This is a test to see if the plug and cord are capable of receiving a consistent current. Even if the cord seems to be without visible damage, there could be a hot spot or bad wire somewhere along the cord that does not allow full current to pass through. Insert one tester plug into each slot of the plug. If the cord is not damaged it will beep. If there is no beep the cord is damaged. Unless the lamp is an expensive one it would be best to throw it away. If you want to keep the lamp contact an electrician to have him replace the cord.
Step 4
Insert a voltage tester into the electric socket where the lamp or light is plugged in. Insert the tip of the voltage tester in each slot of the socket one at a time. If the socket is live you should hear a clear beep. If there is an issue with the current coming through the socket this beep will be interrupted or have a fuzzy sound.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82935 | Why I Think The Christadelphians Are Wrong
By Thom Jonas
Pardon the provocative headline. In this article I will show why I believe the Christadelphian religion is founded on falsehood, using several distinct lines of evidence.
"What you may see as an amazing promise of eternal life ...could just as well be a poisonous lie that robs you of the only life you had...and yet most Christadelphians never take the time to seriously investigate it"
Click here to read the rest of the article
1. None of this is new, but since I am occasionally asked why I don't believe, I decided to put it all together in one (long) article. For many Christadelphians it will no doubt be instantly dismissed as they do not accept my sources nor the foundations of my epistemology. For those that are interested in (just a few of) the reasons why people leave, this article may be informative. Enjoy.
2. Christadelphians are following the Holy Scriptures and naturally if you do not believe in God nor in the Bible as the Word of God you can claim that Christadelphians are wrong, which is your full right to say so, but that does not make them to be wrong or to be a sect or cult.
At the rest of the article could not be responded, but it is made clear over there thta you do not seem to have a clear picture of what is a Biblical prophecy and what are thoughts of certain people and which should never be accounted for as prophecies or as true predictions but just as human thoughts (a big difference). If you felt in the trap of being carried away by certain people their thoughts or guesses, that says more about you than about the denomination.
1. I completely agree with your first point, which is why the title contains the words "I think". I don't expect anyone to believe anything merely because I said so - and you should definitely check out everything I said for yourself. I've tried to be as factual as possible but I am human and may make mistakes. If you find any, please let me know so I can update the article.
I found your second paragraph rather confusing. The prophecies I mentioned in the article are:
1. The return of Israel
2. The destruction of Tyre (Ezek 26), and
3. The desolation of Egypt (Ezek 29)
Which of these do you claim is not a prophecy?
Also, in which of these did I misrepresent the views of Christadelphians?
2. Marcus, there are two separate questions here:
1. Is the Bible a reliable source of truth?
2. If so, is Christadelphian teaching an accurate representation of the Bible?
It seems to me that Thom has made valid points about both of those questions, though probably focusing more on point 1 (which is fair - if the Bible is not a reliable source of truth, arguing about the correct interpretation of the Bible is shifting deck chairs on the Titanic).
Thom's interpretation of the various areas seems consistent with the views of the majority of Christadelphians I interacted with (in a different area from him). Christadelphians are already a small enough group - do you conclude that a large percentage of that small group are also astray from truth? Where does it end?
As for prophecy, Thom is correct in saying that many Christadelphians present their particular interpretations of prophecy (especially Israel) as one of the best evidences for their belief, possibly even outstripping the resurrection (in my experience the most common apologetic from many other denominations). If you wish to say those Christadelphians have overreached or misinterpreted the prophecy, you are welcome to. But to be convincing you then need to replace that proferred evidence with other evidence, otherwise we will have no reason to believe the Bible.
3. Marcus, what you believe does not make you a cult. CDs are not a cult because they are not fully trinitarian, or because they are pre-millenialists etc etc. Its is how the institution treats its members that makes something a cult. What is expected, how it is enforced, etc. Did you read Navigator's post on the 'Why John Bedson..' thread? He said this :
Yes its almost as if John B was brought up in some sort of cult!
4. The first part of Marcus' comment is fine, but it applies to all Christian denominations, they all think they are following the Bible. So what?
Jacobus makes a good point. It is how you behave with that knowledge that make you a cult. Never mind John Bedson, John Thomas and Robert Roberts, followed by all other Christadeplhians to this day spend huge amounts of time rubbishing every other denomination, and crucially, cutting themselves off, and cutting their offspring off from any non-compliant piece of thinking, couple that with disfellowshipping and shunning, and yes you have a cult.
I've read Marcus' second paragraph about 20 times. I still cant decide if it is as bad as it reads, or just looks that way to a native English speaker, and the real meaning has been lost in the translation. I hope the latter, because to me it reads that the "prophecy" part of the article is beyond comment because the author doesn't understand what is prophecy and what is not. This "you don't understand because you haven't read your Bible enough" line is very typical Christadelphians though, I used to get it all the time when as a member I challenged anything at all, and usually from the least well educated sister in the meeting!
The other part looks like a case of victim blaming. You believed a speaker? He was wrong but if you knew your Bible well enough, you would have known that, so your fault!
Marcus, please clarify your meaning.
3. "many Christadelphians present their particular interpretations of prophecy..." and if you want confirmation of that, read the differing interpretations of the various prophecies discussed, and which become disagreements between brethren (and sisters), on the letters pages in the CD mag.
4. You would be lucky to even be able to order it, such is the turmoil that has engulfed their website for months now. Crazy "clever" graphics that don't work, and whole sections effectively 404. No means of even looking at the current article listing, and it has been like it for months.
5. The Christadelphian Archaeologist would that be Leen Ritmeyer?
6. Look at the christadelphians treated me I was there biggest supporter online with my own money I paid for dvds and uploaded them on YouTube to preach what they believed I was disallowshipped from Stockport meeting for not agreeing with their u christadelphian views on the atonement my YouTube channel was closed down by the rugby meeting because my channel was more popular then the one Mr courtonel was running and I've been told that if I want to be back in fellowship I've got to sort things out with stockport according to the Ecclesia guide which is a book that controls christadelphian thinking on fellowship this is what makes them a cult they can not forgive people according to the Scriptures it has to be done according to the Ecclesial guide so the christadelphians are a cult and I don't want to be ba k in fellowship with them
1. There were many reasons why Peter Forster was Disfellowshipped, including harassment, defamation, threats and violence, not to mention false teachings.
2. We have continued to receive anonymous responses to this comment. We will not be publishing any more, since we don't see the benefit of posting allegations publicly when we don't know the facts of the case.
Just a reminder that where possible we'd like the discussion here to be about ideas, not about the actions of particular individuals or ecclesias. Though that can of course include the teachings of specific Christadelphians, past and present, particularly where they are posted publicly online.
7. Pete,
I don`t know the details and your personal circumstances with the Stockport ecclesia, but you are clearly upset by the outcome. I would suggest you take time to let "the dust settle" and think about what your feelings are about being "out" from them, and start to examine the reasons for your once being "in". It is evidently quite true that the Cd`s don`t like their established beliefs being criticised, and discussion within their ranks seems to be discouraged when it veers towards views which they don`t accept. We, those of us who were once deeply "in" with them, and have had the good fortune to examine those reasons for being "in", and have decided that the Cd`s are in a bubble of belief, from which they are unable to see out, are well satisfied with that view. It is only when a CD starts to question those beliefs which have been keeping them in the bubble, that the light of reason starts to illuminate the fault lines of the cult, if that`s how you want to label them. You are contacting here very many who have both experienced resistance from within the Cd`s to rational thought, and those who have applied reason in their thinking into what the hell they were into, and glad that they are now out. The blog contains much which may help you in your thinking.
8. Are CD's or Christian's right in interpreting the Bible. Are CD's a cult. Well in my opinion CD's are cult minded sect, strong in rubbishing other's outside of their beliefs, was Jesus God in a human form or just a messiah, well both sides do have strong valid points, but for CD's to call other denominations as "unbelievers" is below the belt, they have got nothing from God to prove their point as Christians also cannot 100% be accurate in their interpretation, it is believed that their version is correct. Even today the theologians have not changed their mind. The problem with CD's is any of their member who believes little differently or doesn't do by their ecclesia's rules is kicked out from the sect, in Peter Forster's case I don't see why he should rejoin the sect, why put up with bullies, just move on, CD's have been wrong in the past interpreting prophesy, and most likely will be wrong again, they are just hyped up on trying to work out everything worldly and attached it to the Bible, that's what they do all the time, like a preaching brother said once " we are privileged to hold the key of knowledge to unlock the hidden secrets of the Bible " what a load of rubbish...
9. Frankly, there's a lot more to life. Life is so much more than the tiny enclosure that is Christadelphianism. Growing up in that religion is like growing up inside a small box. When all you know is the box, you don't even realise there are other ways to live.
It's a small pond, with many big fish (and many more aspiring to be!). But outside that pond all those big fish are nobodies. They'll tell you how you should live, putting on a pious show, but they're all just people (some of them hypocrites). You don't need to follow them. No one does.
When you embrace who you are, and follow your own road through life, one day at a time, one adventure at a time, that is freedom. If there is any reason to live, it is to live on your own terms.
Christadelphians are all just people, and the Bible is just an ancient book written by people in the iron age. The only god you'll ever know is the one you invent in your head. Every "word of God" you'll ever read came from the pen or from the mouth of another human. Think about it.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82949 | An important part of our daily Christian life is to spend time in God’s word. Here are a few reading plans that can help you on your way to a more fulfilled Christian life.
DevotionsDifferent plans for reading the Bible are readily available, ranging from a basic daily reading plan – reading 2-3 chapters a day from Genesis to Revelation to a more intensive schedule of reading the Bible in 90 days. Or perhaps, if you would prefer to study a certain topic or read the Bible in true chronological order, those plans are available as well. Pastor can suggest a more specific plan. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82959 | Christiana Area Colleges and Scholarships
Schools in and around Christiana
Christiana is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,124 at the 2000 census. In 1851 it was the site of the Battle of Christiana (also called the Christiana riot).
The present-day borough of Christiana was once known as Nobleville, Pennsylvania.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82971 | If you’re fortunate enough to own a house, it is vital that you have sufficient insurance coverage to safeguard your investment. In general, standard insurance policies typically come with lower deductible but higher premiums. If you’re looking to maximize your savings on your insurance costs, consider getting a policy with a high deductible.
What is High Deductible Homeowners Insurance and How Does it Work?
When you avail of homeowners insurance for your home in NC, you will be able to pick the amount of deductible you’re willing to pay. Generally speaking, you can pay the average minimum, which is $500, or pay as much as $100,000. Homeowners insurance policies that offer high deductibles is typically estimated as a percentage of the value of the home. For example, if your insurance provider utilizes a 1% baseline and the value of your house is $275,000, you will need to pay a deductible of $2,750.
A High Deductible Equals Lower Insurance Premiums
The greatest benefit of having a higher deductible homeowners insurance plan is that it comes with lower premiums. How much you’ll be able to save will differ based on your provider and your location, but on the average, you stand to save hundreds of dollars every year. This also means that if you don’t file an insurance claim for a couple of years, you stand to save a lot more money.
Potential Issues with High Deductible Homeowners Insurance
For starters, while your deductible might be fixed, there’s a chance that it could still change. For example, as the value of your home increases, so will your deductible. If you do not have emergency savings, you might end up scrambling to raise money in the event that your home gets damaged and you don’t have the money to pay the deductible. In addition, if your insurance plan has built-in clauses that cover certain disasters, you may need to pay a deductible separate from your main deductible when filing a claim.
Your Insurance Premiums May Also Increase
Signing an insurance policy
A high deductible policy won’t guarantee that you will end up with lower premiums. In the event that you want to file a claim, there’s a possibility that your insurer might increase your rate by 9% to 32%. When this happens, all the money you managed to save by paying a high deductible would have been for naught. Additionally, your credit might also affect how much your premiums would be. For instance, in the event that your credit score drops just as you were renewing your insurance policy, your insurer might consider this a red flag and consider you a high-risk client, which in turn would lead to you paying higher premiums.
Do Your Homework
If you have an excellent credit score and can comfortably afford the cost of a higher insurance deductible, then a high deductible might be a sensible option for you. It is however still recommended that you do your homework and shop around for the best deal, and compare how much you could potentially save from paying a high deductible vs. playing a flat fee. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82984 | 16 Silent Symptoms of Leukemia You Shouldn’t Ignore
Leukemia, or cancer of the blood cells, causes subtle and surprising symptoms throughout the body. These are clear signs you need to get checked.
What is leukemia?
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, a malignancy that causes an abnormal production of certain blood cells. As the unhealthy blood cells crowd out healthy ones, blood function begins to falter and you may notice physical symptoms. The disease may get worse quickly if you have a type known as acute leukemia; the disease may progress slowly and get worse over time if you have chronic leukemia, according to the National Institute of Health. Regardless of which type you have, if you notice a collection of these subtle leukemia symptoms, see your health care provider for an evaluation. Make sure you know the other symptoms of cancer that women commonly ignore.
Fatigue and weakness
Fatigue and weakness are the most common leukemia symptoms, according to Mark Levis, MD, PhD, the director of the leukemia program at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. These signs are often caused by anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells), which only compounds the physical exhaustion. In both chronic and acute cases, you may experience a range from slight fatigue to extreme physical weakness, but in all cases, the symptoms only worsen over time. "It creeps up on people, that's the problem," says Dr. Levis. Here are some of the 50 cancer myths you need to stop believing.
Shortness of breath
As patients grow weaker and more fatigued, they may also experience shortness of breath that stems from anemia or, in much rarer cases, masses in the chest. "They're panting, they're out of breath," says Dr. Levis. "Walking across the room might be difficult." Shortness of breath also makes the list for lung cancer symptoms.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/82992 | Speaking the blessings of God over each baby.
From newborn to walking.
Children discover God from infancy. Paul wrote to Timothy “from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures.” 2 Timothy 3:15
In the natural, babies develop a sense of trust and bond with those who look after their physical and emotional needs. In the spirit, trust and hope also grow in them. What a blessing it is to be able to lead them to Jesus and to teach them the language of faith!
Mark 9:37
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83012 | Humanity Has Officially Consumed More Than Earth Can Produce This Year
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In case you missed it, yesterday marked Earth Overshoot Day for the year of 2017. If you're unfamiliar with Earth Overshoot Day, it is the day whereby humans have used up their allowance of natural resources that Earth can replenish in one year.
Those resources are specifically, clean water, soil, clean air, carbon sequestration, etc. For 2017, that day was Aug. 2 according to the Global Footprint Network, which not surprisingly comes earlier than it did last year. That means from Aug. 2 until Dec. 31 humans are using resources that will not be replenished.
Of course, this is a bookkeeping way of representing the disparity between human consumption and renewed global resources. In coming up with the date of Aug. 2, 2017 the Global Footprint Network (GFN) first calculated how much the planet renews essential resources in one year. Then, they compare this to human consumption and determine at what point have humans used the equivalent of resources that the planet regenerates in one year.
Earth Overshoot Day has been calculated since 1986 and in the 1980s the day landed in November. Jump forward a decade and the overshoot day was in October, then September a little after 2000 and now August.
According to GFN humans require 1.7 planets to offset our use of natural resources each year. Granted, this does not take into account the fact that humans are pretty clever. We've engineered ways to get higher crop yields, become more energy efficient, and artificially treat water for human consumption.
At some point, however, human ingenuity will come head to head with the incredible rise in our species population. Take a moment to look at the figure below and let it settle in how transformative the past few hundred years has been in the history of the humans.
It is evident that the planet can and will produce a finite amount of natural resources for all of its inhabitants per year. There are instances where the productivity of the Earth could change, for instance, periods of high C02 leading to more plant growth. As the human population continues to grow exponentially, we will reach the hard reality whereby the planet we call home cannot keep up.
Several things could happen at that point, let's take a look at those possible scenarios.
• Humans engineer our way into more efficiency and creatively reduce the amount of resources each human needs while sustaining the comforts we're accustomed to.
• Warring causes an artificial reduction in human population. Not a scenario that anyone in their right minds would like to come to fruition.
• We inhabit another planet such as Mars, expanding human's allotment of natural resources and decreasing pressure on Earth.
• Famine and/or disease wipes out large swaths of the human population. For an example of this scenario, scientists often refer to the rapid decline of Rapa Nui populations on Easter Island.
Humans have been able to get ourselves out of quite uncomfortable positions in the past and we are likely to do so in the future. However, it will no doubt strain our civilization and require step changes in technological advancement.
Interested in calculating your own personal overshoot day, you can do so here.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83030 | The Divide (12A)
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Oswestry Equality Group is supporting the screening of The Divide (12A).
This film tells the story of 7 individuals striving for
a better life in modern day US and UK – where the top
0.1% owns as much wealth as the bottom 90%. By plotting
these tales together, we uncover how every aspect of our
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between rich and poor.
This isn’t based on real life. This is real life. It becomes clear that a higher income doesn’t
ensure happiness and inequality hurts us all – rich and poor.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83047 | Employee Profile: ukickmydog
Hey, kids! I just found this profile sitting on my desk. Turns out this guy's been on payroll for years, though I can't find him in the org. chart anywhere. Anyone know who he reports to?
Maybe I'll bring this up with HR. This could be one of those "Milton" issues.
Anyway, here's ukick.
Basically it boils down to competitiveness in most things I do, be that TF2, sports or fantasy sports, while enjoying the company of friends.
Who the devil are you?
Professional football player from UVA. (You believe that, right? I have a football in my hand and the T-shirt on to prove it.) Actually, I was a pitcher in baseball growing up, but my hands were never large enough to throw a football consistently well.
What are you supposed to be doing when you're reading GWJ?
I think the question should read "What are you supposed to be doing when you’re reading GWJ and filling out this questionnaire?" The answer to both would be "job." Mostly do IT work (like 90% of people on this site, right?) in Washington, DC, where I’ve been with the same company for about 6 years now after graduating from college. I also do some event/conference related things, so I get to travel a few times a year around the country to fancy resorts with that part of the job.
When you're not working or gaming, what do you do with your time?
I enjoy anything to do with the outdoors/sports. I am good at sports (to the extent that a 5’8” average-build dude can be) that require hand/eye coordination, but horrible at ones that require good balance. Hence, I play a decent amount of things like basketball, baseball, tennis, table tennis and especially golf; but am terrible at hockey, soccer, and skiing.
I don’t really watch any TV shows outside of Discovery Channel (Moonshiners and Mythbusters!) so if I’m looking at a screen that isn’t work- or game-related, it likely has anime or manga on it.
How about family? Kids? Pets? Particularly meaningful inanimate objects?
A goofy cat that thinks he’s a dog.
When and/or how did you get into gaming?
I’ve always been a Nintendo guy since I had saved up my “life savings” when I was 6 years old to buy a used NES from a friend of my aunt. Since then I’ve owned every Nintendo system, console and handheld, though that might end with the WiiU, since I just use my friend’s system when I get the itch to play Mario Kart 8.
What is your fondest gaming memory?
This is tough as there have been so many. I’ll cheat and name a few.
· Beating Bubble Bobble on the NES when I was 6 or 7, only to realize that there was an alternate ending, and then another alternate ending. It was a glorious day beating the final boss in “super mode” to get the “true” ending.
· Going to my best friend’s house after school days in elementary school and playing Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega Genesis, since I only had Nintendo systems.
· Going to PAX East in 2011 and playing in a TF2 tournament there with fellow GWJers. We made it to the semis before getting rocked by some pro team. Renji was also supposed to play but had to be pulled away as he was too busy beating people in Omegathon. The picture is after our victory in round 2. Note also the team name.
What is your favorite game over the last year or so? Why?
I’ll take this question to mean “came out over the last year or so,” otherwise I would just be saying TF2 for everything. In that case, I’ll go with Mario Kart 8. While it’s not my favorite Mario Kart game in the franchise (that honor goes to DoubleDash; oh Barrel Train with Diddy Kong, how I love thee), it is a very good iteration in the series that finds a decent medium on the skill-vs.-fun curve. Also, DLC tracks? Yes, please.
What first brought you to GWJ? What keeps you coming back?
GWJ’er Mr. Plow first introduced me to the GWJ TF2 server back in 2007. I was a “pubby” for a few months on the server before finally joining the forum early in 2008. I still remember MyBrainHz (aka Brian) adding me to his Steam friends list since I was on the server so often he thought I must be on the forum. When he found out that I wasn’t, he promptly removed me from his list.
The great community keeps me coming back. It’s always more fun to play with people you “know” and have some history with rather than randoms online. There’s no question: I wouldn’t be playing TF2 anymore if it wasn’t for this forum.
Is there a particular forum on GWJ that you frequent/favor? Why?
Aside from the TF2 thread where I’d guess at least 50% of my posts reside, I’d say the Sports / Fantasy Football corner of the forum. I’ve been in at least one GWJ league for the past 4 or 5 years, including the Keeper League since its inception. It was especially good to me this year as my atrocious team in the Pro ($$$) league won while taking down Gumbie and Legion in the playoffs. (Voodoo dolls may or may not have been used.)
What is the story behind your handle?
I’ve been using this handle for most of my online gaming life (around 15 years) starting with the game I like to call “TF2 before TF2”, aka Day of Defeat. That was the first online multiplayer game I really played a lot and discovered my love of melee weapons.
The handle is derived from a prank call I found pretty hilarious that made the rounds in the late '90s, called “You Kicked My Dog”.
What is the story behind your tag?
“Archbishop of Bonk”
As you probably could have guessed by now, it has to do with TF2. In general I enjoy playing the fast classes in games and using melee weapons. That class in TF2 is the Scout, and the sound of him hitting people with his bat / frying pan is “bonk.” For reference, according to our hlstats page, I have 447 fryingpan kills over the past year, with second place being 140 and third being 37. I may have a problem.
Do you have any notable rivalries and/or friendships with someone on GWJ?
Shout out to all my buds from TF2 for 7 great years. I particularly want to thank Mex for allowing me to stab him so many times and Psych for being a big “jerk.”
What is your favorite videogame music?
Theme song from Bubble Bobble on NES. I still have that thing stuck in my head to this day after 20+ years.
What Goodjers do you know / have met IRL? (one slap and tickle doesn’t count)
VTSupie, Queueball, Mr. Plow, Bya, MyBrainHz, Tboon, Evilseed, Quintin Stone, Yellek
Thanks for taking the time to answer our hard-hitting questions! Any last words?
TF2 crew represent
ukick is cool, and also a jerk, but mostly cool (when he's not being a jerk on the other team)
At least you know every backstab is because I allow it, I know it brightens your day u_u
With the last words Bonk, I can't help but be reminded of Pinky (of Pinky & The Brain) saying "Narf!" all the time.
I'm confused now... are we kicking his dog or his cat that thinks it's a dog? Or are we punching and just thinking we're kicking?
TF2 goodjer shout out! Woooo!
Great read! Now I hate your scout even more!
Nice, I had never heard that prank call before. Oh, and ukick is also Jerk with a pan and pretty much any other weapon in TF2. Thanks for the good times.
Man PAX East 2011 was a ton of fun. Somewhat of a blur though
I did learn some valuable lessons there:
-Hanging out with goodjers at cons is awesome
-Playing Operation after five hours of sleep, while highly caffeinated, in front of an audience, and having walked briskly across half of downtown Boston, will not end well.
Also ukick is pretty much the embodiment of the TF2 Scout [size=6](but nicer and less one-dimensional)[/size]
Hey Mr Fancy Frontpage. I haven't played TF2 in a while, but when I did you were always the dog-kicking-est one there.
I hope you get a big head from this, so it's easier to snipe at.
My name was mentioned! Tear to my eye...
Oh hello me.
I friended you and defriended you? And then friended you again? I honestly don't remember that, hahaha
Hi5 on making the front page. Semester's almost over, so I'll try to log on to Stan's soon so you can kill the crap out of me repeatedly, as usual
Uh oh... I got called out as IRL friend
It's weird to think that it was 2007. So many people have left TF2 for other games. Thanks for sticking around, ukick. It wouldn't be as much fun without you. So brainz is a duplicitous bastard both in and outside of the game, huh.
Queueball wrote:
Uh oh... I got called out as IRL friend :)
Don't worry, we all know you aren't real.
He's the best TF2 scout I've played against!
ukick is credit to team!
Congrats on making the front page! Well deserved!
ukick is one of the nicest people and I am very glad to have met him a couple of times in real life. I frequently hate him in TF2 but only when he is on the other team.
Nice interview! Hey wait just a damn min...
T-Prime wrote:
ukick is credit to team!
Seriously though - congrats on the profile.
Oh my GOD!! Why would you do this? First he gets the Australium wrench and now this.
Facts about ukick:
• He can dodge minigun bullets at point blank range.
• He doesn't always headshot you, but when he does, he does it with grenades from across the map.
• He has played medic for a grand total of twenty minutes, and is already a better "battle medic" than me.
• If you can't spot him, he's the one with the craziest, shiniest, glowing-est hat on the server.
• If he's on the other team playing spy -- quit your game.
• Same goes if he's playing scout, demoman, pyro, or sniper.
• Or any other class, really.
• He can stab you in the back of your eyes. It will still count.
• He has more kills with the taunt than the minigun.
• His TF2 inventory is worth more than some emerging-market national economies.
Archangel wrote:
Facts about ukick:
Or just, you know, pop your full load of Vaccinator charges on him disguised as he runs towards his teammates saying, "Kill him! Kill him!" on alltalk.
I wouldn't know anything about that. Nosirree.
Archangel wrote:
Facts about ukick:
• If he's on the other team playing spy -- quit uninstall your game.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83099 | My Ten Least Favorite Songs From the Seventies
Monday, September 05, 2016
1. "Muskrat Love" by Captain & Tennille, 1976
I guess I have a dirty mind, then.
2. "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen, 1975
Besides, clowns are creepy.
4. "Run Joey Run" by David Geddes, 1975
7. "Convoy" by C.W. McCall, 1976
8. "Feelings" by Morris Albert, 1974
More like Disco F***ED.
1. I could probably do without hearing "Cracklin' Rosie" again, and I say that as a guy who actually likes a lot of Neil Diamond's stuff.
That song just gets on my nerves.
Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs" too...ack.
1. I'm a Diamond fan too, but "Cracklin' Rosie" is definitely one of his most overplayed hits and it isn't even about a girl named Rosie, but about a bottle of wine! From what I remember of the story behind the song, it's what Native Americans called a type of wine. Oh! You just reminded me...I should have included McCartney's "Temporary Secretary." I should amend this list and give it an honorable mention!
2. Excellent choices Pam. I remember when "All By Myself" came out. Those of us who were Raspberries fans were not happy about this record. Way over the top with classical pretensions. Eric really seemed to loose it when he went solo. I was glad to see you included "Send In The Clowns", never could stand that one. Paul Anka has too many bad records to count, he could have his own Top Ten bad list! Plus, his bull headed belief that he is the logical successor to Frank Sinatra since Ol' Blue Eyes died turns my stomach. I might add "Lovin' You" by Minnie Ripperton. Whenever she hit that high note, it used to drive my cat at the time crazy; his ears would go back and he'd get the most irritated look on his face.
1. LOL, Jeff -- an animal will never lie! They know what crappy music is.
I looked up Minnie Ripperton...I remember this song now and yeah, she was like a pre-cursor to Mariah Carey with those over the top, glass-shattering high notes. Ugh.
The other thing that drives me crazy about Carmen's song is that the first line is, "When I was young..." WTF...he was what, 22 when he wrote the song???
3. Wow... those are some pretty bad songs. I think I'll have to go with Muskrat Love. Actually all of Toni and the Captain.
4. Darn it! McCartney's "Temporary Secretary" was released in September of 1980...disqualified. :(
1. Technically, the seventies were from Jan. 1, 1971 to Dec. 31, 1980, so you could include it.
5. The Pina Colada song, definitely as bad a song as has ever been made.
1. "Escape" by Rupert Holmes. That one never bothered me for some reason.
6. Lists are subjective, but you have definitely hit some of the top contenders. While there were some great songs from the '70's, I generally remember being repulsed by top 40 back then. AOR was in vogue on FM channels (hence the movie and the song FM) and those are the stations I generally tuned in.
7. I'm with you on the whole list, Pam especially the weird Muskrat Love which I own on CD by America, not the Captain and Tenille. And even though I consider myself a 70's music lover and connoisseur I had never heard the Chick a Boom song. The rest, sadly, I've heard enough of that I don't want to hear again.
1. Same here, Luis...there was an awful lot of bad music recorded in the '70s (but an equal amount of good stuff, too.)
8. As I scrolled thru your list (btw, loved the personal asides with Judy Collins, Bob Newhart etc) all I kept thinking was "please Pam, don't forget the horror of Disco Duck"--for once I'm glad to see it on a list :)
I have to be honest & admit I enjoyed several of these other songs though (except for 'Feelings', omigod the WORST) but only because I grew up in the '70s & they take me back. But if I had the power to do so, I think I'd rake Paul Anka's 'Having my Baby' (c'mon, Paul Anka!) off your list & replace it with Barry Manilow's "I write the songs". 35 years later & I still pray I never have to sit thru it again!
1. Ha ha, Doug -- does that mean you're a secret fan of "Convoy"? I'll cut you some slack because everyone has their own personal list. OK, I'll admit Paul Anka's earlier hits like "Diana" and "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" are tolerable, even pleasant. But I don't like the way he treated his staff backstage. I worked for someone with an overblown ego and inflated opinion of himself; it's no fun. And I still think his baby song is the worst...LOL.
Disco Duck is so downright embarrassing.
9. Regarding Rick Dees...horror writer Stephen King disliked the guy so much he named an unsympathetic character, a sleazeball tabloid journalist, after him, in the short story "The Night Flier."
I won't reveal whether the vampire gets him in the end or not!
10. Fat Bottomed Girls
by Queen
or anyone else who
wants to sing it
my John said
Turn The Page
by Bob Seger
1. p.s.
by Tom Petty
recorded 1979
released Jan 80
may not qualify
still sucks anyroad
11. Tennille (in my opinion) had one of the most beautiful voices of that era. It's too bad that most people don't listen to her anymore.
12. Normally I appreciate your posts bringing back great retro memories. But "Muskrat Love??" Sheesh, that is more like a retro nightmare!!
13. Sorry Pam, while I normally agree with 110%, I have to say that there are a few on this list where we part company.
I have to ask, when did you compile it?
Was it upon resent hearings or from the moment you heard it?
I ask because there are things that happen between 15 and, well, older, that taint our feeling for some sorts of songs. We can't appreciate them for what they are, we have to judge them through the filter of that dumb b@stard that left us for a cocktail waitress in Dayton.
Know what I mean?
1. They were compiled the day I wrote the post.
And looking over the list again, if I had to write it again today, my list would remain the same.
Not everyone has to agree with everything I write. Notice that I called the title my least favorite, not everyone's least favorite (or even the worst songs of the '70s)...everyone's list is subjective and going to be different.
2. Very true, and I can see your point on every song you listed.
I just went over them and noticed that I loved and played several of them, at another time, and now shake my head at a minute in. As opposed to songs like "You Light Up My Life," which was on the Billboard charts for a year, I think, that I could not stand THEN, but understand now.
Time shapes our views. That is why I asked when you wrote the list, when you decided these were some of your lest favorite songs.
As I said, we agree on almost everything.
3. Particularly today's "Music."
4. That's how I feel about a lot of '80s movies. What seemed entertaining (and full of spectacular special effects) sometimes come across as quite dumb in 2018.
But Lacey, please don't tell me you are a person who loves "Disco Duck." LOL.
5. Why, er, no, of course not (cough). Don't be silly. I would NEVER own the 45 single of that silly, silly tune. (excuse me for a minute . . .)
14. How about top 20 to include the '80's? I enjoy the commentary.
15. I agree with all your choices. In addition to these, I'd add that one (not sure this is the title) "I've Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates", "My Name is Michael" (again, not sure that is the exact title), "The Theme From Ice Castles", "You Light Up My Life", and "Short People" because I'm only 5 feet tall. 😁. There are many others I could probably come up with as, personally, I think much of the pop music from the 70s was pretty bad.
16. What? Someone in the world doesn't like "Send in the Clowns"? What? TWO people don't like it? From the first time I heard it on Frank's "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back" tour, I thought it beauty personified.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83117 | — pissing into the wind
Exchange 2013 OWA/ECP Error 500
After I installed Exchange 2013 and tried to access either OWA or ECP on it, I kept getting Error 500. Looking at the httpproxy logs, I saw this: The unhandled exception was: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Invalid provider type specified.
Turns out Exchange doesn’t like the key provider, Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider, so you have to reissue a cert using Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider as the provider.
I did this by going through the web cert enrollment and using the Web Server template. Then I assigned the new certificate to the SSL sites in IIS.
The solution is over here.
1. Iraj says: 2014-04-2206:49
I have same problem. But when I checked the certificates, I have two. One of them has no provider and the second one is Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider.
Do you have any solution for that?
• donovan says: 2014-04-2208:00
Which certificate is SSL in IIS using? It has to be the Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider one.
• iraj says: 2014-04-2211:13
How can I find it? I’m new in IIS and certificates. I issued cryptutil -setup my and if print out two certificates as mentioned.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83146 | Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole (born April 1, 1952) is an American actress, dancer, and songwriter. She is most recently known for portraying Martha Kent, the mother of Clark Kent on the television series Smallville. Description above from the Wikipedia article Annette O'Toole, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83148 | You probably know the story of Joseph and his brothers that is told in chapters 37-50 of the Book of Genesis. Still, allow me to recount it in summary: Joseph was the eleventh son of Jacob, “the child of his old age” (Genesis 37:3) and his favorite. Out of envy and hatred for Joseph, his ten older brothers conspired to sell him to slave traders while convincing their father that Joseph had been devoured by wild animals. Unbeknownst to Joseph’s father or brothers, he ended up in Egypt. There he was favored by God and, through a series of events culminating in his successful prediction of and preparation for a severe famine, Joseph rose to a position in Egypt that was second only to the pharaoh. His father Jacob, whose family was afflicted by the same famine, sent Joseph’s ten older brothers to Egypt to buy grain. When they met the man in charge of selling the country’s grain, they did not realize it was Joseph. Eventually, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers and invited them, along with their father Jacob and his entire household, to come to Egypt to enjoy peace and plenty.
The conclusion of this story is not just about unexpected reunion – Joseph reunited with his family against all odds. It is about reconciliation – Joseph forgiving his brothers who treated him cruelly – and about divine providence – Joseph’s slavery and exile resulting in the salvation of countless people from starvation. These themes present themselves poignantly at the very end of the story. Joseph’s brothers had worried since their first visit to Egypt that they were “being punished on account of [their] brother” (Genesis 42:21). Then, after their father Jacob died, “Joseph’s brothers became fearful and thought, ‘Suppose Joseph has been nursing a grudge against us and now most certainly will pay us back for all the wrong we did him!’” (Gen 50:15). Joseph’s response to them is extraordinary: “Do not fear . . . Even though you meant harm to me, God meant it for good, to achieve this present end, the survival of many people” (Genesis 50:19-20).
Joseph recognized that the story of his life was dramatized, not only by human actors and their purposes, but also by the purposeful direction of God. His brothers, as actors in this play, sold him into slavery with the intention of doing harm. Nevertheless, God directed those same actions with the intention of doing good. Without denying the wrongfulness of his brothers’ actions, Joseph was able to appreciate how, in and through those actions, God’s providential purposes came to be realized.
Because of this, Joseph could forgive his brothers. He understood that the events of his life – even the bad ones – had been steered by God for the accomplishment of His saving plans. God made even the bad things in his life work for the good. Therefore, Joseph had no need for revenge. God had made everything right. Joseph felt no need to try to rectify matters by striking back against his brothers.
What is God’s purpose for us when bad things like illness and injury happen in our lives? Does God mean those things for good, as He did for Joseph? Saint Paul says He does, that “all things work for good for those who love God” (Romans 8:28). But that can be hard for us to recognize because when such things are happening to us, we don’t know how they will turn out. We don’t have the benefit of hindsight that Joseph had at the end of his story. We do, however, have Joseph’s example and the even greater example of Jesus and the promise of Saint Paul. In the midst of sickness and suffering, we cannot see how God will direct the course of our lives for the good. We do, however, have every reason to trust that God will.
Because of this, we can forgive. We understand that the events of our lives – even the bad ones – have been and will be steered by God for the accomplishment of His saving plans. God will make everything work for the good. We don’t have to curse our bad luck or fight back or cast blame or unleash our anger in order to make things right. God will make everything right. We have only to trust.
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1. Thank you for them we beautiful words. My prayers for you in your Health Care Ministry. I am a Retired R. N.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83178 | Louis Armstrong Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
Born: August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: July 6, 1971 in New York City, New York
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On July 4, 2000, America marked the centennial of the birth of LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1901-1971), her most celebrated jazz musician. "Satchmo", short for "satchel mouth", popularized jazz singing, scat singing and improvised instrumental solos to the mainstream public. He was America's musical ambassador to the world, a multi-talented vocalist, trumpet player and entertainer who influenced scores of vocalists and musicians. In 1967, Satchmo recorded "It's A Wonderful World", which did not become a hit until 1987 (16 years after his death), when it was featured in the film Good Morning, Vietnam. "Hello, Dolly!", a tune that he hated the first time he heard it, became another signature song after his show-stopping rendition in the 1969 film starring Barbra Streisand.
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2011 Monte Carlo (Sound), 1998 Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (Sound), 1998 Doctor Dolittle (Sound), 1994 Love Affair (Sound), 1984 Karkalou (Sound), 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Sound), 2000 Gilmore Girls (Sound), 1999 The Children of the Marshland (Sound), 1984 Repo Man (Sound), 1975 The Day of the Locust (Sound), 1946 Headline Bands (Sound), 2008 Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories (Other), 2006 Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (Other), 1999 Crossroads (Other), 1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (Other), 1989 Harlem Nights (Sound), 1995 Masters of American Music (Other), 2011 Tom Sawyer (Sound), 1990 Twin Peaks (Sound), 1970 Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '70 (in person), 1934 København, Kalundborg og - (in person), 2008 Trombone Shorty (Other), 2003 Chocolate com Pimenta (Sound), 2002 Mr. Deeds (Sound), 1999 My Life So Far (Sound), 1996 Children of the Revolution (Sound), 1989 Driving Miss Daisy (Sound), 1989 When Harry Met Sally... (Sound), 2011 New Year's Eve (Sound), 2010 Rio Sex Comedy (Sound), 2001 Pearl Harbor (Sound), 2000 The Closer You Get (Sound), 1999 The Love Letter (Sound), 1998 Madeline (Sound), 1959 Kærlighedens melodi (Performer), 2012 My Music: Big Band Vocalists (Other), 2011 Bert Stern: Original Madman (Other), 2007 The South Bank Show (Other), 2013 Boardwalk Empire (Sound), 2012 For Sale (Sound), 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Sound), 2008 Getaway (Sound), 1992 Ciao, Professore! 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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83227 | Diagonal Sum of a Binary Tree.
Consider lines drawn at an angle of 135 degrees(that is slope = -1) which cut through the left branches of a given binary tree. A diagonal is formed by nodes which lie between two such consecutive lines. If we are able to draw 'n' lines then the complete tree is divided into 'n+1' diagonals. Diagonal sum in a binary tree is sum of all node's values lying between these lines. Given a binary tree, print all diagonal sums. Please note that all right branches are drawn parallel to each other and all left branches are also drawn parallel to each other.
For example,
in the above tree there are total of three diagonals.
Diagonal-0 has 3 nodes in it: node-0, node-2 and node-6. Therefore, sum of all nodes in diagonal-0 is 8.
Similarly, sum of nodes in diagonal-1 is 9(node-1, node-5 and node-3). And sum of nodes in diagonal-2 is 11(node-4, node-7).
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Please observe below tree carefully.
As is marked in the tree, root node-0 is placed in diagonal 0, then its left child node-1 is placed in diagonal 1 and its right child node-2 is placed in the same diagonal as node-0 that is diagonal 0. This observation can be easily generalized - if current node is placed in diagonal 'd' then its left child would be placed in diagonal 'd+1' and its right child would be placed in the same diagonal as that of current node that is diagonal 'd'.
Now using above insight, we can easily find the diagonal in which a node is placed in and then add that node's value to that diagonal.
We traverse the complete tree using inorder traversal starting from the root node. During this traversal, we pass the 'currDiag' to each node indicating which diagonal that current node is placed in. We start by passing 'currDiag = 0' for the root node. Each node passes down 'currDiag + 1' to its left child and 'currDiag' to its right child. Now using this 'currDiag' value, we add current node to appropriate diagonal's sum. To store diagonal sum for each diagonal separately, HashMap is used with its key as diagonal number and value as sum of nodes in that diagonal.
Time complexity of this algorithm is O(n) since each node would be visited once. Space complexity in the worst case would be O(n). Worst case space complexity occurs for the skewed tree where right child for each node is null. Average case space complexity of this algorithm would be O(log(n)).
Please check out the function 'computeDiagSum(TreeNode currentNode, int currDiag, HashMap diagSum)' in code snippet for implementation details. You can also watch the video above for step by step explanation.
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package com.ideserve.nilesh.questions;
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* Computes sum of nodes in each diagonal using inorder traversal.
* @author Nilesh
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class DiagonalSumTree
private class TreeNode
TreeNode left;
TreeNode right;
int value;
public TreeNode(int value)
this.value = value;
TreeNode root;
1 2
4 5 3 6
public void createTree()
this.root = new TreeNode(0);
TreeNode n1 = new TreeNode(1);
TreeNode n2 = new TreeNode(2);
TreeNode n3 = new TreeNode(3);
TreeNode n4 = new TreeNode(4);
TreeNode n5 = new TreeNode(5);
TreeNode n6 = new TreeNode(6);
TreeNode n7 = new TreeNode(7);
root.left = n1;
root.right = n2;
n1.left = n4;
n1.right = n5;
n2.left = n3;
n2.right = n6;
n5.left = n7;
private void computeDiagSum(TreeNode currentNode, int currDiag, HashMap<Integer, Integer> diagSum)
if (currentNode == null)
// compute diagonal sum for the tree rooted at the left child
// left child would be placed in 'currDiag + 1'
computeDiagSum(currentNode.left, currDiag + 1, diagSum);
// now add current node's value to its diagonal sum
int prevSum = (diagSum.get(currDiag) == null) ? 0 : diagSum.get(currDiag) ;
diagSum.put(currDiag, prevSum + currentNode.value);
// compute diagonal sum for the tree rooted at the right child
// right child would be placed in the same diagonal as that of current node
computeDiagSum(currentNode.right, currDiag, diagSum);
public void computeDiagSum(HashMap<Integer, Integer> diagSum)
computeDiagSum(root, 0, diagSum);
public static void main(String[] args)
DiagonalSumTree solution = new DiagonalSumTree();
1 2
4 5 3 6
HashMap<Integer, Integer> diagSum = new HashMap();
// this call populates diagSum HashMap with sum for all diagonals
// print sum for each diagonal
for (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : diagSum.entrySet())
System.out.println("Diagonal Sum for level " + entry.getKey() + " :" + entry.getValue());
Order of the Algorithm
Time Complexity is O(n)
Space Complexity is O(n)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83233 | Red Dead Redemption 2 Wiki Guide
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83263 | Fix Windows Media Player Problems
Microsoft Windows Media Player is a free media player software that comes with the personal computer version of Windows operating systems. The software supports basic file formats such as WMV, WMA, AVI, MP3, and ASF. The player included in Windows XP gives you the power to create your own CDs, search and organize digital media on your PC, and copy files to portable devices such as CDs and pen drives.
Fix Windows Media Player Problems
Corrupted and missing DLLs files, incorrect registry entries, and outdated files are some of the causes of Windows Media Player errors. Covered here are a few steps that you can take to fix common problems.
C00D11CD: Unknown Error
C00D11CD errors occur when an operating system component or some other program encounters an error and does not communicate it to Windows Media Player. Due to its generic nature and multiple reasons for occurrence, there is no specific solution to this problem.
If you encounter the error when trying to play an AVI or MPEG 2 file, then most likely, you do not have the correct codec version installed on your system. To fix a Windows Media Player problem related to codec, search for the required codec on the Internet, download it, and update it on your system to play the required file.
Windows Media Player uses Digital Rights Management (DRM) to authorize copying files to a CD or to download them from an online music store. If you do not have DRM authority to copy a particular song, you will not be able to play it and the error will pop up.
Windows Media Player uses the wmadmoe.dll file to encode files. If something goes wrong with this file, you may get the c00d11cd error when you try to copy songs from a CD to your hard disk. To fix a Windows Media Player problem in this situation, you must register the DLL file by running the command ‘regsvr32 wmadmoe.dll’.
80040155: Interface Not Registered
If this error occurs when you try to burn songs into a CD, then the most probable cause is that the required player files are no longer registered on your system. To fix this error, try to reinstall your Windows Media Player or download and install a newer version of the player, if available on the internet.
800C2EE2: Action timed out
This error occurs when your Windows Media Player is unable to connect to a server due to problem in the network, and therefore cannot play protected audio/video files that you download from an online music store. Incorrect Internet Explorer security settings might be the cause of this problem. To fix this, open Internet Explorer and select Tools-Internet Options-LAN Settings. Next, clear the Automatically detect settings check box.
C00D0FAA: Cannot rip the files
The error usually occurs when you try to rip CDs to MP3 format. Existence of entries from an earlier player version in the registry might be the reason behind this problem. One way to fix this problem is by adjusting the audio quality. However, if you want to maintain the audio quality, then to fix this Windows Media Player problem, open the Registry Editor by running the Regedit command and navigate to the subkey given below.
Here, open ‘LowrateSample’ and delete the value displayed in the Value Data box. Select OK and exit Registry Editor.
Many times errors also occur when there are corrupt files on the system or there are invalid DLL entries and other related incorrect entries in the system registry. For this, you must try to download reliable registry cleaner software from the Internet and scan your registry for invalid entries. Using registry cleaner software, you can easily and efficiently fix Windows registry problems, and make your PC free from irritating errors.
Errors can occur in Windows Media Player due to outdated files, missing or corrupt DLL files and incorrect registry entries. Most of the time, you can fix Windows Media Player problems by updating missing files or by upgrading the player to a later version. Additionally, to prevent registry-related problems, you can use a registry cleaner software to regularly scan the registry and eliminate invalid DLL entries and corrupt values from it. |
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Qeexo's FingerSense Could Change How You Use Your Phone
Touchscreens were a revelation. But now that countless devices can tell when someone is poking them, companies are starting to experiment with smarter input methods that go beyond the binary ability to detect physical contact.
Qeexo is one of those companies, and Recode reports that it’s working on a system that differentiates between fingertips, knuckles, and other inputs. The result: Smartphones that take better advantage of the human hand’s capabilities.
The tech is called FingerSense. Right now people can use it to take screenshots by double-tapping a phone’s display, to send an email by drawing the letter “e,” and to perform other functions using their knuckles instead of their fingertips. And those are just the most basic capabilities a system like FingerSense could offer.
Those tools could make it easier for people to perform basic tasks — it’s easier to draw a letter than to go to the homescreen, find the right app, and tap on it with their devices. They could also help people who might struggle with taking screenshots, for example, because they require simultaneous button presses.
Qeexo isn’t the only company trying to make phones more aware. Just take Microsoft’s hover gestures, which notice how someone is holding a device and the way their finger approaches the display to determine what exactly someone’s trying to do.
Apple is also working on better input methods that don’t even require people to actually touch a device to interact with it. The results could change the way people interact with technology.
The human hand is an amazing thing. Learning how to embrace its capabilities, whether it’s in virtual reality or on a smartphone using FingerSense, is the first step in designing the user interfaces of the future. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83275 | Adding Web Apps in MyWebsite
Please Note:
For the Website Builder and the MyWebsite
For those MyWebsiteordered before 06.09.2017.
Web Apps can be easily integrated into the MyWebsite. You can add applications such as buttons for Facebook, Twitter or route planners to your website with Google Maps.
Step 1
Step 2
On the main menu, click Add Web Apps.
• Step 3
• Select your web app. Besides the search, you can also use the different pages or the categorization.
• Step 4
• Move the mouse pointer over the desired Web App (e.g. Blogger) and click Add.
• Step 5
• The app is now located in Insert Elements > Social Networks > My Web Apps.
Step 6
• Drag the desired web app (such as Blogger) into the content area of your website.
• Step 7
• Make any necessary settings in the app and then click Save. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83281 | Berlin Marathon - Record!
I ran in the fastest marathon ever run, and ran the fastest marathon I’ve ever run.
I did it in just under 3½ hours, finishing after Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record of 2:01:39 in the Berlin Marathon.
I couldn’t really believe it. I wanted to do better than before, maybe under 4 hours, but when my legs were still moving for the last kilometers, I just went for it. There were cramps but I zoomed past the guy carrying the 3:45 banner and pretty much sprinted the rest. It was incredible.
I still can’t really believe it! I was 40 minutes faster than before. And I could have kept running.
I didn’t have to stop or walk at all – well, except to drink water, because it was in plastic cups and not in bottles, so the only way to drink it was to stop and drink it. One of my fellow runners apparently went mad about that. Rightly so.
The plastic cups actually slowed me down, as did people. There were too many damn people getting in my way. I ran like the wind. Like I said, I still can’t believe it.
We raised €1,531.74 for MSF in Syria, the point of the whole thing, the reason I ran over 1,200 kilometers this year.
UPDATE – Monday, November 5, 2018: A couple of late donations brought the total from this marathon to €1,601.74, making it €5,056.74 raised over three marathons (Madrid, Dublin, Berlin) for MSF in Syria.
I can’t thank everyone enough. You’re all stars. Thank you!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83303 | Attack on Titan and Titanfall collide
Fan animation mixes the two perfectly.
If you've been listening to Jtor AM, you know Tim and I have been talking about Titanfall plenty these past few weeks -- and with good reason. Who doesn't love giant robots plummeting from the sky, ready to do battle? No one. I'm positive. Well, I'm sure someone out there has already made an Attack on Titan and Titanfall joke, but no one has done it like Polaris, who've mashed the two together in their animated fan video titled (fittingly) Attack on Titanfall.
It's well done! I have one minor nitpick though: Mikasa gets out-badassed by Armin -- what kind of world is this? Still, it works well in other ways than just the similarities in name, as the weak spots on titans are on the back of their neck and shoulder. How fitting! Now I kind of want to see some Japanese fan art of this crossover.
So: would you rather fight a titan or a Titan? Wait, maybe that's a confusing question.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83322 | In Memory of Yellowstone Wolf 926F
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In Memory of Yellowstone Wolf 926F
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She was a survivor and an alpha. And then she was legally shot and killed by a hunter. Yellowstone Park's legendary wolf researcher Rick McIntyre reflects on the life of one of the park's most famous canines.
Until the last moment of her life, no matter what challenges and tragedies she faced, she always figured out a way to survive, to carry on. Then in late November, just a mile outside Yellowstone National Park, a hunter’s bullet struck and killed wolf 926.
I knew her well, starting with her days as a pup. I also knew her parents and other ancestors, back to two of her great-great-grandmothers. Rather than dwell on her death, let me tell you about the extraordinary life she lived and why so many people cared about her.
Born in the spring of 2011, wolf 926 lived seven and a half years (that’s about 60 in human years). Her famous mother, known as the “06 Female,” the founder of the Lamar Canyon pack, was shot and killed in the Wyoming wolf hunt, in late 2012. Her daughter eventually became the pack’s alpha female and had her first litter in the spring of 2014. The only other adult in the family was wolf 925, her mate and the father of their six pups.
Life was hard for the two young adults as they struggled to feed and protect the large litter. By March 2015, the 11-month-old pups were healthy and strong. Their mother was halfway through a new pregnancy at that time. The pack left the safety of its territory—one of the smallest ranges of the park’s nine packs, at roughly 88 square miles—and traveled west, into the land of a rival pack, looking for elk to hunt. The alpha pair were undertaking a dangerous mission, but they had to feed their pups, so they took on the risk.
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When she was apart from the rest of her family, 926 spotted a cow elk and chased her. The cow ran to the top of a 100-foot cliff and turned to defend herself. Wolf 926 repeatedly lunged and snapped at her. The cow, who was five times bigger than her opponent, charged forward each time the wolf approached and tried to kick and trample her. Then 926 darted in one more time, and the cow reflexively took a few steps back. Her hind legs slipped past the edge of the cliff, and she fell to her death.
The wolf ran around the far end of the cliff, raced down to the flats, confirmed the cow was dead, ran back uphill, got her mate and pups, and led them back to her kill. After feeding, the pack needed to get back to its own territory. The alpha male led the family east. I saw them coming through a pass, just west of Slough Creek. A few more miles of traveling would get them home.
Suddenly, 925 stopped and intently looked down at the creek. I turned that way and saw the Prospect Peak pack, a group of 12 wolves. They were resting after feeding on a bison carcass. The rival pack was between the Lamar Canyon wolves and their territory.
Something caused the Prospect wolves to jump up and see the other pack. Wolf 926, doing exactly the right thing, spun around and ran back through the pass. The six pups ran after their mother. But 925 stayed in place and calmly watched as the 12 wolves ran uphill at 35 miles per hour, directly at him. His primary responsibility was protecting his family, so he defiantly stood there, between the charging pack and his mate and pups.
When the other wolves were about to reach him, 925 finally ran off, not away from them but past them and toward the creek. They fell for his strategy and pursued him, not understanding that he was leading them away from his family. The Prospect wolves caught up with 925, pulled him down, and attacked him. He died from the wounds they inflicted, but he had saved his family.
Soon 926 and her pups were back in the middle of their territory. She was due to have her new litter in a few weeks, and her existing pups were too inexperienced to support her. As a single mother, 926’s chances of keeping her new pups alive were slim.
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Then four of the big Prospect males found her den. The mother wolf desperately tried to save her current pups by taking them deeper into her territory. Early the next morning, I found her in a meadow five miles from her den. None of the pups were with her. A few yards away, the biggest of the rival wolves was glaring at her. As I watched the confrontation, I could not see any way out for 926. The male was far larger and stronger than she was. She could not win if they fought. And due to her advanced pregnancy, she could not outrun him.
Doing the unexpected, 926 suddenly relaxed. That confused the big male. Then she slowly wagged her tail. The other wolf was now even more bewildered. She romped over to him and started the wolf version of flirting. After a few moments of taking in the situation, he responded in kind. That was it—she got him to join her pack as the new alpha male. He brought in the three males that had come with him into her territory. Wolf 926 took four of the wolves that had killed her mate and got them to help her raise the new pups that had been sired by 925.
There are many other stories to tell of 926, but the ones I just related give you a sense of what she was like. She had a long, exciting life and overcame great difficulties. Tens of thousands of people got to see her live that life and were inspired by her grit and determination. Her family is carrying on. Next April, her adult daughter will likely have a litter of new pups at the pack’s den.
In my attempt to deal with the death of a wolf I knew so well and admired so greatly, I thought of something I could do. Wolf 926 was shot about a mile from my cabin. I found the site where she had bled out and collected some of her frozen blood. I trudged through the snow to where 926 had been born, and where I had seen her play with her pups, and left her remains there. I did it for her family, but mostly I did it for her. She deserved to come back home.
Rick McIntyre worked for the National Park Service in Yellowstone National Park as a naturalist and wolf researcher from 1994 through early 2018. His forthcoming book The Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph of Yellowstone's Underdog will be published by Greystone Books in October. |
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Abstract: C++11 is now widely available, and so is C++14. Like for users of the language, C++11/14 is a new language for C++ library writers, too. In this talk, we will walk you through the new C++ features that impact class design. We will show guidelines that you can apply in your work tomorrow. The talk will focus on value classes, which are classes that act like an int, because that is what modern C++ is designed for. Learn how you can optimize your thin abstractions and your pImpl””ed designs for the current generation of C++ compilers and users.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83354 | Producing the Hermes propliner was a bold move by Handley Page in war-torn 1940s Britain, but this important aircraft has largely been overlooked by the history books. Stephen Skinner gives an overview of a type that was ahead of its time.
An atmospheric photo of Hermes IV G-ALDI at Nairobi’s Eastleigh airport in September 1954. This aircraft was passed onto Britavia in the mid-1950s.
As early as 1942 Sir Frederick Handley Page, founder of Handley Page at Radlett in Hertfordshire, was considering a transport version of the company’s Halifax bomber. Despite lacking official support, the design evolved by April 1944 to become the HP.67 Hastings with the new circular fuselage, a lengthened version of the Halifax’s wing and a single fin. At the same time the Air Ministry issued a specification for a new transport which very closely matched the HP.67 and Handley Page received a contract to build it for the RAF.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83362 | Songs for a Grand Entrance!
The song you choose for the ever anticipated 'walking down the aisle' is usually a song that you either just LOVE or one that is significant to or represents you as a couple.
Here are a few of my personal favourites and ones that have been used by some of the couples I’ve had the joy of ‘marrying’! |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83428 | Sony WF-1000XM3 Noise-Cancelling Headphones: Australian Price, Specs And Release Date
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Sony recently dropped its compact WF-1000XM3 noise-cancelling earbuds and while they look pretty schmick and borrow some features from their headphone papa, the Sony WH-1000X M3, let's take a look at what they offer us for the $399.95 price tag.
Rapid Review: Sony WH-1000X M3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones
I have to admit that I'm one of those people who is pretty annoyed at the disappearance of the 3.5mm headphone jack from my mobile devices. And while Bluetooth is easy enough to set up, there are times when it's easy to plug in a set of wired headphones. Sony's WH-1000X M3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones offer the best of both worlds. They deliver Bluetooth connectivity but also support a 3.5mm connection. Here's how they performed for me.
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Price and availability
The Sony WF-1000XM3 will set you back $399.95, which sounds like a lot of money if you haven't been following recent headphone releases, but it's actually pretty standard for a quality offering.
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The in-ear headphones have been out on market for a few weeks but only in select stores. Sony is offering it for the RRP on their store while Catch is offering it for $355.30.
Weight 8.5g
Inputs Bluetooth 5.0, line of sight approx.30ft (10m)
Frequency Response 20Hz - 20,000Hz (44.1kHz Sampling)
Driver Unit 6mm, dome type (CCAW Voice coil)
Battery Up to nine hours (waiting time) with noise-cancelling on, 15 hours with noise-cancelling off, full charge takes 1.5 hours over USB (USB Type-C supplied).
Reducing the roar of jet engines to a whisper, Sony's MDR-1000X Bluetooth headphones offer first class noise-cancelling for travellers with deep pockets. At $699 Sony's MDR-1000X headphones certainly aren't cheap but in return they deliver amazing noise-cancelling performance – a big step up from Sony's $499 MDR-100ABN "H.ear On" headphones which already sound pretty impressive.
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It's soul music, baby, but not as we know it. The backbeat and the handclaps are still there and the horns still sound. The bass bumps, the organ screams and the guitars still twang, but the singer has left the room. Everything is shades of blue. This is soul music for the after hours. For the solitary dancers and the lonely hearts. The soundtrack to solitary headlights on a midnight highway. What to call it? Who cares! Can you dance to it? Just try not to. No one's telling you to throw your hands up in the air, but no one would be surprised if you did. It's dark here, so you can do your own thing. Wooden Boy was recorded by The Cactus Channel - a ten-piece band from Melbourne, Australia - all born in the 90's and raised on the internet. Yet somehow, this astonishing follow up to last year's rave-reviewed debut, Haptics, sounds like it could have been recorded in the 1970's, or possibly in the distant future. A timeless, placeless cinematic odyssey, Wooden Boy could have been an alternate soundtrack to Ghost Dog - if Lalo Schifrin and the Meters were collaborating on the RZA's score. Or maybe Wooden Boy was what happened when Lars Von Trier got invited to direct an episode of Soul Train. What any of it may actually mean is left to the listener's imagination. Funk aficionados will hear shades of New York on this record, echoes of El Michel's taking on Wu Tang, the influence of Budos and Menehan et al. But this is the Generation Z version; both more tempestuous and more introverted. Recorded analog in the digital era, presented faceless in the celebrity era, inexplicably ambiguous in the soundbite era, is this the album the world needs right now? Undoubtedly yes. In a world where the NSA can read the text message that dumped you, what does a person need more than sad soul music from the future? Wooden Boy, baby, Wooden Boy.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83535 | Netflix Price Changes Are Coming — Here's When You'll Pay More for Your Subscription
Starting next month, Netflix and chill will be a more costly activity — for some. On Monday, the streaming service announced higher subscription fees, but according to CNN Money, there's a bright side for Netflix loyalists, of sorts: the longer you've bought into the company's services, the longer you'll enjoy binge watching for less.
Read more: Scientists Can Stream Netflix Through a Steak — And It's Good News for Doctors
In October, the company hiked prices for first-time subscribers to its standard, high-definition streaming plan: They now paid a monthly $9.99, rather than $8.99. Longtime users who'd been grandfathered into streaming subscription continued to pay $7.99 each month. Throughout 2016, those customers' fees will rise to $10 thanks to the company's "un-grandfathering" plan, and everyone will be informed of the change in an email.
The monthly Netflix bill comes to $7.99 or $8.99 for over half the service's subscribers. But the company will offer a more affordable standard definition plan, priced at $8-per-month. This may be a reaction to Amazon's Sunday announcement that it will be offering an $8.99-per-month video streaming plan.
Netflix has yet to announce precise dates for its price increases. Subscribers should keep an eye on their inboxes — lest they miss the company's explanatory email — and binge like there's no tomorrow. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83548 | Miner's Girl Sarah Long: all you need is trust
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As I wrote the title for this column, I realised that 'trust' isn't a very exciting word. The original Beatles song All you need is love evokes a much more romantic image. Trust isn't sexy, imaginative or thrilling, it didn't even make it into the traditional wedding vows, and yet in any relationship it's so important.
One of the first things people seem to comment on when I mention my long-distance relationship with Mr Miner is trust. "Do you trust each other when you're apart so often?"
I realise that I am lucky in my relationship with Mr Miner, as trust has never really been an issue for either of us. Having said that, I don't think it's all down to luck. It's not even that we're both really laid back people. I've definitely had trust issues in relationships before, but in our case we've never given each other reasons not to have trust. Even when we first met and I was an excitable traveller discovering Sydney and he was away for up to four weeks at a time, we seemed to know our boundaries and stay within them.
Now we are even comfortable enough to joke about having another boyfriend or girlfriend and I often ask him how his Orange girlfriend is ('Orange' referring to the NSW mining town, not the colour, although I do like to think of her as an Oompa Loompa). In fact my trust in Mr Miner had never wavered… until the other day.
I was discussing with a friend how things between me and Mr Miner had improved since we moved to Sydney, including our sex life. Without thinking, she made an off-the-cuff remark about how it was like when men in TV shows or movies have affairs and suddenly start paying more attention to their wives because they feel guilty. I laughed along, but once she'd put the thought in my head it was hard to shift.
Now, the likelihood of him having an affair in Orange is almost non-existent if I consider it rationally. Firstly, he's only there for four days at a time. Secondly, when he is in Orange he's basically either at work or asleep. And thirdly, but most importantly, the combination of two of his strongest personality traits, shyness and laziness, mean that it is extremely unlikely that he would approach another girl, even if he did get the opportunity to do so.
The trouble is that sometimes I am not the most rational thinker. I think it's the writer and romantic in me that likes to get carried away with these silly ideas. It's the same reason I don't watch scary movies, because once someone or something has put the idea in my head I tend to overthink it.
So I decided the best thing to do was to bite the bullet and ask him. Next time he was home I just came out and said what I was thinking: "I just have to ask you something. Why do you want to have more sex all of a sudden? Are you having an affair?"
He looked at me with the same weary expression that he uses when I've told him I've broken something or lost yet another phone/wallet/personal item, and said: "Surely if I'm paying more attention to you it would be because I've just stopped having an affair?"
And that was all I needed. That response, with all its bluntness and rationality, made me remember why he's my other half.
Obviously it would be different if we didn't have trust in the first place, it's much easier to dispel concerns or rumours if you are usually open and honest with each other. I think the fact that we communicate, so that we don't need to be constantly checking in or checking up on each other, makes it less stressful when doubt raises its ugly head.
A few nights later he went back to work and texted me to say, "Don't get too lonely without me." I replied, saying not to worry and that my other boyfriend was coming over to keep me company. I couldn't help but laugh when I read his response: "Can I just ask you something? Are you having an affair?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83573 | All new Luxman preamplifier is coming soon
Luxman has been very hot lately, coming out with a slew of products one after another. Just when we thought their CL-38uc Tube Preamp was their last, the all-new flagship CL-1000 preamp was spotted at the 2019 Munich High-End Show.
Again, the CL-1000 retains the classic look of the old Luxman C-1000, but with completely re-designed circuitry and components. The CL-1000 houses the LECUTA (Luxman Electrically Controlled Ultimate Transformer Attenuator), a radically advanced volume control by use of transformer and 34 relays.
Luxman CL-1000 has an input sensitivity of 180 mV, 50 kΩ, frequency response from 20 to 20 000 Hz, a signal-to-noise ratio of 100 dB, and distortions are 0.02% The preamp weighs a solid 24.4 kg.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83617 | By Emma Crist
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Attention all jerky-lovers and trend-aware food peoples: We've got a new one for you.
Have you heard of biltong? It's a salty, dried meat delicacy native to South Africa--basically the South African version of American beef jerky. The word comes from the Dutch words bil, meaning "rump," and tong, meaning "strip" or "tongue."
The staple ingredients used to make biltong are meat (ranging from beef to game meats), vinegar (a crucial part of the curing process), and a blend of aromatic spices (think pepper, salt, coriander, and cloves).
In South Africa (and The States increasingly), it's a popular choice for snacking--eaten plain or sometimes on slices of bread with cheese, but can also be chopped up and tossed into stews or added to muffins--yes, muffins. If you can get your hands on some of this stuff, we would highly recommend you do. The texture falls somewhere in between jerky and prosciutto, and each salty-chewy bite is some kind of wonderful.
Speaking of getting your hands on it, biltong isn't exactly "mainstream" yet in the U.S. (you can occasionally find it at specialty supermarkets and stores), so we'd suggest ordering online if you're hankering for a sample. Here are a few places you can score it:
#1.) Ayoba-Yo
This small, family-owned company is best known for their Biltong Beef Snacks, and, unlike most jerkies on the market, Ayoba-Yo biltong snacks contain no sugar or artificial ingredients. One of our editors recently met the folks behind Ayoba-Yo at the Summer Fancy Food Show, sampled their goods, and came back raving.
#2.) Biltong USA
Headquartered in North Carolina, Biltong USA was the first manufacturer in the country to get the USDA approval for packaging and selling biltong. They offer a variety of gourmet biltong products that can be purchased online, and their products can also be found at specialty stores in certain parts of the country.
#3.) The South African Food Shop
For authentic, South African biltong (and other traditional South African goods), you'll want to check out The South African Food Shop. This USDA-approved company that's headquartered in North Carolina (but for real, what's up with North Carolina and biltong?) happens to be the primary seller of biltong for Amazon, so they must be pretty legit. |
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Which ATF Forms and Applications Can You Fax OR EMAIL to the ATF?
The ATF requires, applications, like the ATF Form 1, ATF Form 4 and ATF Form 4 to be sent via mail and in some cases accepts forms via e-mail and fax. All paper ATF applications are required to be sent in via mail. Applications submitted to the ATF require applicants, more specifically responsible persons to include fingerprint cards, passport photo(s) and application paperwork as originals. The ATF does have an electronic method to apply for the ATF Form 1 tax stamp, also known as, the ATF eForm 1. But fingerprint cards are still required to be physically mailed to the ATF for each responsible person. The ATF does accept paperwork to be submitted to them via email or fax. If you can't submit applications via email or fax, then which forms can be submitted via email or fax? The below forms can be submitted to the ATF via email or fax:
The above forms can either be mailed, emailed or faxed to the ATF. The information for each sending method is below.
Mail your BATFE paperwork to:
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244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405
FAX or EMAIL your BATFE paperwork to:
The above forms can be submitted via facsimile to the NFA Branch at (304) 616-4501 or can be scanned and emailed to
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83656 | How do I create a DOS network boot disk for 2000 server?
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I need to create a network boot disk that I can net use with to map a few
drives and run Symantec's ghost utility. Any thoughts? I have tried to use
NCAdmin, but I can't seem to figure out how to add the e100b drivers to the
setup! I have tried using the boot disk wizard that ships with symantec's
ghost, but I keep recieving a CDMS.EXE error or file missing msg when trying
to net use to anything!
Any help would be appreciated!
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Norton Ghost 6.5 or up can create network boot disk and map your drive.
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The Complexity of Simplicity
'Simplicity' is often the protagonist in product design lore. Perhaps too often. Simplicity is deceptive. Simplicity isn't always the good guy, and many of its best showings aren't simple at all.
Take Google, for example. Its user interface is undeniably simple. In a recent experiment it is as simple as a logo and a text box. No submit button. No links. No "I'm feeling lucky". No advertisements. The web's most popular application has the simplest design.
Very little about Google though, outside of user interface design, is simple. Google is the web's most complex application. Feel the dissonance? The most complex web app has the simplest interface. This is a key trait of 'good simplicity': leverage.
Leverage is simple with a purpose. Leverage as in mechanical advantage, not Lehman Brothers. The ability to do more with less, not less with less. Simple not as in simple stupid, but as in simple machine. Good simplicity moves the fulcrum closer to the load. Bad simplicity removes the fulcrum all together.
Good simplicity restricts user input to multiply its value. On one end of the Google machine you type in words, on the other end of the Google machine you get a list of the web pages most relevant to those terms *from across the entire internet*. On one end of the Twitter machine you type 140 characters, on the other end everyone on the internet who cares about what you're saying receives it. On one end of the iPhone machine you stretch your fingers out, on the other end a map of the entire world zooms in.
The iPhone is another icon of simple design. Its face has one physical button. One button. This beautiful simplicity is achieved through patentable complexity: a multitouch screen. When the iPhone was introduced it was both the world's simplest smart phone and its most technologically complex. The 'simple' capacitive touch screen leads us to another key trait of 'good simplicity': complexity disguised.
The face of an iPhone really has 153,601 "buttons". Only one of them can be pressed reliably: the one that isn't on the screen. The other 153,600 are points on the screen so small that when a single finger touches it tens to hundreds of them are pressed at once. Specialized hardware and algorithms then turn this large amount of noisy input into the single point on the screen your finger was aiming for. Somehow it works and the result of this complexity is an interface that feels natural and familiar. It feels simple.
Good simplicity disguises necessary complexity. Bad simplicity labels all complexity as unnecessary and throws it out the door. Google could have chosen not to accept misspelled words, they could have created a separate app for solving mathematical expressions, multilingual searches, etc. These are all complex problems Google solved not by avoiding them, but by disguising complexity to make us believe it's just as simple as every other search.
Simple can be a siren just as easily as it can be a signal. Good simplicity is less with leverage, not less with less. Good simplicity is complexity disguised, not complexity denied. Don't give in to stupidity when creating simplicity.
Alexander's avatar
I like Don Norman's systems approach to this
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Robert Hacker
Having discussed simplicity, you should now move on to elegance. In many ways what you call simplicity is really elegance.
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Yep - great post!
Another way to put it: the end result for the user should be simple, not necessarily your work as a programmer.
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I liked this post a lot. I think the way to create simplicity is to build for human needs, regardless of technological complexity. This post seems to describe that exactly.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83669 | Pesticides are accumulated in bodies with high fat content, FEFU scientists say
Pesticides are accumulated in bodies with high fat content. This conclusion was made by the scientists from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) that have been studying seabirds and marine mammals of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea for several years. The cycle of studies is supported by the Russian Science Foundation (No. 14-50-00034).
In a scientific article published in the well-known journal Marine Pollution Bulletin a group of authors including Vasiliy Tsygankov, head of Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and associate professor of the School of Biomedicine at FEFU; Olga Lukyanova, Leading Researcher of the Pacific Research Fisheries Center (TINRO-Center) and professor of the School of Natural Sciences at FEFU; and Margarita Boyarova, associate professor of the School of Biomedicine of FEFU presented the results of a study of organochlorine pesticides (OCP) build-up effect in the bodies of seabirds and marine mammals living in the north-western part of the Pacific Ocean.
OCP are synthetic pesticides that are derived from chlorocarbon. They are widely used in the chemical industry and agriculture. OCP are highly toxic, have a long decay period, and can be accumulated in the fat tissue and internal organs of living bodies. Many of these substances, such as DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and its metabolites are included into the "Dirty Dozen" developed at the Stockholm Convention.
Although pesticides are targeted to damage particular noxious organisms, they often also affect non-target species badly.
The scientists concluded that the higher the place of an organism in the food chain is, the more toxins can be accumulated in its body. The study also points out that long-living species accumulate in their organs more pesticides than the species that have shorter life cycles. For example, there are low pesticides in the bodies of small fishes, but in seabirds, mammals, and carnivores that eat such fishes the levels of OCP concentration are higher.
The subject of the study was materials collected from gray whales, Pacific walruses, and seabirds (Northern fulmar, Crested auklet, Auklet-crumb, Pacific gull, and Gray petrel).
The scientists point out generally high levels of OCP concentration in the organs of seabirds and marine animals and specify that the level of pollution in the bodies of mammals was higher due to bigger fat content.
The concentration of OCP in the organs of the mammals from the Bering Sea is lower than in the organs of similar organisms from the other regions of the Pacific Ocean. At the same time, having evaluated the status of the ecosystems of the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, the team concluded that the levels of pesticide pollution in this area are close to those in other sub-Arctic regions of the World Ocean.
The level of OCP accumulation in marine organisms is an important indicator of global environmental status. This parameter is taken into consideration in the course of both local and global environment monitoring. By studying OCP concentrations in the bodies of marine organisms with long life cycles scientists can determine the total level of pesticide pollution in the ocean. On the other hand, studying fish helps them to control local environmental status.
Among the sources of pesticide pollution listed by scientists, there are global atmospheric processes, as OCP have been found even in the bodies of the mammals that live in pesticide-free areas.
"Organochlorine pesticides are a serious threat for people, and the situation worsens with time. For example, due to the actions of China and India, the concentration of OCP in the Indian Ocean is constantly growing. The USA also produce pesticides for sale," - comments Kirill Golokhvast, provost for research at FEFU and Doctor of Biology.
To study the samples taken from the organisms of seabirds and marine animals the team used method of the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). This technology is considered the gold standard in the field of identifying chemical substances in basic and complex mixtures. The studied samples were homogenized, and lipids were recovered from the end material to be analyzed for the presence of OCP. The samples for the study had been collected for three years, from 2010 to 2013. The materials for the analysis included feathers of seabirds, their skin, liver, muscles, and bodies in general, as well as muscles and livers of gray whales and Pacific walruses.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83688 | Can My Landlord Prohibit Smoking If the Lease Doesn't?
My rental agreement doesn’t have a no-smoking policy, but my landlord wants to evict me for smoking. What are my rights?
I'm subletting an apartment. I smoke, and I often have friends over who smoke, too. I just received notice that the owner wants to evict me for smoking—but the tenant whom I rent from never mentioned it wasn’t allowed. I checked the tenant’s lease and my sublease agreement, and neither has a no-smoking rule. I pay rent on time. What are my rights?
Landlords have the right to prohibit or restrict smoking in their rental properties. Most of the time, a no-smoking policy is part of the lease or rental agreement. When tenants (or subtenants) sign a lease or rental agreement, they agree to be bound by its terms. Tenants or subtenants who violate their lease or rental agreement risk early termination of their tenancy or even eviction.
However, landlords cannot create new rules mid-tenancy unless the tenant agrees to the change in writing. A landlord cannot add a new policy into a fixed-term lease before the lease expires. When a month-to-month rental agreement is in place, a landlord can only make a change after giving the tenant proper notice (30 days before the new policy begins in most states) in writing.
Because you’re a subtenant of a tenant with a lease, you must abide by the terms and conditions of the tenant's lease—as well as the terms of your sublease agreement. For example, a no-pets clause in the tenant’s lease also applies to you. Likewise, the rule that landlords can’t change the rules mid-lease apply to you—meaning the landlord can’t insist that you stop smoking, because the tenant’s lease doesn’t have an anti-smoking clause.
However, the lease isn’t the only agreement you must abide by. The tenant from whom you rent could change the month-to-month sublease agreement to add a no-smoking rule. So long as the tenant follows all the applicable laws regarding changes to rental agreements, you’ll have whatever amount of notice time your state requires begin (again, usually 30 days) to decide if you want to move out or comply with the new rule.
In the meantime, you could send the landlord a letter explaining that because neither the lease nor the sublease agreement contains a no-smoking policy, your smoking is not grounds for early termination or eviction. Send the letter by certified mail so you have proof the landlord received it, and keep a copy of the letter for yourself. If the landlord proceeds with eviction anyway, consider consulting a local landlord-tenant attorney for further advice.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83735 | What Can Hanna Somatics Do For Me?
What Can Hanna Somatics Do For Me?
By Noreen Owens
Every day I see someone whose quality of life could be improved by restoring sensory motor awareness. Yesterday, I saw a woman at the park limping in obvious pain. Her right waist was contracted. She had right hip and shoulder pain – typical for an overly-contracted waist. She is having a hip replacement. Restoring function to her right waist muscle would reduce her pain, and if she still needed hip surgery, her recovery would be faster with a functional waist. Hanna Somatics restores function to muscles by restoring sensory motor awareness.
Hanna Somatics targets three neuromuscular reflex patterns – stress, anxiety, and injury – that become habituated and cause stiffness, aches and pain. Each pattern manifests a distinct posture. The woman at the park demonstrated the Injury Reflex Pattern. The Stress Pattern is a major cause of low back pain. The Anxiety Pattern looks like aging – it rounds the shoulders, causes neck and shoulder pain, and restricts breathing. Somatics relaxes the patterns with simple, non-stretching movements called pandiculations, which are as naturalNoreenOwens as a yawn.
Learn to target and relax the daily tensions of stress, anxiety, and movement repetition injuries; manage back pain, anxiety, neck and shoulder stiffness, and breathing.
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Medians of a Triangle and their properties
The median is a line segment that joins a vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side of a triangle.
A triangle has three medians.
The point of concurrency of the medians is called the centroid.
The centroid is the center of mass of an object of uniform density in the shape of a triangle.
The object will balance on any line through the centroid.
The centroid is two-thirds the distance from the vertices to the midpoint on the opposite side.
Constructing a Median
A median is a line segment from the vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side in a triangle.
In every type of triangle, the median will be contained within the polygon, unlike altitudes which can lie outside the triangle.
When constructing a median, we first find the midpoint of the side opposite the desired vertex, then use a straightedge to connect the midpoint and the vertex.
How to construct the three medians of an acute triangle?
How to construct a midpoint using a compass?
The meeting point of the three medians will form the centroid of the triangle.
Constructing a Median of a Triangle
Using a straight edge and compass constructing a median of a triangle Constructing a median with a compass
1. Open the compass past the estimated midpoint of the side. Strike an arc.
2. Keeping the same setting, move to the vertex on the opposite side of the side you are working with.
3. Strike an arc such that it intersects the first arc twice.
4. Use a straightedge to find the midpoint of the side.
5. Draw a segment from that midpoint to the opposite vertex.
Do this for all three sides and you'll find the centroid of the triangle.
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Contributed by Glenn Nicholls
1. Terminology and Houses
2. Rank and Bidding
3. Scoring
4. Rules
5. A Question of Balance
The Medieval Quest known as TigerBridge
Which is a Fulcrum Game
The playing of the card game of Contract Bridge is still widely played, but at New-Camelot it was found that the game would be more popular with simplified scoring and changes to the bidding system, and so they made modifications, and the modified game is called TigerBridge and is a more popular pastime, sometimes played for fun, but usually as a serious game in the form of a tournament or match where players go in Quest of the elusive Balancing Point. The modifications are as follows:
Terminology was changed to what was thought to be more appropriate:
Suits are known as Houses
Trumps are known as Crests
The Contract is known as The Proclamation
Declarer is known as Proclaimer
Dummy is known as The Lookout
Tricks are known as Rounds
Undertricks are known as Roundsunder
Overtricks are known as Roundsover
Passing during the bidding is known as Declining
The Houses and their rank were changed to what was thought to be more appropriate. The TigerBridge names and ranking for bidding purposes are shown with Contract Bridge equivalents.
Contract Bridge
No Crests (lowest rank)No Trumps (highest rank)
The Rank of the cards was changed to what was thought to be more appropriate. The TigerBridge ranking is shown with Contract Bridge equivalents.
Contract Bridge
The Bidding. It was felt that a bid to win a certain number of rounds should mean precisely what is said, and so a bid of seven towers means that the bidder has proclaimed to take seven rounds with towers as crests. The minimum number of rounds that can be bid is five and the maximum number of rounds that can be bid is nine and there is no doubling and so no re-doubling. The total possible number of bids in TigerBridge is therefore twenty-five. The bidding numbers for TigerBridge are shown with Contract Bridge equivalents.
Contract Bridge
FiveNo equivalent
SixNo equivalent
No equivalentFour
No equivalentFive
No equivalentSix
No equivalentSeven
The Scoring was simplified by awarding one point for every roundover to proclaimer’s partnership up to a maximum of five and one point for every roundunder to defenders’ partnership up to a maximum of five. These points are called set points. Upon a partnership reaching a minimum of six set points and leading by two or more set points this forms a set and one game point is credited to them and a new set begun; excess set points are carried forward to the new set except when the game is concluded. The game is concluded when a partnership wins two sets, and if their opponents have not won a set an additional game point is awarded. The game score therefore is either 2-1 or 3-0 to the winning partnership.
The Scoring Table is set out below:
by Proclaimer
Set points awarded
to Proclaimer’s Partnership
For each roundover
to a maximum of five
by Proclaimer
Set points awarded
to Defenders’ Partnership
For each roundunder
to a maximum of five
Partnership set
points awarded
Partnership game
points awarded
Minimum of six and
difference of two or greater
(excess carried forward to next
set except when game concludes)
A game is concluded upon a partnership reaching two game points. An additional game point is awarded to the winning partnership if their opponents have no game points.
The remaining rules of TigerBridge generally follow those of Contract Bridge, with one or two exceptions. The main rules are listed below.
1. The last player to bid is proclaimer and this bid is the proclamation.
2. Proclaimer’s partner is The Lookout.
3. Proclaimer plays The Lookout’s cards.
4. Defenders are the partnership not holding the proclamation.
5. The bidding ends when three players have declined in succession after a bid.
6. Play of cards is clockwise.
7. The lead on the first round is by the defender to proclaimer’s left.
8. The Lookout must turn his/her cards upright after the first card is played.
9. Players must follow house if able to do so.
10. A round is won by the highest crest played, or if no crest is played, the highest card of the house led.
11. A bid must be higher than the previous bid.
12. Bids rank first according to the number bid, and second according to the house designated as crests or no crests.
13. The winner of a round must lead to the following round.
14. Partners may be determined by agreement or by a draw of cards where number ranks high, followed by rank of house.
15. Dealer is determined initially by a draw of cards where number ranks high followed by rank of house. The deal then passes to the player on the left of the current dealer thereafter.
16. The player to the left of dealer has the right of first bid.
17. Bidding takes place in a clockwise direction.
18. Should all the players decline to bid, they must proceed to the next deal.
19. Clocks are not used, though in tournament or match play players would be expected to state their bid, decline to bid or play their card in no more than one minute. Should a player persistently exceed this time, then it is in order for an opponent to insist that this guideline be followed.
20. Though not compulsory, two packs of cards should be used, one of the Leopard design and one of the Tiger design. Each design is shown on both halves of the card backs.
The Leopard design shows a female Amur Leopard. The TigerBridge design shows the world’s largest cat, the Siberian Tiger, but just his face.
A Question of Balance. One of the purposes of the scoring and bidding systems was to bring in the idea of a balancing point in the bidding. This can best be illustrated with an example of TigerBridge where the partnerships are called "AB" and "XY". We will assume all the players know that AB can take ten rounds in lakes and that XY can take four rounds in forests and that this is the most rounds they can win. The bidding could go as follows:
AB bid 5 lakes which gives 5 roundsover and 5 set points to AB
XY bid 5 forests which goes 1 roundunder and gives 1 set point to AB
AB bid 6 lakes which gives 4 roundsover and 4 set points to AB
XY bid 6 forests which goes 2 roundsunder and gives 2 set points to AB
AB bid 7 lakes which gives 3 roundsover and 3 set points to AB
XY bid 7 forests which goes 3 roundsunder and gives 3 set points to AB
We have reached the balancing point of seven rounds where set points awarded have evened out. In some situations the balancing point will be between bids, as would be the case were AB able to take nine rounds and XY six rounds; here the balancing point would be a theoretical seven and a half rounds. If the bidding were to continue in the example, the following would apply:
AB bid 8 lakes which gives 2 roundsover and two set points to AB
XY bid 8 forests which goes 4 roundsunder and gives four set points to AB
AB bid 9 lakes which gives 1 roundover and one set point to AB
XY bid 9 forests which goes 5 roundsunder and gives five set points to AB
As can be seen, both partnerships would want to hold the proclamation below the balancing point, but above the balancing point both partnerships would want their opponents to hold the proclamation. In the above example all the players were assumed to know the whole situation, but in a game of course this would have to be deduced from the bidding, and the balancing point would be a matter of judgement and could change according to the bidding. The bidding could also be subjected to disruptive bids and bluff and counterbluff.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83792 | I Emailed a Credit Card Number
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Robert emailed credit card information to a business. Should he cancel the credit card?
You should never, ever send a credit card number over email unless you have encrypted it in a reliable way. The same goes for your bank account numbers, social security number, and even your driver's license. See Send Secure Info Over the Internet for ways to safely transmit this type of information.
Since you've already made that mistake, should you cancel your credit card? That might be an overreaction. Call the credit card company and discuss it with them. If they say it's not necessary, believe them. If someone hijacks your card, they'll lose more money than you will.
I actually had an experience like this a few years ago. No, I didn't email a credit card number. A new clerk at my synagogue sent me an email that included my credit card number. I immediately called the bank. They told me they'd keep an eye out for suspicious activity, but that cancelling the card wasn't necessary.
I've paid my dues by check ever since.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83835 | The Steve Jobs tributes have begun rolling out, some consisting of simple things like Apple switching out the white lights in store signs, or in other cases flowers outside shops. Many, however, take things one step further, showing the commitment Apple fans have to the company and Steve Jobs.
First up is an incredible video produced by one avid Apple fan and YouTube user. In what must have been a sampling nightmare YouTuber AzRmusic has succeeded in creating an entire song, drum beat and all, out of only Apple sounds. It uses things like the Mac startup note and the beep played when an iPod or iPhone is connected to help bring the song to life. On top of this is a selection of iconic Steve Jobs quotes.
We wonder just how long and how much Apple equipment would be required to grab and cut and edit all those sounds together into a single track. Currently sitting at around 70,000 views on YouTube, we wouldn't be surprised if this one doesn't go into the millions.
Next up is this piece of post-it note based Steve Jobs graffiti that appeared outside the Munich Apple store. It took 4001 post-it notes to create and by the looks of the time lapse video, around a day to finish.
A Facebook page dedicated to the post-it note epicness points to a 6-hour build time and 400 metres of duct tape being used
Expect plenty more amazing Steve Jobs tributes to appear. Pocket-lint has its radar switched on and will be updating with anything decent we spot.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83847 | Hyperloop One Is Planning a 300-Mile Route That Goes Underwater
The proposal would turn a trip from Stockholm to Helsinki into a 30 minute commute.
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Hyperloop One isn't a company to waste time resting on its laurels. Fresh off a test run in the Nevada desert, the futuristic transportation company is unveiling plans to build a 300 mile hyperloop in Scandinavia, connecting the cities of Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland across the Baltic Sea. The hyperloop would turn a 300-mile long trip into a 30 minute commute.
The plan was released as a business case, a pitch to potential investors of the new hyperloop. According to the case, the entire hyperloop is expected to cost around $21 billion and would be built in three stages: first the Finland segment, then the Sweden segment, and finally an underwater segment connecting them. The entire project is expected to bring in about a billion Euros a year in revenue (if it happens), meaning that it would completely pay for itself in two decades (if it happens).
Hyperloop One spends a great deal of its business case comparing this project to a similar one completed around the turn of the century: the Oresund project that connected Denmark and Sweden in the area around Copenhagen. As the case points out, the Oresund area enjoyed a massive economic boom in the years following the project's completion, and Hyperloop One predicts that the same thing will happen with the completion of their hyperloop. Of course it's worth noting that conventional means of travel already make this distance relatively short. A flight between the two cities is only about an hour, not accounting for the (admittedly lengthy) airport part.
Of course, this hyperloop is still just a proposal, and there are many hurdles to jump over before construction can even begin, so we likely won't be seeing a fully-constructed hyperloop for several years. Still, if and when this project is finally completed, it will help to energize a region that's rapidly becoming an economic powerhouse.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83944 | What Is a Tabular Data Presentation?
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A tabular data presentation is the clear organization of data into rows and columns to facilitate communication. Tables can clearly convey large amounts of information that would be cumbersome to write in paragraph form.
Creating a good table requires careful consideration to its design. Headings, dividers and appropriate variations of font sizes allow table designers to describe and organize information clearly. One way designers make tables easy to interpret is by arranging or grouping data for clarity. A table illustrating the prices of various vehicles may be arranged from low-priced economy cars to high-priced luxury cars. Tables that exclude irrelevant information are easier for people to read than those that include too much data. For instance, a table comparing the performance of two sports teams over the past three years would not include data from another team or data from six years ago.
In science, tables are quite useful when working with raw data. These tables may include much more data than is necessary to communicate specific information to others. Weather observations may be recorded once per hour in a raw table, but a smaller table showing just the highest and lowest temperature on a particular day is a clearer way to communicate weather data to a general audience. Regardless of the content, authors must consider whether textual, tabular or graphical formats represent the best way to share the information with others. |
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83967 | The Wolf
There is a haunting beauty to the lonely howling of wolves on a northern Ontario night. It is a sound which captures the imagination just as the wolf has captured the imagination of peoples from different cultures down through the millennia. The wolf figures in many myths, legends and folk-tales. Undoubtedly this is because it is highly intelligent, very sociable, and an object of fear. However, for 99% of the time humans have been in existence we were hunter-gatherers and the wolf was undoubtedly one of our great competitors for food. At times, in the human imagination, the wolf seems to represent the beauty of mother nature in one of its more savage aspects. At other times it seems to represent something very wolf-like within ourselves that we don’t want to think about. Just as phobias about snakes and spiders may have their origins in our evolutionary history, when it was once adaptive to be frightened of them, so may the shudder which runs down our spine when we encounter the wolf in folk-tales, myths and stories. The wolf has been exterminated from 95 percent of the United States outside of Alaska.
Wolves are members of the canid family and their ancient ancestors developed about 60 million years ago. Then during the Miocene epoch canines and felines diverged into two separate families. The gray wolf, canis lupus, first appeared about a million years ago in Eurasia and migrated to North America about 750,000 years ago.
The wolf, one of the largest members of the canidae (dog) family, are the ancestors of the many breeds of domestic dogs. It is not clear how long dogs have been domesticated for but one estimate is about 10,000 years. (In a cave in Fontanet in France there are the foot and hand prints of a child chasing a puppy deep into the cave and these date back to the last Ice Age!)
There are essentially three species of wolf a) the grey or timber wolf which has many subspecies throughout the world b) the red wolf which is nearly extinct except for a few in the southeast United States c) the Abyssinian wolf in the highlands of Ethiopia.
Characteristically grey wolves have bushy tails and powerful jaws and teeth. Their bite is much stronger than that of a dog and they are more intelligent. Wolves used to roam much of the world, with the exception of the deserts and tropic regions where they were fewer, but hunting and trapping by man, the destruction of the forests, and the diminishing of their typical food supply (wolves prefer large animals such as moose, deer, and caribou and elk) have lead to a great reduction in the number of wolves. The geographical range of the wolf is from Cape Morris Jessup in Greenland (with a population of about 60 wolves) to Ethiopia (with a population of about 500).
An adult male grey wolf will typically weigh anywhere from 35 to 55 kilograms and be up to 2 metres long. Female wolves are smaller. Though ‘grey’ the wolves can range in colour from white in the arctic to black, brown and red.
Wolves are very adaptable animals and tend to live in packs ranging from a monogamous pairing of two to a group of twenty but there can be solitary ‘lone wolves’. These lone wolves are usually young adults looking for their own territories and mates. Wolves are very sociable and caring for other members of the pack. They have been known to bring food to injured members who are unable to get it for themselves. Packs have a hierarchical organisation with both dominant and subordinate males and females who usually fight for higher position particularly during the breeding season which is from late autumn to late winter. Wolves attain sexual maturity at about two years old. Often only one female in the pack mates with one male. She may have to fight other females for this privilege. After this mating the atmosphere within the pack is settles down. The resulting pups number from four to seven and the more subordinate wolves will also help to take care of them.
Wolves are very territorial and if wolves from one pack meet wolves from another there is often a violent fight which can result in deaths. The size of the ‘claimed territory depends on things like the size of the pack and the availability of food. Where there is a plentiful supply of large prey animals such as moose and caribou the packs tend to be larger than where the prey animals are mostly deer or smaller mammals. Wolf howling primarily has to do with one pack letting another know where it is so that encounters can be avoided. Sometimes wolf packs do not reply to howling and may launch a sneak attack upon another pack- a wolf war.
They have no real natural predators except for man though there are documented cases of both cougars and grizzlies killing and eating wolves (and wolves killing and eating grizzlies and cougars). Despite our fear of wolves there are no documented attacks of non-rabid wild wolves on humans in North America unlike the bear which has killed quite a few people. Deliberately bred hybrids of wild wolves with domestic dogs have resulted in dangerous pets which have been responsible for fatalities. Wolves have a peculiar relationship with ravens and mutual interspecies play has been observed.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/83976 | Spoofed Addresses
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A common way for spammers to trick CanIt is to spoof the address that they claim to be sending from. However, there are two different sender fields and spammers only generally change the cosmetic one that is seen by the mail reader. This means that there is a mismatch between the Header From and the Envelope Sender addresses that we can use to detect this behaviour.
Increase score for messages spoofed from any domain (Caution)
There is an existing SpamAssassin rule (HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAIN) that does just this but we only allow it to add a trivial score of 0.001 by default. This is because there are other reasons that this same behaviour might occur. For instance, mail that is sent through a relay or legitimate mail which disguises itself to limit user confusion. An administrator has the power to increase the score of this rule as follows:
• In the WebUI ensure that you are viewing the 'default' stream so that all changes will be inherited by all users.
• Navigate to Rules->Score Overrides.
• Paste the name of the rule - HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAIN - into the Test Name box.
• Define a new score.
• Submit the changes.
Prevent spoofing on a domain-by-domain basis (Recommended)
Since the above method has a high chance of false-positives it is advisable that you create a rule similar to the following to target individual domains. The most common domain to do this for is your own, but it will work for any domain. As an example, we have an existing rules on Hosted CanIt for Dropbox.com.
• As an administrator, ensure that you are viewing the 'default' stream.
• Navigate to Rules->Compound Rules.
• Create a new rule based off of the following.
• (Domain of Header From) is example.com AND (Domain of Envelope Sender) Is not example.com
• Apply a score at least as high as your S-100 threshold (5 by default)
• Submit the changes.
You may choose to make it score as highly as your S-200 threshold (default is 2000), which will cause the messages to be placed directly into the spam quarantine (instead of the pending quarantine). You will have to use caution, however, since some legitimate senders will spoof the envelope sender address. This can even be the case for your own domain especially for external services such as newsletters (eg. mailchimp). If you know of, or notice any domains that cause false-positives as a result of one of these rules you can append it as an exception to the existing rule:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/84046 | Thursday, November 30, 2017
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If You Feel Broken...
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Construct your existence so it feels just right.
No one has your soul and energy.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/84056 | How the bugs inside us can help cure diseases
If an alien landed and walked up to you, what would the alien think you are? Certainly not human. That’s because of the 10 trillion cells that make up your body, only 1 trillion are human cells, while 9 trillion are microbes — and not just bacteria, viruses and fungi. Forty percent of the DNA in your nose and 60 percent of the DNA in your gut code for something we don’t yet recognize. Ninety percent of the DNA helix is still called dark or junk.
We have known about the presence of bacteria for hundreds of years. They were first proposed in the 1600s and confirmed by the microscope in the 1860s. Then we learned of viruses, which were discovered in the 1890s, and prions (small proteins that can transmit infection) in the 1960s, proven in 1982.
However, what we know about the microbes in our body is completely overshadowed by what we don’t know. So what are the new organisms that all this unknown DNA codes for? Most likely organisms are responsible for many of the diseases we do not understand today. The junk DNA probably codes for some types of communication proteins, which could be responsible for passing a disease from one person to another.
For instance, many of the serious and chronic diseases we attribute to genetics may in fact be infectious. Why? Because if they were truly genetic, evolution would have filtered them out by now. These include osteoarthritis, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s, many cancers, autoimmune diseases and others. The infectious agents that may be causing these diseases have not yet been identified, but the patterns are suggestive. Why do some types of breast cancer run in families? They live together! Same for osteoarthritis — my mother had bad knees! Isn’t it likely that the environment you lived in exposed you to the same infectious agents that caused the familial diseases?
Microbes are making a big splash in many new cures. An infection with an organism called C. difficile causes severe diarrhea and is treated with huge amounts of antibiotics, often with little success. Think about an antibiotic for a minute. If you are made up of 9 trillion microbes and only 1 trillion human cells, an antibiotic is like a nuclear bomb going off inside your body, killing the microbes it targets and causing huge amounts of collateral damage to the other beneficial microbes you are made of.
However, it was discovered that if you take the stool from the healthy family members of a person suffering from C. Difficile and turned it into a concentrated pill form and transplant it into the gut of the sick person, the normal bacteria and microbes in the stool overwhelm the C. difficile and colonize the gut with normal microbes, curing the person in a single treatment. A European study, published earlier year in the New England Journal of Medicine, found fecal transplants cured 15 of 16 people with recurring C. difficile, compared to a less than 30 percent cure rate for drug therapy. This treatment may well soon be extended to multiple gut diseases such as Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis and other bowel diseases.
Most recently, gut microbes were linked to rheumatoid arthritis. This so-called autoimmune disease is a chronic inflammatory disease that destroys cartilage and leaves people with swollen and painful joints. In a recent study, 75 percent of people with this inflammatory arthritis had the bacterium Prevotella capri in their gut compared to 21 percent in the control group. Unique Prevotella genes correlated with rheumatoid arthritis. The future of treatment of these chronic diseases may lie in vaccines that prevent the onset of the disease by preventing the growth of certain microbes. We live in biologic world, with biologic causes of many problems. Fortunately, we may have biologic cures at hand.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/84057 | For under $5, you can snag a hamburger, drink and fries at In-N-Out Burgers across the West Coast. If, however, you prefer your fast food to be fashionable, you can now wear the burger chain on your feet.
Puma recently released a new pair of sneakers seemingly inspired by the distinct branding of In-N-Out. The sleek white kicks cost $120 — or the equivalent of about 22 In-N-Out combo meals.
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Called the "Cali-O Drive Thru," the sneakers riff off the classic Puma California style, featuring a leather upper and thick rubber platform sole. The apparent In-N-Out homage is subtle: The white shoe has yellow and red accents, shoelaces stamped with red palm trees and a graphic burger print on the insole.
Most sizes are already sold out online.
The sneaker is not in fact a collaboration between In-N-Out and Puma, a spokesperson for the sneaker company said, "but the style is inspired by the California food scene."
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/84085 | Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Spinach sabji
I kg baby spinach washed destalked and finely chopped.
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon garlic paste
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
2 dry red chillies
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
1/2 teaspoon corriander powder
1 small tomato skinned and finely diced
1 teaspoon tomato puree
1 tablespoon sunflower oil
1 tablespoon fresh chopped corriander
1.Heat the oil in a pan ,when hot add mustard seeds and dry red chillies.
2.Wait for the mustard seeds to splutter then add garlic paste and tomatoes.
3.Add all the spices and cook till tomatoes soften and turn to puree
4.Add tomato puree and 1 cup water
5.Add the spinach mix ,cover and cook till spinach wilts.
6.Add a little more water if required. -The consistency should be a thick gravy.
Transfer to serving dish and garnish with chopped corriander
Serve with khichdi and yoghurt.
1. spinach sabzee...umm yummy..tastes amazing with hot parathas :)
2. Looks good!
I'm a little apprehensive about spinach though... Greens were never my forte! But this looks worth a shot!
3. @ CRD its healthy too and full of iron.
@soulsez do give it a try its delicious.
4. Wow, that a cool recipe to prepare quick food
5. this is very healthy!
btw thanks for checking out food designs =)
6. i like ur blog.. nice shrikhand.. its my fav...:).. good job!!
7. hi..Spinach sabzi is a very good idea to have more of iron in a tasty way. I have 2 questions- Will spring onion sabzi go the same way as this one? and How do you decide on the cooking oil?
8. @ garima Being health conscious I always do all my cooking in light olive oil except for deep frying but you can use sunflower oil its healthy too.
9. @ garima I think you can cook spring onions in the same way but I would prefer to add another veg with it such as peas to give it more texture.
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DAO Histamine Intolerance Test
Analysis of patient’s blood serum to measure DAO (Diamine Oxidase) enzyme activity. Insufficient DAO enzyme activity indicates possible histamine intolerance present or has the likelihood of occurring if provoked.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00002368_processed.jsonl/84109 | Opened 10 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
#24 closed defect (fixed)
configure option '--with-docdir' is obsolete and breaks '--docdir'
Reported by: Christian Franke Owned by: Christian Franke
Priority: minor Milestone: Release 5.40
Component: all Version: 5.39
Keywords: Cc:
Description (last modified by Christian Franke)
Recent autoconf releases provide a '--docdir' option with default value 'DATAROOTDIR/doc/smartmontools'. The '--with-docdir' defined in always overwrites this setting and uses a different default value 'PREFIX/share/doc/smartmontools-VERSION'.
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comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by Christian Franke
Milestone: RC1 5.40Stable Release 5.40
Owner: changed from somebody to Christian Franke
Status: newaccepted
comment:2 Changed 10 years ago by Christian Franke
Version: 5.39
comment:3 Changed 10 years ago by Christian Franke
Description: modified (diff)
Resolution: fixed
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