Lindsey Metzger is the founder of Metzger Platinum Insurance (MPI). She was born and raised in Georgia and is a graduate of the University of Georgia. She and her husband are avid CrossFitters and maintain an active lifestyle with their young daughter and two dogs. Lindsey and her family are always looking for ways to give back to their community whether it be through their church or care community.
Before becoming an insurance agent, Lindsey was a mortgage originator. In 2011, she became a licensed insurance agent and has been going strong ever since. Lindsey doesn't view herself as a regular insurance agent. She sees herself and her agency as an education source for individuals and families wanting to protect what's most valuable to them. Lindsey prides herself on giving her customers the best service possible while making the insurance buying process as seamless as can be. With each new customer, Lindsey aims to deliver the PLATINUM experience!


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Reader's View: On National Crime Victims'…
Reader's View: On National Crime Victims' Rights Week
By James A Murphy Iii |
PUBLISHED: April 20, 2013 at 7:44 a.m. | UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 3:02 a.m.
Every five seconds, someone becomes a victim of violent crime in the United States. As we face emerging challenges of globalization, human trafficking, terrorism, the use of technology in crime and reduced funding, there is an urgent need to seek new solutions and adapt to the changing demographics of crime victims. The recent tragedies in Aurora and Sandy Hook and the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State remind us that enduring challenges also remain. As only 50 percent of violent crimes are reported, we continue to search for ways to reach and help every victim. While these statistics reflect an enormous task ahead of us, each and every victim survivor represents a victory, and their strength and determination can inspire us all. From April 21-27, communities nationwide will observe National Crime Victims' Rights Week by hosting events to raise public awareness and honor victims of violent crimes and their advocates. This year's theme — New Challenges. New Solutions — reminds us to unite in honor of survivors and their families, recognize the hard work of advocates, celebrate progress made in victims' rights and focus on finding innovative solutions for the new and enduring challenges victims face today. As a part of this initiative, there will be numerous events around the Capital District that highlight these issues. Today, April 21, the Saratoga County District Attorney's office will host the annual Crime Victims' Candlelight Vigil. Please join us at 4 p.m. at the Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church at 24 Circular St. in Saratoga Springs. We will hear the inspirational stories of two survivors and recognize the extraordinary commitment to public service of John Kelly, law enforcement coordinator at Saratoga Center for the Family and community educator for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and Lisa Hogan, from the Crime Victims' Unit at the District Attorney's office. We will once again have the Broken Hearts: Forever a Life Sentence display, created by Cynthia Dort at Cornell University Cooperative Extension in coordination with several agencies to promote teen driver safety and preserve the memory of driver fatality victims. The program will close with a candlelight vigil, followed by refreshments and fellowship. Other local events during National Crime Victims' Rights Week include: a Crime Victims' Award Breakfast hosted by the Warren and Washington County District Attorney's Offices on Monday, April 22. a DWI Memorial Ceremony in Troy on Tuesday, April 23. a Rose Garden Remembrance in Schenectady on Wednesday, April 24. a Albany County Bar Association 19th annual 5k Run/Walk Against Domestic Violence on Wednesday, April 24. a A Celebration of Remembrance in Albany on Thursday, April 25. a Take Back the Night Rally and March in Troy on Thursday, April 25th a Walk a Mile in Her Shoes in Troy on Saturday, April 27th The public is invited and encouraged to attend these events and can contact the Crime Victims Unit in the Saratoga County District Attorney's Office (518) 885-2263 for additional information about National Crime Victims' Rights Week. Together, we can continue to guarantee substantial justice to crime victims. James A. Murphy III is the Saratoga County district attorney.
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#ifndef __SMD_H
#define __SMD_H

#include <arch/defines.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <kernel/event.h>

#define SMD_CHANNEL_ALLOC_MAX 2048
#define SMD_CHANNEL_NAME_SIZE_MAX 20

/* Stream related states */
#define SMD_SS_CLOSED            0x0 /* Closed: must be 0 */
#define SMD_SS_OPENING           0x1 /* Stream is opening */
#define SMD_SS_OPENED            0x2 /* Stream is opened */
#define SMD_SS_FLUSHING          0x3 /* Stream is flushing */
#define SMD_SS_CLOSING           0x4 /* Stream is closing */
#define SMD_SS_RESET             0x5 /* Stream is resetting */
#define SMD_SS_RESET_OPENING     0x6 /* Stream reset on local */

typedef enum
{
	SMD_APPS_RPM=0x0F,
} smd_channel_type;

typedef struct
{
	uint32_t stream_state;
	uint32_t DTR_DSR;
	uint32_t CTS_RTS;
	uint32_t CD;
	uint32_t RI;
	uint32_t data_written;
	uint32_t data_read;
	uint32_t state_updated;
	uint32_t mask_recv_intr;
	uint32_t read_index;
	uint32_t write_index;
} smd_shared_stream_info_type;

//Every port has 2 FIFOs, one in each direction
typedef struct
{
	char name[SMD_CHANNEL_NAME_SIZE_MAX];
	uint32_t cid;
	uint32_t ctype;
	uint32_t ref_count;
} smd_channel_alloc_entry_t;

typedef enum
{
	SMD_STREAMING_BUFFER,
} smd_protocol_type;

typedef struct
{
	smd_protocol_type protocol;
	uint32_t port_id;
	smd_channel_type ch_type;
} smd_port_to_info_type;

typedef struct
{
	uint32_t pkt_size;
	uint32_t app_field;
	uint32_t app_ptr;
	uint32_t kind;
	uint32_t priority;
} smd_pkt_hdr;

typedef struct
{
	smd_shared_stream_info_type ch0;
	smd_shared_stream_info_type ch1;
} smd_port_ctrl_info;

typedef struct
{
	smd_channel_alloc_entry_t alloc_entry;
	uint8_t *send_buf;
	uint8_t *recv_buf;
	uint32_t fifo_size;
	smd_port_ctrl_info *port_info;
	uint32_t current_state;
	event_t wevt;
	event_t revt;
} smd_channel_info_t;

int smd_init(smd_channel_info_t *ch, uint32_t ch_type);
void smd_uninit(smd_channel_info_t *ch);
void smd_read(smd_channel_info_t *ch, uint32_t *len, int ch_type, uint32_t *response);
int smd_write(smd_channel_info_t *ch, void *data, uint32_t len, int type);
int smd_get_channel_info(smd_channel_info_t *ch, uint32_t ch_type);
int smd_get_channel_entry(smd_channel_info_t *ch, uint32_t ch_type);
void smd_notify_rpm(void);
enum handler_return smd_irq_handler(void* data);
void smd_set_state(smd_channel_info_t *ch, uint32_t state, uint32_t flag);
void smd_signal_read_complete(smd_channel_info_t *ch, uint32_t len);
#endif

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Q: problems loading JS resources in a play-scala project In my play-scala app, within a webpack.config.js function I run a command
output: { path: __dirname + '/public/compiled', filename: 'bundle.js' }
and the file bundle.js being generated. My view has the next command:
<script src=@routes.Assets.versioned("compiled/bundle.js")></script>

and I get an error saying that "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 ". I saw that it is looking for assets/compiled/bundle.js. What change I need to do in my play-scala config to make that bundle.js file find-able!
I also have in my routes:
GET     /assets/*file               controllers.Assets.versioned(path="/public", file: Asset)

Thanks
eRROR
Internal server error, for (GET) [/assets/compiled/bundle.js] ->
play.api.http.HttpErrorHandlerExceptions$$anon$1: Execution exception[[RuntimeException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.sha1Hex(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;]]
        at play.api.http.HttpErrorHandlerExceptions$.throwableToUsefulException(HttpErrorHandler.scala:265) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.http.DefaultHttpErrorHandler.onServerError(HttpErrorHandler.scala:191) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.GlobalSettings$class.onError(GlobalSettings.scala:179) [play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.DefaultGlobal$.onError(GlobalSettings.scala:212) [play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.http.GlobalSettingsHttpErrorHandler.onServerError(HttpErrorHandler.scala:94) [play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.core.server.netty.PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler$$anonfun$9$$anonfun$apply$1.applyOrElse(PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler.scala:158) [play-netty-server_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.core.server.netty.PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler$$anonfun$9$$anonfun$apply$1.applyOrElse(PlayDefaultUpstreamHandler.scala:155) [play-netty-server_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction.apply(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:36) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.util.Failure$$anonfun$recover$1.apply(Try.scala:216) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.util.Try$.apply(Try.scala:192) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.util.Failure.recover(Try.scala:216) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.Future$$anonfun$recover$1.apply(Future.scala:326) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.Future$$anonfun$recover$1.apply(Future.scala:326) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.impl.CallbackRunnable.run(Promise.scala:32) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at play.api.libs.iteratee.Execution$trampoline$.executeScheduled(Execution.scala:109) [play-iteratees_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.libs.iteratee.Execution$trampoline$.execute(Execution.scala:71) [play-iteratees_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.concurrent.impl.CallbackRunnable.executeWithValue(Promise.scala:40) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.impl.Promise$DefaultPromise.tryComplete(Promise.scala:248) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.Promise$class.complete(Promise.scala:55) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.impl.Promise$DefaultPromise.complete(Promise.scala:153) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.run(Future.scala:23) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at akka.dispatch.TaskInvocation.run(AbstractDispatcher.scala:40) [akka-actor_2.11.jar:na]
        at akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:397) [akka-actor_2.11.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.sha1Hex(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;
        at play.api.mvc.ActionBuilder$$anon$1.apply(Action.scala:498) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4$$anonfun$apply$5.apply(Action.scala:105) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4$$anonfun$apply$5.apply(Action.scala:105) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.utils.Threads$.withContextClassLoader(Threads.scala:21) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4.apply(Action.scala:104) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1$$anonfun$apply$4.apply(Action.scala:103) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:146) ~[scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Action.scala:103) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$$anonfun$apply$1.apply(Action.scala:96) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.libs.iteratee.DoneIteratee$$anonfun$mapM$2.apply(Iteratee.scala:741) ~[play-iteratees_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.libs.iteratee.DoneIteratee$$anonfun$mapM$2.apply(Iteratee.scala:741) ~[play-iteratees_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.liftedTree1$1(Future.scala:24) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.impl.Future$PromiseCompletingRunnable.run(Future.scala:24) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        ... 6 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.sha1Hex(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;
        at play.api.libs.Codecs$.sha1(Codecs.scala:35) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.AssetInfo$$anonfun$5$$anonfun$apply$3.apply(Assets.scala:187) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.AssetInfo$$anonfun$5$$anonfun$apply$3.apply(Assets.scala:187) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:146) ~[scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at controllers.AssetInfo$$anonfun$5.apply(Assets.scala:187) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.AssetInfo$$anonfun$5.apply(Assets.scala:187) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.Option.orElse(Option.scala:289) ~[scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at controllers.AssetInfo.(Assets.scala:187) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.Assets$$anonfun$controllers$Assets$$assetInfoFromResource$1$$anonfun$apply$4.apply(Assets.scala:287) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.Assets$$anonfun$controllers$Assets$$assetInfoFromResource$1$$anonfun$apply$4.apply(Assets.scala:284) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:146) ~[scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at controllers.Assets$$anonfun$controllers$Assets$$assetInfoFromResource$1.apply(Assets.scala:284) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.Assets$$anonfun$controllers$Assets$$assetInfoFromResource$1.apply(Assets.scala:284) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at akka.dispatch.MonitorableThreadFactory$AkkaForkJoinWorkerThread$$anon$3.block(ThreadPoolBuilder.scala:169) ~[akka-actor_2.11.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.managedBlock(ForkJoinPool.java:3640) [scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at akka.dispatch.MonitorableThreadFactory$AkkaForkJoinWorkerThread.blockOn(ThreadPoolBuilder.scala:167) ~[akka-actor_2.11.jar:na]
        at scala.concurrent.package$.blocking(package.scala:123) ~[scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at controllers.Assets$.controllers$Assets$$assetInfoFromResource(Assets.scala:282) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.Assets$.assetInfo(Assets.scala:294) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.Assets$.assetInfoForRequest(Assets.scala:302) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.AssetsBuilder$$anonfun$17.apply(Assets.scala:441) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.AssetsBuilder$$anonfun$17.apply(Assets.scala:440) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:146) ~[scala-library-2.11.8.jar:na]
        at controllers.AssetsBuilder.controllers$AssetsBuilder$$assetAt(Assets.scala:440) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.AssetsBuilder$$anonfun$versioned$1.apply(Assets.scala:419) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at controllers.AssetsBuilder$$anonfun$versioned$1.apply(Assets.scala:409) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$.invokeBlock(Action.scala:533) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.Action$.invokeBlock(Action.scala:530) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        at play.api.mvc.ActionBuilder$$anon$1.apply(Action.scala:493) ~[play_2.11-2.4.3.jar:2.4.3]
        ... 18 common frames omitted

A: I found the problem: some one placed a jar file: commons-codec-1.4.jar so it could be referenced by play. This one broke havoc in the whole play app.

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Now the main question: Where is all of these facebook code coming from?
While debugging further I found the culprit code of Facebook Like box Widget. I was using IFRAME code and then I switched to HTML5 code and this issue got resolved.
Step 1) Get Facebook Likebox HTML5 code (section 1).
Step 2) Put this code just before </body> tag. I'm using my own plugin "All in One Webmaster" to put this code in footer section.
Step 3) Place the code for your plugin wherever you want the plugin to appear on your page (section 2).
And you are all set. Now your page should load lot faster and your PageSpeed score should increase too. Hope this helps you fix loadtime issue.


text:
In brief... DTE 62 - August 2004
Sulawesi targeted for exploitation
Coastal communities hit hard by fishing industry
Tough challenges ahead for new government
Down to Earth No. 43, November 1999
Indonesia's new democratic government led by President Abdurrahman Wahid has inherited many serious problems from its predecessors, not least the crisis in natural resources and the plight of millions of rural and indigenous peoples who depend upon them.
When Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) chose the respected Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid as the next President of the Republic, the country heaved a collective sigh of relief. First, Suharto's immediate successor and protégé B.J.Habibie had not been re-elected and second, the selection process had not led to massive conflict resulting in a military take-over and yet more bloodshed. Supporters of Megawati Soekarnoputri were disappointed, of course, as her PDI-P party had won most votes in June's general elections, but some consolation came in her selection as vice-president. The main environmental organisation WALHI, like many others, greeted the new President with cautious optimism, regarding him as the best choice given the unsatisfactory selection process. WALHI said a new vote should be called after two years to allow the Indonesian people to vote directly for the President of their choice. INFID, the Indonesian and international NGO grouping which campaigns on development issues, welcomed President Wahid, calling him a "founding father" of their movement.
What indications are there of the new regime's attitude on human rights and the environment? As we were preparing this issue of Down to Earth, President Wahid (also popularly known as Gus Dur) had just announced his cabinet, which included new state ministerial posts for human rights and regional autonomy. Many of the men and (the few) women chosen are well-known: Erna Witoelar, former director of WALHI and the Consumers' Association, gets the new post of Minister for Settlement and Regional Development, and Juwono Sudarsono, environment minister under Suharto for a short period in 1998 (see DTE 37), becomes the first ever civilian defence minister. Kwik Kian Gie, the respected economist and Megawati supporter gets the key job of Co-ordinating Minister for Economics, Finance and Industry, while another former environment minister and Suharto critic, Sarwono Kusumaatmadja is Minister of Marine Exploration - another new cabinet post. Others in the new cabinet are relatively unknown: the new Forestry and Plantations Minister, Nur Mahmudi Isma'il (a food technology specialist and current president of the Justice Party), the new Agriculture Minister, M. Prakosa, and the new Environment Minister, Sonny Keraf, for example, are not well-known names. Unfortunately, this may be an indication that key areas affecting natural resources are not being given top priority. Keraf's appointment has been criticised by WALHI and others, as he has no experience in environmental politics. Ominously too, the new Mines and Energy Minister, Lt. Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is one of the five military appointees in the new cabinet. This would seem to indicate that the new President regards the mining, oil and gas sector as a strategic industry which needs a strong hand.
Generally, the so-called Cabinet of National Unity, appears to be a compromise cabinet intended to accommodate the seven political parties that won most votes in June. It also strives at regional as well as political balance, with ministerial posts awarded for the first time to a West Papuan and an Acehnese - a move intended to undermine the independence movements there.
There are, however, signs of positive change concerning human rights, the rule of law and (the new Mining Minister notwithstanding) the need to ease the military out of politics. The new five-year State Policy Guidelines, which were set during the same October MPR session that selected the President, set directives for the new government to eliminate the uncontested seats of the military in the legislature. The Guidelines also require the government to confer special autonomy status on Aceh and West Papua.
But the dominant issue remains economic policy. The Guidelines say that foreign loans must be decreased gradually in a bid to develop a sound state budget with a low deficit. They also require the government to renegotiate and restructure foreign debts in co-operation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Wahid has stated that "foreign investment" remain the two most important words for the economy, while his economics minister, a well-known critic of the IMF when in opposition, has taken a more conciliatory approach since his appointment. Yusuf Faishal, head of the president's National Economic Council, has been given the task of formulating new terms for the IMF programme. In what could be a positive move, he has specifically mentioned the need to alter some of the IMF reforms relating to rice imports, forestry and environmental issues.
The new cabinet posts of Ministers for Settlement and Regional Development and Marine Exploration are as yet unknown quantities. They are both potentially very important for local communities and resource rights. The Marine Exploration post may indicate a new focus on Indonesia as a maritime country, but some NGOs are concerned that this could mean more unsustainable exploitation of marine resources rather than attention to the needs of fisherfolk and coastal communities.
Overall, the need to focus on natural resources and the plight of rural communities has not been given the attention it so sorely needs, despite intensive lobbying. Environmental organisations are pressing the new government to set up a new Natural Resources Board, to ensure that environmental concerns are given due consideration in all relevant areas, but there are no signs yet that these demands will be met.
Again, this seems to indicate a lack of commitment to putting the need for social justice and environmental protection at the heart of government. While a new focus on human rights is to be welcomed, it is hard to see how it can be implemented without a corresponding level of commitment to reform in resource management. In most rural areas at least, the two concerns are inseparable. Human rights need to be at the centre of natural resource management policy just as wise use of resources is required to guarantee human rights. Without both, exploitation of the environment (destruction of forests, pollution of farmland, river and seas etc,) and the abuse of human rights (forced eviction from land, denial of access to resources etc.) will continue as before in the name of economic development.
The coming months will reveal how far President Wahid and his new team can implement the fundamental reforms Indonesia needs, deal with the demands for independence from West Papua, Aceh and other areas, as well as renegotiate with Indonesia's creditors a better approach to economic recovery which is underpinned by the principles of sustainable development.
(Sources: New York Times 27/10/99; Media Indonesia, Kompas, Dow Jones Newswire, IPS 29/10/99; INFID Circular Letter No.18, October 99; Financial Times, 27/10/99)


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#pragma once

#include <cstdint>
#include <memory>
#include <string>

class ConfigItem;
class FileBuffer;
class DataBuffer;

constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID = 0x1;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_MX23 = 0x2;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_MX50 = 0x4;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_MX6 = 0x8;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_SKIP_DCD = 0x10;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_MX8_MULTI_IMAGE = 0x20;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_MX8_STREAM = 0x40;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_UID_STRING = 0x80;
// Omitted value: 0x100
// Omitted value: 0x200
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_NO_CMD = 0x400;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_SPL_JUMP = 0x800;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_EP1 = 0x1000;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_PACK_SIZE_1020 = 0x2000;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_SDP_NO_MAX_PER_TRANS = 0x4000;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_AUTO_SCAN_UBOOT_POS = 0x8000;
constexpr uint32_t ROM_INFO_HID_ROMAPI = 0x10000;

struct ROM_INFO
{
	const char * m_name;
	uint32_t    free_addr;
	uint32_t	flags;
};

const ROM_INFO * search_rom_info(const std::string &s);
const ROM_INFO * search_rom_info(const ConfigItem *item);

size_t GetContainerActualSize(std::shared_ptr<DataBuffer> p, size_t offset, bool bROMAPI=false);
size_t GetFlashHeaderSize(std::shared_ptr<DataBuffer> p, size_t offset = 0);


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Sorbus coronata är en rosväxtart som först beskrevs av Jules Cardot, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Yu och Tsai. Sorbus coronata ingår i släktet oxlar, och familjen rosväxter.

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Q: BeautifulSoup: Repated columns I am trying to scrape data from a webpage that contains a table to then put it in a pandas data frame.
I beleive to have done everything correctly but i get repeated columns...
Here is my code:
html_content = requests.get('http://timetables.itsligo.ie:81/reporting/individual;student+set;id;SG_KAPPL_H08%2FF%2FY1%2F1%2F%28A%29%0D%0A?t=student+set+individual&days=1-5&weeks=29&periods=3-20&template=student+set+individual').text

soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content,'html.parser')

all_tables = soup.find_all('table')

wanted_table = all_tables[6]

first_tr = wanted_table.find('tr')

following_tr = first_tr.find_next_siblings()

details = []

for tr in following_tr:
    prepare = []
    for td in tr.find_all('td'):
        prepare.append(td.text)
    details.append(prepare)

df = pd.DataFrame(details)
pd.set_option('display.max_columns', None)
display(df)

Which works great but as you can see in the bellow picture(column1 and 2 in row 0) , im getting repeated td's and one always has \n repeated.
The thing i noticed is that the details list return its double for some reason,maybe there is a table nested in a table?
Im doing this in jupyter by the way.
Thank you in advance!

A: The reason your  details list is nested is because you are constructing it that way; that is, if you append a list (prepare) to another list (details), you get a nested list.  See here.  And this is okay, since it is works well to be read into your DataFrame.
Still, you are correct that there is a nested table thing going on in the HTML.  I won't try to format the HTML here, but each box in the schedule is a <td> within the overarching wanted_table.  When there is a course in one of those cells, there is another <table> used to hold the details.  So the class name, professor, etc. are more <td> elements within this nested <table>.  So when finding all the cells (tr.find_all('td')), you encounter both the larger class box, as well as its nested elements.  And when you get the .text on the outermost <td>, you also get the text from the innermost cells, hence the repetition.
I am not sure if this is the best way, but one option would be to prevent the search from entering the nested table, using the recursive parameter in find_all.
# all your other code above

for tr in following_tr:
    prepare = []
    for td in tr.find_all('td', recursive=False):
        prepare.append(td.text)
    details.append(prepare)

df = pd.DataFrame(details)

The above should prevent the repeated elements from appearing.  However, there is still the problem of having many \n characters, as well as not including the fact that some cells span multiple columns.  You can start to fix the first by including some strip-ing on the text.  For the second, you can access the colspan attribute to pad the prepare list:
# all your other code above

for tr in following_tr:
    prepare = []
    for td in tr.find_all('td', recursive=False):
        text = td.text.strip('\s\n')
        prepare += [text] + [None] * (int(td.get('colspan', 0)) - 1)
    details.append(prepare)

df = pd.DataFrame(details)

It's a little too unwieldy to post the output.  And there is still formatting you will likely want to do, but that is getting beyond the scope of your original post.  Hopefully something in here helps!

A: import pandas as pd
url = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_Billionaires'
df_list = pd.read_html(url)

len(df_list)

Output:
32
after specifying na_values Below
pd.read_html(
    url,
    na_values=["Forbes: The World's Billionaires website"]
    )[0].tail()


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The fourth brain changes how we look at brain health
We think of our brain as the command centre for thoughts, behaviours and actions, but what if we actually had four distinct brains and these functions are the combined result of all four?
Sounds crazy, but this fourth brain is a game changer in how we address neurological illness. To get some context, let's quickly recap the other three brains…
The first brain
For a long time we thought we controlled ourselves with this one brain inside our head. Over many years this brain was mapped and functions assigned to each area.
Then an unexpected case in France massively changed our perception of this brain. In 2007, 3 neurologists wrote a paper in a prestigious medical journal called 'Brain of a white-collar worker', documenting a 44-year old man who underwent tests for some mild weakness in his leg. To everyone's absolute astonishment, the CT scan and MRI showed 95% of his brain was missing. As a child he'd had some hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain), but that was simply treated and he continued life without problems. In the images below the white is the bone of the skull, the black is fluid and the thin slice of grey is brain matter. It was always believed we needed this brain tissue to function normally, yet this man was intelligent, married, a father of two and functioning perfectly well on just 5% cerebral mass.[1]
Figure: Massive ventricular enlargement, in a patient with normal social functioning.
Source: Feuillet L, Dufour H, Pelletier J (2007) Brain of a white-collar worker, Lancet 370: 262. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61127-1/fulltext
The second brain
Neurons and glial cells the same as those in the first brain have also been found embedded in the layers of the gastrointestinal tract. This second brain is also known as the enteric nervous system and works autonomously, making decisions on it's own. Made of around 500 million neurons, the second brain is smaller than the first brain but still contains five times more than the 100 million neurons in the spinal cord and it's well distributed along the entire length of the digestive tract. It connects to the first brain via the vagus nerve, but we know that when this vagus nerve is severed the second brain continues to function independently of the first brain.
So, your gut really does have a mind of its own and when these two brains don't co-operate all kinds of gut chaos and mood imbalances are unleashed. For more on this I'd recommend reading The Second Brain by Michael D. Gershon MD.
The third brain
Now it gets a bit weird. While the first and second brains are human, made of human cells, the third brain is made of microbial cells that communicate with our human brains.[2]
An understanding of our gut microbiome began around 2007. The later realisation that this combined mass of commensal microbes in our gut functioned as a third brain, and that we can manipulate it's composition, opened a door in how to manipulate mental and emotional wellbeing. The microbial cells of this third brain produce hormones and neurotransmitters identical to their human counterparts and directly stimulate neurons in the second brain and communicate with the first brain via the vagus nerve. They influence mood, behaviour, cognition and memory, which are all functions we'd previously associated exclusively with the brain in our head. We even now have the term 'microbiome-gut-brain axis' in the scientific literature.[3][4][5]
To fully appreciate the magnitude of the non-human part of us, first understand that our body contains many more bacterial cells than human cells. But what really matters here are the genes that form our DNA as this is the information that makes us who we are. The NIH Microbiome Project has determined that there are around 8,000,000 microbial genes in our body. Compare this to our 22,000 human genes and you see the potentially huge genetic influence this diverse combined microbial mass has on us.[6]
These microbes even have the power to manipulate one of our most fundamental behaviours – eating. They do this by generating cravings for foods that either support their own fitness or suppress their competitors, and also through inducing dysphoria (feeling miserable) until we eat the foods they need, and we can most likely all relate to those overwhelming urges to eat or drink something despite knowing it's not in our best interests. Fortunately this influence is bi-directional and when this third brain gets out of balance and works against us, we can manipulate the microbiota, and therefore the genetics of this third brain, through diet using prebiotic and probiotic foods.[7]
'A growing body of preclinical literature has demonstrated bidirectional signaling between the brain and the gut microbiome, involving multiple neurocrine and endocrine signaling mechanisms. While psychological and physical stressors can affect the composition and metabolic activity of the gut microbiota, experimental changes to the gut microbiome can affect emotional behavior and related brain systems. These findings have resulted in speculation that alterations in the gut microbiome may play a pathophysiological role in human brain diseases, including autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain.' [8]
Thousands of scientific papers can be found exploring the role of the gut microbiome in psychiatric conditions like anxiety and depression. We even now have the term 'psychobiotics' referring to probiotics that rebalance the third brain and restore psychological function.[9] A great demonstration of the powerful behavioural and emotional effects these interventions have is provided by a study on mice fed a diet enriched with a specific probiotic called Mycobacterium vaccae. As a comparison another group of mice were fed the same diet without this probiotic and then they were all given maze tests to complete. The mice that didn't get the probiotic were anxious, afraid and had difficulty exiting the maze, while those given the probiotic were more courageous, less anxious, good at making decisions and able to exit the maze swiftly.[10] That was just one strain, imagine the effects that thousands of strains have in combination. And just to be clear, this particular probiotic is for mice not humans.
The fourth brain
So here we are at the fourth brain, which is also non-human and is the most recent discovery. The term 'brain microbiome' was first mentioned in the scientific literature in November 2016 by Dr Marco Ruggiero, who made the connection between two recent paradigm-changing discoveries – the presence of microbes in human brains in 2013 and the discovery of a lymphatic system in the brain in 2015. This is a game-changer in our understanding of the development and persistence of neurological diseases.[11]
To understand how this all fits together lets first look at these two important discoveries.
Microbes in the brain
In 2013, a team of Canadian researchers studied the brains of people who died of HIV/AIDS, believing that opportunistic infections would be found in those brains due to the immune suppressing disease. A control group was needed, which consisted of brains from people who died of different causes who were otherwise immunologically competent. It was always believed that a healthy brain was sterile and microbe-free, but to the amazement of all, the research team found specific microbe populations in ALL the brains studied. They further discovered these brain microbes had immense effects on the brain and only existed in humans and other non-human primates. They were not found in the brains of dogs, cats or other species looked at.[12] When a term like 'immense' is used in scientific papers that's a big deal!
These brain microbes were less diverse than those in the gut, showing a more selective composition with the most abundant type being alpha-Proteobacteria. Interestingly, although these brain microbes were also represented in the gut, many of the abundant gut microbes were not common in the brain, as an example, Firmicutes are one of the most dominant groups in other organs but undetectable in most brains. These microbes were carried into the brain by our immune cells, particularly activated lymphocytes and macrophages, and as our immune cells work in our best interests it's likely these microbes are beneficial to our brain health and suggests that the acquisition of the Proteobacteria may represent a beneficial organ-specific adaptation.[12]
In fact it may be more remarkable that that even. The bacteria in our brain may have been the trigger for our superior intellect as a species. Of the genes thought to be involved in human evolution, one called RUNX2 is particularly interesting as it may have been responsible for the increase in cranial capacity.[13] What is really unique about this gene is that it's regulated by probiotics, like those found in fermented foods, which were the first processed foods humans consumed. The RUNX2 gene in apes was different to that in humans and wasn't able to be stimulated by probiotics. Could it be that the explosive growth in the human brain was down to eating fermented foods? An additional piece of this puzzle is found in an obscure 2013 study that found the RUNX2 gene was positively regulated by Lactobacillus rhamnosus.[14]
Another notable fact about the RUNX2 gene that was responsible for the evolution of the human brain, is that it's been found to be involved in the development of autism, so it will be interesting to see how the research develops in this area.[15]
Discovery of the brain's lymphatic system
In 2015 it was discovered that the brain has a lymphatic system and immune cells carried microbes to and from the brain through these lymphatic vessels, which connect into the deep cervical lymph nodes in the neck.[16]
It has also been discovered that when we sleep the brain shrinks slightly to allow the drainage of metabolites from the brain. In layman's terms that means that our brain cells create waste products which accumulate while we are awake and then when we sleep the cleaners come in to wash them away. As we sleep the brain shrinks to allow more space for this cleansing to take place. This means that a lack of sleep leads to accumulation of toxins in the brain, similar to not emptying the bins in your house, and over time this leads to inflammation that can block the lymph flowing in and out of our brains.[17]
New factors to consider in restoring brain health
When we want to get probiotics to the gut we take them orally or use suppositories. Getting the beneficial microbes into the brain requires different thinking. We know that these microbes are carried to the brain by macrophages, which are cells of our immune system. Waldeyer's tonsillar ring is a ring of lymphoid tissue inside the mouth and throat containing macrophages that go everywhere in the body including the brain. Each time we swallow the food goes exactly where these macrophages are, so contact with fermented foods in the mouth allows these macrophages to selectively pick up microbes needed by the fourth brain. It seems likely based on this mechanism that swallowing encapsulated probiotics wouldn't be as effective as eating fermented foods, and eating slowly to prolong interaction in this area could possibly enhance the benefits.
Even if we have the correct microbes present and the macrophages fired up to carry them, we still need a clear road for them to travel. When there are infections in the sinuses, throat and mouth these lymph nodes get clogged and the highway between the third and fourth brains is cut off. This is the really key point in trying to balance the fourth brain – ensuring these vessels are flowing. Chronically inflamed tissue in the nose and throat clogs the cervical nodes where this lymph drains from the brain and so toxic metabolites being cleansed from the brain get trapped in the head along with an accumulate of lymphatic fluid. As the brain is a closed system confined within the skull it can't expand like other areas of the body do when there's fluid retention. The inability to drain lymph prevents further uptake of new microbe-enriched lymph and this excess fluid also disrupts connections between neurons. As the immune cells depend on the flow of lymph the immune system of the brain takes a hit leading to an imbalance of brain microbes and chronic inflammation of the brain. These processes are the hallmark of many neurological illnesses. Autism is one of the neurological conditions where this chronic neuroinflammation and excess fluid is commonly observed in the brain.[18]
Another potential problem is infection of the teeth and jaw. Microbes can get trapped in confined spaces within cavities and cavitations (holes in the jaw – usually at tooth extraction sites) and produce unending toxic waste products that inflame and clog this whole lymphatic system. The proximity of the jaw to the cervical lymph nodes in the neck makes this a potentially huge unrecognised issue in brain health.
So we have at least four brains, all closely integrated but structurally distinct. Two of these brains are non-human and their influence on the human counterparts is immense. We've known for some time that the microbiome in the gut affects the brain via the vagus nerve and have tried to rebalance this by taking probiotics. Now, we know why probiotics are so important for brain function, because probiotics ARE cells of the brain, they are inside the brain as the fourth brain and we also need to fix this brain microbiome in addition to the gut one.
While the brain microbiome is partly dependent on a healthy gut microbiome, there are now additional factors to consider. The immune system that connects the four brains is important to transport the microbes into the brain. Healthy macrophages in particular are required and these also need to be effectively activated (read about GcMAF for more on this). Additionally the flow of lymph through the brain's lymphatic system needs to be working properly by considering chronic infections in the nose, throat and mouth.
How to reconstitute a dysbiotic brain microbiome is complex and a new area being researched – there will be a second blog on this. But what we can already see is that a diet including fermented foods would be beneficial, that those foods should be eaten slowly to encourage maximum interaction with the tonsillar tissue in the mouth, good quality sleep is needed to ensure cleansing of the toxic metabolites that build up in the brain during the day, and attention to infections in the mouth, throat and jaw area. By addressing these areas as well as the specific brain probiotics themselves, we can hopefully expect improvements in brain-related health disorders.
Feuillet L, Dufour H, Pelletier J (2007) Brain of a white-collar worker, Lancet 370: 262. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61127-1/fulltext
Greenlaw P and Ruggiero M (2015) Your Third Brain: The Revolutionary New Discovery to Achieve Optimum Health.
Carabotti et al (2015) The gut-brain axis: interactions between enteric microbiota, central and enteric nervous systems. Ann Gastroenterol. 28: 203–209. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367209/
Cryan and O'Mahony (2011) The microbiome-gut-brain axis: from bowel to behavior. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 23(3):187-92. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21303428
Forsythe P1, Kunze WA. (2013) Voices from within: gut microbes and the CNS. Cell Mol Life Sci. 70:55-69. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.462.3838&rep=rep1&type=pdf
NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body: Genome sequencing creates first reference data for microbes living with healthy adults. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-human-microbiome-project-defines-normal-bacterial-makeup-body
Alcock J et al (2014) Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms. Bioessays. 36:940-9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270213/
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Matthews DM, Jenks SM (2013) Ingestion of Mycobacterium vaccae decreases anxiety-related behavior and improves learning in mice. Behav Processes. 96:27-35. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23454729
Ruggiero M (2016) Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and the Brain Microbiota in Neurological Diseases. Clin Endosc. 49(6): 579. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152774/
Branton WG et al. (2013) Brain microbial populations in HIV/AIDS: α-proteobacteria predominate independent of host immune status. PLoS One. 8:e54673 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552853/
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"I'll Be Missing You" is a song by American rapper Puff Daddy and American singer Faith Evans, featuring R&B group 112, in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist (and Evans's husband) Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, who was murdered on March 9, 1997. Released as the second single from Puff Daddy and the Family's debut album, No Way Out (1997), "I'll Be Missing You" samples the Police's 1983 hit song "Every Breath You Take" with an interpolated chorus sung by Evans and interpolated rhythm. The song also interpolates the 1929 Albert E. Brumley hymn "I'll Fly Away" and features a spoken intro over a choral version of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings".

At the 40th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. The single spent eleven weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in 15 other countries; it was the best-performing single of 1997 in Iceland, the Netherlands (Dutch Top 40), and Romania. With shipments of over three million copies in the United States and over one million in both Germany and the United Kingdom, the song has become one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Composition
"I'll Be Missing You" is based on a sample of the 1983 single "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. It also uses an interpolation of the "Every Breath You Take" melody, sung by Biggie's widow, Faith Evans. Permission was not given for use of the sample, and Police songwriter Sting sued, receiving 100% of the song royalties. Sting reportedly earns $2,000 a day from royalties for the track. Police guitarist Andy Summers called the sample "a major rip-off", and told the A.V. Club: "I found out about it after it was on the radio ... I'd be walking round Tower Records, and the fucking thing would be playing over and over. It was very bizarre while it lasted." Sting later performed the song alongside Puff Daddy and Evans at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards in September.

The track also reuses the melody from the hymn 'I'll Fly Away". Combs's verses were composed by rapper Sauce Money. Combs had originally asked Jay-Z to write the track, but he turned it down and suggested that Sauce Money write the track instead.

Critical reception
Tom Sinclair from Entertainment Weekly gave the song a grade of D, describing it as a "maudlin 'tribute' to the Notorious B.I.G., [in which] the late rapper's former mentor (Puff Daddy) and wife (Faith Evans) team up to say their farewells to the big man on a song that 'samples' The Police's 'Every Breath You Take'. With lyrics like 'Know you're in heaven, smiling down/Watching us while we pray for you,' 'I'll Be Missing You' gives the lie to those who claim hip-hoppers are above self-serving sentimentality." British magazine Music Week rated it four out of five, calling it a "dignified tribute". Also James Hyman from RM gave the song four out of five, noting that "once again, blatant plundering from an Eighties groove forms the basis for an instant pop-rap crossover."

David Fricke from Rolling Stone wrote, "In "I'll Be Missing You", he didn't merely crib from Sting; he took a song about stalking and transformed it into a radiant hymn of brotherly love and a community's loss." Freelance music writer Jeremy Simmonds described it as "somewhat turgid". Ian Hyland from Sunday Mirror rated it nine out of ten, commenting, "Not the greatest rap I've ever heard but this tribute to murdered rapper Notorious B.I.G. is going to be H.U.G.E. In a mish-mash of The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and John Waite's "Missing", the highlight is Faith Evans' amazing voice."

Chart performance
"I'll Be Missing You" topped many charts across the world. It reached number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Flanders, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

The song debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and the only rap song by a male to do so until Eminem's "Not Afraid" debuted at the top spot 13 years later in 2010. The song spent a record-breaking 11 weeks at number one on the Hot 100, making it the longest running number one hip hop song in history until Eminem's "Lose Yourself" spent 12 weeks at number one in 2002.

The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 32 on July 8, 2007, 10 years after it had its full physical release and 10 years after it was number one. As of July 2013, "I'll Be Missing You" is the 22nd best-selling song all-time in the UK.

Music video
A music video was made to accompany the song, directed by American director Hype Williams and shot in Chicago. Portions of the video were filmed in the Helmut Jahn designed moving walkway tunnel that connects Concourses B and C in Terminal 1 at the O'Hare International Airport. The music video was added to BET and MTV on the week ending on May 11, 1997.

Formats and track listings
 CD single
 Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 – "I'll Be Missing You"

 Maxi-single
 Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 – "I'll Be Missing You"
 The Lox – "We'll Always Love Big Poppa"
 112 – "Cry On"
 Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 – "I'll Be Missing You"
 The Lox – "We'll Always Love Big Poppa"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

All-time chart

Certifications and sales

Release history

See also

 List of best-selling singles
 List of best-selling singles in the United Kingdom
 List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1997 (U.S.)
 List of European number-one hits of 1997
 List of number-one R&B singles of 1997 (U.S.)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (Australia)
 List of number-one hits of 1997 (Austria)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (Belgium-Flanders)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (Germany)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (Ireland)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (Netherlands)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (New Zealand)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (Norway)
 List of number-one singles (Sweden)
 List of number-one singles of 1997 (Switzerland)
 List of UK Singles Chart number ones of 1997

References

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1990s ballads
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Bad Boy Records singles
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Canadian Singles Chart number-one singles
Contemporary R&B ballads
Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
Faith Evans songs
Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Music videos directed by Hype Williams
The Notorious B.I.G.
Number-one singles in Australia
Number-one singles in Austria
Number-one singles in Germany
Number-one singles in Iceland
Number-one singles in New Zealand
Number-one singles in Norway
Number-one singles in Romania
Number-one singles in Scotland
Number-one singles in Sweden
Number-one singles in Switzerland
Sampling controversies
Sean Combs songs
Commemoration songs
Songs involved in plagiarism controversies
Songs written by Faith Evans
Songs written by Sting (musician)
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles


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Le Xian MA700 (MA pour 新 舟, "Modern Ark")  est un bi-turbopropulseur de transport régional chinois construit par Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation (XAC).

Historique
La première annonce concernant ce projet à lieu en 2007. La conception préliminaire a été revue en , avant la conception détaillée.
En , XAC commence la fabrication du premier MA700 destiné aux essais statiques. Il est livré le . Les tests ont lieu dans le hall 301 à Yanliang. Le premier vol est annoncé, fin , à la fin de 2020

Caractéristiques
L'avionique du poste de pilotage utilise la suite Pro Line Fusion de Rockwell Collins. Les deux moteurs sont des Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150C, la plus puissante version du Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 entraînant des hélices à 6 pales Dowty Rotol R504.

Le nez et la porte du MA700 ont été fabriqués à Chengdu et à Shenyang respectivement.

Il est annoncé pour décoller sur  et atterrir sur .

Notes et références

Liens externes

MA700
Aéronef à turbopropulsion
Avion bimoteur
Avion de ligne
Avion construit en république populaire de Chine


I described what a Tabata workout is in an earlier post. A Tabata is high-intensity interval training (HITT) and is basically 20 seconds of ultra-intense exercise and then 10 seconds of rest, repeated for 8 cycles continuously for 4 minutes. It really packs a ton of cardio and fat-burning exercise into the longest 4 minutes of your life. Today we did it for 4 exercises back to back (Squat Cleans, Pull-ups, Burpees, Kettlebell Swings), so that makes it the longest 16 minutes of your life. Who would think you would be completely drained after just 16 minutes of exercise? But, try it sometime and I think you will discover the same thing. I have a love/hate relationship with the Tabata. More than a lot of other conditioning WOD's, you really do feel like you're competing against yourself (if you track your progress as you should be doing!). I love that and, looking back at my past performance, I see improvements that motivate me a lot. That includes physical changes that I can see; burning off fat and getting a lot more muscle definition. The hate? The Tabata workouts really wipe me out and, like I said, you would never imagine how long 4 minutes can feel.
My lower back was super tight after the conditioning. Painfully so. I probably got sloppy with my form at some point when I was going fast. Learn from my example: Never sacrifice form, even when you're going for speed.


Experience our full YT Industries range, in the wild, at either one of the World's biggest bike parks or your local trail centre. YT's Rolling Circus is being loaded and will be hitting 30 stops Worldwide between March and September.
There is simply no better way to dive into the YT world than on a Rolling Circus Demo stop.
Check out the Rolling Circus here. Make sure to bring your riding gear as well as your drivers license and a second ID, get ready to shred!
Of course, participation is free of charge, and no prior registration is required, first come first serve. Just stop by and enjoy the good times. We look forward to introducing you to the rest of the YT family!
Either check out our homepage or events via YT's Facebook account to find the dates and locations of the Rolling Circus.
To test a YT you'll need to bring a photo ID (drivers license/ ID card) and at least a helmet. We do recommend to wear proper riding gear incl. protection.
If you are riding clipless pedals then you should bring your own pedals, but we do have flat pedals at your disposal.
You can test the bike 1 to 1.5 hours depending on the location of the Rolling Circus stop.
It's free of charge. We just need your ID as a deposit while testing the bike which you'll get back once you return the bike.
There is not a reservation system. No, it's first come first serve.
No, you will get an individual bike set up done by one of our specialists.
You can test as many as you'd like. Just return the bike you've tested, get your ID back and get back in line.
There are not really any age restrictions, but if you are under 18, you'll need to bring an adult to demo a bike because of liability reasons.


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Æglageret er en kombineret kunstudstilling og ægmuseum placeret i Odense Ægforretnings bygning i Holbæk. Udstillingerne laves af Holbæk Kunstforening, mens ægmuseeet er placeret i bygningens kælder. Virksomheden var Danmarks største private ægforretning med eksport af æg til især England.

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Q: Including covariates in a LSTM model in Pytorch I have medical data collected on 30 patients over 30 times series. The response is categorical and over four categories. Modifying an example in Udemy, PyTorch for Deep Learning with Python Bootcamp, I trained a single LSTM time series model fitting the parameters over the 30 patients. This seems to be working well.
Now, I want to account for covariate information. The devices the patients were fitted with return physiological information at all the points in time and can help predict the response. There is also demographic information in the data set.
I tried with just one quantitative variable, 'mean_heart_X', in the data set, but I don't know how to make use of this information.
Can someone help me out? See my code below:

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline

df = pd.read_csv("C:/Users/Jsmith/mydata.csv")
df = df.dropna(axis = 0, how ='any')

nsubj = 30

subjects = []
for i in range(nsubj):
    dfs = df[df['Subject'] == (i+1)]
    subjects.append(dfs)

subjects_ytrain = []
for i in range(nsubj):
    y = subjects[i]['Response_var']
    y = y.astype('category')
    y_train = torch.tensor(y.cat.codes.values).flatten().float()
    subjects_ytrain.append(y_train)

# How can include covariates as below in my model?
covs_train = []
for i in range(nsubj):
    x = subjects[i]['mean.Heart_X']
    x = torch.tensor(x.values, dtype = torch.float)
    covs_train.append(x)

def input_data(seq,ws):  # ws is the window size
    out = []
    L = len(seq)
    for i in range(L-ws):
        window = seq[i:i+ws]
        label = seq[i+ws:i+ws+1]
        out.append((window,label))
    return out

window_size = 7
# Create the training dataset of sequence/label tuples:
subjects_traindata = []
for i in range(nsubj):
    train_data = input_data(subjects_ytrain[i],window_size)
    subjects_traindata.append(train_data)

class LSTM(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, input_size=1, hidden_size=50, out_size=4):
        super().__init__()
        self.hidden_size = hidden_size

        # Add an LSTM layer:
        self.lstm = nn.LSTM(input_size,hidden_size)

        # Add a fully-connected layer:
        self.linear = nn.Linear(hidden_size,out_size)

        # Initialize h0 and c0:
        self.hidden = (torch.zeros(1,1,hidden_size),
                       torch.zeros(1,1,hidden_size))

    def forward(self,seq):
        lstm_out, self.hidden = self.lstm(
            seq.view(len(seq), 1, -1), self.hidden)
        pred = self.linear(lstm_out.view(len(seq),-1))
        return pred[-1]   # we only care about the last prediction

model = LSTM()
criterion = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
optimizer = torch.optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=0.01)

epochs = 10
for i in range(epochs):
    for j in range(nsubj):
    # tuple-unpack the train_data set
        for seq, y_train in subjects_traindata[j]:
            # reset the parameters and hidden states
            optimizer.zero_grad()
            model.hidden = (torch.zeros(1,1,model.hidden_size),
                            torch.zeros(1,1,model.hidden_size))
            y_pred = model(seq)
            y_train=y_train.reshape([1]).long()
            y_pred=torch.reshape(y_pred,(1,-1))
        #print(y_pred)
        #print(y_train)
        #print(y_train.dtype)
            loss = criterion(y_pred, y_train)
            loss.backward()
            optimizer.step()
        # print training result
        print(f'Epoch: {i+1:2} Loss: {loss.item():10.8f}')
    ```


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Stillahavsnejonöga (Lampetra tridentata) är en ryggsträngsdjursart som först beskrevs av Richardson 1836.  Stillahavsnejonöga ingår i släktet Lampetra och familjen nejonögon. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Estádio da Luz from Outside (Photo: Trickstar | Wikimedia Commons).
A final for the history books
Agustín de Julio FMH Contributor
Today, April 1st, we remember the electrifying 1981 finale between the German and English giants of women's football. Under the copious Lisbon rain, Dick, Kerr Ladies faced 1. Deutscher Damen Fußball Club in a match for the history books.
Dick, Kerr Ladies looking for their second trophy
First DDFC's astonishing campaign
The Showdown
Let's review
Founded in 1917 in Preston, as a recreational team for workers of a company producing ammunition for WWI, the Dick, Kerr Ladies quickly became a national phenomenon. They competed against teams from other factories, and gained notoriety in no time, attracting thousands and thousands of spectators. They featured in matches organised to raise funds for veterans and injured soldiers from WWI, and even played the first women's international match against France in 1920. It was sadly not all smooth sailing for the Dick, Kerr Ladies, though, as in the year 1921, the English FA took an infamous decision: women's football was not to be allowed on the grounds that football allegedly was poorly suited for women.
Despite the FA ban, the Dick, Kerr Ladies craze could not be stopped. Though they were banned from Goodison Park and all other FA grounds, the Ladies continued playing unofficially at public grounds. The crowds hardly diminished. If anything, the ban galvanised the support for women's football and forced the FA's hand to retract their decision. 60 years later, the first team of the Dick, Kerr Ladies were facing 1.DDFC, the German pioneers, and looking to take their second Champions League home. On the stands that day, fans expectantly chanted and waved flags bearing the colours of the Dick, Kerr Ladies, many of them sporting t-shirts with the face of their greatest star, Lily Parr.
From the Gallus district of Frankfurt, where pioneer Lotte Specht founded the club, to the lights of the Benfica stadium in Lisbon, it has been a long and winding road for the 1. DDFC. In 1930, Specht, an avid football fan, posted an ad in the local newspaper, looking for other girls and women to form a football team. The turnout was spectacular: around 40 young women from the region responded and proceeded to found the 1. DDFC, the First German Women's Football Club. In contrast to the Dick, Kerr Ladies, 1. DDFC faced considerable opposition from the public and the media of the day. People would gather around trainings and matches to heckle the players, and local newspapers would publish derisive pieces on Specht and her teammates. "Anything that a man can do, a woman can also do," defiantly declared the founder of 1. DDFC to the press. Time would prove Specht right. Through sheer tenacity, 1.DDFC continued operating until 1936, where a ban on women's football was enacted. The FC was then forced to keep on existing as an amateur club.
The ban on women's football was finally lifted in 1970. The Frankfurt side managed to almost miraculously rebuild a world-class club in a decade, drawing talent from the region and beyond, and managed to win the Bundesliga two times. This succession of excellent results brought 1. DDFC to the 1981 Champions League. Comfortably winning the semi finals against TSV Öschelbronn by a crushing 3-0, 1.DDFC were ready to face the Dick, Kerr Ladies in Lisbon, under the watchful eye of Lotte Specht herself, cheering the team on from the stands.
Football Players in Focus
The Estádio da Luz in Lisbon was packed on the night of April 1st. The heavy drizzle falling on the fans became a full on storm by the time the English and German sides posed for photographs before the game. In this dramatic setting, the Champions League finals started. Within fifteen minutes, drama unfolded, as Smith, full back for the Dick, Kerr Ladies, was sent off after a punishing sliding tackle just outside the box. The resulting free kick was disappointingly shot wide, but it left the Dick, Kerr Ladies vulnerable to the advances of the increasingly daring 1.DDFC. By half time, the English side had shown speed and cunning during a few counterattacks, yet none came to fruition.
Half time brought about an amazing burst of energy for the English side. With one player less on the pitch, Dick, Kerr Ladies managed to keep possession of the ball and force 1.DDFC deep into their half. After a succession of three corner kicks, centre forward Sarah Mitchell finally scored with an impressive header. 1.DDFC needed a minute to reorganise. Bringing in two fresh midfielders, the uphill battle for the equaliser began. After a series of neatly organised attacks, a deep ball finally found winger Däbritz, who scored for 1.DDFC with only 20 minutes to go. This goal brought panic to the English lines. Visibly rattled, spaces started appearing for the German side. Only eleven minutes later, Däbritz (mother of the fantastic PSG midfielder) scored her second goal, after a failed pass from a Dick, Kerr Ladies' defense. The last minutes of the match saw a few good attempts by Dick, Kerr Ladies, thwarted by an organised German defense and their own exhaustion. Under the heavy rain, 1.DDFC were crowned winners of the Champions League, bringing home their first international title in a campaign to remember.
April 1st marks the end of Football Makes History's Women's history month. During this month, we have highlighted remarkable stories of trailblazing women in football. Some of these were inspiring and empowering, some were tragic and perhaps frustrating. Through this post we tried to highlight what could have been. In doing so, we reflect both on the missed opportunities throughout history to endorse and foster women's football, but also on how far we have come. Today, a story like this Champions League finals is completely plausible. It's now up to us to ensure that football becomes even more inclusive and remains truly accessible to all.
Private album of Lotte Specht (Photo: Beves Welt / Axel Hoffmann).
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K-Maro is a relatively new Québecois bilingual hip-hop artist who has released two full albums: "La Good Life" and "Million Dollar Boy." All of his songs mix French with English, including his most popular hit, "Femme Like U." He enjoys popularity in France, Germany, and other European countries. Despite the pervading theme of his new "Million Dollar Boy" album, K-Maro's music is better classified as melodic hip-hop (as in his tracks "Crazy," "Histoires de Luv," "Nouveau Millenaire," "Sous L'Oeil De… read more
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The shares of VST Industries hit a 52-week high of Rs 3,500, up 4 per cent in intra-day trade on the BSE in otherwise subdued market. The stock surpassed its previous high of Rs 3,430 recorded on September 7, 2018 in intra-day trade. At 09:46 am, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was quoting 0.18 per cent lower at 36,660 points.
The cigarettes and tobacco products firm has rallied 7 per cent in past two trading days, after industry giant ITC increased the price of three cigarette brands - Bristol, Flake Excel and Capstan.
VST Industries had reported 11 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in the December quarter with net profit at Rs 55.44 crore. Revenue from operations grew 23 per cent at Rs 316 crore on YoY basis. Cigarette sales increased 25 per cent to Rs 245 crore, led by 8 per cent volume growth and a change in product mix.
Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and ammortisation) margin contracted 398 bps at 29.5 per cent due to higher raw material cost and other overhead expenditure.
After four consecutive years of volume de-growth, VST witnessed strong volume growth in first nine months of FY19. The industry has seen stable taxation since a steep increase in GST in July 2017. This, along with low base created by de-growth in volumes in the last four years, has resulted in a sharp improvement in cigarette volumes in the last two quarters, according to analysts at ICICI Securities.
"With strong volume growth and a better product mix, we expect healthy growth in both revenues & earnings during FY18-21E. Considering more than 60 per cent dividend payout, dividend yield for VST is 3-4 per cent. We reiterate BUY on the stock with a target price of Rs 4000 per share," the brokerage firm said in result update.


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Five Things Daily Rosaries Do
Tom Hoopes June 24, 2012
Mary's Grotto at Benedictine College.
Today's recommendation: Pray the Rosary every day and invite others to do so with you.
This comes from personal experience. We Hoopeses didn't used to say a daily Rosary. Like many others, we started to after Sept. 11, 2001, when Pope John Paul II called for daily rosaries for peace, and kept it up until, a year later, John Paul II gave or daily Rosary a second wind.
It wasn't until the Year of the Rosary that we started to see just how serious Pope John Paul II was about this.
"I look to all of you, brothers and sisters of every state of life — to you, Christian families, to you, the sick and elderly, and to you, young people: Confidently take up the Rosary once again," he wrote in his Apostolic Letter. "Rediscover the Rosary in the light of Scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives. May this appeal of mine not go unheard!"
How could we refuse that last line? We have said at least a decade (usually five) practically every day since.
We have come to realize that we as a family can't afford to skip our daily Rosary … and I am convinced that the world can't afford to have Catholics skip our daily rosaries, either.
Here are five things daily Rosaries do.
Daily rosaries transform the world.
Pope John Paul II was hailed for hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union by encouraging freedom in his native Poland.
But he had a different understanding of what happened: He thought the Rosary did it, thanks to the worldwide daily rosaries inspired by the Fatima apparitions.
"We must be wary of oversimplification," he wrote in Crossing the Threshold of Hope, but "what are we to say of the three children from Fatima who suddenly, on the eve of the October Revolution, heard: 'Russia will convert' and 'In the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph'?"
He saw no reason that the same woman who solved the Soviet crisis couldn't solve our world's problems today.
"Today I willingly entrust to the power of this prayer," he proclaimed in his Year of the Rosary letter, "the cause of peace in the world and the cause of the family."
Daily Rosaries transform families.
People think of "the family that prays together stays together" as a quaint old saying. But it was a favorite saying of Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa, and the daily practice of Pope Benedict XVI's family, according to his brother's biographer.
At the Register, we heard many stories of families transformed by the daily Rosary. One couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their 15 children and 66 grandchildren. Each of the kids' families had kept their faith. One after the other, they all told us what the family secret was: the daily Rosary they said throughout their lives.
The Rosary galvanizes the youth.
This one may seem ironic. For years, Catholics associated the Rosary with older people. But that dynamic has been reversed.
I personally experienced what many young people experience today: I learned to say the Rosary from fellow college students. Decades later, when Jim Morlino of Navis Pictures and I were working on a promotional film at Benedictine College, we were surprised when a group of students spontaneously gathered for a Rosary together in the middle of the afternoon.
Pope Benedict XVI has noticed this phenomenon as well. "The Rosary is experiencing a new Springtime," he said. "Without a doubt, this is one of the most eloquent signs of love that the young generation nourishes for Jesus and his Mother, Mary."
The daily Rosary can transform your life.
Everyone who met Pope John Paul II or Mother Teresa knew that there was something special about them. They were self-possessed but not aloof, gentle but unwavering in what counts, and looked at each person they met with deep attention and concern.
They didn't have that character because they were naturally wonderful people: It came from prayer. And we, too, can gain a little bit of what they had, if we pray.
Pope Benedict XVI explains how praying the Rosary can transform us and our communities. "The Rosary, when it is prayed in an authentic way, not mechanical and superficial but profoundly, brings peace and reconciliation," he said. When we pray the Rosary, "Christ is put at the center of our life, of our time, of our city, through the contemplation and meditation of his holy mysteries of joy, light, sorrow and glory."
The daily Rosary can transform your death.
A family we know tells the story of how devoted their father was to the Rosary. He insisted that his family say the Rosary each night at 6:30 p.m. If guests were visiting, those guests would say the Rosary at 6:30 p.m. with them. If saying the Rosary at 6:30 p.m. would make someone late for a school or sporting event, they would be late for that school or sporting event. This man was hardcore.
In his old age, when he was dying in the hospital, his adult children came to be with him and their mother. They decided that they should say a Rosary for him at the bedside. As they finished the Rosary, the man died. They looked up at the clock. It was 6:30 p.m.
There are many such stories. Mary, it seems, really does look out for us "now and at the hour of our death."
Saying the Rosary daily deepens our Catholic identity, touches our loved ones, and moves heaven and earth for our intentions. The saints all recommend daily meditative prayer: The Rosary is exactly that. To have a real relationship with Christ, we need to know him and talk to him. The Rosary reviews his life in prayer.
There really is no good reason not to say a daily Rosary.
Fortnight for Freedom, Year of Faith
Tom Hoopes
Tom Hoopes, author of The Rosary of Saint John Paul II and The Fatima Family Handbook, is writer in residence at Benedictine College in Kansas and hosts The Extraordinary Story on Ex Corde. A former reporter in the Washington, D.C., area, he served as press secretary of the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee Chairman and spent 10 years as executive editor of the National Catholic Register newspaper and Faith & Family magazine. His work frequently appears in Catholic publications such as Aleteia.org and the Register. He and his wife, April, have nine children and live in Atchison, Kansas.
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And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Toward her young one - and toward her children which she shall bear - There seems to be a species of tautology in the two clauses of this verse, which may be prevented by translating the last word, שליתה shilyathah, literally, her secondines, which is the meaning of the Arabic sala, not badly understood by the Septuagint, χοριον αυτης, the chorion or exterior membrane, which invests the fetus in the womb; and still better translated by Luther, the after-birth; which saying of Moses strongly marks the deepest distress, when the mother is represented as feeling the most poignant regret that her child was brought forth into such a state of suffering and death; and 2dly, that it was likely, from the favorable circumstances after the birth, that she herself should survive her inlaying. No words can more forcibly depict the miseries of those dreadful times. On this ground I see no absolute need for Kennicott's criticism, who, instead of ובשליתה ubeshilyathah, against her secondines, reads ובשלה ubashelah, and she shall boll, and translates the 56th and 57th verses as follows: "The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter. 57. And she shall boil that which cometh out from between her feet, even her children, which she shall bear, for she shall eat them, for want of all things, secretly." These words, says he, being prophetical, are fulfilled in 2 Kings 6:29, for we read there that two women of Samaria having agreed to eat their own children, one was actually boiled, where the very same word, בשל bashal is used. See Kennicott's Dissertations on 1 Chronicles 11, etc., p. 421.
The Great Controversy, 32
Thousands perished from famine and pestilence. Natural affection seemed to have been destroyed. Husbands robbed their wives, and wives their husbands. Children would be seen snatching the food from the mouths of their aged parents. The question of the prophet, "Can a woman forget her sucking child?" received the answer within the walls of that doomed city: "The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people." Isaiah 49:15; Lamentations 4:10. Again was fulfilled the warning prophecy given fourteen centuries before: "The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, ... and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates." Deuteronomy 28:56, 57. GC 32.1
The Roman leaders endeavored to strike terror to the Jews and thus cause them to surrender. Those prisoners who resisted when taken, were scourged, tortured, and crucified before the wall of the city. Hundreds were daily put to death in this manner, and the dreadful work continued until, along the Valley of Jehoshaphat and at Calvary, crosses were erected in so great numbers that there was scarcely room to move among them. So terribly was visited that awful imprecation uttered before the judgment seat of Pilate: "His blood be on us, and on our children." Matthew 27:25. GC 32.2
Titus would willingly have put an end to the fearful scene, and thus have spared Jerusalem the full measure of her doom. He was filled with horror as he saw the bodies of the dead lying in heaps in the valleys. Like one entranced, he looked from the crest of Olivet upon the magnificent temple and gave command that not one stone of it be touched. Before attempting to gain possession of this stronghold, he made an earnest appeal to the Jewish leaders not to force him to defile the sacred place with blood. If they would come forth and fight in any other place, no Roman should violate the sanctity of the temple. Josephus himself, in a most eloquent appeal, entreated them to surrender, to save themselves, their city, and their place of worship. But his words were answered with bitter curses. Darts were hurled at him, their last human mediator, as he stood pleading with them. The Jews had rejected the entreaties of the Son of God, and now expostulation and entreaty only made them more determined to resist to the last. In vain were the efforts of Titus to save the temple; One greater than he had declared that not one stone was to be left upon another. GC 32.3
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Bishop Patrick Lynch, Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, gave this homily at a Mass for the Feast of Blessed Oscar Romero in Southwark Cathedral, 24 March. In his homily Bishop Pat looks at the story of the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus.
The story of the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus is not just about the physical journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus but rather about the spiritual journey from disappointment and desperation to faith and hope. The two disciples are devastated when Jesus is killed. They believed that he was the person who would set Israel free so when He dies they are absolutely devastated. The journey away from Jerusalem to Emmaus is about how Jesus heals their sorrow, renews their faith and restores their hope and about how He does that in a very simple way – by reaching out to them, by listening to them, by open the Scriptures for them and by sharing a meal with them.
If you look closely at the passage in Luke's Gospel you will see that Jesus takes the initiative. He comes up to them and walks by their side. He hears them talking and then asks the simple question "What things?" Immediately they pour out their hearts and share with him not only what has happened but how deeply the events have affected them. Jesus simply listens: He listens to what they say, He listens to how they are feeling and He listens to the disillusionment that is in their hearts. At that point He begins to give them hope and a reason to hope by explaining the Scriptures to them. He enables them to discover the strength, inspiration and courage they can get from the Scriptures. Finally, as they arrive in Emmaus they invite Jesus to share a meal with them and it is during the meal they recognise who He is but He disappears from their sight. Nevertheless, they are transformed and immediately, in the dark of night, they head back to Jerusalem to share their new found faith in the risen Lord healed from those attitudes and sentiments that prevented them from seeing – from believing - in the risen Jesus – sadness, foolishness and slowness of heart.
In this story Luke presents us with a very rich understanding of what it means to accompany those who are suffering. It means reaching out to and walking with those who suffer: it means listening to the stories and experiences of those who suffer: it means seeing and affirming God's presence in the hearts and lives of those who suffer and it means building community amongst those who suffer. For Bl. Oscar Romero Christ's Passover and consequently his own ministry amongst the people of El Salvador was always liberating, always sacramental and always communal. Whatever community or group he was serving or speaking to he sought always to free people from fear, to give people tangible signs of hope and help them experience God's love through a deep sense of belonging to the Church.
In recent years Pope Francis, again and again, in his Exhortations, his homilies and his pastoral visits has like Bl. Blessed Oscar Romero, drawn on the rich theology of accompaniment that has been developed in Latin America over many years inviting us as the Church today; To reach out to those who suffer, To listen to those who suffer, To affirm God's presence in the lives of those who suffer And to be at one with those who suffer.
Let us pray that through the intercession and example of Blessed Oscar Romero the Lord will help us to do that.


Whisk with the bamboo whisk in a "w" shape until frothy and well mixed.
Though I'm sure it violates ceremonial tea procedure, I've also found that throwing the tea and water into my blendtec and blending is just as efficient and creates a frothy drink as well. You can also experiment with adding almond or coconut milk, or even a little honey, though these were not used in traditional teas.


What people, who worked with me, tell about me.
Joseph is an atypical IT consultant. He is not satisfied with giving you the solution you want; he will want you to have the best solution possible. That is a quality rarely found because it is then contingent on the solution provider to go beyond the ordinary to the cutting edge and evangelize for adoption. As a client and colleague, I appreciate that non conformance as it helps to improve my delivery and performance."


So many girl crushes to choose from, but at the moment, I'm crushing just a little bit on ………..
4) She grew up in East Germany, under one of the most repressive regimes in the world. This makes her fascinating, but not bitter. She really didn't like it when the NSA bugged her phone, though, and after she survived the Stazi, you can see why.
5) She's steered Germany through the recession with a very steady hand, despite managing a coalition government. She makes it look easy. Bet it's not.
6) She loves football and has a sense of humour and a lovely, gentle, ready smile. (So does Obama, if you've noticed, and we like him too. Putin … not so much. He's more likely to strip down to his trousers and wrestle a bear.) We'd love to spend the afternoon with her (and a translator) putting the world to rights.
7) Our male, Establishment, Eton-educated Prime Minister just a little bit wants to be her. I don't think he's the only leader who thinks, correctly, that she's cooler than him.
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany since 2005, welcome to London this week. We salute you.


SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's Queensland state will list the koala as a "vulnerable species" throughout the north-eastern region, saying urban expansion, car accidents and dog attacks were threatening the much-loved furry animal.
"Everybody loves the koala and we must do everything in our power to protect the koala now and into the future," Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Sunday of the tree-dwelling marsupial.
Koalas are already listed as vulnerable in south-east Queensland, but the extended protection to cover the whole state will see its government step up its efforts to map populations and conserve habitats.
"We also know, from motor vehicle accidents (to) dog attacks, that this is having a huge impact on the koala populations right across the state," the Premier added. "We have been determined to do everything we can."
A 2011 study estimated there were more than 10 million koalas before British settlers arrived in 1788 but numbers had declined to less than 45,000 in the wild, though it noted their existence high in the treetops makes them difficult to count.
The federal government placed the most at-risk koalas in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory on the national list of threatened species, classing it as vulnerable, in 2012.
A 2012 report also found the koala population in south-west Queensland had dropped from 60,000 to 11,000 over the past two decades, with researchers blaming drought, heatwaves and habitat clearing for the sharp decline.


Alternative Dispute Resolution- A Change of Paradigm?
Source: (1995) Law and Economics. May-June.
Alternative Dispute Resolution refers to a broad range of mechanisms and processes designed to assist parties in resolving differences. These alternative mechanisms are not intended to supplant court adjudication, but rather to supplement it. Alternative Dispute Resolution provides an opportunity to resolve conflicts creatively and effectively, finding the process that best handles a particular dispute.The author advocates for introducing the alternative mechanisms in the Bulgarian legislation and legal practice.