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VMware: The Latest Organization to Boost Its Talent via the Air Force's EWI Program
Paul Petrone
Since the 1950s, the Air Force's Education Within Industry (EWI) program has paired active duty airmen looking to advance their military career with companies that want to leverage their experience. And, in August, VMware, became the latest company to reap the benefits.
In the EWI program, active duty Air Force airmen spend 10 months working in the private sector, with the hopes they'll pick up skills that will make them better leaders in the service. Meanwhile VMware, a company that provides cloud and virtualization services and does a lot of work for the federal government, was eager to be part of the program.
"We are working with the future senior leaders of the Air Force," VMware Practice Manager and Air Force veteran himself, Porter Clapp, said. "It is a great opportunity for us to bring in some of the top tier talent of one of our customers, the Air Force, to develop a really tight relationship and get them to share their perspective on VMware."
A look at VMware's EWI program
For the Air Force, the EWI program is a way for their airmen to learn skills from the private sector. Most of the time, airmen who have six to 10 years of experience go into the EWI program, and use it as a stepping-stone to the most senior ranks of the Air Force.
For that reason, the Air Force is highly selective about what companies they partner with as part of the EWI program. VMware was fortunate, as it was accepted the first year the company applied for the EWI program in 2015.
Since September, two active duty airmen have been working for VMware (while still being paid by the military) and will stay with the company until the end of June. One of the airman is working as a VMware program manager to provide cloud computing services to the government; the other is working to strengthen VMware's cyber security offerings.
"VMware hopes to continue supporting the EWI program" Clapp said. "The company wants to add similar programs with the Navy, Army and the Department of Defense. "
Why VMware is part of the EWI program
So why did VMware want to be part of the EWI program? First of all, it allows them to get a unique perspective from one of their clients – the Air Force – which should help them improve their company.
"It allows us to have a really close relationship with one of our customers," said Sarah Clark, a program manager who works in staffing operations at VMware. "That gives us insight into the thought process of what they want and that helps to understand how to make our business better."
Although they can't hire the airmen who go through the EWI program – as part of the EWI program, airmen agree to spend another three years after their private sector run in the Air Force – VMware hopes the people who do go through it act as recruiting "ambassadors" to their friends in the service.
"Once they are back on active duty, they'll have a good understanding of the culture of VMware and its values," said Lynette Estrada, a Senior Manager of Global Talent Acquisition at VMware. "And then the goal that they'll serve as ambassadors for our company."
Additionally, Estrada said this program helps VMware build strong relationships with the leaders of the Air Force's veterans transition program, which help veterans find jobs after they leave the service. If VMware can provide the airmen with a great experience through the EWI program, the hope is that the transition leadership takes notice and recommends veterans to join VMware," Estrada said.
So why such emphasis on hiring veterans in the first place?
"From the veterans I've worked with at VMware, I've noticed they are very well organized, extremely prepared, and share the values we have as a company," Clark said. "They add tremendous value to our workforce and we want to leverage their expertise."
The benefits for a company starting an EWI program
There are a lot of benefits for a company partnering with the Air Force and starting an EWI program (or another military branch, all have some version of the program). Most obviously, your company reaps the benefit of having top talent – an Air Force officer – join your ranks for 10 months, with all expenses being paid by the government.
But beyond that, it is also a great way to add prestige to your company, as the Air Force is highly selective in what companies they partner with. And it helps you recruit veterans, as it brings you closer to the military, and often the airmen who go through your EWI program act as brand ambassadors to veterans for your company once they leave.
Bottom line, it's an interesting program that can benefit any company, particularly one that does a lot of work with the federal government or is interested in hiring more veterans. And VMware is just the latest organization to see that.
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require 'spec_helper'

describe ProblemsHelper do
  describe '#truncated_problem_message' do
    it 'is html safe' do
      problem = double('problem', :message => '#<NoMethodError: ...>')
      truncated = helper.truncated_problem_message(problem)
      truncated.should be_html_safe
      truncated.should_not include('<', '>')
    end
  end

  describe "#gravatar_tag" do
    let(:email) { "gravatar@example.com" }
    let(:email_hash) { Digest::MD5.hexdigest email }
    let(:base_url) { "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/#{email_hash}" }

    context "default config" do
      before do
        Errbit::Config.stub(:use_gravatar).and_return(true)
        Errbit::Config.stub(:gravatar_default).and_return('identicon')
      end

      it "should render image_tag with correct alt and src" do
        expected = ""
        helper.gravatar_tag(email, :s => 48).should eq(expected)
      end

      it "should override :d" do
        expected = ""
        helper.gravatar_tag(email, :d => 'retro', :s => 48).should eq(expected)
      end
    end
  end
end

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God Used Homeless Person - To Save The Life Of Outreach Minister - Cynthia Pinckney Ministries, Inc.
The day started out being sunny and very beautiful for an early morning trip to the next town. I was the dedicated driver because hubby was rehabilitating from a recent surgery, and his appointment was scheduled to be one of the first at the VA. After being in Tampa most of the morning with other appointments, we were finally ready to go home.
Arriving in Brandon, I asked hubby if he wanted something to eat. A KFC store was on the way, so I pulled into the drive- thru. After receiving his order, I pulled to the edge of the road looking both ways so I could make the left turn going east, continuing home. The traffic seemed very heavy at this time of day, but I did see a chance where I could make that left turn into the inside lane. As I was about to make the turn, suddenly there was a person on a bicycle riding directly to my stopped car obstructing my view, and motioning for me to roll down my window... and I did. As he began telling me about his dilemma, we heard a very loud boom. In that moment it sounded like something had exploded. The noise was coming from my left, which made the homeless man jumped from fright. After he turned away from me to see what had happened, I could see a man laying on the sidewalk about 50 feet from us, and from what I could see, I knew there was no way he could still be alive.
The Homeless person said he would walk back over to see if the person was alive, and all I could say at that point was "oh, my God! oh, my God! oh, my God! When it was safe for me to leave KFC going towards home, we could see the man up close and knew for sure he was dead. I had never seen a dead body like that before, and it was numbing. He had been driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle which had been ripped in pieces laying on and off the road.
I learned later that there was a pickup truck involved, and that this truck was directly across the street facing me, and made a right turn into the inside lane trying to avoid hitting another vehicle. While trying to avoid hitting the other vehicle, this maneuver caused the man in the truck to cross the median, hitting the man on the motorcycle.
As I began to grasp what had just happened, I realized that if the homeless man on the bicycle had not stopped me and I had not rolled my window down to see what he wanted, I would have been the car that struck the motorcycle guy, and the man in the truck would have had to slam into me and my husband coming into the inside line from across the street. Because of the impact, we could have been killed, or critically hurt. I praised God for His protection over us that day, even though my heart felt sad for the life that was lost, and for his family.
Let me give you a little background of the significance for God using a homeless person to help save me (minister) from a fiery crash. I have always had a heart for the homeless, needy, hungry, and displaced people in our world. I accepted the call on my life from the Lord when I turned eighteen, but learning how to have the heart of a servant was taught by my parents at a very early age. Our siblings had great examples through the works and deeds of our parents, expressing how we are to love others, and were taught to share and help the less fortunate - even when we didn't have much ourselves.
In 2001, I began serving the homeless under another outreach ministry. I learned many important things under their leadership, which would prove to be of great value to me later. When I felt comfortable in my spirit, I felt the call of God to start out on my own. Because I trusted God, I knew He would provide provisions... and He did. I started feeding and clothing the needy in the City of Tampa in 2003 at different locations, and continued for about three years. Ultimately, I made Brandon, FL my home base.
A large box style truck was donated to the ministry by a close family member so we could transport the provisions for the hungry and needy wherever we needed to go. This was a tremendous blessing to the Ministry. Different managers from Daily Work, Daily Pay Shops gave us permission to use their parking lots on Saturdays to serve the homeless and needy. We served home cooked meals, provided donations of clothing, shoes, small household items, hair cuts, toiletries, and any necessities the homeless and less fortunate needed.
During the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, we were given access to the Boys and Girls Club by the First United Methodist Church, which is now called New Hope United Methodist Church. The ministry was richly blessed by their offering of the Club, and we were also given an abundance of donations by other United Methodist Coalition Churches. Many other church groups, organizations, clubs, and individuals in the community came aboard to help in service to the less fortunate.
During the holiday outreach activities, we were able to feed between 800 and 1200 men, women, and children with a five (5) course delicious meal. We also gave out offerings of over 4500 pieces of clothing, shoes, toys, toiletries, blankets, small household items, toys, etc. Hair cuts were provided, blood pressure readings were given by medical personnel, along with other resources. There was an arts and craft table, and outside play area for the smaller children. A prayer room for any one needing prayer/counseling was set-up with pastors and other leaders of churches in the surrounding areas.
Any person could volunteer for the Holiday Outreach Activities, but had to agree to attend a mandatory training class. It was very important for everyone serving to know and understand about what it means to have the Heart of a Servant, and to also know how to diffuse any differences that might come up.
This is just a synopsis of how the Ministry was started, and how we were able to serve thousands of hungry, homeless, needy, and displaced people of our communities. We never limited our serving to fair weather, we served in both rain and sunshine. We made lasting relationships in the community because of our genuine love for the people of God, and it is no wonder God would reciprocate that type of love, through a homeless person - to me.. I love what God has ordained through me, to be a help to those less fortunate. Hallelujah, and Praise the Lord!


VIC We are admins of a community Facebook group - where is our line?
Discussion in 'Defamation Law Forum' started by SarahHVic, 12 November 2018.
I am one of three admins of a Facebook Community Noticeboard page for a very small town. We have a list of rules which include no name calling/threats. Many divisive topics are discussed, particularly about the local council, Parks Victoria and other government bodies. Usual moaning about being useless, not making right decisions etc.
Recently the board of a private community service has imploded with allegations of money wasting within the organisation. I don't know the details too well. The local newspaper has covered some of it but on the noticeboard it hadn't been discussed. It's a very localised issue involving a small section of our small community.
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There were a few responses, mainly people saying "What is going on?". A few comments said they supported the staff of the service. One comment said 'This is what happens when the wrong people are in power'.
The board name was mentioned, but no board members were singled out. Nothing that broke our rules. The post has been quickly buried and you currently need to scroll down a fair way to find it.
Long story short since that post we (the admin of the group) have received a number of messages from board members. They started off saying they would like the post taken down. We replied that at the moment this post didn't break any of our 'play nice' rules and it was a discussion about a community issue, just like other 'controversial' topics that are discussed and that the board is more than welcome to post up their point of view.
Now these messages from the board is becoming more threatening, saying that we are leaving ourselves open to defamation. This is really upsetting to us and we are confused about the whole thing. Legally, what are our rights here? Should we be removing every post that complained about the council, Parks Vic, and other organisations that member disagree with decisions made? We are really reluctant to remove the post in question as we feel like these board members are quite frankly bullying and trying to shut down discussion. I've read the post again and it doesn't mention names, it is a short discussion with people saying they disagree with how things are being handled.
Any advice would be appreciated. We don't like that we are forced in this position and that these board members may use this opportunity to shut down any public discussions of the matter.
I can't see anything defamatory in what you posted.
Seems like reasonably criticism, hopefully based on facts, not rumour.
Firstly, defamation only occurs if a person knows or is otherwise reckless to the fact that their statements are false. It's also worth noting that there is a big difference between civil defamation and criminal defamation. Like any civil matter, a civil defamation case would be decided on the balance of probabilities. For criminal defamation however, it must be proven beyond reasonable doubt that the accused knew that their statement or publication was false at the time it was made or was reckless to that fact.
Whether or not a post on the internet is defamatory therefore really depends on what comments are associated with the picture when it's posted, because that puts the publication into a certain context.
If the picture was posted with a comment along the lines of "blah blah is wasting your money", then that could be defamation because you are speculating and the comment is not "known" to be based on fact.
If on the other hand, it was posted with a comment along the lines of "this sign was spotted on blah blah's fence on Tuesday", then that is not defamation, because you are reporting a fact - which is the existence of the sign. The content of the sign is therefore irrelevant.
A discussion board of this type is created for the purpose of encouraging public discussion relating to local issues. It is therefore essentially a news service, and it therefore has certain responsibilities. As long as you stick to facts and don't make unfounded claims against any individual or entity, you should be fine.
When it comes to posting images on a site of this type, you just need to make sure that any associated comment relates to "what is depicted in the image" and not "what something depicted in the image may or may not imply". The former is fact (the existence of the sign), whilst the latter is speculation (what the sign says). Any comments that follow are public opinion and it would be very rare for those to be found to be defamatory unless they were induced by speculation in the first place.
If there is any defamation case here, then it would be against the person or persons who put up the sign, not anyone who publishes a picture of it, especially with the sign being on public display.
To sum it all up, it's all about "presentation" - in what context has the picture been published? Are you "reporting" the existence of the sign? Or are you "endorsing" what the sign says? You can do the first - but can't do the second unless you have done the research and can backup your statements with facts.
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Jerusalem Post Opinion
The battle for Mosul, and its aftermath
The Iraqi decision to start the offensive on October 17 took the Turks by surprise and preempted a Turkish move toward Mosul.
By JACQUES NERIAH
Published: OCTOBER 19, 2016 21:00
IRAQI FORCES advance in Qayara to attack Islamic State in Mosul
(photo credit: REUTERS)
A rolling artillery barrage fired by Iraqi, Kurdish, American and French gunners and air raids by the US-led alliance on Islamic State targets and military commanders in Mosul were launched on October 17 at 01:00. After long months of preparations, the long-awaited assault on Iraq's second most populated city will develop into a major battle involving many players.
Mosul fell to ISIS cohorts in the summer of 2014. At that time 1,500 ISIS fighters at the most (at a ratio of one to five) dislodged and defeated three fully equipped Iraqi regular divisions entrenched in the city which were supposed to protect Mosul.
Various sources report today that facing ISIS' 5,000-10,000 combatants in Mosul, about 65,000 Iraqi troops from different units have massed to dislodge ISIS. Some Arab sources place the total number of combatants of the anti-ISIS coalition at almost 140,000 fighters including: five to six divisions of the regular Iraqi Army – about 35,000 soldiers including armored and artillery brigades; commando and anti-terrorism division with fighting units of the Iraqi national police (around 8,000 fighters); and Kurdish Peshmerga forces (50,000 fighters).
Smaller fighting units include: Al Hashd el-Sh'aabi – The Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Units (which claim to include Christians, Yazidis and Assyrians) also including units of the Hezbollah-Iraq militia; Al Hashd el-Watani –The National Mobilization Sunni Turkish-trained and supported units which also claim to include minority units (several thousand fighters); Dwekh Nawsha – the Sacrificers of the Assyrian Army.
These military formations are assisted by thousands of American, Western and Iranian advisers, some of whom will take an active role in the fighting on the ground. The US-led alliance will provide air cover with around 90 fighting aircraft.
However, the missions of the different components of the Iraqi campaign are not clear cut except for the Kurdish Peshmerga, who are apparently responsible for maintaining their presence up to a certain pre-fixed line on the eastern and northeastern flanks of Mosul. The Iraqi Army, together with the National Mobilization units, will attack Mosul from the north, northwest and southern parts of the city.
According to Kurdish sources, the agreement between the Kurds and the Iraqi government stipulates that the Popular Mobilization Units will not be allowed to enter Mosul. It is not clear whether the PMU will be taking part in the assault since their ethnic identity and past brutal behavior against the Sunni population in the reconquest of Ramadi and Tikrit could forecast a massive onslaught against the mostly Sunni population of Mosul. All Iraqi army units have been instructed to raise only Iraqi flags and no other pennant tinted with Shi'ite colors.
With this background, key points must be stressed:
A. The Iraqi offensive against Mosul will likely create a wave of refugees of cataclysmic proportions. Some observers predict that the refugees will be in the hundreds of thousands (some even advance the number of one million), mostly Sunnis.
B. ISIS is fighting for its life. According to various sources, ISIS has dug a seven-foot trench around the city, booby-trapped with IEDs every possible venue, and prepared itself for a chemical assault on the attacking forces.
C. The Mosul siege could unravel into urban warfare with fighting on every street and sometimes house-by-house.
A KEY element in the battle of Mosul is the role to be played by Turkey. Since December 2015, Turkey has kept a tank battalion in Ba'ashiqa, a small Assyrian town 40 km.
east of Mosul in a Kurdish-controlled area, under the pretext it was part of an agreement with the Kurdish Autonomous Government with the silent acquiescence of the Iraqi government and meant to train Kurdish and anti-ISIS elements. With the battle for Mosul approaching, the Iraqis have raised the issue of the "illegal" occupation of part of their territory by Turkish forces, and Ba'ashiqa is the focal point.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly said that Turkish forces will participate in the "liberation" of Mosul even if the Iraqi government is opposed. The Iraqis have vehemently expressed their opposition.
The Iraqi decision to start the offensive on October 17 took the Turks by surprise and preempted a Turkish move toward Mosul. By doing so, the Iraqis have very clearly signaled that they do not intend to let the Turks participate in the liberation of Mosul.
In parallel, Turkish-backed Syrian rebel forces captured on the same day as the Iraqi Mosul offensive the most symbolic icon of Islamic State – the city of Dabiq 40 km. north of Aleppo and 10 km. south of the Turkish border. According to the apocalyptic belief of ISIS, Dabiq is the place where the final battle between the West and Islamic forces will be waged and the place where the forces of Western civilization ("Rome" in ISIS jargon and eschatology) will be defeated.
The Turks are pursuing their offensive in Syrian territory to reach their next target: the town of Al-Bab. By doing so, the Turks would accomplish the targets set in August 2016 in their military incursion nicknamed "Euphrates Shield" by creating a safe-zone of 90 km. wide and 45 km. deep into Syrian territory.
The battle of Mosul signals the last gasps of the Islamic Caliphate envisioned by Abu Bakr el-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph who promised his followers to rebuild the Muslim Empire stretching from Europe to the borders of China. This does not automatically mean an end to the Muslim radical movements. These will continue to flourish as long as they are fed with hatred of Western civilization.
One thing is clear: the defeat of political Islam championed by ISIS will be translated into the defeat of the Sunnis in Iraq and Syria and will transform Iraqi and Syrian structures, and their regional and global alliances.
The main winner will be Iran with hegemony over two of the most important Arab states, while Saudi Arabia will have to concede its political defeat facing Iran.
The author, a special analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, was formerly foreign policy adviser to prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and deputy head for assessment of Israeli military intelligence.
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Q: How to run delete sql query with multiple values I would like to run a delete sql query with multiple values in it. But I am unable to do so. So need your help on this.
In controller.php page:
function deleteFiles()
{
$mainframe = &JFactory::getApplication();
if ($this->_model->deleteFiles()) {
$mainframe->enqueueMessage('Files deleted successfully');
} else {
$mainframe->enqueueMessage('Files not deleted');
}
    ARequest::redirectList($this->_controllerName);
}

In model.php page:
function deleteFiles($field, $value)
{
$query = 'DELETE FROM ' . $this->rquote($this->_table->getTableName()) . ' WHERE ' . $this->rquote($field) . ' = ' . $this->_db->Quote($value);
$this->_db->setQuery($query);
return $this->_db->query();
}

In file.php page
function deleteFiles()
{
$this->_db->setQuery('DELETE r
            FROM #__booking_reservation AS r
            WHERE r.state = ' . FILES_ACCEPT);
$this->_db->query();
return true;
}

Now in file.php page, I want to add FILES_BOOKED, FILES_CANCEL, FILES_DELETE along with the present FILES_ACCEPT. But I don't know how to do it.
Can you help me out.

A: You can simply define it in your SQL query under WHERE adding each case with OR
DELETE r
FROM #__booking_reservation AS r
WHERE r.state = .. OR r.state = .. OR ...

Update
$this->_db->setQuery('DELETE r
        FROM #__booking_reservation AS r
        WHERE r.state=' .FILES_ACCEPT. ' OR r.state=' .FILES_BOOKED);

A: Is this what you want?
. . .
WHERE r.state IN (' . FILES_ACCEPT . ', ' . FILES_BOOKED . ', ' FILES_CANCEL . ', ' . FILES_DELETE . ')' );

This assumes that the all-caps names contain valid values for state.

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Isn't it interesting, and maybe a bit sad, that we struggle so much in prayer, and yet never come to the Lord and ask Him to help us to pray. Do we really believe that we are so spiritual that we can handle this on our own? If we know that God wants us to be a people of prayer, and that is certainly clear in Scriptures, then when we ask believing God to make us a person of prayer, we can expect great results. I pray every day that God would make me a man of prayer. In His way, and in His timing, He will always answer that prayer.
The apostles are a good example of this kind of prayerful dependence on the Lord as we seek to grow in prayer. Realizing how critical prayer was to the ministry of Jesus, they asked Him to teach them to pray (Lk.11:1). The truly amazing thing about this is that as far as we know, this is the only thing the apostles asked Jesus to teach them.
What was Jesus' response to this request? He certainly did not downplay their request or tell them they didn't need to be taught. He gave them a clear outline of what to pray in simple straightforward fashion. We often call this the Lord's Prayer, though it might better be named the Model Prayer, or the Disciples Prayer. Jesus knew that His disciples needed help in their prayer lives, so when they asked, He provided that help for them. He will for you, too!
Make me a person of prayer.
Praying about prayer can have several important aspects. The most basic request is for help to pray. "Make me a person of prayer" is that sort of foundational prayer. You are not so concerned about methods as simply the fact that you need to be praying. Making this sort of foundational request each day will build prayer into your life for the long term.
Ask for help praying about situations.
Building on this, we begin to ask God how to pray about certain issues or situations. This recognizes our own limitations and the need for God to step in, even to the shaping of our prayers.
The great promise of the Lord's help in this area is found in Romans: "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans" (Romans 8:26). God does not leave us on our own to flail about. When we ask, He will even show us how to pray in a way that He can bring about the answer that will accomplish His purposes.
Action Step: Begin today with the most basic prayer of all: "Lord, make me a person of prayer." Pray this every day.
–Dave Butts is the president of Harvest Prayer Ministries and the author and co-author of many articles and more than 10 books, including Prayer, Peace and the Presence of God.


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Sessions@AOL è il primo EP del gruppo musicale statunitense Fort Minor, pubblicato il 18 luglio 2006 dalla Warner Bros. Records.

Descrizione
Pubblicato per il solo download digitale, contiene l'audio di parte del concerto tenuto dal gruppo per conto del programma televisivo Sessions@AOL il 2 novembre 2005 a Los Angeles.

Tracce

Formazione
 Mike Shinoda – voce
 Styles of Beyond
 Ryu – voce
 Tak – voce
 DJ Cheapshot – giradischi
 Beatdown – batteria
 Black Violin – violino e violoncello
 Eric Bobo – Latin Percussion (traccia 4)

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The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Liam Is Ready To Move On But Steam Reunion On Shaky Ground
By Sean O'Brien	 On Feb 5, 2020
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers tease that Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) never anticipated his relationship with Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) would end so soon after they discovered that their daughter never died on Catalina Island. Now, months later, he's been forced to move on after the current love of his life dumped him.
However, Liam's plush life includes another equally incredible woman who also loves him as much as Hope claimed to. Steffy Forrester's (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) grace and patience appear to be rewarded by the evolving arc that winks hard at a Steam revival.
The Bold and the Beautiful Weekly Spoilers February 3 to February 7 – Sally Gets Bad News While Hope And Brooke Confront Steffy
The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers – Lope's Fragility Created Break
As B&B fans recall, Steffy is the person who had to tell Liam to leave her in 2018 and return to Hope. Steffy felt compelled to push Lope into remarrying because of Liam's listlessness toward an earlier version of Steam was concerned.
Wood's character also acted as she did because Hope was pregnant with Liam's second child at the time. Steffy was raising Kelly Spencer (Zoe Pennington and Allison Marcia Sweeney) and selflessly let Liam go.
Beth Spencer (Madeline Valdez and River Davidson) was born and the baby steal and conceal played out, with plenty of damage resulting.
B&B Spoilers – Thomas Forrester Leads Upheaval
It's debatable how many current problems would exist if Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) never returned to Los Angeles, California, on a full-time basis. It would have been understandable for him to visit following the stunning death of Caroline Spencer (Linsey Godfrey), but he stayed with the intent of using his son, Douglas Forrester (Henry Joseph Samiri), as a means of bonding with Hope.
While plenty of drama happened between then and now, Thomas' goal is actually within his grasp. All seemed lost a short time ago, but another scheme Thomas set in motion led to Hope believing that Liam wants Steffy.
A back-handed compliment is due to Thomas, who uses any villainous means to get what he wants. Now, Hope is vulnerable, believes Thomas is earning her trust, and just might bond with him as he calculated.
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Katie Spills Sally's Secret to The Wrong Person https://t.co/DGaEXgCE8s pic.twitter.com/3D9CXXEsy0
— SOS/CTS/HH (@SoapOperaSpy) February 3, 2020
The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers – Steam Reunion On Shaky Ground
Steffy intended to tell Liam about her involvement in Thomas' ploy shortly after the event. She was about to tell Clifton's character that she intentionally hugged and kissed him in the backyard of the cliff house, but was blocked by circumstance. A few days later, Thomas purposely interceded to stop her next attempted reveal.
Liam won't give Steffy points for trying whenever he learns the truth. B&B fans would be right to assume that this betrayal could serve to end Steam at any future point. But great soap isn't predictable and this steamer consistently hits high marks with the audience. So there are no easy predictions to make.
Hollywood Hiccups is a leading source for everything linked to The Bold and the Beautiful. Check back regularly for B&B spoilers and news!
After earning a BA in Communications, Sean began his professional career in the Scranton-Wilkes/Barre Red Barons' front office (the Philadelphia Phillies former Triple-A affiliate). He later worked as a print sports writer. During this millennium – Sean became a state licensed school teacher, the author of the children's book Maddie: Teaching Tolerance with a Smile, and a credentialed sports columnist. He's also been a longtime soap opera loyalist.


SID SPORTS SUNDAY 2-3 – Super Bowl edition!
On this episode of Sid Sports Sunday, Sid previews Super Bowl 53, as well as plays some of his exclusive interviews from radio row including Hall of Famer Michael Irvin!
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"I knew nothing, and I persisted in the faith that the time of cruel miracles was not past."
— Stanislaw Lem, Solaris
Bune Station
This page displays work in progress on Bune Station, a graphic novel of science and engineering, problem solving and adventure, artistic expresssion and optimistic paranoia. All material on this page is copyright © Joseph J. Anthony, 2003, all rights reserved, and may not be reproduced without permission.
Background: There are a number of different earths in parallel dimensions, and travel between them is possible, but not directly. One must first pass through several intermediary dimensions. But it happens that a planet in one of these dimensions is of greater interest than a parallel earth, which is after all just slightly different shit from your earth in a similar package.
The planet of interest is Eio, which throughout its history has had the misfortune and delight to be a natural stopping place for those who discover and can manage inter-d travel. The native inhabitants, the Eaie, have seen numerous invasions from various aliens who hadn't even succeeded in conquering their own planets yet. Such invading forces either get assimilated or repelled, or run out of steam, but while they last they cause much damage and confusion. One factor both encourages the invaders and aids the Eaie in fighting them off - a semi-fluid material under the crust of Eio, dubbed "Extrusium," which can be readily shaped and transformed via various catalysts into materials of widely ranging properties.
Characters: At the time of the story, the situation is stable enough for a peaceful coexistence between some alien visitors and the Eaie. Several human settlements have formed, of greater or lesser size and of varying purposes. Some years in the past, a plateau (valuable in an area that sees regular flooding) was given to a human inventor, Caiaphas Bune, who established a small and rude assemblage of quonset huts thereon. After Caiaphas's Bierce-like disappearance, Bune station has been inhabited and enlarged by three humans from different earths:
Harsp is a former engineering student who has little tolerance for academia, and so has abandoned a graduate degree for the freedom possible at Bune station. He looks at most things objectively and keeps a cool head in times of stress.
Toundier comes from a culture dominated by secret societies of assassins, under which only the cunning and suspicious survive. Moving to Bune has given him fewer things to worry about, but he maintains vigilance nonetheless. His well-justified paranoia has taken on a cheerful aspect - even though everyone is out to get him, he feels certain that through extreme planning he will conquer his enemies.
Leiske is an artist with an interest in aerodynamics who designs and flys her own ultralights, and who prefers the unpolluted horizons of Eio to Manhattan. She is impetuous and hot tempered, with a taste for surreal jests.
Further material will be added to this page when I come up with it, or when I judge it worthy.
all contents of this site, unless otherwise attributed, are © joseph j. anthony, 2008
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Influence of digital apps on the travel industry
6 Jan 2019 - by Kerry Hayes
Send: Influence of digital apps on the travel industry
Travel is being made easier and more streamlined through technology and its applications across all facets of travel, from on-the-go research, to accommodation and flight bookings, and itinerary building and management.
"Travel is all about experience now," says Tiaan Theron, Digital Marketing Manager of Wetu, "so anything that makes travel easier, safer, smoother and more convenient from the traveller's point of view, and in terms of what travel professionals need to do or offer to facilitate that, naturally encourages more tourism."
Travel apps are leading the way, he continues, by empowering travellers with better control over what's to come on their trip, how to prepare for places and cultures, and what activities to do in-destination. "Connecting travellers with dynamic content that helps them prepare for each aspect of their travel experience places control of each aspect of their journey into the travellers' hands, enhancing the experience far beyond what tourists of old had with their inflexible paper documents."
Gavin Rennie, Director of Off 2 Africa, adds that social media is enhancing travel significantly. "The ease of posting or sharing experiences has made travel extremely 'fashionable'. Watching other users on these platforms whilst they enjoy fantastic safari experiences, makes those who aren't doing so, more interested and likely to do the same. This is a positive for most travel and tourism businesses as more people want to experience the magic of travel."
Rennie does, however, add that a balance between technology and the personal touch of a travel agent or tour operator is essential, especially when it comes to travel in Africa. "The personal touch is still very much required to seamlessly put together off-the-beaten track and hidden gem itineraries. Itineraries created by such professionals often include experiences that define an extraordinary journey, be it culture, community or conservation experiences."
And the irony of implementing more technology in travel operations, says Theron, is that their time-saving results are allowing for more human contact, which is precisely what modern travellers value. "Businesses are also using technology to get operational functions running more smoothly, like Wetu's Consultant Portal and Calendar, in order to free more consultation time with clients."
Managing an itinerary used to be done by a travel agent, but the power of technology has placed this function in the hands of the traveller. Wetu, for example, has created an online/offline itinerary management app called TravelKey. "It not only contains a convenient run-down of what destinations have to offer, but it also presents the user with push notifications and practical info that leaves the traveller with a sense that they know exactly what to expect," says Theron.
Apps like these are impacting businesses for the better, says Rennie, as they are able to present ideas and examples in an informative and interactive way.
"The latest addition to the tech family in Zimbabwe is the Accoleisure App," adds Rennie, "which has very recently been launched. The app is there for travellers – local and non-local – to find attractions, experiences and eateries in the area in order for them to get the best out of their trips."
Round-up of top 18 travel apps
Top travel apps should keep their users informed in real time, offer advice, insights, tips and warnings, leading to the best all-round experience for the traveller.
Tourism Update has put together a list of some of the top travel apps on the market, which have been rated highly by millions of travellers worldwide.
Searches for the most affordable and best options for flights, hotels and rental cars via its partners. The app offers rate comparisons at a glance, sends price alerts, and allows the user to record frequent flier miles. The 'top deals' feature also allows one to search for the best deals from the nearest airport, and offers a curated list of destinations around the world.
Like Skyscanner, Kayak searches across numerous travel sites for rental car, hotel and flight deals. It acts as a trip planner, displaying important details like hotel confirmation or gate number at a glance, and allows the user to set up Price forecast to ascertain whether one should buy now or wait.
Hopper tracks flight prices then uses push notifications to recommend when to buy tickets, searching out the cheapest possible price for a air ticket. A simple user interface makes it easy to buy tickets (in 60 seconds or less, according to Hopper), with the app winning various Apple App Store and Google Play awards.
The Airbnb app offers 'authentic' accommodation options at highly affordable prices, be it in a local home, apartment, or other unique options such as treehouses, trailers or boats. The 'Trips' feature offers experiences to choose from during a stay, which can include curated events led by local guides, classes, workshops or excursions.
Hotel Tonight offers last-minute deals on empty rooms that can be booked in under 10 seconds.
Uber is a ride-on-demand app that allows users to request a pick-up car within the app after choosing from an assortment of different vehicle rates and fare quotes. A driver's arrival can then be tracked, the journey followed by the passenger and their selected loved ones or colleagues, and payment made without the need for cash or credit card on hand. Rides and fares can also be split. Uber operates in over 84 countries and 800 cities.
One of the most well-known navigation apps, Google Maps offers directions for those travelling by car, foot, public transport, taxi or bicycle. Certain areas can be downloaded for offline use, and the app also allows users to find places of interest, and see how busy a venue is in real time.
Also a navigation app, Waze is community-driven, with other travellers driving, walking or riding, sharing traffic and road condition information. While Google Maps reports official problems and general traffic, Waze drills down to the location of details such as police on the road and potholes.
Flio
This global airport app collects information about airports including WiFi networks, services offered, lounges available, transport options, flight schedules, and restaurants at a given airport. Discounts are often offered on food and beverages and duty-free shopping, and hints and tips are offered on need-to-know information such as where to charge a mobile phone or laptop.
LoungeBuddy allows a user to explore private lounges available at an airport, and often buy discounted day passes. It also suggests lounges where certain credit cards permit access.
Sharing one's starting location and destination, dates of travel and things that would be of interest along the way, allows RoadTrippers to plot a highly experiential and fulfilling journey for a traveller. It can find off-the-beaten-track attractions, museums, restaurants, amusement parks, campsites and more, with the option to add stops to the itinerary. A route can be shared with friends who can suggest additional destinations to stop at.
TripAdvisor offers information on hotels, restaurants and sites to visit, with in-depth reviews and photos uploaded by other users to achieve a full picture of a site from an unbiased point of view.
TripCase
This app allows a traveller to keep track of flight times, hotel addresses, client meetings, transportation, and all other details necessary to a trip. A digital interface between a travel organiser and the traveller, changes to flight schedules, for example, can be shared with the traveller directly on their smartphone or wearable device. Friends, family and co-workers can be kept up to date on trip details through the app, which also interacts with other service apps such as Uber, Instagram and Samsung.
Viator allows a traveller to explore tours and packages at a destination, including daily excursions and week-long adventures within the app.
Weather can have an impact on travel plans, especially outdoor activities such as beach vacations, safaris, and other outdoor excursions. AccuWeather provides 15-day weather forecast summaries, five-day forecasts, and the hyper-local MinuteCast, which pinpoints a traveller's location via GPS and provides minute-by-minute rain forecast for the next two hours.
Not sure what to pack for a journey to Africa? PackPoint is a travel packing wizard that assists users with packing the essentials for a journey, depending on the nature of their trip. After creating a user profile, destination, length of stay and purpose of travel, PackPoint creates a customised packing and luggage checklist that takes into account whether one is travelling for business or leisure, type and amount of clothing to pack based on weather forecast and other factors. It also comes with premium features such as TripIt integration for automatic packing list creation.
Encrypt.me
The Encrypt.me VPN encrypts data and routes it through a virtual private network to provide an added layer of security and protect a user's private data on open, unsecured networks – very important when conducting transactions or sharing travel plans over public WiFi, for example.
ChoosyTravellers.com
This app offers a filter and search function to find a venue in a desired location, with amenities that suit the unique needs and budget of a traveller. It is currently available for travel in South Africa.
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Q: Laravel filter with where statement I have this code in my controller and the output is this
$list = ShopDepartment::with('shop','grocery', 'dailylist')->get();
        return $list;

Output example for the first item is this
{
"id": 2,
"shop_id": 1,
"name": "Grønt",
"order": "2",
"created_at": "2020-10-12 14:03:57",
"updated_at": "2020-10-12 14:03:57",
"shop": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Netto",
"address": null,
"type": null,
"created_at": "2020-10-12 14:04:35",
"updated_at": "2020-10-12 14:04:35"
},
"grocery": [],
"dailylist": []
},

But if I want to filter the output for shop.id it wont allow me. Any idea how to do this? I assume I can not filter it like that...
$list = ShopDepartment::with('shop','grocery', 'dailylist')->where('shop.id', 1)->get();
        return $list;

A: You could try something like this:
$list = ShopDepartment::with(['shop' => function($query) {
  $query->where('id', 1);
}, 'grocery', 'dialylist'])->get();


Charlie Hubacek's historical fiction novel, Into the High Ute Country (ISBN-9781311362278, 978-1508606536, ebook and POD paperback, 200 pages, readers 10 years and up) was released March 16, 2015, by Hart Hills Publishing. This book is available on Smashword, Kindle and Createspace.
John Randolph left Missouri following a long and devastating drought that caused him to lose his farm. He had heard of gold just for the taking in Colorado. On the way, he nearly died traveling over the hot, dry high plains, but he was rescued and taken to a new town in the Rocky Mountain foothills. There he found a new life as a lawman, with new problems and new challenges.
About the Author: Charlie Hubacek has always had an insatiable urge to write since he was eight years old. Following his departure from formal education, he was employed for many years with a number of weekly newspapers in southwest Missouri working in retail advertising, as a feature writer and an operations manager.


Do folks linear string the baritone as one would Low G string a tenor?
Are the chord finger positions the same as standard tune on a tenor?
Is switching back and forth from tenor to baritone an issue?
Will my tenor finger picking tunes transfer to the baritone?
1. Typically, the baritone ukulele is tuned with linear strings like a guitar.
2. The positions are the same, but they have different names. ie. a "G" chord on a standard tuning ukulele is a "D" chord on a baritone.
3. I'm able to stop halfway through a practice session and switch over with no difficulty whatsoever.
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News > Pacific NW
Assaults on staff at Western State Hospital costing millions
Sat., Nov. 28, 2015
Martha Bellisle Associated Press
Top claims for injuries
$488,740 Registered nurse assaulted by patient suffered bruises to multiple parts of her body. Missed 966 days of work.
$287,097 Licensed practical nurse was assaulted by a patient and suffered sprains. Missed 199 days of work.
$255,556 Healthcare support worker kicked by a patient suffered sprains to multiple body parts. Missed 958 days of work.
$199,319 Registered nurse was struck by a patient and suffered a sprained neck. Missed 686 days of work.
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – A psychiatric patient "head-butted" a nurse so hard she fell back and slammed her head on a door, causing injuries that kept her home for three months. An agitated patient knocked a nurse onto the cement floor and forced him out of work for seven months. A nurse who tried to stop a patient attack was injured so seriously that her recovery took more than two years.
Hundreds of employees at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital have suffered concussions, fractures, bruises and cuts during assaults by patients, resulting in millions of dollars in medical costs and thousands of missed days of work.
In some cases, the attacks led to assault and even attempted murder charges, according to court records.
Federal regulators have threatened to cut millions in funding at Western State Hospital four times this year over patient safety concerns, and attacks on medical staff have contributed to worker shortages they say is the root cause of the violence at the 800-bed facility.
Attacks on medical staff can have long-lasting effects, said Dr. Joseph Wainer, a hospital psychiatrist.
"After an assault, staff can become frightened of patients," he said. "They never really get over it."
Injured employees missed 41,301 days of work from 2010 to 2014, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration records. And on-the-job injuries forced staff to move to other jobs, like desk work, for 7,760 days during that period.
Workers' compensation insurance paid $6 million in wage and medical costs for claims to injured hospital workers from January 2013 to September 2015, according to records obtained by the Associated Press through a public records request.
More than half of the 700 injuries reported by nurses, psychiatric technicians, counselors, psychiatrists and other workers during that period were caused by violent patient assaults, according to records.
During one attack on Nov. 25, 2014, a staff member pleaded for his life, according to court records.
A patient who was found with a billiard ball inside a sock and a nylon rope – items he said he planned to use on staff – confronted a nurse outside his room and began yelling. He punched the nurse in the head, knocking him to the ground. When another staff member tried to help, a different patient wrapped his arm around the worker's neck.
As he fell to the ground, the worker called out – "Help me, I have kids!" – before losing consciousness, the police report said. The patients were charged with attempted murder and assault.
Staff initiated 711 "code gray" calls – emergency alerts asking for help – in the first six months of 2015, according to a report obtained by the AP. Eleven patients have died at the facility since 2012 in circumstances deemed to be "sentinel events," which are defined by federal regulators as "an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury."
Many of the injured workers end up leaving the hospital, Wainer said.
Nursing supervisor Paul Vilja said hospital officials are filling the shifts by implementing mandatory overtime or by hiring temporary and on-call workers who don't know the patients or their treatment plans.
"This is part of the problem," he said. "They approach patients in a way that sets them off."
Wainer added: "It's not their fault, this job requires a lot of experience."
And until recently, some medical staff couldn't call for help during an attack.
The state has cited the hospital three times for safety violations since 2013 and ordered $49,550 in fines. The most recent citation in January was for failing to provide staff with dependable safety devices that could be used to alert others during assaults.
The personal alarm pendant system they were using didn't cover some "blind spots" inside buildings, including some kitchens, hallways, courtyards, elevators and stairwells, inspectors said. It also didn't work outside on the hospital grounds.
Those defects in the system resulted in serious attacks.
"Employee was cornered yesterday and sexually assaulted," an inspector wrote in her January report. "Nobody heard her calling for help."
The Department of Social and Health Services reached a settlement with regulators in June by promising to upgrade its campus two-way radio system, add security mirrors, make sure safety pendants have fresh batteries and require monthly training sessions.
Victoria Roberts, deputy assistant secretary for the state agency that oversees the hospital, said the state has been working to make conditions safer at the hospital, but staffing problems and the nature of the facility make it tough.
"You've got a lot of high-risk patients coming into a setting where there are staffing issues and a high turnover rate," she said. "We have a large number of committed staff and they're doing their best with limited resources."
Wainer said the number of assaults on medical staff is increasing and the "superficial efforts" being made by officials to fix the problems are having little effect. The most pressing problem – staff shortages – hasn't been resolved and the lack of workers means shifts are so busy that few have time to attend safety training sessions, he said.
"We've endured, as much as possible," Wainer said.
Top stories in Pacific NW
Montana resolution calls for day of remembrance for Indian boarding school victims
Man stealing gas in Tacoma while smoking cigarette caused car fire, explosion, police say …
Oregon's legal psilocybin program begins, but services are not yet available …
Snow, wind and cold to hit through Monday as 'Arctic front' moves into Inland Northwest …
A faked kidnapping and cocaine: A Montana mine's descent into chaos …
How to watch the 'green comet' in night skies
'It was a decision I had to make for my family': Blake Jensen steps away from weather forecasting at KHQ after a decade
Large tract of land in Methow Valley popular with cross-country skiers to be sold
Best of both worlds: Tanner, Jacob Groves watch Eastern Washington's magical basketball run from afar while celebrating their own at Oklahoma
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I was a young guy fresh out of the Marine Corps when I took a job in my wife's hometown of Atlanta as an installer with a cable company.


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Truth for an Emerging Human Project
By Justin Carmien / September 22, 2020
Part 6 of a multipart series, "How to Nurture Truth and Authenticity". This article series is for economic reformers and political activists interested in the metamodern political movement. This series will undoubtedly find appeal with those who have come to understand that the current values which drive global economy, those which we call 'liberal', are obstructing solutions to contemporary political challenges — in as much, those values are unable to guide a common activity beyond. Admittedly, the prescriptions herein are likely a mere articulation of what is intuitively felt across a large demographic — certainly those who have found themselves gravitating toward contemporary nationalist solutions. Undoubtedly a bit of political agnosticism is required for digesting this series. Already now, the final recommendation can be teased. If we wish to nurture truth and authenticity then we require an economy championed under the banner of prefigurativism.
Following the narrative of the preceding article there can be no doubt, truth has been brought to serve the economy of imperium — the 'I command'. And for us today, it is hard to imagine anything besides. Nearly every phenomena of experience conforms to dialectics, opposition, and overcoming — a metaphysics of power. An idolization of liberalism, as an answer to the liberation of the human spirit from out of this power substrate, has perversely exacerbated estrangement, alienation, and civic apathy. In as much, we are convinced that enlightenment values have completed their task. Any continued idolization of these values can only obstruct solutions in the emerging human project. However, this does not mean we are without an inheritance. In looking backward through the countless ascending and descending projects throughout our historical continuum, we can theme a spirit which we can take up as something of an idol.
Already in 1962 Hans-Georg Gadamer had identified that the romanticism of the eighteenth century began with a total estrangement from tradition. One hundred years later, having defeated the first wave of challengers to liberal-machination during WWII, romanticism once again animated a human spirit suffocating from the aliments of liberal-industrial machination. There can be no doubt that the spirit of romanticism will surface time-and-time again, in various forms of traditionalism, nationalism, and their accompanying aesthetics, until an equilibrium has been reached between the human spirit and the socio-material demands of the machine of progress. The emerging human project requires a liberation of authenticity — and this means, above all else, a liberation of the self-authoring human spirit. Of paramount value is an idolization of human affectivity and passioned investment in life and work, taken as a unit. Therefore, this project, including the contribution of this article series, unquestionably manifests this spirit of romanticism.
Fixed as we are, we find a particular demand from truth itself: to be delivered from dialectics, opposition, and overcoming. This means that truth demands to be delivered from the logic of 'the society' and its subsequent relativism. Our project to nurture truth and authenticity requires that we return to truth's conditioning in the primordial harmony with nature. Truth demands that our project have in its possession 'reality' — satisfying our want for a truth in accordance with the real. After all, if we are truly honest with ourselves, there can be no doubt as to the reality of our world. Each of us lives with our convictions. And this holds whether you live in a world defined by the incomplete explanations of the Big Bang, or whether you go further with a more comprehensive conclusion that God has created you. Consider that even in denouncing religion you are still a creation of God — are you not? Because for a Christian you certainly are. This should be no surprise. It is the nature of the world that we all live in the same world, together — no matter if our world is solely described by physics, or if supplanted with the occult objects of the Christian doctrine. We can say that each of us lives in a world which is both intimate and yet the largest thing comprehensible. And to be sure, our actions prove as much. We act every day on those convictions. We take these actions as proof of our conviction to the world which we find ourselves in.
This chapter is primarily a definitional chapter. The next few pages will identity the economy in which the medieval Anglo-Germanic 'truth' found service prior to Latinization. This chapter will affirm the nature of truth as disclosive. This understanding of the nature of truth will then join-up with that which has been qualified in the previous chapters. Specifically, we will make use of,
ομοιωσις (homoiosis, 'the disclosive correspondence expressing the unconcealed') which presences
λογος (logos), such that the phenomena of experience come into accord with one another.
Together, these objects will be used for the construction of a metaphysical architectonic. This architectonic will be used in the identification of an alternative primordial actio — that which will be appropriately named (in contrast to episteme) αληθευειν (alētheuein, 'to adhere to the unconcealed disclosive in the saying that lets appear'). This actio will then guide our prescriptions for nurturing truth and authenticity in the emerging human project.
Here at the outset of the architectonic we address the first object by way of a question. What is this 'disclosive' nature of truth? First of all, we should not be so eager for an answer that we cannot allow ourselves an exercise — one which might provide for an embodied understanding of 'disclosure'.
If you take a look around you — yes, at the very location in which you are reading this article. Imagine a freeze-frame snapshot of this location. Imagine that a project had been funded with the peculiar aim of documenting everything within this singular moment. Let us say that this project had been completed. It produced not only the documentation of the color, size, and shape of every humanly visible object of this location, but also documented their compositional properties — exhausted not with the descriptions 'wood', 'ceramic', 'concrete', but their atomic properties also. And since this project had sought to document everything, even the records of trillions of particles and wave information had not satisfied its end. Let us say that you (the discoverer of this project's documentation) also found that the relational properties such as the distances between particles had been measured. Furthermore, this project noted hypothetical properties, such as the color of objects at different times of the day, or the sounds produced when certain objects struck others. This 'raw' information (perhaps defined as information without purpose — 'pure information') was then analyzed and ordered in different schemes such that its volume surpassed that of all the information available on the internet. However, despite the apparent logical consistency and experimental rigor taken in producing this information, you would have a hard time confessing that any one piece of it was true. After all, you would have no feeling of either its truth or falsehood. And to produce such a feeling in yourself would require the verification of its data — experiencing the phenomena for yourself. And yet, sitting alone with this document the question would undoubtedly arise — why would you undertake such excruciating procedures in order to have the truth? Well, let's be honest, you would undertake this only if having the truth of that information set was relevant — only if it had a consequence on your life.
Beyond this quite fantastical imagery, we come away with a quite simple confirmation of a long-told story coming from Friedrich Nietzsche, circa 1873. "Human beings are indifferent to pure knowledge if it has no consequence" (On Truth and Lying In A Non-moral Sense). In as much, we are presented with a quite peculiar revelation. Having the truth is dependent on consequence. And we are certain of this conclusion despite the concern lurking within in — namely, that truth can only be such on account of an author of that truth who understands it as such. Of course, these conclusions direct our thoughts to the very question at hand regarding the nature of truth — a nature which seems to be conditioned by subjectivity. This immediately brings into question the relativity of truth. However, we should not be too hasty. Let us reserve ourselves from burdening subjectivity with relativism. After all, we have yet to be shown the consequences of such a subjectification of the world. For example, and despite this seeming relativism, there is something positive to be gained from thinking on the very phenomenal experience of life as a condition for the possibility of truth. What should not be overlooked is that the word 'author' has been used quite intentionally here. There is something revealing about the nature of truth in authorship — something which quite unexpectedly points toward a certain primordial condition for the possibility of truth.
In looking backward at the recorded testimony from artists throughout the ages, we find evidence of this primordial condition which is prior to any author — one which instructs and directs any author. We can find an example in British poet and print maker William Blake, who attested to a subjection to sources outside of himself. Of course, having grown in the occult figures of Christianity, we should not be surprised to read that Blake's instructor came to him in the form of Biblical archangels. Similarly, we have testimony from Mozart, who said that "he didn't feel like a composer as much as an amanuensis, someone taking dictation from a source outside the self" (a passage borrowed here from Diana Fosha's The Healing Power of Emotion). This subjection of the author to his world is not limited to the painter, poet, and composer. We must also acknowledge that this creative human spirit manifests in each and every one of us. Even that glorified metaphysical object of the epistemologists, Reason, serves as the creative faculty of man — only narrowly from the domain of the logical-mathematical. And if we take a moment to reflect on those who demand our admiration, those venerable grandparents who stood like a pillar of kindness and wisdom through our childhood, we find their behavior points toward a common understanding — that any individual is forever subjected to his own-most phenomenal experience. Love, admiration, and forgiveness are not decisions which anyone takes. They are descriptions which embody positions which the author of those objects finds himself in. This insight allows for the resoluteness which we find in maturity. And without this understanding any author of forgiveness, for example, will misunderstand why he should be commended for having forgiven. Yet, having forgiven is admirable — and this is on account of what is signals. That the author has in his possession something of a pre-intellectual judgement as a trophy of having reconciled with the phenomena of his experience.
This subjection of the author to even his own most dispositions is not reserved for the judgements of friends, colleagues, or lovers—or any other object or event. This utter subjection to the phenomena of experience extends to even truth. Simply consider an experience in which one 'comes to the truth'. Consider that two or more rationalized 'fantasies' are explored. One observes how the fantasy strikes them—but they are still and always subjected to their nature. No one can simply decide to have one feeling about a fantasy over another. Of course, this conclusion, that an author is both solely accountable for the truth, as the author of that truth, yet is completely subjected to the truth is likely cause for a certain heartache. Think of the age-old relationship advice. You can't help the feelings that you have, you simply have them—well, until you don't. But you shouldn't apologize for having those feelings. And, what is more, you shouldn't make someone feel bad for having them. There is something of 'paradox of accountability' in truth. An acknowledgement of this paradox signals one of the great resolves which will have to be reckoned with in the emerging human project. That any one of us must suffer from the truth which they alone are capable of producing.
In as much as an author simply finds himself in the truth, our prescriptions for nurturing authenticity must begin, initially, with an affirmation of truth beyond any bitterness which we may hold toward subjectivity. Only by looking at the phenomenal experience of the world can truth escape relativity and remain that which it is — an articulation of objects founded upon a primordial discourse with nature. And once those objects are articulated as the truth, any author must immediately acknowledge the instruction which the phenomena has dictated to him. In as much, we resolve ourselves of any 'selfishness' of a subjectification of the world. This understanding of the nature of truth redeems that which had been lost during the Christendom of Europe through the totalitarianism of Roman verum.
If we return to the etymology which we find recorded into the text of our historical continuum, we recall the Middle English trouthe, truthe, trewthe, treowthe, and Anglo-Saxon trēowþ, trīewþ. To these words we associate the modern English 'veracity', 'faith', 'fidelity', 'loyalty', 'honor', 'pledge', and 'covenant'. No doubt, the phenomenal experience of truth — understood in its nature as disclosive — redeems that which has been lost in the economy of imperium. Namely, faith, loyalty, honor, and pledge—the very foundations of an economy which can experience genuine liberty. Of course, on a more intimate note, this understanding of the nature of truth liberates us from the demands of the epistemic tradition, which forces everything into quantification and totality. And what we gain is a qualification of the 'objective' and redemption of the 'subjective' — whether that be 'subjective' love, hope, or grief. After all, it is only a logical-mathematical requirement that forces hate opposite to love, or happiness opposite to sadness. Anyone who takes an honest look at the dispositions which are signaled in these descriptions will find that neither is one a negation or satisfaction of the other. Happiness is just as little a negation of sadness, as love is a negation of hate. Such dispositions resist such logical-mathematical categories.
However, before we can feel completely relax for the enjoyment which comes from releasing truth from the economy of imperium, we must also resolve ourselves of a concern which we find among the epistemological sociologists of the postwar period — those burdened with the task of upholding the liberal project's demand to challenge power structures. In accepting this certain subjectification of the world — namely, the subjection of the author to his world — we do not likewise strip the author from his position of introducing novelty into his social-material inheritance or to critique and even reject his tradition. Such was the objection which Theodore Adorno made of Martin Heidegger's phenomenological project. And actually, we understand something utterly contrary. It is exactly an attunement — or an art of attunement to our condition — which leads to individuation and authentic critique. In as much, we recognize that the need for challenging the subjection of the author to this world as archaic. What we find is that beyond the liberal crusades of the postwar period these objections simply fall out of relevance. In as much, we understand that once those who feel enslaved to patriarchy or to any other residue of colonialization have resolved themselves of their oppressors, they will understand what their oppressors had known for quite some time — that a requirement for going beyond this paradigm of power is that we stop investing into that game.
Much like the causal-occult objects 'luck', 'destiny' or even 'competition', 'power' belongs to the domain of the 'external'. As external, it obscures the disclosure of the primordial experience. It stands as an obstruction to genuine authenticity. Of course, it is tempting, in thinking on the 'external', to recall Nietzsche's 'slave morality'. 'Power', then, belonging to such a 'form of life'. While in contrast, we have 'master morality' — one in which we find not 'power', but instead 'lust', 'disgust', 'grief', 'anger', 'envy', 'apathy', 'pain', 'the smell of flowers', 'the touch of supple skin', 'the experience of vertigo' — and most explicitly, 'confidence' and 'euphoria'. These descriptions point to the authentic experience of whatever could be called 'power' in the 'external'.
It is with this understanding that we can understand Heidegger's neglect to atone for his support of the Nazi party. Beyond the liberal witch-hunt of the postwar period we can admire his silence. Undoubtedly, his behavior is a testament to his 'inner world'. We can understand his philosophy as an inability to authentically own the object 'power'. Even at the height of Axis imperialism, during the years of 1942–1943, Heidegger was lecturing on αληθεια — a clearing which might provide for a liberation of authenticity and the disclosure of truth — one which could only be possible beyond an economy of imperium. Therefore, only now, with distance from the postwar period of the epistemological sociologists can something like a characterization of 'Heidegger, the metamodernist' come to dominate 'Heidegger, the Nazi'. And while Steven M. Feldman does not recognize Heidegger as a metamodernist, there can be no doubt that he must be acknowledged as something of a pre-metamodernist, at the very least, in Feldman's own definition. Indeed, it is firstly in Heidegger that we find a complete sidestepping of the problems of subjectivity and intersubjective transcendence which follow from the epistemic tradition. Even the language of Heidegger's student, Gadamer (which we repeat here by way of Feldman) affirms Heidegger at the inception of metamodern metaphysics,
"Gadamer might be the best exemplar of metamodernism. His philosophical hermeneutics is, as he puts it, ontological. Our being-in-the-world is hermeneutic: we are always and already interpreting. The subject or self never stands separately and independently from the objective world, and hence, 'our perception is never a simple reflection of what is presented to the senses'."
While Gadamer's main arguments followed his teacher, his language moves away from metaphysical conditions for the disclosure of truth, 'discourse', and towards the collection of traits which compose that condition — that which he calls 'tradition'. Tradition is an object which invests the metaphysical subject with content — even if that content is amorphous. In as much, Gadamer falls dangerously close to the realm of the sociologist. After all, it is only on this account that his work could come to be critiqued from his epistemological contemporaries — including especially Jürgen Habermas. Therefore, today, we find his language of 'tradition' unfortunately bound up in the socio-logic which began when ομοιωσις was transported from the Ancient Greeks into Latin, and in so doing, prepared a truth for 'the human subject'. So, when we say that we wish to redeem truth from the perversion of the epistemic tradition, we likewise wish to redeem Heidegger from even his own immediate followers. In the coming years, if we achieve our prescriptions for nurturing truth and authenticity, then even the socially-oriented critiques appearing throughout the historical economy of truth of the first half of this work will be treated as foreign and ugly. It is for this reason that the name 'metamodern' describes the spirit of this work — not because, as Feldman suggests, metamodernists encourage the object 'power', but because we are still operating with the language of 'power'. We are all-too modern, even though our spirit is far beyond it. It is here that we might call to the venerable Ludwig Wittgenstein. Particularly to his advice at the conclusion of his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Because, much like his own magnum opus, once we have climbed to the pinnacle which this work seeks, we must likewise throw it away.
Of course, a 'climb to the pinnacle' could never mean that we had simply read this work once, or even studied the theory rigorously, such that we could have learned everything which it has to offer. 'The pinnacle' could only be reached once we had taken over Heidegger's search for the clearing for truth; identified an infrastructure which could support such a clearing; and then, with such an infrastructure, habitualized the spirit of Nietzsche's 'master'. Of course, in this "time between worlds" we cannot say if this work will be the map to such a pinnacle, or whether it will come from some other project, pursuing objects other than 'truth' or 'authenticity'. It is for this reason that we must remain rigorous. While history seems to have closed the case on Gadamer, epistemology's most dangerous successor in the liminal 'here' and 'now' of 'today' might be the Russian political theorist, Aleksandr Dugin. After all, he had announced Heidegger's da-sein — the clearing for truth — as the primary object of metamodern political theory. Yet, in his own writing, Dugin himself is unable to shed the position of the sociologist — that of the omniscient historical observer. Therefore, he remains dangerously close to liberalism's relativism. In as much, he stands outside of the tradition which we have been following up to this point — romanticism. That tradition which not only takes up phenomenology, but champions the 'subjectivity' of the self-authoring creative spirit. We can only hope that future economies will produce a need, once again, for the work of the epistemological sociologist. In any case, for us today, there can be none. Undoubtedly, the rightful application of Heidegger's metaphysics is economics. There is a reason why Wittgenstein took up economic examples in his later work, the Brown Book. And why we find profundity in E. F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful.
What remains in the last chapters of this work is an interrogation into the conditions for authenticity such that we can proceed with the blueprints for construction of the economic infrastructure in the emergent human project. To do so, we must now supplant the metaphysical tradition by joining-up with a more robust interdisciplinary field—one which borrows heavily on the psychology of the already mentioned Diana Fosha by way of the generalist intellectual Bonnitta Roy. An interrogation into group psychology will identify a primordial economic alternative to episteme. Only once we have made this identification can we then return to our inherited economic infrastructure. Only then will be prepared for real prescriptions for nurturing truth and authenticity.
—Justin Carmien, July 8th, 2020
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Justin Carmien
Lecturer on Philosophy at Spinderihallerne, Vejle Denmark. Philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, metaphysics, and political metamodernism
Tags: authenticity, Bonnitta Roy, friedrich nietzsche, hans-georg gadamer, martin heidegger, metamodernism, romanticism, truth
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A new blend incorporating more US grades likely would lead to increased imports into LOOP and give greater flexibility to shippers and regional refiners that collectively have more than 2.5 million b/d of refining capacity. LOOP customers have tended to focus on waterborne imports of heavy and medium sour crudes.
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Midland Sweet is another name for West Texas Intermediate or Permian crude, but which arrives at the US Gulf Coast having bypassed Cushing, Oklahoma. More than two dozen assays dating to 1994 show WTI has averaged 40.4 API, but in recent years it has skewed toward 41-42 API. Bakken is typically 42.3 API and 0.12% sulfur.
Eagle Ford is known for having a lot of variance in the gravity of the oil coming out of the South Texas shale play. Crude assays available to Platts show an API range of 40.1-63.8 and sulfur of 0%-0.242%. Generally, Eagle Ford oil is considered crude when less than 50 API and condensate at or above that level. Among Eagle Ford crude assays, the average API is 46.1.
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