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Class FutureHelper

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com.google.appengine.api.datastore.FutureHelper

public final class FutureHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities for working with Futures in the synchronous datastore api.

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static <T> T
quietGet(java.util.concurrent.Future<T> future)

Return the result of the provided Future, converting all checked exceptions to
 unchecked exceptions so the caller doesn't have to handle them.

static <T,E extends java.lang.Exception>
T
quietGet(java.util.concurrent.Future<T> future,
        java.lang.Class<E> exceptionClass)

Return the result of the provided Future, converting all checked exceptions except
 those of the provided type to unchecked exceptions so the caller doesn't have to handle them.

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equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

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FutureHelper

public FutureHelper()

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quietGet

public static <T> T quietGet(java.util.concurrent.Future<T> future)

Return the result of the provided Future, converting all checked exceptions to
 unchecked exceptions so the caller doesn't have to handle them. If an ExecutionException is thrown the cause is wrapped in a RuntimeException. If an InterruptedException is thrown it is wrapped in a DatastoreFailureException.

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T - The type of the provided Future.

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future - The Future whose result we want to return.

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The result of the provided Future.

quietGet

public static <T,E extends java.lang.Exception> T quietGet(java.util.concurrent.Future<T> future,
                                                           java.lang.Class<E> exceptionClass)
                                                    throws E extends java.lang.Exception

Return the result of the provided Future, converting all checked exceptions except
 those of the provided type to unchecked exceptions so the caller doesn't have to handle them.
 If an ExecutionException is thrown and the type of the cause does
 not equal exceptionClass the cause is wrapped in a RuntimeException. If the
 type of the cause does equal exceptionClass the cause itself is thrown. If an InterruptedException is thrown it is wrapped in a DatastoreFailureException.

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T - The type of the provided Future.

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future - The Future whose result we want to return.

exceptionClass - Exceptions of this type will be rethrown.

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The result of the provided Future.

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E - Thrown If an ExecutionException with a cause of the appropriate type is caught.

E extends java.lang.Exception

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Review: Iron Man 3 (2013) (Where's Iron Man?)
May 13, 2015 March 11, 2018 Hammy Reviews
(SPOILERS AHEAD)
"We create our own demons"
Iron Man 3 had the unenviable task of following 'The Avengers' (read my review here), but succeeds by reducing the 'superhero' element to a few scenes here and there. Iron Man 3 features very little of Tony Stark as Iron Man; instead, Stark is usually remotely controlling the Iron Man suit. The Avengers gave us some of the best superhero action scenes in comic book film history. Why attempt to better them? Iron Man 3, while not brilliant on all levels, gives us the deepest character introspection in the Marvel Universe. And the "could have been the best" Marvel Universe villain…
After the events of 'The Avengers,' Tony Stark is a broken man. He hasn't lost his biting tongue, but he's struggling to cope with facing death in the face. He's having panic attacks when out of the Iron Man suit. A terrorist called The Mandarin is tormenting America. Stark vows to stop him after his faithful bodyguard Happy is injured in a Mandarin-orchestrated terrorist attack. Aldrich Killian, founder of AIM, wants Stark Industries to fund his Extremis Project, a medical revolution that regrows limbs. Stark faces his biggest challenge yet…
Near the beginning of the film, Stark tells JARVIS that he has been awake for 72 hours. He has post-traumatic stress syndrome. It's apparent that it is having an effect on his relationship with Pepper Potts. He admits he can't live without her, but he's pushing her away at the same time. His behaviour leads to self-destructive actions like giving The Mandarin his address. On the face of it, it is stupid. When The Mandarin attacks his home, there are no defences (Stark shouts at JARVIS for not getting the defences online), and still has Potts staying at his place. But maybe it isn't a silly plot device. Could it prove Freud's theory about the death drive? In the dark place that Stark is at, perhaps his subconscious is provoking him to put his life in danger. The film is his journey to overcome his trauma and become a man (not a super-hero) again.
The few scenes of Tony Stark as Iron Man prove the point. Stark meets Colonel Rhodes in a diner at one point. A kid comes over to them and asks how Stark survived the portal in 'The Avengers.' This brings on a panic attack, and Stark rushes to his Iron Man suit. It's is comfort zone that is absent for much of the film. In the prelude to the climax, Stark storms Killian's base of operations with nothing more than a few homemade gadgets. Robert Downey Jr. once again plays Tony Stark to perfection. He's played enough of the confident, arrogant billionaire. This time, he looks lost and damaged. He has to save himself. The much-displayed shot of Stark dragging the Iron Man suit through the snow says it all.
I could'a been a contender…
"Some people call me a terrorist…I consider myself a teacher"
Not only is Stark brilliant, but the main villain The Mandarin is brilliant as well…until the (SPOILER!!!!) twist towards the end of the film. He hates America for its hypocrisy above all else. His videos are transmitted on live TV, with snippets of starving children and riots as a prelude. In one video, he compares the American-made fortune cookie to America. They're hollow, full of lies, and leave a bad taste to your mouth. This is a man who, even after getting what he wants, shoots a man dead on live TV. For once, I felt like we were getting a great Marvel villain. However, little did I know that he was just a puppet for Killian.
For the third film in a row, a foreigner is used by an American as part of his bigger plan. In Iron Man, the Ten Rings were used by Obidiah Stane. In Iron Man 2, Whiplash was used by Justin Hammer. In Iron Man 3, The Mandarin is an actor employed by Adrian Killian to further his plans. Ben Kingsley is great as The Mandarin, and as the actor who plays The Mandarin, Trevor Slattersley. Trevor is the funniest element of the film. However, I couldn't help but feel disappointed when the reveal was made. Adrian Killian is boring. He held a deep resentment for Stark after Stark left him on a rooftop at a millennium New Year's Eve party. That's his main motivation. It's pitiful compared to what The Mandarin could have been.
His most riveting screen time is spent explaining why he used The Mandarin to further his aims. He needed to give people an "Osama Bin Laden," a face to hate. "I'll own the war on terror," he shouts at Rhodes. People need a 'demon' to rally against if they are to support war. It is presented as a swipe at the real 'War on Terror.' Bin Laden was used to justify not one, but two wars in countries. And think of the millions that private contractors made out of it. Killian's words hit all the right points, but aren't given enough time to develop. Before you know it, you are in the climactic fight scene. And it doesn't justify screwing over The Mandarin. He could have rivalled Loki. Instead, we are left with a rich, white, genius American for a villain. Like Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Boring!
"The prodigal son returns"
With the true villain of the piece being a disappointment, once more an Iron Man film looks to Tony Stark to save it. And Stark does save it. Just about. At the climax of the film, he blows up all of his Iron Man suits. Ostensibly, it's for Pepper Potts. In reality, it's for himself. "I am Iron Man," he says, repeating the last line of the first film and affirming that he doesn't need the suit anymore. It rounds up the Iron Man trilogy perfectly. He ends where Iron Man begins; a man without a suit to give him superpowers. His intelligence and skills are all he needs. Of course, after viewing Avengers: Age of Ultron, all of this character development is lost…but that's a different issue! The greatest theme and part of Iron Man 3 (like all Iron Man films) is the growth of Stark as a man. Everything else is subservient to that, for better or for worse.
VERDICT: 7/10. The film ruins a great villain and replaces him with a pathetic one. However, as always, it's all about Tony Stark. And it's a perfect 'end' to the Iron Man trilogy in that respect.
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9 thoughts on "Review: Iron Man 3 (2013) (Where's Iron Man?)"
Grog the Ginger May 14, 2015 / 1:00 pm
I view this more as a Shane Black film than a Marvel movie which I think helped a lot. I really loved the Mandarin twist for it's humour but I completely see why people hated it.
Hammy Reviews May 14, 2015 / 5:25 pm
If Killian was a better villain, I wouldn't mind so much. But he's very bland!
I can't really argue against Killian being bland. He really wasn't that good
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Exhibition of glass by Pipaluk Lake and photography by Jesper Palm.
For years the two artists have – individually and without direct purpose – collected discarted glass objects of various kinds.
This glass collection has formed the common starting point for this exhibition.
In this project the artists have chosen to challenge their usual working methods.
Pipaluk Lake has 'deformed' and transformed the collected glass objects. They are cut and assembled into new combinations with other glass parts and prefabricated found objects of wood and metal.
This work method differs from her usual slumping technique, where primary glass sheets are heated in a kiln.
Jesper Palm chooses in this project an opposite order of idea development. Usually he starts working from an idea or a narrative in a dreamlike condition, which is staged in the final photograph or painting.
Here are the given glass objects used as elements in a tableau, where the light plays an important role in the final still-photograph.


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KillProcess can terminate almost any process on a computer, including any service and process running in the Windows system (Run it in Admin Mode). Even protected Microsoft system processes can be terminated.
KillProcess is way more powerful than the Windows Task Manager in other terms than speed. KillProcess can also scan the running processes on the computer, and kill them on sight, much like an anti-spyware application would. In KillProcess however you are in charge of which applications should be allowed to run or not a and that applies to the computer as long as you say so.


In case you missed it before in the preview, it was announced that Inter forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is our SATO 2009 Serie A Most Valuable Player. Ibrahimovic plays in a league filled with stars at every position, but this season, Ibrahimovic was the best and brightest of them all. The forward proudly collected his SATO trophy at the end of the regular season.
"Ibs" (as we hear at SATO often refer to him) was hands-down the league's best this season and, in a league filled with great clubs, soundly led his squad to the league title. The Swedish striker won games for his club by leading the league in goals with 25 while also leading his club in assists with 7. It would be the best numbers of the tall forward's career and in the last five years not many have performed at Ibs' level. Only one time since 2002 has Zlatan not scored at least ten goals in a year. The man has simply been one of the most consistent players in the game.
Ibrahimovic is currently in a slightly confusing position. There are rumors surfacing that the star Swedish player might be on the transfer fee move to Barcelona or Real Madrid. It seems as if Ibs has made the all-too-common mistake of playing too well. You see, if Ibs wasn't such a great player then president's of other league's would not consider grossly overpaying for the star.
Currently Ibs value is set between the ranges of Kaka and Christiano Ronaldo, so regardless of what the amount ended up at it would be a ridiculous amount of money. But to SATO we value Ibrahimovic's effort priceless because he is this year's Best in the League.


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Connect with Hadar and like minded peers for four days of engaging Jewish study as we probe our textual heritage for meaning and purpose in our lives.
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The revelation of serious offenses in the Jewish community (and beyond) has raised critical questions about the role of Teshuvah for our communities and ourselves. During this year's Executive Seminar, we will delve into the rich Talmudic material around the concept of return and repentance and explore ancient Jewish perspectives on these questions.
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Meet the RWJF Plan Choice Challenge Judges!
August 21, 2014 - By Alicia Davis
The entries for the RWJF Plan Choice Challenge are in and we wanted to take some time to introduce our esteemed panel of judges. The RWJF Plan Choice Challenge seeks to generate tools that will help consumers to make better decisions when choosing a health insurance plan by allowing consumers to understand and compare the variations in cost-sharing features. The five finalist of Phase I of the challenge will be announced at the Health 2.0 Conference on September 21-24 in Santa Clara.
Shandon Fowler
Shandon Fowler is the Director of Product Management for Marketplaces at Benefitfocus, a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions, where he formulates, develops and deploys the company's private exchange solutions. Benefitfocus' development and launch of a broad spectrum of private exchange solutions has given Fowler a unique, consumer-driven perspective on the rapidly evolving benefits landscape. Previously, Fowler was a Senior Program Manager for Social Media Strategy at AOL and the Director of Online/Print Media and Publications for the Tribeca Film Festival. He's received recognition from the Webby Awards, eHealthcare Strategy, Communication Arts, The Effie Awards, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Tom Baker is the William Maul Measey Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the co-director of the Health Insurance Exchange Research Group of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at UPenn. Tom is also cofounder of Picwell, which supports all types of exchanges/benefit platforms with the most advanced decision support capabilities available. Leveraging predictive analytics, machine learning, and years of insurance experience, the Picwell tools help people optimize their health plan choice.
Chiquita Brooks-Lasure
Chiquita joined Breakaway Policy Strategies in June 2014 as a Senior Policy Advisor after spending over five years working on the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Most recently, she was the deputy center and policy director at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), which oversees the ACA's private health insurance exchanges and works with states to maintain Health Insurance Market Places. As Deputy Director for Policy and Regulation, Chiquita led policy development for CCIIO, including managing CCIIO policy teams to develop and define proposals and ensuring that policy guidance reflected policy decisions made by senior leadership. Chiquita received her AB from Princeton University and her Master's of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
Sabrina Corlette
Sabrina Corlette is a Senior Research Fellow and Project Director at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. At CHIR she directs research on health insurance reform issues as they affect consumers and patients. Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, Ms. Corlette was Director of Health Policy Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she provided policy expertise and strategic direction for the organization's advocacy on health care reform, with a particular focus on insurance market reform, benefit design, and the quality and affordability of health care. Ms. Corlette is a member of the D.C. Bar and received her J.D. with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin and her undergraduate degree with honors from Harvard University.
Margaret Anderson
Margaret Anderson is the executive director of FasterCures, a Milken Institute center that works to speed up the timeline for new medicines to go from discovery to patients. She is a founding board member and past-president of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA and is a member of the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Advisory Council and Cures Acceleration Network Review Board, the National Health Council Board of Directors, United for Medical Research Steering Committee, and the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Drug Discovery, Development and Translation. Previously, Anderson was the deputy director and a team leader in the Center on AIDS & Community Health at the Academy for Educational Development, where she led public health projects. Anderson holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in science, technology, and public policy from George Washington University.
Katherine Hempstead
Katherine Hempstead, PhD, has directed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's work on health insurance coverage since late 2013. In addition, Hempstead works on issues related to health care price transparency and value. Previously, Hempstead was director of the Center for Health Statistics in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. She also served as statistician/analyst in the Office of the Attorney General, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, and as an assistant research professor at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, where she currently holds a visiting faculty position. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Hempstead received a PhD in Demography and History from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also earned a BA in Economics and History.
Sam Gibbs
Sam Gibbs has been a Senior Vice President at eHealth, Inc. since joining the company in 2000. During his fourteen years in the health insurance industry, he has focused on helping companies understand the shifting healthcare/technology marketplace and plot company direction accordingly. He is currently President of Government Systems whose charter is to introduce new technology solutions for public and private health insurance Exchanges. In 2010 Mr. Gibbs served as the Program Manager for the launch of the health insurance Plan Finder on the first ACA website prior to the launch of www.healthcare.gov. Prior to working for eHealth, Gibbs served as Vice President and General Manager for Rand Worldwide, an engineering services company and was also founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of AVCOM Systems, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Technology from Arizona State University where he served for 10 years on the Dean of Engineering's' Advisory Board.
Lynn Quincy
Lynn Quincy is the Associate Director for Health Reform Policy with Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports. Ms. Quincy works at the federal and state levels on a wide variety of policy issues, with a particular focus on health care costs, transparency, consumer protections, and consumers' health insurance literacy. Her recent work includes a study that examines the use of "choice architecture" in health plan chooser tools. Ms. Quincy also serves as a consumer expert in ad hoc and more permanent venues such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. She has testified on several occasions in front of the U.S. House and Senate, and presents at professional conferences. Prior to joining Consumers Union, Ms. Quincy held senior positions with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., the Institute for Health Policy Solutions and Watson Wyatt Worldwide (now Towers Watson). She holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Maryland.
Gary Cohen
Gary M. Cohen is the Principal in Gary M Cohen Consulting, providing legal and strategic solutions to clients in the health care and insurance industries. Gary recently served as Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In that position he was responsible for implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the private health insurance market. He has served as General Counsel of the California Health Benefit Exchange (CoveredCA), Chief of Staff to Congressman John Garamendi, and General Counsel of the California Department of Insurance. Before entering government service, Gary was Chief Counsel of Fireman's Fund Insurance Company and a partner in the law firms of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP (now Dentons LLP) and Keker & Van Nest, where he represented clients in complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Brown University.


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USWNT, Team USA Olympic implications: Chemistry, changes and challenges. What's in the future for these teams?
By Chantel Jennings and Meg Linehan Aug 11, 2021 12
The USWNT and Team USA are back from their Olympic journeys, having won bronze and gold, respectively. Each team now enters a post-Olympic phase that likely will include some major roster changes as they prepare for their next big challenges. For the USWNT, the Women's World Cup is in just two years, and for Team USA, the FIBA World Championship (which could greatly determine the 2024 Olympic roster) is one year away.
With all the news, projections and reactions, our over-caffeinated senior writers for women's soccer and women's basketball got together to discuss what it was like covering games in the middle of the night, their impressions of the teams' performances and what comes next.
Chantel Jennings: Bahaha, how should we actually start this? Serious question. I'm not sure I even know how to write anymore.
Meg Linehan: Let's talk about coffee. Since I am drinking coffee right now.
Chantel: SAME. What are you having?
Meg: So I am drinking some freshly brewed Kickoff Coffee, which is a fun and also a good, soccer-themed coffee company that involves Melissa Ortiz, a former national team player for Colombia. Also fun: I am drinking it out of a very giant mug that has two handles that comes from a Trappist monastery that my wife and I visited recently. I told my editor their gift shop was "my wife's version of a Nike store" when I had to explain where I was.
Chantel: Well, I'm glad you went first. I'm having an iced almond milk mocha, which somehow is less exciting than what/how you're drinking. So, great!
Was this also your coffee of choice while covering overnight games? Because I have to be honest, I settled into a routine that involved an 8:45 p.m. visit to a coffee drive-thru.


Following the horrific attack at Manchester Arena last night, Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry said: "Many of us awoke this morning to the news of what is being treated as a terrorist attack at Manchester Arena last night.
"As details continue to emerge about what happened we offer our heartfelt sympathies to the victims, some of whom we now know to be children, and their families.
"Our thoughts are also with the community of Manchester and those affected across the region, and our emergency services colleagues who are undoubtedly working tirelessly to investigate what happened and to help all those affected by this tragic event.
"In light of yesterday's attack policing in the UK continues to operate at a heightened state against the backdrop of a 'severe' threat level, which has been in place since 2014, and means that an attack is highly likely.
"There is no current evidence of any specific threat to community safety in Sussex and Surrey and policing across the county continues to operate as usual.
"We urge the public to remain alert but not alarmed - our policing tactics and security measures are constantly reviewed and we, along with our partners, are working to ensure that the most appropriate security is in place.
"We ask the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity using the anti-terrorist hotline number 0800 789 321 or 999 in an emergency.


In February of 1567, Lord Darnley lay sleeping in a house called Kirk o'Field when it exploded. He was certainly dead, but when his body was discovered it seemed that he died of strangulation ... and here the mystery began. Learn more in this episode.


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This is a custom order using raw amethyst and tumbled rose quartz. I named this journal " Old Spell". I added a lot of details and finished it with antique gold.
This cover looks magical. I used another rose quartz covered with vines. It took me about 4 hours to create this journal cover. I didn't have a plan at all. One of my random designs but I am pretty happy how it turned out.
This journal is ancient inspired. I wanted to achieve an antique bronze finish and create the carved red jade medallion as the highlight of this cover. This is just a simple design but very ancient indeed.
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Soc Trang to implement sustainable forestry management programme
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang will carry out an action programme for sustainable forest management in its three coastal districts under the project "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation" (REDD+).
VNA Wednesday, May 09, 2018 10:59
Wood industry urged to develop more linkages
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 14:41
Ministry strives for sustainable forestry sector development
Friday, March 17, 2017 16:21
Vietnam sets goals for sustainable forestry development
Ca Mau embarks on sustainable forestry development
A cajuput forest in Soc Trang province. (Photo: VNA)
Soc Trang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang will carry out an action programme for sustainable forest management in its three coastal districts under the project "Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation" (REDD).
The targeted areas are Vinh Chau town, Tran De and Cu Lao Dung districts.
At a meeting between local authorities and a delegation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) on May 8, Vice Chairman of the Soc Trang People's Committee Le Van Hieu said the province is one of the areas in the country most affected by climate change.
Salt intrusion has also caused damage to agricultural production, Hieu said.
Hieu said the REDD project will help to not only protect the existing forest in a sustainable way but also spur local socio-economic development.
According to a report delivered at the meeting, deforestation and illegal hunting have also occurred, with residents cutting down forests to grow crops.
The IUCN delegation told leaders of agencies in the province about the regulations to protect the forests, as well as finance and human resources for the implementation of REDD .
According to Pham Trong Thinh, Director of the Southern Forest Planning and Investigation Sub-Institute, and a member of the IUCN delegation, REDD is an international effort to encourage a path towards sustainable forest development and a low-carbon economy.
In Vietnam, it is also a part of the national programme for green growth. Currently, 18 out of 63 provinces and cities in the country have drawn up an action plan for the REDD project.
The IUCN will provide assistance to the province so it can reach the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by limiting forest loss and deforestation by 2030.
The province has more than 16,200ha of forest and zoned forested areas, including more than 10,800ha of forest. Its total forest coverage is 2.5 percent. The area's mangrove forests have a high level of bio-diversity, leaving room for tourism development.
The province has worked with local authorities to set up 16 forest cultivation and protection teams and three forest management co-groups.
According to the REDD Desk, which is a collaborative resource for REDD readiness, REDD is an important component of Vietnam's climate-change mitigation efforts and is central to the National Climate Change Strategy.
The National Action Programme on REDD 2011-20, approved in June 2012, is the major framework for REDD implementation in Vietnam.-VNA
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Environment monitoring project in mangroves launched in Ca Mau
An environment monitoring project for mangrove aquaculture (AQUAM) in Ca Mau was kicked off on January 15 by the Mekong Delta province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Australia's University of Queensland and the Greenfield Consulting and Development Ltd (GFD).
Vietnam has second Disney Conservation Hero
The Fauna & Flora International (FFI) on January 15 announced a decision to recognise Le Van Hien, a member of the community-based preservation group of Kim Bang district of the northern Ha Nam province, as a Disney Conservation Hero by the Disney Conservation Fund.
Air pollution engulfs Hanoi city
Visible dense haze engulfed Hanoi throughout January 14 with the air quality index (AQI) monitored at most sensor station reaching unhealthy levels from 151 to 193 from early in the morning.
Heartwarming ad to reduce rhino horn consumption takes flight in Vietnam
Animal protection organisation Humane Society International has launched an emotional commercial for air travellers of Vietnam Airlines in the hope of reducing demand for rhino horn in Vietnam which will help to ultimately end the poaching of rhinos in Africa.
ADB-funded project helps set up biodiversity corridors in central region
A biodiversity conservation corridor project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has made positive changes to forest protection in the central provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien-Hue.


The opportunity and motivation effects underlying criminal activity presented in Cantor and Land (1985) are revisited. It is argued that a full appreciation of these effects requires examination of the evolution of criminal activity over the business cycle rather than in relation to simple measures of unemployment, as has been considered often in the literature. Using the derived cyclical components of a number of socio-economic indicators, the empirical evidence in support of the proposed theoretical relationships is examined. It is found that in contrast to the results obtained when using unemployment, consideration of alternative cyclical indicators provides very strong support for the presence of opportunity and motivation effects of the form predicted by Cantor and Land (1985). An interesting distinction between results for property and violent crimes is noted and discussed.


Mostar was our third destination after Split and Zagreb. From Split we took the E65 towards Dubrovnik. At Opuzen we took the E73 to Mostar. It is all just two lane road, sometimes quite small and leading through villages. Because of the hills at the Croatian coastline heavy trucks slow down other traffic. Be prepared for extensive travel time because kilometers do not only count. For example, the distance between Split and Mostar is roughly 180 kilometers but it will take you at least 3 hours. In summertime traffic will be even worse will all the tourists using this road to go to Dubrovnik.
We arrived in Mostar around 12.30. Passing the border between Croatia and Bosnia Hercegovina was just a formality with no difficulties at all. Soon after entering Bosnia Hercegovina you will see the first visible signs of the 90's war. Of course there were also battles in Croatia but somehow we did not notice anything over there. It is incredible how many houses got hit, it looks like most of the houses received at least some bullet holes in the walls. The further you drive into Bosnia Hercegovina, the more visible it gets. Burned down houses, damaged houses but also a lot of recently renovated houses. Also important to know, Bosnia Hercegovina is still one of the most heavily mined areas in Europe. Be aware of the warning signs and do not enter fields if you are not sure it is mine free. You never know in which region battles took place and which areas got mined. Don't explore abandonned houses because some still might be booby trapped. It is common knowledge but worth mentioning.
What to tell about Mostar. If you were watching the news back in the 90's for sure you remember the famous centuries old bridge of Mostar being destroyed during the conflict. But with international support the bridge was being restored using the old stones which tumbled into the river at that time. But there is more to Mostar than just the bridge. It was incredibly damaged but repairs are ongoing and you immediately notice the beauty of this old city. Do not look at all the destruction, look at the smalls streets, how the river and the small creeks are fitting into each other naturally. Look at the high hills surrounding Mostar. Just taste history in Mostar.
We had a nice lunch in one of the many small restaurants close to the old bridge. Cevapcici, salads, Palacinka (small desert pancakes) and Turkish, sorry, Bosnian coffe. Prices are reasonable and payments in Bosnia Hercegovina can be done in both Euro's and the so called convertible Mark. No idea why they call it convertible Mark but at least calculations are easy. 2 convertible Marks are 1 euro. Expect your change in CM even if you pay in Euro's.


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If you had told me at the end of August that Bath City would be playing in a different division the following season, I wouldn't have thought anything other than promotion to The Conference Premier (or whatever they call it these days). We had played six games and won the lot. We were world beaters and could take on anyone. Three months later, we were out of the cup, out of the trophy and only won one league match. We were heading for another division – except this was the one below us.
This season has been rubbish. In a way, it's been worse than the year we were relegated the last time. At least then we were taking on teams who had a bit of quality about them – Luton, Wrexham and Fleetwood. This season we've been beaten by Harlow Town and Bognor Regis!
As well as losing a ton of games, we also lost the management team of Adie and Archie. Disliked by many, due to the poor form, their exit was inevitable. However, I saw the duo as friends – Adie even attended my wedding.
A new manager arrived, Gary Owers. While he's not Adie or Arch, I do like Gary. He is a Geordie. A proper northerner, who loves his football. We stand behind the dugouts at Twerton Park, and you can see that Gary eats and breaths every moment.
Gary isn't a miracle worker. He hasn't turned us from relegation matter to champions elect. He has, however, steadied the ship. We slowly ground out results and got a few impressive wins – most notably against Weston Super Mare, which even went viral on the internet.
Last weekend was our penultimate game of the season – away to Hayes and Yeading. H&Y are fellow relegation rivals, so losing to them was not an option. The team that lost was unofficially down.
The first half was a nervy one. We battered the Hayes goal, but created nothing. It seemed inevitable that Hayes would run down the other end of the pitch and score a lucky goal.
Everything changed in the second half. We were awarded a penalty after the Hayes goalkeeper lost his mind, bringing down our striker, David Pratt in the penalty area. While I'm on the topic, Pratty was immense on Saturday. Truly superb. The best individual performance from a City player I have seen for a long time.
So, we were given a penalty, thanks to this mad goalkeeper (who wasn't sent off – cheers, ref). This was scored. Unbelievable. I've seen more penalties missed this season than scored. Hayes then threw in the preverbal towel and gave us another penalty. We scored that too. I had to ask myself "Is this real?"
To make things even more bizarre, Nick McCootie came off the substitute bench, ran through the entire Hayes and Yeading defence and scored a third goal for us. He never does anything like that! Granted Hayes are absolute shit, but they made him look like Lionel Messi.
The victory over Hayes, coupled with a few results going our way, secured our survival in the division. This means we could well be playing Poole Town on Boxing Day, instead of Frome. Errrr, that doesn't sound much different.
Saturday was a great away day – the best I have had in years. Our fans travelled in numbers, creating an excellent atmosphere. I like to think we were the 12th man and helped the City boys over the survival line.
We have the final game of the season this weekend. Margate are the opposition. We could send them down – the Leeds fan in me likes this idea… causing misery to rival football fans.
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I do love how all three trialists in Bath City's preseason friendly share their names with characters from The Simpsons! 1. Will Henry 2. Callum Evans 3. Freddie Grant 4. Dan Ball 5. Jason Pope 6. Frankie Artus (C) 7. Lloyd James 8. John Frink (Trial) 9. Gary Chalmers (Trial) 10. Ryan Harley 11. Tom Smith SUBS 12. Tom Richards 13. Ryan Clarke 14. Frank Grimes (Trial) 15. Leo Eglin 16. Lloyd...
A Play Off Gamble?
While I was enjoying a weekend celebrating Leeds United's promotion, my other club, Bath City, also had a very important event on the Sunday. Due to finishing the football season in a very respectable fourth place, City were invited to enter a play off competition alongside five other teams. The prize for winning the play offs is...
10 Years Ago This Weekend…
Leeds promoted on the Saturday. Bath City promoted on the Sunday. Anyone who thinks it must have been fun, clearly isn't a football fan. One of the most stressful weekends of my life! ...
Make A Decision!
Now, children, this is what grownups call a cop-out... The National League Board met earlier today and has reviewed its prior decision to suspend the competition until at least 3rd April 2020. In consideration of the very serious and unprecedented national public health emergency caused by the coronavirus, the Board has taken the decision to suspend the...
The Future Of Bath City
March 11th 2020 will forever go down in history as one of the most important dates in the history of Bath City Football Club. This afternoon, representatives from the club met with the Bath & North East Somerset Planning Committee, to put forward their plans to redevelop the Twerton Park football ground, as well as the...


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Q: How can I find out what output resolutions a laptop computer supports? I am looking for a new laptop, and it will be connected to an external monitor the majority of the time, presumably via HDMI.  The monitor has native 1920x1080 resolution.
I'm not really concerned with the resolution of the screen on the laptop, so I'm mostly looking at machines with lower resolution (typically 1366x768) due to cost.
My old laptop was like this, and it was able to output at 1920x1080 (1080p), but is there a way to know that other machines will as well?  Is this a function of the graphics card or chipset?  My old machine had the normal, low-end onboard "Mobile Intel HD graphics", so does this mean that any machine with that will output at 1080p?

A: Definitely reading the specs from the manufacturer is the best way.  However, I can personally guarantee that any laptop that has an HDMI port will be able to output 1920x1080.  Your performance at that resolution will vary depending on the graphics card.
Also, any laptop manufactured in the last several years will be able to output at that resolution, you may not be able to play games at high frame rates on everything but I don't think you'll have a resolution issue.
This isn't a really technical answer but without more technical information (model number, GPU series, HDMI spec, etc) it's hard to give a specific technical answer.

A: You're correct in guessing this is a function of the video card.  This gets complicated though . . .
For example, the Toshiba site for the S50 doesn't list much useful info.
It mentions it's got a GeForce GT 740M with Optimus, which implies that it's also got integrated graphics.  If you do a bit of digging you can find that the base CPU (Intel® Core™ i3-3227U Processor) has an Intel HD 4000.  That laptop also has VGA (which Toshiba seems to refer to as RGB) and an HDMI out.
I mention all this, because depending on the implementation, the GeForce may only work on the VGA port, and not the HDMI.  See this question for more details.
In any case, both the HD4000 and the GT 740M will drive 1080P, and the HD4000 will do basic gaming okay.

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Marius Bakken is next in line for our seemingly never-ending stream of Scandi season warm up edits. Check him busting out some stunts at Hintertux and Saas Fee!
You may remember Marius' season edit from a few months back, and the 17 year old Norwegian has wasted absolutely no time this September/October getting back on snow at the earliest opportunity out in Saas Fee and Hintertux.
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MainAll NewsTechnology & HealthWater company shuts tap due to suspicious test result
Water company shuts tap due to suspicious test result
Water company says business as usual after closing tap due to abnormal test result.
Orly Harari, 15/08/18 12:17
Delivering Mey Eden water
The Mey Eden company, which sells bottled mineral water, on Wednesday responded to claims that it is not currently supplying water due to pollution in the springs.
"Twice a day, Mey Eden tests the Slokia Spring water," the company said. "In addition, the company tests its products on an hourly basis. In the last test, there was a deviation from the standard. As a result, the water flowing into the factory was immediately stopped, and the issue was reported to Israel's Health Ministry, as is required in such cases."
"The factory has continued working as usual and filling the bottles and water jugs with the water from the Mey Eden factory in Katzrin."
Earlier on Wednesday, five students were hospitalized at Bnei Brak's Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital after it was suspected that they had contracted leptospirosis while hiking in the Jordan River.
On Tuesday, Israel's Health Ministry reported that 14 people had been infected with leptospirosis, and an additional 50 are suspected of having contracted the disease.
According to reports, Israel's Health Ministry is considering closing all northern streams running off the Jordan River.
The Ministry has requested that individuals with a fever above 38 degrees (100.4 Fahrenheit) who immersed in the water of the Zaki, Yehudiya, Meshushim (Hexagon Pool), and Zavitan streams starting July 1, 2018 and fell ill less than 3 weeks ago, contact their family doctor.
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The first dimension may be referred to as basic salvation. At this level the individual is saved from wrath through the blood of the Lord Jesus, leaves the world, and enters the Kingdom of God.
God wants all mankind, beginning with His Church, to understand that man was created to worship God. To praise and serve God in righteousness is the first duty of every person born on the earth.
The second dimension could be termed the Spirit-filled life. At this level the individual has been saved from wrath through the blood of the Lord Jesus and now is learning to rely on the Spirit of God for his thoughts, his words, and his actions. Speaking in tongues helps us press into the rest in God's Spirit.
God desires that all mankind, beginning with His Church, understand that man is not to live his life and perform his roles by his natural strength and wisdom but by the Spirit of God. If we learn now to live in God's Spirit, when the Lord comes we will be given a body that also lives in and by God's Spirit.
The third dimension may be thought of as the fullness of God.
The fullness of God is the goal of the Christian salvation. The atoning blood of the Lord Jesus gives us the authority to press toward the goal. The Holy Spirit of God gives us the ability to press toward the goal. The goal of our salvation is not a change in location but a change in personality.
God desires that all mankind, beginning with his Church, understand that man was designed to be the throne of God. To man is given to rule all the works of God's hands. But man cannot sit on the throne of his own personality until first the Father and the Son sit there in undisputed sovereignty.
The fulfillment of the program of salvation as the Father and the Son settle down to rest in us--the fullness of God.
These same three dimensions are portrayed symbolically by the three great symbols of Judaism--the Altar, the Lampstand, and the Booth.
The Altar symbolizes forgiveness through the blood of the cross.
The Lampstand symbolizes life lived through the Holy Spirit.
The Booth symbolizes the fulfillment of salvation, the fullness of God which is God in Christ coming to dwell in us.
The Christian Church, the Body of Christ, is to experience these three dimensions and then bring them to all of saved mankind.
When the Church has experienced the fullness of salvation, the glorified Church, the new Jerusalem, will descend from Heaven to serve as the royal priesthood over the saved nations of the earth.
The Church is approaching the third dimension now and shall continue to be perfected throughout the thousand-year Kingdom Age.
We have portrayed the program of salvation in three dimensions: forgiveness through the blood (the Altar), life lived in the Holy Spirit (the Lampstand), and the fullness of God (the Booth).
Though the program of salvation is clearly seen in these three dimensions, it is portrayed in greater detail when the three dimensions are subdivided into seven phases.
The Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
As we have seen, the program of salvation can be viewed in three great dimensions: forgiveness, life in the Spirit, and the fullness of God. The three dimensions are symbolized by the Altar, the Lampstand and the Booth.
These three dimensions can also be subdivided into seven aspects or phases of salvation. When subdivided into their seven phases and grouped three-one-three, the three dimensions accurately portray the program of salvation.
These seven phases of salvation are clearly portrayed in the Scriptures in the form of four great types. The four great types, each of which has seven parts, reveal the program of salvation, which is change from the presence and image of Satan to the Presence and image of God.
Forgiveness through the blood of the Lamb.
Life through the Holy Spirit.
Rest in God in Christ and union with God in Christ--the fullness of God.
The major dimensions of salvation are symbolized by the Altar, the Lampstand, and the Booth.
The Blood Atonement, Water Baptism, and the Born-again Experience (the Altar).
Baptism in the Holy Spirit (the Lampstand).
The Call to War, Reconciliation, and rest and union with God (the Booth).
These seven phases are embodied in each of four major types of Scripture.
The process of change from the presence and image of Satan to the Presence and image of God.
We now will employ four great types to describe in detail the seven phases through which we pass as we leave the presence and image of Satan and make our journey toward the Presence and image of God.
Each of these four types consists of seven phases. The seven phases are then arranged into three main groups, each group portraying one of the dimensions of salvation.
For example, one of the four great types is the Feasts of the Lord. There are seven feasts within the Feasts of the Lord and they are grouped together three-one-three.
The first three feasts compose the Passover week and symbolize the first dimension--forgiveness through the blood of the cross.
The fourth feast, Pentecost (feast of Weeks), is celebrated fifty days after Passover week and stands alone. It symbolizes the second dimension, life in the Spirit.
The last three feasts occur in one month and compose the feast of Tabernacles, symbolizing the third dimension, the fullness of God.
The Christian salvation can be seen in these seven parts. Salvation is the program of change from Satan to God. The four great types help us understand our progress through this transformation.
Using another type as an example, the movement of Israel from Egypt to Canaan, we have the first group of three, symbolizing basic salvation: leaving Egypt, crossing the Red Sea, and commencing the pilgrimage on the east side of the Jordan River.
Then by itself we have the Law from Mount Sinai, which symbolizes life lived in the Spirit.
Finally there is the third group of three which symbolizes rest in God: the forming of the army of the Lord, the invasion of Canaan, and rest in the land of promise.
Each of the four types can be arranged into three groups in this manner. The three groups portray the three dimensions of the Christian salvation.
It will be impossible for the student to understand our syllabus until the concept is grasped that the Christian salvation is not a ticket to Heaven.
The Christian salvation is the transformation of the believer until he or she is in the moral image of the Lord Jesus and at rest in the Father through Jesus. The Kingdom of God is a NEW CREATION.
1 Day one--the creating of light, the dividing of the light from the darkness, and the naming of the light and the darkness.
2 Day two--the placing of a firmament in the midst of the waters, and the use of the firmament to divide the waters that were under the firmament from the waters that were above the firmament.
3 Day three--the pulling back of the waters under the firmament to allow dry land to appear, the naming of the land and the waters under the firmament, and the creating of vegetation on the dry land.
4 Day four--the creating of the sun, moon and stars in the firmament to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and night, to divide the light from the darkness, the day from the night, and for signs.
5 Day five--the creating of fish in the water, and birds to fly in the firmament.
6 Day six--the creating of animal life on the earth, and of man in the image of god, male and female, and the assigning to mankind of fruitfulness, and of dominion over all the works of God's hands.
7 Day seven--the ending of God's work, and his rest.
1 The Passover, and the judgment on the gods of Egypt.
2 The passage through the Red Sea.
3 The safe arrival on the east bank of the Red Sea, and the beginning of life in the wilderness.
4 The giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, the ordinances, and the directions for the construction of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
5 The organizing of Israel into an army, and skirmishes under the leadership of Moses.
6 The crossing of the Jordan, and the battle against the inhabitants of Canaan.
7 Rest in the land of milk and honey.
"At the place of basic salvation--deliverance from the wrath of God and entrance into the Kingdom of God..."
The Christian will recognize immediately the first step of salvation.
He was in chaos of spirit, soul, and body.
Then God spoke! Christ, the light of the world, shone in his heart.
He was confronted with the Passover Lamb of God. He became aware of the wretchedness of his condition and then was informed that God had already provided a covering for him.
God will meet man only "at the door of the tabernacle," meaning at the place of the Altar of sacrifice, of the shedding of blood.
All of the efforts of man to save himself are to no avail.
After the individual receives the blood covering of the Passover he is to be baptized in water.
Water baptism is an important part of basic salvation. When we are baptized in water we are saying we have repented of our former life in the world, the leaven of malice and wickedness, and are ready to enter the Kingdom of God.
When we go down into the water of baptism we are becoming part of Christ's crucifixion. Satan cannot follow us here.
Now our personality is divided by the "firmament of heaven." Our soul and body remain on the earth. Our new born-again nature is ready to take its place in Christ at the right hand of the Father.
The feast of firstfruits is fulfilled spiritually as we come out of the water of baptism. Our new reborn inner nature has ascended to the right hand of God with Christ as a firstfruits of the harvest of our entire personality.
Because the firstfruits is holy our whole personality is holy to the Lord.
For the first time in our life we are two people--Adam born of flesh and blood is alive in us and Christ is alive in us. Our human nature and the Presence of God in Christ are both dwelling in us.
There is in our personality a beginning of spiritual fruit. We have eternal Divine life as well as biologic life.
Satan cannot follow us through the Red Sea of water baptism. We now have the authority through the blood of the cross to choose to become the slave of righteousness.
God's gift to us is eternal life--eternal life that produces righteousness and also results from our willingness to become the slave of righteousness and to live in holiness before the Lord.
We have just finished discussing what might be referred to as the Altar phase of salvation.
The individual has repented and has been baptized in water. He or she has been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
The old adamic nature has been crucified with Christ, as portrayed in the drama of water baptism. The new reborn inner nature has been raised with Christ to the right hand of the Father, far above every name that is named in this world and in that which is to come.
This is the first great phase of the Christian salvation. All who would be saved must appear here.
"At the place of Pentecost, the Lampstand--life lived in the Spirit of God..."
Pentecost is the fourth of the seven feasts and is referred to as the feast of Weeks in that it takes place a week of weeks (fifty days) after Passover week.
Pentecost speaks of the giving of the Holy Spirit of God.
The first three feasts are grouped together in one week. Pentecost stands by itself fifty days later. Finally the last three feasts take place in the seventh month of the religious year, but actually the first month of the civil year.
Whereas the Altar phase grants us the authority to press toward the fullness of God, Pentecost (the Lampstand phase) furnishes us with the ability, the power and wisdom, to enter the fullness, the rest of God. The Spirit gives us the power to bear witness of the Lord Jesus. The Spirit gives us also the ability to overcome the lusts of our flesh and soul.
We have just set forth what might be termed the Lampstand phase of salvation.
It is God's will that every saved individual on the earth learn that each detail of life is to be conducted "not by might nor by power but by my Spirit."
The Christian Church is the firstfruits of mankind. It is our privilege and responsibility to learn to live in the Spirit in advance of the remainder of the peoples of the nations of the earth.
Even our mortal bodies will be made alive in God's Spirit at the coming of the Lord provided we are diligent in putting to death the deeds of our flesh.
"To the fullness of God, the rest of God, the omega of the plan of salvation..."
The fifth aspect of the plan of redemption should be of great interest to us because it is the next step after the Pentecostal, or Charismatic experience.
We are entering the spiritual fulfillment of the blowing of Trumpets, typified also by the fifth day of creation, the organizing of Israel into an army, and the Altar of Incense of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
In the present hour the Lord Jesus is standing before the heart of each saint. He is asking for entrance. He wishes to dine with us on His own body and blood, for it is His body and blood that are our resurrection life.
We have known the Lord Jesus as the Shepherd of the Twenty-third Psalm. Now He is becoming the Lord of Armies of the Twenty-fourth Psalm.
The feast of Trumpets is Rosh Hashanah of the Jews. Rosh Hashanah is New Year's day, the beginning of the agricultural year, also referred to as the year of kings and contracts.
The Kingdom of God is at hand, ready to enter the earth. The Lord Jesus is asking us to allow Him to sit on the throne of our personality. He is the King of Glory.
The feast of Trumpets points toward the sixth and holiest of the observances, the Day of Atonement, the day of reconciliation.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me Revelation 3:20.
The Day of Atonement is the heart of the work of redemption. The atoning blood gives us the authority to enter the work of the Day of Atonement. The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to enter the work of the Day of Atonement.
Man was made in the image of God on the sixth day. The sixth stage of the wilderness wandering was the crossing of the Jordan River and the battles against the Canaanites. The sixth item of furniture of the Tabernacle was the Ark of the Covenant.
The Day of Atonement (of reconciliation) speaks of the reconciling of God's creatures to Himself, beginning in our day with the firstfruits of the Church and extending throughout the thousand-year Kingdom Age.
Reconciliation to God involves two areas of the human personality. The first area is that of the guilt of sin. The blood of the Lord Jesus Christ shed on the cross of Calvary made a complete atonement (reconciliation) for the guilt of mankind.
The second area of reconciliation to God concerns the sins that dwell and are active in our personality: our love for and trust in the spirit of the world, the passions of our flesh and soul, and especially our self-will and rebellion against God's will.
For two thousand years the Gospel of reconciliation for the guilt of sin has been preached by God's ministers. While the atonement for the guilt of our sins has been made, the Day of Redemption, that is, the removal of sin from our personality, is yet ahead of us.
The twofold nature of atonement is revealed in the ceremony of the Day of Atonement. During the Day of Atonement two goats were used in order to reconcile Israel to God. The blood of the first goat was sprinkled upon and before the Mercy Seat in order to appease the wrath of God concerning the sins of His people.
The second goat was not slain. The sins of Israel were confessed and symbolically laid on the living goat. The living goat then was led out of the camp into the wilderness, symbolizing the removal of the presence of sin from the people.
We now are entering the hour for which the creation has waited and groaned. It is the Jubilee of release, the deliverance of all who will come to Christ for salvation. The work is beginning in those of God's people who will permit the Lord to reveal His enemies in their personality. As the enemy is exposed the saint is to confess the darkness that has been brought to the light and to wash his robe in the blood of the Lamb.
The second work of reconciliation has begun today--the removal of the presence of sin.
The Day of Atonement, of Reconciliation, the period during which all that is of Satan is removed from us and all that is of God is added to us, is the promised redemption to which we have been sealed.
The spiritual fulfillment of the seventh area of redemption is the dwelling of the Father and the Son through the Spirit in the personality of the believer.
It is God's will that all saved people, beginning with His Church, become part of God's Person so God is all and in all.
And when all things shall be subdued unto him [the Lord Jesus], then shall the son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
We have not been prepared to be the Booth of God until the preceding six stages of salvation have been accomplished.
We have just presented what could be termed the Booth phase of salvation.
The Booth phase is the fullness, the omega, the full attainment of the salvation of man.
We began in chaos of spirit, soul, and body. We have finished in the image of Christ and have entered untroubled rest in the Father through Christ.
We have become "man." We now know our role in life is to serve and worship God. We know no detail of life is to be accomplished by our flesh or fleshly mind. All must be wrought in the Spirit of God.
We now are an integral part of the Father and the Son. We now are ready for our eternal service to mankind as the Bride of the Lamb, the new Jerusalem.
And in the feast of tabernacles:"
We have learned that God's will for man is that he serve and worship God, that he think, speak, and act in God's Spirit, and that he become an eternal part of God through Christ.
We have learned that God's plan of redemption brings man all the way from union with Satan and the image of Satan to union with God and the image of God.
We have examined the four great types of salvation in order to learn of the provisions God has made for our complete redemption.
We are changed in personality into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We enter untroubled rest in the Father through the Son.
While all saved people on the earth eventually will be in the image of God and at rest in God, the members of the church, being the firstfruits of mankind, must be in the image of God and at rest in God before the remainder of mankind and to a greater extent than the remainder of mankind.
The inheritance of the royal priesthood is God. We always will have access to the paradise that we ourselves will establish on the earth at the coming of the Lord. But the first and best inheritance of God's kings and priests is not a paradise but God Himself. God is the destiny of the royal priesthood.
Religious man has set as his goal the attaining of Heaven, that is, entrance into the spirit Paradise. This is not surprising for the Garden of Eden is in the subconscious memory of every human being. Our desire for Heaven is a wish to return to the Garden--the garden that was on the earth and shall in the near future come again to the earth as the Kingdom of God.
However--and God's people need to think about this -- IF GOD WERE TO BRING HIS CHURCHES INTO HEAVEN TODAY THEY WOULD DESTROY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY OF PARADISE.
The members of the Christian churches sometimes gossip, backbite, hate one another, lie, steal, vaunt themselves, covet material wealth, seek advantage at the expense of others, divorce their spouses, molest their children, and in every other manner exhibit the nature of Satan.
To put unchanged man back into Paradise would be to repeat the original disaster.
Dying and passing into the spirit realm does not change the nature of man.
Sin began in Heaven around the Throne of God!
God's plan to redeem mankind began with the Lord Jesus and the atonement made on the cross of Calvary. The Lord Jesus was perfected in obedience to the Father by the things He suffered.
The next step in the redemption of mankind will be to bring a firstfruits of the Church through the seven phases we have discussed until each member is in the image of the Lord and in untroubled union with God.
When the Lord comes the firstfruits of the priesthood will appear with Him and begin the task of bringing the saved nations into the image of man as God intends man to be.
By the end of the thousand-year Kingdom Age the entire Church, the elect, the royal priesthood, will have been made ready and will descend to the earth as the Bride of the Lamb. The responsibility of the royal priesthood then will be to govern the saved nations throughout eternity.
All saved human beings, including the members of the Church, God's elect, are to worship and serve God above all else.
All saved human beings, including the members of the Church, are to live in the Spirit of God rather than in the flesh.
All saved human beings, including the members of the Church, are to have Christ born in them and the Father and Christ dwelling in them.
The difference between the Church and the members of the saved nations is that the Church, being the firstfruits of mankind, will arrive at these ways of thinking, speaking, and acting before the remainder of mankind, and will be closer to God and possess more of God for eternity.
The holy city, the new Jerusalem, is the Church, the Wife of the Lamb. As such the holy city is Israel, Christ of God--Head and Body.
The Church is not of the world but has been called out of the world in order to become through Christ the light of the world.
The wall surrounding the new Jerusalem represents the eternal division between the Church, which is the Seed of Abraham, and the remainder of mankind.
God has many needs and mankind has many needs. In order to meet the needs of God and of mankind, God is creating the Church, the elect, the royal priesthood, to fulfill fourteen roles and tasks.
First we must be in the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is to this change of image that we have been predestined from the beginning of the world.
Second we must be in untroubled union with the Father through the Lord Jesus. It is not enough to be like the Lord, we also must become part of the Lord through marriage.
We are neither qualified (by the Word of God) or competent (through our experience with God) to serve God and mankind as a royal priest unless we are pressing forward to perfection in these two areas of personal development.
The following are the changes that must take place in us if we are to be qualified and competent to serve as a member of the royal priesthood.
Paradise will come to the earth at the hands of the sons of God. When the Tabernacle of God, the glorified Christian Church, finally descends through the new sky to rest forever on the new earth, the peoples of the earth will experience all the blessings that God means for man to have.
What can we expect in the future? The end of the successful battle against sin and rebellion will be rest, peace, and the possession of good things and circumstances.
In the days to come there will be battles until every rebellious spirit is destroyed out of me and you, out of the heavenlies, out of the entire earth.
Sin will be conquered in all saved persons everywhere.
The result will be a multitude of children of God who are in His image. Quietness, peace, and perfect rest and joy will prevail throughout the creation of God.
The presence of Satan always brings unrest, striving, tension, pressure, sickness, weakness, confusion, disorganization, heartache, worry, frantic activity, despair, gloom, pessimism, and every other evil work.
But the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
The rule of Christ in and with His Body will result in righteous conduct on the part of the saved inhabitants of the earth.
Righteous conduct on the part of the inhabitants of the earth will bring peace. Peace will bring joy--the joy of the Lord.
This is the kingdom that is coming!
The only manner by which peace can be brought into the earth is through Christ's rule with the rod of the iron of God's strength.


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Q: How to sort ng-select matched record on top in ng-select angular 5 I am using ng-select autocomplete in my angular application for biding country name and country code. Example - If i enter in search box result will be
India - IN
Indonesia - ID
At a time of loading the i retrieved list of all country code with country name as per knowledge it would be done by using custom search feature of ng-select.
Please check my code given bellow -
<ng-select placeholder="Select Countries" class="custom"
  [items]="countryList | async"
  [multiple]="true"
  bindLabel="countryname"
  [searchFn]="searchcountry"
  (change)="onChange($event)"
  [(ngModel)]="selectedCountry">

  <ng-template ng-label-tmp let-item="item" let-clear="clear">
      {{item.countryname}}
      ×
  </ng-template>

  <ng-template ng-option-tmp let-item="item" let-index="index" let-search="searchTerm">
     {{item.countryname}} - {{item.countrycode}}
  </ng-template>

ngOnInit() {
   this.countryList = this.caseService.GetCountryList();
}

searchcountry(term: string, item: any) {
   term = term.toLocaleLowerCase();
   return item.countrycode.toLocaleLowerCase().indexOf(term) > -1 || item.countryname.toLocaleLowerCase().includes(term);
}

Please help me how to reach my final output i am very close now just i want to know how to sort to top the record if country code exact match.
Thanks in advance.

A: Below code will convert your you JSON object as plain text and then check for the search term in it. I use this solution mainly as pipe where i pass array of object and search term its work like charm.

searchcountry(term: string, item: any) {
        const REGEXP=/("([a-z]+)":)|\[|\]|\{|\}/g;
        term = term.toLocaleLowerCase();
       return term ? item.filter(itm=>{
        let str=JSON.stringify(itm).tolowerCase();
        str=str.replace(REGEXP,'');
        return str.include(term);
       }): item;

    }

A: If your country code only consists of two letters (e.g., 'IN' for India), then you could prioritize the country code over the country name as follows:
searchcountry(term: string, item: any) {
   term = term.toLocaleLowerCase();
   return term.length <= 2
      ? item.countrycode.toLowerCase().includes(term)
      : item.countrycode.toLowerCase().includes(term) || item.countryname.toLowerCase().includes(term);
}


In April I will shoot the wedding of Danielle and Mike at Glacier Hills County Park. They also asked me to shoot their engagement photos so I braved the cold (okay, it's not so cold when it's 50 in December) and headed out to Menomonee Park last weekend. We were hoping for a little snow for the photos but instead we got a really really foggy morning. But it's better than rain!
Don't forget that if Danielle and Mike get 15 comments on this blog post, they will get free prints. Help them out and leave your comments below!
What great photos! You must be so excited that the big day will be here soon.
Love that red on you. Good looking couple!
Yay! Love the foggy background! We did our engagements here.
You got Mike to wear a nice shirt?? Wow! 🙂 great pics!


Partnership presidents — current, Jody Hurwitz Caplan, left, and founding, Ellen Goldner — celebrate at the Birthday Bash.
Nearly 200 members of the Greater MetroWest Jewish community celebrated the 10th birthday of The Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life on May 31 and honored two prime movers in its success, Gary and Susan Aidekman.
In 2006, the Partnership became a streamlined reinvention of the 49-year-old Jewish Education Association of MetroWest.
Testifying to the success of the new agency, four young people who have been actively involved in Partnership programs took turns explaining how those programs have benefited them and many others throughout the community.
Jennifer Emdur of Randolph spoke of the enrichment her son and daughter receive as two of the several thousand children in the community, from infants to six-year-olds, who participate in the PJ Library program. Through the program, administered by the Partnership, they receive free Jewish-themed books every month to encourage their families to pursue Jewish learning.
The actual name of the "gladiator" is Michael Strom, and he is the Partnership's coordinator of Jewish service learning.
Among those programs are J-SERVE, a Day for Jewish Teens Serving the World; the Justice League, about working toward an equitable society; the Iris Teen Tzedakah Program, which develops young philanthropists; and Mitzvot of MetroWest, a fair that offers bar and bat mitzva projects.
"Judah Maccabee" reflected on his time at the Partnership: "For the first time I understood what it was like to be one diverse and yet unified Jewish community — each one of us responsible for all of us….
Sarvenaz Singh, who now lives in Montclair, was born in Iran two years before its 1979 Islamic Revolution and was raised there seemingly as a practicing Muslim. But in her grandmother's basement, out of sight of their neighbors, her family furtively conducted Jewish rituals, afraid to reveal the secret of their Jewish faith. "It was not safe practicing Judaism" in post-revolutionary Iran, she said, where religions other than Islam were officially banned.
As Dana Aidekman introduced the honorees, her mother and father, she said she and her two sisters grew up in Madison, a town without a substantial Jewish population. As a result, "my parents had to find ways of squeezing in Jewish culture whenever possible by building Jewish connections and helping us find meanings…. They were always motivated to find a way." That determination triggered her father to become involved in founding the Partnership.
Nine years later, along with funds from the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ and a matching grant from the Foundation for Jewish Camp, the Partnership Summer Camp Enterprise has distributed nearly $2 million in grants to first-time sleepaway campers.


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