I had an interesting interaction on Twitter today. I'm doing some research with a student that involves a little graph theory. We needed some graph theory terminology that I was sure was well-known (but not known to us), so I turned to Twitter.
Let be a vertex of directed graph. Define to be the set of all vertices that point to and to be the set of all vertices that points to.
For example, in the graph below and .
My question was: what do we call the sets and ?
While I thought there would be one answer, I guess it isn't too surprising that there isn't—we can't even decide on basic terminology: graph/network, vertex/node, etc. There are many places in mathematics in which there are multiple names or symbols for the same mathematical object. Just think of all the ways to write the derivative: , , , and (and calculus is much older than graph theory). Even multiplication can be expressed in multiple ways: , , and .
Maybe we should institute a mathematical standards board…. nah!
The parents/children terminology is common when dealing with directed acyclic graphs. I just assumed the terminology was also used for general directed graphs, but I could be wrong. I like it because it is suggests a whole range of other family-tree terminology, e.g. descendants for all vertices reachable by a path from a given vertex or cousins for connected (ignoring direction) vertices not reachable by a path. In directed acyclic graphs, it makes sense because you cannot have a parent that is also a child, or indeed a descendant that is also an ancestor. Indeed, a general directed acyclic graph is just a family tree for a species with a variable number of genders.
I was just this morning reading an old(1924) article by Florian Cajori, "The Unification of Mathematical Notations in the Light of History". Early on he suggests, "The admonition of History is clearly that the chance, haphazard proceedure of the past will NOT lead to uniformity." I think the same can be said, perhaps more so, for terminology than notation.


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BILLIE! BACKSTAGE WITH LADY DAY Opens January 13 At Sierra Madre Playhouse
The award-winning show with music is written and performed by Synthia L. Hardy.
Billie! Backstage With Lady Day, the award-winning show with music and written and performed by Synthia L. Hardy. Directed by Bryan Rasmussen, presented by Sierra Madre Playhouse, running January 13- January 22, 2023.
Billie Holiday (1915-1959) was a trail-blazing musical artist, known as perhaps the first female vocalist to use her voice in the style of jazz improvisation. Recording first with Benny Goodman, she became the first Black female vocalist to front a white band, that of Artie Shaw. She also performed with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. She had long professional associations with saxophonist Lester Young (who named her Lady Day; she called him Prez) and pianist Teddy Wilson.
Born to poverty in Philadelphia, she was a victim of sexual assault while still a child and sentenced by the court to a Catholic correctional institution. It was only her first experience with the court, however. She was convicted at age 13 (along with her mother) of prostitution. Subsequent arrests involved possession of narcotics and substance abuse.
Despite a turbulent life, abusive relationships, and racism, she prevailed to become one of the greatest jazz and blues artists of her time, before her untimely demise at age 44 from cirrhosis of the liver. In addition to multiple hit recordings, she sold out Carnegie Hall three times.
Actor-singer-playwright Synthia L. Hardy brings the story of Billie Holiday to vibrant life. In Billie! Backstage with Lady Day, Billie is being interviewed by unseen reporters as she unfolds the story of her turbulent life. Billie, accompanied by a live four-piece combo, sings her greatest hits, including God Bless the Child, Strange Fruit, Good Morning Heartache, Lover Man, many more.
Synthia L. Hardy has appeared in film, on T.V., commercials (radio and T.V.) and on stages nationally and internationally. She was recently featured in the film, Sylvie's Love .She won the NAACP Theatre Award for Billie! Backstage with Lady Day for Best One Person Show. She, also, won two Artistic Director Achievement Awards (A.D.A.) for the same show (Billie!...) for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy and Best One Person Show. Synthia won an Emmy Award for the documentary, Precious Memories: A Stroll Down 47th Street and has received other awards and nominations for her work, including another NAACP Theatre Award, Dramalogue Critics Award (twice), LA Weekly Award (just to name a few). Some of Synthia's work includes: Home; Merry Wives of Windsor; Flyin' West; Rap Master Ronnie; The Little Dreamer: A Night in the Life of Bessie Smith; and A Corner of Gold. She has written and starred in her own cabaret show, Dinner Musicale with Synthia & Friends.. Synthia has toured with various singing groups doing tributes to Oldies and Doo Wop girl groups. Synthia is originally from Chicago.
Bryan Rasmussen directs. An award‐winning actor as well as a director, producer, teacher, coach, and Artistic Director of the Whiteβire Theatre, he's proud to be celebrating its' 33rd anniversary season this year! Beside directing most all of the last year's "Shorts" shows including Hollywood, Summer, Fall, and Spring Shorts, in the 10 years he has owned the Whiteβire, Bryan has produced well over 500 shows, as well as over 50 world premiere productions including The Bellβlower Session, Love Like Blue, Mark Twain in the 20th Century, Seasons of Change and many others. He recently directed and acted in the world premiere of the critically acclaimed production of FIREHOUSE.. He directed and starred in the 50th Anniversary production of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter as well as produced and directed Old School as part of his Young Actors School. Also, he directed the 35th anniversary production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child.
Ms. Hardy will be accompanied by a live, onstage four-piece combo.
Billie! Backstage with Lady Day is the story of a legendary musical talent, performed by an extraordinary musical star with her ace musical combo. If you appreciate jazz and blues at all, you owe it to yourself to see this show.
Billie! Backstage with Lady Day kicks off the Sierra Madre Playhouse Solo Shows Festival for 2023. For full information about upcoming events, go to https://cloud.broadwayworld.com/rec/ticketclick.cfm?fromlink=2212039®id=9&articlelink=http%3A%2F%2Fsierramadreplayhouse.org?utm_source=BWW2022&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=article&utm_content=bottombuybutton1
Covid-19 safety protocols are being observed. As of this writing, this means that audience members will be required to wear masks inside the Playhouse auditorium.
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Boston University to require use of green badge indicating negative COVID-19 test after 'very worrisome increase in the daily numbers' - masslive.com
A passerby skates near an entrance to the Tsai Performance Center on the campus of Boston University. (Steven Senne/AP) AP
After what it calls an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, Boston University said this week it will start requiring that students wear badges in certain locations on campus indicating they tested negative for the viral respiratory infection.
Students must wear green "daily attestation" badges starting Thursday to be allowed to enter dining halls, the George Sherman Union and several other public spaces at the university, the school said in a statement Wednesday.
"We hope this will be a reminder to everyone of the importance of daily symptom attestation and testing for keeping our campus safe," the statement said.
Over the past seven days, the university reported the largest number of new COVID-19 diagnoses among its campus community members since the final week of move-in in August, according to the statement.
From Oct. 13 to Oct. 19, BU reported 23 students and 10 staffers tested positive for the virus, data from the school's daily coronavirus dashboard showed. No faculty members tested positive during that time frame.
"If you look at our dashboard, you will see a very worrisome increase in the daily numbers of cases of the virus among our student body, as well as our staff, over the last week," BU President Robert Brown and Associate Provost and Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore said in the statement.
Although the number of daily cases is still "relatively low," Brown and Elmore said, their growing concern is driven by the rising caseload in Massachusetts.
Daily new cases have increased statewide, and last week, the number of communities in the commonwealth labeled high risk of coronavirus transmission jumped by 23. Boston remains one of the 63 communities deemed in the "red."
The administrators also cited "declining compliance" with the school's testing and daily symptom reporting requirements, which apply to both on-campus students and off-campus ones who go to campus.
In September, the school reported nearly two dozen students would potentially face suspension after attending an outdoor party.
The partygoers reportedly did not follow university-mandated COVID-19 guidelines, including restrictions on gathering sizes, face coverings and social distancing. They were also spotted with alcohol.
A BU fraternity was placed on probation as well after video circulated of more than a dozen people at an off-campus gathering in September in violation of health and safety protocols, according to the college's newspaper, the Daily Free Press.
"From our analysis of our cases, we know that a critically important driver for our increasing infection rate is the number of social gatherings (on and off campus), as well as personal travel and off-campus visits with family and friends where participants do not adhere to physical distancing and mask-wearing," BU said.
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John Bramblitt, an internationally acclaimed artist and author who is blind, will lead several artistic events in Oklahoma City on May 4 and 5. Facebook photo.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. – In partnership with the Delta Gamma Alumnae Chapter of Oklahoma City, NewView Oklahoma will host Haptic: Creating Art by Touch on Friday, May 4 from 7 – 10 p.m. Haptic will feature acclaimed artist and author, John Bramblitt.
Sponsored by the Kirkpatrick Foundation, Haptic will take place at Dunlop Codding on Film Row, 609 W. Sheridan, in Oklahoma City. The event will include art, hors d'oeuvres, libations and a live auction.
The evening will showcase a lecture with Bramblitt who began to paint in 2001 when he lost his sight due to epilepsy. Bramblitt will discuss and demonstrate his unique painting techniques. Work completed during his presentation will then be auctioned.
Bramblitt's works have been sold in over twenty countries earning international recognition, including three Presidential Service awards, for his innovative art workshops.
"I see the world differently now than when I was sighted, both in a physical way but also emotionally, these paintings are my most earnest and sincere means of trying to understand what true perception is," Bramblitt said.
The event will include collaborative artwork by established local artists and visually impaired Creative Visions students that will be on display and available for purchase.
General admission is $40. Entry to the VIP First Look and Artists Meet & Greet costs $150. Purchase tickets online or call Tiffany Henley at 405-602-0780.
All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the programs and services offered by NewView Oklahoma.
On Saturday, May 5, the Oklahoma Museum of Art OKMOA), at 415 Couch Drive, partnering with New View Oklahoma, will host a lecture, book signing, and family workshop with artist John Bramblitt.
At 11 a.m. John will give a lecture and demonstration in which he will discuss his story and his approach to creating art as he works on a canvas live. Participants will get to experience a display of his artwork by touch. Tickets are $5 for non-members, free for members. Ticket will be sold on a first come, first served basis at the Museum box office beginning at 10 am on the day of the event.
At 12:30 p.m. John will be signing his book, Shouting in the Dark: My Journey Back to the Light. Books will be available for purchase in the Museum Store.
John will lead a family workshop from 2 – 4 p.m., which is open to those who are sighted, those with vision impairment, or who are blind. The event will begin with a tour of the exhibition A New Art: A Milestone Collection Fifty Years Later. Verbal description, music, and tactile elements will be incorporated into the tour.
Next, John will lead a painting activity with all participants in the studio. Those who are sighted will wear blindfolds as they create their art. Check begins at 2 p.m. at the Museum Theater lobby podium.
This workshop is limited to 35 people. Pre-registration is recommended. Tickets are $5 per person and are available online or by calling 405-278-8213. Registration is also available in person at the museum admissions desk during normal business hours.
Since 1949, NewView Oklahoma has been a life-changing source of hope and empowerment for Oklahomans living with blindness or visual impairment. NewView provides services such as low vision rehabilitation, employment, and support services to create the opportunity to live independently.
NewView's Oklahoma City facility, located in Chesapeake Community Plaza at 710 W. Wilshire Blvd. is the state's only full-service low vision clinic.
Rehabilitation services are provided by the organization's Low Vision Center, at 5986 S. Yale Avenue in KingsPointe Plaza in Tulsa, partnered with the Lesley L. Walls Vision Center at Northeastern State University Broken Arrow's Oklahoma College of Optometry.
Both facilities maintain a Vision Rehabilitation Department and administrative staff.
To learn more about NewView Oklahoma's programs or clinical services, call 405-232-4644 or visit newviewoklahoma.org. For more information about John Bramblitt, visit bramblitt.com.
In partnership with the Delta Gamma Alumnae Chapter of Oklahoma City, NewView Oklahoma will host Haptic: Creating Art by Touch on Friday with artist John Blambitt, on May 4 at Dunlop Codding. Photo provided.


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Strain Spotlight: Sour Diesel, A Pungent Cannabis Legend
The world of cannabis has seen countless "Strains of the Month" come and go, but a few are destined to go down in the record book. (Wait, is there actually a record book?!?) While its name may not be as familiar as "Maui Wowie" and "Acapulco Gold" once were, Sour Diesel is a strain to remember.
An invigorating and stimulating strain known for its distinctive (some would say unforgettable) aroma, Sour Diesel is a long-beloved strain that has stood the test of time. Follow along as we share some of the details that have made Sour D one of the most popular strains on the market for years.
Sour Diesel: What Is It?
Botanically speaking, Sour Diesel is a sativa-dominant hybrid, meaning that it should have more cerebrally energizing effects than the stereotypical "stony" effects of indicas. As with many things in the world of cannabis, determining Sour Diesel's roots can be challenging, but some sources suggest it was developed from Chemdog 91 and Super Skunk back in the early '90s. Whatever the strain's true source, it's become a veritable cannabis legend.
Sour Diesel: What Does It Do For Us?
While Sour Diesel has been namechecked by writers, rappers and on the sneak hit Broad City, the strain has some intriguing qualities that make it particularly well-suited to medical users.
Perhaps most of all, Sour Diesel is known for combining two effects that seem like opposites: A dreamy, slightly spacey euphoria crossed with an energizing uplift. It's a winning combination under any circumstances, but for those of us looking to lessen stress, it can be a godsend.
What's more, Sour Diesel is notably fast-acting, meaning you don't have to wait for relief. (Of course, if you're taking it in tincture or edible forms, expect the usual longer onset time dictated by these administration methods.)
While it's generally described as uplifting, take note that Sour Diesel typically packs a respectable punch in terms of THC content. Overindulgence can lead to fogginess, confusion, and even paranoia in some circumstances.
Sour Diesel: What Does It Taste and Smell Like?
Beyond its effects on our bodies and minds, the most distinctive feature of the strain is its—shall we say, "unique"—aroma. Pungent, chemical and distinctly diesely or gassy, this is not the strain to smoke if you're trying to be discreet. Beyond the hit of gas, you may detect faint wafts of orange, musk and conifer resin. We happen to love it, but we accept that it's not for everyone!
If you can't tell, we're big fans of this now-classic strain. Its main attributes and effects include:
Fast-acting combination of energizing, cerebral (but not anxious) stimulus mixed with gentle bodily relaxation
Imparts a gentle euphoria
Distinctive Diesel or gasoline aroma; possibly a polarizing love/hate experience!
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If one were to ask people to describe in one word what they crave for most, money would be the immediate reaction and a split second later they may modify that choice and say Happiness. If we look dispassionately we would soon realize that what ever we do in life the end goal is happiness. Money is but a means to that end. However more often than not, we confuse our wants and perhaps it is a human failing that we would prefer a tangible evidence of what we have, like money rather than the more intangible and relatively fleeting feeling of happiness.
If we appreciate the logic of tangible evidence being more creditable than the intangible one, we can easily understand why we often fall to the glitter and glitz of what money can buy. The irony is that while enjoying the pleasures of what ever money can buy we are also secretly worrying about losing our cherished possessions. Even worse is the feeling that someone else could be usurping us with even better trinkets and razzmatazz. Envy and jealousy are but two of the more common human failings and the tragedy is that these feelings won't let you enjoy the happiness that is truly yours.
Look at our own contrasting lifestyle. While we pity the hungry and the malnourished, we find it hard to resist the calorie rich food and then pay for our workouts and special balanced food because that is style. While we debate the effects of global warming and the energy crisis we refuse to switch of our air-conditioners or give up our petrol guzzling cars because they give us happiness. While a walk in the country side could be more refreshing and healthy we would rather be pub hoping and gyrating in a smoke filled pub blasting high music because that gives us happiness.
Happiness is available in plenty, it is cheap and it can be enjoyed by one and all; if only each of us looked for it within us and not search for it by flaunting our wealth, envying others or trying to be one up on the rest of the world. Happiness is very personal but you can share it, it is hidden within you but you have to find it and remember happiness is eternal though occasionally it may be hidden behind the clouds of sadness, troubles and difficulties.
What is your favorite leisure activity? Are you fully engrossed in it whenever you spare time to peruse it? Do you ever worry that someone else may be enjoying your pursuit more? Do you crave to pursue another hobby because it is more the in thing though you are not comfortable about it? Eg. Playing golf though you think it is too slow for your tastes or going pub hoping because all your friends force you to though you prefer sitting at home and reading a book.
Spend a day in an orphanage or an old age home. Actively interact with the inmates there. There will be times when you will feel sorry for them, wonder at their fate and feel agitated and upset at those who are responsible for their fate. However, when you go back and reflect on your time spent there, what is the feeling that you get? Also examine why you got those feelings and ask yourself why you don't get similar feelings more often when at work or at home?
Every single day we have ample opportunity to be helpful to someone. Often we confuse helpfulness in terms of financial help or physical help. In reality the real help people want is in the form of patient listening, empathy, a little caring and concern, a word of appreciation, lots of encouragement and occasionally suggestions and advice.
Notice that most of this help costs us nothing other than some time. The difficulty tho is that we are always in a hurry, rarely pausing to see the desperate plea of those around us seeking understanding, a smile, a touch, a hug or a mere acknowledgment of their existence. We don't have to look far for the many who seek help – it could be your spouse , kids, the driver, the domestic help or the roadside hawker, the watchman in the building or the numerous people whom you pass by. The work place offers ample opportunities too right from the boss to the colleagues and even the pizza delivery boy or the courier person.
The beauty of helping others is that, we actually help ourselves – we get a satisfaction that cannot be measured nor described. Don't forget that what goes around comes around – ask for help if you want it !
Every day compliment the first five people you meet in the morning. Slowly increase this number.
Try to make at least one new friend every week. It must be a friend not just a casual acquaintance !
Ask yourself if you know the names of the non descript people working in and around your home and work place. Try your best to address every one by their names.


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Expert Studies
Religious Toleration & Religious Diversity
RELIGIOUS EXPERTISES
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I. Human Rights & Religious Freedom
II. Contemporary Religious Diversity
III. Toleration in the Christian Tradition
IV. Culture-Boundedness in the Definition of Religion
V. Modern Definitions of Religion
VI. Ethically Neutral Definitions
VII. Internal Consistency of Belief and Practice
VIII. The Incidence of Dissent
IX. Abstract Definitions
X. The Constituent Elements of Modern Definitions
XI. A Probabilistic Inventory
XII. Religions as Historical Entities
XIII. Diversity and Generalization
XIV. Diversity among Religions: Buddhism
XV. Theravada Buddhism
XVI. Diversity among Religions: The Jains
XVII. Diversity among Religions: Hinduism
XVIII. Hinduism: The Sankhya School
XIX. Diversity among Religions: Polytheism
XIXa. Diversity among Religions: A Modern Example
XX. Diversity within Religious Traditions
XXI. Diversity and Religious Evolution
XXII. Theological Opinions and Religious Belief
XXIII. Religion and Social Change
XXIV. Traditional Sects
XXV. The Opposition to New Religions
XXVI. The Types of New Religions
XXVII. World-Renouncing New Religions
XXVIII. World-Affirmation in New Religions
XXIX. The Ethos of Contemporary New Religions
XXX. Religion and Morals
XXXI. The Moral Legacy of Christianity
XXXII. What Must a Religion Look Like?
XXXIII. In Conclusion
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In this article from 1995, Professor Bryan Ronald Wilson surveys methodological issues that arise in defining a religion, especially when problematized by the fact that new religions, such as Scientology, emerged in the modern era to meet modern spiritual needs. This means that some new religions may express their theologies and practices in ways that differ from traditional or otherwise normalized forms of religious expression. However, this does not mean that they are in any way less genuine forms of religion. On the contrary, they deserve toleration, respect and protection, the same as any form of religious expression protected by national and international law. To Dr. Wilson, Scientology is an example of a "world-affirming" new religion, meaning that has a "generally positive orientation to the world" as well as a "mission to promote social reform, particularly in those departments of life, such as healthcare, education, and religious liberty." "Scientology," he explains, "differs radically from both Christian and Buddhism soteriological schemes, in that it claims to standardize and rationalize the techniques leading to salvation. It applies modern technical methods to spiritual goals in the attempt to introduce certainty and a pragmatically justified system into spiritual exercises. Emerging in a period in which the secular world has been increasingly dominated by science, Scientology is also committed to the idea that man needs to think rationally and to control his disturbing emotions as a means towards spiritual enlightenment and salvation. It represents one important current in the contemporary diversity of religious expression in our pluralistic religious culture." Dr. Wilson concludes by asserting that "if basic human rights of freedom of belief and practice are to be maintained, it becomes essential that old stereotypes of just what constitutes religion should be relinquished." The Church of Scientology agrees, and for this reason supports and promulgates the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights to make human rights a fact. This includes Article 18 of the Declaration: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
Bryan Ronald Wilson, Ph.D., (1926–2004) was reader emeritus in sociology at the University of Oxford. From 1963 to 1993 he was also a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and in 1993 was elected an emeritus fellow. For more than fifty years he conducted research into minority religious movements in Britain, the United States, Ghana, Kenya, Belgium, Japan and other countries. Dr. Wilson earned his doctorate in sociology from the London School of Economics in 1955, authored dozens of articles, and wrote or edited dozens of books, including: Sects and Society: The Sociology of Three Religious Groups in Britain (1961); Patterns of Sectarianism (edited, 1967); Religious Sects (1970, also published in translation in French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Japanese); Magic and the Millennium (1973); Contemporary Transformations of Religion (1976, also published in translation in Italian and Japanese); The Social Impact of the New Religious Movements (edited, 1981); Religion in Sociological Perspective (1982); The Social Dimensions of Sectarianism (1990); and A Time to Chant: the Soka Gakki Buddhists in Britain (1994). In 1984, the University of Oxford recognized the value of his published work by conferring upon him the degree of D.Litt. In 1992, the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, awarded him the degree of doctor honoris causa. In 1994, he was elected a fellow of the British Academy.
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by Juha Pentikäinen, Marja Pentikäinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
The Relationship Between Scientology and Other Religions
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The Religious Nature of Scientology
by Geoffrey Parrinder, Methodist minister, Professor, Comparative Study of Religions, University of London
Religious Philosophy, Religion and Church
by G.C. Oosthuizen, Professor of Science of Religion, University of Durban-Westville, Natal, South Africa
Scientology a New Religion
by M. Darrol Bryant, Department of Religious Studies, Renison College, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Apostates and New Religious Movements
Scientology: An Analysis and Comparison of its Religious Systems and Doctrines
The Reliability of Apostate Testimony About New Religious Movements
by Lonnie D. Kliever Ph.D., Professor of Religious Studies
The Sea Organization and its Role Within the Church of Scientology
by Frank K. Flinn Ph.D. Adjunct Professor in Religious Studies
Brief Analyses of the Religious Nature of Scientology
by J. Gordon Melton, Baylor University, Samuel Hill, Gary Bouma, Irving Hexham
Congregational Services of the Church of Scientology
Is Scientology A Religion?
by Alan W. Black, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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Scientology A Religion In South Africa
by David Chidester, Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Scientology: A True Religion
by Urbano Alonso Galan, Professor of Philosophy and Theology, Gregorian University of Rome
Scientology: A Way of Spiritual Self-Identification
by Michael Sivertsev, Moscow Academy of Sciences
Scientology: A Worshipping Community
by Lonnie D. Kliever, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Scientology and Contemporary Definitions of Religion in the Social Sciences
by Alejandro Frigerio, Professor of Sociology, Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires
Scientology and Islam an Analogous Study
Scientology and Religion
by Christiaan Vonck, Rector, Faculty for Comparative Study of Religion, Antwerp, Belgium
Scientology: A Comparison with Religions of the East and West
by Per-Arne Berglie, Professor of History of Religion, University of Stockholm
Scientology Its Cosmology, Anthropology, System of Ethics and Methodologies
by Régis Dericquebourg, Professor of Sociology of Religion, University of Lille III, France
Scientology – Its Historical-Morphological Frame
by Dario Sabbatucci, Professor of History of Religions, University of Rome
Scientology: Its True Nature
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Scientology: The Marks of Religion
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Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo talked with Iraqi President Salih, with Prime Minister Mahdi and with the Iraqi Minister of Planning in Baghdad. Minister De Croo is on a working visit in Iraq together with European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides. They discussed the battle against ISIS, the humanitarian situation and the reconstruction of the country.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo allocates an additional four million euros in emergency humanitarian aid for the people of Mosul. Since October a fierce battle is raging in and around Mosul to recapture the city controlled by Islamic State (IS). One and a half million people are endangered. The additional contribution will go to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), active on the field.


An existing Andritz twin wire press will be converted from an LC to an MC headbox. © Andritz.
Andritz is to undertake a major reconfiguration of the TMP (thermo-mechanical pulp) peroxide bleach plant at Kruger's Trois-Rivières Mill in Québec, Canada.
The Andritz scope of supply includes delivery of a new HC mixer, a HC bleach tower discharge system, two MC pumps, one reconditioned pulp screw press, the upgrade of two existing twin wire presses and the modification of an existing Andritz twin wire press.
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Iran's H1 gas export rises 22%
TEHRAN - Iran's natural gas export increased 22 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Dispatching Department said.
According to Mohammadreza Jolaei, over 109.6 billion cubic meters of gas has also been consumed inside the country over the mentioned six months, Shana reported.
Iranian households, businesses, and small industries accounted for 39.3 billion cubic meters of the total consumption, while major industries consumed 26.9 billion cubic meters and power plants used 43.4 billion cubic meters as fuel, the official said.
Jolaei noted that gas consumption by the domestic, commercial and non-major industries increased by more than one billion cubic meters (3.9 percent), compared to the same period last year, while the consumption by power plants decreased by about two billion cubic meters (five percent), and the consumption by major industries increased by three billion cubic meters (12 percent) compared to the first half of the previous year.
He put the total volume of gas injected into the network of national lines in the first 6 months of this year at 128.6 billion cubic meters, which has increased by two billion cubic meters (1.5 percent) compared to the same period last year.
The NIGC dispatching director also announced the readiness of the country's gas industry for stable supply of natural gas during the winter and emphasized that NIGC has made the necessary preparations in various fields including production, transmission, and distribution.
"Hopefully, there should be no problem in gas supply this year, especially in the household sector," he added.
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The hot summer month of August brings amazing temperatures and constant sunny skies to the idyllic Tunisian island of Djerba. Thanks to its fantastic Mediterranean climate, the weather in Djerba in August sees the thermometer over 30°C and hardly a drop of rain all month.
As you'd expect from an island in the southern Mediterranean, just off the coast of Tunisia, temperatures are highest in August and July. Djerba enjoys a cool sea breeze from around the Gulf of Gabes, which helps keep the humidity at about 68% and comfortable for visitors. The weather's slightly hotter further inland on the island.
It's going to be hot and dry during your luxurious beach holiday to Djerba this month. The Djerba weather in August will give you temperatures over 30°C most days, with the hottest spells approaching 40°C. In the evenings, it should cool to around 22°C and you'll enjoy fun nights walking by the sandy beaches and sampling some tasty Tunisian cuisine at one of the many outdoors restaurants. You'll be unlucky to see a drop of rain in Djerba during August. The average rainfall for the month's just 3mm, and with the sun shining for up to 13 hours, you're guaranteed hours of sunbathing every day. The wind will average 11mph and bring a welcome breeze during the afternoon sun. Take a dip in the Mediterranean to cool off too, as the water temperature will be an inviting 28°C in Djerba in August.
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Paris, September 2013
In the 1960's carnival, a love relationship between Willy Rizzo and Brazil began. That year Italian photographer darling of Hollywood stars and famous author of portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Salvador Dalí, Brigitte Bardot, Le Corbusier among others. He arrived in Rio de Janeiro accompanied by his then wife, the Italian actress Elsa Martinelli, and a couple of friends: playboy Porfirio Rubirosa and his wife Odile to enjoy the most famous holiday in the country. With camera in hand, Rizzo recorded the revelers on Avenida Presidente Vargas in blocks of streets, and friends in bars and beaches in the city – such as the well-known photo of Elsa in her tunic, Emilio Pucci, walking on the sands of Copacabana.
Reviewing her husband's files after his death in March 2013, Dominique Rizzo, his wife for over 35 years, called me in Paris and told me: I found a box full of photos from Rio de Janeiro! I want to show them to you. Months later, some of these finds are part of the exhibition Rio de Janeiro by Willy Rizzo that occupied the artist's studio in the charming Rue de Verneuil in Saint Germain des Prés.
"A chest full of treasures like the photos for French Vogue taken on the sidewalks designed by Burle Marx in Copacabana." commented actress and model Vera Valdez.
"We found photos of the models of the time – with the famous Georgia Quental, posing for Willy's lenses" and other memorabilia from a street Carnival – such as the film "Orfeu Negro" and the great dances at Copacabana Palace and the Municipal Theater. A time when playboy Jorge Guinle, Miss Universe Adalgisa Colombo, Danuza Leão, actress Norma Bengell, and the other German playboy Gunter Sachs played in the carioca revelry.
"When Carnival starts, people forget about everything: the rise of the dollar, inflation, or any other problem," commented Rizzo in a report for Paris Match where the photos were published.
Fascinated by the tropics, Rizzo frequented feijoadas at the Brazilian Embassy in Paris and the house of his friend Vera Valdez – Mademoiselle Chanel's favorite model, on Rue Suger to the sound of Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes on Saturdays.
After his first trip, he returned to the country many times, collecting silver objects from Bahia, artworks by Di Cavalcanti, and a lot of Brazilian music.
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Q: Any specific event for clicking on the Button of the combobox C# WinApps:
is there any separate event that can tell us user has clicked on the small drop button next to the combobox?
Suggestions?

A: Well, ComboDropDown event should work. As written in docs:

This event is raised by the
  OnComboDropDown method when the user
  clicks the drop-down arrow or presses
  the Alt+down arrow keys in a combo box
  cell ...

If it doesn't work for you, it seems like a bug.
Possible workaround:
Handle CellClick event and check coordinates from GetCellRect().

A: Not that event exactly, but, how about the click event, then you can check out the mouse position and check if it's in the little button area, perhaps?

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Goalkeeper Luis Robles made his 200th regular season start for the New York Red Bulls on Sunday, against D.C. United at Audi Field.
Robles recently snapped a streak of 183 straight matches where he started in goal for New York, the league record. He has rebounded to appear in 25 of the team's 28 games this season.
Robles' time between the sticks for New York also includes 1,650 minutes of MLS playoffs, 990 minutes of Concacaf Champions League and 390 minutes of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
The Fort Huachuca, Arizona native is the only player in MLS history to start 100 consecutive games for the same franchise. He surpassed Dax McCarty on August 18, 2017 for the franchise lead in starts by a field player or goalkeeper with 164.


Tanzania is a country in eastern Africa with a population of 41,048,532 (July 2009 estimate). It is bordered by Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia. In 2009 there was one organized Anabaptist-related group officially associated with Mennonite World Conference (MWC) with 50,560 total members.
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This Freehold Motel located on the New England Highway on the Northern outskirts of Armidale is a genuine lifestyle motel operation. It is situated on a spacious 5 acres, offers 10 ground floor units and is currently operated in a "semi-retirement" mode.
It's the ideal opportunity to mix a laid back lifestyle with an income. It might be just the thing you have been looking for.
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Q: Hadoop reading as a whole file and send to many mappers I am writing a hadoop app where I want to read the input file as a whole and send it to manny mappers and let each mappers do part of the job. Here is my FileInputFormat. I have to make isSplitablereturn false so that I can read the whole file. However, this leads to that only one mapper will be initialized. Is there anyone who can tell me how to read the input file as a whole and send it to more than one mappers to process?
public class WholeFileInputFormat extends FileInputFormat<PairWritable, BytesWritable> {
    @Override
    protected boolean isSplitable(FileSystem fs, Path filename) {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public RecordReader<PairWritable, BytesWritable> getRecordReader(
      InputSplit split, JobConf job, Reporter reporter) throws IOException {
        return new WholeFileRecordReader((FileSplit) split, job);
    }
}

A: Add to WholeFileInputFormat an implementation of getSplits that returns as many duplicates as you want.


We're playing this Friday at the Cellar (plug! bit.ly/foh-170317) and last time we were there we had a few technical boo-boos and didn't bring the audience in as the article suggests. I remember feeling the rising panic as the seconds ticked by. It's embarrassing to admit something is broken (maybe something entirely preventable) and have that black hole of silence sucking away the audience's attention.


Spirit Week at GMS ends with a Machine Shed cheered on GHS victory vs. LP!
Mrs. Brucher and Teen Readers learn about Banned Books this morning, their impact on American culture and schools, and the many books that are acceptable today that were banned at some time in the past (i.e. Charlottes Web, Harry Potter).
Congratulations Jenna and Devan on being honored as the GMS Rotary Students of the Month. Both 6th grade students were "caught serving others" in the halls and classrooms of GMS, making our school just that much better by putting service above self.
Our 7th and 8th grade bands performed the National Anthem and Sweet Caroline, by Neil Diamond, to kick off the annual Maple Leaf Classic at GHS today. Incredible performance Leafs, you make us proud to BeLeaf!
7th grade lost two close game while our 8th grade leaders took home two straight wins. Great games girls.
The King arrived today to share with 6th graders their target destination in May, Medieval Times. With a successful upcoming fundraiser students will travel to the Chicago area and the Medieval Times festival.


I was able to successfully convert all three weeks' worth of material to an eLearning format during my time at the Salt Lake City Library. The project took me four months; most weeks I spent approximately 10 hours at the library working on the project. The majority of my work time was spent designing and creating the new content for the updated instructional materials to support the library's Digital Literacy Initiative. However, the first few weeks of my internship, the project had yet to be finalized by the stakeholders (namely the library and the International Rescue Committee (IRC)). While waiting for the green light to start developing the material, I worked on some information guides on how to use the 3D printer, and supported the Creative Lab for the library patrons.
One of my biggest challenges was converting a large amount of material to an eLearning format in a short amount of time. I used Rise (a rapid authoring tool in the Storyline 360 suite) that greatly reduced the amount of time I would have spent had I only been developing material in Storyline. I wanted the courses to have as much interactive feel as possible, so I created some additional interactions in Storyline and uploaded them into Rise. I would like to continue developing the course further; there are several lessons that might prove to be too intricate as further user testing is performed. As user testing is a skill I imagine I will use in any instructional design or library capacity, I would like to continue developing my skills as a user researcher to benefit both the organization and the project itself.
While all of the project objectives were completed, there are a few areas that I have identified that could have benefited from additional time. These areas mainly revolve around the issue of the content - the content was adapted from an open educational resource, and while the quality of the content was high, it was often much too in depth to meet the learning goals of our program participants. Prior to my joining the project, it had been identified that our program participants may often be semi-literate in both digital and traditional mediums. For this reason, much of the material devoted to complex topics such as "operating systems" could be broken down a lot. With further user testing, I will be able to identify the areas that I can start to break down more with additional interactions, practice, and walkthroughs.
In addition to the complexity of the material, the content was usually not accessible to the learner unless they were sitting in a session with their technology mentor. This was simple because the content was housed in a password-protected Google Drive. The courses I have developed should theoretically be able to be accessed at any time by the learner, should they be so inclined to continue their studies on their own. Outside of the material we adapated, much of the content was in a word document. While informative, the documents did not allow for learner engagement. The interactive courses should engage learners in working with the material in ways they haven't previously.
I am thrilled with the overall outcome of this experience. I was able to convert a large amount of material to an eLearning format in a relatively short amount of time. While this was certainly a challenging (and at times, daunting) task, I was able to gain hands-on experience in a library supporting an underserved patron population. I was able to draw upon not just the skills I have learned in my MLIS, but also upon my undergraduate background (linguistics and teaching English as a Second Language) and my current line of work (instructional design). I was able to collaborate with a phenomenal project supervisor who encouraged me and offered me useful feedback and guidance whenever I needed it. Otherwise, I was given full autonomy to tackle this project. The full scope of the project was doable, yet challenging enough that it felt like an exciting, dynamic project that was worthy of a graduate school internship.
I was introduced to the concept of user-centered design, testing, and project management through my courses in User Experience Design (IAKM 60120, IAKM 60121) which gave me a wealth of tools and knowledge that I needed to completed this project in a user-centered rather than a systems-centered way of thinking. During my time as an ESL teacher, I must admit that I (like many) designed my lessons around how the students would be expected to adapt to the material, rather than how I, as the instructor, should adapt the material to meet their needs while still fulfilling the objectives of the course.
User-centered practices have changed my whole worldview and I now advocate for user-centered practices every where I have the opportunity. Prior coursework in Information Needs, Seeking & Use (LIS 60613) further helped me understand the information seeking process that all users go through. While they may not initially seem relevant to an instructional design project in a public library, my coursework in Information Storage & Retrieval Systems (LIS 60641), Content Strategy (IAKM 60106), Foundational Principles of Knowledge Management (KM 60301), and Knowledge Organizational Structures, Systems & Services (KM 60636) further provided me with rock-solid understanding of both the back and front-ends of how information seeking works. This is knowledge that I will serve me in any capacity, and will take me with into any profession.
There are many things I learned about myself as I prepare to enter the LIS profession, one being the appreciation I gained for the satisfaction of completing a large project that benefits your local community from start to finish. I would have liked to have been involved with the project during the initial stakeholder planning meetings, but as it stands, I am grateful for the incredible experience that I had to work on a needed project for an underserved population of the Salt Lake area. Because I work full time as an instructional designer, I was able to glimpse what the instructional design life might be like outside of a global corporation. I was surprised to find that I really loved being outside of a large organization - doing instructional design for a library and for a global company are two very different sides of the same coin.
While there might be a role as an instructional design librarian in the future for me, hopefully in an academic library, I gained a newfound respect for public librarians. They play an active and crucial role in the community - fostering information literacy and global citizenship on a daily basis, while putting on multiple programs, hosting local groups, events, and meetings, and engaging in the community outside of their library walls as well. Public librarians are truly stewards of our community and they amazed me every day. I might not want to spend my career in the corporate world after all.
I was surprised at the variety of minutia that public librarians handle on a daily basis, and all of the amazing programs and projects they are able to put out, but what surprised me the most is much more sobering than that.
Because of new legislation that has been passed by the current administration, refugee admittance has slowed to a trickle, if any are admitted at all. This means that, despite the IRC's best efforts, there might not be any new refugees in the Salt Lake area for the foreseeable future. This has had a huge effect on our community's efforts to support the IRC in its mission.
I would strongly encourage MLIS students to find a internship in this setting. Even if working in a public library is not your end goal, as mine is not, the experience of collaborating with librarians and community stakeholders, such as the IRC, was hugely beneficial in helping me appreciate the cooperative nature of community institutions that rely on each other to launch wide-ranging projects such as the Digital Literacy Initiative. No one organization - neither the library nor the IRC - could have managed to launch their program on their own. But through collaboration and cooperation they were able to reach so many more individuals than just their own populations. I would also encourage MLIS students to draw upon your previously earned skills to support a robust project.
For a project of this nature, I would recommend coming to the table with a solid background in writing and curriculum development, with a keen eye for a good design. Maintaining a user-centered focus will be a crucial tenet for completing a project delivered to a wide range of program participants.


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A Model Student
While working at an Abercrombie & Fitch store on Long Island during high school, Mark Perini '09 was chosen to represent the retail clothing shop as a model in a New York City casting call. At first he didn't want to go, thinking he would be out of place.
He couldn't have been more wrong. Perini so impressed the scout that he was sent to Los Angeles a few weeks later for a shoot with the company. Soon after, he signed with an agent and began a modeling career that would take him around the world.
When it came time to apply to college, Perini had planned to attend a school in upstate New York, but reconsidered after receiving a letter from Seton Hall offering a substantial academic scholarship. Seton Hall's generosity, combined with its proximity to New York, meant Perini was able to get the quality education he was looking for while maintaining his career.
While at Seton Hall, Perini had the opportunity to pursue modeling full time instead of continuing his studies. He resisted. "You never know what will happen in modeling," he says, "but a degree stays with you forever. No one can take that away."
Perini got yet another unexpected opportunity in 2012 when novelist Julie Cross reached out after he appeared on the cover of one of her books. The two discovered they had common interests and decided to collaborate on a young adult novel.
In what Perini calls an "organic process," they spent the next two years writing whenever their schedules allowed. Their goal was to make an entertaining story that brought to light some of the darker sides of the modeling industry. Though the plot and characters are fictional, Perini says that either he or other models he knows have been in each of the situations depicted, making their story "as close to nonfiction as fiction can get."
The result, Halfway Perfect, was released in May, and the co-authors are now at work on a second novel, expected to be published in summer 2016.
Throughout his career, Perini says, one aspect of his Seton Hall education has been especially helpful. "The servant leadership that Seton Hall promotes will serve you time and time again out there in the real world … even more so than the curriculum. Most schools don't teach anything like that."
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Architecture for Humanity Shuts Down
A California-based nonprofit that mobilized 75,000 architects for disaster relief and architectural solutions to humanitarian problems has closed its doors over lack of funding.
Architecture for Humanity shuttered its San Francisco headquarters and laid off its 30-member staff Jan. 1, numerous reports say.
The closure affects only the U.S. organization. Architecture for Humanity UK and other international entities are independent charities unaffected by the U.S. action, AFH UK announced.
From left: Architecture for Humanity, LinkedIn, Matthew Fochs / CC BY 2.0
Eric Cesal (left), executive director of U.S. Architecture for Humanity, arrived in April and left in December. The acclaimed U.S. humanitarian organization, founded by Kate Stohr (center) and Cameron Sinclair (right), has gone bankrupt.
Eric Cesal, who had been executive director of US AFH since April, resigned in December, according to Architects Journal, a UK-based publication. Cesal was still listed Monday (Jan. 19) on AFH's website as executive director.
The organization has not made an announcement, although its Wikipedia entry described it Monday (Jan. 19) in the past tense. The group's busy Twitter feed has been silent since Dec. 10. Its website is still operating.
Silent Treatment
Board chairman Matt Charney told The New York Times that the organization had been operating at a loss and that it was filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
"Very recently, it just became clear that we would be unable to completely reduce our operating deficit," he said. "We ultimately lacked the funding to continue."
Cameron Sinclair was awarded the 2006 TED Prize. His TED wish, explained in his talk, was for more open-source architectural plans to address global humanitarian problems. The result was the Open Architecture Network.
AFH UK said AFH US "did not inform" its sister organizations or chapters before announcing its plans to the media. "We hope they are forthcoming in [their] actions and lead an open and transparent dialogue with those who spent years dedicating their time to building the Organization," the UK group said.
AFH founders Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr, who left the organization in September 2013, also got the word about its collapse through the news media, they said on Sinclair's website.
'Abrupt Demise'
The group's "abrupt demise followed a year of retooling," The San Francisco Chronicle reports.
"Local observers say the organization's problem was one that's inherent to socially ambitious nonprofits—finding ways to keep interest and funding coming when the newness of its mission wears off."
Still, Sinclair and Stohr noted that they personally raised more than $5 million a year for the group.
The Homeless World Cup Legacy Center in Santa Cruz, Brazil, includes a public soccer pitch and community center. The project, developed by Architecture for Humanity, was cited in the 2013 Curry Stone Prize Vision Award to AFH co-founders Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr.
In addition, the organization's website touts dozens of A-list public- and private-sector partners, including Absolut, Alcoa, Google, the Clinton Global Initiative, the U.S. Green Building Council, the Rockefeller Foundation and the White House.
'Design Like You Give a Damn'
Founded in 1999 to develop shelter for returning refugees in Kosovo, AFH focused on four types of projects: disaster reconstruction, creating community-centered "active spaces" in developing countries, developing education spaces, and pro-active training and design and technical expertise to prevent disaster.
Its motto, and the name of its first book: Design Like You Give a Damn.
Its global efforts included clearing landmines and building playgrounds in the Balkans; transitional housing and schools in many countries; and quake reconstruction assistance in Pakistan, Turkey and Iran. The organization also hosted a series of open international design competitions focused on addressing social and economic needs.
The group also co-developed the Open Architecture Network, the first open-source system for architectural designs that have since been used on more than 245 projects in 28 countries, Wikipedia said.
In 2012, the organization announced a partnership with the American Institute of Architects to coordinate advocacy, education and training to help architects make effective contributions to communities preparing for, responding to, and rebuilding after disasters.
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Architecture for Humanity's Yodakandiya Community Complex, in Sri Lanka, was shortlisted for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
That announcement followed news that its partnership with Habitat for Humanity and Students Rebuild had opened two new schools in quake-ravaged Haiti.
The organization's efforts have "provided on-the-ground support for major global crises, including disaster relief in post-Katrina Gulf Coast and in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake," notes inhabitat.com.
The group's many accolades and awards include the Center for Architecture Foundation Award, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's Design Patron Award, and the 2006 TED Prize for co-founder Sinclair.
Sinclair's TED Talk on open-source architecture has been viewed nearly a million times.
"We believe that where resources and expertise are scarce, innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can make a difference," Sinclair said then.
Architectural Leadership
"Architecture for Humanity represents the finest of the new breed of architectural leadership, employing architectural skills and directing them for the larger good," Architectural Record once wrote.
Architecture for Humanity
San Francisco-based Architecture for Humanity closed Jan. 1, officials told the news media. But the announcement still didn't appear on the organization's website Monday (Jan. 19) morning. Typhoon Hagupit struck the Philippines in the first half of December.
And Margie O'Driscoll, former executive director of AIA's San Francisco, told the Chronicle:
"The travesty isn't that the organization went over budget serving communities around the world. It is that humanitarian design isn't considered a fundamental right. And that today, in San Francisco, it is easier to find funding for an app than to fund an organization which transforms lives in places most Americans don't know exist."
In a statement posted Friday (Jan. 16), Sinclair and Stohr expressed sadness at the fate of their organization.
"We hope the profession will continue to design like [it gives a] damn—in whatever form that takes," they said. "And we urge the chapters to continue their much-needed work."
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package de.ailis.maven.plugin.javascript;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;

import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.io.RawInputStreamFacade;

/**
 * Writes the dynamic files needed to run project-internal demos.
 *
 * @author Klaus Reimer (k@ailis.de)
 */
@Mojo(name = "demo", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.COMPILE, requiresDependencyResolution = ResolutionScope.COMPILE)
public class DemoMojo extends AbstractMojo {
    /** The character encoding scheme to be applied when filtering resources. */
    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.build.sourceEncoding}")
    private String encoding;

    /** The output directory for the demo files. */
    @Parameter(property = "demoOutputDirectory", defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/demo", required = true,
        readonly = true)
    private File demoOutputDirectory;

    /** Project classpath. */
    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.compileClasspathElements}", required = true, readonly = true)
    private List<String> classpathElements;

    @Override
    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
        this.demoOutputDirectory.mkdirs();
        try {
            writeSearchPathPhp();
            writeResolverPhp();
        } catch (final IOException e) {
            throw new MojoExecutionException("Unable to write demo files: " + e, e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Writes the searchpath.php file to the demo directory.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *             When searchpath.php file could not be written.
     */
    private void writeSearchPathPhp() throws IOException {
        final File cpFile = new File(this.demoOutputDirectory, "searchpath.php");
        try (final OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(cpFile), getEncoding())) {
            writer.append("<?php\n\n");
            writer.append("return array(");
            boolean first = true;
            for (final String entry : getSortedClasspathElements()) {
                if (first) {
                    writer.append("\n");
                    first = false;
                } else
                    writer.append(",\n");
                writer.append("    \"");
                writer.append(entry.replace(File.separatorChar, '/'));
                writer.append("\"");
            }
            writer.append("\n);\n");
            writer.append("\n?>\n");
        }
    }

    private SortedSet<String> getSortedClasspathElements() {
        SortedSet<String> elements = new TreeSet<>(new Comparator<String>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
                File a = new File(o1);
                File b = new File(o2);
                if (a.isDirectory()) {
                    if (b.isDirectory()) {
                        return o1.compareTo(o2);
                    }
                    return -1;
                } else if (b.isDirectory()) {
                    return 1;
                }
                long sizeDiff = a.length() - b.length();
                if (sizeDiff == 0) {
                    return o1.compareTo(o2);
                } else {
                    return sizeDiff > 0 ? 1 : -1;
                }
            }
        });
        elements.addAll(this.classpathElements);
        return elements;
    }

    /**
     * Writes the resolver.php file into the demo directory.
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *             When resolver.php could not be written.
     */
    private void writeResolverPhp() throws IOException {
        URL url = getClass().getResource("/resolver.php");
        long lastModified;
        if ("jar".equals(url.getProtocol())) {
            final String path = url.getPath();
            File file = new File(path.substring(5, path.indexOf('!')));
            lastModified = file.lastModified();
        } else {
            File file;
            try {
                file = new File(url.toURI());
                lastModified = file.lastModified();
            }
            catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                getLog().warn("Couldn't get last modified timestamp of resolver.php: " + e, e);
                lastModified = 0;
            }
        }

        final File output = new File(this.demoOutputDirectory, "resolver.php");
        if (output.exists() && output.lastModified() >= lastModified) {
            return;
        }

        try (final InputStream stream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/resolver.php")) {
            if (stream == null) {
                throw new IOException("resolver.php not found");
            }
            FileUtils.copyStreamToFile(new RawInputStreamFacade(stream), output);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the encoding used for writing output files.
     *
     * @return The used encoding. Never null.
     */
    private String getEncoding() {
        if (this.encoding != null) {
            return this.encoding;
        }
        return "UTF-8";
    }
}

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South Korea minister seeks voluntary US measures to help defuse Seoul protests.
Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president, is seeking an assurance that the US will not ship beef from cattle older than 30 months, although that is allowed under the existing deal.
But the US has refused to rework the deal that saw South Korea remove restrictions first imposed on its beef imports five years ago.
Chuck Conner, the US deputy agriculture secretary, said there are "national protocols that we have negotiated with the Korean government, and we do not intend to renegotiate those protocols".
In April, Lee struck a deal with George Bush, the US president, to reopen the beef market that was shut down after the first case of mad cow disease was reported in the US in 2003.
South Korea was the third biggest overseas customer for US beef prior to the ban which has long been an irritant in ties between the two countries.
On Wednesday visiting South Korean officials told US legislators that banning older cattle would "go a long way to resolving the issue in Korea".
The Americans agreed that a permanent resolution was critical to getting a free trade agreement between the two countries, and some of them said they were willing to consider changes to the beef deal.
Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican, said the idea of banning older cattle may have merit but he wanted to discuss it with the state's beef producers and sellers.
Others, however, took a harder line.
Ben Nelson, a Democrat from the cattle-producing state of Nebraska, opposed banning older cattle, saying the move might prompt other countries to demand such concessions.
"They created the problem; they're going to have to find solutions," he said, blaming the South Korean government for successfully stoking fears that US beef was unsafe.
"Now, it's like trying to un-ring the bell or unscramble the eggs, and they've got a serious problem. It does threaten their government.
"Unfortunately, they've made their own nest."
Younger cattle are believed to be less susceptible to mad cow disease, a brain-wasting illness scientists say spreads when cattle is fed with recycled meat and bones from infected animals.
The US banned recycled feeds in 1997.
Both Seoul and Washington say that US beef is safe, citing the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health.


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The on-going exploits of the eternal privates.
Playing with some recent photos fired up the desire to actually post something again. These are from two different games.
2. "...and, oh, a Balrog is Toughness F and has 15 Wounds..."
STAR TREK is 50 years old!/Playing with "boy dolls"
"The Captain has done something to his leg. We require immediate medical assistance."
"Enterprise to Mr. Spock, the Doctor is transporting down..."
-"You are not Dr. McCoy!"
-"Of course not, I am Dr. Zaius!"
-"Mr. Scott, the transporter seems to be acting up again."
-"Aye. And, 'O my poor Bairns!'"
-"Ah-ha, Captain Kirk! At last, we meet again."
-"And there is no escape now, James T. Kirk, I have brought friends!"
Warhammer For Everything/40mm Fever/Even Ernest Hemingway Knew of The Irresistible Magnetic Allure Of The Miniature Painter!!
The good citizens of Buffalo are fed-up! They march to join the American Regular Troops who are advancing over the border into Upper Canada. Along the way they roll a D6 (1,2, -they are fearful, 3,4, they are just fed-up, 5, 6, Frenzied!) - the good citizens of Buffalo are frenzied!!
And here come the British!
The Americans shoot first! Cannons in Warhammer are always so much fun!
British Hussars charge the American Frontiersmen. "They don't even know how to form squares!", laughed one Hussar before he was shot from his saddle.
First Nations warriors overrun into the American Batteries! At this point in the battle things really swing in favour of the British.
Realizing all is lost, the Americans pause for a cool silhouette/shadow shot and the game ends.
"They Shall Not Pass Our Mountain Pass!"
There are days when one must simply shout: "Glorious Second Edition Warhammer!!"
Ahh, Second Edition Warhammer, I rarely ever play it and seldom even look at it, but when I do, I love it! No other edition even comes close to touching the artwork of wonderful Second! (I had to resist the temptation of typing the preceding sentence boldly in Bold Print.) The picture below being a perfect example. I must have spent the better part of the morning staring at it and dreaming.
"Brothers, They Shall Not Pass Our Mountain Pass!"
"But They Shall Not Pass Our Mountain Pass!!"
"O Good Grungni, what a day to be a Dwarf!"
...although it sure messes with the months. Eastertime has suddenly come about again! But that's ok, 'cause it means egg-hunts and games outside!


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The annual Angels Music Awards reward the best Christian music. For the 1st Edition, which took place on October 17th, 2015, the group Dei Amoris Cantores received the trophy of the best group awarded by the public: Angels Music Awards
The approach of this group of Catholic singers is above all a spiritual one: "they thirst for God and want to make him known." their spiritual quest is missionary and pushes them to participate in the new evangelization through the composition of Catholic religious songs.
For that purpose they chose polyphonic singing which, according to them, is a great way to turn hearts towards God. This polyphonic religious song that they propose to us is a sacred song adapted to take its place in the liturgy according to the indications of Benedict XVI for whom sacred music must first of all express holiness, then give the meaning of prayer, and also be characterized by the beauty of forms.
This group of Catholic singers has therefore the ambition to give a new youth, a new beauty to the Catholic religious song. Saint Pius X wanted the liturgy to be beautiful to help the faithful to pray. Given the importance of singing, the influence of singing on the person, it is important that the Catholic religious chant be beautiful, lift the soul and help it to pray.
The Catholic Church already has its official song with Gregorian chant, but it is practiced practically only in monastic communities and in other places on certain great occasions. In parishes, Catholic religious songs are songs in vernacular tongues with a melody created for the occasion. It is often difficult to take the Gregorian melodies in French for instance because, in some way, they marry the genius of the Latin language with its emphasis that is never at the end of the word as it is the case in French for instance. These are melodies adapted or created for Catholic religious songs in French that we find in vernacular liturgy. But unfortunately, these musical creations are inspired too much by the profane spirit and sacrificed too much to the fashion of the day according to the statement of Pope Francis on the occasion of the 50th centenary of Musicam Sacram: "sometimes prevailed a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality, to the detriment of the beauty and intensity of liturgical celebrations "(March 4, 2017)
For Tanguy Dionis du Séjour, this religious song of the parishes needed a renovation, because according to him, it does not reach the goal of the Catolic religious song to raise the soul to God. A talented musician himself, he set to work composing music and speeches with the help of a brother of Saint John and friends. This work has given for the moment three CDs available on our Christian shop. They release a new CD every two years.
CD polyphonic liturgical...
CD polyphonic liturgical songs: "Sauvé". (Ref CD532)
CD polyphonic liturgical songs: "Vers la lumière". (Ref CD533)
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Polyphonic liturgical songs: "Veni". (Ref CD535)


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est un film d'animation japonais réalisé par Keiichi Sugiyama, sorti en 2006.

Synopsis

300 ans après notre ère, la Terre vit meurtrie des blessures causées par l'inconscience de l'homme. Le monde est désormais dominé par la toute puissance des esprits de la forêt qui infligent à l'humanité leur colère pour les souffrances passées.

Dans ce nouveau monde coexistent deux cités : Ragna, qui œuvre pour le retour de la civilisation et la Cité Neutre qui prône l'harmonie avec la forêt.
Mais le destin s'en mêle quand le jeune Agito réveille par hasard Toola, une jeune fille du passé.

Le fragile équilibre qui régit cette terre est à nouveau menacé par l'apparition de celle à qui le passé a confié une mission.

Fiche technique
 Titre original :  (Gin-iro no kami no Agito)
 Titre français : Origine
 Réalisation : Keiichi Sugiyama
 Scénario : Naoko Kakimoto et Nana Shiina adapté d'après une histoire de Umanosuke Iida
 Musique : Taku Iwasaki, KOKIA
 Montage : Aya Hida
 Producteurs : Maki Horiuchi, Koji Kajita, Takatoshi Kobayashi, Tsutomu Yanagimura, Noboru Sugiyama, Yasuaki Kurata
 Producteurs exécutifs : Hiroyuki Inada, Shinichiro Ishikawa, Ichiro Seki, Hiroaki Kitano, Keiji Kameyama, Yuji Shimamoto
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue : japonais
 Durée : 95 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
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Distribution
 Ryo Katsuji ( : Vincent de Bouard) : Agito
 Aoi Miyazaki ( : Isabelle Volpe) : Toola
 Kenichi Endō ( : Jacques Albaret) : Shunak
 Toshikazu Fukawa ( : Olivier Angele) : Hajan
 Masaru Hamaguchi ( : Magid Bouali) : Caïn
 Omi Minami ( : Françoise Escobar) : Minka
 Ren Ôsugi ( : Jean-Bernard Guillard) : Agashi, le père d'Agito
 Yuko Kotegawa ( : Catherine Cerda) : Yolda
 Hideyuki Tanaka ( : Olivier Angele) : Toolone cum Sakul
 Atsuko Yuya ( : Agnès Manoury) : Commandant Jessica

Distinctions
 Nomination au festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy en 2006.

Analyse

Pour certains, le film ressemble au style de Hayao Miyazaki en raison du thème de l'écologie. Pour d'autres, il pourrait s'agir d'une nouvelle vision de l'avenir des hommes dans ce monde, à la manière des animés japonais. L'histoire de ce film évoque les effets des ravages que les hommes ont causés à la Terre, comme dans les films de Hayao Miyazaki, avec toutefois des conséquences positives. Les humains finissent par cohabiter avec la nature symbolisée par la Forêt.

Autour du film

Produits dérivés

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste de films post-apocalyptiques
 Liste des longs métrages d'animation

Liens externes

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Film japonais sorti en 2006
Film d'animation japonais
Film dramatique japonais
Film d'aventure japonais
Film de science-fiction japonais
Film d'animation et de science-fiction
Film en japonais
Animation réalisée par Gonzo
Film se déroulant au XXIVe siècle
Film post-apocalyptique japonais
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Fizyka
 cząstka – fragment materii

Fizyka cząstek elementarnych
pojęcia ogólne
 cząstka elementarna – cząstka będąca podstawowym budulcem materii
 cząstka fundamentalna – najprostsza cząstka elementarna o nieznanej budowie wewnętrznej
 cząstka egzotyczna – cząstka materii egzotycznej
 cząstka relatywistyczna – cząstka poruszająca się z prędkością porównywalną do prędkością światła w próżni
 cząstka Diraca – fermion, który nie jest identyczny ze swoją antycząstką
 cząstka Majorany – fermion, który jest sam dla siebie antycząstką
 cząstka Plancka – hipotetyczna cząstka elementarna
 cząstka dziwna – cząstka zawierająca kwarki lub antykwarki dziwne
 cząstki identyczne – cząstki nie różniące się pewną grupą własności fizycznych

 przykładowe cząstki
 cząstka alfa – wysokoenergetyczne jądra helu-4 tworzące promieniowanie alfa
 cząstka beta – wysokoenergetyczne elektrony tworzące promieniowanie beta
 cząstka Higgsa – bozon Higgsa, rodzaj cząstek elementarnych
 cząstka Y(4140) – egzotyczna cząstka elementarna zarejestrowana w 2009 r.
 cząstka O-mój-Boże – ultrawysokoenergetyczna cząstka promieniowania kosmicznego zarejestrowana w 1991 r.

Mechanika kwantowa
 cząstka skalarna – cząstka, do opisu której wystarcza jedna liczbowa funkcja zespolona
 cząstka swobodna – cząstka, na którą nie działa żadna siła
 cząstka w pudle potencjału – zagadnienie dotyczące zachowania cząstki w obecności ograniczających jej ruch nieskończonych barier potencjału
 cząstka w studni potencjału – zagadnienie dotyczące zachowania cząstki w studni potencjału
 cząstka wirtualna – matematyczna koncepcja cząstek fizycznych manifestujących swoją obecność poprzez oddziaływania, jednak łamiących zasadę powłoki masy

Fizyka płynów
 cząstka próbna (cząstka, objętość próbna, element płynu) – mała objętość płynu, która przemieszcza się w powietrzu

Fizykochemia
 cząstka koloidalna – zorganizowana grupa cząsteczek surfaktantu albo jonów w roztworze

Kultura
 Cząstki elementarne – film z 2006 roku