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Five Really Handy Google Command Line Tricks
June 26th, 2010, posted in Oldies
With the right commands, you can turn your favorite command-line text editor into a distraction-free Google Docs app, add new events to Google Calendar, upload images to Picasa or video to YouTube, backup your Google data, and more. Here's how it works.
Securely Erase Data With Cipher, a Built-in Windows Tool
While there are plenty of tools available for securely wiping a disk, overwriting the data with a stream of random bits and obliterating it completely, for Windows users, there is another option: cipher.exe, a built-in Windows command line utility. While it's not as convenient or user-friendly as the third-party tools, it's free, it comes with the OS — and it works.
The Odds Are Increasing That Microsoft's Business Will Collapse
A few weeks ago, the market delivered its verdict on the relative future prospects of Apple and Microsoft.
Apple's prospects are better, the market said. And in the past few weeks, that vote has only become more decisive.
The market still thinks Microsoft's long-term prospects are pretty good, though. The stock is trading at a respectable 14X P/E. The company has cash flow gushing out of its ears. The consensus is that Microsoft will keep growing, just more slowly.
Google Releases Command-Line Tool for YouTube, Calendar, Docs and More
Google has launched a simple but very useful app for computer nerds everywhere: GoogleCL, a command-line tool that allows users to do everything from upload folders to Picasa to adding appointments to a Google Calendar.
Exploring the software behind Facebook, the world's largest site
At the scale that Facebook operates, a lot of traditional approaches to serving web content break down or simply aren't practical. The challenge for Facebook's engineers has been to keep the site up and running smoothly in spite of handling close to half a billion active users. This article takes a look at some of the software and techniques they use to accomplish that.
10 Ways To Beef Up Your Website's Security
Hacker attacks across the web are getting more sophisticated every day – after all, they have to. With the increased sophistication of anti-virus protection, firewalls, and application-based updates, hackers who want to stay in business have needed to get more creative. And they have, responding with increasingly sophisticated attacks that have forced the online security industry to scramble to keep up.
The end of WIMP and the rise of Touch
I recently bought a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t multi-touch tablet/netbook. It was on sale for $200 off and I just couldn't resist. I figured it'd be a great way to test out the variety of new tablet OS's coming out and to compare them with my much beloved iPad. Even though I already have two other netbooks (my original HP mini, and a Nokia Booklet 3G) the ability to convert from a netpad into a tablet is key, and having a capacitive screen and an Atom N470 CPU just made it a really great device for the price. Here's an Engadget review with some video.
The internet: Everything you ever need to know
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How to work with "stupid" people
I consider myself reasonably intelligent, yet I have had no problem surrounding myself with people at or above my intellectual level. I've also had good relationships with co-workers at all levels of intelligence. Unless you're a world-class genius (statistically unlikely), you are probably mis-diagnosing people as stupid.
7 performance tips for faster SQL queries
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The Sealyham Terrier is the embodiment of power and determination. Always keen and alert, this breed from Wales is small, strong, and coordinated.
This short-legged standard terrier is slightly long in proportion to its height. However, its short legs and strong body gives it flexibility and assists in steering itself in narrow places.
The Sealyham's weather-resistant coat is comprised of a dense, soft undercoat and a wiry, hard outer coat that is white in color. It also bears a determined, alert, and keen expression.
Personality and Temperament
The Sealyham's playful, friendly, and outgoing nature makes it adorable. It shows complete devotion to its human family but tends to be reserved towards strangers. Even though it is one of the calmest of terriers, the Sealyham always springs to action, enjoying such things as chasing, digging, and investigating.
In fact, this can be problematic when the independent Sealyham becomes bored, as it will dig ceaselessly.
Best suited for life indoors, with access to the yard, the Sealyham can also adjust to life in an apartment. When it comes to a good exercise regime, this breed is not very demanding: a lively game session or short walk every day is good for it. As it tends to go where a scent takes it, the Sealyham Terrier should be allowed to walk off-leash only in a secure area.
The dog's wiry coat requires combing two or three times a week and shaping once every three months. For show dogs shaping is done by stripping, while clipping is done for Sealyham dogs kept as pet .
The Sealyham Terrier, which has an average lifespan of 11 to 13 years, may be troubled with minor health problems like retinal dysplasia and lens luxation. The breed may also be susceptible to deafness. To identify some of these issues, your veterinarian may recommend eye and hearing exams for this breed of dog.
Although there is some earlier evidence that a small, long-backed white terrier was imported to Wales in the 15th century, the Sealyham Terrier was not documented until the mid-19th century.
The Sealyham Terrier derives its name from Sealyham, Haverfordwest, Wales, the estate of Captain John Edwardes, who worked tirelessly between 1850 and 1891 to develop a small breed that always remained alert and which was suitable for quarrying badger, fox, and otter. Although the breeds he used for creating the Sealyham remain a mystery, some believe Captain Edwardes may have used the Dandie Dinmont Terrier as a base.
In 1903, the Sealyham Terrier gained entry into the show ring, as its striking appearance made it a natural for dog shows. In 1911, the American Kennel Club officially recognized the breed. As these terriers were outstanding hunting dogs and competitive show dogs, the demand for them increased. Even today, the Sealyham Terrier is considered an excellent dog, both in the field and in the ring.
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Top 11 Free Ionic 3 Templates
Wed.04.04.2018 BY Admin
You will often hear comments in the Ionic community that free Ionic templates are risky because they do not come with a great customer support, or they are sometimes made by amateur developers. And although this is partially true, there are some free templates that are solid, and come with a decent support. Some free Ionic templates/themes are just too good to neglect. Some of them are not only awesome looking, but they come with functionalities better than some of the themes you would pay for. That is the subject we are reviewing today, as we assembled the list of Top 11 Free Ionic 3 templates, which will allow you to dive into the world of Ionic hybrid mobile app development, for the price of nothing.
1. Premium Login Component for Ionic - Free Sample
This is a free login component built with Ionic 3, Angular 5 and Sass. It includes ion-grid, which means it will fit any screen size. It also comes with a validation form, a feature that makes sure that users insert data in the correct format. Besides that, this free sample comes with several SASS/CSS blend modes. This freebie is a part of a product called Premium Login Component for Ionic 3 - Three Themes, which is currently at a 50% discount.
2. Ionic 3 Start Theme
Ionic 3 Start Theme is a simple Ionic starter theme which can help you build apps for Android and iOS. It comes with 10 screens – Login, Register, Home (with Trip Activity card search), Settings, Notifications (Popover), Search Location (using Storage), Trip Results, Trip Details, Trip Checkout (with resume and Credit Card + Paypal form), and Local Weather (with real http service Weather API). This starter theme also includes mock data, providers samples, storage, and Http. Besides making apps for Android and iOS, with this template you will be able to make Web Apps (PWA).
3. HeyCommunity v3
HeyCommunity v3 is a free template built with Ionic 3, which will help you make your own social network app. This template includes WeChat login for third-party apps, which is based on the OAuth 2.0 standard. Usually, before implementing WeChat login in your app, you need to register a developer account on the developer portal, and to wait for the app to be approved. But, since WeChat login comes with this template, you can skip this process. This template also uses Jiguang push notification service. JPush (abbreviated from Jiguang push) is one of the most popular (and free!) push notification service providers available in China. This template includes i18n support, which is an abbreviation for the word "internationalization". This app takes into account the language settings of the device and determines which translation files to use. Functional modules are Timeline, Topic, User and Notice.
4. Location Base App
Location Base App is a starter template built with the Ionic latest framework. This template could be used to build location-based apps which could help your users to find airports, gas stations, bars, restaurants, hospitals, beauty salons, wi-fi spots or basically anything near them. This template provides an option of listing any offers, services, places, and promoting them based on the user's location. Google map code is included.
5. Temo Chat
If you want to build a simple, and colorful chat application, Temo Chat is the template for you. As all the other templates from this list, it is free of charge. It comes with several useful screens, common in chat apps – Login, Chat room, List friends, My Profile and Friend Profile. The template has a simple, clear and attractive design. Considering the fact that it is made with Ionic 3 framework, it will work both on Android and iOS devices.
6. Ionic 3 Messenger Starter
Messenger Starter is a cutting-edge Ionic Firebase Messenger app template. This template comes with a fully functional backend powered by Firebase. This template has a clean and simple design, which means users of the apps made with this template, will easily find their way around. This app starter is made with Ionic 3 framework, an open source front-end SDK for developing awesome hybrid mobile apps with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. Ionic is focused mainly on the look and feel, and UI interaction of your app. As Ionic is a hybrid app development framework, apps made with this template will work both on Android and iOS. Get Ionic 3 Messenger Starter, and start making your messenger app now!
7. Cabify UI - Clone of Cabify App UI
If you haven't already heard of Cabify (although there is a small chance you didn't), it is a personal transportation app that enables the app's users to order a car in a couple of taps. This app has currently more than 5 million downloads on the Play Store, and operates in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. If you want to make an app similar to Cabify, this template may just be what you need! Since it is built with Ionic 3, this template uses the ionic components, which are thoroughly explained on the Ionic official website. This template uses the native API of Google Maps, so it only works on iOS and Android.
8. Firebase Social Login
Social login is crucial for any application, as users are not keen on going through a time-consuming registration process, that involves the creation of a unique username and password which they need to remember. In addition, Social Login API offers an important benefit for businesses – obtaining of user's social data. If you consider adding a social login component to your app, but you don't know how to do it, or you don't want to spend time on making Social login, then this free Firebase Social Login might come in handy. This is a free template which will enable users of your app to login with Google and Facebook. You can use this template with new or existing apps.
9. InstaClone
Owned by Facebook, Instagram is a mobile, desktop, and Internet-based photo-sharing application and service. It lets users upload photos or videos to the service. Users can apply various filters to their images, and add locations through geotag. It is a common thing to add hashtags to link the photos to other content on Instagram. InstaClone, as the name implies, is an Ionic 3 template made to emulate the world-famous Instagram app. This template includes various screens, such as Home, Search, Messaging/new message screen, profile/profile edit & options screens, and preview of stories. It also comes with a camera plugin. It is important to emphasize that this template does not have any backend, it includes only dummy data.
10. Click Theme
Click Theme is an Ionic 3 template which you can download free of charge, and make a beautiful photo sharing app. A perfect user of this app is someone who has a passion for photography and app development. Considering the fact that this is just a template (just designed pages), you need to write code to add certain functionalities. The makers of this app template have also designed click page to take photos and store them in the mobile storage.
11. Multiple Sidemenu
Multiple Sidemenu is a fully featured template built with Ionic 3 framework. This template includes a base functionality of side menu that can be easily integrated into any Ionic app. Functionalities that are integrated within this template include Right Sidemenu, Left Material Design Side menu, Custom Image avatar Side menu and Dark Theme Side menu. All screens are inspired by Google Material Design and follow its guidelines. The screens you will get once you download this template are Default Side Menu, Material Design Side menu, Avatar Side menu, Dark Side menu, and Right Side menu. This template also includes some nice CSS animations/transitions that will significantly increase the UX of your app. It is important to emphasize that Multiple Sidemenu uses SASS, also known as CSS with superpowers.
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From the World War I Centennial News Podcast
Historian's Corner: The Story of Helen Hagan
In April 5th's edition of the World War I Centennial News Podcast, Episode 117, we aired a brief sound bite from the Yale Daily News introducing Helen Hagan, the first female, African American graduate of Yale's music school, and someone whose story is intertwined with World War I. Then, writer Elizabeth Foxwell joined the show to elaborate on the life of this talented and extraordinary person. The following is a transcript of the interview, edited for clarity:
Theo Mayer: Okay, it really is time to fast forward into the present with World War I Centennial News Now. As our regular listeners know, this part of the podcast is about now, and how World War I is being remembered, commemorated, written about, discussed, taught, and learned, and here is where we continue to spotlight the surprisingly numerous and significant remembrance and commemoration activities surrounding World War I and World War I themes. On Yale University's website called 'Yale News', there is a video published about a remarkable woman named Helen Hagen. The voices you're going to hear are those of Robert Blocker, the Dean of Music, and Lucy Kaplan, a graduate student in American and African American Studies.
Helen Hagan, composer and performer, 1919.Robert Blocker: Helen Hagan was one of the most remarkable people who attended Yale early in the 1900s, and went on to a distinguished career. What made this so remarkable, at that time, is you have a young woman who is African American, who is female, who is coming to Yale University which, at the time, was an all male institution. She came to the Yale School of Music and graduated in 1912, she was piano major here, she was a composer. She composed a concerto while she was here and she played with the New Haven Symphony.
Lucy Kaplan: Unfortunately, most of her music today has been lost, but I'm hoping that it's somewhere out there and we just haven't found it yet, that it's not actually lost forever, but the piano concerto does survive.
Robert Blocker: Helen Hagan went quickly and proudly to serve her nation as an entertainer in World War I. She went to France, and she played for the African American troops who were stationed in that theater. That was a time when troops heard all types of music, popular music, classical music, religious music. And clearly, she was talented enough to be an important figure in that regard.
Lucy Kaplan: When we think of that time, we often think of ragtime, the blues, but we rarely think of classical music. But, actually, she shows us that there's this whole other side to African American musical history.
Robert Blocker: It was Elizabeth Foxwell's book, In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I, that brought Helen Hagen back to life for us.
Theo Mayer: Well we're fortunate to have Elizabeth Foxwell with us today to talk about Helen Hagen and her remarkable story. Elizabeth, it's great to have you back on the show.
Elizabeth F.: Thank you, Theo, it's nice to be back.
Theo Mayer: So, Elizabeth, I understand that while you were researching your book, In Their Own Words: American Women in World War I, you came across this story. For our listeners who may not have caught your interview with us last month, can you give us a quick reprise of the book?
Elizabeth F.: Yes, my book is a collection of first person accounts by US women in the war, and I discovered Helen Hagen while I was researching it. Although I didn't find a first person account by Hagen, I found enough details about her World War I experiences, and her life and work for a blog post.
Writer Elizabeth Foxwell conducted extensive research on the life of Helen Hagan.Theo Mayer: Let's learn a little bit more about Helen Hagen. She's African American, she's a woman, she's a musician, she attended an all-male Yale University.
Elizabeth F.: Yes, that's true that she is the first black, female graduate of the Yale School of Music; that occurred in 1912. And it's also thought, at Yale, that she may have been the first black female graduate of Yale in its entirety. The published reactions to her playing that I've read, the reviews, seem to indicate that she just blew the doors off of everyone with her talent. She was her church's organist before she was 12 years old, and she earned a prestigious fellowship to study in France after she graduated. So her achievements, her early promise seemed quite evident.
Theo Mayer: So she went off to France to entertain and support the troops? When did that happen?
Elizabeth F.: That occurred from winter to summer in 1919. She was the only black female musician to be sent to World War I France, and she was one of only 19 black women with the YMCA in France. She was a member of what was called 'The Proctor Party.' That was formed at the request of General Pershing to entertain the black troops, and it was headed by minister Henry Hugh Proctor; thus the name. And the third member of the group was Joshua Blanton, he was a Hampton graduate who taught negro spirituals to the servicemen. Blanton places the number of troops that they entertained at nearly 300,000, Proctor places it at 100,000; so it's somewhere between 100,000 and 300,000.
Henry Hugh Proctor wrote about Helen Hagen and talking about the effect of her on the servicemen. He said, "The change was still greater when Miss Hagen would appear and play upon the piano. In many cases they had not seen a woman of their own race since they left home. And, frequently, tears would swell up in the eyes of these men as they looked upon this talented woman." And she was dubbed by the Pittsburgh Courier 'The darling of the Doughboys." And it really should be noted, Theo, that to go to France, she had to put her promising concert career on hold, and the income that went with it.
Through Foxwell's efforts, enough money was raised to mark Helen Hagan's grave in New Haven, CT.Theo Mayer: You know we've had a lot of researchers and genealogists on the show who, for a lack of a better term, wind up adopting their subject; it gets really personal. And that happened with you and Helen too, what's that story?
Elizabeth F.: Yes, I think adopt is a really good word for that. When I was doing research on Hagan, I was absolutely stunned to learn that she has been in an unmarked grave at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven since her death in 1964. Now this was someone who was the first black pianists to perform a solo recital in a New York concert venue; that was 1921. She had met Saint-Saëns and Debussy, she had faculty positions at what is now Tennessee State University and Bishop College in Texas, and she had long experience as a teacher and performer. So I was just so stunned and I felt it was so important to recognize her contributions that I started a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a grave marker, and it was so heartwarming how people across the country responded. And these were classical music fans, they were New Haven residents, or they were just simply people who felt she deserved a proper monument to her life and work.
Theo Mayer: Well Helen Hagan seems so completely remarkable. Why do you think she faded into obscurity?
Elizabeth F.: Well, I think, even though she is credited with composing songs, pianoforte pieces, violin and piano sonatas and stringed quartets, we only have one extant work and that is her Piano Concerto and C minor and we only have a fragment of that, which she composed and performed while she was at Yale. And she was unable to sustain a concert career, which is what she also wrote to W. E. B. Du Bois in 1932. I'm not sure whether it was The Depression or racism; that's kind of uncertain.
There is an indication that she recorded Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Bamboula, on the black-owned Black Swan Records, but I haven't been able to find a copy of the recording yet. I really think if that we had had more of her work in the marketplace, we might be studying her like Florence Price or Scott Joplin.
Theo Mayer: Yale University, you just mentioned Yale University, they got involved, tell us how that happened.
Elizabeth F.: Well, when I launched the crowdfunding campaign, Ed Stannard of the New Haven Register interviewed me. Lucy Kaplan, who you mentioned at the top, is writing her dissertation at Yale on early African American composers; and so she talked it up at Yale. And then these pieces were followed by pieces in the Yale Daily News and the Yale School of Music, and it sort of snowballed from there. Hagan's story resonated with New Haven Mayor, Toni Harp, who's a black woman. And she spoke at the grave marker dedication ceremony, and even mentioned Hagan in her State of the City address.
Theo Mayer: It's not only a pleasure having you back on the show, but I think it's so wonderful that Helen popped out of your research to become such a personal friend. And, really, your shedding light on your friend's story has stimulated a lot of others to take a deeper look at World War I. Thank you.
Elizabeth F.: Thank you, Theo.
Theo Mayer: Elizabeth Foxwell is the editor of a collection of first person accounts of US women in the war called, In Their Own Words, American Women in World War I. We have links for you in the podcast notes to her blog where the story came to light, her book, and the Yale University article and video.
https://news.yale.edu/2017/04/07/yale-goes-war-helen-hagan
https://music.yale.edu/2016/09/30/helen-hagans-grave-finally-marked-overdue-ceremony/
https://www.amazon.com/Their-Own-Words-Elizabeth-Foxwell/dp/0985910771/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=elizabeth+foxwell&qid=1554524445&s=gateway&sr=8-1
http://www.elizabethfoxwell.com/
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Author A.R. Simmons's new book "A Shaded Sanctuary" is a riveting tale set in a small town rife with mythical beings locked in a constant battle between good and evil
Recent release "A Shaded Sanctuary" from Page Publishing author A.R. Simmons is a gripping and potent novel introducing Fraya, a young phoenix who had bounced from one foster home to another unaware that others of her kind existed, that she was royalty among her people, and that she had been bonded in infancy to the handsome and devoted Caleb. The phoenix clan and their allies must unite around Fraya to defeat Lucifer and the forces of darkness that threaten to destroy everything and everyone in their path.
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 14, 2021
A.R. Simmons has published her new book "A Shaded Sanctuary": a spellbinding romantic fantasy that keeps the pages turning until the dramatic conclusion.
Fantasia Baker wasn't just any normal orphan. She grew up bouncing from place to place with nowhere she could ever truly call home. Her foster families would grow wary of her over her secrets and would throw her out often. When she was placed in yet another home, she expected the same treatment—to remain alone and abandoned. Yet to her surprise, her new foster parents weren't what she expected.
Her first day at her new school, she met a boy. Through this boy, she would unexpectedly discover her true family. This was to be the family she had waited to find her entire life. She was now torn between her fear of abandonment and the love she now felt for the family she had always dreamed of finding that not only shared her secret but loved her for it. Under dramatic circumstances, she was dropped into a new world. She realized she must stand and fight for her home that she never had until now. Could she overcome her fears to do that? The fate and lives of her family now rested on her shoulders.
Published by Page Publishing, A.R. Simmons's engrossing book is an excellent choice for avid fantasy readers.
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38 USC 306: Under Secretary for Benefits Text contains those laws in effect on July 18, 2019
From Title 38-VETERANS' BENEFITSPART I-GENERAL PROVISIONSCHAPTER 3-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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§306. Under Secretary for Benefits
(a) There is in the Department an Under Secretary for Benefits, who is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary for Benefits shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation or activity and solely on the basis of demonstrated ability in-
(1) fiscal management; and
(2) the administration of programs within the Veterans Benefits Administration or programs of similar content and scope.
(b) The Under Secretary for Benefits is the head of, and is directly responsible to the Secretary for the operations of, the Veterans Benefits Administration.
(c)(1) Whenever a vacancy in the position of Under Secretary for Benefits occurs or is anticipated, the Secretary shall establish a commission to recommend individuals to the President for appointment to the position.
(2) A commission established under this subsection shall be composed of the following members appointed by the Secretary:
(A) Three persons representing education and training, real estate, mortgage finance, and related industries, and survivor benefits activities affected by the Veterans Benefits Administration.
(B) Two persons representing veterans served by the Veterans Benefits Administration.
(C) Two persons who have experience in the management of veterans benefits programs or programs of similar content and scope.
(D) The Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(E) The chairman of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education formed under section 3692 of this title.
(F) One person who has held the position of Under Secretary for Benefits (including service as Chief Benefits Director of the Veterans' Administration), if the Secretary determines that it is desirable for such person to be a member of the commission.
(3) A commission established under this subsection shall recommend at least three individuals for appointment to the position of Under Secretary for Benefits. The commission shall submit all recommendations to the Secretary. The Secretary shall forward the recommendations to the President with any comments the Secretary considers appropriate. Thereafter, the President may request the commission to recommend additional individuals for appointment.
(4) The Assistant Secretary or Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs who performs personnel management and labor relations functions shall serve as the executive secretary of a commission established under this subsection.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§2(a), 4(a)(3), (4), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 380 , 404; Pub. L. 102–405, title III, §302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984 ; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, §1201(c)(2), (e)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4683 , 4685; Pub. L. 109–461, title II, §210(b), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3418 .)
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3(c) of Pub. L. 100–527, known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, §3(3).
2006-Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 109–461 redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: "The Under Secretary for Benefits shall be appointed for a period of four years, with reappointment permissible for successive like periods. If the President removes the Under Secretary for Benefits before the completion of the term for which the Under Secretary for Benefits was appointed, the President shall communicate the reasons for the removal to Congress."
1994-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–446, §1201(c)(2)(A), substituted "an Under Secretary" for "a Under Secretary".
Subsec. (d)(2)(F). Pub. L. 103–446, §1201(c)(2)(B), (e)(2), substituted "Chief Benefits Director of the Veterans' Administration)" for "Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department)" and "commission" for "Commission".
1992-Pub. L. 102–405 substituted "Under Secretary for Benefits" for "Chief Benefits Director" wherever appearing.
1991-Subsec. (d)(2)(F). Pub. L. 102–83, §4(a)(3), (4), substituted "Department" for "Veterans' Administration".
Pub. L. 102–405, title III, §302(b), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984 , provided that: "The position of Chief Benefits Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs is hereby redesignated as Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs."


A series of training workshops in high performance computing will be hed Jan. 31 through Feb. 22, 2017, presented by CSCAR in conjunction with Advanced Research Computing – Technology Services (ARC-TS). All sessions are held at East Hall, Room B254, 530 Church St.
This workshop will provide a brief overview of the components of the Flux cluster, including the resource manager and scheduler, and will offer students hands-on experience.
This course will cover advanced areas of cluster computing on the Flux cluster, including common parallel programming models, dependent and array scheduling, and a brief introduction to scientific computing with Python, among other topics.


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Eliana Guttman (São Paulo, 15 de marzo de 1954) es una actriz brasileña con muchas actuaciones en teatro, en el cine y en la televisión.

Judía en la vida real, llegó a hacer un personaje judío en la teledramaturgia. En Esperanza, hizo Tzipora, mujer del personaje del también judío Gilbert Stein. Guttman reconoció que su origen fue de gran ayuda para interpretar bien el papel.

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Isaiah Thomas breaks his silence: 'I am not damaged'
For the first time since he was traded by the Boston Celtics, Isaiah Thomas addressed the concerns over his right hip that have led the Cleveland Cavaliers to delay finalizing the deal, and the All-Star point guard remained adamant that the injury has continued to heal and is not career-threatening.
In an interview with ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday, Thomas insisted he is not "damaged" goods and repeatedly said no doctor has expressed long-term concerns about the right hip he initially injured in March and re-aggravated during the playoffs, costing him the final four games of his season.
"I am not damaged," said Thomas. "I'll be back, and I'll be the same player."
"There's never been an indication that I wouldn't be back, and there's never been an indication that this is something messing up my career," he added. "Maybe I am not going to be back as soon this season as everyone wants me to be, but I'm going to be back, and I'm going to be the same player again. No doctor has told me anything different than that."
What Thomas did not mention is how close he is to a potential return. In fact, he left room for the Cavaliers' concern in relaying New York-based hip specialist Dr. Bryan Kelly's diagnosis to ESPN:
"He told me, 'I have seen hips worse than yours with guys who played at a high level and had great careers.' At the moment, yes, I am injured, but I have made progress from May."
And there's the rub — quite literally, considering the labrum ultimately tore on the hip impingement.
Regardless of the diagnosis, Thomas has every reason to reassure the NBA that his hip will not be a longterm concern, considering he will be a free agent next July and has spent the past two summers insisting any team interested in his services "better bring out the Brink's truck." The 28-year-old is currently operating on one of the league's best bargain deals at a salary of $6.26 million in 2017-18.
We should also point out that there's no reason to believe Thomas is being disingenuous about his health status. Nothing Thomas told ESPN varied from what the Celtics have been saying all along. Boston president of basketball operations Danny Ainge told The Boston Globe late last month that Thomas continued to progress from the injury, and then told CSNNE.com on the eve of trading for Kyrie Irving that Thomas was slated to undergo further examination before trading camp.
None of this can be all that reassuring for the Cavaliers, who need a healthy Thomas to remain heavy favorites in the East. With no assurance he will re-sign in Cleveland, the Cavs are more interested in the short-term status of Thomas' hip than the long-term diagnosis, as cold as that may sound, because LeBron James' own decision to stay in Cleveland could hinge on the team's success in 2017-18.
Boston's Dr. Brian McKeon was in direct contact with the Cavs leading up to the trade, per the Boston Herald, and the Celtics were required to disclose all relevant health information on their trade call last Tuesday with the Cavaliers and the NBA front office. However, Cleveland's doctors could very well have reached a different conclusion than the Celtics after examining Thomas and his medical records.
Lost in this public drama between the Cavs and Celtics is the fact that Thomas' future earning power could be severely damaged by the haggling over the physical, and Boston almost certainly could not trade him elsewhere should this deal be voided. While Cleveland has his own set of priorities in the deal, Thomas' decision to go to the media on Tuesday may have been a reflection of some frustration.
The Cavaliers have until 10 a.m. ET on Thursday to sign off on Thomas' physical or make arrangements to extend their bargaining window with the Celtics.
Previous reports suggested the Cavs would seek a first-round pick or one Boston's two most recent lottery picks — Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown — as a sweetener to complete the deal for Irving that already included Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and an unprotected 2018 first-round pick from the Brooklyn Nets. However, Wojnarowski reported Tuesday that Cleveland now may be seeking a late first or second-round picks as further compensation. The two teams reopened dialogue on Tuesday.
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"I can't breathe" cartoon withdrawn from Texas classroom
CRNI is disturbed to learn that amid complaints from parents and local police, the Governor of Texas has now intervened in a controversy over use of an editorial cartoon as part of a lesson in the Wylie Independent School District.
"George Floyd" published May 31, 2020 by David Fitzsimmons politicalcartoons.com
• UPDATE: NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP + 10 FREE SPEECH & EDUCATION NGOS HAVE WRITTEN TO WYLIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, PROTESTING THEIR DECISION •
We're grateful to Daryl Cagle for bringing this incident to our attention, summarised well on his blog and including a robust response from the cartoonist involved, David Fitzsimmons of the Arizona Daily Star.
Fitzsommons' cartoon was drawn in May in response to the alleged murder of George Floyd, the event that sparked the worldwide #BlackLivesMatter protest movement. As incidents of police violence against African American citizens continue – most recently the shooting of Jacob Blake – it is apparent the issues addressed by the cartoon remain vital and that the teacher concerned was perfectly apposite in selecting it as part of an online lesson this month. It is of great concern that Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now pushing for an investigation and dismissals despite the withdrawal of the material and an apology.
Other than the polarised reactions elicited by the cartoon (perhaps exaggerated in the context of the ongoing party convention season) a notable feature of the complaints made, particularly by the police fraternity spokesperson seen here, is what might be best described as "cartoon illiteracy". Our Executive Director takes up the topic below.
Editorial cartoons are a commonplace resource in school curricula across the Unites States of America and licensing for educational purposes represents a valuable income stream at a time when press and media visibility for political cartoonists is dwindling. See our recent emergency statement about cartoonists' viability in general.
"I dearly wish Texans aggrieved by what they felt they saw in this excellent Fitzsimmons cartoon would take a second look. The main subject of the cartoon is not the contemporary police officer, who is just the last in a series of avatars for oppression, but the identical African American figure that is portrayed throughout. The bottom right corner of the composition is empty; racism will assume yet another face in the future unless we eradicate it.
"In any case, the whole purpose and intent of an editorial cartoon is a reflection of one opinion on an issue and in the context of educational use students are not compelled to agree with it but rather to examine that view and identify the historical events to which it refers. To dispense with cartoons simply because they evoke a reaction is an affront to the intelligence of the young and speaks to an insidious lack of trust in teachers. This culture war farrago cannot be allowed to establish a precedent."
Terry Anderson, Executive Director, CRNI
Greece: cartoon campaign against far-right hate crime
X Them Out, A Black Map of Athens uses cartoons to mark incidents of racially-motivated abuse and violence in the Greek capital.
X Them Out – Black Map of Athens
A joint effort of HumanRights360 and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation – Greece, the X Them Out, A Black Map of Athens website intends to record the racially-motivated crimes of the Golden Dawn party and its supporters. Cartoons by a wide variety of contributors create a sombre, emotive record of each incident reported.
Tasos Anastasiou cartoon for X Them Out – Black Map of Athens
"The Golden Dawn trial has brought to light dozens of racist crimes, mostly against migrants and refugees. However the full extent of its criminal, racist activity is not adequately known. With this campaign we attempt to establish a topography of racist violence. We seek to make its dark dimensions and its deadly nature more familiar to the general public. To this end we want to create, with the valuable support of 25 visual artists, an antiracist map of our city.
"Racist violence is invisible only when we do not wish to see it, when we avoid confronting it. This year, 2019, is the crucial, final year of the most important and biggest trial of our time. We have tried to visualise just a small part of this topography of violence that has its origins in Golden Dawn and fascism, in order to contribute to acquainting the general public with their crimes and in punishing their murderous activity."
X Them Out, A Black Map of Athens
As the criminal trial of Golden Dawn's leadership – precipitated by the murder of rapper Pavlos Fydssas – enters its finals stages the organisers of X Them Out are seeking additional assistance from cartoonists who may be able to create a record of the process. Audio visual recordings of the court proceedings are forbidden, so cartoonists are invited to attend in the public gallery and create work thereafter, similar to the effort in Turkey during the Cumhuriyet trial of 2017. Financial assistance is available to cover travel expenses.
To participate contact HumanRights360
Cartoons above by Tasos Anastasiou; like him on Facebook & follow him on Twitter
Statement: Mark Knight
CRNI responds to a week of heated debate about portrayals of race in editorial cartooning.
CRNI has been in touch with Mark Knight, the Melbourne Herald Sun's cartoonist whose drawing of tennis player Serena Williams has been the subject of intense speculation, controversy and criticism this week. After threats were received via social media accounts belonging to Mark and his family he has withdrawn from public discourse for the time being. CRNI utterly condemns the actions of anyone who steps beyond the bounds of passionate debate and enters the realm of harassment, bullying and criminality. No cartoon, regardless of its content, warrants harm to its creator or indeed innocent people who happen to be connected to that creator.
Mark himself is safe, well and in good spirits.
We note that colleagues around the world are divided over the cartoon itself. Some think it was too redolent of racial stereotypes confined to the past, others question how cartoonists can be expected to caricature people of all kinds without potential vulnerability to accusations of prejudice when their subjects are of ethnicities or genders other than their own.
This is a conversation with merit and is the only process by which social mores can be changed for the better. "Dog-piling" achieves little and more often than not entrenches positions, allowing the freedom of speech agenda to be highjacked by bad actors. This surely is the worst possible outcome for all concerned.


Picture the scene; you're an avid gamer, you're male and you're given the choice to review either Puzzle Game 4000 or the latest Motocross game. Which game did you go for? Of course it has to be the Motocross game, especially when the description has cool man-words like 'torque' and 'boost'! Motorama has to be great... doesn't it?
So what is Motorama then? The developer says it's a game allowing you to jump busses, ride and fly over mountains of dirt, leap over chasms, ride through loops, and get down and dirty. Sounds fantastic so far. Keep reading the website and you get to: "...control body weight placement and adjust the position of the bike based on the torque produced by the rear wheel". OK, I'm getting a little worried, and then I read: "Unlike racing simulations, Motorama features puzzle like gameplay...". Oh dear.
I might have been looking forward to some speedy Moto action but all is not lost with Motorama. The game centres around you getting your rider and bike from A to B whilst meeting certain criteria. Some levels are set to time limits, others have object collecting goals and some are simply marathon tracks asking only that you reach the end without killing yourself.
The game engine has a 2D sidewards view and gives you simple controls. You can accelerate, break, boost, flip and rotate your bike in order to meet the goals. The puzzle aspect of the game can be found in the terrain which is full of ramps, hills, ditches, jumps and more, all designed to stop you from keeping your foot on the gas.
Playing Motorama is a strange experience, sometimes fun, sometimes frustrating. Early levels are fantastic as you get to boost over ramps and perform simple stunts (just for fun) all within easy level objectives. Your first boost up a mountain for example is a highlight that will bring smiles. Sadly though, progression through the game brings with it challenges that don't seem to fit with these early levels as you'll start to encounter terrain that requires precision bike control and more than a little luck.
I can appreciate that Motocross riding requires this expert control of your bike and that Motorama needs a hook to keep the player interested but I just couldn't get past the frustrations involved in finding the right speed and angle to get over each and every obstacle the game throws at you - I just gave up.
To be fair to developer IPlayAllday Studio, the game has its strengths that will appeal to a great many people. Graphics and audio are good, if a little static, and the game has an easy pick up and play appeal and a high number of levels and unlockables (new bikes etc). You can also compete in the online highscore table.
Besides the bias towards puzzle elements, I did enjoy much of my time with Motorama, especially when it came to performing stunts. One gripe that I do have is that the game can feel quite restrictive with the levels initially presented to you. You can create your own maps with the included map editor but a random terrain generator would have been a welcome addition, giving you the chance to play on your own terms without having to build the map beforehand.
A download of the demo will tell you everything you need to know about Motorama. If you like bikes and puzzles in equal measure, you should enjoy what Motorama has to offer. If the thought of precision landing scares you a little, then this probably isn't the game for you.
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Tony HobdaySeptember 19, 2019
Currently on exhibit at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts is Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art that explores works of art conceived as pairs and examines how timeless pairings from sixteenth-century Europe to contemporary Utah illuminate of-the-moment ideas.
Curator Leslie Anderson conceived and organized the exhibition, the first of its kind devoted to a comprehensive look at the pendant format and the artistic strategies at play in such works. Drawing chiefly from the UMFA's dynamic collection, Power Couples explores how artists have used the pendant format across media, cultures, and time periods to explore gender roles and social status; to present moments of before-and-after, cause-and-effect and departure-and-return; and to compare and contrast familiar stories and ideas.
Visitors are encouraged to engage with these concepts through a variety of in-gallery experiences such as dressing up to create your own pendant, a magnet board that allows you to change and disrupt the gender roles of Barthel Bruyn the Younger's Portrait of a Gentleman and Portrait of a Lady (ca.1555–1565), and more.
19Thursday — Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art
UMFA, 410 Campus Center Dr., UofU, times vary through Dec. 8. Tickets $12.95, plus October special of BOGO Friday nights, umfa.utah.edu
Longtime LGBT ally Sara Bareilles returns to the Utah stage. Earlier this year, Chris Azzopardi interviewed her about her "own be-bold guidance for her fifth solo album, Amidst the Chaos, making timely feminist assertions ("Armor") and using coded language to write songs that could be about love but were actually written, mournfully, longingly, with a specific loved one in mind: Barack Obama". See full interview here: QSaltLake.
Acclaimed duo Shovels & Rope will perform at The Commonwealth Room in support of their new album By Blood. Known for their honest, literate and narrative-driven songwriting, Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent inject raw and fiercely passionate emotion into the 10 new tracks on the album. The husband and wife team have built a reputation as boldly honest, heart-on-sleeve artists who put everything into their craft and their incendiary live performances. They are fabulous!
19Saturday — Sara Bareilles
Maverik Center, 3200 Decker Lake Dr., WVC, 8 p.m. Tickets $39.95-95, smithstix.com
23Wednesday — Shovels & Rope
The Commonwealth Room, 195 W. 2100 South, 7 p.m. Tickets $75 and up, vividseats.com
Repertory Dance Theatre presents Inside Outside by renowned classic and contemporary dance-makers Doris Humphrey, Lar Lubovitch, Andy Noble, Noa Zuk, and Ohad Fishof who present highly technical choreography, and quirky invention laced with rhythmic humor and deeply humanistic voices. This show will turn you inside outside, so don't wear anything too fancy, just sayin'!
3Thursday — Inside Outside
Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 7:30 p.m., through Saturday Tickets $30, artsaltlake.org
DRAG SHOWS
The Royal Court of The Golden Spike Empire proudly presents The Fire and Ice Ball, a drag benefit show. This one-night only performance includes a cocktail hour and hors d'oeuvres prior to the show. There will also be a cash bar and live auctions throughout the night. So join the new reign of Utah's best drag entertainers. As Utah's oldest LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization they have been raising money and awareness for the community for 44 years. This production benefits the RCGSE Cancer Fund.
13Sunday — The Fire & Ice Ball
Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 6 p.m. Tickets $20, artsaltlake.org
FALL FUNDRAISERS
On Saturday, Sep. 21, check out the grand opening of Punch Bowl Social Salt Lake City, presented by Night Out. Join your fellow do-gooding, fun-hunting friends by purchasing your ticket to this exclusive event at which 100 percent of the proceeds will go to Encircle LGBTQ+ Family and Youth Resource Center. Ticket purchase includes great food, next level gaming, live art installation and a special drink menu available for purchase.
Support Red Butte Garden at their annual Fall Bulb and Native Plant Sale fundraiser the last weekend of September. You will find spring flowering bulbs (such as Daffodils, Fritillaria, and Flowering Onions, as well as a diversity of early blooming miniature bulbs), organic garlic bulbs, native and water-wise plants, ornamental grasses, flowering perennials, and more. There will also be a wide selection of flowering perennials, including selections for both sunny and shady locations, and a variety of own-root roses.
21Saturday — Punch Bowl Social
The Gateway, 6 N. Rio Grande St., upstairs, 7-10 p.m., 21+ only. Tickets $20, nightout.com
27Friday — Fall Bulb and Native Plant Sale
Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, UofU, times vary through Saturday. Admission varies, redbuttegarden.org
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS
The State Room presents multi-talented singer, actor, director, choreographer, and YouTube personality, Todrick Hall who rose to prominence on American Idol. His popular YouTube channel has upper of 510 million channel views consisting notably for original songs, choreographed flash mobs for Beyoncé, musical collaborations, and appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race as a guest judge.
29Tuesday — Todrick Hall
Jeanne Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25-45, artsaltlake.org
Photo of Shovels & Rope by Todd Cooper
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Барка-Кади Кавка-махинский (?-1837) — дагестанский богослов.

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Барка-Кади из села Кавка-Махи был для своего времени большим ученым. Коран он знал наизусть и был автором письменных трудов религиозного характера. Эти работы, как предполагает Али Каяев, подчас содержали и прогрессивные для того времени мысли. Так, например, шейхов он называл «мюридами идолов». Такие высказывания встречались в книгах крупных арабских ученых. Видимо, Барка-Кади был знаком с этими трудами. Один из жителей аула Кавка-махи помнит рассказ его отца о Барка-Кади как об ученом, весьма находчивым и остроумным. Рассказывают, что Барка-Кади всегда носил оружие, даже тогда, когда молился. На вопрос одного знакомого, почему он так делает, а не хранит оружие дома, чтоб взять его когда понадобится, Барка-Кади ответил: «А ты точно укажи час когда мне оружие понадобится, и я перестану держать всегда при себе».

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We have recently added a few book length resources that advance the Arminian view of free will and take on Calvinist arguments against genuine free will, especially the view that has become the dominant view among Calvinists, represented by famous Calvinist Jonathan Edwards–compatibilism.
First, we have what is reputed to be a definitive refutation of the Calvinist perspective and vindication of the Arminian one, by Daniel Whedon: The Freedom of the Will as a Basis of Human Responsibility and a Divine Government (http://evangelicalarminians.org/Determinism-Whedon-The-Freedom-of-the-Will-as-a-Basis-of-Human-Responsibility-and-a-Divine-Government). This work is so important that at the end of this post we will paste in four reviews written by SEA members posted at Amazon for an edited, republished version of Whedon's work.
The final piece is Thomas Ralston's treament of the issue, which is separated into a series of links by topic because one of our members presented Ralston's contribution with some reflection on his arguments as a series of blog posts. While it is less convenient to have to follow the various links, Ralston is well worth reading for cutting to the heart of the issue in a relatively concise treatment that is compelling and persuasive.
John Wagner is to be thanked for taking time to edit this classic work by Daniel Whedon, a Methodist professor and theologian from the 19th century who was one of the first Arminians to respond to Jonathan Edwards' classic work THE FREEDOM OF THE WILL. Whedon's work shows the logical Arminian response to Edwards that is often lacking in much of the Arminian/Calvinist debate over the nature of human free will.
In essence, Whedon argues that God has bestowed, as a gift, human beings with freedom of the will. Whedon counters Edwards arguments both from Scripture and from philosophy. The book is no easy read but I think that Wagner has done a good job of editing the work so that modern readers can read the book and grasp Whedon's arguments.
The best part of this work is that Whedon counters Edwards arguments against free will point by point and argument by argument. Whedon leaves no stone unturned as he wrestles with Edwards divine deterministic theology. Whedon counters that Edwards arguments do more harm toward the character of God than good and he shows that if we accept Edwards position of divine determinism than we must conclude that God is the author of sin (He caused Adam to sin in Genesis 3) and that God's love and righteousness are destroyed in the process.
Overall, this is a must read for both Arminians and Calvinists. Calvinsits will find an Arminian who answers Edwards deep thinking with his own deep thinking and will challenge the Calvinist arguments against free will. Arminians will find a strong basis for their faith. A great book for any serious theological student of God's Word.
John Wagner recently edited and republished Daniel Whedon's Freedom of the Will: A Wesleyan response to Jonathan Edwards. The book is an outstanding refutation of Edward's Inquiry into the Will. Whedon seeks and engages top authors and arguments like Hobbs' argument (latter adopted by Locke and Edwards) that free will is incoherent, because it either amounts to a causeless cause or infinite regression of causes. Whedon responds by pointing out 1) the will is the cause of choice (74), 2) defining indeterministic causes (38-39) and 3) explaining that indeterministic causes account for either choice (71-72). In other words, indeterministic causes explain the goal of our choices (or reason for our choices), but in the will is the cause we choose this goal, not that goal. This is essentially agent causation.
Whedon's discussion of foreknowledge is fascinating. His refutation of Edwards' God's foreknowledge rules out freewill argument is solid. I like his pointing out that we don't know how God knows the future (229). I really like his moderate use of Molinism (245, 256). He enters an interesting discussion about the difference between certainty and necessity. Apparently Calvinists split in reaction to Hobbs. Some (like Edwards) argued the future is necessary. Others said it is not necessary, but it's certain. Whedon argues that certainty is equal to necessity if in every possible world the thing never happens (190-191).
Whedon's response to Edwards is devastating. He points out that Edwards view of freedom is post-volitional, not freedom of the will (17). Edward's notion of freedom is accurate, but incomplete and irrelevant to the Calvinist/Arminian debate. Whedon explains that that the three types of necessity (causal, logical and temporal) are all necessity. (33) Edwards attempts to split necessity into various categories is one of the ways he goes way off course. Whedon argues that saying "I can do X" implies "I can choose to do X" (209). Whedon exposes Edwards error of attempts to split them and then usurp the common notion of freedom based only on "I can do X". Whedon explains that choice makes the strongest motive and the last judgment of reason strongest and last (57).
I am glad John brought Whedon back. It's good to see such as strong Arminian response to Edwards, as I have often heard the claim that Edwards is unanswered.
John D. Wagner has edited and republished another classic and yet little known work on the freedom of the will by Methodist Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885). It is extremely significant as the discussion over the freedom of the will has intensified greatly with the resurgence of Calvinism in mainstream Christianity. Many Calvinists today still point to the classic book by Jonathan Edwards (The Freedom of the Will) as an irrefutable work firmly establishing the Calvinist doctrine of necessity and compatibilism. Whedon brilliantly takes on the arguments of Edwards and his contemporaries in this excellent refutation of the "necessitarian" position.
He effectively takes on Edwards' argument from motive force; his argument based on natural versus moral ability; his argument based on foreknowledge; his argument based on a so called infinite series (or infinite regress); his argument based on chance, and numerous others. It is my opinion that Whedon's section "Reconciliation of Free Agency and Foreknowledge" definitively demonstrates the compatibility of foreknowledge with libertarian free will. It should be read and carefully considered by Calvinists and Open Theists alike (who both deny that foreknowledge is compatible with free will).
At times the book presents very tough reading. Whedon is a very careful philosopher and takes great pains to develop his arguments and carefully define his terms in order to dispatch with the ambiguity that often clouds the topic and makes debating the subject nearly impossible. At times a single paragraph may need to be read several times in order to gather its full import, but the patient reader will be richly rewarded. I intend to read it several times and will no doubt gain valuable insight with each additional reading. If this is a topic of interest for you or if you have come to believe that Edwards' work on the Will is irrefutable, then this book is a must read. Read it alongside Edwards' work and decide for yourself who better makes their case. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
"Freedom of the Will: A Wesleyan Response to Jonathan Edwards" is the second installment from John Wagner, in recovering past theological treasures from the Arminian perspective. John Wagner's first installment was the classic work by Puritan, John Goodwin, "Redemption Redeemed: A Puritan Defense of Unlimited Atonement." In this, his second installment, Methodist theologian, Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885) responds to famed Calvinist, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). Although this volume is not an easy read, when carefully studied, it reveals itself to be another masterpiece.
In addition to the reviews already stated, Whedon also addresses the theology of Open Theism, p.229. Whedon painstakingly parses through the logic of Edwards on an array of theological controversies, including, but not limited to, the nature of man's Will and God's Foreknowledge.
In other words, while yes, there are always external influences, including God's influence of Prevenient Grace, man, being a self-volitional being, is therefore of himself, one of those influences, and thus acts freely and uncausedly in his choices.
Posted in Book Reviews, Compatibilism, Determinism, Edwards, Jonathan, Fatalism, Free Will, Providence, Sovereignty of God.
Do Calvinists Read the Same Bible?