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Artificial Intelligence Timeline
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'Swarm and Search AI Challenge' launched by U.S., U.K. research institutes
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Officials at the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Wright Brothers Institute, and the University of Dayton Research Institute launched an artificial intelligence (AI) challenge that will conclude with a final showdown on March 29 - 31, 2019.
CRA employs deep learning algorithms to extend detection capabilities in TOPGUN effort
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to build a maritime defense tool for the Topside Optical Processing for Global Unmanned Navy (TOPGUN) effort. The 18-month program is valued at $1.6 million.
Fog computing platform to leverage AI, machine learning capabilities
Officials at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Technica Corp. entered into cooperative agreement to support the Distributed Processing in Heterogeneous Tactical Environment (DPHTE) program. The research agreement is valued approximately at $1.04 million.
AI, machine learning boosting supply chain analytics market
MarketsandMarkets officials released the report titled: "Supply Chain Analytics Market by Software (Supplier Performance Analytics, Demand Analysis and Forecasting, and Inventory Analytics), Services, Deployment Model, Organization Size, Industry Vertical, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023."
AI program aims to generate actionable understanding, predict outcome of events
Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched the Knowledge-directed Artificial Intelligence Reasoning Over Schemas (KAIROS) program, which seeks to create a schema-based artificial intelligence (AI) capability to enable contextual and temporal reasoning about complex real-world events in order to generate actionable understanding of these events and predict how they will unfold.
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Charles River Analytics creates tool to help AI communicate effectively with humans
Developer of intelligent systems solutions, Charles River Analytics Inc. created the Causal Models to Explain Learning (CAMEL) approach under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) effort.
DARPA hosts preliminary competition before SC2 grand finale
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials held a second preliminary event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) in December. Fifteen teams represented by members from across the academic, commercial, and defense industries gathered at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to pit their intelligent radio designs against each other in a head-to-head competition.
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Giants open wallet for De La Salle southpaw…
Giants open wallet for De La Salle southpaw Kyle Harrison
No. 85 overall pick in MLB Draft reportedly offered $2.5 million signing bonus to forgo UCLA commitment
De La Salle starting pitcher Kyle Harrison (35) and Cole Silva (36) celebrate after winning their baseball game against Monte Vista High in Concord, Calif., on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Harrison has signed with the San Francisco Giants for a reported 2.5 million dollars. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
De La Salle pitcher Kyle Harrison pitches against Heritage in the fourth inning of the NCS Division I baseball championship at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Harrison has signed with the San Francisco Giants for a reported 2.5 million dollars. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
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De La Salle baseball star Kyle Harrison, shown pitching against Monte Vista last season, was a co-player of the year for the all-Bay Area News Group team.
By Vytas Mazeika | vmazeika@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: June 17, 2020 at 11:16 a.m. | UPDATED: June 24, 2020 at 9:18 a.m.
Two and a half million reasons exist for De La Salle southpaw Kyle Harrison to forgo spending the next three years at UCLA.
The Giants offered a $2.5 million signing bonus to lure their third-round pick in last week's MLB Draft out of his college commitment pending a physical, as first reported Monday by Marc Delucchi on Twitter.
The Giants had to more than triple the $710,000 slot value for Harrison, who lasted until the 85th pick partly due to signability concerns.
The #SFGiants and their 3rd round pick, De La Salle HS (CA) LHP Kyle Harrison, agreed to a signing bonus around $2,500,000 ($710,700 slot) pending a physical, per industry source.
I'm told Harrison is a Boras advisee and it took a big number to forego @UCLABaseball commitment.
— Marc Delucchi (@maddelucchi) June 15, 2020
"He was ready to go to UCLA and once you got past like the top 10 picks in the second round I didn't think he was gonna (be drafted)," De La Salle head coach David Jeans told this publication on Wednesday. "He turned down a lot of offers that day until he found the right one — and it's a perfect fit with the Giants."
Harrison, ranked as the No. 63 prospect by MLB.com and No. 71 by Baseball America, was the only high school player selected by the Giants in the truncated five-round draft.
The 6-foot-2 left-hander hovered around 81 to 82 miles per hour as a freshman, but after continuous work in the weight room could touch 94 mph this spring. His repertoire includes a devastating high-70s slider and a change-up.
Harrison went 10-0 with a 1.26 ERA as a junior in 2019 for the Spartans to help claim a North Coast Section Division I championship for a team that finished 29-1 and ranked No. 2 in the nation by MaxPreps.
After spending last summer with the U-18 Team USA squad, in two games as a senior Harrison threw nine innings, allowed two hits and racked up 18 strikeouts before his season was shortened due to the coronavirus pandemic.
SF Giants legendary clubhouse manager Mike Murphy retires after 65 years with club: report
Harrison's below three-quarter slot delivery reminds his coach of MLB pitcher Chris Sale.
"He slings it," Jeans said. "His better days are in front of him."
The Giants, who were awarded a bonus pool of just over $9.2 million to sign their seven draft picks, will have to negotiate multiple under-slot deals to avoid a penalty. The assigned value for first-rounder Patrick Bailey, a catcher out of North Carolina selected 13th overall, is just under $4.2 million.
Harrison is the 10th player out of De La Salle taken in the MLB Draft since Jeans took over the program in 2012.
Giants are getting a winner and a great kid. One of the most competitive kids that I ever coached. Couldn't be happier for Kyle and his family. @dlsathletics @SFGiants @DLSBaseball https://t.co/Wo3PRhbVjq
— david jeans (@jeans_david) June 11, 2020
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Jewish Monster Hunting
A Practical Guide to Jewish Magic, Monsters, and Mayhem
Tag: werewolf
Serah bat Asher Part II: Werewolf Hunter
We grow, love, and die in the flash of a firefly on a summer evening. But not Serah bat Asher. She lives forever. As I described in my last post, "Serah bat Asher: Immortal Secret Keeper," Serah had lived for two thousand years by the time she leaned into Rabbi Yohannan's window to tell him that the Red Sea looked like lighted glass. By 2020, she's nearing 4000. That's about 130 generations of Jews for whom she's looked out. Give or take. While the Jewish tradition doesn't chronicle all of her adventures, there are a few more to share. Which is great, because each one has something deep to teach us.
Serah bat Asher, Werewolf Hunter!
The Tanach, in II Samuel, tells of Serah saving a city during the reign of King David and of her hunting werewolves! Sheba ben Bichri, a "scoundrel" of the tribe of Benjamin, was leading a rebellion against King David. David sends his army, lead by Joab, to smack down the rebellion. First, Joab applies some pre-game stabbiness to another of David's generals (1). Then he and his troops catch up with Sheba, who's hiding with his troops in city of Abel of Beth-maacah. Which is a great hideout for a scoundrel. It's up on a hill, strong walls, lots of locals to use as human shields. Perfect! To support the kingdom of Israel, and to stop the conflict before Joab tears down the city walls and applies more stabbiness to the city's inhabitants, an unnamed "clever woman" comes out of city and demands to speak to Joab. First she convinces him that attacking is a bad move (why destroy one of David's cities? David might want it later). Then she convinces the people of the city to decapitate Sheba and throw his head over the wall (2). While the Tanach doesn't identify the woman, Rashi does. The clever woman was, of course, Serah who "completed the faithful of Israel. (3)."
Here's the full(ish) story from II Samuel 20. (4)
A scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the horn and proclaimed: "We have no portion in David, No share in Jesse's son! Every man to his tent, O Israel!" … And David (the king) said to Abishai, "Now Sheba son of Bichri will cause us more trouble than Absalom. So take your lord's servants and pursue him, before he finds fortified towns and eludes us."….
[E]verybody continued to follow Joab in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri. [Sheba] had passed through all the tribes of Israel up to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Beerites assembled and followed him inside. [Joab's men] came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah; they threw up a siegemound against the city and it stood against the rampart. All the troops with Joab were engaged in battering the wall, when a clever woman shouted from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come over here so I can talk to him."
He approached her, and the woman asked, "Are you Joab?" "Yes," he answered; and she said to him, "Listen to what your handmaid has to say." "I'm listening," he replied.
And she continued, "In olden times people used to say, 'Let them inquire of Abel,' and that was the end of the matter. I am one of those who seek the welfare of the faithful in Israel. But you seek to bring death upon a mother city in Israel! Why should you destroy the LORD's possession?"
Joab replied, "Far be it, far be it from me to destroy or to ruin! Not at all! But a certain man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has rebelled against King David. Just hand him alone over to us, and I will withdraw from the city."
The woman assured Joab, "His head shall be thrown over the wall to you."
The woman came to all the people with her clever plan; and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it down to Joab. He then sounded the horn; all the men dispersed to their homes, and Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
II Samuel 20:1 to 20:23 (4)
So, using her wisdom and long memory to save a city of thousands from being destroyed is pretty great. But I promised werewolves…where are the werewolves‽ As I keep saying in my posts, Jewish monster hunters have to read the texts carefully. And remember that reading Torah is about making associations. This story already has Rashi associating an unnamed person, the clever woman, with Serah, a well known woman. So I'm adding my own midrash to the Serah story that fills in the family drama and generational associations. Here goes…
Jan Cossiers – Júpiter y Licaón. 17th Century. (5)
Sheba ben Bichri wasn't just any rebel. He was a Benjaminite. In my prior post, Benjamin is a Predatory Wolf, I talked about Serah's grandfather Jacob blessing her uncle Benjamin as being a "predatory wolf" e.g. a werewolf. The Jewish tradition has always understood Jacob's blessing to be as much focused on Benjamin's descendants as on Benjamin himself. So if Benjamin was a werewolf, then some of Benjamin's descendants are too. And Serah would know that. She was there when Benjamin was blessed. She would have recognized Sheba for what he was as soon as he entered the city. And she rallied the town to hunt him down and throw his head over the wall.
Monster Hunter Pro Tips
1. Werewolves are vulnerable to decapitation. Particularly when in human form.
2. Stay vigilant. While we have no shortage of external foes, the enemy is also us.
3. Be a leader. Serah didn't save her city by picking up a sword and going it alone. She rallied her town and taught them how to fight.
I love the idea of Serah as an eternal counterbalance to Benjamin's curse. Monster hunter counterbalancing threat, all within the family. And it is a family thing. Serah is an Asherite, the daughter of Benjamin's brother Asher. Asher had the opposite blessing from Benjamin, to receive royal rewards (6), and was known for his single-minded virtue (7). This single-mindedness for good, inherited from her father, is Serah's third blessing, after God blessing her with wisdom and Jacob blessing her with immortality.
So Serah, as I see it, is a perfect example of a Jewish monster hunter, using deep Torah and mystical knowledge to protect Jews from the werewolves, and other threats, in our own communities. She's not a warrior, the way Abraham was. She's not a combat mage, the way Moses was (8). None of her blessings gave her that kind of fire power. She's more Willow than Buffy (9). As a vigilant keeper of our memory, though, she's what we need.
Abel of Beth-Maachah, near Metula, Israel. View of the tower, with its northeastern corner of large boulders and the layers of small stones, looking southwest. Tel Abel Beth Maacah Excavations. (10)
It's worth noting that not everyone in the Jewish tradition agrees with my applause for Serah's handling of the Sheba situation. As early as the 2nd Century CE, the rabbi's who wrote the Tosefta debated the ethics of sacrificing a single person to save a group. In Tosefta Terumot 7.23, the rabbi's are split (11). They seem to decide that in this case it was justified because Sheba was a criminal who was endangering in the city, that handing him over (or handing over his head) avoided the group being punished for his crime, and that Joab was a Jew. In other cases, particularly when the threat comes from outside, however it's better to let the group die as a group, before sacrificing the individual. We're not to be complicit in the crime.
Stay tuned for next post, when we hear about "Serah in Exile or The Death of Serah?"
(1) David gave his generals Joab and Amasa a set amount of time to gather their troops. Amasa was late…so Joab stabbed him to death on the street and commandeered his troops. As one does. II Samuel 20 @ Sefaria.
(2) According to the midrash (Genesis Rabba 94:9), Serah convinces the people of the city using the following strategy. "The woman immediately came to all the people with her clever plan. 'Do you not know David's reputation?' she urged them, 'Which kingdom has successfully resisted him?' 'What does he demand?' they asked her. 'A thousand men,' she replied, 'and is it not better [to sacrifice] a thousand men than to have your city destroyed?' 'Let everyone give according to his means,' they proposed. 'Perhaps he would be willing to compromise,' she suggested. She then pretended to go and appease him, and returned with the number reduced from a thousand to five hundred, then to one hundred, to ten, and finally to one, a stranger there, and who was he? – Sheba the son of Bichri. They promptly cut off his head [and threw it down to Joab]" The translation comes from Moshe Reiss' essay "Serah bat Asher in Rabbinic Literature."
(3) Rashi's full commentary on this passage was "I am [from the people of the city] that are loyal and trustworthy to Yisroel. I am from the people of the city that are loyal and trustworthy to Yisroel and to the king. An Aggadic Midrash [states:] this was Serah, the daughter of Asher. I faithfully rewarded those who faithful [to God]: Through me, the location of Yosef's coffin was revealed to Moshe. I told Yakov that Yosef was alive."
(4) A slightly trimmed version of II Samuel 20 (Sefaria.org).
(5) Ok, Jan Cossiers painting Júpiter y Licaón is a scene from Greek mythology…. but you get the idea. Public Domain Image from Wikipedia Commons. I really need an art budget.
(6) See Genesis 49:20 (Sefaria.org)
(7) In The Testament of Asher the Tenth Son of Jacob and Zilpah, one of the Apocryphal books, Asher is quoted as saying. "All these things, therefore, I proved in my life, and I wandered not from the truth of the Lord, and I searched out the commandments of the Most High, walking according to all my strength with singleness of face unto that which is good." Testament of Asher @ Sefaria.org. The Testaments of Asher comes from The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, which is a bit of a muddy text. The text we have took its final form around the 2nd century CE and mixes Jewish and Christian thoughts. I'm citing this text because it's a good example, but the sentiment shows up elsewhere.
(8) Yes. Abraham was a warrior and Moses was a mage. The tradition is pretty specific on both points. Abraham being a warrior is straight Tanach. See Genesis 14 (Sefaria.org) Not even Talmud. Same with Moses's magic. Remember the whole rods to serpents and 12 plagues incidents? Oh, and his brass serpent? Yeah, that's all at God's direction so if we're being Dungeons and Dragons technical, that makes him a cleric, not a mage. But my previous post about Serah, where Moses raised Joseph's coffin from the Nile, is a good example of mage power. Abraham and Moses's being badasses will come up over and over again. I'll write both soon when I write about Og the giant.
(9) In case you don't get the reference, I'm talking about characters from the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Which is a fantastic contemporary monster hunting TV show (and a meditation on what it's like to be a teenager in America). It is absolutely not based on Jewish lore, but it does have Jewish characters including Willow, one of Buffy's "Scooby gang" sidekicks. Willow is often the brains of the team. Buffy has the punch and the willpower, but Willow has the smarts and the lore. The show also happens to have a Jewish werewolf named Daniel "Oz" Osborne. Oz isn't a Benjamite, though, he became a werewolf the ouch way.
(10) Tel Abel beth Maachah. Near Metula, Israel. The picture is a view of the tower, with its northeastern corner of large boulders and the layers of small stones, looking southwest. Photo by Tel Abel Beth Maacah Excavations. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons license. CC-BY-SA-4.0
(11) Tosefta Terumot 7.23 (Sefaria.org). Sefaria community translation. "A group of [Jews] to whom gentiles say, "Give us one of you and we shall kill him, and if not, behold, we will kill all of them"; they should let themselves be killed and not deliver them one soul from Israel. But if they designated [the person] to them – for example, Sheva ben Bichri – they should give him to them and not let themselves be killed. Rabbi Yehuda said, "When do these words apply? In a case when he is [inside and they are] outside [a fortified city]; but in a case when he is inside and they are inside, since he will be killed and the [other Jews] will be killed, they should give him to them and not let themselves all be killed. And so did it state (II Samuel 20:22), 'And the woman come to all of the people in her wisdom, etc.' – she said to them, 'Since he will be killed and you will be killed, give him to them and do not kill all of you.'" Rabbi Shimon says, "So did she say [to them], 'Anyone who rebels against the monarchy [of the House of David] is liable to [receive] the death penalty.'"
Author Jack ZaientzPosted on January 5, 2020 Categories Immortals, WerewolvesTags Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Immortals, Rashi, serach bat asher, talmud, werewolf1 Comment on Serah bat Asher Part II: Werewolf Hunter
Benjamin is a Predatory Wolf
There are a lot of stories about werewolves within the Jewish tradition. In most cases that I'm familiar with Jewish werewolves were Jewish men who were cursed to take a wolf form. (1) And not a super-scary wolf-man, just a dog with big teeth. While you had to protect yourself against them, you didn't want to hurt them if you didn't have to. I'll write more about this kind of werewolf later. Recently, though, I was pointed to a story of werewolves cited within in the Torah itself (H/t to the fine Jewish educators on the JEDLab Facebook page). My best contemporary source on this is Natan Slifkin, who writes about it in his book Sacred Monsters (2) and his blog Rationalist Judaism (3). I'm borrowing heavily from Slifkin here, as well as from Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein's shiur (Talmud lecture)"Parashat Shemot: Werewolves in the Parasha" (4).
The story is anchored in the Torah in Parshat Vayech, Genesis 49 (5). Jacob has come to Egypt, been reunited with his son Joseph, and is dying. It is time for him to give his final blessings. As the last of the patriarchs, and the guy who wrestled an angel, his blessings are a big deal. They are prophecies, not just parental bequests. Jacob does it in grand style, saying "Come together that I may tell you what is to befall you in days to come…..Reuben, you are my first-born, My might and first fruit of my vigor, Exceeding in rank And exceeding in honor." Ok, pretty great so far. Simeon and Levi, though, get a head smack. Jacob says "Simeon and Levi are a pair; Their weapons are tools of lawlessness….For when angry they slay men, And when pleased they maim oxen." (Hey, Levi….want to go cow maiming? Sure Simeon, I'm in!) Jacob goes through each of the brothers, and Joseph's two sons in turn. The last of the brothers was Benjamin, who was blessed (or cursed?) with the statement "Benjamin is a predatory wolf; In the morning he consumes the foe, And in the evening he divides the spoil."
Jacob's statement is typically understood as a prophecy about the bad behavior of Benjamin's decedents (e.g. Judges 19 (6)). But Rabbi Ephraim ben Shimshon, one of the Tosafists (early commentators on the Talmud), took it more literally. If Jacob said that Benjamin was a wolf, then he must have been a man who could turn into a wolf. A werewolf.
Another explanation: Benjamin was a "predatory wolf," sometimes preying upon people. When it was time for him to change into a wolf, as it says, "Benjamin is a predatory wolf," as long as he was with his father, he could rely upon a physician, and in that merit he did not change into a wolf. For thus it says, "And he shall leave his father and die" (Gen. 44:22)—namely, that when he separates from his father, and turns into a wolf with travelers, whoever finds him will kill him.
(Rabbi Ephraim, commentary to Genesis 44:29, Translation from Slifkin (4))
Werewolf in woodland at night. (7)
According to R. Ephraim, not only was Benjamin a werewolf but he killed his mother Rachel. Rachel, the beloved matriarch, dead by werewolf attack! In his commentary, R. Ephraim quotes a "writer from Ashkenaz", saying
There is a type of wolf that is called loup-garou (werewolf), which is a person that changes into a wolf. When it changes into a wolf, his feet emerge from between his shoulders. So too with Benjamin—"he dwells between the shoulders" (Deuteronomy 33:12). The solution for [dealing with] this wolf is that when it enters a house, and a person is frightened by it, he should take a firebrand and thrust it around, and he will not be harmed. So they would do in the Temple; each day, they would throw the ashes by the altar, as it is written, "and you shall place it by the altar" (Leviticus 6:3); and so is the norm with this person whose offspring turn into wolves, for a werewolf is born with teeth, which indicates that it is out to consume the world. Another explanation: a werewolf is born with teeth, to show that just as this is unusual, so too he will be different from other people. And likewise, Benjamin ate his mother, who died on his accord, as it is written, "And it was as her soul left her, for she was dying, and she called his name 'the son of my affliction' " (Genesis 35:18). (Commentary to Genesis 35:27)
(R. Ephraim, commentary to Genesis 44:29, Translation from Slifkin (4))
1. Werewolves are afraid of fire. Take a firebrand and thrust it around and you're good.
2. Check that newborn for teeth. It might be a werewolf.
R. Ephraim and "the writer from Ashkenaz" (who was probably R. Eleazar ben Judah of Worms or a member of his circle) were writing in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in Ashkenaz (German and France) and had a lot to say about monstrous creatures. They, and other Ashkenaz pietists of the time, wrote extensively about the acts and processes of physical transformation and applied them to answering challenging halachic (Jewish legal) questions. For example, R. Eleazar wrote about the transformation of the serpent in Genesis, saying :
The serpent [in the Garden of Eden] walked upright and somewhat resembled a man. Know that those that those who know how to change the form of a man into a wolf, or cat, or donkey – the eyeball does not change. Similarly the snake that changed [when it lost its legs] did not have its eyes change. Thus one who miscarries in the form of a snake is impure as if she had given birth for the eyes [of the snake] resemble those of a human.
R. Eleazar of Worms, Sefer Hasidim (8), quoted from David Shyovitz 's 2014 essay "Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Werewolf Renaissance"(9)
R. Eleazar is wrestling a deep question that is still highly contentious today… what is a fetus? Is it human? If it is, then we must mourn with her for the loss of a child and we must wait for her until she once again is ritually pure. R. Eleazar comes to a conclusion by connecting werewolves, who change from man to wolf and back but whose eyes don't change, to the serpent of Eden, to a miscarried fetus that looks a bit snake-like but has rudimentary eyes. It's the eyes that mark it as human. While this logic is a bit Monty Pythonesque ("So, logically– – If she weighs the same as a duck, she's made of wood, and therefore is a witch?)", this was serious stuff.
Moving on to a more practical, monster hunting, perspective, all of this raises fascinating questions about Benjamin and his tribe. How did R. Ephraim and R. Eleazar believe that Benjamin became a werewolf? Was it a curse of some kind? Did the tribe of Benjamin inherit the curse? Were there more Jewish werewolves running around in contemporary 13th century Ashkenaz? The answer… yup. There were. But that's for a later blog post.
(1) Yes, werewolves in the Jewish tradition were usually men. And vampires, called Estries, were usually women. I don't know why.
(2) Sacred Monsters, Natan Slifkin https://www.biblicalnaturalhistory.org/product/sacred-monsters/
(3) Rationalist Judaism "Was Rachel Imeinu Killed By A Werewolf?" http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2011/12/was-rachel-imeinu-killed-by-werewolf.html
(4) Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein "Parashat Shemot: Werewolves in the Parasha" (Video). https://www.torahanytime.com/#/lectures?v=24754 (FWIW, this video is in English, but it's really in Yeshivish. Yeshivish is English with a lot of Hebrew and Yiddish terms mixed in. It's common in the Orthodox Yeshiva (Torah school) world. As an outsider to that world, it's great fun to listen to and to try to keep up with. I do ok but get lost sometimes.)
(5) Genesis 49 https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.49?lang=en&aliyot=0
(6) Judges 19 https://www.sefaria.org/Judges.19?lang=en
(7) Werewolf in the Woodland at Night. Main illustration for the story "The Werewolf Howls." Internal illustration from the pulp magazine Weird Tales (November 1941, vol. 36, no. 2, page 38). Creative Commons License. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WeirdTalesv36n2pg038_The_Werewolf_Howls.png
(8) Sefer Hasidim, https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Chasidim.1?lang=en
(9) "Christians and Jews in the Twelfth-Century Werewolf Renaissance," David Shyovitz. https://www.academia.edu/8882537/_Christians_and_Jews_in_the_Twelfth_Century_Werewolf_Renaissance_Journal_of_the_History_of_Ideas_75_4_2014_521-43
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According to Jewish tradition, the world around us is filled with demons, ghosts, giants and angels, and creatures of all types. But the Judaism I was raised with downplays and rationalizes them away, to the point where they're just forgotten dusty metaphors. They won't go away, though. It's impossible to read the Torah, the Talmud or any of the commentaries without being constantly reminded of them. And they still have lessons to teach us, whether or not you believe in them or not.
For millenia, Jews have lived with these creatures and have had practical means for coping with them. Avoid the wilds. Wear iron when you travel between cities. Place jam on a plate and leave it to be found. In this blog, I'm hoping to piece together this legacy from original sources and contemporary scholars. And, hopefully, to learn more deeply what it means to be Jewish, to love Torah and to understand God. And to have a lot of fun fighting monsters. Or, at least, learning how.
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Clean Bandit – New Eyes – Review
4 June, 2014 4 June, 2014 Barry Quinn
Barry Quinn is an English Language and Literature graduate and a Creative Writer MA studier. He is an aspiring creative and professional writer and is currently in the process of writing his first novel. His writing blog can be viewed here: https://barrygjquinn.wordpress.com You can follow him on Twitter at: @mrbarryquinn
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It's barely halfway through 2014 and Clean Bandit has already had a stunning year. 'Rather Be' vaulted them into the limelight after years of struggling to get anyone to take their jarring sound seriously. It's a sound that recurs deep throughout their debut New Eyes – classical orchestral music forced into an arranged marriage with house and garage. In a similar vein to actual arranged marriage, it's something that nobody particularly expects to work. But boy does it.
Album opener 'Mozart's House' features deep, blinking house beats with classical music breakdowns thrown in for good measure. The classical violin, cello and drums blend effortlessly with the house and garage beats to detail how the band came to be ("They never liked classical or grime […] a couple a skipped beats, a couple of movements south, now we made it to Mozart's House"). Listening to these lyrics makes is clear why this was the obvious contender for the debut single as it explores the bands roots, and makes it clear why they have jarred these contrasting sounds.
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These opposing sounds are never more prominent than on tracks 'Come Over', which features Stylo G's reggae vocal which works for the most part, but which verges into a lyrical mess in the final verse that is hard to follow or even comprehend; 'Telephone Banking' which tries, and ultimately fails, to blend hip hop and classical; and 'New Eyes' which, after the somewhat disastrous previously mentioned attempts, shouldn't work but does. It perfectly balances classical and rap in a surprising turn. Much like the song's lyrics, Clean Bandit have looked at classical music with new eyes and brought something new and completely unique to the forefront. You'll not hear another album like this. It's Avant Gard.
Current single 'Extraordinary' lives up to its name: it's simple, haunting somewhat and ultimately an extraordinary piece of music. Opening with screeching harmonising over simple piano, the chorus is sweeping and infectious, similar to 'Rather Be', which really needs no introduction. It sweeps the listener off of their feet instantly and demands them to dance as it showcases Clean Bandit's marriage of house and classical. This marriage is similarly shown on 'Cologne' and 'Heart On Fire', the former which shows a sense of urgency with a chorus primed for a traditional dance track and the latter which fuses classical with garage and hip hop to produce one of the best chorus' on the album.
In a surprise turn for me 'Birch' is the album standout. It features haunting and ethereal vocals by Eliza Shaddad played over beautiful classical music. To quote 'Rather Be', 'Bitch' is "sacred simplicity" in an album of deep beats. It's a breath of fresh air.
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As is the album. New Eyes is something different in a chart of dance, EDM and soul music. Their sound may not be for everyone, but it's certainly unique. New Eyes ultimately does feature a few duds ('Telephone Banking' and 'Up Again' should have been replaced with deluxe edition bonus tracks 'Rihanna' and 'Nightingale') but when it works it works. And it works more than it doesn't. Clean Bandit deserves to be applauded for their ingenuity in creating an album that goes against the grain.
Clean Bandit Extraordinary. Come Over Mozarts House New Eyes
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Welcome to the Continental Village Fire Department Guestbook. Your feedback is important to us. Feel free to leave your comments.
I was googling my grandfathers name when I came across this web site. My grandfather Harold Placke Sr. was president of the CVFD in 59,60,63,68 and 69. The whole family moved out of the village between 72 and 74. My grandfather passed in 95. It is good to see he is not forgotten for his service to his community.
Great site! We have a niece and family that lives in Crompond, NY and love visiting the area. Check out our site too. Best wishes and keep safe on the calls!!
What a great web-site. Your pictures of the trucks are great. Did you use Topaz to finish. Wish you would let me know. Check out my pics. Thanks and keep up the good job.
The new site looks great! Congrats with it and keep up the good work!
Congrats the site looks awesome guys! It's nice to see another Westchester/Putnam Department going with Firehouse Soultions.


In this study, researchers are comparing the effectiveness of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab immunotherapy with standard chemotherapy in women with advanced endometrial (uterine lining) cancer. Lenvatinib works by inhibiting the growth of the blood vessels that tumors need to grow and spread. Pembrolizumab is a form of immunotherapy. It works by blocking a molecule called PD-1 that shuts down the immune response. Blocking PD-1 can allow the immune system to detect and attack cancer cells.
Lenvatinib is already approved for treating thyroid and kidney cancer, and pembrolizumab is approved for treating several cancers. Their use in this study is considered investigational. Lenvatinib is taken orally (by mouth), while pembrolizumab, doxorubicin, and paclitaxel are given intravenously (by vein).
Patients must have advanced, recurrent, or metastatic endometrial cancer that persists despite one prior regimen of platinum-containing chemotherapy.
At least 4 weeks must pass between the completion of prior treatment and entry into the study.
Patients may not have received prior immunotherapy or drugs that inhibit tumor blood vessel development.
For more information about this study and to inquire about eligibility, please contact Dr. Vicky Makker at 646-888-4224.


Hopefully no one finds stats sharing as crass in this community, but one of the most interesting parts about blogging, and blogging about makeup, is the reach that it has.
I had one of my best weeks ever on my blog, even better than when I first started three years ago and was posting multiple times a day. (How did I even have time for that?). There is nothing I can do for this great honour other than say thank you.
The amount of people from around the world that have taken the time to visit me blows my mind. There are countries I have never even heard of, which is definitly not meant to be insulting, but there is no way I was going to grow up to be a world traveler. I get lost in my own backyard and have no sense of direction.
I would like to share my country view heat map from the week, if you are from any of these countries I want to know your coolest facts! Teach me! Educate me! I want to hear from you!
I'm not from Dubai but I live there. It's an awesome place to visit in the winter but never visit in the summer. It is like an oven in the summer. It's so hot that The plastic to one of my lighters actually melted when I left it in the car last summer.
That seems like a bad thing for a lighter to do holy moly!
Our home and native land!!!!!
Ive actually heard of all of those countries. But I'm also a geography freak and I watch Eurovision every year (which is quite the even if you've never seen it).
It really is fascinating how people from distant countries are reading your blog!
Absolutely. I wish they interacted more!
The Dominican republic one was probably me when I went to my cousins funeral last week. As far as the Dominican republic goes, there's so much history there. Once you get to the cities (my family lives in Santo Domingo), they have old forts that are literally right next to the major roadways. They didn't bother tearing anything like that down, just building around it. So freaking cool!


A woman in a live-in relationship is not entitled to maintenance unless she fulfils certain parameters, the Supreme Court held on Thursday while observing that merely spending weekends together or a one night stand would not make it a domestic relationship.
"In our opinion, not all live-in relationships will amount to a relationship in the nature of marriage to get the benefit of the Act of 2005 (Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act). To get such benefits the conditions mentioned by us above must be satisfied and this has to be proved by evidence.
"If a man has a 'keep' whom he maintains financially and uses mainly for sexual purpose and or as a servant, it would not in our opinion be a relationship in the nature of marriage," the court said.
"No doubt the view we are taking would exclude many women who have had a live-in relationship from the benefit of the 2005 Act (Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act) but then it is not for this court to legislate or amend the law.
Parliament has used the expression 'relationship in the nature of marriage' and not 'live-in relationship'. The court in the garb of interpretation cannot change the language of the statute," the bench observed.
The apex court passed the judgement while setting aside the concurrent orders passed by a matrimonial court and the Madras High Court awarding Rs 500 maintenance to D Patchaiammal who claimed to have married the appellant D Velusamy.


Bread is a powerful connection to our Italian roots; rarely is there an Italian meal served that does not include bread. Bread is one of the oldest foods that has stayed on modern menus. Food historians believe that humans have been making bread for more than 10,000 years! The first bread was unleavened, much like a tortilla shell or flatbread. Accidentally, that bread sometimes would contain wild yeast, which fermented the batch. This fermented bread became the ancestor of almost all the modern bread you see today.
The ancient Egyptians mastered the process of producing leavened breads and controlling the addition of yeast nearly 7000 years ago, leading to the introduction of bread bakeries that offered sourdough bread as well (made by saving sections of the best doughs to the next day's batch).
In Italy, the huge popularity of brick ovens throughout time has contributed a great deal to the abundance of bread making. Round ovens built from brick or local stone have been around in Italy for centuries. Unlike most other nations, where individuals infrequently owned full rights to use an oven, ovens in Italy were often owned by families and were smaller than typical ovens worldwide.
Maria's is proud to carry on this long tradition with our world-famous rosemary bread along with scratch flatbreads, garlic knots, and more!


a white CD with handwritten title in a kraft paper sleeve, stitched together with white thread. lino-cut cover art block-printed in wine-colored ink by Maddie Hoeppner. handwritten track titles on the back.
each print is imperfect in its own way, so please allow some variation from copy to copy.
Includes unlimited streaming of farm ephemera via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.


The rich country style of the "Berringer" dining room collection reflects back to the days when beautifully crafted furniture home. The rich rustic look of the hand-applied finish flawlessly coats the sturdy construction of this exceptional dining room atmosphere for any dining experience. With the simple beauty of this country styled furniture, the "Berringer" dining room beauty.


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Alliance for Water Stewardship: A Network of Sustainable Water Stewards in Italy
Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2020, Pages: 98-103
Received: Feb. 20, 2020; Accepted: Mar. 4, 2020; Published: Dec. 8, 2020
Matteo Magagni, Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna S. p. A., Crespellano, Bologna, Italy
Chiara Rizzi, Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna S. p. A., Crespellano, Bologna, Italy
Maria Giuseppina Iannacci, Philip Morris Manufacturing & Technology Bologna S. p. A., Crespellano, Bologna, Italy
Eugenio Capponi, HPC Italia S. r. l., Milan, Italy
Beatrice Bizzaro, HPC Italia S. r. l., Milan, Italy
Overexploitation and competitiveness over shared freshwater resources are some of the growing problems that affect many regions of Italy, especially Emilia Romagna, a region characterized by high water-related risks linked to water scarcity, droughts and baseline water stress. Private and public sectors are driven to find alternative or best-practice strategies to conserve and optimize the water resource and guarantee a future use to all. The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) is the first international standard that assesses water-use across a 5-step certification procedure, with the aim of promoting good water stewardship by assessing and consequently mitigating the physical, reputational and regulatory water-related risks associated to a certain site and its territory. The AWS is proving to be an innovative certification adopted by a wide range of multinational companies in order to reduce their water footprint. The Italian affiliate of Philip Morris Manufacturing and Tecnology Bologna (MTB) of Crespellano has, with support of the INOGEN International Alliance and environmental consultants Denkstatt and HPC, implemented the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Standard in order to promote a sustainable and feasible water use as the second certified AWS site in Italy. The implemented procedure, benefits and outputs of the AWS have transformed and are continuing to transform MTB's business and commitment towards a best-practice water management, with the aim to raise awareness and encourage others to do the same whilst conserving water as water stewards.
Water Use, Sustainability, Overexploitation, Stewardship
Matteo Magagni, Chiara Rizzi, Maria Giuseppina Iannacci, Eugenio Capponi, Beatrice Bizzaro, Alliance for Water Stewardship: A Network of Sustainable Water Stewards in Italy, Hydrology. Vol. 8, No. 4, 2020, pp. 98-103. doi: 10.11648/j.hyd.20200804.16
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D. H. Chen, "Sustainable Water Management", 2016.
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M. Seneviratne, "A Practical Approach to Water Conservation for Commercial and Industrial Facilities", Elsevier Science, 2006.


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The OPS Punch Stops are high quality weight or bobber stops often used by bass anglers to peg their tungsten weight when flipping or punching. These OPS punch stops are stronger than the typical bobber stoppers, which ultimately makes them more effective, and they remain reasonably priced when compared to the alternatives. The OPS Punch Stops come with two rings each with 6 stoppers. Thread the punch stops onto your line above your weight to keep the entire presentation in place even when fishing the thickest of weeds, mats and other vegetation. These will also work great as a light weight split shot rig stopper removing the need for a swivel and cutting out 2 line ties in the the rig.
Using the OPS Punch Stops is easy. The stopper will be the very first component you thread on the line before anything else - typically anglers are using these above their heavy tungsten punch weights. When using really heavy tungsten weights, ranging from 1 - 1.5oz, anglers will find more success with two punch stops. Push one down tight against the weight and another just slightly above with a bit of separation.
The OPS Punch Stops come 2 rings per pack with 6 stoppers on each ring - a total of 12 stops.
Not used yet, he they don't split too easy.


We hope you are having a good time around your pool and Skimdevil is helping you enjoy it even more by doing its job.
In order to ensure everything will continue working without any issues, we would like you to take the following precautionary step. Every unit is equipped with a pressure relief membrane that equalizes pressure when the temperature rises or falls. We just learned that some of the membranes were not supplied as specified and will not allow enough air to flow through to equalize the pressure inside the unit.
1. Turn the Skimdevil off, take it out of the pool (empty the basket if needed), and flip it over preferrably on a soft surface to not damage the solar panels.
You can now continue normal operation and the air should be able to move in and out without putting pressure and excessive force on the unit's seal.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter and we do apologize for any inconvenience. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need additional assistance with this process.


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Q: In trouble with NSMutableArray retention I've had this problem for a couple of days now, I've googled a lot but found out nothing useful so I thought to ask here.
I've got a retention problem with an NSMutableArray, however I can't understand where the trouble is and how to fix it.
I am drawing a a line chart using Quartz 2D, and in order to do so I have subclassed UIView with GraphView. The header looks like this:
@interface GraphView : UIView {
    NSMutableArray *data;
}

- (void)drawBar:(CGRect)rect context:(CGContextRef)ctx;
- (void)drawLineGraphWithContext:(CGContextRef)ctx;
- (void)addValue:(float)value;

@property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *data;

@end

I use the "data" array to store data points to draw, within the drawLineGraphWithContext: method. The addValue: method, on the other hand, is used in the main controller to fill in the  data array. In the viewDidLoad of the controller I do, to fill in the data array:
graphView = [[GraphView alloc] init];

float data[] = {0.7, 0.4, 0.9, 1.0, 0.2, 0.85, 0.11, 0.75, 0.53, 0.44, 0.88, 0.77, 0.99, 0.55};

for(int i = 0; i < 14; i++)
{
    [graphView addValue:data[i]];
}

Everything is good at this point, and in debug I can see the array is populated with all elements. The problem is when the drawLineGraphWithContext: method is invoked; for some reason, the array suddenly gets empty and its retain count is 0. I have tried changing the way I access the object, using dot notation or omitting the self, however the behaviour looks the same. Strangely enough, I have tried identifying zombies (with both GDB and Instruments), however none seems to be found. As a matter of fact, then the main loop within the drawLineGraphWithContext: below is started the data array has zero elements, and nothing is drawn. Below complete files (I am omitting irrelevant parts).
I am using Xcode 4.2 with Automatic Reference Counting.
Thanks in advance to anyone helping!
GraphView.h:
@interface GraphView : UIView {
    NSMutableArray *data;
}

- (void)drawBar:(CGRect)rect context:(CGContextRef)ctx;
- (void)drawLineGraphWithContext:(CGContextRef)ctx;
- (void)addValue:(float)value;

@property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *data;

@end

GraphView.m:
#import "GraphView.h"

@implementation GraphView
@synthesize data;

- (id) init
{
    self = [super init];
    if(self) {
        data = [NSMutableArray array];
        NSLog(@"%s", __FUNCTION__);
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)addValue:(float)value
{
    NSMutableArray *tempArr = [self data];
    NSNumber *val = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:value];
    [tempArr addObject:val];
    [self setData:tempArr];
}

- (void)drawLineGraphWithContext:(CGContextRef)ctx
{
    CGContextSetLineWidth(ctx, 2.0);
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(ctx, [[UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 green:0.5 blue:0 alpha:1] CGColor]);

    int maxGraphHeight = kGraphHeight - kOffsetY;

    CGContextBeginPath(ctx);

    CGContextMoveToPoint(ctx, kOffsetX, kGraphHeight - maxGraphHeight * [[[self data] objectAtIndex:0] floatValue]);

    int i = 0;
    NSMutableArray *arr = [self data];

    for(NSNumber *elem in arr)
    {
        float val = [elem floatValue];
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(ctx, kOffsetX + i * kStepX, kGraphHeight - maxGraphHeight * val);
       i++;
    }

    CGContextDrawPath(ctx, kCGPathStroke);

}

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    CGContextSetLineWidth(context, 0.6);
    CGContextSetStrokeColorWithColor(context, [[UIColor lightGrayColor] CGColor]);

    CGFloat dash[] = {2.0, 2.0};
    CGContextSetLineDash(context, 0.0, dash, 2);

    int lines = (kDefaultGraphWidth - kOffsetX)/kStepX;
    for(int i = 0; i < lines; i++)
    {
        CGContextMoveToPoint(context, kOffsetX + i * kStepX, kGraphTop);
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, kOffsetX + i * kStepX, kGraphBottom);
    }

    int horizontalLines = (kDefaultGraphWidth-kOffsetY)/kStepY;
    for(int i = 0; i < horizontalLines; i++)
    {
        CGContextMoveToPoint(context, kOffsetX, kGraphBottom - kOffsetY - i * kStepY);
        CGContextAddLineToPoint(context, kDefaultGraphWidth, kGraphBottom - kOffsetY -i * kStepY);
    }
    CGContextStrokePath(context);
    CGContextSetLineDash(context, 0, NULL, 0);

    [self drawLineGraphWithContext:context];
}

@end

GRViewController.m:
#import "GRViewController.h"

@implementation GRViewController
@synthesize scroller;
@synthesize graphView;

#pragma mark - View lifecycle

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
scroller.contentSize = CGSizeMake(kDefaultGraphWidth, kGraphHeight);
    graphView = [[GraphView alloc] init];

    float data[] = {0.7, 0.4, 0.9, 1.0, 0.2, 0.85, 0.11, 0.75, 0.53, 0.44, 0.88, 0.77, 0.99, 0.55};

    for(int i = 0; i < 14; i++)
    {
        [graphView addValue:data[i]];
    }
}

@end
GRViewController.h:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "GraphView.h"

@interface GRViewController : UIViewController
@property (retain, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIScrollView *scroller;
@property (retain, nonatomic) IBOutlet GraphView *graphView;

@end

A: It sounds like you have two different instances of GraphView — one which you are creating in that method with [[GraphView alloc] init], and another instance (probably in a nib) that is actually being displayed. The GraphView that gets the data isn't displayed, and the GraphView that is displayed never gets any data. You can confirm that this is the case by doing NSLog(@"I am %@", self) in the relevant GraphView methods. You'll see two different objects reporting.

A: In your init method use either...
self.data = [NSMutableArray array];

or...
data = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];

You are not going via the property without using 'self.' and hence not retaining the array.

A: Try this.
- (void)addValue:(float)value
{
    NSNumber *val = [NSNumber numberWithFloat:value];
    [data addObject:val];
}

You can just use the data ivar, and not worry about getting or setting the property. This might fix it, since it won't be using your getter and setter every time addValue is called.

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Despite enjoying a great variety of income sources besides oil, Iran is undeniably dependent on oil revenues for managing its financial affairs. According to economists, near 70 percent of the Iranian government's total income comes from selling oil and oil products.
So, considering the significance of oil in Iran's macro-economic planning, every year in preparing the country's budget bill the government administration meticulously analyzes the market dynamics to estimate an average oil price and also an amount for the country's oil exports.
In the $405-billion national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1398 (starts on March 21, 2019), which was presented to the Majlis by President Hassan Rouhani in December 2018, the estimated oil incomes stood at 1.425 quadrillion rials (about $34 billion), with the country's oil exports expected to be 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and the oil prices estimated at $54 per barrels.
Clearly, oil prices and oil exports are the main variables in Iran's oil income equation. So in estimating the level of realization in the "oil share" of Iran's next budget bill, what is important is assessing the factors which can affect these two variables.
Currently, the most important factor which plays a significant role in determining the amount of Iran's oil exports and consequently the outlook of the country's oil revenues in 2019, is the impact of U.S. sanctions.
In May 2018, Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from an international deal with Iran, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and in November the sanctions were reimposed on the country's oil sector.
Although shortly after the sanctions took effect, the U.S. government granted exemptions to eight countries - China, India, Greece, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey, and South Korea - allowing them to temporarily continue buying Iranian oil, but the possible changes in the U.S. policies toward Iran and the continuous slowdown in the global economy as a result of U.S.-China trade war could create a less promising outlook for Iran's oil market throughout 2019.
Some analysts believe that the United States is likely to extend waivers in May but will reduce the number of countries receiving them.
This means Italy, Greece, and Taiwan will not be granted any more waivers.
So obviously, the U.S.'s stand toward Iran is the main factor determining the extent to which the oil revenues could realize the country's budget estimations.
Last year's budget bill was planned based on an estimation of selling 2.5 million bpd of oil and byproducts at a price of $55 per barrel. The great reduction in the expected oil exports – 1.5m bpd - in the next year's budget, however, clearly shows how the situation could unwind.
Another factor which has had a drastic impact on the global oil markets in the last six months is the trade war between the U.S. and China, a prolonged row which caused the oil prices to fall near 20 percent in Q4 of 2018.
Crude oil had a great start in 2018. The oil prices touched $80 per barrel for the first time in almost four years thanks to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)' decision to extend the oil production cuts until end of 2018.
However, as the trade war between the U.S. and China got worse, crude oil was the first frontier to feel the pinch. Brent oil prices started declining since the beginning of July, thanks to the implementation of the U.S. tariffs on several billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods.
Now, nearly six months after the first signs of the trade war started to show in the oil market, still the concerns over the future of oil demand and a global economic slowdown are haunting the oil prices.
In its latest World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecast for average oil prices to just below $60 per barrel in 2019 from close to $70 in its October edition.
Most economists and market analysts believe that slowing manufacturing activity in China will negatively impact the demand and consequently the oil prices in 2019.
With oil prices at their current $62, Iran's budget expectations are to some extent satisfied, but is it going to stay like this for the rest of 2019?
Earlier in July 2018, under pressure from the U.S. for reducing the oil prices, Saudi Arabia decided to increase its oil production to a record high.
Following this decision and with Russia and some other OPEC nations like Iraq and Libya also increasing their output and of course with the surge in U.S. shale output, suddenly the market was overflown by oil and the stable market which was the result of a long-lasting deal between OPEC and non-OPEC members once again fell into chaos.
The reduction of global demand as a result of the trade war between the U.S. and China added to the severity of the situation and warning bells started to ring across the global oil market.
As a result, later in December despite opposition from U.S. President Donald Trump, headed by Saudi Arabia and Russia once again major oil producers agreed to cut oil production and rebalance the market.
In a meeting in Vienna, the OPEC+ decided to take 1.2 million barrels per day off the market for the first six months of 2019.
Although as an immediate response to the deal, oil prices rapidly recovered from an under-fifty ceiling, however, the OPEC+ announcement didn't result the expected upward impact on the oil market.
The recent news regarding a gloomy global economic outlook has also spread a sense of skepticism throughout the oil market and the support from supply cuts that started in late 2018 by OPEC+ doesn't seem to be enough to withhold the darkening impact of dimming demand.
Considering all the above-mentioned factors which could individually or together impact Iran's oil revenues in the upcoming fiscal year, it is hard to have any absolute view about the Iranian oil incomes in 2019.
However, what is clear is that Iran's oil exports are expected to rise in the upcoming months since the country's Asian buyers are stepping up their intakes. And with the prices at the current $62, one can say that the current situation is standing exactly at the threshold of Iranian budget bill expectations.
So fingers crossed for a better situation or permanence of the current dynamics.
1398 budget bill, (non)-oil revenues?


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What goes on inside my head? And are you sure you want to know?
The office is closed on the Eve of Christmas Eve, and a bunch of us are going to the movies instead of working. Based on the reactions of "those in the know," I'm banking that the Chronicles of Narnia will be pretty good.
Christians seem to really be excited about this movie, largely because Disney has spent big bucks making sure that we know about it, are talking about it, and - most importantly - spending our money on it.
This excitement is easily generated because of the message C.S. Lewis incorporated into the story: Aslan, the talking lion, gives his life in substitution for another, resurrects from the dead, and as a result, saves the world.
I have no doubt that the parallel was intentional, but I just don't get as excited as some do about the hidden gospel in movies. Some people seem to be able to find Jesus in every movie, which is an extremely annoying habit when they tell me about it. "Did you get that Darth Vader is a picture of the antichrist? And Obi-wan Kenobi is a typology of the Holy Spirit!"
"This movie would be a great witnessing tool," they assert. "It's a great illustration of God's love, Jesus' sacrifice, miraculous intervention, etc. "
I personally don't see the point. I kinda think that the gospel is a great witnessing tool on its own.
If you don't see or understand the allegory of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," numerous books have been written on the gospel message to be found in it. I don't want to belabor the point here. Especially since I find that my thoughts this morning are drifting elsewhere.
What I'm actually thinking about is that it seems to me I've seen lots of talking lions in the movies.
I've already mentioned Aslan, the mysterious and powerful character in Narnia.
I believe King Richard also showed up in that movie as a lion. At very least, he would have been lion-hearted, so I think that counts.
This is where things begin to break down for me. I thought I remembered a lion in "The Jungle Book," but it was a false alarm. Through drawn almost identically to Robin Hood's Prince John, Shere Khan was a tiger. And the guy in "Beauty and the Beast" resides in my brain as a lion, but he's just... well, a beast.
I enjoyed "Secondhand Lions" quite a bit, but the movie's one lion didn't actually talk. She could barely roar.
So this isn't going very well at all. Suddenly, my huge list hasn't materialized, and I now seem to be at a total loss.
Since there wasn't much participation in the Christmas Wish List contest (translation: zero entries as of this writing), may I propose another venture? (Don't worry, this one's free - no purchase necessary.) Tell me what other talking lions you can think of. If none come to mind, then I'll accept entries of any large jungle cats in general, just so long as they have speaking parts.
There's no prize for this one, other than the obvious: The twisted sense of self-satisfaction you'll get from outdoing me.
does snagglepuss count? he was a lion, even if not in movies.
heavens to murgatroid! exit, stage left!
Hehe... wow, that's a very interesting post.
I really like your blog and all the writing on it.... it makes me sort of happy.
I've been thinking about movies with talking lions, and I think I remember one. "Bed Knobs and Broomsticks." Wasn't the king in the cartoon world (It was a Julie Andrews flick) a talking lion? Oh, and I'm guessing that "Madagascar" counts, right?
My mum as a kid loved a show called Kimba the Lion.. the lion talked in that one.
One of my favorite large, talking jungle cats is the pre-historic Diago in Ice Age. He is truly a funny guy. There are a lot of tigers I can think of. Tony the cereal spoksman. I haven't seen him in awhile. More people eating Oatmeal, Frosted Flakes are out. Also the black panther, Bagiera in the Jungle Book. The bad man eating tiger in the movies name escapes me. Have a great day.
What about semba in the Lion King?
The more insightful reader will discern enough from my wishlist and lists of interests, favorite movies, and books found on my profile page. Except the fact that I love dogs. That's definitely something I'd have to tell you. And maybe I will. Someday.
A Time For Giving... And A Contest!


Hello… my that fortnight went by quickly and it's time for a new challenge at the Back to Basics and Beyond challenge blog.
I fancied using my gelliplate to create a background and had an urge to add a rainbow onto it so here is what I made.
So I created the first square in the background using my gelli plate mini and soft sky ink.
Then I did a similar technique once it was dry but with the acrylic block to create a slightly darker square. I outlined both of these with a silver pen to add definition.
The vertical strip I created by using the raindrops stamp from the rainbows and sunshine stamps and then also stamped the sentiment from the same set in Iced spruce distress oxide.
I coloured the cardstock with stampin write markers and then die cut each slice of rainbow out. I also cut a white cloud out and adhered them all together.
I then coated each of the cloud, the rainbow and added a little to each raindrop too in wink of Stella so it is super sparkly in real life.
I didn't want to do my usual trick of using blocks of paper to recreate the sketch and it was nice to break out of my comfort zone a little with this card, whilst keeping the essence of the sketch visible.
I hope you like the final effect.
Now please go see what the rest of the design team made on the challenge … it's amazing how differently it can be interpreted.


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JNF UK SENDS DIGITAL SHANA TOVA GREETINGS TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS
Pupils at a variety of Jewish schools across the UK recorded videos and wrote letters for Holocaust survivors as part of JNF UK's current Rosh Hashana appeal. The shana tova greetings highlighted a key message of the appeal – that technology can make a huge difference to those suffering from loneliness.
The messages are being shared digitally by Project Connected, one of several different organisations that JNF UK is supporting this year. Project Connected partners Israeli school children with lonely survivors; as well as providing companionship, the volunteers also show the survivors how they can use computers to connect to the rest of the world.
JNF's appeal is raising money to purchase new computers so that more survivors can benefit from modern technology.
Several schools participated in the Rosh Hashanah appeal, with hundreds of pupils writing shana tova letters wishing the recipients a sweet and happy New Year. The authors included the youngest pupils from Brodetsky School, Leeds, who also made greeting cards. The letters have been scanned by JNF UK and emailed to survivors in Israel.
Shana tova video messages to the survivors were recorded by pupils at Mathilda Marks-Kennedy School, Nancy Reuben School and the Independent Jewish Day School, who also filmed a video of their Year Six class singing Achat Sha'alti, with the lyrics taken from Psalm 27.
All the schools involved are partners of JNF's £1.2m grant campaign to boost Israel education programmes in Jewish schools across the UK.
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"It's been very heart-warming to witness the enthusiasm of some of the youngest members of the global Jewish family sending shana tova greetings to some of the oldest."
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Colour Films in Britain, The Negotiation of Innovation, 1900-1955
S.C.J Street
Department of Film and Television
Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
The Negotiation of Innovation: Colour Films in Britain, 1900-55
Palgrave Macmillan/British Film Institute
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=328923
British Colour Cinema: Practices and Theories
Street, S. C. J., Brown, S. & Watkins, L., 2013, London: Palgrave Macmillan/British Film Institute. 267 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
First Prize for Best Monograph, awarded by BAFTSS, 2014
Street, Sarah C J (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes, Medals, Awards and Grants
Films 50%
Negotiation 50%
Street, S. C. J. (2012). Colour Films in Britain, The Negotiation of Innovation, 1900-1955. Palgrave Macmillan/British Film Institute. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=328923
Street, S.C.J. / Colour Films in Britain, The Negotiation of Innovation, 1900-1955. London : Palgrave Macmillan/British Film Institute, 2012. 320 p.
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Q: Growth rates that follow : $f(n) \not\in Og(n)$ and $g(n) \not\in Of(n)$ Ok so the problem I am interested in is $f(n) \not\in Og(n)$ and $g(n) \not\in Of(n)$ dealing with natural numbers into positive reals, ($\mathbb{N}$ $\rightarrow$ $\mathbb{R+}$ )
O is a comparison operator, and for some functions f and g we
can say that f = O(g) or vice-versa.  But there exist f and g
 where neither f = O(g) or g = O(f) holds.
My first thought was that this is true when
 f(odd number n) = 1
 f(even number n) = 2^n
 g(odd number n) = 2^n
 g(even number n) = 1

Which I still believe that it does. But I don't know how to express this in mathematical terms.
Also, i received heavy criticism about it and was told that there are INFINITELY many simple examples where this is true. Only problem is, they cant be that simple (Or im having a brain fart) if i can't even think of another one!
Im not asking for an answer, but rather some help.  Could somebody explain to me why and how to approach this problem if it really is as easy is I keep being told?
Also if anyone could explain to me how to put my answer into mathmatical term, that would be greatly appericated. (I think it has something to do with Sin(x) or maybe some number raised to the power of sin, but I am not sure.)
Thank You all in advance for your answers!

A: Your example is fine. The functions $f$ and $g$ can be described as follows:
$$\begin{align*}
&f:\Bbb N\to\Bbb R:n\mapsto
\begin{cases}
1,&\text{if }n\text{ is odd}\\
2^n,&\text{if }n\text{ is even}
\end{cases}\\\\
&g:\Bbb N\to\Bbb R:n\mapsto
\begin{cases}
2^n,&\text{if }n\text{ is odd}\\
1,&\text{if }n\text{ is even}
\end{cases}
\end{align*}$$
One easy way to get infinitely many examples is by simple variations of this model: you can replace $1$ by any bounded function of $n$ and $2^n$ by any unbounded function of $n$.  If $A$ is an infinite subset of $\Bbb N$ such that $\Bbb N\setminus A$ is also infinite, you can replace n is odd by $n\in A$ and n is even by $n\notin A$.


Back in 2014 I was skipping all over London, footloose and fancy free devouring as many theatrical experiences as I could get my hands on. From Secret Cinema to Punchdrunk to one-on-one performances, I was all over it.
Fast forward 18 months and life's a bit different: I'm in the 'burbs with a baby and a new job. The competition for my time and money had hotted right up and I just couldn't nurture my passion as much any more. Netflix is all well and good but it doesn't feed my creative spirit or fire my imagination the way theatre does, and I missed that bit of me.
It was also around this time that I started noticing all the subscription boxes out there. I was intrigued by how they helped busy people to connect with the things that make them feel good- be it cooking, crafting or beard grooming - in a convenient and fun way. And it got me thinking why not use this model to help people connect with theatre, wherever and whenever they want?
And so The Curious Parcel was born.
I've always been a fan of Alice in Wonderland and it's her curious adventures that inspired our name and white rabbit mascot. My hope is that each Parcel will take you on a little journey 'down the rabbit hole' and leave you feeling surprised, delighted and perhaps with something to ponder.
Look, we both know it's no substitute for the amazing-ness of live theatre (I wouldn't want it to be), but hopefully The Curious Parcel will tide you over 'til your next visit, connect you with some amazing new artists (and old friends), and nurture that playful and creative spirit that makes you, you.
Hannah is a theatre producer with (nearly!) 10 years experience of working with theatre makers to create new art. Originally hailing from the Midlands, she studied American History in Brighton before moving to the Big Smoke to pursue her passion for theatre. She has produced projects for some of the UK's leading contemporary theatre artists and organisations including Bryony Kimmings, Fuel and London International Festival of Theatre. She is currently International Producer at Farnham Maltings, mum to a toddler, step-mum to a tween and married to that bloke below. Alongside theatre she enjoys crafting (badly), baking (badly) and gin drinking (she's pretty good at that!).
An experienced designer and art director Clare has worked for major retailers and has a background in publishing and editorial design. She has a keen interest in photography and art and also has an affinity with Croatia travelling there every year whilst learning the language. She can often be found on a dance floor dancing underneath a glitter ball!
Clare works with each of our guest artists to create the look and feel of their box.
Jamie has been illustrating all sort of things for the last 15 years, working mostly in advertising with a little foray into gaming. He now heads up a team creating storyboards for TV adverts.
When he's not drawing (which is pretty rare!) he likes hanging out with his family, making things out of wood and badgering Hannah about getting a dog.
Jamie made our logo and takes care of all the ad hoc design bits.


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The global market for large motors and generators grew by 11% during 2005 to reach a combined value of $1.6bn. The average growth rate for this mature market, is usually 2-3% a year, says the market researcher, IMS, which published the figures.
But the rapid growth in sales has been tempered by the dramatic increases in the cost of raw materials, such as copper, which has meant that margins are being squeezed. "Motors require a lot of copper," points out IMS analyst, Steve Odom. "While average selling prices of these machines stayed relatively stable in 2005, prices for copper increased 45% in 2005, and 75% in the first seven months of 2006."
Part of the growth has come from developing countries, which are using large machines increasingly in applications such as mining, oil and gas production, power generation and water treatment.


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import (
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)

type AppTest struct {
	revel.TestSuite
}

func (t *AppTest) TestThatIndexPageWorks() {
	t.Get("/")
	t.AssertOk()
	t.AssertContentType("text/html; charset=utf-8")
}

func (t *AppTest) TestThatParserWorks() {
	reader := strings.NewReader(`{"simple" : "json", "test": null, "something": [{"baz": 1}, {"baz": 2}]}`)
	t.Post("/parse", "application/json", reader)
	t.AssertOk()
	t.AssertContentType("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
}


Linda Poyner knows firsthand what a difference loving foster parents can make in the life of a child. That's because when she was growing up in a farm town in Wisconsin, Linda was that child.
At age 16, Linda called Child Protective Services and turned in her parents for severely abusing her and her seven siblings. She was removed from her parents' home and went to live with a family she says was kind and warm. Nearly 50 years later, Linda still lights up as she describes her foster parents. "They loved me like their own and even offered to put me through college," she says, beaming.
When Linda brought up the idea of serving as foster parents with her husband Bob, he said it sounded like a good idea. The timing wasn't right for them, though. As newlyweds, they were raising Bob's two young children from a previous marriage and both were working full time.
Those children are now grown and have little ones of their own.
From the family room in their Santee home, where three-week-old "Little Peanut" naps in a rocking cradle, Linda explains how the retired couple began fostering four years ago. "I have helped everyone take care of their children and it has been a gift, but now it was my turn to foster babies," she says, as Bob smiles affectionately. Though Linda was the driving force behind the decision, Bob is fully on board, telling stories about their five past placements and new arrival. They laugh, recalling the toddler who adored Bob and told Linda that he wanted "Grandpa do" everything, rather than her. "Oh, I was chopped liver," Linda says, jokingly. But by the end of the little boy's stay he was equally attached to both Linda and Bob.
The couple recalls an infant who initially refused to rest his head on Linda's shoulder when she held him. "It took weeks, but he finally nuzzled into me and realized he was safe," she says. They have had other placements who suffered physical and emotional trauma before being placed in their care through Angels Foster Family Network. They recall a baby girl who arrived with two broken legs and arms in casts. "She had haunted eyes, but when she left she was aglow with rosy cheeks," Linda says. They have also spent many long nights with an infant who arrived at their home addicted to heroin, even though he was only eight days old. "It's very hard so see how tough the world can be for some children," says Bob.


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With trends and techniques for home and kitchen remodels changing every year, we believe it is really important for companies involved in the industry to have a way to share ideas and talk about their experiences over the past 12 months. In many ways, we would like to think of our event as an annual conference for home remodelers all around the United States. Whether you are operating out of your home, or you have a massive home remodeling business in your city, you are welcome to attend our annual meeting and to share your stories and experiences from 2016.
We believe the best way to do even better in the coming year is to really reflect on what went on in 2016. We saw plenty of new home remodeling trends, while some interesting trends also emerged with respect to kitchen and bathroom remodels. All of these trends can help companies as they look to get more customers in the coming year, but it is all about marketing to consumers in a clever and thoughtful way. At our meeting, we hope a few remodelers can speak about the challenges they faced in marketing their business, and how they overcame those challenges.
As for us – we have been a part of the home remodeling industry for many years. And our long experience with the industry has taught us that businesses have to stick together. In some ways, we are all competing against each other for the same customers. But no one knows about the trials and tribulations of running a remodeling service better than your fellow home remodelers! So instead of looking at each other as the enemy, it is important for us to get together and help each other in any way we can. By working together, we can all make progress in 2017.