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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a change of command ceremony for U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Friday, Dec.…
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a change of command ceremony for U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine
by: LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian missiles, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The approval is likely to come later this week and could be announced as early as Thursday, said three officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision is not final and has not been made public. Two of the officials said the Patriot will come from Pentagon stocks and be moved from another country overseas.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed Western leaders as recently as Monday to provide more advanced weapons to help his country in its war with Russia. The Patriot would be the most advanced surface-to-air missile system the West has provided to Ukraine to help repel Russian aerial attacks.
During a video conference on Monday, Zelenskyy told host Germany and other leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers that his country needed long-range missiles, modern tanks, artillery, missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks that have knocked out electricity and water supplies for millions of Ukrainians.
He acknowledged that, "Unfortunately, Russia still has an advantage in artillery and missiles." And he said protecting Ukraine's energy facilities from Russian missiles and Iranian drones "will be the protection of the whole of Europe, since with these strikes Russia is provoking a humanitarian and migration catastrophe not only for Ukraine, but also for the entire EU."
White House and Pentagon leaders have said consistently that providing Ukraine with additional air defenses is a priority, and Patriot missiles have been under consideration for some time. Officials said that as the winter closed in and the Russian bombardment of civilian infrastructure escalated, that consideration took on increased priority.
Pentagon and State Department officials at briefings on Tuesday would not confirm the plan to provide Patriots to Ukraine, repeatedly saying they had nothing to announce.
U.S. officials had balked at providing the weapons to Ukraine because they could be considered a escalation that would trigger a response from Moscow. The Patriot also requires significant training and there were concerns that U.S. troops would have been required to operate it. Biden has flatly rejected sending any U.S. combat troops to Ukraine.
Asked about training, Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that in general the U.S. takes those needs into consideration when providing complicated weapons systems to Ukraine, such as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, known as HIMARS. Currently U.S. forces are training Ukrainian troops on a number of systems, including the HIMARS, in other European countries, such as Germany.
The administration's potential approval of a Patriot battery was first reported by CNN.
According to officials, the U.S. plan would be to send one Patriot battery. A truck-mounter Patriot battery includes up to eight launchers, each of which can hold four missiles.
The entire system, which includes a phased array radar, a control station, computers and generators, typically requires about 90 soldiers to operate and maintain, however only three soldiers are needed to actually fire it, according to the Army.
Patriot missile systems and other similar sophisticated surface-to-air weapons are in major demand among U.S. allies, including eastern European nations worried that they could be Russia's next targets. The U.S. has a limited number of the systems, and has deployed them across the the Middle East and Europe in recent years to help allies protect against the threat of incoming ballistic missiles from countries such as Iran.
Associated Press reporter Tara Copp contributed to this report.
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Francis to the Italian National Ecclesial Congress: the traits of Christian humanism – on the Feast of St. Leo the Great, Architect of the Counsel of Chalcedon (451): Jesus Christ, one Person, two natures.
NCR- Nov. 10, 2015. In a 49-minute speech to a decennial national conference of the Italian church -- which is bringing together some 2,200 people from 220 dioceses to this historic renaissance city for five days -- Francis said Catholics must realize: "We are not living an era of change but a change of era."
"The reform of the church then and the church is semper reformanda ... does not end in the umpteenth plan to change structures," he continued. "It means instead grafting yourself to and rooting yourself in Christ, leaving yourself to be guided by the Spirit -- so that all will be possible with genius and creativity."
Blogger: Below is a huge address by the pope. He is giving semantic shape to the Third Millennium of Christianity as offered in Vatican II. He is announcing the change of epistemology from thing/nature to person, from object/substance to subject, from abstraction to self-giftedness. The meaning of Being is Christ,and the meaning of all reality derives from Him since He all reality has been created through him and unto Him [Col. 1, 15-19],. The meaning of truth is adequatio of Christ to the Father and the truth of man is Christ. The fullness of freedom is the Person of Christ, and its act is Christ crucified (See Veritatis Splendor #85). Christ has assumed human nature into himself as His, and as such He is the prototype of the meaning of humanity (Gaudium et spes #22).And since the entire material universe is an extension of His assumed humanity, there is no such thing as "natural" that is not Christian.
"But then, you will ask, what must we do? What is the Pope asking of us? It is up to you to decide: people and pastor together. And I invite you, again, simply to contemplate the Ecce Homo above us".
"I ask the bishops to be pastors. Nothing more: pastors. May this be your joy: 'I am a pastor'. It will be the people, your flock, who support you. … May nothing and no-one remove from you the joy of being supported by your people. As pastors, do not be preachers of complex doctrines, but rather announcers of Christ, Who died and rose again for us. Focus on the essential, the kerygma. There is nothing more solid, profound and sure than this announcement. But may it be all the people of God who announce the Gospel, people and pastors".
"I recommend all the Italian Church what I indicated in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium: the social inclusion of the poor, who occupy a special place in the People of God, and the capacity for encounter and dialogue to promote friendship and in your country, in search of the common good".


Brisbane is one of Australia's fastest growing Local Government Areas.
As we edge towards Christmas, I found myself pondering the year ahead.
The airwaves are so full of politicians pushing their own agenda and 'fake news' bandied about by vested interests, that I thought I'd do my own digging to find out what our future really holds. You might be surprised to learn there is plenty of reason for optimism. So I thought I'd share a bit of Christmas cheer.
Here are my Top 5 reasons to be cheerful.
Deloitte tells us the baton of growth has been passed from investment to exports, and Queensland continues to perform better than the rest of the nation. We have a solid growth outlook of 3.8% p.a. on average to 2019. Coal and gas prices have recovered significantly, making good gains this year, and agribusiness is also looking healthy, with cattle prices surging. The lower Aussie dollar continues to help drive international service exports, including education and tourism, with demand fueled by income growth in the emerging Asian economies.
When tourism is on an upward trajectory, Queensland is definitely on a high. International overnight visitor spending keeps growing, up 10.6% to a record high of almost $5.1 billion in FY16. Deloitte is at pains to point out, this is no aberration. The surge is set to continue with forecasts showing overseas arrivals will climb on average 6.8% per year out to 2019.
I've often written about the positive knock-on impact of infrastructure investment. Closely related to my previous point about tourism, is the boost we are set to enjoy from massive infrastructure projects. Notably, these include the $3 billion Queen's Wharf Brisbane development spanning 10 CBD blocks along the north bank of our river, and the $1.3 billion new parallel runway at Brisbane Airport. The latter is a critical investment in capacity-building infrastructure to meet the needs of forecast passenger growth, set to take-off from 22 million in 2015 to around 50 million by 2035. Then, of course, we have the 2018 Commonwealth Games to look forward to. Over 6,600 athletes and officials from 70 nations are heading our way for this major sporting and cultural event. Imagine the spin-off.
You might wonder why employment is on my list of positives, given current talk of national labour force figures being distorted by under-employment and growth in part-time jobs. But it is worth pointing out how South East Queensland is relatively strong in the employment stakes. Deloitte tells us, whereas the rest of Queensland has an unemployment rate of 6.6%, SEQ is significantly lower at 5.7%. "In the long-term, the employment prospects for South East Queenslanders look good thanks to the growth in service-based industries," they said, referring in particular to the increased focus on tourism, international education and the knowledge economy.
Brisbane is one of Australia's fastest growing Local Government Areas. We have welcomed on average 20,000 new residents per annum over the past 10 years While our population growth fell back for a few years, it is encouraging to now see it tracking upwards. Interestingly, analysts Urbis have observed net domestic migration is taking a back seat to net overseas migration, with roughly 30% of our annual gain (as at Sept 2015) attributed to oversea newcomers and only 13% from interstate. This might change, though, as people head to north to escape higher house prices.
It is interesting to note, our State Government is so bullish about our growth prospects, that its new 25-year blueprint SEQ Regional Plan allows for 7,700 new dwellings to be built in Brisbane every year out to 2041. And, despite Brisbane City Council's criticism of the forecast as not achievable, the Housing Industry Association says the 7,700 figures is actually quite conservative. Brisbane home values have increased by 1.3% over the past three months, and are 4.1% higher over the past year.
Over the past five years, our home values have increased by a total of 17%. NAB's last housing market report, released in August, forecast further steady growth in Brisbane (excluding the inner-city apartment market). So, all in all, I'd say our outlook for 2017 is pretty good.
Are Jekyll & Hyde designing our city?


Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, a British Army officer was the founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and also the founder, along with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement.
The movement believes in the motto 'Be Prepared' which means you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty. It also teaches survival techniques in adverse conditions.
Scouting was founded in India in 1909 as an overseas branch of the Scout Association and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1938.
The students of Gopal Sharma Memorial School, Powai, have also joined the Scouts and Guides Movement of India. They have specially trained instructors who teach them the various techniques required to be a good Scout or Guide.
To commemorate the birth anniversary of the Founders – Robert Baden-Powell and Agnes, the school organized a camp for the students of Std 8 in the school grounds on 22 February 2019. They assembled early in the morning and sat patrol-wise in their allotted places. The Boy Scouts had named their patrols after animals like puma, wolf etc. and the Girl Guides were named after flowers like periwinkle, water lily etc.
The day began with the flag-breaking ceremony attended by the entire platoon and the Head Mistress, Mrs. Sudha Sharan. This was followed by entertainment games which underlined the team spirit of the squads. The leaders of each squad were then given a demonstration of the various knots that would not unravel when used. They were also given some first-aid tips. They had to then exhibit and teach the knots and first-aid techniques to their respective squads.
The highlight of the day was the tent-making event. The students had brought bedsheets and a length of rope.. They were provided with sticks and they were told to erect tents using their ingenuity. They were judged on the neatness, creativity, sturdiness of the tent etc. This was followed by lunch wherein the students were served good, wholesome food. Post-lunch session was fun-filled with some adventure sports like Commando Bridge, Ladder etc. The conclusion of the day saw the students attending the Prize Distribution Ceremony.
The children went home tired but content with the feeling that they had prevailed in spite of the gruelling time that they had in school.
The Annual Talent Galore Show presented by the Middle Years CAIE students of HFS International on Monday, 11th March, 2019, beheld a morning replete with zest and joie de vivre. The musical play – "The Pied Piper of Hamilton" – was staged before the enthralled audience at the beautiful hall inaugurated exclusively for the HFSItes in the Beaumont campus.
The musical theatre was the first in- house production by the HFSI team, which strove to bring out the best in each and every child. The old lore was given a modern touch to entertain with a pertinent moral lesson. The event unfurled under the aegis of the raison d'être – the principal, Mrs. Kalyani Patnaik, who not only conceptualised the play but also was deeply involved with the team, offering her valuable counsel and suggestions in the stagecraft. The musical featured original songs, which were brought to life under the direction of the illustrious composer, Mr. Milind Chitragupth.
The meticulous care taken by the team, from planning, costume designing, and directing the stagecraft, light, and sound has been par excellence. The show, interspersed with scintillating dances and melodious songs transposed the audience to the enchanted world of Hamilton.
The zestful performers deftly put up two shows for their parents. The event culminated with the curtain call, where the efforts of the students and teachers were lauded with resounding acclamation.


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package main

import (
	"flag"
	"os"
	"time"

	"go-common/app/admin/main/apm/conf"
	"go-common/app/admin/main/apm/http"
	"go-common/app/admin/main/apm/service"
	ecode "go-common/library/ecode/tip"
	"go-common/library/log"
	"go-common/library/os/signal"
	"go-common/library/queue/databus/report"
	"go-common/library/syscall"
)

var (
	s *service.Service
)

func main() {
	flag.Parse()
	if err := conf.Init(); err != nil {
		log.Error("conf.Init() error(%v)", err)
		panic(err)
	}
	ecode.Init(conf.Conf.Ecode)
	log.Init(conf.Conf.Log)
	defer log.Close()
	report.InitManager(conf.Conf.ManagerReport)
	// service init
	s = service.New(conf.Conf)
	http.Init(conf.Conf, s)
	log.Info("apm-admin start")
	signalHandler()
}

func signalHandler() {
	var (
		ch = make(chan os.Signal, 1)
	)
	signal.Notify(ch, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGQUIT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGINT)
	for {
		si := <-ch
		log.Info("get a signal %s, stop the apm-admin process", si.String())
		switch si {
		case syscall.SIGQUIT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGINT:
			s.Close()
			time.Sleep(time.Second)
			return
		case syscall.SIGHUP:
		default:
			return
		}
	}
}

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The Human Rights Commission (HRC) is the department of the City and County of San Francisco charged with enforcing Chapter 12H of the Administrative Code, the Sanctuary City Ordinance. The Sanctuary City Ordinance states, in part, that no City department, agency, commission, officer or employee may use city funds or resources to assist in enforcing federal immigration law, nor may they gather or disseminate information regarding the immigration status of individuals in the City.
The HRC investigates violations of Chapter 12H and maintains updated department protocols to implement the Sanctuary City Ordinance.


The Colibri Group, one of the best-known suppliers to independent and chain jewelers, has been sold to a group composed of three major investment firms and former owner Fred Levinger. The transaction, effective June 13, opens potential business opportunities for Colibri overseas, especially in China.
Details of the sale weren't released. Colibri sells to more than 7,000 independent retailers and national accounts like Tiffany & Co., Wal-Mart Stores, and Zale Corp.
Fred Levinger, 67, will remain as president and chief executive officer, he told JCK in an exclusive interview.
The three major investors are the lead group, Founders Equity Inc., New York; Mainstream Resources, Westport, Conn.; and CITIC Provident, the New York arm of China's largest financial conglomerate, CITIC Group. Levinger is the fourth partner and remains a substantive shareholder. The sale caps six months of negotiations.
Levinger and his father bought Colibri in 1971, when it did $1.3 million in sales. Today, it does $100 million and has 500 employees, in part due to strategic acquisitions like Krementz jewelry (1997), Seth Thomas clocks (2001), and Princess Pride lockets (2004).


Learning Chinese is a long road, so we've got to have some fun along the way, right? There are some great Chinese memes, images and videos out there which all students of Chinese will be able to relate to. Here we handpick our favourite ones and share them with you.
Please note – you can find these, and a whole load more via our Facebook, Instagram and YouTube pages. Just follow us for stuff like this on a daily basis!
Measure words – the bane of every Chinese language learner. Thank goodness we have 个 to fall back on! Why does every word need a different measure word anyway?
Whether you are a beginner or fluent you will be able to relate to Measure Word struggles in a heart beat. It's something Drake makes his feelings perfectly clear on also!
Why bother with 只,条,双,辆,张,本 and 家 when you can just use 个 for everything and the locals will still understand you?
We shared this on our Facebook page and it proved incredibly popular, as we guessed! In times of strife, stick with 个!
As a point of reference let's quickly cover the usage of the measure words Drake mentions here – we've got no excuses then! It's always good to add to your repertoire after all.
See why Drake just likes to stick with 个!
There are HUNDREDS more measure words so there's plenty to learn but take them in bit by bit, and it's not as scary as it might seem!
Ah tones, how often have you been trying your best to make conversation with a local only to say the same thing ten times over, and nothing! When the message finally get's across they say it exactly how you did? What is that?!
Do not dare get those tones wrong!!
10 minutes later… AHHH you mean "你叫什么名字"!!
What went wrong? Chances are, your tones were slightly off – they really do make all the difference, even if it's easy to think otherwise.
A funnier example is portrayed here in the classroom. Don't get those tones wrong or your teacher will be after blood!
On a serious note again – we always stress at LTL how VITAL it is to nail the tones early on. The worst thing you can do is ignore them. It'll show later on when you try and put sentences together. Locals won't understand you.
They are awkward and tricky to navigate for western speakers at first but learn them early on and it'll become second nature. Be sure to learn the tones of each word you learn too – again, it'll show when you speak.
NOTE – DO NOT be afraid to get your tones wrong. Being wrong is what makes us learn. There is no possible way to learn Chinese, or any language for that matter and not make a truckload of mistakes. Get it wrong, but after that learn why you got it wrong and get it right next time!
This isn't a Chinese meme as such but it strongly relates to learning Chinese and getting your pronunciation right from the start… if you don't you'll know about it!
We often talk about how to learn Chinese, so here's a video we made on how NOT to learn Chinese. It features former LTL student Zoe and her friend Ben. Zoe plays the role of teacher and Ben is the rookie student on the road to Chinese fluency, it's a shame his teacher isn't the best in the business like ours!
Zoe tries to teach Ben Chinese words by making them appear more English but in doing so encounters a number of faux-pas! Watch and l̶e̶a̶r̶n̶ enjoy!
Chinese Memes: HSK 1 to HSK 6 – it's a long but fruitful path!
As stated above, the road to fluency is a long one but anyone can do it, we've got proof after all! That said, it can make one feel just a tad older, as this cracking meme suggests.
Getting your head around a few thousand Chinese characters is something one can not achieve in a month or two, this takes hard work, practice, practice and even more practice. Getting to HSK 1 and even HSK 2 can be done pretty quickly, especially with our Immersion program, but the gap between each HSK level gets that bit bigger because the number of characters per HSK level doubles until you reach the holy grail of 2,500 Chinese characters which should see you set for the HSK 6 Chinese exam!
There's just endless funny Chinese memes and videos to go over but here's some of our other favourite videos that we think you'll enjoy!
Zoe and Ben are up to their old tricks again, well Zoe is anyway! Here she stitches up her friend Ben a treat when Ben asks how to ask out the pretty Chinese girl. You can guess what happens next!
As if we hadn't told you enough already about Chinese tones! There's no English in this video so this might be for the more advanced learner.
Ben and Zoe want to start a conversation with a Chinese lady but unfortunately for them, they get their Chinese tones wrong and end up with egg on their faces. We've all been there…!
This goes out to all the Chinese students who have been to, or are going to the North-East of China. As with any language, there are accents, quirks and variations. Take the Scouse accent in England or the Naples accent of Italian.
The sound is harsh and incredibly easy to pick out but it also makes understanding some words that bit harder!
Well, the genius who came up with this meme pretty much nailed it!


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Report: U.S. Retransmission Fees to Hit $7.7B in 2016
By Michael Balderston published 29 June 16
MONTEREY, CALIF.—Retransmission fees are on the rise, with S&P Global Market Intelligence division SNL Kagan estimating that U.S. TV station owners fees from multichannel operators could be $7.7 billion for 2016, a 20 percent increase from 2015's $6.4 billion. Kagan projects that number could be as high as $11.6 billion by 2022.
In addition, reverse comp, which is the retrans money stations pay to their networks for programming, is also increasing. Per Kagan, reverse comp for 2016 looks to increase by 36 percent, to $2.1 billion.
Net affiliate retrans revenue is still expected to post annual growth in the high to low single digits over Kagan's 10-year projection period. TV station owners generally staggered their retrans contracts with multichannel operators for renewal every three years, but affiliation agreements cover an average of four to five years, which gives station owners some visibility on net retrans until the next renewal.
Kagan projects that the average TV station's retrans fee per subscriber per month will rise from $1.40 in 2016 to $2.21 in 2022. However, by 2019, the projected $10.1 billion in retrans fees would only be about 18.7 percent of the $53.9 billion that U.S. multichannel operators will pay to basic cable networks and regional sports networks.
2019's average $1.87 retrans fee would put the U.S. TV station industry above all but three basic cable networks in terms of affiliate fees per subscription per month, trailing just ESPN ($9.17), TNT ($2.59) and Disney ($1.88), per Kagan. Most regional sports networks, however, are expected to be above the average retrans fee.
retransmission fees
SNL Kagan

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Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
PART III - FRINGE BENEFITS
Division 4 - Loan fringe benefits
Subdivision A - Loan benefits
SECTION 17 EXEMPT LOAN BENEFITS
17(1) [Loan as part of business and fixed arm's length interest rate]
(a) a loan is made by a person who carries on a business that consists of or includes making loans to members of the public; and
(b) the rate of interest payable in respect of the loan:
(i) is specified in a document in existence at the time the loan is made;
(ii) is not less than the rate of interest in respect of a similar arm's length loan made by the person, at or about that time, to a member of the public in the ordinary course of carrying on that business; and
(iii) cannot be varied;
the making of the loan is an exempt benefit.
17(2) [Loan as part of business and variable arm's length interest rate]
(b) the rate of interest from time to time payable in respect of the loan in respect of a year of tax is not less than the rate of interest applicable at the time concerned in respect of a similar arm's length loan made by the person, at or about the time the loan referred to in paragraph (a) is made, to a member of the public in the ordinary course of carrying on that business;
the making of the loan is an exempt benefit in relation to that year of tax.
17(3) [Advance to current employee to meet employment-related expenses]
(a) a loan consists of an advance by an employer to a current employee of the employer in respect of his or her employment;
(b) the sole purpose of the making of the loan is to enable the employee to meet expenses incurred by the employee:
(i) in the course of performing the duties of that employment; and
(ii) not later than 6 months after the loan is made;
(c) the amount of the loan does not substantially exceed the amount of those expenses that could reasonably be expected to be incurred by the employee; and
(d) the employee is required:
(i) to account to the employer, not later than 6 months after the loan is made, for expenses met from the loan; and
(ii) to repay (whether by set-off or otherwise) any amount not so accounted for;
S 17(3)(b) amended by No 139 of 1987.
17(4) [Exempt loan]
(a) the making of a loan consisting of an advance by an employer to an employee of the employer constitutes a benefit in respect of the employment of the employee in respect of a year of tax (in this subsection called the current year of tax );
(b) the sole purpose of the making of the loan is to enable the employee to pay any of the following amounts payable by the employee in respect of accommodation:
(i) a rental bond;
(ii) a security deposit in respect of electricity, gas or telephone services;
(iii) any similar amount;
(c) the employee is required to repay (whether by set-off or otherwise) the loan not later than 12 months after the loan is made;
(d) any of the following benefits is provided in, or in respect of, any year of tax to the employee in respect of that employment:
(i) an expense payment benefit where the recipients expenditure is in respect of a lease or licence in respect of that accommodation;
(ii) a housing benefit where the housing right is in respect of that accommodation;
(iii) a residual benefit where the recipients benefit is constituted by the subsistence of a lease or licence in respect of that accommodation; and
(e) either of the following subparagraphs apply:
(i) by virtue of section 21 or subsection 47(5) , the benefit referred to in paragraph (d) is an exempt benefit in relation to the year of tax referred to in that paragraph;
(ii) the benefit referred to in paragraph (d) is a fringe benefit in relation to the year of tax referred to in that paragraph and, under section 61C , the taxable value of the fringe benefit is reduced by the extent to which that taxable value is attributable to the subsistence of a lease or licence in respect of the accommodation during a particular period in that year of tax;
the making of the loan is an exempt benefit in relation to the current year of tax.
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Q: Speed up MongoDB aggregation I have a sharded collection "my_collection" with the following structure:
{
   "CREATED_DATE" : ISODate(...),
   "MESSAGE" : "Test Message",
   "LOG_TYPE": "EVENT"
}

The mongoDB environment is sharded with 2 shards. The above collection is sharded using Hashed shard key on LOG_TYPE. There are 7 more other possibilities for LOG_TYPE attribute.
I have 1 million documents in "my_collection" and I am trying to find the count of documents based on the LOG_TYPE using the following query:
db.my_collection.aggregate([
    { "$group" :{
        "_id": "$LOG_TYPE",
        "COUNT": { "$sum":1 }
    }}
])

But this is getting me result in about 3 seconds. Is there any way to improve this? Also when I run the explain command, it shows that no Index has been used. Does the group command doesn't use an Index?

A: There are currently some limitations in what aggregation framework can do to improve the performance of your query, but you can help it the following way:
db.my_collection.aggregate([
    { "$sort" : { "LOG_TYPE" : 1 } },
    { "$group" :{
        "_id": "$LOG_TYPE",
        "COUNT": { "$sum":1 }
    }}
])

By adding a sort on LOG_TYPE you will be "forcing" the optimizer to use an index on LOG_TYPE to get the documents in order.  This will improve the performance in several ways, but differently depending on the version being used.
On real data if you have the data coming into the $group stage sorted, it will improve the efficiency of accumulation of the totals.  You can see the different query plans where with $sort it will use the shard key index.  The improvement this gives in actual performance will depend on the number of values in each "bucket" - in general LOG_TYPE having only seven distinct values makes it an extremely poor shard key, but it does mean that it all likelihood the following code will be a lot faster than even optimized aggregation:
db.my_collection.distinct("LOG_TYPE").forEach(function(lt) {
   print(db.my_collection.count({"LOG_TYPE":lt});
});

A: There are a limited number of things that you can do in MongoDB, at the end of the day this might be a physical problem that extends beyond MongoDB itself, maybe latency causing configsrvs to respond untimely or results to be brought back from shards too slowly.
However you might be able to solve some performane problems by using a covered query. Since you are in fact sharding on LOG_TYPE you will already have an index on it (required before you can shard on it), not only that but the aggregation framework will auto add projection so that won't help.
MongoDB is likely having to communicate to every shard for the results, otherwise called a scatter and gather operation.
$group on its own will not use an index.
This is my results on 2.4.9:
> db.t.ensureIndex({log_type:1})
> db.t.runCommand("aggregate", {pipeline: [{$group:{_id:'$log_type'}}], explain: true})
{
        "serverPipeline" : [
                {
                        "query" : {

                        },
                        "projection" : {
                                "log_type" : 1,
                                "_id" : 0
                        },
                        "cursor" : {
                                "cursor" : "BasicCursor",
                                "isMultiKey" : false,
                                "n" : 1,
                                "nscannedObjects" : 1,
                                "nscanned" : 1,
                                "nscannedObjectsAllPlans" : 1,
                                "nscannedAllPlans" : 1,
                                "scanAndOrder" : false,
                                "indexOnly" : false,
                                "nYields" : 0,
                                "nChunkSkips" : 0,
                                "millis" : 0,
                                "indexBounds" : {

                                },
                                "allPlans" : [
                                        {
                                                "cursor" : "BasicCursor",
                                                "n" : 1,
                                                "nscannedObjects" : 1,
                                                "nscanned" : 1,
                                                "indexBounds" : {

                                                }
                                        }
                                ],
                                "server" : "ubuntu:27017"
                        }
                },
                {
                        "$group" : {
                                "_id" : "$log_type"
                        }
                }
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        "ok" : 1
}

This is the result from 2.6:
> use gthtg
switched to db gthtg
> db.t.insert({log_type:"fdf"})
WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 })
> db.t.ensureIndex({log_type: 1})
{ "numIndexesBefore" : 2, "note" : "all indexes already exist", "ok" : 1 }
> db.t.runCommand("aggregate", {pipeline: [{$group:{_id:'$log_type'}}], explain: true})
{
        "stages" : [
                {
                        "$cursor" : {
                                "query" : {

                                },
                                "fields" : {
                                        "log_type" : 1,
                                        "_id" : 0
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                                        "scanAndOrder" : false,
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                                                        "cursor" : "BasicCursor",
                                                        "isMultiKey" : false,
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Q: ffmpeg lowpass filter increase roll off I have converted one of my old SACD's to 352kHz FLAC, but due to the nature of DSD, a lot of noise is added to the higher frequencies, which are outside the audible range, but consume quite some disk space.

So I thought I'd use the simple lowpass filter to get rid of it, like this:
ffmpeg -i input.dsf -af "lowpass=26000" output.flac

However, the result is that the noise is still there, but only lowered in volume:

Is there a way to increase the roll-off of the filter or another way to get up to -140 dB at ~48 kHz?

A: TL,DR:
Use sox instead:
ffmpeg -i input.dsf -f wav -acodec pcm_s24le pipe:1 | sox -S -t wav --ignore-length - --compression 8 output.flac sinc -32k -t 16k

...will get rid of all the high frequency distortion and reduce file size dramatically (bringing it back close to DSD):

*

*DSD64 (SACD): ~162 MiB

*FLAC (352.8kHz - no filters): ~396 MiB

*FLAC (352.8kHz - lowpass): ~189 MiB

Long Read
OK, I found out, that one can simple chain the filters and by using slightly different roll-off frequencies. For the following, I simply converted the DSD files without any filter to FLAC (hence, in the following commands we have input.flac instead of input.dsf).
Using the following command:
ffmpeg -i input.flac -af "lowpass=24000,lowpass=28000,lowpass=30000,lowpass=32000" output.flac

...resulted in:

Which looked really nice.
I then checked how close it still was to the original in the lower (audible) frequencies:
sox -S -m -v 1 input.flac -v -1 output.flac -n spectrogram -x 640 -y 200 -Z -30 -o "lowpass.ffmpeg.diff.png"

...result:

So, no way I can keep that in my library. As I was searching for alternatives, I came across this nice informative read:

*

*How to Create a Configurable Filter Using a Kaiser Window
So, based on that new information, I fired up sox instead:
sox -S input.flac --compression 8 output.flac sinc -32k -t 16k

...which result in:

...and confirmed via diff, that audible frequencies remain untouched:


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import jenkins_job_wrecker.modules.base
from jenkins_job_wrecker.helpers import get_bool, gen_raw
from jenkins_job_wrecker.modules.triggers import Triggers

PARAMETER_MAPPER = {
    'stringparameterdefinition': 'string',
    'booleanparameterdefinition': 'bool',
    'choiceparameterdefinition': 'choice',
    'textparameterdefinition': 'text',
    'fileparameterdefinition': 'file',
}

class Properties(jenkins_job_wrecker.modules.base.Base):
    component = 'properties'

    def gen_yml(self, yml_parent, data):
        parameters = []
        properties = []
        for child in data:
            object_name = child.tag.split('.')[-1].lower()
            object_name = object_name.replace('-', '').replace('_', '')
            if object_name == 'parametersdefinitionproperty':
                self.registry.dispatch(self.component, 'parameters', child, parameters)
                continue
            elif object_name == 'pipelinetriggersjobproperty':
                # Pipeline scripts put triggers in properties section
                trigger = Triggers(self.registry)
                for grandchild in child:
                    # Find the triggers tag and then generate the yaml
                    if grandchild.tag == 'triggers':
                        trigger.gen_yml(yml_parent, grandchild)
                continue
            self.registry.dispatch(self.component, object_name, child, properties)

        if len(properties) > 0:
            yml_parent.append(['properties', properties])
        if len(parameters) > 0:
            yml_parent.append(['parameters', parameters])

def githubprojectproperty(top, parent):
    github = {}
    for child in top:
        if child.tag == 'projectUrl':
            github['url'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'displayName':
            pass
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError("cannot handle XML %s" % child.tag)

    parent.append({'github': github})

def envinjectjobproperty(top, parent):
    env_info = {}
    for child in top:
        if child.tag == 'info':
            for grandchild in child:
                if grandchild.tag == 'loadFilesFromMaster':
                    env_info['load-from-master'] = get_bool(grandchild.text)
                elif grandchild.tag == 'groovyScriptContent':
                    if grandchild.text:
                        env_info['groovy-content'] = grandchild.text
                elif grandchild.tag == 'secureGroovyScript':
                    for ggchild in grandchild:
                        if ggchild.tag == 'script':
                            if ggchild.text:
                                env_info['groovy-content'] = ggchild.text
                        elif ggchild.tag == 'sandbox':
                            # No support in jjb for this, fail quietly for
                            # this one
                            pass
                        else:
                            raise NotImplementedError("cannot handle XML %s" % ggchild.tag)
                elif grandchild.tag == 'scriptContent':
                    if grandchild.text:
                        env_info['script-content'] = grandchild.text
                elif grandchild.tag == 'scriptFilePath':
                    if grandchild.text:
                        env_info['script-file'] = grandchild.text
                elif grandchild.tag == 'propertiesContent':
                    if grandchild.text:
                        env_info['properties-content'] = grandchild.text
                elif grandchild.tag == 'propertiesFilePath':
                    if grandchild.text:
                        env_info['properties-file'] = grandchild.text
                else:
                    raise NotImplementedError("cannot handle XML %s" % grandchild.tag)
        elif child.tag == 'on':
            env_info['enabled'] = get_bool(child.text)
        elif child.tag == 'keepJenkinsSystemVariables':
            env_info['keep-system-variables'] = get_bool(child.text)
        elif child.tag == 'keepBuildVariables':
            env_info['keep-build-variables'] = get_bool(child.text)
        elif child.tag == 'overrideBuildParameters':
            env_info['override-build-parameters'] = get_bool(child.text)
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError("cannot handle XML %s" % child.tag)

    parent.append({'inject': env_info})

def parameters(top, parent):
    for params in top:
        if params.tag != 'parameterDefinitions':
            raise NotImplementedError("cannot handle XML %s" % params.tag)
        for param in params:
            param_name = param.tag.split('.')[-1].lower()
            if param_name not in PARAMETER_MAPPER:
                gen_raw(param, parent)
                continue
            param_type = PARAMETER_MAPPER[param_name]
            parameter = {}
            for setting in param:
                key = {'defaultValue': 'default'}.get(setting.tag, setting.tag)
                if setting.text is None:
                    parameter[key] = ''
                elif param_type == 'bool' and (setting.text == 'true' or setting.text == 'false'):
                    parameter[key] = (setting.text == 'true')
                elif param_type == 'choice' and setting.tag == 'choices':
                    choices = []
                    for sub_setting in setting:
                        if(sub_setting.attrib['class'] == 'string-array'):
                            for item in sub_setting:
                                choices.append(item.text)
                        else:
                            raise NotImplementedError(sub_setting.attrib['class'])
                    parameter[key] = choices
                else:
                    parameter[key] = setting.text
            parent.append({param_type: parameter})

def throttlejobproperty(top, parent):
    throttle = {}
    for child in top:
        if child.tag == 'maxConcurrentPerNode':
            throttle['max-per-node'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'maxConcurrentTotal':
            throttle['max-total'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'throttleOption':
            throttle['option'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'throttleEnabled':
            throttle['enabled'] = get_bool(child.text)
        elif child.tag == 'categories':
            throttle['categories'] = []
        elif child.tag == 'configVersion':
            pass  # assigned by jjb
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError("cannot handle XML %s" % child.tag)

    parent.append({'throttle': throttle})

def slacknotifierslackjobproperty(top, parent):
    slack = {}
    notifications = {
        "notifySuccess": "notify-success",
        "notifyAborted": "notify-aborted",
        "notifyNotBuilt": "notify-not-built",
        "notifyUnstable": "notify-unstable",
        "notifyFailure": "notify-failure",
        "notifyBackToNormal": "notify-back-to-normal",
        "notifyRepeatedFailure": "notify-repeated-failure"
    }
    for child in top:
        if child.tag == 'teamDomain':
            slack['team-domain'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'token':
            slack['token'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'room':
            slack['room'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'includeTestSummary':
            slack['include-test-summary'] = (child.text == 'true')
        elif child.tag == 'showCommitList':
            slack['show-commit-list'] = (child.text == 'true')
        elif child.tag == 'includeCustomMessage':
            slack['include-custom-message'] = (child.text == 'true')
        elif child.tag == 'customMessage':
            slack['custom-message'] = child.text
        elif child.tag == 'startNotification':
            slack['start-notification'] = (child.text == 'true')
        elif child.tag in notifications:
            slack[notifications[child.tag]] = (child.text == 'true')
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError("cannot handle XML %s" % child.tag)

    parent.append({'slack': slack})

def builddiscarderproperty(top, parent):
    discarder = {}
    mapping = {'daysToKeep': 'days-to-keep',
               'numToKeep': 'num-to-keep',
               'artifactDaysToKeep': 'artifact-days-to-keep',
               'artifactNumToKeep': 'artifact-num-to-keep'}
    for child in top[0]:
        discarder[mapping[child.tag]] = int(child.text)

    parent.append({'build-discarder': discarder})

def disableconcurrentbuildsjobproperty(top, parent):
    # Pipeline job specific tag.
    # concurrent is false by default anyway, so just going to ignore it
    # Check cli.py root_to_yaml func for more info
    pass

def authorizationmatrixproperty(top, parent):
    # mirror image of: https://opendev.org/jjb/jenkins-job-builder/src/commit/074985c7ff9360bb58be80ffab686746267f814f/jenkins_jobs/modules/properties.py#L530
    credentials = 'com.cloudbees.plugins.credentials.CredentialsProvider.'
    ownership = 'com.synopsys.arc.jenkins.plugins.ownership.OwnershipPlugin.'

    permissions = {
        ''.join((credentials, 'Create')): 'credentials-create',
        ''.join((credentials, 'Delete')): 'credentials-delete',
        ''.join((credentials, 'ManageDomains')): 'credentials-manage-domains',
        ''.join((credentials, 'Update')): 'credentials-update',
        ''.join((credentials, 'View')): 'credentials-view',
        'hudson.model.Item.Build': 'job-build',
        'hudson.model.Item.Cancel': 'job-cancel',
        'hudson.model.Item.Configure': 'job-configure',
        'hudson.model.Item.Create': 'job-create',
        'hudson.model.Item.Delete': 'job-delete',
        'hudson.model.Item.Discover': 'job-discover',
        'hudson.model.Item.ExtendedRead': 'job-extended-read',
        'hudson.model.Item.Move': 'job-move',
        'hudson.model.Item.Read': 'job-read',
        'hudson.model.Item.ViewStatus': 'job-status',
        'hudson.model.Item.Workspace': 'job-workspace',
        ''.join((ownership, 'Jobs')): 'ownership-jobs',
        'hudson.model.Run.Delete': 'run-delete',
        'hudson.model.Run.Replay': 'run-replay',
        'hudson.model.Run.Update': 'run-update',
        'hudson.scm.SCM.Tag': 'scm-tag'
    }
    authorization = {}
    for child in top:
        if child.tag == 'inheritanceStrategy':
            class_ = child.get('class')
            if class_ != 'org.jenkinsci.plugins.matrixauth.inheritance.InheritParentStrategy':
                raise NotImplementedError('cannot handle inheritance strategy - not implemented in JJB')
        elif child.tag == 'permission':
            permission, name = child.text.split(':', 1)
            if name not in authorization:
                authorization[name] = []
            authorization[name].append(permissions[permission])
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError('cannot handle XML {}'.format(child.tag))
    parent.append({'authorization': authorization})

def buildblockerproperty(top, parent):
    build_blocker_property = {}
    for child in top:
        if child.tag == "useBuildBlocker":
            build_blocker_property["use-build-blocker"] = get_bool(child.text)
        elif child.tag == "blockLevel":
            build_blocker_property["block-level"] = child.text
        elif child.tag == "scanQueueFor":
            build_blocker_property["queue-scanning"] = child.text
        elif child.tag == "blockingJobs":
            blocking_jobs = []
            if child.text is not None:
                blocking_jobs = [name.strip() for name in child.text.split('\n')]
            build_blocker_property["blocking-jobs"] = blocking_jobs
    parent.append({'build-blocker': build_blocker_property})

def rebuildsettings(top, parent):
    rebuild = {}
    for child in top:
        if child.tag == 'autoRebuild':
            rebuild['auto-rebuild'] = (child.text == 'true')
        elif child.tag == 'rebuildDisabled':
            rebuild['rebuild-disabled'] = (child.text == 'true')
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError('Unsupported tag')
    parent.append({'rebuild': rebuild})


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WATCH: Donald Trump Struggles to Breathe and Squirms in Pain
by Brandon Gage
Brandon Gage
Brandon is a political writer for the Hill Reporter specializing…
CNN Poll: Trump Down to Biden by 16% After Contracting Coronavirus
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF-3nWHDNNS/?igshid=12m99ct2vffbr
President Donald Trump struggled to breathe and squirmed in agony upon returning to the White House from Walter Reed Military Medical Center Monday evening.
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
Trump spent the weekend hospitalized and receiving treatments – some of which were experimental – aimed at subduing the symptoms associated with the coronavirus. There is no cure, and a vaccine, if one is possible at all, is months away at best.
Videos posted to Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube show Trump – who is presumably still highly contagious – disembarking Marine One and then ascending the staircase to the Truman Balcony, where he proceeded to remove his mask and attempt to give reporters a photo-op.
But flushed, sweaty, and wheezing were probably not the triumphant visages the president was hoping to project to the world.
The obese 74-year-old commander in chief looked like he was dying.
Trump looks like he is gasping for air pic.twitter.com/4k2v4Jxlir
— Brennan Murphy (@brenonade) October 5, 2020
Trump appears to be wincing in pain while he breathes pic.twitter.com/YKhGhu0VN0
Propaganda footage shared by the White House conveniently omitted showing Trump's front side as he loomed over the South Lawn.
Shortly thereafter, Trump posted his own video to Twitter, in which he claimed – without providing any proof – that he "may be immune," declared victory over the coronavirus, and urged the public to "not be afraid" of getting sick "because we have the best medical care and they're all getting approved."
Opposition Parties in Israel Unite in Bid to Unseat Prime Minister Netanyahu
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313267615083761665?s=20
The sudden change in Trump's appearance could be due to the aggressive drug regimen preventing the virus from eating him alive. One of the medications in particular is a powerful steroid called dexamethasone, used in only the most severe COVID-19 cases. The drug is well-known for its side effects, which include aggression, increased perspiration, pain, and psychosis.
What goes up must come down, however. Steroid withdrawal can be nasty. Usually, they are administered or prescribed for a limited time that includes a taper down or weaning period, where the dosage is gradually reduced, to prevent a crash.
If a constant inundation of performance enhacing substances is only thing propping up a naturally abrasive and erratic Trump, he may be in much worse shape than the administration and the media are letting on.
Serious questions need to be asked – now – about what the White House intends on doing if Trump weakens to the point that he cannot peform his duties or has to be placed on a ventilator, especially if he becomes incapacitated without having transferred power to Vice President Mike Pence, who is on-deck in the presidential line of succession.
What is Trump's true condition?
How much time will be permitted to pass until Pence chooses to invoke the 25th Amendment?
How long will the public be kept in the dark?
Are there any responsible adults left in the West Wing?
How much damage could an angry, in denial, and petrified Trump inflict if and when he realizes his own mortality?
Does he still have unilateral authority over the codes to the mighty American nuclear arsenal?
What will it take for his solar system of sycophants – all of whom are too afraid to tell him 'no' – to stand up to him, if they are even capable of doing so at all?
The stakes could not be – and may never be – higher than they are right now.
Thirty days until the election.
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Brandon is a political writer for the Hill Reporter specializing in current events, breaking news, and scientific discovery. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University. He lives in New York City.
Brandon Gage October 6, 2020


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History of Redeemer
Pastoral Reading Reflections
Praying for Missionaries
This is a space for our pastoral staff to reflect on what they are reading. These are not reviews, recommendations, or summaries, but short reflections on books they've read.
Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
By Brian Gault	| October 16, 2019
On Sunday, Pastor El talked about the importance of Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller. I couldn't agree more. Counterfeit Gods has been deeply formative for me in the Christian life. Pulling it off the shelf is like visiting an old friend. You can read it in a couple hours, but digest it for the rest…
He Gave Us Stories, by Richard Pratt
By Brian Gault	| September 30, 2019
We have a God who acts and speaks. He acts in history, and then he interprets his actions through his word. His word is full of stories. To interpret those stories correctly, we need hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is the study of principles or methods of interpretation. Whenever we read anything, either consciously or unconsciously we are…
Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
Fiction helps me to enter into another world. As the pages turn, I live in that world. The world that Colson Whitehead creates in The Underground Railroad is not for the faint of heart. It's a harsh reality. Though it's a fictional story, it uncovers a hard truth. A truth that needs to be told.…
Death by Living, by ND Wilson
Life is a story. A good friend recently told me, "I read this every year." That caught my attention. I picked up Death by Living by ND Wilson, the son of Doug Wilson. ND Wilson is a story teller, a fiction writer. He was written several children's trilogies including the 100 Cupboards series, the Ashtown…
Community and Growth, by Jean Vanier
By Brian Gault	| August 13, 2019
Genuine community is a rebellion against the isolation of today's culture. Loneliness has skyrocketed over the past 50 years. It's an epidemic and a deep wound. 47% of Americans often feel lonely. A 2010 study at Brigham Young University reported that loneliness shortens a person's life by 15 years. Originally translated into English in 1979,…
Heal Us, Emmanuel, edited by Doug Serven
By Brian Gault	| July 30, 2019
Heal Us, Emmanuel is "a call for racial reconciliation, representation, and unity in the church." This collection of essays written by PCA Teaching and Ruling Elders was published in 2016. It came as a response. In 2015 Ligon Duncan and Sean Lucas brought a Personal Resolution on Civil Rights Remembrance to the 43rd PCA General…
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
World War II history tends to be about strategies and battles, fronts and guns, heroes and power. It's a tale told about men. It's a tale told by men. But that's only half the story. Kristin Hannah paints a vivid picture of Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It's historical fiction, but she creates a…
Same Lake, Different Boat, by Stephanie Hubach
By Zack Owens	| July 14, 2019
I once heard an excellent sermon from Luke 14. The Gospel was applied it in a real way to our lives. The preacher firmly and compassionately spoke about our spiritual blindness, our spiritual disability. But there was a problem: "He said also to the man who had invited him, 'When you give a dinner or…
Boundaries with Kids, by Cloud and Townsend
By Brian Gault	| July 9, 2019
In his excellent sermon at PCA General Assembly this year, David Cassidy said, "Our kids are always being discipled. The question is by whom and into what." Right now, your children are learning boundaries. The question is whether they are good boundaries or bad boundaries. Boundaries define our limits and freedoms. They teach responsibility and…
The Tech-Wise Family, by Andy Crouch
By Brian Gault	| May 28, 2019
Summer is upon us. At our house, kids are suddenly at home instead of at school, which consequently involves setting more boundaries around screens. Andy Crouch thinks deeply and writes clearly. He's exploring what human flourishing looks like in a world of technology. This book has influenced the way I think about our use of…
The Jesus Storybook Bible, by Sally Lloyd-Jones
By Zack Owens	| May 20, 2019
When I first began teaching children in a summer camp setting, I began accumulating resources (curricula, books, bibles, etc). So when our first child was born, I had an arsenal of children's bibles on hand to start reading. But there was a problem. Whether the message was moralistic, the hero wasn't Jesus, or the storytelling…
Wild at Heart, by John Eldredge
This is a book about men—specifically about the heart of men. It is a powerful book that has spoken to countless readers. It also requires discernment. We might compare the Christian life is like a plane with two wings—duty and desire. With two balanced wings, the plane flies straight ahead. When one wing is shorter,…
Galatians for You, by Tim Keller
By Brian Gault	| April 24, 2019
I'm a big Tim Keller fan. My favorite Keller titles include: The Meaning of Marriage, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering, Prodigal God, and Counterfeit Gods. Using logic and reason, illustration and analogy, he has repeatedly shattered my unhelpful views and replaced them with more biblical ones. Galatians for You packs the same punch,…
Safe People, by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
God created us to be in relationship, and relationships can be hurtful and/or healing. Healthy relationships are essential for us to flourish. But what are healthy relationships, and how do we find them? Cloud and Townsend, the co-authors of Boundaries, answer that question in Safe People. They start by defining unsafe people, who generally fall…
United by Faith, by DeYoung, Emerson, Yancey, and Kim
By Brian Gault	| April 9, 2019
United by Faith answers Divided by Faith—intentionally so; it's framed as a companion volume. The problem? Divided by Faith discusses evangelical religion and the problem of race. As Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, "the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning." The answer? United by Faith proposes "the multiracial…
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Neufundland nahm nur ein Mal an Olympischen Spielen teil. Jedoch herrschen Kontroversen, ob der einzige Athlet, der in St. Louis teilnahm, als Neufundländer oder als US-Amerikaner anzusehen ist. Robert Fowler wurde 1882 in Neufundland geboren, seine Familie emigrierte 1889 nach Boston. Dort ging Fowler zur Schule und besuchte das College. Als Marathonläufer startete er mehrfach beim Boston-Marathon. US-Bürger wurde er jedoch erst am 16. September 1907, so dass er Sporthistorikern zufolge nicht als Starter für die USA aufzuführen ist.

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Please forgive the terrible pun, but it seemed an appropriate title for our new footpaths history project. Also it's a title that nobody appears to have claimed before, apart from a band from a small town in Virginia playing 'original folk, reclaimed hymns and folk rap'. We hope they don't mind sharing it with us.
Seven years ago we published 'Pathways', which looked at the variety of paths and tracks that played a vital role in the development of our country, from ancient ridgeways and Roman roads, to packhorse trails, smuggling routes and urban walkways. For that book we picked routes from all round England, Scotland and Wales, to showcase what you might call the 'classic' examples of each path or track type.
More recently we wrote a weekly column for the Big Issue, highlighting the quirky features, some man-made, some geological, that can be encountered on British walks. While undoubtedly oddities, many of these 'Hidden Britain' features threw a fascinating light on our social history.
For 2018 we have decided to focus on the story of our pathways in a much more local area. By way of example we have picked on our own parish, Stainmore, which lies in a remote part of Cumbria. Following the span of the original Pathways book, we'll be exploring our local paths from prehistory through to the modern day, unmasking our community's roots through its walking and transport connections. You can read our first Walking Roots piece on our Walkingworld blog, and we invite you to take part by letting us know of your own local history projects.
Walking and activity holiday specialist HF Holidays has unveiled a new collection of Spring Walking breaks. The holidays come with a choice of two walks a day, each including a relaxing stop in a cosy pub or tearoom for a hot lunch or afternoon tea.
In the Cotswolds you can enjoy a stay at Harrington House, just 100 metres from the centre of Bourton-on-the-Water, one of the most popular villages in the Cotswolds and a great destination in its own right.
Church Stretton in the Shropshire Hills is the ideal base for exploring the area's peaceful meadows and rugged moorland. Longmynd House is set in the hills overlooking the town. Ironbridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, NT property Uppark House and the foodie and architectural gem of Ludlow are all nearby.
Walks at Malhamdale in the Yorkshire Dales could take you to the huge amphitheatre of Malham Cove - once a waterfall to rival Niagara Falls - or the cascades of Gordale Scar. On a gentler day there are the cobbled streets of Grassington and Kettlewell and the market town of Skipton and its medieval castle to explore.
At the foot of the South Downs, Abingworth Hall offers a great location for short or long strolls in the rolling hills of the South Downs National Park. This wildlife-rich chalk downland is a colourful tapestry of historic villages, wild-flower meadows, thatched cottages and quaint pubs.
All on full board basis and subject to availability. Other dates/locations available. Terms and conditions apply - see website for full T&Cs.
Pri Lenart Hotel offers its guests guided walking holidays surrounded by some of the finest views in Europe. Located at an elevation of 900m, summer is the perfect time of year for a walking holiday in Slovenia. Unlike many European locations in the middle of the holiday season, you will find yourself away from the crowds, often only meeting a few locals, fellow walkers and the wildlife of the Slovenian woodland and Alps.
The 2018 season runs from 21st April - 13th October, with some fantastic low prices available for breaks in July and August. Prices for a luxury walking holiday in a walker's paradise start from just £895 and cover everything from accommodation to the guided walks, food and drinks.
To find out more visit the Pri Lenart hotel website or call +386 41 650 321.
Spring is the best time to visit the Alpujarra in Andalucia. The meadows are green, the wild flowers breathtaking, and the weather is warm but not too hot. This year Casa Ana has a special offer: 100 euros per person off for holidays in April and May.
You can join writer Chris Stewart for a week exploring the Alpujarras and the Sierra Nevada National Park ('Walking over Lemons' - April 7-14). Chris' favourite walks take you through meadows full of spring flowers and almond, oak and chestnut groves as well as the area's traditional white villages. There is also a day's hiking in the mountains with views of snowy peaks and the blue Mediterranean far below; and a day in Granada, exploring the medieval city with its palaces, silk market and water caverns. Plus a walk down the river valley to Chris' farm and a long lunch on the terrace.
On the May 13-19 holiday, 'Walking with Nature', Chris Stewart teams up with expert guides for five days of gentler walks in the best locations for wild flowers, birds and butterflies. The routes take you into the mountains to look for eagles, ibex and Alpine gentians, and to the wetlands (home of the marsh harrier and purple heron), with woodland, riverside and meadow walking in between.
- Walking over Lemons (7 nights, April 7-14). REDUCED to 1195 euros p.p. sharing /1375 euros own room.
- Walking with Nature (6 nights, May 13-19). REDUCED to 935 euros p.p. sharing/1135 euros own room.
- Offer limited to 4 places per holiday.
- Included: B&B at Casa Ana, lunches, picnics, dinners, guides, local transport.
- Not included: flights, airport transfers, some refreshments, tickets to monuments.
If you have been trying to install the iOS version of the Walkingworld app during the last couple of weeks, we apologise. We have a new version in the pipeline but it's taken a little longer than we hoped. It is now going through the Apple review process so with a bit of luck it will be back in the store within a few days. There's also a new Android version which corrects a handful of bugs, so you may find your app undating before too long.


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Inmates Want Files to Prove Innocence. DA Can't Find Them.
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October 4, 2017 | Jarrett Murphy, Executive Editor/Publisher, City Limits
Three years ago, City Limits started an internship program for high school and college students (or young people of college age) from the Bronx. The program, launched with the help of the Simon Bolivar Foundation and supported now by the Pinkerton Foundation, had three goals: provide paid work experience in the borough with the highest unemployment in New York City, introduce participants to the basics of investigative journalism, and produce stories that highlight underreported problems in the Bronx.
Since then, guided by experienced journalist-instructors, our interns have produced reports on fast food, disparities in access to fitness, problems with daycare regulations, litter hotspots, unreliable bus schedules, barriers to reporting crime, and the lack of attention to gun dealers in busts of local gun-smuggling rings. In each of the six rounds of the internship so far, an early session has focused on the importance of documents to investigative reporters—as a way to report a story, and even as a way to learn that a story is there to report in the first place. Our story from early 2016, "Inmates Want Files to Prove Innocence. DA Can't Find Them," reported by the fall of 2015 intern class, was a perfect example of the truth of that lesson.
The story tells about prisoners in state facilities who filed Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests with the Bronx district attorney (DA) seeking files from their cases, with the goal of doing research toward overturning their convictions. In case after case, we learned, those requests were ignored, denied, or approved but never fulfilled. Sometimes the denial was justified by the DA on the grounds that the files simply could not be found.
We happened upon the story after completing an exercise: Interns were told about the importance of legal paperwork as a source for story ideas and reporting documents and were encouraged to check a county database for suits against public officials. Several interns came back with similar suits against then-Bronx DA Robert Johnson. We detected a pattern and decided to look a little further. We found more.
The students set out to write to the requesters in prison to find out more about their cases. A few wrote back. We also worked together trying to track down people who had been paroled since their FOIL request; we had little luck initially, but the interns had learned a few tricks of the trade when it comes to finding people. Where possible, students found news clippings about the alleged crimes and tried to track down witnesses and lawyers. Once reporting was in hand, the instructor went to the Bronx DA to ask some questions and learned about deep problems with the office's record-keeping systems.
What was great about the story was that its moral was both simple and nuanced. It wasn't that each, or even any, of the requesters seemed to have a strong case to overturn their case. This wasn't about good guys and bad guys. It was about principles of fairness and transparency. This resonated with the students.
It is often hard to trace a clear line from an article to the action that takes place as its result. But at a budget hearing later in 2016, your correspondent—the instructor on the FOIL story—was heartened to hear the Bronx DA ask for funding to improve the office's record keeping. We believe our story added to whatever existing momentum there was within the DA's office to take that step.
Congratulations to the students: Stan Johnson, Brianna Lorenzana, Cristyn Mingo, Arlenis Pena, Rickie Quansah, Kayla Ray, Adaury Rodriguez, and Nickie Uwoghiren. And many thanks to intern program manager Victoria Edwards; City Limits executive director Fran Reilly; instructors Kate Pastor and Darryl Khan; photographer Adi Talwar; and our hosts at the College Now program at Hostos Community College and at the Careers in Sports High School, especially Elizabeth Wilson and Paula Pryce-Bremmer.
Jarrett Murphy is the executive editor and publisher of City Limits, a nonprofit investigative journalism entity based in New York City. He worked with the students named above, who are finalists in the youth category of the Media for a Just Society Awards.
Three years ago, City Limits started an internship program for high school and college students (or young people of college age) from the Bronx. The program, launched with the help of the Simon Bolivar Foundation and supported now by the Pinkerton Foundation, had three goals: provide paid work experience in the borough with the highest…