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Reading List on Modernity and Secularism
Note: many titles from this excellent list by Derrick Peterson.
Primary List:
Agamben, Giorgio. Homo Sacer.
Asad, Talal.
Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative Reason.
Formations of the Secular.
Berry, Wendell. The Unsettling of America.
Betz, John R. After Enlightenment: The Post-Secular Vision of J. G. Hamann.
Blumenberg, Hans. The Legitimacy of the Modern Age and The Genesis of the Copernican World.
Brague, Rémi. The Kingdom of Man: The Genesis and Failure of the Modern Project.
Cavanaugh, William.
Migrations of the Holy.
The Myth of Religious Violence: Secular Ideology and the Roots of Modern Conflict.
Connolly, William E. Why I Am Not a Secularist.
Del Noce, Augusto. The Crisis of Modernity. (Translated by Carlo Lancellotti.)
Dupre, Louis. The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Culture. (A trilogy.)
Funkenstein, Amos. Theology and the Scientific Imagination.
Gaukroger, Stephen. 4 volumes on the emergence of scientific culture.
Gillespie, Michael Allen. Theological Origins of Modernity.
Gonzales, Philip John Paul (editor). Exorcising Philosophical Modernity: Cyril O'Regan and Christian Discourse after Modernity.
Gregory, Brad. The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society.
Harries, Karsten. Infinity and Perspective. (Derrick Peterson's all time favorite academic book on the scientific revolution.)
Harrison, Peter. The Territories of Science and Religion.
Hoff, Johannes. The Analogical Turn: Rethinking Modernity with Nicholas of Cusa (A top recommendation by Jonathan McCormack. See comments at this blog post.)
Horkheimer, Max and Theodor W. Adorno. Dialectic of Enlightenment. Translated by Edmund Jephcott. (Goes after logical positivism.)
Josephson-Storm, Jason Ānanda.
Metamodernism: The Future of Theory.
The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences.
Koyre, Alexander. From a Closed World to the Infinite Universe.
MacIntyre, Alasdaire. His quadrilogy.
Masuzawa, Tomoko. The Invention of World Religions.
Milbank, John.
Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason.
Beyond Secular Order. (Shorter treatment.)
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Knowledge and the Sacred.
Nongbri, Brent. Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept.
Pannenberg, Wolfhart. Theology and the Philosophy of Science and Anthropology in Theological Perspective.
Peterson, Derrick. Flat Earths and Fake Footnotes.
Pfau, Thomas. Minding the Modern. (From the angle of anthropology.)
Smith, James K. A. After Modernity?: Secularity, Globalization, and the Reenchantment of the World.
Smith, Wilfred Cantwell. The Meaning and End of Religion.
Taylor, Charles.
A Secular Age. (Recapped in How (Not) to Be Secular by James K. A. Smith.)
Sources of the Self.
Barbour, Ian. Religion in an Age of Science. Two volumes.
Lincoln, Bruce. Holy Terrors: Thinking About Religion After 9/11.
Tyson, Paul. Defragmenting Modernity. (Superb, easy distillation of Milbank's and the RO's critique of modernity recommended by Jonathan McCormack.)
Beck, Richard. Hunting Magic Eels: Recovering an Enchanted Faith in a Skeptical Age.
Freeman, Stephen. Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe.
Hart, David Bentley. Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies.
Lewis, C. S. Abolition of Man.
Trueman, Carl. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution.
Pro Modernity and Secularism Perspectives:
Cox, Harvey.
The Secular City: Secularization and Urbanization in Theological Perspective.
Feast of Fools.
Inspirational quotation from none of the above books:
I take …complacency with regard to the post-religious rationalism of our age to be curiously oblivious to the extraordinary violence that has always been part of the history and the logic of secular modernity: the oceans of blood spilled by the wars of the emergent nation states, the nationalist and imperialist and colonialist adventures of early and late modernity, the racialist ideologies and totalitarian regimes incubated in the deep shadows cast by Enlightenment rationalism, the rise of early modern and industrial and late consumerist capitalism with all the evils—the rebirth of chattel slavery, the commodification of labor, the exploitation of impoverished labor markets, and so on—with which the whole history may justly be charged, the wars of terror we are willing to prosecute in the name of something called liberal democracy in order to protect the sacred space of that consumerist culture from any threat foreign or domestic, and so on.
From Theological Territories by David Bentley Hart.

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Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students. The number one cause of suicide for college student suicides (and all suicides) is untreated depression. Being aware of the mental health concerns of students is critical. It is sad that one in five college students believe that their depression level is higher than it should be, yet only 6% say that they would seek help.
Students face many challenges when they go to college. It is a difficult transition period. Students can feel lost, lonely, confused, anxious, inadequate, and stressed. These problems may lead to depression or some other mental health condition. American College Health Association (ACHA, 2013) research cites that many student survey respondents struggle with the following problem areas: Stress (30.5%), Sleep Difficulties (22%), Anxiety (21%), and Depression (12.8%).
Not everybody exhibits these warning signs but 75% do. Faculty, staff and students need to be aware of what the suicide warning signs are so they can spot someone who may desperately need their help.
•	Are feeling strong anger or rage.
•	Are exhibiting a change in personality.
•	Are losing interest in most activities.
•	Are giving away prized possessions.
A distressed or suicidal student may not directly ask for help. It doesn't mean that they do not want or need your help. This is why it is so important to be familiar with the risk factors and warning sign for suicide so you will be able to spot those in trouble.
If you feel there is reason for concern, reach out and talk to them.
· Show empathy and concern: Tell the student that you are concerned, and show them that you are concerned. A suicidal person is extremely vulnerable and needs to feel your concern and reassurance that things will be okay.
· Listen, listen, and listen. Be gentle, kind and understanding: Work with the student so they begin to trust you and feel open to share what they are going through.
· Timing: Allow yourself and the student plenty of time to talk.
· Don't be judgmental: Judgment may make the student feel as if they can't freely disclose things to you.
· Let the student share whatever emotion they are feeling: Allow the student to cry, swear, or do what is necessary to release emotion. However, do not allow the person to become violent or harm himself or herself.
· Location: Meet privately in a space where you will not be interrupted but be close enough to support staff in case you need to call for help.
· It is important to be action oriented if the situation calls for it. If you feel the student may be a danger to him or herself or to others, contact appropriate resources immediately. Take the threat of suicide and potential harm to others seriously.
· If someone is in immediate danger call your mental health unit, health center, the campus police or 911.
· Be sure and follow-up with the student to make sure he or she is okay.
LOOK for areas of concern: This would include looking for the suicide warning signs and risk factors mentioned above.
INQUIRE: Talk openly about suicide.
Directly ask the person, "Are you feeling so bad that you are thinking about suicide?"
If the answer is yes, ask, "Have you thought about how you would do it?"
If the answer is yes, ask, "Do you have what you need to do it?"
If the answer is yes, ask, "Have you thought about when you would do it?"
NOTE the level of risk. If a student is thinking about suicide, has a plan, has the means to carry out the plan and has a timeline for doing it you know that this student is in crisis and needs immediate help. After this determination is made it is important to not the leave the student alone – not even for a second.
KNOW your on-campus and off-campus resources: Immediately contact your college Mental Health Site, Health Center, campus police or call 911. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at: 1-800-273-TALK.


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Q: Pass Custom Object into LWC from Flow, then back to Flow When creating a screen flow using LWC, how do we pass a custom object into the flow, update the custom object, then pass the updated object back to the flow? No child components used here, just one component designed to update the object.
When passing my custom object to the flow, I understand that you must use a FlowAttributeChangeEvent to push changes back to the flow for updates in subsequent screens. I've successfully used this method with primitive variables, but I can't seem to make this work with an object.
To get any variables set in previous screens to show in the page, or to bind a change to a variable in the JavaScript, I had to clone the object passed in from the flow, and use that variable to bind the data in the markup.
When proceeding to the next screen in the flow, the custom object is not reflecting any changes.
Here's an example of the code I'm currently using:
lwcInFlow.html
<template>
 <lightning-input type="checkbox" label="Field 1" value={clonedCustomObject.field1__c} onchange={handleChangeCustomObject} name="input1"></lightning-input>
</template>

lwcInFlow.js
import { LightningElement, api} from 'lwc';
import { FlowAttributeChangeEvent} from 'lightning/flowSupport';
export default class customObjectScreenName extends LightningElement {

@api customObject;
@api clonedCustomObject;
connectedCallback() {
        this.clonedCustomObject = {...this.customObject};
    }
handleChangeCustomObject(event) {
        this.clonedCustomObject.field1__c = event.target.checked;
        console.log('JSON: ' + JSON.stringify(clonedCustomObject)); //outputs JSON: {"Field1__c":true}
        const attributeChangeEvent = new FlowAttributeChangeEvent('customObject', this.clonedCustomObject);
        this.dispatchEvent(attributeChangeEvent);
    }
}

lwcInFlow.js-meta.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LightningComponentBundle xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <apiVersion>47.0</apiVersion>
    <isExposed>true</isExposed>
    <targets>
        <target>lightning__FlowScreen</target>
    </targets>
    <targetConfigs>
        <targetConfig targets="lightning__FlowScreen">
            <property name="customObject" type="@salesforce/schema/CustomObject__c" label="customObject"/>
        </targetConfig>
    </targetConfigs>
</LightningComponentBundle>

This method works just fine when using Aura components, but I'm thinking there is something I'm missing here that is specific to LWC.
Any ideas on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE: Okay, so for anybody that comes across this post, here is what I ended up doing. The issue was that I was trying to use the value property to toggle the checkbox on off. LWC's use the checked property to toggle the box on or off, and to bind to your variable. I also modified my change handler to work with all the input fields, rather than have a handler for every field. Code below.
lwcInFlow.html
<template>
 <lightning-input type="checkbox" name="Field_1__c" label="Field 1" checked={clonedCustomObject.field1__c} onchange={handleChangeCustomObject}></lightning-input>
<lightning-input type="checkbox" name="Field_2__c" label="Field 2" checked={clonedCustomObject.field2__c} onchange={handleChangeCustomObject}></lightning-input>
</template>

lwcInFlow.js
import { LightningElement, api} from 'lwc';
import { FlowAttributeChangeEvent} from 'lightning/flowSupport';
export default class customObjectScreenName extends LightningElement {

@api customObject;
@api clonedCustomObject;
connectedCallback() {
        this.clonedCustomObject = {...this.customObject};
    }
handleChangeCustomObject(event) {
        const name = event.target.name;
        switch(name){
            case "Field_1__c": this.clonedCustomObject.Field_1__c = event.target.checked;
            break;
            case "Field_2__c": this.clonedCustomObject.Field_2__c = event.target.checked;
            break;
        }
        const attributeChangeEvent = new FlowAttributeChangeEvent('customObject',
        this.clonedCustomObject);
        this.dispatchEvent(attributeChangeEvent);
    }
}

A:
Have you made the flow variable available for input and output?

A: Turns out that the value was being updated and passed to the next screen, however, I've uncovered some interesting behavior with the checkbox/toggle version of lightning-input. It seems that even though the variable's field value is carried over, the component does not see the 'true' value that was input on the previous screen, even though its value property is set to the field, and instead defaults to false, despite a template isTrue={} ensuring that the view state is up to date with the objects data. Other fields that aren't boolean values render fine.
As per the description above, this code works. Note that the value property is now redundant, as the view state is now rendering the checkbox either checked or unchecked based on the variable's value that is passed from the flow.
<template>
  <template if:true={clonedCustomObject.field1__c}>
     <lightning-input type="checkbox" label="field1" value={clonedCustomObject.field1__c}
                      onchange={handleChangeCustomObject} name="input1" checked>
     </lightning-input>
  </template>
  <template if:false={clonedCustomObject.field1__c}>
     <lightning-input type="checkbox" label="field1" value={clonedCustomObject.field1__c}
                      onchange={handleChangeCustomObject} name="input1" unchecked>
     </lightning-input>
  </template>
<template>

This does not work. The '{clonedCustomObject.TextField__c}' does render outside of the  template isTrue={clonedCustomObject}, and the value of clonedCustomObject.field1__c IS true in this scenario.
<template>
{clonedCustomObject.TextField__c}
   <template isTrue={clonedCustomObject}>
     <lightning-input type="checkbox" label="Field 1" value={clonedCustomObject.field1__c}
      onchange={handleChangeCustomObject} name="input1"></lightning-input>
   </template
</template>

This leads me to believe that the value property of lightning-input, at least when used as a checkbox, is not functioning as it should be when used in a flow screen.
If anybody could shed some more light on this behavior, it would be much appreciated.

A: The value property is not relevant for the Lightning-Input field, you need to look at the "checked" property on it. This has caught me out before!

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Consciousness Inside and Out: Phenomenology, Neuroscience, and the Nature of Experience
Consciousness Inside and Out: Phenomenology, Neuroscience, and the Nature of Experience pp 103-118 | Cite as
What Is Acquaintance with Consciousness?
Jonathan Simon
Part of the Studies in Brain and Mind book series (SIBM, volume 6)
It is a plausible thought that we are acquainted with our own phenomenal states, and that there are special canonical concepts of those states – phenomenal concepts – that in some sense or another facilitate this acquaintance. Let Acquaintance be the claim that our most general concept of phenomenal consciousness – the concept consciousness – is such a canonical concept, facilitating acquaintance with the property of being phenomenally conscious. In 'Orthodox Property Dualism + The Linguistic Theory of Vagueness = Panpsychism', Phillip Goff attempts to put a version of Acquaintance to work. He first argues that Orthodox Property Dualists – those who accept Property Dualism on the basis of arguments from epistemic gaps to ontological gaps – are committed to his version of Acquaintance, which he dubs Phenomenal Transparency. He then argues that Phenomenal Transparency implies that consciousness is not a vague concept, and finally he argues that this means Orthodox Property Dualists should be Panpsychists.
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For the first time since Catalonia's independence drive began to pick up momentum in 2012, more people are against independence from Spain than in favour of such a move, a new poll run by the regional government shows.
The poll carried out in early December by the Catalan government research institute, the CEO, reveals that a very slim majority of people in the region favour staying with Spain.
When the CEO asked people directly if they were in favour of independence or not, 45.3 percent of people surveyed said they were against independence while 44.5 percent said they were in favour.
The result — the first of its kind since 2012 — is a blow to the regional government of Artur Mas, which campaigned through most of 2014 to be allowed to stage a non-binding poll on independence despite staunch opposition from Madrid.
Mas eventually had to make do with a symbolic vote on November 9th which saw around 2.3 million people vote out a total estimated 5.4 million eligible voters. Of those voters 80 percent said yes to independence.
The conservative government in Madrid labelled the vote a farce while Mas called it "a total success".
But in further bad news for Mas and his government, when the CEO asked people what kind of state structure they wanted for Catalonia, they found a fall of nine percent in the proportion of people who wanted to see Catalonia become an independent state — down to 36.2 percent in the latest poll compared with 45.3 percent in October.
Meanwhile, the number of people who favour Catalonia becoming a federal state within Spain has risen from 22.2 percent in October to 28.9 percent.
Of those questioned, 21.8 percent wanted Catalonia to continue being an autonomous community.
The new CEO study also found that 38.2 percent of people in the region felt 'equally Spanish and Catalan' while 26 percent said they felt more Catalan than Spanish and 24 percent said they felt only Catalan.
In terms of sympathy for individual parties, pro-independence groups won the most support with 16.1 percent of people saying they felt the most affinity with the left-wing pro-independence ERC party while 13.7 percent of people chose the ruling CiU party.
In terms of the 2015 general election, 20.4 percent of people are planning to vote for newcomer political party Podemos, which could prove a serious threat to Spain's established political parties as it gains popularity throughout the country.
The study, which took place from December 9th to December 13th, asked 1,100 people aged 18 and over their views on the current political situation in Catalonia.


As the year comes to a close, it comes time again to prepare ourselves for the animated films being released next year! So read on below to find a list of the theatrical animated films set to be released in 2017! Like usual, I'm only listing the ones that have confirmed US release dates at the moment, hence this list is mostly composed of films from the major animation studios. Enjoy!


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Q: Why do fixed point theorems appear all over mathematics? For example, the Banach fixed-point theorem is applied in the proof of the Picard–Lindelöf theorem about the uniqueness of solutions of ordinary differential equations and the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem (or a modification of it) is used in the proof or in the context of the Weil conjectures. There are so many more examples.
What is so special about the equation $f(x)=x$?

A: One thing that immediately comes to mind: it is by far the simplest equation one can write that's 'universal' (and not tautological). All one needs is some domain $D$ with an equality relation on it and a function $D\mapsto D$. $D$ can be discrete; it can be $\mathbb{R}$; it can be infinite-dimensional; it can have extra structure or no structure at all. We don't need to be able to combine elements of $D$ in any meaningful ways, we don't need to compare in any way other than equality.

A: Suppose we have a dynamical system obtained by iterating a continuous mapping: $x(n+1) = f(x(n))$.  We are typically interested in what happens in the limit as $n \to \infty$.
Perhaps the simplest behaviour we might hope for is that
$x(n)$ goes to some limit $L$ as $n \to \infty$.   Taking $n \to \infty$ in the equation $x(n+1) = f(x(n))$ and using continuity of $f$ gives us $L = f(L)$, so $L$ should be a
fixed point of $f$.
Of course an equation $g(x) = 0$ can be transformed to a fixed-point equation $f(x)=x$, e.g. by taking $f(x) = g(x) + x$.  What can be nontrivial, though, is the use of the dynamical system $x(n+1) = f(x(n))$ to iteratively solve the original equation.
This doesn't explain every appearance of fixed points, but it is an important motivation for some of them.


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Théodore Faullain de Banville () a fost un poet francez, reprezentant al poeziei parnasiene.

Adept al teoriei artă pentru artă, versurile sale se caracterizează prin virtuozitatea formei.

Opera
 1842: Cariatidele ("Les cariatides");
 1857: Ode funambulești ("Odes funambulesques");
 1871: Mic tratat de poezie franceză ("Petit traité de poésie française")
 1873: Treizeci și șase de balade vesele în maniera lui François Villon ("Trente-six ballades joyeuses à la manière de François Villon");
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Note

Bibliografie
 Danțiș, Gabriela - Scriitori străini, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică București, 1981

Legături externe

  Oeuvres Poétiques Complètes

Nașteri în 1823
Decese în 1891
Poeți francezi
Scriitori francezi din secolul al XIX-lea
Poeți din secolul al XIX-lea
Absolvenți ai Liceului Condorcet
Înmormântări în cimitirul Montparnasse


As it was announced a few weeks ago, Ethereum's developers announced this January 31st the release of the Ethereum 2.0 preliminary version, which will allow solving errors in the network and achieving a better distribution of hash.
This new version will be known as "Phase 0 of version 0.1" and the evolution of this update will contribute to the improvement of the Ethereum's scalability and security, as explained by members of this company.
The announcement was made through social networks. Terence Tsao, developer of the Ethereum protocol, was the one who published a tweet this week in which he talks about the release of the Ethereum 2.0 preliminary version, which was published on Github. "Today marks the very first ETH2.0 version release, Congrats everyone!", he said.
Vitalik Buterin commented this version is "almost" complete to integrate Casper into its code. Casper is a consensus algorithm developed to change the way Ethereum is mined. This system allows carrying out a migration from the current Work Test (PoW) to the Consensus Test (PoS). This is just one of the proposals of the updates of path for the evolution of Ethereum.
This launch is the first of a series of broadcasts that will be made weekly throughout the month of February. Each one of them will register new changes of this preliminary version in each update. The publication also specifies that this first version is "relatively complete and approaching stability".
EThereum 2.0 is a term used to designate a series of updates proposed by the developers of this network, which will allow the scalability and mining on the blockchain. The proposal seeks to integrate a group of side chains, such as Plasma, Ewasm and Raiden, in order to improve the performance of the Achereum blockockin. The Casper integration is also contemplated to migrate the participation test consensus algorithm.
This preliminary version of Ethereum 2.0 will allow evaluating, in a separate test network, the participation test algorithm, which will eventually replace the current work test algorithm in the definitive version of Ethereum 2.0. All of these updates have been gradually developed in the Sthereum blockchain and follow the steps of a road map.
Currently, Ethereum is in the way of activating its second fork, called Constantinople, which delayed on safety errors in its implementation and is the next step to carry out the full implement of ETherehec 2.0 with the activation of the last phase called Serenity.
The disseminated code this week is part of the first technical and experimental step to specify Serenity phase which is active for this year 2021. However, there is still no official release date. Serenity will be the final update of the entire system of Ethereum, closing its development cycle which started in 2015 with the launch of its blockchain.
This January 31st was also published the code of the new Gorli test network, an open source initiative that will allow customers developers for Ethereum, such as Parity, Gerth, Nethermind and Pantheon, to synchronize their applications, prepare them for the Ethereum 2.0 version and check their connectivity.
According to the official website, Gorli is "the first customer's test network cruise of authority" in Ethereum. In this way, it is one of the first test networks to initiate new transaction validators on the blockchain, which will become the "new miners" of Ethereum 2.0 due to the migration of the Pow per algorithm POS.
The key customers for fragmentation in this network may perform tests between the months of February and March with the objective of trying the phase 0 of Serenity (Ethereum 2.0) at a more practical level and give way to the new planned development.


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Theasaurus: Disloyalty
Disloyalty (3 instances)
8 Bible Verses about Disloyalty
Others Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptBringing Israel Out Of Egypt
MonotonyGod Going Before
"For they said to me, 'Make a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
God, Zeal Of
Wilderness Of Zin
because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel.
1 Samuel 22:16-17
But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!" And the king said to the guards who were attending him, "Turn around and put the priests of the LORD to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me " But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the LORD.
I Am UnimportantOther Unimportant PeopleContempt, Examples Of
InhospitalityEscaping From PeopleWho Is This?
But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.
Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people. Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to his son Saul, "Take now with you one of the servants, and arise, go search for the donkeys."read more.
He passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them. When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, or else my father will cease to be concerned about the donkeys and will become anxious for us." He said to him, "Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and the man is held in honor; all that he says surely comes true Now let us go there, perhaps he can tell us about our journey on which we have set out." Then Saul said to his servant, "But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our sack and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?" The servant answered Saul again and said, "Behold, I have in my hand a fourth of a shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us our way." (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he used to say, "Come, and let us go to the seer"; for he who is called a prophet now was formerly called a seer.) Then Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was. As they went up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?"
Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash at the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla.
But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done. So they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon. Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were glad.read more.
So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.
Ezekiel 5:7-9
"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,' therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. 'And because of all your abominations, I will do among you what I have not done, and the like of which I will never do again.
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and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,
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Agric Minster and Staff deserve awards - Aide
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 Source: Kwabena Danso-Dapaah
Special Aide to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Andy Owusu has described Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto and other staff of the Ministry of Agric (MoA) as the best performing minister under the Akufo-Addo led government.
"Dr. Afriyie Akoto, his able deputies and staff at the Agric Ministry were outstanding in the delivery of their respective responsibilities and we believe it is worthy if they are rated as the top performer for the 2018 year under review".
According to Mr. Antwi Bosiako's aide, in 2018, the planting for food and jobs programme was undoubtedly the most remarkable achievement of the government, therefore, the minister and other staff of Ministry of Agricultural deserve awards.
"They have worked hard, shown goodwill and supported the President to implement the planting for food and jobs programme that has been a success", Andy Owusu told journalists in Kumasi
"It must be noted that due the success of the planting for food and jobs policy's implementation we have a lot to say as a party," he added.
Source: Kwabena Danso-Dapaah


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David Roland Cook (born 2 September 1936) is a former English cricketer.  Cook was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium.  He was born at Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Cook made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Oxford University in 1962.  He next appeared for the county in first-class cricket in 1967 against Middlesex in the County Championship.  Cook made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Kent in the 1968 County Championship.  In his total of nine first-class appearances, he scored 108 runs at an average of 13.50, with a high score of 28*.  With the ball, he took 23 wickets at a bowling average of 23.21, with best figures of 4/66.  Cook also made a single List A appearance for Warwickshire against Somerset in the 1967 Gillette Cup.  His only wicket in the match was that of Mervyn Kitchen, while with the bat he was run out for 3, with Somerset winning by 23 runs.

Cook also played rugby union for Coventry and Warwickshire.  His brother, Michael, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

External links
David Cook at ESPNcricinfo

1936 births
Living people
Coventry R.F.C. players
Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands
English cricketers of 1946 to 1968
English cricketers
English rugby union players
Rugby union players from Birmingham, West Midlands
Warwickshire cricketers


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Is Never have I ever series a book?
What is never have I ever about joshilyn Jackson?
What is the best book ever?
How does the book never have I ever end?
Is Devi based on Mindy?
Is Never Have I Ever season 3 coming?
Is Netflix Never Have I Ever based on a book?
What is Never Have I Ever based off of?
What is the plot of Never Have I Ever?
What is the #1 best selling book?
What should a 13 year old read?
What is the most famous book?
Do Nalini and Chris end up together?
Why is Paxton embarrassed of Devi?
Does Devi lose her virginity to Paxton?
Is Mindy Kaling an Indian?
Is Mindy Kaling real?
What ethnicity is Devi?
What age is Devi in Never Have I Ever?
Who does Devi end up with?
How many seasons will Never Have I Ever have?
Is Never Have I Ever season 2 out?
Does Paxton and Devi sleep together in season 2?
Who is the father of Mindy Kaling's baby?
Is Bella based on Mindy?
Is Devi Mindy a Kaling?
Is Devi from Never Have I Ever Indian?
Is Never Have I Ever appropriate for 11 year olds?
Is Devi moving to India?
Is Darren Barnet Japanese?
Never Have I Ever: A Novel.
A diabolically entertaining tale of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love filled with dark twists leavened by Joshilyn Jackson's trademark humor, Never Have I Ever explores what happens when the transgressions of our past come back with a vengeance.
12 Novels Considered the "Greatest Book Ever Written"
Anna Karenina. Greta Garbo in Anna Karenina.
To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird.
The Great Gatsby. F.
One Hundred Years of Solitude. Gabriel García Márquez.
A Passage to India. E.M. Forster.
Invisible Man. Ralph Ellison.
Don Quixote. Don Quixote.
Beloved. Toni Morrison.
Many expected Devi and Paxton to be crowned, but Paxton ghosted Devi because dances aren't his thing. She's there solo, but still gets to enjoy a major win as her bestie, Fabiola, wins the award, along with her girlfriend, Eve.
Main. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi Vishwakumar, a 15-year-old high school sophomore who wants to improve her life (She is based on series creator, Mindy Kaling.)
"Never Have I Ever" will return for season 3 in the summer of 2022. The exact release date is unknown, but rest assured: Season three is coming. In March, Kaling announced that season three of "Never Have I Ever" would land on Netflix at some point in the summer of 2022.
Netflix's original series, 'Never Have I Ever,' is not entirely based on a true story. Devi is a first-generation Indian-American teenager. Aside from the challenges of being a super smart and competitive student, this character struggled with her identity and her relationship with her mother.
We have no idea what that's going to be like for her." Mindy Kaling, 42, co-created "Never Have I Ever" with Lang Fisher, and the series is loosely inspired by "The Office" alum's childhood as an Indian-American.
Never Have I Ever is an American comedy-drama series focusing on the life of an Indian-American teen who seeks popularity at her high school. It was released on April 27, 2020.
Top 100 best selling books of all time
SOURCE: NIELSEN BOOK SCAN
1 Da Vinci Code,The Crime, Thriller & Adventure
2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Children's Fiction
3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Children's Fiction
The Hobbit.
Harry Potter Series.
Courage to Soar – Simone Biles.
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.
The Hunger Games.
The Queens Poisoner.
The most read book in the world is the Bible. Writer James Chapman created a list of the most read books in the world based on the number of copies each book sold over the last 50 years. He found that the Bible far outsold any other book, with a whopping 3.9 billion copies sold over the last 50 years.
This relationship became one of the highlights of Nalini's life, until she realized that she wasn't truly over Mohan and his death, and that Devi needed her mom around. Hence, Nalini made a difficult decision by deciding to break up with Chris, knowing that dating him wouldn't work well for her family.
One of the biggest issues Paxton faced was that he was embarrassed to publicly acknowledge Devi as his girlfriend after she cheated on him. However, he worked through those issues and showed up for her at the dance in front of the whole school, as his feelings trumped his embarrassment.
The good deed affects Devi's friendship with her best friends, Eleanor and Fabiola, who believe that Devi chose Paxton over them. In the end, season 1 ends with Devi as a virgin who still hasn't had sex with Paxton (and maybe never will as she may have friendzoned him.)
Kaling was the daughter of Indian immigrants. Her father, an architect, and her mother, an obstetrician-gynecologist, met at a hospital in Nigeria where both were working, and they moved to the United States in 1979.
Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), known professionally as Mindy Kaling (/ˈkeɪlɪŋ/), is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director.
Occupation Actress comedian screenwriter producer director author
Comedy career
Devi is the first-generation daughter of Indian parents, the same as Kaling. While Kaling is half-Tamil, Devi is also shown as having Tamilian parents. To add accuracy to the portrayal, actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is also of Canadian-Tamil ethnicity.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars as 16-year-old Devi Vishwakumar in Never Have I Ever. The series follows Devi as she navigates her way through her years at Sherman Oaks High School. In Season 1 of Never Have I Ever, Devi and her friends were beginning their sophomore year, which would make them around 15 or 16 years old.
It was rough for a bit, but Devi made her choice. Was it Team Ben or Team Paxton? Never Have I Ever saw Devi in the middle of a love triangle, but there is a reason she chose to date Paxton Hall-Yoshida at the end of the season 2 finale.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Kaling and co-creator Lang Fisher revealed that the comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan has been renewed for a fourth season — which will also be its last. "Season 3 of Never Have I Ever is gonna drop this summer!" Kaling's post reads (see it in full below).
Fans will be pleased to know that Never Have I Ever season two is out on Netflix on Thursday 15 July 15 2021.
When Devi goes over to his house to do the deed, Paxton shuts that plan down after he sees Devi talking with his sister, Rebecca (Lily D. Moore). However, Devi is unable to tell the truth to her friends — that nothing happened. She instead goes along with the lie, stating that she and Paxton did have sex.
Although Mindy Kaling confirmed that the striking pair were unfortunately not a couple, the two share an inseparable bond, and remain close as B.J. Novak is Katherine's godfather. Mindy Kaling had announced giving birth to her second child on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in October 2020.
Bela's character aligns most biographically with the show's creator, Mindy Kaling. She's a brown girl who wants to be accepted in the world of comedy, but has to deal with not just working on her craft, but also being a woman of color in a gate-kept space, guarded by white men.
The series from Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi, a teenage Indian-American Tamil girl from L.A. Season 3, which just wrapped production, will launch this summer, and the streamer has handed the comedy an early renewal to end the story.
In the first season of Never Have I Ever, we met Devi Vishwakumar (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) an Indian-American teenager, growing up in California.
It's not ok for kids or kid friendly, unless you want them talking about different sexual positions with stuffed bears. I wouldn't recommend Never Have I Ever for teens under 16.
Devi runs away from home to avoid relocating to India and moves in with Ben, who calls her friends for help to get her back home. They convince her to make nice with her mother just in time to scatter her father's ashes away. The season ends with Ben kissing Devi, who is unaware of Paxton's feelings.
Darren, who is mixed-race Japanese American, has always been proud of his heritage. But after moving to Florida, he was made fun of by his peers for being Japanese.


In the future they might coin this the "Bernanke Effect" or maybe the great commodity bubble of 2011. The truth is that commodity prices are rising…dramatically. You might have started to notice this disconnect in your grocery store shopping or in gasoline prices, but if you were to ask our government they would tell you that a basket of goods consumed (CPI) is rising modestly. How modest do these numbers appear to you?
Sugar and Corn? Those are luxury goods.
If the basic ingredients to food are skyrocketing, then prices of food will eventually have to keep pace which will directly hurt consumers.
Crop prices have seen an extraordinary run since early July. A bushel of wheat priced about $4 a bushel on July 4 is now more than $8.50. Other crops have experienced similar increases.
As the land generates more income, it puts more cash in the pockets of the most likely buyers, nearby farmers. It also provides an attractive return for investors who then rent it out to farmers.
As with all hot speculation, the commodity run will surely come to an end and will probably have repercussions for all financial markets. We should have learned by now that large financial dislocations tend to not occur in isolation.
Curve Watchers Anonymous notes a continuing bearish flattening of the yield curve as shown in the following chart.
A bearish flattening occurs when the curve tightens with yields generally rising. Conversely, a bullish flattening occurs when the curve tightens with yields generally falling.
Since early November, 5-year treasury yields have risen about 60 basis point, 10-year yields about 45 basis points, and 30-year treasury yields have risen perhaps 5 basis points.
Once again we can see the results in today's action with thanks to Bloomberg.
Note the continued unwind of the "sure-thing" treasury bet, with the Fed concentrating its purchases in the 3-to-7-year range hoping to drive down rates, and everyone front-running the trade. That trade is now unwinding.
Clearly this reaction is not what Bernanke wanted at all.
Check out that .81 yield on 3-year treasuries. On October 18, investors scarfed up $750 million of 3-year Walmart Bonds yielding .75% for the stupid reason they yielded more than treasuries. Now treasuries are yielding more.
This is what happens when investors chase "relative value" instead of asking if there is any real value at all.
The same idea applies to those chasing the stock market at these lofty levels on the basis "stocks are cheap relative to treasuries" or some other nonsensical reason to justify valuations.
There is no value, only unwarranted bullishness.
Originally published at Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis, "Sell the News" Bearish Flattening of Yield Curve Continues; Reflections on "Relative Value".
Curve Watchers Anonymous has a quick update on US Treasuries.
The yield curve is flattening, in a bearish way. A Bull flattener would be when yields are dropping across the board with yields on the long end dropping more than the short end.
In this case, 5-year and 10-year yields are up about 45-50 basis points from the low just after QE II started, while yields on 30-year treasuries are up only about 30 basis point.
You can see this easily in a daily snapshot from Bloomberg.
As I have pointed out before, this action is not at all usual. It is an artifact of everyone front-running the Fed's announcement of Quantitative Easing purchases, then selling the news.
Yields are higher across the board than in August when the Fed first hinted at another round of QE.
Mortgage rates are a quarter point higher than a month ago and back to where they were three months ago, even as housing slips further into the gutter. Please see Bernanke Claims QE II will Create 700,000 to 1 Million Jobs; Where? Mexico, Peru, China for more on mortgage applications and mortgage rates.
Marc Faber, publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom report, discusses the potential impact of further quantitative easing (QE2) by the U.S. Federal Reserve in a Bloomberg interview on Oct. 36 (clip below).
Faber sees Democrats--"sadly enough"--would get a shot at still retaining the majority, which would mean the monetary and fiscal policy will most likely stay on its current course.
Equity has done well in Sep. and Oct months; however, Faber thinks the markets are stretched in the inflation trade, and weak dollar, high commodity and precious metal prices, along with high equity valuations, all suggest a correction is overdue.
Now, with QE2 being largely priced in, anything less than $1 trillion from the Fed would disappoint the markets and may trigger a correction in U.S. stocks, which could result in more quantitative easing.
But the correction should provide a buying opportunity for investors leading to an up cycle, instead of another bear market.
Looking at investing for the next ten years, equities, emerging economies in particular, would be a relatively better place to invest than U.S. government bonds, and cash. However, Faber advises against financial, auto, and aircraft. He's been in the high tech sector and likes Microsoft (MSFT).
Faber is currently recommending agriculture commodities, and the accumulation of precious metals. On precious metals, he thinks they are overdue for "some kind of correction" by year end, and expect the next leg up in 2011.
Faber says dollar is oversold, while in contrast, some of the foreign currencies such as Yen and Franc are overbought. So, an inflection point could be near for a short-term dollar rally which could temporarily push down asset prices.
He warns investors to be very careful about shorting dollar and long assets as the trade has become quite crowded.
Although not quite gloom and doom, Faber does expect a "strong pullback" on the Chinese economy due to its many imbalances.
According to Faber, the 0.25% interest rate hike effective Oct. 20 by the PBoC is "meaningless," because of skyrocketing property prices, and the cost of living inflation has gone up much more than the official figure.
As current interest rates are around 2.5%, and current inflation expectations are around 3%, even with a slight convexity adjustment there's a negative real expected return here. To guys like Campbell, that means, bonds are some kind of insurance, because the only reason investors would accept this is if they pay off in a very bad state of nature, just as you pay for car insurance. Specifically, everyone is supposedly afraid of a recession that would also bring with it deflation.
While the CAPM betas of bonds have historically been positive, they have been negative lately. If you believed in the CAPM, that would mean the expected negative return makes sense, it is a negative 'risk premium'. Of course, the positive beta previously did not explain why bonds cratered from 1960 to 1980, and the CAPM does not work at all within equities, the arena it was designed for. It also does not work in corporate bonds, REITs, options, etc. But looked at in isolation it is a plausible explanation, and hope springs eternal.
I think a better explanation of the current interest rates is that the Federal Reserve has been buying hundreds of billions of dollars in US Treasuries. Considering, they have an infinite supply of capital to do this (they create the money when they write the check), the market is not going to offset this via expectations of future inflation. So, the expectations are there, but US Treasuries are a rigged market, with one huge buyer debasing the world's most powerful currency because it's in the standard Keynesian manual for how to treat excess unemployment when inflation is currently low. Once the evidence of this short-sighted policy becomes clear, the inflation toothpaste will be out of the tube, and on to the next bubble-crash.
Here's the deal, FOMC – I'm going to give you the intellectual cover you need to do what many people believe is impossible right now. I'm going to help you get the jelly out of your spines. Bear in mind that what I'm about to hit you with is coming from both street smarts and Street smarts; I ain't the professor of nothing.
Benji, your "I'm a student of the Depression" rap is totally rate-arded at this point. No one's going to call you Hoover, you can stop now.
The Fed Funds target rate needs to go to 1% immediately. It should happen out of nowhere, not during one of your regularly scheduled FOMC slumber parties. That's how China rolls, nobody gets advance notice of nothing. No jawboning, no telegraphing. It just IS.


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Home » Big Cedar Lake • Business • Washington County • West Bend » George Prescott puts Timmer's Resort up for sale
George Prescott puts Timmer's Resort up for sale
Posted in Big Cedar Lake, Business, Washington County, West Bend 1 Comment
Courtesy Timmer's Resort
August 23, 2018 – Big Cedar Lake, WI – It was early 2007 when George Prescott phoned his wife Judi and according to an article in Around the Bend dated March 14, 2009 the conversation about Timmer's Resort went a little like this.
"I called Judi one day and said, 'Is it OK if I buy Timmer's?' and she said, 'Why would we do that?'"
The rest of the Prescott story surrounding the resort and restaurant on Big Cedar Lake… is history.
Courtesy Wisconsin Historical Society
It was October 2007 when Prescott, a West Bend area investor and philanthropist, bought the historic Timmer's Resort and restaurant, 5151 Timmer Bay Road. Over the years Prescott worked to retain the nostalgia of the property that dates to 1882 when the hotel was opened by German immigrants Mathias and Margaret Timmer.
The Prescotts, who lives on the lake, paid $1.75 million for Timmer's Resort and restaurant, a little more than half the original $3.49 million asking price.
Fast forward 11 years, 2018, and Prescott is now putting Timmer's Resort up for sale.
"Yup I decided after 10 -12 years I have a nice sense of accomplishment that I brought the resort back to life and I'll turn it over to somebody else now to let them take it on," Prescott said.
Speaking from his home, Prescott said it was a difficult decision but one that "needed to be done."
"The cottages have been full. Every time we build another one it fills up right away. We have a deluxe one ready to go. There are a couple projects that are opportune for someone to take it away. We've had some tremendous interest from qualified buyers and that's just pretty much from word of mouth. A couple weeks ago the rumor caught hold and people started calling and it's been interesting to watch," he said.
Questioned what sort of buyer he was looking for, Prescott said he preferred "someone local who could maintain the integrity."
"I'm biased but I think the public will be better served with local ownership rather than remote ownership," he said.
A snowbird, George and Judi normally spend four to five months in Arizona. He said if he had a preference, by January he may not "need to stay in touch with what's going on at the restaurant."
A savvy businessman, Prescott said a strong economy was weighing in his favor. "Interest rates are reasonable and the timing is just right with a number of full cottages and the success of the restaurant," he said.
Changes are also happening behind the scenes. Resort manager Frances LeGrand will be leaving in October. "Although she wants to keep one finger in the soup, so to speak," said Prescott.
LeGrand was featured along with Prescott when John McGivern brought his PBS show Around the Corner to Timmer's
That show aired in February 2016.
Courtesy Around the Corner
Questioned whether his health played a part in his decision. It was 2001 when Prescott was diagnosed with Parkinson's.
Now 70 years old, he sounded strong and mighty thankful. "I'm pretty lucky," he said.
"I get along pretty well. I don't know how much longer that'll last but for the time being I've got good doctors and we're pretty on top of it. I get a fair amount of exercise but I could always do more," he said.
Prescott qualified Timmer's as "a special place."
Looking back at when he was considering buying place in 2007, he said he felt it was good timing. "I had sold seven Pick n' Save grocery stores and I was feeling foot loose and fancy free," said Prescott.
"I thought, this place is run down and it shouldn't be left that way and I thought somebody has to step up to the plate. I just stepped up and was able to do some good and have a certain amount of fun doing it."
Questioned whether there was an offer on the table, Prescott was coy yet confident.
"There are conversations going on with serious contenders who have some thoughts on what to do with it and we want to cooperate with them. So we will see."
On a history note: A story in Around the Bend, Nov. 12 2005 about Timmer's Resort read like this:
TIMMER'S CLOSING IN JUNE…
Jack Timmer, owner of Timmer's on Big Cedar Lake will be getting out of the restaurant business next year. Timmer, who has run the restaurant the last 25 years, said he is going to try something different. "People say 'you're so lucky you live on the lake' but I don't think I've really been on the lake during the summer the past 25 years because I've always been working." The rustic looking restaurant has been in the Timmer family for140 years. Timmer said he's had a couple of offers, but until he sees the money on the table he's not taking any buyout too seriously. Timmer just wrapped up training with the Red Cross. He said he would probably be helping out in New Orleans in the coming weeks.
The restaurant was then scheduled to close in March 2006.
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Q: How to store Gzipped content in Aerospike (cache)? I'm using aerospike python client here. I don't find any problem while storing plain string in cache because when i retrieve the key, I get the same string I saved when I do conn.get(key)
import aerospike

CONN_AEROSPIKE_CONFIG = {'hosts': [('127.0.0.1', 3000)]}
conn = aerospike.client(CONN_AEROSPIKE_CONFIG).connect()
key = ('namspace_name', 'set_name', 'key_name')
value = "some big string"
conn.put(key, {'value': value})

If I want to save gzipped content in the place of value, I don't find any error but I'm unable to get back the exact content.
from gzip import GzipFile
from io import BytesIO
def compress_string(s):
    zbuf = BytesIO()
    with GzipFile(mode='wb', compresslevel=6, fileobj=zbuf, mtime=0) as zfile:
        zfile.write(s)
    return zbuf.getvalue()

put_value = compress_string(value)
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What is your favorite memory from Grand Isle?
"Fishing on the bridge with my grandkids catching fish. When we were like 7 years old my daddy took us to Grand Isle in a 1956 Volkswagen bus. We slept in a tent and a tide came up in the middle of the night and soaked the tent. Sand everywhere! It was probably 1965, that was a memory!"
What is Grand Isle's biggest loss from Ida?
"Camps. The camp owners lost. I'm thinking 50 percent destroyed or partially destroyed from Hurricane Ida. On the street we are on there were 10 camps. On the street across there were 10 camps. All the camps are gone. 100-year-old camps are gone. There is only one left and it is ours. We built it again after Katrina to match all of the requirements. Every camp is gone. The 10-foot surge and tidal waves took out almost every old camp that was not built to the requirements. I'm sure that's why we made it. We are on the Cheniere before the bridge. You saw all the pictures like "Alright…ok…it's bad…it looks bad," but when you go down there and you look at the structures, it's overwhelming… it's gone."
What's the future of Grand Isle?
"I think the future of Grand Isle is 'build back better'. It is a barrier island which protects everything north of it. They will rebuild. They will rebuild the sand dunes, rebuild with rocks.
If you lose Grand Isle we will have water here in Paradis. Grand Isle ain't going anywhere. Fishing, tourism, camping, it will come back bigger and better."
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The DG, ITBP Shri Subhas Goswami, today called on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and handed over a cheque worth Rs. 2.91 crore for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, towards the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir. This is equivalent to one day's salary of ITBP personnel.
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 84.49 per barrel (bbl) on 27.10.2014. This was lower than the price of US$ 84.76 per bbl on previous publishing day of 24.10.2014.
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on September 16, 2014, the Government has approved twenty (20) proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs. 988.3 crore approximately.
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 83.73 per barrel (bbl) on 21.10.2014. This was lower than the price of US$ 84.12 per bbl on previous publishing day of 20.10.2014.
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 84.12 per barrel (bbl) on 20.10.2014. This was lower than the price of US$ 85.06 per bbl on previous publishing day of 17.10.2014.
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A Rights Based Northern Ireland – Election 2017
The Human Rights Consortium has presented a series of challenges to parties and candidates running in the 2017 Westminster elections in Northern Ireland.
'A Rights Based Northern Ireland' is an outline of the human rights and equality priorities the Consortium believes that political parties should be pursuing in order to make Northern Ireland a more human rights based society.
The manifesto sets out a range of current threats to human rights in Northern Ireland and suggested responses. Covering issues from Brexit, the threatened repeal of the Human Rights Act (HRA), proposals to withdraw the UK from the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), the duties of the UK to comply and adopt International human rights standards and the unfulfilled Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.
The Consortium will be presenting their list of priorities to political parties and representatives in the coming weeks. Given the current storm of challenges to human rights at a local, regional and global level the Consortium believes that the Westminster Parliament and its representatives have a key role to play in securing and advancing existing human rights protections in Northern Ireland.
The full list of recommendations is as follows:
Retain existing EU derived Human rights and equality protections.
Ensure no race to the bottom on any Brexit agreement between political parties.
Develop a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights as a vehicle to transpose EU revived Human Rights and Equality protections.
Retain and protect the Human Rights Act.
Develop a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights in a manner consistent with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement so as to incorporate the ECHR.
Develop and Implement a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights
Comply with UN recommendations to develop a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights
Use the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights to download international human rights standards into local law.
The full text of the document can be downloaded below.
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The Human Rights Consortiums list of Human Rights and Equality priorities for Northern Ireland politicians standing in the 2017 Westminster elections
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The Puerto Rican Association for Human Development, Inc. (PRAHD) was created in Perth Amboy, New Jersey by a group of concerned community leaders/professionals who sought to provide supportive services to disadvantaged Perth Amboy youth. In May 1974, PRAHD was incorporated as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization and began to operate state funded anti-delinquency programming within Perth Amboy.
After the success of PRAHD's youth services, the organization expanded into more comprehensive activities and re-dedicated its efforts towards ensuring the success and advancement of individuals in need. More than forty-five years later, PRAHD has grown into a thriving comprehensive human services agency that serves thousands of New Jersey residents throughout Middlesex, Monmouth, Union and Hudson counties.
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PRAHD operates 11 programs across a wide spectrum of unmet human service needs which target education, housing, benefits access, youth development, preventative health, respite home care for the developmentally disabled and senior services. All agency programs integrate a variety of methodologies to maximize positive results and ensure sustainable social impact. Furthermore, all activities are designed to afford clients the opportunity to become self-sufficient allowing for the achievement of their personal, educational and financial goals.
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PRAHD is dedicated to developing human potential and promoting self-sufficiency through programs designed to improve the social, economic, health and educational status of the community in a culturally sensitive environment. Complimentary to PRAHD's mission, the organizational vision is to empower the individual to reach their highest potential and to participate meaningfully in their community. PRAHD is an active community provider and steward that constantly campaigns for the rights, dignity and betterment of impoverished individuals and communities.
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Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) condition that keeps your body from turning food into energy. When you have type 1 diabetes, your body stops making insulin. Without insulin, your cells can't get fuel to burn for energy. This is why you may feel weak or tired. Managing your diabetes and taking insulin will help you feel better and stay healthy.
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) condition. It keeps your body from turning food into energy. That's why you may feel tired and run-down, especially after eating. Controlling your diabetes means making some changes that may be hard at first. Your healthcare team is here to help.
Eating right helps keep your blood sugar in balance. A nutrition specialist (dietitian) will help you create a meal plan. You don't have to give up all the foods you like. But you'll need to eat on a regular schedule and follow some nutrition guidelines.
The diabetes food pyramid is a tool to help you eat a wide range of healthy foods. If you eat the lowest number of servings for each type of food, you'll eat about 1,600 calories a day. The highest number of servings will give you about 2,800 calories a day. Your calorie needs are based in part on your height, gender, and activity level. Your healthcare provider can help you determine a calorie level that's right for you.
A serving has 15 grams of carbohydrate, about 60 calories, and no fat.
Healthy low-fat choices: whole fresh fruits or canned fruit with no sugar added.
A serving has 12 grams of carbohydrate and 8 grams of protean. Low-fat and fat-free choices have about 100 calories and little fat.
Healthy, low-fat choices: low-fat of fat-free milk and fat free yogurt with artificial sweetener.
A serving has 15 grams of carbohydrate, 3 grams of protein, and about 80 calories. Most have no more than 1 gram of fat.
Healthy, low-fat choices: whole-grain breads and cereals, corn, tortillas, oatmeal, bulgur, brown rice, dried beans, lentils, peas, yams, acorn or butternut squash, pumpkin.
The foods in this group are high in calories. The best fat choices are olive and canola oil and tub or liquid margarine. A serving of fat is 1 teaspoon. It has 45 calories and 5 grams of fat. Sweets often have fat and carbohydrate. Eat them in small amounts.
A serving has 21 grams of protein and no carbohydrate. Lean and very lean choices have the least fat and the fewest calories.
Healthy, low-fat choices: fish, white-meat chicken or turkey, lean red meat, reduced-fat or fat-free cheese.
A serving has 5 grams of carbohydrate, about 25 calories, and no fat.
Healthy low-fat choices: fresh vegetables or frozen vegetables without sauce, butter, or margarine.
Ask your healthcare team to help you make a meal plan that fits your needs. Your meal plan tells you when to eat your meals and snacks, what kinds of foods to eat, and how much of each food to eat. You don't have to give up all the foods you like. But you do need to follow some guidelines.


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Business News›Magazines›Panache›Karl Lagerfeld to be cremated without ceremony; ashes to be scattered with mum, lover
Karl Lagerfeld to be cremated without ceremony; ashes to be scattered with mum, lover
The designer had insisted that he would 'rather die' than be buried.
Updated: Feb 21, 2019, 07.06 PM IST
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PARIS: Karl Lagerfeld will be cremated without ceremony and his ashes are likely to be scattered with those of his mother and lover, his label said Wednesday.
"His wishes will be respected," a spokeswoman for his Karl Lagerfeld brand told AFP a day after the legendary designer died at the age of 85.
The "Kaiser" - who was known for his rapier wit - had long insisted that he would "rather die" than be buried.
"I've asked to be cremated and for my ashes to dispersed with those of my mother... and those of Choupette (his cat), if she dies before me," he said in one of his last major interviews.
Karl Lagerfeld with a picture of his cat Choupette
Lagerfeld had previously said that his ashes would be mixed with those of his longtime lover, the French dandy Jacques de Bascher, who died of AIDS in 1989.
He told de Bascher's biographer Marie Ottavi that he had kept half of his ashes so they be together again at the end.
The German-born creator had put them away "somewhere secret. One day they will be added to mine," he told Ottavi.
Lagerfeld fell for the dashing de Bascher when he was 19 and looked after him until his death at 38.
This was despite de Bascher, a notoriously philandering party animal, having an affair with Lagerfeld's great rival Yves Saint Laurent.
The other half of de Bascher's ashes was given to his family, the French daily Le Monde reported Wednesday.
Lagerfeld believed that burial "was horrible. I just want to disappear like the animals in the virgin forest. It is awful to encumber people with your remains," he told a French television in 2015.
Nor did he want to be mourned at a grandiose funeral like the one France granted its rock legend Johnny Hallyday in 2017.
"What a horror!" Lagerfeld declared. "With all the in-fighting in the Hallyday family (over the singer's will), the funeral felt like a farce." The deluge of tributes to the workaholic designer - the most prolific of the last century - continued Wednesday as fans left white roses outside Chanel's main Paris boutique.
US Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour called Lagerfeld "a giant among men". "Karl was brilliant, he was wicked, he was funny, he was generous beyond measure, and he was deeply kind. I will miss him so very much," she added.
Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard (R)
His absence is likely to dominate Paris women's fashion week, which begins Monday.
Chanel, now led by his friend and former studio chief Virginie Viard, who stepped into his shoes as creative director on Tuesday, will unveil its autumn winter ready-to-wear collection on March 5, the last day of the shows.
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Pipe Major Donald Shaw Ramsay, B.E.M.
Schiehallion is a prominent mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is popular with walkers due to its accessibility, ease of ascent and spectacular views; in 2000 it was estimated that between 17,500 and 20,000 walkers a year made the ascent. Since 1999 the eastern side of the mountain has been owned by the John Muir Trust. The name Schiehallion is an anglicized form of the Gaelic Sidh Chailleann, which is usually translated as 'Fairy Hill of the Caledonians'.
Schiehallion is sometimes described as the centre of Scotland. The justification is that the line of latitude midway between the most northerly and southerly points on the Scottish mainland, and the line of longitude midway between the most easterly and westerly points, intersect very near the summit of Schiehallion - "To the back of Schiehallion", meaning Scotland.
Only a handful of pipers command iconic status in the world of piping without having won the major solo prizes; Donald Shaw Ramsay (1919-1998) (shown above) is one of those pipers.
He was born in Torpichen, Scotland, near Bathgate, and taught by Sandy Forrest, a pupil of John MacDougall-Gillies. He competed as an amateur and as a professional with promising success. But he did not pursue solo competition after the outbreak of the Second World War when he joined the Highland Light Infantry. He passed the pipe-majors' course at the Castle under Willie Ross and subsequently became Pipe Major of the 10th H.L.I. out of Wick. At age 20, he was the youngest Pipe Major ever appointed in the British Army. He saw action on the continent and proved himself a dynamic leader even at a young age.
After the war became piper to the Duke of Hamilton, then in 1947 he joined the Edinburgh Police Force. In 1949 he took over from Duncan Cameron as Pipe Major of the Edinburgh Police Pipe Band, which at the time was a promising but not threatening competition band. The move was controversial, but Ramsay's ability to attract top players became legendary, and soon names like William Denholm, Jimmy Young, Harry McNulty, Jimmy Catherwood, George Pryde and Bob Montgomery graced the ranks. Ramsay made a focussed effort to teach every piper in the band to play in the same correct style, and the results were dramatic. Within a year of his taking over, the band captured the first of two World Championships it would win under his leadership, the second coming in 1954. He was also instrumental in introducing jigs and hornpipes into the pipe band scene through the Edinburgh Police repertoire.
In 1964, Ramsay was convinced to return to Scotland to become Pipe Major of the fledging Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band. Again, his charismatic ability to draw talent led to the appointment of Alex Duthart as Leading Drummer, and the addition of such players as John Burgess, Jim Hutton and John MacDougall. The band won the European Championship a scant nine months after Ramsay took the helm and placed in every championship during the 1965 season. During the 1965, '66 and '67 seasons, Invergordon Distillery would capture every Championship except the World's, which for five years was dominated by Muirhead and Son's Ltd. Pipe Band.
The band became the stuff of legend, and to this day, pipers who played with Invergordon under Ramsay are regarded as close to pipe band royalty. The band's recording, released at the height of its fame, included a groundbreaking full-band rendition of the piobaireachd "The Old Woman's Lullaby" that many feel has not yet been outdone.
But it was not just in the pipe band world that Donald Shaw Ramsay made his mark. He is regarded as one of the leading modern composers, with such tunes as "Angus MacKinnon," "Mrs. Lily Christie," "Tam Bain's Lum," "The 10th Bn. Highland Light Infantry Crossing the Rhine, " "Jimmy Young" and "Schiehallion" now ensconced as stalwarts in the piping repertoire.
He compiled two significant collections of light music published by Hugh MacPherson: The Edcath Collections, Books 1 and 2 in 1953 and 1958 respectively, the former also containing drum scores for many of the tunes. In 1953 he and James Robertson published The Master Method for Highland Bagpipe, a collection of tunes and a tutor component for both light music and piobaireachd.


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