Ever since we moved to Barcelona people have asked us, what are some of the top places in Europe we want to go? My first answer has always been Portugal. I mean, it's right next door and Portugal was picked as Travel + Leisure's Destination of the year in 2016, clearly we must go! We have actually ended up visiting our neighbor France quite a bit this first year. But finally for Spring Break, we created a week long itinerary for ourselves that would take us to Lisbon, Sintra and Porto. We figured why not hit them all in one trip? This will be the first of three posts. Here's how we spent three days in Lisbon with kids!
Lisbon is a smorgasboard of action. In fact, I had a slight case of sensory overload. Lisbon is definitely having a moment, and it knows it. The weather is fantastic, prices are very reasonable, the city has a rich (and very traumatic) history, the people are kind (most speak English), and it has a creative vibe that just oozes into the streets. There are a lot of renovations happening. When you walk around town, you will see and hear a lot of construction. But it's all for the sake of polishing up an already vibrant city. The real challenge is to not shine it up too much. Like any European city, we still want to see it for it's authentic cultural self – with all its bumps and bruises.
The same day we landed, we hit the ground running with a walking tour of Lisbon from With Locals. This was the first time we did a city walking tour with our kids. I figured they are old enough now and they should learn a little bit more about where they are. More than our quick and random Google searches at the airport before boarding the plane. This also took some pressure off me to know where to go and what to see.
We met up with our guide Jorge at Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara in the Barrio Alto neighborhood. This is a fantastic promenade and park overlooking the city, and a great way to kick off our time in Lisbon. From up here he was able to explain in detail about the devastating 1755 earthquake, flood and tsunami that demolished the city. We spent the entire afternoon walking with Jorge as he explained the different areas, shared interesting and significant stories about Lisbon's history and even engaged with the kids. When we all got hungry, he didn't even mind stopping to let us grab a quick bite to eat.
When our official time was up Jorge kept going because he really wanted us to see a few more hidden gems and end the tour at a lookout point. He took us to see some very cool street art that decorates a parking garage. Each level was done by a different artist and was a competition put on by the city. This parking garage actually brought us to the lookout point just as the sun was setting. On the way down we took a small street that lead us to Chapito. Chapito used to be just a very small circus school, but has now turned into a full performing arts school and venue for performances. Around back is a restaurant where you can dine under the big top. (We were not able to eat here – so make reservations).
Every European city has their sweet treats, but in Lisbon they are known as "convent sweets," as they got their name because the nuns would make them with all the left over egg yolks. The yolks remained as the nuns used egg whites to starch their whites and to clarify the convent wine. This was another interesting fact we learned on our walking tour with Jorge.
The next morning Harris and I let the kids sleep in and we got up to check out the Alfama neighborhood. This is the oldest neighborhood that was literally built to protect the castle, São Jorge Castle. The streets are very narrow and maze-like, which was intentional to make it difficult for enemies to attack the castle. Local people still live here. We passed one woman and her husband carrying their laundry down a small alleyway. We also saw all sorts of unique and random things, such as a mannequin leg hanging from a window and a little pink cut out of a house hanging over head.
While Harris made friends with a little dog I wandered happened upon a little ceramic shop. We walked what seemed to be the opposite way as we saw many people coming down, as we were making our way up, to what we had no idea. Eventually we came to a gorgeous, and very popular lookout known as Miradouro Porta das Sol.
We started our walk up to the Alfama neighborhood from the waterfront, and I spotted Brunch Cafe and Reina Dona Amelia Confeitaria (Queen Amelia – in reference to Amalia Rodrigues the famous fado singer from Lisbon). These are both two great places for brunch or coffee.
Next we grabbed the kids and went for lunch. We tried to go to the popular Time Out Market, which has a variety of food stalls with some of Lisbon's top chefs. But we were not the only ones with this idea, and it was packed. So just behind the market, we passed a nice open courtyard that had some restaurants. We actually ended up eating at Mez Cais. This is a Mexican restaurant (LOL), but we were glad to have a seat in the sun sipping on our margaritas and virgin mojitos! I obviously wanted Portuguese food, but when traveling with kids you have to choose your battles and well, tacos and guacamole won.
There was also a nice Portuguese tapas restaurant in the same courtyard that was fully booked and looked pretty good, Taberna Tosca. But whatever you choose to eat, there is always room for gelato at Gelato Davvero that is conveniently right on the corner.
Since the kids walked all over the city the day before and they kept seeing all the colorful tuk tuks whiz by us, we of course promised them a ride in one. This was another great way to see the city, even though this tour repeated some of the things we saw on the walking tour. It was nice to just sit and cruise through the streets, taking in the city's charming rhythm and vibe.
Travel Tip: Be sure to hire an electric tuk tuk – the old ones are really loud and bumpy and the ride is not as enjoyable, trust me.
We enjoyed a nice authentic Portuguese dinner at the tiniest restaurant I've ever been in. We happened upon Lisboa Chica de Graça and just took a chance. I felt like I was in someone's house, which I'm pretty sure we were. All of the restaurants in the Barrio Alto neighborhood were similar in style, small and quaint. Both of our meals were good, but not out of this world. In fact I can't really remember what mine was. However, the apple dessert thing we had was fantastic. We almost ordered another one, but feared we did not have enough money. This place is cash only. Another option a few blocks away that I wanted to try was Rosa Da Rua, but they were already full of reservations for the night.
After dinner, we dropped the kids off back at the hotel and Harris and I went to wander some more and check out The Pharmacy. This cool little wine bar that used to be an old pharmacy, and has kept most of the original shelving and architecture. We also stopped for one more glass at By The Wine. It's only a few doors down from our hotel, and had the most beautiful arch of colored wine bottles. It was like being in a beautifully lit glass tunnel.
The next day we promised the kids they could go to Kidzania, which they had done in London and loved. Kidzania is a solid 20-minute cab ride outside the city center. We dropped them off and then went back to explore a little off the beaten path. It's in a very cute neighborhood called Estrela E Campo de Ourique. We found beautiful streets with some boutiques, and then ran right into Jardin da Estrela. This is a beautiful oasis, and a nice change of scenery from bustling city streets. This is an excellent park for kids. It has a nice playground and plenty of green space to run. There was even a man renting out some pretty cool-looking modern tricycles. Too bad we didn't have our kids with us, but it was nice to walk and enjoy the park just the two of us.
Then we had our evening family photo shoot with Flytographer! We met up with our photographer at Elevador da Bica. This is where you can get one of the iconic trolley car shots in Lisbon since it goes up a hill and you can get the river in the background. Our photo shoot gave us another opportunity to wander the streets and take some fun family photos. This was something I have been wanting to do forever and thought Lisbon would back such a fun backdrop!
We enjoyed a stay at the Martinhal Chiado Family Suites. This is a brand new hotel in the center of Lisbon that is excellent for traveling families with young kids. They have modern, apartment-style suites that come with full kitchens, washer and dryer, high chairs, booster seats, cribs and even bathroom necessities like toddler potties and step stools. We had a one bedroom deluxe, that had a enormous living room and a bunkbed room for the kids. Breakfast was included in our stay, and there were a variety of food options to choose from. I loved their kid-friendly dining room. It's got large tables, booths, pillows and even a car for the little ones to play in while they waited for their food.
The best part about Marthinal Chiado Family Suites is their childcare facility right on the property. It let's you go out an enjoy the city for a kid-free day or allows you to have a dinner out with your spouse. The kids center has activities for kids up to about age nine, but they will of course watch older kids as well. The hotel has movie nights, the kids can play Xbox, or you could drop them off with their own electronic devices.
Our kids were a bit old for the kids center. We are very comfortable leaving our kids in a hotel room together on their own for two or three hours. My daughter has a phone and can message us using WhatsApp. We have a very mature 12 year old. The location of Marthinal is in the Chiado neighborhood and is very centrally located, it was very easy to walk and access so much of the city. The entire staff at Marthinal was very helpful throughout our entire stay and I highly recommend this property for those traveling with young children.
We had a great three days in Lisbon. I think three days is a perfect amount of time to see the city with kids. It felt like a mix of San Francisco and Cuba, probably because of the hills, trolley cars, and construction. My husband and I agreed that this is probably what Cuba would have looked like if it hadn't got stuck in the 50's. Lisbon is a funky little city, and I was happy to see that even though it's growing, it's preserving its history, tradition and charm. Thank God the only Starbucks we saw was at the airport. I was also really glad we did a walking tour on the first day. I felt that I had a better understanding of Lisbon before we set off to explore on our own.
We did not get to some of the kid-friendly museums that were recommended to us because we opted to send the kids to Kidzania for the day instead. I am not a huge museum traveler anyways. I prefer being outside and parks so that was okay with me. We did not plan our dinners as I think we should have. We sort of just left that to chance. This was a mistake since it was Easter week and many restaurants were booked. One restaurant that our tour guide Jorge tried to get us into was Maria Catita. He's a local so I'd trust his recommendation.
Another thing I'd recommend for your visit is to please wear quality, comfortable shoes. The streets and sidewalks are hilly and made of small stones, which are actually pretty smooth and can even be a bit slippery. With the cable car tracks, uneven sidewalks, and construction, you need to watch your step and have flat shoes on!
Travel Tip: We had fantastic gelato at Gelatiamo – twice!
Travel Tip: Yes, Pink Street is pink. But don't expect it to be as bright and shiny as all of those over-photoshopped photos on Pinterest. There are a few bars but sadly it's not as exciting as one might hope.
Disclosure: The Marthinal Family Suites was a fully comped media stay for the purpose of my review. Read my honest opinions over on Walking On Travels. I share this with you because I think it is a fantastic property for anyone traveling with young children.
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Hi Andrea! So glad I changed upon your blog. We're planning a trip to Portugal in November with an 18mth old and a 5 year old and doing Lisbon-Sintra-Porto. We're thinking of renting a car for the trip up to Porto and stop for two nights in Sinatra. I saw you mentioned that car may not have been such a good idea. Would love to know why. And yes a post about Porto would be lovely!! Thanks so much!!


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Q: fdisk partition "n megabytes" less than total physical size Is there a way to use fdisk to define a new partition that is e.g. "100MB less" than the maximum possible size?
Background:
Due to deviation between nominal disk size and physical disk size, and the necessity to replace a failed raid unit with one of equivalent size, it is recommended to build an mdadm array over partitions slightly smaller than the physical disk size.

A: The following is derived from an example I found this tutorial in TLDP-Partitioning with fdisk:
Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-621, default 1):<RETURN>
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-621, default 621): -100M

Please note (as commented by @KamilMaciorowski) that fdisk may have multiple implementations that don't support this size-based positioning.

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Q: haskell - Specifying # of conditions that are true if I have 4 boolean conditions, and I want to say if at least 3 of these are true, then do __, is this possible to implement in Haskell?
Or would I have to go through each permutation? (ie, 1.True, 2.True, 3.True, 4.False and 1.False, 2.True, 3.True, 4.True. etc)
Thanks!

A: atleast :: Int -> [Bool] -> Bool
atleast n bools = length tn == n
  where  tn = take n . filter id $ bools

should work lazily unless I missed something.

A: Each permutation? Of course not.. you can count the number of conditions which are true.

A: This solution differs from the others provided so far in that it short circuits (ie, stops after finding n Bools). So it can operate on some infinite lists (only those that would eventually evaluate to True), and won't necessarily force the evaluation of every element in the list (due to laziness).
atLeast :: Int -> [Bool] -> Bool
atLeast 0 _          = True
atLeast _ []         = False
atLeast n (True:bs)  = atLeast (n - 1) bs
atLeast n (False:bs) = atLeast n bs

A: If you want it to stop examining the list when you have found N numbers you can count with lazy natural numbers.
import Data.List
import Data.Number.Natural

atLeast :: Int -> [Bool] -> Bool
atLeast n = (>= (fromIntegral n :: Natural)) . genericLength . filter id

A: atLeast3 :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool -> Bool -> Bool
atLeast3 b1 b2 b3 b4 = sum (map fromEnum [b1, b2, b3, b4]) >= 3

A: It's not the most beautiful way, but you might find
atLeast :: Int -> [Bool] -> Bool
atLeast n bools = length (filter (==True) bools) >= n

easiest to understand. filter only keeps the things from your list that satisfy the rule you give it. In this case, the rule is that the answer has to be True. Next, length counts how many are left.
(A rule is a function a -> Bool where a is the type of element in your list).

A: requireAtLeast :: Int -> [Bool] -> Bool
requireAtLeast n = (>= n) . length . filter id

If you prefer extreme pointful or pointless forms, these are them, respectively:
requireAtLeast threshold predicates = length (filter (\predicate -> predicate) predicates) >= threshold

requireAtLeast = (. length . filter id) . (<=)


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Iran Is Not a Good Partner For Latin America
Abraham H. Foxman
This article originally appeared in
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The fraudulent Iranian presidential election and its repressive aftermath put the focus on the Islamic regime's behavior in an unprecedented manner. Even during the more than one year hostage crisis of 1979-1980, Iran had its defenders, based on criticism of U.S. treatment of Iran going back to the U.S.-supported coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953.
Today, Iran has been exposed. Efforts to blame the U.S., Israel, and Britain expectedly continue but have no impact. The government has attacked its own people, has abandoned any pretense of respecting the voice of its citizens, and has come under attack from some fairly conservative clerics. It has lost legitimacy and can't successfully conjure up the usual enemies to divert attention from its abuses.
As a result, internal and external actors are more willing to pay attention to Iran as a destructive force in the world. Most importantly, this applies to the potential of a nuclear Iran and its clear intention to develop nuclear arms. There is new opportunity to put the squeeze on Teheran.
It also applies, however, to another troubling area which has been the subject of far less attention: Iran's threatening expansion in Latin America. Iran has seen Latin America as a region of opportunity at least for 20 years. Its planning and implementation in the early 1990s of the terrorist attacks against the Israeli Embassy and the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires (AMIA), and its use of its surrogate Hezbollah in those destructive operations signaled that Iran believed it had a certain freedom to carry out terrorist attacks on Latin American territory. Since then, a series of factors have come together to allow Iran to spread its influence on the continent.
Most important has been the coming to power in several countries of leaders and parties who are inimical to the United States. This has translated into economic deals because of a key factor at work, Iran's oil wealth. Had Iran simply looked for allies based on "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," that would have been one thing. But Iran has cut a series of deals in the region that make tangible its influence. It is now the second-largest investor in Venezuela, playing a substantial financial role in the further development of Venezuelan oil deposits and is funding housing projects for the poor.
In Bolivia, Iran has a cooperative arrangement worth over $1 billion to develop Bolivia's oil, gas, and industrial sectors. It has set up health clinics and training programs for physicians. In Ecuador, Iran has signed a series of economic agreements in the last year including one for energy production. In Nicaragua, Iran has promised millions in aid toward building a dam and a hydroelectric power station, and donated $2 million for the construction of a hospital.
In these projects, the Iranians are following the prescription that Islamic extremist groups have been using for years to extend their influence in Middle Eastern countries: build a reputation for social responsibility by providing services, particularly to the needy. Hezbollah and Hamas have mastered this technique in an effort to win public support and mask their extremist goals.
Iran was looking for political support from these and other Latin American countries at a time when the U.S. and Europe were trying to isolate Iran over the nuclear issue. Building hospitals and housing for the poor, in addition to the large business investments, clearly was intended to reinforce support from the bottom up.
All of which is intended to serve the radical goals of the regime that has suddenly drawn more attention because of its gross domestic repression. Included in these goals are the spread of Iran's Islamic extremist ideology, the building of a political alliance to offset international pressures, and sustaining a network of agents through Hezbollah to be able to engage in terrorism in Latin America should the perceived need arise.
Now that Iran has shown its true colors, there is a unique opportunity to build international pressure—through publicity and diplomatic, financial, and resource actions—not only against the regime's nuclear program but its Latin American agenda. A regime that so blatantly denies the voice of its people by rigging an election and violently suppressing public outrage cannot be trusted on the international scene.
Maybe a united outrage from the international community could make some of these Latin American leaders pause before engaging with this illegitimate regime. Maybe they will realize that the future well-being of the people of Latin America cannot be secured by the connection to the vicious extremists in charge in Tehran.
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namespace Microsoft.JScript
{

using System;
using Microsoft.JScript.Vsa;

// Dummy class for backwards-compatibility.

public sealed class Eval : AST
{
	// Constructor.
	internal Eval() : base() {}

	// Evaluate a JScript expression in the context of a specific engine.
	public static Object JScriptEvaluate(Object source, VsaEngine engine)
			{
				Object value = null;

				// Bail out if we weren't supplied a string.
				if(!(source is String))
				{
					return source;
				}

				// Parse the "eval" statement.
				Context context = new Context((String)source);
				context.codebase = new CodeBase("eval code", null);
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Q: Best approach to maintain a clone of a db in Postgres RDS We'd like to maintain a separate database for our dev environment that closely resembles the current state of our production database. What is the best way to do this in RDS? Our current process is to restore the nightly snapshot of our production db and make this our dev db. The problem with this approach is that it takes ~18hrs for all the changes (e.g. going from a multi AZ instance to a single AZ instance) to take effect, and we get charged on-demand rates while transitioning. So we only get to take advantage of the reservation for the dev db for 25% of the day.
Is there a better approach to maintaining a copy of a production db in RDS? I know they have read-replicas available now, but that is not sufficient for us.
Thanks in advance!


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Hossein Valamanesh, Artist Who Evoked Migrations by Minimalist Means, Dies at 72
David Smith Copyright Dispute Delays Brooklyn Artist's Show
By Brian Boucher
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October 9, 2013 5:16pm
Sometimes the show must not go on, at least not on time.
After a copyright complaint from the estate of artist David Smith (1906-1965), a New Jersey nonprofit has indefinitely delayed the opening of a show by a young Brooklyn artist. Lauren Clay's works re-create David Smith's abstract "Cubi" sculptures at tabletop size in materials like papier-mâché, some with faux wood or marble finishes.
Originally scheduled to open at Grounds for Sculpture on Oct. 19, the exhibition was to show six pieces by the 31-year-old, Brooklyn-based Clay that are based on "Cubi." VAGA, the New York licensing and rights organization that represents the Smith estate, maintains that Clay should have requested permission to reproduce the works. Failing that, VAGA has asked that the artist come to some understanding with the estate. In e-mails to Grounds for Sculpture and to the artist, Clay and VAGA's executive director told A.i.A. in phone interviews, VAGA has suggested Clay agree not to show the works again, or to promise not to sell them. They have also proposed that she display an artist's statement indicating that the works were made without the estate's permission.
"We are honoring the estate's request," said Grounds For Sculpture chief curator and director of artistic development Thomas Moran, speaking to A.i.A. via phone this week. "The estate has legitimate issues with the work."
At issue is whether Clay's works are protected under "fair use" provisions of copyright law, which allow for artists to quote or copy from other artists if the new works make a sufficiently novel commentary. The clash follows other higher-profile cases that have gone to trial, such as Cariou v. Prince. That case was decided in April in favor of appropriation artist Richard Prince, who used blown-up versions of photographs by Patrick Cariou in a series of paintings.
Clay's works are partly about the anxiety of influence, the artist told A.i.A.
Clay has not responded to VAGA's letters except to convey that she is seeking counsel, she told A.i.A. by phone. In an interview last week with artinfo.com, she dismissed the estate's claim that she should have requested permission to create her work. She told A.i.A. that some of the works have been exhibited twice before, once in 2011 with her dealer, New York's Larissa Goldston Gallery, and once in 2012 at a pop-up exhibition on New York's Lower East Side. Goldston declined to comment for this article.
The Clay works in question are priced at $3,000 to $5,000, the artist told A.i.A. None has yet been sold. Smith's CUBI XXVIII (1965) became the most expensive contemporary work of art sold at auction to date in 2005, when it fetched $23.8 million at Sotheby's New York.
Moran told A.i.A. that in the absence of an agreement between Clay and the Smith estate, Grounds For Sculpture, a 42-acre sculpture park in Hamilton, N.J., declined to pick up the works from Clay's studio in time to allow the Oct. 19 opening. Instead, the current show will remain on view until the situation is sorted out, Moran said.
"It's sad, is what it is," Moran told A.i.A.
"The problem we saw is that the works are too derivative," VAGA executive director Robert Panzer told A.i.A. in a phone interview. "Artists often create limited-edition tabletop versions. There's always a market for them among people who can't afford a monumental sculpture. Yeah, she changed things here, but it's so similar to a Smith work."
"So she makes it smaller," he added. "So she makes it in different colors."
Others see original content. Several art lawyers have described the estate's complaint to A.i.A. as dubious.
Made by a female artist at domestic scale in materials associated with craft, the works engage in a commentary on gender and Ab-Ex machismo via their more feminine finishes and materials, said New York artist and copyright lawyer Alfred Steiner in an e-mail exchange with A.i.A. In his view, Clay's quotations of Smith's work clearly qualify as fair use.
Party to this conflict between a young artist and an Ab-Ex giant's estate is VAGA, which administers rights to create derivative works and charges licensing fees.
"Organizations like VAGA and Artists Rights Society are a convenience for rights holders, and they provide a service for people who want to license works," art lawyer Amy Goldrich told A.i.A. by phone last week. "On the other hand, they're working for a client whose aim is to generate revenue. I don't know that that is conducive to the best judgment about which cases of supposed infringement are worth pursuing and which aren't. And it seems to me that this is a clear case of fair use."
The Smith estate has not filed a lawsuit, nor is it currently planning legal action, Peter Stevens, the executive director of the Smith estate, told A.i.A. by phone this week.
He provided the following statement:
"David Smith championed the integrity and rights of artists; it is not the Estate's position to hamper artistic creativity. We do, however, take it as our mission to preserve the integrity of David Smith's work.
"The Estate of David Smith does not authorize the reproduction of David Smith's sculpture in any scale or medium. If Ms. Clay chooses to take action to assert her right to produce decorative, miniature copies of David Smith's work, we will instruct VAGA, our agent in matters of copyright, to defend our position within the limits of the copyright laws, which are intended to protect, not limit, artists' rights."
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1000銘柄以上の株が取引所に上場されている。 More than 1000 issues are listed on the stock exchange.
10から2を引くと、8残る。 Two from ten leaves eight.
10から2を差し引くと8です。 Subtract two from ten and you have eight.
10引く6はいくつですか。 Can you subtract six from ten?
20パーセントから40パーセント値引きされているよ。 Prices have been reduced by 20 to 40 percent.
20ユニット以上注文したら、値引きしていただけますか。 If we place an order for more than 20 units, might you reduce the price?
20以上の注文につきましては、見積りより10%引きの特別価格でご提供します。 For quantities of 20 or more, we can allow you a special discount of 10% on the prices quoted.
3000個お買い上げいただければ、3パーセント割引いたします。 If you agree to buy 3000 of them, we'll give you a 3 percent discount.


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Feelings are not tangible and cannot be measured because they are driven by another set of devices that God gave us; the five senses. It seems; God's image creation is a contradiction in motion. For the very definition of a human is to use these feelings and senses to determine our future. Now, to answer the question that many in the world ask. Why am I made this way? When compared to any peer; we often see what we desire and what we don't like about ourselves. Because; we feel if we had those desired attributes of another; we would be more successful, attractive and have more worth. We would love ourselves more and completely because we would now feel good about what we see in the mirror. It is very ironic that we judge ourselves from a mirror image as from others and an actual mirror. For both are images of the outer and not of the inner man and is led by the five senses. Like an oxymoron; our acumen to use these God-given abilities is often opposite to their design to make us in God's very image as Jesus demonstrated. As stated, "for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows this to be true" - Ps. 139:14. It seems the more we use our feelings is the more we depart from the way of Righteousness and the prime reason is our self-image.
Jesus put aside His God-given feelings, especially when it came to Spiritual life or death scenarios and used the Word to overcome, defeat and remain in the Righteousness of God. Here; Jesus once and for all demonstrated what the Body ought to do despite any device the devil tries to use on us to sin. Because He practiced what He preached and obeyed the Holy Spirit; God was able to demonstrate His Power with providence to use the world's foolish thinking and ways, and show His Glory in several miracles including raising Lazarus even after four days of decaying flesh.
When we focus, feed and receive the Word; we push out and prevent the world's attack on our feelings to drive us to sin. Feelings of fear, hate, and jealousy drove the Pharisees to convene judgment and deception against Jesus even though the Torah told them what would be the signs of the Messiah including the Messianic miracles. For ultimately, any feeling used in an unrighteous way leads to the systemic problem of the sin; which is pride. Lucifer's prime disobedience.
God's foresight is unquestionable that the gift of free will is used to determine His creations carnal or spiritual decisions that although is for their own satisfaction; ultimately points to who is for God and who is against Him; becoming anti-god. God made us all; the saved or unsaved to sign on the bottom line to choose life or death and witness not by Him but by our peers in the Heavens and also on the Earth. For by feelings, we turn inward for self-recognition rather than outward for servitude to the Body, world, and the Word. The last act of Jesus is not only about putting aside the feelings of His pending suffering, ridicule, and crucifixion but focuses on the Sanctification of His followers saying; "Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me" - Jn 13:8. He said this to all but primarily to Peter because as usual Peter put his foot in his mouth saying, "No, (Lord); You shall never wash my feet"; because of his feelings rather than allowing the Spirit to lead him in words, thoughts, and actions.
Gen. 1:26, Prob. 16:32, Mk. 5:40, Eph. 4:26, Gal. 5:17.
Paul's main theme that runs through his epistles is about the self-image of acknowledging where we are (were) and working towards a better state of being. A more Righteous being as stated, "That we may become the Righteousness of God" - 2 Cor. 5:21. Most of the church see this ultimate state as having the fruit of the Spirit including; love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; stating, "Against such things, there is no law". - Gal. 5:22. But how are these fruit determined by the Body in a world that abuses them towards their opposites including hate, depression, strife, bad temper, mean, rudeness, disbelief, harshness, and anarchy? We do this by putting our feelings in their proper place and shutting them down to all forms of unrighteousness.
God gave this command in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament as stated, "meditate on My Word day and night" - Jos. 1:8 and "Abide in Me" - Jn. 15:4; respectively. This is the prime command that when adhered to in all its principles will allow us to be led by the Spirit rather than our feelings including our senses. There is no direction in the Bible from either God or Jesus to use our feelings to determine Righteousness. For when we use feelings to achieve the fruit of the Spirit; it is temporary being built on a weak foundation but by our spirit; the fruit of the Spirit is held even in the most dire of circumstances and situations of our lives.
Jesus demonstrated keeping His feelings in control when He often dealt with circumstances, both physically and spiritually; as stated, "perceiving their thoughts" - Lk. 5:22; or "she is only asleep" - Matt. 9:24; and most notably His last statements on the cross. Jesus acted without feelings! But doesn't the Bible says, "He was moved with compassion" - Matt. 9:36 and "He wept" - Jn. 11:35. All indicators of feelings being manifested in action and thought. Yet, taken in the holistic context of who Jesus was, represented and acted. This alone does not confirm Jesus used His feelings to determine His actions, but rather being in human form; He was led by the Spirit to have empathy with others as stated, "For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities" - Heb. 4:15. After baptism; it says, "Jesus; led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil" - Matt. 4:1. That's like a Christian being led into a brothel; where all manner of temptation would be on the body, mind, and spirit. Jesus knew His feelings of desires would be subjected; yet by obedience, He went to be tempted.
Why did God give them to us for it alone is the prime reason for all the troubles that we face. For by feelings we are in the devil's zone and he tosses us around like a baseball bat hitting us hard deep into our core. As Christians, it is never prudent to allow our feelings to direct our decisions and reasoning.


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Kornelius Büscher (Lebensdaten unbekannt) war ein deutscher Fußballspieler.

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Büscher gehörte dem Duisburger SpV an, für den er als Mittelfeldspieler von 1912 bis 1921 in den vom Westdeutschen Spiel-Verband ausgetragenen Meisterschaften, zunächst in einer zehn Mannschaften umfassenden Verbandsliga, danach im Ruhrkreis, seine letzten beiden Spielzeiten im Rheinischen Nordkreis bzw. in der Kreisliga Duisburg, Punktspiele bestritt. Während seiner Vereinszugehörigkeit gewann er dreimal die Westdeutsche Meisterschaft, die zugleich zur Teilnahme an den Endrunden um die Deutsche Meisterschaft berechtigten.

Am 20. April 1913 bestritt er in Frankfurt am Main sein erstes Endrundenspiel, das mit 2:1 gegen den FC Stuttgarter Cickers im Viertelfinale gewonnen wurde. Mit demselben knappen Ergebnis wurde eine Woche später in Essen der amtierende Meister Holstein Kiel im Halbfinale bezwungen; Siegtorschütze war Heinrich Fischer in der 60. Minute, nachdem Anton Bongartz der Ausgleich zum 1:1 in der 35. Minute gelungen war. Das sich anschließende und am 11. Mai 1913 in München ausgetragene Finale gegen den VfB Leipzig wurde mit 1:3 verloren. In der neunten Spielminute geriet seine Mannschaft durch einen unberechtigten Handelfmeter in Rückstand, der sich bis zur 60. Minute auf 0:3 erhöhte. Heinrich Fischer erzielte in der 75. Minute das einzige Tor für seine Mannschaft, er und seine Mitspieler mussten sich aber folglich als unterlegener Finalist – größter Vereinserfolg bis heute – begnügen.

Die nächsten beiden Endrundenspiele bestritt er am 3. Mai 1914 in Essen beim 4:1-Viertelfinalsieg n. V. über den Altonaer FC 93 und das 14 Tage später beim VfB Leipzig mit 0:1 verlorene Halbfinale. Seine letzten beiden Endrundenspiele waren das Viertel- und Halbfinale am 22. und 29. Mai 1921 beim 2:1-Sieg n. V. über den Hamburger SV und bei der 1:2-Niederlage n. V. gegen Vorwärts 90 Berlin. Diese waren möglich geworden, da er mit seiner Mannschaft noch einmal den Titel des Westdeutschen Meisters gewann.

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 Westdeutscher Meister 1913, 1914, 1921

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Since 1927, Maison Kaspia has been known for hosting grand parties in Paris so it was the perfect environment on Wednesday evening for the presentation of the latest issue of TAR made with the collaboration of Camille Micheli of Dior. Founded by Martina Mondadori who has publishing in her DNA, Coco Brandolini D'Adda, and Francesco Bonami, TAR takes its name from ART. They have achieved their goal! TAR puts together the best concepts in art and fashion, with the best contributors from both worlds. That same day in Paris I could see the Dali exhibition at Pompidou!
TAR, now in its 8th issue, is always offering new articles on a wide range of subjects. Here, the double page of Sarah Thornton's article, "The top ten reasons not to write about the art market" . The magazine is an eye opener as much as the beautiful graphics of Christoph Radl, no wonder he is an icon (remember TERRAZZO?).
An interview with Yoko Ono by art critic Hans Ulrich Obrist in this same beautiful issue makes this a magazine par excellence.
Joseph Holtzman was a unique kind of person. An artist with such integrity is rare to meet. He was founder, editor, art director and the soul of NEST. Self funded, the magazine truly expressed his aesthetics with few outside contributors ever involved. He never offered it for sale, preferring to end the publication when he decided to paint and find other ways to express his amazing eye for detail.
and go through the place with me.
It is the favorite reading magazine of all the most important fashion designers of our time. That is really all there is to say. This issue – a beautiful layout and great paper, something I am always sensitive to – features for Christmas, the houses of Donatella Versace, Marc Jacobs, Azzedine Alaia, Giorgio Armani, Vivienne Westwood and others. If you do not collect magazines, you should start with this one.
Collecting beautiful art magazines is one of my favorite pleasures and that means collecting the real changes in visual graphics too. AVANT GARDE had 14 issues from 1968 until 1971 and is most easily recognized for the new typeface of Herb Lubalin. Here, the cover of artist Tom Wesselmann, known for his Big American Nudes.
but when I finally had a gallery I showed his work.
Perhaps the creativity and genius of Dali was also in the controversy he inspired! All this is brought together in the Centre Pompidou exhibition that has just opened in Paris and will run until March of next year.
More than 100 works in a wide range of mediums from paintings, drawings and jewelry to films he made, present this enduring master of grandeur and surrealist thought.
in a picture by Denise Bellon.
The Paris Surrealist Exhibition in 1938 was organized by Andre Breton, with Marcel Duchamp curating and helping to design the exhibition installation, Max Ernst advising, Man Ray as lighting technician and Salvador Dali very much in attendance. More than 60 surrealist artists from around the world gathered in Paris to show over 300 paintings, objects, collages, installations and photographs. The exhibition had one part dedicated exclusively to Mannequins. Here French artist Andre Masson mannequin, in a picture by Man Ray ("Mannequin with a bird cage over her head", 1938).
before taking a new place at the 10 Corso Como Outlet.
Here, a painting done by Man Ray. Inspired by a photograph Man Ray had taken in 1932 of the mouth of Lee Miller, his muse, before they had separated, Man Ray did this painting of her lips over an empty landscape years after called, "L'Heure de L'Observatoire – Les Amoureux" (The Hour Observed – Lovers) l had a lithograph which I had bought in 1967 and brought with me to Vogue, to Elle, and then to hang a few years on my wall over my desk here at the Gallery.


Your $25 will pay for food. Junior thanks you!
Junior is a friendly and loving 4 year old GSD. He gets along very well with other people, dogs and children.
During his evaluation he met his evaluator with kisses and wags. He was interested in sniffing other dogs but was non-reactive. Currently, he attends the dog park without issue.
He would love to go on daily or hikes. He has a medium energy level and will make a great family dog.
Junior walks well on a prong collar but is missing his basic obedience training (his owner says a treat makes him excited to please).
Overall, Junior has a very nice temperament but could use basic training help, but don't let that stop you...his basic training will be paid for in full!
Junior is a great dog who will do well with almost any family that will give him a chance to be loved and trained.
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Q: How to integrate arduino board with apple home kit, Is it possible or not ? I want to make my own ios app with homekit, which should control arduino, i have studied about homekit and i have doubt that whether it is possible to integrate arduino or raspberry PI with home kit or not ? any useful links ?

A: I'm not sure about the arduino, the crypto behind the protocol is fairly complex and I'm not sure the processor could handle it well. I can find any sample projects out there either, but the Rasbery pi is another story. Since the Pi can run node, there is a node implementation of hap on github: https://github.com/KhaosT/HAP-NodeJS
I haven't used it, but it's fairly well documented. I doubt there are any tutorials available, I think these are fairly fringe projects at the moment, so you're going to have to get your hands dirty. Good luck.


GWR200 flow sensor from Bell Flow Systems provides ease of measurements in various media and simple connectivity.
The APG GWR200 flow sensor for level measurement is available in the UK from Bell Flow Systems. The Systems True Echo Communication Tool, which provides a Modbus-to-USB connection for communication with True Echo Software allows for advanced configuration and monitoring of multiple sensors.
Specifications of the GWR200 flow sensor includes auto calibration for easy setup with the software, a robust IP65 ingress protection housing, innovative signal processing and disturbance signal suppression and a range of up to 10 feet with SS rod or 80 feet with cable. Additionally, the sensors are unaffected by foam, vapours or dust.
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GrayRobinson to Acquire Washington, DC Lobbying Firm, Eris Group
ORLANDO, FL & WASHINGTON, DC – January 15, 2019 – GrayRobinson, P.A. announced it has acquired Washington, DC based lobbying firm, Eris Group, LLC, effective February 1. The acquisition extends GrayRobinson's capabilities beyond Florida, and expands its capacity to serve clients with federal lobbying needs.
"Bringing together our resources significantly benefits both firms and our clients, integrating strong federal lobbying experience and enhancing our ability to help clients succeed at the intersection of law and politics," said Mayanne Downs, president and managing director at GrayRobinson. "Eris Group's seasoned lobbying talent is key to building out our federal component. This is in direct response to our clients requesting our services at the federal level."
Eris Group's reputation in the federal space, daily contact with policymakers, and strong knowledge of the business and political environment in Washington bolsters GrayRobinson's successful Florida-based lobbying practice. Each of Eris Group's members brings a broad set of congressional, regulatory, administrative, and business contacts, benefitting both firms' clients.
Additionally, Eris Group's Florida background complements GrayRobinson's extensive footprint in the Sunshine State. Co-founded by Doyle Bartlett, a native Floridian and former Chief of Staff to Rep. Bill McCollum (R-FL), Eris Group understands the intricacies of navigating all branches of federal government.
"Joining forces with GrayRobinson highlights our Florida roots and provides opportunities to assist our clients at the state level," said Bartlett. "The cultural fit and like-minded goals we share made this an easy decision, and we are excited for our firm and our clients as this acquisition brings the best of the business, political, and legal communities together."
With this acquisition, GrayRobinson's Government Affairs and Lobbying Practice Group grows to 26 lobbyists throughout Florida and Washington, DC.
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Q: Secure method for storing/retrieving a PGP private key and passphrase? I have a web application that needs to store server login information. I'm using a 2048bit PGP public key to encrypt inserted passwords (see the insertServerDef) and a private key with a passphrase to decrypt the passwords (see getServerDef).
As I understand things, the weakest link in this chain is the handling of the private key and passphrase. As you can see from my code below, I'm just using file_get_contents to retrieve the key and passphrase from files located in the current web directory--not good.
My question is: what is a good method for securely retrieving the private key and passphrase for use in decrypting login info? Maybe I should store/retrieve the private key via an authenticated remote file server?
I've searched for best practices, but haven't been able to find much.
class DB {

    protected $_config;
    protected $_iUserId;
    protected $_iServerId;
    protected $_dbConn;
    protected $_sPubKey;
    protected $_sPrivKey;

    public function __construct($iUserId, $iServerId) {

        //bring the global config array into local scope
        global $config;
        $this->_config = $config;

        $this->_iUserId = $iUserId;
        $this->_iServerId = $iServerId;

        $this->_sPubKey = file_get_contents("public_key");
        $this->_sPrivKey = file_get_contents("private_key");
        $this->_sPrivKeyPass = trim(file_get_contents("private_key_pass"));

    }

    //connect to the database
    public function connect() {
        try {

            $this->_dbConn = new PDO("pgsql:host=".$this->_config['db_host']." dbname=".$this->_config['db_name'],$this->_config['db_username'],$this->_config['db_password']);

            echo "PDO connection object created";
        } catch(PDOException $e) {

            echo $e->getMessage();

        }

    }

    public function insertServerDef($sHost, $iPort, $sUser, $sPass) {

        //testing
        $iUserId = 1;

        $oStmt = $this->_dbConn->prepare("INSERT INTO upze_server_def (server_id, host_address, ssh_port, username, pass, user_id) VALUES (DEFAULT, :host_address, :ssh_port, :username, pgp_pub_encrypt(:pass,dearmor(:pub_key)), :user_id)");
        $oStmt->bindParam(':host_address',$sHost);
        $oStmt->bindParam(':ssh_port',$iPort);
        $oStmt->bindParam(':username',$sUser);
        $oStmt->bindParam(':pass',$sPass);
        $oStmt->bindParam(':pub_key',$this->_sPubKey);

        $oStmt->bindParam(':user_id',$iUserId);
        $oStmt->execute();

    }

    public function getServerDef($iServerId) {

        $oStmt = $this->_dbConn->prepare("  SELECT server_id, pgp_pub_decrypt(pass,dearmor(:priv_key),:priv_key_pass) As decryptpass
                                            FROM upze_server_def usd
                                            WHERE usd.server_id = :server_id
                                        ");

        $oStmt->bindParam(':server_id', $iServerId);
        $oStmt->bindParam(':priv_key', $this->_sPrivKey);
        $oStmt->bindParam(':priv_key_pass', $this->_sPrivKeyPass);
        $oStmt->execute();

        while($row = $oStmt->fetch()) {
            echo "<pre>".print_r($row)."</pre>";
        }

    }

    //close any existing db connection
    public function close() {
        $this->_dbConn = null;
    }

    //close any existing db connections on unload
    public function __destruct() {
        $this->_dbConn = null;
    }

}

A: (Note: I'm no security expert. I have an interest in the area, but that's it. Keep that in mind.)
If possible, don't store passwords at all
It depends a lot on what your needs are. The best option of all is not to use two-way encryption at all; if you can store only salted and one-way-hashed password digests that's ideal. You can still test them to see if they match a supplied password from the user, but you never store it.
Better still, if your clients use some sane protocol (ie: not HTTP as commonly implemented) you can use a challenge-response authentication mechanism that means your app never ever needs to see the user's password, not even when authenticating them. Sadly this is rarely possible on the public web, which has security that'd put 80's programmers to shame.
If you must store the password, isolate the keys from the app
If you must be able to decrypt the passwords, ideally you shouldn't have all the details to do so in one place, and certainly not one copyable, easily accessible place.
For that reason I'd personally prefer not to use PgCrypto (as you're doing) for this purpose because it forces you to reveal the private key and (if it has one) passphrase to the server, where it could be exposed in PostgreSQL's log files or otherwise potentially sniffed. I'd want to do my crypto client-side, where I could use PKCS#11, a key agent, or other tools that let me decrypt the data without ever having my code able to access the key.
The problem of secure key storage is part of what PKCS#11 was invented for. It provides a generic interface for applications and crypto providers to talk to anything that can provide certain signing and decryption services without ever revealing its key. The usual, but not only, use is with hardware based crypto like smart cards and hardware crypto modules. Such devices can be told to sign or decrypt data passed to them, and can do so without ever revealing the key. If possible, consider using a smartcard or HSM. As far as I know PgCrypto cannot use PKCS#11 or other HSMs/smartcards.
If you can't do that, you can still probably use a key management agent, where you load your key into a key management program manually when the server boots, and the key management program provides a PKCS#11 (or some other) interface for signing and decryption via a socket. That way your web app never needs to know the key at all. gpg-agent may qualify for this purpose. Again, as far as I know PgCrypto cannot use a key management agent, though it'd be a great feature to add.
Even a small improvement can help. It's best if the passphrase for your key isn't stored on disk, so you might require it to be entered when the app is started up so the key can be decrypted. You're still storing the decrypted key in memory, but all the details to decrypt it are no longer on disk and easy to get at. It's much harder for an attacker to steal the decrypted key from memory than to grab a "password.txt" from disk.
What you choose to do depends a lot on the details of your security needs and the data you're working with. In your position I'd just not store the passwords if at all possible, and if I had to I'd want to use a PKCS#11-compatible hardware device.

A: I may be doing something similar to you. I currently wish to protect personal information on a local web server database, so I am encrypting it with a public key (stored on the web server itself) and decrypting it with a private key stored in a cookie with a short lifetime (30 minutes for me).
Over an SSL connection, this will keep the key from falling into the wrong hands, and it doesn't store it on the server. Ideally I should double-check that PHP doesn't cache cookie values on the server, but even if it does, this security layer still represents a bigger hurdle for attackers than simply stealing the plaintext database.
Whether this would be a good approach for you depends on whether your application needs to access server credentials even when users are not logged in via the web. In my case, decryption is only required via the web app, so the cookie suffices. However if you need unattended use, you will need to store the private key on the server.

A: I believe there cannot be an answer unless you describe the threat scenario you want to avoid.
Let me rephrase your situation: You need to have a plain text password for accessing remote systems via SSH. The goal is to protect this password, but have it available when needed.
There really is no way to both protect the password and be able to use in its plain text form. There always has to be a way to decrypt it, and this needs both the mechanism and the secret key.
You can try to iterate a bit on this, like protecting this secret again, but in the end you will need to store the final plain text password into a variable and pass it into the authentication scheme.
What is the threat scenario you want to avoid?

*

*someone steals a dump of your database and should not know the stored passwords

*someone breaks into your server and reads both the database and the file with the secret passphrase

*someone breaks into your server, alters your script and intercepts at the point where the decrypted plain text password is used

You see, there is always a way to do harm. Most harm can be done if you do not check regularly against irregular activity on your systems. Like monitor all log files for attacks. Probably send the logs to another syslog server so that an attacker cannot change them if they are on the same server. If you do everything you can to prevent attackers from getting onto your system, then the need to securely store the secret passphrase diminishes.
It might be an idea to store the passphrase into RAM, like on a RAM disk or inside a dedicated memory. This way, if the server gets stolen, it most likely will be unpowered and forget the passphrase. But you then must have a way to restore the passphrase from remote to continue operation after a reboot. But again: if you cannot detect that an attacker is on your system, it's meaningless whether the passphrase is inside RAM or on magnetic disk - it can be read.
I wonder why you deal with passwords in the first place. If I use SSH, I always try to use SSH keys for cryptographic authentication. This is more secure on the target server, because one account (like root) can have multiple SSH keys, and if the one stored on your server is compromised, it can be deleted without interfering with the other keys. Yes, these SSH keys can be secured with a password, too.


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Ezekiel 46 :: New American Standard Bible (NASB)
The Prince's Offerings
Eze 46:1
Eze 46:1 - 'Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, "The gate of the inner court facing east shall be shut the six working days; but it shall be opened on the sabbath day and opened on the day of the new moon.
Eze 46:2 - "The prince shall enter by way of the porch of the gate from outside and stand by the post of the gate. Then the priests shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
Eze 46:3 - "The people of the land shall also worship at the doorway of that gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and on the new moons.
Eze 46:4 - "The burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish;
Eze 46:5 - and the grain offering shall be an ephah [fn]with the ram, and the grain offering [fn]with the lambs [fn]as much as he is able to give, and a hin of oil [fn]with an ephah.
Eze 46:6 - "On the day of the new moon he shall offer a young bull without blemish, also six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish.
Eze 46:7 - "And he shall provide a grain offering, an ephah [fn]with the bull and an ephah [fn]with the ram, and [fn]with the lambs as [fn]much as he is able, and a hin of oil [fn]with an ephah.
Eze 46:8 - "When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the porch of the gate and go out [fn]by the same way.
Eze 46:9 - "But when the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by way of the north gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate. And he who enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. [fn]No one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered but shall go straight out.
Eze 46:10
Eze 46:10 - "When they go in, the prince shall go in among them; and when they go out, [fn]he shall go out.
Eze 46:11 - "At the festivals and the appointed feasts the grain offering shall be an ephah [fn]with a bull and an ephah [fn]with a ram, and [fn]with the lambs as [fn]much as one is able to give, and a hin of oil [fn]with an ephah.
Eze 46:12 - "When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the LORD, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he goes out.
Eze 46:13 - "And you shall provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to the LORD daily; morning by morning you shall provide it.
Eze 46:14 - "Also you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to the LORD continually by a perpetual [fn]ordinance.
Eze 46:15 - "Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering."
Eze 46:16 - 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "If the prince gives a gift out of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
Eze 46:17 - "But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince. His inheritance shall be only his sons'; it shall belong to them.
Eze 46:18 - "The prince shall not take from the people's inheritance, [fn]thrusting them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession."'"
The Boiling Places
Eze 46:19 - Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced north; and behold, there was a place at the extreme rear toward the west.
Eze 46:20 - He said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order that they may not bring them out into the outer court to transmit holiness to the people."
Eze 46:21 - Then he brought me out into the outer court and led me across to the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a small court.
Eze 46:22 - In the four corners of the court there were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; these four in the corners were [fn]the same size.
Eze 46:23 - There was a row of masonry round about in them, around the four of them, and boiling places were made under the rows round about.
Eze 46:24 - Then he said to me, "These are the boiling [fn]places where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifices of the people."
NASB Footnotes
Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter
Literally: for
Literally: a gift of his hand
Literally: his hand can reach
Literally: by its way
Literally: He shall not
So with many mss and the ancient versions; M.T. they
Literally: statute
Literally: oppressing
Literally: one measure
Literally: houses
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Another View: Russian bounty to Taliban report will dog Trump
The Intelligencer
When three U.S. Marine reservists were killed in a roadside bomb attack last year in Afghanistan, they seemed like more tragic casualties of America's two-decade war against Islamic fundamentalists there. Now, however, the case has taken on an even more sinister twist: U.S. intelligence officials suspect that the attackers might have been motivated by Russian bounties on American troops.
Congress must demand any evidence that President Vladimir Putin has the blood of the three Americans, or other U.S. service members, on his hands — and whether President Donald Trump was told about the Russian payments and did nothing about them.
As the nation heads into the Independence Day weekend, it's worth remembering the names of those who lost their lives on April 8, 2019, in Afghanistan:
Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, 43, of Newark, Delaware, was a firefighter for Ladder Company 27 in the Bronx, where he was decorated for valor after rescuing an unconscious woman from a burning building in 2014. He was the married father of three daughters.
Sgt. Benjamin Hines, 31, of York, was engaged. His obituary said he "laid down his life for God, family and country." His mother, Wendy, reflected at the time on her son's infectious smile and his desire from age 2 to be a Marine.
After Cpl. Robert Hendriks, 25, was killed, his younger brother, Joseph, also a Marine serving in Afghanistan, accompanied the coffin home to Long Island. "We are inconsolable," Felicia Arculeo said of her son's death, "and broken into a million pieces."
After news broke Friday that a Russian military intelligence unit offered Afghan insurgents money for dead U.S. troops, The White House issued a flurry of denials about what the president knew and when he knew it. The evidence of bounties was not strong enough and, as a consequence, Trump was not briefed on it, according to the president and his staff.
Until Tuesday. "The president has been briefed on what is unfortunately in the public domain because of The New York Times," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters. "But that does not change the fact that there is no consensus on this intelligence that still has yet to be verified."
Russia and the Taliban have denied the intelligence findings.
But the evidence keeps mounting: News organizations have reported that the allegations were first included in a written daily intelligence briefing for the president last year, that then-national security adviser John Bolton told Trump about it in March 2019, that the intelligence was again included in the President's Daily Brief this February after U.S. troops discovered $500,000 in cash in a Taliban raid, that the information was credible enough for British allies to be informed, and that American intelligence agencies uncovered evidence of Russian money transfers to the Taliban.
Even if the president was in the dark until The Times broke the story, he isn't any more. Has the commander in chief expressed even an ounce of concern that a foreign leader might have bought and paid for dead American troops?
No. Instead, Trump's first instinct was to tweet that the initial report about bounties was "another phony ... Russia Hoax."
Isn't it, in fact, more plausible that while Trump has been busy praising his relationship with Putin and urging that Russia be allowed back into the Group of Seven leading industrial nations (from which it was banished after seizing and annexing Crimea in 2014), it would be politically damning to admit during a presidential election year that he was aware of Russian perfidy and did nothing?
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is asking the right questions about Russia and bounties: Was the intelligence told to Trump? Was it in his daily briefing book? What's being done to safeguard U.S. troops and hold Putin accountable?
Answers to these and other questions are owed to Congress and the American people, especially the families of the fallen U.S. service members.


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Mitski's new sixth album, "Laurel Hell", which takes on a refreshing twist from the singer-songwriter's former somber tone and lyrics, dropped on Feb. 4.
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"I liked the notion of being stuck inside this explosion of flowers and perhaps even dying within one of them," Mitski said in an interview on the "Zane Lowe Show" in Nov. of 2021.
This album is an amazing return after a three year break from music. Mitski felt that she needed to step back because she was no longer passionate about the music she was making.
Track two, 'Working for the Knife", which was released as a single before the album came out, describes how she's reluctant to return to music after the hiatus. The lyrics," I always knew the world moves on/I just didn't know it would go without me" describes her feeling of being exiled from the pop culture scene, but she was living for the music she created, even though it hurt.
The song continues with"I'll see a way to change/That I'm living for the knife." which is slightly country themed, nodding to one of her fan favorite albums "Be The Cowboy " and waving it goodbye as she's ready to work on something new, really conveying the message of the album the best.
The overall focus of this new album is new beginnings, whereas previous albums contained topics like the struggles of being a POC woman in America, loneliness and the crushing expectations of fame. Mitski stated she wants to progress from the style of melancholic music to songs about moving on and becoming new.
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Overall, The album is an incredible comeback from a hiatus for Mitski, and hopefully, the start of a new, happier era of music from her. 5/5 stars
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