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Navy sub production in CT faces financial hurdles
By Ana Radelat, CTMirror.org
Updated 5:19 pm EDT, Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) transits the Thames River as it arrives at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton.
Photo: Photo By MC1 Steven Hoskins / Naval Submarine Support Center
WASHINGTON — Connecticut is certain to benefit from the Navy's plans to step up submarine production, but there are fiscal hurdles and other challenges to overcome before the state can count on that ramped up production.
Navy officials testifying in front of Congress last week on the Pentagon's proposed $750 million budget were keen on buying three Virginia-class submarines next fiscal year, instead of the traditional two-a-year it has asked lawmakers to fund.
"It's very clear there's a commitment to three subs," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The Pentagon has asked for $10.2 billion to allow Electric Boat, and its partner Newport News Shipbuilding, to build three fast attack Virginia-class submarines next year.
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That's a significant increase over the less than $6 billion that has been traditionally appropriated each year for the Virginia-class program because each sub will cost $3.2 billion apiece, up from $2.7 billion for the older boats.
The new subs will cost more because they will be larger and modified to include the "Virginia Payload Modules," which will be placed on most Virginia-class boats built in 2020 and beyond. Those modules increase the number of missiles each sub is able to launch.
But even if Congress agrees to the $10.2 billion for the Virginia-class program next year, that money won't be spent right away. Under the Pentagon's plan, that third sub won't be built until 2023.
That's because the shipyards are now gearing up to build another type of submarine, the huge, 560 foot-long ballistic missile Columbia-class. Construction of the first Columbia-class is scheduled to begin in 2021 at a cost of at least $6 billion.
At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said she was "mystified" as to why the Navy was asking for money for a third sub in its 2020 budget, but would not build that sub until 2023.
Navy acquisition chief James Geurts said the decision to seek money for the third sub now was based on the fact "our biggest shortfall is in attack submarines and it will get worse before it gets better."
Geurts also said the third submarine would be purchased outside the contract for the next block of 10 Virginia-class subs that the Navy is negotiating with Electric Boat, negotiations that have dragged on longer than expected.
Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, who represents a district that's home to both Electric Boat and Naval Submarine Base New London, said EB had "planned to lay a few people off" as production dropped off between the construction of the first Columbia-class sub in 2021 and the second boat in 2024.
"The third Virginia-class sub will smooth out the employment levels," said Courtney, the head of the House Armed Services seapower subcommittee.
A budget 'gimmick'
The Navy decided to add a third sub to its 2020 budget because it says it is falling behind against growing Chinese and Russian fleets.
The U.S. submarine fleet right now numbers 51 boats. But with the retirements of older Los Angeles-class subs, the fleet will be at 42 subs in the year 2026. Meanwhile, the Navy has determined it needs 66 subs to ward off all threats.
"Even with a third submarine in 2020 — it is still going to be the furthest away from its validated requirement for the next 20 years," Bill Merz, deputy chief of naval operations, told Courtney's panel at a recent hearing.
Merz also said that despite backlogs at shipyards and bottlenecks with the supplier base, the Navy needs to ramp up its construction of submarines.
"We have been fighting very hard to get that [Virginia] program back on track, and no matter what we do — even with a third submarine in 2020 — it is still going to be the furthest away from its validated requirement for the next 20 years," he said.
At the same hearing, Geurts said the build time for Virginia-class subs has been cut from 84 months to 66, but "we've been a little bit challenged" on pushing that number any lower.
While the Navy has made submarine construction a priority in the nation's defense, the overall size of the Pentagon's budget poses a problem in Congress.
President Donald Trump is seeking a $750 billion national defense budget for fiscal 2020, a sizable increase over the $716 billion Congress enacted for this year.
To get around congressional budget caps, the Defense Department's budget request includes boosting the Pentagon's war fund, which is not constrained by budget caps, to spend on weapons programs like the construction of submarines.
House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., on Wednesday called the plan a "patently dishonest budget maneuver" to avoid statutory budget caps.
Yarmouth also said increasing the Pentagon's budget through the war fund could result in another partisan stalemate and government shutdown.
At the Senate Armed Services committee hearing last week, Hirono said, "I do not support such a gimmick.
We must also make sure that any increases in (Pentagon) resources do not come at the expense of domestic programs."
Courtney said the "topline" in the Pentagon's budget request "is going to come down."
But he also said he's confident "we can get the numbers down and still get that third sub."
One thing Courtney said is likely to be "on the cutting room floor" when Congress finishes work on the defense budget is the $7 billion requested to fund construction of Trump's controversial border wall between the United States and Mexico.
On Monday, Courtney, every other member of Connecticut's House delegation, and dozens of other lawmakers signed a letter to the Democratic and Republican heads of the House Appropriations Committee to fully fund the third Virginia-class sub.
"The Virginia-class sub remains one of the most effective and sought after tools in the nation's arsenal," the lawmakers wrote.
Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute, said he's confident money for the third sub will survive congressional cuts to the Pentagon's budget.
"I think that's one type of spending that won't be cut by Congress," Thompson said. "The Navy has several categories of warships and submarines is where it has the biggest shortfall."
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Heavy thunderstorms regenerated and remained nearly stationary over southeastern Minnesota early in the morning on Friday June 28th, 2019, leading to very high rainfall totals and significant flooding.
The storms formed near a boundary separating very warm and humid air from slightly cooler air to the north, where clouds and rain the previous day had held temperatures down. The boundary moved little during the night, and with relatively weak winds aloft, thunderstorms appeared to sit in place and re-form repeatedly over the same areas.
The hardest-hit areas were in the Rochester area, where the airport recorded 4.95 inches of rain, and where a National Weather Service cooperative observer recorded the largest official total of 5.99 inches. Even larger reports from the public, from storm spotters, and from automated rain gauges included 8.50 inches south-southwest of Rochester, 7.3 inches near Predmore, 6.30 inches at Wasioja, and 6.24 inches at Byron. Totals of 3-5 inches were recorded near near Owatonna, Lake City, Wabasha, and Preston.
The heavy rains let to severe flooding in parts of Olmsted and Dodge counties. Numerous roads were submerged, runways were flooded at Rochester International Airport, a truck attempting to cross high waters near West Concord was swept into a field, and a farmer near Byron lost over 40 cattle.
The National Weather Service in La Crosse also produced a summary of this event.

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Throughout the psalms, the psalmist wants to iterate that God is gracious.
And the Father's character is consistent in the parables of Christ.
There once was a father with two sons. One disrespected his father, took his inheritance and used it to fulfill his own desires. The other stayed close to home and hoped to please his father by doing good. He often wondered why the father favored the lost son.
Thank God, He has given us His son; and in giving Him, He has given us all things that are in Him, He has given us Christ's life, His Love, His spirit, His glory.
When tempted to complain when life doesn't shake out exactly how I wanted, I have to preach to myself that I have a gracious father. I have a father who has given me all that I have undeservingly and out of His love.
I am so excited to be able to kick off the book of Revelation. This book of the Bible is so mysterious, yet it possesses so many amazing glimpses of eternity. As I read it, I am filled with the hope of my eternal future. Revelation reveals God's power, and it also paints a picture of the splendor of Heaven. My imagination goes crazy as I try to picture the vibrant colors, fragrant smells, and glorious songs of praise. Doing so makes life on this earth seem so dull. In Heaven, believers will be truly alive and able to experience the fullness of life. We will no longer see dimly. Wow… I can't wait! But while I am here on earth, I need to be focused on sharing the love of Jesus with those who do not know Him.
This verse really struck me. John, exiled to the island of Patmos, was alone. He was isolated from other believers when he received this revelation from the Lord. Verse 10 tells us that John was "in the Spirit on the Lord's day." What an incredible example to me of John's faithfulness. Even though he was alone and separated from other believers, he still remained connected to the Lord. John was found in worship and in the Spirit even though no one was looking.
When I think about my own life, I fail miserably in this area. I mean, I have it all. Our home is filled with dozens of Bibles in various translations. I have a plethora of Christian "self-help" books. I have access to the internet which contains a host of Biblical information. Even my iPhone has the Bible app on it! At any given moment, I have at my disposal basically everything I need to draw near to Him. What I am lacking though, is a willing heart. I am in need of a huge heart transformation. John had nothing with him, but he was able to choose to live in the Spirit. What a remarkable model of a Christ-follower who perseveres in his relationship with his Lord.
God, I pray for a radical change in my heart. Please give me the desire to draw near to You all of the time. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the Great I Am. And You love me completely, knowing that I mess up so very often. I want to be like John and walk in Your Spirit daily. Ignite a fire in my heart, Lord. I want to be recklessly in love with YOU!
This is it, the final epistle. One chapter, a mere 25 verses remain before scripture shifts to a blazing finale of prophecy. In such circumstances, only a topic of the utmost importance will do. Jude wanted to write about the salvation we share, but God overruled him. What is on God's mind? A warning to protect the salvation we share, a warning to beware of the corruption of the Gospel from infiltrators within the church.
My thoughts immediately jump to men like Harold Camping. The Bible says that no man can know the day or hour or Christ's return. Apparently God didn't count on the keen intellect of Camping to piece together the clues and figure it out.
Jesus continually commanded us to fear not. However, there was one occasion when He changed His tune and told us in no uncertain terms to fear. He was warning of Hell, and He spoke of it often, even using it as a motivation to turn to God. No matter. Pastor Rob Bell openly questions the whole doctrine of Hell. Pastor Gregory Boyd decries those who use it as a witnessing tool.
In the Bible, God promises His followers trials and tribulations during their earthly life. No matter. Pastors such as Joel Osteen amass huge congregations and national followings by teaching that God actually promises to pour out wealth and success on His earthly servants.
I won't pretend I know enough about any of these men to be certain that they qualify as modern-day targets of Jude's letter. However, it's plain to see that aspects of their teaching legitimize such questions.
There are two thoughts in the closing verses of Jude that I'm particularly grateful that God has included.
Even as this book blasts apostates, God's heart dwells on those they've misled from the true Gospel. He commands us to reach out in mercy to them.
Jude reminds us that it is the work of Christ that matters. He alone keeps me from stumbling. He alone will present me without fault. I might exercise my will to follow Him, but even this is only as He enables me to, and I take great comfort that my future is secured because of His work alone. If I had any part to play, I'd eventually blow it. He won't.
Dear God, lead me away from false teaching, make me an effective advocate for the truth of your Word, and let me always remember your promise that I am entirely and forever secure in You and by You. Amen.
"Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God" Moses reminds the Israelites of their distrust of the God Who protects and provides for them faithfully. Their distrust results in disobedience to the Holy One. Their disregard for His commands and comforts causes them to live in wilder-ness and not in the Promised Land. Lord, may I honor, respect, and adhere to You above my own thoughts and ways, and those of others – every moment!!
"Sing aloud to God our strength", Who took care of His people in and out of Egypt. Who removes our burdens, and frees, calls, delivers, answers and tests us in His mighty Love and Wisdom. Yet we can be sooooo hard hearted. Never accepting Him and His Words and instead substituting our own thoughts and imaginings. God admonishes us: There shall be no foreign god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god. I am the LORD your God,… Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." v.9-10.
2- "Pause and wonder! … be blind! For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes" WHY? They "honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me" No fear of the LORD. Instead, "their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men". They consider their Maker ignorant. "shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, " He has no understanding"?
People pleasing, tradition, ritual, fear of man are all eternally deadly substitutes for a real, eternal, vibrant and living relationship with God directly to and through the Lord Jesus Christ. God walked on this earth and died for each of us personally to prove that He is the Only Way. My heart must be involved with God through His Son Jesus Christ with no distractions or substitutions. His perfect Love casts out my fear of man. Only Jesus Christ teaches Fear of the Lord.
God's Word is Truth. Jesus Christ is the Word, the Way, Truth and Life. I must walk IN Christ Jesus. I long to and must be steadfast and faithful to the One Who saved me. Never to be persuaded to do otherwise by "well meaning" religious folk. I am Never to be swayed to fall into the side ditches of the narrow path so to worship other than in God's Spirit and Truth. I am not to imitate those who practice religion with false pretense and deception.
I will not be persuaded to shut out God's Voice through His Word and starve myself by not reading the Bible frequently, because I "should have gotten enough on Sunday morning". Instead, I choose to wrestle with God, like Jacob, so that I will walk under God's influence, power and command every moment of my life. Please, Lord Jesus, may it be so!! I desire You and Your will most! I love you!
I didn't expect to find Jesus in the pages of a book comparing child attachments with peers versus parents pre- and post-World War 2. There was no mention of His name in the chapter discussing the weakness and wounding that takes place when children derive their value and esteem from peers.
"When the parent is the compass point, it is the messages he or she gives that are relevant. When tragedy and trauma happen, the child looks to the parent for clues whether or not to be concerned. As long as their attachments are safe, the sky could collapse and the world fall apart, but children would be relatively protected from feeling dangerously vulnerable." Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate.
I saw Jesus there, out of context. When I tie my identity to this world, my job, what others think of me, if I am not tethered to or held up by Christ the Cornerstone, I am dangerously vulnerable to weakness and wounding. When Jesus is my compass point, I find Him completely out of (and within) context. He permeates every part of life.
Lord, you are the compass point. You are the One who was and is and yet to come–a sure foundation. (I can stand on you.) You are justice and righteousness, the plumb line. (I can discern what is true or false by holding it up to you.) You are the truth that lives in us and will be with us forever. (Sweet salvation.) I find you out of context and in the least expected places … your reminder and reassurance still that you hold it all together.
This is my new favorite verse. I like the verses that pack a punch with the least amount of words.
While in the car traveling from point A to point B sometimes I travel in silence. No radio. Just my thoughts running through my head. My mental list of what needs to be done that day. Tomorrow. Next week. I talk to God. I pray and often times my prayers a mesh of asking for forgiveness for that thought I had this morning, the angry word spoken to one of my children or a plea to help me be a better help mate to my husband.
Occasionally I listen to a Christian radio station, I go between music, a sermon or a theological discussion. Today was the discussion. Believe it or not, it was a discussion about the idols we place in our life. So when I finished reading 1John 5 it was surprising to read that last verse. Probably wasn't much of a surprise to God though. He often uses common thread to make his point with me.
So I sit here writing my contribution to this blog with sound confidence that the theme of my post will be about the idols we put before God.
Whew…I felt the fire raging in me when listening to this panel of men discussing some of the things they considered idols. However, I had the rest of the day to chew on their words and now my mental list has changed. Changed because…my daily list was the idol. It came before God. I was shocked when this was revealed to me. God is so very clever.
I could burden you with my other revelations of what I put before God throughout each day, but by now you are probably making your own mental list of your idols. What also sends me to my knees are the things that one would never consider an idol. Obvious idols are money, jobs, cars, clothes, social status. But what about our kids? What about our spouse? What about our ministry? Seriously? a ministry can be an idol? If it comes before God…then yes.
These are easy words to read. God's promise of perfect peace is found in these two verses. Yet many of us miss this truth. Our minds are to be steadfastly trusting in God. Our trust needs to come in God who is our eternal Rock. It is quite simple and straight forward. In fact there's not much to record in this observation section because perfect peace comes from training our mind to trust in God and His person every time we encounter obstacles or concerns in our lives.
What is hard about these two verses is applying them to our daily lives. If you are like me you woken in the middle of the night at least once this past month worrying, fretting about some circumstance in your life that confronts you. You think through options, you rehearse words that need to be said and all the time you watch the clock tick by in the night watches. Yet when this happens to me, I only find rest when I give it back to God and ask for His resolution and power in those situations. This doesn't count the many times during the day when issues confront me and I trust in my own ingenuity to solve an issue instead of keeping my mind focused on the love and power of the God of the universe. It's so simple we don't think it will work for us many times.
Father God, I prayer for a clear mind that trusts You and focuses on the promises about your care and peace that we find in Your Word. Help us today to keep our minds focused, stayed on You. Bring us victory in those nagging circumstances and issues that sap our strength and divert our attention away from You and those we love. I pray these things in the strong name of Jesus. Amen!


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Parental Age May Be Linked With Childhood Cancer Risk, but More Research Is Needed
By Rose McNulty
A recent meta-analysis aimed to clarify the relationship between parental age and solid tumor pediatric cancers, but more studies are necessary to overcome the limitations of available research.
Past studies have linked older parental age to pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but research on pediatric solid tumors and parental age has not produced a definitive association. To provide clarity on the relationship between parental age and pediatric solid-tumor cancers, a recent meta-analysis aggregated data from population registry-based studies.
The analysis, which was published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum, used population-based studies to minimize potential selection bias that comes with formats such as questionnaire-based case-control studies. Researchers pulled data from 15 studies including 10 childhood solid tumor types, all sourced from Medline and Embase searches for registry-based studies on solid tumors and parental age. The studies included a total of 30,323 cases and 3,499,934 controls.
Researchers identified several cancer types that appear to be associated with maternal age. A 5-year increase in maternal age was linked to greater odds of central nervous system (CNS) tumors (odds ratio [OR], 1.07; 95% CI, 1.04-1.10); ependymoma (OR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.07-1.29); astrocytoma (OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.05-1.15); rhabdomyosarcoma (OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.01-1.26); and germ cell tumors (OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.00-1.12).
When the increased odds of solid tumors and lymphoma were combined, a 5-year increase in maternal age was associated with an OR of 1.05 (95% CI, 1.03-1.07).
The relationship between paternal age and childhood cancers was also explored, and a 5-year age increase was only significantly associated with a greater risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.00-1.12) in this dataset. When the odds of pediatric lymphoma and solid tumors were combined, a 5-year increase in paternal age had an OR of 1.02 (95% CI, 1.02-1.04).
"At present there are a limited number of registry-based studies of paternal age available for analysis, and certain registries do not contain paternal age data," the authors wrote, "thus it is possible that there may be an association that is undetectable with current literature." Unraveling the distinct associations between maternal and paternal age at birth is also difficult considering the strong correlation between maternal age and paternal age at birth, the authors noted.
The lack of association between paternal age and age at birth in most cancer types surprised researchers, as increased paternal age is known to increase the likelihood of mutations in the child. Fathers also typically transmit more mutations than mothers, they added. "As the mechanism through which paternal age may influence childhood cancer risk is both plausible and well understood, the abundance of null findings in this analysis was contrary to expectation," the authors wrote.
The registry-based nature of the study was a significant strength, but it was limited by the rarity of some of the included cancer types, as well as the limited number of registry-based studies on certain cancer types, among other factors.
Overall, the findings suggest there is a link between older maternal age and cancers other than leukemia. Despite the difficulties of uncovering a possible link between paternal age and childhood cancers, the data also suggest that there may be an association to be discovered. Future research efforts could explore the relationship further and aim to analyze potential links between mutation profiles and parental age.
Domingues A, Moore KJ, Sample J, Kharoud H, Marcotte EL, Spector LG. Parental age and childhood lymphoma and solid tumor risk: A literature review and meta-analysis. JNCI Cancer Spectr. Published online May 27, 2022. doi:10.1093/jncics/pkac040


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Q: Cleartk: Errors initializing [class org.cleartk.classifier.jar.DefaultSequenceDataWriterFactory] Field 'dataWriterClassName' is required My main program looks something like:
    public static void main(String args[]) throws UIMAException, IOException{
    //TypeSystemDescription tsd = TypeSystemDescriptionFactory.createTypeSystemDescription(Question.class);

    AggregateBuilder builder = new AggregateBuilder();
    //builder.add(SentenceAnnotator.getDescription());
    builder.add(AnalysisEngineFactory.createPrimitiveDescription(POSAnnotator1.class,
            ExampleComponents.TYPE_SYSTEM_DESCRIPTION,
            GenericJarClassifierFactory.PARAM_CLASSIFIER_JAR_PATH, outputDirectory + File.separator + "model.jar",
            CleartkAnnotator.PARAM_IS_TRAINING, true,
            DefaultDataWriterFactory.PARAM_DATA_WRITER_CLASS_NAME, InstanceDataWriter.class.getName(),
            DirectoryDataWriterFactory.PARAM_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, new File(outputDirectory)));

    JCas jcas = JCasFactory.createJCas();
    jcas.setDocumentText(testData);

    SimplePipeline.runPipeline(jcas, builder.createAggregateDescription());

}

Can anyone explain this error?

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Errors initializing [class org.cleartk.classifier.jar.DefaultSequenceDataWriterFactory]
  Field 'dataWriterClassName' is required

I have tried to replace InstanceDataWriter with other data writers, but they do not work.

A: the POS Annotator uses a Sequence Data Writer to write the examples. You set the DataWriter class name Parameter from DefaultDataWriterFactory.PARAM_DATA_WRITER_CLASS_NAME. It should be DefaultSequenceDataWriterFactory.PARAM_DATA_WRITER_CLASS_NAME for a sequence data writer. Sequence means that you have more than 1 label in a cas (many POS Tags) in contrast to a "normal" classifier which gives only 1 label for the whole document.
http://cleartk.googlecode.com/svn-history/r4142/tags/cleartk-release-1.2.0/apidocs/org/cleartk/classifier/jar/DefaultSequenceDataWriterFactory.html

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Having been appointed as Head of International News in 2014, Jamie Wilson leads the Guardian's international desk, overseeing and communicating with a network of around 25 foreign correspondents to decide what news of the day to cover from across the globe. Jamie joined the Guardian as a trainee in 1995, and worked variously as a home news reporter, foreign correspondent (including stints in Iraq and Washington), Assistant National Editor, Deputy Foreign Editor, and News Editor.
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ECpE alumnus wins PACE award
June 13, 2016 • Emily Benda
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Steven Specker (PhD 1970) has been selected for a Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering (PACE) Award by Iowa State University College of Engineering. This citation recognizes alumni known for their professional competence and creativity.
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Rev. Tom Goldsmith's church, the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, has been in the news recently. In January, his congregation welcomed in a young Honduran mother, Vicky Chavez, and her two young children. Chavez was facing deportation, but rather than head to the airport she came to Goldsmith's church to seek asylum.
Goldsmith said their decision to shield Chavez was informed, in part, by Unitarian beliefs.
"We have absolutely no corner on the truth market," said Reverend Tom Goldsmith. "We have no idea what happens, or at least we're not going to speculate, we don't have the blueprint of heaven or an afterlife."
There are no dogmas or doctrines. Goldsmith said Unitarian belief hangs on two principles: understanding that all people are connected and respecting the inherent worth and dignity of the individual. He said a lot of his congregants found Unitarianism as they were leaving other faith practices, but Goldsmith was born into it and has been preaching for over 40 years.
"We have no guilt. We don't make people fearful. We get together in order to really learn more about how we can live a higher moral standard," said Goldsmith.
Goldsmith said living that "higher moral standard" often leads to social justice, including the decision to become a sanctuary and house people facing deportation. That was decided about ten years ago when he and his congregation studied the matter. For a year they looked at what it meant to be a sanctuary.
At the end of January, Vicky Chavez, a mother of a 6-year-old and 6-month-old, was scheduled to be deported to Honduras by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Chavez, a Mormon, was connected to the church through a local activist group. She and her children have been living there ever since.
Goldsmith said that ever since Chavez and her children moved in, the church has felt different.
It has provided us with a tremendous sense of purpose. It is social justice work that is really tangible.
"It has provided us with a tremendous sense of purpose," said Goldsmith. "It is social justice work that is really tangible."
Goldsmith said it's been a huge group effort. They have hundreds of volunteers — of many different faiths — who take turns helping Chavez with shopping, laundry and anything else she may need. He said they've even inspired some other local churches to consider doing the same.
Goldsmith said that while Chavez's immigration case is uncertain and this situation is not ideal, he and his congregation have really enjoyed the company.
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Q: executing .exe with argument and multiple commands from C# I am currently trying to "convert" a bash script I wrote to C#.
This script starts a program in a shell and then executes a few commands in this shell and looks similar to this:
cd /$MYPATH
./executible -s << EOF
start_source_probe -hardware_name "USB" -device_name "@1: EP3C(10|5)"
write_source_data -instance_index 0 -value "11111"
write_source_data -instance_index 0 -value "10111"
write_source_data -instance_index 0 -value "00111"
exit
EOF

Now I would like to do the same using Visual Studio C#.
At the moment my attempt looks like this:
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.WorkingDirectory = "pathToExe\\";
startInfo.FileName= "executible.exe";
startInfo.Arguments= "-s";
//startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
//startInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo = startInfo;
proc.Start();
//StreamWriter myStreamWriter = proc.StandardInput;
//Console.WriteLine("start_source_probe - hardware_name \"USB\" -device_name \"@1: EP3C(10|5)\"");
//Console.WriteLine("write_source_data -instance_index 0 -value \"11111\"");
proc.WaitForExit();

With the comments activated (so with the "//" in code) I manage to open the shell (-s stands for shell) but I wonder how I am able to execute commands in this shell additionally.
I managed to execute multiple commands with something like this (as long as I am not starting the shell because destination output differs I guess)
const string strCmdText = "/C command1&command2";
Process.Start("CMD.exe", strCmdText);

I would appreciate it if someone could tell me how to add the argument "-s" and execute commands in the started process.

A: I am not sure if i did understood your question, but you can create a batch file outside your c# code and call It from your c# code like the following :
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo ProcStartInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("cmd");
ProcStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
ProcStartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
ProcStartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
ProcStartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
System.Diagnostics.Process MyProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
ProcStartInfo.Arguments = "/c start /wait batch.bat ";
MyProcess.StartInfo = ProcStartInfo;
MyProcess.Start();
MyProcess.WaitForExit();

I added the /wait so your c# code is going to wait for your batch to finish, to pursuit the c# code execution


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Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines, Vol. 2: Psychophysical Analyses of Selected Constitutional Types (Homeopathic Medicine Series). Catherine R. Coulter. Unless we recognize these fields and constitutional types and learn to diagnose in terms of the phenomenological totality of living beings, we cannot hope to realize the potential of a medicine of similars. Dr. Whitmont goes on to write: "A child's personality is then not only structured by parental and environmental influences, but also, selectively, in its own individual ways, evokes and responds to "like" or corresponding parental and environmental influences.
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Catherine R. Psychophysical Analysis of Selected Constitutional Types. als Abo Lieferintervall. If you are put off by dry remedy descriptions, you will find the Portraits just what you are looking for. In the manner of a good storyteller, the author describes especially the psychological characteristics of a few major remedies.
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Medicines: Psychophysical Analyses of Selected Constitutional types. The portraits presented by Catherine R. Coulter come from her experience.
One of the joys of my first experience in homeopathic education was at the NCH Summer School at Millersville, PA, in 1980 when, each morning for two weeks, I listened to Catherine Coulter deliver the series of materia medica lectures that were to become Volume One of her Portraits of Homœopathic Medicines: Psychophysical Analyses of Selected Constitutional types. As with her first two books, Coulter, describes the remedies as they manifest in the people she has seen.
Coulter Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines Vo. Reading excerpt . More books on homeopathy, alternative medicine and a healthy life ww. arayana-verlag. Reading excerpt Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines Vo. of Catherine R. Coulter Publisher: Ninth Publishing House. In the Narayana webshop you can find all english books on homeopathy, alternative medicine and a healthy life. Copying excerpts is not permitted.
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Series: Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines (Volume 1). Members. published: Berkeley, Calif. North Atlantic Books, c1986-1988. bibliographical references and index.
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Coulter .I & II, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley,California, 1986. Behavioural problems in the older dog, The European Journal of Companion Animal Practice. Heath . Behavioural problems in the older dog, The European Journal of Companion Animal Practice, Vol. 13, -(2)-October 2003, Page 246-247 12/ 12 13/86. Homeopathic Medicine for dogs. Homeopathic Medicine for dogs, Johannes Sonntag Publishing G. MBH, Stuttgart, 1994, English Translation, . Daniel Company Limited 1998
Catherine R. Coulter Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines Vo. Portraits of Homoeopathic Medicines Vo. In addition to being an independent constitutional type, the remedy can be indicated during a temporary stage in a woman's life.
In this rich, textured study of the characters of 9 homoeopathic medicines, C.Coulter has revived a much-neglected archetypal science: the study of mind-body types upon which healing by similars is based. While most psychologists and doctors either avoid or oversimplify the issues of inherited constitutional dispositions and psychophysiological unity, Coulter presumes the existence of dynamic fields around which each creature is formed and energized. "These fields are intrinsic to the very organismic process," writes Edward C. Whitmont, a homoeopathic physician and a founding member of the C.G. Jung Training Center in NY, "our own as well as the planet's." Every mineral, plant, and animal embodies discrete patterns and thus has the intrinsic power to call forth the disease of these patterns and then to heal through them. Unless we recognize these fields and constitutional types and learn to diagnose in terms of the phenomenological totality of living beings, we cannot hope to realize the potential of a medicine of similars. Dr. Whitmont goes on to write: "A child's personality is then not only structured by parental and environmental influences, but also, selectively, in its own individual ways, evokes and responds to "like" or corresponding parental and environmental influences. In its own way it will also constellate and call forth environmental factors that a child of a different makeup will not. A Natrum muriaticum or Lycopodium child may stoically withdraw, even sever communication, where a Sulphur child may respond with overactivity or a Hepar or Arsenic type with fury or anxiety respectively. It is also to be considered that environments that encourage anxiety or withdrawal may help produce corresponding Arsenic or Hepar constitutional states. In either case the somatic indications for a particular remedy can alert the experienced prescriber to the potential presence of specific psychological predispositions as yet dormant and unrecognized."
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I had owned a copy of this years and years ago, but when I found it used I decided to buy it and reread it. This is a must have for anyone trying to understand the complexities of casetaking in homeopathic treatment, and is also a wonderful read on the nature of the many character types that populate this good earth. Excellent source book.
If you are truly interested in understand the many levels of homeopathy this book is a must read. I found it difficult to put down, I wanted to read it cover to cover immediately. To much info for that as I needed to process sections at least over night before moving on. Great book and it will be one I will often pick up and review sections as needed.
Love this text. Was recommended by one of physicians teaching a med school tutorial. She reminisced of her med school days when she would go home & read it for fun. I understand what she was talking about now! I do the same! It's SO interesting!!
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I had read about this book in Claudio Naranjo's book Character and Neurosis. He cites abundantly from it. I decided to read this book, too. This book is about twelve times better than Claudio Naranjo's book. The insights are far deeper and the characters' idiosyncratic and strangeness is left intact as a vast human panoply suspended on a nature, as opposed to a point on the enneagram.
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Q: C++ enum from char Ok, I'm new at C++.  I got Bjarne's book, and I'm trying to follow the calculator code.
However, the compiler is spitting out an error about this section:
token_value get_token()
{
    char ch;

    do {        // skip whitespace except '\n'
        if(!std::cin.get(ch)) return curr_tok = END;
    } while (ch!='\n' && isspace(ch));

    switch (ch) {
        case ';':
        case '\n':
            std::cin >> WS;      // skip whitespace
            return curr_tok=PRINT;
        case '*':
        case '/':
        case '+':
        case '-':
        case '(':
        case ')':
        case '=':
            return curr_tok=ch;
        case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': case '5':
        case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9': case '.':
            std::cin.putback(ch);
            std::cin >> number_value;
            return curr_tok=NUMBER;
        default:            // NAME, NAME=, or error
            if (isalpha(ch)) {
                char* p = name_string;
                *p++ = ch;
                while (std::cin.get(ch) && isalnum(ch)) *p++ = ch;
                std::cin.putback(ch);
                *p = 0;
                return curr_tok=NAME;
            }
            error("bad token");
            return curr_tok=PRINT;
}

The error it's spitting out is this:
calc.cpp:42: error: invalid conversion from 'char' to 'token_value'

token_value is an enum that looks like:
enum token_value {
    NAME,       NUMBER,     END,
    PLUS='+',   MINUS='-',  MUL='*',  DIV='/',
    PRINT=';',  ASSIGN='=', LP='(',   RP=')'
};
token_value curr_tok;

My question is, how do I convert ch (from cin), to the associated enum value?

A: Note that the solutions given (i.e. telling you to use a static_cast) work correctly only because when the enum symbols were defined, the symbols (e.g. PLUS) were defined to have a physical/numeric value which happens to be equal to the underlying character value (e.g. '+').
Another way (without using a cast) would be to use the switch/case statements to specify explicitly the enum value returned for each character value, e.g.:
    case '*':
      return curr_tok=MUL;
    case '/':
      return curr_tok=DIV;

A: You can't implicitly cast from char to an enum - you have to do it explicitly:
return curr_tok = static_cast<token_value> (ch);

But be careful! If none of your enum values match your char, then it'll be hard to use the result :)

A: You need an explicit cast:
curr_tok = static_cast<token_value>(ch);

The reason is that it's dangerous to convert an integer type to an enum. If the value is not valid for the enum then behaviour is undefined. So the language doesn't let you do it accidentally with an implicit conversion. The explicit conversion is supposed to mean "I know what I'm doing, and I've checked that the value is valid".

A: I think I wouldn't try to explicitly set the values of the enum symbols and instead write a case for every symbol that in your switch statement.  Doing it that way will probably be harder to debug if something goes wrong and the performance cost writing a case for every symbol is so low, that it's not even worth considering (unless you're writing for some kind of extremely low-end embedded system and probably still not worth it).

A: return curr_tok=(token_value)ch;


Trevor Brown's first collection of works with a focus on younger girls and boys and dolls. Some are super cute, some twisted, and some just a bit disturbing. Includes original reader's card and exhibition postcard!
Condition: Lightly used condition with some strong fading on the dust jacket front. PHOTO HERE. Tiny amount of shelf wear, slight book odor, book itself is in great condition with tight binding and clean pages.
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I've said many times here on this blog that I really dislike swatching for gauge. And today I'm here to tell you I still dislike it, but I've been schooled in the need for it.
To me, swatching feels like wasting time and I just want to get to the knitting of the project. I do know, however, that there are times when it really is necessary to do a swatch. For example, when you are making a sweater or something else in which it is important for the item to fit correctly, you really should do a gauge swatch. You really, really should… but often, I still don't.
I think my knitting is "average" in the gauge department, meaning I've done swatches with the suggested needle size before and have gotten the right gauge, so why should I keep doing it, right? And for projects like a shawl or cowl, however, gauge is not as important because it could fit just about anyone and often there is only one size anyway, right?
That first question really is just pushing the issue and you really should do a swatch anyway for a project in which size matters. That second question is what we are here to talk about today.
I started the Diamond Tempest Cowl with the wonderfully soft Baby Llama Chunky (both by Cascade) last week.
But then, I started looking at my ball of yarn and it seemed to be getting awfully small. I had this gnawing feeling I'd be playing a game of yarn chicken. Yarn chicken is when you are pretty sure you don't have enough yarn to finish your project but you are really hoping you do have enough so you keep knitting, crossing your fingers and toes that you will have enough. Then it's just a game of seeing who wins, you or the yarn.
The pattern called for just one skein so why did I run out? I thought about it for a bit and then I knew. It was the needle. I had done some reading about square needles and how they are supposed to be easy on your hands. I also read that because of the squareness, the actual gauge the needle gets might be different than a round needle and many people have to go up a needle size in order to get the right gauge. So I chose one size larger for this project. The project calls for a US 10 and I used a US 10 1/2.
You would think that a half millimeter difference in diameter would not make a difference but it does. And you would also think that given the uncertainty of how these needles get gauge that I would check it –it was many people, not all people who had to go up a needle size. And you would be thinking wrong because I blindly trusted that statement and didn't give it another thought.
Please take this as a lesson that doing a gauge swatch is important! Sometimes it is important so your knitted fabric will look right — not too tight or not too loose. Sometimes it is important because you want the item to fit correctly. Sometimes it is important because you might run out of yarn. And sometimes it is important when you are using a new kind of needle and have no idea how it will perform.
The Almost Lost Washcloth which will be an upcoming class at The Spinning Room this spring. More about that when it's done.
Do you have a gauge fail that you'd like to share? Or something you've been "schooled" in regarding knitting? Tell us about it in the comments!
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged diamond tempest cowl, gauge, the almost lost washcloth, thrummed mittens on March 6, 2017 by lizytish.
Many, many gauge fails in several different ways. I have swatch fails, too. I won't even start 'splaining.
Why did you start over and not tink in order to finish? Because you are teaching a class and the FO must be just so?
I thought about taking out a few rows but then the diamond pattern would have looked "off". Plus there was the mistake at the beginning anyway….
Thanks for the gauge reminder Liz! (FYI: I had to check your spelling on that word to get my spelling correct!). I, like you, have hated to take the time to do a gauge swatch, but shall remember your words of wisdom, especially when I knit my pullover, if ever. Oh those thrummed mittens look warm! Sorry that class was filled up, so I couldn't take it.
But wait, if you go DOWN a needle size, won't you use more yarn to get the same dimensions? Or are you going by number of rows as opposed to cowl length?
I usually skip the gauge knit too. I want to start the project and not "waste" the time knitting a gauge. I figure for a shawl, or wrap it won't matter. I just started The Wolf Moon shawl using a size 11 needle instead of 10.5 , using a bulky yarn, It's looking like I'll lose the yarn game too; will have to figure out how to get more of the yarn I'm using!
Ah, we're on the same page regarding swatching then! Fingers crossed you can find more yarn!
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2019 Jaguar F-Pace SVR First Drive Review: Jag's Special-Forces SUV Is Awfully Late, Awfully Great
Add an explosive 550-hp V8 to the alluring F-Pace and you've got an affordable V8 rival to the Germans.
byLawrence Ulrich| UPDATED May 3, 2019 12:53 PM
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When car designers and engineers start throwing the word "maturity" around, it usually means the model in question is ready for chamomile tea and a nice nap. But it doesn't describe some Lincoln-style snoozer for the 2019 Jaguar F-Pace SVR. That becomes clear on the French Riviera, where this wolfish British SUV rouses its 550-horsepower V8 and devours every bloody strand of some of the world's most splendid roads.
Think of the F-Pace SVR as one of those freakish rookie linebackers that looks too big to move, but then chases down the quarterback and sends him straight into the concussion protocol—except the Jaguar won't leave occupants feeling like that flattened QB. That's where the "mature" part comes in: Jaguar, smartly, has kept the F-Pace SVR on the proper side of insanity. Yes, those 550 supercharged horses represent a 44-percent leap beyond the F-Pace S with its 380-hp V6. But this F-Pace will be as happy running interference for the family as it is with shaming run-of-the-mill sport sedans or SUVs.
As with its lesser-powered F-Pace stablemates, the SVR version doesn't scrimp on style. This is still one of the prettiest SUV's extant, one of the rare choices that doesn't feel like a parent's self-denying compromise in the name of household harmony. The Jaguar definitely looks the rakish part during our seaside stroll through Nice and St. Tropez. And its retuned adaptive suspension manages to spread creme fraiche over these ancient roads, despite the F-Pace's stiffer springs (30 percent up front, 10 percent out back), and optional 22-inch forged alloy wheels.
With 550 V8 horses, SVR brews up a storm, Lawrence Ulrich
Heading north into Provence and the Maritime Alps, our drive also takes in the bucket-list Route Napoleon. Here, the Jaguar mimics the progress of the eponymous French emperor in 1815, who marched this cliff-crazy path (then a series of mule and foot trails) with 1,200 loyal men to briefly recapture his throne after exile in Elba and a beach landing at Golfe-Juan. Overthrows, or overtaking, will be a snap in this SVR. Ross Restell, lead dynamics engineer for Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations, cites a 4.1-second cannon shot from 0-60 mph, and a 12.3-second quarter-mile at 115 mph. A few SUV's are faster in a straight line, including the Porsche Cayenne Turbo. But by either measure, Restell notes, this F-Pace is a half-second quicker than the supercars that adorned his adolescent walls in the U.K.: The Lamborghini Countach and the Ferrari 512 Testarossa. The Jaguar also tops out at 176 mph, right in line with the 173-mph Mercedes-AMG GLC 63, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio (177 mph) or the Cayenne Turbo (178 mph). Owners might think about that when they're trying to avoid cracking eggs or bruising organic tomatoes en route from the grocery store.
Jaguar F-Pace SVR is All About Balance, Including the V8 Sound
Yeah, this road should work, Jaguar
This one, too..., Jaguar
Fortunately, the SVR doesn't bruise my ears, thanks in part to a new, fully variable-valve adaptive exhaust in place of the industry's usual two-stage units. My ears had been cocked for just such an assault in light of the famous snap-crackle-and-pop of Jaguar-Land Rover's 5.0-liter supercharged V8, and the overwrought sound of SVO's previous effort, the Range Rover Sport SVR. Look, I like an unrestrained exhaust tune as much, or more, than the next guy. But that Rover SVR often sounded like a pack of Harleys was crammed inside, all amplified by the booming kettle-drum of that big SUV cabin. Jaguar clearly heard the complaints over the din: This F-Pace emits a throaty croon that seems soaked in rare Armagnac. The dual-pipe, quad-outlet exhaust emits the V8's beloved backfires on engine overrun, with the appropriate menace under hard throttle, but it never steps over the line into juvenilia. That exhaust system also increases gas flow and trims 14.5 pounds versus the standard F-type exhaust.
The SVR's broad-shouldered bod adds larger front air intakes, hood vents to draw engine heat and reduce aero lift, slashing fender vents to cool brakes, side body moldings, a SVR roof spoiler and a reshaped rear bumper with four fat exhaust outlets. Inside, the F-Pace interior that seemed a bit middling in materials and workmanship—especially in light of fresher Jags like the reworked 2020 XE sedan that we also drove—adds enough new goodies to boost those impressions. A welcome pistol-grip shifter for the discreet eight-speed ZF transmission replaces the old pop-up rotary knob. New "Slimline" performance seats are clad in stitched-and-quilted leather, with SVR logos embossed on integrated headrests. An SVR steering wheel with aluminum paddle shifters fronts a 12.3-inch digital driver's display, and the cabin is awash in metal and carbon fiber. A choice of four contrasting-color interiors adds more visual pop. But the SVR doesn't yet adopt Jaguar's latest infotainment system, the Touch Pro Duo unit with its dual 10-inch stacked screens. Owners settle for a single screen with traditional analog climate controls below, but it's not a huge loss.
Jaguar F-Pace SVR: A Surprisingly Practical Performance SUV
Every SVR review I've seen neglects to mention its practical edge versus the competition: C'mon people, this is still an SUV, after all. The Jaguar is Honda-esque in its efficient packaging relative to its tidy exterior footprint. That includes a notably wide cargo hold with a robust 33.5 cubic feet of storage behind the 40/20/40 split second row, whipping the Alfa Stelvio or Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 with their scrawny 18.5- and 19.4-cubes, respectively. Impressively, that critical behind-seat cargo space is 25 percent more than the Porsche Cayenne Turbo even though the Porsche is seven inches longer. A freaking Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk fits barely more gear behind its second row than this Jaguar. Fold the second-row seats, and the 63.5-cubic-foot space again tops the Alfa, Porsche, Benz, Audi SQ5 or coupe-roofed BMW X6M. A square-roofed BMW X5M holds more stuff, but it's also about seven inches longer and two inches taller than the Jaguar—and looks like a family schlepper in comparison. Oh, and that X5M weighs 865 pounds more, at 5,260 pounds versus 4,395 for the F-Pace, a figure that also undercuts the Porsche by about 400 pounds. (The Alfa remains the class lightweight, relatively speaking, at just over 4,200 pounds).
Our run from St. Tropez to the Alps showed off the sympathetic ride-and-handling balance that was a prime directive for SVO engineers like Restell, who led Lotus' vaunted vehicle dynamics team before coming to Jaguar.
"What's the point of having an SUV like this if it's beating you up all the time?" Restell asked. "Or if owners don't want to live with it, put their kids and dogs in it?"
F-Pace SVR Goes Hard on Road, (Relatively) Easy On Price
Jaguar hunts down 60 mph in 4.1 seconds, peaks at 176 mph, Jaguar
Kids and canines should be well entertained, as the SVR gets more-aggressive software programming for its transmission, suspension, electric steering, stability control, brake-based torque vectoring and rear-biased AWD system. Switch to Dynamic mode and the full monty of torque—a meaty 502 pound-feet—can power rear wheels alone until there's slippage. Internal damper hardware is all-new, with a 1 mm-larger rear anti-roll bar and retuned front-axle bushings. Jaguar claims a five-percent reduction in body roll versus the already prairie-flat F-Pace S. Brakes are crushingly strong yet a breeze to modulate around town or in heavy traffic—a far cry from the Alfa, whose touchy by-wire brakes make it maddeningly difficult to effect smooth stops in everyday driving. The staggered-size, 22-inch forged wheels trim nine pounds of unsprung weight versus optional 22's on the F-Type S.
As it scales the craggy walls of the Alps, the Jaguar uncorks its best snarl and barrels from apex-to-apex with the confidence you'd prefer when the alternative is a Thelma and Louise ending. In a signature of today's digitally-enhanced, hot-rod SUVs, the Jaguar has more to give when grip and physics seem nearly tapped out; I can feel the various systems shuttle power fore-and-aft or side-to-side to let the F-Pace dig deeper and leap ahead instead of sliding wide. I'd say the Alfa Stelvio remains the king of pure SUV steering feel (no surprise), but the Jaguar's is solid, including a ratio that speeds up relative to how far you crank the wheel off-center.
In the midst of this SUV dogfight, the Jaguar costs less than you might expect for such a powerful, purebred cat. This F-Pace SVR starts from $81,015. That's a bit more than a Porsche Macan Turbo or GLC 63, but the Jaguar has decisively more room and power than either. (The Jaguar nearly doubles the Macan's rear cargo space). The F-Pace is priced virtually atop the 505-hp, V6-powered Alfa, its most-direct bogey. But to blend this much family practicality with V8 juice, you're looking at roughly $102,000 for a BMW X5M/X6M, $112,000 for a Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S, or $126,000 (and rising fast) for a Cayenne Turbo. Jaguar may be late to the performance-SUV soiree, but it's a welcome arrival nonetheless.
Lawrence Ulrich, The Drive's chief auto critic, is an award-winning auto journalist and former chief auto critic for The New York Times and Detroit Free Press. The Detroit native and Brooklyn gentrifier owns a troubled '93 Mazda RX-7 R1, but may want to give it a good home. Email him at Lawrence@thedrive.com.


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Beauty Fans Aren't Happy With bareMinerals' Pale Skin Shades
[Photo: Instagram]
First, it was the 'nude' underwear that only caters for pale skin tones. And now, bareMinerals has released a 16-shade foundation that doesn't include shades for darker skin.
The cosmetics brand Sephora has come under fire on Instagram after posting about its Complexion Rescue foundation yesterday. Featuring an armed daubed with all of its 16 shades, its quite evident the colours only cater for lighter women.
[Photo: Brenna Daugherty/Flickr]
Instagram users were quick to express their distaste. One user Dianekenzee said that there is 'literally only one shade for dark skinned women', while westcoastaesthetic pointed out 'the darkest colour they have is the one that matched the black girl, and she is not representative of all POC [people of colour] her colour and darker.'
[Photo: Norman Z/Flickr]
Having received more than 81,000 likes, it was captioned: 'You're invited to this arm party! @bareMinerals Complexion Rescue comes in 16 true-to-you shades' with a few emojis thrown into the mix too.
But almost 300 comments later, reactions have been of disappointment more often than pleasure.
What do you think? Is there ever an excuse not to cater for all skin tones? Tweet us at @YahooStyleUK.
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To book, or not to book? That is the question. In recent weeks we at Telegraph Travel have been grappling with this very question, exploring how the vaccine rollout could reboot travel, and asking the all-important question of whether our summer holidays can go ahead after lockdown. But we want to know what you, our Telegraph readers, believe on this matter. Is it right to be travelling during a pandemic, at all? Will you be bagging a travel bargain, while holiday firms try to lure in customers? And where do you dream of going? Below, we take a look at what you have told us so far. Do you have an opinion on this matter? Scroll to the bottom of this article to let us know your thoughts, and we may feature your comment in the article. Keith Monk We are booked on two cruise type holidays in May (one a walking cruise and one a bird watching cruise), both sailing around the UK and Ireland. We booked these both before Covid and the first lockdown came into force so have not rushed into booking them recently. We will not cancel them because we have a glimmer of hope they may go ahead, especially with the vaccination programme going so well. Last year (2020) we lost 3 major holidays, so whilst awaiting to see if the May holidays do go ahead, we won't be booking anything new for the foreseeable. Cyprus Expat Why does a holiday mean going abroad? There are so many wonderful places to see in Britain and not just the "usual suspects". For example the coast and countryside east of Middlesbrough (Saltburn is delightful), the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, the Essex / Suffolk border, the Staffordshire Moorlands, Exmoor, the Dark Peak, the Brecon Beacons, mid Dorset, North Nottinghamshire & Sherwood Forest, the list goes on. Beautiful scenery, historic towns and no crowds. Bill Garrett Anybody booking for an overseas leisure trip in 2021 could be best described as incurably optimistic. It is going to be the end of the year before most first world countries are fully vaccinated and well into next year before the world is. Mike Davies I'll take my little boat to any number of secluded beaches here in Cornwall. As I have been doing for years. Edward Seaton I had 5 of the best holidays of my life last year. Paris in July, Switzerland and Venice in August, Rome in September, Greece in late September. Just be a bit persistent and you will be greatly rewarded. And remember – once you get to the airport, there is the glorious sensation of being surrounded by people who are not pathologically afraid.
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Declination has so much to offer! Paul Newman dances In and Out of Bounds touching every corner of the sky in this 'slim volume.' He has beaten the bounds of his subject in the most entertaining way, and I now eagerly incorporate declination and antiscia in all of my sessions with clients, expecting and finding startling new revelations. Newman starts off with a clear and simple description of declination, its rules and the extra space it provides in astrology for finding hidden connections and disconnects in the chart.
The segment 'The Earth as a kingdom in liege to the Sun' (p.173) is a reminder that we must 'live cyclically in tune with other solar rhythms' to fully appreciate that this is not a linear day-by-day journey of the Sun through the year because 'the Sun by declination moves at various speeds through the degrees north and south and retraces its steps.' In other words the Sun dances rather that walks in a straight line through the year.
Gawain and the Green Knight and the Twelve Days of Christmas are delicious illustrations he uses to explain the solar festivals along with the The Royal Arch of the Masons, a totally mysterious presentation of occult symbols until you realize that this represents the journey of the Sun from vernal to autumnal equinox, with connection to the grades of the Masonic Order. It's so simple, really!
Arthur, a solar king marks four important festivals of the year as he pulls the sword from the stone on Christmas, Candlemas (February 2), Easter and Pentecost. At each of these four markers, the solstice, the fire festival of Imbolc, the solar and lunar celebrations of Easter and Pentecost, he proves his worthiness to be king. I have often puzzled over the repeated references to Pentecost in Malory, and now have a part of the answer.
Newman continues this wonderful romp through the treasures of latitude, with a series of charts with Out of Bounds planets to explain how we might interpret these forays of planets north and south of the ecliptic. What does it portend when a planet has left the safe and narrow path of the Sun? He uses the starting time for the creation of Tarzan and the Apes as an example of out of bounds Mercury and Mars, which, is repeated in Edgar Rice Burroughs' chart.
He compares the Out of Bounds ("OOB") Planets of two astrologers: Ronald Davison and John Addey, and follows that up with an investigation of the Lone Ranger and the state of Texas. Then there's the chart of the Abbey Road album cover and a comparison of Rudolph Valentino and Liberace, each with an OOB Venus. There's more to this wonderful exploration, but I will leave some of the surprises for you to discover.
Next comes an analysis of the predominance of northern vs. southern hemisphere planets. He chooses two television genres. Soap operas belong to the southern hemisphere; science fiction belongs to the north. Hilarious examples are provided.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner brings us to the Crossing of the Line-and to the 0º point, the equator. a place of great stillness and retribution.
Antiscia using the example of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, becomes a symbol of the karmic intrusion reflected in author Robert Louis Stevenson's chart. We discover the antiscia between Stevenson's Scorpio Sun and his Moon's South Node in Aquarius, repeated in their almost exact parallel declination, a double message of the impossibility of keeping the shadow of the past (Mr. Hyde) in restraint (Dr. Jekyll).
The chapter "Stars in Declination" uses the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen and the fate of the archaeologist and his financial backer; both benefit from the Sirius Aldebaran connection by latitude to Venus and Jupiter in the chart and then are overcome by the Neptune conjunction to Aldebaran.
Stonehenge is not forgotten. In very simple and clear language Newman show us how ancient astronomers built a magnificent 'standstill' temple to the Sun and Moon that was a marker of turning points. And to make this personally intriguing, Newman suggests we use the calendar dates of antiscia to our Sun, contra parallels to the Sun and the antiscion to that date to discover four 'annual energy boosts' in our charts.
Declination in Astrology contains some very useful miscellaneous information in the appendix section, which is definitely not a vestigial organ to this book. The chapters "Ecliptic and Equator Astronomy" clarify some of the astrological assumptions, "Named Stars and their Declinations" provides a handy pocket guide to this subject, and Newman throws in some intriguing ideas about Yods and the difference between a contra parallel in latitude and an opposition along the ecliptic.
This book is a treasure. Read it and chuckle, it's an invitation to a creative examination of the basic construction of astrology. You will want to carry Declinations around, in and out of bounds, and discover new heights and depths to your practice. And isn't this the perfect moment to discover declination! Mercury is quite far out of bounds, Mars is pushing the limits and Saturn and Jupiter are parallel, offering the opportunity to begin a new cycle.


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XVI "World of Siberia" Declares the Start of Competitions!
The call for applications for the "MIRA" World Music Award Competition and «MIRA» Crafts Award Competition within the International Festival of World Music and Crafts «World of Siberia» started on January 15, 2019. Submission of applications will continue until March 31, 2019.
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The extramural qualifying stage for the "MIRA" contest of music award was passed during April, 21-22 at the permanent mission of the Krasnoyarsk Territory to the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow.
The extramural qualifying stage was completed. The "Mira" contest of craft it's the essential part of the International Festival of World Music and Crafts "World of Siberia" for years. The craft award is given for best craftsmen for such nominees as "traditional crafts" and "modern decorative and applied arts".
The call for applications of the XV International Festival of World Music and Crafts "World of Siberia" for the "MIRA" contest of music award was completed.
About 200 applications were received at all. The area of the contest includes several countries, such as Republic of Ghana, Ireland, Hungary, France and Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.