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"You eat pork, but believe homosexuality is wrong. Why?"
by J. Clint Adams | Feb 27, 2019 | Sexuality, The Bible | 2 comments
"You eat pork, but believe homosexuality is wrong. Why?" This is a good question and it's a question that Christians need to be able to answer. This question can come from those inside the Christian community struggling with arguments they have heard, those outside the community attempting to understand the Christian position, or anyone else. Christians need to be able to give reasons why they eat pork, but believe that homosexuality is a sin, even when Old Testament law says both are forbidden.
The argument can go something like this, "Are we not to play football today? It's made of pigskin. That goes against Deuteronomy 14:8. It says not to touch the dead carcass of a pig. Is your shirt made of two different types of materials (Leviticus 19:19)? Do you eat pork (again, Deuteronomy 14:8)? You don't follow the Old Testament in many places, so why are you using verses from Leviticus to show that homosexuality is wrong? The Old Testament law is no longer for us today."
There are two questions to be answered: Why is it that Christians keep some of the Old Testament law while not keeping some of the other parts, and, is the Old Testament law for us today?
Whenever we seek to interpret the Old Testament law there are some truths that we need to keep in mind. First, it is very important to see that the Old Testament law was given to a certain people, the people of Israel. They were a physical and spiritual nation directly under God. Second, it was given to a nation that mostly was made up of people who did not know God. It appears safe to say that the majority of physical Israel didn't know God, and so the law that was given was meant to govern a majority of people who had never had a relationship with God. We are helped to see this in the divorce law (Deuteronomy 24:1-4) which Jesus said Moses gave because of the people's hard heart (Matthew 19:3-9). Third, in some sense, the law was only given for a time. Galatians 3:19 says, "Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator." The law was "added" "till" the seed (Jesus Christ) came. So the law, in one sense, is no longer for Christians because the law is gone. Fourth, the law has been fulfilled by Jesus Christ. This is why we are no longer to offer animal sacrifices, because the Great Sacrifice has died once and for all (Hebrews 10:1-18).
These truths may seem to support the argument that since the law is gone the prohibitions against homosexuality are too. But it doesn't. There are three important distinctions to be made when thinking of the Old Testament law. The three fold distinction is that there are civil laws, ceremonial laws, and moral laws. Though not explicitly stated in the Bible, these are old distinctions that have been applied to the law and help us to interpret the law better.
Here are examples of how these categories help. Are Christians today suppose to wear only one type of material at once, or not shave the edges of their beards (Leviticus 21:5)? No. These would fall under civil laws, laws that were given to the nation of Israel that have been taken away (Galatians 3:19). Are we suppose to offer animal sacrifices today? No. As I said above, Jesus has fulfilled the sacrificial law, which is part of the ceremonial law. Should those who commit homosexual acts be put to death (Leviticus 20:13)? No. This is a civil law that was for the nation of Israel. We aren't the nation of Israel (and Israel today is not Old Testament Israel, either) and this is not for us.
However, though Christians have good reasons not to follow every command in its original literal meaning given in the Old Testament law, the moral law is different. Are we suppose to say that since the law is gone that that means adultery, murder, stealing, and lying are okay now? Of course not. In fact 1 Timothy 1:8-11 says just the opposite. Verse 8 through 10 says,
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for murderers, for fornicators, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine
The law is good if we use it lawfully. And one function of the law is that it shows the unrighteous their sin. Paul says in Romans 7:7, "…I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'" The law shows us our sin and if the law shows us our sin that means the law is still for today, as far as the moral law goes. Homosexuality, as seen in other places besides the Old Testament law, is shown as a moral sin. Therefore one can still use Leviticus to show that homosexuality is a sin and at the same time not follow everything the law literally says.
Let us love our homosexual neighbors and show compassion to them. But, one of the great ways we show love is to speak the truth in love. The Bible condemns homosexuality, and one of the most loving things we can do is speak this truth in love so God can set them free.
(For a more full treatment on issues relating to this, and from where most of this blog came, see "The Bible and Homosexuality.")
Jennifer McClurkan on February 27, 2019 at 4:43 pm
Good writing Bro. Clint. I agree 100% we should love the sinner and hate the sin. I'm glad you shared the verse from 1 Timothy. We miss you in Dickson, TN. Hope you're all well.
J. Clint Adams on February 27, 2019 at 8:30 pm
Hello, Jennifer. Thank you for reading the article, and thank you for the kind words too. It was good to hear from you.
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SPOOF: Nickelback to replace Bryson Tiller at upcoming Spring concert
Posted on April 1, 2016 by Southern News	Leave a comment
Dylan Haviland – Arts & Entertainment Editor
Larry Tomascak, event managment director of Lyman Center for the Performing Arts, took a brief break from the recent flow of phone calls. He leaned back from his desk; covered in scribbled notes and phone numbers. Over his shirt and tie, he wore a Nickelback, "The Long Road" 2004 tour t-shirt.
"This is history in the making right now," said Tomascak. "Through hard work and dedication we have managed to finally book Nickleback as our headline performance for Springfest 2016."
Nickelback, the Canadian mainstream rock band, will be replacing up-and-coming rapper Bryson Tiller on April 23. The band will feature a full band lineup with the talent of Chad Kroeger leading them on.
Tickets sold for the event will remain in possession of the persons that bought them. The time will be pushed to 8 p.m. to give the appropriate space for moving equipment and sound checks for the instruments.
Tomascak, a fan of the band for nearly two decades contacted them through their record company. He felt that a band that has had as much radio-time as Nickelback could provide the Spring Concert with the ticket sale boost it needs.
"This is a milestone for SCSU," said Ben Asbell, senior and graphic design major. "I can't believe that my all time favorite band has granted my one wish of coming to campus."
Kroeger will rock out Nickelback's most prominent hits at the student event from hard rock anthems like "Savin Me" to the heartfelt melodies such as "If Everyone Cared."
The performance will feature an ambitious launch of live streaming throughout the campus' televisions and projector boards.
"Nickelback blasting their hearty heavy rock tunes throughout campus will be a momentous achievement," said Adanti Student Center director Brad Crerar.
According to Crerar the monitors will provide three distinctive angles of Kroeger while he performs.
"We know what the students want and we should always cater to their needs," said Tomascak.
Tomascak reportedly contacted Mr. Tiller as soon as the arrangements for Nickelback came into place, he sent his deepest apologies to the artist and explained the financial boost the band would provide.
"Bryson was very respectful about Southern's decision," said Tomascak. "It's not easy telling such a young and talented artist that he is being replaced by someone, but he took it well said it was a great opportunity for the school."
An anonymous tip pointed out that Tiller may be attending the show to see Nickelback perform, particularly if they include tracks from the album "Silver Side Up."
To gain experience with equipment Tomascak and Kroeger agreed that student and faculty body members can volunteer to be a part of the road crew. Those who gain over five hours of work time will earn free tickets to the event.
"It is going to take a lot of sweat, dirt and determination to help these guys," said Robert DeMezzo, director of student life. "But if it means shaking hands with Chad and getting a front row view of a rocking band I'm all in."
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As part of the continual development of the Works staff a discussion took place with Mark Blackburn, Fabrication Inspector and Neil Tong, Works Foreman to establish the direction they felt would enhance their skills.
A Health and Safety qualification was agreed by both Mark and Neil as the next step in their development.
The 4 day IOSH Managing Safely qualification was selected as although it is an in-depth course and pushed them to their limit, it was seen as the flagship qualification for Managers and Supervisors.
Mark and Neil both vowed to implement what they have learnt on the course and have already changed their mind-set which will ensure Peers continues to be a safe and healthy environment for all.
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Surgical Treatment for BPH
Most doctors recommend removal of the enlarged part of the prostate as the best long-term solution for patients with BPH. With surgery for BPH, only the enlarged tissue that is pressing against the urethra is removed; the rest of the inside tissue and the outside capsule are left intact. Surgery usually relieves the obstruction and incomplete emptying caused by BPH. The following section describes the types of surgery that are used.
Transurethral Surgery
In this type of surgery, no external incision is needed. After giving anesthesia, the surgeon reaches the prostate by inserting an instrument through the urethra. A procedure called transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is used for 90 percent of all prostate surgeries done for BPH. With TURP, an instrument called a resectoscope is inserted through the penis. The resectoscope, which is about 12 inches long and 1/2 inch in diameter, contains a light, valves for controlling irrigating fluid, and an electrical loop that cuts tissue and seals blood vessels.
During the 90-minute operation, the surgeon uses the resectoscope's wire loop to remove the obstructing tissue one piece at a time. The pieces of tissue are carried by the fluid into the bladder and then flushed out at the end of the operation.
Most doctors suggest using TURP whenever possible. Transurethral procedures are less traumatic than open forms of surgery and require a shorter recovery period. One possible side effect of TURP is retrograde, or backward, ejaculation. In this condition, semen flows backward into the bladder during climax instead of out the urethra.
Another surgical procedure is called transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP). Instead of removing tissue, as with TURP, this procedure widens the urethra by making a few small cuts in the bladder neck, where the urethra joins the bladder, and in the prostate gland itself. Although some people believe that TUIP gives the same relief as TURP with less risk of side effects such as retrograde ejaculation, its advantages and long-term side effects have not been clearly established.
In the few cases when a transurethral procedure cannot be used, open surgery, which requires an external incision, may be used. Open surgery is often done when the gland is greatly enlarged, when there are complicating factors, or when the bladder has been damaged and needs to be repaired. The location of the enlargement within the gland and the patient's general health help the surgeon decide which of the three open procedures to use.
With all the open procedures, anesthesia is given and an incision is made. Once the surgeon reaches the prostate capsule, he or she scoops out the enlarged tissue from inside the gland.
In March 1996, the FDA approved a surgical procedure that employs side-firing laser fibers and Nd: YAG lasers to vaporize obstructing prostate tissue. The doctor passes the laser fiber through the urethra into the prostate using a cystoscope and then delivers several bursts of energy lasting 30 to 60 seconds. The laser energy destroys prostate tissue and causes shrinkage. As with TURP, laser surgery requires anesthesia and a hospital stay. One advantage of laser surgery over TURP is that laser surgery causes little blood loss. Laser surgery also allows for a quicker recovery time. But laser surgery may not be effective on larger prostates. The long-term effectiveness of laser surgery is not known
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Prostate Problems - National Institue on Aging
Medical Tests for Prostate Problems NKUDIC: NIH Publication No. 12-5105 January 2012
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The Urologic Diseases Dictionary NKUDIC: NIH Publication No. 10-4376 May 2010
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Fisher Marantz Stone designed the lighting for the renovation of four facets of this great landmark: the façade and the new canopy, the new lobby and hallways, the main hall and recital hall interiors, and stage lighting. The Viennese inspired touches by James Stewart Polshek & Partners are evident throughout, and echoed in our design.
Carnegie Hall was designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891. The Main Hall offers 2,800 seats and Zankel Hall, originally simply called "Recital Hall", seats 268.


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Artificial intelligence than can monitor snoring levels and identify sleep disorders developed
By Press Trust of India on 1:39 am July 21, 2021 No Comment
Researchers from the UK's prestigious University of Sheffield have developed artificial intelligence (AI) which they say can effectively monitor a person's snoring levels and identify sleep disorders.
The AI, developed by Professor Guy Brown and Dr Ning Ma from the University's Speech and Hearing Research Group, can monitor a person's snoring levels and identify sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea, the university said in a press release.
The technology is being commercialised through a new app – SoundSleep – available on iOS devices and soon to be available on Android, it said.
Currently, the app uses the Sheffield AI to enable people to monitor the sounds they make while sleeping through their smartphone.
The app records and tracks snoring levels and provides nightly reports to help people discover the causes, factors and solutions.
However, the Sheffield team have now developed the AI to be able to diagnose sleep apnoea caused by sleep disorders, the release said.
Sleep disorders affect people across the globe, with approximately 2.5 million people in the UK suffering from sleep disorder conditions, including obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
Sleep apnoea causes a person's breathing to stop and start while they sleep and they may also make gasping, snorting or choking noises, wake up a lot and/or snore loudly.
Without treatment, the condition can lead to high blood pressure, a higher chance of having a stroke, depression, mood swings, difficulty concentrating at school or work and an increased risk of having a serious accident due to tiredness.
Sleep disorders such as sleep apnoea are usually diagnosed in specialist sleep clinics, but these can be expensive and also disruptive for patients as they usually have to wear a range of devices that can feel uncomfortable or invasive.
Many sufferers of sleep disorders are not identified until other medical problems become apparent, meaning that they are less likely to make lifestyle changes that could improve their condition without the need for treatment.
To address these challenges, the University of Sheffield researchers launched a project to enhance the AI they had already developed for SoundSleep so it can identify sleep disorders from the sounds people make while sleeping.
This more sophisticated AI will soon be added to the app so that people can monitor their sleep and identify sleep disorders using their smartphone in their own home, the release said. The app could also help them make changes to their lifestyle or bedtime routine to help them get a better night's sleep, according to the university press release.
"We understand that finding that secret to a good night's sleep can seem stressful and confusing, so what we are trying to do with our research is use the latest, state-of-the-art artificial intelligence to help people get to the bottom of what is preventing them from getting a good night's sleep as easily as possible," Dr Ning Ma, Research Fellow in the University of Sheffield's Department of Computer Science, said.
— PTI
Artificial intelligence than can monitor snoring levels and identify sleep disorders developed added by Press Trust of India on 1:39 am July 21, 2021


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Albany's Greg Gattuso 'Excited' for Pittsburgh Homecoming
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Albany head coach Greg Gattuso will bring the Great Danes to Heinz Field on Saturday, and he certainly knows the way.
Gattuso's resume reads like an almanac of Pittsburgh football, and he's as well-respected in those circles as he is well known.
A graduate of Seton La-Salle high school in the South Hills, Gattuso went to Penn State, where he was a defensive lineman on their National Championship-winning 1982 squad. After graduating, he quickly got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at his alma maters, first at Penn State in 1984, then at Seton La-Salle in 1985. He got his first head coaching job at Center Township in 1986, and then took over at Seton La-Salle from 1989-1991.
In between, he was an assistant at Duquesne, and he went back to The Bluff in 1992, taking over as head coach when the Dukes went back to Division I in 1993. He stayed there until 2005, when he joined Dave Wannstedt's staff Pitt. He stayed at Pitt for six seasons, rising to the level of assistant head coach.
After that, he spent three years at Maryland before going to Albany in 2014 to get back into head coaching. It's been a good fit. The Great Danes needed a replacement for longtime head coach Bob Ford and someone that could navigate the transition from the Northeast Conference (home of the Dukes and Robert Morris) to the full-scholarship CAA, with top FCS powers like James Madison, New Hampshire, and Villanova.
The Great Danes are 21-24 in Gattuso's first four seasons, but it seems to be a happy marriage.
"I love it," Gattuso said to Pittsburgh Sports Now. "I have every aspiration in the world to stay here and win and retire. My athletic director Mark Benson gave me another extension so we have five more years. We'd certainly like to turn that into 10 years. I'm very happy, but more importantly, my family is very happy here. My wife, Colleen, loves it. She's very happy. We talk a lot in our family how much Albany reminds us of Pittsburgh: the people, the geography, the crazy weather. We just feel like we're home and we've made truly great friends here.
"I didn't leave for any other reason than I wanted to be a head coach," he said. "This opportunity was too much for me to pass up. We're thrilled. This is home. Pittsburgh is always in my heart, but Albany is home now. The Capital Region has been great to us. We'll be bringing some of our Albany friends that haven't been to Pittsburgh yet. They're going to get a Primanti's sandwich. I'm recommending Fathead's to everybody. Everyone's asking me for restaurants and I'm kinda sending them through the South Side, getting them set up. We're excited about the trip."
Gattuso is planning on having as many reunions as he can while in Pittsburgh. In addition to the place he's coached, his former protege, Bernard Clark, has taken the head coaching job at Robert Morris and taken a few former Albany assistants with him.
"I'm planning on going up to Duquesne and seeing those guys finish up practice," Gattuso said. "Jerry Schmitt and I have been friends for forever. He coached with me there. Dave Opfar, the defensive coordinator, played with me. The ties are ridiculous with me in Pittsburgh and in the athletic department at Pitt. Two of my favorite people, Vicki Kline and Lynnie Koontz work at the university football office. Just tons of friends and I'm looking forward to saying hello to all of them."
This will also be the first time the Great Danes are visiting a Power Five opponent. They played Buffalo in 2015 and 2016 and Old Dominion in 2017, but the Panthers are a clear set up.
"It's a great experience for the kids," Gattuso said. "We've eased into this a little bit. We were an NEC school. Now we're in the CAA. The CAA is one of the top two conference in FCS. We started out playing Buffalo. There's a lot of matchup issues for us. … We obviously feel like we're a pretty good FCS team."
The Great Danes had a Top 10 FCS defense a year ago, and they'll lean on that as a strength while a newly installed offense gets going.
"We really need our defense to come out and give us an opportunity until our offense is able to get their feet on the ground and get going a little bit," Gattuso said. "When you're in the first year of our new offense, there are going to be some growing pains that you go through. We need our defense to rise up and play the way they can."
At the helm of that offense, Vincent Testaverde will get his first real chance to show what he's got at the collegiate level after five years and two transfers. He'll get the nod against the Panthers.
"He came in under tough circumstances," Gattuso said. "He and his family were looking for somewhere to go and somewhere that they could trust. Bernard brought it to me. They had a great relationship."
Despite Albany's long odds of pulling off an upset at Pitt, Gattuso is ready to get back his 2018 season started, and he's looking forward to it starting with a bang.
"I'm excited," he said. "I'd be excited no matter where i was going to play an opener, but especially getting to go back to Pittsburgh. Obviously, there's a lot of side shows for me for the week, so that's been fun. I'll get to see so many friends and family … hopefully we can play a great football game."
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Interim results 1/2021
Quarterly Statement as at 31 March 2021: Hannover Re posts further double-digit growth and confirms profit target
Gross premium up by 16.8% adjusted for exchange rate effects
No new pandemic-related losses in property and casualty reinsurance
Life and health reinsurance still impacted by pandemic; losses expected to relax appreciably from the second quarter onwards
Return on investment reaches 2.5%
Group net income rises by 1.7% to EUR 305.9 million
Return on equity beats minimum target at 11.1%
Profit target for 2021 confirmed
Hannover, 5 May 2021: Hannover Re again posted double-digit growth in premium income in the first quarter and at the same time delivered modestly improved Group net income.
"We are off to a good start in the current financial year," said Jean-Jacques Henchoz, Chief Executive Officer of Hannover Re. "Hannover Re is superbly placed to benefit from the sustained improvements in prices and conditions in our market. Even though the pandemic has now been with us for more than a year, our robust capital resources remain unchanged thanks to our outstanding risk management."
Hannover Re's capital adequacy ratio at the end of March was 252% and hence continues to be comfortably above the limit of 180% and threshold of 200%.
Group gross premium shows further double-digit growth
The gross written premium booked by Hannover Re rose by 11.9% as at 31 March 2021 to EUR 7.8 billion (EUR 7.0 billion). Adjusted for exchange rate effects, growth would have amounted to 16.8%. Net premium earned climbed by 11.7% to EUR 5.7 billion (EUR 5.1 billion). Growth would have reached 16.4% at constant exchange rates.
The operating profit (EBIT) contracted by 5.3% to EUR 403.8 million (EUR 426.6 million). Group net income increased by 1.7% to EUR 305.9 million (EUR 300.9 million). Earnings per share amounted to EUR 2.54 (EUR 2.49).
Sharply improved profitability in property and casualty reinsurance
Hannover Re was thoroughly satisfied overall with the renewal of its property and casualty reinsurance portfolio as at 1 January 2021. Roughly two-thirds of the treaties here were renegotiated on this date. The average price increase amounted to 5.5%, reflecting further improvements in prices and conditions that varied in scope across all lines and regions.
Gross written premium grew by 14.2% as at the end of March to EUR 5.7 billion (EUR 5.0 billion); the increase would have been 20.1% adjusted for exchange rate effects. Net premium earned was up by 15.7% at EUR 3.9 billion (EUR 3.3 billion); at constant exchange rates, it would have risen by 21.5%.
Net expenditure on major losses was lower than in the previous year at EUR 193.2 million (EUR 283.6 million). No further net strains were incurred here in relation to Covid-19. The largest individual losses included the outbreak of extreme winter weather in the US state of Texas with net expenditure of EUR 75.4 million, an industrial loss in Germany at a cost of EUR 34.8 million as well as flooding in Australia amounting to EUR 19.5 million. Overall, the combined ratio improved substantially to 96.2% (99.8%).
The underwriting result for property and casualty reinsurance including interest on funds withheld and contract deposits came in well above the previous year's level at EUR 147.3 million (EUR 7.2 million). The operating profit (EBIT) in property and casualty reinsurance climbed by 6.3% to EUR 324.0 million (EUR 304.7 million). Net income in property and casualty reinsurance amounted to EUR 269.2 million (EUR 207.3 million) as at 31 March 2021 despite appreciable exchange rate losses.
Pandemic-related losses in life and health reinsurance largely offset by special effect
Life and health reinsurance saw continued strong demand worldwide, especially in the area of financial solutions. Solutions for the coverage of longevity risks similarly showed increasing demand, especially in the United Kingdom but also of late in Germany. All in all, the environment for life and health reinsurance was favourable. Additional strains were nevertheless incurred from the Covid-19 pandemic in an amount of EUR 151 million, although these were largely offset by positive one-time income of EUR 129.3 million from restructuring in US mortality business. The burden of losses caused by the pandemic will likely already start to recede appreciably from the second quarter onwards as immunisation rates rise with ongoing vaccination campaigns.
Gross written premium grew by 6.1% to EUR 2.1 billion (EUR 2.0 billion), corresponding to an increase of 8.6% adjusted for exchange rate effects. Net premium earned was up by 4.0% at EUR 1.8 billion (EUR 1.8 billion); it would have risen by 6.7% at constant exchange rates.
The operating result (EBIT) for life and health reinsurance contracted by 35.6% to EUR 80.1 million (EUR 124.2 million). Net income in life and health reinsurance fell sharply by 55.7% to EUR 48.8 million (EUR 110.2 million).
Very pleasing investment income despite protracted low interest rate environment
The portfolio of assets under own management grew to EUR 52.5 billion in the first quarter (31 December 2020: EUR 49.2 billion). Ordinary investment income excluding interest on funds withheld and contract deposits amounted to EUR 313.2 million (EUR 326.3 million). Net gains on disposals came in somewhat lower at EUR 90.2 million (EUR 101.9 million).
Impairments totalled EUR 21.1 million (EUR 28.6 million). Altogether, income of EUR 313.5 million (EUR 386.1 million) was generated from assets under own management. This produced an annualised return of 2.5%, slightly higher than the full-year target of 2.4%.
Interest on funds withheld and contract deposits surged appreciably to EUR 130.5 million (EUR 85.6 million). Total net investment income including interest on funds withheld and contract deposits contracted as expected by 5.9% to EUR 444.0 million (EUR 471.7 million).
The shareholders' equity of Hannover Re increased slightly by 0.4% as at 31 March 2021 to EUR 11.0 billion (31 December 2020: EUR 11.0 billion). The annualised return on equity reached 11.1% (31 December 2020: 8.2%), thus beating the target of 900 basis points above the risk-free interest rate. The book value per share amounted to EUR 91.57 (31 December 2020: EUR 91.17).
"The first quarter puts in place a solid basis for achieving the goals that we have set ourselves for the full 2021 financial year," Henchoz said. "Hannover Re already dealt with the bulk of the expected pandemic-related strains in the 2020 financial year. With increasingly widespread vaccinations we will be able to progressively return to a more normal life. For us, as a reinsurer, this means that we only need to anticipate further losses from the pandemic on a manageable scale. As an additional factor, prices and conditions in property and casualty reinsurance are continuing to improve. All this gives me confidence that we will achieve our full-year targets."
On the Group level Hannover Re continues to expect net income in the range of EUR 1.15 billion to EUR 1.25 billion for the 2021 financial year. The return on investment is anticipated to be roughly 2.4% and Group gross premium is forecast to show growth in the upper single-digit percentages adjusted for exchange rate effects. The net major loss budget for 2021 is set at EUR 1.1 billion (EUR 975 million). This adjustment was prompted primarily by the growth in the underlying business.
Hannover Re renews business in Japan and to a lesser extent in Australia, New Zealand, Asian markets and North America as at 1 April. Building on the 1 January 2021 renewals, these negotiations concluded favourably. The premium volume grew by altogether 7.4%. The price increase for the renewed business amounted to 5.0%.
Hannover Re envisages an unchanged payout ratio for the ordinary dividend in the range of 35% to 45% of its IFRS Group net income. The ordinary dividend will be supplemented by payment of a special dividend subject to a continued comfortable level of capitalisation and Group net income within the bounds of expectations.
Going forward, sustainability considerations will exert an even greater influence on the selection and composition of Hannover Re's investments. In conformity with the Paris Agreement on climate change, Hannover Re is actively reducing the carbon intensity of its investments. What is more, Hannover Re is increasingly investing in – among other things – sustainable infrastructure investments and impact investment funds, the goal of which is to generate not only a favourable financial return but also and above all measurably positive effects on the environment and society.
The virtual Annual General Meeting of Hannover Rück SE is also being held on today's date. The Executive Board and Supervisory Board have proposed an ordinary dividend of EUR 4.50 per share for the 2020 financial year.
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Welcome to the final day of The Belgrave Legacy Blog Series. This series started on September 20, 2016.
You can see all my past posts: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12.
Two of the previous posts, Day 1 and Day 2, talk about the beginnings of The Belgrave Legacy, both the inception of the idea and a few examples of how the first draft has changed in transforming into the published version that was released yesterday (you can find all the buy links below).
Today, I'm going into a bit more into the functional details alluded to in both of those other posts (mostly, the timeframe it took from start to finish).
After reading Day 1's post, you know how the idea and Chapter 1 came to be. What I didn't mention there is that I wrote a whole draft in a month during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an awesome writing campaign that gets authors to be productive and brings literacy programs into schools all over the world.
But that was just the beginning. It took me 2 years to write a first draft of The Belgrave Daughter (what was going to be Book 1 of The Belgrave Legacy trilogy). And then I revised it for another year. As I was going through more than eight different revisions, I also wrote first drafts of Tears of an Angel and The Witch's War (which became Prophecy).
I "finished" The Belgrave Daughter, revised Tears of an Angel, and based on feedback from my early readers, I then decided to forget the trilogy idea and make it all into one book. And that involved moving bits from Part 1 to 2, deleting extraneous subplots from Part 2, and heightening the tension in Part 3 (you can read more about this in Day 2's post). This penultimate stage took place during the second half of my high school senior year and the first quarter of my college freshman year.
And then the tweaking began anew in January 2016 as I tried to refine the story to its fullest potential and to the best of my ability before sending it to critique partners, making more changes, sending it to an editor, and the final cleanup. It wasn't until May 2016 that I was able to officially call this manuscript completed. September 2016 is when the print cover was designed, and the rest is history.
It's taken over 5 years (starting from The Belgrave Daughter's first draft, all the writing periods and all the long gaps in between, and ending with this final version of The Belgrave Legacy that you're now holding) for me to reach this point. And what a wild journey it's been!


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Open Science Strategy: TU Delft aims at the pole position for the open era
The TU Delft has recently released its open science strategy and has expressed the ambition to be a frontrunner in this area. We take a look at the topics and the management approach it has chosen in order to prepare its staff and students for research and education in the open era.
by Birgit Fingerle
The Executive Board of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) endorsed the Open Science Programme 2020 – 2024, "Research and Education in the Open Era" at the end of November 2019. With its open science programme the TU Delft aims to make open research and education a standard for research and education over the next four years.
Open Science Programme is based on five thematic pillars
The TU Delft Open Science Programme 2020-2024 will facilitate and stimulate scientists to embed the principles of open science in their work. It is based on five interrelated projects:
Open education: Supporting teachers in doing open education by offering training, a central help desk for open educational resources, tools and infrastructures, for instance for sharing and reusing teaching materials.
Open access: Supporting the extension of the focus of open access to books, conference proceedings, reports, reviews and educational resources by addressing policy and infrastructure aspects relating thereto.
Open publishing platform: Developing a publishing platform and complementary services to enable TU Delft researchers and teachers to publish openly.
FAIR data: Fulfilling the actual needs of researchers in managing their research data by for instance exploring new roles like data manager in a pilot project.
FAIR software: Fostering the openness of research software by developing and facilitating aspects like policy, infrastructure and organizational culture. Running a pilot project with research software engineers who support scientists in order to fulfil this goal.
Three cross-cutting themes foster the open science implementation
The five projects are linked and fostered by three cross-cutting themes necessary for its successful implementation:
Rewards and recognition for open science practices: To recognize and reward the open science efforts of researchers and teachers is critical for fostering open science practices and will also support cultural change. Therefore corresponding tools and initiatives will be developed.
Building successful collaboration with third parties (industry): Developing guidelines, policies and regulation to support dealing with issues or opportunities that arise when collaborating with third parties.
Development of skills for open science: (Further) developing open science skills of researchers, teachers, students and support staff by for instance creating an overview of the skills needed, connecting the existing training modules, developing new courses and offering a tailor-made training for open science skills.
Programme outputs will be as FAIR as possible
In addition, the programme will also explore the role of citizen science for the TU Delft and the feasibility of an open science lab.
The programme has a budget of three million euros for its four year life span. Not included in this budget are costs linked to realizing the change within the existing organization (for instance staff or infrastructure in the faculties and university services). Furthermore, if the exploration of citizen science and an open science lab leads to its incorporation in the programme the project costs will increase correspondingly.
The outputs of the programme will be as 'FAIR' as possible themselves. Not only are the TU Delft researchers, teachers and students supposed to benefit of the results of these projects but also the general public.
Thought out management approach might serve as a role model
The document defines roles and responsibilities of the persons involved in the Open Science Programme 2020-2024. Chair of the steering committee which leads the TU Delft Open Science Programme 2020-2024 is its library director Wilma van Wezenbeek.
The programme contains specific goals that serve as touchstones for its successful implementation.
A business case included will be used to regularly assess the programme's initiation and its on-going viability. In an exemplary manner, the major risks to the programme, like capacity problems in terms of staff and priority problems, were being assessed and measures for mitigation were developed.
The TU Delft has also formulated the management approach it has decided to follow: Managing Successful Programmes.
The TU Delft expresses the ambition to be the frontrunner in fostering open science within its institution. With the transparent open science strategic plan just published it is already on a good way to serve as a role model. It seems to be well thought out and contains a lot of useful background information. Thus, it could be a gold mine for other universities and other research institutions when formulating their open science strategies.
Open Science Programme 2020-2024
Entstehung des Open-Science-Strategieplans
FAIROpen DataOpen Educational ResourcesStrategies
Birgit Fingerle holds a diploma in economics and business administration and works at ZBW, among others, in the fields innovation management, open innovation, open science and currently in particular with the "Open Economics Guide". Portrait: Copyright Northerncards ©
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Monkey See, Monkey Selfie, No Copyright
By Toam Rubinstein & Stacy K. Marcus on 26 April 2018
In 2016, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ("PETA") brought an action on behalf of Naruto, a Crested Macaque residing in Indonesia. PETA asserted claims of copyright infringement against a wildlife photographer who published a book which included a selfie taken by Naruto using the photographer's camera. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted the photographer's motion to dismiss, including for failure to state a claim. PETA appealed. The Court of Appeals held that though Naruto had constitutional standing to bring an action, he lacked statutory standing to claim copyright infringement and, therefore, an animal, including a monkey, may not sue humans, corporations, or companies for damages and injunctive relief arising from claims of copyright infringement. Naruto v. Slater, No. 16-15469 (9th Cir. Apr. 23, 2018).
In support of this holding, the Court of Appeals cited Cetacean Cmty. v. Bush, 386 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 2004) quoting Citizens to End Animal Suffering & Exploitation, Inc. v. New England Aquarium, 836 F. Supp. 45 (D. Mass. 1993), setting forth that "[if] Congress and the President intended to take the extraordinary step of authorizing animals as well as people and legal entities to sue [under a particular statute], they could, and should, have said so plainly." Id. at 1179. The Court of Appeals in Naruto held, even if a statute at issue refers to "persons" or "individuals," if an Act of Congress does not plainly state that animals have statutory standing, then animals do not have statutory standing. Naruto, No. 16-15469 at 16. As such, the case was dismissed and the photographer awarded attorneys' fees.
Naruto affirms prior holdings that animals other than humans lack statutory standing to sue under an Act of Congress unless such statute expressly authorizes animals to sue. The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices affirms that an original work of authorship may be registered for copyright protection provided that the work was created by a human being. U.S. Copyright Office, Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices § 101 (3d ed. 2017). The Compendium asserts that copyright law protects "fruits of intellectual labor" that "are founded in the creative powers of the mind." Compendium (Third) § 101.1(A); Trade-Mark Cases, 100 (U.S. 82, 94 (1879). As such, "the Office will refuse to register a claim if it determines that a human being did not create the work." Compendium (Third) § 101.1(A); Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53, 58 (1884).
Takeaway: Content creators and owners must ensure that work submitted for copyright protection is, in fact, created by a human being and not produced by nature, animals, plants, divine or supernatural beings, or by "a machine or mere mechanical process that operates randomly or automatically without any creative input or intervention from a human author." Compendium (Third) § 101.1(A). Content owners procuring work from third parties may memorialize such assurances in the form of a contract, specifically set forth as representations and warranties.
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Wordyard / Culture / The decade in tunes
The decade in tunes
December 31, 2009 by Scott Rosenberg 3 Comments
I'm not interested in the argument over whether this new year's marks the end of the decade-with-no-name. Since we celebrated the end of the millennium 10 years ago, I think we're stuck. And you can bet that when 2019 rolls over to 2020 we'll do the same.
My list, for your pleasure, is the decade in music — my personal bests. It will be no surprise to longtime readers here. This is the stuff that stuck with me through the years, that kept my body moving, my mind working and my heart opening. I've made most of these entries in pairs (or more) — because I can.
RUNNERS-UP:
Beck: The Information (2006)
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife (2006)
The Gaslight Anthem: The 59 Sound (2008)
Richard Thompson: 1000 Years of Popular Music (2003)
Wrens: The Meadowlands (2003)
XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Vol. 2) (2000)
TOP TEN (IN ELEVEN):
(11) Garage Band and Rock Band: Apple's software put remarkably high quality basement-taping music-making tools onto every Mac. Rock Band may be a toy, but it's irresistible, and it schools young minds and bodies in the notion that music is to be made as well as consumed.
(10) Pernice Brothers: The World Won't End (2001); Discover a Lovelier You (2005) — Definitely the sleeper in this bunch for me. When I first heard Joe Pernice's work in 1998's Overcome by Happiness I was impressed but a bit bored. Over time I came to appreciate, then crave, the combination of lush pop arrangements and astringent lyrics.
(9) They Might Be Giants: No (2002); Here Come the ABCs (2005)– For me this decade was all about raising a pair of twin boys. TMBG's forays into children's music were that process's soundtrack — and frequent tonic. "No" offered my three-year-olds an early introduction to absurdism, and its charming animations proved an endless diversion. ("Robot Parade" introduced them to the term "cyborg" — and gave them a chance to misremember it as "borg-cy," which we will never forget.) And even though, by the time "ABCs" came along, the alphabet had long been mastered, the music (and great accompanying videos) won over kids and grownups alike.
(8) The Long Winters: When I Pretend to Fall (2003); Putting the Days to Bed (2006) — Sharp tuneful alt-rock with an edge and a brain. My only complaint about singer/songwriter John Roderick? Low productivity!
(7) The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat — The Friedbergers, brother and sister, moved from the more forthright songwriting of their early tracks to the increasing obscurity of their more recent work. But along the way they created this masterpiece of baroque verbiage and extravagant music.
(6) Tobin Sprout: Lost Planets and Phantom Voices (2003) — Deep autumnal soundscapes and pop paintings from a maestro of gentle melody. The former Guided by Voices songwriter, far less profligate with his talent than that group's leader, Robert Pollard, hasn't put out an album since; he seems to be concentrating on painting these days. Too bad!
(5) Green Day: American Idiot (2004); and The Thermals: The Body, the Blood, the Machine (2006)– Two punk operas about Bush-era America. Green Day's megahit album drafted Who-style song suites and hook-laden power-trio riffs in the service of a narrative about disaffected no-future youth; the Thermals channeled a Buzzcocks sound for their grim portrait of a young couple trying to escape a fundamentalist/fascist America.
(4) Mekons: Natural (2007) — These veterans kept producing challenging, creative work through the decade. Each album, from Journey to the Edge of the Night (2000) to OOOH (2002) to Natural, improved on its predecessor. Natural is the band's version of pastoral — a contemplative, acoustic-heavy set of laments for the end of nature.
(3) Frank Black/Black Francis: Dog in the Sand (2001); Bluefinger (2007) — FB/BF has been as prolific with his songs as he is fickle with his stage name. These albums were his peaks of the decade. Dog in the Sand ranged from fierce Stones-style rockers to the almost unbearably beautiful "St. Francis Dam Disaster." Bluefinger used the story of Dutch glam-rocker Hermann Brood as the spine for a memorable set of Black classics.
(2) The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema (2005), Challengers (2007) — I do not know how A.C. Newman and his cohorts do it, but each album adds to my respect for their genius. When I read somewhere in an interview that Newman is a big fan of Eno's "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)" it all made sense.
(1) The Mountain Goats: Tallahassee (2003), We Shall All Be Healed (2004), The Sunset Tree (2005) — Don't think I'd have made it through these years without John Darnielle's music. Thank you. Happy new year!
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Football Downs Guilford 38-35 in Thriller
Guilford (2-4) 14 13 0 8 35
Hampden-Sydney (3-3) 8 14 13 3 38
Pa: Alec Cobb - 358
Ru: Kaleb Smith - 214
Rec: 2 Players (#2, #22) - 118
Pa: Alex Manley - 219
Ru: De'Eric Bell - 134
Rec: 2 Players (#81, #85) - 60
Passing Yards
Rushing Yards
Time of Poss.
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA-Rhett Andersen (Poquoson, VA/Poquoson) capped off a dramatic 38-35 win for the Tigers as his 46-yard field goal with time expiring lifted Hampden-Sydney over Guilford College on Homecoming weekend. The game saw both teams hold leads and a 35-35 tie with under three minutes to play. After the defense got a crucial stop in their own territory, the Tigers drove the field to take the win. The Tigers now stand at 3-3 on the season and 3-1 in ODAC play, while the Quakers drop to 2-4 overall and 1-3 in the ODAC.
In addition to Anderson's heroics, freshman Kaleb Smith (Rocky Mount, VA/Franklin County) had a monster game with 332 yards of total offense with 214 coming on the ground 30 carries and 118 coming through the air on 12 receptions. Smith's 214 yards rank fourth best in school history for a single game.
Both offenses rolled early in the game, including a score from Hampden-Sydney on its opening drive with Alec Cobb (Jamestown, NC/Ragsdale) hitting Dillon Costello (South Riding, VA/Paul VI) for a seseven-yardcore. A two-point conversion put the team up 8-0 just three minutes into the game.
Guilford matched the touchdown four minutes later to make it an 8-7 game. The Quakers then took the lead less than a minute later, forcing the Tigers into a punt deep in their own territory, blocking it, and returning it 17 yards for a 14-8 lead.
Guilford upped its lead to 17-8 with a 21-yard field goal a minute into the second quarter, but Smith found the end zone on a ten-yard run on its ensuing drive.
Guilford then used a four minute drive to go 71 yards and bring the lead back to nine at 24-15.
Cobb and Costello hooked up again with just under two and a half minutes to go in the half for a 24-22 game.
Guilford, however, managed to drive the field and knock in a 23-yard field goal as time expired in the half to take a 27-22 lead into intermission.
The defenses started to make a mark in the second half as neither team could score until the Tigers made it a one point game with a 28-27 lead on a five yard touchdown pass from Cobb to Major Morgan (Onancock, VA/Broadwater Academy).
The Tigers then increased their lead to 35-27 after Cobb found Costello yet again, this time for a 51-yard touchdown.
After a nearly scoreless fourth quarter, the Quakers scored a touchdown with 2:48 in the game and after a successful two-point conversion, tied the game at 35-35.
Things looked good for the Quakers as Gerard Seals intercepted Cobb on the Hampden-Sydney 24-yard line with two minutes to play.
The Tiger defense came up huge as Ryan Mallory (Mechanicsville, VA/Hanover) and John Kline (New Cumberland, PA/Trinity) forced back-to-back negative plays of a combined nine yards, helping force a punt.
Cobb and the offense recovered, driving the ball from the Hampden-Sydney seven-yard line to the Guilford 29 in one minute, setting up the game-winning field goal from Anderson.
On the day, the Tigers racked up 554 yards of offense with 386 passing and 168 rushing. Cobb was 29-of-40 for 358 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception. Morgan and Smith each went 1-for-1 for a combined 28 yards. Smith and Costello each had 118 yards on a combined 19 catches, while Costello caught three touchdown passes. Morgan had six catches for 79 yards and a score.
Smith also led the rushing attack with 214 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries.
Defensively, the Tigers allowed 397 yards on 219 passing and 178 rushing. Brendan Weinberg (Apex, NC/Middle Creek) and Griffin Davis (Charlottesville, VA/Monticello) each had nine tackles and a sack. Brian Gwaltney (Colonial Heights, VA/Colonial Heights) had eight stops to go with an interception, and Matt Dooley (Haymarket, VA/Battlefield) had eight tackles.
The Tigers will return to action Saturday, October 27 as the Tigers travel to Ferrum to face the Panthers at W.B. Adams Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:00 PM.


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In this lesson, we will cover how to print an Excel spreadsheet with page numbers on each page. Excel has changed a lot over the years, but one thing that hasn't changed is the way that you insert page numbers into a spreadsheet. Unfortunately, Excel 2010 does not make it easy to find the options for doing this. This lesson covers the basics of inserting page numbers as well as providing an overview of some more advanced options.
Choose the Insert menu. This will display the Header and Footer Tools toolbar in the ribbon menu.
You can click the Header or Footer buttons to insert from a range of pre-set options for the top and/or bottom of the page.
These include page numbers as well as other standard document options such as file name, worksheet name, print date and other.
You can choose each in turn to see a preview of your spreadsheet with the selected options.
By default, the Header/Footer view will open to edit the Header. You can use the Navigation buttons to Go to Header or Go to Footer.
You can use the other buttons to insert specific Header and Footer elements.
Whether odd and even pages should be formatted differently. For example, if you are printing your spreadsheet double-sided and plan to bind it, you may want the page numbers to appear on the outside edge of each page.
Whether to align the header/footer with the page margins on the page.
Whether to scale the header/footer when you scale the spreadsheet for printing.
The following steps are another way to set up page numbering. You may find this method useful if you are used to older versions of Microsoft Excel.
Choose the Page Layout menu. This will display the Page Layout toolbar in the ribbon menu.
Click the arrow in the bottom right corner of the Page Setup section of the Page Layout toolbar (see the image above).
This will display the Page Setup dialog box. From here, click the Header/Footer tab. Note that another way to access this dialog box is to choose File > Print and then select Page Setup.
You can now click either the Header or Footer option to choose from several standard options for printing page numbers (as well as other options at the top or bottom of each sheet.
For example, if you choose Page 1 of ?, then Excel will print the page number and the total number of pages in the printout in the centre each page (e.g. Page 2 of 7).
If you choose Confidential, 12/03/2012, Page 1, Excel will print Confidential on the left side of each page, the current date in the centre of each page, and the page number on the right of each page.
These options are available for both the Header and Footer.
Once you have chosen your header/footer options to include page numbers (as well as other things), you can now print yoru spreadsheet to see the results. Choosing Print Preview will allow you to view your changes before you print.
Customizing Excel page numbers - alternative option.
Decide whether you want to print your spreadsheet with Different odd and even pages. This is useful if you are printing your spreadsheet onto double-sided sheets for binding. Otherwise you can probably ignore it.
Decide if you want a Different first page. This is useful if the first page will be a cover sheet and you don't want to print the page number on that page (although note that this will not change how page numbers are assigned).
Click either Customer Header or Custom Footer. The screenshot below assumes you chose both options described in the points above.
You can now click in each region of the header (Left, Center, Right) and enter a custom value.
You can enter text directly into each region.
Format the text in each section. This displays the standard text formatting dialog box.
Insert Picture - this could be a logo, or a watermark. Clicking this button will allow to choose a picture from your hard drive to insert.
Format Picture - once you have chosen a picture, you can use the standard Microsoft Office image formatting tools to format the picture you have uploaded.
Note that if you chose the options for different odd/even pages, or different first page, you can set these values using the additional tabs shown in the screenshot above.
I have a workbook with multiple worksheets that I all need numbered separately. For Example, the first worksheet I have labeled A - &[Page] and has 15 pages. It works fine for the first tab, but when I start on my next worksheet, I have it B - &[Page]. The pages start at 16 because its the total pages in the workbook. How can I make the second tab start back with page 1?


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Q: Discord.js Oauth2 with passport.js I'm having some bad days trying figuring out how to use the refresh_token provided by the passport-discord strategy.
I'm using passport-oauth2-refresh to obtain a new accessToken and refreshToken, but at this point i really don't know how to "refresh" the user object sent me by the passport-discord strategy
This is the entire strategy logic
passport.serializeUser((user, done) => {
  done(null, user.id);
});

passport.deserializeUser(async (id, done) => {
  const user = await discordUser.findById(id);
  if (user) done(null, user);
});

const strat = new discordStrategy(
  {
    clientID: process.env.CLIENT_ID,
    clientSecret: process.env.CLIENT_SECRET,
    callbackURL: process.env.CLIENT_REDIRECT,
    scope: ["identify", "guilds"],
  },
  async (accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) => {
    try {
      let user = await discordUser.findOne({ discordId: profile.id });
      if (user) {
        discordUser.findOneAndUpdate(
          { discordId: profile.id },
          { guilds: profile.guilds, rtoken: refreshToken, atoken: accessToken },

          async (err) => {
            if (err) throw err;
            let newUser = await discordUser.findOne({ discordId: profile.id });
            done(null, newUser);
          }
        );
      } else {
        const newUser = await discordUser.create({
          discordId: profile.id,
          username: profile.username,
          discriminator: profile.discriminator,
          avatar: profile.avatar,
          guilds: profile.guilds,
          rtoken: refreshToken,
          atoken: accessToken,
        });

        const savedUser = await newUser.save();

        done(null, savedUser);
      }
    } catch (err) {
      console.log(err);
      done(err, null);
    }
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);

passport.use("discord", strat);
refresh.use("discord", strat);

And this is the Express route that handle the login page
function isAuthorized(req, res, next) {
  if (req.user) {
    res.redirect("/");
  } else {
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router.get("/", passport.authenticate("discord"));
router.get(
  "/redirect",
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    failureRedirect: "/",
    successRedirect: "/close",
  })
);

I'm coding a web-dashboard that have to display all the guilds in witch the user have some special permissions...
I need to update the user object each time the user navigate to the route /guilds, because he could have created a new guilds, or get promoted etc...

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Tonight, the Washington State Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass bipartisan legislation that will combat signature fraud and petitioner misconduct by bolstering our public disclosure laws. Senate Bill 5397, prime sponsored by Republican State Senator Judy Warnick (R-13th District) would require campaigns to notify the public when they hire a signature gathering company and require the company to keep up to date records on file about its workers for their protection as well as the public's protection.
Northwest Progressive Institute founder and Executive Director Andrew Villeneuve thanked the Senate for its decisive vote in favor of ESSB 5397.
In recent years, the Secretary of State has uncovered fraudulent signatures on a plethora of initiative and referendum petitions, including petitions for Initiatives 1433, 1464, 1491, 1501, 517, 522, and Referendum 74. In each case, the Secretary of State announced the discovery via news release and referred the case to the State Patrol for investigation.
Getting to the truth has been elusive.
Bob Calkins, a spokesman for the Washington State Patrol, said some investigations have run into dead-ends.
If Senate Bill 5397 had been law when the aforementioned incidences of fraud occurred, the State Patrol's search for the culprits would have been greatly aided by the availability of accurate worker records from the petitioning firms that employed them.
Among the records the bill specifies that the companies must keep on file for their signature gatherers are full name, assumed names, a passport-style digital photograph, a telephone number, address, email address, and copy of government-issued ID.
Contrary to what Tim Eyman has claimed, the bill does not require individual signature gatherers to register with the state prior to circulating petitions.
However, companies in the business of paying signature gatherers to circulate petitions are required under the bill to conduct background checks on individuals before hiring them. Companies must also ensure their workers complete a training program that teaches them about the First Amendment rights of citizens they approach for signatures as well as private property rights. Furthermore, individuals who have been convicted of forgery may not be compensated for circulating petitions.
These provisions of the bill (found in Section 3) are aimed at combating petitioner misconduct — a problem that's also on the rise.
ESSB 5397 now heads to the House of Representatives for further consideration.


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use Laminas\Code\Generator\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
use Laminas\Code\Generator\PropertyGenerator;
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Los Pacaminos at Whitby Pavilion
Music, Sun 7 Jun 2020
Los Pacaminos
Los Pacaminos formed in mid-1992, when the UK based pop star Paul Young found himself with some down-time and phoned a few musician friends with the intent of starting a Tex-Mex band.
Originally a six-piece, guitarist Jamie Moses, accordion/keyboard player Matt Irving, songwriter Drew Barfield, bassist Steve Greetham and drummer Mark Pinder began rehearsals in that summer, and in November played their first gig at the White Horse pub in Richmond, Matt's local watering-hole.
Fully expecting that the band would fall apart when something more important came along, instead the band played better and the friendship got tighter with each show.
The hats and the band name were there mainly to make it as clear as possible that it wasn't a Paul Young show: yet as they started writing their own songs it became more & more obvious that this wasn't going to be a short-term project.
In the year 1997 Jamie called Paul regarding a pedal steel player he'd worked with called Melvin Duffy, and suggested he play on a few songs at the next show. As Paul remembers, "as soon as he took the first solo, we all melted! He had to be in the band, the decision wasn't his to make".
Now a 7-piece, in 2002 the Pacs reacted to supporters of the band and recorded their first album. A collection of 12 original songs that ran through their influences of the Texas Tornados, Doug Sahm, Flaco Jimenez, Roy Orbison, The Band, Chuck Berry, Ry Cooder and Calexico, the album pulled in an impressive array of positive reviews.
In 2015, the band lost their dear friend and founder member Matt Irving after a long battle with cancer. In 2016, Steve "Woody" Oakman stepped in as the new accordionist.
Los Pacaminos are now past their 25th year and show no signs of stopping. With an unmatched live reputation, two acclaimed studio albums and two live albums under their belts they continue to explore the music of the Southwest.
Tickets: £19.00 (facility fees apply)
www.whitbypavilion.co.uk/los-pacaminos
Sun 7 Jun 2020 19:30
Whitby Pavilion
The Northern Lights Suite
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Whitby Digital Cinema
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Map reference: NZ 894114 Lat: 54.49007 Long: -0.62138
From A1(M)/M1 jct 45 take A64 east (York ring road south). Follow A169 from Malton through Pickering over the moors to A171 jct. Turn right to Whitby and follow West Cliff signs. Other routes, A171 from Middlesbrough or from Scarborough.
Access road to theatre descends from Cook Memorial at eastern end of West Cliff. Car parking (Pay and Display) on access road or West Cliff, or seafront (free).
Public Transport Details
Bus - Access road to theatre from Cook Memorial may be reached via circular routes of town Tour Buses from many points of Whitby.
Accessible by Public Transport: 0 miles from Whitby station


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Haley Barbour Decides Not To Run For President In 2012
Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2011 at 5:16 pm.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday he will not run for president in 2012.
"I will not be a candidate for president next year," Barbour, a Republican, said in a statement. "This has been a difficult, personal decision, and I am very grateful to my family for their total support of my going forward, had that been what I decided."
Barbour, the former chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said he would continue serving as governor of Mississippi and work to "elect a new Republican president in 2012."
"He just wasn't quite there," the source said Monday. "It wasn't one particular thing. To run for president obviously is a big decision."
GOP consultant Ford O'Connell, who worked on Barbour's 2007 gubernatorial re-election campaign and for the McCain-Palin ticket in 2008, said Barbour's decision makes him "the most important man in the Republican Party not running for president."
"There are only three things Haley Barbour loves more than America: his wife, Marsha, his family and Mississippi. And it is time for him to focus on the things he cares about most," O'Connell said. "One of the hallmarks of Haley Barbour is his low-key behind the scenes effectiveness, and I don't expect that to diminish in any way."
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