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How It Came
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Review 1-10
Review 11-20
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Lessons 1-7
Lessons 8-14
Lessons 15-21
Lessons 99-105
Lessons 106-112
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Introduction and Recap
1. Who Are God's Teachers?
2. Who Are Their Pupils?
3. The Levels of Teaching?
4. Teachers Characteristics?
4.I. Characteristic of Trust
4.I.A. Development of Trust
4.II Honesty
4.III. Tolerance
4.IV. Gentleness
4.V. Joy
4.VI. Defenselessness
4.VII. Generosity
4.VIII. Patience
4.IX. Faithfulness
4.X. Open-Mindedness
4.Characteristics Summary
4.Characteristics Conclusion
5. How Healing Accomplished
5.I. Purpose of Sickness
5.II. Shift in Perception
5.III. Function of TOG
6. Is Healing Certain?
7. Repeat Healing?
8. Order of Difficulties?
9. Are Changes Required?
10. Judgement Relinquished?
11. How is Peace Possible?
12. How Many TOG'S Needed?
13. Meaning of Sacrifice?
14. How Will the World End?
15. Judged in the End?
16. How to Spend Your Day?
17. Magic Thoughts?
18. How is Correction Made?
19. What is Justice?
20. What is Peace of God?
21. Role of Words in Healing
22. Healing and Atonement
23. Jesus Healing?
24. Is Reincarnation So?
25. "Psychic" Powers?
26. God Be Reached Directly?
27. What is Death?
28. What is Resurrection?
29. As for the Rest . . .
Q & A RECAP
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State of Grace
Mind - Spirit
Ego - Miracle
Forgiveness - Face of Christ
True Perception - Knowledge
Jesus - Christ
Recap of Terms
Terms -- Epilogue
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L1 Purpose/Introduction
L2 Purpose
L3 Process: Introduction
L4 Process: Limits
L5 Process: Religion
L6 Process: Role
L7 Process: Illness
L8 Process: Healing
L9 Process: Definition
L10 Process: Pt-Ther. Rel.
L11 Practice: Pt. Selection
L12 Practice: Psyc a Prof?
L13 Practice: ? of Payment
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PRAYER: Introduction
I. True Prayer
II. The Ladder of Prayer
III. Praying for Others
IV. Praying with Others
V. The Ladder Ends
FORGIVENESS: Introduction
I. Forgiveness of Yourself
II. Forgiveness-to-Destroy
III. Forgiveness-for-Salvation
HEALING: Introduction
I. The Cause of Sickness
II. False vs True Healing
III. Separation vs Union
IV. The Holiness of Healing
Suggestion for Practice
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I Need Do Nothing
My Goal is God
How To Relinquish Judgment
The Acceptance of Reality
Perceive a Difficulty?
The Last Judgment
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Psychotherapy: Purpose, Process and Practice -- Process of Illness
2. THE PROCESS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
IV. The Process of Illness
Paragraph 1. As all therapy is psychotherapy, so all illness is mental illness." (P-2.IV.1:1) It is a judgment on the Son of God, and judgment is a mental activity. Judgment is a decision, made again and again, against creation and its Creator. Yet whenever you appear to have an illness, is it your mind, your judgment where you seek remedy? Or is it the body that commands your attention? Is it outer remedies that you seek? What if you knew that it was entirely unforgiveness or judgment against yourself, your brother, the truth, and God, that was responsible for your "illness." Would you then seek for a different remedy? Perhaps you would seek for an inner remedy? (We have already stated that healing is an "inside" job.)
Sickness is a decision you make; a decision that truth can lie and must be lies. It is a decision to perceive the universe as you would have created it. It is a decision that is an expression of sorrow and guilt. We appear to weep for many things, such as perceiving ourselves to be mistreated, not getting our way, the "loss" of a love one, the experience of pain or hopelessness. Yet we weep for only one thing: a decision of lost innocence. Yet you cannot lose the innocence that was given you in your creation. Recognize this and then weep no more.
Paragraph 2. "Once God's Son is seen as guilty, illness becomes inevitable." (P-2.IV.2:1) It has been asked for and will be received -- as punishment for the perceived guilt. Yet as it says in paragraph 1, it is merely a judgment of guilt. And judgments can be changed. Change the judgment (cause) and you change the effect (illness). See yourself and your brothers only as God created you (innocent, pure, whole, complete, loving), and you will see past illness to perfection. No aspirin needed -- only a change of perception.
"There can be nothing that a change of mind cannot affect, for all external things are only shadows of a decision already made." Change a decision and its shadow will change. Erase the decision of guilt altogether and there will be nothing of substance to cause a shadow. Think about that. "Illness can be but guilt's shadow." (P-2.IV.2:6) Guilt is a perceived deformity at the heart of your identity which illness reflects. If illness appears, ask the help of the Holy Spirit to seek and find the perceived dark cause of the guilt; see it in the light and the darkness will disappear and the illness along with it. Simple? Easy? The truth is both simple and easy!
Paragraph 3. "The descent into hell follows step by step in an inevitable course, once the decision that guilt is real has been made." (P-2.IV.3:1) Illness follows guilt, pain follows illness, hopelessness follows pain, and sickness and misery and death now stalk the guilty in unrelenting waves, sometimes together and sometimes in grim succession. All these things are but illusions, decisions for what is not real. Yet try telling it to the one who has chosen this path, and see the kind of response you get.
Yet who could have faith in them once they are recognized as what they are? They are but symbols of symbols. Illness is but a symbol of guilt; pain is but a symbol of illness; and hopelessness is but a symbol of pain. And who could NOT have faith in all of them until he realizes that they are NOT real. Healing is therapy or correction, and all healing is psychotherapy, or of the mind. To heal the sick is but to bring this realization to them. This is the only "medicine" needed by those who have chosen to be sick. But by yourself you cannot help them recognize this. With Him, though, you can.
Paragraph 4. This paragraph talks about the therapists of the world and says "For not one of them can cure, and not one of them understands healing." (P-2.IV.4:2) "At worst, they but make the body real in their own minds, and having done so, seek for magic by which to heal the ills with which their minds endow it. How could such a process cure?" (P-2.IV.4:3-4) To try to effect a healing where there is not and never will be an "ill," is to fail in its entirety.
Paragraph 5. At best, the "healers" of this world may recognize the mind as the source of illness, but their error lies in the belief that the mind can cure itself. Yet since the mind is the source of the guilt that is the cause of the illness, it is as though the mind is in quicksand and is trying to extricate itself from it. Thus, any "cure" must be only temporary, as the mind cannot extricate itself from the mire of guilt, and death has not been overcome until the meaning of love is understood. "And who can understand this without the Word of God, given by Him to the Holy Spirit as His gift to you?" (P-2.IV.5:5) No worldly healer can, that is for sure.
Paragraph 6. "Illness of any kind may be defined as the result of a view of the self as weak, vulnerable, evil and endangered, and thus in need of constant defense." (P-2.IV.6:1) All illness, at its root, is a case of a sick self-concept. Remember, psychotherapy's purpose is to change the self-concept of the patient from guilty and worthless back to beloved Son of God in Whom He is well pleased.
The patient feels weak (unable to totally defend himself from hurt), vulnerable (able to be hurt), evil (ready to wreak vengeance upon any and all perceived attackers), and endangered (on the verge of being hurt) -- because he believes he deserves to be hurt and has already judged himself as guilty. If this were true, how could the patient possibly defend himself, unless he substitutes another illusion of himself armed with magical powers which will allow him to cope with the world. Yet all these illusions of power simply cover up the original misperception of weakness, vulnerability, evil and endangerment with a kind of pseudo-self, covered in blankets of denial. "In a word, error is accepted as real and dealt with by illusions." (P-2.IV.6:5) Salvation is seen as but an idea that is far from reality. "Thus is the circle closed against the 'inroads' of salvation." (P-2.IV.6:8)
Paragraph 7. "Illness is therefore a mistake and needs correction." (P-2.IV.7:1) Correction cannot be effected by first confirming the "rightness" of the mistake and then overlooking it. The mistake must first be seen as an error in judgment, as not real, and then the corrected perception will take its place and heal the mind that thought the error in the first place. That is true correction, a miracle.
Paragraph 8. "Sickness is insanity because all sickness is mental illness, and in it there are no degrees." (P-2.IV.8:1) One of the illusions by which sickness is perceived as real is the belief that illness varies in intensity, that the degree of threat differs according to the form it takes. Herein lies the basis of all errors, for all of them are but attempts to compromise by seeing but a little bit of hell. Certainly it seems that certain forms of illness are more intense than others. Yet to see a difference in intensity is but to see illness as real. Some appear more real than others, but all appear real, nonetheless. To see illness as unreal is the only way to withdraw belief in it altogether. Choose to see illness as unreal, and then choose not to see it at all, either in yourself or your brothers. And it will be gone. Free at last. ☺
Paragraph 9. "A madman will defend his own illusions because in them he sees his own salvation." (P-2.IV.9:1) Thus, he (the patient) will attack the one (the therapist) who tries to save him from his illusions of himself, all the while believing that the therapist is attacking him (he takes it personally). This curious circle of attack-defense is one of the most difficult problems with which the psychotherapist must deal. In fact, this is his central task; it is the core of psychotherapy. Remember, the patient's self-concept is insanity; this is his sickness. Yet he is totally committed to this sick self-concept, and will defend it "against the 'inroads' of salvation." The therapist is the bringer of salvation, the one who helps the patient release his sick self-concept. Thus the therapist is seen as the "enemy" to the ego, to be attacked and even killed by the ego.
Paragraph 10: "The psychotherapist, then, has a tremendous responsibility." (P-2.IV.10:1) He must meet attack without attack, and therefore without defense. It is his task to demonstrate that defenses are not necessary, and that defenselessness is strength. He must therefore respond to the patient's "call for love":
without anger,
without attack,
without defense.
"God's teachers' major lesson is to learn how to react to magic thoughts wholly without anger." (M-18.2:1) It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the insane believe that sanity is a threat. This is the corollary of the "original sin"; the belief that guilt is real and fully justified, that you were born with it. It is therefore the psychotherapist's function to teach that guilt, being unreal, cannot be justified. But neither is it safe. And thus it must remain unwanted as well as unreal. When the therapist demonstrates that safety lies in defenselessness, he is showing the patient a whole other way to live his life, teaching a whole other way of being and envisioning – the way of sanity.
Paragraph 11. "Salvation's single doctrine is the goal of all therapy. Relieve the mind of the insane burden of guilt it carries so wearily, and healing is accomplished." (P-2.IV.11:1-2) Given this single shift, all else will follow. The body is a messenger of the Word of God, to be given to the Holy Spirit for His purpose to teach your brothers salvation, and in so doing to learn the lessons of salvation for yourself. Once the body is seen rightly, there will be no further need for the body to become sick. It will have found a purpose that is higher than carrying guilt. In short, release the guilt, serve the Holy Spirit, and all sickness formally imposed upon the body will be gone, never to appear again.
This single shift from guilt to purpose is all that is needed, for "truth is simple." There will be no further need "for long analyses and wearying discussion and pursuits." And no opportunity for therapists to fall asleep when patients are "telling their story." Patients will 'let go' of their story by opting to listen to the therapist tell the truth instead. Jesus made a similar remark to Helen and Bill about their own long process in analysis:
You both went over your childhoods in some detail and at considerable expense, and
it merely encouraged your egos to become more tolerable to you. I would hardly want
you to repeat that same error. (Absence From Felicity. P.296)
"The ego's plan is to have you see error clearly first, and then overlook it. Yet how can you overlook what you have made real? By seeing it clearly, you have made it real and cannot overlook it." (T-9.IV.4:4-6) Think of a recent time when you have been upset at what you perceived as being treated unfairly. Realize that you were really upset at your own lost innocence. That is what you believed damaged you, not this external event. Then dwell on these lines (W-pI.182.12:1-9) . "You have not lost your innocence. It is for this you yearn. This is your heart's desire. This is the voice you hear, and this the call which cannot be denied. The holy Child remains with you. His home is yours. Today He gives you His defenselessness, and you accept it in exchange for all the toys of battle you have made. And now the way is open, and the journey has an end in sight at last. Be still an instant and go home with Him, and be at peace a while."
You have carried the burden of guilt wearily and the body and mind have grown even wearier carrying it over the years. But there is no longer any reason to carry it. It is insane. Release it now to Him Who will relieve you of its burden forever.
The Process of Psychotherapy
The Process of Illness
All illness is mental illness. It is a judgment on the Son of God (SOG), and judgment is a mental activity. Judgment of the SOG as guilty and deserving of punishment ASKS for punishment. Illness is that punishment. What you ask for your brother, you also choose for yourself. This is a KEY POINT!
Once the decision for guilt has been made and deemed real, the descent into hell then follows step-by-step in a downward spiral to illness, pain, hopelessness and eventually to death.
To reverse that downward spiral of illness, the decision for guilt must be corrected by the mind. To heal the sick is but to bring this realization to them. But how?
The mind cannot extricate itself from the mire of guilt, and the resulting illness until the meaning of love is understood. Again, HOW?
The meaning of love is understood through the Word of God, given by the Holy Spirit as a gift to you.
An illness, at its root, is a case of a sick self-concept of weakness, vulnerability, evil and endangerment. This concept must be changed to "beloved Son of God in Whom He is well pleased."
This is how the psychotherapist, with the help of the Holy Spirit, helps the patient. The therapist must help the patient release his sick self-concept and see things differently, by seeing the truth in him and this must all be done without anger, attack, force or defense.
True correction of a mistake lies in seeing that the mistake (guilt and resulting illness) was not real in the first place. This allows the truth to take its place. But, how do you see it as not real?
To see a difference in the intensity of an illness, is but to see the illness as real. To see illness as unreal (and thus not to see it at all) is to withdraw belief in it altogether.
The patient may see the psychotherapist as the enemy who has come to destroy his illusions of himself. Rather, the therapist helps the patient to see the REALITY of himself. (Don't dispense medication, dispense with the illusion.) It helps that the truth is more palatable than the illusion.
The goal of all therapy is to "relieve the mind of the insane burden of guilt it carries so wearily," and healing is thereby accomplished, so help me God . . . But how?
"Be still an instant and go home with Him, and be at peace a while."
(Lesson 8: The Process of Healing)

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As part of a collaboration with Best Buddies Qatar, Qatar Museums (QM) is hosting three free workshops for children with special needs at CassArt at the Fire Station.
The first workshop was hosted on October 10, while the ensuing ones will take place on October 17 and 24, with each workshop starting at 10.30am and lasting up to 45 minutes.
Best Buddies Qatar will be arranging for a number of students from the local area to attend, including the Step by Step Centre, Phoenix Private School Doha, Al Huda Primary School for Girls and Fatma Al Zahra Preparatory School for Girls.
Best Buddies Qatar was founded in 2007 with the support of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, under the umbrella of the Shafallah Centre.
There are currently four high schools and four college chapters in the capital city of Doha.
Under the guidance of Qatar Museums' chairperson, HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Fire Station has become the hub for Doha's flourishing art scene in recent years.


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Q: How to subset rows with strings I want to use function for repetitively making up set with different names.
for example, if I have 5 random vectors.
number1<-sample(1:10, 3)
number2<-sample(1:10, 3)
number3<-sample(1:10, 3)
number4<-sample(1:10, 3)
number5<-sample(1:10, 3)

Then, I will use these vectors for selecting rows in raw data set(i.e. dataframe)
testset1<-raw[number1,]
testset2<-raw[number2,]
testset3<-raw[number3,]
tsetset4<-raw[number4,]
testset5<-raw[number5,]

It takes lot of spaces in manuscript for writing up each commands. I'm trying to shorten these commands with using 'function'
However, I found that it is hard to use variables in a function statement for writing 'text argument'. For example, it is easy to use variables like this.
mean_function<-function(x){
mean(x)
}

But, I want to use function like this.
testset "number with 1-5" <-raw[number"number 1-5",]

I would really appreciate your help.

A: You don't need to create a function for this task, simply use lapply to loop over the list of elements produced by mget(), then set some names and finally put all results in the global environment:
rowSelected <-lapply(mget(paste0("number", 1:5)), function(x) raw[x, ])
names(rowSelected) <- paste0("testset", 1:5)
list2env(rowSelected, envir = .GlobalEnv)

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People say postmodern novels can be read in more than one way, and Joanna Gunderson's new She, due to its quirky collage technique, proves this with a vengeance. The book consists of a texture of quotations, each line cross-referenced with both the speaker's name (or rather a reference number in the margin, which refers one to a key at the beginning of the book) and footnotes so the reader can find the exact text from which the quote derives in the book's endnotes. This means the novel can be read in a jagged or smooth way. One can move straight through, following the flow of musical prose, or one can thumb back and forth to the front and back to see who said what, where.
So, you know how the book can be read, but what would you be reading? In the July 2007 Rail, I described Gunderson's Night, in which each section focused "on a displaced, subjugated minority and its spokespeople. [The section] 'Night' concentrates on U.S. black writers, racism, and slavery; 'Fire,' on Russian Jews at the time of Stalin's rise." By contrast, She centers on only one person, Simone Weil, around whom wheels a much larger verbal universe than the ones found in the earlier book. Not only does it contain testimony from Weil's mother, friends, and biographers, but, triptych-like, it has a bloc of material about earlier, iconoclastic women writers (such as Charlotte Brontë), and another bloc describing the author's own life struggles.
The effect of this multi-tiered collage is not as in Night to make the dominant author's presence felt in a palpable form, but rather to take Weil, an elevated thinker on ethics, and, as it were, lower her into everyday life so that the connections between her thoughts and those of beleaguered, more ordinary women are exposed.
It's a tall order, connecting all these strands without losing or confusing the reader, and though there are places when things don't come together, at others the author achieves powerful rhythmical and sentimental effects. Rhythmically, the book offers a playground of echoes, as certain motifs flit by repeatedly, accumulating more meaning with each weave. Emotionally, the book gravitates to reoccurring themes, such as a mother's feeling at the death of a child or the way women make do in impoverished circumstances.
All in all, the book reads like the inspired free associations of a literary scholar, who is intent on showing that celebrated women have shouldered the same buffetings and rebuffs as their less famous sisters. This is done in a complex, experimental form which may be off-putting to some, but repays the patient by handing her or him a ticket for a one-of-a-kind literary voyage.


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Mike Woodson Has Indiana Back in the NCAA Tournament After Six Long Years
By Ryan Phillips
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Mike Woodson's Indiana Hoosiers did it. Somehow, they did it. Against crazy odds, they have all but assuredly secured themselves a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. And they did it in the Big Ten Tournament, which has historically been a house of horrors for Indiana basketball.
Indiana is dancing thanks to wins over Michigan and Illinois on consecutive days. The Hoosiers dug down deep and found some heart to crawl back from a 17-point deficit against the Wolverines on Thursday, then kept counter-punching every move the Illini threw at them, edging the top-seeded squad 65-63 on Friday. Both Michigan and Illinois dominated Indiana at Assembly Hall during the regular season, making this weekend's wins even more impressive.
The Hoosiers had lost seven of nine entering the tournament after starting the season 16-5 (7-4 in the Big Ten). Their resume was not tournament-worthy, with only two Quad 1 wins (home victories over Ohio State and Purdue). Now, life looks a whole lot different for Indiana. Back-to-back excellent victories has almost certainly catapulted them to the right side of the bubble.
The fact that the Hoosiers secured their spot in the Big Dance through the Big Ten Tournament is the mostly shocking thing to their fans. Indiana hadn't won two games in the tournament since 2003. In what is usually a home atmosphere, the Hoosiers have repeatedly found fascinating ways to lose games in their conference's postseason affair. Somehow in 2022, they've flipped the script and are finding ways to win.
Friday's victory owes to Trayce Jackson-Davis elevating his game against Kofi Cockburn, who has dominated Indiana's star big man for years. On February 8 in Bloomington, Cockburn led Illinois to a 74-57 win, scoring 17 points and grabbing eight rebounds, while holding Jackson-Davis to only six points and six boards. With Indiana's tournament life on the line, Jackson-Davis stepped up.
While Cockburn was excellent on Friday (23 points, 10 rebounds), the man known as TJD matched him. Indiana's star junior finished with 21 points and seven boards, plus three assists and a block. He also sunk two clutch free throws with 26 seconds remaining to give Indiana a 64-63 lead. Perhaps most telling, in Cockburn's 33 minutes, Illinois was +1, in Jackson-Davis' 36 minutes, Indiana was +4. The Hoosiers won by two.
While the end of the season was forgettable for Woodson's team, its performance in two backs-against-the-wall games is a great sign for the program's future. Indiana has wilted down the stretch in big games this season, blowing second-half leads against Wisconsin (twice), Penn State, Rutgers, Purdue, Illinois and Iowa. The final five minutes have rarely been kind to the Hoosiers. When it came to winning time, they simply didn't step up. Indiana has enough talent to be a top 15 team but has almost never played like it down the stretch of games. Over the last two days that's changed.
Credit has to go to Woodson and the team's leadership. Indiana's players -- led by Jackson-Davis and Xavier Johnson -- have displayed an aggressive, bulldog mentality in key situations late. Woodson built the Big Ten's best defense this season and it hasn't failed the Hoosiers in the postseason. Indiana held Illinois to 1.000 points per possession on Friday and the Illini didn't have a field goal in the final 5:04. It was a brilliant performance and made up for the fact that the 3-point deficient Hoosiers only hit three shots from beyond the arc.
Simply put, the Hoosiers seem to finally believe they can win these games and are playing like it.
On Saturday Indiana will face Iowa with a spot in the Big Ten Tournament final on the line. It's a place the Hoosiers haven't been since 2001. And they've never won it. Woodson's team has defied the odds this far, why not take it another step? The title is there for the taking.
The Hoosiers are likely in the tournament after its two stunning wins this week. But if Mike Woodson wants to truly show Indiana is on the path to national prominence, there would be no better way than to take home a title that has eluded every other coach to roam Indiana's sidelines. There's nothing standing in the Hoosiers' way but belief in themselves.


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Romero (1989)
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"A good compromise choice" is how one observer describes the 1977 appointment of Oscar Romero (Raul Julia) — a conservative, orthodox, apolitical bishop of a small rural diocese — to the archbishopric of San Salvador, the highest ecclesiastical office in El Salvador.
By the time Archbishop Romero's tempestuous three-year tenure comes to its violent end, "compromise" is a word no one will ever again think of in connection with him.
Directed by John Duigan. Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez, Alejandro Bracho, Tony Plana, Harold Gould, Lucy Reina. Warner Bros.
Artistic/Entertainment Value
Moral/Spiritual Value
Age Appropriateness
Teens & Up*
Caveat Spectator
Graphic depictions of murder and massacre by gunfire; sometimes bloody or mutilated photographs of torture victims; offscreen and implied torture; a brief depiction of a nude corpse; a single coarse metaphor; two incidents of desecration of the Eucharist.
About These Ratings
The first feature film from the Paulist Fathers' moviemaking division, John Duigan's Romero tells the true story of Latin America's best-known and most revered modern martyr, Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Goldamez, a man whom John Paul II described as a "zealous pastor who gave his life for his flock," and at whose tomb in San Salvador Pope John Paul II has prayed when visiting El Salvador.
Where Romero excels as a film is in its depiction of its subject's gradual transformation. Like Richard Burton in Becket, Raul Julia's Romero is a man morally transformed by office and responsibility. Yet whereas Becket becomes a new man virtually overnight, Romero goes through a more organic, gradual process, responding to specific crises.
Romero comes to the archbishopric at a time when El Salvador is torn apart by violence and injustice. El Salvadoran military forces — aided and equipped by the United States as a defense against Communism — oppose the country's Marxist guerrilla resistance. However, much of what is done in the name of "fighting Communists" is really just repressing the poor, or anyone who speaks out on their behalf.
As played by Julia, Romero seems at first a man singularly unsuited for high office, particularly in such a time of crisis. By nature timid, bookish, and retiring, he has no presence, no political instincts, no sense of moral authority. He doesn't even have a decent pair of shoes.
He does, however, have one important virtue in the eyes of El Salvador's wealthy European oligarchy, military controllers, and complacent bishops: He's uncontroversial. At least he's not on the side of the country's guerrilla resistance movement, and that's good enough for the ruling classes. Certainly they're sure he's a man who won't rock the boat.
What no one anticipates — including Romero himself — is how he will respond when someone else rocks the boat. Less than a month into his office, demonstrators in the main plaza of San Salvador are surrounded by police forces, and some are killed. Days later, Romero is stunned when a popular priest friend of his known for advocacy of reform and social justice is assassinated, along with an old man and a young boy accompanying him to Mass.
Romero's response to this atrocity — presumably the work of a military death squad — is a dramatic proposal: Cancel all Sunday Masses that week throughout the archdiocese except for a single memorial Mass at the cathedral, to unite the faithful in this time of crisis.
The proposal meets with resistance from other bishops. "It will be interpreted as a political statement," one protests. Romero, a reasonable man, feels the weight of this objection; yet in the end he grasps that the decision must be his. The Masses are canceled.
Slowly, the archbishop is revealed as a man of growing courage. At times he exhibits physical bravery, as when he climbs into a van with armed and masked thugs, or refuses to be intimidated by the guns of a hostile military force occupying a parish church.
But other, quieter acts require a form of courage as well. Told that his appointment with the fraudulently declared president-elect must be rescheduled, Romero unflinchingly replies, "I will wait," and makes himself comfortable in the waiting room. On a subsequent occasion, he strides into the president's office unannounced, and refuses to be satisfied with political niceties. He doesn't even shy from calling the president (also named Romero, coincidentally) a liar to his face.
The archbishop's moral crusade earns him enemies, not only among the ruling alliance of military powers and aristocracy, but on two other fronts as well: the Marxist resistance movement, and even some of his fellow priests and bishops who fear the wrath of the establishment, and even accuse Romero being a Marxist himself.
Romero repudiates Marxism, but will not allow anti-Marxism to be used as a weapon to quell moral criticism. He preaches a theology of liberation, but a liberation "rooted in faith" that is "so often misunderstood" in merely political terms.
Like Roland Joffé's The Mission, Romero raises the issue of "liberation theology," but rejects what is unacceptable in some forms of that school of thought: class warfare, guerrilla tactics, priests taking up arms. Certainly the film has no sympathy for the Marxist resistance, which it depicts as brutally lawless.
Even so, Romero's real opposition comes not from the guerrillas, but from El Salvador's controllers — especially the military, which ultimately overthrows the fraudulent presidency and establishes a series of military juntas operating with continued U.S. support.
Unfortunately for the film, none of Romero's enemies, even among the military, emerges as a knowable or compelling character. Eddie Velez plays a callous officer who opposes Romero at several turns, and the archbishop also has a couple of run-ins with members of the aristocracy as well as the fraudulently elected president; but the film has no true antagonist.
This weakens the drama, and is Romero's main flaw as a film. In Becket, the title character had Henry II to push against; in A Man for All Seasons, Sir Thomas had Henry VIII (not to mention Cromwell, Wolsey, Norfolk, Cranmer, and finally, in the Tower, even his own beloved wife and daughter). It was this lively opposition that made these dramas compelling on a personal level.
In Romero, by contrast, the dramatic conflict is shifted within; instead of Man against Man, it is Man against Himself. It's a credit to the strength of Raul Julia's performance — perhaps a career high point — that Romero's inner struggle and outward transformation from timid academic into thundering prophet is so compelling in itself. It's a four-star performance in a three-star film.
The film is also strengthened by its use of Romero's actual words from recorded homilies, interviews, and speeches. Romero turned out to be a powerful speaker, and all over the country people eagerly tuned in every Sunday to hear his broadcast homilies. In the film, we hear Romero call upon U.S. President Jimmy Carter to stop providing El Salvador with military support that was only being used to oppress the people (a call that was rejected). We hear him reach out to the soldiers themselves:
No soldier is obliged to obey an order contrary to the law of God. No one has to obey an immoral law. It is high time you obeyed your consciences rather than sinful orders. The church cannot remain silent before such an abomination… In the name of God, in the name of this suffering people whose cry rises to heaven more loudly each day, I implore you, I beg you, I order you: Stop the repression!
The day after delivering that speech, Oscar Romero was assassinated. Soon afterward, El Salvador descended into a decade-long civil war that claimed the lives of upward of 60,000 El Salvadorans.
Archbishop Romero was killed in the very act of offering the sacrifice of the Mass, almost in the act of elevating the Eucharistic elements. Simply by portraying this event essentially as it happened, Romero presents the archbishop's life and death as a sacrifice in union with the sacrifice of Christ.
This final sacrifice is foreshadowed by other Masses offered under threatening or difficult circumstances. The Mass, we see, is a bold and radical act, even in a way a revolutionary act: for in the Mass Jesus is with us and in us. The Mass is the fullest earthly expression of that divine solidarity with which the Lord himself challenged one of the church's earliest oppressors: "Why are you persecuting me?"
It's a question that continues to apply to all who persecute God's children anywhere in the world.
Note: Some viewers used to the American custom of using the honorific "monsignor" only for specially honored priests may be thrown by references in the film to Romero as "Monsignor" both before and after his appointment as archbishop, but in Latin America the honorific extends also to bishops. Romero is a bishop (not just a "monsignor") at the time of his election to the archbishopric.
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Becoming Blessed Óscar Romero
The recent beatification of Óscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador from 1977 until his assassination in 1980, has drawn new attention to the gap between public perception and reality regarding this popular but controverted figure in El Salvador's turbulent history. For those interested in beginning to understand who Blessed Archbishop Romero really was, the Christopher Award–winning 1989 film Romero, starring Raúl Juliá, isn't a bad place to start.
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I just found out about your website, and thought of it good because of the reference from Catholic.net. However, I am disappointed, and are doubtful now of your recommendations, after reading what you wrote about the movie Romero:
The first feature film from the Paulist Fathers' moviemaking division, John Duigan's Romero tells the true story of Latin America's best-known and most revered modern martyr, Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Goldamez, a man whom John Paul II described as a "zealous pastor who gave his life for his flock," and at whose tomb in San Salvador the Holy Father has prayed when visiting El Salvador."
I am a Salvadorean. I hear Msgr. Romero's homilies. Many Catholics stopped practicing our religion because of Msgr. Romero's homilies. I remember once, he gave Mass at my school, and he OKed taking arms in order to help the poor. I felt terrible for not doing so. Being a teenager, and coming from a Priest, my mind and heart told me killing for a greater good could not be good. His interpretation of some passages of the Bible were horrible. As an adult now, I realize how theologically wrong they were.
I have formed myself… found my way back to Church… but many others in El Salvador, including close members of my family, have totally lost trust in the Church. I think Msgr. Romero did more harm than good. Definitely, "an eye for an eye" is not the pedagogy of Christ — it was his.
I'm very sorry you recommend the film. Very sorry. If it portrays a kind, generous, gentle man… I knew him. He wasn't. If it portrays a pastor, caring for his souls… I can tell thanks to him many sheep left the way of the Church… Please keep this message for your website. I hope it helps you.


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When deploying its troops, the Marine Corps has to ensure that they receive the appropriate supplies, munitions, spare parts and meals. Tracking the whereabouts of these items had been a tedious, time-
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After examining the options, the Marines selected Symbol Technologies Inc.'s PDT 7240 mobile computers and Spectrum24 LAN.
"We like the scanners' rugged design, because if an item can be broken, a Marine will find a way to do it," joked Capt. Gary Clement, Automatic Identification Technology project officer of the Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va. The PDT 7240 was built to withstand repetitive drops on concrete surfaces and is environmentally sealed to protect against rain and dust.
The wireless LANs, which support about 500 access points, streamline data entry. At Marine Corps logistics bases, bar codes are printed on polyester labels and affixed to items that need to be tracked. Then, the handheld PDT 7240s can scan the data and send it via wireless networks to central servers for real-time inventory updating. In remote
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Q: Using Do Loop whilst omitting cells based on a separate selection I am currently working on a reliability calculator and as part of a wider calculation, the following loop is required:
'Add redundant units to any pieces of equipment with reliabilites lower than target
'Set Variables
    DatRange = Worksheets(system).ListObjects("Table_" & system).ListColumns("Reliability of Configuration").DataBodyRange
    minVal = Application.WorksheetFunction.Min(DatRange)
    Do Until minVal > Target_Reliability

    'Identify row of min value
        Row = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(minVal, DatRange, 0)

    'Add redundancy to relevant row
        quantity_fitted = Worksheets(system).ListObjects("Table_" & system).ListColumns("Quantity Fitted (n)").DataBodyRange(Row)
        Worksheets(system).ListObjects("Table_" & system).ListColumns("Quantity Fitted (n)").DataBodyRange(Row) = quantity_fitted + 1

    'Prime for next loop
        DatRange = Worksheets(system).ListObjects("Table_" & system).ListColumns("Reliability of Configuration").DataBodyRange
        minVal = Application.WorksheetFunction.Min(DatRange)

    Loop

So each line/row of components is checked, by inspecting the reliability value stated in their "Reliability of Configuration" column, to find whichever line/row offers the lowest reliability. Then additional quantities are added to that line until it's reliability exceeds the target reliability of the system, which is set by the user separately.
This works in principle, except within another column I have a drop down selection for the user to input whether a particular component is arranged within a "Standby", "Active, or "Series" configuration.
What I need is the code above to run, but to omit any line/row in which the "Configuration:" column value is set to "Series".
In other words, is there a way to edit this part of the code:
'Set Variables
    DatRange = Worksheets(system).ListObjects("Table_" & system).ListColumns("Reliability of Configuration").DataBodyRange
    minVal = Application.WorksheetFunction.Min(DatRange)
    Do Until minVal > Target_Reliability

So that instead of simply finding the minimum value, it finds the minimum value of any line which is also set to either "Active" or "Standby", ignoring any value of which the line is set to "Series"?
I hope this makes sense. I've been struggling with this for a while and really need help.
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Red Dot Digital Media Teams with Spinitar to Rebuild Audio/Video Infrastructure at Hawaii's Turtle Bay Resort
Red Dot Digital Media, a leading specialty integrator in the digital signage space, recently helped to update the audio/video infrastructure at Turtle Bay Resort, a luxury property located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The project was an integral component of a 2021 renovation that reimagined how guests discover points of interest and activities in […]
John Snedigar ⋅ Published: April 28, 2022
Red Dot Digital Media, a leading specialty integrator in the digital signage space, recently helped to update the audio/video infrastructure at Turtle Bay Resort, a luxury property located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The project was an integral component of a 2021 renovation that reimagined how guests discover points of interest and activities in and around the resort.
One of Turtle Bay's key goals for the project was to prominently market resort activities to guests as they enter the property, as well as provide an elegant wayfinding solution to acquaint visitors with the resort. To achieve this, Spinitar engaged Red Dot Digital Media to design a pair of interactive wayfinding displays centrally located in the main resort lobby. Red Dot developed a multi-layered interactive experience that invites guests to engage with the displays to learn more about the property and plan activities during their stay.
Turtle Bay is a luxury Hawaiian resort located on the island of Oahu
Resort guests are greeted by a pair of touch-interactive displays that introduce them to resort amenities and other local activities
Turtle Bay Resort is highly sought-after for its beachfront location
"It was important to Turtle Bay that the touch-interactive displays project a sleek, striking look consistent with the upscale guest experience at the resort," said Justin Rogina, Account Manager at Spinitar. "Red Dot delivered on that front, creating an interactive experience that is as informative as it is beautiful. The displays have become a centerpiece of the Turtle Bay experience, helping guests discover all the wonderful opportunities that await them at the resort."
The vertically oriented displays feature an attract loop of video content giving a quick visual of local scenery and nearby activities. Guests can interrupt the attract loop by selecting from a trio of touch-interactive on-screen buttons to view a detailed resort map, a map of the entire island, and daily weather & surf reports.
Perhaps the most creative aspect of the displays is the use of eight activity "bubbles" that float across the screen, each circular graphic corresponding to a different island activity. When a guest taps an activity of interest, they're taken to an informative screen with a collection of relevant still images, text and video content that introduces them to the activity they selected. The guest also has the option of scanning a QR code to view additional information and book activities directly on their phones.
"Spinitar was a great partner to work with on this project," said Darryl Kuder, President of Red Dot Digital Media. "They did a fantastic job of managing the environmental challenges presented by Turtle Bay's coastal location. The end result is amazing – a robust AV network that will be the centerpiece of the resort for years to come."
Turtle Bay personnel can easily update on-screen content via a custom Google Sheets interface. Almost every element of the presentation can be updated on demand, including the maps, images, video content, text, QR codes and even the border color surrounding the interactive bubbles.
The interactive wayfinding displays were an important element of a much broader scope of work that encompassed the entire property. Lead integrator Spinitar was charged with approaching this extensive overhaul in a way that hid the project's technical complexities from view to preserve the beauty of the property. This meant accommodating multiple long-distance runs in varying ground conditions, with careful attention to ensure all AV equipment was properly weatherproofed. Once completed, this powerful new AV network met the resort's need to implement a robust, future-proofed AV network that delivers rich content at key guest touchpoints.
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5 Best Thermal Cameras for Drones
Drones have become incredibly useful tools across several industries. Aside from the fact that they can access areas that people normally couldn't and can cover huge distances quickly, they can also be outfitted with a number of accessories that give them impressive versatility.
One of the more specialized applications of drones is aerial thermal imaging using infrared cameras. A drone with an infrared camera is obviously far less common than those with 4K cameras, but don't worry: if you need one, we're here to help you out. Check out our list of the best professional-grade drones that come with thermal cameras.
The top 5 best thermal cameras with drones
A quick word about thermal cameras and drones: it's rare to find a drone that comes pre-installed with a thermal camera. Being niche products, thermal cameras are often sold separately from drones. Thus, some of the entries in this list may recommend either drone and camera bundles, or just thermal cameras designed for drones.
1. Best overall: DJI Zenmuse XT2 for DJI M200 Series
The Zenmuse XT2 dual thermal and imaging camera is the results of the collaborative effort of DJI and FLIR. By integrating FLIR's thermal camera and DJI's very own 4K imaging sensor, the Zenmuse XT2 can deliver a live feed that displays both thermal imaging data and a live video of what the drone is capturing. This is an extremely power combination, and we can just imagine all the ways that it can be used The Zenmuse XT2 is compatible with the DJI Matrice 200 series, the Matrice 210 (RTK), and the Matrice 600 Pro.
DJI is well-known for the smart features of their drones, and it's a pleasant surprise that these features have also extended to the Zenmuse XT2 thermal camera. HeatTrack mode identifies the hottest spot in the camera's field of view and follows it as it moves. The Temp Alarm feature allows the user to set a threshold temperature value and will give off an alarm if the limit gets breached. Using the camera's vision sensors, the QuickTrack identifies any subject in the camera's view and tracks it around.
With a thermal sensor with a 30 Hz refresh rate, up to 8x digital zoom, and IP44-rated construction, the Zenmuse XT2 is a showcase of the best that DJI can offer professional thermal camera users. It provides an impressive level of situational awareness, which can come in handy in various emergency response situations or other commercial applications.
2. FLIR Vue Pro R
Drone gimbals aside, there are some drone thermal cameras that exist independently. They don't come with any proprietary accessories for attaching to drones, making them a little less convenient but also more versatile. Unsurprisingly, our top pick for such as a thermal camera comes from industry leader FLIR.
The Vue Pro R is available in several variants, each with different lens sizes, resolution, refresh rate, and field of view numbers. No matter which combination of specs you go for, you'll get a camera with an Uncooled VOx Microbolometer thermal sensor and an operating range of -20 to 50 °C.
One thing that separates the FLIR Vue Pro R is its use of radiometric technology to determine temperature readings at specific spots of the camera's view accurately. This pinpoint precision goes beyond mere estimates and actually provide readings for individual pixels, which is quite an impressive feat and can be very useful for lots of applications.
Although it's a top-of-the-line thermal camera, what the Vue Pro R lacks is an optical sensor. This can make it quite difficult to identify heat sources in the field. Your best bet would be to use the Vue Pro R with a camera that already has a built-in optical camera, such as the Mavic 2 Enterprise.
3. Yuneec CGOET Thermal Vision Camera
Being one of the top brands in the professional drone industry, Yuneec also has an entry into the thermal camera market. The CGOET Thermal Vision Camera is a hot-swappable camera and gimbal combination that is compatible with the Yuneec Typhoon H and Typhoon H520 models.
The CGOET Thermal Camera also features a dual-sensor setup that incorporates the thermal sensor and a 1080p camera into one compact device. This allows for overlaying of thermal data with visual images, better allowing a user to identify sources of heat with higher accuracy. Various settings are integrated into the camera, which gives users control over the opacity of separate layers to create images crafted to their intention.
There are a few things that make the build of the CGOET thermal camera and the Yuneec drones unique. First is the fully retractable landing gear of the compatible Yuneec drones that allow the gimbal to rotate the full 360 degrees with no interference. This can be very useful for doing constant sweeps of a search area without having to maneuver the drone.
The hot-swappable design of the Yuneec drones is also quite convenient if you anticipate having to switch between different camera attachments. Yuneec offers a wide range of specialty cameras for their professional line of drones, including a 4K camera and a camera with a powerful zoom lens.
4. FLIR Duo Pro R
Another entry from FLIR, the Duo Pro R is their very own version of the dual-sensor cameras of DJI and Yuneec. By combining a 4K camera with their own 640p radiometric thermal sensor, the Duo Pro R offers the ultimate imaging solution for professional drone pilots.
Like the Vue Pro R, the Duo Pro R is available in several variants with different combinations of resolution, field of view, and refresh rate numbers. It comes with interchangeable lenses and an Uncooled Vox Microbolometer thermal sensor. The standard tripod mount should ensure compatibility with a wide range of professional-grade drones such as the DJI M200 series or the DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise.
Bundled inside this compact device is an array of sensors, including an accelerometer, magnetometer, IMU, barometer, and GPS receiver. If you're looking to create orthomosaics out of several aerial thermal images, all the sensors and features you will be needing are fully integrated into the Duo Pro R. Since it is not proprietary to any drone brand, the Duo Pro R can be used with just about any popular professional drone, so we're giving it plus points in versatility.
5. DJI Zenmuse XT for M100, M200, M600, and Inspire 1
The Zenmuse XT is the older brother of the Zenmuse XT2. Unlike its predecessor, the Zenmuse XT is compatible with older DJI drone models like the M100 and Inspire 1. However, it has one huge disadvantage: it does not have an integrated optical sensor.
Developed in 2016, the Zenmuse XT was the first thermal camera that was specifically developed for drones. It was also designed by DJI together with FLIR, marking the first collaboration between the two giants of their respective industries.
The Zenmuse XT thermal camera provides high-sensitivity (<50 mK) thermal imaging at up to 30 fps. It's available in two versions with different resolution values: 640 x 512, and 336 x 256. Depending on which version you get, you get a camera with 2x to 8x digital zoom capability.
Aside from having different resolutions, the two versions of the Zenmuse XT also have very different functions. The Performance Model focuses on speed, giving you a quick estimate of the temperature at the center of the camera view. The Radiometric Model, on the other hand, focuses on accuracy by allowing you to click anywhere on the camera view to see the temperature reading at that spot.
The Zenmuse XT may not come with a lot of smart features and may lack an optical sensor, but it was the most sophisticated drone thermal camera at the time it was launched. Although it seems underpowered now, it's still an excellent choice if you need a thermal camera at a lower price tag.
How does an infrared thermal camera work?
We know from watching movies, and TV shows that thermal cameras can be used to "see" the heat from objects, even when in complete darkness. From this basic understanding alone, it's already easy to realize how useful thermal can be for search and rescue or if you're an extra-terrestrial predator hunting for prey. But how exactly do these thermal cameras work?
The more technical term for a thermal camera is an infrared camera. In the same way that our eyes and other conventional cameras can see objects by their reception of energy in the spectrum of visible light, infrared cameras are designed to be sensitive to infrared radiation. This is merely another form of energy that has a longer wavelength and small frequency – energy that is not visible to the naked eye.
Here's the thing about infrared radiation: all objects emit a particular amount of it. What makes it useful as a detection tool is the fact that hotter objects emit a larger amount of infrared radiation. The lens of a thermal camera receives all the infrared radiation in its field of view and concentrates it towards a detector.
Since the raw infrared data still cannot be interpreted by the human eye, the data is processed to a thermogram, a set of temperature distribution data based on the infrared radiation levels. The numbers from the thermogram are then transmitted to the camera's display panel, where they are converted to colors from the visible spectrum. This is the reason why thermal images are typically represented using similar color schemes – red for hottest areas, blue for coldest areas, and a spectrum of colors for all temperature values running between the extremes.
What are the applications of drones with thermal cameras?
In the hands of a skilled user, an infrared thermal camera can be a very powerful tool. Whether it's through live thermal imaging or the reconstruction of a thermal map using several airborne images, drone-mounted thermal cameras have proven to quite useful in improving the way things are done in several industries. If you need any more convincing about getting a drone with a thermal camera, then here are just some of its possible applications.
1. Power line inspection
Power generation and distribution companies will often conduct an inspection of power lines as part of regular maintenance or if something goes wrong in the grid. It's easy to imagine how identifying problem areas can be difficult if you have power lines that stretch out to hundreds of miles. Fortunately for drone pilots, this problem presents the perfect opportunity.
The ease with which drones can fly over huge distances makes them especially suited for the job. A thermal camera mounted on a drone can easily pick up on "hot spots" where electricity transmission is compromised. If you're planning on taking such a job, just take note that power lines generate a large amount of electromagnetic noise, so you'll need to fly defensively.
2. Telecommunications tower inspection
Similar to power lines, damaged portions of telecommunications towers can give off an unusual amount of heat. However, these towers are huge, and the mere act of inspecting them can be a costly and very hazardous activity. By having drones do the job, telecommunications companies can greatly reduce the risk to personnel and keep their costs down. A win-win for everyone involved, including the drone pilot.
3. Solar farm inspection
Solar farms are huge and having to check solar panels every now and then can take a lot of time and manpower. Drones with thermal cameras, however, might only need a few minutes. A solar panel that is not working as expected should have an unusual amount of heat buildup, which can be easily identified in a solar image.
4. Building and roof inspection
Drones with thermal cameras have also been heavily utilized by construction firms who often do a quick flyover of recently finished buildings or buildings due for maintenance to identify any damages in the building's insulation. With a thermal camera, any leaks of the building's internal heating can be easily found – all without a single person having to scale down the building's walls.
5. Search and rescue
In a lot of emergency situations that require search and rescue response, time is of the essence. If rescuers can reach the distressed parties as soon as possible, then they can better ensure their survival. For this reason, helicopters are often deployed by search and rescue teams to cover the search area faster.
Drones have a bit of an advantage of helicopters. They are smaller, cheaper, and can fly closer to the ground. With a thermal camera, drones can continue searching even in complete darkness. Even better is the fact that humans can be very quickly found in a live feed from a drone's thermal camera.
6. Firefighting
Firefighters use thermal cameras when most of the firefighting work has already been done. By doing a quick sweep of the area, leftover areas that are still smoldering can be easily found without having to put any person in direct danger. These small pockets where flames are still smoldering can quickly grow to another huge fire if not addressed.
7. Pipeline inspection
Similar to power lines, pipelines can extend several miles, making them very hard to inspect for damage. In most industrial settings, there can be several pipelines laid beside each other to transport different types of fluids. A quick scan by a thermal camera of pipelines can help maintenance teams identify leaks, especially if the pipelines are being used for fluids that are at a different temperature to their surroundings.
8. Surveillance
Just like in search and rescue, thermal cameras can be used for security and surveillance to pick up the heat signature of people even in complete darkness. The great thing about using thermal cameras instead of standard cameras is that their feed quality cannot be compromised by rain, fog, or any phenomenon that can impede vision. Drones are also perfect for surveillance because they can go virtually anywhere – although, they can be very noisy.
Thermal imaging is easily one of the most specialized things you can do with drones, and therefore, one of the most lucrative. And while thermal cameras are some of the most expensive accessories you can get for a drone, a successful career in thermal imaging is the stuff of a professional drone pilot's dreams. A good thermal camera is a good start, and we hope that our list has helped you pick the right one based on your budget and requirements.
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
See also joint motion for a resolution RC-B8-0755/2016
PE596.928v01-00
with request for inclusion in the agenda for a debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law
pursuant to Rule 135 of the Rules of Procedure
on Tajikistan: situation of prisoners of conscience (2016/2754(RSP))
Eric Andrieu, Nikos Androulakis, Francisco Assis, Zigmantas Balčytis, Hugues Bayet, Brando Benifei, José Blanco López, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Biljana Borzan, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Nicola Caputo, Andrea Cozzolino, Andi Cristea, Miriam Dalli, Viorica Dăncilă, Jonás Fernández, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Neena Gill, Michela Giuffrida, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Sylvie Guillaume, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Richard Howitt, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Agnes Jongerius, Jude Kirton-Darling, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Marju Lauristin, Arne Lietz, Krystyna Łybacka, Louis-Joseph Manscour, Costas Mavrides, Marlene Mizzi, Sorin Moisă, Alessia Maria Mosca, Victor Negrescu, Momchil Nekov, Demetris Papadakis, Vincent Peillon, Pina Picierno, Tonino Picula, Miroslav Poche, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Tibor Szanyi, Marc Tarabella, Claudia Țapardel, Elena Valenciano, Julie Ward, Flavio Zanonato, Damiano Zoffoli, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Victor Boştinaru, Knut Fleckenstein, Josef Weidenholzer on behalf of the S&D Group
European Parliament resolution on Tajikistan: situation of prisoners of conscience (2016/2754(RSP))
B8‑0762/2016
The European Parliament,
- having regard to its previous resolutions on Tajikistan and Central Asia republics with regard, in particular to the one of 15 December 2011 on the state of implementation of the EU Strategy for Central Asia,
- having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2009 on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one hand, and the Republic of Tajikistan, on the other hand,
- having regard to the seventh round of the EU-Tajikistan Human Rights Dialogue held in Brussels on 11 June 2015, to the Council conclusions on the EU Strategy for Central Asia of 22 June 2015, to the conclusions of the EU Special Representative visit to Tajikistan the 18th September 2015, to the preliminary observations of the visit to Tajikistan by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of freedom of opinion and expression on the 9th March 2016,
- having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), guaranteeing the freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right of respect for the personal, private, and family life for individuals, the right of equality, and the ban on discrimination in the enjoyment of those rights,
- having regard to the statement by the Spokesperson on Tajikistan's Supreme Court's sentencing deputy leaders Saidumar Hussaini and Mahmadali Hait of the Islamic Renaissance party to life imprisonment of 3 June 2016,
- having regard to Rule 135 of its Rules of Procedure;
A. whereas the EU-Tajikistan agreements stipulates that political freedom and respect for democratic principles and fundamental and human rights are the very basis of any partnerships ;
B. whereas freedom of speech and access to media in Tajikistan has to be practiced according to the constitutional law of the country and it's political and ideological pluralism, including religion that has to be recognized in accordance with the Constitution of Tajikistan ;
C. whereas the democratic space has been gradually diminishing in Tajikistan; whereas the two opposition parties that had been represented in the parliament since 1997 – the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) and the Communist Party – did not manage to gather necessary amount of votes in 2015 parliamentary elections, according to the official results by the government in elections that were deemed not in line to the international standards and unfair by international observers,
D. whereas the European Parliament election observation delegation for the parliamentary elections in Tajikistan, 2 march 2015 highlighted in its statement significant shortcomings, including multiple voting and ballot-stuffing, as well as disregard of counting procedures meaning that a fair vote could not be guaranteed;
E. whereas in early September 2015 the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) was shut down, banned by a court ruling and declared as "extremist" followed by the arrest of 13 members of the party on 16-18 September 2015,
F. whereas in February 2016, the Supreme Court began hearing the cases against the 13 members of the Political Council of the IRPT, as well as four other individuals associated with the party, who were charged with "extremism" offenses because of their alleged involvement in armed attacks of September 2015; whereas these trials took place behind closed doors and little information was available about the process since it has been "classified" and all parties involved were prohibited from disclosing information; whereas independent monitors have not been granted access to the trial or IRPT members in detention, and many of the defendants have been represented only by state-appointed lawyers; whereas the press, the websites, the social media, the internet providers in Tajikistan have huge difficulties in an intimidating environment where self-censorship is widespread,
G. whereas torture and ill-treatment in detention facilities remains problematic in the country; whereas in February 2015 the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on torture raised concerns about ongoing torture/ill-treatment and impunity in the follow-up report to his February 2014 mission to Tajikistan; whereas in recent years several international human rights bodies and procedures such as the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, the Committee against Torture and the Human Rights Committee have recommended that Tajikistan should establish an independent investigatory body;
H. whereas several lawyers, who applied to act as defence attorneys for IRPT defendants, have received death threats, and have been arrested, detained and imprisoned; whereas arrests of Burzugmehr Yorov, Nodira Dodajanova, Nuriddin Mahkamov, Shukhrat Kudratov, Firuz and Daler Tabarov have raised high concerns about compliance with international standards on the independence of lawyers, closed trials and limited access to legal representation; whereas also several journalists have been detained, harassed and intimidated;
1. Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of everyone, activists, lawyers, journalists imprisoned on politically motivated charges or involved in fake non political charges, former members of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT)
2. Urges the Tajik authorities to authorize reinvestigation by international organizations of all reported violations against human rights and dignity during the detention of the above mentioned persons. In case of violations, responsible persons have to be treated according to the law in Tajikistan.
3. Urges the Tajik authorities to grant access to independent legal service to all imprisoned and detained persons with the right to meet regularly their family members and appointed persons from international human rights organizations.
4. Expresses its concern that the right of association and the right of forming political parties have to be observed more closely as well as preparations made for the upcoming parliamentary elections in 2020 as observers also express their concern on the recent deteriorating human rights situation with an increase number of detentions and arrests
5. Stresses that political and economic relations with the EU are deeply linked with sharing values based on respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms as the ones envisaged by the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
6. Urges the Tajik authorities to be careful not to mix legitimate fight against terrorism and religious extremism with clamping down on opposition, silencing civil society, hindering freedom of expression, hampering the independency of the judiciary and to allow peaceful opposition groups to operate freely and to let them exercise the freedom of assembly, association, expression, and religion, in accordance with international human rights norms and the Tajikistan's constitution;
7. Welcomes some positive steps taken by the Tajik Government such as the decriminalization of defamation and insult in 2012 and calls for the proper implementation on its Criminal Code;
8. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the External Action Service to make clear to the Tajik authorities that human rights violations taking place in the country could affect the relations with the EU in line with the agreements signed; further calls on the Council of the European Union and the External Action Service to raise these questions in all the relevant bilateral meetings with the Tajik authorities with regard, in particular, to the 8th round of the EU-Tajikistan Human Rights dialogue scheduled for this week;
9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the EEAS, the High Representative/Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Parliament, the government, the President of Tajikistan Rahmon (as according to the Constitution he is the guarantor of the Constitution, laws, rights and freedoms of the persons and citizen) and to the President of the OSCE.
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Bumble and Gen. G have come together to create an all women's Fortnite team which is the first professional esports team of it's kind. The two companies have taken the initiative to bring five talented players together to represent the 35% of women who play the popular Epic game. Bumble, a women's first dating app and the large esports organization (Gen. G) aim to represent professional women in the male-dominated competitive industry.
"Team Bumble" is comprised of Kristen "KittyPlays" Valnicek , Madison "maddiesuun" Mann , Tina "TINARAES" Perez , Carlee "Carlee" Gress and Hannah "Hannah" Reyes. The team hopes to pave the way for more female representation in esports and to help create new opportunities for women in the industry.
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This is an extremely important time for esports and the gaming industry. "Team Bumble" will be looked to as a model for future female teams and beyond. The esports community and the gaming community as a whole have always had a large number of female fans and to see a team embodying just that is exciting.
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