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David M. Gustafson
Faculty Since 2012
BB, Western Illinois University
MDiv, ThM, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary
PhD, Linköping University
To learn more about Dr. David Gustafson's vision for evangelism, watch his conversation with EFCA Director Kevin Kompelien below.
Dr. Gustafson served twenty-five years in ministry, first as campus director with Cru at Fresno State University in California, and then as pastor in two Evangelical Free churches in the Great Lakes District. Prior to Trinity, he taught courses in Christianity at the University of Houston and courses in practical ministries at Houston Graduate School of Theology.
Dr. Gustafson's areas of expertise include evangelism, Evangelical Free Church history, and missional praxis. He is book review editor of Witness: Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education. He is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Free Church of America and serves on its Board of Ministerial Standing. He is an affiliate docent at Johannelund School of Theology in Uppsala, Sweden, and a contributing author in evangelism to the International Alliance for Christian Education.
He and his wife, Sharon, have four children, and he enjoys bicycling, backpacking, and cooking stir-fry.
Gospel Witness: Evangelism in Word and Deed, Eerdmans, 2019
Missional Disciple-Making, co-editor with Michael J. Breen, 3DM Publishing, 2019
Gospel Witness through the Ages: A History of Evangelism, Eerdmans, 2022
PEDALING ACROSS AMERICA
Soon after spring graduation concluded, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School professor David
Gustafson had stowed his bicycle on a train bound for New York's Penn Station. From
there, he embarked on a 3,901-mile summer cycling journey across America. Why did he
do it?
David Gustafson had a bold summer plan. He didn't know exactly how long it would take him to work the plan, so starting the moment spring graduation concluded May 11 was essential.
"I had that goal of just seeing America," says David, who serves as associate professor of evangelism and missional ministry, "and doing it from the seat of a bicycle."
He transported his bicycle and some camping equipment from a Metra train to Chicago's Union Station, where he boarded an overnight Amtrak train bound for Penn Station in New York. There, a conductor pointed him to an elevator and an exit.
"I took a selfie, put my shoes on, and started riding."
Thus began a 3,901-mile, two-month-and-two-day cycling journey across the United States.
The trip had been a "bucket list" item for this avid cyclist, but something always got in the way of his plan. The latest delay came in 2017, when it was necessary for David to spend the summer indoors in front of a computer terminal. A book manuscript had to be finished.
"I got to the end of the summer and I said, 'I've been sitting in front of this all summer' and it just felt like I hadn't done much outdoors," David recalls. "So I said 'next summer, I'm going to do this.'"
Gospel Witness: Evangelism in Word and Deed is a textbook focused on personal evangelism. The work inspired more than just a cycling trip. The subject matter could be applied every day as he progressed across the map.
"I just knew that a trip like this would give me all kinds of opportunities to engage with people far from God, and practice what I preach. A bike ride like this opens all kinds of doors with people immediately."
David deliberately chose less congested roads and smaller cities as he planned the route. So his trip became the topic of the day in small-town diners and convenience stores.
"They want to talk," David says. "People buy me breakfast. They just want to sit down and hear my story. 'Where are you going?' 'Who are you?' It goes from that to eventually spiritual conversations."
Several of those discussions stood out once the trip concluded.
"Probably the most significant conversation I had was with a guy named Jonah," Gustafson recalls. "He's a Jewish guy, probably about 26 years old." They met at a hostel in Monroeville, Indiana.
"That was very significant being able to just share with him in terms of my faith journey and kind of explore his."
He recalls another meaningful conversation with someone named Curtis in Kettle Falls, Washington. All of the spiritual discussions were relatively brief and started quickly – out of necessity.
"I mean, it's not like you have a lot of time to build a rapport and that sort of thing."
He found a small church in Dubois, Wyoming that opens its doors to shelter cross-country cyclists, seeing it as a ministry. Even outside the cycling community, David made many new friends.
At home, his wife Sharon was using a smartphone app to track his daily progress, and pray specifically for opportunities to share the gospel in the towns in his immediate path.
"We discussed (the trip) and I expressed that I would be praying for daily opportunities for him to have gospel conversations with those he met along the way," Sharon says. "I'm so proud of David that he went after his goal, was able to accomplish it, and many gospel conversations took place.
David was applying the very principles outlined in that textbook – the same project that kept him indoors the previous summer.
His route started along the Hudson River and then the Erie Canal, which he followed westward across New York to Niagara Falls. His journey then took him along Lake Erie in Ohio, across Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado.
In Boulder, Colorado, he met with family and began moving between several national parks, including Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Glacier. His final leg paralleled the Canadian border until he reached the Pacific coast at Anacortes, Washington.
David says finding courage on such a trip is a daily process. For him, each day began with a simple ritual.
"A secret to a cross-country trip like this is putting your cycling shorts on every morning. It's just that, 'OK, I've got to do this.' Then come the shoes and soon you're ready."
Keywords: cross country cycling, David Gustafson, personal evangelism
More information: http://news.www.tiu.edu/2018/08/22/gustafson-bikeride/
https://tiu.edu/divinity/concentration/missional-ministry/
Faculty Story


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Have you tried Starbucks' Matcha Espresso Teavana?
Is it a fruit? Is it dessert? It's both!
We'd love to bite into that!
Who doesn't love a gooey, runny egg?
China Blue's too good for one-off visits.
Did you miss the McSpicy?


Mandan Baptist has a heart for evangelism and missions. In obedience to the "great commission" of Matthew 28:19, Mandan Baptist encourages personal witness as well as participation in worldwide evangelism. Check our Missions link (under construction) to see the missionaries we support.
We look forward to having you visit our congregation. You will find a caring congregation that is interested in sharing Jesus Christ as the Hope for troubled times.
Please browse our Statement of Faith page for our doctrinal position and supporting scriptures. Visit the Services and Events page for regularly scheduled services as well as special events. Our Sunday morning journey through the book of Romans began on June 19, 2011. Visit the Sermons page to listen to the sermons from this series. On our Missions page (under construction) you will find links to each of the missionaries Mandan Baptist is privileged to support. Click the Direction tab if you need help locating us.


Passionate by sounds since his childhood, he discovers the magic of sound recording at the age of 8 thanks to a Telefunken's magnetic recorder. Few years later, the radio show « Magnetic's night », aired by France Culture, makes him perceive the world of sound and all the potentials offered by the editing.
Rapidly, he created sound edits for non-professional theatrical troupes later followed with internships at the Radio and TV in Geneva.
Meeting Luc Yersin in the 80's was major mile stone for Marc as Luc brought him first on the sets then showed him post-production and sound editing for movies.
Luc also helped Marc integrating the DAVI (audiovisual department of the Lausanne Art School), the only school at that time giving technical education for Cinema in the French speaking part of Switzerland.
After succeeding at the DAVI, he moved to Berlin where he began working on documentaries. He started recording with hired equipments, then he acquired a Stellavox and his own microphones with which he enjoy recording ambiances and "wild" sounds. Step by Step, film by film, he mostly involved in feature films, shorts films and TV series.
When he returned to Switzerland in the early 2000's, he discovered the SX-R4 and fell under its charm.
The extreme compactness and light weight of this recorder appeared to be an huge advantage for him and he bought one rapidly. Then the SX-M32 , perfect companion to the SX-R4 came to complete Marc's setup, giving him an extra light and very compact recording set: « very small but very powerful setup ! » said Marc.
Often his atypical setup astonished the production teams, but it always gave full satisfaction thanks to the remarkable quality of sounds Marc was recording.
During the development of the SX-R4+, Marc and other Swiss sound mixer's advises and feedbacks were taken into account by the SONOSAX development team to improve the new recorder. One of the most important aspect for Marc was to improve the ergonomic of the recorder (at that time he didn't believe yet in using a touchscreen) and to ease seizing metadata. Thus he generously spent a substantial amount of time with our development team. Marc logically became one of the SX-R4+ beta testers. His valuable feedback from the field allowed us not only to improve the firmware, but also to evolve it to meet the users expectations.
His setup rapidly evolved with the acquisition of the SX-RC8+, the SX-R4+ extension with its 8 dedicated faders, 4 AES inputs splitter and the ability to power 4 HF wireless devices.
Marc's setup is based on a SX-SR4+, coupled to a SX-RC8+, both in a Ktek Stingray bag.
An MS boom and a wireless boom with a Lectrosonic receiver UCR420 and two double receivers Lectrosonics SRb and SRc (AES relinked) with SSM transmitters chosen for their small size take the sounds and transit it to the recorder. Two Sennheiser G3 transmitters send then the out signal to the camera and the direction team. All this, powered by the recorder through a big RRC 2054-2 (99Wh) battery, allows him to work a full day.
Today he would no longer consider doing without it.
"The ease of use of the SX-R4+, thanks to its touch screen that I couldn't do without today, allows me to be very efficient on the set, the SX-RC8+ is a little magic box that saves me a lot of space, simplify my setup and perfectly complements the recorder. Its 4 AES splitter and its integrated power distribution offer real advantages".
"The reliability of the machine never fails me and allows me to be always very reactive to the complex situations on set".
"The eight rotating pots fall perfectly under the hand and the high quality of the pre-amps with the huge dynamics range of the SX-R4+ allows me to concentrate on the capturing the sound rather than on the recording levels".
"The ability to adjust the ballistic range of VU meters is very useful for me, I lowered the threshold of the red zone to -12dB to avoid overloading the tape," he says.
"Moreover the many possibilities of customization of the user interface make the recorder very easy and intuitive to use, I change configurations in a few seconds".
"Etienne Curchod, who often does the sound editing and the mixing of the movies I'm recording, always tells me that it's a pleasure to work with sound material of this quality".
For Marc, a control surface would be a great evolution, basically an RC8+ but with linear faders, a more stationary configuration such as used on the set for feature films, however not too bulky to keep the advantages of lightness and ultra mobility.


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How to Become an LPN in Sulligent Alabama
There are principally two scholastic credentials offered that provide training to become an LPN near Sulligent AL. The one that may be completed in the shortest time period, usually about 12 months, is the certificate or diploma course. The other alternative is to earn a Practical Nursing Associate Degree. These LPN programs are broader in nature than the diploma alternative and typically require 2 years to complete. The benefit of Associate Degrees, aside from supplying a higher credential and more in-depth instruction, are that they furnish more transferable credit toward a Bachelor's Degree in nursing. Regardless of the kind of credential you seek, it needs to be state approved and accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or another national accrediting organization. The NLNAC attests that the syllabus properly prepares students to become Practical Nurses, and that most graduates pass the 50 state required NCLEX-PN licensing exam.
What is an LPN in Sulligent AL?
Licensed Practical Nurses have many different functions that they perform in the Sulligent AL healthcare facilities where they work. As their titles imply, they are mandated to be licensed in all states, including Alabama. Even though they may be accountable for monitoring Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), they themselves normally work under the oversight of either an RN or a doctor. The medical care facilities where they work are numerous and diverse, including hospitals, medical clinics, schools, and long-term care facilities. Virtually any place that you can find patients requiring medical treatment is their dominion. Each state not only controls their licensing, but also what functions an LPN can and can't perform. So depending on the state, their day-to-day work activities might include:
Measuring vital signs
Giving medicines
Initiating IV drips
Observing patients
Collecting blood or urine samples
Managing patient records
Supporting doctors or RNs with procedures
Along with their work duties being mandated by each state, the healthcare facilities or other Sulligent AL healthcare providers where LPNs work can additionally limit their job duties within those parameters. In addition, they can work in different specialties of nursing, which include long-term care, critical care, oncology and cardiology.
LPN Salary in Sulligent AL
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual wage for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) was $45,030 in May 2017. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $32,970, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $61,030. Most licensed practical nurses near Sulligent AL work full time, although about 1 in 5 worked part time in 2016. Many work nights, weekends, and holidays, because medical care takes place at all hours. They may be required to work shifts of longer than 8 hours. Employment of LPNs is projected to grow 12 percent from 2016 to 2026. Job prospects should be favorable for LPNs who are willing to work in rural and medically underserved areas.
Online LPN Programs
Enrolling in LPN schools online is growing into a more popular way to get training and earn a nursing certificate or degree in Sulligent AL. Some schools will require attending on campus for a component of the training, and almost all programs call for a specific amount of clinical rotation hours completed in a local healthcare center. But since the rest of the training may be accessed online, this alternative may be a more accommodating approach to finding the free time to attend college for many students. Concerning tuition, some online degree programs are less expensive than other on campus options. Even supplementary expenses such as for commuting and study materials can be minimized, helping to make education more economical. And many online programs are accredited by U.S. Department of Education recognized organizations. Therefore if your job and household obligations have left you with little time to pursue your academic goals, it could be that an online LPN school will make it easier to fit a degree into your active schedule.
Questions to Ask LPN Programs
Now that you have decided on obtaining your LPN certificate, and if you will attend classes on campus or on the web, you can utilize the following checklist to start narrowing down your options. As you no doubt realize, there are many nursing schools and colleges near Sulligent AL as well as within Alabama and throughout the United States. So it is necessary to lower the number of schools to choose from to ensure that you will have a workable list. As we earlier discussed, the site of the school as well as the cost of tuition are undoubtedly going to be the initial two factors that you will consider. But as we also emphasized, they should not be your sole qualifiers. So before making your ultimate decision, use the following questions to evaluate how your selection compares to the other programs.
Accreditation. It's a good idea to make sure that the certificate program in addition to the school are accredited by a U.S. Department of Education acknowledged accrediting organization. Aside from helping verify that you obtain an excellent education, it may assist in acquiring financial aid or student loans, which are often not available for non-accredited schools near Sulligent AL.
Licensing Preparation. Licensing requirements for LPNs differ from state to state. In all states, a passing score is needed on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN) together with graduation from an accredited school. Many states require a certain number of clinical hours be completed, as well as the passing of additional tests. It's important that the school you are enrolled in not only delivers an excellent education, but also preps you to meet the minimum licensing standards for Alabama or the state where you will be practicing.
Reputation. Visit internet rating services to see what the reviews are for all of the LPN schools you are looking into. Ask the accrediting agencies for their reviews also. Additionally, check with the Alabama school licensing authority to determine if there are any complaints or compliance issues. Finally, you can contact some local Sulligent AL healthcare organizations you're interested in working for after graduation and ask what their judgements are of the schools as well.
Graduation and Job Placement Rates. Find out from the LPN programs you are considering what their graduation rates are as well as how long on average it takes students to complete their programs. A low graduation rate may be an indication that students were unhappy with the program and dropped out. It's also essential that the schools have high job placement rates. A high rate will not only verify that the school has a favorable reputation within the Sulligent AL healthcare community, but that it also has the network of contacts to assist students obtain employment.
Internship Programs. The most effective way to get experience as a Licensed Practical Nurse is to work in a clinical environment. Virtually all nursing degree programs require a specific number of clinical hours be completed. Various states have minimum clinical hour prerequisites for licensing too. Find out if the schools have a working relationship with local Sulligent AL community hospitals, clinics or labs and assist with the placement of students in internships.
Considering an LPN Program near Sulligent AL?
If you are considering enrolling in and attending an LPN program near Sulligent AL, you may find the following information both interesting and useful in helping you make your final decision.
Sulligent, Alabama
Sulligent is a city in Lamar County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 1,927, down from its record high of 2,151 in 2000. From 1910-1950 and again in 2000, it was the largest community in Lamar County before losing the distinction both times to the county seat of Vernon.[3] The name is derived from railroad personnel.
Sulligent was first called "Elliott", in honor of the chief engineer of the Kansas City-Memphis-Birmingham Railroad, then renamed one month later with the portmanteau "Sulligent", in honor of Sullivan, the superintendent of the railroad, and Sargeant, the passenger agent of the railroad.
The production and processing of cotton was an important industry. The primary business in Sulligent in the mid-1890s was cotton, with over 2500 bales ginned each year and shipped via the railroad. At one time, Sulligent Cotton Oil Company was known as the largest cotton gin under one roof.
Select the Right LPN Program near Sulligent AL
Choosing the right Licensed Practical Nurse school is arguably the most important first step to starting a new career in the medical care industry. There are a number of aspects that you need to take into account when selecting a nursing school. These factors will be prioritized differently depending on your existing career objectives, lifestyle, and economic situation. As we have emphasized in this article, it is essential that you choose an RN college and a degree program that are each accredited and have outstanding reputations within the health care community. By utilizing our list of qualifying questions, you will be able to produce a short list of schools to select from so that you can make your ultimate selection. And with the right degree and training, combined with your dedication and ambition to succeed, you can become an LPN in Sulligent AL.
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Q: The recorded video is distorted (FFMPEG) The source is taken from here.
I'm initializing this:
private void initRecorder() {
    Log.i(LOG_TAG, "init mFrameRecorder");

    String recordedTime = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", Locale.getDefault())
            .format(new Date());
    mVideo = CameraHelper.getOutputMediaFile(recordedTime, CameraHelper.MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO);
    Log.i(LOG_TAG, "Output Video: " + mVideo);

    mFrameRecorder = new FFmpegFrameRecorder(mVideo, videoWidth, videoHeight, 1);
    mFrameRecorder.setFormat("mp4");
    mFrameRecorder.setSampleRate(sampleAudioRateInHz);
    mFrameRecorder.setFrameRate(frameRate);
    // Use H264
    mFrameRecorder.setVideoCodec(avcodec.AV_CODEC_ID_H264);
    mFrameRecorder.setVideoQuality(2);

    mFrameRecorder.setVideoOption("crf", "20");
    mFrameRecorder.setVideoOption("preset", "superfast");
    mFrameRecorder.setVideoOption("tune", "zerolatency");

    Log.i(LOG_TAG, "mFrameRecorder initialize success");
}

where frameRate = 60;
And video recording:
class VideoRecordThread extends RunningThread {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        List<String> filters = new ArrayList<>();
        // Transpose
        String transpose = null;
        android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo info =
                new android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo();
        android.hardware.Camera.getCameraInfo(mCameraId, info);
        if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
            switch (info.orientation) {
                case 270:
                    transpose = "transpose=cclock"; // Mirrored horizontally as preview display
                    break;
                case 90:
                    transpose = "transpose=clock"; // Mirrored horizontally as preview display
                    break;
            }
        } else {
            switch (info.orientation) {
                case 270:
                    transpose = "transpose=cclock";
                    break;
                case 90:
                    transpose = "transpose=clock";
                    break;
            }
        }
        if (transpose != null) {
            filters.add(transpose);
        }
        // Crop (only vertically)
        int width = previewHeight;
        int height = width * videoHeight / videoWidth;
        String crop = String.format(Locale.getDefault(),"crop=%d:%d:%d:%d",
                width, height,
                (previewHeight - width) / 2, (previewWidth - height) / 2);
        filters.add(crop);
        // Scale (to designated size)
        String scale = String.format(Locale.getDefault(),"scale=%d:%d", videoHeight, videoWidth);
        filters.add(scale);

        FFmpegFrameFilter frameFilter = new FFmpegFrameFilter(TextUtils.join(",", filters),
                previewWidth, previewHeight);
        frameFilter.setPixelFormat(avutil.AV_PIX_FMT_NV21);
        frameFilter.setFrameRate(frameRate);
        try {
            frameFilter.start();
        } catch (FrameFilter.Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        isRunning = true;
        FrameToRecord recordedFrame;

        while (isRunning || !mFrameToRecordQueue.isEmpty()) {
            try {
                recordedFrame = mFrameToRecordQueue.take();
            } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
                ie.printStackTrace();
                try {
                    frameFilter.stop();
                } catch (FrameFilter.Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                break;
            }

            if (mFrameRecorder != null) {
                long timestamp = recordedFrame.getTimestamp();
                if (timestamp > mFrameRecorder.getTimestamp()) {
                    mFrameRecorder.setTimestamp(timestamp);
                }
                long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                Frame filteredFrame = null;
                try {
                    frameFilter.push(recordedFrame.getFrame());
                    filteredFrame = frameFilter.pull();
                } catch (FrameFilter.Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                try {
                    mFrameRecorder.record(filteredFrame);
                } catch (FFmpegFrameRecorder.Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                long processTime = endTime - startTime;
                mTotalProcessFrameTime += processTime;
                Log.d(LOG_TAG, "This frame process time: " + processTime + "ms");
                long totalAvg = mTotalProcessFrameTime / ++mFrameRecordedCount;
                Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Avg frame process time: " + totalAvg + "ms");

            }
            Log.d(LOG_TAG, mFrameRecordedCount + " / " + mFrameToRecordCount);
            mRecycledFrameQueue.offer(recordedFrame);
        }
    }

    public void stopRunning() {
        super.stopRunning();
        if (getState() == WAITING) {
            interrupt();
        }
    }
}

The fact is that when recording video no lags(freezes) are not noticeable. After recording the video, when you look carefully, the lags are noticeable, and if you move the phone quickly when recording, then after the recording you can see the freezes, as if you have glued several GIFs.
I tried everything I could: the frame rate changed for 30, 60, 100. I changed the Video quality, pixelFormat (although I do not know why) and many things that
I did not understand. But still no use. Maybe there is someone who understands. Tell me how to correct these distortions(freezes)?
UPD: LogCat:
> 12-13 08:51:21.987 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample
> D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 98ms
> 12-13 08:51:22.056 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 69ms
> 12-13 08:51:22.137 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 81ms
>12-13 08:51:22.205 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 68ms
>12-13 08:51:22.254 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 49ms
>12-13 08:51:22.305 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 51ms
>12-13 08:51:22.336 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 31ms
>12-13 08:51:22.454 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 118ms
>12-13 08:51:22.494 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 40ms
>12-13 08:51:22.585 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 91ms
>12-13 08:51:22.634 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 49ms
>12-13 08:51:22.720 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 86ms
>12-13 08:51:22.783 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 63ms
>12-13 08:51:22.835 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 52ms
>12-13 08:51:22.903 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 67ms
>12-13 08:51:22.983 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 81ms
>12-13 08:51:23.070 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 87ms
>12-13 08:51:23.149 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 78ms
>12-13 08:51:23.234 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 86ms
>12-13 08:51:23.312 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 78ms
>12-13 08:51:23.395 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 83ms
>12-13 08:51:23.472 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 77ms
>12-13 08:51:23.540 2968-2968/io.dev.videosample D/FFmpegRecordActivity: Preview frame interval: 67ms
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A: Kindly go through http://androidwarzone.blogspot.in/2011/12/ffmpeg4android.html
You need to check fps, video resolution according to your need.this you have to check with multiple trial values to ffmpeg command

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Women carry a sign during an observance of International Women's Day on March 8, 2005.
March 8 marks International Women's Day, an annual, global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. This day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity.
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo released a statement on the occasion, expressing gratitute to women around the globe who have made contributions to benefit society and reaffirmed the United States' support for women who are working to enact change in their communities around the world.
Meet our #SHEroes! From all corners of the, from responding to disasters to disease outbreaks, these women give their all to saving lives.
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What is one third of 270?
one third of 270 is 90
Q: What is one third of 270?
What is 1 3rd of 270?
one third of 270 is 90 270/3=90
What is 90 divided by one third?
90 divided by one third = 270
What is one third of two hundred seventy?
270/3 = 90
What is 1 third of 270?
What is ninety divided by one third?
90/(1/3) = 270 or 90/(1/3) = 90 x 3/1 = 270
90 is what percent 0f 270?
90 is one third of 270 so is 33.33% so in fraction form that is 33 1/3
What is 33 and a third of 9000 dollars?
What is 90 divided by 1 third?
Distance between first and third base?
How many degrees are in a third of a full turn?
How much money do sweatshop workers in third world countries make?
What number is one half of 540?
It is 540/2 = 270
How do you find one sixth of 270?
Divide 270 by 6, duckhead!
In what century was St. Nicholas of Myra born?
He was born in the third century about the year 270.
What times what is 270?
There are infinitely many possible answers. One such is 1 x 270.
What is one half of 540?
How many centimeters are there in 270 millimetres?
There are 10 millimetres in one centimetre. Therefore, 270 millimetres is equal to 270/10 = 27 centimetres.
How many yards are in 270 feet?
There are 3 feet in one yard. Therefore, 270 feet is equal to 270 / 3 = 90 yards.
How many feet in 270 inches?
There are 12 inches in one foot. Therefore, 270 inches is equal to 270/12 = 22.5 feet.
What numbers do not divide exactly into 270?
Prime factorization of 270: 2x3x3x3x5 So any one of these factors or combination of these factors will divide exactly into 270. Any number that is not one of these factors or a combination will not. For example, 3x3x3x2=54 so 54 will divide exactly into 270. 270/54 = 5
How many times does twenty one go into 270?
270/21 = 12.857142 recurring (that is, 12.857142857142...)
How many hours are in 270 mins?
Four and one half hours in 270 minutes
What eqauls 270 in mulipucation?
27 times 10 equals 270 is one example of multiplication
How many centimeters are there in 270 inches?
There are 2.54 centimetres in one inch. Therefore, 270 inches is equal to 270 x 2.54 = 685.8 centimetres.
One metre is equal to 100 centimetres. Therefore, 270 metres is equal to 270 x 100 = 27000 centimetres.
In the number 4658.21967 what digit is in the hundredths place?
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What numbers are between 2201 and 2225 are divisible by 4?
If you are 13 years old when were you born?
What is 10 times as much as 0.03?
How many times can 3 go into 50?
What is 4x times 2?
How many tens in 230?
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Q: Remove whitespace above and below align environmeent I want to remove the whitespace cause by the align environment above and below "Beachte:".
\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage[a4paper, top = 0.8cm, left = 1cm, right = 1cm, bottom = 0.8cm]{geometry}

\begin{document}
    \begin{minipage}[t]{0.1\linewidth}
        \begin{align*}
            \sigma_{L} & =  \text{Lochleibungsspannung}\\
            \sigma_{LB} & =  \text{Lochleibungsfestigkeit}\\
            \sigma_{L2} & = \text{Lochleibungsgrenze}\\
        \end{align*}
        {\small Beachte:\\
        \begin{align*}
            P_B & = j \cdot j_s \cdot P_S \text{ \hspace{0.5cm} \uline{\textit{\bfseries \footnotesize oder}}}\\
            P_B & = d_R \cdot s \cdot n \cdot \sigma_L\\
        \end{align*}}
    \end{minipage}
\end{document}

Could anybody help me out?
Thanks!

A: Remove the final extra \\s and consider increasing the with of your minipage so as to accommodate the longest unbreakable word.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage[a4paper, top = 0.8cm, left = 1cm, right = 1cm, bottom = 0.8cm]{geometry}

\begin{document}
    \begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\linewidth}
        \begin{align*}
            \sigma_{L} & =  \text{Lochleibungsspannung}\\
            \sigma_{LB} & =  \text{Lochleibungsfestigkeit}\\
            \sigma_{L2} & = \text{Lochleibungsgrenze} % <============
        \end{align*}
        {\small Beachte: % <============
        \begin{align*}
            P_B & = j \cdot j_s \cdot P_S \text{ \hspace{0.5cm} \uline{\textit{\bfseries \footnotesize oder}}}\\
            P_B & = d_R \cdot s \cdot n \cdot \sigma_L
        \end{align*}}
    \end{minipage}

\end{document}

A: The tabstackengine provides an alternative, and it doesn't add extra padding, unless you want it, since it puts its results in a tight-fitting LaTeX box.  Here, I even added a 2pt vertical buffer around "Beachte".
\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage[a4paper, top = 0.8cm, left = 1cm, right = 1cm, bottom = 0.8cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabstackengine}
\setstackgap{L}{1.1\baselineskip}
\TABstackMath
\begin{document}
\noindent\hrulefill

    \begin{minipage}[t]{0.1\linewidth}
        \alignCenterstack{
            \sigma_{L}  =&  \text{Lochleibungsspannung}\\
            \sigma_{LB} =&  \text{Lochleibungsfestigkeit}\\
            \sigma_{L2} =& \text{Lochleibungsgrenze}
        }\\[2pt]
        {\small Beachte:\\[2pt]
        \alignCenterstack{
            P_B  =& j \cdot j_s \cdot P_S \hspace{0.5cm}
               \underline{\text{\textit{\bfseries \footnotesize oder}}}\\
            P_B  =& d_R \cdot s \cdot n \cdot \sigma_L
        }}
    \end{minipage}

\noindent\hrulefill
\end{document}

A: Perhaps the \shortintertext command from mathtools is what you're after?
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage[a4paper, vmargin = 0.8cm, hmargin = 1cm]{geometry}

\begin{document}

    \begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\linewidth}
        \begin{align*}
            \sigma_{L} & = \text{Lochleibungsspannung}\\
            \sigma_{LB} & = \text{Lochleibungsfestigkeit}\\
            \sigma_{L2} & = \text{Lochleibungsgrenze}\\
   \shortintertext {\small Beachte:}
            P_B & = j \cdot j_s \cdot P_S \text{ \hspace{0.5cm} \uline{\textit{\bfseries \footnotesize oder}}}\\
            P_B & = d_R \cdot s \cdot n \cdot \sigma_L\\
        \end{align*}
    \end{minipage}

\end{document}


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The son of a military family, Love, 43, first discovered stand-up through such influential comedians as Freddie Prinze and Richard Pryor. But it was at age 14, when Love saw Eddie Murphy take the stage, that he found his calling.
"He was really young and I was like, wow," Love said of Murphy. "I was like, I'm going to do that."
Love grabbed the microphone one year later at age 15 and didn't look back. Over the years, Love honed his craft, focusing on finding his own style through a studied cadence and timing he weaves through his occasionally outlandish material. While his stand-up career was getting off the ground, opportunities came knocking from Hollywood.
His first big break came doing voiceover work in the 1992 animated comedy Bebe's Kids. As more and more acting roles came Love's way, he put the stand-up on hold from 1994 to 2003. During that time, Love managed to carve out a niche by being himself.
"What acting is is to just do it," Love said. "It sounded weird because every director wants something different. It's like war. You know what to do whenever they start shooting. Your instincts are your best weapons."
Now, Love is managing to devote equal amounts of energy to his acting work and his stand-up. He says he has a television series in the works and is recording his first full-length stand-up special. He said he hopes to make a special and a live show that focus less on crowd interaction and more on Love's efforts to own the stage.
"True masters, the camera focuses on them only. You don't want to miss a minute of what they're doing," he said.
For the Urban Chocolate Comedy Series, Love is going to have some company. Opening acts will include Central Kentucky comic Larry Starks along with Mario "Goo" McIntyer and the event's host, Hollywood comedian and actor Jaylyn Bishop.
The event will serve as the spring fund-raiser for the Buffalo Foundation, a non-profit organization affiliated with the Kentucky Black Sports Hall of Fame that funds educational and agricultural programs for inner-city schoolchildren.
The event's executive producer Barry Tilford said he wanted to make sure to bring in some big talent to raise awareness for the work the Buffalo Foundation does.
"We can bring a Hollywood actor, comedian and film star onstage to show them how serious we are about this cause," Tilford said. "When people know your platform and what you're really trying to accomplish, they tend to be really sensitive to that and want to help."
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Cargo being loaded was excess materials being shipped back to U.S. to aid in the povverty program.
Vehicles and equipment were moved from vehicle equipment staging area once ship had docked.
We used all available space on the ship's deck area.
From January to April 1972, the 71st moved 156800 tons of retrograde cargo through Newport Terminal.
This was more than the previous 12 months.
More retrograde ready to be back loaded.
Two of our men that supervised cargo at the ship, barge and LST sites.
Aircraft that we unloaded for the ARVN Air Force.
Lt Col Hugh Scott - August 71 - April 72 turns command over to Lt Col William Kester - April 1972 - August 1972.
I just hope they don't sink the dam thing.
Vietnam on August 25, 1972.


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The band – who describe their reggae-infused rock as "Red Hot Chili Peppers meets Bob Marley" – have already been highlighted as one to watch, having been featured on Triple J Unearthed, the one-stop shop for finding the best new music from Down Under.
Their debut album, 'Chasing Sunsets', made an impact on its release in 2012, and gained the band a dedicated following. Now, 'Creatures of Leisure 'is set to bring further success for the dreadlock-wearing members of the band. The album has been borne out of the band's jammin' sessions, and has been inspired by "good times" they have had together living on the Sunshine Coast. Lead single 'Dreamcatcher' allows the listener to get in to the same groove.
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It took nearly ten years but this morning I was sworn in as a citizen of the Dominican Republic. Many might ask, why would a Canadian citizen want to become a citizen of the Dominican Republic? To begin with, as an anarcho-capitalist, I consider governments to be illegitimate and taxation to be theft. It is sort of ironic that the last real vestiges of hard money in the United States were silver certificates. The managers of the world's second-largest economy have taken advantage of the frenzied media coverage of Brexit, and other news events like the Rio Olympics and the U.S. Prediction: If Hillary Clinton wins, within a year of her inauguration, she will be under investigation by a special prosecutor on charges of political corruption, thereby continuing a family tradition.
The surest way for a person with private interests to get a meeting with Secretary of State Clinton, or a phone call returned by her, it seems, was to dump a bundle of cash into the Clinton Foundation. Of 154 outsiders whom Clinton phoned or met within her first two years at State, 85 had made contributions to the Clinton Foundation, and their contributions, taken together, totaled $156 million. US firm Mylan found itself at the centre of the storm after Senators Susan Collins and Claire McCaskill called for an "urgent briefing" with the group's chief executive regarding price increases of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen.
As I have written many, many times, the "unexpected" events of January and February were a dramatic wake-up call for central banks. No central bank of a developed country equals the Bank of Japan in trying to manipulate the stock market up by buying equities. Hedge funds and other speculators expected for the BOJ to visibly throw its weight around in the stock market, and hopes were riding high that the Nikkei would surge, or at least rise in a visible manner. Many have responded with a mixture of surprise, shock and horror to the "Civil Defence Concept" (KZV) officially presented by German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Wednesday. I've been in China meeting with members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the New Development Bank (NDB, launched by the BRICS).
However, the entire world, unfortunately, is covered in statism like a giant skin rash… and so, then, the next best option if you want to live somewhat of a normal life and be able to travel is to become a citizen of the best country that suits your personal needs. On Wednesday, Turkish tanks rolled across the Syrian border, and they were accompanied by radical Islamic Syrian rebels that want to ultimately overthrow the Assad regime. Gold had been confiscated and effectively demonetized in the 1930's, but silver survived at the edges.
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But they might be making a dangerous mistake, according to a top strategist at State Street Global Advisors. China is using a weaker yuan to help prop up its faltering economy and delay a seemingly inevitable reckoning with the private and public debt its government has allowed to balloon out of control. However, pharma stocks came under pressure when Clinton on Wednesday night said there was "no justification" for the 480pc price hike in the product. Last August's global liquidation they could at least try to ignore because it could possibly fit within the paradigm of "transitory", a one-off aberration that was some mysterious Chinese viral contagion and thus of not any great, lingering importance. Extending over 69 pages, it details a series of measures to prepare the population for a war.
Other countries are making their moves to fill that spot, and none is moving more quickly than China. Maybe it was some cosmic revenge of William Jennings Bryan and the Gilded Age inflationists, but for various reasons the last convertible currency in the United States were $1 notes that could be exchanged for silver bullion up to June 24, 1968. That's in contrast to the global market chaos that followed a devaluation of the yuan in August 2015 and a sharp drop by the currency in January.
Just a day later Mylan said it would reduce the patient cost of the treatment, nevertheless, investors remained cautious.
The recurrence in the first part of 2016, though, destroyed those assertions and a lot of people noticed; and you can bet the Fed noticed that a lot of people noticed.
As you will see below, the percentage of "nones" in this country has absolutely skyrocketed over the past decade. NO MATERIAL HERE CONSTITUTES "INVESTMENT ADVICE" NOR IS IT A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY OR SELL ANY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STOCKS, COMMODITIES, OPTIONS, BONDS, OR FUTURES. The mainstream media in the United States has been very quiet about this escalation of the conflict in Syria, but things are much different in the rest of the world. That was the statutory limit imposed by Congress in the Act of June 4, 1963, signed by President Kennedy.
Is there a revolving door between the Clinton campaign and the Foundation's fundraising staff? ACTIONS YOU UNDERTAKE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ANY ANALYSIS, OPINION OR ADVERTISEMENT ON THIS SITE ARE YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY. For example, a major Israeli news source announced the attack this way: "Turkey invades Syria".
In fact, Islam, Buddhism, Wicca and various New Age organizations have all experienced excellent growth in recent years. The Syrian government denounced this move by Turkey as a "blatant breach to its sovereignty", and the Russians are deeply alarmed. Americans are leaving the Christian faith in droves, and this is why many of our churches are less than half full on Sunday mornings. The farther Turkish forces push into northern Syria, the more likely they will be to encounter Syrian or Russian forces, and one bad move could result in the outbreak of World War 3 in the Middle East.
What we are doing right now is clearly not working, and hopefully we can get the church in America to wake up while there is still time to do so.
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They're called the king of exercises, and with very good reason. Squats are a full-body, compound movement, working your hips, glutes, quads, and hamstrings, while also sneakily strengthening your core. Plus, to paraphrase Bey, if you like it then you should put some weight on it. They'll help you with balance as much as they do with your booty and with bone density (once you add weight), so they're basically amazing, and you should really be doing them right.
A foundational movement, we've been squatting since we were babies and, before the advent of the modern-day furniture and loos, our entire lives really. Still, it's never too late to (re)learn this essential move. We got Zoe and Naresh from Studio 60 to show us how we should be squatting.
2. Roll your shoulders back and down away from the ears. Allowing your back to round strains your lower back, which is why it is important to maintain a neutral spine throughout the movement.
3. Put your hands together, elbows close to the body.
4. Start by slightly bringing your hips back and then keep sending them backwards as your knees start to bend. It's important that you start with your hips back, and not by bending your knees.
5. While your bottom goes back and out, make sure your chest and shoulders stay upright and your back stays straight (no turtle backs!). Keep your head facing forward with eyes straight ahead for a neutral spine.
6. Go as deep as your mobility allows. Your optimal squat depth is your hips sinking below your knees. Make sure your knees don't buckle inwards, and if you're not comfortable with this yet, squat onto a box until you work out that range of movement for yourself.
7. Always engage your core and, with your body weight in your heels and toes, push back up to standing, driving through your heels. Imagine your feet pushing the floor down, but without actually moving your feet.


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Zoom Video Communications shares rose as much as 9% in extended trading on Monday after the company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that were better than analysts had expected and raised its full-year guidance significantly.
Here's how the company did:
Earnings: 92 cents per share, adjusted, vs. 45 cents per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.
Revenue: $663.5 million, vs. $500.5 million as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.
Revenue grew 355% on an annualized basis in the fiscal second quarter, which ended on July 31, and income neared $186 million, according to a statement. In the prior quarter Zoom's revenue grew 169%.
People became more dependent on Zoom's video-calling software for business, educational and personal use during the quarter, after the coronavirus pandemic led officials to direct people to stay home around the world, meaning that people could no longer meet in person as before. The company hired information security and diversity leaders, added Lt. Gen. Herbert Raymond "H.R." McMaster to its board, announced plans for research and development centers in Phoenix and Pittsburgh, and said it acquired secure messaging start-up Keybase.
Zoom averaged 148.4 million monthly active users in the quarter, up 4,700% year over year, RBC analysts led by Alex Zukin wrote in a note distributed to clients on Aug. 17, citing data from app analytics start-up SensorTower. The analysts have the equivalent of a buy rating on Zoom stock.
Excluding the after-hours move, Zoom shares are up 369% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P 500 index is up about 9%. During Monday's trading session Zoom stock increased almost 9%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 ended the day lower.
With respect to guidance, Zoom sees fiscal third-quarter earnings of 73 cents to 74 cents per share on an adjusted basis and $685 million to $690 million in revenue. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had been expecting adjusted earnings of 35 cents per share on $492.9 million in revenue.
Zoom raised its guidance for the full 2021 fiscal year. It called for $2.40 to $2.47 in adjusted earnings per share and $2.37 billion to $2.39 billion in revenue, implying 282% annualized revenue growth at the middle of the range. Consensus among analysts polled by Refinitiv was $1.30 in adjusted earnings per share and $1.81 billion in revenue. Zoom's prior full-year guidance was $1.21 to $1.29 in adjusted earnings per share on $1.78 billion to $1.80 billion in revenue.
Executives will discuss the results with analysts on a conference call starting at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.
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Facebook users have fallen for the scam in their thousands (Picture: Getty)
A spam video enticing people to click on a picture of a bikini-clad woman has affected Facebook feeds across the country, as thousands took the bait.
The link, which appears with the text 'Look what this girl is wearing at the beach in front of thousands of people!' has quickly spread around the social networking site as more and more people fell for the spam.
The description reads 'During the summer holidays, this girl took the opportunity to do something unheard of! I bet no one can do the same,' and this, along with the picture of a woman in a bright pink bikini, has encouraged thousands of Facebook users to click on it out of curiosity.
The link is fake – and so is the video (Picture: Facebook)
But once they've clicked on the link, they're taken to what appears to be a video embedded on a Facebook page, both of which are fake. And as soon as a user has clicked on the link, it is shared on their Facebook profile too, thereby appearing in the newsfeeds of their friends and spreading even further.
The purpose of the fake video is thought to be to drive traffic to certain websites.
Users who've become wise to the scam are now sending out messages to their friends asking them not to share, like or click on the link.
It is understood Facebook blocked the address in April 2012 and only a small number of users had been affected.
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At a special reception tonight, Vice President Joe Biden commended World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder for his and the WJC's tireless efforts to combat anti-Semitism in Europe and worldwide.
New York, More than 300 Jews from across the religious spectrum from Hasidic to secular gathered for the Third Annual Orthodox Jewish All Stars Awards red-carpet event this week at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, honoring those who proudly observe Jewish tradition while rising to the heights of their professions. Jew in the City, the organization dedicated to re-branding Orthodox Jews and Judaism through digital media, hosted the gala.
Among this year's 10 Orthodox Jewish All Stars are Forbes magazine-ranked hedge fund manager and philanthropist Henry Swieca; BCBGeneration Creative Director Joyce Azria; and Columbia Law School Dean Emeritus David Schizer. This diverse and accomplished group also includes: Saul Blinkoff, Disney animator and film director; Professor Marta Weinstock-Rosin, 2014 Israel Prize winner in medicine who developed a drug to slow dementia caused by Alzheimer's and Parkinson's; Yael Federbush, four-time Emmy-winning producer at "The Today Show"; Professor Barry Simon, 2012 Henri Poincaré prize winner for outstanding achievements in mathematical physics; Josh Meier, 4th place winner of the 2014 Intel Prize and named "One of the Eight Whiz Kids Who Are the Future of Medicine" by CNN; Estee Ackerman, table tennis phenom ranked sixth in the country in her division and a 2016 Olympic hopeful; and Mindy Pollak, a Montreal councilwoman who made history last fall as the first Hasidic woman ever to be elected to public office.
"When we created this award in 2012, we focused on shattering people's misconceptions about Orthodox Jews and what they could accomplish professionally. Last year, when Chanukah historically intersected with Thanksgiving, we celebrated the religious freedoms that exist in the world today, which allow people of all faiths to excel in a variety of career paths." said Allison Josephs, Jew in the City founder and director.
Adds Josephs: "Increased anti-Semitism is a threat to all Jews and should concern all good people, but the reality is that those who look the most Jewish (i.e. the Orthodox Jewish community) are the most visible targets. These Orthodox Jewish All Stars serve as a poignant reminder that you can be a proud religious Jew and still be highly successful. No one should feel the need to hide his Judaism or observance. We must never cower in the face of anti-Semitism."
Past Orthodox Jewish All Stars have included former Senator Joe Lieberman, Top Ten Billboard Recording Artist Alex Clare, New York Times bestselling novelist, and Faye Kellerman who all appeared in the inaugural All Stars video in 2012. Last year's list included Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Nobel Laureate Robert Aumann, and advertising agency 360i CEO, Sarah Hofstetter.
Many of this year's and previous year's All Stars and other prominent guests attended the awards party in downtown Manhattan Dec. 2, including nine of the latest winners. Notables included Ethan Zohn, a "Survivor Africa" winner, cancer survivor and founder of the organization "Grassroots Soccer"; the Hasidic girl-band "Bullet-Proof Stockings"; and a member of the YouTube sensations the Maccabeats.
Attendees enjoyed music, wine, and a dairy Chanukah-themed dinner including latke and donut bars. The event was emceed by Hasidic comic Mendy Pellin, a 2012 Orthodox Jewish All Star who the New York Times called "Stephen Colbert with a beard and a black hat." A short film featuring several of the All Stars and how they've balanced career and observance premiered at the gala as well.
WJC, Pope Francis has reiterated his position to open the secret Vatican archives covering the period of World War II to allow researchers to assess the role played by Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust.
The worst thing that can happen now is for the international community to agree to a deal that leaves Iran as a threshold nuclear power and removes the sanctions. That would be a disaster of historic proportions.
Greetings to all of you, my friends, all of you who are attending the General Assembly 2014. Greetings from Jerusalem - the eternal and united capital of the Jewish people.
... It's important to have friends like the United States and Canada because, it's important for any country to have such alliances, but especially for a country like Israel that faces many challenges unlike any other nation on Earth. But none of these challenges is more important than the threat posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Our goal must not be merely to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons today. We must also prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons tomorrow.
Iran is openly committed to Israel's destruction. And even as Iran negotiates a nuclear deal with the leading powers in the international community, its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, brazenly calls for Israel's annihilation. These are not my words, these are his words: Israel's annihilation. He just did it again three days ago on his Twitter account.That's apparently the Iranian regime's idea of modernity - tweeting about the annihilation of Israel.
But I'm afraid these aren't mere words. These aren't mere words; they're not just statements thrown out in the air, which is harmful enough. The regime in Iran's wild rhetoric is also backed by murderous action.
Iran arms, trains, finances the Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. It has supplied them, and its main terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, with tens of thousands of rockets to fire on Israeli citizens.Iran perpetrates murder and mayhem throughout the Middle East - in Syria, in Iraq, in Lebanon, in Gaza, in Yemen and elsewhere. It has spread a reign of terror across five continents - from Bangkok to Burgas, and even an attempt in Washington, DC.
Iran's savagery abroad is also matched by its brutality at home. The ayatollah regime executes political opponents, religious and ethnic minorities, gays, feminists and journalists. And executions have increased, not decreased, under the supposedly moderate Rouhani regime.
This is how Iran acts without nuclear weapons; now imagine how Iran will act if a deal is made that leaves it as a threshold nuclear power.
It's obvious that Iran wants to remove the sanctions that have had such a devastating impact on its economy.But it should be equally obvious that Iran is not prepared to dismantle its nuclear weapons program in return.
Unfortunately, instead of holding firm and demanding that Iran dismantle its program, the international community is reportedly, and I hope these reports do not prove to be true, but the international community is reportedly willing to leave Iran's nuclear program largely intact. They hope to rely on intelligence and inspectors to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
I believe this would be a bad deal and a huge mistake. We must recognize the limitations of our own intelligence gathering capabilities. Remember - for years, both Israel's intelligence and US intelligence failed to discover Iran's secret enrichment facilities at Natanz and Qom. And given that record, there is no reason to believe that our intelligence facilities will be perfect in the future.
As for inspectors, they weren't able to stop North Korea from getting the bomb. And if the ten year run-around that Iran has given the International Atomic Energy Agency is any indication, inspectors won't stop Iran from getting the bomb either. The IAEA itself has reported just last week that Iran continues to conceal the most suspicious aspects of its nuclear program from the international inspectors that are already in Iran.
Some people have suggested that Iran can help America solve the problems of the Middle East. But Iran is not part of the solution. It's a huge part of the problem. The Islamic State of Iran is not a partner of America. It's an enemy of America. And it should be treated as an enemy - by keeping tough sanctions on the regime; by making clear that the international community is determined to do whatever it takes to prevent Iran from breaking out or sneaking out to get the bomb.
See, the worst thing that can happen now is for the international community to agree to a deal that leaves Iran as a threshold nuclear power and removes the sanctions. That would be a disaster of historic proportions. It would embolden all of Iran's terrorist proxies throughout the region; it would trigger a nuclear arms race between Sunnis and Shi'ites that would endanger the entire planet.And it would pose, needless to say, a grave danger to the State of Israel.
Israel cannot allow a regime committed to its destruction to develop the weapons to achieve that goal.
But the alternative to a bad deal is not war. It means giving existing sanctions and even stronger sanctions more time to work to achieve the goal of fully dismantling Iran's military nuclear capabilities. To remove sanctions before that goal is reached is to remove any hope of a genuine diplomatic solution.
That is why avoiding a bad deal and maintaining strong pressure on Iran should be the policy of all responsible governments. So too, all responsible governments should help President Obama in his effort to degrade and defeat ISIS. But as I said to the United Nations a few months ago, to defeat ISIS and allow Iran to be a threshold nuclear power would be to win the battle and lose the war.
The greatest threat facing our world is to have the forces of militant Islam get the bomb. That must never be allowed to happen, for Israel's sake, for the peace in the Middle East, for the peace and security of the entire world.
Pope Francis received a delegation of 40 international Jewish leaders at his residence, ahead of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, which begins next week. The presidents of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, and of the Latin American Jewish Congress, Jack Terpins, presented the head of the Catholic Church with a number of gifts, including a traditional honey cake.
The meeting with Francis took place in the Santa Marta guesthouse in an informal setting and lasted 40 minutes. Among the participants were many Jewish community heads from Latin America and other parts of the world.


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NEW YORK - Decades of plodding growth, together with the 2008 financial crisis, have prompted a seismic shift in economic thinking in much of the world. There is talk of moving resources from investment to consumption, from heavy industry to "services," and from private sector to public sector. But what strikes me is that these arguments focus only on improving the mix of outputs within an economy, with no attention paid to labor.
Not everyone agrees. When it comes to the experience of work, many — especially in continental Europe — believe that optimal allocation (entailing well-functioning institutions), if accompanied by investment in education, is all that is needed. After all, the Italians, Germans and French work hard and well over a relatively small number of hours, resulting in high hourly productivity and wages — higher than in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Yet continental Europeans do not seem particularly happy with their work. Circumstantial evidence is their preference for record-setting vacations — and relatively low labor-force participation. And data on job satisfaction provide direct evidence: among large Western countries, workers in continental Europe report the lowest levels.
I argue in my book "Mass Flourishing" that the right model is the "good economy," which is an economy that offers the good life. Optimal resource allocation (of which efficiency is a part) is a necessary but not a sufficient feature of a good economy. Indeed, the single-minded focus on raising domestic consumption is likely to distract China's leaders from other policies needed for a good economy.
Here I differ with many economists — including my dear friends Joseph Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Vladimir Kvint — whose preferred standard is the quality of life. By this they mean mainly ample consumption and ample leisure, together with public goods — for example, clean air, safe food and safe streets — and civic amenities such as municipal parks and sports stadiums.
Another dear friend, Amartya Sen, points out that the focus by economists on consumption leaves out people's need to "do things." But he does not go far enough. People want out of programs of work in which they have no autonomy.
For a good life, people need a degree of agency in their work. They want to be able to take the initiative and do work that is engaging. People value room to express themselves — to voice their thoughts or show their talents.
In other words, people value attainment through their own efforts. I have used the word "prospering" (from the Old Latin "prospere," meaning "as hoped, or expected") to refer to the experience of succeeding in one's work: a craftsman's gratification at seeing his skills valued by others, a merchant's satisfaction at seeing his "ship come in," or a scholar's sense of validation with an honorary professorship.
People also value the personal growth that may come from their career. I use the word "flourishing" to refer to the satisfaction from a journey into the unknown — the excitement of the challenges and the appeal of overcoming obstacles. Indeed, attaining, prospering and flourishing all refer to experiential rewards, not to money.
What sort of economy would offer this good life? History suggests that it would be one of entrepreneurial people (alert to unnoticed opportunities, and exercising their initiative to try out new things) and innovative people (imagining new things, developing new concepts into commercial products and methods, and marketing them to potential). The participants in such a good economy would range from the grass roots of society to the most advantaged.
China must keep in mind that the private sector can match — or surpass — the public sector in supplying many services now provided by the public sector. Underground railways were once the creation of private entrepreneurs. Today, the most radical step in urban transportation is Uber, and the most radical change in the near future is probably the self-driving car — both creations of the private sector.
Of course, some cynics say that the Chinese possess neither the sophistication nor the temperament to be innovators. Yet estimates of indigenous innovation in China and the Group of Seven countries show that China already ranked fourth in the 1990s; and in the next decade, when the U.K. and Canada fell back, China moved up to second place — not very far behind the U.S.
The fact is that there is much less innovation coming out of America than there once was — and hardly any coming out of Europe. So China could become a major source of innovation for the global economy, equaling or exceeding America. To my mind, this is an invaluable opportunity for China — and a development to be welcomed in the rest of the world.