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Thomas Chalmers - Minister (1802-1814)
At heart Thomas Chalmers wanted to pursue an academic career, so he applied for the position of assistant to William Vilant, Professor of Mathematics at St Andrew's. Although they had their differences in the past, Vilant appointed him. In September 1802 he resigned from Cavers and on the 2nd November, he was appointed minister at Kilmany. At this time Chalmers was interested in money, academia and doing as little work as possible in the parish. Another evil of that age was pluralism. It was quite common in St Andrews that someone had a parish and a position at the university so that they were able to get two incomes. It was great for the person with the two incomes; not so great for the poor parishioners, as it was difficult enough to do the work in a parish, without only working their part-time. This was a time when the Moderate party was ruling in the Church of Scotland. For fifty years the teaching of living a moral life, full of works, reason and intellectual elitism, had been taught in Scotland, rather than living a life for Christ. One person said that the main religion of the Church of Scotland was Deism. It was a terrible time for Scotland, with large areas not knowing much, if anything, about Jesus. Chalmers could not have been described as anything but a Moderate at this time,
Chalmers was an eloquent lecturer, but his students did not learn as quickly as they should, so Vilant began to have doubts as to his competency as a teacher. At the close of the year Chalmers accused Vilant of granting passing certificates to students without consulting him; consequently, he was fired after just one year. In May 1803 he was ordained in his parish and moved into the manse with two sisters and a younger brother, who he was looking after to help his father. Over the summer he planned what to do because being fired by St Andrews would have been very damaging to his reputation. He decided to have a mathematics class of his own in St. Andrews, and thereby show his detractors that he was fitted to be a Professor of mathematics. He wrote to his father in October saying, "You may perhaps by this time have heard of my intention to open Mathematical classes next winter. I believe the measure will be opposed by a certain party of the St Andrews professors. But I am sure they will not be able to ruin the success of my intended proceedings except by having recourse to dishonourable artifices. These artifices I shall be obliged to expose for my own vindication." Chalmers was showing some fairly dreadful characteristics at this time; pride, arrogance, a desire for revenge, an unteachable spirit etc. Not good characteristics for any man to have, let alone a minister. In addition, he was more interested in justifying himself in the academic world, than to look after his parishioners, something his religious father would have been very unhappy about.
He began lectures in the Town Hall, these exciting a great deal of interest as it was a fairly unique event. He opened his first lecture claiming to not be there for vengeful purposes, but only to restore his reputation. He came into a violent argument with the Tory professor, John Rotherham over an alleged slander, and he received much opposition from the Tories of St Andrews, but drew support, because of this from the Whigs. In spite of the determined hostility of some professors, the three classes of mathematics which Chalmers opened were so full that he opened a class of chemistry as well.
The Presbytery which covered the parish of Kilmany were unhappy with the principle of anyone having two offices, so in May 1804 they resolved that Chalmers should give up one of them. In a public meeting of the Presbytery Chalmers gave a lengthy defence. He said that he needed to do the classes to restore his reputation which had been unjustly damaged; that he had no powerful patronage to protect him, so he had to take these measures and that it was still legal for him to have two offices. He won the argument, largely because the Presbytery was really against powerful men increasing their influence through having more than one office, so they had sympathy with Chalmers as he professed to be fighting those same influential men.
In November his enemy, John Rotherham died, so he applied for the position of Professor of Natural Philosophy. Unfortunately George Hill, a Tory was concerned at the possibility of the Whigs gaining control of the University, so he was determined to get a Tory appointed, which he achieved through his brother-in-law.
In the following year a similar vacancy occurred in the University of Edinburgh, by the death of Dr Robinson, and again Chalmers entered the lists; but here also he was disappointed. As always Chalmers blamed his failure on privilege, even though the man who succeeded, Jon Leslie, was a very eminent man. In the course of the battle for this office, Chalmers wrote his first pamphlet in response to a written criticism about a Chair in mathematics not being compatible with the role of minister. He wrote, "after the satisfactory discharge of his parish duties, a minister may enjoy five days in the week of uninterrupted leisure, for the prosecution of any science in which his taste may dispose him to engage." Later he really regretted writing this, but he was sadly declaring what many Moderate ministers thought. To many, giving an irrelevant sermon on a Sunday was satisfactorily discharging their duties.
Soon after this Chalmers attended the bedside of his brother who was dying of consumption. One of his duties was to read to his brother portions of religious works which he had denounced from the pulpit as savouring of fanaticism. It must have been difficult for him to hear his brother exclaim, "I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them unto babes." After his brother's death he went on a three month trip to England. He was fascinated by a lot of what he saw, particularly the factories in the midlands, although he did not approve of the condition of the workers. He also visited docks, the financial district of London, exhibitions etc. Britain's economy was under threat from the Napoleonic War, and he became very interested in the new science of political economy, so in March 1808 he brought out his "Inquiry into the Extent and Stability of National Resources." Unable to find a publisher he printed 500 copies at his own expense, sending 200 to London. His work received little publicity and little success, probably because his social vision was in opposition to many of the values that people of that age held dear. He was not initially disappointed as he had expected initial opposition, but he thought his second edition would be really accepted and understood. However, he could not afford to publish himself, and his edition was turned down flat by the London publishers. Chalmer's was very hurt by the failure of something that he thought could benefit mankind, however he was on the track of caring for the condition of the masses that he would be on for the rest of his life.
He was going to go to London to try again, and he was also thinking of enlarging his work, and he even contemplated writing against the arguments of Adam Smith regarding free trade, but his older sister, whom he was very close to, died of consumption, so he cancelled the trip. Soon after this he too became very ill with consumption; forcing him to recuperate in a rented house, as he had allowed his manse to fall into such disrepair that it was virtually uninhabitable.
The spiritual atmosphere of Scotland had been changing over the last few years. James Haldane went on tours of the north and other parts of Scotland in the last few years of the eighteenth century and helped awaken the people out of their slumbering state. There were some local revivals through his ministry, particularly in the north. In 1798 there was a revival in Moulin, in 1802 there was a small revival in Breadalbane, in 1804 there was a revival in Arran, and then in 1812, there was another revival in Arran and one in Skye. Through this time Robert Haldane had opened seminaries where 200-300 Evangelical preachers were sent out in a few years, and he built new churches for Evangelical congregations. There was also help from the south with people seeing how effective Evangelicals like William Wilberforce were in their work for the poor and underprivileged and they saw the number of missionaries that were leaving the English shores. This awakening meant that the Evangelical party was expanding at the expense of the Moderates.
By 1811 Chalmers had turned from the man described above to a passionate evangelical Christian and a wonderful preacher. How did this transformation happen? Unfortunately, I have not found an account of his conversion moment. The following are occasions in his life that probably led him towards the prize, but in my opinion there had to have been a conversion experience for there to have been such a change in him. First of all the deaths of his brother and sister must have impacted him considerably. They both had a saving knowledge of Christ, and Chalmers could see in their deaths that they were not frightened; something he could not say for himself. Secondly, his sickness, which was the same as killed his brother and sister, took him to thinking about eternity. Thirdly, he had a broken engagement. Chalmers had become engaged to Anne Rankine, a beautiful woman he probably had known since they were children. He was very jealous of her, but despite her denying any wrong-doing, he pulled away from the relationship. Instead of coming running to him, she told her friends that she had broken off the engagement. He responded in his usual way by speaking out against Anne and her family, but still desperate for a reconciliation. The way he gossiped about her was the end for Anne and she closed the door on any possible reconciliation. Chalmers was passionate about her, but he lost her through his own stupidity. Fourthly, he came into contact with some young Evangelicals. He had spoken at Assembly in 1809 on issue that was against the landed gentry, which was therefore against the Moderate party and against the Tories. As a result some Evangelicals started to court Chalmers, because they were against the same people. The various conversations they had must have been an influence on him. There were also other tragedies at home. His father had gone senile and another sister died of consumption. The finances of his parents were dire and it was his job as eldest son to look after them, and his own finances were dreadful as well. In his grief and sadness he withdrew to his room at his parents, home and read 'Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians,' by William Wilberforce, which had a major impact on him. Having read it he recalls that he was, 'on the eve of a great revolution in all my opinions about Christianity.'.
It appears that the moment of his conversion happened soon after or at the time of reading Wilberforce's book in December 1810, because on the 14th February he preached at the nearby parish of Dairsie, an Evangelical sermon that had a profound effect on the congregation. The change in him was soon apparent to his own congregation. Up until now he had preached a sermon that nobody was interested in, as can be seen from the more than halving of the collections compared with his predecessor. The following excerpt shows the type of sermon these poor people had to listen to; one full of Enlightenment theory, "In what particular manner the death of our Redeemer effected the remission of our sins, or rather, why that death was made a condition of this remission, seems to be an unrevealed point in the Scriptures. Perhaps the God of nature meant to illustrate the purity of his perfection to the children of men; perhaps it was efficacious in promoting the improvement, and confirming the virtue of other orders of being. The tenets of those whose gloomy and unenlarged minds are apt to imagine that the Author of nature required the death of Jesus merely for the reparation of violated justice, are rejected by all free and rational inquirers." But now he was preaching 'Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.' A neighbour of Chalmers tackled him once on the fact that whenever he visited he was never preparing for the Sunday sermon, but after the change in him the visitor said that whenever he called, he found Chalmers studying the Scriptures He now attracted large crowds to his sermons. In 1810 there were 270 adults at the annual Communion, but 458 the following year. He was now in demand by Evangelicals all over the country. The power in his preaching was what made him stand out, and what was so different before his conversion. Surprisingly though he always read his sermons, unlike most Evangelical preachers of the time. He was not an attractive man and he spoke with a strong Fife accent, but he spoke with passion and eloquence.
Chalmers had decided not to get married owing to his small income. His income and his church and manse were the responsibility of the local landlords or 'heritors' as they were called. Chalmers took these heritors to court in 1810 and 1811 to force them to repair the manse and to increase his salary. He won both cases and by 1811 he had a lovely 'new' home and the following year his salary was increased by around thirty percent. He was now in a better situation to get married, and this he did on August 4th 1812 to the twenty-one year old Grace Pratt, daughter of an army captain. She was no beauty, but an intelligent, sensible, warm woman who brought with her a dowry.
Sometime earlier Chalmers had been asked to write an article on 'Christianity' for the "Edinburgh Encyclopedia," and the article appeared in 1813, arguing that Scripture was indeed divine revelation. The originality of his arguments, the force of his conclusions, and the eloquent, clear, and vigorous style in which they were expressed, caught the public attention. Because of its success he made the article into a book, which came out in January 1814. Although now an Evangelical, Chalmers still retained some ties to Moderatism. He was still an intellectual, a man of science and someone who loved literature; all attainments admired by the Moderates who believed more in works than faith.
Chalmers was a great advocate of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He set up a branch in his parish with the aim of getting contributions from his parishioners of around a penny a week to support this work. He had opposition from the gentry, but many of the poor gave willingly. He then worked to extend this to other parts of Scotland. Next he promoted overseas missions. He gave a sermon in Dundee on the subject which was extraordinarily successful both sides of the border; copies of the sermon could hardly be printed fast enough. He was disappointed, however, at the less than expect funds that were raised for these two ventures. He discovered that people were thinking that money given to missions was money taken away from the poor in Scotland, so he published a pamphlet, entitled, "The Influence of Bible Societies upon the Temporal Necessities of the Poor." He argued that these different institutions, would be of mutual aid to each other; for that Bible Societies had a tendency not only to stimulate and enlarge Christian generosity, but to reduce the amount of poverty, by introducing a more industrious and independent spirit among the poor. To Chalmers poverty was an issue that would be solved through people working together, through community. However, he realised that nothing would change while the Moderates held power in the Church of Scotland.
Due to Moderatism many parishes in Scotland were poorly looked after. Many ministers felt that they had a right to their position so long as they preached on Sunday and conducted marriages, funerals etc. However, part of their duties was to visit the sick, provide education and collect money to distribute to the poor. As already mentioned, Moderatism was on the wane, and there was an increasing view that parishes needed to be looked after better. After neglecting his parish so long, Chalmers threw himself into correcting that error. He paid a lot of attention to the parish school and introduced a Bible school for the children. He introduced mid-week Bible lectures which were well attended; he visited his parishioner, encouraging them to do Bible reading at home, and he visited the sick and dying. His visits to the homes of his parishioners made Chalmers more aware of the situation and problems of the poor. He also acted to reform the basis on which the poor were financially helped, but he was prevented by the heritors from doing all that he would have liked.
Chalmer's plans to change the lot of the poor in Scotland depended on a hard-working minister. As a reformed pluralist, he well knew how impossible it was for a minister to look after a parish properly while working at the University as well. There was a case in point going through the Assembly, with the Assembly narrowly voting in favour of William Ferrie holding two posts, but his Presbytery went against the wishes of the Assembly by refusing to ordain him to the parish. Ferrie then appealed to his Synod of which Chalmers was a member, so he led the fight against Ferrie. However, for whatever reason, perhaps because he was to speak in front to his old professor, George Hill; Chalmers lost his nerve when it was his time to speak and the case was lost. As a result he became depressed and ill. However, he had another chance when he was allowed to put the case against pluralism on behalf of his Synod, to the Assembly of 1814. The argument was won and the Assembly banned pluralism. George Hill rallied his troops and at the 1816 Assembly there was a fourteen-hour debate on the issue. The Moderates considered this a vital issue as it threatened their whole position as an intellectual elite clergy, who could dominate the Church and Universities through their influence. This debate had caught the public's attention, so the public galleries were full. Chalmers spoke very eloquently, but Hill persuaded the Assembly that their vote two years before was illegal as no law had been passed against pluralities. The result was a compromise, with a new law being passed, that no teacher could be appointed to a parish that was outside the boundaries of a University town, and that anyone who neglected their parish would be strictly disciplined. This partial victory by the Evangelicals showed that the tide had turned, and the Moderates power was in decline. This was also an important stage in Chalmer's career. The Glasgow Courier commented, "This topic was illustrated by the speaker in a torrent of eloquence which seemed to astonish the house, and which has, in the opinion of the best critics and judges, perhaps never been exceeded."
In 1814 he was approached to accept the ministry at Tron, Glasgow. He was not sure about leaving Kilmany, indicating that he would do nothing himself to secure this new position, he would leave it to God to bring it about or block it. There was much opposition to his appointment from the Moderate party, as they tried to persuade city councilors, who had the patronage over the appointment, to choose their man. However, the Evangelical party won, with Chalmers getting 15 out of 29 votes. He was still not sure about accepting the position. Obviously, he had a loyalty towards the people of Kilmany, but he was also worried that he would not be able to live up to his reputation in the big city and that he would be tied down with superfluous duties. In the end he put his worries aside, trusting that this was God's will.
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Airbnb is always changing. It's gone from an obscure app to rent homes from mom and pop to sharing some of the most unique experiences you can find.
In celebration of our first Host Therapy event of 2019, we will be talking trends on Thursday at 7 PM.
Why? Airbnb knows what humans want, by seeing where they like to be. What they want to experience? They have all of that juicy data from connecting hosts and guests from all around the world. They know culture trends. They know customer behavior.
The all-embracing story is unique. Experiential. Historic…and CHEAP.
What used to cost you $150 per night to get access to Southern California, can be had for $65-99 per night for a room.
This means a 3-day getaway can be stretched to a week-long trip. This trend is here to stay and allows more people to travel on a budget… and travel longer.
You can now split payments with your group.
What used to be people visiting cities, we're seeing trends where people want to get away from the city. This is good. We used to be limited by the hottest locations. Now we're gearing to "getaways" on a budget.
Growing up I never saw the Milky Way. You can't see the natural spectacle anywhere in LA, but drive 3 hours away, and you won't be able to count all the stars in Joshua Tree. It's 3 hours from LA.
Puebla City 2 third for trending cities. Why? Likely because of its history. It is 2 hours from Mexico City, is Spanish-built and contains more than 350 churches.
When Airbnb started we started off doing houses and townhomes. These were in the 1000-1200 sf range.
Why? We had to offer more square footage and more beds per dollar spent.
Now we're seeing interest in unique little homes. That give you an experience, you just can't get in the city. Or at home.
Local experiences are also a driving factor for travelers increasingly popular activities .
This one gets me excited. These are the two things I try to do everyday.
Travelers are sidestepping major tourist cities in favor of smaller or lesser-known places. Less crowd. Something unique for instagram.
So much about an experience changes when you venture even just a little ways out of the major tourism hubs.
View seals and other marine life in the waters surrounding the historic whaling town.
Xiamen, a port city in China with a 283% bump in bookings.
Xiamen is great for seafood lovers, according to Airbnb, with easy access to surrounding islands like Kulangsu, which is pedestrian-only and vehicle-free.
They are a port city established in 1843 which leads to a mixture of architectural styles.
Puebla region of Mexico is a two-hour drive from Mexico City and ranks third with a 240% year-over-year increase in searches and 206% increase in wish list additions.
Area is rebuilding after a 2017 earthquake where many physical attractions had to go through structural improvements. Puebla City is Spanish-built and contains more than 350 churches.
Normandy, France, site of the D-Day landings and only a two-hour train journey from Paris.
Below are the rest of the trending cities of 2019. This does not include the US trends, but nature and midwest is experiencing a resurgence as well.
Catskill Mountains and the Hudson Valley, U.S.
Airbnb ranked the destinations according to internal data showing year-on-year increases in bookings, searches, and additions to user "wish lists" made for 2019 as of October 2018, vs. those actions made for 2018 as of October 2017.
As you can see, we are seeing us shift towards unique travel destinations. The good news you don't need a traditional spot.


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Why are their flower patterns always so perfect?!
I especially want to try on the dress that the mannequin, just love the pattern<3 (Below is a picture of it in pink! So much want!) Not to mention the baby-doll room-wear on the sofa which is to die for!
Also I REALLY hope that they'll have any of their phone cases for the iPhone 6S+ as we plan on getting that one and really Lip Services' phone cases are always so perfect!
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Just love everything about this collection! Can't wait to see everything and try it on!
What do you gals think about what has been shown?
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by admin | May 14, 2018 | Election 2018, News | 0 |
By Glynis Kazanjian
For MarylandReporter.com
In the race for the Montgomery County Council at-large more than two-thirds of the candidates have applied to participate in the public financing program, but less than half have gained approval as the submission deadline looms Tuesday.
Thirty-eight candidates are running to fill four seats, and 26 candidates — 25 Democrats and one Green Party candidate — have applied for public financing. The final application for submissions to qualify for matching funds is tomorrow at midnight.
Twelve candidates so far have been approved, five candidates have been disqualified and eight candidates are still seeking approval but will need to demonstrate their grassroots fundraising qualifies them by the deadline.
Those who file a Notice of Intent to seek public financing may not accept any contributions greater than $150 or from a political action committee, corporation, labor organization or state or local central committee, or loans except from themselves or their spouse which are capped at $6,000.
The 12 approved candidates are At-Large County Councilmember Hans Riemer, Gabe Albornoz, Brandy Brooks, Bill Conway, Hoan Dang, Evan Glass, Danielle Meitiv, Seth Grimes, Will Jawando, Jill Ortman-Fouse, Mohammad Siddique and Chris Wilhelm.
The five candidates disqualified from participating in the program after failing to meet eligibility requirements are Democrats Shruti Bhatnagar, Loretta Garcia, Paul Geller, Michele Riley and Green Party candidate Tim Willard. Those candidates are no longer restricted to public financing guidelines, though some have voluntarily continued to follow them.
In order to qualify for public financing in the At-Large County Council race, candidates must collect 250 qualifying contributions totaling at least $20,000. Contributions may only come from in-county residents, are capped at $150 over a four-year election cycle and must be confirmed by the contributor. Qualified candidates are eligible to receive up to $250,000 calculated using a formula based on their fundraising.
One chance to qualify, no appeal
Under the new campaign finance law, candidates are given only one opportunity to qualify. That means if the state elections board — which administers the local law — determines that certain contributions do not qualify, candidates may not collect new qualified contributions to count towards the application. The board will only look at the original application and determine if candidates have enough existing qualified contributions to replace them. Additionally, if errors are made during the application process itself, applicants may not reapply.
Two candidates, Riley and Willard, said they were disqualified because of filing errors. Bhatnagar said she was disqualified because she counted in-kind contributions towards the total aggregate amount of qualified contributions. While in-kind contributions do not get matching campaign funds, Bhatnagar argues they are allowed to be counted towards the aggregate contribution levels.
"They failed to meet the minimum requirements, either the number of contributors or the dollar amount necessary," Jared DeMarinis of the State Board of Elections said of the disqualified candidates. "They are no longer eligible to participate."
Of the nine candidates in County Council District races seeking to use public financing, five are approved. This includes four Democrats, District 1 candidates Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez and Reggie Oldak, District 3 incumbent Sidney Katz, and District 4 incumbent Nancy Navarro; and Republican District 2 candidate Ed Amatetti.
In district Council races, candidates must collect 125 qualifying contributions totaling $10,000 to qualify to receive $125,000 in county matching funds.
Objections to "one-bite" application
Many of the candidates are calling for the "one-bite" application rule to be removed.
Last July, DeMarinis wrote to candidates urging them to hold off on applying for the program until a state law could be altered to at least allow for errors on the reports to be remedied during the application process rather than being immediately disqualified.
According to a Jan. 31, 2018 FAQ clarification, disqualified contributions may be removed and existing qualified contributions may be added after the original application is received, but "Under no circumstances may an applicant candidate solicit new qualifying contributions after the application has been filed."
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Q: Hamming(3,4) Code I've been asked to find the parity check matrix of the Ham(3,4) code so I can use syndrome decoding. If we let,
$\mathbb{F_4} = \{0, 1 , \omega, \omega^2 | \omega^2 = \omega + 1 \}$
We have that $n = \frac{4^3 - 1}{3} = 21$, and $r = 3$.
My book says that the parity check matrix should be a $3\times21$ matrix, and that the columns should be the elements of V$(3,4)$ (except $000$.) However, aren't there $4^3 = 64$ elements in V$(3,4)$? In other words, shouldn't the parity check matrix have $63$ columns, not $21$?

A: Every non-zero vector in $\Bbb{F}_4^3$ has three non-zero scalar multiples. To get the Hamming code you can only use one of them as a column of the check matrix. The reason is easy to understand. If column $j$ is a multiple of column $i$, then you get codewords of weight two with the only non-zero components in those two positions.
There are many ways of avoiding those scalar multiples. One way is to insist that the first non-zero entry is normalized to $1$. There are exactly $21$ vectors in $\Bbb{F}_4^3$ such that the first non-zero component $=1$. The other $42$ vectors are multiples of those $21$.

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Astros have at least 3 strong reasons for a no-brainer decision at key position
The Astros' rotation is strong enough as is. Composite image by Brandon Strange.
So, are you more of a glass half-full person or more of a glass half-empty person? For the optimistic glass half-full membership: Only six more weeks until spring training opens! For the pessimistic glass half-empty crowd: Ugh. Six more weeks until spring training opens! Even with the Texans wrapping up a third straight pathetic season this weekend and the Rockets in the midst of their third straight pathetic season, the optimists have it right. Especially after the sturm and drang of a year ago when everything was delayed by collective bargaining negotiations.
We are in the midst of the generally quietest stretch of the offseason. Most of the heavy lifting of free agency is done (the Carlos Correa saga notwithstanding), and while there is certainly still the possibility of a blockbuster trade or two in the next month and change, most clubs pretty much have the makings of their 2023 rosters in place. The Astros are the American League favorites as is, making it that much more eyebrow raising that somehow they've been mentioned among teams as a possible landing spot for pitcher Trevor Bauer should the Dodgers cut ties with him. Of course, anyone can chuck anything against the wall these days. Never say never but I'd be stunned if the Astros signed Trevor Bauer.
Bauer has been reinstated after serving a 194 game suspension over sexual assault allegations. The lurid details that made it to the public domain were quite disturbing. Bauer was never charged with a crime, not that that is proof of innocence. The Dodgers have a Friday deadline to reinstate Bauer to their roster or release him. Either way they will owe him 22 million dollars for the coming season.
Bauer last pitched in a game June 28 2021. He was having an excellent season for the Dodgers after winning the National League Cy Young Award as a Cincinnati Red in the 2020 60 game COVID season. Bauer turns 32 years old in a couple of weeks. His talent is unquestioned. It's not like he missed the last season and a half because of Tommy John surgery or a torn rotator cuff. The argument for signing him would be "Talent wins. You can never have enough pitching. Bauer served his punishment and is eligible to play for any team." The argument against signing him would be "Isn't it obvious?"
Astros' fans should refrain from any "My team would never sign a guy like Bauer" sanctimoniousness. Jim Crane certainly signed off on the Astros' 2018 trade for pitcher Roberto Osuna. Then General Manager Jeff Luhnow made the deal acquiring a "distressed asset" with the Toronto Blue Jays wanting nothing more to do with Osuna after a 75 game suspension that Osuna accepted for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. A suspension over which the Players Association filed no grievance (in contrast to Bauer's case). Osuna blew out his arm in 2020 and the Astros non-tendered him. He pitched 2021 in Mexico and began the 2022 season there before going to the Japan League's Chiba Lotte Marines. Osuna excelled in both Mexico and Japan, still hasn't turned 28 years old, and no Major League team has touched him.
I'm not saying in absolute terms that no one should sign Trevor Bauer, but the Houston Astros should not. With Justin Verlander gone, Cristian Javier yet to start for a full season, and Lance McCullers often seeming an injury waiting to happen, yes the Astros' outstanding starting pitching depth could fray. But presently they have Javier, McCullers, Framber Valdez, Luis Garcia, and Jose Uruidy, with top prospect Hunter Brown pounding on the door to join the rotation. In purely baseball terms, signing Bauer would make sense if the Astros had a move ready including, say, Garcia, in a trade to the Pirates for centerfielder Bryan Reynolds. Signing Bauer would not be a purely baseball decision. Pass. If he was to sign with the Angels or Rangers, flourish, and help one of those teams contend with the Astros in the AL West, so be it.
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Stamford bull run: a custom demised after 700 years of cruelty
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If you are lucky enough to own a castle you want to enjoy the fine views on your lands from your windows. And that, according to legend, is just what William Plantagenet de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (1166-1240), was doing one day at the turn of the 12th century. As story goes, looking over the meadow stretched before him outside the town of Stamford he saw two bulls fighting over a cow. Local butchers then came with their dogs to part the animals, enraging them further and causing one to run off and stampede through the town.
It is said that men, women and children were being tossed about by the angry bull, a spectacle much enjoyed by the earl who had followed on horseback to see what was going on. It brought him so much pleasure, in fact, that he hit on the idea of giving to the town's butchers the meadow where it had all started, provided they agreed to have another bull-run every year.
This story is almost certainly a legend, but it is a fact that a bull-run, which began in Stamford all those years ago, continued every November for 700 years.
A description of the event was published in 1646 by Richard Butcher in his "Survey And Antiquity Of The Town Of Stamford":
"Their bull running is a sport of no pleasure, except to such as take a pleasure in beastlyness and misschief. The butchers of the town provide the wildest bull they can get and proclamation is made by the common 'bell-man' of the town that each one shut their shop-doors and gates.
Which proclamation made and all the gates are shut up, the bull is turned loose and then, hivie, skivy, tag and rag, men, women and children of all sorts and sizes, with all the dogs in the town promiscuously running after him with their bull-clubs spattering dirt in eachothers faces that one would think them to be so many Furies started out of Hell."
Another report stated: "One great object was to 'bridge the bull.' The animal was, if possible, compelled to run upon the town's river bridge. The crowd then closing in, with audacious courage surrounded and seized the animal; and, in spite of its size and strength, by main force tumbled it over the parapet into the river.
The bull then swimming ashore, would land in the meadows, where the run was continued; the miry, marshy state of the fields at that season of the year, and the falls and other disasters consequent thereon, adding greatly to the amusement of the mob."
Others listed some of the more barbaric techniques of the "bullards" for goading a docile or tired bull. Apparently, they had sawn off his horns, cut off his tail, fired a train of gunpowder along his back, or poured aqua fortis on the same, and firecrackers were also mentioned.
In any case, at the end of the day, the bull would be killed and roasted, providing a bull-beef supper for people in the crowd.
Even in the days when barbarity was widely considered acceptable, troubled voices were raised and in 1788 the Mayor and Town Corporation gave notice of intent to put down literally "a custom of such unparalleled cruelty to an innocent animal, and in all respects a Disgrace to Religion, Law, and Nature."
However, It would be another 51 years before the townspeople could be persuaded to give up their pasttime, and the last bull-run coming on this day, November 13, 1839.
Today the cruel show has been replaced with the Stamford Georgian Festival with bull floats, performances and fireworks displays.
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Many of the things that happen in family life happen over and over and over again. The kids need to do their chores every day. They need to clean their teeth three times every day. They practice the piano, they practice ball skills, and they practice calligraphy strokes. Every time we call them to come, it is an opportunity to practice obedience.
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Shiwak cuts the engine, hops off the machine and quietly pulls out a .12 gauge shotgun. He hands the weapon to Dane, and the pair crouch behind their snowmobile. Dane fires two quick shots. Two white partridges, almost invisible in the tree line, drop dead.
Dane runs to retrieve the birds, warming his hands against their bodies to ward off the chill from the cold wind whipping in from the North Atlantic Ocean.
Shiwak is an Inuit trapper and hunter who grew up relying on the wild bounty of Labrador. He takes his son out for trips like this every week, trying to pass on generations of knowledge around living off the land: how to collect firewood, hunt and fish, and travel safely in a place where the rhythm of life is still built upon ice and snow.
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The sea surrounding coastal Labrador is warming at an unprecedented rate, according to data from Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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"If you look at the rate of warming from the late 1980s to 2015, this is one of the fastest warming places in the world. It's quite concerning," said Way.
For the people of Rigolet, a former trading post that is the southernmost Inuit community in Canada, the vanishing ice and increasingly unpredictable seasons means they're being forced to adapt in ways they never have before.
Like generations of Inuit before him, Derrick Pottle is a trapper and hunter. His diet of wild game, salmon, berries, trout and seal would have been familiar to his ancestors who were living in Hamilton Inlet around 8,000 years ago.
But Pottle worries all the skills he's learned from older generations may soon become irrelevant. More and more, Inuit are relying on expensive, store-bought processed foods because it's safer and easier than catching or shooting supper.
Pottle's ancestors never experienced a time when their frozen world in northern Labrador was being altered so dramatically because of climate change. Shrinking ice packs and more severe weather has made travel increasingly difficult and dangerous, often cutting people off from other communities and traditional hunting lands.
There are no roads connecting Rigolet to other communities, so people here long ago came to rely on trails over the ice as their lifelines. But those frozen lifelines are increasingly unreliable, prone to sudden thaws, weak ice and dangerous openings.
Some changes are more subtle. Summers have always been short here, and marked by tormenting swarms of black flies. But Paula McLean-Sheppard, a Nunatsiavut government employee, said she has been startled to see the insects arriving earlier and earlier in the spring.
Rigolet's fishermen say new species are arriving in the bay, from cormorants to sharks to sea turtles, chasing warming waters and the food that comes with it. Seals, a key source of food and skin for waterproof clothes, are moving further and further up the bay as the sea ice vanishes. Others blame the decline of the region's caribou herd on the changing climate, too.
Some of the changes are harder to see. McLean-Sheppard worries that as coastal Labrador's sea ice becomes increasingly unreliable, it's causing more anxiety among Inuit who feel stuck and unable to travel to catch their food. This past winter, the ice in the bay didn't freeze up until February, months later than normal.
Living off the land is still a big part of life in Labrador's coastal communities. Hunters provide meat to community freezers for sharing with seniors and others who can't catch their own food. The freezers are filled with Labrador's wild buffet, from partridge berries and Arctic char to moose, duck and goose meat. Each year the Rigolet community is allowed to kill two polar bears, and the meat is divided up for families up and down the rugged coastline.
Scientists say the impact of climate change on the Inuit psyche is significant, and only just beginning to be understood. Social workers worry it is leading to increased rates of drugs and alcohol abuse, in a place where the suicide rate far outstrips the national.
"The land is not just the land for them. It's family, it's kin, it's part of you. Every aspect of Inuit culture grows from the land," said Ashlee Cunsolo, director of the Labrador Institute in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Cunsolo is one of the leading researchers into the links between climate change and mental health. She says the rapid changes happening in coastal Labrador are causing the Inuit to feel increased feelings of anxiety, depression and grief. They sense something is being lost, she said.
"These changes are disrupting hundreds of years of knowledge and wisdom and connection to the land. That's a scary thing for humanity," Cunsolo said.
Many of the Inuit in Rigolet are just a generation removed from the government relocation programs of the 1960s, when families were forced to abandon their nomadic ways and settle in larger communities. They say it's in their blood to travel out into the wilderness. Inez Shiwak, who is working to preserve local Inuit culture in Rigolet, smiles when she says getting away from the village and into the wild is "like taking your first breath when you were a baby".
Her father Jack Shiwak, the village's mayor, said elders have noticed that the wind whipping in from the ocean is getting more severe. It can cause blinding snowstorms, and some people have been lost on snowmobile trails because of it. The unpredictable weather is causing some Inuit to reduce trips to their remote cabins, a tradition that dates backs to the days when fur trapping was a major industry in the region, he said.
Back out on the frozen shoreline a few miles outside of the village, Martin Shiwak stops his snowmobile again and looks out over the bay. The sun is shining now and the hunter unzips his coat, remarking this is one of the mildest Marches he's ever seen.
He knows this wild land intimately. But lately he's starting to recognize it less and less. This is the first winter Shiwak couldn't cross nearby Lake Melville to go trapping because he couldn't trust the ice. It's also the first winter he's had to cancel an educational program that used to bring youth out on the ice and show them the old practices of their people.
Shiwak worries what life will be like for Dane, as the traditions of the father grow harder and harder for the son to maintain. Labrador's youngest Inuit will have to learn new ways to live with a land that is changing all the time, he said.


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Op naam van Palaephatus of Palaiphatos (Oudgrieks: Παλαίφατος) staat een verzameling van 45 Apista (Ongelooflijke zaken), waarvan de kern uit de 2e helft van de 4e eeuw v.Chr. dateert. In het werk wordt een poging gedaan om bizarre elementen van oude mythen (bijvoorbeeld metamorfosen) rationalistisch te verklaren. In de vorm waarin we het werk hebben is het een uittreksel van de 5 boeken waaruit het oorspronkelijk bestond.

De identiteit van de auteur is nogal problematisch. Palaephatus, wat letterlijk 'Lang geleden verteld' betekent, is vrijwel zeker een pseudoniem. Bovendien wordt door het Byzantijnse lexicon Suda overgeleverd dat er vier auteurs met de naam Palaephatus waren. Het is onduidelijk of het inderdaad om verschillende auteurs gaat en wie dan wat geschreven heeft.

In Nederland gaf Cornelius Tollius het werk in 1649 uit met een Latijnse vertaling. Lange tijd bestond er maar één Nederlandse vertaling, door Nicolaes Borremans: Palaephatus van de Onghelooflijcke Historiën..., Amsterdam 1661 (verbeterde herdruk Amsterdam 1687). Eind 2016 is het overgeleverde deel van het werk opnieuw vertaald in 'Mythen moet je niet geloven' door Hugo Koning.

Externe links
 Franse vertaling van Ugo Bratelli
 Nederlandse vertaling van Nicolaes Borremans bij Google Books

Oud-Grieks schrijver
Schrijver in de 4e eeuw v.Chr.

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Q: Wordpress Permalinks not working I moved my site from slichost to Amazon ec2. After moving i made necessary settings for wordpress. My first page for wordpress works fine, but the permalinks are not working.
Can anyone please let me know what changes are necessary to make the permalinks working.
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A: After moving to a new linux host and installing a fresh wordpress, we had to make ALL of the following changes in order to enable pretty permalinks.

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*Create .htaccess in the correct folder, containing the code as suggested by Krige.

*Enable mod_rewrite on apache, then restart the server, as suggested by Mike Lynn.

*Change the apache configuration to FollowSymLinks and AllowOverride All for /var/www/, as suggested by Cninroh.  For us /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default was the file we had to edit.

A: I was having issues getting Permalinks (other than default) to work on Mac OSX and the following was very much useful. It seems that by default Mac's are not .htaccess ready by default and Apache will ignore the file until certain files (specified on the links below) are modified:
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*logging into wp-admin for my site

*changing the Settings | Permalinks option to something different

*save changes

*changing the Settings | Permalinks option back to its original value

*save changes

This seemed to re-enable permalinks, which did not originally work.

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Powtawche N. Valerino es una ingeniera mecánica estadounidense del Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro de la NASA. Trabajó como ingeniera de navegación para la misión Cassini.

Primeros años y educación
Valerino nació de una madre del pueblo amerindio Choctaw y un padre afroamericano. Creció en la reserva Choctaw de Misisipi y es miembro inscrita de la tribu. Cuando tenía diez años, se mudó con su familia a Nueva Orleans. Unos años más tarde, vio la explosión del transbordador espacial Challenger en la televisión y se interesó por la ciencia. Valerino aprendió violonchelo a los doce años y todavía toca en la Orquesta Comunitaria de Pasadena. Durante la escuela secundaria, Valerino hizo una pasantía como ingeniera mecánica como parte del Programa de Investigación de Aprendizaje de la Escuela Secundaria de Verano de la NASA, donde estudiantes de alto rendimiento siguen a los profesionales de la NASA.

Obtuvo una licenciatura en ingeniería mecánica de la Universidad Stanford y recibió su maestría y doctorado en ingeniería mecánica de la Universidad Rice. Durante los veranos en la escuela de posgrado, Valerino hizo una pasantía en el Centro Espacial Johnson en Houston y en el Centro Espacial Stennis en el condado de Hancock, Misisipi, donde trabajó en el equipo del vehículo X-38 (bote salvavidas de la Estación Espacial Internacional). Su disertación, Optimización de trayectorias interplanetarias a Marte mediante propulsión eléctrica, fue sometida a Rice en 2005. Fue la primera nativa americana en obtener un doctorado en ingeniería en la Universidad Rice.

Investigación y carrera

Valerino se unió a la Sección de Navegación y Diseño de Misión del Laboratorio de Propulsión a Chorro en 2005. Primero trabajó en la misión propuesta Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter, y luego fue transferida a la misión Cassini, donde fue navegante con el equipo de maniobras y trayectorias. La misión Cassini sobrevivió con creces la vida útil prevista de cuatro años, con ingenieras como Valerino que la llevaron a trece años. A lo largo de la misión Cassini, Valerino compartió el estado y los hallazgos de la nave espacial con el público.

Su proyecto más reciente fue la nave espacial Parker Solar Probe  que se lanzó el 12 de agosto de 2018. Se convirtió en el primer satélite en volar tan cerca del sol como lo hizo Helios 2 en 1976.

Comunicación científica
Valerino ha trabajado para reclutar y fomentar la participación de grupos subrepresentados en la ciencia. Esto ha incluido trabajar con Soledad O'Brien para alentar a las jóvenes negras y latinas a seguir carreras en STEM en PowHERful Summit.  En 2016 recibió el premio a la educación de la Asociación Nacional para el Avance de la Gente de Color. por sus actividades de divulgación.  En 2017, Valerino se unió a 21st Century Fox en su promoción de la película Hidden Figures, que habla del papel de destacados matemáticos y científicos afroamericanos en el programa Apolo.

Valerino es fanática de los cómics. También ha hablado de mujeres fuertes en novelas gráficas en podcasts.

Publicaciones seleccionadas
 Juan Arrieta, Christopher G. Ballard, Yungsun Hahn, Paul W. Stumpf, Powtawche N. Valerino, Sean V. Wagner. 2012. Cassini Solstice Mission Maneuver Experience: Year Two. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. doi: 10.2514/6.2012-4433.
 Sean V. Wagner, Juan Arrieta, Yungsun Hahn, Paul W. Stumpf, Powtawche N. Valerino, and Mau C. Wong. (Preprint) AAS 13-717 Cassini Solstice Mission Maneuver Experience: Year Three. trs.jpl.nasa.gov (preprint).
 Powtawche N. Valerino, Brent Buffington, Kevin Criddle, Yungsun Hahn, Rodica Ionasescu, Julie A. Kangas, Tomas Martin-Mur, Ralph B. Roncoli and Jon A. Sims. 2014. Preliminary Maneuver Analysis for the Europa Clipper Multiple-Flyby Mission. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference. doi: 10.2514/6.2014-4461.

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Alumnado de la Universidad Stanford
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It was a match-up made in Q&A heaven: two pugilists of opposing convictions going head-to-head in a debate about the existence of God.
Australia's highest-ranking Catholic and Sydney's archbishop, Cardinal George Pell, spent an hour with evolutionary biologist and celebrity atheist, Professor Richard Dawkins taking questions covering everything from evolution, resurrection and eternal damnation.
Frustration and something bordering on barely concealed mutual disdain boiled over more than once during the ABC television show.
Charles Darwin was claimed as a theist by the cardinal, because Darwin ''couldn't believe that the immense cosmos and all the beautiful things in the world came about either by chance or out of necessity'' - a claim disputed by Professor Dawkins as ''just not true''.
The clergyman remained unmoved on gay marriage and climate change, but he said evolution was ''probably'' right, and that atheists could ''certainly'' get into heaven. Professor Dawkins declared he was ''trying to be charitable'' by suggesting there was no way Cardinal Pell meant the body would literally be resurrected.
The clergyman's view that people would return after death in some kind of physical form earlier had been dismissed by Professor Dawkins. ''The brain is going to rot, that's all there is to it,'' he said.
Cardinal Pell said: ''Mr Dawkins, I don't say things I don't mean.
On the Q&A vote, 76 per cent of the audience decided religion did not make the world a better place.


In this course, we will reflect on the meaning of the word pilgrimage, not only in the traditional sense but as a way of looking at the journey of life. Heidi will show pictures and tell about her summer 2016 pilgrimage across Spain, the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James). A few pilgrimage themed prayer experiences will be woven into the presentation, as well as discussion about what pilgrimage means to each of us and how we can live as pilgrims every day.


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Week 13 - New England vs. Detriot Lions
The New England Patriots (3-8) will have a short week as they prepare to travel to Detroit where they will battle the Lions (7-4) before a nationally televised audience on Thanksgiving Day.
**DATE:** Thursday, November 23, 2000
**SITE:** Pontiac Silverdome (80,311)- Turf
**TIME:** 12:30 p.m. EDT
**TELEVISION:** This week's game will be broadcast nationally on CBS (locally on WBZ Channel 4 in Boston). Greg Gumbel will provide the play-by-play detail and will be joined by broadcast partner Phil Simms. The tandem will be joined by Armen Keteyian from the sidelines.
**RADIO:** WBCN's Rock Radio Network 104.1 FM. Gil Santos, now in his 24th season as voice of the Patriots, will call the action along with Gino Cappelletti. The tandem is enjoying their 17th season together.
The New England Patriots (3-8) will have a short week as they prepare to travel to Detroit where they will battle the Lions (7-4) before a nationally televised audience on Thanksgiving Day. It will be just the second time in franchise history the Patriots have been showcased in a Thanksgiving Day game. The first was against the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 22, 1984. The Cowboys claimed a 20-17 victory over the Patriots that day.
The Patriots will have just two days to prepare for the Lions, practicing Tuesday and Wednesday morning before leaving for Detroit Wednesday afternoon. It is the third time this year that the Patriots have had just four days between games. The first two exercises of the drill came during the preseason. The Patriots opened the 2000 preseason in a Monday night game against the San Francisco 49ers in the Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio. They played just four days later when they traveled to Detroit to play the Lions. The Patriots were victorious in both games. They closed out the five-game preseason schedule repeating the exercise when they hosted the Buccaneers on a Sunday and the Carolina Panthers just four days later. Both times, the Patriots won the game, despite the short week of preparation.
Although the two played earlier this year during the preseason, the Patriots and the Lions have not met during the regular season in six years. In 1994, the Patriots claimed a 23-17 victory over the Lions in Detroit. The Patriots have won three of their last four games in the series. The series is now tied at three wins apiece.
Last week, the Patriots claimed a 16-13 victory over the Bengals in Foxboro. It was their ninth game that has been decided by eight points or less and their first victory to be decided by a field goal. It was also the first time this year that the Patriots scored less than 20 points and won the game. Since 1996, when the Patriots score 20 points or more, they have been dominant, winning 36 of 41 (.878) games. Conversely, the Patriots are now just 5-28 in games that they score less than 20.
If history is an indicator, expect the Patriots victory over the Bengals to ignite a win streak. The last two times the Patriots defeated the Bengals, the win sparked three and four game win streaks, respectively. In 1993, the Patriots were 1-11 through 12 games, but a 7-2 victory over the Bengals ignited a four-game win streak to close out the season and the Patriots finished 5-11.


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Similar to what is happening in the Pacific, the US is facing a significant uphill battle to balance China's rise in Southeast Asia. During the recent G20 and ASEAN summits in Indonesia and Cambodia, the Chinese Community Party (CCP) media upped its propaganda war against the United States over Southeast Asia. Outlets like Global Times and Xinhua claim that China's interests in Southeast Asia are focused on mutual benefits, while the US is a malicious force in the region. The CCP press also claims that China is generously giving robust and purposeful aid to the Southeast Asian countries, while the US is neglecting them.
Claim #1: China's Interest in Southeast Asia is Peaceful and Mutually Beneficial
China's approach to Southeast Asia is benevolent and focused on mutual benefits, according to the CCP-run press. "China's goal is to achieve a truly prosperous and peaceful ASEAN," and "doesn't interfere in ASEAN members' internal affairs," according to Global Times. "China focuses on pragmatic issues, such as promoting infrastructure construction, living standards, which are needed in those countries," and "China is seeking a cooperative path toward common development," according to another Global Times article. That same article quoted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as stating that China and the ASEAN countries "are good neighbors who will always be there for each other…"
One country that is particularly thankful for growing Chinese influence, according to the CCP press, is Indonesia. Indonesians want China to "lead…the world to a more peaceful and prosperous future," and view Chinese President Xi Jinping "with an apparent sense of affability and affection," according to Global Times. Marzuki Alie, former speaker of the People's Representative Council of Indonesia, praised China as "becom[ing] essential in improving global governance," and that "the visionary concept of building a human community with a shared future proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping shows China is willing to work with other countries to create a peaceful and secure world with openness and inclusiveness," according to Xinhua. And perhaps the most perplexing aspect of China's "benevolence" in Indonesia is the "Peace Ark" – a hospital ship that has recently docked in Indonesia, but that is also a navy ship run by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), according to Global Times.
Malaysia has a favorable view of China as well, according to the CCP press. Koh King Kee, president of Center for New Inclusive Asia, a Malaysian think tank, stated that "China is the backbone of the global supply chain and acts as a ballast stone of the global economy in times of uncertainty," according to Xinhua.
And in response to US concerns over rising Chinese influence in Cambodia's Ream Naval Base, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian dismisses the base as not targeting any third party, according to Global Times. Cambodia's Minister of National Defense Tea Banh further claimed that the Chinese involvement in that base is benevolent, stating that the base helps Cambodia "in cooperating with friendly countries and help[ing to] maintain regional peace, stability and prosperity," according to that same article.
Claim #2: The US' Interest in Southeast Asia is Manipulative, Malevolent
In contrast to China's benevolence, the United States "only wants [ASEAN] to serve as its pawn to counter China, and to fulfill its own hegemony goal, according to Global Times. At the G20 conference in Bali, the US takes a "hegemonic, unilateral and protectionist approach," and "is preaching war and confrontation," according to that same article.
The US and the West are merely using the G20 summit in Bali "to advance their own geopolitical agenda against Russia, therefore preventing the crucial meeting from tackling serious economic issues," according to another Global Times article. "Such a geopolitical focus "will worsen this uncertain and unstable world," according to Veronika S. Saraswati, China Study Unit Convener at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Indonesia.
According to another Global Times article, the US is using ASEAN "to drive a wedge between China and Southeast Asian nations in the future," is attempting to "rope in the region via political, security, and value-oriented agendas," and is trying "to buy off" Southeast Asian countries "by pledging to spend certain amount[s] of money."
Claim #3: China gives Robust, Targeted Aid to Southeast Asia
CCP media taunts the extensive aid that China is giving to Southeast Asian countries. China has pledged $1.5 billion in "development assistance" to ASEAN countries in November 2021, and Chinese-ASEAN trade was about $878 billion in 2021, according to Global Times. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang claims that of the 160 "cooperation initiatives" that China has suggested with the ASEAN countries in the previous 10 years, over 99.5 percent of them have been implemented, as reported by another Global Times article.
Li also stated that China is planning to build emergency storage for medical supplies and rise within the ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan and South Korea) framework, according to Global Times.
Chinese state-run media is particularly touting China's Belt and Road investments in Southeast Asia, particularly in Indonesia and Laos. According to Global Times, the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway will be operational in June 2023, and as a "flagship project of China-Indonesia cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative," will be the first high speed train in Southeast Asia, according to Xinhua. China's ambassador to Indonesia praised the project, claiming that the railway "will greatly reduce traffic jams, make travel more convenient for local people, improve local investment environment, boost businesses and tourism along the route, and accelerate the building of a high speed railway economic corridor." The ambassador also mentioned that existing Belt and Road initiatives with Indonesia like the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park and the PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry Park, "have generated tax incomes, job opportunities and foreign exchange earnings, and provided Indonesia with opportunities for greater participation in global industrial chains of stainless steel and new energy."
Meanwhile, Global Times asserts that the China-Laos Railway has generated at least $1.7 billion in trade and has transported almost 10 million tons of goods.
Claim #4: US Investment Lags Behind China
On the other hand, the CCP media claims that the US is lagging far behind Chinese investments in Southeast Asia. President Biden's newly announced "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership" with the ASEAN countries "…looks more like a symbolic act. The US is playing the catch-up game with China," according to Koh King Kee, president of a Malaysian think tank, according to Global Times.
US and ASEAN trade, at $441 million in 2021, was almost half that of Chinese investment for that same time, according to Global Times. President Biden pledged to ask Congress for $850 million in aid for electric vehicles and clean energy to ASEAN countries, but this amount is "symbolic" and a "mere 'drop in the bucket'," according to Global Times. In May, Biden "announced a $150 million development and security package" for the ASEAN countries according to that same article, which pales in comparison to the amounts in aid that China claims it is giving those same countries.
According to Global Times, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang mentioned that US investment in ASEAN is "a drop in the bucket if compared to US support for Ukraine" during the Biden administration, which Global Times claims is "over $18.9 billion in security assistance."
CCP media is waging a charm offensive targeting Southeast Asia. While China is investing heavily in these countries, the US has yet to devise a credible counter to such influence.
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A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Movie Review
Now available on Blu-ray and DVD (Buy on Amazon)
Well, that happened. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III is a less-than-winning drama-comedy starring Charlie Sheen as a successful graphic designer whose life crumbles apart when the love of his life (Katheryn Winnick) leaves him. Thanks to a few too many Brandy Alexanders and an active imagination, Charles Swan descends into a series of "fantasy-inspired reflections on his colorful past."
In other words, it's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas without the drugs, the creativity or the entertainment factor.
Following Charlie Sheen's highly publicized breakdown a few years ago, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III served as his first semi-prominent return to the big screen since. I say "semi-prominent" because no one actually saw the movie n theaters (the movie made $45,350 domestically). On paper, the movie sounds like a natural translation of Sheen's life to the big screen, but the end result is far less fantastic, zany or memorable.
The last time Charlie Sheen was a big movie star (as compared to a big television star) was the early 90's, and that's when it looks and feels like Charles Swan III was made. The humor, writing and overall style are from another era. Read: they don't have modern-day punch. The production feels hastily slapped together without any sense of building to something greater, which is a sign that early on I should stop giving the story one hundred percent of my attention.
In fairness, Charles Swan III isn't nearly the disaster I was expecting. It has a few goofy moments, and the mere presence of Bill Murray (albeit a wasted presence) adds a little charm. The movie is less awful than it is pointless, though there's often fine line between the two. Winning, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III is not.
Review by Erik Samdahl unless otherwise indicated.


We all benefit from moments of calm, and Spa Verta maximises its retreat potential by being an escape that's just for the grown-ups - unlike many hotel spas you won't find toddlers taking over the shallow end while their older siblings dive-bomb their parents. This award-winning spa is located at the stylish Crowne Plaza Hotel in Battersea, across the Thames from Chelsea Harbour.
Facilities include a sauna, steam room, sanarium, and large hydrotherapy pool. We like to double-bubble here because Skinny Prosecco is served in the spa, and as part of the Spa Verta Twilight Package.
The package is an evening of pure indulgence. Enjoy a glass of perfectly chilled Skinny Prosecco on arrival, or after your treatment in the spa relaxation area. Also included is a 25-minute ESPA express treatment of your choice, access to all Spa Verta facilities from 4pm-8pm, and a two-course set dinner in The Pad Restaurant & Bar, overlooking the river and London Heliport.
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Spring School on Quantum Computation
The 3.5-day Spring school will bring TCS researchers up to speed on the current excitement in quantum computing. The past decade had marked tremendous experimental progress, from one or two-qubit devices to dozens of qubits and more. What are the theoretical models for such devices, and what are their prospects? Can they be classically simulated, and if not, can they accomplish algorithmic speed-ups? What are the obstacles to full-blown fault-tolerant quantum computation? And what does all this tell us about complexity theory, cryptography, and quantum information?
Target Audience: The school is oriented towards graduate students, postdocs and faculty alike, who want to get to a point where not only they understand the questions at the forefront of quantum complexity nowadays, but also can start thinking about them themselves. We expect participants to have a background in computer science (complexity and algorithms), as well as a working familiarity with linear algebra, but no prior exposure to quantum information is needed.
Schedule: Each day will have ~5 hours of lecture by Dorit Aharonov, David Gosset, and Thomas Vidick, and 1-2 hours of hands-on problem solving sessions in which the participants will solve exercises to integrate the material. They are still working on the detailed schedule, but talks would be roughly
9am-5pm on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,
9am-3pm on Thursday.
Topics covered: The first day of the school will be devoted to establishing a common language: they'll review
The basics of quantum mechanics,
entanglement,
The quantum circuit model, t
The complexity class BQP,
The notion of a local Hamiltonian,
The class QMA (the quantum analog of NP).
Low-depth circuits and adiabatic computation
The theory of quantum error correcting codes.
Student Support: Awards ranging at around 500 US$/student will be made to a small number of students. To apply, send an email to qi-ucsd-travel@cms.caltech.edu by February 1st, 2018, including a brief CV and a paragraph justifying your attendance to the Spring school, and the need for funding. Decisions will be made by February 8th, 2018.
Deadline for Application: Thursday, February 1, 2018
Location: University of California, San Diego
Dates for the School: March 19-22, 2018


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Henry Lerolle, Forgotten Impressionist
The Organ Rehearsal, 1885
Henry Lerolle was born on October 3, 1848 in Paris. He studied at the popular 19th century Académie Suisse, whose alumni include Monet, Cézanne, Pissaro, and Manet amoung others, and under the private instruction of Louis Lamothe, who taught Degas and Tissot. Despite his incredible eye there seems to be a lack of productivity compared to his contemporaries yet what makes Lerolle unique is his dramatic use of light and bold colors.
In The Organ Rehearsal above, we see one of the most breathtaking and underrated paintings of the 19th century. A singer rehearses a hymn at the Saint-François-Xavier in Paris to an open space of light— a brilliant composition that eschews any audience below completely and focuses on the main figures of the choir loft. This remarkable earth toned palette of browns, yellows and blacks, with a few accent colors, is superb. A couple of the standing figures off to the left have been painted in burnt sienna and yellows that make their faces glow—the one with the beard lost in a gaze is Lerolle himself. Look at the crisp lines of the interior cornices, engaged columns, and pilasters...how they contrast with the scumbled warm tones of the loft. Lerolle is a keen observer of facial expressions and body language. I love that singer reading from that sheet with her lips parted in song...she alone would have made a great painting. Note the woman watching keenly from the left with matching hat, who is watching her sister singing. The young woman in brown is Lerolle's wife. I also admire Lerolle's use of small details to enliven the painting, such as the thick music books strewn across the floor beside his wife and on her lap. Lerolle provides us visually with a space for a voice that we can imagine in our heads, something rarely depicted in art. Simple. And brilliant.
Reading Woman, ca. 1890
This feels like a scene from a film...easy to see how modern day cinematographers are influenced by art. Look at the way the sun backlights her hair and the letter she is reading reflects some of that warm light gently onto her face and neck. Lerolle uses a complementary palette of green and red that is balanced by her white blouse and the white building behind her in the distance. Lerolle creates the impression of urgency in the way she reads so that we can almost see her eyes darting impatiently across the page, and yet the details of her face are vague. Placing a figure in the middle of a composition is a daring move for any artist, yet Lerolle knew that this was the only way to focus on this lovely woman. By arranging her in a three-quarter pose it makes the figure less confrontational and pulls us into the drama. Even that pink-tiled roof off to the far top right eases the contrast of the dress and grass. This would be a great painting to see up close in person.
Femme a sa toilette, 1877
Another painting that should be seen up close in person. Lerolle uses a dramatic red curtain with a vibrant pattern as a backdrop for this elegant and lovely nude. Look at the texture of the drapery atop of her lap. The woman cleans herself while pouring a small pitcher of water into an golden ornate urn of some sort...look at how that light from high above left of the composition falls down upon her, casting a deep shadow under her arm and breast. This is not the work of a second-rate artist but of a discreet master with deep respect for his subjects. Beautiful.
Femme a la lecture, ca. 1900
Here we see brushwork directly inspired by Lerolle's good friend Degas. The palette here is quite warm with yellows, oranges and reds that Lerolle balances with white and a surprising accent colour: blue. Despite the cluttered interior we are drawn to the woman reading intently on the corner-sofa, and the way Lerolle paints the walls and area rug the brushwork seems to vibrate, as if suggesting the drama of what she is reading. Look at the thick impasto strokes of the transparent drapes in the window, in scumbled dry greys. This painting may lack the sheer drama and light of the earlier woman outside in the sunlight, but it has something else...an immediacy, a quiet presence.
Lerolle may not be a Degas or Monet, but his striking work deserves mention as an artist who enjoyed some recognition in his time, yet forgotten largely in ours. What captures my attention is his versatility and vision, able to find narrative in the simpest moments and with an eye unlike many of his contemporaries, he breathed life into his subjects by making the space they reside in part of their world.
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More Old Master Drawings
There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.
Charles Louis Müller, A Standing Female Nude Leaning Against an Arch, ca.1864
Once again I decided to talk about some Old Master drawings and delve into the thinking behind how these drawings may have been created and the knowledge of the artist. In the above drawing by Müller, done in sanguine with white chalk highlights, the figure is drawn from a low view-point, with her body twisting toward her left side while resting on one knee. Note how Müller alternates the bent right leg with the bent left arm to create dynamic contrast. The right arm is also foreshortened and partially in shadow. Expressing power and femininity, this is a study that is Renaissance in spirit, even Mannerist, revealing the female nude as sculptural yet always graceful.
Anton Raphael Mengs, Seated male nude viewed from the back, 1755
One of several Academic nude studies by Mengs, this …
Nymphs and Satyr, 1873
If there is one artist today that hardly needs an introduction, it would be William-Adolphe Bouguereau, supreme giant of 19th century Academic art. Born on November 30, 1825 in La Rochelle on the southwest of France, his talent would define the era he lived in only to fall into obscurity for decades after his death in 1905 until as recent as the early 1980's, shockingly. Today he has the distinction of being lionized by the Art Renewal Center as one of the greatest artists of all time while at the other end of the spectrum vilified by modernists as artificially perfect and sentimental. In fact it is quite rare to see such polarization over an artist of a calibre like Bouguereau, whose bravura is difficult to equal yet at the same time thematically his work admittedly tends toward women and children, a subject matter that sold well and he had endless patience for. Over the vast array of his oeuvre, some 820 paintings, I have tried to find some of his very b…
Pompeo Batoni
Apollo and two Muses, 1719
Giant of the Rococo and early Neoclassicism, Pompeo Batoni was born on January 25, 1708 in Lucca, Italy. Immensely popular in his time, his name sadly is not commonly recognized today because like many Old Masters, his work is not defined by one or two singular masterpieces but by an oeuvre that is overall, incredible. Batoni is something of an anomaly in that he had the midas touch in every genre he worked in, whether portraiture, mythological, and biblical. He trained under a few painters, notably Sebastiano Conca yet he quickly fused his own style together by reinterpreting Classicism with his own vigor for dynamic posing, color and anatomy that he felt was lacking in many artists of the Rococo. His reputation as a portraitist in Rome was highly successful, particularly for many British patrons of the Grand Tour who had heard of Batoni by word of mouth and sought his genius.
In Apollo and two Muses above Batoni seems to conjure mythology and Classicism w…


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Flint Run Archeological District, also known as the Flint Run Complex, is a historic archaeological site complex and national historic district located near Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The district consists of a group of Clovis sites clustered around a jasper outcrop in the Shenandoah Valley.  They relate to a group of between 500 and 1000 people who occupied the site about 8300 BC. Archaeological excavations reveal habitations and stone tool workshops.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Virginia


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