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namespace armnn
{

arm_compute::Status NeonDepthwiseConvolutionWorkloadValidate(const TensorInfo& input,
                                                             const TensorInfo& output,
                                                             const DepthwiseConvolution2dDescriptor& descriptor,
                                                             const TensorInfo& weights,
                                                             const Optional<TensorInfo>& biases,
                                                             const ActivationDescriptor* activationDescriptor
                                                                     = nullptr);

class NeonDepthwiseConvolutionWorkload : public NeonBaseWorkload<DepthwiseConvolution2dQueueDescriptor>
{
public:
    NeonDepthwiseConvolutionWorkload(const DepthwiseConvolution2dQueueDescriptor& descriptor,
                                     const WorkloadInfo& info);

    virtual void Execute() const override;

private:
    mutable std::unique_ptr<arm_compute::IFunction> m_pDepthwiseConvolutionLayer;
};

} // namespace armnn


Plugin in Shell Script to check via SNMP the number of processes of Windows Servers.
I've been searching for a day or so now for the right OID to check the number of processes running on a remote system, and it was this check that finally had the answer for me! The plugin itself is very simple, lacking usage text and argument flags, but it does work if you have the right MIB. Thank you!


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The Legend of Zelda Tri Force Heroes; All Demo Music!
Do you like the Legend of Zelda Tri Force Heroes so far? Find any of the music from the recent demo somewhat catchy and want to listen to it outside of the game?
Well if so, you're in luck! Thanks to the efforts of some people in the 3DS music community, we now have every song from the demo available to listen to right here and now. The main theme? Available in good quality, complete with no sound effects. The boss themes? Same deal. And the ominous chanting filled area themes are included too, if those are more your thing.
So here it is. All the music from Tri Force Heroes:
It's not much of the soundtrack so far, but it's enough given that the game is only in demo form. When the game comes out and we've played the whole thing, maybe then we'll have the rest of the music available as well.
But what do you think about the music in The Legend of Zelda Tri Force Heroes?
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In 1996, Dr Raina completed his Residency at the University Of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey. He has been practicing Primary Care ever since.
Dr Raina is the founder of the medical Associates. In 1996, Dr Raina completed his Residency at the University Of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey.
He has several board certifications including Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology and is a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation.
Dr. Melanie Frank received her medical degree from The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency training at The Northeastern Hospital of Philadelphia.
Peter Perdik is a caring and diligent internist as well as pulmonologist serving the community of New Hyde Park, NY.
where we will continue to serve our patients in the same friendly manner as before.
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Menu: Fried Chicken, Roasted Pork Loin, Mostaccioli with a Marinara Sauce, Roasted Baby Potatoes, Lettuce Salad, Fresh Fruit, Vegetable Medley, and water and coffee. Bar will be open during dinner.
There will be signup sheets for the opening mens and mixed events which will start in November. Also start thinking about what nights you will want to curl in league.
I'd like to take a minute to thank Steve Parke on working to get our logo uploaded to MyLocker so you can order Waltham merchandise. The website is available HERE. You can now go out and order all different types of apparel to help promote the club.
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Adoption Date
Addressed to:
October 1, 2012 Fifth Session
Resolution of Protest
AGAINST THE
MV-22 OSPREY DEPLOYMENT TO OKINAWA PREFECTURE
(adopted unanimously)
U.S. Secretary of Defense
U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Today, despite the protests from the citizens of Okinawa Prefecture, the MV-22 Osprey aircraft were deployed to US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
In Okinawa, a Resolution of Protest was adopted by the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly and at all 41 municipal assemblies throughout the prefecture, united in our opposition to the MV-22 Osprey deployment to the prefecture. Furthermore, on September 9, 2012, over 103,000 people gathered to participate in The Okinawa Prefectural Citizens' Rally against the Osprey Deployment, where a resolution was adopted calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Osprey deployment plan and for the closure and removal of MCAS Futenma. To bring our intensions to realization, we have been calling on relevant ministries and agencies and also addressing this issue through protest rallies and gatherings at the gates of MCAS Futenma.
Amidst this, both governments of Japan and the United States announced their official agreement on the safety confirmations which were concluded and declared at the Japan-US Joint Committee on September 19, 2012.
However, this declaration includes conditional language such as, "as practical," and "as much as possible," which makes military operations by the US Forces possible based on their discretion, and the details of the memorandum can hardly be said that the safety of the aircraft has been entirely ensured.
The deployment of the Osprey will implement plans for training and exercises as well as readiness operations not only at MCAS Futenma but all throughout the main island of Okinawa and the surrounding islands. This will increase the number of late-night and early-morning flights by 204 times a year. Moreover, residents from various areas are voicing their concerns and indignation over noise, environmental, and other such issues, and also fear over possible crashes. This is in response to the irresponsible determination that the past crashes were due to human factors and that the aircraft themselves have no problems.
I f the Osprey, which does not have auto-rotation capabilities, were to fall and crash in an urban area, who will be responsible and what can be done to take responsibility over such an incident? The ways in which both governments of Japan and the United States have continued to ignore the voices of the citizens of Okinawa is flagrant and is unacceptable by any measure.
To that end, we, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, in our duty to protect the lives, safety and the living environment of the citizens of Okinawa, strongly protest against the deployment of the Osprey to the prefecture. Furthermore, we firmly oppose the MCAS Futenma in becoming a permanent fixture; demand all of the Osprey aircraft to be withdrawn; and call for the closure and removal of MCAS Futenma.
The above is resolved as stated on this 1st day of October, 2012.
Okinawa Prefectural Assembly
沖縄県議会事務局政務調査課(代表)


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Q: Generate xml from xsd using xslt I have an XSD file with content as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified"
           xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:simpleType name="phoneType">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:enumeration value="Voice"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Fax"/>
      <xs:enumeration value="Pager"/>
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>
  <xs:element name="Contact">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="Name">
          <xs:simpleType>
            <xs:restriction base="xs:string"></xs:restriction>
          </xs:simpleType>
        </xs:element>
        <xs:element name="Title"
                    type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="Phone"
                    minOccurs="1"
                    maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element name="Number"
                          minOccurs="1">
                <xs:simpleType>
                  <xs:restriction base="xs:string"></xs:restriction>
                </xs:simpleType>
              </xs:element>
              <xs:element name="Type"
                          default="Voice"
                          minOccurs="1"
                          type="phoneType"/>
            </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Using XSLT i want to generate XML like:
<Contact>
  <Name>name</Name>
  <Title>title</Title>
  <Phone>
    <Number>number</Number>
    <Type>Voice</Type>
  </Phone>
</Contact>

How to get above XML file as output of XSLT transformer?

A: This makes no attempt at generality but produces the requested output, and may give you a start
$ saxon9 x.xsd xsdgen.xsl
<Contact>
   <Name>name</Name>
   <Title>title</Title>
   <Phone>
      <Number>number</Number>
      <Type>Voice</Type>
   </Phone>
</Contact>

using the xsl:
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        exclude-result-prefixes="xs"
        >
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>
 <xsl:output indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>

 <xsl:template match="xs:element">
  <xsl:element name="{@name}">
   <xsl:apply-templates select="@type,*"/>
  </xsl:element>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="xsl:sequence">
  <xsl:apply-templates/>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="xs:element/xs:simpleType">
  <xsl:value-of select="lower-case(../@name)"/>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="@type[.='xs:string']">
  <xsl:value-of select="lower-case(../@name)"/>
 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="@type[not(../*)][../@default]" priority="2">
  <xsl:value-of select="../@default"/>
 </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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Your Guide to Eating Healthy Restaurant Food!
Did you know that healthy restaurant food DOES exist? What I hear more often than not from clients is that the obstacle to them losing weight is due to busy lives. I totally get it! Life with kids or sometimes even without kids is on the run.
Certainly afterschool activities will steal your time right from under you as well as your time to prepare healthy meals. During football season with two boys in band we live in the car going back and forth to practice.
Often it is until late at night 4 or 5 nights a week. So like most busy families you grab food on the go or get take out. You begin to think that low carb eating out doesn't exist and all that is ever available are double meat cheeseburgers and fries. You may not like me after this but that is simply not true!
Healthy restaurant food is available everywhere even fast food places! You just have to know what and how to order. Don't fool yourself either by thinking ordering the salad is the healthy route. Depending on your salad dressing addiction, you may be better off ordering a grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo or ketchup.
Even light lemon vinaigrette dressing is laden with fat grams. A ¼ cup serving of this dressing, which is what most restaurants serve, contains 27 gms fat.
Healthy fats but it is still fats. When you are unaware of what your macronutrient breakdown and intake should be, you can end up consuming too much of a good thing.
Always order water with lemon or plain or unsweetened tea. Avoid regular sodas as well as diet sodas and sweetened tea.
Avoid alcohol. It is true it is laden with calories however the bigger issue is that your body must metabolize alcohol right away since it cannot store it. It halts all other metabolic functions and focuses solely on the alcohol. It also wreaks havoc on your liver.
This may not be an option if you are with the family but if no one cares, avoid appetizers and breadbaskets. Most of the choices would never make the healthy restaurant food list.
Always ask for your salad dressing on the side. Just add a quarter of what they give you and toss. You will be amazed at how flavorful a salad can be with just the yummy veggies and lean meat added to it. Another trick is to dip your fork in the dressing and then add salad to your fork. A friend taught me that and I never eat a salad any other way.
When ordering a sandwich, hold the mayo. Ketchup and cheese and ask for wheat bread if it is an option. I hope that it is a given to order grilled chicken or fish rather than an Angus beef patty or anything fried, right?
Always choose grilled, steamed, baked or broiled instead of fried and blackened. Fried for obvious reasons but blackened is usually pan fried in butter and contains heavy sodium.
Always ask how your food will be prepared. For example, did they baste your baked chicken with olive oil or butter? Did they add butter to the steamed vegetables? Does the Cedar plank Salmon come with a glaze? If so, ask to have that on the side. Use the dipped fork principle for flavor.
Order entrees that are simple in nature. Stay away from stuffing, gravies, and sauces.
This one might shock you but I am not going to tell you to not order dessert. I AM going to tell you that if you do, share it with the table. Limit yourself to two bites. Grab your water and chug it…the craving will diminish and your sweet tooth satisfied.
Remember, healthy eating is a choice everywhere you go. Life happens. There will ALWAYS be birthday parties with cake, celebrations at restaurants, travel ball and cheer trips, busy weeks of drive through dining, vacations away from your kitchen and the list goes on. Stop making excuses and make it a lifestyle and a priority to become the best you!


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Today's Young Singers are Using Manuka Honey
In recent years, some professional singers, actors, and other performers have been singing the praises of Manuka honey and its ability to help protect their voices. However, it's not just the pros who are taking advantage of this special honey—even newcomers as young as 15 are working hard to ensure their voices are safe and soothed. Just take Richmond, Australia's young Paige Peters, whose singing talent is already so well-known in that part of the world that the top entertainment honcho for Sydney's Royal Easter Show personally contacted her to sing Australia's National Anthem for this year. She didn't even need to audition for the honor.
"I was really shocked, then I was so excited to be able to get that opportunity to sing," Peters stated to her local news media. Peters, who is in her tenth year at high school, has been a singer since the age of seven, and she landed this huge gig thanks to videos posted on Facebook by her mother that highlighted her singing. Peters will sing Australia's National Anthem each night of the Royal Easter Show at 6:30 pm, and she'll be unaccompanied during the performances, with only her well-trained voice to get the crowd going.
"It's frightening but exciting at the same time," Peters said. "I'll be standing on the back of a truck, but I'm going with a casual-elegant look, with some nice dress pants, some nice jumpsuits, and shirts." While this won't be her first time in front of thousands, Peters admitted to fighting back some nervousness. "They're starting to come to me now that the show is so close," Peters added. "I don't like having musical accompaniment when I sing the National Anthem, as I like going at my own pace, so I asked for no music and they allowed that."
Peters has been working with the same singing teacher for eight years, and they have weekly check-ins before big performances, and they're both making sure her voice is in pristine condition for her upcoming nightly ballads. "My vocal coach has been working with me to prepare, and I also know how to protect my voice so I don't hurt it," Peters said.
"A really good thing for vocalists is Manuka honey—it helps soothe your throat for sore voices. Lemonade can help calm your nerves and also help a sore throat." Peters has trained her voice for more classical pieces, but she's also enjoyed singing pop as well as musical theater—all of which will certainly be helped by this modest but highly impressive singing opportunity in Sydney.
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Rescue Gecko Identification?
Geckos Leopard Geckos
photos, identification
kuby06 March 21, 2021, 9:56am #1
Hi! So I rescued this gecko about a month ago and was told he was a blizzard, but he definitely doesn't look like one. Anyone know what morph he could be?
erie-herps March 21, 2021, 1:25pm #2
I'm thinking blizzard or RAPTOR White & Yellow.
twinklecat1217 March 21, 2021, 1:30pm #3
I was thinking a raptor as well. White and yellow or a snow? I don't know that much about Leo's my son owns one though and she is a raptor white and yellow.
I was deciding, I think it could be either W & Y or a line-bred Snow in addition to RAPTOR. I don't think it would be a mendelian inheritance snow because of the lighter spots rather than black spots. It could be a very light Gem Snow but I don't think so.
ggjr March 22, 2021, 2:08am #5
That looks like a snow raptor but it is not a blizzard. Did you get any other info when you got the Leo?
mblaney March 22, 2021, 2:23am #6
Is he shaky or does he sway when he moves around? Does he sometimes miss when he strikes for food?
Assuming you're not going to use a rescue for breeding, at this point, you'll never know if it's a Mack Snow. There is also no way to know which strain of albino it is, so you cannot know if it's a Raptor or Radar or Typhoon. The only things you can be sure of are Albino (unknown strain) and Eclipse (with a very very low possibility of Marble Eye instead of Eclipse).
It has a pattern so it's not a Blizzard. The pattern is modified- abnormal and irregular- while this could be solely due to the Eclipse, I suspect Enigma or W & Y. If it has any neuro problems than it's probably safe to assume it is either Enigma or W & Y.
(edit: I was tired and wrote an incorrect morph at first.)
westridge March 22, 2021, 3:42am #7
I think Raptor, Engima, maybe Mack Snow.


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Apple won't allow TV games that require controllers to play
Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Abhimanyu is TNW's Managing Editor, and is all about personal devices, Asia's tech ecosystem, as well as the intersection of technology and (show all) Abhimanyu is TNW's Managing Editor, and is all about personal devices, Asia's tech ecosystem, as well as the intersection of technology and culture. Hit him up on Twitter, or write in: [email protected].
Games for the upcoming Apple TV must work with the device's bundled remote and can't require a controller, reports TouchArcade.
Apple's app programming guide for tvOS says that games that support joysticks and gamepads "must support the Apple TV remote. Your game may not require the use of a controller."
Oof, looks like Apple changed its mind and game controllers are purely optional on Apple TV. Can't require em: https://t.co/KSKxsqRcsR
— Dustin Westphal (@EvilBachus) September 15, 2015
It'll be interesting to see how developers work around this. Apple's betting big on gaming for its new TV box to succeed, having included multiplayer support and revamped its remote with Nintendo Wii-style motion control capability.
TouchArcade argues that some games may be hard to play using the remote, and that's a fair point. But the company's restriction means that owners will be able to play every game in the Apple TV catalog and won't be annoyed by titles that require them to purchase a controller.
Another point worth considering is that in order for other players to join your Apple TV game, they'll need to use their iPhones as controllers. That means that titles launched for the platform will need to be easy enough to play on a touchscreen.
However, the mandate is in stark contrast to the company's previously announced policy, which stated only days ago that games can require controllers.
@austin_walker Ahh, found. Yes, confirmed. https://t.co/MP22DyKWn9 pic.twitter.com/ahUWMMhWQF
— Rusty (@rustym) September 9, 2015
So don't be surprised if Apple changes its mind again in the near future, and introduces a section in its game store for titles that do require gamepads.
➤ Apple TV Games Must be Playable with the Remote [TouchArcade]
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If you expressed an interest in buying this book you will probably have received an email from me by now telling you that the book will be available to purchase on 12th June 2009. If you have received this email, please accept my apologies as I'm going to repeat many of the details again.
The book is available to order now from www.18thcenturypress.com or click on the link on the right of this page. Once there you can click on the Savory button which will open a new page which has three postage options - UK, Europe and rest of the World. Once selected this should take you to Paypal where you will be able to pay.
the book is heavy and I can't see us getting much of a discount for more than one book.
Lastly, I'd like to thank you for your patience as this has been a somewhat long and drawn out ordeal for all concerned. Nonetheless, we have succeeded and I hope that you enjoy the results.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I am in negotiations at the moment on the next reprint which will have a SYW theme and which I think is even rarer than the Savory book.
Thank YOU, Nigel, for making it available again.
I've been looking for a copy for 25 years, so what was a few more months?
Tantalizing news on the next book!
Would it be possible to post a photo of a sample page or two so that we can check out the font size . . . I know that my eyes are not what they used to be and I have to take font size into account.
Thanks for all your work behind the scenes, so to speak, to bring about the republication of this august tome! Well done. My order is in!


Last night made in Brazil store Melko invited us along to come celebrate their second birthday. The first thing you noticed when entering the store was all the bright colours and amazing patterns of the clothing. I was drawn instantly to this magenta coloured skirt and was pleasantly surprised by how soft the material was. We were also joined by Alice Zaslavsky of MasterChef Australia who was whipping up some delicious Latin-American treats for us!
I've now listened to Somebody That I Used To Know 1,303 times since adding it to my iTunes over two years ago. Obsessed is an understatement. Melbourne Music Week is in full swing and as soon as I saw that there was an event on featuring Gotye, I knew I couldn't miss it. This panel was all about his amazing video clips and the talented people behind them.
As one of the musicians pointed out, there's something very powerful about a room full of strangers coming together to really listen to music. And that's exactly what the guys at Sofar Sounds created.


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Nuclear button always on my desk, says Kim
"A button is always on my desk," the North Korean leader said, adding that "this is reality, not a threat".
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his New Year's Day address said on Monday that his country has completed its nuclear arsenal and he has the ignition button ready "always on" his desk.
"We achieved the goal of completing our state nuclear force in 2017," Kim said in a televised message broadcast by the North Korean state network.
He called for an increase in production of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles for operational deployment.
He stressed the need to "mass-produce nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles and accelerate their deployment," the South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted Kim as saying.
Kim also said that his country's nuclear forces have gained a powerful deterrent against the US and that Pyongyang's weapons were capable of hitting all of its mainland territory.
Kim also urged Washington and Seoul to end their joint military manoeuvres, which the regime criticised as an attempt to invade its country, and extended his hand to Seoul, saying that North and South Korea must improve their relations.
Throughout 2017, North Korea intensified its weapons tests with the launch of about 20 missiles, three of which were intercontinental, and completed its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date in September.
The regime's repeated weapons tests have triggered a record number of sets of UN sanctions against the Asian country, four in one year.
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No matter what the medium, artist Shanti Grumbine manipulates her work by slicing it into fractals of distorted imagery. In her series titled Looking Awry, she uses front-page images from the New York Times, and prints them in large format. She then cuts and divides the image into hundreds of smaller pieces and rearranges them before mounting the squares onto wooden dowel. Each square resembles a pixel, creating a strange mix of visual information since they are not placed in their original spot. This hodgepodge of colors and shapes are referencing a digital file that is corrupted, in which we can no longer see what is originally intended to visually display. Although altered and skewed, we can still make out some of the original image in Grumbine's work. If you look closely, you can see a woman's face or remnants of a human body. Grumbine explains her journey while creating her wall reliefs.
These wall reliefs become monuments to the untold levels of mediation between my creative acts and the rest of the world.
Much like digital files move across digital highways or frequencies, Grumbine's work seems to travel across the composition in waves. As each cut out "pixel' is mounted on a wooden dowel, the dowels are all different lengths, creating a wall relief. These varying levels, confronting the viewer, form a new textural and visual element. Further engaging the viewers are small, square mirrors that Grumbine integrates into each piece, replacing some of the "pixels." Now, each captivating piece is not just reaching out at you in waves of visual complexities, but also include fractals of the viewer and its surroundings. You are now a part of the piece, a part of an endless source of aesthetic, digital information. A master at carving new meaning into different materials, this Brooklyn-based artist also has a series of incredibly detailed newspaper cut-outs titled Zeroing, also utilizes New York Times newspapers. New visuals are sliced into each word, and even a wall relief in the shape of an orb is formed from its text.
Artist Alice Smeets re-imagines 20th century tarot cards through contemporary photography. Having always been interested in spiritual themes and fascinated by tarot cards, Smeet recreates the many different faces of tarot cards using the streets of Haiti as her subject. Her goal was not just to interpret the deck of tarot cards through her lens, but to also have them hold a deep, personal element. Cards like "Justice" and "The Hanged Man" become more intimate by collaborating with each of her subjects represented in this series.
The abstract ceramic work of Netherland-based artist Mieke de Groot is full of repetitive patterns and geometric shape. Her vessels resemble natural archetypes found in nature, such as the winding pattern on an acorn or the perfectly balanced patterns in honeycomb. These spiky exteriors are somehow still warm and inviting, so full of texture, begging to be touched. Holding a precise shape with intricate detail, Groot's work still contains an organic quality. Each piece displays careful incisions that exhibit a skillful and complicated method. However, this intricacy and density is contained in one unified, brilliant color, mostly hues of greens and blues.
The delicate forms in her work wind and bend around, obstructing which end is which. However, not all of her ceramic pieces contain such smooth glazes as the ones shown. A different approach this multifaceted artist uses is one in which she creates a rough, cracked surface, creating a much different aesthetically versatile exterior. Groot's style molds and transforms along with her ceramic medium. Each piece seems to grow both organically and systematically, even though they are constructed by hand. Even more impressive, Mieke de Groot also is an established painter, on top of creating remarkable ceramic vessels. The Dutch artist has artwork in collection all over the world including the National Glass Museum in the Netherlands and The Corning Museum of Glass. She is currently represented by galleries in several different countries including Holland and Germany.
Like floating into a dream, Jason Mitchell's photography takes you into a new place of existence, stuck between worlds. His series Dream Away displays ghostly bodies in a different state of being, exploring a sense of awakening. Inspired by metamorphosis, his figures are placed in a blank space, not knowing exactly where they are except for in a place of uncertainty. Even still, they seem tranquil and ready for whatever is to come next. Each image contains an ethereal quality, as the figures delicately glide through the air. In this series, we cannot tell if Mitchell's figures are falling or floating, as there is no sense of direction, like they are underwater. With bright whites and light shadows, the absence of almost all harsh shadows creates an angelic atmosphere around these women.
Hinting at themes of afterlife and a higher state of being, Mitchell's figures almost do not appear to be human. They are transcending their bodies on a journey of oneself.
Although all of Mitchell's work holds a striking beauty, his series Dream Away truly exhibits stunning detail and imagery. Photographs from this majestic series will be on view at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, CA until May 30th.


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Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon
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The Other Side of Victory
On Kol Nidrei of 5765 (2004), I gave a sermon against the Iraq war. It was a very political sermon. Yes, I couched it in terms of Jewish teaching, in particular the teaching about a king having to write a Torah scroll before going to war, implying that the deliberation might change the king's mind about the necessity for the war. But it was a political sermon. I was against a war the Bush administration chose to wage. It was an election year. Even though I pointed out that Bush's opponent in the election, John Kerry, was also wrong in his support for the Iraq war, thus trying to be non-partisan in my critique, a lot of people here were upset by that sermon.
One of you even came into my office to talk about the sermon, and explain why it was NOT the sermon she needed to hear on Kol Nidrei – how that sermon did not fill the spiritual need of that moment. She was right. It was a bad sermon. I admit to you now, almost 9 years later, it was a lousy sermon. Oh, I still agree with the politics of the sermon, but it was not the right sermon for that moment. Why? Well, in addition to being a bit too long (it remains the longest sermon I have ever delivered), my whole approach was just plain wrong. I was opposed to the politics of a particular war. I had nothing to say about the notion of war itself.
Now I will speak about war. Not born of any particular war, but born of my experiences this past summer. As many of you know, I spent the summer travelling this country and Germany, interviewing family members that a little over 2 years ago I did not know even existed. Those in the United States are all Jewish. Those in Germany are the products of marriages between Jewish men from my family and a Catholic bride. That means they are not Jewish. They suffered, however, from the fact they had a Jewish parent. The stories of the oppression they witnessed are moving – for sure. But I found that the stories having the most profound impact on me are their accounts of what it is like to actually live through a war. America and its allies triumphed in World War II. But there is another side to victory – a side that I never could begin to understand until now.
For those suffering the consequences of war, its end brings emotional if not physical relief. When the fighting finally ends, they must feel that better times are about to come; and even if they are not immediate, there is at least a moment of celebration that a period of fear has passed. So one would think.
It was the end of World War II. My aunt Charlotte, her mother and her siblings were living in the Sudetenland, having been evacuated to there from their home in Cologne. This became part of the Russian zone of occupation, so the Red Army moved into the area. This only triggered a round of atrocities, especially the first day they arrived. Women were raped. People were abused. The conquering victors had arrived. Margarethe, Charlotte's mother, had her daughters lay down on the top level of a bunk bed, curl themselves in a small fetal position, and put their thumbs in their mouths to appear as childlike as possible. The Russian soldiers came into their room, shone their flashlights, saw the children lying there and left. It was a close call.
There was a song the family knew from the Karnival celebrations in Cologne. Karnival is a winter festival celebration held every year in Cologne, much like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The lyrics said, "when you are homesick, you should travel on foot back to Cologne." The family was homesick, so in early summer of 1945 they began a journey on foot back to Cologne. This part of the Romberg family travelled with another young woman and her two children. At age 13, Charlotte was the eldest of the children. Every day they walked. At night they slept in a different place; sometimes a barn, sometimes a school, sometimes the ground. They foraged the fields for food or depended on the kindness of strangers they met along the way.
At last they came upon a farmhouse and the farmer's wife was outside churning butter. They asked if they could spend the night in the barn and the woman told them "no." As they were leaving they met up with a Red Army officer, as the farmhouse had been commandeered to house a group of army officers. He spoke German and asked them what they wanted. They told him they just wanted to sleep in the barn for the night, but the farmer's wife had told them no. He then forced the farmer's wife to give them a bedroom in the farmhouse. One reserved for a Red Army officer. For the first time in weeks, they slept in a real bed, were able to wash, and to have real meals. They stayed there for several days.
Charlotte and her family were able to hitch a ride on a Red Army truck headed for Carlsbad. The driver let them off a bit before there and when he said goodbye, gave them some tins of food for their journey. They made their way to the border of the American section near the Eger River, but the border was closed and they could not pass. So they took shelter in a kind of makeshift refugee camp in the ballroom of a guesthouse near the border. Every day brought the possibility of starvation unless they could successfully forage for food from the farmers' fields in the vicinity.
One time, Charlotte's brother Norbert found a farmer's cellar filled high with potatoes. They formed a plan to steal potatoes in which the brothers crept into the cellar with a bag while Charlotte kept watch. Back in the ball room there was a small oven with a rough surface. They scratched the potatoes and put them onto the oven to make them more edible.
Finally there was a train organized to take refugees back to their homes in western Germany. After an overnight in Braunschweig, then another in Hanover, they finally arrived in Cologne in December of 1945. They were home at last in their beloved city – after 6 months of travelling – only to find it almost completely destroyed by allied bombing. They were placed in a bomb shelter near the Great Cathedral of Cologne. But in a devastated city there was no work or housing for a widow with 4 children. They were evacuated to Pivitsheide, where Charlotte stayed for the rest of her childhood.
When a war ends the soldiers look forward to a homecoming. The victorious side has parades to celebrate the heroics of the young soldiers. Families are reunited. Tears of joy are wept. Old romances are rekindled, new romances are found. An exciting new life begins for the returnees from the front. But for Charlotte and her family, there was no homecoming. There was only a long journey, mostly on foot, the worry of starvation, and the sorrow of seeing the home that that they loved in ruins.
Now a second story. Doris, age 12 and Ilse, age 10 were not Jewish. They were technically Catholic. But because their father, Oskar, was Jewish, their priest, father Vorspel, feared for their safety. He approached their mother and told her the girls must leave Essen and be hidden. He had connections to a nunnery in South Germany. When their mom objected she did not have the money for this, Father Vorspel told her not to worry, he would take care of everything. So in March of 1943 they went to live with nuns in south Germany.
But after a year and a half, someone travelling from Essen recognized the girls. Their mother had to fetch them home. It was not, however, an easy journey. Fist of all, she was pregnant once again. Second, a lot of the trip had to be done on foot. Finally, Doris fell ill with appendicitis and was hospitalized for two weeks. By the time she was able to travel and they all arrived home, their father Oskar had disappeared. Although they would not know this for several months, he had been taken to Theresienstadt.
That left a pregnant mother alone in Essen with two young daughters. Every week mom would inquire after her husband's whereabouts, but no answers were found. It was clear, even to German civilians, that the allies were winning the war. But what this meant was an enduring of ever increasingly brazen bombings of German civilian areas. In the early morning of March 13, 1945, Essen suffered a heavy bombing by the allies. The house where Doris, Ilse, and their mom lived was destroyed. The family made it to the bomb shelter in the basement, but got trapped under the rubble of the building. There they remained trapped until around 3 in the afternoon. Of course this meant their house was gone and they had no place to life. It was fortunate that a theology student gave them space in his apartment.
And finally, a third story. Maria Jagode was a Catholic orphan raised by nuns in a small convent in a village on the banks of the Rhine River. As a young woman she became the governess to the two young boys of a Jewish family, Manfred and Ralph. Their father, Karl, was a quite successful importer of English wool into Germany. Because his suppliers were English, and the commodity was much sought after in Germany, Karl's business prospered through the 1930's long after the Nazis had choked off other Jewish businesses. But all of that came to an end on Kristalnacht.
Karl was tipped off that the Gestapo was after him, so he left his home in Essen and went into hiding, leaving his wife, two children and Maria Jagode in their living quarters above his business offices. The only way to the living quarters was a stairway that led from a garden in the back to the second floor.
Kristalnact arrived and the boys, their mother and Maria hid upstairs while listening to the SS destroy the offices below. They heard the sounds of sledge hammers being taken to desks and type writers. Then, horrified, they heard the sound of boots tromping up the stairs from the garden to their living quarters. The Nazis were on the way to destroy the apartment and do who knows what to the inhabitants. Maria Jagode met them at the door. She told them she was a Catholic and that the family was to leave Germany shortly, leaving all of the contents of the apartment to her. She asked them to please leave things alone, so that her property would not be destroyed. The Nazis turned and left.
The family eventually made it to America. They tried to keep in contact with the governess who saved them, but it was sporadic. The boys grew up safely in Chicago. After serving a tour of duty in the Korean War, Ralph was posted in Germany and found Maria Jagode. As a small token of thanks, he wanted to go with her to give some help to the nuns who raised her. She told him that the nuns who raised her used their facilities to hide and transfer Allied pilots who were shot down during the war – a kind of underground railroad. Ralph went to the town where the convent was to give them some help as well – but it was completely gone. He went to question the mayor of the village who was reluctant to tell him anything. Being an American soldier Ralph was required to always be in full uniform, so when he began to press the mayor and put on an official "air," the mayor caved and told the tale. The Nazis had found out how the nuns were aiding Allied soldiers, locked all of them in one of the convent buildings and burned it to the ground.
The former Jewish refugee from Germany turned American officer then returned to Essen to find his old home. It was completely bombed out except for one thing. The stairway from the garden to the second floor was still standing – a stairway to nowhere – a satiric monument to Maria Jagode and the nuns who raised her.
The receiving of these stories was accompanied by tears, sometimes by the giver, sometimes by me. After hearing tale after tale of the unintended damage inflicted on the innocents on the other side of our victory, I can no longer accept the notion that there is in any way a thing called "a just war." Today we have a term for the experiences of Charlotte, Doris, and the nuns who raised Maria Jagode – collateral damage. When we march to war drunk on our own self-righteousness, we are incapable of being "just." All war does is inflict pain. Perhaps there are wars forced upon us. I am not necessarily an advocate for always "turning the other cheek," although I believe the world would be a better place with a bit more cheek turning and a lot less knee jerk reacting. Yes, perhaps there are some wars that are simply not avoidable. But just? I have to say no. You cannot hear the stories from those on the other side of a victory and believe the war is just.
I think Mark Twain said it best when he said this about war: "Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, war. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out…and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel. And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for the "universal brotherhood of man," – – with his mouth."
How about our own tradition? What does Judaism have to say about war? We Jews are certainly experienced in having war and violence thrust upon us. Yet our tradition casts our participation with a deep sense of regret. In I Chronicles, these are King David's deathbed words to his son, Solomon, "My son, I wanted to build a house for the name of the Adonai my God. But the word of Adonai came to me saying, 'You have shed much blood and fought great battles; you shall not build a house for My name, for you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight." No where does God criticize David's wars as being unnecessary. Even so, participation in war cannot help but taint the soul. Why else would many of the fiercest advocates for peace in Israel have been the generals, military leaders. Who else better understands the moral price paid by participation in war?
I know what many of you are thinking right now. Our president is contemplating a strike against Syria because Bashar al-Assad has reportedly used chemical weapons against his own civilians. I do not question that this would be an atrocity. I do not question that Assad is a dictator slaughtering his own people in a desperate attempt to cling to power. But I am tired of hearing about "targeted" strikes. The situation on the ground in Syria is complex. I have little confidence in our ability only strike a military target and not harm civilians. And I cannot blithely dismiss those casualties as "collateral damage." "But," you might object, "Do we not have a moral obligation to oppose the use of weapons of mass destruction?"
Indeed, if we were looking for a Jewish text to guide us we might look to the law of din rodef drawn from the Talmud, Sanhedrin 73a. This law tells us if we see one person pursuing another, threatening to kill them, we are obligated to use all force, including killing them, to prevent the murder. By this measure we have already failed. According to a report on Monday by McClatchy News Service, US government published as part of its evidence of Assad's crime the revelation our intelligence had been monitoring preparations for a gas attack 3 days before it happened. The questions must then be asked, why did the State Department not warn the rebels? Why did the administration not do what it did late last year and raise a hue and cry over the possible impending attack? It is important to know all of this as Maimonides points out that killing the pursuer who can be stopped with lesser means is tantamount to murder.
I simply cannot escape the feeling that launching cruise missile strikes would be an empty gesture to cover up or draw attention away from our failure to take proper measures to prevent this attack before it happened. I cannot escape the feeling this is more about what policy "looks" good as opposed to real moral considerations. I cannot escape the feeling of being fed another line about what is just. All I ask is that before we do anything we consider the real consequences of our actions – not from a policy perspective, but a human perspective. I want to know what is the next step. How do we avoid the next trap of war? And, by the way, we still have not even discussed how an American strike on Syria might pull Israel into greater harm's way.
So today, on Rosh Hashanah I plead for a change of mindset, a change of heart. It is time to recognize there is an industry that profits from the proliferation of war, and to pledge that we will no longer buy the weak arguments that have pushed us into constant warfare in the last 60 years. For if we look at the history of the United States from 1950 until today, we have know more years participating in war than not (I have actually counted). Even more, consider our millennial children. They have not known one year without war. I am tired of it, aren't you?
Today is known as Yom Hadin, the day of judgment. We believe this is the day God judges our actions from the past year. We recite words of prayer saying that "repentance, prayer and charity" will affect God's decree. I would like to add one more action to that list. I pray that we finally heed the words of the prophet Isaiah; that we embrace the day when "they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they study war anymore." May that day speedily come. Amen


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It is often said that the Mediterranean is the crown of the world yachting industry and Monaco is the jewel in that crown. But to enjoy the Mediterranean to the full, it is essential to navigate what can appear to be a minefield of legal and tax legislation and regulations.
In this article, I have highlighted some of the general legal and tax considerations that need to be considered by anyone buying a yacht that will be sailed/used fully or partially in the Med.
The place the yacht is purchased and the owner's place of residence will determine what tax and duties may be due upon purchase. These are usually VAT and transfer tax or import duties. In general terms, any EU resident who buys a new build or secondhand yacht that is not VAT-paid will be required to pay VAT on the hull at the VAT rate applicable at the place of delivery, unless the yacht is acquired for commercial purposes or through a leasing scheme.
To determine the exact legal and tax status, it is necessary to complete an analysis of the operational tax and flagging issues and to consider, on an individual basis, the nationality and residence of the yacht's intended users, cruising waters, and any potential chartering activity.
The tax residency of the yacht owner is paramount, especially for issues related to the taxation of income generated by the yacht or potential capital gains on its sale. Indeed, the tax to be paid will vary depending on the legal structure selected. In addition, consideration must be given to the provisions of any applicable double tax treaties, as some include special rules for the taxation of profits arising from the operation of ships and yachts.
Some countries, for example France, have introduced a special wealth tax that is a levy on the total net value of an individual's personal assets, which includes yachts. Yacht owners who are tax residents in such countries may be subject to this taxation, depending on the yacht's net value. Other countries may tax the individual on his or her use of a corporate-owned yacht as a benefit-in-kind.
It is also important to verify the applicable Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) rules in the country of residence of the Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) who owns the yacht through a company, which could result in various tax constraints. For example, under new Russian CFC legislation, a Russian tax resident may be subject to tax on the undistributed profits of any foreign entity that he or she controls at the rate of 13% (if an individual), 20% (if a corporate entity) or both (20% at the level of the foreign entity and 13% at the level of the individual after profit distribution).
The effect of the recently introduced Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for the exchange of tax information also needs to be borne in mind. As a result of the lack of clarity that continues to surround the implementation of this legislation, there is uncertainty about the nature and quality of the information that will be reported to the tax office of the UBO in his or her home jurisdiction on any yacht-owning structures. The UBO should determine what information is held on file by any relevant financial Institution, how they have identified and classified the relevant reportable persons and Controlling Persons, and what account balances will be reported, prior to the reporting taking place.
UBOs need to be aware of transparency developments in other jurisdictions that might lead to the public disclosure of the UBO's yacht-owning structure.
estate. The material inheritance law is determined by the application of the conflict of law rules that determine the applicable jurisdiction for the settlement of the estate.
The conflict of law rules may designate a sole inheritance law to the whole estate, including both movable and immovable assets wherever situated, or two different laws, one applicable to movable assets and the other to immovable assets.
If different laws are applicable, the yacht or the yacht-owning entity will be considered as either movable or immovable assets by the jurisdiction charged with the settlement of the estate.
impose forced heirship rules that limit the freedom of a testator to dispose of his or her estate.
As a yacht is a very valuable asset, special precautions should be taken to choose the most suitable tools with regard to the owner's personal and family situation and estate planning, as well as will, life insurance, pre- or post-nuptial contracts, gift, and business succession plan.
The information above is for general purposes only and should not be relied upon as a legal or tax advice. Specific guidance should always be obtained on ownership structuring, registration and operation of a yacht.
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A student group chat focused on finding free food on college campuses has grown into a community that spans across multiple universities.
Finesse UT is a group chat on GroupMe where students can post opportunities for free food they find around campus. It is one of many free food group chats created by Jack Klachian, a biology senior from UT-Dallas. Klachian said he started the group chats his freshman year with only a few friends.
To join Finesse UT, students can add themselves through a link to the group, which has more than 1,000 members.
Students helping each other find free food makes the chat more effective than other apps with the same purpose, such as discount-finding app Hooked, Klachian said.
Government senior Hannah Reinhard said the chat is helpful for finding food on campus in between classes.
Reinhard said the group chat works effectively because of student generosity.
"It also builds a sense of community by just wanting to help each other out," Reinhard said.
Klachian said because of other expenses college students must pay, food insecurity should not be a problem.
Another food resource for UT students is UT Outpost. Will Ross, coordinator of the Student Emergency Services food pantry, said food insecurity is a real concern for many students.
"Food insecurity is a big need on our campus … It's great to see students passionate about that and find creative ways to problem solve that," Ross said.


John Haught fully embraces the insights of science and especially those of Darwinian evolution. He contends that these scientific insights are not only compatible with the experience of biblical faith, but that they nourish a theology that is richer than pre-Darwinian religious thought.
Scientists begin with the commitment to the belief that the world is to some extent intelligible and that truth is worth the hard work of science. These faith commitments of scientists do not prove anything about the ultimate nature of reality, but they are more compatible with a religious vision than with a materialistic one. Unlike the materialist interpretation of reality, the religious view sees the work of the scientist as part of a larger cosmic narrative characterized by a hopeful outcome.
The crucial meaning of Haught's insights shows that a slowly evolving and chaotic universe does not necessarily lead to a materialist view of reality. Theists and atheist alike cannot get by with a simple choice of affirming or denying design.
A coercive deity---one that immature religiosity often wishes for and that our scientific skeptics invariably have in mind when they assert that Darwin has destroyed theism---would not allow for the otherness, autonomy, and self-coherence necessary for a world to be a world unto itself.
A non-coercive creator allows not only human freedom, but also the pre-human spontaneity that allows for the formation of the universe and the evolution of life and of species. Haught concludes that God is the source not only of order, but also the instability and disorder that are necessary for novelty and for life itself.
While John Haught approaches the issue of evolution as a theologian with a deep understanding of science, Kenneth R. Miller approaches the same question as a cell biologist with a rich understanding of theology. In his book, Searching for Darwin's God, Miller begins by demolishing the array of Creationists theories including Intelligent Design. These theories, while claiming the label of "scientific," deny the validity of much well-established science, and they present a diminished notion of God.
In chapters 3, 4 and 5, Miller shows that Creationists present God as: first, a charlatan who created the earth only ten thousand years ago, but through fakery, made it look older; second, as a magician who made living things appear out of thin air; and third, as a mechanic who tinkered together the intricacy of the living cell. Miller then demonstrates that the origin of life as well as of species can be accounted for by the scientific study based on Darwinian natural selection.
stems partly from the notion that religion can answer questions better left to science, for example, questions on the origin of life and origin of species. But the controversy is fueled by many evolutionists who contend that evolution makes mechanistic materialism triumphant to the point that any religious or spiritual ideas are superfluous and irrational. Those evolutionists hold in common with the creationists the premise that evolution and religion are mutually exclusive.
In my last two post I presented the notion that the universe does not look like the work of an all-good and all-powerful designer. I agree with this assessment. Here I want to express an idea of God as seen in the light of evolution.
The notion of God as a designer who controls every event in creation rules out the notion of evolution by natural selection; conversely the acceptance of evolution by natural selection rules out the possibility of belief in God the designer.
God's creative love constitutes the world as something ontologically distinct from God, and not as a simple extension of divine being. Consequently, the indeterminate natural occurrences that recent physics has uncovered at the most elementary levels of physical reality, the random events that biology finds at the level of life's evolution, and the freedom that emerges with human existence are all features proper to any world that is permitted and even encouraged to be distinct from the creative love that underlies it.
In Christian belief and experience, God reveals Himself in the form of a poor man, of no political or economic consequence, who suffered death by execution on a cross. The trust in an incomprehensible God, in spite of unbearable sorrow also runs deep in the history of religious Jews from their early days of exile up through the Holocaust.
This notion, of course, has no appeal to those who do not accept it, but it shows that God as experienced in Christianity and Judaism bears no resemblance to the powerful but prissy god whom anti-evolutionists affirm, and atheists reject. God as experienced by religion is quite compatible with evolution by natural selection.
Advocates of Intelligent Design, invoke the complexity and beauty of design while atheists claim that the design is sporadic and explainable by randomness over vast periods. Haught's rejection of design is similar to the argument of the atheists in that he contends that evolution does not look like the work of a designer.
But Haught, rather than looking back for an original design, looks ahead to an evolving purpose. He further argues that the religions that sprang from Abraham consist primarily in hope for the future.
The question of purposefulness in the universe cannot be answered by science. Scientists can and do express opinions on the issues of purpose, but in doing so they base their judgments on whatever factors cause a person to accept or reject faith in a purposeful universe. Haught compares the fatalism of some scientists to that of the Greek tragedies.
Of course, the scientists who think of the universe as pointless may or may not feel their own life as tragic; they might be quite content with their "hour upon the stage."(Sean Carroll seems to fit this description.) But regardless of how scientists view life, their view is not part of their science.
As Haught argues, science is not equipped to find the value of things. Such questions are metaphysical, and although metaphysics must be consistent with science, a metaphysics of promise is not less scientific than a metaphysics of despair.
The argument from evil stands out as the strongest case against belief in God. If an all good and all powerful Creator produced a world, the argument goes, that world would reflect the Creator's own goodness. But a close look at reality presents something quite different from what we would expect.
Life on earth is violent, terrifying and excruciatingly painful for its inhabitants. Except for those at the top of the food chain, animals must seek food for themselves and their young under the constant threat of being eaten by a predator. Their lives are likely to end with a few minutes of terror as they try to escape and then the horror and physical pain of having the claws and teeth of death tear into their flesh.
What are we to make of a creation in which the routine activity is for organisms to tear others apart with teeth of all types---biting, grinding flesh…bones between molars, pushing the pulp greedily down the gullet with delight, incorporating the essence into one's own organization, and then excreting with foul stench and gasses the residue?
Becker argues that if we can remove all of the illusions that constitute our culture and look at life as it is, we realize that nature mocks the poet. In the context of these posts, we might conclude that nature mocks the idea of the good.
Why did the Creator not make us all vegetarians like the animals in the "Peaceable Kingdom?" Since plants lack the awareness and the nervous system to feel pain, eating them would not involve inflicting cruelty. Or better, yet, why not endow all creatures with the power of photosynthesis and skip eating all together?
But since eating constitutes such a pleasure, why did the Creator not grow lobster tails on trees so that we could enjoy them without throwing a live lobster into boiling water? And why can we not enjoy all sorts of steaks and roasts without the pain and horror of the slaughterhouse? Scientists today are working on growing meat from stem cells. Why didn't an omniscient Creator think of that?
The contrast between reality and our fantasy of what a benign all-mighty being would have created constitutes for many an airtight argument against belief in God. Atheists like Dawkins do not posit an evil god, but simply an absence of any creator or source of good and evil. The universe including the process of evolution is, in their view, unconscious and pitiless. Atheists have a strong case to show that the world including living things does not flow from an intelligent designer.
What happens to the idea of the good?


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The conference is held at the Financial District Ritz Carlton Hotel, Beijing. It is by invitation only. Following the event, we will publish an e-book with the respective presentations and short summaries on this webpage both in English and Chinese.
China has embarked on comprehensive reforms to promote sustainable and quality growth. Among other things, this implies greater reliance on markets for an efficient allocation of resources. Although the reform agenda remains large and complex, particular progress has been made in the financial and external sectors. The country has completed formal interest rate liberalization and made progress in reforming the exchange rate regime.
The 2016 inclusion of the RMB in the IMF's Special Drawing Rights basket recognizes China reform progress. To maximize the benefits of markets and minimize vulnerabilities, the authorities are further strengthening policy frameworks, that is, the institutional foundation that underpins and guides market function as well as governance.
This conference will look at two key frameworks: (1) As China's financial system continues to develop rapidly and financial innovations are mushrooming, a continuous strengthening of financial sector frameworks, including macro-prudential frameworks will be important; (2) as China continues to move forward in liberalizing its exchange rate system, the questions are what the ultimate framework should look like and how best to get there.
As China's economy remains in transition, textbooks provide little guidance as to how to move forward; also policies and frameworks need to be calibrated constantly. This joint PBC/IMF will therefore review the international experience, bringing together experts and policymakers, PBC and IMF staff, as well as staff from other relevant international and domestic institutions. The conference aims to identify practical policy solutions and evaluate the benefits and costs of different approaches.
Opening remarks
CHEN Yulu, Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China
Session I: Strengthening Exchange Rate and Supportive Policy Frameworks
Over the past year, China has advanced exchange rate liberalization, and is now referencing a basket of currencies. As the country moves toward a float, three interrelated questions arise: (i) what kind of a flow should China adopt, (ii) how should it get there, and (iii) and how to intervene in the market in the context of a float to ensure proper market functioning. While this session will rely on international experience, it will also take into account China's unique position in the world, including its size and the RMB's special status as a currency in the SDR basket.
Part I: 9:00—10:45
Exchanges Rate Frameworks
Markus Rodlauer, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
Speakers (10–15 minutes each):
MA Jun, Chief Economist, People's Bank of China Research Bureau
Laurence H. Summers, Professor of Economics, Harvard University and Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
(at 10am, via video)
Alejandro Werner,Director, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Joseph E. Gagnon, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Simon Gray, Division Chief and China FSAP Mission Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Part II 11:00-12:45
Exchange Rate and Supporting Monetary Policy Frameworks
Moderator: GUO Kai, Deputy Director General, International Department, People's Bank of China
LI Bo, Director General, Monetary Policy Department, People's Bank of China
Michael Spencer, Global Head of Economics and Head of Research, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank
MIAO Yanliang, Head of Research, SAFE Investment Center, State Administration of Foreign Exchange
Feng, Charles, Managing Director, Standard Chartered
Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Keynote speaker: Alan M. Taylor, Professor, University of California, Davis
Session II: Strengthening Financial Sector and Macro-Prudential Policy Frameworks
Part I: China' s Rapidly Changing Financial System: Drivers and Future Development
This session will look at key drivers of China's rapidly changing financial landscape, future opportunities (including the development of derivatives markets), and key challenges.
HUANG Xiaolong, Deputy Director General, Financial Stability Bureau, People's Bank of China
LI Wenhong, Director General, China Banking Regulatory Commission
RAN Hua, Director General, Futures Supervision Department, China Securities Regulatory Commission
LUO Sheng, Deputy Director General, Development and Reform Department, China Insurance Regulatory Commission
Miquel Dijkman, World Bank FSAP Mission Chief
Part II: Regulatory Frameworks and Macro-Prudential Policies
Using insights from Financial Sector Assessments of the key G20 countries (including the United States), this section will discuss how these apply to China as it strengthens its regulatory frameworks. In particular, this section will look at good practices for the development of macro-prudential policy frameworks.
Ratna Sahay, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Donald Kohn, Senior Fellow Brookings and Former Vice-Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve
Mark Sobel, Senior Advisor, U.S. Executive Director Office, IMF, Former Deputy Undersecretary United States Treasure Department
Daranee Saeju, Senior Director, Financial Institutions Strategy Department, Bank of Thailand
Erlend Nier, Deputy Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
Alfred Schipke, Senior Resident Representative, IMF
Concluding roundtable
The panel discussion will draw on key insights from the day's discussions. Panel members will summarize the main take-always of the two sessions, with a focus on potential lessons for China.
HUANG Yiping, Professor, Peking University
YI Gang, Deputy Governor, People's Bank of China
ZHU Guangyao, Vice Minister of Finance
Rodrigo Vergara, Former Central Bank Governor, Chile
Arminio Fraga, Founding Partner Gavea Investment and former Central Bank Governor, Brazil
Closing remarks
Dinner Reception


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Biographie
Fils du roi Tushratta, Shattiwazza fut forcé de fuir la cour mitanienne quand son père fut assassiné par un autre de ses fils. Dans l'époque troublée qui suivit, les Assyriens, sous l'égide de Assur-uballit , s'émancipèrent du Mitanni, les Alshéens envahirent le pays et le prétendant Artatama/Artatama II gagna l'ascendant, suivi par son fils Shuttarna. Le roi des Hittites Suppiluliuma  affirma "que l'ensemble du pays du Mitanni tomba en ruine, et que l'Assyrie et le pays de Alshe se partagèrent son territoire". Il semblerait néanmoins que cela corresponde davantage à un rêve qu'à la réalité. Shuttarna garda de bonnes relations avec l'Assyrie et rendit les portes du palais d'Assur qui avait été prises par Shaushtatar. Un tel butin était un très grand symbole politique en Mésopotamie.

Le fugitif Shattiwazza aurait d'abord été chercher refuge à Babylone, puis à la cour du roi hittite, qui l'aurait marié à une de ses filles. Le traité entre Suppiluliuma de Hatti et Shattiwazza du Mitanni nous est parvenu et est une des sources principales d'information sur cette époque. Après la conclusion de ce traité, Piyashshili, un fils de Suppiluliuma, mena une armée hittite en pays mitannien. D'après des sources hittites, Piyashshili et Shattiwazza traversèrent l'Euphrate à Karkemish et marchèrent ensuite contre Irridu en territoire hourrite. Ils envoyèrent des messages depuis la rive ouest de l'Euphrate et il semblerait qu'ils eussent attendu un accueil amical. Il n'en fut rien car le peuple, influencé par les richesses de Tushratta comme Suppiluliuma le prétendait, resta loyal à son nouveau dirigeant : "Pourquoi venez-vous ? Si vous venez pour vous battre, venez, mais il se pourrait bien que vous ne retourniez jamais au pays du Grand Roi". Shuttarna envoya des hommes pour renforcer les troupes et des chars du district d'Irridu, mais l'armée hittite remporta la victoire et le peuple d'Irridu demanda la paix.

Dans le même temps, une armée assyrienne "menée par un seul conducteur de char" marcha sur Washshukanni. Il semble que Shuttarna avait demandé l'aide assyrienne devant la menace hittite. Soit les troupes n'étaient pas à la hauteur des attentes, soit Shuttarna changea d'avis car l'armée assyrienne se vit refuser l'entrée dans Washshukanni. Elle fit donc le siège de la cité. Cet évènement conduisit à la baisse de popularité de Shuttarna : peut-être que les habitants préféraient dépendre de l'empire hittite que de leurs anciens sujets. Un messager fut envoyé à Piyashshili et Shattiwaza à Irridu et délivra son message publiquement, aux portes de la cité. Piyashshili et Shattiwaza marchèrent sur Washshukanni et les villes de Harran et de Pakarripa sur le parcours se rendirent.

Tandis qu'ils étaient à Pakarripa, au cœur d'un pays désolé où leurs troupes souffrirent de la faim, ils eurent vent de l'avancée assyrienne, mais l'ennemi ne se montra jamais. Les alliés poursuivirent les troupes assyriennes dans leur retraite vers Nilap-ini, mais ne parvinrent pas à les obliger à la confrontation. Les Assyriens seraient retournés dans leur pays en raison de la supériorité des forces hittites.

Shattiwaza devint roi du Mitanni, mais après que Suppiliuma eut pris Karkemish et les régions à l'ouest de l'Euphrate, qui étaient gouvernées par son fils Piyashshili, le Mitanni se limitait aux vallées du Khabur et du Balikh et il était de plus en plus dépendant de ses alliés en Hatti. Certains experts parlent d'un État fantoche hittite, qui servait à faire tampon contre l'Assyrie.

L'Assyrie, alors sous Assur-uballit I, commença également à chercher à s'étendre au détriment de Mitanni. Son État vassal de Nuzi, à l'est du Tigre, fut conquis et détruit.

Notes et références

Liens externes
  http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/ranghaya/suppiluliuma_shattiwaza_treaty.htm

Mittani
Roi du Mittani du XIVe siècle av. J.-C.

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Texting While Driving, Bad Apple or Bad Decision?
A California State Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Apple, finding the tech giant is not responsible for a 20-year old Minnesota boy's death. The young man, David Griggs, was texting-while driving at the time of his fatal car crash in 2013.
The boy's family alleged that Apple was responsible for failing to install a "lock out" technology that would have prevented the phone from being used while the car was in motion. In 2008, Apple applied for a patent for a lock out mechanism that would prevent a driver's iPhone from being used while the car is in motion. Based on this, the law suit argued, Apple knew the importance of this safety technology and should be held responsible for failing to install it in time to save David Griggs' life.
We discussed this case on our podcast, Good Law Bad Law, Episode 18. I think the Court probably made the right decision in dismissing this case, but the technology is changing so quickly and the problem of distracted driving is becoming so enormous that it may not be long before the balance of responsibility between Apple and individual drivers shifts.
Distracted Driving is a Huge Problem
It must be said that one's heart must go out to these parents; their loss and pain must be so terrible, so profound. Their pain and suffering is shared by so many families and the numbers are only increasing.
According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were nearly 4,000 deaths in 2015 related to distracted driving. When the numbers for 2016 are released, I will be amazed if the death total isn't significantly higher. Just look out the window of your car next time you're at a stoplight. It seems everyone is on their damned phones!
The National Safety Council, meanwhile reports that 1.6 million car crashes are due to distracted driving (while looking at a phone) and there are some 330,000 injuries annually from phone-related crashes. As many as one in four car wrecks may be due to distracted driving.
But should Apple and other smartphone makers be legally responsible?
Lock Out Technology and Legal Responsibility
Although Apple applied for a patent for a lock out safety feature on its iPhone, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office only granted the patent in 2014, one year after David Griggs' death.
Still, Apple is taking the problem of distracted driving seriously. Its newest operating system, ios11 includes a Do Not Disturb While Driving feature and an automatic text response that says, I'm driving right now, I'll get back to you when it's safe to do so. Both safety features need to be enabled by the user.
The Court in the Griggs case had to decide whether the burden was on Apple to have installed something like a lock out feature so that drivers cannot access their phone while driving. The Court determined that the technology just isn't there yet and that it would be unreasonable to hold Apple responsible for the driver's decision to text while driving.
A similar case, decided in 2016, reached the same result. In that case, the Court focused on the actions of the driver in responding to a text received while driving and held that Apple shouldn't be responsible.
The issue isn't going away for Apple and other smartphone manufacturers. Apple now faces a class action recently filed in Los Angeles and that case raises the same issues.
The Griggs case may be the latest court victory for Apple where the Court finds that the chain of causation is just too weak. As the technology advances and becomes more and more reliable, the pendulum is going to shift, I believe.
Even though individual drivers must still bear their own responsibility for their own actions, it will be increasingly difficult for Apple to argue that it couldn't deploy technology to reduce the incidence of distracted driving injuries.
Litigation can lead to better safety
The final lesson here, as far as I am concerned, is that litigation can and often does lead to important safety improvements. Think of the Ford Pinto case. Dare I say, the McDonalds coffee case (which led to lower and safer temperatures for fast-food coffee.)
Apple might very well be moved by the market to introduce more and more safety measures. But companies do respond to pressure from litigation in how much effort and time and resources they devote to designing and implementing new and improved safety technology.
The sooner Apple and others can get lock out and other safety applications into their smartphones, the sooner that technology can start saving lives.
In the meantime, please just put down your phones and don't text while driving.
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– Posted on February 11, 2010Posted in: UNHCR
UNHCR António Guterre (UN Photo/Mark Garten)
Update, 20 April 2010: Guterres nominated for 2nd 5-year term.
A significant multilateral post to be filled in 2010 will be the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, now held by Mr. António Guterres whose term expires on 14 June 2010.
Though the Statute for the Office of the UNHCR ascribes a three-year term to the post, the Secretary General and the General Assembly have almost invariably extended the office holder's term from as much as two to five additional years once their initial appointments ended. Anticipating an extension at Mr. Guterres' election in 2005, then-UNSG Kofi Annan and the General Assembly forewent the pretense of the statutory three-year term in appointing Mr. Guterres to the post for five years.
If UNSG Ban Ki-Moon is satisfied with Mr. Guterres' performance, he can nominate him for another term, or as it is typically stated for the post of UNHCR, propose a further extension of his term. Doing so would simply involve a pro forma letter from the Secretary General to the General Assembly such as the mock-up below.
Draft UNGA resolution on UNHCR term of office
Should Mr. Guterres decide not to continue or UNSG Ban wish to appoint another person, Ban would instead send a similar letter proposing a candidate and term of office. Given the precedent of Mr. Guterres' appointment to a five-year term, we could fully expect any successor to be appointed to a similar term, ending in 2015. (This year would also be Ban's last year in office if he serves a second term and the year which the MDGs were to be met.)
The process of identifying and proposing a successor will be of particular interest to good global governance advocates. Mr. Guterres' predecessors had been traditionally chosen from countries that had heavily invested in the agency's work, but in 2005, UNSG Kofi Annan pursued a more transparent approach, soliciting names of potential candidates from Member States and civil society groups.
In the letter, the Secretary-General says that he can only be sure of finding the best person for one of the most important jobs in the UN system if the best qualified candidates come forward and are judged against transparent selection criteria, [UN Spokesperson] Mr. Eckhard added.
Ban suggested a similar interest in transparent appointment processes when he sought to identify a successor to Kemal Derviş as head of the UN Development Program. His eventual nomination of Helen Clark came
…at the end of an extensive selection process which included the establishment of a senior appointments panel chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General and consisting of senior UN officials as well as two outside experts in financial and developmental economics. The Panel was composed in a manner to reflect a combination of required expertise and skills as well as gender and geographical balance. The Panel was entrusted with interviewing the short-listed candidates and recommending the finalists for the Secretary-General's consideration.
(More on this "senior appointments panel" in a future post)
As shown in the mock-up resolution above, the General Assembly will be taking up Mr. Guterres' re-appointment or his successor's election within the next few months as item 111(b) of the Assembly's 64th Session Agenda (PDF), but it not yet been scheduled. When it is scheduled or there is some indication whether Mr. Guterres will continue in his post, we'll revisit the processes and actors involved.
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REPORT: Republicans Get Trump To Agree To Hold Off On Shutdown Until AFTER Midterms
The battle for the border wall won't begin until November.
President Donald Trump really wants his border wall funded, but according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, he's fine with delaying an immigration battle until after the midterms if it means preserving the Republican majority in Congress.
Immigration is arguably the most contentious issue for the Republican party right now, and what to do about border security — and whether a border wall is necessary, and how one should be funded — are questions that could tear the GOP apart. With Trump threatening to push for a government shutdown if billions aren't appropriated to build a physical wall on the southern border, an immigration clash now could be deadly.
So even as Trump is publicly demanding concessions, privately, the WSJ says, he's playing the "art of the deal."
"The president made it very clear to the leadership that a fight was coming and he's done putting it off," an administration official told the paper. Trump, however, "understands the political practicalities of having to put it off until after the election but it's coming in early November and early December."
"The president sees merit in having this battle after the election," the official added.
While the GOP is projected to keep the Senate, recent polls show trouble for House Republicans and the current House majority. There's no need to further imperil GOP Members in swing or soft districts by forcing them to take sides on an issue that so severely divides the party. Trump is smart to play cool; in return for being understanding on this point, he might win concessions on border wall funding later on.
The problem for Republicans is, of course, that there are still 90-plus days until the November mid-terms: plenty of time for Trump to change his mind multiple times.
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Should I Hire a Long Term Disability Attorney?
Can I Receive VA Disability Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure?
Veterans who are not rated at 100% for their disabilities can still can paid at the 100% level if they can prove that their service connected disabilities prevent them from working. This is called Total Disability due to Individual Unemployability (TDIU). It is an extraschedular total disability rating. In a TDIU claim, VA is supposed to look at whether all of a veteran's service connected conditions make them unable to work. VA cannot consider things that are not service connected though. Unfortunately, VA often fails to properly evaluate Individual Unemployability claims.
The Court agrees that the Board failed to provide an adequate statement of reasons or bases to support its decision. See 38 U.S.C. § 7104(d)(1); Allday v. Brown, 7 Vet.App. 517, 527 (1995). Specifically, as the appellant contends, although the Board discussed the effects of each of the appellant's service-connected disabilities on his employability individually, R. at 9-10, it did not address the impact of the combination of those effects on his employability, see Floore v. Shinseki, 26 Vet.App. 376, 382 (2013).
This means that VA cannot look at one condition and consider whether it is disabling by itself. VA must look at all of your disabilities. For example, if you have three conditions, say vision, hearing, and a back injury that are service connected, the VA must look at the limitations and restrictions you have from all three of those conditions together to see if that prevents you from working.
Similarly, although the Board included a recitation of the appellant's employment history, R. at 8, it did not discuss the appellant's "employment history[ or] educational and vocational attainment" or whether that history would impact his employability in light of his disability picture. 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b) (2016). The Board's failure to discuss these matters frustrates the Court's review, and the Board's statement of reasons or bases is therefore inadequate. See Allday, 7 Vet.App. at 527. The Court will, therefore, vacate and remand the Board's decision.
The VA cannot merely list a veteran's job history and say they considered it. Instead, to properly handle a TDIU claim, the VA has to actually include analysis about the past work history in relation to disability in its rating decision.
If your VA claim for TDIU was denied, have a VA disability attorney analzye the VA decision for whether VA properly considered 1) the combined impact of your physical and mental service connected conditions, and 2) your work history and skills. VA notoriously makes errors in Individual Unemployability claims, and you owe it to yourself to have a TDIU denial looked at by a knowledgeable VA attorney.
CASE: Cunningham v. McDonald, No. 15-1593, 2016 WL 4547487 (Vet. App. 9/1/2016).
If your claim for TDIU was denied, call our experienced VA compensation attorneys to learn about your rights at (866) 282-5260. Initial consultations are free.
iam 70 years old with 60% disability for prostate cancer, 30% for ptsd and 10% for eye condition and being paid for a total of 80%. in 2006 I stopped working and appliedfor social security disability and was approved in 2009 for a non service connected condition. in 2011 I turned 65 and was then paid retirement instead of disability. would I qualify for tdiu?
You certainly may be. From what you described, your Social Security Disability decision will not assist you, because it was based upon a non-service connected condition. However, if your rated conditions are preventing you from working a regular job and you can explain why that is the case is to the VA, I see no reason why you could not qualify for TDIU. If that is the situation, you should file a claim for TDIU and your Form 21-8940 and seek TDIU benefits. Be sure to tell VA how your conditions cause limitations and restrictions, including with what we call non-exertional impairments like frequently have to use the bathroom, being unable to focus due to medications or pain, problems reading or eye focusing, inability to deal with other people, needing to isolate yourself, inability to maintain a schedule, etc. You want your doctors to document these problems too. If you are denied, please call us to assist with your appeal at (866) 282-5260. Good luck and thank you for your service!
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Guest Check In Manager - Guest Lists, Event CRM, Tickets, Box Office, Promoters, Tracking v.
Guest Manager is a guestlist and event checkin tool for event organizers, corporations, festivals, trade shows, venues, nightclubs, promoters.
- Web login for you and your staff to upload names, sell tickets.
- Realtime syncing across unlimited devices. What happens on one device happens on all the others. Say goodbye to A-G, H-P reservation desks.
- Works completely offline. The app downloads the entire list, letting you go in and out of connectivity. Changes are synced automatically when the network is active again.
- Advanced Checkins: Most apps just offer "a Checked In" option to mark a guest arrived. We let you customize a checkin template such as "Male Discount, Male Comp, Female Discount..." so you can track more information per guest.
- Detailed reports available by email that summarizes all checkins by type, staff member, and more.
- Your staff can add guests with our companion List Manager App. They only see their own guest list... not the whole thing.
- Add guests by SMS. Names are automatically tracked back to the staff member who added it.
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Q: Instagram OAuth API returns "insufficient_dev_role" 400 error I have a Facebook app in Live mode, that has passed review and has Instagram Basic Display set up, having passed review for the following permissions: instagram_graph_user_profile and instagram_graph_user_media.
According to the documentation, if I visit https://api.instagram.com/oauth/authorize?app_id=[my app ID]&redirect_uri=[My app redirect URL]&scope=user_profile,user_media&response_type=code in a browser and authenticate, I should be redirected back to my redirect URL with a code.
However, if I try that with any user who I have not explicitly set up as an Instagram Tester, I receive the following error, even though my app is in Live mode:
{
"error_type": "OAuthException",
"code": 400,
"error_message": "insufficient_dev_role"
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Note that another similar question was asked a few months ago - the difference in this case is that my app is in Live mode, and therefore should allow any user to authorise via OAuth, while for the other question the app was still in Development mode, so the issue was adding appropriate Instagram Testers.

A: This has been identified as a known issue that Instagram is working to fix.