On whence loaves and fishes come.
My regular readers know that I spent the last month and a half at St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota, working and thinking and losing myself among the meadows, and losing my senses to the quiet ecstasy of the northern forest and the poignant little wild northern flower. And praying. Losing myself in the chapel. One unique feature of the monastic existence is its prayer life: the withdrawal and return of the daily rhythm of prayer, from morning to night, a chorus of voices in and out of sync, sliding up the chapel walls. It's the Liturgy of the Hours. In full, there are seven daily prayers in the contemplative monastic schedule. My monastery keeps to four, plus the daily Mass—a usual practice for active contemplatives, who have outside ministries to attend to—and the bulk and heart of this communal prayer is the Book of Psalms.
The chanting of the psalms is a practice more ancient than Christianity itself. It goes back to the Babylonian Exile, in the 6th century BCE, when the captured Jews, far from their holy land and deprived of the Temple, began to create "portable Judaism" with features we recognize today: worship centered around prayer and the study of Scripture instead of sacrifice; sacred time of Shabbat instead of sacred space; emphasis on purity laws like kosher diet, distinctive dress, and circumcision. It is then they discovered Paradise in the words of the Torah, and they recited the psalms in daily prayers.
They returned home and rebuilt the Temple, resumed sacrificial ritual, but their newly acquired understanding continued to develop and gained influence from the Persians, Greeks, and Romans in later centuries. By the time of Jesus, it was customary to offer worship in the Jerusalem Temple at fixed times of day: every three hours from 6am to 6pm. Sacrifice and psalmody were part of those rituals. And Christianity, being a form of Judaism, of course, continued this prayer life in a manner that fit it, as Rabbinic Judaism did after the destruction of the Second Temple: minus the sacrifice.
We know that the apostles did this. We know that the early Christian communities did this. We know that the Desert Fathers, the progenitors of monastic life, made this prayer their paramount and unceasing work, adding to the Jewish texts their Christian touches: the Lord's Prayer, the Gospel and New Testament readings, the hymns. This daily cycle of prayer for the Church that we call the Liturgy of the Hours—or Divine Office—has changed some here and there over the centuries but not all that much. Its essence and principal components endure substantively from at least the 6th century CE, when Benedict of Nursia codified this Opus Dei ("work of God") in his rule. And now, all over the globe Jews recite the psalms as written, and Christians repeat after them in every conceivable language: Catholic priests, deacons, and monastics, as well as Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran religious, raise their voices to the heavens in a sort of perpetual planet-circling series of meridian-like waves.
It's a beautiful thought. I've thought about it quite a lot for the past few weeks, as I walked to the chapel at St. Scholastica, down the cloister walk to the tolling of the bell: "Gather! Come! Pray!" And almost every day I discovered some line or another in a psalm that speaks to me anew, from a depth or perspective before unfelt. We go through all 150 psalms — most contemplative communities in a week, as intended in Orthodox Judaism (and by St. Benedict), active contemplatives like St. Scholastica in a month. Some psalms reoccur more often than others, more than once a week. Some stay longer in my mind.
Some lines…just take my breath away.
I say to you Lord "You are my God.
Still, as I've been reciting the psalms day after day in a chorus of voices, my mind could not help but do more than marvel at their wisdom, melt into their longing, and muse at their antiquity. As we pray, I am not always comfortable with what we are saying.
The original, Hebrew word for "psalms" is t'hilim, which means "praises." Yet if you are even a little familiar with this book of the Bible, you know there is more there than praises. There are themes that run through the psalms. Some speak of praise to the Lord; others are full of anguish—an afflicted soul begging for relief; yet third are devoted to gratitude. Not all praise but all prayer, and I can relate to all of that. A pronounced, however, and recurring streak in the psalms is unadulterated, run-amok vindictiveness. It eats up a few of the poems completely, and it runs through some of the others like an ugly thread in a perfect tapestry. Floats like a dead mouse in a barrel of cream, fouling the thanksgiving, poisoning the praise, making the pleas for mercy fall flat.
There seem to be an awful lot of foes populating the psalms—you'd think a paranoid nightmare if only most of it probably weren't real. "The wicked," the enemies of God and of the poet, are everywhere, plotting and warring and scheming and being generally bad—and terrible things happen to them or are asked to happen. No forgiveness, no mercy, and no moderation exist for them. Please, Lord, scatter them into ashes, bash their heads in, tear them from limb to limb! Flood the valleys with their children's blood. And when they are mutilated, humiliated, dead, and eternally condemned, our psalmists—the voices of righteousness they are supposed to be—rejoice and get back to praise and thanksgiving.
This vengeful streak in the Tanakh is not new, of course, to me or to anyone who's read the Bible. It gets better and it gets worse, but the Hebrew Scripture is a reflection of the life and times of ancient Hebrews, and it was a hard life. Those were, as ever, violent times. More or less steeped in fact along its axis, the Bible's is a bloody and brutal history.
Well, I have. You have, too. Every day the righteous starve and die all over the world. But when I read the lines of the more ancient psalms, I see in them the nascent realizations of the grandeur and complexity of reality, and I see them changing, deepening, and growing. When I see the exhortations to the genocide of their enemies, I am sad but understanding, and I cut the ancients a little slack for the world they were living in, lessons they were learning, for the trails of wisdom they blazed we now walk. I am a Bible scholar. That's how I read the Bible.
Except…it's different when we pray, isn't it? When we recite words in prayer, we're not supposed to think of their historical and cultural contexts, we're not supposed to evaluate them in light of their national heritage. In prayer, we recite from the heart, sending up and out sentiment contained in the lines. We cannot help it. We shouldn't have to be able to help it. We should be able to mean it.
All things change in our temporal universe. Times, cultures, symbols, foundations of moral law and social pillars, forms of expression. That's one of the reasons we cannot live literally even by those biblical laws that were actually meant literally when they were written, thousands of years ago in a land far away. All things change, and we cannot simply repeat the same prayers for thousands of years without beginning to wonder at some point if every line in them expresses the relationship we now have with the Divine. Because as we change, the world changes, God changes, our relationship changes too.
All things change, some slower than others. If the Book of Psalms were composed today, its "praises" would be the same in certain ways and yet different. There would be praise in it and there would be longing, there'd be pleas for relief, complaint, and thanksgiving. I think there'd be a lot more explicit questioning of God about the problem of evil and the meaning of life. And a lot less calling for smashed children's heads, no wading in blood of our enemies, and no exalting of God for burning nations to a crisp. We are praying today with the voice of the past, a voice not to be severed, but a voice we haven't added to in 2,500 years or so. I wonder. By repeating week after week the exhortations to blood-letting and fire-blazing calamities to our multitude of plotting foes, what subtle indoctrination do we exert upon our subconscious minds? What sort of strange self-propaganda are we engaging in even as we ponder the metaphor of the psalm for our lives and times?
Of course, even in the angry psalmody meaning abounds, and vengeance is intertwined with terror, and terror with pain, and pain with longing, and longing with praise. Remember the line about children smashed against the rock? It's from Psalm 137, one of the more famous and beautiful, and one that pierces my own heart in such a wounded place that I can hardly read it often, and when I do, I cry.
may my right hand forget.
what you have done us!
and smashes them against the rock.
This is a song of lament of the Jews in exile. They have seen their homeland come down in a cloud of dust. They are condemned to die in a foreign land, beyond the great river, among those who destroyed their Temple of faith—those who now will listen to our native song as light entertainment, and no grief and no guilt will burden their mindlessness. I know this place. I am these psalmists, and they are me. But one doesn't have to experience exile, it seems, to feel the pain of their words, because this is one of the most popular psalms and deeply felt. And it ends in vengeance.
It's understandable, isn't it? Angry psalmody for today. It's not all hold-over from primitive times, it's relevant. There is catharsis in it and an occasional lesson for our actual fights and struggles, and to think of it, not all enemies are external—there is passion there for the banishing of personal demons. And yet, approaching the last lines of Psalm 137 with a torn and mangled heart, I trip over the ending, and I can't. Here, in Babylon, my blood doesn't boil for revenge, and for its children I will lay myself on the rocks. Any day.
We all need catharsis from time to time, but I hardly imagine most of the people who pray the psalms deriving much satisfaction from the imagery of even metaphoric enemies going up in a blaze of fire, bathing our feet in their blood, perishing from memory in the wind. Whatever we try to find in the vindictive lines of the psalter to justify them in our prayer life, they still bring an alarming regularity of condemnation, revenge, and plain old violence. In the end, these are songs of an ancient and violent world. We should read them. We should know them. We should taste the words that grew up and blossomed fresh and beautiful, like wild flowers, through the scorched earth of the psalmists' embattled era and take those for our prayers. But I am not sure we should be reading down the psalmists' embattled score, whole, note for note, every day, for the rest of our lives.
who…became like dung on the ground.
Thank you for reminding me that Jesus transcends the Hebrew scriptures. He told us to pray for our enemies.
Indeed. Of course, Judaism transcends the Hebrew Scriptures perhaps as much, just in different ways, as Christianity does. Just take the "tikkun olam" ("repair the world") concept, which is an implication but not a presence in the Tanakh. I'm trying to say that what we are has grown from these roots but grown now, for all Abrahamic faiths.


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Throughout history, some of the greatest people often failed time after time before they really made it to the top. Others thought that they had failed but realized at a later stage in life that what they believed to be failure was in fact a grand success. Still others never succeeded – in the conventional sense of the word – but served as models of extraordinary accomplishments, sometimes without ever being aware of it.
When we carefully study the life of Moshe Rabenu, we are confronted with a series of failures. Until he was in his 80s, he spent most of his time on the run without getting anywhere. Following a short period of tranquility at Pharaoh's palace, Moshe had to run for his life after having killed an Egyptian. He spent many years in different countries, often hiding from the soldiers of the Egyptian regime, never enjoying a quiet moment.
He continuously failed to make any impression on his surroundings. There is little doubt that by the time he reached the age of 80, just before God called to him, he must have thought that his life was over and for the most part wasted.
He had accomplished nothing. He was still the same shepherd, trying to obtain some meager food, running around in circles.
And even after God called to him at the burning bush, in his 80th year, and then sent him to liberate his people from the bondage of Pharaoh, his failures seem by far to outdo his successes. His first encounter with Pharaoh was a complete defeat. Instead of getting Pharaoh to agree to let the Jews have their freedom, Moshe's presence and request caused Pharaoh to harden his heart, and his fellow Jews were then doomed to work even harder.
After each plague brought upon the Egyptians, Moshe was convinced that he achieved his goal and now he would be able to take the Jews out. But he soon discovered that Pharaoh had once more changed his mind and again Moshe's high hopes were crushed.
In the desert, he encounters one rebellion after another. The Jews blame him for all sorts of wrongs and even demand to return to Egypt. After the debacle of the golden calf, God tells him that He will destroy the Israelites. No doubt Moshe must have felt that he had completely failed to educate his people to avert such a terrible transgression.
Still later, after he sends 12 "spies" to survey the Land of Canaan, he is told that he will have to walk around in circles and spend another 39 years in the desert!
On another occasion, his opponent Korach wants to undermine his authority, and Moshe is nearly murdered by his own people.
And then there is the great fiasco when Moshe ignores the exact instruction of God, and instead of speaking to the rock in order to produce water, he strikes it and consequently hears that he will never be allowed to enter the Land of Israel.
This devastating news must have been the final blow to all of his expectations. Now that he was not allowed to fulfill his greatest dream, of living in the Land of Israel, he must have felt that "it was all over" and that all his good intentions and deeds were of little value.
It probably never entered his mind that he would become the greatest Jew of all time, that his name would be immortalized in Scripture and on the lips of millions and millions of people for thousands of years. Indeed, he may never have known what an eminent man he really was, and that there would never be a person who could even come close to his accomplishments.
What was Moshe's secret that enabled him to continue to fight for his goals, in spite of everything, and succeed where so many others would have failed?
The answer is simple: he knew how to lose. He knew that his failures were in fact the building blocks for his future successes. While he may never have known what his accomplishments were, he continued to fight and ultimately prevailed.
According to a Yiddish proverb, one that lies upon the ground cannot fall. Many people who are the most critical of those who failed do not realize that they themselves have never left the ground. Those who never fail, never accomplish, since defeat is the necessary step to success. The famous American philosopher Paul Tillich once remarked: "The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures, is a definite symptom of maturity." (Russ Volckmann, PhD, Phoenix Rising: Embracing and Transcending Failure [Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2002] p. 169)
Above all else, one has to ask oneself what real success is all about.
Let us bring an example from the world of fitness. A fitness center consists of a large hall filled with many pieces of equipment that could take us on long journeys. But they do not.
There are bicycles that go nowhere, no matter how hard we peddle. There are rowboats but no water, skis without snow, and even climbing frames on which you can climb for hours without getting any higher. Still, you will find lots of people throughout most of the day working hard in the fitness center, fully aware that they are getting nowhere. It is all a failure.
This, however, does not sadden them. In fact, many return the next week and try again. The reason is obvious. Success with such equipment is not measured in how far you get but how much you gain in making your body healthier from within. Externally, it seems that there is no success whatsoever, but internally, the human being is growing steadily. The superficial viewer may draw the conclusion that the cyclist, the mountain climber and the rower are all failures. The wise man smiles and knows that they are great winners.
And so it was with Moshe Rabenu. Every failure was a building block to his success. He was bicycling, rowing, and climbing mountains, yet getting nowhere. But inwardly he knew he was getting stronger and stronger. He never gave up and finally became the greatest man on earth.
Dear Rabbi, Beste Nathan, Ik lees heel graag Uw kolommen. Soms spreken ze mij zeer aan, leer ik ervan, soms niet. Deze keer vind ik dat U Uzelf overtreft. Wat een briljante analyse.
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American expatriate Democrats converged Tuesday in Berlin for pork knuckles, pizzas and beer -- and to cast their vote in the global presidential primary. Republicans in the German capital also turned out to cheer on their preferred candidates. The favored candidates among expats: Obama and McCain.
Susan Rambow, an American expat from Delaware, cast her vote in the Democrats Abroad presidential primary in Berlin.
On the first floor of Berlin's Max und Moritz pub, patrons nosh on gut-busting traditional German fare -- pork knuckles and cheese dumplings washed down with pints of beer -- as expatriate Democrat voters crowding the second floor cast their votes in the Democrats Abroad presidential primary for Americans living overseas.
Donald Black is serving as the evening's unofficial exit pollster. Wearing a pink shirt, he polls Americans exiting the voting booth as they descend the stairs.
"Did you vote?" he asks. On a white sheet, he places a check mark for each vote -- Hillary Clinton on the left and Barack Obama on the right. He's being showered in a blitz of camera flashes. At times, it seems there are more reporters on hand than voters, and it feels like every American move is being pursued by a reporter or the flash of a camera.
Black says he's casting his vote for Obama, and the check marks on his unofficial list suggest that he represents the majority gathered in this venerable Berlin tavern. According to Black's back-of-the-envelope poll of Berlin's Democrats Abroad, Obama is running at 80 percent compared to 20 percent for Hillary Clinton.
At the top of the stairs, Cassie Thibodeau is forcing her way through the crowd into the polling station. Ballots are laid out on bistro tables lined with red balloons, and American flags are placed between mugs of beer and Alsatian tarte flambés, a kind of French pizza slathered in sour cream, onions and bacon.
After filling out their ballots, voters drop them into a box topped by a blue donkey. "Pull the string," says a ballot box attendant. The donkey kicks. "You've officially voted," she says. Thibodeau votes for Obama, who she describes as "new" and "fresh." Most importantly, though, "he's no typical politician."
Michael Steltzer, chairman of the Berlin chapter of Democrats Abroad, says he's pleased with voter turnout. Close to 20,000 Americans live in Berlin, he says (though official estimates put that figure at closer to 12,000), including about 1,000 registered Democrats. Around 250 voters turn up at Max und Moritz on Tuesday night, including 200 new members.
Officially a part of the national party, Democrats Abroad has been bestowed with 22 delegates to represent them at the Democratic National Convention in August, where either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will be crowned the party's official nominee for the presidency. This puts Democrats Abroad on par with smaller states like Montana or South Dakota -- save for the fact that each delegate gets only half a vote.
All around the world -- in Berlin, Kabul, Paris, London, Buenos Aires and even Jakarta, Indonesia -- Democrat voters turned out in cities with significant American expat populations on Tuesday night. According to Democrats Abroad, an estimated 6 million Americans living abroad are eligible to vote in US elections, although few actually exercise that right. Members who have registered with Democrats Abroad can vote between Feb. 5-12 at special precincts -- often cafés, cultural centers or even an Irish pub -- and, for the first time this year, via the Internet.
Across town, Republican expatriates gather at the Wahlkreis pub -- the name, appropriately, is German for "constituency" -- in Berlin's downtown Mitte district. An overflow crowd pack the small, politically themed bar to watch CNN's primary coverage on two jumbo screens.
While Democrats voted at Max und Moritz, the Republican gathering was merely symbolic -- the GOP doesn't allot delegates to party members abroad.
That's how it should be, says Eric Staal, chairman of the German chapter of Republicans Abroad. He prefers to cast his votes by absentee ballot in his home state of Virginia. "I would rather it count within the state I come from, because that's a natural part of the democratic process, as opposed to putting it in a separate basket," he says.
Staal, a 37-year-old business consultant based in Frankfurt, traveled to Berlin to watch the primary coverage with fellow Republicans and to celebrate what he hoped would be a night of victory for Republican frontrunner John McCain.
"Republicans abroad are very sensitive about foreign policy," Staal explains. "McCain has an impeccable track record in that area."
According to Staal, expats suffer more than Americans living in the US from the consequences of partisan bickering. "The polarization in the US has been tremendous with this Republican White House," he says. "The more polarized we are at home, the more damaging it is for our foreign policy."
Germany's Republicans Abroad chapter has 500 members, he says. Although the Wahlkreis party is its flagship gathering on Super Tuesday, it is often hard to find an American in the heavily German crowd.
Lukas Rohleder, a 26-year-old German university student living in Berlin, sports a "Mitt Romney for President" T-shirt and holds out hope that the former Massachusetts governor might stage a comeback. "I've been following the US election really closely, and I got involved with a young conservatives group at my university," he says.
It's 11 p.m. back at the Max und Moritz Democratic precinct. Nancy Green, the Democrats Abroad voting center manager in Berlin, and her helpers move to a back room, where they count the ballots before phoning the results in to the main Democrats Abroad office in Switzerland.
The results of the Democrats Abroad primary will first be released on Feb. 21. Until then, the only clue to the outcome is the tally sheet Michael Steltzer, the head of Berlin's expat Democrats, has just stuffed into his coat pocket.
At 3 a.m., there are still around 30 Democrats watching CNN as results are projected on a giant screen. When the news channel reports that Obama has apparently won the international Democratic primary in Jakarta, Indonesia, they begin cheering -- more because the station has just flashed the Democrats Abroad logo on the screen than because the Illinois senator has won.


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Dominick Cruz on IV ban: 'USADA's stepping in there because it's about money'
UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz sounds off on USADA's policy on banning the use of IVs for rehydrating.
By Milan Ordoñez@Mr_Ordonez Feb 10, 2016, 1:00pm EST
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In June 2015, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) first brought up their plans to impose a ban on the use of IVs as a method of rehydration.
According to USADA CEO Travis Tygart, the main reason for doing so is to avoid gene doping or homologous blood transfusion, where a fighter could easily take in someone else's blood, which in turn, gives them oxygen carrying capacity and recovery capacity.
Tygart deemed it as having "game-changing benefits".
A fighter would only be allowed to use an IV if they are in a hospital or clinic, or if they are having surgery. Should they wish to use it outside of the aforementioned, he or she would need to apply for a TUE.
In compliance to the USADA's policy, the UFC implemented their IV ban on fighters in October, and failing to conform to this new rule could result in harsh sanctions such as multi-year suspensions.
A number of UFC fighters already aired out their grievances on the said rule. Most recently, newly minted bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz shared his thoughts on the matter, where in he feels that USADA holds an ulterior motive for banning IV use.
"To me, USADA is stepping in there because it's about money," Cruz said. "The more rules that they make, the more rules there are to be broken, the more money they have to make because the rules are broken by the fighters."
"I have no problem taking any of their drug tests, doing any of that stuff," he continued. "Just taking away the one thing that hydrates us so we can put on a good show, I think they're peeking their nose in places that they don't really know a whole lot about."
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Eclipse SmartHome is an open-source platform for building home automation systems. It can be deployed on a Raspberry Pi (and virtually any gateway that can run Java and OSGi) and allows to create rules to control your house heating, lighting, and all your cool gadgets. Not only can your house be autonomous thanks to all these rules, but you can also interact with it from a beautiful smartphone UI, a web browser, or by using REST APIs.
Join Kai and Thomas in this webinar and learn how you can build your very own open home automation solution using Eclipse SmartHome and the wide range of bindings, from EnOcean to Philips Hue, available from the open-source openHAB project. You will also get a sneak peek at a cool design contest organized by the Eclipse Foundation, element14, openHAB UG, Tektronix and EnOcean!
Kai Kreuzer (kai@openhab.org) is the founder of the home automation plattform openHAB and the project lead of the Eclipse SmartHome project. He works as a Developer Evangelist in the Connected Home department of Deutsche Telekom AG and is a regular speaker at international conferences.
Thomas Eichstädt-Engelen (thomas@openhab.org), Principal Consultant at innoQ Deutschland, has a strong focus on developing individual custom software with Eclipse Technologies (Java, RCP, OSGi) primarily in the Smart Home sector. In his spare time he is passionately enhancing the home automation integration platform "openHAB" where he is committer and project owner since 2010. He is also Co-Project-Lead of the Eclipse SmartHome project.
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Q: Eclipse SH stack runs on a gateway alone?
Eclipse SmartHome is a framework, which means it is effectively a set of modular OSGi bundles. Solution providers can pick and choose these bundles and build their own solution on top of it. The open-source project openHAB is an example of such a solution that is based on Eclipse SmartHome. What is needed on the gateway is an operating system, a Java7-compliant JVM and an OSGi framework (such as Felix or Equinox).
Q: How energy efficient is it to run Eclipse SH on,lets say an ARM device?
The minimum recommended target environment for an Eclipse SmartHome solution is the RaspberryPi. The typical energy consumption is around 3-4W, which is very efficient. Other ARM platforms have similar specifications, so you can usually expect the power consumption to be way below 10W.
Q: What sort of software runs on end nodes? Custom firmware with ESH defined protocols?
Eclipse SmartHome's strength is to abstract from specific protocols and hardware and to allow integration of all sorts of end nodes. This is done through "bindings", which are the connectors to specific systems or protocols. Eclipse SmartHome therefore does not impose any software or protocols for end nodes.
Q: Will this run a NAS like ones from QNAP?
Yes, any system which is capable of running a Java7-compliant JVM and has at least 256MB RAM should be able to run the Eclipse SmartHome stack.
Q: Is it compatible with DLNA devices?
It depends. DLNA offers many different features and it can depend on the specific device what functions should be made available for home automation purposes. Many bindings already use UPnP for device discovery and for accessing specific functionality. A general UPnP support that can then be used by bindings is planned for the next release. There is no generic DLNA support in Eclipse SmartHome though and media streaming and handling is not a primary focus of the framework.
Q: What can you say about Openremote? Very similar technology.
It might be interesting to know that OpenRemote was actually thoroughly evaluated before the openHAB project was started in 2010 as its functional ideas are indeed very similar. Nonetheless, at least at that time, the technical architecture didn't seem to be thoroughly thought through and its focus was rather to be a software universal remote control than an automation system. Another important difference between the projects is that OpenRemote is actually backed by a company with commercial interest, which means that you cannot easily use the code for your own business. Eclipse SmartHome is instead provided by the non-profit Eclipse Foundation, which actively invites companies to use and to collaborate on open-source for everybodys benefit.
Q: Hi, can you tell me something about the security options? Only the options in the .cfg are available?
openHAB 1.x comes with rather basic mechanisms: The HTTP server (optionally) uses basic auth for authorisation to the system. Once authorised, the user has full access. On the roadmap for Eclipse SmartHome there are a couple of enhancements planned: Role-based authentication will be possible and the framework will provide hooks for security modules of the solution on top. Furthermore, it is planned to harden the code base, so that it is possible to use it on a JVM with an enabled security manager. Through this, access cannot only be restricted from the outside, but even from the inside, e.g. for dynamically installed code.
Q: Do you expect to ESH to grow into an industry standard?
We strongly believe that the Internet of Things and Smart Home technologies in particular evolve too quickly to be able to define standards upfront through a standardization organisation. So driven by the huge popularity of the openHAB project, we decided to further evolve the framework at the Eclipse Foundation to encourage industry collaboration. It simply does not make sense that everybody who wants to build a home gateway solution has to start from scratch and deal with all the different technologies that are out there. The competitive differentiators should be the ones that come on top of this technical communication layer. We therefore think that Eclipse SmartHome is a very attractive project for home gateways and we are confident that it will find adoption in the market. If it becomes a de-facto industry standard, only time will tell.
Q: I did see some port of ESH on BeagleBone. Is this something that will gain support from Eclipse community? Maybe Pandaboard too?
Such platforms are definitely all relevant target environments for Eclipse SmartHome and we will do our best to ensure compatibility with all of them. Due to the number of different boards on the market, it won't be possible to prepare and maintain sd-card images for them. Instead, we envision container images (such as Docker) that can be used as a packaging for different platforms.
Q: I want to know more about "persistence" part in the Eclipse Designer. Thank you.
The idea about persistence services is to export data in a structured way. It should be configurable, which data (e.g. sensor values or switching events) should be exported or stored by the system and with what kind of strategies (e.g. regularly on a timer basis, only on changes, etc.). What exists in openHAB 1.x about persistence services is documented on the wiki.
Q: How does it scale up? Is it already or will it be a feasible solution to run on public and commercial buildings?
Eclipse SmartHome and openHAB are primarily designed for private homes. Nonetheless, there is no strict line between the sizes of private homes and commercial buildings. There are openHAB installations with more than 2000 items running smoothly, so in general there should be no issue to use it in larger installations. There are also many openHAB-powered demo Smart Homes from research institutes and universities, so it has proven to be a stable and reliable system.
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Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (12 July 1549 – 14 April 1587) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, whose titles he inherited in 1563.

Life
He was the eldest son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, and Margaret, fourth daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland. He seems to have been educated at Oxford, though he did not graduate there as a student. He bore the title of Lord Roos or Ros, the old title of his family, until 1563, when by the death of his father he became third Earl of Rutland.

He was made one of the queen's wards, and was specially under the charge of Sir William Cecil, who was connected with him by marriage. He accompanied the queen on her visit to Cambridge in 1564, and was lodged in St. John's College, and created M.A. on 10 August. In October 1566, he was made M.A. of Oxford. In 1569, he joined the Earl of Sussex, taking his tenants with him, and held a command in the army which suppressed the northern insurrection. In 1570, he passed into France, Cecil drawing up a paper of instructions for his guidance. He was in Paris in February of the next year. At home, he received many offices, and displayed enthusiastic devotion to the queen. On 5 August 1570, he became constable of Nottingham Castle, and steward, keeper, warden, and chief justice of Sherwood Forest; in 1571 he was feodary of the duchy of Lancaster for the counties of Nottingham and Derby; in 1574 he was appointed lord-lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.

On 17 June 1577, Rutland was placed on the ecclesiastical commission for the province of York, and in 1579 on the council of the north. In the grand tilting match of 1580, Rutland and twelve others contended with a similar number, headed by Essex, before the queen at Westminster. His public offices probably now absorbed all his time, as in 1581 a relative, John Manners, seems to have been managing his estate. On 23 April 1584, he became K.G., and on 14 June 1585 lord-lieutenant of Lincolnshire. His style of living was very expensive; when he went with his countess to London in about 1586 he had with him forty-one servants, including a chaplain, trumpeter, gardener, and apothecary. In June 1586, with Lord Eure and Randolph, he arranged a treaty of peace with the Scots at Berwick, and his brother Roger wrote that his conduct had been approved by the court. On 6 October, he was one of the commissioners to try Mary Queen of Scots. The queen promised to make him lord chancellor after the death of Sir Thomas Bromley, which took place on 12 April 1587, and he was for a day or two so styled. He died, however, on 14 April 1587, at his house at Ivy Bridge in the Strand.

Marriage and progeny
On 6 June 1573 he married Isabel Holcroft, a daughter of Thomas Holcroft (1505-1558), a Member of Parliament and commissioner at the Dissolution of the Monasteries, who built a mansion house at Vale Royal on the site of the former Cistercian abbey. By his wife he had one child and sole heiress:
Elizabeth Manners, 15th Baroness de Ros (1575-1591), who inherited the Barony of Ros, an ancient barony created by writ. The other titles created by letters patent were able to pass to a male heir only. Most of the estates were in tail male and similarly descended to the heir male.

Death and burial
He died on Good Friday at Puddle Wharf in the City of London, and was brought home for burial in Bottesford Church, Leicestershire, where his monument survives. The Earldom of Rutland and Barony of Manners went to his brother John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland, but the Barony of de Ros was able to pass to his daughter.

Legacy

At Bottesford Church in Leicestershire there is the tomb commemorating the third Earl and his wife. It was created by Gerard Johnson the elder of Southwark, a Flemish craftsman. Earl Edward lies on a mat, wearing full plate armour. Instead of a gorget protecting his throat he wears a ruff. He wears the Order of the Garter on his left leg. His coronet has disappeared and at his feet is a decorated bull crest. Countess Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft, KT, wears a ruff with the usual dress of the time under an ermine-trimmed mantle, her head supported by a cushion. Her only daughter, Elizabeth, kneels at her feet. The inscription on the tomb lists the Earl's activities in the Scottish "troubles" of the time.

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U.S. Supreme Court Puts Brakes on Order Requiring Six-Foot Distancing at OC Jails
by Nick Gerda Aug 5, 2020 Updated Dec 8, 2020 Why you can trust Voice of OC
Protests in front of the OC Jail on April 14, 2020. Recent Coronavirus infections in the jails have led community members to organize and demand for inmates to be released. Credit: JULIE LEOPO, Voice of OC
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by Orange County sheriff officials to block a federal judge's order requiring physical distancing and other pandemic safety measures at the Orange County jails, until the county's appeal of the order is fully heard.
Wednesday's ruling was a rare case of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a case out of Orange County. The nation's highest court takes up a tiny fraction of the thousands of cases appealed to it each year from across the country.
In a 5-4 decision, the court postponed a May order by U.S. District Judge Jesus Bernal requiring Sheriff Don Barnes' deputies and jail staff to keep inmates six feet apart and give them hand soap, hand sanitizer, access to daily showers and cleaning supplies so they can clean the areas they live in.
Bernal's order came in response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) after complaints by civil rights groups that health precautions for inmates weren't being adequately implemented.
Sheriff officials, who run the county jail system, appealed the order, saying they proactively put safety measures in place, like releasing half the inmate population to provide more social distancing, and "largely implemented to the extent possible CDC Guidelines."
A majority of the Supreme Court ruled that Bernal's order will be set aside until the sheriff's full appeal is heard by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. They did not say why they granted the sheriff's request.
"The sheriff is pleased with the ruling," said Barnes' spokeswoman, Carrie Braun, in a phone interview Wednesday.
Asked whether the department would continue implementing any of the measures Bernal sought in his order, Braun said sheriff officials would take a look at it.
"Prior to the lawsuit and the judge's ruling, we had implemented a significant amount of measures to safeguard the inmates in our custody that have COVID and we will continue to do so," Braun said.
"I am very pleased that the United States Supreme Court granted the Sheriff's request for an emergency stay of the District Court's preliminary injunction," said Leon Page, the county's top attorney, in a statement to Voice of OC.
"This kind of Supreme Court intervention does not happen very often, but the Sheriff has done an outstanding job reducing the transmission of COVID-19 in the jail and absolutely deserves this relief from the Supreme Court."
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonya Sotomayor dissented, with Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan saying they would also deny the sheriff's request to halt the order.
In her dissent, Sotomayor said Orange County jail officials "misrepresented under oath to the District Court the measures [they are] taking to combat the virus' spread."
ACLU attorneys, in response to the Supreme Court's decision, said Bernal's ruling was reasonable and limited.
"We are disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision to grant a stay while this case is pending on appeal. The district court had ordered reasonable, limited preventative measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19," said Carl Takei, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU, in a statement.
"The Supreme Court's decision to stay the court's order comes at a time when COVID is spiking around the country, in Orange County, and in the Orange County Jail. Those in custody face enormous risk. And while Orange County officials had argued to the Supreme Court that there is no longer any threat from COVID infections from transmission within the jail, this – like other representations defendants previously made to the district court – is false."
"As Justice Sotomayor noted in dissent, 'Yet this court now intervenes, leaving to its own devices a jail that has misrepresented its actions to the district court and failed to safeguard the health of the inmates in its care.' "
Nick Gerda covers county government for Voice of OC. You can contact him at ngerda@voiceofoc.org.
Tagged: Carrie Braun, Leon Page, Orange County Coronavirus, Orange County jails, Orange County Sheriffs Department, United States


On August 1, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) issued circular number 5/2018 regarding the conversion of the current foreign worker system to the new system. The circular explains that the current application system will remain in place until October 31, 2018, as the MOM is currently implementing the new system with Immigration and the Online Single Submission System (OSS). MOM has thus postponed the implementation until November.
Currently we are already experiencing delays in the application of limited stay visa (VTT) applications at the online system of the Directorate General of Immigration due to their system maintenance in preparation of the integration. Similar delays may occur with the MOM in the upcoming period.
The online foreign worker application system (TKA Online) which is integrated with the OSS (One Single Submission) System and with the Immigration System is still under further development and improvement, and therefore the Expatriate Placement Plan (RPTKA) validation will still be submitted via the current TKA Online system.
The employer of the foreign worker is required to pay DPKK (DKP – TKA) based on the work location of the foreign worker.
Until the integration of the TKA Online system with the Immigration System is completed, the renewal of the Temporary Stay Permit (ITAS) is still based on renewal of the IMTA.
The submission process of the RPTKA and IMTA as mentioned in point (2) until (4) above shall remain in place until October 31, 2018.


Patination involves the heating of a cast work, and the skilful application of metallic oxides, layer upon layer, until the desired effect is reached.
Each piece is therefore different, and the surface becomes an artwork in itself.
Metalic oxides used are potassium, iron, copper, titanium etc.
Finally the piece is waxed to preserve the surface.


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"Conscience and Courage" - Judith Goldstein moderated "Virtual Public Policy Forum" at Frances Perkins Center
Publish Date:Mei 2021
Judith Goldstein
On April 25, 2021, Executive Director of Humanity in Action Judith Goldstein moderated "Conscience and Courage: Frances Perkins and Dr. Feng Shan Ho – Little Known Heroes Who Save Lives" as part of the Frances Perkins Center's virtual Public Policy Forum: Immigration/Refugee Policy. The discussion focused on how Frances Perkins and Dr. Feng Shan Ho used ingenious strategies, in the face of strong opposition, to provide tens of thousands of Jews a means of escape from the Holocaust in Europe.
"Conscience and Courage" featured Keynote Speakers Bat-Ami Zucker and Manli Ho. Zucker is a historian and Professor Emerita of Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Ho is a journalist and biographer of her father Dr. Feng Shan Ho, Consul-General of China in Vienna 1938-40.
Humanity in Action was a co-presenter of the forum. Judith is a Board Member of the Frances Perkins Center. Other Forum co-presenters included: Bates Jewish Student Union, Bates College Harward Center for Community Partnerships, Bowdoin Hillel, McKeen Center for the Common Good at Bowdoin College, Colby Hillel, Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, The Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine, Maine Jewish Museum, and Southern Maine Hillel.
For more information on forum, click here. To learn more about the Frances Perkins Center and the important work they do, visit their website.
"Conscience and Courage" - Judith Goldstein to moderate "Virtual Public Policy Forum" at Frances Perkins Center
Nieuws | USA, 25 April 2021
On April 25, 2021, Executive Director of Humanity in Action Judith Goldstein moderated "Conscience and Courage: Frances Perkins and Dr. Feng Shan Ho - Little Known Heroes Who Save Lives" as part of the Frances Perkins Center's virtual Public Policy Forum: Immigration/Refugee Policy.
"Racism & Rise of Nationalism" lecture by Judith Goldstein
Nieuws | USA, 06 Mei 2021
On May 6th, Humanity in Action Founder and Executive Director Judith Goldstein gave a lecture, titled "Racism & Rise of Nationalism," as part of the Tipping Point Lecture Series, organized by Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy.
Tietz Lecture on Addressing Antisemitism
Nieuws | Germany, 24 September 2020
Antisemitism never went away in Germany. Now, it resurges – both covertly and increasingly in public. The intensifying antisemitic hate speech is also followed by acts of violence: In Germany, between 2017 and 2019, the antisemitic acts of violence doubled (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; 2020). The pianist Igor Levit and the author Lena Gorelik will discuss about Antisemitism in Germany today – and the actions that need to be taken now.
Email: usa@humanityinaction.org


The world is your playground. The trails are just maps holding potential adventures. Enjoy it.
[7.27.15] My friend and I planned a hike to Malibu to cliff jump, but since the weather was gloomy and humid, we opt to stay away from the bugs and went about hiking Temescal Canyon. I've never been hiking without an exact trail/ destination, but this time, we drove around looking for the entrance (my friend had been years ago), parked the car, and just started walking.
Don't fall don't fall don't fall.
There was no trail name at our trailhead… we just walked. It's always nice exploring a new area, even though I've been on the mountain right next to it so many times (Los Leones Trail), I've never seen this part of the mountain. The nice thing about canyons is there is so much more depth to the trails, but of course the views are usually not as nice. Temescal Canyon, though, had beautiful views of Santa Monica and West LA. It was almost completely empty, with the exception of one or two passersby here and there. It was almost like the entire canyon was just for us.
We were able to explore all the gigantic rocks, climb around boulders, take mini detours, and just play. There was just one huge rock that actually had a rope for people to rock climb… but the rope didn't look safe and sturdy enough and we weren't going to risk injuries as inexperienced climbers just for the adventure high — I think we had enough fun for one day.
Since we were short on daylight and didn't prepare much, we kept the hike short at about 2 miles or so — I know, I know, that's super short. The trails seem multiple and endless here and I would recommend this to any beginner hikers. The only thing I did not like about this hike is that it starts off mostly going downhill (even though it's not a strong elevation); I'm used to going up first, getting the hard part over with, and then descending and taking it easy.
Let me know if you need help finding the parking area / trail head.


And speaking of heroes who have redeemed themselves, here we have Jim Raynor, who starts out as a bit of an anti-hero in the original Starcraft and into a bona fide one.
Jim Raynor is your typical Wyatt Earp character - a lawman that dispenses out frontier justice. He is also very modest and loyal to his friends, although only to a point (SPOILERS AHEAD) as evidenced by when he decides to kill Tychus Findlay. The question is, why did he kill Tychus? Was it because he was so in love with Kerrigan that noone would get in his way or was he listening to the logic of an old friend, Zeratul, by realising Kerrigan was the only hope for the galaxy? Or maybe a bit of both?
Even though Raynor doesn't show it, I'm sure he feels some regret in taking his old friend Tychus out but regardless, isn't this what defines a true hero? It is if you go by utilitarian ethics as Jim is sacrificing the life of his friend for the greater good of the galaxy. But then wouldn't that also make Arcturus Mengsk a hero as well?
The fact that these questions are raised, that Raynor is a complicated character, is probably the major reason, more than anything else, that Raynor gets in at #6. He is the fallible, imperfect hero, an anti-hero of sorts, that has to make some unpopular decisions in order to get things done. There is also irony in that he has to kill one friend to ensure the return of another, one he left behind on Tarsonis, many years before.


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// Copyright (c) The Perspex Project. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.

using System;
using Perspex.Controls.Primitives;
using Perspex.Controls.Templates;
using Perspex.Media;
using Xunit;

namespace Perspex.Controls.UnitTests.Primitives
{
    public class ScrollBarTests
    {
        [Fact]
        public void Setting_Value_Should_Update_Track_Value()
        {
            var target = new ScrollBar
            {
                Template = new ControlTemplate<ScrollBar>(Template),
            };

            target.ApplyTemplate();
            var track = target.GetTemplateChild<Track>("track");
            target.Value = 50;

            Assert.Equal(track.Value, 50);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Setting_Track_Value_Should_Update_Value()
        {
            var target = new ScrollBar
            {
                Template = new ControlTemplate<ScrollBar>(Template),
            };

            target.ApplyTemplate();
            var track = target.GetTemplateChild<Track>("track");
            track.Value = 50;

            Assert.Equal(target.Value, 50);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void Setting_Track_Value_After_Setting_Value_Should_Update_Value()
        {
            var target = new ScrollBar
            {
                Template = new ControlTemplate<ScrollBar>(Template),
            };

            target.ApplyTemplate();

            var track = target.GetTemplateChild<Track>("track");
            target.Value = 25;
            track.Value = 50;

            Assert.Equal(target.Value, 50);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void ScrollBar_Can_AutoHide()
        {
            var target = new ScrollBar();

            target.Visibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Auto;
            target.Minimum = 0;
            target.Maximum = 100;
            target.ViewportSize = 100;

            Assert.False(target.IsVisible);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void ScrollBar_Should_Not_AutoHide_When_ViewportSize_Is_NaN()
        {
            var target = new ScrollBar();

            target.Visibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Auto;
            target.Minimum = 0;
            target.Maximum = 100;
            target.ViewportSize = double.NaN;

            Assert.True(target.IsVisible);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void ScrollBar_Should_Not_AutoHide_When_Visibility_Set_To_Visible()
        {
            var target = new ScrollBar();

            target.Visibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Visible;
            target.Minimum = 0;
            target.Maximum = 100;
            target.ViewportSize = 100;

            Assert.True(target.IsVisible);
        }

        [Fact]
        public void ScrollBar_Should_Hide_When_Visibility_Set_To_Hidden()
        {
            var target = new ScrollBar();

            target.Visibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Hidden;
            target.Minimum = 0;
            target.Maximum = 100;
            target.ViewportSize = 10;

            Assert.False(target.IsVisible);
        }

        private static Control Template(ScrollBar control)
        {
            return new Border
            {
                Child = new Track
                {
                    Name = "track",
                    [!Track.MinimumProperty] = control[!RangeBase.MinimumProperty],
                    [!Track.MaximumProperty] = control[!RangeBase.MaximumProperty],
                    [!!Track.ValueProperty] = control[!!RangeBase.ValueProperty],
                    [!Track.ViewportSizeProperty] = control[!ScrollBar.ViewportSizeProperty],
                    [!Track.OrientationProperty] = control[!ScrollBar.OrientationProperty],
                    Thumb = new Thumb
                    {
                        Template = new ControlTemplate<Thumb>(ThumbTemplate),
                    },
                },
            };
        }

        private static Control ThumbTemplate(Thumb control)
        {
            return new Border
            {
                Background = Brushes.Gray,
            };
        }
    }
}

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[ January 28, 2023 ] Catholic speaker Leah Darrow combines life on the farm with cultivating one's faith News Briefs
On the Eve of Francis and Bartholomew's Embrace
Seven cataphatic, or positive, points about the meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch
May 24, 2014 Christopher B. Warner General 0 Print
Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will meet in Bethlehem, Sunday evening, and then pray together in an ecumenical prayer service at the Holy Sepulcher. The events of the weekend can be followed through the official website, Pope Francis in the Holy Land 2014. Let us pray together with Francis, Bartholomew, and the many Christian leaders meeting with them in the Holy Land for authentic unity in Christ.
I hope you had a chance to read Dr. Adam A.J. DeVille's analysis of current ecumenism. The following seven cataphatic (positive) points are offered here as a compliment to his article. They summarize some of my own thoughts on this momentous occasion:
1. The Embrace: Let us not underestimate the sign of fraternal charity between Francis and Bartholomew on this very significant historical occasion. Fifty years ago, Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras likewise embraced in Jerusalem, lifted the century old anathemas, and began modern Orthodox-Catholic dialogue as we now know it.
2. Progress in Dialogue: A lot of ground has been covered in the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue. The titles of joint documents produced by the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation demonstrates how many dividing issues have been wrestled with and how much work has been done. The embrace of Paul VI and Athanagoras was far more than just a nice gesture in a geo-political game. Let us pray that the next fifty years will mark significantly more cooperation and integration between Orthodox and Catholic Christians.
As Dr. DeVille suggests, Eucharistic inter-communion between Orthodox and Catholic churches someday may again be possible and should be ardently prayed for. But Eucharistic communion presupposes theological and canonical harmony. We are getting closer to that goal, but we are still a long way away.
3. Uniatism is a Blessing, not Curse: The biggest obstacle to Orthodox-Catholic dialogue is said to be Uniatism, and that is true, but not for theological reasons. Uniatism in Slavic countries is a political problem. Anti-Uniatism is an excuse for bigotry and persecution of Eastern Catholics. The Russian occupation of Crimea is just another chapter in a five-hundred-year-long struggle between Ukrainians and Russians.
Those of us who are Uniates find Uniatism to be a great blessing, not a curse. We get the best of both worlds: the marvelous Greek liturgical tradition and autonomous freedom with all the stability of the Catholic Magisterium and canonical order. There is tremendous respect and love for Catholicism and Orthodoxy among Uniates.
According to Orthodox-Catholic ecumenical theory, union between Orthodoxy and Catholicism will never be an event when all Orthodox believers become Catholic, or vice versa. Recall Archimandrite Robert Taft's comments on this.
In practice, however, Uniatism could be the only actual unity we ever see. Pray that I am wrong, but one of the reasons is that there isn't One Orthodox Church in the same way that there is One Catholic Church with a single, visible head. Which Churches would in fact unite, or what would that unity actually look like? Again, I refer you to last year's interview with Taft where we covered this ground, but desire for unity comes back to the Eucharist and the ability to share sacramental life. As Dr. DeVille put it, "We want—we must have—unity around the one table of the Lord." Sacramental unity should be our ardent desire and prayer request.
4. Canonical Order:The Orthodox churches are very concerned about canonical order and renewal, which is why they are meeting in 2016. All of the autocephalous Orthodox churches agree that a new codification of canon law should be ratified through a future council of the Orthodox Church, and have spent a century preparing for such a council.
The need for that future council is obvious to the Orthodox. There is currently an erosion of ecclesial discipline in America due to the inconsistency in the canonical discipline of the autocephalous Orthodox churches. In the absence of an ecumenical council, statutes are being written by Orthodox bishops; those statutes fill the void of new canons but often contradict or, at best, differ in practice from other Orthodox communities living in parallel jurisdictions.
For example, one church practice may be to recognize the baptism and confirmation of Catholic converts while, down the block, the neighboring church of foreign jurisdiction recognizes neither Catholic baptism nor confirmation—or one and not the other, but not both. Yet, these are not the main issues under consideration for canonical change. The hot issues have to do with marriage, ordination, and the current role of the "Ecumenical Patriarch" of Constantinople.
We can pray for the Orthodox churches, that the Holy Spirit would guide them and help them be faithful to the ancient Faith as they participate in their own version of a Vatican II-type council in 2016.
5. Peter Inspires Unity: Many Orthodox believe they cannot be united with the Catholic Church unless they first find unity among themselves, because they are unwilling to consider Uniatism as a viable option. I understand this viewpoint, and I would like to think they could be united internally. The reality is that the Orthodox churches will probably never be united canonically among themselves. To put it bluntly, the Russian Orthodox are unlikely to agree with the Orthodox of the Balkans on canonical issues, like second marriages for priests, or recognize that the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has any real juridical authority. This is slightly problematic since the Russian Orthodox Church is, by far, the largest autocephalous Orthodox Church in the world.
History has shown that it is the Bishop of Rome, guided by the Holy Spirit, who safeguards orthodoxy at ecumenical councils. This is where the Orthodox churches could really benefit from uniting with Rome. The successor of Peter provides substantial canonical unity and clarity of teaching from an integrated—Eastern and Western—perspective.
6. Hope for Christian Cooperation: Francis and Bartholomew will likely focus on continued cooperation in a Christian front against radical secularism and Middle Eastern violence. Pope Francis' phrase, "ecumenism of blood", is striking. Those who kill Christians don't ask if you are Lutheran, Catholic, or Orthodox before they kill you. We can pray for lasting peace through repentance, forgiveness, and charity.
7. Patience: The Catholic Church has seriously pursued ecumenical dialogue with the Orthodox Church for the past fifty years. Vatican II was a monumental council which, lest we forget, hosted a number of Orthodox bishops. The Catechism of the Catholic Church has beautifully integrated Eastern Christian theology. The past several popes have already diminished the "papal claims" that Orthodox stridently decry and it appears that Francis may be willing to take this to a level that would surprise most Catholics. It seems there is not much more Catholics can do but fast and pray, show charity to our Orthodox brothers and sisters, and wait for the Orthodox Church to make some decisions about their own identity and future.
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Q: ¿Como crear un período con php? ¡Hola buenas! , quisiera saber como podría crear periodos para diferentes años y que al seleccionar el usuario el periodo deseado me muestren los registros de ese año , no comprendo bien la lógica de como podría construirlo , cree una tabla years con los campos id,years , para guardar los años(periodos) para poder mostrarlo por un select , me produce el guardado y se me muestra en el select , pero quisiera saber que cuando seleccionas el nuevo periodo me muestren esos registros y que empieze nuevamente a contar el id a 1 por cada año , De antemano Me ayudarían Muchisimo! Aquí produje el Select de ejemplo :

    $anio = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'anio');

    $cons = "SELECT years FROM ano";
    $res = mysqli_query($con, $cons);

    <form class="container" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) ?>" method="POST">
      <select name="anio" id="anio" required>

        <?php while ($fila = $res->fetch_assoc()) {   ?>
          <option value="<?php echo $fila["years"] ?>">
            <?php echo $fila["years"] ?>
          </option>
        <?php   } ?>

      </select>
      <input type="submit" value="Buscar">

    </form>

(PD: Ya he hecho esta pregunta varias veces y me ayudaron muchas personas y les agradezco!,pero tal vez no lo he planteado muy bien la pregunta,espero que esta vez tenga bien planteado mi pregunta,de Antemano Muchas Gracias!)

A: Te propongo una versión simplificada de lo que necesitas:
<?php

$txt=null;

$conn=new mysqli('localhost','root','','_so');

if(isset($_POST['periodo'])){
    $rs=$conn->query("
        SELECT * FROM datos
          WHERE YEAR(fecha)=".($_POST['periodo']*1).";
    ")->fetch_all(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
    $txt.='<pre>'.print_r($rs,true).'</pre>';
}

$rs=$conn->query("
    SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(fecha) periodo
      FROM datos;
")->fetch_all(MYSQLI_ASSOC);

$txt.='<form method="post">'
    .'<select name="periodo">';
foreach($rs as $r)
    $txt.='<option>'.$r['periodo'].'</option>';
$txt.='</select>'
    .'<button>Ver</button>'
    .'</form>';

echo $txt;

Así como del dataset para que puedas probarlo:
CREATE TABLE datos(
  id_dato int AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
  fecha date
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Q: Windows Service Configurations in Database I have few configuration settings for a Windows Service. Those settings are kept on database and expected to be picked up every time the Timer ticks and behave accordingly. The reason is that, User should be able to change those settings from GUI screen and Service should act based on the new settings from database ( without the need of restarting the service)
However the issue is, many times the service is required to be restarted to behave correctly based on the new values in database.
Can anyone help in identifying.. what could be the possible reason? Why the service is not working without being restarted?
Thanks in advance.
~Saroj

A: I don't know how your service is developed, but one of the most possible reasons is that some of configurations and settings are loaded into memory as:

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*Static class fields.

*Singletons.

In both cases, if the service doesn't rewrite static values, until the service life-cycle ends and it gets initialized again, it won't know about any change in your database.


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Although primarily a sculptor, Paolozzi worked in a wide variety of media during his long career, including printmaking, mosaic, ceramics, and tapestry. Paolozzi was one of the founding members of the avant-garde Independent Group associated in the 1950s with London's ICA. Perhaps his most famous commission is the enormous glass-tile mosaic project for London's Tottenham court Road tube station of 1984. The Tate Gallery held a retrospective exhibition in 1971 and the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh, part of the National Galleries of Scotland, mounted another in 2004. British artist.
Existing objects or images that are incorporated into an artwork. A found object that is treated as an artwork without modification is known as a readymade.
A print made by forcing ink through a screen on which a stencil is placed. Traditionally used for commercial printing, it has been taken up by artists since the 1960s when it was used extensively in Pop art.
An art movement of the 1950s to the 1970s that was primarily based in Britain and the United States. Pop artists are so called because of their use of imagery from popular culture. They also introduced techniques and materials from the commercial world, such as screen-printing, to fine art practice.
A group of art works, by one or more artists, issued or housed together in a portfolio case. This often applies to photographs or prints, and portfolios often include a title page or introductory text. The term is also used to describe a group of works which exemplify an artist's work overall.


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LA County to honor 1,780 unclaimed dead Wednesday
Supervisor Janice Hahn, who will speak during the memorial, asked that Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors be adjourned in memory of the dead.
Supervisor Janice Hahn speaks at Gov. Gavin Newsom's press conference in Wilmington, on Thursday, Oct. 2.1. Screenshot, governor's YouTube livecast
Los Angeles County will hold an online ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 1, to mark the burial of 1,780 people who died in 2018 but whose remains went unclaimed by relatives or loved ones.
Supervisor Janice Hahn, who will speak during the memorial, asked that Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Supervisors be adjourned in memory of the dead.
"The ceremony is part of a commitment that the county has upheld since 1896 to ensure that everyone in Los Angeles County, no matter their means, is laid to rest with respect and dignity. They may have left this world alone, but they were one of us," Hahn said, her voice breaking and quavering, "and our responsibility to honor their lives and grieve their deaths falls to us."
Last year's interfaith remembrance was also virtual due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The service is scheduled to include the Lord's Prayer in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Ukrainian and prayers, songs and blessings by a rabbi, an iman, a Native American sage and chaplains from several Christian denominations. It will be livestreamed on Facebook at 10 a.m. at https://www.facebook.com/events/424531369300503/.
The individuals to be honored at the Los Angeles County Crematory and Cemetery in Boyle Heights died in 2018. The county generally holds the cremated remains for three years before burial to allow family members and loved ones a chance to claim them. The ashes were placed in a single mass grave a couple of days earlier and a marker indicating the year of cremation will be placed atop the plot.
Though the numbers do not reflect deaths related to the pandemic, the total is nearly 20% higher than the average over the prior five years from 2016-2020. The total of unclaimed dead was below 1,500 until last year, when 1,547 individuals were unclaimed by family or friends.


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Anchor Packaging acquires MVP Kentucky plant
Anchor Packaging Inc. has bought the Mount Vernon, KY thermoforming facilities and equipment, previously operated by MVP. This latest acquisition brings the number of Anchor facilities to six, with a combined total of more than 1.6 million sq-ft of manufacturing and warehousing space.
PlasticsToday Staff | Apr 12, 2012
"This was very strategic acquisition for Anchor Packaging," stated Bob Hermann Jr., CEO of Anchor, in the news release. "We have now added trim-in-place, injection molding, and printing capabilities to our portfolio, along with our traditional focus on inline thermoforming. This will allow us to reach new markets, as well as better serve our existing customers, by offering a broader range of technologies to meet their needs."
The Mount Vernon facility will initially produce polypropylene deli cups and lids, injection-molded polyethylene lids, and a new line of deli containers, along with additional product lines.
The new operation will commence initial production within 60-90 days, and begin shipping selected products later this year. Full-scale production is expected to provide new jobs in the area for approximately 150 residents of the Mount Vernon area.
"This acquisition allows us to offer an additional manufacturing site, for contingency planning purposes, while also allowing us to become vertically integrated on our Deli Cup product line," stated Jeff Wolff, president of Anchor Packaging. "Beyond that, we see a virtually-unlimited horizon of new product possibilities, once the capabilities of this site are combined with our core strengths in our existing operations."
Over the past seven years, Anchor Packaging has added several hundred new custom and stock products for restaurant and retail operators. Anchor provides custom package design and manufacture for many food companies in the U.S. and Canada.
Its product line includes a variety of take-out packaging used in restaurants and other foodservice operations, as well as containers for merchandising prepared ready-to-heat meals in supermarkets deli cup containers, and all-purpose foodservice cling wrap.
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Aug 03, 2013Well, in Relationship Rewind Ryan basically says some things that fly in the face of all of those "common knowledge" theories and techniques for getting your ex back, and introduces a new system that uses simple everyday messages that are imbued with some rather interesting psychology that I had not heard about before.


In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary—together with seeds—of a flowering plant. In angiosperms (flowering plants), an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower. Specifically, it is the part of the carpel that holds the ovule(s); after pollination, the ovary will grow into the fruit, while the ovule(s) become the seed(s). In many species, the fruit incorporates the ripened ovary and surrounding tissues. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants disseminate seeds.
No one terminology really fits the enormous variety that is found among plant fruits. Botanical terminology for fruits is inexact and likely will remain so. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which include plums, apples, and oranges. However, a great many common vegetables, as well as nuts and grains, are the fruit of the plant species they come from.
The term false fruit (pseudocarp, accessory fruit) is sometimes applied to a fruit like the fig (a multiple-accessory fruit; see below) or to a plant structure that resembles a fruit, but is not derived from a flower or flowers. Some gymnosperms (the other major division of seed plants, other than angiosperms), such as yew, have fleshy arils that resemble fruits and some junipers have berry-like, fleshy cones. The term "fruit" has also been inaccurately applied to the seed-containing female cones of many conifers.
The symbiotic relationship between flowering plants with birds and insects as pollinators extends to their fruits. Many animals and birds consume fruits for their nutritive value and at the same time act as dispersal agents for the seeds. The same applies to human beings, for whom both flowers and fruit are a source of pleasure and at the same time an inducement to cultivate the plants from which they came. Beyond satisfying the physical needs of the human body with their excellent nutritional value, many fruits also touch on the inner aspects of the human spirit, fostering joy and happiness through their rich tastes and beautiful colors. Human creativity is revealed in the cultivation of wild species to develop new varieties of fruit with diverse tastes, textures, and colors.
Pollination is a vital part of fruit culture, and the lack of knowledge of pollinators and pollenizers can contribute to poor crops or poor quality crops. In a few species, the fruit may develop in the absence of pollination/fertilization, a process known as parthenocarpy. Such fruits are seedless. A plant that does not produce fruit is known as acarpous, meaning essentially "without fruit."
Venn diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. Botanical fruits that are not vegetables are culinary fruits.
Many foods are botanically fruits, but are treated as vegetables in cooking. These include cucurbits (e.g., squash and pumpkin), tomato, cucumber, aubergine (eggplant), and sweet pepper, along with nuts, and some spices, such as allspice, nutmeg, and chiles.
Culinary "fruits" are not always fruits in the botanical sense. For example, rhubarb may be considered a "fruit," though only the astringent stalk or petiole is edible. In the commercial world, European Union rules define carrot—botanically a root—as a fruit for the purposes of measuring the proportion of "fruit" contained in carrot jam.
The wall of the fruit, developed from the ovary wall of the flower, is called the pericarp. The pericarp is often differentiated into two or three distinct layers called the exocarp (outer layer—also called epicarp), mesocarp (middle layer), and endocarp (inner layer).
In some fruits, especially simple fruits derived from an inferior ovary (one that lies below the attachment of other floral parts), other parts of the flower (such as the floral tube, including the petals, sepals, and stamens), fuse with the ovary and ripen with it. The plant hormone ethylene causes ripening. When such other floral parts are a significant part of the fruit, it is called an accessory fruit. Since other parts of the flower may contribute to the structure of the fruit, it is important to study flower structure to understand how a particular fruit forms.
Fruits are so varied in form and development that it is difficult to devise a classification scheme that includes all known fruits. It will also be seen that many common terms for seeds and fruit are incorrectly applied, a fact that complicates understanding of the terminology. Seeds are ripened ovules; fruits are the ripened ovularies or carpels that contain the seeds. To these two basic definitions the clarification that in botanical terminology, a nut is a type of fruit and not another term for seed, can be added.
Simple fruits can be either dry or fleshy and result from the ripening of a simple or compound ovary with only one pistil.
An aggregate fruit, or etaerio, develops from a flower with numerous simple pistils. An example is the raspberry, whose simple fruits are termed drupelets because each is like a small drupe attached to the receptacle. In some bramble fruits (such as blackberry), the receptacle is elongate and part of the ripe fruit, making the blackberry an aggregate-accessory fruit. The strawberry is also an aggregate-accessory fruit, only one in which the seeds are contained in achenes. In all these examples, the fruit develops from a single flower with numerous pistils.
Stages of flowering and fruit development in the noni or Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) can be observed on a single branch. First, an inflorescence of white flowers called a head is produced. After fertilization, each flower develops into a drupe, and as the drupes expand, they connate (merge) into a multiple fleshy fruit called a syncarpet.
Seedlessness is an important feature of some fruits of commerce. Commercial cultivars (named, cultivated plant variety) of bananas and pineapples are seedless. Some cultivars of citrus fruits (especially navel oranges and mandarin oranges), table grapes, grapefruit, and watermelons are valued for their seedlessness.
In some species, seedlessness is the result of parthenocarpy, where fruits set without fertilization. Parthenocarpic fruit set may or may not require pollination. Most seedless citrus fruits require a pollination stimulus; bananas and pineapples do not. Seedlessness in table grapes results from the abortion of the embryonic plant that is produced by fertilization, a phenomenon known as stenospermocarpy, which requires normal pollination and fertilization.
Many fruits, including fleshy fruits like apples and mangos, and nuts like walnut, are commercially valuable as human food, eaten both fresh and made into jams, marmalade, and other preserves for future consumption. Fruits are also found commonly in such manufactured foods as cookies, muffins, yogurt, ice cream, cakes, and many more.
Fresh and dry fruits are a staple food of humans, and are excellent sources of minerals, vitamins, and enzymes. Fruits, along with vegetables (many of which are actually fruits), are highly recommended as central to good nutrition. Berries, for example, are rich in iron, phosphorus, and sodium, and apples and mango have good quantities of vitamins A and B, as well as phosphorus and glutamic acid.
Many fruits, like the flowers from which they originate, also offer aesthetic pleasure, through the rich taste or beautiful colors. They sometimes are the focal point of contemporary paintings and in ancient times were often used in decorating temples, sacred vessels, or ceremonial garments (Bakhru 2000). They have been referenced in ancient literature: the Vedas state that the fruits form the base of the Food of the Gods, and in the Qur'an, fruits like dates, grapes, figs, olives, and pomegranates are considered the gifts of God (Bakhru 2000).
Bakhru, H. K. 2000. Importance of fruits in diet. Retrieved August 11, 2006.


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America could run out of avocados should President Trump close the U.S.-Mexico border
Posted 7:29 pm, April 1, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire, Updated at 07:35PM, April 1, 2019
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If President Trump decides to shut down the border with Mexico this week, would it affect your access to avocados?
According to one grower, the U.S. would run out of avocados in three weeks if that happens.
Steve Barnard, president and chief executive of Mission Produce, told Reuters, "You couldn't pick a worse time of year because Mexico supplies virtually 100 percent of the avocados in the U.S. right now. California is just starting and they have a very small crop, but they're not relevant right now and won't be for another month or so."
Reuters reports that, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly half of all imported U.S. vegetables and 40% of imported fruit are grown in Mexico.
However, Forbes says people shouldn't worry too much about running out of avocados as the U.S. also gets them from California, Peru and Florida.
Last week, the President threatened to close the border if Mexico does not halt illegal immigration. He tweeted, "Mexico must use its very strong immigration laws to stop the many thousands of people trying to get into the USA. Our detention areas are maxed out & we will take no more illegals. Next step is to close the Border! This will also help us with stopping the Drug flow from Mexico!"
Mexico must use its very strong immigration laws to stop the many thousands of people trying to get into the USA. Our detention areas are maxed out & we will take no more illegals. Next step is to close the Border! This will also help us with stopping the Drug flow from Mexico!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2019
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The FC crew question if Mauricio Pochettino is preparing himself for a new job, after voicing his concerns with Tottenham's lack of transfer activity.
Mark Ogden and the FC crew explain why they aren't falling in love with the idea of making Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Manchester United's permanent manager.
Our banker bet landed in midweek as Tottenham beat Chelsea, but we took a hit with Leganes failing to score against Real Madrid. The Premier League makes a welcome return this weekend and the games don't come much bigger than Tottenham's clash with Manchester United.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has equalled a record set by Old Trafford legend Sir Matt Busby way back in 1946 by winning his first five matches as Manchester United manager. However all four of his league wins came against teams in the bottom half of the table, and he faces a true test of his managerial credentials this weekend against Spurs. Mauricio Pochettino's men have won 10 of their past 12 matches in all competitions and are still very much in the title picture. It promises to be a fascinating showdown at Wembley between two teams in sparkling form but Tottenham -- who won the corresponding fixture at Old Trafford fairly handily earlier in the season -- look the pick at even money.
James Maddison was flying for Leicester City earlier this season but has not managed to find the net since Dec. 5. However, he's looked sharp for the Foxes in recent weeks and looks a big price at 7/1 to score first against Southampton. He's only 22 but Maddison looks the real deal and can cash in against a Saints defence that has struggled on the road this season.
Selection: £2 on Maddison to score first at 7/1 with bet365.
Brighton are unbeaten in their past four and won't roll over against Liverpool at the Amex. The Reds have been flying this season but following back-to-back defeats against Manchester City and Wolves are suddenly under a bit of pressure, and with this in mind the draw could be the play on the south coast at 9/2. Elsewhere, Crystal Palace are struggling this season but have kept a few noteworthy clean sheets in recent weeks and look worth siding with at 6/5 to beat a Watford side who've failed to win any of their past three league games. Finally, add Leicester (19/20) to turn over Southampton at the King Power for a bet365 treble paying a meaty 22/1.
Selection: £2 on the treble at 22.59/1 with bet365.
Anyone considering a thick bet on Real Madrid at the minute really needs their head examined. Los Blancos have been wildly inconsistent in recent weeks and face a tough trip to Real Betis this Sunday. The hosts have only lost twice in nine home league games while Madrid have failed to win no fewer than six of their nine matches away from the Bernabeu. Things could get worse before they get better for Santi Solari's men, too, and Betis look worth a punt here at 12/5 on home soil.
Selection: £2.50 on Real Betis to win at 12/5 with bet365.
Arsenal have not kept a clean sheet in any of their past five league games and could be vulnerable when they head to West Ham in Saturday's early kickoff. The Gunners' away record is a less than stellar W4-D3-L3 this season and three of those victories came against teams in the bottom six. West Ham meanwhile have taken 16 points from their past eight Premier League games and look live underdogs.
Selection: £2 on West Ham to win and both teams to score at 9/2 with bet365.


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James L. Baldwin
Baker-Swan Funeral Home, Wellsville
James L. Baldwin, 56, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday (March 18, 2014) at Jones Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Baldwin was born on Dec. 19, 1957 in Wellsville to Lewis and Shirley (Gleason) Baldwin. On July 10, 1985, at the United Methodist Church in Wellsville, he married Roxanne L. Morris, who survives.
Jim worked as a logger for Baldwin Forest Products in Bolivar from 1974 until 1990.
In addition to his wife of 28 years, Jim is survived by three daughters, Vanessa Allen of Hornell, Sarah Baldwin of N.C., and Jaimee Baldwin of Wellsville; two sons, Jacob Baldwin of Ogden, Utah and Joshua (Ashley) Baldwin of Wellsville; his mother, Shirley (Stanley) Senack of Clifton Springs; one brother, Mark Baldwin of Wellsville; one sister, Wendy Sands of Buffalo; 10 grandchildren, Blake Geffers, Shelby Geffers, Jarod Allen, Allison Allen, Pamelita Freeman, La'Sanique Freeman, James Baldwin, Skylee Baldwin, Gabrielle Baldwin and Aubrey Baldwin; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his father, Lewis Baldwin.
Jim was a big NASCAR fan, especially Dale Earnhard t. He enjoyed competing in garden tractor pulls. He also enjoyed camping and fishing but mostly he simply cherished spending time with his wife and family.
Friends may call on Saturday from 1-4 p.m.at the Baker-Swan Funeral Home, 3256 Riverside Drive in Wellsville. The funeral service will be held on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the funeral home immediately following the visitation with Rev. Daniel Kenyon of the Wellsville Bible Church, officiating. Burial will follow in North Bingham Cemetery in North Bingham, Pa.
Memorial contributions in Jim's name may be made to Allegany County Cancer Services, Inc., Attn.: Lori Ballengee, 100 South Highland Ave., Wellsville, NY 14895.


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"Wait A Minute" is a song performed by American singer Ray J, which served as the lead single from his second studio album This Ain't a Game (2001). The song features guest vocals from then-Atlantic labelmate Lil' Kim, and production by duo the Neptunes; member Pharrell Williams performs its chorus. Ray J's first single since "Let It Go" (1997) to reach the top 40 of the Billboard charts, the song peaked at number 30 and reached number 8 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It also scored moderate success overseas, particularly in the UK, with a number 54 placement on the UK Singles Chart. The single appeared on the charts in Germany and Switzerland.

A music video for the single directed by Billie Woodruff, featured cameo appearances by Jackie Long, Pharrell Williams and Ray J's sister Brandy and was released in June 2001, and received heavy rotation on music channels such as BET.

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