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Q: How to push in the middle of git merge, when too many files are to be merged After a long time, I updated my branch.
I got over a hundred conflicts.
I want to resolve to say 10 or 15 of them and then push it. (I will be doing it over several days).
Is there a way to commit/push when I have resolved only some of the files?

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Is there a way to commit/push when I have resolved only some of the files?

No, you can do a partial commit.
When you perform a merge and you have conflicts to resolve, git stores all the "non-conflicts" files in your index and once the conflicts are resolved it will commit your changes in the right order they were introduced.
What you wish to do it to "exclude" several files from the commits and this is not allowed.
What you can do instead?

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*use git cherry-pick and grab small chunks of commits which will result in a smaller amount of conflicts.

*Open a new side branch and commit your file whenever you fixed any of them. It will leave your other files with conflicts but it will be easy to track them since they will have <<<<<< & >>>>>>>> in them so a simple search will reveal them.

A: You won't be able to push it onto the branch with unresolved conflicts.
But yes you could just push it to another branch on the remote.

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Q: Why am I getting Run-time error '-2147417848 (80010108)' on VBA code for exporting to pdf that worked fine on older Excel versions? Moving from Excel 2007 to 2016 I am trying to use a simple VBA code exporting a sheet to pdf file. Worked well in the previous version of Excel but now I am getting -2147417848 (80010108) Automation Error: The Object invoked has disconnected from its clients. This is my code:
    ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, FileName:="C:\Users\jiric\xxx.pdf", Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True

I have tried to record a macro in this Excel 2016 (just to "save as" / or "export to pdf") and I got this code (seems cracked to me, even debugger says "compile error" obviously):
    . Item := xlTypePDF,  :="C:\Users\jiric\xxx.pdf",  :=xlQualityStandard,  := TRUE,  := FALSE,  := TRUE

Is there something wrong with Excel 2016?? :) I am getting this run-time automation error on two different computers, but both with the same excel version (same installation). Any ideas to fix this? Other parts of VBA code work. Thank you in advance!

A: i encountered the same issue...............with windows 10 professional and office 2016 Pro Plus. I have no problem with the same kind of code


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Former India bowler Amit Bhandari beaten up in Delhi, taken to hospital
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Amit Bhandari, the former India bowler and now chairman of selectors for Delhi senior and Under-23 teams, is in hospital after being attacked by men wielding hockey sticks and iron rods, during a practice match in Delhi on Monday. Bhandari, who suffered head and ear injuries, was watching a selection trials match with two other selectors at the St Stephen's Cricket Ground for practice matches among senior Twenty20 probables. Bhandari was later taken to Sant Parmanand Hospital in Civil Lines in Delhi.
The accused and his brother have been arrested, according to a Press Trust of India report. "At around 1.15 pm (Monday) at St Stephens ground where trials were going on, one person Anuj Dheda, who was not selected, came and asked about his rejection and slapped Bhandari. Some 10-15 more boys came and hit him," Nupur Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) told PTI. "Based on the complaint, a case has been registered and the accused and his brother Naresh were arrested," the DCP said.
The attack took place when the first match of the day was about to end. There was a second match scheduled. Eyewitnesses said when the players and other DDCA officials tried to intervene they were threatened they would be shot. A player present at the game said Bhandari was lucky he was able to run away and maintain distance with the attackers otherwise the injuries could have been much worse.
Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag and Bishan Singh Bedi, three of Delhi's foremost cricketers, condemned the incident and called for swift action. Gambhir went as far as to declare he would "personally ensure" the issue was dealt with, while Sehwag said it marked a "new low".
The attack on Delhi selector Amit Bhandari for not picking a player is a new low and I am hopeful that stringent action will be taken against the culprit and adequate measures will be taken to avoid such incidents.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 11, 2019
Disgusted to see this happen right in the heart of the Capital. This can't slip under the carpet and I will personally ensure it doesn't. To begin with I am calling for a life ban from all cricket for the player who orchestrated this attack post his non-selection. https://t.co/RpS6fzTcNl
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) February 11, 2019
Absolutely unpardonable..these hooligans must be brought to book ASAP to bring sanity in Selection Proceedings..no violence cn be tolerated to push fr selection no matter how deserving..DDCA wake up & ACT kindly..Crkt Fraternity demands swift official stand..!!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) February 11, 2019
Rajat Sharma, the president of DDCA, said they were trying to ascertain if this was a selection-related attack. "We are trying to procure all details of the incident," Sharma told PTI. "As far as I have come to know, it is regarding one disgruntled player, who didn't make it to the probables list for the National Under-23 tournament. The SHO [Station House Officer] from the local police station has reached the ground, and I have personally spoken to the Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik. The guilty will not go unpunished. I promise exemplary action against whoever is found involved in this misdeed. We will register an FIR."
13.35 GMT The story has been updated to reflect the arrest of the accused.

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LONDON, 11 April (Portugal IN) – The magnificent Bloomberg facilities in central London were the stage of the first edition of "Portugal – UK Economic Forum", with presence of Portugal's PM, António Costa, and several other governmental representatives. The event was organized by the Portuguese investment agency, AICEP, and the governmental task force created in the wake of the Brexit Referendum, Portugal IN.
Before an audience bursting with interested investors with their eyes set on Portugal, the Economic Forum was a piece of Portugal's ambitious action plan in order to mitigate the negative effects of Brexit and to showcase what Portugal has to offer companies and investors in this economic, social and political moment of European history.
The Minister of Economy, Manuel Caldeira Cabral, stressed that Portugal is experiencing a very positive economic climate, and has made a remarkable economic recovery since the crises that struck the country some 9 years ago. The Secretary of State of Internationalization, Eurico Brilhante Dias, pointed out that Portugal is well-placed to compete with other EU-countries in the quest of FDI since the country has many valuable assents, apart from its sunny climate. They range from a safe and stable political environment to competitive real-estate prices, and a flat 20 percent tax rate for expat employees. Investments in digital infrastructure and education were highlighted as key factors — particularly for the tech sector.
Several speakers underlined that the two countries share the world's oldest diplomatic alliance — dating back to 1386 — and that Portugal and Britain enjoy strong economic ties. The U.K. is Portugal's fourth biggest export market for goods, worth €3.66 billion last year. When it comes to services — mostly tourism — Britain is even more important, bringing in €4.49 billion. Exchanges have increased since Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU: Portugal's overall exports to the U.K. rose 9.6 percent last year, British foreign investment stock in Portugal increased to €9.9 billion.
PM António Costa, who straight after the conference was headed for a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Teresa May, stressed that Portugal is keen to maintain close ties to the UK after Brexit. "We want a good Brexit solution, a solution that allows the U.K. to leave the European Union, but not to leave Europe", he said.
Portugal has created an economic and regulatory climate that is very favourable to foreign direct investment. Corporate taxes have decreased, while new investment incentives have been established, as the Non-Habitual Residence Status, the Golden Residence Permit and the Expatriate's Flat Tax rate of 20%, making Portugal very attractive for nearshoring operations. R&D and Productive investment tax credits were improved and Job Creation tax exemptions and grants are also available. During 2017 alone, U.K. investment in Portugal increased 5 fold, as the U.K became the 4th largest investor after Luxembourg, France and Netherlands. The foreign direct investment stock rose to 9.9 billion Euros.
New trends in finance technology have stimulated technological innovation and rendered financial markets and systems more efficient. New co-investment platforms have also arisen and selective impact investment players strengthened the London-Lisbon technological bridge to levels unknown before. This expanded partnership is scattered across Portugal, as U.K. tech star companies have also been establishing innovation hubs in Porto, Braga and Coimbra, among other cities.


Let's admit, Instagram Stories feature is all about fun, especially with the recent addition of Emoji stickers.
However, the million dollar question is – how to make the most out of your Instagram Stories? For some businesses, no matter how hard they try, the results of employing this marketing strategy are not so pleasing.
That said, Instagram Stories is used by more than 300 million people every day. This is a whopping number, and therefore, it would not be wrong to say that it provides a huge potential for big and small businesses alike to attract more audience.
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An s.172 driver information request will be sent to the registered keeper of the vehicle if you commit a motoring offence.
Failure to provide the required information will get you six points.
S172(4) and S172(7)(b) RTA 1988 or the road traffic act offer two statutory defences.
To determine the identity of the driver at the time of offence, you will have to demonstrate in court that you used reasonable diligence, or that you didn't receive the S172 information request at all.
The law assumes you are guilty,regardless of your reasons or excuses for driving without valid insurance.
six to eight points is the penalty if convicted for driving with no car insurance.
In many instances, the drivers insurance policy has been cancelled without them being informed of the fact.
You can use a special reasons argument if you can show that you genuinely believed that you had insurance cover in place.
If convicted of a speed related motoring offence you will receive three – six penalty points on your licence, a possible discretionary ban depending on the severity of your offence, as well as court costs and a fine.
Following on from recent case law, if you are going to be successful defending your alleged speeding offence, you will need to have professional evidence to support your legal defence.
The legal UK drinking and driving breath reading limit is 35mg. A licence ban of 1 year is the minimum penalty for a drink drive conviction.
If you can show that you were either; not driving, weren't on a public road or place, or consumed the alcohol after you finished driving then you have a possible defence.
Avoiding a drink drive disqualification is also possible if you can demonstrate that you unknowingly drank the alcohol, that it was an actual life threatening emergency situation or that you only drove a limited distance.
The two points that the prosecution are required to establish to secure a conviction are that you were over the drink driving limit and that you were in charge of the car at the time of the offence.
If you can show the court that you didn't intend to drive again until you were below the legal drink driving limit then you have a defence.
If the court finds you guilty then you will be given either ten points and possibly a discretionary driving licence ban.
The mobile need to be held while being used in order for an offence to be committed.
Different Courts take different viewpoints on this offence.
A temporary stop in a traffic jam or at a set of lights can still be classed as driving.
The standard of your driving needs to be proved beyond any reasonable doubt by the prosecution to have dropped below the standard of a careful & competent driver in order to convict you of driving without dure care.
Some of the offences covered by without due care include low speed bumps and dings as well as undertaking on a motorway.
The police can offer a Driving Improvement Course for this offence instead of prosecution.
If, after an accident, damage was caused to property, a person or another vehicle, then, as the driver you have a legal obligation in accordance with S 170 Road Traffic Act to stop and provide your details.
From the time of your accident you have 24 hours to report it to the police if you were unable to exchange at the scene of the accident.
With either a discretionary driving licence ban or five to ten points on your driving licence this is a serious offence.
If you can convince the Court that you weren't aware that damage had been caused and that it was reasonable that you were unaware that you'd had an accident then you have a possible legal defence.
Failing to stop and failing to report are very serious motoring offences. At worst you can receive a community service or even a custodial sentence.
The level of your driving has to fall below what is required but also it must be plain to a careful driver that your driving was dangerous.
Dangerous driving carries a twelve month driving ban minimum, and a re-test and can also include a prison term.
This road traffic offence is often misunderstood by drivers.
An endorsable offence would be driving without L plates, or not having passed a driving test prior to driving.
Should the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency request that you return your current licence to them and they suspend your driving entitlement, this would be non-endorsable.
Many people believe incorrectly that 'no licence' means that your motor insurance is rendered invalid, but that is not true.
If you are charged, make sure that you get professional guidance because the Prosecution often make mistakes with this issue regarding whether driving licence penalty points are applicable to this motoring offence or not.


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Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of mobile agricultural workers. Many of these workers lack basic oral health knowledge. In 2017, the Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees launched an oral health education program designed to increase participants' knowledge concerning oral health practices and to gain a better understanding of the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding oral health among migrant workers.
We held 12 workshops for a total of 311 participants throughout Washington State. We used a pre/post uncontrolled design to assess the impact of the education program on participant knowledge about oral health practices. Changes in knowledge were assessed using a paper and pencil survey given to participants before the session began (pre) and at the end of the session (post). The pre/post survey was supplemented by qualitative information in the form of participant-reported barriers and facilitators and figure drawings illustrating their feelings about the state of their own oral health.
There were statistically significant increases in knowledge for all of the pre/post survey questions. Questions with particularly large improvements included: the impacts of having a mouth infection, factors causing oral health problems, and whether children in low-income families experience more tooth decay. The workshop also included three interactive activities where participants learned that poor oral health can result in a poor overall health.
These simple techniques can prevent poor oral hygiene that in turn can lead to a poor control of diabetes and heart disease, among other diseases.
We concluded that an interactive, lay-led oral health education program can be an effective way to increase oral health knowledge in migrant populations. Unfortunately, we found that there is limited knowledge among migrant populations about prevention and access to oral health. It is essential to educate agricultural workers about their local community health centers and the services they offer. For example, encouraging patients to complete just one annual visit for an adult's oral cleaning, plus twice-yearly cleanings for children, can help transform mobile families' attitudes on the importance of regular oral services for their oral hygiene. We also learned that many mobile families do not use toothpaste, but instead opt to use plants to clean their teeth. Each visit to the dentist is an opportunity to learn more about the socio-cultural practices of mobile patients -- and also an opportunity to provide basic oral health training. More than 70 percent of the participants positively responded that it is very important to share the gained knowledge from the workshop with members of the family and their communities. We strongly recommend engaging patients, recognizing the role of oral health education in helping our patients maintain good oral hygiene, and using community/lay leaders for the education sessions.
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RChilli CEO Wins International Service Pride Award 2022
San Ramon, CA (Newsworthy.ai) Thursday Apr 14, 2022 @ 6:00 AM Pacific —
RChilli is proud to announce that Vinay Johar, CEO-RChilli, has been recently awarded the International Service Pride Award for 'the Most Inspirational and Motivated Business Leader of the Year.
Organized by Topnotch Foundation, International Service Pride Awards 2022 was given to the winners who have contributed remarkably in the field of healthcare, business, and education.
Vinay is an entrepreneur, technologist, and market strategist. With a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Vinay went on to complete his Master's degree in Technology and started working in the computer software space. He always wanted to create an agile, affordable, scalable, cloud-based, and customizable AI plugin for the HR Tech industry that could offer remarkable results to the users. As a result, Vinay launched RChilli, the trusted partner for parsing, matching, and enrichment. The company is currently offering innovative products like Resume Parser, JD Parser, Search & Match Engine, Taxonomy, and Data Migration.
On receiving this award, Vinay Johar said, "I am honored to get this award for 'Most Inspiring & Motivational Business Leader of The Year'. It feels great to know that my and my team's work is recognized. This recognition matters a lot to us. Thanks to the Topnotch Foundation and the organizing committee for this honor.
To know more about RChilli and its products, visit www.rchilli.com
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RChilli is the trusted partner for parsing, matching, and data enrichment, providing companies, in 37+ countries, with solutions built for the future of technology and recruiting. RChilli's innovative products, backed by an industry-leading tech stack, power the processing of 3.5+ billion docs a year for 1600+ top global recruiting platforms. Enabling companies to hire better talent faster since 2010, RChilli is ISO 27001:2013 and SOC 2 certified and GDPR compliant. RChilli is also a proud partner of Salesforce, Oracle PeopleSoft, and Oracle HCM Cloud.
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NLRB Allows Employers To Implement Mandatory Arbitration Programs In Direct Response To Being Sued
By Tyler S. Laughinghouse & Kurt G. Larkin
As we have previously reported here and here, courts and the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") have released a number of recent decisions favoring the enforceability of arbitration agreements in the employment context. It is now settled law that class-action waivers in arbitration agreements do not violate the National Labor Relations Act ("the Act") or infringe on employees' Section 7 rights under the Act. In a recent decision, the NLRB extended this holding to…
The NLRB Continues Its Trend of Employer-Friendly Decisions
By Tyler S. Laughinghouse, Michael Reed & Robert T. Dumbacher
This summer, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") issued several pro-employer decisions. Just last month, the NLRB issued two key decisions for employers, which are discussed below. Worker Misclassification Not a Violation of the NLRA As we previously reported, the Board previously invited interested parties and amici to submit briefs in the case of Velox Express, Inc. (15-CA-184006) to address under what circumstances, if any, the Board should deem an employer's misclassifying…
NLRB Issues Proposed Rule That Grad Students Cannot Unionize
On September 20, 2019, the NLRB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to exclude undergraduate and graduate students who perform paid work for private colleges and universities in connection with their studies from the definition of employee under the National Labor Relations Act. The proposed rule would prevent undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants from unionizing or collectively organizing.…
Virginia Enacts New Paystub Requirements
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As we previously detailed, the Virginia General Assembly enacted an employment records disclosure law requiring employers to furnish Virginia employees certain personnel documents upon request. That law took effect on July 1, 2019.…
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Must a Retailer Pay Additional Overtime on Incentive Bonuses Paid to Non-exempt Employees? DOL Opinion Letter Says, "It Depends"
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Many retailers use bonus programs to incentivize employee performance. With respect to bonuses paid to non-exempt employees (i.e., those employees who are entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act), the retailer must then determine whether it owes additional overtime on the incentive bonus.…
Supreme Court To Decide Whether Title VII Protects Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
By Tyler S. Laughinghouse & Ryan M. Bates
After languishing on the docket for almost a year, the United States Supreme Court agreed today to hear three cases concerning the scope of Title VII's protections for LGBT employees. The Court is now set to decide two separate, but related questions: (1) whether Title VII protects against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; and (2) whether Title VII protects against discrimination on the basis of transgendered status. As we previously reported here,…
The Seventh Circuit Upholds City's Ban on Union's Inflatable Rat
The Seventh Circuit recently upheld a local ordinance in Grande Chute, Wisconsin that banned all private signs on public rights-of-way despite challenges from a local labor union. In 2014, the town of Grande Chute passed a zoning ordinance that banned all private signs on public rights-of-way. Under the authority of the zoning ordinance, two town officials ordered a local chapter of the Construction and General Laborers' Union to remove the labor union's large, 12-foot inflatable…
Class Wide Arbitrations – Who Gets to Decide?
As we previously reported, the United States Supreme Court held this past Term in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis that class action waivers in arbitration agreements do not violate the National Labor Relations Act. In the wake of Epic Systems, courts have found that class action waivers are likewise permissible under the FLSA. These cases make clear that class action waivers are here to stay.…
DOL Drops Appellate Defense of Overtime Rule
Earlier this month, the Department of Labor ("DOL") dropped its defense of an Obama-era regulation that sought to increase the salary level for overtime-exempt employees from $23,660 per year to $47,476 per year. The regulation had been set to take effect in November 2016, but a last-minute preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court in Texas stayed the implementation of the regulation. In the preliminary injunction ruling, the district court ruled that the new $47,476…


"... in a free market economy paper money cannot assume a 'life' of its own and become independent of commodity money. Within a hampered market economy, characterized by government interference, paper money however, can be enforced."
After a "stormy" week of non-stop economic news, political drama and corporate earnings, the calendar takes a break this week with a lull in market sensitive data and events.


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We match Lich Lord Terminus (Cryx) vs. Zevanna Agha, the Old Witch of Khador (Khador). We discuss list creation, tactics, and we rank both casters. Trevor gives us the top 5 most probable things Terminus is thinking with that look on his face.
4 Responses to "Episode 41 – Terminus vs. Old Witch"
I agree that the Behemoth is part of the Old Witch's standard loadout, but i have a question. I don't actually own Big B yet, so instead I use Black Ivan. I find that, while he loses a lot of the sheer "omf" of Behemoth, he has a few tricks of his own that make him, if not a better choice, at least a viable one.
Do you guys have any thoughts on freeing up three points by taking Ivan instead of the Behemoth?
I don't really have any input or thoughts on Black Ivan with Old Witch honestly as I have not tried it, but I think its at least worth testing. There are several times I would have rather had his higher DEF and the ability to change gears (no cortex/sub-cortex) in this game and other games I played while prepping Old Witch.
Is there something wrong with the file on this one? After a few seconds, the volume cuts out to where it can barely be heard–not loud enough to make out any words. Or is just me?
Nothing wrong with the file on my end. I just tried it with no issues. Not sure what the trouble might be.


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Would a President Obama really be able to wring concessions from the Iranian mullahs?
Obama's Special Insight?
Robert Spencer
As the Iranian nuclear crisis continues to simmer, the question grows more urgent: would a President Obama really be able to wring concessions from the Iranian mullahs? Some think so — and point to a largely forgotten incident during the Iranian hostage crisis as proof.
When Iranian jihadists seized the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, they took sixty-six hostages. Fifty-two of these were held captive for fourteen grim months. Of the remaining fourteen, one was released in July 1980 after falling ill, but thirteen were released just two weeks after they were taken hostage: on November 19 and 20, 1979, the Iranians released thirteen black Americans and women. Blacks were oppressed in America, they said, and they were sympathetic to "oppressed minorities" — and as pious Muslims they did not fight against women.
Some are now actually arguing that Obama could succeed in negotiations with Tehran just because he is black. But the hard fact is that the Iranians released the black hostages to manipulate the press and gain political advantage. Obama's race will give him no advantage in talks with the ayatollahs.
Obama has long claimed that he would bring an insight to international relations that other American Presidents have not had. He explained last February: "As somebody who has family living overseas, who myself have lived overseas for a time, I would be able to — I think the world would see me as a different kind of President, somebody who could see the world through their eyes….If I convened a meeting with Muslim leaders around the world, to discuss how they can align themselves in our battle against terrorism, but also put our, the relationship between the West and the Islamic world on a more productive footing, I do so with the credibility of somebody who actually lived in a Muslim country for a number of years." And indeed, majority-Muslim countries have greeted his candidacy with immense enthusiasm. One Indonesian Christian leader even said: "We are praying for Obama because we feel he can help reduce the widespread stigma and misperception that Muslims in Indonesia are fundamentalists."
So maybe President Obama would carry two advantages into a meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As one who has lived among Muslims, he would know how they feel, and perhaps they would believe that he, as a black man in America, would understand their grievances against the West. Perhaps the mullahs in Tehran would even be disposed to grant concessions to him, given their solicitude to the "oppressed minorities" among the hostages in 1979.
But how much hope can we really place upon an affirmative action program in Tehran? After all, the Iranian regime is not a champion of the oppressed, and Barack Obama has never been oppressed. Iran is constantly trying to portray itself as the victim of American and Israeli machinations, and these attempts are transparently dishonest. Recently it complained to the UN Security Council about Israel's threat to its nuclear program – while never mentioning, of course, the oft-repeated Iranian saber-rattling against Israel. Iran's Foreign Minister has called on Muslim nations to "erase" Israel, and Ahmadinejad himself has frequently indulged in genocidal rhetoric against Israel. He declared at the notorious "World Without Zionism" conference in Tehran in 2005 that "there is no doubt that the new wave (of attacks) in Palestine will wipe off this stigma [Israel] from the face of the Islamic world….Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury, Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."
This violent rhetoric belies the victim status the Iranians are trying to claim, and places Obama's claimed advantage in a vastly different light. Iran has been cloaking its belligerence as a strike against oppression ever since it took those hostages back in the Carter years, and the Khomeini regime's release of the black hostages was nothing more than a ham-handed endeavor to portray an act of naked aggression as something that soft-hearted and soft-headed Leftists could support. Obama, entering Tehran for talks with all the good will his background and race would afford him, would only reinforce the Iranian regime's hollow attempts to claim victim status — and thereby win a platform for concessions. And since Obama would really bring to the table only warmed-over Carterism, those concessions would most likely start flowing copiously — to the detriment of American interests and those of our allies.
Barack Obama's naivete would make Jimmy Carter look like Winston Churchill. Any actual "credibility" he would actually have in Tehran would be based not on his experience in a Muslim country or the color of his skin, but on his readiness to grant concessions. And that readiness could put us all at grave risk.
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Written By Robert Spencer
Mr. Spencer is director of Jihad Watch and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), The Truth About Muhammad, Stealth Jihad and The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran (all from Regnery-a HUMAN EVENTS sister company).


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A closer look at how a vision became reality.
Damien Woolnough
The following article has been sponsored by Gucci
Once upon a Milan minute, the best way to embrace Gucci style was from the ankles up with a fine pair of Italian leather loafers. But since Alessandro Michele seized the creative reins of the billion-dollar brand, you can now raise your hands for an aesthetic introduction.
Michele has carefully integrated the current Gucci DNA into a collection of watches and jewellery, making the pieces suitable style investments rather than logo wastelands. If you're not up to sartorial speed, Michele is the most exciting thing to happen in men's fashion since Tom Ford (who, incidentally, he used to work for at Gucci).
In January 2015, the fashion industry was rocked by his appointment to the top job. Despite 12 years spent toiling in the background, he was considered an unknown.
Fast forward two years later, and Michele's bowerbird approach to motifs such as the bee, tiger heads and the Gucci stripe has converted Jared Leto, Jaden Smith and Harry Styles to devotees of the interlocking Gs. Michele is a detail freak, envisioning his collections from top-to-toe. The watches and jewellery put that considered and eclectic approach at your fingertips.
You may have noticed them at the Gucci runway shows, now a cataclysmic explosion of menswear and womenswear, decorating various appendages of the models. Le Marché des Merveilles series of watches feature Michele's preferred motifs on the woven dial: a snake, a bee and a testosterone-fuelled tiger. Adding a further European edge is the nylon strap inscribed with "L'Aveugle par Amour".
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# Module Name: PSRunSpaces.psm1
# Module Description: Functions to invoke runspaces with multi-threading
# Author: Srinath Sadda
# Version: 1.0.1
# Updated: 12/20/2015
# Copyright © 2015 Srinath Sadda
#########################################################

# Adds a Microsoft .NET Framework type (a class) to a Windows PowerShell session
# Initialize a custom powershell class 'AsyncPipeline'
If (!('AsyncPipeline' -as [Type])) {
    Add-Type @'
        public class AsyncPipeline {
            public System.Management.Automation.PowerShell Pipeline;
            public System.IAsyncResult AsyncResult;
        }
'@
}

Function Invoke-Async {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Create a PowerShell pipeline and executes a script block asynchronously.
        .DESCRIPTION
            Create a PowerShell pipeline and executes a script block asynchronously.
        .PARAMETER RunspacePool
            Specify a pool of one or more runspaces, typically created using 'New-RunspacePool' Cmdlet.
            A runspace pool is a collection of runspaces upon which PowerShell pipelines can be executed.
        .PARAMETER ScriptBlock
            Represents a precompiled block of script text that can be used as a single unit.
            A script block is an instance of a Microsoft .NET Framework type (System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock)
        .PARAMETER Arguments
            A script block can accept arguments and return values.
            The 'Arguments' parameter supplies the values of the variables, in the order that they are listed.
        .EXAMPLE
            $ScriptBlock = { Param($Computer,$Service) Get-Servie -Name $Service -ComputerName $Computer }
            Invoke-Async -RunspacePool $(New-RunSpacePool 10) -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Computer,$Service
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="Specify a pool of one or more runspaces, typically created using 'New-RunspacePool' Cmdlet:")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ValidateScript({
            If ($_ -is [System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.RunspacePool]) {
                $True
            }
            Else {
                Throw "OOPS! YOU SPECIFIED AN INCORRECT OBJECT TYPE! THE EXPECTED TYPE IS: [RunspacePool]"
            }
        })]
        [System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.RunspacePool] $RunspacePool,

        [Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="Represents a precompiled block of script text that can be used as a single unit:")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ValidateScript({
            If ($_ -is [System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock]) {
                $True
            }
            Else {
                Throw "OOPS! YOU SPECIFIED AN INCORRECT OBJECT TYPE! THE EXPECTED TYPE IS: [ScriptBlock]"
            }
        })]
        [System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock] $ScriptBlock,

        [Parameter(Position=2,Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage="A script block can accept arguments and return values. The 'Arguments' parameter supplies the values of the variables, in the order that they are listed:")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Object[]] $Arguments
    )

    Try {
        # Initializes a new instance of the PowerShell class with an empty pipeline.
        $Pipeline = [System.Management.Automation.PowerShell]::Create()

        # Sets the runspace pool used by the PowerShell object.
        # A runspace from this pool is used whenever the PowerShell object pipeline is invoked.
        $Pipeline.RunspacePool = $RunspacePool

        # NOTE: Out-Null - Deletes output instead of sending it down the pipeline.
        # Adds a script to the end of the pipeline of the PowerShell object.
        $Pipeline.AddScript($ScriptBlock) | Out-Null

        Foreach($Arg in $Arguments) {
            # NOTE: Out-Null - Deletes output instead of sending it down the pipeline.
            # Adds an argument for a positional parameter of a command without specifying the parameter name.
            If ($Arg -is [Object[]]) {
                Foreach($Arg_ in $Arg) {
                    $Pipeline.AddArgument($Arg_) | Out-Null
                }
            }
            Else {
                $Pipeline.AddArgument($Arg) | Out-Null
            }
        }

        # Asynchronously runs the commands of the PowerShell object pipeline.
        $AsyncResult = $Pipeline.BeginInvoke()

        # Creates a AsyncPipeline object.
        $Status = New-Object AsyncPipeline -ErrorAction Stop -ErrorVariable AsyncPipeline_

        If (!$AsyncPipeline_) {
            $Status.Pipeline = $Pipeline
            $Status.AsyncResult = $AsyncResult

            If ($Status) {
                # Returns the status of AsyncPipeline
                Return $Status
            }
        }
    }
    Catch {
        # Capture an exception
        $E = $_.Exception.Message
        Return $E
    }
}

Function New-RunSpacePool {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Creates a runspace pool.
        .DESCRIPTION
            Creates a pool of runspaces that specifies the minimum and maximum number of opened runspaces for the pool.
        .PARAMETER MaxThreads
            Defines the maximum number of pipelines that can be concurrently (asynchronously) executed on the pool.
            The number of available pools determined the maximum number of processes that can be running concurrently.
        .PARAMETER MTA
            Create runspaces in a multi-threaded apartment. It is not recommended to use this option unless absolutely necessary.
        .EXAMPLE
            Creates a pool of 10 runspaces.
            $RSPool = New-RunSpacePool -MaxThreads 10
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="Specify maximum no. of threads (maximum is 64):")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ValidateRange(1,64)]
        [Int16] $MaxThreads,

        [Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage="Specify this switch to create runspaces in a multi-threaded apartment:")]
        [Switch] $MTA
    )

    Try {
        # Creates a pool of runspaces that specifies the minimum and maximum number of opened runspaces for the pool
        $RSPool = [RunspaceFactory]::CreateRunspacePool(1, $MaxThreads)

        # NOTE: Runspace.ApartmentState property must be set before the runspace is opened.
        # Specify the apartment state of the thread used to run commands in the runspace.

        If ($MTA) {
            # The thread will create and enter a multi-threaded apartment.
            $RSPool.ApartmentState = 'MTA'
        }
        Else {
            # The thread will create and enter a single-threaded apartment.
            $RSPool.ApartmentState = 'STA'
        }

        # Open runspaces.
        $RSPool.Open()

        # Returns a pool of runspaces.
        Return $RSPool
    }
    Catch {
        # Capture an exception
        $E = $_.Exception.Message
        Return $E
    }
}

Function Get-AsyncInfo {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Receives the results of one or more asynchronous pipelines.
        .DESCRIPTION
            Receives the results of one or more asynchronous pipelines running in a separate runspaces.
        .PARAMETER Pipelines
            An array of AsyncPipleine objects, typically returned by 'Invoke-Async' Cmdlet.
        .PARAMETER Progress
            An optional switch to display a progress bar that depicts the status of a running command.
        .EXAMPLE
            $ScriptBlock = { Param($Computer,$Service) Get-Servie -Name $Service -ComputerName $Computer }
            $AsyncPipelines = Invoke-Async -RunspacePool $(New-RunSpacePool 10) -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Computer,$Service

            Get-AsyncInfo -Pipelines $AsyncPipelines -Progress
        .NOTES
            Since it is unknown what exists in the results stream of the pipeline, this function will not have a standard return type.
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="Specify an array of AsyncPipleine objects, typically returned by Invoke-Async cmdlet:")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [AsyncPipeline[]] $Pipelines,

        [Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage="Specify this switch to display a progress bar that depicts the status of a running command:")]
        [Switch] $Progress
    )

    # Counter for Write-Progress
    $I = 1

    ForEach ($Pipeline in $Pipelines) {
        Try {
            # NOTE:
            # Pipeline.EndInvoke - Waits for the pending asynchronous BeginInvoke call to be completed and then returns the results of the call.
            # AsyncResult - The IAsyncResult interface returned by the BeginInvoke call. This interface represents the status of the call.

            # Get the results from the IAsyncResult object.
            $Pipeline.Pipeline.EndInvoke($Pipeline.AsyncResult)

            # Capture and throw pipeline stream errors.
            If ($Pipeline.Pipeline.Streams.Error) {
                Throw $Pipeline.Pipeline.Streams.Error
            }
        }
        Catch {
            # Capture an exception
            $E = $_.Exception.Message
            Return $E
        }
        Finally {
            # Releases all resources used by the PowerShell object.
            $Pipeline.Pipeline.Dispose()

            If ($Progress) {
                # Displays a progress bar that depicts the status of a running command.
                Write-Progress -Activity 'Receiving Results' -PercentComplete $(($I/$Pipelines.Length) * 100) -Status 'Percent Complete'
            }

            # Increment counter for Write-Progress
            $I++
        }
    }
}

Function Get-AsyncStatus {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Receives the status of one or more asynchronous pipelines.
        .DESCRIPTION
            Receives the status of one or more asynchronous pipelines.
        .PARAMETER Pipelines
            An array of AsyncPipleine objects, typically returned by 'Invoke-Async' Cmdlet.
        .EXAMPLE
            $ScriptBlock = { Param($Computer,$Service) Get-Servie -Name $Service -ComputerName $Computer }
            $AsyncPipelines = Invoke-Async -RunspacePool $(New-RunSpacePool 10) -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Computer,$Service

            $Status = Get-AsyncStatus -Pipelines $AsyncPipelines
        .EXAMPLE
            $ScriptBlock = { Param($Computer,$Service) Get-Servie -Name $Service -ComputerName $Computer }

            $Status = Get-AsyncStatus -Pipelines $(Invoke-Async -RunspacePool $(New-RunSpacePool 10) -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Computer,$Service)
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="Specify an array of AsyncPipleine objects, typically returned by Invoke-Async Cmdlet:")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [AsyncPipeline[]] $Pipelines
    )

    [Array] $AsyncStatus = @()

    Try {
        ForEach ($Pipeline in $Pipelines) {
            [HashTable] $HT = @{
                'Instance ID' = $Pipeline.Pipeline.Instance_Id
                'Status' = $Pipeline.Pipeline.InvocationStateInfo.State
                'Reason' = $Pipeline.Pipeline.InvocationStateInfo.Reason
                'Completed' = $Pipeline.AsyncResult.IsCompleted
                'Async State' = $Pipeline.AsyncResult.AsyncState
                'Error' = $Pipeline.Pipeline.Streams.Error
            }

            # Create a custom PSObject to hold powershell pipeline info
            $PipelineInfo = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $HT -ErrorAction Stop -ErrorVariable HT_
            If (!$HT_) {
                $AsyncStatus += $PipelineInfo
            }
        }

        # Returns the status of one or more asynchronous pipelines.
        Return $AsyncStatus
    }
    Catch {
        # Capture an exception
        $E = $_.Exception.Message
        Return $E
    }
}

Function Invoke-PSRunSpaces {
    <#
        .SYNOPSIS
            Executes a set of parameterized script blocks asynchronously using runspaces and returns the resulting data.
        .DESCRIPTION
            Encapsulates generic logic for using Powershell background runspaces to execute parameterized script blocks in an efficient multi-threaded fashion.
        .PARAMETER Objects
            List of objects.
        .PARAMETER ScriptBlock
            Represents a precompiled block of script text that can be used as a single unit.
            ScriptBlock should contain one or more parameters.
            A script block is an instance of a Microsoft .NET Framework type (System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock)
        .PARAMETER Arguments
            A script block can accept arguments and return values.
            The 'Arguments' parameter supplies the values of the variables, in the order that they are listed.
        .PARAMETER MaxThreads
            The maximum number of concurrent threads to use. The default value is equal to no. of specified servers. Maximum is 64.
        .PARAMETER Progress
            An optional switch to display a progress bar that depicts the status of a running command.
        .PARAMETER SendObjectInstance
        .EXAMPLE
            Opens a separate runspace for each object specified in the $Objects variable and executes the ScriptBlock with the specified no. of Arguments.

            $Service = "Netlogon"
            $Objects = @('S1.Contoso.com','S2.Contoso.com')
            $ScriptBlock = {
                Param(
                    $Object,
                    $Service
                )
                Get-Servie -Name $Service -ComputerName $Object
            }

            Invoke-PSRunSpaces -Objects $Objects -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Service -SendObjectInstance
    #>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="Specify a list of objects:")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        $Objects,

        [Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="A script block is an instance of a Microsoft .NET Framework type (System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock):")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ValidateScript({
            If ($_ -is [System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock]) {
                $True
            }
            Else {
                Throw "YOU SPECIFIED A WRONG OBJECT TYPE! THE EXPECTED TYPE IS: [ScriptBlock]"
            }
        })]
        [System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock] $ScriptBlock,

        [Parameter(Position=2,Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage="A script block can accept arguments and return values:")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [Alias("Args")]
        [Object[]] $Arguments,

        [Parameter(Position=3,Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage="Specify maximum no. of threads (maximum is 32):")]
        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
        [ValidateRange(1,32)]
        [Int16] $MaxThreads,

        [Parameter(Position=4,Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage="Specify this switch to display a progress bar that depicts the status of a running command:")]
        [Switch] $Progress,

        [Parameter(Position=5,Mandatory=$False)]
        [Switch] $SendObjectInstance
    )

    Try {
        # Array variable to store a list of pipelines.
        $AsyncPipelines = @()

        # Array variable to store result from all runspaces.
        $Status = @()

        # Create a pool with specified no. of runspaces.
        If (!$MaxThreads) {
            If ($Objects.Count -gt 32) {
                $MaxThreads = 32
            }
            Else {
                $MaxThreads = $Objects.Count
            }
        }

        # Create a pool with sufficient no. of runspaces (based on no. of objects)
        $RSPool = New-RunSpacePool -MaxThreads $MaxThreads

        ForEach ($Object in $Objects) {
            # Suspends the activity for the specified period of time until a runspace is available.
            While ($($RSPool.GetAvailableRunspaces()) -le 0) {
                Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200
            }

            # Create a PowerShell pipeline and executes a script block asynchronously.
            If (($Arguments) -and ($SendObjectInstance)) { $AsyncPipelines += Invoke-Async -RunSpacePool $RSPool -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Object,@($Arguments) }
            ElseIf (($Arguments) -and (!$SendObjectInstance)) { $AsyncPipelines += Invoke-Async -RunSpacePool $RSPool -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments @($Arguments) }
            ElseIf ((!$Arguments) -and ($SendObjectInstance)) { $AsyncPipelines += Invoke-Async -RunSpacePool $RSPool -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock -Arguments $Object }
            Else { $AsyncPipelines += Invoke-Async -RunSpacePool $RSPool -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock }
        }

        # Waits for the pending asynchronous BeginInvoke call to be completed in all opened runspaces.
        While ($(Get-AsyncStatus -Pipelines $AsyncPipelines | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq 'Running'}).Count -gt 0) {
            Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 200
        }

        # Get the results of all pipelines running in separate runspaces.
        If ($Progress) { $Status += Get-AsyncInfo -Pipelines $AsyncPipelines -Progress }
        Else { $Status += Get-AsyncInfo -Pipelines $AsyncPipelines }

        # Return data.
        Return $Status
    }
    Catch {
        # Capture an exception
        Write-Error -Exception $_.Exception -Message $_.Exception.Message
    }
    Finally {
        # Releases all resources used by the PowerShell object.
        $RSPool.Dispose()
    }
}

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Brooklyn Roasting Company's Self-taught CEO Picks Up Where Milton Glaser Left Off
Bryn Smith
"Its main characteristic is that it doesn't stay the same," says Jim Munson, CEO and president of the Brooklyn Roasting Company, referring to his company's logo. "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose," he adds for emphasis, as he shows me an array of his business cards—some silver, some gold, and many more with colorful letters in varying shades of powder blue and marigold. Designed in 2009 by Munson himself, the Brooklyn Roasting Company sports a homegrown mark—a mix of hand-drawn type and all-caps Impact—that makes its way onto plastic cups, labels, tins, signage, T-shirts, mugs, and just about everything else made by the six-year-old company.
Munson, who was a partner at the Brooklyn Brewery before turning his attention to coffee, has always loved art and design. An avid photographer, he studied art history in college and, in addition to his role as VP at the brewery, Munson also acted as the in-house or "back-up" designer to Milton Glaser, working on brochures or other collateral beyond the iconic "B" logo, when Glaser's services were deemed too expensive. Self-taught, the experience shaped his approach to crafting a memorable identity. "At the brewery, I learned the importance of a business projecting its logo and only its logo, as often as possible," Munson says.
The Brooklyn Roasting Company logo, a jumble of overlapping letters spelling out "Brooklyn" with "Roasting Company" nestled underneath, is playful and loose. A refreshing counter to the typical aesthetic of small-batch coffee roasters, Munson was careful to avoid the kind of design that defined Williamsburg at the time, even when his company operated out of a loft in the neighborhood and entertained early clients with certifiably hipster pedigrees (Dumont, Dressler, and Egg). He's quick to point out a certain naiveté to the mark. "It's not fancy like Manhattan," he explains. "It reflects a simpler, more functional approach."
The unfussy lettering "gelled in an afternoon," but not before Munson entertained more clichéd versions featuring the Brooklyn Bridge and its signature arches. He settled on the outlines so colors could be easily swapped, and the letters might be filled with photographs or art. When a new employee starts, they select a few favorite hues and unique business cards are made to order. "It should reflect the constantly changing culture of Brooklyn," Munson says.
While that may be an impossible dream, the mark does allow for great flexibility; its colors constantly shift and reassemble for each of the company's 21 (and counting) different roasts in pops of orange, green, and purple. Packaged in silver tins with stick-on labels, each flavor is profiled with a list of descriptive terms and customers are encouraged to bring back the canisters and refill them at a discount.
The copy on each label acts as a kind of rejoinder to the coffee industry, which Munson can find overly pretentious, especially "when they began to describe coffee in really serious, almost wine-like terms," he says. "Late season Meyer lemon for example, or the soft blush of pomegranate… ridiculous." Brooklyn Roasting Company keeps things simple and cheeky, using tight leading, bold line breaks, and Helvetica in all caps to describe each roast. The 3D blend is "deep and dark, pops out pulls you in," while BQE espresso, coined by Munson's business partner Michael Pollack, is "always under construction"—the beans in this package are constantly changing.
Each Brooklyn Roasting Company cafe is equally quirky, taking cues from its surroundings rather than a signature design. "The history of each space informs what you're going to do," Munson says. "It can be beautiful, rough, cheap." The cavernous headquarters on Jay Street in Dumbo, which also serves as the company's main roastery, features rich wood floors and tables with black leather bar stools scattered throughout, while the newest outpost on West 23rd Street in Manhattan is centered around a 1930s bar Munson bought in Pennsylvania.
Advertising the 23rd Street cafe before it opened last month. Munson created a shortened version of the mark for "short and squat" signage applications
My favorite by far is the glass-front corner location at Flushing and Washington avenues. Formerly home to JJ's Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge, a seedy dive that closed a few years back, Munson and his team preserved the original floor, ironwork, and dressing room lighting (the bar was rumored to feature topless dancers). Sitting on a red banquette with Édith Piaf playing overhead and a cold brew in hand, the scene is now comfortable and inviting. At dusk, when the space glows from within, patrons look like extras in an Edward Hopper painting.
Munson may soon expand his odd family of letterforms into a full alphabet, along with newly planned BRC outposts in Japan and Paris, but he remains clear on his intentions: "There's a value to sticking with something and keeping it simple."
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Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus Senior Augustus, általánosan elterjedt néven I. Gordianus császár, született Marcus Antonius Gordianus (Phrügia, 159 körül – Karthágó, 238. április 12.) ellencsászár a Római Birodalomban 238 március–április hónapokban fia, II. Gordianus társcsászára Maximinus Thrax uralkodásának idején.

Előélete
Eredeti teljes neve: Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus. Születésének idejét 159 évre teszik, de ez, mint ahogy nevének eredete is bizonytalan. A legvalószínűbb, hogy nevét a kis-ázsiai Gordium (Gordion) városáról, születési helyéről kapta, a kutatók szerint a Romanus nevet csak később vette fel.
Vagyonos földbirtokos volt. Feljegyezték irodalmi érdeklődését és családi kapcsolatát az athéni Héródész Attikosz neves szofista filozófussal.

Pályafutása
Szenátori hivatalokat töltött be és viszonylag idősen választották meg konzulnak. Először Alsó-Britannia provincia helytartója volt, majd már közel a 80. életévéhez a császár Maximinus Thrax 237-ben Africa provincia helytartójának nevezte ki.

Lázadás a provinciában
A 'Maximinus császár Africa provinciában külön megbízottat rendelt ki a birodalmi adók behajtására, mert a hadsereg fenntartásának költségei nőttek. A megbízott procurator célja az adók behajtásán túlmenően a gazdag földbirtokosok javainak elkobzása volt. A fiatal földbirtokosok egy csoportja önvédelemből összeesküvést szervezett a procurátor ellen, mozgósították bérlőiket és a császári megbízottat meggyilkolták. Mivel a lázadás megtorlásától tartottak igyekeztek mozgalmukat az egész provinciára kiterjeszteni és egy ellencsászárt akartak szembeállítani Maximinus Thrax uralmával. Erre célra Gordianust kívánták megnyerni.

A trónra lépés
Kezdetben Gordianus vonakodott ugyan, de 238. március 19-én elfogadta az Augustus címet. Szertartásos keretek között katonái és az ifjú nemesek kíséretében bevonult a provincia fővárosába Karthágóba. A városban Godianus nevű fiát társcsászárrá nevezte ki és mindketten felvették az Africanus nevet. Rövid időre Karthágó külsőségekben Rómához vált hasonlóvá.

A városba érkezésükkor a szárnysegéd vezetésével küldöttséget utaztattak a szenátushoz a programjuk ismertetésére Rómába, akik egyes szenátoroknak magánlevelet is továbbítottak amiben kérték támogatásukat. A küldöttség legfontosabb feladata a Maximinus rendíthetetlen hívének ismert Vitalianus praefectus praetorio eltávolítás volt, akihez hamis üzenettel bejutottak és megölték.

Uralkodása
A trónra lépést követően nyilvánosságra hozott programjukban a száműzöttek visszatérését, a besúgók megbüntetését ígérték és a légióknak külön jutalmat helyeztek kilátásba. Április 2-án a szenátus megerősítette a társcsászárok címeit, Maximinust közellenségnek nyilvánították s a városban tartózkodó ismert híveit meggyilkoltatták. A szenátus korábban konzuli címet viselt tagjaik sorából egy húsz főből álló bizottságot hozott létre, akik azt a feladatot kapták, hogy védjék meg Itáliát Maximinus várható támadásával szemben. A szenátus megbízottakat küldött ki a provinciákba azzal, hogy elismertessék a Gordianusok császárságát, amit azok Pannonia, Dacia és Hispánia kivételével meg is tettek.

A császár bukása
A társcsászárok nem mozdultak ki a provinciából, mert a szomszédos provincia Numidia helytartójával egy pereskedés miatt rossz viszonyban voltak. Numidia helytartója nem volt hajlandó elismerni uralkodásukat és a rendelkezésére álló légiókkal megtámadta Gordianusok csapatait. Az ifjabb Gordianus a csatában elesett, apja még a csatát megelőzően öngyilkos lett. A Gordaniusok uralma nem terjedt ki az egész birodalomra és mindössze 22 napig tartott.

Jegyzetek

Források

 Michael Grant: Róma császárai. Corvina Kiadó. Budapest. 1996.
 Ferenczy Endre-Maróri Egon-Hahn István: Az ókori Róma története. Tankönyvkiadó.Budapest 1992.

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In June 2015 the Roman Antichrist, Francis I, visited the Waldensian place of worship in Turin, Italy. This was tragic enough. But what did he do when he was there? He asked forgiveness for the Roman Catholics' persecution of the Waldensians in the past!
In past ages the Waldensians consisted of faithful, true Christians, living in the fastnesses of the Alps, who maintained the pure faith of Christ, and proclaimed the true Gospel, through many long centuries, during which they experienced terrible persecution at the hands of the servants of the Roman Papacy. Although their doctrines were distinctly Protestant, they did not originate at the time of the Protestant Reformation but many centuries before it. In fact, it is likely that they originated soon after the apostolic age ended; and when Popery's wickedness brought down the dreadful Dark Ages on Europe, the Waldensians continued to shine as a light in that Egyptian darkness, maintaining the true faith when virtually all Europe was under the iron heel of the Papacy.
Bible prophecy refers to them in the eleventh chapter of Revelation, where they, along with a small number of other ancient Christian churches, are called, symbolically, "the two witnesses" (Rev. 11:3), and "the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth" (v.4). A candlestick in Revelation symbolises a church (Rev. 1:20); and the number two represents the smallest number of witnesses possible (Deut. 19:15; Matt. 18:16). The Waldensians witnessed for Christ when "all the world wondered after the beast" (Rev. 13:3).


Few weeks ago, the Squared Up folks sent me the preview bits for version 2.3. I haven't had time to play with it until today.
There have already been few posts about v2.3, i.e. the post by Squared Up, and the post by my friend and CDM MVP Daniele Grandini.
When I was reading the feature intro that Squared Up sent me, the one feature that really stood out for me was the Open Access Dashboards. You can read the feature description from Squared Up's post here.
So basically, once you've made necessary configurations to support this feature and enabled Open Access on a dashboard, the IIS that's hosting Squared Up would generate an image of the specific dashboard (in .png format), which you can open in any browsers without having to login to Squared Up. This image will be regenerated every 60 seconds, and the URL to this image uses a randomly generated GUID (in order to hide the URL of the full blown version of the dashboard).
In the past, I've worked in environments where people had to create a read-only operator in OpsMgr for having Squared Up dashboards on big LCD screens on the wall. It is an admin overhead to manage this account and the password, not to mention that I've also seen it many times that when managers walk past, the dashboard is sitting at the login screen on the wall LCD screens because the session was expired. It doesn't make the team look good .
The Open Access dashboards addressed these issues, it would be a great feature for those who uses Squared Up on big screens hanging on the wall.
So if you haven't upgraded your Squared Up instance to v2.3, I strongly recommend you to take a look at this great feature and start planning your upgrade .


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Earlier this year, the Center for American Progress* found that despite the growing use of tablets in schools, they are not being harnessed to help students achieve learning goals in the most effective ways. Their review found that, for the most part, education technologies are being used to replicate basic drill tests rather than empowering students to develop new skillsets in knowledge management.
*note: Full report is available in lesson 10 of the Taming the Appalanche series.
This is exactly why I have developed the 'Surviving the Appalanche' self-paced, teacher professional learning series.
The ten practical, classroom based tutorials have a strong focus on knowledge construction and collaboration and are underpinned by research and the SAMR, TPACK and Blooms Taxonomy models.


Part I, yesterday, began the analysis of whether standing has a jurisdictional impact by examining the epicenter of appellate review, the doctrine of preservation, standing, subject matter jurisdiction, and the treatment of standing in the First Department. Part II continues the analysis.
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Yes, I also identify as a Global citizen and with my other countries – St. Kitts and Nevis, America and Australia. It's easy to tell people when they ask I am from Australia – as that is where I am most recently from and everyone loves Australians. The concept of global citizenship is a bit abstract to explain with language and communication difficulties.
As a Global citizen I see how everything is connected and without borders recognize all people as family and the planet as home. Global citizenship, for me, fosters deeper empathetic care and concern for the planet and its inhabitants.
The more I explore the more I can see how as people we are alike, facing similar challenges with aspirations of similar futures. It is in time of catastrophes that people are able to connect and band together, grievances of different religious or political views petty in the face of survival. I heard a quote on BBC documentaries I liked that went something to – Going beyond the things that divide us to embrace the things that unite us.
I wonder though if we can be united AND celebrate our diversity, our differences together. I can be a global citizen with responsibilities to all people and places AND I can rejoice in my upbringing and the qualities that make me feel Canadian.
I've just begun thinking about this in Tehran, where Nic and I have stopped riding to sort visa applications and finances – which has been a frustrating ordeal but has allowed us the opportunity to connect a little deeper with new friends. And it has been through conversations that I have been able to recognize the fantastic ways in which we are similar and the equally fantastic ways in which we are dissimilar.
One friend here, struggles with the clash of identifying as an Iranian and an American. With characteristics and fondness for both – it must be confusing as the two opposing national identities disagree with one another. She had been persistent and persuasive in looking after me – even taking the metro to where I was to take the metro to where I needed to go! Her offers of staying over, something to eat and so on were wonderful but I also needed to get work done. It was difficult for me to keep saying no, so instead knowing that her brother is living in Canada simply said – I'm Canadian. And she got it. Ah, Canadians, they are so polite, they can not say no and do so with indirect statements. Yes, I said I'm Canadian. And we understood each other. I did some work and we got together in a balanced way that allowed me my productivity without feeling like I had been rude.
When I mentioned to my other friend here about being Canadian, he said, Ah. Canadians. They are on time and make lines. Lines? I didn't know what he meant. You know, he clarified – they stand in neat lines and let people in front go ahead. Ah. This sure did clarify something for me as I had just been 'Canadian' earlier that day. I got to the embassy for the China visa early, first in line! However, when the doors opened all the people that had shown up after me headed in and went straight to the counters. So I got behind them in line. But after 20 mins and more people walking in and disregarding the fact I was 'waiting,' I finally said excuse me and was able to get to a counter. When I relayed this story to my friend he laughed – yea, he said. We don't do lines here. Not only not in queues but on the road as well – there are no lines in Tehran.
This does not mean one way of doing something is better than the other, but it does allow me to recognize that I am Canadian and I'm okay with that. I know I'm supposed to be learning and sharing stories of other cultures, but it is though exploration of others I am given insight into my own culture.
Nic is a Global citizen too, having grown up in different countries with an appreciation for all AND he is an Australian. I'll have to ask him what that means. Nic?