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Bramshaw, Lyndhurst
Situated along a quiet no-through lane, Little Applewood Farm comprises an enchanting Grade II listed thatched cottage standing in 4.86 acres of gardens and paddocks, complemented by extensive outbuildings which together have created a country home ideal for equestrian enthusiasts. The property is situated in Bramshaw, a historic village in the northern part of the New Forest National Park, with an active farming community and extensive areas of land managed by the National Trust and Forestry Commission.
With origins believed to date back to the 17th Century the cottage and land benefits from New Forest Commoners' Rights of pasture and mast, with many period features such as exposed oak beams in situ. As is to be expected of any building of this age, it has undergone some reconfiguration and renovation during its lifetime but without compromising its charm and character, having previously been featured in the July 1960 edition of Ideal Home magazine following a program of renovation by its then owners. The current owners have themselves obtained planning permission to replace the conservatory with a single-storey extension comprising a double bedroom with en-suite shower room, full details of which can be viewed on the pages of the New Forest National Park planning portal, case reference 19/00739. Directly behind the cottage is an outdoor swimming pool, with the outbuildings sensibly arranged to the side and rear providing a convenient link between the house and the paddocks beyond.
For anyone with equestrian or similar interests, or indeed those searching for an idyllic country lifestyle, the opportunity to purchase Little Applewood Farm is hard to beat.
The main entrance is via a porch to the side of the cottage which opens into a cosy country kitchen with vaulted ceiling and which has, as its centrepiece, an electric traditional Aga with companion gas Aga complemented by a range of wall and base units surmounted by solid wood worktops with inset Belfast sink. The kitchen has a double aspect with windows to the front and side, and a quarry tiled floor extending into the adjoining conservatory which provides direct access out to the garden and pool area.
A separate door from the kitchen leads into the double aspect dining room which has a feature inglenook fireplace with inset stove and bread oven, the oak beamed ceiling providing a reminder of the property's age and history. Adjoining the dining room is a pleasant double aspect sitting room which has a fireplace with inset wood burner, original beams, stairs to the first floor with cupboard under, and a door giving access to the front garden. The bathroom is a modern suite but in a period style and includes a free-standing clawed-foot bath with shower over, a matching wash basin with storage under and low level WC. On the first floor are two double bedrooms, the main bedroom having a useful built-in wardrobe, and these rooms share a cloakroom with WC accessed from the landing.
With animals roaming freely in this part of the New Forest, the property is enclosed by fencing on all sides with gates to the front opening onto a drive providing secure parking and storage for vehicles, trailers etc. and direct access to a large timber double garage and an old milking barn with power, light and water. A path from here then leads up to the cottage which has a pretty south facing garden to the front mainly laid to lawn and well stocked with a wide variety of mature trees, plants and shrubs, extending around both sides of the cottage to the rear. Here you will find the outdoor swimming pool and terracing ideal for long summer days and al-fresco dining, and a disused well.
To the side of the garden are the large hay barn and stable block comprising six loose boxes, foaling stall and tack room adjoining the paddocks. The remaining outbuildings include a tractor barn and block of three pigsties. There are two further gates in addition to the main entrance that provide useful extra access into the paddocks from the lane which lie principally to the east and north of the cottage, all fenced and with gated access.
The village of Bramshaw lies 10 miles to the west of Southampton in the New Forest National Park and includes the hamlets of Brook, Fritham, Furzley and Penn. Together they are home to several renowned pubs including the Royal Oak, Green Dragon and Bell Inn Hotel, as well as two 18-hole golf courses one of which is Hampshire's oldest. Also not to be missed are the renowned Rockingham Arms at nearby Canada Common, and the Lamb Inn and Les Mirabelles at Nomansland. The New Forest is famous for its ponies and is popular with walkers, cyclists and riders alike with its seemingly endless miles of paths and bridleways criss-crossing the undulating landscape of ancient woods and heathland. The village is easily reached via the A36 to the north giving access to Romsey and Salisbury, with the A31 and M27 to the south connecting to Bournemouth, Southampton and Winchester, and on to London via the M3 interchange.
From Romsey proceed along the A3090 bypass road towards the M27 turning right at the Ower roundabout onto the A36 towards Salisbury. After about a mile or so turn left into Blackhill Road over the cattle grid towards Bramshaw and after about a mile and a half turn right at the crossroads just past the old telephone box towards Penn Common. Turn left at the next crossroads towards Bramshaw and Fritham and Harley Lane will be found on your left hand side after 250 yards by the white rails. The property is indicated by a Pearsons For Sale board.
From London via the M3, continue onto the M27 westbound leaving at Junction 1 towards Brook and Bramshaw. After approximately two miles turn right just past the Bentley/McLaren dealership, past the white house on your right and the property is signposted on your right after about 250 yards.
Mains electricity and water. Private drainage via a new water treatment plant installed in 2019. Calor gas supplies the companion Aga. Please note that none of the services or appliances have been tested by Pearsons.
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N.a.s.H. Release Official Lyric and Live Video for "D.I.T.C.H."
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New York based Heavy Alternative Rock Band N.a.s.H. has released both an official lyric and live performance video for their single, " "D.i.t.c.h," off of their newly released LP, Incredible Villains.
"'D.I.T.C.H.' is sort of the most honest description of love and love's role in a relationship, from our collected perspective. Ranging from how Incredible it can be to how damaging it can be, to how all enveloping it can be."
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PLASTIC FRIENDS Release New EP, 'The Lookout'
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"We decided to narrow down our new songs and release an EP," said Will Perkins, front-man of the group, adding that while there are still elements of their first album, "Information," they feel like this recording "also takes our sound in a direction that tries to better capture our live performance."
When asked what inspired the name of their new release, Perkins said that this is "a dark …
DISPOSITIONS Release Official Music Video for "Pitiful"
Texas based Metalcore band DISPOSITIONS has released the official music video for "Pitiful." Filmed by Elynia Productions at Godfather Ink and the Chop Shop In Hurst, TX.
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Dispositions started out in 2015 as an internet project by guitarist, Ethan Massey. Soon after finding band members, Dispositions entered the studio to record their debut EP, Dead Era, which released in January 2017.
Dispositions then began playing local shows around the Dallas/Fort Worth area. They then hit the studio in late 2017 to record with producer, Cory Brunnemann in San Antonio, TX to record two singles, …


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Mapping lightning across India
7thseptember 2019
Why in News? For the first time, a report- Mid- Monsoon 2019 Lightning Report- has mapped lightning strikes across the country, and the lives they have claimed.
It has been prepared by Climate Resilient Observing Systems Promotion Council (CROPC), a non-profit organisation that works closely with India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Lightning strikes have caused at least 1,311 deaths in the four-month period between April and July this year.
Need for and significance of forecasts:
It is possible to predict, 30-40 minutes in advance, when a lightning strike heads towards Earth.
The prediction is possible through study and monitoring of the in-cloud lightning strikes. Timely dissemination of this information can save several lives.
What is lightning, and how does it strike?
Ø It is a very rapid — and massive — discharge of electricity in the atmosphere, some of which is directed towards the Earth's surface.
Ø These discharges are generated in giant moisture-bearing clouds that are 10-12 km tall.
How does it strike?
The base of these clouds typically lies within 1-2 km of the Earth's surface, while their top is 12-13 km away.
Temperatures towards the top of these clouds are in the range of minus 35 to minus 45 degrees Celsius.
As water vapour moves upward in the cloud, the falling temperature causes it to condense. Heat is generated in the process, which pushes the molecules of water further up.
As they move to temperatures below zero degrees celsius, the water droplets change into small ice crystals. They continue to move up, gathering mass — until they are so heavy that they start to fall to Earth.
This leads to a system in which, simultaneously, smaller ice crystals are moving up and bigger crystals are coming down.
Collisions follow, and trigger the release of electrons — a process that is very similar to the generation of sparks of electricity. As the moving free electrons cause more collisions and more electrons, a chain reaction ensues.
This process results in a situation in which the top layer of the cloud gets positively charged, while the middle layer is negatively charged.
The electrical potential difference between the two layers is huge — of the order of a billion to 10 billion volts. In very little time, a massive current, of the order of 100,000 to a million amperes, starts to flow between the layers.
An enormous amount of heat is produced, and this leads to the heating of the air column between the two layers of the cloud. This heat gives the air column a reddish appearance during lightning. As the heated air column expands, it produces shock waves that result in thunder.
How does this current reach the Earth from the cloud?
While the Earth is a good conductor of electricity, it is electrically neutral. However, in comparison to the middle layer of the cloud, it becomes positively charged. As a result, about 15%-20% of the current gets directed towards the Earth as well. It is this flow of current that results in damage to life and property on Earth.
There is a greater probability of lightning striking tall objects such as trees, towers or buildings. Once it is about 80-100 m from the surface, lightning tends to change course towards these taller objects.
This happens because air is a poor conductor of electricity, and electrons that are travelling through air seek both a better conductor and the shortest route to the relatively positively charged Earth's surface.
Facts for Prelims:
Lunar Missions so far:
Chandrayaan-2 is 110th Moon mission and the 11th this decade.
90 out of the 109 so far, were sent between 1958 and 1976.
Key Moon missions so far:
Flybys: Pioneer 3 and 4 by the United States and Luna 3 of the then USSR.
Orbiters: Chandrayaan-1.
Rovers: The rover onboard Vikram lander in the Chandrayaan-2 mission is called Pragyaan. Earlier this year, a Chinese lander and rover mission reached the moon.
Human missions: So far only NASA of the United States has been able to land human beings on the moon. So far, six teams of two astronauts each have landed on the moon, all between 1969 and 1972. After that, no attempt has been made to land a moon.
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Revitalising global economic growth
Publié le lundi 29 avril 2019
Prof. Andreas Irmen recently moderated a panel on revitalising economic growth at the 2019 Horasis Global Meeting in Cascais, Portugal, dedicated to the topic of "catalysing the benefits of globalisation".
Panellists included Sergei Guriev (Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK), Vesna Crnojevic-Bengin (Professor at the University of Novi Sad and Assistant Director of BioSense Institute, Serbia), Tunde Kehinde (Co-founder of Lidya, Nigeria), and Adriaan Ligtenberg (Founder and Chairman of SparkHealth, The Netherlands).
The panel started from the assessment of the World Bank and the IMF according to which global economic growth will slow down. Panellists discussed the contribution of current economic and political uncertainties and emphasized the difficulties of emerging economies to cope with the situation. Moreover, they analysed the growth effects that new technological advances in agriculture, medicine, and finance are likely to bring about in the medium run.
Horasis is a global visions community dedicated to "inspiring the future". At its meetings participating members explore, define, and develop interdisciplinary solutions to the most critical challenges facing corporations today. Among the participants are CEOs of the world's most respected corporations, key leaders from emerging markets, and public figures including heads of government. The Horasis Global Meeting in Cascais attracted over 800 world leaders from over 70 countries.
Prof. Irmen is professor of macroeconomics and applied microeconomics at the University of Luxembourg. His research interests include economic growth, the economics of innovation, digitisation and automation, population economics and public economics. He publishes regularly in top academic journals in the field of economics. He also serves as the programme director of the MSc in Quantitative Economics and Finance.
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These Are the Top 10 Heaviest Deadlifts of All Time
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Looking for some new strength goals? To kick off 2020, strongman Eddie Hall has shared a video on his YouTube channel chronicling the 10 most impressive feats of strength in the deadlifting category in the entire world (or at least, the current record holders).
Starting the list at 10 is Brian Shaw, who lifted 464 kgs, or 1,020.8 pounds, on the elephant bar at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2016. Next up at 9 is Jerry Pritchett with a lift of 465 kgs (1,023 pounds) on a standard bar at Giants Live 2016.
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Number 8 is Lamar Grant, who lifted 305 kgs (672 pounds) on a standard bar in 1988. While this initially seems like less of an accomplishment than the other entries on the list, it's worth noting that at a bodyweight of just 132 pounds, Grant was the first person in the world to ever deadlift five times their own bodyweight.
7 is Ivan Makarov, who deadlifted 470 kgs (1,034 pounds) on the standard bar in 2018. In at number 6 is Žydrūnas Savickas, better known simply as Big Z, who lifted 525 kgs (1,155 pounds) on hammer tyres at the Arnold in 2014.
Number 5 is Hafthor Bjornsson, better known as "The Mountain," with a deadlift of 474 kgs (1,042.8 pounds) on the elephant bar at the Arnold in 2019. Number 4 is Eddie Hall himself, lifting 472.5 kgs (1,039.5 pounds) on the elephant bar at the World's Strongest Man competition in 2016.
First up on the Top 3 is Andy Bolton, who lifted 457.5 kgs (1,06.5 pounds), officially the first man to deadlift over 1,000 pounds. Number 2 is Benedikt Magnusson, with a deadlift of 460 kgs (1,015 pounds) on the standard bar, without the aid of a strap or suit.
Number 1 is, perhaps unsurprisingly given the source of the video, Eddie Hall again, deadlifting 500 kgs (1,100) pounds at Europe's Strongest Man in 2016. He was the first man to lift 500 kgs, setting the current record.
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Rise of 'shadow' banking, lack of regulations could trigger another global meltdown
Toronto-Tsinghua International Law Conference examined the threats—and possible solutions
By Peter Boisseau
Lawmakers and regulators around the world are grappling with the explosive growth of poorly regulated "shadow banking" sectors in China and the U.S. that provide easy credit and high returns but have become so large they may also pose the threat of a global economic meltdown, a University of Toronto law conference was told.
Shadow banking now represents "about a quarter of all financial assets internationally" making it a "huge portion" of the global economy, Faculty of Law student Michael Rosenstock, 3L, said in a presentation Oct. 17 to the Toronto-Tsinghua International Law Conference, which brings together faculty from both universities to explore legal issues from Chinese and North American perspectives.
Widely seen as a catalyst for the 2008 financial crisis and global recession that followed, "shadow banking" refers to institutions and markets such as mortgage companies and mutual funds that provide loans and financial services which are far less regulated than the mainstream banking sector.
The need for better information and cooperation among domestic and international regulators was a common theme of the conference. Economies around the world are closely connected, and analysts increasingly see the breakneck growth of shadow banking in emerging markets like China as a potential threat to global financial stability.
To counter that threat—which could spread to affect jobs and investments worldwide— the pace of regulatory reform in emerging markets must keep pace with those in developed markets, analysts say. To make that possible, finance and business-conduct regulators must coordinate their efforts.
Figures suggest the U.S. has the world's largest shadow banking sector and China's is the fastest growing. A study comparing shadow banking in the two vastly different economies—one sophisticated, the other still emerging—could prove fruitful, said Tsinghua law professor Simin Gao.
While G20 leaders have agreed to strengthen regulation of shadow banking, they are still a long way from creating an effective regulatory framework that is meaningful to different countries, Simin Gao, assistant professor at Tsinghua University School of Law, told the panel. Her presentation outlined current factors that could trigger "systemic contagion" in China, the world's second largest economy.
Gao said some critics even suggest U.S. laws drawn up after the last financial crisis could create regulatory arbitrage—allowing companies to exploit loopholes created by inconsistent regulatory systems and uneven application of finance and business laws.
Meanwhile, "the Chinese property market is looking like the Titanic headed in the direction of an iceberg," she said. As a relatively immature, inexperienced player in hedging risk, compared to American and European counterparts, Chinese shadow banking institutions are more vulnerable to shocks in financial markets, she added.
Figures suggest the U.S. has the world's largest shadow banking sector and China's is the fastest growing. A study comparing shadow banking in the two vastly different economies—one sophisticated, the other still emerging—could prove fruitful, she said.
State-controlled capital markets are underdeveloped and the private sector—the most energetic part of the Chinese economy—has stepped in, said Gao. They are circumventing repressive financial regulations, supplying savers and investors with higher returns and extending credit to small businesses unable to obtain loans from mainstream banking.
Most of the products in China's shadow banking system are simply versions of deposits and loans, functioning "exactly like traditional banks," she said.
Chinese financial regulators are in a dilemma. They want to develop deep and versatile capital markets, and shadow banking plays a role in that. But they are walking a tightrope between encouraging new capital markets and controlling them.
"Before 2014, there was almost no appropriate regulation of shadow banking in China, and it was simply excluded from the regulatory regime," said Gao. New laws were recently enacted requiring regulators to work together on shadow banking, but poor coordination is plaguing efforts to mitigate its risks and promote its merits.
Different regulators working separately to try to grapple with system-wide problems is not efficient, she said. As regulators "pass the buck from one to another," the shadow banking market in China remains inadequately regulated.
At the same time, it's important to recognize "shadow banking is driven not only by regulatory arbitrage but also by genuine market demand," said Gao. Whatever its differences in sophistication, shadow banking in both the U.S. and China fills the same demand for access to services, credit and higher returns unavailable in regular banking.
There is an opportunity to make good use of shadow banking's benefits while reducing its risks, if the pent-up demand for credit and the legitimate reasons why it exists is taken into equal consideration with the need to regulate its conduct, said Gao.
Balancing those two realities can not only answer questions about why there are large shadow banking systems in the U.S. and China, but may also generate lessons for other countries as well, giving the international community a framework for new policy, she said.
Rosenstock, her fellow panelist at the conference, is co-author of Institutional Design and the New Systemic Risk in Banking Crises, together with U of T Law's Prof. Anita Anand and U of T law and economic scholar, Prof. Michael Trebilcock.
Shadow banking is one area, along with credit rating agencies, derivatives and asset-backed securities, examined in the paper where public policy makers have established new regulations to mitigate some threats.
The classic understanding of systemic risk, where a domino effect is created after one bank defaults on a loan to another, continues to evolve, Rosenstock said.
No regulatory body can foresee with certainty all the kinds of systemic risk that will arise. "The focus is on what regulatory architecture is available to best address and mitigate systemic risk, as we now see systemic risk."
In domestic markets, the authors favour an objectives-based model of regulation. Under such a model, one set of regulators can focus on prudential aspects of banking, insurance and securities while another focuses on the business conduct of those sectors, for example.
"Our paper concludes that the benefit of the objectives-based approach—where you regulate by objective—is that you facilitate the coordination and information sharing that's really necessary for regulating and mitigating the new systemic risk," he said.
On an international scale, a regulatory framework that provides no consistent bulwark against systemic risk and financial crises may even exacerbate such problems if countries fail to comply, creating the possibility of regulatory arbitrage, he said.
Rosenstock said the authors of his paper instead favour "modest proposals" to increase compliance and coordination among international economic actors, including a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between domestic regulators.
They also suggest a continued emphasis on "soft law" and non-binding agreements, coupled with best practices to achieve coordination and harmonization, built upon the compliance systems within existing international agreements.
While change may be necessary, that doesn't make it any less arduous. "Massive change in institutional architecture is costly and difficult and there is a certain path dependency in every country," said Rosenstock.
"We can say that there is a certain structure that states should enter into, but we also know that is not easy and may not even be possible."


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package org.joeffice.spreadsheet.actions;

import static javax.swing.Action.NAME;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JTable;

import org.joeffice.spreadsheet.SpreadsheetTopComponent;

import org.openide.windows.TopComponent;

/**
 * This action just changes the source component of the action event.
 *
 * @author Anthony Goubard - Japplis
 */
public class ClipboardAction extends AbstractAction {

    public ClipboardAction(String name) {
        putValue(NAME, name);
    }

    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
        TopComponent currentTopComponent = TopComponent.getRegistry().getActivated();
        if (currentTopComponent instanceof SpreadsheetTopComponent) {
            JTable currentTable = ((SpreadsheetTopComponent) currentTopComponent).getSelectedTable();
            String originalActionName = (String) getValue(NAME);
            originalActionName = originalActionName.substring(0, originalActionName.indexOf('-')); // paste-from-clipboard -> paste
            Action tableAction = currentTable.getActionMap().get(originalActionName);
            ActionEvent newEvent = new ActionEvent(currentTable, ae.getID(), ae.getActionCommand(), ae.getWhen(), ae.getModifiers());
            tableAction.actionPerformed(newEvent);
        }
    }
}

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Q: ScriptManager and EnablePartialRendering I have a page that uses ajax  scripmanager > progressupdate so I can display the user a message of "Loading, wait..".  Now, my question is the following.  I have the EnablePartialRendering set to true, mainly because if I set it to false my panel with the loading stuff doesn't display.
When is set to true, then if I want to set the text and visibility on a row that is normally set to visible=false, it just doesn't happen.  My row doesn't show.
My "Loading" message will only display if a stored procedure exist, if it doesn't I just need to let the user know.
Any suggestions?

A: Here is some code from my .aspx page

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                     </asp:GridView>
                 </ContentTemplate>
               </asp:UpdatePanel>
           </asp:Panel>

           <asp:Panel ID="pnlUpdate" runat="server" >
                <asp:UpdateProgress ID="UpdateProgress1" runat="server" AssociatedUpdatePanelID="UpdatePanel1" >
                    <ProgressTemplate>

 Please, wait while processing...

                         <asp:Image ImageUrl="images/loading.gif" runat="server" ID="loading_gif" />

                   </ProgressTemplate>
                </asp:UpdateProgress>
            </asp:Panel>

        </asp:TableCell>
    </asp:TableRow>
    <asp:TableRow ID="Row_Error"  Visible="false">
        <asp:TableCell CssClass="GVI">
            <asp:Label ID="labelError"  runat="server" Text=""/>                                       </asp:TableCell>
        <asp:TableCell CssClass="GvItmR">
            <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink2"ForeColor="Green" Text="Go Back" NavigateUrl="~/Menu.aspx" runat="server"/>
        </asp:TableCell>
    </asp:TableRow>

The Row_Error row is where I want to display a message.

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require 'net/http'
require 'mongo'
require 'active_support/core_ext'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'sinatra'
require 'sinatra/contrib'
require 'restclient'
require 'test/unit'
require 'rack/test'
require 'rspec'
require 'json'
require 'json/ext'

require File.expand_path '../../lib/app.rb', __FILE__

#require_relative Dir.glob(File.join(".", "spec_files", "*.json")).each do |file|
# require file
#end

module RSpecMixin
  include Rack::Test::Methods
  def app
    NistApp
  end
end

RSpec.configure do |config|

  config.include RSpecMixin

  config.before(:each) do
    @db = Mongo::Connection.new("localhost", 27017).db("test_vulnerabilities")
    Mongo::DB.stub(:new).and_return { @db }
  end

  #Commented out because it drops collection after test finished
  #config.after(:each) do
  #  @db.collections.each do |coll|
  #   coll.drop unless coll.name =~ /^system\./
  #end
  #end

end


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Vinny, make your first post.
You have traveled long and worked hard for this goal, you have made your way through the rough cities of this land to make your way to this center, the building is made of concrete, its walls thicker than a medieval castles defenses. They are a slate grey color, and newly cleaned glass windows decorate it. You approach the building slowly, making your way through the buildings gates untill you arrive at the front doors, the front door is decorated with three emblems around the door, the bottom two have a line that stretches toward the top one, the top one, has some sort of red rock on the front, the bottom right is of a long sword, and the bottom left is of a burning flame. You knock on the door, and, after a few moments, the door opens, a woman stands there, she wears thin rimmed glasses and has bright blond hair, she wears a formal military skirt with a military shirt, the color is Dark green with Gold lining. She nodds to you and says in a sweet voice.
"Welcome, You must be the new recruits, please make your way to the top floor, the third floor to be exact and make your way to the fifth door down to the right." She points upward and to the right. She smiles and returns to her desk, immediately typing on a large typewriter, the latest in word processing, a little difficult to handle, but still a must have for a secretary.
You make your way down the hall and up the staircase, you look left and right, noting the rooms around you, they have no names on them, and you hope to soon have your own office. You make your way to the appointed room and you knock on the door, a Mans voice escapes the cracks in the door.
You enter, and stand before the desk of a well groomed gentleman, he wears a military uniform, with the same colors as the woman who greeted you down stairs. He looks up at you with two, dark brown eyes. He has a head of light brown hair and he has a mustache and a beard. The beard is only down to the skin and the mustache is the same. Looks at you intently, and you immediately realize that you are in the presence of the commanding officer of this Facility.
During medieval times, magic has existed in many forms, but, before elemental magic was discovered and harnessed, the Alchemists reigned over the other magical forces, utilizing the laws of nature and energy, they were able to controll the elements without conforming to a single elemental energy, this allowed them to become VERY powerful. These Alchemists were looked at as dangers to society and were scorned wherever they went, but yet, they continued to practice their arts, creating Two major types of alchemy, Conjuration and Transmutation.
Conjuration is the study of creating energy and the like, however, one cannot conjure something without first losing something of equal value. That is the law of Equivalant Exchange, everything comes at a price. For example, a Alchemist can conjure a Fire Ball by utilizing the energy in the air around him or her and exchanging that energy. Or a Alchemist can conjure an Illusion by exchanging something that resembles the illusion.
Transmutation is the study of Changing matter into something else, so Transmutation also follows the study of Equivalent Exchange. For example, an Alchemist can trasmute a Spear out of a select amount of wood and iron, the Alchemist merely has to concentrate on its chemical and alchemical properites to mold it into a suitable form.
About two hundred years have passed since the middle ages, modernization has just begun, and war is starting up again, however, during the times of hate and disapproval, the Alchemists have continuted to practice their arts. It wasnt long untill the Alchemists were asked to enter the Military, they at first rejected the proposal, reminding the people that it was they who had rejected the Alchemists in the first place, only after long negotiations did the Alchemists come over, they Alchemists, once appart and never studying their art together, formed what is known as 'The Order'.
"HOLY CRAP DRIVE SLOWER! COME ON, ARE YOU CRAZY? WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR, COME ON!"
"You've been in this army for four weeks and have never ceased to amaze me with your whining. I was told to get you here as fast as possible, and that's what I intend to do, so quit your belly-aching! Maybe if you had sat right-"
The jeep took another wide turn on the narrow, dirt road, kicking up so much dust that anyone behind them wouldn't be able to see, two of its wheels leaving the ground. As they rounded dense forest, almost flipping into the woods, I might add, a large building came into view. Intimidating concrete walls could be seen from where they were, but the poor passenger in this death mobile of death couldn't see a thing from his position upside down, his head below the dashboard, legs flailing above his seat. He had been thrown in violently after hopping into the shower with his pants on, and they were soaking the seat and dripping onto the rest of his body. His shirt and jacket, all a sleepy shade of green, were down by his head, and he could barley stop himself from throwing up into them multiple times on this crazy ride.
"Here we are, now get out. Thank God I don't have to clean this thing, but I still have to dry it off. Way to go. Clean yourself up, its pretty dirty under the dashboard, and you smell like last nights sorry excuse for dinner."
"Thanks, moron. If I ever get my hands on you-"
The driver sped off before the man, who had been flipped over the car door, legs first, was able to finish his statement. He wasn't exactly in the place to make threats anyways, on his back, his pants soaked and sticking to his legs, and a crumpled shirt and jacket covering his face and half his chest. As he stumbled up, he staggered a bit, still dizzy from the reckless drive, and cleaned off what gravel and dirt he could, which wasn't much. He grabbed his shirt and jacket, for the first time revealing his tanned body, which wasn't exactly "muscular" and wasn't exactly "skinny". He was more like an average, every day kind of guy, his dark hair soaked and stuck to his forehead; it would be at his nose had it not been for army regulations. He bent over to pick up his battered glasses, noticing a large crack running the height of his right lens, his bad eye. Running into the tall building, he didn't bother to look at the heavily ornamented door, as he was late already and didn't want to keep anyone waiting.
He quickly smiled at the secretary inside, in her green military uniform, and ran as quickly as possible down the hall and as he approached the stairs, pulled his shirt halfway over his head and quickly stuffed it into his pants. On his way up the stairs, he shook the gravel out of his jacket, making loud clanking noises as it fell to the stairs, and sloppily pulled it on. He then bent his glasses back into something that resembled their origional shape and put them on his face, an attempt at making himself look like a soldier, but a sorry one if that.
Taking one last look at himself, he shook his head and sighed before knocking on the door, and was instructed to come in, fearing what his commanding officer might say. The man inside behind his desk seemed to be the best kept soldier he had ever seen, and was probably another strict commander, and the sorry recruit feared what he would say, as his pants were soaking wet, his hair was sloppily flattened to his head and dripping, with dirt and small rocks sticking all over his body. He put his hand to his head in a salute, causing his gun to drop to the floor from its holster loudly, and stated his name.
"Steven O'Harris, reporting for duty, sir!"
As the soilder walked in, his body covered in rippled and wet clothing, his face panicy and his eyes wide with anticipation, he saluted the man in the Chair, the man looked at him incredulously, he then smiled and nodded to him. He spoke with a clean, kind voice, and his eyes glinted with inner humor. He chuckled and then, stood up swiftly, he saluted the youth and said.
"Good evening O'Harris, my name is Admiral Oswald, Have a seat." He said kindly.
Oswald, or Terrance Oswald as his Parents named him, was a Master alchemist who was hired by the military to head the Alchemy division of the Army. He had been practicing alchemy his entire life, and when he was told by his superiors that he was chosen to head this Division, he was more than happy to accept. He, soon after accepting the job, was given the title of Admiral and was placed in his new facility, the very building that he was sitting in now.
"I have a report that you have Alchemic attunement, Please, tell me about your MILITARY history, not your Alchemic history." He said calmly, eyeing the interviewees matted and damp hair.
"Hey, where is this place at" Zander asked walking up the road. "It's about a mile to the town then it's about ten feet inside the town" said the clerk of a small shop. "Thank you" Zander said as he walked out of the shop.
A mile aye. I guess I should run t'would be faster he thought as he began to run down the narrow road.
"Damn it! Where is it?! He said ten minutes inside the town. It's been around 20 already!" Zander growled looking all around the town for the place. He ran around to look the other way. BAM he walked right smack into the walk of the building he was looking for. "Dam wall" he yelled as he got up from the dirt ground. Zander was on the opposite side of the building, which was why he couldn't find it. Zander ran to the other side sliding around the corner. He walked up to the door.
"Welcome, You must be the new recruits, please make your way to the top floor, the third floor to be exact and make your way to the fifth door down to the right."
Zander ran to the stairs and started to climb them two at a time. "So he fifth door down to the right aye, this must be it then" he said walking into the room. Zander took off his red cloak. Then he took his to gloves off revealing the metallic hand. "Commander, my name is Zander the Elemental Alchemist or just Zander Zarathin" he said in a reluctant voice.
I'm greatly sorry Vinny, but this clan does not have enough members. I wish I didn't have to do this.


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Many people in the U.S. may feel no connection to the Central American children pouring across our southern border, but they should feel a tie to the countries they are fleeing.
U.S. intervention in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala may seem like a hazy memory now, but these countries used to feature prominently in our headlines. The civil war in El Salvador, for example, began in 1980 when I started high school, and only ended in 1992.
During much of that time the El Salvadorian people were subjected to death squads and massacres by their government -- which was backed by the U.S. When I was a sophomore, President Reagan came into office, and America began spending billions in El Salvador. According to the national organization Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, the U.S. spent more than $6 billion on direct military assistance to El Salvador's repressive regime.
Americans may vaguely remember Oliver North, Iran/Contra and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, but have forgotten that, as The Guardian outlined in a retrospective piece on the conflict, "Contra guerrillas backed by President Ronald Reagan used Honduras as a base to attack Nicaragua's Sandinista government in the 1980s." From there it built; the U.S. continues to have a presence in Honduras, including military bases. It also failed to stop a coup in 2009, which overthrew a democratically elected president and further destabilized the country.
In 2011, Representative Howard L. Berman of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the time, wrote to then Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton asking her whether the "U.S. was arming a dangerous regime." One year last the United Nations said the murder rate in Honduras was the highest in the world. Americans may feel that the children coming out of Honduras, like the kids coming out of El Salvador, are not our problem, but our fingerprints are all over Central America.
As for Guatemala, last year the social anthropologist Irma Alicia Velasquez Nimatuj, a member of the K´iche´ ethnic group, published an Op-Ed in the New York Times making clear that the inequalities in her country "were exacerbated in 1954 when the United States, in the name of anticommunism and in the defense corporate interests of the United Fruit Company, helped depose the democratic government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán."
It's easy to find the hidden history of our involvement in this region, but harder to find anyone talking about this legacy. I remember as a student learning about the sanctuary movement in the 1980s, when churches, nonprofits and many average people in the U.S. tried to help thousands of people fleeing violence in Central America. Now I have my own child, and I don't see a country that has learned greater compassion, but a much harsher world. I see my fellow citizens blocking buses carrying innocent children to safety in Murrieta, Calif.
Enrique Morones, the director of the group Border Angels, described on MSNBC and other news outlets how he rushed to the scene in Murrieta and saw buses surrounded by hostile Americans. "The children are terrified," he said. "That's not what this country is all about ... It was very very shameful."
If we are burned out as a nation, with our own wars, crumbling infrastructure and wobbly economy, are 9-year-olds the ones we should be yelling at? As I listen to the news this summer, while driving my own child to a summer camp program where she will paint, swim and play soccer, I keep thinking about these children and the past, present and future of our American legacy.


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Q: League Play Class Problems When I play public matches online, I have my classes. When I go onto League play, though, my classes are reset, almost as if they are hacked. Does this happen often?  How can I resolve this?

A: No this is actually very logical as for treyarch wanted everybody playing in League play to have the same weapons and perks. So in league play you have all items, weapons and perks unlocked so it just comes down to how well you play the game. This is all explaned HERE. As stated :

All Weapons, Attachments, Equipment, and Scorestreaks will be available in Create A Class. Set up the perfect classes without having to reach level 55 first.

I hope this helped explain to you that you haven't been hacked but that its just treyarch their way of making league play more fair.

A: The custom classes that you have in League Play are completely separate from that of public matches. Once you form your classes the way that you like them then they'll remain the same next time that you go into league play. The same goes with custom games, if you setup your classes for custom games they  will remain the same, but they are different classes than that in public matches or league play. This is setup that way because both in League Play and customs you have every attachment, gun, perks, and scorestreaks unlocked. Basically once you set them up you'll have them later if you choose to play again in league play. Keep in mind when you play in League you will not get progress toward camo challenges at all. If you have any questions about my answer then feel free to ask! Happy Gaming!


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Q: golang net.ListenUDP in loop My task is to check whether specified UDP port is open and run net.ListenUDP on it. If the port is busy, I must select another port and re-try net.ListenUDP, until I find the unused port.
I wrote this code snippet
listenCamUDPError := true
var selfUDPlistener *net.UDPConn
testUDPPort := udpPorts[0]
testUDPPort2 := udpPorts[1]

for listenCamUDPError == true {
    fmt.Println("Trying to resolve this socket: ", selfIP, ":", testUDPPort)
    udpAddr, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr("udp4", selfIP+":"+testUDPPort)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    fmt.Println("Resolved: ", udpAddr)

    selfUDPlistener, err = net.ListenUDP("udp4", udpAddr)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Got an error: ", err, ", trying another port")
        intPort, _ := strconv.Atoi(testUDPPort)
        testUDPPort = strconv.Itoa(intPort + 2)
        testUDPPort2 = strconv.Itoa(intPort + 3)
        fmt.Println("Will try this pair of ports: ", testUDPPort, " ", testUDPPort2)
    } else {
        listenCamUDPError = false
    }
}

When I run it, the first iteration goes fine, if net.ListenUDP fails, I see my debug messages "Got an error: ", err, ", trying another port" and new port numbers. But the next iteration hangs. I can see the message "Resolved: " with new port number, and then nothing happens. It seems that net.ListenUDP went into an infinite wait.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Many thanks in advance.


Functional structure is one of the most widely adapted structures in the organisations today. In functional structure, different group of employees are grouped together depending on their function or role in the organisation. An example can be taken of an organisation which has different departments such as Marketing department, IT department, Sales department, Production department, Customer Service department etc. So the employees related to production will be under Production department, employees related to marketing will be under marketing department and so on. The functional structure is regarded as the best setting for relatively small or medium sized organisations. In such a structure, each department is autonomous and keenly rely on the talent and throughput of their employee in order to contribute in the overall production of an organisation. The issues in such an environment are normally dealt internally within the department. The main drawback of such a structure is that it limits the communication within the department due to the organisational boundaries thus leaving each department to work in isolation.
The second type of organisational structure is the divisional structure which is a well suited setting for relatively large scale organisations. Especially those large scale companies whose departments are mostly geographically apart from each other. The separation of the organisation can be within the country or even internationally. An example can be given of a large scale import-export company where different sections of the country operate globally in different countries dealing with separate goods particular in that country. The idea behind such an organisational structure is that the needs and requirements of the organisation are more closely analysed and addressed. The turnaround time and the productivity both get efficient which otherwise wouldn't be possible in any other organisational structure. Communication is such a structure is again a problem as different divisions operate in isolation and a good geographical distance between them. Another disadvantage of such a structure is that its setting up cost is expensive due to the larger size and scope it has.
The most innovative, yet the most effective organisational structure is the matrix structure. This structure basically is the hybrid combination of both the functional and divisional structure. This structure is mainly adapted in typical large scale multination companies of today. The idea here is to take the best of both functional and divisional structures in to one organisation. The drawback here is related to power management as the structure is such organised that it leads to dual management. It has several managers working in the same area and also sometimes at the same managerial level.


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Central YMCA may refer to:

United States
 Shih Yu-Lang Central YMCA located at 220 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, California
Downtown Denver Central YMCA and Annex, Denver, Colorado, listed on the NRHP in Denver, Colorado
 Central YMCA (Cleveland, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio
 Central YMCA (Toledo, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio
 Central YMCA (Association Building), now known as 19 South LaSalle Street in Chicago

See also
 YMCA (disambiguation)

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Q: Log4net Logging at two different file in the same application I am using log4net for logging. And my application also using quartz.net for job scheduling. The problem is that both quartz.net logs and my custom logs are printing in the same log file. I am searching out methods for logging on two different files but found no solution. Can anyone guide me how to configure logger to log on different files, one file for quartz.net logs and other file for my application's custom logs.

A: If you have common root namespace for you application something like this might work:
  <log4net>
    <appender name="QuartzFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
      <file type="log4net.Util.PatternString" value="quartznet.log" />
      <lockingModel type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender+MinimalLock" />
      <appendToFile value="true" />
      <rollingStyle value="Composite" />
      <datePattern value="yyyyMMdd" />
      <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
      <maximumFileSize value="1MB" />
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        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
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        <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline" />
      </layout>
    </appender>
    <logger name="Quartz">
      <level value="INFO" />
      <appender-ref ref="QuartzFileAppender" />
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Booking.com is the #1 accommodation site and the 3rd largest global e-commerce player in the world, yet there's still a lot of upside growth potential in Latin America. It's an exciting and dynamic time, as we look to expand our regional Americas marketing team to support an ambitious growth agenda.
Do your strengths lie in collaborative project management, optimization and customer centricity? Do you support business decisions with data driven insights? Are you passionate about an environment where media planning and performance marketing collide?
If so, then you may be the type of next generation Media Manager - Latin America that we're looking to add to our expanding Regional Americas Marketing team!
Based in New York, you will report directly to the Americas Marketing Director and work closely with the Global Strategic Media Planner in Amsterdam headquarter.
Collaborate with the Global Media Planning team in Amsterdam and the Regional Marketing Director to prioritize markets and define media investment levels for different countries in the region.
Use existing data & information to find the most attractive audiences in the region, and identify any audience insight gaps by working with the Insights team in Amsterdam to build actionable consumer segments & media insights in key markets.
Establish strong relationships with key stakeholders in regional and local media agency teams for the effective day-to-day management of campaign delivery.
Collaborate with LATAM Marketing Comms to align on creative and media testing roadmaps and to ensure both disciplines are working in lock step with each other.
8+ years within performance focused media planning & campaign management across online & offline channels (TV will be highly preferable) for ecommerce in LATAM.
Experience within DSP's, DMP's and social media UI's would be highly valuable.
Comfortable to move between planning, analysis and execution.
Able to review performance of campaigns in detail as well as understand correct testing methods to demonstrate media has performed.
Able to build and maintain strong and effective relationships with internal media teams and external agencies and partners.
Build trust and confidence by sharing information, presenting research and data objectively, and providing feedback confidently.
Self-starter, confidently take projects from briefing stage through to completion with limited supervision, and proactively bringing updates forward to supervisors.


Holly Williams is one of those ladies that I could happily listen to for hours and hours on end. She's just that amazing. Unsurprisingly, her home is just as amazing as she is.
CountryLiving.com recently got the chance to take a few pictures inside Holly's 1908 Nashville cottage and the only thing I wish the home tour had more of is pictures. There just aren't nearly enough of them.
Check out the amazing pictures here.


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Алексе́й (Але́ксий) Аристи́н (; умер после 1166 года) — великий эконом Константинопольской церкви, византийский канонист, автор толкований на «Синопсис» (сборник канонов) Стефана Ефесского.

Биография
Получил юридическое образование в Греции, был вызван в Константинополь императором Иоанном II Комнином. Так как Алексей имел сан диакона, то по церковным канонам не мог совмещать государственные и церковные должности (он был одновременно номофилаксом, орфанотрофом, дикайодотом и великим экономом Патриаршей Церкви). По требованию церковного собора 1157 года он оставил светские должности и остался лишь в должности великого эконома.

Около 1130 года по поручению императора Алексей сделал толкование на сборник церковных канонов «Синопсис», составленный Стефаном Эфесским. Существует дискуссия кто был первым толкователем Синопсиса — Алексей Аристин или Иоанн Зонара. С XIX века преобладает мнение, что толкование Алексея было сделано первым.

Поскольку «Синопсис» является кратким сборником правил, то в работе над толкованием Алексей использовал полные тексты канонических норм, включая в свою работы выдержки из них. В ряде случаев он делал ссылки на светские законы, регулирующие церковные вопросы. Толкование Алексея Аристина отличается буквализмом, без анализа каких-либо казуистических тонкостей. В его работе отмечены правила, вышедшие из употребления и те, которые применяются лишь в отдельных поместных церквях.

Толкование Алексея Аристина получили широкое распространение, несмотря на то что после него свои толкования церковных канонов делали Иоанн Зонара и Феодор Вальсамон. Наряду с ними толкования Алексея приводились в сборниках для пояснения текста канонического правила. Особое значение толкование на Синопсис Алексея Аристина имеют для истории русского церковного права так как именно они вошли в первую (каноническую) часть русской печатной «Кормчей». Митрополит Филарет отмечал: «Текст славянской кормчей книги во многих случаях неудовлетворителен, частию по несовершенству славянского перевода, частию по несовершенству самаго сокращения Аристинова, не всегда точно представляющаго смысл полных правил». В переводе на русский язык толкования Алексея Аристина были изданы в 1876 году московским обществом любителей духовного просвещения.

Издания

 Patrologiæ Græca. Том 133 — Paris: J.-P. Migne, 1864. — Столб. 63–112.

Литература

Персоналии XII века
Богословы Византии
Церковное право
Писатели Византии


After joining forces when their previous projects broke up, Screens' lo-fi pop sound will have crowds in a trance. Their debut full-length, Dead House, is due out on May 17, but you don't want to miss the release party for the album at Death By Audio in Brooklyn. The four-piece brings haunting synths to pop music and will keep the listener wanting more. Make sure you don't miss their record release show on May 27 at Death By Audio. Doors are at 8 p.m., $7, and the show is all ages.


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Dec 14, 2012 | 1:47PM
Giants Injuries: Bradshaw, Prince, Phillips OUT vs Falcons
By John Fennelly | Dec 14, 2012 | 1:47PM
As suspected, RB Ahmad Bradshaw (knee/foot) will be OUT of this Sunday's game in Atlanta.
Also did not practice today and are OUT this Sunday: CB Prince Amukamara (hamstring), S Kenny Phillips (knee), S Tyler Sash (hamstring)
Questionable and limited at practice: LB Michael Boley (back)
Probable / limited practice: WR Hakeem Nicks (knee)
Probable / full practice: C David Baas (shoulder), TE Travis Beckum (knee), DE Jason Pierre-Paul (back)
Nicks spoke to reporters after practice. He was asked how he felt after today's workout:
"I feel good and I'm ready to play," he told reporters. "Big game. We need it. Focused on playing team ball and get the job done."
Each week you've been saying you feel a little bit more like yourself. Is that still the case? Yeah. That's definitely still the case. I feel real good actually right now. This week… I had a good practice today, yesterday as well. The legs are feeling pretty good, so I'm looking forward to playing.
Do you think practicing less this week was beneficial for you?Yeah. It's definitely been beneficial. They always do a good job of resting me at the right time and then turning me on. This time of the season, we know what's at stake. It's just we do what we've got to do to be ready to play in the game.
Did you do a lot these past couple of weeks?Not really. I kind of just have been doing the same. A few reps every period, plays that I need to make sure I need to be in there with me and Eli getting down and just little stuff like that trying to take advantage of.
Coughlin on Boley: "It (back pain) started right away, I think it was Wednesday morning, but he's fine. I think he'll be fine."
Perry Fewell said Jayron Hosley will start if Prince is out. Big Sunday for the two Va. Tech rookies -- David Wilson and Jayron.
— Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) December 14, 2012
David Wilson is not only going to be the starting RB Sunday, he's also going to remain the KO returner, per Coughlin.
— Patricia Traina (@Patricia_Traina) December 14, 2012
Tags: Ahmad Bradshaw, Injuries, New York Giants, New York Giants Injuries
The news was first reported by ESPN's Ed Werder.
Garrett was let go by the Cowboys on Jan. 5 after going 85-67 over 10 seasons as the team's head coach, and his contract officially expired on January 14


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Faith is a Perspective | By This Love | John 13:35 | The quest to know God's love.
I started the year with a word from God: faith. Faith is defined in Hebrews 11:1. It reads, "Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being certain of what we do not see." This verse tells me two things: faith is a mental state of certainty and faith concerns the ability to view our circumstances – what we can see – as temporary situations presented to prepare us for the future that we've hoped for.
Pure joy. Of course, it's one thing to have to endure "trials of many kinds." It is another thing to be told how to consider or think about those trials. Merriam Webster defines consider as "regard (someone or something) as having a specified quality." Synonyms with consider include: "deem, think, believe, judge, adjudge, rate, count, find; regard as, hold to be, reckon to be, view as, see as." By asking us to consider trials in a certain manner, James understands that when we encounter trials we will try to interpret their meaning. That interpretation is what James is after. Essentially, when you encounter a trial, James asserts that, how you consider this trial will determine whether or not you persevere through it and ultimately receive the outcome of your faith.
In other words, the joy that we have in our trials is this: as we persevere in them, they will make us "mature and complete." Thus, the ability to adopt James' perspective of trials is the most important thing to finishing the work of faith.
Our society does not perceive trials as joyful experiences. In fact, one who is going through a trial is seen as one who is to be ridiculed. In our culture, going through a trial means that something is wrong. Specifically, something is wrong with you. Trials are seen as the evidence that you have done something wrong and need to change. Because of this, I would argue strongly that American society cannot comprehend faith. We despise trials. Rather than taking on the perspective of joy, we complain, fight, and bicker with one another. We shame the person or thing that we perceive as the cause of the trial and we actively work to avoid the trial and the test that James references in verse 3. Our avoidance of tests leads us to develop the opposite of perseverance: apathy. Our apathy in the things of God perpetuates a cycle of complaining and negativity that produces an unintended result: a perpetual state of immaturity and incompleteness. In this state, rather than "lacking nothing" we live in a constant state of lacking everything.
This may seem counterintuitive. Trials are painful and hard. They cannot produce joy. Or, so we think. And, that is the problem. James is telling us that the problems that we face come down to our minds. He's saying that we must decide how to interpret our difficulties. How we perceive a trial will determine whether or not we understand that, in the trial that God has presented, is the opportunity to gain more faith and perseverance through testing. And, those two things combined: faith and perseverance, will produce the completeness that we desire.
Verses 21-22, represent the kind of believer who denies the teaching of the apostle James. The first type of believer falls away because of trouble and persecution. The second type, in verse 22, is led away by worry and the deception of wealth. So, then, Jesus made it very clear. Trouble, persecution, and worry can destroy our faith. If we let them. This makes the teaching of James that much more urgent. If one who exercises faith in God cannot make up in the mind to be faithful to the end no matter what comes, they will not receive the aim of their faith.
On Christmas Day, while I was getting ready, I reached for a scarf laying across a wooden chair in my room. As my hand reached for the scarf, my middle finger caught the wood and instead of a scarf, I saw, in the middle of my nail a chunk of wood. I began to pull the wood out of my nail slowly. As my finger began to bleed, I began to think about Jesus and his death on the cross. I thought of how he too must have had splinters all over his body fro the wood on his bare skin. Pulling out the last piece of wood lodged under my nail, I thought about how, on Jesus birthday, I got to share an experience of his. Though mine was totally incomparable to his, for that moment, I felt that I understood him a little better.
As my finger bled, I realized that the faith perspective is this: trials are necessary to the life of the person who walks by faith. Faith welcomes and rejoices in difficulty. Not because of what we see but because of what we know.
Faith, perseverance, maturity, and completeness are all a matter of how we think about our trials. Choose how you will consider every circumstance in your life. Is this a trial that will lead you closer to the future you hope for? Or, is this an unbearable problem that you blame God for? James suggests that we have a choice. As I stood there, holding my finger under hot and cold water, I said to myself: "I'm not really in pain, it's just a matter of perspective." After I made that declaration, my pain subsided.


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A case called "Franklin": Musings on the media
By Matthew Tannam-Elgie | Feb 11 2019
On 4th November, 1988, the Franklin Community Federal Credit Union in Omaha, Nebraska was shut down by the National Credit Union Administration and the FBI. Its manager, Lawrence E. King, Jr., was found to have embezzled millions of dollars from its funds. Curious about the vast sums of money plundered, the Nebraska Legislature's Franklin Committee began investigating King's establishment. Its members soon found themselves in an investigative realm much darker than financial crime.
Committee investigators interviewed several teenagers who claimed that they were victims of an interstate paedophile network in which King was a ringleader. They gave horrific details of sexual abuse at the hands of wealthy people at parties both in Nebraska and in other American states. The investigators were convinced that they had unearthed a genuine nightmare, but a year after the Franklin Committee's formation, a local grand jury stated that the allegations were a "carefully crafted hoax."
Various people involved in the case, however, have voiced firm opinions that the allegations were genuine and that the press aided a cover-up by demolishing the teenagers' credibility.
A British television crew flew to Nebraska in 1993 to film a documentary dealing with the child abuse allegations for broadcast on the Discovery Channel, titled Conspiracy of Silence. The producer of the documentary, Tim Tate, told the University Observer that Discovery withdrew their support for the film shortly before its broadcast date and it was not shown on television.
In a rough cut of Conspiracy of Silence, which can be found on YouTube, the head of Nebraska's Foster Care Review Board claims that a major Nebraska broadsheet newspaper neglected to find corroborative information and instead portrayed the victims as unreliable. A lead Franklin Committee investigator also claims that the press damaged the accusers' credibility. John DeCamp, a lawyer for three of these accusers, emphatically states to the filmmakers that the media and law enforcement were manipulated for political reasons.
Nick Gray, the director of Conspiracy of Silence, gave his thoughts on the story to the University Observer. According to Mr. Gray, the Franklin case went to "the highest levels of the Republican Party, as John DeCamp postulates."
Mr. Gray also said that he received an anonymous phone call during filming, warning him and his crew to be careful; "He just said, 'You've got to be very careful… make sure that you keep the film safe because you may be followed and people know you're here.'"
In his book on the Franklin case, journalist Nick Bryant writes that the media was part and parcel of a cover-up along with law enforcement:
"…the perception of reality intended for public consumption was basically a byproduct of the media, and the imperceptible reality generating that perception was primarily law enforcement- the wizard behind the curtain."
Speaking to this newspaper, Bryant also stressed that the Franklin story should not be written off as a far-fetched "conspiracy theory", saying that "when things come up that cause too much dissonance or aren't congruent with people's beliefs, people automatically default to 'conspiracy theory'."
Conspiracy of Silence producer Tim Tate also highlighted the Franklin case to the University Observer as a prime example of how the media can be manipulated.
"I think the moral that people should be drawing from it is that law enforcement failed, and the system failed these young people in Nebraska, but also that journalism, the media, failed. It was the first clear example to me that the media was changing, that the purpose we had was no longer primary. I think that is worthy of attention, because it's not too late to reverse that."
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Educational Talent Search held a "Parental Involvement Meeting" on, November 30th in the Georgia Lewis Theater. Parents and students from the local target schools were in attendance.
Educational Talent Search held a "Parental Involvement Meeting" on November 30th @ 5:30 p.m. in the Georgia Lewis Theater. Parents and students from the local target schools were in attendance. The ETS staff welcomed the group and gave a brief overview of the many services provided to the students at the target schools, such as Tutoring/Mentoring, ACT PREP, FAFSA workshops, scholarships, and summer enrichment program just to name a few.
Presentations were given by Mrs. Tanisha Young and Mr. Taurean Moton from the campus financial aid office and the health/fitness center, along with Mrs. Charlestine Harris of the Southern Bancorp Bank in Clarksdale. Each presenter gave detailed information about their areas, while involving the audience in various activities. There was a jumping rope and hula hoop contest. Door prizes were given away and refreshments were served.
Overall, it was a very successful meeting. A parent volunteer committee was formed and we are looking forward to the next meeting. To see photos, visit the CCC Facebook page.
If you are interested in your child(ren) becoming a part of Educational Talent Search, please contact the ETS staff or speak with the counselor at his/her school.


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