The West Kowloon Cultural District, stretching across 40 hectares of reclaimed land in Hong Kong, is one of the largest cultural projects in the world, blending art, education and open space. This development includes one museum (M+), up to seventeen theatres and performing spaces and a large park, together with residential and commercial spaces. West Kowloon selected Keepthinking to design and build a new, responsive website for the whole complex. The website is based on our Qi Content Management System, that allows staff to easily manage multi-lingual content efficiently and without requiring specialist technical skills.
Our challenge was to design and deliver a multi-venue, multi-lingual website within six months. Having a clear project plan is always important but working between London and Hong Kong this was vital. We quickly setup the work team, both at the client as well as at our side; established how to communicate, decided which meetings to have in person or via video conference; agreed the full set of deliverables and milestones, identified dependencies and signed off a solid project plan, that could be monitored by both parties.
The website is fully responsive, designed and developed to adapt to different screen sizes and have an optimal layout on desktops, laptops, tablets and mobiles.
The new website provides an overview of the complex, offers both an overall view of the planning and construction activity, as well as showing detailed information and images about each building.
West Kowloon has multiple venues which offer a range a different events, such as Chinese Opera, Theatre, Dance, Music and Art. The website displays all of the venues in a single place and also allows each venue to manage and present its own information, events and pages independently.
Events such as concerts, theatre plays, conferences and exhibitions are displayed in both in a the overall What's On section, as well as on the pages of each individual venue. Multiple categories can be associated to each event and visitors can filter by date, by category and by venue. Events are directly connected to registration, sharing on social media and ticket sales.
The page layout offers flexible possibilities, such as secondary navigation, images and image galleries in between text blocks, links to other content as well as documents - all controlled via the Qi Content Management System.
M+ museum is building a world-class collection of 20th and 21st century Visual Culture. The website allows users to browse, filter and search online for all objects in the collection. Once on a single object, they can zoom on images, add to favourites/portfolios or even add a personal note.
The website is hosted on the Amazon AWS infrastructure in Singapore, which is the closest to Hong Kong and China, main markets. Keepthinking has created and monitor a high-availability and fail-proof configuration, based on the AWS cloud, including CDN for distribute asset delivery and combined load-balancing and auto-scaling to take care of spikes of traffic automatically.


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Transformational Ventures will offer entrepreneurial training at Redeemed Gospel Church in Embakasi, Nairobi from July 3rd-9th. This training is for current and prospective business owners, as well as for leaders who will be equipped to be business trainers throughout East Africa. Melissa Schaap will be in Kenya from June 27 to July 14, and a team of 10 from Colorado to Texas to Connecticut will join her to facilitate this training alongside Kenyan leaders. Follow us on Facebook!
This week-long training, in partnership with Yobel International, will empower Kenyans, Ethiopians and Ugandans to develop or grow small businesses that will help them provide for their families. The cost to train each person (materials, facilitation, food, lodging, transportation, etc) is about $250, and we are looking for financial partners of any amount.
For more information about the curriculum, visit www.yobelinternational.org.
Watch Yobel's 4-minute video here!
Add your piece to the puzzle!
T-Ventures has been working closely with Lumi for more than five years.
We have featured this innovative business in the past and the Lumi team is at a strategic point in their growth. We encourage you to get involved.
Lumi is a Business as Mission venture in Uganda that provides low-income families with affordable solar power.
"1.3 billion people lack access to electricity and rely on kerosene lamps and other polluting alternatives for lighting" (The World Bank). There are 35 million such people in Uganda alone. Solar can solve this but very few can afford the high upfront cost.
Lumi eliminates the high upfront cost by using a Rent-To-Own payment system that makes the purchase affordable for low-income families in this underserved market.
Replacing kerosene with solar electricity can prevent a house from burning, keep children from getting asthma and improve performance in school.
Redeemed Gospel Church and Northside Christian Church in Houston, TX have had a "sister church" relationship for 10 years.
What a joy for a team of 9 business leaders and professionals from Northside, plus 3 from Denver, to visit Redeemed, located in Embakasi, Nairobi, in February.
I marvel at all the miracles the Lord orchestrates when we stay committed to and focused on a long-term relationship. I am also filled with excitement and anticipation at what lies ahead as these churches continue to build on this solid foundation and vision together for the future. Josephine Chavaseki, one of the leaders at Redeemed has facilitated and taken advantage of various business training and coaching opportunities over the past six years. The entrepreneurial spirit is palpable on this campus and the business acumen is growing every year.


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// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

using Xunit;

namespace Cake.Testing.Xunit
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    {
        public RuntimeTheory(TestRuntime runtime)
        {
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Willpower is for jocks. A limited resource to begin with, made even less useful by being depleted by simple decisions, like what to wear to work or eat for lunch. Constantly switching between tasks seems to be a good way to expend it as well. So relying on willpower to change your (or someone else's) behaviour is not a sustainable strategy.
But what if you changed the environment instead?
Trying to cut back on candy and snacks? Clear out the cupboards. It's much easier to avoid foods that take some trouble to obtain. If you need to go to the local store every time to satisfy a craving, it's less likely that you'll actually do it.
Trying to start exercising in the morning? Aim for 10 minutes to make the goal easy to achieve and to build positive reinforcement. Then put your sneakers and sportswear next to the bed before going to sleep.
When I finally realised that checking Facebook was likely to put me in a bad mood, I deleted the app. And the apps you want to spend less time on, but don't want to get rid off completely? Put them in other screens and into folders. The more clicks it takes, the less likely it is you're going to open them accidentally and without intent.
Want to watch less TV and read more? Leave the remote to another room. And when you finally come home from work and collapse on the couch, have a book waiting at arms reach.
Changing the environment is also the smart and sustainable way to create organisational change. Design processes, metrics, rewards, incentives, information flows, tools, management systems, goal setting, performance reviews etc. in a way that they support the behaviours you want to see from the people in your organisation, and discourage those that are toxic.
Want to be more innovative? Get rid of metrics that encourage people to protect business as usual. Replace them with ones that reward creativity, controlled risk-taking and learning. Get rid of informational silos and start using systems that support total transparency.
And treat those changes as experiments. Organisations are complex adaptive systems, where seemingly simple changes can have surprising and significant side effects. Just look at what happened in Yahoo: Fixed project-based employee evaluations meant that none of the top engineers wanted to work with each other, as it would have reflected poorly on their individual performance scores. Consequently the most important projects never had the best possible team working on them.
Of course, none of this matters if you don't first figure out what the desired personal and organisational behaviours are.
Heath, Chip & Heath, Dan (2010). Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. New York: Random House.
McChrystal, Stanley et al. (2015). Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World. New York: Penguin Publishing Group.


In honour of Prince Charles's 70th birthday, Clarence House has released two new royal family portraits. In both of them, the Prince of Wales sits in the garden of Clarence House surrounded by his close family—the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle. Each member is dressed in blue and white, down to little Louis.
Both photos were taken by Chris Jackson, who also took Prince George's 4th birthday portrait. The first is a posed and poised shot, with the entire group smiling and looking at the camera. The second is much more candid. Prince George laughs on Prince Charles's knee, as the Duchess of Cornwall points something out to Princess Charlotte. Meghan leans forward, laughing.
It's just the latest Prince Charles–related media to be released to the public. Earlier in the month a documentary, Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70, aired on the BBC. In it, Prince Harry opened up about how he asked his father to walk Meghan down the aisle after her own father pulled out of their May 19 nuptials. "I asked him to and I think he knew it was coming and he immediately said, 'Yes, of course, I'll do whatever Meghan needs, and I'm here to support you,' " Harry said. "For him, that's a fantastic opportunity to step up and be that support, and you know he's our father so of course he's gonna be there for us," he said.
Today, there will be a birthday celebration for Charles at Buckingham Palace—turning 70 is certainly a milestone befitting a grand soiree.


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2 'unwanted' infants land at GB Pant hospital
March 14, 2016 Editor
Two children, abandoned by parents, have landed at GB Pant Hospital, where authorities have 'admitted them' in absence of a Children's Home.
On Saturday evening, an infant girl was abandoned by a woman, who appeared to be her mother, at Ward No. 2 of GB Pant Hospital. The baby girl, as per doctors, appears to have a congenital problem, which they feel may have been the reason for her being 'unwanted'. The girl is the second abandoned child housed in this hospital.
Earlier, a baby boy, found by people on the stairs of Makhdoom Sahib Shrine in Srinagar, was also 'admitted' at the hospital for nurture and care. The baby boy has a 'neurologic issues' that are being looked into at the hospital. However, the doctors said, the issues are not such that the child needs a hospital stay.
In absence of a proper system in place, abandoned children are admitted at GB Pant Children Hospital. Although there are many orphanages in Kashmir, these lack infrastructure and human resource to take care of infants. Hospital administration of GB Pant Hospital said they cannot keep babies in the hospital for long. "Hospital cannot compensate as home. But we are doing our best to secure the life of these children," Dr Kaiser Ahmed, Principal and Professor of Paediatrics at GMC Srinagar told Greater Kashmir.
The GMC Principal said that this is not the first instance of children being abandoned at hospital. "There needs to be a something substantial that can secure the future of these children. For children, a little older than this, and without any serious health issues, we have had eager couples and NGOs coming forward. But who would take care of an infant?," he asked.
"Our NICU mothers are taking care of the babies, changing diapers, giving feeds, even giving the affectionate warm motherly touch, I saw," Dr Shafqat Khan, MS GB Pant Hospital said. "But we cannot keep them in hospital forever," he added while he explained how a long hospital stay can increase risk of hospital acquired infections. "These children have become an emotional issue in hospital, but we have to think on long term basis," he said.
Nighat Shafi, Chairperson of Shehjaar Children's Home in city said that it is very difficult to find people ready to adopt children with health issues.
Although government has an orphanage in Srinagar, the state-of-affairs is 'dismal' as per reports. "That orphanage (government run) is not a place where these infants can be sent. There is no such orphanage that is fully equipped to take care of the needs of children with issues that are or can lead to a disability," Shafi said.
The fate of homes for children with vision, speech or hearing impairment has not been encouraging, social workers believe. Currently, the cost of feeds and treatment of these children is being provided from Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana at Paediatric Hospital, a program that covers all infants upto one year. The care is being provided in the NICU of the hospital. But both these things are going to run out. "These abandoned children will be forgotten. There is no system that ensures their welfare," said a doctor at GB Pant Hospital.
Health2 'unwanted' infants land at GB Pant hospital
One killed, 2 injured as car falls into gorge in Doda
Admin caught napping on Achen landfill site, scientific disposal of waste
June 10, 2019 Editor Comments Off on Internet may alter brain functions: Study
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Tech Ethics Crisis: The Big Picture, and How We Got Here
At the CADE Tech Policy Workshop, Y-Vonne Hutchinson spoke about the role of tech in facilitating mass atrocity, and Catherine Bracy spoke on the need for empathy and collective action.
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Technology and Mass Atrocity
Empathy is a Critical Component for an Ethical Industry
Learn More About the CADE Tech Policy Workshop
The first two videos from the CADE Tech Policy Workshop are available. Read more below, or watch them now: - A filter and a spotlight: Technology and Mass Atrocity - Building Empathy in Tech: A Critical Component for an Ethical Industry
In November, a group of tech industry employees, concerned citizens, non-profit workers, activists, graduate students, and others gathered at the University of San Francisco for the Center for Applied Data Ethics Tech Policy Workshop to discuss issues related to disinformation, the criminal justice system, surveillance technologies, mass atrocity, and other issues of data misuse. People traveled from as far as Texas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and even France to participate, and employees from several tech companies and local government joined us as well.
Y-Vonne Hutchinson and Catherine Bracy were two of the speakers at the CADE Tech Policy Workshop
I'm excited to release the first two videos from the workshop today; please stay tuned as more will be released in the coming weeks. These talks by Y-Vonne Hutchinson, a former human rights lawyer and CEO of ReadySet, and Catherine Bracy, CEO of Tech Equity Collaborative, help paint the big picture of how we arrived at our current tech ethics crisis, as well as offer a path forward.
Y-Vonne Hutchinson, a former human rights lawyer, CEO of ReadySet, and co-founder of Build Tech We Trust, has been studying the role of the tech industry in amplifying mass atrocities (such as white supremacist mass shootings) and the coordination of terror attacks. She tied together many angles in helping us understand the dynamics that led to our current situation: the tech industry's history of exclusion going back to the intentional creation of the stereotype of coders as antisocial men, rising isolation and loneliness in society, and how social media is fueling group status threat and social identity threat.
Technology, especially social media, has made us better at mobilizing, attention grabbing, and targeting; It has done this with a scale and coherence rarely seen before, resulting in tragic consequences. In our online communities, we all see the same videos, hear the same arguments, and can quickly be mobilized to respond in the same way; within an incredibly short period of time. Hutchinson's talk examines the connection between the culture of social media companies and the violent real-world impact they sometimes have. Watch her talk here:
As more and more consequences of the "move fast and break things" era of the Internet come to light, tech companies are under enormous pressure to anticipate the potential negative impacts of their tools and platforms. But, when the companies who are building these tools are so isolated from the communities they are impacting, how can we expect this ethical decision-making paradigm to take root? Catherine Bracy, CEO and co-founder of TechEquity Collaborative, argues that in order for the tech industry to become more ethical, the people who design and build tech tools, platforms and business models must gain greater exposure to the wider world. Through a case study, she covers how how when tech workers engage in tech's own backyard, this can have an impact not only for the local economy but for the mindset of the tech industry. Watch her talk here:
4 Principles for Responsible Government Use of Technology
Reflection on Tech Policy Workshop at the Center for Applied Data Ethics at USF by Hongsup Shin
Special thanks to Nalini Bharatula for her help with this post.


What would you want to say to your future self? What is it that you want to remember? Who do you want to be? What lessons would you want to learn?
Yesterday, I received a letter that I wrote to myself, November 22, 2015, at 12:34 pm. It was required for all Unleashing Your Potential attendees. Never, ever, EVER did I imagine that my future self would be where I am today. I am more conscious, aware and intentional with every step that I take. Trying to live true to my most authentic self. This process all began because the American Dental Hygienists' Association saw potential in me. My membership has meant more to me than I could have ever imagined. I will write more on this topic in future posts.


I have listed a new property at 10408 101 ST in Westlock.
Fantastic return on investment this 12 suite town house complex with 2 large extra lots. 1,091 sq. ft. (more or less) semi-bungalow and a 1,448 sq. ft. (more or less) bungalow. Other site improvements include gravel parking and large landscaped yard. Site Area: Lot A: 19,450 sq. ft., 1,806.960 sq. m., 0.447 acres, more or less. Lot Pt. B (west): 9,725 sq. ft., 903.482 sq. m., 0.223 acres, more or less. Lot Pt. B (east): 9,725 sq. ft., 903.482 sq. m., 0.223 acres, more or less. Total: 38,900 sq. ft., 3,613.92 sq. metres, 0.893 acres, more or less.


In January 2000, Perry Anderson editor of New Left Review outlined the philosophy of the journal for the forthcoming period. Boris kagarlitsky from Moscow in his counter-argument claimed that this is the death of the new left.
Two books of Ernst F. Schumacher have been published in Hungarian (Small is Beautiful and Good Work) They provide a foundation to waht is called alternative economics and present a new approach to humanity, rationality and economy.


January Opportunities to Jump Start and Deepen Your Practice!
As our shared home gets ready to embark on yet another trip around the Sun, we at the Christine Center are wishing the very brightest 2018 New Year for all our friends, guests, volunteers, and donors!
You make it possible for the Christine Center to support the deepening of contemplative practices that guide us into deeper seeing and to ancient spirit-wisdom of the heart.
I'm feeling especially heartened at this moment of transition, because my recent arrival at the center has been, for me, life-changing--inspiring renewed energy, hope, and joy. These are gifts I trust my work will return to the center many times over.
Let us enter the new year, hearts ever at the ready for all that is kind, beautiful, awesome, and transformative in our shared incarnation.
Creativity : Mandalas for setting intention and wholeness.
Beautiful Stillness : Winter woodland contemplation and dreams.
Deep Tranquility : Embrace the Art of relaxation.
Want to make giving a habit in 2018?
It's time to start pondering New Year's resolutions.
Make giving a habit with a monthly donation to the Christine Center!
Here's how: start by clicking on the "Donate Now" button below. This brings you to the Christine Center's donation page. After entering the amount you'd like to give, click on the "Recurring Monthly Gift" button to the right, complete the rest of the form using a debit or credit card and you're done!


I n t r o d u c t i o n: Complications occurring aft er neurosurgical procedures which lead to reoperations are associated with poor treatment outcomes. Th e aim of our study was to establish predictive factors of unplanned early reoperations aft er intracranial meningioma removal. Ma t e r i a l s a n d M e t h o d s: We retrospectively analyzed 177 patients who underwent craniotomy due to an intracranial meningioma. Early reoperation was defi ned as reoperation during the same hospital stay. We used a χ2 test for proportional values and t-test and Mann-Whitney U tests as appropriate for continuous variables. To determine the potential predictors of early reoperation we used univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. R e s u l t s: A total of 13 (7.34%) patients underwent unplanned early reoperation. Th ese patients underwent retrosigmoid craniotomies (25.00% vs. 6.40%; p = 0.047), suff ered from ischemic heart disease (66.67% vs. 6.64%; p <0.01) and atrial fi brillation (60.00% vs. 6.25%; p <0.01), were receiving heparin (50.00% vs. 6.74%; p <0.01) and anticoagulants (66.67% vs. 6.21%; p <0.01) signifi cantly more oft en than the general study population. In multivariate logistic regression analysis anticoagulant use (OR: 31.463; 95% CI: 1.139–868.604; p = 0.04) and retrosigmoid craniotomy (OR: 6.642; 95% CI: 1.139–38.73; p = 0.034) remained independently associated with a higher risk of early reoperation. C o n c l u s i o n s: Patients who underwent retrosigmoid craniotomy, those with a history of ischemic heart disease or atrial fi brillation and those who take heparin or anticoagulants are more likely to require early reoperation. Retrosigmoid craniotomy and anticoagulant use are independent risk factors for early reoperation.


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Lob.com PHP Client
==================

Lob.com PHP Client is a simple but flexible wrapper for the [Lob.com](https://www.lob.com) API ([docs](https://www.lob.com/docs)).

### Installing via Composer

The recommended way to install Lob.com PHP Client is through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```bash
// Install Composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

// Add Lob.com PHP client as a dependency
php composer.phar require lobapi/lob-php:~0.1
```

After installing, you need to require Composer's autoloader:

```php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
```

Basics
------

```php
// Provide an API Key in the class constructor
// in order to instantiate the Lob object
$apiKey = 'API Key here';
$lob = new \Lob\Lob($apiKey);

// You can also provide a specific API version you want to access
$lob->setVersion('v1'); // "v1" is the default value
```

Resources
---------

Resource is a special object that maps directly to its correspondent API endpoint.

Through the Lob object, you have access to all resources available, like in the example below:

```php
// Addresses
echo get_class($lob->addresses());
// >>> Lob\Resource\Addresses

// Jobs
echo get_class($lob->jobs());
// >>> Lob\Resource\Jobs

// Objects
echo get_class($lob->objects());
// >>> Lob\Resource\Objects

// Settings
echo get_class($lob->settings());
// >>> Lob\Resource\Settings

// Packagings
echo get_class($lob->packagings());
// >>> Lob\Resource\Packagings

// Postcards
echo get_class($lob->postcards());
// >>> Lob\Resource\Postcards

// Services
echo get_class($lob->services());
// >>> \Lob\Resource\Services
```

Addresses
---------

#### Create a new address

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid address
    $address = $lob->addresses()->create(array(
        'name'              => 'Harry Zhang', // Required
        'address_line1'     => '123 Test Street', // Required
        'address_line2'     => 'Unit 199', // Optional
        'address_city'      => 'Mountain View', // Required
        'address_state'     => 'CA', // Required
        'address_country'   => 'US', // Required - Must be a 2 letter country short-name code (ISO 3316)
        'address_zip'       => '94085', // Required
        'email'             => 'harry@lob.com', // Optional
        'phone'             => '5555555555', // Optional
    ));
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ValidationException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### List addresses

```php
// Returns an address list
$addressList = $lob->addresses()->retrieveList();

// You can also pass `count` and `offset` to limit the results and
// define a starting page
$addressList = $lob->addresses()->retrieveList(array(
    'count'   => 10,
    'offset'  => 0, // Zero-indexed
));
```

#### Retrieve a specific address

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid address
    $address = $lob->addresses()->retrieve('966a7feaaeb5cb38010e');
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### Delete a specific address

```php
$lob->addresses()->delete('966a7feaaeb5cb38010e');
```

#### Verify an address

```php
  // Returns a valid address with more details
  $address = $lob->addresses()->verify(array(
      'address_line1'     => '123 Test Street', // Optional
      'address_line2'     => 'Unit 199', // Optional
      'address_city'      => 'Mountain View', // Optional
      'address_state'     => 'CA', // Optional
      'address_country'   => 'USA',  // Optional
      'address_zip'       => '94085', // Optional
  ));
```

Jobs
----

#### Create a new job

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid job
    $job = $lob->jobs()->create(array(
        'name'          => 'Welcome letter to JJJ INC',
        'to'            => $receiverAddress['id'], // Required
        'from'          => $senderAddress['id'], // Optional
        'object1'       => $object1['id'], // Required
        // Accepts N objects as long as you provide them
        // incrementally like object2, object3 and so on until it hits N...
        'object2'       => $object2['id'], // Optional
        'packaging_id'  => $packaging['id'], // Optional
        'service_id'    => $service['id'], // Optional
    ));
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ValidationException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### List jobs

```php
// Returns a job list
$jobList = $lob->jobs()->retrieveList();

// You can also pass `count` and `offset` to limit the results and
// define a starting page
$jobList = $lob->jobs()->retrieveList(array(
    'count'   => 10,
    'offset'  => 0, // Zero-indexed
));
```

#### Retrieve a specific job

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid job
    $job = $lob->jobs()->retrieve('966a7feaaeb5cb38010e');
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### Delete a specific job

Deleting a job is not supported.

Objects
-------

#### Create a new object

```php
// You can create an object by uploading a local file
// by prepending a `@` to the local path
try {
    // Returns a valid object
    $object = $lob->objects()->create(array(
        'name'        => 'GO BLUE', // Required
        'file'        => '@'.realpath('/path/to/your/file/goblue.pdf'), // Required
        'setting_id'  => $setting['id'], // Required
        'quantity'    => 1, // Optional
    ));
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ValidationException $e) {
    // Do something
}

// ... or by providing a public URL
try {
    // Returns a valid object
    $object = $lob->objects()->create(array(
        'name'        => 'GO BLUE', // Required
        'file'        => 'https://www.lob.com/goblue.pdf', // Required
        'setting_id'  => $setting['id'], // Required
        'quantity'    => 1, // Optional
    ));
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ValidationException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### List objects

```php
// Returns an object list
$objectList = $lob->objects()->retrieveList();

// You can also pass `count` and `offset` to limit the results and
// define a starting page
$objectList = $lob->objects()->retrieveList(array(
    'count'   => 10,
    'offset'  => 0, // Zero-indexed
));
```

#### Retrieve a specific object

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid object
    $object = $lob->objects()->retrieve('966a7feaaeb5cb38010e');
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### Delete a specific object

```php
$lob->objects()->delete('966a7feaaeb5cb38010e');
```

Settings
--------

#### Create a new setting

Creating a setting is not supported.

#### List settings

```php
// Returns a setting list
$settingList = $lob->settings()->retrieveList();

// You can also pass `count` and `offset` to limit the results and
// define a starting page
$settingList = $lob->settings()->retrieveList(array(
    'count'   => 10,
    'offset'  => 0, // Zero-indexed
));
```

#### Retrieve a specific setting

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid setting
    $setting = $lob->settings()->retrieve('966a7feaaeb5cb38010e');
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### Delete a specific setting

Deleting a setting is not supported.

Packagings
----------

#### Create a new packaging

Creating a packaging is not supported.

#### List packagings

```php
// Returns a packaging list
$packagingList = $lob->packagings()->retrieveList();

// You can also pass `count` and `offset` to limit the results and
// define a starting page
$packagingList = $lob->packagings()->retrieveList(array(
    'count'   => 10,
    'offset'  => 0, // Zero-indexed
));
```

#### Retrieve a specific packaging

Retrieving a specific packaging is not supported.

#### Delete a specific packaging

Deleting a packaging is not supported.

Service
-------

#### Create a new service

Creating a service is not supported.

#### List services

```php
// Returns a service list
$serviceList = $lob->services()->retrieveList();

// You can also pass `count` and `offset` to limit the results and
// define a starting page
$serviceList = $lob->services()->retrieveList(array(
    'count'   => 10,
    'offset'  => 0, // Zero-indexed
));
```

#### Retrieve a specific service

Retrieving a specific service is not supported.

#### Delete a specific service

Deleting a service is not supported.

Postcards
---------

#### Create a new postcard

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid postcard
    $postcard = $lob->postcards()->create(array(
        'name'          => 'Demo Postcard job', // Required
        'to'            => $receiverAddress['id'], // Required
        'from'          => $senderAddress['id'], // Optional
        'message'       => 'This an example message on back of the postcard', // Optional
        // For both front and back parameters, you can also provide a public URL
        'front'         => '@'.realpath('/path/to/your/file/goblue.pdf'), // Optional
        'back'          => '@'.realpath('/path/to/your/file/goblue.pdf'), // Optional
    ));
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ValidationException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### List postcards

```php
// Returns a postcard list
$postcardList = $lob->postcards()->retrieveList();

// You can also pass `count` and `offset` to limit the results and
// define a starting page
$postcardList = $lob->postcards()->retrieveList(array(
    'count' => 10,
    'offset' => 0, // Zero-indexed
));
```

#### Retrieve a specific postcard

```php
try {
    // Returns a valid postcard
    $postcard = $lob->postcards()->retrieve('966a7feaaeb5cb38010e');
} catch (\Lob\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException $e) {
    // Do something
}
```

#### Delete a specific postcard

Deleting a postcard is not supported.

Documentation
------------

Being a simple and flexible wrapper, the Lob.com [documentation](https://www.lob.com/docs) is the best source
to read about the API and to extend this library, if needed.

Unit testing
------------

Lob.com PHP Client uses PHPUnit for unit testing. In order to run the unit tests, you'll first need
to install the dependencies of the project using Composer: `php composer.phar install --dev`.
You can then run the tests using `vendor/bin/phpunit`.

Make sure you provide a `test` API Key in your `phpunit.xml`.


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James M. Tabacchi is President & Chief Executive Officer at South Street Securities Holdings Inc., where he directly oversees all aspects of the business, including strategy, credit, market and liquidity risk, infrastructure, technology and clearing, compliance, finance, accounting, and controls. In 2000, he raised the venture capital and founded South Street as an independent repo broker dealer and began building and expanding the franchise of products. Today, South Street remains one of the largest independent repo dealers and has added asset management of an Agency Mortgage REIT, an MBS TBA derivative dealer franchise, a fintech fixed income processing company, and last year, an equity sec lending business.
Prior to founding South Street, James joined Citicorp/Citibank in 1980. Over a period of 20 years, he worked in various customer interface and business head positions within the Investment, Corporate, and Consumer Banking Divisions.
James graduated from Iona College with a BBA in Accounting in 1977, and the John G. Hagen School of Business with an MBA in 1981.
James's FINRA certifications include Series 7, 63, 27 and 24.


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Патус () — муниципалитет в Бразилии, входит в штат Параиба. Составная часть мезорегиона Сертан штата Параиба. Входит в экономико-статистический микрорегион Патус. Население составляет 100 663 человека на 2007 год. Занимает площадь 513 км². Плотность населения — 191,6 чел./км².

История
Город основан 24 октября 1903 года.

Статистика

 Валовой внутренний продукт на 2005 составляет 364.194.000,00 реалов (данные: Бразильский институт географии и статистики).
 Валовой внутренний продукт на душу населения на 2005 составляет 3.704,00 реалов (данные: Бразильский институт географии и статистики).
 Индекс развития человеческого потенциала на 2000 составляет 0,678 (данные: Программа развития ООН).

География
Климат местности: полупустыня.

Ссылки
 CPRM – Serviço Geológico do Brasil
 Prefeitura Municipal de Patos
 FAMUP

Муниципалитеты штата Параиба

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Das GHG Protocol (Greenhouse Gas Protocol, dt. "Treibhausgasprotokoll") ist eine private transnationale Standardreihe zur Bilanzierung von Treibhausgasemissionen (Carbon Accounting) und zum dazugehörigen Berichtswesen für Unternehmen und zunehmend für den öffentlichen Bereich. Die Entwicklung des GHG Protocol wird vom World Resources Institute (WRI) und dem World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) koordiniert.

Die Standards des GHG Protocol knüpfen meist an solche des internationalen Klimapolitik-Regimes an und schließen Regelungslücken, die von staatlicher Seite noch nicht ausgefüllt wurden. Das GHG Protocol gilt als der verbreitetste Standard zur Erstellung von Treibhausgasbilanzen. Zahlreiche weitere Standards bauen auf ihm auf, darunter ISO 14064 und viele staatliche Unternehmensstandards.

Entwicklung
Die Initiative zur Entwicklung des GHG Protocol ging vom World Resources Institute (WRI), einer Denkfabrik zum Thema Umweltschutz, und vom World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), einem Unternehmensverband zum Thema nachhaltige Entwicklung, aus. Auslöser waren Diskussionen in den 1990er Jahren in diesen Organisationen und in kooperierenden Unternehmen, zum Beispiel British Petroleum und General Motors, wie Unternehmen mit ihren Treibhausgasemissionen umgehen, wie sie diese standardisiert erfassen und berichten sollten.

Im Jahr 1997 vereinbarten WRI und WBCSD, zusammen mit Nichtregierungsorganisationen eine Initiative ins Leben zu rufen, die ab 1998 Methoden zum Carbon Accounting standardisieren sollte. Die Entwicklung des Standards wurde von einem Gremium gesteuert, an dem Nichtregierungsorganisationen, wie der World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), das Pew Center on Global Climate Change, The Energy Research Institute sowie Unternehmen, wie Norsk Hydro, Tokyo Electric und Shell, beteiligt waren.

Im Jahr 2001 veröffentlichte die Initiative die erste Version eines Unternehmensstandards. In den Folgejahren wurde eine Reihe von Richtlinien und Werkzeugen entwickelt, die eine standardkonforme Erfassung und Berichterstattung erleichtern sollten. Nach einer Testphase in 30 Unternehmen wurde 2004 eine überarbeitete Version des Unternehmensstandards veröffentlicht.
Im Jahr 2006 verwendete die International Organization for Standardization (ISO) den Unternehmensstandard als Basis für ihre Norm ISO 14064-I: Specification with Guidance at the Organization Level for Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals.

Seit der Veröffentlichung der ersten Version haben nach Angaben des GHG Protocol-Teams aus dem Jahr 2016 mehr als 1000 Unternehmen und andere Organisationen Methoden zur Bestandsaufnahme ihrer Treibhausgasemissionen nach dem GHG Protocol entwickelt. Im Jahr 2008 setzten etwa 60 % der Fortune-Global-500-Unternehmen den Standard ein, im Jahr 2017 waren es mehr als 90 %. Auch Unternehmen in Entwicklungsländern setzen zunehmend den GHG-Standard ein; hier trägt er dazu bei, nationale Berichtssysteme zu etablieren. Das GHG Protocol gilt als wichtigster und verbreitetster Standard zur Erfassung von Treibhausgasemissionen auf Unternehmensebene., S. 36

Organisation
World Resources Institute (WRI) und World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) kommen in der sogenannten GHG Protocol Initiative zusammen, um – je nach Anwendungsbereich gemeinsam mit weiteren privaten oder staatlichen Organisationen – die Standards zu entwerfen, weiterzuentwickeln und ihre Anwendung zu fördern. Mitarbeiter des WBCSD und des WRI bilden das GHG Protocol Team aus etwa 10 Mitarbeitern, die die Weiterentwicklung koordinieren, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit betreiben und Anwender unterstützen.

Die Arbeit wird vor allem von großen, internationalen Konzernen finanziert, darunter Automobilunternehmen und Energiekonzerne. Aber auch einzelne Regierungsinitiativen, wie die International Climate Initiative oder eine des deutschen Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU), gehören zu den Sponsoren.

Standards
Unter dem Dach des GHG Protocol wurden Standardprogramme für verschiedene Akteure aufgelegt: Dem Unternehmensstandard folgten unter anderem Standards für Treibhausgasinventare von Kommunen, ergänzt durch Standards für Klimaschutzprojekte, für lebenszyklusbasierte Produktemissionen und für nationale und regionale Klimaschutzziele und, damit verbunden, für die Schätzung der Klimawirkung politischer Maßnahmen.

Allgemeines
Das GHG Protocol orientiert sich, ähnlich den Prinzipien ordnungsmäßiger Bilanzierung im Rechnungswesen, an Grundprinzipien der Relevanz, Vollständigkeit, Konsistenz, Transparenz und Genauigkeit. Es erfasst die im Rahmen des Kyoto-Protokolls regulierten Treibhausgase: Kohlenstoffdioxid (CO2), Methan (CH4), Lachgas (N2O), Fluorkohlenwasserstoffen (FKW), perfluorierte Kohlenwasserstoffe (PFCs), Schwefelhexafluorid (SF6) und Stickstofftrifluorid (NF3).

Bilanzierungsgrenzen
Bei der Einführung des Standards müssen zunächst die Bilanzierungsperiode und Organisationgrenzen abgesteckt werden. Unternehmen können bei verbundenen Einrichtungen, zum Beispiel Tochterunternehmen oder Joint Ventures, die Grenzen entweder anhand von Eigentumsanteilen (equity share approach) oder der Kontrolle (control approach) festlegen. Beim equity share approach werden der Organisation die Treibhausgasemissionen entsprechend dem von ihm gehaltenen Anteil zugerechnet, beim control approach die vollständigen Emissionen, wenn es die Kontrolle ausübt, sonst keine. Für den öffentlichen Sektor ist nur der control approach relevant. Für Gebietskörperschaften sind dabei ihre geographischen Grenzen maßgeblich.

Innerhalb der Organisationsgrenzen werden die Emissionsquellen identifiziert, die bei der Leistungserbringung unter Unternehmenskontrolle stehen. Dies können bei Unternehmen zum Beispiel die Fahrzeugflotte, Gasheizungen, Kühlgeräte oder unternehmenseigene Kraftwerke sein. Die aus diesen Quellen emittierten Treibhausgase bilden die direkten Emissionen. Alle anderen Emissionen, die aus Quellen außerhalb der Grenzen stammen, nennt man indirekte Emissionen. Emissionen aus eigenen Quellen können gemessen oder, was weitaus üblicher ist, anhand von Verbrauch und Emissionsfaktoren geschätzt werden.

Scopes der Emissionen
GHG Protocol-Standards unterscheiden, ähnlich vergleichbaren Standards, weiter drei Bereiche (Scopes), denen Emissionen zugeordnet werden können:
Scope 1
 alle direkten, d. h. aus Quellen innerhalb der Grenzen stammenden, Emissionen
Scope 2
 die indirekten Emissionen aus außerhalb erzeugtem und eingekauftem Strom, Dampf, Wärme und Kälte
Scope 3
 alle sonstigen indirekten Emissionen, darunter die aus der Herstellung, Transport eingekaufter Güter oder Verteilung und Nutzung der eigenen Produkte oder der Entsorgung von Abfällen; auch Emissionen aufgrund von Geschäftsreisen gehören hierzu

Während das GHG Protocol seine Anwender zur Erfassung der Scope-1- und -2-Emissionen verpflichtet, ist Unternehmen die Erfassung der Scope-3-Emissionen freigestellt. Die Erfassung von Scope-3-Emissionen von Kommunen werden zum großen Teil nicht vom Standard abgedeckt.

Emissionsberechnung aus Verbräuchen und Aktivitäten
In den meisten Fällen werden Emissionen nicht gemessen, sondern anhand von Verbräuchen berechnet. Die Umrechnung erfasster Verbräuche erfolgt mit Hilfe sogenannter Emissionsfaktoren: Je Brennstoff oder Aktivität werden für die verschiedenen frei werdenden Treibhausgase pauschal Emissionsfaktoren angesetzt. Die Berechnungswerkzeuge des GHG Protocol schlagen dazu die Werte des IPCC für nationale Treibhausgasinventare vor. Damit erhält man Mengen der frei werdenden Treibhausgase.

Die Klimawirkung der emittierten Treibhausgase (GHG) wird dann einheitlich als Treibhauspotential (Global Warming Potential, GWP) der äquivalenten Masse Kohlenstoffdioxid angegeben, die über 100 Jahre in etwa gleich viel zur globalen Erwärmung beitragen würde. Einheit ist meist Tonnen CO2-Äquivalent (t CO2-eq). Aktivitäten, die der Atmosphäre Treibhausgase entziehen, etwa das Anpflanzen zusätzlicher Wälder, können ein negatives Treibhauspotential haben.

Beispiel für die Berechnung anhand von Brennstoffverbrauch (stationäre Heizung, Erdgas):

Beispiel für die Berechnung einer Aktivität (1000 km Fahrt mit Pkw):

Rolle im Carbon Management
Die Erstellung eines Treibhausgasinventars auf Basis der GHG Protocol-Standards für Unternehmen oder Kommunen ist in der Regel ein Schritt eines sogenannten Carbon Management-Prozesses: Nach der erstmaligen Bilanzierung, d. h. der Erstellung eines Basis-Treibhausgasinventars, und der Formulierung von Emissionsminderungszielen werden Klimaschutzmaßnahmen identifiziert, umgesetzt und es wird anhand jährlich aktualisierter Inventare geprüft, inwieweit damit die Ziele erreicht oder Nachbesserungen notwendig werden.

Unternehmensstandard
Erster und bedeutendster Standard des GHG Protocol ist der Corporate Standard, der zur Bilanzierung und Berichterstattung von Treibhausgasemissionen in Unternehmen und anderen Organisationen herangezogen wird. Er wird ergänzt durch das Project Protocol, mit dem Projekte zur Emissionsminderung bewertet werden können, durch eine Richtlinie zu den besonders schwer zu erfassenden, außerhalb des Unternehmens liegenden Scope-3-Emissionen, eine Richtlinie zur Erfassung der Lebenszyklusemissionen von Produkten, was ebenfalls die Erfassung von Scope-3-Emissionen unterstützt, und verschiedene Berechnungswerkzeuge.

Industrievereinigungen, darunter das Internationale Aluminiuminstitut, das International Council of Forest and Paper Associations und die WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative, entwickelten weitere, sektorspezifische Werkzeuge und Richtlinien., S. 3

Unternehmen bilanzieren und berichten aus unterschiedlichen Gründen nach dem GHG Protocol:
 um unternehmerische Klimarisiken zu identifizieren und zu managen,
 um möglicherweise kosteneffektive Klimaschutzmaßnahmen zu identifizieren (vgl. Porter-Hypothese),
 um an freiwilligen Klimaschutzinitiativen teilzunehmen und sich so, zum Beispiel, klimafreundliche Investments zu erschließen oder weil sie sich als verantwortungsvoll handelnde Unternehmen darstellen wollen und Imagegewinne erhoffen,
 um an Emissionshandelssystemen teilzunehmen,
 weil sie staatlichen Bilanzierungs- und Berichtspflichten unterliegen oder sich, in Erwartung solcher Pflichten, vorbereiten wollen.

Der Unternehmensstandard fand breite Akzeptanz. So benutzten ihn nach Angaben des GHG Protocol-Teams 2017 mehr als 90 % der Fortune-Global-500-Unternehmen. Das Interesse unterliegt jedoch Schwankungen: Insgesamt hängt, nach Einschätzung von Wissenschaftlern und von an der Standardisierung beteiligten Akteuren, der Einsatz des GHG Protocol-Standards in hohem Maß an den Erwartungen künftiger Klimapolitik. Die Aussicht auf effektiven Klimaschutz und Marktmechanismen zur Emissionsreduzierung veranlasst Unternehmen eher dazu, sich durch die Implementierung des GHG Protocol vorzubereiten.

So ging nach der als gescheitert geltenden UN-Klimakonferenz in Kopenhagen 2009, gerade in kohlenstoffintensiven Sektoren, das Interesse an der Zusammenarbeit mit der GHG Initiative deutlich zurück. Nach Einschätzung von Thierry Berthoud, ehemaliger Managing Director des WBCSD, scheuen Firmen ein aufwendiges Erfassen und Management ihrer Emissionen, wenn es keine klaren, langfristigen politischen Rahmenbedingungen und Preissignale gibt. Unternehmen verharrten nach Kopenhagen in einer abwartenden Haltung; nach dem Übereinkommen von Paris, 2016, nahm das Interesse wieder zu.

Viele Unternehmen zögern, ihre gesamten Scope-3-Emissionen aus ihren Lieferketten (Supply Chains) zu veröffentlichen. Wissenschaftler vermuten, dass Unternehmen bei der Reduktion dieser Emissionen signifikante Kosten erwarten und die Informationsqualität daher leidet. Das Carbon Disclosure Project befürchtet, dass in der Folge die Unternehmenszahlen ein irreführendes Bild bieten könnten. Hier fehlt, dem Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Hickmann zufolge, ein klarer Anreiz der internationalen Klimapolitik.

Standards für Gebietskörperschaften
Das World Resources Institute sowie die Städtenetzwerke C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group und ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability erstellten einen Standard für Kommunen und andere, geografisch abgrenzbare subnationale Einheiten, den Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories-Standard (GPC). Mit seiner Hilfe können diese Gebietskörperschaften ein Treibhausgasinventar erstellen, sich Reduktionsziele setzen und deren Einhaltung verfolgen. Die Inventare sollen auch zu regionalen und nationalen Inventaren aggregiert werden können.

Nach einer Testphase 2013 und einigen Änderungen wurde der Standard im Dezember 2014 veröffentlicht. Er ist Nachfolger des International Local Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Protocol (community section) der ICLEI aus dem Jahr 2009 ebenso wie des International Standard for Determining Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Cities, der von Weltbank, dem Umweltprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNEP) und UN-HABITAT 2010 veröffentlicht worden war. Städte, die dem Konvent der Bürgermeister angehören, darunter zum Beispiel Berlin, Köln, München, Wien oder Zürich, haben sich zur Erstellung von Emissionsbilanzen nach dem GPC Standard verpflichtet.

Emissionen, die aus Aktivitäten in Kommunen resultieren, werden in sechs Kategorien erfasst:
 Stationäre Energie (vor allem aus dem örtlichen Verbrauch fossiler Brennstoffe)
 Transport
 Entsorgung
 Industrieprozesse und Produktnutzung (IPPU)
 Land- und Forstwirtschaft, sonstige Landnutzung (AFOLU)
 alle sonstigen Emissionen, die außerhalb der geographischen Grenzen der Körperschaft entstehen als Ergebnis von Aktivitäten innerhalb der Grenzen

Städte können ihre Emissionen auf einem Grundniveau, BASIC genannt, erfassen – dazu gehören die aus den Kategorien stationäre Energie und Transport (Scope 1 und 2) sowie Entsorgung (hier auch Scope 3). Das anspruchsvollere BASIC+-Niveau umfasst auch die übrigen Kategorien, einschließlich von Transporten über die Gebietsgrenzen (Scope 3).

Neben dem GPC-Bilanzierungsstandard wurden im Rahmen des GHG Protocol auch Standards zu Klimaschutzzielen und -maßnahmen verfasst. Der Mitigation Goal Standard (2014) will nationalen und subnationalen Akteuren helfen, Klimaschutzziele zu fassen, ihre Erfüllung zu verfolgen und darüber zu berichten. Der komplementäre Policy and Action Standard zielt auf konkrete Klimaschutzmaßnahmen.

Berichtspflichten und Veröffentlichung
Verschiedene Staaten, wie Frankreich, Großbritannien oder Australien, haben verpflichtende oder freiwillige Berichte nach dem GHG Protocol eingeführt. In Frankreich zum Beispiel sind Unternehmen mit mehr als 500 Mitarbeitern, öffentliche Körperschaften mit mehr als 250 Mitarbeitern und Bezirke mit mehr als 50.000 Einwohnern berichtspflichtig.

Treibhausgasbilanzen einzelner Akteure werden in sogenannten Greenhouse Gas Registries (GHG Registries, Treibhausgasregistraturen) gesammelt und veröffentlicht (Carbon Disclosure). Hier können sich – je nach Adressaten der Registratur – Öffentlichkeit, Investoren oder Behörden informieren. Nahezu alle GHG Registries, die nicht Basis für einen Emissionshandel sind, bieten die Berichterstattung nach GHG Protocol-Standards an.

Die Global Reporting Initiative, die Richtlinien für Nachhaltigkeitsberichte von Unternehmen erarbeitet, empfiehlt mittels des GHG Protocol Corporate Standard über Treibhausgasemissionen zu berichten. Das Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), das eine Treibhausgasregistratur in Form einer öffentlichen Datenbank führt, empfiehlt den Unternehmen ebenfalls seit seiner fünften jährlichen Berichtsrunde (2007), Emissionsberichte anhand des GHG Protocol zu erstellen.

In einer Auswertung der bis 2009 reichenden CDP-Berichte des Bergbaus und der metallverarbeitenden Industrie aus Australasien hatten weniger als 30 % der angefragten Firmen Emissionsberichte vorgelegt, nur drei Firmen verwendeten das GHG Protocol, so dass eine – vom GHG Protocol angestrebte – bessere Vergleichbarkeit der Unternehmensdaten zu diesem Zeitpunkt nicht gegeben war. Das ist ein Grund dafür, dass den Autoren zufolge die offengelegten Emissionsinformationen auch von institutionellen Entscheidungsträgern schwer zu interpretieren sind.

Zwar strebt das GHG Protocol die Aggregationsfähigkeit berichteter Daten an. Es ist aber möglich, dass dieselben Emissionen von verschiedenen Unternehmen erfasst werden, es also zu einer Doppelerfassung kommt. Daten nach dem GHG Protocol eignen sich daher nur eingeschränkt für die Erstellung aggregierter, nationaler Emissionsbilanzen.

Weblinks
 Webpräsenz des GHG Protocol

Einzelnachweise

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History repeats: The groove that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob carve will be for their descendants.
We will not take the time here to go through stories of Isaac's life. What we want to focus on is the patterns that are set for the rest of Jewish history, because as we noted earlier, "the actions of the fathers are assigned to the children."
RE-RUNS
One of the great patterns we see with Isaac is a re-run of a situation that Abraham also confronted. The Book of Genesis (chapters 20 and 21) relates that Abraham went to the land of the Philistines and he lived among them for a while. But he had some problems — for example, they tried to take his wife, Sarah.
A few years later, (Genesis, chapter 26) Isaac faces the same situation. He's living amongst the Philistines somewhere on the coastal area of Israel, they try to take his wife, Rebecca. Also his servants start to have problems with the servants of Abimelech, the King of the Philistines.
And what happens eventually? The Philistines become jealous of Isaac's success and throw him out, even though he's done nothing to deserve it as far as the Bible tells us. In addition, they plug up all the wells that Isaac has dug1)The Biblical commentators allude to the deeper meaning behind the well story. Wells and water are a symbol for Torah and spirituality. Stuffing them up is symbolic of the historic Gentile rejection of the spiritual/moral mission of the Jews. — an illogical act given the value of water in the arid climate of the Middle East and the difficulty of digging wells. (This demonstrates an oft-repeated pattern of the anti-Semite who hurts himself in an effort to obliterate Jewish presence. There are numerous examples of European cities expelling the Jewish and then, realizing the loss, inviting them back again! The city of Speyer, in Germany, did so at least three times in the 15th century!)
But then something interesting happens — Abimelech comes after Isaac and he says, "I see that we prospered because of you." Because once Isaac leaves, things go downhill for the Philistines. Their economy declines. Nothing's going well, and the Philistines come to realize it's because of the Jews. So the king offers a treaty and asks Isaac to return.
This is the great pattern of Jewish interaction with non-Jews in history. The Jews are often invited in. The country does incredibly well because of their contribution (see God's blessing to Abraham in Genesis 12:2-3). Then for no reason — I'm aware of virtually no example in history of Jews ever doing anything that caused them to be hated the way we've been hated — the country decides to throw the Jews out, undermining its own economy in the process. So the Jews are thrown out, the country suffers. This is what's going to happen over and over again. It's so irrational yet such an oft repeated pattern. It's probably the greatest love/hate relationship in history where the non-Jewish world vacillates between "can't live with 'em and can't live without 'em."
Isaac is married to Rebecca. Rebecca is pregnant with twins, and the twins are fighting in the womb already — it's a difficult pregnancy for Rebecca. When they're born there is a rivalry between them. And what are the twins' names? Jacob and Esau.
Although they are twins, Jacob and Esau have totally different personalities and they are also physically very different. The Bible describes Esau as hairy and Jacob as smooth-skinned. Esau is a hunter, a man of action. Jacob is a scholar; he's more a man of thought than of action.
It's also clear from the narrative that Isaac is favoring Esau who is the first-born of the twins. He's a couple of minutes older but that's significant when it comes to who will be the one to inherit the family mantle. Isaac probably realizes that Esau is a man of action-a do-er and to change the world requires such a personality. Jacob, on the other hand, is described as being pure and spiritual. Much less a man of action and much more an intellectual.
Rebecca is clearly favoring Jacob. The Bible says that women have binah yeserah, an added intuitive intelligence. She no doubt loves Esau, but also sees that there is something off in his personality. Esau may have "the gift of the gab" (he's a great talker) and may be able to fool his father, but his mother sees through his smooth talking. 2)For a deeper understanding of this story as-well-as Isaac's perception of his two sons, see: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's commentary on Genesis chap.27.
If we jump ahead in the narrative we come to the story of when Isaac is old and blind, he decides to give each of his sons a blessing, and, of course, he wants to give an extra-special blessing to the first-born, Esau.
When a great spiritually connected person like an Isaac gives someone a blessing, that blessing has tremendous power of potentiality that can have a huge impact not only on the recipient of the blessing but also on history itself.
Although Esau doesn't really want the position of the first-born with all the responsibility to carry on his father's mission, he does want the blessing of wealth and power which goes along with it. But Rebecca realizes that the blessing has to go to Jacob as he is the one who is willing and able to change the world in the manner of Abraham.
So while Esau is off hunting to catch something for his father's dinner so he'll bless him, what does Rebecca do? She covers Jacob's arms with a goat skin so they will feel hairy like Esau's. And Isaac, who is blind, is fooled.
THE SYMBOLS
It's a mistake to read the Bible stories only on a simplistic, first-grade Sunday school level. This is not simply the story of some old, blind man who's confused by his wife and son. There are very profound things going on here.
When Isaac encounters Jacob pretending to be Esau, he remarks:
"The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau." (Genesis 27:22)
What does "the voice" symbolize? Speech is uniquely human. Animals may communicate, but they cannot speak or communicate abstract ideas. Speech is therefore representative of spirituality and intellect. Later in our story, Jacob will have his name changed to Israel (Genesis 32:29) and his children will create e the Jewish nation. The voice is therefore symbolic of the real power of the Jewish people-their spirituality and intellect.
Golda Meir once said that she was angry at God for making the Jews wander in the desert for 40 years and then bringing them to only place in the Middle East with no oil. That is precisely the point-the Land of Israel is weak in natural resources. The people of Israel are its greatest natural resource. Their intellect, drive and spirituality have given them an edge that not only enabled them to outlast the greatest empires in history, but to impact the world far out of proportion to the smallness of their number. Jacob's voice represents the spiritual power of the Jewish people.
The hand symbolizes the power of action, of might and of sword. (It's interesting to note that the human hand is also unique. Other primates do not have the same kind of thumb and therefore lack human dexterity.)
Esau, who embodies the power of might and sword, will, through his descendants, give rise to the Roman Empire or "Edom" as the Bible calls it. The power or Rome clearly lay its ability to conquer, dominate and build and Empire. Even after the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, the spirit and power of Rome will perpetuate itself through the rise of the West and the Empires of Europe. And, of course, it is the Romans (as in Roman Catholic Church) that converted the world to Christianity, the other great monotheistic faith.
So, in Esau, we see yet another example of an offshoot of the children of Abraham, who, like Ishmael, does not carry on the mission, yet becomes a great power, both physically and spiritually.
As intense as the rivalry is between Isaac and Ishmael (the Jews and the Arabs) they are only half brothers. Jacob and Esau are twins with the same genetic material. This rivalry (Israel and Rome/The West) is understood to be the ultimate rivalry in history. This is nothing less than a cosmic struggle. These two — Jacob and Esau — started fighting in utero, and they're going to be fighting throughout history. The battle continues until today and does not end until the final showdown during the messianic era. It's not an even battle ever. Esau will always be stronger in the physical sense, but the Jewish people have inner strengths, resources and a destiny that will ultimately lead to their triumph and humanity's return to God.
AMALEK
The descendants of Abraham can't help but be great; even if they don't become Jews they become people who have a huge impact on the world. Indeed, the greatest enemies of the Jews come from within the family.
Who is the ultimate enemy of the Jewish people in history? The nation of Amalek. This is the people that epitomize evil and rebellion against God. There is a commandment in the Bible to wipe them off the face of the earth. With Amalek there is no compromise. It's a fight to the finish. This is a nation whose pathological hatred for Jews is so great that they will show no mercy. Given the have a chance they will wipe the Jews off the face of the earth.
Amalek is Esau's grandson through his son Eliphaz. (See Genesis 36:1-15) From this individual named Amalek will ultimately emerge the Amalekite nation-the arch-nemesis of the Jewish people. (We will talk about Amalek many more times in this book as his descendants emerge throughout history to do battle with the Jews)
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who wrote the chief work of the Kabbalah, the Zohar, some 2,000 years, said that "It's a know law that Esau hates Jacob3)See: Rashi on Genesis 33:4." These are the spiritual laws of reality, so to speak, that describe the interaction between the Jews and descendants of Esau. This deep-seated hatred is deeply embedded in the collective conscience of the descendants of Esau and especially concentrated in the descendants of Amalek. As we will see later, the nation of Amalek is no longer identifiable, but his spirit lives on. To understand the relationship and rivalry between Jacob and Esau is understand the deeply-rooted anti-Semitism of those nations that emerged from Rome. No matter what happens, the descendants of Esau are going to hate the Jews.4)This of course helps us understand why the enlightened Europe of the mid 20th century could explode into such deep and violent antisemtism during the Holocaust. This doesn't mean that everyone who comes from a Western country is an antisemite. Clearly this is not the case. Most people today are a mish mash of many ancient races.
So we have a confrontation between Esau and Jacob. Jacob steals the blessing and then Esau shows up and finds out what happened. And patriarch Isaac realizes that he's been tricked. He's not angry, however, because he sees now that Jacob is capable of action and can carry on the mission.
Now Rebecca, overhearing that Esau's plans to kill his brother, sends Jacob away. She tells him to quickly go to her brother, who lives in Haran. (today located in Turkey)
MR. WHITE
In Haran lives Laban — Lavan, in Hebrew, meaning "white" — Rebecca's ne'er-do-well brother. Never trust anyone named Mr White as he turns out to be anything but — Mr. White is one of the biggest crooks in the Bible. The first member of his family that he encounters is his cousin and from his first encounter with her he realizes that she is his soul mate. Next He wants to marry Rachel but he has arrived penniless on his uncle's doorstep. Jacob offers to work seven years for her hand. At the end of the seven years, Laban substitutes Rachel's older sister Leah and demands Jacob work another seven years to get Rachel. In the end, Jacob winds up with four wives — Leah, Rachel, and their handmaidens Zilpah and Bilhah. From these women will come 13 children, 12 sons and 1 daughter.
Unlike previous generations where a child went off in a different direction and did not follow in the foot steps of Abraham, all of Jacob's sons are going to be totally dedicated to the mission. They are the core group — an extended family that is going to make the nation that is going to change the world.
Despite Laban's attempts to keep him dependent and working for peanuts, Jacob manages to accumulate a big fortune. It is fascinating to watch Jacob's metamorphosis. He starts out totally straight and pure (Sort of like the worst kind of guy for a poker game). He is forced to interact with the most deceptive characters in the Bible. In the end, he successfully develops the skills necessary to overcome the challenges presented by both his brother and his uncle/father-in-law. This is yet another great pattern in Jewish history. During the long Diaspora the Jew constantly found himself at a disadvantage, economically and politically marginalized, with his hands tied behind his back. In order to survive, the Jew has had to learn to be very resourceful and creative. History has proven that despite having the odds constantly stacked against him, when given the slightest opportunity the Jews has done remarkably well, even in a very hostile environment.
Next God tells Jacob that he must return to the Land of Israel because he has a mission. Just as Abraham knew that Israel was the only place where Jewish potential could be actualized, so too Jacob realizes that this is the only place to be. Despite his lingering fear of Esau's revenge (even though 20 years has passed) he gathers up all his family and his belongings and heads home.
And this brings us to another scene which becomes a powerful pattern in Jewish history. The re-uniting of Jacob and Esau.
As he makes his way home, Jacob hears that Esau is coming out to meet him with an army of 400 men. In response, always using his brains, he pursues a multi-pronged strategy to protect himself against any eventuality: First, he prepares for war by dividing his family into two parts in case one is attacked the other half will survive. Next he pursues the diplomatic track by sending elaborate gifts to his Esau. Finally, he prays realizing that ultimately the outcome of the coming encounter is in God's hands.
We know that the Rabbis believed strongly in the concept of the actions of the fathers are a sign to the children. Two thousand years ago when they would have to interact with Roman officials they would first study the story of Jacob's meeting with Esau. They knew that Jacob's strategy toward Esau was the key to successful Jewish interaction with Rome.
They meet. Esau doesn't try and kill Jacob although it's very clear that he still hates him.5)See: Rashi on Genesis 33:4 Esau invites Jacob to travel together with him, which is no doubt an offer to ultimately live together. (It's interesting to speculate on what would have been had the spiritual/intellectual power of Jacob united with the physical power of Esau). Jacob is not interested in the offer, no doubt aware that Esau still harbors deep enmity toward him.
He tells Esau, "You go ahead of me. I'll catch up later." Now we know from the narrative Jacob never goes to Har Sa'ir to live with Esau. What is the deeper meaning behind the statement?
The great biblical commentator Rashi 6)See Rashi, Genesis 33:14 asks " and when will Jacob go to Esau. Rashi quotes the Prophet Ovadiah who says: "A redeemer will go forth from Zion to judge the mountain of Esau." This is a clear illusion to the Messianic Era when even Esau descendants will return to God and recognize the Jewish people's unique role in history. In effect, Jacob, representing the great intellectual, spiritual force in human history, is saying to Esau, the great physical force: "I give you permission to go on ahead and dominate human history physically. But at the end of days, when the 'lion lies down with the lamb,' then we'll get together. Then the Jews will be "on top." 7)See: Talmud, Avoda Zara 8b
This "end of days" refers to the Messianic era when the whole world will follow the Jewish lead and come to recognize one God and live with one standard of morality in peace and brotherhood. The Jewish mission will be fulfilled then, but in the meantime, Esau is going to be on top.
The ultimate struggle in history will be between Jewish ideas and the ideas of Esau and the culture that Esau is going to create. Jewish sources depict this as a cosmic battle and a major theme in Jewish history. The Talmud uses the analogy of Caesaria (Roman administrative capital of Israel, built on the coast of Israel over 2,000 years ago by Herod the Great.) and Jerusalem to illustrate this rivalry:
Caesarea and Jerusalem: If someone will tell you, "Both are destroyed," do not believe it. If someone will tell you, "Both are settled," do not believe it. But if they tell you, "Caesarea is destroyed and Jerusalem is settled," or "Jerusalem is destroyed and Caesarea is settled" — you may believe it. (Talmud, Megillah 6a)
1. ↑ The Biblical commentators allude to the deeper meaning behind the well story. Wells and water are a symbol for Torah and spirituality. Stuffing them up is symbolic of the historic Gentile rejection of the spiritual/moral mission of the Jews.
2. ↑ For a deeper understanding of this story as-well-as Isaac's perception of his two sons, see: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch's commentary on Genesis chap.27.
3, 5. ↑ See: Rashi on Genesis 33:4
4. ↑ This of course helps us understand why the enlightened Europe of the mid 20th century could explode into such deep and violent antisemtism during the Holocaust. This doesn't mean that everyone who comes from a Western country is an antisemite. Clearly this is not the case. Most people today are a mish mash of many ancient races.
6. ↑ See Rashi, Genesis 33:14
7. ↑ See: Talmud, Avoda Zara 8b
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Stakeholders in //Kharas Region convened at Lüderitz, Rosh Pinah and Keetmanshoop last week to brainstorm on recurrent incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) and what tailor-made solutions could be devised to solve the issue in the region.
Gathering under the auspices of the Namibian Men for Gender Justice, various individuals from different sectors deliberated on GBV issues, and more so to suggest ways and means on how Namibian men can contribute to the eradication of this problem.
Project manager of Namibian Men for Gender Justice, Junian Gawaseb, told New Era the engagement with stakeholders in //Kharas is part of nine engagements in different regions on GBV, saying his organisation wants input from communities so that suitable special tailored programmes that respond to the needs of each region are formulated and put in place, adding that the engagement would also be used as a platform to sensitise people on the organisation's work on GBV, as well as to push for men to be more involved with GBV issues.
"Our coming here is to sensitise people of who and what we are, and to also get feedback on how best this programme can work here and benefit those affected, and it is also to align our thinking with all our stakeholders," he said.
He said that men are not very much involved in the GBV conversation and he therefore called on men to come on board and start contributing to the conversation, and in other ways so that GBV is gotten rid of, further explaining that men are even reluctant to speak out even when they are the victims of GBV, and this, he said, should not be the case.
"Men should get more involved in solving GBV issues - even when they are victims they do not get help, but getting help is not a sign of weakness but in fact a sign of strength," he said.
Gawaseb said he was impressed with the turnout and engagements in the regions covered so far, which includes Erongo, Omaheke and //Kharas, but noted with concern the absence of private institutions.
Wimmerth who participated in the engagement session at Keetmanshoop on Thursday said it was informative, adding that as someone who is already involved in the fight against GBV, such sessions are necessary and he called on other men to get involved and stop GBV by making their relationships a safe place for their partners.
"I encourage my fellow men to have a lovely environment for their women - even the Bible says a man should love his wife, but men in most cases do not want to be part of solving GBV because they are part of the problem," he said.


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St. Louis Call Newspapers • April 23, 2008 • https://callnewspapers.com/mehville-panel-eyes-tax-rate-transfer-tax-rate-hike-proposals/
Mehville panel eyes tax-rate transfer, tax-rate-hike proposals
COMPASS co-chair 'confident' board will place transfer on November ballot
By BURKE WASSON
A Mehlville School District committee is considering recommending that voters be asked in November to transfer roughly 30 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of the district's capital debt-service levy into the operating fund.
Mehlville's overall tax rate would not increase, but that transfer would remedy recent projections of the district's operating-fund balance falling below the state-required 3-percent minimum in 2010.
Additionally, the Facilitating Team for the school district's public-engagement program tentatively has proposed a separate ballot measure in November that would ask voters to approve an operating-fund tax-rate increase of 37 cents per $100 of assessed valuation as the first of four phases of a new master plan incorporating suggestions made at community-engagement sessions.
A 37-cent tax-rate increase would restore Mehlville's tax rate to its 2006 level as the district's total tax levy per $100 of assessed valuation would jump to roughly $3.64 from $3.27.
Both options were slated to be discussed Monday night — after the Call went to press — at a community-engagement session as part of COMPASS — Charting the Oakville-Mehlville Path to Advance Successful Schools.
A 37-cent tax-rate increase for an owner of a $200,000 home would result in an additional cost of $140.60 per year, or $11.71 per month, according to district officials.
As discussed, the 37-cent tax-rate increase would be the first of four elections to fund a proposed master plan. The district also would ask voters in November elections in 2010, 2012 and 2014 to maintain the district's operating levy by waiving an estimated 8-cent tax-rate rollback in each of those years.
With that initial 37-cent tax-rate increase, the district could fund the following services beginning in the 2009-2010 school year: all-day kindergarten, early childhood expansion, English Language Learner teachers, counselors and elementary remedial reading teachers. The additional 37 cents also would allow staff salaries "to become equal to the county average," according to the district. The increase also would fund improvements in 2009 in technology as the district could update existing computers, implement wireless technology and classroom multimedia technology and add related technology staff and training.
The first phase also calls for full video security, scheduled replacement of district buses, appropriate facilities for all-day kindergarten, modification in early childhood satellite facilities, safety and security improvements, indoor air quality improvements, acoustic improvements, infrastructure improvements and a performing arts center at each high school.
As first reported by the Call, recent financial projections indicate that the school district's operating-fund balance will dip below the state-required 3-percent minimum by the end of the 2009-2010 school year.
Superintendent Terry Noble previously told the Call that he was taken aback by the newly projected 0.02-percent estimated operating-fund balance at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. That new projection differed significantly from a 2007 projection that the district would have an operating-fund balance of 5.75 percent on June 30, 2010.
But Noble said last week that voter approval to transfer roughly 30 cents from the debt-service levy into the operating fund would fix that projected shortfall.
"We have a 34-cent debt service … We can transfer that 34-cent debt service, most of that, over to operations," he said. "But that part takes a vote of the people. You refinance your (general-obligation) bond debt and stretch it out and that 34-cent levy needs to be about 3 cents. So now you've got about 31 cents that either goes away because you don't have to have it to make a payment or you ask the voters to allow you to keep it and put it over here in this fund. That's simple majority because that's just a levy."
Facilitating Team co-chair Dan Fowler is "highly confident" that the debt-service transfer proposal will be placed on the November ballot by the school board.
"Obviously, the Board of Education has any final decision," Fowler said. "Only the Board of Education can place a tax levy on the ballot. But I am very confident that you will see this November a transfer of funds. You will see the board ask the voters for approval of transfer of funds. The school district currently has the tax levy to take care of the problem in (2010) with funding the school district properly. It's a matter of transferring those funds around. The actual levy is there now. It's just not in the right funds. We would need voter approval to do this so we could transfer those funds from (2010) on out. And I am highly confident that you will see that on the ballot in November."
As for the Facilitating Team's tentative recommendation to seek a 37-cent tax increase to fund the first phase of district improvements suggested through COMPASS, Fowler said that issue will continue to be debated and emphasized that the proposal is only the team's first draft and likely will be modified. The team will present its final recommendations in June to the school board.
"The 37-cent (tax-rate increase) is still obviously to be debated," Fowler said. "That is the first draft of a recommendation from the Facilitating Team. It was very clear the other night that the Facilitating Team unanimously agreed on the transfer of funds and they also agreed to restore the tax rate to 2006, which is I believe by 37 cents."
While district officials and the Facilitating Team are formulating proposals, the final say on the district's improvement will come from the community through COMPASS, Noble said.
"We just provide the information," he said. "We're going to let the community tell us. If they ask for a recommendation, we'd say we worked with the community to put together a long-range master plan. Now how soon it's implemented depends on the funding of it. We're going to listen to whatever the community wants on this. If they ask us for our advice on it or thoughts on it, we'll give it. But I do agree that whatever comes out … this is the community's plan and their vision for the district. It's all our vision. It's just a matter of how soon we're going to be able to implement it based on which funding packages the community selects."
Fowler agreed with Noble that a fund transfer will solve the projected operating-fund balance problem at no additional cost to taxpayers.
"The money is there to fix the problem. It's just a matter of transferring funds. And I am confident that that will be on the ballot in November," he said. "Either that or the Board of Education would have to make cuts that dig into the very core of educational programs. It takes a simple majority to do that. If that does not happen, you would see serious core cuts in the Mehlville School District. And from a competitive point of view, we would really begin to pull away from other school districts in the wrong direction and not only be-gin to lose some of our best teachers, but have a problem attracting the very best teachers coming out of college."


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Yves Mersch was nominated as the next vice chair of the euro area's bank watchdog in a belated move by the European Central Bank to fix one of the most gaping holes in its governance.
The selection of the Executive Board member follows two months of inaction on the matter after his colleague, Sabine Lautenschlaeger, finished her term in the job at the Single Supervisory Mechanism. That temporarily removed a formal link between the panels running the ECB and the bank watchdog.
The vice chair is limited to a term of five years, mismatched to the eight-year stint for the six ECB Executive Board members. The rules state only one of them can be chosen for the role.
The vacancy -- along with another three empty board seats at the SSM -- has been a growing embarrassment to the central bank. In the absence of a successor to Lautenschlaeger, ECB President Mario Draghi took on some of the associated responsibilities in the interim in addition to his own. The SSM directly oversees almost 120 significant banks operating in euro-zone member states.
Mersch's appointment underscores the ECB's struggle to achieve gender balance at the highest level. Until this year, when SSM Chair Daniele Nouy was replaced by Italy's Andrea Enria and Lautenschlaeger ended her term, the top two positions at the supervisor had been filled by women. That was inevitable, since Lautenschlaeger is the only woman currently on the Executive Board.
Mersch's selection must be confirmed by the European Parliament, a place where he's previously encountered difficulties. His own appointment to the ECB Executive Board was held up for months by lawmakers dissatisfied at governments' repeated nominations of male candidates in an organization already predominantly run by men.
Mersch, 69, is a former governor of Luxembourg's central bank. Together with his stint in the ECB's leadership echelon, he has served on the Governing Council since its creation -- longer than anyone else. His term on the Executive Board ends in December 2020, suggesting he may only be in the SSM role for a relatively short time.


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Q: Cannot change readahead value in linux I am new to Linux and I am trying to set the readahead value as told by this article: https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/knowledge-base-articles.tec616116.html
When I try the command:
blockdev --setra 2048 /dev/sdb
Nothing happens. I've also tried with sudo. When I run blockreport I always get this report:

So I also tried blockdev --setra 2048 /dev/sr0 since that seems to be the device name, but then I get the error "device sr0 not found".
Do you know what I am doing wrong when trying to set the readahead value?

A: A restart of the system was required to take effect.

A: /dev/sr0 is a device on the scsi controller. /dev/cdrom is a symlink to either /dev/sr0 or /dev/hdc or whichever block device is appropriate.
I think you are trying to change RA for which the actual medium is not present.

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Q: Did Mama give me what for Does anyone know what "Did Mama give me what for." mean?  I think it might be a saying from Louisiana. I read this in a book.  It was discussing how a mother would get upset when her daughter misbehaved.

A: "to give someone what for" is an idiom.
It's not specifically from Louisiana, although people there might use it. The expression is commonly used here in the UK, and probably many other places too.  It means to admonish/reprimand someone.
The "Did Mamma" part forms a rhetorical question used for dramatic effect, like when you say something such as "Oh boy, was she angry!"