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import Utils from "../helpers/utils";
import {moduleS} from "./store";
import PubSub from "./pubsub";

let Module = (function () {
	let modulePrivateData = new WeakMap();

	class Module extends PubSub {
		constructor(moduleName, uniqueId, path, lifeCycleFlags, instanceConfig, instanceData) {
			super();

			this.moduleName = moduleName;
			this.path = path;
			this.lifeCycleFlags = lifeCycleFlags;
			this.instanceConfig = instanceConfig;

			for (let key in instanceData) {
				this[key] = instanceData[key];
			}

			modulePrivateData.set(this, {
				moduleSubscriptions: [],
				uniqueId: uniqueId
			});
		}

		render(placeholderData) {
			const containerSelector = this.getUniqueId();
			let placeholders = placeholderData || this.instanceConfig.placeholders;

			let clonedPlaceholders = Object.assign({}, placeholders);

			clonedPlaceholders = Module.evalInContext(clonedPlaceholders, this);
			document.querySelector(`#${containerSelector}`).innerHTML = this.template(clonedPlaceholders);
		};

		getAllSubscriptions() {
			return modulePrivateData.get(this).moduleSubscriptions;
		};

		getUniqueId() {
			return modulePrivateData.get(this).uniqueId;
		};

		getParentInstanceId() {
			let path = this.path.split(".");

			path.pop();

			let parentPath = path.join("."),
				parent = moduleS.filter((module)=> {
					if (module.path === parentPath) {
						return module.getUniqueId()
					}
				});

			if (parent.length) {
				return parent[0].getUniqueId();
			} else {
				return "";
			}
		};

		getModuleContainer() {
			return `#${this.getUniqueId()}`;
		};

		getModuleName() {
			return this.moduleName;
		};

		getInstanceConfig() {
			return this.instanceConfig.placeholders;
		};

		getCSSSelector() {
			return Utils.getCSSSelector();
		};

		destroy() {

		};

		subscribe(subscription, eventName = subscription.eventName) {
			subscription.eventSubscriber = this.getModuleContainer();
			modulePrivateData.get(this).moduleSubscriptions.push(subscription);
			super.subscribe(subscription, eventName);
		};

		publish(eventName, message) {
			super.publish(eventName, message);
		};

		unsubscribe(eventName, callback) {
			super.unsubscribe(this.getModuleContainer(), eventName, callback);
		};

		static recursiveGetProperty(obj, callback) {
			for (let property in obj) {
				if (typeof obj[property] === "string") {
					obj[property] = callback(obj[property]);
				} else if (obj[property] instanceof Object) {
					recursiveGetProperty(obj[property], lookup, callback);
				}
			}
		}

		static evalInContext(placeholders, context) {
			let self = context;
			Module.recursiveGetProperty(placeholders, function(value){
				if(value.startsWith("self.")){
					let self = self;
					return eval(value);
				} else {
					return value;
				}
			});

			return placeholders;
		}

		static createModuleArena(module, compiledHTML) {
			// If compiledHTML is not provided, start creating dom element progressively.
			if (typeof compiledHTML !== "string") {
				document.querySelector(module.instanceConfig.container).innerHTML = `<div id="${module.getUniqueId()}"></div>`;
				return;
			}

			// If compiledHTML is provided, create page string.
			if (compiledHTML.trim() === "") {
				compiledHTML = `<div id="${module.getUniqueId()}"></div>`;
			} else {

			}

			return compiledHTML;
		}
	}

	return Module;
})();

export default Module


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J Med Syst. 2018 Mar 22;42(5):81. doi: 10.1007/s10916-018-0936-3.
Validation of the All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) Risk of Mortality and Severity of Illness Modifiers as a Measure of Perioperative Risk.
McCormick PJ1, Lin HM2,3, Deiner SG3,4,5, Levin MA3,6.
Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. mccormp1@mskcc.org.
Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
The All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) is an inpatient visit classification system that assigns a diagnostic related group, a Risk of Mortality (ROM) subclass and a Severity of Illness (SOI) subclass. While extensively used for cost adjustment, no study has compared the APR-DRG subclass modifiers to the popular Charlson Comorbidity Index as a measure of comorbidity severity in models for perioperative in-hospital mortality. In this study we attempt to validate the use of these subclasses to predict mortality in a cohort of surgical patients. We analyzed all adult (age over 18 years) inpatient non-cardiac surgery at our institution between December 2005 and July 2013. After exclusions, we split the cohort into training and validation sets. We created prediction models of inpatient mortality using the Charlson Comorbidity Index, ROM only, SOI only, and ROM with SOI. Models were compared by receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curve, area under the ROC curve (AUC), and Brier score. After exclusions, we analyzed 63,681 patient-visits. Overall in-hospital mortality was 1.3%. The median number of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes was 6 (Q1-Q3 4-10). The median Charlson Comorbidity Index was 0 (Q1-Q3 0-2). When the model was applied to the validation set, the c-statistic for Charlson was 0.865, c-statistic for ROM was 0.975, and for ROM and SOI combined the c-statistic was 0.977. The scaled Brier score for Charlson was 0.044, Brier for ROM only was 0.230, and Brier for ROM and SOI was 0.257. The APR-DRG ROM or SOI subclasses are better predictors than the Charlson Comorbidity Index of in-hospital mortality among surgical patients.
Case mix; Comorbidity; Diagnostic related group; Perioperative mortality; Risk adjustment
Flow of hospital visit selection and separation into training and validation sets
Validation of the All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) Risk of Mortality and Severity of Illness Modifiers as a Measure of Perioperative Risk
J Med Syst. 2018 Mar 22;42(5):81-81.
Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves for each model. ROM = Risk of Mortality, SOI = Severity of Illness, CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index
MeSH terms, Grant support
Asthma/epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology
Comorbidity*
Diagnosis-Related Groups/standards*
Perioperative Period/statistics & numerical data*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology
Severity of Illness Index*
Surgical Procedures, Operative/mortality*
P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
Europe PubMed Central - Author Manuscript
PubMed Central - Author Manuscript
Surgery - MedlinePlus Health Information

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Q: What is the use of begin in Scheme? I don't understand how using the begin keyword is useful in writing a sequence of expressions in Scheme.
I mean, when I write expressions, aren't they supposed to be evaluated from left to right? So, why must I still include a begin keyword?
I read that begin is supposed to eliminate side-effects from input and output. Can anyone give me a situation where begin is necessary?

A: begin is necessary every time you need several forms when the syntax allows only one form. For instance, if you need to increment a variable y each time you use it:
(+ x
   (begin (set! y (+ y 1)) y)
   z)

If you omit the begin, then you simply could not write this expression (in Common Lisp, the same expression could be written as (+ x (incf y) z)).
Note that (set! x y) does not return a value. This is the reason we need to use begin, since (begin f1 f2 ... fn) evaluates f1 ... fn in turn and then returns the value of fn. So, (begin (set! y (+ y 1)) y) increments the value of y and the y is evaluated, and then its new value is returned.
begin is normally used when there is some side-effect.

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India's second largest telecom operator Vodafone today said that it has deployed two mobile vans to travel to the villages and smaller towns of Rajasthan, facilitating doorstep SIM upgrades and Aadhar verification.
Vodafone initiated this Mobile Vans scheme back in January 2017 and has today announced that it covered over 450+ villages like Jhunjhunu, Mahapura, Hingoniya, Bhadra, Fatehpur, Bandikui, Makrana, Panchpadra, Phalodi etc. and will move on to traverse the deeper precincts of villages like Nechwa, Kasli, Dhod, Hindaun, Manoharpur, Kirdhauli, Singrawat, Kurli, Pulasar, Mangloona etc.
Amit Bedi, Business Head- Rajasthan, Vodafone India, said, "Over the past years, Vodafone has added additional 4G sites to strengthen Vodafone SuperNetTM 4G and extended Vodafone's best network to more and more towns and villages in Rajasthan. The Vodafone Mobile Vans will ensure that our existing 2G/3G customers are able to enjoy the benefits of Vodafone SuperNetTM 4G with free SIM upgrade done at their doorstep. The service of linking SIM number with the customer's Aadhaar is an important step in line with Vodafone's commitment to a Digital India."
He said, "I am happy to say that this service has now been made simple and accessible to our valued customers even in remote villages, through our Mobile vans. Over the past 10 months, we have helped thousands of customers with 4G SIM upgrades along with their Vodafone SIM linked with Aadhaar number. "
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16 LISTSTheories of the UniverseLists about the infinite expanses of space and time. Read up to open your mind so wide, it explodes.
Theories to Keep You Up at Night
Tales of the Black Knight Satellite
The Future of Singularity
Weird Theories About Time Itself
The Theory of Relativity
Universal Perspective
Inside the Infinite
Admiral Byrd's Hollow Earth
The Ultimate Fate of the Universe
Ancient Theories That Prove to Be Correct
The Final Work of Stephen Hawking
The Basics of Dark Matter
The Antikythera Mechanism
Weirdly Interesting
12 Beyond Fascinating Facts About The Theory Of Relativity
Aaron Edwards
Updated June 14, 2019 47.8k views12 items
People love to drop Albert Einstein's theory of relativity into conversation, whether they're discussing the latest Hollywood blockbuster or just trying to look smart. But what is the theory of relativity? You may know that it involves gravity pulling objects and some possible time dilation, but probably don't know that it is a whole new way of describing reality itself. You may take for granted that you have to meet a friend for breakfast at your favorite place at ten in the morning, but without the forces outlined in the general theory of relativity you would meet at a completely different place at a different time.
First published in 1915, Einstein's theory of relativity managed to solve problems physicists and astronomers had been grappling with for centuries. It's revealed secrets about black holes, planetary orbits, and space travel. And as you learn more facts about the theory of relativity and spacetime, you'll discover just how mind-blowing it is.
It Was Born From Einstein's Theory Of Special Relativity
In 1905, Einstein published his theory of special relativity, which proved to be a pretty big deal in the mathematics and physics communities. The basic theory states that the laws of physics are exactly the same between objects moving at the same speed. The key is that those objects can't be accelerating - they have to be at a constant speed. It also states that despite your acceleration or speed, the speed of light in a vacuum is the same for everyone.
The General Theory Of Relativity Adds In Acceleration
For ten years after creating the theory of special relativity, Einstein worked to add acceleration into the mix. He had determined that the laws of physics (as in, space and time) were the same for two people moving at the same constant speed. The minute one starts accelerating, however, then you run into problems. The faster you accelerate, the more of a time difference you'll have when observing occurrences with others at different speeds.
Gravity And Acceleration Produce The Same Effect
In 1911, Einstein created the "equivalence principle," which essentially states that gravity from the mass of an object or from the acceleration of a vessel are the same effect.
If you've ever wondered why a space shuttle launch is so hard on the astronauts, it's because the constant acceleration needed to break the Earth's gravity actually imposes gravitational forces on the people inside the craft. G-Force Centrifuge training prepares astronauts for the effects of that force on their bodies.
Spacetime Is The Fourth Dimension
In order for all these theories to work, the Universe has to be measured in a different way. Standard X and Y coordinates describe a position in a two-dimensional plane, but because the Universe is a three-dimensional space, a Z coordinate is needed as well. But there's actually a fourth dimension at play in reality: time. "Spacetime" refers to this fusing of time and three dimensional space, and it gave physicists a whole new perspective on understanding the Universe.


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BUSINESS 351 -Production workers at Acme Manufacturing Company are represented
Description of the Situation:
Production workers at Acme Manufacturing Company are represented by the United Machine Workers Union. There is a valid labor agreement between the parties. Relevant provisions from the contract are provided after the description of the case.
On September 15 Manufacturing Supervisor Joe Jackson asked Kyla Martin, a machine operator, to remain at the end of the shift and work overtime. Martin said she could not work overtime that night because of a prior commitment and suggested that other, more junior, operators be asked. Jackson agreed, recognizing both Martin's seniority and her reason as valid.
About 15 minutes later, Jackson brought a work sheet for September 15 with a refused overtime marked next to Martin's name and asked her to initial the sheet next to her name. Thinking that the work sheet might go into her personnel record as a bad mark, Martin refused to initial it. She told Jackson that she had refused overtime assignments in the past and never had been asked to initial a work sheet before.
Jackson replied that employees frequently had been asked to initial overtime refusals and that he was simply trying to standardize the procedure. He said the work sheets were used only as a record to show that the company had offered overtime to employees in accordance with the contract.
Martin thought that she was being tricked and again refused to initial the work sheet. Jackson then gave Martin an order to initial the work sheet and told her she would be insubordinate and liable to disciplinary action if she refused.
Martin who had recently been elected a shop steward asked if she could call over another shop committee member. Jackson agreed. Martin asked the other shop steward to serve as a witness. She then repeated that she was officially declining the overtime for the record but would not initial the work sheet unless Jackson could show her some rule requiring employees to do so.
Jackson then explained to Martin and the other shop steward that he had given Martin a "clear and direct" order to initial the work sheet on penalty of disciplinary action for refusal to do so. Since Martin still would not initial the work sheet, Jackson said he had no choice but to suspend Martin for three days. In writing up his disciplinary action statement, Jackson stated, "Shop stewards especially should understand insubordination. The company cannot have Ms. Martin setting this kind of example to the other workers.
Martin grieved the suspension and the parties proceeded to arbitration.
The union argues that the supervisor did not have grounds for suspending Martin for refusing to initial the overtime sheet since the procedure had not been required in the past. The company has not issued new procedures regarding overtime sheets so Martin was within her rights under the contract to decline the supervisor's request to initial the sheet. Based on the company's past practice that did not require employees to initial the sheet, the union requests that Martin be made whole (including back pay, etc.) for the three day suspension and that this disciplinary action be removed from her record.
The company argues that it has the right to make reasonable rules and enforce them. If Martin disagreed with the rule, she should have complied with her supervisor's request and then grieved the rule. As a shop steward, she has a higher duty to ensure her actions do not violate the contract. The company requests that the arbitrator uphold its decision to suspend Martin.
The parties have agreed that the issue before the arbitrator is:
Issue for the Arbitrator:
Was the discharge of Shop Steward Kyla Martin permissible under the terms of the agreement? If not, what should the remedy be?
Relevant Contract Provisions and Regulations:
Article V: Employee Responsibilities:
The employees shall comply with the Shop Regulations attached hereto and made part of this Agreement. It is understood that the Company has a right to make reasonable rules and that the Union has a right to grieve the application of such rules if it believes they are being unjustly applied.
Article X: Management Rights:
The control of all matters concerning the operation and management of the plant and the operation of the Company's business are the exclusive responsibility of the Company, subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The Company has the right to discharge, suspend, or otherwise discipline employees for cause.
Shop Regulation #9
The following are legitimate causes for disciplinary action that may result in suspension without pay or discharge: refusal to obey orders from a supervisor; refusal to accept instructions or constructive criticism when given by a supervisor…
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package org.switchyard.karaf.test.quickstarts;

import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.switchyard.component.test.mixins.http.HTTPMixIn;

public class CamelSaxonQuickstartTest extends AbstractQuickstartTest {
    private static String bundleName = "org.switchyard.quickstarts.switchyard.camel.saxon";
    private static String featureName = "switchyard-quickstart-camel-saxon";

    @BeforeClass
    public static void before() throws Exception {
        startTestContainer(featureName, bundleName);
    }

    @Test
    public void testGreeting() throws Exception {
        HTTPMixIn soapMixIn = new HTTPMixIn();
        soapMixIn.initialize();

        try {
            String url = "http://localhost:" + getSoapClientPort() + "/quickstart-camel-saxon/GreetingService";
            int status = soapMixIn.sendStringAndGetStatus(url, SOAP_REQUEST, HTTPMixIn.HTTP_POST);
            Assert.assertEquals("Unexpected status.", 202, status);
        } finally {
            soapMixIn.uninitialize();
        }
    }

    private static final String SOAP_REQUEST =
"<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\">" +
"   <soapenv:Header/>" +
"   <soapenv:Body>" +
"      <greet xmlns=\"urn:switchyard-quickstart:camel-saxon:0.1.0\">Garfield</greet>" +
"   </soapenv:Body>" +
"</soapenv:Envelope>";
}

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REN vs SIX | Team Guide, Blueprint, Stats etc | 02-01-2020 13:41
Ground & Pitch Details:
Docklands Stadium, Melbourne.
Last Matches on this Ground:
1. MELBOURNE RENEGADES VS ADELAIDE STRIKERS
MR 155-6 ADS 137-8
Pacer - 8
Spinner - 4
BAT :
Finch 50
B Webster 37
BOWL :
Kane Richardson 4w
C Boyce 2w
2. MELBOURNE RENEGADES VS MELBOURNE STARS
MR 145-5 MS 132-7
Tom Cooper 43
D Christian 38
D Christian 2w
C Tremain 2w
3. SYDNEY SIXER VS MELBOURNE RENEGADES
SS 180-3 MR 184-7
A Finch 44
Sam Harper 36
C White 29
H Gurney 1w
4. MELBOURNE RENEGADES VS SYDNEY THUDNER
MR 140-7 ST 113-10
Pacer - 10
C Boyce 51
M Nabi 36
MR 121-10 MS 124-4
Spinner - 21
Avg Scores
Batting First - 148
Batting Second - 138
REN vs SIX Recent H2H Matches:
1. SS 180-3 MR 184-7
D Hughes 52
J Philips 52
S Harper 36
J Vince 28
M Henriques 28
S O'Keefe 1w
Dwarshuis 1w
T Cooper 49
T Curran 44
3. SS 132-7 MR 99-9
T Curran 3w
Sean Abbott 2w
HEA vs SCO Common Players
WK: J Philips, S Harper
BAT: A Finch, D Hughes, T Cooper
ALL: M Henriques, D Christian, T Curran
BOWL: S O'Keefe, Kane Richardson, C Boyce
Players Form:
- Melbourne Renegades Players Recent Scores
Aaron Finch -
Shaun Marsh -
LA - 108*, 1, 85, 30
Sam Harper -
11, 0, 15, 39
LA - 0, 1, 24, 44
Marcus Harris -
LA - 9, 44, 1, 64
Mackenzie Harvey -
3, 14, 2, 15, 8
LA - 83*, 54*, 55
Cameron Boyce - Legbreak
2/18, 1/20, 0/32, 0/49, 2/30, 2/33, 0/21, 2/17, 2/16
Dan Christian - Medium
0/17, 0/31, 0/31, 2/30, 0/15, 0/35, 1/38
0, 12, 0, 8, 17, 23, 5, 4, 2
Tom Cooper - Offbreak
LA - 81, 18, 2, 23
Zak Evans - Medium
LA - 3/39, 2/53, 0/30, 2/26, 0/17
Jake Fraser-McGurk - Googly
LA - 41*, 54, 1, 22
Harry Gurney - Medium
Jon Holland - Orthodox
Joe Mennie - Medium
LA - 0/7, 3/39
Fc - 3/76, 1/64, 2/76, 1/65
Mohammad Nabi - Offbreak
1/25, 1/30, 1/14, 1/18
Kane Richardson -Medium
4/33, 0/21, 4/22, 0/18, 3/18, 1/51, 2/16, 2/25
Will Sutherland -
Beau Webster - Offbreak
0/10, 0/24
Jack Wildermuth - Fast
LA - 1/51, 1/31, 3/53, 0/51
Richard Gleeson - Medium
0/29, 0/7, 1/49, 1/36, 0/16, 0/17, 1/30, 0/16
- Sydney Sixers Players Recent Scores
Josh Philippe -
11, 9, 15, 24, 81
LA - 22, 19, 14, 64, 14, 16
Jordan Silk
2, 9, 14, 22
LA - 59, 87, 27, 47, 22
Henry Thornton - Fast
James Vince -
22, 39, 18, 13, 9, 25, 1, 2, 37, 23, 43
37, 35, 8, 2, 22
LA - 13, 83, 44, 152
Justin Avendano -
4, 46, 13, 8, 0, 5, 30
Peter Nevill-
LA - 15, 4, 56, 4
Sean Abbott - Medium
2/38, 3/30, 2/42, 3/30, 1/28, 2/14
Jackson Bird - Fast
Tom Curran - Fast
2/23, 1/27, 0/52, 2/30, 3/32, 0/34, 0/33,
35, 43, 9, 1, 4, 0
Ben Dwarshuis - Medium
0/38, 2/17, 0/36, 2/25, 2/15, 2/18, 2/48, 1/34, 1/32 3/7, 1/25
Jack Edwards - Medium
LA - 0, 18, 12
0/13, 0/12, 0/40
Mickey Edwards - Medium
Daniel Fallins - Legbreak
LA - 2/50, 0/46,
Moises Henriques - Medium
41, 35, 20, 2, 16
Stephen O'Keefe - Orthodox
FC - 1/43, 3/28, 5/80, 3/36, 0/12
Lloyd Pope - Googly
3/23, 1/15, 0/32, 0/8, 1/25, 0/25, 0/20, 0/33, 2/19
Ben Manenti - Offbreak
Hayden Kerr - Medium
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Leggy lass Katrina Kaif is presently hectic in shooting for the movie Bharat along with Salman Khan, Sunil Grover, Disha Patani, Nora Fatehi and more. The actress was lately rumoured to have been approached for Rohit Shetty's next cop movie Sooryavanshi which stars Akshay Kumar. As per reports, Katrina and Akshay will be seen reuniting on screen after a long time.
But, when a daily questioned Katrina regarding the same, she repudiated having signed the film and told that presently her only focus is on Bharat. "No, no, I have not signed any film after Bharat. I am only reading and listening to scripts. Right now my focus is only on Bharat. Bharat is quite a strong role and I am enjoying the whole process, from the prep work to shooting the major portion. The film pans across a few years. I am learning a lot. I am quite excited and having a fulfilling experience on sets," she told.
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Each day we turn on the news and watch the negotiators work. These are seasoned negotiators dealing with issues in China, North Korea, Venezuela and the European Union. The thing they all have in common is that each is deeply skilled in their field of expertise and well-earned grey hair. You will see them surrounded by some of the younger and perhaps brighter minds in their field but only to senior players know how to bring this information to the table.
Negotiations confront us every day and businesses rely on their senior experts to help them navigate very treacherous waters that could easily sink the most stable ships. I find it interesting that in some specific cases these unique skills and values of the senior players brings are recognized when it comes to this very special area. While on the other hand they are hesitant to bring senior players into the organization to help grow and stabilize the business.
The senior players will bring a number of skills to the table. Most of the skills were not learned in schools and colleges but on the battlefield. I recall the late 80's working in Warsaw, Poland. It was at that time that I was introduced to Lateral Thinking and Mind Mapping. The very senior player from our European office had used these skills for years to bring excellent solutions to our clients but also assisted our clients in navigating complex deals with their suppliers, governments and even their internal organizations.
During his time I was also introduced by this same senior manager to the skills of reading body language, power within the room and how to negotiate using the skills to design and close a deal. These skills are not taught they are learned. To be able to recognize the power players in the room, understand how they are receptive to an idea and how to neutralize negative players takes years of experience and is a critical tool that all negotiators use.
Lateral thinking was it introduced by Edward DeBono in the late 1980s. It's based on the fact that in schools we are taught serial thinking. It's the way we've taught to structure our documents one topic after another in an orderly form. Unfortunately, this serial thinking cannot be used to resolve complex problems. Mind mapping was initially introduced to solve very complex problems within the space program. It allowed the senior engineers to develop random thoughts that eventually became linked into possible solutions and ways used to identify that "unidentifiable problem".
Most recently, I had the opportunity to introduce myself to a senior hiring manager given the responsibility to find an individual that could lead a team to solve a very complex issue of global significance. During this conversation any discussion around the tools and methodologies that would be used, such as lateral thinking, completely through him off balance.
He had no concept of how these skills could be used or the role of the senior negotiator and yet he had been asked to find and hire an individual to address this task. Having been through this problem before, I knew that it would be necessary for us to reach a common language in order for me to explain how I would approach the problem. We spent an hour discussing the tools and skills necessary to use a methodology that could identify and design a solution. At the close of the discussion he asked where did I go to learn these things? I once again explain my background, gave him examples and ask if he needed a mentor that could help him understand more about what he had been asked to do.
I asked him how many senior consultants had been brought into his organization over the last year. His answer was not surprising but was very disappointing. I asked why so few skilled and talented individuals were making it past the gatekeepers. His response was quite clear, "We don't understand the value".
So, it was a day well spent for me. We did not close the contract but I did make a new friend and perhaps a believer in the fact that senior players bring substantial value to a business that cannot be gained in any other way.


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Not Hell OR High Water, But Hell AND High Water: Acknowledging and Adapting to the Anthropocene
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Oroville Dam in Northern California during last winter's flooding; its main spillway
had been damaged and water was pouring across and eroding the hillside.
An article in the Summer 2017 California Magazine for the Cal Alumni Association of UC Berkeley asks how California is going to adapt to the Anthropocene.
For those who have been living under a rock for the past decade or so – an appropriate metaphor since this concerns geology – the Anthropocene, or Age of Humans – is the proposed name for the geologic era in which we are now living. It is an era in which human beings and our vast empire of machinery have become a dominant geologic force on a planetary scale, with enormous effects on the Earth's biophysical environment (the biosphere) and climate.
Dutch atmospheric chemist and Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen first coined and popularized the term in 2000. It has since become a buzzword of sorts, for those who believe that the profound and powerful human influence over the biosphere needs to be acknowledged, for better or worse.
In the Anthropocene, Californians are likely to confront not just "hell or high water," but rather "hell AS WELL AS high water," in the form of more scorching temperatures, longer and more devastating droughts, more intense wildfires, more severe storms and floods like those of the winter just passed, and accelerated sea level rise.
The other extreme: Lake Oroville before last winter's rain.
This past winter, Californians was ravaged and savaged by perhaps a foretaste of the extreme weather that is in store for the state over the coming decades and beyond, according to scientists.
California's poster child for the fury of last winter's storms and flooding is the 770-foot high Oroville Dam on the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The winter's record-breaking rainfall had filled immense Lake Oroville almost to the very crest of the earthfill embankment dam that holds back 3.5 million acre-feet of water. To avoid a disastrous overtopping, the lake's managers had released vast volumes of water into the dam's main spillway. But then the thundering, pounding deluge of water destroyed the spillway's concrete surface, dislodging and pulverizing massive slabs of concrete and gouging out a crater on the adjacent hillside.
Meanwhile, water levels in Lake Oroville continued to rise, and water poured across the dam's emergency spillway for the first time in its nearly half-century history. Because the slope below this spillway was unlined with concrete, it eroded quickly, jeopardizing the integrity of this structure. As a precaution, some 200,000 residents downstream of the dam were evacuated during the crisis, making national news.
Fortunately, thanks to the whims of the weather gods and the dogged determination and skill of workers at the Department of Water Resources, a catastrophe on the order of a Hurricane Katrina with its staggering loss of life and property was averted…this time. How long our luck will hold in a future ever more besieged with extreme weather is anyone's guess.
One thing we do know is that if state population growth projections come to pass, ever larger numbers of Californians will be exposed to nature's more and more frequent wrath. Climate models generally predict more extreme, volatile weather patterns for California.
One possible engineering response to more frequent and furious droughts and floods would be larger reservoirs with greater storage capacity both for drinking water and to hold back floodwaters, but this is a controversial solution to say the least because of its environmental impacts. Politically, at least in the short term, this sort of adaptive measure is a non-starter in the Democrat-controlled state legislature.
Oroville Dam's damaged spillway: the aftermath.
It is unlikely that California's aging water infrastructure of dams, reservoirs, spillways, tunnels, levees, and aqueducts is up to the challenge. Many of these structures were built half a century or more ago in pre-Anthropocene conditions. It was literally a different era.
In the Sacramento Delta, at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers just upstream of San Francisco Bay, not only are levees and the electrical grid at risk of catastrophic flooding and failure from dam breaches upstream, but the delta and its levees will also be affected by sea level rise for the rest of this century and beyond. Indeed, we are likely in for a much faster rate of sea level rise in the near future.
By 2100, some estimates are that sea level could rise by as much as six feet (with much higher levels in store over the following centuries). If that happens, two-thirds of Southern California's beaches would disappear under the waves.
Even a four-foot sea level rise would expose more than a quarter-million people in the Bay Area and Sacramento Delta to death and displacement during a 100-year flood event, according to a 2012 report to the California Energy Commission. Infrastructure worth tens of billions of dollars would also be wiped out.
Ultimately, California – like coast-hugging New York and Florida, two other states highly exposed in the Anthropocene – is going to have to "think outside the box" in adapting to the climate challenges headed our way. Some areas may simply have to be abandoned to the surging tides and waves, while in other locations, higher-value real estate and more potent political clout may argue for taller levees, dikes, and sea walls, as well as different construction methods and materials and even "floating cities".
Adapting to the Anthropocene will be costly and controversial, but as the clever Dutch have shown in their centuries of living with water, even living below sea level, it is doable both politically and technically. Economically may be another matter.
But unlike the Dutch in their tidy little country, Californians will have to deal with both fire and rain, with both droughts and floods on a much vaster scale with a much larger population at risk. Fifty years from now, the state may be a very different place than it is at present, and a completely different world than it was just 50 years ago.
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09/28/2012 at 12:57 am	(Uncategorized)
By http://www.cometozerahemla.org
Richard G. Grant
· Foolish or Hebrew?
· "And it came to pass"
· And, and, and; Too Many "ands"
o "And" or "But"
o "And also"
o "If . . . . and"
o The Parenthetical Insert
· There Have Been a Lot of Changes
o "Who" / "Which" / "Where"
o That's Just Too Much
· This Is Not the Way It's Done in English
o Why Not Adverbs?
o "Plates brass" and "Book Mormon"?
o What's with These Crazy Pronouns?
o "From before"?
o "In" or "To"?
o Neither "more" Nor "er" ???
o Taxing Taxes
o Name that Name
o Numerals
o Compound Subjects
o Compound Prepositions
o Repeated Prepositions
o Prophetic Perfect
o Plural Forms
· Word Plays?
o Nahom
o Jershon
o A "nhr" and an "êtn"
· Conclusion
· References
© Copyright 1999 by Richard G. Grant.
Free use is granted, with attribution, for any non-pecuniary purposes.
Foolish or Hebrew? In the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon Alma 46:19 reads, "When Moroni had said these words, he went forth among the people, waving the rent of his garment in the air." Of course, the rent is the hole, the tear, the space that now separated what was once a whole. Yes, the Prophet made an error which has been corrected in later printings to read, "rent part." But, perhaps not foolish. Rather, this almost silly omission has become one thread in a tapestry of evidence pointing to the truth of this young prophet's claim: he was really translating a Hebrew text. "Waving the rent," may be ludicrous English but it is a literal translation of perfectly good Hebrew. John Tvedtnes explains that in Hebrew, the noun modified by a verbal substantive like rent is assumed from its context. Thus, "part" would not be included in the Hebrew text. It must be supplied by the translator.(1) Yes, Joseph failed to supply the missing word, thus leaving us this interesting evidential strand.Mark Twain called the Book of Mormon "chloroform in print," and the 1830 edition would similarly impress most modern readers. Many Latter-day Saints are surprised to learn that there have been nearly 1400 changes in this most perfect of books since its original publication in 1830. These changes have principally been made to correct Joseph Smith's abominable grammar. While these changes have certainly made the text more readable, there is still much language in the current edition that is strange to the English ear.The problem is that many of the expressions found in this perfect book don't really belong to the English language. Not only are they not good English, they are also not representative of the language of Joseph Smith's rural upstate New York upbringing. Brother Tvedtnes contends "that the Book of Mormon, in its English form as provided by Joseph Smith, is in many respects a nearly literal translation." The Book of Mormon shows all the signs of being a translation of an ancient Semitic record which has been translated into English by someone who had little skill in English grammar and phrasing. The sentence structure, word usage, and peculiar idioms of the original language have been nearly recreated in sometimes very awkward English phrases. Brother Tvedtnes concludes, "In most cases thus far investigated, Book of Mormon expressions which are ungrammatical in English are perfect Hebrew grammar."(2) Instances of Hebraic expression found in an English text are called Hebraisms. This paper will examine a number of Hebraisms that are found in the Book of Mormon. A more detailed discussion will be found in the references. "And it came to pass" Most have heard Twain's quip that removing "and it came to pass" from the Book of Mormon would reduce it to a pamphlet. Who could blame him? Even in the present edition of the Book of Mormon "it came to pass" occurs 1297 times.However, this phrase also occurs 457 times in the KJV of the Old Testament. There, it's the English translation of the single Hebrew word, hâyâh. We tend to read this phase as indicating a passage of time. However, J Weingreen, in Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, suggests that it would best be given the meaning, "now it happened." Strong's Hebrew dictionary suggests "to exist" or "to become" as possible translations of hâyâh. Royal Skousen postulates that hâyâh represents a "discourse marker" and suggests that the phrase and it came to pass "may be considered equivalent to and then or and so."(3) The Hebrew Old Testament has 1114 occurrences of the word hâyâh. Most of these have either been ignored or reduced to simply "and."In his editing for the 1837 edition of the Book of Mormon Joseph Smith removed 46 occurrences of "it came to pass," rendering them as "and," just as was done by the King James translators. If Mark Twain was reading the 1830 edition he would have encountered passages like this:2 Nephi 4:10: "and it came to pass that when my father had made an end of speaking unto them behold it came to pass that he spake unto the sons of Ishmael . . ."Alma 8:18-19: "now it came to pass that after Alma had received his message from the angel of the Lord he returned speedily to the land of Ammonihah and it came to pass that he entered the city by another way yea by the way which was on the south of the city Ammonihah and it came to pass that as he entered the city . . ."Many Old Testament examples could be given of similar construction which would result from a literal translation of the Old Testament Hebrew. One will suffice. The current KJV of Genesis 35:16-18 contains two instances of "it came to pass," but, there are three in the Hebrew (the omitted text is shown in [ ]):"And they journeyed from Bethel; and [it came to pass that] there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin."In a recent interesting discovery, a Mayan language element has been translated "and it came to pass." The function of this element in Mayan texts is rather well defined. Depending on context, it references the reader either forward or backward to a specific date or event. An analysis of the Book of Mormon has shown that many of the instances of "and it came to pass" are reasonably consistent with this Mayan meaning of this expression.(4)Why is this phrase so common in the Book of Mormon? The answer is simple: Because Joseph was translating a Hebrew text. If "it came to pass" were not prominent in the Book of Mormon, the Hebrew claims for its origin would be absurd. Hâyâh is an integral part of Hebrew expression. Thus, "it came to pass" must be found as a common expression in any document that claims to be a translation from Hebrew to English. Does this prove the Hebrew origins of the Book of Mormon? No. But another thread is added to our tapestry of evidence. And, and, and; Too Many "ands" In Hebrew, words, phrases, and sentences are generally connected by a single character, usually translated "and." Thus, in a literal translation of Hebrew into English "and" appears in many places where English would have a punctuation mark. In this literal translation, many sentences would begin with "and," as in Alma 11 where 20 of the 23 verses begin with "And." Lists in this literal translation would have each item set off by "and," as in "all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of precious ores" (2 Nephi 5:15). Many other strange uses of "and" might also be expected to occur. The following paragraphs illustrate some of these. "And" or "But" This Hebrew conjunction translated and really has many possible meanings in English. In the Old Testament it has been translated: "or," "then," "certainly," "perhaps," "in order to," "like," "therefore," "so," "thus," and "but." This last, but, leads us to an interesting observation in the Book of Mormon. Consider this sentence from Moroni 9:4, "and when I speak the word of God with sharpness they tremble and anger against me; and when I use no sharpness they harden their hearts against it." Obviously, the sense of this "and. ." would, in English, be better expressed by the word "but. .." However, if Joseph was making a near literal translation Hebrew, "and" is a correct rendering. Another example provides and even better illustration. A promise from the Lord is quoted by Lehi in 2 Nephi 1:20. In 2 Nephi 4:4, this same passage is again quoted, with one interesting difference: the "but" appearing in the first passage is replaced by an "and. ." in the second. The Hebrew for each of these passages would be identical and both renditions are fully acceptable translations of that Hebrew. "And also" Another unusual construction using "and" is the Hebrew use of "and also." In this case, English also uses "and" but Hebrew must add "also." In Hebrew this construct, "and also," is used to denote a strong link between two things. Again, this structure is common throughout the Book of Mormon (it occurs 447 times). For example, in 1 Nephi 8:3 "and also" appears twice:"And behold, because of the thing which I have seen, I have reason to rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam; for I have reason to suppose that they, and also many of their seed, will be saved." "If . . . . and" Here is yet another place where the Hebrew "and" shows up in a strange place. The Hebraic equivalent of the English if-then clause is the Hebrew if-and clause. This is not found in the current editions of the Book of Mormon, nor is it found anywhere in and English Old Testament. But, it was in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon. For example, this is how Helaman 12:13-21 appeared in that edition:". . . yea, and if he sayeth unto the earth Move and it is moved; yea, and if he sayeth unto the earth, Thou shalt go back, that it lengthen out the day for many hours, and it is done; . . . And behold, also, if he sayeth unto the waters of the great deep, Be thou dried up, and it is done. Behold, if he sayeth unto this mountain, Be thou raised up, and come over and fall upon that city, that it be buried up and behold it is done. . . . and if the Lord shall say, Be thou accursed, that no man shall find thee from this time henceforth and forever, and behold, no man getteth it henceforth and forever. And behold, if the Lord shall say unto a man, Because of thine iniquities thou shalt be accursed forever, and it shall be done. And if the Lord shall say, Because of thine iniquities thou shalt be cut off from my presence, and he will cause that it shall be so." The Parenthetical Insert Hebrew does not use the parenthesis or comma, instead, the and character is used to set off what in English would be a parenthetical phrase or comment. In the English Old Testament, the translation has regularly expressed this using the normal English practice of parentheses and commas (leaving the and character untranslated). But, the Book of Mormon, particularly the 1830 edition, used the Hebraic form, usually introducing a parenthetical statement with a now, and ending with and. For example, we read in 3 Nephi 12:1, "When Jesus had spoken these words unto Nephi, and to those who had been called, (now. . the number of them who had been called, and received power and authority to baptize, was twelve) and. . behold, he stretched forth his hand" (remember, the punctuation was inserted by the printer). An example of the and . . . and construction is found in the 1830 edition of 1 Nephi 10:17. This reads, ". . . which power was received by faith in the Son of God and. . the Son of God was the Messiah who should come and it came to pass . . ." This is certainly not good English, but it is very good Hebrew. There Have Been a Lot of Changes!
"Who" / "Which" / "Where" In Hebrew, the relative "pronoun" 'aser, which might be translated "which" in English, is used for both human and nonhuman references. This same pronoun is used in place references. The most common correction to the 1830 Book of Mormon grammar has been the change of which to who (891 times). In an additional 66 case, which has been changed to whom. This is another instance where the Hebrew structure of the first edition resulted in unacceptable English sentences. For example, Alma 46:34, in the 1830 edition read, "Now, Moroni being a man which was appointed by the chief judges . . . " That's Just Too Much There have been 188 instances of the word that removed from the Book of Mormon since its 1830 publication. Even a casual reference to the original edition would confirm the need for this drastic revision. Yet, many instances of this Hebraic phrasing still remain in the current text. Here are two examples:"And because that they are redeemed from the fall" (2 Nephi 2:26)"because that my heart is broken" (2 Nephi 4:32)John Tvedtnes explains that Hebrew "begins subordinate clauses with prepositions plus a word that translates into that in English." This "that" is generally totally redundant in English. But, if the translation is literal, and the translator just doesn't know any better, that's what happens. This Is Not the Way It's Done in English Why Not Adverbs? The Book of Mormon often uses a prepositional phrase in place of an adverb. This is not good English, but then the book does not claim to be English. Joseph said he was translating from Hebrew and Hebrew has very few adverbs. In Hebrew, a preposition is used instead. Consider the following Book of Mormon Hebraisms:"with harshness" instead of "harshly""with joy" instead of "joyfully""with gladness" instead of "gladly""with patience" instead of "patiently""with diligence" instead of "diligently""in diligence" instead of "diligently""in abundance" instead of "abundantly""in righteousness" instead of "righteously""in the spirit" instead of "spiritually""of worth" instead of "worthy""of a surety" instead of "surely"John Tvedtnes makes this further observation about Hebrew adverbs: "At least one adjective (harebeh, 'many, exceeding') is used adverbially, but more often a prepositional phrase is used. The Book of Mormon is replete with adverbial usage of the adjective 'exceeding' (as in 'exceeding great joy'–instead of 'exceedingly'–in 1 Nephi 8:12)." Just another thread in our tapestry. "Plates brass" and "Book Mormon"? Where English uses possessives, Semitic languages like Hebrew and Arabic use what is called the construct state. Instead of saying David's city, the Hebrew literally says city David. This is, of course, translated "city of David." This word order also applies to descriptions. While the normal English phrasing would be brass plates, the Hebrew word order would be plates brass, translated "plates of brass," the "of" being supplied by the translator. The phrase "brass plates" does not occur in the Book of Mormon, while "plates of brass" occurs 27 times. Both possessives and the normal English descriptive statements (like brass plates) are nearly absent from the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon. Instead, the Book of Mormon is full of Hebraisms like:
Descriptives
night of darkness
rod of iron
sword of Laban
record of Jared
words of plainness
land of promise
plates of Nephi
Brother of Jared
mist of darkness
skin of blackness
language of Jacob
state of probation
altar of stones
army of Moroni
people of Ammon
What's with These Crazy Pronouns? Pronouns in Hebrew are frequently overused by English standards. The following are two examples of this Hebraism which are common to both the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon.Redundant Pronouns: Hebrew often uses a pronoun in a subordinate clause which refers to the same person or object referenced in the main clause. For example, Nephi says, "I beheld, and saw the people of the seed of my brethren that they. . had overcome my seed." (1 Nephi 12:20).Possessive Pronouns: In Hebrew, pronouns used for possession are attached as suffixes to the noun. This is similar to the "plates brass" construction. For example, the literal Hebrew of his house would be equivalent to house-his. Just as in the case of the translation of "plates brass" the translator may supply an "of" resulting in a sometimes strange English expression in the form "house of him." An example of this is found in Jacob 5:2, where Jacob says, "hear the words of me." (Check it out, that's the way it's still written in the latest edition.) More often, this will be translated "his house," or "my words." Even this good English translation results in a strange construction when there is more than one object referenced. Since the pronoun is attached to the noun, a literal translation must repeat the relative pronoun. This is illustrated in 1 Nephi 2:4. Nephi, describing his father's departure from Jerusalem says. "And he left his. . house, and the land of his. . inheritance, and his. . gold, and his. . silver, and his precious things. . . ." "From before"? The expression "from before" occurs 78 times in the King James translation of the Old Testament. These are expressions like: "from before thee," "from before them," "from before thy presence," and "from before thy face." This is a Hebraism and does not occur in the New Testament. This form of expression appears 21 times in the Book of Mormon. Some might say that Joseph just copied this from the Old Testament. With this in mind, one example is interesting. The Hebrew phrase mil-li-phnê can be literally translated "from before the face of." or "from before my face," or "from before the presence of." Of the 21 Book of Mormon occurrences of "from before," thirteen are closely related to "from before my face." This is exactly the wording of six of these. Only once does "from before my face" appear in the KJV of the Old Testament. "In" or "To"? The Hebrew words translated into English as "in" and "to" are sometimes interchangeable in Hebrew sentence structure. Could this explain an interesting "error" in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon? In that edition, 1 Nephi 7:12 read, "Let us be faithful in him." Neither "more" Nor "er" ??? In Hebrew there is no equivalent for the normal English phrasing of comparisons. In English we might say, "He is more. . handsome," or "She is taller. .." Neither this use of more nor the addition of the suffix er, is possible in Hebrew. Instead of more, Hebrew uses above all. This should be very familiar to Book of Mormon readers as this "above all" comparison occurs 35 times in the current Book of Mormon text. There are many familiar examples: "choice above all other lands"; "sweet, above all that I ever before tasted"; "the tree which is precious above all. .." And in 1 Nephi 13:30, it occurs twice: "and have been lifted up by the power of God above all. . other nations, upon the face of the land which is choice above all other lands." Taxing Taxes There exists in the Semitic languages a construction called the "cognate accusative." It consists of a verb immediately followed by a noun derived from the same root, and is often used for emphasis. The Book of Mormon has many excellent examples:"they are cursed with a sore cursing" instead of sorely cursed"work all manner of fine work" instead of do fine work"and he did judge righteous judgments" instead of judge righteously"Behold I have dreamed a dream" instead of I had a dream"taxed with a tax" Instead of taxed Name that Name In 1 Nephi 2:8, the following appears: "And it came to pass that he called the name of the river, Laman. . . . " In English, we would ordinarily expect to read "he called the river Laman," or "he named the river Laman." However, in both Hebrew and Arabic the construction of this phrase would be similar to the cognate accusative: "he named. . the name." This construction is seen throughout the Book of Mormon. Almost always it's the name that is named. Numerals In English compound numbers are hyphenated. We write twenty-five. In Hebrew the conjunction "and" is always used to express this compound (twenty and five). The Book of Mormon always uses this Hebrew form for expressing compound numbers. Compound Subjects In proper English, when a person speaks of themselves and another, the reference to the speaker should always come last. In Hebrew, this is reversed. Thus, "my brother and I" would be "I and my brother." The Book of Mormon consistently uses this Hebrew form. Compound Prepositions While rare in the English Bible, the Hebrew compound preposition is found throughout the Book of Mormon. Here are some examples:by the hand of your enemies instead of "by your enemy's hand"by the mouth of all the prophets instead of "said by all the prophets," or "by the prophet's mouth"down into the land of Nephi instead of "down to Nephi," or "down to the land of Nephi"fled from before my presence instead of "fled from me," or "fled from my presence" Repeated Prepositions In Hebrew when a preposition refers to multiple objects, it is usual for the preposition to be repeated with the mention of each object. In English we might say, "I was pleased with the work of Tom, Dick, and Harry." In Hebrew this would be: "I was pleased with the work of Tom, and of Dick, and of Harry." It might even be: ". . . the work of Tom, and the work of Dick, and the work of Harry." This can be seen in 2 Samuel 6:5, where we read, "Even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals." This construction is also common in the Book of Mormon. For example, in Lehi's instruction to his son, Jacob (2 Nephi 2:5), he says:"And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good from evil. And the law is given unto men. And by the law no flesh is justified; or, by the law men are cut off. Yea, by the temporal law they were cut off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that which is good, and become miserable forever." Prophetic Perfect This one is interesting. Angela Crowell tells us that in Hebrew an action is either completed or uncompleted–there are no past, present, or future tenses. Instead, they have what are called the perfect and the imperfect tense. The perfect tense is used when speaking of the past and the imperfect when speaking of the future. However, in a fascinating exception to this rule, Hebrew prophets generally use the perfect tense when speaking of future events. This is called the prophetic perfect. Thus, the prophet will describe a future event as if it had already occurred. "For unto us a child is. . born," is a familiar example from Isaiah. Anyone who has read the Book of Mormon is aware that this pattern is followed throughout. The Nephi prophets continually speak of Christ as if he had already come. They continually speak of the atonement as if it had already occurred. They continually speak as if they were Hebrew prophets. Plural Forms The plural form in Hebrew would seem strange and ambiguous to most of us. There are words that are always plural, like: hayyim ("lives"); samayim ("heavens"); mayim ("waters"). Some words, like hand, head, moth, tongue, and voice are generally singular, even when referring to more than one person. Plurals are used for emphasis and the plural form of "God" (elohim) always takes a singular verb. This is strange and complex stuff. It's so far from English usage that any translator whose primary language was English would be expected to convert these plurals to standard English form. But, what if this translator had limited education, perhaps not sufficiently familiar with his mother tongue to even compose an intelligible letter? Joseph just told Oliver what he saw in the words of the record and this educated, yet humble, scribe just wrote as he was told. So we have:"Great slaughters with the sword" (1 Nephi 12:2)"I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul" (1 Nephi 15:25)"and did reap with your mights" (Alma 26:5 – 1830 edition)"by the voice of his angels" (Alma 10:20 & 21)"by the mouth of his holy prophets" (2 Nephi 9:2) Word Plays? Did the original Book of Mormon contain word plays which are not apparent to us in the English translation. We know that the Hebrew of the Old Testament is replete with cleaver word selections, names being the principal example. Of course, without reference to the original language, these kinds of word plays are really impossible to identify in the Book of Mormon. At the same time, if we assume that the original language had a Semitic derivation, there are some interesting coincidences that can be observed. I here look at four of these: the place names Nahom, and Jershon, together with Lehi's river and valley. Dr. Nibley, in his consideration of the origin of proper names in the Book of Mormon, provides many more interesting examples.(5) Nahom Nahom (or NHM, the vowels must be added) is a Hebrew word meaning "consolation" or "comfort." In Arabic, this same word has the meaning of "to sigh" or "to moan." As Lehi's party were traveling in the wilderness, they buried Ishmael "in a place called Nahom." Is it just coincidence that in describing this event, Nephi commented that Ishmael's daughters "did mourn exceedingly." Jershon In Hebrew, Jershon means "place of inheritance." Jershon was the name that the Nephi's gave to the land given as a refuge to Ammon's convert Lamanites. In Alma 27:22 we read that this land was given to these Lamanites "for an inheritance." A "nhr" and an "êtn" Nhr is a Hebrew word for river. It comes from a root meaning "to flow" and also has the secondary meaning of "to shine." Similarly, êtn is a Hebrew word for valley. More specifically, it speaks of a valley that is "perennial, overflowing, enduring, and firm." Could these be the words Lehi used when he admonished Laman to, "Be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness"; and Lemuel to, "Be like this valley, firm and steadfast, and immovable"? Conclusion Yes, the original text of the Book of Mormon, and even our current edition, contains many expressions that are not characteristic of English. It is true that in many places that original text betrayed the scanty schooling of its translator. As the above examples have illustrated, that translator appears to have been unable to go far beyond the literal representation of the text before him. That the word order and semantic expression of that text was Semitic and at least a near cousin to Hebrew can hardly be questioned.Does this prove the Book of Mormon true? No. But, the book certainly isn't the product of the imagination of an uneducated New York farm boy.
References: 1. John Tvedtnes, "The Hebrew Background of the Book of Mormon," included in, Sorenson & Thorne, Ed., Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, p. 78. The general sources for this paper include this article by John Tvedtnes together with:Angela Crowell and John Tvedtnes, "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon," FARMS pamphlet, C&T-82John Tvedtnes, "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Preliminary Study," BYU Studies, Vol. 11. No. 1, pp. 50-60. Also included in FARMS pamphlet, C&T-82.I Have a Question," Ensign, October 1986, answered by John Tvedtnes. Also included in FARMS pamphlet, C&T-82.John Tvedtnes, "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon," FARMS pamphlet, TVE-VIT.2. John Tvedtnes, "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Preliminary Study," BYU Studies, Vol. 11. No. 1, p. 50.3. Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Vol. 3 No. 1, p. 374. John Welch, Ed, Reexploring the Book of Mormon. "Words and Phrases," p. 284.5. See, Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, chapter 2, "Men of the East."


Amnesty International UK held a protest against Indian Government's clampdown on international NGOs such as Amnesty India and Greenpeace India, outside the Indian High Commission in Central London on 30 November, reported The Hindu.
The protests in UK came a day after over thirty Amnesty staff members were detained for protesting outside the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
The organisation also wrote a letter to newly appointed Indian High Commissioner in the UK, Ruchi Ghanashyam, demanding the removal of restrictions on bank accounts of the two NGOs, end of "intimidation and harassment" of the organisations and end of the legislations used as a ruse to muzzle activists. Amnesty UK tweeted about the protest reminding Prime Minister Modi of his promise to protect human rights.
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Amnesty International is a London-based NGO working for the protection of human rights. The NGO's official website claims that it has over 7 million members in over 150 countries.
On October 24, 2018, Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on Amnesty International India's two offices in Bengaluru, in connection with a foreign exchange rules violation case, reported The Indian Express. A day later, the bank accounts of the NGO were frozen, reported The Quint.
On October 5, Enforcement Directorate also searched premises of another international NGO, Greenpeace, in Bengaluru for alleged foreign exchange violations. Reportedly, the agency came to know that Greenpeace incorporated a commercial entity called DDIIPL after the Union Home Ministry cancelled Greenpeace India Society's (Chennai) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration in 2015 for alleged violation of rules. The searches were done under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), as per The Economic Times. The agency also froze over a dozen bank accounts related to Greenpeace. Greenpeace denied the allegations by stating that the organisation runs entirely on the donations made by ecologically conscious Indians.
Earlier this week Amnesty UK wrote to British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt urging him to take up the issue of human rights abuse and the restrictions placed on NGOs such as Greenpeace India and Amnesty India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The letter also raised concerns about human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Ellie Kennedy, a campaigner for Amnesty UK who was among the protestors, said, "If you sit on a table with global leaders, human rights need to be on that agenda, and you have to live up to those values domestically too", reported The Hindu.
Aakar Patel, director of Amnesty India, said that the government is showing no signs of easing the restrictions and more raids and restrictions are anticipated from different government organisations in the coming months.


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Oct 31, 2018 - Dallas Morning News
Uptown's Newest High-Rise Is Open For Business At The Union
Written By Steve Brown, Real Estate Editor
Uptown Dallas' newest real estate project has started opening its doors.
The first office tenants have moved into the more than $300 million Union complex on Field Street just north of downtown.
"We're now more than 60 percent leased," said Mike Ebert, managing partner with project developer RED Development. "We really are the Union of this neighborhood that ties Victory, Klyde Warren Park and Uptown all together.
"We've been planning this project for four years now."


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$250M TO BUY NOLAND
By CHRIS FLORES
Shareholders: The Noland family is about to be very wealthy. Others will see fat checks, too.
It was in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel when Hampton resident Sidney Fink turned to Noland Co. to help him buy a well pump, and the salesperson told him to he didn't need such a big, expensive model.
"Those guys were awfully nice," said Fink, a doctor retired from the Veterans Administration. "Then I started thinking ... good company, well-run. Somebody's going to buy them sooner or later."
Fink used some extra cash to buy some Noland stock. With Ohio-based WinWholesale's offer Tuesday to purchase each share at $74 -- a 52 percent premium over Monday's closing price -- Fink is about to join a lot of other local stock owners who will reap a nice profit.
Investors who own Noland stock will trade in each share for $74.
The biggest payday is headed for the Noland family, which has more than 2 million shares. The group's stock is worth $154 million and represents almost 62 percent of the total shares.
Fink bought 200 shares at about $42.50 each last fall. His $8,500 investment is worth a lot more than that now. With shareholders getting $74 a share, his stock is now worth $14,800. The profit will be $6,300 minus his capital gains taxes and at least one necessary expense.
"You've got to take off a bottle of champagne, because we're getting one tonight," Fink said.
With $137 million in stock, Lloyd U. Noland III, current president and chairman of the company, is the largest individual stockholder in the family's 2 million share total. The employees at Noland will only make out if they purchased stock on the open market.
Noland did not have a plan for its workers to buy discounted stock, award shares as options or include it in pension or 401K plans, said spokesman John E. Gullet. The Noland family and the top two shareholders, both investment companies, own about 85 percent of the company.
"There's not a lot of individual shareholders out there," said Gullet.
Noland will file a plan detailing the offer with securities regulators on Tuesday. Very soon after the filing, an independent third party will mail information to investors. That company will be responsible for answering questions about the deal.
Another third party will be responsible for actually collecting stock from shareholders in return for the paychecks. The company will help owners through problems like lost certificates.
"We want the small shareholders to be very comfortable with us," said Bruce E. Anderson, spokesman for WinWholesale.
Some of Noland's top executives will cash out handsomely for their long years of service. Their profits will depend on how much of the stock they own today was purchased on the open market versus granted as an option or a bonus.
Arthur P. Henderson Jr., Noland's longtime vice president of finance, has almost $607,000 worth of shares. Kenneth C. King, a 42-year veteran of the company who recently retired as the head of marketing, has shares that will be worth about $551,000. King was replaced two weeks ago by 27-year veteran Jean F. Preston, who has $511,000 in stock.
Benjamin A. Williams III, the former chairman of the Hampton Industrial Development Authority, is the president of Noland Properties, the company's real estate arm. Williams has about $146,150 worth of stock.
Some Richmond businessmen serving on Noland's board will get well paid: Mark Gambill, the managing director of investment banking firm Cary Street Partners, at $303,400; Thomas N. Allen, the previous chairman of East Coast Oil Corp., at $74,000; Allen C. Goolsby, attorney for Hunton & Williams at $25,900. C. Edward Pleasants, president of Pleasants Hardware at $296,000.
Two other entities besides the Noland family are the largest holders. The Noland stock owned by Blackfriars Corp., a Chicago-based investment firm that has invested in many companies similar to Noland, grew by $16 million Tuesday, to $45 million.
The Burton Partnership is an investment fund run by Donald W. Burton, who is also the founder and current chairman of South Atlantic Venture Funds, a Tampa, Fla.-based venture capital fund. Burton saw its $9.2 million stake in the company grow to almost $14 million. *
The large premium over Monday's closing price of $48.58 will create a windfall for shareholders.
THREE LARGEST SHAREHOLDERS
Number Value Value of shares at $74 at $48.58
Noland Family* 2,082,125 $154,077,250 $101,149,632
Blackfriars Corp. 609,825 $45,127,050 $29,625,298
The Burton Partnership 188,883 $13,977,342 $9,175,936
Thomas N. Allen 1,000 $74,000 $48,580
Mark M. Gambill 4,100 $303,400 $199,178
Allen C. Goolsby 350 $25,900 $17,003
Arthur P. Henderson Jr. 8,200 $606,800 $398,356
Kenneth C. King 7,449 $551,226 $361,872
C. Edward Pleasants 4,000 $296,000 $194,320
Jean F. Preston 6,910 $511,340 $335,687
Benjamin A. Williams III 1,975 $146,150 $95,945
* Includes stock held by Lloyd U. Noland Jr.; his wife, Jane K. Noland; and his three children: Lloyd U. Noland III, Susan C. Noland and Anne N. Edwards. Lloyd U. Noland III has 1,851,288 shares, the most of any family member.