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Users, Integrators, and Vendors Discuss Sustainability at PMA 2012
By Valentijn de Leeuw
Keywords: Sustainability, Energy Management, Energy Efficiency, Safety, PMA, Automated Startup, Emissions Reduction, Renewable Feedstock
At PMA 2012, industry leaders demonstrated that important gains in energy and capacity can be sustained profitably. ARC believes it is highly probable that a huge potential of untapped gains is still available to industry.
ARC Advisory Group's annual European forum, the Process Management Academy (PMA), attracted close to 120 participants this year. While most participants were from Europe, several also traveled to snowy Antwerp all the way from Japan. At afternoon workshops on March 5th, participants discussed cyber security, process safety, brand protection, and energy management. The following day, users and providers shared current best practices and emerging practices in automation and manufacturing IT relative to sustainability and safety. All sessions included actual case studies and lively interactive discussions. Individuals who could not make it to Antwerp were able to participate via the Internet thanks to the mechanism provided by ARC Europe's partner, Process magazine (http://www.process-worldwide.com/).
In this Insight, we report on the energy and production efficiency gains made by leading industrial organizations as reported at PMA 2012. Future Insights will report on safety and security.
Participants in the energy management workshop concluded that, while the "low hanging fruit" has already been largely harvested; by putting the right information in the hands of the right people, employing good process engineering and heat integration practices, and executing energy management initiatives in a strategic manner, industrial plants can still yield year-onyear improvements in energy efficiency.
Clariant Reduces Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Dr. Herbert Maier of Clariant (a NAMUR board member), kicked off the plenary session by sharing Clariant's approach and methodologies. According to Dr. Maier, Clariant considers all opportunities to improve sustainability in a holistic manner. These range from using non-edible renewable raw materials to produce ethanol for fuel applications; to reducing consumption of raw materials, steam, electricity, compressed air, and energy for chillers.
Clariant Specific Energy Consumption
To maintain the efficiency gains realized during its four-year initiative, Clariant employs a continuous improvement approach. This includes a balanced system that the company calls "e-Watch." Among other savings, e-Watch, which incorporates technical, human and management components saved, helped the company reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 100,000 tons a year.
The technical strategy starts by representing measurements of key variables visually, such as in trend plots that compare actual performance against best-proven performance. Then, focusing on the main energy consumers and contributors to losses, the company applies process simulation techniques to determine where improvements can be achieved by changing operating conditions or by making simple equipment modifications. The latter can include applying variable speed drives or installing smaller pumps.
On the human side, the company creates awareness through education and provides the training needed to help employees improve behaviors.
Finally, as a pillar of the company strategy, sustainability is supported by top management at Clariant, which is one key to the success of this type of initiative.
NAM Reduces Energy Consumption by 3 Percent
Wim van Meijeren of NAM, the Shell/ExxonMobil joint venture for production at the Dutch natural gas field, reported on the renovation of the production sites and of the electrical, instrumentation, and automation enhancements. The gas is produced at 29 clustered production sites with 10 production wells at each cluster on average. Each cluster has a lowtemperature separation unit to condense larger hydrocarbons that can form slugs and damage compressors and pumps. NAM injects glycol into the gas as part of the treatment process to prevent the formation of hydrates that can plug pipes and equipment.
Declining field pressure (requiring the addition of compressors), plus the need to comply with the latest safety and environmental standards, improve operability, and reduce total cost of ownership provided the rationale for the renovation.
NAM installed electrically driven, high-efficiency compressors and drives; replaced manually operated valves with electrical valves; and replaced the legacy pneumatic process controls and SCADA and telemetry with a Yokogawa Centum VP DCS. The new system incorporates 29 autonomous domains with a total of 51,000 I/O interconnected by fiber cable and operated from a central control room. Yokogawa also provided the integrated safety systems, instrumentation, global historian, and asset management system for the entire operation. The cluster design made it possible to gradually reduce engineering hours by 30 percent for the fourth cluster compared to the hours required for the first cluster.
NAM's Vision for Levels 1 to 4 Architecture
NAM can now start up or shut down clusters remotely within an hour with few or no alarms. The new system made it possible to transition from pressure-controlled gas production to flow-controlled gas production to save energy as mandated by new EU regulations. Overall, this helped reduce energy consumption by approximately 3 percent. Startup reliability increased by 10 percent. Integrating production, glycol unit control, and compressor control resulted in either 0.5 percent increased capacity or lower power consumption, depending on production requirements. Improved separator control added an additional 2 percent capacity and non-linear model predictive control (NLMPC) adds another 0.5 percent of capacity by stabilizing the gas outlet temperature. Furthermore, NAM reduced emissions by 25 percent by eliminating gas-actuated valves and employing smart furnace control.
Sasol and BASF Implement New Instrumentation to Save Energy and Improve Safety
Rolf Panzke of Siemens reported on how customized instrumentation and measurements can lead to significant material and energy savings and increased uptime. Examples included leak detection in pipelines and customized interface detection in a high-temperature, high-pressure, threephase separator at Sasol. He also cited the use of a level radar gauge to replace safety-related inspections in a styrene reactor at BASF.
Evonik Automates Startup in Critical Units
Michael Buesselmann of Yokogawa reported on automating startup of a separation column and a reactor at Evonik Industries using the company's Exapilot package with the DCS. Now, up to 4,000 previously undocumented instructions are sequenced logically and executed optimally, leading to significant reductions in startup-time-to-full-load, emissions, and off-spec material; plus the associated energy savings. In the case of the reactor startup, the mixture composition comes close to an explosive area. The increased consistency of the startup trajectory helped reduce production interruptions caused by automated safety shutdowns.
At PMA 2012, industry leaders demonstrated that, with the appropriate technology, processes, and methodologies companies can still gain and sustain improvements in both energy efficiency and production capacity.
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DOCTOR'S FINEST: Hannah Hart Interviews Ingrid Oliver About "The Day of the Doctor"
Posted by Kyle Anderson on September 7, 2015
Over the weekend, BBC America's The Doctor's Finest screened an episode that I absolutely think IS the finest episode Doctor Who's ever done – "The Day of the Doctor," the 50th Anniversary special from 2013. Having just watched it again myself, I think it's the perfect mixture of everything that makes the show great, and it perfectly celebrated not only 50 years, but everybody who'd been watching Doctor Who since it came back in 2005 by spending a lot of time on the all-powerful Time War, the toll it took on both the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, and what it would mean if that weren't the case anymore. My heavens, it's lovely. (Read my full thoughts about it here.)
Someone who made her Who debut in that episode was Ingrid Oliver, who played the asthmatic, scarf-enthused UNIT scientist Osgood, working alongside Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and co to stop the Zygon invasion. She was Doctor's Finest host Hannah Hart's guest over the weekend and the pair of them dove in to all the juicy details of creating such an iconic (yes, I used that word) episode of a beloved and long-running series.
The above clip is an extension of that conversation, and it's much more about what Doctor Who means to someone living in Britain. Now, I'm going to take Ms. Hart to task just briefly: at one point she says Doctor Who was on for 40 years and then was off the air and then brought back in 2005, which is of course in correct. That would insinuate it was only off the air for two years. It was actually on for 26 years, then off for about 16 years with only a TV movie and some non-canonical specials to tide people over. Aside from that, which I only correct because y'all would do it for me if I didn't, it's a great chat.
There's only two more episodes of The Doctor's Finest left now before the big Series 9 premiere on Saturday, September 19th, at 9 on BBC America. Next week, it's Hannah and fellow YouTuber Charlie McDonnell talking about Matt Smith's farewell, "The Time of the Doctor" airing at 8pm ET/PT. Be sure to check back on Saturday at 7pm ET for my thoughts on the episode!
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Wish I could be at this conference.
When I was a boy of about nine or ten, my father called me over to listen to him reading an editorial or a letter to the editor (I cannot remember which) in The Montreal Star, one of the leading papers in eastern Canada at the time. The writer was inveighing against all those stupid Christians who believe the Bible is the Word of God, when it speaks so ignorantly of the sun "rising" in the east: any schoolboy knows that the sun does not rise, but that the earth rotates on its axis. My father asked me what I thought of the argument. I looked at him rather nonplused. He grinned, and calmly turned to the front page of the paper, and drew my attention to the line, "Sunrise: 6:36 am."
Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished (peplerophormene) among us . . .
The glory of the gospel is this: the very first verse of Luke's Gospel does not open with a statement of those who have compiled a narrative of the things that have prescribed for us, but accomplished among us. Right from the start, Luke is saying: listen to a report, not rules. News, not advice.
Not: Wonderful! Now we know what we need to do!
But: Wonderful! Now we know what has been done for us.
Only the gospel makes the strange proclamation of what God has done to get to us instead of telling us what we can do to get to God. It has been "accomplished among us."
We must not fret about not doing God those supposed services which He in fact does not allow us to do. Very often I expect, the service He really demands is that of not being (apparently) used, or not in the way we expected, or not in a way we can perceive.
A good word for me today, and to keep in mind for years ahead.
The perception of the spirituality of the law's demands may have been a great discovery, but a greater discovery remained to be made. Paul had yet to learn that the entire spirit in which he strove to fulfill the law, both inwardly and outwardly, the fundamental motive which inspired his pursuit of righteousness, was radically wrong because issuing from the flesh, the sinful determination of human nature which makes self instead of God supreme. There is no evidence that Paul made this discovery before the grace of God supernaturally illumined him at his conversion.
--"The Alleged Legalism in Paul's Doctrine of Justification," in Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation: The Shorter Writings of Geerhardus Vos (ed. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.; Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian & Reformed, 1980), 396.
'I am a great sinner . . .
Ever precious words to me from John Newton.
I was recently watching this video of Tim Keller at Stanford talking to students in a Q+A. In discussing his experience going under for surgery in 2002 for thyroid cancer, he recounts how he came to a deeper awareness of the significance of Jesus' resurrection. A powerful thought.
If the resurrection is true, then the universe is this ocean of glory and joy, and we just happen to be locked in this tiny little speck of darkness for a period of time, just a little speck in this ocean of joy, and it's going to go away eventually. That's what the resurrection means. Eventually God is going to end all evil and suffering, and we're going to have a new universe and new bodies. And as I was going under, I suddenly realized that it didn't matter if I died or not. My kids are going to be all right. My wife is going to be all right. Life is going to be all right. Everything was going to be all right.
I'm thinking through the relationship in Paul between justification by faith and judgment according to works for a doctoral seminar on Pauline justification. So far I have the following 13 ways people are trying to put the two together. Suggestions? Any unfair categories or unfaithful descriptions? Would you add anyone? Any views I'm overlooking?
I recognize it's a bit artificial, etc. (many names could be placed in multiple categories, many categories are not mutually exclusive, etc), but I'm trying to get my mind around the various ways people reconcile these two things. Sorry for the footnotes-in-progress; just ignore them.
Such a list is, of course, necessarily artificial to some degree; each of these positions must be elaborated to get the full flow of the writer's argument. And there is certainly overlap between the categories. Some, moreover, could be placed in more than one category—Wrede, for example, not only sees Paul as inconsistent but also believes Paul "never entirely escaped from" his Jewish background. Sanders, too, could be added to the "inconsistent" group. F. Watson at times sounds as if he ought to be placed in the "hypothetical" category. Nevertheless I have sought to distill the core of each writer and categorize accordingly.
 Hans Lietzmann, Die Briefe des Apostels Paulus I: Die vier Hauptbriefe (HNT 3; Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1910), 13-15. A general theological understanding of judgment on believers being hypothetical is not equivalent to an understanding, more specifically, of "the doers of the law" in Rom 2:13 being taken hypothetically; the first group would be much smaller than the second. Ridderbos helpfully points this out (Herman Ridderbos, Paul: An Outline of His Theology [trans. John Richard de Witt; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975], 178-79).
 Guy Prentiss Waters, Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul: A Review and Response (Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2004), 175-77; cf. 209-10. For a fuller list, see Michael Bird, The Saving Righteousness of God: Studies on Paul, Justification, and the New Perspective (Eugene, Ore.: Wipf & Stock, 2007), 159 n13.
 Hans Conzelmann, An Outline of the Theology of the New Testament (trans. John Bowden; London: SCM, 1969), 248. See also his A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Hermeneia; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975), 83-84.
 Kari Kuula, The Law, the Covenant, and God's Plan: Paul's Treatment of the Law (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003), 136-37.
 William Wrede, Paul (trans. Edward Lummis; London: Philip Green, 1907), 77-78. Maurice Goguel, too, sees Paul as inconsistent, but, unlike the other scholars mentioned in this category, does not see this as detracting at all from Paul's overall coherence. He believes consistency to be an unfair expectation of the apostle in light of his varied contexts ("La caractère, à la fois actuel et futur, du salut dans la théologie paulinienne," in The Background of the New Testament and Its Eschatology: In Honour of Charles Harold Dodd [ed. William D. Davies and David Daube; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1956], 336). Calvin Roetzel, more softly, simply believes that "any attempt to reconcile these motifs may be more of a concern of the western theologian for consistency than a concern of Paul's" (Roetzel, Judgement in the Community, 178).
Some have placed Heikki Räisänen in this category (e.g. Bird, Saving Righteousness, 158; Jean.-Noël Aletti, "Review of Paul and the Law," Bib 66 : 428-29), but this is incorrect. Räisänen understands Paul's view of the law to be inconsistent, but not Paul's integration of justification by faith and judgment according to works (see Heikki Räisänen, Paul and the Law [2d ed.; WUNT 29; Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1987], 184-85).
 Klyne R. Snodgrass. "Justification by Grace—to the Doers: An Analysis of the Place of Romans 2 in the Theology of Paul," NTS 32 (1986): 72-93. Akio Ito aligns Glenn Davies with Snodgrass at this point, but this is not quite fair (Akio Ito, "Romans 2: A Deuteronomistic Reading," JSNT 18 : 22 n7). Davies argues that obedience is crucial to the life of the people of God in both Old Testament and New, yet in both instances obedience is rooted in faith (Glenn N. Davies, Faith and Obedience in Romans: A Study in Romans 1-4 [: JSNTSup 39; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990], 173-75). He does not see doing as leading to justification in the same way Snodgrass does; rather (referring to Rom 2:13), "The doing of the law by these Gentiles witnesses to their justification" (66; emphasis added).
 G. C. Berkouwer, Faith and Justification (trans. Lewis B. Smedes; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1954), 103-112. See also Peter Toon's comments concerning Berkouwer in see also Justification and Sanctification (Foundations for Faith; Westchester, Ill.: Crossway, 1983), 136-37.
 Karl P. Donfried, "Justification and Last Judgment in Paul," ZNW 67 (1976): 90-110. Specifically, Donfried proposes a schema in which Paul speaks of justification as past, sanctification as present, and salvation as future.
 Paul A. Rainbow, The Way of Salvation: The Role of Christian Obedience in Justification (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2005), 187, 193-203. D. H. Williams attirubutes a similar view (namely, justification takes care of past sins, but believers are now enabled to obey God, and it is "on the basis of" [Williams' wording] these works, together with faith, that believers are judged on the last day) to Origen (D. H. Williams, "Justification by Faith: A Patristic Doctrine," JEH 57 : 655).
 Kent L. Yinger, Paul, Judaism, and Judgment according to Deeds (SNTSMS 105; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), 160, 202, 284.
 Bernhard Weiss, ________ in Kritisch-Exegetischer Kommentar über das NT (7th ed.; ed. H. A. Meyer; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1886), 113-14.
 Herbert Braun, Gerichtsgedanke und Rechtfertigungslehre bei Paulus (UNT 19; Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche, 1930), 96-97. Specifically, this study examines the relationship between judgment and righteousness in Paul, not judgment and justification by faith. For a fuller (though dated) list of those who hold to this view, see Watson, "Justified by Faith, Judged by Works," 220 n8.
 Floyd W. Filson, St. Paul's Conception of Recompense (UNT 21; Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche, 1931), 115.
 Richard Devor, "The Concept of Judgment in the Epistles of Paul," Ph.D. Dissertation, Drew University, 1959.
 Lieselotte Mattern, Das Verständnis des Gerichtes bei Paulus (ATANT 47; Zürich: Zwingli, 1966), 177-78. For a helpful overview of Mattern's thesis, see Calvin J. Roetzel, Judgement in the Community: A Study of the Relationship between Eschatology and Ecclesiology in Paul (Leiden: Brill, 1972), 5-7.
 Geerhardus Vos, The Pauline Eschatology (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1930; repr., Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979), 270-77.
 George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament (rev. Donald A. Hagner; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993), 611-12.
 Ernst Synofzik, Die Gerichts- und Vergeltungsaussagen bei Paulus: Eine traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung (Göttingen: Vandenhoech & Ruprecht, 1977). Synofzik calls Paul's rhetorical use of the judgment motif an "Argumentationsmittel" (105 e.g.).
 Watson, "Justified by Faith, Judged by Works," 214-21.
 Wilfried Joest, Gesetz und Freiheit: Das Problem des Tertius Usus Legis bei Luther und die neutestamentliche Parainese (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1968), 177-90.
 Francis Watson, Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles: Beyond the New Perspective (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007), 212-13.
 Christoph Haufe, Die sittliche Rechtfertigungslehre des Paulus (Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1957).
 John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (ed. John T. McNeill; trans. Ford Lewis Battles; Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960), 3.11.10; 3.11.20; 3.14.21; 3.16.1.
 Schlatter, Theology of the Apostles, 234-37. John Owen might also be placed in this category, though the emphasis of his writings is not so much union with Christ fueling works as the evidential nature of works (John Owen, Justification by Faith [repr.; Grand Rapids: Sovereign Grace, 1971], 139, 143, 159-60); so also with John Piper (The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright [Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2007], 110-11).
 Herman Ridderbos, Paul: An Outline of His Theology (trans. John Richard de Witt; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975), 178-80.
 Charles E. B. Cranfield, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (2 vols.; ICC; Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1975, 1979), ____.
 Ernst Käsemann, Commentary on Romans (trans. and ed. Geoffrey W. Bromiley; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980), 56-61. Kasemann emphasizes the lordship of Christ (56-57), Cranfield the fruitful gratitude of the believers (1:155, 173).
 Peter T. O'Brien, "Was Paul a Covenantal Nomist?" in Justification and Variegated Nomism, Vol. 2: The Paradoxes of Paul (ed. D. A. Carson, Mark A. Seifrid, Peter T. O'Brien; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004), 265; idem, "Justification in Paul and Some Crucial Issues of the Last Two Decades," in Right with God: Justification in the Bible and the World (Eugene, Ore.: Wipf & Stock, 1992), 89-95.
 Bird, Saving Righteousness, 176-78. John Owen might also be placed in this category, though the emphasis of his writings is not so much union with Christ fueling works as it is the evidential nature of works (John Owen, Justification by Faith [repr.; Grand Rapids: Sovereign Grace, 1971], 139, 143, 159-60); so also with John Piper (The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright [Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2007], 110-11); on the evidential nature of works see also Calvin, Institutes, 3.14.18-19.
 As, indeed, he is categorized by Bird (Saving Righteousness, 158). See e.g. Sanders, Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People, 124. But see also p. 103, where he argues that it is not inconsistent of Paul to expect right behavior from his readers.
 See e.g. Francis Watson, Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2004), 352 n57.
Excellent word for the "massively ordinary."
Did you hear that? "He loves life, grace, and holiness into us." Succint, pithy, profound, and right. He loves it right into us. I think that gets at the heart of the New Testament. I find myself encouraged, and worshipping.
So Paul puts his mighty argument and demonstration and from this I draw my final conclusion, that . . . we must always realize, when we talk to others, that the heart is never to be approached directly. I go further, the will is never to be approached directly either. This is a most important principle to bear in mind both in personal dealings and in preaching. The heart is always to be influenced through the understanding--the mind, then the heart, then the will.
Yes! Now that, in essence, is what I mean by strawberry-rhubarb theology.
Excellent message from Matt Chandler at a recent Resurgence conference on Evangelicalism - where it came from, what it now is, speaking the gospel to those today who think they already know it, and the way in which we have become experts in the how of Christian living while losing the why of Christian living. Yes, he talks about how huge his church is and how he doesn't bring that up to boast, which grows wearisome. But I was helped and am grateful for it and for him.
A great post from Tyler Kenney at DG on what he calls the best paragraph in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
In an almost backhanded way, in a clause I normally read right over, Paul comments to the Corinthians (as he tries to awaken their hearts and their checkbooks in 2 Cor 8-9) regarding their generosity that "a year ago you started not only to do this work but also to desire to do it" (8:10).
Two things Paul detects in healthy obedience: action and desire.
Action without desire = moralism. Desire without action = antinomianism. Desire + action = gospel obedience.
One of my favorite NT scholars is Steve Westerholm at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario (a school to which I applied for doc. work due to his presence--and was rejected!). Though he's a bit "too Lutheran" for me at points, I find his exegesis careful, his humor refreshing, and his historical breadth rare (for a neutestamentler). His Perspectives Old and New on Paul is probably the first mid-level intro to Paul and the New Perspective I would recommend.
If human existence is an accident, if the functioning of the cosmos is merely mechanical, if the language of right and wrong is rooted in nothing deeper than human convention, if the world is but the indifferent stage on which we give shape to our lives, then we may as well resent any attempt to curtail our freedom and self-determination. If, on the other hand, human existence is a gift of love, if the functioning of the cosmos is providential, if language of right and wrong reflects our appropriate and inappropriate responses to reality, and human existence--indeed, all creation--has been cursed by human self-assertion; and if, moreover, Jesus Christ represents God's refusal to abandon his willful creatures to their sin; if Christ demonstrates the goodness of a life lived in obedience to God, his self-sacrificial death atones for human wrongdoing, and his resurrection makes possible eternal life in communion with God as a member of his redeemed people: if all these basic convictions of Paul are true, then (perhaps even people today would agree) there can be no prouder title than that claimed by the apostle--a "servant of Jesus Christ."
I picked up C. S. Lewis' Letters to an American Lady today (for 25 cents), a book I had seen but never owned or opened. It is not, as I thought, letters to Joy, his future wife, but to a southern aristocrat who had fallen on hard finanical times and suffered from numerous physical difficulties, who remains anonymous, and to whom Lewis wrote over 100 letters despite never meeting her.
How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing (and perhaps, like you, I have met it only once) it is irresistible. If even 10% of the world's population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year's end?
I'm a panic-y person about money myself (which is a most shameful confession and a thing dead against Our Lord's words) and poverty frightens me more than anything else except large spiders and the tops of cliffs: one is sometimes even tempted to say that if God wanted us to live like the lilies of the field He might have given us an organism more like theirs! But of course He is right. And when you meet anyone who does live like the lilies, one sees that He is.
I'm trying to figure out Elihu's role in Job, and the more I consider, the more I think he is a voice of truth speaking into Job's life, not in continuity with but in contrast to, Job's others three "friends." Elihu still, I think, retains some of the problematic assumptions of the other friends--such as in 36:8-9--but in light of 32:1-5 and the fact that he is omitted from God's rebuke at the end of the book, and that much of what he says does seem to provide a healthy corrective to what Job has listened to (and contributed himself) thus far, I do think he is generally a voice of truth, not folly.
Anyhow, I noticed the following verse today (from the mouth of Elihu), which, I think, encapsulates the core of the paradox driving Paul in 2 Corinthians. A lesson contrary to the mindset in ancient Corinth, modern America, and one I feel like an infant in.
There is a deliverance in this fallen world that comes not by avoiding or overcoming affliction but by going through it.
The ultimate instance: Christ's cross.
It is worse than useless for Christian to talk about the importance of Christian morality, unless they are prepared to take their stand upon the fundamentals of Christian theology. It is a lie to say that dogma does not matter: it matters enormously.
The critical turn came through this, that God called Paul. At this point we must think of the experience on the way to Damascus. There God's call penetrated into his ear, and what called him was God's grace. When God directed no word of punishment at the persecutor of his church, but rather the call of invitation, which placed him in peace with him and gave him a share in his free gifts, then and only then was grace free. The root of such a call cannot be in those who ascend out of sheer mercy and for whom divine grace bursts through sin.
How astonishing is it, that a person who is blessed forever, and is infinitely and essentially happy, should endure the greatest sufferings that ever were endured on earth! That a person who is the supreme Lord and judge of the world, should be arraigned, and should stand at the judgment seat of mortal worms, and then be condemned. That a person who is the living God, and the fountain of life, should be put to death. That a person who created the world, and gives life to all his creatures, should be put to death by his own creatures. That a person of infinite majesty and glory, and so the object of the love, praises, and adorations of angels, should be mocked and spit upon by the vilest of men. That a person, infinitely good, and who is love itself, should suffer the greatest cruelty. That a person who is infinitely beloved of the Father, should be put to inexpressible anguish under his own Father's wrath. That he who is King of heaven, who hath heaven for his throne, and the earth for his footstool, should be buried in the prison of the grave. How wonderful is this! And yet this is the way that God's wisdom hath fixed upon, as the way of sinners' salvation . . .
One of the reasons Edwards helps us so much is that he asks and answers questions most of us would never think to consider. He spends a chunk of this sermon, for example, exploring what profit there is to the angels in the redemption of humans, trying to squeeze out as deeply as possible the unsearchable wisdom of God in the manner of redemption. !
The more familiar I become with Luther the more convinced I am that he has insights into the Bible and the human heart that are more satisfying than many contemporary writers are acknowledging. In the years ahead I want to spend regular time in Luther; I find him both head-illuminating and heart-igniting. Yet today, confessed proximity to Luther by any Paul scholar is one step shy of anathema. It ought not to be.
There is no difference at all between a papist, a Jew, a Turk, or a sectarian. Their persons, locations, rituals, religions, works, and forms of worship are, of course, diverse; but they all have the same reason, the same heart, the same opinion and idea. . . . "If I do this or that, I have a God who is favorably disposed toward me; if I do not, I have a God who is wrathful."


but it's inclusion on the Booker long list has divided people. I was immediately intrigued, although was unsure which side of the fence I'd fall with this book.
Unfortunately it quickly became obvious that this book wasn't for me. I am not a fan of actor memoirs, do not pay much attention to what goes on in Hollywood and do not share the same sense of humour as the author. This book is well written, and it is a very clever idea, but without being able to appreciate the satire, this book was lost on me.
The coarse language will also offend a few people, but I can see why it was present. The chimp was anthropomorphised more than I would have liked. I think I would have found a book written from the point of view of real chimp (as opposed to one which sounded like a Hollywood actor) far more interesting.
I'd never liked the goddamm English anyway, with their razor-wire elocution, their total lack of humour and their godawful pedantic spelling.
I lost interest in this book quite quickly and began to skim read after about 50 pages. The book did draw me back in occasionally, but not enough to persuade me to read it all.
If you are a fan of Hollywood memoirs then you will probably enjoy this book, but it wasn't for me.
What did you think about this book's inclusion on the Booker long list?
Are you tempted to read it?
Posted in: 2009, Booker Prize, Memoirs.
I hadn't heard a thing about this book until it was named on the Booker longlist. Even though I haven't actually looked at a copy I think your review has made me realise this won't be the book for me!
I hadn't heard of it before the Booker list either, but a lot of people had – I guess it just isn't the book I pay any attention to normally.
No, this book wasn't for me either, Jackie. I had a feeling that I wouldn't like it but needed to look for myself to make sure. The Hollywood scene I quickly realised that I wasn't going to connect with and the humour would be lost on me to. I have this incline that it will will appeal to blokes though. Looking forward to your other Booker reviews.
I agree that this book may appeal to men more, but I think anyone with an interest in the Hollywood scene would find it interesting.
Sorry to hear you have wasted a reading week. I hope you find something good to read next and find the ability to stop reading something that isn't working for you.
I don't think this would be for me either. I don't really like celebrity memoirs and much less a fake one about a chimpanzee. Its inclusion on the Booker long list is very odd. In all I think I'd prefer to read the others first!
There are a lot of great books on the Booker list this year – if you feel this isn't for you then I'd give some of the others a try first – you may well find a gem.
As you read last week, I read it and didn't love it nor loathe it. I did find it very dry in parts but thought it was a very clever concept. I don't see it being shortlisted.
I agree about the anthromorphisation of Cheeta; I also think that it didn't hold up particularly well with things that he had full grasp of and then others, like the telephone, that he didn't.
I agree – it was weird how he was so able to understand some things, but not others. A great idea, but it just didn't work for me.
I am still looking forward to this as thank to my legendary Gran I was brought up on all the huge hollywood movies and so am hoping I get a sense of that era from it. I think its great this has been included on the long list as its something different. There was all that controversy about Child 44 last year, they need it to generate publicity and interest.
I think you'll probably love this. I don't watch many films and was only just aware of some of the actors mentioned. Anyone who loves cinema will gain a lot more from this than me.
That's too bad. The concept sounds terrific.
It is a great idea – I could never come up with something like that!
Not at all tempted – mercy, how do they choose these books?
This is very well written and some people will love it – I can see why it made the long list, but don't think it will make it through to the next stage.
Actually, after reading your review, I am a little more intrigued. I remember reading some of those old star Hollywood memoirs, and I found that line you quoted kinda funny.
How many pages is it? I sometimes can appreciate a concept book, even if isn't as strong all the way through, as long as don't need to read it for two weeks.
I'm pleased to hear that you are intrigued by it – I don't want to put anyone off it – I'm just not a fan of Hollywood memoirs, so the satire is all lost on me. I look forward to hearing your thoughts if you do decide to get it.
Interesting that you starting skimming around page 50–I just started reading this book and am on page 50. I'm not loving it, but I try to give as many of the Booker longlist books a chance. There are so many books that I never would have read if not for that list….this one is probably not going to be one of those discoveries, however. You and I really do seem to have very similar taste in books!
If you decide to continue do come back and tell me if you enjoyed it more towards the end. There are some great books on the list, so I'm sure you'll find a few you'll love.
I think this was a brave choice for them to pick – and it is in my to read soon pile – our book group has picked it for October.
I'm really looking forward to reading it, but then I grew up watching and loving all the black and white Hollywood movies, and I also enjoy reading film star biographies, so it could be the book for me!
It does sound as though you'll enjoy it. I watched very few films as a child and I think I'm probably a bit young to get some of the references too. I hope you and your group enjoy it.
Wow, this does not seem to be the kind of book one would expect to make it on the Booker long list… I have to say, the concept does not appeal to me at all, and while I enjoy books that are humourous and light-hearted, this just seems gimmicky to me. I'm going to thank you for taking the bullet on this one!
It is certainly a very different choice. I have great respect for the Booker judges this year – they seem to have done an excellent job.
I've been skeptical about the book. How good can a chimp story be? Your review confirms my suspicion.
I can imagine a chimp story being really good – I was amazed how good the recent book about cows I read was. Hollywood chimps just aren't my thing though.
Yikes–it's never good when you have to resort to skimming that soon into the book. I must not have recognized the name in the initial list because this doesn't sound familiar to me at all. One star? I think I'll skip.
I think 50 pages is quite a good time to decide whether you are going to continue reading a book or not – I often make a choice at about this time, so don't draw too much judgement about the 50 page level.
LOL–I think we misunderstood each other. 50 pages is usually the breaking point for me as well. I thought you meant you skimmed the rest of the book after the 50 pages. At that point I think I would have put it down–although I just finished a groaner that I suffered through for book club.
You were right – I did skim read to the end. It wasn't so terrible that I couldn't read it, but it just didn't hold my attention. I would normally have just put it down, but I do want to know as much about the Booker list as possible this year.
This didn't appeal to me at all, but because of the Booker I thought I'd check to see if it was worth reading. I read a few pages (on amazon, I think, not sure), and then decided for sure that it wasn't for me after all.
If I wasn't trying to read the Bookers I think I would have come to the same conclusion as you – it is probably a good idea for other people to have a quick look at the Amazon preview before deciding if it is the book for them.
I would be tempted to read it because it's a memoir and it's a spoof memoir. I love the concept of it. But maybe I won't spend my hard earned money on it.
Yes – I can see why some people will love this book. I can't see how there will be any middle grund – you will either love this book or hate it. I'll be interested to see what you think.
Not my thing either. Thanks for the honesty.
No problem – It is sometimes good to cross a book off the TBR list!
I read about this book being on the Booker list (in Entertainment Weekly, perhaps?) and it does seem to dilute the spirit of the awards.
I'm not sure it dilutes the spirit of the list – just adds a bit of variety. I feel I'm missing out by not reading EW.
Sounds like we had very similar reading experiences of this one.


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Notes et références

Organisme fondé en 1994
Organisme disparu en 2012
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Eastern Congo peace deal signed
BBC News - January 23, 2008
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A peace pact has been signed in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by the government and armed groups.
Dissident rebel Gen Laurent Nkunda and pro-government Mai Mai militia finally agreed to sign after long negotiations.
The deal, described as historic by one observer, includes an immediate ceasefire and the deployment of UN peacekeepers in 13 key locations.
It aims to end months of bloody conflict in the east which has driven almost 500,000 people from their homes.
The deal offers an amnesty to Gen Nkunda and his forces but the rebels say its full implementation will be dependent on the disarming of an ethnic Hutu militia.
The different factions had said they were ready to demobilise after seeing the peace deal on Monday but then disagreements emerged.
The breakthrough came after a flurry of last-minute face-to-face contacts and telephone calls involving government ministers, the rebels and international diplomats.
Talks involving the government and more than 20 rebel groups lasted more than two weeks and were sponsored by the United States, the European Union and the African Union.
The ceremony was attended by President Joseph Kabila and witnessed by reporters.
Within a week specialist advisers are expected to fly in from the US, the UK and Europe, to try to work on implementing the details of the pact.
The BBC's Africa editor Martin Plaut says the EU has promised $150m of aid to reconstruct the region, which will bolster the whole process.
Anneke van Woudenberg of Human Rights Watch said the historic agreement should allow thousands of people displaced from their villages in the last year to return home.
But Africa analyst Muzong Kodi at Chatham House in London was more pessimistic.
"The underlying problem is the resource war and if any of the groups disband other groups are going to replace them," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
He added that the second problem was impunity.
"The warlords are going to be integrated into the army... this is going to lead to other people finding their ways into the bush and shooting at people with the hope of being called to the negotiating table and also being given high positions in the army."
Rogue general
Mr Nkunda leads the main rebel movement in the area and his forces repulsed a major government offensive last December. The government had issued an international arrest warrant against Gen Nkunda, for alleged war crimes committed by his forces.
The rogue general's own fate is still to be decided, the BBC's Martin Plaut says.
The area around Goma is highly sensitive region because it borders Rwanda which has over the years been deeply involved in the DR Congo conflict.
Gen Nkunda claims his forces are protecting ethnic Tutsis in North Kivu from Rwandan Hutu rebels, who have lived in eastern DR Congo since the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
His negotiators said he would integrate his Congolese Tutsi forces into the Congolese government army - so reducing the risk of further fighting - but only if the Hutu militia was also disarmed.
These militia - the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), more commonly referred to as the Interahamwe - were supposed to be disarmed under the terms of the 2002 peace deal which was supposed to end DR Congo's five-year civil war
Mr Kodi feels that one of the failings of the agreement was that Rwanda, who back Gen Nkunda, and the FDLR were excluded from the negotiating table.
"Without Rwanda deciding to talk to the FDLR and finding a political solution to the problem they've had since 1994, there's just no way the war is going to end," Mr Kodi said.
War and related crises in the central African country are claiming 45,000 lives a month, according to an aid agency.
The International Rescue Committee says the death toll in the past decade in DR Congo has surpassed any conflict since World War II - 5.4m.
• Felix Tshisekedi Sworn In as DR Congo President (January 24, 2019)
• Constitutional Court Declares Tshisekedi Winner of Presidential Election (January 19, 2019)
• Felix Tshisekedi Vows to Be the President of All Congolese (January 10, 2019)
• Felix Tshisekedi Elected DR Congo President (January 10, 2019)
• Botswana Urges Joseph Kabila to Step Down (February 26, 2018)
• No elections in DR Congo in December without electronic voting machines: INEC (February 13, 2018)
• US Warns DR Congo Against Electronic Voting for Delayed Election (February 12, 2018)
• Felix Tshisekedi accuses INEC of illegally prolonging Kabila's mandate (October 24, 2017)
• DRC Seeks Arrest of Presidential Candidate Moise Katumbi (May 19, 2016)
• Papa Wemba Is Buried in Kinshasa (May 4, 2016)
• Papa Wemba Awarded Highest National Honor as Thousands Pay Tribute (May 2, 2016)
• Peacekeepers, Congo Army to Resume Joint Fight Against Rwandan Rebels (January 28, 2016)
• Police Open Fire on Crowd Protesting Election Law Change (January 19, 2015)
• Etienne Tshisekedi Evacuated to Belgium for Medical Treatment (August 16, 2014)
• Kerry in DR Congo for Security Talks (May 3, 2014)
• DR Congo Takes Chairmanship of COMESA at Summit in Kinshasa (February 26, 2014)
• DR Congo Honors Nelson Mandela, Hero and Model for Humanity (December 6, 2013)
• Rwanda 'recruiting for M23 rebels' (July 31, 2013)
• DR Congo Asks Rwanda to Turn Over M23 Rebel Leaders (July 26, 2013)
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Raymond Ozoji, Awka
The member representing Ogbaru One Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Sir Benson Nwawulu, has appealed to Governor Willie Obiano to direct to site the Contracting Firm handling G.M.O-Ogbuagu-Mgbuka-Amaizu Road.
Sir Benson, who made the appeal in Awka, lamented that three children lost their lives few days ago as a result of the deplorable condition of the area.
He lamented that if urgent steps were not taken to rehabilitate the road, it could cause more casualties.
He, however, commended the Governor's wife, Chief Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, for empowering the downtrodden in Ihiala Local Government Area during her visit to the area.
Similarly, the member representing Orumba North Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Chief Romanus Obi, has urged Governor Obiano to direct the contracting firm in charge of Awgbu-Amaetiti-Ufuma- Ndiukwuenu-Awa Road back to site as the road has become impassable.
Obi lamented the likelihood of a calamity, should government tarry in responding to his plea for urgent remedial actions on the road.


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Woman denied haircut goes to Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
A request for a lunch-hour haircut has turned into a battle over human rights, pitting freedom of religion against a woman's right not to be denied service based on her gender. Faith McGregor walked into the Terminal Barber Shop on Bay St. in June to get a haircut — the "businessman," short on the sides, tapered, trim the top. The shop, like many barbers in Toronto, doesn't do women's haircuts. But McGregor, 35, said she wanted a men's cut.
Shop co-owner Omar Mahrouk told her his Muslim faith prohibits him from touching a woman who is not a member of his family. All the other barbers said the same thing. "For me it was just a haircut and started out about me being a woman. Now we're talking about religion versus gender versus human rights and businesses in Ontario," said McGregor. She filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario almost immediately, saying she felt like a "second-class citizen." Mahrouk's response to the tribunal, provided through his lawyer David Kolinsky, doesn't dispute McGregor's complaint but says being forced to cut a woman's hair would violate his freedom of religion. "We live for our values. We are people who have values and we hold on to it. I am not going to change what the faith has stated to us to do. This is not extreme — this is just a basic value that we follow," said Karim Saaden, co-owner of the Terminal Barber Shop. He noted that it was a matter of adherence to faith, not a gender issue. "In our faith, for instance, I can cut my mother's hair, I can cut my sister's hair, I can cut my wife's hair, my daughter's hair," said Saaden.
The barbershop suggested a solution to McGregor toward the end of August, offering her a haircut from a barber willing to do so.
"It's the principle of the matter so I turned down their lawyer's offer and said, 'No, I wish to continue with the tribunal,' because this needs to be discussed and now it's bigger than what occurred with me that one day, in one afternoon," said McGregor. She is asking the tribunal to force Terminal Barber Shop to offer its men's haircuts to both genders, and suggests in her application that the shop post a sign indicating it serves both men and women. She is not seeking money. The matter is one in an increasing number of "competing rights" cases seen by the Human Rights Tribunal, said Pascale Demers, a spokesman for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, which studies and develops rights policies.
The term refers to a situation where two individuals have a right, but there's a conflict when both exercise it. "There's no hierarchy of rights under the legislation, so it's not about one right necessarily trumping the other. It's about looking at the facts of the case," said Demers. There is slim precedent in the area, said Demers, and this case could set an important one. "It's useful because, as you know, Ontario's population is increasingly diverse and these things are bound to happen." In addition to discussing religious freedom, Mahrouk's response expresses concern that the complaint will force the shop to train its barbers to cut and style women's hair, which is outside their skill set. "I know that there is more money to make in hair salons for women than barbershops but because we've been barbers for so long, we chose to take over the business as barbershops and that is why we don't cater to women," said Saaden.
The parties will first try mediation, scheduled for next February. If that fails, an adjudicator will decide the outcome of the case.
Read the original article at http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1288023–woman-denied-haircut-goes-to-human-rights-tribunal-of-ontario
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This post is part of an ongoing arbitration research project and is coauthored by Alex Chamberlain and Sean Dolinar.
Sean and I share a mutual passion for knowledge and understanding how things work. Said mutual passion is magnified when regarding baseball-related matters. With that said, the mysterious arbitration process intrigues us. We joined forces to try to crack the code, so to speak, and we would like to share the fruits of our labor with you.
Players with anywhere from three to six years of service time are eligible for salary increases based on performance. Teams and players typically reach settlements outside of arbitration, but if they can't agree on a salary figure, both sides enter the formal arbitration process, as described here by FOX Sports.
Therein resides the questions intrinsic to the process: How do teams and players decide what is an appropriate dollar-value raise in salary? How does an arbitration panel decide in favor of one side or the other?


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* To increase predicability, it is recommended
that ECS development be done on a [Vagrant](http://www.vagrantup.com/) provisioned
[VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
VM running [Ubuntu 14.04](http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/).
Instructions for spinning up such a VM can be found [here](../dev_env).
These instructions will also demonstrate how to ```git clone``` the
repo and run all the unit tests
* [Fork & Pull](https://help.github.com/articles/types-of-collaborative-development-models/#fork--pull)
is the preferred development model

## Testing

* ...

## CI

* [Travis](https://travis-ci.org/) is used to implement ECS' CI process
* see [.travis.yml](../.travis.yml) for details - summary of what's
done for each build:
  * dev environment configured from base Ubuntu 14.04 image
  * code checked out
  * static code analysis (pep8 & flake8)
  * unit, integration and load tests executed
* [Travis](https://travis-ci.org/) does not run a build as a result of a PR

## Docker Images

* docker images are built by the [Travis](https://travis-ci.org/) CI process
* leveraging [Travis' Default Environment Variables](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/environment-variables/#Default-Environment-Variables)
the CI process ensures that
docker images are only built from the ```master``` and release (```v#.#.#```) branches
* ```Dockerfiles``` for building all ECS docker images are found [here](../dockerfiles)
* docker images are hosted on [DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/search/?q=simonsdave%2Fecs)
* if docker images are built they are always pushed to [DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/u/simonsdave/) automagically
* images tagged with ```latest``` represent the ```HEAD``` of the ```master``` branches

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Medicare Trustees Report Reality-Checks Bernie Sanders' Socialist Delusions
By: Christopher Jacobs
Many of the left's policy proposals come with the same design flaw: While sounding great on paper, they have little chance of working in practice. Monday brought one such type of reality check to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and supporters of single-payer health care, in the form of the annual Medicare trustees report.
The report once again demonstrates Medicare's shaky financial standing, as the retirement of 10,000 Baby Boomers every day continues to tax the program's limited resources. So why would Sanders and Democrats raid this precariously funded program to finance their government takeover of health care?
Medicare's Ruinous Finances
Before even dissecting the report itself, one major caveat worth noting: The trustees report assumes that many of the Medicare payment reductions, and tax increases, included in Obamacare can be used "both" to "save Medicare" and fund Obamacare. In practice, however, sheer common sense suggests the impossibility of this scenario—as not even the federal government can spend the same dollars twice.
The last trustees report prior to these Obamacare gimmicks, in 2009, predicted that the Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) Trust Fund would become insolvent in 2017—two years ago. To put it another way, under a more accurate accounting mechanism, Medicare has already become functionally insolvent. Obamacare's accounting gimmicks just allowed politicians (including President Trump) to continue to ignore Medicare's funding shortfalls, thus making them worse by failing to act.
Even despite the double-counting created by Obamacare, the Part A Trust Fund faces significant obstacles. Monday's report reveals that the trust fund suffered a $1.6 billion loss in 2018. This loss comes on the heels of a total of $132.2 billion in trust fund deficits from 2008 through 2015, as payroll tax revenues dropped dramatically during the Great Recession.
Worse yet, the trustees report that trust fund deficits will continue forever. Deficits will continue to rise, and by 2026—within the decade—the Trust Fund will become insolvent, and unable to pay all of its bills.
Replacing One Decrepit Program with an Even Worse One
Another little-noticed element of the report also hints at the problems single-payer supporters face. For the third straight year, the trustees issued an "excess general revenue Medicare funding," further illustrating the program's questionable finances.
In 2003, House conservatives included this mechanism in the Medicare Modernization Act, which requires the trustees to make an annual assessment of the program's funding. If general revenues—as opposed to the payroll tax revenues that largely cover the costs of the Part A program—are projected to exceed 45 percent of total program outlays, this provision seeks to prompt a debate about Medicare's long-term funding.
Compare this provision, which triggers whenever general revenues (i.e., those not specifically dedicated to Medicare) approach half of total program spending, with single payer. As these pages have previously noted, here's what Section 701(d) both the House and Senate single payer bills would do to Medicare:
(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Any amounts remaining in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) or the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under section 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t) after the payment of claims for items and services furnished under title XVIII of such Act have been completed, shall be transferred into the Universal Medicare Trust Fund under this section.
Both bills would liquidate both of the current Medicare trust funds—and abolish the current Medicare program—to pay for the new single-payer plan. But how do Democrats propose to pay for the rest of the estimated $32 trillion cost of their program? Sanders referenced a list of potential tax increases (not drafted as legislative language), but the House sponsors didn't even bother to go that far.
In sum, single-payer supporters would take a program on shaky financial footing, and replace it with a program that Democrats have little idea how to fund. Apart from the fact that the American people can't afford this "reform"—how much of that $32 trillion tax increase would you like to pay?—American seniors certainly can't either.
Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group, and author of the book "The Case Against Single Payer." He is on Twitter: @chrisjacobsHC.
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Honda Livo has been spotted testing on-road this time and we have exclusive spy shots and confirmation of the name in the pictures below. Honda as we know is on the aggressive path to revive its motorcycle portfolio and strike back at motorcycle king, Bajaj.
The sporty Honda Livo should help them succeed. And as for Livo, this was the reason of curiosity whether which would be the three brand new products that Honda would launch out of 15 in which 9 were done.
On the face of it and as we said in our last posts which our sources said that it would have Honda Unicorn 160 styling and surely has with the striking and protruding bikini fairing on the tank and sharp yet headlight cowl. The headlight still looks very much like the Twister from the side.
The design and mechanical's as we make out of from the pictures is similar to Dream series of motorcycles. The seat and the sub-frame are now borrowed from the same platform. The side panels and the rear tail-piece are all brand new and they hide the HET badges and Livo name on them respectively. The exhaust is clearly a smaller version of the Unicorn 160.
The rest of parts are in Honda Livo are taken from Dream series parts bin such as the new slightly modified rear tail-light, the red shocks and front mudguard along with turn indicators. Switchgear and handlebar remain the same like any other Honda motorcycle.
The cluster is the highlight of these pictures as it clearly reveals the name of the motorcycle and pods are identical to the RVM's used on the motorcycle. The test mule has also clocked over 30,000 kms.
It's not a genuinely upright seating positioned motorcycle but it's almost there to give a wee bit of sporty stance like the old Twister while being comfortable thanks to front-set footpegs. Honda is all set to launch an motorcycle offensive with a this model, refreshed Aviator and a motorcycle which will have the start-stop technology.


French Terry Pocket-Detail Dress is rated 3.6 out of 5 by 8.
Rated 5 out of 5 by SSY in NC from Soft and comfortable! This has been a perfect dress for this unseasonably cold fall in NC......cute with leggings and maryjanes. It fit perfectly after a second machine wash and dry.....I am 5"4', 105 lbs,, 34 B and purchased an XS. I do have to touch up the rolled sleeves with an iron after washing. It was a great deal on sale!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Susan102 from Like everything about the dress. I bought this a few months ago. Wear it all the time.
Rated 5 out of 5 by pati11 from Fun Dress The outside fabric is like a sweat shirt - not what I think of as terry cloth - inside is a moisture wicking surface. The pockets go all the way to the HEM! This will defy pick-pockets (especially if you're going to Rome, Italy)! I'll use it on the Boardwalk with my small wallet (having lost a larger one in Rome to pickpursers). Nice and casual/comfy.
Rated 4 out of 5 by LIBOGE from Runs a little big Nice design with nice fabric. However, I'm 5-3 and a half and weigh 122 lbs and the size S was a little too long and a little wide for me. Had to return it.
Rated 3 out of 5 by Charlette from cute casual dress I bought this dress thinking about the cool evenings in summer. It's cozy, comfortable and cute. Unfortunately the hem at the arms unroll very easily, even after ironing. The pockets were cute the first time I wore it, but after washing it in delicate, and hanging it to dry, the pockets need a stitch to two in order to stay up.
Rated 3 out of 5 by Lis1 from Nice soft, thick fabric, but Very comfy, but the fit was odd on me, much too big in the chest area, but fit perfectly around the hips. I am 5'7", 145lbs, 34DD, usually size 6 pants, size 8 top. I tried a size M, sent it back. Small would be too tight in the hips.
Why are there only 3 stars for the French Terry Pocket-Detail Dress?
Two of our customers felt the fit didn't work for them and one reviewer felt the style did not complement her figure.
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On February 17, 2004, MARY A. (nee Cyhaniuk), of Curtis Bay, beloved wife of the late Michael Leo Hawkins; loving mother of the late Richard and Robert Hawkins, and Mary Ann Helinski. Also survived by seven grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the family owned and operated Mc CULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 237 East Patapsco Avenue (Brooklyn), on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Athanasius Church on Monday at 10 a.m. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the St. Athanasius Sanctuary Fund.


Corn Grits are a classic Southern breakfast. They make a delightful hot cereal served with milk and honey or brown sugar. Corn Grits are also used in many gourmet Italian and Mediterranean restaurants. They are available in regular or organic and feature delicious recipes directly on the package.


If you're anything like me, functioning, even at the most basic level, without a calendar is like asking a college student to make it through a day of classes without coffee. It just won't happen. And by the way, please never ask me to do the latter either.
In fact, I'd say I'm nailing adulting on the head (lies...) considering I have three calendars: one for school, one for ministry/work, and one on my phone, simply because it's easier to carry around. I also keep a note on my phone with a tentative writing schedule and ideas that come to mind.
And with all the in mind, I still constantly feel overwhelmed, unorganized, and overcommitted.
As we touched on at the very beginning of our 40-day journey together, people are busy. Most of us would say we wear many different hats. And if we were to take a look in the mirror, we'd probably admit that many of those hats clash with one another. Our parent hat might clash with our employee hat, and our volunteer hat may clash with our spouse hat. But we continue to get up everyday and layer all these hats and try to convince ourselves that we are rockin' them and we can handle balancing 12 hats on our head. When we totally aren't and we totally can't.
Multiple hats aren't necessarily a bad thing. After all, God has given each of us unique talents and abilities and it's our responsibility to utilize those gifts for the sake of the Kingdom and gospel advancement. However, Jesus himself taught us that we must remain focused on the One Thing.
One of the best narratives teaching on busyness and its potential dangers is found in Luke 10. Here we find sisters Mary and Martha hosting Jesus Christ himself in their home, an honor we today cannot even comprehend. Mary uses this time to literally sit at the feet of Jesus, soaking up each precious moment with him. Martha, on the other hand, is overwhelmed with cleaning, cooking, setting the table, making herself presentable, basically, putting on a dinner party that would knock Jesus' sandals off. I think we'd all like to imagine that if we were given the opportunity to host our Savior, we would resemble Mary, but I know as well as you do that most of us would, unfortunately, favor Martha's approach.
"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed- or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." (Luke 10:41-42, New International Version).
Man, do you identify with Martha or what? I know I do. So often when we embark on a journey (much like we have been the past few weeks...) to get closer to Jesus, we think that means we need to practice our addition skills. Adding more things, more activities, more involvement, more Christian stuff. And it might. But it might also require us to take a few hats off for a minute, practicing subtraction, instead. Like Martha, we might need to take our homemaker hat off and readjust our disciple hat. Maybe, for you, this means continually practicing this idea of Lent far beyond Easter, constantly checking your heart's priority line-up and laying aside for a period of time whatever it is that is holding you hostage from Jesus, as was Jesus' message to Martha. The only way the Kingdom will flourish is through the power and presence of Jesus Christ, not our accomplishments and ability to "get stuff done". The real star of the show that night in the sisters' home was Jesus, not the appetizers, specialty wine, or Martha's impeccably clean home. That power and presence reside in us, and we are without doubt a vessel God has set aside to reveal this goodness, but it is often hard to see underneath our built-up layers of commitments and wrongful devotion.


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Q: How to fetch div value with specific id using Jquery? I have list of data with add button . On button click how to get value of div with id="rnumber" with jquery .i want number on button click. i don't know how to get that number i try  but every time i get first number of list  i want number of same class . ex. if i click on second li button still i get first li class div value .
I try with parents and child selector but i don't get anwser.

AKash

1234567890

            <button  class="kt-font-lg btn-primary " onclick="addNumber()">Add</button>

Deep

9012345678

            <button  class="kt-font-lg btn-primary " onclick="addNumber()">Add</button>

onClick function :
function addNumber(){
                rnumber = $('#rnumber');
                var  ttt = rnumber.text();
                console.log(ttt);
             }

A: You have to keep your IDs unique. Duplicating IDs is a crime. Change it to a class instead. Since multiple elements share the same function, use event.target or this. You can use something like this:

function addNumber() {
  console.log($(event.target).prev().text());
}

AKash

1234567890

      <button class="kt-font-lg btn-primary" onclick="addNumber()">Add</button>

Deep

9012345678

      <button class="kt-font-lg btn-primary" onclick="addNumber()">Add</button>

In a better way, use unobtrusive JavaScript event handling:

$(function () {
  $(".btn-primary").click(function () {
    console.log($(this).prev().text());
  });
});

AKash

1234567890

      <button class="kt-font-lg btn-primary">Add</button>

Deep

9012345678

      <button class="kt-font-lg btn-primary">Add</button>

A: Note that you have invalid HTML by using same  Id attribute value on two
s I changed it to class attribute, here is a working snippet using .prev() method and also note how I passed the element to the event handler:

function addNumber(el){
  const text = $(el).prev().text();
  console.log(text);
}

AKash

1234567890

            <button  class="kt-font-lg btn-primary " onclick="addNumber(this)">Add</button>

Deep

9012345678

            <button  class="kt-font-lg btn-primary " onclick="addNumber(this)">Add</button>

A:

$(".click-number").click(function(){
  var rnumber = $(this).data('rnumber');
  console.log(rnumber);
});

AKash

1234567890

 <button  class="kt-font-lg btn-primary click-number" data-rnumber="1234567890">Add</button>

Deep

9012345678

 <button  class="kt-font-lg btn-primary click-number" data-rnumber="9012345678">Add</button>

You cannot set the same id with two div elements
class click-number is the easy way. Put the number as data-rnumber and get it in jquery.

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You put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning…..
What would make a marmalade truly special? True to the essence of marmalade, but with a twist all our own? We came up with this delicious riff on a classic Scotch Marmalade. Peaty Islay whiskey is a classic ingredient in certain of our favorite orange marmalade recipes; often a little splash of booze gives some subtle undertones to a recipe. But the world is full of orange marmalade recipes…what about lime? And not only Bearrs lime, but the heady essence of Thai Lime? White rum could replace the whiskey…it sounded like a tropical vacation in a jar. So we threw in a couple kinds of ginger, and a smidge of coconut, to set the scene for our taste buds. It just so happened that it fit in beautifully with the theme of the journal this month: exploring bitter, the forbidden flavor.
This jam is incredible on a cheese plate, paired with cream cheese and crackers, or used in any number of pairings beyond the usual carbohydrate topping. It's truly special with cold white meats or used as a glaze for roast pork or fowl. It can also be made into one heckuva hot toddy or lime smash.
The recipe calls for 2 leaves from the Thai Lime tree, Citrus hystrix. This Lime has also been sold over the years as Kaffir Lime, Keiffer Lime, and Makrut Lime, among others. The term kaffir, however, is now widely understood as a racial slur, and efforts are being made to encourage the use of the name Makrut or Thai Lime. (Keiffer was an attempt to retain the approximate sound, but not the actual meaning, but it didn't stick, either.) Whatever name you know it by, it's the strange, lumpy lime whose fragrant leaves have 2 distinctive doubly lobed sections. Wildly aromatic, the leaves are used extensively in Thai cuisine; the round, lumpy fruits are used less often, though a single lime can perfume a room for days. If you do not have access to fresh leaves, dried ones will do; they can be found in the dried herb section of many specialty grocery stores.
Remove zest in thin strips with a citrus zester. Alternatively, use a vegetable peeler to cut the peel into strips, then stack the strips and cut into fine matchsticks.
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Boil, stirring occasionally, until the mixture reaches the gel point, about 20 minutes.
While the marmalade cools, prepare a water bath canner and 6 half pint jars.
Add the second Makrut leaf and the white rum and stir well to combine.
Secure the lids and process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes.
Place the processed jars on a kitchen towel and let cool. If all of your jars have sealed they can be stored in a cool, dark place for up to year. Jars that have not sealed should go into the refrigerator or be enjoyed immediately.
Check out our Video Workshop: Learn all About Water Bath Canning and our article Finding your Perfect Jam Setting Time.


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Alfred Al Jochim (12. juni 1902 i Berlin i Tyskland – marts 1980 i Lodi i New Jersey) var en amerikansk gymnast som deltog i de olympiske lege i 1924 i Paris, 1928 i Amsterdam og 1932 i Los Angeles.

Jochim vandt to sølvmedaljer i gymnastik under OL 1932 i Los Angeles. Han kom på en andenplads i Spring over hest efter Savino Guglielmetti fra Italien. Han var også med på det amerikanske hold som kom på en andenplads i holdkonkurrencen efter Italien.

Eksterne henvisninger
 http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/al-jochim-1.html

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Personer fra Berlin
Deltagere for USA ved sommer-OL 1924
Deltagere ved sommer-OL 1928
Deltagere ved sommer-OL 1932


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Q: Efficient 2D Radial Gravity Layout (Java) I'm after an efficient 2D mapping algorithm, and I've tried a number of implementations, but they all seem lacking.  I'm hoping the stackoverflow world can help out with some pointers to existing, tried-n-tested algorithms I could learn from.
My goal is to display articles based on the genre of writing; for the prototype, I am using Philosophy, Programming, Politics and Poetry, since those are the only four styles of writing I have.
Each article is weighted based on each category, and the home view will have each category as a header in each corner.  The articles are then laid out in word-cloud-like format, with "artificial gravity" placing each item as-near-as-possible to its main category (or between its main categories), without overlapping.
Currently, I am using an inefficient algorithm which stores arrays of rectangles to perform hit-test-and-search every time an article is added to the view, (with A* search patterns to find empty space to fill).  By approximating a single destination for all articles of the same weight, and by using a round-robin queue to pick off articles from each pool, I can achieve fresh results (arrays are sorted by weight, then timestamp), with positioning-by-relevance ("artificial gravity").
However, using A* to blindly search seems really wasteful, even with heuristics to make each article check closest to it's target marks first.  I need a more efficient way to iterate over a 2D space.
I'm wondering if a Linked-List approach might work better; rather than go searching blindly in all directions for empty space, I can just iterate through connected nodes to ask each one if it has either a) nearby free space, or b) other connected nodes to ask (and always ask the closest node first).
If there are any better algorithms available, or critiques on my methods, any and all help would surely be appreciated.
I am using gwt elemental + java in this gui, but any 2D mapping algorithm in any language will surely help.
[EDIT (request for more details)] : The main problem here is the amount of work each new addition performs; it produces noticable glitches in the ui thread, especially when there is almost no space left, as I am searching many points in a given radius for enough free space to fit the article.
If I cut the algorithm off too soon, I get blank spots that could have been filled.  If I let it run too long, the ui glitches pretty bad, and I'm sure users will hate it.
What is the fastest / most efficient way to store and modify collections of 2D space?

A: You haven't provided enough information to say what would make an algorithm "better."  Faster? Produces layouts that are "nicer" by some metric for quality?  Able to handler bigger data sources?
There is certainly nothing wrong with arrays, nor with A*. If they are giving acceptable results with the size of problem you are trying to solve, how can they be "wasteful?"  Linked data structures are worthwhile only if they reduce cost of frequently needed operations.
If you sharpen the problem, you're more likely to get a useful answer.
At any rate, there is an enormous literature on "graph layout" and "graph drawing."  Try searching on these terms. If you can represent your desired layout as a collection of nodes and edges, these might apply.  Many are based on simulated spring systems, which seems akin to what you are doing.


Majestic St. Francis Xavier dime size medal in sterling silver available as a medal only or with 18" chain. Medal with chain comes in deluxe green flip-top gift box.
St. Francis Xavier was honored as a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, where he met Saint Ignatius Loyola. In the year 1540, Francis began missionary work which took him from the East Indies to Ceylon, India, Malaya and Japan. During his 10 years as a foreign missionary, there were several reports of miracles, including healing, the gift of tongues, foretelling the future and even raising the dead. Francis' dream however, missionary work in China, was never realized, he died of a fever.


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Review: Twelve South HiRise for MacBook laptop stand
Back in 2011, I bought a 27" Thunderbolt Display to use with my MacBook when I was at home, working at my desk. It was huge, heavy as hell and, with a full suite of ports baked into its butt, wicked useful. This year, after being shipped across the country four times and riding around North America in a motorhome for the past three years, it finally gave up the ghost. It sucked taking it to be recycled. But, in all honesty, I've been feeling it was out of place for the tiny amount of space in our RV that we've allocated to be my work space.
After a few days of working in front of my laptop at my desk, I found that, from an ergonomic standpoint, life sucked without having a massive display to stare into while I typed. I have a neck injury that is very easily tweaked. Looking down for too long? That tweaks it. I decided that I needed to invest in a laptop stand.
I chose Twelve South's HiRise for MacBook, for a number of reasons. First, I've used their gear in the past. It's rock solid. The Compass iPad stand that I bought from them back in 2012 still gets a lot of regular use around the house and when I travel. Their BackPack shelf for my Thunderbolt Display was great too… although it's not really all that useful since I trashed the monitor. Second, the stand is adjustable. I don't like buying accessories that will only serve me in one situation. There's no guarantee that I'll always be working at the same table or desk. I wanted to get my hands on a laptop stand that would work for me, for years to come.
I made a good choice. The HiRise, although marketed for MacBooks, would work with pretty much any laptop out there. Constructed almost entirely out of brushed metal, the HiRise is study as hell. The rubber strips on its base keep it in one place, even when we're traveling down the road at 80 miles per hour. The platform for resting your laptop on is covered in sticky rubber as well: it provides a slight slant to the laptop's orientation, but keeps it from sliding around or moving in a way that'll give you the 'no' feeling. I like that the platform consists of two slim, metal arms as it allows for better airflow. With my aging machine often chugging away, fans going full-tilt as I work in Photoshop, I need all of the help I can to keep my laptop from melting into a pile of silicon-scented slag.
Now, the bad news: the HiRise for MacBook will set you back $70. That's a lot of money to spend on something that performs a function that a short stack of books can ape. But books are easily knocked over and I've owned less expensive laptop stands in the past that weren't nearly as well made as the HiRise is. They were relegated to the recycling center, long ago.
I have a feeling that this one will be around for a while.
Image via Twelve South
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Trump supporter Peter Thiel is 'most scared' of Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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In 1943, the chairman of the NY Fed backed Modern Monetary Theory: "Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete"
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Barthélémy Chinenyeze est un joueur international français de volley-ball, né le . Il joue au poste de central.

Biographie
Il est le fils d'un marin nigérian, dont le bateau est tombé en panne dans le port de Dunkerque, où il a rencontré sa mère.
Il grandit dans le nord de la France, au sein d'une fratrie de trois enfants.
Après avoir débuté le volley enfant, il fait ses classes au Centre National du volley-ball (CNVB) à Montpellier, avant de briller à Toulouse et connaître ses premiers titres au Tours Volley-Ball.

Palmarès

Équipe nationale
 Jeux olympiques (1)
  : 2020
 Ligue mondiale (1)
  : 2017
Hubert Jerzy Wagner Mémorial
  : 2017.
  : 2018.
 Ligue des nations
  : 2018
  : 2021
  : 2022

Clubs
 Championnat de France (1) :
 Vainqueur :  2019
 Finaliste : 2017

 Coupe de France (1) :
 Vainqueur : 2019

Distinctions individuelles
 2019 : Championnat de France Ligue A — MVP

Il est désigné meilleur central du tournoi olympique 2020.

Décorations

  (2021)

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Son profil sur le site de la FIVB

Joueur français de volley-ball
Naissance en février 1998
Naissance dans le département du Nord
Joueur formé au CNVB
Joueur des Spacer's Toulouse Volley
Joueur du Tours Volley-Ball
Joueur de volley-ball aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2020
Champion olympique français
Champion olympique de volley-ball
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur décoré en 2021


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Q: Static Library linking Error Getting an Apple Mach-O Librarian Error when trying to archive my project.
I have an Xcode project that links to an FDLibrary. Its a static library contained in the same workspace. FDLibrary links to an SDLibrary. Another static library also contained in the workspace.
I know its unconventional to have multiple static libraries however the SDLibrary contains a lot of common code to several apps while the FDLibrary contains a lot of common code built on the SDLibrary only needed by a few apps. Most basically the FDLibrary contains a lot of specific interface templates while the SDLibrary is almost all data structures and object types.
Building and Running to device works completely fine. But I started to archive today and ran into this error.
All hints welcome! Thanks in advance!
Libtool "/Users/rpools1951/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/FunDecks-fqrkiylcrromdnbuuyxoyjotckal/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/Irregular Verbs/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/FDLibrary.build/Release-iphoneos/FDLibrary.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libFDLibrary.a" normal armv7s
    cd /Users/rpools1951/Projects/Workspaces/FDLibrary
    setenv IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET 6.0
    setenv PATH "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool -static -arch_only armv7s -syslibroot /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk "-L/Users/rpools1951/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/FunDecks-fqrkiylcrromdnbuuyxoyjotckal/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/Irregular Verbs/BuildProductsPath/Release-iphoneos" -LSDLibrary -filelist "/Users/rpools1951/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/FunDecks-fqrkiylcrromdnbuuyxoyjotckal/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/Irregular Verbs/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/FDLibrary.build/Release-iphoneos/FDLibrary.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/FDLibrary.LinkFileList" -ObjC -framework UIKit -lSDLibrary -framework Foundation -o "/Users/rpools1951/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/FunDecks-fqrkiylcrromdnbuuyxoyjotckal/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/Irregular Verbs/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/FDLibrary.build/Release-iphoneos/FDLibrary.build/Objects-normal/armv7s/libFDLibrary.a"

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool: -dynamic not specified the following flags are invalid: -ObjC
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool: can't locate file for: -lSDLibrary
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/libtool: file: -lSDLibrary is not an object file (not allowed in a library)
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Fortunately, it's also pretty easy to make. All you need is wine, fruit, a few other easy-to-procure ingredients, and ideally, 24 hours to let it stand. Then you'll be good to go.... For a light and quick poolside drink, Cava Sangria is the way to go. Refreshing and fruity, this 5-ingredient sangria has the perfect combination of flavors from the strawberries and mint leaves.
Even if one uses a heavier red to make sangria , just make sure u are not using a wine that is expensive. The idea is to keep the sangria simple.Enjoy. Milt The idea is to keep the sangria simple.Enjoy. how to put an accent over a letter I wanted to make an Asian-inspired sangria for our holiday table, so I came up with this delightful White Wine Lychee Sangria. It was one of the finest combinations of fruit and wine in a pitcher! It was one of the finest combinations of fruit and wine in a pitcher!
And, if you really want to get into the spirit of things, don't forget to wear a pair of awesome socks while you make this delicious summer sangria. We've got on a pair of our funky champagne socks.
Fortunately, it's also pretty easy to make. All you need is wine, fruit, a few other easy-to-procure ingredients, and ideally, 24 hours to let it stand. Then you'll be good to go.