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Guru Nanak Dev
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Guru Nanak Dev[1] (Punjabi) is the central figure in Sikhism, and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Guru Nanak Dev Jee was born on 15th april 1469[2][3], now celebrated as Prakash Dihara of Guru Nanak, into a Hindu Khatri family of the highest caste,[4] in the village of Rāi Bhōi dī Talwandī, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan.[5] Today, his birthplace is marked by Gurdwara Janam Asthan. His father, Mehta Kalyan Das, popularly short upp as Mehta Kalu[6], was the patwari (accountant) of crop revenue for the village of Talwandi in the employment of a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti [7]. Guru Nanak's mother was Tripta Devi and he had one elder sister, Bebe Nanaki.
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The earliest biographical sources on the life of Guru Nanak recognized today are the Janamsākhīs (life accounts) and the vārs (expounding verses) of the scribe Bhai Gurdas. The most popular Janamsākhī are written by a close companion of the Guru, Bhai Bala.
Bhai Gurdas, a purported scribe of the Gurū Granth, also wrote about Nanak's life in his vārs. Although these too were compiled some time after Guru Nanak's time, they are less detailed than the Janamsākhīs. The Janamsākhīs recount in minute detail the circumstances of the birth of the guru. The Janamsakhis claim that at his birth an astrologer, who came to write his horoscope, insisted on seeing the child. On seeing the infant, he is said to have worshipped him with clasped hands and remarked that "I regret that I shall never live to see young Guru Nanak as an adult.
At the age of five years Nanak is said to have voiced interest in divine subjects. At age seven, his father, Mehta Kalu, enrolled him at the village school as was the custom.[8] Notable lore recounts that as a child Nanak astonished his teacher by describing the implicit symbolism of the first letter of the alphabet, which is an almost straight stroke in Persian or Arabic, resembling the mathematical version of one, as denoting the unity or oneness of God[9]. Other childhood accounts refer to strange and miraculous events about Nanak witnessed by Rai Bular such as a poisonous cobra being seen to shield the sleeping child's head from the harsh sunlight.
Guru Nanak Dev was married to Mata Sulakhni. His marriage to her took place in the town of Batala. The marriage party had come from the town of Sultanpur Lodhi. He had two sons from this marriage; Sri Chand and Lakhmi Chand. Sri Chand founded a renunciate/ascetic sect known today as Udasis when Nanak did not choose him as his successor.
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Rai Bular Bhatti, the local landlord and Nanak's sister Bibi Nanaki were the first people who recognised divine qualities in Guru Nanak. They encouraged and supported Nanak to study and travel. Around c. 1499 at the age of thirty, Sikh tradition stated that Nanak went missing and was presumed to have drowned after going for one of his morning baths to a local stream called the Kali Bein. One day, he declared: "There is no hindu, there is no muslim" (in Punjabi, "nā kōi hindū nā kōi musalmān").The true meaning of this declaration was that "human being can not be bound by his religion because the Almighty is in everywhere whether it is the human being or the beast.He is the soul in everyone." The Universe is the Will of the Almighty. God is the absolute Truth, He can not be bound by a particular religion. If one looks in himself with deep insight and the condensed state of mind, this truth will be revealed itself.[10] It was from this moment that Nanak would begin to spread the teachings of what was then the beginning of Sikhism.
Although the exact account of his itinerary is disputed, he is widely acknowledged to have made four major journeys, spanning thousands of kilometres, the first tour being east towards Bengal and Assam, the second south towards Tamil Nadu, the third north towards Kashmir, Ladakh, and Tibet, and the final tour west towards Baghdad and Mecca on the Arabian Peninsula.[11].
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As the end approached Guru Nanak would frequently test the devotion of his sons and nearest followers and in doing so demonstrate their state of mind to one another. There were numerous such occasions and one particular devotee, Baba Lehna, rose to eminence because he never faltered in his faith in Guru Nanak.
Guru Nanak appointed Baba Lehna as the successor Guru, renaming him as Guru Angad Dev, meaning 'one's very own' or 'part of you'. This succession wasn't a mere gesture. Via a transformation, compared in Sikh tradition as the passing of a flame from one candle to another, the Guru-aspect of Guru Nanak descended upon Guru Angad. Guru Angad became Guru Nanak. In the Guru Granth Sahib this is described as having even a physical manifestation whereby Angad in person suddenly appeared to look like Nanak.[12]
Shortly after proclaiming Baba Lehna as the next Guru, Nanak announced that His time to leave Earth had arrived, and retreated to a tree whereby he sat in the lotus position and the praan (life-force) was guided upwards and outwards from his body. This was said to have happened on 22 September 1539 in Kartarpur, Punjab, Pakistan at the age of 70.
Guru Nanak Dev was a practitioner of the ancient Yoga system which is to mentally directs the life energy to revolve, upward and downward, around the six spinal centers (medullary, cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal plexuses) which correspond to the twelve astral signs of the zodiac, the symbolic Cosmic Man. One-half minute of this revolution of energy around the sensitive spinal cord of man effects subtle progress in his evolution; that half-minute of this revolution equals one year of natural spiritual unfoldment.Liberation can be accomplished by this inner pranayama which is attained by disjoining the course of inspiration and expiration.This is called Gurmukhi Vidya(Knowledge that is confined within Guru Disciple relationship).This Yoga system consists of a number of levels of Pranayama based techniques that are intended to rapidly accelerate spiritual development and engender a profound state of tranquility and God-communion...
One of Guru Nanak's famous sayings was, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim,so whose path shall I follow? I shall follow the path of God". Every living being in this world has a common activity which is respiration.Praan(The Universal Cosmic Energy) that governs all including this respiration process, bundles up everything in this Universe into unity. Offering inhaling breath into the outgoing breath, and offering the outgoing breath into the inhaling breath, the yogi neutralizes both these breaths; he thus releases praan the life force from the heart and brings it under his control.Then he realizes that He is not bound by any name or attribute,He pervades everywhere in the Universe and everything whether it is material or immaterial pervades in Him, He has no limit, He is beyond the space. If one see himself in every-one then how he feel envy towards man/beast? Being united with the God, his presence makes the environment free from all malices. This is why Rai Bular saw a poisonous cobra shielded the sleeping child's(Guru Nanak Dev) head from the harsh sunlight.
Among the various teachings of Guru Nanak Dev the fundamental one was "It is absolutely necessary for all to totally surrender to their Guru. The more one can surrender to the Guru, the more he can ascertain the subtlest of the subtle techniques of yoga from his Guru. Without surrender, nothing can be derived from the Guru."---Baba Lahina proved this. He said: Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world–so make the acquaintanceship of God now. Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception. Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles. Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. Cease being a prisoner of the body; using the secret key of yoga, learn to escape into Spirit. He taught this secret technique to very rare sincere seekers, Baba Lahina was one of them.
Guru Nanak's teachings can be found in the Sikh scripture Guru Granth, a vast collection of revelatory verses recorded in Gurmukhi.
From these some common principles seem discernible. Firstly a supreme Godhead who although incomprehensible manifests in a variety of religious forms, the Singular 'Doer' and formless source of all forms. It is described as the indestructible or timeless form and in both impersonal and personal forms. Salvation or liberation depends on the grace ('nadir'- glance) of God alone and although outside the power of the individual, manifests through the individual whom is seen to be unceasing in their efforts. Religious awakening is compared to undergoing a living death.
Guru Nanak describes the dangers of the self (haumai- 'I am') and calls upon devotees to engage in worship through God's name[dubious – discuss] and singing of God's qualities, discarding doubt in the process. However such worship must be selfless (sewa). God's name cleanses the individual to make such worship possible. This is related to the revelation that God is the Doer and without God there is no other. Guru Nanak warned against hypocrisy and falsehood saying that these are pervasive in humanity and that religious actions can also be in vain. However the practice of satsang is considered exalted. It may also be said that ascetic practices are disfavoured by Guru Nanak who suggests remaining inwardly detached whilst living as a householder.
Through popular tradition, Guru Nanak's teaching is understood to be practiced in three ways:
Naam Japna: Chanting the Holy Name and thus remembering God at all times (ceaseless devotion to God)
Kirat Karō: Earning/making a living honestly, without exploitation or fraud
Vaṇḍ Chakkō: Sharing with others, helping those with less who are in need
Guru Nanak put the greatest emphasis on the worship of the True Name (Naam Japna)[clarification needed]. One should follow the direction of awakened individuals rather than the mind (state of manmukh- being led by the mind)- the latter being perilous and leading only to frustration.
In the context of his times, reforms that occurred in the wake of Nanak's teachings and the bhakti movement at large included Bhakti devotion being open to all castes, women not to be marginalized from its institutions, and both Godhead and Devotion transcending any religious consideration or divide, as God is not separate from any individual.
Baburbani
Baburbani (Bani on Babar) - pronounced BaaburBaani - are verses in a hymn composed by Guru Nanak and found in the Guru Granth Sahib that refer to the Moghul invasion of India, an event that occurred during Nanak's lifetime.[13] The notable aspect of these verses is that we do not usually find such elaborate descriptions to outside events in bhakti verses of many bhagats, despite this being such a tumultuous time in Indian history. In this hymn Guru Nanak uses the metaphor of a marriage party in describing the invasion of Babur. The ironic use of terms associated with marriage customs seems to be a subversion of the populist and widespread archetype of 'the beloved' that preoccupied Northern Indian religious and artistic thought at the time.
" As descendeth the Lord's word to me, so do I deliver it unto you, O Lalo: (Babar) leading a wedding-array of sin hath descended from Kabul and demandeth by force the bride(India), O Lalo. decency and righteousness have vanished, and falsehood struts abroad, O Lalo. Gone are the days of Qazis and Brahmans, satan now conducts the nuptials, O Lalo. The Muslim women recite the Qur'an and in distress remember their God, O Lalo. Similar is the fate of Hindu women of castes high and low, O Lalo. They sing paeans of blood, O Nanak, and by blood, not saffron, ointment is made, O Lalo. In this city of corpses, Nanak proclaimeth God's praises, and uttereth this true saying: The Lord who created men and put them to their tasks watcheth them from His seclusion. True is that Lord, true His verdict, and true is the justice He dealeth. As her body's vesture is torn to shreds, India shall remember my words. In seventy-eight they come, in ninety seven shall depart; another man of destiny shall arise. Nanak pronounceth words of truth, Truth he uttereth; truth the time calls for."[14]
Guru Nanak puts the event up to the prospect of a merciful yet all-powerful God, describing powerfully yet with muted economy the state of events and how this related to questions of suffering and oppression, and the transcience of life.
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For the first time ever, married same-sex couples will be required to file federal income taxes as married, either jointly or separately, and will have the opportunity to amend their last three returns using a married filing status. For some unions, this could mean a nice refund.
After the Supreme Court struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act last June, the IRS announced that it would recognize all legally married same-sex couples for federal tax purposes, regardless of whether the state they reside in recognizes their marriage.
It's a big victory for advocates of same-sex marriage, writes Tara Siegel Bernard at the New York Times, but it also raises new questions, like: When does it make sense to amend your returns?
Bernard spoke with Janis Cowhey McDonagh, a partner at New York accounting firm Marcum. McDonagh says that, as with straight couples, amending returns makes sense if you and your partner qualify for a marriage bonus, earned when one partner stays home or makes significantly less than the other.
On the other hand, "higher-income couples with two working spouses making similar incomes are likely to face a marriage penalty" if the dual incomes push the couple into a higher tax bracket, she says.
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Tim, Sonya, Andrew, Bethany, and Micah. That's our immediate family for now, and we're exceedingly glad that God has decided to put us together for this life. We've had plenty of good times over the years, and a few challenges, too. But through it all, we've loved each other without limit and have encouraged each other always to make Christ our highest treasure. We're not batting a thousand on that, but we're still in the game.
We like to think of ourselves as just a handful of "nice, nutty people on the journey of life," though lots of people probably think we're more nutty than nice. We're not inclined to argue the point. We just soldier on, trying to answer the call that God has placed on each of our lives as best we can. Our extended family is likewise precious to us, though they're far too numerous to mention here.
Tim Valentino
I was born in Philadelphia, PA and adopted 13 months later by Carl and Cherie Valentino, of Reading, PA. Dad was a blue-collar worker for the Reading Eagle newspaper, and mom went to work for the same company after all three of us kids started junior high. Our parents provided us with something of a middle-class upbringing, and our youth was filled with myriad sports, school activities, and trips to the emergency room.
In earlier days, my brother called me, "Harry Homework." The nickname was well deserved, though I didn't like it very much. (I wanted to be cool, not geeky.) Our challenges were many, but we pressed on together when life was tough. Today I'm a grace-loving husband, father, pastor, seminary professor, conference speaker, swimmer, and incurable Philadelphia Phillies fan. I have an odd sense of humor. You can read more about me on the About Page.
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I was born in Marietta, OH and spent much of my young life in that state, where mom and dad served as church planters with the Southern Baptist Convention. My siblings and I moved around a lot, helping our parents start new churches in new towns. On several occasions we served as the nucleus of a new children's ministry or youth group, learning to do Christian ministry firsthand from mom and dad. Eventually we wound up in West Virginia, where I went to college on a music scholarship.
My school days were filled with lots of joy, laughter, music, church activities, and homework. Mom and dad taught me to love God and put him first in my life, which was easy to do since they didn't just preach the Christian faith, they lived it in front of us. Today I'm a faith-filled wife, mother, ministry leader, and development assistant in Christian higher education. I also provide daily care for my mother, who has mid-stage dementia. Unlike Tim, I have a normal sense of humor. You can read more about me on the About Page.
We have two adult children, Andrew and Bethany, and a son-in-law, Micah, whom we claim as our own.
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Our son Andrew holds a film and media arts degree from Temple University and currently works as an Emmy-nominated videographer for WFMZ-Channel 69 in Allentown, PA. He also does photography and videography on the side. His interests include film, anime, screenwriting, voiceover, science fiction, apologetics, philosophy, and music. For better or worse, he looks like Tim and acts like Sonya.
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Our daughter Bethany holds a speech language pathology degree from Bloomsburg University and currently works as a psychiatric assistant at Pennsylvania Counseling Services in Lebanon, PA. Her interests include worship, dance, discipleship, and sharing her faith. She also helps lead worship at her church. For better or worse, she looks like Sonya and acts like Tim.
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Dr. Timothy R. Valentino: A grace-loving husband, father, pastor, seminary professor, conference speaker, swimmer, and incurable Philadelphia Phillies fan.
Sonya E. Valentino: A faith-filled wife, mother, seminary administrator, musician, music teacher, and local church ministry leader, just trying to follow the Shepherd.
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Friday Fun: Raising Your Hands with Tim Hawkins
Throwback Thursday: Those Miserable Training Trips
Not Quite Home on the Range Yet
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Radiate, Part 2: Gospel Neighboring (Luke 10:25-37)
Random Thoughts in the Bleak Midwinter
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Random Thoughts the Day After
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Creates a records management fee surcharge on civil cases.
RELATING TO RECORDS MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that filed legal documents
2 become records that are required to be maintained by the court.
3 These records require storage from two years to perpetuity.  The
4 court incurs costs for storage, retrieval, and conversion of
5 documents to imaged media.
6      The purpose of this Act is to provide an additional source
7 of funding for records storage and conversion services through
8 the creation of a records management fee surcharge on civil
9 cases.
10      SECTION 2.  Chapter 607, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
11 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
12 read as follows:
13      "§607-    Surcharge for records management services.  (a)
14 In addition to the costs and fees prescribed in section 607-5,
15 any person in a civil action in the circuit court who is required
16 to pay an initial filing fee shall pay an additional surcharge of
17 $5 at the time of the person's initial filing.  Initial filings
18 for which this surcharge shall be assessed include:
19      (1)  Complaints, petitions, interventions, applications for
1           special proceedings, and answers containing one or more
2           cross-claims or counter-claims; and
3      (2)  Third party complaints, but shall not include post-
4           judgment civil processes.
5      (b)  In addition to the costs and fees prescribed in section
6 607-4, any person who files an action for summary possession in
7 the district court shall pay an additional surcharge of $5 at the
8 time of initial filing.  Any person in a civil action in the
9 supreme court who is required to pay an initial filing fee also
10 shall pay an additional surcharge of $5 at the time of the
11 person's filing.  No surcharge shall be assessed against:
12      (1)  Small claims cases;
13      (2)  Petitions for temporary restraining orders;
14      (3)  Injunction against harassment;
15      (4)  Any party who has received the court's permission to
16           proceed in a forma pauperis; or
17      (5)  Any party proceeding on behalf of a county or the
18           State.
19 Surcharges subject to this section shall be limited to one
20 payment per party.
21      (c)  There is established within the state treasury a
22 revolving fund to be known as the records management fund, which
23 shall be administered by the judiciary.  The funds raised under
1 subsections (a) and (b) shall be transmitted to the
2 administrative director of the courts and deposited in the
3 records management fund.
4      (d)  The fund shall be used for:
5      (1)  Records storage; and
6      (2)  The purchase of hardware and software to enhance the
7           capability of imaging and storing records.
8      (e)  The fund may be used for other expenses relating to
9 records management services.
10      (f)  No moneys in the records management revolving fund
11 shall revert to the general fund."
12      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
13      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.


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July 8, 2017 / 11:32 PM
Los Angeles Dodgers pull out 10th-inning win over Kansas City Royals
Bob Keisser, The Sports Xchange
Chase Utley connects with a single against the Kansas City Royals. The Dodgers defeated the Royals 5-4. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers continued their amazing and often odd winning ways Saturday, scoring the winning run against the Kansas City Royals in the 10th inning without the benefit of a hit in a 5-4 victory.
Royals reliever Scott Alexander walked Chase Utley, Corey Seager and Justin Turner -- all on 3-2 pitches -- to load the bases with no outs, and closer Kelvin Herrera walked Cody Bellinger on a 3-2 pitch to score Utley.
It was the Dodgers' 25th win in their last 29 games, and they're 17-1 in their last 18 home games and 38-11 on the season. The win gives them 60 in the first half.
The Royals dropped their second game after coming to town with six wins in their last seven games. They're 18-8 in their last 26 contests.
The Dodgers led 3-2 after six, but reliever Brandon Morrow allowed three singles, a walk and a run in the seventh to tie the game. Pedro Baez rescued Morrow from a bases-loaded, one-out situation, striking out Lorenzo Cain and getting Eric Hosmer to ground out.
Cain was ejected after arguing the strike call with home plate umpire Bill Miller while walking on the field for the bottom of the seventh.
The Royals took their first lead in the eighth on Salvador Perez's home run off Baez, a drive to center that just eluded a leaping try by center fielder Joc Pederson. It was Perez's 18th home run of the season and 100th as a catcher.
The Dodgers tied it with their own long ball in the bottom of the eighth with Cody Bellinger hitting his 25th home run of the season, a blast to left center off Joakim Soria.
Whit Merrifield doubled and scored in the fifth and singled in the tying run in the seventh. Perez, Jorge Bonifacio, Eric Hosmer and Alcides Escobar also had two hits apiece. Bellinger and Pederson had two hits each for the Dodgers.
Dodgers starter Brandon McCarthy went six innings, allowing two runs, six hits, two walks and a wild pitch. He got out of a three-hit third with just one run thanks to Pederson throwing Bonifacio out at home, and endured a touch of wildness that led to a run in the fifth.
Royals starter Ian Kennedy allowed seven hits and three runs but stranded four runners in scoring position. He retired 11 of last 13 batters he faced.
NOTES: Dodgers C Yasmani Grandal left the game in the seventh with a hand contusion. ... Dodger OF Scott Van Slyke was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City to make room on the roster for Saturday's starter, Brandon McCarthy, who was activated from the disabled list. ... Dodgers 2B Chase Utley became the ninth active player with 1,000 career RBIs after a RBI double Friday night. The stoic infielder said the milestone meant "I played on a lot of great teams." Utley ranks in the top three in six categories among active second baseman -- first in triples, second in home runs and RBIs, and third in runs and hits. ... Royals RHP Matt Strahm is scheduled to undergo surgery this week to repair a torn patellar tendon in his right knee. He's been on the disabled list for a few weeks as the team studied the alternatives to season-ending surgery. ... Royals RHP Nate Karns remains on the DL with thoracic outlet syndrome, a compressed nerve condition that causes pain and numbness in the shoulder and arm. He's on the 60-day DL and hopes of him returning later this season appear doubtful.
Alcides Escobar
Ian Kennedy
Chase Utley
Salvador Perez
Eric Hosmer
Brandon Morrow
Brandon McCarthy
Joakim Soria


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World Investigators Reach Ukraine Jet Wreckage Site
Investigators Reach Ukraine Jet Wreckage Site
Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 11:11 pm | ד' אב תשע"ד
ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) -
Two weeks after a missile brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, an international team of investigators Thursday reached a wreckage site in eastern Ukraine that remains bitterly contested between government forces and pro-Russia separatist rebels.
For the families of the victims, it was an important start in locating and recovering bodies still rotting in the fields and building a case against those who perpetrated the tragedy.
Harun Calehr, the uncle of two young victims of the disaster, said by phone from his home in the U.S. that he was happy investigators had reached the site. But Calehr said he remains concerned that dozens of bodies haven't been retrieved.
"It's been two weeks. I just hope they can get there now and do their job," Calehr said from Houston. "The only thing keeping me sane is being religious, hoping for something positive."
As the investigators — two apiece from the Netherlands and Australia — made an initial survey of the area shortly after lunchtime, mortar shells rained down on fields in a nearby village. Despite the lingering signs of risk, the team called their one-hour inspection a success.
For days, clashes along routes to the wreckage site had kept investigators from reaching the area to find and retrieve bodies that have been lying in open fields where midsummer temperatures have hovered around 90 F.
But after negotiations, the investigators were allowed through the final rebel checkpoint before the wreckage site at the village of Rozsypne by a rifle-toting militiaman who then fired a warning shot to prevent reporters from accompanying the convoy on Thursday afternoon.
Australian Federal Police commander Brian McDonald said the visit was only a preliminary survey before more comprehensive recovery work.
"We had a quick inspection of the site. Today was more about an assessment of the site than it was of a search," said McDonald, who was in police uniform.
Up to 80 bodies are still at the site, said Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corp. from Ukraine.
This article appeared in print on page 6 of the August 1st, 2014 edition of Hamodia.
Russian-Made Missile Downed Malaysian Plane Last Year, Investigation Concludes
Russian Forces Enter East Ukraine
Putin Calls for Talks on East Ukraine 'Statehood'
NATO to Create New Force To Respond to Crises
Putin Outlines Ceasefire Plan


Not long ago I wrote about how we as Christians have cut away the anchor, and today I'd like to expand on that. Once again I see in online discussions the lie that there is no such thing as objective, absolute truth, or that we can treat the Bible like putty moldable to suit individual taste. So here I go again.
Christianity has become almost a generic term for western religion. So many conflicting and mutually-exclusive beliefs are rolled into one big package that it resembles something we might call a "religious illusion". Alice of Wonderland fame would surely be muttering "curiouser and curiouser".
While I'm well familiar with the human propensity for skipping merrily through life believing contradictory things, this is truly a matter of eternal life and death when it comes to our immortal souls. We cannot take a "tolerant" attitude toward truths that determine our eternal destiny. We have to do better than to just pretend all views, no matter how they contradict each other, are equally valid.
And how are we to settle this and get out of this "wonderland"? We need an objective Truth that never changes, yet that lives and breathes (Heb. 4:12). We need more than each person saying God told them this or that, especially when it would mean God continually contradicts Himself. We need a non-human arbiter.
And while no one disputes the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of every believer, we cannot keep falling for the false dilemma that declares the written Word and the Spirit to be mutually exclusive entities. If, as we believe, the Bible is the Word of God, inspired by the same divine Spirit as that which indwells each believer, then there can never be conflict between them. They are one Voice, one Truth. And since the perfect message of the Spirit is being given to imperfect receivers as we are, we must rely on what is written in order to keep from being tossed with the waves of every idea floating around.
So it is vital that we as Christians first of all agree on this objective Truth as being the Word of God that it is. As long as we harbor doubt about this, we are wasting our time discussing anything it says. This is how we know God beyond our fallible hunches and feelings. This is history and example, teaching and warning, motivation and hope from none other than God. This is the reliable Witness to the resurrection of the real, historical, Jesus. We ignore it or trivialize it or allegorize it at our peril.
Yet even among those of us who do revere the Bible as the Holy Word of God, many have the misguided notion that it is merely a collection of codes or disjointed sayings, as if we are examining a dead specimen in a laboratory. There is a time and place for that, regarding the study of the text as we would any other so we can know the words and their possible meanings. But we can't stop there. We can never know this Word without remembering that it is a living entity from the eternal living God.
So if we ever want to truly study the Bible without personal bias or dividing up the Body because we can't tell the disputable from the plain, we have to get this foundation right. And we have to stop brushing people off because they dare to call our favorite experts wrong, and stop trying to give God a split personality (the OT God vs. the NT God), or simplistically thinking that love and justice are hopelessly incompatible. God is not one-dimensional, and neither is His Word.


We draw upon the world's secular and religious traditions, respecting the perspectives of both doubter and believer.
Pilgrim Chapel is able to assist you if you wish to employ recorded music. In this case, I suggest you choose someone as your "sound engineer" to cue the music as you wish.
Another option is live music.
Below are musicians familiar with Pilgrim Chapel weddings.


Wandsworth's goal of becoming the best place in London to own an electric vehicle (EV) has been boosted by the signing of a contract with electronics giant Siemens to install this charging infrastructure as part of a £400,000 deal.
The Siemens equipment ties in with leading EV charging provider ubitricity which has already been tried and tested in the borough.
This will give EV owners two options in terms of connection. They can either use a ubitricity cable which also brings the customer's own electricity tariff, or they can use a standard cable, scan the QR code at the charge point with their mobile phone or tablet and charge via DirectAccess, the pay-as-you-go-option.
This latest investment is helping the council meet its target of delivering nearly 900 on-street charging points in total. Nowhere else in London is delivering EV infrastructure on such a scale.
Sockets have already been installed in the first wave of street lamps where residents have requested them. This latest investment of £400,000, funded mainly via the Government's Go Ultra Low City Scheme (GULCS), will pay for around 250 additional ones.
On top of this the council is to install around 400 charging plugs in every suitable lamp-post inside two pilot zones in parts of Putney and Battersea immediately adjacent to the proposed extension of the Mayor's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The results from these trial schemes could see lamppost charging extended to other residential areas.
This means that approximately 650 street lights in Wandsworth will be having sockets fitted to them. Using street lights as chargers doesn't impact on parking provision because there are no restrictions on the types of vehicle allowed to use adjacent parking spaces - so they can be used by both electric and non-electric vehicles.
Another EV charging company Source London is providing a further 100 charging points at various locations across the borough, adding to the 100 already installed across Wandsworth.
And for those who don't need to own a vehicle but want to enjoy occasional eco-friendly motoring, two new e-car clubs are now operating in Wandsworth – offering a convenient and eco-friendly alternative to car ownership, providing electric vehicles to hire by the hour, day or week.
These car club EV's will use the Source London charging points and allow residents to hire an electric car by the hour, day or week. Wandsworth already has one of the highest take-up rates of car club membership in London with 15,000 members and this will give local people a more eco-friendly option.
The £400,000 GULCS funding is on top of the £3m the council has agreed to invest to encourage residents to switch to this more environmentally-friendly form of motoring.
The number of electric vehicles bought by people living in the borough has grown from 127 at the end of 2015 to around 600 today – with numbers rising by around ten per cent every three months.
Current projections indicate that around 6,000 electric vehicles will be registered in the borough by 2025 – but with enhanced infrastructure and more charging points that number could rise to nearer 10,000. Existing analysis indicates that Wandsworth already has one of London's the highest EV take up rates in London.
The council's own fleet of cars and vans is gradually being replaced by electric versions. All will eventually go electric as suitable vehicles become available.
Earlier this year Matthew Paterson became the first resident in Wandsworth to have lamp-post sockets in his street switched on.
The computer software developer from Mandrake Road in Tooting uses a plugin-hybrid to make short journeys powered solely by an electric motor. He said having lamp-post sockets in his street was "a game changer".
He added: "Having local charging points virtually on our doorsteps makes owning an EV practical for everyone who lacks off-street parking; I'm sure this new infrastructure will encourage others nearby to follow suit and 'go electric'."
Transport and environment spokesman Cllr Jonathan Cook said: "It's vitally important that all levels of government, including city mayors and local councils start providing the infrastructure that will be needed to keep people on the move.
"Here in Wandsworth we are determined to be well ahead of the game in supporting our residents and businesses who choose to make the switch to electric. By creating such an extensive network of charging points we aim to remove one of the biggest hurdles facing people thinking about the feasibility of changing from petrol and diesel to electric.
Chris Beadsworth, Director at Siemens Energy Management, said: "Siemens and ubitricity are working closely to provide people with electric vehicle charging infrastructure which is available at the most convenient location for them to help accelerate the increase in privately owned electric vehicles. We are delighted that Wandsworth have come together to offer this service for their residents.


It has been a long 16 years but at long last, the original "classic" lineup of seminal alt.country band The Jayhawks has returned and delivered a stellar record to herald their rebirth. Driven by the rustic harmonies of co-founders Gary Louris and Mark Olson, their voices serve to complement the earthy organic tones of the 14 tracks and DVD included in this set. Listening to Mockingbird Time is like sitting down and getting reacquainted with a long lost friend. If the past 16 years have taught us anything, it is that everyone in The Jayhawks is more than capable of flying on their own but when they come together, it is a force like few other groups can offer.


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IOM, Governments Launch Guidelines to Protect Migrants in Countries in Crisis
15 June 2016: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a set of guidelines for improving responses to ensure the wellbeing of migrants in countries experiencing conflict and natural disasters, following the outcome of a government-led, multi-stakeholder initiative launched in May 2014. The Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) guidelines, released on 10 June 2016, highlight the great diversity of migrants' situations, including: those who may be in an irregular situation; those who are fleeing natural disasters or violence; those who are victims of trafficking or in bonded labor; and those who are traditionally nomadic, such as some indigenous pastoralists. The guidelines were launched at an event in New York on 15 June, to be followed by an event in Geneva on 28 June. The voluntary, non-binding guidelines include recommended actions for crisis preparedness, emergency responses, and post-crisis actions. The document notes that conflict and disasters often disproportionately affect migrants, who may become stranded or experience greater vulnerability. The IOM report also explains the basic principles underpinning the recommendations, and suggests ways to put the guidelines into practice. These include researching migration trends and demographics, requiring employers to maintain data on migrant workers, carrying out "positive communications" to counter prejudice against migrants, and providing language training to enable migrants to communicate in the language of their host country. At the UN High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (HLD) in 2013, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for addressing the plight of stranded migrants, and Peter Sutherland, UN Special Representative for International Migration, called for developing better ways to protect and assist migrants in crisis. Subsequently, the MICIC initiative was launched at the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Stockholm, Sweden, in May 2014. The US and Philippines co-chaired the MICIC process, supported by a working group with representatives from the Governments of Australia, Bangladesh, Costa Rica and Ethiopia, the European Commission, IOM, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Centre for Migration Policy and Development (ICMPD) and other partners. IOM served as the secretariat for this initiative, and the US and Australia funded several stakeholder consultations on the issue. Separately, the EU has supported a four-year project launched in January 2015, known as 'Migrants in Countries in Crisis; Supporting an Evidence-based Approach for Effective and Cooperative State Action.' This project aims to support and complement the MICIC Initiative through research, regional consultations, and capacity building activities with governments, with particular attention being paid to socio-economic impacts of crises with migration implications. [MICIC Website] [Publication: Guidelines to Protect Migrants in Countries Experiencing Conflict or Natural Disaster] [ICMPD Webpage on EU Project] Read More:
Competency Based Training In Barbados - A Silent Revolution?
Young Barbadians sign their contracts for participation in training
"We needed to reduce the rates of accidents during the transfer of cargo resulting from improper rigging of containers at the Bridgetown Port, the major port of entry in Barbados. By training dockers, operators, and cargo supervisors in appropriate lashing and unlashing, as well as securing cargo according to international standards, we will reduce the damage to cargo (…) and increase productivity"
The story above is one of the many that emerge from the silent revolution going on in Barbados, one that is transforming how technical and vocational trainingcontributes to the development of the human capital and the competitiveness of this small island of 300,000 people. Behind this revolution is the Competency Based Training Fund (CBTF), an innovative scheme to finance employer-driven, competency-based training initiatives that respond to industry standards and lead to national and international certification of trainees.
The upgrading of the competencies and skills of the island's workforce has been at the center of Barbados' Human Resource Development Strategy (HRD) for the last five years. As a result, the central government and the IDB developed the "Skills for the Future Program", an initiative to improve the quality and relevance of secondary education by strengthening academic core skills and "life skills"; as well as to align the supply and demand for skills by supporting an employer-driven training system. It is in the context of this program that the Competency Based Training Fund (CBTF) emerged as a way to creative productive partnerships between key stakeholders.
The CBTF's guidelines require employers to partner with training institutions to jointly identify skills gaps and develop competency-based training modules that respond to the needs of their industries. Trainees are then assessed and certified by the national agency, the TVET Council, according to national or international standards. This is a critical change in the way training programs were designed, developed and implemented, because it promotes a closer and more continuous interaction between employers, training providers, and the external assessing/certifying public agency.
This new approach is a shift from traditional training in Barbados where providers defined the content of the training; the development of industry recognized standards and certifications was slow; and the engagement of training institutions with employers was limited. Moreover, in-house company training by employers was scarce and short-termed, lacking a strategic perspective and the resources needed to develop competency-based standards and certifications.
Evidence of the revolutionary changes initiated by the CBTF two years ago can be seen in the size and nature of training initiatives and, more importantly, in the way in which the program has truly redefined the dynamics of interaction between actors. As of this year, more than 100 proposals in key sectors such as hospitality and tourism, energy, and manufacturing have been submitted as a result of strategic partnerships between employers and training providers. Out of these 100, the best 25 proposals have been financed and led to the training of almost 4,000 men and women in relevant competency-based programs.
The success of competency-based training is driven by the demand from employers in the key sectors of the Barbadian economy. There is a pipeline of training initiatives underway and new cohorts of graduates need to be assessed and certified. This has prompted the TVET Council to strengthen its capacity to not only develop new standards in record time but also to modernize the assessment process to make it more efficient.
Initial results based on data collected from both winner proposals as well as non-winning eligible proposals are promising. Results indicate that the introduction of the CBTF has produced a clear increase in the number of firms undergoing competency-based training, in the amount of resources invested in that type of training and in the number of trainees certified. In addition, feedback obtained from the various firms shows that the majority of them have a positive perception about the impact of the training on the productivity of their employees (60%) and their prospects for employability beyond the firm (60 to 80%).
A fourth call for proposals is planned for 2016, and as the program enters its next stage, the hope is that success will continue, providing evidence of the potential that better synergy between public and private sector actors can have on the effectiveness of vocational training programs and, ultimately, in the life of thousands of young men and women ready to contribute to their society. The Caribbean and the rest of the region might have lots to learn from small Barbados. More
European Union Overseas Countries and Territories Association Innovation Strategy
The Innovation Strategy
The European Union has 22 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) as members of its Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA). One aim of OCTA is to contribute to the sustainable development of all of the EU's OCTs, with priority given to innovation, competitiveness and green growth. Based on this aim, OCTA has developed a dedicated project to spur innovation in OCTs, called 'Territorial Strategies for Innovation', which was officially launched on the 6th June 2014 in Brussels. This project provides technical and demand-driven services to OCT governments.
The European Commission (EC) has allocated a budget of €5m for the 'Territorial Strategies for Innovation' project, specifically for technical assistance and the implementation of pilot projects in OCTs. The technical assistance contract was awarded to Eurecna (Italy) and Egis (France) for a four-year period (April 2014-March 2018) and a core team of experts will be based in Brussels. The experts will help OCTs to;
Establish an innovation strategy;
Establish actions plans for implementing the innovation strategy;
Create training tools to raise awareness of innovation;
Facilitate an innovation network through digital platform and training sessions;
Develop regional cooperation.
Accordng to OCTA, the definition for innovation is as follows;
"Innovation is really about responding to change in a creative way; it's about generating new ideas, conducting R&D, improving processes or revamping products and services. At another level, it's also a mindset in your business; your employees are always focused on continuous improvement and constantly thinking outside of the box.
In the context of TSI this means changing or creating more effective processes, products and ideas that will increase the likelihood in the OCTs of increasing in competitiveness and achieving sustainable economic growth."
Territorial Strategies for Innovation in the Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands Development Board approved the establishment of the 'Innovation Strategy for the Falklands Islands' in April 2014. Subsequently, Michael Betts, FIDC Business Relations Manager, was appointed as the Innovation Manager for the Falkland Islands.
The first task for the Innovation Manager was to set up an Advisory Board, which was completed in June 2015. The overall purpose of the Advisory Board is to provide advice, experience and knowledge to the Innovation Manager and facilitate the formulation and implementation of an Innovation Strategy for the Falkland Islands.
The Advisory Board agreed a phase of stakeholder consultation to take place in October 2015. The consultation centred around an Innovation Workshop, which was held on the 16th October 2015 at the FIDF Club. An Innovation Questionnaire was also produced to capture the views of those who were unable to attend the workshop. The workshop was structured in a way to gather information regarding the current environment for innovation in the Falklands, barriers that prevent innovation, how innovation can be encouraged, identifying innovation opportunities and the key factors needed to deliver a national innovation strategy. A total of 31 individuals, from both the public and private sectors, attended the workshop. The workshop was led by the Innovation Manager, assisted by six facilitators.
The draft Innovation Strategy has been broken down into three parts. Part A details the stakeholder consultation structure and results, providing the context and outlining the process that has been followed. Part B is the strategy itself and Part C is the strategy's Action Plan. Part C provides the detail of how and when the recommendations, expressed in Part B, will be delivered. Parts B and C can be found in Appendix A.
Part B is influenced by three elements; (1) the Advisory Board agreed vision for innovation in the Falkland Islands, (2) the results of the Stakeholder Consultation and (3) the OCTA definition for innovation. Using these three elements as a guide, as well as research regarding innovation strategies adopted by other countries, the Innovation Strategy for the Falklands was drafted.
The Innovation Strategy aims to instil a mentality of innovation throughout the Falkland Islands' public and private sectors. This is to be achieved by making innovation a national priority, by specifically encouraging more local and overseas collaboration between the public sector, the private sector and institutions, increased investment in research and development, long-term planning in the development of people, encouraging innovation through the sharing of risk, and the continuous review and improvements to the Innovation Strategy itself.
You can download the Falkland Islands Innovation Strategy by clicking the link below
Falkland Islands Innovation Strategy (448.17 kB)
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The Loudness of Silence, Branchville Gallery, Branchville, CT.
Our Shrinking World, Silvermine Sculpture Walk, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT (on long term loan).
Cate McQuaid, "A Hint of Danger," The Boston Globe, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, MA.
Christine Temin, "Space is the Place," Sculpture Magazine, Chesterwood, Stockbridge MA.
Cate McQuaid, "Shimmering Downriver," The Boston Globe, H20 Film On Water, Newport Mill, Newport NH.
Gayle Hedrington, "H20 Film on Water," Sunacom Croydon Column, Newport Mill, Newport NH.
Michael Rush, "June Ahrens – Personal Affects: The Wishbone Project and the Pillow Project," Art New England, Feb.


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stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Queen Elizabeth said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte "is the kind of leader who knows the way .... Filipinos are very lucky to have him."
By Ciara O'Rourke April 7, 2020
No, Queen Elizabeth didn't praise Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech
Queen Elizabeth delivered a speech addressing the coronavirus on April 5, but she didn't mention President Rodrigo Duterte.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned that people who flout the country's lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus could be shot. On April 5, Al Jazeera reported that police had killed a man for refusing to follow restrictions.
Did Queen Elizabeth offer words of support for the president the following day?
A Facebook post claims that during her "message of hope amid the coronavirus pandemic," the queen called Duterte "the kind of leader who knows the way."
"Filipinos are very fortunate to have him," the quote continues. "Seriously, he looked so overworked. He may not be perfect, but he truly loves his country. Philippines doesn't have the worst government. It actually has the worst citizens."
This post was flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)
Queen Elizabeth did deliver a rare speech on April 5 (not April 6, like the Facebook post says), thanking United Kingdom residents for staying inside and vowing that they would succeed in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
She didn't mention Duterte or the Philippines.
Searching for the quote online, we didn't find any credible sources showing that she said it elsewhere, either.
We rate this Facebook post Pants on Fire.
Facebook post, April 6, 2020
Reuters, 'Shoot them dead' - Phiippine leader says won't tolerate lockdown violators, April 1, 2020
Al Jazeera, Man shot dead in Philippines for flouting coronavirus rules, April 5, 2020
BBC, Coronavirus: The Queen's message seen by 24 million, April 6, 2020
The Telegraph, The Queen's coronavirus speech transcript: 'We will succeed and better days will come,' April 5, 2020
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Video shows man upset because he was added to the no-fly list for storming the Capitol.
Says Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Portland's mayor after demonstrations there "urging him to stick to the proven Democratic Play book."
A CNN chyron said, "Antifa has just taken responsibility for storming Capital Hill."
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Says Mike Pence was arrested.
"The FBI just confirmed that it was ANTIFA, not Trump supporters, who breached the Capitol."
Kamala Harris is planning to use the 25th Amendment against Joe Biden and appoint Mike Pence as her vice president.
The storming of the Capitol was staged.
Video shows police removing disabled protesters from the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
A facial recognition firm "confirmed antifa infiltrated the Trump rally in D.C."
"Georgia and Kansas Capitol buildings have been stormed by protesters."
Google and Apple maps won't give directions to Washington, D.C. because "they don't want you going to a certain big rally."
Photo shows "2 sitting senators counting ballots" in Georgia.


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After demolishing Merced, Bulldogs one win from perfection
Patrick OConnor (5) knocked in three goals to help Turlock High to the 15-4 blowout win over Merced High on Thursday. - photo by CHHUN SUN / The Journal
With his lightning quick speed, Morley Baker won the opening match swim-off to give his Turlock High boys water polo team an early advantage. He then passed the ball to the trailer, who sent it to the middle of the pool to Antovan Davtians.
Davtians returned the ball to a streaking Baker on the right side, where he out-sprinted his defender to score a goal just 9 seconds in.
"That was a good sign of things to come," said Turlock coach Steve Feaver, who has seen probably a million goals in his lifetime but not many that early in the match. "We work on that in practice but it doesn't happen that well. Everything we did today, we did well."
What also surprised the longtime coach was Thursday's Central California Conference score: 15-4. A bigger surprise was the Bulldogs' opponent: Merced High, an annual league contender. The last time the two teams met, Turlock escaped with a 15-12 win.
This time, the Bulldogs held a 10-0 halftime lead before the Bears (5-4 CCC) scored their first goal 30 seconds into the third period. After that, Turlock was well in charge and just kept rolling, with defensive stops and impressive goals — including a couple of water polo's versions of the alley-oop, where, for example, Baker tosses the ball in front of the net and Patrick O'Connor (three goals) pops up from the water and sends in the score with one hand.
"We came into the game knowing a lot was riding on" the Bears, said Baker, who finished with a match-high five goals. "We knew we had to play well together as a team and come together for the win."
The Bulldogs are just one victory from back-to-back undefeated league seasons, though they secured an outright title with last Thursday's win over Merced. In their way is Pitman High, which comes into the Steve Feaver Aquatic Center on Thursday night of next week with a 7-2 league record.
Feaver and his Bulldogs did not expect that big of a win over Merced.
They looked unstoppable from the moment Baker won the swim-off. Davtians, one of Turlock's top defenders, collected five of his seven steals in the first 5 minutes. During that stretch, goalie Neil Wraske and his nearly 80-inch wingspan recorded four of his 12 saves. That prevented the Bears from ever being in the match.
More scoring came, as Hunter Mangrum and Joel Geiger contributed with two goals apiece and Davtians, Blake Weaver and Travis Garris each had a goal.
"Our kids were nervous when they started," said Feaver, whose Bulldogs are competing in this weekend's DeLong Tournament. "That nervousness turned into adrenaline, and that adrenaline turned into energy that we used to start the game."
After that, they couldn't be stopped.


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HomeOrsini Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano
Orsini Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano
Set in the greenery of Bracciano, a place frozen in time, is the Orsini Odescalchi Castle. With its trapezoidal layout and six large towers, it is one of the largest in Europe and dates from 1400.
The first section of the building probably dates back to the twelfth century, when the castle belonged to the Prefects of Vico.
In 1419, the Pope granted it as a fiefdom to the Orsini family, who were responsible for its radical enlargements and reconstructions. Later, Pope Alexander VI Borgia tried to take it back but the siege of the papal troops could do nothing against the castle and village's excellent fortifications: after a few months the papal troops left Bracciano for the Cimini mountains where they were defeated by the Orsini family once and for all in the battle of Soriano.
The Castle was sold at auction in 1695 to the Odescalchi, the family of Pope Innocent XI, who sold it to the Torlonia in 1803. A few years later, with the 1861 marriage of Prince Livio III to the Polish heiress Sofia Branicka, the castle returned to the Odescalchi, who are the current owners.
The castle's frescoes, painted by artists of the school of Antoniazzo Romano, date to the 15th century. In the camera papalina (papal room), named for Pope Sixtus IV after he fled there to avoid the plague, the frescoes are by the Zuccari brothers.
Opened to the public in 1952 as a private museum at the behest of Prince Livio IV Odescalchi, the rooms host a large collection of art objects: furniture dating back to the 15th and 19th centuries, an extensive collection of weapons, the picture gallery with early Renaissance paintings, a collection of 15th to 19th-century ceramics from central Italy and, finally, an archaeological collection of Etruscan and Roman artefacts.
In the last decades, Castello di Bracciano has become a favourite location for VIP weddings, from Tom Cruise to Eros Ramazzotti, just to name a few.
The Castle is open from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 6pm (5pm in winter).
For information and reservations: 0699802379 – castello@odescalchi.it – www.odescalchi.it
Address Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini, 13, 00062 Bracciano RM, Italia
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Q: Is temp object for assignment prvalue in C++ 17? According to cppreference, in C++17 a prvalue is defined as:

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*computes the value of the operand of an operator or is a void
expression (such prvalue has no result object), or

*initializes an object or a bit-field (such prvalue is said to have a result object).
With the exception of decltype, all class and array prvalues have a
result object even if it is discarded. The result object may be a
variable, an object created by new-expression, a temporary created by
temporary materialization, or a member thereof;

While it's clear that the righthand-side expression (1) of initialization like
auto x = 1;
is a valid prvalue since expression 1 initializes an object/bitfield, I am wondering shouldn't temp values on assignment, e.g.
x = 1
also be treated as prvalue? If so, why? The trivial expression 1  does not result from a operator evaluation and neither does it initialize an object (since it's an assignment).

A: The actual definitions of these terms aren't super clear or especially precise, but the important part is that every expression has a value category and the value category for a particular expression is not dependent upon any broader context.
1 is always a prvalue - regardless of how that 1 ends up being used. The taxonomy we have is that a glvalue is "an expression whose evaluation determines the identity of an object, bit-field, or function" ([basic.lval]/1.1) and a prvalue is... not that. 1 does not determine the identity of anything, it's a prvalue.
Prvalues are typically used to initialize something (since otherwise they just get destroyed and don't do anything - 1 + 1; isn't a particularly useful statement, while x = 1 + 1; is), which is why it's worded the way it is. But in here, both 1s and 1 + 1 are all prvalues - even if this is assignment rather than initialization.

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A new study lays out a vision of the future where we get most of our resources from things we've already used. The one trick: It requires making things so they're easy to reuse in the first place. But if we do, we could save billions.
Important question: How can we maintain global prosperity when natural resources are increasingly scarce, the planet is in increasing disrepair, and 3 billion people are expected to join the "middle class" by 2030?
According to a fascinating new report, the answer is a "circular economy," where materials and products are restored and regenerated much more widely, and where the emphasis is on leasing, renting, and sharing, rather than consumption and ownership.
"In a circular economy, products are designed for ease of reuse, disassembly and refurbishment, or recycling, with the understanding that it is the reuse of vast amounts of material reclaimed from end-of-life products, rather than the extraction of resources, that is the foundation of economic growth," the study says.
In fact, this is no wild-eyed dreaming. The report, which was commissioned by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in the U.K., is written by McKinsey consultants, and sponsored by several large companies, including Renault, Cisco, and others. It is based on a careful analysis of current consumption trends, and lays out principles for generating economic value by reducing virgin-material inputs.
The report argues that the current "linear" model of "take-make-dispose" is likely to lead to ever-increasing prices and volatility in the next few years. About 65 billion tonnes (U.K.) of raw materials entered the global supply chain in 2010; and, by 2020, that number is expected to rise to about 82 billion tonnes.
"If no action is taken, high prices and volatility will likely be here to stay if growth is robust, populations grow and urbanise, and resource extraction costs continue to rise," it says.
The report argues that companies need a "better hedge" that "decouples revenues from material input." They need to speed the rate at which they collect up old products and reuse them, and develop ways of recuperating pre-used materials and components more efficiently. Doing so could reap large savings. European manufacturing alone could net $630 billion by 2025, it estimates.
The circular economy could reap large savings: European manufacturing alone could net $630 billion by 2025.
The report, which analyses several sectors in detail, finds that "complex medium-lived" products hold the greatest "circular economy potential." These include mobile phones and smartphones, light commercial vehicles, and washing machines.
Re-manufacturing mobile phones, for example, could cut costs by 50% if handsets were easier to dismantle, companies created "capacities for the reverse cycle," and there were more incentives for customers to return phones. Leasing, rather than selling, washing machines would also save money, increase profits, and cut CO2 output, the report finds. In all, "sweet-spot" sectors could see materials savings of 12% to 14% per year, it says.
The report notes that the shift to a circular economy is not only driven by resource scarcity. It is also enabled by improvements to IT that allow greater "traceability" in the supply chain, and changing attitudes among consumers, who are increasingly willing to accept new concepts, as seen with the growth of car sharing.
It says the circular economy could be a "major innovation engine," but will require support in the shape of taxation, incentives for innovation and entrepreneurship, and different guidelines and rules, including better accounting of "externalities" in company reports.
Although the authors admit they don't have all the answers, they do put several layers of meat and gristle on the circular economy concept, laying out how it can be economically useful, and eminently practical. The report offers an awful lot of food for thought, and is well worth a read.


Pacific Street, 1910. Photo courtesy SF Traditional Jazz Foundation.
A century ago San Francisco's Barbary Coast was a waterfront hub of loose living, dance-crazy club-goers and wild new music. The Barbary Coast had been notorious for fifty years before the 1906 earthquake, and within hours of the last trembler its saloons and whorehouses were open for business again.
Outside Purcell's nightclub. Photo courtesy SF Museum.
In a town settled by gold-seekers and rogues, where men far outnumbered women, it was 'sin city' with a rugged western energy. The Barbary Coast was a sideshow, skid row and music mecca all rolled into one. It was here that bandleader and pianist Sid LeProtti made his mark, and traveling jazzmen like King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton came calling.
Pianist Sid LeProtti was active on the Barbary Coast in its heyday between 1907 and 1917, leading his band at Lew Purcell's So Different Cafe. The illegitimate son of an Italian merchant and black woman, Sid inherited his last name from his father, and musical talent from both sides of the family.
In the 1950s Sid Le Protti sat down with San Francisco trombonist and bandleader Turk Murphy to record his memories of the Barbary Coast.
Sid LeProtti Band, cir 1923. Photo courtesy Jazz on the Barbary Coast by Tom Stoddard.
This week on Riverwalk Jazz we hear rare recordings of Sid LeProtti playing piano and actor Vernel Bagneris bringing LeProtti's words to life. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic tunes that might have been danced to in the night spots of Pacific Street.
Sid LeProtti, 1953. Photo by Harry Bouden.
"Jelly Roll Blues" sheet music, 1915. Image courtesy wikipedia.
"He's tall and chancy, a lady's fancy"—or at least that's the way Jelly Roll Morton described himself in his song, "Jelly Roll Blues."
The Barbary Coast was a 'way station' for traveling musicians, and Jelly Roll made it there too. Musicians knew they could always pick up work in a band, or cash, playing pool or in a card game. Jelly Roll Morton wasn't the only New Orleans jazz legend to visit the Barbary Coast. On tour with his Creole Jazz Band in San Francisco, King Oliver sat in with Le Protti's group more than once.
More than any other influence, the first New Orleans jazz band to visit the West Coast had a profound effect on Sid LeProtti's concept of what a jazz band should be. The propulsive beat of Will Johnson's Original Creole Orchestra gave the music a new kind of excitement and LeProtti wanted that rhythm for his band too. He found himself a new drummer and added a string bass to his band at Purcell's because that was "the Louisiana-type thing to do."
Dancers at Spider Kelly's, 1913. Photo courtesy Jazz on the Barbary Coast by Tom Stoddard.
SF Examiner Editorial Cartoon, 1913. Photo courtesy Jazz on the Barbary Coast by Tom Stoddard.
A crusade started up by the Reverend Paul Smith in 1916 was the beginning of the end of the Barbary Coast. When a San Francisco newspaper got on the 'band wagon,' the police commissioner decided they had to clean up the district. It took five years to do the job. They cracked down on prostitution first, and put all the sporting houses out of business. They got tough with dance halls, prohibiting dancing anywhere in the Barbary Coast. Finally they put a stop to the music.
Sid LeProtti played his last note on Pacific Street one night in the spring of 1921.
Turk Murphy. Photo courtesy SF Traditional Jazz Foundation.
This broadcast is dedicated to the legacy of trombonist Turk Murphy and author Tom Stoddard, whose passion for the history of the Barbary Coast helped create the source materials on which this program is based, in part. Thanks also to Bill Carter of the San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation.