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GOP Rep. Katko, who voted to impeach Trump, won't run again
FILE — Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., speaks during a House Committee on Homeland Security meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 22, 2020. Katko, who was one of just 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, has announced that he will not seek reelection this year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Katko, a respected Republican moderate whose congressional career seemed on the ascent, announced his retirement Friday, the third of the 10 House GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach President Donald Trump last January to say they won't seek reelection.
The upstate New Yorker, 59, was in line to become chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee if, as seems likely, Republicans win control of the chamber in November's elections. Lawmakers seldom step aside with such opportunities looming.
But his decision comes as Trump has remained a dominant force in the GOP, retaining the fealty of many lawmakers and threatening to use party primaries to depose those who cross him.
Now serving his fourth House term, Katko released a statement saying it was time to "enjoy my family and life in a fuller and more present way." He said his parents and his wife's parents had all died in the past three years, adding, "To say that those gut-wrenching times provided life-changing perspective for me is putting it mildly."
While his statement made no reference to Trump, he also said, "My conscience, principles, and commitment to do what's right have guided every decision I've made as a Member of Congress, and they guide my decision today."
There was sharp GOP backlash against all 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over his role in inciting supporters who violently stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as lawmakers were certifying his presidential reelection defeat.
Katko said at the time that he was backing impeachment because failing to hold Trump responsible for encouraging the attack would be "a direct threat to the future of our democracy."
Further defying the former president, Katko wrote compromise legislation last May with Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., to create a 10-member bipartisan commission to investigate that attack.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., had enlisted Katko to negotiate that deal with Democrats. But McCarthy — who initially said Trump "bears responsibility" for the attack, only to resume being a staunch Trump ally — abruptly came out against Katko's agreement. He said the commission would give Democrats too much power.
Katko stood by the measure anyway. "This is about facts — it's not partisan politics," said the former federal prosecutor as the House debated the legislation. He said "the American people and the Capitol Police deserve answers, and action as soon as possible to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again."
The House approved the bill 252-175, with the support of 35 Republicans. The measure died in the Senate, where it was blocked by Republicans.
Katko also drew the ire of Trump and conservatives by being among 13 House Republicans to vote for President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which became law in November.
Katko became the 13th House Republican to announce he's not seeking reelection in 2022. So far 26 House Democrats have said they are retiring after this year. That disparity, along with Biden's diminished popularity in polling, are among several indicators that Democrats face an uphill fight to retain their majority in the chamber.
"Great news, another one bites the dust. Katko, from Upstate New York, is gone!" Trump said Friday in a written statement.
The former president sent a handwritten note in June to the chairman of the Conservative Party in Onondaga County, New York, saying: "Katko will never win again. He is bad news." Trump added, "Will help with campaign — find a great candidate."
Reps. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who backed Trump's 2021 impeachment, have also decided against remaining in the House. Others among the 10 are facing primaries from Trump-backed foes.
Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Trump's most outspoken GOP critic, was deposed from her post as No. 3 House Republican leader and has engaged in nearly nonstop verbal warfare with him. She and Kinzinger are the only two Republicans on a special House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection formed after the commission bill died.
Katko was reelected in 2020 with 53% of the vote in a district centered around Syracuse, New York, which Biden won narrowly over Trump. That made Katko one of a small handful of House Republicans representing Biden-won districts.
His departure could help Democrats as they scramble to try protecting their slender House majority. They will lose control of the chamber if they surrender more than five seats.
New York will lose one House seat to reflect the 2020 Census and is currently redrawing its district lines, which remain uncertain. Under one proposal by Democrats, Katko's district would be merged with another represented by GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney.
That would have pitted the two incumbents against each other in a party primary. Trump endorsed Tenney for reelection last summer, well before Katko announced his retirement.
Trump was acquitted by the Senate in both of his impeachment trials. The first, in 2020, was over charges he pressured Ukraine to provide information to hurt his Democratic opponents.
Katko announced Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms. He said he was fully vaccinated and had received a booster.
Villeneuve reported from Albany, New York.
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The Internet Is Calling Out This Couple for Trying to Crowd-fund Their Wedding Day
The couple hopes to meet their goal of £4,500 ($5,800) to pay off their wedding expenses
Christina Oehler
Christina Oehler is a New York based writer and editor.
Updated 02/06/19 03:21PM EST
Jamie Grill
It's easy to forget how pricey weddings can be. From finding the perfect dinner menu to getting every floral arrangement just right, all of those little details can add up to one big receipt. Edinburgh couple Natalie Borg, 36, and fiancé Richard McMurray, 37, learned this lesson the hard way, but their means of finding the funds to cover their wedding costs are getting some serious backlash.
According to Edinburgh News, the couple created a post on crowd-funding site GoFundMe over two weeks ago explaining their situation and asking readers to contribute to their remaining wedding expenses.
"We've done the math and are still short of (and running out of time!!!) to cover our outgoings for our planned wedding on Saturday 27th April 2019," the couple's GoFundMe page reads. "Despite throwing all our wages at the wedding costs, selling our belongings, and taking as many extra shifts at work as are available we are still falling short of our final bills."
The couple continued, "As we can't put off the wedding for another few months - (everything is booked) we are asking in lieu of any wedding gifts if you are able to please contribute anything to our costs for the day that would be amazing. Final payments we are are still trying to cover are mainly for the venue, photographer, cake and dress alterations. We have no honeymoon budget and not worrying about this just want to be able to cover our bills for the day so it can go ahead."
So far, the couple has only raised £565 of £4,500 goal. While their request has been met by some help, they have received dozens of critical comments about their efforts to raise money for their big day.
"You're joking me?? Why should other people pay for their wedding?? Just wait till you can afford it like all of us or budget a cheaper wedding it can be done," one user wrote on social media, per Edinburgh News.
Another added, "Go to the registry office and have a pizza afterwards! It's the marriage afterwards that counts, not the wedding!"
Some users were particularly frustrated with the couple's use of the site, which is typically focused on fundraising charities, medical emergencies, and local community nonprofits.
"I could do with a new house and a holiday, maybe I should launch a gofundme page. This is getting ridiculous now," one user commented, another writing, "I will crowd fund for a child's education, a family to assist an ill member, a needy child's respite, a family to avoid homelessness but this smacks of entitlement and lack of empathy. Don't hold the big fat Scottish wedding if you can't afford it."
The couple, hearing that their story has made headlines, has commented on the situation. The bride explained that the two have worked to make ends meet, but are only looking for contributions in lieu of gifts.
"I think if people had done a media campaign to pay for their wedding I would think that's pretty cheeky, but if it's to pay for the day instead of presents, it's fine," Borg told Edinburgh News. "We don't have a honeymoon booked, we've just booked two weeks off and will chill out and go out walks to the beach. We're not money grabbing people, we're people that have worked really hard for our big day."
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Sunburns increase the risk of developing skin cancer, but the reality is, even people who never burn are at risk of sun damage. Any change in the color of your skin, whether it's a tan or a burn, indicates sun damage.
Even if you slather on sunscreen every few hours, you may still be getting unanticipated sun exposure or making your skin more sensitive to the sun than it needs to be.
Watch the windows. Sunlight is made up of two kinds of ultraviolet rays: UVA and UVB. Unfortunately, glass only blocks UVB rays. UVA rays can penetrate a window and damage your skin. That's one reason doctors often see more sun damage – and skin cancer – on the left side of people's faces compared to the right. The driver's side car window offers unparalleled sun exposure. Heading on a road trip? Use sunscreen all over your face and also on your exposed left arm.
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Check your skin care products. Most people know that skin care products containing retinols can make skin more sun sensitive. Ingredients such as alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs) can also make your skin more vulnerable.
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The best way to live safely with all of these hidden dangers is to wear sun protection as part of your daily routine – just like brushing your teeth. Find a moisturizer with SPF that you like and use it all year round on your face, so at least you know you're achieving some level of sun protection daily.
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"She obliterated me as an apologist": Lewis and the Anscombe Legend
Last week when I was laid up with a stomach virus, I had the opportunity to read a large part of C. S. Lewis's Collected Letters, Vol. 3, which has just been published. Letters do not contain all that is relevant for understanding a man's life, but they are datable, first-person documents and therefore are primary in a way that biographies (or even autobiographies) are not.
This particular volume sheds a bit of light on what has come to be called "the Anscombe legend." On Feb. 2, 1948, Lewis and the philosopher G. E. M. (Elizabeth) Anscombe engaged in a disputation at the Oxford Socratic Club, of which Lewis was president. The subject was Lewis's argument that naturalism (the view that the natural world is all that exists) is self-refuting, since "no thought is valid if it can be fully explained as the result of irrational causes" (Lewis, Miracles, ch. 3). Anscombe argued that he failed to distinguish two senses of the word "because," which can be used to denote not only a cause-effect relation, but also a ground-consequent relation. An argument could be valid, because (Ground-Consequent) its propositions entail each other, even if the propositions are generated (Cause-Effect) by irrational factors. Lewis eventually agreed that his argument was inadequate at this point and needed revision.
Those facts are not in dispute, but the consequences of them in Lewis's life have been debated. It was reported by some of Lewis's friends that he was greatly shaken by his defeat, as he saw it, and eventually turned away from formal apologetics altogether, devoting himself instead to other kinds of writing, such as the Chronicles of Narnia. This view was first put forth, I believe, by Humphrey Carpenter in his book The Inklings.
Certainly after it was all over Lewis himself was in very low spirits.... [Derek] Brewer write in his diary: "None of us was at first very cheerful. Lewis was obviously deeply disturbed by his encounter last Monday with Miss Anscombe ..." ... Brewer added that Lewis's imagery when talking about the debate "was all of the fog of war, the retreat of infantry thrown back under heavy attack."
Lewis had learnt his lesson... (Carpenter, Pt. 4, ch. 1)
However, a reaction has set in against this view of Lewis's response. The "Anscombe legend," as Victor Reppert calls it, is, according to some, purely mythical. Lewis was not in fact devastated by the Anscombe argument, although he agreed that his argument needed revision. (This is the view taken by Anscombe herself.) The fact that he wrote no further book-length works of apologetics can be explained by other factors besides a putative loss of nerve in the wake of a shattering defeat. This view is most notably championed by Victor Reppert and John Beversluis.
However, the evidence of the new letters, such as it is, is more supportive of the first view. Most important is the letter to Stella Aldwinckle, secretary of the Socratic Club, of June 12, 1950. Lewis was proposing speakers for the new term, and he suggested that "Miss Anscombe" speak on "Why I believe in God." His comment was this:
The lady is quite right to refute what she thinks bad theistic arguments, but does this not almost oblige her as a Christian to find good ones in their place: having obliterated me as an Apologist ought she not to succeed me? (Letters 3:35; emphasis mine.)
One may question whether there is more irony than bitterness in this comment; nevertheless, it shows that Lewis was felt, either by himself or others, to have sustained a crippling blow.
The same feeling is evident in a letter to Robert C. Walton of the BBC on July 10, 1951:
... like the old fangless snake in The Jungle Book, I've largely lost my dialectical power. (Letters 3:129)
Another key piece is the letter of Sept. 28, 1955, to Carl F. H. Henry, who asked him to write some apologetic articles for Christianity Today:
I wish your project heartily well but can't write you articles. My thought and talent (such as they are) now flow in different, though I think not less Christian, channels, and I do not think I am at all likely to write more directly theological pieces. . . . If I am now good for anything it is for catching the reader unawares — thro' fiction and symbol. I have done what I could in the way of frontal attacks, but I now feel quite sure those days are over. (Letters 3:651; emphasis Lewis.)
All of this suggests that Lewis really felt a change in himself in the wake of the Anscombe disputation. Nevertheless, he did from time to time return, in a small way, to apologetics, most notably in revising Chapter 3 of Miracles in line with Anscombe's critique for a 1960 reprint, as well as a variety of smaller pieces.
Of course, it should also be noted that Lewis's feelings and Lewis's arguments must be assessed separately. The fact is that his argument about naturalism was not obliterated by Anscombe, and in fact has enjoyed a revival, most notably in Alvin Plantinga's Warrant and Proper Function. Many of Lewis's enemies (for instance A. N. Wilson) attempt to employ Lewis's own retreat from apologetics as an ad hominem attack on the totality of his work, without engaging the particularities of the argument, or of Lewis's revision of it in the 1960 Miracles.
Personally, I prefer to see the hand of Providence in Lewis's turn from formal apologetics. If he hadn't turned to "fiction and symbol," would we have the Chronicles of Narnia, Till We Have Faces, The Four Loves; or the great critical works, such as The Discarded Image or Studies in Words? Omnia cooperantur in bonum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: The "argument from reason": Victor Reppert, C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason; Alvin Plantinga, Warrant and Proper Function, 1993; Richard Taylor, Metaphysics, ch. 10 (1974). See Reppert's blog for other references, both pre- and post-Lewis.
UPDATE: For Jim Davila and others who have inquired: Anscombe's paper can be found in her collection Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind (1981; vol. 2 of her Collected Papers), which also contains her own memories of the disputation; Lewis's initial response and the minutes of the Socratic Club meeting are reprinted in the collection God in the Dock, pp 144-146 (UK title: Undeceptions).
Brandon said...
Great post, Ed!
Jim Davila said...
Thanks Ed, interesting post. Does a transcript survive of Anscombe's lecture?
This is interesting. My paper on the Anscombe Legend in The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy is my most detailed analysis of the "legend" issue. The Carpenter passage suggests a retreat toward something like fideism (No one can possibly do more than decide what to believe), and this cannot be correct. The evidence, even in the Chronicles of Narnia, is that Lewis was anything but a fideist. In Chronicles the relation between faith and reason is exactly what it is in Mere Christianity. Identifying the Green With with Anscombe, as Wilson (the most egregious of the Legend advocates), is insane.
It also cannot be the case that Lewis came to believe that his argument was bad, except very briefly. His immediate response to Anscombe that appeared in the Socratic Digest shows that he accepted her objections to her formulation of the argument against naturalism, but that using the very distinctions Anscombe introduced it could be shown that naturalism is in serious trouble. The central argument of the revised edition is right there in the response. Not only that, but versions of the argument from reason appear in A Grief Observed (see ch. 1 of my book) and in The Discarded Image.
So why these expressions of discouragement and disappointment made to various people? He may have been disappointed in his performance on that particular night. He may have been dismayed by the fact that, in the eyes of many, the rational defensibility of the faith depended upon how clever he might have been on some evening at the Socratic. And he may have recognized that the task of taking on particular philosophical movement like positivism or Wittgensteinianism was a job for a philosophical specialist like Plantinga.
I think Lewis came to believe that his style of argumentation would not be well-received in the philosophical atmosphere which he found to be more and more prevalent at the Socratic. This might have been hard on him because he did believe in the rational defensibility of Christianity and the importance of defending it in open dialogue.
I posted a response on this matter on my own blog yesterday. The quote from J. R. Lucas posted there illustrates my point.
I don't see why my comment doesn't come up on the main page.
Sorry, Victor, I think Blogger was down part of the day today. I appreciate your response, and I've left a comment on your blog as well.
Lewis revised his chapter in Miracles that presented that argument. Shouldn't that be the place to look for what his view turned into after Anscombe's criticism?
Victor, it's a little strange to say that Lewis could have felt the apologetics job should be in the hands of someone like Plantinga, because Plantinga hadn't really come on the scene yet. I'm not sure he was even in grad school yet by that time. Anscombe may have been one of the most prominent Christian philosophers, in fact (along with her husband Peter Geach).
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Q: Oreilly XMPP example codes I was reading this book Oreilly XMPP The definitive Guide
Theres and example code in chapter 2 for an EchoBot
I want to know how i can test this code...
def main():
bot = EchoBot("echobot@wonderland.lit/HelloWorld", "mypass")
bot.run()

class EchoBot(object):
def __init__(self, jid, password):
    self.xmpp = sleekxmpp.ClientXMPP(jid, password)
    self.xmpp.add_event_handler("session_start", self.handleXMPPConnected)
    self.xmpp.add_event_handler("message", self.handleIncomingMessage)

def run(self):
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    self.xmpp.process(threaded=False)

def handleXMPPConnected(self, event):
    self.xmpp.sendPresence(pstatus="Send me a message")

def handleIncomingMessage(self, message):
    self.xmpp.sendMessage(message["jid"], message["message"])

ive installed sleekxmpp, created an account on jabber.org and replaced echobot@wonderland.lit/HelloWorld with myusername@jabber.org/HelloWorld and mypass with mypassword
But when i run this code... it doesnt seem to do anything. it jus terminates.
Is there anything im missing?

A: This example code does not work with new version of SleekXMPP library, because API has been changed.
Last line of your bot should be:
    self.xmpp.sendMessage(message["from"], message["body"])

The author of SleekXMPP library explains changes required in example code here: https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/wiki/XMPP%3A-The-Definitive-Guide

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Poynter shines a light on GBH News series about minority businesses and state spending
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Poynter has rounded up some of the highest impact local stories of 2020 — and among them is "The Color of Public Money," a series produced by my friends at GBH. Paul Singer, investigations editor for the GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting, recounts his work revealing that the state had failed to live up to its promises in helping minority-owned businesses. Singer writes:
We first established that the value of state spending with minority-owned businesses has DECLINED over the past 20 years (adjusted for inflation). We then established that during Baker's administration, the state began padding those numbers, taking credit for a bunch of stuff that is not actually "spending" by state agencies.
As a result of Singer's work, Gov. Charlie Baker created a new state agency and has promised improvements.
Other stories in the Poynter roundup include secrecy over inmate deaths in Montana, a foundation in Miami that provides bloodhounds to law-enforcement agencies, a motorcycle gang that incited violence at a Black Lives Matter rally in Ohio, child hunger in West Virginia, and fake news about a bus in Columbus, Ohio, that was falsely claimed to have been used by rioters.
The Poynter roundup underscores the importance of local and regional journlism. National news organizations like The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal are doing well, but community news is shrinking. During these final two days of 2020, I hope you'll consider a donation to NewsMatch, which will double what you give to support nonprofit news. I gave earlier this week.
This year, NewsMatch added a new feature — rather than trying to figure out which nonprofits you want to support, you can just give to NewsMatch and let them figure out where your dollars can be put to the best use.
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ALBUM REVIEW: 'The Bliss' by Room 1985
It's hard to know where to even start with a band like this, mostly because it's another case of a band setting themselves almost unfeasibly high expectations. Even so, it needs to be touched on once again, and at least Room 1985's intended origins as a synthwave project are interesting. Since Chris Crysand's first ideas though, Room 1985 have become a fully-fledged band, building upon that electronic foundation with leanings towards progressive and psychedelic rock for something more expansive and ethereal.
And thus, here's The Bliss, in which each of the band's individual threads come together to fully establish what Room 1985 are, a semi-instrumental, unashamedly contemporary take on prog that's fully aware of the magnitude of its own ideas and ambitions. Ideally, that should make for a truly fantastic listen, but in reality, The Bliss could barely feel like a more boring or inconsequential album if it tried, flattened under its own great scale without even a chance to forge a workable path from whatever remnants are left.
It's not exactly Room 1985's fault either; ambition is always good to have, and in the fleeting moments when something solid does arise, like the heavier, more propulsive electronics that run through Attention Seeker, there's at least something that could be suitably built upon. Elsewhere though, the bloat is extreme, running on an overweight combination of pounding synths and fat, largely formless guitars that barely form any sort of cogent through line, or even anything to latch onto. Then there's the abundance of vocal samples, and again, there's nothing really impressive or indicative of a single narrative that well-used samples often offer; the focus on aliens and UFOs on The Arrival admittedly works with the more bombastic instrumentation, but then there's The Tentacles Of The Oz which utterly fails at its "state of the world" addresses that feel so forced and laboured.
That's pretty much the only constant that The Bliss has, too; the ideas are admirable, but in style, execution and intent, there's not a single thing that Nothing More haven't done thats comparably tighter or exponentially more enjoyable. This is just a slog from front to back, one which has the odd nice idea, but barely explored to any extent that can make them even remotely workable. Room 1985 could work in future, but the chances are very slim.
For fans of: Muse, Nothing More, Porcupine Tree
'The Bliss' by Room 1985 is released on 10th August on Analogue Trash Records.
Posted in Albums, ReviewsTagged Album review, Luke Nuttall, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, Room 1985
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W. Carl Ketcherside on Sand Creek
To a student of the Restoration Movement, the voice of W. Carl Ketcherside is impossible to ignore. He has been loved and he has been hated. He had unique insights about the church and the movement and he was not timid nor subtle about expressing his views. Perhaps he was a man before his time. But any discussion of the movement begun at Sand Creek must deal with the man WCK.
I will quote liberally from Ketcherside's own writing to give not only the facts but also the style and heart of the man. I cannot say it better than he.
As a young man he was a great debator and defender of the "ancient faith" from the point of view of the most conservative wing of the Restoration Movement. Writing in his autobiography about this period, Ketcherside said:
I sometimes wish I could omit this chapter but to do so would leave a void and create a distorted picture. I will deal with a division and my part in it, although division in the family of God has come to be so abhorrent to me I would like to forget my own unfortunate participation in it.
Ketcherside was born in 1908, and was baptized at age 12. Almost immediately he became a phenomenon as a boy preacher. Writing of the church into which he was baptized, he said:
Although I did not realize it at the time I was baptized, this historical movement was already fractured into fragments because of the legalistic concept which had captured the minds of its adherents. Divisions do not happen. They are caused. Parties form around men who promote the separation and insist upon the segregation of their adherents. In the movement growing out of the ideal of restoration as enunciated by Thomas and Alexander Campbell, most of the divisions centered around men of prominence. In almost every instance they were editors of journals. They could use their journals as propaganda media and the United States mails as a distribution method. No party could long endure without an editor and a "loyal paper."
Isaac Errett wielded influence through Christian Standard. David Lipscomb edited Gospel Advocate. Austin McGary edited Firm Foundation. Daniel Sommer edited American Christian Review. The name of this paper was changed at various times to Octographic Review, Apostolic Review, and back again to American Christian Review. It was into the segment of "the disciple brotherhood" represented by the Apostolic Review I was introduced when baptized. At the time I did not know there were others. I supposed, in my childhood idealism, that all Christians were together, united in a common bond of faith, and that wherever you saw a meetinghouse with "Church of Christ" over the door you would find a welcome and a hand of fellowship to cheer you.
So Carl Ketcherside was brought up in Daniel Sommer's extreme right wing of the churches of Christ. As discussed in the preceding article, in the late 1920's and early 1930's, a rift formed in the Octographic Review family. Writing of these things, Ketcherside said:
I was twenty-four years old when the storm broke and in my partisan enthusiasm was the one who accepted the challenge of the 82 year old Daniel to debate the issue. Fortunately, the debate did not materialize, but in our correspondence he expressed his sadness that I manifested so much zeal with so little knowledge. He also told me he had hoped his mantle would fall on my shoulders, and that he had earlier thought of Austen as his successor, but was disappointed that he had proven himself to be "a splinter off the butt-cut of humanity."
Almost 20 years later, Ketcherside was in Belfast, Ireland, hoping to visit the old church where Thomas Campbell had once preached. There Carl Ketcherside came face to face with his sins. He came to a realization that he had been fighting against unity rather than for it. He wrote:
It came home to me with force that I had never really labored for the unity of all who believed in Jesus. I had actually, in mistaken zeal, contributed to the fragmentation of the very movement which Thomas Campbell had launched with such high hopes and great promise. Instead of furthering the noble "project to unite the Christians in all of the sects," I had absorbed and sometimes even gloried in a sectarian spirit.
As I stumbled along through the deepening snow, alone in a foreign city, I found myself weeping and praying and making promises to God of what I would do if my life was spared through His grace. The word grace came like a ray of hope and I rolled it on my tongue like a juicy morsel. What I needed to make life worth living, to overcome my frustration, to rise above the futility of my own efforts was grace. In all of my forty-three years no other thought had ever struck me with such force.
From that day forward he was a changed man. Instead of a defender of doctrinal precision (in the opinion of his party), he became a voice crying out for unity and toleration. Like Daniel Sommer, he had come to see that the narrow partisan defense of opinion and technicalities was an enemy to unity. Contrary to the characterization by many, he came to that conviction without abandoning his convictions about the technical truths of the Bible. Fortunately in his case, Ketcherside came to that understanding while he still had a almost four decades of life remaining to work for unity.
In 1962, Ketcherside wrote about Sand Creek in the Mission Messenger:
Now, from more mature years and judgment, I would like to re-examine the decisions made at Sand Creek in 1889. I do this in full recognition of the price that must be paid by any person who questions the traditions of his fathers. I am aware of the fact that one must bear the stigma of "traitor" or "heretic" who dares to challenge the partisan concepts of his associates. But I am committed to an honest search for truth regardless of personal consequences. I cannot live with myself nor be prepared to meet my Lord if I compromise my conviction in a matter so important as this. I have resolved that I will shield no part of my thinking from examination and that I will accept nothing simply because it has been taught by men in the past. My faith must stand, if it stands at all, "in the power of God and not in the wisdom of men.
In my analysis of the rise of factionalism I have come to believe that the philosophy embodied in the Sand Creek Declaration laid the foundation for the subsequent disintegration of the restoration movement.
In our review of the Sand Creek Declaration there is no attempt to condone those things which it condemned. We do not deny that they were innovations and it is evident that they were without scriptural warrant. But there is a difference between those things and the division which resulted from agitation of them. The factional spirit is sinful. The party spirit is a work of the flesh. To oppose evil from a factional standpoint is as wrong as to uphold evil from any standpoint. It is not opposition to evil but the factional spirit which is wrong. It is subversive of the divine government to create a party to oppose wrong. This is a species of doing evil with the hope that good may come.
It is our opinion based upon research into the factors leading to the adoption of the policy of attempting to preserve purity by division, and upon observation of the consequences resulting from application of that policy, that it is factional in nature and essence. It is our further opinion that this policy pursued regularly as a course of action can only culminate in more divisions, and ultimately will counteract and destroy any real spiritual gains made by those who adopt it. We hold the view that this philosophy is without sanction in the sacred scriptures, that it is contrary to the examples given of the primitive ekklesia, and it is in contravention of the purpose of God. It originates in human wisdom prompted by fear. It proposes to maintain what has been gained by regimentation of thought.
There is little to be gained in any final analysis if, in an attempt to keep innovations from destroying the church of God, we adopt those methods which will eventually achieve the same end.
This is not all. Other divisions must follow in the future. Every time a truth is discovered, every time honest investigation forces a change of mind, there will be another division. This philosophy bars the door to further scriptural research, makes real unbiased study a crime, and places a premium on mediocrity. It throws a dam across the channel of thought, freezes the acquisition of knowledge, and constitutes an unwritten creed. It makes blind conformity a blessing and enthrones orthodoxy as the ideal. If a system, like a tree, is known by its fruits, we should eliminate this one immediately.
Ketcherside spoke inspirationally as he identified the folly of the Address and Declaration. However, he was not interested in establishing blame for the actions. He wrote:
Let us not indulge precious time or waste our efforts in an attempt to establish guilt for what occurred three-quarters of a century in the past. Our brethren were faced with grave and serious problems. They were frightened by an oncoming wave of innovations which would destroy all they held sacred. They had to make a decision as to the best means to withstand the onslaught. Perhaps the choice was exactly the one we would have made at the time and under the circumstances. We have the privilege of looking backward upon the outworking of their method.
There is much more of great value in the Mission Messenger article. Though I would like to quote it all, you can easily read it by following the link so I will not. But indulge me one more quote, as Ketcherside concludes the article:
I want it known that I love God and I love every word in the sacred oracles. But I renounce the traditional twentieth century "Church of Christ" factionalism as a means for achieving God's purpose in this age. I shall continue to oppose everything that I believe to be out of harmony with God's plan but I shall not allow these things to interfere with my love or regard for any of my brothers who sincerely and conscientiously disagree with me about the implementation of that plan. In short, I shall make nothing a test of fellowship which God has not made a condition of salvation. I shall not seek to establish brotherhood by definition of a human document, nor by conformity in matters of opinion. I shall be a brother to all who have been begotten by my Father. Brotherhood based upon fatherhood, fraternity based upon paternity, this shall be my standard because it is scriptural. I will free myself from all partisan traditions, schemes and ideas which men have adopted to offset unity of the Spirit. I intend to be a free man in Christ, bound only by His word. "You are bought with a price, do not become slaves of men" (1 Cor. 7:23).
The unity of the Spirit is one of community, not conformity; of diversity, not uniformity. It is rooted in mutual love, not dogmatism; in freedom, not in slavery. Our peace is a person, not a plan or a program!
Well said, Carl!
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Ketcherside is the most quotable person I have read recently. If doesn't hurt that he is right. My spiritual journey was much like his. In my view the Campbells provided the most useful framework in the declaration and address. The authors, who rightly saw the party spirit as the enemy of unity,would be shocked at how the movement was hi jacked to become the poster child for that same spirit. Love this material. Who is the author?
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How to Write a Eulogy for Today's Problems
By	Phillip Berry
R emember the assignment in grade school requiring you to write your own eulogy? Amidst the groans in the classroom, you were asked to look far into the future and craft a vision for your life. What would you want people to say about you after you were gone?
Recently, I was considering some objectives and obstacles and thought back to that assignment. What would I write about myself today? With further consideration, I thought about the notion of projecting myself into my future. What would I want my life to look like in six months? What if I wrote a eulogy for the problems facing me today?
Today's issues belong to today. Yet we often project them far into the future and allow them to taint our outlook, actions, and experience. That projection of today's problems acts as an inhibitor. A barrier to our sense of possibility regardless of the objectives we've set.
This moment's problems are masters of mocking, assaulting, and unhinging our best laid plans. We take the time to set goals, only to find disruption around the corner. It makes planning very difficult, staying the course incredibly challenging, and happiness quite elusive. Until…..we finally reach that point where we find a way through, achieve some version of our objectives, and move on to the next set of challenges.
What if we took a different approach? Imagine yourself in six months, penning a eulogy for today's problems:
"Here lie the collection of problems burdening me on July 12, 2015. They were worthy adversaries and pushed me to be better. Now they are vanquished. I could not be where I am without them and, fearful as they were, I prevailed."
What might you say in 12 months? Or 12 years? Hindsight has such a great way of revealing solutions to things that are really problematic in the moment.
Future-casting in this manner is really another way to set goals. However, instead of thinking in terms of objectives and steps toward achievement, we create a vision for tomorrow and project ourselves there looking backwards.
What do you want your world to look like in 6 months? How many pieces of goodness can you count in that future moment? What will today's problems look like from that point down the road? How did you get from here to there?
For me, I often limit my vision of the future because I find it difficult to look past the problems I have not yet solved today. "Some day I'd like to go on an African safari." "I want to start my own business." "I want to take a mission trip to Haiti." Maybe it is something less ambitious: "I want to save $x.xx from every paycheck." "I want to take my family on a vacation."
It is hard to imagine any future ambitions when you've recently lost your job and are thrust into the turbulence of a search. The death of a loved one or health challenges can be even more debilitating. Even the day-to-day bumps can throw us off a hopeful road. We can be very effective at losing ourselves to the challenges of the moment, forgetting that there will be a tomorrow and that there are still dreams to be dreamed, and lived
The next time you find yourself struggling to take the next step, paralyzed by the challenges of the moment, take a breath and jump forward 6 or 12 months.
If you can honestly project yourself to that point in time, you should grab a pen (or a keyboard) and write a eulogy for today's problems. A vision statement for a moment in time past what you see today. Be broad in your vision and specific in the details.
I think you'll find a way to smile and acknowledge the path through, around, and over those burdens weighing on you today. I think you'll see a version of yourself thriving in a place different from this moment, facing new challenges, and knowing that they too will pass.
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Poems, Prayers and Promises (Remastered)
Poems, Prayers and Promises (Remastered) John Denver
Label: RCA/Legacy
Subgenre: Folk-Rock
Artist: John Denver
1Poems, Prayers and Promises 04:05
2Let It Be 03:38
3My Sweet Lady 04:25
4Wooden Indian 01:38
5Junk 01:40
6Gospel Changes 03:24
7Take Me Home, Country Roads (Original Version)03:08
8I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado 02:07
9Sunshine on My Shoulders 05:11
10Around and Around 02:16
11Fire and Rain 03:45
12The Box 02:44
Info for Poems, Prayers and Promises (Remastered)
John Denver's breakthrough album, 1971's "Poems, Prayers and Promises", is also one of his best. In addition to containing two of Denver's strongest and best-known compositions, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and "Sunshine on My Shoulders," "Poems, Prayers and Promises" epitomizes the straightforward folk of the artist's early recordings, without the country and pop influences that would find their way into his later '70s work Poems, Prayers & Promises album for sale. The disc has a close, intimate feel, with Denver's softly finger-picked guitar and clear, plaintive tenor front and center throughout.
The reflective lyrics and pensive mood of the title track sets the tone for the rest of the record. Though Denver includes a few covers, the Beatles' "Let It Be" and James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" among them, he is at his best with own tunes, like the wistful "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado," or the unabashedly romantic and tender "My Sweet Lady." Denver's ability to express simple, sincere sentiments is in top form on this recording, making it one of his most directly affecting efforts.
"...a very solid good-timey singer who is at least talented enough to be forgiven for a few of his trespasses..." (Rolling Stone)
"After several albums in which he had allowed cover versions to dominate the sets, John Denver returned with an album, Poems, Prayers & Promises, in which he had written over half the songs. He should have had more confidence in his own songs, for this was at the beginning of a golden period for Denver when his songs would dominate the easy listening airwaves, especially his big hit singles. "Take Me Home Country Roads" and his first U.S. number one, "Sunshine on My Shoulders," both surprisingly failed to reach the charts at all in the U.K.; however, the opening title track set the scene for the whole album, pleasant acoustic songs sung by Denver backed in most cases by the picking and strumming of his acoustic guitar. So it was rather surprising that the album ended with the track "The Box," a spoken poem with no music at all, relating a story similar to Pandora, of a box that was chained and locked and labeled "Kindly do not touch, it's war." When someone did break it open, a bouncy ball -- a metaphor for war -- escaped and ran amok, bumping into everything, particularly the children. And no one had the wisdom to put the ball back into the box and reseal it. Sounds as if it would be awful, but really it was quite moving. Poems, Prayers & Promises was actually released in 1971 but was reissued after Rocky Mountain High nearly reached the Top Ten in 1973, and it became his second Top 20 album. Of the covers, there were two from the Beatles: "Let It Be," an even simpler version than the original, and the rather less famous "Junk" from Paul McCartney's debut solo album. He also covered the James Taylor classic "Fire and Rain," which was rather unnecessary -- for it was rather insipid compared to the version the public had become familiar with less than a year previously." (Sharon Mawer, AMG)
John Denver, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, vocals
Eric Weissberg, banjo, steel guitars
Mike Taylor, acoustic guitar
Richard Kniss, double bass
Taffy Nivert, vocals (as "Fat City")
Bill Danoff, vocals, guitar (as "Fat City")
Frank Owens, piano
Gary Chester, drums, percussion
Recorded 1970-1971 at RCA Studios A and B, New York City
Engineered by Ray Hall
Produced by Milton Okun, Susan Ruskin
Genre: Folk
Rocky Mountain Christmas (Remastered)
Rocky Mountain High (Remastered)
One World (Remastered)
Label: RCA-Legacy
John Denver's Greatest Hits (Remastered)
I Want To Live (Remastered)
John Denver (Remastered)
Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (Remastered)
Windsong (Remastered)
Whose Garden Was This (Remastered)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Remastered)
Aerie (Remastered)
Farewell Andromeda (Remastered)
Label: Sony Music Latin
One of the world's best-known and best-loved performers, John Denver earned international acclaim as a songwriter, performer, actor, environmentalist and humanitarian. Denver's career spanned four decades and his music has outlasted countless musical trends and garnered numerous awards and honors.
The son of a U.S. Air Force officer, Denver's artistic journey began at age eleven when he was given his grandmother's guitar. Denver eventually took guitar lessons and joined a boys' choir, which led him at age twenty to pursue his dream of a career in music.
In 1963 he struck out on his own, moving to Los Angeles to be in the heart of the burgeoning music scene. It was during this time that Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. was urged by friends to change his name if a recording career was to be in his future. He took his stage name from the beautiful capital city of his favorite state, Colorado. Later in life, Denver and his family settled in Aspen, Colorado and his love for the Rocky Mountains inspired many of his songs.
John Denver experienced his first major break in the music industry when he was chosen from 250 other hopefuls as lead singer for the popular Mitchell Trio. Two years and three albums later, Denver had honed his considerable vocal talent and developed his own songwriting style. He gained recognition when his song "Leaving On A Jet Plane" was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, becoming their first and only number one hit. As the Mitchell Trio disbanded, Denver was climbing up the pop charts as a solo act with songs like "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," "Sunshine On My Shoulders," "Annie's Song," "Back Home Again," "Thank God I'm A Country Boy," and "Calypso," solidifying his position as one of the top stars of the 1970s.
By his third album in 1970, Denver's social and political leanings were defined more clearly. Denver was one of the first artists to share an environmental message through his music, beginning with the song "Whose Garden Was This?" This was the first in a long line of songs that he wrote about the environment.
Denver contributed his talents to the benefit of many charitable and environmental causes and received numerous civic and humanitarian awards over the years. Fans responded to his heartfelt urgings about ecology, peace, and compassion that were consistently delivered in a gentle manner on his records and at live performances.
His passion to help create a global community paved the way for ventures into new musical and geographic territories. In 1985 he was invited by the Soviet Union of Composers to perform in the USSR, inspiring the internationally acclaimed song "Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)." The powerful video for "Let Us Begin" moved viewers around the world.


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The next 3 pic.'s are the second heat today. Got to less than 1/4 on the fan damper before the crucible reached orange heat. Backed off and held for another 5 minutes before shutting down. I don't think having enough air to burn oil is going to be a problem. Sorry about that last pic. trying to focus on the crucible.
Expected a slow day watching fire in the furnace, not going to happen. Decided to try the atmospheric burner in the morning heat. It lit but insisted on burning well down the pipe. No adjustments I made would get it out of the pipe. Tried it on the vise, good there. Removed Asian welded burner pipe and filed down the weld ridge down the middle of the pipe, tried in furnace, no go .Because of furnace back pressure the venturi effect of the reducer was not generating enough velocity to overcome the flame advance. My jet was 3/4" from pipe inlet, Rupert Wenig's was 5/8" but some of R. Reil's were as much as the full length of the reducer 1 3/4" . I removed the T and jet and went with a straight pipe with a #53 jet drilled in it. After some fiddling to center it down the burner pipe, distance to burner pipe now 1 1/4". Lit on first try and did not retreat into the pipe as I ramped it up.
We all await the outcome of test melts from your furnace. Congrats on getting it done.
Thank you for your interest John, this project has been a bit of a guilty pleasure for me, there is still alot of domestic work to be done around here. Hopefully done this year and I can devote all my time to the real pleasures of building things (anything the list is endless ) in my shops.
Wonderful,CB, just wonderful A really nicely documented method of making a very professional home furnace. Look forward to seeing some melts come out of her.
I believe I have been to a few sites on sourcing and making your own sodium silicate, very interesting. Unfortunatelly one of the non-pleasures of living in the sticks is the slow internet service. The few big providers in Canada can't make outragious profits out here but thats a rant for a different thread. Anyway it makes videos too time consuming for me to access.
I will be mixing my sand by hand for now, if I find I am casting enough for it to be a chore then a muller would be in the works. I have 3 or 4 plans somewhere in my files, I haven't decided Yet. I have a lot of Tubalcain's stuff so I may have that somewhere, Ironman likes his videos so I haven't seen much of his work. The polititions have all promised affordible high speed internet to rural areas but I'm still waiting .
Well that heat wave is going to break tonight . Spent the day indoors and built a pouring shank for the clay graghite crucible. I modified surplus oversized fireplace tongs I picked up for a song from Princess Auto years ago for this purpose. After alot of bending and filling and bending and welding I came up with this.
The clay graghite crucible will only be used for a very few # of iron or brass melts. The idea of 20 lb of molten iron or brass popping out of my pouring shank is pretty scary could result in serious injury or fire I wouldn't take the chance. For a #8 or smaller I think this will do, for a #10 or higher heavier pouring shanks are required, some with spring loaded retaining hooks and various other mechanisms. For aliminum I plan on using only steel crucibles so welding on hooks and eyes makes it handier for pouring.


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Query the list of names from table which have vowels as both their first and last characters [duplicate].
I want to query the list of CITY names from the table STATION(id,city, longitude, latitude) which have vowels as both their first and last characters. The result cannot contain duplicates.
My query:
SELECT DISTINCT CITY
FROM STATION
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Where regexp_like(city, '^[aeiou].*[aeiou]$','i');

Why isn't my query working?

A: '[aeiou]' is a regex character class, which is not supported by operator LIKE. So your query won't do what you expect: it actually searches for a litteral string that starts with '[aeiou]' (and even if it was, you would need to repeat expression city like ... twice: city like ... and ... does not do what you expect either).
The solution you found uses regexp_like() with the following regex: ^[aeiou].*[aeiou]$, which means:
^         beginning of the string
[aeiou]   one of the characters in the list
.*        a sequence of 0 to N characters
[aeiou]   one of the characters in the list
$         end of the string

Option 'i' makes the search case insensitive.
This works, but requires MySQL 8.0. If you are running an earlier version, consider using a REGEXP condition instead:
CITY REGEXP '^[aeiou].*[aeiou]$'


Deposition Author(s): Ludewig, H., Czekster, C.M., Bent, A.F., Naismith, J.H.
Characterization of the Fast and Promiscuous Macrocyclase from Plant PCY1 Enables the Use of Simple Substrates.
Ludewig, H., Czekster, C.M., Oueis, E., Munday, E.S., Arshad, M., Synowsky, S.A., Bent, A.F., Naismith, J.H.
Cyclic ribosomally derived peptides possess diverse bioactivities and are currently of major interest in drug development. However, it can be chemically challenging to synthesize these molecules, hindering the diversification and testing of cyclic peptide leads. Enzymes used in vitro offer a solution to this; however peptide macrocyclization remains the bottleneck. PCY1, involved in the biosynthesis of plant orbitides, belongs to the class of prolyl oligopeptidases and natively displays substrate promiscuity. PCY1 is a promising candidate for in vitro utilization, but its substrates require an 11 to 16 residue C-terminal recognition tail. We have characterized PCY1 both kinetically and structurally with multiple substrate complexes revealing the molecular basis of recognition and catalysis. Using these insights, we have identified a three residue C-terminal extension that replaces the natural recognition tail permitting PCY1 to operate on synthetic substrates. We demonstrate that PCY1 can macrocyclize a variety of substrates with this short tail, including unnatural amino acids and nonamino acids, highlighting PCY1's potential in biocatalysis.
Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews , North Haugh, St. Andrews, KY16 9ST, United Kingdom.


I believe that the majority of the market will go for the Capitals because of the perceived value of the underdog odds. I think this is exactly the bookies trap for tonight and I will go with the favorite odds.
The Hurricanes did play well in the first two matches. In Game 1, the team was overall lost on ice and couldn't control the puck like they usually do, still they did pressure a lot the Caps but couldn't produce goals. In Game 2 the team was much better and actually more dominant on ice but failed to secure the win during overtime. Moreover, Ferland was penalized wrongly in the second game and even the referee commission apologized for the bad call. This actually made a significant difference for the match. The Hurricanes have been stunning at home this season and I am sure that with a full home crowd support, the extra boost that was missing in the first two games will finally wake up.
The Caps played as an experienced team: scored when you have to and defend when you are ought to. However, to be honest, I didn't find their hockey solid enough to back them in this third game considering that the Canes are getting better and better. I am used to watch a much more offensive team from Washington and I think that in this third game the team will get lost at their end.
I believe that the Canes are improving moment and this is a MUST WIN for them since a 3-0 lead should be an easy 4-0 for the Caps. Moreover, the penalty on Ferland mixed up lines and shifts for the Canes and this is a game changing call. Hosts are favorite and play fantastic at home, I think that motivation will be sky high and we will see that Caps failing to take this win.
What you think about goals here? Over 5.5?
Oh man... the goals market is honestly a coin flip. Statistically in terms of performance this could be an Under but then on Monday games the Canes usually make Overs... This could really go either way but really (50/50) so I `d rather not advise you on that. You can try to take a live bet after the first 10-15 minutes, they will set clearly the tempo.
I put money on over to try my luck.Thank you for explanation you are right,coin flip.
Also gl to you for your pick.


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Bitwa pod Leuktrami – starcie zbrojne, które miało miejsce w lipcu roku 371 p.n.e. pomiędzy wojskami tebańskimi wodza Epaminondasa a armią spartańską dowodzoną przez króla Kleombrotosa.

Tło bitwy
Armia peloponeska (na czele ze Spartą), obawiając się wzrostu znaczenia Teb wśród członków Związku Beockiego, najechała Beocję. Pośpiesznie zebrana armia Epaminondasa zagrodziła drogę wojskom inwazyjnym pod Leuktrami.

Przed bitwą
Oddziały Spartan liczyły 12 000 żołnierzy, a armia tebańska – 9000 ludzi. Spartanie ustawili swoje wojska w typowym szyku falangi, umieszczając najlepsze oddziały na prawym skrzydle, a nieliczną jazdę i lekkozbrojną piechotę kierując do osłony trzonu armii. Tebańczycy zastosowali natomiast oryginalną modyfikację klasycznej falangi. Zwiększyli jej głębokość na lewym skrzydle do co najmniej 50 szeregów, umieszczając tam m.in. elitarny Święty Zastęp pod wodzą Pelopidasa. Resztę falangi, wraz z osłaniającą ją jazdą, ustawili nieco z tyłu w płytkim szyku (8 szeregów) naprzeciwko spartańskiego centrum i lewego skrzydła, które miały po 12 szeregów. Był to pierwszy w historii przypadek zastosowania szyku skośnego: głębokiej kolumny szturmowej wykonującej natarcie główne i odgiętego skrzydła, przeprowadzającego natarcie wiążące.

Bitwa
Mocne, lewe skrzydło tebańskie pod osobistym dowództwem Epaminondasa uderzyło gwałtownie na prawe skrzydło spartańskie. Jednocześnie centrum i prawe skrzydło tebańskie posuwało się naprzód powoli, ściągając na siebie uwagę Spartan, nie wchodząc jednak do walki. Prawe skrzydło spartańskie nie wytrzymało naporu tebańskiej kolumny szturmowej i poszło w rozsypkę. Wtedy lewe skrzydło Tebańczyków zwróciło się przeciwko centrum przeciwnika, a jednocześnie od frontu uderzyły oddziały centrum i prawego skrzydła tebańskiego. Spartanie, atakowani z dwóch stron, rozpoczęli pośpieszny odwrót.

Skutki
W bitwie poległo 700 hoplitów spartańskich wraz z królem Kleombrotosem i 300 Tebańczyków. Po tej porażce prestiż militarny Sparty bardzo ucierpiał, a przewaga Teb w świecie greckim została umocniona.

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Bitwy Sparty
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TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's air force said Wednesday (Nov 8) it has grounded all its Mirage jets as it searched for a pilot who went missing while conducting a training mission in one of the French-made fighters.
The single-seat Mirage-2000 flown by Captain Ho Tzu-yu disappeared from the radar at 6:43pm (1043 GMT) on Tuesday off the north-east coast of the island, 34 minutes after taking off, according to the air force.
The authorities dispatched 17 military planes as well as 10 naval and coastguard vessels to conduct a search but there has so far been no sighting of the missing plane, it said.
"We hope Ho can be safely rescued soon," said Lieutenant-General Chang Che-ping, the air force's deputy chief.
All Mirage jets have been grounded since the incident, Chang said.
Chang described Ho as an "excellent pilot" and said there was no sign of any problems or irregularities after he took off from a base near the north-western city of Hsinchu.
Ho graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2013 and had accumulated around 227 hours in the Mirage-2000, the air force said.
Chang declined to comment on reports that Ho's health may have been a factor in the disappearance, saying an investigation into the cause of the incident was still under way.
He confirmed that Ho had taken time off work in 2015 on health grounds but declined to elaborate.
Taiwan purchased 60 Mirage 2000-5 jets in 1992 from France in an arms deal that upset China.
There were five accidents involving Mirage fighters in Taiwan between 1999 and 2013, killing three pilots.
In 2012, Taiwan temporarily grounded all its Mirage jets after one of its pilots died while conducting a training mission in France.


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Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Final Trailer Unveils a Bold New World
Robert WorkmanTuesday, August 13, 2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is heading to Netflx later this month as a much anticipated follow up to Jim Henson's beloved cult classic film. Now, Netflix has dropped the final trailer for Age of Resistance as it welcomes fans back into the world of Thra.
This original series is a prequel to The Dark Crystal movie. The story revolves around the Crystal of Truth a.k.a. "the Source of All Life." As Rian explains, the Skeksis have selfishly used it to strengthen themselves. As a result, the Darkening is born and all of Thra at risk. Now, Rian and his fellow Gelflings Deet and Brea have to stop the Skeksis before it's too late.
RELATED: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Episode 1 Review
Taron Egerton provides the voice of Rian, and Jason Isaacs (Star Trek: Discovery) portrays the dreaded Skeksis emperor, skekSo. Mark Hamill, Simon Pegg, Alicia Vikander, Lena Headey, Helena Bonham Carter and Keegan Michael-Key also star in the series.
Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk) directed the series with help from the talented team at The Jim Henson Company. As demonstrated in the trailer below, traditional puppet effects were used instead of CGI.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will drop its first season on Netflix on August 30.
What do you think about The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance final trailer? Let us know in the comments below!
Recommended Reading: The Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History
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Q: Racy behavior in low-latency interrupt-based transmit code Suppose you have some data transmitting peripheral, like a UART, that signals an interrupt whenever it's ready to transmit more data. We're sending data from a circular buffer, where tail is where the data is removed from, head is where you add data, and tail == head means that there's no more data to transmit.
Let's also assume that the peripheral has no buffering whatsoever, and you can't pass it the next value to send while it's busy sending the current one. If you need a concrete, if made-up, example, think of a shift register attached directly to a CPU's parallel I/O port.
To keep transmitter as busy as possible, you might wish to transmit as soon as the transmit interrupt handler is entered. When there's no data to transmit, the interrupt is masked out and the handler will not be invoked even though the interrupt has been armed. The system starts in with the interrupt masked out.
I'll use C to illustrate things, although the issue is not C-specific. The interrupt handler, and the buffer, are set up as follows:
char buf[...];
char * head = buf;                     ///< write pointer
char * tail = buf;                     ///< read pointer
char * const first = buf;              ///< first byte of the buffer
char * const last = buf+sizeof(buf)-1; ///< last byte of the buffer

/// Sends one byte out. The interrupt handler will be invoked as soon
/// as another byte can be sent.
void transmit(char);

void handler() {
  transmit(*tail);
  if (tail == last)
    tail = first;
  else
    tail++;
  if (tail == head)
    mask_interrupt();
}

So far, so good. Now let's see how one might implement putch().  We can invoke putch() in bursts much faster than the device is able to send the data out. Let's assume that the caller knows not to overflow the buffer.
void putch(char c) {
  *head = c;
  if (head == last)
    head = first;
  else
    head++;
  /***/
  unmask_interrupt();
}

Suppose now that these things happen:

*

*The transmitter was busy, and when putch was called, there a byte was being sent.

*The transmission happens to finish when putch is in the spot marked /***/ above. The handler() happens to execute right there.

*The handler() happens to send the last byte of the data in the buffer - the byte that we have just loaded in preceding lines in putch().

The handler masks the interrupt, as there's no more data to send, but putch incorrectly unmasks it right after handler() returns. Thus the handler will have another go through the buffer, and will send a buffer's worth of stale data until tail equals head again.
My questions is: Is the only fix to increase the latency and check for empty buffer before sending in the handler? The fixed code looks as follows:
void fixed_handler() {
  if (head == tail) {
    mask_interrupt();
    arm_interrupt(); // so that next time we unmask it, we get invoked
    return;
  }
  transmit(*tail);
  if (tail == last)
    tail = first;
  else
    tail++;
}

This fix adds some latency, and also adds an extra operation (arm_interrupt) that's executed once when there's no more data to send.
For possible other approaches, feel free to assume the existence of at least the following operations:
/// Is the interrupt armed and will the handler fire once unmasked?
bool is_armed();
/// Is the interrupt unmasked?
bool is_unmasked();

A: I've always done this with double-buffering, so that at any point in time the program and the UART are "owning" different buffers.
When the UART finishes sending its buffer, a swap can happen, with interrupts masked.
That way, it doesn't have to mask interrupts on every character.

A: One fix would be to prevent the interrupt handler from running within putch:
void putch(char c) {
  *head = c;
  mask_interrupt();
  if (head == last)
    head = first;
  else
    head++;
  unmask_interrupt();
}

This lets us use the original transmit-first interrupt handler. The problem with that is that overall it increases the number of operations performed per byte sent. It also increases the peak latency as well, since there are now times when handler() simply won't run even though the hardware is ready for more data and there's data to be sent.
The average latency in getting the transmitter busy again is determined by the interrupt handler. The peak latency on top of that is determined by the code that delays the execution of the interrupt handler.


Plant proteins are pretty amazing, but there are many misconceptions surrounding their nutritional value and taste. We're here to debunk some myths and concerns for anyone who is hesitant about incorporating plant proteins into their diet.
For those who have experimented with a plant based diet, we know just how many questions can arise. Having to constantly answer how you receive adequate protein, if you miss the taste of meat, or being interrogated for the reasons you're eating plant based in the first place can all be so overwhelming. Here's everything you need to answer those, ahem, inquisitive, friends and family.
Not getting enough protein is a common concern for many people simply because protein is used in the body as an important building block for muscles, bones, cartilage, skin, and bones.
According to the FDA's recommended daily allowance based on a 2,000 calorie diet, the average consumer should be eating around 50g protein per day. Although getting adequate protein from plants is a concern for many, it's actually very difficult not to get enough protein while eating a well rounded whole foods diet.
Protein is found readily in many plant foods, including nuts, seeds, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. In fact, just one cup of cooked lentils contains 18g protein! Koia is one easy way to get a whopping 32% of your daily protein needs (18g!) from brown rice, pea, and hemp in one convenient grab and go bottle (not to mention our plant based beverages are totally craveable!).
Okay, this may have been true in the past, but plant proteins have come very far since plants were first recognized as a complete source of protein several decades ago. The problem was that they often times didn't taste good. Plant proteins are generally less refined, so they tend to have a more genuine and gritty texture to them (this is good because the less refined something is, the more nutrients it will retain!). Some of the first plant based proteins were made using pea protein, however the pea protein was not blended smoothly and people became accustomed to the chalky products that were being produced.
Drastic improvements have been made to the taste of plant proteins over the decades, which allow people to thoroughly enjoy them while still receiving their many benefits. Plant proteins are easier to digest and include fiber to help support digestion, are lower in fat and cholesterol than animal proteins (contributing to decreased risk of cardiovascular disease), are dairy and gluten allergen friendly, and do not have growth hormones or antibiotics. There is no reason health should compromise flavor, which is why the plant protein market has grown and improved tremendously!
Cue, Koia. We combine brown rice, pea, and hemp protein and blend it with just the right amount of creamy almond milk to deliver a much more enjoyable and smooth mouthfeel. Our plant based beverages come in familiar flavors and even people not following plant based diets love them! You would never believe there's 18g of complete plant proteins and only 4g of sugar in every bottle. Additionally, Koia can be combined with other ingredients to make yummy, plant based, and protein rich treats. Check out these Cinnamon Horchata Baked Donuts here.
Although plants do not contain all 9 essential amino acids to form a complete protein on their own, plant based proteins should not be dismissed as invalid sources of protein. When combined with other plant proteins, the full 9 essential amino acids can easily be achieved.
Koia combines three plant proteins, brown rice, pea, and hemp, in order to deliver all 9 essential amino acids and form a complete protein. Koia's combined blend of plant proteins provide a high-quality source of protein with the benefits of additional minerals like calcium and iron from whole food ingredients. We provide a complete protein source while creating the most delicious plant based beverages because we believe that health should not compromise flavor!
At last, the common misconceptions surrounding plant proteins can finally be put to rest! As you can tell, plant proteins offer a wide range of benefits, which is why we believe in their ability to fuel and nourish people everyday. We challenge you to incorporate plant proteins into your diet and share with us what you find!


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20-country study finds that people are more likely to value a partner's personality over their looks
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on November 29, 2017, 8 a.m.
When people look for love, what is thing they prize most highly? A new 20-country YouGov international study examines which attributes people most prioritise in a partner. The results are good news for the romantics, as across the planet personality is prized ahead of looks.
Here in Indonesia, personality is by far the most important attribute. Among both men and women, 40% rank having "a personality I like" as the characteristic they prioritise most highly in a romantic partner (and a further 23% rank it as the second most important).
Intelligence comes next, with a quarter (26%) ranking it second (along with the 18% of women and 15% of men who rank it first).
Men and women differ most on the importance of looks, as Indonesian men place a noticeably higher stock than women in a partner's physical appearance. While 64% of men rank good looks in their top three priorities, this figure is just 36% for women.
The battle between looks and personality is a classic dating dilemma, and the research shows that Indonesians overwhelmingly come down on the side of personality. 70% of Indonesian women rank personality as more important than good looks, whereas 52% of men say the same.
International results
The preference for personality over looks is replicated across the globe. the overall results in every country surveyed show that people are more likely to rank personality as more important than good looks. The only deviation from this trend comes among Vietnamese men among whom only 46% rank personality more highly than good looks (compared to 64% of Vietnamese women).
In each of the 20 countries studied women are more pro-personality than men. This difference was most pronounced in Saudi Arabia (where 79% of women ranked personality more highly than looks, compared to 52% of men, a difference of 28 points) and Egypt (83% of women compared to 55% of men, also a difference of 28 points).
Women in the Nordic countries place the most stock in a partner's personality – it is ranked as the single most important attribute by 73% of Swedish women, 69% of Danish women, 66% of Norwegian women and 59% of Finnish women.
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By contrast, those who are most fixated on looks are Vietnamese men (44% of whom ranked it is the single most important characteristic a partner could have), Indonesian men (35%), Saudi Arabian men (also 35%), Thai men (33%) and Hong Kong men (also 33%).
The study finds that the countries where a partner having decent financial means is the most valued attribute are Malaysia (where 36% of women ranked it as a top-three priority), Vietnam (32%) and Indonesia (30%).
However, it should be noted that in all of these countries (and, indeed, all countries surveyed) women are still much more likely to rate a partner's personality, sense of humour and intelligence as a more important attribute than wealth.
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Q: How would you bootstrap python virtualenv on RHEL5 without root access? I know how to install the packages if I could be root, but if I can't, how would I create a virtualenv from scratch, without root access.  What are the bootstrap steps to create enough of a virtualenv to begin pip installing things.

A: From the docs, you can add --user to the installation flags for pip to install setuptools et al to your user site-packages:
python get-pip.py --user

See https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html
Once that's done, you can do:
pip install --user virtualenv

Which will install virtualenv to your user site-packages too. From there, you can run virtualenv the normal way.

A: if you have the virtualenv.py file, go to your project directory and do
python virtualenv.py env

This will create a local virtual environment. Then run it with
 source env/bin/activate.

Hope that helps!


Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
Tagline: Homework can wait. The city can't.


When sewing a straight line instead of using both hands to guide your fabric just put one finger where you want to end up. Your machine will automatically gravitate towards your finger for a perfect straight line!
Tape or glue a measuring tape to the edge of your table. This will provide a quick and easy tool for measuring projects and fabric.
Place a rubber band around your sewing machine foot pedal to keep it from sliding around. No need to go out and purchase rubber bands! Just save a rubber band from your produce! This tip also works on piano pedals for digital pianos!
Use soap to make stubborn pins a little more slippery. This will allow you to push the pins through multiple layers of fabric a little more easily. Simply push your pins into a bar of soap and start pinning!
Use tape to mark a new stitching guideline on your machine. Make sure to remove the tape as soon as you are done with your project to avoid leaving tape residue on your machine. You can also use tape to mark a stitch line one your project. This is useful for marking a line for top stitching.
When inserting a drawstring, put a safety pin on each end. Pin one to your project so that you don't accidentally pull the cord all the way through! Use the other pin to push the cord through the casing.
Use pipe cleaners and coffee stir sticks to create a DIY sewing machine duster! Cut a small length of pipe cleaner using your kitchen scissors (not your good sewing scissors!). Fold the pipe cleaner in half and insert the two ends into a coffee stir stick. You should have a small loop of fuzzy wire sticking out of the stick. Use this end to clean your machines, especially your bobbin! This quick and inexpensive project makes a great stocking stuffer for quilters!
When collecting materials for a quilt project carry swatches of the fabric you already have selected with you. Use pinking shears to cut a small swatch of each fabric and use a safety pin to pin it to your purse or keychain. This way you always have your swatches for last minute trips to the quilt store!
When hand stitching, mark two lines on your thumb indicating the distance between stitches. Refer to these marks to create even stitches.
Turn your project using a straw and a stick! Push the straw inside of your project. Push your stick into the straw from the outside of your project. Remove the straw and gently continue turning your piece!
Use a standard filing cabinet to 'file' fabric. You can hang your fabric on file folders and other filing support systems.
Use color catching sheets when washing quilts for the first time. You can find these at the grocery store.
Do you have trouble finding those pesky pins that always fall on the floor? Tired of crawling around on the floor trying to find them? Use a telescoping magnetic stick!
Shop your stash! Pick out a few patterns. Look through your stash and pull out fabrics and notions for each pattern. Bag up each project so that they are all ready to work on. Make a list of any additional items you need to finish up the project. Modern Flowers Skinny Quilt is perfect for a stash project!
Use clear nail polish to seal the knots on a button. This will keep your button secure!
Looking for a new way to store your pins? Glue a magnet to the bottom of a cute dish. The magnet will keep your pins from sliding off the dish!
Have a ton of scraps to use up? Start making scrappy quilts! Start a scrap fabric exchange with other quilters. This will help increase the diversity of your scraps. A great project to do is a pineapple table runner or block! Use the pineapple tool to make beautiful scrappy pineapple blocks each time! Do you have larger scraps? Consider creating an I Spy Quilt!
A lot of times a quilt show will advertise on a nice sturdy bookmark. Hold onto these bookmarks to use when you're paper piecing. They are perfect for folding your paper over and then holding your ruler in place. A great way to make paper piecing easier and to recycle!
Have a small quilt or wall hanging? Use 505 spray to quickly and easily baste your project. Simply spray a light coat and stick down your layers. One can will go a long way! Find some at your local quilt shop, Walmart, or online.
When tracing a pattern use freezer paper. You can still see through it to easily trace and it's sturdy. You can also use your iron on a low setting to press it to your fabric instead of pinning it to cut out your pieces. You can use the iron on each piece up to 10 times.