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Transhumanism: What It Is, and Why It Is So Fundamentally Wrong
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What It Is, and Why It Is So Fundamentally Wrong
Posted on Jan 12, 2023 by Becky Sweat 3 comments Estimated reading time: 11 minutes
The transhumanist movement seeks to develop and use technology to radically transform humanity beyond its current physiology and limitations. Here are six reasons it's so wrong.
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Futurist thinkers envisage the day when people will be able to separate their minds from their biological bodies, and transfer them to a super computer or mega server, and "live" forever in a virtual reality environment.
Imagine a future when earth's inhabitants are not humans, but cyborgs—robotlike beings with both biological and mechanical components. With exosuits for added strength, cybernetic arms and legs, surgically-implanted earbuds for advanced hearing, bionic eyes for X-ray and infrared vision, and digitally-enhanced brains, these "superbots" think and act at lightning speed. Nanobots inside their bodies work continually to maintain and repair organs and tissues. Equally impressive are their "organic parts," which have been genetically engineered for health.
These superbeings may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but they are the very real aspiration of influential business leaders, government officials, biotech engineers, scientists and futurists around the world, who are spearheading a philosophical and socio-political movement known as transhumanism.
In a nutshell, the transhumanist movement seeks to develop and use technology to radically transform humanity beyond its current physiology and limitations—to augment or amplify natural abilities like intellect and physical strength, create disease-resistant bodies, and extend lifespans or prevent death altogether.
To accomplish its goals, the transhumanist movement is looking to such technologies as genetic engineering (the deliberate altering of DNA sequences to produce new traits), implant technology (the embedding of digital implants in the body to interface with computers), artificial intelligence (the development of computer systems that mimic the thinking capabilities of the human mind), nanotechnology (the manipulation of atoms and molecules to produce new molecular structures), and cybernetics (the replacement of biological body parts with biomechanical devices).
Those involved in the transhumanism movement concede that much of what they envision is only in the early stages of development. We don't have cyborgs living in our midst quite yet, and many question whether it would even be possible to create such beings. But a lot of research is currently underway, in all of the areas just mentioned, to try to speed the transhumanist agenda along.
Many times the innovations that move us closer to transhumanism were devised for totally different purposes. For instance, invitro fertilization was developed to assist with the conception of a child and screen for genetic diseases, but could also be used to select for certain "desirable" traits and create "designer babies." Neural lace, a wireless brain-computer interface, is being billed as a new way to treat neurological disorders, but could also connect the brain with artificial intelligence (AI) software to boost mental acuity. Radiofrequency ID microchips got their start in retail and business applications, but are now being implanted in people's hands as universal I.D. cards, building access card keys and credit cards, all under the auspices of convenience and security.
Our world is certainly moving towards a transhuman future. Some leaders in the movement are hoping to have created full-fledged cyborgs by the early 2030s. And while transhumanists would see that as a huge accomplishment, that's not all they want to do. Ultimately, they hope to not only digitally and genetically enhance fleshly bodies, but to actually be "liberated" from them.
Many futurist thinkers envisage the day when people will be able to separate their minds from their biological bodies, and transfer them to a super computer or mega server (in the same way a computer file could be moved from one machine to another), and "live" forever in a virtual reality environment. Transhumanists refer to this as the posthuman state. They believe at that point, the distinctions between virtual reality and actual reality, or human and machine, will have been completely dissolved. Individuals will be able to take on holographic-like avatars, changing and shifting their identities to their liking, free to roam the Metaverse as immortal cyberbeings.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil, one of the main leaders in the transhumanism movement, predicts that around 2045, earth will be inhabited entirely by computers. Purely "organic" humans will have become extinct, he asserts. Those who survive will be the ones who will have fused their minds with the all-powerful computers.
The human reasoning behind transhumanism
It can be tempting to just laugh all this off, because much of what transhumanists want to do really DOES sound like science fiction. But the fact remains, the early workings of transhumanism ARE here. There are many negative implications of going that direction as a society, particularly from a biblical standpoint. We need to be aware of what this movement is about, because even though it's unlikely transhumanists will be able to pull off everything they want to do, some of their ideas could impact us. Here are six very big reasons why transhumanism is so very wrong:
1. God is not part of the thinking.
Transhumanists reject any belief in God or a spiritual realm. Instead, they have generally adopted the philosophical position known as materialism, which regards the natural, material and physical universe as the only "reality." They insist that anything which is not composed of matter, does not exist. They see science as the source of all knowledge, and the "lens" in which to understand the world, find solutions to life's challenges, and discover meaning in existence.
Romans 1:28 Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
American King James Version×aptly applies to transhumanism: "And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting." When people dismiss the Bible, their thinking immediately starts going in the wrong direction. Nothing truly good can come out reasoning that relies on human perspectives alone. Starting with a wrong premise only leads to more bad ideas.
2. The posthuman virtual world is a counterfeit version of eternal life.
Transhumanism is basically an attempt by mankind to achieve eternal life without God. Rather than being thankful for Christ's sacrifice and looking to His return as the only hope for mankind, transhumanists regard technology as their "savior." They still want to live forever, and have deluded themselves into thinking this can be done via a physical means—by uploading their minds onto a computer-generated virtual world. Even if that was doable, it would not be a joyful existence, as true peace and happiness is not possible apart from God.
3. Transhumanism is a form of evolution.
Materialism, which transhumanism is built on, posits that mankind came into existence through evolution—the theory that lifeforms are continually changing for the better, and that the present form of any organism is a diminished version of what is to come. Transhumanism offers its own twist: that mankind should use technology to artificially speed up the evolutionary process and bring on the next phase—merging humans with machines.
According to transhumanism, our physical bodies are the primary impediment to our advancement as a species. Yet the Bible describes the human body as "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalms 139:14 Psalms 139:14I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.
American King James Version×). God created us as He intended. His design for us does not require improvement.
This does not mean that we should oppose thoughtful use of gene editing and other biomedical procedures to treat or screen for genetic diseases, or restore normal body functioning after catastrophic injuries. But if we "cross the line to reinvent the human body," we are, in effect, saying that we can "do better" than God, writes B.M. Coaker in Who are You? (AuthorHouse, 2018). "We have been given the ability to appreciate and admire God's handiwork in His originally unflawed design . . . but He has not given us the mandate to take our exploration and curiosity beyond his handiwork" (p. 56). The primary concern lies in implementing biotechnological enhancements to the point that we lose our identity as human beings.
4. There is no recognition of the spiritual components of the mind.
The Bible tells us that we human beings have a spiritual component to our makeup (Job 32:8 Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding.
American King James Version×, 1 Corinthians 2:11 1 Corinthians 2:11For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit of God.
American King James Version×). It is this spirit of man that imparts intellect to our brains, creating the human mind. Transhumanists, as materialists, are not open to this truth. They posit that the human mind (including our thoughts and personalities) is purely physical, consisting of groups of chemicals, neural connections and electrical impulses that operate in predetermined ways. This is why they think it's possible to capture and digitize the information patterns that supposedly comprise a person's consciousness, and upload it to a computer server.
However, some scientists, even within the transhumanism movement, have expressed doubts about whether this idea of "mind uploading" is actually possible, acknowledging that the faculties of the human mind cannot be reduced to simple patterns of brain chemistry. They point out that even if a person's mind could be "reproduced" in machine form, the results would not preserve the original person in any true sense. At best, it might be a rough copy of a few personality traits or mimic some of the person's attitudes, but without true self-awareness, sentience, and consciousness.
5. Morality is not addressed or seen as important.
When transhumanists talk about the future they envisage, they focus on physical health and strength and cognitive abilities. That's because they see the human condition as purely a physical problem, needing physical solutions. But the fact is, humanity's foundational problems are spiritual in nature, and require spiritual solutions. We won't be able to control our human nature or have true morality without God.
"Human nature can't be changed through the augmentation of intelligence," writes Sandra Godde in Reaching for Immortality: Can Science Cheat Death? (Wipf and Stock, 2022). "Even a cursory view of history reminds us that sophisticated societies can still invent more horrific ways to destroy their neighbors and exalt themselves . . . It follows that technological advance does not inevitably lead to advance in human goodness" (p. 40).
For the most part, transhumanists have no explanation for what human nature is, where it comes from, or how to manage it. There is also no consensus among them as to how morals are developed. Some transhumanists will at least admit that moral character is not an attribute that can be "programmed in." The Bible makes it clear that character development requires the free choice of individuals who must want to build it, and that it is something we have to diligently pursue (2 Peter 1:5-8 2 Peter 1:5-8 [5] And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; [6] And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; [7] And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. [8] For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Even if character could be instilled as an enhancement, there would be no agreement among transhumanists as to what constitutes good morals. Moral absolutes depend on an absolute law giver, which could only be our Creator. Without belief in God, transhumanists become moral relativists by default, meaning individuals decide for themselves what's "right" and "wrong." This inevitably leads to individuals to pursuing their own selfish motives. Living in a world like that for eternity hardly sounds pleasant.
6. Transhumanism could intensify conflict or lead to enslavement.
Without God and His standards of morality and justice being integrated into the theoretical transhuman or posthuman worlds, the machine-beings that exist would still have "human" nature and the same type of evil predispositions as mankind has always had, but with much more power to perform their acts. Some warn that in the future there could be two classes of beings on earth: the bionically-enhanced superhumans, who brutalize the other weaker class of beings, the non-enhanced humans. Others warn that if computers were to achieve super AI (a level of intelligence that's vastly superior to that of humans) and human minds were able to "live" via a cloud connection in the virtual world, their more intelligent machine overlords could enslave them.
But even the "softer" forms of transhumanism we're seeing now could set the stage for control. For instance, subdermal microchips and brain computer interfaces could be used for surveillance, or even for reading and manipulating our thoughts and behavior. This is particularly troubling if those who are doing the monitoring are positions over us and have different values or beliefs than we do.
Transhumanists—and ultimately Satan—will not succeed.
There can be no doubt that Satan is behind the transhumanism movement. Satan hates God's plan to "bring many sons to glory" (Hebrews 2:10 Hebrews 2:10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
American King James Version×). He will do everything he can to try to destroy mankind before that happens, and transhumanism appears to be a way he is trying to do that. But it is a futile endeavor. Many of the world's "intellectuals" too have convinced themselves transhumanism will work, despite facts indicating just the opposite.
Futurists often point to recent innovations like brain-controlled prosthetic limbs, surgically-implanted hearing aids, and antenna implants in the skull to help colorblind individuals perceive colors—as "proof" that we're on our way to transhumanism. But these kinds of augmentations are a far cry from the creation of cyborgs and avatars.
Transhumanists face some insurmountable challenges. For one, the human mind with its nonphysical components, cannot be "removed" from a physical body and "transferred" over to a robot, computer server or any other machine. Moreover, qualities like emotions, beliefs, values and intuition cannot be reduced to mere computer codes, to be uploaded to a digital medium.
The other huge challenge is their quest to achieve "strong" AI, which is central to creating the superbeings they desire. Strong AI includes Super AI and General AI (intelligence equal to humans), and would have all features of human cognition, including self-awareness, sentience, consciousness. Scientists have been trying to develop Strong AI for several decades and they are still only in the theoretical stage. There is growing doubt about whether a computer could ever really think and understand like a human.
In so many ways, transhumanism is Satan's attempt to detour God in His incredible plans for mankind. Thankfully, it's unlikely transhumanism will ever come to fruition. It really IS mostly fiction. Still, understanding what transhumanism is about is a helpful exercise and a huge reminder of what happens when humans do not include God in their thinking.
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Cultural and Social Dimensions of Cybersecurity
August 14, 2019 August 15, 2019 billdutton Cybersecurity, Digital Policy, General Interest, Information Communication and the Social Sciences	cultural, Cybersecurity, mindset, Oxford Martin, Social
I have been working over the past years with Oxford's Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), which is associated with the Oxford Martin School and Department of Computer Science at Oxford, as well as several other departments, including the OII, and Saïd Business School. My own work has been focused on bringing the social sciences into the discussion, primarily by directing work on the cultural and social dimensions of cybersecurity.
Bill courtesy of Voices from Oxford (VOX)
I happened across a video we produced years ago in which I sought to address some of the questions in this area of cybersecurity. It is available here: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/cyber-security/responsible-cyber-culture/
There are also a few articles I've written, often with others, on aspects of these social and cultural dimensions, including:
Creese, S., Shillair, R., Bada, M., Reisdorf, B.C., Roberts, T., and Dutton, W. H. (2019), 'The Cybersecurity Capacity of Nations', pp. 165-179 in Graham, M., and Dutton, W. H. (eds), Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing our Lives, 2ndEdition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. An earlier version of this book chapter was presented at the TPRC conference and available online at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2938078
Dutton, W. H., and GCSCC (2018), 'Collaborative Approaches to a Wicked Problem: Global Responses to Cybersecurity Capacity Building', February. Notes on the 2018 Annual GCSCC Conference, Oxford University: Available online at: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/cybersecurity-capacity/system/files/GCSCC%20Annual%20Conference%202018%20Output%20180508%20.pdf
Dutton, W. (2017), 'Fostering a Cyber Security Mindset', Internet Policy Review, 6(1): DOI: 10.14763/2017.1.443 Available at: https://policyreview.info/node/443/pdf. An abridged version was reprinted in Encore, a publication of The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), forthcoming in 2018. https://www.hiig.de/en/fostering-cybersecurity-mindset/
Bauer, J., and Dutton, W. H. (2015), "The New Cybersecurity Agenda: Economic and Social Challenges to a Secure Internet', Joint Working Paper for the Global Cyber Security Centre at the University of Oxford, and the Quello Center, Michigan State University. Available online at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2614545
Dutta, S., Dutton, W. H. and Law, G. (2011), The New InternetWorld: A Global Perspective on Freedom of Expression, Privacy, Trust and Security Online: The Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011. New York: World Economic Forum, April. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1810005
Early International Impact of the Oxford Cybersecurity Capacity Center
April 5, 2016 June 29, 2016 billdutton Uncategorized	building, capacity, Cybersecurity, OII, Oxford, Oxford Martin, Sadie Creese
The Global Cybersecurity Capacity Center at the Oxford Martin School is developing a model and the tools for nations to self-assess their levels of maturity in addressing cybersecurity. I am supporting the Principal Investigator, Professor Sadie Creese, and other co-principal investigators as an Oxford Martin Fellow.
Prof. Sadie Creese
Input from the project team and its international, expert advisory groups, has led to the refinement of a model that identifies key dimensions of cybersecurity, including cultural and other social as well as strategic, legal and technical aspects of a security context. My major focus has been on developing an instrument that will enable teams in particular nations to self-assess their maturity levels in ways that are methodologically sound and replicable.
As the model and associated instruments are being developed, the research team has been working with a variety of nations to help them assess their cybersecurity capacity. In each case, the Oxford project team has been collaborating with key organizations that have helped advise the project and support implementation of the model in a range of international settings.
To date, the team has visited a remarkable number of countries, which have worked with us to implement and help refine our model and indicators of capacity. The team has worked with the Organisation of American States (OAS), supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to visit and review Jamaica and Colombia. The World Bank worked with us to review Armenia, Kosovo, Bhutan and Montenegro. The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) supported our review of Uganda and Fiji. The UK Cabinet Office collaborated with us on a review of the United Kingdom. Indonesia's Telkom University and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies helped with our review of Indonesia. The Government of the Netherlands, under the auspices of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE), worked with us on our review of Senegal. And the British Embassy in Tashkent is supporting our forthcoming review of Uzbekistan. These collaborations will provide valuable lessons for developing the tools and indicators for self-assessment in nations round the world.
In such ways, the Oxford Cybersecurity Capacity Center is having an incredible international impact even during these early stages of developing and refining the frameworks and tools for nations and other organizations to use in self-assessing and building their cybersecurity capacities.
More information about the project is available on the project's online portal at: www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/cybersecurity-capacity

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JAY-Z Recalls Telling Amy Winehouse to 'Stay With Us' the First Time They Met
By Jennifer Drysdale 5:10 PM PDT, August 31, 2017
How's this for spooky?
During an interview on Tidal's Rap Radar podcast, JAY-Z told the story of his first meeting with Amy Winehouse, where he told her to "stay with us" years before her death.
RELATED: Amy Winehouse Documentary Is Both Heartbreaking and Hilarious
The rapper, who worked with Winehouse when he remixed a version of "Rehab" in 2007, recalled meeting her at the Spotted Pig after her performance at Joe's Pub in New York City, where he says she was stuttering.
"I was like, 'You don't even stutter. Why are you doing that?'" JAY-Z said. "I looked at her, and I was like, 'Stay with us.' The first time we hung out, I told her, 'Stay with us.'"
"She was telling us, she was writing the songs to our face," he revealed. "'They're trying to make me go to rehab, I'm not going,' like, what? You have to go!"
Winehouse was found dead of alcohol poisoning in her London apartment on July 23, 2011. She was 27.
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During the podcast, JAY-Z also opened up about the importance of discussing mental health after Chester Bennington's death on July 20. He collaborated with the Linkin Park frontman on the 2004 mashup album Collision Course.
"We're not dealing with that because it's not the cool thing to do," the 4:44 rapper said of society's stigma against mental illness. "These things unfortunately have to happen on a large stage so everyone can see."
See more on Bennington's death in the video below.
Chester Bennington's Wife Speaks Out After His Suicide: 'How Do I Pick Up My Shattered Soul?'


Monday I mentioned that April has this odd week of unfortunate events. I love that the "week" ends today - April 21. It used to be a day remembered and celebrated by all Texas schoolchildren as the Battle of San Jacinto.
After the massacres at the Alamo and Goliad, the Texas Army, led by General Sam Houston, began a retreat east across Texas that would be known as the Runaway Scrape. While Houston came into the Harris County area on a northern route, bringing them to Spring Creek (where Lisa & grew up), Santa Anna led his Army on the southern route – crossing the Brazos River at Richmond and burning the town, Harrisburg.
Houston made a fateful decision to turn south, crossing White Oak Bayou and Buffalo Bayou, camping his Army in a small wooded area where the Bayou meets the San Jacinto River. Santa Anna and his 1200 troops lay less than a mile away on the other side of a slight rise.
April 21, at 3:30 p.m., Houston ordered the attack, surprising the Mexicans during their afternoon siesta. Shouting "Remember the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!" the 910 Texans soundly defeated the Mexican Army in an 18-minute battle, killing 630 and capturing another 730 men. Only 9 Texans were killed or mortally wounded.
An inscription on the base of the San Jacinto Monument reminds us that: "Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the world. The freedom of Texas from Mexico won here led to annexation and to the Mexican War, resulting in the acquisition by the United States of the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Almost one-third of the present area of the American nation, nearly a million square miles of territory, changed sovereignty."
For a firsthand account of the battle, read the original copy of Sam Houston's report on the Battle of San Jacinto held at the Texas State Library & Archives.
The battle took place on privately-owned land which was purchased sometime in the 1890s by the State of Texas and opened as a State Park. The San Jacinto Monument, constructed between 1936-1939, is the world's tallest war memorial and is 15 feet taller than the Washington monument.
I encourage you to take a few minutes out of your day and follow my links to the Archives, Battleground, and Monument to read and learn more about this preeminent day in Texas History.


At the California Cannabis Business Expo in San Francisco this March, you can experience the legal cannabis industry's first pitch event to focus on the hottest and fastest growing companies in cannabis as they begin their journey towards the ultimate prize: a public offering raising millions of dollars. As our industry grows, these public companies will be able to acquire and merge using the power of public capital.
With the SEC's new Regulation A+, companies can secure funding from the general public via crowdfunding, provided they are compliant with a set of very specific laws and standards. These new regulations will significantly reduce the cost of filings and relax the rules on financial reporting for public companies using the Regulation A+ path.
Furthermore, this new regulation makes crowdfunding more interesting by allowing companies to generally solicit and advertise their offerings. Our CannaPitch IPO session on March 4, 2016, will feature cannabis companies that are planning and in the process of going public via Regulation A+.
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A guide to resources for study and research in linguistics.
Journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations and reports on psychology and related fields, such as psycholinguistics.
We're eager to hear what you need! Please email Daria Carson-Dussan, subject specialist for linguistics with any of your recommendations or fill out the appropriate online form: for books; for journals. Thank you.


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It seemed like the big Christmas gift to give this year was DNA testing from websites like Ancestry and 23 and Me. I assume this gift is so popular because we know the holidays bring out certain family traits that might make you wonder where they came from.
Those who have had their DNA tested know more about their genetic make-up, uncover certain health traits, and some people, like our friend Becky, have found family members they didn't know they had.
With all the great things genetic testing can produce, it can't change your family, or the baggage each person brings with them. Whether you are from a healthy family or a broken family we all have our social position (or birth order) in the family that defines who we are.
For example Kathleen is number 5 of 9 kids. She is often seen as the fulcrum that balances the family dynamic. If you are a middle child, then I image you, Kathleen and Colleen have some things in common.
I cannot speak to them, because I am the last of 4, the baby of the family. If you are like me, your siblings often see you as the spoiled and getting away with everything. I'm not sure that is totally accurate. But I do think the last-born are our parent's favorite because we're their last chance of getting it right.
Hierarchical patterns are found throughout our society. Most corporations, governments and religious communities are set up in a way where each person has their own particular place of power and prestige.
In India, the cast system still divides their society into different social classes; the easiest way to rise up through the ranks is by death and reincarnation. We might be quick to think we are different. Even though our constitution states, "All men are created equal," our country's story would suggest otherwise.
The good news is (and I hope you remember this as you either gather with or runaway from family functions this holiday season) that no matter where you are born, in whatever order, or to whom your birthright belongs, we are all created equal in the eyes of God.
Through Christ, each one of us was given the same blessing of salvation, even if our lives seem radically different.
Some children inherit great financial wealth; others receive great debt. One might get their mother's eyes, while the other inherits his grandfather' high forehead. This is not the inheritance that Paul is talking about. He points us towards our divine DNA.
Created in the image of God, we are born blessed by God. And thanks to our Christmas gift of salvation, we become a new creation. Through this little baby, wrapped in swaddling cloth, every person in the world receives an equal portion of the same gifts and grace; the same love and forgiveness; the same salvation from sin.
Through Christ we are reconnected to God. Through him we share not only a name, but a heart; one love, and one forgiveness of all we've done wrong. This DNA makes us part of a process much greater than our parents creating a biological exchange.
It might be hard to believe that little old you could be that special or important to God. But you are. To think that Jesus chose to leave all his heavenly glory, emptying himself and taking on the form of a slave just to give himself up for you and me.
More than that, Jesus didn't just become human for a minute or an hour or a day and then go right back to heaven. He lived among us for thirty-three years, enduring the messiness, the heartbreak, the inconvenience, the joy, and the pain of human life.
There was no reason for him to suffer the pain he went through. From getting sick to getting in arguments to having clueless disciples to the excruciating suffering he experienced on the cross, Jesus proved that God's love for us would never abandon us to suffer alone.
Jesus entered our pain willingly because he wanted to go to the darkest depths of human suffering. He wanted to meet us in those places we all find our self, some of us more than once. Rich or poor, black, brown or white, male or female...the darkness of life does not discriminate. And neither does God's Love that shines brightly through Christ, and through us.
DNA testing might tell you of some impending health issue, or help you better understand why you have brown eyes while everyone in your clan has blue eyes. But we don't need to mail in our saliva to know who we belong to and from where we came.
As children in this divine family, we are all created equal, and we are all loved equally. We need not only to recognize this in our own life (with its faults and failures) but also in the follies and foibles of others.
If God is in us, then God is also in others. And so a true test, then, of our DNA is seen in the way we seek out God in the heart of every human being. When we can see God in others, we can give freely and fearlessly of ourselves to others.
When we recognize and realize that the blood of Christ is mixed with the blood of everyone around us, then we can share the gift of love and grace with everyone around us. The gift we received at Christmas is the gift that keeps on giving.
As we move forward into a new year, let us not look back from which we came, but look ahead, to see the person right there in front of us. For each human being is the one who points us towards the Kingdom of God, our place of salvation and redemption.
Rice, Whitney. In the Beginning. From episcopaldigitalnetwork.com, 12-30-17.
No one envisions or desires to raise a child on the streets.
I'm in my mother's house. Looking at a bookshelf littered with nativity sets from all over the world. One from France grabs my attention.
It's simple. No frills or excess. Just a mom, her baby, and a man. Mary, Jesus and Joseph.
What struck me wasn't the lack of barn, animals, straw, star, manger, shepherds or wise men. The things found in all the other displays. No. It was not that. It was, instead, the raw reality that these three figures cast.
Then there's the man. He knows he's not the father of this child, and yet he knows someone has to do something. But what? And so he sits. Upright but not so proudly. There is great weight dragging on his shoulders. Resentment, or perhaps anger, buried in the crag of his furrowed brow. He's asking, "What the hell have you done?" To himself. To God. Awaiting an answer that doesn't seem to come.
Nobody pictures themselves raising a family on the streets, unable to provide simple necessities like food and shelter.
Inbetween them a baby is asleep. Wrapped only in a blanket. Lying on the same hard rocks and filth stained dirt. Feeling the same cold wind, hearing the same unfamiliar sounds of a foreign land. It's only a matter of time before he soils his only earthly possession.
His eyes are closed. He is asleep. Unafraid. Unconcerned. Unharmed. It will be years before he will asks, "what?" or "how?" But right now, in this raw nativity scene, he is forever at peace. An unspoken light within him draws this woman and this man close.
He has yet to realize that the streets are no place for a family, or anyone, to live. And as if now, he has no idea that one day he will draw all people close to his internal light.
The heavens, and all that is in it, will be his home. And by the words he speaks and by the love he shows those who come to him will always have a home. Through his hospitality and charity all will find shelter and food, protection and peace, to call their own. For him God will provide. Through him God will prevail. And so will all who draw towards the light.
One baby. A mother. And a man who will accept the responsibility to see that this light shines forever.
Empathy is not sufficient. Compassion is more useful, because it's possible to talk to someone who is experiencing something that you've never experienced.
This is a Christmas gift from my dear friend, mentor, and fellow minister Rev. Dawn Carlson. A great reminder to me, so I hope it is to you as well. Based on the words of the young prophet Jeremiah who, like you or might, questioned God's calling for him. It's perfect for Advent as we think about another young child by the name of Mary who only questioned the Angel of God, as did Jeremiah, because she was perplexed with God's decision to choose her to not only safely carry the Christ but to care for him from his birth to his death. What is God calling you to do?
I don't know about you, but if I had a dollar for every time I heard someone (at church) say, "Oh, no… I'm too old / young / busy / confused / supply your own word here" to do whatever you are asking, I could retire, right now and drive my Jaguar to the movies. Everybody has an excuse and the "I'm too _________" excuse is the classic.
Generally, the "I'm too ____" excuse is an easy catch all. What often lies beneath it is a feeling that for some reason, God would never choose us based on our past experiences, mistakes, lives. But that's not what the Bible teaches us. Not. Even. Close.
We've all seen the memes, but the message is true. Jacob lied. Moses killed. David messed around. Martha worried. And Lazarus died! And God used each and every one of them and God can, and will, use each and every one of us.
Oh, and don't forget God's constant message because it's the basis of our super power - for I will be with you. Read that again - for I will be with you.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. . . . No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and [God's] love is perfected in us.
"True, we may have decentered old behavior-correctness codes, but in essence, many of us have merely exchanged them for new belief-correctness codes. We couldn't handle the call to faith expressing itself in love, so we reverted to beliefs expressing themselves in exclusion instead.
"Could it be that now is the time, at long last, for Christians to migrate to the vision shared by its original founder and his original followers? . . . If Christian faith can be redefined in this way, if our prime contribution to humanity can be shifted from teaching correct beliefs to practicing the way of love as Jesus taught, then our whole understanding and experience of the church could be transformed . . . [into] a school of love.
"What I believe can and should happen is that tens of thousands of congregations will become what I call "schools" or "studios" of love. . . . What I care about is whether they are teaching people to live a life of love, from the heart, for God, for all people (no exceptions), and for all creation. . . .
"If our churches make this migration, if they make the way of love their highest aim, they will experience what Paul prayed for in his Epistle to the Ephesians: their members will be "strengthened in [their] inner being with power through [God's] Spirit, [so] that Christ may dwell in [their] hearts through faith, as [they] are being rooted and grounded in love" (3:16-17). They will employ every text, prayer, song, poem, work of visual and dramatic art, ritual, rite of passage, and other spiritual resource to help people comprehend "what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that [they] may be filled with all the fullness of God" (3:18-19).


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Orchard.ContentManagement;
using Orchard.ContentManagement.Handlers;
using Orchard.Core.Title.Models;
using Orchard.Environment.Extensions;
using Orchard.Localization;
using Orchard.Localization.Models;
using Orchard.Localization.Services;
using Orchard.Taxonomies.Drivers;
using Orchard.Taxonomies.Models;
using Orchard.Taxonomies.Services;
using Orchard.Taxonomies.Settings;
using Orchard.UI.Notify;

namespace Orchard.Taxonomies.Handlers {
    [OrchardFeature("Orchard.Taxonomies.LocalizationExtensions")]
    public class LocalizedTaxonomyFieldHandler : ContentHandler {

        private readonly INotifier _notifier;
        private readonly ILocalizationService _localizationService;
        private readonly ITaxonomyService _taxonomyService;
        private readonly ITaxonomyExtensionsService _taxonomyExtensionsService;
        private readonly IContentManager _contentManager;
        private readonly ICultureManager _cultureManager;

        public Localizer T { get; set; }

        public LocalizedTaxonomyFieldHandler(
                ILocalizationService localizationService,
                INotifier notifier,
                ITaxonomyService taxonomyService,
                ITaxonomyExtensionsService taxonomyExtensionsService,
                IContentManager contentManager,
                ICultureManager cultureManager
            ) {
            _notifier = notifier;
            _localizationService = localizationService;
            _taxonomyService = taxonomyService;
            _taxonomyExtensionsService = taxonomyExtensionsService;
            _contentManager = contentManager;
            _cultureManager = cultureManager;
            T = NullLocalizer.Instance;
        }

        private IEnumerable<LocalizationPart> GetEditorLocalizations(LocalizationPart part) {
            return _localizationService.GetLocalizations(part.ContentItem, VersionOptions.Latest)
                .Where(c => c.Culture != null)
                .ToList();
        }
        private List<string> RetrieveMissingCultures(LocalizationPart part, bool excludePartCulture) {
            var editorLocalizations = GetEditorLocalizations(part);
            var cultures = _cultureManager
                .ListCultures()
                .Where(s => editorLocalizations.All(l => l.Culture.Culture != s))
                .ToList();
            if (excludePartCulture) {
                cultures.Remove(part.Culture.Culture);
            }
            return cultures;
        }

        protected override void BuildEditorShape(BuildEditorContext context) {
            // case new translation of contentitem
            var localizationPart = context.ContentItem.As<LocalizationPart>();
            if (localizationPart == null || localizationPart.Culture != null || context.ContentItem.As<LocalizationPart>().MasterContentItem == null || context.ContentItem.As<LocalizationPart>().MasterContentItem.Id == 0) {
                return;
            }
            var partFieldDefinitions = context.ContentItem.Parts.SelectMany(p => p.PartDefinition.Fields).Where(x => x.FieldDefinition.Name == "TaxonomyField");
            if (partFieldDefinitions == null)
                return; // contentitem without taxonomy
            base.BuildEditorShape(context);
            var missingCultures = localizationPart.HasTranslationGroup ?
                RetrieveMissingCultures(localizationPart.MasterContentItem.As<LocalizationPart>(), true) :
                RetrieveMissingCultures(localizationPart, localizationPart.Culture != null);
            foreach (var partFieldDefinition in partFieldDefinitions) {
                if (partFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<TaxonomyFieldLocalizationSettings>().TryToLocalize) {
                    var originalTermParts = _taxonomyService.GetTermsForContentItem(context.ContentItem.As<LocalizationPart>().MasterContentItem.Id, partFieldDefinition.Name, VersionOptions.Latest).Distinct(new TermPartComparer()).ToList();
                    var newTermParts = new List<TermPart>();
                    foreach (var originalTermPart in originalTermParts) {
                        var masterTermPart = _taxonomyExtensionsService.GetMasterItem(originalTermPart.ContentItem);
                        if (masterTermPart != null) {
                            foreach (var missingCulture in missingCultures) {
                                var newTerm = _localizationService.GetLocalizedContentItem(masterTermPart, missingCulture);
                                if (newTerm != null)
                                    newTermParts.Add(newTerm.ContentItem.As<TermPart>());
                                else
                                    _notifier.Add(NotifyType.Warning, T("Term {0} can't be localized on {1}, term has been removed on this language", originalTermPart.ContentItem.As<TitlePart>().Title, missingCulture));
                            }
                        }
                        else
                            _notifier.Add(NotifyType.Warning, T("Term {0} can't be localized, term has been removed", originalTermPart.ContentItem.As<TitlePart>().Title));
                    }
                    _taxonomyService.UpdateTerms(context.ContentItem, newTermParts, partFieldDefinition.Name);
                }
            }
        }

        protected override void UpdateEditorShape(UpdateEditorContext context) {
            // case contentitem without localization and taxonomyfield localized
            if (context.ContentItem.As<LocalizationPart>() != null) {
                return;
            }
            var partFieldDefinitions = context.ContentItem.Parts.SelectMany(p => p.PartDefinition.Fields).Where(x => x.FieldDefinition.Name == "TaxonomyField");
            if (partFieldDefinitions == null) {
                return;
            }
            base.UpdateEditorShape(context);
            var allCultures = _cultureManager.ListCultures();
            if (allCultures.Count() > 1) {
                foreach (var partFieldDefinition in partFieldDefinitions) {
                    if (partFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<TaxonomyFieldLocalizationSettings>().TryToLocalize) {
                        var taxonomyUsed = _taxonomyService.GetTaxonomyByName(partFieldDefinition.Settings.GetModel<TaxonomyFieldSettings>().Taxonomy);
                        var originalTermParts = _taxonomyService.GetTermsForContentItem(context.ContentItem.Id, partFieldDefinition.Name, VersionOptions.Latest).Distinct(new TermPartComparer()).ToList();
                        var newTermParts = new List<TermPart>();
                        foreach (var originalTermPart in originalTermParts) {
                            newTermParts.Add(originalTermPart);
                            var masterTermPart = _taxonomyExtensionsService.GetMasterItem(originalTermPart.ContentItem);
                            if (masterTermPart != null) {
                                foreach (var missingCulture in allCultures) {
                                    var newTerm = _localizationService.GetLocalizedContentItem(masterTermPart, missingCulture);
                                    if (newTerm != null)
                                        newTermParts.Add(newTerm.As<TermPart>());
                                    else
                                        _notifier.Add(NotifyType.Warning, T("Term {0} can't be localized on {1}, term has been removed on this language", originalTermPart.ContentItem.As<TitlePart>().Title, missingCulture));
                                }
                            }
                            else
                                _notifier.Add(NotifyType.Warning, T("Term {0} can't be localized", originalTermPart.ContentItem.As<TitlePart>().Title));
                        }
                        _taxonomyService.UpdateTerms(context.ContentItem, newTermParts.Distinct(new TermPartComparer()), partFieldDefinition.Name);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In September 2008 the Senate Appropriation defense subcommittee approved a proposal by Alaskan Republic Senator Ted Stevens for the inclusion of $10 million for a study on locating a coal-to-liquids (CTL) fuel plant at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that the funding was included in the $488 billion draft defense spending bill for fiscal year 2009 with the support of the U.S. Air Force.
The proposed project was described as being "capable of producing up to 40,000 barrels of coal-to-liquid fuel per day." Under the Stevens plan a new railway track would be required between Healy and Delta Junction to allow Alaska Railroad to carry coal from Healy to Eielson. The bill also provided for the military to double the military's five-year leasing authority and authorise it to "enter into a long-term supply agreement with the Usibelli coal mine."
Stevens stated that his motivation for the proposed project was as a way of protecting Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright from future base consolidation and closure rounds. "Unless we can guarantee the military that they are going to have an inexpensive supply of fuel, those bases are in danger," Stevens told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
In May 2011, a "study on the feasibility and operational impacts of locating a 40,000 barrel-per-day coal-to-liquid plant on Eielson" was conducted.
However, in a January 2010 interview, Air Force spokesman Staff Sergeant James Stewart said the U.S. Air Force is investigating a large-scale coal-to-liquids plant at Eielson Air Force Base. With the $10 million appropriation from fiscal year 2009, Jacobs Engineering, Battelle and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have been contracted to research on the viability of the project. According to Stewart, the Air Force's research will be complete in time to provide recommendations to Congress in 2012.
↑ 1.0 1.1 R. A. Dillon, "Appropriations bill includes $10 million for liquid coal project", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, September 11, 2008.
↑ "Batelle" Batelle: The Business of Innovation, May 5, 2011.
↑ "US Air Force considers coal-to-liquids", Stefan Milkowski, Petroleum News, January 30, 2010.
This page was last edited on 31 October 2011, at 15:23.


Title: De val van Formosa. Hoe een Chinese krijgsheer de VOC versloeg. Vertaald door Tristan Mostert.
Description: Franeker, Van Wijnen, 2015. Pictorial boards. With illustrations. 496 pp.Dutch translation of: Lost colony. The untold story of China's first great victory over the West. In the Sino-Dutch War, the Dutch met their match in a colorful Chinese warlord named Koxinga. Part samurai, part pirate, he led his generals to victory over the Dutch and captured one of their largest and richest colonies:Taiwan.


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Eros Turannos
by Edwin Arlington Robinson
Themes and Meanings
"Eros Turannos" is about a doomed marriage in which an aging wife living in a coastal New England town holds onto the bleak relationship, even though she knows that her husband has betrayed her and that her love for him and his love for her are largely a self-created illusion.
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The wife tries desperately, from pride and need, and in defiance of community gossip, to maintain a positive image of her husband, an image she knows is not true. Her husband, aware of her conflict, plays a deceptive role both with her and with himself. Intertwined images run through the poem suggesting the themes of deception, age, struggle, and decline, all of which are brought together at the end of the poem.
"Eros Turannos" is a peerless example, among many poems in Robinson's literary canon, that demonstrates the truth of the critical verdict of Robert Frost, another excellent New England poet, who, in the introduction of King Jasper (1935), commented that "Robinson was a prince of heartachers amid countless achers of another part.He asserted the sacred right of poetry to lean its breast to a thorn and sing its dolefullest."
Given the purpose and tone of the poem, what is the most accurate paraphrase for the title "Eros Turannos"?
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Cargobike Taxi Firm Bans Helmets For Staff Riders Citing Safety Concerns
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Pedal Me cofounder Ben Knowles on one of his firm's electric cargo bikes.
"Overwhelmingly, our staff experience injuries off the bike, not on the bike," states Pedal Me cofounder Ben Knowles, who has been fielding comments on Twitter after he confirmed the London-based pedal-powered taxi service has long banned its riders from wearing bicycle helmets.
"People that are taking risks that are sufficient that they feel they need to wear helmets are not welcome to work for us," Knowles tweeted on 4 February.
"Instead," he insisted, "we systematically work to reduce risk."
In a Zoom call, Knowles said the most common injury his riders reported was being "pinged" by bungee cord hooks. The firm now secures loads with recycled bicycle inner tubes.
Other common injuries reported by the firm's riders include stair trips.
"Or it's hurting their backs when picking things up," said Knowles.
Pedal Me staff riders waiting at a London traffic light.
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Since the firm was founded in 2017, one of its riders has reported a head-to-ground injury that might have been mitigated with a helmet.
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"If you have a collision, there is no doubt that you are better off wearing a helmet than not wearing a helmet," admitted Knowles, but he added, "our bikes are three meters long; you can't go over the handlebars."
(Knowles sent Forbes.com a video showing a staff rider executing an emergency stop that proves this point, he said.)
"We once had an incident where a member of staff was assaulted with a machete, but that doesn't mean we'd equip all riders with stab vests," said Knowles.
Pedal Me transports people and goods on customized electric cargo bikes. The firm has a fleet of 80, with another 75 on order from the Dutch manufacturer Urban Arrow.
(Amsterdam-based Urban Arrow sold more than ten thousand cargo bikes in 2019 when it was acquired by Pon Holdings, a Dutch mobility group. Pon.Bike—with its recent purchase of the Cannondale Sports Group—is now one of the world's largest high-end bicycle interests.)
Knowles is a former transport planner.
"I worked with schools, getting young people using bikes," he said.
"I made it my business to make sure I had an excellent understanding of the risks faced by people riding bikes."
He stated that the most significant risk to cyclists was from motorists and that cycle helmets offer little to no protection against impacts from cars and trucks.
The firm does not provide helmets for passengers.
"We transport people on the front of our bikes," Knowles stated.
"It's not practical for us to have helmets on board that can fit every single head size correctly. And I'm not going to carry helmets that don't fit people properly because that's more dangerous than not wearing a helmet in the first place."
He believes cyclists who wear helmets may take more risks than cyclists who don't, a concept known as risk compensation.
"I do not want our staff taking additional risks because they feel protected, nor imposing that risk on the people around them, including passengers."
Pedal Me riders transporting musicians on a no-car day in London.
Pedal Me—official company name Bike Taxi Limited—employs 70 staff and is not part of the "gig economy."
The firm suffered during the pandemic but is now looking to bounce back. Despite revenues of $168,000 in November last year—a run rate of $2 million, said Knowles— it remains a loss-making business.
"Startups that are in the growth phase spend more money than they earn," stated Knowles.
"We're only five years in; our priority is growth and delivering the best possible outcomes."
Knowles said Pedal Me would soon be looking to raise $6.7 million from institutional investors. Current shareholders include hundreds of individuals—many of them are prominent U.K. cycle advocates—who invested via the crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.
The first funding round succeeded in 2018 when the fledgling firm raised $477,000. A further $570,000 was raised through Crowdcube in 2019, and there was another round last year, raising an additional $776,000.


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Discussion in 'Accepted' started by reggles44, May 23, 2014.
reggles44 NANA NaNa nana NaNa NANA NaNa nana NaNa, REGGLES!
Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking you for reading my mod application. I first started playing meepcraft back in the original meepcraft server in the fall or winter of 2012. I started out as a citizen in a town called Northwater, and each day I spent time building and expanding that town to make a place for friends to live, social, and enjoy. Now looking back on that I haven't changed what I do for others. I still love helping a community by spending my time building, developing, fixing, and in the end growing this community.
By now you may be asking who is this person and why am I reading this, well the answer is simple. My name is Reginald, I'm studying Entrepreneurship and Finical Analysis at Clarkson University. I just finish my first year of college and in the time between then and now I have dedicated a great portion of my time to this server and its community. I can only hope to expand my role in the community by applying for mod which would allow me to further utilize my skills. This will hopefully allow me then help any individual more than I previously could.
Why you should be Helper/Mod ?
In my pervious time as a staff member I learned many things, such as hawkeye, proper methods or investigation and collecting proof, dealing with player reports, proper punishments, resolving arguments, how to take constructive criticism, and much more. However I'm a lucky person that I didn't get to be part of the staff once but twice. In this second round I found that my skill are already acknowledged and fellow staff members start giving me new advice. Much of this teaching was for interpersonal skills and new staff policies which as I have said in my helper application is one of the most important skills.
To begin, as a staff member the skills that I spent last summer learning have not been forgotten. While I started out staff using a different plugin to monitor and log adapting to hawkeye the first time was troublesome. Not only did I have to teach other but I had to teach myself the commands and syntax for different functions. At the end of that period as a staff member I was proficient enough to use almost all functions. I'm lucky that in this short time as helper I was able to expand my knowledge of hawkeye to almost complete the knowledge and practice of logging and moderating through this amazing tool.
In addition, to my knowledge of the in game moderating tools, I have also have pervious and new experiences with forum moderating and interaction. As of now, it has been an absolute pleasure to see how much the community has come to develop the forums to a place where players can discuss, advertise, suggest, and provide feedback. As being a part of the community I would like to further provide my knowledge to help individuals understand the potential of the server. At the same time I would be dedicating my time to the well being of there server by managing player reports and ban appeal to the best of my ability.
Finally, I would like to expand on the new skills and ideas I have learned from this short time as helper. Not only have I been introduced to new policies and strategies for catching illegal acts but I have also had a nice wake up call from Devilspawn112 on my attitude. As a player and a former staff member I was "cocky" and it was an off putting trait. In these weeks I have actively tried to work on this and at this point in time I believe this is no longer the majority of what I come off to be. That being said because of these developments in this helper period I believe that at this moment I could be a valuable moderator for the staff team.
As I have said before one of the main issues that was brought to my attention was my cockiness. This impeded my ability to get along with other staff members and members of the community. Which in turn I believe to have isolated myself from the other staff members and maybe given a bad reputation to the staff who decided to accept me. I would hope that over these two weeks I have begun to change that opinion and also connect with the staff so that we can operate as a team and not as individuals.
Another key weakness would have to be the limitation of time I spend doing modreqs. At this moment I have taken on a new job working as a tutor / consultant for clients that need help with understanding and using their technology. In addition I will be starting an online course for web design and programming along with meeting clients and expanding my clientele. With all this I still do believe that I will have time for working towards the betterment of the server and its community and I would like the opportunity to make the most of that time by becoming a moderator.
Finally, I have trouble some days getting on teamspeak primarily because of my preference. There are many days where I like to just sit and listen to music and those times are mainly the times when I should be on teamspeak talking to people. I hope for the future that I can work out a system where I can listen to music and also be on teamspeak talking to people so that I don't have to sacrifice either.
I would like to thank everyone who has read this and I hope to see constructive comments about what I can do better and what additional things you would like to see me work on.
Jiltism, Skaros123 and funkyrainbows like this.
-1 You just came back and got helper. You need more time to get known by the community again.
Mylucky7 and Telinus like this.
You've turned your act around completely and have become a very respectable and nice person. Keep up the great work!
nhjed, Skaros123 and FluffbearRCT like this.
Your past is kinda a problem for me. Banned for xray? That's something a staff member should never do, let alone a supermod. I don't trust you because of that incident.
However, you have been helpful to me in the past, and your activity is excellent (although I don't see how 6-7 hours every weekday is possible).
I'm neutral. I think another month or so to get more involved with the community and gain everyone's trust would be good. So right now it's a 0.
The only thing keeping me away from a +1 is that it's too early, for me at least. Good luck!
+1. Reggles, it's clear you can manage this position. I've seen your work first hand and even now I can see your ambition to moving on in the Meep staff. I really do think you're ready for Mod.
You JUST got helper, I realise you are s mod b4. I would like to see you as a helper a bit longer.
+1 reggles, everyone you just came back but you have made the most of it.
-1. You may have the capabilities, but this is way to early. You just became helper and just returned before that. Wait it out.
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I'm probably never going to spend $75k on a car...but if I did, it wouldn't be on an poorly resprayed 1970 Porsche 911S , or a 1967 VW Samba Bus ....no sir. It will probably be when I'm much older and closer to death, which ironically will be even closer if I did buy this thing. Find this 1973 DeTomaso Pantera 533ci Big Block here on eBay currently bidding for $55,100 reserve-not-met and $75,000 buy-it-now in Mill Valley, CA v. Tip from Kaibeezy.
The Pantera was designed by Tom Tjaarda of Carrozzeria Ghia who penned such beauties as the Type 34 Karmann Ghia, Ferrari 330GT 2+2, Ferrari 365 GT California, Fiat 124 Spider, Ford Maverick, Laforza Magnum 4X4, & Saab 900 Sedan. It used a steel unibody design with a mid mounted Ford V8 and approximately 7000 were produced from 1971-1992.
When new, the Pantera was sold through Ford's Lincoln/Mercury dealers and was powered by a 351 cubic inch Cleveland V8. This one is now powered by a 533 cubic inch version of Ford's 460 V8 that has ever manner of customized part bolted on and in it. The transmission is a ZF 5-speed that is rated at 800 horsepower according to the seller, which it might need to be given the potential of that engine.
The wheels alone are gorgeous.
second best wheels ever, imho - we had a coffee brake on this topic last year, got 12 comments - how many do you thinK it would get if we did it again?
You would probably get hundreds. Or maybe only 12 again, if we all agreed.
I don't agree - to anything, including agreeing. That I don't agree to.
Still just about the prettiest supercar ever.
180 headers? Now it's worth it!
On one hand, an aluminum-head 460 probably doesn't weigh any more than the stock all-iron 351C.
On the other, guys are getting vast HP out of the 400ci Clevelands in Pantera applications these days.
All this car does is remind me how creaky my bones are these days. The last Pantera concert I went to was 30 years ago and now I'm too old to go to another. Thanks a lot for reminding me.
You can go to another, hopefully not just beyond the Cemetery Gates, though.
+1. I always liked the Cowboys From Hell album. And yes, I said album...I have it on vinyl. And I listen to it on a turntable! But I'm not one of these hipster lame-os that bought it that way because "it sounds better".
Nice car, but what is it doing here? I recall something about "the internet's best... for less than $20K". I've always been terrible at math, but I think 75 is more than 20. All I'm saying is stay on point.
Anonymous, you have a point about staying on point. But my vote would be that the $20K rule should be chucked out that window at random and with no other purpose other than to free all of us from it. This Pantera is a good example of what I'd consider a "Rich Man's Toy" and I'm not particularly interested in it. But I just do what a lot of folks do - just skip it. But I'd rather see this sort of thing pop up occasionally than be rigid with the parameters. Life is too short to worry about such things.
In fact, I vote for getting rid of the "...on the road for less than $20K." part of the tagline entirely. Who is with me!?!
Kaibeezy, did you pick up a ghijak while you were there?
Rumor is, he did get the ghijak while he was there, but the doc prescribed some penicillin and now the rash is gone.
You just made my head hurt. I don't understand Klingon but I get the drift...cold...revenge...yeah, I had to look it up.
I'm more of a Browncoat, myself. Rocks and glass houses, you say?
This is just across the GGB from me.
Happy to do a PPI & test drive for ANYONE with even a passing interest in this beautiful beast.
These look sooo cool in pictures, but are sooo disappointing when you see them in person. I mean, they even have worse fit and finish than a C3 Corvette (yes, that's actually possible).
Yes, these cars will kill you, if you're not careful. One of them killed hockey legend and posthumous Canadian donut-shop king, Tim Horton.


This course will explore the top ten salient features and changes present in LEED v4 as it compares to LEED 2009. We will examine changes relevant to accredited professionals as well as project certifications.
Categories: LEED v4 Courses, Sustainability and LEED Individual Courses. Tags: 1, AIA, GA, ID+C, LEED CE for BD+C, O+M.
This one hour course will look at the top ten changes and additions with the latest version of the LEED rating system. We will explore credit category changes, the removal of many credits, updated reference standards, changes to project certification process as well as changes relevant to LEED accredited professionals. This course will keep you up to date and aware of the key pieces of information you'll need as we continue to move into the new era of LEED v4.0.


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require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper')

describe "/sources/edit.html.erb" do
  include SourcesHelper

  before do
    @source = mock_model(Source, :reimport => true)
    @source.stub!(:url).and_return("MyString")
    assigns[:source] = @source
  end

  it "should render edit form" do
    render "/sources/edit.html.erb"

    response.should have_tag("form[action=#{source_path(@source)}][method=post]") do
      with_tag('input#source_url[name=?]', "source[url]")
    end
  end
end


After school lets out for the day, students and teachers alike head to different places and activities to spend the rest of their evenings.
However, very few people are able to say that when they go home for the evening, they have a unique second career to head to.
Godwin chemistry teacher Jessica Boppe works at Haverhill, an equestrian center in Hanover that holds 28 horses. Her passion for horseback riding began early in life, and Boppe owned her first horse at the age of 14.
"My mom took me to my first lesson when I was six or seven. I was obsessed with horses at a young age," Boppe said.
Not only is Boppe an avid rider at Haverhill, she is also a coach for young riders who practice at the center and for the University of Richmond's equestrian team.
She, herself, has competed in many riding competitions, her specialty being the hunter jumper shows.
According to Boppe, every horse feels different when it is ridden.
"If you watch people walk, they all walk differently. And so horses all go differently, so they all feel different," Boppe said.
Currently, Boppe is training a new horse that she hopes to take to her riding competitions this year.
Since horseback riding is known to be a very dangerous sport, riders are prone to injuries if they experience a fall.
Between teaching every day at Godwin, coaching, and riding at Haverhill, Boppe's typical day is extremely busy.
Boppe fulfilled her teacher superlative. She was voted "Most Likely to Bring Pet to School" for 2018.
"Tuesday, I teach as soon as I get home from school until 7:30, and Thursday, I have the same schedule but I have some rides that I have to do," said Boppe.
Boppe said being a horseback riding coach is positively affected by her career as a chemistry teacher.
Although her days are very busy, Boppe is able to continue to be a devoted rider and coach at Haverhill as well as teacher.
"I think it is like any sport really. I just love horses," said Boppe.


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PORT AUTHORITY RECEIVES APPROVAL TO BEGIN $1.8 BILLION PROGRAM TO DEEPEN NY-NJ PORT CHANNELS TO 50 FEET Army Corps Issues Permit to Dredge to 50 Feet in Section of Kill van Kull
The Port Authority announced today that it has received approval from the Army Corps of Engineers to deepen a section of the Kill van Kull to 50 feet, launching the agency's ambitious $1.8 billion project to dredge the region's harbor channels to 50 feet and maintain its ranking as the leading East Coast destination for shippers from around the world.
Under eight separate dredging contracts, the Corps and the Port Authority are working together to deepen the Kill Van Kull from 40 to 45 feet. In the near term, the Corps' new action will allow the Port Authority to augment one of those contracts to deepen a section of the Kill van Kull around Bergen Point to 50 feet. The work, being done between Bayonne and Staten Island, will save time and money by allowing the deepening work to be completed during the scope of a single project, rather than in two separate projects.
In the long-term, the decision by the Corps makes similar project consolidations possible to achieve 50-foot depths faster throughout the Port.
The 45-foot Kill Van Kull deepening project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2004. The Port Authority is working with the Army Corps and other federal and state regulatory agencies toward the goal of completing the 50-foot project by 2009.
New York Governor George E. Pataki said, "This is a major milestone that will allow the Port to remain the Northeast's main ocean shipping hub, one that already generates more than $25 billion in economic activity and supports more than 225,000 jobs. Thanks to this channel deepening work, shippers from around the world will have no reason to seek out other ports for their shipments of everything from cars to cocoa and furniture to beverages."
New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey said, "The dredging will ensure the competitiveness of the Port Authority as the premier Mid-Atlantic access point for the eastern regional seaboard. The 50-foot channel will enable the largest state-of-the-art vessels to readily navigate the Kill van Kull. The Port represents a national stimulus of economic activity; continued dredging will guarantee the Port's premier status."
Port Authority Chairman Jack G. Sinagra said, "This channel deepening work is part of our comprehensive $1.5 billion five-year plan to upgrade our port infrastructure to continue the economic prosperity the maritime industry brings to this region. We are committed to maintaining our port as the catalyst for future economic activity."
Port Authority Vice Chairman Charles A. Gargano said, "This region supports one of the largest consumer markets in the world, with more than 80 million people served by products that come in to our Port. This deepening program will ensure that our Port continues to grow and prosper for decades to come."
Port Authority Executive Director Joseph J. Seymour said, "Deeper shipping channels are only one component of our comprehensive plan to make our Port one of the most attractive in the world. We have plans to build or expand ship-to-rail facilities at our terminals in New York and New Jersey, to improve the road networks surrounding our seaports, and to add and upgrade berths and wharfs."
Col. John B. O'Dowd, the Army Corps New York District Engineer, said, "This permit is being issued in consideration of the environmental benefits of the project. This combined work will be beneficial for the aquatic resources of the harbor estuary, as well as lessen the construction noise and air impacts upon the citizens of Bayonne, Staten
Island and the region."
Richard M. Larrabee, the Port Authority's Director of Port Commerce, said that deepening the Kill van Kull channel at Bergen Point directly to 50 feet will extend the current contract for that section by only four months, but will save approximately $27 million off the original project cost of $134 million.
"The savings are the result of only having to mobilize equipment, drill, blast, and remove material once rather than twice," Mr. Larrabee said. "It's a logical approach to advancing these critical construction projects."
The Kill van Kull is the channel between Staten Island, N.Y., and Bayonne, N.J. It provides access to Port Newark, the Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal, and, via the Arthur Kill, the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island.


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Q: Using a regex captured group as an object key within a String replace Can anyone help explain the behavior shown in the code snipit below (from a NodeJS 12 console)? I am trying to replace part of a string with the result from a capture group. This actually works, but when I use that capture group result as the key in an object, instead of the first capture group it's literally using $1.
> tmp
{ LOCALAS: 'world' }
> a
'let the {{{LOCALAS}}} go around'

> a.replace(/\{\{\{(.+)\}\}\}/g, "$1");
'let the LOCALAS go around'
> a.replace(/\{\{\{(.+)\}\}\}/g, tmp["LOCALAS"]);
'let the world go around'
> a.replace(/\{\{\{(.+)\}\}\}/g, tmp["$1"]);
'let the undefined go around'

> tmp["$1"] = "NO";
'NO'
> a.replace(/\{\{\{(.+)\}\}\}/g, tmp["$1"]);
'let the NO go around'

... a friend has provided me an answer that works, but I'd still love to know why the above acts the way it does.
> a.replace(/\{\{\{(.+)\}\}\}/g, function(_,k){return [tmp[k]]});
'let the world go around'

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Questions » Why is the 'ide' set with 'config' not used by 'export' command in mbed CLI?
Why is the 'ide' set with 'config' not used by 'export' command in mbed CLI?
I think in real life users usually use only one IDE and several targets. So it would be more pratical to be able to omit the ide than the target. Otherwise what's the point of setting the ide with config (what is it used for)?
Gets, sets or unsets mbed tool configuration options.
Global options are always overridden by local/program options.
So we let other options to be set, but they won't have any effect.
We'll check with the developers if there's more to the story and report back if there is.
Thank you Ralph. It sounds reasonable. Anyway, with the release of Mbed Studio it becomes negligible.


I love horror movies, my wife not so much. So I watch them when I can. This is a great collection of films, and with the arrival of Halloween, it will bring joy to those who love films like this!
Artist Brings Iconic Horror Houses Into Your Home | News Article | FEARnet.


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Updated January 7
Bills uplifted by Hamlin's recovery, place focus on Patriots
Buffalo will host New England in a game that has playoff implications for both teams.
Quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo BIlls host the New England Patriots in the regular-season finale on Sunday. Steven Senne/Associated Press
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Whatever happens Sunday when the Bills close the regular season hosting New England, and beyond once the NFL playoffs begin, Buffalo General Manager Brandon Beane won't feel disappointed.
WHO: New England Patriots (8-8) at Buffalo Bills (12-3)
WHEN: 1 p.m. Sunday
TELEVISION: CBS
During a year in which the Bills have endured snowstorms that disrupted their schedule, mourned the sudden death of tight end Dawson Knox's younger brother in August, rallied to the community's support in the aftermath of a mass shooting, and won games with little or no practice, Beane couldn't be more proud.
And he has reason to believe the resilience will show once again following a week in which the Bills went from being emotionally stunned by witnessing Damar Hamlin getting resuscitated on the field in Cincinnati on Monday night, to being joyously uplifted after the safety addressed his teammates by videoconference on Friday.
"I love you boys," Hamlin said in a soft voice.
"I probably get emotional if I talk too much about it, but I'm so proud of our organization, our team, just so many people, the way we've dealt with so much this year," Beane said. "Definitely not the way you draw it up. I don't know what's gonna happen the rest of season on the field, I really don't. This is a group of winners, and I will forever remember this team, this season."
For Beane, the game Sunday is far more than a showdown against an AFC East rival to close the season. Instead, it represents a celebration of life in knowing Hamlin is on the road to recovery.
The bond the Bills have built in dealing with adversity has brought them even closer in how players and coaches leaned on each other in the aftermath of Hamlin's collapse.
"This just put the cherry on top in a positive way," left tackle Dion Dawkins said. "It has definitely just made (the bond) a permanent glue."
As for whether the Bills believe they're physically and emotionally ready to play, quarterback Josh Allen didn't blink by responding: "I do."
Allen then cited the inspiring message Hamlin's father, Mario, delivered to the team on Wednesday in saying his son would want them to play.
"He demanded us," Allen said. "And you can't not honor his request to go out there and charge forward."
The Bills (12-3) are motivated despite having less riding on the outcome of the game than the Patriots (8-8). Buffalo has clinched its third consecutive AFC East title, but has lost the inside track to win the AFC's top seed. The NFL's decision to cancel Buffalo's game against Cincinnati pushed Kansas City (13-3) ahead of the Bills in the standings.
The one consolation is the league ruling the AFC championship game would be played at a neutral site if both Kansas City and Buffalo win this weekend. The Chiefs did their part, clinching the No. 1 seed Saturday by defeating the Raiders.
In New England, the Patriots need only to win to clinch their 13th playoff berth in 14 seasons. New England would get the final wild-card berth if the Dolphins, Steelers and Titans all lose.
The Patriots find themselves in the wild-card race by virtue of a 23-21 win over Miami – and despite losing four of their last six.
Not lost on Patriots Coach Bill Belichick is the emotional weight that will serve as a backdrop on Sunday, when it comes to Hamlin.
"Everybody individually will have to process it like we've been doing. Expect it be an emotional scene and in the end we're going there to play our best football game," Belichick said. "I think everybody understands there's a balance and there's multiple things going on there."
SHOW OF SUPPORT
Bills Coach Sean McDermott said Belichick was among the many NFL coaches who reached out to him to provide support after Hamlin was hurt.
"I certainly appreciate his thoughts and prayers," McDemott said.
As for game preparation, the Bills essentially held one full practice on Thursday, with Wednesday and Friday's sessions serving mostly as walkthroughs.
"It kind of makes you, respectfully, chuckle a little about what we've dealt with," McDermott said. "Hey, why not make it a short week on top of that."
LAST DANCE?
Sunday's game could be the final time two of New England's longest tenured players suit up for the Patriots.
At age 37, special teams captain Matt Slater, on a one-year, $2.6 million contract, is wrapping up his 15th season in New England. Safety Devin McCourty, a 2010 first-round pick out of Rutgers, turned 35 in August after signing a one-year, $9 million deal.
Slater has appeared in 222 games, which is second only to Tom Brady for most games by a Patriots player. McCourty has started all 204 games he's appeared in, missing just five regular-season games.
"You never know how football goes. But I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about it before the game, McCourty said.
"Just kind of think about that, let that settle in, just trying to make sure I stay in the moment, enjoy. But definitely gave it a few seconds," he said.
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