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Bible Ten Commandments
"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, … He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"
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100 Questions on the Ten Commandments
There are far too many sincere people being taught today that the Decalogue has been abolished and that God and His Son Jesus Christ are responsible for them being "Nailed" to the Cross. Others say that they are still in force with the exception of one. It was the breaking of the Commandments by one single bite of disobedience that placed this world in the mess it is in now and nailed our loving Saviour to the cross. Why would any Christian even consider living in the very sin that caused our loving Saviour all that suffering? The Ten Bible Commandments actually reflect the very character of God Himself and are the very fabric of why we were created. To love God with all our heart might and soul and to love our neighbour as ourselves is the purpose of our existence. To desire not to live by this magnificent law God wrote in stone is to desire to live an un-Godly and unloving life that can only end with one conclusion.
Revelation 22:14 "Blessed are they that do his Commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."
That first sin was a single bite by Adam and Eve. Let's desire not to follow in their footsteps and desire to eat from the tree of life instead by keeping all the Commandments of God. Below are one hundred questions to ask yourself and think carefully about in regards to God and His Law. If the Ten Commandments have been abolished, how many verses in your Bible are meaningless and should be left out? As you ask yourself the following one hundred questions, please remember that your Bible says that God is Holy, Righteous, Perfect, Unchangeable, Just, Kind and Good. See also what are the Ten Commandments.
How could and why would a God of Truth (John 14:6) do away with a Law that is the Truth? Psalms 119:142, 151.
How could and why would a Holy God (Isaiah 6:3) abolish a Holy Law? Romans 7:12.
How could and why would a Righteous God (Psalms 145:17) abolish a Righteous Law? Psalms 119:172.
How could and why would a God who is Just (Acts 3:14; Deuteronomy 32:4) do away with a just Law? Romans 7:12.
How could and why would God who is unchangeable (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8) change or abolish a Law that is unchangeable? Matthew 5:17-19; Psalms 111:7-8.
How could and why would a Spiritual God (John 4:24) abolish a spiritual Law? Romans 7:14.
How could and why would God abolish the Law that tells what sin is? 1 John 3:4; Romans 4:15; Romans 7:7.
How could and why would God abolish the very Law that Christ came to magnify and make honourable? Isaiah 42:21.
How could and why would a God who is Good (Psalms 34:8) do away with a Law that is good? Romans 7:12.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments, when Jesus kept them and we are told "to walk even as He walked?" 1 John 2:6.
How could and why would God do away with His Law after making the statement that some of the people would stop their ears and make their hearts like stone so they would not hear His Law? Zechariah 7:11-12.
How could and why would God do away with the Ten Commandments which are the test by which we know that we know God? 1 John 2:3.
How could and why would God abolish His Law after making the statement that the people have trespassed against His Law, and have "sown the wind and shall reap the whirlwind?" Hosea 8:1-7.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments and then later have John write that the man who claims to know God and does not keep God's Commandments, is a liar? 1 John 2:4.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments and later have John write that those who love God and keep His Commandments will love the children of God? 1 John 5:2.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments and also promise to hear the prayers of those who keep His Commandments? 1 John 3:22.
How could and why would God do away with the Law that is not made void, but by the Christian's Faith? Romans 3:31.
How could and why would God do away with His Law after accusing the religious leaders of hardening their hearts against His Law, and deceiving the people? Malachi 2:7-9.
How could and why would God abolish the same Law that is to be the standard by which we measure the teachings of every teacher, and every preacher, and every church? Isaiah 8:20, Compare 1 Peter 4:11 and Acts 7:38.
How could and why would God do away with the Law that helps a sinner to realise his need? When a sinner realises that death is the penalty for transgression, and in sorrow he comes to God for forgiveness, he receives a pardon through Jesus. That pardon is Grace. Would God abolish the very Law that Christ died for to make it possible to give grace to the sinner? If God abolished His Law there would be no transgression and therefore no need of forgiveness or grace. Grace is not something apart from the Law; it is necessary. Paul said to the Christians: "you are not under the law but under grace." Romans 6:14. Then he said, "shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? God forbid." Verse 15. In Galatians 3:21 Paul says "the law is not against the promises of God." How could God abolish His Law and thus do away with Grace too?
How could and why would God do away with the Sabbath Commandment when Jesus said He Himself was Lord of the Sabbath? Mark 2:27-28. And Jesus Himself made the Sabbath. John 1:1-3; Mark 2:27. And it was Christ's custom to keep it. Luke 4:16.
How could and why would God have the Ten Commandments abolished at the cross when Jesus told His disciples to pray that they might be able to keep the Sabbath command forty years after the crucifixion? Matthew 24:20.
How could and why would God do away with the Commandment that says, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy," when Jesus said that He Himself was Lord of the Sabbath, and that it was made for man? Mark 2:27-28.
How could and why would God forsake His Law when that is the very thing that the Bible says the wicked have done? Psalms 119:53.
How could and why would God abolish His Law when His followers delight in it? Psalms 1:1-3; Psalms 119:70, 77, 92, 174.
How could Christ do away with His Law and the Sabbath that He made and not say a single word about it to His closest followers? At the same time of His death they kept the Sabbath according to the Commandment and this was after the New Covenant begun. Luke 23:55-56. Compare Matthew 24:20. See also the Sabbath in the New Testament.
How could and why would God do away with His Law when the Bible says "Where no Law is, there is no transgression?" Romans 4:15; Romans 5:13.
How could and why would God abolish the very Law that helps in converting the soul? Psalms 19:7.
How could and why would God do away with the Sabbath when Jesus said: "It is easier for Heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fail?" Luke 16:17.
How could and why would God abolish His Law when the Bible says, "The way of transgressors is hard?" Proverbs 13:15. Where there is no law there is no transgression. Romans 4:15.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments when Jesus said that those who worship in vain have the commandments of men? Mark 7:7, 9. The worship which is accepted of God must be where the Ten Commandments of God are taught and obeyed. John 14:21.
How could and why would God do away with His Law which gives comfort in affliction and trial? Psalms 119:92
How could and why would God abolish His Commandments when the Bible says, "The whole duty of man is to fear God and keep His Commandments." Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
How could and why would God abolish His Law when the Bible says, "He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be an abomination?" Proverbs 28:9.
How could and why would God abolish His Commandments after He promised to show mercy to all who would keep them? Psalms 103:18.
How could and why would God abolish the Law that Jesus said was more enduring than the earth itself? Matthew 5:17-19; Luke 16:17.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandment in order to make room for Tradition-the commandments of men? Matthew 15:3, 6, 9.
How could and why would God abolish His Law which gives wisdom and understanding? Psalms 119:98, 100.
How could and why would God abolish the very Law that the Righteous, who inherit the New Earth, will have in their hearts? Psalms 37:29-31.
How could and why would God abolish His Law which is so perfect and high that it points the believer to Christ as the end for righteousness-the very highest standard of a perfect sinless life? Romans 10:4. Compare Isaiah 51:7 and James 5:11.
How could and why would God do away with the Ten Commandments that Jesus kept? John 15:10.
How could and why would God do away with the Law that Jesus referred to when He said: "Whosoever shall break one of these least Commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom?" Matthew 5:19.
How could and why would God do away with a Law which is so perfect and wonderful that even if you break any part of it, you are guilty of all? James 2:10-12.
How could and why would God do away with His Law which gives His people liberty when they obey it? James 2:10-12. It is the lawbreaker who is put in Jail and who is in bondage.
How could and why would God abolish the Commandments that Jesus referred to when He said "whosoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven?" Matthew 5:19.
How could and why would God abolish the Law that helps a poor sinner to realise his condition? Romans 3:20; Romans 3:9, 23.
How could and why would God abolish the Law that tells what sin is when the Bible says: "If any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous?" 1 John 3:4 and 1 John 2:1. Why have an advocate if the law is gone?
How could and why would God abolish the Law that forbids murder and adultery? James 2:10-12.
How could and why would God abolish the Law that "stops every mouth" and makes "all the world guilty before God?" Romans 3:19. Compare Romans 3:9, 23.
How could and why would God do away with the Law that has the Sabbath command in it when God Himself ceased from labour and rested on the seventh day, and your Bible says that all who have entered into rest (spiritual rest too) with Him, have ceased from their own works as God did from His? Hebrews 4:4, 9-10. Read and re-read those two verses.
How could and why would God do away with the Moral Law, at the same time that He abolished the ceremonial law which had to do with the offerings and sacrifices? Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14-17. The Hand writing of Ordinances are not the Ten Commandments. See Colossians 2:14-16. The ceremonial law was instituted to show the people what to do when they broke the Moral Law. By their sacrifices they could show their faith in the great sacrifice which was to be offered on Calvary. All the Sacrifices and offerings pointed forward to Christ. When Jesus died the veil in the temple was rent signifying that the sacrificial or Ceremonial law had ended. Many people confuse the Ceremonial and Moral laws. See the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic law.
How could and why would God do away with the same Law that He promised to write in the heart of every Christian who is really under the New Covenant? Jeremiah 31:31; Hebrews 8:10.
How could and why would God do away with the very Law that His people are to keep in order to have works to show their faith? James 2:18. Read carefully James 2:10-12. The "works" here referred to are works of obedience as the verses plainly indicate. Paul says: "Do we make void the Law through faith? God forbid, we establish the Law." Romans 3:31.
How could and why would God do away with the Law that the carnal of sinful mind refuses to obey? Romans 8:7.
How could and why would God destroy the very same Law that Jesus said He came not to destroy? Matthew 5:17-19.
How could and why would God abolish the same Commandments that Jesus told the young ruler to keep if he wanted to enter into life and be saved? Matthew 19:17. Compare Revelation 22:14.
How could and why would God abolish His Commandments when Jesus told His disciples to keep them if they loved Him? John 14:15. How much do we love Him?
How could and why would God abolish the Ten Bible Commandments, the same Ten Commandments that Jesus said hung on the two Great Commandments of Love to God and Love to Man? Matthew 22:35-40. The first four Commandments show our relation to God; the last six show our relation to Man. Thus they all hang on the two principles of love to God and to man. See what is the greatest Bible Commandment.
How could and why would God do away with His Law when only those who keep it can have justification? Romans 2:13.
How could and why would God do away with the Sabbath Commandment when He gave the Sabbath to be a sign that He is our God? Ezekiel 20:20; Exodus 31:16-17. The New Covenant was made with the children of Israel which if we be Christ's then we are. Hebrews 8:10. He is not a Jew which is one outwardly, but he is a Jew who is one inwardly and so if we are God's children then we are Abraham's seed and therefore children of Israel and heirs according to the promise. Romans 2:28-29; Galatians 3:28-29.
How could and why would God do away with the Sabbath Commandment when He pronounced a blessing upon the man who would keep the Sabbath? Isaiah 56:2, 6.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments when they give a good understanding to all who keep them? Psalms 111:10.
How could and why would God abolish His Commandments which are the foundation of sound doctrine? Proverbs 4:2.
How could and why would God make void His Law when Jesus condemned the Scribes and Pharisees for making void the Law of God by their tradition? Matthew 15:3, 6, 9.
How could and why would God have abolished His Law when the curse of God rests upon the world because the inhabitants have transgressed His Law? Isaiah 24:3-6.
How could and why would God do away with the Sabbath Commandment when Jesus said that He Himself was LORD of the Sabbath? Matthew 12:8.
How could and why would God do away with the Sabbath Commandment when He said that all who would take their foot off of the Sabbath, would be blessed in many ways, and would help to raise the foundations of generations, and be called to repairer of the breach? Isaiah 58:12-14.
How could and why would God turn away from His Law and abolish it when He has always been hurt when His people turned away from it? Jeremiah 16:10-11, 16; Isaiah 58:1, 12-14.
How could and why would God do away with a Law which He wrote on stone? Exodus 31:18. The fact that He wrote it on stone indicates that it was to last forever.
How could and why would God abolish the Law which tells what His will is? Romans 2:18; Matthew 7:21; Psalms 40:8.
How could and why would God abolish the Law that the Christian should "meditate in day and night." Psalms 1:1-3.
How could and why would God do away with His holy Law that the wicked have turned away from and made void? Psalms 119:126, 150.
How could and why would God abolish a Law that is "pure" and that "enlightens the eyes?" Psalms 19:8.
How could and why would God do away with the Law that He told His people to remember and teach to their children and children's children? Psalms 78:1-7.
How could and why would God abolish His Law that makes people happy when they keep it? Proverbs 29:18.
How could and why would a perfect God (Matthew 5:48) abolish a perfect Law? Psalms 19:7.
How could and why would God abolish His Law after promising a "woe" upon them that "cast away the Law of the Lord" and "call evil good, and good evil?" Isaiah 5:20-24.
How could and why would God do away with the very Law that Jesus has in His heart? Psalms 40:8.
How could and why would God do away with the Ten Commandments that the angels keep? Psalms 103:20.
How could and why would God do away with a Law that enters into the very heart of an individual and condemns the secret sins of his life which he must in the judgement? Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
How could and why would God abolish the very Law that He commanded to be sealed among His disciples? Isaiah 8:16.
How could and why would God abolish His Law which must be fulfilled in the life of the Christian who is led by the Spirit of God? Romans 8:3-4.
How could a God of Peace destroy a Law that brings peace to troubled hearts? Psalms 119:165.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments when Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to those who would keep them? John 14:16-17, 26; Acts 5:32.
How could and why would God abolish His Law which is to "stand fast forever?" Psalms 111:7-8.
How could and why would God abolish His Law after He said His people have forgotten His Law and are destroyed for lack of knowledge? Hosea 4:6-7.
How could and why would God have abolished His Law at Christ's death, and then later be with Stephen as he was stoned for having told his murderers that they had not kept God's Law? Acts 7:53-56.
How could and why would God do away with the Law when Jesus suffered and died to redeem us from the curse of the Law? Galatians 3:13. Jesus came to redeem them that were under the Law. Galatians 4:4-5.
How could and why would God do away with His Law which is to be the standard by which men and women will be judged? Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
How could and why would God do away with the very Law that He says He has implanted in the hearts of those who "know Righteousness?" Isaiah 51:7.
How could and why would God do away with the Sabbath Commandment when He said the Sabbath was a sign of sanctification? Ezekiel 20:12. Should not a sanctified Sabbath and a sanctified person he in harmony?
How could and why would God do away with His Law and the Sabbath after He says the "Priests have violated His Law and have hid their eyes from His Sabbath, and have showed no difference between the holy and the profane?" Ezekiel 22:26.
How could and why would God reject His Law and abolish it when He said He would bring evil upon those who rejected it? Jeremiah 6:19. Compare Jeremiah 6:4-5.
How could and why would God do away with His Law that some people "will not hear" and even tell their ministers not to preach? Isaiah 30:8-10. God calls them rebellious children.
How could and why would God have His Commandments abolished when it "is the love of God that we keep, His Commandments?" 1 John 5:3. Compare 2 John 1:6, and John 14:15.
How could and why would God abolish His Commandments after promising peace and righteousness in abundance to those who "listened to His Commandments?" Isaiah 48:18.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments which are called righteousness, Psalms 119:172 and also, "My Righteousness shall not be abolished?" Isaiah 51:6. He also said, "Listen unto me you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My Law." Isaiah 51:7.
How could and why would God have abolished His Commandments when it says that the last or remnant people of God will be keeping the Ten Commandments just before Jesus comes to gather the harvest of the earth? Read carefully Revelation 12:17 and Revelation 14:12-16.
How could anyone accuse God of changing or abolishing His own perfect Law when the Prophet saw a PERSECUTING POWER that would think to change it? Daniel 7:25. Read about the four beasts and the little "horn." Daniel 7:1-8. Read verse 23-fourth kingdom (Rome). Little horn represents a religious power that started in Rome and in 321AD they changed God's Sabbath to Sunday. A fact unknown by many Christians today. Now read verse 25 again.
How could and why would God do away with His Commandments and also promise that in the New Earth His People will be keeping the Sabbath? Isaiah 66:22-23. The Sabbath Command is in the centre of His Law. The Sabbath is God's Mark or Sign of His Power and authority as the Creator. Exodus 20:8-11. See also the what is the mark of the beast. The Sabbath has always been God's test of obedience. Exodus 16:4-30. God's Law is in His Heart. May we never wound His heart of love and insult His Grace. If God has abolished His Law then hundreds of texts in your Bible become meaningless and should be left out. Here are some examples:
All the texts that mention or refer to the Law.
All the texts that mention the Commandments of God.
All the texts that speak of SIN. (Sin is the transgression of the Law. 1 John 3:4).
All the texts that speak of obedience.
All the texts that speak of transgression.
All the texts that speak of repentance.
All the texts that speak of Jesus as the Saviour from sin. etc, etc.
If God has abolished any part of His Law then every Bible text that speaks of the Law as Perfect, Holy, Just and Unchangeable etc., become meaningless. "Not one tittle of the Law shall fall." If we offend in one point of the Ten Commandments we are guilty of all. See James 2:10-12 and Matthew 5:17-19.
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To be honest, I prefer to travel alone.
However, let me start by saying that I am a people lover, a total extrovert. I'm that girl who will talk to the person next to me while waiting for coffee. I have to stop myself from talking to everyone in the airport because I want to know their story and where they are going. I'm sure you get the picture – I LOVE PEOPLE.
One of my curiosities about this beautiful world is what makes people unique, happy and excited about their life. A perk of traveling is that I have the opportunity to immerse myself in different places and cultures and meet so many interesting people from all around the world and from all walks of life. I could sit for hours talking to someone I just met and have a fantastic conversation – it's the best.
I have come to learn that life (or my life at least) is about connecting with PEOPLE and learning as much as I can. The relationships I have formed are priceless to me. But, I have also come to learn that the most important relationship in my life is not with a romantic partner, a family member, or a friend. Above all, the most important relationship I have is with MYSELF.
Hence my adoration of having quality alone time.
Being alone gives me time to just BE. To think. To relax. To create. To work on being who I truly am at my core. To do WHATEVER I want to do! We've all been in that scenario when someone asks you, "what do you want to eat?" to which you respond "I don't know. What do YOU want to eat?" And then it becomes this massive battle of making a decision that is best for everyone… and it takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R.
When you are alone…. You simply EAT! No waiting. No back and forth. You just do it.
Time alone is a great thing.
1. You get to do WHAT you want, WHERE you want, WHEN you want – Making decisions based on what will make you happy is nourishing to your soul and spirit. It validates that you love and respect your unique thoughts, ambitions and desires. When your day can often be filled with other people's expectations (your boss, your partner, your children, etc.), it is important to take some time away to focus on you. When you are alone, you only have to consider YOU and what you want.
2. Gives you the chance to express your creativity – Throw it back to your childhood days of doodling and coloring. Tap into your inner artist and express yourself, whether that be through writing, art, music, or cooking. Time alone permits you to open your mind and heart to things that bring you pleasure and happiness.
3. Improves your concentration and productivity – Pings. Beeps. Chirps. Buzzes. The modern day symphony of your technology-infused daily life. Each beep entices you by saying "PAY attention to me! Check me out!" All that noise is a surefire way to distract you from your goals and life vision. Spending time alone gives you the opportunity to turn down the volume and tune out the NOISE.
4. Opens opportunities to meet more people – An observation I have made in my past year of traveling alone is that when you are solo, you become far less intimidating and easier to approach by people. I've been in many cafes and restaurants by myself and have had friendly people strike up a conversation. You may just meet your new best friend or partner.
5. Solitude gives you time to think deeply – This goes hand in hand with calming the chaos and noise that inundates us on a daily basis. Separate yourself from the racket and let your mind THINK. What do you truly want? What goals do you have? What makes you feel alive? Happy? Loved?
6. Alone time enhances the quality of your relationships with others – Time away from others allows you to gain a better understanding of what you want in life and WHO you are. As a result, you are more apt to make better choices about who you want to spend your time with. The saying goes that "absence makes the heart grow fonder." A little time apart from your loved ones gives you time to reflect and appreciate the special contributions they make in your life.
7. You maintain a more accurate perception – I've heard one too many times people brag or compare how many "likes" they received on a certain photo in social media. I can't help but think, WHY does that even matter? Shouldn't life be based on how much you "like" yourself and the life you have created? Our perceptions are flexible and constantly changing based on our interactions and environment. It can be easy to get caught up in all the racket of modern day society. When you remove yourself from all the buzz and chatter, you have time to explore the reality you have created and reacquaint yourself with how you perceive the world. In other words… you think for YOURSELF!
9. Relieves anxiety – Once again, time alone quiets the chaos and chatter of the world around us (if we choose to put down the iPhone and log-out of Facebook). So many people have major FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and staying connected via social media is like the antidote to staying informed and artificially connected. Alone time gives you the chance to step away from it all and BREATHE. Yes BREATHE. Deeply. In… and out. Relax a bit and let your worries slip away.
10. Allows you to set your priorities straight – Time alone provides a buffer in regards to what other people say, do and suggest. Only YOU decide what is important to you and your vision for your life. Spending some quality time solo can give you great perspective about what YOU are all about and what you want in your life.
11. Encourages you to slow down and ENJOY your life – AMEN to that! Go lay in the warm sunshine. Frolic through a field of flowers. Pet a kitten. Do whatever it is that makes your heart sing and your soul smile.


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Q: How to measure capacitance of soil without being affected by resistance? I want to make a capacitive soil moisture detector. Capacitance of soil increases with increasing moisture content. Resistance of soil decreases with increasing moisture content. The soil capacitance is considered a more accurate indicator of the moisture level.
If I have 2 capacitance plates buried in the soil what general type of circuit can I use to measure just the capacitance?
I know that these type of detectors use about 10MHz sine wave across the plates, but I can't find more detailed circuit information online.
I though perhaps the soil capacitance would be used with a fixed inductance to make an oscillator. Then the frequency of the oscillator would be related to the soil capacitance.

A: The magazine RF Design provided circuit for inductance meter, many years ago.
Ran at 100,000Hz and used NE602 double-balanced mixer that cancelled both the RF input and the LO input, leaving only the differential sum+difference energy as the output.
Given real inductors have losses (real) in addition to the energy-storage (reactive) component, that meter used a precise quadrature source of current, imposed across Kelvin force-sense terminal pairs.
I redesigned the meter to run at 10MHz, with full scale of 1,000 nanoHenries, for measuring very small inductors and some PCB parasitics. The terminals were 1cm squares of PCB material, with "force" on one edge, "sense" on opposite edge, and the "test point" the intervening orthogonal edge.
For a capacitance meter, take the opposing approach: there is no DC path needed, thus a VOLTAGE is needed. You must extract the real and the quadrature components; The "capacitor" will induce 90 degrees; the losses will be inphase.

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ANR January 14, 2013
Accounting News Roundup: Missing the Payroll Tax Cut; Accounting Firm Teflon; White Passing on Death Star | 01.14.13
Retailers Fear Payroll Tax Will Cut Consumer Spending [WSJ]
A temporary cut in Social Security withholdings gave Americans hundreds of extra dollars to spend over the past two years. But Congress allowed that break to expire during the wrangling over the fiscal cliff, meaning that Social Security taxes have reverted to 6.2% of salary from the temporary 4.2%. The noticeable lightening of paychecks as consumers remain tentative threatens to put a drag on economic growth. The effect for companies is that the hit is likely to cement a frugal attitude that led consumers to cut back on eating out and shift to less-expensive store brands. Kari Barker, an accountant in Salt Lake City, recently received her first 2013 paycheck and realized that she and her husband will take home $250 less every month. The 32-year-old, who works as a financial controller for a medical-devices company, accepted a second job last week doing accounting work for a friend's startup company. Ms. Barker recently had a second child, who joined the first in day care. She has been planning meals more carefully to spend less on groceries and has switched to less-expensive brands of household and baby items. "I used to be a diapers snob and would only buy Pampers or Huggies," Ms. Barker said. "Now I buy Target's house brand, because it's two-thirds the cost."
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A look back at Hillary Clinton's 2011 "Internet Freedom" speech
November 9, 2013 by YinYang 18 Comments
Still recall former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on "Internet Freedom?" Our first reaction on this blog was that America wanted unfettered access to citizens around the world. From a propaganda perspective, that idea enables the U.S. State Department to bypass foreign governments in reaching their citizens directly. Clinton herself has said the Internet would be a more viable means to reach into certain countries than, say, Voice of America (VOA), which often gets its signals jammed. This is also good business for the likes of Google and other American Internet services companies. The more users on Google, the more advertising dollars. And, it was no surprise at the beginning of that speech, Clinton pointedly acknowledged contributions from Google's Chairman, Eric Schmidt. She affectionately described Schmidt, "co-conspirator from time to time" for that policy formulation.
Now, fast forward to today, and think especially about what Edward Snowden has revealed about the U.S. and the U.K.'s extensive spying of everyone on the Internet. This is a big deal around the world. Those of us who are confined to U.S. and generally anglophone media, are likely not exposed to reactions from around the world. For example, did you know that at a recent U.N. meeting, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called U.S. actions a "serious violation of human rights?"
The following TED talk in Brussels was recently given by Mikko Hypponen, a computer security expert from Finland which does an excellent job in tying together what the revelations mean. You may not follow the Snowden revelations closely, so I highly recommend watching this short video to bring yourself up to speed.
Now, coming back to the Clinton speech on "Internet Freedom." She said:
On their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress, but the United States does. We stand for a single internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas.
Well, actions speaks louder than words don't they? As you just saw in Hypponen's talk where he showed a timeline of NSA's access to Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Facebook, and other Internet services, in fact, accessing these services is a guarantee that you loose your privacy.
If a country wants to protect its citizens, wouldn't it make sense that country put up a firewall? Or as Hypponen proposes, everyone on the planet should opt out of American Internet services and build open-source equivalents. Or build their own.
In regards to China, Clinton said:
During his visit to China in November, for example, President Obama held a town hall meeting with an online component to highlight the importance of the internet. In response to a question that was sent in over the internet, he defended the right of people to freely access information, and said that the more freely information flows, the stronger societies become. He spoke about how access to information helps citizens hold their own governments accountable, generates new ideas, encourages creativity and entrepreneurship. The United States belief in that ground truth is what brings me here today.
Think about what I highlighted above for a moment. Knowing what we know today, isn't that "freely access information" actually meant to admonish China for kicking Google out?
As Ms. Dilma Rousseff said in her admonition of the U.S. at the U.N.,
if there is no right to privacy, there can be no true freedom of expression and opinion, and therefore no effective democracy
And this was a message for two countries who often invade other countries in the name of "democracy."
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Guo Du says
And there's one aspect about this universal data theft that I have not seen mentioned anywhere: Control of politicians.
Like Hypponnen suggested, everyone but total idiots or hypocritical naysayers have no need for privacy. It's probably true that most ordinary folks' embarrassing, even "illicit" or grayish footprints in cyberspace are of no consequence right now. But if they should become important or ambitious one day, especially politically, their files will be scrutinised. In populist democracies, especially ones with a moralistic facade, this can make or break candidates. An audit trail of scheming discussions with a political ally (what politician wouldn't?), secretive ventures into xxx sites (Bill Clinton would have for sure, had it been available), private admission to having driven home a bit tipsy last night etc etc can ruin their political career if "leaked" to the "free press". . . unless they cooperate, or are already one of them.
Most politicians have a giant basket of dirty laundry. The effective control over them is therefore substantial, especially if Democracy has been successfully sold or imposed in their countries. The baffling impotence of the US Congress could be partly due to this simple mechanism?
@Guo Du
Like Hypponnen suggested, everyone but total idiots or hypocritical naysayers have no need for privacy.
I disagree – or at least would push you to explain more.
The problem you mentioned is not ground to say privacy must be protected. In general, we have an emotional pull for privacy only because an "expectation" was violated. But was the expectation justified to start with? Or was it just cultural … something that can be easily moved and redefined?
The problem of political control – through blackmailing politicans – is not a problem of breaking of privacy per se, but the stupidity of the masses. If the masses should think more logically, such blackmails won't work.
Let say we have a Chinese system of meritocracy. I would assume (and hope) people vetting future leaders have all information – damned with privacy. I want to know that DUI, that traffic light citation, that mistress that he support with extravagant gifts…. I want the relevant people to know everything. I don't necessarily want these info to be released to the public – for the paparazzi's to pick choose and sansationalize …
You see the jist of what I am saying? The issues you raise is not a problem with privacy – somehow it's a human right for certain information to be cacooned. Yes – there may be an expectation that certain information – because of technolgoical, social, cultural circusmtances – are private, but that's that. It's an expectation. There is nothing absolute about privacy, in my view.
We can argue that given today's circumstances … we need this and this privacy… but that's another matter.
Also – I think it's very important to separate privacy from other citizens and privacy from government/law/sovereign … but that's also yet another matter.
ersim says
When she made that "speech" in 2011, she did have the NSA in mind when she said, "On their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress, but the United States does". In her mind, as long as it is the U.S. who has control over "a single internet where all humanity has equal access", of course she believes in "internet freedom". American Exceptionalism at it's worse.
Allen / Guo Du – one of the points in Guo Du's comment is this idea that if there is no privacy, it becomes impossible for any politician to alter the establishment's views. The establishment would use whatever private information they can dig up for any politician and subvert him or her. Under such circumstances, this sort of democracy is basically fascist.
Everything still goes by popularity, but the establishment has a perfect mechanism to shut down any opposition.
@YinYang
Now I am even more confused. Is this about democracy, or privacy? I took Guo Du's comment to be about privacy, not about democracy or fascism – whatever that may mean.
But to your point about democracy, what do you mean by "establishment"? It seems too conspiratorial to think that all politicians are blackmailed because of a lack of privacy? So in order to stop this, we need to have privacy to protect all the dirty laundry of politicians???
@YinYang and Allen,
Yes I agree with Allen that privacy is not absolute, it's indeed a culturally shaped expectation. Something generally regarded private to a European might not be a big deal to a typical Asian and vice versa. But EVERYONE, including those living in very "open" societies and extremely intrusive authoritarian states, EXPECTS a degree of privacy. I can't think of any community which EXPECTS the government to have arbitrary access to all aspects of everyone's life, including arguments and love chats between spouses (some of them "secret" for many cultural or biological reasons), parental laments about disappointing children, highly intimate photos, bank account balances, etc etc, not to say commercial secrets and strategic discussions.
In short, privacy is a tacit social contract that varies from community to community. But expectation of some degree of privacy is universal. Its blatant violation is therefore all the more despicable when coming from someone who moralises and lectures about an inviolable, universal, and sacred right to nearly absolute privacy.
On political blackmailing, I also agree that a sensible citizenry would be the best solution. BUT is that achievable in real life? The social hypocrisy in some Western democracies seems to me a hangover from the religious past. For centuries, people expected celibate oddballs supposedly detached from human weaknesses and deviousness to manage communities characterised by defects. This hypocritical expectation doesn't appear to have evolved very much. People still expect their leaders to be armchair "saints" who have never engaged in any of the vices that everyone else secretly enjoys, thereby favouring liars and hypocrites in the selection process.
Hopefully, a meritocracy such as China, with a relatively more pragmatic populace, would be more sensible and reasonable in this regard. However, expecting a FULLY open culture as you seem to have suggested would backfire similarly. Politicians would be forced to lie deliberately if the "expectation" of openness in personal details becomes unreasonable.
Meanwhile, in many countries, the result, the REALITY, is what Yin Yang has helpfully clarified for me.
I have a problem with this.
Clinton's point about the ability "to freely access information" is not tarnished in any sense by the revelations about widespread NSA snooping. The U.S. can still legitimately say we are the most free nation in the world, with the free-est internet in the world. Yes, we snoop, but we don't censor. Information flows freely and for that we are stronger. If there is a leak of China's version of NSA, China will just silence the revelations so that no one in China knows about it.
Clinton can say all that … with a straight face.
Some may argue that snooping chills free speech. The theory would go: the government snoops and is watching you. If you say anything it doesn't like, it will come after you. So you better not say anything it doesn't like. Lack of privacy leads to self censorship.
NSA snooping as it is – widespread as it is – is still seen as targeted toward terrorists – the few who would carry out violent acts against the West. As such, the snooping, while it flies against everything the U.S. has been preaching, doesn't decrease its standing of freedom.
As for google leaving China, it was for two reasons.
1. censorship (Chinese gov't allegedly want google to remove certain links on its indexed pages)
2. snooping (Chinese gov't allegedly want google to hand over access to email accounts of "human rights activists" – and was engaged in cyberattacks against google when google didn't comply)
I don't see how the recent NSA revelations would allegedly justify even Chinese gov't kicking google out?
When google said it was leaving China, it cited reason 2 but used the language of 1 – which sounded puzzling to me, but the ultimate irony is not that per se, it is trusing private companies to defend "freedom."
That irony still exists. It's ok for Google to have access to all our private info, and have little regulation on what Google could or could not do with them. But once gov't gets a hand on them, people start worrying – at least on the surface.
Yet we depend on gov't to regulate our food, medicine, to run the police and fire dept., to build our roads and bridges, to run/regulate our economy (just look at campaign speeches, all promising to run/regulate the economy better than the other guy)…
Still scratching my head on that one.
But expectation of some degree of privacy is universal.
Maybe. But I don't frame it that way. I don't see why we start with "privacy" – what's the big deal? I mean it.
If someone wants to comb through all my tax filings, everything I said in class – in this blog – on the dinner table. It's "wrong" only to the extent I did not expect it. But once it becomes clear that it's possible for people to record all that – what's the big deal?
OK – what if people put a camera in my bathroom and bedroom … and want to release videos of me doing things that are usually considered private.
Well – as long as social norm make those things private – then yes, they should be private. But it's not a rights thing, I don't think, it's still a social expectation thing.
A few years ago, there was this guy who released famous movie stars having sex …
Surely there is a right to privacy for things like that.
But imagine a society where people openly and freely have sex, releasing porn videos from my bedroom would be ok … because I have zero expectations of privacy of such acts.
So it's still a social contract thing. It's not a basic right thing.
A place that takes privacy very seriously in a political context is Germany – because today, the narrative goes that Hitler rose to power by forcing people to take commands of bad leaders, by using social norms to force people to conform. Hitler allegedly used covert and overt observation, interrogation, eavesdropping, neighbor watch data surveillance and other means of surveillance to force all but the most strident German citizens to conform to the Nazi program.
Of course that's too simple a story … but it does the trick to convince most Germans today that by respecting privacy and having democracy, they have exorcised their demons.
But that's their religion. It's not human rights per se.
Mister Unknown says
While we're on the topic of "free speech", anyone who wants to find out just how "free" US propaganda outlets really are should watch the documentary "Mediastan".
My favorite part of this documentary was when a Radio Free Asia-sponsored Kazakh newspaper editor swore up & down how completely independent, free, and uncensored they are, and how they're ardent supporters of the freedom of speech and an open media under any circumstance. When the Mediastan journalists proceeded to ask this Kazakh pawn to publish wikileaks related allegations, he immediately began to backtrack & hesitate; he ultimately refused to publish anything for fear of provoking his bosses in Washington (he admitted as much on camera).
The scene was absolutely hilarious.
http://wikileaks.org/Watch-MEDIASTAN.html
In my #4, I wasn't trying to disagree with anything you've said.
Of course, you are right – privacy is not a human right per se. But I have much less an issue when the Brazilian president uses it with the "human rights" context, because I don't believe Brazil has the same missionary zeal as does the United States.
Perhaps whenever we talk about these things, we need not take as strong or absolute a view towards their definition? Does that even make sense? Perhaps this is over my head?
I do see corrupt U.S. government abusing privacy and using it to hamstrung anyone it does not like – hence marching towards a more fascist society.
Think about how Martin Luther King was being blackmailed by the FBI and having his phones tapped.
That's not saying society wouldn't want more transparency in their politicians. You also make the argument that transparency itself is not absolute either.
Privacy and transparency are all ideas that come into play, and is not an either-or proposition.
The NSA revelations are very much about how two-faced U.S. ideologies are. You say one thing and do the opposite.
That's the first order of business people should come to understand.
Allen, I think it's really hard for people to fully comprehend what you've been arguing: privacy, transparency, etc are not absolute nor are they rights. Give us time to slowly shed the layers of veil that's been programmed into us.
(Let me think about your #7. My initial reaction is I have been too sloppy in the OP. So thanks for your thoughts on those.)
You've raised a very interesting issue actually. On one hand, at a personal level, I fully agree with your view on privacy, though I believe that makes us the odd ones out in the real world, which carries consequences. I keep very few secrets as a "stress mitigation" strategy. Most secrets are just neurosis. That said, even with this philosophical attitude, I'd still be uncomfortable if someone tap into my internet banking activities and obtain my password (assuring me that it won't be misused).
IF 99% of the people are like us, something which is impossible in my judgement, then the 1% who aren't will benefit hugely from our open attitude. This abuse is especially guaranteed if that 1% keep persuading the rest to maintain openness while they snoop. It's the classical social dynamics before an equilibrium is reached. The only crook in an honest community will be hugely "successful" whereas the only honest guy in a self-defeatingly wicked society may be treasured as the only possible arbiter.
Meanwhile, my pragmatic side tells me to rely on common sense more than personal philosophy in judging the NSA data theft.
When it comes to the Western concept of "privacy", it is as Orwellian as "1984". Specially with the U.S. taking "sides in the struggle for freedom and progress" having easy access to the technology, which, according to Hillary Clinton, "doesn't take sides".
Black Pheonix says
I'm with Allen on this one. What's the "big deal" with "privacy" any ways?
Philosophically, I think "privacy" is overly Westernized concept (another made up one).
The Chinese equivalent would be more like "None of your business", which is balanced by "Someone's business".
In sum, in the Chinese concept, there is no "privacy" per se, it's always someone's "business" to know, it's just whether it's the appropriate someone and for what purpose.
Thus, it's not a balance of "how much" privacy vs. how much disclosure. Rather, it is a balance of Who knows and Why.
The WHY justifies WHO should know WHAT.
*In the US, it's much more of EITHER "privacy" or no "privacy". In that scope, when National Security is concerned, "privacy" becomes nothing more than an empty promise.
@Black Pheonix
In the US, it's much more of EITHER "privacy" or no "privacy". In that scope, when National Security is concerned, "privacy" becomes nothing more than an empty promise.
On this issue … I think you may have stumbled into a key characteristic of liberalism.
If we look through history of liberal traditions, you find yourself asking, how can such a tradition – with all the rhetoric of freedom going back hundreds of years – yet support slavery, opium war, lack of suffrage for most, imperialism?
In slavery, you have people defining it away by focusing on "property" – or rather non-interference with personal property. On opium war, you can define away all the moral repugnicies of forcing drug on the masses of another society through a focus on "freedom of trade." Lack of universal suffrage, you define universality out of existence through a focus on "personhood" defined by weird properties such as race, gender, and wealth. On imperialism, you also define away all the repugnance of it by a focus on freedom as a sort of natural survival of fittest of race, religion, culture, etc. (One can get more historical examples through the book Liberalism: A Counter-History Hardcover by Domenico Losurdo, for example)
The thing is that you can mouth off whatever rights, and then rightfully take them away – correction, make it a non-issue, a non-relevancy – by defining that right away – based on your worldview.
What makes it worse, the basic rights (and there must be sufficient many to legitimately cover all human circusmtances) must inherently oppose with each other under certain circumstances (otherwise, we can just have one universal right!), ensuring all liberals must inherently be allowed to choose how those conflicts ought to be resolved. But the way one frames, the way one chooses – must inherently be an extension of one's world views.
So liberalism at the end is just rhetoric for projecting one's own preferences while sounding neutral and objective (i.e. pay lip service to a plethora of all just-sounding rights). Worse, it allows one to take away noble-sounding rights by substituting with other noble-sounding rights, while still paying mouth service to that original noble-sounding right – which makes it a most refined art of double speak.
Someone needs to write a book on this. If successful, this person will be like Confucius …. speaking the truth in a troubled age, and coming up with something to allow people to see beyond, to move beyond the troubles of the times…
A friend forwarded a quote recently I thought captures much of the essence of what we discuss:
All religion has love, but love knows no religion.
So, yeah, "democracy" or "privacy" religion, when zealously evangelized is often more about the zealots.
The Western concept of "freedom" is the biggest opiate liberalism is addicted to when it comes to "their rights".
@ersim
I think it's more than just "liberalism". It's perhaps the fundamental way of Social Relationships in the West.
In Asian societies particularly, social relationship is defined by shared commonalities. Identity of the individual is defined by what he/she shared/inherited from others. Honor, Shame, Profession, Possession, are generally considered shared and communal, rather than individualized. Limits are not clearly defined, because they are largely situational and based upon shared experiences. I.e. an honorable man is accorded more respect, and more influence (rights) in society, but such rights are not absolute.
In such an arrangement, political "equality" is never possible, recognizing the reality of power disparity in society in the abstract.
In the West, social relationships are defined by "boundaries". What's yours is not mine. Identity is defined by isolated individual "spheres" of possession (property) and influence (rights).
In such a system, relationships are boiled down to rules, in attempt to maintain appearance of open fairness.
However, this contradicts the fundamental reality of power disparity in every society, prompting ad hoc "exceptions" that attempts to deny the reality as the anomaly of the system.
Thus, "rights" may be secretly taken away, leaving the baffling question recently from 1 US Congressman on NSA surveillance, "How can right to privacy be violated, if that person didn't even know that he was being spied on??!"
The answer, Congressman, is that your system is based upon semantics. The "rights", like imaginary soap bubbles, are all theoretical. And thus by logic, one cannot pop someone else's imaginary soap bubbles.
I definitely see the key difference being the West thinks from the perspective of the individual while in China, society/collective carries more weight. It is the extremism that gets societies into trouble.
lol, I feel my brain is numb each time we talk about "rights" and these sort of issues. Perhaps, simply, the West is much more experienced in saying, "we love you and we will invade you over it." This sort of thinking is so prevalent, there's only a minority in the masses who question it.
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The annual neighbours' nights out for Mount Dennis will be June 20, in Denison Park.
June 23 will be the official re-opening of Swanek Park playground.
Weston's neighbours' night will be June 24. It too is always a lot of fun. They'll be showing Minions once the sun goes down.
It is wrong to call this a "Mount Dennis" event. Denison Park is entirely within the boundary of the once-town of Weston, albeit adjacent to its southern border with Mount Dennis.


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(i) 28 April 2020, A Presidential decree published in the Official Gazette declared the state of emergency across the country for three months; (ii) The authorities have taken a host of precautionary measures to improve testing as well as to limit the community spread of the virus, including (a) setting up testing centers, (b) imposing a nighttime curfew, (c) temporarily closing places of worship; (iii) Authorities have also suspended the export of all types of legumes for a period of 3 months and plan to start increasing strategic food reserves to meet domestic demand; (iv) All parks and specialized gardens around Cairo will open to the public starting on 26 August 2020, with a maximum capacity of 50%. Starting 21 September 2020, funeral prayers and wedding ceremonies held in open-air venues have been allowed, for a maximum limit of 300 people; (v) Egypt's Health Ministry released a 3-stage plan outlining required procedures in preparation for the gradual easing of restrictions within the country.
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Argentina 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) ARS IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 27 April 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) The country has adopted full closure of borders and a nation-wide quarantine, beginning on 20 March 2020 and lasting until at least 26 April 2020, including closed borders.
Argentina 12B 12B - Measures affecting business and workplace ARS Republic World. https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/south-america/argentina-malls-back-in-business-as-lockdown-eases.html (accessed 16 October 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) 11 October 2020, schools and other education activities can be resumed, if certain epidemiological criteria are fulfilled. (ii) 15 October 2020, almost 8 months after lockdown, reopening of large shopping centers and the return of regular internal flights and public transport.
Argentina 12C 12C - Others ARS 2021-01-11
Armenia 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures AMD 2021-01-11
Armenia 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) AMD UNESCAP. https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Armenia_COVID%20Country%20profile%20041120.pdf (accessed 5 December 2020) 2021-01-11
16 March 2020, The government declared a national state of emergency, first until 14 April, but subsequently extended to 14 May, 13 June, 13 July, and finally being lifted on 11 September. During the state of emergency, travel bans were imposed on citizens from high-risk countries. Public transportation and other domestic travel was reopened earlier, on 18 May.
Armenia 12B 12B - Measures affecting business and workplace AMD UNESCAP. https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Armenia_COVID%20Country%20profile%20041120.pdf (accessed 5 December 2020) 2021-01-11
16 March 2020, As part of the state of emergency, the government implemented lockdowns and closures of public spaces, as well as social distancing protocols and other health precautions. Retail businesses and restaurants were allowed to reopen earlier, on 18 May.
Armenia 12C 12C - Others AMD UNESCAP. https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Armenia_COVID%20Country%20profile%20041120.pdf (accessed 5 December 2020) 2021-01-11
Quarantine is still in effect until 11 January 2021, which bans large gatherings and requires 14-day self-isolation and testing for people entering the country.
Australia 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures AUD 2021-01-11
Australia 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) AUD Department of Health, Australian Government. https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/government-response-to-the-covid-19-outbreak (accessed on 05 May 2020); Department of Health. https://www.health.gov.au/news/state-quarantine-requirements-for-interstate-travel (accessed 22 July 2020); Prime Minister's Office. https://www.pm.gov.au/media/more-flights-helping-australians-return (accessed 19 October 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) March 2020, Travel restrictions, screening travelers who arrive in Australia and ensuring they self-isolate on arrival, continuing with border surveillance; (ii) 14 July 2020, State and territory governments have imposed a range of interstate travel restrictions, including the closure of certain state borders and 14-day quarantine period upon arrival of travellers; (iii) 16 October 2020, The Australian Government is facilitating additional commercial flights from the United Kingdom, India, and South Africa to help more Australians return amid the unprecedented travel disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This arrangement will create the capacity for more than 5,000 Australians to return over the next six months;
Australia 12B 12B - Measures affecting business and workplace AUD 2021-01-11
Australia 12C 12C - Others AUD Department of Health, Australian Government. https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert/government-response-to-the-covid-19-outbreak (accessed on 05 May 2020); Government of Australia COVID19 official website. https://www.australia.gov.au/coronavirus-updates (accessed 3 June 2020); Department of Health. https://www.health.gov.au/news/should-i-wear-a-face-mask-in-public-0 (accessed 30 July 2020); Government of Australia. https://www.australia.gov.au/framework-national-reopening (accessed 27 October 2020); Office of the Prime Minister. https://www.pm.gov.au/media/tasmania-help-more-australians-return-home (accessed on 09 November 2020); Australian Government. https://www.australia.gov.au/content/dam/australia/news-and-updates/framework-national-reopening-nov2020.pdf (accessed 16 November 2020); Australian Government. https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/emergency-declarations/public-activities (accessed 24 November 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) March 2020, Enforcing social distancing measures, testing people suspected of the disease, and isolating people with the virus and their close contacts; (iii) Increasing of health system capacity; (ii) March 2020, Delivering support to Australians experiencing domestic, family, and sexual violence due to the fallout of coronavirus; (iii) March 2020, Putting limits on some prescription and over the counter medications, to make sure those who need them can access them; (iv) 26 April 2020, The COVIDSafe app is available for voluntary download to speed up contacting people exposed to coronavirus; (v) 8 May 2020, The National Cabinet will consider the first phase of easing COVID-19 restrictions. Some states and territories have begun easing selected regional restrictions; (vi) 30 July 2020, The government published guidance on wearing face masks; (vii) 23 October 2020, National Cabinet agreed in-principle to the Framework for National Reopening, designed to reopen Australia to a state of 'COVID Normal', wherever it is safe to do so, by December 2020 while managing the health impacts and severity of COVID-19; (viii) 7 November 2020, The Australian and Tasmanian Governments have agreed to provide an additional 450 spaces in quarantine facilities to help more Australians return home from abroad; (ix) 13 November 2020, The Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory agreed to a new 'Framework for National Reopening Australia by Christmas' subject to local health advice; (x) 22 November 2020, The Emergency Management (Stay at Home No.3) Direction 2020 has been released by the government to update rules on public activities and management of places where these activities occur.
Austria 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures EUR 2021-01-11
Austria 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) EUR IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 1 October 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) The authorities have progressively tightened containment measures between mid-March and mid-April. Initially targeted to travel to and from Italy and self-quarantine for people with symptoms, lockdowns became stricter and stricter and covering more countries as the situation developed; (ii) By 16 March 2020, leaving home was banned by law with limited exceptions; (iii) The re-opening process is expected to last through June though some steps were accelerated recently due to low infection rates, such as the reopening of the borders with Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary from 5 June 2020; (iv) 16 June 2020, travelling restrictions were lifted for most European countries.
Austria 12B 12B - Measures affecting business and workplace EUR IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 11 November 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) For all judicial and administrative procedures, the clock was put on hold to avoid hardship due to missed deadlines; (ii) 13 April 2020, gradual re-opening of the economy has started, from small shops, construction and garden centers, while other stores and hairdressers were allowed to open at the beginning of May; (iii) Open air markets and business premises are exempted from the mandate on mouth and nose protective masks since 1 June 2020; (iv) The authorities eventually announced a 4-week partial lockdown effective on 3 November 2020. Compared to the first lockdown, the second lockdown is relatively more lenient. While restaurants and bar are ordered to be closed, non-essential shops, hairdressers, and schools remain open.
Austria 12C 12C - Others EUR IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 14 December 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) Anti-COVID19 measures progressed to bans on large gathering in public spaces, replacing schools, and university classes with home learnings, and isolation of several ski resorts; (ii) By mid-May when religious services, outdoor sports, museums, libraries, and archives reopened, the Bundesliga was allowed to restart; (iii) 15 June 2020, the standing obligation for all persons to wear a face mask was limited to public transportation, pharmacies and services when a 1-meter distance cannot be maintained, or no other protective measures are available; (iv) 24 July 2020, pickup in the infection rate in some areas has prompted the authorities to tighten previously relaxed containment measures such as mandatory mask wearing in some areas; (v) In September 2020, this tightening extended to indoors and public institutions; (vi) The authorities eventually announced a partial second lockdown between 3 November and 6 December 2020. Industry and manufacturing continue to open while restaurants, bars, non-essential shops, hairdressers, and schools are closed. This lockdown was subsequently tightened from 17 November 2020. [update]
Azerbaijan 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures AZN 2021-01-11
Azerbaijan 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) AZN IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 24 July 2020); Cabinet of Ministers. https://nk.gov.az/en/article/868/ (accessed 8 December 2020); Cabinet of Ministers. https://nk.gov.az/en/article/900/ (accessed 8 December 2020); Cabinet of Ministers. https://nk.gov.az/en/article/1017/ (accessed 8 December 2020); Cabinet of Ministers. https://nk.gov.az/en/article/1130/ (accessed 8 December 2020); Cabinet of Ministers. https://nk.gov.az/en/article/1263/ (accessed 10 December 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) 24 March 2020, The government imposed travel restriction measures, including border closures, restriction of domestic movements, closure of airports and transportation hubs; (ii) 4 May 2020, The authorities began a staged relaxation of restrictions, including reestablishing freedom of private vehicular travel between cities and districts; (iii) 29 May 2020, The majority of the States have temporarily closed the borders and extended the postponement of international flights until 15 June 2020 (except cargo transportation and charter flights); (iv) 19 June 2020, Announced closure of borders until August 1 because COVID-19 cases rose during the first half of June 2020 when Azerbaijan announced to reopen; (v) 07 September 2020, Restrictions on travel to and from Baku, Sumgayit cities and Absheron district are being lifted (except for intercity and inter-district passenger transportation); (vi) 16 October 2020, Passenger transportation services of the Baku Metro are to be suspended starting from 00:00, 19 October 2020 until 06:00, 2 November 2020; (vii) 8 December 2020, The government announced stricter mobility measures starting 14 December 2020 to 18 January 2021, i.e. entry and exit into the various cities around the country [update].
Azerbaijan 12B 12B - Measures affecting business and workplace AZN 2021-01-11
Azerbaijan 12C 12C - Others AZN IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 24 July 2020); Cabinet Ministers. https://nk.gov.az/az/article/680/ (accessed 20 May 2020). US Embassy in Azerbaijan. https://az.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information-for-azerbaijan/ (accessed 15 July 2020); Cabinet of Ministers. https://nk.gov.az/en/article/1263/ (accessed 10 December 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) To contain the spread of COVID-19, the authorities have introduced a special quarantine regime (until 15 June 2020). It includes border closures, required quarantine of returning citizens, prohibition of mass gatherings; (ii) The COVID-19 Operational Headquarters has been created under the Cabinet of Ministers, and working groups within various ministries and the CBA have been tasked with developing specific measures. These restrictions are being slowly relaxed starting 4 May 2020; (iii) July 2020, Because of the increasing cases of infections, the government announced the decision to prolong a strict quarantine regime until 20 July 2020 and special quarantine regime until 1 August 2020. (iv) 8 December 2020, The special quarantine regime in the country is extended until 06:00 of 31 January 2021. During this period, all commercial facilities, public services institutions, including restaurants, cafes and tea houses are authorized to serve customers on delivery services and online sale only [update].
Bangladesh 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures BDT 2021-01-11
Bangladesh 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) BDT IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 1 May 2020). Ministry of Public Administration. https://mopa.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/mopa.gov.bd/notices/8b82fa43_9c1a_4269_bc9f_dcf378e47fdf/admin1-2020-347-r1.PDF (accsessed 29 June 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) Individuals have been requested not to leave their homes except to collect daily necessities and emergency supplies, and to wear masks when outside; and (ii) A lockdown has been imposed on 75 hotspots in Dhaka where cases have been identified, and a curfew is in operation from 6pm to 6am.
Bangladesh 12B 12B - Measures affecting business and workplace BDT Ministry of Public Administration. https://mopa.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/mopa.gov.bd/notices/8b82fa43_9c1a_4269_bc9f_dcf378e47fdf/admin1-2020-347-r1.PDF (accsessed 29 June 2020). News on Air. http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=Bangladesh-extends-closure-of-educational-institutions-till-Nov.-14&id=403295 (accessed 30 October 2020). Aljazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/13/bangladesh-extends-school-shutdown-over-second-covid-19-wave (accessed 13 November 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) 23 March 2020, The government declared a general holiday from March 26 to April 4, which has been extended until May 5: government offices, private offices, and courts will be closed, commercial banks will operate shorter hours; (ii) 29 October 2020, extends closure of educational institutions till Nov. 14; (ii) November 13, school lockdowns extended to December 19.
Bangladesh 12C 12C - Others BDT 2021-01-11
Belgium 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures EUR 2021-01-11
Belgium 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) EUR Brussels Times. https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/health/146417/belgium-could-extend-uk-travel-ban-by-weeks-border-closure-annelies-verlinden-eu-ambassadors-boris-johnson-matt-hancock-channel-eurotunnel-dover/ (accessed 4 January 2020); IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 11 November 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) The minority government-which has been granted enhanced executive powers-has implemented a range of measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, including limiting movement to essential needs, ban of non-essential travel abroad; (ii) 11 June 2020, Domestic travel restrictions have been lifted; (iii) 18 June 2020, travel restrictions within the Schengen area have also been lifted; (iii) 20 December 2020, A closure of borders to and from the United Kingdom has been implemented given the new COVID-19 strain. [update]
Belgium 12B 12B - Measures affecting business and workplace EUR IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 11 November 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) The government has announced a phased conditional on health outcomes. On this basis, manufacturing and business services sectors were reopened on 4 May 2020, to be followed by shops (11 May 2020 and 18 May 2020).
Belgium 12C 12C - Others EUR Brussels Times. https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/health/148163/belgium-starts-large-scale-coronavirus-vaccination-campaign-pfizer-biontech-official-vaccine-rollout-health-minister-frank-vandenbroucke-european-medicines-agency-ema-moderna-commission/ (accessed 7 January 2020); IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 14 December 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) The government has announced a phased conditional on health outcomes; (ii) The reopening of other sectors and overseas travel will be assessed by 8 June 2020, while sporting events remain banned until 31 July 2020; (iii) 11 June 2020, Hospitality, cultural, and non-contact sports activities (without audience) as well as religious services were allowed to resume as of 8 June 2020; (iv) 23 July 2020, Due to the recent rise in the number of new cases, the government decided to put the 5th phase of reopening on hold, imposed new preventive measures and further decentralized decision making regarding mask wearing to local authorities; (v) 20 August 2020, the government decided to ease some restrictions, while keeping social distancing rules in place until at least end-September. For instance, shopping and events are now permitted; (vi) Schools, except universities, have fully reopened in September, with in-person classes; (vii) Containment measures have been ramped up significantly since early October amidst a sharp resurgence of cases and hospitalizations culminating in a new lockdown from 2 November 2020; (viii) While non-essential shops were allowed to reopen from 1 December 2020, other restrictions and social distancing rules will remain in place until January 15, 2021 [update]; (ix) 5 January 2020, Belgium has started its large-scale coronavirus vaccination campaign [update].
Bhutan 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures BTN/INR 2021-01-11
Bhutan 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) BTN/INR IMF. https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 (accessed 24 July 2020); PMO. https://www.gov.bt/covid19/?p=1606 (accessed 20 July 2020); Government of Bhutan. https://www.gov.bt/covid19/?p=1664 (accessed 11 August 2020); Government of Bhutan. https://www.gov.bt/covid19/31-08-20-press-release-pmo/ (accessed 02 September 2020); Government of Bhutan. https://www.gov.bt/covid19/10-09-20-press-release-on-the-completion-of-the-unlocking-period-pmo/ (accessed 11 September 2020); Government of Bhutan. https://www.gov.bt/covid19/10-11-20-notification-for-putting-in-place-system-to-generate-typed-automated-covid-19-certificate-moh/ (accessed on 13 November 2020); Government of Bhutan. https://www.gov.bt/covid19/14-12-20-mandatory-health-declaration-for-all-incoming-passengers-to-bhutan/ (accessed 15 December 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) 6 March 2020, Restriction of entry of foreign tourists initially for two weeks but extended afterwards; (ii) 22 March 2020, Bhutan sealed off its land borders as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For non-Bhutanese, exits are allowed. Incoming non-Bhutanese are scrutinized and quarantined where applicable; (iii) 10 September 2020, The Government released new guidelines on the movement of individuals throughout the country; (iv) 10 November 2020, The Government of Bhutan launched a system based "fit to fly certificate" in place of handwritten certificates to all Bhutanese travelling abroad; (v) 14 December 2020, All incoming passengers to Bhutan are requested to mandatorily declare their health status through an online platform [update].
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(i) 6 March 2020, School closure in three cities; (iii) 27 March 2020, More containment measures were imposed on public gatherings, travel (within and outside Bhutan), business and entertainment, games and sports and civil service, corporate, private, and other agencies. The quarantine period has been extended to 21 April 2020; (iv) May 2020, Healthcare measures include setting up dedicated hospitals and quarantine centers; (v) 19 June 2020, Easing of restrictions, which will be done in phases, in schools, institutes, and colleges, except pre-primary levels, low risk businesses, sports, trainings and workshops, religious and social functions, parks and public spaces, and public transport; (vi) 19 June 2020, All government, corporate, and allied agencies are called to discontinue "work from home" starting 22 June 2020; (vii) 11 August 2020, Government announces nationwide lockdown. 1 September 2020, The government announced a phased easing of lockdown restrictions between 1 and 10 September 2020; (viii) 23 December 2020, A nationwide lockdown has been enforced for seven days [update]; (ix) 29 December 2020, The government announced an extension of the nationwide lockdown until further notice [update]; (x) 4 January 2021, The government has decided to roll out the measures to ease nationwide lockdown starting 6 January 2021 [update].
Bhutan 12C 12C - Others BTN/INR 2021-01-11
Brazil 12 12 - Non-Economic Measures BRL 2021-01-11
Brazil 12A 12A - Measures affecting travel and transport (local and international) BRL KPMG. https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/2020/03/flash-alert-2020-119.html (accessed 29 April 2020). 2021-01-11
(i) Several travel restrictions for individuals coming to Brazil (Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname, Uruguay, the People's Republic of China, the European Union member states, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom & Northern Ireland, Australia, Japan, and Malaysia).


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Clean Eating editors have trend predictions on what will be hot in the food scene this year with exclusive insight from the NEXT Natural Products Industry Forecast and the Sterling Rice Group.
How many can you predict? Scroll through to find out!
Beauty companies are playing off big food trends with superfoods like quinoa, avocado and coconut oil taking a starring role in beauty treatments and products galore. Find quinoa in Rahua Shampoo and Conditioner, chia seed oil in Perricone MD Chia Serum, cacao in John Masters Organics Hand and Body Butter and acai in Fresh Sugar Acai Age-Delay Body Cream.
Artichoke and almond water will compete to be the next coconut water, which has dominated the beverage aisle for the last several years. Disruptive innovators like Arty – a California-based artichoke water manufacturer – are showing promising signs of changing the hydration landscape. Once you wrap your head around the idea of drinking flower buds, you might agree it actually tastes good.
Investors are hosting pop-up restaurants and food incubators in tricked-out shipping containers complete with bars and restrooms and letting diners vote with their forks in search of the next big food chain. Chobani recently opened the call for interested entrepreneurs in their first foray into food incubation, taking place in New York City, where they will select up to 10 startups to participate in the first round.
Before you dismiss this with "ewwww," hear us out. Celeb chefs like René Redzepi have been touting insect eating, called entomophagy, for ages for their highly sustainable, rich source of protein. In fact, eating bugs is commonplace in many countries and only in the Western world is it considered gross. Now crickets are creeping into natural foods in everything from baked goods to chips. With 13 grams of protein per 100 grams, cricket flour has over half the amount chicken has. Try Brooklyn based Exo bars while you warm up to the idea.
With the legalization of marijuana establishing a toehold in the US with Colorado, Alaska, Oregon and Washington now legally lighting up, entrepreneurs are coming out of the woodwork with creative edible marijuana brands. Located in Boulder, Colorado, the SRG is at an advantage to keep an eye on the "budding edible marijuana trend." Cannabis-infused edibles such as cold-brewed coffee, hot chocolate, beef jerky and peanut brittle are just some of the products starting to pop up on store shelves in legalized states.
A recent shortage of hops due to the popularity of craft beer has pushed brew houses to get creative; many have found cheaper ways to flavor beer by infusing spices, herbs and bitters in the place of hops. Mushrooms, lavender, grapes and rosemary are just a few ingredients borrowed from the food scene finding their way into bottles.
Matcha carries a long history as a Japanese tea, but the crushed green tea beverage also packs a serious health component with off-the-chart levels of antioxidants L-theanine and beta-carotenes. Nielsen predicts we'll be seeing a lot more matcha in cold brews, premium drinks and convenience beverages. The SRG's 2015 Culinary Trends report touts it as "this year's go-to energy and wellness beverage," just with less caffeine and a lot more nutrients than green tea.
Spunkier, spicier and fattier, the new wave of Asian food flavors is more regionally inspired and no longer as generic as the endless sweet, tame and friendly Pad Thai renditions of yesterday. According to Kara Nielsen, culinary director at the Sterling Rice Group (SRG), chefs are digging deeper with unapologetically spicy Northern Thai, Japanese and Filipino fare at restaurants like Night + Market Song in Los Angeles and Brooklyn's Bar Chuko.
While whey still makes up 50% of the powdered protein market, cranberry protein is increasingly sharing more shelf space with whey and soy-based powders. A great option for those with allergies, cranberry protein is also a good source of fiber and omega fatty acids, but contains less protein per serving than its competitors. Try Nutrativa Global Cranberry Protein Powder – it contains 51% fiber and 25% protein per serving.


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Ellis Marsalis Music Center crowns Musicians' Village
By Bill Capo
NEW ORLEANS — There was a standing room only crowd, with actress Renee Zellweger in the audience, for the dedication of the new Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, the centerpiece of Habitat for Humanity's Musicians Village project in the Ninth Ward.
Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis played key roles in developing the Musicians Village, and the center, but as performers, they called this hall acoustically perfect.
"You're in the middle of the Upper 9th Ward," said Connick. "You've got the highest level of state-of-the-art technical facility here. it is like all these worlds coming together."
"You could bring a string quartet in here, and they could play without one shred of amplification, and everybody in here could hear every note in here regardless of the volume," raved Marsalis.
"You could also bring Dr. John in here with his full band, and people would love every minute of it."
The main performance hall has state-of-the-art recording equipment that is even a boost for Hollywood South.
"We have a facility like that with big screen projection capabilities, and these incredible acoustics, they can actually record the score of an entire movie here," said Jim Pate of Habitat For Humanity.
But it is also a community center, with meeting rooms, computer labs, and classrooms to train future music stars.
"We've got a couple of schools that we've partnered with in the Upper 9th Ward, with a lot of children that are interested in coming," said Center Executive Director Michele Jean-Pierre.
Opening the Ellis Marsalis Center is the culmination of the Habitat for Humanity Musicians' Village project that started in March 2006, just seven months after Katrina. At that time, this was an empty lot, now it's a community.
They built 72 homes and ten duplexes here, and Habitat work is continuing at sites throughout the city.
"We've built 430 post Katrina, 440, and we've got about, we think we're going to start, try to get along pretty steadily 30-40, maybe 40-50 a year," said Pate.
"We're a small part, you know, but we're just so beyond belief happy, man, it really is," said Connick. "We can't believe it's here."
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that path train is pretty incredible. burners man, burners.
a talented man still sorely missed by many.
that tropicana got burned pretty bad..
that piece goes so well on that path train..
i think that one on the path train is the dopest peice ive ever seen, does anyone have a flick of the black and berry pink on a path train?? i think it was posted before.