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var pool = require(__dirname + '/dbConnectionPool.js');

function EventData() {}

var CONFIRMED = 'CONFIRMED';

EventData.prototype.readAll = function() {
    return pool.query('SELECT * FROM eventdata');
};

EventData.prototype.readByTxHash = function(txHash) {
	return pool.query('SELECT * FROM eventData WHERE transactionHash = ('
		+ ' SELECT transactionHash FROM transactionData '
		+ ' WHERE txHash = $1)',
		[txHash]);
};

EventData.prototype.readByTransactionHash = function(transactionHash) {
    return pool.query('SELECT * FROM eventdata WHERE transactionHash = $1',
    	[transactionHash]);
};

EventData.prototype.readByContractId = function(contractId) {
	return pool.query('SELECT * FROM eventdata WHERE contractEventId IN ('
		+ 'SELECT id FROM contractEvent WHERE contractId = $1)',
		[contractId]);
};

EventData.prototype.readByContractEventId = function(contractEventId) {
	return pool.query('SELECT * FROM eventdata WHERE contractEventId = $1', [contractEventId]);
};

EventData.prototype.create = function(entity) {
    return pool.query('INSERT INTO eventdata '
    	+ '(contractEventId, transactionHash, event, data, blocknumber, blockhash, address, createTimestamp) '
    	+ ' SELECT $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, now() '
		+ ' WHERE NOT EXISTS ( '
		+ ' SELECT 1 FROM eventdata WHERE contractEventId = $8 AND transactionHash = $9 AND event = $10 '
		+ ' AND data = $11 AND blocknumber = $12 AND blockhash = $13 AND address = $14 '
		+ ')',
    	[entity.contractEventId, entity.transactionHash, entity.event,
    	entity.data, entity.blockNumber, entity.blockHash, entity.address,
    	entity.contractEventId, entity.transactionHash, entity.event,
    	entity.data, entity.blockNumber, entity.blockHash, entity.address]);
};

EventData.prototype.update = function() {

};

EventData.prototype.delete = function() {

};

exports = module.exports = new EventData();


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La fausse équivalence est un sophisme dans lequel une équivalence est établie entre deux sujets sur la base d'un raisonnement erroné ou faux. Ce sophisme est qualifié de sophisme d'incohérence. Dans la vie courante, une fausse équivalence est parfois appelée « mélanger les torchons et les serviettes ».

Caractéristiques
Ce sophisme est commis lorsqu'un trait commun entre deux sujets est supposé montrer une équivalence, en particulier dans le cadre des ordres de grandeur, lorsque l'équivalence n'est pas nécessairement le résultat logique. La fausse équivalence est un résultat courant lorsqu'une similitude anecdotique est signalée comme égale, mais la revendication d'équivalence ne résiste pas à un examen plus détaillé car la similitude est basée sur une simplification excessive ou l'ignorance de facteurs supplémentaires. Le schéma du sophisme est souvent le suivant :

« D » ne doit pas nécessairement exister dans les deux ensembles ; seule une similitude passagère est nécessaire pour que cette erreur soit utilisée.

De faux arguments d'équivalence sont souvent utilisés dans le journalismeet en politique, où les défauts d'un politicien peuvent être comparés aux défauts d'une nature totalement différente d'un autre.

Exemples

Les déclarations suivantes sont des exemples de fausse équivalence:

 « La marée noire de Deepwater Horizon n'est pas plus nocive que lorsque votre voisin fait couler de l'huile sur le sol lors de la vidange d'huile de sa voiture. »

 La fausse équivalence est la comparaison entre des choses différant de plusieurs ordres de grandeur : Deepwater Horizon a déversé  de pétrole; son voisin pourrait renverser peut-être .

 « Ce sont tous les deux des félidés, des mammifères de l' ordre des carnivores, donc il y a peu de différence entre avoir un chat de compagnie et un jaguar de compagnie. »

 La fausse équivalence est dans une simplification excessive des facteurs qui font d'un animal un animal de compagnie convenable.

 « Les manifestations de George Floyd étaient les mêmes que les manifestations du Capitole des États-Unis du 6 janvier. »

 La comparaison entre les troubles civils et une insurrection est une fausse équivalence, car si les deux événements partagent des caractéristiques, d'autres facteurs importants sont trop simplifiés ou ignorés. Il n'y a pas d'« équivalence » quant aux facteurs qui ont causé les événements, et les résultats sont différents.
 Selon la , .

Causes négatives
 du Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy de l'université Harvard a écrit sur la fausse équivalence utilisée par les médias lors de l'élection présidentielle américaine de 2016:

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Affirmer le conséquent
 Apophénie
 Équivoque
 Faux équilibre
 Tu quoque
 Whataboutisme

Lectures complémentaires

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The Jadro River springs 35 meters above sea level at the foot of Mosor Mountain, and flows for a distance of 4.5 km before reaching Solin Bay. Despite being so short, it fertilizes and brings life to the area, supplying Solin, Split, Kaštela, Trogir and the surrounding villages with water. The river is called Solinska rika ("the Solin river") in Solin, and due to its importance and historical events from the ancient Croatian past that are associated with it, it is often called "the Croatian Jordan".
The upper reaches of the river have been protected as a special ichthyological reserve since 1984 due to the presence and formation of the endemic trout subspecies called the soft-mouthed trout (Salmothymus obtusirostris salonitana). This nature reserve roughly spans over 78,000 m2, stretching along the flow of the Jadro River from its source to Uvodić Bridge.
People in ancient times were well aware of the significance and value of the Jadro River. The ancient Illyrians built houses by the river and drank its water which is hard to match in terms of quality. It gave them strength before embarking into battle with the Romans, and the Romans built their largest city on this side of the Adriatic Sea precisely here because of its water.
The Jadro River fed the aqueducts and fountains and also led the great Roman emperor Diocletian to build his palace nearby and drink the river's water. He played on its banks as a boy and returned as an old man to live near the river of his childhood. So much pain and labor was required to build the magnificent aqueduct to Diocletian's Palace, and it was twice as long as the river itself!
Maybe this is where the secret of the greatness and power of the Roman emperors lies. The Barbarians later destroyed the aqueduct and the river was left to flow only through its bed. When the Croats arrived, they used it as a source of spiritual strength. They were baptized in its waters just like in the Biblical Jordan River. This is why the Jadro River has remained a symbol of the acceptance of Christianity to this day.
This is also the location of the grave of Queen Jelena who used to wash her face in the crystal clear waters of the Jadro River. The river inspired her to build churches on the islet formed by its waters where Croatian kings would later be crowned and buried. This is why the small Jadro River is a great symbol of the Croatian people. The Hollow Church still tells the story of the coronation of King Zvonimir that took place here in 1075, even though the nearby Sveti Ilija stream (which flows into Jadro) nearly flooded its remains.
The centre of Solin is the perfect place to take a walk and spend time with people. Ducks and swans swimming in the beautiful Jadro River and the bridges that have been connecting the two banks since the ancient times are now landmarks of Solin. In addition to bridges, there are numerous watermills that have been grinding grain for centuries. Many of the mills are now shut down and preserved as silent witnesses of a bygone era. The only mill that is still operational is Gašpina mlinica. Built in the 18th century, it is opened to visitors and offers demonstrations of the customs of those times.


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Telco restores 75% of Visayas network; 99% in southern Luzon, expands coverage in typhoon-hit areas
17 Nov , 2013
One of the major players in the telecommunications providing wireless cellular has put back 75% to its network online.
Globe Telecom on Saturday said 75 percent of its network in Visayas have already been restored amid continuing efforts of the company to fast-track restoration.
Globe has so far restored 90 percent of its network in Cebu and Bohol, 96 percent in Negros Occidental, 97 percent in Negros Oriental, 75 percent in Northern Samar, 76 percent in Iloilo, and 60 percent in Antique.
Expansion of the telco provider's cellular services in typhoon-affected areas brings the company's total coverage to 90 percent of its network. About 99 percent of its network in Southern Luzon and 100 percent in Mindanao are now up and running.
In Leyte and Panay islands, Globe has restored a significant number of cell sites, further expanding its cellular service in the typhoon-stricken islands.
The company now has so far restored a total of 16 base stations in Leyte, providing telecommunication services for much-needed relief operations in the island. Cellular service in Leyte island now covers the municipalities of Bato, Hilongos, Inopacan, Matalom and Santa Fe and the cities of Baybay, Ormoc and Tacloban in Leyte province as well as the municipalities of Bontoc, Hinundayan, Libagon, Lilo-an, Macrohon, Malitbog, Padre Burgos, Pintuyan, San Ricardo, Saint Bernard, San Francisco, San Juan, Silago, Sogod and Tomas Oppus, all located in Southern Leyte.
In Panay, Globe has restored additional seven cell sites in the area.
In Aklan, the company's mobile coverage include the municipalities of Altavas, Banga, Kalibo, Lezo, Malinao, Numancia, Tangalan, Nabas, Malay, Boracay, while in Capiz, towns with cellular services include Ivisan, Tapaz and Roxas City.
In Iloilo, the following municipalities have mobile coverage: Alimodian, Badiangan, Barotac Nuevo, Cabatuan, Calinog, Passi City, Concepcion, Duenas, Dumangas, Guimbal, Igbaras, Janiuay, Lambunao, Leganes, Lemery, Leon, Maasin, Miagao, Mina, New Lucena, Oton, Pavia, Pototan, San Enrique, San Joaquin, San Miguel, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Tigbauan, Tubungan, Zarraga and Iloilo city.
In Antique, Globe telecom's mobile service now covers the municipalities of Anini-y, Barbaza, Belison, Bugasong, Hamtic, Patnongon, San Jose, San Remigio, Sibalom and Tobias Fornier.
Globe Telecom is also accelerating efforts to restore cellular services in Samar island, which along with Leyte, bore the brunt of the typhoon.
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Nigeria Immigration service to start deporting foreigners living in the country illegally
A new report has confirmed that the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, is set to begin the expulsion of immigrants illegally living in the country.
The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede, made this known at the Immigration training school in Kano during the passing out ceremony of the 44th Superintendent Basic Course for 396 trained officers in Kano.
In his words: "In the next three months, the Service would commence issuance of Residence Permits to Foreign Nationals resident in the country and anybody who failed to possess his own before the expiration of the stipulated time faces deportation.
"In the face of serious insecurity facing the country, the only option left for the service is the issuance of Permits for all Foreign Nationals living in the country.
"In the face of global reality coupled with the insurgency and other serious security threats, Nigeria must take all necessary steps in protecting its sovereignty for the citizens to go about their lawful businesses in peace."
He continued syaing;
"our borders are protected and Nigeria becomes safer for business and encourages the inflow of foreign direct investments without undermining national security."
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Onley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Onley family
The surname Onley was first found in Buckinghamshire at Olney, a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes. The place dates back to 979 where it was listed as Ollanege. By the time of the Domesday Book, the place name had evolved to Olnei [1] which meant "island, or dry ground in a marsh, of a man called Olla," derived from the Old English personal name + eg. [2]
On November 4th, 1643, Olney was the site of the Battle of Olney Bridge, a skirmish in the First English Civil War. The town has a long history as a lace-making centre, but is best known as the place where the Olney Hymns were written.
John Newton (1725-1807), author of the hymn Amazing Grace was curate of Olney. Some of the family were found in Weston-Underwood in early times. "The church [of Weston-Underwood] is a neat structure, built by Sir John Olney in the 14th century." [3]
Early History of the Onley family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Onley research. Another 175 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1272, 1800, 1877, 1600, 1682, 1635, 1647, 1726, 1698, 1703, 1704, 1697, 1747, 1729, 1747, 1747, 1785, 1771, 1814, 1803 and 1877 are included under the topic Early Onley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Onley Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Olney, Onley, Oneley, Ongley and others.
Early Notables of the Onley family (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Thomas Olney (ca. 1600-1682), English settler to America in 1635 aboard the ship "planter," an early minister at the First Baptist Church in America and co-founder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Sir Samuel Ongley (1647-1726), of Old Warden, Bedfordshire and Mincing Lane, London, was an English politician. Born in Maidstone, Kent, he became a London merchant. In 1698 he purchased the Old Warden Estate from Paulet St John, Earl of Bolingbroke. He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire (1703-1704.) Samuel Ongley (1697-1747), of Old Warden, Bedfordshire, was...
Another 94 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Onley Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Onley migration to the United States +
Onley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Thomas Onley, who landed in Maryland in 1633-1641 [4]
Edward Onley, who arrived in Virginia in 1648 [4]
Mary Onley, who landed in Maryland in 1669 [4]
Michael Onley, who arrived in Maryland in 1669 [4]
Contemporary Notables of the name Onley (post 1700) +
David Charles Onley CM OOnt (1950-2023), Canadian television journalist and diplomat, the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (2007-2014)
Leslie William Onley, Australian weather observer at Mawson Station in 1959, eponym of Onley Hill, Antarctica
Ken Onley (1914-1981), Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorne in 1934
Toni Onley OC (1928-2004), Manx-born, Canadian painter noted for his landscapes and abstract works
^ Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
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Abuja – The British government will support Nigerian women who want to be actively involved in politics. A cross section of
Nigerian women Photo: Bunmi Azeez. stated this in an interview with the News "'Nigeria and UK will work together on gender equality and others. "Twelve states in Nigeria have had their national plan on gender equality and this shows that UK and Nigeria can work together on it," she said. According to her the British government is keen in the area of women involving in political participation in Nigeria. She said that the British government would help in the area of implementation of national actio
n plan for gender equality. "'This could be easily done through the national plan at the state level, and a lot of efforts had been made in this regard. "'I think the conversation has started over it because that is where we could make an impact. We will also help women to be part of mediation in conflict resolution," she said She added that "when women are involved in peace negotiation there is a 35 per cent more likely to last 50 years or more "'I think everybody recognises the importance of women in negotiation," she said. She said that UK government has budgeted 250 million pounds for security and conflict resolution, Available statistics reveal that out of the 109 senators in the National Assembly, only nine are women, while only 27 out of the 360 members of the House of Representatives are women.Besides, out of the 990 members of the state Houses of Assembly, only 54 are women. Women activists, said the picture markedly depicts a lopsided membership of the legislatures in favour of men and observers say that the story is similar at the local level, where only a few women function as chairpersons or councillors in local government councils. They said no woman has ever become the country's president or vice president. They, however, noted that the first female governor in Nigeria, Dame Virgy Etiaba, only functioned as Anambra State's governor for six months, following the impeachment of her boss, Gov. Peter Obi.
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From Schnell-Lieferdienst to market leader in active temperature-controlled pharmaceutical logistics: trans-o-flex celebrates its 50th anniversary
28. Oktober 2021 9. November 2021 Logistikalbeck, carbon, ebitda, eurodis, express, flex, logistics, market, networks, new, returnable, shipments, trans, vehicles, with
trans-o-flex's Expressdienst, which specialises in logistics solutions for pharmaceuticals and other high-value, sensitive goods, will be exactly 50 years old on Saturday, 30 October 2021. The company is celebrating its golden jubilee together with all employees at all of its sites nationwide. On Tuesday, 2 November, there will first be an online event from the headquarters in Weinheim, which will be broadcast to all the sites. Afterwards, each site will continue to celebrate offline. "We are proud of our 50-year history, during which we have established ourselves as the market leader for temperature-controlled pharmaceutical logistics in Germany," says Wolfgang P. Albeck, CEO of trans-o-flex, on the occasion of the anniversary. "This is primarily thanks to our employees. Their dedication and know-how, their ideas and their customer-oriented service have brought trans-o-flex to where we are today. With our unique logistics network and decades of experience in shipping temperature and time-sensitive goods, we believe we are very well positioned to further expand our market share. Individual customer service and excellent quality will continue to be the focus at trans-o-flex in future."
From Schnell-Lieferdienst to successful international specialist logistics provider
trans-o-flex has its origins in pharmaceutical wholesale. Founded on 30 October 1971, trans-o-flex operated as the umbrella brand of a group of interested parties that wanted to make fast and reliable direct delivery to pharmacies a reality. To this end, five forwarding companies from Germany joined forces and so founded the first nationwide "Schnell-Lieferdienst" (express delivery service) for pharmaceuticals in Germany. To ensure greater flexibility than standard transport networks, the company relied from the outset on an integrated transport network that could transport goods both in packages and on pallets safely and reliably.
From 1988 onwards, trans-o-flex offered warehousing, order picking and individual value-added services in addition to just transport. These services were directly linked to the transport network from the very beginning so that customers could benefit from particularly late ordering times, maximum transparency and convenience.
The company placed great emphasis on sustainability early on. By way of example, trans-o-flex launched the first returnable shipping container on the market in 1990. Under the EURODIS brand, the company also established an independent Europe‑wide distribution network with foreign subsidiaries and European partners in 1993. By combining national and international consignments, the utilisation of the vehicles could be increased and the carbon footprint reduced. Over the years, the company has grown continuously and expanded its service portfolio. In 2006, for example, trans-o-flex actively introduced temperature-controlled shipments between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius throughout Germany, and later also between 15 and 25 degrees Celsius. After the company recorded sales of more than 500 million euros for the first time in 2007, Österreichische Post AG took over full ownership of trans-o-flex as of 2008.
Today's majority shareholders Schoeller Group and Amberger Group joined trans-o-flex again in 2016, after the two logistics experts had already been shareholders in the company for around two years back in the 1990s. In Wolfgang P. Albeck they found an experienced logistics manager who is consistently developing the company in the direction of a premium express service provider for the healthcare, cosmetics, consumer electronics and other sensitive goods sectors. Since Albeck took over the management, trans-o-flex has been operating sustainably in the black and most recently achieved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 31 million euros for the first half of 2021.
Due to its specialisation and quality approach, the company sees itself in an excellent position to grow strongly both nationally and internationally in the future. "Not least the coronavirus pandemic has once again underlined how vital it is to have reliable temperature-controlled transport of medicines," says Albeck. In November 2020, trans-o-flex was appointed partner of the civil emergency supply services for road traffic in the Federal Republic of Germany due to the efficiency of its transport and logistics networks and its significant position in the German pharmaceuticals supply chain.
The company expects that megatrends will further promote the growth of trans-o-flex. These include demographic change, digitalisation in the healthcare market, the development of special medicines for new therapies and regulatory requirements in Europe that will permanently lead to higher quality requirements in temperature-controlled logistics.
Über trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA
trans-o-flex's core areas of expertise are logistics solutions for the healthcare, cosmetics and consumer electronics industries and other high-end, sensitive goods. The company has built up transport networks to carry goods throughout Germany and Austria at 15 to 25 degrees Celsius or 2 to 8 degrees Celsius actively temperature-controlled and documented in accordance with EU regulations for healthcare transports. These EU-GDPs require the highest standards for safety and security, cleanliness, reliability and transparency, from which all trans-o-flex customers benefit. trans-o-flex operates internationally via the networks EUROTEMP (temperature-controlled logistics) and EURODIS (in 36 European countries). In contrast to parcel and groupage services, trans-o-flex delivers parcels and pallets on a consolidated basis. trans-o-flex Express offers numerous express and time-slot deliveries, special services such as hazardous goods transportation (without minimum quantity regulation), consignment consolidation and direct deliveries. The range of services is complemented by warehousing, order picking and individual value-added services such as serialisation and deserialisation of pharmaceuticals. This means that the company covers the entire logistics chain from procurement through to fulfilment. The annual turnover of the trans-o-flex companies, which employ a total of around 1,954 people (FTEs, end of 2020), amounted to around 515 million euros in 2020. More information is available at https://www.trans-o-flex.com/
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In Azure Search, an index is stored in the cloud and populated using JSON documents that you upload to the service. All the documents that you upload comprise the corpus of your search data. Documents contain fields, some of which are tokenized into search terms as they are uploaded. The /docs URL segment in the Azure Search API represents the collection of documents in an index. All operations performed on the collection such as uploading, merging, deleting, or querying documents take place in the context of a single index, so the URLs for these operations will always start with /indexes/[index name]/docs for a given index name.
Your application code must either generate JSON documents to upload to Azure Search or you can use an indexer to load documents if the data source is either Azure SQL Database or Azure Cosmos DB. Typically, indexes are populated from a single dataset that you provide.
Before you can upload documents, you must have already created the index on the service. See Create Index (Azure Search Service REST API) or Create an Azure Search index in the portal for instructions.
For a code sample, see Get Started with Azure Search using REST. If you want to practice on an existing index and data (for example, if the code you want to write is on document operations rather than indexing), you can step through a portal-based walkthrough that gets you both data and an index quickly: Get started with Azure Search in the Portal.
In the majority of application development scenarios, search data is separate and external to your application data layer. If your application uses an on-premises database for tracking inventory status, the documents persisted in Azure Search will contain similar or identical data values in terms of product name, price, and availability, but they will be stored in the cloud, in an Azure Search index optimized for search operations.
You should plan on having one document for each item that you want to search. A movie rental application might have one document per movie, a storefront application might have one document per SKU, an online courseware application might have one document per course, a research firm might have one document for each academic paper in their repository, and so on.
Documents consist of one or more fields. Fields can contain text that is tokenized into search terms, as well as non-tokenized or non-text values that can be used in filters or scoring profiles. The names, data types, and search features supported for each field are determined by the index schema. One of the fields in each index schema must be designated as an ID, and each document must have a value for the ID field that uniquely identifies that document in the index. All other document fields are optional and will default to a null value if left unspecified. Note that null values do not take up space in the inverted index.
Once you have created an index, you can start adding, updating or removing documents that match the configured schema into the index. This step populates the index that you previously defined on the service.
You can use either Lucene query syntax or a simple syntax to formulate full-text search queries in your application code. You can also use an OData syntax in a $filter to get scoped search.
Suggestions are type-ahead, autocomplete queries that are displayed as the user enters a search term. For example, while typing "mountain bikes", a list of potential queries that include "mountain bikes" drop-down below the search box. Suggestions are a document operation because potential queries are built from the fields in your documents.
You can retrieve a document by its ID, which can be useful when you know exactly which document should be returned in the search results list.


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The history of cultivating citrus
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CABI hands over Phytosanitary Risk Management Programme (PRMP) to provincial stakeholders in Pakistan
By Umair Safdar, Communication Development Executive, CABI Central and West Asia (CABI CWA), Rawalpindi CABI in Pakistan implemented a USAID/USDA funded project 'Phytosanitary Risk Management Programme in Pakistan (PRMP)' from 2014 to 2019. CABI's scientific team upgraded the infrastructure at the relevant provincial agricultural departments and strengthened the capacity of Pakistan's current agricultural system so…
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Duncan Sones, from the CABI GALA communications team, reflects on the first two years of the soybean campaign in Northern Ghana. In the last two years, there have been 346 village-based film screenings of films made by CABI to show farmers how to grow soybean. Take into account the use of Facebook for a music-based…
Finding the farmers of the future: Encouraging youth engagement in agriculture
Special International Youth Day report by Rebecca Quarterman The number of young people involved in agricultural work in East Africa is significantly dwindling in an age of celebrity, quick income and the 'side hustle'. Quite simply, the future of farming rests in the hands of the youth of today and tomorrow – otherwise agriculture's vital…
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Grasshoppers v Orange Juice: insects have nearly as much antioxidant benefit as popular breakfast drink
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It is time for a Full Auto Glock 17 Meltdown! Watch as Eric finds out what it takes to make this full auto Glock 17 fail. The 9mm ammunition used includes Wolf and Piney Mountain Tracer ammo.
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! If the amplifier is set to analog input, there is no signal on the Digital Out.
I don't really want to add another ADC to the chain, and the PWR-ICE doesn't have daisy-chain XLRs. Thoughts?
Unfortunately it's not possible on the PWR-iCE. The digital out is only a copy of the Digital in (rebuffered). There isn't any way to ADC in - > DSP - > Digital out to another amp I'm afraid.


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The United States is embroiled in the Trump catastrophe and the United Kingdom in the Brexit fiasco. Disasters come in many forms but those two share something in common: Intentional political polarization. The uncertainty brought about by accelerating free trade, industrial automation and global warming is undermining the foundations of western democracies. Mega-money is buying dishonest politicians and the corrupt politicians become lapdogs of the super-wealthy.There are several ways of redirecting the anger of distraught, disenfranchised members of society. A popular method is known as scapegoating. Enraged citizens are encouraged to focus their wrath on tangible targets, such as defenceless members of an easily identifiable minority. The current American leader constantly maligns border-jumpers and members of the media. Brexiters point their fingers at economic migrants and European Union bureaucrats. Manipulative politicians will continue wrapping their self-serving promises in seductive packaging as long as enough stressed-out voters choose to believe there are simple solutions for complex problems.
Canadians have been watching with great interest the unfolding SNC-Lavalin scandal and the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau. Central to the theme is the suspicion that the prime minister or his staff at the PMO tried to influence or obstruct justice by either direct or indirect inferences being made to the former AG of Canada, urging the dropping of criminal charges in favour of a remediation. Prime Minister Trudeau can spin all the tales that he wants, but at the end of the day, Canadians are not buying into his arrogant refusal (hiding behind some nonsense 'cabinet privilege' or 'solicitor/client privilege') to allow the former AG to tell her 'truth to power.' The longer he delays, the more convinced Canadians will become there indeed is something to hide. With this ongoing charade of upholding the rule of law and the judiciary to democratic standards, the refusal to give legitimate answers, to legitimate questions, is an insult to all Canadians. Trudeau said that "sunlight is the world's best disinfectant." Newsflash, for whatever he thinks he's peddling, he should try some bleach, it works on clothing too.
OK, autism parents, tell me how much money do you want? Give me the big, all-inclusive global figure. Now, tell me where that money will come from. What is your list of surgeries and treatments which will have to be cancelled to provide lifelong care for your forever child? Fewer cancer treatments? Cut back cardiovascular care? Reduced depression counselling? Come on now, what are you going to cut out of the limited pool of health-care funding to service your special needs? Provide that itemized list so we can all see what will be cut to make you happy. Oh, you want to raise taxes even more, do you? Forget it. That was what the last provincial election was all about.


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Die Bibi-Heybat-Moschee (Bibiheybət məscidi) ist eine Moschee am Stadtrand von  Baku, die ursprünglich im 13. Jahrhundert, in der Zeit des Schirwahshahs, nach Entwürfen des Architekten Mahmud ibn Saad errichtet wurde. Im Jahre 1936 wurde sie als erste religiöse Stätte in Baku während der Kampagne des militanten Atheismus unter Josef Stalin von Bolschewiki zerstört – wenig später folgte die monumentale Alexander-Newski-Kathedrale (Baku). Die nach der Schwester des achten schiitischen Imams ʿAlī ibn Mūsā ar-Ridā benannte Moschee wurde in den 1990er Jahren nach Entwürfen des Architekten Fachraddin Miralay wieder aufgebaut und durch Heydär Äliyev, den damaligen Präsidenten Aserbaidschans, am 11. Juli 1997 feierlich ihrer Bestimmung übergeben. Sie zählt somit zu den "wieder geborenen" Gotteshäusern in den postsowjetischen Ländern.

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Mom-to-be Kareena Kapoor Khan shares a sneak peek of her baby bump in her latest Instagram post
The actor has been keeping her fans in the loop throughout her second pregnancy, thanks to Instagram
Just like she did while expecting son Taimur Ali Khan, second time mom-to-be Kareena Kapoor Khan is showing no signs of slowing down, even during her second trimester. The actor, who announced her pregnancy back in August 2020, has been keeping her fans updated on this journey via Instagram, sharing sneak peeks, bump photos, and lots of selfies along the way. Her most recent one? A snap of herself wearing a pink sports bra and matching workout pants while attending a shoot. "Two of us on the sets of @pumaindia 🤭", she wrote under the sun-kissed selfie.
In this particular selfie, the expecting mom was also seen making a case for less-is-more makeup, complementing her rosy pink workout set with matching pink lipstick, a touch of blush across the cheekbones, and a lot of highlighter on the high points of the face help to add definition and depth to the skin. The result: a picture-perfect snapshot that's already earned thousands of likes and comments.
Even while expecting, Kapoor Khan has kept her fitness routine challenging. While she may have slowed things down a little for her second trimester, the first three months of her pregnancy were chock-full of sprints and endurance-building runs on the treadmill, yoga, strength-training workouts and core exercises, according to her nutritionist, Rujuta Diwekar. Staying active and switching between low and high intensity workouts gives Kapoor Khan's body the chance to rest and regenerate, and prevents her from getting bored too.
Time and again, Kareena Kapoor Khan has made it clear that sitting still is not for her, preferring to sweat it out or get on the mat whenever she can. "She walks into sessions all pumped up. The best thing about working out with her is that she gives it her all. Sometimes, I catch her looking at me with a 'Why are you doing this to me' face, but I know, and she knows, that she loves doing this. She is always game for trying new things and has the most fun with new exercises," revealed her pilates trainer Namrata Purohit.
Another aspect of Kapoor Khan's latest Instagram posts that you can't miss is her discernable lit-from-within glow. You can chalk this up to her pregnancy, her glow-boosting diet, and her DIY skincare indulgences, but it's also thanks to the actor's self-confidence. "A woman can look beautiful and sexy even through her pregnancy. It's the state of mind, it's the way you look at life, the way you look at yourself. You don't have to have the 'perfect 10' body to look sexy or beautiful. I guess, I looked the best when I was pregnant," she had shared back in 2018.
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A More Perfect Military
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Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society. Without a draft, imperfect as it was, the military is no longer as representative of civilian society. Fewer people accept the obligation for military service, and a larger number lack the knowledge to be engaged participants in civilian control of the military. The end of the draft, however, is not the most important reason we have a significant civil-military gap today. A More Perfect Military explains how the Supreme Court used the cultural division of the Vietnam era to change the nature of our civil-military relations. The Supreme Court describes itself as a strong supporter of the military and its distinctive culture, but in the all-volunteer era, its decisions have consistently undermined the military's traditional relationship to law and the Constitution. Most people would never suspect there was anything wrong, but our civil-military relations are now as constitutionally fragile as they have ever been. A More Perfect Military is a bracingly candid assessment of the military's constitutional health. It crosses ideological and political boundaries and is challenging-even unsettling-to both liberal and conservative views. It is written for those who believe the military may be slipping away from our common national experience. This book is the blueprint for a new national conversation about military service.


Do you eat enough raw fruits and vegetables to help your body function properly?
Most of us do not. If you fail to eat enough of these foods, or the foods are devoid of the vital enzymes, the body is forced to produce all the enzymes necessary for complete digestion.
Enzymes are the "workers" that make your body function. Digestive enzymes break down the foods you eat to deliver nutrients throughout the body. These digestive enzymes can be found in raw fruits and vegetables.
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Fatigue, diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating, headaches, colon problems, high cholesterol, heartburn (also known as acid reflux disease and GERD), and blood sugar irregularities are just a few of the conditions that stem from a shortage of digestive enzymes.
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Realtors, mortgage brokers, attorneys… if you were in this business before 2010, you know what I'm talking about. Just in the past few years, there have been massive changes in how conventionally financed real estate transactions happen. Guess what? There are probably a lot more to come.
Yup, you heard me right. We love TRID, disclosures, CD's, tolerance buckets and that 10 lenders use 9 different systems for creating and approving your CD. Why? Because now you need us more than ever!
With conventional financing involved, it's almost impossible to painlessly manage and close a transaction with a title company from the good ole days. You need one that has a mastery of the technology that's being used now, understands what's coming in the future, and constantly invests in improving and teaching you.
There are 6X the variables and moving parts compared to just 5 years ago, and the average loan processor closes 63% less loans! That means that today it's costing you a lot more money to do the same business than it was just a few years ago.
Do you know a title company that brings you donuts and football tickets and has made mistakes in quoting title charges or related taxes or hasn't counseled you about TRID or moves too slowly to respond to a lender on RealEC – or doesn't keep you up to date with what's coming next?
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Lach-Szyrma, W S
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(1841-1915) UK Anglican clergyman and author, son of the Polish philosopher and soldier Krystyn Lach Szyrma (1790-1866), who had come to the UK in 1832; Lach-Szyrma (he hyphenated his surname) began writing his series of interplanetary fictions (see Planetary Romance), featuring the travels around the solar system of the winged Venusian Aleriel, in untraced magazine pieces published around 1865; in more clearly fictional form, this material was incorporated into A Voice from Another World (1874 chap; exp vt Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds: A Tale as by the Rev. W S Lach-Szyrma 1883) as by WSL-S, during the course of which Aleriel – who has been passing as a hunchback to disguises his wings – describes Venus as a Utopia of the unfallen; in the second part of the tale (contained only in the 1883 expansion), Aleriel returns to Venus, and sends back missives describing life on further planets. His further travels are chronicled in the Letters from the Planets subseries, nine stories beginning with "A Ruined City in the Moon" (January 1887 Cassell's Family Magazine) and closing with "Corresponding With the Planets" (June 1893 Cassell's Family Magazine), all published as by Anonymous, their main focus being records of life on Mars and Jupiter; they were reprinted in Worlds Apart: A Tale (anth 1972) edited by George Locke. Under Other Conditions (circa 1891 Western Magazine and Portfolio; 1892), which continues the series, tells of another Venusian's adventures on Earth, from which he departs in a Spaceship. These rather preachy stories concentrate on sightseeing and ethics, but fair-mindedly stress that other planetary conditions may lead to other customs. Lach-Szyrma could be considered a minor forerunner to C S Lewis. [PN/JC]
see also: Moon.
Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma
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Aleriel, or A Voyage to Other Worlds: A Tale (London: Wyman and Sons, 1883) as by the Rev. W S Lach-Szyrma [rev vt of the above: hb/]
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Passive Income: This 1 Stock Could Give You $50.50/Day
One of the select few dividend stocks on the TSX that pays monthly dividends can provide an income investor with generous daily passive income.
Christopher Liew, CFA
Christopher became a CFA Charterholder in 2016.He has worked at some of the largest companies in Canada, working as an Energy Trader at Enmax, a Financial Advisor at RBC, and was a Wholesaler for CI Investments and Sentry Investments.He is a staff writer at Motley Fool with hundreds of articles contributed.
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Earning passive income is important for people who want to enjoy retirement to the fullest. Canadians won't retire penniless because of the Old Age Security (OAS). The pension should be higher if you have contributed to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), too.
While the OAS and CPP payouts are for life, more often than not, the combined monthly benefits can only cover the basic necessities. Retirement experts suggest it would be best if future retirees have savings to invest in income-producing assets, especially dividend stocks.
For example, the TSX boasts of a few companies that pay monthly dividends, not the regular quarterly ones. Whether you're a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) or Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) user, you have the advantage of growing your balances faster due to the frequency of dividends. You can reinvest them 12 times a year instead of four. Likewise, you can incorporate the payouts into your monthly budget.
Top-notch monthly income stock
Pembina Pipeline (TSX:PPL)(NYSE:PBA) is the TSX's top-notch monthly income stock. The energy stock pays a fantastic 6.74% dividend, which should be attractive to long-term, passive investors. Current retirees who have accumulated or own $269,700 worth of shares earn $1,514.82 every month, and the amount is equivalent to $50.50 per day.
Also, assuming you purchase the same number of shares today and keep reinvesting the dividends, your capital will double in 10.68 years. If the yield remains constant and you hold it for 15 years, your money will compound further to $717,445.51. At $37.67 per share, Pembina investors enjoy a 32.9% year-to-date gain. Because of rising commodity prices, energy is the hottest sector on the TSX in 2021.
The Q3 2021 (quarter ended September 30, 2021) earnings results reflect the strong pricing across Pembina's value chain. The $20.58 billion company reported a 43.6% revenue growth (infrastructure and product sales) versus Q3 2020. Its net earnings rose 82% year over year to $588 million.
Management likewise reported generating $913 million in cash flow from operating activities during the quarter, a resounding 110% increase from a year ago. Pembina lost to Brookfield Infrastructure in the bidding war for Inter Pipeline, but it received $350 million as a termination fee. It boosted adjusted EBITDA and net earnings.
Steady tailwind
Pembina was more than pleased with the solid third-quarter showing, particularly the robust crude, condensate, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGL) prices. Management believes the commodity price environment supports Pembina's 2021 and 2022 outlooks and its long-term business prospects.
The company sees a bright future, given the deferred backlog and potential new growth projects worth more than $5 billion. Pembina Pipeline should be an exciting prospect if sustainable investing becomes the trend in 2022. The company is prepared to continue and advance its ESG strategy. The target is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% compared to Pembina's 2019 baseline.
Growing dividends
Prospective investors can start small and accumulate Pembina shares if finances allow. Remember, the energy stock is a Dividend Aristocrat owing to 21 years of consecutive dividend increases. You can expect rock-steady and growing payouts going forward. Thus, earning $50.50 per day isn't impossible at all.
Fool contributor Christopher Liew has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Brookfield Infra Partners LP Units and PEMBINA PIPELINE CORPORATION.
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US cargo volume to increase 3% this month
by Jacqueline Renfrow |
Cargo volume in major retail ports in the United States are expected to increase 3.3 percent this month, compared to the same time last year.
The increase is part of retailers' preparation for the holiday season, according to a monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
"The holidays are almost here, and retailers are ready," said Jonathan Gold, NRF VP for supply chain and customs policy. "Merchants have been stocking up since summer, and there should be plenty on the shelves as consumers begin their holiday shopping."
The announcement comes just 24 hours after the NRF predicted that holiday sales in 2015 would grow 3.7 percent over 2014. The cargo volume serves as a barometer for the season, but does not directly correlate to sales since each container is equal regardless of the value of its content.
September had about 1.62 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), up 2.1 percent from the same month in 2014. And October's forecast is around 1.61 million TEU, up 3.3 percent from 2014. For the final two months of the year, the NRF is predicting TEU to reach 1.49 million in November, up 7.2 percent from last year, and 1.42 million TEU in December, down 0.9 percent.
In total, TEU would reach 18.3 million in 2015, up 5.7 percent from 2014.
January 2016 is already predicted to have 1.44 million TEU, up a huge jump of 16.5 percent from the beginning of 2015, which was negatively impacted by West Coast dockworker contract disputes. Inventory-to-sales ratio still remains high because of the influx of cargo that came through after the dispute ended.
"We would have thought that by now the aftermath of the disruption at the West Coast ports had worked its way through, which would help to reduce inventory," said Ben Hackett, founder of Hackett Associates. "This is not the case."
Over the summer, the NRF lowered its annual sales forecast to a 3.5 percent rise, down from its original February predication that sales would grow 4.1 percent, due in some part to the strike among dockworkers.
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Justin Moore, The Band Perry and Brantley Gilbert will headline the Brickfest Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday (July 26-27) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's all part of the festivities surrounding the NASCAR Nationwide Series Lilly Diabetes 250 and the Sprint Cup Series Crown Royal Presents, the John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard.
NASCAR and country music sure fit nicely together. At my house, it's like peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese or Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty. You get the picture.
Moore agrees. In a recent interview, he pointed out that country fans and race fans are a lot of the "same folks." He based his theory on two very important factors.
Moore said he's thrilled to return to the speedway to be a part of the "Your Hero's Name Here" program which allows fans to nominate a local hero to have a NASCAR race named after them. This year, Moore revealed the hero would be Green Beret John Wayne Walding.
On Sunday morning, Gilbert will hit the stage to get the party started, and he's pretty pumped about it, as well.


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Potential of Ethanol as a Motor Vehicle Fuel
EMD-80-73: Published: Jun 3, 1980. Publicly Released: Jun 18, 1980.
A request was made that GAO review selected aspects associated with developing ethyl alcohol (ethanol) as a national fuel source, and evaluate the efforts undertaken in this area by the Department of Energy and other Federal agencies.
The GAO review of ethanol's potential for widespread use as a motor vehicle fuel showed that ethanol cannot meet all of the Nation's motor vehicle fuel needs. Limited raw materials such as grains, sugar crops, and agricultural processing wastes preclude the production of sufficient ethanol to totally replace the 110 billion gallons of gasoline used annually. However, it appears entirely feasible that the Nation's vehicle fleet could be operating on a blend of 10 percent ethanol, 90 percent unleaded gasoline (gasohol) by the year 2000. Further, the review showed that the impact on the fuel consumer, as represented by the price of the service station pump, could be slight. Although the plant price of ethanol is currently as high as $1.80 a gallon, there are indications that a considerable amount of profit-taking is occurring at these prices due to an excess of demand over supply. As new, more efficient distilleries are put into use and if sufficient quantities of relatively inexpensive feedstocks such as corn, milo, and possibly cellulose are available, the price of ethanol could decline to the point where its use in a 10-percent blend will have a negligible economic impact on the fuel consumer. Moreover, a national gasohol program could cut U.S. oil imports by 260 million barrels a year at a savings of over $8 billion, based on current prices of imported oil. Thus, ethanol represents an important partial solution in the Nation's overall strategy for solving its liquid fuel supply problems.
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Italian's Welcome Opportunity To Parade
Published: Tue 7 Mar 2000 01:26 PM
MEDIACOM-RELEASE-ITALIAN-EMBASSY
The Embassy of Italy welcomes the invitation of the Rt.Hon Helen
Clark, rime Minister of New Zealand, to Italian Team Prada to
participate in the celebrations to be held at Parliament on
Wednesday 8 March, as well of that of His Worship Mark Blumsky,
Mayor of Wellington, to take part in the city Parade: these two
events affirm once again the friendship and hospitality shown by the
New Zealand Government and the people of New Zealand towards
Italian participation in the Louis Vuitton Cup and the America's
In this framework, the Ambassador of Italy will hold a Garden
Reception in the Residence of the Italian Embassy in
Thorndon, Wellington, from 2 to 4p.m. on the same day to
reciprocate the courtesies of the Rt.Hon Helen Clark, and of His
Worship Mayor Mark Blumsky, in honour of Team New Zealand and
Italian Team Prada, also attended by representatives of the Italian
community in New Zealand.
The Embassy of Italy takes this opportunity to express its warm
congratulations to the winning team of the America's Cup and will be
delighted to have the attendance of Team New Zealand members on
this occasion.
Wellington, March 6th 2000.
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ITALIAN EMBASSY


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Home » Blog » Are Christians in the West Really Being Persecuted?
The Christian religion is certainly the most persecuted worldwide. But some people feel that, despite growing hostility to Christian values, it is going too far to speak about persecution in the West. Others speak of an evangelical persecution complex. We tend to associate it with physical violence but persecution actually extends to thought control. If it is impossible to be in a particular job with certain biblical convictions (even unexpressed) then those beliefs are certainly being persecuted. When we turn to Scripture, it is in fact clear that all Christians should expect persecution to some degree.
Christ says, "If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you" (John 15:20). The context of this verse shows that such persecution arises from contempt for the teaching of faithful and godly ministers. A media culture that attacks and ridicules every area of Christian values is one that is constantly both excluding and targeting the Christian conscience. The secular inquisition seems relentless.
Scripture also says "all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12). As David Dickson comments, "it is the common lot, not only of pastors, but of all Christians, to suffer afflictions and persecutions for the gospel's sake". If they are living godly in Christ Jesus, Christians in the west are experiencing some form of persecution and should expect it. Persecution of various kinds has been the normative experience of the Church down through the ages. Perhaps we need to dwell on these considerations a great deal more than we do. If persecution increases in the future, will we have a theology of suffering for Christ (as it were) that will sustain us? In the following video clip we have an example of when believers suddenly needed to put their theology of suffering for Christ into practice.
Robert MacWard (1633–1687) knew what it was to suffer for Christ. In 1661, in the midst of preaching he solemnly protested against the way in which Charles II's government were forcibly overturning the Second Reformation. He was arrested and imprisoned in the Tolbooth on a charge of treason. He was sentenced to be banished and spent the remainder of his life ministering in Holland. He wrote and published books to strengthen those suffering in Scotland, including Samuel Rutherford's letters. One of these was called The Poor Man's Cup of Cold Water ministered to the Saints and Sufferers for Christ in Scotland, who are amid the Scorching Flames of the Fiery Trial; it was printed in 1676. MacWard was speaking to people who were suffering in the extreme. MacWard speaks of their "huntings, harassings, and hidings". Those who attended the conventicles faced heavy fines, exile, slavery and even imprisonment. Ultimately summary execution was used against them with abandon. MacWard earnestly encouraged them that God could be very near to them they were forced to "lie as among the pots, and are black with the smoke of that fiery furnace, heated seven times beyond what you or your fathers have found, or could have feared". The following updated extract speaks about suffering for Christ being something that the faithful Christian cannot avoid. A Christian was forced to choose "he must either go with the drove of those who depart from the living God" or stand out in adhering to God and departing from "these workers of iniquity…[and] opposing their Christ-opposing courses" despite their fury.
The true reason why there is so little of real Christianity to be found among Christians, is that we do not consider that Christianity is the soul shaped by the blessed mould of non-conformity to the world and conformity to Christ. Bearing His blessed name does not only mean association with Him, it also obliges us to be conformed to Him. Without this we will not have benefit from Him and can never make it apparent that we share the anointing that bearing this blessed name implies. Few who profess Christianity strive to know the excellency of this condition – its special comforts and duties – and how closely these are connected.
You are not of the world. Since there is so great a change made in your condition and in your conduct in contrast with the world do not think these fiery trials strange. You must go through such until you get through the world. He who does not look on suffering as his daily work, has not received Christ Jesus aright. Whosoever would be the disciple of Christ must take up his cross daily and follow Him. This cross must be what Christ chooses and is pleased to lay on us. The cross is the necessary concomitant of a Christian. Sharp conflict must take place before the conqueror's crown is obtained. We must expect to meet with such fiery trials as will consume our darling idols into ashes for some means must be used to removed our right eye and right hand that have made us offend. We must and may expect to meet with the saddest trouble and the most intolerable sharp trials from an unexpected source and direction. The people and things which should give the people of God most comfort often prove the source of the calamities they endure and the means by which they are afflicted.
We still think there is a way (because we desire it and often make a way where God has not) to evade these hard sayings, shun these heavy things and yet come to heaven. We imagine it is possible to pass through the world with the world's good will and be religious too. But this is to be wise above what is written. The devil must first cease to lie, murder and way-lay those that are going to heaven. The enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, must first be abolished, or changed into perfect amity (which shall never be). All this would need to happen before the day could dawn that the traveller to heaven did not need to reckon on meeting with trouble in the way.
The wicked have such complete hatred for God that they hate His image in His children. They do not like but rather hate even the (so-called) godliness of a hypocrite. They do so, not because of the evil that lies below the surface, but because of the good that appears outwardly. There is a light in the Christian's life who walks as a child of light, which exposes the blemishes of the profane world around him. This light also has a heat which scorches and troubles their conscience. This is why they cannot endure them but take every opportunity to deal with them as if they are come to torment them before the time by their shining and burning. This ought to fortify us in being resolved to prepare for the worse the world can do. This must be so, for all who will live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12).
It is madness to think otherwise, since our time is a time of defection and shameful apostasy and this has always been found to be a time of hot persecution. The practice of apostates has always been to hate as hell those that stand fast in owning the cause of God which they have relinquished. They treat them like the worst of men. A man who resolves to keep his conscience void of offence towards God must take his life in his hands. He must be ready to part with it when his lot is to live in a time and place where those who have made shipwreck of faith and a good conscience are in power.
Apostasy is the special sin of devils. Satan is the great apostate who hates all that set their faces heaven-ward and are servants of God. They seek God and that blessedness from which he for his apostasy is everlastingly banished. Anyone whom Satan draws away from the ways of the Lord into the guilt of apostasy are by him driven into the same sin of hatred. They persecute those who hold on their way, adhere to the precious truths they have forsaken and are followers of God as dear children. This should alarm everyone into watchfulness against the very first and smallest degrees of defection from the good old ways of God.
It is dangerous for someone (though mainly sound) to slip from one degree of their zeal and integrity (even merely omitting to stand up for defence of the gospel when assaulted by enemies). They can quickly slide, before they are aware, into censuring and despising fellow believers who will not do the same. Such frequently become more active and industrious to draw others away than to strengthen the things that remain and are ready to die in a time of decline.
The enemies of God have not yet finished and therefore you are best to prepare for new assaults and make provision against the evil day. Blessed are those, who in this dismal day, will not be offended in Christ, but will endure to the end. Expect the worst that violence and enmity armed with power and enflamed with revenge can make you suffer. If we have such foresight and preparation we will not be amazed or taken off guard when we meet with what we were expecting.
Hold out and hold on in firm resolution, even though it comes to resisting unto blood after you are robbed and spoiled of your goods. There is nothing in all these fires and waters, dangers and deaths you have to pass through which can make a soul that knows in whom they have believed go back from his master and walk no more with him. When Christ asked whether the disciples would also leave Him they answered with fervent resolve. They could not for He had the words of eternal life (John 6:68). No matter who else would leave, they were forever tied to continue with Him. Eternal life which is in Christ, is to be had by abiding with Him. We must forsake all in following Christ, and be willing to be forsaken of all.


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Who doesn't like caramel apples?
So I still had apples hanging around the house, but there was no way I was going to just eat an apple. Seriously, I've been in a slump of not making anything too exciting, so I took an evening of being lazy around the house and decided to do something about my sweet tooth. So what did I come up with? A craving for Rice Krispy Treats that lead to a great dessert. If you like caramel apples, you'll like this.
Basically, it's the same as a Rice Krispy Treat, but you'll have to also buy some additional ingredients.
Peel and dice up the apple. Saute in a pan with 1 of the tablespoons of margarine and the cinnamon. Cook down until the apple is softened.
The house started smelling like apple pie at this point.
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While that is resting, in a clean pan, add the caramels and cook on low with the water until it melts and is smooth. Then drizzle over the treats, let rest, cut up, and enjoy!