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Automotive Grade Linux Powers New Solutions for Commercial and Consumer Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Vans develops new onboard operating system using AGL; Toyota continues to roll-out AGL-based infotainment system to new vehicle models
TOKYO – Automotive Linux Summit, June 20, 2018 – Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), a collaborative cross-industry effort developing an open platform for the connected car, today announced that Mercedes-Benz Vans is using AGL as a foundation for a new onboard operating system for its commercial vehicles.
"We are very excited to see members like Daimler using the AGL platform in new ways, such as developing new commercial solutions to solve challenges like last-mile logistics," said Dan Cauchy, Executive Director of Automotive Grade Linux at The Linux Foundation. "It's proof that we have built a robust platform that can enable new products and solutions to quickly be developed and brought to market."
AGL is an open source project hosted by The Linux Foundation that is changing the way automotive manufacturers build software. More than 125 members are working together to develop a common platform that can serve as the de facto industry standard. Sharing a single software platform across the industry reduces fragmentation and accelerates time-to-market by encouraging the growth of a global ecosystem of developers that can build a product once and have it work for multiple automakers.
Mercedes-Benz Vans Transforms the Future of Commercial Vehicles
With its future-oriented "adVANce" initiative, Mercedes-Benz Vans is evolving from a manufacturer of globally successful vans into a provider of holistic transport solutions. The adVANce initiative focuses on several fields of innovation: connectivity and IoT applications, innovative hardware solutions, new on-demand mobility and rental concepts and fleet management solutions for the transport of goods and passengers.
In order to bring these new commercial solutions to life, Mercedes-Benz Vans is developing a next-generation onboard operating system using Automotive Grade Linux (AGL). The open source AGL platform provides Mercedes-Benz Vans with the flexibility to rapidly create tailored solutions for customers, including adding and connecting any kind of IoT components to the vehicle, such as sensors, automation controls and actuators. The new AGL-based operating system will debut on various Mercedes-Benz Vans prototype projects later this year.
"It has become clear that fast innovation cycles and flexible software architecture are key for the successful development of business applications, which is why we are using AGL as a foundation for our new onboard operating system," said Thomas Wurdig, Head of Onboard-System Architecture and IoT, Mercedes-Benz Vans. "Using a standardized, open operating system like AGL enables us to rapidly develop new commercial vehicle use cases such as robotic delivery, data analytics and prediction and automation technologies."
AGL Continues to Roll out to New Toyota Vehicles across Japan and the United States
The first AGL-based infotainment system on the road was announced last year on the 2018 Toyota Camry in the United States. The system is now in vehicles globally including the 2018 Prius PHV in Japan and many of the updated vehicle models following the Camry in the United States.
"Adopting open source software and being actively involved in projects like AGL represents a significant part of our technology strategy," said Keiji Yamamoto, Executive Vice President, Connected Company of Toyota Motor Corporation. "The flexibility of the AGL platform has allowed us to quickly roll-out our new infotainment system to multiple vehicle models across the world."
About Automotive Grade Linux (AGL)
Automotive Grade Linux is a collaborative open source project that is bringing together automakers, suppliers and technology companies to accelerate the development and adoption of a fully open software stack for the connected car. With Linux at its core, AGL is developing an open platform from the ground up that can serve as the de facto industry standard to enable rapid development of new features and technologies. Although initially focused on In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI), AGL is the only organization addressing all software in the vehicle, including instrument cluster, heads up display, telematics, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving. The AGL platform is available to all, and anyone can participate in its development. Learn more: https://www.automotivelinux.org/
Automotive Grade Linux is hosted at The Linux Foundation. Linux Foundation projects are independently funded software projects that harness the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation across industries and ecosystems.
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world's top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.
About the AGL Community
Participating in Automotive Grade Linux
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our trademark usage page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Emily Olin
eolin@linuxfoundation.org
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Join us in Edinburgh! Submit a proposal to speak by July 1 for Open Source Summit & ELC + OpenIoT Summit Europe.
Submit a proposal to speak at Open Source Summit Europe & ELC + OpenIoT Summit Europe, taking place October 22-24, 2018, in Edinburgh, UK, and share your knowledge and expertise with 2,000+ open source technologists and community leaders. Proposals are being accepted through 11:59pm PDT, Sunday, July 1.
This year's tracks and content will cover the following areas at Open Source Summit Europe:
Cloud Native Apps/Serverless/Microservices Infrastructure & Automation (Cloud/Cloud Native/DevOps) Linux Systems Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics Emerging Technologies & Wildcard (Networking, Edge, IoT, Hardware, Blockchain) Community, Compliance, Governance, Culture, Open Source Program Management (Open Collaboration Conference track) Diversity & Inclusion (Diversity Empowerment Summit) Innovation at Apache/Apache Projects TODO / Open Source Program Management
View the full list of suggested topics for Open Source Summit Europe.
Suggested Embedded Linux Conference (ELC) Topics:
Audio, Video, Streaming Media and Graphics Security System Size, Boot Speed Real-Time Linux – Performance, Tuning and Mainlining SDKs for Embedded Products Flash Memory Devices and Filesystems Build Systems, Embedded Distributions and Development Tools Linux in Devices such as Mobile Phones, DVRs, TVs, Cameras, etc Use of Linux in Automotive Drones and Robots Linux in the Internet of Things Practical Experiences and War Stories Standards Public Infrastructure Industrial Automation
This year's tracks and content will cover the following areas at ELC:
Suggested OpenIoT Summit Topics:
Real-Time OS (Zephyr, RIOT, MyNewt, FreeRTOS, NuttX, mbed and Others) Outside World Meets IoT (Sensor Interaction, Low Footprint, Connected Sensors, EMF/RFI Impact) Bootloaders, Firmware & Updates Containers Distributed Edge Application Technologies On-device Analytics Blockchain for Constrained Devices Device Management Power Management Configuration Management Developing for Security Safety Considerations Certifications – Lessons Learned Taking Devices to Product
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The Open Source Guides for the Enterprise are now available in Chinese.
The popular Open Source Guides for the Enterprise, developed by The Linux Foundation in collaboration with the TODO Group, are now available in Chinese. This set of guides provides industry-proven best practices to help organizations successfully leverage open source.
"Making these resources available to Chinese audiences in their native language will encourage even greater adoption of and participation with open source projects," said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of Cloud Native Computing Foundation and co-founder of the TODO Group. The guides span various stages of the open source project lifecycle, from initial planning and formation to winding down a project.
The 10 guides now available in Mandarin include topics such as:
Creating an Open Source Program by Chris Aniszczyk, Cloud Native Computing Foundation; Jeff McAffer, Microsoft; Will Norris, Google; and Andrew Spyker, Netflix Using Open Source Code by Ibrahim Haddad, Samsung Research America Participating in Open Source Communities by Stormy Peters, Red Hat; and Nithya Ruff, Comcast Recruiting Open Source Developers by Guy Martin, Autodesk; Jeff Osier-Mixon, Intel Corporation; Nithya Ruff; and Gil Yehuda, Oath Measuring Your Open Source Program's Success by Christine Abernathy, Facebook; Chris Aniszczyk; Joe Beda, Heptio; Sarah Novotny, Google; and Gil Yehuda
The translated guides were launched at the LinuxCon + ContainerCon + CloudOpen China conference in Beijing, where The Linux Foundation also welcomed Chinese Internet giant Tencent as a Platinum Member.
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From Page to Stage showcase for musical theatre in development
2 Comments / Opportunities / By A.C. Smith
Following the success of last year's From Page To Stage season of new Musical Theatre at the Landor Theatre, Aria Entertainment is inviting applications for a third 2015 season dedicated to showcasing new British musical work in development.
From Page To Stage is dedicated to showcasing new musical work in development to an audience, to garner feedback and create new opportunities for the artistes involved.
The 2015 season at The Tristan Bates Theatre will include:
A new British musical – to headline the season and run for two weeks in a fully staged production
Showcases – parts of new musicals in development, presented with minimal staging
Rehearsed readings – 3 full musicals in development, read from scripts.
Gala Night- a night showcasing some of the best individual songs of musicals from around the world.
Showcases are specifically aimed at writers with pieces in early development whereas the rehearsed readings are for pieces more fully developed with a completed score and book.
Applications for all spaces within the festival are open from now until Monday 1 June.
Last year the season included readings of new musicals, Merman's Apprentice, Claus and The Return Of The Soldier, which went on to have a critically acclaimed run at Jermyn Street Theatre. There were also fully produced productions of Before The Night Is Through and The Mistress Cycle. It was supported by Grant For The Arts.
Producer Katy Lipson of Aria Entertainment said: "I am absolutely thrilled to confirm that the From Page To Stage season of new Musical Theatre will be back for a third year – and this time in the heart of the West End! Attendance at last year's event was up from 2013 and we received over 150 new pieces of Musical Theatre to choose from. We are delighted to once again be supporting writers of new Musical Theatre at different stages of their works' journey, whilst also cultivating new audiences, by allowing them to be part of these new works from the beginning.'
Eligibility/What to submit: To apply for the 2015 season you must have:
a script which can be emailed
a fully notated piano/vocal score for either your full show, or the parts you wish to submit
sample MP3's (which do not need to be of high quality)
Scripts must not have had a full scale production to date
Scripts must be written and submitted in English
Must not be juke box musicals
Please note: they cannot accommodate casts bigger than 8 due to funding restrictions.
How to apply: To apply please email: submissions@frompage2stage.com with the subject: FROM PAGE TO STAGE 2015.
Please be sure to include the following information:
Please indicate which bracket of the season you feel your show falls under: A new British musical, a rehearsed reading, a showcase
where you reside
a synopsis of your musical
a character list and breakdown
3 MP3's from your show
3 sample scenes from your show
Visit: www.aria-entertainment.com for more information @frompage2stage @AriaEnts
Deadline: 1 June 2015
Source: Page 2 Stage press release
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Thanks for your interest, B – you can sign up here: https://londonplaywrightsblog.com/?page_id=3238

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The Kibra 380 is a stand-alone DDR3 protocol analyzer that provides comprehensive DDR3 bus and JEDEC timing analysis.
Kibra 380 Analyzer The Kibra 380 is a stand-alone DDR3 protocol analyzer that provides fast and easy debug of JEDEC bus and timing issues for DDR3.
The Teledyne LeCroy Kibra 380 is a stand-alone DDR3 protocol analyzer that provides comprehensive DDR3 bus and JEDEC timing analysis. Small and portable, the Kibra 380 is controlled over USB using any Windows-based PC and offers state and timing waveform displays to allow fast debugging of DDR3 systems and memory controllers.
Using non-intrusive slot interposer probes, the system provides loss-less capture of address, command and control signals (ADD/CMD/CNTRL). By focusing on state-based capture and excluding the data signals, the Kibra 380 allows quick analysis of DDR3 transactions. With its high impedance probing and specialized trigger logic, this self-contained solution can monitor a fully loaded memory bus and identify over 65 JEDEC bus event and timing violations in real time.
Text-based decoding of commands including all physical address attributes (RA, CA, BA, CS) allow users to see and verify JEDEC ordering violations.
The Kibra 380 is the first standalone DDR3 bus analyzer that provides all the essential triggering of a JEDEC pre-processor while simultaneously capturing timing waveforms, decoded state listings, performance, and utilization statistics. Designed specifically to overcome the cost and complexity of monolithic test approaches that rely on logic analyzer platforms, this self-contained solution offers easy connections to system under test.
The Teledyne LeCroy system also features unique, real-time trigger-out to a scope for Read / Write operations (WE). Using this dedicated, low latency SMA trigger out signal, the scope can use the DQ/DQS relationships to distinguish Read / Write operations on the bus.
In addition to timing analysis, the Kibra 380 generates performance metrics that are displayed for read, write, mode register and power down operations. Bus metrics are tracked per bank and per rank to provide insights into overall memory utilization.
Start using the Teledyne LeCroy Kibra 380 immediately without time consuming calibration. Simply enter the memory controller parameters and start recording. The software will automatically load JEDEC timing values for the DIMM type specified. Selectively enable, disable, or customize any of the JEDEC trigger values on-the-fly. Markers are placed at each error event within the Timing view to make it easy to see and verify DDR3 timing.
Small and portable, the Kibra 380 is controlled using any Windows-based PC. It includes the necessary interposer probes capable of monitoring two slots of quad rank DDR3 DIMMs and SO-DIMMs operating to 1600 MT/s. With its unprecedented ease of use, the Kibra 380 solution can replace costly logic analyzer-based debug tools and provide better test coverage at lower overall cost.


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Thank you for my beautiful pendant. I couldn't wait to receive it and when it arrived yesterday I was so happy.
I am wearing it today, I absolutely love it. Please let me know when your new stock arrives (classic millefiori pendants). I would love to shop with you again.


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Jennifer Houser, A 17 Year-Old Student, Markets 3 Websites In An Effort To Help Victims Of Katrina And Cancer.
San Jose, ca -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/26/2006 -- Jennifer Houser, a 17 year-old student, launches 3 pixel advertising websites in an effort to help victims of Katrina and cancer. Webmasters, website owners, and merchants can advertise on all 3 websites, for at least 5 years, for a one-time charge of only $0.35/per pixel. Two websites can be also chosen for a one-time charge of just $0.42½ / per pixel. Jenni plans on donating $200,000.00 to victims of Katrina and to the American Cancer Society.
When asked about how she came up with the idea of 3 websites, Jenni replied, "My mom is actually the brains behind both the marketing, the web site creation, and the idea of the three web sites. Without her, none of this would be possible."
Jenni's webmaster, her mom, added, "We've implemented a discount plan so that if a customer chooses to advertise on 2 sites a 15% discount is applied. If a customer chooses all 3 sites, then a 30% discount is applied in which case they only pay $0.35 per site. What's important about our discount structure is that these discounts are applied to same number of blocks purchased across all sites, so a customer's best ROI is to purchase on all 3 sites. What this does is allow a customer to submit different logos and even different sized logos, providing increased marketability and reduced investment. Also important is the fact that by allowing our customers to submit different sizes and change their logo(s) at any time, a customer can track critical marketing statistics based on their type of logo, size, and image and how that impacts their traffic and purchases of their products and/or services. Customers are not locked in to the same location or and are not locked in to using the same logo for each homepage. We believe this will give our customers added exposure and traffic for those businesses that have department-specific logos. Other services that we provide including creating a logo for a one-time nominal cost of $10.00. This helps those customers who want to advertise with us but don't have a logo yet or are unhappy with their current logo. And, the logo we create is not in the public domain, ownership and copyright of the logo will belongs to our customers. Additionally, we also provide a free website template with any purchase. This helps those customers who want to advertise with us but perhaps want to change the look of their site. All these benefits put together really do provide our customers with additional advertising flexibility."
Jenni has incorporated her story, a blog, and an FAQ as part of her websites.
For more information, please visit her Web sites: www.TheRoadtoaHome.com, www.TheRoadtoHelp.com, and www.TheRoadtoSchool.com.


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WikiLeaks: Osama Bin Laden Body Was Actually Flown to US, Not Buried at Sea
David Martinez September 18, 2012
Last Updated on June 2, 2020 by
Osama Bin Laden was apparently buried in the waters of the north Arabian Sea, but internal emails from intelligence service Stratfor, obtained by hacker group Anonymous and posted by WikiLeaks suggest otherwise.
According to official accounts, he was wrapped in a sheet and "eased" off the decks of the USS Carl Vinson just hours after he was killed on May 2 in a United States led operation, in accordance with Muslim tradition.
But a leaked email from Stratfor vice president for intelligence Fred Burton, sent on 2 May 2011, at 5:26 am states: "Reportedly, we took the body with us. Thank goodness." http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/1094322_-alpha-obl-.html
A subsequent email on the same day at 5:51 am states: "Body bound for Dover, DE on CIA plane. Than onward to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Bethesda."
US forces said Bin Laden was killed in a siege at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on 2 May 2011, just after 1 am local time.
At 6:26 am Burton wrote: "If body dumped at sea, which I doubt, the touch is very Adolph Eichman like. http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/1097638_re-obl-s-corpse-.html The Tribe did the same thing with the Nazi's ashes. We would want to photograph, DNA, fingerprint, etc."
"His body is a crime scene and I don't see the FBI nor DOJ letting that happen."
The reference to Eichmann regards the cremation of the Nazi's body following his capture, trial and execution, in order to prevent any memorial or shrine being built.
Stratfor CEO George Friedman appears to agree, noting: "Eichmann was seen alive for many months on trial before being sentenced to death and executed. No comparison with suddenly burying him at sea without any chance to view him which I doubt happened."
By 1:36 pm Burton writes again: "Body is Dover bound, should be here by now." http://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/1097638_re-obl-s-corpse-.html
The conversation takes a puzzling turn at 3:11 pm, with Burton stating: "Down and dirty done, He already sleeps with the fish"¦"
A note adds: "It seems to me that by dropping the corpse in the ocean, the body will come back to haunt us"¦ gotta be violating some sort of obscure heathen religious rule that will inflame Islam?"
"The US Government needs to make body pics available like the MX's do, with OBL's pants pulled down, to shout down the lunatics."
The exchange casts a mystery over just what happened to the body of the Al Qaeda leader.
In an official statement, John O. Brennan, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, said earlier this year, "The disposal of "" the burial of Bin Laden's remains was done in strict conformance with Islamic precepts and practices"¦ it was prepared in accordance with the Islamic requirements."
According to Islamic tradition, a body must be buried in a timely fashion, washed, shrouded in white cloth and a ritual prayer must be performed. After these rites are fulfilled, the body is buried in the ground.
It seems that was obviously not the case.
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A leading doctor has warned that Britain will be 'swamped' by tuberculosis unless new measures to diagnose the disease in immigrants are introduced.
The disease, which was rife in Britain until the 1950s, is an increasing and worrying problem in urban areas. Rising immigration has seen a surge in cases in the last 20 years.
Under current rules, new immigrants from countries where TB is common are required to have chest X-rays before being allowed into Britain.
But doctors argue this century-old method only spots active TB once it is already destroying the lungs – meaning cases are often diagnosed far too late.
Other countries such as the U.S. use a blood test, which can detect the latent TB in those not displaying any symptoms. Cases have fallen since this technique was introduced in 2007.
At the British Thoracic Society conference this week, Peter Davies of the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, said urgent changes were needed to halt the decades-long rise in TB cases.
TB is caused by a bacterium that spreads through saliva. The disease used to be known as consumption because the bacterium ate holes in the lungs. From 50,000 cases a year in Britain in the 1950s, the rate fell to 5,000 in the 1980s.
TB is a bacterial infection which is spread by inhaling drops of saliva when an infected person coughs, speaks or sneezes.
completed. Left untreated it can prove fatal.
Last year there were just over 9,000 cases of TB – a five per cent increase on the year before, according to figures from the Health Protection Agency.
The main risk area is still London with 3,588 cases reported in 2011, accounting for 40 per cent of the UK total. And nearly three quarters of those suffering the disease were those not born in the UK.
Professor Davies and his peers recommend that people from the Indian subcontinent and sub-Saharan Africa, where rates are highest, should be given the blood test when registering with a GP. Those found to have latent TB can easily eliminate it with a course of antibiotics.
He added that with TB claiming up to 500 deaths a year, the numbers were as many as HIV. The homeless and drug addicts should also be screened because new infections have become more common among these groups, he continued.
Mike Mandlebaum, chief executive of the charity TB Alert, said: 'The truth is that TB never really went away in the UK and has been steadily rising here, from around 5,000 cases a year at the end of the Eighties to 8,500 in 2007/8.
Onn Min Kon, a consultant at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, said that rates of the disease are continuing to rise and that the UK has the highest rates in Europe.
Echoing the sentiments of Mr Mandlebaum, he said even low risk people are susceptible if the disease is out of control, it being possible to become infected by being in the same room as someone with TB.
He added that people should not become careless about the risks because they didn't fit the traditional demographic of someone who gets the disease.
His research has found that a fifth of immigrants to Britain from high-risk areas had latent TB – but the current guidelines for screening men around 75 per cent of these cases will be missed, so the real figure may be substantially higher.


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Bohemian game confirmed
The football club can now confirm that Phil Parkinson's men will face Airtricity Premier Division side Bohemian FC as part of their week-long trip to Ireland next month.
The match at Bohemian's Dalymount Park will take place on Saturday 20th July 2013 at 1:00pm.
The game will be one of two matches Parkinson's squad will take part in during their time in the country. The club hope to be in a position to confirm details of City's second Ireland match - expected to be on Tuesday 16 July - in the next day or so.
Bohs, who are based in Dublin, are the oldest Irish club in continuous existence and have won the League of Ireland an impressive eleven times.
They have also featured in a number of UEFA Cup/Europa League and UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds in the past, including ten separate European campaigns since the new Millennium.
Bohemians' most recent match in Europe came last summer when they exited the Europa League at the first qualifying round stage at the hands of Icelandic side Por Akureyri.
City will release admission details for their friendly fixture at Bohemian in due course.


Bangalore's most loved flea market is back and is all set to celebrate the festival of lights with their Diwali edition on the 23rd of October at ITPB cricket grounds Whitefield.
The flea market opens at 10 am with over 200 stalls that is going to make this the shopping destination in town.
Its time to let you creative talent take over and bring out the best in you.
Setting the trend for the festive season that follows, Soul Sante is set to make their market a platform that is strong and showcasing the best of Indian art, craft and design.
The evening will be filled with performances from Barking Mad, a series of stand-up comedy evenings that benefit The Voice of Stray Dogs along with Bangalore-based old school rock and roll band Out of Office.
Nicholson, a live electronica project based out of Mumbai will also be performing live at Diwali sante followed by Whitesugar who are set to take the stage on fire! Bangalore's Fashion guru Prasad Bidapa along with his gorgeous models are to take the ramp showcasing new and innovative designers.
Come, be a part of Sunday Soul Sante as we celebrate the festival of lights, Sante style.


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Q: Typescript: How to use bowser typings? I'm updating an AngularJS project to Typescript using Webpack.
Because we are using bowser in our codebase I installed and referenced the related typings.
But still after done this the compiler keeps complaining that the bowser name is unknown.
Does someone know how to effectively use the bowser typings? It worked out of the box for the other libraries.

A: In a separate *.d.ts file (I have one for miscellaneous shims since so many typings are terrible), you need to add this line:
declare var bowser: BowserModule.IBowser;

For some reason the typing currently doesn't include the actual instantiated object.

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Lama Sing: In the knowledge of the potential, the Children of God realized that there is that thing called power which is the root or seed or underlying causal force which enables creation. Throughout the activities which were to transpire thereafter upon this discovery, the quest became one of a search for power. And associated, of course, with power are the varying thought-forms or mental images, desires and such that are many-fold in nature and descriptive terminology; however, we shall call those the desire to compete, the desire to dominate, and the willingness of submission.
Now, of all of these points, perhaps, that would be floating about in your minds after hearing same, the most pivotal is undoubtedly the willingness to submit or the will of submission. Many entities associate theosophical belief and practice with submission.
Indeed, entire cultures and cults and sects and theosophical doctrines are built upon an ideal of submissiveness, passiveness, inactivity.
Jumping to the other side of the fence or perspective for a moment, those forces which seek to dominate realize this. They also realize that their capacity to utilize this quality of loving compassionate submissiveness, or the pacifistic approach which is typified much in the Eastern doctrines and such, enables them to command their realm, their thought-form, their locale, and so forth.


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Wars, Religions and Scientific Clarity Publication date: 2009-07-30
The Causes of Today's Wars and the Human Predicament
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There is nothing but war in our world and ALL of it is a result of one religious group being angered and affronted by another religious group who don't see eye to eye with each other. We would all be far better off without these archaic beliefs. They have no place in 21st century society. Technology is the future, not some mythical "deity". Why can't everyone see that?
Religion was just something that people dreamed up hundreds of years ago when they had no other way of explaining our existence on earth and needed to know what came after life. Then science came along and made it clear.
I am sorry if reality does not fit in, but it will prevail despite everything.
A human being
Below follow our answers to the points raised in tabular form:
No. Site Visitor's Points Our Replies Comments
There is nothing but war in our world and ALL of it is a result of one religious group being angered and affronted by another religious group who don't see eye to eye with each other.
The various "wars" around the world have different causes, and very few of them, if any at all, are because "of one religious group being angered and affronted by another religious group who don't see eye to eye with each other", as you see it.
For example: the so called "Middle East Conflict" which some try to present as a "religious" conflict, because it seen as a conflict between "Jews" and "Arabs", and many people confuse "Arabs" and "Muslims", is in fact a conflict about some areas of land from which some million Arabs had been driven out by the Jews at the time of the creation of the State of Israel.
The Iraq war was started by the Americans for their own political reasons, not religious ones. The same was in the case of the Afghan war.
And even those conflicts which are between groups of people identified by a "religion", like the one in Northern Ireland are in fact about political power by those groups rather than about differences in "religious" doctrines.
Here is an example of a sweeping generalization, which has no basis in real life, but is the result of seeing reality through a distorting prism of preconceived ideas and interpreting this reality in ways which are psychologically convenient.
The person has made no effort to enlighten himself on the causes of the current wars, but explains them in ways convenient to him.
All political ideologies are based on this type of "convenient" subjective reasoning. The political ideologues paint a picture of the world in which the followers of the ideology ("us") are presented as "the good guys", and another group of people ("them") are presented as "the bad guys". So, if "we" kill "them" (or at least subdue "them" to "our" will) then "the world will be a better place". And this is how wars are justified by those who start them.
It is true that there had been wars between religious groups, and that religious slogans have been used to justify wars, but in such cases religions were used as ideologies, and the causes of the wars were not differences in religious theories, but desire of one group to conquer and dominate another group and to impose on it its own "values", not because they are better or right, but because they happen to be theirs.
Religion was just something that people dreamed up hundreds of years ago when they had no other way of explaining our existence on earth and needed to know what came after life.
Historically "religion" was just attempts of people to understand the world in which they lived and to find ways of how to live in it successfully. The early religions were in fact the sum total of all the accumulated human knowledge within a human group passed from generation to generation (that is "science"). But as this knowledge was limited, ignorance was often supplemented with imagination.
Originally there was no distinction between "science" and "religion". The leading British Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) started their life as religious schools, founded by monks. What you call "science" was the branching off of the activities of acquisition, preservation, and transmission of human knowledge into separate areas (sciences), like medicine, physics, etc., while "religion" was left to deal with social morality and (in case of European Christianity) "theology".
This view of religion as a collection of ancient stories that people "dreamed up", is common among many people today.
And, yes, in all religions there can be found stories that are products of human imagination rather than precise statements of known facts. But "dreaming up stories" is not exclusive to religion, it can be found in every sphere of human life.
Nor is religion nothing but a collection of stories, be they imaginary or accurate records of facts and events. The essence of religion is the rules and laws of human behaviour based on understanding of Human Nature. It is these rules and laws that distinguish religion from the various "modern social sciences" which contain some "dreamed up stories" based on, or aimed to justify, the "ideologies" of the various political groups.
Then science came along and made it clear.
If this statement means that "science" made clear "our existence on earth", then it did not. We still do not know how and why the world came into existence. The hypotheses like "The Big Bang", are just as speculative, unproven, and unprovable, as any other theories of the creation of the world, and are in fact "science fiction", rather than "science" (in the sense of "accumulated human knowledge").
And even if it had been proved that there was a Big Bang, the question "What had caused this Bang?", and "Why did it happen?" would still remain unanswered. And the only answer to these questions would be that Something ("The Creator of the Universe"?) had caused this "bang", from which the Universe, as it is known to Man today, came into existence.
See: Is The Universe Football-Shaped? and God - They Still Argue About It
There is now a debate among the "western" educators as to whether the children at school should be taught "Darwinism" or "Creationism" (Intelligent Design)? But this is a wrong way of putting the question. The question to be put is: "Which creationism should be taught at school: Darwinism, Intelligent Design, or both of them at the same time?"
And are these theories of the Creation of the World mutually exclusive? Or is the ability of the "creatures" to adapt and evolve, as described by Darwin, just a proof of the intelligence of the Creator?
The way the site visitor sees "science" is also noteworthy. Science is "accumulated human knowledge with the means of discovery, preservations and dissemination of this knowledge". It is not a person who can "come and make it clear". But the site visitor personifies "science" turning it into an object of idolatry.
We would all be far better off without these archaic beliefs.
Religion in general, rather than a particular instance of it, does not need to have "archaic beliefs", any more than chemistry needs "alchemy", which once was a branch of chemistry.
Religion, as science of correct human behaviour and government, does not need archaic beliefs for its existence - it can be just as "scientific" as any other branch of human knowledge. For example early Biblical Judaism and Islam have practically no "theology" (that is speculations about what the Creator of the Universe consists of, how it looks, and where it can be found), but deal with subjects like hygiene, laws of contract, marriage, and human social interactions based on the generalised objective view of Human Nature, as it was known at the time.
And the current wars and the general state of the world show that replacement of such objective generalized laws by laws enacted by politicians to suit their political agendas, and in response to various political pressures, leads to global anarchy, not to some "scientific utopia".
So, while it is true that "We would all be far better off without these archaic beliefs", today's "moral vacuum" is not the answer, and Mankind does need religion (as science of correct human behaviour and government, but without the archaic beliefs).
Human society cannot function correctly without objective and impartial laws. Political ideologies (like the various Socialisms, or "Britishness") cannot provide the needed guidance for Mankind, because they cannot be impartial and objective.
See: Resolving Conflict Between Religion and Politics
This is a big subject for other related articles see: http://www.truth-and-justice.info/issues.html
The site visitor does not say what "these archaic beliefs" are. So, we make an assumption that he refers to beliefs which are contrary to the modern state of Human Knowledge like the belief that God (the Creator of the Universe) is a Man in the Sky (as depicted on some walls and ceilings of ancient churches).
But Accumulated Human Knowledge is never complete and always contains some gaps which people tend to fill with imagination and then to believe these figments of their imagination and accept them as if they were "knowledge" (that is "science"). But, as the Accumulated Human Knowledge is increased and becomes more precise, some of the "scientific" beliefs are found to be wrong and become "archaic" or "obsolete". And, yes, it is wrong to continue to hold on to such beliefs. And this is just as true of "material" sciences like physics or geography, as it is true of "the science of the correct human behaviour and government" (that is "religion"). If to look at the development of religious knowledge through the human history and in the various parts of the world, we shall see that this knowledge had evolved and expanded, that some beliefs had become obsolete and were replaced with beliefs more correctly describing the reality of the world in which Man finds himself.
Thus, paganism and witchcraft gave way to the belief in the Creator of the Universe, a concept logically derived from the facts of (1) the existence of the Universe and (2) of its logical order.
But such development of knowledge is not smooth, uninterrupted and equally distributed to all human beings. But some people "discover" what was previously not known, or develop better understanding of what was previous misunderstood.
But, because religion is closely associated with government and politics, the religious knowledge is often misused or corrupted and distorted for political purposes. Examples of such abuses of religion are attempts to "nationalize" religious knowledge by claiming that it belongs to a particular group (themselves), or proclaiming some religious groups as "evil". Wars are often justified using such political "religious nationalism".
The word "archaic" also implies "old". But "old" does not mean "wrong". Some beliefs that people have held for thousands of years (the "ancient wisdom") are just as true today as they have ever been. Nor is "new" or "modern" is always right or beneficial to Man. And what some believe today to be "modern" (like "same-sex partnerships") is older than the Old Testament.
They have no place in 21st century society.
This is an example of idolization of the "21st Century" which is often used by politicians in their arguments, suggesting that their "values" or "ideologies" should be accepted, because they are "21st Century".
There is nothing "magical" about the "Year 2000", that would give grounds to believe that, once the Gregorian Calendar count reaches the date of 2000-01-01, the "Society" changes and becomes different from what it was on 1999-12-31.
Yes, things do change, but these changes are not determined by a Human Calendar.
Nor is every "change" for the better, some "changes" are for the worse. And, if anybody advocates a change, it is up to him to show that the change is necessary and is an improvement compared to the previous state. And the argument needs to be on its own merits, not by invoking "21st Century".
But people have been indulging in false arguments, idle speculations and superstitious beliefs throughout all the history of Mankind.
Technology is the future, not some mythical "deity".
This short sentence contains the basic false assumptions which underlie the ideology of "modern secularism".
The site visitor sees "technology" as an alternative to "some mythical deity". But beliefs in "mythical deities" is idolatry and so is the site visitor's belief in "technology". And the very essence of the religion of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad is rejection of beliefs in mythical deities, that is rejection of idolatry.
Technology is but tools which enable Man to achieve certain objectives, it does not, in itself, tell Man whether these objectives are beneficial or harmful to Man. And without the ability to distinguish between what is morally right and what is morally wrong technology can be used for "evil" purposes and lead Man to his own destruction.
Why can't everyone see that?
Having made sweeping assumptions based on nothing but his own preconceived ideas, the site visitor wonders, why there are people in this world who do not agree with what he believes to be "obviously" true.
We have stated above the reasons why we do not accept his beliefs.
But we shall also consider a more general issue, "Why do people not see what is obviously true?"
Because to understand any issue one needs some natural abilities, knowledge of the subject, and ability to make objective impartial judgements, and not all people have the required natural abilities, not all people are prepared to do the necessary work to familiarize themselves with the subject, and many people's judgement is perverted by their prejudices, sympathies, antipathies, and desire to reach conclusions which will make them feel better about themselves, or will yield to them some benefit or advantage. Thus, instead of investigating an issue impartially and objectively and using logical reasoning, many people take sides, and then use false arguments to "win" their case regardless of whether they are right or wrong. And this is why so many issues are "controversial", and controversies lead to wars and "conflicts".
Individuals who could rise above the myths and prejudices of their time and had the ability to be objective and impartial were so few and so different from the the rest of mankind, that people ascribed to them supernatural powers and worshipped them in the same way as they worshiped idols in the past. Instead of benefiting by the knowledge of those prophetic personalities to see what is true and what is false, they perverted it to make use of it in their false "political" arguments to achieve their "political" objectives.
On its own this statement is vague and to understand its meaning one has to refer to the previous statements: (1) and (6) above.
What the site visitor calls "reality" is his belief that today's wars are the result of religious rivalries. This view of his "does not fit in" with the real "reality" which the site visitor did not make enough effort to investigate and understand.
The word "it" in "it will prevail" is not the "reality" of presumed "religious wars", but "technology" which the site visitor sees as the alternative to "religion" (as he understands this word).
But his views of "technology" and "religion" are not different from the the "evil gods" and "good gods" of the pagans. He has made no effort to investigate and understand the real reality behind either "religion" or "technology", but assigns to them superstitious beliefs, based on his own imagination. And like all idolaters he believes that his beliefs are "The Truth" which will ultimately "prevail". And this is why he condescendingly "apologizes" (says "sorry") to those who do not share his beliefs, but, according to him, hold on to their "archaic beliefs".
There did exist a belief that "The Truth" is some "substance" that can be "discovered" in "distant lands". And we were asked by a Christian church official, "Whose Truth?", to which we answered by publishing "Definitions of Truth and Falsehood" to clarify that issue.
But to see "religion" as the "root of evil", because some ideas held by some religious officials or scientists (scholars) were wrong is like saying that geography (as a science) is wrong, because some 12th century maps are wrong, compared to today's maps.
And, yes, technology can be a help and a stimulus for advances in every field of human knowledge, be it geography or religion, but without the knowledge of right and wrong it can be a tool for harm, destruction and decay.
Yes, the site visitor is indeed a Human Being. But what is a Human Being?
When a human being is born its behaviour and understanding of the world around it is not substantially different from those of any mammal, that is an animal depending on its mother's milk in the early stages of its life. All it can do is to make sounds which will prompt its mother to offer her breast to its mouth when it needs to be fed - not different from a dog's puppy.
Then begins the period of growth and development to attain physical and "spiritual" maturity of the mammal. The mammal learns to live in the world around it developing physical skills, mental abilities and a view of the world in which it lives. And the difference between a human and the rest of the mammals is the potential degree of control over the world into which it is born.
And this ability to change the world around him puts on Man the burden of responsibility for his actions: he can use his abilities to improve the world, or to make it worse, or even to destroy it and himself together with it. Knowledge of the material world gives Man the ability to change it, but whether this ability is used for his harm or benefit is determined by his view of the World and of Man's place in it, and this is the subject of Religion.
So, the causes of wars are not Religion, but Politics and Ideologies, the roots of which are the inability to grow out of primitive childish Selfishness, Arrogance, Ignorance and Dishonesty.
The Prophets of the Bible and the Qur'an called on the People to grow out of their primitive childish Selfishness, Arrogance, Ignorance and Dishonesty, and to learn to govern their behaviour by Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding, rising above their primitive instincts and emotions and seeing the long term benefits of the Human Race as a whole, rather than seeking to subjugate the rest of the world to their selfish tribal, national or party-political "interests". They sought to establish government by Honesty and Justice. And it is the rediscovery of this science of Government by Honesty and Justice that is the recipe for a peaceful, healthy and secure world. Not the lawlessness of politicians armed with the latest weapons based on the latest Technology.


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Shots of Walker, a PGA golfer from Boerne, over the years.
Baylor's Jimmy Walker watches the ball at the 13th hole at La Cantera during the UTSA invitational on Feb. 24, 1998.
Jimmy Walker lines up his putt as he plays the U.S. Amateur qualifier at Pecan Valley Golf Course on Aug. 3, 1998.
La Cantera Golf Academy pro Bryan Gathright (left) and Baylor University golfer Jimmy Walker discuss swing technique during a lesson on June 21, 2000. Walker had injured his left shoulder about two years ago and has since been working on returning to winning form.
Baylor University golfer Jimmy Walker takes a practice swing at La Cantera Golf Academy on June 21, 2000. The Baylor senior had injured his left shoulder about two years ago and has worked to bring back his golf game.
Jimmy Walker, a former Baylor standout, has qualified again to play in the U.S. Open next week at Bethpage Black on Long Island. June 7, 2002.
Jimmy Walker watches his tee shot on the par-3 third hole during the first round of the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic at Midland Country Club on Oct. 16, 2003.
Jimmy Walker, of Cibolo, chips onto the green on the par-5 fourth hole during the first round of the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic at Midland Country Club on Thursday Oct. 16, 2003.
Jimmy Walker, of Cibolo, hits out of fairway bunker on the par-4 18th hole during the first round of the Permian Basin Charity Golf Classic at Midland Country Club on Oct. 16, 2003.
Jimmy Walker hits from the fairway of the third hole during the third round of the Nationwide Panama Championship in Panama City, Panama on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004.
Jimmy Walker chips to the green for a birdie on the second hole during the Nationwide Panama Championship at Panama Golf Club in Panama City, Panama on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. Walker won his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-under 69 for a five-stroke victory in the season-opening Panama Championship.
Jimmy Walker chips onto the 9th green during Nationwide Panama Championship at Panama Golf Club in Panama City, Panama on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004. Walker won his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-under 69 for a five-stroke victory in the season-opening Panama Championship.
Jimmy Walker holds up the trophy after winning the Nationwide Panama Championship at Panama Golf Club in Panama City, Panama on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2004.
Jimmy Walker stays loose on the third teebox after making a chip in birdie on the previous hole duyring the first round of the Valero Texas Open Sept. 21, 2006.
Jimmy Walker follows his approach shot from the fairway onto the 18th green of Waialae Country Club during the first round of the Sony Open golf tournament in Honolulu, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Walker shot a five-under-par 65.
Jimmy Walker tees off on No. 6 during the JV Industrial Companies Pro-Am Monday Oct. 6, 2008, at the Resort Course at La Cantera.
Jimmy Walker tees off the par three 17th hole during the second round of the Valero Texas Open held at La Cantera Golf Club on Oct. 10, 2008 in San Antonio.
Jimmy Walker and his caddie look at the location of Walker's tee shot off of the first tee during the third round of the Valero Texas Open at The Resort Course at La Cantera in San Antonio, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008.
Jimmy Walker punches his way out of the trees along the No. 1 fairway during the third round of the Valero Texas Open at The Resort Course at La Cantera in San Antonio, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008.
Jimmy Walker watches his ball fly during the final round of the Valero Texas Open at the La Cantera Resort on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.
Jimmy Walker makes a tee shot during the fifth round of the 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament on Dec. 7, 2008 at the PGA West Golf Club in La Quinta, Calif.
Jimmy Walker tees off on the second hole during round three of the Buick Open at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club on Aug. 1, 2009 in Grand Blanc, Mich.
Jimmy Walker signs autographs after a practice round during the 2010 Waste Management Phoenix Open at the TPC Scottsdale Course on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2010.
Jimmy Walker leads his team to the 8th green as Pro-Am play continues with afternoon groupings at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 12, 2010.
Jimmy Walker tees off on the 9th fairway as Pro-Am play continues with afternoon groupings at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 12, 2010.
Jimmy Walker hits his second shot from the rough on No. 2 at the Valero Texas Open first round at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 13, 2010.
Jimmy Walker hits on the back nine during the second round of the Valero Texas Open at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 15, 2010.
Jimmy Walker gets off his driver grip as he turns the ball left off the 9th tee box during the second round of the Valero Texas Open at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 15, 2010.
Jimmy Walker lines up his putt on the 10th hole during the second round of the Texas Open golf tournament, Saturday, May 15, 2010, in San Antonio.
Jimmy Walker lines up his shot on the 14th tee box during the second round of the Valero Texas Open at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 15, 2010.
Jimmy Walker lines up his putt on No. 15 during the third round of the Valero Texas Open at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 15, 2010.
Jimmy Walker follows his ball through the rainy sky to the 16th green during the third round of the Valero Texas Open at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 15, 2010.
Jimmy Walker chips onto the 18th green during the final round of Valero Texas Open Sunday, May 16, 2010, at the AT&T Oaks Course TPC San Antonio. Walker finished tied for third place with a score of 12 under par.
Jimmy Walker lines up a putt on the 18th green during the final round of Valero Texas Open May 16, 2010, at the AT&T Oaks Course TPC San Antonio. Walker finished tied for third place with a score of 12 under par.
Jimmy Walker lines up his shot on the 18th green during the final round of Valero Texas Open May 16, 2010, at the AT&T Oaks Course TPC San Antonio. Walker finished tied for third place with a score of 12 under par.
Jimmy Walker reacts as he walks onto the 18th green during the final round of Valero Texas Open May 16, 2010, at the AT&T Oaks Course TPC San Antonio. Walker finished tied for third place with a score of 12 under par.
Jimmy Walker walks off the 18th green after making birdie to get into a tie for third with Ernie Els during the fourth round of the Valero Texas Open at the AT&T Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on May 15, 2010.
Jimmy Walker plays his second shot on the 18th hole during round one of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open at St. George's Golf and Country Club on July 22, 2010 in Etobicoke, Canada.
Jimmy Walker grimaces as he watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Saturday, July 31, 2010.
Jimmy Walker eats a quick lunch on the first hole during final round of the Sony Open golf tournament, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, in Honolulu.
Jimmy Walker tees of from the 14th hole at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am- Round Three at the Monterey Peninsula country club on Feb. 12, 2011, in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Jimmy Walker hits the ball out of a bunker onto the second green during the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011.
Jimmy Walker waits his turn in the second tee during the first round of the Houston Open PGA Tour golf tournament, Thursday, March 31, 2011, in Humble.
Jimmy Walker watches his tee shot on the second hole during the first round of the Houston Open PGA Tour golf tournament, Thursday, March 31, 2011, in Humble. Walker has the lead with an eight under.
Jimmy Walker watches his second shot on 1st hole during the second round of the Houston Open PGA Tour golf tournament, Friday, April 1, 2011, in Humble.
Jimmy Walker lines up a putt on the 15th green during the third round of the Shell Houston Open at Redstone Golf Club on April 2, 2011 in Humble.
Jimmy Walker hits his approach to No. 9 after rehitting his tee shot during the first round of the Valero Texas Open on Thursday, April 14, 2011.
Jimmy Walker reacts to a missed birdie putt on the 18th green during the third round of the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Saturday, July 30, 2011. Walker shot an 8-under, 62 to leave him at 7-under-par for the three rounds.
Jimmy Walker watches his second shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Aug. 18, 2011 in Greensboro, N.C.
Jimmy Waker hits his tee shot on the second hole of the South Course at Torrey Pines during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in San Diego.
Jimmy Walker hits to the third green during the third round of the Northern Trust Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012.
Jimmy Walker of the USA plays his third shot at the 9th hole during the first round of the 2012 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard at Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 22, 2012 in Orlando, Fla.
Jimmy Walker reacts after hitting out of a bunker on the first fairway during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, March 24, 2012.
Jimmy Walker lines up a putt on the ninth green during the second round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.
Jimmy Walker hits his drive on No. 17 during the Oak Farms Dairy Pro-Am at the TPC Oaks Course on April 18, 2012.
Jimmy Walker looks down the fairway before he hits his drive on No. 17 during the Oak Farms Dairy Pro-Am at the TPC Oaks Course on April 18, 2012.
Jimmy Walker enjoys the view down the fairway before he hits his drive on No. 17 during the Oak Farms Dairy Pro-Am at the TPC Oaks Course on April 18, 2012.
Jimmy Walker selects his club for his drive on No. 17 during the Oak Farms Dairy Pro-Am at the TPC Oaks Course on April 18, 2012.
Jimmy Walker flops his ball onto the putting surface at No. 7 during the first round of the Valero Texas Open on April 19, 2012.
Jimmy Walker watches his shot from the 17th tee during the third round of the Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Saturday, May 12, 2012, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Jimmy Walker hits from the second fairway during the final round of the Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, Sunday, May 13, 2012, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Jimmy Walker hits out of a bunker on the 16th hole during the first round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., Thursday, June 28, 2012.
Jimmy Walker waves to the crowd after making birdie on the 17th hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Aug. 17, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C.
Jimmy Walker hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Aug. 17, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C.
Jimmy Walker hits his second shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Aug. 17, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C.
Jimmy Walker watches his second shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Aug. 17, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C.
Jimmy Walker hits his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club on Aug. 19, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C.
Jimmy Walker watches his tee shot on the 14th hole during the First Round of The Barclays on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Aug. 23, 2012 in Farmingdale, N.Y.
Jimmy Walker lines up a putt on the 14th hole green during the First Round of The Barclays on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park Aug. 23, 2012 in Farmingdale, N.Y.
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Fully vaccinated travelers to Vietnam could be quarantined at home for only 3 days
by Vietnam Insider December 15, 2021
The Ministry of Health proposes to allow vaccinated air passengers arriving in Vietnam to self-quarantine at home for three days instead of staying in a centralized quarantine center for seven days.
According to local media reports, in preparation for the opening of international air routes early next year, the Ministry of Health is negotiating with relevant ministries and agencies on its latest draft pandemic plan, including new quarantine rules. Therefore, fully vaccinated immigrants will be tested for Covid-19 by RT-PCR on the third day after arrival. If the result is negative, they will monitor their health for another 10 days.
Related: Vietnam plans to resume international flights in the next few days
Vietnamese citizens and foreigners entering Vietnam must be tested negative for Covid-19 on arrival, with the exception of children under 2 years old, and install and use health declaration applications in accordance with Vietnamese regulations.
Vietnamese citizens returning to Vietnam who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid-19 or have not received sufficient doses of the vaccine will receive the vaccine free of charge during the quarantine period. In addition, those who were not vaccinated or given full doses were asked to self-isolate at their place of residence for seven days and be tested for Covid-19 on the first and seventh days after arrival. If the test is negative, they will monitor their health for another week. This draft pandemic plan was due to be released this month before Vietnam reopened international airlines.
Immigrants under the age of 18 and over 65, pregnant women and those with underlying medical conditions must be quarantined with their parents or guardians. Guardians must be fully vaccinated or cured of Covid-19 and participate in voluntary quarantine with immigrants.
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Obama urges Ohio State grads to be active citizens
The president delivered the commencement address, calling for grads to adopt "a sense of civic duty"
Prachi Gupta
May 5, 2013 11:41PM (UTC)
President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University, delivering the 2013 commencement speech exactly one year after he officially kicked off his re-election campaign at a rally there.
In his address, Obama urged graduating seniors to devote themselves to "do better" and "dream bigger" as citizens.
"You have been tested and tempered by events that your parents and I never imagined we'd see when we sat where you sit," Obama said. "And yet, despite all this – or more likely because of it – yours has become a generation possessed with that most American of ideas: that people who love their country can change it for the better."
Watch the full speech below, via MSNBC:
The full transcript:
Hello, Buckeyes!
Thank you Dr. Gee, the Board of Trustees, Congresswoman Beatty, Mayor Coleman, and all of you who make up The Ohio State University for allowing me the honor of joining you today. Congratulations, Class of 2013! And congratulations to all the parents, family, friends and faculty here in the Horseshoe—this is your day as well. Just be careful with the turf. I know Coach Meyer has big plans for fall.
Thank you, Dr. Gee, for that eloquent introduction, although I will not be singing today. And yes, it is true that I did speak at that certain university up north a few years ago. But, to be fair, you did let President Ford speak here once—and he played football for Michigan!
In my defense, this is my fifth visit to campus in the past year or so. One time, I stopped at Sloopy's to grab some lunch. Many of you were still eating breakfast. At 11:30. On a Tuesday. So I'll offer my first piece of advice early: enjoy it while you still can. Soon, you won't get to do that. And once you have kids, it gets even earlier.
Class of 2013, your path to this moment has wound you through years of breathtaking change. You were born as freedom forced its way through a wall in Berlin, and tore down an Iron Curtain across Europe. You were educated in an era of instant information that put the world's accumulated knowledge at your fingertips. And you came of age as terror touched our shores; an historic recession spread across the nation; and a new generation signed up to go to war.
You have been tested and tempered by events that your parents and I never imagined we'd see when we sat where you sit. And yet, despite all this, or more likely because of it, yours has become a generation possessed with that most American of ideas—that people who love their country can change it. For all the turmoil; for all the times you have been let down, or frustrated at the hand you've been dealt; what I have seen from your generation are perennial and quintessentially American values. Altruism. Empathy. Tolerance. Community. And a deep sense of service that makes me optimistic for our future.
Consider that today, 50 ROTC cadets in your graduating class will become commissioned officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. 130 of your fellow graduates have already served—some in combat, some on multiple deployments. Of the 98 veterans earning bachelor's degrees today, 20 are graduating with honors. And at least one kept serving his fellow veterans when he came home by starting up a campus organization called Vets4Vets. As your Commander-in-Chief, I could not be prouder of all of you.
Consider, too, that graduates of this university serve their country through the Peace Corps, and educate our children through established programs like Teach for America and startups like Blue Engine, often earning little pay for making the biggest impact. Some of you have already launched startup companies of your own. And I suspect that those of you who pursue more education, or climb the corporate ladder, or enter the arts or sciences or journalism, will still choose a cause you care about in your life and fight like heck to make it happen.
There is a word for this. It's citizenship. We don't always talk about this idea much these days, let alone celebrate it. Sometimes, we see it as a virtue from another time— one that's slipping from a society that celebrates individual ambition; a society awash in instant technology that empowers us to leverage our skills and talents like never before, but just as easily allows us to retreat from the world. And the result is that we sometimes forget the larger bonds we share, as one American family.
But it's out there, all the time, every day—especially when we need it most. Just look at the past year. When a hurricane struck our mightiest city, and a factory exploded in small-town Texas. When bombs went off in Boston, and when a malevolent spree of gunfire visited a movie theater, a temple, an Ohio high school, a first-grade classroom in Connecticut. In the aftermath of darkest tragedy, we have seen the American spirit at its brightest. We've seen the petty divisions of color, class, and creed replaced by a united urge to help. We've seen courage and compassion, a sense of civic duty, and a recognition that we are not a collection of strangers; we are bound to one another by a set of ideals, and laws, and commitments, and a deep devotion to this country we love.
That's what citizenship is. It's the idea at the heart of our founding—that as Americans, we are blessed with God-given and inalienable rights, but with those rights come responsibilities—to ourselves, to one another, and to future generations.
But if we're being honest, as you've studied and worked and served to become good citizens, the institutions that give structure to our society have, at times, betrayed your trust. In the run-up to the financial crisis, too many on Wall Street forgot that their obligations don't end with their shareholders. In entertainment and in the media, ratings and shock value often trumped news and storytelling. And in Washington—well, this is a joyous occasion, so let me put this charitably: I think it's fair to say our democracy isn't working as well as we know it can. It could do better. And those of us fortunate enough to serve in these institutions owe it to you to do better, every single day.
I've been thinking a lot lately about how we might keep this idea alive at a national level—not just on Election Day, or in times of tragedy, but on all the days in between. Of course, I spend most of my time these days in Washington, a place that sorely needs it. But I think of what your generation's traits—compassion and energy, a sense of selflessness and a boundless digital fluency—might mean for a democracy that must adapt more quickly to keep up with the speed of technological, demographic, and wrenching economic change.
I think about how we might perpetuate this notion of citizenship in a way that another politician from my home state, Adlai Stevenson, once described patriotism—not as "short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
I don't pretend to have all the answers. And I'm not going to offer some grand theory—not when it's a beautiful day and you've got some celebrating to do. I'm not going to get partisan, either, because that's not what citizenship is about. In fact, I am asking the same thing of you that President Bush did when he spoke at this commencement in 2002: "America needs more than taxpayers, spectators, and occasional voters," he said. "America needs full-time citizens."
And as graduates from a university whose motto is "Education for Citizenship," that's what your country expects of you. So briefly, I will ask you for two things: to participate, and to persevere.
After all, your democracy does not function without your active participation. At a bare minimum, that means voting, eagerly and often. It means knowing who's been elected to make decisions on your behalf, what they believe in, and whether or not they deliver. If they don't represent you the way you want, or conduct themselves the way you expect—if they put special interests above your own—you've got to let them know that's not okay. And if they let you down, there's a built-in day in November where you can really let them know that's not okay.
You don't have to run for office yourself. But I hope many of you do, at all levels, because our democracy needs you. I promise you, it'll give you a tough skin. I know a little bit about this. Like President Wilson once said: "if you want to make enemies, try to change something."
And that's precisely what the founders left us: the power to adapt to changing times. They left us the keys to a system of self-government—the tool to do big and important things together that we could not possibly do alone. To stretch railroads and electricity and a highway system across a sprawling continent. To educate our people with a system of public schools and land grant colleges, including Ohio State. To care for the sick and the vulnerable, and provide a basic level of protection from falling into abject poverty in the wealthiest nation on Earth. To conquer fascism and disease; to visit the Moon and Mars; to gradually secure our God-given rights for all our citizens, regardless of who they are, what they look like, or who they love.
We, the people, chose to do these things together. Because we know this country cannot accomplish great things if we pursue nothing greater than our own individual ambition.
Still, you'll hear voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's the root of all our problems, even as they do their best to gum up the works; or that tyranny always lurks just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule is just a sham with which we can't be trusted.
We have never been a people who place all our faith in government to solve our problems, nor do we want it to. But we don't think the government is the source of all our problems, either. Because we understand that this democracy is ours. As citizens, we understand that America is not about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating but absolutely necessary work of self-government.
The founders trusted us with this awesome authority. We should trust ourselves with it, too. Because when we don't, when we turn away and get discouraged and abdicate that authority, we grant our silent consent to someone who'll gladly claim it. That's how we end up with lobbyists who set the agenda; policies detached from what middle-class families face every day; the well-connected who publicly demand that Washington stay out of their business—then whisper in its ear for special treatment that you don't get. That's how a small minority of lawmakers get cover to defeat something the vast majority of their constituents want. That's how our political system gets consumed by small things when we are a people called to do great things—rebuild a middle class, reverse the rise of inequality, repair a deteriorating climate that threatens everything we plan to leave for our kids and grandkids.
Only you can ultimately break that cycle. Only you can make sure the democracy you inherit is as good as we know it can be. But it requires your dedicated, informed, and engaged citizenship. This citizenship is a harder, higher road to take. But it leads to a better place. It is how we built this country—together. It is the question President Kennedy posed to the nation at his inauguration; the dream that Dr. King invoked. It does not promise easy success or immediate progress. But it has led to success, and it has led to progress.
That brings me to the second thing I ask of you—I ask you to persevere.
Whether you start a business or run for office or devote yourself to alleviating poverty or hunger, remember that nothing worth doing happens overnight. A British inventor named Dyson went through more than 5,000 prototypes before getting that first really fancy vacuum cleaner just right. We remember Michael Jordan's six championships, not his nearly 15,000 missed shots. As for me, I lost my first race for Congress, and look at me now—I'm an honorary graduate of The Ohio State University!
The point is, in your life, you will fail. You will stumble, and you will fall. But that will make you better. You'll get it right the next time. And that's not only true for your personal pursuits, but for the broader causes you believe in as well. But don't give up. Don't lose heart, or grow cynical. The cynics may be the loudest voices—but they accomplish the least. It's the silent disruptors—those who do the long, hard, committed work of change—that gradually push this country in the right direction, and make the most lasting difference.
Still, whenever you feel that creeping cynicism; whenever you hear those voices say you can't make that difference; whenever somebody tells you to set your sights lower—the trajectory of America should give you hope. What young generations have done before you should give you hope. It was young folks like you who marched and mobilized and stood up and sat-in to secure women's rights, and voting rights, and workers' rights, and gay rights, often against incredible odds, often over the course of years, sometimes over the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. Even if their rights were already secured, they fought to secure those rights and opportunities for others. What they did should give you hope.
And where we're going should give you hope. Because while things are still hard for a lot of people, you have every reason to believe that your future is bright. You are graduating into an economy and a job market that are steadily healing. The once-dying American auto industry is on pace for its strongest performance in 20 years— something that means everything to many communities in Ohio and across the Midwest. Huge strides in domestic energy, driven in part by research at universities like this one, have us on track to secure our own energy future. And incredible advances in information and technology spurred largely by the risk-takers of your generation have the potential to change the way we do almost everything.
Still, if there is one certainty about the decade ahead, it's that things will be uncertain. Change will be a constant, just as it has been throughout our history. And we still face many important challenges. Some will require technological breakthroughs or new policy insights. But more than anything, what we will need is political will, to harness the ingenuity of your generation, and encourage and inspire the hard work of dedicated citizens.
To repair the middle class; to give more families a fair shake; to reject a country in which only a lucky few prosper because it's antithetical to our ideals and our democracy—that takes the dogged determination of citizens.
To educate more children at a younger age; to reform our high schools for a new time; to give more young people the chance to earn the kind of education you did at Ohio State and make it more affordable so they don't leave with a mountain of debt—that takes the care and concern of citizens.
To build better roads and airports and faster internet; to advance the kind of basic research and technology that has always kept America ahead of everyone else—that takes the grit and fortitude of citizens.
To confront the threat of climate change before it's too late—that requires the idealism and initiative of citizens.
To protect more of our kids from the horrors of gun violence—that requires the unwavering passion and untiring resolve of citizens.
Fifty years ago, President Kennedy told the class of 1963 that "our problems are man-made—therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants."
We are blessed to live in the greatest nation on Earth. But we can always be greater. We can always aspire to something more. That doesn't depend on who you elect to office. It depends on you, as citizens, how big you want to be, and how badly you want it.
Look at all America has accomplished. Look at how big we've been.
I dare you to do better. I dare you to be better.
From what I have seen of your generation, I have no doubt you will. I wish you courage, and compassion, and all the strength you need for that tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
Prachi Gupta is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on pop culture. Follow her on Twitter at @prachigu or email her at pgupta@salon.com.
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Welcome to the final edition of Bonggamom's Friday Finds for 2011. It has been a pleasure hosting this linky and seeing the traffic to your giveaways grow. Man, you all have such awesome prizes, you make it so easy for me and everyone else to find giveaways to enter! I hope you'll keep coming back here every Friday, both to leave links and to use links.
Today also happens to be my sons' birthday -- 3Po and Jammy are now eight years old! I hope you'll join me in celebrating their birthday by leaving a link to a giveaway, or clicking on a giveaway link. They're celebrating the birthday, but you get the prize!
Happy New Year, and may 2012 be filled with even more of the Bestest Giveaways Around the Blogosphere!
Thanks for the great linky! I have a linky for giveaways every Friday, if you want to come link up!
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Leap of Faith is a three-day seminar/growth experience created by Operation Support Our Troops -- America for family members who have lost a loved one while serving on active duty. The event addresses grief and loss and teaches principles of courage, trust, letting go and building community. The key principles of the seminar are how change happens, living fully again and moving forward into a "new normal."
James Nelson, operations chief at the Army Research Laboratory's Simulation and Training Technology Center in Orlando, Fla., and his family are beginning to live the "new normal." Last June, their lives were turned upside down by the tragic loss of their 20-year-old son, U.S. Army Spc. Brenden Salazar. Just 10 days after Brenden's Army airborne unit arrived in Afghanistan, his unit was struck with an improvised explosive device. The attack took the lives of both Brenden and Spc. Justin L. Horsley, and severely wounded two others.
"On day one, Dr. Doug Mckinley led sessions on living life after loss." Nelson said. "He focused on teaching us to explore the other side of grief by living life with conviction and passion to honor Brenden."
The second day attendees assembled at Homestead Air Base to meet up with the World famous U.S. Army Golden Knights to take the "Leap of Faith"; skydiving tandem from 13,000 feet.
The United States Army Parachute Team, nicknamed and commonly known as the Golden Knights, is a demonstration and competition parachute team drawn from US Army Paratroopers who have demonstrated excellence in their parachuting skills.
While not all attendees choose to jump, they are encouraged to discover their own "Leap of Faith" and commit to taking it.
"Both Jovanna and I jumped, it was the most peaceful time of my life," Nelson said. "I was the first one in our aircraft to jump out so I had to sit in the door during the ascent up which was very scary! I was ready to jump out by the time we got to 12,000 feet. When we finally did jump it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop."
Nelson recalls, "During our free fall, we glimpsed a small little rainbow in the clouds that we tried.to fly through. I believe it was Brenden smiling down and showing me he was there and he was ok.
It seems the highlight of the seminar was the final day. Nelson and his family along with the other families were given the opportunity to swim with the dolphins at the Key Largo Dolphin Rescue.
"We were in the water for almost an hour with the dolphins! We were able to swim with them, give them commands to sing, dance, jump, and clap," he said. "The water was very cold but after a couple of minutes you forgot all about it. Of the three days, we felt that was the best experience.
"The interaction with the dolphins was very therapeutic, you could see a sense of concern in their eyes, like they knew what we were feeling and they wanted to help."
Nelson continued, "Hannah was extremely close to her brother and is a fighter herself battling cystic fibrosis, really enjoyed the dolphins and the comfort they provided -- it was her favorite part of the trip."
"For me," he pauses. "It was the first time in seven months that I did not think of Brenden consistently -- I felt peace."
Leap of Faith seminars are held twice a year, in Chicago, Ill. in August and Homestead, Fla. in February. For more information on Leap of Faith contact: goldstar@osotamerica.org.


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A: Вообще то не стоит, как был оглавлен класс, так, будьте добры, и вызывайте.
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Showcase your favorite fabric panel in a unique way using creative setting blocks and an off-center layout with this quick lap-sized quilt that is perfect for all ages.
Put the spotlight on that fabric panel you bought, but didn't know what to do with! With creative setting blocks and an off-center layout, this fun quilt will put the focus on your fabric and creativity.


If ATTROLL would open op the "Tools" section, that would be a good place to put it. I'd offer help on adding links, but I hate to do it here because it would soon get lost in the forum "graveyeard"
1. From the MAIN SCREEN (you can't add when you're in the forums, in other words), click on "links" on the menu bar at the top of the page. This will bring you to the links page.
2. Click on the category you want to add a link in. This takes you to the page for that category.
3. Click on "links" at the left of the screen - just below the "forum jump" block. This will give you 3 options: Links Home, Up a level (takes you back to the links main page), and ADD A LINK.
4. Clicking on "add a link" will take you to the entry screen.
Bruce what do you mean by opening the tools section. I just made you a Moderator if that is what you meant?
No - that's not what I meant (What does moderator mean???).
The top/center link above is "About Geocaching Maine/Tools". Clicking on that will bring you to the "Tools" section, which currently contains two items: Geocaching rating system (GOOD INFO!) and Clearing your Cookies. This Tools section would be a good place for things that we'd want to refer to occasionally, like how to post pictures or links, and a link to the GeocachingMaine banner (which I now use as the signature on my email).
I assumer that more can be added to the Tools section, right?
Yes I can add anything to the Tools section or the navagation bar. If there is some good information or helpful things that anyone would like to see added there, then write it up and send it my way and we can see about adding it.
I put this together real quick to explain how to post images in a message. I hope it is useful.
That is an excellent tutorial Rick,well done. Now can you explain the other way to post images from your hardrive by using the paperclip?
If you would like me to I can. But keep in mind that they will be attachments and the picture can not be in the message. I have included a sample.