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UNDP actions a 3-phased approach to volcano relief efforts for St Vincent and the Grenadines
by Bajan Reporter / April 23rd, 2021
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean has coordinated a three-phased approach to the relief efforts in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the wake of the violent volcanic eruptions of the La Soufrière Volcano. Following the eruption on 8 April 2021, it is estimated that 16,000 to 20,000 persons have been affected with approximately 30 villages being evacuated. Ash and volcanic material have already blanketed the entire island which has interrupted most of the economic activity, decimated crops and can have adverse effects on the health of persons exposed.
UNDP has responded with a concerted effort to assist with the immediate emergency situation as well as the potential immediate and long-term recovery needs. The Response Programme which has been elaborated in consultation with national institutions, recovery partners and UNDP team in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will support national institutions and impacted communities quickly recover from the hazard impact by focusing on 3 key pillars:
Pillar 1 – Supporting Household and Building Damage Assessments (HBDA) for data driven and evidence-based decision-making processes.
Pillar 2 – Cleaning volcanic ash, clearing debris and supporting economic reactivation in the most affected areas while providing emergency employment to over 2,000 households directly impacted by the volcano eruption.
Pillar 3 – Restoration and regeneration of forestry, watersheds and protected areas damaged by the eruption.
Marlon Clarke, Head of the Prevention Recovery and Resilience Cluster of UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, explained the organization's plan, "we must align our efforts to assist those persons who are in need now, while still planning for recovery and resilience building in the future; we cannot responsibly do one without the other", he noted, adding that it was also vitally important in relief and recovery efforts to actively consider gender inequalities and vulnerable populations to ensure that these groups are not further marginalized.
"Historically, disasters disproportionately impact women and girls, and as such the response considers the differential needs of men and women, as well as vulnerable communities and addresses equitable distribution of benefits, resources, status and rights."
Supporting livelihoods through emergency employment will also be important in providing a measure of security for vulnerable affected households as weekly wages earned from clean-up activities can provide short-term financial support to persons who previously lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in addition to being impacted by the volcanic eruption.
"The situation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is further compounded by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, over the last year" Ugo Blanco, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean stated. "In addition to the response strategy, our wider teams are procuring PPE to support those on the front lines of the evacuation efforts. We reaffirm our commitment to St Vincent and the Grenadines as the nation strives to build forward better despite the disaster."
UNDP will continue to support national institutions and communities under the Conserving Biodiversity and Reducing Land Degradation Using a Ridge-to-Reef Approach project, a GEF-funded initiative that works in partnership with the government to enhance biodiversity and ecosystems conservation through an expanded and strengthened Protected Area (PA) system and with Sustainable Land Management (SLM). Post disaster, the projects will seek to increase the resilience of the country's biodiversity and protect and preserve valuable ecosystems negatively impacted by the eruptions. At the community level, the UNDP Global Environment Facility – Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) will be instrumental in restoring environmental sustainability, alleviating poverty and building the capacity of local NGOs and community-based organizations. Projects related to Conserving Biodiversity using a Ridge to Reef Approach (R2R) and the Integrated Water, Land and Ecosystems Management (IWEco) in partnership with UNEP will be instrumental in the recovery phase.
At this time when exogenous threats like COVID-19 and the current volcanic eruption in St Vincent and the Grenadines are impacting the region, it is vital that developmental efforts are continued to reinforce the need for regional resilience and building forward better. This Response Programme is part of the work of UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean in its commitment to promoting economic diversification, job creation and resilience with the "Blue Economy for Green Islands" vision. As the Caribbean continues to seek solutions to build resilience and livelihoods for traditionally vulnerable groups, UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, in partnership with governments and stakeholders, remains dedicated to the advancement of inclusive and sustainable development throughout the region and building resilient communities that can withstand shocks and crises through targeted projects and programmes.
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Q: How do I improve query to select records with MAX date that uses joined tables in PostgreSQL? I have three large tables as follows...
property
--------
property_id
other_prop_data

transfer_property
-----------------
property_id
transfer_id

transfer
--------
transfer_id
contract_date
transfer_price

I want to return a list of unique property IDs for all Transfers that occurred between '2012-01-01' and '2012-06-30'.  Here's the code I have so far...
SELECT *
FROM property p
JOIN
(
  SELECT t.transfer_id, t.contract_date, t.transfer_price::integer, tp.property_id
  FROM transfer t
  LEFT JOIN transfer_property tp ON tp.transfer_id = t.transfer_id
  WHERE t.contract_date BETWEEN '2012-01-01' AND '2012-06-30'
) transfer1 ON transfer1.property_id = p.property_id

AND NOT EXISTS
(
  SELECT transfer2.transfer_id
  FROM
  (
    SELECT t.transfer_id, t.contract_date, t.transfer_price::integer, tp.property_id
    FROM transfer t
    LEFT JOIN transfer_property tp ON tp.transfer_id = t.transfer_id
    WHERE t.contract_date BETWEEN '2012-01-01' AND '2012-06-30'
  ) AS transfer2
  WHERE transfer2.property_id = transfer1.property_id
  AND transfer2.contract_date > transfer1.contract_date
)

This works (I think) but is very slow.
I have found several similar queries in...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/greatest-n-per-group
...but most of the ones I found were self joins with the same table, not joined relational tables as above.
I know in MySQL you can use User Variables, but I do not know how to do this in PostgreSQL, or if it is the ideal solution in this case.
Does anybody have any suggestions around how to improve this query (or even how to do it using a completely different method than mine above)?
Any help is very much appreciated.  Thanks!
Regards,
Chris
PS: have also tried variations on DISTINCT and MAX, but not convinced they were picking records with the most recent date with the way I was using them.
EDIT:
Sorry folks, I should also add that I am running my queries in PGADMIN 1.12.3

A: Try to use ROW_NUMBER() OVER in PostgreSQL. Here is a SQLFiddle example:
SELECT *
FROM property p
JOIN
(
  SELECT t.transfer_id, t.contract_date,
         t.transfer_price::integer, tp.property_id,
         row_number() over
           (PARTITION BY tp.property_id
            ORDER BY t.contract_date desc) as rn
  FROM transfer t
  LEFT JOIN transfer_property tp
        ON tp.transfer_id = t.transfer_id
  WHERE t.contract_date BETWEEN '2012-01-01'
                            AND '2012-06-30'
) transfer1
       ON transfer1.property_id = p.property_id
where transfer1.rn = 1

A: Given the skeleton tables:
create table property( property_id serial primary key );

create table transfer(
    transfer_id serial primary key,
    contract_date date not null
);

create table transfer_property (
    property_id integer references property(property_id),
    transfer_id integer references transfer(transfer_id)
);

and data:
insert into property
select nextval('property_property_id_seq')
from generate_series(1,10);

insert into transfer
select nextval('transfer_transfer_id_seq'),
       DATE '2012-01-01' + x * INTERVAL '1 month'
from generate_series(1,10) x;

-- Repeat this 4 or 5 times to produce a pile of duplicate entries
insert into transfer_property (transfer_id,property_id)
select transfer_id, property_id
from property cross join transfer
order by random()
limit 40;

use:
select distinct property_id
from transfer_property tp inner join transfer t on (tp.transfer_id = t.transfer_id)
where t.contract_date between  '2012-01-01' and '2012-06-30';

Inadequate/misinterpreted? Please post sample data and a real schema that shows the meaningful relationships and expected results.

A: "I want to return a list of unique property IDs for all Transfers that occurred between '2012-01-01' and '2012-06-30'."
To me, that appears as:
SELECT DISTINCT tp.property_id
  FROM transfer t
  JOIN transfer_property tp ON tp.transfer_id = t.transfer_id
  WHERE t.contract_date BETWEEN '2012-01-01' AND '2012-06-30'
     ;

Now put that in a CTE or subquery, and you are done:
WITH x1 AS (
      SELECT DISTINCT tp.property_id AS property_id
      FROM transfer t
      JOIN transfer_property tp ON tp.transfer_id = t.transfer_id
      WHERE t.contract_date BETWEEN '2012-01-01' AND '2012-06-30'
      )
SELECT ...
FROM property p
JOIN x1 ON x1.property_id = p.property_id
    ;

I don't understand the purpose of the NOT EXISTS subquery. You are only interested in the MAX?
UPDATE: It appears (from the title) you only want the maxdate. Could be done by your not exist construct, or by this MAX(...) in the subquery; like ... :
WITH m1 AS (
      SELECT DISTINCT tp.property_id AS property_id
        , MAX(t.contract_date) AS contract_date
      FROM transfer t
      JOIN transfer_property tp ON tp.transfer_id = t.transfer_id
      WHERE t.contract_date BETWEEN '2012-01-01' AND '2012-06-30'
        GROUP BY tp.property_id
      )
SELECT ...
FROM property p
JOIN m1 ON m1.property_id = p.property_id
    ;

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But, don't forget, you're an 'election denier' for speaking up
You'd think that the electoral "goings-on" in Georgia would be enough to spark a nationwide revolt—what with Voters Organized for Trusted Election Results in Georgia (www.VoterGA.org) discovering that tens of thousands of original digital ballot images are missing, among other problems, that are enough to affect the November 2020 national election's outcome within Georgia. And if the process which uncovered the verifiable pattern of deep-seated election-integrity problems in Georgia were to be equally applied in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and other states with "close-call" results in the November 2020 election, there's no telling where it might lead.
Meanwhile, the saga continues. Case in point: Harris County, Texas, the most populous in the Lone Star State, has made headlines about election "irregularities."
The March 8, 2022 Washington Examiner noted:
The election administrator for Harris County . . . announced [March 8] that she is [leaving] her post following a slew of primary day problems, including the discovery of 10,000 mail-in ballots that went uncounted.
That administrator, Isabel Longoria, has overseen elections in Harris County, which is home to most of Houston, since 2020. Her resignation is expected to take effect July 1, 2022. Officials from both major political parties demanded that she resign after the nation's earliest 2022 primary, officially held March 1. The primary followed two tedious weeks of early voting—a period marked by several oddities. As Jim Condit Jr. of Ohio, who has scrupulously probed election-theft issues since the late 1970s, has often said:
Early voting was created by crooks, for crooks because it vastly enhances the time window for election theft and manipulation.
In the spirit of Condit's perspective, this writer sent a correspondent into the field to a particular Weslaco, Texas voting precinct on March 1. She found there were six "Democrat" voting machines and just three "Republican" machines. A large number of Republican voters showed up there to choose their GOP nominees for November's midterm elections. Many had to wait in line longer than expected, due to the relative shortage of Republican machines, and some left in frustration before getting a chance to vote—a clear example of Democrat-controlled Hidalgo County apparently suppressing the vote when we repeatedly hear that Republicans have cornered the "vote-suppression market" by requiring voters to simply produce valid IDs at the polls.
That same day, this writer called Hidalgo County's election department. A mid-level employee answered and admitted the discrepancy in voting machines, while also revealing that some voting precincts, such as the Amigo del Valle community center in Donna, were Democrat-only voting outlets and weren't even set up for Republican voters. She openly admitted there were 18 Hidalgo County places where Republicans could vote on March 1, but over 40 places for Democrats. Furthermore, she said that while early-voting balloting was controlled by the county, the political parties were allowed to virtually take charge of March 1 balloting. When this writer suggested that parties, of course, are heavily biased entities and that the county should never cede any degree of control of elections to them, she claimed to agree.
Thanks to the hard work of groups like VoterGA in Georgia, True Texas Elections LLC, and Vote Rescue in Texas covered by this writer over the years, significant and suspicious voting "issues" are finally breaching the censorship employed by the national mass media cartel and allied social media giants—entities that portray U.S. elections as being nearly as pure as the driven snow. Vote Rescue's Vickie Karp told WIN: "The only thing that surprises me in Harris County is that they only found 10,000 missing ballots; this is one of the classic things that can happen in the massive mail-in ballot system."
BUT ARE MAIL-IN / ABSENTEE BALLOTS THE CORE ISSUE?
"The absentee ballots, I believe, are a distraction, the 'shiny object' that everyone is focusing on. The larger vote fraud happens via computerized vote-counting manipulation," added Laura Presley, who heads True Texas Elections LLC. The fundamental problem, she added, is that Texas Secretary of State Ken Paxton (R) is not making counties adhere to state election laws.
Meanwhile, Harris County is looking into a GOP lawsuit filed in the wake of the primary, but county election officials claimed that the filing contained exaggerations and misleading statements on what happened on Election Day in Harris County. Officials from both political parties signed a document that acknowledged:
. . . the 10,000 vote difference in votes initially tabulated as well as the number of voters. The officials also insisted that "further investigation [is] needed." The discrepancy was noted by the Texas secretary of state's office, which reached out to the county. [County officials] admitted the difference in the number of ballots to the public . . .
"Two close Democratic races were affected by the discrepancies, as 6,000 Democratic ballots were among those missing," the Examiner noted, adding that State Rep. Harold Dutton Jr., who took on challenger Candis Houston, "was baffled that 10,000 ballots had gone missing without anyone noticing." Rep. Dutton stated the following:
If 10,000 ballots were missing and nobody knew that, God help us.
"In addition, 4,000 initially uncounted Republican ballots have been added to an updated tally but will not affect the outcome of any contests," the Examiner also noted. "The vote discrepancy was not the only issue to plague election officials during the March 1 primary. Roughly 1,600 damaged ballot sheets caused a counting delay, two voting locations reported minor technical difficulties with their machines, and the county faced a shortage of election workers." Furthermore, "thousands of mail-in ballots were also rejected on Election Day due to the ballots lacking proper identification," Associated Press noted.

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I watched both of those back to back a few weeks ago. While The Day After is more like a ABC movie of the week,Threads is actually pretty gritty and at times down right depressing.
I saw the first 2 episodes, and I enjoyed them. Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Barry Morse, did a good job, and the rest of the cast and creative folks delivered as well. Comet Channel is rerunning this show at 10 PM eastern time on Saturdays and Sundays. I'll be tuning in since I don't have the show on DVD. Not sure why I didn't watch this show when it first ran, but now I get the pleasure of seeing the episodes for the first time.
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This is place of dead -- we're all dead here.
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o Earthquakes are "like the early pangs of childbirth."As the time grows nearer and nearer to His coming, the frequency and intensity of these five signs will increase.
o The followers of Jesus will be handed over to be persecuted and killed. This is happening with more frequency in the Moslem controlled nations in the Middle East, and in Africa where Black Moslems are enslaving Black Christians.
o Christians will be hated by all nations on account of His name. In many parts of the world, Christians are jailed and killed for their beliefs; in the United States those who are Christians are hated by the media and liberals, and are known by the code words "religious right."
o Many will fall away...that is, many who claimed to be Christians will recant their faith, and betray and hate Christians.
o Many false prophets will arise and deceive many.
o Due to excessive lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
Here is more crap for you. Even has bullet points for simplicity.
those that remain will have an opportunity to repent and be saved. it is written that when rapture comes, the people remaining will know the truth that the New Covenant with Jesus is the truth and by not taking the mark of the beast and not following the antichrist, they will be redeemed and have their place with the father. its not the end of the world persay, but the end of the world as we know it.
This is what's written. http://www.donina.org/rapture.html.
And I suppose all Aussies are rational science fearing folk? I have high hopes for this forum and posts like this do seem to be a bit on the trollish side.
As far as a rapture actually happening, I think it takes a leap of faith to pull such things from the bible. The bible never mentions a rapture. If that's really what was intended for you to understand, it would have come right out and said it. You wouldn't have to take parts of several different verses, weave them together to get to, "BEAM ME UP SCOTTY"
Do we have a self-proclaimed prophet on this board?
James, are you a prophet of God?
Wouldn't the correct statement be: "A lack of faith is a frightening and dangerous prospect and has caused and will continue to cause much suffering for many people across the world."
Do you think the driving force behind terrorism in the world is a "lack" of faith? Do you think the problems in North Korea are a result of a "lack" of faith in their president (who has been dead for over ten years)? Do you think 9/11 happened because certain Muslims "lacked" faith in their God?
The twin towers would be standing today and those who perished would be with their families if it wasn't for the faith of those men who carried out this disgusting act rationalised only by their faith.
My country Northern Ireland tore itself apart with two communities separated by differing sects of Christianity warring over this land.
Sectarian violence continues to tear Iraq apart again with two sects of the one Religion mindlessly slaughtering each other over differences in their faith in the bloodline of their prophet.
These are all modern events directly and undeniably linked to faith and I could continue to give examples of faith tearing the world/communities apart in the last decade until my fingers bled.
I'll leave you with a simple point and a nice quote to get your teeth into. There would be no suicide bombers without the faith that drives them.
"Religion is based . . . mainly on fear . . . fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. . . . My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race."
I thought they were fighting over a "United Ireland"
Indeed this was the political element of the struggle which manifested itself directly through sectarian violence and segregation. As a direct result of you having access to the internet you have the opportunity to educate yourself to some degree on a subject before blindly posting responses. I advise you to do so in the future and if there is anything you are unclear on after a little research ask away.
Sure, it was trollish, but I am actually interested in the subject and the thread has generated some decent discussion and we now have a dedicated rapture thread for future reference!
I'm sure there are some Australians who believe in teh raptures but from browsing raptureready.com it would have to be over 95% of people pedaling this crap are from the USA or Canada. It strikes me a bit strange that so many from a new country like the USA have suckered onto this interpretation of the bible whereas its basically unheard of in the old world (europe) and the even the holy land where all of these fairy tales were made up in the first place.
One more interesting point is the importance the rapture believers place on Israel, protecting Israel etc because apparently the Old Testament claims the jews to be god's chosen people. To me this isn't surprising at all, the old testament pretty much IS the jewish torah, it was written by jews, of COURSE they're God's chosen people. Why would you write anything else?
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An unwillingness to hold responsible the individuals who commit these acts themselves is the reason you can justify placing the blame upon God. But it is simply inconceivable that a life dedicated to following a Word that promotes Love and self worth would perceive these messages as commands to carry out destructive acts upon the very life that the Word cherishes. And anyone who does so is not following their Gods will, but their own.
I've read a lot more of the bible than the Koran, but do read some passages of the Koran from time to time to keep up with my Muslim friend.
Allah loves those that love him, and hates everyone else.
My Muslim friend would say Allah loves everyone. The fact you both draw the same conclusions about your Gods reveals a lot about the human mind. I know exactly what Justin A means when he says he can never be sure that he's not deluding himself.
Now I can personally speak for Christianity and the message from God in the Bible is LOVE. His love for us. In fact, the Bible is Gods proof of His love for us. The Bible is the instruction booklet on how to live in peace for eternity. Anyone who portrays the Bible as a book of violence is gravely wrong and has a personal agenda in doing so.
And personal agenda is what drives extremists. These people are not religious but rather using religion as their excuse to fulfill the acts that consume their criminal minds.
Within all of the sects of Christianity the church has a financial worth in the trillions. Well enough money to solve some problems of humanity. But instead, we divide. It is human err that divides mankind, not Gods instructions to do so. Anyone that humbly reads the Bible will undoubtedly interpret passages in their own unique way and this is what makes the Bible so powerful. The Bible is meant to open the mind of the reader but I don't think there's a person alive that could convince me that the message of the Bible is to kill those who do not adhere to it. And I would be surprised if the Koran was different.
There are passages in the Bible that speak of Gods wrath in the Old Testament. The OT is the foundation of the Bible and this world. To understand the world God has intended for us, these are the accounts to which led to the opportunity God gives for our redemption. I'm not educated in the writing of the Koran but I imagine the books have some similarity. If these extremists who you say are living out Gods instructions were focused on finding the true message their book portrays, how do they come up with the idea that destruction is the path to salvation?
True religious believers study the Word and find meanings to interpretations. They form with others and dedicate their lives to transforming themselves into what God has intended for them. Anyone who commits himself or herself to this understanding WILL NOT receive a message from the Bible or Koran that supports murder. It's just not possible.
Do you think Muslim terrorists right now are huddled up studying the Koran to find Allah's instructions on how to destroy the world or do you think they are conforming over explosives material and educating themselves in the art of mass destruction? Think about it.
It's plain ignorance to say that these people who commit such acts are so much more educated in their beliefs that they found the True message God wants us to see.
Can I just say there dear boy I'm afraid your completely ignorant of the Muslim faith and totally unaware of its teachings. The religion is a violent one preaching hatred and vengeance in contrast to its other teaching concerning love. Infidels (me, most other posters here) are subclass and inferior collection of people. Suicide bombers are indoctrinated[B]by their Koran[/B. They learn hateful passages where Jihad is promoted and described, and only through their FAITH are they convinced to commit evil acts..
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that other attribute that God gave us. Common sense.
Can I just say there dear boy I'm afraid your completely ignorant of the Muslim faith and totally unaware of its teachings.
I have read both books. Both books have the same core message. Do right, live to please God/Allah and you will go to heaven/paradise.
I have seen Muslim ministers speak where they had the Quran and the Bible on the podium.
To answer your main question. Yes, the God of the Bible and Allah of the Quran are the same. There is only one God, what he is called varies.
Anyone who commits himself or herself to this understanding WILL NOT receive a message from the Bible or Koran that supports murder. It's just not possible.
This is painfully false, as has been demonstrated by many Muslims and Christians throughout history. How can you say suicide bombers are misinterpreting the word of God when they have in fact spent far more time studying their holy books than you have, and are far more religious and faithful to God than you are?
One who seeks God is seeking good. One who seeks good doesn't misinterpret and turn killer.
The true pursuit of God is a personal one. If done on your own behalf, you will find Him and He will not tell you to kill. Those who are told what God's intentions for them are, are under the authority of the one directing, not God. Do you see the images of children in the Middle East with AK47's praising Allah and vowing to kill the infidels? Do you think they read in the Koran that Allah told them to believe this, while searching for the Truth at 12 years old?
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I agree that the world would be a much better place if children were protected against religious indoctrination of all kinds. Unfortunately, we have American children being sent to church and labelled Christians from the day they're born, and the same thing happening with Muslims in the Middle East.
This article is about the oft-quoted, or rather misquoted, Surah 9:5 verse of the Quran, which is claimed to call upon "all" Muslims to kill "all" non-Muslims or the so-called "Infidels". Muslims are often questioned, "Did not Muhammad call on all Muslims to kill the infidels?" The answer is absolutely not! Then, we are asked another question: "Why then does the Quran say, "fight and slay the pagans (or infidels or unbelievers) wherever you find them?" (9:5).
There are two interrelated answers to that question. The first is historical. The second is related to the nature of the Quran itself.
When the Islamic state was rapidly expanding in the seventh and eighth century, many people came under the direct governance of Muslims. These peoples belonged to different religions, races, ethnicities, etc. If the hypothesis that "Muslims are required to eradicate non-Muslims or "infidels" was correct, then a pattern of deliberate extermination, forced conversions, and/or expulsion would have been observed throughout the history of Islam, especially when Muslims were powerful and winning over their opponents. That systematic pattern is simply absent.
(1) The Quran is not classified subject-wise. Verses on various topics appear in dispersed places in the Quran and no order can be ascertained from the sequence of its text. The first verses revealed in the Quran was in chapter (surah) 96.
(2) The structure of the Quran makes it necessary to approach it using the dialectic "both and" methodology of reasoning. This means that to investigate a certain issue, the verses pertaining to the issue should be gathered together.
(3)The same Quran that reads, "Whoever then acts aggressively against you, inflict injury on him according to the injury he has inflicted on you" (2:194), also reads, "Goodness and evil are not the same. So repel evil with goodness, then the one who had enmity between you becomes a trusted and dear friend" (41:34). When it comes to dealing with a transgressor, the Quran is basically delineating four different strategies, the validity of which is contingent on the situational and contextual factors. The first is retaliation which is permissible on the condition that it does not exceed the limits. Verse (2:194) is clear on this, "whoever then acts aggressively against you, inflict injury on him according to the injury he has inflicted on you." Verse (16:126) gives the same meaning, "and if you take your turn, then retaliate with the like of that with which you were afflicted." Verse (3:134) gives the other three strategies, "and those who restrain their anger and pardon men; and God loves the doers of good to others." The three methods given here are, (a) to restrain one's anger and not respond, (b) to pardon the wrongdoer, and (c) to do good to the transgressor. According to verse, method (c) is the most beloved by God. Here the Quran teaches the superiority, in the sight of God, of responding to evil with goodness. Now what should the Muslim do when wronged? It depends on the context, on the situational factors. Under some circumstances, the wrongdoer must be punished. Under others, one should refrain from retaliation, or go a step further to wholehearted forgiveness, or even repel the transgressor's evil with goodness. The above is important for explaining how to deal with the Quranic text.
Well, maybe they just don't want to interpret it the right way..
does a messenger have to be a prophet. you asked and i answered.
You didn't really answer. Yes or No would be good.
RGT is brand new. We can start any traditions we want. What would you suggest?
From the time I can remember I went to church in my youth and went to Catechism every Wednesday. I was raised Catholic and couldn't have cared less about it. When I turned 16 I stopped going, except for maybe Christmas or Easter. And now 15 years later I haven't been inside a church and have no plans on going.
But I came back to God on my own and would now die for my Christian belief. Because I've investigated it on my own behalf and found validity in my searching. It would be wrong to NOT teach children of God their Creator, but it must be done with respect. If you protect children from religious indoctrine you deny them the Truth and this is where we as adults go wrong because most don't care enough to investigate it themselves. So this in turn results in a world that we live in today.


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1396 Outeniqua è un asteroide della fascia principale del diametro medio di circa 10,95 km. Scoperto nel 1936, presenta un'orbita caratterizzata da un semiasse maggiore pari a  e da un'eccentricità di 0,1654454, inclinata di 4,49424° rispetto all'eclittica.

L'asteroide è dedicato all'omonima catena montuosa nella Provincia del Capo un tempo abitata da una popolazione ottentotta oggi estinta.

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TransCanada Cancels Proposed Energy East Pipeline Project
By Domina Law Group
TransCanada cancelled their proposed $15 billion Energy East pipeline project on Thursday, October 5.
While the Canadian energy sector is working to increase their pipeline capacity in order to diversify its reliance on the United States for energy exports, the Alberta-based company scrapped their project after the National Energy Board (NEB) announced they were expanding their review of the projects in August of this year.
"This is an important day in the fight against climate change in Canada," wrote Senior Advisor at Oil Change International Adam Scott in response to TransCanada's announcement. "Realizing that Energy East would never would never be allowed if its full climate impact was accounted for, TransCanada has walked away from the project… Oil Change International estimates its construction would have created up to an additional 236 million tons of carbon pollution each year, multiplied over decades of operation."
You can read Scott's full release here.
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Landowners Rebuttal Closing Argument to Oppose TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline
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Edward Floyd (February 21, 1850 – January 16, 1923) was a boilermaker serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.

Biography
Floyd was born on February 21, 1850, in Ireland. After immigrating to the United States joined the navy, he was stationed aboard the  as a boilermaker when on January 25, 1905, a boiler plate blew out from boiler D. For his actions during the explosion he received the medal March 20, 1905.

He served as an honorary pallbearer at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1921.

He died on January 16, 1923, and is buried in Saint Lawrence Cemetery Charleston, South Carolina.

Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Boilermaker, U.S. Navy. Born: 21 February 1850, Ireland. Accredited to: South Carolina. G.O. No.: 182, 20 March 1905.

Citation:

Serving on board the U.S.S. Iowa, for extraordinary heroism at the time of the blowing out of the manhole plate of boiler D on board that vessel, 25 January 1905.

See also

List of Medal of Honor recipients in non-combat incidents

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Military personnel from Charleston, South Carolina
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Special screening of Sang-e-Mah drama series in cinemas takes Karachi by storm
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Drama series Sang-e-Mah gained perhaps the most popularity and hype of any drama of 2022 before it even aired. Scheduled to air on HUM TV on January 9, a special private screening of the Director's Cup was held for cast and crew as well as the media and entertainment fraternity.
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For the past few years, pianist Fred Hersch has been releasing CDs with a regularity that would make them feel routine if the music wasn't always so good. This new one is another live effort featuring his long standing trio with John Hébert and Eric McPherson, this time recorded in Brussels. As usual, it's excellent.
This time around there are two selections each by Wayne Shorter and Thelonious Monk but the balance of the compositions played are Hersch originals. Monk's "We See" kicks things off, progressing through sudden stops, tempo shifts and spaced single notes over McPherson's sparse drum ticking and Hebert's woozy bass. Then the program shifts to Hersch's intriguing variety of tunes, which point out how underrated he is as a composer. "Snape Maltings" is a drunken minuet with erratic classical trills that sounds close to Carla Bley's early writing. On "Scuttlers" rattling drumsticks and drips of piano and bass interweave before Hersch starts stringing notes together into swift single line runs. "Skipping" expands the percussive approach of the previous tune into a lightly prancing melody Hersch plays with a light touch that sounds like Bill Evans brushing his fingertips over the keys.
Hersch's other pieces are heavier on melody. "Bristol Fog," dedicated to the late British pianist John Taylor, is a lovely, sensitive ballad played gracefully and intricately. "Newklypso," dedicated to Sonny Rollins, is a bouncy calypso with a deep bass pulse underlining Hersch's frisky piano and McPherson's chattering drums that eventually climaxes in a showy drum solo. "The Big Easy" is a genteel saunter into the atmosphere of New Orleans. Hersch's piano unwinds along a courtly blues groove, trailing echoes of Monk and Allen Toussaint.
The two Wayne Shorter pieces further display how well the trio works together. "Miyako" starts out a gentle romantic stroll with piano winding around the rhythm section, slowly increasing speed. Hersch's exploration of the melody becomes a surging wave of sound but the bass and drums keep the original carefree mood in place. After an extended drum intro, "Black Nile" stabs and slides with hard-charging energy, Hersch again showing his dexterity and imagination while Hebert and McPherson give him a steady base to work from. Finally, on a solo encore of "Blue Monk," Hersch plays with the tune like a cat with a ball of yarn, worrying over some phrases and repeating or stumbling over others, walking a seemingly random path that actually has the eccentric precision and logic of a Gene Kelly dance routine.
It's been said a million times but it's still true. Fred Hersch is one of the finest pianists working today. When he and his trio are as engaged as they sound here, nobody can touch them. Even by Hersch's high standards, this is one of his best recent recordings.
Track Listing: Wee See; Snape Maltings; Scuttlers; Skipping; Bristol Fog; Newklypso; The Big Easy; Miyako; Black Nile; Blue Monk.
Personnel: Fred Hersch: piano; John Hebert: bass; Eric McPherson: drums.


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Bell announces expansion of pure fibre Internet in four communities
Plus, Bell MTS expanding in the Pembina Valley region FREDERICTON, HALIFAX and WINNIPEG – Bell announced this week it is expanding its pure fibre Internet service in Memramcook, St. Martins, Barrington Passage and Brass Hill. By the end of the year approximately 2,900 locations in Memramcook and St. Martins will have all-fibre broadband access, says a Bell press release. In the same time frame, around 900 locations in the Municipality of Barrington will gain access to all-fibre broadband, a separate press release says. Both projects are fully funded by Bell and "will provide fast and high-capacity 100% fibre connections with...


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Avonworth Teacher Charged In Alleged Sexual Assault Of Child
Filed Under:Arrest, Avonworth Elementary School, Avonworth School District, Charges, Incest, Investigation, Mary Robb Jackson, Ohio Township, Ohio Township Police, Rape, Sexual Assault, Teacher, Walter Lynn Street, Walter Street
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OHIO TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Walter Lynn Street has been a music teacher at Avonworth Elementary School since 2009.
He is now charged in the alleged sexual assault of a child.
"The sexual assault of a family member who no longer resides with him," says Cpl. Chris Simkoviak, of the Ohio Township Police Department.
Street, 59, is charged with rape, incest and assault of a little girl. She was 10-years-old when the alleged abuse began.
Avonworth parents were just getting wind of Street's arrest.
"I think there's going to be a lot of parents really upset," said parent Sousan Panizzi, who found Street overly-friendly with students. "I have a fourth grader. I cautioned my daughter a few years ago."
Street was hired in the Avonworth district in 1989, first working with the middle and high school bands.
The school district is taking the matter very seriously, according to the district's Dr. Dana Hackley.
"He is on administrative leave, and we have directed that he is not permitted to be on school grounds," said Dr. Hackley.
A letter from the superintendent was sent to parents reassuring them that swift action was taken.
"Him and his wife, I believe, have taken in over 25 foster children over the years with not one allegation of a problem," Street's defense attorney Michael Santicola said
Ohio Township Police were recently contacted by the district superintendent after an examination of Street's school-owned laptop computer.
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According to the criminal complaint, an "inappropriate relationship" is referenced in a letter to the victim from Street.
It says: "This letter could get me into trouble (because of the content, and who might see it, if anyone)." It goes on about "letting my feelings show for someone that society says is a no-no." And finally, "I will try to keep my emotions and hands to myself."
The allegations of rape first surfaced in 2009 when the girl was a teenager, but she recanted them at that time.
Santicola says that Allegheny County Children, Youth and Family Services and police both investigated the charges then, but no charges were ever filed.
"I'm not sure of the desire of the victim now to change her story, once again, this will be the third time," adds Santicola.
Street's attorney says his client already planned to retire at the end of this school year, and would not be returning to his job regardless of what happens.
"I'm just relieved now that he's out of the school. He was too friendly with the girls," says Panizzi.
Neither school officials nor police believe there are any other victims at this time.
Street is being held at the Allegheny County Jail on $200,000 bond.
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The last 24 hours or so have seen the Cryptocurrencies come alive, trading in a much wider range than we gotten used to seeing in recent months. If anything, the sustained gains today in digital assets are signalling towards some kind of Crypto spring returning to the financial markets and if this happens it would be perfect timing since the Spring is in the air as well. The news of institutional investors support, adoption of digital assets in financial markets & favorable regulations have all been making rounds recently but the price action in Cryptos wasn't validating any of this. The move came around 4 am Tuesday morning Eastern Time U.S/Canada & within an hour almost all digital assets were posting double-digit gains. There was no apparent catalyst.
Although we have seen rebounds like this before too but most of them couldn't sustain the rally, but this time it looks a little different if you look at the charts. This moves strengthens the case of a bottoming since some key daily levels have been breached on the daily charts as well which dictate the longer term trends. The Market cap has jumped almost $50 billion in the past week alone to $172 billion at the time of writing with the BTC dominance dwindling to 50.3% – For those of who are not aware of the relationship, BTC dominance falls when the bullish market returns to Cryptos as investors tend to favor the riskier Alt.coins over the Crypto kingpin Bitcoin.
The gains recorded earlier by Crypto assets have not only sustained themselves but built on them throughout the day today. The breach of the psychological $5K level by Bitcoin is a pretty significant event. To visualize the moves, we are going to look at the hourly (Short term, right side) & Daily (Medium term, left side) charts of the Top 6 Cryptocurrencies. The biggest upswing was seen in Bitcoin Cash which was up 65% at one point.
Looking at the charts, you can clearly see how Cryptos have built on their double-digit gains – numbers in hourly charts on the right. BTC has comfortably flipped the MT bearish trend to neutral as most of the other Alt. coins have followed suit. Ripple & Ethereum still need to break the MT resistance to convincingly flip their MT bearish bias, but they look pretty comfortably bullish in the hourly charts. Having said all this, we are all too familiar with the volatility & unpredictability of the Cryptos – this move up looks a little more convincing considering the percentage gains, technical levels & the prolonged bearish market preceding this. Let's keep our fingers crossed… and before I sign out, here's a look at the build up on the gains in the past 24 hours.
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female jazz vocalists on the planet"
Acclaimed vocalist and BBC Radio 3 presenter, Claire Martin, has spent the last 27 years honing the craft of jazz singing. To worldwide critical acclaim she has established herself as a tour de force on the world jazz scene.
Signed to Linn Records in 1991, Claire has since released 17 CDs with the label, collaborating with musical luminaries including Martin Taylor, John Martyn, Stephane Grappelli, Mark Nightingale, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Jim Mullen and Nigel Hitchcock on many of these recordings.
A driving force behind the UK jazz scene she has won array of accolades, including a British Jazz Award no less than six times. Her massive contribution to music was noted in 2011 when she was the proud recipient of an OBE. Claire is also presenter on BBC Radio 3's 'Jazz Line Up' .


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Het Moenebroek is een erkend natuurreservaat in de Vlaamse Ardennen in Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen. Het natuurgebied ligt op het grondgebied van de stad Geraardsbergen (deelgemeente Schendelbeke). Het reservaat is erkend als Europees Natura 2000-gebied (Bossen van de Vlaamse Ardennen en andere Zuid-Vlaamse bossen) en maakt deel uit van het Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk.

Landschap
De kern van Moenebroek wordt gevormd door een nat elzenbos met enkele bronnen en een groot aantal kwelzones. Rondom het bos liggen weilanden die omringd zijn door hagen, houtkanten en bomenrijen, met hier en daar een veedrinkpoel.

Fauna
In het reservaat komen heel wat dieren voor: vlinders, salamanders, kikkers.

Flora
De bronnen zorgen winter en zomer voor een nat milieu. Enkel zwarte els is in staat om hier te overleven. Dotterbloem, slanke sleutelbloem en verspreidbladig goudveil zorgen er voor een gele voorjaarsgloed. Het reservaat omvat ook een bloemenrijk grasland met de zachte kleuren van koekoeksbloem, moerasvergeet-mij-nietje en pinksterbloem.

Natuurbeleving
In en rond het Moenebroek zijn twee bewegwijzerde wandelroutes uitgezet (de blauwe lus van 2,5 km en de rode lus van 7 km).

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In 1944 stortte een Britse bommenwerper van het type Lancaster LL652 neer in het Moenebroek  In 1991 werd het vliegtuigwrak geborgen. In 2010 werd een monument opgericht voor de bemanning . Hersmolten aluminium van het wrak werd gebruikt voor de bouw van de dakconstructie van het RAF Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park (bij Hyde Park Corner) in Londen.

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Mahi Vij is an Indian model turned actress who is popularly known as Nakusha from Laagi Tujhse Lagan. She started her career with famous hindi video Tu, Tu Hai Wahi in which she looked stunningly gorgeous. She got married to television personality Jay Bhanushali in the year 2011, Mahi Vij and Jay Bhanushali were seen in the popular dance reality show Nach Baliye where they gave the tough competition to the other contestants. They also won the title of Nach Baliye. She will now be seen in Khatron Ke Khiladi season 7.


4 This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
12 having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
15 having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
17 which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
19 and not holding fast the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increasing with the increase of God.
22 (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; but are not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.


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Report: EU's reliance on pangasius grows
Freshwater fish, particularly pangasius farmed in Vietnam, is playing a bigger role in the European Union's whitefish supply, according to a report produced by the EU Fish Processors and Traders Association. Titled Finfish Study 2010, the report was released in Brussels earlier this month.
Last year, the EU's pangasius supply, which reached 726,000 metric tons (whole weight equivalent), up 4 percent from 2008, exceeded its Alaska pollock supply, at 720,000 metric tons. Reduced pollock catch limits on the U.S. and Russian sides of the Bering Sea were responsible for the decline, according to the report.
In terms of whitefish, only the EU's cod supply exceeded its pangasius supply, totaling 925,000 metric tons, up from 863,000 metric tons in 2008 but shy of 2006's peak of 963,000 metric tons. Hake came next at 519,000 metric tons, followed by saithe at 243,000 metric tons, haddock at 214,000 metric tons and Atlantic redfish at 97,000 metric tons. Overall, the EU's marine whitefish supply fell slightly for the third consecutive year in 2009 to 2.75 million metric tons.
Filling the gap is pangasius, which represented 80 percent of the EU's 908,000-metric-ton freshwater fish supply last year. Nile perch (108,000 metric tons) and tilapia (30,000 metric tons) made up the bulk of the rest. Vietnamese exports of pangasius fillets jumped from less than 100,000 metric tons in 2004 to more than 600,000 metric tons by 2008, according to the report.
Meanwhile, the EU's salmon supply came to 813,000 metric tons in 2009, up from 798,000 metric tons the previous year. However, cod has been garnering market share from salmon due to lower cod prices and higher salmon prices worldwide. Reduced production in Chile due to the infection salmon anemia outbreak was the No. 1 cause of salmon prices rising globally, even though Norway offset Chile by increasing its production significantly.
"Falling cod prices in spring 2009 increased consumer demand, particularly in France, where substitution of cod for salmon occurred particularly as the price for that material began to increase," said the report.
Additionally, the EU's tuna supply totaled 1.67 million metric tons (live weight) last year, down from 1.72 million metric tons in 2008, while its herring supply grew 7 percent to 1.02 million metric tons and its mackerel supply swelled 23 percent to 489,000 metric tons, according to the report.
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In this chapter we'll start writing our first rules in Drools. We'll go through some basics needed to write and execute rules. We'll learn the necessary keywords of the Drools rule language.
But before all this we have to set up our development environment. If you haven't already done so, please refer to Appendix A, Setting up the Development Environment, on development environment setup.