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If You Don't Know Ezekiel 43-48, You Don't Know Yahweh
The Book of Ezekiel was supposedly written by a Jewish prophet named Ezekiel, who lived in Babylon in 622BC-570BC. During Ezekiel's life, Babylon conquered Judah, destroyed the Jewish Temple, and exiled many Jews from their homeland. While living abroad, Ezekiel claimed to have received visions from God giving him instructions to build a new temple and new rules for how it should be run. The Book of Ezekiel is his recounting of his conversation with God.
Artist's rendition of the temple God told Ezekiel to build for Him.
Some Biblical scholars suspect the book was modified by multiple unknown authors at later dates, making it difficult, if not impossible, to know which passages are originals and which have been manipulated. There's also plenty of evidence within the book itself to suggest it was not divinely inspired. Below is the full text of Ezekiel 43-46, and parts of Ezekiel 48. I've highlighted verses in bold that raise doubt about the divinity of the Bible, and I elaborate on them after each section.
Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory. The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell face down. The glory of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east. Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple. He said: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings at their death. When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger. Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.
The first nine verses of Ezekiel 43 tell us four things about Yahweh. One, He is literally here on Earth, walking around, and sitting on a throne in a private room. Two, He is an angry god who kills disobedient followers. Three, He intended to live among humans, sitting on a stone throne forever. Four, God did not divinely inspire the book of Ezekiel, because Ezekiel's prophecies never came true. The Jews built a second Temple, but it wasn't designed to Ezekiel's specifications, and the Romans destroyed it in 70AD. So much for "forever."
Ezekiel 43:10-27
"Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their sins. Let them consider its perfection, and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement, its exits and entrances—its whole design and all its regulations and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.
"This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.
"These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. And this is the height of the altar: From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide. From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide. Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth. The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide. The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit. The steps of the altar face east."
Then he said to me, "Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings and splashing blood against the altar when it is built: You are to give a young bull as a sin offering to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign Lord. You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim, and so purify the altar and make atonement for it. You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.
"On the second day you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering, and the altar is to be purified as it was purified with the bull. When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect. You are to offer them before the Lord, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.
"For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect. For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it. At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign Lord."
Yahweh commanded the Jews to prepare an altar where people could burn food for Him to feast on by smearing it with the blood of animals for seven days. From the eighth day onward, the altar would be open for sacrificial business. There's no mention of God planning on leaving His Temple, coming back to Earth in human form as Jesus, or sacrificing Himself to Himself to eliminate the need for animal sacrifices. According to Ezekiel, Yahweh's house will just be drenched in blood and soot from burnt flesh forever.
Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east, and it was shut. The Lord said to me, "This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered through it. The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the Lord. He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way."
Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the Lord filling the temple of the Lord, and I fell face down.
Ezekiel 44 reconfirms Ezekiel 43's claim that God is physically present in the Temple since he entered through a gate. Some people claim the gate is a metaphor, and Jesus is the prince who alone will be able to enter the presence of the Lord. Biblical scholars don't know who the prince really is, but the rest of the Book of Ezekiel makes it clear he was supposed to be a real person who lived in the Temple, owned land, and made traditional animal and grain sacrifices to Yahweh.
The Lord said to me, "Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the regulations and instructions regarding the temple of the Lord. Give attention to the entrance to the temple and all the exits of the sanctuary. Say to rebellious Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough of your detestable practices, people of Israel! In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant. Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.
This passage reconfirms a common theme in the Bible of God being racist. He didn't just choose the Jews to be his chosen people to spread His good word to the world. Yahweh viewed all foreigners as second-class humans. In His racist tirade, He also casually reconfirms the purpose of sacrificing animals on an altar: to feed Him with blood and fat.
Ezekiel 44:7-31
"'The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin. They may serve in my sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and serving in it; they may slaughter the burnt offerings and sacrifices for the people and stand before the people and serve them. But because they served them in the presence of their idols and made the people of Israel fall into sin, therefore I have sworn with uplifted hand that they must bear the consequences of their sin, declares the Sovereign Lord. They are not to come near to serve me as priests or come near any of my holy things or my most holy offerings; they must bear the shame of their detestable practices. And I will appoint them to guard the temple for all the work that is to be done in it.
"'But the Levitical priests, who are descendants of Zadok and who guarded my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, are to come near to minister before me; they are to stand before me to offer sacrifices of fat and blood, declares the Sovereign Lord. They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table to minister before me and serve me as guards.
"'When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes; they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire. When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated through contact with their garments.
"'They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed. No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court. They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests. They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
"'In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.
"'A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself. After he is cleansed, he must wait seven days. On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering for himself, declares the Sovereign Lord.
"'I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession. They will eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted to the Lord will belong to them. The best of all the first fruits and of all your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household. The priests must not eat anything, whether bird or animal, found dead or torn by wild animals.
If you're confused why God would need a brick and mortar house with a blood-stained altar, the final verses of Ezekiel 44 hint at a plausible explanation. Yahweh fires his old priests and gives them grunt work to do around the Temple. He specifically says they can't have any of His best stuff. Then He promotes another order of priests to serve him fat and blood at his table. They are to wear the best clothes, marry the best wives, act as heads of state, avoid doing dirty work, and even though they're not supposed to own anything, they get to eat all the best food brought to the Temple by worshipers.
According to tradition, Ezekiel was a member of the order of priests who got demoted. If this is true, then Ezekiel wasn't writing down instructions that would conveniently benefit him. However, we don't know if Ezekiel was a real person or if these instructions were added later. The simplest explanation is they were written by someone who planned to benefit from them.
"'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to the Lord a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide; the entire area will be holy. Of this, a section 500 cubits square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits around it for open land. In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the Lord. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary. An area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to live in.
"'You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will belong to all Israel.
"'The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions. This land will be his possession in Israel. And my princes will no longer oppress my people but will allow the people of Israel to possess the land according to their tribes.
"'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath. The ephah and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both. The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.
Ezekiel, speaking for Yahweh, reconfirms again that the priest class literally comes near God in the Temple. Then He orders a private gated community to be built for the humble priestly class that is bigger than the public area allotted to the rest of the inhabitants of the city.
Yahweh also gives a huge allotment of land to the mystery prince who will rule Israel and specifically orders future princes to use accurate weights and measurements for money and goods. These are secular privileges and duties that don't fit Jesus's narratives and that Jesus never mentioned.
"'This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. The prescribed portion of olive oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bathfrom each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer). Also one sheep is to be taken from every flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the people, declares the Sovereign Lord. All the people of the land will be required to give this special offering to the prince in Israel. It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings at the festivals, the New Moons and the Sabbaths—at all the appointed festivals of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the Israelites.
"'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In the first month on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect and purify the sanctuary. The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar and on the gateposts of the inner court. You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.
"'In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover, a festival lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast. On that day the prince is to provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land. Every day during the seven days of the festival he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord, and a male goat for a sin offering. He is to provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah.
"'During the seven days of the festival, which begins in the seventh month on the fifteenth day, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings and oil.
Ezekiel 44:13-25 goes on to specify that the prince will personally offer burnt animals, food, and drinks to Yahweh during Israel's annual festivals, which implies the prince isn't Jesus, and Yahweh had no plans of eliminating the need for animal sacrifices.
"'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner courtfacing east is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened. The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings. He is to bow down in worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening. On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of that gateway. The burnt offering the prince brings to the Lord on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect. The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah. On the day of the New Moon he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect. He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil for each ephah. When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.
"'When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed festivals, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which they entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate. The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and going out when they go out. At the feasts and the appointed festivals, the grain offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.
"'When the prince provides a freewill offering to the Lord—whether a burnt offering or fellowship offerings—the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be shut.
"'Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the Lord; morning by morning you shall provide it. You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the Lord is a lasting ordinance. So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular burnt offering.
The first half of Ezekiel 46 reconfirms repeatedly that Yahweh requires blood sacrifices, which will be cooked for him by human priests. Take a moment and contemplate how much blood will be spilled in Ezekiel's Temple. If you could visit this place, you wouldn't witness an ancient, beautiful, powerful, metaphorical, quaint ritual. You would see a blood-stained slaughter house full of screams, where skinny, poor people give their best food to fat priests guarding an empty room.
"'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance. If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs. The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.'"
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end. He said to me, "This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating the people."
He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court. In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide; each of the courts in the four corners was the same size. Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge. He said to me, "These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple are to cook the sacrifices of the people."
The second half of Ezekiel 46 reconfirms repeatedly that the prince and his priests are to have lucrative special privileges and private living areas where the commoners won't be able to see the opulence God's "servants" live in. If this doesn't sound like made-up, self-serving bullshit to you yet, then you must be trying to deny the obvious.
"These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.
"Asher will have one portion; it will border the territory of Dan from east to west.
"Naphtali will have one portion; it will border the territory of Asher from east to west.
"Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
"Ephraim will have one portion; it will border the territory of Manassehfrom east to west.
"Reuben will have one portion; it will border the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
"Judah will have one portion; it will border the territory of Reuben from east to west.
"Bordering the territory of Judah from east to west will be the portion you are to present as a special gift. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and its length from east to west will equal one of the tribal portions; the sanctuary will be in the center of it.
"The special portion you are to offer to the Lord will be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. This will be the sacred portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center of it will be the sanctuary of the Lord. This will be for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites, who were faithful in serving me and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray. It will be a special gift to them from the sacred portion of the land, a most holy portion, bordering the territory of the Levites.
"Alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. Its total length will be 25,000 cubits and its width 10,000 cubits. They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the Lord.
"The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for the common use of the city, for houses and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it and will have these measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. The pastureland for the city will be 250 cubits on the north, 250 cubits on the south, 250 cubits on the east, and 250 cubits on the west. What remains of the area, bordering on the sacred portion and running the length of it, will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city. The workers from the city who farm it will come from all the tribes of Israel. The entire portion will be a square, 25,000 cubits on each side. As a special gift you will set aside the sacred portion, along with the property of the city.
"What remains on both sides of the area formed by the sacred portion and the property of the city will belong to the prince. It will extend eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the sacred portion to the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. Both these areas running the length of the tribal portions will belong to the prince, and the sacred portion with the temple sanctuary will be in the center of them. So the property of the Levites and the property of the city will lie in the center of the area that belongs to the prince. The area belonging to the prince will lie between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin.
Ezekiel reiterates that the prince and priests should be given, not only the best land in the city, but more of it than anyone else, and ownership can never be transferred from the priest's family line. If you still don't suspect this book was written by a cult leader trying (and failing) to trick a nation into spoiling him rotten, how much more would a false prophet have to ask for before you question his motives?
"These will be the exits of the city: Beginning on the north side, which is 4,500 cubits long, the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. The three gates on the north side will be the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah and the gate of Levi.
"On the east side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin and the gate of Dan.
"On the south side, which measures 4,500 cubits, will be three gates: the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar and the gate of Zebulun.
"On the west side, which is 4,500 cubits long, will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher and the gate of Naphtali.
"The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.
"And the name of the city from that time on will be: the Lord is there."
The last sentence of the Book of Ezekiel reconfirms one more time, just in case you still think the author is speaking metaphorically, that Yahweh literally lives in a brick and mortar house somewhere in the Middle East. Like most of the Old Testament, The Book of Ezekiel is a train wreck of archaic, barbaric, primitive customs we would laugh at other cultures for believing are divine. If you already don't believe in some of the nonsense in the Bible, then apply the same common sense to the rest of the book.
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Q: Handshake timeout ERROR with ssl connection in RabbitMQ I am follow this tutorial of RabbitMQ with ssl connections.
I have configured the 5672 port for ssl connections and I am launching openssl tool
for testing the connection to the port in local(Is a offical docker container of RabbitMQ).
My rabbitmq.config is:
[{rabbit,   [ {loopback_users, []},
       {tcp_listeners, [5671]},
       {ssl_listeners, [5672]},
       {auth_mechanisms, ['EXTERNAL','PLAIN']},
       {handshake_timeout, 60000},
       {ssl_options, [
         {cacertfile, "/etc/rabbitmq/ssl/ca/cacert.pem" },
         {certfile, "/etc/rabbitmq/ssl/server/server.cert.pem" },
         {keyfile, "/etc/rabbitmq/ssl/server/server.key.pem" },
         {verify, verify_peer},
         {ssl_cert_login_from, common_name},
         {fail_if_no_peer_cert, true }]}]}].

Then I execute this command:
openssl s_client -connect localhost:5672 -cert ../client/client.pem -key ../client/client.key.pem -CAfile ../ca/cacert.pem

And I get this error in the RabbitMQ logs:
=INFO REPORT==== 6-Apr-2016::14:16:06 ===
accepting AMQP connection <0.696.0> (127.0.0.1:34977 -> 127.0.0.1:5672)

=ERROR REPORT==== 6-Apr-2016::14:16:06 ===
closing AMQP connection <0.696.0> (127.0.0.1:34977 -> 127.0.0.1:5672):
{handshake_timeout,handshake}

A: When you see {handshake_timeout, handshake}, it usually means that something is preventing the AMQP handshake (as opposed to the TCP handshake) from completing. Following the network traffic with Wireshark might give you an idea of where in the handshake process you're failing.

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Many people believe, and some research suggests, that intervention has its best potential for change if it is initiated at the earliest possible point. This is also the position of the juvenile court system and one of the main reasons for its primary goal: the habilitation of the juvenile delinquent.
As a result, juvenile courts often look to professionals to assist in directing habilitative services. Forensic psychology professionals are often asked to conduct assessments of juveniles in order to begin the habilitative process. Violent risk assessments in particular are important to the juvenile courts when making decisions of placement.
For example, can a juvenile be habilitated in the community without putting others at significant risk? Or, does the juvenile pose such a future threat that a confined setting is the best alternative? As is the case with adults, the answers to such questions rely on the proper forensic assessment.
One of the hardest decisions forensic psychology professionals may face is how to make appropriate recommendations that will protect not only the minor, but also the community. While they may be minors, juveniles who commit violent crimes can pose a substantial risk to their communities.
In this Discussion, you will review all the Learning Resources for this week—particularly the media, in which you will witness juveniles who have been sentenced as adults. You will also identify other criminal events that could influence the decision of a juvenile being sentenced as an adult verses as a minor.
Describe at least two examples of crimes committed by a juvenile that may prompt a petition to try that juvenile as an adult.
What developmental criteria would legally be needed in order for a juvenile to be tried as an adult? What might be the role of a forensic psychology professional in this decision?


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Generation of high-flux hyperentangled photon pairs using a microstructure-fiber Sagnac interferometer, J. Chen, J. Fan, M. Eisaman, and A. L. Migdall , Phys. Rev. A, 77 (2008)
Generation of optical coherent-state superpositions by number-resolved photon subtraction from the squeezed vacuum, T. Gerrits, S. Glancy, T. Clement, B. Calkins, A. E. Lita, A. Miller, A. L. Migdall, S. Woo Nam, R. Mirin, and E. Knill , Phys. Rev. A, 82 (2010)
Generation of Photon-Number States Using Repetitive Parametric Downconversion and Conditional Measurement, B.. L. Glebov, J.. Fan, and A.. Migdall , 2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) (2013)
Gigahertz-gated InGaAs SPAD system with avalanche charge sensitivity approaching the fundamental limit, A. Restelli, J. C. Bienfang, and A. L. Migdall , ADVANCED PHOTON COUNTING TECHNIQUES VII, 8727 (2013)
Heralded, pure-state single-photon source based on a Potassium Titanyl Phosphate waveguide, Z. H. Levine, J. Fan, J. Chen, A. Ling, and A. L. Migdall , Optics Express, 18, 3708 (2010)
High accuracy dual lens transmittance measurements, J. Y. Cheung, J. L. Gardner, A. L. Migdall, S. V. Polyakov, and M. Ware , Applied Optics, 46, 5396 (2007)
High accuracy verification of a correlated-photon- based method for determining photoncounting detection efficiency, S. V. Polyakov, and A. L. Migdall , Optics Express, 15, 1390 (2007)
Imaging topological edge states in Silicon photonics, M. Hafezi, S. Mittal, J. Fan, A. L. Migdall, and J. M. Taylor , Nat. Photon., 7, 1001 (2013)
Implementation of generalized quantum measurements for unambiguous discrimination of multiple non-orthogonal coherent states, F. E. Becerra, J. Fan, and A. L. Migdall , Nat. Comm., 4, 2028 (2013)
Improved implementation and modeling of deadtime reduction in an actively multiplexed detection system, G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, S. V. Polyakov, and A. L. Migdall , Journal of Modern Optics, 56, 405–412 (2009)
Improved implementation of the Alicki–Van Ryn nonclassicality test for a single particle using Si detectors, G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, M. Genovese, F. Piacentini, V. Schettini, N. Gisin, S. V. Polyakov, and A. L. Migdall , Phys. Rev. A, 79 (2009)
Increased cross-correlation in cascaded four-wave mixing processes, J. Fan, A. L. Migdall, and L. Wang , Optics Express, 15, 7146 (2007)
Interference of Single Photons from Two Separate Semiconductor Quantum Dots, E. B. Flagg, A. Muller, S. V. Polyakov, A. Ling, A. L. Migdall, and G. S. Solomon , Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 137401 (2010)
Invited Review Article: Single-photon sources and detectors, M. Eisaman, J. Fan, A. L. Migdall, and S. V. Polyakov , Rev. Sci. Instrum., 82, 071101 (2011)
Microstructured fiber entangles light for quantum information processing, J. Fan, and A. Migdall , LASER FOCUS WORLD, 50, 48-52 (2014)
Mode reconstruction by multi-photon statistics, E. A. Goldschmidt, S. V. Polyakov, A. Migdall, S. Peters, S. Kueck, F. Piacentini, I. Ruo Berchera, G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, and M. Genovese , 2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) (2013)
Mode reconstruction of a light field by multi-photon statistics, E. A. Goldschmidt, F. Piacentini, I. Ruo Berchera, S. V. Polyakov, S. Peters, S. Kuck, G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, A. L. Migdall, and M. Genovese , Phys. Rev. A, 88 (2013)
Mode reconstruction of a light field by multiphoton statistics, E. A. Goldschmidt, F. Piacentini, I. Ruo Berchera, S. V. Polyakov, S. Peters, S. Kueck, G. Brida, I. P. Degiovanni, A. L. Migdall, and M. Genovese , Phys. Rev. A, 88, 013822 (2013)
Multiplexed photon-counting detectors, S. V. Polyakov, V. Schettini, I. P. Degiovanni, G. Brida, and A. L. Migdall , Proceedings of the SPIE, 6900, 690019–690019–8 (2008)
Optimizing single-photon-source heralding efficiency and detection efficiency metrology at 1550 nm using periodically poled lithium niobate, S. A. Castelletto, I. P. Degiovanni, V. Schettini, and A. L. Migdall , Metrologia, 43, S56–S60 (2006)
Phase-sensitive four-wave mixing and Raman suppression in a microstructure fiber with dual laser pumps, J. Fan, and A. L. Migdall , Optics Letters, 31, 2771 (2006)
Photon number resolution enables quantum receiver for realistic coherent optical communications, F.. E. Becerra, J.. Fan, and A.. Migdall , Nature Photonics (2014)
Photon number resolution enables quantum receiver for realistic coherent optical communications, F.. E. Becerra, J.. Fan, and A.. Migdall , NATURE PHOTONICS, 9, 48-53 (2015)
Photon number squeezing in repeated parametric downconversion with ancillary photon-number measurements, B. L. Glebov, J. Fan, and A.. Migdall , OPTICS EXPRESS, 22, 20358-20365 (2014)
Photonic temperature sensor based on microring resonators, H.. Xu, M.. Hafezi, J.. Fan, A.. Migdall, G.. Strouse, Z.. Ahmed, and J.. M. Taylor , 2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) (2013)
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Q: Enable client validation in Razor views (ASP MVC 3) I try to add client side validation using this line of code:
@Html.EnableClientValidation()
But I keep getting this error message:
Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for 'Microsoft.WebPages.WebPageUltimateBase.Write(Microsoft.WebPages.Helpers.HelperResult)' has some invalid arguments
Is this working for anyone else, or is it another approach for this in ASP MVC 3?

A: You can, instead, use the following in place of the expected line of code.
@(ViewContext.ClientValidationEnabled = true)

Probably an oversight in the extension methods for htmlhelper.
Actually, you can use the HtmlHelper method by doing the following
@{ Html.EnableClientValidation(); }

A: Hey, in ASP.NET MVC3, there's no need to add Html.EnableClientValidation() in view page, instead, just enable the clientValidation in the webconfig file as below:
<appSettings>
  <add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
  <add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
</appSettings>

A: this tag
     @{ Html.EnableClientValidation(false); }

must come before the
  @using (Html.BeginForm())

A: Are you using the html <form> element on your page instead of Html.BeginFormto create your html FORM.
I had this exact same problem and worked out it was because the i was not using Html.BeginForm to create my FORM resulting in the required input attributes data-val-required="The Email field is required." data-val="true" class="input-validation-error and the place holder for the validation was not being injected into the page even though i had the @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.User.Role) inserted on my view page.

A: In my case, I was not using EditorFor, but TextBoxFor!
Make sure you use:
             <td>@Html.EditorFor(m => m.Email)</td>


I go to dinner with friends on today. Today's dinner BBQ. So happy.
I little fast go to office . Because I want to early go back home. I went to office.
My this year's work end on this week. So it's many work on this week. I go to office.
I have holidays on tomorrow. These days I have work to 12 days. I'm tired.
Today is Friday. But I have work too. It's wrong.
I will have outside work on today. Maybe it's cold.


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Drama and strong cast, undermined by sound, fury and duration in Met's "Hamlet"
By Rick Perdian
Allan Clayton in the title role and Rod Gilfry as Claudius in Brett Dean's Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera
Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn's Hamlet has arrived at the Metropolitan Opera. The opera premiered at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017 and its North American premiere has been eagerly anticipated.
In the Met's production, unveiled Friday night, Shakespeare is well served dramatically. Dean and Jocelyn have crafted a gripping story from the tragic tale, which is given life by an excellent cast. There are structural and musical elements in the performance, however, that undermine its impact.
Born, raised and educated in Australia, Dean played violin in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 to 1999, until deciding to pursue a career as a freelance performer and composer. His music is championed by leading conductors and orchestras worldwide. Jocelyn, the former artistic and general director of Canadian Stage, the largest not-for-profit theatre in Canada, wears many hats, including those of director and librettist.
Composers and librettists are drawn to Shakespeare's plays, but success can be illusive. Dean and Jocelyn had leeway as Hamlet exists in three versions, so fidelity to a sacrosanct original wasn't a concern. Their opera retains roughly a fifth of the original play set forth in 12 scenes, but while the drama is streamlined, little essential is missing.
This still leaves seven main characters: Hamlet, Ophelia, Claudius, Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes and the Ghost of Hamlet's murdered father—as well as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, a troupe of players, a gravedigger and Horatio—to populate the stage.The impressive feat is that all of these characters are vividly etched and that coherency is maintained throughout the opera.
Dean and Jocelyn also came up with an ingenious device to deal with the play's most immortal lines, which even if people don't know the source, nonetheless recognize instantly. The opera opens with a disoriented Hamlet reciting the words "…or not to be" followed by many of the most famous lines of the play. For those hoping to hear those great speeches as arias, this may come as a disappointment. However, as a dramatic expediency, it is brilliant.
There is little visual interest in the production imported from Glyndebourne. Ralph Myers' set is a formal, white eighteenth-century room devoid of decoration. As the opera progresses, the room is fractured and reconfigured to reveal the reverse of the sets, which is nothing but lumber and canvas. Descending from above, the grave digging scene, nothing more than a pile of dirt, is a visual highpoint.
The women of the Danish court are attired in haute couture creations that evoke the 1950s, while all the men except Hamlet, are in black tie. Claudius wears an impressive crown and Gertrude, his queen, a sparkling tiara. Hamlet opts for a black T-shirt, jeans, pea coat and sneakers. The troupe of players are colorfully, and slightly outrageously, costumed.
Dean's score is a sonic experience. Musicians are placed throughout the theater, most visibly percussion players in the first three boxes in the Grand Tier on either side of the proscenium. He also places eight members of the chorus in the orchestra pit that serve to amplify and comment on what is being sung on stage.
Electronics, as well as an exotic battery of unusual instruments include an accordion, sandpaper, a Japanese singing bowl played by swirling marble inside, and a tam-tam rubbed by a rubber ball with the pitch electronically lowered a few octaves. Dean describes the latter, as being "the creepiest sound imaginable."
Brenda Rae is Ophelia in Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera.
Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera.
The opera begins quietly but grows into the sonic equivalent of a maelstrom of words and sounds. As the scene progresses, Dean employs massive, dense orchestral textures that create an oppressive sense of dread, but also incoherency. The great lines of the play were practically inaudible at this performance in an opening scene that left one exhausted and overwhelmed.
Some of the blame has to rest on the shoulders of conductor Nicholas Carter, who was making his Met debut with this performance, but the density is in Dean's score. It came as a relief that the orchestral textures thinned and the volume levels decreased after the initial onslaught. The score isn't laden with melodies, but Dean is effective at setting text in a parlando-like manner, and he often employs the spoken word as well. After the initial bombast, almost every utterance could be understood.
Key members of the cast were reprising their roles from the original Glyndebourne production. The exceptions are John Relyea, who was triple cast as the ghost of Hamlet's father, a player in the troupe of actors and the gravedigger, and Brenda Rae as Ophelia. Relyea was superb in all of his guises and especially witty and wry as the gravedigger, who is preparing Ophelia's grave and happens upon the scull of Yorick.
Rae's Ophelia, a vision of loveliness and innocence in pale peach flounces, was unhinged from the beginning and it was but a slight descent into total madness and suicide. With her mesmerizing stage presence and crystal-clear voice, Rae, covered in dirt, dressed in tatters and clutching a clump of willow branches, galvanized the audience's attention in Ophelia's extended mad scene.
Allan Clayton's Hamlet was also well down the path to insanity from the start. Learning of his father's death at the hands of his uncle, merely pushed him over the edge. Clayton's identification with the role is complete. He is a rare opera singer to whom the spoken word is produced as naturally as sung passages. Clayton's Danish prince provides a good indication of what to expect when he returns to the Met next year in the title role of Britten's Peter Grimes, with Carter again conducting.
As Gertrude, Sarah Connolly is imperious and aloof, to whom death comes as a surprise. Dean's angular setting of 'There is a willow grows aslant a brook' is the first indication that Gertrude has a heart. Rod Gilfry's commanding, duplicitous Claudius is sure of both voice and stature. Trumpet fanfares mock his every appearance. Too frequent repetitions of Polonius's descriptions of Ophelia as a "Green Girl" are grating, but help to define William Burden's unctuous, eager-to-please courtier.
David Butt Philip's Laertes and Jacques Imbrailo's Horatio are the only mentally balanced characters on stage. Philip cuts a dashing figure vocally as well as athletically when engaging in his duel to the death with Hamlet. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are realized as simpering, obsequious dupes, whom countertenors Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Christopher Lowrey perform with unalloyed zest and glee.
Once past the opening scene, Carter never faltered in maintaining balance and clarity. Dean puts as much, if not more, drama in the orchestral writing as he does in the vocal parts. When it comes to color, precision and clarity, the Met orchestra is in its element and delivered here, as did both the on- and off-stage choruses.
Clocking in at over three hours, with one intermission, the opera is as unwieldy as most productions of the play. Opera doesn't need to be an endurance test. By the end of the first act, which runs for 105 minutes, the audience was getting restive. Standing near an exit at intermission, a small, but steady stream of people left, not to return. Since heeding Polonius' oft-repeated words regarding brevity wasn't in the cards, surely another break could have been inserted to lighten the load.
Hamlet continues through June 9. metopera.org
Photo: Karen Almond / Met Opera


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Luke Combs Is Red-Hot In the Number-One Spot with "Cold As You"
by jwills | November 23, 2021
Congrats to Luke Combs as "Cold As You" is the number-one song this week!
This is Luke's 4th trip to the number-one spot on the country music airplay chart this year!
It's also his 7th chart topper from his album, What You See Ain't Always What You Get!
Luke started 2021 with a 5 week run at number-one with "Better Together."
In June "Forever After All" stayed on top of the country music airplay chart for 6 weeks!
Back in October Luke and Jameson Rodgers landed in the top spot with "Cold Beer Calling My Name."
Now the CMA Entertainer Of The Year has taken his 4th trip to Number-One with "Cold As You." Congrats to Luke Combs!
Photo Credit: Zach Massey
written by jwills | published November 23, 2021 12:35 am
category: NCD News | related posts: Better Together, Cold As You, Cold Beer Calling My Name, Forever After All, Luke Combs, What You See Ain't Always What You Get


Spinal stenosis occurs when the spinal cord in the neck (cervical spine) or the spinal nerve roots in the lower back (lumbar spine) are compressed. Symptoms of lumbar stenosis often include leg pain (sciatica) and leg tingling, weakness, or numbness. Arm pain is a typical symptom of cervical spinal stenosis.
Activity modification. Patients are usually counseled to avoid activities that worsen their spinal stenosis symptoms. For lumbar stenosis, patients are typically more comfortable while flexed forward. For example, recommended activity modification might include walking while bent over and leaning on a walker or shopping cart instead of walking upright; stationary biking (leaning forward on the handlebars) instead of walking for exercise; sitting in a recliner instead of on a straight-back chair.
Epidural injections. An injection of cortisone into the space outside the dura (the epidural space) can temporarily relieve symptoms of spinal stenosis. Some recent studies have questioned the long term efficacy of these injections, and there are some concerns about the use of corticosteroid injections for patients at risk for osteoporosis related fractures. While it is still a mainstream option offered by many physicians, as with most treatments there are both risks and benefits.
Medication. Anti-inflammatory medication (such as aspirin or ibuprofen) may be helpful in alleviating spinal stenosis symptoms. With careful use, a short term course of narcotic medication use may be helpful for severe episodes of nerve related pain. Some physicians will also prescribe muscle relaxers and nerve desensitizing medications such as gabapentin. In some instances, anti-depressant medications can also provide pain relief.Side effects from medications are always a concern. As a precaution, it is essential the patients make sure their physician and pharmacist are aware of all their medications and medication allergies.


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Startups That Won India's AI Solution Challenge At RAISE 2020
TinyML And Its 'Great' Application in IoT Technology
On the second day of RAISE 2020 — a five-day virtual summit on the Responsible AI for Social Empowerment, organised by MeitY — Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the winners of AatmaNirbhar Bharat AI Start-up Pitch Fest.
Artificial intelligence has the power to solve many societal challenges and act as an enabler for inclusion, and, therefore, it is required to promote and identify such innovative solutions for the betterment of the society. The aim of this AI Solution Challenge was to encourage such innovative AI solutions developed by Indian startups.
The AI Start-up Pitch Fest announced 21 AI startups from industries like healthcare, edtech, smart mobility, transportation, agriculture etc. with 15 winners and six special mentions based on the work that they are performing. The winners have been decided by a panel of jury consisting of experts from the industry, academia and government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi further announced that top winners in each category would get cash awards of Rs 20 lakh each. Such a competition will allow these startups to showcase their solutions to the world and to VCs. Here is the list of the winners, in alphabetical order:
Also Read: Catching Up With Announcements Made At RAISE 2020 So Far
Artivatic.ai
Artivatic.ai won the challenge in the healthcare category with their product DARVIN, which is dedicated towards health-tech, wellness, genetics & health insurance. The product, DARVIN, is a full-stack healthcare platform designed for healthcare institutions, hospitals, patients, insurance companies, clinics, TPAs and more. Founded by Layak Singh and Puneet Tandon in 2017, Artivatic.ai has been established to empower insurance, broker and re-insurance businesses and developers to re-imagine insurance products with low-cost, modular API infrastructure. Its platform enables businesses and consumers to have in-depth multi-source data-focused intelligence & decisions.
CogniABle
CogniABle is a winner in the education category with their machine learning-based assistive technology that can provide early detection of autism spectrum disorder. Founded by researchers and scientists from IIT-Delhi, along with paediatricians, psychologists and BCBA's from India and USA in 2016, CogniAble has been established to bring affordability, accessibility and high quality diagnose and treatment on Autism condition on the fingertips. CogniAble is an AI-based organisation, which claims to prepone the early detection of Autism to 1.5 years of child's age and, therefore, significantly enhance the quality of life of the child on Autism. It can further improve the capacity and quality of the special education department in schools by building processes and data-based decision making.
Embibe
Embibe, also known as Indiavidual Learning, is an AI-powered learning and score improvement platform that has won the challenge in the education category. This Mumbai-based startup is using AI to disrupt the education space by providing a platform for traditional educators to adopt personalisation for students in the classroom. Founded in 2012 by Aditi Avasthi, this startup uses technologies like deep learning engine, artificial intelligence and machine learning to create personalised educational content for student engagement.
ENIXTA Innovations
ENIXTA Innovations is an artificial intelligence company that enables all online businesses to enhance their customer engagement conversations, deeply across the web. The company has won in the NLP category, for their extraordinary usage of AI, NLP and machine learning to turn customers' voices into actionable insights. It's AI algorithms analyses millions of user reviews across categories and product technical specifications to provide a balanced scorecard to include user expressed sentiments.
GingerMind.ai
One of the three winners that won in the others category is GingerMind.ai, which was established in 2015, by Gaurav Mittal. The startup won the AI Solution Challenge with its AI-based products created to aid visually impaired people in 160+ countries. Eye-D is one of the flagship products of the company that has improved the quality of life of visually impaired people using artificial intelligence. The project Eye-D is supported by the government of Karnataka, USAID, UK Government, the Government of Spain and many leading corporates and organisations. The startup believes that using technology, they can remove terms like impairment, challenged and marginalised from human vocabulary, one section at a time.
Haptik is the second company that won the challenge in the NLP category with its intelligent virtual assistants. Founded by Aakrit Vaish and Swapan Rajdev, Haptik provides a holistic conversational AI solution that can accelerate the AI journey with its all-inclusive platform built-in with domain-specific natural language models, and ready-to-deploy smart skills and flexible integrations. Haptik has currently reached over 100 million devices, processed over three billion conversations to date and helped many Fortune 500 companies with their customer experience.
Intello Labs
Intello Labs is a Gurugram-based agritech company that has won the AI solution challenge with their AI-based tools that has been developed to monitor the quality of and to grade fruits and vegetables. Founded in 2016 by Milan Sharma, Nishant Mishra, Himani Shah and Devendra Chandani, Intello Labs leverages computer vision and deep learning technology to detect variance from specifications, matching output to needs for reducing food wastage.
Nayan India Science And Technologies
Won the challenge in the smart mobility and transportation section, this Delhi-based startup, Nayan India built an AI and computer vision solution to solve traffic menace and bring down accidents, dangerous driving and traffic violations. Founded by Jayant Ratti, this startup is renowned for developing innovative product-based services that can capture road conditions and traffic violations. Some of its product services include intelligent incident reporting, city-wide coverage, personal safety, law-breaking, dangerous load in passenger vehicles, and dangerous good transportation.
Rezo.ai
The third startup that won in the NLP category is Rezo.ai, which is an AI-powered platform designed to automate conversations, reduce resolution time and enhance customer experience over voice, email, chat, WhatsApp and social. Rezo.ai is a Noida-based startup that leverages deep learning and neural networks to understand customers and simplify workflows by performing tedious manual tasks for efficient and effective customer interactions. The startup was established in 2017 by two alumni of IIT Delhi — Manish Gupta and Dr Rashi Gupta.
RoadMetrics
RoadMetrics is the second company that won the challenge in the smart mobility and transportation category with its AI-based solution that can accurately map road information at scale. The startup detects all road and street-level features using an advanced AI-based algorithm that includes road surface details, street assets, informatory signs and much more. This enterprise-grade application, founded by Dipen Babariya and Mishal Jariwala in 2007, uses AI to extract road and street-level data to facilitate the process of road safety.
SigTuple Technologies
Coming back to the healthcare category, the second company is SigTuple Technologies that has leveraged AI along with robotics and data science to develop smart screening solutions, to make healthcare affordable as well as accurate and accessible for everyone. Founded by Tathagato Rai Dastidar in 2015, this Bangalore-based health-tech startup is aiming to use technology to transform quality healthcare delivery in India, by spearheading a diagnostic revolution with multidisciplinary innovation. Using AI, the startup built intelligent screening solutions to aid diagnosis with a robust quality management system in place.
Sequretek
Out of the three companies that won in the other category, one is Sequretek, which is a Bangalore based startup that is known to provide solutions to secure information for enterprises of the future. Founded by Anand Naik and Pankit Desai in 2013, this startup claims to offer advanced solutions to businesses to manage their organisational assets and brands. Its AI- and ML-driven technologies utilised in end-to-end cybersecurity offerings ensure that companies are equipped against all threats, known and unknown.
Sirena Technologies
Another company that won the AI solution challenge at RAISE 2020 is Sirena Technologies. Bangalore-based Sirena Technologies was established with an idea of making an advanced humanoid in India. The startup won the challenge with their first Indian humanoid robot — Nino, which is a platform to learn and experiment and act as an educational companion to kids in schools. It is a part of SKIP — Sirena Knowledge and information Program — that focuses on teaching kids about technology. This robot talk, walk, dance, sing, play and work wonders with its inherently built intelligence.
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TartanSense
Agri-tech startup — TartanSense, won the challenge in the agriculture sector with its agriculture robots with AI technology that helps farmers in weed spraying. Founded in 2015 by Jaisimha Rao, this startup leverages computer vision and robotics to build precision spraying solutions for weed, insect, and disease control.
Uncanny Vision
Last but not least, the startup that won in the smart mobility and transportation category is Uncanny Vision. It is an award-winning AI-based computer vision startup that is focused on making smart cameras with real-time, edge-based intelligence for smart cities and smart parking. It got renowned for its automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) solution.
Devnagri
Mumbai-based startup Devnagri got a special mention at RAISE 2020 with its AI-powered human translation platform exclusively focused on Indian languages. It leverages neural machine translation along with machine learning to bring information that can help people to gain knowledge and make their career using the power of the Internet.
Gnani.ai
Bengaluru-based startup — Gnani.ai has got a special mention at RAISE 2020 in NLP category because of its best speech-to-text engines for Indic (vernacular) languages. It uses speech recognition technology to develop a real-time speech-to-speech translation solution, that helps businesses to automate their customer support. Its predictive models enable users to organise a complete picture of customer interactions.
Hind AI Labs
Hind AI Labs, a startup that was developed by IIT Bombay final year students, was a special category startup in the education category. They have leveraged artificial intelligence to develop an AIR Scanner App replacing China-based CamScanner for Document Scanning, AI Reading Assistant and Dictionary.
Matisoft Cyber Security Labs
Another cybersecurity company in this change that got special mention is Matisoft Cyber Security Labs for its advanced malware scanner. It is now one of the most advanced AI-based ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) antivirus developed to identify, detect and catch advanced forms of viruses and security breaches.
Megara Robotics
Megara Robotics is yet another agri-tech startup showcased their products at RAISE 2020 and got a special mention in the agriculture category. This Chennai-based startup got selected because of its AI and robotics-based coconut harvester for farmers.
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Goa-bound Azur Air charter flight makes emergency landing in Uzbekistan
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): A Goa-bound Azur Air charter flight made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan with 232 passengers following a security threat, the Russian embassy in India said.
Taking to Twitter, the Russian embassy said, "According to available information, the plane made an emergency landing in Uzbekistan after a report of an alleged bomb scare. The aircraft is being inspected, the airline is preparing accommodations for the passengers in hotels."The Consulate added that they were closely following the situation around the Azur Air flight AZV2463 en route from Perm to Goa.
Earlier, airport sources confirmed that Russia's charter plane of Azur Air, offering services to destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa and Central America, had a total of 238 passengers on board, including 2 infants and 7 crew members.
According to airport sources, the flight took off from Perm international airport, located at Bolshoye Savino, 16 kilometres southwest of the city of Perm, Russia.
Further details are awaited. (ANI)


How can all human beings of the world research about real God creator and see his perceptible act within only 30 days so that all kinds of religious wars can be stopped which are basic reason of poverty, illiteracy and destruction of innocent people whether they are Muslims or Non-Muslims?
"O, 7 billion people of world! Please don't bury dead bodies under Earth or don't burn them in Fire or don't throw them in Rivers, but leave them on the Earth in intact condition only for 30 days and, then inform us about whose dead bodies did not begin to decay so that world media can live stream them to the world and it can be seen by billions of people."
By this way, all human beings will know exactly whose God is real and creator of universe and whose Gods are imaginary. How? All those dead bodies that began to decay, their Gods were imaginary and fabricated because they had no control over nature. And, all those dead bodies that didn't begin to decay in 30 days too, their God is real God creator who has full control over nature.
So, if you want to save billions of people from destruction of religious wars, then please either help me for announcement purpose or do it yourself.


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Phrazer/Kitsune is the only purpose designed and built medical solution for equitable patient engagement in the world. As such it is the only safe, FDA grade, reliable solution available. GeaCom is the sole US company developing and providing a solution of this nature and sophistication. GeaCom is the lone designer/developer/provider (medical or consumer) to produce, deliver and support entirely from North America. Furthermore GeaCom is the only manufacturer to exclusively employ fair labor and safe production sourcing while paying US and Canadian tax. Every other digital product maker in the world uses major tax dodges (Apple is a Irish Company not paying North American tax, GE has avoided tax entirely and all employ tax shelters). Why focus on tax and fair labor? This is because tax pays for healthcare and fair labor that is core to the mission of healthcare's healthy communities. Ethically, financially and appropriately, healthcare decision makers should consider the source, purpose and reliability of the supply.
The core missions of our customers and the values of our communities really matter. GeaCom develops solutions that, for the first time, don't compromise on engaging those values in healthcare and K-12 environments.
The current distribution channels for the medical device market have lost the ability to create demand. They are now only filling orders for refill (general supply, scanners, record keeping solutions, etc). Other than Phrazer/Kitsune systems, there have been no total breakthrough solutions in the general medical space in decades. The medical device channel is becoming condensed. For GeaCom the only way we've been able to introduce the CITE breakthrough to the market is through direct sales with the market innovation leaders. Working directly with the customers, in the environment of their own challenges and goals and collaboratively finding inroads for the CITE methodology has been the only way to produce market, product and sales competency to inform broader market adoption and appreciation.
Our design makes implementation of CITE tools fast and affordable. The CITE Engagement capability for our systems adds no additional cost and very little effort to bring to play the deep benefits in real world use cases. The CITE Engagements not only normalize patient populations and harmonize patient/staff/system performance but they also add revenue that is vital for innovation growth. So with stable, fast to implement, adaptive, proven and easy to use systems we are helping our customers innovate at hyper speed. Also, every CITE pioneering enterprise is literally innovating with every step they take into the proven CITE solutions.
GeaCom saw a potential for Communication & Information Theory Empowered (CITE) solutions in up coming technology. The company began to design solutions around the potential of Multi-path Realtime Messaging (MRM) with its incredible potential to healthcare. Designing systems in advance of technology is a difficult thing but it is what makes Phrazer/Kitsune and CITE systems so ahead of their time. As this window started to open to make the vision a reality (and it is cracked upon now) we pounced by developing a breakthrough.
With some course correction and many challenges GeaCom's CITE products are now performing first ever MRM services. Phrazer Spirit is the 4th generation and now fully offers the vision of Communication & Information Theory Empowered technology. Kitsune II is second generation and now has the patented features and design potential such as the Multi-path Realtime Messaging functionality as well as mass production capability. The Shannon OS is version 6 and with it, GeaCom has full security, remote update function, stability and functionality envisioned in GeaCom's early days. The new sophisticated CITE Engagements now cover a vast application area from emergency care to inpatient, from medical to K-12 and far beyond. The market references from blue chip customers, the peer reviewed results and deep studies now powerfully and thoroughly establish GeaCom's solutions as the global breakthrough promise they really are.
Now, any medical system can provide equal engagement for all their patients. For the first time medical infrastructure is able to transform to 100% active care areas. Never before integration of process and policy, in realtime with patient needs, is available. A new, safe, secure, stable, dynamic, affordable and innovation supporting solution has entered the global healthcare market (and K-12 space) fully developed, fully proven, fully vetted and is truly world changing.
More than 5 years of CITE engagement development in collaboration with the world leading medical systems is available on all Phrazer/Kitsune systems.
Phrazer is antimicrobial, rugged, FDA grade, pre-configured for medical interoperability, designed for 10 full service years and has benchmark performance that beats leading consumer systems.
Kitsune is comfortable, antimicrobial, dynamic, rugged, FDA grade and with its own processor, communication systems and innovative expansions.
A system, purpose designed with CITE, for the medical market space. No superfluous interfaces and layers to navigate. The system that is faster to integrate, easier to use, safer and more secure than any other in the world. Built-in secure drivers and interoperability enables adaptive and rapid integration.
The entire surface is antimicrobial, has no surfaces to pool liquids, is shatter proof, has no pinch zones and is fully ruggedized without disposable parts.
The completely sealed systems has no access points, no open ports and is empowered by the only fully medical grade secure operating system. There are no 3rd party integration points, no 3rd party licenses needed and this is the only available medical system software that has never been hacked or compromised. The drives have custom, strong encryption and each device has independent onboard active location tracking.
The single point, single purpose design streamlines interfaces for medical and ease of use. No multiple point navigation, deep nested interfaces or reading is required and due to the streamlined nature, the stability is second to none.
From on-boxing to the first patient competently takes less than an hour. Staff interfaces are self guided and logical. Patient use requires no introduction or training to navigate intuitive engagements. The system personalizes to the user (language, literacy, culture, etc).
When in use, Phrazer/Kitsune incentivizes innovation and configuration specific to the enterprise. Healthcare innovation doesn't have to be an oxymoron with these systems. Low cost, fast turn and rapid results are the cornerstone of CITE systems.


By now you almost certainly know the Patriots beat the Colts, 38-24, last Thursday night. The victory puts them at 3-2, and with the Dolphins loss today, they are now tied for the AFC East lead. Seems like a long time ago the Pats were in a "must win" situation against Miami.
I just got around to watching the full game and had a few thoughts to share.
The Pats weren't as impressive as the score indicated. Even though the offense is starting to find its groove, the two tipped-ball interceptions kept the Colts in the game. And without a fluky INT by the Pats' Jonathan Jones, the outcome could well have been in doubt. New England will have to play better against teams that aren't as undermanned as Indy was.
Tom Brady was outstanding. Neither INT was his fault, and in fact, both should have been completed passes. He stood strong in the pocket, absorbing hits to complete passes, some of them ridiculous (one to Gronkowski was particularly amazing). And in general, his command of the field has been great the last two weeks.
I wasn't as impressed with Josh Gordon as some. His TD catch wasn't so much a great play as a blown coverage by the Indy defense. #41 of the Colts took a terrible angle with the ball in the air, allowing Gordon to slip between him and the corner. Also, Gordon missed the read on a comeback route, leading to a Pats punt when it should have been an easy first down.
Still, Gordon is learning the offense (caught a tough one over the middle), and as he gets the route-trees down, he should be more and more effective.
On defense they did what they needed to do, no more no less. The secondary is playing much better, though they were helped by several Indy drops. The linebackers are okay, though their supposed star, Dont'a Hightower, isn't recovering from his injury very quickly. And the defensive line is playing with energy and mucking things up for the other offenses, which helps the back seven immensely.
Devin McCourty's 14 tackles led the team, but he got beaten in coverage a few times. However, he probably made up for it with a Bruschi-esque strip of the ball for a turnover. The secondary did knock away 10 total passes; some games they have only one or two. Devin's twin brother Jason had two of those, Jones two more, and Stephon Gilmore had three.
The D-line looks like a bunch of interchangeable nobodies. But they are playing well together, doing more stunts and games up front while keeping the last two QBs in the pocket. Trey Flowers is the only star in that group, and his return has paid dividends. And I'm still seeing some special blitz packages from D-coordinator Brian Flores, which I expect will help them as they move through the season.
Special teams continues to be a sore spot. This week, they had a chance to pin Indy back at their 20 after the Colts had a penalty on a kickoff. Instead, the Pats took the five-yard penalty, kicked it through the end zone, and had a penalty of their own! So they lost 10 yards on that trade, with a decision that actually made no strategic sense at all.
And punter Ryan Allen boomed a 59-yard punt, only to have it returned 33 yards because he outkicked his coverage. Those little mistakes haven't cost them any games to this point. But they need to clean up their special teams strategy and execution if they expect to make a run toward the playoffs.
So where does that leave us? 3-2 and atop the AFC East sounds about right. The next game is against KC on Sunday. Should be a barn-burner, as the Chiefs are 5-0 and their QB is on fire of late.
Biggest on-going issue: Special teams play takes the top spot for a week. ST coach Joe Judge needs to clean up the mistakes and stop with the strange kickoff strategies.
Non-Brady MVP: For the second straight week, James White edges out a win. Almost gave it to Patrick Chung, but White was more important.
Weekly water-cooler wisdom: "Why is the KC game always the pivotal one?"
In the middle of everything, but barely noticed.


I'm a huge fan of lipsticks but what is even more convenient than a lipstick is a lip crayon. When you can everything that you like in a lipstick placed in a creamy lip crayon it simplifies your makeup routine even more. The latest addition to my collection is the Ulta Beauty Gloss Boss Lip Crayon Kit.
I can easily compare these to the Nudestix Crayons. They have a lightweight, creamy finish that does not dry out your lips. The colors are more of a neutral pigment that applies and feels like butter.
I like that the crayon is a chubby stick that makes application easy as you grip to line your lips and fill in the color.
The Ulta Beauty Gloss Boss 3 Piece Glossy Lip Crayon Kit is ultra hydrating with a rich, creamy texture. They come in three almost similar shades with a slight variation. What I noticed is that they give you more of a natural sheer finish with a lot of moisture.
Girl Boss is a beautiful sheer pink that could be worn on its own but it would come off more pigmented if worn over another lipstick. It has a glossy finish that reflects the light beautifully.
If you want to make a bold statement then this shade will not work for you.
CEO is a sheer reddish brown color that was also the most pigmented from the set.
With this one being the most pigmented you could certainly wear this one on its own as it adds a nice flush of color to your lips that leaves it looking glossy and beautiful.
Like Girl Boss, this shade was also swatched a very sheer pink color.
The lip crayon set is a beautiful set that is meant to provide a subtle flush of color to your lips. For those who are looking for more of a statement making color would have to wear this as a topper over lipstick. The lip crayon would not be pigmented enough on it's own.


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'The Bennett government is continuing on a dangerous trajectory'
Israeli government requests six-month delay in implementation of demolition orders for illegal Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar.
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The Israeli government on Sunday requested yet another six-month delay from the Supreme Court, hoping to push off the implementation of a court order requiring the eviction of dozens of Bedouin squatters from an illegal encampment east of Jerusalem.
The Regavim Movement slammed the Bennett government over the state's response in the Khan al Ahmar case, which was submitted to the High Court Sunday evening.
The government requested an additional six month delay of the deadline to submit its official position to the court in the matter of the illegal outpost on Route 1, slated for demolition over a decade ago. During this additional half-year period, the state intends to submit a confidential document to the court detailing all the considerations that impact the enforcement of demolition orders at the site.
Meir Deutsch, Director General of Regavim, sharply criticized the state's response, and the conduct of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
"From the first day of the current government's term, we have stressed that deeds, not words, are what count," Deutsch said. "Today it has become clear that contrary to its oft-repeated declarations, this government is continuing along the dangerous trajectory set by its predecessor, conducting its law enforcement system according to the whims of foreign governments."
"The root of anarchy is selective, preferential law enforcement. No sector or segment of the population should enjoy immunity from law enforcement because of international pressure while the law is enforced against other sectors."
Regavim noted that in earlier responses to the High Court, the state explained that law enforcement at Khan al-Ahmar would be postponed for fear that this would trigger proceedings in the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
"This conduct broadcasts a very problematic message to the world, intimating that the State of Israel is a guest in this territory when in fact Judea and Samaria have been under internationally-recognized Israeli jurisdiction for a longer period of time than the British Mandate and the Jordanian occupation combined," noted Deutsch.
"The time has come for the State of Israel to exercise its rights to this territory, and to behave in a manner befitting the sovereign body responsible for law enforcement in the area according to international law and in accordance with the historic right of the State of Israel to the territories of Judea and Samaria."


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Of all the historic cities in Europe, Dublin may be the one that's most closely in touch with its own history. The city was founded by Viking invaders as a trading post (the Vikings understood the importance of controlling ports and trade). Most modern day Irish are in some way genetically related to the Vikings. There, we saved you the cost of a DNA test.
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A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.
Pressure for Apple CEO succession plan increases
The Institutional Shareholder Services has backed a proposal from an Apple shareholder which asks for a formal succession plan following the medical leave of CEO Steve Jobs.
According to the Financial Times, the influential advisory service endorsed this proposal from the Central Laborers' Pension Fund.
The proposal, which is non-binding, calls on the board to make public reports on its CEO succession plan.
Apple does not agree with the proposal and previously said it already has a succession plan in place. The company believes if it reveals its chief executive candidates, the ones named may be poached by other companies and those not named would resign.
However, the Central Laborers' Pension Fund had said it was not looking for names of the next potential Apple CEO, only the succession plan.
The proposal may get more votes from investors at an Apple annual meeting on 23 February.
Intel offers voluntary redundancy to 100 staff
Intel has offered voluntary redundancy to up to 100 of its staff following the closing of a factory on its Leixlip campus.
The company will close its "Fab 10" facility within the Kildare-based campus in March, which initially offered Pentium chips in 1995.
Demand went away for this and construction began in upgrading the "Fab 14" facility.
Eighty per cent of the staff from Fab 10 underwent an upskilling programme and will move to this newer building. However, the remainder did not take this option.
"Unfortunately, there was about 100 people who for personal or professional reasons weren't able to make the move to the new facility and we've offered them a voluntary redundancy package," said an Intel spokesperson.
Numerous parties interested in buying MySpace – News Corp.
News Corp. has received interest from many potential buyers of MySpace, the company's COO said during the release of its financial results.
News Corp.'s COO Chase Carey said a number of parties were interested in acquiring MySpace and said it would pursue all options, but was not soliciting anything.
MySpace has been struggling to remain relevant in today's online world, thanks to increasing competition from social networking vendors such as Facebook. It recently let go 500 staff members in order to keep the company sustainable.
News Corp's revenues reached more than US€8.7bn for the quarter with a net income of US$642m.
However, it recorded a US$275m pre-tax charge for the impairment of goodwill, which included the restructuring of MySpace.
MySpace's lower search and advertising revenues also had an impact, with the segment it fell under experiencing a second-quarter operating loss of US$156m, US$31m greater than last year.
Blu-ray and TV sales drive Panasonic revenues 21pc
Panasonic has announced that its third quarterly net profit rose by 24pc on the back of group sales for the third quarter increasing 21pc to 2,285.5bn yen.
Overseas sales increased to 1,084.9bn yen, up 23pc from 881.7bn yen.
As a result of "strong sales, and streamlining of material costs and other general expenses, offsetting severe price competition, appreciation of the yen and rising material costs", Panasonic managed to increase the operating profit, pre-tax income and net income.
Sales in Digital AVC Networks increased to 2,585.4bn yen, from 2,578.2bn yen a year ago. This was largely due to the sales of Blu-ray Disc recorders and flat-panel TVs, however, there was a decline in sales of mobile phones and digital cameras.
Toshiba profits double on smartphone sales
Toshiba Corp. has benefitted from global demand for smartphones and tablets as sales of its NAND flash memory chips and liquid-crystal displays boom.
Profits at the Japanese firm doubled in the third quarter of the year and kept its full-year operating profit forecast of US$3.05bn.
However, the company lowered its full-year sales target by almost 6pc.
For the three months ending 31 December, Toshiba posted operating profit of $0.45bn profit, compared with $0.18bn a year ago.
UPC Ireland appoints new CEO
UPC Ireland has appointed Dana Strong as its new CEO, effective from 1 May 2011. She will succeed Robert Dunne, who will become managing director at UPC Netherlands.
Strong has been chief operating officer of satellite subscription TV provider AUSTAR since 2002. It provides this service to more than 760,000 customers in regional Australia.
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