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'Heartbreaking' and 'Pathetic': US Obstructs Patent Waiver for Covid Tests and Treatments
"There have been at least 290,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the WTO punted on the question of global access to tests and treatments back in June," said one advocate. "How many more need to die before the U.S. joins the right side of history?"
By Kenny Stancil. Published 12-6-2022 by Common Dreams
Photo: Amnesty International/CC
Global health campaigners denounced U.S. President Joe Biden's administration for refusing to support a temporary suspension of patents for Covid-19 tests and treatments this year, a move that further delays the possibility of securing a World Trade Organization intellectual property waiver aimed at increasing access to lifesaving medical tools in developing nations.
In a statement released on Tuesday morning, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that "over the past five months, USTR officials held robust and constructive consultations with Congress, government experts, a wide range of stakeholders, multilateral institutions, and WTO members."
Tai continued:
Real questions remain on a range of issues, and the additional time, coupled with information from the USITC [United States International Trade Commission], will help the world make a more informed decision on whether extending the ministerial decision to Covid-19 therapeutics and diagnostics would result in increased access to those products. Transparency is critical and USTR will continue to consult with Congress, stakeholders, and others as we continue working to end the pandemic and support the global economic recovery.
As Bloomberg reported, investigations of the sort that Tai wants the USITC to pursue "can take nine months to a year to complete," pushing the prospects for a comprehensive waiver of the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) well into 2023 or beyond.
Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni, policy co-lead for the People's Vaccine Alliance, said in response that "it is heartbreaking to see the Biden administration succumb to pressure from pharmaceutical company lobbyists and their henchmen in Congress."
"This moment of weakness will cost countless lives in low- and middle-income countries, leading to continued economic devastation," said Kamal-Yanni, "while a handful of pharmaceutical CEOs and shareholders will get even richer."
"The U.S. has had more than two years to meaningfully engage in WTO negotiations over access to lifesaving tests and treatments," she added. "Kicking the issue further into the long grass, just as the negotiating deadline approaches, is pathetic."
This sentiment was echoed by Arthur Stamoulis, executive director of the Trade Justice Education Fund.
"There have been at least 290,000 deaths from Covid-19 since the WTO punted on the question of global access to tests and treatments back in June," said Stamoulis. "How many more need to die before the U.S. joins the right side of history?"
"We're in the third year of the pandemic and billions of people worldwide still don't have access to Covid tests, vaccines, and medicines," Stamoulis continued.
Large swaths of the Global South have been deprived of lifesaving Covid-19 medical tools and remain completely unprotected, with less than 25% of people in low-income countries having received at least one vaccine dose to date.
Experts have long argued that pausing enforcement of the corporate-friendly TRIPS Agreement for the duration of the pandemic would remove the intellectual property barriers standing in the way of increased generic manufacturing. However, in June, Big Pharma-aligned policymakers—most of them from highly vaccinated rich countries—defeated a popular proposal to waive coronavirus-related patents to boost the global supply of jabs, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
Instead, the WTO, which operates on the consensus of its 164 members, adopted a watered-down alternative pertaining only to vaccines—described by critics as worse than the status quo—and vowed to decide whether to extend the decision to cover tests and treatments within six months. The Biden White House's new demand for a delay—in which they joined the European Union, United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Switzerland—comes just days before the December 17 deadline.
As Knowledge Ecology International director James Love pointed out on social media, the U.S. government blocked the proposed TRIPS waiver for tests and treatments after telling the World Health Organization that it is opposed to including intellectual property flexibilities in an emerging WHO pandemic treaty "because that's a conversation for the WTO."
Yesterday the US government told the WHO they don't want intellectual property rights discussed in the WHO pandemic treaty, because that's a conversation for the WTO. Also, same day, blocked WTO agreement on exceptions for COVID 19.
https://t.co/ryTFnvgYAL
— James Love (@jamie_love) December 6, 2022
Meanwhile, the need for improved access to tests and treatments is particularly acute in poor countries, given the ongoing severity of global vaccine apartheid.
The WHO estimates that just one in every 50 tests is administered in low- and middle-income nations home to 84% of the global population. While publicly available data on treatment access is sparse, a recent analysis from Oxfam and the People's Vaccine Alliance shows that just a quarter of Pfizer's Paxlovid pill orders are destined for developing countries.
Pfizer's licensing agreement with the United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool enables other drugmakers to produce its pill for generic consumption in just 95 countries representing 53% of the global population. As a result, excluded countries, many of which are not wealthy, may be forced to pay $250 per course rather than $25.
Globally, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has caused more than 15 million deaths directly and indirectly, and the disease alone continues to kill roughly 1,500 people per day.
The profoundly inequitable allocation of medicines—fueled by high-income nations snatching up a disproportionate share of vaccines, tests, and treatments and pharmaceutical corporations refusing to share knowledge and technology—has exacerbated avoidable suffering. Artificially imposed scarcity and uneven distribution also enables the coronavirus to continue circulating and mutating, increasing the likelihood of a vaccine-resistant variant emerging.
A recent investigation revealed the extent to which Big Pharma has lobbied against a robust intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 jabs, diagnostics, and therapeutics—and worsened deadly inequality in the process.
Tai's "call for 'more information' cannot be an excuse for inaction," Stamoulis said Tuesday. "While pharmaceutical monopolies make billions, people are still dying, others are getting long Covid, the economy is suffering, and new variants remain a constant threat."
"It's long past time," he added, "for the Biden administration to support the modest changes to WTO pharmaceutical monopoly protections standing in the way of Covid test and treatment access around the world."
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DURST FETNER RESIDENTIAL SELECTS BIG TO DESIGN 600-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON W57TH STREET
West 57th, designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, introduces an entirely new residential typology to New York City that will add an inviting twist to the Manhattan Skyline.
Durst Fetner Residential (DFR) today announced the design of West 57, a 600-unit 80/20 residential building on West 57th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. The building is designed by renowned Danish Architect firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group and is their inaugural North American project. The building's program consists of over 600 residential units of different scales situated on a podium with a cultural and commercial program. The building will strive for LEED Gold Certification.
"It's extraordinarily exciting to build a building whose architecture will attract visitors from around the globe," said, Hal Fetner, CEO of Durst Fetner Residential. "BIG's design is innovative, evocative and unique and the building's beauty is matched only by its efficient and functional design that preserves existing view corridors while maximizing the new building's access to natural light and views of the Hudson River. West 57th will establish a new standard for architectural excellence and its creative design, sustainable-construc tion and operations, breathtaking views and distinctive amenities will make it New York's most sought after residential address."
The building is a hybrid between the European perimeter block and a traditional Manhattan high-rise. West 57th has a unique shape which combines the advantages of both: the compactness and efficiency of a courtyard building providing density, a sense of inti macy and security, with the airiness and the expansive views of a skyscraper. By keeping three corners of the block low and lifting the north-east corner up towards its 467 ft peak, the courtyard opens views towards the Hudson River, bringing low western sun deep into the block and graciously preserving the adjacent Helena Tower's views of the river.
"New York is rapidly becoming an increasingly green and livable city. The transformation of the Hudson River waterfront and the Highline into green parks, the ongoing effort to plant a million trees, the pedestrianization of Broadway and the creation of more miles of bicycle lanes than the entire city of my native Copenhagen are all evidence of urban oases appearing all over the city. With West 57th we attempt to continue this transformation into the heart of the city fabric – into the center of a city block," Bjarke Ingels, Founder, BIG.
The form of the building shifts depending on the viewer's vantage point. While appearing like a warped pyramid from the West-Side-
Highway, it turns into a slender spire from West 58th Street. The courtyard which is inspired by the classic Copenhagen urban oasis can be seen from the street and serves to extend the adjacent greenery of the Hudson River Park into the West 57th development.
"The building is conceived as a cross breed between the Copenhagen courtyard and the New York skyscraper. The communal intimacy of the central urban oasis meets the efficiency, density and panoramic views of the tall tower in a new hybrid typology. The courtyard is to architecture what Central Park is to urbanism: a giant green garden surrounded by a dense wall of spaces for living", Bjarke Ingels, Founder, BIG.
The slope of the building allows for a transition in scale between the low-rise structures to the south and the high-rise residential towers to the north and west of the site. The highly visible sloping roof consists of a simple ruled surface perforated by terraces—each one unique and south-facing. The fishbone pattern of the walls are also reflected in its elevations. Every apartment gets a bay window or a balcony to amplify the benefits of the generous view and balconies which encourage interaction between residents and passers-by. DFR commissioned Copenhagen based BIG in the spring of 2010 to introduce a new residential typology to Manhattan. As of 2011 BIG has opened a new office in New York in order to oversee the development and upcoming construction of West 57th.
About Durst Fetner Residential
Durst Fetner Residential is a unique collaboration between two of the most respected commercial and residential development companies in New York City—The Durst Organization and Sidney Fetner Associates. The Organization develops, builds, owns and manages premiere properties throughout the New York metropolitan area that set new standards in environmental responsibility and user efficiency.
About BIG
BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, founded in 2005 by Bjarke Ingels, is an architectural office currently involved in a large number of projects throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark and with a newly opened office in New York, USA the office is led by six Design Partners, including Bjarke Ingels, Andreas Klok Pedersen, Finn Norkjaer, Thomas Christoffersen, Jakob Lange, David Zahle and two Management Associate Partners, Sheela Maini Sogaard and Kai-Uwe Bergmann. BIG's architecture emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly evolves and changes, not least due to the influence of multicultural ex change, global economic flows and communication technologies that together require new ways of architectural and urban organiza tion. In all our actions we try to move the focus from the little details to the BIG picture.
W57 DATA
PROJECT: West 57th Street
CLIENT: Durst Fetner Residential
ARCHITECT: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
SIZE: 870,000 ft² (80,000 m²)
LOCATION: Manhattan, New York, USA
STATUS: Direct Commission
COLLABORATORS: SLCE Architects (Architect of Record) , Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects, Thornton Tomasetti (Sturctural), Dagher Engineering(MEP), Langan Engineering (Civil), Hunter Roberts (Construction Manager), Philip Habib & Assoc. (Transportation), Israel Berger & Assoc. (Building Envelope), Nancy Packes (Marketing), Van Deusen & Assoc. (Vertical Transportation), Cerami & Assoc. (Acoustical), CPP (Wind), AKRF (Environmental), German Glessner (Renderings & Animation)
Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels
Project Leader: Beat Schenk
Project Architect: Sören Grünert
Team: Thomas Christoffersen, Celine Jeanne, Daniel Sundlin, Alessandro Ronfini, Aleksander Tokarz, Alessio Valmori, Alvaro Garcia Mendive, Felicia Guldberg, Gabrielle Nadeau, Ho Kyung Lee, Julian Liang, Julianne Gola, Lucian Racovitan, Marcela Martinez, Maria Nikolova, Minjae Kim, Mitesh Dixit, Nicklas Rasch, Riccardo Mariano, Stanley Lung, Steffan Heath, Thilani Rajarathna, Xu Li
For further information: Jordan Barowitz (DFR), Tel. +1.212.257.6605, [email protected]
Daria Pahhota (BIG), [email protected]
BIG WINS THE COMPETITION TO DESIGN A MAJOR CULTURAL CENTER IN ALBANIA
BIG, Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management are today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.
The capital Tirana is undergoing an urban transformation which includes the restoration and refurbishment of existing buildings, the construction of a series of new public and private urban structures, and the complete reconceptualization of Scanderbeg Square. This important square is the site of the new cultural complex that will consist of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.
Albania is the crossroads of three major religions: Orthodox Christianity; Catholicism; and Islam. With the recent completion of two new churches, all three religions will now have new places of worship in the heart of Tirana. The complex will not only serve the Muslim community of the city and surrounding areas, but will educate the public about Islamic values and serve as a beacon for religious tolerance.
BIG's winning entry was selected out of five finalists, including Spanish Architect Andreas Perea Ortega, Architecture Studio from France, Dutch SeARCH and London-based Zaha Hadid.
"The winning proposal was chosen for its ability to create an inviting public space flexible enough to accommodate daily users and large religious events, while harmonically connecting with the Scanderbeg square, the city of Tirana and its citizens across different religions. Additionally the project shines through its beautiful garden surrounding the new Mosque and Center of Islamic Culture which symbolically features the rich vegetation described in Islamic literature. Finally the team's awareness of the economic aspects of this important development will contribute to a successful realization of this project." Mayor of Tirana, Edi Rama.
The buildings' forms emerge from two intersecting axes and formal requirements: the city grid of Tirana which calls for the proper framing of the square and a coherent urban identity, and orientation of the Mosque's main wall towards Mecca. BIG's proposal incorporates Tirana's grid by maintaining the street wall and eaves line, yet rotates the ground floor so both the Mosque and the plaza face the holy city of Islam. This transformation also opens up a series of plazas—two minor ones on the sides of the Mosque and a major plaza with a minaret in front—which are semi-covered and serve as an urban extension of the place of worship. By turning the mosque inside out and bringing the program and qualities of the Mosque to a public arena, the religion becomes inclusive and inviting, and the cool shaded urban space can be shared by all.
"This project is very significant for us for two reasons: Firstly it is a privilege to contribute to the ambitious rejuvenation of Tirana City – especially since it is happening not by the random accumulation of singular monuments – but rather in accordance with a careful and considerate holistic master plan. Secondly and perhaps most importantly –religious tolerance is one of our greatest challenges today– politically, culturally and even urbanistically. With the construction of the New Mosque of Tirana, The Islamic Center and The Museum of Religious Harmony – Tirana will reestablish the equilibrium by adding a mosque to the newly completed Orthodox and Catholic Cathedrals – making Tirana an example for the rest of the world as a global capital of religious harmony", Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner of BIG.
The mosque can accommodate up to 1,000 people performing their daily prayers. Through the unique layout of courtyards and public space, the mosque can also expand to accommodate larger groups of 5,000 on Fridays and up to 10,000 on special holy days. The facade with the multitude of rational, rectangular windows finds its inspiration in Islamic mashrabiya screens, which provide shading and privacy while still allowing views out. The light qualities of the mosque will change dramatically throughout the day as the light washes across the curved facades.
"The alignment towards Mecca solves the dilemma inherent in the master plan – in its triangular layout the mosque was somehow tugged in the corner – now it sits at the end of the plaza – framed by its two neighbors. The resultant architecture evokes the curved domes and arches of traditional Islamic architecture – for both the mosque itself and the semi-domed spaces around it", Thomas Christoffersen, Partner-in-Charge, BIG.
The design also includes The Quran Gardens containing all of the plants mentioned in the Quran in the same amount as the number of times they appear in the holy scripture.
PROJECT "A Mosque for All" New Mosque, Islamic Cultural Center, and Museum of Religious Harmony
TYPE Invited Competition
CLIENT Municipality of Tirana, Albanian Muslim Community
COLLABORATORS Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management
SIZE 27000 m2
LOCATION Tirana, Albania
STATUS 1st Prize
DATE May 2nd 2011
Partner-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen
Project Leader: Leon Rost
Project Team: Marcella Martinez, Se Yoon Park, Alessandro Ronfini, Daniel Kidd, Julian Nin Liang, Erick Kristanto, Ho Kyung Lee
For further information and high resolution images: Daria Pahhota, +45 2510 4466, [email protected]
For further information regarding the competition: http://www.tirana.gov.al/
For an animation of our proposal please link to: http://vimeo.com/23222675
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Oscar nominated actress Mary Whitty was made a Dame for her World War 1 charity work.
Charles Laughton served in World War 1, then became an actor. He won an Oscar in 1933.
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Larry Storch, born January 8, 1923, in New York, NY. Served in the US Navy during WW II on the submarine tender USS Proteus with Tony Curtis.
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This album review is provided by Merry Mercurial, a writer of fiction, essays, reviews, and the "highly subjective" music blog which you can find at her website, The Music According to Merry.
With a tambourine, train-howl moans, and that first "Woooooah-mama" from "Highway Tune" on their Black Smoke Rising EP, Greta Van Fleet essentially cannonballed into radio awareness. Their second single, "Safari Song," dispelled whatever doubt lingered about their similarity to a band that hit late-1960s radio with an even greater splash: Led Zeppelin. That bracing parallelism has followed the band of brothers (and one friend) into every interview, every music critique, every fashion review of their on-stage feathers, vests, and ponchos. All of which leads to the question their debut album, Anthem of the Peaceful Army, is charged with answering: Does Greta Van Fleet have a worthwhile sound—and an identity—beyond the Zeppelin thing?
While the album's original blueprint called for getting down songs the group had been writing for the last half decade or so, spontaneity won out. Anthem of the Peaceful Army — roughly 75 percent of it, at least—was conceived fresh during the 2018 studio sessions in Nashville, Tennessee. Production credits include Herschel Boone, Marlon Young, and Al Sutton, the last of whom seems an especially good match for a band enamored of a '60s–'70s sound given his past work with Bob Seger and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Writing credit is shared among brothers Josh (vocals), Jake (guitar), and Sam Kiszka (bass) and their friend, drummer Danny Wagner.
Greta Van Fleet's peaceable vibe is hammered out in gnomic lyrics of the save-the-world and love-each-other variety. In most cases, these sweeping aphorisms are easy enough to overlook—plenty of Greta's beloved ancestors wrote in big-hearted generalities, after all. But in "Anthem," the lyrics toe the line between earnest and rote to the point of losing all meaning ("Just you and me can agree to disagree / And the world is only what the world is made of"). "The New Day," addressing a "child in the garden" who will "be a woman soon," aims for sweet and serious but achieves cringeworthy.
Lyrically, musically, and vocally, their most enjoyable song is the album's first single. In "When the Curtain Falls," Greta serenades an aging moving star, vultured by her so-called superfans and eventually admonished that she could use a little work—"well, at your age." In some ways, this arraignment of Hollywood's fickle heart seems ill-considered for a band whose oldest members are 22 years old—in other ways, this song represents precisely what the group needs to do.
That zephyr of Zeppelin blows through "Curtain" as much as any of their songs, but they own this one. They power through its bluesy funk. Its beltable moments—all the better to show off Josh Kiszka's acrobatic range—are among the album's most naturally integrated. Jake Kiszka's guitar on it is the stuff favorite rock concerts are made of. It still feels more like revisiting than inventing, but the claim they stake on both a topic too old for them and a musical style from long before they were born is, here, bold enough to be taken seriously.
Anthem of the Peaceful Army does little to disprove Michael Hann, who, writing for The Guardian, called Greta Van Fleet "a tribute band who happen to write their own songs." From "The Cold Wind" to "Lover, Leaver," their sound and their themes are Zeppelin to the metal. Which isn't to say it's time to write them off.
Beneath the polarized reviews and all the analysis of what their success means for the future of the music business—beneath their stage outfits that read as costumes and their too-scopic pleas for peace on earth — this is a talented young band with a hell of a lotta potential. With Anthem, they're rooted squarely in Zeppelin's shadow. But there's no reason why, if record execs will hang with them through the natural growth spurts to come, Greta Van Fleet can't become their own distinct force in rock and roll.


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Q: Convert an in query to join Can i get some help to clean up following query and possibly convert it to joins.
SELECT pd.id, pd.title, pd.vacation_type_ids, pd.auto_vacation_theme
FROM property_details pd
WHERE pd.company_id =247
AND pd.status =  "active"
AND pd.id NOT
IN (
    SELECT d.property_id
    FROM property_discount d
    WHERE (
    (
    d.start_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
    AND d.end_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
    AND d.start_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
    AND d.end_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
    )
    OR (
    d.start_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
    AND d.start_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
    )
    OR (
    d.end_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
    AND d.end_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
    )
)
)

I am not an expert with MySQL so sorry if i have did something wrong

A: This whole thing makes no sense to me.
WHERE (
(
d.start_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
AND d.end_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
AND d.start_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
AND d.end_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
)
OR (
d.start_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
AND d.start_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
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OR (
d.end_date >= CAST(  "2012-04-15" AS DATE )
AND d.end_date <= CAST(  "2012-04-17" AS DATE )
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The first block can get reduced to basically start_date <= '2012-04-17' AND end_date >= '2012-04-17'. This case gets handled by the second and third block which is basically start_date BETWEEN '2012-04-15' AND '2012-04-17' respectively end_date BETWEEN '2012-04-15' AND '2012-04-17'.
Do you really want an OR between this, or rather an AND?
You gave no information about your DB design, so I can only guess, if the following connection between these two tables is right.
SELECT pd.id, pd.title, pd.vacation_type_ids, pd.auto_vacation_theme
FROM property_details pd
INNER JOIN property_discount d ON pd.id = d.property_id
WHERE pd.company_id =247
AND pd.status =  'active'
(
d.start_date BETWEEN '2012-04-15' AND '2012-04-17' /*this is right when start_date is of type date, when it's datetime or timestamp you better write '2012-04-17 23:59:59', otherwise '2012-04-17 00:00:00' is assumed, which is basically not considering this date*/
OR
d.end_date BETWEEN '2012-04-15' AND '2012-04-17'
)

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Constable first moved to Hampstead in 1819 when he and his wife rented Albion Cottage, near Whitestone Pond, to escape the city for the summer. They lived around the Heath on and off, at 2 Lower Terrace in the summers of 1821 and 22, then at Stamford Lodge on Heath Street, before settling at 40 Well Walk in 1827. Sadly, his wife had been fighting a long battle with tuberculosis and died in 1828; Constable was left to care for their seven children alone, until his death in 1937.
Throughout Constable's time in Hampstead, the Heath and its changing cloudscapes were a favourite subject of his. In 1819 he painted Hampstead Heath, with the House Called 'The Salt Box' featuring the area near Judges Walk and the (now disappeared) Branch Hill Pond, with Albion Cottage in the distance. He painted many scenes of Branch Hill Pond around this time. He also had a habit of drawing or painting 'Fir Trees at Hampstead', leading to these trees being nicknamed Constable's Firs. It is thought that a row of trees along the Viaduct Path might be the last survivors of the ones that Constable painted.


2/23: Blue Devils Send 3 To AC!
Al DeSantis joined Luke Bush (2010-2011) as the 2nd 2-time District Champ in Shore Regional history. DeSantis was one of a school record four champs, along with Jack Maida, Michael McGhee, and Taylor Sousa. The Blue Devils also set a new program high with 9 total medal winners.
1st Sectional Title for Shore Regional.
Some big time returners, strong newcomers, and good overall numbers, gives Shore Regional the type of overall talent and depth that has them poised for a big year in West Long Branch.
Down low, Jack Maida (39-6 / 2nd D24 / 4th R6), a State qualifier last season, is back, giving the Blue Devils one of the top 106-pounders the Shore. There is some good depth behind him, giving head coach Dave Porta the luxury of bumping up Maida if needed in duals. At 113, is senior Matt Klemser, a 30-bout winner, giving Shore a great 1-2 punch at 6/13. Junior Ross Dougherty (9-7) saw plenty of action in the lineup last season, and has put the work in to have a big season. Expect to see some new faces in the lineup around 120-132, including freshmen Gabe Scalise and Andrew Decker, and senior Cody Joyce.
The teeth of the lineup could be in the run from 138-170. Al DeSantis (38-8 / 1st D24 / 3rd R6) is another returning State qualifier and kicks things off here. At 145, Mike McGhee (33-9 / 2nd D24) is coming off an outstanding rookie season. At 152, senior Ian Smith (21-6) was a 20+ bout winner wrestling up at 160 last season. At 160, Jack McCrae, a 28-match winner and District medal winner in 2017, returns after missing last season due to injury. Freshman Jamie Mazzacco was a State placer in Intermediate States last season, and is capable of big things for Shore at 170. There's some good depth behind these names, as well, giving the lineup some flexibility.
In the upperweights, Cade Torres (18-16) returns after a nice freshman season in the lineup. Shore also returns starters Joe Graci at heavyweight and 23-bout winner Taylor Sousa, who was a District runner-up in 2018, his first year in wrestling. With the full year under his belt, he could be due for a big season.
Shore has had some good individual wrestlers over the years, but they've never had this many, all at once, with the type of depth they have around them. This has the makings of what could be the best lineup they ever had. As a result, look for the rivalry between the Blue Devils and the Garnet Gulls of Pt Beach to really heat up this year as they both contend for the B-Central and CJG1 Titles. Really, a nice lineup here capable of some big things.
Matt Klemser needs 18 wins to reach 100 career victories. Al DeSantis needs 23 wins to hit the century mark as a junior.
Al DeSantis became the program's first ever 2-time State Qualifier in 2018.
1/3: vs Pt Beach - The Blue Devils get to host the Gulls in a match that has determined the B-Central Champ every season since 2007.


I'm new to the forum. I'm actually taking Western riding lessons and my teacher want me to purchase riding boots for the final exam. I need some help choosing a pair of boots, because I have some criteria for that hahaha.
First of all, I live in Canada, so we have a warm summer and a cold winter. I'm looking for boots that can be good in the two conditions.
Secondly, I don't really want to buy Cowboy boots since my goal is just to learn riding horse and doing trails and just having fun with horses. Cowboy boots are good for shows, but I don't want to be stuck with a pair of boots I will never wear. I found this and I actually think it would be nice, but I'm not really sure… I don't like the shape of the boot for some reasons… Personally, I would prefer to get English boot since they look more "normal". Like this one (for some reason only women version exist ).
Do you think I should go with the ariat laced roper boot? Do you know something less expensive that can do the job?
I actually want something that doesn't look cowboy too much since I would like to learn English riding in the future and I want a multipurpose pair of boots.
I hope you understand my concern and I doesn't look too crazy/stupid hahaha.
EDIT: Is it important to get waterproof boots? I also want something easy to clean… Don't know how easy is leather to clean. Most of the time I have to go take my horse I need to walk in mud or s**t... or snow haha.
Last edited by Nic727; 06-01-2018 at 01:02 PM.
Ariats for me are a little too tight on the balls of my feet. Not sure obviously how the mens fit.
I bought these for my son and he says they are very comfortable. They don't look bad either.
So, if I understand correctly, you are instructed to get western riding boot for the last day you are going to ride there?
Hmm. I think I would pass on that if you are not interested in owning a pair of Western Boots.
My preference is for Ariat brand, they are comfortable but I am female with a narrow foot and high arch. Not sure how the ones for men fit.
The Ariat All Terrain is my favorite riding boot but I wouldn't call it a show boot.
tinyliny, waresbear and Avna like this.
I love Ariats, and I have wide feet. The All Terrains are great!
But, you will not find any boot that is good for both a Canadian summer and a Canadian winter. Just too much to ask of any one boot, IMO.
The other pair he wears with jeans.
Mink oil applied and rubbed into the leather carefully gives sustained water protection.
Polish as you would any leather shoe with shoe polish, cleans them up real nice and very presentable when going out.
And you can wear straight leg jeans/pants with the styles above.
I would offer caution as some kilties twist/roll up and look terrible after some wearing of the shoe.
Any of the laced Ariat boots have a sole safe/comfortable for walking in, yet will not hang up in western nor English stirrups I have found.
They have a safe riding heel, no lugs on the sole, offer decent heel counters, arch and padded insole.
Lacing so a adjustable fit, a squarer toe so not cramped and a full fit.
I think they run a little larger in width...at least mine seem to.
Do not do steel toe boots is my rule to ride in or be around horses with.
They can crush/trap toes if hit just right by a hoof and I find them uncomfortable when your foot is angled in the stirrup that steel cap can dig in.
My experience with them...not good.
I love these https://www.horze.com/jodhpurs/horze....html?color=BR and I wear them summer and winter, obviously different socks! I wear them with half chaps and breeches during the winter, my lovely fluffy winter weight Buckwild Breeches.....and under my jeans in the summer.
They give my the best of both worlds, and are fairly waterproof...I like them so much I actually have two pairs, and I use one pair for going to town..
.ETA...forgot to ask what part of Canada?
Last edited by Golden Horse; 06-01-2018 at 03:07 PM.
I assumed that the summers were hot and winters cold. Guess I assumed wrong.
These are what I wear too. You can get them in wide sizes (which very few boots do; a reason I stick with Ariats). They come in a waterproof version. Lots of people use them for both english and western trail riding and training.
I wear muck boots until I am ready to get into the saddle. Put my riding boots on when I'm ready to ride, saves cleaning them all the time.
Thank you for you answers. Other than that, is it better to have boots above ankle, mid/wide calf or knee height for riding/barn job?
I'm not sure, but I think that for more stability/protection it's better mid calf… Am I ok to assume that or it's completely wrong?
Also reading a lot about that it should be smooth sole, but is it mandatory? I know about it's easier to go out the stirrup, but should it be better to have just a little bit of thread when walking or working outdoor?
Finally, last question… I'm thinking about going lace up boot, but is it better slip on, side zipper, back zipper or laced up boots?
Still not sure what to buy as a multipurpose riding boots that can be used in western/English riding lol. Also, looking on some website and not a lot of choice for men… Only cowboy boots and some generic ropper/packer boots. I will look around and post some images of what I found and I will wait your suggestions.
IMO boots need to go above the ankle for good support, but anything taller than that is just for show or going through heavy brush on trail rides. I prefer to wear half chaps over the boots.
Many med seem to prefer the pull on style of jodhpur boots in most English riding and western riding seem to prefer the short fat baby style boots.
Also depends on if you have a high arch or not, pull on boots can be difficult at first but the leather will shape to fit your foot after wearing them 10-20 times.


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by [**@jessitron**](http://www.twitter.com/jessitron) blog.jessitron.com

**Why** functional programming works. What we **don't** have to think about.

* If it's not testable, that's a codesmell.
* Data In -> Data Out(This allows full testing)
	* Don't access global state
	* modify input
	* change the world

(Roy Osharov?)

```
class Book

	def self.sum_prices(books)
		books.map(&:price).reduce(0, :+)
	end
```

~~~Problem easier, because we know each step of the way of data.~~~

#### USE FOR FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING

* ->(a) { lambda }
* function.call()

#### Errors are Data Too
* **Data is our product, software is a method of supply, not the product**
* `rubyz` gem?

#### Nil is Not Data
map_values :nil_noval

* Try not using nil, but instead using symbols, as they can supply some data

#### 5. Functional Composition
* Object Oriented: A owns B
* Functional: Fits together with
	*
* Pipe operator in unix is awesome

#### 6. Be Lazy
Only carry the important data forward, don't hold everything in memory

* Laziness separates what to do from when to stop

Full code example
http://github.com/jessitron/fp4rd

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The DSU Catalogs are comprehensive guides to Dixie State academics between 1912 and 2017. These catalogs show the progression from a high school to a teaching school to a university over the years, the changes in the school's name, and descriptions of the classes offered.
This collection contains the printed course catalogs for Dixie State University from its beginning as St. George Stake Academy in 1912 to Dixie State College of Utah in 2012 and the digital course catalogs from 2007 to the most recent academic year. The first catalog in the collection is from the school year 1912-1913 and has an academic year calendar, the Church Board, Stake Academy Board, executive committee, and faculty. The first catalog provides general information for students, including, fees, expenses, student resources, student conduct rules, and a list of the students who are attending. The following catalogs include class schedules, program requirements, financial costs, the academic calendars, and lists of faculty. Some of the catalogs include the lists of the students, short histories, and Presidents' welcome, such as the one found in the 1988-1989 catalog.
The books are printed, ranging from approximately 10 to 400 pages, and are all soft bound. The majority are stapled together, but thicker catalogs are paperbound with a glue binding. A few of the later ones are spiral bound or comb bound. The last print version of the course catalog is from the academic year of 2012-2013, after which the catalogs were available only through Dixie's website. This collection includes digital versions, mostly pdfs, of the catalogs from 2004 to the present school year. There are several missing academic years, including, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1995, and 1996.
Dixie State University was established in 1911 as St. George Stake Academy with the original campus on the northwest corner of Main Street and 100 South in Saint George, Utah. The original building for the campus remains, and is currently the St. George Children's Museum. The name for the institution changed two years after its creation to Dixie Academy in 1913 and kept this name until 1916. The name changed again to Dixie Normal College during 1916-1923. 1923-1972 the name changed to Dixie Junior College. In 1963, the campus moved to its current location at 225 South 700 East in Saint George. At the time of the move, the campus was on the edge of town. Dixie College was the name from 1972-2000 and then became Dixie State College of Utah from 2000-2013. In 2013, the name changed to Dixie State University and currently retains that moniker. The population of St. George was 1,769 in 1910 and 2,271 in 1920. In 1990, 28,502 was the population in St. George. In 2010, the population was 72,897. The first graduating class of St. George Stake Academy was 1913 and it was 13 students. In 2014, 1,630 students graduated with bachelors and associates degrees.
This collection is arranged chronologically by academic year.
Title & date, UA 019 Dixie State Catalog and Class Schedule Collection, Dixie State University Special Collections & Archives.


The S550 Mustang may have been released only a little more than year ago, but that hasn't stopped Mustang fans from not only buying them but also modding them. Sure, they are vastly different from all previous Mustangs—in fact, they are a good bit different from even the past-generation S197 thanks to factory IRS, a whole new chassis, swooping bodylines, and more.
Prior to the world's largest all Ford show, the Fabulous Fords Forever Show, we wondered just how Mustang enthusiasts would modify the new S550. Would they all be on bags, big-and-littles, or road race slicks?
After roaming the many rows of Mustangs at the 2016 Fabulous Fords Forever show, we are happy to report that nicely modified S550s abounded. While most favored cruising over lap times, a peek under the hood of many of the street cars revealed lots of bolt-ons, a few turbos, and lots of superchargers, which serves as proof that the new Mustang enthusiasts aren't just about show; they're also all about go.
Speaking of show, of the 1,100 Mustangs on hand at the Knott's show, a large amount of them were the latest platform, and very few were stock. Although most were Coyote powered (who could blame them?), we did see several V-6 and EcoBoost cars as well—all hail the return of the factory-boosted Mustang!
Only time will tell how Stang fans will continue to modify the new S550, but if the 2016 Knott's show is an indicator of how sunny SoCal and the West Coast is taking to the new Mustang on the block, we say the future is bright.
Here is a collection of some of the nicest S550s at the 31st Annual Fabulous Fords Forever Show.


The writer is indebted to many persons for information and ideas used in compiling this material. Special acknowledgment is given to Otis Gatewood, who wrote a tract some years ago, titled "Latter Day Saints, Where Did You Get Your Authority?" The ideas presented in that tract for the most part have been used here, although much additional material is also included.
Jesus and the Apostles did not need, nor did they produce, credentials from the priesthood to show their authority. So neither will we.
LDS have the same misconception that the Jews had: that authority passes from one to another through some ceremony or ordination. The very fact that the priesthood questioned their authority shows that Jesus and the Apostles completely ignored those ceremonies or ordinations. The Jews were wrong, and since the LDS believe as the Jews did, they are wrong, too.
B. Was There a Total Apostasy, Making a Restoration of Authority Necessary?
LDS believe that there was a total apostasy, and therefore a complete loss of authority to baptize, etc. This, they believe, made necessary the restoration of authority (or priesthood) by a heavenly messenger to Joseph Smith.
That there was a general apostasy, we agree. That it was universal, we deny.
There were 7,000 faithful in Elijah's day, but he did not know who or where they were (I Kings 19:13-18). Likewise, there were people faithful to God throughout all ages, though we do not know their names and addresses.
Joseph Smith's angel usurped authority, since Mormon doctrine teaches that men with authority have always been present on the earth.
The Apostle John and three Nephite disciples are still tarrying on the earth until Christ returns (D&C 7 U,R; 3 Nephi 28:6-32 U; 13:17-44 R; pp. 510-512). These all have authority; therefore, the authority has never been lost from the earth, and a restoration through an angel is unnecessary.
LDS would brand as a heretic any person who claimed to have received the priesthood from an angel. They say God does not work that way; that if the authority is on the earth, God will not give it through an angel. If this is so, the angel who gave the priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery was not from God, since John and the three Nephites are still on the earth!
C. Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Authority?
LDS believe: One who is not baptized is unsaved, does not have the remission of sins, and is not in the kingdom (D&C 84:74; 83:12; 3 Nephi 1 1:33-34, 38; 5:34-35, 40; PGP Moses 6:52ff). LDS believe an unbaptized person may not baptize others, nor may the priesthood be conferred by him, or upon him. One must have the priesthood before he can confer it on others, or baptize others.
Since Joseph and Oliver were unbaptized, the priesthood was conferred on men who were unsaved and still in their sins.
Why did not the angel baptize Joseph and Oliver first? Surely he had the authority, since he could confer the priesthood He was John the Baptist, who certainly could baptize them, if anyone could. Heavenly beings may administer baptism (PGP Moses 6:64-66 U).
Instead of baptizing Joseph as he should have done, the heavenly messenger then told them to baptize each other-a thing LDS will ridicule in any other church.
Joseph, who had never been baptized, baptized Oliver, so Oliver's baptism was invalid.
Then Oliver baptized Joseph, but since Oliver's baptism was invalid, so was Joseph's.
Joseph, improperly baptized, conferred the Aaronic priesthood on Oliver, contrary to Mormon teaching.
Then Oliver, ordained improperly, conferred the Aaronic priesthood on Joseph; therefore, Joseph's ordination was worthless.
The heavenly messenger conferred the Priesthood of Aaron on Joseph and Oliver before they baptized each other. Yet, Joseph and Oliver conferred the Aaronic priesthood on each other after they baptized each other. Therefore, the Priesthood of Aaron conferred by the angel must have been washed away with their sins when they were baptized!
Since Joseph and Oliver conferred the Aaronic priesthood on each other after their baptism, they must have known that something was faulty about the priesthood the angel conferred on them. Therefore, they did not have the priesthood before they baptized each other, and this is still another reason for objecting to their baptizing each other.
Since Joseph and Oliver had to confer the priesthood on each other after they were baptized, they must have lost it, and therefore had no authority to confer it on each other!
Neither Joseph nor Oliver had the priesthood after they were baptized, but the heavenly messenger did have it. Therefore, the angel should have conferred it on them again after their baptism!
This story sounds like two children playing that they have a million dollars. Each says he will give the other a million, and they go through the acts of giving the money, but neither has any money when they finish, because neither had any money at the start.
This absurd and contradictory account could have been completely avoided if Joseph Smith had simply said that the angel first baptized them, and then conferred the priesthood on them. And this is what he would have said if the story were true. Why, then, did he give us the account we have? It seems likely that the part about the angel is simply an embellishment later added to what actually occurred. Joseph and Oliver were about to start a church. In order to get the people to listen to their claims, it would be advisable for them to be baptized and ordained. Since they did not want to go to any existing church for these credentials, they proceeded to give them to each other. Read the account, leaving out the part about the angel, and one has a believable narrative of what two men might do to create credentials for themselves as ministers of God.
This account differs from the better known account, which was first published eight years later in 1842, in that the angel is unidentified, there is no mention of Aaron, there is no mention of Smith and Cowdery baptizing and ordaining each other, and the wording of the angel's statement is significantly different, especially in regard to the meaning of the last clause concerning the sons of Levi, which the reader will note by comparing the two. It would appear from this, that the visitation by the angel was first regarded as a separate event, and the baptism and ordination of the two men by each other distinct from it. The two were joined in the 1842 account, however, with the contradictory result we have noted above.
(3) Almost all men, as soon as they get authority, will immediately exercise unrighteous dominionIn view of these statements, how can any LDS be confident of the authority he claims to have, or thinks he may have received from another?
the population, it would mean the end of a man's livelihood to admit publicly he no longer believed in Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon. How many apostates may there have been, and are now, who pretend to believe in Mormonism, and perform baptisms, etc., in order to protect their financial security or social standing? Thus, all who have been baptized or ordained by such men are deluded into believing they are in good standing.
In order for one to be sure of his authority, he would have to know the hearts of every person in the chain of succession back to Joseph Smith. Yet, none can know the hearts of all men. One broken link in the chain of succession separates all below that break from their source of authority.
To insist that the heart of the man who baptizes or ordains must be right, in order for the baptism or ordination to be valid, is to make God unjust. For, although a man is responding sincerely from his heart to do God's will, he cannot know if he is right before God since he cannot know the heart of the one who baptized or ordained him. It is not the spiritual condition of the one performing the ordinance, but the heart of the one responding to God's will that is important!
In the beginning, after the angel conferred the priesthood on Smith and Cowdery, they conferred it on each other again after their baptism. They obviously thought they needed to be re-ordained, so must have believed that it was lost.
They lost it when coming west with Brigham Young. They entered Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, and "On the 6th of August, 1847, the twelve were baptized. This we considered a privilege and a duty. . . We soon repaired to the water, and President Young went down into the water and baptized all his brethren of the twelve present. He then confirmed us and sealed upon us our apostleship and all the keys, powers, and blessings belonging to that office . . . Brother Heber C. Kimball baptized and confirmed President Brigham Young. During the same evening the twelve went to City Creek, and Heber C. Young baptized fifty-five members of the camp, for the remission of sins . , . On the next day (Sunday, Aug. 8th) the whole camp of Israel renewed their covenants before the Lord by baptism" (Life of Brigham Young, p. 180. See also Church Chronology, p. 31; Joseph Fielding Smith: Doctrines of Salvation, II., p. 333). Note that these re-baptisms were "for the remission of sins." This means Brigham Young and the others had sinned, and thus apostatized. Instead of rebaptizing each other, the authority should have been restored by an angel. If an angel was not needed here, why was one needed to restore authority to Joseph Smith?
All LDS who entered Salt Lake Valley were required to be rebaptized for a number of years: "After the arrival of the Pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley, and subsequently for a considerable period, all those who entered the valley were baptized anew at the request of President Brigham Young" (Joseph Fielding Smith: Doctrines of Salvation, II., p. 333. See also Temple Lot Case, p. 341, and discourse by Apostle Orson Pratt in Journal of Discourses, XVIII., p. 160).
The authority must have been lost again during the Mormon reformation of 1856-1857 when rebaptism was carried out. "A general reformation took place throughout the Church, most of the Saints renewing their covenants by baptism" (Church Chronology, p. 55). "After this, the church had another reformation, and under that we were baptized the second time and were baptized for the same thing. You can call it what you please; but suppose it was for the remission of sins. I do not know whether we had got out of Christ then or not. . . I do not remember that I was baptized into Christ any more than three times" (Testimony of Joseph C. Kingsbury in Temple Lot Case, p. 341). "February 4.A reformation meeting was held in No. 42 Islington, Liverpool, England, and on the following day the presiding brethren of the British Mission, including Apostles 0. Pratt and E. T. Benson, renewed their covenants by baptism" (Church Chronology, p. 53).
It was lost in 1875. On July 17, 1875, "President B. Young, his Counselors and others renewed their covenants by baptism. This example was subsequently followed by the Saints generally" (Church Chronology, p. 92).
It was apparently abandoned in 1898, according to testimony of August W. Lundstrom in the Reed Smoot investigation: "[My point] was in regard to the discontinuance of rebaptizing, which previously had been customary, when cases came up and rebaptizing was requested by parties; and at that time we received instructions not to rebaptize any more" (Reed Smoot Case, II., p. 159).
Yet, Brigham Young claimed it had come by revelation: "At this time came a revelation, that the Saints could be baptized and re-baptized when they chose, and then that we could be baptized for our dear friends" (Journal of Discourses, XVIII., p. 241).
In spite of this, Joseph Fielding Smith, Mormon church historian and member of the First Presidency, wrote: "It is unnecessary, however, to rebaptize persons merely as a renewal of their covenants every time they transgress in order that they may obtain forgiveness, for this would greatly cheapen this sacred ordinance and weaken its effectiveness. One baptism by water for the remission of sins should be enough. . ." (Doctrines of Salvation, II., p. 335).
It was lost again when President Wilford Woodruff apostatized by trading polygamy (an everlasting covenant – D&C 132) for statehood in 1890.
It was lost again when the ordinances of the church were changed by the removal of the Lectures on Faith from the Doctrine and Covenants. These lectures had been canonized as a part of D&C in 1880.
It was lost again when President Heber J. Grant changed the method of conferring the priesthood in 1921. Under his direction, officers were ordained before the priesthood was conferred. In 1957 President David 0. McKay changed the method of conferring the priesthood back to the manner in which it was done prior to 1921. What about all the priests ordained during those 36 years? Since they were not properly ordained, the baptisms, grave dedications, baby blessings, sacraments, proxy baptisms, endowment work, marriages (including celestial marriages) they performed were invalid.
Since Joseph Smith, III, was President of the Reorganized church for 54 years and lived till the age of 82, it is clear that he must have continued to abide in God. This can mean only that the Utah church under the leadership of Brigham Young and his successors is an apostate church, and never had the authority in the first place!
In the Book of Mormon Nephi was given authority to baptize (3 Nephi 11:19-28) though he was not baptized until later (3 Nephi 19:11-13). Before he and the other disciples were baptized they were ordained by Christ and given the power to give the Holy Ghost (3 Nephi 18:36-37). All this is directly contrary to what Mormons insist others should do.
The case of Smith and Cowdery baptizing and ordaining each other shows it.
The case of Brigham Young and Heber Kimball rebaptizing and reordaining each other, along with all the other Mormons in Utah Valley in 1847 shows it.
The rebaptisms of 1856-1857 and 1875 show it.
In addition to the Aaronic priesthood discussed above, LDS believe also in a High Priesthood, superior to the Aaronic Priesthood, which they call the Melchizedek Priesthood (D&C 107: 1-14), after Melchizedek, a priest of God, mentioned in Genesis 14: 17-20. Melchizedek's priesthood is mentioned in only three places in the Bible, so all the Bible tells us about this priesthood must be found in these passages: Gen. 14:17-20; Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 4:14 to 8:4.
The only Melchizedek priest in all the Old Testament was Melchizedek himself. In the New Testament there is only one who is said to be a priest after the order of Melchizedek -Christ. The Bible gives no hint of a Melchizedek priesthood of many thousands of priests.
Christ was appointed a high priest after the order of Melchizedek by God (Heb. 5:5-6, 10), not by an existing Melchizedek priesthood, nor by a ceremony of the laying on of hands.
According to the Bible, Melchizedek belonged to no priestly succession and had no priestly parentage, nor does the record mention his birth or death. It simply says he "was a priest of the Most High God." In these things he resembles the Son of God, who likewise came from no priestly lineage or succession, and who lives forever (Gen. 14:17; Heb. 7:3, 6, 15-16). But Mormons emphasize a priestly succession, and their genealogy is duly recorded.
The Aaronic priesthood was inadequate to bring salvation to men, so it was necessary to change the priesthood, and "another priest (singular) to arise after the order of Meichizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron." Christ was not of the Levitical tribe from which the Aaronic priests came, but of the tribe of Judah, which was not a priestly lineage (Heb. 7: 1 1-14). This passage makes it clear that Christ is the only priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Aaronic high priests had successors, for they died; Christ has no successor as a High Priest after the order of Melchizedek because He lives forever (Heb. 7:23-25).
The word "order" used in Heb. 5:6, 10, etc., is a translation of the Greek word taxin, which may mean ( I ) succession; (2) orderly manner; (3) position; or (4) nature, quality, manner, condition or appearance. The Greek lexicons apply the last meaning to this word as used in Hebrews 5-7. That is, Christ was a priest after the nature, quality, manner, condition, or appearance of Melchizedek, rather than one of a succession. This is the obvious meaning in view of Heb. 7:3, which points out the similar nature of Christ and Melchizedek; and Heb. 7:15, which says Christ arose in the "similitude" (KJV) or "likeness" (RSV) of Melchizedek.
The "high priests" in the Bible refer to the chief priests of the Aaronic priesthood, named for Aaron who was the first high priest (Heb. 5:1-4), and not to members of a Melchizedek priesthood.
There was normally one high priest at a time. Aaron was the first (Heb. 5:1-4); Eleazar his son succeeded him (Num. 20:25-29); Phineas succeeded Eleazar, and the high priesthood was to follow this family line (Num. 25:10-13).
In the Old Testament, when a man committed manslaughter he could go to a city of refuge for safety. When the High Priest died, he could then return to his home in safety (Num. 35:25, 28; Joshua 20:6). If there were thousands of high priests, this rule would be nonsense. Whose death would be meant? High priests would be dying regularly, so why would such cities be set up, since one would hardly have to spend any time there? This law shows that there was only one high priest at a time.
LDS ask about Luke 3:2 which says Annas and Caiaphas were high priests. Actually, the word for high priest in this verse is singular, not plural, in the original Greek, thus showing that there was properly only one. Annas had been the high priest, but he had displeased the Romans, and Valerius Gratus deposed him, setting up another in his place. At the time mentioned in Luke 3:2 Caiaphas, the son-in-law of Annas, was the high priest under the Roman set-up. The Jews looked upon Annas as the true high priest, but were forced to recognize Caiaphas as the Roman appointee. The two men apparently cooperated, thus the statement in Luke 3:2. See also John I 1:49 and Acts 4:6. Note that even two high priests is a long way from the Mormon practice of having thousands of high priests.
Every high priest must have a sacrifice (Heb. 8:3). Jesus offered his blood. What sacrifice do LDS high priests offer?
Every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices (Heb. 5:1). Yet, when there is remission of sins, there is no more sacrifice (Heb. 10:17-18). Christ has made the sacrifice which took away sins (Heb. 10: 12). Therefore, there are no high priests on earth today.
LDS believe the Aaronic priesthood was restored to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on May 15, 1829, and that Peter, James and John restored the Melchizedek priesthood to Joseph Smith sometime during the following six weeks. Both priesthoods were supposedly restored almost a year before the LDS church was organized. The alleged restoration of the Aaronic priesthood has been discussed earlier, so the following discussion will be limited largely to the alleged restoration of the Melchizedek priesthood.
The organization of the LDS church with its various offices is given in 24BC, 2DC, 20U, 17R, in a revelation dated April 1830. This organization consisted of apostles, elders, priests, teachers, deacons, and members. As originally given, it did not include presiding elders, bishops, high councils or high councilors, high priests or high priesthoods, or presidents. These offices were fraudulently added to the revelation when the 1835 edition of D&C was published, in verses 16-17DC, 65-67U, 16-17R.
The references to the restoration of the two priesthoods in 28BC, 50DC, 27U, 26R, did not appear in the Book of Commandments at all. More than 400 words were added to this revelation in 1835, in verses 2-3DC, 5-18U, 2-3R. Again, a revelation was vitally changed after 1833 to make it appear that the restoration of the priesthoods was known to the church in August 1830, thus deceiving modern readers.
The references to high priests, counselors, and high council in 44BC, 13DC, 42U, 42R, were all added in 1835. Here again a revelation was falsified to make it appear that in February 1831 when the revelation was received, these offices were established in the LDS church.
The fact is, none of the following offices are mentioned anywhere in the Book of Commandments, published in 1833: high priests, high priesthood, high council, high councilors, seventies, Melchizedek priesthood, patriarch, president, first presidency. Likewise, Melchizedek's name nowhere appears. Peter, James and John are not mentioned in the same connection in the Book of Commandments. All these things are fabrications added later to make them appear to have been part of the original collection of revelations. This could be done without too much embarrassment, since most of the copies of the Book of Commandments were destroyed when a mob set fire to the printing office where they were printed.
David Whitmer, one of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, wrote: "You have changed the revelations from the way they were first given and as they are to-day in the Book of Commandments, to support the error of Brother Joseph in taking upon himself the office of Seer to the church. You have changed the revelations to support the error of high priests. You have changed the revelations to support the error of a President of the high priesthood, high counselors, etc. You have altered the revelations to support you in going beyond the plain teachings of Christ in the new covenant part of the Book of Mormon" (An Address to All Believers in Christ, Richmond, Missouri, 1887, p. 49).
David Whitmer further stated: "The next grievous error which crept into the church was in ordaining high priests in June, 1831. This error was introduced at the instigation of Sydney Rigdon. The office of high priests was never spoken of, and never thought of being established in the church until Rigdon came in. Remember that we had been preaching from August, 1829, until June,1831 almost two years and had baptized about 2,000 members into the Church of Christ, and had not one high priest. During 1829, several times we were told by Brother Joseph that an elder was the highest office in the church. . . In Kirtland, Ohio, in 1831, Rigdon would expound the Old Testament scriptures of the Bible and Book of Mormon (in his way) to Joseph, concerning the priesthood, high priests, etc., and would persuade Brother Joseph to inquire of the Lord about this doctrine and that doctrine, and of course a revelation would always come just as they desired it. Rigdon finally persuaded Brother Joseph to believe that the high priests which had such great power in ancient times, should be in the Church of Christ to-day. He had Brother Joseph inquire of the Lord about it, and they received an answer according to their erring desires" (An Address to All Believers in Christ, p. 35. See also pp. 64-65).
Joseph Smith wrote a detailed journal history, giving many details of daily occurrences. However, it nowhere gives an account of the restoration of the Melchizedek priesthood. B. H. Roberts, Mormon apostle and historian, says, "there is no definite account of the event in the history of the Prophet Joseph, or, for matter of that, in any of our annals" (History of the Church, 1., p. 40 footnote). If it had actually occurred it is most difficult to believe that an event of such importance would have gone unrecorded.
Joseph Smith III, son of the Prophet, wrote: "There is no historical evidence of such an event [ ordaining of Joseph and Oliver by Peter, James and John]. Nor is there any evidence that Peter, James, and John were present, either when the instruction was given to ordain or when the ordination actually took place. . . It is not safe then to write historically that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were ever ordained literally under the hands of Peter, James, and John. He who does so writes recklessly and without sufficient evidence upon which to base his conclusion" (History of the Reorganized Church, 1., pp. 64-65).
LaMar Petersen has written: "There seems to be no support for the historicity of the Restoration of the Priesthood in journals, diaries, letters, nor printed matter prior to October, 1834" (Problems in Mormon Text, p. 8). References to the restoration of the Melchizedek priesthood were published after this date, even though earlier dates were assigned to them, or they were made to appear to be a part of earlier writings.
DC, 107:7U, 104:3R) which says, "The office of an elder comes under the priesthood of Melchizedek." (This revelation was given in 1835, therefore not in the Book of Commandments.) However, it is in agreement with Whitmer, who says they had ordained elders as early as August 1829, but that high priests were not introduced until June 1831 (An Address to All Believers in Christ, pp. 32, 35).
On the basis of the historical evidence given above, it is a logical and reasonable conclusion that there was no restoration of the Melchizedek or high priesthood in 1829, and that there was no such priesthood in the LDS church until June 1831.
In view of all this, how weak is the claim of LDS today to have the high priesthood: "No one may officiate in any ordinance of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unless he has been ordained to the particular order or office of Priesthood, by those possessing the requisite authority. Thus, no man receives the Priesthood except under the hands of one who holds that Priesthood himself; that one must have obtained it from others previously commissioned; and so every bearer of the Priesthood today can trace his authority to the hands of Joseph Smith the Prophet, who received his ordination under the hands of the Apostles Peter, James and John; and they had been ordained by the Lord Jesus Christ" (James E. Talmage, Articles of Faith, chapter 10).
All Christians are priests, made so by Christ through His blood (Rev. 1:5-6). This priesthood has no relationship to the Aaronic priesthood of the Old Testament. It is the "royal priesthood" under Christ our Great High Priest (I Peter 2:9-10; Hebrews 4:14).
G. What About the Laying on of Hands?
LDS believe Aaron and his sons were ordained to the priesthood by a ceremony of laying hands on their heads, that Christ ordained the apostles in the same way, and that the priesthoods were thus restored to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in like manner in 1829. They further believe that all church officers are ordained by the laying on of hands, and that the authority is thus passed from one to another. Without this authority, one does not have the right to baptize, ordain, bless, engage in endowment work, etc.
There was no laying on of hands on Aaron and his sons to ordain them to the priesthood, as shown above. On the other hand, LDS ignore the ceremony by which Aaron and his sons were ordained to the priesthood (Exodus 29).
There is no record in the New Testament of Christ laying hands on any of the apostles for any reason whatever!
The word "ordain," used several times in the KJV of the Bible, neither means nor implies the laying on of hands. "The powers that be are ordained of God" (Romans 13:1). Does this mean that God lays hands on civil rulers? "Jeroboam ordained a feast" (I Kings 12:32). Did he lay his hands on the salad, the entree, the dessert? In point of fact, there are several different words in the Hebrew and Greek translated by "ordain," and none of them mean or imply laying on of hands. They may properly be translated by such words as make, appoint, constitute, assign, arrange, decree, destine, prescribe, dispose, or place. Thus, John 15:16 simply means that Christ chose and appointed the twelve-laying on of hands is neither mentioned nor implied in this verse.
When the Lord directly authorized (gave authority to) someone to do something, laying on of hands is never practiced. Because of His complete authority, the Lord's command is all that is needed to authorize men to do whatever He wills. One no more needs laying on of hands to obey the Lord's command to baptize, than to obey His command to be merciful or loving. Thus, Aaron and his sons, and the apostles of Christ, chosen by the Lord Himself, did not have hands laid on them.
The word "apostle" means "one sent out with a commission." The apostles of Christ, appointed directly by Him, did not have hands laid on them before they were sent out to do His work. But the church may also send men with a commission, and such men may properly called apostles also. They are apostles of the church which appointed them. Thus, Paul and Barnabas were appointed by the Antioch church to preach the Gospel as their apostles. They were appointed by the laying on of hands-Acts 13:3. Thus, Paul and Barnabas were apostles of the Antioch church (Acts 14:14), and Paul was also an apostle of Christ (Acts 26:16-18). Hands were laid on Paul when he was sent out from the church, but Christ did not lay hands on him when he appointed him His apostle. In the New Testament, hands were laid on men to appoint them to work in the church, when the church chose them (Acts 6:1-6).
Thus, without the laying on of hands, Jesus authorized (gave authority to) the apostles to baptize and teach. Having all authority, He needed only to command them to give them the authority to do what He commanded.
They were to teach those whom they baptized to do all that He told them to do. In other words, it was an endless process -the apostles were to baptize others, teach them to do the Lord's will, and they in turn were to baptize still others, and teach them also to do the Lord's will. As Paul told Timothy, "what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" (2 Tim. 2:2). Jesus did not say to ordain others to do what he commanded, but to teach them to do those things.
The apostles are still teaching us today when we read the New Testament. When we read that Jesus commanded them to baptize and teach others to do likewise, we have all the authority needed to baptize. To refuse to teach and baptize is to reject the authority of Christ.
It is not necessary for the Gospel to be communicated by personal contact. When we read the word in the New Testament and believe and obey it, we are doing God's will even if there are no other Christians within hundreds of miles. When the good seed (the word) is planted in good and honest hearts, and yields fruit, God is pleased. If we reject God's will, he is displeased (See Matt. 13: 1-9, 18-23).
God commanded it, did He not? It is as logical to ask if anyone may forgive, or be kind, or love others, or be honest. If it is God's will, we should do it. The beliefs or sincerity of the one administering the baptism are not crucial; it is rather the response of the honest and penitent heart to the will of God. If God would refuse to respect such submission from the heart because of hypocrisy in another's heart, about which the one being baptized cannot know, then God would be unjust! Naturally, one may prefer a spiritually developed Christian to administer the baptism, if possible, but this is not essential.
Matt. 23:2 – Hypocrites, but their preaching is to be followed.
Philippians 1:15-18 Hypocrites preaching, but it is still valid.
Romans 6:16-18 Paul says if we yield to God, we are his servants. No, says Mormonism, that is not necessarily true; if you yield yourselves to God in baptism (verses 3-4), but the one baptizing you is an apostate or hypocrite, you are the servants of sin, not of God.
LDS will accept baptism at the hand of unbaptized persons in some circumstances. The case of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery baptizing each other while an angel who had the authority stood by watching is an example of this.
Jesus taught the true doctrine of authority in the Great Commission Matt. 28: 18-20. Anything different from this is a different and therefore false gospel, and is anathema, whether it purports to come from an apostle, prophet, or angel from heaven (Gal. 1:6-9).
Let us restore in our own lives the will of God as it is revealed in the Bible. Let us leave the quicksand foundation of false revelations and false authority. Jesus Christ alone can save us. We must trust in Him and in Him alone! Read Acts 2:36-42 to see how men became disciples of Christ in the beginning.
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Q: creating new fields and populating with sequential numbers based on grouping other columns (Relatively new Qqis user)
I have a vector layer (lines) for a road network - which has a field for each road name and a field for road segments - but I need to add fields for numeric IDs rather than string; so I'd like to be able to assign a numeric road ID to the group of records for each road name and I'd like to assign a sequential ID to each segment for each road ID.
Example: I have 5 segments for "Main st", I'd like to assign a numeric id of 1 to Main street and each segment to have an incremental id as well so they can be identified as 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5 and so on...


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Posted on August 28, 2010 Categories: Academic Boycott, BDS News, Why Boycott?! Comments are off for this post
August 24 2010 by Jesse Bacon
Sue Fisckoff writes in the JTA about the off season preparations of Team Israel, aka Hillel, the Jewish student organization. The article highlights the very real panic the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement has caused and its automatic equation with anti-Semitism in the minds of some.
Amanda Boris is nervous about what she"ll face when classes resume at the University of Wisconsin later this month. "There"s an uncomfortable amount of anti-Semitism on my campus," said the incoming senior.
We begin with some descriptions of actual anti-Semitism, namely an ad denying the Holocaust and anonymous internet posts, which sound bad if not exactly a groundswell of hatred. But within a sentence, we move to an unnamed professor charged with "making openly false statements about Israel." No examples are given, but the professor whoever she or he is, is now in league with neo-Nazis and people who believe Jews had it coming. Whatever the real threats this student faces are now conflated with political views that differ from hers, and it sounds like Hillel"s trainings on Israel advocacy are doing nothing to sharpen that distinction. The article does not give any other examples of the titular "anti-Israel" sentiment "on the lesson plan," implying in the classroom.
Rather, the focus is on the BDS movement, which is predicted to be "better organized, more prevalent and more vitriolic" this school year. The first two seem quite likely, but no evidence of the latter is given. Instead, anti Divestment students are warned that their foes have…better technology!
Whereas past years might have involved handfuls of anti-Israel students passing out photocopied flyers, last year saw a high-tech traveling exhibit of Israel"s separation barrier, complete with an embedded plasma TV showing anti-Israeli images.
Now we come to the heart of the matter, divestment resolutions on campus.
Only one of those proposed resolutions passed, in a non-binding student body vote at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. But every time such a bill is put forward, activists say, the charged atmosphere leaves lasting wounds.
Actually, Berkeley passed one too, and it was vetoed by a campus President. And what are those lasting wounds? Seeing Jews who disagree with you.
When the student government at the University of California, San Diego voted on a divestment bill in April, Hillel campus director Keri Copans noted some Jewish students standing across the room with the pro-divestment crowd, even as most Jewish students stood with her in opposing the bill.
The article does not actually interview any of these strange creatures, these Jews for BDS, But their very existence is painful,and Copans feels bad for them.
"Divestment bills come and go, but these are Jewish students," she said. "I want them to have positive Jewish experiences, and that"s not what they get by being glared at across the room."
However much pain is being felt, it seems clear that Hillel has NOT drawn the lesson that truly representing all Jewish students means allowing for a range of positions on Israel. Instead, students with differing views or who just don"t want to engage in this debate are compared to a piece of defective furniture.
"For the average student, Israel is a problem – and they don"t want more problems," said Michael Faber, longtime Hillel executive director at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y. "It makes that leg of their Jewish identity wobbly."
Wayne Firestone, the Hillel executive, said: "We want the students to be prepared, not paralyzed with fear.
We are in the identity-building business, and the Israel issue is one we are standing up for."
Free advice, Michael and Wayne: lay off the carpentry metaphors, stick to the actual anti-Semitsim your students face, and stand up for them and their values, not the "Israel issue."
PS The article also interviews StandWithUs as a "pro-Israel" organization, last seen on Muzzlewatch making Jewish Voice for Peace members feel highly unsafe with slurs and threats on their family members.
USACBI response to Trump executive order targeting campus criticism of Israel
USACBI denounces Israeli detention of Prof. Widad Barghouti, calls for academic boycott
The Society for the Study of Social Problems Narrowly Rejects Endorsing a Resolution in Support of Palestinian Academic Freedom


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Down-Low Under the Rainbow?: Jesse Jackson Accused of Gay Harassment
Upon hearing that an openly (and screamingly!) gay black male ex-employee of Rainbow/PUSH had filed a complaint against Jesse Jackson and his organization for discrimination and sexual harassment, questions began popping into my mind as if they were illicit erections in a lonely motel room out near the airport:
Is Jesse Jackson the type of guy who"€™d fire someone merely for refusing to blow him?
Is his accuser, "€œAruba"€ Tommy Bennett, the sort of fella who"€™d file a fraudulent discrimination complaint merely for cash and attention, as his famous ex-employer has so often been accused of doing?
Why would someone want to work for a boss who fires you merely for refusing to blow him, anyway?
I"€™ve never had an employer who requested fellatio, so is there something wrong with me, or is it because I"€™ve never worked for Jesse Jackson?
"€œBennett's allegations against Jackson mark another enjoyable instance of progressive identity victimization politics eating its own intestines."€
Bennett's full complaint, filed with Chicago's Commission of Human Rights in 2010 and still unsettled, is available as a PDF. The juicier allegations, which involve white brief underwear, inner-thigh rashes, the phrase "€œlittle motherfucker,"€ Cialis, heavy breathing, masturbation, blaming white people for changing the meaning of the word "€œgay,"€ Rev. Jackson's high-school teacher paying him $10 to suck Jesse's dick, and for me what is the most punishable charge"€"that Jackson engaged in the supremely annoying habit of tickling Bennett's palm with his finger while shaking his hand"€"are highlighted HERE.
There's no denying it"€""€œAruba"€ Tommy Bennett, a frequent guest on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, is as gay as a sprig of holly on a winter vest. Bennett's complaint states that while employed at Rainbow/PUSH (snickers will not be tolerated!), a Ms. Caroline Wiggins, who toiled as a "€œMembership and Volunteer Coordinator,"€ taunted Tommy with limp-wrist gestures and once led an open prayer session where she requested that the Lord Jesus Christ "€œbind these homosexual spirits that are in the office…[and] get these homosexuals out of here."€ Bennett claims that when he was fired, the Rainbow/PUSHers told him it was due to lack of funding, but then they hired someone else immediately after dismissing him. His feelings were hurt like any fag's would be, and for this he seeks $350K, as well as nearly $100K for both front and back pay (stop it!) and lost benefits.
In a formal statement, Jackson and his "€œpeople"€"€"whom I assume are tinted more like a coffee bean than a rainbow"€"denied Bennett's allegations. They made it clear that they love the gays and would never, under any conditions, be mean to them. For legal reasons, I need to mention that before getting back to the fag jokes.
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From Germany and now Brighton based, Caldera already has an impressive string of releases under his belt. His productions range from ambient to broken techno showcasing a real quality, which is why we're so excited to see him play a full live set.