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Is Obama a neoconservative?
"With Barack Obama about to become president, is there any chance neoconservatives will finally return to the roost?" Gabriel Schoenfeld asked in the Wall Street Journal. If only a month ago the question would have seemed preposterous, now, according to Schoenfeld, it shouldn't any more. And there are solid arguments for that. Obama's insistence on the theme of "personal responsibility," for instance, which is one purchase point for the original neocons, when they were still Democrats, back in the 70s. And what about his belief in the need for supporting and encouraging fathers' active participation in parenting?
It was, after all, alarm about the disintegration of black families in the 1960s that helped propel rightward the liberal pillar -- and neoconservative founding father -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Four decades later the same problem afflicts the urban underclass. Mr. Obama's photogenic First Family serves as a more potent counter to the allure -- such as it is -- of the ghetto lifestyle than any policy initiative ever cooked up in a neoconservative think tank.
But the incoming president -- himself the son of a single mother -- not only walks the walk, he talks the talk. During the campaign he boldly told an African-American audience that "We need fathers to realize that responsibility doesn't just end at conception. . . . What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. Any fool can have a child. . . . It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father."
Furthermore, Obama's foreign policy echoed many longstanding concerns of the neocons :
Even on foreign policy, Mr. Obama has an opportunity to build a coalition with hawks. Ironically, the surge in Iraq -- which Mr. Obama irresponsibly opposed -- may allow for a safe American withdrawal on something approximating the timetable he has called for. His emphasis on winning in Afghanistan and cleaning out the al Qaeda redoubt in Pakistan is common sense. His pledge not to permit Iran to acquire nuclear weapons differs not a whit from President Bush's policy.
And with regard to the Gaza conflict, it is also welcome to recall that, touring the embattled Israeli town of Sderot during the campaign, Mr. Obama stated -- in words that neoconservatives are now quoting aloud -- that "if missiles were falling where my two daughters sleep, I would do everything in order to stop that."
Would Obama really do much that was different from the Bush administration? Ron Radosh asks in his blog. He reports that a left-leaning journalist, TNR's John B. Judis called Obama's Inaugural Address "a disappointing hodge-podge," "too abstract" and neither "original nor compelling." He didn't like the call to get rid of "worn-out dogmas," fearing, as Radosh puts it, that Obama was just not talking about those of the right.
Judis was also disturbed when Obama said that "Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred." Judis writes: "This strikes me as either boilerplate or an exaggeration of the danger posed by al Qaeda. It is reminiscent of George W. Bush and his catch-all war on terror. Obama and the country clearly face grave problems overseas; but they can't be reduced to a 'far-reaching network.'" Really?? And reminiscent of Bush? This, as we know, is about the nastiest smear a liberal could make against Obama.
When all this is said—and much more might be said on the subject—how can we help asking ourselves whether Obama is "a liberal mugged by reality?"
A morning with Cyrano
I went to the theater this morning with a bunch of my 16/17 year old students to watch the famous play by Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, in French, its original language. It was well performed by a French professional theater company, and most students seemed to have enjoyed the experience. As for myself, my school French turned out to be very poor, but I had no problem with the below quoted and sublime passage ...
Un baiser, mais à tout prendre, qu'est-ce ?
Un serment fait d'un peu plus près, une promesse
plus précise, un aveu qui veut se confirmer,
un point rose qu'on met sur l'i du verbe aimer;
c'est un secret qui prend la bouche pour oreille,
un instant d'infini qui fait un bruit d'abeille,
une communion ayant un goût de fleur,
une façon d'un peu se respirer le coeur,
et d'un peu se goûter, au bord des lèvres, l'âme !
A kiss, when all is said,—what is it?
An oath that's ratified,—a sealed promise,
A heart's avowal claiming confirmation,—
A rose-dot on the 'I' of 'adoration,'—
A secret that to mouth, not ear, is whispered,—
Brush of a bee's wing, that makes time eternal,—
Communion perfumed like the spring's wild flowers,—
The heart's relieving in the heart's outbreathing,
When to the lips the soul's flood rises, brimming!
Act III, Scene ix
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Here's How Magnets Could Help us Fight Cocaine Addiction
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How do you get someone to stop using drugs? As it turns out, "magnetism" may be the answer. Or at least, though no one is heralding it as a "cure-all," this can be used in conjunction with other work to help individuals who want to overcome their addiction.
Image showing how addiction works in the brain. Via DrugAbuse.gov
A new study involving 29 cocaine addicts seeking treatment for their addiction suggests that magnetic stimulation can significantly reduce both use of the drug and cravings. The study was published in the European journal Neurophsychopharmacology by Luigi Gallimberti, a doctor from the University of Padova Medical School, and Alberto Terraneo, a physician involved in the treatment of addiction.
The goal of the study was to use magnets to target a brain area called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. This is because, brain-scanning studies indicate, the effects on brain activity appear to ripple outward (much like a wave going across the ocean). To this extent, it is a "network effect."
To track the therapy's effects, and verify the individuals' responses, the doctors used urinalysis to ensure that the subjects who were part of the study were using drugs as well as asking them to rate their cravings on a scale of 1 to 10.
From the 16 participants of the study who received increasing sessions throughout the process, 11 managed to stay sober versus the three out of 16 in an untreated group.
Of course, this is just early research (a preliminary study), and there are a number of other contributing factors. For example, it is likely that simply knowing that you are undergoing a treatment, such as the one featured in this design, has an impact on your mental state.
That said, this could help us to better understand addiction in relation to both the magnetic study and how individuals with addiction respond to experimental testing. Moreover, similar work is now widely being accepted as a treatment for depression, so it is quite possible that there is a real connection.
The Ultimate Solution
The study marks a great step forward towards tapping into a neurobiological treatment for cocaine addiction. To date, treatment for this particular drug is limited only to cognitive therapy and psychological support.
Ultimately, Christian Lüscher, a neuroscientist and addiction researcher at the University of Geneva, has previously shown that he can reverse drug-seeking behavior in mice by targeting different brain regions. To this end, he says the Italian study is notable because of the way that it applies discoveries in basic neuroscience to real-world applications for addiction.
Of course, not all experts are optimistic about the potential of the study. Some scientists note that the study is too small, and, as previously mentioned, the subjects are also fully aware of the fact that they were receiving treatment for their addiction—the latter of which could have lent itself to a placebo effect aiding in the process.
Detractors note that while promising, it's still in its very early stages.
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package com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d;

import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Colors;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont.BitmapFontData;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont.Glyph;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont.HAlignment;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.BitmapFont.TextBounds;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Array;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.GdxRuntimeException;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.IntArray;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.NumberUtils;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Pool;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Pool.Poolable;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.StringBuilder;

/** Caches glyph geometry for a BitmapFont, providing a fast way to render static text. This saves needing to compute the location
 * of each glyph each frame.
 * @author Nathan Sweet
 * @author Matthias Mann
 * @author davebaol */
public class BitmapFontCache {

	private final BitmapFont font;

	private float[][] vertexData;

	private static final Pool<ColorChunk> colorChunkPool = new Pool<ColorChunk>(32) {
		protected ColorChunk newObject () {
			return new ColorChunk();
		}
	};

	private Array<ColorChunk> colorChunks;

	private int[] idx;
	/** Used internally to ensure a correct capacity for multi-page font vertex data. */
	private int[] tmpGlyphCount;

	private float x, y;
	private float color = Color.WHITE.toFloatBits();
	private final Color tempColor = new Color(1, 1, 1, 1);
	private final Color hexColor = new Color();
	private final StringBuilder colorBuffer = new StringBuilder();
	private final TextBounds textBounds = new TextBounds();
	private boolean integer = true;
	private int glyphCount = 0;

	/** An array for each page containing an entry for each glyph from that page, where the entry is the index of the character in
	 * the full text being cached. */
	private IntArray[] glyphIndices;

	private boolean textChanged;
	private float oldTint = 0;
	private final Color currentChunkColor = new Color();
	private int currentChunkEndIndex = 0;

	public BitmapFontCache (BitmapFont font) {
		this(font, font.usesIntegerPositions());
	}

	/** @param integer If true, rendering positions will be at integer values to avoid filtering artifacts. */
	public BitmapFontCache (BitmapFont font, boolean integer) {
		this.font = font;
		this.integer = integer;

		int regionsLength = font.regions.length;
		if (regionsLength == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("The specified font must contain at least one texture page.");

		this.vertexData = new float[regionsLength][];
		this.colorChunks = new Array<ColorChunk>();

		this.idx = new int[regionsLength];
		int vertexDataLength = vertexData.length;
		if (vertexDataLength > 1) { // If we have multiple pages...
			// Contains the indices of the glyph in the Cache as they are added.
			glyphIndices = new IntArray[vertexDataLength];
			for (int i = 0, n = glyphIndices.length; i < n; i++) {
				glyphIndices[i] = new IntArray();
			}

			tmpGlyphCount = new int[vertexDataLength];
		}
	}

	/** Sets the position of the text, relative to the position when the cached text was created.
	 * @param x The x coordinate
	 * @param y The y coordinate */
	public void setPosition (float x, float y) {
		translate(x - this.x, y - this.y);
	}

	/** Sets the position of the text, relative to its current position.
	 * @param xAmount The amount in x to move the text
	 * @param yAmount The amount in y to move the text */
	public void translate (float xAmount, float yAmount) {
		if (xAmount == 0 && yAmount == 0) return;
		if (integer) {
			xAmount = Math.round(xAmount);
			yAmount = Math.round(yAmount);
		}
		x += xAmount;
		y += yAmount;

		for (int j = 0, length = vertexData.length; j < length; j++) {
			float[] vertices = vertexData[j];
			for (int i = 0, n = idx[j]; i < n; i += 5) {
				vertices[i] += xAmount;
				vertices[i + 1] += yAmount;
			}
		}
	}

	private Color setColor (Color color, float floatColor) {
		int intBits = NumberUtils.floatToIntColor(floatColor);
		color.r = (intBits & 0xff) / 255f;
		color.g = ((intBits >>> 8) & 0xff) / 255f;
		color.b = ((intBits >>> 16) & 0xff) / 255f;
		color.a = ((intBits >>> 24) & 0xff) / 255f;
		return color;
	}

	private int updateCurrentChunk (int lastChunkIndex, Color tint) {
		lastChunkIndex++;
		if (colorChunks.size <= lastChunkIndex) {
			if (colorChunks.size <= 0) currentChunkColor.set(tint);
			currentChunkEndIndex = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		} else {
			ColorChunk cc = colorChunks.get(lastChunkIndex);
			if (currentChunkEndIndex == cc.endIndex)
				lastChunkIndex = updateCurrentChunk(lastChunkIndex, tint);
			else {
				setColor(currentChunkColor, cc.color).mul(tint);
				currentChunkEndIndex = cc.endIndex;
			}
		}
		return lastChunkIndex;
	}

	/** Tints all text currently in the cache. Does not affect subsequently added text. */
	public void tint (Color tint) {
		float floatTint = tint.toFloatBits();
		if (textChanged || oldTint != floatTint) {
			textChanged = false;
			oldTint = floatTint;
			if (font.markupEnabled) {
				int lastChunkIndex = updateCurrentChunk(-1, tint);
				float color = currentChunkColor.toFloatBits();
				int ci = 0; // character index
				for (int j = 0, length = vertexData.length; j < length; j++) {
					float[] vertices = vertexData[j];
					for (int i = 2, n = idx[j]; i < n; i += 5) {
						if ((i % 20) == 2) {
							if (++ci > currentChunkEndIndex) {
								lastChunkIndex = updateCurrentChunk(lastChunkIndex, tint);
								color = currentChunkColor.toFloatBits();
							}
						}
						vertices[i] = color;
					}
				}
			} else {
				for (int j = 0, length = vertexData.length; j < length; j++) {
					float[] vertices = vertexData[j];
					for (int i = 2, n = idx[j]; i < n; i += 5) {
						vertices[i] = floatTint;
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	/** Sets the color of all text currently in the cache. Does not affect subsequently added text. */
	public void setColors (float color) {
		for (int j = 0, length = vertexData.length; j < length; j++) {
			float[] vertices = vertexData[j];
			for (int i = 2, n = idx[j]; i < n; i += 5)
				vertices[i] = color;
		}
	}

	/** Sets the color of all text currently in the cache. Does not affect subsequently added text. */
	public void setColors (Color tint) {
		final float color = tint.toFloatBits();
		for (int j = 0, length = vertexData.length; j < length; j++) {
			float[] vertices = vertexData[j];
			for (int i = 2, n = idx[j]; i < n; i += 5)
				vertices[i] = color;
		}
	}

	/** Sets the color of all text currently in the cache. Does not affect subsequently added text. */
	public void setColors (float r, float g, float b, float a) {
		int intBits = ((int)(255 * a) << 24) | ((int)(255 * b) << 16) | ((int)(255 * g) << 8) | ((int)(255 * r));
		float color = NumberUtils.intToFloatColor(intBits);
		for (int j = 0, length = vertexData.length; j < length; j++) {
			float[] vertices = vertexData[j];
			for (int i = 2, n = idx[j]; i < n; i += 5)
				vertices[i] = color;
		}
	}

	/** Sets the color of the specified characters. This may only be called after {@link #setText(CharSequence, float, float)} and
	 * is reset every time setText is called. */
	public void setColors (Color tint, int start, int end) {
		final float color = tint.toFloatBits();

		if (vertexData.length == 1) { // only one page...
			float[] vertices = vertexData[0];
			for (int i = start * 20 + 2, n = end * 20; i < n; i += 5)
				vertices[i] = color;
		} else {
			int pageCount = vertexData.length;

			// for each page...
			for (int i = 0; i < pageCount; i++) {
				float[] vertices = vertexData[i];

				// we need to loop through the indices and determine whether the glyph is inside begin/end
				for (int j = 0, n = glyphIndices[i].size; j < n; j++) {
					int gInd = glyphIndices[i].items[j];

					// break early if the glyph is outside our bounds
					if (gInd >= end) break;

					// if the glyph is inside start and end, then change it's colour
					if (gInd >= start) { // && gInd < end
						// modify color index
						for (int off = 0; off < 20; off += 5)
							vertices[off + (j * 20 + 2)] = color;
					}
				}
			}

		}
	}

	/** Sets the color of subsequently added text. Does not affect text currently in the cache. */
	public void setColor (Color tint) {
		color = tint.toFloatBits();
	}

	/** Sets the color of subsequently added text. Does not affect text currently in the cache. */
	public void setColor (float r, float g, float b, float a) {
		int intBits = (int)(255 * a) << 24 | (int)(255 * b) << 16 | (int)(255 * g) << 8 | (int)(255 * r);
		color = NumberUtils.intToFloatColor(intBits);
	}

	/** Sets the color of subsequently added text. Does not affect text currently in the cache. */
	public void setColor (float color) {
		this.color = color;
	}

	public Color getColor () {
		int intBits = NumberUtils.floatToIntColor(color);
		Color color = tempColor;
		color.r = (intBits & 0xff) / 255f;
		color.g = ((intBits >>> 8) & 0xff) / 255f;
		color.b = ((intBits >>> 16) & 0xff) / 255f;
		color.a = ((intBits >>> 24) & 0xff) / 255f;
		return color;
	}

	public void draw (Batch spriteBatch) {
		TextureRegion[] regions = font.getRegions();
		for (int j = 0, n = vertexData.length; j < n; j++) {
			if (idx[j] > 0) { // ignore if this texture has no glyphs
				float[] vertices = vertexData[j];
				spriteBatch.draw(regions[j].getTexture(), vertices, 0, idx[j]);
			}
		}
	}

	public void draw (Batch spriteBatch, int start, int end) {
		if (vertexData.length == 1) { // i.e. 1 page
			spriteBatch.draw(font.getRegion().getTexture(), vertexData[0], start * 20, (end - start) * 20);
		} else { // i.e. multiple pages
			// TODO: bounds check?

			// We basically need offset and len for each page
			// Different pages might have different offsets and lengths
			// Some pages might not need to be rendered at all..

			TextureRegion[] regions = font.getRegions();

			// for each page...
			for (int i = 0, pageCount = vertexData.length; i < pageCount; i++) {

				int offset = -1;
				int count = 0;

				// we need to loop through the indices and determine where we begin within the start/end bounds
				IntArray currentGlyphIndices = glyphIndices[i];
				for (int j = 0, n = currentGlyphIndices.size; j < n; j++) {
					int glyphIndex = currentGlyphIndices.items[j];

					// break early if the glyph is outside our bounds
					if (glyphIndex >= end) break;

					// determine if this glyph is "inside" our start/end bounds
					// if so; use the first match of that for the offset
					if (offset == -1 && glyphIndex >= start) offset = j;

					// we also need to determine the length of our vertices array...
					// we do so by counting the glyphs within our bounds
					if (glyphIndex >= start) // && gInd < end
						count++;
				}

				// this page isn't necessary to be rendered
				if (offset == -1 || count == 0) continue;

				// render the page vertex data with our determined offset and length
				spriteBatch.draw(regions[i].getTexture(), vertexData[i], offset * 20, count * 20);
			}
		}
	}

	public void draw (Batch spriteBatch, float alphaModulation) {
		if (alphaModulation == 1) {
			draw(spriteBatch);
			return;
		}
		Color color = getColor();
		float oldAlpha = color.a;
		color.a *= alphaModulation;
		setColors(color);
		draw(spriteBatch);
		color.a = oldAlpha;
		setColors(color);
	}

	/** Removes all glyphs in the cache. */
	public void clear () {
		x = 0;
		y = 0;
		glyphCount = 0;
		for (int i = 0, n = idx.length; i < n; i++) {
			if (glyphIndices != null) glyphIndices[i].clear();
			idx[i] = 0;
		}

		// Remove all the color chunks from the list and releases them to the internal pool
		for (int i = 0; i < colorChunks.size; i++) {
			colorChunkPool.free(colorChunks.get(i));
			colorChunks.set(i, null);
		}
		colorChunks.size = 0;
	}

	/** Counts the actual glyphs excluding characters used to markup the text. */
	private int countGlyphs (CharSequence seq, int start, int end) {
		int count = end - start;
		while (start < end) {
			char ch = seq.charAt(start++);
			if (ch == '[') {
				count--;
				if (!(start < end && seq.charAt(start) == '[')) { // non escaped '['
					while (start < end && seq.charAt(start) != ']') {
						start++;
						count--;
					}
					count--;
				}
				start++;
			}
		}
		return count;
	}

	private void requireSequence (CharSequence seq, int start, int end) {
		if (vertexData.length == 1) {
			// don't scan sequence if we just have one page and markup is disabled
			int newGlyphCount = font.markupEnabled ? countGlyphs(seq, start, end) : end - start;
			require(0, newGlyphCount);
		} else {
			for (int i = 0, n = tmpGlyphCount.length; i < n; i++)
				tmpGlyphCount[i] = 0;

			// determine # of glyphs in each page
			while (start < end) {
				char ch = seq.charAt(start++);
				if (ch == '[' && font.markupEnabled) {
					if (!(start < end && seq.charAt(start) == '[')) { // non escaped '['
						while (start < end && seq.charAt(start) != ']')
							start++;
						start++;
						continue;
					}
					start++;
				}
				Glyph g = font.data.getGlyph(ch);
				if (g == null) continue;
				tmpGlyphCount[g.page]++;
			}
			// require that many for each page
			for (int i = 0, n = tmpGlyphCount.length; i < n; i++)
				require(i, tmpGlyphCount[i]);
		}
	}

	private void require (int page, int glyphCount) {
		if (glyphIndices != null) {
			if (glyphCount > glyphIndices[page].items.length)
				glyphIndices[page].ensureCapacity(glyphCount - glyphIndices[page].items.length);
		}

		int vertexCount = idx[page] + glyphCount * 20;
		float[] vertices = vertexData[page];
		if (vertices == null) {
			vertexData[page] = new float[vertexCount];
		} else if (vertices.length < vertexCount) {
			float[] newVertices = new float[vertexCount];
			System.arraycopy(vertices, 0, newVertices, 0, idx[page]);
			vertexData[page] = newVertices;
		}
	}

	private int parseAndSetColor (CharSequence str, int start, int end) {
		if (start < end) {
			if (str.charAt(start) == '#') {
				// Parse hex color RRGGBBAA where AA is optional and defaults to 0xFF if less than 6 chars are used
				int colorInt = 0;
				for (int i = start + 1; i < end; i++) {
					char ch = str.charAt(i);
					if (ch == ']') {
						if (i < start + 2 || i > start + 9)
							throw new GdxRuntimeException("Hex color cannot have " + (i - start - 1) + " digits.");
						if (i <= start + 7) { // RRGGBB
							Color.rgb888ToColor(hexColor, colorInt);
							hexColor.a = 1f;
						} else { // RRGGBBAA
							Color.rgba8888ToColor(hexColor, colorInt);
						}
						this.color = hexColor.toFloatBits();
						addColorChunk(this.color, false);
						return i - start;
					}
					if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9')
						colorInt = colorInt * 16 + (ch - '0');
					else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f')
						colorInt = colorInt * 16 + (ch - ('a' - 10));
					else if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'F')
						colorInt = colorInt * 16 + (ch - ('A' - 10));
					else
						throw new GdxRuntimeException("Unexpected character in hex color: " + ch);
				}
			} else {
				// Parse named color
				colorBuffer.setLength(0);
				for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
					char ch = str.charAt(i);
					if (ch == ']') {
						if (colorBuffer.length() == 0) { // end tag []
							int popIndex = Math.max(0, colorChunks.peek().popIndex);
							this.color = colorChunks.get(popIndex).color;
							addColorChunk(this.color, true);
						} else {
							String colorString = colorBuffer.toString();
							Color newColor = Colors.get(colorString);
							if (newColor == null) throw new GdxRuntimeException("Unknown color: " + colorString);
							this.color = newColor.toFloatBits();
							addColorChunk(this.color, false);
						}
						return i - start;
					} else {
						colorBuffer.append(ch);
					}
				}
			}
		}
		throw new GdxRuntimeException("Unclosed color tag.");
	}

	private void addColorChunk (float color, boolean isPop) {
		int popIndex = -1;
		if (colorChunks.size > 0) {
			ColorChunk last = colorChunks.peek();
			last.endIndex = (glyphIndices != null ? glyphCount : this.idx[0] / 20);
			if (isPop)
				popIndex = colorChunks.get(Math.max(0, last.popIndex)).popIndex;
			else
				popIndex = colorChunks.size - 1;
		}
		colorChunks.add(obtainColorChunk(color, popIndex));
	}

	private ColorChunk obtainColorChunk (float color, int popIndex) {
		// Get a color chunk from the pool
		ColorChunk colorChunk = colorChunkPool.obtain();
		colorChunk.color = color;
		colorChunk.popIndex = popIndex;
		return colorChunk;
	}

	private float addToCache (CharSequence str, float x, float y, int start, int end) {
		float startX = x;
		BitmapFont font = this.font;
		Glyph lastGlyph = null;
		BitmapFontData data = font.data;
		textChanged = start < end;
		if (font.markupEnabled && colorChunks.size == 0) colorChunks.add(obtainColorChunk(this.color, -1));
		if (data.scaleX == 1 && data.scaleY == 1) {
			while (start < end) {
				char ch = str.charAt(start++);
				if (ch == '[' && font.markupEnabled) {
					if (!(start < end && str.charAt(start) == '[')) { // non escaped '['
						start += parseAndSetColor(str, start, end) + 1;
						continue;
					}
					start++;
				}
				lastGlyph = data.getGlyph(ch);
				if (lastGlyph != null) {
					addGlyph(lastGlyph, x + lastGlyph.xoffset, y + lastGlyph.yoffset, lastGlyph.width, lastGlyph.height);
					x += lastGlyph.xadvance;
					break;
				}
			}
			while (start < end) {
				char ch = str.charAt(start++);
				if (ch == '[' && font.markupEnabled) {
					if (!(start < end && str.charAt(start) == '[')) { // non escaped '['
						start += parseAndSetColor(str, start, end) + 1;
						continue;
					}
					start++;
				}
				Glyph g = data.getGlyph(ch);
				if (g != null) {
					x += lastGlyph.getKerning(ch);
					lastGlyph = g;
					addGlyph(lastGlyph, x + g.xoffset, y + g.yoffset, g.width, g.height);
					x += g.xadvance;
				}
			}
		} else {
			float scaleX = data.scaleX, scaleY = data.scaleY;
			while (start < end) {
				char ch = str.charAt(start++);
				if (ch == '[' && font.markupEnabled) {
					if (!(start < end && str.charAt(start) == '[')) { // non escaped '['
						start += parseAndSetColor(str, start, end) + 1;
						continue;
					}
					start++;
				}
				lastGlyph = data.getGlyph(ch);
				if (lastGlyph != null) {
					addGlyph(lastGlyph, //
						x + lastGlyph.xoffset * scaleX, //
						y + lastGlyph.yoffset * scaleY, //
						lastGlyph.width * scaleX, //
						lastGlyph.height * scaleY);
					x += lastGlyph.xadvance * scaleX;
					break;
				}
			}
			while (start < end) {
				char ch = str.charAt(start++);
				if (ch == '[' && font.markupEnabled) {
					if (!(start < end && str.charAt(start) == '[')) { // non escaped '['
						start += parseAndSetColor(str, start, end) + 1;
						continue;
					}
					start++;
				}
				Glyph g = data.getGlyph(ch);
				if (g != null) {
					x += lastGlyph.getKerning(ch) * scaleX;
					lastGlyph = g;
					addGlyph(lastGlyph, //
						x + g.xoffset * scaleX, //
						y + g.yoffset * scaleY, //
						g.width * scaleX, //
						g.height * scaleY);
					x += g.xadvance * scaleX;
				}
			}
		}
		return x - startX;
	}

	private void addGlyph (Glyph glyph, float x, float y, float width, float height) {
		float x2 = x + width;
		float y2 = y + height;
		final float u = glyph.u;
		final float u2 = glyph.u2;
		final float v = glyph.v;
		final float v2 = glyph.v2;

		final int page = glyph.page;

		if (glyphIndices != null) {
			glyphIndices[page].add(glyphCount++);
		}

		final float[] vertices = vertexData[page];

		if (integer) {
			x = Math.round(x);
			y = Math.round(y);
			x2 = Math.round(x2);
			y2 = Math.round(y2);
		}

		int idx = this.idx[page];
		this.idx[page] += 20;

		vertices[idx++] = x;
		vertices[idx++] = y;
		vertices[idx++] = color;
		vertices[idx++] = u;
		vertices[idx++] = v;

		vertices[idx++] = x;
		vertices[idx++] = y2;
		vertices[idx++] = color;
		vertices[idx++] = u;
		vertices[idx++] = v2;

		vertices[idx++] = x2;
		vertices[idx++] = y2;
		vertices[idx++] = color;
		vertices[idx++] = u2;
		vertices[idx++] = v2;

		vertices[idx++] = x2;
		vertices[idx++] = y;
		vertices[idx++] = color;
		vertices[idx++] = u2;
		vertices[idx] = v;
	}

	/** Clears any cached glyphs and adds glyphs for the specified text.
	 * @see #addText(CharSequence, float, float, int, int) */
	public TextBounds setText (CharSequence str, float x, float y) {
		clear();
		return addText(str, x, y, 0, str.length());
	}

	/** Clears any cached glyphs and adds glyphs for the specified text.
	 * @see #addText(CharSequence, float, float, int, int) */
	public TextBounds setText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, int start, int end) {
		clear();
		return addText(str, x, y, start, end);
	}

	/** Adds glyphs for the specified text.
	 * @see #addText(CharSequence, float, float, int, int) */
	public TextBounds addText (CharSequence str, float x, float y) {
		return addText(str, x, y, 0, str.length());
	}

	/** Adds glyphs for the the specified text.
	 * @param x The x position for the left most character.
	 * @param y The y position for the top of most capital letters in the font (the {@link BitmapFont#getCapHeight() cap height}).
	 * @param start The first character of the string to draw.
	 * @param end The last character of the string to draw (exclusive).
	 * @return The bounds of the cached string (the height is the distance from y to the baseline). */
	public TextBounds addText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, int start, int end) {
		requireSequence(str, start, end);
		y += font.data.ascent;
		textBounds.width = addToCache(str, x, y, start, end);
		textBounds.height = font.data.capHeight;
		return textBounds;
	}

	/** Clears any cached glyphs and adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n).
	 * @see #addMultiLineText(CharSequence, float, float, float, HAlignment) */
	public TextBounds setMultiLineText (CharSequence str, float x, float y) {
		clear();
		return addMultiLineText(str, x, y, 0, HAlignment.LEFT);
	}

	/** Clears any cached glyphs and adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n).
	 * @see #addMultiLineText(CharSequence, float, float, float, HAlignment) */
	public TextBounds setMultiLineText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, float alignmentWidth, HAlignment alignment) {
		clear();
		return addMultiLineText(str, x, y, alignmentWidth, alignment);
	}

	/** Adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n).
	 * @see #addMultiLineText(CharSequence, float, float, float, HAlignment) */
	public TextBounds addMultiLineText (CharSequence str, float x, float y) {
		return addMultiLineText(str, x, y, 0, HAlignment.LEFT);
	}

	/** Adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n). Each line is aligned horizontally within a rectangle of
	 * the specified width.
	 * @param x The x position for the left most character.
	 * @param y The y position for the top of most capital letters in the font (the {@link BitmapFont#getCapHeight() cap height}).
	 * @param alignment The horizontal alignment of wrapped line.
	 * @return The bounds of the cached string (the height is the distance from y to the baseline of the last line). */
	public TextBounds addMultiLineText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, float alignmentWidth, HAlignment alignment) {
		BitmapFont font = this.font;

		int length = str.length();
		requireSequence(str, 0, length);

		y += font.data.ascent;
		float down = font.data.down;

		float maxWidth = 0;
		float startY = y;
		int start = 0;
		int numLines = 0;
		while (start < length) {
			int lineEnd = BitmapFont.indexOf(str, '\n', start);
			float xOffset = 0;
			if (alignment != HAlignment.LEFT) {
				float lineWidth = font.getBounds(str, start, lineEnd).width;
				xOffset = alignmentWidth - lineWidth;
				if (alignment == HAlignment.CENTER) xOffset /= 2;
			}
			float lineWidth = addToCache(str, x + xOffset, y, start, lineEnd);
			maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, lineWidth);
			start = lineEnd + 1;
			y += down;
			numLines++;
		}
		textBounds.width = maxWidth;
		textBounds.height = font.data.capHeight + (numLines - 1) * font.data.lineHeight;
		return textBounds;
	}

	/** Clears any cached glyphs and adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n) and is automatically
	 * wrapped within the specified width.
	 * @see #addWrappedText(CharSequence, float, float, float, HAlignment) */
	public TextBounds setWrappedText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, float wrapWidth) {
		clear();
		return addWrappedText(str, x, y, wrapWidth, HAlignment.LEFT);
	}

	/** Clears any cached glyphs and adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n) and is automatically
	 * wrapped within the specified width.
	 * @see #addWrappedText(CharSequence, float, float, float, HAlignment) */
	public TextBounds setWrappedText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, float wrapWidth, HAlignment alignment) {
		clear();
		return addWrappedText(str, x, y, wrapWidth, alignment);
	}

	/** Adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n) and is automatically wrapped within the specified width.
	 * @see #addWrappedText(CharSequence, float, float, float, HAlignment) */
	public TextBounds addWrappedText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, float wrapWidth) {
		return addWrappedText(str, x, y, wrapWidth, HAlignment.LEFT);
	}

	/** Adds glyphs for the specified text, which may contain newlines (\n) and is automatically wrapped within the specified width.
	 * @param x The x position for the left most character.
	 * @param y The y position for the top of most capital letters in the font (the {@link BitmapFont#getCapHeight() cap height}).
	 * @param alignment The horizontal alignment of wrapped line.
	 * @return The bounds of the cached string (the height is the distance from y to the baseline of the last line). */
	public TextBounds addWrappedText (CharSequence str, float x, float y, float wrapWidth, HAlignment alignment) {
		BitmapFont font = this.font;

		int length = str.length();
		requireSequence(str, 0, length);

		y += font.data.ascent;
		float down = font.data.down;

		if (wrapWidth <= 0) wrapWidth = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		float maxWidth = 0;
		int start = 0;
		int numLines = 0;
		while (start < length) {
			int newLine = BitmapFont.indexOf(str, '\n', start);
			// Eat whitespace at start of line.
			while (start < newLine) {
				if (!BitmapFont.isWhitespace(str.charAt(start))) break;
				start++;
			}
			int lineEnd = start + font.computeVisibleGlyphs(str, start, newLine, wrapWidth);
			int nextStart = lineEnd + 1;
			if (lineEnd < newLine) {
				// Find char to break on.
				while (lineEnd > start) {
					if (BitmapFont.isWhitespace(str.charAt(lineEnd))) break;
					lineEnd--;
				}
				if (lineEnd == start) {
					if (nextStart > start + 1) nextStart--;
					lineEnd = nextStart; // If no characters to break, show all.
				} else {
					nextStart = lineEnd;
					// Eat whitespace at end of line.
					while (lineEnd > start) {
						if (!BitmapFont.isWhitespace(str.charAt(lineEnd - 1))) break;
						lineEnd--;
					}
				}
			}
			if (lineEnd > start) {
				float xOffset = 0;
				if (alignment != HAlignment.LEFT) {
					float lineWidth = font.getBounds(str, start, lineEnd).width;
					xOffset = wrapWidth - lineWidth;
					if (alignment == HAlignment.CENTER) xOffset /= 2;
				}
				float lineWidth = addToCache(str, x + xOffset, y, start, lineEnd);
				maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, lineWidth);
			}
			start = nextStart;
			y += down;
			numLines++;
		}
		textBounds.width = maxWidth;
		textBounds.height = font.data.capHeight + (numLines - 1) * font.data.lineHeight;
		return textBounds;
	}

	/** Returns the size of the cached string. The height is the distance from the top of most capital letters in the font (the
	 * {@link BitmapFont#getCapHeight() cap height}) to the baseline of the last line of text. */
	public TextBounds getBounds () {
		return textBounds;
	}

	/** Returns the x position of the cached string, relative to the position when the string was cached. */
	public float getX () {
		return x;
	}

	/** Returns the y position of the cached string, relative to the position when the string was cached. */
	public float getY () {
		return y;
	}

	public BitmapFont getFont () {
		return font;
	}

	/** Specifies whether to use integer positions or not. Default is to use them so filtering doesn't kick in as badly.
	 * @param use */
	public void setUseIntegerPositions (boolean use) {
		this.integer = use;
	}

	/** @return whether this font uses integer positions for drawing. */
	public boolean usesIntegerPositions () {
		return integer;
	}

	public float[] getVertices () {
		return getVertices(0);
	}

	public float[] getVertices (int page) {
		return vertexData[page];
	}

	private static class ColorChunk implements Poolable {
		float color;
		int endIndex;
		int popIndex; // needed to emulate the color stack

		ColorChunk () {
			this.endIndex = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		}

		ColorChunk (float color, int popIndex) {
			this.color = color;
			this.endIndex = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
			this.popIndex = popIndex;
		}

		@Override
		public void reset () {
			this.color = 0f;
			this.endIndex = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
			this.popIndex = 0;
		}
	}
}

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Maybe instead of Pokemon Go, this would be a better version called Be Kind Go (yeah that didn't sound good but it was a thought).
When we last left, Tahani had an idea to make sure Eleanor stayed in The Good Place she can earn enough points back so that her points made sure she can stay. But that would come to an issue when looking at the points, the (fake) Eleanor actually has over -4,000 points but the average is over 1.2 million. Yeah, seems impossible right?
Tahani helped (Fake) Eleanor by doing kindness like holding doors open and saying kind things like have a nice day and such. But that seem to backfire after saying those nice things, those gave her the stink eye and nothing goes up in the points meter.
So Tahani had the idea to have a town hall kind of meeting with the people of the Good Place about Eleanor. There were a few that didn't like her because of what she has done. So Tahani had another idea to throw a party to lighten everyone to like Eleanor.
Meanwhile, (real) Eleanor and Chidi had breakfast together and she had a hidden message for him inside a poached egg, that read "I Love You." But to Chidi, he thought it was from the egg and realized that she was the one that loved him, putting him in an awkward spot and asked (fake) Eleanor for advice. That advice seemed to help in the points because it bump up a bit.
Michael figures out about Jianyu is really Jason Mendoza, who happens to be like Eleanor and also learned that he and Janet are married. Michael interviews Jason again like Eleanor but this time, it seemed that he was a lot worst than she was and literally gave Michael chest pains (Jianyu broke Michael!!!). We also learn how he died and that it was mistaken when the real Jianyu was in a meta state of mind and got crossed with Jason. Also the two have the same IQ: a seven year old mind.
At the party, Tahani and Eleanor hopes that this would work, but after a disappointing Michael gave a disappoint speech, Eleanor gave a speech about how sorry she was about the stuff she has caused. But it seemed that it just wasn't working until she made a joke with Pobody's Nerfect and got a lot of laughs, but it just didn't seem to work in earning points. But it gave Eleanor the reason why it wasn't working and went off to do what she thought was best…leaving The Good Place for good.
As she wait for the train, Janet and Jason try to leave too, because they love one another (it's so humorist Ex-Machina, right?). There a train rolls in, it's Sean, the judge, and as he gets off, the three get on and take off. As Michael tells Sean about Eleanor thinking he has a strong case, Sean tells him about them leaving on his train and we see Eleanor out the window saying sorry to everyone.
This was another superb episode that had a lot of great moments from Janet and Jason of their love for one another (especially the scene about her having many tongues) to Michael and Jason having their interview, which was second funniest behind the tongue bit. Manny Jacinto really stole this episode. Bell and Jamil work so well in this one as well. There's still a bit inside me that hopes Chidi and (fake) Eleanor might have strong feelings for one another, but I think that's just my reaction hopes from last week's episode. The writing was really good.
You can catch the one hour Judgement Day season finale of The Good Place this Thursday night at 8/7c on NBC.


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Haman had many admirers who tried to emulate his scheme and didn't succeed, calling for other Purim celebrations.
Many communities that escaped from danger instituted local Purims to mark their deliverance.
Books about the history of Purim often narrate these events, but they do not always explain that the antisemites responsible for imperilling the Jews frequently deliberately modelled themselves on Haman.
An example is a German baker, Vincenz Fettmilch, who after announcing in 1614 that he was the new Haman, went on to foment attacks on the Jews of Worms and then Frankfort. The Jews were saved because of the intervention of the local governor, who, fearing that the riots would get out of hand, sent in his troops to suppress the attacks.
Like the original Haman, Fettmilch was hanged, and the Frankfort community proclaimed the institution of Vincenz Purim.
• The Gunpowder Purim. In December, 1804, there were terrible explosions at the gunpowder factories situated near the Jewish section of Vilna. Amongst those who survived were the Danzig family from whom emanated one of the great compilations of Jewish law.
• The Snow Purim observed by the Jews of Tunis to mark a huge snow storm in 1891 in which one of the synagogues provided food and shelter for many people. When the storm abated and people could go home, the synagogue roof collapsed but (Baruch Hashem) no-one was hurt.
• The Window Purim which emanated from Hevron in 1741. The local authorities had imposed a massive tax on the Jewish community. The Jews, unable to find the necessary money, assembled to pray, and the next morning a lad found on the synagogue window sill a bag full of money which was used to pay the ransom and save the community.


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Scunthorpe United FC
Scunthorpe United chairman believes new season can start in September WITH some fans at games
Peter Swann reveals the Iron are looking at ways of making their ground safe for fans
Scunthorpe United chairman Peter Swann
Scunthorpe United chairman Peter Swann is hoping the new League Two season will start in September – and is optimistic about the possibility of some fans being let into grounds with social distancing in place.
Football is currently cloaked in uncertainty, with the current EFL League Two campaign not even formally over yet - although that should be voted through within the next week or so.
There are many theories about when the next season will start, with some cautious observers believing it may not be until the next calendar year at this level.
But Mr Swann is upbeat over the prospect of a September start for 2020/21 in League Two – and revealed Scunthorpe United are already working on a strategy to allowing fans to watch games at the Sands Venue Stadium in smaller numbers and with social distancing.
"The beginning of August will be difficult, so you are probably looking at September at the earliest which is another three months, Peter Swann told Scunthorpe Live.
"That is going to be tough for clubs to survive. If it's the beginning of September, most clubs in this division will need money in July to help get us through until then.
"We are hoping it is September – and there is also talk of some semblance of crowds coming back if we can get our stadium in a position to do that. We will work as hard as we can in the coming months to have something in place so we can keep some sort of distance between the fans.
"At least if we can get 2,000 in, or even 2,500 in, it's a big help – and that is a possibility. It is something we have really got to look at.
"We have got the car parking space to have one every other space to keep people apart. I am sure we can put barriers up and systems in place so people can into the ground okay.
"We are going to work as hard as we can but, at the moment, we are just sitting here haemorrhaging money because nobody is making a decision and that is frustrating for us.
Scunthorpe United reveal when new kit will be released
Stark warning that 50 or 60 clubs in EFL could go bust
"We are waiting to see what happens, but the frustration is at the time it has taken to get where we are now.
"I felt we could have done this very early on. There was never going to be an opportunity for League Two to get back and play because of the cost involved.
"The National League made their decision very early because of financial reasons, and perhaps we should have done that."
Football League 2
Northern Lincolnshire Covid death toll rises as UK reaches sad new record
CoronavirusAcross the UK there were 1,610 deaths new deaths recorded which is the highest daily total since the pandemic began


BAGHDAD — A year after the Iraqi parliament voted to strip Palestinians of the equal-rights status they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein, Palestinians living in Iraq feel marginalised and vulnerable.
Last year parliament rescinded legislation that guaranteed Palestinians rights and privileges enjoyed by Iraqi citizens — from eligibility for state jobs and free education to receiving pensions and food items from a government subsidies programme.
The law had been decreed by Saddam, the longtime strongman president who was executed in 2006 after being ousted three years before by the US-led invasion of Iraq.
Many Palestinian families have seen their economic situation deteriorate since parliament's action — and those interviewed by Reuters were keen to find refuge in other countries — but this was not the start of their difficulties in post-Saddam Iraq.
As predominantly Sunni Muslims, Palestinians have been increasingly viewed with suspicion by Iraq's Shiite Muslim majority, who were at times persecuted under the Sunni Saddam.
Iraqi security forces have carried out repeated raids in search of suspected extremist militants among Palestinians living in predominantly Shiite areas.
Late one night in 2015, Fawzi Al Madhi's evening was disrupted by a loud banging on the door. When Madhi, 56, opened the door, a SWAT team knocked him over and searched his flat.
The security forces left after arresting the couple's two sons Mihad and Abdul Rahman — on what grounds, their father said he still does not know.
Fearing for their lives, Madhi sent Abdul Rahman and another son, Mohammed, 25 — who avoided arrest by staying in the home of a relative — to Turkey a month after Abdul Rahman was released.
Portraying himself as a defender of the Palestinian cause for statehood, Saddam gave them subsidised housing and the right to work — rare privileges for foreign refugees that bred resentment among many Iraqis.
"We want an immediate exit from Iraq to any other country whether an Arab or [other] foreign state. We're tired and fed up, we've run out of patience," he said in his shop on a narrow dusty road fouled by uncollected garbage and overflowing sewage.


One could truly wish that the intention of this book was to inform rather than to convince or persuade, but the fact is that this new publication from Eerdmans marks the first time a historically evangelical publisher has put in print a purposefully apologetic work from a believing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormons). Unlike How Wide the Divide? (InterVarsity Press,1997) by Craig Blomberg and StephenE.Robinson, A Different Jesus? contains no non-LDS response or counterargument. It is LDS through and through, and is clearly intended to provide a defense of the claim that the Mormon Church is a Christian church that, though different in particular respects from traditional Christian churches, leads its people to faith in the same Jesus found in Christian Scripture.
The clearest evidence that this work is intended to be apologetic and persuasive is its organization and layout. The key theological issue that separates biblical Christianity from Mormonism is well known to all: as Joseph Smith expressed it, "We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea and take away the veil, so that you may see….It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God, and to know…that he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did; and I will show it from the Bible" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,345–46). Mormonism is a religion that promotes a plurality of Gods, asserting that God Himself is an exalted man and that we humans are of the same species as God. Mormon author Robert Millet, however, does not even begin to raise the issue of God having once been a man in a clear context until page143, and even there, he touches on it only briefly in a way that does not at all do justice to the historical writings of LDS leaders. When you bury the primary, foundational difference between Mormonism and Christianity in the last quarter of the book, having spent the first part purposefully seeking to show parallels and similarities, it is plain that you are seeking to persuade and convert. The work is a Trojan horse apologetic.
The Topics Covered. A Different Jesus? is specifically written in response to the assertion that Mormons worship another Christ than the one presented in the Bible and worshiped in Christian churches. It is a well-written apologetic for the distinctives of the Mormon faith, one that weaves numerous citations of C.S.Lewis (a favorite of the scholars at Mormon-owned Brigham Young University [BYU]) and various evangelical writers into the fabric of its arguments, placing these statements right alongside the words of LDS leaders and prophets. It consistently argues that there is no solid ground for denying Mormonism full standing as a Christian religion that, though unique on particular points, should not be excluded from the family.
After introducing Mormonism, he presents the LDS view of authority by explaining the necessity of a "restoration." He then moves into a discussion of the "Mormon Jesus" and the LDS gospel. Millet follows this with a discussion of postmortem evangelism and baptism for the dead, and then he concludes with a series of the most common questions that Millet says that he hears when he is traveling and speaking on the subject of Mormon/evangelical relations.
The reader who is familiar with this subject cannot help but find particular elements of this book fascinating. Millet tries to create an LDS doctrine of "justification," but in the process he is forced to use almost no LDS scripture (since it is only a minor topic in Mormon theology) and to rely instead on rarely read sources, such as Orson Pratt's Works(100). It is ironic to note that LDS apologists are quick to complain when Christian apologists cite the very same sources. Millet quickly passes over the subject of temples, with no mention of the mockery of orthodox Christian beliefs that marked those ceremonies for generations. He also presents a lengthy, involved, strongly argued and documented discussion of 1Corinthians15:29 and baptism for the dead, one that is certain to challenge any evangelical reader who has not already tackled the context or is lacking biblical discernment; it clearly is intended not just to inform, but to persuade.
The answers Millet offers to the questions are likewise purely apologetic. He addresses the indefensible Book of Abraham and the ahistorical nature of the Book of Mormon, and, in both cases, presents the standard line of defense offered by the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS). To see Eerdmans print this kind of material, which is (and has been, repeatedly) so easily challenged and refuted, without response is deeply troubling. This is especially so due to the fact that Millet includes an entire section where he rightly attacks the approach of liberalism (for example, The Jesus Seminar) for its liberal criticism of Scripture and laments the collapse of many in evangelicalism on this central and vital issue. This creates a "connection" that gives the book its missionary appeal.
The Truly Troubling Elements. Millet, understandably, is concerned to emphasize the purity of motives in his work. His motivation is irrelevant at best, however, given that Robert Millet is not a General Authority of the LDS Church. He is a BYU scholar, and for the present, anyway, the theology of the LDS Church is still determined by someone other than the staff of BYU. This is nonetheless curious, inasmuch as he presents himself as a kind of authority that officially can represent or determine LDS Church doctrine when this is not the case.
I was glad to see him openly present certain elements of LDS theology that some of his compatriots have decided are no longer definitional, but even here the reader does not get the whole story. For example, he openly acknowledges that Jesus is the only begotten of the Father in the flesh(66,74), but adds, "While Latter-day Saints clearly believe that Jesus is the Son of God the Father, there is no authoritative doctrinal statement within Mormonism that explains how the conception of Jesus was accomplished"(74). This is somewhat similar to the claim of his colleagues Daniel Peterson and Stephen Ricks that the idea that God the Father begot Jesus in the flesh was reflective of "scattered nineteenth-century speculations" and is not official LDS teaching. Yet, anyone familiar with the consistent teaching on the subject knows just how widespread the teaching has been, and how it has been presented in the guides prepared by the LDS Church leadership for use in the church's own priesthood and educational programs.
Has the entire LDS Church forgotten the content of this manual in less than half a decade? Surely not. Anyone actually familiar with the content of the King Follett Funeral Discourse knows Smith waxed quite eloquent on what Mormon leaders are now wishing to sweep under the proverbial rug. Brigham Young and the generations that followed him likewise made God's exaltation from man to the position of God central to their preaching, and the LDS temple ceremonies and the entire concept of eternal progression are completely unintelligible without this doctrine. The entire goal of Mormonism, that being the exaltation of man to his "full potential," that is, godhood, is tied to the belief that the god of this planet, Elohim, was once a man and advanced to the position of godship. When that fact is allowed to begin the conversation, however, Millet's entire project of presenting Mormonism as just another denomination of Christianity is left without any foundation, for Christianity is, at its most basic point, inalterably monotheistic, and Mormonism quite simply is not.
The Real Source of this Book: Richard Mouw. Why is Eerdmans publishing a book intended to defend the LDS faith and to persuade people to consider its claims and join its membership? Because they were convinced to do so by the president of Fuller Theological Seminary, Richard Mouw. This is his work. He writes the foreword and the afterword.
Mouw came front and center in November,2004, when he "apologized" to all Mormons on behalf, evidently, of all evangelicals for "bearing false witness" about them and "demonizing" them. When pressed for details as to why he did so, he repeated Millet's argument about the nature of God almost to the letter, showing an implicit trust in the version of God offered by BYU scholarship, and, conversely, a great ignorance of the writings of the LDS leadership. Those who have labored in LDS apologetics for decades have provided overwhelming documentation in rebuttal of Mouw's "apology" on our behalf.
The fact that an LDS scholar has been given free reign to promote a religion that denies the Trinity and presents, at its best, a semi-Pelagian view of "salvation," that attacks sola scriptura and any number of other basic Christian beliefs, within a book published by an erstwhile "Christian" publisher is bad enough, but Mouw's contribution is far worse. In his afterword, Mouw speaks as an evangelical, and repeats his disagreements with Mormonism. He even touches on the nature of God, rightly stating that "Judaism and Christianity have been united in their insistence that the Creator and the creation—including God's human creatures—are divided by an unbridgeable 'being' gap….On this view of things, to confuse the Creator's being with anything in his creation is to commit the sin of idolatry"(182). He then moves on within one page of text, however, to create no end of confusion by writing, "I think that an open-minded Christian reader of this book will sense that Bob Millet is in fact trusting in the Jesus of the Bible for his salvation. That is certainly my sense"(183). There is no question of Millet's intense religious devotion. The fact remains, however, that his religion teaches that God is an exalted man; his religion still speaks of a "heavenly mother" and of God the Father having a body of flesh and bones. His religion still teaches that Jesus is the only begotten physical offspring of this exalted man from another planet, and if all of that is irrelevant to trusting in "the Jesus of the Bible for his salvation," is there any meaning left in language at all? The passionate words of Paul in Galatians(e.g.,1:6–9;5:1–4) or of John in 1John (e.g.,2:18–24) have no place in Mouw's apologetic.
Welcome to the Postevangelical Age. With compelling force, the publication of A Different Jesus? shows us that we have moved into a postmodern, postevangelical age where there is simply nothing left in the faith that is not negotiable, that cannot be put on the table for "discussion" at the altar of human inquiry. Should we be surprised? Isn't the fact that "Christian" publishers print such unorthodox viewpoints as open theism, inclusivism, or even postmortem evangelism an indication that we have already moved far beyond the days when orthodoxy meant anything? A Different Jesus? simply reenforces the fact that we must recognize that our need for discernment goes right with us into the "Christian" bookstore, for there is truly no place left where the believer can drop his or her guard.
1. Teachings of the Prophet Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1976), 345–46.


Have you ever thought about how many songs with believe in the title have been written? This list ranks the best songs with believe in the name, regardless of their genre. Many of the tracks listed are songs about believing, but just because that word is in the title doesn't mean that the song's subject is exclusively about that. This ranked list includes songs like "Believe" by Cher, and "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by The Darkness. If your favorite song with believe in the title isn't listed, feel free to add it to the list so others can also vote it up. Songs with believe in the lyrics are fair game too.


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Q: How to update Tomcat wtpwebapps\ROOT folder? I have a question about how to update the ROOT folder every time I start or restart Tomcat from Eclipse.
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*Servers view, open Add and Remove dialogue, and add project: MyNewProject.

*Result: In wtpwebapps as expected is a folder MyNewProject created with its resources.

*Copy folder MyResources into wtpwebapps\ROOT.

*Start Tomcat and open the home page.

*Result: the page is open and the resources are available.

What I am trying to do is have step 3 perform automatically, because these resources have to be in the ROOT folder.

A: Here is another way of exposing your 'MyResources' under 'Root' context.

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*Double click on your server to open server properties

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Now, let's say you had the file 'MyResources/index.html', you can access it at following URL -
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ViewRay's MRIdian system directly tracks tumor motion continuously during treatment
September 12, 2014 — The MRIdian system from ViewRay is now being used to treat patients at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in Madison, Wis., the second clinical group in the world to treat patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiation therapy. With the treatment, the center also became the first clinic in the world to employ the soft-tissue tracking beam control feature of ViewRay's MRIdian system.
The MRIdian system is the world's first and only MRI-guided radiation therapy system. It provides continuous imaging during treatment so clinicians are able to see where the radiation dose is being delivered and adapt to changes and movement in the patient's anatomy in real-time. The system tracks soft-tissues of the tumor directly, in fast planar images, then automatically compares the target to the plan and only allows treatment when the target is in range.
"We had a patient with very limited treatment options," said Michael Bassetti, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. "The size and location of this patient's liver tumor combined with the large observable motion prevented the safe delivery of treatment with X-Ray based linac systems. With ViewRay's MRIdian system, we were able to ensure the accuracy of the delivery by directly tracking tumor and normal soft-tissue movement during treatment."
The first MRI-guided radiation therapy patient at Carbone Cancer Center was a liver cancer patient who was treated with the soft-tissue tracking beam control feature employing a 5 mm margin on a breath-hold scan acquired on the system.
"I am grateful UW-Madison can now provide this remarkable treatment approach to our patients," said John Bayouth, Ph.D., professor and chief of physics at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. "MRIdian enabled us to meet demanding prescription goals through its ability to track the actual tumor and surrounding normal tissues in real-time. We minimized the radiation dose to the bowel and normal liver while verifying the dose delivered to the tumor during treatment delivery. No longer do we have to assume what is happening inside the patient during treatment, now we are able to see changes and respond accordingly."
"We are excited to be one of the first centers to use MRI-guided radiation therapy in clinical practice," said Paul Harari, M.D., professor and chairman of the Ddpartment of human oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. "Continual MR image-guidance and control is unique to the MRIdian system with the potential to change the way clinicians treat cancer patients."
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The lesser known love story of Krishna and Rukmini
October 7, 2018 October 7, 2018 Keyur Seta Sarva Dharma Sambhav, Stories and Incidents, UncategorizedKrishna and Rukmini short story, Krishna Rukmani story, Krishna Rukmini love story, Krishna Rukmini story
Plenty has been said about the love story between Krishna and Radha. In fact, there have been several books on the topic while the story is found in numerous movies too. However, the love story between Krishna and his wife Rukmini hasn't go its due despite it being so profound and moving.
Rukmini was the daughter of the king of Vidharbha named Bhishmaka. She had heard tales of Krishna's greatness from a sage who used to visit her regularly. He used to share His tales in details which ensured that Rukmini could visualize him and his deeds. She didn't realize when she fell in love with him and decided to marry him.
Much to Rukmini's delight, her parents wanted her to marry Krishna. But her brother Rukmi opposed the marriage as he wanted her to marry Shishupala, the king of Chedi. Rukmi was a friend of Krishna's enemy, king Jarasandha. Getting his sister married to his enemy would have incensed Jarasandha. As Shishupala was a close associate of Jarasandha, it would have made the latter happy.
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Finally Rukmini's father Bhishmaka gave in to the demands of Rukmi and agreed to get her married to Shishupala. Horrified Rukmini wrote a letter to Krishna promising her profound love for him because of his qualities. She urged Krishna to visit Vidharbha at the earliest and elope with her.
The task of handing over the letter to Krishna in Dwarka was given to a priest she trusted. After reading the letter, Krishna immediately ventured to Vidarbha with brother Balarama. They reached Vidarbha, where they were greeted by Bhishmaka, who always approved of Krishna.
On the day of the wedding, Rukmini was all dressed up but was getting anxious and tensed as Krishna was nowhere to be seen. The plan was to take her away while she would visit the Indrani temple. She finally saw Krishna in his chariot. He took her inside the vehicle and sped off. An infuriated Jarasandha ordered his army to stop them but to no avail. Krishna and Rukmini succeed in their venture.
The story is very similar to what we have seen in countless Hindi films. But what stands out over here is the love Rukmini developed for Krishna. It is one of the rare instances where looks played no part for both the parties.
Rukmini fell for Krishna after learning His greatness as a person. On the other hand, Krishna was moved by Rukmini's devotion for Him. Both developed deep love for each other just by the qualities of their characters rather than appearance.
This is something to dwell upon for people of today's era where the mere attraction born out of the looks and beauty is wrongly concluded as love.
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package com.douwe.notes.resource.impl;

import com.douwe.notes.entities.Cours;
import com.douwe.notes.resource.IDepartementResource;
import com.douwe.notes.entities.Departement;
import com.douwe.notes.entities.Niveau;
import com.douwe.notes.entities.Option;
import com.douwe.notes.service.ICoursService;
import com.douwe.notes.service.IDepartementService;
import com.douwe.notes.service.ServiceException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

/**
 *
 * @author Vincent Douwe <douwevincent@yahoo.fr>
 */
@Path("/departements")
public class DepartementResource implements IDepartementResource {

    @EJB
    private IDepartementService departementService;

    @EJB
    private ICoursService coursService;

    @Override
    public Departement createDepartement(Departement dep) {
        try {
            return departementService.saveOrUpdateDepartement(dep);
            //return Response.created(URI.create("/notes/api/departements/" + ret.getId())).build();
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Departement getDepartement(long id) {
        try {
            Departement depart = departementService.findDepartementById(id);
            if (depart == null) {
                throw new WebApplicationException(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND);
            }
            return depart;
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Departement updateDepartement(long id, Departement current) {
        try {
            Departement depart = departementService.findDepartementById(id);
            if (depart == null) {
                throw new WebApplicationException(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND);
            }
            //Departement current = readDepartement(in);
            depart.setCode(current.getCode());
            depart.setFrenchDescription(current.getFrenchDescription());
            depart.setEnglishDescription(current.getEnglishDescription());
            return departementService.saveOrUpdateDepartement(depart);
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            return null;
        }
    }

//    private Departement readDepartement(InputStream in) {
//        try {
//            DocumentBuilder builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
//            Document doc = builder.parse(in);
//            Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
//            Departement depart = new Departement();
//            if (root.getAttribute("id") != null && !root.getAttribute("id").trim().equals("")) {
//                depart.setId(Long.valueOf(root.getAttribute("id")));
//            }
//            NodeList nodes = root.getChildNodes();
//            for (int i = 0; i < nodes.getLength(); i++) {
//                Element element = (Element) nodes.item(i);
//                if (element.getTagName().equals("code")) {
//                    depart.setCode(element.getTextContent());
//                }
//                if (element.getTagName().equals("intitule")) {
//                    depart.setDescription(element.getTextContent());
//                }
//            }
//            return depart;
//        } catch (ParserConfigurationException ex) {
//            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
//        } catch (SAXException ex) {
//            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
//        } catch (IOException ex) {
//            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
//        }
//        throw new WebApplicationException(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST);
//    }
//
//    private void outputDepartement(OutputStream output, Departement depart) {
//        PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(output);
//        writer.println(serializeDepartement(depart));
//        writer.close();
//
//    }
//
//    private String serializeDepartement(Departement depart) {
//        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
//        builder.append("<departement id=\"");
//        builder.append(depart.getId());
//        builder.append("\">");
//        builder.append("<code>");
//        builder.append(depart.getCode());
//        builder.append("</code>");
//        builder.append("<intitule>");
//        builder.append(depart.getDescription());
//        builder.append("</intitule>");
//        builder.append("</departement>");
//        return builder.toString();
//    }
    @Override
    public List<Departement> getAllDepartement() {
        try {
            List<Departement> deps = departementService.getAllDepartements();
            return deps;
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void deleteDepartement(long id) {
        try {
            departementService.deleteDepartement(id);
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public List<Option> getAllOptions(long id) {
        try {
            Departement dep = departementService.findDepartementById(id);
            return departementService.getAllOptions(dep);
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            return null;
        }
    }

    public IDepartementService getDepartementService() {
        return departementService;
    }

    public void setDepartementService(IDepartementService departementService) {
        this.departementService = departementService;
    }

    @Override
    public Departement findByCode(String code) {
        try {
            Departement departement = departementService.findByCode(code);
            if (departement == null) {
                throw new WebApplicationException(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND);
            }
            return departement;
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            return null;
        }
    }

    @Override
    //@RolesAllowed({"ADMIN"})
    public List<Cours> getAllCours(long id) {
        try {
            return departementService.getAllCours(id);
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            throw new WebApplicationException(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public List<Niveau> getAllNiveaux(long id) {
        try {
            Departement departement = departementService.findDepartementById(id);
            return departementService.getAllNiveaux(departement);
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public List<Cours> getAllCoursDepartement(long departementId, long niveauId, long anneeId) {
        try {
            return coursService.findAll(departementId, niveauId, anneeId);
        } catch (ServiceException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(DepartementResource.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
    }

    public ICoursService getCoursService() {
        return coursService;
    }

    public void setCoursService(ICoursService coursService) {
        this.coursService = coursService;
    }

}


Looking back at Google I/O and ahead to WWDC.
Podcast 510: No more 16GB iPhone?
Ah, the heady days after Google I/O but before WWDC. It's a fun time of looking over what Google announced, wondering what Apple will unveil, and trying to connect the dots to understand what it all means. And we're here to help unpack it all, starting with an excellent essay by Marco Arment about what happens to Apple if we go from mobile-first to AI-first.
Elsewhere, Google wants to learn how we talk to our friends, which is going to stink when brands start mimicking us in ads. iPhone 7 rumors are flying fast, along with rumors for next year's iPhone, yes, already. Glenn uncovered the reason your iPhone and iPad ask for your passcode in the morning. And Apple got a new store in Macworld's hometown, with a public plaza and a really cool fountain from the 70s that matches the messy, complicated, intricate, patchwork aesthetic of San Francisco far more than it resembles anything Jony Ive would choose.


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Perry County fire kills 7 siblings, ages 7 months to 11 years
By Janet Pickel | jpickel@pennlive.com
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a farmhouse fire that killed seven siblings, ranging in age from 7 months to 11 years. Their 3-year-old sister survived.
Police said the fire started shortly after 10 last night on Madison Road in Southwest Madison Township, near Blain, Perry County, in the two-story home on the working farm. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The children's mother was in the barn milking cows when her 3-year-daughter ran inside to tell her there was smoke in the house, police said. The mother ran to the house, saw fire and might have tried to get inside, police said. She ran to one neighbor's house for help, but no one was home, but 911 was called from a second neighbor's house, police said.
The father was driving a milk truck, his job, police said, and was found and alerted by his wife.
The family's identity hasn't been released.
When firefighters arrived, the home was engulfed in flames, police said. Seven children inside died of smoke inhalation: girls ages 11, 9, 6, 4, 2 and 7 months; and a 7-year-old boy. The 3-year-old who alerted her mother survived.
The Red Cross is assisting the family.


We boarded Amtrak in Cary at 9:30AM (about an hour late due to heavy ridership). Comfortable, roomy seats with lots of leg room were a plus. We arrived at Penn Station @ 7:30PM, and grabbed a cab to Hotel Edison at W47th Street and 7th Avenue. A conversation in the lobby with a visitor told us security and long lines made viewing the balloon inflation impossible. After settling in, we began exploring Times Square. We soon were at Rockefeller Plaza and enjoyed some memories from long ago. (The first picture below is from Tuesday's rehearsal). We found iL Fiorno in Hell's Kitchen for dinner. Good meal. We walked back to the hotel and settled in for the night.
Assembling for our first rehearsal before heading to to NYC Messiah Concert in Carnegie Hall with a 400+ voice mass choir from around the USA and world.
Our Amtrak Route from Cary to Penn Station.
There is not much to photograph along the route. Here we are crossing the Potomac River going into Washington DC.
Blurry – but GRIDLOCK says it all, outside Baltimore, Maryland.
We are here and checked into the Edison Hotel – right in the heart of Times Square. We ventured out for a walk and ate our dinner at Il Fiorno Restaurant in Hell's Kitchen.
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I liked the train. I hope to take it more often as my time is pretty unlimited.
I love that you took the train…now, sing Girl sing!
Response above was meant for you, Dee. I just can't seem to figure out how to do this!