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Q: Notice: Undefined index: => $this->db->escape($data['message']) Не могу никак разобраться.
Дано: Страница поддержки типа Тикет системы. Всё вроде как работает хорошо, пока не хочу отредактировать данные "Билета", при редактировании.
Выходит ошибка "Notice: Undefined index: message in .../ticket.php on line 39"
Плюсом удаляет все сообщения(message) в данной ветке.
Код в строке 39:
$this->db->query("INSERT INTO " . DB_PREFIX . "ticket_message SET ticket_id = '" . (int) $ticket_id . "', parent_id = '0', user_id = '" . (int) $this->user->getID() . "', message = '" . $this->db->escape($data['message']) . "', attach_file = '" . $this->db->escape(isset($data['attach_file']) ? json_encode($data['attach_file'], true) : json_encode(array(), true)) . "', date_added = NOW(), date_modified = NOW()");

Пробовал изменить на escape(isset($data['message'])) - вроде как ошибка не выдаётся и даёт всё редактировать, однако все Сообщение всё ещё удаляются.
Весь код данного блока:
public function editTicket($data, $ticket_id) {
    $this->db->query("UPDATE " . DB_PREFIX . "ticket_ticket SET department_id = '" . (int) $data['department_id'] . "', customer_id = '" . (int) $data['customer_id'] . "', priority_id = '" . (int) $data['priority_id'] . "', status_id = '" . (int) $data['status_id'] . "', user_id = '" . (int) $this->user->getID() . "', subject = '" . $this->db->escape($data['subject']) . "', name = '" . $this->db->escape($data['name']) . "', email = '" . $this->db->escape($data['email']) . "', form_field = '" . $this->db->escape(isset($data['form_field']) ? json_encode($data['form_field'], true) : '') . "', language_id = '" . (int) $data['language_id'] . "', date_added = NOW(), date_modified = NOW() WHERE ticket_id = '" . (int) $ticket_id . "'");

    $this->db->query("DELETE FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "ticket_message WHERE ticket_id = '" . (int) $ticket_id . "'");

    $this->db->query("INSERT INTO " . DB_PREFIX . "ticket_message SET ticket_id = '" . (int) $ticket_id . "', parent_id = '0', user_id = '" . (int) $this->user->getID() . "', message = '" . $this->db->escape(isset($data['message'])) . "', attach_file = '" . $this->db->escape(isset($data['attach_file']) ? json_encode($data['attach_file'], true) : json_encode(array(), true)) . "', date_added = NOW(), date_modified = NOW()");

    $this->db->query("DELETE FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "ticket_order WHERE ticket_id = '" . (int) $ticket_id . "'");

    if (isset($data['product'])) {
        foreach ($data['product'] as $order_id => $product) {
            $this->db->query("INSERT INTO " . DB_PREFIX . "ticket_order SET ticket_id = '" . (int) $ticket_id . "', order_id = '" . (int) $order_id . "', product = '" . $this->db->escape(json_encode($product, true)) . "'");
        }
    }
}

Разбил стоку на строки и, как и ожидалось ошибка выходит именно на
$this->db->escape($data['message'])

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Assault and battery charges are considered very serious criminal offenses in Texas. If you have been recently accused, arrested, or charged, it is in your best interest to hire an attorney right away to help protect your rights. The sooner you find a lawyer who is qualified to represent you, the better the chances are of building a strong defense.
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Q: Какой командой можно закрыть все открытые приложения в андроид? Какой командой можно закрыть все открытые приложения в андроид?
Существует ли в Андроид какая нибудь команда которая позволяет программно закрыть все открытые приложения, даже те которые видно при нажатии на кнопку меню.

A: Это маловероятно. Если вашему приложению будет не хватать памяти, Android сам принимает решение об уничтожении запущенных приложений по мере надобности по приоритету, также учитывая сколько какое приложения потребляет памяти в фоне.
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Кажется это возможно, но это плохая практика. Вот ссылка на пример:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/11667080/1836605


Arma was incorporated as a city of the third class on May 18, 1909. Previously the area had been known as Rust, a small coal camp laid out in 1886. The city was named for William F. Armacost, one of the owners of most of the land north and east of the camp. Arma is situated in the center of a rich bituminous coal deposit. Many of the earlier mines of this region were located around Arma.
To read further history and stories of families who settled in Arma click here.
The above artwork was done by Gary Lofts in conjunction with celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the incorporation of Arma as a city.


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Cording appoints Kate Thomson to UK residential team
Cording Real Estate Group, the Northern European real estate investment and asset management firm, has strengthened its fast-expanding private rented sector (PRS) team with the appointment of Kate Thomson as Head of Delivery, UK Residential.
Kate has more than 20 years' experience of leading large-scale housing developments across southern England. She previously worked as Head of Development South (New Projects) for Clarion Housing Group, where she was responsible for leading development teams and working with internal and external stakeholders such as developers, contractors, local authorities and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
Prior to joining Clarion Housing Group, Kate held similar positions at the Network Housing Group and the Home Group, having begun her career at Places for People. She holds a degree and a CNAA Diploma in Town Planning.
Her appointment to the PRS team follows those in the last three months of John Molloy as a Senior Project Manager, Construction, and Paul Waggott as Fund Financial Controller. John's responsibilities include project management of the £40 million Saffron Court PRS development in Nottingham, while Paul focuses on Cording's newly-launched £400m UK PRS fund.
Tim Holden, Director of Residential Development and Asset Management at Cording, said: "Kate's experience and know-how will help us in our quest to build up one of the best PRS teams in the UK".

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An American Dream Deferred
Thousands of undocumented immigrant students who work hard and play by the rules are being denied the fruits of their labor.
Cecilia Velasco
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One of the most important lessons I learned growing up was that if I played by the rules and worked hard, I could accomplish anything.
This was — and still is — an American value taught to all children who grow up in this country and attend our public education system.
But what happens when some of those kids who are working hard to fulfill the American dream are undocumented immigrants?
Approximately 1 million undocumented children aspire to go to college in the United States. They want to serve and protect this country they call home as doctors, teachers, or engineers.
Doesn't this fundamental American value apply to them?
I've been thinking about this since I saw the movie Spare Parts.
A dramatic film rooted in a true story, Spare Parts epitomizes the triumphs and struggles of our nation's hardworking undocumented students.
On the surface, Spare Parts is a classic underdog story. It chronicles four undocumented Arizona high school students who rocked the geek world when they beat a team from MIT in an underwater robotics contest.
But the movie digs deeper into this unlikely victory. It depicts the immigration struggles these young people endured as they tried to beat the other odds systematically stacked against them.
Oscar, the group's charismatic leader, aspires to serve in the Army. His dream gets deferred when he can't supply the required documentation.
Cristian, the group's biggest braniac, gets bullied at school. He's being raised by a single mother and sleeps in a converted shed.
Competing in the robotics competition gives them a chance to overcome these struggles. They want nothing more than to chart their own future.
Although the movie ends with the group winning first place in the competition, there's much more to their story that viewers didn't get to see.
Oscar graduated with an engineering degree from Arizona State University. He got married and had a daughter, but immigration authorities forced him to leave the country when he sought to normalize his status.
He wound up working in the fields in Mexico before Senator Dick Durbin intervened to get him documented. He subsequently joined the Army and served a tour in Afghanistan.
Cristian attended the same university but had to drop out after the state doubled tuition costs for undocumented students.
These real-life struggles are commonplace. Every year, around 65,000 undocumented high school graduates face this roadblock. They have dreams of attending college, but aren't able to because of their undocumented status.
And here's one of the biggest tragedies: A large portion of the few who do make it through college aren't able to work in their professions after they graduate.
Can you imagine having an engineering diploma gathering dust in your closet?
Thousands of undocumented students have worked hard and played by the rules, yet they're denied the fruits of their labor. This isn't just their loss. Our economy, society, and country also lose out.
When Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu won the Academy Award for best picture this year, he made sure that Hollywood knew this is going on by dedicating his Oscar to his "fellow Mexicans" on both sides of the border.
"I just pray they can be treated with the same dignity and respect as the ones who came before and built this incredible immigrant nation," he said.
I hope that people everywhere heard his message loud and clear.
Cecilia Velasco is a New Mexico fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.


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Abstract: In this article, Dr. DePountis discusses how TEA has improved identification, evaluation and services for students and their work with individuals both within and outside the agency to support the unique needs of students who are blind and visually impaired.
Key Words: TEA, blind, visually impaired, Deafblind, special education
Exciting things are happening at the Texas Education Agency (TEA)! Over the past year and a half, the agency has completed numerous activities to improve identification, evaluation, and services for students, as well as communication with families. Perhaps most exciting, TEA has increased its capacity to provide technical support by hiring individuals who possess a great deal of expertise in various functional areas related to special education. These program specialists focus on areas including behavior, response to intervention (RTI), educator support, deaf and hard of hearing (DHH), the child centered process, child find and evaluation, low incidence disabilities, high incidence disabilities, family support, post-secondary transition, residential placement, preschool, visual impairment, and state performance plan data. Their primary function is to provide expertise and leadership as it relates to the provision of technical assistance to local education agencies (LEAs) directly, through the educational service centers (ESCs), and through improvements to the existing statewide leadership grant networks and projects.
The program specialist for the blind and visually impaired collaborates with individuals both within and outside the agency to support the unique needs of students who are blind or visually impaired, including students who are DeafBlind (DB). The agency continues to support the Texas Deafblind Project by contracting with the DeafBlind Outreach Team at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) to provide training to those working with students who are DeafBlind throughout the state. The new State VI Plan and State DB Plan which set priorities and guide service development and provision for students with visual impairments and DeafBlindness respectively, have been completed. Working with professionals at TSBVI, the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Workforce Commission, advocacy groups, and university professional preparation programs will ensure sharing of information and resources.
TEA has also hired twenty-eight liaisons who spend 75% of their time at the regional service centers and 25% of their time at TEA. The liaisons work closely with districts to develop innovative ways to address challenges in special education and improve professional development practices. The liaisons support implementing best practices to address issues such as significant disproportionality. They have technical assistance related to all focus areas, including visual impairment, immediately available. Program specialists and liaisons share information about successful and innovative instructional approaches in order to build capacity throughout the state.
In November of 2016, the agency provided a letter to all school districts that clarified child find obligations, the use of response to intervention strategies, and policies and procedures designed to prevent misidentification and disproportionate representation of students for special education services. The Parent's Guide to the Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process has been revised to provide additional information for parents. The agency has also developed a corrective action plan to address the three areas of noncompliance identified in the January 10, 2018 letter from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). TEA leaders facilitated focus group engagement sessions with various stakeholders in each of the twenty regional education service centers. Separate sessions were hosted for educators, administrators, families, and students, and all attendees were encouraged to provide input about the draft plan. In addition to the face-to-face visits, an online survey was available on the TEA website to gather input from a wide range of perspectives across Texas. TEA leadership also met on a bi-weekly basis with representatives from the special education advocacy community. Additionally, TEA staff interacted at multiple meetings and conferences at which input and feedback was sought throughout the progression of the plan's development. While waiting for feedback from OSEP, TEA continues to identify and engage in activities that clarify the differences between RTI, the state dyslexia program, Section 504, and IDEA. The TEA continues its commitment to working toward the vision that every child in Texas is an independent thinker and will graduate prepared for success in college, a career, or the military, and as an engaged and productive citizen.
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Justin Bogle and Cole Seely Talk Being on the Comeback - Supercross
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The 2019 season of Monster Energy Supercross represents a clean start for Cole Seely and Justin Bogle. Seely was a title contender a year ago until a huge crash at the Tampa Supercross left him injured badly, and out of action for months. He's steadily, and quietly, rebuilding himself this year, and while his results don't jump off the page (10-9-6-11), he's clearly getting faster each week.
Justin Bogle has been through a roller coaster ride, too, as he was really never at 100 percent during the 2018 season. He was scheduled for a ride with Phoenix Racing, until that team scaled its plans back, leaving Bogle to try to build his own privateer program. At the 11th hour, Benny Bloss went down with an ACL injury, and his Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM WPS knocked on Bogle's door and offered a replacement ride. He scored his first top-ten of the season over the weekend.
Seely is working back from injury, and Bogle is adjusting to his new team and bike. Steve Matthes checked in with both riders after Oakland.
Justin Bogle | 10th in 450SX
Racer X: Are you back? Do we feel it? Bad gate position, and you pulled the holeshot, man. Nice job!
Justin Bogle: Thank you, thank you. I'm very happy with how the start went and those first five laps. Finally felt like myself for the first time in a very long time on supercross. That was really cool. I think motivating to keep getting better and just keep working. I think a little more fitness and I'll be okay. I ripped a start from Egypt and I was happy about that. I just kind of got towed along with Coop and Marv for a little bit. Then started making some mistakes and fell back, but then held her into the top ten. So I'll take it.
"I was really happy with [my great start] because I've been missing my starts here lately. It was getting frustrating. Pulled those back out. It's just amazing what happens when you get a start." Rich Shepherd
Absolutely. I wrote this week and I said, "I think you'll know when Bogle's back. When he starts pulling starts, that's when you know Bogle feels comfortable." You're in the LCQ. You're way out there and it worked, so you got to be stoked. Crash in the heat race. That could have been ugly.
That could have been ugly. Crash in the heat. I actually completely looped out in the whoops, enough so that my fender and seat were stuck together and not attached to my bike and sticking out of the ground straight up and down. So, eventful heat race. My bike was completely mangled. Shout out to my mechanic, Derrick, and JR and Austin and everybody kind of coming together and getting it ready. It was mangled. Solid night. Obviously not where we want to be in the long run, but this is progress and I will take progress any day of the week.
I was talking to Deano before and he said, "Man, I got a great jump, and Bogle got even better." So both of you guys from outside.
Yeah, we were I think a couple gates from the outside out there from that LCQ. That was really cool. I was really happy with that because I've been missing my starts here lately. It was getting frustrating. Pulled those back out. It's just amazing what happens when you get a start. I've been struggling these last few weeks. Get a start, get up there and feel like myself finally. Get some good laps in.
So when you get a jump like that, there's a moment where you're like, I'm going right there? It's a bit of a crazy feeling from the outside because you're like, I don't know what's going to happen right now.
Yes. The thing is, my jump was so good and I tracked so straight out of the gate…
You knew.
Generally in that first ten feet you can tell, but being that far outside, I just didn't know what was coming from that inside. I watched the 250 LCQ and those dudes pushed off and went into the next lane. I was like, well, what do I have to lose, really? We'll see. It was perfectly fine. That was fun. I love getting good starts, man.
Bogle had to go to the LCQ to make the Oakland main, but he holeshot the main event anyway and held on for tenth. Rich Shepherd
Cole Seely | 11th in 450SX
Racer X: Nice qualifying time today, and a nice charge in the main until you went down. Bummer for you. It was potentially going to be a really good main event for you.
Cole Seely: Yeah, for sure. We were definitely picking up momentum as the season goes on. Like you said, I had a good qualifying time today. I never qualify good. That's kind of always my weakness during the day. Me and Kenny came out swinging one and two. Then I had a really good heat race. Was kind of cat and mouse with Eli there for a little bit. Passed Marvin and Baggett. I was going into the main with a ton of confidence and got off to a good start. The way the start funneled in, it pinched me off. I went from second to seventh in like two jumps. It was tough. I was making some passes and just trying to be efficient because I knew it was going to be a long race. Me and Plessinger almost got together. Nobody's fault. Just tipped over. I caught a bar, my own bar, to the stomach in the whoops halfway through.
I missed that one. Did you go down?
No. They're not showing eleventh out there. I was just coming through and really had seventh and eighth in my sights, like the next section over. I was like, "I need to get to those guys." I just could not breathe. No excuses. Just trying to build on the positives and take it into next weekend. It's a huge mental thing for me right now. I'm just really trying to get the mental confidence back. It's coming little by little. Not as fast as I'd like it to, but at the same time I just got to focus on the positives.
"I was so hard on myself last year and learned a lot sitting on the sidelines." Rich Shepherd
We were kind of saying a slow start to the season, at least the first two rounds. I think the triple crown was good for you, even though quietly. You didn't get a lot of press, but you rode well. Then this weekend looked to be another potential good job. So last couple weeks have been better.
Yeah, been better for sure. I think Phoenix, even though it wasn't a good result it was probably where I found my stride. I was like, all right. I belong here. I can battle with these guys. I can go 20 minutes. I've got the speed. That was really where I found my confidence again. Tonight I found it little by little, minus the crash which was unfortunate. Like I said, I'm just building trying to take the positives. I was so hard on myself last year and learned a lot sitting on the sidelines. Last year I would be so mad at myself when I'd get fourth or fifth, and now I'm like, that was actually pretty good. I was in a good situation last year. Just trying to get back there.
This was a technical track because of the ruts and the slow jumps. Everybody was kind of doing the same things, but a guy like you could kind of pick through the lines and make some time up, I thought.
Yeah. It was tough. I was just talking to Gilmore, our suspension guy. I was like, I don't know what we could have done better to make the bike better for that type of track. It was really just the whoops were gnarly. They were so hard to get through. It is what it is. It's going to be a completely different track next weekend too, so we'll see.
You should have seen some guys by the end of the main. They were dealing with being tired and those whoops.
Oh, I was too, for sure. And I couldn't breathe. It was a struggle-fest for me out there the last five minutes. Like I said, we're getting there. Chipping away at this thing. I'm making my way slowly towards the front again.
250 Words: Jessy Nelson Tue Jan 29 11:45am
Redux: News and Notes From Oakland Tue Jan 29 5:50pm


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Паризька міжнародна класифікація хромосом — міжнародна класифікація хромосом створена в Парижі, Франція у 1971 році на IV міжнародному конгресі з генетики людини.
В її основу покладено диференціювання хромосом за довжиною та забарвленням регіонів (безкольорові та кольорові, світлі та темні) що відповідають чередуванню гетерохроматинових та еухроматинових ділянок на довжині хромосоми.

Методика проведення класифікації

Кожна хромосома людини під час диференціювального забарвлення характеризується унікальним співвідношенням та порядком розташування темних та зафарбованих сегментів, що чередуються з незафарбованними ділянками чи світлими сегментами. Саме такий специфічний порядок для кожної хромосоми дає змогу чітко її ідентифікувати та відрізнити від інших того ж каріотипу. В межах короткого (p) та довгого (q) плеча хромосоми виділяють низку областей та регіонів що можливо легко ідентифікувати та нумерують їх починаючи від центромери до теломерної ділянки чи термінального кінця хромосоми. Кожна область включає в себе певне число сегментів, нумерація яких також іде в тому ж напрямі (від центромери до теломери).

Таким чином, позначка хромосомного сегмента 2q34 відповідає 4му сегменту 3го регіону довгого плеча 2ї хромосоми. Сама ж центромера позначається цифрами 1 та 0, тобто частина центромери в межах короткого плеча позначається як p10, а довгого – q10.

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"AND now I shall answer thy foolish thoughts: Can he not as well read it in thy Books, as have it written on his paper? I tell thee, yes; but I have ends unknown to thee, and unknown to all men, why I ordered these truths to be put upon his paper; because he shall find that every truth is there; and from the truths he shall find, and all shall find, the mystery of the seven—The man is not good to be alone; and they will find it impossible to stand alone. And this let Tozer deeply discern; then, I tell thee, he may discern, as close as the Serpent pursued the Woman in the Creation, to betray her, so close, I now tell thee, the Serpent is pursuing them. So now let Tozer be like the star that his sister saw, and point out to them the twisting of the Serpent, the way he is working now to deceive; then, I tell thee, if he deeply discerns the whole, he will fulfil his sister's vision, which I kept back from thee for such a time as this, that he may discern the whole together, and see every truth is on his paper.
"And now I shall tell thee the time that I have fixed for the whole to be cleared up: the following Monday; and they that say they cannot come, let them bide away; I shall not tarry any man's leisure, if they refuse my appointed time; and let Tozer send thee an answer from Carpenter, whether he meaneth to give up in silence; or whether he meaneth in letter to plead for himself: But no longer than this week do I allow them to fix their minds.
"Let Tozer keep this letter by him, and he will find in the end, every truth is on his paper which will appear hereafter."
Here Joanna was ordered to draw the circle, and sign her name.
"Now I shall answer from what thou hast done: If they will be the Sealed of the Lord, to be made Heirs of God and joint Heirs with Jesus Christ, they must believe and rely on all the words I have spoken to thee, that are now put in Tozer's paper."
The letter that was sent to Miss Townley, and the accusations Mr. Carpenter brought against me, I was ordered to have copied out on a separate paper; and they that contend against me let them answer it; and explain the meaning of his words, that I do not understand: I can prove myself innocent of every thing laid to my charge, that I do understand; but what I do not, I leave them to explain.
"Our very dear Friend and Spiritual Mother, Grace be unto you, and Peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ!—We desire to give thanks unto God always that through you we have been enlivened to the glorious hope of our blessed Lord's second appearance, to reign without sin unto salvation." But judge my surprise after this introduction to find the purport of their letter was a refusal to the command of the Lord, in these words: "Had permission been given to come undividedly, we should have been there; separately we cannot."
This letter was signed by the Seven. The answer was returned back to them, as they would not come as they were appointed by the Lord, I had nothing to do with them; for they should not come to their own appointment; because this answer was given me before their letter came, as I thought to myself the devil might work that stubbornness in them, to say if they could not all seven come, they would not any of them come; and to my thoughts I had the answer that I sent back.
* See the first communication in Mr. Foley's book, printed in 1804.
if such fall away, having light and knowledge, to work thy destruction, they must assuredly work their own; because, I tell thee, they are without excuse: for here is the sin against the Holy Ghost, to sin wilfully, willingly, and knowingly, to make thee disobey my command, as the Serpent did Eve. And now I will tell thee why I ordered them to come to Bristol, and Carpenter with them: it was to shew him plainly, though they were thy most intimate friends, thy most faithful friends, yet thou refusedst to see them, and they expressed no desire of seeing thee. Then how can Carpenter now suppose I shall suffer thee to disobey my commands? or how dare he to propose any directions of his own, when he hath refused mine? Will he dare to assert he is a believer in thy visitation? then it is time for him to tremble! and let him see how many commands I have required of him since this began, and he hath refused them all, and placed directions from himself. I invited him to come, he refused; I forbad him to come, and he offered; and now I forbid him, and pointed out the others, this he hath refused; and they are joined together to disobey every command of mine, and to make every new proposal of their own; then now I ask thee how they will stand? or how these men are good alone that now refuse their helpmate in thee?
They all may tremble at the sound!
They'll find they cannot stand alone.
And in the end they'll know my name.
I say, to perish in their room."
Here ended Sunday night, Sept. 8, 1805.
This Communication was ordered to be copied off, before the hour arrived for the friends to meet, and ordered to be given to Mr. Tozer for him to shew it to Mr. C. and his friends. Mr. Tozer came as ordered; but the others refused to obey, though they had said in their letter—"In holiness of life, we covet to equal the angels; in obedience, the best proof of our faith, we are determined to run with any seven, or all."
Being called upon by a particular invitation from Joanna Southcott to pass our judgment upon a dispute or disagreement, which exists between Mr. Carpenter and herself, we have therefore heard the different letters read, which passed between the parties; and also the several Communications given to Joanna thereupon; we see that the following conclusions are to be settled and agreed upon by us, as our unanimous judgment upon the evidence produced before us.
In the first place, from the letters that have been read, which passed between Mr. Carpenter and Joanna; it has been clearly proved to us, that the cause of the dispute or disagreement has originated in the conduct of Mr. Carpenter; and that Joanna has at all times tried every means to produce a peace and union between him and herself, as well as between him and other believers, with whom he was at variance.
redemption of the human race, by joining with the Woman to claim the Promise made in the Creation. We therefore are all of one mind in believing that the Spirit that visits her is from the living God, and upon that account we cannot believe the Spirit that visits Joseph Prescott, which is in opposition to the Communications given to Joanna, to be any other than Satan coming as an angel of light, to try by arts to cause the Woman to disobey the commands of the Lord.
The answer of the Spirit to my thoughts concerning the mystery of Mr. Carpenter, Joseph, and Dowland.
Until your BONE be join'd to you again.
I will shew the signs and the truth of my words in the Creation, that the man is not good alone; nor alone shall he stand; that meaneth he shall not stand as any star upon thy head that departs from thee. Now I tell thee these mysteries must be made clear, of the words I have said unto thee, to point out those words that are before thee; and let them answer from thy prophecies, how they can separate, to stand; for I now tell thee, as an angel of light Satan hath contrived the fall of man; and I tell thee they will fall, if they are not convinced they have been deceived by Satan's arts through Joseph; for there, I tell thee, is the Stab meant at the Woman; for there has Satan levelled his darts in man. I now tell thee, it is of no use to halt between two opinions any longer; they must leave the one and cleave to the other; for they cannot believe thy visitation from the Lord, if they deeply discern the whole and judge I have preferred an enemy before thee, which, I tell thee, they all must judge, if they believe Joseph's words are true, and thine false; because I tell thee, there is no room left for man to compare any likeness, when I have repeatedly told thee, whatever likeness may appear to Carpenter and them, the words never came from ME the living Lord, no more than Pharaoh's magicians came from ME, because they worked some likeness of the miracles I wrought by Moses: but as Moses' rod destroyed the whole, so they will find I shall put a rod in thy hand to destroy all that come against thee.
*See Dowland's book, page 86.
11 Dowland's book, p. 84.
are bound with the angels in realms of glory, where no evil can enter; therefore, I tell thee, they must all discern on what conditions they stand, to be able to triumph with the saints, like the words that Dowland gave them; and let them know it is not now their experience, but the experience of saints in glory. Here I have shewed thee that they do not discern what they believe; because, I tell thee, if they did, Dowland's words would stumble them all, as they do not understand them; and conscience must tell them they do not experience them; but now I tell thee, though Dowland's visitation hath stumbled many, because he was a sinful man, but let them know Balaam was the same: yet he had true visions shewn him concerning Moab and the children of Israel; and so I tell thee of Dowland, he had many visions shewn him, which are mentioned in his book, that they will find in the end to be true. But now I shall tell thee from his book what they must do, who will come to obtain the promise and blessings that were there spoken by the departed spirits: for I now tell thee, it is not confined to seven, nor seven times seven, but on conditions it stands for all that now obey their calling in my visitation to thee. And now come to his other words:"
* See page 31 of Dowland's book.
* Dowland's book, page 32.
"Thy anger and fury was worked by ME;—and now remember what I told thee before, concerning Tozer: He should no more go to them, before they went to him. And now I tell thee, as Tozer was the only one of Carpenter's friends that obeyed my Command, thou shalt receive no more letters from them, but through him; neither shall they receive any letters from thee, without going for them to him who obeyed my command. And now I tell thee of the letter that she hath brought thee this day: as this command was not given nor known to any, thou mayest see the letter; because it is brought before the command, and not sent by the post. So in this they think they have obeyed; therefore I will not condemn them."
"Now I shall answer thee to his words.—Then he must say Amen to their own destruction; for I have told thee already, and I now tell thee again, greater rebellion was never done to my commands than hath been done by Carpenter and the Six. And now mark the anger that arose in thy spirits, when the letter came, which I told thee, before it was opened, was kindled by ME.—Did I not know what it contained? Now mark his letter further."
"Now I shall answer thee from these words. Does Carpenter think to mock ME by his lightness and his lies?
Did I not order thee to write to him the Communication I gave thee concerning the conduct of Joseph and thee, and demanded of him an answer? But did he answer it? did he not refuse to send an answer to my command? Then how dare he say he is ready to obey, if a command was given him of greater consequence, to his own shame and dishonour? Here I have shewed thee one of his lies, why I provoked thy anger and indignation when the letter was brought; another thing I commanded thee to write to Carpenter, to take any friend of his, and thou to take one that had been his friend, to come to thy house and have the letter broken open that he signed to, and every truth to be cleared up. This is another thing I commanded, which Carpenter refused, and said he would not come without a positive command; then I told thee, I gave no command, as he before refused to have him come; but I gave a command to thee for Winter and Tozer, that they should come and see the truth cleared, to judge between him and thee; and Winter promised to obey, as well as Tozer. Here Carpenter again began rebellion, and offered to come when he was refused to come, refusing to obey all my commands, and placing commands and directions from himself. Then I gave thee a strict command, that thou shouldest write to them, that none should come but who were allowed by ME: Winter and Tozer were ordered to come, Brandon and Pritchard were permitted to come, that he might not say I dealt unjustly with him, to refuse his friends. But know their answer, which I tell thee the meaning and sense of is this, though it is not put in the same words;—but put down their words, and then I will answer thee the sense and meaning thereof."
silence he saith should be ensured, with every kindness shewed to thee; he would only have claimed afterwards the indulgence of pleading in his defence. Then now to his words let him be silent, and to my directions given through thee, to lay the whole before the world at large; and then I allow him that indulgence to plead for himself, in answer to thy publications, to the world, and clear himself, if he can.
"And now I tell thee of the vision. It is not for thee to see it, nor have any information from them concerning it; because I have already told thee, and I tell thee again, the vision he speaks of is not of the Lord: they have seen a vain vision, and are full of lying divination, and provoking ME to anger against them. Shall I call them pure, full of the balance of deceitful weight? For I now tell thee, much more they could clear their honour, before God and man, if they had publicly declared they never believed in thy visitation as being from the Lord, than to call thee a Spiritual Mother, and refuse to obey every command of the Spirit. And now I will tell thee why they say thy Communications have been contradictory; because, I tell thee, they themselves have acted contradictorily, and their hearts were known to ME; therefore I told thee in thy Trial, There was an enemy in the camp of Israel: and in the camp he now appeareth. So now let them all judge for themselves, and weigh my answer with his letter, which thou must give to Tozer unsealed; and let him send them word that the letter is at his house, in answer to theirs, if they choose to come for it, either one of the seven or all; but to none else must he deliver it."
"I say unto Carpenter, as I said unto thee, when thou prayest enter into thy closet, and thy Father that seeth thee in secret shall reward thee openly. And now let Carpenter enter into his closet in prayer, before he meets the people, and let his prayers be to ME in secret, and I will reward him openly: and the same advice let him give to the people, to pray in secret, and be wrestling Jacobs, and they shall be prevailing Israels, if they make their house a house of prayer every man in his closet alone. Let this be his exhortation to the people for the present."
"How many by their public prayers, of making prayers meetings, only did it to be seen of men; and of men they had their reward; but the Lord looketh to the prayer of the heart."
to himself, saying many meet together in prayer more to have the praise of men than they do for the glory of God. And this gave him great offence, to have it read before his people, which I greatly marvelled at, not knowing his own conscience condemned him; and now, by their conduct, I see the letter was meant as a reproof to them; because they have proved their hearts were not right with God. And deeply has it been explained to me since, if they had taken the advice, to make their own houses and closets places of prayer, and not meet together to provoke the spirits one of another against their brethren, and then in this manner to join in prayer together, with anger in their hearts, which gave Satan advantage over them; and this was known to the Lord they would do, for which reason they were cautioned before. But let no one understand from this that they were forbid public prayer, when they met in public worship. The particulars of these letters may appear hereafter, with a Communication from the Lord, to unveil the whole mystery, why these letters were sent to Mr. Carpenter, wherein he saith there are contradictions; but all these appearances of contradiction I never understood; but the Lord knew their hearts and the manner of their meetings in prayer, for which reason it was forbid.
out to me wherein the contradiction stood; but this he refused; then how can he say things are contradictory without proving where they lie?
I am not ashamed to publish his letter to the world, wherein he saith my Communications are contradictory: and now let him bring forward the Communication wherein he saith the contradictions stand, and I am ready to answer for the letters that are from myself, and the Spirit that gave the Communications will answer for them.
Now I shall give you Mr. Carpenter's letter to Mr Tozer, with the answer of the Spirit to it. This letter is answered from the beginning to the ending as I was ordered to have it placed.
"Now I shall answer thee of Tozer's letter, that he brought thee from Carpenter. Now put down the first lines in it."
"Now I shall answer thee from Carpenter's words, for out of his own mouth will I condemn him. If he ever was a believer in thy visitation, as he hath professed by his letters, it is he is the man that is at variance with himself; because he is at variance with what he professes to believe. Then now let him own he is not fit to be a judge; for out of his own mouth will I condemn him: He must be at variance with himself, if he was a believer in thy visitation; and if not, he must be a vile hypocrite, as he said. So now let him confess he is by no means fit for a judge, as he is at variance with himself. Then how can he decide the difference between him and thee, and the believers and thee? Here I shall condemn him from the first beginning of his letter. Now go on further."
the house, as they are forbid; and so I tell thee they would all fall together.—And now come to other words in his letter."
"Now here again out of Carpenter's own mouth will I condemn him; for if Tozer spoke so greatly as his friend, what excuse hath Carpenter to make for writing him such a letter? Then he must confess he is an enemy to one he calls his friend; because he must call Tozer his friend, in the manner he saith he took his part. How can he make his letter appear consistent one thing with another? and perfectly so is all his conduct, which will appear to men of sense;—but the truth of his words I leave Tozer to answer: but thou knowest Tozer told thee it was false; because Carpenter and him disagreed the last time he was there, as Tozer had told him he had signed against him, and also told him and them that they were wrong. But how could Tozer sign against him if he judged him so ill-treated then, and was not convinced where the error lay? Here is the contradiction in Carpenter's letters, blinded on by Satan's arts, not discerning what he is doing. And now I ask what cause they were so eagerly engaged in, that was made known to Tozer? These are things must be answered by him.—And now come to another part of his letter."
at liberty to answer for himself, and defend himself in public print, as I have ordered thee.—But one thing I caution him of, that he strictly adhere to the truth both from his heart, from his thoughts, and between thee and him; and let him know, whatever deceit he may act with man, he cannot deceive ME in heart nor thought. And now I tell thee, if his heart goes with his pen, to say he will acknowledge where he hath done wrong, he will soon confess he hath been wrong through the whole; but let him know, whatever arts he uses by words to deceive man, he cannot deceive ME the living Lord, whose eye is everywhere, and every heart is open before ME.—And now come to his letter further."
"To these words I bid thee answer for thyself."
full of falsehood and deceit, twisted round in an artful manner, as though he were writing to one that could not discern in what manner he wrote. So in this part of his letter he cannot prove the assertion he hath made; for he knows himself, that last May I condemned him from his own letters, and made Underwood read back part of his letters to him; but as he promised every amendment for the future, I bore with his folly, and concealed it from my friends; because I thought, while the Lord bore with him, I must; and it is not his ill treatment of me now that hath broken him off, but his disobeying every command; and every just proposal, the Lord hath made to him, he hath refused. It is this that hath broken him off; then how can a man insinuate to the world that he is pleading for justice, when he hath refused every offer of justice, and artfully pleading justice of his own, that he is more wise, just, and holy, to place justice, than the Spirit that directs me, which he hath allowed himself to be the Spirit of God? Then how dare he to oppose it, and at the same time say, his heart is in my cause, when he is trying to make me disobey, and is now persecuting me, because he cannot; and so his heart is at rest, because he judges my cause will suffer, and thinks, by some artful hand he will establish the cause of Joseph and Dowland? But let him know, he hath broke off from Dowland already; for that is all that was acknowledged to me to be from the Lord, to shew the fatal end of those that mock my visitation; and to shew Carpenter his fall, if he forsook me, which he would not have believed from my visitations; therefore this was shewn to Dowland, and given as a command to them, which they are now departed from. So all the cause they have to support is Joseph's; and this they are trying to do by a persecuting spirit, to persecute me and my believers, that will not now join with him. In this part of his letter I have answered for myself.
"And now, Joanna, I shall answer for thee. In this thou hast answered the truth, which every one will see in the end.—And now come further to his letter."
The field he must resign.
Now come further in his letter."
'In his divine hands I rest my whole and sole confidence, who is without variableness or shadow of turning; yesterday, to-day, and for ever the same. To conclude, your opportunity of effecting a reconciliation you have missed; and to you again be assured it will not return."
if it be not made by Tozer, without he departs from my commands, as Carpenter and they have done. So here, I tell thee, from his words, if they are true, he and thee are parted for ever, never to be reconciled together in this world: and should he judge being at thy awful trial, that he hath a right then to come and plead for himself, that a reconciliation will then take place, I now tell him it is too late; no reconciliation will take place between him and thee then. So now, I tell thee, it is bad for Carpenter, if his words prove true, which he wrote in Tozer's letter; because he hath professed himself a believer in my visitation to thee, and is now departed in every stubbornness and idolatry, refusing every just decree of mine, and pleading for justice in a way of his own: so in his own way let him appeal to the public; but let Tozer go on in mine, if he will be the star to rise and shine in Carpenter's place.—Now come to the end of his letter."
'Therefore spare yourself the trouble of writing any more; because it will not be answered.—Our claim is to have a common act of justice done us, namely that which for the cause we have claimed of the public—a fair, open, trial,—before the sealed. This is denied us.—Injustice cannot come from God, we therefore will wait the issue in humble dependence on him, who no doubt in his own good time will develop the mysterious business to the confusion of some and astonishment of all.
Signed by Mr. Carpenter and the six joined with him.
is despised and rejected by them; refused an answer, if I had ordered him to write again; then where is the justice they are boasting? or what cause are they pleading? Not my visitation to thee; because they have denied every command that I have given, and plainly told ME, if I call they will not answer: but let them know from the Scriptures of truth, I will send by whom I will send; no man shall be my director, whom I shall send by; so let them not say justice is denied them; because they themselves have denied justice.
words in the end turned back upon his own head, as Satan will see the truth of his words turned back upon him, when I make men as gods, to know good from evil; then I shall bring on his head the curse pronounced in the fall."
Here I have given to the public the copy of the letter that Mr. Carpenter wrote Mr. Tozer, and the answer of the Lord to it.
as he said, a vile hypocrite, a mocker of God, and a deceiver of man, if he offers to seal any more in my name, while he stands with malice against me and my friends, and denying my Communications; for if he denies the last he must deny the whole; for I never was more fearful of acting in any wrong spirit of my own than I have been since this anger was kindled; and there is no man upon earth who can believe my visitation to be from the Lord, without being assured that Mr. Carpenter's conduct hath provoked the Lord to anger against him; for when my readers have weighed all deep they must be truly convinced, from every stubbornness and rebellion that Mr. Carpenter hath acted in of late, he is no longer worthy to be called a servant in the Lord's vineyard, unless he returneth like the prodigal son, which I shall be happy to see, for his own sake, his own happiness, and the happiness of those around him; because I fear for them, as well as for him, that many will be led away by his errors, if he continues in them.
After I had written thus far from myself, I was ordered to open my Bible three times; the first was in the 31st chapter of Proverbs: the two last verses I was ordered to have penned:—"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruits of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates." Ezekiel xliv. 10—"The Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols, they shall even bear their iniquities." Baruch vi. 44—"Whatsoever is done among them is false: how may it then be thought or said that they are gods."
"Now I shall answer thee from these places, that thou hast judged so simple, and marvelled I should direct thy hand to such places as these; but now I shall answer thee from the Scriptures that thou hast opened to. It is a Woman that feareth the Lord shall be praised; and it is thy own works must praise thee in the gates; so trust not to lying wonders, or vain visions of others; because I have told thee, my Spirit is upon thee, to guide and direct thee into every truth; and my directions alone thou must follow; then thy works shall praise thee in the gates. And now I tell thee of those that are gone from thee: they are like the Levites gone astray, and following after other gods to their hurt; therefore, I tell thee, their own iniquities will come upon them; and whatsoever is done among them is false; for I now tell thee, they are full of lying wonders; therefore thou must not be led by them: but know my directions to thee, is to be bound in obedience to ME, and not obey any spirit that visits another, without my command, that thou shalt obey it; for know I have told thee, it is to ME, and ME only, thou art bound to obey, and then thy own works shall praise thee. This I have given thee in answer to the Book that thou art publishing to the world, wherein Carpenter hath tried to make thee listen to Joseph's teaching; and shewed his anger against Tozer, because he would not listen to their enchantment; for I tell thee, full as false as the idol gods they set up, in the chapter thou openedst to, full as false is all their working; for I have not visited them in the manner they have spoken of; and that they will all find in the end to their own shame, and their own confusion; for I now tell thee, it is full as false of my visitation to Joseph, in the way and manner they are speaking, as Long's words were false, to say thou didst put the Letter of the Bishop's Death in the hand of Archdeacon Moore."
truth, and he refused to give an answer; and as he formerly refused to answer me, when I wrote to him myself, I was ordered to write to the bishop, stating the circumstances as here mentioned, to give the Archdeacon an opportunity to clear himself, if Mr. Long had falsely accused him, before I published it to the world; because no false reports must rest upon my head; and I judged Archdeacon Moore to be a gentleman of too much honour to spread such a false report. But as I have received no answer to my letter from the Bishop, neither from the Archdeacon, I am now ordered to put in print the false accusations made against me; to which some may be ready to answer, that they do not think it worth disputing, whether the letter was put in the Archdeacon's hands, or the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy's, so as the letter was given to one or the other, and fulfilled. To this I answer, however trifling it may appear to the world, by this false accusation they have used these arts to keep back Jones's money, and by that means make it appear to the world that my prophecies are false.
like Jones; and by such arts as they used with him, by such deceitful arts the clergy are trying to cheat their hearers. But I ask them, what they will do in the end, when they see the truth appear? as the truth must now appear to the world at large, that every word they sent thee, which the witnesses brought against thee is entirely false; and by those false accusations it must be known, that Jones's money was kept back; but will they go on to cheat him by lies, and rob thee of the truth? Here stands a shadow that thou dost not discern, what I have said to thee before, when I told thee of the guard's being drunk, and the coachman brought thee safely home. Here is a shadow that stands deep for your land, the way these two guards began. But now I shall return to the type, to bring it to Carpenter and thee; for, full as false as their saying thou went to Archdeacon Moore, full as false are Carpenter's words, and Joseph's, to say my angels come to visit him in the manner they assert; for I now tell thee, there is no more truth in the one than there is in the other; and all that rely on Joseph's teaching will be cheated, like Jones; for I now tell thee, there is no difference between the artful working of Satan in the way he worked in them to make them false witnesses, to bring round a false accusation against thee, and the working of Satan in Joseph to bring round a false accusation against thee, to cheat thy friends; because I tell thee, worse than Jones thou and thy friends must be cheated, if you listen to Joseph's teaching.
I bid them deeply weigh.
When every truth is shewn.
So let them all take care!"
And then happy England I will you reward."
withholding the money. Here are shadows which stand deep for all that are placed at present with Mr. Carpenter and his false prophets. But let them know, it will not stop there; for know what is said in my writings—at the house of God it would begin; and from the house that was joined together to prove the truth, is the rebellion begun, on Mr. Carpenter's side; and the false witnesses arose against Mr. Jones and me on the other hand. Here are two shadows that will not be discerned for the present, how deep they both stand, before the substance beginneth to appear. But now let all men mark, the Bishop hath been warned of this, and hath not commanded justice to be done to Jones, that he may not be cheated out of his money by the false testimony of his minister. As they refused justice in things that were spiritual, to search into the truth for the good of mankind, so they have refused in things that are temporal; and now discern from the type the mystery of the whole.
Other letters that have been sent to Mr. Carpenter's friends, and Communications, will be continued in another Book.


It seems as though through it all, the president has finally managed to bring people together — although it's not in the way he'd hoped for.
Last Thursday, the Trump administration announced plans to allow oil drilling off both the Eastern and Western shores of the United States, and numerous interests quickly made their opposition to the president's plans known. Those interests to do so include both of Florida's U.S. Senators, a Democrat — Bill Nelson — and Republican and part time Trump ally Marco Rubio.
It's pretty remarkable — opposition to the Trump administration's plans for offshore drilling is so widespread that people like longtime Trump ally and Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz are among those expressing it.
As for Sen. Rubio, who ran against Donald Trump in the Republican presidential primary and lost, back on Friday he also expressed opposition to the administration's plans, although he seemingly confined his opposition to only the portion of the plan that would allow drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.
In the case of California, another state facing the question of how to deal with the administration's offshore drilling plans, it's come out that the state could effectively block drilling through not permitting the construction of pipelines to the shore, so the same sort of mechanism may in fact be available to Floridians.
It's noteworthy that there is, among so many other points of partisan contention, finally a question whose answer Democrats and Republicans can agree on, asserting that it's a bad idea to expand offshore drilling.


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Changing Planes
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Contrary to the descriptive blurb on the back cover of this book, Sita Dulip isn't the protagonist of the series of interconnected short stories comprising it. She's just the pioneer of a method of traveling between planes of reality, discovered when a hellish - well, maybe "limboish" - day of air travel led her to realize that, as a non-place between planes, airports are an ideal base from which to strike out into alternate dimensions. The narrator, who isn't named, proceeds to share her experiences, tales told her by other travelers, and extracts from various documents about some of the remarkable places a person can visit during layovers at the airport, provided they are sufficiently stressed and dyspeptic.
The odyssey this book describes smudges the boundary between short fiction and novel. Tying them together are Sita Dulip's method, mentions of airports and the Interplanary Agency, etc. One could imagine some of these vignettes being unrealized sketches for some of Ursula Le Guin's larger-scale fiction, reduced to a brief introduction to the cultural background of some of the possible worlds in an infinite multiverse. There's the one where people become silent as they grow to adulthood; the world whose feathered denizens harbor a stigma against the small minority of the population that grows wings and can fly; an island whose residents never sleep; another island where some of the residents can never die; a civilization whose language defies interpretation; another that toils, generation after generation, on a building where no one lives; people who share each other's dreams, whose social fabric is knit entirely from conflict and rage, whose supremely peaceful libraries contain records of a grim and violent history. There's a satire of the commercialization of holidays that turns into a rebuke on cultural exploitation; there's an equally pointed satire that turns the vogue for gossip about the royal family upside-down. There are moments of lyrical sadness, flashes of devastating wit, and disturbing scenes of horror.
Tying it all together is the down-to-earth sensibility of an amazing speculative author who died approximately two months ago as I write this (Jan. 22, 2018). Le Guin was a great writer who applied insights from ecology and sociology to science fiction and fantasy. Though one person to whom I read a sample of this book detected signs of a writer who was trying too hard to be clever, my acquaintance with Le Guin led me rather to suspect a critic who got up on the wrong side of the bed. She did not have to try hard to be clever. She could take one's breath away with a mere lift of her finger, as she did for me (for example) in the closing sentence of the story "The Silence of the Asonu." Whether you agree with her political or spiritual outlook or not, you have to admit, the late Ursula K. had a keen insight into the motives of even marginally human hearts, a vivid imagination, and the gift of words to bring strange scenes to life.
Le Guin's other works include A Wizard of Earthsea and its sequels - an achievement that I think rivals Tolkien's Lord of the Rings in breadth of conception, albeit with a much slimmer word count - and The Left Hand of Darkness, which is on my list of books that I have dubbed "the best book I read this year" over the years. Among her books are the winners of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, a Newbery Honor Book, and a National Book Award winner. I have read fewer of them than I have yet to read, which is a comforting bit of math, because it portends many more hours of reading pleasure in the company of an author who has not let me down yet.
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Two More Hymns
Three New Hymns
The Bands of Mourning
A Crop of New Hymns
Parable of the Car Cake
243. Prayer for the Addicted
The Screaming Staircase
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre
Tumble and Blue
The Countdown Conspiracy
Good Ogre
Fluff Dragon


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Peking University professor says some Hong Kong people are dogs
The incident of Mainland visitors eating on Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway caused much extensive discussions on the Internet. On January 19, 2012, claiming to be the 73rd generation descendant of Confucius, Peking University professor Kong Qingdong commented on the matter on a Internet TV show called "Kong Monk Has Something to Say" (《孔和尚有话说》), saying "some Hong Kong people are dogs", and "A place needs the law to maintain order reflects the (low) quality of people at such place"
The 7-minute long video clip spread on the Internet like wild fire since the night of January 19. Neizens both in Hong Kong and Mainland were greatly dissatisfied with his extreme views.
Hong Kong netizens criticized that Mainland visitors violated the law first, but "Mr. Monk Kong" mislead the public with false concepts. Some netizens are upset that Kong as a university professor even used profanity on TV. Mainland netizens also generally opposed Kong. Some of them criticized his comments are too subjective; he loose face for Beijing people, and also advised him to go home to become a farmer instead.
Translation of what he said in the program:
Two different languages, this detail is very important. Two different languages, one of them is Mandarin, the other is local dialect. The party that speaks Mandarin does not have the responsibility to learn to speak any other local dialect. Chinese people have the responsibility to speak Mandarin, and do not have the responsibility to speak Dongbei dialect, Sichuan dialect, Beijing dialect and Tianjin dialect etc. Maybe you only know the local dialect where you grew up, the mother tongue of your hometown. You are not responsible to speak another other local dialect. However, anyone is responsible to (know how to) speak Mandarin. You meet someone who speaks a different dialect, what do you do? The two parties should both speak Mandarin. Does not speak Mandarin on purpose, what kind of person is that? Wangbaadan (bastard, son of a bitch)! (He) must have a dark heart or have other motives. For example, Hong Kong people, are you Chinese too? As I know, many Hong Kong people do not think they are Chinese. When they open their mouth, "Us Hong Kongers, you Chinese" That is Wangbadan. These are people who are too used to being running dogs of the British colonist. Until now they are still dogs, not human. I know there are many good people in Hong Kong, however some of the Hong Kong people are still dogs up till now. If the same thing happened on Hong Kong people, would the result be the same? The result wouldn't be the same. This is what Mr. Lu Xun already criticized before - Xizai 西崽 (western pups). There were many Xizai on the street of Shanghai before, always bullying the villagers. Country folks came to the city and did not know the rules, for example not knowing the traffic lights, throwing trash on the ground… they would go over there and fine them. These people are dogs in front of the imperialism and wolves in front of the Chinese people. These people have the remaining colony syndrome. I talked about Hong Kong many times. It has its good, for example, the law. Speaking of the law, which was left by the Britain, back then how did the Britain deal with these Hong Kong dogs? They whipped them when out of line. They were whipped into shape. As in Beijing dialect, they tamade (fucking) need to be whipped. Now that Hong Kong returned to China, but people's heart did not fully return. There are still many pups, they are dogs in front of the colonialists but in front of Mainland brothers and sisters they suddenly think they are wolves. This kind of thinking was exactly the same as those Taiwanese and Korean soldiers in the Japanese army during World War II. We have a name for the, they are "second class ghouls". Look at the man (in the video) does he look like a man? Even thought you don't understand what he was saying. It was all because a child was eating something on the subway, he could have said nicely, 'there are rules that you can not eat here.' The mother also said, 'we didn't know, we stopped, isn't that enough?' But the incident did not end there, not only so, it became group fight. Do you treat Hong Kong people like this? How about Americans or Japanese? I have never seen you treat them like that. Do Hong Kong people have high quality? I think that the Hong Kong people have relatively lower quality compared to people anywhere else in China. I have been to Hong Kong many times. I have seen many Hong Kong people act without moral. They steal, they cheat, they swindle, they defraud. There was nothing they wouldn't do. Not many Hong Kong tourist guides or salespersons have morals. What right do Hong Kong people have to be so proud of themselves?
Let me say again, many Hong Kong people are dogs!
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Professor Kong suddenly became the national enemy for his speech.
For this, on January 21, Kong Qingdong responded in an interview with the media to explain . He said, he never said such thing "Hong Kong people are dogs". It was not his original words. "Have I said, Hong King people are dogs? No!" the reason for the large number of reports was because some media "took it out of context and maliciously distorted my view".
Obviously they do not comply with professional ethics, the news media completely lost the value of reporting objectively which they should have. I did not say 'people who do not speak Mandarin are dogs'. I think I should protest against these media spreading rumors, then I demand these media and individuals who attacked me disregarding the facts to apologize to me.
Kong Qingdong said.
Kong Qingdong
white dude says:
another crazy Mainlander just wants attention
now isn't dog usually loves attention?
he is more like professor from Fist Fuking university majors in Master debating
voiceofhomer says:
But he is right on.
he is right on?!
but look at China's environmental issue right now
at least Hong Kong have standards just like another developed Cities
plus if Hong Kong is that bad why would he and rest of Mainlander still visits?
for the language, if people doesn't speak Mandarin is a dog? how does that make sense?
the Canton district always has been speaking Chinese since forever
haha says:
minus the mountain of debts, atleast hk got china bussiness
dumbass white trash logic
of course you wouldn't of the environment
because no one shitting on where you live & eat
Red Dragon says:
YES HE IS RIGHT!!! HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE DOGS!!!! DIRTY DOGS!!! COME TO CHINA, I WILL TREAT YOU LIKE DOG SHIT!!!!
童子蛋 says:
If Hong Kong people comes to China
They won't be break your rules and laws
Is there anything wrong with that?
AustguyTang says:
Everyone else attacking white dude is just as ignorant as the professor who makes a statement like that, then denies on what he said and putting the blame back to the media saying they have put him out of context. Any professor making remarks like that in the west would of been sacked from their university.
White dude is the only person here making a logical comment based on true economic facts together with his opinion on the professor. I don't understand and condemn racist comments of any kind.
It's the end for the western world.
Freedom of Speech niqqa
i object says:
white dude ur white , you dont know shit, go back to where you belong, shit hole america
David Fishman says:
@i object.
I am white, and American. I speak 3 languages better than you probably speak your native language. You're an ignorant moron, and you cause more damage to the world than "white dude" did. Not to mention his comments were entirely correct, if strongly worded.
You're trash, you're nothing but trash, and you belong on the internet like a scared piece of shit.
Yes, that's my real name. I have nothing to fear from you. Go play in traffic you bigoted narrow minded piece of horse manure.
lol your cool,, oh im white i speak 3 languages , really , wow i admire you , what are you tryna prove stating dat haha , i can only laugh at yo dumbass,, your pretty tough behind that computer , big words my friend , those are the one that usually the pussiest ones , its ok though you can pretend to be tough , not like im gonna come look for u , why would i want to go america , its a shithole
Tofu&Pork says:
Sorry to bump in you argument here, but damn you've over used those commas.
Yeah he can speak, Amerikan, Indian English and some Chinglish too.
Carlos says:
I have been to the USA several times and let me assure you that I find most parts of the USA excellent. Lots of fun things to do & the people are just amazingly helpful, generous and kind.
Bo Wang says:
Are you David M. Fishman? Bulldog?
yeah white trash
Would any Mainlanders care to share why you guys do that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-02lNhR8j0
This guy is hilarious. Definitely needs his own talk show.
Told you so, the whiteys will not like it when the Chinese have free speech.
carl narx says:
Now, that is funny.
well his speech represents himself
doesn't matter what race made the speech
as long as it involves with racism
it creates conflict
i am sure there are more diligent way to express himself
specially he is not from a village, he has a PhD!
Openjiang says:
http://view.news.qq.com/zt2012/kqdhk/index.htm
Most Mainlanders actually support his statements. Check the link above.
you are right
but rest of the world think
he is racist
plus if you could stand by his statements
would you share his point of view with non-Mainlander without losing face?
rest of the world AKA westerner Aka white trash …. Aka Loud mouth debts loaded white trash……
Excluding everybody else
only Chinese lives in China
They don't exist else where
rest of the world are all Caucasian only
All Caucasian are only defind as American
Did you also graduated from Peking University?
N says:
This video popped up on my google reader.
Typical example of mainland China's shame-based culture.
1. To have a mistake pointed is an indicator of shame. ("Don't eat on the subway!")
2. . If you admit a mistake, you're shameful. (I didn't do it!)
3. . Avoid shame at all costs by never admitting a mistake in the face of another person (It's not my fault!)
4. . Start talking about mandarin vs. cantonese instead of rules on the subway. (Your mandarin is poor! Western puppet! Etcetc)
On the dot, N. You have nailed it 🙂 Chinese Singaporeans and Hong Kong people are quite different. They learn from mistakes.
Mainlanders are just unable to follow rules. What does British have to do with the recent incident? they were out of the picture for a decade and Hong Kong had been running its own show since then. Mainlanders cannot say Hong Kongers are dogs just because Hong Kong people are able to follow rules. Mainlanders should learn how to follow these rules. Another would be mandarin, lets just say mandarin is the official language, im sure the mainlanders were able to understand that eating or drinking inside the train is prohibited, which by the way KCR/MTR both have announcements in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin plus they have signs too inside. Lecturing them in mandarin is sufficient enough for them to understand. Lastly, if Hong Kongers are dogs with discipline, the mainlanders are dirty pigs. Beijingers can chew on their pig sty.
same as you
Yes, Singapore has been ruled by the British Empire for more than seven decades and they still follow some British Laws. But this dog did not mention Singapore (with a 85% of the population of with chinese ancestry)
The problem is that Hong Kong is not fully controlled by the party and their rules, so they attack Hong Kong.. it's stupid but it's mainland chinese. We can't blame them for what they are but for who is leading them to death.
Apple Sauce says:
I like the video because the woman is simply delicious.
China built an English only town and they could still make fun of Hong Kong and other Asian countries
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8958413/China-to-build-English-market-town.html
There are whole lotta white worshipers in China, they have their asses up and ready for the whites to screw them hard.
China Man says:
It is a common problem that people do not respect existing laws and rules and act like what they want. As matter of fact Chinese Professor Kong Qingdong is not alone but many new comers from mainland China behaviours the similar mentality. New comers from China do not respect that Hong Kong people line up for services like taxis, buses and many daily lives as a basic value and habit. They practice their own way as in mainland China. They believe whoever has more powerful and standard level in the society should have priority to do what they want. Hong Kong returned from British to China at 1997, Hong Kong has belonged to China since. Mainland China owns Hong Kong; and mainland people believe they are the owner of their country. At least it is what they have been educated. Although, it has never being this way in mainland China because of communalist party members have the priority only; the new comers want to practice the priority above Hong Kong people. For they believe they are more revolutionist than Hong Kongers. They speak very loud and act imperially. Men urine on streets, their children shits in public area, cigarette butts and garbage throwing whenever they like. The new comers knew it is against law; but it is British law. They are above British Law. These unhealthy society value has been on and on for 15 years. Hong Kongers as the people being conquered should not be angry. Because Hong Kongers are inferior and mainlanders are superior in new order of society value in mainlanders' believing. This incident of Hong Kong subway, a mainlander's child having food in subway car is not a new thing at all. However, a Hong Kong gentleman told the mainlander about her against subway's law is completely improper; especially, he use Cantonese and English to speak to a Mandarin speaking mainlander is another improper. After awhile the Hong Kong gentleman has given regret to the mainlander. But the Chinese Professor Kong Qingdong calls Hong Kongers are dogs made a big noise to the world. It is very unusual and unwise. This triggered more Chinese blooded people in the world notify this incident. Many non mandarin speaker s Chinese blooded individual become unhappy on Kong Qingdong's statement about "those Chinese blooded who do not speak in mandarin are dogs and not human." Now, Kong Qingdong owes an apology to the world Chinese blooded individual including Hong Kongers. Furthermore, a lot of Chinese blooded people around the world believe this unfair mentality of Chinese mainlander should be changed. A strong voice from other countries require Kong Qingdong have an official apology for his improper statement to non mandarin speakers.
"the Chinese Professor Kong Qingdong calls Hong Kongers are dogs"
NO, the westerners and whites Brits 200 years ago called the Hong Kong people dogs, they say NO Dogs or Chinaman allowed in this whiteman's place in China.
@ China Man
Well said China Man, thank you for putting this in the correct perspective. It is sad to see a descendent of Confucius promoting hate, division and segregation when his great ancestor is immortalised for creating unity and fairness.
I'm happy to see some people from mainland China does not have a one sided view and is able to analysis this and maybe learn from this so everyone can come to a mutual understanding.
What? says:
Dude you talk lots of crap, Nerd!
Difference between Hong Kong vs Mainland China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inMdaxWZ9EA
nulle says:
mainland chinese caught red-handed urinating on MTR trains.
http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20120129/00407_039.html
something needs to be done against the mainland chinese before they defecate on MTR trains!
those Mainland breed just likes to mark territory everywhere
who let that dog think off leash?
Huzhang says:
>Mainlander thinks he's not the lowliest of all Chinese populations
>my fucking face
Many Hong Kongers also dislike the shadowy role that Beijing plays in local politics, along with the flashy displays of wealth by mainland Chinese tourists who are coming to the city in increasing numbers to splurge on luxury goods.
Last month Italian clothing chain Dolce & Gabbana apologised to the people of Hong Kong for allegedly discriminating against them in favour of wealthy mainland shoppers.
The "Anti-Locusts" campaign follows remarks by a Chinese professor calling locals of the former British colony "bastards", "dogs" and "cheats".
Kong Qingdong said Hong Kong people were "used to being the dogs of British colonialists — they are dogs, not humans".
White ass kissing Hong Kongers have no guts to stand up for their own race.
trust me they are standing up for themselves
it is war zone in Hong Kong right now
if i were a Mainlander, i would stay the fuck away for a while
or pretend to be a Taiwanese
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You think Hong Kong hates Chinese more?
Try to go to the EU or the UK, they will screw your ass and kick you and mom out.
-_-|||
So voiceofhomer turns out to be a mainlander
I guess that explains all the racism
voiceofhomer is a loyal mainlander that enjoys the US democracy
you see the irony there??? LOL
well... says:
He's a Communist Party member and a firm believer in it's system so what the hell did you expect him to say? Do you honestly believe that the PRC would ever allow both sides of the argument on TV?
I live in China. I then visited Hong Kong. What can I say? Everything in Hong Kong is a million times better than China will ever be, thanks to the British.
I LOVE HONG KONG! And Hong Kong people are actually civilised, which is refreshing. And the place is clean, people actually respect the environment, and each other. People actually line up. wow… and there is toilet paper in the bathroom, old ladies do not steal it, amazing.
I actually cried when I had to return to China. A baby almost peed on me in the train station. A man spit on the floor beside me. And people were dirty, stinky and uncivilized. Furthermore, there are no rules, and Guangxi kills it all. Greedy people want money to help criminals.
I think the British need to invade China.
So you think Hong Kongers are from the UK, they are English?
Hong Kongers were once English sheep dogs that slaved for the British Empire.
Of course the Hong kongers are more civilised, the laws don't allow them to be Chinese.
"I think the British need to invade China." You say,
Stay where you are for a few days, we will come for you. I mean to see you.
We may send BBC guy to see you and have you go for a trip. Free like in freedom.
Oh and in Hong Kong, (only two hours from here…) they encourage free speech. There is nothing to hide there.
China blocks Facebook, Google, Twitter, and most .com websites. I have to use a VPN to access this website.
Although it is so close from me, there is a world of difference between China and Hong Kong.
And although HK is supposedly a part of China now, it is difficult for most mainlanders to get there, they have to jump through a lot of hoops. And so it should be, because otherwise the place would be ruined unless they learn to be civilised. No spitting, littering, eating on buses/ trains, smoking in public places… it is just a much better place to live in. And they have everything there, like beautiful islands, beaches, entertainment… China has… a big wall? The rest of the country the people treat is like a massive rubbish tip. They like to pee and poo and spit and litter everywhere. You know it's true, everybody has seen it, and quite frankly, it's disgusting and they need to learn to live in the 21st century. We are not cavemen anymore.
*Not all Chinese mainlanders are like this 🙂
Not Me says:
If you hate it so much in China, get the fk out. We're FULL!
OttO says:
Full of armonious shit !!
•"Time for our country to rid itself of "citizens of convenience." They live in their native country and only return to Canada when faced with a serious medical problem or a breakout of war," said Mark
"When I lived in Australia I met an American couple who were there on work visas and they had a baby born in Australia. That baby was not considered "Australian" because her parents were not permanent residents
"Which direction do we want to go as a nation? What kind of signal are we sending? The world is a global place today. Our population is getting older and smaller, so instead of keeping immigrants out we have to open the floodgates because we're going to desperately need more and more workers to support our economy."
"No need overhauling the Citizenship Act," he added.
Instead the government should focus on fixing the immigration system, which Niren said is "broken" with long backlogs. "We're losing the best and brightest applicants to other countries because of it."
We get these dirty Indians and blacks, so big deal you get some China pigs.
Want to trade asshole Hong Kongers?
You don't say………
SW says:
Notice the contribution to China GDP from places like Beijing and Shanghai were negative.
BJ and SH consider themselves as the ruling classes and do not need to contribute to GDP and yet they criticize other parts of China where people trying hard to make a living.
Remember the Great wall of China was built centuries ago to keep these people from entering China.
The modern day Mongols of China includes the North-East and Shanghai.
By being the ruling class, it is easier to steal than to earn their own GDP.
Some of them try to pretend they do not realize that a weak China was the very reason why HK was controlled by foreigners.
I think they forget Beijing lost to the Japanese and was controlled and run by Japan for some time.
They also forget there is a finite probability that some of the ruling classes have ancestry that worked as sex slaves during Japanese occupation.
AsianBizDaily says:
This incident and the recent one where mainland shoppers in Hong Kong were called locusts ( http://bit.ly/zGth1S ) have highlighted to non-Chinese the deep cultural divisions that exist between mainland China and Hong Kong
I like the magazine http://asianbusinessdaily.com.
It has wide coverage.
Believe it or not, this professor is actually a descendant of Confucius.
I don't understand why mainland people likes to become a HK resident when they say Hong Kong people are dogs? Professor, giving those comments on TV is totally ruining your career. As if the fire isn't strong enough and you just added more fuel on top. How smart can you be for saying such vile things. Plus, I don't think you are able to get an HK girl to like you for your inner beauty that's why you are commenting so negatively on HK ppl. It will be pretty funny if you somehow end up having your own kids in Hk.
voice of america says:
hey dogs are people too
Misoooo says:
Peter. Why surprised? It is because teachings of Confucius Chinamen are what they are. Think about it.
"On May 21, 2012, at approximately 10 a.m., Po Lin Wan, 80, and Alice Mei See Leung, 47, a mother and daughter from Scarborough, Ontario, were fatally stabbed multiple times …," said a news release from Atlantic County prosecutor's office.
The prosecutor's office said next of kin were located in Hong Kong and that as far as they know there is no family in Canada. Authorities were unsure whether the pair were on a bus tour or traveling on their own.
Antoinette Pelzer, 44, of Philadelphia, has been arrested and charged with "two counts of murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and robbery."
The prosecutors say Pelzer attacked Leung outside Bally's Atlantic City casino with a 30-centimetre butcher knife. Leung was stabbed multiple times in the upper body and died. Her elderly mother came to the aid of her daughter and was also killed.
"Ms. Wan was stabbed in her lower body, hand and shoulder while coming to the assistance of Ms. Leung," the prosecutor's office said in a news release.
In Amerika, they treat Chinese and Hong Kongers in the same way, they kill them like dogs.
Damn Amerikan cunts.
Thousands of protesters, some carrying Hong Kong colonial flags marched through the streets of Hong Kong to protest Chinese rule on the 15th anniversary of the Asian city's return to Beijing's control and on the same day the territory's new leader was sworn in.
Organizers pegged the number of protesters at 400,000 while police estimated there were 63,000 at the procession's peak.
The outpouring of discontent underscored rising tensions between the Communist mainland and the vibrant city of 7 million that was returned to China in 1997 after more than a century of British colonial rule.
Well apartheid in HK did not bother them Hong Kongers for over 100 years of white ruled.
Did it?
liu gen xiong says:
hi,i am burmese chinese muslim,the cases of hong kongese look down mainland-villager just like taiwanese look down those former cormingdon followers who live in burma,northern thailand,taiwanise speak fujinese language and anti-all new comer who isn't fulin language user,please don't believe what i say,please make some research,or exit-poll research and you will found the truth,thanks for reading
American-Born Chinese says:
Hong Kong people are actually very rude and very cunning. I could imagine the mainland being much worse, but I have never been there.
If you are in the public and ask for directions, help, or instructions in HK, people are going to be irritated at you or just ignore you. If they are irritated at you, they will start scolding you or speaking to you in a very impolite manner. It could be store owners, taxi/bus drivers, and people on the streets that will behave this way.
If you work in any workplace, such as an office, HK colleagues will set you up, exploit you, and back-stab you. They will pretend to be your friend, and once they've used you up, they will treat you very poorly.
If you are in the lower-class areas, people will try to rip you off, or scam you. Actually, this can happen even if you are in the higher-class areas as well.
Hong Kong people are motivated by money. They will do anything that will earn them more money, even if it means disregarding etiquette, ethics, and laws. Do not even think about Hong Kong people sharing anything with you.
Hong Kong people only care about themselves. They do not even care about their fellow people. Everything mentioned here does not only happen to foreigners, but to Hong Kong people as well. It is a very selfish, hostile, and immoral society. Many people in Hong Kong commit suicide by charcoal-burning or jumping off buildings. No one is your friend in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a battleground where people exploit each other and compete against each other. Anyone that wants to be your friend in Hong Kong is a liar that is waiting to use you to get what they want.
If you are unhealthy, crippled, unintelligent, or physically unattractive/ugly in Hong Kong, you will suffer the greatest.
But despite this hell-like environment, Hong Kong people are still proud to be Hong Kong people. There is a very strong nationalist sentiment inside every one of them.
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Sarah Robinson says:
Was this written in a different language and run through google translate or a similar engine? It makes no sense.
Every news source who publishes in English as a second language should have a well educated, English speaking proof reader.
Turan Kara says:
Hong Konger is angel but Chink is fucking cunt. Chink is fucking wanker
Dogs are a noble animal that is good and loyal: There are dogs in the West that have earned the same kinds of medals as their partners for their military service in World War II.
In Harry Potter, the fact that Sirius Black's animagus form was a dog, was a huge foreshadowing that he was actually one of the good guys: a loyal friend. The bestfriend of the hero, Ron Weasley, also had a dog as his patronus form. Rita Skeeter on the other hand, was a slanderer and her form was a BUG, a pest bug.
That Qingdong has such little appreciation for the noble dog, is more revealing of his own inhumanity, than anything damning the Hong Kongers he was TRYING to insult. In the interest of a harmonious society, I can only hope that I could be as good and loyal as a dog – living and dying for the benefit of my pack.
China is bigger, stronger, and richer – Hong Kong is obviously the /underdog/, but compared to Rome, /Britain/ was the underdog too, and that little island came up alright.
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This guy is very stupid, but sadly for this case he is right on. "Perfect white's perfect dogs" this is what hongkongers think themselves are.
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Q: "Cannot create a row ... greater than the allowable maximum row size" error when applying UNION on tables with equal number of columns I'm trying to union 5 tables. They each have identical number of columns (300+). I can happily load each table individually.
Error is

Cannot create a row of size 8161 which is greater than the allowable maximum row size of 8060.

Which is self explanatory - the entire row combined (of 300+ columns) is too large in memory.
I'm confused how the table was made in the first place and how I could be expected to union? Union does not increase row size, just number of rows, so confused how union could trigger this if they can be SELECTED individually.
Is there a way to repress this limitation?
Thanks!

A: Type conversion can change the size of individual columns.  A union query does not require that all columns have exactly the same type, so it allows some implicit conversion.
For instance, this:
select convert(tinyint, 1)
union all
select convert(int, 102345678)

returns and integer -- three extra bytes compared to the tinyint.  This can easily happen for dates and datetimes, and even for national character sets.